Word: mexicano
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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President Squelches Briton. Chief event in Mexico last week was the settlement by bullnecked, square-jawed President Emilio Fortes Gil of a strike which has paralyzed for a fortnight the British-owned Mexicano Railway, vital link between Mexico City and the major Mexican port of Vera Cruz. The Mexican Chamber of Deputies passed a resolution approving the strike as fully in accord with the ideals and aspirations of the Grand Revolutionary Party. Police prevented British Manager J. D. W. Holmes of the Mexicano Railway from hiring strike breakers. Finally President Fortes Gil intervened and settled the strike by decreeing that...
...General Manager of the British-owned Mexicano Railway?a $50,000,000 line connecting Mexico City with the major port of Vera Cruz?is close-mouthed J. D. W. Holmes. Last week he said: "We shall not have to wait long to see the complete bankruptcy of this line if the projected labor law is enacted...
...citizen, Manhattan clubman. The late Senator Jones was a Democrat. The new Senator Cutting is a Republican-with a difference. Mr. Cutting admired Mr. Jones and supported him in politics. For 15 years Mr. Cutting has published the Santa Fé Daily New Mexican and El Neuvo Mexicano (weekly in Spanish) and with them has supported four Democratic and two Republican gubernatorial candidates. He was a Roosevelt "Bull Mooser" as well as an anti-Wilsonite. "Independent" describes him better than "Republican". He acknowledged "a heavy responsibility" as he entrained last week for Washington to present his credentials and take...