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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1917
Page
5
Editorial argues war aims should be moral not material and warns against seeking territory or indemnity. The note from Spain responds to Kaiser's submarine warfare by asserting Spain's right to defend its life if Germany persists.
A proposed war tax would add 2 per gallon on whisky and 2 per barrel on beer, aiming to raise about one hundred million dollars per year. Distillers and brewers would pay directly, while consumers bear the indirect cost, even as bootleggers profit from cheaper whisky.
Long Beach Assemblyman Frank Merriam helps defeat the Rominger bill aimed at closing all state saloons. He argues the measure would allow the Virginia hotel to obtain a table license, a privilege the hotel failed to win in two prior elections.
On Friday May 4 Barstow High School hosts a concert at Fletcher Opera House featuring Victrola and Edison diamond-disk phonographs. A San Bernardino music shop presents the event to help the public judge which machine offers better sound by playing the same records on each device, with a vote to follow.
The finals take place Friday evening April 27 at UC in the Auditorium of Wheeler Hall. The Interschoolastic Public Speaking League of California will hold the final debate on the question whether California should adopt a one chamber legislature. The winning team will receive a silver cup.
The Woman's Improvement Club held its third annual all day meeting on Thursday April 12 at Mrs C G Phillips home. Officers were elected with Mrs Merbha Sieman as president and Mrs Gretta Hening as vice president. A program of music and readings included Mary Malmsbury's History of Hinkley Valley dating to 1869. New members joined as the club plans preservation and library efforts.
Private Merchy of an Oakland unit in the California National Guard died April 14 after being shot on guard duty at a tunnel along the Western Pacific railroad near Elko. The piece questions training to shoot first and investigate later, suggesting officers may have erred in the encounter with dynamiters.
President Wilson backs conscription while Speaker Clark resists, with General Bridges arguing England's experience favors the draft. Americans favor volunteering for fighting but fear parade duty, as the nation weighs conscription to counter Prussian militaryism. A new shipment of summer hats arrived at Fagerbergs this week featuring light cloth hats and panamas.
The advertisement urges customers to buy at Riehe's New and Second Hand Furniture Store to save money and avoid sending away. It notes a broad in stock line of household furniture and that items not available can be ordered for customers for home finishing.
In Barstow Friday and Saturday morning Judge Dewhurst J Io Rich court reporter W E Byrne of Dailey and Byrne were chaperoned by Deputy Sheriff J H McCarty on a journey to Searle Lake. McCarty joked about snake bites and the county seat’s law while ensuring proper conduct.
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