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Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-22
Prisoners Taken.
(By Associated Fress)

London, Nov. 22.-Andrew Bonal
Law announced this evening in the
House of Commons that 800 prisoners
including $50 officers, have been TAX
en- by the British in their present OPP
erations. At one point the British
penetrated five miles behind the Ger
man lines and several villages in adj
dition to those already announced
have been taken.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-22
UNCLE SAM WANTS
MANY YOUNG MEN
PLACES FOR THOUSANDS IN
MANY WALKS or LIFE.
NERLY $4,000 PLACED
AN IMMENSE APPROPRIATIONS
HAS BEEN MADE FOR MORE
Washington Urges the Taking of Civil
Service Examinations TO Prepare
fSSr Many New Appointments.

Washington, Nov. 22.-Nearly 55,-
600 appointments were made to the
forces of mechanics, helpers and la
borers at the navy yards and other
naval establishments during the fis-
cal year ended June 30, 1917, and since
Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-22

The new Rockbottom Cash Gro
Gerry will be opened at Seeley on Sat
urday, Nov. q. Very lowest cash
price on best standard goods.-Adv.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-09
NEW BERLIN MINISTRIES
ARE FAR FROM LIBERAL
Not q Yielding to Peoples Demand
for a Share in the
Government.
BY RENE FEIBELMAN.
f0pkciAl Cablegram to The Star and
Chicago Daily News.)

ESPECIAL Cablegram to The Star and
Chicago Daily News.)
copyright, 1911, by the Chicago Daily News
Company
AMSTERDAM. Holland, August ode
ministerial changes an
nouhced by the North German Gazette
concern both the German imperial and
Prussian royal cabinet and justify the
fears often expressed that no one of
the ruling class in Germany is in
earnest in the matter of the popular
demand for parliamentary govern
meut- This time, it is claimed, the
Semreror had the best possible chance
.of proving his candor by granting the
popular request that the elected rep
IEes<ntatives of the people have share
In governmental responsibility. By do
ing so he would have endeared himself
30 the people, while winning. to Ger
fGaiH extent, the confidence of the allied
Eeountries-
That opportunity has been deliberate
IL 4isregarded. for the two new gov
.eruEnents both of which are headed
z4ypfcal Prussian bureaucrats OF men
Eof Svowed conservative and pan-Ger-
snnan ideas. The fact that DR.. Karl
|Hel6erich remains in power as vice
'chaucellof and minister of state is sure
TO cause popular and parliamentary
He may be clever finan-
|eier:. but his attitude in the reichstag
has made him the most disliked of the
ministers.
The appointment of Dr. Richard Won
EKuehlmann as secretary of foreign af-
ExAirS is the only commendable one in
1.-THE whole list. Newspaper comment is
anything but enthusiastic. and really
tthere seems to be no reason for en-
ffhuaiasn- @Dr- Michaelis' new men are
probably excellent workers. active.
EDr4ctical and thorough, but they have
EDOtHing else to recommend them par
&ficu1arly to the favor of the people. for
{they have been appointed to high posi-
841ouH without the consent of the people
Though the two governments actu-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-09
fees to adopt that tactical formation

fees to adopt that tactical formation
for trench warfare.
Reduction of the divisions means big
job for the War Department. Much adj
ministrative work already completed
probably will have to he thrown aside
and done over. Can. Pershing'3 recon-
mendations are positive. however, and
the departments attitude is the same
as il was toward Gen. Funston during
the Mexican trouble. The wishes of the
man on the ground, on whom rests the
responsibility for actual operations,
viii be mot as far as practicable.
one effect Of the reduction of both
brigadeS and divisions will be to create
many additional vacancies in the grades
of major and brigaIier general. 1t has
been found abroad that the l9,000-men
division III trench warfare is about the
maximum that can be handled by one
headquarters. Trench fighting is, in
reality. siege warfare on a huge scale.
Operations require detailed orders and
the coordination of large bodies Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-09
FAMOUS sHERRYS IN SUIT.
Samuel Knopf Asks $2,078,SM in
Alleged Restaurant Deal.

