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TODAY'S NEWS TODAY WEATHER FAIR TOXIGHT AS'D TUESDAY; TEWPT. SUXDAI 32 to 6G. THE DAILT RECORD RECEIVES COMPLETE EIGHT HOUR REPORT ASSOCIATED PRESS ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED PHOSE 11 KQSWELL, CHAYES COUMT, NEW MEXICO MONDAY, 3fARCH 28, 1032 ESTABLISHED 1S91 i VOL. 30, NUMBER; SKy Renomination Hoover Be Fought By Cutting; Sen. Nye Will Bolt Sun.

Cutting Will "Support Republican Party As Long I Can Conscientiously Do More Delegates Be Chosen This Week. Washington, March additional group of states selecting convention delegates and presidential i candidates this week shared attention of political observers today with anti- Hoover utterances of western Republican Senators. Gerald P. Nye, of North Dakota, who is definitely identified with thej Independent group of tljie seante, saidi INSPECTION OF INSTITUTE ILL BE APRIL 11-12 in an interview that conditions remaining as they are. he was not'go- ing to -support the Hoover administration in the November elections.

himself must seek to he returned at that time. The recent primaries Jn his state were conspicuous for the number of Republicans voting on the (Democratic lists. Senator Brouson Cutting of New Mexico, just chosen Republican national committeeman for his state, again expressed himself against re- nomination of President Hoover but promised to "support the interests of the Republican party so long as I can conscientiously do so." FOUR FEDERAL OFFICERS MAKE ANNUAL INSPECTION SCHOOL THIS The annual inspection of the JXew Mexico Military Institute the war department will he held this year on April 11-12, it was announced today. This, is the important inspection -of the year, being the one on which the rating given the Institute by the war department is dependent For many years the Xew Mexico Military Institute has been given the rank of "distinguished military school" by the inspecting officers SWELL ENTERS SUIT AGAINST TELEPHONE CO. ASKS COMPANY BE FROM FURTHER USE OF CITY STREETS AM) ALLEYS The cily of Roswell has filed' suit jn Chaves county district trict court against the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company asking: for an injunction against llic use of the streets, iillejs and public highways of the city by tlie company for the use of its poles, wires and other appliances suitable anil necessary for the operation of tlie telephone system.

This suit, which has been filed on tehalf of the city by Howard Buchly, city attorney, also prays, that the defendant be required to move i'js po'es. wires and other ap- plicances and to enjoin the company from carrying on its business. Basis of the suit is that a fran- ZIEGFELD CHOSE HER (Continued on Page FOR RETURN OF LI Missouri's Democratic convention of the war department. today brings formally into the lists' of presidential candidates former Senator James-A. state's long- (Continued on Page Five) BAGON RIND, OSAGE INDIAN LEADER, DIES Mar.

Rind, S4. Osage Indian leader, died here today of -cancer and pneumonia. He had been, ill several months. Leading statesman of ithe Osages for half a century, Bacon Riiid knew many presidents. He looked the part of a towering six feet four inches in hefeht.

He wore long hair. Born near Topeka. when Kansas was the home of his tribe, he came with his parents to Indian The inspection this year will be conducted by a board of three officers representing iihe war department and one officer representing the Eighth Corps area. Members of the war department inspection board will be Major H. E.

MarMiburn, of Washington, D. and Major L. S. Hobbs, also of Washington, both of whom represent the infantry branch of the service. The cavalry member of the board will be Major H.

J. M. Smith, of Ft. Bliss. Colonel W.

A. Castle, of San An- ilon'a, Texas, will be here as the in- spectin Area. 3IEX APPEAR COXFI- DEXT, WHILE POLICE THINK i XOTHIXG TO IT TWISTER DIPS INTO ALABAMA KILLING SIX STRIKES ALABAMA AXD THEX LEAVES INJURED AND AGE IN GEORGIA Montgomery, March tornado dipped into Alabama yesterday and added six deaths to the 362 caused by spring storms in'the South a week ago today. The Easter Sunday twister struck; hard into central Alabama and then swept into Georgia with diminished force leaving wreckage and scores of injured. High winds whipped through sections of Louisiana and Tennessee with damaging effect.

