Warships Bombard Varna Port as Troop Transports Arrive
A Russian cruiser and two destroyers convoyed sixteen troop transports and bombarded Varna on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast near Burgas. The port is a major rail terminus and has been a focus of Teutonic advances through Serbia. Earlier reports of naval demonstrations near Varna were not confirmed.
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Varna
London
Athens
Exchange Telegraph Company
Black Sea
Burgas
Serbia
Bulgaria
Odessa
Germany Rejects US Demands Amid Lusitania Row
Berlin officials say full Lusitania settlement including reparations is postponed after Germany recalled naval and military attaches and US demands on Austria Hungary over the Ancona sinking. Public opinion in Germany shifts against concessions, with no talks since the recall.
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Washington
Lusitania
Austria- Hungary
Ancona
Germany
Berlin
United States
Great Britain
Lansing
Count
von Bernstorff
Bot-Ed
von Papen
Austria
Count von Bernstorff
Farm Demonstrator Urges Clean Shoes Before Hog Pens
County Farm Demonstrator G A Maloney warns visitors to wash shoes in cresol before entering pork production areas. He says cresol kills hog cholera germs and prevents the disease from spreading between farms.
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G. A. Maloney
Cresolis
Imperial ukase frees General Ruzsky from front line duty
Petrograd dispatch reports an imperial ukase relieving General Ruzsky from northern front command while keeping him on the empire's council and supreme military council. The empress notes the strain on his health and commends his defense of the capital, hoping for a future return to command.
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London
Ruzsky
Prussian War Losses Reach Over Two Million Names
Amsterdam correspondent reports Prussian loss lists 390 to 399 total 42 825 names raising Prussian losses to 2 287 083. Includes 234 Saxon 315 Württemberg 240 Bavarian lists plus navy and Turkish army officers. Lists published as small newspapers and would fill about 45 000 pages in book form.
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London
Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant
Amsterdam
Reuter
Teutons Likely to Cross Greek Frontier Amid Protests
Telegraph report from Saloniki says Austro German forces Turks and Bulgarians will breach the Greek frontier despite Greek protests. Turks concentrate two divisions with cavalry and artillery near Nevrokop and Kustendil preparing for invasion.
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Teutons
London
Saloniki
Daily Mail
Greece
Nevrokop
Kustendil
British Forces Withdraw From Suvla and Anzac Positions
British forces withdrew from Suvla bay and Anzac on Gallipoli peninsula with three men wounded in total casualties. Six artillery guns destroyed were left behind at the Suvla position, an official announcement stated.
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London
Suvla Bay
Anzec
Gallipoli
Suvla
President Wilson Busy With Heavy Correspondence
President Wilson spent the morning working with his stenographer on official letters while Mrs. Wilson wrote many notes to personal friends acknowledging wedding gifts. This afternoon the couple planned a motor ride in Hot Springs Virginia.
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Hot Springs
Wilson
Escapes Prompt German Frontier Closure Consideration
Maasbode reports that as escapes by war prisoners increase along the German Dutch frontier, the German government plans to seal the border with barbed wire. The notice cites Oldenzaal, Holland as the source of the information.
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Amsterdam
London
Maasbode
Oldenzaal
Holland
Firemen killed as floor collapses in Boston factory
Two firemen died and another was seriously injured when a floor collapsed at a burning factory on Cambridge Street in Boston early today. The blaze and collapse occurred as crews battled the fire, with investigators investigating the site.
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Boston
Cambridge Street
Weather forecast for Alabama Mississippi warm spell Wednesday
Fair and not so cold tonight and Wednesday with light variable winds. Forecast calls for rising temperatures in Alabama and Mississippi with pleasant conditions through Wednesday.
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Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Mobile as National Highways Junction Point in Gulf Coast Plan
National and local officials push to consolidate interests for an all year route from New Orleans to Tampa and connect Forrest National Highway with Jackson Highway and Old Spanish Trail at Mobile. Four Old Spanish Trail directors outline routes Mobile to Mississippi line, delta bridge, Baldwin county to Florida line, with bond debate ongoing.
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Mobile
Gulf Coast
Charles H. Davis
National Highways Association
J. E.ferguson
American Automobile Association
Old Spanish Trail Association
New Orleans
Tampa
Fla
Rome
Mississippi Coast
America
Forrest National Highway Association
Baldwin County
Pensacola
Alabama
W. M. Clemens
Mississippi Line
Scranton
Pascagoula
L. C. Irvine
Delta
McR. Schowalter
Florida State Line
John Craft
National Highway Association
Unclear Plot Report Aims at Power Plants and Bridges
Unspecified plots in the East target electrical infrastructure and bridge sites. Details are fragmentary with limited names or dates available.
Two Negroes Lynched by Georgia Mob near Eastman
In Macon Georgia a mob of about 200 men seized Samuel Bland and Willie Stewart from Eastman jail and lynched them near Eastman late last night. The victims were said to be implicated in the robbery and murder of white merchant A M Batchellor. John Stevens was named by Bland as another participant who fled.
