Grand Jury Praises Mobile County Law and Order
The December term grand jury reports respect for law in Mobile County. It notes a small jail population, few grievous cases, clean jail, well treated prisoners, and proper meals. It lists 36 true bills, six days of session, 56 cases docketed, 78 witnesses examined, and urges treasurer filing system and school improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Mobile County
Grand
W. W. Reed
Joseph O. Muscat
Percy D. Pettus
Lee Smith
Antoine J. Bender
William G. Chandler
Zack E. Agee
John W. Lauber
Emmett L. Gentry
Theo. 8. Moore
Sylvester Agee
Delchamps
Onie Carley
Whistler
Ernest George
Thomas E. Kelly
Crichton
Matt Keegan
Walter L .Campbell
Citronelle
Walker W. Mills
Gulfcrest
Frank Pees
P. D. Pettus
T. 5S. Moore
Walter L. Campbell
Warship Jacob Jones Sunk By U-Boat In Night Torpedo Strike
The destroyer Jacob Jones, a new submarine hunter, was sunk in the North Atlantic tonight after a torpedo hit from a U-boat. About 60 crewmen are believed lost, with 37 rescued in lifeboats as the ship patrolled the sea in icy winter conditions.
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Jacob Jones
Sims
David Worth Bagley
Josephus Daniels
Secretary of the Navy
Admiral Sims
Bagley
Jones
Sip
Nees
North Atlantic
Washington
Poor asylum inspection notes repairs and fire equipment needs
A committee found overall good building conditions at the poor asylum with plaster fallen in the white female wing. They urge repairs and replacement of damaged fire hose and improved fire equipment. The report lists 73 inmates by race and gender and the grand jury urged release for three prisoners including Eli Cash er, Jesse Haywood, and Reuben Henderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eli Casher
Jesse Haywood
Reuben Henderson
Mysterious Fire Destroys Federal Warehouse in Chicago
Chicago December 8 A government leased warehouse for the army medical division burned today in a blaze of unknown origin. Explosions followed as chemicals stored inside reacted, causing several smaller blasts.
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Federal Warehouse
Chicago
Associated Press
Army
Steamer M. A. Burke Departs on Tombigbee Trip
The river steamer M. A. Burke left at 1 pm with a general cargo for a Tombigbee run to Demopolis. The Burke Packet Company expects the Peerless to sail next Tuesday for Selma and other landings if repairs are finished.
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M. A. Burke
Tombigbee
Demopolis
Burke Packet Company
Peerless
Selma
Bishop Indicted on First Degree Murder Charge
Noah Bishop surrendered at the police station last Monday and admitted shooting William Florence. The grand jury indicted him for murder in the first degree. He was moved to the county jail and will be arraigned next week in circuit court with self defense as his plea.
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Noah Bishop
William Florence
Bishop
Revolt Reported in Lisbon Capital
Madrid dispatch says a revolution has broken out in Lisbon Portugal with reports of further unrest in Porto and Tuy. The message notes widespread disorder and potential actions by revolutionary groups.
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Associated Press
Madrid
Lisbon
Portuge
Oporto
Tuy
Rto
Daniels Commends Orleans Naval Guard Bravery
Washington December 8 Secretary Daniels commended W F Eisenhardt of the naval guard on the American steamer Rochester sunk by a submarine for gallantry during the vessel abandonment He refused to board a lifeboat until sure his commander was safe then joined the last boat his craft reached the Irish coast after five days Eisenhardt 21 is son of John E Eisenhardt 2314 Gravier New Orleans.
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Associated Press
Washington
W. F. Eisenhardt
Naval Guard
Rochester
Daniels
Irish
Eisenhardt
John E. Eisenhardt
Gravier Street
New Orleans
U S Officers Rounding Up Aliens Here
Federal authorities in Mobile are rounding up Germans Austrians and other aliens under the alien enemy act. Five are in custody four in the city jail and Karl Fredericks is under surveillance due to family illness. Inquiries tie some to local shipyards land purchases near Fairford Washington county and a Hungarian named George Majorossy. A man with a German army medal and firearms were found in a resident's home and Paul Luft was arrested at the water front for operating without a permit in forbidden territory.
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Mobile
Karl Fredericks
Fredericks Re- Fieberg
Albert Lehm
Otto Linkins
Federal Building
Fairford
Washington County
George Majorossy
Secret Service
Smith & Wesson
Gvernment
Paul Luft
Baltimore Street
Americans Forced to Leave Jerusalem
Reuters dispatch from British army headquarters in Palestine says all American citizens in Jerusalem have been moved south and east. About six hundred American Jews resided in Palestine with six hundred more left behind amid reported misery as families of naturalized men were brought out last fall.
