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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1914
Page
2
The Audit Bureau of Circulations presents its authority as the final standard for newspaper circulation. Notable executives from major companies and publications form a corps of efficiency experts who audit and certify circulation data relied on by national advertisers and publishers.
Auditor's report covers railway exchange building Chicago for six months ending September 30 1914. Includes population data from last census for city and surrounding suburbs with an estimated total population around 400 000. Daily average circulation for the period is 10144.
Miss Ella Bode, 18, a billing clerk for Many Blanc & Co., loses a handbag containing about 1500 in checks when two men attack her near West Illinois Street. Walter Rodamacher pursues as a mounted officer fires shots in the air, and one suspect surrenders after a chase through Kinzie and Dearborn streets.
Mrs. Mary Fulham Harris widow of the late William W. Harris and former Mobile resident died Saturday in New Orleans. She was in County Mayo Ireland at the time and about eighty years old. She leaves three grandsons Thomas La Cianoedra and William.
The French war office says on Christmas day fronts near Cernay in upper Alsace made perceptible progress with advances to the hills west of the town and outskirts of Aspach held despite counter attacks. German reports note patrols and minor engagements from Nieuport to Lihons Tracy le Val and Vosges areas with 300 prisoners taken.
Reports say Cer nay and Aspach lines remain vital to coal mine maintenance as Franco-Belgian forces push forward near Muelhausen. German efforts to halt the drive fail while French bicyclists move toward Middlekirke. Yser artillery quiets with no infantry attacks on Christmas as fog shrouds positions south of Ypres before renewed activity.
Berlin reports claim 3,000 British and Indian troops dead after a battle near Festubert. The German statement says nineteen officers and 818 men were captured, with four machine guns and other weapons seized. German losses deemed small. no French confirmation issued.
Russian forces report a rout after driving German troops back over the Bier Bzura near Sochaczew Poland a key rail hub west of Warsaw. German official news confirms attacks on the Bzura river have ceased. Heavy shelling continues as the town holds strategic importance.
Reports from Petrograd describe a major Soviet push across the Bzura where Germans were cut down by machine guns and 620 prisoners taken. Russians retake Mlawa after two German occupations, threatening East Prussia and Warsaw rail links. Refugees stream north as Austro German front shows breaches near Pilica.
Reports describe a Christmas day British raid near a water bay on the German coast, with fog hindering transmission and details obscured. The operation followed a German air attack on England and aimed to threaten river mouths with light-draft destroyers and hydro aircraft.
In Fairplay near Seneca, a racial clash between whites and blacks left two blacks dead and a third gravely injured. The violence began after an incident over a mulatto woman and escalated with mobs crossing from Georgia. White leaders and the elder Gibson faced gunfire while Tom Spright died from severe beating after removal to Georgia.
Despondent convict Lizzie Bo Hannans of Jeanerette La., killed herself at Angola State Prison Farm as a pardon board considered a petition and a flood of letters in her case. Her release chances had seemed promising, though she did not know.
The report notes Cuxhaven across from Kiel Canal mouth near Brunscuettel, about forty miles within the Helgoland patrol. It states it is unlikely that eight British ships could pass through the double patrol of German warships guarding Helgoland in fog.
In Shreveport the pardon board considers Mrs Bohannan who killed her husband. Support floods in from southwest Louisiana and nationwide petitions exceed 400 signatures. The case drew wide interest with self defense claims and no eyewitnesses as Mrs Bohannan awaits a hoped early parole.
A Cincinnati youth, registered as Thomas Herdeman age 18, walked into New York police headquarters claiming he is wanted for grand larceny in Cincinnati. He described the 1200 dollar theft from a Pearl street furnishing store, traveled via Navy service on the Texas, and asked to return home for Christmas. He was locked up as Cincinnati police were notified.
New York dispatch reports a conference over the Highlanders sale ending with progress but not completion. Prospective buyers Colonel Bob Tuppert Jr Captain Titon and associates met Frank Farrell and Billy Devery. another meeting is set for Monday as negotiations move forward in tentative stages.
Judge Sabath entered a default judgment against actress Henrietta Crossman and her husband Rice Campbell for 846 dollars and 22 cents in favor of United States Li 4 Company as complainant.
Attorney General Pleasant is in New Orleans, while Barret declines to comment on the matter. The exchange leaves questions about official positions unresolved as authorities coordinate actions.
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