Zar Claims Victory on Youth of Warsaw
Telegraph dispatches from Berne report Munich delaying Emperor William operation due to his fever. Paris notes a son of Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg injured and captured in Piotrkow Russian Poland. In Caucasus frontline fighting continues with Russian army saying enemy repelled with losses. Enver Pasha departs Constan tople to command Caucasus army. Talaat Bey becomes war minister. Syria’s military governor bars foreign subjects from leaving.
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Associated Press
Paris
Berne
Vor Bethmann- Hollweg
Piotrkow
Russian Poland
London
Athens
Exchange Telegraph Company
Enver Pasha
Constantinople
Talaat Bey
Syria
Unknown steamer Isle of Iona run aground off Hatteras
An unknown steamer grounded two miles south of Hatteras inlet during a storm. The British ship Isle of Iona was identified with 27 crew all rescued by lifesavers. The vessel took on eight feet of water in the engine room and was long to Furness Withy Line, with reports of sinking likely.
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Associated Press
Norfolk
Hatteras Inlet
Isle of Iona
Furness-Withy Line
Cobarty Baltimore
British submarine torpedoes Turkish battleship Messadieh in Dardanelles
London reports a Royal Navy submarine commanded by Lieutenant Commander Norman B. Holbrook dived under five lines of mines and torpedoed the Turkish battleship Messadieh in the Dardanelles. The ship, built 1874 and refitted 1908, carried 600 crew and was sinking. nine hours submerged, no confirmed death toll. The feat is hailed as a bold naval exploit of the war.
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Associated Press
London
Bureau Today
Norman B. Holbrook
Royal Navy
Dardanelles
Holbrook
Dardenelles
Messadieh
Blackwell
England
Genoa
Greece
Americans Killed in Sonora as Border Tensions Rise
Thomas Francis and a Pittsburgh companion, R. E. Dunn, were killed near Nacozari while returning from a mine, with reports citing robbery by Mexican outlaws. Consular reports note the incident and Secretary Bryan ordered an investigation. Carranza warned U S troops not to fire across the border, citing risk of hostility. Three more people were wounded in Naco from cross border fire.
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Associated Press
Washington
Thomas Francis
Sonora
Mexico
Cananea
Bryan
Douglas, Ariz
State Department
R. E. Dunn
Pittsburgh
Nacozari
Francis
General Carranza
Canada
Vera Cruz
United States
Wnaco
Ariz
Carranza
Hill
Young merchant shot to death north of Laurel
Walter A Sey, a prominent young merchant, was shot and killed at Stringer sixteen miles north of Laurel Mississippi on a Saturday evening. Witnesses were absent. the crime occurred behind Mass store and relatives found the body when he did not return home. A neighborhood row earlier in the day is blamed as the conflict's aftermath. A young man named Eddis, once employed in a department store, is arrested on suspicion.
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Laurel
Miss
Walter a@sey
Stringer
Ting
Mass Store
Mas
Eddis
Hing
Ways and Means Committee Meeting At Cawthon Hotel
Mobile Chamber of Commerce Ways and Means Committee meets Monday night at 7:30 in the Cawthon Hotel. J Leslie Taylor presides. Aubrey Boyles presents an address on home gardening. George G. Card serves as secretary.
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Ways and Means Committee
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Cawthon Hotel
J. Leslie Taylor
Garby Aubrey Boyles
Tretary George G. Card
Woman's Heart Throbs Greatest of All
New York dispatch quotes Miss Kate Barnard Oklahoma state commissioner of charities. She links a nation’s greatness to its women’s compassion urging aid for hungry shelterless mothers and children and to rein in lavish household spending.
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New York
Kate Barnard
Oklahoma
Worden
Prayer and the Police Thwart Burglars
Police officers at McKay Street and Sunday morning about 2 o clock arrested Richard Brown a 24 year old negro burglar while he was attempting to burglarize J A Dawson at 259 North Jackson Street. He will be arraigned in recorder s court Monday afternoon. Estelle Brantley of 4 New Street Francis Street reported waking to a burglar and praying for safety. she then heard the intruder leave.
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McKay
Richard Brown
J. A. Dawson
North Jackson Street
Recorder’s Court
Brown
Hatrack
Estelle Brantley
New St. Francis Street
Burglar Steals $10 From Trousers In Break-In
William Waldman of 307 South Conception street reported to police that a burglar, who entered through a window, rifled his trousers Sunday night and stole ten dollars while inmates were awakened. No description of the intruder is available.
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William Waldman
South
Conception Street
Big Ammunition Order Placed in Philadelphia
An order worth 800000 dollars for steel shells shrapnel cases and other munitions was placed with a Philadelphia manufacturing firm last week, according to Sompany officials.
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Philadelphia
Associated Press
Wee Somspany
Dresden cruiser reaches Punta Arenas after Falkland clash
Dispatches from Punta Arenas report the German cruiser Dresden entered the Chilean port uninjured. The sighting confirms its location after the December 8 encounter with the British fleet off the Falkland Islands and suggests plans to head to the Pacific or seek internment for the remainder of the war. British and Japanese naval forces are positioned near the Magellan Strait.
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Dresden
Punta Arenas Valpariso
Chile
Punta Arenas
Falkland Islands
Punta Arena
Pacific
Atlantic
Strait of Magellan
Russians Claim Decisive Victory Near Warsaw Front
Petrograd dispatches report that Russian forces south of Warsaw achieved a decisive victory after piercing the German front beyond Ciechanow, following a partial success noted last week.
