Day's Prices Mixed as Local Market Opens
A fragmented clip notes varied pricing with cents shown as 25c 75c 25c and mentions a local firm tied to the day. Strong entities and concrete numbers appear but the text is garbled.
09 Dec 1916
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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1916
Page
1
A fragmented clip notes varied pricing with cents shown as 25c 75c 25c and mentions a local firm tied to the day. Strong entities and concrete numbers appear but the text is garbled.
Growers of grain livestock fruits and vegetables report they are not receiving enough for their products. Producers on farms and ranges outline marketing strategies to improve prices and access.
Farmers and economists at the fourth National Conference on Marketing and Farm Credits urge Congress to improve finance channels. They call for short term credits alongside farm loan bonds, and for state market commissioners to aid growers and consumers. A federal office of markets and rural organization outlines cooperation plans with state agents.
At a meeting the society praised cooperative associations and urged soil surveys to map land value and characteristics. They called for government aid until farms are viable, ready made farms, and supervision of colonization to protect settlers. They urged Congress to study livestock markets and packing plants and protested embargoes and water power bills.
The Day in Congress met at noon with the Interstate Commerce Committee considering railroad bills and a DC prohibition measure. Adjourned at 2 p m to honor late Representative Tribble of Georgia. committees continued work on appropriation bills and funeral arrangements. The session will reconvene Saturday noon. Tribble’s memory observed.
Twenty four hour weather report notes overnight temperature around six degrees with a high near twenty eight. Winds came from the north and skies were clear with no precipitation reported.
The Nation prints a piece comparing Lloyd George to French Jacobins noting his proposal to split the cabinet into a vital core and a larger external body. It warns against wrecking military plans and says the press can make or unmake him. The New Statesman questions his press management and notes Arthur Henderson’s view.
Government order bans importation and dealings in copper without a special permit. Copper use for manufacturing is forbidden and inventories must be reported by December 1. Existing contracts may be fulfilled.
Retiring defenders strive to reach the Buzeu River before the enemy can attack the rear.
The front lines in the Carpathians and Wallachia see Mackensen pursuing retreating forces while Austro German advances threaten Moldavia. Russian and Serbian actions in the Carpathians and Macedonia are mixed with Berlin and Paris reporting gains and repulses along multiple fronts.
The regular army stood 175 commissioned officers and 26,965 men short of authorized strength on June 30. The deficit widened as the first increase under the defense act became available July 1, with 71,038 regulars on duty in the continental United States including the expeditionary force in Mexico. Two officers and thirty-four men were killed in action, with five more dying of wounds.
Sir Ernest Shackleton will depart Dunedin New Zealand for the Ross Sea on December 16 to attempt the rescue of ten marooned crew members of the Aurora led by Captain Mackintosh. The party had scant provisions and no contact for twenty-one months after their ship broke away in a blizzard.
A local government levy imposes a tax of S40,000 on Chiruarua City merchants. A separate note mentions a Villa offering a special train to transport German residents to the border, cited by a man who hosted a meal at his house.
Special wire report from El Paso describes Francisco Villa’s forces entering Chihuahua City. Merchants were forced to raise loans, foreigners spared for now, and Villa promised to execute Americans and Chinese found in the city. The fighting caused looting and arson around the cathedral block.
Juarez Mexico December report says a train departed for Chihuahua City carrying garrison troops including soldiers who traveled north after the city’s evaluation by General Treving Food in Chihuahua is scarce due to store looting by Villa. A report claims Villa hid loot in western Chihuahua mountains including rifles uniforms and other military stores stolen from the capital arsenal.
Senate debate centers on Senator Sheppard of Texas calling for quick consideration of a bill to prohibit manufacture and sale of liquor in the national capital. Resolution hinges on a prohibition measure affecting Washington.
London reports indicate key appointments in the new Lloyd George ministry with A J Balfour as Foreign Secretary and Arthur Henderson slated for Labor. Andrew Bonar-Law as Chancellor and Derby for War. Liberals split, Conservatives praised, Asquith era clashes reshape British leadership and policy.
British naval authorities warned to watch for a strange vessel believed to be a raider intercepted December 2 off Scotland. The ship, mistaken for the Dutch steamer Gamma, remained unidentified with officials noting possible mine capabilities. The vessel could reach this port by tomorrow or Sunday.
The article notes Balfour as foreign secretary and Nobert Ceal as undersecretary in a reshaped cabinet while Finlay may become lord chancellor. In London the Liberal meeting at Reform Club faces suffragists demanding action as cries of traitor erupt during Asquith arrival. New York reports 26 000 Amalgamated Clothing Workers authorize a strike if eight hour day not granted.
Minister quotes treaties giving France England and Russia protectorate power over Greece and asserts legal rights for allies in Greek territory in Gray's opinion.
King Constantine faces blame for treachery and betrayal amid Teutonic influence as the ministry approves a landing at Saloniki. The article notes political fallout and shifting alliances impacting the kingdom.
London reports from Athens and Piraeus claim a deliberately prepared plot by King Constantine and his government sparked the attack on entente forces. Dispatches say royalists, mobilizing rapidly, dig trenches near Athens and Piraeus as Greek troops amass in Larissa to strike the entente rear.
Troops from the Sonora infantry begin movement from Agua Prieta to Naco and Hermosillo to Delores Pass. Columns aim to block Villa forces raiding toward the Sonora border with fortifications and cavalry support. General Calles plans to stay in Agua Prieta. Gen Sobarzo remains to guard the boundary and town.
United States agents report on border and Mexican ammunition ration as strong indication the embargo on ammunition to Carranza territory may be lifted. Carranza officials complained General Trevino could not defend Chihuahua City due to lack of ammo against Villa forces.
Isaac Jacobs manager of the Bisbee branch of Levy Bros investment brokers surrendered at the federal court in Tucson after being indicted on a conspiracy to defraud charge. He arrived with his attorneys and prepared to furnish bond.
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