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- J THE EVENING CTBMHT. FRIDAY, MAT 4 HIT. 1 ROY4L HHAM I WE SUIT m HOY AMI TBI MOTHER. WITH OUI HOY'S SITTS $5.00 to $10.00 NEW, NEAT AND ARE CORRECT How do you like the looks of this one? Joyce-Pruit Co. WE WANT TOW TRADE ' E. D. m MM C. Wfllholt want to Ixmngton, attending to a total (toil the other day. R J. Toffeimire that big contractor now located at I-onngton wm in thit vicinity in search of gaaolkna pow- NEW MEXICO OUR GREATESTWARSHIP With Simple Ceremonies Giant See Fighttr Wis Launched. IAS TWELVE 14-INCH 6UNS Con Fire Far at ha Human Eya Can 8aa, Altheugh Ona af England'e Vaaoala la Carrying Fifteen Inek Quni-lurm Oil Eacluaively and Equipped With Elactnc Drlva. Wheu I III siiperdrpadnougbt New Moilcii was lailSehad In Ida Saw Tork naiy yard ilia other .lav the dig goat ahlp lu ilia United MaltM nary took ta Ilia watera. There M a mark ad difference Ibla llmt' from pnrtoM laiinchlngs at the mvr yard Tlia list dreadnought launched inert was the Artsona lu June. IBIS, when thousands f Invitations laaued resulted In a mill tltndt of apectalora being on hand. Till, tlaaa Ilia spectators were onftned In tka naval offirtala and tha governor partx from Naw Meihv. numbering oaly about .'WD Instead of Ilia 3O.0W who ssw Iba Aiirnua slip from tb. ways Tka Ailiuua la QUA fppt long and of about 1.000 tnua loss displacement Ulan tba New Mailro. 'I'lia New Mail ro baa Iba earn annamrnl. however. In bar uialn battery, twelve fourteen Inch guns liar aieel Is riiwlnl l be better llian twenty ona knota Ttiara ha lasen iiii dlaposllnu on iba part of Iba navy department to ron caal tba facta atMiut tha naw liattlr ablp. oBV lal anuntiiicemeut having heeu aant out giving Ilia principal uipaanrc men Is of Hip ship ami particulars a. to her cntuplpiiiput. atv atatiatlca af tha Warship. 'Mia in hi' 1 1 a i dimensions af i hp Baa draMiliiiiiiL'lii ira ga follows l.cimiii tu4 faati tiraadtti, tun tat, lo uutakls uf armor, feet 1' in-he-, datpiaee urui .'' lutta; meau draft, M faai Mpi armament n.n-i-t- or twelve four Iran livli gun, twenn lw five inch finir taraa uonndin, tour auilalrcrafi gnus ami I no lorpislo tubes Slip n 111 b mauiii-d n) BB oaHrara aad 1,141 BMti Tlia .War Mexico is u sl-ter ship uf Ilia MlHalaliii. rereiilly IIUBched ai tba yard af Ilia NaWUOft NtWI hlp budding ami Dry dock roat pally, anil of tba Idaho, still on .Up waya at Iba work iJt tha New York Shipbuilding company at I'atltdan, N J. Tha keel uf tha Naw "mi... waa '..id on Oct M. lain although bar ouatruttlou baa bean materially delayed, dua tn dim rulty anil dplaya in obtaining matatial and Ihn scarcity of aklllad lalHir, it la expected to finish lipr within the thirty. -Ir. mouths allowed liy tlia ronlrart. When launched aha waa about U7 par COM rolllilppd. The n ii v y yard la a huxy place these day, with IkMwppii i'i.OOO and T.IMKI men aOBployad. A almrl tlma aflar Hip laiiii' lilng ut tha Npw MpxIco prrpura lOtf iilana for Iba const rui'thin f tm naw HiiirardrearinailKUt Tpunpaaac witp iMrami. sin- will It -till mi. ip powerful tban Hip New Mexico. Tin. .sew afaaiao win tmru oil atria Italy tad will Iw llio Drat liatllealiiii bulil bj any uatlou aiilpped wltb tin electrli' drlp. Tbla ay'Nipin of propttl alou iiua iH'.-ii ihorouuiiii triad out in aervlrp on Ilia collier Jupiii'i and ha proved eitreniply aatlafactory. a j It has baaO Milutpl out by naval Eacagaa Fin af Machine buna. N'flai and Fieldpiecee In Return Flight Fram Enemy Feaitiena Aviaten BRITON DEFEATS THREE GERMANS Flier Describes Thrilling Battle Above the Lines. OIVES 3,000 FEET TO FOE a- --u aamr Jr,:. 