Prohibs Debate Quart Measure in Alabama Senate
In Montgomery on January 20 the Alabama Senate debated the Bonner bill changing the legal fractional alcohol limit from a pint to a quart. The measure passed 24 to 7, amid arguments on consistency and enforcement, with further votes on prohibition advertising. The governor’s pending veto decisions loom as He nderson’s message urged economy and constitutional budget reforms.
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Montgomery
Senate
Alabama
Bonner
Hartwell
Mobile
Milner
Henderson
Goor
O'Neal
Denson
Temperance Committee
Rules Committee
Mobile engineer named consulting engineer for Commission
T W Nicol of Mobile was named consulting engineer succeeding Edgar B Gay at the Alabama Road Commission's first meeting. Samuel P Kennedy of Anniston was sworn in as president, Atticus Mullin elected secretary, T L Jennings rate clerk, Lilian Lipscomb retained as reporter, with Gaillard and Cooper as new commissioners joining Kennedy.
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Montgomery
Ala
Samuel P. Kennedy
Anniston
Alabama Iroad Commission
Henderson
Kennedy
Emmet O'Neal
Henders
Purifoy
Atticus Mullin
Birmingham Ledger
T. W. Nicol
Mobile
Edgar B. Gay
T. L. Jennings
Birmingham
R. W. Solomon
Wetumpka
Lillian Lipscomb
S. P. Gaillard
B. H. Cooper
Henderson Delivers Calm Talk on News Access at Capitol
Governor Charles Henderson told Capitol reporters he would treat hostile and friendly papers alike in receiving executive news. He said no step will restrain official news, though expediency might require brief publication delays. He was not yet prepared to state his position on civil service and other bills awaiting signature.
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Montgomery
Charles Henderson
Capitol
Frank
Ari
Hibben Opposes Paid Coaches at Colleges
Princeton University President John Grier Hibben voiced opposition to paid coaches in college athletics in his annual report to the board of trustees. He warned athletics suffer from an over organized coaching system and urged more responsibility for captains to free undergraduates from domination by graduates coaches.
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John Grier Hibben
Princeton University
Board of Trustees
Submarine Flotilla Heads to Pensacola for Maneuvers
Telegrams report E-1 E-2 E-5 E-6 and Prairie on route to Pensacola for naval exercises from Gravesend Bay. Commander Yates Stirling leads the flotilla as it sails toward the base. In Austin, the Texas Court of Civil Appeals rules the state employers liability act unconstitutional. American vice consul John L. Cutright is recalled after a letter published in Omaha expresses opinions on the war.
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Prairie
Pensacola
Gravesend Bay
Yates Stirling
Court of Civil Appeals
Austin
Texas
Employers’ Liability Act
Thirty Third
John L. Cutright
Nottingham
England
Seere Nen
Cutright
Omaha
Obregon Forces Reported Near Mexico City
Vera Cruz dispatch says General Obregon with a large force is within a short distance of the capital and expected to occupy it almost immediately.
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Carranza’ Agency
Washington
Vera Cruz
Albert Ballin Takes Over Germany's Rail System
Copenhagen dispatch says Albert Ballin of Hamburg American Steamship Company has, at Emperor William's request, assumed control of Germany's entire railroad network and oversees delivery of food supplies to the German army.
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The
Exchange Telegraph Company
Copenhagen
Albert Ballin
Hamburg-American Steamship Company
Emperor William
Germany
British Steamer Cragoswald Arrives at Norfolk Amid Master’s Disappearance
The Cragoswald from Newcastle reached Norfolk on Tuesday from New Orleans. Its master Captain C. M. Collie is missing, believed to have jumped overboard due to despondency from failing sight.
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Newcastle
Norfolk
New Orleans
C. M. Collie
Columbus Chamber Wins Equality Fight With Rail Lines
The Columbus Chamber of Commerce today won its contest for equality of treatment with Augusta by the Southern Railway and other lines linking those cities with several Eastern points.
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Columbus Chamber of Commerce
Augusta
Southern Railway
Torpedo Boat Jenkins suffers gale off capes
The torpedo boat Jenkins, reaching Hampton Roads today, battled a seventy mile gale off the capes yesterday. Its wireless poles were carried away and one boat smashed.
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Jenkins
Hampton Roads
Capes
Boston Architect George Perkins on Trial for Sea Murders
George B. Perkins a Boston architect was placed on trial in federal court in Washington D C today charged with the November murder at sea of F W R Hinman business manager of the Jacksonville Times Union The case hinges on the high seas killings and the defendant faces a federal murder charge in Columbia D C.
