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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1917
Page
1
Food control bill clears the House and is rewritten in the Senate with passage anticipated by Saturday. The issue centers on rationing and government power over daily meals as wartime needs escalate.
The Wilson administration faces a pivotal fight over national prohibition as the Senate draft would grant the president power to decide a bone dry war policy. Provisions would ban war time manufacture of intoxicating drinks while allowing limited malt beverages and possible use of distilled spirits for war needs, with a thirty day window to decide on broader exemptions.
Agents of the department of justice watch numerous Mexicans linked to hostile factions arriving in San Antonio in recent days. Most leave after brief visits. Gervain Ugarte, Carranza’s private secretary, travels to Washington for a vacation with no announced plans to depart, while rumors of anti-Carranza activity circulate among his party.
Dominion forces tighten encirclement of Lens as Germans halt mining activities and slow efforts. Allied units push advance amid stiff resistance in the coal center theater with strategic objective of sealing the pocket.
Reports from the Lens region show Canadian and British troops tightening the encirclement of the German held coal center. Fresh advances claim La Coulette, with Germans pulling back from nearby coal zones as artillery duels intensify across northern fronts.
Allied forces press on toward Avion as Canadians push east from Coulette and British troops advance along hill slopes. Lens remains a shattered fortress with machine gun positions in every cellar as German losses mount and fresh troops are sent in.
The Denver weather forecast dated June 26 predicts generally fair weather for New Mexico on Wednesday and Thursday with warmer temperatures in the eastern portion on Wednesday.
The twenty four hours ended at 6 p m yesterday saw a high of 92 and a low of 57 with a 35 degree range. Winds were from the east and conditions were partly cloudy at 6 p m.
The federal reserve bank in New York received Treasury guidance to distribute between 80 and 100 million dollars of government money on deposit to banks in the district. Similar action was expected in other districts. The bank sent letters with checks to depositories for credit to the United States liberty loan deposit account, subject to final adjustments.
Paris reports the Italian NY Court found Monsignor von Gerlach guilty of espionage and sentenced him to life in prison. The Vatican is absolved of involvement as the acts were not committed within holy see premises. The case followed revelations linked to the Bendetto Humni and Leonardo da Vinci explosions and a confessed financial agent Ambrogetti.
Washington June 26 Ambassador Bakhmetieff head of Russia’s diplomatic mission told the Senate the Russian people and army oppose a separate peace with Germany and will fight on with America until democracy is worldwide. He urged patience as Russia moves toward democratic rule and received strong Senate endorsement and a reception with Secretary of State and President Wilson present.
A dispatch from Athens reports former Premier Venizelos, invited by King Alexander to form a cabinet, arrives to seek parliamentary support to bring Greece into the Allied camp. If approved, Greece could align within about three months, with a cabinet reshuffle possible by Wednesday.
In a House of Lords debate Lord Strachie and Baron Sydenham rejected retaliation against German towns. The Earl of Derby, minister of war, argued British bombs in response would be military actions and should not hinder military use to win the war.
Henry F Niederinghaus of St Louis urged unity in the American people during the Mystic Shrine annual meeting in Minneapolis. He called for a republic of love and patriotism from sea to sea and urged reconciliation after past disappointments. Debates over admitting three new shrines sparked discussion and opposition to Fort Dodge and Topeka requests.
The discovery of a German plan to destroy Norwegian steamers shocks the nation. A ton of explosives was found hidden in artificial coal lumps and a trunk brought to Christiania in February by a German foreign office courier.
The next installment of liberty loan bonds contracted for will be due tomorrow June 28. One and a half per cent must be paid then. The government has not provided means for notifying subscribers of this fact, and at the request of local banks the Journal publishes this reminder.
Antonio Cuaz testified in the federal trial about converting ore from Cripple Creek Colorado into bullion. He described buying ore from unnamed miners and stated most were not personally known to him. The prosecution presented about eighty exhibits including checks letters and mint statements from San Francisco Philadelphia and Denver.
The Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company filed a appeal from a $38 270 343 judgment against it in favor of Equitable Trust Company. The case goes to the U S circuit court of appeals. the railroad claims errors by the lower court and says the contract at issue was abrogated.
The Cossack provisional congress pledged full confidence in the government and vowed to support its effort to suppress anarchy and counter-revolution across Russia.
The U S cruiser Olympia, Dewey's Manila flagship, ran aground near Block Island in calm seas. Water filled her hold and Chief Machinists Mate William M Jabb was injured by a falling hatch. No other fatalities. wrecking vessels stood by as crew were withdrawn as a precaution.
The cruiser Olympia ran on rocks off Block Island and the crew abandoned ship under orders. They were brought to the naval station. other warships stood by as the vessel was reported badly damaged.
Corpl. Clarence Shaw of the Second Montana National Guard was shot through the heart and killed by Acting Corporal Kline of the same company near a railroad construction camp they were guarding. Shaw enlisted at Miles City and hailed from Pryor, with Denver listed as his home.
The Root mission, departing Moscow for Petrograd, reports encouragement from observers who note patriotic effort to steer the country through current difficulties. They see peasants and less educated classes beginning to grasp liberty and how to preserve it.
Henry P. Davison issues a statement highlighting about 114 million dollars raised during Red Cross Week. The figure reflects contributions from across the country and underscores widespread support for relief efforts.
Washington reports the Red Cross war fund reached 114 million with 25 percent kept locally. A 20 million oversubscription completes the 100 million goal, and a Russian Romanian relief mission led by Dr Frank Hilling and Maj Grayson Murphy is planned with commissions to study needs and establish dispensaries and relief aid.
Fallawico and the three largest copper operators in the Warren district refused union demands after a meeting of representative miners from Copper Queen branch Phelps Dodge Calumet and Arizona Mining and a fourth firm. The companies warned they will close mines rather than accept the workers’ terms, affecting about 6000 men.
Jesse Williams pleaded guilty in Philadelphia to embezzling about $600,000 from a Pennsylvania life insurance company during his tenure as secretary. Sentencing was deferred.
Four hundred operators were summoned to Washington to hear an ultimatum from the government. The note demands a reduction in mine prices as authorities threaten seizure.
Four hundred coal operators from bituminous and anthracite fields pledge to sell at a fair price approved by a defense council coal committee. Special seven member producer committees from each state to set prices and improve distribution with government coordination. Sessions cite railcar shortages as key to expanding output while hearings on production costs proceed.
Six Department of Justice agents were assigned to guard Federal Judge Mayer as the trial of Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman opens. The defendants, anarchists charged with aiding an attempt to defeat the draft, face protest letters to the judge and to Harold A. Convent the U S attorney.
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