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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1916
Page
1
Drift of sentiment favors the president as re election chances improve for the state ticket. Political alignment in New Mexico shifts with voters showing growing support for Wilson and his administration.
Special correspondence from Santa Fe reports three weeks before elections sentiment in New Mexico crystallizing around Wilson's re election. The piece notes cross party support for Wilson among Republicans and unions and cites J W R Skidmore and J B Larrazolo as key figures in promoting the president's bid amid debates over the Adamson law and Mexican policy.
For twenty four hours ending yesterday a cold front moved through with snow or rain in most areas while the southwest stayed fair and much colder. Northeast warmth contrasts with a colder southeast portion as conditions shift into Friday.
A Las Vegas native son of Octaviano A. Larrazolo shows strong speeches signaling greater Wilson support among native voters this year. A. A. Jones appears best placed for U S senator due to administration ties and perceived strength against Hubbell, with New Mexico’s ticket likely to split and momentum possibly sweeping the Democratic slate in the next ten days.
A report to Postmaster Stapleton in Denver shows national postal savings deposits total 160,000,000 dollars. The local Denver post office reports 515,690 dollars.
The New Mexico Democratic speakers bureau led by Chairman McManus plans a state tour featuring Lt. Gov. O Hara Senator Owen and other officials. Otero and Prichard will appear in Albuquerque on the 26th as Governor Otero amplifies charges against Republican candidates.
State Senator Edward Donlan of Missoula says Montana will back Hughes and Fairbanks by at least 10 000 in the presidential race. He noted Montana usually leans close in elections and observed a shift from doubt to likely carry in his visit to western Republican headquarters.
Paris reports Captain Boelke the famed German aviator has been severely wounded by a shell from a French anti aircraft gun. On October he achieved his thirtieth entente allied aircraft brought down.
At the Protestant Episcopal general Convention House of Bishops debated women’s equality and proposed optional use of shortened or full Ten Commandments in the prayer book. A request to admit women to an advisory council was denied, with chance to form an auxiliary group. The Washington prayer and evening prayer revisions aimed for liturgical flexibility and archaic phrasings removal.
A committee of experts argues the Mosaic law in the Sinai includes commands no longer needed while Episcopalians discuss possible revisions to the Prayer Book. Washington hosts discussions on whether to adopt changes and modernize liturgy.
The Protestant Episcopal General Convention backed creating a permanent publicity bureau to mobilize church press support and study co operation with newspapers. It urged seamen's institutes across major ports and supported prison reform efforts while planning a joint social service commission. In St Louis a pageant showcased church history with an audience of about two thousand.
General Carranza announced to Mexican American joint commission representatives that all available troops could be deployed to pursue Villa. American and Mexican officials debated border control, peace maintenance, and whether Mexico can govern inland. Troops sent north were to relieve forces at Aguas Calientes and Zacatecas for movements toward Torreon in pursuit of Villa.
A Bergen dispatch to the Copenhagen Politiken via the Exchange Telegraph reports Norwegian crews from torpedoed vessels were cast adrift in small boats and endured severe suffering before reaching land. Four men froze to death and a Norwegian mate died on arrival at Alexandrovsk near Archangel.
Lena Bonafiglio, 14, is charged with fatally chopping her father Frank Bonafiglio at their Kelley Hill home near Clarksburg West Virginia. Police say she complained of his treatment and acted as he slept.
Republican standard bearer gives a speech in Michigan echoing his Omaha remarks. He emphasizes American rights and peace while appealing to voters on national unity and policy.
Charles Hughes spoke in an armory about American rights and the need to uphold constitutional governance. He criticized the administration’s foreign policy and the Underwood tariff, defended open government, and praised Lincoln’s legacy as a guiding spirit for public life.
Denver officials report eighty one defendants appeared in police court today facing traffic ordinance charges. Principal offenses include speeding and the use of glaring lights as the city enforces roadway safety measures.
A southbound Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe express train was halted by a band of robbers near Santa Fe. An express messenger and a baggage man were shot and killed. the robbers fled in an automobile after blowing the safe. Police trail them. the band size reported as six. Norman, the express clerk, was identified among the dead.
An unidentified man died instantly when four freight cars derailed near White Horse, Texas, on the Texas & Pacific line. A second man, who gave the name Presly Gurns of Heavener, Oklahoma, was fatally injured and later identified scars and physical features. The deceased left a wife and infant in Los Angeles and had worked in confectionery. The wreck’s cause was not yet determined.
A large consignment of British gold via Canada was deposited at the New York assay office by J. B. Morgan & Co. on October 18, totaling about £10,000,000 for the week. Reports suggest foreign gold receipts in the U S this year near $400,000,000, signaling a resumption of heavy exports that began earlier in the year.
President Wilson stops at Grand Central New York on a third campaign swing into the Midwest. He is urged to speak by railroad workers in work day attire clinging to the train shed galleries. He offers a warm note of thanks and stands on the rear platform as the train departs.
Bitter attacks are launched by Russians on a long front of the eastern theater of hostilities as Romania resists German advances in Transylvania. Von Falkenhayen faces pressure as Russian units press along the front.
Sir Douglas Haig reports small British gains as heavy rains hinder offensives across the Somme. Romanian resistance slows Teutons on their border while Austro German actions push in Galicia and trenches around Lutsk and Volo synia. Italian advances in Trentino and mounting Greek tensions with Allied marines mark wider wartime activity.
President Wilson departed Long Branch at 12 05 PM for Chicago, riding with Ambassador William Graves Sharp to New York. They discussed alleged entente interference with American mails. In New York antitoxin sales to the allies total about 136 600 dollars since the war began, with little sent to central powers.
Petrograd reports ongoing heavy fighting on the Galician battle front. North of Korytniza fierce clashes continue and enemy counter attacks are repelled. North of Ketropatnika Russian detachments seize surprised enemy posts as snow and fog affect operations in the Carpathians.
Petrograd reports on the Caucasus front where Russian forces in Turkish Armenia repelled repeated assaults by Turkish and Kurdish forces on October 15 and 16. At Sudanig mountain near Erzingen, seven attacks were beaten back, with heavy losses to the attackers.
Berlin reports heavy artillery fighting with gains on wide fronts north of the Somme. British assault between Lesars and Guedecourt and French lines from Les Boeufs to Rancourt face strong German counterfire. Allied efforts at Guedecourt include trench assault and close combat while German defense holds.
Berlin reports no shift in the Transylvania front yesterday the official German announcement shows. It states the Siebenhuergen area position remained unchanged while noting increased artillery activity on the Macedonia front.
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