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VOLUME XV. NO. 76. r_, . M ' ' - -
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GERMANS PLAN NEW MOVEMENT
ENTRANCES TO CONSTANTINOPLE BOMBARDED
FALL OF OSSOWETZ WILL THREATEN WARSAW
BLOCKADE EVENTS
DESTROYER SINKS
GERMAN U 8.
WAHIH. March Wii closed report:
livin the puttul lied records ihc do
struct ion nt tin* (iciiu i.ii submarine t >
which was sunk m llie Kuglish ihaiine
by a French destroyer.
ADMIRALTY CONFIRMS SINKING
OF GERMAN SUBMARINES.
LON DON, March The Admiralty
has confirmed the report od sinking oi
two Herman submarines in English
water*.
SUBMARINE SINKS FRENCH
AMMUNITION SHIP.
MERLIN. March r, A French steam
ship carrying ammunition from Britain
has been sunk by the German subma
rine fleet in sight of Ostend. The ves
sel wu* proceeding to Bolagm
BRITISH NORTH SEA FLEET
IN COLD AND STORMS.
LONDON, March 'Flic British
North Sen fleet engaged in patrolling
the eastern coast are said to he wrap
ped in a mantle of ice due to (lie severe
weather of the last few days Severe
storms and bitterly cold weather have
been the rule and many sailors are
reported to have been swept away by
the heavy seas.
ADMIRALTY BELIEVES GERMAN
BLOCKADE CHECKED.
LONDON’. March -T The absence of
further known losses of allied com
metre fur w'Vi'ii I da v s has led the
Admiral!' l<* la I a * \ i • that II . iierman
blockade is becoming i>■ ■ ■ ft<•< tn <> uul
I he great fleet of allied submarine;
I ‘if 1rolling thi‘ waters of the wai zone
are thought til lie 1■> sponsible fur the
checking of further disastei- No los
ses by submarines have m a sirred ilut
ing the present week and the recent
scare has entire)) ded lied
Kltchnrr is reported to hav n stinted
Ills wcekb visits to m la is.
AGENTS OF GERMAN STEAMERS
ASKS GOVERNMENT PROTECTION
NKW VoftK. .March Agent
lleimrieh of the North (iertnan Idoyd
steamship linn is reported to have ap
pealed to the Kederal government to
aid the New Jersey officials to protect
the Herman anil Austrian steamers
docked ai Hoboken and Jerses <‘ltj
from the plots of alleged dynamiters
whom he asserts have made mans at
tempts Pi injure the vessels
LONDON SAYS THAT BUT LITTLE
CHANGE IN SITUATION.
Ld’XDoX. March V a summary of
the war situation, both naval and mili
tary, for the past twenty four hours
shows hut little change In the situation
Hut little flghing tins taken place along
I ho east and west battle lines, minor
gains following artillery actions being
recorded along ihe west. The bom
bardment of tho inner forts of the l>nr
lanollcs continues and the fleet is
slowly forcing tho passage.
GERMANS PUNNING FOUR
HUNDRED MILE BATTLE LINE
MKItl.lN, Mail'll li is announced
i iml the present movement of ilie
Herman forces along the east /.une is
HI pursuanee of a plan i,■ stretch a
mie of troops from i.iiiuu southward
I'OJos I'oUiuJ a ml lo l lie northern
• ingle of Kuumaliia. aided In ilce a.is
' nail forces Hie plan embraces the
holding of till- liiiiiciiin frontier and
tlie ground now in the possession of
the Herman lorres in west I'niaiid. The
new battle line will in apploximuleiy
, four hundred miles in length. The
bombardment of the iissowetz forts is
, I Togressing fiercely. The general staff
consider Hi,' line nf Russian foils
(stretching Southwest from lirudiin, the
key to the Warsaw situation and a do
terinined effort is being made to break
through. It is pointed out that the fall
of « issowetn will threaten the main line
of communication between Petrogmd
end l he Polish capital and compel a
shifting of the Russian forces to meet
the new Herman offensive Should the
plan succeed the Polish eit\ will be
hopelessh cut off and its defenders at
l lie iim-ci of the Hermans.
