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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY DAYAn An American steamship arriving at an Atlantic port yesterday reports having sunk a German sub ¬ marine in the Mediterranean on January IS after a running fight The steamer was not hit On the return voyage the same craft was attacked in the Mediterranean by two submarines One was sighted off the bow of the steamer and when the captain attempted to ram the undersea boat it submerged and made off At the same time the gun crew fought off another submersible from the stern The crew of the vessel reported that British patrol boats captured two submarines off the Canary Is ¬ lands on January 7 7With With K54 American soldiers of the Tuscania known to be dead and buried on the Scottish coast an unoflicial estimate yesterday places the total loss of American troops at 2G7 After eliminating from the passenger list the names of the survivors and the identified dead and accounting for thirtythree unidentified dead 13C soldiers still are not ac ¬ counted for and it is believed they were lost The prospect of the much advertised Hindenburg offensive is provoking much alarm and indignation among German civilians and apprehension among the troops according to reports reaching Berne Switzerland Berlin has been secretly placarded with announcements that the Prussian militarists are preparing to sacrifice another million men A number of socialists have been arrested arrestedRoumania Roumania has ignored Germanys twentyfour hour ultimatum to conclude immediate peace According to a message flashed by wireless from Jassy to Saloniki and relayed by cable yesterday to Dr Constantin Angolasca Roumania minister at Washington Roumania has disdainfully ignored Germanys threat and will survive or perish with the allied cause causeFuel Fuel administrator Garfield yesterday suspended the Monday closing order but left the way open to put it into operation again if it appears that would be necessary
