City approves third reading of Albuquerque Gas and Electric franchise
City commissioners pass ordinance No. 109 granting a twenty five year franchise to the Albuquerque Gas and Electric company on its third reading by a three to one vote. The ordinance becomes law and the franchise operative with hearings to be held in Albuquerque per a Hughes amendment seeking state corporation commission rate review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le Albuquerque Gas and Electric Company
Hughes
Weil
Tingley
Swope
State Corporation Commission
Albuquerque
Commission
Henry Coors
Gallup
Burkharttam
Corporation Commission
Coors
Yle
Light Company
Weather report for Denver and Desert Southwest region
Weather forecast shows unsettled and warmer conditions in New Mexico tomorrow with fair weather in the south and unsettled north. Arizona expected to be partly cloudy Thursday and Friday with no substantial temperature changes. Local report covers 24 hours ending 6 PM yesterday from the university with highs around 58 to 78 degrees and humidity readings from 40 to 64 percent, trace precipitation, and southwest winds.
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Denver
New Mexico
Arizona
Classification of Counties in New Mexico Changes
The State Tax Commission reduced county salaries by reclassifying counties after declines in assessed valuation. Auditor Juan N. Vigil supports the move under a 6th Legislature law, listing counties by class. A Lea County case is in the state supreme court seeking to overturn the action. The new law allows the estate auditor to reclassify every two years.
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Santa Fe
State Tax Commission
Juan N. Vigil
Bernalillo
Chaves
Dona Ana
Grant
San Miguel
Colfay
Curry
Eddy
Guadalupe
Luna
McKinley
Otero
Quay
Torrance
Union
Valencia
Socorro
Hidalgo
Liseon
de Baen
Harding
Joa
Mera
Rio Arriba
San Juan
Catron
Sandoval
Sierra
Taos
Etate Supreme Court
Lea County
Vigil
Tax Commission
Steps Taken to Save Two Churchmen From Moscow Death
The State Department said it would convey to the Soviet government through the American ambassador in Berlin a hope that Archbishop Zepliak and Monsignor Butchkovich, condemned to be executed tomorrow in Moscow, may be spared.
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Washington
State Department
Berlin
Zeplak
Butchkavitch
Catholic Church
Moscow
Death sentences shock Warsaw church leaders
In Moscow the death sentences on Archbishop Zepliak and Monsignor Buthekavitch sparked a day of sensational protests. Cardinal Kakowski led a large mass attended by thousands, then a long procession to Premier Sikorski who pledged Poland would press protests with support from Pope Pius and the United States.
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Warsaw
Associated Press
Zepliak
Butehkavitch
Moscow
Kakowski
Sikorski
Poland
Butchkaviteh
Pope Pius
United States
February income of Santa Fe railroad grows
Chicago reports Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railway system shows a 31 51 644 increase in February 1923 over February 1922 with net railway operating income rising to 2 924 146 from 1 372 601. Total February revenues reached 16 396 000 with expenses up from 12 373 950 to 12 373 950. First two months of 1923 total net income 7 202 384, up 3 015 730 from 1922.
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Chicago
Atchison, Topeka and Sana Fe
Tueridee
Eight Indicted by Bernalillo Grand Jury in Three Days
A Bernalillo county grand jury returned eight indictments and 11 no bills after three days of sessions. Henry Gallegos, “The Lonesome Kid,” was indicted for larceny. others investigated include 19 cases with 35 witnesses. The jury urged safer highways on North Fourth Street and Old Town Boulevard and noted jail conditions and record-keeping issues.
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Bernalillo County Grand Jury
Henry Gallegos
Lonesome Kid
Gallegos
Grand
North Fourth Street
Old Town Boulevard
Mayo E. Hickey
District Court
New Mexico
Bernalillo
Grand Jury
Justices of the Peace
Fourth Street
Primitivo Candelaria
ER. F. Landolfi
Masonic Temple Contract Awarded to El Paso Firm
The Masonic Building Trustees of Silver City New Mexico awarded John S Kane & Co of El Paso a 56000 contract for a handsome brick and concrete temple and theater building on Bullard and Market Streets. Furnishings are expected to cost 12000 to 16000 with total investment around 66000 to 68000.
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Silver City
N. M
Masonic Building Trustees
Inec
John S. Kane & Co
el Paso
Masonic Temple
Masons
Bullard and
Market Streets
Three Men and Woman Killed in Kentucky Battle
Report from Harlan Kentucky states three men and a woman were killed in a clash between a federal posse and alleged moonshiners near Usher. Deputy Kelley Walker of Tejan Bell counties and George Strong were among the dead, with Mrs Isaac Strong also killed. The posse surrounded the Strong home and Walker was slain instantly when exposed to a hidden rifleman.
