Yuan Shi Kai Accepts Chinese Emperor Crown Delayed Coronation
Yuan Shi Kai agreed to become emperor of China and will delay coronation for about a year while remaining president with imperial powers. China fears Japanese interference as England and the United States reportedly will not tolerate Japan’s involvement.
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Peking
Yuan Shi Kai
China
Council of State
Japan
Yuan
England
United States
Wellington Koo
Koo
State Council
Japan to press immediate representations if Yuan proclaims throne
Tokyo says it expects formal communications to the Chinese foreign office if reports that Yuan Shi Kai has accepted the crown as emperor are confirmed. Officials lack verification but fear a sudden Pekin shift could trigger a Far East crisis and revolutionary upheaval.
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Japan
Tokio
Pekin
Yuan Shi Kai
Foreign Office
Far East
Shanghai
Yuan Si Kai
Nationwide railroad strike looming after eight hour day demands
Western enginemen join Eastern and Southern crews in demanding eight hours at current pay and time and a half for overtime. About seventy two enginemen, switchmen and train men meet in Chicago December 15 to present the plan. If not granted, a nationwide strike could halt major railroads. Final decision followed twenty hours of heated talks led by W. S. Stone.
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Chicago
Eastern
Southern
Western Organization
Great Northern
W. S. Stone
Planning Big Mobile Coast Defense Guns
Washington reports army ordnance experts are testing mobile coast defense guns mounted on trucks or rail cars. A plan contemplates mobile batteries to guard coastlines lacking permanent fortifications as part of an $80,000,600 defense program. Trials seek how large a gun can be moved and installed, with 12 14 16 inch and larger weapons under consideration.
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Washington
Army
Storm in Senate over American rights in seas
In Washington on December 11 the senate debated the administration’s defense of American rights at sea. Senator Hoke Smith called for an investigation into Great Britain’s interference with neutral trade while Senator Lodge pressed to include American fatalities, citing a dead infant found drifting at sea as a tragic example.
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Washington
Congress
Hoke Smith
Great Britain
Lodge
Massachusetts
U S Revenue Man Shot in Raid on Moonshiners
Anniston Alabama December 11 United States Deputy Revenue Collector J B Edwards a former sheriff of Talladega County was shot fatally wounded in a running fight with seven moonshiners near Borden Springs in the Cleburne mountains. Edwards led a three man posse to the still as the moonshiners opened fire he fell with buckshot wounds to face neck and chest. The others returned fire and the moonshiners escaped. No other officer was wounded.
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Anniston
Ala
J. B. Edwards
United States
Talladega County
Alabama
Borden Springs
Cleburne County
Edwards
German Emperor recalls Boy-Ed and Von Papen
Emperor William withdraws Captain Boy-Ed and Captain Von Papen the naval and military attaches of the German embassy in Washington and asks for safe conducts for them and successors. Secretary Lansing formally announces the action.
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Washington
Emperor William
Boy-Ed
Captain von Papen
United States
Lansing
Weather Outlook for Alabama and Mississippi
Alabama forecasts show fair conditions on Sunday with cooler temperatures in the south portion and a fair Monday. Mississippi expects fair weather on Sunday with a cooler spell in the extreme southeast portion.
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Alabama
Mississippi
Popular Vote 10 Chooses Wilson as Party Candidate
New York December 11 The Democratic national convention for 1916 will be called with primaries to elect delegates by direct popular vote. William F. McCombs announced primaries and named national committeemen, noting Wilson is unopposed and primaries will be perfunctory. Progressives expected to follow suit. Delegates will be allocated by state and district, with special entitlement for Alaska DC Philippines Hawaii and Porto Rico.
