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The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-01-26
VILLAGE RECEIVES S265
FROM FINES IN WEEK

The Village Of Columbus has
been enriched $265 during the
past week as a result of fines
imposed by Judge Peach. The
larger portion Of this sum was
assessed aginst individuals for
being mixed up in games Of
chance. E
A. o. Stanley was charged
with the crime OF assault and
battery and was fined S5 and
costs.
On a complaint made by Jack
Thomas George Rogers was fined
$50 for carrying concealed wea-
pons.
Bob Edings was fined $50 and
George Edings. j. r. Dick, and
Paul Mescroll were each fined
S25. and costs for gambling. The
complaints were made by Deputy
Sheriff Jack Thomas.
X. J. Scott and Mickey Foley
were each fined $40 and costs
upon a complaint made by Chas.
w. Powers for being drunk and
disorderly.
A complaint was fled by Viii
lage Marshal II. J. Kane against
Rias and McMasters for running
a disorderly house. They plead
guilty to the charge and were
fined $40 and costs.
Deputy Sheriff Lee Caldwell
charged Frank Asbill. Robert b.
Robertson and Earnest Holaway
with the crime of gambling. The
latter was fined $50. Asbill S25
and Robertson was given thirty
days in the county jail.
II. ]. Kane made a complaint
against w. T. Marcee for gam
bling. He plead guilty 20 the
charge and was fined S25 and
the Justice fees.
j. +. Kellogg and George w.
Hinton on complaint filed by the
Village marshal for being drunk
and disorderly were fined 500
each and costs.
Jack Thomas charged c. s,
Price as being a vagrant. Price
plead guilty TO the charge and
paid n $40 fine and the costs. He
had the money to pay the fine
even II he was a vagrant.
George Rogers was arrested
by Jack Thomas charged with
running n gambling house and
was found guilty and bound over
10 await the action OF the grand
Jury. Judge Neblett happened
10 be in Deming and Rogers
plead guilty and was fined S25C
and given six months in th'
county jail.
Juana Martin entered a charge
against Juan Domingues Of Sc
duction. Case was called anC
both parties agreed to get mar
ried and the case was dismissed
upon payment of costs.
Kilt Green was found guilt,
Of discharging firearms in settle
ment and was bound ove~ TO tn,
grand jury. his bail being fixed a
$1,000.
Harry j. Brown was charget
by Deputy Caldwell with run
ming a gambling house and wa
bound over In the sum Of 81 ,00I
to await the action of the gran'
jury in April.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-01-26
rLAYl"o c.

IS it best 10 driu, water before
aUrlng or aitrr meals -
That question has never been
dciipitcly settled" answered the
other man. Indeed. there has al
WAYS been 20 much doubt on the sub
irrt That am rather inclined t.
avoid water ~ beycrarc."
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-01-26
INTEREST INCREASES
IN REVIVAL SERVICE

The revival meetings continue
with increasing interest. Rev.
Mr.. Price preached last Sunday
morning on the Infinite possi-
bilities of faith" The pastor
preached in the evening on the
Grinders at the Mill" The
principal thought enforced was
the necessity Of being ready 10
20 with Christ at his personal
second coming. This fitness is
not activity. both the grinders
at the mill were active. II must
be a condition that inheres in the
person Christ shall take with
him back TO heaven. That con-
dition was found TO he nothing
short Of holiness. That sancti-
hcation without which no man
shall see the Lord. While no
time Is set for our Lords return
it may be delayed ten thous-
and years--yet the signs and
conditions all point to his speedy
return. Are you ready for that
day 10 come. or wSlld you need
time 10 fix up things a bit ? These
meetings are TO help people get
ready for personal meeting
with God. Come and let us help
you, by a clear. faithful presen-
tation of the Gospel.
The Sunday school was well
attended last Sunday. II is an
inspiring sight TO see so many
youngsters together. earnestly
drinking In the truths so faith.
fully presented by the pains-tak-
ing teachers. Send in your chill
dren. They will be welcome. and
come yourself and give yourself
10 the study Of the Gospel. that
never grows old. neither can any
man expose its treasury. The
deeper we dig into IL the richer
il becomes.
The Epworth League service
was led by Samuel II. Haley.
The meeting was very profitable
The service next Sunday even.
ing will be led by Chaplain Vim
cent. recently appointed 10 ser
vice in the regular army of the
United States. The topic is. "A
half life or a whole life-which ?"
We are expecting a gool service.
Come intending TO R,t help and
To give help. Let us be in our
places at $3.50 sharp.
The revival meeting will con-
tinue next week. We are great
lv' pleased with. anu appreciate
very n"ch the help given by the
Y. NJ G. A. and young men of
the army in lho SINGING We
invite the general public to at
tend the service and every
4 Christian in the community to
help push this battle. for right
q oousncss. II may be- this is the
very time. II YOU viii lend a help
inc hand. that your loved ones
will be saved. Do you think II
is worth while TO stir yourself
up TO the work? If so Join in
the fight. Pitch in anywhere,
there is plenty Of opportunities
Chaplain Mvron o. Beebe will
preach next Sunday evening at
1880 o'clock.
j. +. NORVELL, Pastor
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-01-26
ORDINANCE NO. 80
RE IN ORDAINED By th!

