Senate Protest Over Air Service Demobilization
Washington July 18 Senator Fall of New Mexico charged that American troops crossed the border a dozen times recently and that soldiers wearing Carranza uniforms were killed in most cases. He blamed the war department policy for leaving the Mexican border poorly protected. A telegram from Governor Hommie of Texas protesting border demobilization was read in the Senate.
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Washington
Senate
Fall of
New Mexico
Carranza
War Department
Air Service
Hommie
Texas
Forest fires threaten towns and farms in northwest
Forest fires sweep western Montana and northern Idaho burning about thirty thousand acres of timber and threatening ranches and towns. Thousands fight the blazes with backfiring aiding control as winds shift. only Blue Lake remains uncontrolled with fifty men on scene. The Kellogg district fires at Big Creek and North Fork move slowly due to wind changes.
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Spokane
Wash
Montana
Idaho
Blue Lake
Big Creek
North Fork
Kellogg
Daylight Saving Bill Again Headed for President
Washington July 18 The agricultural committee attaches the daylight saving repeal clause as a rider to the agricultural bill. Anti administrationists press to force repeal through the house and to place it before the President again. Senate appropriations reports favorably the sundry retail bill carrying fourteen million dollars for veteran education, identical to the House version.
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Washington
Agricultural Committee
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Propaganda Influence Senate Against Kenyon Bill Licensing Packers
Senator Thomas of Colorado charged in the Senate that propaganda aims to influence lawmakers against the Kenyon bill to license the Packers and empower government regulation. He cited a Federal Trade Commission report warning Packers could dominate foodstuffs if not curbed promptly.
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Washington
Thomas
Colorado
Senate
Kenyon
Federal Trade Commission
Bolsheviks Are Hard on Jews
New York July 18 United Press says Bolshevism is not a Jewish driven revolution. Most Jews oppose bolshevism due to losses to confiscations and changes in small towns. Jewish rabbis oppose bolshevism while many Jewish intellectuals join and lead the movement. Pogroms blamed on anti bolshevik forces raise tensions near front lines, especially in Ukraine.
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New York
Russia
Economic Soviet
Moscow
Ukraine
Berlin Faces Serious Housing Shortage and Rent Strikes
Berlin braces for housing strain as rents rise and quarters become scarce. war workers influx, blocked construction, and illicit lumber trade push prices beyond contractors, prompting calls for municipal housing solutions and social reforms. The city contemplates regulating fares on the street railway, threatening a takeover to curb profits.
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Berlin
Roswell-Lake Arthur Baseball Game Resulted 18-8
Roswell defeated Lake Arthur 18 to 8 in yesterday afternoon’s baseball game. Dar 2 cek at. The report also mentions piano tuning services offered by M. Denton at Owl Drug Store with a $6.00 rate and annual tuning reminder.
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Owl Drug Store
F. M. Denton
Roswell
Le Baron Peck Visits Roswell From Charles Walker Ranch
Le Baron Peck, visiting the Charles Walker ranch this summer, will travel to Roswell tomorrow to spend a few days with his family.
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le Baron Peck
Charles Walker
Roswell
Economy and Good Management Highlighted in New Mexico
The New Mexico Tax Review praises economy and transparent accounting in public affairs. It notes county commissioners-saving jail staff, city police reductions, and Roswell school finances as examples. It urges clear tax expenditure reports, sensible road choices, and the traffic census method to curb rising taxes. Judge Brice returned from a Dallas-Houston trip.
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New Mexico
Board of County Commissioners
Board of Education
Roswell
Roosevelt Board of County Commissioners
Pershing Receives Freedom of City of London
London July 18 the Lord Mayor of London presented General Pershing with the freedom of the city and a sword of honor at Guildhall. He was then entertained at luncheon at the Mansion House following the ceremony.
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London
General Pershing
Guildhall
Persing
Mansion House
Bulgaria Ordered to Pay Reparations Bill In Daring Treaty
Paris July 18 It is learned that the treaty with Bulgaria framed calls upon Bulgarians to pay a reparation bill of from one to two billion francs (about 200 to 400 million dollars). The treaty with Bulgaria is nearly completed.
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Paris
Bulgaria
Senate Sounding Out Foreign Govt's on Treaty Reservations
Washington July 18 The senate voices its approach to Root reservations in the peace treaty. An administrator senator said adopting reservations could prompt counter reservations from other governments and delay the peace settlement and League of Nations work. He warned reservations might vitiate the treaty but noted acceptance by other powers could reduce objections.
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Washington
Senate
League of Nations
Germany seeks loans from America to prepare for next war
Berlin July 18 Germany requests credits from America says Deutsche Bank director Wasserman. He argues raw materials and food are vital for German obligations to the Entente and to become a stable world member. He suggests copper and materials on credit would enable rehabilitation and debt repayment.
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Berlin
Germany
Amerika
Wasserman
Deutsche Bank
Employers Lock Out Carpenters Over Wage Dispute in Chicago
In Chicago on July 18, one hundred thousand building and steel construction workers were locked out by the carpenter contractors association and the building construction employers association after workers refused to return. They sought a twenty cent hourly increase while employers offered a 12 percent raise. More than fifty million dollars in work halted and daily wage losses are estimated at six hundred thousand dollars.
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Chicago
Carpenter Contractors Association
Building Construction Employers Association
Bela Kun government overthrown in Hungary dispatches
Dispatches from Vienna report the overthrow of the Bela Kun soviet government in Budapest. Herr Lander and General Boehm are said to have assumed control of Hungary's soviet government.
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Vienna
Paris
Bela Kun
Budapest
Hungary
Herr Lander
Boehm
Wilson Talks With Four More Senators On League
Washington July 18 President Wilson continued pressuring opponents of the League of Nations by inviting four more Republican senators to the White House. Senator Kellogg was first to meet and said the talk followed the pattern of earlier discussions. He reaffirmed that reservations appear necessary.
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Washington
Wilson
League of Nations
White House
Kellogg
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Pecos Valley Livestock Ass'n
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