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21 May 1917
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Wilmington Dispatch in Wilmington, North Carolina
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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1917
Page
1
House Debates Tax on Cotton and Sugar Revenue
In Washington on May 21 the House ruled a Moore amendment to tax cotton at 2.50 a sale out of order, signaling likely elimination of a proposed domestic sugar tax. Party lines split as leaders and members argued the rule would bar adding new subjects to revenue measures, with supporters and critics outlining fiscal and fairness concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aa Ig Press
Washington
Moore
Pennsylvania
Mann
Foster
Illinois
Fitzgerald
Hurlburt
New York
Fordney
Michigan
Martin
Louisiana
LaFollette
Garrett
Tennessee
Ways and Means Committee
Kitchin
War time menus for New York hotels outlined
The Hotel Men's Association announced a wartime plan to reduce dinner courses and banquet offerings in New York hotels. Expensive foods will be removed and table d hote menus will trim unnecessary fish courses to conserve foods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sy Associated Press
Giant Lumber Deal Sealed in Fayetteville Section
A giant timber sale valued at 150000000 feet of standing timber was negotiated by J P Parker of Fayetteville and A T McLean of Maxton. W R Taylor of Philadelphia bought the cypress pine and hardwood along the Virginia and Carolina Southern Railroad in Robeson County. Taylor forms a corporation with Daniel Johnson, W I Johnson, and J H Johnson, with milling to begin and a mill to be erected between McMillants siding and St Paul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
J. P. Parker
A. T. McLean
Maxton
W. R. Taylor
Philadelphia
Virginia and Carolina Southern
Robeson County
Taylor
Daniel Johnson
W. I. Johnson
Garland
J. H. Johnson
McMillants Siding
St.aul
Southern Baptists Near Adjournment After 1917 Session
In New Orleans on May 21 delegates planned to close the 1917 Southern Baptist convention after actions on financial reform and bequest management. One motion authorized three Atlanta businessmen to handle an $18,000 bequest from the late Jefferson Herrick. Delegates numbered 1,683 with 400 from the Woman's Missionary Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New Orleans
Southern Baptist Convention
Frank W. Barnett
Birmingham
Atlanta
Jefferson Herrick
Maryland Union Association
Home
Woman’s Missionary Union
Baptist Convention
Report on Oglethorpe University Before General Assembly
Birmingham May 21 The committee on Oglethorpe University presented its report to the 57th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church USA. The session opened with minutes and routine business, a special prayer for President Wilson, and remarks on U S Japan ties by Rev Sidney Gulick. The Woman's Auxiliary noted a $60,000 contributions gain and a message of congratulations to Russian Evangelical Christians on liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Birmingham
Oglethorpe University
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church In
United States
Wilson
Sidney Gulick
Committee On International Good Will
Federal Council of Churches of Christian America
Japan
General Wood Visits Fort Oglethorpe Training Camp
General Leonard Wood spent the day at Fort Oglethorpe inspecting the training camp. He said there will be concentration camps near Atlanta and Augusta, with Chickamauga depending on space and water. One division is certain, possibly two divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chattanooga
Leonard Wood
Fort Oglethorpe
Wood
Atlanta
Augusta
Chickamauga
Nurses Killed in At Sea Accident Aboard Armed Merchant Ship
Two American Red Cross nurses, Edith Ayres and Helen Burnett Wood, were killed and Emma Matzen wounded when a shell fired from a guard’s gun on a US merchantman bound for Europe ricocheted and struck the nurses during practice at sea. The ship returned to New York, flag at half mast, with bodies and the wounded aboard. A navy board of inquiry is to investigate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Europe
New York Navy Yard
Navy
Navy Board of Inquiry
Swiss Rioters Free Prisoner After Court Martial
Paul Grabe socialist councillor was freed by a mob after eight days imprisonment for libel tied to La Sentinel. Neuchatel canton mobilizes troops as a mass Socialist rally turns riotous but is later calmed in Chaux de Fonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Presa
Chaux de Fonds
Switzerland
Paris
Paul Grabe
Grabe
la Sentinel
Canton of Neuchatel
Training Camps in South Carolina Designated as Cantonments
The War Department designated a second training camp site in Atlanta and announced Columbia South Carolina as a cantonment for divisional training. Additional locations of Greenville South Carolina and Amityville Long Island were revealed alongside prior sites, expanding training camp options in the Southeast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Associated Press
Washington
War Department
Atlanta
Columbia
S. C
War Department Today
Greenville
Amityville
L. T
Raval Battle Off Flanders Reported By Admiralty
An official admiralty proclamation from Berlin reported a morning outpost action off the Flanders coast on May 20 between German and French torpedo boats. The German ships claimed repeated hits and said they returned without losses or damage.
