07 Jul 1911
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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1911
Page
1
A political item notes a senator with a report on statehood and accompanies a warning that a real auction may occur if the chairman of the Territories Committee cannot be found. It frames a procedural step tied to leadership availability and fiscal considerations.
Washington Daily reports Bristow urges the House to stick to its position amid business tie up as Dowagiac man holds up New Mexico matters.
Washington front page notes a dramatic dispatch claiming Senator William Alden Smith of Michigan is missing with a crucial report in his coat pocket. The document, essential for action on New Mexico and Arizona statehood, is described as treasured by Smith and guiding the committee on territories.
Senator Sutherland supports both territories' statehood but opposes recall of the judiciary in the Arizona constitution. Bristow notes uncertainty on when reports will be made on the resolution as the committee chair remains absent. Observers consider petitioning the House to delay adjournment until the senate acts.
The piece profiles William Alden Smith of Grand Rapids, noting his Michigan origins, education, legal career, and extensive Congressional service. It covers his election to the Senate in 1907 to succeed R A Alger and his unexpired term ending March 3, 1918, with prior service in the House across multiple Congresses.
The Morning Journal reports the United States sold 63 million barrels of beer in the year ending June 39, up 6.21 percent, while whiskey purchases totalled 146,973,000 dollars, rising 5.6 percent despite prohibition pressures. The annual Beer and Whiskey Sales report by the United States Brewers association notes prosperity but cites prohibition effects.
The Rio Grande has risen to its highest level in years as midnight came. Lower city portions are flooded and Mexican homes washed away with no loss of life reported. Immigrant office threats prompt levee fortification with sandbags while Santa Fe Railway works to bolster tracks. Damaged valley farms reported above El Paso.
Paris reports a deadlock in organizing a settlement on the Moroccan question. Germany resists exposing its aims and keeps a warship at Agadir, while France opposes partition plans without British involvement. Official circles deny any secret France Morocco treaty and funding for a sultan’s police force.
Oriental papers arriving in Seattle July 6 recount the June 15 quake in the Loochoo archipelago and western Kushu. At Naha one person died. Kagashime five were killed. Satsuma and Osumi provinces in Kyushu suffered five and six fatalities respectively with widespread destruction.
Washington July 6 The Senate interior debate over Canadian reciprocity nears end as discussions among senators suggest passage within days. Senator Gronna of North Dakota argues the measure harms farmers and exceeds presidential powers while insurgent Republicans press for broader tariff reforms and sustained resistance to the free list.
Washington July 6 Democratic members of the ways and means committee held a brief preliminary meeting and planned work on the cotton schedule revision to be taken up next week in earnest. Representative Rainey of Tennessee, chairman of the sub committee, which has prepared data on the cotton industry, has submitted the figures to the committee.
Marinette Wis July 6 Max Eagles of High Falls survived after 28 000 volts passed through his body while fishing near a power house. He touched a power line with a steel rod and was knocked unconscious but artificial respiration revived him and he will recover.
John J. McNamara and brother James appear in Superior Court facing nineteen murder charges linked to the 1910 Los Angeles Times explosion. The defendants contest extradition grounds and indictments while demanding grand jury scrutiny and possible quashing, with further arguments scheduled.
In Mexico City July 6 clashes between police and rioters at street car yards left several dead and many wounded. Governor Granos ordered a charge as sabres cut through rioters after stones shattered car windows. Over fifty arrests followed amid widespread sympathy for the strikers.
Four hundred strikers at the American Smelting and Refining plant in Monterey Mexico returned to work after settling with management. The workers walked out Saturday demanding higher wages and the terms of the compromise were not disclosed.
Operatives at a large Chihuahua clothing factory went on strike for higher wages. Tonight they paraded the streets led by workers and union members calling for a wage rise.
The New York hotel magnate W E D Stokes testifies in a high profile case involving Miss Lillian Graham and Miss Ethel Conrad accused of trying to murder him. He recounts threats and a pistol exchange, with letters from Graham to him disclosed as evidence.
