Road linking two counties urged in Mobile Baldwin drive
The Mobile Baldwin County Highway Association formed at a packed Cawthon hotel meeting to promote a proposed highway linking Mobile and Baldwin counties. J H Webb elected president with L C Irvine H H Patterson and E B Gaston as vice presidents. The group will seek Mobile County funds to join Baldwin in the connection project.
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Mobile
Baldwin Counties
Mobile-Baldwin County
Webb
J. B. Robertson
Mobile County
Baldwin County
Association Forms To Push Mobile County Highway
A non profit sharing group meets and collects a five dollar annual fee paid in advance by most attendees. The body aims to press Mobile and Baldwin counties to fund a long proposed highway with Baldwin pledging 150000 in bonds if Mobile matches, plus out of town supporters from Bay Minette Atmore Fairhope Dyas Carney Battles Magnolia Springs join the effort.
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Baldwin County
Baldwin Commissioners
Mobile County
Mobile ‘County
Thomas W. Gilmer
Bay Minette
H. H. Patterson
Atmore
E. B. Gaston
Fairhope
Dyas
KE. Brodbeck
Point Clear
R. F. Powell
Budget Up Before Directors of Arch Gras Tonight
A $25,000 carnival budget will be discussed by the carnival directors at Battle House tonight at seven thirty. Preliminary plans are set and the finance committee has worked on the budget for weeks. After adoption, committees will seek appropriations. The publicity committee plans a carnival slogan meeting tonight with over two hundred suggestions.
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Arch Gras
Board of Carnival
Battle House
Reverend P. J. Kennedy of St. Joseph's Dies at 56
Rev. Father P. J. Kennedy of St. Joseph's Church died after a long illness at the Providence Infirmary aged 56. He was a native of Ireland and served as pastor of St. Joseph's, with a funeral from the church to follow a requiem mass. Kennedy was well known to Jesuits of the South and had been stationed at several missions including Louisiana.
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Father P. J. Kennedy
Ireland
St. Joseph’s Church
Provence Infirmary
St. Joph’s Church
Father Kennedy
Jesuits
South
Ces
Louisiana
Strong Line in Romania To Be Defended
The report notes Russian preparations to hold a southern Moldavian defensive line as Teutonic advances retreat north of the Danube. Petrograd says the German offensive is halted. Berlin cites no new gains except in Dobrudja with Russo Romanian forces withdrawing toward the north.
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Associated Press
New York
David Lloyd-George
House of Commons
France
Verdun
City Commission Modifies Dismissal Of Police Officer
The city commission on Tuesday modified the suspension of Supernumerary Police Officer David S. Pierce for taking part in a poker game while on duty at night. Pierce receives a 30 day suspension dating from the chief’s suspension. The restoring order followed a petition by Robert Farley, Vincent Noletto, Frank B. Farley, James J. McEvoy and James E. O’Grady, who testified Pierce played poker with them and borrowed chips but stated he did not graft them or drink during the incident. The vote to restore Pierce was unanimous.
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City Commission
David S. Pierce
Pierce
Robert Farley
Vincent Noletto
Frank B. Farley
James J. McEvoy
James E. O'Grady
McEvoy
Mayor urges suspension of Pierce over poker house incident
Mayor Pillans citing prior trial evidence says drunkenness charge against Pierce was not sustained. He notes Pierce was an acquaintance of participants in a poker game at Nolétto's house and attended with his brother officer after borrowing money from a stack of chips.
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Pillans
Police Department
Pierce
Nolétto
Officer
Bernstorff Finds Comfort in British Peace Hopes
Washington December 19 Count von Bernstorff the German ambassador said after reading Lloyd George speech sounds as if they would not push for peace talks anyway the discrepancy suggests Britain favors continued pressure on Germany.
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Associated Press
Washington
Count von Bernstorff
Lloyd-George
Weather forecast for Alabama and Mississippi
Today’s weather outlook reports fair skies in Alabama with a not so cold night and warmer conditions in the south portion. Mississippi follows with fair conditions tonight and Wednesday, with rain or snow and colder weather in the northern portion.
