Board Silent On Tax Raising Plan Report Filed
At a meeting of the board of revenue and road commissioners the county treasurer’s finance report for the coming year was received and filed with no tax increase action. The report is to be published. The board refused a rehearing on Spring Hill avenue claims and awarded courthouse repairs.
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Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
George E. Stone
Tisdale Touart
E. S. Linch
Spring Hill Avenue
A. S. Towle
Clint Ford
J. A. Kinnamon
C. L. Richard
Houston Street
Virginia Street
Connor & Wilcox
H. A. Lockwood
Lyon Company
Dog River Bridge
Hollinger’s Island
Doctor testifies marriage coerced by revolver in New York
Dr. Simon Bloom of East Broadway testifies in supreme court that a woman forced him to marry at gunpoint after luring him to city hall. The July ceremony involved Emma Mowitz, a nurse, who denies coercion and says she provided $5000 for his medical education and disputes the claim.
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New York
City Hall
Simon Bloom
East Broadway
Supreme Court
Blanchard
Lille Evacuated by Germans Reported by AP
London January 11 A Boulogne dispatch to the Daily Express says confirmation has been obtained that the Germans evacuated Lille and the city is now virtually in British hands.
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Associated Press
London
Boulogne
The
Daily Express
Lille
Cardinal Mercier
Berlin
Amsterdam
Belgium
Mercier
New War Statutes Define Alien Status in Britain
London reports new wartime statutes set the status of aliens and define British nationality effective today. Naturalization is not a right and hinges on the Home Secretary’s judgment. The laws raise concerns that naturalized Germans may be targeted as spies and allow revocation only for fraud without requiring sureties of loyalty.
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Britain
Associated Press
London
Home Secretary
Death of Japanese General Baron Nariaki Arisaka
Tokyo January 11 reports the death of Lieutenant General Baron Nariaki Arisaka a famed Japanese soldier and inventor of the Arisaka quick firing mountain gun He was created a baron and received the Golden Kite second class for merits in the Russo Japanese war Born in 1852.
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Tokio
Nariaki Arisaka
Weather Outlook and Alabama Rain Fragments
Fair and colder tonight in Mobile with around 40 degrees. Tuesday looks fair and colder. Local rains and some
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Mobile
Alabama
Williams inaugurated Oklahoma governor today
Condensed telegram report states Democrat Robert L. Williams sworn in as Oklahoma governor today. Other items note President Wilson restoring citizenship to William S. Jackson of Williamson Georgia, and various federal actions including rail rates, currency, and a Mississippi labor-law case.
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Robert L. Williams
Oklahoma
Wilson
William S. Jackson
Williamson, Ga
G. W. Wathen
Mississippi
Jackson Oil and Refining Company
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court declines review in Theurer whiskey case
After forty seven years of litigation between the government and Gaspard Theurer and his heirs of New Orleans over more than fifty barrels of whiskey the Supreme Court declined to review the Fifth Circuit ruling that the contest ended with Theurer's death.
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Gaspard Theurer
New Orleans
Supreme Court Today
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
British Subjects From England Arrive in New York
Fifteen British subjects of German birth arrived in New York from England. Gottfried Delitsch of Edinburgh said he came to the United States for an indefinite vacation. He added that Edinburgh has grown suspicious of anyone not native to Great Britain.
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New York
England
Gottfried Delitsch
Edinburgh
United States
Mr. Delitsch
Great Britain
Wilson opposes literacy test in immigration bill delegation visit
President Wilson reiterated his opposition to the literacy test in the immigration bill during a Chicago women's delegation visit. The group asked for a veto but he did not state a definite veto intention, though they remained hopeful he would act.
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Wilson
Chicago
Plans for reorganization of Frisco railroad
Plans for the St. Louis and San Francisco system under receiver include a stock assessment of 12.50 to 15 dollars per share aimed to raise about 7 million dollars for the railway company.
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St. Louis
San Francisco
Frisco
Villa's Monterey Campaign Opens With Villa Attack
Laredo Texas January 11 Villa forces began an assault on Monterey around noon after a desertion of telegraph operators in Monterey and a rapid advance following defeats near Saltillo. Villareal's 15 000 Carranza troops suffered a rout aided by a bugler's feigned signals. heavy losses reported.
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Associated Press
Laredo
Tex
Villa
Monterey
Villareal
Saltillo
Tampico
Pablo Gonzales
Carranza
Steamship slips from British cruiser and becomes hunted
A steamship detained at Port Limon, Costa Rica slips out under pursuit after authorities suspect its cargo. The Marino Quezad, previously the Norwegian Gladstone, cleared Newport News December 16 for Valparaiso, Port Monte, or Victoria, but docked at a different port triggering seizure of papers and a British cruiser moving in.
