Halifax Disaster Mont Blanc Blast Kills Thousands
Halifax reports revised death estimates near 2000 after the Mont Blanc munitions ship exploded following a collision with the Belgian relief steamer. The blast levelled much of the north end, caused vast fires, destroyed Dartmouth, and left hospitals overwhelmed with injured residents and missing persons feared. Relief efforts mobilized with morgues opened, crews safe, and inquiries into the collision underway.
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Halifax
Ioman
Millons
Dartmouth
North Street
Africville
Bedford Basin
Richmond
Byngs troops withdraw to tenable positions
Plans of General Byng to pull back troops along the Cambrai salient to stronger positions have been executed with no German knowledge. Germany claims a two and a half mile depth gain over six miles of front, as well as over nine thousand prisoners and about 148 guns since the offensive started. Berlin cites eleven thousand Italian prisoners on the Assago plateau amid brutal fighting. Berlin announces ten days armistice on the Russian front starting Friday. An Austrian peace would be celebrated by the Emperor. London denies any pact with Holy See against peace. Fresh Austro German divisions arrive on the Italian front and are noted in official Rome dispatches.
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Associated Press
Byng
Cambrai Salient
Assago
Berlin
Athens Boy Troy Harbin Dies at Hicks Texas Aero Camp
Wiley Troy Harbin age 22, Athens native, died at Hicks Texas near Hicks Army Air Field. Private in Aero Squadron Aviation Section Signal Corps, training there. Death from bronchial pneumonia after short illness. Early obituary notes misaddressed telegram to father J A Harbin as J A Hardin.
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Athens
Troy Harbin
Aero-Suadron
Hicks, Tex
Wiley Troy Harbin
J. A. Harbin
Hicks
Texas
Aero Squadron
Aviation Section
Signal Corps
Hogs Seized as Unfit for Food in Athens Case
State Assistant Veterinarian H A Hutchens and city health inspectors examined twenty five slaughtered hogs seized in Athens on December 6 1917. They found hog cholera signs and declared the meat unfit for sale. Authorized official J H Booth requested the inspection and the notice forbids sale of the carcasses.
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H. A. Hutchens
Athens
J. H. Booth
H. C. Hutchens
Means Tells of Many Dealings
Concord dispatch reports Gaston Means testified in his own defense today in the murder case of Mrs Maude King. He described financial deals and efforts to probate a two million dollar will, plus alleged German related secrets touching many areas of activity and purported plots involving the United States and Mexico in war.
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Concord
United States
Mexico
Gaston Means
Maude King
Fifteen Professors Join Fighting Force
Fifteen professors resign from the State College of Agriculture and join the armed services. Navy claims three, infantry four, aviation four, and quartermaster four. Some professors serve as petty officers or non-commissioned officers at camps and aviation schools. The college notes many alumni and students already in service and promises to continue instruction. The piece also recalls a funeral notice for Troy Harbin and honors his character.
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State College of Agriculture
Navy
Infantry
Aviation
Quartermaster
H. L. Brown
W.S. Dilts
R. M. Gidley
J. W. Firer
G. R. Jones
Fort Oglethorpe
University Quartermaster School
Officer and Twelve Engineers Wounded on Nov 30
Washington reported that Second Lieutenant Allie L. Cone and eleven enlisted men of the U.S. Army Engineers were seriously wounded in action on November 30 with one more enlisted man slightly wounded. Some cables claimed fatalities, but Pershing’s report gave no names of the dead. None of the wounded were southerners.
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U. S. Engineers
Associated Press
Washington
Allie L. Cone
American Army Engineers
Pershing
Cable
Declaration of War with the Dual Monarchy Ahead of Adjournment
Washington expects a Congress vote within 24 hours on declaring war with Austria Hungary. Senate and House debates to begin tomorrow with confidence of an overwhelming majority before Friday adjournment. Chilean press notes Wilson message shows firm tone and near peace. Brazil reports wide attention to the address with major headlines.
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Associated Press
Washington
Dec
Austria-Hungary
Congress
Senate
House
Chile
Santiago
Wilson
Harris enters race for Georgia senator after war years
Washington notes Hon. William J. Harris, longtime Census director and later Federal Trade Commission chairman, has decided to run for senator to succeed Sen. Hardwick. Backers say his experience in government and loyalty would aid postwar business legislation and national efforts. Harris’ career includes rapid Census Bureau reforms, early cabinet service, and a trusted role with President Wilson.
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Washington
William J. Harris
Federal Trade Commission
Hardwick
Harris
Senate
Morris
Wilson
Federal Trade' Commission
Clay
Georgia
Will Harris
Ris
Repubiicans
Census Bureau
Spe
Peresie
South
Commerce
Redfield
Fourteen Federal Soldiers Slain at Guerreo Town
Laredo Texas December 6 Fourteen Federal soldiers were killed today when four hundred alleged followers of Felix Diaz attacked and captured Guerreo a small Mexican garrison town opposite Zapata Texas.
