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PEOPLE OF OTTOMAN CAPITAL FLEE FROM ALUES
BRITISH BRAT
SUNK BY MINE
LONDON, March 3 — While engaged
In clearing away the mines along the
eastern coast, the mine trawler Sap
phire struck a mine and sunk. The
crew are reported to have escaped in
safety.
READY TO MEET VON TIRPITZ
SAYS ADMIRALTY.
LONDON, March 3.—The Admiralty
tells the people that Admiral Calls
han. commander of the allied
fleet, is ready to meet von Tit
pltz any moment, day or night, this
year or next. This statement was made
following alarmist reports that the tier
man fleet was observed in the viclnlt,
of Frisian islands in full force
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ALLIES BOMBARD FORTS FROM
BOTH SIDES GALLIPOLI PEN.
PARIS, March 3 Dardanelles dis
patches stale iliat a division of tin
ullied fleet lias commenced the boot
bardment of Dardanelles foils from the
Gulf of Haros. The fun rests ul llukali
Kale, some miles beyond iln advanc
ing fleet has been severely shelled b\
tlie detached Squadron and Use irnpor
tanl fortifled town ul Yenikui on the
Haros Gulf lisis been burned.
The fleet operating within Use ehan
nel have destroyed the fortress of
liamidieh and Yildlstah and are
steadily advancing toward the Turkish
> ipital.
PEOPLE OF CONSTANTINOPLE
FLEE FROM ALLIED GUNS.
ATHENS. March 3 Hit Ik an advices
slw.w conclush ely that the people of
t’olistantinof'le have but little hope ,,f
the Ottoman capital holding out
against the attack of the allied squad
ton when once the great Meet gets
within range of the city. Thousands
<»f the noncomhatants are said to have
moved to Stamboul in readiness to flee
to suf'et.v in the interior of Asia Minor.
The ottoman government is preparing
to make a desperate stand and is im
pressing all able bodied men into the
military service. The advices state
that the allied naval fleet has been
greatly hampered by the storms raging
over the Aegan son
ALLIES LANDING TROOPS
ON GULF OF SAROS.
V rilKN’S. March 1! Hulgarian din j
patches received state that the Itritlsh I
squadron, engaged in the destruction of i
tlu* Dardanelles defenses. Is attempting'
to land fumes af points along the gulf
■ I' Sams The Turkish troops are re-I
ported to have suffered heavllj from
lie gun fire iif the tleet.
The main squadron Of the allied
fleet is said to have advanced to the
narrowest part of the Dardanelles.
TURKISH AEROS AID IN
DEFENSE OF FORTS.
< ’«tXKTAXTI XOi’LK, March 3 The
Turkish government is now employing
ectopiaties to aid in the defense of the
Turkish forts in the Dardanelles and a
squad of aefos are. engaged in bom -
tui I ding the allied Meets
SIX AUSTRO GERMAN
SUBMARINES LEAVE POLA.
I’Ol.A, Austria. March 3 —An Aus
11 u-Gei man fleet of six submaiines left
this morning under secret orders. li
is generall> supposed that then ulli
mate destination is the scene of tin
great naval bombardment in the Liar
danelles and they will probably strife*
at the allied fleet operating against the
Turkish forts.
The departure oi the fleet was
shrouded in tiie utmost mystery. Dui
ing the period prior to the departure
the great Austrian ship yards were*
closed to all save the officials and a
few trusted workers.
ATHENS, March 3. The Greek pop
ulace are greatly excited by the likeli
hood of the fall of Constantinople with*
m the next few days which is certain if
the allied fleet once gels within gui
range but the mine infested waters of
the Marmora sea are greatly feared.
FOOD RIOTERS
BEING FED
FOOD RIOTERS FOUND
STARVING; ARE FED.
I;'».\IK, .March 3. Genoa food rioti
resulted in the arrest of scores who
"*er»- found to he in a starving condi
tion Thi s w* re later released and
supplied by the army with soldiers ra
t ions.
