Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-12-29

OF nobility fallen in the war includes
25s counts. SCI barons and 1,465 lee
ser nobility.
Death Of Prince Guido Henckel Won
Donnersmark, the second richest man
in Germany. at the age OF SO, was an
rounced by the official press bureau at
Berlin.
The House of Commons at London
passed a resolution presented by the
government that an additional num-
Der OF land forces not exceeding l..
000. 900, shall be maintained at home
and abroad"
Publication OF the American peace
note was withheld in England pending
an exchange Of views between the
allied governments. II was stated that
the note will not interfere with the
proposed allied answer to the German
peace proposals.
The London Daily Telegraph in an
editorial, in common with the other
newspapers. says nobody will impute
anything but the worthiest Of motives
and the slncerest purpose Of impair
TALLY between the combatants TO
President Wilson but considers his
note inopportune.
Premier Lloyd-G Georges reply to Ger
mRny's peace proposals meets with a
chorus of approval in the British press
and the general comment is that II
Germany really wants peace she will,
when the joint reply OF the allies is re-
ceived, state terms which can form a
basis Of discussion.
OF twenty Belgians who had been
sentenced to death by a German court.
martial at Hasselt, eleven were shot
Dec. 16, says the Amsterdam Mas
tricht Les Nouvelles. Forty-four other
persons were sentenced TO various
terms of penal servltude and ~sixty-four
others ordered deported to Germany.
Great Britain's answer to the peace
proposals of the central powers was
given in the House of Commons in
London by David Lloyd George, the
new premier. The answer was
couched in language that was firm
and unmistakable n It times bit
terly ironic. In substance 1t was a
complete rejection of the Teuton
overture.
SPORTING NEWS
Baseballs will cost from 10 to so per
cont more next season than last, de-
pending upon the market price of the
materials, Chicago sporting goods deal
ers announced.
The Colorado t%rotter, A. r. G.,
brought $1,7OO, the top price, in the
sale Of trotters and PAGERS at the
Union stockyards in Chicago. E. B..
Brown of Denver bought A. r. G., aft
er spirited bidding.
George Moore of New York clinched
his title as the worlds t~hree-cushion
billiard champion in New York by de-
feating Alfredo De ORC of Cuba, by a
total score Of $50 to 1913 in a three
block match.
Billy Anderson, a cowboy who
weighs 204 pounds and puts every
ounce Of it into his business arm
when he takes a poke at anybody, is
Jack Kanner's pick Tor the heavy
weight honors in the d. A. c. tourney
in Denver.
Perfecto l.. Romero, known to West.
ern fight fans as Young Joe Rivers,
the 1S-year-old youth who was killed
in a boxing contest with Jack Bratton
at the National Athletic club in Den
yer, met death accidentally" accord
ing to the findings of a coroner's jury.
GENERAL
Marion Harland (Mrs. Edward Pay
son Terhune) celebrated her eighty
fifth birth anniversary at her home in
New York by working. She is the
author of more han forty books.
Returns at Chicago from the first
days auction sale of trotters and
PAGERS at the Union stockyards show
twenty-five horses brought a total of
81 sos, or an average OF $527 each.
Exports of domestic merchandise,
including wal munitions of all kinds,
shipped out of the New York port in
November totaled 1892. rs 5,S75, against
$184,S77 1902 in the corresponding
month OF 1915.
Arrangements are virtually complete
by which the Chicago & Northwestern
railroad system will enter st. Louis
ard construct their own terminals for
q new transcontinental road. the cen
ter Of which will be st. Louis.
The will of John D. Archbold, presi-
len OF the Standard Oil COMPANY of
New Jersey, filed for probate in New
York, divides an estate roughly esti-
mated at about $50, OOO, 900 among his
widow and children, with the excep-
ton of a few minor requests.
Dan r. Hanna, son of Mark Hanna,
has again demonstrated his uncontrol-
Il BILE leaning toward matrimony and
taken a fourth wife. She was Mrs.
Mollie Covington Warden, and Mr..
Hanna is the second millionaire whose
lame she has taken.