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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1917
Page
2
Reported cabled dispatches show Teutons lamenting setbacks in Sweden while Soviet forces push on Riga and Romania. French troops recapture trenches, signaling shifting momentum on multiple fronts with renewed fighting across Europe.
Multiple fronts report severe wartime events. German officials express regrets over telegram incidents with Sweden. Belgian raids kill or wound hundreds of Germans in Roulers. Russian and British forces engage across fronts with aerial bombardment and ground assaults. Norwegian ships sunk by submarines, with crew losses and rescues. French planning for continued war aims. A murder trial in Iowa features a jailhouse statement. U.S. war funding advances with a massive $7 billion deficiency bill, detailing fortifications, Shipping Board, and destroyer construction. Army signal corps recruitment may draft up to 100,000.
New York settles at 91.03 percent with a one cent rise as private Nevada sales reach as high as 1.07 in San Francisco. Market shows two weeks of steady gains with no usual reaction, signaling possible further increases. Gaston B. Means, adviser to Mr taud King killed at Concord, reached Washington in 1915 on a German interest mission. In Kansas City, fifty one steers at 17 dollars per hundred pounds set a record west of the Mississippi, cattle averaging 1,447 pounds.
Dr. Luis B Molina informed Buenos Aires that Germany regrets Count von Luxburg's dispatches and disapproves of his statements. The German under secretary asked Argentina to request Luxburg's return to explain the matter, and to provide safe conduct for his travel to Germany. Foreign Minister Pueyrredon rejected the under secretary’s assurances as insufficient and verbal.
Department of Commerce reports total exports of breadstuffs meat dairy products cotton and cottonseed and mineral oils for seven months ending July at 1 007 065 190 up from 783 981 01 last year a gross increase of about 225 million Breadstuffs rise from 251 715 000 to 273 595 592 and mineral oils from 112 024 818 to 143 020 120 Meat and dairy products climb from 157 542 568 to 235 868 319.
More than sixty African American soldiers from the Twenty fourth Infantry will be tried at a general court-martial to be convened at Fort Bliss around September 25 for alleged participation in the Houston raid in which seventeen people were killed and about twenty wounded.
Mrs. Fredericka Minnie Hock turns 100 as six children, seventy-five grandchildren, forty-one great-grandchildren, and twenty great-great-grandchildren join in the celebration in Chicago.
Washington reports the Susan B Anthony resolution for nationwide woman suffrage by constitutional amendment was favorably reported by the Senate suffrage committee and will join the calendar for a December session vote. Madrid notes Portugal declared in a state of siege per telegram.
Frisco strikes block a major wartime shipping tie up causing coast labor troubles that halt 150 million dollars in ship construction across the United States.
The city faced a large walkout as about 26 000 metal tradesmen in San Francisco and nearby areas walked off for weeks. Rioting broke out as sympathizers attacked United Railroads street cars, injuring substitutes and prompting numerous arrests. Police and federal action aimed to settle San Francisco's biggest industrial dispute, with pay demands ranging from six to seven dollars per day across multiple crafts.
Washington reports more than four thousand farm loan associations are being organized to borrow money under the federal farm loan act. It may yield 160 million dollars from twelve federal land banks within a year. Applications from already chartered associations totaled nearly 24,000,000 in August alone. Diver Raids Ship In U S Waters Near Nantucket Lightship. Evidence of enemy submarine depredations in American waters surfaced as two steamships reported wireless calls of being shelled about sixty miles east of Nantucket.
Sweden demands an explanation from Germany over the disclosure of dispatch transmissions. Foreign Minister Lindman said Sweden halted all German dispatch transmissions and seeks steps to correct the situation. Also noted were a U S submarine sinking at a dock with no deaths, the destruction of the Dunkirk consular agency by a German bomb with the agent unharmed, clocks set back in Holland and Germany, and early reports showing Liberal gains in Sweden elections.