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New York
United States
St. Louis
William F. McCombs
Wilson
Republican National Committee
Washington
National Committee
McCombs
Clark Howell
Georgia
Charles Boeschenstein
Illinois
Thomas Taggart
Indiana
Wilbur W. Marsh
Iowa
Robert E. Wing
Louisiana
Edwin O. Wood
Michigan
Edward F. Goltra
Missouri
J. Bruce Kremer
Montana
Eugene E. Reed
New Hampshire
Robert 8. Hudspeth
New Jersey
Norman E. Mack
Summerdale Warehouse To Be Converted Into Factory
Arrangements by the Southern Plantation Development Company of Chicago are reported to convert the Summerdale tobacco warehouse into a canning factory. Libby, McNeil & Libby will operate it as a sub cannery station. The large building, the county’s biggest, cost about $50 000 and has been idle for some time.
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Bay Minette
Ala
Southern Plantation Development Company
Chicago
Summerdale
Libby, McNeil & Libby
Tuskegee Treasurer's Wife Committed Suicide in Institute Building
Montgomery December 11 The wife of Warren Logan treasurer of Tuskegee Institute and a probable successor to Booker T. Washington killed herself by leaping from a four story window of the institute academic building. Logan has served as treasurer for five years and is a leading candidate for principal of the institute.
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Montgomery
Ala
Warren Logan
Tuskegee Institute
Booker T. Washington
Logan
Safe conducts sought for Boy Ed and Von Papen
Washington reports the state department formally requested safe conduct from Britain and France for Captains Boy-Ed and Von Papen. If denied, the two recalled German attaches may stay in the United States until the war ends, with no trouble anticipated in securing the protections.
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Washington
State Department
Boy-Ed
von Papen
Boy-Ew
Mexico
Department
United States
Britain
France
Governor commutes death sentence to life for Macon county man
Montgomery Alabama December 11 Governor Henderson commuted to life imprisonment the death sentence of James Reed a Macon county man convicted of murdering his wife Reed was sentenced in 1914 and the state supreme court recently affirmed the ruling He was to be hanged on December 17.
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Montgomery
Ala
Henderson
James Reed
Macon County
Reed
Macon
Tame Supreme Court
Mobile Men to Attend Jackson Road Meeting
President John Craft of the Alabama Good Roads Association L C Irvine on the Jackson Highway executive committee and T W Nicol Mobile engineer depart Mobile for Jackson Ala to join officials and citizens in improving a weak link in the Jackson Highway route through Washington and Clark counties The meeting aims to promote a bridge across the Bigbee River at Jackson Clark County State Highway Engineer W S Keller will also attend the conference
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John Craft
Alabama Good Roads Association
L. C. Irvine
Jackson Highway Association
T. W. Nicol
Mobile
Jackson
Ala
Washington and
Clark Counties
Bigbee River
Clark County
Jackson Highway
W.S. Keller
Baby Girl One of Smallest Ever Born at 27 Ounces
New York December 11 a baby girl weighing 27 ounces born to Mrs Augusta Mattie wife of a butcher at Babies Hospital is described as all there physically mentally and vocally by physicians who remain optimistic about her future despite being one of the smallest births on record and her ongoing incubator care
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New York
Augusta Mattie
Babies Hospital
Miss Mattie
Crowds Line Up as British Recruiting Campaign Ends
London crowds surged to enlist as Lord Derby’s recruitment drive ended at midnight. Clerks faced long lines across the United Kingdom while women urged men to join. The Derby plan may be extended with conscription decisions pending cabinet action next week.
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London
Lord Derby
United Kingdom
Lord Kitchener
Derby
Scotland Yard
New York Sculptor Paul Merlot Ends Life
New Brunswick New Jersey December 11. Failure to obtain commissions due to the war is believed to have driven Paul Merlot a New York sculptor to end his life today with a shotgun. He placed a deed to his cemetery plot on a table before shooting himself.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Paul Merlot
New York
Baron Zwiedinek and von Nuber May Be Next to Leave
Report notes potential firings of Baron Zwiedinek and von Nuber amid leadership shakeup near a critical heading. Authorities consider replacement moves as scrutiny increases.
