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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1918
Page
4
Public notice lists subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions, six months, three months, and Sunday only options. It states carrier delivery terms and advance payment, with the Wilmington North Carolina post office filing as second class matter.
Frost Green and Kohn Inc based in New York at 225 Fifth Avenue Advertising Building Chicago listed as foreign representatives for advertising services.
The article reflects on boy scouts training today to shape the typical American man of tomorrow, emphasizing character and preparedness as guiding goals for youth development.
The newspaper urges providing housing for Wilmington's thousands of arriving residents, arguing that welcoming growth requires ready homes to accommodate newcomers.
A fragmentary note ponders how many witnesses of an escaped balloon will fear German pursuit. It contrasts a humble household rag with a powder rag to imply concerns about domestic affairs and wartime anxieties.
Local observers weigh whether authorities will enforce the new sedition law or retain old tar and feather punishment for utterances deemed disloyal. The discussion centers on legal risk and public reaction in the frontier region.
Report from Ukrainia notes a former dowager empress of Russia arrives with her suite in the capital and Germany imposed tools worsen morale for the republic. The message implies a dim outlook for the national government amid foreign influence.
The report says Count Luxburg remains detained in Argentina due to his mental state. He is described as crazy, and the rationale given is to explain his wish to travel to Berlin at this time.
The Southern Telephone News diary from the front cites a April 19 1916 entry claiming a rumor Hindenburg cut his throat and peace in ninety days. The note follows dispatches quoting German prisoners about his death yesterday.
Reports from the front differ on how American forces will be used. Soldiers prize the chance to lead in a major offensive and would take pride in capturing the Beans trenches, proving what they can achieve when given the opportunity.
Reporters at the front note soldiers following home events with keen interest and applaud the swift, widespread enthusiasm of the liberty bond subscription. They emphasize the strong national backing and confidence this support demonstrates for troops abroad.
The House of Representatives yesterday began considering the Overman departments reorganization measure. Democratic leaders expect passage nearly identical to the Senate version and hope it moves quickly without the Senate’s delays.
The agreement exempts medical and biological students who enrolled before the bill signing. Those entering after must register. The negotiators deem this the best possible settlement of the dispute.
Reports from German lines describe dissensions among senior army officers and muttering critics of General Hindenburg. The halt in the April 21 offensive, delays in moving heavy guns, and Berlin disappointment fuel rumors of internal strife and rumors of Hindenburg's death, though unconfirmed.
A wartime editorial warns that German atrocities against Americans ignite a vengeful spirit among U S troops. It states officers investigate claims to curb revenge while asserting Americans will uphold civilized warfare but will retaliate if German brutality continues.
After settling the time limit issue for preachers some members of the Methodist general conference want to reopen the entire matter. Those most affected the preachers and their families prefer the conference leave the issue as it stands.
The University News Teller reports that about a thousand university men from faculty, students, and alumni are in war service. Among officers are 2 brigadiers, 4 colonels, 7 lieutenant colonels, 12 majors, 61 captains, and 119 first lieutenants in the Army. 4 lieutenant commanders and 5 lieutenants in the Navy. and in the medical corps 1 colonel, 1 lieutenant colonel, 9 majors, 9 captains, and 93 first lieutenants.
General Maurice must issue an apology to General Foch regarding his remark about Blucher or night. The exchange concerns wartime rhetoric and diplomatic posture between allied leaders.
A government statement notes seven hundred thousand men of draft age in the United States cannot read or write. Illiteracy hinders soldiers at the front who cannot read orders or letters home, prompting calls for universal education and expanded rudimentary schooling to lift this distressed class.
The piece argues against violent opposition to extending UK conscription to Ireland. It contends Irish members support drafting England Scotland and Wales but oppose extending to Ireland, and warns that German victory would threaten Ireland as well as Britain. It frames war as a defense of Ireland and Western Europe against Prussian influence.
W Beach Thomas, longtime war correspondent, predicts Germany’s defeat next year with the United States as the main instrument of victory. He argues the war turned when the Lusitania sank and foresees oscillations of victories and defeats until a final tipping point reveals the allies’ decline of one side.
The Fort Wayne News praises a new motto encouraging vigilance and integrity. It urges citizens to swat the fly and shoot the spy while cutting out lies and avoiding rye, promising happiness and prosperity if followed.
The New Bern Sun Journal notes teachers will receive higher salaries in the coming term, enabling them to live comfortably. The editors echo that the teaching profession, once poorly paid, now enjoys improved pay, amid broader wartime labor conditions described by Sherman.
In Greensboro a dispute centers on Mr. Borglum and his associate Gibson as Congress weighs Borglum’s alleged failure to fully sever ties with talks to form an airplane manufacturing venture.
The sculptor Gutzon Borglum, named by President Wilson to head a probe into airplane production, reportedly destroyed himself after disclosures in the Senate accusing him of collusion in profit-taking from an aircraft factory, affecting administration unity.
Raleigh authorities prohibit pool rooms in the city effective after June 1 as part of a drive to reduce loafing and push citizens toward productive work.
In a shuffled world scene, the target of German naval strategy faces a reversal as England seals off submarine activity, shifting the balance of pressure in the ongoing maritime conflict.
