Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-02-18

At Panama three shasp earthquake
shocks occurred. The whole city and
the canal zone we're shaken,
Fears that chihuahua city will be
attacked by forces led by Francisco
villa are general in that city.
The British steamship Elswick
Manor has been beached off Var
mouth. Her crew was saved.
The dock laborers at Melbourne,
Australia, have refused to handle
flour for export until the local price
of bread is reduced.
A Bucharest dispatch to the Milan
Secols says that In the explosion at
the Skoda armament factory in Bo-
nemia, 1856 workmen persisted.
An official statement issued at
Vienna declares hat the reports that
there has been an explosion in the
Skoda armament factory in Bohemia
arc untrue.
The first snow of the season fell
in Paris on the 10th. The snowfall
a general throughout northern
France and in all the trench country.
A Stockholm dispatch says that the
Swedish steamship Friga, with coffee
and piece goods for Gothenburg, has
been seized by the Germans and taken
into Swinemunde.
President Forras formally opened
the Panama national exposition, which
had been postponed several times
owing to delay in the completion Of
the buildings and in obtaining ex.
hibits.
Gen. Sir Horace Lockwood Smith.
Dorrien has relinquished the com.
mand of the British forces operating
in East Africa, owing to i'll health.
Gen. Jan Christian SHUTS, the minis
ter OF the interior, mines and defenses
of the unit of South Africa, has &C
cepted the vacancy.
SPORTING NEWS
Adolph Wolgast and frankie Burns
stepped off ten vicious rounds at Kan.
sas City in a %no-decision battle.
Andre Anderson OF Chicago stopped
Bob Devere of Kansas City in the
third round of a ten-round match al
New York.
Charley White Of Chicago d~ecisively
outpointed Harvey Thorpe of Kansas
City in a ten-round, ~no-decision fight
at Kansas City.
Sam Langford knocked out Harry
Willis in the nineteenth round of a
scheduled twenty-round bout at q
New Orleans arena.
Carl Morris of Sapulpa, oklas
knocked out Arthur Pelky of Canada
in the fifth round tonight of their
scheduled fifteen-round bout at Tul
sa, Okla.
Articles of agreement for the rich
est ten-round fight in history were
signed in New York wien negotiations
for the bout between Jess Willard and
Frank Moran were formally closed
Under the terms of the fight Willard
and Moran will meet March 8 for Q
purse that will total $4,000. Willard
is guaranteed $4,000 as his share OF
the fight and will receive a $4,000
bonus for signing and $4,000 training
expenses Moran will receive a tota,
of $22,5OO. OF this amount $4,000 is
a bonus for signing.
GENERAL
Col. Theodore and Mrs. Roosevelt
sailed on the British steamship Gui
ana for a pleasure trip through the
West indies.
At Sherman, Tex, the Rev. H M
eagle died of wounds inflicted wheu
he was shot on the street by Mrs. An.
ME Faust. Mr.. eagle died without
making any statement in regard to the
affair.
Hans Schmidt, the former priest
convicted of the murder of Anna Au
muller in New York in September,
1913, must pay the penalty of his
crime in the electric chair in Sing
Sing prison during the week of Feb.
10.
Col. William P. Hepburn, former
member of Congress, from the Eighth
Iowa district, died at Clarinda after a
long illness. Death resulted from kid
ney and heart trouble. Besides the
widow, a son and daughter survive
him.
An announcement was made al
Long Beach, Cal, that Nathan
Strauss, philanthropist, and Mrs
Strauss had contributed $35O,OOO to
the relief of the Jews in Poland since
they have been in southern Cali
fornia.
Hundreds of Iowans paid their last
tribute to Col w. p. Hepburn, former
congressman, who died at his home In
ClaInda, la. The services we're under
the auspices Of the local G. A. r.
post, while the services at the GENE.
terry were conducted by the Masons.
William Huss. a young farmer re