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George B. Perkins
Boston
Columbia
D. C
High Seas
F. W. R. Hinman
Jacksonville Times-Union
Former Mayor Hunk Named Trustee for Cincinnati Southern Railway
Former Mayor Hunk of Cincinnati was appointed a trustee of the Cincinnati Southern Railway by the superior court. The railway is city owned and leased to the Cincinnati New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway.
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Hunk
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Southern Railway
Superior Court
Cincinnati Southern
New Orleans
Mexico Railway Offices Ordered to Move North
A telegram to the state department reports the general offices of the National Railway in Mexico City have been ordered to relocate northward, signaling possible waning confidence in the southern situation.
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National Railway
Mexico City
State Department
China Pays Indemnity for First Revolution Damages
The government announces it has paid a total indemnity of 91000 dollars covering principal and interest for damages from the first Chinese revolution.
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China
Bankers plan to abandon $100 million gold pool abroad
Officials expect the $100,000,000 gold pool used to meet American obligations overseas will be abandoned as bankers believe the foreign exchange problem has resolved itself. The move signals confidence that external payment pressures have eased.
Preliminary waiver by accused justice in city case
Justice J. G. Bowen of Toulminville was arraigned on charges of accepting a fee higher than legal, waived examination in the inferior criminal court, and was released on a 250 dollar bond. Samuel Johnson is the complainant in the case.
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J. G. Bowen
Toulminville
Chan
Henry Chamberlain
Inferior Criminal Court
Samuel Johnson
Death at Irvington
Edward V. Higgins aged 30 GAR veteran and former Irvington resident died in Irvington Alabama today. He is survived by his widow.
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Irvington
Edward V. Higgins
Grand Army of the Republic
Ala
Death of Margery Laporte Aged Five
Margery Laporte five year old daughter of Edward and Mrs Lizzie Laporte died Tuesday afternoon at 5 45 o clock at the family home in Prichard after a short illness.
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Margery Laporte
Edward
Lizzie Laporte
Prichard
Wathen & Co. Receipts From Forgeries Allege Fraud
Louisville reports state warehouse receipts totaling 55 000 dollars purportedly issued by the government to R E Wathen & Co Louisville distillers were branded forgeries by Wathen. The fraud may exceed 100 000 dollars with receipts used as collateral for loans tied to Chicago broker activity led by Charles Ledowsky of Chicago and Fox River Distilling Co. Red flags prompted banks to verify legitimacy as they pursued further loans.
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Associated Press
Louisville
R. E. Wathen & Co
Chicago
Wathen
Charles Ledowsky
Fox River Distilling Company
Death by Own Action Ties Fox River Chief to Forgeries
Charles Ledowsky, president of the Fox River Distilling Co of Chicago, said to have forged whiskey warehouse receipts worth 250000 to 300000 and fled before bankruptcy. He killed himself aboard a Michigan Central train entering Chicago after telegraphing an undertaker to meet the body. Two Chicago banks suffered as creditors pursued nearly 20 000 assets against 250 000 to 300 000 liabilities.
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Chicago
Charles Ledowsky
Fox River Distilling Company
R. E. Wathen & Co
Louisville
Sidney Stein
Ledowsky
Michigan Central
Stein
Ein
Henderson is Mobile's Friend at Governor Henderson’s Inauguration
W. H. Holcombe Jr., chief marshal of the Henderson Marching Club, reports from Montgomery on Governor Charles Henderson’s inauguration. He praises the Mobile delegation’s reception and notes the governor’s courtesies, saying, You can say for me that Governor Henderson is Mobile's friend.
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W. H. Holcombe, Jr
Henderson
Montgomery
Charles Henderson
Holcombe
Mobile
Governor Henderson
Mr. Holcombe
Yeend Potter Company Enters Bankruptcy in Mobile
A voluntary petition in bankruptcy was filed in the United States district court at Toulmin by the Yeend Potter Company a mercantile establishment of Mobile. Liabilities total 35660 dollars with assets of 52090 dollars. Petitioners were adjudicated bankrupt and the case was referred to referee in bankruptcy R. T. Irvin.
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United States District Court
Toulmin
Yeend Potter Company
Mobile
R. T. Irvin
Two Men Held in Cattle Larceny Case
Ben Howard Eddie Read and J A Henderson charged with grand larceny held to city court under $500 bonds in inferior court Wednesday. They allegedly stole two head of cattle from E D Coleman near Chunchula.
