Ford Peace Party Split Over Preparedness Resolution
A December 13 resolution condemning President Wilsons preparedness policy sparked a protest by Ford peace party members led by Rev. Jenkin L Jones and Rev. Charles F Aked who urged signing by all members. More than a dozen, including S S McClure and Judge Ben Lindsey, refused to sign, threatening to leave Europe if the platform passed. An appeal to European rulers via wireless urged an immediate truce and mediation to end the war and spare lives.
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Oscar
New York
Ben Lindsey
Denver
Europe
Ford
Jewish Young People Have Pleasant Evening
A Young People's Jewish Association meeting at B n ai B r ith hall featured songs recitations and speeches with many new members joining. Rabbi Alfred G Moses was announced to deliver an address and a debate on reading versus observation was planned for the next program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young People’s Jewish Association
B'nai B'rith Hall
Alfred G. Moses
Laz Schwarz
Henry Hess
A. D. Bloch
Juda P. Benjamin
Barney H. Eichold
Benjamin D'Israeli
Gabriel Gup
Oscar L. Strauss
Edward Zelnicker
Julius Goldstein
Marriage Licenses Issued By Probate Court Monday
The probate court issued marriage licenses to White Wooley and Adelaide Josephine Cleveland on Monday.
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John Wooley
Adelaide Josephine Cleveland
Christmas Gift Of Vitalitas Tonic Across America
An old parcel post system and firms shipped Vitalitas tonic as Christmas gifts to homes across the United States and overseas. A Boston-based purchaser touted it as the best, most sensible gift for a sick relative, claiming it aids stomach liver and kidney issues and has no harmful ingredients. Sutton's Drug Store advertised it for sale.
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America
Boston
Sutton
Ady
Mobile to Erect First Municipal Christmas Tree
Mobile plans its first municipal Christmas tree to be set in Duncan Place on Government Street with lighting and gifts for all children. The Home Economics Club leads the effort with Mayor Pat Lyons granting permission and the city electrician in charge of wiring. Rotary Club and others aid, aiming to create a public celebration near the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.
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Mobile
Home Economics Club
Pat Lyons
Duncan Place
Government Street
Louisville and Nashville
United States
Rotary Club
City Electrician
San Antonio
Tex
San Francisco
Directors to Meet on Chamber Finance Before Friday Election
Directors of the Chamber of Commerce will hold a special meeting tonight to review the year's finances before the membership meeting Friday. The finances are not fully adjusted and a discussion of finances is likely. The freight rates committee postponed major procedural changes until after new officers and directors are elected. Whether by law reorganization will occur depends on membership action next Friday night.
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Chamber of Commerce
Japanese Driven from Oroville in Mob Action
A mob of 200 men drove two Japanese from Oroville, a mining town 150 miles north of here. They wrecked the laundry and burned furniture in the street. The Japanese and building owner George Devon have gone to Spokane to file a complaint with the U S district attorney. No arrests were reported. Leaders had warned Devon against renting property to Japanese and barred Japanese business enterprises.
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Atchee
Oroville
Here
George Devon
Spokane
United States
Devon
New Steel Battle Plane Demonstrated In Readville Test
A large steel battle plane of a new type was tested at Readville Massachusetts by Lt Byron O Jones and other army officers. Built of vanadium steel throughout and powered by 140 horsepower motors the craft is twice the size of a standard aeroplane with a torpedo body and two gun turrets. Builders declare the public test satisfactory.
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Readville
Mass
Byron O. Jones
United States Army
Aviation Corps
Rhode Island National Guard
Europe
American Ship Pass of Balmaha Held Enemy Vessel
Hamburg reports a prize court ruled the American ship Pass of Balmaha an enemy vessel. Evidence shows it flew British flag through 1914 and was sold to an American company after the war began. It carried cotton valued at $625,000, with proceeds judgment due December 18. American consul Henry H. Morgan attended. County commissioners meet in regular session.
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Hamburg
Germany
London
Archangel
Russia
Henry H. Morgan
Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
U.S. Demands Action Over Ancona Sinking by Austrian Submarine
The United States condemns the sinking of the Ancona as a wanton act against noncombatants. It demands that Austria-Hungary denounce the attack, punish the officer, and pay indemnity for American casualties, urging prompt compliance to preserve lawful humanity.
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United States
Ancona
Germany
Austro-Hungary
Mobile County Makes Strides in Tick Eradication and Livestock
George A. Maloney reports twelve months of progress in Mobile county with tick control via dipping vats and seed stock programs. Pure bred bulls and pigs distributed to farms aim to improve livestock quality while soil cultivation and crop rotation show record effort. The Gulf Coast Fair aids knowledge sharing, signaling greater tick reduction by next year.
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Mobile
George A. Maloney
United States Department of Agriculture
German Emperor Chairs War Council on Eastern Front
London dispatch reports the German emperor presiding over a major war council at German headquarters on the eastern front with generals von Falkenhayn von Hindenburg and von Mackensen along with Turkish and Bulgarian staffs. Separate docket items list land transfers and sales in Dauphin Island and nearby areas with various buyers and nominal sums.
