07 Dec 1914
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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1914
Page
1
News from Warsaw and Washington note German forces capture Lodz signaling a complete victory. The article references British and Russian actions and discusses looming U.S. fiscal plans for the new Congress with a projected annual appropriation around 1.097 billion dollars and postal department funding.
Dr John Pearce a convicted killer in the Pearce Kennedy feud case has been on a thirty day parole from Governor O Neal. He argues for a pardon citing prison experiences and calls for reforms in Alabama convict camps. He has treated prisoners as a state dentist and seeks to improve camp conditions.
President Fairtay Harrison and a high delegation from the Southern Pacific held meetings in Anniston to discuss closer relations with the Southern Pacific management and to explore South American trade prospects. The party included H B Spencer and F B Coapman with Mobile and New York banking ties noted. Harrison praised Anniston's industry and Arminston’s port opportunities while aiming to align rail and shipping interests with Mobile and South America markets.
Reports describe prisoners captured by Germans after a naval battle in the Atlantic. Berlin claims the city of Lody has fallen and Russians faced heavy losses as German forces advance. World war claims note German success and high command leadership, with danger once present to German troops.
Walter and Grover White were arrested in Chetrne County last week by Deputy Marshal Blake and posse. They were tried before Commissioner G B Randolph and bound over to the federal grand jury under heavy bond which they promptly posted.
Chicago hosts a three day women's legislative congress under State Senate auspices to shape laws on child welfare education and women’s issues. Lieutenant Governor O'Hara called the meeting with representatives from across the state forming a Chicago-wide league modeled on Boston and New York groups.
The Supreme Court today sustained the Commerce Commission decision removing Nashville grain shipping privileges. The ruling implicates Nash ville Tebilling privileges in grain commerce and impacts local trade operations.
D A Kelley of the Southern Railway wed Miss Roxie Tatwas in a ceremony at the First Methodist Kylepopa church. The couple, who knew each other since early this year, met in Newton Mississippi and planned their wedding after a brief courtship. The bride, popular and well known, has long worked as a Southern Railway employee. The groom serves as an agent at Piedmont and Ledmont, and they spent their wedding day with guests at the Alabama hotel before beginning their new life in Piedmont.
A Montevideo dispatch to the New York Herald reports a naval engagement between British and German warships in the Atlantic near Uruguay. The British cruiser Glasgow is said to have sunk a German vessel near the Plate River.
An official statement from Petrograd says no decisive result in yesterday’s Polish fighting. Russian troops repulsed all attacks and are now in a defensive posture as indicates attributed to the strain of artillery fire damaging Lodz.
An official statement from the French front reports continued attacks along the Yser and in Armentieres Arras Oise Al%ree and Argentie. It cites general superiority of the French offensive and notes heavy artillery holds a marked advantage over German guns for the first time.
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