Battle Along Nieupoort Ostend Frontin Three Days
AP dispatch from London dated Jan 22 reports three days of hard fighting between Nieupoort and Ostend with rain ruined trenches and nearly impassable roads. Sluis correspondent notes large numbers of German wounded passing through. Heavy artillery in Alsace with deadly effects on frozen ground. Austrians mobilize Leedman army to halt the Russian advance through Bukowina and defend passes with heavy artillery.
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Associated Press
London
Nieuport
Ostend
Sluis
Alsace
Berlin
Paris
Cernay
Times
Petrograd
Bukowina
Leedman
Russians Advance Toward Border Near Poland Front
London dispatches report Russian advance guards within twenty miles of the German frontier north of the Vistula near Lipno and that Skempo has been evacuated, threatening an unbroken front if the push continues. British observers warn of danger near German territory as Russians push offensively.
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London
Poland
Vistula
Lipno
Skempo
Prussian
Thorn
Skempe
Petrograd
Transylvania
Egypt
Caucasus
Belgium
Palestine
Carpathians
Tennessee
Bukowina
Fierce Fighting in Alsace Reported by Paris War Office
The French war office says today in Alsace very determined infantry fighting with ferocious hand to hand encounters is underway. Soissons shows no change while other encounters are minor. Artillery exchanges occur between Ypres and the Oise near Berry au Bac and in the Vosges as German artillery drives the French back in Apremont forest.
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Alsace
Paris
French War Office
Soissons
Ypres
Oise
Berryau-Bac
Vosges
Apremont
Floods in Alsace Halt German Operations
Floods in Alsace around Altkirch and Sundgau have stopped German military operations as rivers Ill and Larg overflowed. French troops near Thann are inland and safe, while bombardment continued. Prince Eistel Friederich arrived at Muelhausen with a large suite and settled there.
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Geneva
Paris
Altkirch
Sundgau
Alsace
Suisse
Ill
Larg
Thann
Eistel Friederich
William
Muelhausen
World Amateur Championship Plans At Expo Chicago
Details emerge for a world amateur championship series between Eastern region players and coast amateurs to be held at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in October. The plan will be discussed by the National Amateur Baseball Association in Cleveland on January 28. The winner earns the Potter trophy and permanent possession of a cup emblematic of the world baseball championship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National
Ama
Association of America
Cleveland
Four Die As Boiler Tube Bursts On U S Cruiser San Diego
On the U S S San Diego tied to a four hour steaming trial a boiler tube ruptured causing four fatalities and nine serious injuries among crew members. The ship proceeded to Guaymas after the accident as officials ordered a full investigation.
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U.S
Associated Press
U. S
San Diego
LA Paz
Mex
Cal
Oscar J. Wyatt
el Centro
Ambus J. Hardee
Joplin
William F. Elliott
Guaymas
Pacific Fleet
Ashley H. Robertson
Washington
Navy Department
Howard
Finance and Realty Man Sees Mobile Prosperity Ahead
G. J. Capdevielle secretary treasurer of the Finance and Realty Company of Louisiana opened a Mobile branch in City Bank and Trust building. He greeted bankers and business leaders, praised Mobile Alabama conditions, predicted Canal and Mississippi River improvements would boost growth, and said the firm will provide loans to moderate means to help small businesses start farms or ventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. J. Caepdevielle
Finance and Realty Company of Louisiana
Mobile
City Bank & Trust Company
Citia
Capdevielle
Alabama
Austrians rout Russians from fortified farm in Galicia
A foreign office dispatch describes an Austrian bombardment that routed Russians from a fortified farm in western Galicia and drove them back to the Dunajec river with heavy losses. It notes artillery bombardment separating hostile lines and destroying a war bridge over the Dunajec. In the Carpathians only minor skirmishes occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Foreign Office
Galicia
Dunajec
Poland
Carpathians
Stopped Clock Fines Juror in Circuit Court
Juror John Quincy Adams was fined $10 by Judge Samuel B Browne after delaying court from 2:00 to 2:25 due to a stopped clock. The judge scolded him and ordered payment before the day’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Quincy Adams
Circuit Court
Samuel B. Browne
Adams
Spring Hill to Meet Catholic Athletic Club Friday Night
Spring Hill College basketball team faces the Catholic Athletic Club at the CAC hall on Conti Street Friday. Both squads have trained intensely under skilled coaches, with detailed lineups listed for Spring Hill and CAC.
