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Of the German efforts. At one point
where the Germans obtained footing
they were thrown out by a French
counter attack. The number of prison
ers taken since yesterday is more than
forty.
"Iri Lorraine the French made a raid
In the region of Eply. There is nothing
to report on the remainder of the
front"
Fighting Lasts All Night.
PARIS. April 1.-THE text of the
night statement says: -
After an intense artillery prepara-
tion, the Germans this ,rnorping~ at
tackled our lines on the front OF Han-
gard En- santerre -iHourses. Violent
fighting ensued. which lasted all day.
'Tn front Of Hourges the enemy was
not able to advance, Notwithstanding
his efforts. After several fruitless at
tacks, carried out without cessation by
fresh German troops. the enemy pene-
trated Hangard. Counter attacks
launched by us regained the western
part Of the village, whore the fighting
continues with stubbornness.
'1n the Noyon sector the artillery ac-
ton was quite marked The Germans
bombarded Rheims, several fres break
ing out. particularly around the cathe-
dral.
Evening star., 1918-04-13

way were regained by counter attacks
delivered by British and French troops.
North Of the Somme the enemy's artil-
lery has been more active"
Evening star., 1918-04-13
GAIN SOUTH
OF THE SOMME

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PROMISE D c. LOAN
REPORT TOMORROW
Members of Committee Make
Compilation of Figures;
Fine Record Seem.
CAMPAIGN MORE SPIRITED

To what extent Washington has rail-
]. He'd its dollars around Old Glory durin g
: the frst week Of the third liberty loan
. drive will be made public tomorrow
morning. -
: The Districts liberty loan committee
. II having the returns from the banks
compiled and tabulated today, and it
II expected that they will practically
: be complete by tonight. Members of
the committee intimated that when the
: figures are made known this city will
, have every reason to feel proud. How
: eyer. 1t 10 pointed out that Washing
: tons quota Is not raised, and besides,
the committee has no idea of being sat
isfed with simply raising the quota
Tho National Capital Is determined to
double its quota-to get a gold star to
grace the city's honor flag.
Evening star., 1918-04-13
Attacks Wholly Fail.
BY, the Associated Press.

FRANCE, April 13.-Further attacks on
the British right wing between Given
chy and Robecq, on La Bassee canal,
yesterday wholly failed. Two attempts
made late in the afternoon to capture
LOGON were repulsed. The British also
counter attacked around Givenchy and
took an important German post
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-01-04
"charIots Of lrono al eaza.

History repeats itself down to min
ute details, the London Star reminds
us, and recalls previous operations at
GAIA related In the Book of Joshua.
1t says:
"If that picturesque special cOrre-
spondent to whom we owe the narra-
tive of the sun and moon standing still
in the valley Of Ajalon had Witnessed
the onslaught Of General Allenby's
auxiliaries, he might have pictured be-
hemoth wallOwing on the shore and
leviathan rising out of the sea. II is
related in the Book of Judges that
though the tribe of Judah took GAIA,
they could not drive out the inhabi-
tants of the valley because they had
chariOts of IRON
ALLOWING for the intervening cen
lures which have transformed the
'charlOts Of iron into tanks, We see
that in this case the Omens are in
favor OF the invaders, and we may
reasonably hope that the clearing out
Of the Philistines will be final and COM
plete."
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-01-04
AReENrINIANs DEMAND WAR.

Buenos Aires, Dec. GAS the re.
suit Of the publication of the tele
grams sent by Count vOn L%uxburg, the
former German minister, to the Der
lin foreign office, it again has been
necessary to call out mounted patrols
to dispense crowds of people who de
manded a rupture of relations with
Germany. The mob, which was shout
ing Long live the republic!" and
death to President I%rigoyen!" was
dispersed after a fight with mounted
police in the Gale Florida.
Heavy guards again have beer
placed over the property owned by
Germans in the city and mounted meI
also are guarding the office of the
newspapers La Union, for which Count
Won Luxburg obtained a subsidy.
The general belief is that the publ
cation of the kilograms will lead tC
new demands for the severance of re
lations with Germany. Congress hav
ing already refused to sanction the
budget appropriation for continuing
the Argentine legation in Berlin
which was insisted On by the organs
Of President Irigoyen.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-01-04
CHEAT GALLONS
hARIA cUEVAs AND slLVERIo
SILVA HANG THEMSELVES.
We're Sentenced to BE Executed, But
Used Rope Attached to Beds
In Gallup jail.
wSstsrn Newspaper Union News Service.

