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Information was received here in oh) diplomatic quarters' that- the Rus- | sian Black Sea fidet has arrived sistance of the Bos- attack will" be rh ry x | operations will" be carried on in 1i | consonance ith. 1 those of the An-|of French fleet ardan '} covered, and 'circumstances 5: L A des atch from B Berlin's says: In 'declared that » ion would. be ne im- 8 from Ger: 'tives, and 'that if Great Britain places such Germans under spe- the | cial esteietions gotalistory mea- The of officials say "the inves diploma atic channels, but decline to 'how their information will qt: 8 marine war plans in the te particular, nor have any had her name and| . | haven to the Admiralty at a Ber | patrol duty. Aistion will not be pf through |. on the. Spirit of the crews. | na | 'was ile "dent. "ov possible to arrive at a smaller fi 12 SUBMARINES MISSING. Eight of Them Are Among Enemy's Newest. Boats, 'A despatch from 'London says: A report has been sent from Cu; that twelve submarines; have failed to report at their base, eight of Shem | cing among Germany' 8 new- boats. Lp A despatch from Loudon says: The Admiralty announces the loss of the auxiliary a ), while the vessel was en in Se Rn RS dy r ty says: On. thesl1th of March wrec of the Bayano and bodies weré to her having been sunk by an 'enemy torpedo." . The statement gives the names_of | Lieut.-Commander Guy and three other officers and four of the crew who 'were. rescued and landed by '| the auxiliary patrol vessel Tarn, Eighteen more of the crew, of whom two are now in a hospital at Ayr, were landed by 'the' steamship merin "It is Sroliable that all others aboard the Bayano were lost: aantain, Gari; ol i She steams! Castlereagh, which land- ed at Belfast, reports 'tha®his ship Grain, Cattle passed on "Thursday morning al 'period in 1914, el ions generally were 'at or above Ro mal one" of the . .concern's 1,800 . employes has been laid off a min- newspaper adverbis- | ute since the | ing campaign was started, antl all have received their regular sala- ries or wages. Three shifts were '| kept at work daily all fall and win- i ter.. et a Rambling Waggles--I was robbed last night, and I reckon that about "| fifty-three articles were stolen from me. Everything I'had in the world. 'Policeman -- Fifty-three articles? Rambling Waggles--Yes ; a pack of cards land a corkscrew. wo HCTIM OF A SUBMARINE 4 Steamer Starchisie' for. 'Sutivivors of the Auxiliary ? Warship Driven on by Enemy Submarine quantity of wreckage 'aud dead bodies = floating in : lifebelts. - He attempted to search the spot in the hope of saving any who might still be alive, but was prevented by the | appearance 'of which cliased him for about 20 min- utes." » Commander Corr and 13 other officers are named among 'the migs- R ing; and it is presumed they were ost. The Belfast correspondent of the Daily 'Telegnap pa the Bayano \was torped Thursday morning at 9 o'clock off Corsewell Point, 'Wigtonshire, Bcotland, and that 'nearly 200 lives were "lost; as the éruiser sank almost immediately. The vessel had a crew of about 216 men on board.' Wigtonshire'is the south-western- most county in Scotland. It lies on the North Channel, which leads into the Irish Sea from the Atlan- tic. | and Cheese _ Prices of These Products in the Leading Markets are Mere Recorded "| tinuing, he Said hots to - individuals. 'I'needs "are so overwhelming that I an enemy submarine, |* i| quer io. | on Wednesd LE BRITA tion t % pate of Chapel] - i "in 'the oocupa- Bie cof ron 'trenches over a front of Loto metres, the attack tc eaching ie Sur vi! e Thig "the British troops advanced two es on & line about that istance wide. ritish are Holding their gains, despite a number of counter- attacks. It is believed that the improve- ment in the British position brought about by the victory is of great importance and, if pressed rther, 'might compel the ' Ger- | mans to evacuate La BasSee and perhaps other points which make their line so strong at present. Equally important was the success achieved by British dirmen 'in de- stroying the. railway junctions at Menin and Courtrai. These are on one of the German main lines of communication, and their destruc- tion will delay the arrival of mew contingents o troops, which are reported to be again concentrating in Belgium for another attempt to break through to Calais and Bou- logne. According to Dutch