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Wilmington Dispatch

Location

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Mar 02, 1917

Page

8

Sixteen new faces to join Senate in special session

Washington reports that the Sixty-fifth Congress will reconvene for a cabinet and presidential appointee vote with sixteen new Senators. Thirty-two seats expire, eight Democrats and eight Republicans depart, to be replaced by seven Democrats and nine Republicans, reshaping the chamber to fifty-four Democrats and forty-two Republicans.

Washington, D. C Senate Clarence D. Clark Wyoming John B. Kendrick George T. Oliver Pennsylvania Philander C. Knox McKinley Roosevelt Taft Knox California Hiram W. Johnson John W. Kern Indiana Harry S. New National Committee Moses D. Clapp Minnesota Frank B. Kellogg George Sutherland Utah Sutherland William H. King Congress New England Charles F. Johnson Maine Henry F. Lippitt Rhode Island Johnson Frederick Hale Senator Lippitt Peter G. Gerry New York William M. Calder Brooklyn House Mar. Calder James A. O'Gorman Tennessee Kenneth D. McKellar Luke Lee New Jersey Joseph S. Frelinghuysen State Senate James E. Martine Thomas B. Catron New Mexico A. A. Jones Interior Delaware Josiah O. Wolcott Henry A. du Pont Park Trammell Nathan P. Bryan Florida Howard Sutherland West Virginia William E. Chilton Senator Chilton Maryland Medical Joseph J. France Blair Lee

Starved and Stranded: Americans Escape Baltic Prison Voyage

Report details American prisoners aboard ships like Yarrowdale and Georgic during World War I. They faced near starvation after Neustrelitz quarantine, brutal diet at Karlsruhe, and harsh transport routes through Berlin. Many lacked shoes, money vanished buying food, and guards tried to aid despite harsh conditions.

Baltic Swinemuende Neustrelitz Yarrowdale Gerard Karlsruhe Dulmen Berlin Foreign Office Snyder Davis McKim Mount Temple America Mr. Zabriskie

Youths recall torpedoed British cattle ship sinking

Birmingham youths Will Finley and Deary Simon tell of the Russian sinking 250 miles from Malta on December 10. They describe lifeboat escapes, a 14 year old boy Otis Tucker praying for his mother, and scenes in France and England as the war escalated.

Associated Press Birmingham Ala Will Finley Deary Simon Europe Saloniki New York Malta Greece Newport News Finley America Pennsylvania Otis Tucker France Paris Liverpool Boston Devonian New Foundland England

Double Session Court in Jewelry Removal Case

A lengthy Recorder's court session heard charges of larceny and receiving stolen property tied to metal ornaments taken from Mr. Pembroke Jones estate and shipped to Philadelphia. Defendants Nick Loftin Monk Moore Simon Galloway H Stein faced intense evidence and arguments. lunch break extended the proceedings with a likely conclusion within two hours.

Recorder's Court Nick Loftin Monk Moore Simon Galloway H. Stein Philadelphia Pembroke Jones H. Mack Godwin

Rochester Runs Aground in French Port Fog

The American steamship Rochester, after passing the German submarine blockade, ran aground while ascending the Gironde river in a fog. It lies 11 miles downstream from Bordeaux, sand rested but expected to be floated with the afternoon tide.

Associated Press Bordeaux Fance Rochester Gironde River New York

Postal Telegraph acts for ads and telegrams in city

The notice explains the Postal Telegraph Cable Company's messengers will call for advertisements with the same speed as telegrams and night letters. For information about ads call 176 and for telegraph service call Postal Telegraph.

Postal Telegraph Cable Company Postal Telegraph

Turnips and Rutabagas Available From Bear Produce Co

The Bear Produce and Merchandise Co. of Wilmington North Carolina announces carload shipments of turnips and rutabagas with prompt dealer orders. Contact via Phones 452 and 453. Dated 2-23-11.

Bear Produce & Merchandise Co Wilmington N. C Bear Produce and Merchandise Co

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