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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1917
Page
1
President Wilson confronts the War Policy Board over decisions guiding U S conduct of the war. Tensions rise as dissent and disagreements on strategy surface within the administration.
A Senate confrontation emerges as debate over surrendering power for food aid intensifies. One leader publicly scolds congressional colleagues while insisting on stronger oversight, signaling a partisan clash over fiscal diplomacy and hunger relief.
President Wilson opposes provisions for a three-member Food Control Board and a congressional expenditures committee in the food bill conference. He supports a single food administrator not subject to confirmation, prompting Senate confusion and possible veto discussions if the provisions remain. Senator Chamberlain visits the White House unsure of conferees' stance.
An American transport at anchor awaiting sailing orders was rammed by an inbound steamer. The vessel listed toward the beach in a sinking condition.
Roanoke police detained three men claiming to be Herber of the British Royal Flying Corps after they were found passing forged documents to a local hardware firm. A preliminary hearing delayed formal action as British officials in Canada verified identities. Dean and Warber had been in Roanoke days and said credentials were beyond question. one man declined to speak.
Asio Press reports from Los Angeles on July 30 that General Otis , president and General Manager of the Los Angeles Times, died today at the home of his son in law Harry Chandler.
Attorney General Gregory directs all United States attorneys to begin a round up of draft dodgers. He says thousands of men of draft age evaded registration and have escaped the call to the army and ordered criminal prosecutions.
Petrograd reports Lenin, the peace agitator and alleged German spy, has vanished from his usual haunts. Rumors claim he was seized at Ozerki and escaped during a clash with government agents in Tornea, with further unconfirmed talk of smuggling to Kronstadt, Stockholm, and Germany.
Acting Secretary Polk told Senate Military Chair Chamberlain the President favors McCumber’s resolution to draft aliens in the United States through treaty negotiations, instead of Chamberlain’s plan for compulsory drafting of European Allies' subjects. Both measures are Senate candidates this week.
Vice Admiral Maximilian Njegovan, commander of the Austrian fleet, told The Neue Freie Presse that submarines would not decide the war. He argued U boats harm England and Austria but are only a means toward victory, and that light cruisers are essential for victory.
State Department views Kaeks peace interview as German ploy to split Allies and sway public opinion. Moscow and Russian embassy dismiss the claim, noting no German shift from conquest aims and highlighting past cooperative talks with France and Britain on war aims.
In Vienna on July 29 the Siamese minister presented to the Austro-Hungarian foreign minister Siam's declaration of war against the dual monarchy. The note is dated July 22.
Citizens halted a peace meeting in Swansea yesterday afternoon. They chased the pacifists from the building and compelled surrender of sticks and umbrellas used against the attackers.
Official British admiralty statement reports the 11,000 ton cruiser Ariadne torpedoed and sunk. Built in 1898, the vessel was 450 feet long with a 69 foot beam and a 27.5 foot draft, carrying 677 officers and men and armed with sixteen 6 inch guns, twelve 12 pounders, smaller guns, and two submerged 8 inch torpedo tubes.
Washington diary notes three major congressional issues this week food control revenue and prohibition. The Senate moves toward a vote on a national prohibition amendment while a trading with the enemy bill moves from the Commerce Committee and drafting changes are debated for European allies. House recess slows progress as fears of a long session linger.
In San Francisco on July 20 General Michael Yassakovich said American troops on the eastern front would be fatal to Germany and that the United States could send 100,000 troops while Russia would provide a million-man army. He stated Russia would organize multiple million-man formations with Western Allied pressure on Germany and noted he is to travel to Washington with his staff.
New York on July 30 reported the hottest day of the summer with a noon reading of 93 and 50 percent humidity. Thousands fled to seashore and mountains while excursion boats filled to capacity amid downtown suffering and initial reports of prostrations to police.
City officials review an early capsule lot process at the YMCA on Thursday and Friday. The official quota for the city is twenty two, double the number of names already selected.
A long list enumerates individuals with numbers, race designations, and street addresses, all labeled as summoned by the board. The entries include white and colored residents across multiple streets such as South 13th, Dock, South &th, South 2nd, Ann, North 5th, Bladena, Bellamy alley, North Front, Campbell, South Front, Market, Brunswick, Moore's alley, Meadow, Chestnut, Orange, Brunswick, Meadow, Perry, Wooster, South 7th, Walnut, South 11th, North 2nd, North 4th, South 10th, and other local lanes, city being Norfolk, with many individuals named in sequences. The list notes addresses and occasionally additional location notes like Love's Grove and city references.
Notices were mailed to 44 men by the Exemption Board directing them to report to the YMCA for physical exams this Thursday for whites and Friday for colored entrants. Dr J F Robertson will judge fitness for Uncle Sam's selective draft. Exemption reviews postponed. initial exams focus solely on physical condition.
The Associated Press reports Copenhagen dispatches noting German papers debate Belgium’s fate and eastern annexations. Berlin papers dismiss a British call to restore Belgium, while Tages Zeitung and Volks Zeitung defend retention and eastern annexations as essential to protecting German frontiers amid Reichstag tensions.
Special to The Dispatch from Goldsboro North Carolina July 30 the Negro Frank Moore who killed Walter Heath of Faison on a town street Saturday night was captured and brought to Wayne County jail by officers to prevent lynching Faison officers diverted rumors of moving him to Kenansville and instead routed him to Goldsboro In Warsaw July 30 Gibbons Westbrook aged 50 died likely from excitement after the killing while trying to help capture the suspect he was a well known county figure.
A general strike of all Gogebic Iron Range miners was declared after yesterday’s mass meeting and was to start at 7:00 am. Guards were posted at mines from 5 am with possible trooper reinforcement, while miners planned to build their organization and avoid interference.
Reports from London and Berlin describe large scale operations on the Belgian front with heavy aerial combat. German and British forces each claim substantial losses as fighting shifts toward Bukovina and the Suchava valley while six Romanian villages change hands in an eastern advance.
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