General Wood Visited Wilmington in Patriot Parade and Rally
General Leonard Wood arrived in Wilmington by special car and was greeted by a large reception along Front Street. He inspected Wilmington Light Infantry and Troop Train units before delivering a speech at Harbor Island Auditorium as part of a grand patriotic visit.
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Tidewater
Senate War Tax Bill Reported Favorably by Finance Committee
The Senate Finance Committee favorably reported the revised War Tax bill to raise about 2.007 billion dollars in new taxes. The measure increases surcharges on corporations and wealthy individuals, expands the tax base to trades and businesses, and keeps House provisions on distilled spirits and war-related levies. It retains publisher postage provisions and Spanish war stamp taxes, with a conservative revenue estimate expected to grow in practice.
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Wilmington Man Nominated for Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad Presidency
Governor Bickett recommends El M Brinson of Craven as president of the Atlantic and North Carolina railroad. Wilmington's Charles E Taylor named as director. other directors include Samuel Brinson and Thomas Hyman of New Bern and Chas B Wallace of Morehead City. Officers listed: S M Brinson president, T W Slocumb secretary treasurer, Jesse H Davis attorney, etc. Also Governor commutes Dr J W Summers sentence from three years to a $1000 fine, revokes medical license for three years, citing jury opinion and newly discovered evidence.
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Raleigh
J. K. Dixon
Trenton
D. M. Cotter
Pamlico
W. B. Drake
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S. M. Brinson
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T. W.slocumb
Goldsboro
Jesse H. Davis
New Bern
T. C. Etheridge
Albert Rountree
Kinston
George F. Parrott
J. M. Allen
W. M. Webb
Morehead City
Bickett
J.W. Summers
Mecklenburg
German Cabinet Reshuffle Amid War Front Struggles
Berlin reports reveal Ministers of State and Foreign Secretary Zimmermann resigning amid a cabinet reshuffle. German troops renew attacks on Hollebeke and along the Ypres sector as British artillery repels incursions. France sees continued German pressure with mixed success.
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Austria-Hungary
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Peking
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Turkey
Mann
Berlin
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Lentge
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Kraetke
Lisco
Alfred Zimmerman
Ypres
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Noted General Wood Fetes at Wilmington Luncheon
Major General Leonard Wood and his aide Captain Williams were hosted at a Cape Fear club luncheon at 1 30 p m with Wilmington officials and civic leaders in attendance The visit included a city tour by trolley to Winter Park and car ride to inspect county sites for camp purposes before proceeding to Wrightsville Beach and an evening patriotic meeting at Harbor Island auditorium
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Greenville
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J. Allan Taylor
Lyman Delano
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United States
Donald MacRae
M. W. Jacobi
Chamber of Commerce
Thomas E. Cooper
Board of Education
W. A. McGirt
Board of County Commissioners
C. B. Nesbitt
Roger Moore
Rotary Club
L. Clayton Grant
Joseph W. Little
Thomas W. Davis
George Rountree
Herbert McClammy
Usag
Robert Ruark
W. J. Craig
E. A. Metts
Charles H. Taylor
W. H. Sprunt
C. C. Chadbourn
Hugh MacRae
Thomas H. Wrighy
D. L. Struthers
W. A. French
F. W. Dick
A. B. Skelding
H. C. McQueen
L. E. Hall
James H. Cowan
Winter Park
General Wood
Captain Williams
Wrightsville Beach
James Sprunt
Port Gates Close and Reopen at New York Harbor
A report of a U boat sighting near New York navigational lanes prompted War Department to close the harbor gate at 1 am. The gate opened at 6 am after Navy Department review found no facts justifying continued closure. Submarine sighting report from a merchant ship master led to investigation. The port was reopened following Navy findings.
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New York
War Department
Bharbor
Washington
Navy Department
Navy
Survivors landed from five sunk vessels off Azores
An Atlantic port report states a steamer returning from Europe brought crews of five ships sunk by German submarines off St. Maria Azores. Vessels named include American four masted schooner John Twohy Norfolk VA. Norwegian steamer Allen. Kanseat. Newfoundland schooner Conqueror. Norwegian steamer Sorland. Captains and crews say subs boarded ships then sent crew into lifeboats with time to recover.
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Atlantic
St. Maria
Azores
John Twohy
Norfolk
Algiers
J. B. Morehouse
Allen
John Lothe
Philadelphia
Marseilles
Kanseat
Italy
Hampton Roads
Conqueror
St. Johns
N. Y
Cadiz
Sorland
Stockholm
France
Unanimous Agreement Masks Division on Exemption Issue
Raleigh dispatch notes Governor Bickett pressed exemption policy across the state as talks of military leadership stir. Rumors swirl about Lawrence Young’s possible adjutant general appointment and delays in releasing prisoners while New York reports Logan Howell’s death.
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Pittsboro
Chatham
Samaria
North Carolina
Washington
Laurence W. Young
Young
Adjutant General
Ormarain
Alwage
Congress
Craig
Mabel Howell
State Department of Agriculture
New York City
Logan D. Howell
George Peterson
State Council
State Department
Lacy
Bishout Kilgo
Trinity College
Draft disturbances under investigation by Attorney General
Attorney General Gregory began reviewing district attorney reports from Oklahoma North Carolina and other southern areas about anti draft demonstrations. Department investigators are studying the situation and await fuller reports while considering necessary steps.
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Associated Press
Washington
Gregory
Oklahoma
North Carolina
South
Escapee Henry Lew Is Recaptured After Train Jump
Henry Lew, a Black man wanted for murder in Salisbury, North Carolina, escaped custody by jumping from a moving passenger train near Hamburg Pennsylvania. He was found hiding in woods by two National Guardsmen and sustained only a sprained shoulder.
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Hamburg
Henry Lewis
Keider
Salisbury
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National
Lewis
Pittsburg
Puddlers Strike for Higher Pay At Reading Iron Plants
About 1,000 puddlers at the Reading Tron Company plants in Reading Pennsylvania walked out demanding higher wages. The union seeks a ton rate rise from 9.75 to 11.60 dollars and rejected a compromise offer of 10.50 dollars. The three plants remained idle as talks paused.
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Reading
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Rail traffic up in May 1917 despite similar equipment
The railroad war board reports U S lines with 173,105 miles showed freight service in May 1917 up 16 percent from May 1916 while equipment levels barely rose. Freight cars in service grew to 1 833 921 and locomotives to 24 483 with fewer cars awaiting repair and a rise in miles run per car from 28 3 to 29 6.
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New York
United States
Fairfax Harrison
Railroads War Board
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