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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1915
Page
1
In a formal statement Von Bernstorff disavows the sinking of the vessel and pledges indemnity for lives lost, amid ongoing debate over wartime maritime incidents.
Germany accepts American demands over the Arabic incident and promises to pay indemnity for American lives. Count von Bernstorff delivers the letter to Secretary Lansing, stating stricter submarine orders to prevent similar attacks and signaling improved U S Germany relations.
Readable fragments indicate a weather forecast for Porbroaste Washington and New Mexico on Wednesday and Thursday with expectations of warmer conditions and above normal temperatures. Local data suggests mild winds and possible afternoon sunshine across the regions.
A diplomat reflects on a recent settlement as a diplomatic victory for the United States. The ambassador notes Germany deserves credit for accepting British officers’ assurances they did not intend to alter submarine policies, averting a potential interruption to ongoing proceedings.
Wine New York Oct 6 It will cost one quarter of one per cent to buy odd lots of securities hereafter An informal meeting of check exchanger dealers decided the new rule goes into effect today The dealers say the move aims to reduce the heavy classes of costly speculation that followed wartime specialities The usual charge of one eighth per cent below last quotation for selling orders remains unchanged.
Savage Arms Co of this city has an option to sell out at 280 a share. The option is expected to close in a few days. The plant currently makes machine guns and orders are secured for several months. Over the past year the plant capacity has doubled.
Secretary Daniels said Congress may be asked in December to approve a continuing navy building policy based on at least forty eight first class battleships with adjusted ratios for cruisers scouts destroyers submarines and auxiliaries. He noted the plan would be written into an appropriation bill if approved and would allow future spending to be forecast. He also indicated a greater provision for ammunition reserves, a lesson from the European war, will be sought.
A Pennsylvania company is set for takeover by Bethlehem, Prospect, and Cambria as part of a broad steel combine scheme. The move signals a major restructuring aimed at unifying producers under a single control.
In New York a swirl of merger chatter centers on Bethlehem Steel and the Pennsylvania Steel Company with talks touching Cambria Steel and Midvale. Leaders Schwab Frick and Corey are linked in market gossip as negotiations progress toward a larger steel combine postwar.
Thomas A. Edison arrives in Washington to preside over the first naval advisory board meeting. Twenty two members are expected. plans include labor divisions, expert conferences, and visits to the White House and Indian Head proving grounds to review fourteen inch guns. The civilian boat faces gasoline engine development for aircraft and submarines and torpedo defense concerns.
Emmeline Pankhurst denounces organized labor as traitors at a London Women’s Social and Political Union meeting. She calls for government factories to train women in munition work, criticizing Lloyd George and workers who oppose it.
Windsor Ontario reports Albert Kaltschmidt of Detroit indicted by Ke sex county Grand jury for conspiracy in the Walkerville Ontario dynamiting of the Peabody overhaul factory. The plant made uniforms for the British army at explosion time. Kaltschmidt has not appeared in Canada since the case arose. William Leffler, jailed nine years for the same offense, accuses Kaltschmidt of conspiring. Charles Espa of Detroit was arrested in Casaida and indicted on three counts.
The Seattle port commission member resigned effective October 15 after years of harbor improvement spending under current leadership.
Secretary of State meets with representatives from factions to hear viewpoints and discuss probable concessions. The talks aim to ease tensions and map a path forward in regional diplomacy.
Secretary Lansing meets with Enrique Lierente and Rheea Retredondo to gather views from Villa and Carranza factions. The talks aim to shape the agenda for the Pan American conference on Mexico with more discussions planned in coming days.
General Carranza orders a thorough investigation into the alleged shooting of American soldiers near Matamoros. He promises severe punishment if guilt is found and says U S assurances support continuing friendly relations. John Belt acts as special agent during Filliman’s absence.
Information from reliable sources in Reynosa and Matamoros claims Luis de la Rosa appeared openly Sunday in Etheynoza streets recruiting for another raid into Texas. Reynosa sits about 70 miles up the Rio Grande. Matamoros reports Erie Nafarette, retiring Matamoros commander, will move to Victoria in Tamaupilas.
