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VOL. 8. KENNA, CHAVES COUNTY, NEW MEXICO, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1914. NO. 40.
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War News from day to day.
Nov. 13. The Berlin official statement refers to heavy
fighting on the Belgian sea coast near Nieuport, whore, it is said,
German marines have inflicted he:vy losses on the enemy. At
Ypres, to the suuth, near the Frunch border, claim is made to
another Herman victory with the" capture of 1,000 prisoners.
Severe French attacks at oilier points along the hatU? line Are
repoited Nothing of this character is hinted at in the .state
ment of the French war office, in which it said that line Ger
man attacks near Ypres and tlsewheru, have been repulsed, and
that tho ailies have advanced in a tow localises.
Conflic "log reports come today form the opposing sides on
the main European balt.efkl'ls. From the German military
headquarters cams official announcemeMt of important successes.
Tlie French war office said ttiat the battle in Belgium was be
coming less violent and that th German a'J7ance had made no
further progress.
Nov. 14. Seldom since the beginning of the war have the
reports from the various scenes of action been so contradictory
as today. In Belgium, in France, in Galicia, and in liussian
Poland, and in the Caucasian regions, fighting is proceeding
with varying degrees of intensity, but thore "Was little in the
way of authenticated new? to indicate noteworthy changes in
the fortunes of any of the contending nations.
The French war office, in today's official statement, again
asserted that minor success had been won in Belgium, but in
the great battle of possecsion of the northern sea coast of France
apparently is proceedeng about the same as heretofore. Near
NieuporS, on the North sea, in the region of Ypres and between
Basseeaud Arras, across the French horde" successes by the
allies are repi-rted, either in the way of repulsing Oerman at
tacks or making slow advance.
Kumors of the sinking of the British super-dreadnought
Audacious more than a fortnight ago, wore confirmed by mail
advices.
Whether the battleship Audacious was hit by a torpedo
or disabled by a iiine had not been established.
Nov. 16 According to information given officially to the
press today, reports reaching Berlin from Geneva set fourth
that the British torpedo boat destroyer Falcon, the cruiser Bril
liant and the sloop of war Itiualdo, hive been disabled by Gar
man guns on the Belgian coast.
In London, it is rumored that a large force of Germans
around Dixmude lias been cut off by the floods. The inundat
ed country now extends south of Dixmude to "within three miles
of Bixschoote, about half way to the French border. In the
other sections, snow has fallen and the hardships endured by
the men oa the firing line, as described by persons returning
from the front are frightful. At points, the Germans are said
to have been literally swept out of their trenches by the floods.
Guns and ammunition wagons are imhedded in tho , mud aud
countless corpses float about.
Petrograd acknowledges that the severe attacks of the
Turks in the Caucasian regions u ar the eastern shores of the
Black tea have halted th'jliisiau movement. An official Turk
ish statement today asserts that, the Russians have suffered
heavy losses.
Eulalio Is Now It.
Washington, Nov 1(5. Eulalo Gutierez formally notified
itic United Suites today, of his assumption of power as provis
ional president of Mexico aud guaranteed protection for Ameri
cans and all other foreigners.
Makes no Request for the Recognition of the
United States Wants Vera Cruz Evacuated.
Hostilities between the waning factions in Mexico have
ceased, pending the outcome of furt tier peace parleys, accord
ing to a dispatch tod ly from American Consul Silliman, in
Mexico City.
Nov. 17 Storms and floods, the enormous loss of life and
the strain of incessant righting apparently have taxed to the
limit of human endurance the opposing forces which are facing
each other in the death struggle in B iigiuin and northern
France. Another lull has come
sumably is but the prelude of one more desperate effort. To
day 's lepoi ts from the front indicate that assaults by infantry
and cavalry have abandoned for
engagements, and lhat only the
tions with vigor undiminished
Accounts of the fighting in Belgium, official and other
wise, dwell upon the frightful hardships which the me ia (-he
water-Boaked trencheK are called upon to endra, and the great
loss of life. Regarding this latter phase, official reports have
little to say and although private
' .the slaughter must be accepted
both the Germans and their foes
One such report comes from a British correspondent who
fcslirnates the Germans casualties
in the great battle, whic h pre
the moment, except for minor
-artillery is continuing opera
accounts of the extent of the
with reserve, it is evident that
have suftered greatly,
in the last fourdaya at 100,000
SCRAP BASKET.
