Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-01-26

don.
The rate Of discount Of the Bank Of
England has been reduced from c to
BM per cent.
Berlin has announced that a sub
masne has returned with a record Of
sinking sixteen ships.
A new census Of Brazil shows a
population of "a, ZOO. 900. OF whom more
than $4,000, 900 are listed as initerates.
The will Of Miss Mary Helen Orr
Of Bobcaygeon, Ont. bequeaths her
estate OF 82o1,5ss to purposes Of up
lift"
More than 42s.O 900 officers and men
were taken prisoner by the Russians
in the last year and 525 guns captured,
says the Russian service organ.
Gen. M. A. Beiiaeff has been ap-
pointed minister OF war OF Russia in
The place of Gen. Chouvaieff. who has
been made a member Of the council
Of empire. according to a Petrograd
dispatch.
To a London woman belongs so far
the record Of being the largest ind
vidual buyer of the new British war
loan. Lady wernher, who is credited
with being the richest widow in the
country, has bought $4,000, 900 worth.
Although Villas operations have
confused the situation In northern
Mexico, there is every indication that
the administration is going forward
with its plans for early withdrawal Of
Pershing's expedition and demobiliza-
ton OF the national guard.
The first two weeks Of the new year
indicate that recruiting is picking up
in Canada. In hat period 1888 en-
listed for overseas service, an increase
Of a thousand men over the previous
two weeks. The number of Canadians
enlisted since the war began Ia
387,409.
SPORTING NEWS
Johnny Tillman of Minneapolis out
pointed Walter Mohr in ten rounds in
New York.
The Second Texas infantry football
team defeated an all-star eleven from
C1AAR WAAnph ~ 0ah AAAAOLlO at AUS
tin, Tex, "a to 6.
David Fultz. president of the Base
ball Players Fraternity. set Feb. 20
as the date the players strike is like
ly to become effective.
Johnny Kilbane Of Cleveland
knocked out Young Drummie Of Jer-
sey City in the tenth round of their
twelve-round bout at Waterbury, Conn.
The entire Boston Red Sox Base
ball Club will go on strike IL Dave
Fultz, head of the ball players fra
ternity, say the word, in the opinion
of Duffy Lewis, star outfielder.
Ray Schalk. declared by White Sox
fans to be the best catcher in the
game, has signed a new White Sox
contract in spite of the fact that he
is a member of the Baseball Players
Fraternity.
Willie Jackson, New York light
weight, has jumped into the limelight
with a single punch. His knockout
of Johnny Dundee, the clever New
York lightweight, has given him a
great following in fistic circles. 1t
was the first time Dundee had ever
been stopped.
GENERAL
Increased prices for cigarettes were
announced in New York.
American farm products attained a
gross value Of $13.449, 600. 900 in 1916,
The body Of Admiral George Dewey
will repose in the maIsoleum Of Gen.
Nelson A. Miles at Arlington national
cemetery.
An invitation petition for a state
wide prohibition statute was formally
laid before the Legislature at Carson
City, New, by the secretary of state.
Mrs. Esther Redmond Power, eldest
daughter of John Il. Redmond, the
Irish leader, died at a hospital in New
York. She had been i'll only a few
days.
w. w. Ray. United States district
attorney, has begun an investigation
Of the coal shortage in Utah to deter.
mine whether any unlawful combina-
lOu eAlblb.
Fifty persons were seriously hurt.
ten probably fatally. when half the
population Of the little town of Har
ford. Pa, was trapped in a burning
frame structure during a wedding re-
ception and dance.
In recognition OF his services in
helping to open up the great West, the
california State Assembly paid a trib-
ute to Col. w. f. Cody. In a resolu.
ton presented by Assemblyman
George c. Watson of Los Angeles,
Buffalo Bill was lauded as a man who
did more than his share to make tbs
early development OF California pos
sible.
William J. Bryan told the Indiana
Legislature at Indianapolis two new
reforms are needed in national gov
eminent. The national constitution