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BRITISH WATERS ARE DESERTED
40 AEROS DESTROY GERMAN SUBMARiKE BASE
ADMIRALTY BESIEGED DY
ANXIODS BRITISHERS
LONDON, 1-eh. IV.—Inflamed by the
highly colored statements of the
jligoist press relative to the Uermun
torpedo net uhout to be tightened
aiound Lite Llrilisii isles, hundreds of
people arc daily besieging the Admi
ralty clamoring lot a statement as to
the possibility of the Allied Meet being
able to prevent such a catastrophe.
Humors of the most fantastic nature
are rile und the people ale ready to
sieze upon any ruinor however absurd. 1
It is daily rumored that the Germans
Iiuvc disguised submarines in resemble
the British vessels and have already
broken the north Sea blockade. The
vessels are supposed to be in hiding in :
the waters of the North and Irish Seas
awaiting the signal of the Kaiser tu
1 lose in on llritian.
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SHIPPERS PREDICT CLASHES
IN BRITISH WATERS.
NKW VOftK. Pel). IT It is the gen- ,
*r.11 opinion in shipping eir.les that the
waters of Great tiritian will be lb
scene of an awful conflict within th.
tn xt tew weeks It |x stated that th'
majority of the larger shipping tirut
refuse to route (foods to points thu
necessitate entering Into the effectei
zone to reach the dpsired destination
COMING
A four-act drama “Down in Dixie'1
which prcm,tM to be one of the beet,
aaflle hall, Feb. 27, 1915.
SUBMARINE TORPEDOES
ENGLISH COLLIER
JIARVI*'. I'Vb 17 Thti MinUtnq ol t.hf*
British steam collier Dulwich 1 >> a Ger
man submarine twenty miles North
west of Cape DeHove seemingly indi
cates that the Germans have commen
ced the threatened submarine blockade
against the English.
The German vessel is reported to
have eatne up almost in the path of
the collier and after discharging hot
torpedo disappeared from view. The
Dulwich sank within twenty minutes
all but two of her crew beinK sated by
a small cnastinK vessel which was at
tracted by the siKnnls of the British.
AMSTERDAM CONFIRMS SINKING
OF STEAMER DULWICH.
A.MSTICHDA.M, IVb IT. Wirelessed
reports state that the British steamer
Dulwich teas blown up In a Herman
submarine in the Kniilish t'hanntd
The .crew have been saved.
AMENDED SHIP BILL
PASSES THE HOUSE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.—The Ship
Purchase hill ns an amendment i<> the
Week’s appropriation hill passed the
House by a vote of two hundred and
fifteen to one hundred and twenty one.
after a debate of six hours.
The opposition which was expected
against the measure, even in the amen
ded form failed to materialise, (he
majority of llio.se voting for tlie men
sure being proviouslj pledged to its
support while the Republican opposors
offered but little opposition evidently
eoneeeding that the hill in its amended
form would pass. 1’nder the terms of
the amendment such vessels as may
he acquired will he withdrawn from the
merchant marine and pass under the
control of the Navy Department after a
limited period.
ORDER PRIZE
CREW ON
WILHELMINA
CONDON, Fel>. IT The Admiralty
Iras signified its intentions of lidding
the American cargo ship Williolmina
which Is loaded with food stuffs for
Oermony ns a prize of war. The Ad
miralty lias ordered n prize crew com
posed of three officers and sixteen men
placed aboard the vessel
M009E NOTICE.
Tonight, Wednesday, Feb. 17th thi
Moose will give a social dance in their
hall at which time the prizes will be
awarded to all the winners. Dancing
will be indulged in after which refresh
ments will be served. Moose wishing tc
invite outsiders can get invitation!
from Al Lomen, at Lomen Bros.
BELGIANS TO
BE EXILED
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! BELGIANS MUST RETURN SOON
OR REMAIN EXILED.
THU HAOt'K, Kelt. IT. The Berlin
government lms requested the Holland
Rovernment to publish a proclamation
requesting the interned Belgians non
combatants in the Netherlands to re
turn to their former homes within
thirty days or remain exiled from their
fatherland during such time as the Ger
mans occupy that territory.
A. B. DANCE
MONDAY, FEB. 22, 1915
TICKETS. $1.50
King Island style dancing. Friday
night gymnasium, 8 p. m.
Hot chouUti, hot boot tta, malttd
milk and fmh ic* and nfla
waf«? at th* R«R Canfy Sfb?*
EASTERN ZONE
GERMANS CAPTURE 50.000
j SLAVS IN EAST PRUSSIA.
