Merritt Seeks Speakership Amid Bitter Prohibition Rift
Henry F. Merritt of Macon County remains a candidate for the next house speaker and will campaign actively, while rival Kitt and Carmichael blockade a binding agreement. Prohibition factions back a different candidate and oppose statewide laws at a critical financial moment.
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Montgomery
Henry F. Merritt
Macon County
House of Representatives
Representative Kitt
Representative Carmichael
Colbert
Hafi
Fat
Gta
Ain Ritt
House
Edward Ofville
Note of Protest and Lloyds Insurance Cut in War Warning
London officials and Lloyds Bank report a halving of war insurance premiums to seven guineas percent from fifteen after the American note of protest became known. The British information bureau says an answer to the American note will be drawn up soon in a friendly spirit.
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Associated Press
London
Lloyds
United States
Great Britain
Official Information Bureau
Audit Bureau of Circulation
American Ambassador Talks With British Foreign Secretary
Walter Hines Page and Sir Edward Grey conferred on President Wilson's protest note about British wartime detention of American shipping. The British cabinet had discussed the issue, and Grey planned to present the cabinet’s combined views to the ambassador.
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London
Walter Hines Page
Edward Grey
Wilson
France Builds Air Fleets to Invade Germany in Spring
Mexican aviator Pedro Chapa arriving from Europe reports France is assembling two large air fleets armed with cannons bombs and darts to strike across the German frontier in the spring. He says armored bi planes with small cannons and bombs and monoplanes with bombs and darts will patrol as scouts at 120 mph with a 180 mile cruising radius. Large divisions will execute attacks.
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Associated Press
New York
France
Germany
Pedro Chapa
Europe
Cunard
Iner Carpathia
Chapa
Servians Admit Limited Invasion Aims In Balkans
Paris dispatch reports Servian minister Dr M R Vesnitch says Servians will not march on Sarajevo but will push into Syrmia Slavonia or Banat, Hungary via Semiin Panosova, invading Bosnia and Herzegovina as a Slav-led action.
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Associated Press
Paris
Sarajevo
Seid
M. R. Vesnitch
France
Syrmia
Slavonia
Hungary
Semiin
Banat
Panosova
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Weather Outlook For Alabama Mississippi Tonight
Fair skies prevail with frost tonight in Alabama and Mississippi. Temperatures dip near 35 degrees tonight, with slight warming by Friday as fronts move through the region.
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Mobile
Alabama
Mississippi
Where Does the Register Stand on Audit Bureau of Circulations
The Register disputes the ABC audit of Mobile papers The Item dominates the local field and the Register questions the audit authority Its criticism cites the moonshine guarantee and accuses the Register and auditors of bias or incompetence The piece notes revenue links between the ABC and participating newspapers and questions the credibility of the bureau's findings
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Advertising Audit Association
The
Audit Bureau of Circulations
America
Register
Ister
Merritt’s Bid for Speakership Faces Turmoil
Ambitious Henry Merritt pursues the speakership with stubborn focus despite internal party doubts. Conflicting allies describe his motive as honor rather than privilege while a public withdrawal by an unnamed rival reshapes the race.
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Henry Merritt
Beca
Mr. Merritt
Ater
Merritt
Friends
Wrecked Adama Towed to Newport News for Repairs
The three masted schooner Adama, battered with deck awash and masts lost, was brought to Newport News in tow by the revenue cutter Itasca after a severe storm off Cape Hatteras. Crew rescued by steamer Joseph J. Cuneé and landed in New York. The Warren Adams, lumber laden from Philadelphia, was a total loss.
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Associated Press
Newport News
Val
Adama
Hatteras
Itasca
Warren Adams
Grace
Joseph J. Cuneé
New York
Stainael
Warren
Philadelphia
Delphia
German Socialist Calls for United Fight Against War
German socialist Carl Liebknecht calls for a united front against war in a report from London dated December 31. The dispatch notes Liebknecht urging workers to join across parties to oppose military action and promote peace.
Peace path disputed by Hamilton Holt in Intercollegiate talk
New York December 31 The Intercollegiate Society hosted Hamilton Holt editor and peace advocate who argued that world peace is impossible amid political unrest. He urged immediate action to form an international core and called for the United States to lead by joining first.
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Associated Press
New York
Hamilton Holt
Intercollegiate Society
Holt
United
Colquitt Attacks Wilson in Presidential Debate
Colquitt labels Wilson a rank failure and blames the president’s foreign policy for national troubles. He accuses the administration of incompetence while noting hardships in the South and a struggling economy.
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Colquitt
Wilson
Wilmea
Probe on Canada killing not satisfactory to family
Relatives of Walter Smith murdered by Canadian militiamen at Port Erie seek a deeper inquiry after a coroner jury ruled accidental shooting. They plan to present new evidence to Vice Consul Curtiss at Fort Pine and to Senate/state officials, alleging reckless, inhuman conduct and assault on surrendering victims.
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Associated Press
Buffalo
N. Y
Walter Smith
Pv. Erie
State Department
Curtiss
Fort Pine
Charles B. Smith
Smith
Smith- Dorsch
Germans claim capture of 136000 Russian prisoners
A German field dispatch from Amsterdam via London reports that German troops have taken 136000 Russian prisoners in Poland or nearby areas. The message notes prisoners, cannon, and heavy guns captured, describing the overall loot as substantial. The phrasing carries propaganda intent and is unverified by allied sources.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
London
Ghrenh
Philippine independence bill details stir Manila dispatch
A Manila dispatch reported to Washington describes disturbances and cautious progress toward the Philippines independence bill. Dean C Worcester, former interior secretary, vouched for accuracy, while a Manila editor relayed a general’s denial of rumors about military actions and scattered mobs.
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Washington
Predictions of Philippine Independence Debate and Tensions
Mr Worcester warned that immediate independence would spark quarrels for office and factional strife within three to four years. He noted opposition among natives and warned that foreign aggression could be used as a pretext for power grabs in the islands.
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Manila
Worcester
Matrimony Poses Premiums in Chicago Case
Fragmentary text indicates a Chicago matter involving premiums and an estate sum around $19,008 tied to Mary Pope and an entity named Blece in 1924. Limited readable details prevent full reconstruction of parties, dates, or outcomes.
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Chicago
George W
Mary & Pope
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