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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1918
Page
9
General Semenoff and his anti Bolshevik force retreat into Manchuria amid Bolshevik advances. Allied officials say Siberia’s situation worsens as railway workers increasingly align with Bolshevik power and anti allied plans face opposition.
In Mt Olive North Carolina this morning John 11, a prominent citizen, cut the throat of Sam Broadurst, a negro, during a dispute over a ditch. The wound proved fatal. Bell claims self defense.
Washington reports the war trade board authorized seven Spanish steamers to depart carrying cut and phosphate rock, urgent for Spanish consumers, with cotton cargoes counted toward Spain’s quota under the new commercial agreement. Licenses for railroad supplies may follow and general trade movement aims to resume promptly.
Washington March 13 The Senate Judiciary Committee again failed to meet as members split in a deadlock over the Overman bill to empower the President to coordinate executive elements. Chairman Overman said he would allot time to force a vote Friday. Chairman Chamberlain, sponsor of the war cabinet and munition war system, indicated support for expanding powers for the president.
Charles Page Bryan former ambassador to Pan and minister to several nations died in Washington from heart failure last night. He was 61 years old.
Dame Katherine Forse directs the work of women in the British Navy. The official photo shows her in uniform as Director of the Women's Royal Naval Service.
Chairman George Creel of the Committee on Public Information protests to President Wilson against the War Department policy of withholding soldiers' addresses in casualty lists. The committee declines to handle the lists as issued, deeming them valueless to newspapers and the public. Wilson awaits Pershing’s full report before deciding.
In Portsmouth Virginia on March 13 Stephen C Pace a former assistant postmaster faced charges of misappropriating over 13000 dollars. The hearing before United States Commissioner Stephenson was continued to March 15.
Mrs. R. C. Orrell and Miss Lillie Sears departed for New York to visit Mrs. Orrell's sister in law Mrs. McClelan. Miss Margaret Bremer, recently honored graduate in art science from a New York trade school, has returned home to No Church Street.
Due to a shortage of men for section gang work the Central of Georgia railway employed 18 Negro women to lay cross ties for roadbed repairs. They started work this morning and are performing well. The women receive nearly the same pay as men under a white foreman.
American forces reported heavy artillery activity on the Toul sector with shells destroying multiple enemy gas projectors and raids reaching the second German line. Prisoners were not taken, but some German troops were killed. Other action notes include a German raider captured near Clamecy by American troops and turned over to French authorities.
Washington reports that members of American and Allied missions to Romania have departed Jassy for Odessa. They had been detained for quarantine but were released with assurances of safe conduct from the King of Romania.
Washington on March 13 reports the War Department began active steps to bolster Atlantic coastal aerial defenses. An army board led by Major Norman W. Peek Signal Corps will map aero squadron and balloon sites, meeting at Charleston Fort Totten and Boston with district artillery commanders adding officers to assess needs.
A letter from J. Brown requests publication of a record or a stated alternative, insisting the affiant’s word stands as his affidavit and addressing the editor directly about the matter.
W B Cooper writes about a YMCA subscription of 2000 dollars paid in full stating previous benevolent subscriptions were also fully paid and demands an apology if Mr Brown values truth. The letter appears as a published advertisement.
A reader rebukes Mr. Brown for not signing an affidavit about director names, clarifying the reason given earlier. The editor responds while a second letter questions Mr. MacMillan’s stance on roads, Federal Point township, and Carolina Beach road, suggesting hidden interests behind his senate bid.
Philadelphia NL club heads to St Peters burg for camp as seven players refuse to sign contracts. Outfielders Whitted Williams Fitzgerald, infielders Niehoff Stock, catcher Dillhoefer and Chief Bender the Indian pitcher are named, with Gabby Cravath typically late to sign.
Washington March 13. Director General McAdoo orders the consolidation of eight railway ticket offices into a single Union office in Atlanta. The new office will be located at 74 and 80 Peachtree Street.
Local readers praise Doctor Pierce’s Anuric from the Invalids’ Hotel in Buffalo for kidney and bladder disorders. A letter from E W Bagshaw of Mitchellville TN touts long term use and life saving results, urging readers to try the double strength remedy and mail for a trial package.
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