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MID-ATLANTIC
NATE COOMBS INTRODUCES BILL
REPEALING SUNDAY CLOSING LAW
JIjNEALT, Mart'll 5.—-Ko far the ses
sions of the Alaska Kegisnlture hove
developed no partianHhlp and the
members are all working harmoniously.
Today Nate Coombs, of Nome, intro
duced a bill into the House culling for
the total repeal of the Sunday closing
law. The election hill introduced by
Driscoll requires registration in all
Incorporated towns and also tin- in
troduction of the Australian ballot sys
tem. Heckman of Ketchikan has made
the hair seal the object of Ids lirsi
measure. introducing a bill in the
House placing a bounty of otic dollar
oil each pelt taken. A resolution was
adopted by both houses naming March
27th as the day for holding memorial
services for the late Senator Hruiiei
Aldrich and l)al\ have several meas
urcs under way and now that things
ate getting in shape there will prohabh
he a considerable number introduced
each day.
The tendency to crowd things dis
played by the last session has not de
veloped and it is evident that the legis
tutors tire taking a deal more care in
the framing of their hills The more
vital measures are being carefully
i seruitinizrd and the indications are
that legislation will he much more
thorough than formerly. Several hills
relating to tayation are under wa> and |
it is evident that the .subject is being 1
H i ctgnized as a vital one.
FIVE STEAMERS RUSHING
TO AID OF STRICKEN SHIP
LONDON, March ii. Wireless dis
patches from the North Atlantic report
the French truns-Atlantii lire i
Tmiraine afire in mid-ocean The pal
atial steamer is said to he in serious
danger owing to large stores of am
munition composing part of the cargo
The tire is said t«* be uncontrolled and
is gradually eating its way toward th«*
cargo holds threatening the total de
struction of the vessel and the lives,
of tlie crew and eighty-four passenger1 4
♦•nroute t » English and French port*
Tin* report states that the distress
signals from the l,a Touraine have been
answerer! by five steamers which are
now rushing: to the assistance of the
stricken ship.
R.R. COMMISSION REPORT
TO PRES. WILSON
Washington. March u. The ai
asKil llailioud Oommiouiou litiS tlt-11 \«3»
ed a supplementry report to the Presi
dent. at the request of the executive
himself, it Is said, and ttiis is taken to
indicate that the plans of the Com
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long expected decision concerning thcj
route of the new mad v\ i 11 h« hut lift 1* !
longer withheld.
VILLA DECLARES CARRANZA
WANTS U. S. INTERVENTION
CHIHUAHUA. March «. General
Villa declares that Carranza and his
lieutenants are now deliberately try - i
ing to embroil Mexico with the United
States and other nations hy maltreat
ing foreigners in Mexico City and other1
points held by the Carranzists.
Villa points out that Carranza is
growing desperate and forseeing his
early downfall at the hands of Villa's
army, is seeking to draw the United
States into the country to prevent the
success of the Constitutionalists.
WILSAN MAY SEND
EXPEDITION TO MEXICO CITY
WASHINGTON, March li - Tile Mex
ican situation is again warming up and
rumors from semi-official sources
around the capitol assert that General
Kunston, who Is now at Texas fin. has I
been warned to hold himself in remit 1
ness, presumabh for another e\pedi-|
lion into Mexico in llte near rum.
I’resident Wilson is now engaged in
a thorough study of the Mexican sit
nation and it lias been stated that la
is liable to send an American oxpedi- 1
thin to the relief of citizens of this
country and also the many foreigners
who are reported to he starving in
Mexico City. The President is said
to ho much concerned at the present
condition of affairs in the Mexican
capital.
ZAPATISTS REPULSED
BY MACHINE GUNS.
MKXfCtt CITY, Marcli il. The Za-j
patlsts commenced a series of assaults j
LATE BULLETINS
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FRENCH AEROS FIRE
GERMAN POWDER WORKS.
i'ARIS, March 6. The section of the
French aero-corps stationed in upper
Alsace perofrmed a daring exploit by
flying over sontli 'western Germany
and firing the great German powder
plant at Rottwiel. The daring attack
was made under the leadership of (’apt.
Hoppe and the aeros, four in number,
swooped down upon the unsuspecting
town dropping four bombs upon their
objective, the i>owdrr works, and made
their escape in safety. When last soon
by the aviators the plant was burning
fiercely.
