Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-03-19
PARDON GRANTED
BY COVE RNOR To
sOCORR0 Co. MAN
PetaCio BaCa, Convicted Of
Murder, Given His Free
dom; Pershing and Baker
May Visit Roswell in May

May Visit Roswell in May
Especial Correspondence to The JouFnnl.)
Santa Fe, March 1S,-The claim
of Florsheim Merchantile company
of Roy, against the FL Paso ana
Southwestern Railroad company
amounting to $110.S0 as an over
charge on a shipment of sheep,
was rejected by the railroad com
pany after presentation by the
corporation commission.
Gross Kelly & Company shipped
two sacks of oats 20 Tres Pled""s
for Fred Hampeter. The oats were
lost and the charge of SS.95 was re-
fused by the y, K 4. G. railroad TO
whom the question was referred
by the state Cpmmissi1n
An important meeting is tC be
held in Washington on he IA of
the present month by the interstate
commerce commission when the
question Of the senament of the
various commissions regarding the
arrangements, Of he groups OF ter
ritories regarding carriers viii be
ern territories are in disagreement
as to the matter and it is desired
to get a consensus of of opinion.
The New Mexico state corporation
has arranged to be represented at
the meeting by +. A. Jones OF the
Arizona commission who will be at
the hearing. John e. Benton, sollc-
itor of valuations in national asso-
citation is also looking after west
ern interests in the matter. me
state commission has written a
letter to Mr.. Jones and to Mr.. Ben
ton touching these questions and
ahe attitude of New Mexico as fol-
lows:
IF. A. Jones, Washington, d. c.
This will be your authority TO
represent us and enter our appear
ance before the interstate commits
sion March 22d. We do not believe
the country should be divided into
different rate districts at the pres
ent time but have no objection 10
creating three rate groups follow
ing substantially the same boun-
daries as claSsificatlng territories.
However, as interests in New Mex
leo and Arizona are Identical, we
are willing to defer to your Judg>
ment as to best course to pursue 70
guard against further increase In
rates. we do not favor any propo-
sition looking to gerlymandering
rate groups in such way as to put
inter- mountain states in separate
districts"
The commission also sent word 10
Mr., Benton to represent the COM
mission and express its views 4
Jones failed for any reason to APP
pear.
The Governors Office.
Governor Larrazolo has granted
pardon II Petacio Baca, convicted
in Socorro county, November 10,
1915, for murder in second degree. |
Baca was sentenced to from ten TO
twenty years. The governor in his
tardon finds that Baca committed
Tho homicide in the discharge of
official duties as he thought at the
time and during his term in tho |
penitentiary has been trusty IN
mate. He left three children un-
der care of his wife who has since |
died, leaving the children in need |
of care. The petition for pardon
was signed by prominent citizens OF
Socorro county The condition 81
the pardon is that Baca must care
for the children and be a law abid-
ing citizen and not leave the state
UP to the time of the expiration OF
his term and that he report to the
superintendent of the penitentiarI
once every month in writing.
Mrs. Minnie Brumback who has
been in the attorney generals Of
flee for the past eighteen months,
has accepted a position of StenoS-
rapher in the governors office.
Governor LarraZolo has extended
an invitation to General Pershin$
and to Secretary Baker to be pres
sent at the commencement exer-
cises of the Roswell Military insti-
tute on May %, when the medal
will be presented to General Per-
shinG.
Trucks for Road Work.
z.SFor work on the Los Lunas
bridge there have been shipped
to that point forty F. w. d.
trucks. These trucks We're shipped
by rail and made twenty carloads.
The trucks were unloaded at Al,
buuuerque and then run down to
Los Lunas under direction of the K
state engineers office. 6
New License Law. J
The secretary of state has am t
nounced that under the new auto I
license law he is compelled to Ic
charge a penalty of rs per cent on
delinquent license fees ard that the
new penalty will go into effect on
April l. Heretofore the delinquents
have been numerous ana the new
law will be happy change for the
secretary of states office. So far
the secretary has issued $1,000 Ii
censes which is 5000 less than
We're issued last year.
In the Federal Court.
Rose Lermusiauex and Rose Le- !
Plat were arraigned in the federal 9
court today charged with manu-
featuring wine on their place near
Corales, Sandoval county. They
plead guilty and were fined Sl50 .
each. These women had been :,
grapes for years past and
wine rom the product and
attempted the same thing this yearl