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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1908
Page
1
William Dudley Foulke forwards correspondence with President Roosevelt on charges against the Indianapolis News over the Panama matter. Roosevelt replies that much of the reporting is false, defends official records, and critiques mendacious press behavior while urging reliance on public records and orderly discourse.
The New York Sun editor compliments President Roosevelt while declining further debate over a direct challenge. The piece notes Roosevelt’s prominence in public clashes, his disregard for truth in personal correspondence, and his role as president, with a critique of using patronage and letters to influence political aims.
Two dead and three seriously hurt after westbound Santa Fe passenger No. 201 collided with eastbound No. 298 near Haney, fourteen miles west of Amarillo. Engineer Maham of Roswell died after the crash. Mail Clerk James Smith of Carlsbad crushed to death in his car. several crew members injured. fog cited as factor. blame not determined.
Cleveland December 6 Smith traveling to New York says Roosevelt’s Panama editorial comments came from a New York paper cited by the Indianapolis News. He notes the News credited its source and disclaimed accuracy, says the editorial ran during his absence and he could not have favored it. He says he informed Mr. Foulke of a potential use but Foulke declined.
Both houses to appoint committees of notification and adjourn out of respect to deceased members. The brief session marks ceremonial duties and formal adjournment in memory of departed legislators.
Pine Bluff Arkansas December 6 continued rainfall and the softening of the already crumbling banks renew apprehension. It is not improbable that considerable additional property losses may occur despite the Arkansas river’s rapid recession, which had fallen a foot at night. Embankments protecting the wholesale district and county courthouse are impaired to such an extent that it is feared they will give way.
Four men and women died while skating on Lake Koshkenong today near Janesville. Fearl Cooper Harvey Nichardson Dee and Biolet Blievens are confirmed drowned. Fannie Blievens also perished. Mabel Brown was rescued but faces exposure risks. Local authorities investigate cause of tragedy.
In Teheran on December 6 a proclamation issued by a secret revolutionary organization condemns Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi to death for violating the constitution. The document asserts the shah's offenses and declares the punishment as death.
The nation anticipates minimal new laws as Congress reconvenes for the 60th Congress. Vice President Fairbanks and Speaker Cannon will preside, with oath ceremonies for Cummins of Iowa and Page of Vermont. Swearing in of seven new members fills vacancies, and committees will be appointed to notify both houses and the president of congressional organization. The Senate honors Senator Allison and the House commemorates several late members as President Roosevelt’s annual message looms.
The report forecasts a conservative, carefully prepared budget with limited legislation. The House will tackle the thirteenth census bill and appropriations for branches of government, while the Senate considers postal savings banks and reinsuring discharged Brownsville soldiers. Total bills may exceed 100 million dollars with major funding for rivers and harbors, census 1910, and potential reforms to national banks and Sherman antitrust laws. A push for statehood for Arizona and New Mexico faces delays, and the president’s natural resources plans may spark forest reserve efforts in Appalachians and the White Mountains.
Pekin reports indicate American residents in the Yangtse region protested the withdrawal of gunboats to Manila for target practice. The American consul general at Hankow asked the British representative to protect American interests in Nanking amid revolutionary unrest and potential wider insurrection if Nanking fell.
President elect Taft and Mrs Taft, Secretary Carpenter, and the office force left Hot Springs tonight. Taft will be guest of honor at a North Carolina Society dinner in New York tomorrow night. After a week in Washington, he will go to Augusta, Georgia, for an extended stay while Carpenter sets up Taft's offices in the Union Trust building.
A strike at the Collayuense Mines in Iquique Chile led to police retreat with several officers killed or wounded. Troops have been dispatched to relieve the position and restore order.
Dispatches from the Italian governor of Somaliland report a furious assault by the dervishes on Huffato. The garrison, forewarned and ready, repelled the attack and killed forty eight dervishes.
Secretary of the Navy Newberry received advices that an armored cruiser fleet was sighted at 3 p.m. New York time heading for La Union San Salvador and then Panama after departing December 1 from Magiaiena Bay following target practice. The United States inspector Warren K. Rich reported the sighting from Salinarus Mex icm.
In North Easton two children, Michel Anderson aged eleven and Marcha Anderson aged ten, drowned after falling through thin ice on a pond. In Methuen, fifteen year old George Stork drowned while attempting to rescue his brother.
Disappearance of the Garcia family's seventeen year old daughter fuels belief that Francisco Martinez alias Jesus Barela abducted her amid the massacre of four Garcias at a ranch near Troy. Authorities, belatedly pursuing Martinez for a prior murder, fear vigilante justice if he is found. Local posse led by Under Sheriff Kreger plans subpoenas for witnesses at a coroner's hearing in Trinheria on Wednesday.
Washington dispatch reports uproar over the president's order placing fourth class postmasters under civil service scrutiny. Debate centers on extending the reform nationwide, with lawmakers split on resisting or supporting funding for examinations and patronage controls. New Mexico post offices see removals and new appointments, Vance to lead Union county post office, Cutter and Okla offices affected.
Sixty riders from sixteen teams, American and foreign, began the sixteenth annual six day race on the Madison Square Garden board track as Dorande Peltri signaled the start. Notables included Rutt, Stol, Walthour, Logan, Moran, Dupre, Georget, Brocco, Labrousse, Palmer, Downey, and Labrousse among others. The race features a strict grind with no sprint setups and riders must avoid being lapped. first two laps do not count and pace is set by Eddie Heat with Logan leading after the first mile.
Harvard treasure seekers led by Stephen Noyes and H L Corbett returned from Jamaica aboard the Admiral boney with no gold from the sunken Spanish galleon. After abandoning the Mayflower they sought wrecks but hulls were too deep for a satisfactory investigation.
Ouray Colorado December 6 Elias Fritz twenty three unmarried was buried by an avalanche while clearing a section of Red Mountain Wagon road today he was entombed his partner Alfred Osserman escaped and aided in the search but the body had not been found by late tonight diggers continued the rescue effort to reach Fritz amidst the snow and wreckage on the mountain slope
Washington reports that the Bureau of Cells will investigate the semi arid northwest belt to determine soil nature, adaptations, and best improvement methods. Professor Milton Whitney notes national farm area and cereal yield context as part of the study. An obituary notes Professor Treland Knapp, formerly of Yale and Chicago, died in Paris.
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