Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-01-02
formidable
IS SUNK IN
CHANNEL
BELIEVED GERMAN SUBMAR-
MARINE OPERATING FROM
BELGIAN COAST MADE A
SUCCESSFUL RAID.
SIX HUNDRED PEOPLE PERISH
Battles of Considerable Propor-
tions Are Raging Without
Much Result. ~.

Much Result. .s...-...
London, Jan. 1.-The destruction of
the British battleship Formidable in
the English channel today by a mine
or submarine boat, although one of
those events the Englishmen now real.
ize must be expected so long as the
British navy is compelled to keep the
seas, caused widespread grief.
This is due not so much to the loss
of the ship, which was 10 years old,
and cost about $5,O00,0OO, as for men.
About 600 men in number, who went
down with her.
AS far as it is known only $50 Of
the Formidable's crew OF $50 were res
cued. The British admiralty has not
given the locality where the disaster
occurred, and declares it is unable to
say whether the ship struck mine
or was torpedoed, but as the British
fleet again has been active in she'll
ing German positions on the Belgian
coast, as the German submarines have
been more and more using the Zee
brugge as base, the inclination here
is to believe a submarine again has
been successful in attack. 9:Gt,
Both Sides Progress. ~.'r
News from the front is dwarfed by
this loss, although battles of c0nsid.
cradle proportions are occurring along
the two lengthy fronts. Fighting in
Flanders and northern France has
been confined largely to artillery en-
gagements, except near Bethune.
where the Germans claim they have
taken a British trench. They admit,
however, the loss of st. Georges, near
the Belgian coast, which an official
report from Berlin says it decided to
retake owing to high level of water
Fthere: In the Argonne region 1t has
been the Germans turn to make a
little progress, as Offset to which, how
ever, the French declare they con-
tinued to advance in upper Alsace.
There is nothing significant reported
concerning the situation in northern
Poland. 2'..'>r. @%F
A trawler landed seventy additional
survivors from the 'bat(.eship For
midable. They were rescued by the
trawler during terrific storm this
morning. This makes the aggregate
number saved so far as known 141.
Look for Adjustment.
Extensive comments on the Ameri.
can note to the British government
Is agreed that no danger exists of an
rupture of excellent relations between
the United States. England, France
and Russia, and the opinion is ex.
pressed generally conciliatory to the
attitude of both American and British
governments and points to an amica.
Bile adjustment.
Seize Cargo Of Copper.
A large cargo of copper, OF
which it Is said had been shipped to
Denmark by a German American in an
attempt to smuggle it through this
country to Germany by means of false
bill of lading, was seized today by the
Danish authorities.
The Danish steamer NJ. G. Holm.
sailed from Savannah, Dec. 1, for
Christianian, laden with cotton, and
struck a mine off Flamborough Head,
England, and sank in Is minutes. All
members of the crew escaped in the
lifeboats. Flamborough is on the
North Sea, in the County Of York.
Turks Marching On suez.
An Athens despatch says.
"The Turks sent important forces
commanded by German officers, with
artillery and pontoon sections toward
Suez, according to members of the
French clergy and nuns, from Syria,
who are here.
"Subjects of the triple entente in
Jerusalem, it said, are subjected only
to police surveillance until the report
of the bombardment of Alexandria was
received, when all were imprisoned"
Taking No Chances.
A Havas Athens despatch says the
Greek premier during a discussion
Of the budget in the chamber of depu-
lies, said that all necessary measures
to assure national defense were TAX
en- since the outbreak of the war.
Rescued Airman.
A Muiden, Holland despatch says
steam trawler landed there with Com
mander Hewlett, of the British navy,
who is one of the British airmen in
the recent rail on Cuxhaven, and who
was supposed to have been lost. His
machine was picked up off Helgoland.
Hewlett was rescued off Helgoland
after he fell.
The official communication was is
sued tonight at Paris: stN
"There is nothing new as yet to the
'eport of operations today"
Little Change in Situation. + g..
The following official communica-
ion from Vienna was received at Am
'terdam today:
Fighting in Carpathians and in
continues, but the situation
s unchanged
"The enemy's attack, both day and
light, at Biala and south of Earnow,
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