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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1917
Page
4
Readers are treated to a July 12 1917 column mixing wartime commentary with society jests. Jokes target Von Bethmann-Hollweg King Constantine and Von Hindenburg while noting Hoover and U S themes alongside domestic curiosities.
The piece notes rampant speculation on where the Kaiser will dine for Christmas, but rejects obsession with his meal and shifts focus to the American Christmas dinner and broader concerns beyond royal fare.
The Four Minute Men campaign, under the American government and the National Council of Defense, will use volunteer speakers and moving picture theaters to inform the public on vital questions. In North Carolina the State Council of Defense directs the effort with local committees coordinating speakers in cities and towns to support the war effort.
The visit of General Leonard Wood to Wilmington is cast as a gala occasion to showcase the city as a potential cantonment site. Citizens praise his coming as recognition of Wilmington’s health water supply land and rails, and highlight local support for war effort contributions including Red Cross nurses ambulances and Liberty Bond fundraising reaching near a million. The article notes Wood’s role in training troops and views the visit as an honor whether or not a cantonment is established.
The piece argues Imperial Chancellor Von Bethmann-Hollweg resigns as a scapegoat to quiet German and Austrian-Hungarian dissension and to appease the home front. It claims the real offender is the German autocracy linked to the military staff and warns Emperor Wilhelm's reform moves are to avert domestic doom.
Washington correspondent George H. Mann ing cites Godwin on German stance but suggests he misunderstood. The piece mocks the sixteenth district’s response and notes a long period of political turmoil with little new in the campaign.
The Columbia State says Beaufort leads South Carolina in military and naval enlistment relative to population and Wilmington boasts similar excesses in North Carolina. The piece asserts Wilmington has more service members and Red Cross nurses than any North Carolina city, and possibly more per capita than any U.S. city.
From Valley Center Kansas on July 12 the Oren Smith farm reports two hundred acres of wheat at 50 bushels per acre with seven measured acres yielding 68 bushels per acre confirming a Kansas record for high grade wheat.
Atlantic Coast Line announces a through sleeping car service from Wilmington to Asheville via Florence Sumter and Columbia in connection with Southern Railway beginning Sunday July 8. Returning from Asheville the service runs daily and continues the Wilmington to Atlanta line via Augusta.
Daily and Sunday train times listed for Center and Beach stops with departures to Wilmington and Lumina. Express service operates on weekdays and Sundays with limited stops on the Beach route. Freight depot hours noted with daily openings and Sunday closures.
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