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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1917
Page
1
A conference announced that negotiations have opened with German military authorities. Officials from Art de Tv reported discussions aim to ease tensions and explore terms for ceasefire and coordination.
Desperate fighting around Fontaine Notre Dame in France as British infantry breach the village amid heavy machine gun fire. About 500 German prisoners were taken, with German counterattacks along the Fontaine Bourlon line and fierce street fighting continuing as reinforcements arrive.
The report notes Germany warns Norway against aiding the Allies and contemplates occupying Denmark if Scandinavian states aid the Allies. It covers the broader wartime conference scene in Paris and Petrograd, with Bolshevik efforts for armistice, coalition talks, and German offensives near Cambrai and the Italian front.
Reports indicate Allied and Bolshevik talks secretively shaping a possible armistice while and US authorities move to revoke all prior exemptions. Crowder announces all registrants must know the law and face possible induction. no exemptions granted before December 15 remain valid past noon on December 15.
In Concord North Carolina Mrs Maude A King case the jury was completed early with nine farmers and three cotton mill workers on the panel The defense hints the death could be an accidental shooting and cross examines witnesses including M F Richie who recalls a pistol and rifle purchase linked to Gaston Means King business agent The State prosecutes to prove no accidental discharge and notes safety devices on pistols plus details of the final hours with Gaston Means Afton Means and the chauffeur at the scene
Six men from three Dutch steamship crews were drowned when a launch capsized in Baltimore Harbor while taking them to their vessels. Nine survivors were rescued, six of whom were hospitalized for exposure. All victims were Hollanders.
Berlin dispatch reports no new development on the Italian front as the war office issues a routine bulletin stating there is nothing to report from the front. The brief notice comes via London dated November 28.
An American steamer Actae has three boats unaccounted for after being torpedoed by a German submarine. Navy reports say one boat with 20 survivors reached Cape Finisterre yesterday, with no further details in published accounts.
Witnesses recount the night of the De Saulles murder in Long Island Supreme Court as the defense seeks to prove a thyroid related mental infirmity caused a lapse of accountability. Dr J S Wight links post shooting enfeebled gland function to brain nerve center weakness while opposing experts challenge the claim. X ray evidence and skull fracture theories are noted as part of the defense case with testimony expected to continue next week.
Norfolk Va Nov 29 Only a few Atlantic Coast Line clerks have returned to work as President Kenly refuses to reinstate all strikers without discrimination. Clerks at Norfolk and those from the Virginian Chesapeake and Ohio and Belt Line remain out. Report says President Wilson sent a second message urging full return without prejudice to standing with the company.
Petrograd reports on Monday November 26 that an estimated 30 to 35 percent of eligible voters cast ballots for deputies to the constituent assembly. Many women participated and the process was orderly with no coercion. Bolsheviks led active campaigning using armored cars, while posters and house-to-house candidate lists dominated.
The Brazilian government and France struck a one year agreement permitting France to use 30 former German ships under the Brazilian flag to aid allied provisioning and speed the war’s end. The ships total about 25 000 tons and may bolster Brazil’s export trade and allied carrying capacity.
Washington reports the naval reserve force stands at 49,246 men. about 70 percent have volunteered for general service. The fleet reserve totals 2,190. naval auxiliary 8,921. coast defense 36,891. and reserve flying corps 1,244.
Official dispatches from Rome report heavy Austro German activity along the Italian front with forecasts of a renewed offensive in the northern sectors and elaborate preparations aimed at a breakthrough.
London reports Major Gene F. B. Mause, chief director of the war office’s operations, stating in an interview that the original Italian crisis has now passed.
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