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Baron Zwiedinek
von Nuber
Austria Faces Ancona Settlement Pressure in Vienna
Washington dispatch reports officials expect Austria to yield in the Ancona case, following Kaiser’s lead in the Arabic affair. Diplomats anticipate quicker Austrian replies despite lingering precedents. Zwiedinek’s recall threat looms over letters on neutral passports and von Nuber’s pending fate.
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Washington
State Department
Franz Josef
Ancona
Austria
Kaiser
Baron Zwiedinek
Lansing
New York
Zwiedinek
Dumba
von Nuber
Germany
Gulf Mobile and Northern Names Chosen in Reorganization
The New Orleans Mobile and Chicago Railroad reorganizes under the Gulf Mobile and Northern name. The change, approved by Governor Brewer, will begin operations Monday with plans for large capital and southern improvements. New York attorneys will visit counties along the line to file incorporation papers.
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New Orleans, Mobile and Chicago Railroad
Gulf, Mobile and Northern
Mississippi
Brewer
New Orleans
Mobile
Chicago
Brownfield
Tennessee
Latonia
Alabama
South
New York
Villa drives out forty Americans at Madera
El Paso Dec 11 reports General Villa with about 2000 men drove 40 American officials and Madera Company employees from Madera Chihuahua. The force, remnants of his Sonoran army, was en route to the border as he prepares to move south with Zapata toward Mexico City.
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EL Paso
Madera Company, Limited
Madera
Chihuahua
Villa
Sonora
Zapata
Mexico City
Wall Street Sees First Christmas Since Exchange Reopened
New York December 11 informal speeches on prosperity accompanied by lighthearted cheering marked the first anniversary of the New York Stock Exchange reopening after the war. Daily turnover surged to 3,327,887 shares, far above the prior year, with leaders Bethlehem Steel and General Motors posting large gains as war stocks dominated.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Bethlehem Steel
General Motors
Baldwin
Crucible Steel
U. S. Steel
Joffre May Visit Scene and Plan New Attack
Reports from Athens claim Greece agreed to Entente demands and a Balkan offensive is planned for next spring or winter. Allied forces hold Serbia line ten to fifteen miles from the Greek frontier while preparations for Saloniki movement proceed.
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Joffre
Paris
Serbia
Athens
War Office
Balkan
Saloniki
Sarrail
Constantine
War Council
Wa Council
Edward Grey
Lord Kitchener
Briand
General Gallient
Balkans
Turner Turner Hooge Douglas Gelbke funeral notices
Died December 11 1916 Wilmon W Turner Montrose Alabama funeral from daughter Mrs E Fell 309 Congress St Sunday 3 30 Interment Pine Crest cemetery Mary A Hooge died December 11 1915 age 80 funeral 310 St Joseph St 8 30 mass 9 at Oath of the Immaculate Conception Interment Catholic cemetery Douglas died December 11 1915 funeral 111 South Conception St 11 Interment Magnolia cemetery Gelbke Charles T Gelbke aged 61 died December 10 1915 funeral 508 Eslava St Sunday 2 30 then Cathedral of Immaculate Conception 3 Interment Catholic cemetery Montgomery Pensacola New Orleans papers please copy
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Turner
Montrose
Ala
Wilmon W. Turner
E. Fell
Congress Street
Pine Crest_cemetery
Douglas
South Conception Street
Magnolia Cemetery
Lost and found notices list keys and a motorboat
Lost small padlock and keys with initials D S on ring. Reward to return to Item Office. Found a motorboat on No 30. For more information contact D Nelson and Fred Nelson. Also lost a bunch of keys with Yale keys on ring between St Francis and Cot. Reward if left at Bloch and Andrew Hotel or Mobile Spring Co.
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D. S
D. Nelson and
Fred Nelson
Alave T. ¢ Say
St. Francis
Cot
Yale
Bloch & Andrew
Mobile’ Spring Co
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Ends Life
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Brit
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Masonic Ring
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