Turkish Defeat Rumors Stall in War News
London dispatches report no clear victory for Turkey or Germany in the Caucasus though Turkish forces may have suffered a major disaster. Turkish claims of success against Russians at Urumiah clash with Persian frontier fighting while fronts in Poland and the Carpathians show little change. British observers say Bukowina occupation could shift Balkan tensions.
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Associated Press
London
Turkey
Germany
Caucasus
Petrograd
Urumizh
Poland
Warsaw
Baltic
Carpathians
Carpathian
Bukowina
Europe
Balkan
Allied offensives widen in Flanders and Alsace gains
Allied flaw attacks shift pressure from Rheims to Lorraine frontier with some ground gained while German wings recover near Steinbach in upper Alsace and face repulsed assaults in Flanders. Cardinal Mercier detention rumor continues to prompt London Amsterdam debate as Rome seeks full information from Germany, with no confirmation.
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Flanders
Alsace
Rheims
Lorraine
Steinbach
Cardinal Mercier
London
Amsterdam
Brussels
Rome
Mercier
Italy
Vatican
Belgian Arrives to Load 6500 Bales for Liverpool
The British steamship Belgian, chartered to Mobile Liners, Inc., docked at the municipal wharf to load 6,500 bales of cotton. Loading starts Sunday and this will be the port’s largest cotton shipment to Europe since the war began. Elder-Dempster seeks Jessmore for about 7,000 bales due mid January. more shipments are planned in the coming month.
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Mobile Liners, Inc
Municipal Wharf
Liverpool
Europe
Elder-Dempster Steamship Co
Jessmore
Rts
Canvassers Ready for Mobile Carnival in 1915
The Mobile public carnival is set for February 14 15 and 16 1915 with the Mardi Gras expected to be bigger than before. The executive committee urges merchants bankers lawyers doctors and residents to help by subscribing and sending canvassers into the streets Friday morning to raise funds and support for the event to prevent crowds from traveling to New Orleans.
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Mobile
New Orleans
Ferris urges simpler clearer Michigan laws
Governor Ferris addressed the Michigan legislature urging changes to the lawmaking process. He called for simplicity of statement, accuracy, brevity, and constitutional validity in new statutes.
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Associated Press
Lansing, Mich
Ferris
Michigan
Two Killed by Windstorm in Georgia
Reports from northern Florida and southern Georgia recount two fatalities and about a dozen injuries from a storm last night. In Quitman J W Spain was killed and his son injured. in Abbeville Mrs Thomas Sawyer died with her son hurt. Homes and barns wrecked around Eastman Chauncey Stillmore. Wellborn reports the main Florida damage with lines down. No shipping losses reported.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Florida
Georgia
Quitman
J. W. Spain
Abbeville
Thomas Sawyer
Eastman
Chauncey
Stillmore
Wellborn
Cuba's Tobacco Crop Destroyed by Rains in Cuba
Havana reports heavy unseasonable rains culminating in a torrential downpour that wiped out tobacco crops across nearly all regions. Sugar cane also suffered with mills suspending grinding as fields dry, risking unprocessed crops before the next rainy season.
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Associated Press
Havana
Cuba
Cape Haitien Under Rebels Fire Near Reckoning
Revolt led by government leaders overthrows regime of President Theodore erupts in Haiti. Cape Haitien faces fresh assault as dispatches warn it could fall within 24 hours. U.S. Wheeling stands by to protect American interests.
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Associated Press
Washington
Theodore
Haiti
Cape Haitien
State Department
U.S. S. Wheeling
Timber contracts signed to ship 50 million feet to England
A local company in Kansas City signed contracts to furnish 50,000,000 feet of timber to be shipped to England. The output will mainly be railroad ties and mine timbers.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
England
Weather Outlook For Mobile Alabama Mississippi
Mobile and Alabama expect fair conditions tonight with frost possible and temps around 38 degrees. Friday forecast continues fair for Mobile Alabama and Mississippi with clear skies and light winds.
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Mobile
Alabama
Mississippi
Shippers Told How to Avert Cargo Delay of Seizure
Washington urges strict neutrality measures to protect shipments of cotton and other merchandise to Europe. Treasury instructions require vessel owners to arrange customs supervised loading with affidavits, and seal cargoes after loading to prevent seizure en route to British or Continental ports.
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Washington
England
United States
Treasury Department
Engish
Continental
Coll Fer Customs
Mobile
Ala
Peters
Associated Press
Kirkwell
Orkney Islands
Scotland
Denver
Norfolk
Bremen
Germany
Maer
Teachers Receive December Salaries Warrants Sent
Warrants totaling 390000 for December salaries of teachers were issued by Superintendent William F. Feagin in Montgomery. Funds are in the state treasury and will be paid on presentation after delays caused by slow December collections.
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Montgomery
William F. Feagin
Illinois and nationwide drive to abolish capital punishment
The Anticapital Punishment Society of America announced plans to introduce bills to abolish capital punishment in murder cases in Illinois and 37 other states in the coming weeks. The group aims to end hangings and electrocutions through a nationwide legislative campaign.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Illinois
Seventy seven subway fire victims in hospitals
New York reports seventy seven subway fire victims remained in hospitals with most expected to be discharged soon. One death toll persisted as investigators, led by District Attorney Perkins, Governor Whitman, and city officials, pursued eight inquiries into the blaze that trapped over seven hundred riders.
