Prohibition Fight Shapes Alabama Speakership Call
A. H. Carmichael plans to visit Montgomery January 8 to open headquarters at the Exchange hotel and discuss his bid for House speaker with lawmakers. Rev. Brooks Lawrence of the Anti Saloon League will also arrive to push for a prohibition victory. Local optionists note Carmichael’s moves as strategic amid ongoing caucus tensions.
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Montgomery
A. H. Carmichael
Colbert County
Prohibition
House of Representatives
Exchange Hotel
Carmichael
Brooks Lawrence
Alabama Anti-Saloon League
Rev .Lawrence
The
Alabama Citizen
Edward Johnston
Husband faces murder charge in New York cabaret killing
Mrs Frances Collins was shot dead at home in New York after an argument with cabaret singer Collins. Police say her husband William Collins, the suspect, found her in another room sitting on a man’s lap, allegedly her brother George.
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New York
Frances
William
Collins
Bank Robbery Victims Locked in Vault in Little Rock
Three men robbed the Central Bank & Trust Company in Little Rock and escaped with $3,000 after locking the cashier D. E. Walden, teller T. E. Hale, and a woman stenographer in the vault. The three employees were released ten minutes later with no injuries reported.
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Associated Press
Little Rock
Ark
Central Bank & Trust Company
D. E. Walden
T. E. Hale
Cotton Goes Up 100 A Bases On Day's Trading
New Orleans report says cotton prices surged on the day of trading, with the most active months up 25 to 32 points from last week’s close, equaling more than a dollar and a half per base. March climbed to 7.83 from 6.94 amid heavy outside buying and strong spot activity.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Spot
Gardner warns U S may not guard Paris in war
Representative Gardner tells the house military committee that the entire American army militia and regulars would likely guard Paris and that the United States owns little more than half of Russia’s guns at Mukden. He cites force and equipment gaps targeting preparedness.
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Associated Press
Washington
Gardner
House Mill Committee
United States
Paris
Russia
Mukden
Wood
Crozier
New York
Weather Outlook For Mobile Alabama Turned Cloudy
Cloudy tonight and Tuesday with likely rain. Regional forecast notes possible showers and cooler conditions. No specific citywide alerts issued.
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Mobile
Alabama
Steinbach Battles In German Meuse Front
Berlin reports a counter attack by German forces regaining a position lost to Austrian lines near Steinbach on the heights between Thanh and Sennheim. Amsterdam says Zeppelins shed near Brussels and several German soldiers were killed. Lemberg notes a pestilence in Przemysi and halted sorties. Rome announces a $200 million government loan for military needs. Paris says artillery fights persist with some violence, while Steinbach shows progress and the Meuse front remains contentious.
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Associated Press
Berlin
London
Jan. Steinbach
Thanh
Sennheim
Lemberg
Galicia
Petrograd
Przemysi
Rome
Paris
Tts Meuse
Steinbach
Highwayman Capture After Ambush On Tennessee Street
Sergeant John Lincoln of the police department fought off two armed attackers, Nicholas and Sidney Smith, who assaulted him on Tennessee Street near Ann. Lincoln subdued them and had them jailed on assault to rob charges after a brick attack and leg throw. Lincoln sustained head wounds but remained conscious and was treated at home after at the station.
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John Lincoln
Tenneases Street
Ann
Nicholas
Sidney Smith
Bush's Lane
S. Lawrence Street
Lincoln
Smiths
Mohr
Road Board Debates Taxes and Repairs in Monday Session
The board considered finances with County Treasurer Stone proposing a 0.5 mill tax increase to fund a sinking fund and cover deficits. County Engineer McClure was extended to March 1 to finish road projects. A special meeting was set to address unpaid work by E. S. Linch on Spring Hill avenue. Road guard James Foster was dismissed for drunkenness. The Mobile Light and Railroad Co seeks a loop track at Ashland Place in Dauphin Street extension.
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Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
McClure
Oates
Poop
McFadyen
Stone
Tisdale Touart
E. 8. Linch
J. H. Jackson
James Foster
Mobile Light and Railroad Company
Ashland Place
Dauphin Street
Contending Armies Clash Highlights in Eastern War
London reports claims from rival armies in the eastern war theatre appear utterly irreconcilable as forces clash, signaling deep strategic rifts and ongoing conflict dynamics.
