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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1916
Page
1
Counsel for railway executives told a congressional committee the company faced widespread problems and outlined the reasons behind the difficulties. He cited management hurdles, financial strain, and system inefficiencies as contributing factors to the troubled division.
Alfred P. Thom, counsel for railroad executives, told the joint congressional investigation committee that the divided state and federal regulatory system cripples railroad credit and investment. He urged changes focusing on certainty and safety over power politics to expand transit, lower living costs, and unlock development.
In Palatka on November 23 the National Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union of America adopts a platform denouncing perpetual government debt from interest bearing bonds. It argues for non interest bearing money based on government credit to end the usury burden and curb the banking system control over money circulation.
Police and express officers across the South search for two well dressed men who robbed a Southern Express motor truck in Chattanooga. The pair forced the driver to open the strong box and rifled it of 40 000 dollars in currency while leaving the rest untouched. The driver was detained for questioning as detectives work to locate money and suspects.
Spaulding Nebraska November 23 a man believed by the town marshal to fit the description of Jean Crones who was in Chicago on a charge of poisoning soup at a banquet honoring Archbishop Mundelein is under arrest in Spaulding.
The observer notes a southwest storm warning issued at 10 p m for Wilmington North Carolina Jacksonville and Cape Henry with the storm moving east from Illinois. Strong southerly winds expected to reach gale force this afternoon or tonight with a shift to westerly by Friday. Southeast warnings issued from Cane Henry to Boston. Bowie.
Conferees handling the Adamson act case agreed to postpone until tomorrow the Santa Fe case before the U S District Court in Kansas City Judge Pollock approved the postponement The group was unsure if Missouri Oklahoma & Gulf record appealed to the Supreme Court could cover all railroads issues
Washington reports thousands of telegrams from cabinet members governors and Latin American leaders congratulating the victory. President vows four more years of public service and hints at keeping cabinet members in place. Brya f praises western support and reforms. Lane comments on New York and national freedom. Many messages from women voters arrive.
Lieutenant Wintgen, rival of Ilmellmaxne and famed German aviator, killed in late September, was honored with a dramatic burial in St Quentin. Airmen wheeled their machines overhead, wreaths were dropped, and a gun carriage procession led to the cemetery amid a military salute and floral tributes.
Stockholm, Nov. 23. Sweden enforces sugar rationing with a card system. Citizens may buy only 1 kg per month, 2 kg in December, due to shortages. Production limits foretell cuts in arrack punch, a national drink, as a typical consumer uses significant sugar each week.
Government and railroad lawyers pressed for a single test suit to speed Supreme Court review of the Adamson act. Disagreement centered on choosing between the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe case and the Missouri Oklahoma and Gulf case. A Kansas City judge had ruled the act unconstitutional, influencing the selection to avoid multiple pending actions.
Santa Rosa California November 23. The writer Jack London died last night at Glen Ellen farm. Friends note he spent his final conscious moments writing a story in bed. Doctors cite a gastrointestinal uremia as the cause. The body will be moved to Oakland for burial Friday.
Thanksgiving plans place President Wilson at the White House with family. A flock of turkeys arrives for the first time, with one chosen for the White House table and the rest likely sent to hospitals or distributed to the poor. A crate from Oklahoma bears messages about living costs and the eight hour day.
The Wilmington Dispatch launches a Grand Prize Voting Contest offering prizes including $685 Overland Ford items and $100 in gold. Open to all white women and girls of good character, entries require small nomination and voting coupons from the paper with no subscription weight.
Berlin reports that Washington seeks explanations after the Arabia sinking. American chargé Grew filed ten inquiries, with five new today, amid claims the Arabia was armed and used a cannon, while Germany maintains the vessel was a transport with workers aboard and the sea was calm. Replies in four cases are seen as convincing, contrasting testimony from passengers.
In Fayetteville North Carolina on November 23 the embezzlement trial of J Sprunt Newton a local lawyer and administrator of W E Dracy estate continued in Superior Court before Judge Francis D Winston Newton spent most of the day on the witness stand testifying about the 6800 missing funds and the estate administration.
Paris, Nov 23. Sub Lieut George Guynemer, the French aviator, has brought down his twenty second German aeroplane, the war office announced this afternoon. His previous victory occurred five days earlier.
President Wilson sent a telegram to Charles Evans Hughes acknowledging his message of congratulations. He expressed sincere gratitude and extended his good wishes for Hughes in the years to come.
Washington officials noted a Berlin message suggesting a period of complications may be impending in German American relations. The censor passed the dispatch, which drew wide interest in official circles.
Mrs John L Holman and her young daughter Dorothy have come back from a trip to the western part of the state.
Reports say Austro German forces advance in Western Wallachia after defeating Romanians in the Jieul Valley and Craiova region. Romanian retreat may include abandoning Western Wallachia as Corabia bridge is blown and barges sunk. Monastir line holds, with limited Allied progress elsewhere.
The war office announced that Rumanian troops in the Jieul Valley, Western Wallachia, have withdrawn to their former position. In the Alt Valley the Rumanians reportedly maintained their hold.
Durham NC November 28 J Y Joyner Raleigh state superintendent of public instruction spoke at the National Conference on education for the betterment of the Negro race. The commission to study the southern Negro educational system will be announced tonight.
Berlin reports from municipal insurance bureaus show women now comprise 47.5 percent of industrial employment, up from 20.6 percent thirty years earlier. The rise tracks through 1907 to 1916, with textiles and paper seeing female dominance while overall female numbers grow without reducing overall female labor participation.
Dayton Ohio November 28 Devoss Driscoll famed cartoonist and originator of the Maude Mule cartoon has died at age 43 after a brief illness last night in Dayton Ohio Born in 1883 he became a leading figure in humorous illustration and popular cartoon strips for newspapers nationwide.
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