Ten Miles of Feld Works Taken by Czar's Army
Petrograd reports Austro-Hungarian casualties reach 900000 with 19000 officers. Cracow siege begins. Russians bomb fortifications as a suburb burns. Allies reportedly press south of Ypres as German line weakens. Von Moltke described as virtually a prisoner. Troops and cannons captured arrive in Warsaw after Lodz bombardment and damage to Lodz main street.
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Associated Press
Petrograd
London
Hungary
Copenhhagen
Daily News
von Moltke
Hamburg
Reuter
Lodz
Warsaw
Zgierz
Bermans Further Hemmed in, Is Report
Six hundred prisoners and many wounded were taken by Russians in battles to the west of Lowicz. Russian forces captured ten miles of German trenches between Glosno and Sobota, according to today’s reports from trustworthy sources. Glosno lies about 16 miles east of Lodz.
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Petrograd
Low
Lowicz
Glosno
Sobota
Lodz
Meridian Mother Seeks Custody Amid Court Fight
In Meridian Mississippi a custody suit unfolds in chancery court involving Dr B L Robinson and his former wife Mrs M A Robinson over two children aged four and six. A coalition of clubwomen and prominent local families attend as testimony focuses on the maternal role and emotional stakes. Congressman A Witherspoon is noted in connection with the cafe scene.
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Meridian
Miss
Navy
Chantery Court
B. L. Robinson
M. A. Robinson
Alabama
Robinson
A. Witherspoon
Frank seeks U S Supreme Court appeal in Mary Phagan case
Leo M. Frank of Atlanta again seeks Supreme Court review over his death sentence for the Mary Phagan murder. Attorneys file a petition for a writ of error to challenge Georgia court of appeals procedure on timing of the motion to set aside the verdict.
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Associated Press
Washington
Leo M. Frank
Georgia
Mary Phagan
Atlanta
Supreme Court
Frank
White
United States Supreme Court
Henry A. Alexander
Lamar and
Holmes
Georgia Court of Appeals
Supreme Court Sets Aside Oklahoma Coal Tax
The Supreme Court today set aside the gross revenue tax proposed by Oklahoma on coal output of the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway Company from lands leased from the Indians, ruling the company an instrumentality of the federal government for the work.
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Washington
Supreme Court
State of
Oklahoma
Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Raitread Company
Larger Navy Times Are Much Better Days
A brief note emphasizes improved days with a growing navy, highlighting stronger times ahead. The message underlines confidence in naval expansion and better days for national security and prestige.
Farrell of 5 Steel 10 to Visit Mobile
President J A Farrell of United States Steel Corp will visit Mobile in late January or early February and stay with Mayor Harry Pillans and Alabama Tennessee and Northern Railroad President John T Cochrane. He cannot visit earlier due to prior engagements and hopes to arrange a Mobile visit during his Birmingham trip.
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Great Corporation
Pillans
J. A. Farrell
United States Steel Corporation
Mobile
Harry Pillans
John T. Cochrane
Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad
New York
H. Pillans
Ala
George G. Crawford
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Co
Birmingham
War Contracts and Exports Highlight Wartime Production
The document lists wartime contracts and exports including Bethlehem Steel and Fore River Shipbuilding for field guns and submarines, Ford Packard and Federal Auto firms supplying trucks, Baldwin Locomotive Works, and large orders of foodstuffs, sugar, horses, and hospital supplies to support warring nations, with multiple states and companies named.
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Bethlehem Steel Company
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
St. Louis
Ford, Packard and
Federal Automobile Companies
Warring Powers
Robin Hood Ammunition Company
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Straus Saddlery
Louis
France Shoes Valuec
Reading
Vermont
Russia
Pittsburgh
Champ Clark Sees Prosperity Amid Political Debate
Speaker Champ Clark says political obstruction by hothouse politicians won’t halt prosperity as times improve. He notes gains in cotton in the South and economic upturn in the North after two weeks touring the region. Clark rejects enlarging the navy and criticizes war footing with foreign nations.
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Albany
N. Y
Champ Clark
New England
Gardner
United States
Alodge
Blushing Bivalves: Modest Oysters From Long Island Sound
The discovery reports that oysters from Long Island Sound turn pink when exposed in the extreme decollé of the half shell. Department of Agriculture experts call them blushing bivalves, likely caused by a yeast bacillus or other microbe.
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Washington
Tects
Long Island Sound
Department of Agriculture
Rane
Nashville Contracts For 5000 War Mules
A Nashville firm has won a contract to supply 5000 mules per month. Many mules have already been sold and shipped to New Orleans and Mobile for European service. Representatives of British and French armies have been in Nashville in connection with the deal.
