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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1918
Page
2
A concise local item notes a 19 year old from St Ch location involved in a reported incident. Authorities describe the event as a non specific interrate offense with vehicles and a possible external party. Further details are not provided in the readable text.
A compact digest of notable state, national, and international happenings from the week. Key developments include political moves, economic updates, and major world events with emphasis on timings, places, and involved organizations.
Round About the World reports on a U S Army court martial sentence in New York a price fix for wheat by President Wilson and military supply moves. It notes arrests at Camp Lewis for alleged enemy plots and warns of labor, industry and agricultural policy amid wartime pressures.
A compact record of important happenings across North Carolina, detailing state capitol developments and notable occurrences statewide as reported for Herald readers. The review highlights political actions, public notices, and key institutional updates shaping the state's course.
Dispatches from Raleigh report the Egypt coal region in Lee and Chatham counties being developed by two operators Norfolk Southern and Carolina Coal Company. Cumnock mine in Lee County and a 1200 acre tract in Chatham show six foot coal seams with promising tests. Norfolk Southern aims to mine for locomotives while Carolina Coal presses toward commercial output by summer. State officials praise potential economic gains for Wilmington and warn merchants to adopt early closing and half-holiday policies to boost garden production amid war needs.
William B Gray of Avon Dare county served as ship's cook in the USNR and was commended by Secretary Daniels for a perilous voyage over the North Carolina sounds. He navigated a ship's boat to the Roanoke Marshes lighthouse keeper to deliver provisions under dangerous, difficult conditions.
North Carolina farmers stand to gain several hundred thousand dollars as the food administration forbids selling wheat flour unless paired with cereal substitutes. Officials note North Carolina farmers are currently receiving higher corn prices than most other states, signaling favorable market conditions.
Governor T W Bickett speaks at Goldsboro and Wayne county urging end to partisanship in the war effort. He vows to bury political bickerings, calls for unity to raise forty eight million dollars for war and Red Cross drives while stressing patriotism over office seeking. The piece also notes inland waterways funding for North Carolina and two Southern Pines clergymen heading to military service.
More than 300 Greensboro High School students sign a petition to Senators Simmons and Overman urging support for the Susan B Anthony amendment. Most signers are girls with many boys also signing, reflecting schoolwide backing for women’s suffrage as the amendment nears Senate consideration.
The report notes agreement among the Von Hertling 19 on the four principles of speech. A cross liner splits into ten pieces. The shipwreck during a blizzard caused loss of a crew member and disrupted funding discussions.
In Amsterdam Count von Hertling affirms support for Wilsonian peace principles and mutual recognition by all states while noting no world arbitration court exists. He warns against enforcing self-determination selectively and stresses avoiding anti German attitudes in postwar talks. Meanwhile off Newfoundland the Red Cross liner Florigl sinks in a gale with 140 aboard. five men survive briefly at sea, others feared lost.
Columbia South Carolina reports twelve killed in a rear end collision when Southern Railway train No 42 from Spartanburg struck train No 18 from Greenville near Frosts station five miles north. Ten died outright and two succumbed to injuries. numerous others injured were taken to hospitals in Columbia. Named dead include WC Tomlinson Raleigh NC, Sarah W Perhel Kannapolis NC, B Marshall Anderson SC, M A Seaman Greenwood SC, OUs Brodie Wagener SC, J F Nothing unknown address, H L Ivester Ware Shoals SC, Joe F Moats Newberry SC, Mrs Sarah Ellen Johnson Columbia SC, W W Richardson Atlanta GA, with several seriously hurt in hospitals.
The Newfoundland steamer Prospero saved 44 of 146 aboard the Florixel wrecked on the ledges north of Capt Race. Seventy two perished, with 92 dead overall. Among the rescued, 17 were passengers, two of 12 women survived, and none of the four children were saved.
Washington report to the War Department lists five deaths from airplane accidents in France during World War II. Among the victims are Lieut. Leland J. Wagadorn of Orleans, NY, and four cadets from Philadelphia New York and Providence. Details of the crashes are not provided in the message.
Fred Fulton of Rochester Minnesota defeated Frank Moran of Pittsburgh by knockout in the early third round of a scheduled 20 round heavyweight fight in New Orleans. Moran sustained a cut above his right eye that widened after the first round and again in the second period, impairing his vision as the bout concluded.
Captain David A. Henkes Sixth Infantry U8 was dismissed from the service and confined at hard labor for years by a general court martial at Governors Island. He had been stationed at San Antonio last May and urged resignation, citing inability to fight relatives in Europe and expressing fear of harming family and friends.
Washington. The American Defense Society urges government action including overwhelming force for France, internment of enemy aliens and sympathizers, prohibition of compulsory German study in public schools, and universal military training for Americans aged 18 to 21.
Reports from Mexico indicate rising anti American sentiment in the Tampico region. Americans living there are apprehensive of a demonstration amid suggestions German agents are fomenting unrest. Officials have dispatched messages seeking official clarification on the situation.
In Petrograd the Bolshevik premier Nikola Lenin insists the demoralized retreating army will not fight further and warns he will quit the government and the central executive committee of soldiers and workers delegates if the policy of phrases continues to prevail.
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