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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1916
Page
1
Normal life resumes in Gorizia as officers and citizens both in cafes and on streets show ease and fraternize freely following Italy’s capture of the city.
Paris dispatch describes the Italian capture of Trieste area with German and Austrian shelling, a dramatic bridge crossing, and a return to normal life. It notes Italian flags aboard in Carso streets and crowds reuniting as inhabitants move back after Austrian coercion.
Rome reports from the Tribuna correspondent on the Isonzo front say Italian forces have taken more than 15000 prisoners since the fall of the Clorucia. Cavalry and geliste pursue the retreating Austrians, clearing the valleys.
Rome reports Italian forces occupy the Doberdo plateau and seize Babbin and San Martino Del Cargo. They reach the Vallone river line while Austrian troops pull back east of Vallone. Thridadian forces appear to gain a strategic edge in new victories.
Senator Jones resumed opposition to the government shipping bill as the Finance Committee Democrats continued consideration of the revenue bill. The Senate adjourned at 6 15 p m until 10 a m Saturday. A conference report on the naval bill with disagreements on personnel and construction features was received. Private bills were considered before adjourning at 4 17 p m until Tuesday.
A garbled weather teaser appears with stray words about wind and temperature. No readable place date or forecast details are present to identify a location or time.
Fragmentary weather note reports a 24 hour period ending yesterday with a maximum temperature around degrees and a minimum near zero. It mentions a mostly cloudy sky and an east wind at 6 pm.
The text notes steps toward clearing a salient formed by the bend of the Isonzo near Gorizia. Heavy fighting occurs on the Doberdo plateau where Austrian forces resist Italian attacks to seize an important position. The front lies below Coriàn as Italians push toward Trieste with San Martino and Catso located southwest of Chorigin.
The Federal Trade Commission delays its news print price probe due to publishers delaying responses to requests. The commission promises confidentiality to publishers and notes investigators are compiling records in Washington as information arrives.
General Laveaga with constitutionalist troops pursues scattered Villista bands in Durango and reports engaging a small force led by General Alberto Garcia at Presidio. He says Garcia and several followers were killed and the remainder fled. Laveaga’s cavalry is in pursuit.
Thirteen delegates refuse to heed a motion to field a ticket in Colorado. The assembly adopts resolutions to not place a ticket but keep the party organ ization active and consider an independent movement after September primaries. Clarence Dedge resigns as state chair and James Causey elected to succeed him. National chair Penjamin Griffith also resigns, declaring the Colorado progressive party dead.
Russian forces under Nicholas advance to Stanislau a vital railway junction center and capture the town as part of ongoing military operations.
German forces regroup to meet the Russian advance as Sakhov and Lechitsky win on the eastern front. Russians capture Stanishia and Monasterzyska and seize key positions on the Zlota Lipa line, taking thousands of prisoners on the Sereth front. Western front activity remains limited with minor trench gains reported near Manuretas and a fortified quarry.
Petrograd reports 5 000 Austro German prisoners taken in fighting around the Stokhod and Sereth rivers and the Zlota Lipa area. Troops under General Sakharoff push enemy from villages and woods on the right bank and reach ridges commanding heights near Trosianesnestroyce. Cavalry crosses the Ziota Lipa and advances toward the Dnister as part of August 3 and 9 actions.
A campaign to form state metal mining associations was begun by the Colorado Metal Mining Association. The effort aims at united action on metal mining issues across western states, with a committee to urge Congress for a protective tariff on tungsten. The move follows concerns that European war conditions could threaten Algerian tungsten mines.
Frank Hartley conductor of a Colorado Midland freight train was exonerated today by a coroner's jury regarding the death of George Lawrence a trespasser at Palisade Colorado on August 11 The ruling clears Hartley of fault in the incident and closes the coroner inquiry tied to the fatality in the rail area.
Washington reports that talks on Poland relief are ongoing though Britain and Austria have sent notes containing no new proposals. Officials say no breakthroughs or fresh terms emerged in the latest exchanges.
Notes from Britain and Austria on American relief efforts in famine stricken Polish territories occupied by Germany reveal new positions. Britain cites vagueness in German plans and defers to the US for future steps, while Austria-Hungary signals willingness to discuss aid but insists on safeguards and neutral- country provisioning, delaying decisive action.
The United States Army staged a vaudeville skit titled The Outpost at a local theater in San Francisco. Nine soldiers led by a sergeant performed drills and setting up exercises, ending with a staged rescue of flax from the enemy. If successful here, the act may tour the road as war departments decides the scope of the venture.
National Chairman William J. Willcox announced Theodore Roosevelt may invade the middle west for the Republican campaign. Five or six speeches are planned with one in Maine. Willcox also said former President Taft and Elihu Root likely to assist.
Candidate Hughes adopts the Democrats’ slogan in a $12 campaign push. The piece criticizes the administration’s acts as pitiless publicity demanding more respect.
Republican candidate Hughes urged a protective tariff and rapid ratification of woman suffrage via constitutional amendment during a Montana stop. He attacked the current administration for waste, pork barrel spending, and incompetence, pledging no private benefit from tariffs if elected and calling for industrial and commercial preparedness postwar. He noted Montana as the first voting state with women and stressed expanding foreign trade and American enterprise.
A crowd escorted Mr Hughes from the station to the square where he spoke in Billings tonight. He attacked the Democratic Party’s record on the constitution and tariff, defended his Mexico policy, and defended his opposition to the income tax while governor of New York.
Richard Lee Metcalfe of Pasadena died here ten night at his brother’s home. He was formerly mayor of Piasecdentt and was taken aboard a train at St Louis on Friday while traveling from Pasadena to visit relatives here.
Dr John M Murphy a renowned Chicago surgeon died suddenly at a hotel on Mackinac Island Michigan from heart disease while on an outing. He was 60 years old and had been active in pioneering intestinal and abdominal surgery including the Murphy button. He led the American Medical Association and the Clinical Congress of Surgeons of America in 1918 and was celebrated worldwide for his innovations.
The Utah Copper company posts a second quarter net profit of 9,058,816 dollars. President Charles M. MacNeill issued the report which has just been received in Colorado Springs Auril copper region news.
Delegates at the Colorado Springs suffrage convention pass resolutions outlining their campaign stance. The meeting emphasizes continued effort for women's rights and broad political participation ahead of fall elections.
The National Woman's Party in executive session lauded the stand of Charles Evans Hughes on national woman suffrage and commended the Progressive Prohibition and Socialist parties for their support. It pledged to help defeat Democratic candidates in twelve presidential states and eleven Congress districts where women vote.
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