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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1925
Page
1
The case concerning an alleged shepherd slayer moves to trial after weeks of pretrial hearings. Prosecution and defense prepare arguments as jurors await opening statements.
Chicago June 10 AP The trial of William Darling Shepard for the murder of millionaire foster son William McClintock moved forward after three days of jury selection. Openings will address whether Mrs McClintock or Dr Oscar Olson were involved in a plot to seize the 1 million estate.
White Cloud Michigan June 10 Lee Dudgeon was cleared of all charges of complicity in the death of Ronnie Hodell a verdict of not guilty stunned the crowded circuit court. He had been confined since 1922 after a previous manslaughter conviction and nearly served 17 months of a reform school sentence.
Washington on June 10 the Interior Department authorized a public sale by auction of 15 890 acres in the former Coeur d Alene Indian reservation. The land near Couer d Alene will be offered October 6 in tracts from 40 to 180 acres. Any coal or oil deposits will be reserved and surveyed by the government.
June 10 at Santa Clara five people were electrocuted when a high tension line on a bridge across the Belico River fell. Rescue crews and authorities investigated the accident and cordoned off the site.
Jenver June 10. New Mexico expected to be mostly cloudy Thursday and Friday with little temperature change. Arizona generally fair Thursday and Friday with similar minor temperature changes. Local report ends at 6 p m yesterday. University ordered conditions. Humidity 40 percent at 6 p m. Precipitation none. Wind direction variable. Sky mostly cloudy.
Dr. Issa Tanimura, a Tokio special food commissioner and Yale graduate, travels from Yokohama to Chicago to study meat consumption, animal husbandry, and nutrition in Japan. He notes Japan’s meat shift, history with livestock, and host duties for visitors including Mrs. Roosevelt. He supports selective exclusions and calls for broader anti communist stance.
Geneva reports a sharp clash over the allied note to Germany as Austen Chamberlain and Briand dispute publication. Officials deny pre delivery details, promising to release the text soon. They emphasize a mutual security pact among four powers and the role of arbitration in proposed peace arrangements.
Two amphibian planes arrived at Squantum and joined Commander Donald B. MacMillan’s Arctic expedition preparations after a flight from Philadelphia. A third plane diverted to Sagamore due to a heavy squall, with Commander Byrd’s flight delayed by dense fog near Montauk Point.
Reports from Canton and Shanghai outline foreign evacuations and a decreasing general strike in Shanghai while water side strikes hinder British and Japanese crews. Cantonese and Yunnanese forces entrench around Canton as negotiations fail and public unrest continues.
Fighting between Yunnanese and Cantonese troops for Canton intensified since Saturday afternoon. Fear grows that food supplies will run short for civilians. Yunnanese recruits from Hongkong captured by Cantonese on Hlonan island. city reportedly under a Russian general’s command.
A Hong Kong dispatch reports Cantonese forces attempting to cross the Canton river to drive out Yunnanese troops were repelled with heavy losses on Tuesday night, per a Daily Express arrival in London.
Rabat Morocco June 10 AP. After an all day air flight Premier Painleve of France arrived in Rabat at 5 40 pm. General Jacquemot chief of the premier is military staff landed shortly after. Marshal Lyautey resident general of French Morocco and the grand vizier Mohammed El Mokratal represented the sultan. Painleve conferred with Lyautey over the general situation in the protectorate focusing on the Rif rebellion.
Chicago leads a protest against taxation without representation, with county officials halting tax receipts until state legislatures align representation with urban populations. The piece compares Chicago to Detroit Baltimore and Rhode Island and argues city districts face persistent underrepresentation while rural majorities preserve influence.
The sheriff's office arrested four men Jose Gabriel Herrera Lorenzo Trujillo Samuel Martinez and Elias Archibeque tied to a wave of petty thefts in Albuquerque over several months. Deputies found stolen items at Herrera and Trujillo homes and expect charges after identifications by victims.
New York June 10 Mike McTigue who lost his light heavy title to Paul Berlenbach in a May 29 fifteen round bout at Yankee stadium will be the first to face the new champion. Berlenbach and McTigue have signed with Tex Rickard for another encounter sometime in August.
