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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1918
Page
1
New York reports relief in fuel crisis as ships resume coal deliveries. Chicago parochial and invited schools close until Monday due to fuel shortage, with grade schools also shut. nearly 150000 pupils affected as cold weather compounds transport issues.
Reports from Vienna and Berlin describe unrest in Austria Hungary and Bulgaria amid labor strikes and political resignations. Premier claims no new terms, labor leaders press for peace, and Brest-Litovsk talks pause as front-line fighting remains limited.
Italian headquarters report General Boroevic named to command the enemy front against Italy. The announcement suggests a shift toward a defensive stance. Boroevic has favored defense on the Isonzo front, only advancing when German reinforcements pressured him. The appointment signals a continued defensive posture for now.
St Louis and New York clubs swap veterans Eddie Plank and Derrell Pratt for five players and cash. New York receives Shocker Cullop Nanamaker Maisel and Gedeon in exchange plus an undisclosed cash payment to St Louis.
Captain Richard Haigh, head of the British tank unit in the U S capital, told the Senate Military committee that German morale is dropping after five assaults. He said Bavarians and Saxons fight better than Prussians, who he described as weak and unsteady. He noted British trench tactics improve while Germans have not found a counter.
In Washington on January 22 Judge Robert W. Bingham of Louisville Kentucky was elected president of the Southern Commercial Congress to replace Senator Duncan A Fletcher of Florida who resigned due to Senate duties. Fletcher had led the group since 1911. Bingham has long served on the board of directors and is a prominent Carolina native involved in Southern business firms.
Anti Bolshevik members of the Constituent Assembly report it is impossible to reconvene in Petrograd due to transportation problems and the chance of meeting later in Kiev is discussed. Many members returned home today as the All Russian congress of councils of Workmen and Soldiers' Delegates postponed to Wednesday.
Premier Lenine and Secretary Burevitch order a hunt for Red Guards and sailors blamed for killing Shingaroff and Kokoshkine. The Petrograd council urges soldiers to aid in the search as four Kerensky ministers are moved from hospital to Kresy prison.
B P Dudley E R Pickard and David Miller spent a cold night in a grounded motor launch five miles from the city after fog prevented escape. Rescuers Leon Long and Porter Davis found them Tuesday morning and returned the men to their homes where they rest comfortably.
Washington dispatch reports Corporal Walter Roberts of the infantry killed in action on January 29. No engagement details released. His mother, Mrs. Kate Roberts, resides at Hartline, Washington.
President Wilson denounces Senator Chamberlain’s criticisms of the War Department and backs Secretary Baker, deepening a partisan split as Democrats push for a war cabinet bill. Senators Chamberlain Hitchcock and Wadsworth vow a straight fight on the merits, while House Republicans plan a caucus to discuss endorsing the reorganization.
After a weekend of heavy snow and cold in Newport News Virginia, more snow fell last night followed by sleet and rain. Shipping is greatly interfered with and bunkering of ships proceeds more slowly than hoped, delaying port activity and fuel provisioning.
An attack on the American gunboat Monocacy near Kien-Lih-Sien left one sailor dead and two wounded. The ship returned fire and proceeded to Hankow. Secretary Daniels said the Monocacy was fired on while 50 miles above Yochow, with H. L. O'Brien mortally wounded and W. N. Donelly slightly wounded. It was believed Chinese bandits or revolutionists carried out the attack.
American observers have begun work with French pilots in France. Details on numbers or stationing are withheld. Their flights are for instruction but occur under actual battle conditions with the French air force.
Norfolk, Va, January 22. A sleet and rain fall tied up trolley traffic and slowed pedestrians while the weather bureau warned shipping interests it would be dangerous to sail until further notice. Clearing weather could rapidly improve conditions, say shippers.
Washington on Jan 22 reports the Labor Department sent directives to many industrial firms to stop advertising for help. The move aims to ease labor supply concerns and reduce perceived hardship on individual workers.
The Red Cross Society will provide hot coffee and food to sailors and soldiers on guard duty along the waterfront. Beginning Tuesday night members will serve the men each evening from a location on Front Street. Donations of coffee sandwiches jam preserves pickles bread are requested sent to the Red Cross in the Murchison Building.
Washington reports large coal supplies moving to eastern households and trans Atlantic shipping as the Fuel Administration enforces the order. Weather favors congestion relief but full clearance remains hampered by continued heatless period and evaluative weather conditions.
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