Thousands Pay Tribute To Great Britain In Mobile Parade
Thousands joined a national salute in Mobile as a parade from the post office to Bienville Square honored Britain. Union flags waved beside stars and stripes while a Confederate veteran in gray carried the flag. The procession included police, Fort Morgan artillery, Red Cross groups, veterans, shipbuilders, and civic groups with a closing program planned in Bienville Square.
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Mobile
Great Britain
Gees Pershing
Fort Morgen
South
L. G Adams
Fort Morgan
Hospital Corps
U.S. Guard
Drago
Red Cross
War Camp Community Service
Motor Corps
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Daughters of the American Revolution
Young Men's Christian Association
Council of Jewish Women
Rotary Club
Moshico Band
Brazil mobilizes troops rumor echoes in Lima
Reports circulating in Lima say Brazil has begun to mobilize troops with no official confirmation. Peruvian foreign minister Francisco Tudela Varela plans to depart for Washington next week to become the Peruvian ambassador to the United States, as a cabinet reshuffle coincides with his departure.
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Associated Press
Lima
Peru
Brazil
Francisco Tudela Varela
Washington
United States
Varela
Private Marsal Safe Back in France
Telegram from Mobile soldier Private Marcelline Marsal of the Rainbow Division reports he is back in France safe and well. His mother Mrs. Anna Marsal of 416 Augusta Street received the message as his wife reads of France safe and well after going over the top.
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Marcelline Marsal
Mobile
Rainbow Division
France
Anna Marsal
Augusta Street
Mackensen's Army Being Disarmed in Hungary
A Berlin dispatch reports Field Marshal von Mackensen's army is being disarmed in Hungary. Soldiers will not be interned and may cross the frontier. They are selling motor cars horses and other equipment cheaply.
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Amsterdam
von Mackensen
Hungary
Berlin
No Turkey and Pie for Men Overseas
The War Department said on December 4 that American troops in France will not receive the usual Christmas dinner. Distribution difficulties and delays in sending holiday food led to a decision to omit turkeys and Christmas dinner accessories for overseas personnel.
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Associated Press
Washington
France
War Department
Dent's Bill Aims to Legalize War Orders
Washington December 7. An administration bill legalizing government war orders issued without signed contracts was introduced by Rep. Dent. Secretary Baker urged swift action and Dent set Monday for committee hearings with witnesses Secretary Crowell and Comptroller Warwick.
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Associated Press
Washington
Comptroller
Dent
House Military Committee
Baker
Congress
Crowell
Warwick
Georgia official killed while hunting in Greensboro
Judge C. Hart, Georgia state tax commissioner of gin, died by accidental self inflicted gunshot while hunting near Greensboro. The incident occurred on December 7 in Georgia.
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Georgia
Atlanta
C. Hart
Sear
Greensboro
Keep Him Smiling to Fill Mobile Christmas Stockings
A call urging readers to be Santa Claus to Mobile’s needy children this Christmas. The piece invites donations to ensure every stocking is filled by December 25, promising immense personal reward in giving. It emphasizes many homes will lack Santa this year and urges immediate offerings.
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Santa Claus
Mobile
Labor Adjuster Talks With Officials Over Alabama Dry Dock Dispute
Thomas E. Carroll of the Emergency Fleet Corporation met with Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding officials and union representatives to settle the 1200 iron workers' dispute. No progress reported. company stands firm on the Stock and Leonard accusation, with settlement aimed for Monday morning. Carroll arrived from New Orleans to mediate, but Friday's two hour session yielded no immediate resolution.
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Thomas E. Carroll
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Union Iron Workers
Alabama, Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company
Stock-Leonard
Carroll
Plate
With
The
Shipbuilding Company
William Fivans
Steel and Iey
Thomas FE. Carroll
Wake Adjustment Board
United States Shipping Board
Mer
New Orleans
Navy
Union
Violation of Liquor Statutes Charged in Arrest
Lonnie Kohn was arrested Saturday morning by Deputy Sheriffs Finest and Devise on the charge of violating the prohibition law. Officers found six half pints of whiskey in Kohns place on Joachim and Lipscombe streets.
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Lonnie Kohn
Finest
Devise
Kohn
Joachim and
Lipscombe
Reduced Rates Set to Boost Mississippi Freight to New Orleans
Director General McRoe authorized lower intrail and river rates between the northern Mississippi valley and New Orleans to stimulate freight traffic on the Mississippi River.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mississippi River
McRoe
Mississippi Valley
New Orleans
Medal of Honor Awarded to Pensacola Aviator
The Navy Department announced Chief Machinists' Mate Francis E. Ormisbee Jr. was awarded the Medal of Honor with a $100 gratuity for extraordinary heroism shown last September when a naval seaplane wrecked near Pensacola, Florida.
