French Drive at Verdun Caps Two Mile Advance
Paris reports General Nivelle’s Verdun front breakthrough before his return to command. A heavy artillery bombardment cleared German defenses and Uhlans fell back from positions east of the Meuse while eighty German guns were counted captured. The Verdun offensive moved through Vacherauville Louvemont and nearby works as the French claim a complete victory.
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Associated Press
Paris
Estern
Nivelle Esterday
Meuse
Verdun
Nivelle
Verdun Front
Vauxnd Douaumont
Genral ‘Nivelle
Pepper Hill
Damloup
Alabama hotel men meet at Battle House in Mobile
Hotel proprietors and managers from Birmingham An niston Gadsden Dothan Atmore Coden Montgomery Pensacola Pass Christian Chicago and Mobile gather for the Alabama Hotel Men's Association semi annual session at the Battle House. Harry B. New presides Leslie Fairchild Secretary and S H Peck hosts a luncheon followed by an afternoon tour and an 8 pm banquet and dansant.
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Alabama Hotel Men’s Association
Battle House
Birmingham
Anniston
Gadsden
Dothan
Atmore
Coden
Montgomery
Pensacola
Pass Christian
Chicago
Mobile
New
Molton
Harry B. New
Molton Hotel
Leslie Fairchild
Exchange Hotel
S. H Peck
Feck Pre
Messrs
Peck
Pont- Neuf
l’Orleans
C. B. Hervey
Cawthon Hotel
Bernstorff Seeks U S Peace View From Lansing
German ambassador Count von Bernstorff met Secretary Lansing to discuss the U S position on Central Powers peace proposals. He said no terms were discussed and no formal topmen had been proposed. Lansing expected the peace notes to go forward tonight with a uniform U S translation.
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Associated Press
Washington
Count von Bernstorff
Lansing
United States
Bernstorff
Germany
Improvements Begin On Louisville and Nashville Waterfront
Work to invest about 200000 in waterfront upgrades by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company has started. Plans include banana conveyors dredging a 30 foot channel from Government to Theatre streets and rebuilding the Charleston street coal hoist, with 80000 set for hoist work next year. The Mobile Coal Company’s hoist will be replaced to allow deeper drafts and fuller coal cargoes.
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Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
Government
Theatre Street
Charleston Street
Mobile Coal Company
H. G. Barclay
Mobile Ship Channel
Mobile
Priest Hackett to Speak on Heritage at Knights Hall
Rev Father E J Hackett of the cathedral parish will lecture Monday night at Knights of Columbus Hall on Our Priceless Heritage to Whom Do We Owe It. The talk is part of a series begun weeks ago by James H Glennon and draws both Catholics and non-Catholics. A musical program conducted by the Ambus Choral Club and the Ukulele Club will accompany the lecture with Sleep Kentucky Babe performed.
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E. J. Hackett
Thedral
Knights of Columus Hall
James H. Glennon
Ambus Choral Club
Kentucky Babe
Haan
Fire destroys Barnes home with heavy losses
A fire Saturday at 7:40 a.m. consumed the frame dwelling owned by E C Barnes on Gov ent avenue, causing total loss. A nearby house owned by Frank Annan was damaged by heat and flame. Insurance covers the Barnes home and furniture totaling about 2850 dollars. Barnes loss exceeds 2000 dollars.
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Avenue First
Govent
E. C. Barnes
Barnes
Frank Annan
Postoffice Expands Force for Christmas Parcel Rush
Postmaster J Blocker Thornton announces seven extra staff at the local post office with 20 more authorized to handle the Christmas parcel post surge. Five delivery wagons two messengers and five carriers added to speed service at the new building with four to six stamp windows planned.
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J. Blocker Thornton
Mr. Thornton
Mobile
Thornton
Steamer Kelzier Sunk En Route to Mobile by Submarine
The Belgian steamer bound for Mobile to load was sunk by a German submarine. The Maritime Register names Kelzier, while Captain T J Anderson says it was Keltier sailing from Newcastle to Queenstown en route to Mobile.
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Kelzier
Mobile
Maritime Register
T. J. Anderson
Keltier
Newcastle
Queenstown
Weather for Alabama and Mississippi Fair Tonight and Sunday
Fore cast reports fair conditions in Alabama and Mississippi with rising temperatures tonight and Sunday.
Convention Guests At City Hotels Listed By City
A roll of hotel attendees includes Birmingham Harry BR New Morton Hardy M Burt Leon W Friedman Birmingham News. Montgomery Leslie Fairchild Exchange Hotel. Tuscaloosa Leslie Snow and wife McLester Hotel. Gadsden Adolph-Reidh and wife Printup. Anniston Burt Clifford Alabama Hotel. Selma F A Cater Hotel Albert. Dothan M King. Coden John E Rolston. Atmore R Crooks. Pensacola Fat Egan San Carlos. Pass Christian R Frank Taylor. Mobile C B Vervey S H Peck Charles Schimpf Joseph H Dacovich P C Steele L W Savage. Chicago W H Hyde The Hotel Bulletin.
