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WESTERN LIBERAL. AN EPITOME OF LATE LIVE NEWS CONDENSED RECORD OP THE PROQRE88 OF EVENTS AT HOME AND ABROAD. FROM ALL SOURCES BAYINQ8, D O I N Q 9, ACHIEVE MENT8, SUFFERINGS, HOPES AND FEARS OF MANKIND. Wsttsrn Newrpaper Unlen Jtswa Berries. ABOUT THE WAR The Germans were' cleared out of Veuilly wood by (he Amorlcans. The Germans continued to bombard the French capital with their long range guni on June 7. British airmen brought down 330 Germans in leas than three weeks, up to June 2, of which 283 were totally destroyed. The Italian army Is Improving both lri morale and material, according to MaJ. Gen. Eben Swift, bead of the American military mlsBlon to Italy. The allies' stonewall ot resistance Is still Opposed to the Germans on the battle front from Solssons to Chateau Thierry. Nowhere Is the enemy mak ing progress. Torpedoing of the Harpathlan brought the German sinking record on the Atlantic coast to fourteen six steamers and eight schooners, with a loss of thirty Uves. British casualties reported during the week ending June 7 were: Officers killed or died ot wounds, 208; men, 4,258; officers wounded or missing, 763; men, 27,425. Owing to tho terrible casualties In flicted upon it, the Prussian guards division hna been withdrawn by the German high command from tho bat tle. The German losses are becoming heavier dally. The fighting Thursday night north west of Chateau Thierry raged with great fierceness for five hours. The Americans captured Bouroschcs and entored Torcy. Twenty-five Americans In Torcy engaged and drove out 200 Germans and then withdrew to the main lino on tho outskirts of the town. A French prisoner who made his escape from the German lines, de clared that hundreds of bodies of Ger mans were lying around everywhere. According "to his story, tho Gormans guarding himself and others had not received rations since May 27 and were compelled to live upon what they found. The Importance of the operations of the Americana on the Mamo sector may be realized when It Is recalled that only the day before the Ameri cans ontered the line the Germans ad vanced about ten kilometers. The Americans aro now holding the Parts road near Lo Thllot for a number of kilometers. An American machino gun battalion accounted for approximately 1,000 Ger mans whllo holding a brldgo at Chateau-Thierry. The Americans loot only one man killed and a few wounded. At the same time French troops wiped out a force of 300 Germans who had obtained a footing on the southern bank of tho Marnc, One officer told the correspondent that It was all the commanders could do to keep the Amorlcans from crossing the river In the teeth of tho enemy fire and as saulting the hill position. WESTERN Funeral services wore held at In dianapolis for former Vice President Chas. W. Fairbanks. 'William Maudlin, n former Denver boy. was killed and his father serious ly Injured when an explosion occurred In the Badger mine at Butte, Mont. A Mormon minister, Ilced Holladay, enlisted In Denver as an ambulance driver In the medical department. Mr. Holladay's homo Is at Santaquln, Utah. Charles A. Barnhardt, for tho last year Instructor In "mathomatlcs at Colorado College at Colorado Springs has resigned and will become head of the department of mathematics In tho University of New Mexico. WASHINGTON New passenger ratos of 3 conts a mile went into effect Sunday despite pleas to suspend or modify them. The granary of the Mormon church In Utah, holding 250,000 bushels of of wheat, Iiqb been emptied In ro sponse to appeals from tho food ad ministration. Exceeding the ship production of April by 122,000 tons, the omorgency fleet corporation turned out 343,460 deadweight tons In May, the United States shipping board announced. A country-wide movo to roduce the cost of food to the consumer and standardly methods of compelling the observance by dealers of "fair price lists" was ordered by Food Adminis trator Hoover. One of the orew of tho steamer Har pathlan, sunk by a submarine off the Virginia oapen, was takon aboard the U-boat and given medical treatment for Injuries sustained during the sink ing, a navy statomont showed. The man thon was replaced In the life