Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-03-08


The Spanish cabinet has resigned.
King Alfonso expressed confidence in
Senior Alhucemas, president OF the
cabinet.
A bill to amend the Nova Scotia
franchise act to give women the vote
on the same terms as men was intro
duced in the House Of Assembly.
The consensus Of opinion in Paris
official and diplomatic circles con-
corning Count Won Hertling's speech
is that It is a war speech" not a
peace speech"
Wholesale revolt Of Carranza troops
in the state Of chihuahua because the
government has not paid them, is
threatened. according to reports re
ceived at El Paso, Tex.
William Jennings Bryan was re-
fused a hearing when he appeared at
Massey hall at Toronto, Can, to ad-
dress a prohibition meeting under the
auspices of the Dominion Alliance.
There have been various reports Of
the loss Of life due to earthquake at
Swatow, China. The number Of dead
has ranged from 100 to 10000. while
the injured have been placed at 1000.
A cry OF alarm has been raised by
the Tageblatt of Gratz, Austria,
against the Germanization Of the
eastern Adriatic, especially Pola and
Filume. which have become bases for
German submarines.
"The basis for Japan's Intervention
in Siberia has been decided" the
Paris Petit Journal declared. THE
United States has recognized its
utility. Only the details remain to
be settled"
Soviet commissaries arriving at
Petrograd from many of the larger
Russian cities demanded that a
holy war" be proclaimed against the
German invaders. They advocated
arming of the entire population of the
country.
The British hospital ship Glenart
Castle which went down in the Bristo'
channel was to%rpedoed, according &c
survivors, thirty-four of whom were
landed at Swansea, Wales. Nothing
has been learned OF the fate OF the
others, including Red Cross doctors
nurses and orderlies,
The peace terms submitted to Kinl
Ferdinand of Rumania by Coun
Czernin, the Austro-H Hungarian foreign
minister, included the kings abdica
ton in favor OF his brother, Prince
William, or the taking of a referen
dunn in Rumania regarding his sue
cessor, according to a Berlin dispatch
SPORT
Fred Fulton Of Rochester, MINI
and Bob Devere Of Kansas City hav
been matched for a ten-round boxin
contest at St. Louis, Mo, March II.
Jess Willard has a new fifty-fiv'
{ acre front yard. The champion pul
chased a $4,000 home, known as tn
e Cummings place, near Lawrence
Kan, while visiting In Lawrence tw
y weeks ago. He will make his HON
s there.
D Some of the liveliest battling see
5 in Denver in a long time was in stor
II for the big crowd hat attended tn
i athletic entertainment given by tn
i Loyola Club at the Knights of Coluu
u bus hall. A good-sized fund wa
n raised for the war work Of IL
o knights of Columbus.
In the collapse Of the Chinese pu
e lie stands at the Hong Kong locke
8 Club races, 100 women and childre
D. were trampled to death, according
4 a Reuter- dispatch from Hong Kon
B. Fire broke out and several hundrC
y others were burned to death. An {
n ficlal statement says that nearly G.
II lives were lost in the race course fir
% GENERAL
10 The French cabinet decided that Il
a. summer time daylight savings sche
IS ule should begin on Saturday, Mar,
. 9, when all clocks will be set forwa
one hour at midnight.
The selection of Mrs. John Sherw
Il Crosby, president of the Woman
"a Democratic Club Of New York city,
"a the representative of New York sta
on the woman's advisory commit
of the Democratic national committ'
was announced at the committe,
headquarters in Washington.
Eighty. thousand trained Siberi
Is Cossacks will oppose any %"infrinl
a mentr on Siberia's sovereignty,
at cording to Col. Nicolai A|lexandrovit
III Listoysky of the Russian railw
guards, who passed through San FIR;
1T cisco en- route TO Washington frt
n Russia.
yo Because the ~receivership Of I
rk Denver & Rio Grande railroad int
fered with government control, I
he United States Circuit Court OF
de peals in st. Louis modified the
an ownership order issued in the F,
he eral District Court in Denver a +
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