Allies to Support the Cotton Market As Contraband War Policy
Washington reports allies have tentatively agreed that cotton is contraband of war. Announcement date and details are under consideration. Britain will disclose the move and say the powers will back the market to prevent ruinous prices and ease planter hardships. American officials were informed unofficially of the intent. The move aims to stabilize cotton plantings and counter smokeless powder needs, with policy changes tied to acreage cuts and market support.
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Washington
United States
Awarterd
America
Shipwrecked crew saved after hurricane wreck
Two officers and six crew members of the American schooner Lydia M Deering were rescued from a raft after the ship sank in a gulf hurricane. Captain George W Murphy of Boston was among those saved but injures left him unable to cling to the raft. Arthur Davis of Oxford NC and a Norwegian sailor died from flying timbers. The Edith S Cummins first rescued them, then transferred to the Comus. Captain Murphy drifted away on a log. the Edith S Cummins reported the Comus safe with all hands.
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Orleans
Lydia M Deering
Gulf
Southern Pacific
Comny
George W Murphy
Boston
Deering
Arthur Davis
Oxford
Sabine
Texas
Captain Murphy
Murphy
Edith S Cummins
Comus
Hauper
The
Cummins
Promised Constantinople Contract Allegedly Circulated
The Vienna Allgemeine Zeitung prints alleged clauses from a Britain France Russia pact about Constantinople and the Dardanelles. It claims England and France would force access to the capital, Russia would back them from the Bosphorus, Constantinople and the Dardanelles would go to Russia, and the contract would remain secret from Romania with a Berlin press deadline by late March.
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Berlin
London
Great Britain
France
Russia
Constantinople
Dardanelles
Vienna
Allgemeine Zeitung
Epresment
England
Etrance
Bosphorus
Rumania
German Socialists Vote for War Credit in Reichstag
Amsterdam dispatch reports The Vorwaerts says the socialist party in the German Reichstag will vote for the war credits asked by the government. The proposed new war loan of 2,599,000,400 marks is a principal matter before the Reichstag session opening today.
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Amsterdam
Vie
London
Socialist Party
Reichstag
War front dispatches detail multi theater advances
German and allied forces report ground gained from the east to the Vosges and Italian fronts. Prisoners and artillery seized as armies advance near Brest-Litovsk, Novo Georgievsk, and along the Bug, with renewed French actions in Artois and Argonne. Strong named locations include Bialystok, Novo, Brest-Litovsk, Niejergee, Viadova, and Marcottini.
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Suwalki
Narew
Trkocin
von Gailwits
Hielsk
Bialystok
Breat- Litovek
Novo
Beorelevak
Wkir
Prince Leopold of
Bavaria
Nieiejergee
Melnik
Wor ‘“Mackensen
Bug
Niemirow
Janow
Brest-Litovek
Rokitno
Viadova
Viadove
Angres
Souches
Vosges
Muenster
Lingekopf
Sehrantzmannel
Germans retreat on left of Bug in Russia
Petrograd reports Russian successes on the left bank of the River Bug where German forces are pushed back southwest of Voldava and near Viadimir Volynsk. Fears eased for Kovel though government offices have been withdrawn from the city.
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Petrograd
London
Bug
Voldava
Viadimir
Volynsk
Kovel
Brest-Litovsk
Latsk
Artillery Fighting on Western Front Intensifies
Paris reports heavy artillery duels across most of the front. The Oise region near Plessis-de-Roye and Vingre saw train and convoy hits while Champagne and southern Woerre endured intense cannonading. In the Argonne, a mine near hill 286 failed to disturb our works as German efforts intensified. An Artois action yielded a notable gain with prisoners taken and five machine guns captured.
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Paris
Artois
Bethune
Arroa
Abisin
Angres
Carleul
Fontaine-Aux-Charmes
Marle
Vosges
Mount Linge
Rome
War Office
Tyrol
Trentino
Backer
Sesten
Monte Nero
Usalo
Javorzen
Tolmino
Santa Lucia
Marcottini
Oce
Oise
Plessis-de-Roye
Vingre
Champagne
Woevre
the Argonne
Linge
Schratzmannele
Serbia’s Belgrade Bombardment Resumes By Austro German Forces
An official Nish statement via Reuters says Belgrade was bombarded with large caliber howitzers and fires sparked in Semlin Pauscova. The report notes continued Austro German pressure and predicts the region as a probable next offensive target, amid Balkan alliance maneuvering and Romania’s stance on war munitions.
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Belgrade
Nish
Reuter
Semlin
Austria
Danube
Serbia
Greece
Bulgaria
Constantinople
Turkey
Saya
Sofia
The
Daily Mail
Marowline Overdue Off Belize. Search Expanded
American steamship Marowline, missing since Monday after leaving Belize for New Orleans, prompts United Fruit to seek Navy aid. About 25 to 40 aboard, including Edward N Tobey and Rev John Cooney. Theories blame a hurricane in the Yucatan channel or a drift toward the Mexican coast. radio stations Cape San Antonio and Swan Island are being used to locate the vessel.
