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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1917
Page
3
Rome report says friends urged the emperor to abdicate. The advisory centers on his inability to govern and concerns over succession. The piece notes political pressure and possible constitutional implications in the monarchy.
British forces push along the Lens to St Quentin line and along the Peronne Cambrai road driving toward key rail hubs. Haig reports gains near Yendhuille and near Charleville while capturing villages and taking 2000 plus prisoners as German counterattacks fail to halt the advance. A Bulgarian minister in Berlin says peace nears, citing Russian upheaval and American entry as factors.
Fortress Monroe welcomes France's war commissioners as they travel by the presidential yacht Mayflower to Washington. Led by Rene Vivant with Marshal Joffre among the members, the mission receives unlimited power to discuss all subjects and may propose sending an American expeditionary force to France.
Government action urged to empower the federal department to fix maximum and minimum prices for foods, survey the food supply, control distribution, and purchase stored goods in emergencies. An estimated 25 million dollars is needed to implement the plan, with immediate funding requested.
The report notes a call for a separate peace by U.S. leaders amid global conflict. It emphasizes America will continue fighting until Republicans are made safe and the president outlines a determined stand.
British Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour leads a twenty member commission arriving in Washington to meet with President Wilson on war aims. Wilson plans to offer assurances of no separate peace with Germany and to pursue three goals: protect American rights on the high seas, destroy Prussian autocracy threatening democracy, and secure lasting world peace.
Washington reports Cardinal Gibbons and a Catholic Church delegation delivering a pledge of complete adhesion, support, and loyalty to President Wilson. The offer covers Catholic men, hospitals, institutions, nuns, and nurses across the United States. In other notices, rancher James Haskel is killed in Globe, Arizona with disputed self defense claims. Lt. Robert H. Hall receives a twenty year term. Alaska floods cause ten million dollars in losses. Roy O Connor dies after a 100-foot plunge in Miami Arizona.
Mayor Mitchel announced after a conference with hotel and restaurant managers that all night liquor licenses will be canceled for the duration of the war beginning May 1. Thereafter all bars must be Spanish Cabinet Resigns. Madrid. The Spanish cabinet has resigned amid anticipated difficulties with Germany.
In London at St Pauls cathedral America celebrated its World War partnership with a grand service. The Stars and Stripes flew atop Parliament buildings for the first time over government property. Veterans marched from near London Bridge bearing flags and a banner pledging country over self. Clergy from St Pauls led prayers joined by the archbishop of Canterbury and the bishop of London. The service emphasized Allied victory and liberty with a prayer for President and peoples involvement in the great war. The cathedral, seating about 4000, welcomed King George V and Queen Mary, London mayors, diplomats from France Russia Italy Belgium Serbia Montenegro Romania and Japan.
The Supreme Court upheld the Oregon Federal Court decree stopping the Southern Pacific from selling timber and minerals on lands granted by Congress. The ruling also granted the government victory in reclaiming about 2,300,000 acres of Oregon and Washington land valued at roughly 30 million dollars.
Ten thousand strikers mainly munition workers stormed Magdeburg town hall on Friday. Soldiers fired on rioters, killing and wounding many. City left under siege as unrest spreads amid wartime pressure.
The report covers a Wilson Balfour Lansing conference after which the United States vows to combat the Berlin government. British forces advance along the Hindenburg line south of the Scarpe capturing Gayelle Guemappe and Havrincourt wood while 1 000+ prisoners are reported. Air patrols support artillery as balloons fall to British aviators.
Governor Whitman pardoned Frank McNamara, imprisoned in Sing Sing since 1904 for murder in Kings County with a minimum twenty year term. A 15 year old girl testified she was “in the cradle when papa went away” as part of the pardon hearing attended by Mrs. McNamara and her daughter.
Prison worker Frank Lowery urged clemency for her husband, arguing it was not premeditated murder and that the condemned man has borne sorrow and penance. The governor pardoned McNamara as the mother and daughter reacted with hysterical relief and were led from the room.
Madge McMillan, a young teacher living alone on a Peaceful Valley ranch 20 miles west of Pueblo, startled from sleep by a skunk feasting on eggs grabbed a flashlight and butcher knife and fought the intruder. She chased it to the chicken house where the skunk attacked before she overpowered it, leaving the animal slain. Her pupils had been away on break, admiring her in the distance.
Burlington Kansas reports Mrs McCullough, blinded for two weeks, regained sight after giving birth to twins. A few hours after delivery she awakened able to see a faint light and has since improved. In Crown Point Indiana a valuable lost diamond was found in a chicken gizzard by Mrs Henry Schafer of Lake County. A twelve year old boy in Crown Point died by his own action at home rather than enlist his mother to wash dishes.
Market report lists cattle prices for pul fed steers and hay fed cows, hogs and sheep figures, and buying prices for Colorado Nebraska upland hay crops. Includes per ton feed values for alfalfa, straw, grain components and various eggs butter and produce items with mixed quality ranges.
An eclectic compilation of prices from New York St Louis Boulder and Chicago lists metals such as lead copper and tungsten concentrates, plus live hog and cattle quotes from Chicago. Cotton butter eggs potatoes linseed and grain and provision prices are provided with bids and ranges for multiple months and varieties.
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