02 Aug 1916
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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1916
Page
1
City commissioners act to prevent a repeat of the disaster at Black Tom Island by prohibiting all explosives within defined limits. The move targets ongoing risk and aims to safeguard residents and property from any future blast or hazard.
City commissioners vote 4 to 0 to seize and exclude freight cars loaded with high explosives within 48 hours. Director Hague to enforce, with arrests possible if railways fail to comply. Investigation ongoing. death toll rises to five as Patrolman Doherty dies from injuries.
Washington reports Rear Admiral Judger testifies before House conferees on naval appropriation that the U S Navy is poorly supplied with flag officers compared with foreign navies. He urges creating a special Chaplains Bureau with a rear admiral in the staff corps to aid clergy.
In a War Department report released today General Bell notes cooperation from Carranza troops in fighting bandits on the American side near Fort San Cock Tex. Three bandits from the group were captured by Mexicans and sent to Juarez.
Washington officials said the Senate measure passed last week urging President Wilson to seek clemency for Irish political offenders would be cabled via the state department to the British foreign office. Through legislative formalities the resolution did not reach the president until today. Michael Francis Doyle of Philadelphia, counsel for Moyers, called at the White House to urge all possible action on behalf of Sinn Fein prisoner James Connolly Sivfedman, who is slated to die next Thursday.
The day in Congress resumed with debate on District of Columbia appropriation and a $540,000 relief resolution for flood sufferers in the southern states. Unanimous consent for immediate consideration was denied. the Army appropriation bill conference continued and an adopted resolution provided $40,000 for flood relief. The session recessed at 6:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. Wednesday.
House naval conferees resumed hearings on proposed naval personnel increases. Foreign affairs committee conducted a Niagara Falls water division hearing.
Weather forecast notes fair conditions in the south with local thunderstorms and warmer air in the north. Cooler evening with a 24 hour outlook ending yesterday’s highs near 82 and lows around 67. 6 pm temperature reported at 17 with southwest wind and partly cloudy skies.
Brig. Gen. George A. Dodd, 64, retired and promoted for gallantry in the Mexico campaign, visits Douglas and the Arizona district commander Brig. Gen. T Davis. He says retirement at 64 is a tough rule but plans to settle in New York. Dodd also corrects reports on his Mexico engagements, noting fights at Guerreo and Temochie with 150 of 175 troops engaged. Mexican losses cited as thirty to forty. Dodd’s losses two killed and three wounded.
Berlin via London August 7 30 p m official German admiralty statement says Monday night airship squadrons attacked London and eastern England targets including works anti aircraft batteries and key industrial sites. Despite heavy fire the airships returned undamaged.
New York records show five of the last twenty four tours with six deaths and over a hundred prostrations. The night's stiff north breeze lowered temperatures by about fifteen degrees in a few hours, worsening conditions.
Washington reports that Germany has rejected Britain’s offer to allow American food supplies to reach Poland under conditions that German troops would not seize native goods. The note, replying to identical messages, accuses Britain of impractical terms and says relief after October 1, 1916, may be unnecessary due to harvest prospects in occupied areas.
Canvass of one fourth of total vote of unions shows practically unanimous sentiment favoring action.
Assistant President of Engineers reports eight hour day dispute. about 406000 railroad workers in four brotherhoods vote on a strike across 225 lines. Count of ballots from eastern regions expected by tomorrow. western territories to report by next Saturday. A national conference will meet after full tally to decide on negotiations or action.
Authorities investigating a recent fire in Juarez uncovered a cache of rifles and pistols with thousands of rounds hidden in the burned warehouse basement. Mexican consul Andres Garcia reported Carranza’s government plans gold coin production. Raimond Solis, tied to the Villa era, was executed after a military court ruling, with petty terror cited. A petition seeks life imprisonment instead.
A Katy special train derailed near Lancaster Texas at around 2 PM injuring twenty to thirty. Engine, baggage car and several coaches overturned after leaving the rails on a curve. Fireman J P Hollis and engineer OC Wood killed. passenger J A Bennett dies later from injuries. Officials cite excessive speed on the curve.
Kansas City sees heat relief as a morning temperature of 76 at 1:30 am ends a spell where highs near 100 caused four deaths. A cloud bank moves in from the northeast with a cool breeze while general rains fall across Nebraska Iowa and parts of Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma.
Torrential rains in the Gran Des valley halt the army motor truck line from Columbus to Colonia Duban while troops stockpile food and forage for the rainy season. Carranza forces retreat south of El Valle as American units test moving heavy artillery by caterpillar tractors.
