22 Dec 1912
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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1912
Page
1
The conference at Pease is again postponed as Ottoman diplomacy influences talks. Reportedly Ottomans aim to secure an agreement to revictual Adrianople amid ongoing negotiations.
Delegates press for moving from ceremonial remarks to concrete work while the Greek representative cites the lack of a signed armistice as delaying progress. The meeting centers on suspending hostilities and advancing negotiations.
Paris dispatch notes a marked improvement in international affairs with growing support for arbitration. France and Britain pledge prudence toward Turkey and Lebanon while defending Ottoman integrity and seeking to restrain regional tensions.
London December conference stalls as Turkish delegates push to include Greece and demand relief for Adrianople. Reehad Pasha presents a lenient stance citing 150000 residents in need, while Bulgarian and Greek leaders argue the armistice limits any concessions. Venizelos warns allied damage if key towns change hands.
Balkan delegates clash over a Turkish demand that would alter the armistice base while Servian and other parties resist. Ottoman and Balkan representatives adjourn to Monday as the scene shifts to fresh instructions. Delegates pledge loyalty to Russia amid reports of potential Franco mediation.
Premier Poincare told the chamber of deputies Serbia would accept the agreed surrender terms from ambassadors of the great powers and that a neutral Adriatic outlet would be connected to Serbia by an international railroad under European control. He urged mediation if negotiations fail and praised the accord for easing European discord. Jean Jaurez lauded his peace efforts.
Turkish army in Mitylene has surrendered and seven thousand seven hundred prisoners were embarked today on Greek transports, marking a decisive turn in the clash between Greek forces and the Ottoman army.
Indianapolis dispatch reports Walter Stall arguing to jurors for Aiam St Kline and Olaf A Tveltmoe as the defense closes. Attorneys challenge government evidence and witness testimony about open shop plots and potential conspiracies. Four days remain for final arguments before jury instructions and verdict.
Attorneys for Carl Reiderbach known as the human bomb obtained a writ of habeas corpus directing county authorities to appear in court Monday and show cause why the prisoner should not be released after capturing the central police station and holding it for several hours weeks ago.
Proposition to refer international disputes to America’s highest court fails to gain approval. Peace Society rails against entangling alliances and unfavorable court entanglements in a tense public statement.
Officials fear another attack on Juarez by rebels under Orozco as the garrison remains under strength with 500 soldiers and frontier posts lack adequate protection. Huerta’s forces previously withdrew, and rail lines face disruption as rebels advance toward Guamen, closing the Chihuahua border area.
President-elect ends a day of long conferences worn by political talk. Officials report personal appeals for office were not approved by Wilson as discussions continued on the condition of politics.
Judge Hornblower argues the United States must submit Panama canal tolls to arbitration under Hay‑Pauncefote terms. The American Society for the Judicial Settlement of International Disputes rejected the motion for US arbitration. Omer F. Hershey of Baltimore touts business as a force for peace and says peace societies must persuade the business class. The conference ended with a banquet featuring Senator Burton and others.
A Firefly train on the Rock Island line was delayed an hour due to a sabotaged rail near Minco Oklahoma. Section men found pulled spikes and a moved rail eight inches four miles above Minco before the train's arrival, avoiding a likely wreck as the Firefly runs down the grade at high speed.
Frank Crouch accused of kidnapping the grandson of L D Gale sought a marriage license to his partner Mrs Laura Gale. They attempted a Salvation Army ceremony but Brigadier Ashley Pebbles refused without Judge Ben Lindsey or juvenile court consent.
Charles Jones an American telephone lineman in the Yaqui river district was found dead near Potero with four bullet wounds in his back after being missing for three days.
Initial dispatches claimed Yaqui raiding near San Marelal in Sonora, but investigations from Douglas indicate the reports were exaggerated or stemmed from a earlier incident weeks ago.
A nationwide drive for democratic club organizations was authorized by the National Democratic League clubs executive board in New York. An inauguration committee was appointed with Lafayette Pence of Washington as chairman.
Washington December 21. Most senior army officers will gather in Washington in January for a key conference to advance plans for reorganizing the army. The talks aim to abolish current departments and form brigades that can concentrate into regular army corps on short notice. Notable attendees include Major Generals Barry Carter Murray and Brigadiers Bliss Potts Smith Mills Hoyt MacComb Schuyler Evans Edwards Steever McClernan.
Breathitt County report by the Rockefeller fund commission shows 1268 per 1785 persons examined infected with hookworm. If other mountain counties mirror Breathitt, Kentucky could have about 20 000 cases, per the査 reading.
President elect Wilson held long talks in Trenton with Willi am Jennings Bryan about Democratic platform pledges and cabinet positions. He said he would listen to congress and take advice from leaders while avoiding direct recruitment of office seekers. Bryan’s involvement aimed to align policy plans with the platform ahead of the inauguration.
El Paso officials report General KF Steever cancelled army day races at the Juarez track after a delegation of local ministers urged the move. He had previously allowed army officers from Port Bliss to participate but withdrew permission to ride or have an infantry band perform.
Washington December 21 Lee Overman junior United States senator from North Carolina was operated on for appendicitis. The operation was entirely successful and his physician said conditions were favorable He stood the operation well and was resting easily tonight.
Chicago dispatch reports 16 year old Alice Tufts daughter of Gorham Putts Jr a noted miracle worker and former missionary to India renounces her mother in favor of her jailed father. Details outline family estrangement amid local crime case and public attention surrounding the Tufts family.
In Los Angeles Judge McKinley heard a case where a daughter renounced her mother and pledged loyalty to her father while jailed on embezzlement charges. He planned a divorce decree in favor of the mother, Mary H. Tufts, granting custody of sons Pletcher and Chester Warner, ages 11 and 14. The judge called the case pathetic and ordered custody to the mother.
Chicago reports nearly two million eggs sold in the Chicago Clean Food league drive to lower prices. One million one hundred thousand eggs were moved, beating yesterday’s figures by four hundred thousand, with monitors to ensure prices stay low.
Mrs. Mabel Benson of White Water Kansas was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary after forging a $45 check on a dare from her sister in law. She told the judge she never refused a dare. The court replied that she was given the limit.
Princeton New Jersey December 21 President-elect Wilson sees gifts pour in for the holidays with three live turkeys arriving for Christmas to be shared with his family at home. A boy of eight writes that he was born the same date December 28 inviting Wilson to his party.
A Mukden dispatch says the Peking chamber of commerce has sent to Manchurian firms a circular urging Chinese merchants to donate part of their income to a war fund opposing Russian aggression.
Spokane police search for Mrs Minnie Elgie and her sister Miss Renna Benna after they vanished within weeks of receiving a threatening letter from a former convict, Hikie Elgie, who was pardoned last July. The sisters reported they feared retaliation and left only their clothing, with the case linked to a prior assault conviction.
In Mayville a theater fire during a performance injured three people and killed Karl Cundiff. The blaze destroyed the opera house, three stores, a livery stable, and several adjacent buildings, with townspeople dynamiting structures to halt the spread.
Nine persons detained by police offer no evidence linking them to the bloody deed as investigators press for clues in the Logue murder case.
Nine suspects including Clyde Stratton and BF Hampton detained after Logue slaying in the McVicker theater building offices. Police link Stratton to multiple Chicago crimes while examining weapons and stolen jewels found in a flat used by the group.
London December 21 The British Medical Association rejected the final government terms for service under the national health insurance act. The offer rejection leaves the act inoperative without doctors and the government threatening to set up a state medical service.
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