By coincidence, the second tornado followed the path of its predecessors closely in Alabama. The fatalities were near the communities whore Sen. Cutting Elected National Committeeman Without Dissenting Vote Convention Late Saturday Night Upset State Committee Report And Seated Prager Miller Delegation From Chaves County. (Continued Page Five) BLIZZARD HITS IN EAST TODAY; SNOW IN DEMOCRATS ML TRY PASS BILL TO BALANCE BUDGET FULL GALE LASHES ATLANTIC COAST, WHILE BLIZZARD RAGES OVER MOST OF EAST HOUSE LEADERS CALL OX SPEAKER GARNER FOR AID IN- STOPPING REVOLT Washington, March A House that has repeatedly run rough thod over its leadership probably will receive an appeal tomorrow from Speaker Garner to pass a bill to bal- (Continued Page Five.) Norfolk, March Although delayed by unfavorable weather, John Hughes Curtis, Norfolk in-' termediaries expected to have a personal conference today with Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh relative to ne- gotiations of Norfolk intermediaries seeking to restore the kidnaped Lind- bergh baby to the parents.

Curtis announced last night meet with the noted flier today, the announcement coming after Beauty, brains and all-around charm brought Miss Virginia True of Ogden, Utah, first prize in the annual co-cd pulchritude contest at the University of Wyoming at Larar.iie. Her selection from among scores of other western beauties was made by Florenz noted producer who is famed for "glorifying the American girl." ('By The Associated Press) Howling, northeast winds swept over New England today; full gales lashed the Atlantic coast, snow blanketed.most the East, and Naw York was drenched with A blizzard struck northern New I Hampshire, deepened wet, heavy snow i to seven inches in the forenoon and I continued unabated. Automobile traffic ceased in many parts of as drifts piled up to four, feet or more. Heavy flakes snapped power lines MILLER TALKS OF RESULTS G. 0.

P. CONVENTION LEADER OF VICTORIOUS DELEGATION GIVES VIEWS ON RESULT OF FIGHT Albuquerque. N. March laying of 33 miles of new when UTe7ove7nm'ent mov- 1 steel rails to replace 90- a mysterious week-end airplane trip officer of the Eighth Corps ostensibly for the purpose of meeting "go-betweens." Curtis' statements had indicated he might fly to Hopewell, N. but a stiff wind was sweeping the Virginia coast today.

Guards were stationed today about the naval station at Norfolk to keep all civilian except those with passes, from entering. The officer of the said he did not know the reason for the guards. The Ledger-Dispatch HEAVIER RAILS ON SANTA FE AT ClflVIS COUPLE WALKS NINE MILES BE MARRIED Back from Santa Fe where on Saturday night the Prager Miller or in Pennsylvania and delayed tor pro-Cutting delegation from Chaves more than two and a half hours the wife-murderer in county was seated by the Republican state convention, Prager (his view of the result. Miller Mr. electrocution of a Bellefonte.

Parts of eastern Ohio suffered the'said: heaviest snow in recent years. New "The recognition of our contesing the i delegation by the credentials com- in York state was covered from Atlirondacks to the Pennsylvania line. jttee and the state convention in had more than six inches at police reported that Absence of adequate transporta- a. m. tion brought, no fears to Robert D.

trav el wa -s precarious on many high- cordingly with the Roberts Rules of Santa Fo was a victory for fair dealing in our county conventions. Ac- Santa Fe, N. Mar. United States Senator Bronson Cutting, acclaimed officially as the leader of the republican party In New Mexico, will return to Washington and the sessions of congress within a iday or so. Without a record vote and with'Do person being placed in nomination.

against him, Mr. Cutting, leader the progressive or independent was elected republican national committeeman by the republl- state convention Saturday nighlt. succeeds Ed Sargent of Chama, old guard republican leader. Senator Cutting Is opposed to the re-nomination of President Hoover as against some other ministration which he believes would be more beneficial to the gion, he likewise believes tie ''democratic party has resigned position as a positive tor in the nation." Declaring himself on specific sues, Mr. Cutting endorsed federal control of power trusts, restriction of campaign expenditures and legislation to "bring itie voters closer-to the electoral syetean," to insure the retention of government credit as more important than i'ni- mediate balancing of the budget.

