German cruisers Dresden and Nurnberg flee toward Argentina
Wireless reports from Montevideo indicate Dresden and Nurnberg survive the December 8 engagement that sunk Scharnhorst Gneisenau and Leipzig. They are said to be pursuing toward Port Santa Cruz on the Argentine coast with the Prince Estel said to carry 1,500 German soldiers. Santiago reports say two other German cruisers were badly damaged in the Falklands battle.
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Associated Press
Montevideo
Uruguay
Dresden
Nurnberg
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Leipzig
Port Santa Cruz
Argentine
Atlantic
Straits of Magellan
Falkland Islands
Prince Estel
South Atlantic
Santiago
Chile
British Fleet Under Sturdee Defeats Spee Off Falklands
Admiral Sturdee reports victory as a British squadron clashed with Count von Spee’s German force near the Falkland Islands. The encounter is described as a successful engagement by the war staff chief, with continuation noted on page two.
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Sturdee
London
Frederick Sturdee
Count von Spee
Falkland Islands
Centralia Beset by Boiler Trouble Off Point Arguella
The passenger steamer Centralia, wooden and bound from Los Angeles to San Francisco, is anchored five miles south of Point Arguella after a boiler tube burst. Liner Harvard and Bear rushed to assist as a strong southerly wind drove the Centralia toward rocks. no danger to passengers known, wireless calls requested nearer boats.
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Associated Press
San Luis Obispo
Cal
Point Arguella
Centralia
Santa Barbara Channel
Harvard
Bear
Arguella Light
California
Santa
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Point Ar
Ammunition Shortage Warned by Gen Leonard Wood
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, retired chief of staff, in his annual report warns that guns without ammunition burden allies and risk becoming trophies to the enemy. He says there is not enough ammunition to sustain a single major battle for American forces.
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Leonard Wood
United States Army
Wood
German raiders sink off Falklands in South Atlantic
Berlin reports the sinking on December eight off the Falklands of the Scharnhorst Gneisenau and Leipzig with about 1800 lives lost. British ships in that action are unnamed. Tokyo says no Japanese warships were informed and likely did not take part. The South Atlantic squadron reportedly received heavy guns reinforcements.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Japan
Falklands
South Atlantic
Craiers
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Leipzig
Villa Now Cut Off From His Base Is Carranza Report
A Saltillo telegram reported General Alfonso Vasquez with 8000 troops marching on San Padre de Las Colonias and Torreon as part of Carranza’s campaign in Coahuila and Chihuahua. Villa is said to be cut off from his base, with Torreon in the hands of the Arrieta brothers.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Tex
Alfonso Vasquez
San Padre de Las Colonias
Torreon
Saltillo
J. Beltran
Carranza
Vasquez
Coahuila
Chihuahua
Villa
Arrieta Brothers
British Public Follows Kaiser William Illness
London dispatches report the German emperor William II suffering an influenza attack during a secret visit to Emperor Francis Joseph. Reliable sources say he is recovering, and his quiet return to Berlin last Thursday marked his first trip home since the war began.
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Associated Press
London
William
Francis Joseph
Berlin
Weather Forecast for Mobile
Generally fair tonight and Friday with light winds. Frost tonight near zero. Temperatures around 36 degrees.
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Mobile
Waterways Plan Favored by Weeks at Congress Session
Senator Weeks of Massachusetts urged a lump sum for waterway improvements to be spent under an army engineer led commission. Speaker Champ Clark and five other congressmen spoke as the National Rivers and Harbors Congress met in Washington. Weeks said the panel would decide expenditure location, not policy, to maximize returns and avoid unprofitable projects.
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Associated Press
Washington
Champ Clark
Congress
National Rivers and Warbors Congress
Senator Weeks
Massachusetts
Army
Weeks
Navy withholds warship tonnage report for neutrality
The navy department will not publish its usual December and July comparative statement on warship tonnage. Instead it reissued last July’s figures showing Great Britain leading with 2 175 850 tons, followed by Germany United States France Japan Italy Russia and Austro Hungary.
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Associated Press
Washington
Navy Department
Department
Great Britain
Germany
United States
France
Japan
Italy
Russia
Austro-Hungary
Nation plans $53 million in ailing improvements and upkeep
Washington December 10 estimates put the total cost for national improvements and maintenance at more than 53 million dollars. The figure reflects planned expenditure across infrastructure and public works programs to be allocated in the coming budget cycle.
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Washington
Dec
Examiners Purge 455 From Alabama Pension Rolls
In Montgomery the state pensions board concluded a three day session by removing 455 pensioners from Alabama rolls after reviewing 921 cases, retaining 466. Of those dropped, 121 were deserters from the Confederate army who had served on the Union side. The board will finish with 12 remaining counties at the next meeting led by Gen. Fred S. Ferguson.
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Montgomery
Ala
Macon
Lowndes
Mobile
Fred S. Ferguson
John Evers Illness Advances to Pneumonia
New York December 10 Doctors report Johnny Evers captain of the world champion Braves has pneumonia in one lung and his condition is serious.
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New York
Johnny Evers
Braves
Migratory Bird Case in U S Court Awaits Washington Decision
In U S district court Toulmin judge argued the case United States v Rena Montgomery for retailing liquor without a revenue license. The case against William H Pryor Jr for violating the migratory bird law was continued pending a decision before the U S Supreme Court.