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Ben Howard
Eddie Read
J. A. Henderson
E. D. Coleman
Chunchula
Man Held on Suspicion for Passing 55 Dollar Check
Guy Hanson of 209 South Scott Street was arrested Wednesday afternoon by Detective Murphy and Signalphone Operator Bauer on suspicion of being a dangerous character. Officials say he attempted to pass a $55 check payable to himself and signed by George Tunstall at City Bank & Trust Co.
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Guy Hanson
South Scott Street
Murphy
Bauer
George Tunstall
City Bank & Trust Co
Weather Forecast Tonight Through Thursday
The forecast calls for fair conditions across Mobile with frost tonight and temperatures near 40 degrees. Alabama and Mississippi cities can expect fair skies tonight and Thursday. frost is expected in southern portions tonight.
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Mobile
Alabama
Mississippi
Weather chart shows low and high pressure regions
A central low pressure area over the lake region extends from the Mississippi to the Atlantic coast bringing light snow to northern Mississippi. It causes westerly winds in the gulf states and freezing temperatures in the middle Mississippi Valley. A high pressure area from the Pacific coast to the west gulf region brings fair and moderately cold weather.
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Lake Region
Mississippi River
Atlantic Coast
Mississippi
Gulf States
Mississippi Valley
Pacific Coast
West Gulf Region
Albert Ashenberger
Weather Bureau
Steamer Lady Laurier Aids Camino in Distress Call
A wireless message reports the Lady Laurier had been alongside the Belgian relief ship Camino loaded with California supplies and in distress. The Kanawha tows Camino toward Halifax after the incident.
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Halifax, S
Marineee
Lady Laurier
California
Kanawhald
Halifax
Galls on England for Explanation of Vesgel's Detention
The U S state department seeks Britain’s explanation for the detention of the American steamer Greenbrier from New Orleans to Bremen. Capt Farley reports a December 30 interception by a British cruiser which searched cargo and forced a flag change before voyage continuation to Bremen, with questions on necessity of the search and why a neutral ship was compelled to lower her flag.
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Washington
State Department
Greenbrier
New Orleans
Bremen
New York
Farley
North Atlantic
Kirkwall
Leith
Seven Plead Guilty in Fort Smith Coal Conspiracy Case
Seven defendants in the Prairie Creek Coal Mine conspiracy cases pleaded guilty in federal court at Fort Smith Arkansas. Peter R. Stewart former UMWA District No 21 president and Fred W Holt former district secretary were among those, with James B McNamara Hartford city council member Jama Stankard Hartford township constable Clint Burris Sandy Robinson and John Manick miners also entering pleas. They face sentencing this afternoon.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Prairie Creek
Peter R. Stewart
McAlester
United Mine Workers of America
Hartford Township
Clint Burris
Sandy Robinson
John Manick
Italian Steamer Varese Sunk by Mine Near Pola
The steamer Varese with a crew of twenty was sunk by a mine near Pola. Excitement rose at Leghorn as both ship and crew hailed from the port. Italy urged to probe if floating mines Austria promised to remove caused the disaster.
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Associated Press
Rome
Varese
Pola
Leghorn
Austria
John C. OConnell Sworn to Excise Commission
John C. OConnell received his commission and was sworn in as excise commissioner at the probate court on Wednesday. He succeeds H. M. Friend, deceased, and was accompanied by Hon. Joel W. Goldsby, chairman of the commission.
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John C. O'Connell
H. M. Friend
Joel W. Goldsby
German Socialists Denounce Foreign Exaggerations
The Berlin Socialist party board denounces foreign press for feeding readers with letters that imply German socialist strife over the war. It says with badly informed correspondents exaggerating minor events and concealing major facts.
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Amsterdam
London
Socialist Party Board
Berlin
Germany
Officers Re-Elected by Bank of Mobile
The Bank of Mobile N. B. A. board meeting at noon Wednesday re-elected all officers: Michael J. McDermott to president, A. L. Staples to vice president, Thomas J. OConnor as cashier, and Robert W. Byrne as assistant cashier.
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Bank of Mobile
Michael J. McDermott
A. L. Staples
Thomas J. O'Connor
Robert W. Byrne
Vagrants Heavily Fined in Inferior Court
Marissa Palmer and Eugenia Petite were arraigned on vagrancy charges and fined 101 dollars or fifty days at hard labor. Oscar Hendrix faced public drunkenness charges and was fined five dollars or ten days in jail.
