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Evening star., 1917-09-14
Reason for Their Loyalty.

When leaving, a Tartar horseman.
speaking in Russian. beckoned the
correspondent aside and whispered:
You have ten reasons already why
we embarked on this march against
Petrograd. Here is the eleventh rea-
son: Our officers last Thursday re-
minded us that there was no mosque
at Koloma, in Galicia, where we lately
were stationed. whereas Petrograd five
years ago started to build magnif-
cent mosque to the glory of Allah
The officers swore by the Koran and
on the hits of their sabers that Gen.
korniloff. who himself is of Tartar
blood, would reward the captors of
Petrograd by forcing Bolsheviki work
men under threats of being shot to
complete the mosque within month
after our victory"
Evening star., 1917-09-14
ATTACK ON TRIESTE
FROM SEA AND AIR
Correspondent, With italian
Fleet, Describes Effort to
Take Austrian City.
PICK MOONLIGHT NIGHT
BY A. Il. DECKER.
CableGram to The Evening Star and
Chicago Daily NeyN.. COPYRIGHT. ioI'.

Chicago Daily News. Copyright. 1917.
WITH THE ITALIAN FLEET, Sep
tember 12.-I have just returned from
n cruise in the shadow of Trieste.
have seen the city sacred to Italian
hearts and one Of the greatest soais
of the war-seen it not through glasses
across miles OF blue treacherous waters
but with the naked eye and 50 close
that ] could watch the street cars pass
ing and hear the muhied roar which
even at night always arises from great
human coIlectiNities.
We went to escort bombing planes
and hunt submarines-the most import
ant aims in modern warfare at sea.
necessities. namely, 1t motor torpedo
boat some forty-four feet in length and
of great speed when pushed. Our ship,
was merely an animated torpedo tube
for outboard few feet above the
wavetops on each side hung single
regulation torpedo ready to be released
az the touch of a lever and be sent for
ward with a rush through the water
straight ahead 10 the goal, whether sub
marine or dreadnaught.
Once such Il snip sights the enemy it's
task is simple. Il is simply t. rush
forward to set within vulnerable
pedoes and then escape if possible,
trusting to speed and small size. ours
were the fangs Of the wolf which leaps.
tears and runs. Our loSS-no matter,
since men are always cheap and the cost
of the torpedo boat insignificant. When
it is necessary the craft can observe
great caution, since it is possible to
muffle the noise of the gasoline en-
gineS.
Evening star., 1917-09-14
Savage Diuision Led on
by Promise of a Mosque
Picturesque Tribesmen Arrayed Against Russ
Government Forces; Their characteristics
and Hopes Graphically Described.

1ngushes, notorious as robbers in the
days of the Roman empire, peacefully
helping a Finnish washerwoman to
carry clothes to her house. There were
few officers about who were busy
flnding better quarters for their men.
Some 1ngushes were galloping about;
others We're aSleep.
Evening star., 1917-09-14
Boast of Their Education.

Here. mounted on tiny horses. were
met detachment of kaberdinians,
with whom. as they know Russian, the
correspondent could speak. They
boasted they Were the most reasonable
and best educated tribesmen in the di-
vision.
At the cotton factory the correspond
ent met party of Abreks, whom even
the fierce Ingushes denounce as inju-
diciously bloodthirsty The Abreks
said the commander of the division,
Gen. Bagration, was at village far to
the rear. and that their commander was
still loyal to Gen. kornilof and pre-
ferred death to shame. The tribcsmen
added that the real obstacle to their
surrender was that their officers We're
reluctant. they being devoted to Korni-
loft. and feared punishment, while the
rank and file was passionately devoted
to them and would defend them until
death. AS an instance of this a Kaber-
dinian escort. who accompanied their
officer negotiator 70 Popovo, refused to
leave him alone in the council cham
ber. insisted upon entering the room,
and all the time they kept their hands
on the hilts of their yataghanS, which
they carry instead of swords.
Evening star., 1917-09-14

A bee. unladen. will fly forty miles in
an hour, but one coming home laden
with honey does not travel faster than
twelve miles an hour.
Evening star., 1917-09-14
Steal Along the Shore.

