THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
PERSHING PREPARING CAVALRY
DRIVE FOR VILLA
By A P. A. Service.
COLUMBUS, March 29.—A
wireless dispatch from the field
headquarters of the American ex
peditionary forces at Colonia
Dublan, Chihauhua, to Columbus!
today states that preparations are,
now being made to close in on
Villa’s retreating forces with a
quick but thoroughly prepared
cavalry drive. • j
The message announces that
the preparations are being push
ed with all speed. Pershing is
now concentrating a body of
picked cavalrymen which will
make an effort to round up the
retreating bandits and bring
them to a decisive engagement
before they can retreat any far-1
ther to the south. The reserve
forces of the expedition are now
at the front south of NamiquipaJ
on the edge of the Guerrero dis-,
trict.
The cavalry forces are being
fully prepared to make a dash of j
indefinite duration. It is the
opinion of the military leaders
that the plan now under way will
achieve the object of bringing
Villa and his men to a stand, it
is said that General Pershing
looks to the cavalry for the actual
capture of Villa- The message
does not indicate the present lo
cation of Villa. It is believed
that he is making his wa>
through the lower hills some
where to the westward of El Oso.
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JOINT FORGES
HUE CONSTANTLY
HARROW VILLA
P. A. Service.
EL PASO, March 29.—That
Loth the Cairanza lorces and the
Americans are in contact with the
\ ilia army and are gradually
forcing the bandit chief into clos
er action is tne tenor of a state
ment given out by General Ga
vira, tne military commandant at
Junarez today, following the re
ceipt of oiticiai oispatcnes from
General Bertani, the constitution
alist commander at Madero.
'1 he following message from Ber
tani was made puolie by Gavira
^his afternoon. "'Ihe V iliasisu
are at El Oso. 1 believe that Col
onel Cano, one of our chiefs, is
closest to him and our troops
and the Americans are harrassing
him constantly."
TOTAL GERMAN CASUAL
TIES NOW a 1-3 MILLIONS
A- P. A. Service.
AMSTERDAM March 29 —
The Courant today publishes the
latest figures concerning the Ger
man losses since the beginning of
the war. The lists are presum
ed to contain at least a portion of
the casualties sustained in the
recent fighting and indicate that
the total of killed wounded and
missing is two million, four hun
dred and fifty eight thousand.
REPUBLICANS ATTENTION
Regular meeting of the Seward
Peninsula Republican Club will
be held at Hunter Hall Thursday
evening, 8 p- m. Business of im
portance.
W. D’ARCY CHACE, Pres.
CHAS. H. MI LOT, Sec.
HOUSE PASSES ARMY
DEFICIENCY BILL
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WASHINGTON, March 29—
With but one dissenting vote,
he house today passed the army
leticiency bill. The one “no”
illered against the measure when
the matter was brought to vote
,vas voiced by M. M. London, the
ocialist member from New York.
London took a hand in the debate
and offered a vigorous protest
gainst the bill on account of the
ppropriation for recruiting the
miy up to the full strength al
owed by law.
The bill provides the sum of
MPht and six tenths millions to
- 1 ’ J?
cover the expense incident to the
sending of American troops into
Mexico, and also the recruiting
of the military forces up to full
war strength. Several lively de
bates over the various provisions
of the bill took place, the section
relating to the provisions for
aeroplane service coming in for a
particularly severe scorching at
the hands of Representative
Mann, who sniffed derisively
when a reference was made to
eight aeorplanes being used in
Mexico. Mann observed that it
ought to be eighty instead of
eight.
SICHLER CASE DEVELOPS
ADDED INTEREST
By A P. A. Service.
SEATTLE, March 29.—What
promises to add further sensa
tion to the interest of the public
in the Sichler blackmailing cases
developed today in the announce
ment of the county commmission
ers that they will not approve the
expense accounts of Sheriff
Hodge in the matter of extradit
ing the three women, Clayburn,
Coots and Peterson, .all three of
whom were brought back from
California following the arrest of
Sichler
1 he county commissioners state
that they will leave the approval
of the extradition costs to th
public prosecutor. Lundin is said
to have intimated that he will not
O. K. the accounts, having been
advised against such action.
! Friends of Sheriff Hodge state
J that the action of the commis
sioners and Lundin is purely the
result of earlier friction with the
lier’ff over the extradition of the
women. The Clayburn woman,
who arrived here yesterday in
charge of deputy sheriff Halley
was released today under heavy
bonds.
Three year* ago you dropped me
ike a hot potato . A Scrap of
’aper, Eagle Hall, April ist.
Oalltnf Cards at the Nunet Office.
LATE NEWS FLASHES
CLAIMS SUCCESSLS
ON WHOLE FRONT
A. P- A. Service.
PETROGRAD. 'larch 29.—
The official statement of the war
office states that the Russians
forces have gained successes
along the entire front and espe
cially in Galicia. Russians gain
are reported in the vicinity of
I’rebizond and along the Black
sea coast region and southward
from Lake Van.