GERMANS TROUGHT TO BE
PLANNING NEW MOVE.
A \lSTKKI>A.M, .March ■’> A notioa
ble renewal of the activities of the Her
limn an and water fleets is giving rise
t ■ the belief that the Germans are again
planning foi a roup In the waters of
the allies.
GERMAN PRESS PREDICTS GREAT
VICTORIES IN SUMMER
i
BKKUN Via SAYVII.I.K, Man h a
| The Berlin press is expressing the be
lief that the mid-summer months will
jvvitmss overwhelming victories of 'he
i iermans, both on land and sea. The
statement is made that the summer
months will witness the most gigantic
slaughter of men anil destruction of
propertv ever known and which is es
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timstcd will exceed the total losses of
all wars within the past two hundred
\ ears
HOME COOKING
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homo cooking Lunches and short
orders will receive the best of atten
tion. Dinner served from five o'clock
on. and it csn't be beat. Next door to
the Surprise store. tf
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SLAVS REGAIN
CZERNOWITZ
1‘KTKOGKAD, March a.—Th« war
bureau announced that the renewed
Kudslan offensive in liukowina has
| compelled the Austrians to evacuate
i 'zernowlt*.
GREEK CROWN COUNCIL
MAY DECLARE FOR WAR.
ATHENS. Match ■' -Owing b* the
[ Grown t.'ouncll being called for the
I second time the public are again great
!.'■ excited by tile possibility that the
present council meeting tnny mean the
entrance f Greece into the European
viii It is generally believed that the
government has an understanding with
the Hnlkun nations and is only awaiting
the signal to join in a general move
ment against the Dual Alliance.
FRENCH AGAIN FORCED
BACK AT REIMS CITY
I‘AIMS, March The Germans
have renewed the Reims bombardment
with increased vigor and have again
compelled the French lines to fall baric
against the city. The German cannon
ade is unprecedented and the noise of
the German guns can be occasionally
heard in this city. The softening
of the weather has been marked by a
resumption of the German activities in
northeastern France and tile \ osges
art- again the scene of seteio lighting.
The constantly ini teasing activities
General Joffre to take personal com
mand of the French operations with
the hope Hint the enemy ran ho forced
from their positions and compelled to
give way.
The allies are reported on the often- !
sive in tlic Vosges with slight gains
recorded as the result of nearly a week
of constant artillery lire. The upper
Alsnu lines have remained practically
unchanged for the post week although
contact with the cnem> is constant
So far neither side tins opened a deter
mined offensive and the French lines
remain intact. Aviators from both
sides are said to be active however
Mot chocolate, hot boof tea, maltad
milk and fraah iea crwtm and aoda
water at tha Roaa Candy Store.
POPULACE OF MEXICO
CITY FACING FAMINE
MEXICO CITT, Mercli .Mexico
City is once again in tlie grasp of war
and the populaoe are facing a famine
due to the stoppage of supplies by the
ZapaW-st army which is fast closing in
from every side. To make the situation
of thn helpless people worse, the Car
ranzists hav split into several factions
and aro keeping up an incessant strife,
pitched battles between tho partisans
of either faction being of daily occur*
anrf*.
The situation of tin* Carranza gov
ernment is proeurlous as many of the
previously staunch adherents of the
Constitutionalist General, now that the
situation lias i ■ o hod the extreme, are
inclined to fall ayvuv and former Pro
visonal President Guitterez is again
growing in popular favor. News from
the interior indicates that a condition
ojt niptosi complete chaos exists The
coiintrj is given up almost entirely to
outlawry and pillage and the condition
of the people is declared to bo pitiable.
Among the depredations committed,
the I’nrranzlsts troops are reported to
have dynamited two British owned coal
mines near Cerrito.
FLOUR IB GHKAP
Bread only 6$. North Polo Sakory
and Anvil Bakiry.
FLEETS BOMBARD DARDANELLES
AND BOSPHORUS STRAITS
RUSSIAN BLACK SEA
SQUADRON GOES SOUTH.
lii'OMAItliKT. Match . Wireless
dispatches picked ut> here last night j
Indicate that the Russian ltlaek Sea
fleet was passing along the east Ron ■
tnanian must enroute to the South.