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HEREIN, Feb. 17.—The war office
stated Ow, .i.... ,. -
; forces captured over fifty thousand of
the Russian troops in the recent big
battles along the Hast Prussian fron
tiers. The spoils are also said to in
clude a great number of machine guns
and many cannon. The report states
that the tenth division of the Russian
armies was completely overwhelmed by |
the German attack the result being at I
mined by a series of flanking move
ments which threatened the total anni
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filiation of ihe Russian force
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RUSSIAN REAR GUARD PUT6
UP GOOD FIGHT
VIENNA. Feb. 17.—Dispatches from)
eastern Bukowina state that the rear
guard of the retreating Russian army
Is making a desperate resistance to the
Austrian pursuit and is effectively cov
ering the retreat which is progressing
rapidly. The largest portion of the
Russians are declared to have passed
the borders and the province is almost
I clear of the invaders
GERMANS MOVE BIG
GUNS TO WARSAW.
SAYVILEE, Fob, 17.—Berlin dis
patches state that the German forces
are moving a score or more of their
heavy howitzers to tho bring lines west
o" Warsaw despite the bitter cold which
prevails on the Polish plains, and are
j expecting to reduce the defenses of
Warsaw with a dispatch equal to that
|of Antwerp. It Is stated that the guns
[arc being transported on specially con
structed railways and will be placed
in positions of command for the re
newal of the spring campaign
RUSSIANS CONSIDER WARSAW
KEYNOTE TO POLAND.
ROME, Fob. 17.—Reports from l'et
rograd state that the Russians place a
high stratagetic value on Warsaw as
the key lo Poland which explains their
S
monumental defense against the Ocr
man attacks. It is said that the Rus
sians are daily increasing the strength
of the fortiflcatlons and the city is now
provided with defenses equal to tlinso
of Paris.
Those swimming beauties in the for
est pools of Venusberg certainly show
class. Tannhauser, Friday Night at
Eagle Hall.
A. B. OANCE
MONDAY, FEB. 22, 1016
TICKETS. $1.50
FORTY AEROS IN ATTACK
ON GERMAN RASES
' bPNDO.V, Feb. 17 Reports from the
• front tin Paris sa ythnt forty Knalish
and I’reni-h aeroplanes made a mussed
* | attack on the German military subma
rine bases now under construction a' !
I Zee Ulnae.. I intend and Middelklrk in
an effort to destroy the various build- \
ina^n elected b> tlie Germans for the'
liousina and construction of under I
“■■‘ter crafts The aviators discovered!
that the stations have been heavily
lortifled and batteries of heavy artillery
>n evidence The aviators suc
ceeded in dropping a number of bombs
>n the batteries and report much dam
age done several "f the heavy guns
being thrown from their base While!
the fleet was in action Krench aero’s
made an attack on I lie great Herman
■" r<'drome at fllstelles and did consider '
able damage thus preventing the Uer
man airships from retaliating
The Meet attacking the submarine
bases was enabled to indict much dam
age although the fire of the enemy was
heavy The aero fleet was stnick mam
times but suffered little Injury and all
returned safely to the Allied base
Toe Dai'y iNugget, $2.00 p*r menfti
WESTERN ZONE
GERMAN OFFENSIVE LESSENS
ON FRENCH LINE.
PARIS. Feb 17 Messages from the
front state that the German activities
have lessened and the day has bepn
comparatively quiet Minor
oueiWg ^as^Yn progress at Verdun and
in the vicinity of Ypn-s Tlie I'ren. h
report minor artillery successes
FRENCH DESTROYERS
SUNK OFF DARDANELLS
CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 17 The
government claims that two French
torpedo destroyers have struck the
Turkish mines off the Dardanelles and
were sunk with nil on board The vrs
Bels are snbi to have been sunk las!
week
JOFFRE CLAIMS WILL OFFSET
KAISER’9 RIG GUNS.
PARIS, Fell 17. General Joffro is
quoted ns saying that lie Is quite agreed
with the German opinion that the com
ing summer campaign is likely to lie
derided by long range artillery dueling
but asserted that the Allies in employ
ing thousands of field guns of long
range will he able to successfully com
bat the big guns of the Germans.
KlTCHNER CALLS FOR MORE MEN.
LONDON, Feb. 17 Lord Kltchner
is issuing a further appeal for more
men, stated that while it was the opin
ion of foreign critics that the artillery
of the enemy would decide the war, ii
was still necessary that the Allied arm ,
les should have an overwhelming force j
of men to meet the German troops who
will follow in the path the big guns
have made Kltchner declares that the
guns of the enemy were not as formid
able as it would appear
ALLIES NOT YET
THROUGH DARDANELLES.