BY command of Lieut.. S. our deafening
motors ceased, our speed slackened and
we stole along the crests of the great
rollers noSelessly save for the wash of
the waves ard the shrilling wind in our
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-11-03
RED RIVER BRIDGE

The Red River bridge is lying
in the Roy R. R. Yards awaiting
transportation to the bridge site
but the teamsters are not fight
ing for the job Of hauling it down
the hill to the river tho it is a
down hill pull all the way,
Work is progressing very slow
ly on the bridge but when it is
completed and a road built to it
so that cars can negotiate, it will
complete what has been named
"The Loup Drive" which leaves
the Canine Real at Springer and
comes thru Roy, across the can
yon thousand feet deep and
past the Canadian Hills to the
Canine at Wagon Mound, thru
the finest farming country in
New Mexico and some of the
grandest scenery. Clayton peo-
pie have grasped the situation
and will make their main road
via Roy and this bridge as il
saves them many miles Of dreary
and unintere6ting road.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-11-03
E l. e CT 10 N
Tuesday, November, 9th,
just a word regarding the
A MEND MENTS

AS to the Prohbitory Amendment, there is donbt it
should and will carry The Water Wagon" is the Band
Wagon for all parties there is politics in it. If we all vote
New Mexico will be Dry In Iowa only half the people voted
Result 1t may be wet
The Judicial District Amendment is merely political
Boss attempt to make two Republican Districts instead of hav
ing one Democratic District The record Of Judge Leib in
counties where the Courts had long been controlled by political
BOSSES in giving these counties Court that could be respected
is the only apparent for it. We to neghbor
counties to vote against this amendment.
The Tax Amendment looks innocent its face but when
our Republican State Superintendent of Schools who in
position to know better than are in it Premedated
harm to the Rural Schools is time for to sit up and take
notice.
This proposed law Statutes and its working
has already nterfered with the Rural School making mpos
sbe for them meet the financial requirements of fast
inc communities Without the consent of the State Tax Board
YOU can raise the Assessment for School municipal purposes
but five percent year and that consent can be controlled by
bic corporations who can control the State Board.
If this Statute gets into the Constitution it will hold for
years no matter how much need changed and favored
ones can get big concessions while rural precincts will be de-
prved of their School advancement oeet their demands
This Statute can be changed by the legislature at any session
Don't let get into the Constitution and out Of the hands of
the people,
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-11-03
M. E. Preacher

Rev. w. C. Heaton, and wife
arrived here last week from
Buffalo, Oklahoma in their Ford
car. Rev. Heaton has been as
signed to this charge by the
Methodist Conference and will
locate here and take up the neg
lected ends Of the work Of his
church.
Mrs. Heaton is an invalid and
they planned to go to Albuquer-
que where she was to enter
sanitarium for the winter and
come in the spring, but the trip
was hard for her and she has
been recuperating at the Hospital
here this week.
Rev. Heaton came formerly
from Kansas City and has the
appearance and address of a very
efficient and capable .man. We
believe the church here, so long
dormant will awake to new life
under his direction.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-11-03

The fellow who was arrested
here some weeks ago for seditSous
utterances and suspicious conduct
is still being held at the Roy Jail
awaiting instructions from the
Federal Court. He is being car
ed for at Government expense.
Sunday night he tried to dig his
way out and succeeded in MAX
ing a hole in the concrete but
the interlaced bars Of steel in the
reinforcement were too much for
him and he had to give it up.
1t appears some one outside
must have given him instrument
to dig with and notices have been
posted warning all persons from
lettering about the jail with the
assurance that they will get in
side if they don't stay away
from the outside.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-11-03
HOOVER PLEDGE SIGNED

The phase Of the Hoover
Pledge Card" campaign which
enlisted the pupils of the Public
Schools in the house to house
canvass for Food Card Pledges,
was attended to with dispatch by
the strenuous youngsters Of the
Roy Schools Monday afternoon.
They were given an hour off
after dinner and in that hour
they rounded up every house.
wife in town who had not already
pledged except two or three who
refused to sign up. 1t was not
necessary to go out but the one
hour to complete the job.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-11-03
Prohibition Rally

