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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1917
Page
3
The Roanoke Rapids Herald is represented globally by about two hundred photographers, over a hundred with the armies and navies of wartime nations. The best and most interesting images from these photographers will be shown weekly on this page for Herald readers.
A daring aviator flies an assault over German lines to bomb a large munitions store. He drops incendiaries, endures intense German fire, and watches the depot burn before returning safely. In another scene, Hazel faces a garden choice between two sprouts amid changing winds, ultimately choosing the thriving plant.
In Fort Harrison a Ninth division rifle practice featured Matthias Ereberger and Karl Holferich as observers. A small dog ran the range, chased by bullets and targets, bravely dodging fire with a fearless yelp and return to the next target. Officials joked the dog had a Jinx while the soldiers hoped to equal the German bullets’ luck.
English women steer side cars and coffee trade discussion argues the United States could dominate future coffee markets. With no import duty, ideal geographic position, and large ports ready to handle exclusive coffee shipments, the U.S. could become the Western Hemisphere distributing hub for Central and South American beans. The piece contrasts Hambur g and Havre once major markets now elevated.
A large number of LWW leaders were indicted on charges of a nation wide plot to hinder government operations. The indictment accuses senior officials of coordinating activities across multiple states to disrupt governmental processes.
In Chicago federal court 186 IWW leaders were charged in a blanket conspiracy to impede the government during the war. Early arrests followed the indictment, with several already in custody within the first hour. William R. Maywood, national IWW secretary, was among the first questioned. The case invokes the Espionage Act and related statutes, with prosecutors stressing only IWW members named in the indictment.
New Orleans reports detail the gulf coast region of east Louisiana Mississippi Alabama and western Florida pulling back after a hurricane swept in from the Gulf of Mexico near Pilot Town La The storm shifted from northwest to northeast crossing a southern Florida area and then hitting Gulfport Biloxi and the Mississippi coast before moving toward Mobile where winds reached up to 96 miles an hour with gusts near 100 miles per hour along the Pensacola stretch
A west bound passenger train and an empty freight train collided one mile southwest of Kellyville at 9 o’clock. Twenty seven people are known dead and more than a score injured. Bodies of seven white men and three other victims were recovered from a wrecked car. The passenger train was ordered to wait for the empty train but apparently pulled out and struck the freight at a bridge over Pole Cat Creek.
United States Commissioner John Nichols, 84, a longtime Mason and former bound member of Concord, shot himself in his post office building office in Raleigh. He died after being rushed to a hospital. a note found reads, "O n, poor and Mind, what's the use of living?"
Washington Trench and Camp, the weekly newspaper for the army, will publish its first issue on October 8 after a one week postponement. The publication is issued under the National War Council of the Y M C A.
A reward of $60 is offered for every deserter from the collective military force. Provost Marshal Crowder informs Governor Manning that a depart or is defined as one who fails to report to his local board or the adjutant general after being ordered to serve. Desertion leads to forwarding to mobilization camps.
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