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Harlan, Khy
Usher
Kelley Walker
Tejan
Bell
Keanestrong
George Strong
Ixaac Strong
Strong
Walker
Tle
Verthrow of Government Urged by Armed Force Text
Witness at Foster trial admits writing an article urging workers to adopt overthrow method. Article calls for violence against state authority and fuels revolutionary sentiment. Trial reveals the author asserted that force could compel regime change.
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Verthrow
U.S
Ruthenburg Admits Article Advocating Extra Parliamentary Means
Charles H. Ruthenburg testifies in Foster case admitting he wrote a piece urging workers to use armed force if needed to overthrow the U S government. He had earlier served ten months in an Ohio prison for obstructing the draft during World War I. He is questioned about Communist articles and defense council plans as the trial continues.
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Ohio
St. Joseph
Mich
Associated Press
Charles H. Ruthenburg
William Z. Foster
Foater
United States
Ruthenburger
C. L. Smith
Michigan
Moscow
Frank P. Walsh
Foster
Communist
General Labor Defense Council
Walsh
Workers’ Party
Labor Party
Socialist and
Socialist Labor Party
Proletarian Party
United Toilers
Central Labor Councils
The
Civil Liberties Union
the Nation
the Freeman
New Republic
Non Partisan League
Doctor Charged With Death Of Little Dancer In San Diego
In San Diego on March 25 Dr. Louis L. Jacobs Camp Kearney hospital physician faced a murder charge in the death of dancer Fritzi Mann. The first day of hearings showed the body found on a beach January 14 the vanity case dent in the sand and a hand position suggesting death by non drowning theory scrutinized by both sides. The hearing likely will extend a week as prosecution and defense probe the dancer’s last movements and injuries.
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San Diego
Calif
Louis L. Jacobs
Camp Kearney
Fritzi Mann
Ssistant
Selleck
Dancer
J. Matthews
Robert M. Boawman
Harley Sachs
del Mar
John Bludworth
Blackmail Plot 9 Ties Keenan Slaying to Mitchel Case
New York March 28 The Dorothy Keenan murder case shifts focus to a possible blackmailer linked to Miles Kennan and J. Mitchell Philadelphia financier whose name was disclosed to Assistant District Attorney Pecora after Major Draper Daugherty, son of the U S attorney general, testified about threats to fix him a Justice Department job. Pecora said the blackmail angle may illuminate the motive while not solving the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dorothy Keenan
Draper M. Daugherty
United States
Todlay
Department of Justice
Daugherty
Pecora
Jerrortere
Major Waugherty
Bir Marshall
J. K. Mitchell
Philadelphia
Pecor
Mitchell
Couzens' tax on rail wages denied by Southern Pacific chief
New York March 28 Julius Kruttschnitt chairman of the Southern Pacific company challenged Senator Couzens of Michigan over rail wage costs claiming eighteen years of wage reductions. He argued total labor cost reductions were about 250 million of a 1 billion annual drop and cited gains in locomotive power train miles revenue ton miles and ton miles per train between 1903 and 1920.
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New York
Senator Couzens
Michigan
Julius Kruttschnitt
Southern Pacific Company
Graft Claim Over Chicago School Funds Cited
Chicago March 28 Chief Justice McKinley said a grand juror told him that between 75 million and 90 million dollars were lost to Chicago schoolchildren in five years due to graft waste and incompetence in the Chicago Board of Education. He linked the indictments charging conspiracy to obtain funds from the board to Fred Lundin and 23 others connected to Mayor Thompson's machine.
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Chicago
McKinley
Criminal Courts
Illinois Association of Credit Men
Grand Jury
Chicago Board of Education
Fred Lundin
Thompson
Mitchell Convicted by Jury for Murder in Waco
Roy Mitchell was found guilty of the murder of W P Driscoll, a Waco cotton man. The jury imposed the death penalty after four minutes of deliberation. This marks the fourth death penalty handed down recently in the area.
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Waco
Texas
Roy Mitchell
W. P. Driscoll
Mitchell
Gloria Swanson Named Defendant in Divorce Suit
Gloria Swanson film actress is named defendant in a divorce suit filed by her husband Herbert K. Somborn in Los Angeles California. The complaint cites desertion as the ground. Swanson married Somborn in 1915 after her first husband Wallace Beery divorced on desertion in 1914.
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Tee Angeles
Calif
Gloria Swanson
Herbert K. Somborn
Miss Swanson
Wallace Beery
Mise Swanson
Somborn
Commission to Increase Scope of Sugar Inquiry
Washington March 28 The Tariff Commission announced the probe into the new import duty's effect on prices will be broader than planned under instructions from President Harding. Secretary Hoover predicted the current price level would reduce consumption and raise production. Commission meets.
