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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1915
Page
1
Dispatches from Salonika confirm Bulgarian war office reports of subjection actions in the region. French forces reportedly have not crossed and remain in position, while casualties and retreat details are not fully clear.
An Athens dispatch reports Greece has pulled back all forces from Salonika except a single division led by Co. Ayembrakatis. The move marks a major reduction in occupation forces with strategic implications for the region.
A preliminary Jackson Highway meeting will be held in Birmingham to decide routes by Oct 1. Delegations expected from all Alabama counties and Decatur area with leaders like William Crawford and A A Hardage. A plan designates August 14 and 16 next year as Good Roads Days with up to 60 000 workers to complete the highway.
President Wilson held a White House conference with heads of government departments to clear pending matters before leaving for his honeymoon Saturday night. Secretary Lansing discussed international affairs and Postmaster Ben Burleson reviewed post office appointments with the President. Several nominations are expected to be sent to the Senate tomorrow.
A Geneva dispatch reports a special Austrian cabinet session to study the U S note on the sinking of the Italian liner Ancona. The tone of the American message is said to be firm yet a conciliatory reply is anticipated from Vienna.
The United States expects Austria to present its reply to the demand that it disavow the Antona sinking. The reply was due at Vienna today to Ambassador Penfield. Officials say the tone will be conciliatory but temporizing and unlikely to satisfy Washington. Austria insists it was fully informed of U.S. negotiations.
Secretary Lansing and President Wilson met in Washington for a lengthy morning conference. Lansing refused to discuss details but denied any word from Austria regarding the United States protest over the sinking of the Ancona.
Athens reports that the en tente ministers informed Premier Skouloudis that the blockade of the Greek coast has been raised and that no further coercive measures will be taken.
Paris reports the French government formally recognizing the Carranza regime in Mexico with official status granted on December 15.
Governor names H. E. Hildreth as Morgan County game and fish protector the first appointee in five years. The selection marks a new era for wildlife enforcement with Hildreth tasked to oversee hunting and fishing regulations and aid local communities.
Harold E. Hildreth son of J Hildreth editor of the New Decatur Advertiser and son in law of Col Harris of Decatur is named game and fish warden for Morgan county by Gov Henderson. He will begin a county wide tour and appoint twenty three deputies to enforce laws against wholesale seining and dynamiting of streams. Sportsmen and Isaac Walton followers commend the appointment.
Representative Tavenner of Illinois accused the Navy League and its preparedness program of connections with the International Nickel Co and other corporations in a congressional session today. The remarks center on alleged financial ties and influence affecting defense initiatives.
International reports Mrs May Hampton Gonsalez of Birmingham Alabama is detained in a Washington asylum after claiming a relationship with Mrs Edith B Galt fiancée of the president She told detectives she wished to urge a public wedding and claimed Pocahontas descent Birmingham friends say she left for California a year ago and has not been heard fromRecent remarks note she is the widow of Dr Gonsalez of Pensacola and related to Mobile Prestons Pensacola families
Amsterdam reports Berlin faces growing anxiety over Germany’s internal situation. Travel becomes harder, censorship tightens, and money and food shortages dominate. The Reichstag witnessed a confiscation of foodstuffs during a stormy session led by Dr Karl Liebknecht, reflecting civilian needs after military priorities.
William Howard and George Lorillard report to Ambassador Page that tens of thousands of Servian women and children are starving and refugees fill towns. They urge immediate aid as famine-stricken crowds roam roads and homes lack food and clothing.
The Bulgarian war office states that in three days of action 168000 Anglo French troops were defeated and Bulgarian forces captured 60 field cannon 150 mountain cannon and 80 heavy howitzers. It also accuses the French of destroying houses and leaving civilians without shelter or food.
Memphis report from December 15 states Democratic primary races show K D McKellar predicting a 15000 vote victory over former governor M R Patterson. Patterson backers claim confidence, while rain dampens turnout. Early word places McKellar ahead in East and West Tennessee with Middle Tennessee closely contested.
In Constantinople a Turkish bombardment destroyed a black house and an ammunition depot of the allies at the Dardanelles. A heavy cannonade has raged for three days against Anglo French positions. Allied ships near Kamikli Liman withdrew under Turkish shells. Turkish guns blew up an ammunition depot for heavy howitzers near Sed-Fl Bahr. Two bridges across the Kervz Bere were demolished.
The Choir of Westminster Presbyterian Church presents a Christmas Cantata on Sunday night December 19 at 8 o clock led by Mrs A J Miller.
Berlin report says the Reichstag finance committee received a supplementary war credit bill of 2.5 billion dollars. Dr Karl Helfferich defended Germanys finances claiming strength versus England and France and noted German bonds fell only 7.7 percent from prewar values while British and French routes and consuls posted larger losses. He labeled Britain s war loan in the United States a failure.
London dispatch says Henry Ford's peace ship reached Kirkwall in the Orkneys and has been held up by British authorities at the naval base where prizes are taken.
A fresh Bulgar force has appeared in the Strama valley east of Lake Dorian in Servia's southeast corner, as Paris reports a delayed dispatch on military movements.
Salonika reports General Von Gallwitz has left camp near Philippolis with an army of 60 000 men and is marching toward the Russian front. The movement signals intensified pressure on Russia in ongoing theater action during December.
Vice President Marshall told President Wilson that Democrats will win Indiana in the senatorial election next year. He had just returned from Indiana and expressed certainty.
Corrected figures show middling 11 1 4 cents and strict middling 11 1 2 cents with good middling at 11 3 4 cents. Market notes reference percentages and conditions for cotton trading.
London dispatch reports King Constantine of Greece is ill once more in Athens. He suffers from influenza and a slight fever, with authorities noting the illness in the monarch.
Five candidates for the Republican nomination connected at the Congress hotel by telegraph within twelve hours of the national committee decision. The listed figures were Fairbanks, Burton, Sherman, Weeks, and Smith. Taft arrives as a Connecticut delegate while Roosevelt may join with New York.
The War Department selects Fort Oglethorpe in Georgia as the site for a military training camp for Southern state businessmen after the Plattsburg model. It will open around April 1 on a large government reservation to accommodate the trainee group.
Geneva reports German forces have invaded Greece via the Vardar valley pursuing retreating French and British troops. Bulgarians have not crossed the Greek frontier.
The Washington treasury forecast an $81,525,500 deficit for 1916. The shortfall results from lower import duties and internal revenue and a ten million dollar postal receipts deficit, as reported by the Ways and Means Committee to the House.
Preparations are underway for Christmas Entertainments at Westminster Presbyterian Church on Friday December 24 featuring the Sabbath School program with the Tree and Sunday December 26 presenting the Christmas Story in song and slide with the stereopticon.
Officials announce December 16 and 17 as pay days for L. and N. shops employees. The schedule promises salary disbursement before Christmas, potentially boosting local shopping and holiday trade.
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