Country May Face General Strike Soon Says Washington
Washington warns hunger stalking fatherland risks general strike as neutrality nears crisis. American ships may fire on sight at German subs amid renewed intrigue against the Republic.
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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1917
Page
1
Storstadt Belgians Relieved Ship Sunk By German Submarine
London reports the Norwegian steamer Storstadt a Belgian relief ship with thirty missing after a German submarine sank her. Thirteen survivors landed one American among them John Roy Christian of Washington DC said he spent 36 hours afloat in a lifeboat. Storstadt carried food from Buenos Aires to Rotterdam when sunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
London
John Roy Christian
Washington, D. C
Anderson
Buenos Aires
Rotterdam
St. Lawrence
Germans active in Mexico report rise of German wireless stations
Reports from Vera Cruz say German engineers are building a wireless tower near Mexico City with several more stations planned across the republic to aid German vessels. German arrivals in Vera Cruz and the Vaterland crew in Mexico City are noted, with Carranza receiving the Zimmerman note and its transfer to Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carranza
United Press
Galveston
Tex
Harold
Vera Cruz
F. L. Kroutil
Youkon
Okla
Harry S. Whitney
Sherborn
Mass
Mexico City
Republic
Havana
Whitney
New York
Port Barrios
Guatemala
el Paso
Germany
Zimmerman
Mexico
von Eskhardt
Washington
Germany Faces Financial Collapse and Deepening Food Crisis
United Press reports indicate Germany is near national bankruptcy as it loses access to outside credit, drains gold reserves, and borrows to pay debts. Food shortages worsen with rationing and malnutrition among civilians and prisoners, while military supply remains strained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Peas
Washington
Germany
Peter
Paul
United Press
Armed American Merchantmen to Fire on Submarines
Washington reports armament of American ships proceeding with guns aboard to deter German submarine threat. Navy Secretary Daniels to issue guidance on firing rules. Congress to reconvene April 16 for extra session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Erica
Gervin
Daniels
Businessmen Form Committees to Aid War Supply Sourcing
Washington March 10 The United States Chamber of Commerce says committees of business men are nearly complete to assist the quartermaster's department in selecting all army supplies. Cities with depots include New York St Louis New Orleans San Antonio. The first name listed leads each committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New York
United States Secret Service
Wilhelmstrasse
Chicago
Germany
America
Berlin
Max Hans Ludwig Wax
Nauen
Wax
Deutschesse Bank
Chanda Chakraberthy
Hindoo
India
Chakraberthy
Ernest Hekunna
United States Guaranty Company
Polie
Bond
Cleveland
Ohio
Great Railway Brotherhood
W. G. Lee
The
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Wilson
Brotherhoods
of& Ihe
Supreme Court
Lee
Brotherhood of
Washington
Brotherhood
Baker
Quartermaster’s Department of the Army
United States Chamber of Commerce
Chambers of Commerce
Ednard D. Page
Lucius R. Eastman, Jr
Daniel B. Morse
A. L. Salt
Henry B. Towne
St. Louis
W.A. Layman
Thomas R. Aiken
George M. Brown
John A. Bush
Warren Goddard
New Orleans
Leon C. Simon
Ben Cc. Casanas
R. H. Downman
A. M. Lockett
Albert Mackie
San Antonio
Luther B. Clegg
Ernest M. Groos
Clinton B. Kearney
Albert Kronkosky
W. B. Tuttle
Five Arrested In A New Plot
Five men were arrested in Philadelphia after revelations of a plan to smuggle food aboard the Bitel Friedrich and Kranz Prinz Wilhelm in exchange for valuable articles. They are charged with violating United States customs laws as tensions rose over moving the ships from the port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Philadelphia
Henry Heuterdahl
Airship sighting over Neuse River shocks Goldsboro crowd
J L Roberts, a Wayne county farmer, reports five aeroplanes seen flying over the Neuse River. He and two other men watched them descend along the river for about an hour before they rose and headed north. locals suspect German espionage amid the sightings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldsboro
N. C
J. L. Roberts
Wayne County
Neuse River
Roberts
Poison plot against Premier Lloyd George ends in verdict
A British jury found three of four defendants guilty in a murder plot to kill Premier Lloyd George and Arthur Henderson. Mrs Alice Wheeldon was jailed for ten years, Mrs Winifred Mason for five, and Alfred Mason seven. Hetty Wheeldon was acquitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
London
Lloyd George
Arthur Henderson
Alice Wheeldon
Winifred Mason
Alfred Mason
Hetty Wheeldon
Gerard Reaches Cuba Today in Historic Mission
Havana reports former ambassador James W. Gerard will arrive at daybreak and stay until Monday. Cuba will extend special ceremon ies and courtesies to him during his visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Cuba
Berlin
Interstate Commerce suspends livestock rate hikes
Washington March 10 proposed increases of from 1 to 20 dollars per car for hogs sheep and other livestock from Nashville to Louisville and St Louis and other points along the Ohio and Mississippi rivers were suspended until July 21 by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
Nashville
Louisville
St. Louis
Ohio
Mississippi
Interstate Commerce Commission
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Ué Ay
REMAN
United States
Adamson
Samuel Gompers
W. S. Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
L. E. Shepard
Order of Railroad Conductors
W. S. Carter
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
National Conference Committee of the Railways
Fatherland
Senate
State Department
Congress
Ibaa
Gov- Ossihar
United States Chamber Commerce
Neuse
Wayne
Gerard
Columbus County
Wilmington Dispatch
Wilmington
Whiteville
F. T. Wooten
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