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Associated Press
Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Feasts and lectures marking Hanukkah in Mobile
The Feast of Lights begins Wednesday evening at 8 and runs eight days. Dr. Henry Berkowitz of Philadelphia and Dr. William Roseneau will speak at Government Street Temple with services led by Rabbi A. G. Moses. The observance emphasizes religious liberty following a war against tyranny. The Hanan home hosts a reception for Dr. Berkowitz.
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Channukah
Albert Hanan
Dauphin Street
Henry Berkowitz
Philadelphia
Government-street Temple
Berkowitz
William Roseneau
A. G. Moses
Central Conferences of American Rabbis
Johns Hopkins University
Jewish Chautauqua
Eutaw Avenue
Baltimore
Congregation
Shaarai Shemayim
Rachel Sholom
Albert D. Hanan
Roseneau
Hanukkah and the rededication of the Jewish temple
In 162 BCE Antiochus Epiphanes set up a pagan idol in the Jerusalem temple and forced Jewish worship. Judas Maccabeus led a revolt, won, reentered the temple, and rededicated it. Chanukah was established to honor the eight day festival with prayers and the lighting of the menorah.
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Antiochus Epiphanes
Jerusalem
Judas Maccabeus
Captain McMeans Visits Mobile On Twenty Day Leave
Captain Heath L. McMeans of Company A First Regiment Alabama National Guard is on leave in Mobile reviewing Nogales camp results. He praises Mobile troops for health, discipline and appearance amid influenza cases and high altitude climate. He notes Tazewell T. Shepard placed second in a lieutenant vacancy exam and likely to join Mobile Machine Gun Company along with other Mobile men excelling.
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Heath L. McMeans
First Regiment
National Guard of
Alabama
Mobile
McMeeans
Nogales
McMeans
Leutenant
Tazewell
T. Shepard
Shepard
Mobile Machine Gun Company
Fire damages home on South Bayou Street
A Monday afternoon blaze lightly damaged a one story frame building at 564 South Bayou Street caused by a defective flue. The home is occupied by Julia Harding and owned by Mr. M. J. McDermott.
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South Bayou Street
Julia Harding
M. J. McbDermott
Cut the Worrying Live Longer Says U S Health Service
The Public Health Service issued a bulletin cautioning against worrying. It notes no bird frets over nest-building, no fox de-stresses about hiding, no squirrel dies from anxiety over winter provisions, and no dog loses sleep over bone stock for old age.
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U.S. Health Service
Associated Press
Washington
Public Health Service
Nivelle Named Commander of Northern French Armies
Paris December 19 General Joffre handed over command of the French armies of the north and northeast to General Robert George Nivelle recently appointed commander in chief. Joffre congratulated Nivelle as the victor of the Marne and praised him as a merited promotion. The grand headquarters staff officers will stay at their posts until Nivelle forms his own staff.
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Associated Press
Paris
Joffre
Robert George Nivelle
General Nivelle
Grand Headquarters
Nivelle
Marne
Allied Military Council
Verdun victory proof shows Kaiser can be beaten
Paris dispatch relays General Mangin declaration to his troops after Verdun front success. He argues after October 24 and December 15 battles the enemy can be defeated, noting German superiority in numbers and artillery but insisting a brave, well trained infantry can break through and maneuver under General Nivelle.
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Paris
Genral Mangin
Germany
Verdun
Nivelle
German Raid on Somme Fails to Impress
Paris reports a German raid last night on the Somme front north of Chilly that yielded no permanent gains. Verdun saw active artillery in Louvemont and Campbrette, while on the Macedonian front no major events were noted.
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Paris
Somme
Chilly
War Office
Verdun Front
Louvemont
Campbrette
Advan
Evidence Points To Sinking of Palermo
Rome dispatch reports American ambassador Thomas Nelson Page collecting statements from 25 Americans aboard the Italian liner Palermo torpedoed off the Spanish coast. The evidence suggests the ship was sunk without warning and without attempting to escape.
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Associated Press
Rome
Paris
Thomas Nelson Page
Palermo
Spanish
Plans Outlined For Mobile Port Terminal Facilities
A special committee and the state harbor board met in Mobile to consider terminal facility plans tied to Washington news on port development. The Buck plan would fully develop Hieronymus Docks waterfront, while the Nesbit plan calls for Magnolia property with an aerial railway. Both proposals include financing details and aim to satisfy war department requirements for funding.