A fragment from 1907 notes Miss Graham, living in Memphis, receiving a telegram about health and appearance. A later letter advises restraint with wine, comments on stage work, and reflects on a star earning high weekly wages yet spending on hats.
A Royal Society study group led by Dr J A Haldane and Dr Gordon Douglas of Oxford with Dr Yambell Anderson of Yale will begin six weeks of altitude blood experiments on Pike's Peak Colorado. Previous Tenerife tests showed red blood cells rise with altitude. now researchers seek whether cells increase or blood thickens via water loss before continuing at Cripple Creek and other Colorado high sites.
Denver July 6. Charles Sherratt testified that William Crawford secretary of the Northern Colorado district United Mine Workers consigned district judge Greeley Whitford and his injunction to perdition. Crawford, one of seventeen union men on trial for violating the injunction, faced threats of killing. Whitford denied quashing writs and urged peace officers to stop violators, citing a Denver parade of 10 600 laborers protesting the injunction to intimidate the judge.
Thunder showers swept the north Atlantic states lowering the heat as Boston and Miles City reached 100 degrees. A drop of twenty four degrees followed in Boston. Washington and the Ohio Valley saw continued heat with showers and moderate temperatures forecast. Two deaths in Chicago linked to the heat were reported.
New York on July 6 reports showers easing the scorched city after a five day heat wave that killed over one hundred people. The day’s high reached 92.5, a new record. a brief storm cooled the city to 78 by 8:45 p.m., then rose to 82 as the shower ended, leaving hopes the heat spell might be broken.
Morning Journal reports attacks on President Gomez by El Dia director Andreas alleging a large fortune amassed during two years in office. Gomez counters with a modest estate inventory. Rumors of uprisings in Oriente and Pinar del Rio spark fears of rural guard mobilization and growing unrest among rurales.
Columbus July 6 Umpire Clarence Owens of the American Association staff will have an operation for an access formed near his right ear. He was struck by a foul ball in a game at Louisville two weeks ago.
Chicago record shows 46 more deaths from the week’s extreme heat raising the total to 201 with 175 infants among the victims. Cooler showers and winds brought relief as residents faced high heat and humidity.
Peoria suffers under a three day heat wave with four more deaths today raising the total to nine. The highest temperature reached eighty nine degrees as the city endures torrid weather.
Baltimore record heat on July 6 caused sixteen deaths and over twenty people to collapse. The temperature reached ninety eight degrees and warns that since July 1 thirty people have died from the heat.
Cincinnati July 6 a late afternoon thunderstorm eased record heat but five deaths and fifteen prostrations were added to sunstroke totals. City officials noted the weather change as relief though casualties rose.
A deadly heat wave in Toledo Ohio claimed fourteen lives over three days amid a rain storm and severe thunderstorms. The latest fatalities occurred today as the heat persisted despite cooling weather.
Eleven deaths and twenty prostrations linked to the heat in New Haven region as an electrical storm cooled the state but left the aftermath intensely hot and oppressive. The storm swept several areas and provided temporary relief from the heat.
In Detroit today the high reached 85 degrees yet humidity caused widespread distress. Fifty teenage drivers collapsed and quit work as the oppressive heat contributed to a rising death toll, totaling twenty since Sunday with five drownings reported.
Fourteen deaths and sixteen prostrations due to heat were reported before midnight in Pittsburg as residents endured a 95 degree temperature and light breeze.
Nevada Mo July 4 Word arrived this evening of the death of A B Cocker formerly of Nevada at South Pittahure Tenn this afternoon from heat prostration. Cocker was once the largest individual smelter owner in the United States operating plants at Nevada Iola Pittsburg Algona Kas and several other olden towns.
A hot wave in Philadelphia today caused sixteen additional deaths, bringing the heat term toll to sixty seven. The day recorded a maximum temperature of 93 degrees as electrical storms were reported across the state.
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