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Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-05-24
BODIES, THROWN HIGH IN AIR,
FALL BACK INTO SEA OF
FLAMES.
NURSES LEG BLOWN OFF
RED CROSS WOMEN ABANDON
PITTssURe PARADE AND RES
CUE SURVIVORS.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Pittsburg, Pa, May 20.-Probably
200 men were killed Saturday when
an explosion of T. N. T. demolished
the plant of the Aetna Chemical Com
pany at Oakdale, on the Panhandle
division of the Pennsylvania railroad,
sixteen miles from here. Five hun
bred workmen were startled at noon
by a report not much larger than the
crack of a pistol. II came from the
soda house, but they knew its deadly
import, and as one man, they rushed
for the nearest exit. Before they
could gain the open the very air
seemed to burst into flame, the earth
heaved and rocked, and, with a roar
that was heard for miles, the long fac
tory buildings were hurled high into
the air, carrying with them ponderous
equipment and scores of men. A
great cloud of dust and smoke settled
over the scene, and through its deadly
fumes torn and mangled forms
dropped to the earth, many dead, but
others to meet their end in the flam-
ing debris.
The number of dead had not been
determined Saturday night, and it is
possible that it may not be known for
days, if indeed it will ever be known.
State and county authorities agreed
that it would reach 200.
Many of the injured, some of whom
were found half a mile from the rem
nants of the factory, were brought to
Pittsburg hospitals by special trains
and in ambulances, all of them so
badly hurt that in only a comparative
ly few instances were physicians able
to hold out any hope for their re-
covery.
The property loss was estimated at
ST. 900.
The thought was inspired that the
Red Cross worker was needed at Oak
dale more than at Pittsburg. Aban-
doning all thoughts Of parade, the
women flocked to the afflicted area
by automobile and by trolley, ready
for any sacrifice or service.
And these women lent valuable aid
in bringing order and system out OF
the chaotic condition among the panic
stricken families of workmen.
Answering the first call for hos
pital aid and ambulances went a corps
of nurses and physicians from st
Johns hospital.
One of the nurses, Meryl Aschel
man, was acting as a stretcher bearer
carrying a wounded mar to the ambu
lance when, in one of the explosions
she was thrown to the ground and th'
patient on the stretcher was killed
One of her legs was blown off.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-05-24
cerporap, DAY Of rrIumph.

At the battle Of OpequOn CreeE.
where General Sheridan had formed
his line along the north bank Of the
creek in front Of a Vermont regiment,
there was quite a deep gully. The
banks were thick with blackberry
bushes and the men had a hard time
getting over through the bushes. AS
they came out they found a long line
Of breastworks in front OF them.
They we're ordered to lie down. Soon
as the boys had got through a big Irish
corporal, that had been called a COW
ard in his company, jumped up and
hollered az the top Of his voice: "You
towards. get up and hght like men /;
follow me-"
He started on the run up the hill
with the whole regiment after him and
over the breastworks they went, with
the Irish corporal at the head.
This was the beginning OF the vic
tory OF General Sheridan over General
Early. No one ever called the Irish
corporal a coward after that.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-05-24

harrow, cultivatOr, or such other till
age implement as best suits the needs
Of individual orchards. If the soil is
light, blowing in the spring can some
times be omitted, as some type Of Guilt
vator will be found adequate to pull
verize thoroughly the soil to a sufficient
The surface should be kept as
nearly level as possible. For instance,
If the soil is plowed toward the trees
at one time, It should be turned away
from them at a later blowing.
Keep Soil Light.
In general, the orchard should be
gone Over with some kind of q tlllage
implement often enough to keep the
soil thoroughly light and loose, or, in
other words, in the condition Of a dust
mulch, for a depth of at least three or
four inches. If a crust forms on the
surface, or II the dust mulch becomes
compact, evaporation of the moisture
that is in the soil will become excess
sively rapid and an unnecessary and
perhaps serious loss of moisture which
is needed by the trees will AS
the surface is made compact by rain,
tillage is advisable, as a rule, after
each rainy period or after heavy show
ers; also as much more frequently as
the impaired condition of the dust
mulch may make necessary. In lrTi-
gated orchards tillage should generally
follow soon after each application of
water.
End Tillage Operations.
Tillage operations are usually con-
tlnued until midseason-the last of
July or the first of August. By that
time the growth of the trees for the
season will have been largely made,
fruit buds for the next seasons's crop
will have begun to form, the fruit of
the m%idseason varieties will have com
pleted a large proportion Of its growth.
and the later varieties will finish their
development during n period when less
moisture is required for the various
functions Of the tree than earlier in
the season. Where cover crops OF
green-manure crops are desired, they
should be sOwed, in many cases, by this
time.
AS the trees become large, some OF
the extension types Of tillage nipple
ments are advantageous, as they make
possible the working of the soil under
the branches without unduly crowdinl
the team into the trees.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-05-24
METHODS OF PRUNING GRAPE
important Work, Both as Regards
Quantity Of Fruit and Cost
Of Production.

