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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-03-07
At Least Three Divisions Are
Employed on Short Battle
Front Which Is Actually
-Four and a Half Miles.
CORPS COMMANDER IS
NOT YET SELECTED
Positions Form Net Work Of
Machine Gun Nests and
SaIientS Where FIanking
Fire Is Possible.
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Washington. March 6.--American
troops are holding something over
eight miles of trenches on the battle
front in France, it was learned today
although in an air line their front
age is only about four and a halt
miles, This frontage is liable to ex-
tension at any time to the regular
trench allotment for an army corps
Irregularity of the trench lines is
responsible for their eight miles of
length. They are laid out 50 that
thanking fire may be obtained along
every part of the front, Strong points
containing machine guns jut out for
this purpose The trenches also follow
country and wander up and down
hill.
The American sector is understood
to be a divisional frontage, which
means that at least three divisions of
American troops are there to give
the necessary support in depth for
the front lines, This fact has aroused
speculation here as to who will be
selected by General Pershing to COM
mand the first corps of his army
Major General Hunter Liggett is
known to have acted in that capacity
but as yet the expeditionary com.
lmander has not made any recon-
tmendation.
{! It is possible that the French sys-
tenn will be followed in the American
army 50 far as the appointment OF
! corps commanders goes 1t is the
custom in France to select any one
| of the division commanders in a
corps and to place him at the head
of the corps. He retains his rank as
a division commander, however, and
| in the case of the American army
that would be a major general.
If the French practice is adopted
therefore, the grade of lieutenant
general may be employed only for
| field army commanders.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-03-07
VILLAS MAIN FORCE
IS BADLY DEFEATED

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Juarez, Mexico, March 6.--Fran-
cisco Villas main column was defeat
ed at Ell ORC, Durango February 2S.
Geronimo Padilla. Villa colonel,
was killed and eighty Villa men KILL
ed and wounded and $50 made pris-
oners, according to a delayed federal
account of the battle received here
late today. After looting Magistral,
killing thirty residents of the town
and dynamiting the power plant,
Villa led his men to FL Orc, another
American camp short distance
away the account stated. There he
encountered a federal column under
General Gabrial Gavira, was flanked
and defeated.
Gallego, a station on the Mexican
Central, 175 miles south of here, was
raided Saturday night by Villa col
umn under Jose Sedano. The small
federal garrison was driven to the
foothills. Sedanos command is a
part of the force of 150 which has
been terrorizing American mines and
ranches near the border.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-03-07
STATE Of TEXAS
. MAY BECOME DRY
IN FEW MONT THIS
Lower House Passes Statutory
Prohibition Bill Which Is Ex-
peCted to Have Prompt Ap-
pr0val of Senate.

ny MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEAsHp Z tREl
Austin, Tex, March 6.-The state
of Texas took a step nearer statewide
prohibition today when the lower
house of the legislature passed finally
tthe statutory prohibition bill prohibit
ing the sale or manufacture of spirit
Gus or make liquors containing intoxi-
cants and shipment into the state. OF
liquors except for scientific, mechani-
cal or sacramental purposes. The
bill now goes to the senate where
favorable action is predicted by pro
hibtion leaders. If acted upon favor"
ably by the senate it will become eff
fective in ninty days after adjourn
ment of the present special session.
SO far as known Governor Hobby has
not indicated whether he will sign the
bill if it passes in the senate, but pro-
hibitiOn leaders express the belief that
he at least will allow 1t to become 4
law.
The house today concurred in SEN
ate amendments of a minor nature to
the governors vice bill and It now
goes to the chief executive for his sig
nature.
Another of the governors war
measures, the bill making it peni'
Tertiary offense to sell liquor to SOL
diers and sailors. was passed finally In
the senate. It already has passed ir
the house.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-03-07
WILSON MAY BE
DENIED RIGHT TO
FIX R. R. RATES
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Washington, March 6.-Conferees
of the senate and house on the ad-
ministration railroad control bill
worked until late tonight to draft a
final agreement. Only one important
question. the rate making authority,
remained to be settled.
In lieu of the house provision Civ
ing the president rate making &G-
thority and tho senate plan authoriz-
ing the president to initiate rates sub
ject to the approval of the Interstate
Coumerce Commission, the conferees
took up a compromise which would
empower the president to appear by
representative before the commission
in the suggestion of rates needed to
increase the carriers revenues.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-03-07

