Storm Prostrates Telegraph Wires North of Mobile
Widespread havoc from a fierce wind Tuesday night left Birmingham and Montgomery cut off from communications and heavy rainfall reported in Atlanta and Demopolis. A coal barge with thirty men drifted ashore near Fort Morgan as Western Union works to restore service amid chaos.
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Mobile
Birmingham
Montgomery
Atlanta
Demopolis
New Orleans
United States Weather Bureau
Fort Morgan
Western Union
Bell Telephone Company
Pensacola
Gulf Coast Storm Hits Tight, Winds Up to Sixty MPH
A Gulf Coast storm lashed the coast for four to five hours with winds 50 to 60 mph after heavy rain, causing boat wash ashore and telegraph and telephone lines disrupted but no loss of life. Wires and transit services were briefly hampered, beach damage minimal, and conditions eased by morning.
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Miss
Gulf Coast
Ste
Teley
Berland Telephone and Telegraphmpany
Gulfport and Misppi Coast Traction Company
Mississippi Valley Ice Causes Traffic Delay
A heavy rain to sleet across the Mississippi valley crippled telephone and telegraph lines. Memphis saw a 28 degree freeze delaying street traffic while western trains ran slow. Forecasters predicted more cold weather spreading from the southwest with temperatures near 20 in Arkansas Oklahoma and North Texas.
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Mississippi Valley
Memphis
Tenn
Arkansas
Oklahoma
North
Texas
Southwest
Storm Sweeps Selma Area With High Wind and Rain
A storm moving up to sixty miles per hour lashed Selma and west Alabama early this morning. Telegraph lines are down and wire traffic nearly paralyzed. Rail lines suffer slides and washouts with poles toppled and cars blown from sidings. No fatalities reported yet though several cabins were blown down.
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Selma
Ala
West Alabama
Southern Railroad
Nashville Railroad
Photographing Mobile for Movies Begun in New York
Photographers under Messrs. Guillette and Harris began work on a project titled Mobile in the Movies. The effort, part of the Empire Amusement in New York, aims to capture scenes across the city and engage the public with a mobile film initiative.
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Empire Amusement Onn
New York
Messrs. Guillette
Harris
Mobile
Famous Yale coach Shevlin dies at Minnesota home
Thomas L. Shevlin of Minneapolis millionaire lumberman and Yale football coach died at his home from pneumonia after returning from California where he rested following the Yale season. He captained Yale in 1905 and was famed as a top athlete. He was 32, survived by a widow and two children, with insurance reportedly totaling about two million dollars.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Thomas L. Shevlin
Yale
Shevlin
Barge Drifts in Tuesday Storm Off Mobile
A coal barge from Mobile Coal Company with thirty to forty laborers parted its tow line during a heavy squall near Mobile harbor Tuesday night. The Claude of Mobile Towing and Decking Co. aided the drifting vessel at daylight Wednesday. The barge, towed by the Mary Wittichana, drifted eastward after multiple line failures while en route to the quarantine’s tow to coal the British steamer.
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Mobile Coal Company
Mobile
Point
Claude
Mobile Towing and Decking Company
Mary Wittichana
Auto buggy collision ends with driver fined
McBroom pleaded not guilty to the charge but the record shows he struck and nearly demolished a buggy on Joseph street near State a week ago. The impact threw two occupants from the buggy and sent the lighter vehicle skidding. McBroom claimed careful driving while the buggy driver allegedly turned suddenly.
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Artescena Ee Feans
McBroom
Federal Reserve Bank Declares Six Percent Dividend
Richmond December 29 The Richmond Federal Bank yesterday declared a dividend of 6 percent on its capital stock of 3 330 000. The dividend covers stock subscriptions paid in by the 506 member banks in the Fifth federal reserve district.
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Richmond
Richmond Federal Bank
Federal Reserve District
Vicksburg Reports First Snow in Three Years
Snow dusted Vicksburg in a rare winter event with light accumulation and several residents noting the unusual sight. Local schools and businesses reported no major disruptions as the quiet scene blanketed streets and rooftops.
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Vicksburg
Saltag
Eight Indictments Signal Start of Probes in War Plants
Eight men indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiracy to cause strikes in war munitions plants were en route to face U S commissioners. A new grand jury will next Tuesday pursue government-linked figures. Frank S Monnett, ex Ohio attorney general, headed council resolutions. Jacob C Taylor, Newark, N J, council president, said officers will answer. Franz von Rintelen is jailed in England. David Lamar has not indicated plans to appear.
