Two Days Left in Campaign for YMCA Gift of 2700
Workers push YMCA drive toward 2700 gift from Louisville & Nashville. total to date 1363.50 with 443.50 added yesterday. Two days remain to raise 636.50 aided by shops canvass. Projected daily average remains around 318.56.
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H.R. Randle
Herman Turner
Chas
G. Karnes
Sylvester Blair
Young Men's Christian Association
A. HL. Hoff
Hoff
Bassett
E. R. Randle
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Louisville & Nashville
Buttreys Sale Attracts Crowds At Dry Goods Store
J A Buttrey conducts a sale drawing good crowds of ladies seeking bargains in dry goods and related lines. The store is noted for favorable prices and quality, attracting a liberal patronage from buyers.
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J. A Buttrey
Buttrey
Turkish artillery destroys Gallipoli munition depot
Constantinople reports that Turkish artillery on the Gallipoli peninsula destroyed an artillery munition depot. The dispatch credits the action to forces operating around the Gallipoli line with no immediate reports of casualties.
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Gallipoli Peninsular
International
Constantinople
Allied Nations Rebuke German Peace Bid In 1916 Era
London reports that Entente capitals rebuffed the German chancellor Von Bethmann Hollweg's peace program. Allies vow to fight on for ten years if needed while acknowledging Central Powers' gains. Petrograd Rome and Paris express confidence and readiness for renewed campaigns.
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Tals
von Bethmann-Holwegg
Petrograd
Rome
Paris
Peace riots reported at German capital
International News Service reports peace riots in Berlin with demonstrations against the war. Swiss dispatches say Berlin rioters were dispersed by police with windows smashed. Reports from Zurich and Berne Tagwacht note demonstrations in Dresden Leipzig and Berlin and that many Germans think only revolution will force peace.
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Interational
Switzerland
Berlin
Copenhagen
Holland
Zurich
Berne Tagwacht
Dresden
Leipzig
War Council in Qeoion at Paris
Paris reports a new session of the Entente general war council with Lord Kitchener and Sir Edward Grey in attendance. A complete agreement exists on Balkan measures. The plan includes retirement of allied troops from Salonika, while English forces continue arriving in the Greek forts.
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International News Service
Paris
General War Council
Lord Kitchener
Sir Edward Grey
Balkans
Salonika
Three Aldermen Sicken Delay Decatur Council Meeting
The Decatur city council meeting to set 1916 privilege taxes was postponed due to sickness among three aldermen. Aldermen Watson McEntire and Thompson are reported to be ill, delaying the proceedings.
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Decatur
Decaturs
Watson, McEntire
Thompson
Millions of Servians Starve Amid War Refugees
From 800000 to 1000000 Serbs are dying of famine pestilence and exposure as men women and children flee invasion. Refugees seek shelter in Montenegro Roumania and Greece while the war ravages the country.
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International News Service
Rome
Montenegro
Roumania
Greece
Degaturs 10 Be One Of Biggest Shipping Points On the Tennessee
Degaturs 10 emerges as a major shipping hub on the Tennessee River system announcing two new boats to Joppa Illinois. The move expands river navigation capacity and regional commerce potential.
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Degaturs
Tennessee
Decaturs to Boost Tennessee River Traffic After Jan 1
The Tennessee River Navigation Company announced two additional boats will operate between Joppa Illinois and Chattanooga after January 1. The John A Trigg and Pesternor will join Decatur to Chattanooga service, while existing vessels remain in place. The John A Trigg arrived at Decatur with a heavy cargo including 2200 bags of cotton seed 1200 bushels of corn 230 bales of cotton and 10 tons of merchandise. Return cargo included candies toys and Christmas goods for river merchants.
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Tennessee River
Tennessee River Navigation Company
Joppa
Ill
Chattanooga
Decaturs
Decatur
John A. Trigg
Pesternor
War plate plants sought in $11,000,000 appropriation
Washington reports a bill by Senator Tillman to fund an armor plate factory with 11 million dollars. The Senate convened at noon and the House adjourned until Tuesday to allow Minority Leader Mann more time to finish committee work. The debate on public land leasing continued as Senator HoRse Smith criticized Britain’s interference with American commerce.
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Washington
Senate
Ti'man
South Carolina
Hous
Mann
Hoxe Smith
Great Britain
May Build Road to Muscogee Shoals Surveyors Busy
Reports from the Decaturs say a new railroad spur may connect Courtland or Town Creek to the Muscle Shoals head dam. Government surveyors began a Courtland to upper dam line, seven miles, with Town Creek to the Shoals coming soon. Steam operation is planned until a power plant is finished.
