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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1917
Page
1
Italian troops press toward the Austrians along the Isonzo line with heavy artillery bombardment and daring infantry assaults. Aviators report successful support operations as troops breach parapets and gain ground in the latest front action.
Washington May 16 Postmaster General Burleson announces a ban on mailing liquor advertisements across at least twenty four states and portions of two more with July 1 effectiveness. Several states set staggered dates through 1918 including Utah Indiana Michigan New Hampshire Montana and Rhode Island with other areas still awaiting final data.
German forces withdrew from the eastern front and rushed to the west as Germany faces a worsening food crisis and rising radicalism. In France the Bulle Court sector sees renewed fighting near Arras and the Scarpe with Haig reclaiming lost ground and new posts west of Bulle Court. The Isonzo campaign near Trieste yields uncertain gains as Cadorna presses an offensive.
The war office reported that after yesterday’s offensive Italian forces captured 3,375 prisoners a mountain battery and thirty machine guns. They seized wooded heights on the Isonzo east bank north of Gorizia crossed the river between Loga and Bamberz capturing Bamrez and took Zagora and Zagmolia in the center.
Important Italian gains reported on the Isonzo front with heavy artillery preparation from Tolmino to the sea. Italian infantry crossed trenches and captured strong points from Plava to Saleano Pass despite Austrian fire and rugged terrain. Air support and reconnaissance aided operations with continued bombardment of enemy positions.
Princeton New Jersey May 16 President Hibben announced that Princeton University will remain open as usual. The statement clarifies the ten year outlook and continuity of operations.
It was stated that a second training reserve officers camp for Tennessee and the Carolinas will open at Chickamauga in August to accommodate 2500 men who failed to gain admission to the current camp. Regular drilling has begun and the hospital corps completed vaccination and anti typhoid serum work.
Elizabeth City May 16 The thirty fourth annual Council of the Diocese of East Carolina is in session at Christchurch. Bishop Darst’s sermon reviewed the year noting more clergy, full parishes, and a church pension fund of 30000 when 20000 were called for. He warned peace was unlikely amid war and urged parishes to grow food. Captain Meares reported as diocesan treasurer and a missionary meeting was held led by Rev W H Milton of Wilmington.
Newport News Virginia May 16 Ted Hequembourg instructor and Lawrence Curtis student were seriously hurt when a flying boat carrying them fell about 50 feet during a lesson at the Atlantic coast aeronautical station. Officials blamed sharp banking. The crash followed a fatality at the same school last Wednesday when Victor Carlstrom instructor and Cary B. Eves student died in a land plane accident.
North Carolina editor Howard J. Jones urges testing a submarine defense device for ships and describes water compression to disrupt torpedo impact. The piece also notes NC Elks state convention, suffrage speaker Mrs. Miller, and Insurance Commissioner Young advising Pittsburgh Life policyholders to continue premium payments amid receivership and asset concerns.
High Point May 16 Wilmington was chosen as the meeting site for the Grand Lodge Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the State Assembly Daughters of Rebekah for 1918 after delegates voted to favor Wilmington over Rocky Mount. Mourning services honored late Grand Lodge members including Richard J. Jones of Wilmington former Grand Treasurer the longest serving member in the United States. The Rebekahs morning session focused on committee reports while the afternoon covered unwritten work and a cup to be donated by Mrs. Hattie Whitaker of Hendersonville. Officers will be elected tomorrow morning and by noon all business is expected to be finished. The Odd Fellows will elect officers this afternoon and review committee reports on by laws and other matters.
Petrograd May 16 The council of workmen and soldiers delegates proposed a foreign policy condition for entering the cabinet but the provisional government rejected it saying it cannot renounce its April 9 principles. It seeks allied unity and a strong antiarchy policy and approves council reforms as part of its task.
Judge Frank Carter announces he will not run again, surprising both parties. He was widely expected to secure re-election, leaving Democrats and Republicans unsettled as the race dynamics shift.
Senate opened debate on the massive war budget of 3.39 billion dollars with a 100 million freight car amendment for railroads under terms approved by the President. Secretary Baker urged confidential handling as the body began with 506 thousand for the Council of National Defense and 400 million for merchant ships and fleet construction.
Washington May 16 Agents of the Department of Labor again are seeking a site in the South for a station camp for interned Germans. An investigation headed by Alfred Hamp reported that Kanuga Club property cannot be used despite a signed contract with E B Gresham. Secretary Wilson said a contract for another large tract in the South would likely be signed in a few days.
Albany May 16 Colonel Roosevelt agreed to take a major general’s commission in the New York State service if the Federal Army bill passes without a clause allowing him to join an expeditionary force in Europe.
In Goldsboro North Carolina on May 16 about 25 young men from Pender Brunswick Columbus and New Hanover counties volunteered for the National Guard. They marched to the Recruiting Officer Captain W W Pierce and signed up, each wearer labeled in anticipation of conscription. Meanwhile the Goldsboro Fire Department elected Leslie Yelverton as Chief and W I Lane as assistant chief with M J Crumpler as captain and John Myers as lieutenant at a combined social and business meeting.
The Central Michigan league includes Flint Saginaw Bay City and Port Huron and will start pastiming May 26. It is the first All Wolver ine circuit organized since the old Southern Michigan league ended.
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