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Nashville
Tenn
New Orleans
Mobile
Ward Arrested in Florida Mystery Is Released
Miami Florida November 30 R B Ward arrested Saturday night on suspicion in connection with the death of A A Boggs and his daughter Marjorie whose barren bodies were found last Wednesday in the ruins of their home near here was released from custody today. The authorities who made the arrest stated that Ward clearly had established an alibi. The coroner s jury has been investigating the case not concluded its work early today.
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Miami
Fla
R. B. Ward
A. A. Boggs
Marjorie
Here
Ward
Satsuma Day December 8 Celebrated by Local Merchants
The December 8 Satsuma Day edition lists Level Best Shoe Store Reynolds Music Kenny Tea & Coffee E H Britton Shoe Store Lichtbach Brothers The Toggery Reiss Mercantile Co as planned window decorators. Other names will be added from day to day.
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Satsuma Day
Peonage Confirmed Over Criminal Contract Fines
The Supreme Court ruled that convicts bound by criminal contracts to work off fines with court sponsors are in peonage. Alabama planters J A Reynolds and G W Yee were implicated as sponsors. Rivers faced charges after paying the court to satisfy a conviction. Ravens and Broughton formed similar labor contracts.
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Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court
Alabama
J. A. Reynolds
G .W. Yee
Roe County
Rivers
Ravens
Reynolds
Broughton
Peonage case set for trial in United States court
Reynolds and Broughton were tried and convicted in Mobile. An ensuing case charges Tom Brantley J E Dean and five others near Evergreen Conecuh county with peonage and conspiracy to keep Wiley Jourdan a negro in involuntary servitude for debt. Jourdan fled and was whipped when recaptured by Dean with aid from Brantley and others.
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Reynolds
Broughton
United States
Toulmin
Mobile
Tom Brantley
J. E. Dean
Evergreen
Conecuh County
Wiley Jourdan
Dean
Jourdan
Brantley
Coffee Exchange at New York Opens for Business
The New York Coffee Exchange reopened for unrestricted trading after four months idle due to the European situation. Opening prices fell 120 to 149 points from July 30 bids but were 7 to 14 points above Saturday liquidating quotes. The market held a steady tone with limited coffee for sale as European-linked houses absorbed offerings.
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Associated Prensa
New York
New York Coffee Exchange
Europe
Captain of Momus Lost at Sea Near Gulf
New Orleans dispatch reports Captain J. Bs Boyd of the Momus steamship Southern Pacific was lost at sea during Saturday night. He disappeared after being missed at 3 a.m. Sunday. passengers suspect a fall overboard. Boyd was among the oldest captains in the New York to New Orleans service.
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MOMUS
Gulf
Associated Press
New Orleans
Boyd
Southern Pacific
New York
Weather: Alabama and Mobile forecast
The forecast shows Mobile partly cloudy tonight with little temperature change. Alabama outlook is also partly cloudy with probable continued cloudiness into Tuesday.
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Mobile
Alabama
Triple Murder at Daniels Home in Asheboro Scene
Lowe Daniels, charged with shooting dead his sister Cora Daniels and sister in law Ethel Luther and Edgar Warner plus wounding his wife, is taken for a preliminary hearing. He is jailed and reportedly incoherent and possibly insane after the Saturday night killings.
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Asheboro
N. C
Daniels
Miss
Luther
Varner
German fleet in South Atlantic near Uruguay
Montevideo reports a persistent rumor confirmed that a German fleet is in the south Atlantic with a nearby British fleet. Interruption of British shipping and German merchant outfitting suggest a manafest off the Plate. Patagonia, Sierra Cordoba, and Mera are being loaded with provisions coal and water.
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Associated Press
Montevideo
Uruguay
South Atlantic
Plate
Patagonia
Sierra Cordoba
Mera
Santos
German war activity in Atlantic reported from Buenos Aires
Dispatches from Buenos Aires indicate a German warship presence in the south Atlantic with several steamers said to be provisioning. Montevideo reports sighting the German squadron north of Punta Pilar on November 28 as British warships patrol the Atlantic and high powered wireless activity disrupts commercial shipping.
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Buenos Aires
Arg
South
Lantic
Montevideo
Atlantic
Punta Pilar
Brasil
New York
Saa York
Panama Canal
Cristobal
Ancon
New York Banker Faces Contempt of Congress Charge
The U S Supreme Court dismissed a writ of habeas corpus seeking to block a return to Washington by George G Henry a New York banker. He was indicted for contempt of Congress for refusing to provide information to a money trust inquiry. The ruling preserves the case with conditions to testify if required.
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New York
Associated Press
Washington
George G. Henry
Congress
Samen
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