Packers Back President's Protest Over Seized Meat
Western packers back President Wilson in a protest against British interference with American shipping. British government confiscated shipments worth about 5.35 million dollars from Armour & Co and Swift & Co, all on neutral ships bound for neutral ports, mainly Copenhagen.
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International News Service
Chicago
Wilson
la Salle Street
Armour & Co
Swift & Co
Copenhagen
Legislature 10 Meet Soon In Tennessee Action
Nashville sports editor Jack Nye predicts Tennessee legislature convenes Monday, with a Democratic majority and Governor-elect Rye guiding businesslike administration. He notes past factionalism hindered progress but expects constructive bills and harmonious action on major measures.
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Tennessee
Jack Nye
Nashville Tennessean
Alexander-Almon
Nye
South
Mon- Gay
Sclons
Maxwell House
Rye
Judge Samuel Green Improves After Heart Trouble
Birmingham reports Judge Samuel Green showed slight improvement today after suffering heart trouble. He is resting and monitored by doctors.
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International News Service
Birmingham
Samuel Green
Peibed
Socialist leaders pledge aid for displaced coal families
In Wheeling West Virginia on December 30 socialist leaders declared that if strikers in the coal fields are evicted from company houses socialists will care for all children under a who may be affected.
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International News Service
Wheeling
West Va
Gray Returns Prompt Cabinet Meeting Amid U S Shipping Row
Sir Edwin Gray British foreign minister rushed back from vacation to London as American protests over treatment of U S shipping prompt a cabinet meeting this afternoon. observers warn of possible friction between the United States and Britain.
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International News Service
London
Edwin Gray
Diplomatic Corps
United States
England
Britain Surprised by American Note During War
London reports a sudden American note protesting British handling of U S commerce and urging early improvements. The British press treats it as a major war event, with editors noting a conciliatory stance overall though The Globe questions motives tied to U S commercial interests.
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London
Cleveland
Transvaal Republic
Delagoa Bay
Boys Reported Shooting Into House In Timber Yard
A Decatur City Hall call reported several small boys with a gun in a Market Street timber yard. The caller said the youths fired into a house and narrowly missed a woman. Officers found no traces of boys, guns, or damage when they arrived.
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Decatur City Hall
Market Street
Hill
Terre Haute scandal total rises to 107 arrests
Indianapolis December 30 authorities reported the Terre Haute case total climbed to 107 arrests as the investigation expanded across related entities. Police and prosecutors said the scope includes numerous defendants and continuing prosecutions.
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International News Service
Indianapolis
Terre Haute
Clarke Denies Presidential Candidacy Reports
Washington December 30 Speaker Clarke says I am not a candidate for the presidency and did not discuss reports of my candidacy with the President. He made the statement today in response to circulating rumors.
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Clark
International News Service
Washington
Clarke
President to Back Muscle Shoals River Project
A Washington dispatch reports President Wilson is likely to back the Muscle Shoals development plan after a lengthy White House meeting with Representative Underwood. While Congress may only appropriate 150 000 for further survey now, officials expect White House support to grow as the Sixty fourth Congress convenes and lawmakers are briefed on the project.
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Pres. Wilson
Muscle Shoals
Washington
Birmingham Age Herald
Tennessee River
F Ht Wilson
Underwood
White House
Congress
Senate
House
Designate Good Roads Day in Public Schools
Birmingham announces Good Roads Day in public schools on January 15, designated by State Superintendent W. F. Feagin. A special program will educate children and parents about good roads with support from the Alabama Good Roads Association offering literature and maxims to aid outreach.
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Birmingham
W. F. Feagin
Alabama Good Roads Association
J. A. Rountree
Feagin
Doctor Rickles Returns to Office After Extended Absence
Dr. W A Rickles resumes work at his office today after several weeks away due to a severe fall from a step ladder. Friends celebrate his recovery and return to practice.
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W. A. Rickles
Aged Stranger Struck Down on John Street
An elderly man who gave the name Joseph Farley collapsed on John Street near Second Avenue yesterday afternoon. Passersby aided him, and he regained consciousness. He said he was from Pendleton Iowa en route to Blue Ridge Georgia and was taken to Rev Father J J Mc Dermott’s apartments at St Anne's Church for care.
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Joseph Farley
Johnston Street
Second Avenue
Pendleton
Iowa
Blue Ridge
J. J. McDermott
St. Anne's Church
Hobson pushes national prohibition amendment in Congress
Washington reports Representative Hobson introduced a joint resolution for a constitutional amendment to provide nationwide prohibition. Prohibitionists seek moral effect and a campaign tool despite expected lack of action this session. Both parties show no consolidated stance, leaving voting choices to individual members.
