Major ship repair project heads to Mobile port
The Gulf City Boiler Works and W M Evans secure a bid to repair the oil steamer San Cristobal, valued at 289760 dollars, at Mobile. The vessel currently lies in Puerto Rico and will be towed here by Pearson Oil Syndicate. Over a hundred workers will be employed, with extensive boiler and machinery work planned.
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Mobile
Birmingham
W. M. Evans
Gulf City
Pearson Oil Syndicate
Lonim
England
San Jancisco
New York
New Orleans
Yast
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Yilroad Company
Evans
San Cristobal
Ollinger
Mhe
Gulf City Miler
B.L. Winchell
Meeting of Funds Committee for Mardi Gras Held This Afternoon
Mobile merchants have pledged strong support for the Carnival fund says Robert M. Weinacker, chairman of the finance committee. A meeting is scheduled for 4 o clock this afternoon with the finance committee and wing committee members expected to attend.
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Mobile Carnival Association
Mobile
Mobile Association
Weinacker
Ates. M.ad
Ieee I. Manning
Peerless River Steamer Returns to Montgomery Service
The river steamer Peerless fully repaired will re enter the Mobile Montgomery service today on its initial trip this evening and again Wednesday. Reports from Montgomery say cargo awaits the steamer and merchants expect a resumed schedule. A morning trial run showed the Peerless in good condition after fixing misalignment and excessive water draft. Regular trips resume for the week with a Saturday departure to Montgomery.
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Peerless
Montgomery
Safe Blowers Hit Standard Oil Office in Early Monday Heist
The Standard Oil Company office at Conception and Sumter streets was robbed by expert safe blowers using nitro glycerine. About $817.47 in checks and money were stolen. The break-in, discovered around 6 am, involved a cut wire screen and a torn Herring safe. Detectives Newbern and New investigated but found no clues. The blast caused a floor fire and window damage. a steel bar and pinchers were left behind.
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Standard Oil Company
Conception
Sumterstreé
Yeggmen
G. P. Newbern
Ernest New
Oil Company
E Newbern
Weather Forecast for Alabama Today and Tuesday
The Associated Press reports Alabama will have generally fair and warm conditions tonight and Tuesday. Skies stay fair with a slight cooling in the northern portion.
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Associated Press
Washington
Alabama
Satsuma Day Parade Promises 300 Decorated Automobiles
Gulf Coast Horticultural Society president Dr. Winberg announces about 300 decorated cars line up for the Satsuma Day parade Thursday. Parade stretches two miles with a Bienville square band concert 2:30 to 4:30. committee chairs Mr. Adams and Mr. Reynolds coordinate planning and public invitation.
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Gulf Coast Horticultural Society
Grand Bay
Irvington
Citronelle
Mobile County
L. G. Adams
Winberg
Tex ~Walt
W. H. Reynolds
New Orleans
Bienville Square
Satsuma Night Parade and Dinner Celebrate City Gift
A big parade begins on Government Street at 10 30 moving through main streets. At 11 30 Mayor Harry Pillans will turn over the city keys to Satsuma growers. Decorations by A F Hutchings at the Battle House with two orchestras and music all evening. A Satsuma dance in Battle House Auditorium follows, tickets via Satsuma fund subscribers. Thursday features a Satsuma dinner and celebration at the Vineyard.
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Harry Pillans
Satsuma
A. F. Hutchings
Battles Wharf
Battle House
Satsuma Fund
Vineyard
Belgians in Antwerp Revolt Reported
Dispatch from London dated December 4 cites reports by two Belgians arriving at Sluis that Antwerp rose up on November 30. The revolt involved two to three hundred residents and many Germans, with calls for work in Germany creating unrest.
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Associated Press
London
Sluiskill
Holland
Ghent
Antwerp
Toamsterdam
Germany
Girl Struck by Auto Leaves Miss Swift Still Unconscious
Miss Marion Swift remained unconscious after a Saturday night pedestrian collision on Spring Hill avenue Mobile. Geneva Gerdes, driver of the car, was released on $500 bond with the case set for December 6. Police chief G M Van Liew ordered a full investigation and witness James Foster said the car traveled about 65 feet before the arrest reaction.
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Marion Swift
Geneva Gerdes
Miss Swift
Mies Gerdes
Recorder’s Court
G. M. van Liew
Cer James Foster
Gerdes
Spring Hill Avenue
Mobile
Situation at Bucharest Still Critical in World War I Update
New York dispatch reports Bucharest remains under serious threat from three converging axes as von Mackensen presses south and west. Rumanian and Russian forces bolster defenses, while Serbian advances in Macedonia push Bulgarians toward Stravina amid contested Grunishte hills.
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Rumania
Bucharest
von Mackensen
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von Falkenhayn
Macedonia
Grunishte
Stravina
Berlin
Americans Minister To The Netherlands Resigns
The United States ambassador to the Netherlands reportedly resigns. The Hague dispatch cites unclear reasons and notes potential replacement discussions underway with U.S. authorities handling the matter.
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Netherlands
Martin Case Is Continued To December Sixth
John T. Martin a Montgomery horse trader faces assault to murder charges. The case was continued by the recorder to December 6. Fred Fincher a Spring Hill farmer swore out the warrant claiming Martin attacked him with a pistol on Spring Hill avenue near Pine Street, Fincher shot in the left eye during the incident. Police describe a tense scene with bystanders and others peering from hides and counters as officers moved in.
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Montgomery
Recorder
Fred Fincher
Spring Hill
Martin
Spring Hill Avenue
Pine Street
Fincher
Aco¢E
Ring
Liff Adams
Frontier
Martin N
Adams
Officer Adams
Early Christmas Shopping Urged To Beat Peak Demand
A local advisory urges shoppers to start early for Christmas to avoid crowded stores and rising prices. The piece cites a poet’s warning about near term deadlines and stresses buying gifts like a cit for mother and a meerschaum pipe for brother while stock remains available.
