Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-05-03
FOREIGN


conditions restored following the one
day demonstration strike in Dublir.
A British airman bombed Z~eebrukge
mole while the kaiser was inspect ing
the results Of the recent naval fhid
there.
Sixty-six steamers, aggregating 5l4,
600 tons lightweight, win be tur8 led
over by China to the United States Tor
use In the war.
Vice Admiral Schroeder, the CON
mander at zeebrugge, according to Re-
ports reaching Amsterdam. will be
deprived of his command for be big
taken by surprise by the British.
viscount Motono, japanese minis er
for foreign affairs. has resigned, sc-
cording to q Reuter- dispatch from 10
ko. Viscount Motono will be succeed
ed by Baron Goto.
A French general will decorate with
the croix de guerre the colors Of the
American regiment which defeated the
five-day attack by picked German
troops northwest Of Toul two weeks
ago.
The German ultimatum to Holland,
according to advices received in Lon
don, demands the right Of transit not
only for civilian supplies and OF sand
and gravel through Holland, but also
for war materials.
~Fifty-eight members Of the crew of
the German raider Seeadler, which op-
Grated in the south Pacific ocean until
it was wrecked, have been informed in
Chile, according to announcement by
naval authorities at Honolulu.
The Austrian ministry of railways
announces the entire suspension of
passenger traffic on the northern rail-
ways, according to advices from Wen
ma. This action was taken because OF
the shortage of coal, due to a strike Of
miners.
Two American soldiers, wounded in
the engagement around S%eicheprey,
were found alive in a dugout in No
Mans land. The dugout had been bad
ly smashed by German shell fire, and
how the men managed 10 keep alive,
physicians say, is little short of mir
aculous.
Major General Radcliffe, director of
operations, declared in London, in dis
cussing the loss of KENNEL hill, that
he expects a big German offensive be-
tween Arras and Amiens-"far greater
than the present attacks" for the pur-
pose Of separating the British and
French armies. $50 far the German
successes have been merely tactical"
he said. There has been no change
in the strategical situation"
SPORT
Governor Burnquist may not permit
the Willard-Fulton fight in Minnesota
on July 4, according to word from one
close to the Minnesota governor. II
was limited some other date might be
permissible.
a. !: ~SS".aonson, president Of the Den
yer Riding and Driving Club and mem
Der Of the Colorado State Racing Com
mission, subscribed for $1,000 in Lib
erty bonds in the name Of the commits
sion. One thousand dollars worth was
taken in Denver and $500 worth So
cured in Pueblo.
GENERAL
Increase to $50 a month in the min
imum pensions for Civil war veterans
and graduated increases to $40 are
proposed in a bill by Senator Smoot of
Utah.
Mai. Raoul Lufbery of Wallingford,
Conn, destroyed his eighteenth Ger
man airplane April %. Lieut.. Paul
Frank Baer Of Mobile, Ala, brought
down his fifth German machine the
same day.
A rush Of German women to the
New York port enemy alien bureau,
seeking permission to return to Ger
many, followed the publication of the
regulation requiring enemy alien WON
en- to register.
Six men were killed in a collision
between a Burlington fast freight and
a work train in the outskirts of Bay
ard, Nebr., during a snow storm.
Two more earthquake shocks oc-
Cured during Wednesday night one at
8 o'clock and another at midnight at
San Jacinto, Cal. No damage was
done.
At Edwardsville, ILL.,, indictments
were returned against sixteen persons
by the grand jury which investigated
the lynching on April 3 Of Robert Paul
Prayer at Collinsville.
Income and excess profits taxes are
o expected to bring about $4,000.
100000 into the treasury in June, OF
$500, O0O, 900 more than had been esti-
mated before returns we're filed.
A collection of 10000 government
sealskins was sold for 100000 at st.
Louis at the opening OF the annual
spring fur auction, the price per skin
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