07 Jul 1915
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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1915
Page
1
Residents of Mexico City report a general sense of insecurity amid mixed reports on crime and battlefield outcomes. Citizens express confusion over conflicting information and struggle to discern truth from rumor.
In Mexico City chaos grows as battling factions push toward Cuernavaca. Soldiers ride streetcars for shelter while banks and major firms stay closed and food runs scarce. Foreign diplomats fear for lives as duels erupt in crowded streets and executions halt blackmail by officers.
The article reports Colonel Mollejo a Spaniard by birth but Mexican naturalized attempted to extort ten thousand dollars from AlfonSO Veta a prominent merchant Colonel Figueroa in a local hotel detained the owner for 2000 and another 3600 later Aguierre confessed taking 2000 from Figueroa. Several arrests for selling nitro glycerine cartridges to the local garrison with Carranza sympathies to be executed.
Mexico City siege reports keep shifting as forces under Zapata Gonzales and Cuernavaca reinforce the capital. Government archives and treasury moved, streets readied for evacuation, and foreign diplomats seek protection amid a widespread food shortage and tense city conditions.
An inter departmental committee appointed by the Interior and Labor secretaries works on a plan to relieve unemployment by financing workers who want to take up farm lands. The program would use government loans for land on public reclamation projects or public lands, with a rural credit system under the labor department and amendments to reclamation and land laws. The plan aims to cut overhead, assign representatives in counties, and leverage agency staff to inspect land, monitor loan terms, and handle interest. The commission will meet this summer and finalize legislation by December conference.
Sir Ian Hamilton reports the British forces faced difficulties during the landing on the Gallipoli peninsula. The high fighting spirit and coordination under fire are noted as commendable despite the perilous conditions.
General Hamilton lauds navy and allied troops for storming Gallipoli on April 25 across barbed wire and mine fields. He notes heavy Turkish defenses and ammo shortages that limited reinforcements, and records British losses of 177 officers and 1,990 men killed and 412 officers and 7,807 men wounded through May 5.
Nathan Salmon of Santa Fe was elected president of the New Mexico Retailer's Association at the annual convention. Nora E. Summers was re elected secretary and D. Dilley of Roswell treasurer. Vice presidents include A Matson of Albuquerque W A Johnson of Roswell Isaac Bacharach of Las Vegas and M Mendelson of Raton. Albuquerque likely to host next meeting.
Announcement states the tentative German note draft is not satisfactory to the administration. The report notes opposition to the wording and indicates further drafting is expected before any formal position is agreed.
Officials guard statements while noting the situation remains unsettled as Germany drafts a reply to the June 9 note on high seas rights. Ambassadors discuss concessions, with President Wilson and Secretary Lansing weighing whether the United States can accept changes to international law. Berlin officials hint at possible compromises, but major neutral rights may still be at stake.
A man connected to the J shot case and linked to Pierpont Morgan is found dead in jail. Authorities reveal few details about how the death occurred amid ongoing uncertainty.
Wine Mineola N Y July 6 Frank Holt Cornell professor who shot J C Morton near Silon Cove last Saturday died tonight in jail. Officials differ whether Holt killed himself by jumping from his cell door top to the court below or was killed in his cell. Autopsy to be performed in Hempstead. no weapon found.
Youngstown July 6 Reverend F M Bennett pastor of the First Unitarian church said Frank Holt the assailant of J P Morgan was known to him as Professor Erich Muenter. He said he knew Muenter at Harvard and in Lawrence Kansas and compared photos showing they are the same man with certainty.
Frank Holt, jailed in Mineola, confessed to libel detectives that his prior statements about making the capital bomb from sulphuric acid and match heads were lies. He also admitted he lied about his movements in Washington and New York when confronted with incriminating evidence.
Police traced a plan to a bungalow rented near here where bottles with punctured corks a trunk of bombs and marked pictures were found. Holt admitted lying about bomb contents while detectives linked him to Hendrick and 1206 pounds of dynamite shipped to Syosset New York.
Police found 124 sticks of dynamite with fuses at 84 West Thirty-eighth Street. The explosives arrived three days earlier, sent by Frank Holt, via a New York transfer company. Capt. Thomas G Tunney led detectives surrounding the five story building top floor. The trunk contained blasting caps sulfuric acid and matches.
Henry Digneo a well known young citizen of Santa Fe died suddenly last night at his home of heart failure He was recently married to Miss Berardinelli This obituary notes a recent marriage and the unexpected death in Santa Fe on July 6.
Reports confirm renewed Allied gains in Flanders with about 200 yards of German trenches captured north of Ypres as French artillery aids. Austro German pressure drives Russians toward Tarnogrod while Krasnik halts the Austrian push. Italian forces clash near Gorizia and bomb Trieste factory. Britain to regulate liquor sales near war material hubs under the Defense of the Realm Act.
British troops seize trenches north of Ypres in a typical front line action as resistance tightens on all theaters. Reports note ongoing heavy fighting and strategic gains by Allied forces amid grinding shelling and attrition.
London reports say Austrians push near Krasnik and Tarnogrod while Russians stiffen at most points east of the Vistula. British press grows cautiously optimistic on the eastern front as German forces reportedly prepare a westward offensive toward Calais with ten corps rumored to move from the interior.
Vienna reports the Austrian war department says Russians retreating after Krasnik defeat under Archduke Ferdinand, with Austrian advances capturing Cieszanow district and heights north of Wysnica. Italians repulsed on Gorizia front. corps losses heavy. front lines quiet on Zlota Lipa and Dniester rivers.
Official statement from general headquarters reports no major changes on the Niemen and Narew fronts. It notes desultory firing and minor skirmishes while detailing a Friday through Monday battle near Urzendow Bychawa where an enemy drive east of Krasnik was stopped and over 2,000 prisoners were taken along with other losses.
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