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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1918
Page
4
Foreign Representatives Frost Green and Kohn Inc based at 225 Fifth Avenue New York Advertising Building Chicago listed as the firm handling representation. The note names Frost Green and Kohn as the corporate contact in the Chicago area.
The city welcomes back Fort Caswell soldiers after Colonel Chase lifts the ban with support from J Allan Taylor and Wilmington leaders. Military police may accompany troops to maintain order, relieving local police if needed, while officials and citizens must cooperate to keep the visit safe and orderly. A separate note questions a Russia to America escape plot attributed to Germany.
James H. Cowan says Wilmington’s triple alliance of steel concrete and wooden shipbuilding could revolutionize the industry If the government test succeeds the concrete yard will speed craft production with minimal labor. A mass meeting led to anti profiteering measures with a public committee to enforce fair rates and public opinion to curb excess profits.
A South Bend speech by Chairman Hurley predicts 2,457 new vessels in 1920, meaning more than six ships daily and U.S. flag dominance of global seas. Wilmington and other ports will gain shipbuilding and rail connections, shifting traffic to water routes. The navy yeomen dress change may reduce enlistment applications.
A quoted assertion claims General Wilhelm von Tirpitz vows the German fleet will sail and wipe out the English fleet once Paris is bypassed. The remark is dismissed as propaganda for the German people amid wartime tensions.
A feature on Briggs, the American cartoonist, praises his concise emotional expression and humorous pen and ink studies. His small boy and dog sketches, including When a Feller Needs a Friend and The Days of Real Sport, are highlighted as black and white masterpieces. A New York Tribune arrangement will publish a Briggs drawing daily on this page.
Townspeople in New Berlin replace Germanic title with Pershing to avoid German associations and emphasize American identity. In New Bern a street named German Street is urged to be renamed by authorities, with action expected but not yet announced.
The Greensboro News argues for a two way test of government intervention as cotton prices rise and notes Mr. Cooper’s view that relief should not be automatic. The paper also supports a Mexican coast search to locate submarine bases and warns that German subs near Cape Hatteras risk engagement by warships.
A reader-letter questions whether western front fighting reflects leadership by descendants of bullfighters on the Allied side versus a bull thrower leading the German forces, prompting discussion on race and martial prowess.
Washington notes the need to save specifically for future Liberty Loans as war finance grows. The piece cites expected spending, tax shifts, and the role of individuals, industries, and merchants in reducing nonessential waste to fund the war. It highlights the burden on high income earners and recalls consumer choices and leadership as crucial to conservation.
In 1918 diary style fiction, Mary reflects on efficiency and wages in a working girl’s life. Carrie supports striving for better work through initiative while Betty brings in a struggling hunchback and rescues a boy from hardship, planning hospital care to improve their lives.
The destroyer will carry the name Kalk in honor of Lieutenant Frederick Kalk U S N who died aiding others after the Jacob Jones was torpedoed. Kalk swam among rafts to share the load and perished from exhaustion and exposure. Born Alabama in 1894 he graduated naval academy class of 1916. His mother Mrs Flora S Kalk resides in Washington DC.
Raymond T. Baker, son of a California lawyer and Nevada official family, is to marry Mrs. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt today in Lenox Massachusetts. He rose quickly in public affairs after joining the American mission to Russia as secretary to the ambassador at Petrograd and later became a director in the U S government circles.
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