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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1910
Page
2
Roswell hopes to gain rail facilities to bolster its status as a premier convention town in New Mexico. Reports from Santa Fe indicate the new state legislature will have two houses, 49 members in the larger house and 24 in the senate.
The text argues Roswell's growth is hampered by missing rail connections and a lack of external awareness of Roswell's potential. It frames these as the two greatest detriments to future development.
Undertakers spent three days in the town seeking deceased clients but found few and wrapped up in two days. The note comments a lively town makes work seem brisk.
The convention debates a set of files on school integration with proposals to either ban or require separate white and Black schools, signaling a pivotal clash over segregation policy.
A Pueblo saloon keeper was held up and dragged from a buggy by robbers who took $1000 worth of real diamonds. Had they seized a customer instead, the loss would have been about thirty cents.
Several Republican delegates at the constitutional convention file measures aimed at enforcing the enabling act. The act requires that office holders in the new state read write and speak English, a standard the proposals seek to mandate or test.
Great Britain and Germany signal recognition of the new Portuguese republic, setting the stage for its entry among world nations. Manuel may object, as deposed rulers often do, while long protected sultanates like Sulu remain unsettled by U.S. backing.
Delegates near a decision on prohibition see it may be settled by a popular vote when the constitution is adopted or rejected. They argue it is reasonable to let the people decide this major issue for themselves.
Word from Santa Fe reports the committee on the judiciary voting eight to seven to recommend to the convention that incorporation of the judiciary be included in the constitution.
The Record argues a committee decision favors an appointive judiciary and warns a good constitution may still be rejected by a large majority of territory voters. The piece reflects skepticism about public support and the path toward constitutional adoption.
The El Paso Herald notes Spanish-American delegates propose prohibiting racial discrimination in schools while warning against a constitutional provision forcing black and white students into the same rooms. It cites El Paso’s system of separating Spanish speaking children in early grades and then integrating them later as functioning and preferable.
A civic manifesto laments sycophancy toward powers and corporations, arguing communities need heart, independence, and nerve. The piece asserts progress lags where local conscience lacks decision and daring, warning against capitulation to authority for ruinous effects.
Washington Oct 21 Briefs were filed in the U S Supreme Court by the Press Publishing Co of New York and the government in the Panama libel case. The suit stems from Roosevelt ordering action against the New York World over reports alleging favoritism in Panama Canal property purchases benefiting Taft Robinson and others.
Oct 21 report from Vitebsk describes the launch ceremony of a major canal project to connect the Drina river with the Dnieper and extend to Orsha. The event featured a gold spade and representatives of the Czar. The project aims to unite major waterways and boost Russian commerce.
The project would join the Drina with the Volga via canals and rivers to link Baltic ports north with the Black and Caspian seas south. It would connect central Russia to seaports, lower transport costs, and reduce bread prices, funded entirely by the government at an estimated 75 million dollars.
In Bismarck the annual North Dakota Educational Association session nears close with a large attendance. Prominent educators are on the program for the final session marking a notable state gathering.
Theodore Roosevelt is to deliver the principal address at Boston Arena tonight in what is billed as the largest indoor political meeting in New England. The Republican Club of Massachusetts booked the arena on St. Botolph street with 8000 seats, half for club members and half for the public. Governor Draper Senator Lodge and former Gov Bates will speak before Roosevelt, who arrived this morning and stayed with Senator Lodge. The campaign fears disaffection may hurt Maine-like results in Massachusetts unless addressed. Roosevelt will dine at the Union Club with club leaders Col Roger Wolcott and Maj Guy Marcnie and other guests including Bates Crane Lodge and Frothingham.
Miss Geraldine Farrar will perform at the Imperial palace celebration tonight honoring Empress Augusta Victoria's birthday in Berlin.
The University of Pennsylvania faces Pennsylvania State College in Philadelphia on October 22. The ancient rivalry promises an exciting game as both teams meet on the gridiron this afternoon.
During the Roswell visit of funeral directors H. H. Henninger displayed his wares for inspection. The display drew much interest as visiting members of the profession viewed the stock.
J D Cully Co plumbers 521 N Main phone 118 offers scientific plumbing at reasonable prices sat isfaction guaranteed tf
Roswell Auto Company acquires C. M. Farnsworth sheep holdings, adding mail route and ranching to its assets. J. W. Stockard and C. M. Farnsworth each hold 50 percent of the auto company now serving as owners of the former Farnsworth personal property.
K L Whitehead a well known land office attorney of this city received word from the General Land Office that Emerson B Smith vs Secretary Ballinger was dismissed on demurrer. His homestead entry on eighty acres adjoining Clovis was ordered on record. Whitehead, who plans to reside on the claim, had challenged Smith’s filing as an original entry dating years back. The suit to bar Whitehead’s filing has been dropped.
October 22 New York aviators and global flyers gather at Belmont Park to contest the international serial tournament running through October 30. Top American pilots face rivals from France Great Britain Germany Italy and other nations as prizes total about $70,000 with several French entrants pooling winnings for a Europe return.
Worcester marks the sixtieth anniversary of the first national convention for women’s rights held in the United States opening in the city. The movement began two years earlier at a Seneca Falls state meeting, later gaining national influence despite ridicule from press and public. By 1863 a Worcester project led to the first petition to Congress. by 1870 New England agitation earned Lucy Stone and Mary A Livermore as accredited delegates at the Massachusetts Republican convention.
Carlisle Indians arrive in Princeton for a high stakes football game with the Tigers. Dressed in war paint and grim expressions, they aim to prove the effectiveness of the new game against Cornell and Annapolis later on their schedule.
Phoenix October session reports Feeney proposing a right to strike picket and boycott as part of the bill of rights. Ellingwood introduces compulsory compensation for workers in hazardous occupations. Judiciary committee backs a three member supreme court with staggered terms of two five and six years elected separately.
A meeting of the antiSaioan League will be held in the basement of the Baptist church Sunday afternoon October 23 at 3 o'clock. G. E. Cavin, President. Lee R. Cass, Secretary.
Patterson N J Oct 22 Officers of the Fifth New Jersey regiment of militia embark on a long practice ride lasting two days and two nights. An escort wagon with tents and provisions leads the party as they work out tactics and map the country along the route.
An election of qualified voters in Precinct No 14 Canoes County New Mexico is called for October 25 1910 at Ranger Lake School House to vote on one Justice of the Peace and one Constable. Polls open 9 AM close 6 PM. Witness the seal of the County Commissioners of Chaves County. October 6 1910. W M Atkinson Attest R F Ballard Clerk.
Shanghai October 22 publishers from leading Chinese dailies met to form a news gathering system akin to the Associated Press. The move aims to centralize reporting as daily papers multiply and scattered correspondents fail to reach the press. The new Chinese Press Association will operate as a mutual arrangement with members supplying news from all territories and sharing costs.
The association aims to compile and distribute empire news with headquarters in the city. It will station special Chinese correspondents in Tokyo Calcutta Washington San Francisco New York St Petersburg Paris and London and will employ only Chinese journalists.
New Haven Oct 22 The Yale Elis host Vanderbilt University as they seek to curb a potential blowout showing New England hospitality against the crack eleven from Nashville.
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