Turkey to lose prewar power under peace terms
London reports the council of premiers negotiating a treaty to reduce Turkey’s population by four-fifths, abolish the navy, and allow only small policing ships. Demands include Greece receiving first consideration for indemnities, with deadlock over the Adriatic and moves toward a softer attitude toward Germany and Russia.
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London
Turkey
Council of Premiars
Greece
Adriatic
Jugo-Slavia
Wilson
Lloyd-George
Germany
Russia
Council
Campaign to spray up clean city Roswell style
The city announces a sweeping cleanup and fly control campaign in Roswell. Residents are urged to cooperate immediately to remove rubbish and unsightly shacks, with alleys receiving thorough cleaning and future haul-away plans. Noncooperating residents may face city ordinances.
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Roswell
Fifteen more defendants dismissed in Michigan election fraud case
Grand Rapids, March 3. Judge Clarence Sessions dismissed fifteen minor defendants for failure to substantiate charges. The action follows twenty three others dismissed yesterday, leaving eighty five defendants remaining in the Michigan election frauds trial.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Clarence Sessions
Michigan
Mary Pickford Divorced From Owen Moore in Nevada
Mary Pickford Moore, noted actress, was divorced from Owen Moore in Douglas County Nevada on Monday. She had been living on a ranch near Genoa since February, unknown to the public. Moore did not contest the divorce. Mary dressed shabbily and wept on the witness stand amid Genoa reports that an effort was made to keep the proceeding secret.
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Carson City
Mary Pickford Moore
Owen Moore
Douglas County
Nevada
Genoa
Moore
Mary
Child Crime On Increase Record in Vienna
Vienna faces severe hunger and disease among 100000 schoolchildren due to food shortages and weak hospital care. A Red Cross survey notes rising juvenile crime, overwhelmed courts, and milk rations aiding hungry children as commerce and city life shrink, with Ringstrasse shops largely empty.
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Vienna
Austria
American Red Cross
J Welry
Ros well Picacho Inc sale near Orchard Park acreage
The National Exp. Co. spudded in their No. 2 well at Orchard Park about a short distance from the acreage offered for sale by Ros well Picacho Inc.
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Roswell Picacho Inc., Co
National Exp. Co
Orchard Park
City Council Sets April 4 Election and Names Officials
At last night’s regular meeting the city council set the election for Tuesday April 4 and named the officials of the election and registration boards. Mayor Dow was absent, Alderman Rose presiding. A special meeting is planned for Wednesday March 10 to address paving and other matters. Several streets may be paved, fines will be collected on the spot, and permits were approved for filling stations at Second and Richardson and Main and Fifth. A gasoline storage tank petition near the Texas company was passed as a legal form issue. Regular bills were approved and routine business completed.
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H. M. Dow
Rose
Frank Young
Rolla Hinkle
Richardson
Main
Fifth
Carl McNally
Texas Company
Tank’s birth in Britain and France at war’s outset
The War Department traces the tank’s origin to early 1915 when Britain and France independently sought a mobile fighting platform. Britain aimed for a moving fortress to crush trenches and wire while French designs carried infantry aboard. Early French tanks failed on rough ground due to a narrow caterpillar tread and were abandoned.
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Washington
Great Britain
War Office
Russia
War Department
No Man‘s Land
Western storm moves eastward into western Kansas
The western storm shifts east, bringing general snow to western and northern Kansas regions. Temperatures are expected to fall sharply, with some districts approaching cold wave conditions. The system will continue eastward, followed by a high barometer surge from the north, and unsettled weather with possible precipitation in the vicinity.
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Kansas
Cleve Hallenbeck
Big Show at Pastime Tonight
The Pastime presents a strong program headlined by Harry Morey in The Darkest Hour and three thrill driven comedies. The cinema promises good value for the small admission price with entertaining features and reliable pictures.
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Harry Morey
Probate notice in New Mexico estate case Wyatt
In the matter of the estate of Robert H Wyatt deceased executors Mary T Wyatt William J Wyatt and Dillard H Wyatt filed final accounting and petitions for discharge Judge J T Evans set March 4 1920 at 10 A M in Roswell for objections to the report and petition objections must be filed with Chaves County Clerk by that date BEAL
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Chaves County
State OF New Mexico
Robert H. Wyatt
Mary T. Wyatt
William J. Wyatt
Dillard H. Wyatt
Robert H .Wyatt
J. T. Evans
New Mexico
Roswell
Seatvie elects Major Caldwell mayor by large margin
Seattle March 3 Major Hugh Caldwell a soldier candidate won the mayoralty by sixteen thousand votes over labor candidate James apie ae, signaling strong backlash against last year's general strike. The labor ticket faced a decisive defeat, and Caldwell’s victory was framed as a clear repudiation of organized labor’s platform in the city.
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Seattle
Wash
Hugh Caldwell
Seatvie
James Apie Ae
Yesteray
Ladies Skirts Set to Be Two Inches Shorter This Summer
Chicago forecast notes ladies skirts will be ten inches from the ground, two inches shorter than before. Homespuns silks and percal es favored in all colors and varieties.
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Chicago
Palmer sugar handling probed by House Rules Committee
Washington March 3 The House Rules Committee authorized an investigation into Attorney General Palmer’s handling of the Louisiana sugar situation. Representative Tinkham charged that Palmer had increased the sugar price from eleven to seventeen cents, prompting the probe.
