12 Dec 1924
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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1924
Page
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El Paso reports Samuel Gompers, head of the American Federation of Labor, is seriously ill but not dead. Private advices at 3:30 PM from Mexico City say a message arrived saying he was resting well as a train neared Monterey Neuvo Leon.
San Antonio Texas reports Samuel Gompers veteran U.S. labor leader is rapidly improving. A telegram to the National Lines of Mexico general agent at Nuevo Laredo says the editor was not critical and that doctors will visit him when the train reaches Saltillo late this afternoon.
Saltillo Mexico December 11 Samuel Gompers remains weak after a late evening train stop Dr Cockrell his physician reported pulse 90 and temperature normal while the veteran labor leader receives care during the stop in Saltillo
A medical bulletin from attending physicians stated Mr. Gompers' temperature is normal and pulse 90 as the train neared Saltillo Mexico City. The update follows earlier reports of satisfactory condition.
Mexico City reports Samuel Gompera spent a good night and slept well aboard the train taking him back to the United States. The regional federation of labor said his condition was improving and his chances favored recovery.
A New Mexico jury found no verdict of not guilty for Gus Winn, a Santa Fe railway special officer, in the June 19 shooting of Max Martinez. Winn testified he acted in self defense after Martinez tried to draw a weapon while riding Train No. 9 near the right of way, and Martinez died on June 24.
President Coolidge on Interior Secretary Work’s advice set aside two tracts totaling 2234 acres in Arizona as a national monument. The site lies west of the Little Colorado River about 30 miles northeast of Flagstaff and includes two groups of prehistoric Hopi ancestral ruins.
In Stewart and Hyder areas along a new road, blasting exposed rich quartz in northern Canada. Seattle publisher Charles Herron reported assays around 80 dollars per ton. Claims have been staked by workers from Stewart and Hyder.
Tenver reports generally fair weather in New Mexico and Arizona for Friday and Saturday with little temperature change.
Twenty four hours ended 6 pm yesterday recorded by the university shows highest temperature 44 degrees and lowest 14. Humidity at 6 pm 73 percent. Precipitation 0. Wind from the northwest. Day described as clear.
Sunrise at 6 a.m. and sunset at 4 50 p.m. are listed for Santa Fe time. Albuquerque sunrise is about six minutes earlier and sunset about six minutes later in December.
Washington December 11 progress toward disposing of the Muscle Shoals question was interrupted by other proposals as the Senate recessed overnight without action on amendments. Leaders hoped for a final vote tomorrow and considered limiting debate. Copeland urged power rate specifics and cautioned against hasty action. Howell warned against contracts with loopholes and called for clear lessee duties.
Chicago reports Eddie Collins second baseman of the Chicago American League team is named manager for 1925, succeeding Johnny Evers. Comiskey confirms Collins selection from New York as the Sox head to the season. Collins, a famed defender and hitter, joined the Sox in 1915 after a $50 000 purchase from the Athletics.
Eddie Collins says he has signed a one year contract to manage the Chicago White Sox. He declined to discuss plans beyond confirming the deal and noted it is too early to outline his approach. Collins resides in Lansdowne, a Philadelphia suburb.
Washington reports General Carias withdraws from the Honduran presidential race where he has been the leading figure in the ongoing conflict.
Austen Chamberlain left Rome with renewed faith in the League of Nations after addressing the council. He secured postponement of the Geneva protocol discussion to March and pursued closer Britain Italy cooperation on Mediterranean issues while Vatican ties and Holy Land questions were discussed. Egyptian Senator Fanous urged an inquiry under Article 11, warning the Egyptian situation could worsen and pressing Latin American delegates for intervention before adjournment.
A Racine letter to President Coolidge recounts a man who picked up a dropped dime and used it for a hot coffee and two rolls. The writer notes returning the dime later, claiming he was hungry and now has many dimes.
Announcement reveals the combination of Cosmopolitan and Hearst's International owned by William Randolph Hearst. The new publication will keep the Cosmopolitan name and appearance and be directed by Ray Long, current editor of Cosmopolitan.