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Marissa Palmer
Eugenia Petite
Inferior Criminal Court
Oscar Hendrix
Two hostile airmen spotted over Cologne
An Amsterdam dispatch to the Central News reported a Cologne telegram secret about two hostile airmen seen over Cologne yesterday.
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Cologne
London
Amsterdam
Central News
Earthquake in France Shakes Mont Beliard Homes
A second earthquake struck Mont Beliard at 11 o clock night sending inhabitants from their beds as crockery rattled and houses trembled in France. The tremor followed an earlier quake reported from Paris with damage and alarm across the region.
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France
Mont Beliard
Paris
Earthquake Toll in Ortucchio and Collarmere
Associated Press reports Ortucchio near Gioja de Marsi suffered heavy losses with 300 to 400 killed in a church collapse and only four women rescued alive. At Collarmere 1000 of 1500 residents died, the priest perishing at the altar. Survivors sheltering in a railway station as aftershocks keep residents in panic.
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Associated Press
Rome
Avezzano
Ortucchio
Gioja de Marsi
Collarmere
Ambassador Page Sees Appalling Earthquake Destruction
Rome report says Ambassador Page toured the quake region and noted the desperate conditions and vast destruction. He praised relief efforts by soldiers and urged steady food, supplies, and shelter, warning that aftershocks and terror have left communities in shock and nonfunctional.
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Rome
Ambassador Page
Page
Senator Hartwell Seeks Mobile County Commission Plan
Senator Hartwell discusses commission government for Mobile County and expects a bill soon. He says the change could save about 50000 dollars yearly and notes the plan would resemble Mobile city government. Representative Grayson backs a divorce reform bill allowing remarriage after five years without further process.
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Montgomery
Ala
Mobile County
Inin
D. Ih
Mobile
Grayson
Runaway accident fatal to Percy W. Baucum
Perry William Baucum a Whistler Alabama native and local merchant died at 12 40am at his home from injuries after his horse ran away and threw him from his buggy several days earlier Survived by two children his mother three sisters and two sisters in law and other relatives Interment set for Thursday afternoon at Whistler cemetery
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Perry William Baucum
Whistler
Ala
Florence Monaghan
S. J. McCarthy
Laura J. Hall
New Orleans
Commonwealth government seat moved to Sydney
The seat of the commonwealth government has been transferred temporarily from Melbourne to Sydney. Minister Pierce states there is no limit to troops the Australian government will send to the front. A German lieutenant was arrested at Cloncurry on espionage charges.
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Associated Press
Melbourne
Australia
London
Commonwealth
Sydney
Pierce
Australian Commonwealth
Cloncurry
Largest American submarine L-1 to launch in Quincy
The submarine L-1 will launch today at Fore River Shipbuilding Corp in Quincy Massachusetts. At 450 tons and 165 feet overall she is the largest submarine yet built for the American navy. If contracts hold she will reach 14 knots on the surface and 10 knots submerged and is expected for commission in three months.
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Quincy
Mass
Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation
Shepperd Returns to Virginia Prison
Harald B. Shepperd alias E N Smith wanted for escaping from the state penitentiary at Moundaville West Virginia over two years ago was captured and brought back to resume his ten year sentence. Deputy Sheriff Coleman secured the handcuffed prisoner and transported him to Moundasville Wednesday afternoon.
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Harald B. Shepperd
E. N. Smith
Moundaville
Wva
Aree Lee
King
Mercy
Mobile
Moundasville
Smith
Coleman
Tidewater Securities Right of Way Deed Filed
The Tidewater Securities Company led by president J M Dewberry filed a right of way deed with the Mo le and Ohio Railroad over land at Alabama Port to operate a line to Cedar Point. The record was entered in court Tuesday afternoon and notes prior line arrangements.
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Tidewater Securities Company
J. M. Dewberry
Mole and Ohio Railroad Company
Alabama Port
Cedar Point
Tee Court
Rivers and Harbors Bill Heads to Senate
The rivers and harbors appropriation bill, carrying over 34 million dollars, moves to the Senate after House passage by wide margin. It will go to the commerce committee for a report. Major items for Mussel Shoals and Arkansas river were dropped. large allocations go to Mississippi Ohio and Missouri rivers.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
House
Commerce Committee
Fivers and Bar Committee
Arkansas River
Mississippi River
Ohio
Missouri
Vicksburg 13 Year Old Held in Murder Case
John Kern a 13 year old white boy is held by Vicksburg police in the Walter Tucker murder case. Tucker an 18 year old negro was found with his throat cut on a street yesterday. Kern admitted slashing the victim with a small pocket knife and said he had prior trouble with Tucker. No witnesses have been found.