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Washington
Gemaral Palmer
Louisiana
House Rules Committee
Wool Growers Banquet Tickets Limited for Roswell Visitors
The Wool Growers banquet at the Gilder Hotel Monday offers limited tickets for Roswell residents with surplus tickets sold to locals. Roswell chamber accepts reservation requests as not more than fifty tickets are available for Roswell people. Visitors arrive Sunday and a comfortable lodging plan is emphasized with additional emergency rooms listed by the Chamber of Commerce.
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Gilder Hotel
Roswell
Chamber of Commerce
Plan for revolt found in Bolshevist instructions
Washington March 3 Instructions for organizing a bolshevist revolution in the United States were found on Anton Kotteroff captured at Riga en route to New York. Senate committee read notes detailing arms use and workers’ society organization while attacks on the senate and congress were urged. Also cited are three million rubles in diamonds and messages to Russians in the U.S. plus a humorous aside about Highball Hazlitt and a Margarita Fisher lyric.
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Washington
United States
Anton Kotteroff
Riga
Russia
New York
Senate Committee
Ludwig Martens
Kotteroff
Senate
Congress
Weather forecast for Roawell and New Mexico region
Forecaster notes colder tonight with westerly wind shifting to north. In New Mexico expect partly cloudy skies with probable snow in the northeast tonight and Thursday in the eastern areas. Colder tonight in the county east portion Thursday.
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Roawell
New Mexico
Massie
Returns Due March 15 Tax Filing Rules For 1919
Government tax notice outlines March 15 deadline for 1919 income tax returns. It details filing thresholds 1000 for single 2000 for married, status based on year end, joint vs separate returns, and forms 1000 1040 1040A 1120 1965 1098 1096. Includes guidance on eligibility, penalties, and where to file with Carl A. Hatch in Albuquerque.
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Congress
New Mexico
Carl A. Hatch
Internal Revenue
Albuquerque
N.M
United States
Commissioner of Interna/Revenue
Washington, D. C
Income Tax in Nutshell for Individuals and Couples
Summary of 1919 net income thresholds for single persons and married couples, with March 15 1920 final filing date. Details include where to file, how to complete Forms 1040A and 1040, and tax rates: four percent up to 4000 excess of exemption, eight percent on remaining taxable income, plus surtax escalating beyond.
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Internal Revenue
Wilson's First Car Ride Since Illness
President Wilson took his first automobile ride today in Washington since falling ill last October. The outing marks a public return to activity after a prolonged illness.
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Washington
Wilson
Resignation of Vice Governor Albert Strauss at Fed Board
Albert Strauss, vice governor of the Federal Reserve Board, has resigned from his post in Washington on March 3. His departure ends his key role at the central bank and prompts a search for a replacement.
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Federal Reserve Board
Washington
Albert Strauss
Community House Board Meeting Highlights Actions
The Community House board met at the Chamber of Commerce with Mrs. C. F. Beeson presiding. Bills were approved for payment, committees named for Finance, House, and Publicity, and a citywide cleanup campaign prompted a building cleanup order by the Woman's Club civic and health departments.
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Community House
Chamber of Commerce
C. F. Beeson
Will C. Lawrence
H. V. Fall
H. M. Down House
Grace T. Bear
Woman’s Club
Claude Simpson
Woman's Club
Willesden Man Convicted Over Deserted Overcoat Purchase
London. A Willesden man was convicted and fined five dollars for resisting buying an army overcoat from a deserter. He then asked to recover the five dollars paid to the soldier, citing the garment’s questionable provenance.
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London
Eng
Willesden
Frank Talmage Moves Offices to FitzGerald Building
Frank Talmage and Frank Talmage Jr. relocate all day offices from North Virginia to Rooms 1 and 2 in the FitzGerald building.
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Frank Talmage
Frank Talmage, Jr
North Virginia
FitzGerald Building
Call for bank statements by Comptroller in Washington
The Comptroller of the Currency has issued a call for statements of the condition of national banks at the close of business last Saturday February 28.
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Washington
Manoa
Veterans Bonus Debate Targets Service Members
Washington lawmakers clash over monthly service bonuses for ex soldiers. Veterans of Foreign Wars push for 30 dollars per month of service plus 100 dollars for overseas duty, plus loan access for homes or farms. Hull warns higher taxes and living costs. Rainey says the government is already behind and would require oppressive taxation without a grant. Edward Hale suggests funding via higher income taxes.
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Washington
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Hull
Edward Hale
Rainey
Margarita Spar Promises Versatile Cabaret at New Lyric
Admirers learn Margarita Fisher will appear tonight and tomorrow at the New Lyric Theatre in Put Up Your Hands a comedy drama. She displays charm and versatility amid novelty scenes including a gymnasium set in a former saloon and an exhibition with Bull Montana in a one-horse mining town.
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Margarita
Margarita Fisher
New Lyric Theatre
Miss Fisher
Shortage of Gold Sparks Wedding Ring Scarcity
New York on March 3 reports that leap year marriages have surged to new highs while a gold shortage drives a scarcity of wedding rings. Engagement rings are being discarded in large numbers as couples seek alternatives.
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New York
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Roswell New Mexico
Beal
Seate LI
Probe Palmers
Wool Growers
United State
Hazlitt
Internal Revenue Office
P. Carmichael
J. R.'Daughtry
CD Realty & Investment Co
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South Ky
North Main St
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First Natl
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Turner Land and Abstract Company
BS Tamonett
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