boat with his companions. FOREIGN Ten thousand Armenians were mas sacred by Turks In one fortnight, ac cording to a Moscow dispatch In Lon don. The third earl of Camperdown (Rob ert Adam Philips Haldano-Duncan) died at his residence at Shlpston on Stour. He was born In 1811. Angered by the news of the slnklng ot the Porto Blco liner Carolina by a German submarine, an anti-German demonstration broke out In Ponce. The Dutch hospital ship Konlngen Regentes was sunk by a mine In the North sea while bound from an Eng lish to a Dutch port. Four firemen were killed. Gen. Robert B. L. Michle of the American army died In a railroad train near Rouen, France. His death was sudden and unexpected, as he had not been 111. The suprorqe war council, which has had under advisement the entire war situation, has expressed In an offi cial statement made public in London full confidence in the outcome ot tho war, with the aid of the American forces. A sudden cold wave struck central Europe, Including Germany, Holland and Scandinavia. There have been lo cal snowfalls, hall storms and severe night frosts. Widespread damage to the grain, fruit and potato crops Is re ported. The spirit and moralo of the Amer ican soldiers wounded In the Cantlgny battle, 90 per cent.ot whom will -recover, Is 'wonderful. The first question they ask the surgeon Is: "Doc, when will I be able to go back after the Ger man who fixed me?" The part played by American ma chine gunners in tho defense ot the Chateau Thierry bridges is classed by Router's correspondent at French headquarters as worthy to stand with the achievements of the American in fantry recently at Cantlgny. Lieut. Victor Hugo III, great grand son of tho famous French author, Is attached to tho American army as an instructor and distinguished himself in the capture ot Cantlgny recently, ell is a clean-cut young fellow of 22 and was a student In Paris when he entered the army as a member of a famous chasseur regiment. Russian reserves are concentrating for the defonsc ot Kara, which wat captured from the combined German and Turkish forces In a big battlo May 24. The Germans and Turks aro re tiring along the Ardagan road, mossa cring tho population. Soviet forcei have retaken several towns in Ukraine, repulsing enemy counter at tacks. SPORT There were, forty-one starters In the Modified Mountain Marathon race run over the Llttleton-to-Denver course. Lieut. F. L. Fleer of the marine fly ing school' at Miami, Fla., made 10S successive loops. His feat Is said tc establish a new military aviation rec ord. Sergt. Earl Caddock, champion heavyweight wrestler of the world and Ed (Stranglor) Lewis of Lexlng ton, Ky., were matched for a bout Ir Des Moines, Ia on June 21. Caddocl Is In the national army at Camj Dodge. GENERAL Tho police department Issued an or dcr that all display lights In New York at night arc forbidden until furthel notice. More than a million and a halt rl fies have been produced for the United States army since this country en tered the war. America's second largest wheat croj Is in prospect thlB year. The Depart ment of Agriculture forecast 931,000, 000 bushels, only 09,000,000 less that the billion-bushel crop the government bad hoped for. 1 According to statistics published It the Vienna Zeltung, 40,000 persons ii Budapest are barefoot, owing to tin scarcity ot shoes. A supplemental appropriation ol $192,000 for the detenso ot the Pana ma canal was asked of Congress bj the War Department. For ten hours in the night Mist Edith Donato Virola, an 18-year-old Porto Rico girl, coming to this coun try to marry, flouted on the body ol her drowned flaneó beforo she wat dragged out of the water to safety, after tho steamship Carolina was tor pedood by a German submarine. Georgo D. Kimball of Denver was chosen district representativo of the federal fuel administration In Colo rado and J. Van Houten of Raton was seloctcd for a similar office In Now Mexico when ninety-five coal oper ators of Colorado and New Mexico mot In Denver with J. D. A. Morrow and C. U. Calloway, government fuel men from Washington, for tho purpose ol offoctlng an organization whose pur pose will be to assist the government In obtaining an equltablo distribution of coal