Tennessee River river improvements eyed by lawmakers
A Washington dispatch notes heavy federal funding for Alabama Tennessee river and related waterway projects, with total national budget around 1.09 billion dollars. Highlighted items include river work between Florence and Riverton, dam and lock work on Coosa and other Alabama Florida watercourses, and harbor improvements at Mobile. Local citizens urged to press for greater river development, with a December 12 rivers and harbors committee meeting seen as pivotal.
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Tri-Cities
Washington
Muscle Shoals
Rivers and Harbors Committee
Tennessee Valley
Decature
Washington Dispatch
Alabama
Uncle Sam
McAdoo
Tennessee
Florence
Riverton
Chattahoochee
Georgia
Coosa
Rome
Escambia
Coneeuh
Florida
Mobile
Tombigbee
Demopolis
Walker's Bridge
Miss
Mississippi Sound
German Offensive at Lodze Fails Confirmed
A Petrograd dispatch reports the German attack on Lodze and Lowidtz failed and the defense of Lodze is no longer urgent, indicating Lodze has fallen per German claims.
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International News Service
London
Petrograd
Lodze
Lowidtz
Bloodiest Battles in History Reported on Eastern Front
Berlin reports over 100000 Russian prisoners taken as Lodze falls and Warsaw becomes a German objective. Officials say Warsaw’s siege would disrupt Russian rail links and threaten war efforts. In Poland battles are described as the bloodiest in history while the western front sees Allied reverses.
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Berlin
Lodze
Warsaw
Russia
Poland
Million Dollar Doll Pleases Packed House at Masonic
A packed audience paid 1.09 to see The Million Dollar Doll at the Masonic and enjoyed a breezy musical comedy. Harvey D. Orr as Marvin Meekman drew laughs, Jessie Webster as Dolly Winters showed charm, and Thomas Shumake with Miss McGill delivered the dancing highlight. The show features comic hijinks, suffrage satire, and a strong second act number The Dancing Craze with a popular xylophone accompaniment.
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Masonic
Jessie Webster
Dolly Winters
Thomas Shumake
McGill
Graft Among Fifty Railroad Officials Exposed
Chicago December 8 Graft among petty railroad officials is a major issue in labor problems says M B Carter president of the Brotherhood of Firemen and Engineers testifying to the investigation committee. He cited section foremen who charged foreigners 5 to 10 dollars for a job and then fired them after a month to replace with new workers.
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International News Service
Chicago
Carter
Brotherhood of Firemen
Wilson delivers eighth joint session address
President Wilson spoke before a joint session of the House and Senate for the eighth time today. Demand for tickets remained high as crowds filled galleries and corridors by noon, leaving many unable to gain admittance.
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International News Service
Washington
Wilson
House
Senate
Senator Kern and Underwood Back Wilson Plan Progress
Senator Kern and Representative Underwood assure President Wilson the program outlined will be finished on schedule. They reject fears that an extra session will be required, stating confidence in timely completion.
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International News Service
Washington
Kern
Underwood
Wilson
Death of Mrs. N W Halsey Leaves Hitt Mourning
Friends of H H Hitt learn of his sister Mrs N W Halsey of South Orange New Jersey dying before his arrival after a telegraph warned him of her illness. She was widow of New York millionaire N W Halsey and highly regarded. Death prompts sympathy from his companions.
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H. H. Hitt
N. W. Halsey
South Orange
N. J
Nine Year Old Boy Charged in Fatal East New Decatur Incident
A 9 year old Black boy, Dude Blaylock, was arrested after Jimmy Taylor a 15 year old Black boy was fatally wounded in East New Decatur. Blaylock claims Taylor demanded to see a loaded public safety item and it discharged during a struggle.
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Dude Blaylock
Jimmy Taylor
East New Decatur
Blaylock
Taylor
Wife shoots husband after boast of finding prettier woman
Pauline Horton Bond, a brunette described as stylish, killed her husband Walker Bond on a street last night in Bristol Tennessee. She said she shot him after he boasted he had found a prettier woman and she claimed the act was justifiable though she was jailed.
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International News
Bristol
Tenn
Pauline Horton
Bond
Walker Bond
Greatest Fish Story From Florence Wagon Works Agent
A. C. Walker of Florence Wagon Works claims a Springville Alabama lake holds more trout than any water, with feeding fish stacking three feet high when crumbs are tossed. His tale, told amid prohibitionist buzz, is dismissed as desert mirage style brag.
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Alabama
A. C. Walker
Florence
Springville
Ala
Walker
Hobson
Beiriment
Knights of Pythias Supreme Officers Visit for Jubilee
Supreme Chancellor and Supreme Keeper of Records and Seals of the Knights of Pythias, along with Grand Chancellor L. G. Waldrop of Anniston, arrive December 15 to initiate a large class with the Rathbone bible marking the fiftieth anniversary. Delegates from Athens, Florence and other Alabama cities will greet them as the order celebrates its jubilee begun with four members.