NEW YORK, August 9-Louis Sherry,
widely known restaurant proprietor,
was made defendant in a suit for ST.
01S.S44 filed in the supreme court by
Samuel knopf. a business expert.
fknopfs affidavit alleged that Sherry
agreed on October II last to sell his
famous 5th avenue restaurant to cor
poration. which Knopf was to form,
with capital stock of $4,000 Sher-
ry. knopf alleged, was to receive $780,
600 in money and S1.000,000 in the COM
mon stock for his leases and furnish
ings, and preferred stock to the face
value of his accounts receivable.
Sherry was to be president and mana
ger for five years, at $4,000 year.
Knopf declared that Sherry. before
the agreement had been reduced to
writing and after he had interested as
sociates in the company, declined TO
proceed further. The claim is also
made by Knopf that Sherry received
S116,6SS annually from his business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-09
PUBLIC TO BE REPRESENTED.
New York Service Commission to Ap.
pear Before I, C.. C.

NEW YORK, August 9.-Active par
ticipation in proceedings before the In
terstate Commerce Commission, Wash
ington. involving freight and passen-
ger rates affecting the public interests
Of New York city. hereafter will he
taken by the public service commits
sion for the first district, it was an
nounced.
This step has been decided upon, it
was stated, in view of the fact that
many cases greatly affecting the freight
rates on and the cost of commodities
largely used in New York city are
heard each year by the commission
at Washington merely ..as an issue
between shippers and railroads. with
out any presentation of the public
point of view and interests"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-09
MAI. GEN. PERSHING URGED
ARMY CORPS RESTORATION
Change in Tactical Units Means Big
Job for the War Depart
ment Officials.

Reduction of the strength of Ameri
can Army divisions to the European
standard of $4,000 men and revival of
tn old Army corps major tactical unit
We're recommended by Maj. Gen. Perish
ing after a careful study of conditions
at the front. American officers are con-
WINGED that sound military reasons in
duced the French and British war Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-09
FRENCH LOSE SIX SHIPS.
Four of More Than 1000 Tons
Nany Enter and Leave Ports.

PARIS, Wednesday, August Ode
layed).-The weekly official report OF
French shipping losses. issued tonight
shows that four vessels of 1900 tons OF
more. we're sunk and two vessels of less
than that tonnage. Six merchantmen
We're attacked unsuccessfully by sub
marines.
During the week 94S vessels of all ma
tionalities entered French ports ano
934 left such ports.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-09

ally include two members of parlia-
ment, this fact cannot throw dust in
the eyes of the public, as to the gov
ernments being in any sense parlia-
mentarian." 1t is interesting to recall
that DR.. Won Kuehlmann, even before
his appointment, was cruelty attacked
by all the pan-German papers, on the
ground that he was 'pro-English,
which naturally is absurd.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-09

troops and of artillery on a scale never
dreamed of in previous wars.
All this adds to the task of the
corps, division and brigade commanders,
each one OF whom is conducting bat
tie of his own on his immediate front
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-09
BY E. PERCY NOEL.
ESPECIAL CableEram to The Star ant
Chicago Daily News.)

Copyright, 1917. 10y the Chicago Daily News
Company
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
THE FIELD, August (delayed) The
United States medical units attached
to the British army are caring for
large percentage of the British wound
ed from the Ypres offensive. Both the
Chicago and Boston base hospitals are
Al work. Happily the cases are chiefly
of slightly wounded. The seriously
wounded ward was one OF those IN
which / found vacant beds on my visit
to the American hospitals today.
Every soldier is receiving the PAINS
taking attention that home practice
and training combined with two
months of war experience can provide.
So say the British medical officers from
nearby hospitals, whose sympathetic
interest in the American hospital work
is very earnest.
There is none better" said enthu-
siastically the colonel commanding a
British medical corps hospital There
is some of the finest OF medical ana
surgical talent among your doctors.
Tommies fresh from the trenches,
were reposing quietly in the wards.
looking, some with wonderment ana
some with pleasure. at the strange
uniforms of the nurses and orderlIes
who had dressed their wounds and laid
them between the sheets only a few
hours before. One ] saw was indicat-
ing on London newspaper map the
point on the hattie area where ne Hat
been wounded while the nurse. who
had Just taken his temperature with a
mouth thermometer. leaned over him
interestedly-
Didn't Hear a Groan.
I I visited nearly every ward and the
operating theater in one of the hospi-
tails, but / did not hear a groan, al
though two-thirds of the soldiers here
had been in action few days before,
and a third of them had arrived less
than twelve hours before. There was
q reposeful quiet everywhere. The Of
lcer in charge led me to a long tent
in which scores of soldiers in uniform
lay close together in two lines.
These men are slightly wounded or
Ill They have board and a thin mat
tress between them and the ground. but
they find it comfortable enough. See,
every one of them is asleep.
The Chicago unit at present is caring
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-08-29
Music Teacher from
Atlanta to Open a
Studio Here Soon

