Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-02-08
FOREIGN


Another unsuccessful attempt on the
life Of Premier Lenine was made, &C
cording TO the P~etrograd correspond.
ent Of the London Daily News.
The Finnish revolutionists have
formed a government under the presi.
dency OF Kullerwo Manner, according
to a telegram from Helsingfors.
Cossack regiments which revolted
against General Kaledine, hetman OF
the Don Cossacks. have declared a
civil war, according to advices re
ceived at Petrograd.
Forty lives were lost through the
sinking Of the French freight trans
port Drome and the trawler Kerbihan,
which struck mines Jan. % within
sight OF Marseilles.
An official statement Issued by the
Bolshevik government says that "the
new Workmen's and Peasants Red
army will serve to support the coming
social revolution in Europe"
DR.. Alexander Wekerle, Hungarian
premier, in addressing the Diet. de-
clared: Our readiness for peace Is
sincere and earnest. We never strove
nor do we strive for c%onquests."
Three severe shocks OF earthquake
were felt at Guatemala City. Many
buildings damaged in the recent dis
%turbances were completely RACED. One
person was killed and several injured.
The Bolsheviki have split on the
question of peace, a majority being
against the conclusion of peace on the
German terms and in favor of a holy
war, a dispatch from Petrograd says.
A dispatch to the London Exchange
Telegraph from Petrograd says: BIOL.
shevik forces entered Kiev. They have
occupied the arsenal. The town sur
rendered after four shots had been
fired"
The marquis of L%ansdowne in an ed.
dress in London said that he con-
CURED entirely with the recent
speeches Of David Lloyd George, the
British prime minister. and President
Wilson on peace aims.
A revolution Of the proletariat has
been proclaimed in Finland and the
social democratic committee has pub
lished a manifesto announcing that
the authority belongs solely to the
working classes and the organs repre-
Senting them.
The workmen's and soldiers govern.
ment at Petrograd has appointed John
Reed, an American newspaper man
and socialist, as consul of the WORK
mems and soldiers republic in New
York, in succession to the consul APP
pointed by the old regime.
SPORT
The University of Nebraska defeat
ed Camp Dodge, 10 to 16, in basket
ball at Lincoln, Neb.
Conscript, owned by f. T. Bedford
Of New York, won first place in the
stud dog stake at Calhoun, Ala, in the
final event Of the National Field Trials
Association.
John Moore Of Chicago defeated AL
fredo de ORC, worlds three-cushion bill.
lizard champion, in the ambulance fund,
so to 40, in the closest and most excit-
ing game of the tournament at Chi
cago
Bandsman Blake lost the middle.
weight boxing championship Of Great
Britain at the National Sporting club
in London when he was defeated by
Sergt. Pat O'Keefe, former welter-
weight champion Of Ireland. O'Keefe's
victory came in the second round.
GENERAL
The lone American soldier that tho
Germans took prisoner in the trench
raid Jan. 2S, against the American
lines was Private John Jill, according
to his comrades.
The five remaining Americans in
Belgium have been denied the right to
enter Holland since Jan. 16, the Span
ish minister at Brussels has informed
the minister at The Hague, State De-
partnent dispatches said.
More than $4,000 tons of bituminous
coal were seized by State Fuel Admin.
istrator Potter at Philadelphia and
evenly distributed among retailers for
domestic use and forty-five manufac-
turing establishments working on war
orders.
National registration of women
available for work on farms is planned
by the department OF labor as one OF
the advance steps in a campaign to
secure a sufficiency OF farm labor for
every section Of the country during
the coming season.
Driving %sQuarely into a school bus
loaded with twenty-five children re-
turning from school near Barnum,
MINI, a southbound Northern Pacific
passenger train crashed through the
bus. killing seven OF the occupants and
injuring all the others, including the
driver.
With the assertion that 5000 cars
Of potatoes must be moved from Idaho
Falls. Idaho, within the next 60 DAYS