09 Dec 1913
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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1913
Page
1
Polar explorer reports mist and error of It1 gripping Stefansson’s vessel as the principal ship of the Arctic expedition drifts in the northern ocean.
President Wilson, portrayed as a non-committal chief executive, faces the suffrage question for the first time. He leaves the White House with the aura of a sightseer, walking through city streets as curious spectators observe the scene. He avoids taking a clear stance on votes for women.
A woman, claiming to be the mother of Wallace Peters, petitions for habeas corpus to recover her son allegedly taken eight years ago. The case centers on custody and parental rights with no further details provided in the readable text.
Mrs Focks petitions a judge to return Wallace Peters, now 10, to her custody claiming he was stolen eight years ago by her former husband Elbert Peters. Mrs Munger, who says she adopted the boy in Albuquerque, asserts she has cared for him for five years and plans to contest the writ in district court.
Mrs Munger has cared for Wallace for seven years and wants to keep him citing attachment. Mr Focks and his wife seek possession, claiming Peters’ shared custody and a daughter, while Peters reportedly left Missouri with his son. The saga unfolds as authorities pursue the boy’s fate, with mixed signals from Estancia and a looming heartbreak.
A proposed bill by the House Post Offices and Post Roads Committee would authorize 109000 to buy and operate experimental railway mail cars. Steel sixty-foot cars cost about 11000 each, with government leasing costs around 6000 per car annually and railroads receiving roughly 10700 per car in compensation.
In Bingham Utah a Mexican gunman Rafael Lopez was believed alive in a mine after a Greek miner was robbed. Sheriff Smith ordered deputies to guard tunnel exits and prevent a fatal rescue operation while authorities decide on resuming a thorough search for Lopez.
Stefansson reports Karluk crew of twenty five aboard are not aboard the vessel as heavy winds scatter the ice pack. The ship drifted from longitude 147 west after August storms with Stefansson and party ashore to hunt. Mary Sachs wrecked earlier near Collinson Point. crews and cargo lost, few details. Cabrera departs Washington to join constitutionalists in northern Mexico.
A delegation of sixty National Woman Suffrage Association members met President Wilson at the White House to urge constitutional suffrage for women. Dr. Anna Shaw led the discussion, seeking a special committee or a presidential message, while Wilson restated party-policy limits and offered cordial remarks and a handshake to those present.
Assistant Secretary Hamlin announced new instructions to customs collectors on inspecting foreign meat and meat products under the tariff law. Foreign certificates will be weighed by officials, and inspection will be conducted by the Bureau of Animal Industry. Until then, meat and meat products will not be released into the United States by customs.
Boston letters dated December express congratulations to the anti imperial league officers on current Philippine question conditions. Among those reading at the annual meeting were Secretary Daniels and Senators Hollis Shatreth Williams, with college presidents Chase Halt.
President Wilson wandered the Capitol as a casual sightseer with his physician and guides. He chatted with senators and staff, kept to the rotunda and statuary hall, then exited to a brisk outdoor walk for fresh air on medical advice.
The Japanese cruiser Izumo under Captain Moriyama arrived in Honolulu on Saturday. Officers were hosted by Brigadier Generals Funeton and Macomb before continuing to Mazatlan. Harry E. Thaw seeks bail in New York conspiracy case tied to Matteawan escape. petition set for hearing tomorrow before Judge Aldrich in U S court.
New York December actions by the listing committee require all corporations with stock listed to publish promptly dividends and rights allotments to bond and shareholder notices. They also mandate advance notices before closing transfer books or recording stockholder actions, prompted by a prior delay in declaring a preferred stock dividend.
The House Agriculture Committee favorably reported the agricultural extension bill by Representative Lever of South Carolina. The measure would send department agents into every farming county to assist farmers with information from long term experiments, focusing on home economy and soil tiling improvements.
Indictments against Colorado strikers and related Sherman act evidence were presented to Justice officials for review. The department remains doubtful the anti trust statute fits the case and may defer to state authorities, while warrants await a decision on prosecution.
United States District Judge R. S Bean sustained the Webb Kenyon law in Portland Oregon. The ruling upholds the interstate shipment ban of intoxicating liquor into dry territory as constitutional.
Joseph Myers known as Buffalo Myers was seated with a woman when he drew a knife and urged her to stab him. The woman stabbed him in the heart, then fled. He died shortly after at a hospital.
A long thin line of soldiers and civilians nears Ojinaga from desert wastes as an eight member flight under OAS auspices delivers refugees to the border area.
Report from Presidio Texas describes the mass exodus of Huerta loyalists led by General Salvador Mercado and remnants of the northern federal army. Orozco and Salazar flee Chihuahua City toward the border, with rich refugees carrying belongings and cash feared to be looted. Terrazas implicated as rumored cash holder. Refugees travel in a long, perilous march with damaged wagons, camps, and wind swept nights.
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