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Jlhe Evenmg Cmreiatj VOL.. 2, NO. 121. vAltl-SltAll. Kv MLXKX). HATUtHAV, iET. 14, 10IK. SYMi Year, H'K Month, fir. p AMERICANS CAPTURE 20,000 GERMAN PRISONERS AND THEY CONTINUE TO COME IN - FRENCH GAINING .U TO ltM)ITH TLIIHOIUZINO roi.o. sritiNt; ami ii;nkk. Hy ;Asaoclated 1'ress. London. Sept. 1 4. General 1'er shlng'a troops In the St. Mlhlel see tor have Increased the number of Ofrmana captured to 16. 000. An attack hy French foreea In the di rection of the forest near Cucy, at the aouthern end of St. Oobuln maa aif, la progressing satisfactorily t h If morfll&f1 South of Ailette. the French, Captured Mont lesnlgea, Al temont; atd Sancy. French forcea also reachwl the edge of Valty on the Alsne river. French also ad vanced between 1 and 2 inllea on an 11 mile front. An attack we launched by the French thin morn ing at five o'clock. Herman count er attacka against the French ad vancing on the Ailette river appear ed week. althoiiKh the enemy front line wan strongly held. Herman prisoners aay they had orders to hold at all coat. In addition to the IS.ono c.er tnana captured hy the Americana In the St. Mlhlel salient, more prison- Dy Associated Press, Washington, Sept. M. -The Vllni Inntlon or the St. Mlhlel salient hy the victorious Americana and' the consequent reduction of the line In that aector by 22 mile, General March na Id today, la of extreme I in poll a nee In that It gives the J llea a much better base "for furth er future offensive opi atioiiH". The anlval abroad of the 4th division composed of California, I'tih, and New Mexico, Arizona p.nd Colorado troop, which were lralnd ut Camp , Kearney, California, was unnonnced today. iMit or the division la In Kngland. , Ily Afi,iiied Press. S ii (tnrlxrn. Sept. 14. A will or eti or, allowing the rune of Tboi i. h .f. Mooney, who waa con, , vlcted or iiinrdei, to be taken to Mie I'tiiled State Hiipieme court ( fot review, wan ntiught III nn appli cation riled in the aiipietiie court here Unlay. It It alleged thai the conviction was f tmdentlv obtained. Ry Associated 1'resa. The scope of I be victory won by the Ameilcan first ntuiy In Lor raine, continue to grow. The num ber of prionera are now said to total 20.000, whlrh I vlitually equivalent to two enemy division. OenerrJ Pershing's force in two daya drove Into the enemy'a line to a maximum depth or l:t mile, which la approximately the distance from the tip of the salient below St. Mlhlel to Hattonille. a mile and a hair north of Vignuelles, thiontih which American line waa let n potted. a running. The tier liiHn ate tepotted to be readjust ing their line on the edges of the lormer salient. What fuither de velopment the offensive may have is uncertain at the present hour. 1 Ily Aoclated Press. Denver, Sept. 14. The killing of I'atiolman Luther McMahill here ee.rly today brought the casualties Inflicted by aitto bandit who began terrorizing (Colorado Springs and Denver, Colorado, yesterday, to 2 officers killetl, one probably fatally wounded and three slightly wound ed. McMahill we killed when he atnppeil on hla way home at four o'clock thin morning to Investigate cloned automobile standing on Sixteenth Avenue and Colorado lllvd. His slayer immediately drove away. Of seven men sought In connection with the robbery of a. IraJn at Kock, Kansas, on July loth. Hoy Shellell and Frank Lewis ate in ,cutod. Sherrell la In a hospital here, serlonsly wounded. He waa shot when he and Ml Kva 1 De Morris, a sister or I,ewis, were captured at I'aJmer lke early to day. The woman denies any , knowledge of the train robbeiy. and official communication tlnowlng little llkht on the peel. are pros- STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK Carlsbad, New Mexico AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS AUG. 31, 1918 Hy Associated I'm ss. London, s. pt. 14. Spinner In Yoikshire and Lanshire. Kngl.nd, coiion mills quit work at noon to day, according with reached weeks a wo by mated Association of nn to mike for lb tin- Kola system. Ily Associated Press. Cleveland. Ohio. Sept. 14. Ku gene V. Debs. ehiMged with viola tion X,r the espionage act. was sen- 1 a decision; the Am.ilga-' Cot tin Spin- abolition of teneeii today to ten year Moii,,dvllle, West Virginia, fetitUry on each of three In the indictment which are consecutively. The motion new trial wan overruled. Hon each lime in behalf leiunun waa al oweil. Ti.. , admitted Deb to f 10. 