El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-01
BISBEE MINE
y MAN RESIGNS
Candidates For City Offices
NOminated-A Mexican Is
Held ON Shooting Charge.

Bisbee, Arizona, May Parker L.
Woodman. mine superintendent Of the
Copper Queen Consolidated mining
company, has announced that he has
resigned his position TO become effec-
tive in June. Mr. Woodmau has been
in the employ Of the Copper Queen for
p years. About five years ago he sue
ceeded s ". ClawsOn as mine superin-
tendent and has held the position con-
tinuOusly since that time. Before that
he was superintendent of the Lowell
mine for a number of years He has
also been a member OF the school
board, prominently connected with the
warren District Commercial club and n
member OF Republican state executive
committee.
The BIsbee autOists who accompanied
Harry c. Drum, Of Chicago, to Tucson
has returned to this city, after hav-
ing seen the Chicago man on his way
TO Phoenix. The rate Of the autos be
tween Bisbee and Tucson was 1875
miles per hour and returning 1875 miles
per hour The Speedmeter registered
lOt1 miles each way. A log OF the
trip has been prepared and will be
kept on file at the commercial club.
After going over the BOrderland route
from FL Paso to Tucson, Mr.. Drum told
the Bisbee representatives that all the
route needs is advertising.
" candidates for the city election May
q NJ Newman, the present mayor
now in EurOpe) was nominated by
the democrats without opposition and
j. y Williams received the republican
nomination, having no opposition The
contests were confined 20 the nav iObs
d. r. Mcdonald tDemOcrat) present
street superintendent won the nomina-
ton for city marshal In a field of four
candidates and Bassett Watkins IRE
81 Nv
ms party's denomination for that Of
nee sam BriscOe obtained the Dem
Ocrauc nomination for street suDerin-
IGhqeht over VIM, Allison and Lorenzo
wright defeated Dan HOesch for the
hepuDHcan nomination for that office
= ii. fitzpatrick led the democratic
ucket with 406 votes having no oppo-
Sltlon Tor the democratic nomination
LOT 10. gily clerk Martin Butler received
the Republican nomination for that Of
lice Approximately 500 voted in f6e
primary out Of a total Of l2OO regis
tered The registration books win nor
close, however. until May II.
The Arizona Medical Association will
meet in Bisbee on May and 7 and A.
Douglas on May s. An elaborate en-
terIalnment program IS being arranged
by local committees
Charged with shooting at his sweet
neart OF whom he was Jealous Dorateo
BalIesteros, Tilted sutton. is in DsfI
under ponds aggregating $500. Her
nlnlo Mercedo was celebrating her
tWenty-first birthday anniversary al
the home Of her parents on Chihuahua
MIL Just as the invited guests were
ABOUT to go out to dinner, BaIlesteros
who had not been invited is alleged 10
nave broken through the front door of
the residence and shot at senorita Her
mimic, missing her head a few inches
T. {. Lester, OF Silver City ahd m
Paso, passed through Bisbee YESTERDAY
afternoon en- route from Phoenix 10 bis
home at Silver CITY --0
Mrs. l. Q. Taylor, sister-in-Iav Of DIR
{ H. Hunt city health officer. was tba
last American woman to leave CuIfaca1
when the rebels surrounded that foyUr
She arrived safely at Mazatlan. Mr.
lay lot was formerly editor OF the Chi |
huahua Enterprise.