1. T 6o,,t 180 aaiw and certain, T for aoma tlaaa aaiaaat iirumu, iiafjFii nvtjr Dun. HNa Fllot In Haek. i imuiR .mi oi i hp loop, i axeo a t Food Ion burnt and aaw wbcta 1 Lit tha pilot In tba back Juat ovor tba edge of Hip cockpit. Ha Ininiedlataly dived , n . h w fW which hn found naeaaaar- to I I I If ' 1 1 U Kill nrnr Cnlmaii r Mn r k. ar . . a a av ... . , ' " operatp a rork-crtjahar waicn no Ukd with aoldlen.. I waa fired on by yJm u and. indUpooalblo to da v ma.hlne guna. rlflea and -mall Oeld concrct work (Mpoeiafif m thU fMt- .7 guna. There waa a lot of artillery tiring tioa where the abeenee of a good going on, and many of our abella were quality of aaid la eonaplcuoua. bunting about the Orrnian trancbea Clifton Mitchell returned from La aomewhere in the vicinity of tba Cani mena, Texaa, where ha went eevaral bral road. I aaw many amall eompa- daya ago attending to important baa- olea of Infantry and ravalry going eaat meet matter in hla Tin Hennery, along tba email roada, but noted no They toy Billy Qulnn loaded up on oeuvoye or aiovemeota of artillery 30-80e recently lookiag at the prac- "I landed at tbe ft rat aerodrome I tieal aide it would appear that any aaw. for ray machine w., badly ahot 9 located in ao remote a corner of aD0Ut a Gamea county would be in very little During the battle, heaide. tbe daily if figS ft " lob of olmerv.tlon of the enemy", rms -ted Mlcan raider,, and paalfloua. airmen continually fly . P06 one ,ofU,e ffjBtSi !.HTrJ,i"ofn.M tSS "".'h"0T.'"lr 1 W. Cook la ereetlng a wind mill Itlnna of Bll klnda I bey have gone 0e , MUthwt of rgUe down cloae to earth and -prayed the him of tbe p )abor Md kp German treu. uea aud roada wltb ma freih wmUa for his bnnch of horaea ' Blnn,n" and mules 1 I We hear gome folka continually TURKS TO LOSE JERUSALEM, fet AlW Mto May Again tUa.m. ,h. Cap..., a, MikThaT f g a Jawiah State. hn&e and porfiapg raise gome pink Jeruaaletu. tbe holy city of both Jewa beana. and CbrUtlana. la likely aa a reault of They aay gat advanced recently. It apt tbla war to lip iieruiauently loat to the however appeart to ua that joy-riding Turk, who alipady havp i.ppn deprived ia lust about aa popular aa ever. of Mecca, tbe holy plucu of tho Mobam. C. A. Millar, J. L. Emerson, W. G. medans Thai I hp am lput city which ' waa for so Inns tbe center of the wor ship of .lehovnb mar again become the capital of n JtWltj state under the pro Irction of Hie nil. ut powers Is inorr tbau a poaallllllty 1 JernsHleui was tuken by Hie Sara cena in t!7 ami held by tliem until tin lierlod of Hip crusades Arter with standltiK tnr years the mislieval cm sadeiN. wlio-c ipie-i was the boly sei Woerner, and J. W. Ouinn want to Seminole in the former' car, leohing after some land matters laat Satur day. K. Bonner made the remark some time ago that we would be all eating fifty cent bacon in a short time (pro vided we had the price) loor.a like Bonner knowed nomething. That .Htiff norther on the plaint laat Saturday niirht was rather unexneet- s-r i . . , - : ulcber, JerwealeM was al last rvue.l ?. JJ.'J'V B "uor ino mo,t P' In nam. Hip ni.su.u... ....iiinp "nt "P""? afternoon that has been ! critics ii. ... the main battery arm ; roeut apparently Is not aa powerful aa lhal of Hie Queen Elisabeth ami other tuodei n lighting -hips of Hip llritlsh naw. bill that nu Inch dlffci ence lu Hip hlg gun caliber could not . have an appreciable effect In a grent . sea flghl Qune Sheet Far Eneugh. I It Is admitted that the fifteen Inch I gun- of Hip Lj Ilea II Kllr.aliplh havp a 'greater rang than Hie fotirtppu In.'li I rifles of the Npw Mellro by aoinetblni.' i lesa than a iiiIIp Hill a. cording ta usvhi ggpgfiS the New Mcilcn's four ! teen Inch rifles will shoot as ini n the I apottar'g raMga tinder and fire on . trol otth ers an ago, ami when a battle ship Is pugNvpil hv the eneiuy at spa I what I tbe use of additional ranga when II Is liniswsllile