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FUNSTON DECLARES
VILLA NOT SURROUNDED
A. P. A. Service.
SAN ANAONIO, April 3.—
General Funston again reiterated
his earlier statement that in his
opinion the capture of Villa and
be no small operation owing
largely to the character of the
country in which he is operating
and his remarkable abilities as a
strategist Funston also took
occasion to deny the frequent
press reports emanating from un
official sources_intimating that
WORKS OFFERS
NLW AtvixsivDMENT
TO AKJVnf BILL
A- P. A. Service.
WASHINGTON, April 3.—A
new turn was given to tne discus
sion of the question of building
up an army reserve force today
day through the introduction by
benator Vvorks of an amendment
to the senate army bill which pro
vdes for the creation on the Pa
cific coast of a body of two hun
dred thousand men to alternate in
service in the army and in the
forestry and reclamation service
Under the plan submitted by the
California senator, the men will be
first placed in the military ser
vice and after a limited period of
training will then be transferred
to either the forestry or land re
clamation departments where they
will be given steady employment
as laborers. A major portion of
the first year of enlistment will
he devoted to training the men
Villa has several times been sur
rounded but has managed to es
cape
“I want it publicly understood,”
he said, “that we have not got Vil
la surrounded and never have
had.” The general declared that
once the bandits are surrounded
they will probably have little op
portunity to escape but also as
serted that the task of surround
ing him was not so easy as the
public were being led to believe^
for army service and each year
thereafter until the expiration of
the term of enlistment they will
■>e employed alternately in the
three branches of the government
service. As a method of creating
a mobile land reserve force for the
national defense the amendment
is creating much favorable com
ment among the legislators, espe
cially among those who do not
look with favor upon a large
standing army.
THREE MORE BRITISH
SHIPS TORPEDOED
LONDON, April 3.—Admiral
ty reports this morning state that
the British steamships Achilles,
Goldmouth and Ashburton have
been torpedoed by submarines in
the North sea during the past
twenty-four hours. A half dozen
of the members of the three
crews are reported to have per
ished. The rest have been landed
by passing vessels.
OVER 200 PERISH IN
PORTUGAL SINKING
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PETkOGKAD, April I.—Two
hundred and fifty, including many
wounded, perished when a Ger-1
man submarine torpedoed and
£ ink the Russian hospital ship
Portugal on the Black sea this
morning.
In addition to the wounded sol
diers aboard the vessel there were
; large number of prominent
members of the Russian Red
Cross including Count Tatistich-,
eff, and Red Cross delegate Bar
oness Meindorff, both of whom
are among the missing
In addition there were also four
teen sisters of charity, fifty mem
bers of the Russian and twenty
nine members of the French med
ical corps These are also miss
ing. The attack of the subma
rine is declared to have been
aue without warning and in the
lace of the fact that a Red Cross
was conspicuously displayed on
the side of the vessel. According
to th<^ information received here
the Portugal was lying at anchor
.. hen the torpedoes were hurled
into her from a distance of sixty
yards. As the attack is in direct
defiance of the rule of njtions re
specting the immunity * from at
tack of Red Cross workers, there
is wide spread indignation
throughout the empire.
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FRENCH FORCED TO
RETIRE FROM! VAUX
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PARIS, April 2.—The war of-1
fice announced this evening that,
after a bitter bombardment, the
French have been forced to retire
from the section of the village of
Vaux to which the troops have
clung with remarkable tenacity
since the evacuation of the fort
ress during the earlier states of
the German siege.
The French troops held t$ the
position until the terrific bom- j
bardment had leveled all defenses
and further tenure was impossi
RADIO REPORTS SAY
ANOTHER CLASH
IN MEX ICO
By A P. A. Service.
COLUMBUS, April 3—An
aeroplane radio from General
Pershing’s camp at the front this
afternoon says that American
cavalry encountered the fleeing
Villa forces some time Sunday.
The report gives no details. Re-1
ports from Mexican sources say
that the Carrana forces are now
deploying to the northwest from
their base at Chihuahua in the
hope of cutting off the Villaistas
to the south and west. This op- j
eration, if successful, will have]
the effect of throwing the bandits 1
between two fires.
POLITICAL
DOPE
,80 far as can oe ascertained
practically all of the candidates
who, if elected, will have a voice
in the direction of those affairs,]
have gone on record as being, in j
favor of the proposed pumping
and lighting plant and coal yard.
Messrs Blake and Ross are run
ning on platforms of which the J
chief planks are the two munici
pal plant proposals, the coal yard
and November assessments. Mr.
Moller has also declared intention ]
o a' ide by the wishes of the peo-j
pie on the pumping, lighting and'
coal yard propositons. Council-]
man Thompson is also running
on a municipal expansion plat
form. Doc Kemp proposes to
take such action as may seem in
accordance with the best interests
of the city as fast as the situa
tions develop and this also ex
presses the attitude of the major
in of the others, many of whom
do not seem to take the view that
dhev should pledge themselves to
any feature until the possibilities
thereof has been fully ascertained
ble. Bitter infantry attacks of
the Germans against the French
lines east of Fort Douarnont
have been repulsed with large
losses to the attacking forces, l ue
Germans also attempted a strong
infantry advance against the Avo
court positions during the night
but were repulsed with little ef
fort by the artillery. Heavy
bombardments are proceeding
farther to the west.
