O Neal Refuses Veto on Prohibition Bills to Henderson
Alabama Governor O NeaI announces he will not veto statewide prohibition measures and will leave action to next governor Charles Henderson. He denounces the bills as an attack on the people’s will and pledges Henderson will uphold party platform and local option. Senate honors Henderson and Mobile judiciary bill details emerge.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Democratic Party
O' Veal
Charles Henderson
O'Neal
Henderson
Gover O'Neal
Nate
Senate
Tarrant
Jefferson
Alabama Water Power Company
Mobile
Genate
Cale
Atihenity
Circuit Court
Carranza reportedly surrenders to oil export threat
Washington officials said unofficial reports claimed Venustiano Carranza surrendered to the American threat over the Tampico oil ban and possible exports, easing a tense situation while General Villa is urged to take the oil region from Carranza and avert further diplomatic friction. The Mexican convention would stay in control for now with Gutierrez remained in charge but subject to removal.
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Carranza
Bryan
Mexico
Zapata
State Department
Gutierrez
Germans Call Soissons Victory Most Important In Months
Berlin via wireless reports the Tageblatt says the Soissons fighting marks Germanys greatest success in three months of warfare. The paper notes the French offensive in that area has been broken and estimates French losses over the three days of fighting.
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International News Service
Berlin
Soissons
Cooperage Plant Planned Near Columbia N C
Site chosen four miles from Columbia for a large cooperage plant. J C Brewerton of Fayetteville NC holds rights of way for a twelve mile railroad from Tongaree river cypress swamps. Project aims to start construction with expected expenditure and dates to be proposed.
National Guard payroll push from Captain Blethen
Captain C B Blethen of Seattle argues the United States should pay National Guard members. He says current policy yields low drill attendance and advocates a dollar per drill for privates who attend at least forty drills yearly to reach higher strength and readiness. He travels to Washington to support Senator Chamberlain’s bill funding the Guard.
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New York
United States
National Guard
C. B. Blethen
Seattle
Coast Artillery, National Guard
Washington
Washington, D. C
Senator Chamberlain
Severe Kansas Snowstorm Strikes City Amid Winds
Telegrams report a severe snow and sleet storm with high winds sweeping Kansas on Saturday. By noon two to eight inches of snow covered most areas while drifts formed, except the southeastern portion of the state. John E. Parsons, a lawyer and former president of the City Club, is mentioned in fragments of the dispatch.
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Kansas
The
John. E. Parsons
City Club
ENS York
Cooper Union For the Advancement of rEd Artans
Satrday
Nelson legal associate rides land deal under review
In a fragmentary notice, W. E. Nelson involved as legal associate appears in context of a land matter. The text references Lincoln and Colin tangentially, with unclear dates or parties, indicating an ongoing property dispute or agreement under review by a legal firm.
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W. E. Nelson
Durist
Rides Land Legal Associate
Am Lincolin
Immigrant Held on San Antonio Bribery Charge
Emio Quierel y Gomez was turned over to a United States marshal in New Orleans on Saturday after a warrant charged him with attempting to bribe a deputy U S marshal in San Antonio.
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Emio Quierel Y Gomez
United States
New Orleans
San Antonio
Slaton Orders Probe Into Monticello Lynching
Governor Slaton announced Saturday that he will immediately order an investigation of the lynching of Daniel Barber his son and two daughters all negroes at Monticello Georgia on Thursday.
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Slaton
Daniel Barber
Monticello
Convention set for New Orleans in February
Secretary Earle of the National Association of Shell Fish Commissioners announced Saturday the annual convention would be held in New Orleans February 18 20.
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Earle
National Association of Shell Fish Commissioners
Association
New Orleans
Budget panel rejects item for city bus line project
Chicago budget committee declines to include a 3,000,000 item for a city owned bus line to ease congestion from street cars. An involuntary bankruptcy petition is filed against Progressive Circuit Incorporated, booking agents and theater lessees and managers.
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Chicago Budget Committee
Progressive Circuit, Incorporated
Seine Flood Rises Submerging Paris Bridges and Quays
The River Seine continued to rise on Saturday with many lower portions of Paris bridges under water and several quays submerged. Navigation has nearly halted. Field Marshal Lord Roberts left an estate of 385000 dollars to his widow and daughters, excluding prior settlements to his family.
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Seine
Paris
Lord Roberts
Nomination of Amis and Smiser for federal posts sent
President Wilson on Saturday sent to the senate the nominations of Jonas T. Amis of Columbia Tennessee for United States marshal middle district of Tennessee and James A Smiser of Columbia Tennessee for United States attorney district of Alaska division No 4.
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Wilson
Senate
Jonas T. Amis
Columbia
Tenn
United States
Middle District
Tennessee
James A. Smiser
District of
Alaska
President nominates postmasters for several towns
The president sent nominations to the senate on Saturday for postmasters in Loudon Texas Devine Groesbeck Seguin Blackville St Matthews and other locales. Nominated individuals include Jesse F. Jones J A Kearcherville J T Cox George P Lillard B J Hammett Samuel E Owen.