000 bad. In the to run for a de- court ItKNOUU'KM I.IAHII.ITIKS. Loan and nlscounta....$82t.09.i Capital 1100,000.00. LIltLHTV HOND.S .'t0.2H0.00 Other Honda 40,000.00 U. a. Treasury Certifi cate! of Indebtedness 10,000.00 851.04 Surplus (earned) 100,000.00 il'ndlvlded Profit 36.42(1. 54 . Circulation 24.fj00.00 Kediacnunt with Feder al Keserve Hank 173.700.00 War Savings Stamps Hanking House 7.500.00 Stock in Federal Re serve Hank 4.500.00' Hill Payable 50,000.00 Cash and Sight Kx- ' change 70,770.91 P0"9 004,185.10 $988,811.64 1988. HI. 64 The above stement is correct Clarence Bell, Cashier. START A SAVINGS ACCOUNT WITH YOUR GOVERNMENT BUY WAR SAVINGS STAMPS THE NATIONAL BANK OF CARLSBAD Member of Federal KeervA lUak era are ateadlly routing In. The Inside pocket of the salient ha not been cleared as yet and It In ex pected that more guns will be tak en shortly. French troops begun a new attack at dawn thin morning on both stdea of the Ailette river and between the Alnne and Vesle i Ivera. OeneraJ Halg'a force have oc- ' copied Auche-Ie-La Haaaee, In the La aector. Aa a result of lltltlsh . progress yesterday northwest of St. , Quentln. the Hritihh line la estab-' llslied today east of Herebecoutt and Jeoncourt. Thia la official. HOVN AMI (.litis DIIUTLD. IMSTItHT rOUtT I'HtKKIJUVOS Filday, September lUth. the fol lowing caaea were tried: State va. N. V. Cook, forgery and uttering forged paper. An In structed Jury returned a verdict of not guilty. Slate va. Lou la Mora, larcenv from atote; defendant withdrew hla plea of not inllty and entered a plea of guilty and received a sentence of all months fa Jail, tie kad already epk tnrea months In JaJl and the Judge suspended the reit of the sentence during good behavior. The call has come lor every club member lu the I'nlted Slates to do a vital war service collecting, dry ing and storing peach, eprlcot, plum, cherry, and prune pita, also the shells of all nuts, olive pits and date seed. Seven pound of these nut sheila make the lesplrator for a gasmask when I hey. have been reduced to carbon which rewllly uIihiIh the poisonous rhemlcul gases; two hundred peach pits make one mask. Members of Hoya and OH Is' clubs of Kddy county should feel proud of the honor or being detailed by to do I hla special work. So go to the I'nlted States War Department work with a vim, collect all the fruit pita you cau and repot t every Saturday to your County Club Leader, Carlshiul, N. M.. us to the weight of materials collected dur ing that week. You will find a great many ladle willing and glad to nave theiie pits for you, so that your collecting need not be confined to your own home alone. FOR ItfcNT. rbur rxu bouse, north of Palace hotel. 'Inquire of Mrs. Ckajtor at falactt aetel. itfaH3 Mis. Clyde Krmrson and daugh ter. Miss Annie. Lurle, left last tilcht for their home in lleikeley, Calllornia, after a fortnight with telatives in Carlsbad. notici:. All parties falling to yy dog tax on or before October 1st, 1918, will be dealt with according to Sec. 218, state law of New Mexico. MAHCCS LUKK. JR.. In W. F. Mcllvain's office. 6dlwl2sept HOT BREAD AND BUNS Also cake, cookies and Pies every atter noon. We sell Fleischmann Five government air-'compressed yeast in planes c o m i n pr, in small cakes for those charge of our Major who make their own Dean Smith, watch for the date. DO NT FOrtflKT THAT IIAHHT WOODMAN MAINTAIN A SERVICE CAR Head for fmmodUte km t aa) Prt of U country. Uay or ntxt riWM! ium mtm nty-'triirj Bread. Hot Barbecue Daily MODEL MARKET & BAKERY Photib 2