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Arizona republican., 1918-05-18
ALLIES AWAIT
 GREATEST IF
 HUN ATTACKS
Germans Continue Inactive Like Lull Before Storm; Next Battle May Be Final
 Trial to Break Down Line
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WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE, Thursday. May l6.-(By the Associated Press)-The allies are still waiting for Field Marshal von linden burg to show his hand. No more mag nificent weather could be imagined than has favored the western front in the last forty-eight hours. But even this has brought no change in the nili tary situation. The Germans continue 10 remain comparatively inactive in their sunbaked defenses and were it not for the grumbling of the guns, the clouds Of dust along the lines of trans port and the flight of airplanes wing Ing their way across the battle zone, it would be hard to realize that war was going on.
 Notwithstanding this there has been no relaxation of the tension which has existed along the front for many days. lt is realized that the enemy may strike at any time. Certainly no one doubts hat an ambitious offensive is in preparation and the time necessary to complete the plans must have about run it's course.
 Anticipate Fierce Drive
 The delay is in itself an added indi- cation that the next German push is 70 be one of great magnitude and fierce ness. This next battle may easily be he crucial one, for the Germans un- ioubtedly will attempt once more a smash entirely through the allied lines.
 While the infantry was compara- lively inactive today the airmen on both sides have been extremely busy. At daybreak this morning archie" shells began screaming skyward to- ward hostile planes and ever since German aviators have been making good use of the brilliant sun to recon hotter and 10 take photographs. The allied airmen have been pursuing their steady and relentless work over the German lines.
 Wreck 25 Hun Planes
 Yesterday twenty-five German planes were wrecked and 12 others shot down out of control.
 At 1 o'clock this morning and again at o'clock there was q concert of gun fire on a small sector of the Brit ish front in the La Bassee- Mervill sec- tor There was also severe smelling of Pacaut wood, near by, during the night.
 Much the same thing went on yes terday, There have been but slight infantry engagements. The Germans attempted a raid west of Hamelin sourt. south of Arras, last night, but ran into such d grilling fire that they were forced to retire.
Arizona republican., 1918-05-18
FIRE LOSS s5o,oOo

ROSWELL, N. M., May IT, The second largest fire in the history of the city occurred here this afternoon when the entire stock and buildings of the Ros- well Lumber company and two residences adjoining were wiped ont by fire. The origin of the fire is not known. Loss is esti- mated at s50,00o.
Arizona republican., 1918-05-18
TO NATIONAL ARMY
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TOPEKA, Kans.. May 1l.-John Wuffli, shortstop on the Topeka club of the Western league, will leave to- morrow for Cleveland. to report for service in the national army. Wuffli was with the Denver club last year.
Arizona republican., 1918-05-18
FRENCH
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 PARIS. May 17.-The official statement issued by the war office tonight says:
 "There was only the usual ac tivityA by the opposing artilleries along tho front north and south of the Avre river"
Arizona republican., 1918-05-18
Haynes Chief Witness

Haynes Chief Witness
 TUCSON, May 1T.-Deputy United, states Marshal Haynes was the prin- eipal witness for the prosecutor. lie testified that Jeff Powers, the father. appeared at the east door of the cabin and heard the deputies compland him to throw up his hands. He saw Powers rifle held across his breast and then the old man dropped the weapon to his right side.
 Shooting occurred from the doo, in two directions, toward Haynes and Sheriff Mcbride. The witness said he saw Powers fall. He was shell tered behind the shed and fired in the north window. He saw Mcbride on the ground dead but did not know that his deputies were dead He said he did not know who shot Jeff Powers. Leaving the scene he tried to approach from another direction and failing. remounted and rode to the Church ranch for assistance.
 Sheriff Mcbride, he said, had war rants for the arrest of Jeff Powers and Sisson in connection with the death of the Powers girl, under mys- terious circumstances. John Murdock, a rancher. told how the three de- fendants came to his ranch after the fight and said that each had killed an officer, that Sisson had killed 1 Sheriff Mcbride. John Powers killed i Deputy Kempton and Tom Powers l killed Deputy Wooten. Sisson said that the officers had shot the old man, then came to the window and shot at him sand that be punched a rifle through the screen and killed Mcbride. The screen and the bullet were exhibited, showing that it was fired from the inside. Murdock found a shell in the house which was identi- 1 fled as one of the kind used in the defendants guns.
 The defense brought out that John ! Murdock was convicted but never sentenced.
 The defense relied on the conten- tion that the defendants were not in ] formed by the officers that they were. in fact, officers of the law.
Arizona republican., 1918-05-18
P[OT IN
 IRELAND LEADS
 T0 LOYAL GALL
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DUBLIN, May iI.--A procIamaIlon issued tonight says a German plot in Ireland has been discovered. In the proclamation the viceroy calls upon all loyal Irishmen to defeat the con spiracy.
 LONDON, May IA dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph says pro- clamation was issued tonight signed by Edward Shortt, chief secretary for Ireland, asserting that certain persons in Ireland have been in eommunica- tion with Germany 'reflecting on Ire lands fair name"
 The proclamation calls upon all loyal subjects to aid in defeating the man. euver. It urges voluntary recruiting so that compulsion may be avoided.
Arizona republican., 1918-05-18
POWE655- Sl15u Si55ui " TR|O GUILTY |S
 JURY VERDICT
Slayers of Clifton Officers
 Get First Degree Murder Decision; Man-hunt Most Remarkable Known Here
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CLIFTON. Ariz., May 1,.-Thomas Powers, John Powers, and Thomas Sisson were found guilty by a jury in the district court here today of murder in the first degree for killing three Graham county officers who attempted to arrest the, Powers brothers on February 10. as alleged draft evaders.
 The trial began Monday Under the state law conviction on a charge Of first degree murder carries with. it q penalty of life Imprisonment, capital punishment having been abolished in Arizona.
Arizona republican., 1918-05-18
History of Case