BE IT ORDAINED By the
Board of Trustees of the Village
Of Columbus. New Mexico:
/. That the barter, sale, ex-
change and giving away of any
malt, vinOus and spirituous
liquors is prohibited within the
Village Of Columbus; Provided,
however. that nothing IN this
section contained shall be CON
strued TO prohibit the sale and
giving away of such liquors by
licensed doctors and prescription
druggists in the manner as now
provided by law, nor prohibit
the use Of such liquors for
sacramental or scientific pur-
poses.
II. That the bringing. by any
means whatsoever, of any malt,
vinous or spurious liquors. ex-
crpt the same be for prescription.
sacramental or scientific pur-
poses. into the Village Of Colum-
bus, for purposes of barter. sale.
exchange or giving away in said
Village is prohibited.
ILL., That IL shall be unlawful
for any person or firm 90 keep.
store or have any malt, spurious
)r vinous liquors in or about any
restaurant, soda fountain. thea
ter. amusement hall. cabaret.
billiard room. store. hotel. house
Iof prostitution or other public
olaces; Provided. however, that
nothing In this section contained
shall be construed 10 prohibit
the having. storing and keeping
If such liquors by doctors and
prescription druggists for the
uses as now provided by law.
W. ANY person or firm who
hall violate any Of the provisions
of the foregoing ordinance, upon
conviction thereof shall be pun
ished by a fine of not more than
one hundred dollars ($l0O.OO),
or by Imprisonment of not more
than three months, or both.
! V. II shall BE- lawful for
Justices Of the peace or commit
ting magistrates. upon complaint
made before him. upon oath or
affirmation, that he or she has
reason to believe that malt. vim
Gus or spurious liquor is had.
kept or stored in or about any
place or places where the having.
keeping or storing Of liquor by
this ordinance is prohibited, TO
issue a warrant under his hand.
commanding such place or places
! 20 be searched, and II any such
| liquors be found therein, then
that the said liquors be seized
and produced before the Judge
or Justice issuing said warrant
and IL IL shall be determined that
such liquors are malt, vinous or
spurious, and had been stored,
kept or had in any of the places
where the having Of such liquor
is prohibited, such liquor shall be
conhscated and the owner or pos
SCISSOR thereof, and the proprie-
tor of the place where such liquor
was seized, shall be punished as
hereinbefore provided.
! vi. This ordinance shall be
in force and effect on and after
the publication day of January.
1917. and in addition 10 the pub
lication as now required by law,
copies thereof shall be posted in
all public places and on the
streets Of said Village of Colum-
bus.
Done at Columbus, New Mex
leo, this 25th day of January
1917.
Approved:
7. II. DABNEY.
Attest: Mavor
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-01-26

Rube Gulley, one of Colum-
bus oldest residents, who has
been away from here for the
past year, is in town.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-01-26