From the United States Department OF
AgTiculture.)
In no fruit crop does pruning play
so important a part. both as regards
the quantity of fruit borne and the
cost Of producing 1t, as with the
grape. In fact the manner Of pruning
employed determines to a very large
extent the cost of maintaining a vine
yard. Certain styles of pruning re-
quire a large expenditure Of money
I'm the construction Of supports or
trelllses and an equal outlay each sea-
son for tying, both early In the e a
son and during the summer. Other
systems require less expensive trel-
Uses, and little or no expenditure of
time or money in spring and summer
tying, thus making, a very consider
able difference I'm the cost Of produc-
ing a good quantity of fruit and, since
grapes have, during the last decade,
become so cheap, the margin Of profit
left to the grower over and above the
| cost of production Is very small, even
when the most economical systems OF
training are employed.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-05-24

Generally speaking, q peach orchard
should be titled throughout its entire
life, beginning with the first season
after the trees are planted. If, for the
sake Of economy or for other reasons,
It is impracticable to work the entire
area between the trees, 1t is usually
feasible to cOnfine the tillage for the
first year or two to n narrow strip
along each row. But the width of the
titled strip should be extended each
season and by the third year the entire
surface should receive attention. BY
this time the roots Of the tree extend
beyond the spread of the branches and
the entire space between the rows,
where the trees have been planted the
usual distances apart, is rapidly be-
coming filled with small %rOotlets and
root hairs through which moisture and
plant food in solution are taken up.
Time for TiIlage.
Under normal or standard conditions
In most peach-growing districts the adj
vice applies generally to begin the till
age in the spring as soon as the soil
is I'm suitable condition to work. But
In the case of bearing orchards, some
Of the most experienced growers wait
until after the fruit has set before they
begin, in the belief that earlier tillage
may influence adversely the setting of
the fruit. The presence Of IA cover
crop. its character, and the needs of
the soil with reference thereto are
other factors that may influence the
date of beginning of tillage.
If the soil is hard or if there is a
V crop that has made considerable
growth, it will be necessary to turn
the soil with a pillow and follow with q
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-05-24

rough land. Cows average about 1850
hounds in weight and bulls from 1000
to $500 pounds.
This breed ranks well in milk pro-
.duction, with a moderate percentage
of fat.
In the Brown Swiss breed the aver
age of 100 COWS that have completed
yearly records for the register OF pro
.duction is 1O,S6S.7 pounds of milk test
ing 1895 per cent, amounting to 433.45
pounds of butterfat. The ten highest
milk producers of the breed range from
19.46O.6 to 16,496.7 pounds Of milk
with an average, for these ten. OF IL
1922 pounds. The ten highest butter
fat producers Of the Brown Swiss
range from 1876 to 647.3O pounds,
with an average, for these ten OF 6SS'f2
pounds Of butterfat.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-05-24
EXPECT NEW FLANDERS THRUST
Italians Repulse Third Attempt of Aus
TRANS to Regain Monte Corno.

