New Mexico Good Roads Association Re-Elects Twitchell President
At the association’s annual convention closing session Colonel R E Twitchell was unanimously re elected to direct the group for another year. He thanked delegates for the honor and pledged to continue despite pressing duties. Other officers and county vice presidents were then elected.
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New Mexico Good Roads Association
R. E. Twitchell
Twitchell
Agaiy
Association
Governor Delivers Noteworthy Albuquerque Address
The governor speaks to Albuquerque citizens and local press, thanking them for courtesies during the meeting as resolutions are adopted.
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Albuquerque
Meet the Albuquerque Chapter Officers and Committees
President R K Twitcheil of East Las Vegas serves as General Vice President Francis BE Lester of Las Cruces. Secretary L Grose of Albuquerque and Treasurer John Weeker Jr lead with an executive committee including Ken J Rankin D K BR Sellers and A B Stroup of Albuquerque. Auditing committees list J W Corbett Mountainair W M Atkinson Roswell and Lee F Elliott Las Cruces.
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R. K. Twitcheil
East Las Vegas
Francis BE. Lester
Las Cruces
L. L. Grose
Albuquerque
John Weeker
Helen
Ken J. Rankin
D. K. BR. Sellers
A. B. Stroup
J. W. Corbett
Mountainair
W. M. Atkinson
Roswell
Lee F. Elliott
County vice presidents and organizers list by county
A fragmented roster lists county vice presidents and organizers across New Mexico counties. Entries include Bernalillo George Arnot Colfax H Shields Eddy R Thorne Guadalupe Benigno Padilla Grant John Burnside Mora Eugenio Romero Dons Ann John McNary Lincoln W Verguson Luna RR Hoffman McKinley C N Cotton Otero not represented Quay J W Corn San Juan Frank Staplin San Miguel K J Leahy Santa Fe K Abbott Sierra Wolford Sundovall A J tere Socorro Dr G G Duncan Taos Dr T F P Martin Torrance J J Stubbletieta Union C B Snyder Valencia S Wilkinson UE Jacobsen and other named officials.
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Bernalillo. Hening
George Arnot
Colfax
H. M. Shields
Curry
Jh. Tart
T. M. Mabry
Eddy
R. M. Thorne
Mr. Huey
Guadalupe — Benigno Padilla
John Hicks
Grant
John N. Burnside
Dr. I. Ormsby
W. O. Reetor
San Juan
Frank Staplin
Wil Butts
San Miguel
K. J. Leahy
W. T. Stark
Santa Fe
K. (. Abbott
Frank Owen
Sierrae
H. A. Wolford
Neil Sullivan
Re election of Col Twitchell leads NM Good Roads close
Final NM Good Roads session at the Commercial Club featured Col Twitchell’s re election as president amid high attendance. Governor McDonald spoke as officers were elected and the group affiliated with the El Paso Good Roads Association. An afternoon auto tour capped the convention with delegates hosted in Las Vegas.
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New Mexico Good Roads Association
Commercial Club
Rulk.Twitchell
East Las Vegas
William C. McDonald
el Pause Good Louds Association
Colonel Twitchell
Francis Lester
Las Cruces
C. N. Cotton
Gallup
Francis E. Lester
Twitchell
Dena Ana
N. Cotton
Las Vegas
McDonald backs road program at New Mexico convention
Governor McDonald declared his commitment to good roads and harmony among officials in a thirty minute address before the state wood roads convention. He praised State Engineer J A French and urged support for county road building without pay. Judge Adrian Pool outlined El Paso county’s $290 000 road plan and five trunk routes to the New Mexico line. Ross Peck of the US Forest Service described cooperative methods and forest earnings distribution.
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McDonald
New Mexico
State Association
J. A. French
French
Adrian Pool
Paso
Twitchell
el Paseo
Judge Pool
el Paso
Ro Ss Peck
United States Forest Service
Peck
Forest Service
Tate
Resolutions Adopted for New Mexico Good Roads Plan
The New Mexico Good Roads association approved resolutions urging early completion of the scenic highway through the Pecos national forest from Las Vegas to Santa Fe, Camino Real improvements, a Rio Puerco bridge, state road signing, and a state road book. They also called for secretary salary, a state road law revision committee, member certificates, and publication of proceedings. The resolutions were presented by Francis E B Lester and adopted unanimously.