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Associated Press
London
Jerusalem
Reuter
Palestine
United States
Tey
Recruiting Station Remains Open Sunday
Navy recruit station chief turret captain B Groot announces the federal building office will stay open Sunday from 9 am to 5 pm for men seeking naval service information and enlistment details.
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Lx B.groot
Navy
Federal
Naval Service
Weather forecast for Alabama and Mississippi
Forecast shows fair weather in Alabama tonight and Sunday with colder air tonight near the coast and freezing temperatures along the shoreline. Mississippi will see clear conditions tonight and Sunday with similarly colder air and freezing temperatures reaching the coast.
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Associated Press
Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Cold Wave Heads South After Gale Hits Mobile
A southwest gale reaching 43 mph in Mobile precedes a southward cold wave expected to drop temperatures to 26 degrees tonight. Local weather observer warns truck farmers and growers to protect crops from the freeze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Snowbound Halifax Struggles Amid Blizzard After Disaster
A north country snow storm and gale grip Halifax Nova Scotia for 24 hours hindering relief trains from Am herst. The Massachusetts relief train stalls in heavy drifts as fires and an explosion leave buildings damaged. Survivors and volunteers care for the injured and homeless while counting the dead.
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Halifax
N.S
Massachusetts
Amherst
Dartmouth
Pensacola Winds Reach 56 MPH Amid Gulf Storm Warnings
Gusts along the gulf coast prompted storm warnings on Friday. In Pensacola the wind reached 56 miles per hour, with trees blown down in parts of the city and minor damage reported after midnight as warnings persisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf Coast
Pensacola
Snowstorm disrupts US Northeast, forecast continues
A major snow system blanketed the northeast as far south as the gulf coast. Forecasters predict continued snow tonight and tomorrow with cold waves and storm warnings extending from Jacksonville to Eastport Me.
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Washington
Gulf
Weather Bureau
Tennessee
East Gulf
South Atlantic
Kentucky
Ohio Valley
Gulf Coast
Mississippi
Atlantic
Jacksonville
Fla
Eastport
Exemption Board Appeals For Help In Draft Name Checks
The Southern district of Alabama seeks volunteers to process draftee lists. Officials at the federal building report many name cards require alphabetical sorting and vowel-based arrangement. With a December 15 deadline for questionnaires, a larger workforce is urged. fifteen boards in the district face about 45 000 names, mobile boards over 7 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Board
Southern District of
Alabama
Federal
Wilson
Mobile
Ecuador severes diplomatic ties with Germany
The Republic of Ecuador announces it has severed diplomatic relations with Germany. The official government statement released in Guayaquil on December 8 confirms the break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic OF Ecuador
Germany
Associated Press
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Reckless Driving Cases Dismissed in Conti Conception Collision
Klein and F Muntz were arrested for reckless driving after a collision at Conti and Conception streets. The recorder dismissed the cases today finding no criminal negligence shown by the evidence.
Money orders stolen in Louisiana post office
The Post Office Department in Washington announces that blank domestic money order forms numbered 776 to 800 were stolen from the post office at Sondheimer Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Postoffice Department
Washington, D. C
Sondheimer
Bank Clearings Show Decrease For Week In New York
The clearing house banks and trust companies report weekly condition with a reserve of 99,044,510 dollars in excess of legal requirements, a drop of 53,077,040 dollars from the prior week.
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Associated Press
New York
City face grim losses after disaster as relief runs short
Citizens finance committee estimates 20 000 destitute in the devastated area, with nearly 4 000 dwellings destroyed. Losses and maintenance may reach 30 million dollars. Food is scarce and famine could follow if communication does not resume. Milk is nearly unavailable while thousands search wreckage for victims. dead estimated at 2 900 and injured 3 000 or more.
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Citizens’ Finance Committee
After Explosion Care Grows Across Nova Scotia
Hospitals and improvised wards overflow with wounded as doctors and nurses work nonstop. The academy of music and theaters host the injured while newspaper offices become information hubs. The city clerk lists dead and missing as relief arrives from Nova Scotia and Canada. Sir Robert Borden arrives with Dominion resources to aid the city.
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Academy of Music
United States
Nova Scotia
Canada
Robert Borden
Dominion
Luxburg Ships to Germany After Bergen Arrival
A Copenhagen dispatch reports Count von Luxburg, ex German minister to Argentina, has landed at Bergen aboard the Bergensfjord and continued on toward Germany.
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Luxburg
Bergen
Germany
Lon
Copenhagen
Count von Luxburg
Argentina
Bergensfjord
Belgian steamer Ambiori sunk in collision
The Belgian steamship Ambiori of 1 444 tons gross was sunk in the English Channel after colliding with the Norwegian steamer Primo. The Ambiori crew were brought in by patrol boats while the Primo sustained bow damage.
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Associated Press
Havre
Ambiori
English Channel
Primo
13 Point Decline in Mobile Spot Market
The local spot cotton market fell 13 points from yesterday, closing at 24.75 with no sales. Officials blamed the decline on the cotton exchange and possible overbought staple conditions.
