THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
VOLUME XVI. NO. 85. telephone main 40 NOME. ALASKA. SATURDAY, MARCH ix, igi6. . telephone main At. pri„e » cent-,
U. S. TROOPS WILL "
ADMINISTRATION SAYS
NEITHER INTERVENTION OR
INVASION CONTEMPLATED
A. P. A. Service.
WASHINGTON, March to.—
"Intervention or invasion of Mex
ico has not occurred and will not
occur," is the statement of a high
official of the government this
evening.
“The Mexican campaign prom
ises to be no more than an armed
incursion against the bandits
who are engaged in robbing and
murdering on the lower border,”
he continued, “but the future
American policy, however, must
depend largely on Carranza. Word
from him is expected hourly.”
The following statement, perti
nent in its relation to the now
absorbing question of the ulti
mate intentions of the govern
. ment, was issued at once from
the White House this evening.
“An adequate force will be sent
at once in pursuit of Villa with
the single object of capturing him
if possible and in this manner put
| a stop to,his forays into the Uni
ted States. This can, and will,
be done in an enitrely friendly
manner and as an aid to the con
stituted authorities and with a
scrupulous regard for the service
md sovereignty of the republic.”
It was also said at the White
House that the American gdvern
; ment wants Villa, dead or alive
' and that no steps will be neglect
ed to carry out that object. It is
declared that the continuous mur
■ ders along the border give the
United States full justification for
uch action.
It was also stated that in no
sense would the administration
consider the punative expedition
an invasion of Mexico and the
United States will continue to
deal with the Carranza govern
ment on the same basis as be
fore. Another statement from the
same source was, in effect, that
the administration is opposed to
armed intervention in Mexico but
has decided that the peace of both
the United States and Mexico is
imperiled by the 'tontinuous ac
tivities of Villa a*id his troops and
the cabinet is, therefore, of the
unanimous opinion that Villa
must be caught- _
VILLA ARMY 1$ NEAR
THE AMERICAN BORDER
A. P. A. Servict
COLUMBUS, March i.—Re
ports reaching here by the re
turning detachments of American
troop0 who crossed the border in
pursuit of the retreating Mexicans
state that Villa with the main
body of his bandit army is fifteen
miles south of the line where it
was halted after a runing fight
with the American troops under
Genera! Slocum.
Slocum was compelled to re
turn owing to the greatly superior
numbers of the Mxeic/as. The
detachment of cavalry command
ed by Major Frank Tompkins
which was the closest in pursuit
of the Villa band returned this
morning after engaging in three
running fights with the Mexicans
who finally made a stand which
stopped the Americans.
The returning troops bring sig
nificant evidence that the Villa
istas were the parties resportsi
ble for the killing of the party of
Americans at the Santa Isabel
massacre, in the shape of a pocket
book once belonging to T. M. Ev
ans, one of the Americans killed
in that affair in January. The
pocket book bears the name of
Evans plainly written on the cov
er and also contains some scraps
of papers belonging to Evans- The
purse was obtained by the sol
diers from the dead body of Pablo
Lopez, second in command to
Villa.
The fear of a further foray of
the Villaistas has now been dis
sipated by the presence of a
largely increased force of federal
troops which is patrolling the
border this afternoon. It now
transpires that Villa has before
contemplated an attack against
the territory of the United States
and accurate information receiv
ed here states that he invited Za
pata to join him in a contemplat
ed attack on the United States
last January.
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TROOPS WILL BE NI0VIN6
BY NIGHT-FALL
A- P. A. Service.
WASHINGTON, Mrach u.—
Instructions conveying full au
thority to dispatch a punitive
expedition into Mexico in pursuit
of Villa were placed in the hands
if Gen. Funston, this afternoon.
Secretary of War Baker announc
ed that Funston has been allow
ed full discretion* as to the num
ber of men to be used and the
oute to be followed.
Funston in a reply to the de
partment urged that the greatest
secrecy be maintained as to the
movements of the American
-- '. - • f
forces so that the bandits will
have no chance to learn what is
going on in advance of the troop
movements.
Practically all troops m the
south and west are now on the
move and it is expected that the
advance guard of the American
army will be moving into Mexi
co by nightfall. Speaking of the
situation this afternoon Secretary
Baker especially referred to cer
tain defensive measure to be tak
en to repeal a possible invasion
from Mexico, indicating that such
a contingency is not unexpected.
SAYS MEXICANS WILL
UNITE AGAINST AMERICANS
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A. P. A*. Service.
