South Declares Strong Navy Ties Key to Defense
Secretary Daniels asserts the South has a vital stake in a robust navy, citing the region’s wartime need for ships to move cotton and tobacco abroad. He recalls Southern influence in Navy Department leadership and notes coastwise wealth from cotton, corn, iron ore, and oil fields, amid rising wartime freight costs.
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Charleston
D. C
National Defense
Southern Commercial Congress
Daniels
Navy
Breckenridge
Lindley M. Garrison
Army
Woman’s Auxiliary
Congress
Washington
South
Secretary Daniels
America
Sixty-Fourth Congress
Navy Department
Virginia
North Carolina
Maryland
Louisiana
Alabama
Delaware
Chesapeake
Mexican
Union
Peace ship Oscar II arrives with Ford peace party
The steamship Oscar II reached Kirkwall in Orkney Islands carrying the Ford peace party. The arrival occurred early today with the party onboard the vessel.
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Kirkwall
Orkney Islands
Ford
Big Guns At Fort Morgan Startle Mobile Residents
Reports of a blast in Mobile Wednesday morning sparked fear of an explosion in the Cedar Point area and along the riverfront. The sound was the Fort Morgan big guns during target practice, after which residents returned to their routines.
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Cedar Point
Mobile
Fort Morgan
East Shore Road Contracts Are Let Near Fairhope
Bay Minette Ala Dec 15 Many residents from Fairhope and officials from Daphne Montrose Battles and Zundels attended the state aid contract letting for a north south highway from Fairhope. Bids on two routes were close with Abraham Bros Giddens Montgomery lowest on Ingalls route 15077 and Greene boulevard route 9957 87. Final choice to be made by the commissioners after route review.
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Bay Minette
Ala
Fairhope
Daphne
Montrose
Battles
Zundels
Ingall
Seacliff
Fly Creek
Rock Creek
Upstate
Abraham Bros. & Giddens
Montgomery
Ingalls
Greene Boulevard
Zanders
L. C. Rollinson
Mr. Barclay
Volanta
James Garrett
People's Bank of Biloxi declares 4 percent dividend
The People's Bank of Biloxi board declared its 4 percent annual dividend for the current year. Dividend checks will go to stockholders January 1 before the yearly meeting, with the Christmas savings fund disbursed Dec 19 for payment Dec 20. An ordinance barred hotel porters from soliciting at the L and N station platform. City council heard a demand for a detailed account of city finances but took no action. Mayor Edward Glennan III is seriously ill at home after a recent la grippe and nervous breakdown.
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Biloxi
Miss
People’s Bank of
Board of Directors
W. H. Hunt
Hunt
Glennan III
Edward Glennan
la Guppe
Brazil Plans to Send Business Commission to the United States
Rio de Janeiro December 15. Finance Minister Barroso proposes a Brazilian merchants and manufacturers commission to visit the United States to contract and expand trade. Leite Ribero of the International Chamber of Commerce urges liberal credit terms, while Dr. Amaro Cavalcanti backs US reliance on itself and cites President Wilson’s encouragement of closer ties. Delegates favor sending the commission. finance will nominate commissioners soon.
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Rio Janeiro
Barroso
Brazil
United States
Leite Ribero
International Chamber of Commerce of Brazil
Amaro Cavalcanti
Federal Supreme Tribunal
America
Wilson
Fee of Finance
Affidavit details alleged organized Frisco conspiracy
The Providence Journal prints an August affidavit by Johannes Henrykus von Koolbergen in San Francisco alleging a German led plot to blow up Canadian Pacific tunnels. It names Baron George Wilhelm Von Brincken C C Crowley and Mrs. Margaret Cornell and links Franz Bopp to supervision and funding of 1500 dollars. The document describes maps shared at the San Francisco consulate and instructions to steal dynamite from construction camps to disrupt war munitions transport.