The Senate approved a naval construction bill authorizing a 116 million dollar program while considering the Muscle Shoals measure. Other actions include approving liquor treaties with Canada France the Netherlands and Panama and passage of an agriculture appropriation bill for road construction and other purposes totaling 226.9 million and 44.969 million respectively.
W A Libby aged 74 was found murdered in his isolated cabin four miles northwest of town. Police say his head was crushed by his own axe and the room shows signs of resistance. Investigators, led by Coroner Johnston and Sheriff Thomas, are watching two former Texas inmates suspected in the killing. Libby’s ranch had been robbed previously and part of the loot was traced to him. A neighbor tied to Libby’s sister Mrs A M Reed is also under investigation for suspected thefts.
Mrs. Jennie Thomas, sister of Kid McCoy, testified under direct examination that she could not state what her brother told her after Theresa Mors died. She said she did not believe his claim of murder and could not remember his statements about the night of the death. The jewelry, claimed by prosecutors to have been worn by Mors and taken by McCoy, was shown to the jury.
W. T. Hawes, general secretary of the National Association of Poultry Dealers, says the New York board of health ban on chickens from eight central western states is a national calamity during the association's annual convention in Chicago.
The New York board of health ordered an embargo on shipments of live chickens from North Dakota South Dakota Missouri Kansas Illinois Indiana Iowa and Nebraska. The action followed reports of a mysterious fatal disease affecting poultry in recent days. The disease, spreading across the United States, is blamed on a condition that congests the wind pipe at the base of the windpipe per Purdue University expert.
Owen D. Young spoke at a Waldorf testimonial dinner in New York praising the Dawes plan as non political and vital for Germany's debt bearing. He urged continued private and public banking support to stabilize German credit and boost world economic recovery.
The death rate in the U S registration area increased to 12.3 per 1 000 in 1923 from 11.8 in 1922. Only seven states posted lower refined rates. Maryland recorded the highest refined rate at 14 21 per 1 000, Montana the lowest at 8.7, with Louisiana and Florida around 13.5 and 13.3 respectively.
In Chicago a defense cross examination of Elias H. Mortimer, the government key witness, questions his Senate testimony versus trial accounts. Mortimer admits recollection updates since 1923 and confirms visiting hospital sites with J. W. Thompson and James W. Black while denying perjury.
Washington Dec 11 The Postmaster General will urge Congress to raise most postal rates including newspapers and periodicals to boost revenue for proposed postal pay increases. He plans to present findings to President Coolidge this week before a possible bill to Congress. A Senate vote on the vetoed penal employee salary bill remains unsettled amid debate and Meecle Shoals timing.
Snow blankets southeastern New Mexico from Clovis to Carlsbad and west to the Texas line, following a heavy storm last year that isolated the region for two weeks. Temperatures fall with minor stock suffering expected while moisture is welcomed in the parched area.
The House approved the agricultural appropriation bill carrying 124,006,000 with 80,000,000 for road construction. It moves to the Senate after two days of debate and few amendments, paving the way for the naval appropriation bill next week. Floor leaders hope to pass three supply bills before Christmas recess.
Paris reports that a joint Allied control mission uncovers secret stocks of rifles and cannon in Germany. The team also finds hidden factories producing arms and an armed force beyond Versailles limits, complicating the shift from military to civilian control and testing Franco Allied patience.
The Pueblo Indian lands board chaired by Secretary Work Attorney General Stone and Robert Walker of New York met at the Department of Justice to plan adjudication and settlement of disputed land titles in New Mexico. About twenty pueblos totaling roughly 17 000 acres each will be investigated with the aim of adjusting all claims. The Attorney General will file suits to quiet titles after the board acts.
Wooster College president Charles F. Wishart told a Presbyterian conference that the belief war cannot be abolished is the day’s most dangerous atheism. He urged moving toward a codified world law and a supreme court of nations to outlaw war.
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