BERLIN CLAIMS REIMS
DOOMED TO DESTRUCTION.
BBRI-IN. March C.—Advices from
Reims state that the city seems doomed
to complete destruction under the
heavy fire of the German guns which
have now been brought to bear on the
beleagured town. It is stated that the
entire eastern and southeastern sec
tions of the cfty ar< now a mass of
crumbling walls and gutted streets.
The German forces are daily closing
in and it is believed that the city is
doomed to be battered to pieces.
ALLIES HAVE UNDERSTANDING
WITH ITALY.
\K\Y YORK. March »; The attitude
of the allies toward the number of
Italian steamers which have returned
to Italy with thousands of reservists
aboard Is claimed to show conclusively,
that Italy is with the allies
NEARLY THOUSAND RESERVISTS
ARRIVE FROM AMERICA.
HOME. March tf. Two American
vessels arriving here irom \oik
brought nearly a thousand reservists
returning to the colors
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pity today hut worr4 ropulHCtf with
lioavy losHCH. Tin* machine **uns ot' the*
[’.'ttraiiza fort-os ;iro said i«» haw* takou
i frightful i"|| of lives from tin- Villa
ranks.
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VILLA’S TROOPS WILL
ATTACK TAMPICO,]
HI. PASO. March t>. The announce-1
mont has come from the Villa head- ]
1 Harters at Jamvz that the Villa troops]
ire preparing to renew their operations
tgninsi the citysif Tampico The pro
sent Carranza commander who was
formerly a Villa ofthor. declares that
lie will defend the cily to the last.
CARRANZA'S GENERAL ORDERS
SHOPS TO OPEN.]
MUNICH CITY, March .Y General
nhrogon. commander of the Carranza
forces occupying the city has issued
a decree demanding that the merchants
of the city open their stores and accept
the Constitutionalists currency in pay
ment for food stuffs in order to relievo
the food shortage among the people.
The store keepers of the city have
long refused to accept the Carranza
currency owing to its unstable value
and have closed their places of lmr-iness
rather than accept trade
BUBONIC PLAGUE
APPEARS IN
COLOMBIA
luiUOTO, March The appearance
of the bubonic plague in the interior,
near the Venezuela line, recently re
ported to the government, has led to
[the quarantining of the whole Rojos
idistrict hv the sanitary ofTieiols
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RUSSIAN OFFE I EXTENDS
FROM BALTIC TO ROUMANIA
I'l'/ITR »OR.\ I). March o Inform.i I
rioii given mil h> the War office Iurii -
•ates that the armies of Russia have
assumed the offensive along the cut it«
front from the Raltie to the Routnan
‘■an border and lighting is said to he in
progress at every point along the line
I ’etailed information of this gigantic 1
r..»M*-.ird movement shows tin Russians
haltering at the German iitn*s at aii
points from Augustowa to the Rzum
river. The armies north of ITxasnyz
lime made • •• msidern ldo and steady
ndvanees and are proeoeding toward
Thorn along the lower border of Ka.st
I in rua Teirihle fighting is "oina on
| ii western and southern Galieia and
the Russian forees are rapidly converg
ing in a great offensive movement
hi* h IS planned t<> * nt ff tile main
; « otbuniUH nt inn »»f the Austrians in
«»a UelM by e:i |n u, .
According to the general .
nouneements the Russians are win
ning throughout (JaHem and the heav
iest fighting sinre last fall is now tak
ing place.
TERRIFIC COMBAT ON
GALICIAN BATTLEFIELDS.
H( »MK, Alaivli *• Dispatches from
tiie I'astern war /.one state tliat terri
li- lighting is going mi on the Galician
buttle fields. The Austro German
armies are despeiatelv striving to turn
back the heavy Russfau advances
which, despite terrible losses, are pres
sing steadily forward. The Austrians
are everywhere forced to retreat Vien
na dispatches indicate that tin Aus
trians arc rushing all possible rein
forcements into Galieia. The last re
serve regiments are said to he depart
| iuk from Vienna in the effort to -nay
11 he ltns.sian advance.
It is imliufcteii that th* Hnssians 1
GERMANS REPORTED
HOLDING POSITIONS.
