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VOLUME XVI. NO. 95. TELEPHONE MAIN 46 NOME, ALASKA. FRIDAY. MARCH 24. 1916. TELEPHONE MAIN 4*. PRI„E £8 CENT*
GERMANS MAKE FURTHER
GAINS N. W. OF VERDUN
By A P. A. Service.
BERLIN, March 24.—Further1
successes have been won by the
Germans in the vicinity of Hau-j
court, northwest of Verdun, ac
cording to i eports from the army
headquarters this morning.
Along this front the Germans
have made substantial gains in
the leriitery of the enemy and
have forced him back along a
front of seven hundred_meters
after a h^avy bombardment fol-l
lowed by infantry drives. Along
the valley below Avancourt the
enemy have been driven from
their positions over’a front of two
hundred meters- Several heavy
counter attacks of the French
were heavily repulsed- The Ger
man wedge is now pressing
slowly in on the western
side of Verdun and the
Sty will soon be practically sur
rounded- on three sides. Heavy
bombardments are proceeding
along the northern and eastern
sections of the Verdun sector but
no infantry attacks have been
made owing to the difficult nature
of the surrounding terrain.
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LAIE NEWS FLASHES
Mexicans Closing on Villa.
EL PASO, March 24.—Reports
assert that Carranza troops are
closin,, in on Villa near Nami
‘quipa aided by Americans and
cannot escape. Villa also report
ed made a stand in Santa Cla-a
canyon*but was driven out.
Count** cay* Americans Will At
tack Villa Tomorrow.
!Ii \SO, March 24.— A wo n
and dn-". courier arrived in [.in
rcz with news that Villa is cn
aged with the American forces
at El Oso ranch five miles from
Namiquipa. The courier reports
'hat Villa is surrounded by both
Americans and Carranzists and
an attack will be made on his
stronghold at dawn tomorrow.
WAR DEP’f ASKS FOR
SPECIAL APPROPRIATION
By A P. A. Service.
WASHINGTON March 24.—
A rush appropriation to cover the
extraordinary expenditures of the
expedition into Mexico and also
the extra costs entailed in bring
ing the army up to full strength
was asked of congress itoday by
the war department. .
The sum asked for by the de
partment in accordance with the
estimate of the experts is $8,807,
095. It is figured that $735>°77
of this amount will be necessary
I
in consequence of the call for ad
ditional recruiting in order to
bring the military forces up to
the full strength. The balance is
for urgent expeditures brought
about by the extraordinary con
ditions prevailing on the Mexican
border and the complete fitting
out of the expedition for entering
Mexico in pursuit of the Villa
bandits
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MEXICAN SITUATION
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EL PASO, Aiarcni 24.—The
many reports coming from Mex
ico concerning the alleged upris
ings in favor of Villa are giving
rise to considerable uneasiness as
indications of the possible devel
opment of conditions whereby the
United States would be drawn
into a serious conflict.
Well posted people profess to
see in the general unsettled state
of the Mexicans, a decided ten
dency to rise against the Amer
ican invasion and many who
have lately returned from the
country assert that the intense
hatred of Americans has visibly
increased following the American
entry.
It is believed here that a major
portion of the incipient rebellions
breaking out at intervals are
largely animated by the disinclin
ation of the Mexican soldiers to
co-operate with the American
forces against V illa. I he troop
revolts are apparently not direct
ed against the authority of Car
ranza save in the degree that the
soldiers are inclined to refuse or
ders which will assist the Amer
icans in their efforts to capture
Villa and his men. The reported
taking over of the Mexican rail
way south of Casa Grandes by
General Freshing is at the pres
ent time the principal topic of
discussion find really oversnad
ows the reports of the Carranzist
•ebellions- Nothing has been
heard from Pershing as to the
means employed in taking over
the road. It is generally surmis
ed, however, that he has made
arrangement with the authorities.
By A P. A. Service.
WASHINGTON, March 24—
A telegram from D. A. Richard-j
son of Douglas, Ariz., which says
that large bodies of Mexican
troops are massing near the bor
der just across the line from Dou
glas was made public by Senator
\shurst today. In his dispatch
Mr. Richardson points out that
here are scarcely sufficient num
her of troops at that point to pre
vent a repetition of the Colum
bus massacre on any one of a
half dozen border towns in lower
Ariona- He asks the senator to
see to it that more troops are sent
to the Arizona line before it is too
late
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INFLUENCES URGING
U. S. TO WAR
A. P. A. Service.
WASHINGTON, March 24.—
Senator Stone created something
of a sensation in the senate today
by gravely asserting that he is in
possession of undeniable testi
mony showing that “sinister
forces” are engaged in trying to
inflame both the United States
and Mexico with the intention of
causing war between the two
countries.