western Newspaper Union News Service.
Santa F6, N. M.--Maria Cuevas and
si1verio Silva, convicted of murder
and sentenced to hang Dec. 81, defeat.
ed justice by hanging themselves in
the Mckinley county Jail at Gallup.
Using a rope smuggled into the prison,
each man attached It to the bed and
strangled himself. Life was extinct
when the bodies were discovered by
the jail officials.
Letters signed by both prisoners
said they did not intend to be hung
by the state, would rather have faced
a firing squad, and asked for respect
able burial. In another note, Cuevas
~bequeathed his guitar to a prisoner in
the Jail.
The men were Mexicans. Cuevas
was convicted Of killing another Mex
lean at a dance last May. Silva was
to pay the death penalty for killing a
roomer in his home following a dis
pute over IS rent.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-01-04
government 10 Heip XIII Pests.

Farmers Prosperity Day of the
Dona Ana Farm Bureau, held at the
New Mexico State College, was at
tended by 500 people. Judging of live
stock in the morning, a free barbecue
at noon, and talks by experts in vari-
Gus lines of farming in the afternoon,
including motion pictures and a lee
ture on drainage by a United States
Reclamation Service employee, was the
program of the day.
Plans are under way for the build.
ing of a concrete road from Las Cru.
ces, N. M, to the Texas state line.
The estimated cost Of this work is
$4,000 of which the county of Dona
Ana is to furnish 100000, the State
of New Mexico 100000 and the United
States government the balance or
$4,000.
The United States Department OF
Agriculture has appropriated $4,000
contingent on the State OF New Mexi'
co using a similar amount, for the
eradication of rodents and predatory
animals in the State of New Mexi.
Co. This work will be conducted by
the United States Biological Survey,
in conjunction with the New Mexico
Agricultural College. It is estimated
by experts of the agricultural college
that the losses of the farmers and
stockmen Of New Mexico from the
above mentioned sources amount ia
not less than $3,5OO,O 900 a year.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-01-04
MoaoIIon Road Project Annroved.

Silver City.-The Department Of Ag.
riculture has notified State Engineer
James A. French that it has approved
the following road projects in New
Mexico for which specifications have
been submitted by the state highway
commission for federal aid: No. 8 in
1918, seven miles Of Mescalero sand
road, east Of Roswell in Chaves coun.
ty; No. 10 in 1919, twenty-five miles
in Lincoln county; No. 9, to be built
in 1918 and 1919, seventeen miles OF
Silver City-Gila river road between
Silver City and Cliff, Grant county;
No. IL in 1918, five miles in Lincoln
county.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-01-04
How He Made Window sashes,

A young Welshman, a woOdwOrker,
applied at the work of a building ma
terlal company for a job.
what can you dO?" inquired the
foreman in charge.
'Indeet, look YOU" said Tafy. II
can do any joinery work whateffer."
Can you make window sashes2"
asked the foreman.
Surely ~ was the laconic answer.
"Well just take off your coat and
let me see you make one
So Taffy set to work, while the fore
man went of round the works. The
first sash the new hand attempted
was a failure, so planting 1t under the
bench, Taffy got ahead with a second
one, and had just finished 1t when the
foreman returned and taking hold Of
the sash, said, Call that a sash, do
yer2 Don't believe / could find "a
worse one in the country"
~"Indeet," said the wood butcher,
grinnlng, "you may find a ferry much
worse one under the bench made from
your own timber! ~
Then he got a move N.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-01-04
Woman In suit for Million.

Albuquerque.-Two millionaire min
ing men of Spokane testified for the
defense at the trial in Federal Court
at Occur d'Alene, Idaho, of the suit
brought by Mrs. Matilda Gardener OF
Albuquerque. against Eugene r. Day
and other members Of the Day family
to o a one-sixteenth interest in
the Hercules lead and silver mine, in
the Burke district nes Occur d'Alene,
L. A. Hurton, part owner of the
mine, said he considered the mine
was worth four millions in October
1916, when Mrs. Gardener sold her In
terest in It for $4,000. She contends
it was worth $4,000, OOO.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-01-04
To Close immoral Rssortn.

