Civil War Opens in Russia as Bolsheviks Face Revolt
Reports from European capitals confirm Russia’s civil war as generals Kalendines, Korniloff, and Ku toff rally Don Cossacks against Bolsheviks. Bolshevik forces arrest leaders and disarm troops in Orenburg as trains and Trans-Siberian routes face disruption. Portugal forms new cabinet after urban fighting while British and French troops secure the Italian front along the Piave.
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Russia
Raledines
Korniloft
Portugal
Officail
Arenerals Kaledines
Korniloff
Kutoff
European
Constitutional Democracy
Don Cossacks
Boljsheviki
Kalendines
Moscow
Dutoff
Orenburg
Fuentainian Republic
Democratic Party
Kabedines
Don
Rusia
Libson
Lake Gordia
Adriatic
Piave
Asiago
France
Cambrai
Lens
Armistice Signed On Romanian Front By Central Powers
Berlin reports central powers' military officials announced an armistice signed with Russian and Romanian armies on the Romanian front. This news notes a settlement affecting operations in the region during ongoing hostilities.
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Rumanian Front
Berlin
Central Powers
Hungarian Infantry Storm Bridgehead. Over 200 Italians Taken
Berlin reports Hungarian infantry in the Paive delta yesterday stormed Italian positions on the bridgehead and captured more than 200 Italian troops.
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Berlin
Paive
War Declaration Won’t Alter World Conflict Says Austrian Official
Count Czernin, Austro-Hungarian foreign minister, tells Vienna that the U S declaration of war on Austria-Hungary is painful but will not affect ongoing events of the war, a Berlin Tages Zeitung quote reported by its Vienna correspondent.
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Amsterdam
Austria-Hungary
United States
Count Czernin
Vienna
Berlin
Tages Zeitung
Jerusalem Captured By British Forces Ends Long Muslim Rule
London reports that Jerusalem has been surrounded and surrendered to British troops. The move ends 1,200 years of Muslim control, with Turks holding the Holy City for 673 years and the last Christian ruler being Emperor Frederick II. The fall also signals a setback in Turkish aims at the Suez Canal.
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London
Andrew Bonar Law
House of Commons
Jerusalem
Frederick
Mesopotamia
Suez Canal
Halifax Death List Reaches 1200. Thousands Missing
Halifax Nova Scotia December 10 revised figures report 1200 known dead and 20 unaccounted for with about 900 identified dead. The tally reflects a major disaster impact and ongoing search efforts.
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Halifax
N. S
Funeral for Mrs Creel Held This Afternoon in City
Salisbury reports Mrs M C Quinn aged 60 widow of a prominent Salisbury man died suddenly this morning on a busy business street after heart trouble. She was the daughter of the late William P Phifer of Charlotte and is survived by three children.
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Salisbury
M. C. Quinn
William Bk. Phifer
Charlotte
No Capital Offense Docket In Guilford This Week
Greensboro reports a quiet criminal docket as no homicide cases are tested this term. A. T. Murray, a young white man, faces nine forgery and embezzlement charges tied to the Terrell Furniture Company. Jason Brown stands accused of manufacturing whisky in his kitchen near White Oak. he is out on bond awaiting trial. Judge W. F. Harding presides. Solicitor J. Bower prosecutes.
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Greensboro
Superior Court
A. T. Murray
Murray
Terrell Furniture Company
Guilford
Jason Brown
White Oak
Germans Use Potatoes Largely for Munitions
Amsterdam dispatch notes a Rheinische Zeitung letter stating Germans ration potatoes due to their use in munitions. The letter cites a powder factory consuming large quantities for spirit production and Cologne supplying its 640000 inhabitants with far less potato output.
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Amsterdam
Rheinische Westphalische Zeitung
Cologne
Russian revolt declared in Don region war against revolution
A London dispatch reports a proclamation from the Russian government claiming Kaledines and Korchlofs, aided by imperialists and constitutional democrats, have raised a revolt and declared war in the Don region against the people and the revolution.
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London
Don
Prominent Salisbury Woman Dies at Home of Daughter
The funeral of Mrs. W. C. Creel, who died at her daughter Mrs. J. S. Squires 101 Ox Street late Saturday afternoon, was conducted this afternoon by Rev. J. M. Hilliard. The service began at 3 o clock. Mrs. Creel was noted as a fine woman and mother of several children, two of whom serve in the United States Army.
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W. C. Creel
J. S. Squires
Ox Street
J. M. Hilliard
Funeral of Young Man Held Today
Funeral services for W. H. Ragan Jr. who died in the TN. T. plant explosion in Pittsburgh were conducted at 3 p.m. from the Ragan home by Rev. Gilbert T. Rowe. Pallbearers included J. W. Herricks Fred N. Tate and others. interment followed at Oakwood Cemetery.
