Pilots Rush to Lower Bay to Meet Incoming Shipping Boom
The Mobile Bay and Bar Pilots Association dispatched men to the lower bay station to guide five vessels waiting for pilots. Four ships are ready to enter the city, including the British steamer Oswald and three schooners. A five mighty schooner Magnus Manson and two other ships will load lumber and cargo, while tankers Regina and barge Marty arrive with Cuban molasses bound for discharge.
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Mobile Bay and Bar Pilots’ Association
Lower Bay
S. A. Dorgan
Oswald
Elder-Dempster Company
Magnus Manson
Percival
Maude Dudley
Regina
Marty
Cuba
Busy riverfront scene as ships load cargo in port boom
The river front from Church Street to Pier 4 is crowded with sailing vessels occupying berths in the stream. The ships will load cargo here, promising work for many men and business for local stores, though port officials offer no reason for the sudden boom.
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Church Street
Pier 4
Much Colder Weather Forecast With Rising Rivers
The weather bureau predicts a 20 degree drop by tonight with more rain. Temperatures may fall to about 42 as a cold wave moves south, with freezing temps possible in interior Mississippi and Alabama. Heavy rains on the Alabama and Tombigbee rivers are expected to cause a swift rise.
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Weather Bureau
Mississippi
Alabama
Helena
Montana
Texas
Gulf
South Atlantic States
Tombigbee
Spring Hill Reopens January 3 As Basketball Plans Begin
Studies at Spring Hill Jesuit College will resume January 3. After students return the athletic department will organize basketball teams and a game with the local Y M C A is set for January 13. The graduating class will number about twenty students.
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Spring Hill Jesuit College
Spring Hill
Teujons Win New Victory In Romania
Associated Press reports new Teutonic advances in Romania with Field Marshal von Mackensen pushing Russians back toward the Serbet river. 3000 prisoners were captured as Rimnik Sarat region fell and Braila on the Danube faced artillery pressure from German and allied forces.
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Associated Press
New York
Europe
von Mackensen
Wallachia
Serbe
Moldavia
Rimnik Sdrat
Buzen
Teutonic
Rimnik Sarat
Danube
Braila
Bruaila
Matchin
Dobrudja
Russians Outmatched as German Army Overruns Front
Berlin reports complete defeat of Russo Romanian forces by the invading Teutonic army. Soviet troops attempting to regain ground were driven from new positions with heavy losses. Austro German forces take 3000 prisoners as Braila faces shellfire from across the Danube. British attacks on Bulgarian lines fail in Lake Doiran area. Eight Entente aircraft lost on the western front. Eastern front battles see Russian raids repulsed by Prince Leopold’s forces.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Sayville
Braila
Wallachia
Danube
Lake Doiran
War Office
Prince Leopold
French Repulse Attacks on Somme and Verdun Fronts
Paris December 28 French troops repulsed small attacks near Le Cheney on the Somme and on the eastern slope of Hill No 304 west of the Meuse in Verdun. Mines near Beauvraignes on the Somme caused heavy damage to German defenses with a crater 120 yards long and 40 yards wide.
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Paris
le Cheney
Somme
Meuse
Verdun
War Office
Beauvraignes
Weather forecast for Alabama and interior regions
Forecast notes fair conditions in Alabama with rain in extreme south, much colder air and near freezing interior. Friday brings fair but cold weather with possible freezing temperatures interior and colder southeast.
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Washington
Alabama
Harrison Brothers to Build Three Marine Ways in Mobile
Harrison Brothers plan a new set of marine ways on the old Foster property at the foot of St. Anthony street. The project, costing about 75000, would add 200 ton 300 ton and 600 ton capacities totaling 1500 tons. The firm will operate the new plant separately from its existing roller ways and spar yard.