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Town Creek
Courtland
Shoals
L Inc
Snoals
Jourtland
Muscle Shoals
Congress
Railroad project headline and local updates from Decatur area
A recap of Decatur area items including nearly $1,400 for the Y M C A, a new railroad for Courtland on Cain street, a house fire, Dr. Walston entertaining stewarts, Almondines Decaturs delegates, council postponements, taxes due tonight, Decaturs moving to the big river point, and the American hotel renaming, plus social notes, editorials and sports.
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Cain Street
Walston
Stewarts
Almondines
Decaturs
Decatur +council
Decatur
Big River Point
American Hotel
French to Build Mosque in Paris for Mohammedan Troops
Paris officials announce a government decision to construct a mosque in Paris to serve Mohammedan troops allied with France. The plan aims to provide a dedicated place of worship for Muslim soldiers as part of wartime arrangements.
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Paris
Allies Urge Greece to Decide Quick War Move
Athens December 10. Entente representatives pressed the Greek government to clear up uncertainty over the war and ensure full freedom of movement for allied troops amid a critical military situation.
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International News Service
Athens
Smith Assails British Blockade Threatens Embargo to Enforce Rights
Sen. Hoke Smith denounces Britain’s naval blockade as illegal and harmful to neutral trade. He urges a Senate inquiry and supports ending the blockade, even proposing an embargo on exports of foodstuffs. He argues neutrality must be upheld and cites Civil War precedents to counter British claims.
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International News Service
Washington
United States
Great Britain
Congress
Hoke Smith
Senate Committee
State Department
Europe
Germany
Italians Capture Austrian Redoubt on Calvary Heights
Italian forces in New Indine Italy report capturing a strong Austrian defensive work on Calvary Heights west of the Isonzo fortress. The attack occurred in dense fog, and many Austrian defenders were bayonetted before the surrender of their commander.
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New Indine
Italy
Germa
Calvary Heights
Isonzo
Cotton Crop Estimated at 11,161,000 Bales for 1915
Washington December 10 The crop reporting bureau estimates total cotton production for 1915 at 5,338,588,000 pounds or 11,161,000 bales of 500 pounds gross, from bureau reports. Alabama is put at 502,110,000 pounds.
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International News Service
Washington
Department of Agriculture Today
Alabama
Anglo French Army Returns to Greece from Bulgaria
Berlin reports that the Anglo French army in Bulgaria has retreated to Greek soil ahead of the Teutonic advance. The movement follows Allied withdrawal and repositioning amid evolving Balkan operations.
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Greece
International News Service
Berlin
Bulgaria
England Offers A Strong Alibi In Vinland Chase Claim
Sir Cecil Spring-Rice presented evidence to Secretary Lansing refuting the charge that a British warship chased the Danish steamer Vinland inside the three mile limit off the Atlantic coast. The captain testified he never approached closer than 4 13 miles of the coast.
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International News Service
Washington
Cecil Spring-Rice
Lansing
Vinland
Atlantic
Husband Shot to Death Found by Wife Near Lawrence County Home
Lawrence Williams, a prominent Letson farmer in Lawrence county, was killed yesterday by Bill Hale after a quarrel. The body was found by Mrs. Williams three hours later. Hale surrendered, claiming self defense as Williams approached with a knife.
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Hlusband
Lawrence County
Lawrence Williams
Bill Hale
Letson
Williams
Hale
Punty
Mouston
Italian Liner Dante Alighieri Reported Sunk
A shipping report states the Italian liner Dante Alighieri, 9 754 tons, has been sunk in the Mediterranean by a submarine. The claim is circulating in naval and shipping circles as of December 10.
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International News Service
New York
Dante Alghieri
Mediterranean
Laurier warns U S neutrality could trigger world power clash
Montreal December 10 Former Premier Sir Wilfred Laurier told a Liberal mass meeting that if Germany wins Canada would fall under German rule. He warned the world would see only two powers Germany and the United States and that the United States would be forced to become a military nation and regret neutrality as Britain did in 1870.
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International News Service
Montreal
Germany
Canada
Wilfred Laurier
Liberal Party
United States
Great Britain
Fire devastates Hopewell and crowds flood jails
Fire swept a Greek restaurant on Appomattox street at 1 45 p m destroying the block as thousands of refugees roamed the countryside. The militia police and Dupont guards conducted a drag net arresting dozens while jails overflowed. Adam Drum a Richmond boy became a hero rescuing infants from the blaze.
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Cief
Dupont City
Powder Company
Petersburg
al. Bowles
Richard Sylvester
Boisseau
Appomattox Street
Adam Drum
Richmond
Drum
Correction to Decaturs Daily ad misprint
A typographical error in The Fashion section of yesterday's Decatur Daily inserted ain't instead of areot. The correction appears in justice to jon.
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Decaturs Daily
Jon
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