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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1923
Page
1
Oklahoma City reports six dead at Leaday as rivers run at flood stage and communications fail. Western counties see storm damage. rail traffic halted. North Canadian river hits a record level and threatens levee areas with possible inundation for about five hundred homes.
MCLEAN Texas May 22 No casualties have been reported here today as the result of a cyclone and severe air storm which struck in this vicinity late yesterday. About twenty residences and as many barns were wrecked in the southeast corner of town. Fences windmills and crops also suffered. The loss is estimated at between fifty and a hundred thousand dollars.
Corpus Christi May 17 A new rattlesnake farm dedicated to breeding and shipping deadly reptiles opens. Owned by W A King of Brownsville the farm may be the only one of its kind. King says rattlesnakes are best handled bare handed and notes the serum antidote is scarce. He credits Professor Raymond I Ditmars of the New York Zoological Gardens for supplying current serum.
Dallas on May 19 heard State Senator John W. Davis say divorce reflects modern progress, not racial decadence. He told Democratic Women of Dallas that grandmothers accepted harsher married life while today women demand and assert their rights, noting rising divorce rates as hopeful.
Elizabeth Windom was arrested for violating state prohibition law and jailed. Her case is set for trial before Judge Fietcher later this week.
Carlisle Ohio May 22 A Baltimore and Ohio grade crossing tragedy left five Williams family members dead when a passenger train struck their truck as a bus passenger stepped out to view a crowd. Driver Jess Gross was slightly injured as a grain elevator briefly blocked the view.
In Jersey City on May 22, Frank Sayes resisted arrest in a holdup probe from an attic fortress. Tear bombs forced surrender after two officers were killed and two wounded. Sayes and his wife were arrested, with the wife suspected of firing.
Houston Texas May 19 Private George W Williams a Confederate veteran from the Texas Confederate Veterans home in Austin travels the state each spring. He served in the Tom Green regiment and fought at Galveston where he witnessed the execution of Nicaragua Smith. Williams describes himself as a preacher and lecturer who relishes roaming the state and views travel as a duty.
plan to secure large attendance at the Colorado Gulf Highway association meeting in Alvarado with an automobile parade from Colorado Springs June 27 to 28. Cars will carry banners for their towns and counties urged to improve highways to boost statewide support.
Attorney and Mrs James M Harvey left this morning for their home in Albuquerque after spending several days here attending to business matters and visiting friends.
Roswell Floral Company advertises choice cut flowers and floral designs with free delivery. Includes contact by phone 196 and mentions advertising availability.
Washington May 22 The U S government will negotiate directly with the Shantung bandits to obtain the release of the American and other foreign prisoners if necessary to secure their freedom. The problem of Americans and other foreigners held by the bandits was the sole topic of the cabinet meeting at the White House.
London May 22 Stanley Baldwin has been named premier of Great Britain after a Buckingham Palace conference. He accepted the king's invitation to form a new government and will automatically receive resignations of Bonar Law cabinet members. The new cabinet is expected to be announced tomorrow with no material changes.
The 25th annual graduation at New Mexico Military Institute was held in the mess hall at 10:30 am. Governor Hink and Col Troutman attended with the regents and faculty. The program included an invocation, address Opportunity by A Goldsmith, certificate and diploma presentations, and commissions. The graduating class lists names for High School and Junior College, with honors and rifle team awards noted for the year.
Clarence R. Young prominent Roswell citizen died at St. Marys hospital at 9 05 this morning after a brief illness He would have been 66 on August 28 He had lived in Roswell 20 years coming from Oklahoma where he served nine years as deputy U S marshal He was Roswell s first sheriff after New Mexico statehood serving 1912 14 He leaves a wife and five children Funeral services will be held at 3 pm tomorrow at Roswell Undertaking chapel with burial at South Park Rev C C Hill to officiate Pallbearers named locally He was born August 28 1857 in Franklin County Alabama He had been a peace officer farmer and rancher and was beloved in the community.