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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-05
CALLS WILSON THEORIST
REMOTE FROM THE WORLD

had become apparent. I heard two
election speeches by President Will
SON"
After declaring Wilson a ''theorist"
as outlined above, the speaker con-
tinued:
"German-Americans did everything
in order to prevent a conflict be-
tween US and the United States.
They fully understood Germany's
struggle for existence. Prosecuted
by Wilson they have maintained
their idea of German-Americanism
until now. Wilson once welcomed
them as those men who could be-
proud that their country was Ger
many"
Herr Hausmann, member of the
peoples party, added:
| The noble traditions of the Amer
lean country are set with our assall-
ants as the eleventh adversary
against US. already engaged In self
defense against ten enemies"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-05
-FOUR MINUTES
BEHIND TIME
Vice President Marshall Took
His Second Oath of Office
at 1904 O'clock This
Afternoon.
ADDRESS WAS SHORT
Said to Have Broken the Record
With Few Words, 1hen Got
Busy Swearing In New
Senatora

United Press Leased Wire Service.1
WASHINGTON, March 5.-Vice
President Marshall took the oath OF
office for his second term at 1904 to-
day-four minutes behind schedule
time.
Standing beside his usual seat on
the senate rostrum, the vice president
heard the oath administered by Sen
ator Saulsberry, president pro-tempore
Of the senate.
Vice President Marshall assumed
his chair after vacation since noon
yesterday when his first term ended.
with Speaker Clark of the house be-
side him. Then he launched into his
inaugural address, one of the short
est on record.
The address concluded, the vice
president administered the oath TO
fifteen new senators, and sixteen SEN
ators, who we're reelected.
Senator Elect Hiram Johnson. OF
fCalifornia, easily the star of the In
coming senatorial delegation, did not
appear.
| Ceremonies in the senate chamber
began at 11:45 when Senator Sanis-
fbury of Delaware. president pro-
|tempore, assumed the chair. He was
followed by senators, and senator's
elect who seated themselves at the left
of the vice presidents desk.
Speaker Clark and members ana
members-elect Of the house were then
announced after their march from tho
opposite end of the capitol. They
found seats at the rear of the chant Der.
There was stir when senate officials
with a flourish announced the ambas-
sadors, ministers and charges OF for
eign embassies.
| Resplendent in uniforms OF many
varieties of colors. the diplomats.
headed by Ambassador Jusserend or
France, dean of the corps, took their
seats in front at the right Of the vice
presidents desk. ...
Russian Ambassador BahkmeteH
and Ambassador Spring Rice with 9TH
er allied diplomats were near the head
of the procession.
The Teutonic diplomats were notice
, ably absent.
A sharp change from the splendor
| of the diplomats was apparent as the
supreme court Of the United States fol-
| lowed
A prayer by the senate chaplain
opened the real ceremony.
| Secretary Of the Senate James NJ.
| BAKER, T6du lue pubiioiiSS
proclamation of the president calling
an extraordinary session of the senate
and the vice president proceeded into
the chamber escorted by the congress
sional committee on arrangements.
He ascended Immediately to the ros-
trum and took the oath.
The senate had risen to greet All Of
fciaIs 1t added cheers to its greet
| ing when President Wilson with his
aides entered the chamber.
Both senate and gallery cheered
while the president marched down the
aisle to his seat on the floor OF the
senate directly in front of the rostrum.
He was attended by big committee
of senators and representatives.
In the same party were chief of staff
of the army, General Scott, and Ad-
| Continued on page p
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-05