Italians Repulse Third attempt OF AUS
TRANS to Regain Monte corno.
Rome, May 2O.-A third attempt by
the Austrians to recapture Monte Cor
no has failed, according to the official
communication.
Nearly three weeks have passed
since the German offensive. begun on
March 81, died down at its final ac-
tive point in futile assaults on the
Flanders front. Every indication,
however, points to the probability that
this week will witness its renewal.
The Germans attempted a vigorous
silent raid on one OF the American
combat groups within a strong point
in the L~uneville sector Saturday morn
ing, but we're badly beaten.
Japan and China have been inform
ed by the allied governm "nts that
they have arranged for entente mill
itary cooperation to meet the dangers
threatening the peace of the Far East
from German penetration.
Ii aerial fighting Saturday, twenty
one German airplanes were destroyed
and two disabled by British aviatOrs,
The statement on aerial operations al
so reports continuation of the bombing
Of enemy railway stations, airdromesI
munition dumps and billets, as we'll as
on the submarine base at Z~eebrugge.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-05-24

Memorial day takes on for
all of as a new significance in
this year Of grace. In past
years we haze laid our fowers
on the graves of the dead in
loving and patriotic apprecia-
ton of the fact that they Sdw
their duty and did it. Today
the fowers WiH be laid as
usual, but they WiH be but
Dithered blossoms of The soul
unless ne lay wih them the
determination to do our duty
in the crisis that confronts
our country eUen as these did
theirs. 1t is a day for search
ing of ones soul, for a purg-
ing of all SlOth and unwilling-
ness to do our part, Of noble
shame at our failure hereto
fore TO live up to the great
ness of the opportunity which
eriStS for every real american.
1t is a day for memory and
manhood.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-05-24
submit Irish Question to NeutraIs

London.-Signatures are being in
vited in Ireland to a proposal that the
Irish question be submitted for adiu-
dication to a competent international
tribunal, says a dispatch to the Times
from Dublin. Such a tribunal, adds
the Dispatch, might consist, for exam
pie. OF the United States and the neu-
tral powers of Europe.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-05-24

When the battle lines get so close
together that both sides can stab sol
diers with bayonets the warfare be-
comes awfully strenuous. That was
the condition of things at Vicksburg at
a number of places.
"That Is Grant avenue. and yonder
is where his headquarters were
throughout the siege" The location
vas within easy range Of several Con-
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-05-24
SPARE TIME IN GARDEN
prepared by the United States De-
partment OF Agriculture.)

prepared by the United States De- ,
partment OF A~griculture.)
What does 1t cost to raise a ,
bushel of potatoes, beans, toma-
toes?
1t may be more than it costs
to buy them-lf you consider
your labor.
But when the nation is in
need of more food to win the
war it is no time to consider la
Dor of this sort.
1t 1t time to produce food;
time to have a well-cared-fOr
backyard garden.
OF course, you r willing to
put in your spare time and To-
Dor In this way to help the boys
at the front fight your battles.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-05-24
BROWN SWISS GOOD GRAzERS
Animals Are Mild and DoeiIe and Rank
Well In Milk Production
Records Of Cows.

QPrcpared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculturc)
The Brown Swiss breed, which does
not have a widespread distribution in
the United States, originated In the
canton of Schwyz, in Switzerland, and
is found principally in New York and
Wisconsin.
The cattle vary In color from n light
gray mouse color or BrOwnish-dun to
dark brown. They are mild and docile
and are excellent grazers. especially on
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-05-24
orchard Produces Much.

No part of the farm will produce
more for the land it occupies than
win a home orchard properly selected
and taken care Of, and every farm
should have one.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-05-24
nrItI.h ReaaIn vIIe.sur.Anere.

London, May 20-The village Of
Ville-Sur-Ancre, north of Morlancourt,
was Tecaptured by the British, the
Australian troops making a successful
raid, in which they took $50 prisoners
and twenty machine guns.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-05-24

II will be news to most persons mat
a great many former Confederate SOL
dlers draw pensions from the govern
ment. Some Of them were deserters
who enlisted in the Union armies 9TH
ers were prisoners OF war who did the
same thing. Six regiments Of so-called
"penltent rebels" were organized by
the federal authorities from the prison
camps at Point Lookout, Rock Island.
Alton, Camp Douglas and Columbus.
They took the oath Of allegiance, and
the men were credited to the quotas
Of the states they elected to serve.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-05-24
Youths 70 Reqlster June 5.

