Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-02-09
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ABOUT THE WAR


fantry fighting / n Rrmania.
Near G-ueudecourt, in the somme re-
gion. British troops took sixty prison
ers in a raid.
Considerable aerial activity con-
tinues over the lines in France Lon
don reports the destruction Of three
German machines.
Army Of 2,OOO,OOO men will be raised
by CONSUMPTION in the event Of a war
with Germany, according to plans
worked out by general staff at Wash
ington.
The German submarine recently re-
ported sunk near Hammerfest was
the U-27, commanded by Captain
Benher, according to information re-
ceived at Christiania.
The French government has de-
cided to mobilize the entire civilian
population of France between the
ages Of 16 and co for national defense.
Both sexes will be included in the
mobilization.
In northwest Persia the Turks are
credited with gains over the Russians
by Berlin. Accommodating engage
ments continue around Kut-El-Amara
and a heavy bombardment also is in
progress there.
Euphrates, Belgium relief steamer,
was the first ship to fail victim to new
submarine policy. Another Belgian
vessel has been destroyed. Lloyd's an
unc loss Of three British, W Nor
wegian ships and one Spanish vessel.
Atlantic fleet OF approximately fifty
warships is concentrated at Guantan-
amo. Cuba, from where 1t can best
move to protect either Panama canal
or Atlantic seaports. Tenders loaded
with torpedoes are being dispatched
to Guantanamo.
Bad weather hampers large scale
operations OF the eastern and Mace
DOMAIN fronts. Near Solotvina, south
west of B~rzezany in Galicia, German
troops, P~etrograd says, entered a Rus
sian trench, but we're later driven
back to their own line.
Petrograd reports a Russian ad-
vance nea Kalnzem, southwest of
Riga, and the repulse of three at
tacks by the Austro-German against
the Russians east OF Jacobeni, nea
the northern Rumanian frontier. Small
actions also have occurred in the
Narayuvka river region in Galicia.
WESTERN
The fourth annual meeting Of the
Pixies Peak Ocean-to-Ocea Highway
Association will convene in st. Joseph,
Mo, on Tuesday, Feb. 10.
The Young prohibition bill, believed
to be the most drastic measure ever
Endorsed by a state Legislature, passed
both houses of the Utah Legislature.
Six men attempting to walk the tops
Of freight cars in the Soldiers Summit
district, about fifty miles from Salt
Lake. were caught in a gale and
hurled into snow banks.
A verdict of not guilty was returned
at San Angelo, Tex, by the jury in the
case Of Harry J. Spaniel of Alpine.
Tex, tried on a charge of killing his
wife, Crystal Holland Spaniel, last
July.
Mrs. r. NJ. Bushong, arrested in
Denver on Nov. Z in company with
William Turner, with whom she had
eloped from Kansas after he had
killed her husband with an ak, was ac-
quilted as being an accessory to the
crime by a jury at Wilson, Kan.
Mai. Gen. John ]. Pershing arrived
at Ojo Federico, forty miles north OF
Colonia Dublan, according to tele-
phone messages from Columbus. The
Twenty-fourth United States infantry
(colored), the first unit to break camp,
left Tres Papelotes (Three WlndminsJ
for Vado Fusiles.
WASHINGTON
The annual Notifications bill, carry
ing $51, OOO, 600, passed by the House,
was passed by Senate unamended.
An increase Of 25 per cent in the
grazing fees on all national forests,
instead Of 80 IS per cent as originally
contemplated, will be made for the
1917 season.
Immediate construction Of 100 sub
marines, eighty for coast defense and
twenty for fleet operations. was pro
posed In a special bill introduced by
Senator Poindexter OF Washington.
There apparently is no division in
official opinion that Germany's an
nouncement justities this country in
seYeriRg diplomatic relations or TAX
ing %belllgerent steps to safeguard
American rights.