Deming.-Immoral resorts at Lords.
burg, Hurley, Santa Rita, Silver City
and all other cities in central New
Mexico were instructed to close in or.
ders issued by District Attorney j.. S.
Vaught. orders issued by Lieut.. Paul
Popenoe Of the law enforcement
branch of the Fosdick committee
call for the closing Of any resorts
which might be visited by soldiers
within a radius Of $50 miles. More
than 100 inmates of resorts are at
leeted by the order.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-01-04
seven violent Attaeks RepuIasd

Rome, Dec. ga considerable por
ton Of ground gained by the enemy
Dec. IS in the region Of Monte Azo
lone, on the northern front east Of the
Brenta river, has been retaken by the
Italians, the wal office announces
The positions regained by the Italians
we're held despite the most violent
fire from the enemy artillery. Active
artillery fighting on the Verdun from
east Of the Mouse was reported by
the Paris wal office.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-01-04
Beds Must Have Been LARGE.

Little Ethel had just returned from
Sunday school and was locking very
puzzled. Mamma" she said, did
they have very large beds in Bible
days2"
81 don't know, dear" said her moth
er. why do you ask?"
Because" said the little girl, "our
teacher said today that Abraham slept
with his four fathers"
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-01-04
Just an Extra Potato.

Jones vas urging Smith to run over
to dinner some time. but / am afraid
that your wife will go to a lot Of trOu-
BILE, Smith demurred.
"A lot of trOuble-nOnsensel !" re-
piled the hospitable man. ut just
means to boil an extra potato. And
what is seventy-hye cents between
friends fudge.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-01-04
Re~.enforeed Concrete Dry Dock

The completion of the first dry dock
made of REINFORCED concrete was cele-
brated at Moss, n city In Norway. This
dock is in the nature Of an expert
ment, as 1t will receive ships Of only
100 tons, 90 feet long; but 1t Is said
to be successful and much cheaper
than steel and more quickly built. The
shlpyard that built this dock Is now
receiving inquiries for docks up to
5000 tons.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-01-04
CUTICURA HEALS SORE HANDS
That Itch, Burn, Crack, Chap and
BIeed-TTlal Free.

In a wonderfully short time in most
cases these fragrant, super-creamy
emollients succeed. Soak hands on re-
firing In the hot suds Of Cuticura Soap,
dry and rub Cuticura Ointment into
the hands for some time. Remove sur
plus Ointment with soft tissue paper.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-01-04
Coal on Cash Basis.

Santa Fe.-The retail price of Gal.
lup coal has been fixed at SIG a ton
in Los Angeles by the fuel admins.
tration. New Mexico retail dealers
feel that the margin allowed them at
present is hardly sufficient to cover
the cost OF doing business, at least
not on credit, and expect to go on a
cash basis.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-01-04
Want EIephant sutte Dam GUARDED

Santa Fe.-Senators A. b. Fall and
A. A. Jones, as well as Congressman
w. B. Walton, have received appeals
from the Mesilla valley because of the
unguarded condition Of the Elephant
Butte dam, the military guards hay
ing been recalled. It is proposed to
have the government employ civilian
guards.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-01-04
AUsTRo-eERMANs DECLARED IN
PACT TO RETAIN CONQUERED
TERRITORY.
HOLD ALSACE-LORRAINE
FLAME OF CIVIL WAR SPREADS
IN RUSSIA AND CAPITAL Is
IN TURMOIL.
western Newspaper Union News Service.

Pario.-Austria Hungary ia pledged
to support Germany in retention of
Alsace-Lorraine, according to a dis.
patch printed Saturday in the Matin,
%purpOrting to reveal the text of the
agreement between the two biggest
central powers. The Matin also as
serted Germany had determined not
to ~evacuate Belgium and France un.
less her colonies were restored.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-01-04

Rome.-Italy will never support a
separate Italian peace or take any ac-
ton not loyal to the allies, declared
Deputy Gilitti in the Chamber of Dep
uties.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-01-04
Specification.

"That man is always running other
people down."
Scandal or autO7"
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-01-04
GENERAL

