09 Feb 1918
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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1918
Page
1
Latest figures from the Americans losses bureau place U S casualties at 147 with 166 total losses on the Tuscania sinking off the Northern coast of Ireland. Survivors have gone to an Irish port where they await transport to their destination.
Stockholm reports the Allied missions in Petrograd will depart soon. Diamandi says Trotzky ordered his return. Tornea ignores it. Bolshevik and White Guards court martial and executions occur. Communication with Stockholm and Southern Finland broken. A Swedish rescue brings refugees and prisoners to Stockholm. American couriers reach Tornea. service anticipated to resume.
Attorney General Greg announced a new extension for registering aliens. The deadline moves from today to Tuesday February 13 to allow time for compliance with the President's directive. Officials explained many Westerners could not reach town due to bad roads, while thousands of Germans awaiting naturalization face registration doubts.
Readable fragments describe a fatal airplane crash killing Hanic near Wilkes with unclear details. The report mentions a lieutenant and a tenth or eighth event, but specifics are obscured.
The Italian cabinet names a committee to investigate the October 1917 Izonzo defeat. Generals Caccerna Porro and Arello will stay at the minister of war’s disposal to provide facts. General Gaetano Giardino will attend Supreme War Council meetings in Versailles.
The Berlin Reichsanzeiger publishes an Emperor William decree thanking those who sent congratulatory messages on his birthday. It reflects on 26 years of peace efforts, confidence between crown and people, and Germany’s wartime and postwar prospects.
A fragmentary wireless dispatch notes red guards planning large public gatherings and mass demonstrations. Details are incomplete but indicate extensive mobilization and widespread turnout potential.
Reports from the Verdun front state that German assaults under the Crown Prince have failed to gain any permanent advantage. From February 2 to February 7, seven attacks on French lines near Cauaries wood Hill 344 Fosses wood and surrounding trenches incurred heavy losses with no lasting result.
From the American sector in France, Germans deploy dogs to warn of approaching patrols. Two corporals and two privates entered No Man’s Land, observed a wire barrier, and heard a German voice shout Fer tig. A rocket eruption and machine gun fire followed as a bomb landed nearby. The party remained hidden until Germans dispersed, then rejoined the main patrol amid shelling. Mumps flares in trenches among several soldiers and a correspondent.
Fragmentary note reports a Cantonment in the Philippines with Sen Juan P R mentioned and references repulsed action and supervising officers. Details are incomplete and uncertain.
Federal agents intensified their search aboard the Nieuw Amsterdam at an Atlantic port as 36 men and 3 women were detained. Marines and sailors guard the wreck while searches extend to cargo, and a naturalized American boy is cited among the detained. Papers with captions suggest a link to a German spy system. code experts have been summoned to examine the seized material.
Washington reports dispel rumors of Francis’s expulsion by Bolsheviks as a cable dated February 6 confirms he remains in Petrograd. Signs of thawing relations appear between the Lenin Trotzky government and the embassy as Red Cross supplies arrive without delay or charges.
The condition of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt is reported stable at Roosevelt Hospital after two operations last Wednesday. Dr Harold Keyes and specialists Martin and Duel saw him in the fore noon and report progressive improvement in the last 24 hours with subsiding alarming symptoms in the internal ear. no awakening overnight.
War Department believes the missing tally may rise to 210 with 113 American soldiers unaccounted for after the Tuscania disaster. Reports from Ireland and London show differing totals, while 100 to 200 American survivors arrived in Wahsington and were welcomed by crowds and a Royal Irish battalion. International sympathy flowed from Rome as Pope Benedict and Cardinal Gasparri discussed the incident.
Secretary Daniels announced awards for extraordinary heroism to Seaman Ora Graves of Maxwell New Mexico and Ted ford H Cann of New York City. Graves extinguished a fire near powder aboard the Pittsburgh after an explosion December 23 preventing major damage. Cann, the first naval reservist to earn the medal, stopped a leak in a cooled compartment aboard the May on November 5 and saved the vessel from sinking.
A London report cites a Telegraph dispatch claiming the Red Guard government in Finland debated a St Bartholomew style massacre targeting the capitalist class eight years old and older. The plan was rejected by two votes. The piece references the 1572 Paris massacre that killed over 20,000 Protestants, led by Admiral Coligny.
An American steamer that ran aground near the New England coast was floated at high tide by a wrecking tug with assistance from two government vessels. The eastbound liner carried a cargo and proceeded after being freed.
Trial of Telo Fasha on treason charges moves quickly in Paris. Witnesses in France absent, defense aims to start closing arguments next week. Joseph Caillaux expected to testify for the defense. Madame Bol defends her husband as cited. Charles Bertelli of the International News Service testifies. Bertelli says Bolo spoke patriotically, not unpatriotic.
The cyclone remnants disrupted Eastern North Carolina, delaying fertilizer deliveries and hindering road travel. Rebuilding of torn structures has begun, aided by side funds, as residents work to restore businesses despite weather and funding setbacks.
The article notes Germany seeking a separate peace via the Ukrainian Rada as Bolsheviks challenge Rada delegates. Berlin reports talk of frontiers and grain supplies while disputes over control of Ukrainian lands widen rifts between the rival authorities.
An item notes a private A. 108th tap party on February 9 with scant readable details and no further context.
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