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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1909
Page
1
President Taft pledges a ten square deal with four promises. Federal officials are expected to uphold a strong standard of character and merit in their service to communities where they operate.
President elect William H Taft received a record Georgia welcome in Atlanta on January 15 with a banquet for 500 leaders and a citywide celebration. He declared the south had won him and outlined future administration aims toward southern governance and regional development.
Former President Taft asks citizens to support qualified successors who can end alienism in government. He calls the next administration to create and build, with tariff revision as an immediate major task, and asks critics to honor the office and unite behind the president.
In Chihuahua Judge Lira y Lira sentenced 35 alleged Mexican revolutionists arrested during last summer’s internal disturbances to prison terms from one year three months to seven years two months. Fines ranged from 1000 to 1800 dollars. Enrique Portillo and Miguel Portillo, sons of the Casas Grandes customs collector, were among those sentenced. Enrique to seven years two months with a 1800 dollar fine and his brother to six years eight months with a 1500 dollar fine.
Gosney of Flagstaff Arizona attacks forest service at the National Wool Growers convention in Pocatello Idaho. He accuses the agency of favoritism prejudice and graft and calls for limits on its powers while defending existing wool tariffs and warning against tariff reductions.
On January 14 in Washington the heirs of George Washington appealed to the house committee on claims for a $365,100 reimbursement. They seek 3,000 acres along the Little Miami river in Ohio that were granted to Washington but lost due to conflicting federal grants.
The jury found Thornton Jenkins Hains not guilty as a principal with his brother Captain Peter C. Hains Jr. in the killing of William E. Annis after twenty four hours of deliberation. The verdict followed a prior acquittal of Hains in a past murder case and drew cheers in the courtroom and outside.
John C. Beatty a 65 year old Mount Vernon New York land owner died in a Brown Palace hotel bath tub in Denver after hot water ran into the tub overnight and day. Officials say heart failure may have caused death with the body found in the tub as flesh peeled away. He leaves a widow a son and a daughter.
San Francisco January 15 Three jurors selected for Patrick Calhoun street car magnate bribery case as attorneys finish twenty talesmen in four hours. Sheriff to summon 156 citizens for a second panel. new veniremen to be examined starting Tuesday.
The Burnside, a United States cable ship, spoke with Sitka yesterday over the Alaska cable which had been picked up during the day by the Burnside. The line had parted during the seismic disturbance on January 12.
A massive rainstorm floods central California delaying four overland trains across the American River near Sacramento and causing multiple bridge failures. The Western Pacific bridge collapsed at Sacramento sweeping away a gravel train amid a fatal engine accident.
In Utah the Southern Pacific routes reroute first time, shifting through passengers from Linden to divert via the Oregon Short Line to Portland and San Pedro. The Santa Fe line to Mojave then carries traffic north to San Francisco.
President Roosevelt vetoes House bill 17707 to authorize William H. Standish to build a dam on the James River in Stone County Missouri to divert water for electric power. He argues the grant is monopolistic and fails to protect the public, urging limits and charges for rights to water power.
Francesco Minimo lo, age nine, crawled from the rubble after seventeen days in darkness with his sisters buried nearby. He led soldiers to a passage and directed their rescue of his sisters, who were conveyed to a hospital while he received care for wounds.
A five year old child was saved from ruins here after eighteen days buried under debris. An officer searching the site heard faint cries and then dug through rubble. A wall collapsed injuring the officer, but he persisted and pulled the child to safety.
Prediction in Washington says New Mexico and Arizona will be admitted before Congress adjourns, marking the brightest outlook for statehood in history as officials in the capitals push for rapid approval.
Morning Journal Bureau reports President Roosevelt supports admitting New Mexico and Arizona during the current Congress. Speaker Cannon and Rep Watson back the measure, with Delegate Andrews and Delegate Smith’s bills guiding the plan. Taft reportedly approves, while Senate opposition may arise but is expected to yield if House acts.
Santa Fe New Mexico reports Governor Curry cites private Washington letters indicating strong odds the New Mexico statehood bill will pass in both houses this session. He notes President Roosevelt and President-elect Taft are supporting the effort, though he warns against overconfidence and says passage before March 4 remains hoped-for.
Mrs Clarence H Mackay, newly elected president of the Equal Franchise League, urged granting women the vote before a mixed audience of society women and suffrage supporters at the Hotel Astor. She argued the country needs the women’s vote and that morality and ethics must share in governance.
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