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Spring Hill
A. C
Spring Hill College
Catholic Athletic Club
Conti Street
Moon Ducote
Burke
Haverty
Murray
Agin
Cassidy
Zie
Cc. A
G_D. Neely
T. Collins
J. Donnelly
L Metzger
P. Neely
Lefty Townsend
W. Verneuilie
Cotton fraud charge tops long Montgomery arrest tale
James Hause, arrested in Montgomery on a mail fraud charge, claims Memphis creditors prompted his prosecution over commissions from selling a plantation to English capitalists. Memphis authorities say he bilked cotton exporters of over a million dollars through the British American Cotton Company scheme linked to false bills of lading and loans. Witnesses from multiple states and Finland are expected at trial amid an ongoing federal investigation.
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Associated Press
Montgomery
Ala
James Hause
Memphis
Hause
Atlanta
Tenn
South
England
Manchester
Houston
New Orleans
Galveston
Dallas
House
Europe
Hauge
Ze Orfed
Manch Peters
Hubert F. Fisher
United States
Jim Hause
Texas
Finland
Washington
Oversubscribed multi‑million bond issue and wartime telegrams
The $5,000,000 Philadelphia bond issue sold out in under seven hours. A Japanese squadron including the Hizen will likely reach Honolulu today. Chicago banks raise $100,000 for banking education of young clerks. Turkey mobilization credits of $190,000,000 authorize $25,000,000 at 6 percent to be floated immediately. Zeppelins flagged for possible neutrality breach on return from the Norfolk raid. Two German airships reportedly crossed Dutch territory. The J L Luckenbach began loading cotton and wool for Bremen under inspection in Boston with customs and British consular officials present.
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Norfolk
London Amsterdam
J. L. Luckenbach
Boston
Bremen
Osage Reservation Superintendent Appointed
Indian Commissioner Cato Sells names Jii G. Wright, previously a five civilized tribes commissioner, as the new Osage reservation superintendent in Oklahoma.
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Cato Sells
Jii G. Wright
The
Five Civilized Tribes
Oklahoma
Fire Threat Grips Salem Mass in Downtown Blaze
Salem Massachusetts faced a fierce fire yesterday in the Leavitt block of the business district. Fire officials estimate the loss at $250,000 despite aid from neighboring towns that helped confine the flames.
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Salem
Mass
Leavitt
Silk mill strike begins in New London
Commencing Monday 500 employees of Brainard & Armstrong silk mills in New London Conn will go on full strike. A Danish steamer Drott was sunk by a mine off Raumo according to a Copenhagen dispatch. A conductor at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York has resigned and Arthur Bodansky of Mannheim Germany will resign at season end.
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Brainard & Armstrong Silk Mills
New London
Conn
Drott
Copenhagen
Raumo
Talfred i Metin
Eenens Opera House
New York
Arthur Bodansky
Manheim
Germany
Maryland Steamer Maryland Burns Near Bay Shore
The Chesapeake bay steamer Maryland burned to the waterline after beaching near the shore. No deaths or serious injuries were reported though some passengers had narrow escapes. Captain Howard and engineer Startt said everyone was rescued, with two boats rushing to the scene to evacuate passengers to Baltimore.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Chesapeake Bay
Maryland
Howard
Startt
Chesapeake Bay Steamship Company
Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway
Pope Emphasizes Holy See Neutrality in Consistory
The pope stressed the Holy See's neutrality amid war and urged unity among the faithful. He called on invaders to avoid excesses and invited Catholics to a large expiatory service in Europe on February 7 and outside Europe on February 21, with a special St Peter's service on February 7.
