Coal Barons 10 Steal Election in Mekinley If Possible
Nineteen Japanese registered at Navajo Mine and registration lists withheld by mine men.
30 Oct 1911
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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1911
Page
1
Nineteen Japanese registered at Navajo Mine and registration lists withheld by mine men.
Pitts would have lost his job if he remained on the ticket. Gallup reports a royal welcome for speakers, signaling strong support and organized backing ahead of the upcoming campaign events.
Citizens accuse coal barons in McKinley County of planning to steal the election. Nineteen Japanese workers registered at the Nagajo mine of Vietor American Fuel. officials block sight of registration lists. A mandamus may force disclosure. Vietor American’s Vice President Murray threatens to fire J D Pitts for backing the Democratic ticket. Gibson store manager F L Andrewe runs as a Republican.
A large crowd heard Denountg M unmeasured terms and leaders urge voters to defeat Gregory Page’s regime. Vigil and Viedh repr esentatives highlighted coal camp operator influence and warned of potential vote-stealing by the Vietor American company. Raynolds received an ovation as district judge candidate.
Washington dispatch reports that signal men at Fort Leavenworth Kansas using a standard army service set intercepted wireless traffic between the naval station at Guantanamo Cuba and Panama. experts are studying the capture for its potential value to wireless telegraphy.
The jury convicts Mrs Eva May Kretter of second degree manslaughter for striking her husband Philip Kretter on February 19 1911. Verdict returned at 10 20 this morning after hours of deliberation following a long trial.
A Silver Tongue orator at the Bernalillo County courthouse lauds Sheriff Jesus Romero as an honest man. The speech honors the sheriff’s integrity and public service while praising his work in the county court system.
Morning Journal Special Leased Wired Chicago Oct. 29 Senator Fletcher of Florida endorses the administration plan to lease Alaska lands under government tenure with development by lessees He says the system is good and predicts bipartisan support though he criticizes some Fisher steps and prefers privately owned railroads under ICC restrictions.
Port Worth and Denver City passenger train No. 5 wrecked at 10 pm one mile west of Bellevue. Engineer Cunningham killed. Fireman W Gates and many passengers injured. Spreading rails blamed. Train carried excursionists from the Dallas state fair. about thirty lightly hurt.
Excitement grips Honolulu after the discovery of a yellow fever case today. The Hawaiian patient, infected aboard the Japanese liner Hong Kong Maru, prompted federal and territorial health officials to isolate the case and prevent spread. This marks the port’s first original yellow fever case.
Captain Klaus Larsen of Detroit completed a six mile motor boat voyage from the cataract to Lewiston in twenty five minutes through turbulent water. He reported no injuries and hinted at a future Atlantic crossing in his vessel the Niagara.
A Morning Journal report from Tripoli dated October 26 notes heavy Italian losses and large Turkish casualties in the battles around the city. It describes Italian discipline breakdowns with soldiers in chains and shootings, plus Arab support swelling for the Turkish forces. Turkish attacks on Hom near Tripoli were repulsed with heavy losses.
Cal Pp Rodgers coast to coast aviator arrives in El Paso after circling Washington Park and landing on the Southern Pacific tracks. He meets spectators, recounts a brushland crash two miles west of Fort Hancock, and plans repairs before resuming the 140 mile final leg to Tucson.
The speaker denounces Republicans claiming they stole his seat and asks the public to pardon for Bursum while insisting he respects him. The remarks were delivered on Saturday night in a tense political moment amid party tensions and calls for accountability.
Octaviano Larrazolo of Las Vegas delivered a reverent tribute to Sheriff Jesus Romero in Old Albuquerque praising his character. The speech urged Romero to rejoin the party and echoed support for new leadership as Romero faced county troubles and a bid for reelection.
Mr Hubbell and two carloads of his henchmen gather at the outer precincts and are brought from Barelas and the lumber mill to the court house. It costs a considerable sum to assemble them on the inclement evening but is deemed absolutely necessary for any showing. A dozen friends from Albuquerque also join, muttering as they go.
In a tense speech the speaker denounced the Republican ring for “stolen his seat in congress” yet urged voters to overlook the lapse and back the Republican ticket. He urged pardon for Mr. Bursum and urged voting for governor. Larrazolo’s defense was lukewarm and public applause rose only at calls for voting for the best men regardless of ticket.
Don Francisco and his followers crowded the mud drenched venue as speakers attacked ex Governor Hagerman and other officials. Judge Mann and A A Sedillo clashed over political loyalties while the meeting, advertised in Trib Cit, drew imported spectators and ended with an ovation for Jesus Romero.
Aviator Robert G. Fowler, aiming for a new American record, stayed airborne for four hours and twenty six minutes. He launched from Yuma at 10 58 this morning covering about 165 miles along Southern Pacific tracks to reach Maricopa. He averaged forty miles per hour and planned to rest tonight then depart for Tucson tomorrow.
In Yuma Arizona on October 29 aviator Robert G Fowler resumed his ocean to ocean flight. Wet ground delayed two attempts before the aeroplane was wheeled onto a street and finally launched. Hundreds of spectators including several hundred Indians from nearby reservations watched Fowler take off, some arriving from Cocopapan Mexico over fifty miles away.
Interest centers’ elections are scheduled for November 7. They are expected to be quiet compared with the presidential struggle next year.
Several states will choose governors including Rhode Island Massachusetts Maryland Kentucky Mississippi Louisiana New Mexico New York California Ohio and others. New Mexico votes for a full slate state officers and an amendment to the constitution. Arizona Oregon and Nebraska also hold various state or municipal races.
Miss Fola LaFollette daughter of Senator La Follette of Wisconsin married George Middleton a New York playwright at the parents home in Washington. The couple departed for their New York residence shortly after the ceremony.
Veteran newspaper magnate Joseph Pulitzer, famed proprietor of the New York World and St. Louis Post Dispatch, dies of heart failure while on a yacht voyage. The sudden death shocks the press world and ends a long era of editorial influence.
Joseph Pulitzer proprietor of the New York World and the St. Louis Post Dispatch died at 1 40 oclock aboard his yacht the Liberty in Charleston harbor. The immediate cause was heart failure after a period of ill health. His death came quietly as family gathered with his son Herbert aboard. Funeral plans call for a New York burial at Woodlawn cemetery.
New York reports the death of Joseph Pulitzer due to heart failure aboard his yacht Liberty near Charleston after a two day illness. Born 1847 in Hungary, Pulitzer rose to prominence via the St Louis Post Dispatch and New York World, building a vast newspaper empire and funding journalism education, including a $1,000,000 gift to Columbia University and various scholarships.
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