Geneva reports the international conference on arms control adopts a special protocol sponsored by the American delegation prohibiting the use of poisoned gas or bacteria in war. The protocol opens for signature with ratifications sent to France and becomes operative on ratification. armored cars are restored and aircraft export lists must be published within six months.
With the extension election set for Tuesday, fewer than 300 district residents have registered at Miley grocery and University Heights barber shop. Officials urge broad turnout to reflect the will of voters. a recent canvass suggested majority favor inclusion, but no active campaign is evident.
Washington reports that Forl Thiele, previously surveyor general for Alaska, was appointed today to be secretary of the territory of Alaska. The move formalizes his transition within territorial administration.
Paris June 10. French finance minister Caillaux urged settling inter allied debts with agreed engagements and eyed a possible foreign loan in the United States once France’s finances improve. Socialist MPs questioned a capital levy, but Caillaux rejected it as unsuitable to restore the budget. He said treasury payments due this year would be met without more paper money and public opinion would back the state’s credit.
Estes Park Colorado June 10 AP An airplane piloted by Farl Parker a Denver aviator won a race with death flying at high speed to deliver two tanks of oxygen from Denver to Estes Park in 45 minutes covering nearly 100 miles to save Dr Wade and Mrs Jennie Marker two patients with advanced influenza reported improved after treatment.
The annual tri city event with Dawson, Raton and Trinidad clubs will occur in Trinidad on Sunday June 14. A Southern Colorado Northern New Mexico Golf association tourney follows on July 25 26 and 27 drawing notable attention.
Judge Charles R. Brice presides in Alamogordo for several days due to Judge Edwin Mechem handling election contest cases. Brice plans a future trip to his summer home at Tres Ritos in Taos County.
Washington June 10 AP The War Department temporary lease plan for Muscle Shoals was disapproved by the President's special commission Acting Secretary Davis announced the department will follow the commission's recommendation The commission fears a lease could delay final policy and that a lessee might fortify the site giving an advantage if Congress chooses a private lease Muscle Shoals expected to be ready when Congress meets in December
City commission considers licensing utilities including telephone and power firms. Mayor Tingley supports licenses and a city list of nonpaying entities. Plans for band concerts in Highland park and a new comfort station are discussed. Also debated are sidewalk repairs funding and Stamm waterworks purchase terms.
In Oslo on June 10 AP reports Amundsen's Dornier planes began their polar journey from King's Bay. Technical director Frohlinde praised pilots Fants Larsen and Dietrichson as the party prepared to depart amid thin ice and snow. The Heimdahl will relieve the Farm to patrol Spitzbergen as Tromso awaits Professor Hoel's surveying expedition.
In Santa Fe at noon Bishop F B Howden joined Rev Walter Stephen Trowbridge and Miss Jessie Pearl Carroll in marriage at the Church of the Holy Faith. The bride was given away by her brother, with Miss Roble as bridesmaid and Charles B Barker as usher. A wedding luncheon preceded a motor honeymoon trip.
Santa Fe June 10 Summers Burkhart of Albuquerque and James A Hall of Clovis were appointed by Governor Hannett as counsel to represent New Mexico in the contemplated litigation over the Rio Grande.
Pikeville Kentucky reports no disposition on the latest charge against Congressman John W Langley Republican of Kentucky for drunkenness sworn by a woman. Langley had been fined ten dollars and served a four hour jail term for contempt of court. Police Judge J P Marrs who presided refused to outline potential dispositions. Rumors say the case may go to the circuit court. Langley says the jail sentence stemmed from a misunderstanding as he claims he did not know he was in court. His wife and a physician urged bail release before ten hour sentence expired while Langley remained under medical care at home.
New York June 10 AP sole eyewitness Harry Brown testified that Dorothy Perkins confessed to firing the shot that killed her suitor Thomas Teapleton at a St Valentine party. Brown said Dorothy claimed she killed him but did not mean to. Prosecution plans to close its case tomorrow.
Roswell New Mexico June 10 seven carloads of bridge material for the Pecos river bridge east of Dayton have arrived and are being unloaded. Construction will start immediately and shorten the route to the Pecos valley oil field producing area nine miles from the Haswell Carlsbad highway at Dayton.
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