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Macon
Samuel Bland
Willie Stewart
A. M. Batchellor
Eastman
Bland
John Stevens
Stevens
Batchelter
Masta
Reorganization of Gulf Mobile and Northern Railroad Moves Forward
Local incorporation papers filed in probate court create Gulf Mobile and Northern Railroad Company to operate the Mobile to Latonia line. Capital stock set at 2 million dollars with initial capitalization of 500 thousand. officers listed include Henry Ricker as president, J G Hamilton as VP, Eugene Harvey as secretary treasurer, John C Potter as comptroller, Homer M Hood as director. General Counsel says local president does not imply change at the reorganized company’s top post held by W F Owen.
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New Orleans, Mobile and Chicago Railroad Company
Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad Company
Mobile
Latonia
Miss
Alabama
Henry Ricker
J. G. Hamilton
Eugene Harvey
John C. Potter
Homer M. Hood
Henry M. Ricker
J. C. Rich
W. F. Owen
War at a Glance Uprising Moves Across Balkans
Report from Athens says Russia moved 16 transports with troops to Varna under a cruiser and two destroyers, firing on the city. Constantinople notes British Gallipoli withdrawals with few casualties, while Serbia blames missed Bulgarian attack for its disaster. Allies protest Greece as Austro German Bulgarian Turkish forces near the Greek border, with two Turkish divisions at the frontier.
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Russia
Athens
London
Varna
Constantinople
Gallipoli
Rome
Serbia
Bulgaria
Alles
Greece
Saloniki
Captain Alba Nears Death at Doorstep of Life
Captain Peter F. Alba, one of Mobile's oldest and most honored citizens, was reported at his bedside to be sinking rapidly with only hours to live as The Item closed its news columns Tuesday.
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Peter F. Alba
Mobile
Entirely New Plot Uncovered Against American Neutrality
U S agents uncover a new plot to blow up the Welland Canal connected to Paul Koenig and others. Chief Bielaski says arrests may come soon but details of the conspiracy were not disclosed.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Welland Canal
Chief Bielski
Bureau of Investigation
Paul Koenig
Bielaski
Grand juries probe Welland Canal plot and labor council links
Federal grand juries hear evidence on a plan to blow up the Welland Canal and bridges near Niagara Falls as Samuel Gompers and Frank Morrison face subpoenas. The inquiry also probes a contraband rubber shipment to Germany and the Labor National Peace Council activities amid war munitions factory strikes.
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New York
Welland Canal
Labor National Peace Council
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Labor Council
Frank Morrison
Paul Koenig
Secret Service
Washington
Niagara River
Niagara Falls
Michigan Central
Americans at Monastir Reported Safe and Well
Saloniki dispatches from December 21 state Dr. Henry Forbes of Oston Mrs Walter Farwell a Chicago newspaper correspondent and Miss Mitchell are safe at Monastir The report says Forbes and Farwell were at times held by Bulgarians who tore down the American flag from the Red Cross hospital and seized flour the Red Cross distributed to civilians
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Saloniki
Paris
Henry Forbes
Oston
Walter Farwell
Chicago
Miss Mitchell
Monastir
Civic Chamber Reorganizes Its Structure For Broad Representation
Members approve a sweeping reorganization of the Chamber of Commerce at a Monday night meeting at the Cawthon Hotel. The board will include 19 directors from 18 business classifications plus one at large, electing officers from among themselves. A nominating committee and by law revisions are named, with monthly meetings required and a budget and auditor provisions. The new election system divides members into 18 sub divisions and requires a two thirds vote for unlisted actions.
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Chamber of Commerce
Cawthon Hotel
Chamber
Resolutions Committee
L. C. Irvine
Board of Directors
Moton Named Tuskegee Principal Successor to Washington
Major Robert R. Moton of Hampton Institute was chosen by the Tuskegee trustees to succeed Booker T. Washington as president. The decision, unanimous, will take effect at the May 1916 commencement with Moton aiding the Booker T. Washington memorial fund until then. The committee praised Emmett J. Scott for leading since Washington’s death.
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New York
Robert R. Moton
Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute
Hampton
Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee Institute
Tuskegee
Ala
Seth Low
Frank Trumbull
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Edgar A. Bancroft
W. W. Campbell
Viet H. Tulane
Major Mot
Famous
Negro Institute
Booker T. Washington Memorial Fund
Major Moton
Emmett J. Scott
Dr. Washington
Mobile mild compared to national cold snap record
Weather records show Mobile rarely reaches freezing, with only eleven days at or below 32F in a year and 34F the coldest this fall. The coldest in Mobile was 1899 at 1F, while a blizzard hit the Atlantic coast with New York reaching record lows. Mobile also has few days above 100F, with over forty-five years yielding just twelve such days.
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Mobile
Weather Bureau
Atlantic
New York City
Man Surrenders After Stabbing Neighbor Over Job Loss
Willie Flemings, a Black man, surrendered at the county jail and said he stabbed Will Dorgan with an ice pick multiple times after Dorgan caused him to lose every job and sparked bail breakouts. Flemings also fired a pistol at Dorgan. Dorgan is severely wounded. authorities classify Flemings as potentially demented. The incident occurred in the northern city area.
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Willie Flemings
Will Dorgan
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Koenig
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Metzler
D. S
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Fred Ne
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Government Street
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Moton
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