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United States District Court
Toulmin
United States
Ve. Rena Montgomery
William H. Pryor, Jr
United States Supreme Court
Express company charges on return oyster packages
The Alabama Oyster Commission reports Southern Express Company now levies express charges on return packages that once contained oysters. Rates are 10 and 15 cents per package, varying by size.
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Alabama Oyster Commission
Southern Express Company
Secretary Daniels Testifies on Navy Policy and Ship Plans
Secretary Daniels testified before the House Naval Committee on naval policy and the appropriation bill. He backed steady expansion including two dreadnoughts six destroyers eight submarines or more one gunboat and one oiler with the president approving. He called 100 submarines and fifty battleships extravagant and urged a reserve of ex sailors and continued development while noting 229 ships in all and 90 percent in full commission.
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Daniels
Congress
Edison Draughtsman Learns of Fire Here
Otto J. Schier chief draughtsman for the Edison Company at Carlstadt New Jersey arrived in Mobile on Thursday and is staying at the Cawthon Hotel His first news of the Edison plant fire reached him in Mobile He seeks health after a strenuous campaign of work
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Otto J. Schier
Edison Company
Carlstadt
New Jersey
Mobile
Cawthon Hotel
Edison
Mr. Schier
Rotary Club Meeting Sets Attendance Record
The Mobile Rotary Club held its weekly Thursday meeting with the largest attendance to date. L. J. Davis presided as several members delivered short talks, making it one of the most interesting sessions.
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Mobile Rotary Club
L. J. Davis
Mobile county school board acts on officer election legality
The Mobile county school board weighs legal opinion on whether officers elected by secret ballot at the November meeting were valid or void. A tuition fee of $1 in the high school was approved five to two, with Hartwell and Quinn in opposition. A three member committee will meet Mobile delegates to discuss revising school laws, and Oakdale kindergarten will be connected to the sanitary sewer with Goubil Bros. awarded the job at 75.85. A Christmas holiday schedule was adopted and a lunch counter plan announced.
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Board of School Commissioners
Mobile County
Iva Voce
McCall
Alabama
Vickers
Cochrane
Roach
Roe
Jordan
Hartwell
Quinn
Oakdale
Goubil Bros
Boyles to Tell of Home Garden at Chamber Meeting
Aubrey Boyles will discuss how the home garden reduces living costs at the Chamber of Commerce ways and means committee gathering next Monday night at the Cawthon Hotel. He maintains a model garden on Reed avenue. unique agricultural surprises are planned by Secretary Card and County Farm Demonstration Agent Maloney for the luncheon.
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Aubrey Boyles
Chamber of Commerce
Ways and Means
Cawthon Hotel
Boyles
Reed Avenue
Maloney
Card
Hester Elected Secretary of New Orleans Cotton Exchange
Henry G. Hester, a renowned cotton statistician, was elected secretary and superintendent of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange for the forty fifth time. He was also named an honorary member of the exchange.
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Hester
New Orleans
Henry G. Hester
Sugar futures market to reopen, NY coffee exchange backs
The sugar committee of the New York coffee exchange recommends reopening the sugar futures market at an early date. A decision will be made by the board of managers.
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New York
New York Coffee Exchange Today
Unfilled tonnage at U S Steel falls in November
New York December 10 The unfilled tonnage of the United States Steel Corporation on November 380 totalled 3,324,592 tons, a decrease of 136,505 tons from October.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Rumor of Kaiser William III Death Spars Mobile
A false report of Kaiser William II death spread through Mobile, sparked by a rumor at the Cotton Exchange. People urged verification, while officials stated no AP flash about a death. Reports cited the Kaiser’s serious illness as a possible trigger for the rumor.
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Mobile
Kaiser William of
Germany
Cotton Exchange
Associated Press
William
Royal Street Fight Ends With no Complainant
Hamp and Leon McKeon fought Edward Roche on Royal Street near Dauphin. Roche’s car was damaged and blood flowed. Traffic Officer Davis detained the trio but no charges were filed and Lieutenant Farmer released them after failing to identify a complainant.
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Royal Street
Dauphin Street
Hamp
Leon McKeon
Edward Roche
Roche
Davis
Farmer
War Front Reports French Gains and Allied Counter Attacks
From Paris the war office reports December 9 quiet on the front with French advances at Le Quesnoy Aisne and Meuse heights and enemy trenches evacuated. German sources claim repulsed French attack in Argonne with heavy losses. Austrian notes say 8 December guns captured and prisoners taken near Servia. Possible Dixmude occupation by allies and a favorable Polish front development also cited.
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Paris
Belgium
Arras
War Office
le Quesnoy
Aisne
Meuse
Perthes
Argonne
Berlin
London
Forest of
Amsterdam
Vienna
Servia
Milanovatz
Edison 67 Rebuilds Plant After Fatal Fire at Edison Works
Edison 67 begins rebuilding after a devastating blaze at the Thomas A. Edison Company plant in West Orange New Jersey. One man reported dead another missing as flames destroyed most of the facility. Insurance covers part of the loss with a larger self insurance fund backing the remainder. About 7 000 employees to report for duty to aid reconstruction amid uncertain exact death toll. Continued on last page.
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Associated Press
West Orange
N. J
Thomas A. Edison Company
Mr. Edison
Manu
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