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Newspaper
The Evening Current
Location
Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1917
Page
1
Premier Lloyd George announced in the House of Commons that anti submarine efforts have cut May shipping losses from April levels. He credited American naval help and escort craft, noting the United States at war makes protection of mercantile shipping easier.
Associated Press dispatch from Petrograd notes growing agrarian unrest in central and southern Russia with wholesale confiscations and arson. Cen tral Siberia reports thirty houses burned and a frightened population in panic as disorder deepens.
The first administration food bill will be considered as a stimulator of production and will provide for a national food census to begin in the senate and stay unfinished business. London reports a diverge was granted to Mrs. Anthony J. Dresel, wife of a Philadelphia banker.
Tonight mostly fair in the south and showers likely in the north. Saturday should be generally fair. The British Commission departed Washington for Canada, announced by the state department.
Italian troops continue an offensive south of Goria and seize fortified heights north of Jamiano as Austrian conditions worsen. Officials in Rome report Italian positions extending further with tough terrain hampering rapid progress.
The article notes that once citizens reach their 21st birthday they must register in their precinct by June 5 or face up to one year in prison. Registrars are appointed per precinct and citizens must locate theirs and provide their name. A probationary suspension allows a brief transition period for the home guard and post office addresses to avoid conflicts.
Jotineon, previously stationed elsewhere, arrived yesterday as transportation inspector for Santa Fe. He planned to depart this morning for his headquarters, after completing recent drill activities with the Home Guard unit.
The first American combatant corps under Captain K E J Tinkham and Lieutenant Scully of Princeton reached the Aisne front in France. Captain Tinkham earned the War Cross at Verdun as the detachment, largely Cornell undergraduates, departed with carbines in khaki amid cheers and flying stars and stripes. A second note reports another seventy five million loan to Great Britain.
The conference on the espionage bill adopts a modified censorship section for newspapers. Publication is limited to military information and a jury determines usefulness to the enemy. The Senate amendment would empower the president to declare export embargoes. Paris reports French forces capture Chevreux Wood with shelling, German shelters demolished, casualties noted.
Rio de Janeiro reports Brazil’s parliamentary and diplomatic commissions decide to end neutrality in the U S Germany war and to police the North Atlantic with a Brazilian fleet. Genial Jim Burke arrives from Monument ranch for a brief city outing as cattle move to stock pens.
Off for Presidio California sergeant Oburt Hartshorn and sergeant Robert Finlay have received the second message about their departure for the training station. They are ready to start tomorrow.
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