Legislation specifically to subject
all federal officials except the Presi.
dent and members of the Supreme
Court to the excess profits tax was
agreed upon by the House ways and
means committee.
At Memphis, Tenn, yeggmen blew
the vault Of a coal company In the
heart of the business district dur
ing the night and escaped with $4,000
in cash. They also took $500 worth
OF Liberty bonds and considerable
jewelry.
Mrs. Frank d. Adams. wife Of Lieut..
Frank d. Adams, assumed his duties
of the pastor of the Universalist
church at Urbana, ILL.,, to fill the va.
cancy caused when her husband left
TO begin his duties al Camp Grant,
Rockford, III.
Further investigation by the Federal
MIX Commission into means of i'm
proving production and distribution OF
milk, after it has fixed prices for pro
ducers and distributors for the first
three months Of next year, was decid-
ed upon by the commission in New
York. The Federal Food Administers
tion has set Jan. / as the date on
which the commission must fix prices.
Robbery of the State Bank Of Sum
NIT, a suburb Of Chicago, Of $50, 600
or more, called attention to the ap.
palling list of bank and payroll rob
berries in Chicago and suburbs in the
last eighteen months. According to
an official OF a big burglar insurance
company, there have been seventeen
bank robberies, netting approximate
ly 100000. and fourteen payroll rob
berries of insured firms, netting $780,
600 to the bandits, in the period men.
/ TONED.
Removal OF the ~east-bound embargo
on corn and oats. and rumors that the
miximum price OF corn was to be re.
moved, led to a sharp upturn In the
corn and oats market on the Board OF
Trade in Chicago, Dec. 20. In the
early trading May corn advanced ca
cents to S1.26h. Oats rose 3 cents.
The next loan the people Of the
United States will be asked to pur-
chase to aid the government in win
ming this war will be for $4,000, 900.
600; the bonds viii be AZ per cent is
sue and the offering will be made on
! March Is. 1918.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-01-04

Smile on wash day. That's when you use
Red Cross Bag Blue. Clothes whittier than
snow. All grocers. Adv.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-01-04

London, Dec. 22.-The flame Of civil
war in Russia is spreading northward
along the Volga river from Astrakhan
to Samara. Grand Duke Nicholas is
reported in the Caucasus with a vast
army of royalists, while Kerensky is
said to be marching On Moscow at the
head of thousands of troops. The prov
ince Of Ukraine has rejected the Boil
shevik ultimatum and has declared it's
independence. Bolgrad in Bessarabia
was in flames following riots.
Petrograd is a scene of turmoil.
Armed detachments engaged in emp
tying wine cellars have had clashes
with civilians, fifteen being killed and
wounded, while fifteen soldiers are re.
ported dead from drink.
Fighting continues at Odessa, and
the Ukranian troops have been Joined
by the Russian army from the Ruma-
nian front under the command of Gen.
Stcherbatcheff. The Red Guards lost
800 men killed and 1000 wounded in
six-day fight.
A Bolshevik force, under command
of Austro-G German officers, defeated a
small detachment OF Cossacks neal
Tashkent.
The peace situation is similarly dis.
turbed. A report from Petrograd
states hat the Germans have refused
the Russian peace terms and that the
Bolshevik commissioners have been
recalled to Petrograd. Won Kuehl-
mann, German foreign secretary, is
now at Brest-Litovsk. Bolshevik au.
thorities in P%etrograd are growing des-
perate over the continued opposition
and serious developments are feared,
Former Car Nicholas and family
are to be permitted to leave Russia
and seek haven in some other coun.
try.
Petrograd.-Under the heading, Sc
cret Treaty Between Japan and Rus
STA for Joint Armed Demonstration
Against America and Great Britain in
the Far East" the Izvestia publishes
what 1t says is the text of the secret
treaty drawn up last year providing
for joint action by Russia and japan
to prevent any third country from
achieving political dominance in
China. The treaty, dated July 3, 1916,
runs for five years, automatically ex.
tending itself until a year after one
party expresses the desire to annul it.
1t is signed by Sergius Sazonoff, then
Russian foreign minister, and Wis.
count Motono, Japanese foreign min.
lister.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-01-04
SPORTING NEWS

Young Jake Schaefer established a
new world record for high runs in red
ball billiards at San Francisco when
he ran forty-nine. The previous high
record vas forty-five, held by Mare
Cation.
Tommy Fitzpatrick, graduate of the
University of Utah, who has been
coach to the Salt Lake East Side
High school for four years, was ap-
pointed coach to the University Of
Utah athletes.
Jimmy Hamill, Denver boxing pro
moter, wired Jess Willard a guarantee
of $4,000 if he will come to Denver
to stage his proposed heavyweight
championship match for the benefit Of
the Red Cross. The only stipulation
made by the Denver man is that the
titleholder meet either Fred Fulton or
Bill Brennan.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-01-04
NEW MEXICO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS.