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Associated Press
Rome
Holy See
Europe
St. Peters
Georgians Take Negro From Sheriff and Lynch Him
Peter Morris, a Black man accused of murdering farmer J. E. Lewis near Arlington Georgia, was seized from the Early County sheriff by a mob and lynched as he was being taken to jail. The incident occurred late last night in Arlington and the mob overpowered the officer.
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Associated Press
Arlington, Ga
Peter Morris
J. E. Lewis
Here
Early County
Storm Warning Bulletin From Washington Headquarters
Weather bureau received notice of a storm moving northeast from Mobile to Carrabette with strong south winds tonight turning north at sunset. Cold temperatures follow with 40s and northwest winds Saturday as the storm shifts.
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Weather Bureau
Washington
Mobile
Carrabette
Fila
Fran
Hearing on Literacy Test Immigration Bill At White House
Five hundred workers and leaders crowded the White House to discuss the literacy test portion of the immigration bill. Supporters argued tests improve immigration quality while opponents warned it would bar many desirable citizens unable to read. President taft’s veto stance looms as debate centers on motive and restriction.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Taft
J. H. Patten
Farmers National Congress
Farmers National Union
Patten
Illiam M. Clark
Stolen bicycles recovered as two youths held by police
Police in the southern city district detained two alleged bicycle thieves, both about 14, after recovering wheels. Willie Stewart of Selma Street faced charges with a $55 wheel owned by A. Davis’s son. George White’s wheel and a wheel frame were also located. Jesse Harold surrendered next day. his mother brought him to the station amid allegations of stealing a wheel from Mrs. Devine of Cent Street.
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L. J. Murray
Willie Stewart
Selma Street
Conception
A. ?. Davis
George White
Lawrence’ Street
Srning Jesse Harold
Devine
Cent Street
Ex Sheriff Booth of Baldwin County Recovers at Home
Former Baldwin county sheriff T. A. Booth, who recently underwent surgery at Mobile Infirmary, is recovering rapidly and moved Friday to his family home at 7 South Julia Street Mobile. He has resided in Mobile for several years.
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T.A. Booth
Mobile Infirmary
South Julia Street
Gibbons Shaves Clabby In Milwaukee Bout
Mike Gibbons of St Paul edged Jimmy Clabby of Hammond in a ten round no decision boxing match in Milwaukee on Jan 22, as reported by sporting writers.
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Gibbons
Clabby
Milwaukee
Wis
Mike Gibbons
St. Paul
Jimmy Clabby
Hammond
Ind
Weather forecast for Mobile and Alabama
The forecast calls for rain tonight in Mobile and rain on the state later. It will turn colder in the north and west portions with Saturday expected to be much colder and generally fair.
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Mobile
Alabama
West
Governor Henderson Vetoes Dry Bill in Alabama
The Alabama governor in a joint session renounced two prohibition bills and urged a state wide vote to decide wet or dry. He proposed amendments delaying enforcement and submitting the issue to the people, arguing for a final, consultative election.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Henderson
Guv
Emmet O'Neal
House
House Temperance Committee
Merritt
John A. Rogers
Sumter
Ed Johnston
Madison
Johnston
Walton
Morgan
Harvey
Marshall
As Lawrence
Judge refuses Hogan family name change in probate court
A Boston probate judge denied the Hogan family petition to change their name citing business and social detriment. The family sought to adopt Homan or Omans but faced opposition from Robert Homans and the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities which argued the name was tied to old New England stock and should not be widely used.
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Associated Press
Boston
Hoga
Robert Homans
Homan
Society For the Preservation of New England Antiquities
New England
Atlantic battleship fleet sails to Cuba for practice
The Atlantic battleship fleet consisting of fourteen battleships and eighteen destroyers under Rear Admiral Fletcher heads to Guantanamo. The force will train in Cuban waters before moving to Panama for the March opening celebration.
