City Council Meets in November Session with Several Ordinances
The council, with most members present, approved minutes and financials showing receipts exceed disbursements by 1231.98. They heard reports from water and light and police judges, granted a sidewalk permit, discussed Ordinances 222 to 225, debated paying Roswell Electric debt with or without interest, approved building permits, shifted funds to meet expenses, and named W. D. Babb pound master before a mayoral recess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haymaker
Cummins
Messrs. Cummins, Reid and Wyllys
Mullis
Roswell
Reid
Gillenwater
Bryant, Whiteman and Wyllys
K. K. Scott
The
Electric Light Company
Albuquerque
J. F. Roscoe
East Second Street
W. Q. Fawcett
J. M. Miller
Park Fund
Library Fund
Mr. Whiteman
Elks
Bryant
Messrs. Mullis
Cottingham Cummins
Anderson
Messrs
Davis
Whiteman
Wyllys
Veal
W. D. Babb
Robbers Hold Up Mining Officials in Lordsburg
Four stockholders of the Calumet and Arizona Mining Company were robbed in their private car on a Lordsburg siding. Alfred Paul Dr James Harlow James Sargent and Thomas Holston were present. bandits stole 11.20 with 1,500 in the car untouched. In Columbus, Ohio robbers blasted the Merchants Farmers Bank in Hilliard and took eight to ten thousand dollars before fleeing on a horse and buggy after disabling the local harness.
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el Paso
Texas
Calumet& Arizona Mining Company
Lordsburg
N. Y
Alfred Paul
New York
James Harlow
Jas. Sargent
Arizona
Thomas Holston
Calumet, Mich
Ohio
Columbus
Merchants
Farmers Bank
Hilliard
R. K. Francis
Pickets Publicly Submit to Arrest to Discredit Police
The society members plan to surrender to authorities to prove their innocence and counter accusations of brutality, portraying themselves as victims while challenging law enforcement actions.
Briand Resigns as French Cabinet Forms New Government
Paris reports that Premier Briand preserves strong stance on the railway strike but resignations by ministers cause shock. He agrees to form a new cabinet after officials clash over measures to avert a labor crisis and continued strike tensions.
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Paris
France
Briand
Chamber of Deputies
Fallieres
Prohibition Petitions at Arizona Constitutional Session
Fifteen minute session at Santa Fe sees petitions for state wide prohibition referred to committee. Brice urges creation of a special committee on prohibition. Arizona convention reports on amendment mode with two thirds or initiative petition as paths. Democratic and Republican leaders hold talks on irrigation and water rights. General strike threats loom in New York as transit and allied workers seek terms. Chicago strikers resume demonstrations with clashes and arrests but police pledge even treatment for club women and social workers.
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Water and Light Committee
First
Main
A. J. Welter
Marshal Wooster
Dunn
Shearman
Second Street
Valley Fruit & Storge Company
Santa Fe
Brice
Committee On Committees
Phoenix
Arizona
National Civic Federation
New York
Express
Gov. Fort
New Jersey
Gaynor
Witt Penn
Jersey City
Chicago
West Jackson Boulevard
Green Street
West Madison Street
Coheny Company
Ashland Street
Stewart
Ministers Departures and Likely Permanent Retirement
Miller of public works posts and telegraph and M Vivian labor minister dissented from the Briand plan and likely retire permanently. Foreign minister Pichon commerce minister Dupuy war minister Brun and navy minister La Peyrere will probably stay in the new cabinet.
Illinois Central Officials Held by Grand Jury
Chicago November 2 former Illinois Central railroad officials Frank B Harri man Charles L Ewing and John M Taylor were held by the grand jury on graft charges after weeks of hearings.
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Illinois Central
GRAND
Chicago
Frank B. Harriman
Charles L. Ewing
John M. Taylor
Illinois Central Railroad
Grand Jury
Portuguese Regiments Threaten Revolt Over Promotions
In Lisbon on November 2 the second and fifth regiments sent a round robin to the provisional president Braga declaring readiness for insurrection unless promised promotions and pensions for aiding the overthrow of the Monarchy are granted. The government is expected to yield.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Republic of
Braga
Indictments for Freight Rate Discrimination Against Rail and Coal Firms
Federal grand jury returns twenty eight indictments against the Hocking Valley Railroad and nine against the Sunday Creek Coal Company charging freight rates discriminations. Good driving nurses sat City Livery.
