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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1917
Page
2
The report outlines a separate peace proposal to Russia proposing autonomy for Poland. The German capital is filled with reports on the diplomatic option and its implications.
British forces press toward Cambrai and Longavesnes as French advance seizes portions of the Hindenburg line. reports say three British destroyers and two submarines sunk. French capture trenches in Macedonia. Petrograd confirms Russian retreats and heavy losses in Volhynia while fighting resumes in Rumania.
President Wilson orders central and western militia and eastern units to federal service for internal security. About 25,000 National Guard troops plus six battalions will be posted nationwide. Multiple regiments across Massachusetts Vermont Connecticut New York New Jersey Delaware Pennsylvania Maryland District of Columbia Virginia receive calls, with additional units in eighteen states. War Department urges no locality details to avoid German spying.
Washington March 28 The Democratic gains appear assured as Rep Randall of California, a prohibitionist independent, backs a party led organization while Mann offers to withdraw in favor of a bipartisan setup. With 214 Democrats and 214 Republicans, 218 votes needed to elect, four independents would need to join Democrats to reelect Speaker Clark amid a tense organization battle. Dynamite found on Santa Fe train in Albuquerque. seven sticks hidden behind baggage car steel frame. a foreign-appearing man seen near the car before discovery.
Gen Frank D Baldwin, retired U S army, to take over as adjutant general of Colorado succeeding Marty P Gamble. Gov. officially announces appointment on Tuesday with Gamble to retire within four to five days after term end April 1. Baldwin to oversee troop return from the Mexican border.
The American liner St Louis has arrived at its destination after becoming the first armed American ship to cross the Atlantic. Secretary Daniels announced the successful voyage and safe arrival.
Max Weber German consul in Juarez and leading resident dies in local hospital. He served as consul for the German empire in northern Mexico during six years of revolution. The second item notes the New Mexico superdreadnought to be launched at the New York navy yard on April 23.
President urges immediate service of 12000 militia and appeals for 27000 volunteers to join the Navy as part of a broad mobilization effort amid growing national defense concerns.
Washington March 27 President Wilken orders eleven regiments two battalions and three companies of the National Guard to eastern seaboard states for local policing as Congress moves toward war with Germany He shakes up army commands transferring Gen Leonard Wood to Charleston and others while expanding Navy strength to 87 000 and directing recruitment of 600 sailors The War Department also outlines base redeployments and state troop assignments amid domestic protection concerns and possible espionage legislation The United States will probe for any Americans among prisoners aboard the Moewe and demand their release if found in Esmeralda captives
A telegram signed by officials of over twenty western railroads asks for a conference to address a material situation demanding immediate relief due to higher labor costs under the Adamson law and rising supplies and equipment costs. The move signals a coordinated effort to secure freight rate increases.
In New Albany Indiana a hurricane like gale struck with 52 mph winds causing 37 deaths and hundreds injured. Property damage is estimated at 2 million dollars as homes and businesses were destroyed and fires broke out in the wreckage. Rescue efforts included Louisville ambulance crews as well as the First Kentucky regiment.
Thirteen members of the Healdton crew reach Ymulden Holland and report the steamship was sunk without warning in a so called safe zone. A Rotterdam dispatch notes thirty four men were killed or drowned.
The State Department reports Consul William E. Alger aged 60 of Boston has died at his Guatemala post. He served in the consular service twenty six years. Also, Berlin reports Germany has blockaded the Arctic Ocean between Norway and Spitsbergen.
The American schooner Kona was driven ashore at Kangaroo Island after a persistent mirage fooled Capt. A Hansen and crew. A second San Francisco vessel, the W. M. Marston, witnessed the same illusion and narrowly avoided the fate while the Kona sailed toward Adelaide through the Gulf of St Vincent in February.
Miss Christiaa A. Turner new California attorney appeared to prosecute her first case and learned a court rule. The judge asked if she was the attorney in the case and she confirmed. She removed her hat and pinned hairpins before addressing the court.
Marysville California resident George Van Buskirk, blinded during the Civil War, recovered sight after an operation in San Francisco. Now able to see through heavy glasses, he views a telephone, automobile, motion pictures, wireless telegraph, and an airship for the first time.
Market listings show buying and selling prices per ton or cwt for upland crops, Timothy, alfalfa, straw, and grains. Includes Wheat, Rye, Oats, Corn, Bran, Flour, and eggs, with regional prices from Colorado and Nebraska.
A snapshot of mixed commodity pricing across markets led by New York copper and bar silver, with listings for tungsten concentrates and crude ores in Boulder. Chicago live stock quotes show hogs, cattle, and sheep ranges, while flax, butter, eggs, potatoes, poultry, and New York cotton futures add breadth to the day’s market page. Also noted are grain and provision prices from Chicago, including Wheat, Corn, Oats, Rye, Barley, and Pork values.
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