Hundred Killed in Explosion
Austria.
BUCHAREST, March 29.—
Dispatches say one hundred per
sons have been killed in a terrific
explosion taking place in an am
munition factory at Wellsdorff,
Austria
Carranza Agrees to Use of Rail
roads.
WASHINGTON, March 29.—
Carranza has agreed to permit
ihe movement of supplies for the
.mcrican forces in Mexico over
the Mexican Northwestern rail
way running from El Paso to a
point some distance below Casa
Grande.
No News From Pershing.
EL PASO, March 29.—iNoth
ing has been heard from the Am
erican forces up to mid afternoon.
The military authorities at San
Antonia also report that nothing
has been heard from General
Pershing up to a late hour.
Russia Claims Successes Along
HOUSE INCREASES
PENSION LIST
A. P. A. Service
WASHINGTON, March 29.—
By a unanimous vote the house
today granted a substantial in
crease in the pensions of Mexican
J war veterans by raising the al
loted sum from twelve dollars to
twenty dollars per month.
The administration is still wait
ing a reply from Carranza rela
tive to the request for the use of
the Mexican railways for the
transportation of supplies to the
American expeditionary forces.
Reports from General Funston
state that the line of communica
tion between the border and
Namquipa is being maintained
under circumstances of the great
est difficulty over the wagon road
running southward through Casa
Grande. The senate today elect
ed Senator Pittman to fill the
vacancy in the foreign relations
committee caused bv the death
of SenatorShively^^^_
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CLEVELAND, March 29.—
Twenty one in the morgue at Am
herst and twenty-five seriously in
ured in the hospital at Elyira,
escue parties are working frant
callv to recover more dead and
injured from the wreckage of 01m
of the worst train disasters occv
ruring in this section for years.
Without more than a moment’s
.varning two of the New York
Central’s fastest trains came to-(
gether this morning and were
completely demolished in a terri
ble double wreck in the vicinity
of Amherst.
The trains were both running
at lightning speed when they
came together and the resultant
crash literally tore them into bits,
piling the debris in a giant heap
if twisted iron and steel beneath
which are reported to be a large
number of additional victims.
I hi failure of the block signals
is stated to be the cause of the
disaster.
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WASHINGTON March 29.—
A dozen Indian ciiiefs from the
tribes inhabiting Arizona and
New Mexico will be enlisted as
guides and scouts for the Amer
ican columns operating in Mex
Pco according to an annouiice
H-iit from General Scott the chief
>i stall today. Prom the same
ource it is learned that Funston
",v • -1c 11 the war department to
.iilOOTING SCRAPE
RESULTS IN
DEATH OF TWO
A. P. A. Service.
SEATTLE, March 29.—As an
aftermath of a violent quarrel oc
curing yesterday John Holmes, a
foreman joiner in the employ of
the Seattle Construction and Dry
Dock Company is lying in the
hospital fatally wounded and his
assailant, John Ross, also an em
ploye of the same company, is
(lead as a result of falling into the
hay after being wounded in the
leg by Policeman W .A. McDon
old while attempting to escape
after shooting Holmes,
The two men engaged in a
quarrel yesterday afternoon but
no hostilities were attempted
W hen they met. this morning the
quarrel was again renewed with
the result that Ross suddenly
drew a revolver and opened fire
on the foreman. After the shoot
ing Ross tried to make his escape
but was seen by the patrolman
while attempting to dive from
some piling into the bay. Think
ing he was about to escape the
officer opened fire wounding Ross
i How him the services of Indians
owing to their remarkable capac
ities as trailers and scouts quali
lies of especial value in territory
■-uch as the American forces are
row occupying in Mexico. Gen
»*ral Scott signed the order for
their employment this morning.
I beg pardon, Obstacles to m*
arc only stimulants. A Scrap of
’.■per, Eagle Hall, April tsl.
'in the leg so badly that he was
drowned before he could be res
cued from the water.
SEATTLE, A1 arch 29.—John
iolir.es the man who was shot
his morning by John Ross in the
Seattle Construction and Dry
Dock Company’s plant is dying.
GREAT FIRE
SWEEPS LEADVILK
LEADVILLE, March 29— One
if the greatest fires of years is
now raging here while a heavy
breeze threatens a vast amount
it destruction unless the flames
ire speedily checked. The fire
men have been batling heroically
‘or several hours with little slic
es'- and have finally been cotn
icllccl to resort to dynamite. The
ire is sweeping through one of
the central business blocks and it
s feared will spread toother parts
if the same district. Dozens of
buildings surrounding the confla
ation have been leveled by e>
plosives and the damage is bound
to be heavy.
Plain and fancy sawing. Millin
ery, etc. M™. P. L. Drodersen.
Wild Goose building.
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