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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1918
Page
4
The article notes Germany gaining influence while Russia pursues a goal. It suggests a cautious outlook for the next two days and predicts the President Wilson's reception by the German press will be scrutinized, implying no expectations of approval.
Citizens expected 95 percent government control would streamline rail operations. Instead delays and inefficiencies undermine hopes that timekeeping and service would run as smoothly as lightning.
The Quartermaster General told the committee there was a shortage of wood in the city. A sharp retort arose with someone remarking the QM General was wool gathering.
The piece contrasts lunch durations with France's six hour midday meal and criticizes wartime censorship while urging faster Allied action. It mentions weather delays, plumbing costs, and Winston Churchill urging increased tempo, framing a brisk push to redeploy American troops to the Western front.
Report notes ten North Carolina congressmen approved the resolution while Weaver of the district opposed it and another member did not vote. The article suggests opposition questioned the absence of a favorable vote and hints at political repercussions.
Despatches indicate conflicting reports on negotiations with Russia and Germany as Central Powers press terms. one source says peace talks ended due to terms rejected by Russia, another claims terms accepted by Western powers would lead to separate negotiations.
A WWI era column warns against meddling politicians who weaken military efforts. It cites Wythe Williams of The New York Times and Colier's analysis on how French politics disrupted Haig and Nivelle, delaying victory. The piece urges silencing meddling critics and keeping military matters to qualified leaders.
A brief verse laments wartime shortages with wheatless Tuesdays and meatless Wednesdays, noting heatless homes and neglected comforts. The author mocks the Kaiser and detests war opponents while expressing sympathy for the common man bearing privations during national mobilization.
The Daniels Bagley family is prominent in naval service. Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels leads in Washington with a long service record. His brother in law David Worth Bagley commanded the Jacob Jones when it was sunk by a German sub. Daniels sons serve as well and a naval cadet awaits, with Ensign Jonathan Worth Bagley killed in the Spanish American War. The family’s four stars deserve a service flag.
Reports on German social conditions grow worse as war weariness and socialism rise. Dethronement of autocracy in Russia influences German masses. If food supplies remain tight and the military party refuses peace, a decisive Western victory could galvanize German public pressure for peace on Wilson and Lloyd George terms.
The Duke of Devonshire, guest of honor at the New York State Bar Association dinner at the Hotel Astor, has served as Governor General of Canada since 1916. At 50, he rose to the title after his uncle’s death and began in politics as Victor Cavendish in 1892. He held roles in finance and the navy and is among Britain’s wealthiest peers.
The editor praises Red Cross workers for heroic selfless service in wars. They travel to torn battlefields, mend the pitiful remains, and nurse thousands to health and strength, preventing many deaths.
Fairmont stockholders elected D. C. Fussell as president H. G. Stubbs as vice president W. F. Bristow as cashier and D. C. Fussell H. G. Stubbs A. N. Mitchell as directors. Bank six months old shows deposits of 920 000 capital of 10 000 and six month net profit of 672 76.
Dr. W A McPhaul and Dr A J Billington lead a county and state health board campaign offering free medical examinations for Robeson County residents aged 24 to 60 despite bad weather. The effort is not linked to military service but to provide a health check and reveal physical status to all citizens.
The Mt Olive Tribune cites govern ments thrift stamp effort as a wartime and postwar habit shaper. It urges continued thrift to curb waste and luxury, aligning with public support during war and beyond. The Greenville News endorses paying teachers decent salaries, arguing NC must fund fair wages to maintain state honor and respect among commonwealths.
The Richmond County Board of Education asked the County Commissioners to raise the supplemental tax for public schools from five to ten cents and the poll tax from fifteen to thirty cents per hundred dollars. The Commissioners agreed to the increase. Hamlet Messenger.
The arrival at three o clock Wednesday morning of a monster Mallett locomotive from Richmond Va. describes a 97 foot long engine weighing 476000 pounds without the tender and a 196000 pound tender. It rides on sixteen five foot drive wheels and features a 42 inch low pressure and 30 inch high pressure cylinder. The coal car holds seventeen tons with a ten thousand gallon water tank. It is a compound engine with self feeding coal, though the fireman remains.
A sample of Faison’s cold weather icicle is 5 feet 3 inches long and weighs 8 12 pounds found on a telephone line to O L Taylor’s store. The Mt Oliver Tribune notes the Red Cross chapter sent seven thousand war material pieces to authorities, including work by Red Cross ladies and home-made items.
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