Gravel refund ordered after county road audit
The Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners held a special meeting to require contractor W H Holcombe to repay 845 dollars and Southern Fuel and Material Company 1215 dollars, totaling 2000 dollars, for overpaid gravel on the road south of Dog River bridge. Holcombe accused Chief Engineer Fay McClure of blame, while Commissioner Hagan defended McClure, noting subordinates follow their chiefs. The Cedar Point matter was discussed next.
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Board of Revenue and Roads Commissioners
W. H. Holcombe
Dog River Bridge
Checar Point Highway
Southern Fuel and Material Company
Holcombe
Harry Fisher
Fay McClure
Fisher
McClure
Hagan
Cedar Point
But American Cruisers Are Safe in East
The armored cruiser Tennessee reported in the Mediterranean that she was in wireless contact with the cruiser North Carolina and that both ships were safe in Beirut harbor. The brief six word message ends rumors of the North Carolina sinking by a mine, easing distress of families while Navy officials stated no fear.
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Associated Press
Washington
Tennessee
Mediterranean
North Carolina
Beirut
Benton C. Decker
United States
Navy Department
Suffragists Uphold Non-Partisanship At NAWSA Meeting
Nashville headline reports the National American Woman Suffrage Association executive council voting to maintain political non partisanship at its 45th annual convention. Resolutions by Mrs. Raymond Brown of New York oppose attacks on any political party and mark a preliminary victory for administration forces against the Congressional Union faction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Raymond Brown
New York
Congressional Union
Villa marches south to strike Carranza forces at Queretaro
General Villa leads a large column south from Aguas Calientes to attack General Gonzales's Carranza troops at Queretaro. The Aguas Calientes convention ordered the move. General Blanco set to reach Mexico City but was halted at Silao by General Gonzales. American consul agent Carothers accompanies Villa.
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Associated Press
Washington
Villa
Aguas Calientes
Carranza
Gonzales
Queretaro
Blanco
Mexico City
Silao
George C. Carothers
New Regulations Delay Opening of Cotton Exchange
Representatives of the New York Cotton Exchange discussed regulations for the new cotton futures law with officials of the Agriculture and Treasury departments. R C Cairns, chairman of the exchange, said the tentative regulations were absolutely against the early reopening of the cotton exchange.
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Associated Press
Washington, Navy
New York Cotton Exchange
Departments of Agriculture
the Treasury
R. C. Cairns
Exchange
Cotton Exchange
Foot and Mouth Disease Found Contagious to Humans
The department of agriculture announced that foot and mouth disease now in fourteen states is transmissible to humans, though rarely serious. It urged avoiding contact with diseased cattle and recommended pasteurized milk to prevent spread.
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Associated Press
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Department
Alabama boy still holds record in corn but Georgians do well
Four Georgia Brothers in the Boys' Corn Club raised 824 bushels of corn on four acres at the state fair. Luther Alfred of Pickens county won first prize with 227 bushels from one acre. Clarence Allred 220, Elmer 210, and Arthur 167 bushels were also noted. Walker Lee Donson of Alabama holds the official one acre record with 232 bushels.
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Associated Press
Macon
Boys' Corn Club of
Georgia
Luther Alfred
Pickens County
Clarence Allred
Elmer
Arthur
Walker Lee Donson
Alexander City
Ala
Man Faces Warrant For Obtaining Buggy By False Pretenses
Manuel Gonzales surrendered at the county jail on Thursday and was served with a warrant charging him with obtaining goods by false pretenses. He pretended to George A. Thomas of Crenshaw Undertaking that he was the president of Star Fish & Oyster Company and obtained a buggy for his use for several hours.
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Manuel Gonzales
Gonzales
George A. Thomas
Crenshaw Undertaking Company
Star Fish & Oyster Company
Weather Outlook for Mobile and Deep South
The forecast calls for rain tonight and Friday with warmer temperatures. Moderate winds accompany the rain across Alabama and Mississippi, with eastern Mississippi seeing warmer conditions tonight.
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Mobile
Alabama
Mississippi
Warships Not Involved as Neutrals Complain
London reports Britain and France warn Ecuador and Colombia that neutrality violations will not be tolerated. Paris cites continued violent fighting on the left wing with no major changes since November tenth. Additional dispatches note a Turkish torpedo boat captured near Tenedos and a French steamer foundered in Havre roadstead with eleven dead.
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Associated Press
Washington
Great Britain
France
Ecuador
Colombia
Paris
London
Havre
Lloyd’s Agency
Duchesse de Guice
Germans Show They Are Still on the Job
London dispatch notes ongoing Russian successes in the east with continued coverage promised on page nine.
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London
East
Buy Early Club urges ahead of Christmas rush
Shopping days before Christmas提醒 readers to purchase engraved or marked articles such as plate silver and jewelry early to avoid panic buying. Join the Buy Early Club to prevent wasteful delays and nerve wrecking final rush.