Cleveland, O., March 6.-Wil-
liam Werner, a former sergeant
in the German army, arrested
here several weeks ago, for vio-
lation of the zone permit regula-
ton, today was revealed as an
engineer awaiting his opportunity
to return to Germany with inn
portant information about Amer
lean airplanes. Federal Agent
kage tonight recommended to
Attorney General Gregory his in
ternment. declaring him to be an
exceptionally dangerous enemy
alfen.~
When arrested Werner had
twenty-seven airplane models.
Dozens of blue prints of air.
planes and airplane parts minute-
ly marked were found in a house
at Niagara Falls, N. Y, where he
lived until he came here, accord
ing to officers.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-03-07
BAN IS RAISED TO
ADMIT FISHERMEN

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Washington, March 6.--Deep sea
fishermen, citizens of the allied
countries will hereafter be admitted
to the United States even though they
can not meet the test of the immigra-
ton laws requiring them to read and
write. This will bring to America
fishing vessels and many expert fish
ermen, particularly Portuguese now
plying in the Azores.
The Canadian government has been
asked to exempt fishermen being held
In Canada under the Canadian draft
law for employment on American
fishing vessels and to grant the Unit
ed States unrestricted use of Cana
dian ports for American fishing ves-
sells.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-03-07

New York, March 6.--Raiding
the room of Theodore Erdos, an
Austrian, in the Bellevue Medical
college. where he is employed as
a chemist, detectives tonight dis
covered several Walls containing
disease germs.
Army intelligence officers were
notified Immediately.
Erdos is detained on a charge
of grand larceny in connection
with the theft of powerful mic
roscope.
Erdos warned the detectives to
be careful with the walls. He
told them they contained germs
of measles, scarlet fever, diph-
liberia and other diseases.
The police say he had no right
to keep these germs,
Erdos denied he had the germs
for any criminal purpose,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-03-07
ANOTHER GERMAN RAID
ON SAMMIES REPULSED

Headquarters American Troops in
France, March 6,-(By the Associated
press) American troops on still an
other place on the French front have
been raided by Germans who were
repulsed with losses
This is the first time permission is
given to mention this engagement.
The American forces entered the bat
tie line in certain place In Lorraine.
The French commander congratulate
ed the Americans on their behavior.
The foregoing is confirmation of
the French official statement of
March S, which said that a German
attack on trenches held by American
forces in Lorraine on the night of
March was repulsed.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-03-07
Hun Spy Caught With 27 Airplane
Models, and an Austrian With Walls
Containing Death Dealing Microbes

Baltimore Found circumstances in the
%
violation the federal
Teuonic
sev
the navigating tamperng with
gear official
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-03-07
Moscow Is Declared New Capital of
Russia; Evacuation of Petrograd
Begins; Hostilities Reported Stopped
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iIy quitting the city, but there are
many transportation difficulties and
already the roads leading from Pc
trograd are crowded with all sorts of
vehicles.
The Russian delegates returned
from Brest-Litovsk today and will re-
port to the executive of the soviets as
soon as possible. According to the
latest reports hostilities have been
suspended on all fronts, the Germans
having halted on the northern frent
along the line comprising Narva,
Pskov, Vitebsk. Mohilev and 0rsha.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-03-07
David r. Frances
Urges Russians to
Repudiate Treaty

