16 Dec 1912
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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1912
Page
1
American ambassador to the Court of St James dies after a brief illness in England. Reid, who has served at the post since 1905, succumbs to pulmonary edema following an attack.
Whitelaw Reid American ambassador to Great Britain died at Dorchester House London from pulmonary oedema. Mrs Reid and daughter were at the bedside. The body will likely be interred in Sleepy Hollow with a royal memorial service expected in London. Government may provide a warship for transport to the United States.
The Morning Journal reports Bulgarian delegates warn Russia will back Serbia for a port on the Adriatic. London talks on the Austro-Serbian dispute unfold with Greek attendance uncertain. Bulgaria's stance follows warnings of mobilization and regional unrest as diplomats seek Albanian autonomy and Adriatic access.
Balkan state diplomats report belief that Austria is bluffing about mobilization on the frontier as peace talks commence between Turkish representatives and Allied powers.
The article notes a government plan to interrupt negotiations, continue hostilities, and dictate peace in Constantinople under the armistice terms. Bulgarian trains pass Adrianople with Turkish permission as Greek premier Venizelos may or may not attend the conference. A Turkish military faction grows strong, threatening the Kiamil ministry and aiming to install a war triumvirate led by Nazim Vashe Isvet Pasha and Mahmoud Shefket Pasha.
Formal notice reports Helen Gould will marry Finley J Shepard, official of Missouri Pacific. The engagement details are announced in a concise society notice.
Bilgarrean envoy reports progress from talks with Premier Poincare and British diplomat Daneff. He notes unity among Balkan states, outlines positions on Turkey and Adrianople, and stresses that Balkan governments remain tied to their alliance for security and autonomy.
Fighting continued through the day as Greeks seized Schia and Paramythia in Epirus after a lengthy battle near Janina. Both sides suffered considerable losses.
London, Dec. 16. The fall of an aeroplane today killed Lieutenant W. Parke of the Royal Navy and Mr Hardwick, manager of an aereo- Diane company, as it attempted Maeght from Hendon to Oxford. The monoplane, in choppy wind, turned turtle over Wembley golf course, plunging from about fifty miles per hour. Spectators saw the craft drop from 150 feet and pin the aviators under wreckage.
San Francisco December 15 Henry Merou consul general of France in San Francisco for over six years announced his designation to take effect in January He will depart for Europe to join the International Tollrand company Merou succeeded Etienne Lanet in 1906 and has long served the French government He is a Legion of Honor member Twenty years ago he was sent to Galveston and then Chicago His successor has not yet been appointed
The engagement of Miss Helen Miller Gould of New York to Minley J Shepard of St Louis was announced at the Gould residence in Lakewood New Jersey. Time and place of the wedding will be withheld for now.
The Albuquerque local of the New Mexico Good Roads Association meets this evening to perfect plans for Local Day aimed at recruiting members. chaired by Col D K Sellers RL W D Bryan and M Mandell, the drive seeks 1,600 members, canvassing the business district to gain as many new supporters as possible within one hour. The session starts at 8 in the Commercial Club room, and attendance is urged.
The article details Mike Gould’s notable gifts including a university library building valued at 316,000, a 100,000 pound donation to the U.S. government for war purposes in 1898, 16,600 to Rutgers, 10,000 to advance engineering and science at the University of New York, 56,090 toward a naval branch of the Y.M.C.A. in Crooklyn, and many other educational and charitable gifts. As an active member of the Women’s National War Relief Association, she led care for sick and convalescent soldiers at Camp Wikoff during the Spanish American War, contributing 560,000 for supplies. She maintains a large home at Irvington-on-the-Hudson and another mansion on Fifth Avenue, New York.
Finley 1 Shepard joined the Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain lines operating department in 1911 after meeting Miss Gould on a Denver trip. He aided tours with Miss Gould during a rail inspection and formed a close friendship. A 45 year old son of a Connecticut minister, Shepard has long railroad service and was named assistant to B F Bush in 1912 with oversight of all departments. Since moving to St. Louis eighteen months ago he has been socially active, a book lover, a discerning musician, and an all around athlete.
Two men and a boy in a captive balloon basket were rescued four miles at sea after the balloon parted from its cable in a 30 mile gale. Pilot Sidney Neal Hampton was unconscious when disentangled. John Wagoner and nine year old Charles Jordan were saved by the Music and the Mischief. The rescue occurred near Venice seashore with spectators watching a dramatic recovery.
Mexico City December 15. The formal closing of congress occurred tonight. The permanent commission has already moved to call a special session.
London December 16 reports that the Chinese emperor Hsun Tung aged six is suffering from whooping cough according to a Peking dispatch to The Daily Mail. The illness is described as an attack rather than a long term condition.
Horace Kearny, a Kansas City aviator, and passenger Chester Lawrence are believed drowned after a hydroplane mishap off Santa Monica. Glenn H. Martin and Frank S. Garbutt sought them up the Malibu coast. the pontoon was recovered but rescuers failed to reach them. An extended 30 mile gale created treacherous seas as night fell with no sign of the missing men.
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