Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-04-08
NEW PRESIDENT
FOR \. NJ. j.
The Rev. David Ross Boyd
of New York Will Succeed
DR.. Gray
GATES CONVICTED or MURDER
Governor Appoints Delegates to
Negro National Educational
Convention.

The board of regents of the New
Mexico University at Albuquerque. on
Saturday elected Rev. David Ross
Boyd, D. D., Of New York, president
to succeed next year Rev. E. Mcqueen
Gray, D. D.
District Court.
Judge E. C. Abbott was called to
Las Cruces yesterday and will sit on
the bench there in place Of Judge E.
R. Medler Court here was adjourn
ed until next Thursday at 10 o'clock
Eleverio Archuleta and Candelarita
NJ de Sanchez was committed to the
state asylum for the insane at Las
Vegas last Saturday. Both are resi-
dents of Rio Arriba county.
Appointment of Delegates.
The following appointments of dele
gates to the Negro National Educa-
tional Congress at St. Paul which will
begin its sessions July 10, was an
nounced by Governor w. G. McDon-
ald this morning: Rev. j, B. Davis,
Ration; C. A. Woodard, Ration; w. H..
Kerr. Santa Fe: L. A. Anderson, San
ia Fe: C. ]. Parsons, Santa Fe; H. J..
Wilson, Santa Fe; T. o. Mason, AL
buquerque A. B. Montgomery. Albu'
aueroue; Oscar Hudson, Las Vegas,
George Smith, Las Vegas; Montgom-
cry Bell, Las Vegas; William Vaughn,
Santa Fe.
School of Mines.
At the annual meeting of the board
of regents, the following were re-
elected on the faculty of the New
Mexico School of Mines at Socorro:
E. A. Drake, president; George l..
Kemmerer, Phi. D., professor of chem
istry; B. X. Coghlan, professor of
civil engineering; 7. G. Mckay, Phi,
D., professor of mathematics; G. E.
Anderson, professor Of geology and
mineralogy; j. F. Graham, professor
of mining and metallurgy G. c.
Smith, principal; Anne W. Fitch, reg
istrar.
Gates Convicted.
1t took a Socorro jury only fifteen
minutes to decide that John w. Gates
whose real name is Ivory Fraser, was
guilty of the murder of Deputy Sher-
ifs Tom Hall and Will Smith. Gates
was member of the Greer gang who
engaged in the fatal fight at Adobe
; Ranches last November. He was
born near San Antonio, Texas, and is
27 years old. Although sentence has
not been passed it is expected, since
the verdict was first degree murder,
that Gates will hang for the crime.
Federal Court.
The federal court met this morn
ing at the Federal building with Judge
William H. Pope on the bench and
Harry Lee, clerk, in attendance. Mil
ford Z. Nicholson OF Portrillo, Guada-
lupe county was appointed United
States commissioner. Andreas Herer'
ra was arraigned on three indictments,
using stamps to pay debts, embezzle-
ment and making false returns. He
plead not guilty. Hererra is post mas
ter at Guique, Santa Fe county. Har-
old Reed was arraigned for destroying
letters and embezzling contents. He
plead guilty and was sentenced to pay
fine of $500 and to Imprisonment for
nine months. The Imprisonment part
of the sentence was suspended on
good behavior. Reed lives in Clayton.
Indian Test Case.
An interesting test case erecting
the Pueblo Indians right of suffrage
was filed with the clerk of the feder-
al court by Francis Wilson, attorney
for the Indians, this afternoon. The
sheriff of Mckinley county, R. L. Rob.
erts of Fort Wingate is made the de
fendant in the case in which it is al
Z legged that Gregory Page of Gallup, act,
ing as deputy sheriff refused the bal,
lot of Charles Kie, Laguna Indian, in
the recent city election in Gallup.
Charles Kie is said to be a man OF
over average intelligence, is a car in
spector for the A. T. and S. F. R. R
and a property owner in the city OF
Gallup.