Rotary Club to Host Big Brother Dinner for Mobile Newsboys
About 125 newsboys and messenger boys in Mobile will be guests of the Rotary Club at a December 28 dinner at the Cawthon Hotel. William H. Monk Jr. reports plans are complete and each lad will receive a personal invitation. The menu features oyster soup turkey cranberry sauce and mince pie among other items.
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Local Entertainers To Perform Vaudeville Features Tonight
Charles and Gussie Jones and the Vautrot Sisters will appear in vaudeville features. The trio offers vaudeville stunts as their contribution to the evening's entertainment and Rotary welfare appreciation.
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Christmas Turkey Prices Hold Steady in Mobile
Dressed turkey remains expensive as Mobile shoppers plan Christmas meals with substitutes like chicken goose and duck. Prices echo Thanksgiving with dressed turkey at thirty seven and a half cents per pound. Local market activity includes poultry and fowl from nearby farms as shotgun season closes.
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British Army Expansion Plan Backed by MPs
London reports the House passed a government resolution to maintain an additional land force not exceeding one million at home and abroad. The measure aims to boost armed strength without altering policy, expanding the social troops beyond the four million already authorized to ensure proper position and readiness.
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House of
Carolinas Tobacco Crop Near Double Previous Year
Winston Salem North Carolina December 21 With the leaf tobacco sold totaling 15 169 999 pounds bringing 2 706 420 97 dollars an average of 317 73 per hundred the crop is nearly twice last year and 3 percent above the banner year 313 about 8 008 000 pounds remain to be sold on the local market.
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Cold Weather Promised Yet Fog Delays Its Arrival
Weather predictions by the Weather Bureau for yesterday and last night failed to materialize beyond blue gray fog in Mobile. Today’s forecast calls for much colder temperatures with near freezing by nightfall and a high barometric system moving in from the west.
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London
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Mobilé to fund Gulf Coast Fair with 7500 each
The city and county of Mobilé will appropriate 7500 dollars each for the Gulf Coast Fair next season. A meeting primarily to elect a secretary selected W. B. Barry of Jackson Tennessee after a split vote against a resident Mobilian nominee. Plans to improve the fair prompted a lengthy discussion on facilities and expansions.
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Jackson
Destroyers Stay Is Short May Return After Holidays
Men aboard two torpedo boat destroyers Lamson and Monaghan prepared to depart at 3 pm for New Jersey and Mobile stations. They arrived Wednesday and were ordered to proceed to USS battleships. Commanders expect return after the holidays though no reason was given. Visitors toured the ships and examined guns and sights aboard.
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Argentine steamer Carumaian believed sunk near Buenos Aires
The Argentine steamer Carumaian, which sailed from Wales on September, has not arrived since December 21 and is feared sunk. She carried a crew of 29.
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Wire tapping raid disrupts pool room scheme in Mobile
Chief G M Van Liew says two men J H Mason and John Thompson were arrested after a wire tapping instrument and stage money were found in Mason's possession. Det Lacey, Burch and Pearson seized them on Royal Street. Case continued to December 27. bond set at 300 dollars each with attorney F K Hale.
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J.H. Mason
Mobile
John Thompson
St. Cloud
Minnesota
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Thompson
Recorder’s Court
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Royal Street
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Kansas City
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New Orleans
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Pushes Auto Club Works On Permanent Club Rooms
Mr. Adams leads plans for an automobile club pushing permanent club rooms and road markings in the county. The effort aims to organize local motorists and establish clear routes and facilities.
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No. Automo Club
Caine County
Bark Nepthis Drifting A Derelict at Sea Reported
The Brazilian bark Nepthis, a derelict at sea, was sighted at noon yesterday about 200 miles southeast of Sandy Hook by the British steamship Korona, which arrived in New York from the West Indies. The Nepthis, in a storm, was being converted into a steamship when drifting.
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West Indies
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Texas company to give ten percent bonus to new Texas company
A New York Deedia Company announced a ten percent bonus to a new Texas company. The payment, reportedly amounting to over 500 a year, will be made on or about January 4.
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Weather forecast for today and tonight
Partly cloudy with a fair night expected and a cooler extreme low. Weather notes indicate varying skies and potential temperature drop into the night.
American steamship damaged after mine strike near port
The American steamship, owned by the American-Hawaiian Company of New York, was damaged by a mine while carrying cargo from December 4 to St Nazaire. The vessel, with 7,913 tons, sailed from Ceon MN and is under operation by the company.