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Pecos Nathomal Forest
Las Vegas
Santa Fe
Arizona
Harry Locke
Rio Puerco
Camino Real
New Mexico
Lais Vegas
State Highway Commission
Clairvoyant Swindler Case Draws Wisconsin Witness
Mrs H J McFidewney of La Crosse testifies in Chicago that clairvoyant James M Ryan alias Professor Charles T Crane swindled her out of 15500 after a professional front with a typewriter telephone and card index system. State's Attorney Hoyne investigates the ring.
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Morning Journal
Chicago
H. J. McFidewney
la Crosee
Wis
James M. Ryan
Charles T. Crane
Wyoming
Hoyne
la Crosse
Mexican generals depart capital for northern campaign
Mexico City on May 9 reports General Pasqual Orozco leading sixty men from the capital to join the northern campaign. Orozco will meet General Cheche Campos at Torreon and then advance to Jiminez where war department orders await him.
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Mexico City
Pascual Orozco
Friedmann Tuberculosis Vaccine Questioned by Government Report
Government health investigators at Mount Sinai report preliminary findings on Dr. F F Friedmann’s tuberculosis vaccine. They state current observations do not justify public confidence and note that many patients show little or no infiltrate or develop abscesses. The association echoes no proven cure yet.
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Morning Journal
Washington, May
F. F. Friedmann
National Association For the Study and Prevention
F. Anderson
A. M. Stimson
Mount Sinai Hospital
New York
Friedmann
Democratic National Committee Delays Reorganization Fight
The Democratic National Committee postponed permanent reorganization to allow May 16 subcommittee talks with President Wilson and others. The move aims to build a unified campaign plan and expand the committee to include U.S. senators from states with Democrats or those likely to elect them in 1914.
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Morning Journal
Washington
Democratic National Committee
Wilson
Johnson
Kentucky
James T Liegd
Missouri
Page
North Carolina
Senate
National Committee
Executive Committee
Stone
Pepper
Hammond
Liogd
House
Town
Lloyd
New Democratic Congressional Committee
Comitee
Congressional Committee
House of Representatives
Congress
United Action
United States
Banker Chastened by House for Attacking Sims
Washington banker Charles Glover was reprimanded by Speaker Clark for assaulting Representative Sims in Faragut Square after Sims criticized him over a District of Columbia real estate sale. Glover apologized, declaring the act occurred under great stress.
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DY Morning Journal
Washington
Charles ©. Glover
Sims
Tennessee
House
Clark
Glover
Farragut Square
District of Columbia
Crisp
Georgia
Senate
Congress
Thomas
Kentucky
Moon
Johnson
United States Treasury
Treasury
Rebels Completely Isolate Capital in Mexican Uprising
Mexico City May report says rebels cut main rail line near Wadley San Luis Potosi isolating the capital from the United States. Rebels from Matehuala concentrate followers of Carranza. Zacatecas sees increased activity with the capital besieged. Francisco Vasquez Mez slated to go to Washington as rebel representative after talks with Carranza.
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Morning Journal
Mexico City
United States
National Railway
Wadley
San Luis Potosi
Mateahuala
Carranza
Zacatecas
Francisco Vasque
Iemez
Las Vacas
Washington
Tiemez
Harvester Trust Rival Says Competition Was Fair
In St Paul Minnesota a rival executive described Harvester competition as businesslike and fair during the government suit to dissolve the Harvester trust. A Haas of Minneapolis, general agent for Janesville Machinery, testified at the hearing today.
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St. Paul, Minn
Harvester Company
A. Haas
Minneapolis
Janesville Machinery Company
Harvester “Trust
Reorganization of Congressional Committee Begind
Democrats choose members formed from senators and representatives to conduct the 1914 campaign fight. The group aims to unify party efforts and coordinate strategy for upcoming elections.