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Senate
Tennessee
Jesse F. Jones
Loudon
Texas
J. ‘A. Kearcherville
Devine
J. T. Cox
Groesbeck
George P. Lillard
Seguin
South Carolina
B. J. Hammett
Blackville
Samuel E. Owen
St. Matthews
Stankard and Trout Acquitted in Prairie Creek Mine Riot Murder
James Stankard and Bee Trout were acquitted Saturday of the murder charges tied to the killing of two guards during rioting at the Bache-Denman coal mine No. 4 in the Prairie Creek district last July.
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James Stankard
Bee
Trout
Bache-Denman
Prairie Creek
Ark
President Wilson issues ration order to curb wheat prices
President Wilson on Saturday directed measures to control wheat and flour prices amid rising costs. A Cunard liner named Oreduna departed New York for Liverpool, with reports noting 14 inch guns mounted on the forward deck, said to be for Harlan and W. in Belfast.
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Wilson
New York
Liverpool
Harlan & W
Belfast
Allied Aviators Carry Out Raid on Germans
British aviators joined Belgian and French crews in a successful raid over Ostend. Several military barracks were attacked, loud explosions followed, and damage was reported as considerable. Allies suffered no casualties. Nine airmen are believed to have taken part.
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Intaeeee
Ostend
Mobile Woman Struck by Car in Downtown Crash
Miss Elizabeth Hughes Western Union employee is critically injured after a Saturday night collision at Rapier avenue and Government street. The driver T E Broussard fled with two other women leaving the scene. police and detectives seek him as doctors report skull base fracture and other serious injuries.
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Elizabeth Hughes
Western Union Telegraph Company
Inge-Bondurant Sanitarium
T. E. Broussard
Rapier Avenue
Government Street
Government Street Loop
Woodie Penny
Marion Inge
Miss Hughes
Western Union
Ch ¢ Hughes
Inge
Dorion
Ludlow
Murphy and
Lacey
Mrs. Givens
Broussard
Battle House
Chief Crenshaw
Dorlon
Karlsruhe sunk by British cruiser report
A Rio de Janeiro dispatch cites Pernambuco state claims the German cruiser Karlsruhe was sunk by a British cruiser. The British consulate says it has no details yet and is seeking information from Rio and Pernambuco.
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Dispatch
Karlsruhe
International News Service
Buenos Aires
Rio de Janeiro
Pernambuco
Rio
Pernamuco
French Submarine Saphir Sunk by Turkish Artillery
Berlin dispatch reports the French submarine Saphir was sunk by Turkish shells while attempting to enter the Dardanelles. Part of the crew was rescued. The 386 ton vessel, built in Toulon in 1908, carried about twenty one men and featured six torpedo tubes with speeds of twelve knots on the surface and eight submerged.
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Berlin
Saphir
Dardanelles
Constantinople
Toulon
Two Trunk Highways May End at Mobile
Alabama highway commission, after a Troy trip with Governor Henderson, recommended legislation. John Craft hopes to place two trunk highways with Mobile as the southern terminus.
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Mobile
Montgomery
Ala
Highway Commission
Troy
Henderson
John Craft
Resolution Offered Slap at England
Representative Lobeck of Nebraska introduced a house resolution granting the president power to embargo shipments to nations that interfere with American commerce contrary to international law. He seeks immediate passage. The measure targets England over seizure of American cargoes and authorizes action only when Congress is not in session.
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International News Service
Washington
Lobeck
Nebraska
House
England
Congress
Low Neck Styles Backed By Dr Wiley For Hygiene
Dr Harvey Wiley told the Child Welfare Association in Washington that low neck and high waist dresses are hygienic for all occasions. He urged women to wear low neck gowns and hoped men would ban collars, and he even suggested children go barefoot year round.
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International News Service
Washington
Harvey Wins
Child Welfare Association of
Germans Shift Forces Point To New Drive In France Front
British observers report major German troop dispositions shifting first line units, signaling a potential new push against Allied positions. German evacuations along the Belgian coast extend to Ostend, with attacks near Soissons and Arras being contested as fresh Creusot guns bolster French defenses.
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International
London
Holland
Belgium
France
Amsterdam
Mariakerke
Nieuport
Ostend
Middiekerke
Slype
Westende
Yser
von Kluck
Soissons
Kaiser
Arras
Roye
Alene
Berlin
Perthese-Beausejour
Paris
Perthes-les-Hurlus
Southern Railway to Build Large Machine Shops near Columbia
Information states the Southern Railway plans construction of immense machine shops at Roysters three miles from Columbia for repair work and rolling stock manufacture. The shops will serve three divisions after the railway recently acquired large land tracts in the area.
Italy Buys Eight Hundred Horses in East St. Louis rush order
EAST ST. LOUIS IL Jan 16 an order for eight hundred cavalry and artillery horses was placed by representatives of the Italian government with instructions to rush the shipment.
