Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-02-23
FOREIGN

u prisoners 70 Geftndny on Nno
British steamer Yarrowdale have been
liberated.
Heavy fighting occurred between
rebels and government troops near
Hoyo Colorado, seventeen miles west
Of Havana. Several Of the rebels we're
killed.
The reply OF the United States gov
eminent to Germany's offer to nego-
tiate is editorially declared in London
to be the only answer compatible with
Americas self-respect.
Germany's war costs to date have
reached the total of 10000, 900 900
marks, says a telegram from Berlin
forwarded by the correspondent at
Amsterdam Of Reuters Telegram
Company.
The American schooner Lyman N.
Law was sunk by a submarine, &C
cording to a dispatch from Stefani
agency of Rome. The crew, including
eight Americans, is reported to have
been landed.
A prize of 100000 francs for the
crew of any French, allied or neutral
vessel which succeeds in destroying
an attacking submarine is provided
for in a resolution introduced in the
chamber of deputies at Paris by An
DIRE Lefevre.
Dispatches from Switzerland report
a frightful situation in Germany be-
cause of lack of food. Several per-
sons die every day of hunger in Ham
burg. Only the wealthy get enough
food. Poultry sells for $40, according
to London reports.
Reconstruction work in East Prus-
STA has made marked progress, says
an Overseas News Agency announce
ment. According to official Stats
tics" it is stated, al, 1000 buildings of
10000 destroyed by the Russians have
ben completely rebuilt"
At Paris, M. Premier BRAND gave a
luncheon at the foreign office Satur-
day in honor of James w. Gerard, the
former American ambassador to Ger
many. William Graves Sharp, the
American ambassador at Paris, and
MRS. Sharp, gave a dinner Sunday for
Mr.. and Mrs. Gerard.
Alexandra Ribot, minister of finance,
asked the French Chamber of Depu-
ties to appropriate 1874, 600, 900 francs
to cover the governments expenditure
for the second quarter of the present
year. This was an increase of 800, 000,-
600 francs over the amount of the APP
preparations for the first quarter.
SPORTING NEWS
The baseball team of the University
of California is to make a tour Of
Japan next summer.
The University of Colorado basket
ball team defeated the Colorado Agri-
cultural College at Fort Collins, 80 to
p, in a conference game.
Jack Dempsey of Salt Lake City was
knocked out at Murray, a suburb Of
Salt Lake City, by Jim Flynn of Pu-
eblo ten seconds after the men shook
hands.
Les Darcy, the Australian middle
weight, signed articles in New York
to fight Mike Gibbons in Milwaukee,
April 10, for a purse of $4,000, to be
divided equally.
Relations with the Baseball Players
fraternity were severed by the Amer
lean League at its schedule meeting
in New York when similar action TAX
en- by the National League was In
dorsed.
Joie w. Ray of the Illinois Ath-
letic Club, who three weeks ago es-
tablished a new world record for one
mile and a half, broke George Bon,
hag's American record of 9:14 1/5 for
two miles in New York. !
GENERAL
Germany's unrestricted submarine
warfare resulted in the return of the
Dutch steamship Ryndam to the New
York port.
Two companies Of state troops were
ordered to Murray, KY, to protect
Rube Martin, a negro charged with
killing Policeman William Duiguid.
At 9:15 Feb. Is, in every state and
territory. buglers of the Spanish-Amer
lean Wa Veterans sounded taps for
the battleship Maine. sunk at that
time in Havana harbor nineteen years
ago.
The less a girl wears the more she
must eat. This is the law Of clothes
Miss NJ. Jane Newcomb. a Philadel
phia state college lecturer, has dis
covered in her research work on the
folly Of fashions"
Army officers attached to Southern
Department expressed belief at SaI
Antonio, Tex, that all National GuarC
units on the border except those o
Texas will have entrained for home be
fore the end Of the month.
The Anchor line steamer Tuscania
carrying fourteen cabin passengers, o
whom four are Americans, sailed FOL
n~1oguowr The Tuaoaufa fu In tho Gam,