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W. H. Ragan, Jr
TN. T
Pittsburgh
W. H. Ragan
Charles Ragan
Gilbert T. Rowe
D. D
Wesley Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church
Dillard Rag
Fred N. Tate
L. Davis
R. B. Terry
C. B. Bundy
W. C. Jones
J. FE. Marsh
HH. A. Millis
Second Southern Textile Exposition Opens Today
Greenville and CL December 9 Nearly 200 exhibits from across the United States will showcase textile machinery and products at the second southern textile exposition opening here tomorrow. The weeklong event is expected to attract over 30 000 visitors and has already strained local lodging. The biennial expo follows a similar Boston event and led to the creation of a permanent organization and an exhibition hall in this city for textile displays.
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Greenville, & CL
United States
South
Boston
English trade unionists plan National Labor Institute in London
London December 10 English trade unionists approve constructing a National Labor Institute in London as a permanent memorial of freedom and peace. The building would serve as the national headquarters of the Trade Union Congress and the National Labour Party and offer offices to unions, a conference hall, library and hotel accommodations for labor delegates and workers on business.
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London
Einglish
National Labor Institute
Trade Union Congress
National Labor Party
International League to Decide Fate for 1918 Season
New York reports the first in a series of baseball meetings will be held as league magnates gather to decide whether the International league will continue during the 1918 season. The session opens this evening amid talk of wartime constraints and scheduling.
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International League
New York
Child dies from burns in Danville incident
In Danville Virginia 18 month old Kirk B Watkins son of Mr and Mrs WW Watkins died Saturday evening at 8 30 oclock from burns suffered when the infant wandered near a gas stove. His clothing caught fire and though beaten out at once severe burns were sustained about the body.
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Danville
Little Kirk B. Watkins
WW. Watkins
Spinal Meningitis Declining at Camp Jackson
Camp Jackson officials report the spinal meningitis outbreak is “satisfactory” with only two or three new cases and one death since the initial reports. Quarantine may lift within days as healthy troops await return to duty.
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Camp Jackson
S. C
Gillett Steps in as Minority Leader in House
The article reports Frederick H. Gillett of Massachusetts acting as minority leader in the House while James R. Mann of Illinois is sick and absent. The Republican steering committee chose Gillett, who has moved into Mann's seat and handles routine duties of the post.
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Washinon
House ¢ Representatives
James R. Mann
Illinois
Frederick H. Gillett
Massachusetts
Mann
Gillett
Mr. Mann
Nat Wills Comedian Dies of Gas in Garage
Nat Wills a widely known comedian famed for his Tramp characterization was asphyxiated in a garage at his home in Union Hill yesterday while preparing to take a friend for a drive. A friend alerted Mrs. Wills after finding no response as he tried to reach fresh air through a closed door.
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Union Hill
Dee
Nat Wills
Members of Home Militia Selected
Nash county council of defense selects 50 men from Rocky Mount and surrounding areas to form the 54th company North Carolina militia reserve with home station at Rocky Mount.
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Rocky Mount
Nash County Council of Defense
North Carolina Militia Reserve
Supreme Court upholds North Carolina liquor record law
The Supreme Court today sustained a North Carolina statute requiring railroad and express companies to keep records of shipments for public inspection. Seaboard Air Line Railway argued the rule violated interstate commerce. the high court rejected that claim though Justice Van Deventer dissented.
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Washington
North Carolina
Railroad and Express Companies
Supreme Court
Seaboard Air Line Railway Company
North Carolina Supreme Court
van Deventer
American Engineers Help British at Gouzencourt Fight
An AP story recalls an eventful week in France where American engineers joined a British force at Gouzencourt. A pajama-clad British general organized a counterattack, then linked with 70 fighters including Irish orderlies and cooks after being cut off. The combined force pressed the enemy as the main British line joined later.
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France
Belgium
Associated Press
Gouzencourt
Dr John Jeter Hurt Speaks on War at Kinston
Dr John Jeter Hurt of Wilmington gave a series of war addresses at the First Baptist church in Kinston. Topics included If Germany Wins the World War What If the Allies Should Win Then What and America at the Council Table of Peace. An interdenominational gathering followed and Hurt pictured a future where America seeks happiness and justice for the world.
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Kinston
John Jeter Hurt
Wilmington
First Baptist Church
Germany
America
Dr. Hart
Kinston Churchgoers Give Christmas Gifts to Troops
Kinston residents raised funds through church collections to supply gifts for service members. Between 20 and 30 gifts were shipped abroad and 240 to 300 more will be mailed to training camps and naval stations nationwide. The drive involves nearly every local church organization.
