Allies Advance in Advaults and Front Updates
From reports by the Associated Press and London correspondents the war dispatches describe Allied advances near Middelkerke and near Dixmude in Belgium while German pressure continues against Russians in Poland. British naval losses denied after the east coast raid. At Saarburg and Rieding bombs kill a cavalryman and a corporal with damage to property and a servant girl injured.
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Associated Press
London
the Daily Mail
Petrograd
Poland
Warsaw
Admiralty
England
Berlin
Saarburg
Lorraine
Rieding
Heming
Co-Ordination of Allied Movements Opposes German Forces
London reports show coordinated Allied offensives in northern France and Flanders drawing German attention from the east. British critics note slow initial progress near La Bassee but expect gains as the campaign advances and reinforce the strategic aim of stretching German reserves.
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London
France
Flanders
Poland
la Bassee
Spear Point
Doubts of German Announcement Circulate Among Allied Writers
British and French military commentators question the accuracy of a German communiqué while evaluating its implications. They discuss potential misstatements or overstatements about battlefield gains and emphasize the need for corroborating evidence from independent sources.
Maude Pauncefote Letter Praises American War Aid
London dispatch notes a Times publication of a letter signed by Maude Pauncefote, daughter of the late Lord Pauncefote, urging Americans to recognize aid for war distressed nations. The editor adds that a cable message of baskets is being prepared by a influential committee to be sent abroad.
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Associated Press
London
Maude Pauncefote
Lord Pauncefote
Washington
Times Today
United States
America
United Kingdom
England
Steamer Isthmian Still Afloat on Way to San Diego Harbor
The American Hawaiian steamer Isthmian with a hole in her bow and a high stern drifted toward San Diego under stout bulkheads and calm seas. If she stays afloat at 712 knots she could reach port by midnight. West Virginia Perry and Iroquois standby. Isthmian carries a million-dollar cargo of fruits and wines and a crew of forty. She fouled a San Benito Island tip and sent out SOS. The ship left San Francisco six days ago bound for New York.
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Associated Press
San Diego
Cal
Isthmian
West Virginia
Perry
Iroquois
San Benito Island
Here
San Francisco
New York
Negro lynching near Fort Deposit shocks Alabama
Will Jones, a Black man, was taken from county authorities and lynched near Fort Deposit, Alabama, after allegedly confessing to attacking a high school girl. A coroner's jury ruled Jones died at the hands of unknown parties.
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Associated Press
Fort Deposit
Ala
Will Jones
Haykeyville
Jones
Charity Day in Missouri Aids War Relief Efforts
St Louis reports today as charity day declared by the governor with all proceeds allocated to war relief. Citizens donate money and foodstuffs to support sufferers, mirroring nationwide drive.
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Missouri
Associated Press
ST. Louis
Cleary Nears Jury Verdict in New City Murder Trial
William V. Cleary's fate hangs on a New City jury after closing evidence in the murder trial of his son in law Eugene Newman. Testimony from Eugene's widow Anna Newman supported by her parents described a secret marriage and a claimed unborn child, tying to Cleary's earlier motive.
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Associated Press
New City
N. Y
William V. Cleary
Eugene Newman
Anna Cleary Newman
Widow Testifies in Court Linking Father to Town Clerk Case
In a tense courtroom scene a 20 year old widow testified for her father, former town clerk of Haver straw, a political figure. Her uncle guided her to the witness chair as she clung to him. The father, waiting to reveal his marriage to Anna, hadn’t seen her since July 22, the day before Newman was shot, and Cleary showed strong emotion reaching toward his daughter as she joined him.
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Haverstraw
Newman
Cleary
Anna
Trial set Monday for Theresa Hockstein Nelson McBroom case
Preliminary hearing scheduled for Monday at 4 PM in the recorder's court for Theresa Hockstein Nelson McBroom. Attorney John W. McAlpine seeks bond. The shooting of Reuben A. McBroom occurred last Thursday. defense relies on self defense while the state cites a deathbed statement. McBroom's mother Annie W. McBroom arrives. relatives include 13-year-old Claud H. and several siblings. Funeral planned for Sunday at 4 PM in Government Street Loop neighborhood.
