Dr McCormick of Mobile Honored Again by Masons
Dr John A McCormick of Mobile is elected grand conductor of the Royal and Select Masters Council at the close of the ninety sixth annual grand lodge convocation in Montgomery. He also becomes head of the grand council Royal Arch Masons, as Alabama Masons gather for imperial officers visit and a parade through Montgomery.
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Council of Royal and
Montgomery
Ala
John A. McCormick
Mobile
Royal
D Council
Grand Lodge
Grand Council
Royal Arch Masons
Alabama
Alcazar Temple
Henry F. Niedringhaus
South
Asian to Export Large Cotton Cargo This Week
The British steamer Asian will depart from the port this week carrying over 10,000 bales of Alabama cotton from municipal docks at piers 2 and 5. The cargo also includes pig iron and other goods as part of the Leyland liner's outbound shipment.
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Oeki
Spanish Steamer Urbitarte Sunk in Torpedo Attack
London dispatch says the Spanish steamship Urbitarte of 1 756 tons gross was torpedoed and sunk. The crew has been landed.
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Associated Press
London
Urbitarte
Winter visitors fill Mobile for Satsuma Day festivities
A long list of winter tourists and officials arrive in Mobile for Satsuma Day events and related activities. Notables include Hinds state entomologist, Wallace game and fish commissioner, and locals from Birmingham and Akron visiting or staying at the Battle House.
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Albert E. Eastman
EB. C. Lott
J. R. Atkins
Chicago
Ills
J. W. Lemie
Sturgi
Mich
H. T. Webb
Centrevill
Iowa
Mobile
Battle House
W. E. Hinds
Auburn Polytechnic Institute
John H. Wallace
Mr. B. Caristark
Akron
Ohio
The
A. F. Hutchins
Battles Wharf
Ala
Beach Hotel
War Aims of the German Radicals Set Forth
Berlin dispatch via London reports Professor Karl Doormann, leader of the Radical party, declares war aims: accept annexations if necessary, block Entente economic war, recover all colonies, and ensure Germany's independent right to exist and develop as it chooses.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
Olland
London
Berlin
Karl Doormann
Radical
Reichstag
Entente
Germany
Admiral Burney Named Second Sea Lord of Britain
A terse dispatch reports Admiral Sir Cecil Burney, Jellicoe’s second in command, appointed second sea lord of the admiralty in London. Other items note dry forces gains in Massachusetts elections, political speeches, and various regional happenings.
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Admiral Burney
Sea Lord
Great Britain
Associated Press
London
Cecil Burney
Jellicoe
Grand Fleet
The
Admiralty
Boston
Massachusetts
Fall River
Haverhill
Leominister
Taunton
Germany replies on Arabia sinking and other submarine cases
A preliminary German reply to US inquiries on the sinking of the British liner Arabia says a commander believed it armed and asked Washington to share evidence. Officials cautious, awaiting Wilson’s word. Also noted are the Marina and Chemung incidents and the Palermo brief dispatch with Americans aboard.
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Associated Press
Washington
Germany
Arabia
State Department
Berlin
United States
Lansing
Marina
Peninsula
Orient
Wilson
Austria-Hungary
Mediterranean
Palermo
Two Men Admit Horse Theft in Biloxi Case
John T. Martin charged with assault and Robert B. Laws charged with petit larceny confessed Tuesday night to horse stealing in Biloxi Mississippi. They admitted stealing a colt from Leo Seymour and a mare from a Biloxi woman and trading the animals to parties at Grant's Ferry near Pascagoula.
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John T. Martin
Robert B. Laws
Biloxi
Miss
G. M. van Liew
Léo Seymour
Grant's Ferry
Pascagoula
Jefferson Home Offer A Million Dollars For Monticello
Washington reports a New York representative says one million dollars has been offered for Monticello the Jefferson home. Levy would accept half that amount from the government. Rep Martha Story and Daughters of the American Revolution push for government purchase of the property despite some doubts about the 500000 appropriation.
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Washington
Monticello
Thomas Jefferson
Levy
New York
House
William Cummings Story
Daughters of the American Revolution
Jefferson
Austen
Texas
Burnett
Alabama
Newbern Honored by International Police Identification Group
Detective G. P. Newbern, head of Bertillon system in the city police, named a member of the International Association of Criminal Identification. The group, formed in 1915 in Oakland, includes police, secret service, and federal operators from the U S and Canada.
Petrograd Abrogates Maritime Regulations of London Declaration
The imperial government announces via the News Agency that an order dated November 21 abrogates the Declaration of London maritime regulations with later modifications. The ukase cites an agreement with France and Great Britain. A July 8 London order and a Paris decree announced the move. The British note says scientific warfare advances altered naval war, later linked to submarine operations.
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Petrograd
London
Associated Press
Declaration of London
Ukase
France
Great Britain
Paris
British
Foreign Office
British Gold Inflow To U S Rises In December
New York December 6 British gold sent from Canada boosted U S reserves with $3,000,000 to the assay office and $14,000,000 to the Philadelphia mint. The week’s receipts total about $25,000,000 and year to date imports from all sources reach roughly $548,000,009.
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Associated Press
New York
Canada
J. P. Morgan & Co
Philadelphia
Bromo Quinine Laxative Promoted by Grove Brand
An old advertisement touts Bromo Quinine as the cure for colds and headaches. It features E W Grove’s signature on the box and lists the price at 25 cents.
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Federated Council of Churches of Christ In America
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