Nologda, Russia, March 6.-David
r. Francis the American ambassador,
today published a statement declaring
the United States did not desire ter
ritorial conquest in Russia. He said
he already had recommended to his
government that it recognize any gov
ernment the Russian people might
choose and said he sincerely hoped
the Russian people would refuse to
ratify the separate peace treaty with
the central powers.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-03-07

Petrograd, CTuesday) March 81
Moscow is to sbe declared the new
capital of Russia and the government
proposes to publish a statement to
this effect Immediately Petrograd
will be proclaimed a free port.
Notwithstanding the signing Of
peace the government is determined
to transfer all the state institutions
to Moscow. Nizhni-Novgorod and
kazan. The removal of the minis
tries of foreign affairs, communica-
tons and finance was begun today,
The population of Petrograd is hast.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-03-07
NEW MEXICO BAND IS
TO LEAVE CAMP KEARNEl

Camp Kearny, Calf, March 6,-The
military police band of the Foctieth
division. formerly that of the First
New Mexico infantry. and the former
First Colorado cavalry band, now
part of the band of the 157th infantry,
are transferred from this camp pn-
der orders made public today
= The Coloradoans are ordered to
Camp Lewis. American Lake, Wash,
and the New Mexicans are to go to
Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Ky.
Both will become depot brigade hands
for national army divisions.
When the bands will go is Unknown
here.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-03-07
Changes In Supervisors.

Silver City, N. NJ, March e. Fred
eric Winn, supervisor Of the Apacha
national forest, with headquarters at
Springerville. Ariz.. has been assign
ed to the ella national forest with
headquarters in this city. He will
take up his duties here about March
Is He succeeds o. Fred Arthur, who
goes to the Lincoln national forest
with headquarters at Alamogordos
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-03-07
LOCAL REPORT.

A summary Of local weather condi-
tons for the twenty-four hours ended
Vat 6 p.s m. yesterday follows: Maxi
mum temperature, 50 degrees; mimi
mum, AZ; range, 27; temperature at
p. M, 6t, sotshwest wind, partly
cloudy.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-03-07
Steal Bottled Beer.

Santa Fe, March 6.--Antonio Ro-
nero, Nicolas Gallo and Francisco
Armedo. under age, were arrested yes
terday by Sheriff Celso Lopez and City
Marshal Ricardo Alarid on the charge
of breaking into. 1.-The warehouse of
Henry Krick and stealing two barrels
filled with bottled beer.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-03-07
LAW OF FLIGHT GETS
MEXICAN CONGRESSMAN

AZ MoRNiNc JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED WHIT
El Paso, Tex, March 6.-Dr. Jose
Suirob, member of the Mexican
house of deputies from Queretaro,
was shot and killed in the state of
Queretaro recently, according to FL
Universal of Mexico City, which was
received here today. DR.. Suirob was
said to have revolted with small
band of men. He was killed while
trying to escape, the killing being JUS
titled by the ancient "ley fuga.' or
law Of flight which permits the
shooting Of prisoners trying to es-
cape, the paper stated.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-03-07
Evacuation of Petrograd Has
Begun and Trotzky Says
Government May Retire to
UtraI Mountains,
AUSTRO- GERMANS ARE
CONTINUING ADVANCE
Treaty With Rumania Includes
Right of Teutons to Move.
Forces to Odessa on Black
Sea.


