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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1914
Page
1
Washington takes notice of the border situation and decides to end the incident. Officials say no further shots will be fired once additional lines are established and communications are restored. The move comes after weeks of tense exchanges and heightened alert along the frontier.
The Washington government warns Mexican troops across the Naco border to cease firing or U S artillery will return fire. Officials say firing into American soil could invite escalation but is not an act of war, with range from five to six miles planned for defense.
El Paso Tex Dec 9 The three batteries of the Sixth field artillery are delayed twenty four hours in leaving Fort Bliss for Naco Ariz due to lack of railroad equipment. The delay comes amid efforts to curb further bloodshed on the American side as agents of the Villa Maytorena factions operate nearby.
The Senate met at noon and opened debates on the land leasing bill and immigration bill. Senator Stone introduced the administration shipping bill. The London safety at sea convention was favorably reported for continuation. The Barnhart bill revising government printing laws passed as officials testified on national defense preparedness. Adjourned at 3:86 p.m.
Reports state three special trains with the sixth artillery will depart El Paso and carry twelve cannon and supplies to establish a winter camp at Naco. Governor Maytorena faces ammunition shortages as U S forces and cavalry prepare to respond if border clashes escalate. Tasker Bliss travels to Naco as the southern command contemplates American artillery support.
Mexican shelling at Naco Sonora crossed into the United States halting U S border patrol work on telegraph lines linking bombproofs and outposts. Bullets from Villa troops strike Arrigo town for two months as cavalry camps are moved north for safety delaying water pumping at a new dam site.
A Reuters report from Amsterdam notes the Hancuren American line stated it intends to sell ships held in American ports due to the war. The move reflects repercussions of the ongoing conflict and urgings to liquidate assets stranded abroad.
William S Carter, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, testified in a railway arbitration hearing noting increased living costs. Three pamphlets compiled from hundreds of reports show higher prices for meats, groceries, fuel, rent, and taxes, with food quality declining in many cases. One Pasco report notes no meal differences.
Thirteen mine workers were killed at the Tripp shaft of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Coal Co. Diamond colliery in Scranton Pennsylvania when a cage platform collapsed dropping 200 feet. A fourteenth man survived by clinging to the cage. An inquiry by Coroner Lynch and mine inspector Phillips was under way.
A 67 year old inventor vows to rebuild after Edigon Plant 1 was destroyed by a major fire in 2009. The blaze nearly totaled the facility, prompting renewed resolve to begin anew without delay.
Fire at Thomas A Edison’s West Orange complex destroys eleven main buildings in a single block. About 7,000 workers employed, with 3,000 soon out of work as reconstruction begins. Edison reports total loss near 7 million with 2 million insured. Laboratory spared after swift fire-fighting efforts.
Irregulars led by Baltazar Aviles surrender at Tia Juana to Colisteban County commander of northern district federal troops of Mexico as they faced superior forces near the international boundary.
Reported fears that German forces may attempt an invasion of England. Analysts say such a move would aim to pin down British troops for defense of the island, limiting counterattack options and mobilizing home defenses.
London reports Kaiser's troops may land at several points to divide the British army for home defense. Entrenchments are rising along eastern and southern coasts as laborers dig trenches and railways prepare to move troops and guns quickly. The home army under General Sir Ian Hamilton, plus Kitchener’s contingents and colonial forces, stand ready to repel any invasion.
London dispatch reports Emperor William remains in bed with unchanged condition and fever. He is too weak to issue orders after receiving a military briefing, with no improvement in his health or ability to leave his bed.
A Berlin telegram sent via Reuters notes Emperor William remains in bed yet listens to midday reports from the German army headquarters. The dispatch confirms he was able to hear army updates despite illness.
London reports say the German emperor William II is improving after influenza contracted during a secret visit to Emperor Francis Joseph. Dispatches via Holland and Copenhagen confirm progress toward recovery as Berlin welcomes a quiet, unheralded return, with news of illness suppressed until danger passed.
In a naval engagement off the Falkland Islands the British destroy or sink three German cruisers under Admiral von Spee. The clash results in a crushing defeat for the German squadron amid the South Atlantic.
British Vice Admiral Sir Frederick Sturdee led a squadron that defeated the German force near the Falkland Islands. The Scharnhorst Gneisenau and Leipzig were sunk while the Dresden and Nurnberg escaped. two collier ships were captured and British casualties were reported as light. Survivors were reported from the Gneisenau and Leipzig.
Reports from Santiago Chile dated December 9 state that two other German cruisers in the battle near the Falkland Islands were badly damaged in the sinking incident.
Three German merchantmen were sunk off Terra del Fuego near the southern tip of South America last Sunday by a division of warships believed to be British or Japanese. The report came via a wireless dispatch from the Argentine war transport Piedra Buena to the ministry of marine.
A December 6 action reports sinking of one German Cosmos line steamer and two other vessels near Picton Island and Cape Sanpio. The Piedra Buena commander notes two ships were lost outside Pantalon harbor while another carried a yellow funnel with a black ring.
Justin Acevedo former Mexican consul general representing Carranza faced a police court arraignment in New York on assault charges against Aladio Mendoza a Villa associate. Acevedo was fined five dollars after admitting the strike he said was in self defense amid shared office space by the rival factions.
The American Mining Congress in Phoenix held its seventeenth annual session with numerous resolutions and reports aimed at improving mine operations and investments. The committee report backing uniform state workmen’s compensation laws was adopted, and the coming year’s directors were elected: S A Taylor, Sarl Seholz, C B Keith, L A Friedman, Walter Douglas, and Falcon Joslin.
Samuel Gompers told the Richmond convention that no strike in the last fifteen years can be blamed on organized labor. He said strikes have fostered labor organization and denounced compulsory arbitration and awards as another form of slavery.
Information released from General Carranza's office states that General Villa's troops, led by General Alberto Carrera Torrez, were defeated at Velasco, about fifty miles from Tampico on the railway toward San Luis Potosi.
British squadron under Vice Admiral Sturdee sinks German cruisers Scharnhorst Gneisenau and Leipzig off South America with two others damaged. Fires cut across Belgium France and the eastern front as Austrian retreat rumors circulate in the south. Berlin and Petrograd clash over Lodz and Nancy losses while Britain controls Asiatic Turkey’s coast from Tigris to sea after Sachi Bey’s surrender. Emperor Wilhelm II fever worsens as Britain and Portugal sign a five year arbitration pact to strengthen longtime friendship.
Allied gains in Belgium and France are reported with the Turkish army's surrender seen as a turning point. British control of the Gulf and threats to Turkish railway routes are noted alongside French front progress in Flanders and France. Russian, Italian, and Servian fronts are described as holding or improving positions amid German pressure.
Suchi Bey, late Basra governor and Turkish commander at Kurna, surrendered with his troops to the Indian expeditionary force. British forces then occupied Kurna and controlled the delta from river to sea. An official dispatch notes a December 5 reconnaissance by Col G S S Praser with the Mahratta light infantry, the enemy driven across the Tigris with losses and prisoners taken.
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