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Washington
Tariff Commission
Harding
St. Augustine
Fla
Cuba
Porto Rico
Hawaii
United States
Hoover
Simmons
North Carolina
Senate
Basil M. Manly
People's Legislative Service
Department of Justice
Farmers National Council
Simmon
Europe
Manly
Farmers’ National Council
Norris-Sinclair
Bernhardt Funeral Set At Saint Francois De Sales
Paris reports Sarah Bernhardt lay in a rosewood casket as Abbe Loutil prepared prayers for noon service at Saint Francois de Sales. The funeral will proceed to Pere la Chaise with a simple vault bearing only the name Bernhardt. The service stringently adheres to her wish for simplicity and no orations.
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Paris
Associated Press
Sarah Bernhardt
Abbe Loutil
Ernhardt
Legion of Honor
Maurice
Pere la Chaise
Bernhardt
la Madeleine
Miss Collett Defends National Golf Title in Pinehurst
Miss Glevna Collett of Providence, reigning national women's golf champion, defeated Miss Marion Holling of East Islip, N Y, 5 up with 4 to play in the final round to successfully defend her title at the Pinehurst event held March 33.
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Miss Holding
Pinehurst
Glevna Collett
Providence
Marion Holling
East Islip
Amoskeag Mills announces 12 1 2 percent wage increase
Manchester March 28 The Amoskeag Manufacturing company a major cotton concern today notified employees that a 12 1 2 percent wage increase would become effective April Over 3209 operatives are to receive the raise
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Manchester
N. H
Amoskeag Manufacturing Company
Tod
Woman sues Harry Wills for breach of promise damages
Miss Ethyl Thompson of Albuquerque New Mexico files a breach of promise suit in Los Angeles seeking 25000 against railroad clerk Harry Wills. She says no authorization was given and her Los Angeles attorney exceeded authority while arguing a loan dispute unrelated to the suit.
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Rpcoiol
Angeles
Calif
Harry Wills
Ethyl Thompson
Albueverque
N. M
Wills
Thompson
Los Angeles
Walter L. Case
Albuquerque
Miss Thompson
South Walter Street
Morning Journal
Sleeping Sickness Fatal to Soldier at Fort Bliss
El Paso Texas March 28 Private John Hicks 23 of Fort Bliss died at William Beaumont General Hospital from sleeping sickness. He is survived by his mother Mrs Emma Hicks of Strasburg Cole. Civilian doctors said eight deaths from the disease have occurred recently, with two cases still doubtful.
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el Pass
Texas
John Hicks
Fort Bliss
William Beamont General Hospital
Emma Hicks
Strasburg, Cole
President Harding seeks to keep politics from vacation period
In St Augustine Florida March reports say President Harding aims to avoid political action during the coming months. Attorney General Daugherty, his pre convention adviser, had suggested candidacy in 1924 but now supports restraint to prevent any political entanglements. Daugherty arrived in Florida for a brief visit and then heads to Washington.
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St. Augustine
Fla
Harding
Miarat
Daugherty
Washington
Florida
Drr
Attorney Generals Suite
Ruhr valley unemployed form mutual aid society
In Essen the unemployed form a council to negotiate with the German government over subsistence funds and free food. Duisburg reports rising unemployment as factories close, including Babcoek Willcox, with workers earning 14,000 marks weekly. Unions urge passive resistance and seek additional government aid.
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Essen
Associated Press
Ruhr
Duisburg
Babcoeck-Willcox Metal Works
Unem
Berlin
Coal Line
Hagerman National Champion Ship Fund Reaches Goal
New Mexico thanks donors for Hagerman fund drive to Chicago. Hagerman supporters raised or received about 1 087 from the state and 500 05 from The Morning Journal by late last night, pushing the total over 1 600, surpassing the target by over 100. A full contributor list will be printed tomorrow.
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New Mexico
Hagerman
The
Morning Journal
Royal Sons of
Chicago
Tracerman
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Hanna
Plunkett
U. S. State Department
Santa FE Railroad
Justiano Montoya
Alfredo Trujillo
Valerio Chavez
Yenses Chavez
Willy Chavez
Jose de la Luz Chavez
Samuel Gallegos
Carlos Chavez
Fabracio Chavez
Siueben Lopez
Celso Gallegos
Carlos Savedra
Charles N. Patten
Sam Weinberg
Felix Madrid
Nestor Sena
Samuel Sanchez
Kentucky
Frank Lily
Defense Council
Lilly
Charles R. Grant
China
Ruthenburge
Doctor Chargee
Cal
Blagkmail
Keenan
Couzens
ESPEE
Mme. Bernhardt
Albuquercue
Dmigherty
Harnig
Neraplayer
Aiha
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