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Petrograd
London
Warsaw
Ciechanow
Jewish Refugees From Galicia Pressed for Aid
A Vienna letter to the American Jewish relief committee states 170000 Galician Jews have fled to Vienna and Moravia and Bohemia. About 70000 are penniless and 25000 destitute refugees have been placed in barracks in Moravia while 70000 are in Bohemia needing shelter.
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New York
Galicia
Vienna
Austrian Israelite Alliance
American Jewish Relief Committee
Moravia
Bohemia
Record Cold In West Also
Kansas City report from December 14 notes temperatures ranging from 15 degrees below zero in northwestern Kansas and near wind chills adding to the extreme cold across the region. Weather authorities warn of continued frigid conditions as crews monitor wind patterns and visibility challenges.
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Washington
Alabama
Maine
Atlantic Seaboard
Hatteras
East Port
New England
Tennessee
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Middle Atlantic
Oswego
N. Y
East
Middle West
West Gulf Coast
Mercury
Mississippi Valley
North Plains States
Gulf
South Atlantic States
South Florida
Delaware
Maryland
District of Columbia
West Virginia
Kansas City
Kansas
Wenee
Open market for stocks on the New York Exchange
New York December 14 A broad open market for all NYSE stocks will start tomorrow. The move ends the clearing house list and standardizes trading rules with a fixed minimum price floor. Key issues include United States Steel Southern Pacific Canadian Pacific and Anaconda mining stocks.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Clearing House
United States Steel
Southern Pacific
Canadian Pacific
Anaconda
Urges Austria to seek peace with Russia in Prague report
M Merunovitch of the Polish delegation to the Austrian parliament publishes in a Lemburg Polish newspaper a call for Poles in Vienna circles to press for an immediate separate peace between Austria and Russia without Germany. He declares it the sacred duty of the Polish aristocracy to act for Austria and Poland’s future interests.
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Lemburg
Galacia
London
M. Merunovitch
Vienna
Austria
Russia
Germany
Poland
Eighty Foot Whale Prompts Gulf Exhibition Debate
The first whale known in the gulf was found on Last Island by fishermen. It measures about 80 feet long and 12 feet wide, likely carried from the north Atlantic by tides. Visitors flock to the island as locals debate stuffing it for display to prove the whale’s visit.
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Houma
Gulf
North Atlantic
Armenian Christians Reported in Danger at Erzerum
A Petrograd dispatch to the Times says 20,000 Christians near Erzerum face peril due to Russian sympathies. Three hundred thousand Turkish troops are mobilized, with hundreds of Armenians imprisoned or hanged without trial, though antiwar demonstrations and rioting have occurred in the city.
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London
A_ Petrograd
the Times
Erzerum
Armenia
Gregory Targets Coal Combine In DOJ Report
Washington report notes Attorney General Gregory’s first DOJ submission to Congress. He addresses interpretation of the Sherman Antitrust Act to prevent common carriers from shipping goods in which they have any interest. He cites efforts to disrupt the hard coal combination steering Eastern Pennsylvania coal fields.
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Gregory
Washington
Congress
Department of Justice
Ion
Merce
Department
Pennsylvania
Daniels Pitches Navy Upgrades at House Naval Panel
Secretary Daniels told the House Naval Committee that active battleships are equipped but reserves lack shells and urged funding for more destroyers. He cited price gaps in torpedoes and shells, noted a private process option, and announced Alaska coal tests as satisfactory for the navy.
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Associated Press
Washington
Daniels
House Naval Committee
Navy
Newport
United States
Gardner
Naval
Army
Alaska
Matinuska
Weather Outlook Alabama and Mobile Forecast
The forecast shows fair conditions for Mobile tonight and Tuesday, followed by a drop in temperatures tonight. Alabama also expects fair skies with cooler temperatures tonight and on Tuesday.
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Mobile
Alabama
Goethals demands two torpedo boats at Panama Canal waters
Jama Canal Zone Governor Deei Goethals reiterates his request for two torpedo boats to Panama waters to prove neutrality violations via wireless use and loading of supplies by belligerent vessels. Secretary Garrison says swift warships may be required once merits are known and notes cooperation with state and navy departments.
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Washington
Deei Goethals
Jama Canal Zone
Panama
Garrison
Goethal
State Department
Navy Department
US States
Tralian
Mallina
Balboa
Panama Canal
Pacific
Canal Zone
Lawson
Worden
Terry
Perkins
Walker
Charleston
S. C
Canal
Goethals Orders Torpedo Boats at Panama Canal Entrances
Col. George W. Goethals governor of the Canal announces a plan to station swift American torpedo boats at Panama Canal entrances. He cites recent belligerent activity and the Mallina leaving Balboa with clearance papers as reasons to enforce Canal Zone ski laws and preserve canal neutrality.
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Panama
George W. Goethals
Canal
Panama Canal
Isthmian Waterway
Mallina
Balboa Wit
Canal Zone
Col. Goethals
Deaths in Dutch steamer Boger wreck near Leixoes
The Dutch steamer Boger is lost near Leixoes on the coast. Of her 38 crew, 34 are reported dead, with several bodies ashore. The vessel broke into three parts.
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Associated Press
Oporto
London
Boger
Leixoes
Six Days Overdue Liner Floride Sparks Fear
A cable from French agents reports the liner Floride, six days overdue since leaving Havre on November 22, has not been heard at sea. The New York message raises growing concern for the vessel and its passengers and crew.
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Associated Press
New York
Floride
Havre
Sip
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Mery
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Sorder
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Perons
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