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Newspaper
The Evening Current
Location
Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1917
Page
1
Secretary Daniels and shipbuilders confer to rapidly expand building facilities over eighteen months. Officials say if approved the United States would field more destroyers than any other power, as these ships are feared by submarines.
Associated Press reports the Norwegian steamer Christianfors suffered about a million dollars in damage from a fire while docked in South Brooklyn. Also damaged were a Buenos Aires hide steamer and a British sugar vessel Baron Jedbreh. The French occupied Talou Ridge on the Verdun front without fighting.
A milk cow owned by H. D. Hubbard was struck by an automobile this morning in the lane near his home. The animal’s hip was broken as the herd moved toward pasture and milking. Details of the incident are not yet learned.
London reports half of Salonika in ruins after a Saturday fire during Entente occupation. About eighty thousand people are homeless and being moved to neighboring areas as authorities battle the blaze.
Superintendent George M Brinton regrets to announce Miss Hertha G Smith has resigned from Carlsbad High School after four years of teaching. She instructed typewriting shorthand Spanish and Domestic Science and contributed as a musician aiding student productions. Her loss will be felt by the students and staff.
In Nerk August 20 Dr. J Bernfeld and Louis J Cherrey along with ninety nine others from the New York City exemption bound pleaded guilty to conspiracy to obstruct the draft law and were sentenced to two years in the penitentiary at Atlanta Georgia. The item also notes a local laundry ad and social chatter about a picnic in the plains.
Mrs. George Adams returns home after a pleasant visit with her parents and winters in Toyah. The Adamses enjoy a new Franklin and report steady progress on a Seven Rivers well at 210 feet. Sheep moved to the Seven River ranch after Queen picnic. Willard Bates family returns to the ranch until school opens.
Austrian war office reports Italian offensive begun on a 37 mile front toward the Adriatic Rome while newspapers compare it to the Flanders attack. Observers say the move may pressure allied countries away from Pope Pius's peace proposals.
The executive officer James Rowan and 26 I W W members were taken into custody by Idaho National Guardsmen amid a planned strike of agricultural and construction workers. The order called release of prisoners held by the military and affected about fifty five thousand workers across four states.
The August national conference of the British Labor Party decided not to be represented at the international socialist conference in Stockholm. The move reverses prior miners’ decisions. Richart Merchant arrived from the ranch today.
Mixx Roberta Breeding, atenograph er, who had belonged to Carlsbad, resigned her position and accepted a similar post in Lovington today. Breeding will be missed by everyone here and goes with their good wishes.
Paris dispatch says French attacked on both banks of the Meuse at Verdun with early signs of French advantage. Eleven mile sector reported with prisoners arriving as details emerge. Corfu report notes destruction in Monastirben and casualties.
RW Heflin, a federal land bank appraiser, visited Friday and has been busy assessing land. He says money loaned on land will be forthcoming in less than a month. The notice appears in a garbled local OCR read.
Foreman Ed Harper of Midland Bridge Co completes a steel reinforced concrete bridge across Dark Canyon. Road Supervisor Davidson of Roswell accepts the structure this morning. County work by F. E. Little will finish nearby curves. The six foot high, seventy foot span allows flood passage and sits on piles driven to bedrock.
Mrs. John Beckett, mother of Mrs. McStewart, is very ill today at her daughter's home. Her husband and children, Mrs. Fanning, Dan, Cal and Dave Beckett, are present.
A well attended gathering is planned for tomorrow at a local church named Temmert ving. Mrs. Dillard leads the effort to support the cause and invites all to attend.
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