The St. Johns herald., 1922-10-19
Southwest News
 From All OUer NeW MexicO
 and Arizona

degree murder for the killing of Ora Hall. was sentenced to serve from forty to fifty years in the state peni- tentiary. Attorneys for the defense have filed notice of appeal to the State Supreme Court, bond being fixed at $25,O00.
 Stockmen of Dona Ana county, CO., operating with Las Cruces Chamber of Commerce and the New Mexico Col lege of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, entertained officers and mem bers of the executive committee of the New Mexico Cattle and Horse Grow ers' Association in Las Cruces and at State College, Sept. 27-29.
 S. S. Ward, president of the First National Bank of Hope, N. M., after Investigating the affairs of the bank at Hope, which closed following the disappearance of Hugh M. Gage, cash fer, said more than $1O0,000, or prac- tically all of the banks securities, are missing. He said only $1OS has been found in the bank.
 w. E. Seyfred, president of the State Federation of Labor, and An drew Bruno, taxi driver, both of Al buquerque, were found guilty in the District Court in Santa Fe of the il- legal interstate transportation of ex- plosives on passenger train. Attor- news for the defendants announced that an appeal will be filed.
 Jesse Hulett, receiver of the Hol- brook State Bank, at HOlbrook, Ariz., has filed a suit at law in the U. $. district clerks office in Santa Fe against the First National Bank of Albuquerque, asking judgment in total sum of $66,871.38, not including hundreds of dollars in interest, on fif- teen alleged causes of action.
 A verdict of guilty, carrying the death penalty, was returned in Pres cott by the jury trying William B. Acker, charged with the murder of Iver Enge, near Prescott last June. He received the announcement of the jury foreman apparently unmOved. Enge was found lying at the point of death in a ravine on the afternoon of Sunday, June II, last.
 A. B. Van Zandt, the 22-year-old bank clerk of the First State Bank of Patagonia, who is charged with hay ing fled from Patagonia with $2,200 of the banks funds, and who was arrest ed in Magdalena, Sonora, was brought to the border and lodged in cell in NogaleG, Sonora, pending extraditiOn to the American side of the border on a charge of embeZZlement.
 It was learned in Globe, Ariz., that the body of Rafael Carbajal, S4 years old, was found under his home, mile from Globe The authorities said he had taken poison. The bodies of Car bajal's wife, 2S years old, and Domin- go RojO, 73 years old, a neighbOr, also were discovered. The woman had been stabbed and the man had been shot. A knife and shotgun were found near the bodies. The authorities expressed the opinion that ROjO had been slain when he went to the assistance of Mrs. Carbajal
 Camp Furlong, for many years one of the attractions of Columbus, N. M., will soon be abandoned and all the troops will be sent to Fort Benning, Ga, according to a report issued by the War Department. Stationed at the camp at the present time are the Headquarters company and two bat talions of the Twenty-fOurth Infantry Troops have been stationed at the camp for many years, but it is be lleved that with the moving of the troops, the camp will not be used again.
 Pedro Baca. of Las Vegas, has been arrested charged with the murder O1 Refugi MandragOn. It is alleged that the body of the man killed was hiG in the bushes, but it has not been re covered by the authorities
 Bids have been asked for the new high school which is to be erected il Willard, N. M., soon, the cost to bC over $30,O00. Frost & Frost of E PasO are the architects, and if tht present plans are carried out, the new building will be one of the best in thi. part of the state Other buildings vii be started soon and the building busi ness for the fall season looks bright
 Ava B. Smith, when arraigned a Parker, Ariz., was held to the actiol of the Superior Court on three charges -embezziement, misapprOpriation O funds and failure to make an impor tant entry in the books of a corpora ton, it was made known when Smitl was brought back to the Yuma count, Jail at Yuma. He was unable to fur l ,,icI. hniI ,1.hioh rr-nc ai--o1l