New Decatur Police Report Shows 12 Drunks Arrested
Decatur Daily summary of 1915 police records notes 106 persons arrested with 1 980 in fines and costs. 206 total arrests with 190 guilty, 16 innocent. Among races, 104 dark skinned and 93 white men were jailed, two white women convicted. Prohibition arrests total 12, signaling strict enforcement though past years logged hundreds. Chief W D Cobb praised. county funds unsettled.
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Pop
Ead
Payne
Madison County
Sts
W. D. Cobb
Decaturs
New Decatur
King George May Consent to Conscription
International News Service reports King George pledged royal support to Premier Asquith on the conscription issue. A Buckingham Palace conference preceded messages to be read at cabinet. Ulster Unionists threaten resistance while Irish nationalists oppose compulsory military service.
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International News Service
London
King George
Asquith
George
Buckingham Palace
Aiista
Laborites
Ulster
Austrian Note Outlines Submarine Policy Shifts
Sections of the Austrian note arrive in Washington as officials begin assembling the full reply. Key points promise humane laws, safe escape before ships are sunk, and Freund relations. Austria cites the Ancona incident as cleared, pledges indemnity where Americans were affected, and says the submarine commander was punished for neglecting passenger panic.
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International News Service
Washington
State Department
Lansing
United States
Austria
Ancona
Foreign Office
Foreign Offic
Athona
Plan Social Club Meeting Tonight in Decatur
Leaders call for a large gathering at 8 o clock tonight in the Colonial club rooms. Aiming for a permanent social club, the Decaturs invite hundreds of citizens to affiliate with the new organization. Chas Eyster chairs the board of governors guiding the move.
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Colonial Club
Board of Governors
Colonial’ Club
Mouton Street
Second Avenue
Grant Street
Chas Eyster
Young
Colorado Goes Dry Ahead of New Year
Colorado began going dry today though statewide prohibition starts January 1. Saloons closed last night as stocks sold, and hundreds rushed to buy liquor for home storage. Dealers expect December receipts to top 2 million dollars as Denver hotels and cafes anticipate record New Year celebrations with fully booked tables.
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Col
Colorado
Gallipoli Troops Reported Landing Near Kavala
The Milanitary Secolo cites Overseas News Agency reporting British troops landed near Kavala Greece, about 90 miles east of Salonika by land and 20 miles from the Bulgarian frontier. The dispatch confirms a recent London report that Kavala was a possible destination for withdrawn British troops.
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International News Service
Berlin
Milanitary Secolo
Greece
Kavala
Overseas
Salonika
London
Local Business Leader Praises Metro Paper Quality
N. L. Mahan of the Southern Coat and Coke Company from Lexington Kentucky praised Decatur daily papers comparing them favorably to metropolitan ones. He spoke during a visit this week at the invitation of his friend A. C. Walker.
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METRO
Uturs
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N. L. Mahan
Southern
Coat & Coke Company
Lexington
A. C
Walker
Decatur Daily Praised For Condensed Foreign News
Mr Mahan of Florence Wagon Works lauds the Decatur daily newspaper for its condensed foreign news. He says busy business people prefer news that informs without forcing them to wade through excessive filler and superfluous content.
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Florence
Mahan
Birm
Ingham
Decaturs
Girl Saves Tiny Brothers Then Dies on Tracks
Grace Jones, 13, sacrificed herself to save her brothers aged 5 and 8 near Trafford, Alabama, as an express train struck. The incident, described by witnesses including Prof. Ralph W. Cowart, left the station area in tears as rescuers cared for the surviving children. The event occurred on the Louisville and Nashville line a short distance north of Birmingham.
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Little Way
Trafford
Birmingham
Louisville & Nashville
Cincinnati
Express
Staton
Ralph W. Cowart
New Decatur
Noath
Decaturs
Prof. Cowart
Germans Repulse Night Attack Near Hill No 193
Paris reports the French defense repelled a German bomb attack on a small post near Hill No 198 in Tahure Champagne. The night remained calm elsewhere as Russian ships imposed a Black Sea blockade on Romania and Bulgaria with no reason given.
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Paris
French War Office
Tahure
Champagne
International News Service
Bucharest
Black Sea
Roumania
Bulgaria
River Near Flood Stage As Levels Fall Tomorrow
The Tennessee River is forecast to rise to 17 feet today, then fall and stay five feet below flood stage at 21 feet. If rainfall remains absent, water levels will drop, with average depth around 12 feet.
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Tennessee
Grate Fire At 614 West Market Street Kontained
Decatur fire units responded to a small blaze at a negro residence on West Market Street. Fire originated from an overly large grate fire. mantle singed but firefighters prevented spread.
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Decatur
West Market Street
Joseph Cottrell Wins Decatur Pony Contest
Joseph Cottrell, four years old, wins the Decatur merchants pony and cart contest after vote counting by judge J. B. Cassels. The pony and cart are awarded to him. Other prizes include Victrola, Fount Pen, and various goods for contestants Louise Coffee Vera Smith and others.
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Joseph Cottrell
Decatur
A. M. Cottrell
Louise Coffee
Vic
Vera Smith
David White
Ernest Burch
Louise Reese
British Cruiser Natal Sunk By Internal Explosion
The British cruiser Natal, a 13 500 ton vessel, was sunk in port by an internal explosion. The Admiralty announced the loss and attributed the sinking to an internal explosion with no outside attack.
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Natal
International London
Admiralty
Slump in Morgan County Marriage Licenses
Probate records show 417 licenses issued in 1915, down from 439 the prior year. White licenses numbered 279 for 1915 and 286 in 1914, while colored licenses were 128 and 153 respectively, with a larger percentage drop among Negroes amid wartime prosperity concerns. The Decatur Daily notes the European war as a contributing factor.
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Dan Cupid
Wm. E. Skeges
Morgan County
300 May Be Lost On Greek Steamer
The Greek steamer Thessalonika with 300 passengers aboard is missing as two other liners and the cutter Seneca search for her. Wireless reports suggested she was slowly making toward port, but no confirmation has arrived and concern grows.
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International News Service
New York
Thessalonika
Hners
Senaca
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Racy Author Triggers Ford Peace Party Discord
Stockholm reports new dissension in the Ford peace party as Mme Hellen Key, touted Swedish matchmaker to the delegates, faces criticism for her books deemed moral by a delegate. The dispute emerges just as the delegation readies to depart for Copenhagen.
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International News Service
Stockholm
Ford Peace Party
Copenhagen
Mme. Hellen
Mme. Key
Rr of
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