The Elbert County tribune., 1918-01-18
GERMAN SHELLS
RAKE YARMOUTH
THREE KILLED AND TEN IN
JURED AS ENGLISH COAST
TOWN is soMsARDED.
COLD HALTS ACTIVITIES
BRITISH LOSSES DURING THE
PAST WEEK TOTAL 24,e7s Dr.
FICERS AND MEN.
western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
London, Jan. 16.-Yarmouth was
bombarded from the sea Monday night,
it was announced officially. About
twenty shells fell in the city. Three
persons were killed and ten injured.
The British Labor party. in a mes
sage to the Russian people, announced
that the British people accepted the
Russian principle of self-determina-
tion of peoples and no annexations
for the British empire. particularly in
the Middle East, Africa and India.
The Italians have again attacked
the Austro-German front in the Monte
Asolone region and made goodly
gains OF ground. They have added
materially to their bridgehead east of
Capo Sile. pushing back the enemy
from several trenches, which were
held by the Italians in spite of furious
counter attacks In the hill region the
Austro-Germans offered strong resist
ance, but the Italians, in addition to
inflicting extremely heavy casualties,
captured eight officers and 2S3 men.
Canadians again have raided Ger
man trenches north of Lens, blowing
up their dugouts and taking prisoners
and a machine gun.
London. Jan. 15.-Nearly 100000
men from Great Britain alone are to
be recruited into the British army at
the earliest date possible This an
nouncement was made in the House
of Commons by Sir Auckland Geddes,
minister of national service.
Cold weather and SHOWS are still re-
tarding the infantry activities on the
battle front, where no fighting of mo-
ment is taking place, except in the
nature of small patrol engagements
and artillery duels.
Notwithstanding the fact that sim
liar conditions prevailed last week, the
British casualties for the seven days
ending Monday were 24,979. as com
pared with 1898 the previous week
and 1851 the week before.
For the first time in many months
British aviators have carried out an
air raid on Karlsruhe, capital of Ba-
den. The raid was made in the day
time.
Warning of the possibility of final
breach in the Russo-German negotia-
tions is the outstandin@ feature of the
current news from Petrograd.
London.-A dispatch to the Times
from Odessa describes disorders at
Sebastopol in which sixty-two naval of
ficers were killed, as two days of
butchering in which the horrors OF
Kronstadt were re-enacted. 1t is add.
ed that most of those killed were men,
bers of the committee which in 1912,
under the old regime. held an inquiry
into the rebellious sailors revolution
union which resulted in the execution
of many sailors and the exile of 9TH
ers.
London, Jan. 1.-THE Daily News
correspondent at Petrograd sends the
following: THE final rupture of ne
gotiations at Brest-Litovsk may be ex-
pected at any moment, If. as seems
probable, the German militarists con-
tinue to impose their policy on their
delegates" The correspondent says a
dispatch from Kuban reports that the
Turks have broken the armistice by
landing 10000 troops between Trebi-
zond and Lie and that a submarine
has sunk Russian transport. The
Daily Mails Petrograd correspondent
reports that rioting has been going on
for several days at Sebastopol The
date of the.trouble is not specifically
stated.
Apparently the rioting was started
by the crew of a torpedo boat, who
arrested their officers and shot them.
The sailors then made wholesale ar
rests, and many lynchings followed.
Sixty-two officers were killed, includ-
ing Vice Admiral Novitski and three
other admirals.
Labor Council for War Named.
Washington.-Six men and one wom-
an were named by Secretary Wilson
tonight to form the advisory council
that will assist in the administration
of war labor program entrusted to
the Department of Labor by the Pres
ident. John Lind, former governor of
Minnesota, is chairman of the council.
and representative of the nublic and