Mrs. William .. Combs OF Atlanta.
ga. Is a recent arrival here who
wit prove ~ he a valuable acduisi-
ton to Albuquerque musical circles.
Mrs. Combs expects to open = studio
here In tie near future and will give
particular attention to training the
voices OF children. In fact. h VIII
conduct o musical kindergarten. where
young pupiis may receive expert
training and thus lay the foundation
Tor full development along musical
lines In their later years. This instruc-
ton will include history. biography,
harmony and theory. BY he system
The study Of music FOR the child ~
li~indersarten age Is reduced To play
without the drudgery 81 learning
notes ani cunting time when he Is
ready Ia become a player.
Mrs. combs has had eight years eN-
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-08-29

Need Help Try u Want Ad.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-08-29
President Touched by Pope's Appeal, but to
Stop the War on Terms Proposed Would Not
Mean Permanent Peace, Is Reply Sent

Kind OF revenge ar deliberate injury. J
The American people have suffered
intolerable wrongs "a the hands OF the
imperial German government but
they desire no reprisal upon the Ger
man people h have themselves SUI
fered all things In this war. which
they did not choose. They believe that
peace should rest upon the rights Of
peoples not the rights of govern
ments- the rights of peoples great or
small. weak or powerful-their equal
right 10 freedom and security and
sclft- government and to a participa-
ton upon fair terms In the economic
opportunities OF the world the Ger
man people ~ course included II they
will accept equality aud not seek DOM
nation.
THE test therefore Of every plan Of
peace II this IL IL based upon the
faith OF all the peoples involved or
merely upon the word Of an ambitious
and intriguing government on the one
hand and a group ~ free peoples ON
the other? This IL n test which goes
To the root OF the matter: and IL rs
the test which must hc applied.
Purposes oi Ia United Isales.
The of the United States
in this war are known to thc whole
world-to every people to whom The
truth has been permitted To- come.
| They do not need To be stated ngain
We seek no material advantages Of
any Kind. We believe that the in
( tulorable wrongs tone In this wal by
| the furious ana brutal power Of the
imperial German COVER .meut ought
Ia he repaired. but not nj the expense
~ the sovereignty NJ any people
rather u Vindication uf the owe lgnty
both uf those that arc weak an6 hose
that are strong Punitive damages,
the Acknowledgement Of empires. the
| establishment Of selfish and exclusive
economic leagues, We deem ineXpedi-
ent and In the End worse than futile.
no proper basis for a peace OF any
! kind. least of All for an enduring
peace That must be based upon JUS
tice and fairness and the common
rights Of mankind.
we cannot take the word NJ the
preselt "ulers of Germany ~ u guar
antce of anything that Is to endure
unless explicitly supported by such
conclusive evidence Of the viii and
purpose Of the Gernan people them
selves ~ the other peoples uf the
world would be justified In accepting
without such guarantees. treaties Of
settlement, agreements for disarma-
mcut covenants to set up afhitrn-
ton IN the place 81 force, territorial
adjustments. reconstitutions OF small
nations. II made with the German
government me- man. no nation could
now depend on. We must await some
new evidence 81 the purposes of the
great people, ~ the central powers,
God grant " may Dee givcn soon and
In a way 20 restore tho confidence OF
all peoples very Whore IN the flith of
nations and the possibility ~ q cove
uHntrd peace
ROBERT LANSING.
Secretary of state OF the United
States Of America
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-08-29
SUMMING rr Tin. EVIDENCE.
Many albuquerque People Have BccI
Called A. Witnesses.

Week after week has beer publish
ed the testimony of Albuquerque peo-
pie kidney sufiererS-buCkache VIC
Tins people who have endured many
forms 81 kidney and bladder disorder.
These witnesses ave used noau's XIII
ney rms. Al have given their en-
thusiastic approval Its th" same
everywhere. so eco American mon and
women ARE publicly recommending
Doau's- always In tho home papers.
Isn't u "a wonderful. convincing mass
OF proof II q are "A sufferer your
verdict must be TRY Doan's first
Here's one more Albuquerque cast
Mrs. J. :. Cosgroye. SOC West tt
ieras avenue. says. My back ached
very much. especially when ! was on
my feet a few hours. I had frequent
headaches and my sight blurred.
poan's Kidney piils, which ! hougnt
AT the Briggs pharmacy, cured thu
! pains In the small 81 my back ard
the headaches left. WAS no longer
bothered by my sight biurring. either
] have had no such rilmcnts now for
the past few years
Price soc. at an dealers. Don
simply ask FOR r. kidney remedy-get
poan's kidney Pills-the same that
cured Mrs. C%osgrove. Foster ilburn
co. Mfgrs, Buffalo, y. Y.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-08-29
Undervalued Property May be Put on
Tax Rolls as Omitted Is the Opinion
OF the Attorney Generals Office