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Associated Press
Washingten
Navy Department
Francis E. Ormisbee, Jr
Naval Air Station
Pensacola
Fla
Camp Jackson to Lose Commander Danford Moves to Washington
Brigadier General Robert B. Danford, commanding Camp Jackson, will shortly depart for Washington to work in the office of the chief of field artillery. His successor as Camp Jackson commander has not been announced.
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Columbia
Robert B. Danford
Camp Jackson
Washington
Field Artillery
Mangin Praises Troops In Lorraine Campaign
General Mangin, commanding the French Tenth Army in Lorraine, issues an order of the day praising the troops’ discipline after the march through Alsace and Lorraine.
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Associated Press
Stavold
Lorraine
Mangin
Ion
Tenth Army
Alsace
Epidemic influenza fears rise in city and state
The News reports 144 influenza cases since December 1 with 42 new cases from Friday to Saturday and warns of unreported infections. City Health Officer and Mayor Crawford face calls to tighten reporting and epidemic prevention measures as Alabama officials head to Chicago for a national Public Health Association conference to discuss influenza response.
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Mnuuicipal
Board of Health
Vezi
Meass
Crawford
Chicago
Montgomery
Als
W. S. Welch
H. G. Perry
State Health Department
American Public Health Association
Alabama
Glenn Andrews
Robert Oleson
United States Public Health Service
President Wilson Enjoys Deck Walks Aboard George Washington
On the USS George Washington on December 6 President Wilson rested his voice and enjoyed a day of recreation. He spoke with naval officers and dignitaries including Jules Jusserrand and Count di Cellere as he prepares for ongoing peace talks and reviews ship operations. He read wireless dispatches and planned a shipboard inspection before leaving the vessel.
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George Washington
Associated Press
Wilson
Thennsylvania
Admiral Mayo
Mr. Wilson
Jules J.jusserand
United States
Count di Cellere
Washington
Lansing
Henry White
Ben
Winston Spencer Churchill
Health conditions improve in army camps this week
The War Department reports progress in army camps at home for the week ending November 29 as Spanish influenza remains widespread. New cases decline by 25 percent to about one thousand, with a slight uptick in pneumonia admissions.
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Washington
Dec
Subour
Two Hundred New Cases Reported in Charlotte
The health department reported about 2 new influenza cases in Charlotte for the 24 hours ending noon yesterday. Schools have been closed a week, the only restriction still in effect.
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Charlotte
Associated Press
Det
Health Department
Motorman Fined for Reckless Driving in Streetcar Crash
Motorman W. M. Catlett of Wilkinson street car was fined 310 or 20 days by the recorder for reckless driving after an accident with a truck at Wilkinson and Texas. Witnesses said the car traveled 26 mph. Catlett claimed 8 mph. He appealed and posted 100 bond. Nearby, Jesse Wilson paid 19 for nearly hitting J. B. Wilcox with a car at Government and Royal.
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W. M. Catlett
Wilkinson
The
Recorder
Jesse Wilson
J B Wilcox
Government
Royal Streets
T. Christian
Cerney Horton
Christian
Thatristian
Jewish Relief Fund Total Reaches 8500
Team captains report $4,400 collected toward a $20,000 quota for relief of Poland and Russia's starving populations. The drive continues next week as officials urge donations to aid over 20,000,000 people at risk of famine.
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Poland
Russia
Impersonator Charged With Posing as U S Officer
Jack Lee of Mobile was arrested by U S authorities for posing as a United States officer in connection with a seizure of a whiskey cargo from a vessel branded at Bon Secour.
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United States
Jack Lee
Mobile
U. S
U.S
Snvo
Bon Secour
Appeal for Help to Resist Bolshevik Invasion in Baltic Provinces
Livonia Esthonia and Courland councils appeal to Allied and neutral governments urging intervention against Bolshevik forces. Telegram from Copenhagen reports invasions with killings and arson. British warships reach Libau Lithuania as Paris dispatch cites Petit Journal As authority for entry at Keenuthornian government request.
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Associated Press
London
Livonia
Esthenia
Courland
Baltic
Coperhagen
Lavtdari
Pweek
Libau
Lithuania
Paria
Petit Journal
Cval
Gover Ent
Mohilev executes fourteen over counter revolution plot
Mohilev terrorist commission sentenced fourteen to death on pretext of uncovering a counter revolutionary plot. Notables named include Prince Kristoff and his two sisters, along with the Prince and Princess Sviatopolik Mirsky. The Mirskys had long diplomatic service, with a period in Washington.