President Wilson Faces Negro Delegation Over Segregation
President Wilson met a delegation of African Americans at the White House to protest government department segregation. He criticized their spokesman W M Trotter and said a new chairman would be needed if they returned. He defended the administration saying no discrimination in comforts for Black staff and that segregation aimed to reduce race friction.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
White House
W. M. Trotter
Boston
McAdoo
Williams
Treasury
Burleson
Youthful train bandit identified in Gentilly L N hold up
Alfred E. Oliver, famed escaped bandit from Cheyenne, was identified by a New Orleans witness as the man who sat with his wife and daughter on the New York New Orleans L and N flyer. He allegedly shot and killed Flagman Thomas Eglin during the Gentilly hold up, with testimony possibly sending him to the gallows.
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New Orleans
Alfred E. Oliver
Cheyenne
Wyo
New York-New Orleans
New York
Oliver
Trouble Said to Exist in Board
Washington reports a serious break within the Philippine commission between Governor General Francis Burton Harrison and Secretary of Commerce and Police Clinton L. Riggs. The dispute centers on the extent of the governor general's authority over the insular government department under Riggs.
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Cbn Rray Harrison
Washington
Philippine Commission
Francis Burton Harrison
Clinton L. Riggs
Secretary of Commerce and Police
Manila
Harrison
Commissioner Riggs
Riggs
Teachers Salaries Guarded as Board Faces Deficit
At a county school board meeting the budget and finance committee warned of a $37,637 year deficit including $7,037 in operating expenses and school and library funds. Commissioners argued teachers' salaries should be protected before funding heating and ventilation projects for new schools amid rising student numbers.
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Cochrane
Vickers
McCall
Rue
Cannot Be Mistaken This Man Says Oliver Identified
A witness on Wednesday identifies Alfred E. Oliver as the man who fired at the flagman during the L N railroad holdup and murder in Gentilly. Police view Oliver’s Cheyenne alibi as an attempted alibi scheme. Superintendent Reynolds says the case will be pursued with the district attorney as new identification arrives.
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Oliver
Cheyenne
Egiin
Gentilly
Union Pacific
Heynolds
Alfred E. Oliver
Reynolds
Luzenberg
Lawrence County Judge Seeks Pensioners’ Reinstatement at Capitol
Moulton probate judge J C Kumpe visited Montgomery to represent Lawrence County pensioners cited to show cause for removal from the pension rolls. He spoke before the state pension board alongside D C Alman of Decatur, with George Parker of Cullman also attending on state business.
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Montgomery
J. C. Kumpe
Moulton
Lawrence County
Capitol
D. C. Alman
Decatur
Eighth Circuit
George Parker
Cullman
Church Disturber Pastor White Freed After Jail Term
RBouck White pastor of the Church of Social Revolution was released from Queens county jail after six months for causing a disturbance at Calvary Baptist Church. A 50‑member delegation welcomed him in the jail yard as he sang hymns and prepared to discuss miner grievances with Calvary’s Rev Woelfkin and John D. Rockefeller Jr.
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Associated Press
New York
Rbouck White
Church of Social Revolution
Queens County
Calvary Baptist Church
Court Yard
White
Cornelius Woelfkin
Calvary Church
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Colorado
Regional banks begin phased rollout under new currency plan
The Federal Reserve Board announced that regional banks will not exercise all powers immediately. In the first months they will accept reserves from member banks, discount bills and commercial paper, and accept deposits of checks drawn on reserves. Additional functions will start as their organization allows. banks open Monday.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Federal Reserve Board
Tsing Tau Surrender Telegram From Waldeck
Myer Waldeck, in command at Tsing Tau, telegraphed the Emperor of Germany that he was compelled to surrender due to ammunition shortage and heavy enemy fire. The dispatch cites strategic exhaustion as the decisive factor in the capitulation.
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Tokio
Myer Waldeck
Tsing Tau
Asahi
William
Austrian Battalions Annihilated by Servians In Serbia
In Nish on November 12 official word announced six Austrian infantry battalions crossed the Danube near Szderevo with field guns and suffered annihilation after a Servian counterattack. The Servians claim 2,000 prisoners and two quick firing guns.
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Associated Press
Nish
Servia
London
Danube
Szderevo
Anarchists Blamed for Bronx Courthouse Bombing
Detectives link a blast at Bronx County's new courthouse to anarchist sentiment tied to the Haymarket affair. Fragments of a pamphlet in Spanish reading Los Moch Chicago points to the alleged motive. Authorities shift from vengeance against Judge Louis Gibbs to a broader anarchist conspiracy theory.
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Associated Press
New York
Bronx County
Haymarket
Chicago
Louis Gibbs
Los Mo
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Chatoerg
House of Commons
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Dardanelles
Tenedos
Asia Minor
Athens
Exchange Telegraph Company
Valparaiso
Chile
Coronel
Havas Athens
Amsterdam
Central News
Constantinople
Bucharest
Roumania
Halil Bey
Enver Bey
Young Turks
Turkey
Remem
Olayer
Tom Eglin
N. Bandit
Tant
Waldeck
Kaiser
OIA
Przemysl
Cracow
Vienna
Reuter
Parig
Havas
Petrograd
Messinger Armee
Czenstochowa
Russian Poland
Thorne
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