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Birmingham
Harry BR. New
Morton
Hardy M. Burt
Burt Hotel
Leon W. Friedman
Birmingham News
Montgomery
Leslie Fairchild
Exchange Hotel
Tuscaloosa
Leslie Snow
McLester
Gadsden
Adolph—Reidh
Anniston
Burt Clifford
Alabama
Selma
L. W. Savage
Chicago
W. H. Hyde
the Hotel Bulletin
Weather Forecast Keeps Warm Sunday Amid Mild Freeze
A freeze did not materialize with the night’s low of 27 degrees, easing fears for cabbage plants. The forecast calls for fair skies tonight and Sunday with rising temperatures and moderate winds turning south. Frost was reported in the Gulf and South Atlantic regions as lower pressure approaches Mobile from the west.
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Gulf
South Atlantic
Wilson Sends Central Powers Peace Notes To Entente
President Wilson decided to forward the Central powers peace notes to the Entente allies without American mediation. A prolonged cabinet meeting confirmed the United States acting only as a conduit for note exchange between Germany Austria and Turkey. Translations differed slightly and efforts were made to harmonize them.
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Wilson
Central Powers
United States
Germany
Austria
Turkey
National Liberal Faction Faces Setback in Reichstag
Berlin dispatch reports December 16 that the National Liberal faction in the Reichstag failed in its latest bid, signaling continued political tensions in the parliament. The setback follows debates over policy and coalition dynamics among prominent factions.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Wondon
Reichstag
French Feat At Verdun Shapes War News
New York dispatch notes French victory at Verdun restoring lines near the February peak. German crown prince forces suffer heavy losses with about 9 000 men and eighty guns captured on a six mile front. Russian duma endorses continuing war. von Mackensen advances in the Buzeu region with 2 600 additional prisoners taken.
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Associated Press
New York
Verdun
Neville
Petrograd
Duma
Pokrovski
Russia
Romania
Buzeu
Moldavian
von Mackensen
School Board Deliberates Finances and Lands Sale Prospects
Board of School Commissioners spent most of an adjourned session discussing finances and adopted a resolution for the land committee to check bids on turpentine and timber sales. President Cochrane pushed the bid review to gauge potential revenue to ease the district’s money woes.
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Board of School Commissioners
Land Committee
John T. Cochrane
Roach
Ile
Elk harvest near Yellowstone ends as season closes
Hunters estimate 400 elk were killed in the last two days of Montana's season near the northern Yellowstone boundary. Heavy snow drove many elk to lower elevations where hunters waited, as the hunt closed last night in Livingston.
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Montana
Livingston, Mont
Yellowstone Nation Park
Two Young Women And Father Burned To Death in Home
A Canton North Carolina family house fire killed Jack Penland aged about 67 and his daughters Mildred 21 and Laura 16. Three others were burned, two seriously and two slightly, as flames trapped the Penland family in a two room cabin west of Asheville. The tragedy occurred late last night twenty miles west of Asheville.
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Asheville
N. C
Penldnd
Canton
Ashe Ville
Jack Penland
Mildred
Laura
Deer kill hits ten thousand in Maine hunting season
Bangor Maine December 16 ten thousand deer are believed killed in the state during the hunting season that closed at sunset yesterday. The total matches the average annual kill while bear hounds brought in only eighteen bears this season versus seventy two last season.
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Bangor
Senator Bankhead Pledges Help for Fort Morgan Barges
Senator John H. Bankhead writes to the Chamber of Commerce promising cooperation to repair the quarantine barge used as a guarding station. The hulk ran aground recently and is beached near Fort Morgan awaiting repairs.
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John H. Bankhead
Chamber of Commerce
Fort Morgan
Major Wharf Improvements After Storm Damage
Government to Theatre streets dredging the river to 30 feet, new wharves with concrete pilings and boarding, and rebuilding sheds ruined by the hurricane. Banana conveyors will be installed, with a track to connect L. and N. fruit wharf to M. and O. wharf. L. and N. engineers will guide work, and many borers will be employed for several months.
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N. Fruit
M. and O
Transport Sumner Abandoned by Crew After Grounding
The US army transport Sumner, grounded off Barnegat New Jersey on the way from Colon to New York, was abandoned by its crew as heavy seas and a northwest wind battered the vessel. Two boats of crew were rescued by the coast guard cutter Seneca after pumps failed and the vessel began leaking rapidly.
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New York
United States Army
Sumner
Barnegat
N. J
Colon
Coast Guard
Seneca
Defective Flue Sparks Fire At Local School
Hose Company No. 8 responded to Clarkschool on North Franklin Street for a small fire in a room. Police report a defective flue near a furnace risked igniting woodwork. The fire occurred Friday at 7 20 PM, the property owned by Mrs. May Garner.
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Missouri State Penitentiary
Lon A. Wilson
Standard Oil Company
Wilson
W. E. Thompson
Recorder’s Court
Thompson
Springfield
Ill
Federal
Leavenworth
Care Lan
Macon
Liew
Burch
Sizbly
Thomas W. McCall
Clarkchool
Congress
James McGinnis
North Franklin
May Garner
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Vacherauville d Louvemont
Chambrette Run
Hardaumont and
Besonaux
J. W. Phillips
Phillips
Baptist Church
Fred Funston
First Baptist Church
Wen
Pensda
Cola
Bernstoree
Hackett Will Ible
Postoffice
IEADY
Tra Wagons
Ness
Mississippi
Mercury
Portersville Bay
School Boardivegg
Annainy
Turpentine and
Lon Wilson
McCall
Murphy
Grand Bay
Vigor
M. T. Gaines
Maine
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