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New York
Port Limon
Costa Rica
Marino Quezad
Gladstone
Newport News
Valparaiso
Port Monte
Victoria
British Columbia
Quezad
Anwonee
Opium Queen Sophia Ghee Arrested in New York
Mrs Sophia Ghee known as the opium queen was seized from the steamer Philadelphia and charged as the American agent of a Liverpool based opium smuggling ring. Eleven men were detained in New York Chicago and San Francisco as federal authorities allege she distributed $25000 worth of opium nationwide.
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Associated Press
New York
Sophia Ghee
Philadelphia
Chicago
San Francisco
United States
Liverpool
Scotland Yard
Ghee
Edwin M. Stanton
Small Boys Held at Detention Home Awaiting Openings
In December nineteen boys were cared for at the Boys' Detention home while three runaways were returned to their homes in St. Louis and northern Alabama. Two younger boys, ages four and six, await openings in city orphanages after being removed from a rooming house on lower Government street amid poverty. Five boys were dismissed, two placed in homes. The juvenile court report lists Mosby overseeing detentions, with eleven cases in various stages including boys placed in Church Home and probation.
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St. Louis
Alabama
O. C. Walcott
Government Street
Juvenile Court
D. H. Wathgton “Mosby
Torrowligs
Alabama Boys’ Industrial School
Enlist American Women in Bringing Nations to Peace
Washington January 11 plans to nationalize the peace movement from a Women’s Conference for Peace. The program calls for mobilizing American women to value human life and abolish war. It proposes a neutral nations convention for early European peace and a U S commission to promote international peace.
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Associated Press
Washington
Women’s Conference For Peace
Europe
United States
Monk Heads Furniture Dealers Organization in Mobile
The Furniture Dealers Association of Mobile is organized with W. H. Monk Jr elected president. R. N. HudsonVice President and S. A. Webb secretary treasurer. The Birmingham Retail Dealers Association aided the effort with C. W. Green in Mobile for the formation. An executive committee of Fothergill Smith and Webb, plus legislative financial and vigilance panels, were named.
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Furniture Dealers’ Association of Mobile
W. H. Monk
C. W. Green
Birmingham Retail Dealers Association
Mobile
Monk
Messrs. Fothergill
Smith and Webb
J Stein Dies at 88. Noted German Immigrant and Athlete
Joseph Stein aged 88 a native of Germany and longtime resident of the city died Sunday night at 8 at Providence Infirmary where he had lived for years He was a charter member of the German Relief Association and earlier a top South athlete winning prizes in Mobile New Orleans and other Turnfests He leaves a nephew in New Orleans.
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Joseph Stein
Germany
Providence Infirmary
German Relief Association
New Orleans
Stein
South
Mobile
Alleged Thief of $200 From Cottage Hill Home
Richard Robinson was arraigned in the inferior criminal court after Deputy Sheriff James McKenzie arrested him for burglary at E. B. Jones's Cottage Hill home. He is held to the city court to await the February grand jury under $500 bond.
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Richard Robinson
James McKenzie
E. B. Jones
Cottage Hill
Inferior Criminal Court
Britain Not Satisfied with Britain's Answer to United States
Washington reports the United States remains unsatisfied with Sir Edward Grey's preliminary note on Britain's handling of American commerce. Officials cite gaps between claimed international-law principles and actual practice, while praising the friendly tone and promising redress for unwarranted harm to American trade.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Edward Grey
Great Britain
Wilson
England
Europe
Exposition Grounds Closed Until February 20 Opening
The Panama Pacific International Exposition gates closed at sundown and will remain shut until the official opening on February 20. About 60,000 people visited the grounds yesterday in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Henderson Seeks Open Governance in Alabama
Montgomery dispatch reports Governor-Elect Charles Henderson meets with senators and representatives to discuss cooperation and a harmonious legislature. He defends his open choice for speaker and pro tem, arguing against double dealing and stressing public openness over political maneuvering amid a rainy, crowded lobby scene.
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Montgomery
Ala
Charles Henderson
House
Senate
Johnston
Lewis
Henderson
Alabama
German and French Airmen Fight Battle
Paris Jan 11 A German plane over Amiens was brought down by French fire as it neared the lines One German pilot was killed in the engagement The report notes the German machine fell inside French positions during the duel
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Kaiser
Associated Press
Paris
Amiens
Ayers
Wheat Crashes Down as Prices Break In Chicago Trade
Wheat fell sharply in Chicago trading on rumors of allied naval action near the Dardanelles. Speculators anticipated a path for Russian wheat stocks. May wheat traded as low as 1,335 8, with earlier highs near 1,389 1/8.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Dardaneles
Gulf Storm Advisory Sent by Weather Bureau
Weather bureau received Monday afternoon an advisory indicating a southeast storm warning for Jacksonville and a corridor from Punta Rassa to Cedar Keys. The East Gulf storm was moving east with increasing intensity and expected strong winds, shifting from east to south tonight and to the west by Tuesday, as issued by observer Frankenfield in Mobile.
