Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-01-12
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Serious floods are reported in Hol-
land and Germany because Of the sud
den rise Of rivers.
The marriage Of Earl Curzon OF
Kedleston and Mrs. Grace Elvina Dug
gan took place privately in London.
The Rhine water gauge at Cologne
shows a rise OF IN meters (about rs
feet), according to the Berlin Lokal
Anzeiger.
Announcement was made in London
that the government had taken com
plete control Of the maize trade on
lines similar to its control Of wheat.
Charles Maurice Camille de Tally
rand erigord Duke de Dino) died at
the villa Perigord at Monte Carlo. He
was 70 years old. The Duke de Dino
twice married American women.
Olinto Amati, twice regent Of the re.
public Of San Marine, has been ar
rested on a charge of embezzling g.
10000 lire of the republics funds, &C
cording to a dispatch from Rimini.
Forty-six women were burned to
death in a fire that destroyed st.
Ferdinand de Halifax asylum, at st.
Ferdinand de Halifax, Megantic coun-
ty, Quebec. according to a report re-
ceived at Montreal.
A declaration that President Will
son knows the peace terms of the CEN
trail powers was made in a New Year
speech at Budapest by Count An
Grassy. according to a Central News
dispatch from Amsterdam.
The Greek government, acting in
harmony with the king, has decided to
reject certain clauses Of the entente
note demanding reparation in conse-
quence of the recent fighting at Ath-
ems, Reuters correspondent at Athens
telegraphs. The Greek government is
ready to discuss the other demands
made by the allies.
English society and the public at
large we're stirred over the scandal OF
feminine interference in army affairs,
barred in the report of a court of in.
QuiTy over treatment accorded Lieut.
Patrick Barrett. The woman in the
case" who is severely censured in the
report, vas Mrs. William CORVALLIS
West, mother of the princess of Pless
and the duchess of Westminster, while
such notables as Field Marshal
French, Gen. Sir John Cowans, guar
termaster general of the British army
Gen. w. H. Mackinnon, Brig. Gen
owen Thomas, Col. Wynne Edwards
and Lieut.. Col. Delme-Radcliffe were
mentioned in the lengthy report Of
the army court.
Sporting News
Seven intercollegiate football games
will be played in Denver this fall.
Bill Carrigan, former manager o.
the Boston Red Sox, is out of baseball
he announced in Boston in a communi
cation to Harry II. Frazee, new owner
of the club.
Harry H. Frazee, president of tn,
Boston American league baseball club
announced in Boston that John ]
(Jack) Barry had accepted the man
agement of the team.
The Business Mems Racing Associ
ton at New Orleans decided to bu,
the Fair grounds race track for $500,
900 from the New Orleans locke!
club, which has owned It since the oil
days of racing.
The Wisconsin State Boxing Com
mission has authorized Rhinelander Il
have q boxing club in a church. TIL,
license will be issued to the Rev. Free
r. Wedge, one time a clever weller
weight. The parson already has OF
ganized a boxing class among hi
Sunday school students.
General
An extra dividend of so cents
share in addition to the quarterly div.
dend of $3.50 was declared in NeV
York by the Miami Copper Company.
Adeline Sherman Wiborg, wife o
Frank B. Wiborg OF Cincinnati an,
New York, and a niece of Genera
William II. Sherman, died at her HON
in New York.
For refusing to work in the jute mi
James B. Mcnamara, who is serving
life sentence in San Quentin Zeal.
prison for dynamiting the Los Angelo
Times, is confined in the prison dur
geon.
mo strike vote is being taken, anC
80 far as l know, no such vote will b
taken. pending action of the Unite
States Supreme Court on the Adamso
law said w. G. Lee, head Of tn
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen,
Cleveland, Ohio.
The Minnesota Legislature convene
at st. Paul with the prospect of actin
on statewide prohibition, woman su
frage, reorganization of various stat
departments and repeal of the boxin
bill before adjournment by time limits
ton on April 10.
The suicide in an Atlantic City hi