Storm devastates Decatur area with widespread damage
A powerful storm tore through the Decatur region causing extensive telephone and telegraph outages. Western Union reported main trouble from fallen trees, while Southern Bell sent extra linemen to restore service. Athens reported minimal damage in Limestone County. Ouxhine Bros. on Bank Street suffered minor losses including a 7 foot plate glass display window blown out and a large electric sign broken.
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Decaturs
Western Union Telegraph Com
Nashville
Birmingham
Chattanooga
Southern Bell Telephone &Telegraph Company
Smith
Athens
Limestone County
Ouxhine Bros
Bank St
Limestone Unharmed by Storm Says Sheriff Eubanks
Sheriff J. H. Eubanks reports no houses destroyed and only minor damage to telephone and telegraph lines in Limestone County after last night’s storm. Rain fell heavily and winds were strong at times, with no significant property loss.
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J. H. Eubanks
Limestone County
Decaturs
Storms Threaten Rail Service Across the Country
Two strong storms moved inland from the Gulf Coast, one followed by a cold wave. The first storm tracked northeast and centered over West Virginia with torrential rain, wind, sleet, and high winds, disrupting telegraph lines and rail traffic.
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International News Service
Chicago
Gulf
Qoast
New Breaks
West Virginia
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The readable portion shows scattered letters and symbols with no clear names dates or events. No coherent facts emerge to form a valid news item or identify subjects.
Four Billions in Gold and German Concessions Discussed
A fragment notes four billions in gold and other concessions as price of a German agreement. The text appears as a sponsor’s story about what is acceptable and outlines bargaining terms and settled positions.
Germany Puts Peace Terms On High Indemnity Plan
Wolffen News Agency quotes Neue Zürcher Zeitung reporting Germany seeks a minimum 4.015 billion dollar indemnity, restoration of colonies by England, Poland as a separate state from Russia, evacuation of Belgium and France, Rome? a transfer of Russia's debt to France, and Belgium paying an annual amount for its military costs while Germany keeps a garrison. Publication reportedly sanctioned by German censor amid close ties to the government.
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Berli
Wolffen
Neue Zuerichter Zeitung
Zurich
Germany
England
Poland
Russia
Belgium
France
Bread Wagon Smash Victim Improves After Accident
BE. W. Strother of the Twin City Bread Company was thrown from a wagon when struck by Otto Moebes' auto. He sustained a sprained ankle and two head cuts, but reports show his condition much better this morning with ankle pain easing.
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BE. W. Strother
Twin City Bread Company
Otto Moebes
Mr. Strother
New York Claims Lead As World's Largest City
New York surpasses London in population with revised 1911 census errors. Figures show London including suburbs at 7.2 million versus Greater New York around 7.38 million in 1914, driven by New York suburbs' growth and London's suburban decline due to war.
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Little Old New York
World
London
International News Service
New York
County of London
New York City
Greater
West Chester
New Jersey
Russians advance in Persia threat to Turkish move toward India
A Teheran dispatch reports Russian forces occupying Kasban and moving toward Itahan in southern Persia. The advance aims at Mesopotamia with possible British cooperation and could block Turkish forces pushing toward India.
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Teharan
Kasban
Itahan
Persia
Mesopotamia
India
Scutari in Albania to fall to Austrians report from Turin
A dispatch quotes Gazetta del Popolo stating Austro Hungarian forces attack Scutari Albania and its fall is expected soon. The Italian report says once Scutari falls the Austrians and Bulgarians will move on Avona? to advance further.
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London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Turin
Gazetta del Popolo
Scutari
Albania
Sccutari
Avalona
No Irish Conscripts to Fight for Britain
London reports that due to strong Irish opposition to conscription a bill for compulsory service in Parliament could lead to Ireland being excluded from fighting for Britain.
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Britain
International News Service
London
Ireland
Birmingham Shriners Parade Planned for January Visit
Hundreds of Birmingham Shriners led by Potentate Kaiser and Commander Riddle from Zamora Temple plan a January 27 street parade in Decatur. About 300 visitors from the Magic City temple will arrive by special train en route to Huntsville to initiate a class, joined by 16 local Shriners. the event is billed as the year’s major fraternity occasion.
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Birmingham
Potentate- Kaiser
Patrol Riddle
Zamora Temple
Mystic Shrine
Decaturs
Magic City
Huntaville
Twen
Buchanan Will Resist Arrest in New York Indictment
Representative Buchanan of Illinois and six others were indicted in New York over Labor's National Peace Council activities. Buchanan vowed to resist arrest, citing congressional protections. David Lamar and Jacob Taylor faced judge Hann with not guilty pleas. Lamar remains free on $25,000 bail, Taylor must post $5,000.
