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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1915
Page
1
After President Wilson warned, Mexico aims to find a strong leader to restore order. The main goal is to get competing factions to agree to stand for a single authority and restore stability across the country.
Washington rumors weigh options for Mexico crisis with Carranza as likely leader. US hesitates on intervention, favors a unified reformer accepted by Villa and Carranza factions. Carranza allies predict a conciliatory reply to Wilson and a plan to form a stable Mexican government.
Officials deny war preparations for regular army or state militia due to German or Mexican tensions. Troop moves Philippine border are routine. Red Cross relief begins in Monterey with corn beans and flour deliveries. Mexico faces shortages and hunger as famine warnings loom.
Five monks from the Dorin kan monastery in Tiari were arrested after the monastery was searched by soldiers. Residents say night flight over the sea raised suspicion, and the monks face a court martial. Bari citizens tried to assault them but police intervened.
Washington reports renewed efforts by Villa Zapata factions to seek peace talks with Carranza aiming for a government recognized by the United States. Message relay from Arredondo to Carranza notes potential negotiations from Villa officials, while Villa envoy Lorente denies official talks. Red Cross plans to aid famine victims with an army transport from Galveston to Vera Cruz and back.
George M. Lewin aged 40 of Alamosa and a conductor on the Denver and Rio Grande railroad was struck by a passenger train on yard tracks in Denver and killed instantly. He was in town for treatment of a nervous trouble and eluded his family who had brought him to the station. his body was found this morning after a night-long search.
The president orders final edits to the Reply Ten cable insisting the language be explicit enough to prevent any evasion by Germany and ensure clear terms are conveyed. The delay arises from this demand for exactitude before transmission.
German ambassador Count von Bernstorff and officials in Washington express optimism that Lusitania crisis may be resolved. White House drafts a strong note asserting the right of visit and search for neutrals, aiming to curb German submarine actions. President Wilson continues working on the note as Berlin awaits replies expected within a week.
Ottawa June 6 official statement by militia department adds 163 names to the Canadian casualty list. Killed in action are Lieut. Frederick D. L. Green of Toronto and Lieut. John Bell of New Lowell. Wounded include Corp. William Scott of Seattle and Private Don Matthew Loan of Milan.
Dispatch from Sofia reports a ministerial communication canceling Bulgaria s neutrality stance and signaling a shift. The Times London memo notes the ministerial Journal declaration yet to be confirmed.
Northern chieftain and his strongest supporter General Angeles flee with remnants of forces after a decisive setback reported at Legn. Obregon asserts victory margins and ongoing pursuit.
Carranza reports decisive victory after five days of battle near Leon. Angeles and Villa forces retreat in two bands pursued northward. All enemy trains and artillery captured. Leon occupied. Commanders plan reconstruction of railroad and telegraph lines to Vera Cruz.
El Paso reports mixed expectations as special representatives left Chihuahua to deliver President Wilson's warning to Mexican leaders. No word reached El Paso from George Carothers or Miguel Dias Lombardo yet, with officials predicting several days before any advices arrive.
El Paso reports no word for two days from the Guana juato front. Gen Felipe Angeles at Leon sent word that Villa with a cavalry force had moved east of Obregon's entrenched line at Trinidad, captured Silao and potentially cut Obregon's communications with Trapunte.
Radiograms received today by Admiral Howard report Carranza forces threaten destruction of crops and products in the Yaqui valley. Guaymas, an important Mexican seaport and railroad terminal in Sonora, faces grave apprehension as northern railroad communication has been cut.
London and Paris chronicle considerable Allied advances in France Gallipoli and Asiatic Turkey with German Austrian counter advances in Galicia. Italian actions along the Adriatic coast disrupt communications and coastal defenses while British trawlers suffer losses to German submarines as naval operations intensify.
Fierce fighting on the Gallipoli Peninsula sees Turkish forces hold trenches as French and British troops push for ground. Allied assaults gain limited ground with heavy casualties reported on both sides.
British troops report capturing two Turkish trench lines along a three mile front after a sequence of heavy bombardments and bayonet charges. Indian and French units led advances with several redoubts and four hundred prisoners taken, though Turkish counterattacks and wire entanglements slowed progress.
Annapolis Md June 6 The battleships Missouri Ohio and Wisconsin with the naval academy midshipmen aboard lay at anchor opposite the academy while a court of inquiry opens to investigate examination cheating The seven accused midshipmen may have their cases settled by the secretary at the navy without awaiting the court’s findings The probe targets other midshipmen and potential involvement beyond the seven accused
Nome June 6 reports Italy declined to accept Prince Louis Napoleon Bonaparte for military service due to French delicacy. The prince offered his services to Italy after it allied with France. He is a nephew of Napoleon I and has served as major general in the Russian army and governor general of Hirvan Caucasia.
A Copenhagen dispatch relayed by the Daily Telegraph from Stockholm says a naval battle occurred Saturday near Gotland in the North Sea. Six hours of violent cannonade were reported with heavy rates of fire.
London reports four additional trawlers sunk off Peterhead and Grimsby by German submarines. The Dowberry of Hull Persimmon off Grimsby and Gavehound Curley of Sunderland were among the victims. the Bardolph of Hull was also sunk. All crews were saved.
London reports that the Turkish torpedo boat Mouvenet I Milleh sank the British battleship Goliath in the Dardanelles last month. The German commander Lieutenant Commander Firle led the attack, firing torpedoes that struck the Goliath three times. The Mouvenet I Milleh returned to base with sixty crew, fourteen of them Germans.
British and Allied reports describe the first major clash of the Italian campaign near Tolmino as Italian forces clash with Austrians for possession. Italian warships disrupt Adriatic cables and Monfalcone while Baltic action and Gulf of Riga exchanges continue. Romania faces internal crisis with neutrality debates and expected alignment with the Allies after Italy acts.
Peking June 6 representatives of Russia China and Mongolia at Kiakhta Siberia conclude a treaty defining Mongolia status China retains nominal suzerainty while Russia and China agree not to interfere with Mongolia internal affairs a treaty to be sealed tomorrow by the three nations
From Petrograd reports the German use of gases on the Ibzura Ravka front caused devastating effects. Russian positions were technically strong but gas flows in the valley center produced horrific scenes. Patients showed tetanus like fits and death followed after a day and again on the third day.
London June 7. A Morning Post dispatch reports a new treaty between Sweden and Russia has been ratified at Petrograd. It governs financial, commercial and industrial relations between the two nations.
The war office released a daily summary from the Western and Southeastern theaters. It cites repulsed attacks on Lorette heights with heavy enemy losses, French control of a Souchez sugar refinery, and Austrian advances near Mosciska and Dniester crossings. Prisoner tally reaches 10,900 with artillery and machine guns captured.
In the Arras region of northwestern France heavy attacks by German forces were reported yesterday. The French war office announced the offensive broke down everywhere with heavy losses to the attackers. Paris dated June 6 2:890 p m.
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