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Newspaper
The Evening Current
Location
Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1917
Page
1
Italian forces defend Monte Tomba and Monte Persica as heavy fighting continues in the mountains. Allied destroyers report massive casualties as the outcome hinges on the enemy's attempt to breach Italian lines toward the Venetian plains.
Washington reports another German submarine sunk by American destroyers after depth charge attacks. One destroyer sighted a periscope at four hundred yards and dropped depth bombs, forcing the U boat to surface with no life aboard. A second destroyer then attempted to tow in the disabled sub.
Garfield warned Michigan coal operators the government will seize and run their mines if they refuse to sell coal to the government at fixed prices. German attacks on American coastal cities predicted in dispatches from New York.
The Comptroller of the Currency issued a call for the condition of all national banks of the United States as of close of business Tuesday, November 26.
Government officials and railroad heads discuss a nationwide pooling plan to manage the growing congestion. The talks emphasize radical measures to move U S traffic efficiently amid mounting delays. In New York Katharine Lloyd Livingston Mellen is sued for alienation of affections and $100,000 damages by Margarete Brown.
Associated Press reports in Buffalo on November 24 that Samuel Gompers was reelected president of the American Federation of Labor.
Muskogee Okla Nov 24 The Missouri Oklahoma depot at Henryetta was burned to the ground last night. Authorities say W W's recently arrested in Henryetta had warned of threats to destroy railroad property.
Denver announces a Federal Reserve Bank branch to open January 1. Government directors named include Alva Adams of Pueblo and John Evans of Denver, per a private message.
A series of heavy artillery preparations preceded a strong Austrian assault along the Italian front from Aslago plateau to the Brenta river. The thrusts were described as very powerful but ultimately failed to achieve their objective. Both sides reported intense fighting and casualties as the battle continued.
British forces advanced west of Cambrai with the war office reporting the capture of more than one hundred guns recently in that sector as of November 24.
British Army reports indicate Burlon Wood and possibly Moeuvres near Cambrai have fallen or come under British control. Fontaine is described as ablaze as bombardment and fighting continue in the area.
Associated Press reports Ambassador Bakhmetev of Russia formally notified Washington that the embassy does not recognize the authority of the extremists now in control of Petrograd. First Secretary Spokine and Second Secretary Mohernschildt offered their services to aid the American war effort against Germany.
Topeka Kansas November 24 Two soldiers and three trainmen were injured when a Union Pacific no special train collided with Santa Fe passenger train 105 at a junction north of Topeka J W Brownlee and J A Willman of Camp Funston were among the injured.
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