lnlo County. Albuquerque. Sew
Mexico.
Dear Sir I have your recent lot
ter 90 which YOU ASK whether or not
property. which for several years
past has hccn a~scsscd at figures
varying from 5000 in 1915. to $1,000
and which is actually worth from
$t". 900 to 50, urn can Doe rrassr~-ed
Tor these former years
In reply your attention Is invited
to section .iGG of the Code Of 1919,
reading as follows
" the assessor shall. iefor"
the deliver, OF the assessment
book Q" th" county treasurer. dis
cover that property has been
omitted in the assessment of any
year on number of wears. IL shall
be his duty to list the same IS
hcrciubcfure provided IN this
article iu eases where the owner
of property has failed To- MAKE re-
turn thereof. amt he Shtll place
the said property aud hts Valua-
ton thereof upon such assess
mcut book before delivering the
same Geo the said treasurer and in
case such omission of property
from the assessment book b. dis
covered hy the said treasurer
after the assessment book hI-
been delivered To- him. II shall be
his duty tu put th" same upon
ne assessment book boz his pos
session. entering % thereon under
the head of additional assess
mrnts. and he shall rNtond the
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-08-29
American Reported
Lynched by Indians
20 Miles from Cuba

Word 81 h, reported lynchins Of an
American hy NavtJo indians was
hroueh, L" the cit, by Judge W -.
HcaCock. who returned last evening
from cuba. y. NJ The report WIS not
confirmed up 20 the time Judge Hca-
.Do,k lett CUBA YESTERDAY morning
and DE got uu "details uf tho oIs"
The Judge was told hat the lynch
mF took place about -u miles west ~
cuba are name NJ 'uc man sup
posed co ave been hung wa not civ
en- nor ans hint Of Ia, cause ut the
reported NnDhtuE.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-08-29
Indian Day Schools
Entered in Contest

The Pueblo Indian day schools will
take part In the contest for the $4,000
In prizes which will he distributed
his fall by the national emergency
food garden commission. Cato Sells.
the commissioner OF Indian affairs.
completed the details yesterday at
Washington after n conference with
Charles Lathrop Pack. Supt. +. II.
Lonegan. the Pueblo agency head
here. has been apprised OF the con-
ditions OF the contest.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-08-29

Til" Constitution requires h q
taxes To- be raised iu this state
shall be AS nearly equal as may
he. shall have q cash valuation.
and be cquali1cd and uniform
throughout the state The true
intent ~ IN. law is that each
dollars worth 81 property shall
he'tr IT. Just proportion Of the
public burdens and when such
property has escaped assessment
To ~uCh an extent ~ Ia he deemed
gross characterization. II has been
omitted from the Just require
mcnts OF the law u Is the value
Of m" property. ~ well as thc
description of the property, which
has been omitted from assess
mcut ana taxation II lands
worth twenty dollars on more per
acre were assessed at one dollar
per acre. could II D.. reasonably
said that thrS wcr, not sub
sttututlIy omitted from assess
meut. within the meaning ~ the
law 300
The decision 81 tho court holding
such grossly valued prop
erty had been omitted within the
meaning OF the statute. Was appealed
to the supreme Court of the United
aud affirmed Ia l1G a. :. i55.
The question has never been dccid-
oi uN the New Mexico supreme Court,
the above cited decision. which
sccms cminontly fuir and Just ana
carrying uS 1t does. the approval ~
the supreme Court of the Unite,
states. would doubtless exert o. pow
crful. II not controlling. influeuc,
should the matter hc prcsontcd. tu uui
supreme Court
Ia view of The foregoing / tc"
sure that your action in rcHssossiul
this Undetermined property would "
entirely just amt iu accordance VIZ.
law I'm this connection tho Nt'urns,
General. IN AN opinion of August list
held that omitted property placed up.
on the assessment books bN the cou1
&, treasurer. should lee placed upnr
the buukS for the respective Nvar'
for which ~ had uccu omitted.
Very truly yours.
GEORGE G. TAYLOR
Assistant Attorney General
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-08-29
By Annotated Prss.-