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New Orleans
Marowline
Belize
British Honduras
United Fruit Company
Navy Department
Marowijne
Goodlock
Edward N Tobey
John Cooney
St. Louis
Arturo Belgrano
Wyvisbrook
Drogress
Flrat
Steamship Line
Yucatan Channel
Mexican
Guba
Gulf
Cape San Antonio
Cuba
Swan Island
Two British Warships Destroyed by Germans
Berlin reports German torpedo boat flotilla sank a small British cruiser and a British destroyer off Jutland. The German admiralty said five torpedo boats attacked near Hornariff lightship on August 17, sinking the cruiser and one destroyer. Also noted were successful airship raids on London with bombings of Thames establishments and industrial targets.
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Berlin
Tuckerton
Jutland
Admiralty
London
Hornariff
London City
Thames
Woodbridge
Ipswich
Bulgaria demands Macedonia claim amid Balkan tensions
Milan report cites The Secolo on Balkans asserting Bulgaria should hold Macedonia as a bargaining key. It argues Greece must yield, lest the quadruple entente lose leverage, with Austria and Germany poised to press through Serbia and Bulgaria.
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Milan
Italy
Paris
Balkan
Secolo
Serbia
Bulgaria
Macedonia
Dardanelles
Greece
Recorder Johnson Merciful to Youth Who Snatched Purse
Ernest Devinney a 12 year old arrested for snatching a woman's purse on Peach Tree street was released with a reprimand by the judge and arranged for transport home to Rock Hill. Witnesses who saw the incident offered coins to the boy as he was returned to his cell. The boy said he has no home and that both parents are dead with two brothers in the U S army.
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Ernest Devinney
Peachtree Street
Rock Hill
Devinney
Hassett Devinney
United States Army
Obituary notices from Talbotton area with multiple deaths
In Talbotton area notices list Mrs John H Robertson dying after long illness. Mrs F B Howe aged 38. Benjamin Mustell aged 67. Mrs Marshall Vickery a longtime East Point resident. J C Holton aged 63. Dempsey aged 71 near Rome. Interments and funeral arrangements noted at Os i Hill and Poole’s chapels and Hempertey’s parlors. survivors include spouses children and siblings.
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Talbotton
John H. Robertson
Here
Robertson
Belle Harris
Rey
JH Harris
Lila Harris
Shiloh
Daxie Harris
Woodland
Osi Hill Cemetery
Marshall Vickery
East Pont
Atlanta
Hempertey
Hast Point
Greek King Receives British Minister in Athens Visit
King Constantine met Sir F Elliott, Britain’s minister to Greece, in Athens and expressed a wish to meet the Russian minister Prince Elim Demidoff. Venizelos saw Entente ministers and sought time to assess Gounaris’s policy and its impact on forming a new cabinet.
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London
Constantine
F . Elliott
Greece
Athens
Exchange Telegraph Company
Elim Demidoff
Venizelos
Hestia
Gounaris
Trial of Beavers Declared a Farce in Atlanta Reform Meeting
About one hundred voters from the second ward met at Georgia Avenue school to back recall efforts against Mayor Woodward, Chairman Falun, and six police commissioners who supported former Chief Beavers. Alderman Kelley voiced dismay at Atlanta politics, urging a city administration shakeup to restore “Atlanta Spirit.” Speakers labeled Beavers trial a farce and urged petitions, with many attendees already signing recalls and asking others to do so.
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Second Ward
W P Fain
Police Commission
Georgia Avenue
Falun
Woodward
James L. Beavers
C H Kelley
Atlanta
Missisatop
Kelley
Beavers
Red Mirt
McHireath
Ragsdale
Lenard J Grossman
Grossman
Charlie Hopkins
Silvey Building
Robert Shropshire
Benvera
C T Register
JL. McCord
Beavers Planning Battle in Courts
The Beavers seek removal of the defendant, alleging unfair trials in a jammed recorder's courtroom with excessive heat. They claim defense counsel were unable to confer, witnesses could not be heard, and the board adjourned to deliver an unlawful verdict. The writ will demand action from the city attorney and police commission.
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Gmmiggioners
Recorders
Sf Largat
Tiam
Police “Commission
UNLIMITED ANNEXATION OPPOSED BY SOCIALISTS
Berlin reports the progressive faction in the reichstag opposes unlimited annexation but supports conquering territory deemed necessary for empire strength. They favor keeping unity among classes and delaying peace-condition discussions until a suitable time. The government and people's representatives will decide what is necessary later.
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Berlin
Tuckerton
Reichstag
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