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New York
Federal
Grand Jury
National Peace Council
United States
Labor
Peace Council
Monnett
Columbus
Frank S. Monnett
Ohio
Jacob C. Taylor
Newark
N. J
Mr. Taylor
Henry B. Martin
Herman Schulters
Washington, D. C
Frank Buchanan
Chicago
H. Robert Fowler
Harrisburg
Buchanan
Congress
Franz von Rintelen
England
David Lamar
Organization of Labor
Pittsfield
Mass
Professional bondsmen face new city fee in 1916 license
The city commission adopted a 1916 license provision requiring bondsmen who sign bonds for arrestees to pay a 60 dollar fee for the privilege. Previously many bondsmen charged 1 to 3 dollars on the spot and profited from signing misdemeanor bonds.
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Lcense
War at a Glance on Bessarabia Front and Persian Action
Berlin reports Austrian lines hold with eight Russian attacks since Christmas. Persian front advances claim Riselah troops occupy Kashan and push toward Isfahan. Turkish artillery sees success as allied bombardments continue and a battleship and cruiser of The Agamemnon class are hit by shells in Chaul engagement.
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Bessarabia
Berlin
Riselah
Persia
Teheran
Kashan
Ispahan
Tenfold Rise in U S Shipbuilding Output Reported
New York December 29 shipyards in the United States are at full capacity and could raise output 15 to 60 percent within a year. The New York Chamber of Commerce notes current tonnage under construction or on order doubles any year in the last decade. A leading New England plant with 10 million dollar annual capacity has 15 months of work split between merchant and government orders. On the Delaware River 82 vessels are under construction valued at 58 million dollars.
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New York
United States
New York Chamber of Commerce
Cimmunesoaslonia Ecee
Chamber of Commerce
New England
Delaware River
DeBardeleben Firm Opens Mobile Coal Trade Venture
The DeBardeleben Coal Corporation plans to move coal from its Birmingham mines to New Orleans by river and Mobile barges, aiming to ship about 8000 tons a month to enter the bunker coal business. The firm charters the towboat Baldwin and Alabama & New Orleans Transportation barges, with nine river barges under construction. Paul Danner of Mobile Coal says the project is experimental and will run several months, with Mobile gear possibly transferring coal from river to seagoing barges. first voyage expected this week as towboat Hennen arrives with a barge tow.
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DeBardereben Coal Corporation
Birmingham
Mobile
New Orleans
Baldwin
Alabama & New Orleans Transportation Company
Paul Danner
Mobile Coal Company
DeBardeleben Company
Hennen
Adler Pratt Comb Nears Birmingham Coal-Transport Deal
Reports from Tuscaloosa say Morris Adler & Co including Morris Adler and Edgar Adler with New Orleans financiers plan to take over Pratt Consolidated Coal and build Warrior River transportation and a large coal business. The deal may cover New Orleans Cuba Puerto Rico South and Central America and other ports with official announcements expected soon. Placards for hog cholera cases were ordered printed by Mobile County Farm Bureau for on-site posting.
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Adler Pratt
Eliev
Birmingham
Ala
Morris Adler & Co
Morris Adler
Edgar Adler
Pratt Consolidated Coal Company
Tuscaloosa
Adlers
New Orleans
Warrior River
Warrior River Transportation
Cuba
Porto Rico
South
Central American
Mobile County Farm Bureau
Livestock Sanitary
Cooper First To Relay New Orleans Storm News
Marvin Y. Cooper, Associated Press operator for The Mobile Item, earned praise for gathering and transmitting the Gulf Coast hurricane news of September 29 to October 2. He secured the first AP bulletin on the New Orleans situation by coordinating with a Mobile vessel and relaying through the Comus and Excelsior line, ensuring rapid outside reporting.
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Knights of the Key
Associated Press
Marvin Y. Cooper
Cooper
New Orleans
Mobile
Gulf
New Orleana
A. P
Mes
Celsior
Excelsior
Greek steamer Thessaloniki in distress 260 miles east of New York
Coast guard cutter Seneca speeds to aid the 300 passengers aboard the Greek steamer Thessaloniki bound from Piraeus to New York. The vessel reported flooding and distress calls, making only two miles per hour toward New York as relief efforts are underway.