throughout the country. Nelson Morris, rich young Chicago meat packer, has boen transferred from Camp Orant to Washington to servo tho government as a refrlgora tlon expert. Jeremiah O'Loary, Irish leader, and five others, Including Mme. Mario K. DeVIctorlca, were Indicted by tho fed eral grand jury in New York charged wUh treason. Fifty thousand persons are homeless as the rosult of a fire at Stamboul, tho Mohammedan section of Constantino ple, which devastated tho whole east ern part ot the sulUn Sellm quarter. WESTERN MINING AND OIL NEWS Wtsttrn Newepaper Union News Berjlte. Prices Quoted for Metals. Now York. Lead $7.377.C2. Copper 123.12. Bar Silver 99 K c. London. Bar Sliver 48d per ounce. St. Louis, Mo. Spelter $7.3007.45. Boulder. Tupgsten concentrates, CO per cent, 120.0022.60 per unit. Crude ores, 60 per cent, $22.00 0 25.00 ; 25 per cent, I12.00&12.60; 10 per cent, $9.40012.20. Arizona Operations on the Gould property in the Amole district, are progressing. At tho Hardshell Mine property in the Patagonia district Is being oper ated. Between April 8 and May 8, the Verde Combination shaft at Jerome was sunk 152 feet. The Glanco mino recently bondei by Wood and Hurd, In the Lincoln Camp district, is now under operation. Tho Red Chief Mining and Milling Company at Casa Orando has com pleted their plant for milling their sllvorlead-orc. Colorado Colorado Springs men have formed the Do Beque Oil Shale Company. The west end ot Clear Creek county is taking on new life in the way ot mining properties being worked. The Molybdenum Products Com pany at Buffer, in the Ten Mile- dis trict, is reported as operating its 250 ton plant Bteadlly. From Central City comes a report that the old Perlgo mining properties near Rolllnsvlllo have been sold to a New York Company. Tho winter's development on tho Yellow Jacket mine, near Ouray, is re ported to bo showing up oro bodies that promise a big mill tonnage. Tho Blue River Mines nnd Reduc tion Company will operate the Fox Lake and several other lodo mines on Yuba Dam flats north of Brecken ridge. At Georgetown the Colorado Central is pushing construction ot its plant to handlo 1,000 tons dally from tho dumps of tho Ocean Wave and Mar shall tunnel mines. With tho payment on Juno 10 by tho Crcsson Consolidated Gold Mining and Milling Company and tho Golden Cy cle Mining and Reduction Company of tho regular monthly dividends of $122, 000 and $45,000, respectively, tho divi dend total for the first one-half ot 1918 paid to stockholders ot Cripple Creek district mining companies amounted to $1,216,000, Montana Anaconda Copper Company, May copper output was 27,400,000 pounds, compared with 26,500,000 in April and 28,700,000 In March. Eant Butte Company produced in May 2,208,300 pounds of copper and 72,791 ounces of silver, compared with 1,811,300 pounds of copper and 58,194 ounces of silver in April. Copper producers were Informed by tho War Industries Board that Presi dent Wilson has affixed his approval on the recommendations ot the board that the prico of copper shall be fixed at 23 cents a pound for tho period beginning June 1. May output of Butto & Superior ap proximated 8,000 tons ot concontrates, the falling off from previous months being due to an accident which tied up shaft operations for a few days. Earnings in April fell below those of earlier months this yoar, owing to lower spelter prices, the average for April being about G cents. New Mexico. Tho Mogollón Mines Co. milled nearly 6,000 tons In May. Tho Artesla OH and Gas Company has been organized with a capital stock oi $100,000. The Encino Oil and Refining Com pany Is arranging to drill for oil on its holdings near Roswell. The new mill of Socorro M. and M. Co. Is nearlng completion. This will havo a dally capacity of 250 tons. Tho Linda Vista and Felix River Oil Companies have secured machinery near Dayton to set over tho Grove3 woll near Roswell. A Wyoming company sent several representatives to Las Vegas, who aro leasing land In that vicinity and will begin to drill for oil. Extensive mining operations nro in progress on Boston Hill, mining the immense deposits of manganese ores on the Slovens proportlccs. Word roaches Santa Fo of an oil ex citement In