05 Mar 1916
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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1916
Page
1
A proposed act would more than double the Regular Army and federalize the National Guard. The plan tightens federal control and expands defense capacity across services.
Senate introduces a sweeping national defense bill to reorganize the army and create a federal volunteer force in peacetime. It calls for a reserve system, a reserve officers corps, and a national guard under federal pay and supervision, with increased war strength and new officer training paths.
A brief weather forecast notes a 24 hour period ending yesterday with a high of 73 and a low of 24 degrees. The 6 pm temperature was 60 degrees with a southwest wind and clear skies. City bank clearings show yesterday at 55,971.44 and weekly total of 560,606.00.
A new national group called The Friends of Irish Freedom was formed in New York City by prominent Irish Americans. It will be governed by a national committee of six and an eleven member executive. conventions twice yearly. Membership is open to anyone of Irish extraction supporting Ireland’s independence and industrial revival. Capt John T. Ryan chaired the drafting committee.
The Senate and Brandeis hearing continued as debate resumed on the Shieldy water power bill. War claim bills and an agricultural appropriation bill worth about 24.5 million dollars were favorably reported while rules discussed resolutions to warn Americans off armed ships and then adjourned at 4 45 p.m. until Sunday noon for a memorial session for late Representative Witherspoon of Mississippi.
Bryan's presence in Washington is viewed as embarrassing to the president's interests in Congress. Administration pressures lawmakers to avoid voting on the resolution amid political tension.
Washington March 41 The House postponed action on warnings to American citizens not to travel on armed merchant ships delaying a vote until Monday or Tuesday as debates and maneuvers continue. President Wilson faces pressure from Senate allies and his own party while William Jennings Bryan's arrival stirs speculation on strategy.
The article notes a calmer Senate mood on the submarine dispute and opposition to presidential interference. Former Secretary Bryan meets Representative Bailey to discuss armed ship controversy and vews on diplomatic dissertations.
Louisville authorities enforce a Sunday saloon ban and confiscate licenses. Police report three licenses cancelled today as part of a countywide crackdown. The tally of operating saloons drops to 655, with a history of 1006 in previous years and a projection of legal limits reached in four years.
In Washington the city’s two street railway lines see 1500 motormen and conductors voting to strike for higher wages and shorter hours, with the walkout officially starting at 2 50 a m. The action halts normal service across the capital.
A Morning Journal report from New York notes Baby Week begins across the United States under General Federation of Women’s Clubs guidance. The drive promotes parent education, child welfare displays, and infant feeding information to lower child death rates. An upcoming New York City convention by the Federation of Women’s Clubs will discuss child welfare.
Albuquerque women organize a Baby Week program with Baby Sunday sermons and daily events to promote scientific child rearing. Friday features a children’s play at the auditorium to benefit the Child Welfare department, with notable local child actors in The Theft of Thistledown and The Fairy Picture Book.
The United States will promptly pursue the Petrolite case arising from the attack on a steamer. Formal demands will be issued to Austria Hungary by the State Department as the diplomatic action progresses.
The United States plans formal demands on Austria Hungary over an Austrian submarine attack on the American tanker Petrolite. Officials say the U S version contradicts Austria’s account and calls for apology, punishment of submarine commanders, and reparations.
Four men charged with robbing the Washington Park National Bank of fifteen thousand dollars were found guilty. Deliberations were brief and conviction carries a sentence from one year to life under the interstate law. The guilty are Charles Kramer, Harry Kramer, Harry Fein and Alex Brodie. Eddie Mack testified for the state and was not prosecuted.
U S officers disclose plans by the Felix Diaz junta formed last December to spark a new uprising from U S territory. Dispatches say Diaz recruited an army at Vera Cruz and aimed expeditions in the lower Rio Grande and Sonora with tentative support from four state governors.
Allied wire report describes heavy German artillery efforts at Verdun with frequent infantry efforts and French counterattacks driving back gains. It notes German pressure on the north central front near Douaumont and Fort Vaux, while Paris fears a strategic push toward Verdun. Russia seizes Bitlis opening routes toward Mesopotamia and a potential link with British forces on the Tigris. Meanwhile German claims of sinking French ships are contested in Paris.
El Paso reports General Alvaro Obregon arrived from Douglas and dismissed revolutions as unlikely. He travels with staff. his bride remains with friends in Nogales and will join him soon at Eagle Pass. Carranza general headed to meet Trevino near Katie Vass.
M Filipescu, Romanian Conservative leader and former war minister, tells AP that Romania would oppose Germany with regret but shows no ill will toward Germany. He cites anti Hungarian sentiment linked to Transylvania as heightening dislike of Austria and notes Teutonic sympathizers’ organization, war weariness, mobilization costs, and rising prices as factors supporting continued neutrality.
In Oakland California on March 4 a patrolman named Robert F Guade was shot in the back by an unidentified assailant described as a footpad. The dying officer fired several rounds at the fleeing gunman but the latter escaped.
Berlin reports German submarine action on March 1 sinking off Havre two French auxiliary cruisers armed with four cannon and a British patrol boat at the mouth of the Thames. The Admiral Charner fate is uncertain with conflicting signals from Syria and Berlin about which ship was torpedoed.
President Wilson and Mrs Wilson depart Washington on the Mayflower for a weekend cruise down the Potomac and across the Chesapeake I to rest. They plan to return Monday morning after a peace seeking respite amid congressional talks on armed ship resolutions.
East Las Vegas New Mexico observers report that the Hotel Romaine has reverted to its former name Hotel Plaza after a lease to Romaine Mielding ended. The building had carried the Romaine name during that period but the original sign again holds local significance and identity.
In a Rome broadcast March 4 the Pope addressed Cardinal Pompill and urged the faithful to seek world peace through prayer penance and good works during Lent. He called for devotion to end the troubled global period and asked clergy to mobilize prayers.
Cardinal Bourne says the world war is the outcome of rejecting Christianity not failure, blaming England for compromising religious tenets for state needs. He cites England's role in the sixteenth century revolt against Christianity and rationalization of religion across nations.
London dispatch reports British HQ says: last night and this morning sharp grenade fighting in mine craters near Vermelles. The enemy bombarded our trenches while attempting the craters. All crater positions remain in our hands and the rest of the front is described as normal.
Paris March 4 The War Office says in tonight’s communique an enemy attack in Artois to retake the crater near the Neuville Lafolie road was repulsed. In the Argonne German organizations and several shelters were demolished southeast of Vauquois.
Paris dispatch reports a French chasseurs captain praising acts of bravery and courage by both sides in recent fighting. The account highlights mutual respect amid intense combat and notes the war context shaping these recognitions.
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