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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1916
Page
2
A Private Baker tale from Capetown describes lions besieging a cattle convoy in German East Africa during a 229 mile march. Vera Stent recalls warrior ants swarming Mkallamo near Pangani, biting gunnels and skin as she fled, stripping and escaping under a bright moon.
In Kieff on October 7, Moscow reports general Russian belief that a large German offensive is unlikely. Russian authorities promise education departments evacuated a year ago will return soon. The university faculty has already come back, suggesting the strategic position is satisfactory.
London reports that Great Britain's total revenues for the previous year reached 1.686 billion dollars. England alone contributed more than eighty percent of the total.
London reports another increase in Suez Canal tolls to offset declining earnings as ships divert to the Cape route and some vessels move to British government service. Directors weigh a ten year ban on German and Austrian ships after hostilities end as punishment for inciting Turks to obstruct the route.
Petrograf Oct 7 All Grand Dukes of the Russian Imperial family aged 20 to 45 are in active service in the army and navy. The czar’s brother Grand Duke Michael, age 30, has been promoted to lieutenant general.
London reports 2000 Cape boys and half caste natives are being sent to France to work in sea port compounds under South American officers. They volunteered and will be returned when no longer needed. Paris notes Montenegro’s aged king faces exile with uncertain fate depending on Allied or Central Powers victory. Reaction in Russia shows push to farm labor and municipal self help amid food-price battles.
An interview in Neueste Nachrichten quotes a Vatican envoy’s messenger in Munich saying most Italians believe the Central Empire will soon collapse. He says Trieste could fall within days after Gorizia, with Istria and the Tyrol possibly to follow, and that Allied victory is seen by many as near by year’s end.
Off Bearborough the Sussex, a Lowestoft fishing boat, sails with a wartime crew of seven men. Their combined ages total 473 years with the youngest at 62 and the oldest at 75.
Petrograd reports a Russo Japanese Chamber of Commerce has opened in Tokyo with major Japanese firms joining. A large financial trust will be established soon under the patronage of the Japanese prime minister and other leaders to serve as a conduit between the Russian and Japanese governments and the leading banks in both nations.
Petrograd reports orders from the Minister of Agriculture to employ German and Hungarian prisoners along with Austrians in factories and on farms. About 600,000 enemy prisoners are now at work in Russia, with nearly 400,000 Austrians and the rest Germans and Hungarians. All enemy prisoners in Russia are employed in some form for the state effort.
London reports complaints that female workers in Yorkshire munition districts are spending lavishly on high boots and silk stockings, paying up to 11.25 dollars for a pair. the issue highlights wartime wage constraints and consumer indulgence.
Lede authorities unveil a new uniform for women street conductors on October 7. The outfit features a divided skirt designed to appear like a standard skirt from afar, with a practical look when inspected closely.
John Monash, an Austrian born Jew, has been promoted by the British War Department to Major General in recognition of his services. He has served as Brigadier General with an Austrian Brigade and is highly regarded among British Army commanders.
Berlin reports a Zurich dispatch via the Cologne Volans zeitung that Cardinal von Hartmann’s paper cites a church dignitary claiming the Holy Father plans to push definite peace terms before Christmas. He notes the Pope awaits Franco British front outcomes and may act to end the war if German gains prevent full breach. He supposedly has Spain’s king and Wilson ready to aid.
London October 7 The Ministry of Munitions has requisitioned the Constitutional Club building. Sixteen months in, it now employs 6 000 people, growing 300 monthly, with administrative costs just seven tenths of one percent of expenditure. It runs twenty one buildings and directs munition workers nationwide. It has added mechanical transport for British armies and much Allied service and supplied one third of France’s raw munitions materials.
In Belfast on October 7, Harland and Wolff announced plans to start three freight vessels built on a standardized principle. The firm has orders for more ships using the same method, claiming a third reduction in initial cost and a twenty five percent faster delivery time.
A bookkeeper asks to be let off fifteen minutes early to reach a suburb train. The boss grumbles that the move was not thought through, while the bookkeeper explains the relocation was the reason for the request.
Budapest reports the Hungarian government is conducting a census of Romani people due to male scarcity with a view to potential conscription as soldiers.
The article notes Germany’s coal iron and oil wealth sustaining war industry and enabling rapid shipbuilding. It cites Rhine-Westphalian output monthly totals and the use of scrap iron to boost production. It warns labor shortages and Belgian Polish prisoners aiding mines as a prelude to potential peace terms.
In Paris on October 7 soldiers in the Somme trenches organize a subscription to buy a large wreath for the tomb of young Lieutenant Noel Marquet who is just killed. He was 24, twice mentioned in orders, and decorated for bravery. The flowers honor him and his grandmother Madame Duchanty, a noted wartime heroine.
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