Allied naval losses and Balkan air raid reports spread
British ships Hopemount Lemuetra Arndale and Strathnairn torpedoed or sunk by German submarines near Yarmouth Scilly Isles and White Sea with crews saved. Austrian planes bomb Kragojevatz Serbia. Verdandi and others torpedoed. Front lines update from Isonzo Caporetto etc. Russian forces retreating, Britain and Norway shipping losses tally rising.
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Kragojevatz
Serbia
Arndale
White Sea
New Mexico News Highlights From Santa Fe and Environs
A compilation of New Mexico items including Las Vegas summer school enrollment, Deming armory site, Taos mill fire, Santa Fe wet vote, and state fair plans. Reports note coal output, highway meetings, road bond postponement, and local incidents such as a Roswell duel and a bank robbery in Roosevelt County.
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Alamogordo
Intermedate
State Fair Commission
Raton
New Mexico Normal University
Las Vegas
Roy McDonald
Albuquerque
Williams Drug Company
State Board of Penitentiary Commissioners
Fergusson, First NM Congressman, Dies at 67
Harvey B. Fergusson former New Mexico congressman and private secretary to William J. Bryan died at his Albuquerque home at 67 of apoplexy. He helped win a 5 million acre land grant for the University of New Mexico and served as delegate to the Fifty-fifth Congress. Remains were sent to Los Angeles for cremation after services in Albuquerque. Born September 8 1848 in Pickens County Alabama he studied law and earned an MA from Washington and Lee University in 1873.
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William J. Bryan
Albuquerque
N. M
Harvey B. Fergusson
New Mexico
Fergusson
University of New Mexico
Bryan
Los Angeles
Arno Huning
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Noxubee County
Mississippi
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Theaw
Red River Pass Road Plans Approved in New Mexico
O N Powell chief road engineer for the New Mexico Arizona district has approved the Red River Pass highway as a key northern New Mexico route. Funds are appropriated and work will start immediately.
Vast corn plantings reported east of Las Vegas
East Las Vegas area sees an immense amount of corn planted on the mesa east of Las Vegas, according to County Agricultural Agent M. R. Gonzales.
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Las Vegas
M. R. Gonzales
Hillsboro Plans Humdinger Fourth of July Celebration
Hillsboro news notes a forthcoming Fourth of July celebration described as a humdinger, signaling festive events and community cheer for the holiday.
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Hillsboro
National Guard Battery to Join Fort St. Okla Maneuvers
Adjutant General Harry T. Herring orders Battery A Roswell to entrain before midnight July 3 for arrival at Fort St. Okla on July 5 to participate in field artillery instruction maneuvers. Officers Capt. James L. Seligman disbursing officer and Capt. Charles F. Beeson of the medical corps accompany.
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Santa Fé
Harry T. Herring
National Guard
Roswell
Fort St. Okla
James L. Seligman
Charles F. Beeson
Medical Corps
League to Enforce Peace Created at Independence Hall
Former President Taft chaired a conference at Independence Hall on the Battle of Bunker Hill anniversary, forming the League to Enforce Peace American Branch. Taft elected permanent president with many notable citizens as vice presidents and an executive committee instructed to promote the league. The group emphasized peace potentially secured by force if needed and aimed to lessen armed conflict globally.
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The
Slavs Flee To Russia In New German-Austrian Push
London reports that Russian forces retreating from Galicia have fallen back to Russian soil after intense fighting with German and Austro-Hungarian allies. Tarnogrod and Krezow are said to be occupied by Teutons while Russians withdraw southeast of Galicia, and Austro-Hungarian troops hold Novoselica on the Pruth.
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Isonzi
Yaqui
Sonora
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German envoy reports progress toward German American settlement
Dr. Anton Meyer Gerhard, bearing messages from the German embassy in Washington, met for two hours with Dr. Alfred Zimmerman under secretary of foreign affairs and Count Montgelas to discuss the German American situation. Gottlieb von Jagow took part in parts of the talks, with Zimmerman expressing thorough satisfaction at prospects for an amicable resolution.
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Berlin
Anton Meyer Gerhard
Washington
Alfred Zimmerman
Count Montgelas
Gottlieb von Jagow
Meyer-Gerhard
Zimmerman
Writ Denied in Towndrow Case. Belisle Sentenced on Manslaughter
Judge M C Mechem denied the habeas corpus writ in the Towndrow murder case so Towndrow will not be released on bond. Thomas J Belisle a local laundryman was sentenced to seven to ten years in the penitentiary for manslaughter with an appeal to the Supreme Court filed by his lawyers.
Wind Storms Kill Nineteen Across Four States
Nineteen people died and many were injured as wind rain and electrical storms devastated areas in Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Nebraska with over 250000 in property destroyed.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Santa Fe Auto Licenses Exceed 1914 Totals Early This Year
Receipts from automobile licenses in Santa Fe this year surpass the total for 1914 by over $5,000. So far 3,714 auto licenses issued, up from 3,084 in all of last year, plus 298 motorcycle and 88 dealers' licenses. Total receipts are $24,683, exceeding 1914’s full year by a wide margin.
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Santa Fé
Walsh Widow Rumored to Marry Seattle Secretary
Washington gossip claims Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh widow of the Colorado mining magnate wed her secretary James McCarthy in Seattle. The report connects the prominent Denver family to the ceremony, with no official confirmation yet.
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Denver
Washington
Thomas F. Walsh
Colorado
James McCarthy
Seattle
Wash
Thaw Entitled to Trial for Sanity
The Court of Appeals upheld a Supreme Court order in Albany, finding Thaw entitled to a sanity trial. The ruling follows a defense motion seeking review of mental competency evidence and trial procedures.
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Albany, N
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
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