Republican Leaders Meet to Organize Sixty sixth Congress
Republican leaders gather in the House to organize the Sixty-sixth Congress and outline a legislative program. It’s the first Republican majority in eight years. A committee on committees will select a floor leader and assign members to House committees. Nicholas Longworth of Ohio is Speaker-elect Gillett's choice for floor leader.
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Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
Gillett
Wilson Sailed From Sandy Hook On Second Voyage to France
The liner George Washington carrying President Wilson and party sailed from Sandy Hook at ten this morning escorted by a warship and five destroyers. Wilson praised the public backing for peace efforts and said the League of Nations is not a partisan issue while Republican objections focus on parts of its covenant.
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New York
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Hoboken
Metropolitan Opera House
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Senate
Hines Plans to Face Railroads Financial Troubles
Director General of Railways Hines is forming plans to meet looming financial trouble after the senate failed to pass a 750 million dollar railroad appropriation. With 315 million needed in rentals and only 31 million on hand, the railroad administration faces deferring improvements as 200 million is required to refinance maturing bonds.
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Hines
Senate
Railroad Administration
Germans Do Not Credit Their Own Propaganda
Berlin February 4 German propaganda officials acknowledge Allied propaganda is shaping German views. An official told a United Press correspondent that Germans are being convinced the opposite of what they believe and blame Allied tactics, while Germans seldom trust their own rulers. The remark notes Germans’ long habit of insisting others accept their views.
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Berlin
Foreign Office
United Press
Germany
Community Board Plans Green Park Space
The Community house board met for the monthly session to discuss converting west grounds into a green spot with a wire fence and a morning glory screen like Elk club grounds. Funding remains unsettled, though W F Nutt offered to donate gardener services and progressive citizens could provide posts fencing seeds and dirt. Board members present were Mrs M R Summers Mrs C F Beeson Mrs Grace T Bear Miss Lucile Woodard H M Dow Claude Simpson.
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Elk Club
W. F. Nutt
Berrando Farms
M. R. Summers
C. F. Beeson
Grace T. Bear
Lucile Woodard
H. M. Dow
Claude Simpson
Praetorians Set March Meeting For Officer Election
Special notice to Praetorians announces Roswell Council regular meeting on Thursday night March 6 to hold the annual officer election. About 30 candidates expected. All members urged to attend. visitors welcome. Refreshments after the business session. Meet promptly at 7 80 at Odd Fellows Hall. D D Wimberly Recorder.
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Praetorians
Roswell Council
Odd Fellows Hall
New Mexico Club Notes Highlight Roswell and Albuquerque Activities
Roswell hosts two thriving parent teachers clubs with a Colonial era tea fundraiser by the Daughters of the American Revolution to aid a French orphan. Albuquerque clubs report civic meetings, domestic science day, a music club talk on War Poetry, and social events at Elk’s Home. Notable visitors include local LADIES and national Liberty Loan figures while Santa Fe groups review literature and discuss war tasks and postwar ideals.
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Felix Baca
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Silver City
Will Letcher
Conner
Ethel Hickey
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Geo. K. Angle
J. BR. Kenyon
Philips
Antoinette Funk
Donnell
Boston
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J. R. Kenyon
Liberty Loan
Grant County
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Chaves County
A. F. Coddington
Quay County
Charles White
Bernalillo County
G. S. Wood
Curry County
Richardson
de Baca County
Vincent May
Dona Ana
Mitch H.A. Stroup
Holdy County
J. W. Mclaven
Guadalagds County
Mary C. Adams
Lincoln
Santa Fe Woman’s Club
Antoinette Funks
Sergion
City Fathers Hold Meeting
The city council met in regular session at city hall to transact routine business and discuss future plans. Health and quarantine measures with state law alignment were debated, while a gasoline storage ordinance was proposed to prohibit above ground storage. The dog ordinance was killed as unenforceable. A pauper hospital cost review found charges higher than current funding, and a joint civic committee was formed to address Spring River cleanup with immediate action.