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Knights of Pythias
Order
L. G. Waldrop
Anniston
Rathbone
Washington
Pythians
Alabama
Athens
Florence
Site chosen for Beecher statue at Amherst College
A representative from McKim, Mead & White visited Amherst to pick a site for the Henry Ward Beecher statue donated anonymously to Amherst College. The statue by Quincy Adams Ward will be erected northeast of the octagon near Maple Avenue and Williston Hall, with foundation work starting immediately.
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Amherst
Mass
New York
McKim, Mead & White
Henry Ward Beecher
Amherst College
Maplevehue
Williston
Quincy Adams
Snopale
Borough
Brooklyn
Alabama to Become Industrial Center Says Delegate
Birmingham reports optimism at the National Convention of the Association of Electric Supply Jobbers with 300 delegates predicting 1915 will be the busiest year in electrical supply and other sectors. A. A. Gray asserts Alabama's natural resources and location will make it a national industrial hub.
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Birmingham
Association of Electric Supply Jobbers
Chamber of Commerce
Geo. B. Ward
Franklin Querbau
Nathan Harvey
Association
A. A. Gray
United States
Alabama
U. S
Graft Probe Names More Chicago Police Officials
International News Service reports Chicago police officials named in graft cases connected to the confession of George Williams the Alabama Kid. Williams corroborated Bertsche's confession and said Bertsche was shot by detectives after attempting to reenter the clairvoyant game as police pursued a new paymaster. Additional indictments against former chief of detectives Hatham are expected.
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International News. Service
Chicago
George Williams
Hoyne
Williams
Barney Bertsche
Bertsche
Hatham
Sell a Bale campaign boosts south cotton sales
Huntsville launches the sell a bale movement to boost cash flow. Merchants urge farmers to sell at least one bale to pay debts, easing unpaid accounts and stabilizing business as cotton prospers slightly. A surplus in the county necessitates a large warehouse.
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South
Huntsville
Navy completes supplemental contract for Pearl Harbor drydock
Secretary Daniels announced a new contract with the San Francisco Bridge Company to finish the Pearl Harbor naval drydock. Work resumes after a two year suspension due to bottom heaving. The dock will be 1,029 feet long and 148 feet wide at the top, 35 feet deep over the sill. Total price 4,442,115 with completion set for July 1, 1918. Civil Engineer C. N. Parks is named to supervise the project.
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Washington
Daniels
San Francisco Bridge Company
Great Naval Drydock
Pearl Harbor Naval Station
Hawaii
Congress
C. N. Parks
Navy
Lynching of Essex Max in Mississippi Mob Seizes Suspect
A mob of 40 men in Lake Cormorant Mississippi took Essex Max a Black man accused of breaking into a store and assaulting a clerk. He was seized from a cotton field and lynched on December 8 according to an International News Service dispatch.
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International Wews Service
Lake Cormorant
Miss
Essex Max
Ginners' Report Figures U S Cotton Crop Ginned
The census bureau reports 13,066,045 bales ginned from the 1914 cotton crop, up from 12,088,402 last year and 11,854,541 in 1912. Cotton and seed move freely in Decatur, with seed prices rising. movement is steadier in the North than in South Alabama as newly picked cotton flows in and earlier-picked supplies are held.
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Inernational News Service
Washington
Census Bureau
Decaturs
North
South
Alabama
Germans say capture of Malencourt ends French hold
Berlin reports the general staff confirms Malencourt fell and French positions were captured. The dispatch notes German forces in Northern Poland pursuing retreating Russians, with 1500 Russians and 16 cannons taken near Lodz. It denies French advance on Argonne and claims steady German gains overall.
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Malencourt
Berlin
Poland
Lodz
Argonne
French Capture Vermemmel After Eight Weeks of Battle
Paris reports German counter attacks in West Flanders as Allies press forward near Yser and Ypres. French forces seized Vermemmel after a prolonged fight, with sappping and gun superiority noted around Arras, Aisne, Champagne, Argonne, Breunne forest, and Pompey au Mousson.
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International
Paris
West Flanders
Yser
Ypres
Arras
Vermemmel
Argonne
Breunne
Pomp-au- Mousson
Lapretre
Steamer Verda Catches Fire Off Walney Island
A Barrow dispatch reports the steamer Verda en route from Texas to Barrow caught fire off Walney Island and burned to the water line. Thirty four crew members were burned or drowned and only twenty were saved.
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Internationl News Service
London
Barrow
Verda
Texas
Walney Island
Where Have the Mexicans Bowe Judge Skeggs Question
Judge W. E. Skeggs asks where the Mexican refugees who fled after a border clash eight months ago have gone. He notes they were disarmed and housed about 200 miles from the border and questions if the United States still feeds them. The Daily seeks reader answers.
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United States
Sam
the Daily
Judge Skeggs
Teachers' Union to Meet at Central Methodist Church
The Sunday School Teachers' Union holds a meeting at the Central Methodist church on Thursday at 2:80 p.m. and expects a session of special importance.
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Central Methodist Church
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