Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-06-01
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ABOUT THE WAR

Germans gain foothOld in French
trenches northwest Of Braye. French
seize greater part OF Chevreux wood
Our troops successfully raided the
enemies trenches east Of VOrmslles,"
says the war office statement from
London.
The first American combatant
corps went to the front under Capt.
r. I. TinkhRm and Lieutenant Scully
OF Princeton.
The British steamship Tela, a yes
eel Of about 1000 tons. was torpedoed
and sunk by a German submarine May
End off the English coast.
A Swedish ship engaged in the work
Of the Belgian relief commission was
sunk May 18th. Notwithstanding 1t
held a German permit to sail.
From Scissors eastward intense ar
tillery duel is In progress between
French and Germans. Since May LIST,
French have taken $500 prisoners.
The British transport Transylvania
was %tOrpedoed on May 4th with the
loss Of 413 persons. The Tr~ansylvania
was torpedoed In the Mediterranean.
Germans launched offensive on
Russians at Mitau but were stopped
BY heavy g%unfirs. Russians also drive
back TeutOn attacks east of KovLlka
In Rumania.
with the fall Of Bullecourt. the cap
ture Of the chemical works, the occu-
patton Of RoeuK and the general even
ing up Of the British line. the first
phase in the new British offensive in
France 10 over.
At Paris It was officially announced
that the French liner Sontay, a vessel
Of 1874 tons, bound for Marseilles
from Salonika with 344 passengers,
was t~orpedosd on April 10th with a
loss Of forty-five lives. Captain Mages
went down with the ship.
A regiment OF veteran United States
marines equipped as regular infantry
will go to France as part Of Mai Gen.
John ]. Pershing's command. There
will be approximately 1900 men in
the regiment. probably the largest
numerically that will be engaged on
the western front.
Italians Friday continued big drive
along ILonzo river, having gained a
depth of two miles on elght-mile front
IA forty-eight hours fighting. Aus
TRANS driven from fortified hills near
Jamiano. Defenses Of Trieste are
threatened. In effort to check ad-
rance Austrians co~unter-attack near
Gorilla, but are repulsed.
WESTERN
A strike OF $500 union miners in the
United Verde zone at Jerome, Aria,
called Thursday.
Twelve persons we're killed and
twenty or more others we're wounded
in q riot in Monterey.
Union leaders announced at Jerome.
Ariz., that 1900 miners obeyed the
strike order issued by the Jerome To-
cal union.
Four men were arrested at Cripple
Creek. Colo. on request Of the Unit
ed States officers in connection with
the h%ighgrading case at Cheyenne,
wyo.
Thirty persons are known to have
been killed, than fifty received
injuries from which It is said several
will die. and property worth thou
sands OF dollars was destroyed Friday
when a tornado swept up through
Sedgwick and Harvey counties in the
~south-central part of Kansas.
The Treasury Department an
nounced the allotments OF Liberty
bonds and the following Western
states are counted upon for thu fol
lowing amounts: Wyoming. S2.5OO..
900; Arizona, $4,000. 900; Colorado,
$4,000. 900; New Mexico. $1,000. 900;
Montana. fS.5OO.OOO. and South DAko-
IA, &c. 500, 900.
WASHINGTON
Literacy test raised to allow Mex,
leans 10 work on farms.
Crop conditions in United States are
reported much improved.
The House passed the war revenue
bill raising 1880. 900. 1000.
The Treasury Departments latest
offer Of $500. 900. 900 Of certificates OF
Indebtedness due July Both. has been
oversubscribed approximately so pei
cent.
The British Wal mission left Ameri
can soil and crossed into Canada aftsi
six weeks OF conferences which have
reached into every phase OF American
life and are expected vitality 10 affect
the future Of this country, II not oil
the world.
With the worlds stock Of sugar be
ing rapidly depleted the Department
OF Agriculture appealed to manufac
turers and farmers to increase the
production.
Socialists Of America are denied
passports to Stockholm conference.