" Late reports from Russia indicate
that the Bolshevik government prob
ably will not keep its enga cement with
the Germans to ratify next Tuesday
the peace compact agreed upon at
Brest -Litovsk. The evacuation OF
Petrograd by the Bolshevik govern
ment and the populace already has
begun. and Trotzky, the foreign min
ister has announced that the leaders
of the revolution are prepared to fall
back even to the Ural mountains,
which seperate Great Russia from ST.
IBERIA, and proclaim a holy war in or
der to circumvent the plans of the
Germans to make the revolution sue
cessful.
Krylenlo Enters Protest.
1t seems evident that the Germans
have not yet ceased their operations
against the Russians. for Krylenko,
the Bolshevik commander-in-chi
has sent a protest to the German
commander asking whether all steps
had been taken by him for a cessation
patched to the Austro Hugarian oom.
mander. The reason for the latter
communication, however, is not ap-
parent, for the forces of the Dual
Monarchy are known to be bent on
clearing Little Russia of Bolsheviki
in order to carry out the compact to
aid the Ukrainians in establishing and
administering their new formed re-
public. Whether Japanese troops are
to invade Siberia and put down the
disorder there, and also make secure
the great stores of all kinds that are
in the harbor of Vladivostok appar
entity has not yet been determined. In
Japan the political parties are not
unanimously in favor of Japan inter-
vention, the leader of the majority
party in the diet, for instance. having
declared that he and his followers are
opposed to the use of Japanese troops
in the eastern part of the Russian
empire unless conditions there grow
worse and prove a menace to the
status of the far east
Rumania Yields.
Rumania evidently is on the point
of effecting a separate peace with the
Teutonic allies by meeting the hard
demands which are to be eXacted In
return for a cessation of the inroads
into the little kingdom, which now is
absolutely isolated from its allies. The
preliminary peace treaty has been
signed and the armistice extended so
that discussion of formal treaty
may begin Immediately. Among the
chief demands of the enemy is the
cession of the Dobrudja, rectification
of the Hungarian -Rumanian border,
economic advantages for the central
powers and aid in the transport of
troops of the quadruple alliance
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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-03-07
THE WEATHER
FORECAST.

Denver, Colo, March 6.--For New
Mexico; Thursday local rain; colder
southeast portion. Friday generally
fair.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-03-07
Submarine Toll Is
Again Quite Heavy

London, March 6.-Eighteen Brit
ish merchantmen were sunk by mine
or submarine in the last week. ac
cording to the admiralty report to-
night. OF these twelve were vessels
of 600 tons or over, six being under
that tonnage. No fishing craft were
sunk.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-03-07

The losses to British shipping in
the last week We're the same as in
the previous week with respect to the
number of merchantmen. sunk. In
the previous week, however, fourteen
of the eighteen vessels destroyed
were of more than 1,600 tons.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-28

that quoted the cry for the free coinage
of silver and pulled US out of the financial
mud. Farmers did not want payment
for big crop in a deprecated currency
that would command only half values in
q world market.
1t was big wheat crop that took the
glitter out of that phrase about cruel
flying mankind on a cross of gold. And
in 1876, when We were just getting
into our war stride, il was another good
wheat crop with high prices that put the
West on the high road to the greatest
prosperity we have ever known.
Ordinarily Europe requires SOC, 0O0, 900
bushels of wheat from outside sources.
What she will require in this year of the
war no one can say; for no one can pos
sibly guess how short European crops viii
be owing to the war or how much more
she will require owing to the war.
Formerly Great Britain required 250,-
100000 bushels year, raised 5O,0o0, 600
and imported 20O,OO0,OO6 bushels. Ger
many required 2OO,OOO,OOO bushels, raised
125,0O0,O0O and imported 100000
Austria imported 100000, Belgium
50,800,000, Italy 100000.
Countries That Have a Surplus.
OF the countries with surplus Canada
could be depended on for over 100, 000,-
900 bushels in good years, Argentina for
from 100000 to 100000 900, India and
Australia for from 100000, 900 to 200,-
O0O,0 900 bushels and Russia and Rumania
for from 100000, 900 to 150, OOO, 900 bush
els; and this country for l00,000,000
bushels more or less.
Russia and Rumania NAV be written
off this years map. So may India and
Australia unless Japan can supply the
tonnage to carry the wheat. So may
Argentina unless we supply the tonnage
TO carry the wheat.
Now Canada and the United States,
if you dig facts and repetitions out of
totals, never in all their history have
exported as much as 500, 100000 bush
els. The nearest they approached it was
in the season of 1914-1915, when the
United States sent out 332, 900, 900 bush
els, including -four. Canada's exports
for 1914 in wheat and -four we're placed
at 232, 100000 bushels; but large pro-
portion of Canada's wheat exports were
included in the United States -four ex-
ports; SO that these figures cover the
same ground.
Can Canada and the United States
supply the needed 5OO,OOO,0O0 bushels,
perhaps moref Figure for yourself!
Count five bushels per head for home
consumption-50O,O 100000 bushels for
the United States and IS ,000,0 900 bushels
for Canada. Count two bushels for seed.
This is a little more than is actually
used in the West, but no count is being
made of waste in cleaning and Smelling.
This requires 10000, 900 more bushels.
In all this country will need 6S5, 000, 900
bushels
Canada has promise of crop of 300,-
100000 bushels, this country of at least
9O0,000,000. We can spare 10000, 900
bushels, we can spare that and more if
and there We, too, sweat with the agony
of the gambler in the Wheat Believe
can feed Europe out of our superabun-
dance this year if-if the stealthy pres
ence of the frost does not creep into our
fields when the mercury begins to drop
In early August. ..
Another much discussed and very much
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-28