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New York
Coast Guard
Seneca
Thessaloniki
Piraeus
Greece
Sho
Stampalia
Sandy Hook
Captain Cordier to Direct Harvard Student Drill
Cambridge Mass Dec 29 1200 Harvard students enroll for drill directed by Captain Constant Cordier Fourth Infantry US A led training program at the university.
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Captain Cordier
Harvard
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard University
Constant Cordier
Fourth Infantry
Armour
The
Roosevelt Defends Peace Values At Sociological Meet
Theodore Roosevelt argues war can be moral or immoral depending on its purpose and spirit. He contends future peace depends on resisting militarism and cites Belgium as a warning while Edward A. Ross reads the paper at the American Sociological Society convention.
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Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
American Sociological Society
Edward A. Ross
University of Wisconsin
Mr. Roosevelt
Belgium
Roosevelt
Chicago
New York
Sociological Society
United States
Weather Outlook Partly Cloudy Then Frost Tonight
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with frost forming tonight. Temperatures around 38 degrees and moderate west winds are expected.
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Mobile
Umpire Training Advocated at National League Owners Meet
Reports from Cincinnati indicate the meeting of NL club owners next week will advocate spring training for umpires. Munich authorities deny a beer price increase, the second such authorization this year. Paris dispatch notes General Putinek of Serbia retired temporarily due to illness. Central military post in Paris follows with related updates.
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New York
Cincinnati
Munich
Paris
Putinek
Russian troops seize Hashan and move toward Ispahan
London reports Russian forces have seized Hashan, a key Persian town, and are advancing toward Ispahan, according to Reuters dispatch from Teheran. An Athens telegram saysBulgarian Eleventh infantry regiment mutinied at Gumuldzina. London notes cabinet to unveil a modified conscription bill enabling single men draft while preserving Asquith’s pledge to married men.
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London
Hashan
Ispahan
Reuters Teheran
Paris
Athens
Gumuldzina
Bulgaria
House of Commons
Asquith
Russians Drive on Galician Front and Persian Operations
Reports state Russian and Austrian authorities back near-term forecasts as Russian forces push toward Galicia while aiming to divert Entente attention northward. Persia sees near capture of a major city and a Russian push toward the region, with broader political aims affecting Egypt. Conflicting Greek reports mix about Macedonian border movements and possible Bulgarian border crossings. French statements claim Allied offensives in the west and fighting in the Vosges.
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Russia
Bulgaria
Asia Minor
Roumania
Greece
Persia
Townshend
Egypt
Athens
Saloniki
Vosges
Bessarabian
Troop Strength Report From Scutari and Elbasan
A Havas correspondent in Athens reports 76,000 Serbian troops stationed at Scutari and Elbasan Albania. The forces are in strong condition, well fortified against Austro German Bulgarian advances and unlikely to be moved to Saloniki.
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Paris
Scutari
Elbassan
Albania
Havas
Athens
Saloniki
Italian Troops Reach Albanian Front Near Epirus
Reports from Santiquara via Havas Athens say Italian troops disembarked at Aviona Albania and reached areas near the northern Epirus frontier. Troops also sighted near Tepelin in Southern Albania, according to voyage updates.
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Paris
Aviona
Albania
Epirus
Santiquara
Havas
Athens
Tepelin
Austrians Hold Against Russian Border Attacks
Czernowitz correspondent reports eight Russian assaults on the Bessarabian front since Christmas night. Despite heavy Soviet pressure and large ammunition and manpower losses, the Austrians hold the line. Russian advances reach the pro-Hungarian positions but fail to break through. gunfire persisted for about twenty five hours, audible in Czernowitz.
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Berlin
London
Czernowitz
Bukowina
Tageblatt
Bessabarian
Reward Offered for Missing Grey Mare Near Dauphin
Lost Tuesday evening near Dauphin and Carlin is a small grey mare with a shoulder sore, wire cut on a hind leg and branding. Fitzgerald & Co, 6 Emanuel St, offer a $5 reward for its return. Other notices include a boudoir cap and photograph lost between Flo Claire and Dauphin Street, a punch of keys lost near a fire, and a parrot missing from 307 Ny Warren St with a red white eye band.
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Dauphin
Carlin
Fitzgerald & Co
Emanuel St
Flo Claire
Dauphin Street
Ward
Very Co
Radcliffe
Careern Fuel & Material Co
Warren St
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Spahan
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