The Tomahawk., 1916-03-09
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Mere than 90 lives were lost in the
sinking Of the French auxiliary cruls-
err La Povence, formerly in service as
q transatlantic liner, in the middle
Mediterranean. Four hundred surviv-
ors were landed at Milo, while 296 OF
the crew have arrived at Malta, &C.
cording to all official statement issued
at p;.ris 1t s. believed the Tier was
torpedoed.
Germany's second and greatest sub
marine campaign opened on March l.
It will Re directed against armed mer-
chant ships OF the entente powers.
+. val officials i'll Berlin espresso the
BELIEF that it would be even more sue
cessful than the campaign which
opened year ago.
Haly's act Of requisitioning thirty
four of the thirtysevc1' German SHIPS
interned in Italian ports, as announced
j., the house Of common at LONDON
is interpreted as corroborating re-
pert that the Italian cabinet has de-
cided to declare war on Germany.
The Turks are hastily evacuatlng
the important Black sea port OF Trebl-
zcnd and neighboring cities before the
Russian advance, according to TlHis
dispatches at Petrograd.
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British CASUALTIES in all the war
areas for the month of February
showed a total of 739 officers and IT,
SAT men, it was announced at London.
The loss of part of another import
ant pos ton protecting Verdun, posi-
ton almost as important < Fort
DouaumCnt, is admitted i the ofhclal
report given t in Paris. Part OF the
Cote de Poivre pepper heightsi has
been seized by the -aiIer's troops.
Nuri Bey, brother of Enver Pasha,
Turkish war minister, was killed IN
the battle between British South Afr1-
can troops and Turkish-led tribesmen
in western Egypt, according TO a 1e'
port Of the fighting received at Lon
don.
Germany has addressed sharp note
to Portugal in protest against seizure
of German merchant vessels by tne
Portuguese authorities. This measure
is characterized as violation or Ger
many's treaty rights and the nope Is
hot IJ1ptuTal will rGSClnO
its action.
The sinking of the hospital snip
Marechiaro near San Giovanni al NE
dua, Albania, is reported In dispatcn
to London. The vessel struck NINE.
There were numerous victims.
The Peninsular and Oriental hne
steamship Maloja, 12,43l tons gross
was sunk in the Straits Of Dover oS
g. mine. One hundred and forty-seven
persons persisted, Of whom LII were
Lascars. The steamship Empress OF
Fort William, while attempting to res
cue the survivors of the Maloja. struck
another mine and sank In less tnan
half hour. The crew was saved.
Austro- Hungarian troops took fuls
possession Of the Albanian port OF Du-
razzo, according to an official an
nounceme,h made at Vienna. Rome
DISPATCHES reported that all Italian
troops have been withdrawn from
DuraZzO.
A Reuter- dispatch to London from
Petrograd says the Russians have
taken by storm KermaEshah, the lm-
portant Persian city in the ne1ghbor-
hood of which serious fighting recently
has taken place.
Sixty-seven men, women and chill
dren were killed and 1T wounded dur
ing the German air raid on England on
January 81. says an official statement
issued by the war office at London.
An official statement issued at
Vienna says: "The Italians east and
southeast of Durazzo have been driven
to the isthmus west Of the Durazzo
lakes. Seven hundred Italians were
captured"
Domestic
Two we're killed and two fatally hurt
when an automobile struck a street
car at Milwaukee. Doctor Eisen and
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