life of the whole world. Ihey
have shaken men everywhere
with a passion and apprehension
they never knew before. IL mas
been hard to preserve caim
counsel while the thought or our
own people swayed this way ana
that under heir influences.
We are composite and cos
mopolitan people. We are OF the
blood of all the nations that are
at war. The currents or our
thoughts as well as the currents
Of our trade run quick at all
seasons back and forth between
us and them. The war newt
ably set it's mark from the f1rst
alike upon our minds, our IN
dustries., our commerce, our
nolitics. and our social action
To be Indifferent Of it or 1nde-
nendent Of 1t was out OF tle
question. E..
And vet all the while we have
been conscious that we were not
mart of it. In that consciousness
des,ite many divisions we have
drawn closer together. We have
been deeply wronged upon seas,
bsyt we have not wished to wrong
or injure in return; have retain
cd throughout the consciousness
of standing in some sort apart,
intent upon an interest that
transcended the immediate Is
sues of the war itself. AS some
Of the injuries done us have pc
come lntolerabte we halVe sttla
been clear that we wished MOTH
ing for ourselves that We were
not ready to demand for all man
l1ind-fair dealing, Justice, the
freedom to live and be at ease
against organized wrong.
II is in this spirit and with
this thought that we have grown
more and more aware, more and
more certain that the part we
wished to play was the part of
those who mean to vindicate and
fortify peace. We have been
Obliged to arm ourselves to make
good our claim to a certain mini
mum Of right and of freedom OF
action. We stand firm in armed
neutrality since it seems that in
no other way can we demon
strate what it is we insist upon
and cannot fcrego. We may even
be drawn on, by circumstances.
not by our own purpose or de-
sire. to more active assertion
of our rights as we see them and
more immediate association
with the great struggle Itself.
But nothing will alter our
thought or our purpose. Thn2
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-05
Address of President, After Taking Oath
of office Today, Beginning Second Term

are too clear to be obscured.
They are too deeply rooted In the
principles of our national life TO
be altered. We desire neither
conquest nor advantage. We wish
nothing that can be had only at
the cost of another people. We
have always professed unselnsn
purpose and we covet the oppor-
tunity to prove that our protes-
sions are sincere.
Plenty to Do.
There are many things still TO
do at home, to clarity our own
politics and give new vitality to
the industrial processes OF our
own life, and we shall do them as
time and opportunity serve; but
we realize that the greatest
things that remain to be done
must be done with the whole
world for a stage and in co-opera-
ton with the wide and universal
forces of mankind. and we are
making our spirits ready for
those things. They will follow in
the immediate wake of the war
itself, and will set civilization up
again. We are provincials no
longer.
The tragical events of the
thirty months Of vital turmoil
through which we have just
passed have made us citizens OF
the world. There can be no turn
ing back Our own fortunes as
nation are involved, whether
we would have it SO or not.
And yet we are not the less
Americans on that account. We
shall be the more Aemrican il we
but remain true to the principles
in which we have been bred.
They are not the principles Of
province or single continent.
We have known and boasted all
along that they were the prin-
ciples of a liberated mankind.
These. therefore, are the things
we stand for, whether IN war or
in peace:
That all nations are equally in
terested in the peace of the
world and in the political sta
: bility Of free people, and equally
responsible for their maintainanc'
That the essential principle of
peace is the actual equality of
nations in all matters of right or
privilege;
That peace cannot securely or
Justly rest upon an armed bal
ance of power;
That governments derive all
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-05
Handful of Senators Block
Passage of Armed Neutral
ity Order, Asked by
President.
CALL EXTRA SESSION.
Plan Now to Make Change In tho
Rules so Executive Program
May be Pushed
Through.

rJrntted Press Leased Wire Servfce.1 !
WASHINGTON, March 5.-Presi-
dent Wilson wants quick action by
the United States senate to change
the rules and permit rapid passage
of an armed neutrality" measure
when he calls an extra session OF
congress to reintroduce the bill.
Admitting that his hands are tied
by ancient statutes which forDlo nini
arming merchant vessels. ana tAkihs
other means Of protecting American
rights. the president is relying on
the senate to act ana save the couu-
| try from disaster.
| In hitter excoriation OF the "1fttle
group of wilful men. representing no
opinion but their own" who nHDus-
tered the neutrality bill tC death. the
president has declared the "greas
government of the United States Is
in a helpless and contemplate" posi-
tion before the world. 1t was the
plan of administration senate leaders
10 read the presidents proclamation
OF last night in the upper body today
if It remains convened In extra ses-
sion long enough before closing to,
witness the inaugural ceremonies. II
Is now evident the president Will call
an extra session Of congress just AZ
soon as the senate, now IN extra ses7
sion, acts upon changing the rules
CT unlimited debate.
Until this is done the presidents
declared in his formal statement
that paralysis of the senate, with no
rules by which dilatory tactics can
be prevented" would continue.
Calling attention to the fact thac
more than five hundred Of the 53I
members" of congress were ready
and anxious to act' the president de-
clared nothing could be accomplished
because a little group Of eleven SEN
ators' so determined.
The position of the president is
strikingly set forth in the following
passages from his statement:
IN the immediate presence or a
crisis fraught with more subtle ana
far reaching possibilities of national
danger than any other the govern
ment has known in it's own history
of international relations, the cons
gress has been unable to act either
to safeguard the country or to Vlndl-
cate the elementary rights OF its
citizens. E-
"Although as a matter OF fact tha
nation and the representatives OF
the nation stand behind the executive
with unprecedented unanimity and
spirit the impression made abroad
will. of course, be that It is not so
and other governments may act as
thev please without fear that this
government can do anything at all.
(Continued on page 20
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-05