Immediate relief of starvaltion, fulfillment of a vigorous-public works program to put men to work, shortening of hours of labor to provide more work for more people, and utilization of the taxing power to produce a more equitable distribution of wealth. The victory of the Cutting- Repub-, licans marked the close of six years of political battles between the Pro-, gressives and Old Guard Republicans, The Old Guard standpatters, 'lecl)bsr Eduardo M. Otero, of Valencia county were swamped under the avalanche fContinued on Page Five) itrade ed the tribal home in a lands. Bacon Rind was a member of the committee which aided in completion of the Indian land allotment bill in 1906. rails on the Santa Fe railway east said today (that the Rev.

H. Doclbson-Peacock, 'IJI111K Illllt) I'll L11C OdllltL 1C tHIUVHV 1 Tt A I serving with Mr. Curtis and Rear Ad- nst of will put formeY etire(J inter niplnvee so work Wednesday, J. R. cppn pnrprinET Itlft PTT Hitchcock, of Amarillo, general manager of the railroad said today.

Mr. Hitchcock came here to meet The Osage Indian council elected' A G. (Wells, vice president, who will him chief of the tribe some years aso; arrive here trom tlle west coast iO but the interior department refused morrow. to'recognize the selection. NeveHthe- rnilll Ilinm less, he was always "chief" to his MA.

I MMAN PH tribesmen and represented them in that capacity in dealings with the government I FHIflM AT flAI I HP His income from the tribe's oil and I UilLUJI gas wealth yielded him a fortune. In: recent years, however, his income i 1 dwindled to about annu- Gallup, N. March He lived in a modern home formally attired, Henry L. Stevens, near Pawhuska but kept a teepe in" national commander of the American the yard which he occupied in sum- ep this morning warmly acknow- mer. ledged Gallup's impromptu welcome His widow is a Kaw Indian.

Be- during a ten minute stop. Asides her, he leaves four children, The Gallup American Legion drum and bugle corps attired in Indian re- MS VEGAS WOMAN COMMITS SUI I Las K. March Alice Montgomery, 44, wife of! W. E. Montgomery, Santa Fe rail-j road switchman, committed suicide early to'day by drowning herself in! Igalia serenaded Ihe Commander and jhis wife, while the crowd gathered I about the train for a glimpse of the Legion head.

jGRAF ZEPPELFlS MAKING PROGRESS Storrie 'Lake near here. Friedrichshafen, Germany, March 28 The Graf Zeppelin, home- Hcr body was found by Montgomery' ward "bound from South shortly after he returned from work'ported her position today as 33 de- this morning and after neighbors, had igrees north latitude, 20-degrees' 18, told him of her plans to commit sui- minutes west longitude. This would cide oy drowning. She had been suf-, put her a short distance to the west fering from'ill health for some time. the Madeira islands.

The weath- Jn order to reach the lake, Mrs. Mont- er was fine and she was making gomery walked five miles from her about 70 knots.at an altitude of 1,000 borne. mediaries, was seen entering the Naval air station today. Miss Marjorie Dodson-Peacock, daughter of the minister, said she did not know where her father had gone, but that; he would be back this afternoon. i Confer at Hopewell Norfolk, March Ne-i gotiations for the return of the kid- naped Lindbergh baby apparently were to shift to the Hopewell, N.

neighborhood today. John Hughes Curtis, one of the Norfolk men seeking to intervene; with the kidnapers or their agents, i on Page Four) YOUTH ARRESTED IN ATTEMPT ROB LAUNDRY G. E. Lee, who gave his age as 20 years, was arrested last night as he stepped out of the Cascade Laundry at 120 South Main street. The arrest was made 'by Tfcbe Stewart Lee was in the county jail today.

Officers said that Lee did not deny buiiding, contending that he was sick and had gone into the laundry hoping to find money with which, to secure medical services. Entrance to the building was made through a. window and a search this morning failed to reveal any loss. Lee was under arrest here on February 29 held on a technical charge for investigation and was latter discharged. Masengale and Frances King today.ways as they started upon life's journey i Trolly together.