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Theresa Hockstein-Nelson Mco- Broom
Recorder’s Court
John W. McAlpine
H. H. Smith
Reuben A. McBroom
F. W. Wrenshaw
McBroom
Stem
Annie W. McBroom
Austin
Tex
Claud H. McBroom
Claude H
C. W
H. T. Mcbroom
W. R. McBroom
Claude
F. J. Inge
Armored Train Blown Up Along Lemberg Carpathians Route
Budapest dispatch in Pesti Napló claims a Russian armored train carrying ammunition and food from Lemberg toward the Carpathians has been destroyed. The report suggests a disrupted line of Russian communication and supply in the region.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam Iia
London
Budapest
Pesti
Naple
Lemberg
The
Carpathians
Mobile to gain on cotton export rates ruling
The Interstate Commerce Commission announced today that export cotton shipments to Mobile Alabama from southern points will be freed from discrimination favoring Savannah. The ruling ends penalty rates and requires uniform routing from compress points. A terminal charge of three cents per hundred pounds at Mobile was deemed reasonable.
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Ashington
Mobile
Ala
Savannah
Rail rate decision boosts nation to recovery says Wilson
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved Eastern advance rate increases seen as key to reviving U S prosperity. President Wilson welcomed the move believing it will lift business conditions and railroads may gain about 30 million dollars annually, short of the hoped 50 million. Railroads expect substantial aid from higher freight charges.
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Associated Press
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Wilson
Telephone Rescues Woman From Negro Burglar Attack
Kate Nurvell, a Mounds Oklahoma telephone operator, answered a plea from a choking Mrs. Allen during a burglary attempt. The assailant, identified as a black man, was captured after the operator notified police and the victim resisted to protect her money.
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Associated Press
Lapulpa
Okla
Kate Nurvell
Mounds
Here
Miss Nurvill
Miss Nurve
Fred Allen
Commission resumes probe into two northern railroads
The Interstate Commerce Commission reopened its inquiry into the financial operations of the Pere Marquette and the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton railroads. The hearing continues a Detroit start, following a congressional resolution to investigate alleged exploitation by favored financial interests.
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Associated Press
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pere Marquette
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Dayton
Detroit
Mich
Congress
Dutch Steamer Helena Arrives Ten Days Overdue
The Dutch steamer Helena, ten days overdue from Rotterdam, passed Cape Delaware early today after leaving Rotterdam on November 19. No report was made to the signal station and heavy weather is believed to have delayed the voyage.
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Philadelphia
Helena
Rotterdam
Delawaré Capes
Maritime
Capes
Baltimore and Ohio to establish through routes with Chesapeake line
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to create and sustain through routes and joint rates with the Eastern Shore Development Steamship Company, aligning with the carrier's other Chesapeake Bay steamship agreements.
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Washington
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Eastern Shore Development Steamship Company
Chesapeake Bay Steamship Lines
Lightweight Showdown Ended In Narrow Robideau Advantage
In Bridgeport on December 19 Sam Robideau of Philadelphia and Joe Shugrue of Jersey City fought 15 rounds with most reporters giving Robideau a slight edge. Shugrue weighed 134 3 4 pounds while Robideau weighed 134 1 2 pounds.
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Associated Press
Bridgeport
Mistletoe Sent to Wilson by Tulsa Citizens
A large box of mistletoe, Oklahoma’s official flower, was sent yesterday to President Wilson by Tulsa residents through Mayor Frank M. Wooden. The delegation asked that the plant be used to decorate the White House for the holiday season.
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Wilson
Tulsa
Okla
Oklahoma
Frank M. Wooden
Mobile Cha per of Commerce Cases on Cotton Freight Rates
The case involves contentions from the Mobile Chamber of Commerce over export cotton freight rates from Southern points to Mobile. Railroads serving Alabama Mississippi Tennessee Georgia Florida and the Carolinas were parties. The New Orleans Cotton Exchange sought relief for Mobile identical to New Orleans. The commission ruled the money collected did not prove unreasonableness, but ordered abandonment of penalty 1 that forced reshipping to receive through rates, finding the penalty system discriminated against Mobile.
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Mobile
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Georgia
Florida
Carolinas
New Orleans
Rail and shipping rules set for Mobile docks
Discrimination against one carrier in Mobile harbor was condemned and a uniform interchange system ordered. Railroads must accept cargo from any line and set switching charges at three cents per hundred pounds. Through rates remain restricted and terminal charges for side delivery allowed. through lading on export cotton shifts responsibility to the cotton’s final port, with Mobile’s rate rules applying.
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Savannah
Mobile
Governor Brewer Grants Pardons Amid Dead Man Case
Mississippi Governor Earl Brewer issued a pardon related to a long sentence for Jim John, a Black convict, but records show he died in 1896, eighteen years earlier. The pardon followed a petition and efforts to notify the convict’s son.
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Brewer
Associated Press
Jackson
Miss
Earl Brewer
Mississippi
Jim John Negro
Son
Unsettled Weather Forecast for Alabama and Mobile
The forecast notes unsettled conditions for Sunday across Alabama with likely rain and similar patterns for Mobile. Expect cool temperatures and scattered showers as the system moves through the region.
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