Lincoln county, caused by oil bubbles nnd oil scum rising to tho surfneo In a new well dug by William Brown, olght miles southwost of Capi tán in the White mountains. Wyoming Work on tho wildcat wells near Douglas Is progressing nicely. Work In the oil fields around Land er Is very activo at prosont, the Wind Rlvor roflnory Is working tho stills now erected at their full capacity and muro aro In tho course of erection. Tho Wind Rlvor Company spudded In Its No. 6 well In tho Lander field No. 5 was reported down 700 feet The wells ot tho company are now capable of delivering more oil to the refinery than it Is prepared to refine. GERMAN ATTACK ON 20-MILE FRONT STRONG RESISTANCE BY AMERA CANS AND FRENCH CHECK ENEMY ON TWO WINQ8. AMERICAN SHIP SUNK OAPTAIN AND SIXTEEN OF CREW ARE MI88INQ CHIEF MATE AND FIFTEEN LANDED. Wsstsrn Newspaper Union News Service. With tho American Army in Franco, June 10. Attacks by tho Germans in the Marno sector have again been re pulsed by tho Americans, who inflict ed heavy 'losses on the enemy. The French repulsed two attacks against Hill 204, west of Chateau Thierry, tho first at 10 o'clock Saturday night, and the second at 3 o'clock Sunday morn ing. French troops captured a wood south of Buzziares. A now German division, the Fifth Grenadier Guards, was identified by tho Americans. Washington, June 10. The Ameri can steamer Pinar del Rio was sunk by a German submarine seventy miles off the coast of Maryland Saturday morning. Ono ot her boats, with tho captain and seventeen members ot the crew, is missing; another, with Chief Mate Orkes and fifteen men, landed at tho Manteo Ufe Btatlon on tho North Carolina coast, about fifty-five miles below Norfolk, Va., It is an nounced from Norfolk. A briot dis patch to tho Navy Department an nouncing the sinking did not say whether the ship was shelled or tor pedoed. Hope is held that the miss ing boat has been picked up by somo passing vessel or will turn up at some point along the coast.' Until last night tho raiders had not been reported aB showing thomselves slnco the Nor wegian steamer Vlnjand was sunk off tho Virginia capes last Wednes day. The armies ot the crown prince ot Bavaria are again bitting the allied Hno in a Jiew offensive, with Paris ap parently their objective. Between Montdldler and Noyon, over a front of about twenty miles, preceded by a heavy bombardment with shells and noxious gases, tho en emy's initial manouver evidently has In view the bending back ot tho allied front toward the towno f St. Just on tho northern wing and toward tho rail road junction ot Compeigne on tho southern flank, getting astride the Olse river and driving southwest to ward tho French capital. The French troops are resisting the impact with tnelr usual valor, but tho Germana on their right and in the cen ter havo been able to penetrate tho line for distances ranging from two thirds of a mile south of Montdldler to relatively two and a half miles at Rossons-Sur-Matz, in the center. Thence to Noyon, however, tho allied line is holding strongly. It success should rest with the enemy on the new battle front It might badly affect tho stability of the lino of the defenders from tho Olse to the Mame and compel a falling back westward from tho Olse to the region of the Marno northwest ot Chateau Thierry in order to straighten out the iajep salient that would then project east ward, with the Solssons sector as Its apex. The allied commanders, It is assert ed, were not taken unawares by tho now offensive. Comparative quiet pre vails In the region of the Marno and on that portion ot the line in Flanders held by tho British. VIEW OF SOLAR ECLIPSE. 