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Mother
Brother
Warm Fair Weather Forecast For Tuesday
The weather man expects generally fair and continued warmth tomorrow with a belated Indian summer. Moderate temperatures are forecast all week with colder air expected late in the week and possible local rain Wednesday or Thursday. Nightly lows hovered around sixty and daytime highs reached sixty six.
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South Atlantic
Serbian troops capture hill north of Grunishte on Macedonian front
Paris dispatch reports Serbian forces seized a hill north of Grunishte east of the Cerna river bend on the Macedonian front, according to the war office.
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Grunishte
Mace
Paris
Cerna River
War Office
Ninth Army Wins Battle Near Bucharest in World War II
The battle on the northwest of Bucharest concluded with a Ninth army victory. The emperor ordered church bells rung in Prussia and Alsace Lorraine on Monday to celebrate the win.
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Hie Sreeete Ver
Bucharest
Ninth Army
Prussia
Alsace-Lorraine
German raids repulsed on Somme and Alsace fronts
Two German raids on small French posts near Barleux on the Somme front and a separate attempt southeast of Mesteral in Alsace were repulsed without success. Elsewhere on the French front the night passed quietly.
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Associated Press
Paris
Barleux
Somme
Alsace
Mesteral
Women in Berlin Demonstrate Against Home Army Bill
An Amsterdam dispatch reports Berlin women mostly servants and soldiers' wives protested outside Charlottenburg town hall against a home army bill. They demanded bread and two days' leave for all soldiers and called for peace amid the measure's passage.
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London
C. A
Home Army
Berlin
Amsterdam
Exchange Telegraph Company
Charlottenburg Town Hall
Germans Promise Happy Christmas Mysteriously
Amsterdam dispatch to the Daily Mail reports hints of good news for Germany for Christmas. The Reichstag may convene earlier than planned, and Colonial Minister Salf told the press that very gratifying events are near, promising a happy Christmas for the German people.
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Associated Press
London
Amsterdam
Daily Mail
Reichstag
Dusseldorf
Anzeiger
Salf
Whitney Bodden Co Adds Schooner James Rockwell
Captain E L Whitney announced the Whitney Bodden & Co has purchased the 473 ton American schooner James Rockwell, boosting fleet to six sailing vessels operating from Mobile. The Rockwell joins bark Entines Skoda 6538 tons and Stranger 572 tons, schooners Sadie Sumner 587 tons Conniscliffe and Edna V Pickles, all flagged American.
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Whittney, Bodden & Co
New York
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Rockwell
Whittney-Bodden Company
Mobile
Lloyds
Whittney- Bodden Company
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Skoda
Stranger
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Sumner
Conniscliffe
Edna V. Pickles
Minister’s Crescent City Call Shocks Mobile Parish
Rev. Matthew Brewster of Christ Episcopal Church Mobile has received a call to the Church of the Annunciation in New Orleans. He announced the call after a seventeen year ministry in Mobile and will visit New Orleans this week to meet the pulpit. He did not confirm acceptance.
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New Orleans
Matthew Brewster
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Christ Episcopal Church
Brewster
Mobile
Ian Pane
Alabama Methodist Conference names year appointments in Selma
The Alabama Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South adjourned in Selma and announced next years appointments across Mobile district and statewide circuits. Rev O C McGehee becomes Prattville presiding elder. J B Trotter moves to Stockton.
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Mobile
C. W. Calhoun Elder
Selma
Ala
Alabama
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
la Payette Street
Dothan
Collins Denny
V. Calhoun
Calvert
J. O. Wilson
Citronelle Mission
J. T. Debardeleben
Coffeeville
N. H. Gibson
Crichton
J. Gibson
Fairhope
Protests of Neutrals Slow Deportations in Belgium
Amsterdam dispatch reports Les Nouvelles says Germany is reducing deportation efforts from Belgium. Most men who came to Liege were sent home, with few removed from nearby villages. Neutrals' protests appear to have limited the transfers. Invalids and youths returned to Ghent say they were forced to work on Lyonrines in Soissons and faced poor food and harsh treatment.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
London
Les Nouvelles
Belgium
Liege
Ghent
Lyonrines
Soissons
Opening of Congress Marks End of Wilson Term
The 66th Congress convened with cheers as Speaker Clark opened the short session to wrap up President Wilson’s first term. Four procurement bills target food costs, including a food embargo and transportation controls, while petitions flood in favor of reform. Speaker Clark seeks earlier daily sessions and abolition of Christmas holidays.
Kitchin foresees week at home for members at Christmas
Majority Leader Kitchin says members will have a week at home for Christmas but favors a 10 o'clock meeting hour. He expects little railroad legislation and notes the high cost of living bills may prompt discussion though few, if any, will pass. He leans toward extending food investigations to appropriate government branches and predicts no railroad bills before Christmas. He also expects a nationwide prohibition vote this session. The Senate recessed to 3 pm for swearing in three new members, Watson, Fernald, and Kirby, with adjournment planned for noon tomorrow in honor of Senator Clarke.
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Kitchin
House
Senate
Watson
Indiana
Fernald
Maine
Kirby
Arkansas
Senator Clarke
Kansas
Wood Oil Company Incorporated Here
The Alabama Wood Oil Company filed incorporation papers in es bate court Monday. Capitalized at 16000 dollars with 6000 dollars to engage in wood and animal milling. Incorporators include Childs Moline Tih W Bailey Davenport American Wood Oil Gallington Delaware.
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Ming
Childs
Moline
Tih
W. Bailey
Davenport
American Wood. Oil
Gollington
Delaware
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