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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1917
Page
4
The Wilmington Dispatch notes pacifists slipping and wartime tensions as Congress faces pressing decisions. It cites Lodge's seat, U S policy, Roosevelt, Bryan, Wilson, and Holland, with references to Willard and Thaw amid a shifting political mood. The piece frames March as a lion entering, urging action to avert disorder.
The piece argues price manipulation is largely unwarranted and that only rare violations exist. It urges government intervention as a last resort and calls for increased food crop production, especially grain, in the South to shield against soaring meat and grain costs amid war and shortages. It stresses farmers should plant more grain and support livestock, dairying, and poultry to meet domestic demand.
The passage argues that President Wilson could understand foreign complications better than any other man, as he avoided prejudice and based verdicts on evidence rather than desire. It emphasizes impartial consideration in evaluating the situation.
The nation faces a grave crisis as secret US government advices reveal a German plot to draw the US into war and ally with nations against it. The piece urges Germany to deny charges with evidence and calls Congress to prepare for possible action to preserve national unity.
Senators Cranmer and Representative Grant weigh a plan to create a public defender system. Proponents argue it ensures fair representation when defendants cannot afford counsel. Critics warn against procedural gimmicks in Congress and stress upholding state rights through majority vote.
Henry Waller, a farmer, indicted for murder in the Reeves family killings on Christmas Eve, will be tried March 12 in Minden Louisiana. He pleaded not guilty. Co-defendant John Long was not arraigned. Five Black defendants previously found guilty: two sentenced to hang and three to life imprisonment.
A brief weathered dispatch reports French forces advancing slightly in desperate fighting north of Verdun. It notes a 147 drowned when the Pasco and Carina steamship Ma loja struck a mine in the English Channel.
The columnist laments skimpy restaurant butter, arguing modern pats are tiny and insufficient for proper bread. He recalls a time when butter generously covered bread and questions dining establishments for the pretense. He urges readers to demand real butter portions.
William Dean Howells born in Martins Ferry Ohio eighty years ago today. Thomas M Pallier dean of New York University born sixty five years ago. Rev Dr J Ross Stevenson president of Princeton Theological Seminary born in Ligonier Pennsylvania fifty one years ago. Walter W Warwick comptroller of the treasury born in Scioto County Ohio forty five years ago. Annie Sutherland actress born in Washington DC fifty years ago today. Dr Walter G Clippinger president of Otterbein University born in Franklin County Pennsylvania forty four years ago. Dr Richard H Jesse former president of the University of Missouri born in Lancaster County Virginia sixty four years ago today.
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