8hut from View by Clouds at Denver, But Observed at Baker, Ore. Denver. Heavy clouds which spread across tho sky in deep fold brought disappointment to thousands in Den ver who were anticipating observing the total eclipse of the sun June 8, and particularly to tho scientists and savants who had unllmbered their tel escopes In Chamberlain observatory at Denver University. Baker, Oro. Untimely twilight, fast followed by a deeper darkness, swept over a strip of the Northwest fifty miles wldo when tho solar eclipse, fore told by men who havo reduced tho movements ot astral bodies to an ex act science, camo to pass. Tho expected results ot plunging tho world into darkness as of night were observed. Birds sought their nests and chickens went to roost. A gloom as deep as that at 10 o'clock at night enveloped tho favored strip of country at the moment of totality. Electric lights were turned on Indoors and street cars and automobiles bad their headlights burning. Liner Escapes U-Bont Menace, An Atlantic Port. Racing at full speed for nearly a week to escapa Gorman submarines, an American Bteamahlp arrived from the West In dies with flfty-nlno passengers, moro than half ot whom wero women and children. U. 8. Casualties Total 7,315. Washington. Cosualtlos among tho Amorlcan expeditionary forces thus far reported by Gen. Pershing total 7,315, tho War Department announced. NEW MEXICO STATE NEWS Western Newspaper Union News Service, COUINQ EVENTS. Juna 24-29 Patriotic Food Show at Albuquerque July 4-& cowboys' Reunion at La Vegas. October Annual meeting- New Mexleo Publlo Health Association. A largo acreage ot melons it being planted In Mesilla valley. Every county wilt havo an institute for its teachers this year. Stato lands put nearly $46,000 In tho state treasury in May. Goods valued at $400 wero stolen from a Las Vegas store. A railroad section house at Wago-i Mound, was destroyed by fire, A much needed rain that fell at CIovls revived tho parched soil. Jake Hulse of Magdalena was fined $207.60 for killing two antelopes. Work has been commenced on a $40,000 refrigerating plant at Camp Cody. Farmers in the vicinity oí Portales report that they are losing cattle from fever. Fruit crop prospects aro much bet ter In the Pecos valley than had been anticipated. Large shipments of livestock havo boen leaving the Pecos valley during tho past week. Texlco recently pasBd a city ordi nance which will bar all pool balls from that city. Tho Portales City Council has voted to purchase a 100 horsepower engine and a large dynamo. W. O. Blggerstaff of l'elen has been appointed a member 9! tho mounted police by Governor Llndsey. Lieutenant Gregory reports that Tu cumcarl has como clean 100 per cent, for tho Food Administration. Los Vegas City Council passed an ordinance placing all city officers and employes on a salary and wage basis. Donald J. McKeen, ot Santa Rita, and Fred Goldlng, of Silver City, wero on the missing Collier Cyclop?. Stinking Lake, the duck breeding ground in northern New Mexico, will hereafter bo known as Lake Burford. Ben Buttner, conductor on tho San ta Fo coast lines between Gallup and Winslow, died at his home in Wins low. Clarence Hardy, colored, the trusty who escaped from the state peniten tiary at Santa Fo was captured at Es pañola. Geraldo Sandoval and Francisco Sandoval were arrested In tho Daw son "Canon, near Tucumcarl, accused ot being slackers. K. Baba, a Japanese ot Gallup, killed a Navajo Indian by striking him over the head with a rifle barrel and fracturing his skull. Cattlemen from tho lower mesas, near Las Vegas, state that the ranges aro in very bad condition, and cattle aro very poor owing to drouth. "Bad" horses and good riders form one ot the combinations which will put thrills into tho fourth annual roundup of the New Mexico Cowboys' Reunion Association, to be held at Las Vegas July 3, 4 and 5. The Santa Fe and the Southern Pa cific intend to consolidate tholr pas senger station and freight depot forces at Demlng, according to a re port. Ono force of employes will work for both railways. That a small slip on a fault line caused the earthquake felt over cen tral New Mexico recently is tho theory of Prof. Fayette A. Jones, well known mineralogist, geologist, former presi dent ot the State School of Mines. U. S. District Judge Colin Neblett at Santa Fo sentenced F. C. Blumleln, of CIovls, formerly captain In the New Mexico national guard, to serve three years in the penitentiary at Fort Lea venworth, Kan., for violation of the espionage act. Four Albuquerque women, dressed In men's clothes were fined $10 and costs each in tho Justice ot the Peaco Court at Socorro after pleading guilty to a charge of vagrancy. Immediate ly after paying tho $16.60 each of tho women loft for Albuquerque. Five hundred more men