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The armed British transports Cross
hill and Sedek were sunk in the Medi
terranean by German submarines, says
an official statement issued by the Ger
man admiralty at Berlin.
The Serbians are making a furious
drive upon Monastir. After the cap
ture of Brod, says dispatch to Lon
don, the Serbians began moving north
ward along the left bank of the
Tcherne, driving the Bulgarians before
them. A battle was fought on Voles-
selo plateau, In which the Bulgarians
were defeated with heavy losses.
A Reuter- dispatch to London from
Petrograd says that the budget of S917
submitted to the duma and council of
the empire has been framed in view
of the probability of the war lasting
for the whole financial year. Revenue
and expenditure balance at total Of
S2,039, 100000.
Extremely turbulent conditions are
reported In dispatch to London from
Reuters correspondent at the Greek
capital. Greek reservists have taken
the law into their own hands despite
the presence Of strong entente detach-
ments Of French marines.
The largest part Of the German
trenches west Of the road of Eaucourt
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., lost to the British
on October IS, were recaptured, the
German war Office announced at Ber-
lin. Three British tanks" were de-
stroyed by artillery.
That the Roumanians have cut off
and destroyed the Teutonic column
which, a few days ago, invaded the
domain of King Ferdinand by way of
the Gyemes Pass, and reached Agas,
ten miles within the frontier, Is indi-
Gated by an announcement from Blu
charest.
The Cunard liner Alaunia, bound
from New York to Falmouth and Lon
don, was sunk by a mine in the Eng
lish channel. All of the 243 passen-
gers on the liner were landed at Fal-
mouth before the vessel struck the
mine, according to officials of the Gu
nard line at New York. Four of the
members of the crew were lost.
German troops took the offensive
in Volhynia and captured Russian
trenches on the west bank of the Stok-
hod, 1t was announced officially at Ber-
lin. Russian attacks near Rubno
were repulsed with heavy losses.
On the Somme front the French are
again driving toward Peronne. Prog
ress In that section was made by the
French and now they are only about a
half a mile from this German strong
hold, says the official report issued at
Paris.
The sinking by German submarine
without previous examination of the
Norwegian steamship Stem, is reported
to London by Reuters Copenhagen
correspondent. The 16 members of
the crew were landed at Christiansand.
The Volks Zeitung of Cologne says:
German submarines will operate in
the future In the western Atlantic.
They will visit the well-known ship
ping routes around the eastern point
of Nantucket island and will sink
British merchantmen after giving the
crews opportunity to save themselves.
The Greek provisional government
has opened negotiations with the Unit
ed States, says dispatch from Athens
to the Exchange Telegraph company at
London to secure freedom of action
in recruiting Greeks in America.
The official statement issued at Paris
says: "North of the Somme we COM
pleted the conquest Of Sailly-Sallisel
and are driving the enemy northwest
and northeast of the village"
Domestic
The Ashland limited train on the
Northwestern, running from Chicago
to Ashland was wrecked at Manito-
woo, Wis. Engineer Robert Fitzgerald
was killed and Albert Duchaise, fire.
man, was hurt. Several persons were
hurt. The wreck was caused by some
one throwing switch.
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