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Newspaper
The Evening Current
Location
Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1917
Page
2
The Carlsbad New Mexico publication lists subscription prices: one year in advance five dollars, six months eight dollars, one month eighty cents. It notes sample copies and that it is entered as second class matter April 16, 1917, at Carlsbad post office under the March 3 act, published daily except Sundays by the Carl Brinting Company.
The article discusses J Landrum Graham of El Paso urging support for the Y M C A and uplifting influence on the army. It cites Johnson of California opposing press censorship, references Russia, Senator Stone, and Bryan’s war policy, and notes the impact of public opinion on war and neutrality. The piece emphasizes patriotism, media roles, and international considerations in the war context.
The article portrays German officials arguing Russia’s collapse under internal disorganization and stout Russian manpower despite shortages. It suggests a separate peace would free eastern forces for the western front, worsen Allied prospects, and pressure America to mobilize at home or risk autocratic victory.
May 16 1917 memorandum from Headquarters Co Bist N M Carlsbad details guard leaders Corporal Dyson Corporal Finta and others. It orders a 2 PM drill today with no drill tonight and a 1 20 PM Non Commissioned Officers School. Also notes Miss McMillion and her niece Ro beria Summerfield leaving tonight for Missouri.
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate Green Usccry and Rader delivering items today with mentions of Sones and Fleming in the evening. Limited readable names and actions prevent full reconstruction.
Tomorrow evening at eight o'clock the Woodman Circle and W. O. W. present a program at the I O O P Hall. It features selections, orchestra, an address by Judge J. G. Grantham, vocal solos by Mrs Walter Ralph and Bert Rawlins, readings by Floyd Childers, violin duet by Gerlach and Soladay, and a male quartet. Refreshments available. All Woodmen and their families are invited to attend.
Mine Mabel Thayer, former Art College student in Denton Texas, came home last night and left this morning for her Guadalupe Mountains home. Friends praise her health and dedication to her studies as she reunites with family.
Western women apply to the Chicago collegiate bureau of occupations to fill technical posts as men may be called to the front. The bureau surveys Chicago prospects and aims to place trained women in vital munitions factory roles, with several applicants already seeking factory work. One student even offers a motorboat for coast defense duty.
Brown, wanted in Kansas City for forgery, walked forty miles from St. Louis area to Wyandotte county. After eluding officers in Mino and Hawk Point and seeking arrest, he turned himself in to the Meade sheriff in Missouri. The chief of police finally connected him to the case and Kansas City authorities took him into custody.
The Canaries ship onions and wool from Iceland, China supplies 8 million bales of cotton, and other nations provide lobsters from Japan and ostrich feathers from South Africa amid wartime trade disruptions. An analysis by National City Bank shows wide imports of beans, mushrooms, indigo, and dried blood as manufacturers seek diverse materials worldwide.
The bank statement notes large imports of dairy products from many countries including Switzerland Italy Canada and Denmark. It highlights 12 million gallons of palm oil from Egypt and other oils from China Japan and Colombia. Also recorded are rags from Africa angora products from South Africa sugar beet from Asiatic Russia and wildlife education imports for U.S. zoos.
The Giornale d Italia in Rome calls the American loan astonishing and says its size dwarfs humanity's minutes since Christ. The article insists such a colossal loan could sustain great confederal aims and underscores America’s wartime credit leadership.
The University of Pennsylvania leads a national college effort to boost food supplies. Students in squads of five to fifty will aid farmers in planting and cultivating spring crops, earning credits and $20 a month. Each squad has a captain to supervise and report progress to the university.
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