reports these troops have brought with ¢ British | 1 British W. J ing to the Neuve Dfhon Ile : ing d declares that it Sn Say vations on various oy of 5 8 Y, i field of battle and by statement there are prisoners, of 1,720, the enemy's losses must een ten thousand men within three 8 i Ts also states that a train was blown up by aircraft at the Don .. Station, 10 miles south-west 5 Lille. a Another event of importance an- nounced by the French War Office ' was the advance of "the Belgian |. troops in the bend of the Yser to' such an extent that Dixmude is now threatened, and the Belgian and French artillery was 'able to destroy a defensive position" organs ized by the enemy in the cemetery of that town. ' In, Champagne the French re- pulsed two counter-attacks and re-, taliated by driving the Germana, from several of their trenches, in | one of which 100 bodies were found. The capture of Embermenil, in Lorraine, by the French was also reported. FERMAN DEFEAT IN POLAND Russians, by Flank Attack in Carpathians, Take "4,000 Prisoners A despatch from London says: While the Germans are launching a new offensive movement. against the Russian front in North Poland, the ussians have initiated a peries of crushing counter-blows 'against the Austro-German_ forces in the Car- pathians and East. "Galicia, with disastrous results for the enemy, according to Russian official state- ments from Petrograd. Four thousand prisoners have been taken by means of a flank at- tack upon the Austrian forces in the Carpathians, which resulted in the capture by the Russians of the towns of Lupkow and Smolnik, with the surrounding heights. The booty included two howitzers,. two field guns, seven machine guns and a field hospital. 'The 4,000 Austrians LLOYD-GEORGE'S STATEMENT. Life and Death Hinges on Muni- tions «ft War. A despatch from London says: Speaking of the compensition to ba made to persons whose factories the Government might commandeer under the amendment to the de- fence of the realm act, introduced in the House of Commons on Tues- day by Chancellor of the Exche- loyd-George, the Chancellor ay promised that every- thing possible would be gone to re- duce inconvenience and Con- : "It is, however; a matter of THe and death with this +|'country that we increase enormous- oor | ly our supplies of" munitions of war, in spite of the possible loss The national hope those' who are incon renienced in the 'matter of contracts will put up with 1 with it." °° 'were surprised \ taken prisoners include 70 officers. This brilliant operation was in the Lupkow Pass. At the same = time the Austrians met with a ser- ies. of disasters in the region of the Gorlice Pass. A party of the en- emy, crossing the Senkouka River, and annihilated while endeavoring to fortify them-, selves: Austrian detachments at' three other points in the region were surrounded by Russian scouts and compelled to surrender. In Eastern Galicia, on the Dnies- ter River, three squadrons of Prus. sian Hussars--450 horsemen--were attacked by Cossacks and "nearly annihilated," in the words of the Russian official report. Ten of their officers and 25 men, who sur- vived, were taken prisoner. Must Not Simulate Dutch Nationality A despatch from London: says:: The. Official Gazette publishes a notification that foreign ships in Netherlands ports hoisting. the Dutch flag or having painted any- where on them distinctive marks indicative of Dutch. nationality will be prevented from leaving toh porta or passing through Dutch ter- ritarial waters. x British Government Forestalls Speculators A despatch from London says' The British Governme has bought the greater part of crop of natural indigo now coming for- ward, for due users in the United Kingdom. This was taken in order to mitigate the effects of a shortage of indigo. for dyeing pur- - poses and to prevent any specula- tive holding up of natural i Fs SIX NEW SHIPS - |Te be Ready Before the Year's "End and to wok Last Word in Naval Construction ip---------- from London says; now is building six battle of 32-knot speed, ohnted, with a Jey 16-inch is the assumed uilame ik plans special. i hai will be and which | they 'will: therefore perfec- | ships are. supp launched within five or six months from thé date of Jing 'down ; ag ein well within the present year. in to be the 'last word" in naval construction. They: will, of course, »1l have' their prod y that per Srplegent of light cruisers