THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
VOLUME XVI. NO. 92. TELEPHONE MAIN 46 NOME, ALASKA. TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1915. TELEPHONE MAIN 4*. PRIwS £6 CENT c
U. S. TROOPS ORDERED
TO OCCUPY NO CITIES
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WASHINGTON, March 21.—
In deference to the protest of
Carranza against the American
troops occupying Casa Grandes
or other Mexican town in the
course of their pursuit of Villa
orders have been forwarded to
the American commander to re
frain from quartering his troops
in the cities along the line of ad
vance.
A formal reply has also been
-addressed to Carrana informing
I him that the troops have been
ordered specially not to occupy
Casa Grandes or any other town
or city in Mexico. The protest
and reply included an exchange of
notes between Acting Secretary
of State Polk and Elizeo Arren-i
dondo, the ambassador designate
ed by the United States from
Mexico. After a conference be
tween the president and Polk it
became known that Polk, in a
note forwarded to Mexico yester
day said that instructions have
been given to General Funston to
keep his troops out of all Mexi
can towns.
So far the state department has
received no reply to the request
sent to Carranza asking for the
privilege of using the railroad to
Casa Grande for the purpose of
transporting supplies to the expe
ditionary forces.
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CARRANZA SENDING
TROOPS TO BORDER
A. P. A. Service.
WASHINGTON, March 21.—
Following the failure to come out
in a straightforward manner in
several case it developed that
Carranza is quietly moving forces
to points along the border Re
ports from General Funston to
day say that Carranza troops
which were stationed at Casa
Grandes vvnen General t-’ersmng
crossed the border are now at
Juarez in the rear of the Ameri
can forces.
No reason is assigned for the
transfer of the troops from in
land points to the border and the
action is viewed with some ap
t
'prehension that Carranza is not
acting in good faith.
It is also stated from reliable
sources that in one instance a
Caranza detachment allowed Vil
la to pass southward in his flight
from Columbus on receipt of a
message from the bandit leader
stating that he was not warring
against Mexico, ii is. k.cueioHv
Denevea tnat the administration
will forward a note of inquiry to
Carranza asking an explanation
of the movement of troops to the
border.
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CARRANZA TROOPS ARE
PRESSING VILLA HARD
A. P. A. Service.
EL PASO, Marcho 21.—Villa
and his band of outlaws have
been forced into another battle
with the Carranza troops near
Los Cruces. This information
came in a report to the United
States army station at Columbus
by radio this afternoon. The re
port further said that American
troops have been dispatched to
Los Cruces to aid in the fighting.
The fighting at Los Cruces close
ly following the engagement at
Namiqupa indicates that the Car
ranza troops are pressing Villa
hard in his flight northwestward
along the Santa Martia river an3
that dhe outlaw may soon bej
forced to st| nd and give battle to
the American troops now moving
to the southward.
FUNSTON ASKS
FOR MORE TROOPS
A. P. A. Service.
SAN ANTONIO, xMarch 21.—
General Funston announced to
day that he has asked the war de
partment for additional troops to
protect the line of c'ommunica
don of Pershing’s columns.
VILLA ABANDONS
INJURED IN FIGHT
A. P. A, SarviM.
EL PASO, March 21—The
reports concerning the move
ments of Villa continue to be
somewhat conflicting although it
has been determined that his
troops were defeated in an' en
gagements with Carrana soldiers
at Namiquapa. Reports arriving
this morning state that Villa has
now reached Babicora near the
lake of that name in the Guerririo
-egion after having abandoned
thirty of his wounded at El Valle.
Information to this effect was re
ceived by General Gavia. the
>.vmmiitnun UI Hie dut-n
forces at Juarez. General Gavia;
has also received information that
Henrico Visconti, one of the
best known foreign ranchers in
Mexico has been murdered fry
Mexican bandits on his ranch at
El Vale. The news reached
here in telegrams sent by Ven
cenco Visconti, the brother of the
murdered rancher. Visconti was
one of the largest ranch owners
of northern Mexico, owing some
thing like seventy five thousand
acres.
NATIONAL GUARD WILL
BE CALLED IF NEEDED
A. P. A. Service.
WASHINGTON, March 21.—
The war department announced
today that in the event of serious
trouble developing along the bor
1 ler the national guard will be at
once called into service for duty
on the boundary. The orders for
immediate mobilization of the
guard are already prepared ready
for instant dispatch and plans for
mobilization and transportation
are in readiness.