Ma-sengale and Miss King were united, in marriage this morning at the Chaves county courthouse after they had wa.ked from East Grand Plains, the ceremony wae performed by C. C. Hill. Following the ceremony with the certificate -of iheir marriage in their possession they star-lei the trip, back home, arm in arm, sure of the future. parliamentary procedure which were service throughout -the to be followed in our meeting stormy sections was hampered and in here March 19th, we were the regular delegation to the state convention.

After proving this conclusively we were voted down by an Old Guard Central Committee. "The Credentials Committee of the convention, which was chosen by each county delegation selecting its own representation on the committee, voted 23 to 3 to seat the two delegations with one-half vote each. This we accepted in order to be more than fContinued on Page Eight) COMMITTEE-TQ SELECT MAYOR MEETS TONIGHT IRISH EASTER PEACEFUL DAY INVESTIGATION OF HOWARD GOING ON Officers today were continuing the investigation of Esmer Howard, arrested here Friday morning following the robbery of the Brough home. Alt least one person has identified Howard 'as the man seen loitering near the D. X.

Pope home, shortly before that home was entered "and ransacked, officers said this morning. Local officers said fEis morning that evidence against Howard was piling up. Howard, himself, however b'as made no direct statement to officers in connection with this case. 0 PATENT LANDS TO XEW 3IEXICO, TEXAS March senate lands committee today reported favorably a bill to patent to New Mexico and Texas, respectively, lands awarded by each under a recent court decision straightening out their The committee appointed here at the organization meeting of the Chaves county branch of the ''Liberty Party" will meet tonight to go into the' matter of selecting a candidate for mayor for the coming city son, chairman of the Chaves county organization said today. It was learned today that various fair with the opposing delegation.

were fighting for a principle and our only desire was that a majority opinion of all Republicans present at our Dublin, Irish Free State, March. 28 President Eamon De ra's government found iteelt fortified today, after one of the most peaceful, but demonstrative week-ends in dozen to ahead with the plan to abolish the oath allegiance to King George. In demonstrations yesterdaj ands of men and women, members of recent county convention should have the republican army and other been given an opportunity to have; nically illegal organizations, I been expressed, both at our local a call for an Irish on April 5 Arthur J. Hud- and state convention supported De Valera's plan r. 4-Tin nrtiinrtr I at Santa Fe.

ish the oath and the land, annuf- "I hope the steam roller used ini ties, and added that (this w.a* only our very recent convention here will; Part of the way they would. persons have been approached relative to their candidacy for mayor 'to oppose Herbert E. Smyrl, who was nominated at the city wide primary held on March 8. No intimation was made today at to whom the candidate might be. LAS VEGAS SUICIDE UUl VC1J 'iU not be steamed up and put into use' alon tne road to Las Vegas, March Relatives today had failed to claim the body of a suicide known only as 'William Maylon, whom police here had suspected of being- William Loren Tallman, wanted the slayer three Virginia Patty, former Portland, resident The check oi the man's fingerprints fcy Clarence' S.

Morrill, head of the California state bureau of criminal in Los Angeles as years ago of Mrs. boundary line between the western: identification, eliminated the possi- end of Texas and southern New Hex- bility that the suicide was the long ico. A sought-after Tallman. at any convention in the future by any faction in the Republican party." MAPES WILL AGAIN HEAD TRUCK GROWERS M. A.

Mapes has been re-elected president of the Roswell Truck Growers association at the annual meeting held here. Other officers elected were, Guy Rowe, vice-president; W. S. Campbell, secretary and G. L.

Harris, treasurer. Members of the board of directors are, H. T. Carpenter, William Taylor, Guy Rowe, A. Mapes and E.

B. Johnston. Everything points to another, good In England, where the Irish question promised to be taken np iu-JgU- liament immediately, reports the Free State government would: backed fry lite independent. party. FARM SEED LOANS Las Cruces, N.

March applications farm seed loans totaling from Dona Ana county farmers been approved by the county (MB committee, C. F. Knight, chairman, said today. The applications, Mr. Knight are coming in at the rate eight daily, and he number would increase now that the year ahead for the Roswell Truck of Agriculture has Growers association, it was announc- ted the inclusion of irrigaion' witttr ed today.

charges under the loan.

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