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Labor
National Peace Council
Judiciary
House
Congress
International News Service
New York
David Lamar
the Wolf of
Wall Street
Jacob Taylor
Hann
Taylor
Geman
Lamar
Battleship and Cruiser Hit by Turkish Shells
Constantinople Dec 29 Turkish war office reports a great artillery duel at the Dardanelles Sedd el Bahr where Turkish batteries struck an Anglo French force. A battleship and a cruiser were hit by Turkish shells in the engagement.
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International News Service
Constantinople
Dardenelles
Sedd-El- Bahr
Turkish War Office
President and Bride Stay Indoors Reflecting on Telegrams
In Hot Springs Virginia on December 29 the president and his bride spent the day indoors reviewing telegrams and congratulations messages. He received a long letter from Secretary Lansing and several important papers needing his signature. Mail included communications from Col House sent just before his sailing for Europe yesterday.
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International News Service
Hot Springs
Lansing
Col. House
Europe
Austrian Break Nears After Birmingham Tax Vote
In Birmingham on December 29 incomplete returns suggested the tax amendment fell short by a wide margin. Officials planned county-by-county canvassing Wednesday afternoon but expected results to emerge late in the day. Unofficial figures indicated a decisive defeat, with little doubt the amendment failed.
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Birmingham
Community Centers as Peace Panacea
Washington reports Miss Margaret Wilson declares school based community centers will seed a world peace organization. She urges women to join people assemblies in every school district to discuss public questions before suffrage.
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Margaret Wilson
Anean
Roosevelt Attacks Pacifists At Pan American Congress
Theodore Roosevelt condemned pacifists calling them the stamp of David Starr Jordan and Henry Ford during the Pan American Scientific Congress. His speech was read by Prof. Edward Rose after Roosevelt could not attend due to illness, presenting a sharp, public rebuke to peace advocates.
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Washington
David Starr Jordan
Henry Ford
Theodore Roosevelt
Pan- American Scientific Congress
Roosevelt
Edward Rose
American Sociological Society
Burned nurse in critical condition after Cottage Home incident
Sophie Reid, nurse at Cottage Home Infirmary, was badly burned yesterday at the Rose residence on West Moulton Street. She is in critical condition with severe burns to her lower limbs and arms as Mr. and Mrs. Rose, who are ill, stripped her burning clothing.
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Sophie Reid
Cottage Home Infirmary
Jack Rose
West Moulton Street
Protest Over British Interference With Mail
State Department plans a formal protest against British interference with mail to be sent to London. Reports from London date the action as the basis for the protest, with dispatch planned as soon as drafts are ready.
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S International News Service
Washington
London
State Department
Interfor Holland
United States faces diplomatic break over Ancona sinking
Washington reports prepared for a possible severance with Austria after Vienna rejects the US demand to disavow the sinking of the Ancona. The Austrian reply argues their action was within international law, with Penfield acting largely alone in Vienna as tensions rise.
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United States
Ancona
Washington
State Department
Austria
U. S
Vienna
Penfield
Wilson
Lansing
Berlin
Germans Admit French Break Through Hartmannsweiler Kopf Lines
Berlin reports official admission that French forces penetrated German lines at Hartmannsweiler Kopf in the Vosges. It notes the assault at Hirzstein failed under German fire. Balkan front action is silent with nothing to report.
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International
Berlin
Hartmannsweiler Kopf
Volkes
German War Office
Hirzstein
Balkan
Warden Mott Osborne Surrenders in Sing Sing Case
Mott Osborne the indicted warden of Sing Sing surrendered to Judge Platton in New York state. No plea was entered and a $2000 bond was posted by Robt Brewster of Westchester. Osborne will plead on Monday and his counsel will seek a change of venue.
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International News Service
White Plaine
N. Y
Mott Osborne
Sing Sing
Platton County Court
Robt
Brewster
West Chester County
Osborne
Austrians Repulse Russians on Balkan Frontier
The Austrian war office reports repulsing eight heavy Russian attacks on the Bosnian frontier. Violent artillery support accompanied the assaults, but all were pushed back by Austrian forces.
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Vienna
Austrian War Office
Bessarabian
Alabama Democrats split over national prohibition stance
Decatur officials report A G Patterson destruction of a prohibition caucus plan and urge Wilson support. He says the state committee will endorse Wilson and elect delegation to St Louis. Patterson favors a primary for delegates and notes prohibition not a partisan issue. He cites upcoming May 9 primary and references National Committee chair McCombs.
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Decaturs
Democratic Executive Committee
Birmingham
Priday
Alabama
St. Louis
A. G. Patterson
Eighth Congressional District
Wilson
Mr. Patterson
Decaturs Daily Reporter
Patterson
United States
State Committee
Woodrow Wilson
Montgomery
St Louis
David C. Almon
John Eyster
J. C. Kumpe
Moulton
Koonce
Florence
Ed. Betts
Huntsville
McCombs
National
Saint Louis
Local Amendment Defeated by 253 Votes in Morgan County
Official count shows the amendment lost in Morgan County by 253, with 585 votes for and 332 against. Some boxes reported as few as a dozen ballots, and overall county turnout was only 719.
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