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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1917
Page
8
The New York Supreme Court refused to lower the $15,000 bail for Oliver Brower, indicted with Harry K. Thaw for conspiracy to kidnap Frederick Gump Jr. of Kansas City. Justice Cohalan said the case warranted high bail due to excellent reasons.
The N C General Assembly debated a two-term limit for state offices. The day’s work included bills on education board elections, woman suffrage, stock law, and routine measures. Senate and House members advanced education board elections and other bureaucratic reforms.
In Wilson North Carolina the Superior Court found Arthur Hunter colored guilty of homicide for the killing of Bud Gaston near Elm City during the Christmas holidays. He received a five year jail sentence with road crew labor. Berryson, white of Saratoga township, was found guilty of cruelly whipping his 17 year old daughter with a buggy trace, but judgment is withheld.
Bulgarian headquarters dated January 16 reports artillery on the right bank of the Danube fire at the Barbochie railway station and shelling of the Galat to Dzuleshti road where large columns were seen. It notes seven tug boats and one torpedo boat sunk near Isakha.
British admiralty reported Russian troops on the Smorgon front entered enemy trenches near Sanovichi and bayoneted 20 Germans in close combat. Three mine galleries were blown by sappers. A second party of about 100 enemy scouts near Kristshka was driven off after approaching a field post, with equipment and guns captured.
Paris dispatch reports a quiet night along the entire front with no major actions. The official statement notes three hours of heavy artillery followed by enemy reconnoitering attempts in Chevaliers wood on the Meuse height, Verdun front, repulsed by French artillery and machine guns with losses.
Lieutenant G W von Brincken the German consulate attache in San Francisco had his coat of arms tattooed on his baby's wrist to ensure the nurse leaves with the correct infant. The gesture follows a panic over other crying newborns as his wife and child entered the hospital yesterday. Miss Milo Abercrombie is the mother.
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