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Auto Club's Success Prompts Regional Co op Plan
Mobile club president 4. G. Adams reports success of gasoline cooperative sale for members. City officials plan county cooperation to back lumber needs on roads. A tire firm donated signs and mileage data will be posted. Committees to assess costs and manage operations named.
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Automobile Club
Frank W. Overall
George W. Unruh
L. G. Adams
Submarine Movement Reported Off New Jersey Coast
A submarine moving south was observed about 100 miles off the New Jersey coast on Tuesday afternoon by officers of the American Advance, which arrived from the canal zone. The nationality of the submarine was not learned.
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New York
New Jersey
Canal Zone
Xmas Services Will Be Printed Saturday
The Mobile item will publish Christmas music programs from Mobile churches Saturday and invites pastors of all churches to submit listings for the issue.
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Mobile Item
Wall Street Sees Tremendous Liquidation in Market
The New York stock market fell sharply after Wilson’s message to belligerents and Secretary Lansing’s response. War securities led the losses as United States Steel and rail stocks plunged. Union Pacific cut its dividend but still lost heavily. Turnover surpassed 1.3 million by noon and likely set a daily record.
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United States Steel
Market Declines Sweep Major Industries on Margin Worries
Stocks plunged across sectors including Atlantic Gulf and West Indies Indus Alcohol Crucible Steel International Paper Republic Iron and Steel Lackawanna Steel American Car Central Leather Pittsburgh Coal and Utah Copper. Sellers acted across the board as margins deteriorated, with liquidation tied to President Wilson's note.
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Indus
Alcohol
Crucible Steel
International Paper
Republic Iron and Steel
Lackawanna Steel
American Car
Central Leather
Pittsburgh Coal
Utah Copper
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Wheat Dives on Opening Trade Amid Peace Note
Wheat breaks seven cents at the open as brokers rush orders after President Wilson's peace note. May delivery closed yesterday at 1.61 to 1.62, opening today from 1.55 to 1.58. July 1.30 to 1.31, down about 4 to 5.75 cents. Turbulent pit action and heavy selling dominated the session.
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Delta Highway Plan Feasible, He Thinks
Mr. Thomas H. Robinson of Nashville Tennessee, who is constructing a steel bridge for Moss Point Mississippi, is in Mobile for the holidays at the Cawthon. He reports in his opinion the delta highway across the marsh of Mobile is feasible and the conditions could be remedied to make the road and trestles storm proof.
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Thomas H. Robinson
Nashville
Christmas Baskets In High Demand Prompt Local Aid
Salvation Army adjutant Ira Munselle warns demand for Christmas baskets is higher than in recent years. Public support is urged to prevent poor families from being turned away without food as two hundred baskets planned may be insufficient. Distribution is Saturday at 1 PM with volunteers, including automobile owners, invited to help transport baskets to distant homes.
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Munselle
Joffre Names Nivelle to Lead Northern Armies
Paris dispatch reports General Joffre signed the official summons naming General Nivelle to command the armies of the north and northeast. General I nau remains on the active list by decree, while Brigadier General Ferdinand Auguste Pont is promoted to general of division as Nivelle’s chosen chief of staff. Pont, an artillery officer, rose from junior staff positions to rapid promotion under Joffre.
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French Air Losses and Shelling Report in Frontline Updates
Paris dispatch reports relative calm on the French front with ongoing aerial combat. Four enemy planes downed by French pilots including near Malincourt Clery Devise and Pouy le Grand. Sub-lieutenant Nungesser credited. French artillery and air units dropped shells on Anizy Brieulles sur Meuse and Charleuil le Lezieres. 11 German planes reported as countering with 120 mm shells on Nesles and convoys behind the lines.
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War Office
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Fifty Constitutionalist Garrison Annihilated Near San Luis Potosi
Laredo Texas December 21 Fifty constitutionalist soldiers forming a garrison at Bocas near San Luis Potosi were attacked by Villa forces on Sunday last and completely annihilated. Residents report panic in San Luis Potosi due to numerous Villa attacks and incoming reports from the border.
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President Wilson Warns of Neutrality Peril in Notes
Wilson dispatches notes urging belligerents to peace terms as Secretary Lansing states U S rights are increasingly tied to the conflict. He says the move aims to curb U S entry into war rather than seek material gain, reflecting a perilous neutral stance amid growing danger.
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