19 Jul 1917
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Newspaper
The Evening Current
Location
Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1917
Page
1
The Reichstag factions plan to authorize a mass draw for selective military service. A master key system will map drafted numbers to local district registrants, with 4557 exemption districts and about ten million men registered. The draw fixes each man’s place on district lists and governs exemptions.
Associated Press reports mass casualties in Moscow amid disorders. The item notes five hundred killed and wounded, mentions Miss Ruth Law, aviatrix, and a rejoinder about American airplanes and allied fronts. Also references E. J. Todd and wife planning to move to Roswell.
President Wilson grants clemency to sixteen suffragists who had been serving six days in jail. The action closes a brief protest incident and releases those detained with no further penalties.
In Washington a senate committee room fixes the time for drawing the conscription rate at 9:30 tomorrow morning. In Petrowrad on July 9 it is announced that Russians have occupied the eastern end of Lovisa after severe fighting.
A cryptic wire from Associated Press notes one thousand master numbers will be issued to five thousand words guiding the order of draw. The brief item mentions Petri rad and Bolshevik governance, with Perevizett resigning as minister of justice.
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