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Newspaper
The Evening Current
Location
Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1917
Page
1
Aggressive action on the Aisne front yields a swift Petain thrust near Craonne and Cerny with a 300 yard advance and a repulse of three counter attacks. French forces reportedly hold the ground and take about 150 prisoners as activity resumes after a quiet week.
By Associated Press Springfield Sept 1 The government prevented the Peoples Council for Democracy and Peace from meeting in Illinois. Authorities barred organizers from gathering and cited public order concerns amid political tension.
Vienna reports a great battle on the Isonzo front continues in utmost desperation with Austrians said to have repelled the heaviest Italian assaults. Official figures claim more than ten thousand prisoners taken since the battle began. Willard Bates and his wife plus daughter return from the Panama canal region for school.
In Washington on September 1 the senate rejected Senator Jahnsen of California’s 80 percent maximum tax on war profits by a 62 to 17 vote. The clash marked the first strength test between senate radicals and conservatives over wartime taxation.
Chicago police dispersed a pacifist gathering on orders from Governor Lowden after it had sat for three hours. H. M. Dow and family from Roswell arrived yesterday to visit relatives and attend court that starts Monday, bringing local activity to the area.
Notice seeks live poultry from readers for immediate purchase priced at fifteen cents per pound. Local advertiser offers prompt payment and pickup at Bates hotel, urging farmers and households to bring fowl for cash on the spot.
Major Henry Roberts of the Fourth United States Engineers was found dead in his quarters at the cantonment from a gunshot wound to the head. The board of inquiry ruled the wound was self-inflicted.
The official announcement reports that Italian forces have increased their prisoners taken to 27,802. In Rome on September 1, Associated Press notes the development. The item shifts to local notices about travel and a funeral in Artesia as Mrs. Ora Nymeyer attends the service for Braya Holcomb at Fudy County Hospital.
Copenhagen dispatch reports Vienna indicating German measures to curb Austria’s separate peace agitation. Germans in Austria vow to resist any cession of Trieste or South Tyrol to Italy. Washington notes the next Liberty Loan drive begins October 1, with about three billion dollars expected and subscription books closing in November.
Pacifists fail to secure asylum for their assembly in Wisconsin and Minnesota and begin their convention in Chicago at the West Side Auditorium. No police or crowds are present. The report also notes Poland crisis context and a local social note about Mrs. Warren Gossett and daughter’s return from Amarillo. Riley Nelson plumbers advertise phone contact.
Berlin dispatch reports the German foreign office says Germany and Austria will continue to organize a Polish state despite the Polish council of state retirement. The plan includes new legions and troops placed at Austria for a broader cooperation, offering Poland a chance to fight shoulder to shoulder in this effort.
For rent a furnished house about half a block north of the High School. Apply to Miss Effie V Hart.
Broyan Holcomb, eighteen, died yesterday after an appendectomy at Baldy County Hospital. He was injured Sunday evening while driving a cattle drove from Bill Rose ranch. His condition worsened during transfer, despite doctors efforts. Survived by his parents J R Holcomb and family, funeral at Carlsbad cemetery with Rev Sellards. Pallbearers drawn from Loving area friends. Current offers sympathy to the mourning family.
Paris September 1 trench troops on the Aisne front opened an offensive in the Hurtebixe region. In one sweep they carried all their objectives on a front of more than three quarters of a mile to a depth of over three hundred yards.
A massive fire in Kazan Russia, about 430 miles east of Moscow, killed and injured thousands. The blaze burned for thirty six hours forcing most residents to flee outside the city, with Petrograd reporting the disaster early this week.
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