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Newspaper
The Gallup Herald
Location
Gallup, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1916
Page
6
Allied and Russian fronts report heavy fighting with gains by British and Serbian forces. Italy and Greece eyes shifting alliances amid escalating diplomacy. Submarine warfare and food regulation moves ripple through Europe and the Americas.
Western Newspaper Union reports a packed calendar with state and county fairs from Aug to Sept, including Albuquerque fair Sept 18-23 and Roswell livestock expo Sept 28, plus a Columbus camp-site under rush work and a Labor Day parade planned in Albuquerque.
The Taxpayers Association of New Mexico outlines its annual meeting program in Albuquerque on Sept 28 and 29. Director A E James announces sessions on state highways bond issues school purchasing and county control of districts with brief discussions and named speakers. It expects several hundred attendees.
Adjutant General Harry T. Herring announced promotions in the New Mexico regiment. Sergeant Major John G. Lassater is promoted to second lieutenant in the regular infantry. Captain F W Thompson is recommended for appointment as assistant quartermaster of the provisional division on the border. Earl Wilson succeeds Lassater as sergeant major.
Made U S Army officers Santa Fé Antonio J Luna of Santa Fe and D R Daugherty of Artesia, former New Mexico Military Institute students at Roswell, have been mustered in as second lieutenants in the Twentieth United States Infantry. They joined the front with the New Mexico National Guard.
Arrangements are made for a boxing event in Silver City on Labor Day. Bud Anderson of Vancouver Washington meets Beniny Cordova of Albuquerque in the main event.
Engineer Thomas Smith died in the washout wreck of an Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe freight train three miles east of here after heavy rains caused a 100 foot long washout. Fireman F H Clarke was seriously scalded in the plunge into the wreckage tying up traffic.
In Deming Militia camp officers order men to arm after a dawn alert. Scouts rush out to investigate a party of apparent snipers. They discover the group are innocent Mexican ar kansas militiamen on a desert hunting trip, not armed attackers.
Artesia Stancliffs and Groves secure 25000 dollars to further develop the oil field near Lake Arthur, aiming to accelerate exploration and production in the region.
Report notes a federal appropriation of 15000 dollars for a highway through the Navajo Indian reservation. The funding is part of the Indian appropriation bill recently passed by Congress, per General H. F. Robfingon, superintendent of Indian Irrigation for the district.
President Wilson and railroad executives outlined a tentative agreement to settle the wage dispute with 400000 train workers. The plan includes an eight hour day and a freight-rate increase offsetting wage costs, plus arbitration over overtime and future disputes. Hale Holden leads a seven member committee drafting the reply, meeting at the New Willards hotel as temperatures rose in Washington.
Allied forces report capturing heights west of the Vardar river near Ljumnica and advancing on both wings along the Saloniki line. British French troops bombard Bulgarian positions near Lake Doiran as seven nations engage, while Bulgarian forces push in the Struma valley. A German Nassau class battleship is reportedly sunk by British submarine B-23. Victor Emmanuel enters Gorizia as artillery fires continue.
New York chairman Vance Mc Cormick and Governor Fielder of New Jersey have arranged to notify President Wilson of his renomination at Shadow Lawn Long Branch. Invitations go to 5 060 persons with accommodations for 10 000 guests.
The Joint Commission to settle U S Mexico differences lists Franklin K Lane Judge George Gray and Dr John R Mott as its American members. In Salida Colorado Richard Chavers 20 shot his mother Mrs Cora Chavers after a drinking spree and wounded her critically. He claims accident but Mrs Burns disputes the account and says he aimed to kill her after an earlier robbery attempt.
An old advertisement touts Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root as a remedy for kidney and bladder trouble. It claims wide support and offers samples via parcel post, with pricing in six cent and one dollar sizes. A Pittsburgh joke about cleanliness closes the piece.
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap and Ointment as best for dandruff scalp itching and hair loss. It instructs applying Ointment to spots then shampooing with Soap and hot water, offering a free sample by mail from Cuticura Dept in Boston. The passage ends with a humorous line about working half time.
A remark about flattery prompts a comment that too many women copying gowns is not desirable. The exchange hints at fashion sensitivity and personal design protection.
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