Judge Clarence j. Roberts and
Clerk Jose D. Sena, Of the N. M.
Supreme Court at Santa Fe, drove
in Saturday in "Adjutant Gener-
aF', Jimmy" Baca's big six"
car.
The meeting billed for Satur-
day night was we'll attended, a
large crowd was present and
listened attentively
Mr.. Sepa spoke briefly in per-
feet English and then "Shot his
other barrel as he expressed it
in Spanish. Judge Roberts fol-
lowed with an unanswerable
argument for the Prohibitory
amendment from many angles
and both presented the best of
reasons why it should pass, urg-
ing the necessity for getting out
the vote.
They did not mention the other
amendments, believing the one
paramount issue is Prohibition.
Local talent, including Miss
Erms Russell, at the Piano, Al
S. Honson with the violin, Mrs.
O. A. Sale, Miss Dan Jenkins,
Miss Clara Martin and Mr.. Grove
vocalists added to the entertain
ment. Mayor F, A, Roy opened
the meeting and Rev. 0. w.
Hearn presided. A plain drunk
in the rear Of the room illustrat-
ed the need for prohibition better
really than the speakers could
tell it and was pitied rather than
censured by the distinguished
guests.
The speakeSs drove to Clayton
Sunday accompanied by Remigic
Lopez and returned in time tc
have a meeting at Mosquero Sur
day evening. They report Mos
quero going dry by a large ma
jority.
Monday they left for Des
moines, N. M. where they werf
billed for speeches Monday even
ing,
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-11-03

Monday morning was the cold
est we have experienced here in
a long time. A nor'easter start
ed after noon Sunday and gave
us a touch of real winter. Fred
Strong saysthe thermometer re-
gistered 7 above zero at 5 A. M.
Monday but, it is harder to be-
lieve he saw the thermometer at
that hour than it is that that was
the temperature. Paul Anderson
says it was s at sunup and we
can believe he knows. Anyway
it was mighty cold.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-11-03

William H. Franzer, who has
land in the Mitchell Pasture and
who has been clerking at AppePs
store for the past three weeks,
returned, with wife and baby, to
their home in Chicago Monday,
first having the S-A. come to
them at 2O44 Bissell st. He has
made his plans and goes back to
work them out. Mr.. Franzer is
we'll pleased with his land except
that he didn't get enough of it
while the getting was good.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-11-03

Seventy three students at the
New Mexico State Universiy this
year are paying their own way
through college, Of these AZ
are entirely self supporting. An
other interesting fact about this
years University enrolment, in
spite of the wars heavy de-
mands, is that it contains the
largest numbeT Of native born
New Mexico young men and
women in the history Of the IN
stitution. Forty-eight Of this
years students were Born IL
! New Mexico.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-11-03

L. A.. Brown, of Liberty neigh
borhood met with an accident
Wednesday which will disable
him for some time. He came to
town early and was on his way
home with a load Of ,Daled hay
and other supplies on his one
horse wagon. His pony ran a.
way and he was thrown out his
arm broken and his head badly
cut and bruised on the hard road
Carl Nugen found him uncon-
scious at the roadside near the
Roy Cemetery, he was unable to
revive him or to get him on his
overloaded buggy SO came on to
town and reported to Village
Marshall Chas. Peare who went
out in an auto and brought him
in to the Plumlee Hospital where
his wounds were attended to,
The horse was caught by some
farmers hauling in wheat and
brought back to town.
He was taken home Wednes-
day evening and his recovery is
assured. Mr.. Brown is a veter-
an of the Civil War but we'll pre-
served for a man of his years.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-11-03

Mrs. Nellie Wilcox reports a
new 8lb, baby girl at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Hopejoy, at
Monte Vista, Colorado, Oct. 10th
Mrs. Hopejoy is better known
here as Miss Ada Wilcox, who
used to visit her uncle and aunt
here every summer. They have
been living the first half of their
name all along, now the last
syllable is realized.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-11-03