rBy Robert j. Bender, United Pres
Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, March 5.-Pres1
dent Wilson sounded a new doctrln
Of \internationalism and world peac'
in his inaugural address today, but II
the same breath warned that tn
United States may require "a NOR
immediate association" with the wa
than mere armed neutrality.
He spoke Of a unity of American
thought, spirit and action and voice.
the view that this must be ansAmer1
canism STEPPED in world-spirit insteat
Of the isolated national view OF tn
mast His address was as follows:
MY fellow citizens:
The foy- years which have
elapsed since last stood in this
place have been crowded with
counsel and action of the most
vital interest and consequence.
Perha;2s no equal period IN our
history has been so fruitful OF
important reforms in our econ
omic and industrial life or SO tull
of significant changes In the
spirit and purpose of our polit-
ical action. We have sought
very thonghtfully to set our house
in order. correct the grosser er-
rors and abuses of our industrial
life. liberate and quicken the
nrocesses of our national genius
and energy and lift our politics to
a broader view of the peoples
essential interests. 1t is record
of singular variety and singular
distinction. But I shall not at
+e,npt tlo review it. 1t speaks for
itself and will be of increasing
Influence as the years go by.
This Is not the time for retro
snect 1t is time, rather to speak
our thoughts and purposes CON
cerninR the present and the I'M
mediate future.
lAlthough we have cenoereo
counsel and action with such I'M
usuaI concentration and success
mon the great problems OF do
n1estic legislation to which we
addressed ourselves -four years
ago other matters have more
and more forced themselves upon
oar attention, matters lying out
side our own life as a nation and
over which we had no control.
hut which despite OUT wish 10
keep free OF ttem have, drawn
IA more and more irresfstibly
into t1eir own current and in
fluence.
lupooeibte 70 Avoid.
n 0Aes been aupogaf6fe to 9vued
oeR TAsy Anwe a1isueg6 ~
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-05
OUTHERN NEGROES DYING
BY HUNDREDS IN CITIES

AN epidemic of tuberculosis and
other contagious diseases is feared,
since thousands of negroes have been
imported by stock yards and labor
agencies to replace immigrant labor
cut off by the European war. The
influx of negroes from the south has
resulted in their being crowded six
or seven in a room and unused to the
rigors OF a northern climate. many
have fallen victim to tuberculosis
and other diseases. In Philadelphia
700 are reported dying. Five thous-
and negroes have como to Chicago
siuuo de drut ul The pear and 10000
II eAAoo 0ogO oeo oQwUo1U6
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-05

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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-05
German Party Leader Says
He Looks at World Like
Chemist on iiis Retort.

TINTED Press Leased Wire Service.] ]
BERLIN, (via Sayville wireless)
March 5.-"President Wilson is a
theorist, remote from the world. who
looks upon the world as a chemist
on retort; he doesn't know Europe,
but considers himself justified to be
her teacher declared Herr Strese,
mann, national liberal party leader,
in the reichstag today. His remarks
as issued by the official press bureau
included these statements:
The rupture with the United
States was welcomed by nobody. but
in the case of the United States. the
unlimited possibility Of neutralitJ
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-05
.agnt North to Replace I'm
migrant Labor, Become
Victims of Climate.

EHsU. Tess Leased Wire Service. ]
rnina March 5.-Accepting q
N from Philadelphia public
- ~usunorities, Health Com1nis
kues soertson will today begin q
~ lnvesisation of health and
- conditions n Ch3caD't
n ~ >
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-05

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Mostly cloudy. Warmer. Local
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