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Associated Press
New York
Perkins
Whitman
Public Service Commission
Mitchel
Poiice and Fire Department
Riordan
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Igenas
Union Metallc Cartridge Company
Remington Arms-Union Metallic Cartridge Company of
Governor Ralston Seeks Lobbyist Exclusion in Indiana
Governor Ralston urged Indiana lawmakers to require lobbyists to register their employers and purposes and to exclude lobbying from the assembly floors. He backed an arbitration board for labor disputes, a workmen’s compensation law, and laws regulating women’s work.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Aing
Ralston
Indiana
Assembly
Arbitration and Conciliation Board
Frank Case Nears Supreme Court Appeal Step
Justice Lamar approves an appeal in Leo M. Frank case completing the formality for Supreme Court review from the habeas corpus proceedings. The bond covers costs if Frank loses and the next step is docketing once the Georgia federal court certifies the record.
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Associated Press
Washington
Justice Lamar
Leo M. Frank
Supreme Court
Georgia Federal Court
Georgia
Arrest of Cardinal Mercier Denied by German Authority
London dispatches report the German military government denies arresting Cardinal Mercier of Belgium. The Vatican is said to have sought information from Germany, with expectations the pope may press for immediate release. Rumors of a Sacred College member’s arrest unsettle Rome.
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Cardinal Mercier
Associated Press
London
Helgians
Sacred College
Rome
Vatican
Germany
Mercier
Belgium
William
Natchez Crafts Local Cotton Loan Pool
Natchez Mississippi businessmen announced a local cotton loan fund with over 100000 dollars subscribed to advance cotton at 25 dollars per bale. The pool targets small planters with less than 160 bales, allowing them to sell without the Wade plan's thirty days notice.
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Natchez, Miss
Natchez
Natchez Pool
Bryan Refuses to Investigate Dumsd Bullets Charge
Secretary Bryan informs German ambassador Count Von Bernstorff that the United States will not investigate or comment on alleged dumdum bullets shipments to the Allies while remaining neutral. He offers to act if proof shows forbidden war materials are shipped by American firms, citing possible action to halt traffic without legal questions.
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Associated Press
Washington
Bryan
Count von Bernstorff
United States
Wilson
British North America
British East Africa
Europe
W. J. Bryan
Ten Vessels Leave Orleans With Supplies for Great Britain
Ten ships sailed from New Orleans carrying 1800 mules 780000 bushels of wheat and 12951 bales of cotton. Mules head to Avonmouth for allied forces on the continent while cotton and wheat are bound for Manchester Liverpool and other English ports.
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Great Britain
Orleans
Associated Press
New Orleans
Avonmouth
Manchester
Liverpool
English
Minden Sees Death 15 Lol Leo Forgery Case Shocks City
W M Minden, a self confessed check forger, bragged he would not live long after his arrest as police traced a nationwide gang tied to fake magazines and solicitors. He obtained nearly $1,000 in cash and goods Saturday and waived examination when his case goes to the police court Friday. Adam Glass sought restitution for a forged check, but Chief Crenshaw kept evidence until prosecution.
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W. M. Minden
Crenshaw
Minden
Adam Glass
City Owned Factory Opens To Employ Unemployed
New York City runs a municipal manufacturing plant to provide work for about one thousand people in two shifts. Workers must be registered at city lodging houses and will earn beds and meals in proportion to hours worked rather than cash pay. The plant will produce goods for lodging houses and other city institutions.
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Associated Press
New York
New York City
Goeben Damaged by Russian Mines
Constantinople dispatch reports the former German cruiser Goeben now under Turkish flag struck two Russian mines near the Bosphorus and was seriously damaged. She has two sizable hull breaches and repair time is estimated at two to three months. The event was reportedly kept secret from Constantinople’s public.
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Copenhagen
London
National Tidende
Constantinople
Goeben
Bosphorus
Another Lynching Reported in Greenville Alabama
Greenville Alabama January 7. Officers report the discovery of Dock Hartley a negro found hanging from a tree near town believed to be the scene of an unreported lynching. Hartley vanished days earlier after a warrant was issued for his arrest on a robbery charge.
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Associated Press
Greenville
Ala
Dock Hartley
Hartley
Mobile mayor signs pro German cargo protection order
Mobile Alabama January 1916 Mayor Harry Pillans issued a proclamation ordering strict police protection for loading cargoes at the port to guard against theft or sabotage tied to the German alliance activities. The measure, dictated after a car accident injury, warns trespassers and commits the city police to enforce the order through the loading to departure process.
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German-American Alliance
Europe
Harry Pillans
Mobile
Witch
City of
H. Pillans
Shelton Hendrix
Mr. Pillans
Arizona anti alien employment law voided by court
A three judge federal panel in San Francisco declared the Arizona anti alien employment act unconstitutional null and void. The ruling, issued January 1, was welcomed by diplomats in Washington with protests at British Italian and Japanese embassies and leaves the decision open for appeal to the Supreme Court.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Arizona
Washington
Ship Purchase Bill Sent to Senate for Debate
After days of effort, the administration's ship purchase bill was placed before the Senate. A senator urged its effectiveness for restoring the American merchant marine but warned it could pose risks to business interests.
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Associated Press
Washington
Jan. T
Senate
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Telegraph
Union
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Pillans
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