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Newspaper
The Gallup Herald
Location
Gallup, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1920
Page
2
The Mechanical Department of the White Garage now runs R. D. Bernard with 16 years of experience as a versatile auto mechanic. Turn your automobile troubles over to us and save expenses patience and time.
Readable fragments show a dispute over stolen servants and a quoted line about President Wilson. Text includes garbled names and stray punctuation, referencing Yonkers Statesman, Montgomery Advertiser, and Wall Street.
A congressional hearing examines a proposed Japanese plot and a slush fund amid requests to settle a river boundary and oil region interests. The committee anticipates three to four days of hearings here before moving to Washington for final sessions.
The Agriculture Department reports March 1 grain on hand totals. Corn stood at 1,092,095,000 bushels, 37.4 percent of the 1919 crop, vs 855,269,000 a year ago and 1,255,290,000 two years ago. Wheat 165,539,000 bushels, 17.6 percent, vs 123,703,000 a year ago and 107,745,000 two years ago. Oats 422,815,000 bushels, 33.9 percent, vs 590,251,000 a year ago and 699,208,000 two years ago. Barley 38,010,000 bushels, 22.9 percent, vs 81,746,000 a year ago and 44,419,000 two years ago.
March 15 in Annapolis Speaker M. E. Tidings announced a five member committee to investigate the Anti-Saloon League. A petition from Talbot county’s Anti-Prohibition League requesting an inquiry was presented weeks prior.
Washington reports that Mexico plans to demand permission to import arms from the United States following Robert Lansing’s retirement. Hilario Medina official statements suggest the Mexican request will likely be granted. Mexican correspondence with Secretary Lansing is now public. State Department had restricted exports to Mexico, except limited cases. Investigations show rebels secured sizable portions of permitted munitions for Carranza. Most U S deaths in Mexico recently were at the hands of American made bullets.
The House investigation into aircraft expenditures critiques by Representative Frear highlights wartime missteps. He cites Baker and subordinates, noting repeated inquiries found waste and inefficiency. The Graham committee links $850 million lost in aircraft and spruce operations, with only 213 serviceable planes at war end.
New Indian Crafts Shop, operated by P. Clinton Bortell, opens Sunday March 21 east of the Harvey House on East Railroad Avenue. The curio store features Indian crafts, Navajo rugs, photographs, dolls by a Navajo woman, and wholesale and retail items plus Kodak finishing. Also offering candy making business opportunity with homes and training.
Madrid dispatch reports a surge of visa applications at the American consulate, led by Salaman ca province farmers and bricklayers drawn by higher wages in the United States. Many bring families, while others plan to return after saving or preparing a home, often replying they seek passage “forever.”
President Wilson accepts with reservations the proposal by the British and French premiers for Italy and Jugoslavia to undertake an Adriatic settlement. He would let Italy and Jugoslavia decide the frontier if they abandon the buffer state idea and place sovereignty in the league of nations for Fiume. Secretary Lane, in his farewell address, says department heads could better use appropriations with more discretion.
The Supreme Court will hear all phases of the prohibition question before ruling on the validity of the Eighteenth Amendment and the Volstead Act. Arguments were heard in Rhode Island, Kentucky, and Massachusetts, with New Jersey granted permission to institute original proceedings. Christian Feigenspan of Newark and Manitowoc Products Co. figures in appeals about non intoxicating beer manufacture. The court postponed a two week recess to March 29 due to many hearing requests.
Governor Ritchie spoke in Annapolis endorsing the Jones bill to legalize beer cider and light wines in Maryland. He sent his liquor message to the House supporting a wet program as far as its Maryland implementation allows.
American farmers are not reducing oat acreage due to more automobiles and trucks. Department of Agriculture experts report horses and mules on farms decline so slowly it barely affects oats. Statistics show total oat acreage even increasing, with many corn belt farmers expanding sowings.
Fragmentary lines discuss voting stance and polling references with unclear names or dates. The text mentions parties, platforms, and a future direction but provides no concrete events or outcomes.
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