Seven stockmen believed aboard Igwa tied train wreck near Aurora Illinois per early reports. Investigators survey debris as authorities cordon off scene and recue teams search for missing persons.
Provisional government proclaims Russian Republic dated Sept 14 with Kerensky as premier and a small cabinet. Elections to the constituent assembly set for Nov 12, 28. Delegates vow a strong revolutionary power free from counter-revolutionary elements. Korniloff and Lokomsky arrested as turmoil continues. Snow and rain hit Montana as drought ends. Utah coal miners receive wage increases. A troop train wreck near Maxwell, Utah injures recruits and railroad staff.
Washington reports von Eckhardt denied using the Swedish chargé d affaires in Mexico City to relay messages to Germany or writing a letter urging an award for such services. State Department officials, while surprised by the breadth of the denial, show no particular anxiety.
Western fronts show raids near Arras and Che risy with British and Scottish troops taking German dugouts. Rom resistances hold near Riga and on the Isonzo as Italian forces push toward Mount San Gabriele, Monte Santo, and the Gargaro basin, signaling a key ascent toward Gorizia. The Rome embassy calls Mount San Gabriele the Italians' greatest victory since entering the war.
Berlin admits no detailed terms in reply to Pope Benedict peace proposal. Note aims to leave room for Vatican contact, reflecting Bulgaria and Turkey positions, per Lokal Anzeiger. Other items note a $400,000 gold find in Graham county and Senate approval of a major war bond bill.
Austin, Tex May I be struck dead before this assemblage if I do not speak the truth when I say that I never intended to make a nickel, even a cent, off the state money in the Temple State Bank, Ferguson declares while discussing the deposit of about $40,000 of Canyon City Normal Insurance funds in the bank where he was a large stockholder.
The government warns that all 10,000,000 men registered for the draft may be called for examination immediately to determine physical fitness for service. A telegram to state governors announces this action. In Montevideo Uruguay Uruguayan marines boarded all German ships in the harbor after reports of plans to sink the vessels.
Portland based F A Pierce raises prize goats with collie Shep guiding and protecting the herd. Each sunrise Shep circles to open gates, leads the flock to prime feeding, signals homeward rest, and alerts children at school. The pair produced the champion goat at the San Francisco exposition, hair length 41 1/2 inches.
In Atlanta Harriet Owing, a nine year old Negro girl, survived a stray .22 bullet that flattened on her forehead without penetrating the skull. Hospital doctors removed the bullet and she returned home the same day.
Joseph F. Jones, freed after 43 years for a murder in a knife duel, returns to Owensboro, Kentucky to restart life. He had been imprisoned in Little Rock after a fatal duel with a rival suitor over a farmer’s daughter. The girl died long ago and Jones is a stranger in his hometown.
Washington reports government experimenters completed an aerial camera likely to be adopted by all allied forces. Lens development hailed as the greatest achievement, with trial pictures from the Washington Monument showing distant figures clearly. The device promises improved artillery vision and enemy troop localization, enhancing Allied advantages in the war.
Miners in West Virginia are described as gaining wealth and status, with some earning high profits while others, including salesmen, report thriving business. The piece notes miners adopting a new lifestyle and increased affluence.
Fragmentary list shows fruit and vegetable items including apples cherries snowberries and potatoes with scattered prices and units. The text appears to be a late market listing from a Western state newspaper, lacking clear dates or vendors.
Market notes from New York and Kansas City show land prices at 9.60, copper electrolytic last quarter at 26.00 to 27.00, flax prices with Linseed on track for October at 3.36 bid and December at 8.81, and flax futures in Duluth. Kansas City meat and dairy items list butter at 28.5 per pound, eyes at 38 and 31 cents, poultry with hens 71 cents, roosters 14 and broilers 21 to 28 cents. Sugar market shows Raw sugar unstable around 4.90 and molasses near 9.90, Diamond A at 8. Also grain and provisions include rye and corn quotes, flax at 3.01 to 10 percent, and live stock quotes for sheep and cattle ranges.
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