07 Dec 1916
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Newspaper
The Belen News
Location
Belen, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1916
Page
1
The article notes New Mexico lacks a state poor house, relies on private charities for indigent sick and orphans, and supports mental institutions and schools through state land appropriations reducing taxes. It highlights low crime rates, a healthful climate, and opportunities for capable, industrious individuals to succeed.
Judge Charles E. Greenwald and a juror were wounded in an attack by Michael Innik who allegedly held a long held grudge against the court. The judge was struck in the side and a bullet grazed the juror’s scalp, with non fatal injuries reported.
Fragmentary passage notes two early explorers Melchior Dias and Hernando de Alarcén reaching the Colorado River in 1540 from Sonora and western Mexico. It mentions native use of firebrands for warmth and travel near Yuma.
Discussion on improving New Mexico through agriculture, industry, and commerce. Highlights debate over resources, regional growth, and the Rio del Taos naming confusion in the Santa Fe Guide book context.
A fragment suggests a political or territorial claim involving Chihuahua City and the figure Murguia, noted as existing only in the minds of men who have not acted. The text is incomplete and lacks verifiable details.
In Santa Fe on December 4, convicts arranged a minstrel program in the theater, drawing a crowded audience. The event aimed to raise profits for a noble cause, with performers praising the crowd and the ladies who organized it as they moved past prison guards opening steel cells.
Reports say Bucharest and the strategic town of Ploiești, 36 miles northwest, were captured, as Villa and followers looted Chihuahua City before retreating west. The chaotic panorama includes prisoners and uprisings linked to broader labor and worker ideals amid ongoing regional turmoil.
Officials from the Department of Justice the Federal Trade Commission and the United States Attorney for Boston begin formal conferences to direct a national inquiry into the high cost of living. The Attorney General leads the effort with outline plans setting the investigation in motion.
In New York it is reported Jess Willard will meet George Capentier the French champion within two months. Final signatures are not yet secured but verbal consent is in place. The bout profits totaling 40000 is earmarked for the French war relief fund and helped secure Carpentier's release from the French army.
Franz Bopp German consul general in San Francisco and three others faced U S court on conspiracy against U S neutrality. Prosecutors allege the defendants planned to blow up munition plants in the United States and Canada and to attack ships carrying supplies to the Allies along with targeted railroads bridges and military trains.
Reports say the political crisis in Great Britain has subsided as Parliament debates a balance of power and leadership. The note hints at Prime Ministerial navigation of factional tension and upcoming votes shaping the national course.
The John Lambert steamship, tied to Lloyd George and Asquith, was reportedly shelled and sunk near the Isle of Wight after a rift over cabinet leadership. The incident reflects a deep divide within the British government as tensions rise between premier Asquith and wartime secretary Lloyd George.
The article reports twelve men in New York City manipulating the food market to set national prices. Joseph Hartigan, commissioner of weights and measures, called for a federal grand jury to investigate and identify those responsible for maintaining an excessively high cost of living.
Winter weather in western France has stalled large scale operations for over a week, freezing attempts by both sides and keeping fronts largely inactive. Persistent cold, gray skies hinder movement and combat readiness across the front.
The estimates for maintaining and strengthening the army and navy for the 1917 fiscal year propose Congress fund about 800 million dollars. Total department estimates reach 757,584,560 with the army preliminarily set at 337,074,556, rising from 1917 appropriations. The Belon Cleaning Works plans to install a laundry in the same building with related department connections.
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