Washington.-June 8 has been fixed
as the date for registration of youths
who have attained 21 years since the
first army draft registration June 8
last yea"
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-05-24


There is comparatively little
difference of opinion in regard to
the tillage of peach trees. The
conviction of the best growers
in practically all peach-produc-
ing sections is that thorough till
age is essential to the continued
successful maintenance Of a
peach orchard. Tillage improves
the physical condition Of the
land, saves moisture and assists
in making the plant food in the
soil available.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-05-24
Give Cow Attention.

II the COW Is n machine, e that
she has good care and all parts prop
erly looked after.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-11-15

then at Mount Vernon, and eight days
elapsed before he was informed of his
victory. Tho emssenger who carried
the news to Mount Vernon was all
lrishman, Charles Thompson, secre-
tary of the Continental congress.
Thompson made haste slowly, stop
ping in every city, town and village
to tell the news. When finally he
reached Mount Vernon he was given
great reception, although the Faith
er of his Country probably RETAINED
from any praise of the messengers
speed. Autumn had arrived before
the people of the remoter parts of the
country knew of Washington's cleo
ton.
There was not much advance in the
handling of election news until the
Harrison Tyler campaign in 1870,
when railroads, steam boats and stage
coaches carried the report of his VIC
tory to Gen. Harrison, then in Indiana,
within a week after the election. Then
came the gradual development of the
telegraph. Abraham Lincoln knew
he had been chosen chief magistrate
of the United States the morning after
election day The great press asso'
ciations-which are invaluable in the
handling and dissemination of news
are of more recent growth, and their
facilities have now been brought 10
what would seem to be a state of per-
lection for the handling of such news
as election results.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-11-15
STATE SUPREME COURT
OF NEW MEXICO HANDS
DOWN SIX OPINIONS

ESPECIAL CONSEQUENCES TO soaaIne JOURNAL
Santa Fe, Nov 14.-Six opinions
were handed down Wednesday by the
state supreme court. The district
court was affirmed in three cases.,
John Murphy, appellee, VS.. Elfego
Baca, ct al, appellants. from Socorro
county; state appelle, VS.. Thomas A.
Goodrich, appellant, from Quay coun-
ty and the Tribullion Smelling and
Development company, appellee, VS..
The Ozark Smelling and Mining COM
pany, appellee, from Socorro county.
The district court for Mora county
was reversed in state, appellee, VS..
Oscar Kidd, appellant, the case, one
for murder, being remanded for new
trial. The motion for rehearing in
the case of the Merchants National
Bank of Clinton, Iowa, appellant, VS..
Edward A. Austin, appellee, from
Guadalupe county, is denied. The APP
peal is dismissed in the case of Thorn
as f. Waters as strustee, appellee, VS..
The Treasure Mining and Reduction
company, appellants. from Socorro
county.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-11-15
Is 1t Possible to Loue Plain
Woman as Much as PRETTY One?
By Nlxola GreeleY Smith

Is it possible to love q plain woman
as much as a pretty one?
If l were a man l should reply to
this question by saying that it is just
as possible but not so easy.
AS a woman. however, | must find
the answer to the conundrum now be-
ing discussed in the Strand and Pear
sons magazines by looking about me
at my married friends.
In America, at least, it is still fairly
safe to assume that every wife is or
has been loved by her husband. Now,
are the wives we know better looking,
physically, or mentally more attrac-
tive, than single women of the same
age among our acquaintance? AS
we answer that question we solve the
first problem. | say frankly. no. In
fact, it is common observation that
unmarried women show a greater de-
sire and make a stronger effort to
please than women who have boarded
the Matrimonial Express. For men
are not alone in the jocular philos-
ophy which finds utterance in the
husbands query, why run after a
car after you have caught it?"
Women may not give expression to
this highly practical sentiment, but
many of them live according to it.
The flaw in the theory for both men
and women is that you don't catch
any car forever but have to run after
it twice day.
But, after all, that has nothing to
do with our original inquiry-the
possibility of loving a homely woman
as much as a pretty one.
Here we are halted by another vcx-
ing riddle-what is pretty woman
Most of the misguided young crea-
lures trying to look like magazine
cover girls would be far better look
ing than their models If they would
leave themselves alone. The popular
ity of the magazine cover girl is to
me life's greatest mystery. To be
sure, Neysa McMein draws really at
tractive women, but the typical cover
girl with her snub nose, overdevelop-
ed chin and pale gray eyes has to me
at least nothing more than a cheap
pertness to recommend her.
Every woman seems beautiful ia
the man who loves her, Beauty, we
have been told, is In the eye of the
beholder. And every woman is beau
tiful enough who succeeds in pleasing
the man she loves. such women are
few, according to H. L. Mencken.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-11-15
SHOULD GET THE RATES.

