Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-09-28


States and Mexico will have a war
soon, and he has warned Gen. Fran.
cisco Murgia against pursuing him.
Montreal is organizing a battalion Of
women to form the nucleus Of a Can.
adian army Of women who will fight
In the trenches Of France II they are
needed.
Explosion OF a bomb In sack Of nj.
trate being loaded on the japanese
passenger and freight steamer Seiyo
Maru, at Iquique, Chile, killed two per
sons and injured ten.
In the event Of Premier Borden's re.
turn to power, It is his intention to
confer the franchise upon women gen.
orally and to make important amend.
ments to the naturalization act.
In reply to the peace proposals OF
Pope Benedict, the German and Aus.
tro-Hungarian governments express
the hope that the pontlff's efforts may
bring about a cessation OF hostilities
The Frankfurter zeitung says that
the Swedish embassy. which has taken
over the affairs Of the American EN-
bassy at Constantinople, has been or.
dered to cease the transmission Of ci
pher messages to America.
Announcement was made in govern
ment circles at Picking that the Chi.
nese cabinet, provided the entente
powers approved, was willing to send
100000 soldiers to France, in compli.
ance with the French request.
Emperor William passed through
Budapest, Hungary, on his way to SO.
fla, the Bulgarian capital. 1t is be
lieved to be the emperor's intention tc
try to smooth over difficulties which
have arisen between Bulgaria AM
Germany.
With a view to promoting temper
ance permanently the Russian provis
ional government has ordered that al
supplies of alcohol at distilleries anC
on licensed premises shall be used fol
the manufacture of vinegar and min
eral waters.
The American steamer Platuria was
torpedoed by a German submarine
Sept. Is. Forty-five survivors have
been landed by the Italian steamer
Andrea. The master of the Platuril
and eight Of the crew were drowned
New York dispatches state that H
barrow, boatswain, of Denver was {
member of the Platuria's crew. a
Albert Champion, a French soldier
who on his third attempt escaped
from Germany, brings the information
according to the Paris edition of tn,
New York Herald, that 3,7OO French
and British soldiers and 1900 Rus
SLAMS have died Of typhus at the Ger
man concentration camp at Cassel
ninety miles northwest Of Frank
fort-on-the-Main.
SPORTING NEWS
Hutchinson won the Western Leagu
pennant for the last half Of the seasor
by defeating Joplin in the thir,
straight game of the play-off series II
a shut-out, 2 to O..
Lieut.. Edwin V. Evans of Sheridan
Wyo., is one of the five University O
Colorado students who have Just al
rived for service in France, accordin
to word received at Boulder, Colo.
The Chicago Americans put an en-
TO Boston's last forlorn hope as a per
nant contender by winning Friday
game, 2 to 1. The victory clinches tn
American League championship 70
Chicago.
GENERAL
The second Liberty Loan campaigi
will last four weeks, opening Oct.
and closing Oct. q.
Wheat is being fed to livestock az
substitute for corn in many countie
OF northeastern Oklahoma.
The price of silver made another 2
advance Sept. 21, going to S1.OSh a
ounce, a gain of SC in a week, maxim
the high mark since 1880.
News that the Argentine Senate la
I voted overwhelmingly to sever diplc
matte relations with Germany was r,
ceived in Washington with gratiflci
tion and no little surprise.
Six children. seventy-five grant
children, forty-one great-grandchildre
and twenty Observation-Disclosures
helped Mrs. Frederick Minnie Hoe
celebrate her hundredth birthday q
Chicago.
Roast beef, steaks, filet mignon-
in fact, all cuts or dishes made froI
beef-wil be missing from the Tue.
day menus Of dining cars on railwa
trains beginning Oct. 2, It was al
nounced In New York.
Members Of the Farmers Union {
Texas will inaugurate a state.wid
campaign to induce farmers to hol
, their cotton for a better price, II wa
; announced at Dallas at a meeting
the field department Of the union.
During the next four months IN
price Of copper will be 23.5 cents pS
! pound I. o. b.. New York. This pric
I was agreed upon by the copper int
7 ests In conference with the war indu