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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1916
Page
6
The United States signals belligerents move toward peace as prospects for a truce grow. Officials report Washington seeking a negotiated end to hostilities with multiple powers, urging restraint and security guarantees while public opinion leans toward an early settlement.
Western Neminpaper Union News in Washington reports that Austria is ready to quit but fears allied demands will be unreasonable. Diplomats discuss possible armistice or revived good offices by the United States as Wilson contemplates concrete peace steps, with Vienna noting continued interest despite doubts.
Germany's forces reach Craiova and hold the Bucharest rail line, threatening allied positions as Entente troops push into Serbia. Monastir area sees village captures north of the city while Paris and London report heavy fighting on the Somme and Ancre. Russians claim no new gains, while further developments remain uncertain.
Marseilles was swept by a Gulf of Marseilles wave as heavy losses were feared. Vessels torn from moorings, water engulfing cabins and cottages, and streetcars overturned disrupted the city. The storm is described as the worst in twenty years across France.
The note from Britain to President Wilson asserts British sovereignty and warns Americans against interfering with Allied trades. Secretary Lansing says the United States will continue to press its policy, while Britain defends its blockade as a legitimate exercise of power. Other items include coal price rises, Hughes' Lakewood trip, shipbuilding contracts for fourteen destroyers, Russia protesting Polish independence, and U S gold reserves rising to 2.70 billion.
Four dead and three injured as the seventh annual international grand prize automobile race in Santa Monica ends in tragedy. Johnny Aitken wins relief for Howard Wilcox. Wilcox credited with a new 85.55 mph average speed record for 403.248 miles. Los Angeles driver Lewis Jackson wrecks into a palm tree, killing himself and three others. two others injured. Rivera's body returned to Porto Rico for state ceremonies before burial. Swedish steamer Tuva believed sunk. Openings of 180000 acres for homesteaders announced in Colorado. Duma reelected President Rodsianko in Petrograd.
A German submarine attacked a tug during a night dash at sea. The tug's boiler exploded after being rammed, escalating the encounter as ships pull away from the convoy and safety. Authorities assess damage and investigate the incident.
German submarine Weulachland rammed and sank the T. A. Scott Jr. near New London. Five crewmen died including Capt. John Gurney, William Caton, Edward Stone, Clarence Davidson, and Eugene Dugent. The collision occurred about a mile inside the race, quick and catastrophic.
A Mexican train wreck on the Interoceanic line to Vera Cruz near Jalapa on November 12 killed 159 people and injured many. The accident reportedly occurred on a dangerous stretch of track after excessive speed. all but one car reportedly overturned. No Americans were among the dead.
Washington declares Thanksgiving on November 30 1916 urging prayer and relief for nations in war. Wilson cites blessings and asks citizens to aid suffering countries, with Lansing signing and the proclamation dated November 17 1916. In related items President to take oath Sunday March 1 and inauguration March 5 discussed.
Western Newspaper Union reports Parly French troops captured Monastir from German and Bulgarian forces. Monastir becomes Serbia’s temporary capital with Entente forces in control, a development seen as pivotal for routes to Saloniki and the Adriatic. A Russian report says Zeppelin downed near Sarny as British and Canadian troops repel Germans on Ancre.
Denver reports a compromise ending a potential strike by about 20 000 shopmen on eighteen western railroads including the Denver Rio Grande and the Denver Salt Lake. The agreement raises wages by 24 5 cents per hour and institutes an eight hour workday for machinists blacksmiths hollow makers carpenters and helpers. The men had sought a much larger increase.
The Alabama Supreme Court upheld an $18,000 award to the estate of Donald A. Kenny after Kenny died during initiation into the Legal Order of Moose in Birmingham. It was claimed he was killed by an electric shock.
Miss Jessie Daniels, Balboa high school principal, is lauded as the most responsible educational leader in Panama. The article notes her early teaching in Ancon, Canton's Andrew Daniels lineage, McKinley city birth, and Western Reserve education. The new Balboa high school, costing over 200000, will be a cement Spanish type with a central patio, classrooms opening to it, and access limited to American citizens' children.
Bethmann Hollweg chancellor of the German Empire is described as a prodigious worker with vigorous health. He rises at seven and spends hours at a desk, often late into the night. He avoids public functions and theaters, but visits troops at the western front when at army headquarters, earning popularity among soldiers.
Lieut. Theodore Marburg Jr of Baltimore, son of a former U.S. minister to Belgium, sought a U S passport to return to duty with the Royal British air force after losing a leg. The State Department denied citizenship recovery, noting he had forfeited American status. He had been in the United States since April recuperating from wounds received over France. His Belgian wife Baronne Gixelle de Vavarle accompanied him. He was 22, had joined the front after a brief Oxford student period, and was wounded within a month of first entering combat.
Rear Admiral Thomas B. Howard, recently retired, held top Navy posts on sea and land. He credits a wartime compact with Grant for his career and recalls Grant funding his sons at graduation. Known as a strict disciplinarian, he inspired loyalty as requests flooded the Navy Department to follow him.
Notes alert readers to New York hosting 1 000 Chinese lau es and Luxemburg covering 1 000 area. Salted whale meat is a Japanese delicacy. War disrupts Madras peanut trade. Greater New York reports 831 885 schools. Canary Islands residents seek American flour. Dogs show strong musical sense among animals. Spain faces metallurgical strain from sheet iron shortage. Swiss asphalt output declines since war start. A bensine fueled cigarette lighter mimics a cigarette.
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