Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-01-05
RUSSIANS !. !.
CONTINUE
OFFENSIVE I!
Heavy Fighting Reported in Bo-
kowina Where Russians Arc
Gaining Successes.
SERB ARMY REFORMING
IN ALBANIA Is REPORT
Everything Quiet on Other Fronts
Winter. Weather Malsas ] :
ments Impossibls.
,nents Impossible

-"lnter We&tQer; ~ ee 4 - il l. NJ
ments impossible.
London, Jan. 4.-Everywhere in the
strippa and Voihynian districts 81
Russia, and in east Galicia. the Rus.
slams are on the offensive, the otncial
communication from both Petfograd
and Vienna reveal.
Czernaowitz, capital OF Bukowina.
is now the spot around which the
most important lighting is in; progress.
The Russian war once reports that
the Russians have occupied q line Of
trenches northeast Of Czernaowitz aud
have repulsed strong counter attacks.
A Reuters dispatch from Petrograd
gives a report of the evacuation OF
'Czernaowitz and the capture by the
Russians Of large number OF pris-
oners, including Germans.
On none Of the other fronts have
any changes taken place.
Serbs Are Reforming. /.
Unofficial reports from Athens re-
port 10000 Bulgarians as having
reached Tirano. northwest Of Elbas-
sen, in Albania, and that Albanian
regulars, commanded by Bulgarian
officers. have exchanged shots with
the Italian outpost near Durazzo; on
the Adriatic. 1t lis asserted that there
are ~, 600 Serbs now ia Albania WHO
wiilsoon be ready ~ re.enter thAsHar.
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age iii England Scot A|es.
2, So. .2SS were at tested, alf fe.
jseted, inS slzarl: sre.
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W. dispatch - Hx(SisAas sNIws
agency from aal61d says:
The Bri tish ~ brlties have offer.
ed reward OF ~ francs for in.
formation of the presence Of German
submarines in the AEGEAN Sea" n.
Grey Answers Complaint.
A British statement issued today
says:
"sir Edward Grey, secretary for for
eign affairs, has answered the com.
plant by the Germans. thorugh the
American embassy. regarding the de-
struction last August off the coast OF
Ireland, of German submarine and
crew by the British auxiliary, Bara-
long, by referring to various German
Outrages.
"Sir Edward Grey offers to submit
such incidents including the Baralong
case to an impartial tribunal compos-
ed Of officers of the United States
army"
The British patrol boat, Baralong,
according to several muleteers on
the British steamer, Nicosian, which
arrived in New Orleans, early in Oc-
tober, sank a German sumarine Oc-
tober, sank a German submarine Oc-
said that marines from the Baralong
killed the captain and ten members
of the crew Of the submarine, after
the underwater boat had been sunk.
and six of them while they were
struggling in the water.
Try to Break Line.
Desperate attempts by the Russians
to break through the Austrian lines in
Galicia are continuing, but according
to today's official statement by the
Austro-Hungarian war 0tice, they
have been nowhere successful, and
the Russians are declared to have suf-
fered heavy losses.
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trench north of Dole. in the Tolmino
section of the Italian front, is an.
nOunced.
Regarding the Russian lighting, the
statement says:
Russian losses were appalling. In
a district ten kilometers broad. the
bodies of 1900 Russians were count.
ed. The number OF prisoners made
northeast of Buczacz reached 800.
"On the upper Ikwa, "A Russian aer.
oplane was shot down and Its octu.
pants, two officers, were made prison.
ers."
Kaiser Has Cancer.
The Matin af1irms, Notwithstanding
denials, tiat the German emperor Is
suffering from cancer Of the throat
and is no longer able to speak.
In February, 1911" according 70
the Matin, "the doctors were consid-
ering whether it was neces sary to r.
move the entire larynx in order %
stay the progress Of the disease. They
raised the question as to whether
the emperor would be able to speak
II such an operation were performed.
The leading specialists Of every c19t
tai in Europe were consnlted.
Meanwhile. as q result Of . mingf
operation. with q bistoury ana Z flG
weeks absolute rest, the enpefof6
condition improved. as ID OFTEN -,
case in this disease. the psogf0n g
which is slow but implacaAle. =
another operation Of this kind vhteA
has just been performed. 81k e =
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