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Associated Press
Vicksburg
Miss
John Kern
Walter Tucker
Kern
Tucker
Francis Named for Wilson Grandson at White House
Washington January 20 Francis will be the name of President Wilsons grandson the child of Mr and Mrs Francis B Sayre born at the White House Sunday The Sayres announced the decision noting the president preferred the child have an individuality of his own over using Woodrow Sayre or Woodrow Sayre as a name.
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Associated Press
Washington
Dutch Patrol Boat Toltan Sinks After Mine Hit
The Dutch patrol boat Toltan struck a mine off Nieuw Sluis while searching for mines and sank. One officer and four men perished. A large number of fresh floating mines are reported from all coast places.
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Hague
London
Toltan
Nieuw Sluis
Cotton cargo leaves Holland for Germany
A Central News dispatch from Ymuiden reports the steamer Pathfinder laden with cotton for Germany departed for Bremen. Separately in Tulsa Oklahoma boiler makers and tank builders estimated at 1000 workers walked out on strike after oil firms refused to pledge not to hire non union men, halting several West Tulsa oil industry branches.
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Associated Press
London
Ymuiden
Holland
Pathfinder
Germany
Bremen
Tulsa
Okla
Oklahoma
West Tulsa
Burley Tobacco Growers Meet to Raise Prices
Lexington Kentucky January 20 Burley tobacco growers from several states gather to discuss improving methods and pricing they say are too low to yield profits.
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Lexington
Burley Tobacco
States
German Air Raid Attacks English Coast In Night Barrage
London reports German airmen attacked eastern England last night from the North Sea. Four killed and about as many wounded as bombs struck private homes and shops in towns including King's Lynn and Yarmouth. Air raid showed skilled piloting and direct bombing despite darkness.
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Associated Press
London
England
Germany
North Sea
King George
Ringham
Yarmouth
Shee Hunstanton
Cromer
Heacham
Bingham
King’s Lynn
Geor
Sandringham
Cellats
Fighting on the Vistula front amid heavy clashes
Petrograd reports intensified combat along the Vistula fronts with series of clashes near Konopki Bodzanow Be nin and Ryza. German bombardments on the west bank were repelled by Soviet artillery as fighting continues with no material changes on other fronts.
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Vistula
Petrograd
Mlawa
Konopki
Bodzanow
Benin
Ryza
Vyszograd
Vilkevitze
Bzura
Bitter British press decries air raid as wartime breach
Commentators in British papers condemn the aft ship attack with fierce language. The Pall Mall Gazette urges sending armies to the Continent, Westminster Gazette calls the raid a breach of warfare rules, and the Globe advocates retaliation in kind. A Yarmouth dispatch notes raids by large aeroplanes.
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Lodon
Hartlepool
Pall Mall Gazette
Weminster Gazette
Rai
Globe
Yarmouth
German Small Advances Reported in Argonne and Sennheim
Berlin reports minor German successes on the Argonne front with 500 yards gained near Notre Dame de. the forest north of Sennheim shows satisfactory advance. Other sectors along the line see the usual artillery exchanges and limited progress.
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Berlin
London
Notre Dame de
Argonne
Sennheim
Quiet in parts as battle lines hold firm in France
Paris January reports show absolute quiet along some segments of the front while artillery exchanges occur elsewhere. Infantry actions are described as spirited in other sectors, though none described as major.
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Paris
French War Office
Alabama Woman Kills Husband After Finding Affair
In Birmingham area a wife named Mrs A L Moore shot and killed her husband after discovering he consorted with a younger woman named Annie Moore. She fired once injuring the woman in the right lung then shot the husband twice, one bullet to the heart. Police report a general investigation continues.
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Associated Press
Birmingham
Ala
Mineral Wells
Annie Moore
Moore
Ettor Arrest Reported in Bellaire
J Ettor industrial worker of world leader was arrested here after arriving to speak. He was to be charged with unspecified offenses. The brief item notes his arrest in Bellaire Ohio around Jan date.
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Bellaire
Ohio
J. Ettor
Industrial Worker of World
Ettor
S S
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Prohibs
Commission
Hibben
Steai
GALLS
Vesgel
Orleans
Fort Smith, Ark
John C. O’connell
Excise Commission
Hurts
Percy W. Baucum
Shepperd
Virginia
Mrs. Roosevelt, JR
Theodore Roosevelt, JR
Roosevelt
Francis
English
Alabamian
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