THE WEEK IN HISTORY.
Monday, 10 Sherman b t a r t p
inarc h to the sea, 18(51.
uesday, 17 Firnt Woman's
temperance society organized,
1871
Wednesday, 18 Chester A.
Arthur died, 1S8C.
Thursday, 19 Organization of
W. C. T. U .completed, 1871
riday, 21 First negro preach
er licensed, 1780.
Saturday, 21 Batlle of Fort
Niagara, 1812. First meeting
of congress in Washington,
1800.
Sunday, 22 Pillory first used
in Boston, 1881.
WISE AND OTHERWISE
Newly married people used to
wonder if they were too old to
dance. Now they wonder if
hey are too young.
Between supplying bullets for
theanniea and 18-point type for
he newspapers the lead industry
ought to be flourishing.
The Russians may have cap
tured PiZemysl, but at last re-
)ortB the town was still holding
out heroically against the sim-
ilified spellers.
If a man has cattle out on the
farm he will go out every few
days to pee how they are getting
along. But if he has children in
school
To hurry the cooking process
of anything cooked in a double
boiler add salt to the witer in
the outer boiler.
Pour boiling water on oranges
and let them stand five minutes
This jtill cause the white lining
to come away clean with the
kin so that a large quantity can
be quickly sliced for sauce or
pudding,
When steaming potatoes, put
a cloth over them before putting
the lid on. They will lake
much less time to cook and be
much moro mealy than when
done in the ordinary way.
To hold our young people on
the farm we must make farm
life more attractive, as well as
the business of farming more
remunerative. The school house
should ha the social unit, prop
erly equipped for nourishing the
building character, so that the
lives of our people can properly
function around it and become
supplied with the necessary ele
ments of human thoughts and
activits.
Sounds Likely.
Our idea of a great financier Is a
man who worries more about tha
rice of call money than he does
about the price of pork chooe.
If similar reports from the east are to be credited, the
slaughter in that territory is no less tenible. A letter written
by a Galician ptiest, stating that 40,000 Austrian. luve been
buried in one day in a grave six and one-half feet wide and a
little more than four miles long. The bodies , the letter Bays,
were laid in three layers. Thesemenwerekilled.it is stated,
during a battle lasting only a few hours.
Tho latest Austrian announcement concerning the fighting in
Servia is that the advance on Servian territory i3 being continu
ed with success and that 8,000 prisoners were taken in one battle,
CASE OF BETTY ROSS
By JULIA GOUGH.
Young Gilinore tore the program
into bits and cast them into the
grate.
"W hy did you do that?' asked lluth.
"I always keep my programs to re
mind me of good times."
"I don't require a program to re
mlud me of a good time with you,
lluth," declared young Gllmore, "and
I find it wise to destroy all well, all
Uoeuments in evideucea."
"Why, what do you mean, Billy?"
"I mean that there's no use In agi
tating my sisters any more than is
unavoidable. If they should happen
to discover an afternoon concert pro
gram In my room they would ask at
ence: 'Who is the girl?" They knew
rery well that music alone wouldn't
call me forth ou a Sunday after
uoon." "Nonsense! They know you lore
lu uslc."
"Yes, they do; but they suspect ma
of loving well, something else eveii
The Humble Pumpkin.
The pumpkin figures neither
on the board of trade, nor crop
statistics. Scientific agricultur
ists do not lecture about it, and
railroads do not count upon the
pumpkin crop as likely to cause
a car shortage. The pumpkin
occasionally wins prizes in coun
ty fairs, but it excites the hum
orous interest of the layman
rather than the wrapt attentioa
of the expert. Tho pumpkin
grows bet ween corn rows will
out any particular attention,
and is seldom harvested. Most
farmois would sooner think of
( barging a thirsty traveler for
a drink fi em the well than to
put a price on a pumpkin that a
friend from town might crave
Of all humble vegetables of
the field the pumpkin is the
humblest, but when a bkiilfu
housewife cuts up a yellow
pumpkin, boils its tissues, mix
es with the mass some molasses
and adds spicks then bakes it in
a pie plate she produces a dish
the odor of which -is sweeter
than were ever ambrosial per
fumes to the gods on Olympus
and the taste of which would
delight a palate wearied witl
the fabled pastries of Arabia.