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Associated Pres Berlin T
London
Flanders
Admiralty
French Torpedo Boats Repel German Flotilla
Yesterday French statements said four torpedo boats drove back a German flotilla to its base and that one French vessel sustained damage.
City Fire Destroys Over Sixty Homes and Warehouses
A warehouse section and adjacent negro residence district in Atlanta is aflame as a wind-driven fire sweeps north. More than sixty negro houses and several warehouses covering about five blocks have been destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Atlanta
Rail securities owners meet to press railroad rate relief
Mr. S Davies Warfield announces a Baltimore conference May 23 to unite railroad security holders from across the nation. He warns that higher costs of 525 million dollars demand rate relief to preserve credit and protect millions of investors and beneficiaries, including life insurers and banks. The Interstate Commerce Commission decision looms, with southern and national impact on rail development and war-era procurement.
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New York
S. Davies Warfield
Baltimore
Emerson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
South
Coal Shortage Blamed on Railroads in FTC Report
Federal Trade Commission attributes a bituminous coal shortage to railroad practices amid record demand and transportation bottlenecks. The report says mines have enough output for current and rising demand, but distribution limits create scarcity and price spikes. It warns government action may be needed to regulate mine to consumer flow and set prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
Seonee Ee
Contracts Set for Thirty-Eight Vessels
Washington May 21 The emergency fleet corporation has let contracts for 38 vessels 26 wood and 12 steel Twelve wooden ships and four steel vessels will be built by the Merrill Stevens Company at Jacksonville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Rantéatté
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Shipping Board
Merrill-Stevens Company
Jacksonville
Supreme Court Holds Railroads Liable for Injured Livestock Attendants
In Washington on May 21 the Supreme Court upheld a $1,555 verdict for W. C. Chatham of Hertford NC against Norfolk Southern Railroad. The ruling rejects the claim that the Hepburn act and ICC tariff exempt railroads from liability for injuries to livestock attendants traveling under a drover’s prices uniform contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court
W. C. Chatham
Hertford
N. C
Norfolk Southern Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chatham
Presbyterian Unity Vote Across North and South Branches
The Presbyterian general assembly in Dallas voted unanimously for reunion of the Northern and Southern churches and sent copies to Birmingham and to national leaders. It also backed a national liquor prohibition resolution and pledged that message to President Wilson, Vice President Marshall and Speaker Clark. An elder from Dallas cited anticipated Southern action at Birmingham to pursue reunion.
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United Press
Dallas
Texas
Presbyterian General Assembly
United States of America
North
Southern Assembly
Birmingham
Wilson
Marshall
Clark
House of Representatives
America
Presbyterian Church
United States
H. S. Anderson
Southern Church Assembly
French Resume Their Advance in West Front
Berlin admits French progress in the Champagne sector and Mont Camillet and Mont Reil. British forces drive along the Hindenburg line near Bullecourt and Douai while Italian gains are reported on the Julian front. Bulgars report repulsed Entente attacks on the Macedonian front with heavy enemy losses.
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Berlin
Haig
Petain
France
Hindenburg
Bullecourt
Hinden
Queant-Drocourt
Thay
Champagne
Crown Prince
Chemin-des-Dames
Aisne
Attuck
Moronvillers
Rheims
German War Office
Mont Camillet
Mont Reil
Cadorna
Palliova
Britovo
Vodice
London
Rome
Britova
War Department
Sofia
Bulgaria
War Office
Dobropolye
Senate tackles food tax and war budget questions
The Senate began debate on food legislation as the House advanced a $1,000,000,000 war tax bill. Leaders expect final action on the $3,342,000,000 War Budget and possible Espionage measure, with concerns over a 10 percent tariff on free-list foods and the total levy of $1.8 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Navy
Marine Corps
Congress
America
Senate
House
White House
Memorial Service for Jos H Choate in London
Several hundred attended a memorial service at St. Margaret's Church Westminster for Jos H Choate of New York. Archbishop of Canterbury praised his services to American and British nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Jos. H. Choate
New York
St. Margaret’s Church West Minster
Canterbury
Mr. Choate
British Mission To Leave Washington For Canada Tour
Announcement said the British official mission will depart Washington this week for a brief Chicago visit and then proceed to Toronto Montreal and Ottawa for the tour.
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Associated Press
Washington
Chicago
Toronto
Montreal
Ottawa
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