Austrians occupy Antivari and Dulcigno seaports
Vienna reports Austrians have occupied the Adriatic seaports of Antivari and Dulcigno. Monastir bombarded by 45 French aeroplanes. ammunition depots and general staff quarters damaged. Italian expeditionary force in Albania expected to be attacked. Berat and Avlona front developments noted. Austrian troops move toward Durazzo with Essad Pasha preparing Albanian resistance.
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Vienna
London
Adriatic
Antivari
Dulcigne
Paris
Monastir
Serbia
Havas
Saloniki
Albania
Berat
Avlona
Durazzo
Essad Pasha
Southern Railway official urges Mobile factory growth for imports
L. Green freight traffic manager of the Southern Railway, visiting Mobile, backs President Harrison's advice to build up imports and export through Mobile. He pledges a square deal with no rate discrimination, and urges local business to establish Mobile factories converting Southern American goods into finished products for export. He heads to New Orleans for a trade council convention, while Mobile leaders press for Gulf port growth.
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Mobile
L. Green
Washington
Southern Railway
Green
Americas
New Orleans
National Foreign Trades Council
Chamber of Commerce
Stewart A. LeBlanc
H. E. Upton
A. J. Parsons
M. D. Kahn
B. F. Dubois
R. G. Cobb
J. W. Hunter
The
Mr. Green
Cincinnati
Texas Pacific
Gulf Ports
Weather Outlook for Alabama and Mississippi
Fair and warmer tonight with Tuesday generally fair conditions. Alabama sees gentle to moderate east and southeast winds. Mississippi likewise enjoys fair and warmer conditions tonight, with Tuesday partly cloudy and moderate easterly winds.
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Mobile
Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Valued man enlists as cannon ball juggler and sword swallower
Signor Gregorio Carculti, famed sword swallower and cannon ball juggler, offered his services to the United States Marine Corps amid wartime fears. Sgt. Louie W. Putnam in Chicago noted the application and added a joke about Bosco the act eater as a potential volunteer.
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Chicago
Iils
Gregorio Carculti
United States Marine Corps
Louie W. Putnam
Marine Corps
South State Street
Carculti
Bosco
Putnam
United Time
First Meeting of Committee Tonight at Battle House
The Chamber of Commerce new ways and means committee holds its first meeting Monday at 7 PM at the Battle House. A dinner precedes the meeting as thirty five attendees have already RSVP’d and more are expected. Chairman J D Andrews seeks wide participation from all chamber members.
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Chamber of Commerce
New Ways and Means Committee
The
J. D. Andrews
Two American Cargoes Held Up by the British
London reports two American ships seized by British authorities. The Standard Oil tanker Petrolite, sailing from Philadelphia January 3 to Copenhagen with petrol, and the Norwegian ship Mons, from Baltimore January 1 to Christiana carrying wheat rye and barley, were detained at Kirkwall.
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Standard Oil Tank
Petrolite
Philadelphia
Copenhagen
Mons
Baltimore
Christiana
Kirkwall
Southern to Build Repair Shop for Steel Cars
Knoxville Tenn Jan 24 So rapid has been increase in use of steel cars on Southern Railway lines that a special shop for repairs will be located at the Coster shops near Knoxville to service this equipment.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Southern Railway
Coster
Longest living Tejons elder dies in Kern County burial
Mary Tecuyas an Indian woman reputed to be 150 years old died yesterday in Bakersfield California and will be buried today by the few remaining members of her Tejon tribe. The aged squaw was the oldest member of an almost extinct group living in a canyon near Bakersfield. The tribe is said to include fifteen Indians who are over 100 years old.
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Bakersfield
Calif
Mary Tecuyas
Squaw
UP President Mohler Is Hurt While Ice Skating
Ned A. Mohler president of Union Pacific sustained a slight concussion from a skating fall in Omaha yesterday. Brig. Gen. Hugh Gregory Fitton is listed among the killed in today’s London notices. Lowell Observatory astronomers report five canaliform rifts in the north polar cap of Mars. Paris selects site for Edith Cavell statue.
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Ned
A. L. Mohler
Union Pacific
London
Hugh Gregory Fitton
Flagstaff
Ariz
North Polar
Mars
Lowell Observatory
PARIG
Edith Cavell
Dover Bombing Attack Revealed by German Admiralty
Berlin reports a German naval aeroplane bombed Dover during the night of January 22 23. The British account cited nine bombs on the east Kent coast with one dead and six injured, while the German note notes Dover as the target. Dover, a key Channel port with docks and naval establishments, has been active as a transfer point for troops and supplies since the war began.
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Berlin
Sayville
Dover
Kent
Ger- In’n
British War Office
Speesne
English Channel
Ragistd
Continent
Berlin Debates Montenegro Peace Move Rumor
Berlin papers editorialize on claims a Montenegro peace bid was a delaying tactic. Italian sources prompt skepticism as Vienna reports disarmament of Montenegrin and Serbian troops in the west and Berlin papers declare Montenegro conquered.
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Berlin
Montenegro
Vienna
Kingdom of
Metz Bombarded by Allied Air Squadron
German army headquarters reports on the Western front lively aerial and artillery actions. An enemy squadron bombarded Metz with bombs hitting the bishop's dwelling and a hospital courtyard, two civilians killed and eight wounded. One aeroplane was shot down and its crew taken prisoner.