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Mobile
Harrison Brothers
United States Engineer’s Office
Foster
St. Anthony Street
J. M. Campbell
D. L. Harrison
Palmetto Street
Harrison
Harrison Brothers announces new Mobile enterprise
The statement by Messrs. PD L Harrison W M Harrison and Ed Harrison says the venture has been prepared and is ready to materialize. D L Harrison expresses confidence in Mobile as a port and notes the project will proceed only if Mobile offers the field.
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Harrison Brothers
Messrs. PD. L
W. M
Ed. Harrison
D. L. Harrison
Mobile
Government to take 85 percent of British ship cargo space
Lieutenant Connor Guthrie, for the British admiralty, told freight managers that starting January 1 the government will require 85 percent of cargo space on British ships. 47.9 percent for war munitions and 37.1 percent for wheat, with earlier space reservations at 60 percent.
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Associated Press
New York
Connor Guthrie
Four Street Car Men Freed by Recorder
Chauncey M. Beardin and Alphonse J. Dedeaux charged with manslaughter in the death of William Thompson on December 19 were discharged by Recorder D. H. Edington. The men, in charge of the street car, were freed after a witness testified Lewis crossed in front of the car.
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Chauncey M. Beardin
Alphonse J. Dedeaux
Two Mobile Officers to Be Promoted at Nogales Camp
In Nogales Arizona two Alabama guardsmen will see promotions. Major T C Locke will return to Montgomery around January first and Captain Vester J Thompson will replace him while Lieutenant B E Albright will succeed Captain Thompson. All changes follow Brigadier General Bricken departure and are shepherded by Colonel Maddox and Colonel Hamp Graves on leave.
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Alabama
Nogales
Arizona
T. C. Locke
Montgomery
Vester J. Thompson
Roy Albright
Thompson
Mobile
Charles R. Bricken
United States Army
Maddox
Hamp Graves
Albright
Mexican snipers get warm border response from Kentucky guard
Several hundred shots were fired across the Rio Grande into Mexico west of El Paso as the Kentucky National Guard replied to Mexican fires. Captain KE Clarke said he saw flashes and several men on the Mexican side. no casualties were reported.
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Third Kentucky
el Paso
Texas
Rio Grande
Mexico
Here
Kentucky National Guard
Kentucky
KE. W. Clarke
I. Company
Third Kentucky Infantry
Clarke
Tornado Sweeps Mississippi Counties Near Hattiesburg
A tornado swept through Forrest and Lamar counties near Hattiesburg early today destroying several buildings and timber. The Richburg railroad station was blown 500 feet and wrecked, Bon Homme saw structures toppled, telegraph poles broken, trains delayed by wire service interruptions, but no casualties were reported.
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Associated Press
Hattiesburg
Miss
Forrest
Lamar Counties
Bon Homme
Richburg
Poor Will Be Given Food at Xmas Tree
Baskets of food will be distributed this evening at Christ Episcopal church in the Sunday school room for the annual Christmas tree event. A short service precedes the tree celebration held in honor of the Feast of the Holy Innocents. Sunday school classes arranged an elaborate program with hymns readings and addresses. Adjutant Munselle of the Salvation Army Corps will deliver an address.
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Christ Episcopal Church
Adjutant Munselle
Salvation Army Corps
P O Business on Increase at Mobile Post Office
Figures from Mobile post office departments show Christmas and holiday business higher than last year though totals await final tally. Postmaster J Blocker Thornton noted increases and highlighted rapid handling of letters and parcels with sixteen extra clerks seven extra carriers two auto trucks and five wagons added to meet demand.
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Mobile Post Office
J. Blocker Thornton
Postoffice Reports Record Parcel Post and Money Orders
Postmaster Thornton notes higher parcel post insurance usage and more packages than in prior years as Christmas deliveries complete by 10 am. Money order deposits reach about $10,000 with postal savings averaging $125 daily in December at two percent interest.
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Thornton
Postal Savings Department
Wire Thieves Strike Again Near City After Copper Theft
Police report ongoing copper wire thefts despite three convictions and hundreds of pounds recovered. The latest target is the Postal Telegraph Company with 600 feet of copper wire stolen Christmas night from poles on Conception street road near One Mile creek. Investigation underway by the detective department.