Nothing is so good as pump
kin pie. The only thing thit pa
vents it from becoming a staple
article of food is the failure of
the United States government to
valorize the pumpkin crop.
Trading Day
at Kenna,
Dec. 1, 1914.
Hiui e.
Ruth made an effort to look su
premely bored and succeeded so well
that Young Gilmore settled into an al
most sullen Bilence.
'Your sisters take a good deal of
Interest In you, don't they?' aked
Ruth casually after a few minutes. .
"Interest! That's putting It mildly.
They are fairly Ignited with curiosity
about my affairs. I never leave-
the house on an evening but one
or both of th'jm ask me where I'm
going aud whom I'm going with. I
sometimes marvel at their persistency
In the face of what might be called
Inglorious defeat, for I never give
them the least satisfaction."
"I think that's perfectly horrid of
you. I should expect you to tell me
something about your affairs If you
were my brother."
I don't aspire to that honor. There
is another position that I prefer to"
'What do you tell your sister
when they ask you whom you've been
with?"
"I invariably tell them Betty Ross."
"I should think they'd hate you."
"On llio contrary, they appear to
like me pretty well. In fact, I modest
ly believe I'm rather more likable
than you seem to think."
"Silly !."
"You telephoned my house this
morning, didn't you?"
Yes, I wished to tell you that we
ought to start early for the concert.
How did you know It was I?"
"My sister Rose said that the Betty
Ross with the sweet voice had asked
for me, so, of course, I knew It waa
you. Besides, there aren't many glrla
who have me on their telephone call
ing list."
"Well," pouted Ruth, "I don't phone
you very often never unless u.s
something really important.
"I know you don't hardly once in
a blue moon. But, just the same, my
sisters have learned your voice. They
know your writing, too." Gilmore
chuckled. "Grace says It's a good
thing I'm an architect or I wouldn't
able to decipher your Gothic hand."
"I don't puzzle you very frequently
with specimens of my chirography."
"Not half often euough. I wish you'd
try me with a nice little 'Yes.' I
venture to Baji that I could read It
without half trylng.7
"Silly!"
"Do you know, I believe you and my
sisters would agree perfectly."
What makes you think so?"
"Because, like you, they're always
calling me silly."
"Pooh!"
"Well, last evening, for Instance,
when I got home to dinner Rose aud
(Iraco asked mo In an excited duet,
'Whom were you walking with on
Michigan aveuuo today?' I inquired
how they knew I was walking with
anybody, and they said that a cousin
of ours who takes a remarkable In
terest in me, too had telephoned
them that she had seen me walking
with a girl at noou. My companion
was described to them as wearing a
blue silk ratine, whatever that may
be, with Bulgarian trimmings. I asked
the girls If they were absolutely sure
bout the Bulgarian trimmings, aud
when they declared that they were I
thought a moment and then said I be
lieved It must have been Betty Ross.
They both exclaimed that I was per
fectly silly."
"And ro you were," agreed Ruth as
she gazed at the guy Bulgarian collar
and cuffs of the new spring Jacket she
had thrown off when they came hi
from tho concert. "I don t see, Duly,
why you don't tell them the truth."
'If you'd let me know where I Btand
with Betty Rots, I'd be only too glad
to tell them," declared young Gilmore,
fervently. "It's up to you."
She Favored the Queen.
Two sisters while visiting Ireland
In Victoria's time got into conversa-
ilon one day with a tenant of their
hostess. One of the girls, who was
quite stout, asked the old woman if
she would have known them for sis
ters. "Well," was the answer, "ye look
alike, but yer sister's slender, while
you, miss well, you favor the quane."
Explanation.
"Mamma, I know what makes that,"
aid small Sadlu, who was watching,
the lightning flashes during a summer)
thower. ;
"What, dear?"
"The ungcla are scratching matcbea
on the clouds," was the reply.
Tho Kenna Kecord 1 year $1.