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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1917
Page
4
A fragmented OCR note lists the General Manager Advertising Department Circulation Department Managing Editor and City Editor with an unclear trailing term. No events or actions are described beyond the departmental labels.
A mixed compilation covers war governance notes and social quirks. Items reference Washington and Georgia Red Cross, local weather kindness, a Shreveport preacher by phone, liquor control in Washington DC, and a Greensboro Wilmington shopping list plea.
Quartermaster General Sharpe testifies no formal complaints about winter clothing except during the Mexican expedition. Some camps still dress in cotton uniforms in December while sugar shortages prompt explanations, including George W. Rolph of the Food Administration blaming liquor cuts. He argues soldiers turn to candy and gum when alcohol is unavailable.
A local writer argues that letting cattle and hogs roam near Georgia rail routes wastes meat and harms the public supply. He cites a Raleigh and Charleston Railroad incident where a hog was spared by an engineer and urges suspending railroad payoffs to owners until stock is confined to reduce waste.
The Monroe Enquirer rails at wartime profiteering by the monied class. It argues vast sums are earned supplying war necessities and cites McAdoo and La Follette as examples, lamenting the present generation’s role and future consequences.
A compact list defines WWI terms and slang such as ration party, ravitaillement, Sammies, Sausage, Sniper, Star Shell, Strafe and other battlefield jargon with brief explanations and notes on usage. Includes references to British, French, and Russian terms and concepts like soviet and franc tireur.
W P Parker county president announces Robeson will receive a farm demonstration agent by year’s start. County commissioners have funded the project, to be named by the State Department of Agriculture. The agent will also handle government supplied nitrate of soda sold to farmers at cost.
Early Sunday morning 2:30 o clock Brooks Hall at the North Carolina Sanitarium for tuberculosis patients burned completely. Fire started in the attic and hose lines failed due to frozen pipes leaving 25 convalescents to evacuate. No injuries reported as inmates self evacuated under supervision of staff.
William Neal, 17, son of Dr J W Neal, warmed his feet with a lit bulb under the cover. He awoke to smoke and heat at about 3 AM, found the mattress and cover on fire, and quenched it with a bucket of water after seeing a gaping hole burned through the cover and mattress.
Our Daily Birthday Party notes several prominent births observed today. E W J Harahan of Sea board Air Line Railway born Nashville Tennessee fifty years ago. Bainbridge Colby born St Louis Missouri forty eight years ago. Alexander Petrunkevitch born Pliski Russia four centuries ago. Frank B Kellogg born Potsdam New York sixty one years ago. Opie Read born Nashville Tennessee sixty five years ago. Edward C Stokes born Philadelphia Pennsylvania fifty seven years ago.
A historical note recalls on Amelia Island Florida in 1817 a United States force dismantling a smugglers buccaneers depot under presidential orders. It marks a century back in history.
In Petrograd on December 22 fighting erupted as authorities sought to curb drunkenness and stop wine raids. A distillery was raided. 15 soldiers died or were wounded. an armored car attack and arson ensued, hindering firefighting as crowds spilled wine onto streets.
An advertisement claims catarrh is a constitutional disease best treated internally. Hall's Catarrh Medicine, made by F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio, is said to work through the blood to the mucous surfaces. A one hundred dollar reward is offered for any case not cured, with circulars and testimonials available.
The New Bern Sun Journal notes English criticism of the British admiralty after recent losses at sea. The piece argues the admiralty has been in disarray and calls for action to improve sea fighting and prevent further German victories.
Report notes plans to relocate Gas ton Means to Chicago or New York for trial on a charge regarding Mrs King fortune affairs after a North Carolina jury did not convict him of murder. Some prominent North Carolinians urge Governor Bickett to refuse requisition, citing attorney Dooling's actions in the trial.
In Mount Olive Tribune remarks, a writer cites Senator Overman’s complaint about army snobbery. The piece argues there should be no such spirit in an army fighting to make the world safe for democracy, urging reflection on national character.
The Sampson Democrat urges Americans to face the war's grim stakes and reject pessimism, insisting Uncle Sam and allies endure a mortal contest with no sign of enemy fatigue. The Fayetteville Observer notes officers fixating on commissioned rank, challenging democracy’s ideals and social esteem for noncommissioned officers and privates.
December 22, 1916 dispatches detail Ambassador Gerard explaining the President's peace move to the German foreign minister in Vienna. Russian forces are said defeated in Dobrudja while French raiders conduct reconnaissances against German lines near St Mihiel.
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