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Newspaper
The Evening Current
Location
Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1917
Page
2
The Evening Current lists subscription rates with one year at 6.00, six months at 3.00, and one month at 0.60. It is entered as second class matter April 14, 1917, at Carlsbad New Mexico and published daily by the Carlsbad Printing Company with Sundays omitted.
The Current office highlights the High school annual The Echo praised by Prof Geo M Brinton as a beautiful piece of work. The book, lauded for accurate half tone printing, is offered at fifty cents with claim of future scarcity. Predictions on the war and public sentiment are discussed through various voices.
Amarillo Tex May 11 1917 The operating cost of railroads is increasing greatly says R J Parker General Manager of Western Lines of the Santa Fe Railway The track must be maintained and ties rails and labor have advanced to a marked degree Prices will rise further The increase in cost of maintaining and operating the Santa Fe Railway in 1917 over 1916 will be 11 111 764 22 nearly 20 per cent Items include Employes under Adamson Act 1 1644 Other Employes 1 896 292 00 Fuel 2 645 888 20 Material and Supplies 5 159 167 58 Taxes 163 000 00 Total Increases 11 181 764 22 The percent increase is 20 24 for materials and supplies 26 per cent for fuel and 24 69 per cent for employer an average 19 98 per cent He cautions railroads cannot raise rates without commissions and face possible bankruptcy without permission Investors have balked at financing extensions as railroads lag in developing states like New Mexico. A M Hove
The Council of National Defense acting on the General Medical Board recommends creating military control zones around all commands to prevent venereal disease and to govern alcoholic beverages for troops. The plan includes facilities for recreation and athletics, extending control off duty, with unanimous approval from the General Medical Board.
Headquarters Company B Int NM Infantry Carlsbad NM May 12 1917 lists guard details and names Corporals Stephenson Finlay Privates Bembry Merchant Smith Harris Jones Rankin Rarey NCO Sgt Miller notes drill tonight at seven o clock and no regular drills Sunday, articles of war to be read, basement trash to be avoided, waste burned by fatigue details, by order of Capt Wm W Dean Bryan Mudgett 1st Sgt Co B ist NM Infantry
The executive committee of the council of working men and soldiers delegates in Petrograd votes twenty three to twenty two against forming a coalition on the government question to be referred to a plenary council meeting.
The report notes a sensational advance in the wheat market with July and September options gaining 27 to 31 cents. Prices for flour patents rise to a new high point of 17.10 per barrel, up forty cents from yesterday.
Chicago May 12 The settlement price for May wheat was wiped from the Board of Trade as a speculative option and fixed at 3 18 per bushel. Public elevators show 219000 bushels needed for delivery while contracted amounts may exceed this by large margins. If not for intervention, about 99 percent of contracts might have to settle at any price.
The German clerical party organ reports Bethmann Hollweg will not issue a peace terms statement, deeming it unwise now. The South German cassette, conservative organ, proposes sending a deputation to the emperor to warn that his throne could be endangered unless Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg is dismissed.
The House voted 215 to 178 to instruct conferees on the army bill to restore the Senate amendment allowing Roosevelt to command a division in France after a stormy debate.
Washington discussion centers on banning use of cereals grains and other edibles to manufacture beverage liquors during the war and the year after. Cummins leads the proposal as the senate debates the measure today.
The administration espionage bill scrapped censorship clauses after a 39 to 38 Senate vote. An amendment to create formal press censorship under War and Navy super vision failed 65 to 5, with several senators voting to eliminate. The report notes opposing lawmakers and supporters. Also, Berlin reports a British destroyer sunk May 10 in a clash with German light forces and British cruisers.
The Aero Club of America reports over 3,000 applications for enrollment in the aerial reserve corps and several hundred more for naval reserve corps and related arms. In total, more than 5,000 men are seeking training, with Yale men forming the aerial coast patrol at the Curtine school in Bot.
In a recent interview Marshal Joffre calls for immediate American troops to France. He argues battle conditions require real combat experience on the ground to train effectively and boost morale among American and French troops.
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