15 Dec 1922
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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1922
Page
1
The report notes the president has moved to cap construction of small warships. It also mentions Harding has been engaged for months in the question of negotiating with great powers.
Washington reports Representative Lineberger said President Harding has been negotiating with major powers for months to limit warship construction under 19 000 tons as part of navy supply bill measures. The subcommittee had not consulted the president before presenting the measure.
The jury in Council Bluffs Iowa returned a not guilty verdict for John J H Tieifschneider after 27 hours deliberation in the murder of Fred Sciimmermark of Omaha.
Denver December 14 forecast for New Mexico calls for generally fair conditions Friday and Saturday with possible snow in northwest and north central areas. Colder Friday and east of the mountains Saturday. Arizona outlook for Friday and Saturday unsettled with possible snow in the northeast and southeast portions and colder in the north.
University weather record shows highest temperature around 42 with low humidity near 53. Humidity at six am about 67 percent, wind velocity 16 miles per hour, precipitation negligible. Day described as partly cloudy.
London Dec 14 Prime Minister Bonar Law backed the Balfour note policy to adjust inter allied debts by round cancellation with England surrendering her reparations share. He urged moderation toward France and the United States, warned of Britain's economic strain, and cited no military occupation of Germany. James Ramsay MacDonald led the Labor response with a full explanation of Labor's stance.
Ambassador George Harvey plans a short return to the United States due to his wife’s ill health. Washington officials declined to comment on any effect on foreign questions while Harvey discusses European reparations concerns with President Harding and other leaders. He likely returns to London before postwar talks resume with allied premiers.
Senate agriculture plans to move Norris agricultural export corporation bill quickly, potentially sidelining the administration shipping bill. Fletcher and La Follette scheduled to attack the shipping measure as committees push farm credit legislation.
The census bureau reported cotton consumption in November reached the highest monthly total since October 1917. Senate hearings on oil prices featured W C C Teagle of Standard Oil as a witness. Secretary Denby announced immediate drilling of offset gas wells to protect naval reserves in California. Secretary Wallace backed lower transportation rates for hay and grain and endorsed farm relief efforts. Eugene Meyer urged enactment of credit relief proposals before two Senate committees. A Missouri representative offered a seventy million dollar German and Austrian famine relief resolution, while naval construction was debated in the House with a proposed 381 million dollar program. Impeachment charges against Attorney General Daugherty were not pursued, described as a comic opera before the committee.
Alexandra Bovin has been named keeper of the archives of the Soviet committee in charge of former Russian crown jewels. The position demands high security as priceless jewels are prepared for sale to foreign buyers to stabilize the ruble. The committee recently recovered many missing jewels in Lapland.
U7 planes from North Island will join Pacific battle fleet aircraft in a search for Colonel Francis C. Marshall and Lieutenant C. Webber missing aviators. The de Havilands bring the total to 37 planes in the mission, with five more expected and four heavy planes included. Fight planes from the 1st squadron arrived from Crissy Field, San Francisco.
Virtually all available airplanes have left Crissey Field to aid in locating Colonel Francie C. Marshall and Lieutenant C. Le Webber who are believed lost along the Mexican border. Major George M. Brett, commander of the air service in the ninth corps area, said he may fly to the border to direct the search. Ten San Francisco aircraft will establish night quarters at Rockwell Field, San Diego, and head for Nogales, Arizona, tomorrow. Three more planes departed for Nogales today.
Rain and overcast in Nogales hindered eight plane reconnaissance planned over the Santa Rita mountains near Tucson for Coltonel Francie C. Marshall and Lieutant CC. 1. Webber. The day was spent overhauling planes and preparing to resume the search when weather improves.
Rome reports M. Zinovieff a key Lenin ally and former imperial counsellor was seized on a train from Trieste to Rome. He allegedly sought a united front of Maximilists and communists against the fascist government. The Berlin and Italian sources differ on details.
New testimony at Humble board of inquiry reveals a two inch pipe from the water tender to the boiler caused scalding steam and hot water to flood a coach. Witnesses say the switch engine throttle opened as the Houston to East Texas train No. 28 was leaving the main line.
Tel Paso Texas December 14 Officers of the National Mohair Growers association were re elected at the annual meeting. Fil Paso chosen as next year s meeting place. President M E L Conklin Newville California Vice President Joseph J Baker Winkleman Arizona Secretary Treasurer W R Hegler Frijole Texas Finance Committee chairman John Mahnke Kelso California Directors named include Fred Knollenberg El Paso C F DeGroff Reed Springs Missouri W A Gage Pinion New Mexico B Hamme l Hillsboro New Mexico Lewis Gipson Kenab Utah Joseph Robinson Green River Utah J A Shelby Lake Victor Texas
Washington reports Hell's Half Acre located today and officially identified. The site in Wyoming would be given to Natrona County for park purposes under a bill introduced by Representative Mondell, Republican leader from that state.
Secretary Wallace testified before the Interstate Commerce Commission urging lower railroad rates for grain grain products and hay Western states seek relief as farm prices remain depressed. He warned against elevating freight costs which could trigger a broad readjustment in agriculture and industry and favored considering commodity prices in rate decisions.
William Day, operator for the Santa Fe at Wootton station, sustained a skull fracture and broken nose after his motorcycle collided with an embankment near Gallinas Canyon. Passersby moved him to a train and he was hospitalized at La Junta's Santa Fe hospital.
The Forest Service reports a proposed federal appropriation of 3 060 000 for national forest roads and trails, far less than the 6 500 000 author ized. The reduction, part of trenchment policy, will blunt road building in western states, especially New Mexico, delaying primary road projects and hindering forest access and management.
Western ranges show overall improvement since November 1 with snow boosting north and rain plus warm spells aiding southern areas. Cattle conditions reach 89 percent of normal and sheep 93. hay supplies vary with South Dakota and Nebraska well provided while Montana Wyoming Idaho Colorado and Oklahoma face shortages. Cattle marketing for fall heavy but car shortages hindered movement.
Washington December cotton consumption reached 77 861 bales of lint and 5322 linters, per census data. This compares with October totals of 635 956 lint and 62 406 linters and November last year of 27 940 lint and 57 94 percent of lint ers according to the bureau.
Witnesses described a morning crowd of several hundred armed men driving prisoners through Herrin on June 22. Six bodies were found in the road bound with ropes, with four more outside the cemetery, as testimony linked defendants to the killings.
Abner Eitel, arrested in Kansas City, pled guilty to stealing from the United States mails linked to a $150,600 Trinidad Colorado robbery on May 81, 1982. He was bound over for $26,900 for formal arraignment in district court on January 16, 1983, admitting he received $2,100 and spent funds on oil stock, debts, travel, and other expenses.
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