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German fori os are holding their posi
tions near A ngustowu ami Ossowelz
Tin- German right wing is moving
sr.nl li w. i i'il below Warsaw in the effort
to i .impel the Russians to desist In
their Galieinn offensive
MONTENEGRINS HARASS
AUSTRIAN RIGHT WING
'NEAR BELGRADE.
i'ITTTN.IK. Maioh It is otlieialli
Mt Ited that the Montenegrins will at -
tempt no further offensive in Bosnia
until tin- Austrian pressure before llel
l grade has lessened .Montenegrin
troops are reported moving northward
in :,ti effort t" harass the Austrian
light wing.
RUSSIAN SUBMARINES
OPERATING IN BALTIC.
i '< il’KN'H U1K.N March i>.—Closeti
following the reports that the Russians
have recentlx launched submarine)*
from sum* point >n the Baltic coast
comes the news of an attack on a tier
man merchant vessel enroute. to Swe
den by one of the Russian vessels. The
• i- rmnn is reported to have been badly
ITALIAN MERCHANTMAN
REPORTS SQUADRON ENROUTE
TO DARDANELLES.
IH'OIIARKST, March t>.—Reports
from the frontier state that the forces
of \ustria and Russia are engaged In
a mighty struggle in the southeastern
Carpathians within sight of the Ron
manlai) border Many shells from the
guns of the combatants have fallen
across the frontier during the pasi
week causing the inhabitants of the
district to dec in terror.
BKRl.lN. March ti.—The ".ir office
"Mli lals confirm the capture of Mysay
nice by the Russians after a determined
assault.
BOMBARDMENT STEADLY
CONTINUES DARDANELLES
I.oNDi'N, March The Admiralty/
announces that the Turkish situation*
continues satisfactory to the aulltori
ties The Anglo-French Hcot fs fttM
steadily forcing its way eastward. Pro
gress is said to he necessarily slow ow
ing to the waters being thickly strewn
with mines through which the mine
draggers are steadily sweeping a path, j
The allied fleet is now entering the
most difficult part of the passage, after|
clearing away the mines, and the bom-1
hardment of the land defenses on either |
side continues, the forts suffering
heavy damage, it is stated that the I
confined area at the present point of
progress is causing considerable dif- !
Acuity in maneuvering the vessels and
also increases the liability of damage
So far tho causalties have been sur
I prisinglv light.
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TURKEY CLAIMS PASSAGE OF
DARDANELLES COSTLY.
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WASHINGTON March tl. Turkish
dispatches revolved by the Spanish
Embassy state that the Turkish gov
ernment declares that tho mine laden
waters of the Dardanelles have taken
a terrible tolo of the enemy's vessels
since the beginning of the bombard
ment. According to tho dispatches at
least a dozen of tho allied ships have
fallen vietime to the Turkish torpedos
DARDANELLES BOMBARDMENT
BELIEVED WILL SETTLE
BALKAN QUESTION
VKW VOKK, March th Balkan dis
patches Indicate that the steady sttc
■ess of the Allies in the Dardanelles is
InflamihK the war spirit of tile Ilalkan
peoples. It is helievetl that the out
come of the Dnrdamlles bombardment
will brine the decision in the Balkan
question.
EIFFEL TOWER IN TOUCH
WITH DARDANELLES SQUADRON
PARIS. March -it is known tlmi
the Klffel tower wireless station is to
nightly communication with the allied
Heel in the Aegon Sea hut the strictest
I secrecy is maintained as to the new“
lreceivc.il. All Dardunelle news pub
| lishoil here is reported as being from
Great Britain.
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LATER
GREEKS INTEND TO
ENTER THE CONFLICT.
ATHENS. Mai l'll •! The receipt of j
reports from Bulgaria which indicate j
the early entrance of that nation into J
the war has greatly inflamed the war
spirit of the Greeks and popular feeling
is running high. Mass meetings have
been held and Greek intervention haB
been publlenlly demanded.
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BULARS SECRETELY MOBILIZE
THREE ARMY DIVISIONS.
SALONIKA, March 6—News of un
doubted authenticity received here
shows that the Bulgarian government
is aecretely mobilizing three divisions
of the army Every indication points
to the Bulgars speedy entrance Into the
wa r.
FORTY SEVEN MINE
VICTIMS RESCUED
LAYL.YN'IJ, \V. \*a„ March ti.—Fol
lowing four days of desperate and
heroh rescue work, forty-seven of the
miners entombed In the recent coal
mine explosion near this place tiave
been rescued. The work of reaeue con
tinues and it is believed that more of
the victims will be found alive. Over
forty bodies have been recovered
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