from New Mexico ore called to war soon after Jun0 24. This (s tho Information In a telegram sent to Govornor Llndsey bjr' General Crowder and transmitted im mediately to all of tho local boards by Captain R. C. Rold, federal disbursing officer. ? Miss Ida M. Tarbell, one of Amor lea's most noted writers and workor. has promlsod to attend tho mother daughter congress and patriotic food show at Albuquerque Juno 24-29, hold under tho auspices ot tht Food Admin istration with the co-operation and as sistance of the extenshn division of tho stato college. A fire in tho offices of County Treasurer O. E. Strong's otfleo in Mo ra destroyed practically all of tho Mora county tax records. A duplicate set on filo at tho offices of tho state lax commission was rushed to him by Stato Traveling Auditor A. G. Whlt tler. Governor Lindsoy has recoived a let ter which traveled thtrough the air from NoWYork to Washington, bring ing a message from President Alan R. Hawley. of tho Aero Club of America who predicts that trans-Atlantic aerial mail lines will soon be a reality. ll HOW MRS. BOYD AVOIDED AN OPERATION Canten, Ohio. 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Plnkbam's Vegetable Compound, after doctors have said that an operation was necessary every woman who wants to avoid an operation should give it a fair trial before submitting to such a trying ordeaL If complications exist, write to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass., for advice. The result of many yean experience is at your service. 100 Per Cent on LIBERTY BONDS 100 Interest on Liberty Bonds and War Sarins Stamp poxlble. We want 1250,000 worth at face value In denominations of ISO and up wards, NO LIMIT. Write quick what 70a nave. JOHN H. CAIN & CO. Salte 20O Elks Bids. Brown wood, Texas LOSSES SURELY PREVENTED BLACK" CUTTER'S BUCKLED, nils sa o wb lies a. vb minn nUabut ALT fl&T p lri d tr H MH M SB WCSHTB STOCK HI j BrB. H men. bflcaui) ttirv AH JHH HIS wft whir-tthK fiT Writ lor booklet end tcstftaoeJ.U. 6041st pkf. BlacU Hits. $4.00 Vm Mir Hector, but Cutter i simplest ud stronfett. The superiority Cutter products li duo to otct IS years ot rpecUIUlag In vaccines and scrums only. Insist OH CUTTSA'S, II unotolaiNe, order direct. The Cotur Usontsry. Btruiiy, caurirui RelyOnCuticura ToClearPimples SonpJiac ntmen2fljiniJJOc. kill All FlíesTTH?ísiísRlAD Placed anywhere, Dalay Fly Killer attract! and kills all flies. Meat, dean, ornamental, convenient and cheap. jim asawu nuuwtjasa. Uu en mum. vá r teed aSMiT,. A.k for Dalay Fly Killer told by dealer, or oeat r apa-vM, prvpadaL 11.00, KAKOUI fOHCRt, If O Df KALB AVeL. BROOKLYN, N. Y A C. J. Mustion Wool Commission Co. 1 16th & Liberty Sts, Stock Yard Station KANSAS CITY, MO. . HAIR BALSAM A toilet preparation ot merit. Heine to eradicate dandruff. FArRattovinai Colat and IBsaaty to Gray or Faded Hair. Mo. and tto5 at Drorl,U. W. N. U., DENVER, NO. 24-1918. That Did It. A sturdy tramp went Into n subur ban garden whero the lady o tho houso was occupied In attending to her bulbs. lie took no notice of her refusal to give coppers, but continued to worry her until a small dog nppenred, bark ing loudly. The lady seized ita collar and held It, calling out: "You had better go ; It mny bite." "i'ou nln't got no right to keep a savngo dog," replied tho tramp, out raged In all his most sacred feelings. "Perhaps I have not," she answered coolly. "If you think so I won't keep him. I'll let him go." The lntch of tho gate clicked vio lently, and In 20 seconds the tramp had vanished Into space. Baby-Excluding Landlords. James P. Gannon, Jr Jersey Clty'8 commissioner of revenue, Is out after landlords refusing to rent homes to families having babies. To such gen tlemen he snys : "If you Insist on dis criminating against families with chil dren tho city will raise your tas as sessment to tho limit. If you try to cpme back wo will tight the case out beforo (he bar of public opinion. And you will lose. For Jersey City Is on the side of tho babies, and don't you forget it I" The Reason. "This letter from yóür son Is very short." "Naturally. So was ho when ho wrote It." TTTyp When you think of Wheat-Savinjfoods, Post th,nlcof TOASTIES -SUPERIOR CORNFLAKES