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Providence
R. I
Providence Journal
Johannes Henrykus von Koolbergen
San Francisco
Pacific
George Wilhelm von Brincken
C. C. Crowley
Margaret Cornell
Bopp
Canadian Pacific
Koolbergen
Canadian Pacific Railway
von Brincken
Price of Destroying Revealed in Von Papen Tie
In San Francisco on December 15 the name Franz von Papen surfaced in the government's probe of bomb plots. Telegrams in federal hands indicate an price for destroying an explosive plant at Pinole, California was proposed to Von Papen.
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von PA Harge
San Francisco
Franz von Papan
Pinole
Cal
von Papen
Mobile 10 Retain Ball Franchise Franchise Southern League
Mobile will retain its franchise for next season after an executive session of Southern League directors at the Tutwiler Hotel. R. H. Baugh led discussions with supporters from Mobile Birmingham Chattanooga and Memphis backing him. Salary limit proposals and pennant decisions were to be finalized amid a banquet hosted by Baugh.
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Birmingham
Ala
Southern League
Mobile
R. H. Baugh
Tutwiler
Chattanooga
Memphis
Baugh
Heinemann
New Orleans
Shropshire
Allen
Frank
Jackson
Mobile Club
Knoxville
W. O. Smith
A. J. Heinenooga
R. G
Little Rock
Charles Frank
Atlanta
T. R. Watkins
T. K. Jackson
W. D. Smith
Mrs Henry Ford credited with Ford wage rise and peace drive
The Detroit profile credits Mrs Henry Ford as key to the $5 minimum day and a major force behind Ford payroll expansion and European peace efforts. It notes her early faith in Henry Ford, Mothers' Day campaigns, and her sock-darning image as a symbol of support for peace and industry.
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Detroit
Mich
Henry Ford
Ford
Henry
United States
Aisk
Mrs. Ford
New York
War at a Glance: Bulgarians halted at Greek frontier
An Athens dispatch reports Bulgaria definitively stopped pursuit of Anglo French forces at the Greek boundary. Government denies Bulgarian troops trenching on Greek soil while Athens newspapers expect no crossing of the frontier. The allied retreat from Saloniki is described as orderly with skilled French withdrawal. Turkish forces near Kut el Amara push British artillery back amid mine and bomb actions at the Dardanelles.
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Athens
Kukus
Greece
Saloniki
Kut-el-Amara
Caribbean firm sued for commission in purchase of stock
James 8. Taylor, a foreign freight agent for Mobile and Ohio Railroad, sues the Caribbean and Southern Steamship Company for 2500 alleging he earned commission for locating a purchaser in October 1914 when the company then known as Sceberg Steamship Line sold half its stock to H M Byllesby Co. The transaction involved Dr H T Inge and Byllesby paying 50000 for controlling interest. A poultry show is planned January 13 to 16 at Gulf Coast Poultry Association location near Dauphin Street entrance to the Orpheum Theatre Kaiserhoff Hotel with many fancy chickens entered.
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James 8. Taylor
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Law and Equity
Caribbean and Southern Steamship Company
Sceberg Steamship Line
Cago
Lit
H. T. Inge
H. M. Byllesby & Co
Option
Dauphin Street
Gulf Coast Poultry Association
Orpheum Theatre
Kaiserhoff Hotel
Old Spanish Trail Plans Boost Publicity Across South
The Southern National Highways Association eyes uniting with the Old Spanish Trail to push a route from Mobile to the Pacific. Leaders include General Coleman DuPont and Frederic Remsen Hutton. Publicity will spotlight Mobile as headquarters to recruit members and showcase coastal wonders from Pensacola to New Orleans.
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Southern National Highways Association
Old Spanish Trail Association
Mobile
Trail Organization
Pacific Ocean
Associa
General Coleman DuPont
Charles Henry Davis
Frederic Remsen Hutton
Washington
San Diego
Tampa
Jacksonville
Miami
Pensacola
Florida
New Orleans
National Highways Association
Highway Association
Prisoner Nelson Harris Dies in City Hospital
Nelson Harris known as Charley Harris, jailed for horse stealing, was moved from the county jail to the city hospital last week and died there Sunday night of tuberculosis.