The Halloween party given by
the Y. P. S. C. E. at the Com
munity Hall Wednesday evening
was a bowling success. The hall
was packed with merrymakers,
many Of them en-masque, it was
a noisy rolicking crowd and the
Fortune Tellers" and other
games were we'll patronized.
Lemonade, apples and Mary
AIMS" were served late in the
evening. Some maskers defied
Identification until time to un-
mask and DR.. Plumlee was con-
ceded the best disguise as well
as the most unique character.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-11-03
ve-Point Buck

Charley Farley brought in the
finest deer of'the seasonS so far
last Saturday. 1t was a Five
Point Buck" and weighed 200
pounds. 1t was as fat as a corn
fed steer and beauty. 1t took
three men to carry him up out of
the canyon. Charley will have
the head mounted to look at in
future years when the Lure of
the Wild" is strong upon him and
there are no more deer to hunt.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-11-03

The Halloween Ball given by
the young men of Roy at the
hall Tuesday evening was one
Of the swellest affairs pulled off
here of late. Young people from
Mills and Mosquero apd from all
the country round attended and
the hall was so filed with merry
makers that dancing room was
overcrowded, More boys than
girls present made it an unusual
crowd. All who attended are
still enthusiastic over the affair,
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-11-03

The price Of beans has now
been regulated, we are told to
about Z ga cents here. We are
getting accustomed to having
our patriotism tested to the limit
and this has not broken it yet.
Maybe some Of the wise guys
who are doing this know more
than we do but they have lacked
a lot OF proving that they do as
yet,
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-11-03

The Ell Paso Times got out an
Annual Prosperity and Indus
trial. edition of 100 pages last
week, dealing largely with New
Mexico as we'll as the Pass City
1t is a hummer and a good thing
to send to friends back east who
don't realize what is doing in
what is still to them the Great
American Desert" Of their school
biographies of the preceding
generation. That is what We
did with our copy.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-11-03

j. w, Gibson and son have pur
chased a small mill for grinding
corn meal and feed and will run
it at their farm five miles down
the track from Roy. 1t is not an
ordinary feed grinder but a null
with stone buhrs and will make
the best Of table meal as we'll as
grinding all other grains.
Mr.. Gibson says some very
kind things about the S-A. for
it's policy in several respects,
especially its support Of the Pro-
hibition Amendment.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-11-03

Rev. Bugg, who came for his
health a month ago and is living
close to nature in a tent, is realiz
ing his fondest dreams. He has
gained l6 pounds in weight, steps
with the elasticity Of youth and
looks a different man from the
emaciated and i'll looking man he
was when he came here. II is 9
pleasure to see him daily getting
back to robust health.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-11-03

Grant Haggerty and family, Of
Hutchinson, Kansas, who have
been visiting here the past three
weeks, returned home Tuesday.
Mrs. Haggerty is a sister to the
Wright Bros. Of Liberty and was
a homesteader here some six or
seven years ago. They have
two fine boys for a family.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-11-03

Henry Farr is drilling in wheat
this week trusting to the weather
man to send snow to sprout it
and get it up. He has been wait
ing for moisture but it didn't
come SO he is taking advantage
of the dry soil to protect the seed
from terminating till it has suf-
ticient moisture to grow right.
His plans are to get a wheat crop
if possibld and if it fails to plant
beans next summer.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-11-03

Mr.. Wayne Thompson, of La
than, Missouri, who was here a
couple of years ago, returned
Wednesday and will remain for
some time visiting friends and
looking for an investment.
He is a friendly sort and starts
in where he left off to get ac-
quainted with everybody. He is
an old friend of Prof. Russell.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-11-03

w. A. Nc Cleavy, Of 0rbisonia
Penn'a. a brother-in-law of ]. M.
Elder. arrived here Monday with
his daughter who comes for the
benefit of her health. Mr.. Elder
met them at the train and took
them out to his home near
Liberty,
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-11-03