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Metz
Berlin
Sayville
S. L
Western Front
Turkish Defeat in Caucasus Surpasses Earlier Victory
Petrograd reporting from London notes the Third Turkish army suffered a crushing defeat near Lake Tortum forcing retreat toward Erzerum. Eleventh corps and portions of Ninth and Tenth engaged, with Erzerum garrison reserves on standby. Russian center breakthrough overwhelmed Turkish divisions in a sharp, unexpected onrush.
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Petrograd
Fvia
London
Caucasus
Erzerum
Sari Kamysh
Lake Tortum
Turkey May Assume Responsibility for Sinking the Persia
Unofficial reports suggest Turkey might acknowledge a Turkish submarine sank the British liner Persia. U S officials have not received official word from Ambassador Morgenthau or Penfield in Vienna. Vienna’s stance on disavowal remains pending and no formal inquiry to Turkey is planned until Vienna responds.
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Washington
Turkey
Persia
State Department
Morgenthau
Penfield
Vienna
Austria
Germany Andustria
Plan to Upbuild U S Foreign Trade Convention
New Orleans January 24. Comprehensive plans for strengthening American foreign trade and protecting commerce from discrimination after the European war are to be discussed at the National Foreign Trade Council convention. About 700 delegates from the U S and abroad, with officials from state and commerce departments and the Pan American Union, will attend. Robert H. Patchin arrives from New York to help prepare. James A. Farrell of United States Steel will preside over general sessions.
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New Orleans
National Foreign Trade Council
South
Central America
Philippines
Wal
Departments of State and Commerce
Pan- American Union
Robert H. Patchin
Council
New York
James A. Farrell
United States Steel Corporation
Dover Raid and Balkan Developments Highlight WWI Map
British reports recount a German air raid on Dover with one killed and six wounded, while a second attack may have occurred. In the Balkans, Austro Bulgarian forces push toward Durazzo and Berat as Montenegrin efforts shift toward Rome and Lyons, with Greek Entente tensions easing after a French air raid on Monastir.
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Dover
English Channel
Great Britain
France
Admiralty
London
Kent
Persin
Balkans
Albania
Montenegro
Adriatic
Antivar
Dulcigno
Nicholas
Rome
Lyons
Saloniki
Berat
Aviona
Durazzo
Essad Pasha
Monastir
Serbia
Greece
Sheriff to Stop Prize Fight in Mobile County
Sheriff Holcombe plans to halt a prize fight Monday night in Mobile under orders from the Mobile Athletic Club and to arrest principals and participants. Attorney General and County Solicitor say the event is illegal and may be felony. arrests could occur without warrants if a fight is held.
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Rance Hall
Mobile Athletic. Club
Holcombe
Eral
W. L.jin
Montgomery
Attorne
Sheri
N. R. Clarke
Fifteen Killed in Buffalo Explosion
Fifteen workmen were killed and as many more probably fatally injured in an explosion at the Kelker Brower Company plant on Harrison street in Buffalo this afternoon.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Kelker Brower Company
Harrison Street
Fan believed to be 400 years old recovered with loot
Evansville police recovered an ivory and mother of pearl fan said to have belonged to Pope Pius IX. The artifact was found among loot in Evansville homes after the arrest of Walter Scott, 36, onFriday in connection with the case.
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Evansville
iInd
Walter Scott
Baldwin Mobile counties discuss Delta road bridge plan
Dr. Ward says Mobile and Baldwin counties agreed to cooperate on the Delta highway linking Plateau area. Baldwin plans to buy a bridge site, using a bond issue to advance the project, with Mobile ready to proceed within 30 days once Baldwin acts.
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Baldwin County
Mobile County
Ward
Baldwin
Mobile
Delta
Plateau
Old Spanish Trail Highway Association
Expert Engineer Dead in New York
Michael J. Mack aged 66 a renowned civil engineer died of heart failure in New York. As a youth he supervised Fort Schuyler on Long Island and in 1872 led the first survey of the West Shore railroad. He planned Topeka Kansas sewer system Salt Lake City Utah and conducted surveys in Texas Florida Alabama and other locales.
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New York
Michael J. Mack
Fort Schuyler
Long Island
West Shore
Topeka
Kas
Salt Lake City
Utah
Texas
Florida
Alabama
Congress in Session Deliberates Defense and Roads Bills
Senate meets at noon with Brigadier General Macomb discussing army reorganization before the military affairs committee. House resumes debate on the Shackleford good roads bill. Military and naval committees continue hearings on national defense as Brigadier General Crozier speaks.
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Macomb
House
Crozier
Supreme Court upholds income tax law and eminent domain power
The Supreme Court ruled states may condemn power sites and water rights by eminent domain. Chief Justice White led the decision rejecting objections to the income tax amendment as a new power, affirming its retroactive validity and denying claims of lack of uniformity or unfair exemptions.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Holmes
Alabama
Tallapoosa
Alabama Interstate Power Company
Mt. Vernon-Woodberry
White
Ae White
Funeral notices and lost pets headline brief
Neville and Stauter funeral notices set to be held Tuesday with interment in Catholic Cemetery. Ongoing lost dog and ticket notices list rewards and contact details.
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Tom Row
N. E. Pleasant Avenue
Owen's Lane
St. Xavier's Church
Stauter
South Broad
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