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Postal Telegraph Company
Eugene Auter
Conception Street
One Mile Creek
Vanderbilt Faces Mobile in Key Southern Conference Clash
Vanderbilt Commodores arrive in town for a pivotal game against Mobile Y M C A. The Vandy lineup features Beasley as a newcomer joining Cody Zerfoss Ray Blair and others. Mobile counters with Lips Deshon Crawford Haker Bru Steber Midgett Doyle and rinkbohner. The 8 15 tipoff is highly anticipated by a large crowd.
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Cody
Zerfoss
Ray
Blair
Mobile
Beasley
Phillips
Deshon
Crawford
Haker
Bru
Steber
Midgett
Doyle
Rinkbohner
Firemen Safer Than Police and Citizens for Health
New York officials report medical officers find death and illness rates lower among firemen and police than the general public. Fire Commissioner Adamson and Mayor Mitchel say both services show safer outcomes despite on the job risks.
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New York
Dr Samuel Hodgson Here For The Holidays In Mobile
Dr Samuel Hodgson of Tampico Mexico arrived in Mobile Wednesday night to spend the holidays with family. He has long worked in the Mexican oil fields amid revolutions and government changes and remains connected with the Pearson Oil Syndicate of London. His son Sam Hodgson serves in Nogales Arizona with the First Alabama Infantry machine gun company.
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Samuel H. Hodgson
Tampico
Mex
Mobile
Hodgson
Pearson Oil Syndicate
London
England
Mexico
Sam Hodgson
Nogales
Arizona
First Alabama Infantry
California Orange Crop Not Damaged Report Warned
A statement by G. Harold Powell general manager of the California Fruit Growers Exchange says the orange crop as a whole has not suffered from last night's low temperatures in the southern California citrus belt and that shipments would not be reduced.
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Los Angeles
California
G. Harold Powell
California Fruit ‘Growers’ Exchange
Schooner C. W. Mills Grounded Off Fort Morgan in Fog
A telegram from Mobile reports the schooner C. W. Mills ashore five miles east of Fort Morgan. No cause or damage details are given. the vessel, owned by Dantzler Lumber Co of Moss Point, went off course in heavy fog and grounded in shallow water while en route to Mobile.
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Mobile
C. W. Mills
Fort Morgan
Dantzler Lumber Company
Moss Point
Light
Butler Brothers Bonus Distribution at Chicago Mercantile House
On December 23 Butler Brothers, a Chicago mercantile house, distributed one month's salary as a bonus to 4,500 employees, totaling $450,000. This move rewards workers across the firm amid year end operations.
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Chicago House
Associated Press
Chicago
Butler Brothers
Germany open to tentative exchange to bridge peace talks
Washington reports Germany will not block peace conference over terms and is willing to confidentially exchange broad tentative terms through President Wilson if needed to bridge the gap. Berlin says it has met all U S suggestions and Count von Bernstorff confirmed this stance.
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Associated Press
Washington
Germany
Wilson
Gerard
United States
Count von Bernstorff
Zimmerman
Entente
Germany seeks US help for war settlement terms
German officials acknowledge they cannot win peace alone and expect US participation to shape terms. They believe the United States has vital interests in settlement and would assist to ensure world security, with confidential terms likely to be shared with President Wilson.
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Germany
Bee
United States
Official Text of The German Reply
The imperial government accepted and considered in a cautious spirit apparent in the president’s communication, aiming to create a foundation of lasting peace. The president discloses the continuation on Page Three.
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Romania
Nauman
Frengomn
St. Anthony
Addy
Captain Clarke
Brush
P.O
APIO
He Leads “Y
Mike Steber
Vandy Tomgat
Black Five
Vanderbilt University
Commodores
Vandy
Copway
Mobile Y. M. (. A
Samuel Hodgson
U. S
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