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Spockholm
Mohilev
Petrograd
Prince Kristoff
Sviatopolik-Mirky
London
Prince Sviatopolk- Mirsky
Augelan
Washington
Child custody unites parents in Bayou la Patte case
Judge Price Williams in probate court granted custody of four month old child to the mother with both sides' counsel consenting. The father had taken the child to his mother's home and returned it after court citation. The couple were reunited in court through the judge's intervention.
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Price Williams
Harry J. Moore
Bayou la Pater
Moore
American Prisoners Released From German Camp In West Prussia
American soldiers were freed from a German prison camp in West Prussia and landed in Lith, Scotland, yesterday along with about one thousand British prisoners of war. Many of the POWs were reported in emaciated and pitiable condition.
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London
Vec
Americas
West Prussia
Lith
Scotland
Attempt on Portuguese Chief in Lisbon Misses Target
An unidentified man fired at Dr Sidonio Paes the president of Portugal in Lisbon on Friday December 6. The shot missed its mark and Paes’s aggressor was arrested.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Sidonio Paes
T of
Troops Are On Way to Home Ports
Five divisions were assigned to the American army of occupation advancing into Germany. The 2nd, 5th, 28th, 33rd and 79th divisions join the roster under General March with General Pershing confirming the roster and duties. About 200000 men released this week and ongoing demobilization speeds up. Transport ships Susquehanna Kalb Santa Anna sailings noted with sick and wounded aboard.
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Associated Press
Washington
Germany
Mareh
Pennsylvania
Illinois
National Guard
Maryland
District of Columbia
Michigan
Wise
Rainbow
National Guards
Kansas
Missouri
South Dakota
Nebraska
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
National
Joseph T. Dickman
Pershing
General March
92D
Coast Artillery
March
France
Susquehanna
Santa Anna
Kalb
de B
de Kalb
New York
Curry Charged With Forging Check in Mobile Case
Ben Walker Curry a Mobile attorney is under arrest in New Orleans on a federal grand jury indictment. The charge alleges he forged a government allotment check sent to a Black woman by a soldier.
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Ben Walker Curry
Mobile
New Orleans
Mobile Federal Court
Monhits Curry
Cec
Curry
Mrs Omer to Preach at Christian Church
Mrs Omer of Birmingham will preach the morning sermon at the First Christian Church with the topic The Christian Woman's Board of Missions. She is the city guest of Mrs A D Davis. Music by Cassidy and Tisdale enhances the program. Mrs Harmon will deliver the evening sermon on The Minority Report.
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New
Mm. v. Harmon
Cayman 16 Days Late in Salute to Peace
The Cayman Islands learned of the armistice on November 27, sixteen days after it was signed. Percy McTaggart reports the news reached Georgetown from Kingston Jamaica and sparked wild celebration as an old cannon was fired and a miles-long salute echoed.
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Cayman
Clayman Islands
Percy McTaggart
Kingston
Jamaicta
Georgetown
Man Fined For Carrying Liquor At A N Depot
Nathan Hogan, described as a negro, was fined 50 dollars and costs in inferior Criminal court Saturday for carrying liquor in his grip. A suitcase contained several bottles of whiskey at the A N depot Thursday night. Prohibition cases against William Adrams and John Broadus were continued due to the defendants’ illness.
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Nathan Hogan
A.N
Inferior Criminal Court
William Adrams
John Broadus
Plan to Carry Troops Home and Cargo to Europe
Senator Smith of South Carolina urged Secretary Baker to arrange regular cargo calls for returning American troops to Europe. Baker pledged to consult General Goethals about stopping at South Atlantic ports to load supplies without delaying troop transports.
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Associated Press
Washington
Europe
South Atlantic
Baker
Senator Smith
South Carolina
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
General Goethals
Gested
French Favor Trial for Kaiser May Be Held in France
Paris reports an international jury may try the former German emperor in France. Attorney General Lescouve has sent the murder charge from Madame Prieur to the justice ministry as admissible in French courts. In Amsterdam the Hamburg council president claims 20 bags of minted gold were sent to Amerongen for Wilhelm II.
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Paris
France
Matin
Lescouve
Ministry of Justice
Prieur
Sussex
Amsterdam
Hamburg Soldiers’ and Workers’ Council
Welser Zeitung
Hamburg
Amerongen
Holland
William Hohenzollern
Democratic Boss Linked to Hun Plot in America
A 1917 congressional record excerpt discusses a letter signed by German consul Oswicz in Chicago naming local Democratic boss Roger Sullivan as a key organizer in pro German efforts. The document cites Bernstorff papers, German intrigue, and a 1915 Archibald payment receipt among the evidence before the Foreign Relations committee.