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Congressional Committee
New House Committee Memberships Announced on Tariff Views
The latest congressional roll shows new members appointed to the tariff committee. Senators from Missouri Virginia Texas Nevada Newlands Alabama Oklahoma Oregon Chamberlain join the panel alongside several others. Representatives from Alabama Arizona Arkansas California and more fill the seats with names including Richardson Hayden Floyd Baker Taylor and Cline among others.
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Ing
House
Missouri
Stone
Virginia
Martin
Texas
Culberson
Nevada
Newlands
Alabama
Bankhead
Oklahoma
Owens
Oregon
Chamberlain
Richardson
Arizona
Hayden
Arkansas
Floyd
California
Baker
Colorado
Taylor
Connecticut
Reilly
Delaware
Brookson
Florida
Clark
Georgia
Lee
Siness
Sabath
Indiana
Cline
Iowa
Pepper
Kansas
Rhode Island
O Shaughnessey
South Carolina
Finley
Tennessee
Houston
Flood
Wisconsin
Burke
West Virginia
Fire threatens Utah University amid campus blaze
Firemen and students saved the University of Utah after a lab building burned and the medical building was damaged. Flames reached principal structures but were controlled, prompting emergency action on campus in Salt Lake City.
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Utah University
Salt Lake City
University of Utah
President Says He Will Sign Sundry Civil Bill
Washington May 9 President Wilson told callers he would sign the sundry civil bill as it passes the House and Senate but faces strong pressure to change his mind. He indicated he would sign with a protest outlining objections to future such legislation on supply bills.
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Morning Journal
Washington
Wilson
House
Senate
Republicans Begin Bryan Pleads for Strong Fight in Senate
Opposition voices against the finance committee bill demand public hearings. Secretary of State addresses delegates from English speaking countries at Ghent to start a celebration.
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Bryan
Finance Committee
Ghent
Sugar Tariff Debate Centers on Beet Industry
U S senators clash over the Underwood tariff as Republicans press for public hearings. Senator Smith warns the sugar schedule would ruin the beet sugar industry affecting 15 000 Michigan workers while accusing allies of the Democratic party of aiding a sugar monopoly. Debate shifts to furniture and foreign competition amid fierce rhetoric.
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Washington
May
Senate
House
Penrose
Finance Committee
Simmons
William Alden Smith
Michigan
American Sugar Refining Company
Federal Sugar Refining Company
Senator Smith
Smith
Democratic Party
Thomas
Troy
N. Y
Senator Thomas
Colorado
Reed
James
Smoot
Work
Hitchcock
Treasury
United States
Europe
Coal lands restored to entry in South Dakota
Secretary Lane recommended restoring over 390000 acres in South Dakota to entry from withdrawal. The tract, largely lignite bearing, lies 2 to 10 foot coal beds. Value ranges from ten to twenty dollars per acre based on proximity to rail lines.
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Morning Journal
Washington
Lane
South Dakota
Geological Survey
Bryan Declares Progress Toward Peace at Banquet
William J. Bryan spoke on progress toward world peace at a dinner honoring fore members of an international council. He highlighted President Wilsons plan for a tribunal to review disputes before hostilities and emphasized Americas role in promoting peace alongside Britain and other nations.
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New York
William J. Bryan
Wilson
Bryan
United States
Great Britain
Edmund Walker
Canada
George Houston Reid
Australia
George Gray
Delaware
Boston
Joseph H. Choate
Arthur Devil Spring-Rice
Draama
Washington
England
Cardinal Gibbons
Brittania
Columbia
Atlantic
Mr. Bryan
Mr. Choate
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A. J. Tere
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Socorro
GG. Duncan
W. ER. Morley
Taos
T. FP. Martin
Alex Gusdorf
Valencia
J. Wilkinson
UE. Jacobsen
Organizae
Oren
Hebets
Friedmann Care
Uncle Sam
Health Service
Charles C. Glover
Champ Clark
U. S
Paraguay
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