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Mobile
War Department
Buck
4. J. Buck
Hieronymus Docks
Nesbitt
W. D. Nesbitt
Magnolia
Port committee considers Mobile terminal facilities plan
Mr. Blair of Tuscaloosa chairs a special state harbor board committee busy today with plans to provide Mobile with adequate terminal facilities.
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Blair
Tuscaloosa
State Harbor Board
Mobile
Lloyd George Says Peace Demands German Reparation or None
Premier Lloyd George told the House of Commons that peace without reparations or guarantees against Prussian militarism is impossible. He warned that entering negotiations without Germany's acceptance would be dangerous and that Allied sides would only accept terms that ensure lasting peace.
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Associated Press
London
Lloyd-George
House of Commons
Germany
Europe
State Board Hears Plans for Harbor Improvement
The state board met at 2 30 this afternoon to hear the findings of the special committee. A definite decision on one of the plans is expected this afternoon. Mobile seeks more than a million dollars for channel and harbor improvements with plans for adequate facilities and timely completion.
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Mobile
War Department
Cuba Is Prosperous and Mobile to Benefit from Shipments
Twenty four carloads of sugar machinery valued near $100000 will be shipped from Mobile on the Munson liner Munplace to Manzanillo Cuba for a new eastern sugar refinery. Mr A M del Valle from Manzanillo Cuba arrived in Mobile as mechanical engineer for the Central American Barcas Sugar Company and representative of Basquez financiers. He says Cuba is on the verge of prosperity and Mobile port will gain from the increased business.
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Mobile
Munson
Munplace
Manzanillo
Cuba
A. M. del Valle
Urgent Deficiency Bill Funds Guard Families and Mint
The urgent deficiency bill reported in the House provides 4.25 million dollars for dependent families of militiamen on the Mexican border and 210 thousand dollars for the Philadelphia mint to continue striking small denomination coins in high demand.
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Associated Press
Washington
Philadelphia Mint
National defense focus shifts to navy funding and universal training
Congressional committees convene on defense issues with the House military and naval groups examining needed navy and national guard appropriations. General Hugh L. Scott urges ending the volunteer guard in favor of universal training, stating staff concerns are with the system not its personnel.
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Associated’ Press
Washington
House
Hugh L. Scott
Senate
National Guard
Scott
Guard
Naval Committee
Two Big Companies Enter Alabama Livestock Industry
Reports to the secretary of State show two corporations formed to engage in farming and stock raising in central Alabama. The Alston Tinker Cattle Company is organized at Fostoria in Lowndes county with 200000 dollars paid in, while the Westwyn Plantation Company starts at Marion Junction in Dallas county with 20000 dollars paid in. Each company plans a specialty in stock raising.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Alston-Tinker Cattle Company
Fostoria
Lowndes County
Westwyn Plantation Company
Marion Junction
Dallas County
Confetti Ban Repeal Bid Rejected By City Commission
The Mobile Carnival Association sought to repeal the ordinance prohibiting confetti on Mobile streets. The City Commission rejected the petition this morning in a unanimous vote after a letter from New Orleans’ mayor cited street trouble there.
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Mobile Carnival Association
Mobile
City Commission
New Orleans
Vete. Gn
Street Department Workers to Receive 26 Cent Raise
The City Commission approved a 26 cent daily raise for street department employees starting January 1 1917. Mayor Lyons endorsed the increase noting financial strain and promising to cover the cost personally if needed. Raises target bagemen stablemen sweepers drivers and other street workers with new daily pay levels ranging from 1 75 to 2 per day.
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Street Department
Lyons
Jes Iie
State Harbor Commission
Bagemen
Lite Wien
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P. J. Kennedy
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Romania
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Rose
Neau
Temple
U. S
Captain McMeans
Border Camp
N Wil
Kaiser
Espe
F. G. Blair
George Gordon Crawford
Birmingham
J. C. Rich
Harbor Board
Bank of Mobile
MR. F
Central Pow
Mr. Lloyd-George
Russia
Great Britain
Northcliffe
Reading
Burnham
Islington
Pirrie
Prouder Massey
New Zealand
Wuard
Mexico
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