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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1916
Page
1
Hubbell holds 144 votes and is safe for the first ballot with a bandwagon likely to grow. Followers concede the defeat of GATRON 3 and attribute the loss to Romero amid mounting support.
Special correspondence from Santa Fe reports on the upcoming Republican state convention. Catron faces defeat due to his alliance with Romero. Hubbell leads with 144 votes and Bursam close at 140. Sargent is pegged at about 32 votes, Ely unlikely to gain, and Judge Reynolds seen as a possible future senator with mixed county support.
Conferees reached final agreement on disputed sections of the appropriation bill. An immigration bill will be pressed at this session. Adjournment occurred at 4 98 p m until noon Friday as Hoist, No session, meets Friday.
For twenty four hours ending six this morning the weather shows a high of 84 degrees and a low of 62 with a southwest wind and cloudy skies. In politics Gregory Page Will remains state convention chair after a deal with opposition outlines delegation for Bursum Hubbell and Romero. Uncertainty in Rio Arriba as Hernandez may refuse to run if Sargent is nominated.
Two attempts to blow up the Pacific Coast Steamship Company wharf were thwarted by prompt firemen and non union dock workers with police help. Earlier a phosphorus bottle was thrown on the Border Line Transportation pier shed roof. dock workers extinguished the blaze.
Mrs Jeremiah CY Donovan Rossa widow of the Irish patriot and journalist died at her New York home today of heart disease at age 77.
Miss Noltie, a Detroit stenographer, claims a group of five men hid $52,000 plus loot from the Burroughs Adding Machine Co robbery in rooming houses. She says a young man showed large sums, kept trunks for him, and later two men took the trunks with a drayman. Detectors have visited the implicated rooming houses.
W Y Morgan publisher of Hutchison Kansas was named chief of the publicity bureau at the western campaign headquarters of the Republican National Committee. Alvin T Hert announced Fletcher Maddox of Great Falls Montana as chief of the Speakers bureau.
Berlin reports that Austro-German troops successfully resisted the attempted Russian advance in East Galicia as heavy fighting continued near Olav Forges. The defense preserved front lines and halted the enemy assault despite pressure from advancing forces.
The report details stubborn fighting on the Somme front with Allies forced to yield ground. Russian forces attack eastern Galicia near Zalooze but are repulsed, with clashes continuing around Batkow and Horbuzow. Austrian Russian operations and Carpathian actions are noted, including prisoner captures and a height taken at Starawipczyna north of Capul.
German forces repelled heavy Allied attacks on the Somme with strong artillery preparation and multiple assaults from Ovillers Pogieres and between Guillemont and the Somme. French and British efforts west of Wyttechate and near La Basse canal were beaten back as losses were reported large. patrol actions yielded few successes.
Ferlin reports the Bulgarians repelled another Allied push southwest of Lake Deiran. The war office says weak Bulgarian advance guards held back enemy detachments attempting to push from Doldzole.
Secretary Lansing told Eliseo Arrendondo that American members of the Mexico border commission would be appointed soon. He said the delay was due to President Wilson's focus on a threatened general strike, a view conveyed by Special Agent Rodgers in Mexico City to Carranza officials.
Private Peley Rr. Pennimann of the Second Massachusetts Infantry was shot in the left leg while on picket near Columbus New Mexico six miles north. The wound is not dangerous and an investigation seeks the shooter’s identity.
John H. Fesler prominent Colorado banker and former state treasurer died in Denver at age 60 after a cancer illness. He also served as American consul at Ramoy, China.
Violent fighting continues on the Western end of the British Salient at the Somme with no decisive effect reported.
Reports from the war fronts describe no major changes in most theaters while western battles near Pozieres see repeated German assaults repulsed with heavy losses. Vienna and Rome offer sparse details as Cadorna reportedly delays a broader push to straighten lines before a planned assault on Trieste.
Paris reports a senior officer says yesterday's Somme actions were only a local detail of the larger offensive. He notes the German failure to counterattack signals possible weakness or orders confusion. The French achieved every predesignated objective at Maurepas with minimal losses, contrasting heavier costs in Artois and Champagne. The broader aim remains the destruction of German forces, with the Franco-British line holding substantial territory on the Western Front.
Vienna reports twelve hours of Russian attempts to breach Austrian entanglements along Peraslinska and Piniski were repelled. Russians penetrated briefly near Manajoa but were driven back by Austrian reserves as German and Austrian batteries were credited for the successful defense.
Charles F. Hughes spoke at stations in Riddle Roseburg Grants Pass and Medford urging loyalty to the flag and institutions and a strong national policy. He argued for national honor preparedness and avoidance of vacillation while stressing American dominion and peace with strength. Chester H. Rowell accompanied him on the trip.
In Roseburg Oregon August 17 despite steady rain Charles F Hughes republican nominee for president drew large crowds at every station on his Portland to San Francisco train tour. At Oakland an Oregon stop he shook hands with many and in Sutherlin his wife received a live bouquet of roses. He delivered a brief platform address at Roseburg praising Americanism and tariffs before Beyers.
Braving rain, residents of Riddle Oregon greet Republican presidential candidate Charles E Hughes as his train halts. The Hughes private car is lavishly adorned with roses and flowers from admirers along the route, with more gifts collected during the brief stop.
The nomminee iso was presented with venison during remarks where hoarseness appeared in his voice. In the party accompanying Mer tughes in California is Wester H L Rowell of Fresno, a progressive member of the national Republican campaign committee.
A written protest by the San Francisco Culinary Workers' Union was sent to Francis V. Keesing, chairman of the Republican state central committee, objecting to plans to entertain Charles Q. Hughes at a Commercial club banquet and to the open shop card displayed in the dining room. The union urged arrangements that do not affront organized labor.
The Danish West Indies sale issue has unsettled politics as coalitions form to back a government plan for a coalition cabinet. A plebiscite on selling the islands could follow a likely government rejection, delaying a decision until general elections. The left opposes the sale, while many Danes reportedly favor it.
Paris reports that negotiations for the sale of the Danish West Indies have grown into an international issue. The Danish finance minister said the government decided to sell to avoid forcible seizure as global peace talks loom. The Temps notes the sale could gain broad attention beyond Denmark.
President Galla and the Managers' Committee travel to Washington to push his proposal. He appeals to high officials of the involved roads for support at the conference.
President Wilson presented a plan to a 640 member employee committee aiming to avert a railway strike. He sought eight hour day wages with arbitration backed by a new congressional commission. Railroad presidents signaled opposition while openness to arbitration grew.
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