The signals passing between the ves
sels indicate that the fleet is composed |
of almost the entire ltlaek Sea squad I
run. It is supposed that the fleet i« en !
route to the Bosphorus,
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RUSSIANS ANXIOUS TO
REACH CONSTANTINOPLE.
I a i.\ I U p.V March Reports re
ceived here state that the Russians
have assembled their entire naval
strength on die Black Sea before the
eastern approaches to the Bosphorus
nntJ « i omnioneod an active horn
hai'dineiu of tile defenses No hint
was given of tile Itussian movement
and tie sudden assembling of the entire
Meet is taken as rin indication that Rus
sia is anxious to reach Constantinople
before the allied fleet ean penetrate to
the sea of Marmora
APPROACHES TO
CONSTANTINOPLE BEING
POUNDED EAST AND WEST
\ TI1KNS Miireh ; I lardanelies re
ports say thal the Hussian Black Sea
Heel is striking at the eastern ap
proaches to Constantinople while the
Anglo-French squadrons ale hammer
ing at the Dardanelles The Hussian
fleet is said to lie composed of the en
tile Black Sea natal strenght of Rus
sia
RUSSIAN FLEET BOMBARDS
TREZIBOND
I'KTlti IGHAI >. March j.—Russian
destioyi-i-B bombarded the Turkish city
"l Trezlhond yesterday destroying
manv buildings and completely wreck
ing the shore defenses which have been
hastily erected by the Turks. The tire
of tiie Russian fleet was continued for
over three hours it is reported that
the mine sweepers cleared the waters
of many mines before the fleet was able
fo approach the town
DARDANELLES BOMBARDMENT
CAUSES WHEAT DROP; ITALY.
RoMK. March Dardanelles re
ports state that relays of the allied
battleships are keeping up an almost
incessant homburdment of the Inner
fi rts but no further advance Is record
ed The possibility of the allies ar -
romplishlng the seizure of Constanti
nople, thereby releasing immense
stores of Russian wheat, hus had an
appreciable effect on the local grain
markets and the price of that com
modity has made a considerable drop
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ALLIES LOSE SHIP
ADRIATIC NAVAL BATTLE.
ROME, March 5 -Reports from tin
westeonst state that the destroyer fleets
of the Austrians and the allies met In
the lower Adriatic yesterday and one
of the vessels of the latter was sunk
in sight of the Italian shore The
classification of the destroyed vessel
has not been learned It has been
learned that neutral vessels entered
the waters of the Adriatic are being
convoyed by Ilritish war ships which
indicate that the allies have mined the
entrance for the purpose of assisting
in the blockade of the Austrian ports
AUSTRIANS FIGHT BITTERLY
AT PRE2EMYSL.
PETROGRAD, March The Aus
trians at I’resemysl are reported to be
fighting bitterly hoping to stave off the
final assault of the Russians until rein
forcements cun arrivi The Austrians
yesterday opened up u terrific bom
bardment on the artillery of the Rus
sians and for a time threatened to des
troy the hastily constructed earthworks
in which tho Russian artillery is em
placed. Machino guns rushed against
the artillery positions of tho enemy
compelled the Austrians to desist.
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AUSTRIANS AND MONTENEGRINS!
STUBBORNLY HOLDING LINES.
GETTINJE. March ■ The Monte
negrins and Austrians in contact in
eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina are
both holding their lines now nearly a
month old Neither side have been able
to make headway.
CARRANZA, VILLA
TROUBLE NEAR END
HI. I'ASi), March 5 Mexican reports
declare that the supreme struggle be
tween the great Mexican factions is
fast nearing its end with the odds
favoring Villa as his army great I v out
numbers that of Carranza.
Tiie armies o' Villa are rapidly hem- j
ming In the smaller forces of ids np-j
ponent und It is said to be only » mat
ter of days before they will ho driven
into the last ditch, fioreo roltlng is,
said to have taken place at Zacatecas
yesterday during which many were
killed and wounded. The trouble M
s.iid tn have arose through the opposi
tion of the people to having tho troops
of Carranza quartered In the town
The soldiers of Carranza quelled the
disturbance by firing into the crowd
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