There is every reason for believing
that the teachers association meeting
VIII be held in Albuquerque during
the Christmas holidays. There'i is nc
reason why the railroads should not
grant the customary half rate for the
meeting, as the war is over and there
will be no rush of soldiers from one
part of the country to another.
If there is one criticism above an
other which may be justly leveled al
Mr., McAdoo's administration of the
railroads, 1t is the utter lack Of in.
terest shown in the promotion o. state
or community welfare. One Of the
first acts of the administration was
to stop all advertising publications,
such as 1.-THE Earth" by the Santa
Fe. Maybe that publication will be
allowed to resume, now that the war
is over.
The next thing was to place the ban
on all meetings, such as the New Mex
leo educational association. though
that association has been one of the
chief boosters for the reform of tho
state.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-11-15
Months Once Passed Before Country
Could Learn Results of Elections

Folks are so anxious to get election
returns these days that they begin
calling up newspaper offices and
other possible places of information
before the polls are closed and in
quire who was elected. In this con-
nection it is interesting to recall how
slow the returns came in back in the
good old days, beginning with our
first presidential election.
Our first presidential election was
held early in January 1888, but it was
not until almost autumn that news
reached the remotest parts of the
country that Washington had been
chosen as the nations first chief eX-
ecutive. Nothing shows more clearly
than this comparison the great scien-
tific achievements of the past CEN
fury. Incidentally, the long delay in
learning the result robbed old time
elections of their present day excite
ment.
A month after the first election the
electors met and cast their ballots.
Congress then had to canvass the
votes and it was not until March 80
that that body convened, although the
president was supposed to have been
inaugurated on March 4. On April
6 the formality of counting the votes
was completed and George Washing
ton became the first president of the
United States.
There were no wires, of course, to
flash the news TO Gen. washington,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-11-15

Spanish influenza is responsible for
many deaths these days. A large
proportion of these deaths are pre-
ventable, and corresponding pro-
portion of the morbidity caused by
the disease is equally unnecessary.
In my previous article I promised
to present details of treatment / be-
lieve 1t is far better to give you some
further information rs to why and
how you acquire this complaint be-
fore presenting the article referred
to. which will follow
Whether the germ theory of the
disorder is correct or not need not be
considered. AT the present stage of
the epidemic ii is of little practical
Importance. If the disease is caused
by germ the infective organism has
now escaped all bounds. 1t IS clrcu-
lating by millions wherever people
congregate. Therefore. your best pro-
lection IS to make yourself immune.
The measures necessary TO gain THIS
end would protect you against any
disease. whether caused by germ or
not.
Granting the germ theory of thu
disease, Spanish influenza comes to
you because you are fertile soil.
When you plant corn or potatoes in a
garden they will not grow unless GER
tain elements are present in the soil
1t is the same way with germs. They
require certain elements to make
them grow. When a germ finds a soil
containing these elements. it takes
root, grows. multiplies and SO creates
the disease with which it's name is
associated. In the absence of these
elements it dies. Just as the corn and
potatoes will die when any of the
elements essential to their life are
lacking.
A strong body. healthy in every
part, cannot be fertile soil for any
disease germ. This is recognized by
medical men. and was confirmed by
some experiments made to test the
communicability of typhoid. pneu-
monia, diphtheria and tuberculosis,