The Bed Cross Auxiliary will
have a special meeting at the
Community Hall Roy, N. M.
Monday afternoon, Nov. 5th. for
the purpose of electing officers
for the ensuing year and other
important business. A full at
tendance of members is especial
ly desired.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-11-03

Fred Brown is having a well
drilled on his new farm recently
purchased from DR.. Evans of
Dawson, Holder Bros, are drill
ing it where he intends to build
if the we'll is a success.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-11-03

Rev. R. A. Price came up from
Ell Paso Tuesday on a business
mission and was greeting friends
in Roy. He says the cold wave
reached Ell Paso Sunday night
and they suffered more from it
than we did.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-11-03

H. Lebert, the Mills Hotel man
was down Wednesday and called
on us to settle his subscription
score. He recently returned
from a visit in Missouri and has
been sick since his return.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-11-03

|. C. Floersheim, Editor of the
Times, U, S. Commissioner and
Deputy Game Warden, at Spring
er accompanied by his kid broth
er, Sylvan, came down in his
Hup and visited at the parental
J, Floersheim home, Sunday,
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-11-03

Reports from all over show, as
usual that we got the cold wave
lighter than other sections and it
was general all over the east
slope of the Rockies. Montana
had below zero weather. Den
yer 2 above and Roswell only IL
above.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-11-03

C. E. Deaton and family left
Mills, Wednesday for Oklahoma
where they plan to live in future
Friends will regret their leaving
but they returned the last time
they left.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-11-03

Davenport Bros. owners Of the
Roy Garage received a car load
of Ford cars this week. They
had them about all sold before
their arrival and are working on
orders for the next carload.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-11-03

Mrs. Frank Seidel, reports a
letter from her sister Lena, who
is we'll remembered here, in
which she states her husband,
Luis Escudero, who walked off
the Troupe train in his sleep at
Alamosa, enroute to Camp Fun
ston, is not yet fully recovered
from his bruises. The wonder is
he was not killed by the fall.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-11-03

Anna Branch is holding down
a position as chief Clerk at the
]. Appel and Co. and will be glad
to meet her friends and Patrons
at ]. Apple store.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-11-03

Alb. Wagoner has purchased
a 20-40 Case tractor and plows
and unloaded it here at the An,
derson Agency Friday. Alb drove
it out Friday night and plans to
plant 300 acres of wheat with
ii yet this fall. Alb is threshing
beans also and is the busiest man
on the mesa at the present writ
ing.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-11-03

O. w. Hearn, Pastor of the
Christian Church will preach at
Pleasant View School-house Sun
day the 4th. at 800 o'clock.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-11-03

Casey" had a breakdown
with his Dodge Car and is wait
ing rather impatiently for re-
pairs,
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-11-03

Mrs. L. K. Mitchell, writes to
have her S-A. changed to La
trobe, Penn'a where she is teach
ing school and pulling down a
salary Of $40. per month there
for this winter. She plans tore
turn to her farm here and longs
for New Mexico again.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-11-03
Christian Endeavor

Special numbers are being pre-
pared for the Christian Endeavor
program for next Sunday even
ing. 1t will be different. All
are invited.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-11-03

Supt. Beeth, with his private
and business cars was with the
southbound Polly Wednesday.
They took in the town during the
noon stop.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-11-03

]. w. Johnson got his new
Ford car this week. He has
been waiting several weeks for
it.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-11-03

Miss Virginia Martin was home
from her school Sunday. She is
making a success Of it and is get
ting fat and rosy.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-11-03

Ben Wright called Tuesday to
get a date for a sale with
Casey.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-11-03

Mrs. Judge Foster received a
letter from her son, John Whit
ing, who is now at Camp Funston
Kansas. He says he found all
the Roy boys there and likes it
fine, wants to get on over to
France and get into the thick Of
it. His brother is there too and
they want their S-A.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-11-03

Mrs. Frank Seidel advises us
that Frank wrote from Denver
that he is ou his way to the
Pacific Coast.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-11-03

L. w. Wilson received a tele-
gram from his son who has been
at Camp Funston, that he and
his regiment would pass through
Springer Wednesday enroute for
San Francisco.