Dry campaign leaders announce a full investigation into alleged fraud in the county option vote held yesterday in Minneapolis. They report a 9 000 vote defeat and say wet opponents will join in verifying the accusations across wards.
Oct Be Thomas Kelly of Winnipee Canada must stay in jail as extradition proceedings proceed. United States Commissioner Mason set October 15 for the case after denying bail this afternoon.
Battleships stripped for action are reported to be planning a theoretical assault on the national capital via the Chesapeake Bay as rival fleets operate along the east coast.
The near war scenario places Admiral Fletcher’s fleet off the Atlantic coast with submarines and mine fields laid. Censorship blocks details while Newport hosts a three day conference to study outcomes after the simulated confrontation between rival forces.
Newport FR October 11 Navy reports an explosion and fire aboard the torpedo boat destroyer Cummings in the forward compartment. Two crewmen were severely burned and landed at port. The ship returned to land as the Atlantic Meet continues with fleet maneuvers off the coast.
San Francisco Oct Seven steamers of the American Hawaiian line held at Balboa and Cristobal Panama by siidea in the canal may not be cleared for a month ordered to proceed by way of Magellan Strait. Three vessels the Arizonan Iowan and Nevedam bound here from New York were held at Cristobal. Four others the Obhioan Alaskan and Montanan from here for New York and the Nentucky on from the Hawaiian islands were held at Balhon.
Dr Alexander Ham ittey Rice, famed explorer, obtained a City Hall marriage license to wed Mrs Eleazer Elkins Widener of Philadelphia, a Titanic survivor whose husband and son perished. She funded Harvard’s Widener Library and met the doctor at its dedication last June. date of marriage to be set soon.
Morning Journal reports Champ Clark and his son confronted a twenty man armed mob that attacked a jail in Green, Missouri. Sheriff dispersed the group as violence escalated. Rowe faces murder indictment for a farmer's death.
Two hundred fifty delegates to the annual Woman's Christian Temperance Union convention head to Beattle Washington on October 8, departing Chicago on two special trains. Fifty more join in Omaha. Delegates come from New England, middle Atlantic and southern entities.
Governors and party leaders met in Trenton to set platforms. Democrats led by Governor Bielder endorsed Wilson and campaigned for a 1916 nomination. Republicans praised the 1915 legislature, criticized Wilson tariffs, and debated local option planks. Progressives gathered forty delegates and urged a pre primaries national convention.
C Loomis Allen of Syracuse told the American Electric Railway Association that market demand from private investors collapsed as a yearlong downturn slashed net income by 2 082 304 for 25 large firms in the year ending June 30 1915 Midvale Steel and Ordnance files for 100 million capital to replace the Midvale Steel Company recently acquired by New York financiers.
Sacramento officials say the elite board of prison directors will issue additional invitations. Warden J J Smith at Folsom penitentiary states that the fourteen persons required by law as witnesses will be sheriffs and their deputies hereafter.
Lieut John H H Towers of the A N and the American embassy and Miss Millie Carstairs daughter of Charles Carstairs of Philadelphia were married at the Savoy chapel royal in London on October 5.
London reports Russia extends offensives from Vilna to the southeast while Bulgaria and Greece face pressure from Germanic allies. Salonika forces land to shield Serbia railways as Venizelos government survives a chamber vote amid protests over Greece's war role. The British fleet bombs German positions on Belgium coast.
The Manitoba Grain Growers association adopted and sent resolutions to Premier Borden urging immediate steps to open United States markets to western Canadian wheat. They call for removal of the wheat export duty and note frost damage reducing crop value, with a market in the U S for low grade wheat and better European freight options.
John D. Rockefeller Jr. departs Denver for Wyoming to inspect Colorado Fuel and Iron mining properties. He will visit Sunrise mine in Platte County near the Wyoming-Nebraska line and return Thursday with J. F. Welborn, CF&I president. Referendum on the Rockefeller industrial plan continues with miners' vote expected to favor it.
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