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Associated Press
Laredo
Texas
Felix Diax
Guerreo
Zapata
Informal accord on suffrage and prohibition bills in House
Washington December 6 informally agreed by House leaders to bring nation wide woman suffrage and prohibition constitutional amendment bills to a vote on December nineteen and twenty respectively. The plan aims to advance both measures in the current session with anticipated floor votes and possible party alignment considerations.
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Associated Press
Washinton
Seven Die of Pneumonia and Meningitis at Camp Wheeler
At Camp Wheeler near Macon Georgia seven men died yesterday and another died today from pneumonia empyema and meningitis. Named victims include James B Kirby Ball Ground Georgia Alex Scarbrough Tallahassee Florida Ivey Sapp Eugene Tucker Walter Thompson Lee Southard Princeton Alabama and Andrew Langley addresses not given.
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Macon
James B. Kirby
Ball Ground
Alex Scarborough
Tallahassee
Fla
Ivey Sapp
Eugene Tucker
Walter Thompson
Contracts for twelve ships awarded to Morse plant
Washington December 6 contracts for twelve steel cargo ships of eighty eight hundred tons each have been let by the shipping board to Charles W Morse to be built at a plant recently purchased by him.
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Washington
The
Shipping Board
Charles W. Morse
Barry Awarded $300 Damages in City Court
In a city court a man named John Barry received $300 in damages after claiming injuries from a fall on a bridge over a sidewalk near Seaboard Air Line tracks. He originally sought more than $15,000. The Price versus Yerby case was started but adjourned. proceedings resume this morning.
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John Barry
Seaboard Air Line
Price Va. Yerby
CONSOLIDATIONS OF OPERATIONS DISCUSSED BY NATION
Washington discussion among the president three members of the Interstate Commerce Commission and railway heads stresses rapid consolidation of railroad operations. Government operation or support appears necessary to unify the railroads.
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Associated Press
Washington
McAdoo
Newlands
Railroad War Board
State Funds for Public Schools Exceed Previous Totals
Government officials deny widespread rumors of a bank deposit seizure as wartime propaganda. The article lists district allocations to counties and local systems in Georgia, highlighting Clarke, Gwinnett, Oconee, Walton, and other counties with specific grant amounts. District Attorney Hooper Alexander rejects the rumor and promises action against those circulating it.
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Clarke County
Hannes
Atlanta
Germany
United States
Hooper Alexander
Alexander
Jontx
Technical Students Should Await Draft
The Secretary of War directs colleges and universities to keep technical students in school and await the draft call. When summoned, the student will bring a notice from the institution president detailing special training and may be offered specialized service in the army, alongside the occupational census questionnaire.
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Secretary of War
Washington
David C. Barrow
University of Georgia
War Department
Hollis Godfrey
Mystery Fire Destroys Folson Iron Works Pattern Shop
Fire in the pattern shop at Folson Iron Works razed the building and several sheds and severely damaged a large freight boat and a trawler. Estimated damage ranges from 250000 to 300000 dollars. Origin of the blaze remains unknown. At the time three ocean freighters and two trawlers were under construction at the works.
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Associated Press
Toronto
Folson Iron Works
One Killed One Hurt In Seaplane Accident
Vice admiral Sims reports a war zone seaplane crash in which Seaman Claude Albert Baker of Nashville Tennessee died and Richard Thompson gunner's mate suffered a fractured thigh.
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Associated Press
Washington
Sims
Navy Department
Claude Albert Baker
Nashville, Tenn
Richard Thompson
Big Packer Stands Firm With The Administration
Arthur Mesker vice president of Armour and Co. telegraphed the food administration denying reports that he favored porkless days but not bestless and mutionless days. He stated he favored both meatless and wheatless days as currently observed.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Arthur Mesker
Armour & Co
The
Food Administration
Baptist Leader Attends Georgia Board Meeting
Rev James W Lynch pastor of First Baptist goes to Macon to join Georgia Baptist Board of Education meeting as a newly appointed member. The article urges strengthening the second line of defense with girls at home taking roles once filled by men at the front.
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James W. Lynch
First Baptist Church
Macon
Georgia Baptist Board of Education
America
Osburn Donates Cigarettes To Soldiers Fund
Student Mr M A Osburn received $2 worth of Chesterfield cigarettes from a banner presentation. He promptly gave the cigarettes to the Our Soldiers Tobacco Fund, earmarked for distribution to soldiers in France.
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M. A. Osburn
Our Soldiers
France
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