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Roger Sullivan
Wilson
Teuton
Chicago
Wasshinetatene
On Committee
Veer Brewery
Oswitz
Sullivan
State Department
Bernstorff
Biglaski
United States
Department
Men Asked to Testify on German Influence Hearings
Telegrams reached the committee from men named on the important list released by German papers yesterday. Next Tuesday Professor Alfred Bushel Hart of Harvard will be heard. Bielaski testified that Theodore E Low of the National Courier received 8000 dollars from the Germans during the paper’s run. He also said Louis Garthe of the Baltimore American contributed to the Courier without the Baltimore paper’s management knowledge.
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Foreign Office
Bernatorf
Marcus Braun
Times
Huntington
Wright
T. B. Low
Bielaski
J. J. Archibald
Germany
Archibald
Ore
Alfred Bushell Hart
Harvard
National Courier
Washington
Theodore E Low
Bielaski Slo
Louis Garthe
Balltimore American
The
Courier
American
Lloyd George recalls Wilson cable urging 120000 troops
Premier Lloyd George told a 3000 strong audience about his telegram to President Wilson urging rapid American aid in World War I. He cited Wilson’s reply to send ships and equip 120000 infantry and machine gunners, noting 900000 men crossed and 1000008 were carried by the British mercantile service.
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Wilson
Europe
Lloyd George
Mr. Lloyd George
Hans
Eassiess
British Mercantile Marine
U S Arsenal Can Make 18 Inch Guns
Washington December 7 The Watervliet New York arsenal is equipped to manufacture guns up to 18 inch calibre Major General C C Williams chief of ordnance said in his annual report to the secretary of war No details were given on whether construction of this large ordnance is planned Progress has been made to erect nitrate plants to free the country from Chilean supply Production from one of the four months will soon reach 22000 tons per year
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New York
Marcharmegne
BAT Bat
Congress
National Guard
National Army
Ines
General Pershing
Army of Occupation
Luxembourg
March
Montmedy
St. Mihiel
Longuyon
Neccasar
Associated Press
Washington
Army Arsenal
Watervliet
N. Y
C. C. Willames
Secretary of War
Allies To Ask Holland For Strip Of Territory
COPENHAGEN Dec 7 There was a lively exchange of shots killing sixteen and wounding fifteen when soldiers parade in Berlin as a demonstration against not being represented on the executive council of the soldiers and workers refused to disperse according to reports from Berlin today.
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Copenhagen
Fiffteen
Berlin
Spartacus Group In Bersin Excitement Over Copenhagen Telegram
London dispatch reports Great excitement among Spartacus radicals in Bersin as the executive committee of the soldiers and workers council received a telegram from Copenhagen. The government states it did not order arrests and promises the committee’s release.
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Associated Press
London
Spartacus
Bersin
Copenhagen
Dutch to intern Kaiser or exile him to a colony
Amsterdam dispatch reports the Netherlands open to interning former Kaiser Wilhelm or handing him to Allied authorities. Holland may house him on an island in the East or West Indies under Dutch guard and seek compensation for neutrality violations during the German retreat from Belgium.
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London
Holland
Amsterdam
K. Ia
Hohenzollern and Son
West Indies
German Cabinet Debates Allied Berlin Occupation
Berlin meeting of the German cabinet discussed the possibility of Allied troops occupying Berlin due to Germany's alleged failure to meet armistice terms. London dispatch notes the congress shifted decision making to accommodate the Allies.
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Berlin
Associated Press
London
Germany
Express
British Troop Entry Reported in Cologne at 4 PM
Amsterdam dispatch notes British two entered Cologne at four oclock in the afternoon as part of ongoing World War II reporting.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
Cologne
Britain seeks forty billion indemnity from Germany
The Daily Mail reports Britain and dominions seek about 40 billion sterling in war indemnity from Germany. It would amount to around 100,000,000 pounds per year for the empire. A committee led by Baron Cunliffe and Mr Hughes prepared the proposal, with a report due by Saturday. The French claim is expected to exceed Britain’s.
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Associated Press
London
Germany
Britain
Daily Mail
Great Britain
Hughes
Baron Cunliffe
Eengland
Cipal
The
American Officers Reach Coblenz After Talks
Five American officers arrived in Coblenz and met with the burgomaster local German commander and authorities. The Coss newspaper notes the last German troops will depart Coblenz on Saturday.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
Ame
Coblenz
Eezette
Coblena
Berlin Rescinds Disarmament of Returning Soldiers
Central News dispatch from London reports Berlin has revoked its orders to disarm troops returning from abroad. The government acts ahead of potential unrest as military relocations continue.
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Berlin
Associated Press
London
Aceisios
Army orders nine million pounds of candy announced
The War Office announced a nine million pound candy order for the army with a large portion to be rushed overseas for supply to the force. The document also noted a quantity of 565,000 pickles among other provisions.
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ARMY
Associated Press
Washington
Opel
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G.S. Linning
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James H. Glennon
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H. G. Grimley
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Mackensen
Labor Adjuster
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