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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1917
Page
3
A dispatch from Rome reports a wood board with an Italian legend raised above trenches was shot by Italian guns. The Rome Tribuna correspondent says Germans stripped Italian uniforms from dead and wounded to mislead Italian troops.
State Department feared Halifax consulate destroyed in yesterday's disaster. Consul general Ethelbert Watch unaccounted for as explosion impact center described. Relief special from Massachusetts carried surgeons and nurses toward Halifax to aid after the blast.
Reports from Nova Scotia detail the Mont Blanc munitions ship explosion in Halifax harbor after a collision with the Ioma. At least 5,006 people were killed with thousands more injured as two square miles of the city were devastated. The Ioma was beached and Dartmouth suffered extensive ruin as fires followed the blast.
Witnesses recount a massive blast in Halifax that toppled gas tanks and left hospitals crowded with the injured. Streets filled with panicked crowds as residents searched for missing family members, while a pilot suggests a whistle confusion triggered the fire. The disaster isolated the city and claimed numerous lives, including public officials and children.
Charles Prest, a gasoline engineer aboard the Jasper B., tells of carrying 80 gallons of benzine when a shell from a munitions ship struck the vessel. The Jasper B. blew up. Prest’s son, who worked at the dry dock, was killed. Col. Mackenzie Bell recalls scenes of destruction in Halifax as the harbor and city endured a catastrophic blast. Buildings collapsed, debris rained down, and bodies were enveloped by flames as the harbor fires spread. The blast even toppled freight on tracks two miles away.
A party of Americans and Canadians charged a crossroads held by six Germans with machine guns. They collided with the enemy, sending them fleeing as the attackers drove away in a motor lorry in a rapid, tank like advance.
Mr. E. J. Hicks of the county reports his son Private Harry Highs of Company L 318th Infantry at Camp Lee Petersburg Virginia sent a menu card for a Thanksgiving dinner and a program of regimental entertainment in Richmond. Hicks performed in the show with songs aimed at the Kaiser.
In the Scarpe sector south of Lens the German army intensified cannonading and fought with fierce vigor. London reports another respite at Cambrai as activity in the area continues with raiding and patrol actions.
In the Winchester Corporation Court an order grants Rev. John H. Quiett a license to celebrate marriages in the state. He appeared by bond of $500 with Robert L. Brooks as surety. Quiett long served as principal of the colored public schools and is an ordained Baptist minister.
About 40 to 50 men mostly from Winchester met in the city hall court room and formally organized a Virginia State Volunteers company for duty in Virginia. Officers chosen include Captain Logan R. Fay and Lieutenants R. S. Jolliffe T. Russell Cather. The group collected arms at Cather's office then drilled at the North Market street armory. Lieut Nelson Page to lead future drills several times weekly. A complete roster will be printed tomorrow.
J. R. Elder former Berryville postmaster Clarke County died suddenly of apoplexy yesterday afternoon in a Washington hospital. He was stricken at work and lingered about three hours. Wife Mrs. Elder and daughter Virginia Elder of Berryville rushed to Washington but arrived too late. Son Lieut. J. R. Elder Jr. of the US Army reached his bedside before Heath arrived. A Philadelphia native, he had lived in Washington many years and was well known in Winchester.
A massive blaze at the Rotter Sons and Company plant in Philadelphia caused about 75000 dollars in damage. Firefighters fought the flames as 600 women and girls evacuated safely after dramatic rescues.
Washington December 7 Benator Stone chairman of the foreign relations committee reported a resolution declaring war against the Austro-Hungarian government shortly after the Senate convened today.
The chamber began procedural steps to declare war on Austria-Hungary amid a split in support. Objections were raised and immediate consideration followed as alignment of the membership favored hostilities against the monarchy.
Atlanta December 7 patrolman T Adams was killed and B Roberts wounded in a morning confrontation with a Negro druggist who barricaded himself in his room above his store and resisted arrest.
Substitute trustee Warren Rob will offer at public sale in front of the Winchester Court House on Saturday January 12 2018 two adjacent tracts totaling about 112 acres near Whitacre P C in Frederick County Virginia known as the Thomas Kerns tracts. Terms require one third cash and the balance in two equal annual payments with 6 percent interest evidenced by purchaser bonds.
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