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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1916
Page
1
British steamer master reports Jeglares U-63 has gone ten fathoms to the bottom in unconfirmed news. officials urge caution awaiting official confirmation.
Huston Oct 24 Captain of a mitsh steamer says rumors persist that the German U-boat U-53 was sunk off Sydney by a Canadian patrol boat. He notes no word on the submarine crew. Halifax Oct 24 Officials refuse to discuss a report that U-55 was sunk off Sydney by a Canadian patrol steamer.
Judge George W. Connor placed Southern Mutual Home and Real Estate Co in receivership and awarded A. C. Dawson and others 848.70. American National Bank receives 2000 in a note recovery against C. D. Weeks trustee, while 4000 is sought from the note. J G Callahan sues Seaboard Air Line for 5000 over an excursion misrouting. In Brittian v S A S, jury awards nothing on 10000 claim.
In Charlotte on October 24 spot cotton rose by 2.50 per bale amid limited sales and higher bids. The advance pushes the price to 19 cents per pound with the previous year’s comparable at 11 cents, a substantial year over year gain.
Cotton rose to 19 cents on the Wilmington market and traders expect further gains. The market showed higher prices than Savannah and Charleston, with many in touch with the cotton situation predicting U-cent cotton could rise further.
The Hon E L Travis of Raleigh chairman of the Corporation Commission will address the County Court House crowd in Wilmington on November 4th three days before the election. Delegates expect his eloquence on democracy and vital issues to draw a large yeomanry audience amid political tension. Chairman Gooper expresses optimism about a warm welcome for Travis in Wilmington.
Washington October 24 bids for four new battleships and twenty destroyers will be opened tomorrow despite bidders requests for a month’s postponement for an investigation into Warship construction. A week later bids for four scout cruisers and twenty submarines follow.
Raleigh Oct 24 Governor Craig travels Thursday to Hickory for the first West tour speech, then continues campaigning while away. Col Penn Wood also tours Randolph County with fourteen appearances, often twice daily, aiming to keep Democrats voting next year. Garland Thomason visited Asheville and Raleigh as Craig aides remain active. Illinois predicts Woodrow Wilson election odds, but observers doubt Illinois signs, cautioning Raleigh Democrats against wagering on Illinois outcomes.
Harrisburg, Oct 24. Seven teen commissioners appointed by the Governor will tally the 19 000 Pennsylvania National Guardsmen on the Mexican border on Nov 7. They assume office and prepare to depart. Voting follows pre 1864 laws. no wiring of returns is planned and official results arrive by mail or upon home arrival.
In Salisbury on October 24 the Presbyterian Synod of North Carolina began its annual session with about 300 ministers and laymen attending. The opening featured a sermon by Rev. Walter Lingle, Union Seminary, the retiring moderator, with the moderator and clerks to be elected later this afternoon.
The American Public Health Association began its four day convention in Cincinnati on Oct 24 with hundreds of public health officials medical experts and social workers from the United States and Canada in attendance to discuss municipal public health challenges.
Twenty candidates underwent examinations for government expert appointments to go to Europe after the war to study the lumber market. Five will be appointed at salaries from 5000 dollars upward. J. W. McClure of the Southern Hardwood Association served as an examiner. One appointee will be chosen by the lumber men and the others by the government. They will remain abroad for two years.
Philadelphia authorities report polo player Alexander Brown fell from a hydroplane into the Delaware River during a license test and drowned. The incident occurred as the aircraft, about 100 feet up, veered from its flight path. witnesses saw the crash and Brown disappear beneath the water.
The House of Deputies of the Protestant Episcopal general convention in St. Louis adopted resolutions urging legislatures to support a large temperance movement to repress liquor traffic. The body also approved a resolution calling for national censorship of moving pictures.
Fayetteville reports the fifty fourth Cape Fear fair opening with expanded exhibits and a large educational parade. School children from the city and county attend for free, signaling strong local interest and praise for the yearly event.
Washington reports slow progress of a tropical disturbance off the Florida coast. Weather bureau notes the storm remains offshore with warnings from Fortress Monroe to Jacksonville continuing as northeast winds and unsettled conditions persist.
Montclair N J Oct 24 Charles E Hughes resting here will leave for New York City to speak three times tonight and deliver an address in Brooklyn tomorrow He will confer with William R Wilcox chairman of the Republican National Committee while in New York The Republican nominee spent the day preparing speeches and attending to correspondence and sought recreation by motoring No political callers.
Boston National and New York Americans plan joint games in Alabama Georgia and the Carolinas for the next season. Secretary Hapgood says the teams will train in the South and by late March travel together to play six to eight games under local boards of trade.
The Teutonic forces control almost the Constanza to Tchernavoda railway line in Dobrudja as Medjidie evacuation is admitted by Russians and Romanians. British and French assaults on the Somme are repulsed with heavy losses. Serbians advance toward Monastir while Bulgarians counterattack at Cerna. Romanian troops capture ten machine guns and many prisoners at Oituz front as no operations on the Russian front are reported.
Raleigh N C Oct 24 The land bank hearing in Raleigh Tuesday gathers visitors for a conference led by Secretary McAdoo The Farmers Union will be represented and officials expect many notable politicians and bankers to attend The aim is to press Raleigh as the site for one of the land banks with modest northern aid and strong local backing and a large visiting party tours civic sites to showcase the city.
Ambassador Gerard meets President Wilson in Long Branch to discuss diplomacy. The President plans a trip to Cincinnati for his last West swing before the election marking his first prepared campaign address.
San Antonio Texas October 24 confirmation from General Bell via General Pershing reports Villa troops have entered Chihuahua City and are clashing with Federal forces. The populace is panic-stricken while army circles note ammunition shortages for the Federals.
G C Dickson, a Durham reporter, found a full grown mouse in a Coca Cola bottle at a cafe. Health inspectors issued warrants for W K Rand, manager of Durham Coca Cola Bottling Works, for selling a beverage containing a dead animal and for improper bottling. The manager was to appear before the Recorder as charges faced.
Sallie Bryson, 14, white girl, delivered to the State prison to serve 20 years for the murder of her mother in Jackson county. She is the youngest prisoner in the penitentiary.
In Barton Alabama on October 24, a collapse at a gravel pit killed four white men and several Black workers. Rescue units worked through the debris as authorities investigated the cave in that buried the laborers.
Flour prices continued to climb in Minneapolis on October 24. Fancy patents were quoted at 9.70 a barrel, up 15 cents from yesterday, and first clears sold at 8.20, up 30 cents.
Army observers at Sandylook proving grounds report a new .30 caliber armor piercing bullet easily penetrates a 3-4 inch steel plate at 50 yards and could pass through up to twenty men in a line. The round promises value against armored cars and troops in fortifications and may threaten tanks as used by British forces on the Somme.
Raleigh reports Dr. Edgar W. Knight of Trinity College has authored Public School Education in North Carolina, a 384 page volume adopted for State reading circle work before publication. The work traces educational history from Lords Proprietors to present system and credits Trinity scholars and state educators. The Wilson Fund receives four hundred contributions, with a call to add a contributor name.
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