Influenza measures set by Mobile city commissioners
Mobile officials re enacted an October influenza ordinance amid 89 cases reported that day. The health committee urged broad restrictions, including limiting passengers per car, closing schools and theaters, and suspending certain refreshments. No deaths yet. total cases since December 1 reported at 322. Public health guidance urged ventilation and cleanliness.
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City Commission
Mobile
Committee of Public Health
D. T. McCall
Tomorow
Board of Health
Health Committee
McCall
Parade of Shriners Through Rainy Streets
Absa Temple Nobles of the Mystic Shrine led a parade through downtown streets despite rain and threatening weather. The ceremonial session followed, with a large class to be invested and the Grane corps to participate. Jerusalem Temple of New Orleans invited Absa Temple to attend the dedicatory camellia at their new mosque on December 27, with a ceremonial session set for that date.
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AbSa Temple
Grani Corps
Abba Tempele
Jerusalem Temple
New Orleans
Kaiser Writes Book In His Own Defense
London Dec 16 Former German emperor William Hohenzollern met with two German international law experts at Amerongen who he says will contribute to a forthcoming work. The dispatch notes the experts’ arrival and departure in a confidential manner and hints at a planned publication explaining his actions during the war.
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Associated Press
London
William Hohenzollern
Sassad
Ameronvan
Whem
the Express
P Perts
Amerongen
Hoherzollern
Szetker
Ted Devore
Harbor plan adds 600000 for Mobile deepening project
The rivers and harbors committee tentatively agreed to an additional 100000 dollars for Mobile's 30 foot channel work and maintenance, bringing the total potential annual appropriation to 600000 if Congress accepts the report. Senators Bankhead and Underwood and the Mobile Chamber of Commerce backed the extra funding during talks in Washington.
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Mobile
Congress
Rivers and Harbors Committee
Washington
Senate
Bankhead
General Taylor
Engineer Department
Bankhead and Underwood
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
McAdoo
Prison Camp Letter Describes German Front Conditions
Lieutenant Paul F. Baer of Chicago writes from a German prison camp on October 6 1918 to his father describing Allied advances on the Western Front. He notes Germany’s hardships under Red Cross food limits and weather, expresses optimism about eventual victory, and hopes for news from home.
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Germany
Paul F. Baer
Ohile
Escadrille
Red. Cross
States
France
Paul
Businessmen Invited to Join Alabama Association
Merchants and manufacturers were invited to a Chamber of Commerce meeting at 3:30 PM to hear Ben K. Stroud of Birmingham discuss forming an Alabama association to promote foreign trade after the war. Stroud, who arrived Monday, planned to outline the group’s aims and potential statewide branches to develop Alabama export business through Mobile's port.
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Mobile
Chamber of Commerce
Ben K. Stroud
Birmingham
Alabama
Stroud
Obile
Bowen Contest Case Continued By Court
In Mobile County the Bowen contest to William H. Holbe Jr for sheriff continued in probate court as attorney Thomas F. Stevens was ill. Bowen claims Holcombe overspent on campaign expenses violating the law. Holcombe denies the charge and argues Bowen not qualified as a county elector.
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William H. Holbe,Jr
Mobile County
Joseph G. Bowen
Thomas F. Stevens
Stevens, McCorvey & McLeod
Holcombe
Bowen
Case of Richardson Set For Thursday
Henry Richardson of Spring Hill area faced federal charges of harboring a deserter. The case, heard by Federal Commissioner J I Burgett, was reset for Thursday. U S marshals and a Mobile County deputy sheriff had searched the western Mobile County area for Peter Richardson and two other deserters.
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Henry Richardson
Spring Hill
J. I. Burgett
Peter Richardson
Uty
Mobile County
Cabman Charged Under Liquor Law in State and Jefferson Case
Police report says cabman was found intoxicated with a half pint of whiskey in possession. Officer Tienane McLaurin arrested him at State and Jefferson as violations of liquor laws were recorded.
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Cabman
Sontie Pee
Pol
Tienane McLaurin
State
Jefferson
Pell
Weather Forecast Digest for Alabama and Mississippi
Weather summary reports partly cloudy conditions for Alabama tonight and Wednesday with local rains in port and central areas. Cooler temperatures expected Wednesday and tonight in northern portions. Mississippi forecast calls for partly cloudy skies tonight and Wednesday, with colder air in the north and central regions.
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Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Noted churchmen arrive in Mobile for reception
His excellency Reverend John Bonzano papal delegate to the United States and Archbishop D J Dougherty with Bishop P J Hayes are expected in Mobile at 10 tonight. They will be welcomed at the station by city priests and a Knights of Columbus guard of honor and escorted to Bishop Allen's residence. A reception for the distinguished guests and Bishop M J Curley will be held from 8 to 9 30 at the Government and Franklin streets parlor with invitation extended to all denominations.
