Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-11-02
CONDENSED RECORD or THE
PROGRESS or EVENTS AT
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS. D oINos, ACHIEVE.
MENTs, sUFFERINes, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
ABOUT THE WAR

IOp waters are ready LOT WluleI.
Gen. Haig ~repulsed several violent
attacks in Flanders and is %consolidat-
ing the new positions taken.
Italian troops repulsed a strong at
tack by Austrian and German forces
in the Galore region at Monte Piana.
German withdrawal of troops in re-
gion Of Riga is so extensive that Rus
sian troops find no enemy when they
advance.
Germany lost one-half of her total
effectual fleet of super-Zeppelins as a
result Of her air raid of oct. 20 over
England, according to cable dis
patches received at Washington.
The London war office ~nnounce
that $50 persons, in addition to the
1876 lost on the two British d~estroyers,
were killed when two German raiders
sank eleven ships in the North sea.
French force Germans back to Disc
Aisne canal and capture many towns.
French forces are now within eight
miles of important city of Laon. Press
comment in Berlin indicates that Ger
many may evacuate Laon.
Austro-G German forces continuing
drive and Italians are forced back to
own border at northern end of line,
losing large part of ground which they
took in recent offensive against Aus
TRANS and 10000 men.
New raids Thursday drove the Ger
man out of the Monkey mountain po-
sitions and the villages of Plnon and
Pargny-Filain were abandoned. French
forces are now within sight of the rail
way junction of Laon.
British and French troops renew
drive which, it is believed, is intended
to force Germans from submarine
bases m Belgian coast. Allies sweep
forward north and east of Ypres, tax
ing villages and fortified points.
Retirement of German forces on the
western front to a position far in the
rear of the present Hindenburg line
is expected by war experts following
the recent French blows along the
Aisne front. The prisoners captured
in the Petain drive now number about
10000 and many more are coming in;
120 guns of the larger type were cap
tured and vast quantities of small cali
Der pieces were seized.
WESTERN
Camp Cody's subscriptions to the
second Liberty loan tOtaled $1,917,65O.
Flour dropped 40 cents a barrel at
San Francisco last week, it being the
second cut within a month.
The big oil companies of Colorado
and Wyoming were well represented
in the list of those who helped to
boost the Liberty loan.
The Federal Industrial Commission,
headed by William b. Wilson, secre-
tary of labor, arrived at Clifton, Ariz.,
from Globe, where they obtained a
satisfactory settlement Of the strike.
I'm glad / shot him; If l can't have
him, neither can his wife," bystand-
ers declare Mrs. Bessie Fisher cried
after killing Lawrence Barrett in a
restaurant at Casper, Wyo.
Troops stationed at the government
cantonment at Charlotte, N. c., in
Guiding soldiers from Colorado, Wyo-
ming, New Mexico, South Dakota,
Washington, Oregon and Idaho, have
been ordered to move East"
WASHINGTON
Government modified recent drastic
embargo on sugar.
President urges vote for women in
address to New York delegation.
Ships, wheat and hogs are the great
needs emphasized by Mr.. Hoover to
win the war.
President Wilson gave full indorse-
ment to woman suffrage as an imme-
diate issue in every state.
Frank A. Scott resigned as chair
man Of the Wal Industries Board. He
gave I'll health as the reason for his
res Snation.
Men subject to the second national
army are to be given an opportunity
to study for work in the army signal
corps.
Nearly two-thirds of the water sur
face of the world is about to be po-
Iced by the Japanese navy, accord
ing to a Japanese press report.
The first days response to Secre-
tary McAdoo's offering of an indefinite
amount Of treasury short-time certifi-
Gates of indebtedness was $164, 797, 1000.
Another loan of $2O,OOO,OOO was
made to France, bringing total cred
It's extended by the United States to
allied nations to s2.S26. 100000.
The census cotton report showed
tsa' ssh, 624 bales, counting round
as half bales, were ginned from the
growth OF 1917 up to Oct. IS. com
pared with 7,sOs,1Ss for 1916 and g..
Toa 7a0 for 1915