The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-10-25
FLEET TRAPPED BY POWERFUL
ARMADA AND SLAMS FORCED
TO GIVE WAY.
MUTINY YAMoNG SAILORS
GERMANS REFUSE DIVER sERv
ICE AND THROW OFFICER
INTO THE SEA.

WHICH Is n buUudrlnc D0oo VI tAc 1oA
mans on the North sea, has been bonn
barded from the sea, 1t was announced
by the German war office, houses in
the town being damaged.
The Italians and the Austrians are
in a deadly struggle In the Trentino,
with both sides piling up heavy losses,
say the latest dispatches.
The London war office announces
that $50 persons in addition to the
135 lost on the two British destroyers,
were killed when two German raiders
sank eleven ships in the North sea-
London, Oct. 2O-The Russian cap
ital has been ordered moved to Mos
COW.
Petrograd announces that at least
ninety German warships were engaged
In the battle of Moon Sound Wednes-
day and that German troops landed on
Dago island.
Two German torpedo boats have
been destroyed while running through
the mine field in Moon sound. The
civil population already Is evacuating
Reval. one of the principal Russian
ports of the Gulf Of Finland.
The British and French artilleries
are still pounding the German posi-
tions before them in Belgium with the
Germans answering the fire vigorous
ly at various points, especially along
the Menin road and at Zonnebeke.
Little infantry activity is taking place.
except in the nature Of raids.
German airships raid northeastern
counties Of England, but are driven off
before reaching London.
Petrograd. Oct IA naval battle
occurred in the Gulf OF Riga between
Russian and German battleships, the
war office announced. The Russian
battleship slava was sunk. The slava
sank as the result of being hit several
times beneath the water line. Nearly
all the members of the crew were
saved by Russian torpedo boats.
Berlin-Ten thousand Russian pris-
oners were taken in the German occu-
patton of the Island OF Oesel. the Off
cial statement announced. Fifty guns
were seized and much other material.
The Russian naval forces In the Gulf OF
mans. according to the announcement.
It says German naval units are lying
in the eastern portion of Kassar bay.
north of Oesel island, and are barring
the passage westward.
Copenhagen.-The Norwegian for
eign office reports that the Norwegian
steamship Barbro of 1856 tons gross,
and Hovde, 1.196 tons gross. have
been sunk by German submarines.
The Barbro was sent to the bottom OF
the Atlantic. two OF her crew being
killed. The Hovde was sunk In tho
Bay Of Biscay. A boy was lost In the
sinking of this vessel The remainder
OF the crew was saved.
Amsterdam.-A mutiny among Ger
man sailors at the Belgian port OF o.
tend. who refused to go on board sub
marines, is reported by the Belgisch
Dagblad. The newspaper says an Of
klCcI " 66 IhAoWh ~ lhbO Sh0 oSS anu ehot
thirty mutineers were removed in
handouts to Bruges.
Washington. = Official diplomatic
dispatches report mutinies in the Aus
trian navy and clashes between Aus
trian steamers and crews of the Ger
man submarine fleet based at Pola, In
which officers on both sides have been
killed, and which resulted in deci-
sion to change the base of the Ger
man flotilla.
Clashes between German and Aus
trian crews are regarded in naval cir
cles hero as adding much significance
to the situation, particularly when
considered In the light of the extreme
situation of Austria, whose fighting
forces are at the point of exhaustion.
Washington.-Thef first list of Amer
leans killed and wounded in combat
with the enemy reached Washington
in an official report Of an encounter
between a German submarine and an
American destroyer in European wa
ters. One American sailor was killed
when the submarine torpedoed the de-
stroyer and five sailors were wounded.
The destroyer was not sunk.
French Must "Take" Alsaee-kaissr.
London.-The correspondent of the
Berlin Lokal Anzeiger. who was per-
mitted to travel on the train which
took Emperor William to the Balkans
and to lunch In the restaurant car
with the emperor. sends the following
to his newspaper: His majesty sat
down to the table with the observa-
tion that he had Just read Prof. Pain
leve's first speech as French premier.
$50 n. Painleve wants AlsacsLor-