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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1917
Page
3
Travel advertisement featuring J. O. Jones as traveling passenger agent based in Raleigh North Carolina promoting southern service with the slogan The Southern Serves the South and dated August 16th or similar.
Liverpool September cotton market shows spot prices down 15 points with American middling at 19.10 for fair quality and 18.10 for good middling. Low middling 17.60, good ordinary 16.65, ordinary 16.15. Sales 3 000 bases, receipts 4 100 bales all American. Futures down 15 points with various forward pairings quoted from September to June.
London reports one fatality and six injuries from last night’s East Kent bombing aimed at Dover. An official statement says a single enemy plane dropped seven bombs just after 11 p.m., injuring four women and two children along with a man killed.
Associated Press reports that speculation on Pope Benedict XVI illness is unfounded. The Pope is fatigued from strenuous work on peace proposals and renewed interest sparked by President Wilson's reply, with audiences resumed and a large crowd expected on Monday anniversary of his election.
Miss Annie Rothenberger, 16, daughter of a prosperous farmer in the Perkiomen Valley, Pennsylvania, has cut all the wheat and oats on their seventy acre farm this year.
A Paris published declaration from Belgian British French Greek and Italian representatives at a social conference condemns imperialism and German aggression. It argues allied victory is essential to democracy and liberty and demands explicit war aims and peace terms including reparations and disannexation of conquered territories.
Tidewater Power Company will host employees and their families at the beach tomorrow for a sumptuous dinner. Transportation will be provided by the company and attendees will have opportunities for recreation. The event aims to show appreciation for the workers.
In Boston James Duncan of Quincy and AFL vice president lauded workers loyalty to Wilson and Congress urging democracy for all nations. In New Jersey Champ Clark urged government support for the war, stressing equal protection for citizens and praising Wilson’s response to the Pope’s peace proposal.
Captain George Gillette of Company A Wilmington Engineers spent the day in the city suggesting his unit may be deployed to France soon though he offered no firm statements. Lieutenant W A Peschau of Gillette's command also spent the day here.
An article reports on Germany s development of trench message devices including Nachric ten geschosse message projectiles and Melde Wulfgranten message carrying bombs with ranges up to 1300 yards. The system aims to maintain communications between front line troops and rear headquarters as of June 1 with grenades and shells distributed to western front troops.
In Erie Pennsylvania Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor delivered a Labor Day eve address urging a clear vision and lasting peace based on justice freedom and humanity. He planned to depart for Minneapolis for the American alliance for labor and democracy convention.
AP reports practical results of the food conservation campaign from 59 cities. San Diego tops the list with a 43 percent garbage reduction from July of last year. Ten cities cut 25 percent or more, while 12 cities showed increases led by Springfield with 58 percent.
Washington September 3 Brigadier General Crozier chief of ordnance recommended creation of a board to investigate the causes of defects in cartridges sent to American forces in France in a letter to Adjutant General McCain.
Miss Gladys Cornwell, the only woman deputy marshal in West Virginia, has led an effective campaign against slackers, enforcing standards and improving city safety.
The text notes a shift in Raleigh tied to a reader contest and an appointment likely moving a resident away from the city. A Community Service Day plan and patriotic rally are issued by a bureau backed by multiple groups including the farmers union. Judge Peter C. Pritchard spoke at Labor Day events as soldiers and floats highlighted the parade. Edward E. Britton departs Raleigh to serve as private secretary to Secretary Daniels in Washington.
From Copenhagen AP Sept 3 British destroyers chased remnants of the German crawler fleet off the Jutland coast in the North Sea. Four craft were driven ashore and destroyed, others scattered seeking aid as a German hydroplane was shot down and a rescue attempt failed amid a late-arriving detachment.
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