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London
Proposals for Relief of New York Unemployed
Three proposals were presented at a meeting of the mayor's committee on employment to aid unemployed New Yorkers. The plan includes urging public works by city departments, asking employers to preserve jobs or use part time work, and establishing a central emergency loan fund for loans to out of work clerks and union members.
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Associated Press
New York
Chamberlain Henry Bruere
Epen
Juries Drawn For Two Murder Trials
In city court Eli Collins was acquitted of grand larceny. Edward Hogan of Crichton faced corn theft charges. Emma Watson’s trespass after warning case was continued to January 9. Special venues were drawn for murder cases against William Pharr and F Cullen for Wednesday and Thursday.
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Eli Collins
Edward Hogan
Crichton
Emma Watson
William Pharr
F. Cullen
Tax sale of city property delayed to March 1
The tax sale of city property, ordered by the chancery court, which was set for Monday at noon, has been postponed until March 1 by orders of Chancellor T. H. Smith.
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Chancery Court
T. H. Smith
Eight Thousand Kitchen Wagons for French Army Began in Louisville
In Louisville on January 4 a contract to produce eight thousand portable kitchen wagons for the French army was started with the value of the order not yet stated. The project reflects wartime supply efforts and industrial links between Louisville firms and Allied forces.
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Louisville
Bones Found in Texas Not Those of Nelms Sisters
In Devine Texas Dr George H Dashiell said bones found near the town could not belong to Eloise Nelms Dennis and Beatrice Nelms who disappeared last June. He stated the remains are those of a Mexican and another man murdered years ago, with only skulls retaining any names.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Tex
Devine
Texas
Eloise Nelms Dennis
Beatrice Nelms
Atlanta
George H.dashiell
Dashiell
Wheat jumps to new high as May futures climb
Chicago wheat prices soared beating all wartime records with May delivery up to 1.323 4 a bushel and gains totaling about 2 8-4 to 3 1-2 as traders cited reduced Argentine competition and higher ocean freight rates fueling demand.
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Chicago
Argentina
Liverpool
Italian mother of Tampa exporter leaps to death
An Italian woman traveling with her two daughters from Washington to Tampa leaped from Atlantic Coast Line train 89 near Pembroke, North Carolina, yesterday afternoon and was fatally injured. Railroad officials say she was taken to a Florence hospital. identified as Mrs. N Loperno, mother of Giuseppe Loperno, a Tampa exporter.
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Rocky Mount
N. C
Washington
Tampa
Fla
Atlantic Coast Line
Pembroke
Florence
8. C
N. Loperno
Guisippe Loperno
Three White Men Held in Elmore Lynching Case
Three white men are jailed at Wetumpka for complicity in the lynching of Smith and Ed Smith two black men taken from jail by a mob in Elmore county. The victims were hanged and shot as a special grand jury and a special court term are ordered by the governor to investigate and try those involved.
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Montgomery
Ala
Wetumpka
Smith
Ed Smith
Elmore County
Elmore
Mob lynches two prisoners near Wetumpka jail
Early morning mob attacked Wetumpka jail after notifying the governor. General Scully mobilized Montgomery militia to assist Elmore County officers. A posse hunted the suspected Negro assailants, who were later found lynched near Elmore Station, with bodies reported hanging from trees.
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Stillwell
Wetumpka
Scully
Elmore County
Grand Jury Probes Fort Deposit Lynching
A social session of the Lowndes county grand jury convened by order of Governor O Neal investigates the lynching of Willie Jones, a Black man, by a mob at Fort Deposit two weeks ago.
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Montgomery
Lowndes County
Grand Jury
O'Neal
Wil Jones
Fort Déposit
Christmas Gifts Delayed from London to Warsaw
A Reuters dispatch from Warsaw reports the British ambassador to Russia, Marye Jr., and the embassy team have traveled to Warsaw after delays in London. The report notes ongoing diplomatic movements amid postwar tensions.
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London
Warsaw
Russia
Marye, Jr
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