htfJMOl Hie nIipII- a Iher fall or re' ord lills when 'In aim Is i lulu j liffVcrs say Hie font n Inch guns of the New Mi'ili ii will throw shells 1 far as Hie rc-iilt or the -In i- can I be anted If ihl- Is imp they ask. I what la Hie use nf l.ai Mttcfc rantp ' ditrlnu a uaal aattgenieUt 1 The ves I bpI ttatau with Hip hcinlei glial W Oil Id have to anatt into raUgt of Hip one i tarrying tun- win. Ii ihOOt sa far Is I the spottaf i an -ee The New Mpiho will have a con central. si how and stern flrp of half of the gun- brwUghl to la-ar in her liroinl Side When she II,.- a hrisldslile It I will coal a hOUl fl'-Mati The estlmatpd eiieiise of in nit a fourteen Inch rifle , la SI in. TIip naval on-trinlor In charge or j tba bad Id lag r the New Meilco Is I Captain fl II II.m k. lie lis done hi ; Work during one of the litihlcst period of American naval collet ruction, and I tbe New Hat Icfl I regarded aa one of ' the hest exnmplea of modem marine ' architecture ever devised. llesr ilmlral Natlianlel It Halter cnmiiiMiidant at the yard, made strict police legulathius In connei'tlon wltb tbe Isuucblng. slid uo one who could not show proper cradantbila waa al lowed to approach within 100 feet of Iba navy yard galea. Cantlnua te Dreg Many Blemht An Over tha Enemy'e Lin.. TO.Otai "inllilels lodeulb. A t'briatlsn i kingdom n ffttutdad, nlih li continued until IMT, when lite Msrnceus iindei Baladlu aptuiisl .lemsalem. Saladln's lfahBVh7 was In marked coutrast lo llmt of the I'biisttait cap tors of Jerusalem, for he pris lalntrsl a general amnesty and pet milted the am vlvlng f'hrlsilans in depart unharmed in 1217 Jerusalem Turks, hut was sun emlered to tbe Em fieror rieilerlck II. In tjg The cm taojort again tatarad tiinaialiia in 1MB but It wa- taken frogs the rhrlllatis In tbe latter part of the ivntury. I'mn centuries ago the Tucks gained undL- puted paaataaton of Jafnaaatat, and, ex cept for the brier peiltal lu 1700 when It waa In lil by Hip l-reiuh under Bona parte, the urn lent Jewish capital ever alnce has baaa lieupiiih the flag of tha Ottoman empire COUNTY NEWS ITEMS k NOWI.ES n joyed this season. We are informed the irradinir crew on the Midland-Northwestern hat the grade completed to within twelve milaa of Seminole, Texaa. The steel gang haa been delayed by various causes, the steel hat, however, been laid for twenty milea out of Midland and they are laying steel at thia time at the rate of half mile nap rfav was taken by tlm The prevailing opinion ia if not in terfered with by tha war maaaoras the road will be completed during the month of July. M. Willhoit aold a bunch of cowa to Major J. T. Hawkins for fifty dollars a few days ago. We notice some of the plains folks are rebuilding and stretching the wire on old fences. This is .. very neeee Ntry work which rhould hava received attention a long time ago. Bad fence make rougha of a great many cattle causing endleea trouble even to that who are disposed to keep up theit fences Let the good work go on. We are informed that Cowboy Teagme (son of Jack Tea rue) about eight years old, was badly burned, tha skin being burned off from hit ake tops nearly to hia body. They ware in camp, cooking breakfast and his father stepped off a short distance to bring in the horses while tha bay waa left sitting near the Are hia ctothina caught afire and he finding ha could reported to no Put " out " to the water bucket real bad case ""d Hucc'td in extinguilhiag tha maze oeiore ll was loo lata. UOtrDoy I Here ll Hie re. ord of a single flight of one llrliiMb airman marie within a few day- Only Iba mine aud other aoiall details which wight t OBcelvalily be use' lo the eoemv are left out other l-e the n ord Is precteely as the I aviator wrote Ii "When our ms' hlBes were atlacklag t'ambrai I atta' ked