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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1913
Page
1
President Wilson rejected recognizing Victoriano Huerta and a planned ambassadorial policy that would spur revolutions and assassinations across Latin American nations. The stance reflects U S policy aims to avoid entanglements and upheaval in the region while supporting democratic governance and stability.
Hope is voiced that Mexico will soon devise a way to solve its own problems. The statement reflects confidence in self-government and national resolve as officials monitor developing plans and regional stability.
Mexico City reports new reform group members drafting a proposal to form a commission between President Huerta and rebel leaders, aiming to halt foreign interference and unite Mexicans. In Washington, President Wilson rejects recognition of Huerta and underscores a policy favoring lawful governments in Latin America.
The article notes Mexico faces a growing power claim by Huerta supporters and suggests a provisional president may be arranged to oversee a general election. U S officials favor waiting for internal Mexican moves and expect no mediation until every resource is tested. It also mentions Francisco de la Larrea possibly seeking talks, contingent on White House caution.
Detectives hunt for jewels stolen from the Rumsey and Hanan summer homes as police widen inquiries to New York Boston and other cities in a suspected expert gang case. A mysterious Ocean Road car is a key clue while Mrs Hanan and investigators weigh inside job theories amid suspicions about servants and deliberate piece selection.
Aug J John VP Mitch el, collector of the port, nominated for mayor on the fusion ticket by the fusion committee of 167 to fight Tammany shortly before 2 20 this morning. Mitchell led 45 votes to 43 for Charles Whitman district attorney New York county. Nomination later made unanimous.
A blaze at the Flory Manufacturing Company plant in Bangor near Allentown ripped through property valued around 1 million dollars. The fire also destroyed the Flory Milling plant a furniture store and four homes as responders fought the flames through the night.
South Carolina Senator declares delay will cost cotton growers more than 100 million dollars as the Treasury sets to deposit 25 to 50 million dollars in national banks. The senate is captured after brief resistance as upper house statesmen listen to arguments about currency and suffrage measures.
Senator Tillman warned southern cotton planters face losses of about one hundred million dollars if relief is delayed as southern banks struggle to access New York credit. The Glass currency bill advances with a proposed twelve member advisory banking board and a ban on interlocking directorates, sparking committee debate and opposition from several members.
Secretary McAdoo announced a liberal policy allowing government deposits against securities including United States 2 percent bonds and prime commercial paper. Banks in harvest states may receive deposits with 65 percent coverage for paper and 75 percent for bonds, to ease late summer money strain and boost crop movement.
Supporters of votes for women converge on Washington to urge the Chamberlain constitutional amendment. Senators and representatives hear petitions, with Alice Paul and Mary Ware Dennett among speakers as parade crowds press petitions to the Capitol.
William Brown believed oldest man arrested in Kansas for wife desertion. He reportedly married a Denver woman 5¢ years old a year ago, separated after months, and returned home to Medicine Lodge. He was taken into custody today on the desertion charge.
Milwaukee women will be allowed to wear any bathing attire at local beaches as long as it covers at least as much as men's clothing and does not impede swimming or diving. Mayor Gerhard A. Bading urges artistic bloomers and dismisses blue law constraints, with secretary Daisy Allen echoing relaxed norms.
In Baston, Kansas, Henderson Testy was stripped and tarred by locals enforcing prohibition. He lay asleep beside a road before waking and declaring he would sign the pledge. The incident reflects tense enforcement actions in the small town.
Telegraphic reports from Peking indicate forts at the Yangtze mouth may fall soon, clearing the river of rebels and leaving the revolt to provincial outlawry. Sun Yat Sen remains in the area while Chong Chi Men and Su An Sing are said to have fled. Bankers and diplomats note Yuan Shih Kai faces a hard task building a provincial tax system after revenues collapsed following the anti Manchu uprising.
Shanghei July 21 quiet persists in the district as rebel forces dwindle to 1600. Kiang-Nan arsenal is relieved by a thousand government troops arriving overland and negotiations are believed under way for surrender of Wu-Suan forts.
London reports the Times Peking correspondent says official denials in Peking and Tokyo carry little weight. Japanese sympathy to the south is noted, with guidance issued to Japanese consuls in China to avoid involvement while the government seeks strict neutrality.
English aviator George M. Dyott maneuvered his monoplane to avoid a telegraph pole as spectators swarmed the sands near Asbury Park. The craft nosedived striking the beach and rolled but Dyott escaped injury and continued his flight toward Washington and then the New Jersey coast before resuming toward Sussex.
The senate lobby committee hearings on Martin M Mulhall, linked to the National Association of Manufacturers, grow contentious as Mulhall defends his actions while being pressed on discharged police status and past ties. Disputes flare between Democratic and Republican members and counsel over cross examination and private life probes.
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