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London
Eastern Front
Copenhagen
Daily Mail
von Falkenhayn
von Hindenburg
von Mackenzen
No Break Expected in Ocean Freight Rates After War
A National Foreign Trade Council statement outlines possible timelines for freight rate declines after hostilities end. It notes that released German and Austrian shipping may offset losses, but vast new capacity and delayed return to normal trade may keep freight earnings low for years.
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New York
National Foreign Trade Council
James A. Farrell
United States Steel Corporation
Europe
Germain Company to Open Offices in Mobile
Walter L. Anthony, formerly with Van Benthuysen Lumber and Tie, becomes local representative for Germain Company of Pittsburgh. Germain will open offices in Mobile and Pensacola and use Turner Terminals for storage and cargo shipments. Louis Germain, a prominent Mobile lumberman, is entering the market, seen as a positive sign for local lumber conditions.
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Walter L. Anthony
van Benthuysen Lumber & Tie Company
New Orleans
Germain Company
Pittsburgh
Pensacola
Fla
Turner
Louis Germain
Mobile
Germain
California Explosion Not Laid to Plotters
A Hercules Powder Company plant in Pinole California suffered an explosion of 1 500 pounds of gelatine dynamite in the mixing house. The fire caused by a short circuit was extinguished with no injuries. Officials say there is no evidence of outside involvement and damage is pegged at about 10 000 dollars.
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Pinole
Cal
Hercules Powder Company
Death of Sister Kept Secret From Brother Aged 90
John Terrill nearly 90 and his sister Miss Mary A Hooge 80 had long been ill. Friends concealed the pair's illnesses to protect the other, but a barber arranged a ride to the city revealing the sister's death. Terrill, though aged, remained active and faithful to his sister, whose loss may affect his recovery.
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John Terrill
Mary A. Hooge
Spring Hill Road
Terrell
Frigid Wave To Hit Mobile Tuesday
A cold front threatens Mobile with a 36 degree Tuesday morning and heavy frost. The piece notes expectations of unseasonable chill across the region, advises bringing in potted plants, and ends with a cautionary tale about a deer hunter lacking a license.
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Mobile
Better Babies Winners Announced at Gulfport
In Gulfport Mississippi the better babies contest ended with four babies scoring 100 percent. Hanna Gardner Jr and Oscar Gardner Jr tied for first in the city division while Laura Hardy of the Gulf Coast Military Academy and Josephine Gorenflo of Biloxi led the country division.
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Gulfport
Miss
Hanna Gardner, Jr
Oscar Gardner, Jr
Laura Hardy
Gulf Coast Military Academy
Josephine Gorenflo
Biloxi
Gulfport Harbor
M. A
Scarborough
Thomas R. Preston
Rosa Fitch
Justice of the Peace
H. A. Rankin
A. R. French
Supreme Court
National Opposed to Woman Suffrage Holds Washington Convention
The National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage met in Washington for its annual convention with twenty three anti suffrage groups represented. Mrs Arthur M Dodge of New York presided as delegates heard a letter from John W Foster father of Secretary of State Robert Lansing opposing suffrage. President Wilson would receive the delegates at the White House tomorrow.
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Washington
National Association
Arthur M. Dodge
New York
Robert Lansing
John W. Foster
Wilson
White House
Gulf Coast towns invited to join unified publicity effort
Dickie secretary of the Tampa Board invites Tampa and other Gulf Coast cities to form a stronger intercity organization under the Old Spanish Trail Association. Mobile and Pensacola already united in cooperative effort, with New Orleans ready to join.
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Mobile
Gulf Coast
Dickie
Tampa
Represen
Old Spanish Trail Association
Fornia
Florida
Pensacola
Ucien Lyon
New Orleans
Jackson ferry dispute shapes Alabama highway route
In Jackson Alabama officials meet to discuss replacing the Jackson ferry linking Washington and Clarke counties to ease the Jackson Highway path. Gov Her, State Highway Engineer Keller, and local leaders attend. a bridge at the ferry site is favored to avoid unsuitable river bottom approaches and improve auto travel along the route.
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Jackson Way
Jackson
Ala
Jackson Ferry
Washington
Clarke Counties
L. C. Irvine
T. L. Nichol
John Craft
Mobh
Her
Keller
Alabama
R. C. Crim
Good Roads Scout
Sei
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Austria
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Lansing
General War Council
Dauphin Island Land Company
John Previtt
Herbert C. Turner
Jesse H. Jackson
A. Davis
James B. McDonough
Robert B. Morrison
New South Land Company
August Hower
Range
BIG Lumber Company
California
Edward Hogan
Mr. Terrell
Patrick McCanzile
A. Bug
Satsuma
Winter Garden
Dakotas
South Texas
Atlantic Ocean
J.D
J. A. Weaver
M. C. Mason
Long Beach
Uriel Wright
Association Opposing Woman Suffrage
Jackson Highway Board
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