DANIELS AND GARRI80N
APPROVE ROOSEVELT’S PLAN
W ASHINGTON, March 3 sec re -
tan»*b Daniels and Garrison heartib
approve iif Dol Roosevelt’s plan to or
ganize a great society of national de
fense composed of ex-soldiers aJirt
sailors. Garrison also suggests that
Lilians that are qualified be also ad*
in it ted.
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BILL GRANTS SURVEY
WASHINGTON, March 3.— The sub
stitute River and Harbor Bill reported
l»aek to the senate today provides
lwent> five million dollars for river
and harbor surveys during the coming
year and includes among the deslgnn
ted surveys, the survey of the harbor
site at the tnoutli of Snake River near)
Nome l'lip <• |>|ition to tho nriffionnl
hill developed a strength almost equal
to that displayed towards the Ship
I'urchase hill and the present measure
Us in the nature of a compromise.
Strictly fresh eggs and poultry at
Prossers Harnssj Shop Phon« Black a
RAISING FUND TO
DEFEND VAN HORN
BOSTON, March 2. The German
American* of this city are collecting
a largo fund for the defense of Wornoi
Van Horn, the dynamiter of the St,
t'rolx International bridge. The t'uiin
dian government is pressing the de
mand for extradition and the fund will
lie used to prevent the prisoner from
being handed over to the Ottawa au-j
thorities. Van Horn will soon lie re-,
leased from the Vanceboro jail through
the expiration of His sentence, of thirty
days and it is believed that lie will lie
roarrested at. the instigation of the
1'nited States government in the Ca
nadian extradition demands.
ZAPATA’S ARMY AT
GATES MEXICO CITY
SAN ANTONIA, March 2 Ids-,
patches from Mexico Cit\ state that
the van guard of the Zapatist army is
at the outskirts of the city and several
hotly contested engagements have oc
curred with the Carranza garrison dr
fending the capital The Carranzists
have erected numerous defenses around
the city and are prepared to put up a
desperate resistance to the Villa
armies advancing from I he north and
west. The reports state that the Zap
ata troops were repulsed in three dif
ferent attacks.
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milk and freeh Ice cream and soda j
water at the Roie Candy Store.
LOSES LIFE IN
SAVING DOG
ST. PAl'Ii. March 3. When .Mis. E.
P. Price, wife of a well-known Minne
apolis business man, rushed to the edge
of a 100-foot embankment, near here,
to save her French poodle, which stood
looking over the brink, the earth under
her i rumbled and she plunged to her
death. The dog nls,» fell over the em
bankment. but was uninjured Mrs
Price was prominent in social circles.
SPECIAL SALE.
On Ladias Tailored Suit*. Prios*
$16.50 to $27.50.
Cut pricas on all goods.
MRS. J. WANDER'S
2nd Ava. opp. Court Houla.
U. S. PROPOSAL
AGREEABLL TO GERMANY
ON CONDITIONS
I.ONTX'N. .March 3.—lteports from
Continental sources state that Ocr
many is willing to ticquiese in the pro
posals of the American government re
lative to the war zone on the condition
that food stuffs are placed on the mm
contraband list
Itritnin, in general, still maintains
the same uncompromising attitude to
'■.nil allowing 11,<• pas.suRe of necessi
ties i>t any description The most noti
cftltle otTei t of tile American note is
tli.it it lifts Rival h increased ttie stub
born determination to press the Ger
jnnm blockade to the limit.
Auguatine and Kyer chocolate* and
Butter criap at the Rose Candy Store.
RUSSIANS CAPTURE
50,000 TURKS IN
TRANS-CAUCUSUS
l’ETROGRAD, March 3.—The War
Durcttu lias announced it great victory
in the Trans-Caucusus region, tlio
Turks being overwhelmingly defeated
and driven across the border. The Rus
sian forces have steadily compelled the
Turks to fall back alter a series of en •
gagements which culminated in the
great victory today. The Turkis.i
prisoners taken number nearly fifty'
thousand.
