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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1917
Page
3
London criticizes President Wilson for an ill timed address while expressing cautious praise elsewhere. Diplomatic commentary highlights interference concerns and calls for restraint amid wartime tensions. Major voices urge the United States to limit involvement and focus on peace efforts.
The text reports intense global debate sparked by President Wilson’s Senate address, noting surprise reactions in Britain and reactions from London papers. It mentions German action at sea, U S Senate discussion, and military and political tensions influencing policy.
The new naval station at Chollas Heights, boasting the most powerful sending apparatus in the western hemisphere, is complete and ready for official tests likely to begin late this week. The government has spent about $300,000 on the plant and engineers expect signals to be read up to 12,000 miles under favorable conditions.
United States Senator Robert L. Owen of Oklahoma was run over and slightly injured by a fan automobile in Oklahoma City. Wheels passed over his right leg causing minor injuries.
Denver report states the State Public Utilities Commission schedules a February 16 hearing to review grievances against Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company. The session will address customer complaints and regulatory compliance, with representatives from the company and consumers in attendance.
A London explosion leaves homes buried and woman and girl munition workers reported blown to atoms in a tragic wartime incident. The blast devastates a residential area, with emergency crews responding as survivors seek relatives and aid.
A devastating blast at a Prussian industrial facility leaves an estimated fifty to sixty dead and about twenty wounded. Authorities confirm the explosion occurred during routine operations, prompting emergency response and investigations.
In a federal case here a jury convicted Hopp and associates of conspiring to interdict U.S. war munitions and violate neutrality. Judge Hint sentenced Hopp to two years and $5000 fines, with sentences to run concurrently. Other defendants including former German consul general WM. von Schack and consulate attache George Wilhelm von Beineken received similar terms, while Crowley and secretary Margaret Cornell faced lighter or parallel penalties. The trial highlighted alleged war actions and neutrality violations tied to German interests.
The department of commerce released figures indicating a record year for exports and imports. U S trade balance favored the United States with exports totaling $521 million and imports at $481 million, lifting overall trade value to about $2.27 billion.
Washington. Wheat growing farmers nationwide are cautioned by the department of agriculture not to part with their good seed wheat despite high prices and to avoid sowing with shrunken or diseased seed this year. Mexico City. A brisk recruiting drive for the constitutionalist army has begun in the capital.
Representative Keating of Colorado introduced a resolution requesting President Wilson inform the House how sex factors into federal appointments transfers promotions demotions and removals. He aims to secure a square deal for women in the federal service and to test charges of sex discrimination in the civil service.
Secretary Houston reports Wyoming Idaho Colorado Montana and New Mexico delegates protest against a proposed grazing increase. In Cheyenne and other capitals, livestock groups voice unity against the measure after a convention resolution condemning the plan. In Washington, reactions to the President's speech mix doubt and relief amid German-leaning criticisms and concerns over naval armament limits.
Telegram to Tucson sheriff reports strike at Ajo copper camp ended with all workers returning to jobs. In Syria, London’s Times notes 110600 deaths from hunger in Mount Lebanson district per Vatican communications.
The 1946 United States farm sector posted record values for corn cotton hay and wheat with totals surpassing 1915 levels. Crop values reached about 3.3 billion while animal products neared 4.54 billion and overall farm and animal outputs hit 13.4 billion. Washington reports detail top crop values and livestock totals including corn 236 million cotton 1.406 billion hay 1.162 billion wheat 1.02 billion and cattle and hog sums across the nation.
London reports British efforts to encircle German forces in German East Africa show progress. The statement details advances along the Rutiji delta near Pemba and Mohoro, hospital abandonment near Kibambawe, and crossings at Kibarebawe with pursuit of detachments. Western fronts note minor clashes and a Berlin dispatch cites nomajor gains. The news also covers naval actions, withdrawals at the U.S. border, and a court ruling on blue sky securities.
A Philadelphia couple was arrested for breach of peace after a dusk kiss at the young lady’s front door. Vice Squad officer Frank Neese witnessed the act, placed them in court before Magistrate Beaton, who fined each ten dollars. The couple left with their dignity intact as the officer slipped away.
Mrs Anna Bell testified that she lived with George T Bell for three weeks before learning he had a wooden leg. The couple married July 18 1914 in Cumberland Maryland after eloping from Pittsburgh and then lived with her mother. Abusive treatment followed the discovery and a divorce was sought.
In New Hampshire a stove rekindling incident led a couple to heat the room with a paper bag containing 600 in one dollar bills. The bag disappeared and was thought to have burned in the stove. A Treasury division received ashes with a note claiming the money may be in the ash pile and asked for analysis.
Oscar Helbig a 60 year old former rooming house owner at 750 Milwaukee Avenue was shot and killed while restraining John Budziak 19 who allegedly tried to attack a woman roomer Miss Pauline Seldus 19. Budziak then shot himself and likely died.
A dense list of livestock and grain prices from pulp fed cattle to hay fed steers, cows, calves, and bulls, plus sheep, hogs, and live poultry quotes. Includes regional grain and feed values for Colorado, Nebraska, and other markets, and Chicago cereal and meat futures with several per hundred or per ton figures.
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