The declaration of the senator
was made following the reading
of telegrams from the border tell
ing of the serious conditions along
the Texas and Arizona borders.
Several mesages of this nature
were read in the senate and were
the immediate cause of several
sharp speeches from the members
concerning the slowness of the
I war department in sending ade
I uate forces to secure the bound
ary at all points. _
MORE TROOPS
LEAVE FOR
BORDER
A. P. A. Service
VANCOUVER, March 24—
The third battalion of the Twen
ty-filth infantry entrained today
for passage to the lower border
The troops will be placed along
the line at El Centro, California,
1 under the command of Major J.
T. Dean. The first battalion of
the Twenty-fifth is now on its
way to the boundary.
CZAR CANS
SOUKHOMLINOFF
A. P. A. Service
PETROGRAD, March 24—
By an imperial ukase the czar to
r’',v removed General Soukhom
11 T. the former minister of
war, from the council of the em
pire. It is currently reported" that
the action of his mjestv is ani
mated by the frequent criticism
Jof the imperial policies by the
general.
FLEET AGAIN
ACTIVE BLACK SEA
A. P. A. Service
(LONDON, March 24.—From
Bucharest comes the report ol
great activities of the Russian
lleet in the Black sea. Bulletins
from the Roumanian capital state
that a Russian submarine pene
trated to the inner harbor at
Vania, the chief seaport of Bul
garia and succeeded in torpedo
,ng several enemy ships.
Three dreadnoughts and three
ironclads together with a num
ber of cruisers w'ere observed
massing Constantinople at an ear
ly hour this morning. Later they
encountered a convoy of Turkish
and German merchant vessels
and succeeded in destroying con
voy and sinking the cargo vessels.
The enemy vessels were all load
ed with petrol and grain. An
other squadron also bombarded
Trebizond three times during the
past two days. Sinope was also
subjected to a heavy bombard
ment this morning resulting in
the destruction of a large amount
I of water front property.
BERLIN CLAIMS RUSSIAN
ATTACKS REPULSED
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A. F. A. Service.
BERLIN, March 24.—Two
additional trenches have been oc
cupied by Hindenberg’s forces on
the Russian front and vicious at
tacks on the Germans lines in
the northern sector, both north
west and south of Dvinsk have
been sercvely repulsed, according!
to an announcement by the war
iffice this morning.
The report declares that the
j Russian assaults have all broken
■down under the weight of heavy
j counter attacks and the Russians
are being brought to a halt at
every point.
The fighting along this front
has been of the hardest. Reports
from the field headquarters indi
cate that the Russians have made
extraordinary attempts to force
the German lines in an evident
effort to sever the connecting
lines between the armies in Cour
land and those occupying the
front below Vilna. Hindenberg
has the situation well in hand and
Tie enemy will soon be brought to
a standstill.
LI A ITS
FIGHTIN6 EAST VILNA
A. P. A. Service.
BERLIN, March 24.—Hard
lighting is now in progress on the
' Russian front with the enemy
' making desperate efforts to
throw back the right wing of the
Courland army below Dvinsk.
Morning reports to the military
headquatrers state that over fifty
thousand Russian shells of large |
caliber fell over a small sector j
.'car Fostavy, northeast of Vilna
during the course of a heavy Rus- j
sian night attack. The Russians
later attacked the German posi-'
lions in heavy waves which the
German artillery usually smoth
ered before they could approach
1 lie lines. The objective of the
Russian attacks is undoubtedly
Vilna, in the capture of which
the Russians expect to cut off the
army in the Baltic provinces. The
f Russians lost severely in their
many attempts to rusb the Ger
man lines.
ARMY AVIATION CHIEF
HAS BAD FALL
WASHINGTON, March 24.—
Lieut. Col. Samuel Reber, chiei
of the army aviation service, had
a miraculous escape from death
today when he fell three stories
at his home. Reports to the war
department following the acci
dent indicate that his injuries are
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