29 May 1917
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Newspaper
The Evening Current
Location
Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1917
Page
1
National Guardsmen patrolled East St. Louis as riots ended after mobs attacked black laborers. Officials say six thousand black workers have arrived in six weeks and urge railroads to stop bringing them from the south. Reports also note a separate Austrian Hungarian telegram about Count Andrassy’s appointment.
The Senate Finance Committee rejects a 200 million dollar general tariff ad valorem levy and proposes direct consumption taxes on sugar tea coffee and cocoa as a replacement. Earlier reports note losses from a sunken Spanish liner with twelve women and five children among the missing.
Benny Leonard defeats Freddie Welsh to win the lightweight world title. The referee stopped the bout as Welsh hung on the ropes after Leonard delivered a rapid flurry of lefts and rights. Welsh first showed weakness in the ninth, then was knocked down three times before the stoppage.
Tom Mitchiner son of Captain Mitchiner marries Mise Ethel Red mond the daughter of Mes Reda. The wedding will take place at Floyd next Sunday afternoon by Rev W T Wood ward. Relatives and few friends attend. After the ceremony they will go to Portales New Mex for a store position.
Donald Mackillan the explorer and Croker land expedition members are safe at Nuuk Greenland after a 1913 Arctic voyage. In Newport News, 400 union machinists struck for higher wages as ten war vessels were allocated.
Tonight and Wednesday bring unsettled, partly cloudy skies with little temperature change. An Associated Press dispatch from Berlin reports an expected attack by Russian and Rumanian troops announced today.
Paris reports the French have captured a German post north of Washerauville in the Verdun region. The announcement notes two German attacks in the Hurtbise on Champagne area were repulsed.
Federal grand jury to deal with persons opposing registration law and an injunction filed in Kansas City seeks to prevent enforcement of federal draft registration. The case aims to restrain state officials from enforcing the registration law in Jackson County. The filing is in the name of the Federal League for Democratic Control.
Italian forces renew offensive on the Jillian front driving Austro-Hungarian troops from the valley. Reports say May 4 marked a significant push with prisoners captured and lines advancing toward strategic objectives.
The American steamer Margaret H. Rouge, carrying lumber from St Andrews Bay Florida to Genoa, was sunk by a German submarine on April 27. The crew was robbed by the attackers.
Mottin and others sell their headwaters cattle and relocate from the black river region to Colorado. Mrs Hoffman and the party left Saturday to join Mr Motfmian in Colorado. Eight years on Lack River left many friends wishing them a pleasant journey and future pleasures.
Local school marks a tribute to Mary Vouein and principal Mary JR Pe aml as memories of the Misaes era and a wartime period are recalled by students and teachers. The piece notes leadership shifts and historic ties within the school community.
A brief notice recalls a group of veterans from Hope and nearby towns traveling through Carlsbad when their jeep crashed near Knowles. One rider, believed dead, was identified as Amos Eakin. the service for the deceased was held en route to Knowles. Local officials and families from Howell, Pista, and Howell attended events surrounding the incident.
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