Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-03-30
FOREIGN


siderable uccess
Emperor william is suffering from
a nervous collapse, II was stated in
private dispatches from Berlin.
A declaration Of war by Germany
against America within the next few
days would not surprise British Off
oials.
Germany is preparing for another
peace move. This Is the gist Of =
dispatch from The Hague. printed in
the London Times.
The Guatemalan government has
handed to the German minister a pro
test against the recent German note
on submarine warfare.
The new ministry Of Alexandra RI
bot made its declaration in Paris,
pledging itself to carry on the war
with all possible energy.
A dispatch received at Copenhagen
from Haparanda, Sweden, says the
Russian Social Democratic party has
issued a manifesto demanding peace.
The town council Of Petrograd has
unanimously agreed to appoint a GER
tain portion of women to several Of
its committees, says a Central News
dispatch from Petrograd.
Charles = Sulzer, Democrat, and
brother Of former Gov. William Sui
ger Of New York, was elected dele
gate to Congress from Alaska last
November by a majority Of 10 votes.
A Reuter- dispatch from Amsterdam
says: 1T is understood that the
Dutch government has intimated that
It is not prepared to allow armed
American merchantmen in Dutch har-
bors."
The bread ration in Germany will
be diminished o%ne-fourth beginning
April Is, owing to the scarcity OF
wheat, according to a dispatch from
Berlin in the Weser Zeitung of Bre-
men.
The British, French and Italian am
bassadors at Petrograd conveyed to
the minister of foreign affairs an Of
fetal recognition by their govern
ments of the Russian provisional gov
eminent.
Gen. Carranza issued a decree at
Mexico City instructing provisional
governors Of the states to call cleo
lions for state offices, including gov
errors, at such time as is most ad.
vantageous, but providing that they
must be held in each case so that
those elected can take office prior to
July l..
SPORTING NEWS
The annual society baseball game
between the men and the women'i
team of the -Four Hundred" will bC
staged soon at Palm Beach, Fla.
Pink Hawley, last year captain Of
the Memphis Southern Association
Club, has been signed to manage the
Sioux City Western league team.
Kohl Yamada, billiard champion o
Japan, defeated Ora Morningstar, 30(
to 227, in the first of their series o.
exhibition 1872 balkline games at Den
yer.
Miss Molla Bjurstedt, nationa.
woman's single champion, defeated r
F. Scovel Of London on the Coronado
Country Club courts at San Diego
Cal, Ga, 40, 6-3.
Edward C'Eddie") Miller, reputed Il
have been the Oldest professional base
ball player in the United States, diet
at Ogden, Utah. Miller was a mem
Der of the Boston and Brooklyn base
ball teams before the National Leagu,
was organized.
GENERAL
Alexander Graham Bell, inventor o
the telephone, was awarded in New
York the civic forum gold medal 70
distinguished public service.
Governor Holcombe at Hartford
Conn. amplified his statement tina
men hostile to this country were Ell
gagged in military drill nightly.
In a mighty fervor of patriotism,
great throng at Madison Square Ga
den in New York called upon Col
gress to proclaim a state of war b,
tween Germany and the United State
The first woman to enlist in th
United States Navy, Miss Lorett
Walsh, 20, is on the job in a rel
white and blue uniform. Her tie
+ red, her waist white and her ski
blue. She is assistant recruiting off
Ger in Philadelphia.
A semi-official announcement Thu
p in the event of war the college yei
at Harvard University probably wouI
be terminated within a short time an
I the university plant turned into a mi
tary training camp, was made at Car
bridge. Mass.
s The unprecedented prosperity a
tending the operations of the Unite
States Steel corporation for 1916 al
e set forth in the annual report. Tot
earnings Of $342, $4,000 exceeds
p those Of 1915 by 1902. 747, 1926; net 4
4 come of 1894, 1925, 565 showed an 1