12 Oct 1917
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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1917
Page
1
Spectators filled the grandstand and bleachers with many standing throughout the program as military sports and a rodeo attracted a sizable audience at Old Town Park.
Thousands attended a packed program at Traction Park featuring a First New Mexico infantry march, soldier exhibitions including foot races diving over men on hands and knees, and a dramatic horseback wrestling contest. Tex Austins frontier acts followed, with world champion ropers Garrett and Stroud thrilling the crowd and Jim Massey taming the Cockle Burr Dunn bronco. Governor Lindsey and staff watched from front boxes.
Haig and Petain focus on consolidating positions after limited combat in the last drives. French repulses attacks noted with cautious progress described as a quiet phase on multiple fronts.
Reciprocating bombardments dominate fronts with trench fighting in Flanders and Verdun. In Romania Russians press attacks. Galatz shelled by Germans. Doiran and Monastir sectors see intensified artillery as Macedonia offensive nears. Beefed up allied operations suggested in coming days.
Perlin via London Oct 11 German troops captured important ground in Chaume wood north of Verdun from the French yesterday and held against counter attacks. Other inroads were made on the French lines in the Verdun region. Intense artillery fire continued on the Flanders front where a French attack near Draeibank failed. An air battle saw eighty machines participate with three Entente aircraft shot down.
Petrograd reports Russian forces in Kurdistan southeast of Lake Van conducted successful operations against Kurds. They captured numbers of the enemy, occupied two villages, and drove remaining fighters to the banks of the Great Zab river.
Petrograd reports German forces attacked south of the Pskoff road on the Riga front and pressed back several Russian detachments. The war office notes renewed German attempts to fraternize with Russian troops on the northern front.
Berlin via London reports on October 11 that both sides bombarded on the Romanian front. Russians shelled Braila on the Danube and German batteries fired on Galatz causing fires. On the Macedonia front, intense reconnaissance operations were noted in the official statement.
Secretary Wilson reports that employers and employees in the Globe-Wwami district have agreed to arbitrate their mining dispute. Washington notification confirms mutual consent to settle the trouble through arbitration.
Secretary Wilson reports the West copper strike in Arizona may end through a unified plan. The commission has heard miners and now weighs operators views to craft settlement terms with arbitration and a return to work to avoid further delay in copper production.
Food Administrator Hoover outlined steps to regulate bread production and distribution once experiments conclude. He proposes standardizing flour and loaf size or price, with municipal depots if retailers cannot be controlled voluntarily, aiming to keep prices down and ensure consistent ingredients.
The first snow of the season began in Dubuque late today and by 9 pm more than three quarters of an inch covered the ground. nearby Wagon reported nearly an inch and a 22 degree temperature drop.
Ferdinand Schupp and Benny Kauff star as the New York Giants blank the Chicago White Sox 9 to 0 in Chicago. Kauff belts two home runs tying a World Series record, while Schupp silences the Sox before a national audience. The victory ties the series at two games apiece with a full seven game set anticipated.
The Denver weather forecast from October 11 indicates generally fair conditions for New Mexico over Friday and Saturday, with warmer temperatures in the eastern portion on Saturday.
Local conditions report a maximum of 83 degrees and minimum of 82 with a 51 degree range. At 6 pm the temperature was 65 with a northwest wind and clear skies.
Governor Henderson Martin will address Albuquerque citizens at the Armory at 5 o'clock on the Liberty loan. Reports show Liberty Bond subscriptions lagging, with only about one-eighth of the target raised, prompting officials to urge immediate action and public support.
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