daylight in the North which works the
miracle.
Could science beat the weather. The
scientist walked through as fine field
of Red Fife as could be found. Amid
the ripening crop yellow as gold ma
turing in the sunlight stood out two or
three colossal high full spikes ripe ear
lier than the rest of the field. The
scientist carefully clipped and kept
these early ripening heads.
These be planted in a specially pre-
pared plot the next season. He did more
He got some early ripening varieties of,
perhaps, not as fine berry from Siberia.
Waiting till the wheat fowerette bloomed
the 1owerette opens just at day dawn
to the rising sun, when an elusive odor
known to all wheat lovers pervades the
prairie ozone-he crossbred the flower
cite from Siberia or some other northern
field with the fowerette from the early
ripening heads Of the Fife; and while
the resulting seeds might vary in cases,
Mendel's law ruled true: some especially
early fine stalks and heads resulted frciu
the union.
Crossbred Again and Again.
These in turn were seeded and again
crossbred for fulness of head and early
maturity, So the spring wheat varieties
to beat the frost have been developed
from the foundation of the few heads
saved from the farmers backwoods lot.
Every year the scientists are looping
a few hours or days off the time to ma
ture; and the time may come when a
variety will be developed to extend the
wheat belt as far north as Athabasca or
Alaska.
One of the finest varieties ever devel-
oped came from another poor Scandi
navian settlers farm in western Canada.
1t has come to be known as the Marquis
and commands from S. to $40 bushel
as a 1awless seed wheat.
This man had especially good land.
He had an especially sunny locality.
Year after year he had quietly and
laboriously been preparing seed bed
fine and mellow as silt.
One year a prize of 81 900 was offered
for the best wheat exhibited in
the Northwest; and the poor settler
awakened to find himself both rich and
famous. He had developed by purely
good culture self -selective new variety
of wheat now known as the Marquis. 1
tried this wheat on my own Down East
farm. We CHANGED to have dry, sunny
summer, very bad for other crops but
suitable for this wheat; and we reaped
crop of beauty. The next year it was
rainy and cloudy, and the hard wheat
degenerated to scrub.
As romantic a story attaches to the
Durum wheats to resist rust and drought.
These developed from crosses between
Nicaraguan and Russian wheats.
A few days ago the press announced
the death in China by accident on river
steamer of Frank Meyers, an American
agricultural explorer. This man and men
like him searched every nook and Granny
of the agricultural earth for such strains
of cereals and fruits and trees as Will
beat the frost and defeat the desert.
How many people paused to think as
they read the item that this man was as
much a-soldier Of the Food War dying in
front line trench as any man who ever
won the, Vitbria Cross?,- 1t is through
the work of our army Of nameless heroes