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Charles Whiteman
Fire Committee
St. Mary's Hospital
New Flour and Grain Company Opens Roswell Depot
The Roswell Flour and Feed Company, distributor for Imperial Mills and Kelley Grain of Wichita, opens a local depot with E A Lewis as manager. Imperial Mills and Kelley Grain Co, a longtime Kansas rolling mill, adds this city to its reach as Ed McLean of Imperial Mills oversees stock arrivals. Depot to be located in the FitzGerald building at 110 N Main Street.
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Imperial Mills and Kelley Grain Company
Wichita
Kansas
E. A. Lewis
Imperial Mills and Kelley Grain Co
Ed McLean
Imperial Mills Co
FitzGerald Building
N. Main Street
German Policy Sparks Bitter Debate In New Mexico And Germany
A Santa Fe conference criticizes Governor Larrazolo over the bilingual education bill while New Mexico lawmakers debate pay reforms and nepotism limits. In Europe, London reports Germany facing a grave final test as Spartacans clash with government troops, martial law holds Berlin, and Britain weighs Allied support and indemnities.
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Noske
Present Berlin Riots Rise to Violent Chinese Lab?
Basle dispatches say the Berlin riots are as violent as Dr Liebknecht led in January. Radicals attack police stations targeting thirty two precincts and the central station. Mobs lynch policemen while arson and looting hit arms depots jewelry stores and food outlets. A Spartacan leader vows to render Germany worse than Russia before rebuilding on ruins.
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Switzerland
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Liebknecht
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Russia
Germans Soon to Be Called to Paris for Peace Terms
Paris March 6 The Germans soon will be called to Paris to receive preliminary peace terms within a week or a fortnight after President Wilson arrives. The reparations committee believes Germany can pay between twenty five and forty billion dollars, not covering the vast additional damages.
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German Revolutionists Demand War Makers Be Tried
Berlin March 3 The new revolutionists presented demands to the Ebert Scheidemann government calling for a trial by a peoples council of the Hohenzollerns Hindenburg Ludendorff and von Tirpitz for war responsibility and Germanys destruction They demand immediate release of political prisoners disarmament of volunteer regiments creation of a Red Guard and a political and commercial alliance with the Russian soviets.
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von Hindenburg
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von Tirpitz
Carper Heads by Auto to El Paso for Business
Robert E. B. Carper left this morning by automobile for El Paso where he will attend to business matters for several days.
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el Paso
Robert EB. Carper
Fasting talk at St Andrew's Episcopal tonight at 7:30
A church notice invites the public to preach on Fasting and What Christ Said about It at St Andrew's Episcopal Church this evening at 7 30 and asks readers to bring a friend. The Commerce building is unveiling a new sign to guide visitors and has undergone interior improvements to become an attractive, comfortable city landmark.
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St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Christ
Commerce
Funeral arrangement for Kenneth R. Watson in New York City
Kenneth R. Watson died in New York City after an appendectomy. The funeral will be held Friday at 3 PM from the family home 507 West Fourth Street, with burial at South Park. Six local sailor boys led by Ensign De jap Belding will be pallbearers. The body, with the mother, arrives on tomorrow's afternoon train. Watson served in the navy over a year and was just returning from foreign service when he fell ill. He will be interred with naval military honors.
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Kenneth R. Watson
New York City
West Fourth Street
South Park
Dejap Belding
Kenneth Watson
Navy
Weather report and forecast for Roswell and New Mexico
U S Weather report by Cleve Hallenbeck notes yesterday's high 60 and low 24 with normal highs of 65 and lows of 33 for the date. Forecasts call for fair weather tonight and Thursday with warmer temperatures, while northern areas see rising temps and continued cold in the plains.
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Cleve Hallenbeck
Roswell
New Mexico
Gulf Coast
Texas
Oklahoma
Mountain States
Plains
North Dakota
Ad Meeting Postponed To Next Tuesday Night
The weekly advertising club meeting was postponed last night to next Tuesday due to the city council meeting and a high celebration at the Elk's club.
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Advertising Club
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