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A SCRAP OF PAPER
'1 he clever comedy drama, "A
Scrap of Paper” produced by local
amateurs for the benefit of the
Federated church Saturday eve
ing drew a large attendance who
were well rewarded for their in
terest seeing an excellently well
rendered performance. The per
formers were in training for many
weeks under the direction of Miss
Baker and their rendition was an
excellent testimonial to her abil
ities as a stage directress. Aside
from one or two minor slips in the
dialogue the elocutionary work
was without Haw and the char
acters were sustained in splendid
manner by alb Mr. Frank Lilly
as the hero, Prosper Couramont,
sustained a very difficult role with
distinction and displayed consid
erable talent. The leading fem
inine role, M’dlle. Suzanne De
Russeville was played by Mrs.
Clias. Thompson with grace of
bearing an excellent dramatic
effect.
The other characters were all
excellently wrell done. Miss Bak
ke as the maid who “knew her
business” was demure and dainty
with just the proper touch of co
quetry, Mrs. Sharpe was an effec
tive Louise De La Glaciere and
Mrs. Shields as the fussy house
keper sustained her role very ef
fectively. Miss Helen Lome?
made a charming Mathilde and
Mrs. Joe Bursik was capital as the
prim M’dllle Zenobie. Clarence
Littlefield as the quaint old nat
uralist, Brismouche, expressed
fhe | character with exceeling
cleverness while Dan Crowlev as
the bashful and deeply intaT.aTen
Anatole showed clearly that he
had been there before and knew
how it felt. C. Tait Kerr rep
resented the ponderous and taci
turn Baron De La Glaciere in a
most realistic manner
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ZEPPELINS RAID
SCOTTISH COAST
A' P. A. Service.
LONDON, April 2.—The ad
miralty has issued a confirmation
■ 1 the earlier reports concerning
,u number of killed and wound
ed in the great Zeppelin raid on
the eastern counties Friday
light, thus denying the exagger
ated reports that have been sent
out from several sources.
According to the statement the
exact numoer of casualties was
eventy-two of which forty four
were injured and twenty eight
killed. Three others have since
died, bringing the total death list
up to thirty-one.
Detailed reports from the sec
011s visited disclose that the raid
vas participated in by five of the
huge airships and a total of nine
ty bombs were dropped. Consid
erable damage was done to prop
erty in several of the towns visit
ed by the Zeppelins and a number
of buildings were blown to frag
ments. The raid was the twen
ty second to occur since the be
ginning of hostilities and the pa
pers are again clamoring for the
authorities to make ’more ade
quate provisions for guarding
against the attacks of the air
ships
LONDON, April 2.—Closely
following the great air raid
GERMANS GONIiNUt.!
DESPERATE RUSH j
A. P. A. Seiviec.
PARIS, April 3—The desper
ate assaults of the Germans
against the French positions in
the Verdun region were continu
ed throughout the night, accord
ing to the war office announce
ment this morning
Sharp infantry attacks preced
ing terrific artillery fire were the
features of the nighT and the
1 rench forces were three- times
compelled to desperate lighting
to check further advances toward
the main fortress. The German
losses were, as usual in this vicin
ity, immense and thousands were
witnessed lying in the open spaces
", it daybreak. Despite the Jury
of their attacks the Germans are
making no headway following the
evacuation of Vaux and the field
headquarters reports that the is
against the eastern coast of En
gland occurring Friday night, the
Zeppelins again descended upon
eastern coast of Scotland and
also visited the northeastern
counties of England doing con
siderable damage to property' in
addition to killing at least sixteen
persons and wounding eighty
others
Three of the victims of the last
raid were children all of whom
vvere killed by the air bombs of
..he Germans. The reported raids
nave again raised a storm of in
lignation against the government
for not taking greater preventa
tive measures and the papers are
clamoring for some action look
ing to prevent the Germans from
operating with apparent impun
ity and without the least danger
of reprisals. Several of the more
radically inclined organs are pub
lishing lists of the killed and
wounded under such captions as
“murdered by neglect." The cas
ualties of the two raids Friday
and Saturday will total nearly
two hundred.
Sweepstakes Dance. Eagle hall,
Election night. Admission $1.00.
Ladies tree. Election returns.
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sue has turned generally in favor #
of the French. Heavy artillery
actions are being maintained
along the greater part of the Ver
dun line.
EAGLE THEATER.
There was standing room only
at the Eagle hall Sunday night
md a full house greeted the first
number on the screen, "Truants
Doom.” This photoplay" is a dandy
deture and a splendid lesson for
the kids. “Swede Larson,” the
uu- attraction is a great story of
'the dives of the lumberjacks in
the big woods of the northwest
and is full of punch and go and
thrilling situations that are start
ling and keep the interest from
beginning to end. A rattling
comedy “Spry Spinisters” and the
beautiful scenic picture of Rome
complete a most interesting and
entertaining performance. Miss
Johnson will play violin selections
during the evening accompanied
byr Prof. Bourret and the usual
price of admission will prevail
The first show starting at 7-15 p
m.
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One dozen cubes in each tin an Eastern pack, large cans,
per tin.25c 5 cans for.$1.00
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takes other kinds, 3 pounds brands, sliced peaches, egg
for.25c plums, green gage plums,
BRICK CHEESE. Grapes, 5 cans for.$ixx>
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put up in four pound bricks,
per pound .25c Ppr pound.25c
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NOME FAVORITE BLEND t POUNDS, $1-00.
OMR FIRSTOWEEK IN APRIL
Special Sale
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Buy enough to last you for a month
BANNER EGGS
per case $10.00
3 dozen for 1.00
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$2.25; 5 jars for.$1.00
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