ATHENS. Feb. 17.—Although reports
from the Dardanelles are conflicting il
is generally indicated that the allied
fleet has so far not penetrated the inner
lines of defenses. The fleet has eon- |
tinued the bombardment at intervals
and are thought to be slowly destroy- j
ing the defending forts
ITALIAN ARMY ORDERED TO
UNDERTAKE INDEFINITE
MANEUVERS.
ROME. Feb 17.—The King lias
ordered the army to undertake a series
of maneuvers which appear of the most
indefinite nature. It is generally known
that the reservists have received cir
cular lottcrs ordering them to remnln
in absoluto readiness to answer the call
to the colors
SUGGESTS WARSHIPS
CONVOY MERCHANTMEN
WASHINGTON. Kel. 17 The ,■ vi
jfs*~-|Mfs!ci'rjie trlA'iion wan me t nneu
Slates, was again shown tacitly bs the
suggestion oITereri the government la
Admiral P.ehkni , a member of the
Admiralty board, which lias been trans
mitted to the State Department by the
German Ambassador The Admiral
suggests that as a guarantee that
American merchantmen which are
•ni pel led to sail through the water*
• imayeu in currying nminiimnu oi wu
such vessels may he convoyed by
ships of the American Navy in which
event they would not be disturbed by
the German ships. The Administra
tive • dlieinls have offered n«> comment
thus far but tin* German Admiral's
suggestion has been received with scant
favor generally.
LATER
GERMAN SHIPS SINKS
BRITISHERS OF BRAZIL.
BUENOS AYRES, Feb. 17.—Later
Word has reached here that an un
identified German warship has sunk
th*-ee English merchantmen of Brazil.
AUSTRIA STARTS SECOND
SERVIAN CAMPAIGN
ROME, Feb. 17 —Later.— Dispatches
Crcm Vienna stiii that the Austr .«■ s
have rtarted *he seems' Servian can
•: i r with an armv cf four hundreu
an-1 fifty thousand iv.sn. The offens.es
will I p directed agates* Belgrade.
AUSTRIANS SURROUND
RUSSIANS AT BUKOWINA.
VIENNA. Feb. 17—Later—Dispatches
state that the Austro - German forces
have completed a series of movements
by which practically all the remaining
Russians in the Bukowina district have
been enveloped and a terrific battle is
raging which threatens the destruction
of the remnant of the invaders.
GERMANS ACCUSE ITALY
OF SELLING SUBMARINES.
BURLIN', 1YI' I," Thu Berlin press
is loud in its accusations of the Italians
of giving aid to the Allies declaring
that the recent condemnation of a score
of Italian submarines which wore but
two or three years old was merely a
ruse to deliver them into the hands of
the Allies The submarines were sold
at auction recently by order of tho
Italian government
Eskimo dance Friday night 8 p. m„
gymnasium.
Strictly fresh eggs and poultry at
Prosser* Horn*** Shop Phono Btoek b.
MORE ENGLISH
SHIPS SUNK
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IlfKXOH AVKKK, Eeb. 17—The
German steamer Holger Is reported to
be heading for this port with the crew
ol several Knglish steamships aboard
Wireless flashes from the German ship
| state that the men are aboard but give
rui further details. It Is supposed that
the English vessels have been sunk.
ENGLAND AWAITS FULFILLMENT
OF KAISERS THREAT.
LONDON. Feb. 17.—Tile people c'
Great Britain are awaiting with gloomv
forbodlng the stroke of midnight which
is expected to bring the commence
merit of the Kaiser's thretened blxl -
ade of the British coast. Midnight wUI
sec the surrounding coasts of the t’ntt
ed Kingdom a zone of peril to all ve-*
sels, neutral or otherwise which mar
dure to venture in.
The admiralty has issued a proof*
matlon to all shipping throughout the
Kingdom warning them of the meivv
lug danger hut otherwise lias given no
sign The methods which the govern -
gent will pursue in endeavoring to
checkmate the Kaiser's expected move
have so far been carefully concealed
and although the British public are
clamorous, there Is not a word emlnates
from (he war office.
Big Eskimo dance Friday night, gym
nasium . 8 p. m.
DOG RACER L08T
Black and white brest, answer* tt
name of Tango and known ** one of the
Koater dogs. Finder plea** leave at
Lifa Saving Station.
"Tannhauaer.’ ' Richard Wagner'#
famous opera. Eagle Hall Friday night.
The Bally Nugget, $2.00 per month.