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Washington, D. C
Mobile
Jacksonville
Punta Rassa
Cedar Keys
East Gulf
Frankenfield
Cardinal Told Not Offend the Germans
The Telegraaf reports the papal nuncio to Belgium urged Cardinal Mercier not to write anything that could offend the German authorities after his recent pastoral letter sparked debate and rumors of detention.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
London
Telegraaf
Belgium
Mercier
Revolutionary movement gains support in Haitian towns
Cape Haitien reports show the government backed revolt expanding. On January 7 Plaines Ouanaminthe Fort Liberte and Trout were reported in arms as the movement grows in the country.
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Associated Press
Cape Haitien
Theodore
Plaines
Ouanaminthe
Fort Liberte
Trout
Schooner Mattie Winslow Wrecked on Florida Reef
The schooner Mattie Winslow, Glasgow to Havana, was wrecked on a Florida reef after a heavy sea. Captain and five crew abandoned ship in a small boat and were rescued off Cape Florida by the steamer Van. The vessel is a total loss, with details still uncertain.
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Associated Press
Miami
Fla
Mattie Winslow
Glasgow
Havana
Van
Winslow
Cape Florida
Expect Roumania Enter the War Soon
London reports strong indications that Roumania will join the Allied cause soon. British observers say mobilization is ready, with equipment and munitions in place. German gains are claimed at Perthes as the German center of interest shifts west.
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Roumania
Alabama Priests at Battle Front Serve as Chaplains
Three Birmingham area priests are serving as chaplains in the German army at the front in France. Father Muller of Blocton joins from Mobile and Enfield’s Father Kush also serves, with roots tracing to the cathedral. Also at the front are Father Stahl, previously in Mobile, and other Catholic clergy, among about 20,000 priests there.
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Alabama
Europe
Birmingham
Stahl
Mobile
Father Kush
Enbley
Father Muller
Blocton
Old Country
France
World Almanac 1915 lists Mobile population rise
The World Almanac for 1915 reports Mobile at 68,000 residents, up 6,479 from the 1910 federal census. Birmingham is shown at 180,000 and Montgomery at 45,000 within city limits, with Mobile’s suburban count over 10,000. The 1910 census recorded Mobile at 61,621.
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Mobile
Birmingham
Montgomery
Elmore Grand Jury Ordered to Return Lynchings Indictments
Circuit Judge W W Pearson instructed the Elmore county grand jury at Wetumpka to indict anyone involved in the last Monday lynching of Ed and Will Smith. Governor O Neal ordered the inquiry into the double murder suspects lynching. Sheriff Jackson faced comments about wounds in defense of prisoners.
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Associated Press
Montgomery
Ala
W. W. Pearson
Elmore County Grand Jury
Wetumpka
Jackson
Pearson
O'Neal
Will Smith
Huntsman Cleared In Mobile Game Charge After Florida Bird Stop
Evans arrested by the Mobile game warden for transporting game without a license was discharged in inferior criminal court Monday. No evidence showed a violation. state warden John H. Wallace and special counsel admitted the charge would not hold. Tuck Collins was fined one dollar or ten days for gaming.
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Tuck Collins
Uniontown Man Bankrupt In Federal Proceedings
In a U S district court on Monday morning an involuntary petition in bankruptcy was filed by Central Alabama Dry Goods Company and others against T. L. Lowry of Uniontown Perry County Alabama. Lowry admitted insolvency and was adjudicated bankrupt with the petition referred to referee W K Campbell of Selma.
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Uniontown
United States District Court
Central Alabama Dry Goods Company Et al
T. L. Lowry
Perry County
Alabama
W. K. Campbell
Selma
Congress debated freight-rate limits and suffrage vote timing
The Day in Congress notes a resolution to prohibit railroads from enforcing higher rates as authorized by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Secretary Garison testified on Pine’s bill. Hearings before the committee closed as leaders planned a House vote on the woman’s suffrage amendment. The naval committee studied an appropriation bill.
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la Follette
Interstate Commerce Commission
Interstate Commter Commission
Garison
House
Naval Committee
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Wadley Southern Railway Company
Georgia Railroad Commission
Adrian
Williams
J. Stein
Cottage Hill Home
Austria
High Seas
State Department
Treasury
America
Bureau
Gulf
Haiti
Florida Reef
Russia
Kitchener
Perthes
Low
Argonne
le Boisselle
Pereona
Muelhausen
Lorraine
Poland
Cracow
Bukowina
Dragon
Servia
Hungary
Transylvania
Rowemania
Ais
Great
Birminghnm
Elmore
Huntsman
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