The Greensboro Record notes J. L. Bowers of Hamstead may rethink his views after release, arguing that free speech is regulated in wartime and those aiding the enemy deserve punishment. The piece hopes the year ahead will curb reckless talk and guide others toward restraint.
The Asheville Times says the Buncombe County Home indictment by the grand jury is a disgrace and demands attention. It praises the signers of the report for their courage and truth in exposing poor conditions.
The Durham reserve militia marched Friday afternoon in full uniform through the streets earning wide praise from observers. The unit is among the best in the state and the south, with splendid, well-timed maneuvers noted by all who saw them.
One of Greensboro’s largest recent private real estate deals closed yesterday transfers title to the Benbow Arcade on South Elm Street from C. D. Benbow to Vick Chemical Company. Purchase price not disclosed but likely around 150000. Greensboro News.
John Van Lindley, famed nurseryman and longtime civic figure, donates 40 acres west of Greensboro to the city for use as a park and public playground, conveyed through the city’s board of commissioners as a lasting community memorial.
Colonel Fries of Winston Salem NC, director of the war savings campaign, lies prostrate at home after exhausting efforts. His brother Henry Fries says the work wore him down from heart to nerves and finally laid him up, with aides confirming the strain.
Rocky Mount scouts from L. L. Graveley’s Troop No. 6 sold over 90000 dollars in third liberty loan bonds during the final week of a large Rocky Mount campaign.
The Pennsylvania statesman J Don Cameron is celebrated on his 85th birthday. Born in Middletown he trained at Princeton and started as a bank clerk before a long financier career. He entered politics in 1868 as a Republican delegate and later served as War Secretary before twenty years as U.S. senator.
A daily history lesson recounts events labeled as milestones on specific anniversaries. The excerpt mentions 1818 birth of Dr. Edward Hartshorne, 1843 Daniel Webster invited to speak at Bunker Hill, 1868 Amazon regiment aiding Paraguay, and 1893 death of Rt. Rev. William H. Bissell, with Vermont ties and Randolph birth.
The espionage bill cleared by the United States Senate as the War Department ordered the regular army to reach 293000 strength. British naval planes destroyed a German Zeppelin in the North Sea marking a wartime milestone.
Hall Caine born on the Isle of Man 65 years ago today. Alton B. Parker born in Cortland New York 66 years ago today. Bishop Theodore S. Henderson born Milburn New Jersey 50 years ago today. Brig. Gen. John D. Barrette born Louisiana 56 years ago today. Brig. Gen. Theodore A. Bingham born Andover Connecticut 60 years ago today. William Hale Thompson born Boston 49 years ago today.
The Charleston News and Courier notes it is odd that farmers must be urged to grow foodstuffs while some urging officials do not farm themselves. The Virginian-Pilot cites the contrast as a call for personal action.
The Durham Sun notes there is no truth to reports that Kaiser Wilhelm is going insane. It states he has been away or absent for some time, and the claim is unfounded.
The fragment describes four Crat boys with Pluto Aristo and Auto spending their substance in riotous living while Demo toiled, inherited the old homestead, and married the miller's daughter. He later changed his name to Pluto Aristo Crat and appeared in the Auto-Florida Times-Union.
A wartime rallying cry from the Class of 1919 at Wilmington Schools urging collective effort to defeat the Kaiser and restore peace. The verse promises grim consequences for the enemy and a hopeful future for the world.
Pilot I. S. Davis cance led the boat’s pilot status as a fishing vessel at a special Board of Navigation and Pilotage meeting. Dr James Sprunt said the Chamber shipping board has secured the government dredge Henry Bacon to deepen the Liberty Shipbuilding site channel for 124 dollars per day, with dredge use and river work restoration to follow. Commissioner C C Chadbourn reported on shoal water at Snow's marsh after a talk with Assistant Engineer R C Merritt.
Milly tells a terrible tale of betrayal and lost faith after a marriage ruse. The narrator reflects on class, sustains Milly with work, and plans to help her find a new position while keeping her story private from the other girls.
The narrator recalls social plans in town involving Alice Newlands, Milly, and Tom T Hunter, with talk of inviting a bookkeeper and a friend to join. They discuss going out, clothing concerns, and arranging an afternoon outing to meet George Harkness, hoping to revive social activity after long work hours.
In a downtown luncheon Howell of the Consolidated Stock Exchange shares fanciful daydreams about Europe and Berlin, then notes a rival’s jab. He discusses five hotels merging near Grand Central and three more in another zone to boost efficiency as New York’s postwar hotel boom targets a daily floating population rising from about 100000 to over 200000.
A New York haberdashery owner posts a help wanted sign promising a salary of eight dollars and one afternoon off weekly plus a baseball pass. The note highlights the scarcity of office boys compared to high earners in the business world.
In Central Park a woman sits with lavender and lace a Emerson Es says book in her lap as a policeman warns against a grass picnic. She sighs and gathers her belongings before moving on amid city noise and grazing sheep nearby.
Catarrh seen as widespread and once deemed incurable, with local treatments failing. Hall's Catarrh Medicine from F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo promoted as a constitutional remedy taken internally. A $100 reward offered for any case not cured. pills also advertised for constipation.
Havington yonnge as Administrator Gore Pening publishes a notice to all claimants against the estate to present verified claims by 7th 1919 and requests all debtors to make prompt payment. The wording reflects a probate proceeding and directs action by creditors and debtors.
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