Roswell Exposition Faces Officer Involvement
Strenuous efforts by R. E. Putney lead to improved understanding of the exposition scope as removal by a fair officer is pursued.
11 Aug 1915
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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1915
Page
1
Strenuous efforts by R. E. Putney lead to improved understanding of the exposition scope as removal by a fair officer is pursued.
New Mexico fair officials push for low cadet travel rates to Albuquerque for the October fair. Roswell leaders fight Albuquerque bias, urging county exhibit support and state-wide promotion of Chaves resources including dairy cattle livestock apples peaches wool and agriculture.
The article notes deposits totaling nearly three million dollars and a capital of 350000 as municipal improvements proceed. It mentions a beach crop at ten year highs and broad prosperity. Mr Putney plans a citizens meeting soon to seek a county commissioners’ meeting to discuss an exhibit appropriation.
A report to the Federation of German American Catholic societies says direct cooperation between farmers and consumers is premature. It notes higher living costs and farmer price concerns, acknowledges middlemen' s criticism, and cites potential remedies like farmer cooperation, state legislation, dealer groups, and consumer education. Hamline postal pension bill endorsed. dancing regulation discussed as a local issue.
A habeas corpus petition seeks the release of Harry S. Montgomery and John Green, both convicted in the Terre Haute election frauds case and jailed in Leavenworth. Montgomery, a former Terre Haute public works president, drew three years. Green, an election inspector and merchant, two years. The filing claims the commitment papers are invalid and the indictment lacked federal jurisdiction.
Warsaw dispatch from Petrograd describes the Russian withdrawal as orderly and calm with no panic or disorder. It credits German capture of Warsaw as a major achievement but notes Russia’s inability to convert resources quickly to war, evacuating two weeks in an orderly trnsport line and leaving an undefended city to German forces.
Washington reports Russia tightens passport rules following allies. The State Department arranges changes for American credentials to meet new standards.
Petrograd reports resistance and counter offensives by Teutonic allies on all fronts. The statement highlights ongoing clashes and strategic pressure from Austrian German forces against Slavic troops.
Severe fighting persists across multiple sectors as Russian forces repel German attacks near Riga and on the Narew front. In several regions including Lomza Ostrow and the Vistula left bank engagements, heavy artillery and gas-assisted assaults are met with repulses and prisoner captures. Austrians also attack at the Dniester mouth.
The war office reports intense fighting in the Caucasus. Turkish attacks were repulsed along the front in the Paussine valley while Merghe Mir Pass was captured after a desperate struggle. Turkish retreat continued toward the Euphrates as Pa lantehen fell with two cannons and prisoners taken.
Austrian and German troops push toward Ivangorod’s line in Poland’s southwest front. The Lubertow victory cuts the Russian retreat path east of Ivangorod and forces a crossing toward Brest Litovsk. Von Woyrsch’s corps north of Ivangorod breaches Russian defenses, leaving a narrow northeast opening through swamp and sparse woods. Awaiting further losses to determine success.
The first U.S. Army aeroplane squadron arrived at Fort Silves Reserve and completed its first flight tonight. Planes will be used in summer drills with field artillery, marking the first integration of aviation with artillery in U.S. military history. Machines and aviators were brought from San Diego, California.
London August 16 officials report the British destroyer Lynx was sunk in the North Sea after hitting a mine. Four officers and twenty-two crew members were saved in the incident as announced by the British press bureau.
The German Austrian push against Russia continues with Loma fallen and Kovno threatened while Vilna evacuates as Teutons advance east of Warsaw and along the Vistula. British forces retreat from Hooge as calmer lines hold in Belgium and France. Gallipoli gains include 200 yards and a hill near Sari Bari with new landings. Zeppelin raids kill and injure on England’s east coast. two British ships damaged. India sunk by a submarine. Lynx lost to a mine. The US rejects Vienna’s neutrality claim on munitions exports.
Sir John French reports British troops have withdrawn from the line south of Hooge near Ypres but have consolidated Hooge village. Northwest of Warloy and in ruins the ground gained yesterday is held after a night of repulsed infantry and heavy artillery. About 1506 prisoners were captured yesterday.
Information from Udine reports General Cadorna delaying a major offensive until Italian forces are settled in newly captured positions. Austrian casualties in wounded reportedly total 5,000.
A Pan American meeting produced a targeted aid plan for Mexico. A framed note by one ambassador will be sent to leaders of each faction in the war torn southern republic to coordinate relief efforts and support.
New York Aug 10 diplomats from six Central and South American governments plus the U S secretary of state prepare a unified appeal to Mexican leaders. The plan seeks a neutral conference to form a provisional government and gain moral support and recognition, with an embargo on arms if talks fail.
Buenos Aires reports a telegram from Gen Venustiano Carranza, head of the Mexican constitutionalists, to President Victoriano Huerta warning of Washington involvement. The message cites potential action if Argentina shifts support. The exchange underscores growing tensions in diplomatic alignment amid Mexican turmoil.
The dispatch quotes Luis Murature Argentine foreign minister saying Argentina participates to respect Mexican sovereignty and rejects any interference or armed intervention. It argues the conference seeks Pan American solidarity and views it as friendship aiding Mexico’s greatness.
The Cologne Volks Zeitung a Catholic group calls for removing Ernest Lissauer’s Song of Hate from youth books arguing it fuels hatred as international tensions rise Berlink Tageblatt and others back the stance while Lissauer receives a German imperial decoration after publication in a Munich weekly.
Aug. 10 in Brownsville Texas soldiers and local posses hunted bands of Mexican raiders who attacked U S cavalry near Mercedes twenty five miles north of the border. One Mexican was killed in the engagement and searches continued in Cameron and Hidalgo counties as authorities warned of ongoing raids in the lower Rio Grande valley.
Petrograd reports the next German blow is expected in the Baltic region after Warsaw. German forces push to strengthen their wings while aiming at Riga and Vilna areas. Riga is bombarded daily as a civil guard mobilizes to take over police duties if evacuation is required.
Paris dispatch reports Allied aviators destroyed a zeppelin near Plend after a British attack severely damaged the airship, with completion of destruction by French aviators from Dunkirk.
British reports say Zeppelin raids on England followed new Dardanelles offensives aimed at aiding Russia. Italians may aid at the Dardanelles as Austro German forces press Russian positions in eastern Poland and the Baltic.
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