TUCSON, May 1.-The crime for which John and Tom Powers and Tom Sissons were convicted was the murder Of Sheriff Frank Mcbride, Under Sher- lft Mart kempton and Deputy Sheriff Kane Wootan of Graham county, at the Powers home in Rattlesnake can- yon, Graham county, on the morning of Sunday, February 10. The Graham county officers had gone to the Powers home accompanying Deputy United States Marshal Frank Haynes of Globe, who held a warrant for the ar rest of the two Powers boys for failing to register for the draft.
 According to Haynes story, the of ficers surrounded the house and called upon the men to come out. Jeff Powers, the father, came out with a rifle in his hands and was ordered to throw up his hands. As he was com plying the door of the house opened and one of the Powers boys opened fire. In the exchange of shots that followed the elder Powers fell, mor- tally wounded. In the melee that fol lowed Mcbride and Wootan were killed. kempton, kicking in the rear door of the house, was killed by Sissons.
Arizona republican., 1918-05-18
EXaded all Trans

The most remarkable manhunt in the history of Southern Arizona followed. practically every peace officer in that section of the state, hundreds of civilian possemen and United States military forces participating. The out laws evaded all traps and cordons, however, and escaped into Mexico. where they were apprehended and taken into custody by United States soldiers a few miles south of the line. The case was tried at Clifton, Green lee county, whence 1t was taken on change of venue from Graham county.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1918-03-13

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dreit Yrtfe fit Stras: Mituod ptn 70. Mdr5 1918.

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beg Generals gotba. Su bem{elben
befanben ftd ste g~ebingunsen peeen
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ben. Der General pef.anate aber,
bebor mir uns iiber Mbnehfelune Der
@efaneenen etnisen tonsten, bic be-
binqunasloie Muslieferune bes feinbz
liden Mrates. Sd bate hieriiber teiz
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0erlangen bes 5einbes niht eingehen.
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banblungen. Den feinblihen Gene
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ben @orpoften, tpeldes mir in perfon
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compaenie.
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8orpoften errei9t, ND mein 8egleiter
nit Der peiben 5lagee 1ehniiidtig auf
mid martete. Dieter arme Seufel
bate Iif BEL benz 5einoe infolge Der
unfenntniB Der Spra9e iebr anbe@
boglih gefublf.
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niirbe."
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Gin IdDlimmer Saa uon grippe

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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1918-03-13

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&erbinoungen.
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@tleubahn . Iahrplan.
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Gonzales, SeTas.
Nan ifreibe fir G~rei8ltite.
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Notwithstanding
HOTEL ALAMO

1926 Alarup 9Iasa biibfdJ a1oblierte
refine 3itnmer. 75e nno 81 pro Sae, per
ISOLDE $500 uuo anftparts. Altes Seii
pbon grodett 65S.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-11-05