It is also announced that after i
three day bombardment of the Turkish
defenses of the Bosphorus the Russia i
fleet aided by land forces have de
stroyed the south forts guarding the
eastern entrance of the water highway
to the Turkish capital
RUSSIANS AGAIN
PRESSING ON HUNGARY.
LONDON, March 3—Petrograd dis
patches state that the Russian ad
vance on the eastern slopes of the Car
pathians continues to sweep slowly to
tlio West and severe fighting is going
an at points of contact between Nad
warna and Dukla. The Austrian col
umns advancing to the relief of Prez
syrnl have been signally defeated at
Lupkovv after several ferocious at
tempts to pierce the Russian lines. It
is declared that the Austrian attempt
in advance to Rrzesyntl from (hut ill
reotion lias entirely failed. Tlie Rus
sians have also captured the T'zok
pass farther to the west
RUSSIANS ENTER
EASTERN ARMENIA
Tl I’EES. March 3 -Reports received
here state that the Russians have
crossed the Trans-Caucasia border tv
low Ratum and a large force has pene
trated into Eastern Armenia. Tit *
Turkish forces are said to have hoc 1
hopelessly defeated in a series of bat
tles near the border.
RUSSIAN BATTERIES AT
0S8AWICE FORTRESS
HAVE BEEN DESTROYED
HEREIN’. March 3. The German I
center is again pressing forward In the |
direction of Warsaw imbued with the I
determination to take the city. General
successes arc following the German ad
vance and the enemy is being forced
slowly back to the east. Revere tight
ing has taken place in the vicinity of
Ossawiee and the Russian batteries de
fending the fortress have boon demol
ished
BRITAIN SIEZES
ISLAND OF HERNI
laiNlniN Tile island "! Horni. ran
of the Channel group oft' the roast ol
(Suernsey, which is loss than one
square mile in area, has been occupied
Ivy Itritisli troops as a precaution
amiinst its possible use by Oermany.
Reginald MeKenna. home secretary
explained in the House of Commons
that a Herman company had leased tin*
\
land hs far hack as 1889. This com ■
i<an\ m turn leased it to Prince von
1 '.lurcher Mr McKenna suld no evi
dence w as found of military prepara
ti"iis.
For fresh peanut oendtes. salted
peanuts and salted almons go to tt>e
Rosa Candy Storo.
BELGIANS MUST BILLET
GERMAN SOLDIERS
L'AltlS, March 3. Tin- serv i- "f no
tIce to residents of western Belgium
that they must he prepared to billet
Gorman soldiers lends to the belief
that Germany is again preparing to
attack the left wing in an effort to
reach the Channel ports behind the de
fending lines bolow Nleuporl and
Vpi«*s <'onipurutively lilt4*5 fighting
luts nceured in tfiat section for some
du\s, the German offensive being for
fit. present directed to points further
in the south and west Artillery en
gagements have been almost contin
uous along tlie whole western front
resulting in minor gains for the French.
ITALY CALLS RESERVE
OFFICERS TO COLORS
HOME, March :i. Itals is again
seething with the war spirit and pro
militarist meetings are being held in
nil parts of the Kingdom The people
are clamoring for the annexation of
Trieste and Futme. Serious rioting in
volving twenty-live thousand peoplo
occurred following a war meeting ia
i Venice.
The government maintains a com
plete silence hut it is generally known
that an order has been given calling
the reserve officers to the colors.
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PKTROORAO. March :s. The Hus
siun provinces lying along the borders
of ICast Prussia are said to contain
hundreds of stragglers from the 20th
Army Corps which bore the brunt of
j 11.«' recent fighting along the Prussian
frontier. The War Rureau has ordered
! several of the aero corps to search the
j w estern districts and aid the stragglers
i" (In' disorganized army corps to re
11,111 to the Russian ranks.
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