a hostile aviator al a height nf ulmut T.ioi feet. I aaw . (bat I had hit his eoglue aa we cloaed sad half looped lo ona side of blm. Then be dived, wltb a long trail of blue moke I dived after blm lo shout ' 4,0011 feet and fired. fifty i minds Into I blm. What) M weat down ahaolutely , McKlB, out of control. I watched blm spin ,, ..,,,,, ,, i. auo laei, nis .ran oi i Hike Increasing Attacked by Three "I wa iminedlalely attacked by three euemy machlnee, which drove me down I lo a height of only jutl feel. We wprp I firing on on,, unoiber whenever pol ' T w n naiaaaa is country investigating tha natural re ble When st last I got Into a go.l igagiy jli t the ranch seuth of Know- ouree. They expect to install the position l attsiked one of ibem from I n, leading oil plant for thia sectlog at above, having another on my light. I Ur. Lime Rice a pioaeer from Wythe and express themselves as cloaed ou the latter, tuning la on blm .the Nadiae wutioa. arrived in Know- being well paid for their trip to New so cloae that I oatjM actually get lee the other rlny und will remain Mexico. , sight on Hie nllot'a bead I saw one or far several days v out tag relatives. Luther Denton deliver d a bunch my bullets stiike his head, and the ins Tom Beswell from the aouthera of yearling steam to R. G. Brumley ehlne then -imply heei.-d over and fell section am in noowiot in lent Msg m ai nis ranch near Nadinp last Weil- to iba gMiiiud I'he other two ma .ranch supplie laat Friday and rp chines cleared off tVP . "Bv." . tononion. II..' ii... I..M, . mM 31. tune- I dei I. .I to Ity lloniP Very low. nlna down a thousand feet, bis trail of l-w - -"---- . . WI w.s-e. VH. ...m--l H.lf: JT Claud Haarrell ia reported to have """ ' constuerooiy is ooing itald five huadr.-d black tnulyt at 90're' " J to Midlaad parties tbe ather day. . Tje "eree-Fordyce maaagiag Miss KuU Turner in reported to bori. came from Dallas, Texaa, bj. have awno La Denver. Colorado, visit- peing me Biytne prospect and atsg tag frienda. covering this portion of tha plslas Mrs. W. D. about .11 fpet A ir.aip of Herman i avalry going east along a small road iialir.l ami hied at me. and also several machine gnu- opened lire on "Afler going weal for alajiil five mill utea I was again attacked by au enemy single sealer. As we approached I naked my machine until ha waa wltb in flftv yards. Thru I side looped over blm aud tired a short burst at him. tie seemed, to . tear off aud then attacked ate again. These operations ware re peated sev ei al 1 1 nice with alight vaila tlaaa la tbe way I looped ovor bias uc til wlthia about tea atlnataa af the tlaat of eroaalng the line i living agatnaf nesday. Miss I ....:. Vlhinff. whA kas lu.n D. McDaaiel iavajrfd in a Henry VPfv lit tit tka aeg Mala ninth hi a nt nf I-ore lasi wee aeo ii 10 oe towrii aRlljn abe to 0t tBj en aeuiw oi ssaaiiat Biiaaiaiw. "e jov tho beautiful spring-time mxed joy the beautiful spring-' .with I'ecos valley showers. Ixn Lumsdar, Kred Dawson and I'ulmer Moalex it.i.a over to Knt'wlej front theit inch mar Wilaon, Te.-u hoex' he wont change bin mind J, R. Hamilton, the old pioneer from a few milea north of town, was I in Kaowles after necessary supplies Not much danger af sUrraUon on 1, .'.""."ll the plain TRe whole bunch If. auit blK Li JwHiag fciaing the rabbit twister' ataocia- 'taara at ogure wWch will leave linn and since there i an endlaas ". n'n to tha good. t Thirty Eight wag over fram Loving ,... . i 551 ! ton tha other dny feeling out condl i HRINI IAN C ( O. tions and is we understand it, left his famoaa mark INN! RAM K 1 Harry Huston and Reagan Middle tot of Monument, paaaad throuri. niHJWWB lant l IISSIIWJ 1WI USX III I green grass or any ok FIRK. AI!TOM(BIIiR. ANH SURETY unknown presumably linking fa a kind of grass.