Oklahoma City Aug members of the Progressive Party reportedly shifted back to the Republican side in today’s primaries amid ballot shortages. Unofficial returns suggested the literacy test amendment to the state constitution was defeated by up to 15,000 votes, a move aimed at disenfranchising voters. Other amendments, including compulsory employer death compensation, also failed.
Warren K. Hillings and Edward Nolin were formally charged with murder after the expolsion at a preparedness parade that killed eight and wounded forty. Authorities prepared charges against Thomas Mooney and Rena Moores while all suspects remained in custody. A coroner's jury ruled the deaths due to the blast caused by unknown parties with criminal intent.
An American correspondent reports in Sonora that Hess was defeated and operations ended after General Calles ordered a cessation of cross border hostilities. Two dozen cannon of various calibers were moved from northern Sonora to the south, including captured pieces from Villa’s forces last winter.
Advices from Denver report the party led by MK Roth failed to pass the Black Canyon rapids in Gunnison. Their twenty seven mile ascent began a week ago in pull boats but whirlpools and rapids halted progress within ten miles of the western outlet.
The cabinet debated Charles Evans Hughes acceptance speech today as President Wilson sought advisers views ahead of the hearing on his own acceptance address. The discussion focused on political implications and policy signals for the Republican nominee.
Eastern Nebraska received general rain easing the heat in Omaha and surrounding areas. The rainfall provides relief from the heat wave and will help secure a heavy corn crop for the season.
Submarine Deutschland 15 completes its return voyage with a final stop in Baltimore Harbor at 5 40 PM after a day of final preparations aboard the vessel. The ship’s arrival marks the end of a lengthy voyage centered around wartime patrols and strategic missions.
The German submarine Deutschland left Baltimore under escort as a Coast Guard cutter and police boats kept crowds at a distance. Captain Paul Koenig predicted a perilous voyage to Germany, aiming to pass within the entente warships’ three mile limit and expressing pride in American hospitality.
At about 650 fog cleared as a net was thrown overboard between the Deutschland and a British freighter. Search for damage to the submarine yielded no results. Officials refused comment while cargo included crude rubber nickel and a substantial gold shipment valued at hundreds of thousands of dollars.
General Monteiecetionzales asked for orders on the disposition of three bandits captured near San Venacio Chihuahua after a clash with US cavalry and Carrancistas. He said the outlaws may be taken to Chihuahua for execution, while two fugitives are pursued in the desert. Ten more Mishth cavalrymen were ordered from Fabens to reinforce Fort Tannanack garrisons.
Reports say Valdeg Laws chief of staff to Gen Jacinta Trevino visited each of twenty five national guardsmen on station in El Paso Texas area. A civilian in a motor convoy reportedly traveled from Juarez to Fort Miles and through camps days ago.
General Funston telegrams the War Department vowing to eject correspondents who relay untruthful or sensational camp conditions. He brands many reporters as mollycoddies and says they create malicious dispatches while most guardsmen endure hardships with stoic resolve.
In New York on August 1 the market surged about 1.75 dollars per bale after the government cotton crop report appeared. Before the official condition of 71 percent was announced versus 81 last month and 78.5 the ten year average, local exchange members forecast 76.5 percent, and the government figure was below the most bullish private estimates.
The federal reserve board grants National City Bank of New York permission to open a Petrograd branch and establish sub branches across Russia, announced today in Washington.
The report notes stronger Allied offensives on all fronts with Russians driving a wedge between Austrians and Germans along Keevel to Vladimir, and Austrians in retreat near Kovel and Volodymyr Volynsk. In the Somme sector quiet holds after British French advances and German counterattacks.
The February monthly summary of business by the Federal Reserve boards shows domestic orders steadily replacing foreign orders. It notes a conservation trend toward lasting prosperity, with crops above average and a generally satisfactory labor scene except for garment strikes in New York and water-front strikes in San Francisco.
The Ecuadorian steamship Ecuador, 1768 tons, was lost near Port Lueo after a boiler explosion. Twenty crew members died. The Corral and Porteno aided in rescuing survivors. The ship, owned by Pacific Steam Navigation Co of Liverpool, was trading on the West Coast of South America.
Brigadier General Granger Adams, recently named commander of a provisional artillery brigade, is ordered to Deming New Mexico to take command of the militia encampment. General George Bell Jr., commander of the El Paso military district, announced the move as Deming’s camp prepares to grow from an advance guard of two National Guard battalions to brigade strength with state troops en route for the border.
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