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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1917
Page
1
Patrol reports indicate two vessels from the Petrolite fleet were sunk by a submarine and are now missing. The front line has seen renewed activity with German expeditions and a British cavalry clash described as a disaster.
A Copenhagen dispatch details the Von Bissing memorandum praising Belgian annexation for Germany. It calls for dethroning King Albert, exploiting Belgian resources, and using Belgium as an economic lever while preparing for future war against England and France.
Amid a fierce engagement on the Trentino Plateau thousands of feet of artillery and combatants clash as American forces report heavy activity. The front line remains fluid with intense Italian assaults and ongoing American countermeasures during the storming period.
Italian forces push on the Trentino high plateau at 7000 feet amid stormy weather. The assault aims at the Austrian positions from the Trentino to the Surgeon valley near Trente, with officials saying the Austro offensive on the Carso front failed to break Italian morale. A note from Rome states parity of territorial restitution rather than annexation in reforms proposed by Wilson’s note.
Consular reports say the American steamer Petrolite of 3710 tons owned by Standard Oil was sunk by a German submarine. Twenty eight crew remained unaccounted for with two boats missing. 10 Americans were aboard from New York bound for Italian ports. The attack time and location were not disclosed.
Swedish sailing vessels Alida and Helene were sunk by a German submarine. A third ship was halted but allowed to proceed with the crews of the vessels sunk. The report comes from Copenhagen via London on June 12.
S Davies Warfield of Baltimore testified for fifty million people who own 17 billion dollars in railroad securities. He urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to stabilize and protect the value of rail securities, saying delayed action could close money channels and hinder railroad service during the war.
In Butte Montana on June 12 more than a score of funerals passed through the city for victims of last Friday’s Granite Mountain and Speculator mine fire. North Butte Copper Company reports 171 dead with 109 bodies recovered and 62 believed still inside. 31 miners were rescued.
The Newfoundland Legislature in session is expected to enact a law allowing export to the United States of a substantial pulp wood quantity cut in the colony since the war began. The wood was meant for England and France, but ship shortages have halted transfer to those countries.
Secretary Baker added Fort Riley Kansas and Des Moines Iowa to the approved list of divisional cantonments for the National Army. With these two, twelve of sixteen sites have now been approved.
Private Frank Brown of Company B Second North Carolina Infantry died after being struck by a passenger train while on guard duty at a railway bridge near Goldsboro. The incident occurred in the Goldsboro district early today.
The Interstate Commerce Commission amended its order on transporting explosives by express train or in express cars in passenger trains. The amendment limits shipments to military emergencies and requires a written declaration from a senior military official. Cars with explosives need not be placarded, but train crews must be informed of their location.
The Dover patrol drifter sighted five enemy seaplanes near 5 a.m. Two of the five were destroyed by H M ships. One enemy plane was shot down and its pilot captured. another was damaged and sank while being towed into harbor.
At a National Conference of Charities and Correction meeting in Pittsburg Taft warned that the United States must mobilize billions of dollars and millions of men for the postwar struggle to secure a truly lasting peace. He called Germanys acts deliberate murder and urged a just peace at the peace table.
Germany informs the United States that 74 American merchant sailors captured by the raider Moewe are prisoners of war. The U S government will supply these men with extra food and necessities via Switzerland to ensure adequate care in prison camps.
Washington reports that men of draft age who failed to enroll face arrest and possible imprisonment for up to a year. War Department orders end leniency and push vigorous prosecutions on the single registration day. Early lists of registrants will aid in finding slackers as Crowder awaits 15 state reports to tally quotas and plan summons before local boards.
In Boulogne on June 12 the vanguard of Americans arrives in France with 150 ambulance drivers and 75 nurses. They march through cheering crowds after British troops precede them. A correspondent notes an American ship J transporting wheat flour medicine and surgical dressings, aided by German and Austrian prisoners unloading cargo amid Stars and Stripes.
In a public correspondence the Secretary of Commerce tells William C. Redfield and John O Doheny Sons coffee dealers to halt relations with Central and South American interests tied to Germany or its allies until Congress acts on the trading with the enemy bill. He advised withholding payment from a Venezuelan firm tied to a German name and suggested suspending further business during the war.
Lord Northcliffe, British government representative, opened his office in New York as he arrives in America on a special mission to coordinate war commissions. He will present credentials in Washington and said he would have no statement until then, clarifying he is not on a diplomatic mission.
Paris dated June 12 reports a German general captured behind the British front in Easbrouck northern France. The prisoner allegedly fell into a private soldier’s hands after a lone encounter with no other combatants.
By Associated Press Washington June 12 the provost marshal general's office reported 33 states sent incomplete returns showing 6,358,388 registered. White 4,817,980. colored 830,586. aliens 482,439. alien enemies 58,304. Possible exemptions 3,439,527.
Washington June 12 The Supreme Court refused to disturb Ohio decrees holding John D Rockefeller could not be taxed in Cleveland by the Cuyahoga County treasurer because he alleged he is a New York resident The court declined to review the county treasurer's appeal
Irvin Jenkins, 82, Confederate veteran and longtime Robeson County staple, died Monday evening after a period of critical illness. He leaves a wife. Funeral services were held this afternoon.
Major General John J. Pershing, commander of American forces in Europe, spent a strenuous day in London. He met King George and Queen Mary at Buckingham Palace with Ambassador Page, discussed Anglo American cooperation at the War Office, visited the House of Commons, and dined with Ambassador Page as the first men of England sat to table.
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