Carranza Calls U S Unfriendly Act Over Naco Firing
Carranza replies to Bryan note warning of force, says U S action would be unfriendly and would aid Villa forces. He repudiates responsibility for cross border shots and urges a state department inquiry to fix blame while asserting no invasion or sovereignty violation. Maytorena reports orders from Gutierrez to stop firing, as Washington weighs actions.
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United States
International Boundary Line
Naco
Carranza
Associated Press
Gutierrez
Washington
Neco
Bryan
Hill
Carranga
Mayterena
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Madero
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Maytorena
Aria
Joxe Maytorena
Saco
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Zapata
Sanntonio
Tex
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Villa
Matamoros
Fiere
Ikia Grande
Texas
BUILD FOR FUTURE URGES ARMISTEAD
Alderman Armistead pushes a bond plan of at least 4.1 million dollars with 1.5 million for school buildings. He argues the city must fund future growth, not just current needs, and will present figures to the bond committee. The push includes support from President Uppe and others as council plans sewer work and final actions before adjournment.
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Jesse M. Armistead
Hel
Armistead
Ite
Buila Nes
Atlanta
Wight
George M Uppe
Dan Green
John &. Candler
Council
New Projects Barred in Waterways Measure
Washington December 12 The house committee reached a virtual agreement that no new projects shall be included in the rivers and harbors appropriation bill The bill with estimates of about 49 million was submitted by army engineers exclusive of new projects It will carry roughly 320 million including already authorized projects and maintenance of work completed The bid will be ready before the Christmas recess.
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Washington
House Committee
Army Engineers
House of Representatives
Henry
Girl Inherits Fortune Plans To Use Her Millions
Miss Lillian G Carter of 4 Kennesaw Avenue, newly inheritor of 2.5 million dollars, says she is not worried about wealth. At almost 20 with charm and manners, she ignores society, dances, and women’s rights while calmly considering her future. Continued on Page Twelve.
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Britt Craig
Lillian G., Carter
Kennesaw Avenue
Warships Sought for Canal Zone by Goethals
Washington dispatch reports Colonel Goethals requesting destroyers to the Canal Zone to enforce neutrality and curb wireless interference. Officials fear belligerent ships near the zone and possible use of its waters as a base, with Lena suspected of improper wireless use within three miles.
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Washington
Colonel Goethals
Canal Zone
Goethals
Admiral Craddock
Panama
British Labor Leader Joins Front Ambulance Corps
James Ramsay MacDonald MP and Labour Party chairman has gone to the front with an ambulance unit, as reported by The Leicestershire Post. MacDonald opposed the war at times in the past.
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London
James Ramsay MacDonald
Labor Party
Leicestershire Post
MacDonald
Dresden Stranded on Argentine Coast After Falkland Run
Buenos Aires December 12 The German cruiser Dresden, lone survivor of the squadron engaged by British ships off the Markland islands, has stranded near Gallegas port on the Argentine coast. After December 8 clashes at the Falklands that destroyed Scharnhorst Gneisenau and Leipzig and possibly Nürnberg, Dresden fled westward toward Patagonia and the Straits of Magellan as British warships pursue. Japanese cruisers are reported watching.
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Dresden
Markland Islands
Gallegas
South Atlantic
Falkland Islands
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Leipzig
Nurnberg
Patagonia
Valparaiso
Straits of Magellan
Fire Rages Through Birmingham Retail District
Birmingham Alabama December 12 Over 250 persons, mainly shop girls, are left jobless after a fire that began at the Steele Smith department store and threatened the retail business section. Loss runs about 500000 with insurance covering part. Temporary quarters will be used as a new building is erected. Sparks and wind caused a dozen small blazes across the area as firemen fought the flames, many workers returning to find the scene charred.
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Birmingham
Ala
Steele-Smith
British Ship Maracas Detained by Warship at Halifax
A British prize crew seized the steamer Maracas, bound New York to Genoa, and to date the naval officer has refused to disclose reasons. Unofficial reports say authorities may permit departure after Italian assurances that no cargo will reach the enemy.
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Halifax
Maracas
New York
Genoa
Italy
Charlie
Maracay
Wests Held Up and Robbed of $65 in Atlanta
A real estate dealer, W. L. West of Atlanta, was held at gunpoint on Bedford Place near Linden Avenue and robbed of $65 and papers. He described the robber as a likely white man. a short Black man took the cash. The pair fled through an alley. the Black man pretended a leg injury. West did not report to police. Chief Lanford urged residents to lock doors as burglaries rise in residential areas, noting several local incidents including thefts at homes, a stolen billy goat, and dormitory trespasses at Georgia Tech.
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Atlanta
Fourth National Bank
Bedford Place
Linden Avenue
Linden
Mr. West
The
Constitution
Forrest Avenue
PickWick Apartments
Haibeame
Lanford
W. L. Kelly
Sin Clair Street
Walter Scott
Hardee ‘Airdst
Cc. H. Hicks
Powell Street
Decatur Street
Pearl Street
Hicks
Stoen
Turkeys Bombard Batum. Russians Suffer Casualties
A Constantinople dispatch via Berlin reports a Turkish fleet bombarded the environs of Batum on the eastern Black Sea coast. The attack left about one hundred Russians dead and many wounded as shellfire swept the area.
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London
Constantinople
Berlin
Batum
Black Sea
Approval Given to Railroad Merger in Illinois
December 12 Chicago Illinois public utilities commission approved consolidation of eleven railroads including New York Central lines. The ruling states public interest protected by state laws, competition unnecessary under modern regulation. Merger already approved by Pennsylvania and New York.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania
New York
Wilson on Road Building in Federal-State Cooperation
Representatives of eighteen state highway commissions urged President Wilson to back federal state cooperation on road building. Wilson expressed deep interest during the meeting held in Washington on December 12.
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Washington
Wilson
Allies Drive Germans Across the Yser River
The report highlights Allied pressure on German lines near the Yser and a broader push along the front. It notes Russian advances in Poland and mixed claims from Berlin and London over battlefield outcomes, including battles near Cracow and Lodz.
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Yser River
Poland
London
Prussian
Berlin
Lodz
Cracow
Dimitrieff
Petrograd
Polami
Ledz
Warsaw
Grand Duke Nicholas
Mlawa
Snow Falls Over Atlanta In White Mantle
Snow began in Atlanta just after midnight and intensified into a steady fall, coating streets white by morning. City residents will need overcoats and mittens as the cold deepens. Weather predicts the cold wave weakening by Saturday afternoon, with Christmas shoppers enjoying mild conditions. Separately, sleet began in Columbus, Georgia before midnight with northeast winds, while in Birmingham the Hillsborough County highway bonds worth 500000 dollars were purchased by Otto Marx & Co.
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Atlanta
Birmingham
Ala
Otto Marx & Co
Hillsborough County
Florida
Weather Prophecy RAIN Georgia-HRain Sunday, Monday fair and colder
Local reports predict rain followed by a spell of fair and colder weather Sunday and Monday in Georgia. Temperature details are incomplete, showing lower and higher bounds and a mean value near normal, with past 24 hour rainfall around 2.00 inches and a sizable deficiency since January 1.
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Georgia
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