RUSSIANS MAKE
ADVANCES ON
DNEISTER
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LONDON, March 21.—Thi£
Austrian forces operating north- (
west of L-scieczko on the Dneis
ter river near the Bitkowina bor
ier were forced by the pressure
»f the Prussians to evacuate th$
t'ortifica ns erected at the br: ig?
heat! at that point and retreat*
across the river. The Russians-1
are now bombarding the Aus
trian positions preparatory to an',
atempt to cross.
l*T£ NEWS FLASHES
Germans Make Violent Attacks
Verdun.
ft\RIS, March 21.—The Ger-1
man forces again made violent at
tacks on the Verdun sector west
of 'he Meuse last night but gain
ed no successes except that they
gai^d a slight footholdf south
west of Melincourt woods. East
of the Meuse the night was calm
wafintips Battle Off Belgium. !
LONDON, March 21.—Four
British destroyers defeated three
German destroyers in a battle off
the Belgian coast Monday. Two
of the Germans were hit and four!
men of the British boats were!
wounded.
House Adopts Important Amend
ments.
WASHINGTON, March 21.—
! After defeating Kahn’s amend
i rnent to Hay bill in favor of an
army of 220,000 by a vote of 153
| to. 82, the house today adopted
another amendment to the same
: measure giving the president ab
solute control over the resrves of
sixty thousand men- This is the
most important amendment yet
made. Three times during the
day the house defeated proposals
to increase the peace strength of
the regulars over the number fix
ed by the Hay bill which provides
for army of 140,000 expandable
to 185,000 by excutive order if
war is imminent.
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GERMANS CLAIM
IMPORTANT GAINS
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BERLIN, March 21 —The war
office announces that the German
troops have made important
gains in the French positions
northeast of Avocourt during the
fighting of the r-ast twenty four
hours.
A total of two thousand five
hundred pr'soners were taken
during th<* fighting. The bom
bardment of the French positions
along the Meuse is proceeding
:everal severe repulses of French
SUBMARINE SINKS
FRENCH DESTROYER
A- P. A. Sendee.
PARIS, March 20—The naval
ministry announces that the
French torpedo destroyer Ren-'
dudin has been sunk in Adriatic
by a submarine, presumably of
Austrian nationality. Three, of
ficers and forty four of the crew
are reported lost.
REPORTED FALL OF
ISPAHAN CONFIRMED
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LONDON, March 21.—Reuter,
today firing confirmation ot ther
earlier reports that Ispahan is,
now in the hands of the Russian
forces proceeding to the south j
for the purpose of 'forming a
junction with the British forces
in lowwr Mesopotamia. The dis
patches say that the Russian
forces entered Ispahan, the old
capital of Persia, on the K)th of
the present month.
SAFE BLOWERS
COLLECT HUNDRED
BONES FROM UNCLE
'
A' P. A. Service.
ISSAOUAH, Wash.. March
at—Safe blowers succeeded in
blowing open the safe in the Issa
quah postoffice some time last
night and made away with one
hundred dollars in cash belong
ing to the government. The
character of the job indicates that
the -safe breakers w-ere experts in
their line. There hre no clews.
OBREGON’S
BROTHER KILLED
MEXICO CITY, March 21.—
'•Yancisco Obregon, brother of
: General Obregon who is in coin
1 nand of the Carranza forces now
engaged in the pursuit of Villa,
was instantly killed in an auto
'ccident on the" outskirts of the
city today.
I attacks at points in the section
I ea A and north of Verdun are also
recorded. Reports from the head
quarters of the military forces
along the eastern front record the
failure of several attempts of the
Russians to resume the offensive
along the Dvinsk front. They
were repulsed with considerable
losses to the enemy and the Ger
man advance continues.
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ZEEBRUGGE SWEPT
BY FIRE FOLLOWING
AIR RAID
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AMSTERDAM, March 21.—
Reports reaching here this morn
ing state that the Zeebrugge, the
German naval; base on the Bel
gian coast' has been almost ob
literated by a great tire which
swept over the city following the
great allied air raid yesterday.
The reports declare that the town
is practically in ashes but the
larger portion of the German
naval station was saved by the
exertions of the irnnns .I3liar tt^rck/\
KAISER HONORS
VON T0RPIT2
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BERLIN, March 21.—The
kaiser’s note of acceptance of the
resignation of Admiral von Tur
pitz was made public today and
discloses that the retiring officer
has been granted special honors
In the emperor. The emperor
refers to von Turpitz as “My dear
admiral,” thanks him for his ex
cellent services to the empire “in
preparing a new means of fight
ing.’’ The communication an
nounces that the emperor also
confers on him the star and sword
of the Grand Commanders, to
gcthei with “my royal order of
the House of Hohenzollern.”
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