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R. R. Company and Mining CO
Toledo
Ohio
Hocking Valley Railroad
Sunday Creek Coal Company
City
Delegates Called To Reach Agreement On Initiative Percentages
Delegates have been summoned for tonight to finalize the proposed initiative and referendum percentages. The gathering aims to resolve key figures and secure consensus before proceeding.
Arizona Man Receives Carnegie Hero Medal Reward
Henry P. McCoy of Tucson was located after a seven year search tracing him from Chicago to Honolulu and Shanghai to Tucson. He received a $1000 cash award and a silver medal from the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission for rescuing a man imprisoned in a Chicago area well.
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Tucson
Arizona
Chicago
Honolulu
Shanghai
Henry P. McCoy
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Room and board arrangement noted for Mrs Gertrude Calvin
Mrs Gertrude Calvin residing at 400 North Lea is listed for room and board arrangements under the local notices.
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Gertrude Calvin
N. Lea
Strike Arbitration Nears Settlement in Express Firms
New York November 2 Mayor Gaynor announced that express company drivers and helpers agreed to arbitration. If the companies consent, workers will return to duties pending a board chosen to conduct the arbitration.
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New York
Express Companies
Gaynor
Pitt House auction recalls era of William Pitt in England
London watchers reflect on what might have been as Pitt House Hampstead Heath, once home to Lord North and William Pitt the Great Commoner, goes to auction. The house preserves rooms Pitt used and a historic padlock he used during moments of mental absorption and isolation.
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London
Pitt House
Wildwoods
Hampstead Heath
Lord North
William Pitt
England
Earldom of
Chatham
Pitt
Great Britain
America
Republic of the
United States
Rumors of Revolution in Spain Refuted
Madrid reports calm across Spain with no foundation for revolutionary outbreaks, especially in Barcelona, as rumors of upheaval are dismissed.
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Spain
Madrid
Barcelona
Wool Market Report Sees Steady Prices Across Regions
St. Louis notes steadiness in wool with territory and western med iums priced 18 to 23 percent. fine mediums 17 to 20. fine wool 12 to 16. The update reflects current regional pricing and quality tiers.
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St. Louis
War correspondent and artist Melton Prior dies in London
London November 2. Melton Prior a noted war correspondent and artist who witnessed about twenty four campaigns and revolutions died today in London. He covered conflicts across Europe and the Middle East and was renowned for his frontline sketches.
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London
England
Melton Prior
Brady claims Cuban mine sunk the Maine Iden- tifies the electrician
Col Jasper Ewing Brady, one of four government investigators, told a Kansas City audience that Cubans planted the mine that destroyed the Maine in Havana harbor on February 14 1898. He named Jose Zavaldo Morro Castle electrician as the man who triggered the blast and said Zavaldo was executed by General Blanco. Navy officials dismissed Brady story and deny a military board investigated the wreck.
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Kansas City, Mo
Jasper Ewing Brady
Maine
Havana Harbor
Spain
Cuba
Col. Brady
Jose Zavaldo
Morro Castle
Zavaldo
Blanco
Moro Castle
Navy Department
Washington
Washington, D. C
Signal Corps of
Army
Wainwright
Brady
Navy
Former Times Owner Gilb er t R Jones Shoots Self
Gilbert R. Jones former owner of the New York Times killed himself in his Times building office on Park Row. He died from a self inflicted gunshot wound, the act occurring today.
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NEW York Times
New York
Gilbert R. Jones
The
Old Times
Park Row
Wreck on Trinity and Brazos Valley Kills Several
A serious collision between a freight and passenger train on the Trinity and Brazos Valley railroad near Honey Springs in southern Texas results in multiple fatalities. No further details are given.
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Texas
Dallas
Trinity and Brazos Valley Railroad
Honey Springs
Nunivak Island’s matriarchal tribe and shrinking birth rate
Anthropologists report Nunivak Island in the Bering Sea is run by women with men in servitude. Women wear trousers and hold all major family and communal decisions. Births are rare. from ten marriages only one child is born, seven in a decade, leaving fewer than 200 residents and a forecasted depopulation within twenty years.
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Washington
Nunivak Island
Alaska
Bering Sea
Roswell Weather Report for November 2
Local Roswell New Mexico observation at 6:00 a m reports high yesterday 76 and low 33 with a mean of 54 precipitation 6 wind 2 miles south clear skies. Forecast for Roswell and vicinity calls for tonight and Thursday fair.
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U. S&s Weather Bureau
Roswell
N. M
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