Marie Piero, a Louisiana dressmaker, fainted after dancing 44 hours in a Houston endurance contest where warrants had been served for vagrancy. She endured with only coffee and twenty cents, driven by the $50 prize to fund railroad fare home and meals.
An old Roswell advertisement touts Michelin tires and tubes as value, offering a card tire quote and bonus S. H. Green Trading Stamps. The ad emphasizes quality without high price and promotes the trading stamp incentive.
The document lists award recipients across sports and academics including football players Blake Clarke Stratton Godfrey Smith F. Symcovitz Mitch ell White N. B. Smith D. B. Mills Blair T. BE and baseball players Godfrey Blake Tinkle Nx Hart C. S. Smith J. F. Tate E. E. Bancroft White N. EL Somerville Tennis Lewis M. B. Evans W. A Swimming Smith B. Bruce Watkins Bent Tate B. Basketball Little ie I BRB Kennedy Nix Stratton Godfrey. Boxing Way Taylor Lehmann Mc Grath Polo McKeely Bullock Ea Bullock T Knight Clarke. First Honor Scholarships Third Class Belgium Fourth Class And erson 8 Fifth Class Murrey Sixth Class Evans Tv.
Chicago May 22 An increase in the wages of snap laborers amounting to four million dollars per year retroactive to May first was made effective by the Pennsylvania Railroad today The advance amounts to two and three cents an hour
In Austin on May 22, the Texas House records opposition to any measure not strictly revenue raising during the third called session. It rejects the Col lings chiropractor bill as outside the Governor’s call, despite its revenue features. A bill by Rep Fields seeks to repeal all appropriations for the Texas Technological College, with several signatures.
The Canadian Pacific steamer Marvale is aground off Cape Freels rock with only the bridge funnels and mast showing. All 430 passengers and crew were safely taken ashore after the collision with a rock caused a hole below the water line. European women face a future without husbands due to wartime losses.
The Department of the Interior states three of the world’s four petrified forests lie within the United States with the fourth near Cairo Egypt. The forests are described as imperishable and beautiful, dated from five to fifteen million years, located near Wallstoga California in Petrified Forest National Monument Arizona and in Yellowstone Park.
Roswell Pump Co advertises AMERICAN PUMPS as best on earth with 28 years of Pecos Valley service. Exclusive agents offer lifetime experience and stock including John Lucas paint. On another note, Miss Gretchen Winterrowd and Miss Elsie Basnty departed last night for eastern points.
A large Kiwanis luncheon featured visitors from Albuquerque Roswell and Pecos Valley Drug Co with Stearns Cary and Glenn Morris giving short talks. The Marion Quartet performed songs and scientist Morris announced tonight's Chautauqua lecture on electricity and radio.
The New Mexico Military Institute Alumni held their annual reunion at the Gilkeson Hotel with 61 alumni attending. Governor Hinkle Mayor Ford and Col. Troutman attended as guests of honor. The group adopted the slogan Every Alumnus Send a Cadet and pledged funds for a portrait of Col Wilson. Col Troutman delivered the principal address and outlined school progress and needs.
A Santa Fe County suit tests a 1923 repeal of a deputy salary allowance under the Tax Code. The Taxpayers' Association aims to clarify the constitutional ban on officer compensation changes during a term, noting the assessor to receive 2200 salary, 1000 deputies, and 1500 special allowance in 1923 unless repealing act stands.
Ten year old Frank Fleming runs a thriving worm ranch in Stamford Texas. Each day after school he digs worms, places them in wooden boxes, and feeds them until customers arrive. A recent customer used his bait to catch a 41 pound catfish in Clear Fork River, proving the quality of the worms.
An advertisement from Roswell Auto Company touts Veedol Fordol Oil as the solution to Ford car lubrication problems after four years of refining at the Veedol Oil refinery. It promises quick results and offers S. H. Green Trading Stamps with purchases.
In the year 23-24 Hi Dow was elected president and Lawrence Merchant became secretary. By resolution the territorial vice president will be appointed by the President this year. A committee was appointed to draft suitable resolutions in memory of Capt. Caruthers and other alumni who have died in the past year. The meeting was adjourned to reconvene at the next commencement.
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