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Kinston
Cold Wave Reaches Florida and Gulf Coast
The weather bureau reports a cold wave in northern Florida and the adjacent Gulf coast with temperatures 1 to 10 degrees below freezing. Zero readings have reached central Indiana. Most southern states remain cold for 36 more hours, with Florida Alabama and Mississippi slightly warmer by Tuesday.
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Washington
Florida
Aif
Weather Bureau
Indiana
Alabama
Mississippi
Halifax Officials Arrest 16 Germans After Harbor Explosion
Halifax N S December 10 officials began mass arrest of German residents following military instructions. Sixteen Germans were taken into custody with a few later released after initial questioning. Authorities did not disclose evidence tying suspects to the harbor explosion.
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Halifax
Neos
Picton
Hield
Haliifax
N. S
Hal
Cus
Veteran of Somme to Lecture in High Point
Capt Stuart Allen a Canadian officer veteran of Somme Ypres and Arras battles will speak at the High Point high school auditorium next Saturday evening under the High Point Red Cross. Proceeds from ticket sales go to the Red Cross chapter and Allen takes no pay.
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J. Stuart Allen
High Schol
Stuart Allen
Somme
Ypres
Arras
High Point
Allen
High Point Red Cross Society
University of North Carolina
France
Red Cross
Girl Posing as Boy Detained by Offiers in Landis
In Salisbury on December 9 a trio in a car with Virginia plates was stopped at Landis after suspicion of a disguised girl. The girl admitted she was female, one of the men posted bond, while the others stayed with Sheriff Krider on charges of disorderly conduct. District stewards of Salisbury Methodist church postponed their annual session in the Empire hotel event.
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Salisbury
Landis
Virginia
Bond
Krider
Salioury Methodist Church
Empire Ho E
Million Dollars for Halifax Relief Announced
Premier Robert L. Borden announced a preliminary 1.0 million dollar relief appropriation for Halifax. The Canadian government will place the fund immediately with the citizens' finance committee for rapid distribution.
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Halifax
Robert L. Borden
Tlatita
Citizens’ Finance Committee
Salt shortage hits Danville farmers and hogs
In Danville Virginia farmers report a table salt shortage amid a sugar famine. The shortage forces hogs to be kept alive on grain for other purposes as producers struggle to secure salt for curing and feed needs.
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Danville
Burglars Hit Nashville Stores Last Week
Burglars visited three Nashville establishments causing thefts of money and goods. The Batchelor and Clarke store the Atlantic Coast Line Railway Company offices and the Nashville Family and Fruit store were entered by unknown parties.
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Rocky Mount
Dee
Nashville
Batchelor and Clarke
Atlantic Coast Line Hail- Way Company
Nashville Fanily and Fruit Store
Food Supplies Halted by Siberia Aims at Petrograd
The provisional government of Siberia orders all food shipments stopped for European Russia especially Petrograd to prevent supplies reaching Germany.
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Petrograd
Siberia
European Russia
Germany
Judge Cline says he was humiliated in court
Concord December 10 Judge Cline said he felt humiliated by a state paper report claiming the defendant was armed during the tense Saturday session The judge asked the sheriff to explain the situation The defendant testified he picked up the revolver from his counsel's table after it had been used by many witnesses and that it was unloaded
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Concord
Gaston B Means
Dooling
New York
Hayden Clement
Jurors Drawn for January Guilford Court Terms
Jurors have been drawn for the January terms of Guilford Superior Court. The court will sit for three weeks starting January 14, with two weeks for civil trials and one for criminal cases. A long list of juror names follows.
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Guilford
John A. Brewer
Ds. Ingold
L. C. Reete
J. W. Webb
W. G. Hutchings
FEO AL \VieAdoo
E. M. Scott
Burton
F.J. Crawford
C. K. Crawley
N. A. Stedman
W. L. Carter
EL BR. Bush
WL . Brown
Mr. Craven
C. W. Canada
de Me Brady
V. Hodgin
George W. Hodgin
W. M. Shelley
G. L. Wirkman
TR Gann
Col. Williams
W. J. Stafford
WW. Shourley
John W. Kraight
Wichain
W. AL Walker
Po Sessups
Vo Widte
Walter Smith
Jerome Leani
J. D. Garrett
W. B. Hester
C. EB
I Nin
DLA
Sones
Poo. Pegram
Bobah Dean
J. Ll. Stank
DL S. Pueher
A. Idol
J. M. Garcia
SBR
I. L. Geaddis
Walter Cox
R. EB. Coltrane
W. DP
Edgecombe County Tragedy: Young Lady Burned at Home
News of Shine Nettie Lancaster of Edgecombe County reports she was fatally burned when her clothing ignited near a stove. The incident occurred as she stood by the stove, with relatives at Legete.
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Edgecombe County
Shine Nettie Lancaster
Edgecombe Comity
VO. F
Faeweter
Legete
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Seaboard Air Line Railway
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