the resistance of powerful enemy
rear guards, our troops consisting Of
81 Italian divisions. three British and
two French divisions, with Czecho-
Slovak units and an American regi-
ment, put out of combat So Austro-
Hungarian divisions
29th Corps Praised.
THE rapid and most daring ad-
vance Of the 10Th army corps TO the
city of Trento, precluding the retreat
of the defeated enemy troops pressed
from the west by the seventh army
corps and from the east by the first,
sixth AID fourth army corps. determ-
ined yesterday the complete crumb-
ling of the Austrian front.
From the river Brenta to the sea
the irresistible impetus Of the 18th,
10th and Sth army corps pressed in
eXorably the enemy retrealiug across
the plains. The Duke Of Aostu is ad-
vacing rapidly at the head of his in
vincible third army anxious to return
to the old POSITIONS which he had once
heroically conquered.
The Austro-Hungarian army is
destroyed. 1t has suffered heavy
losses in the tenacious resistance dur
ing the first days of the offensive
and 10 the pursuit it lost an enormous
quantity of material and artillery.
In Albania our advance guards
have occupied Scutari."
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-11-05
More Than Five Thousand
Guns Also Taken Before
ArmiStice Goes Into Effect,
Washington is Informed,
ITALIANS WON WITH
MUCH SMALLER ARMY
At No Time Since May "a,
1915, Has King Of ItaIy's
Force EquaIed That Of His
Powerful Antagonist,
10y MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wtsr1


Washington, Nov. 4.-Three hun
dred thousand Austrian soldiers and
not less than 5000 guns had been
captured by the victorious Italian
armies before the armistice went into
effect at 3 o'clock this afternoon, said
an official dispatch tonight from
Rome. This included all captures
since the offensive began October "a.
The soldiers of the powerful
Austrian army, the dispatch said,
continued to flee in disorder. Since
the offensive started siXty-three Aus
tro-Hungarian divisions were put out
of combat by 81 italian divisions,
three British and. two French divi-
sions. with Czecho-S lovak units and
an American regiment.
Army Was Smaller.
1.-THE war against Austria Hungary,
which was conducted under the high
command of His Majesty, the King of
Italy, with an army inferior in num-
Der and with still inferior means
since the gath of May. 1915, has come
to an end" said the dispatch. with
unshakeable faith and indomitable
valor the Italian army waged a con-
tinuous and hard war for a period of
Al months and won the stupendous
battle begun the cath of October and
in which were engaged in their en-
tirety all the resources of the enc
my
80 far the enemy has left in our
hands 100000 prisoners and not less
than 5000 guns The soldiers of what
used to be one or Che most powerful
armies in the world are now fleeing
in disorder and without hope from the
valleys which they had invaded with
truculent confidence.
"On October 81 after having over
come on strongly fortified positions
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-11-05
RUSS GOLD RESERVE
LOCATED AT 0MSK


New York, Nov. Russian gov
eminent gold valued at 100000, coo
rubles, taken from Petroerad Ey the
Bclsheviki, has been saved at KaZan
by the Omsk government, generally
recognized as a foundation for the re-
organization of Russia, A. j. Sack, di-
rector Of the Russian information bu-
reau, announced here tonight on au-
thority Of the Russian embassy at
Washington.
The gold, representing two-thirds
CT the reserve in the Russian treasury
when the Bolsheviki gained control of
the capital late in 1917. was trans
ported by them to Ka2an and thence
to Samara. Agents of the Omsk gov
ernment, obtaining possession of it,
took the metal to Omsk.
News of the coup was cabled to
Washington by !. A. Michailoff, sec
rotary of finance at Omsk, Mr.. Sack
said. The gold is worth approximate
ly $400, 900, 600.
The Omsk government, according
to recent advices from Russia, is rap
idly gaining recognition among the
anti Bolsheviki councils as the nu-
cleus for the formation of a conserve
alive government
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-11-05
YANKS GET LAST
HUN STRONGHOLD
WEST OF MEUSE

10y MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wisEl
With the American Army on the
Sedan Front, No Thy the Associat-
ed PlcssD-ln the face of stubborn
opposition the Americans took and
held firmly the wooded heights south
Of beaumont, the last German strong
hold west Of the Meuse The advance
carried the lines forward for an aver
age gain of five kilometers
The forces on the heights are now
only about seven and one-half miles
from Carignan on the Mesiercs- Metz
railroad, and about nine miles from
Sedan, bringing both places within
fanse Of the allied shell fire
The days work may be said to
have been complete. II was the prin-
ripaI phase of the American opera
tlons since the neck OF the German
lateral communications between the
armies TO the north and west was mar
rowed to the strangling point.
The attacking forces to the right
ana left advanced with less speed than
at the center, where an American di-
vision crashed through despite the
most stubborn opposition offered by
the offensive The apex of the line
was driven to the heights. which are
vital affording dominating positions
for the artillery.
Patrols went into and beyond the
town itself but its possession is I'M
necessary as long as the hills are held
Ly the Americans. The Germans can
not fight over the terrain north north
east because of the lack of cOmmuui-
eating lines there They must fail
back as soon as the American artil-
lery breaks up the remaining rail-
roads, even if the main lines from Sc
dan TO Me are not smashed first.
The military authorities were over
joyed with the results of the days
fighting, declaring that it may even
spell the end of the present operation
and that any others to the north, west
ward or directly eastward would con-
Stitute entirely new operations.