Washington, Aug 1H.@The text or
President Wilson's reply to the peace
note OF Pope Benedict. dispatched
Tuesday night and made public here
last night. follows:
August 20. 1917.
10 His Holiness. B%eucdictus XIV,
Pope
In acknowledgment 81 the cont
municatiop 81 Your Holiness to the
heilircrcut peoples. dated August /.
1919. the president " the United
states requests me to- transmit the
following reply
Every heart that has not been
blinded and hardened by his :et rinIc
Wal must Ice touched hy this NOV lg
appeal 81 Ills Holiness. the Pope.
must feel the dignity ~ force y the
humane and generous motives which
: prompted 1t. and must forve.i,ly wish
/ that We might take the path OF peace
' he So persuasiNeiy points Gut but Il
would he folly to take IL Il IL does
not IN fact lead To the goal he pro-
poses our response must bc based
upon the stern facts and upon moth
ing else II Is not a mere cessation of
arms hc desires, II Is u stable ana en-
during peace. This agony must not
be gone through with again. and II
must hc % matter 81 very sober juhg-
mcut what win insure us against II.
His Holiness IN substance pro.
poses that We return To- the status
quo ante hcllum ana that then there
hc a general conformation. disarmu-
mcnt. and u concert Of nations based
upon aH acceptance of the principle
. of trhifYutuu thai bN "a similar CON
cor, r,.,t,, az ia. so. a. ,s,nn.
isb,l ,rd tb,t IN, ,crritort,i ci,i,s
Of E,,p.. aud t,,ly tho ,o,,tcxtrc
nr,blaus ,f IN. H,iI.nr states ana
IN. r,sututior ~ pol,nd no Ief, IA
-u,b ,-,nrttnt,ry ,dtustr,er,s a. mag
IA. ,,ss,Lt. ina tho NOW ,eurcr al
sprb r.nre IN. r.,,,rd h.In. maid
In tb, n-suirattous Of tho nennlas
whose nautical fortunes and .fnlia.
tinns viii b. involved.
The Object of the War.
Of, Is unuifsst tim, ~, nor, ~ this
pr,p,um ,,p IA. successfuu, ,,r,i.d
out unless m, res,iu,tinu az IA,
status ,,i, ann. furntsh.s firm and
snti-f,,,,,, h,s,s rnr 4, rb, obtc,,
of mi. v.r tx Ia Jeliv.r IN. fro, n,o.
pIes Of IA. World from tho menace
ana IA. ,,tu,l n,vor az y,., MIN.
2 t,ry establishment coutr,II.d lac am
IRRESPONSIBLE, government which nav.
ing S,,retly ul,nned to dominate the
world rro,ardad :, ,,rry th. MA
ont vithou, regard either Ia the. IA.
cred obligations of trout, ar IN. long
estnhtsh,J urpc,ices ana long cher.
tshed p,iu,iples of t-ut.,p,t,n,I nc.
ton ana honor. which chose It's own
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-08-29

Lerience as instructor OF pipe organ
ana piano. and will give elementary.
and advanced lessons for
the bencfit OF adult pupils.
h has kept pace with the times
and is fully conversant with the most
approved metheds OF training. not only
for young pupils hut those or moro
nature wears as we'll.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-08-29
Tries to Pick Fight;
Draws a Fine of SIS

luis Candelarias was fined So In
Tie city curt today Tot irving 10 pick
"a fight in a saloon last nisht while
drunk. TIE police believe he was Jr'
OF thos" involved In the row petw"cr
CHudclarias fHctpus that developed
into q usar-riot ON Third street Mon
dNv night.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-08-29

Every day HERALD WANTS ADS
find help; ecure positions: sell articles
no longer needed; rent houses, flats,
apartments stores M real estate; find
the lost sell houses. lots and farms
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-10
OFFICERS GET
A WARNING

Army officers will have to keep
away from Tacoma blind pigs. A
general order issued at Camp
Lewis Wednesday threatens Off
GERS frequenting public houses In
Tacoma that sell booze with court
martial.
"Only the lack of specific evil
dence prevents the court martial
of certain officers now" read the
orders.
The order sets forth that In the
face Of teh solicitude of the presi-'
dent and the secretary Of war for
the morals OF the enlisted men
the conduct of officers who go on
booze parties is an indication that
the confidence reposed In them
by their commissions was mis-
placed,
The military police Tuesday ev-
ening served q woman who had
been working In candy stand
near the entrance with 48 hours
notice to- vacate. II IL alleged
that she was 2 dis',rderly person.