Means Testified He Took German Funds in King Murder Case
Gaston B. Means testified in Concord at his murder trial that he received substantial money from German interests including a $7000 payment in thousand dollar bills. He said he did detective work for Germans before U.S. entry into World War I and that funds came from a man named Heller at the Manhattan Hotel in New York starting December 1914.
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Associated Press
Concord
N. C
Gaston B. Means
Maude A. King
Means
United States
Heller
Manhattan
New York
Teutons Press Italian Lines Amid Asiago Fighting
The Italian northern front between Asiago and the Brenta is under heavy Austro German pressure led by Feldmarschall Conrad von Hoetzendorf. Vienna reports 16 000 Italian captives while Berlin cites four thousand more prisoners as Monte Sisemol falls three miles east of Asiago. A lull near Cambrai follows British gains north of La Vacquierie and Graincourt. An estimated 250 000 German troops participated in Cambrai operations.
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Washington
Associated Press
America
Austria-Hungary
Asiago
Brenta
Fielt Marenell
Conrad von Hoetzendorf
Wilson
Italy
Monte Sisemol
Berlin
Vienna
Cambrai
la Vacquierle
Graincourt
France
Artillery Fighting on Meuse Front Reported by Official
Paris dispatch notes heavy artillery on the right bank of the Meuse between Bezonvaux and Beaumont and near Hill 344. The Germans attempted a raid south of Senones but were repulsed completely. The rest of the front remained comparatively quiet overnight.
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Paris
Meuse
Bezonvaux
Beaumont
Senones
Dr. A D Melvin Dies in Washington Chief of Animal Industry
Dr A D Melvin longtime leader against foot and mouth disease in the United States died at his Washington home from pulmonary hemorrhage He was noted as the government's foremost figure in cattle disease control and was in his 60s years old.
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A. D. Melvin
Animal Industry
Washington
Associated Press
Bureau of Animal Industy
Fort Smith Unions Strike in Sympathy with Hello Girls
In Fort Smith Arkansas a general sympathy strike began with operators of the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company on strike for two and a half months. Hakers carpenters plasterers cigar makers sheet metal workers paper hangers paners of all building trades men quit work except brick layers.
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Associated Press
Fort Smith, Ark
Southwestern Hell Telephone Company
Hakers
Ten thousand men needed in air service
The Chamber of Commerce received word from the aeronautical office in Charleston that the air service requires ten thousand expert mechanics. Circulars have been sent for posting and for distribution by merchants with business mailings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Aeronautical Office
Charleston
S&s C
Air Service
Alimony Nonpayment Leads to Jail for Eugene Wilson
Eugene Wilson was fined $60 and court costs by Judge Norville R. Leigh for failing to pay $100 in alimony to his wife. He will remain jailed until the alimony is provided as ordered by the equity court.
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Eugene Wilson
Norville R. Leigh
Wilson
Former Czar Escapes Says U S Officials
Washington reports a rumor from the American consul at Tiflis that the former czar of Russia has escaped. The message gives no details and confirms no confirmation. No other news from Russia today.
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Tiflis
Trotzky
Associated Press
Washington
Dec
Russia
No Details In Naval Report On Submarine Attack
The report offers no specifics but notes prior patterns linking submarine success to opportunities and CIA meetings rather than submarine skill. It suggests a torpedo likely struck a destroyer, causing rapid sinking with no survivors from the hull. Survivors used rafts and life boats in the icy darkness as the ship went down.
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Naval
CIA
Rescue record of Jacob Jones saves 305 from Orama sinking
The Jacob Jones rescued 305 crewmen from the Orama after a torpedo attack by a submarine. The Orama was sunk during a convoy escort near dusk, with the Jacob Jones and another ship remaining nearby until all survivors were accounted for. Ten survivors’ names are listed.
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K. Richards
Nelson N. Gates
L. L. Adamkiewicz
C E. Pierce
Timot Twomey
John C. J Man
Henry C. Stutzke
Mac
Edward F. Grady
John J. Mulvaney
Ron Flood
Jacob Jones
Orama
P. O
Jacob J
Finnish Republic Proposal Put Before the Landtag
Stockholm Dec 58 The Finnish senate submits a plan to form a republic with a six year presidential term. The first presidential election would occur January 15 with the president taking office April 15 and the premier serving as head of the republic initially.
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Stockholm
Landta
Senate
Finland
U S Promises Prompt Pay For Army Supplies
Advices from Washington indicate grain and hay dealers will be paid promptly for meat products and supplies handled by them. The Council of National Defense has General Thomas Cruse designated as payments officer for all supplies and seeks local information on any issues in payment processes.
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Washington
DD. C
Chamber of Commerce
Council of National Defense
Thomas Cruse
Besser
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