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Italy
East St. Louis
International News Service
Ill
Mexican Fighters Wearied by Prolonged Clash
Two Carranza officers and several soldiers were killed in a skirmish with an estimated 100 Villa filibusters from Texas about forty miles up the Rio Grande near Brownsville. Deser tions reported on both sides and locals say the fighters are tired of the fighting.
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Brownsville
Tex
Carranza
Villa
Texas
Rio Grande
French Fleet Withdraws from Adriatic and Curie Refit
A Vienna message indicates the French fleet has departed the Adriatic with no French warships seen off the Dalmatian coast. The French submarine Curie, sunk by Austria, has been salvaged, repaired, and joined the Austrian navy.
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International News Service
Copenhagen
Vienna
Adriatic
Dalmatian
Curie
Prominent Utica Official William E. Richards Dies by Suicide
Utica New Mexico January 16 William E Richards former county treasurer and longtime intimate associate of the late Vice President Sherman died by his own hand today. He was a member of a prosperous insurance and prominent infrastructure figure in the community.
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Utica
NM. Y
William E. Richards
Sherman
Open Letter Attacks 1907 Alabama Water Power Laws
F Lloyd Tate issues an open letter to Alabama readers in Wetumpka arguing 1907 acts expanded by the code commission surrender state water rights to a water power trust. He cites tax exemptions, eminent domain, and power to set charges, urging legislative repeal to protect public interests.
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F. Lloyd Tate
Wetumpka
Ala
Alabama
United States
Frank 8. White
Ture
Legistarens
Code Commission of
White
Water Power Trust
Ople
Morgan
Code Commission
Prohibition Petitions Rally Opposition Across Alabama
Petitions circulated statewide protest a legislature railroading prohibition bills. Voter support on petitions in county towns runs high with 86 percent expected in counties and over 90 percent in cities. The drive aims to overwhelm lawmakers and mirrors opposition to the 1909 prohibition amendment. Speaker Carmichael’s remark that submission would debauch the electorate sparked indignation and defense of the legislature.
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Alabama
Carmichael
Raleigh Businessman Norris Found Dead in Yard
M T Norris aged sixty five a retired businessman was found dead with a bullet wound over his right ear at seven this morning in the yard of his Raleigh North Carolina home A pistol lay nearby Relatives said he heard noises in the rear of the house about four this morning and investigated before retiring
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Raleigh
N. C
M. T. Norris
Gus Williams German comedian dies by suicide in Yonkers station
International News Service reports Gus Williams a prominent German type on the American stage shot himself at the Yonkers New York Central station and died later in a hospital. He was seventy, financially secure, and had stomach trouble, yet remained in good spirits as his career began in 1866 at Tony Pastor's.
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International News Service
New York
Gus Williams
New York Central
Yonkers
Mr. WynMame
Tony Pastor
Battle of Crouy Fiercely Fought in War News
Paris reports reveal the Crouy engagement as among the war’s bloodiest with 40000 Germans vs 10000 French. French forces fell back from Vregny to Crouy Bucy Monéel St Mar Guerite Missy while a 19000 strong rear guard held behind a wall. Continuous shelling and six mitrailleuses mowed enemy lines as survivors retreated.
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International News Service
Paris
Crouy
Vregny
Beause
Bucy
Monéel
St. Marguerite
Missy
Aisne
Chivres
Evcn
Sears
Quake Death Toll Surges Across Towns in Early Reports
International service reports thousands dead as Premier Salanda cites newly received lists from Avezzano Sora and nearby towns. Casualty tallies vary widely with officials warning many figures may be exaggerated and rescues continue amid snow and fuel shortages.
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Inter Sational N
Fram
Earth
Salanda
Sora
Antrosano
Collarmele
Ortuccio
Balsorano
Morno
Lelongo
Cantworona
Lisegne
Landra
Avezzane
Victor Emmanuel
Kim
Magnano
Egaster Ie
Avezzano
Pencina
Cerchteh
Ae Ee
Morino
San Benedetto
Samelino
Lese
Collelongo
M Sadalbe
Tascomaral
Leri
Caniworona
Antracs
Misegna
Capistrello
Mona
Antelpedio
Toguoi
Arpino
Collerosso
Sajandra
Arkansas lawmakers push toll on tax, divorce time limits
In Little Rock on January 16 an abolishing bill was introduced by Smith Ashley targeting three state departments the tax commission the state highway commission and the state labor department The measure aims to save about 75000 annually by dissolving the tax commission and reducing state waste The same day another bill sought to curb hasty divorces by delaying divorce proceedings for twelve months after application with the same partner.
Six From Abandoned Schooner Brought In
St John New Brunswick January 16. The steamer Rio Tieto arrived from Hull with Captain Elford and five crewmen of the Newfoundland schooner Arnold. They were found adrift in the north Atlantic after the Arnold was blown back while returning from Portugal to St John s.
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ST. John
N. B
Hull
Elford
Arnold
North Atlantic
Portugal
St. John’s
Atlantic
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Tampico
U. S
Germans
Mer
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Flanders
Southern Railway
People OF Alabama VS. Water Power Trust
Mobile County
Denson
Arkansas
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