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Associated Press
Washington
Jan
Fletcher
Guantanamo
Cuba
Cuban
Panama
Woman Falls From Fifth Floor, Dies in Philadelphia Hospital
Mrs. Anna Sharpe wife of Rev Arthur B Sharpe superintendent of an orphanage in Richmond Virginia fell or jumped from a fifth floor hospital window in Philadelphia and died within minutes She had been under treatment and was to return home with her husband today
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Anna Sharpe
Arthur B. Sharpe
Richmond
Jerome to escort Thaw to New York trial
William Travers Jerome announced he would depart for Manchester New Hampshire to bring Harry K Thaw back to New York for trial on the conspiracy indictment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome
Thaw
New York
William Travers Jerome
Manchester
N. H
Harry K. Thaw
Hartwell Introduces Oyster Bill in Senate
Hartwell introduces an oyster bill in the Alabama senate matching Baldwin County's Thompson measure. Also proposed are bills to implement Somers system of tax equalization across the state.
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Hartwell
Senate
Montgomery
Thompson
Baldwin
Somers
Alabama
Incorporation Papers Filed for McBroom Shoe Shop
Papers of incorporation for the McBroom Shoe Shop Company were filed in the probate court Friday by H. T. McBroom C. H. McBroom and A. W. McBroom. Capital stock is 3000 dollars all paid in and the firm is authorized to engage in a general shoe repairing business. The incorporators are relatives of the late Reuben McBroom whose Boston Shoe Shop was sold.
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McBroom She Shop
McBroom Shot Shop Company
H. T. McBroom
C. H. McBroom
A. W. McBroom
Reuben McBroom
Boston Shoe Shop
Mrs. Lucien H. Raines Dies in Savannah at 62
Mrs. Lucien H. Raines honorary president general of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and a founder of the organization died in Savannah after an extended illness. She was 62.
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Raines
Savannah
Lucien H.raines
The
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Beaver Brings Fresh Fish From Eastern Shore
The bay steamer Beaver arrived Friday morning with about 1000 pounds of salt or trout redfish and sheephead from Daphne. The fish were healthy and fresh with larger specimens particularly attractive sent to the local market.
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Beaver
Daphne
Dacia Clears for Galveston Voyage Soon
Galveston Texas January 22 The customs house issued clearance papers for the ship Dacia this afternoon and she is expected to sail late today or early tomorrow bound for Galveston.
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Galveston
Texas
United States
Molasses Cargo From Cu Due in Mobile Early February
About 100 gatlone of blackstrap molasses from Cu is expected to arrive in Mobile between February 1 and 5, according to local company management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Germany Will Win Says von Moltke
In Berlin the Associated Press reports Lieutenant General Von Moltke, former chief of the German army, says the war could last long and Germany will prevail. He notes the emperor faces heavy responsibility, and cites Polish victories as important though hopes for rapid progress fade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Berlin
Amsterdam Ane
Coal Don
Eral von Moltke
William
von Moltke
Poland
Double Tracking Progress on Southern Railway Expansion
The Southern Railway advances with southward double-tracking work and grading revisions from Orange to Charlottesville. Bids and contracts are being let weekly for line improvements by the Southern Railway Company with Morrow Construction of Atlanta and C W Lane & Company as key contractors. The project costs are projected around a million and a half dollars, promising improved grade, curves, and added track capacity.
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Southern Railway
Washington
J * Hunter
Mobile
Orange
Charlottesville
Southern Rally Company
Oran
Burnley
Morrow Construction
Atlanta
C. W. Lane
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Hizen
Honolulu
Constantinople
Berlin’ Tageblatt
King Victor Emmanuel
Bill
White House
Bulletin — Staff
State of
Grayson
Hogan
Atlantic
von Mioetke
Outi
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