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Nelson Harris
Charley Harris
Day in Congress Sees Extending Emergency Revenue Law
The House met at noon and considered miscellaneous business. The Ways and Means Committee submitted a majority report urging a one year extension of the emergency revenue law. Adjournment followed at 2 30 p m until Thursday noon.
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Ways and Means Committee
Barrett Fined for Violating Prohibition Laws
City court on Tuesday fined T C Barrett $50 and costs for violating the prohibition law after police arrested him for liquor in his place of business. Other cases included Meyers fined $100 and costs after being stopped before entering a taxi with liquor, and a mistrial in William McGrath’s case.
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T. C. Barrett
Barrett
Tom Meyers
Neshota
Ala
Boltz, Harris and Newbern
Louisville and Nashville
Edington
Meyers
Willie King
St. Clair
King
Salvation Army
William McGrath
Gilbert Anderson
Nhlle
Chris Andros
Porter King
John 8S. West
Auto Collision Leads to Arrests for Reckless Driving
Wyley Hannibal driving F I Thompson’s car rammed into a telephone pole to avoid a collision at St Louis and Claiborne. John Alexander, driving a separate car, was arrested for reckless driving after the incident. George Hinson paid a fine for colliding with Andrew Strauss at Dearborn and St Michael, while Marecell Debrosse was acquitted in a charge of recklessly running down E B Walpole Jr.
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Wyley Hannibal
F. I. Thompson
St.Louis
Claiborne
Hannibal
John Alexander
George Hinson
Tech Recorder
Andrew Strauss
Dearborn
St. Michael
Strauss
Hinson
Marecell Debrosse
E. B. Walpole, Jr
Curtiss Aeroplane Co Sells $15 Million to Britain
In New York on December 15 it was reported that the Curtiss Aeroplane Company closed a contract with the British government for 15 million dollars worth of aeroplanes.
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Britain
New York
Curtiss Aeroplane Company
Whistler Shops Pay Friday Wage Settlement
Several hundred Mobile and Ohio repair shop employees at Whistler will receive their monthly wages on Friday via the paymaster to allow families to shop in Mobile on Saturday. The large shops will close for a holiday that day.
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Whistler
Mobile
Ohio
Teutonic Allies Not Expected to Cross Line
Paris reports from Athens say the Allied front extends to Kukus Greece near Saloniki with the veteran forces maintaining favorable conditions. Athens and Paris note that German and Bulgarian troops in Macedonia are ordered to avoid contact with foreign forces.
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Paris
Havas
Athens
Kukus
Greece
Saloniki
Madonia
Greek government denies Bulgarian entry into Greek Macedonia
Dispatch from Athens reports officials deny Bulgarian troops have entered Greek territory while noting plans are in place should events unfold. The situation follows rumors of mobilization as allies retreat toward Greek lands and pressures rise in the region.
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Paris
Macedonia
Havas
Athens
Greek
Cirels
Weather Outlook for Alabama and Mississippi
The Weather: Cloudy with possible rain tonight and Thursday. Warmer tonight with fresh south winds. Mobile expects rain tonight and Thursday with warmer temperatures and south winds.
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Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Mobile
Funeral Notice Eva Ingersoll Minge in New Orleans
Eva Ingersoll Minge widow of Collier Harrison Minge died in New Orleans on Wednesday morning the 15th day of 1915 No details on funeral are given and a later notice is expected.
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Minge
New Orleans
Eva Ingersoll
Harrison Minge
Lost items and rewards in city notices
A series of lost and found notices listed on Government Street and nearby. Items include a liver and white female named Kate, a roll of currency, a small padlock with initials, a Masonic ring, a gold bar engraved Margaret, an enameled four leaf pin with a diamond, and a motorboat found on 30. Rewards offered. contact offices and phones provided.
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Kate
Frank M. Ladd, Jr
Government Street
Jaen
Hallett Street
Margaret
Bell
Nelson
Fred Nelson
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Lenin
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J. H. Fermier
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London
Gerek
Serbia
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