CHIC.1GO, March u.-'Tf Car
ranza grants the United StatJC
permission to send its troops in
! to Mexico in pursuit of 1 ilia he
will probably no: allow j period
of more than fo ip tight hour1 for
this pi.pese,” vv v. the statement
of Jose Casbus, son of the Mex
•tan ambassado. to the l nit. I
States u uler the Carranza admin
istration today. Senor Cabus
who is vsiting in this city, sat s
that the Mexican people will
never consent to an invasion of
their country by a foreign foe.
“Internal dissensions would be at
once forgotten,” he continued.
{"and a united stand would be
taken by all the factions against
the invaders. That is why it is
almost hopeless to expect that
Carranza will consent. He dare
not risk his positions and prob
ably his life by such a granT"
Orchestral dance, Saturday.
CRUSH VILLA NOW A
POPULAR SLOGAN
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A. P. A. Service.
- WASHINGTON, March to.—
; “Crush Villa” is now a populai
[slogan in tl.c United States and
[the president .s l'eing flooded with
communications asking him to put
a stop to the depredations of the
Mexican leader for all time.
A complete clean up campaign
against the Mexican bandits an 1
[especially Villa, is promised with
every prospect of fighting going
on for an indefinite length of time
by an American border army of
a''out nineteen thousand men, ac
cording to the present plans of
i the administration. Lansing an
| nounceu lane this afternoon that
the United States is considering
asking Carranza for permission
to send troops into Mexico for the
i purpose of capturing the Villa
bandits who raided Columbus.]
Lansing said that if the permis
sion were asked it would be for
the occasion only and that the
troops would be at once with
drawn when they had accomplish
ed their purpose, It was said
that the request would go for- j
ward to Carranza some time to
night. Regarding the prospect of
Carranza granting the wishes of
the United States in this respect,
Elizao Arendono, the Mexican
representative here, indicated that
Carranza would not object to the
United States troops crossing the
line and might even welcome Am
erican aid in exterminating Villa,
whom he intimated might be con
sidered an enemy of both govern
ments
It was intimated tonight that'
the administration has a strong
basis for believing that Carranza
will issue a statement declaring
Villa an outlaw against both the
American and Mexican govern
ments and a common enemy of
both.
It is positively stated, however,
that there can be no co-operation
between Carranza and the Amer
ican forces in running Villa to
earth. Many officials are not in
clined to agree with the opinion
that Carranza will permit the
passage of American troops into
Mexico without a protest and it
is the general opinion of those,
who accept this way of viewing
the situation that public opinion
u ill force Carranza to refuse his
permission for troops to cross the
border at all.
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| A. P. A. Service.
1 WASHINGTON, March n.
i The state department has an
nounced that Carranza in an evi
dent attempt to gain time before
replying to the request of the
United States, has asked Consul
Stillman to forward a request
to the American government that
he be granted permission to send
GERMANS BOMB
BLACK SEA FLEET
A. P- A. Service.
BERLIN, March n.—The war
office announces that German hy
droplanes have drooped bomb?
upon the Russian Black sea fleet
doing considerable damage.
.Mexican troops across the border
(into the United States in pursuit
;of bandits in the event of it be
coming necessary. The requesi
has created much speculation as ti
the real intentions of the Mexican
leader
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IJERI.IX, March 11.—The cap
ture of French positions fourteen
hundred yards wide and two
thirds of a mile deep south of
the village of Auxbois near Reims
was announced by the war office
this afternoon. Heavy fight
ing is proceeding in the Verdun
region with the enemy^'making
ineffectual attempts to take the
offensive A steady artillery
bombardment of the outer Verffun
defenses is being maintained.
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Oysters—
Sea King, an excellent coast paok, per dozen, $2.25, scans ..$1-00
South Cove, per dozen, $2.00, 3 cans .50c
Seaport in small cans, enough for two, per dozen $1.50, 2 cans 25c
Happy Home, eastern pack, 6 ounce tirjs, per dozen $2.35,
cans ..20c
I Reliance, fancy quality, 6 ounce tins, per dozen, $2.55, per can.25c
| Clams—
Smile, this is a clean clam, per dozen, $2.25, 5 cans.$i.oc
I Turneen, Puget Sound whole clams, per dozen $2.50, per can..25c
Tureen Puget sound, whole clam, small tins, per dozen $1.65
3 cans.500
; S. & W. Eastern little neck, small tins, per dozen, $1.75, 3 cans.50c
S. & W. eastern little neck, large tins, per dozen $2.75. per can25c
Minced claims—
Reliance tails, per dozen $1.75, 3 cans >.S041
i S- & W. flats, per dozen $1.75. 3 ..5°°
Salmon—
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; | Emperor red, per dozen, $2.25, 5 cans.$1.00
i Libby red, flat, per dozen, $2.50, per can .25c
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