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Washington
Congress
Hobson
Only One Cotton Loan Application Reported
Chairman Jackson says Morgan County has seen a single loan application for cotton. He notes the 100 bale limit excludes many farmers though a few in the county can borrow. He suggests more applications may come later as farmers consider the measure.
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Morgan County
Jackson
Alabama
Mississippi
Vets Pensions and Licenses Ready for Distribution
The Confederate Veterans pensions for this quarter total $6,598 across 68 warrants, with veterans urged to call for their payments. Hunter licenses are available through Probate Judge Skeggs’s office. county licenses cost one dollar and state licenses three dollars. State official Wallace in Montgomery urged immediate purchase to carry proper authority into the new year, noting heavy remaining sales.
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Frank J. Davis
Davis
Wallace
Montgomery
City offers free use of wagon and horse for city work
T R Covey a popular wood yard man entered the City Clerk’s office and asked Mayor Hardage if any street work was needed. He then offered to lend the city a wagon harness and horse for several days at no charge, saying hauling had slackened and he had surplus teams.
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New Becatur
T. R. Covey
Henry Hartung
Hardage
Mr. Covey
Little Boy Blue at Masonic Theatre Draws Big Interest
The Viennese musical comedy Little Boy Blue will likely be the theatre season’s richest musical and scenic treat at the Masonic Theatre. The New York production ran a season and long Chicago Philadelphia Boston runs. A prettiest chorus outside New York will perform with an augmented orchestra.
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Masonic Theatre
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston
New York City
Austrian defeat admitted in Carpathians war office note
Vienna reports at noon today that the Russian offensive across the Carpathians forced a withdrawal of the entire eastern front from the plain of Gorlice. The war office adds that northern operations were not affected and Montenegrin attacks on Austria were repulsed without difficulty.
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International News Service
Vienna
Carpathian Mountains
War Office
Carpathians
Gorlice
Russians Pressure Germans Near Warsaw in World War I Battle
Dispatches report Hindenberg's drive toward Warsaw nearing collapse as German lines west of the city retreat. Russian forces press flank maneuvers while Austrians retreat along Gorlius to Jaslo amid harsh terrain and Siberian harassment. About 50,000 of 175,000 Austrian troops retreating through the Carpathians have been captured.
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International
Petrograd
von Hindenberg
Warsaw
Galicia
Poland
Bzura
Rawka
Gorlius-Jaslo
Carpathians
Turkish Pursuit Advances as Russians Fall to the Caucasus
Constantinople Dec 30 officials report progress against the Russians in the Caucasus with many prisoners and war material captured. The British renewed attempts at landing troops at Akabah but failed. Another success north of the Ura River sees prisoners taken and guns captured.
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International News Service
Constantinople
Caucasus
Britigy
Akabah
Ura
Aviators Drop One at German Emperor
Amsterdam reports Emperor William narrowly escaped a bomb attack by a French aviator at the German field headquarters in West Flanders on Christmas Day. One bomb fell within about two hundred yards of the Emperor as he dined with officers, prompting a swift dispersal of the party.
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International News Service
Amsterdam
Wiliam
West Flanders
Tennessee River Rises to 18.9 Feet as Flood Pressure Grows
Weather observer A H Trons reports the Tennessee River at 18.9 feet with ongoing rise. The gauge climbed 0.8 feet from yesterday as flood waters approach historic levels, threatening railroad bridges and signaling danger marks surpassed only twice in Decatur history.
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Tennessee
A. H. Trons
Decaturs
Frank Goodman Died in Memphis Railroad Wreck
The body of Frank Goodman son of G M Goodman Sherman street killed in a Yazoo Mississippi Valley freight wreck near the Florida Street crossing in South Memphis last night will be brought home tomorrow morning. His death follows a wreck that claimed two others, J T Mahoney of Gary Indiana and W F Goodman of New Decatur Alabama, with an unidentified man. The three were riding a flat car and were crushed when four cars derailed.
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Frank Goodman
G. M. Goodman
Sherman Street
Memphis
Tenn
Goodman
Suligent
Ala
Ats
Cpa Sacheah
G. M. Grimen
Man
Jno. McLaurine
Carl
Grover Goodman
Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad
Fiohda Street
J. T. Mahoney
Gary
Ind
W. F. Goodman
New Decatur
W. H. Andrews
R. L. Stokes
Andrews
Gayoso Lumber Company
Treams
Heen
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