Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 April 1918 — WIN AT TAMMERFORS [ARTICLE]

WIN AT TAMMERFORS

FINNISH WHITE GUARDS CAPTURE PART OF CITY. X Republican Troops Take I,ooo' Prisoners—Russ Blow Up Own Wars ships in Harbor of; Hango. Stockholm, April 5. —Stornyng the city on foot. Whitt* guards (the Finnish republican troops) have captured the eastern portion of the City of Tammerfors. Sa miles north-northeast of the Bothiiiiah gulf port of Alko, Finland, notwithstanding desperate resistance, an<l captured 1,000 prisoners and a quantity of •locomotives, wagons and provisions. The reports from" Swedish correspondents contain stories of terrible atrocities committed by Red guards. The bodies of scores of White guards have been found mutilated in indescribable fashion. An American said that he had seen 14 bodies, which had been treated in a terrible manner. Many of the White guards, especially officers. carry capsules containing poison tor use in rite event of their capture. Red guards also accuse the White guards of atrocities. Petrograd. April s.—Several Russian warships.-including four submarines. in the harbor of Hango, were blown up by their commanders, who feared capture by the Germans. The major of Sukhum-Kale reports that the Black sea fleet torpedoboats are iHimharding ami looting towns along the coast. - , Ukrainian and German forces seeking to rp<-apture Odessa and Nicolayev were repulsed, it was announced here. The Turkd-German fleet, headed toward Odessa, was driven back by the Russian Black sea fleet. Turfco-Geroian forces have been thrown back «9-versts (39.fi miles) from Batum, it was announced here. Likewise they have been driven back from the Erzerum-Kars line.