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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1917
Page
4
Guthrie Smith announces staff expansion at The State Record to ensure robust weekly operation. The editor pledges news free of political prejudice while retaining the paper's Republican stance. He urges readers to support a fair, honest city newspaper and to discard biased publications.
A bitter column attacks deportations of IWW and other workers in Bisbee and surrounding counties. It accuses federal and Copper company officials of using deportations to suppress unions, warns of deep trouble ahead, and backs Sheriff Wheeler who defends actions taken to preserve peace and production. The piece urges caution by officials and public steadfastness.
The court removed Ralph C. Ely as receiver of the New Mexico Central for unfitness and ordered an accounting for thousands improperly used. This follows Ely’s earlier grandstand at the coal rate hearing and aligns with our editorial stance that he was unfit for state food commissioner, risking the state’s food supply. The piece urges support for legitimate mining and regional industry to boost Southwest prosperity.
Editorial clippings discuss mining, labor, and industry in the Southwest with focus on Hite Mine Inspector Risden report, Gallon and New Mexico Central issues, and reaction to Ely as war supplies commissioner. The piece links mine conditions, union activity, and state defense actions to broader war effort and regional economic impact. It notes improvements by Gallon company, rumors of conspiracies, and legal hearings shaping coal supply and railroad interests amid wartime pressures.
The piece notes Springer Stock as the first New Mexican chosen for service in France with the U S Army aviation unit. He was among 300 in New York class and, after the selection and training, departed for England or France about ten days ago, seeking steadier pay and family stability amid wartime cost pressures.
Citizens of Maine vote nearly two to one against a proposed amendment granting women the right to vote. The result follows intense public debate, with many abstaining from the polls and a vocal anti-suffrage sentiment noted amid surrounding wartime concerns.
A collection of wartime commentaries and editorials describe German brutality, calling for tough American stance. Pieces quote press and citizens, warn against pacifist naiveté, and discuss how German crimes unite U.S. public opinion against Berlin. The passages reference hospital attacks, anti German sentiment, and calls for firm policy.
Chicago citizens face anti effigy sentiment as casualty lists from the American Expeditionary Force arrive at base hospitals in France. A Berlin critic urges Pershing to crash France, while German warnings of a bloodless victory echo across papers.
A French war veteran Jean Ledrans who lost both hands after a grenade burst learns to write, drive, plow, and work on a farm using self designed devices. He previously earned the Croix de Guerre and Legion of Honor for gallantry in battle.
The poem juxtaposes battle imagery with peace, lamenting soldiers fallen and dreams beyond war. It recalls bayonets, shells, and banners, ending in silence after gunfire and sleep, with popular wartime sentiment and a note about blocking German aid. It cites Brantland Rice in El Paso Times and a general embargo remark linked to La Follette’s speeches noted by the Brooklyn Eagle.
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