Jan. 14-19--Farmers' Week and Home
Makers Conference at State College,
Mesilla Park.
Jan. 17-1S.-Farmers' Meeting at State
College, Mesilla Park.
Feb. 11-13-New Mexico Electrical As
ISOLATION meeting at Silver City.
March. i9is-Wool Growers convention
at Roswell.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-01-04
FOREIGN

An extraordinary session Of the
Peruvian Congress convened ID dis
cuss financial projects.
The first heavy fall OF snow In the
vinicity OF Paris occurred Dee. IS.
Railroad and telegraph serviced were
~disorganized.
Two sailors instead Of one were
saved by the Germans from the Amer.
lean destroyer Jacob Jones, according
to an official German announc Sment
at Amsterdam.
DR.. Elizabeth Garrett Andersen, the
first woman to be elected as MAYOR Of
a town in England and a prominent
physician. died at her home in Aide
burg. Suffolk.
Unidentified bodies OF 200 victims
Of the Halifax disaster were bhried
after public funerals conducted by
Protestant and Catholic clergymen.
Nearly 100 OF the bodies we're charred
beyond recognition.
Complete restoration Of the terri.
tories taken by the enemy, together
with compensation, was demanded by
Premier Lloyd George in explaining
the war aims of the government in
the House of Commons in London.
Living proofs of the terrible eco.
monte conditions in Austria were sup.
piled by the arrival at Buchs, on the
frontier, of SIG pale and suffering
children between the ages Of Z and 8.
They are from Vienna and other Aus.
TRAN towns.
A state Of siege has been pro.
claimed in P%etrograd and the Ukran-
ian Rada has refused to obey an ul
timatum presented by the Bolsheviki
government. Disorders in the CAPT
tai, due, it is said, to the looting of
wine cellars and shops, made neces-
sary the proclamation of a state of
siege.
UniOnist candidates., supporters Vt
the premier, Sir Robert Borden, and
his conscriptiOn program. were vic
tOrious in twelve Of British Colum.
bias thirteen constituencies in Mon.
days election. Skeena alone was car.
ried by a Liberal candidate, where
Fred Stork, a Prince Rupert mer.
chant, defeated Colonel Peck, now
overseas.
The forward gun crew of an Am
erican liner reaching an American
port destroyed a submarine the morn
ing after leaving a British port on
the voyage, according to stories told
by passengers. Maj. Gen. Hugh l..
Scott. former chief of staff Of the
army, who was a passenger, is said
to have stood behind the gunners dur.
ing the action and complimented them
on their Workmanship.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-01-04
AN EPITOME OF
LATE LIVE NEWS
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS or EVENTS AT
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS. poINos. ACHIEVE.
MENTs. sUFFERINes. HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.

w....rn N.u.pspsr unlon view. service.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-06

last year and il turned out TO be great
success not only IN the size of the at
tendance but In the spirit Of patriotism
that was generated. Speakers of inter
national note were In attendance and the
war situation was presented more clearly
than IL ever had been made known TO
Vermont people, The effects were so
good that it is proposed TO hold second
war convention, to be a part of the ma
tional program Of acquainting the peo'
pie with the progress Of the war and par
ticularly of the participation of the
United States in it. Montpelier was Sc
lected as the place because most Of the
national meetings will be held in the
state capitals, and the selection was
otherwise good because il will give the
eastern side of the state an easy oppor,
tunity TO participate in an assembly of
timely Importance, although many peo,
pie from the eastern side of the state at i
tended the Rutland convention Just as
many people from the western side are
expected TO attend the forthcoming con.
vention. The people of the eastern side
Of the state should flock to Montpelier on
May 10, as there will be something worth
while to be presented there ON May 10
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-06
Keeping the Girl on the Farm.

In the April Farm and Fireside, there
is an editorial which reads
"A great deal is said about keeping the
boy on the farm; not so much about
keeping the girl there. Yet the latter is
quite as important as the former, The
country needs fine, competent women
leaders in community life fully as much
as it needs men who will lead in first.
class farming.
"The home and its surroundings are
what count in keeping the girl interest
ed in rural life. Every girl, as she grows
up, wants attractive, interesting things
If she cannot find them at home, she will
find them elsewhere.
at is not an expensive matter to make
things attractive for the growing girl
Ii is more a matter of thought than of
cost. She wants, first of all, pretty
room. man or woman who is at all
handy can enamel the furniture in white
Flowered chintz can be bought and cur
tains easily made for the windows,
None of these things cost much mon.
ey. OF course, they all cost something,
but no more than reasonably prosper.
Gus farm family can afford--no more
than it would gladly expend if it real.
lied that this meant the difference be-
tween the girls staying in the commu
nifty and her going to the city to make
her own way"