Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-05-31
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ABOUT THE WAR

from f1anBuard 10 COrk, mas Deen tOr'
pedoed and sunk. Thirty-seven mem.
bers OF the crew we're missing.
F1fty-siX American troops on the
British steamship Moldavia have been
unaccounted for, says an official
statement by the British admiralty.
The declaration of wal by Costa
Rica on the Central powers brings the
total number Of nations aligned
against Germany up to a total Of TWEEN
ty-one.
The fortress OF Metz, in Lorraine,
and the city Of Coblenz, on the Rhine,
have been bombed by British aviators.
ThionVille, Namur and Carleroi also
were attacked.
Lively fighting continues in the
mountains Of northern Italy with the
Italian and British troops on the Of
fenslve. Along the Piave the artil-
lery firing has increased.
Martial law has been proclaimed in
Bohemia, and in consequence Of pop
ular excuses" many persons have
been imprisoned, says a dispatch to
the London Daily Mail from Berne.
quoting the Slovenski Parod.
An enemy destroyer has been sunk
in the ne~ighborhood Of Zeebrugge by
a direct hit from an a%eroplane. The
mole and ~seaplane base at Zeebrugge
also were badly damaged by bombs
which British naval aviators dropped.
More than 100000 wounded and
sick men have been returned to the
fighting front and 692, 900 soldiers
have been discharged from the Ger.
man army as unfit for further serv-
ice, according 70 a report Of the state
ment in the Reichstag by Surgeon
General Schulze as contained in the
Berllner Tageblatt Of April "a, a copy
of which has been received in New
York.
A London official statement on
aerial operations says: Since the
beginning Of the German offensive,
two months ago, 1000 German aero
planes have been brought down or
driven out OF control, and more than
1000 tons Of bombs have been dropped
over the enemy's lines. During the
night OF May 20 aerodromes in the
~neighborhood Of Client, Journal and
st. Quentin used by the enemy's night
bombing machines were heavily at
tackled. Thirteen tons of bombs we're
dropped on these and four and a half
ions we're dropped on the railway sta
ton at Thionville, Metz and Coblenz."
WESTERN
Miss Anne Martin, candidate for a
nomination to the United States Sen
ate from Nevada, has resigned as
chairman OF the National Woman's
party in order to devote herself to her
campaign.
The lower house OF the Arizona
Legislature passed the joint resolution
ratifying the prohibition amendment
TO the constitution by a vote of 20 to
3, Speaker Johns and Representatives
Foster and Mccormick voting in the
negative. The resolution passed the
Senate unanimously, making the
twelfth state to act favOrably.
Howard II. DeWeese, who was shot
at Salt Lake City, Utah. for the muir
der of his wife, Fanny Fisher De
Weese, left a grim legacy for his
wife's former husband. II is a silk
handkerchief and the bullets which
passed through the heart OF DeWeese
first passed through the bit Of silk,
which he had pinned over his chest.
WASHINGTON
From Teheren, Persia, where the
people are starving, stricken with ty-
plus and typhoid. a cablegram asking
for aid has come to Secretary Ian
sing.
Sinking OF the British armed mer-
chant cruiser Moldavia, with a proba-
BILE loss Of fifty-six American soldiers,
was announced in a c~ablegram from
the British admiralty to the Wa De
partment.
The Senate military committee
unanimously went on record in favor
Of large expansion OF the American
army. II ordered a favorable report
on a resolution by Senator Reed of
Missouri declaring for an increase Of
3.000,0 900 men.
Another move toward full utiliza-
ton Of the country's manpower was
made when Secretary Baker sent to
Congress the draft Of a bill proposing
TO raise the maximum age for volun-
tary enlistment In the army from 40
10 IS years. All men more than 40 so
enlisted would be assigned to noncom-
blatant service.
Native Americans were called upon
by President Wilson to join with the
fo~reign-born Of the United States in
celebrating on the Fourth OF July this
year the birth OF a new and greater
spirit OF democracy.