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John Bonzano
D.D
United States
Mobile
D. J. Dougherty
Philadelphia
P. J. Hayes
Catholic Army and Navy
The
Knights of Columbus
Allen
Bonzano
Wadas
M. J. .Curley
St. Augustine
Fla
Government and
Franklin Streets
Arlington City Commission Receives Monthly Police Report
The November police department report shows 1 824.65 in fines 419 arrests and 219 renewals plus labor and electric work. Estimate No. 7 for Arlington pier work was approved for 9 191.26. Humane officer upkeep set at 7.50 monthly. A tungsten streetlight was ordered at Old Government and Williams streets.
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Police Department
Iity Commission
Chesley, Heimbach & Earl
Arlington Pier
Lyons
Old Government Street
Williams Street
Helsing Monument Company
Morris
Harrison Guilty of Assaulting Agent
In circuit court on Tuesday Thofas F Harrison was found guilty of assaulting officer Ray Parsons of the Self Preservation Loyalty League. The jury acquitted him on lighter counts after an argument over the work or fight rule on Royal Street. Other cases included Louis Kohn’s continued prohibition charge due to illness, Jim Harris found guilty of assault and battery with $100 costs, Willie Perry’s case abated by death, Marion Turner given ten days for petit larceny, and Jim Nevins with abusive language and concealed weapon charges remaining unresolved.
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Thofas
F. Harrison
Ray Parsons
Self-Preservation Loyalty League
Royal Street
Palmer
Louis Kohn
Jim Harris
Ove
Willie Perry
Marion Turner
Jim Nevins
Fines Fixed in Motor Trolley Smash Case
Neely Browning was fined $25 or 25 days by the recorder after a collision between a street car and an automobile driven by Edward Murray at Es lava and Royal streets. Murray was acquitted on the disorderly conduct charge. Browning’s arrest followed by others, with Bond for one defendant fixed at $200 on appeal.
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Neely Browning
Recorder
Edward Murray
Eslava
Royal Streets
Gstr
Browning
Murray
F. H. Brunson
Browniel
Two Alleged Robbers Put Under Five Hundred Bond
Cephas Olmes and Julius Miller were committed to the county jail on robbery charges by Justice E G Bradley. They could not meet a $500 bond. Miller was reportedly drinking when he left a train and was robbed of $76 by the two men. They deny the charge.
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Cephas Olmes
Julius Miller
Justice of the Peace
E. G. Bradley
Chinchula
William Miller
Miller
de My Pperitis
Hearst warned to stop Hale Hearst warned to stop Hale
Senate hearing excerpts reveal internal Hearst communications urging action to curb pro German influence and influence on U S policy. Papers show messages between Hearst associates in New York and Berlin aligned with antiwar sentiment and calls to run flag imagery in editions.
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Itor
Associated Press
Washington
Berlin
McKinley
Hale
New York
van Hamm
W. R. Hearst
Palmer
Fla
Senate
Brewer
Omnes
America
Hearst
Palvalie
Germany
New York American
William Bayard Hale
United States
Rhine country may declare a republic
Dec 1 report from Cologne notes factions clash over Rhineland and Westphalia governance after a radical social Democrat meeting seeded a possible separate republic of Northwest Germany. Conservatives favor a united Germany while radicals resist the Prussian regime and debate full separation.
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Acconiaten Emer
Cologne
Rhineland
Westphalia
Germany
Gerlin
Recorder proposes costs on nonprosecution in court cases
Recorder D H Edington urged the chief of police to draft an ordinance forcing those who refuse to prosecute a cease against a defendant to pay court costs, suggesting a fixed three dollar amount. A disorderly conduct charge against an electrician, John L, was dismissed as trivial.
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D. H. Edington
Lyric Theater
John L
Sheets
Leon
Soldiers land at Boston tonight aboard Canopic
The White Star liner Canopic will reach quarantine around 4 p.m. tonight with about a portion of troops aboard. Wireless reports indicate the ship is bringing units trained for service and heading to Boston for arrival.
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Boston
Canopic
Wireless
Phag
Efom
Fame
Here’s the Boy Christmas Appeal for Mobile Tots
The piece urges readers to become Santa Claus for Mobile children. It describes a boy pictured with Christmas want and asks donations to the Christmas tree fund. Two weeks remain before Christmas and over two thousand children may have their faith shaken without support.
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Weil
Santa Claus
Christmas Tree Fund
Mobile
Mobile aviator Scott Thompson to begin cross country flight
Lieutenant Scott Thompson of Carlstrom Field Arcadia Florida was scheduled to depart Caristrom Field at six this morning on a cross country night flight ending in Mobile. Arrangements were made for a landing near Ann and Tennessee streets with an observer aboard. Thompson, a Mobile native and former Southern Express money clerk, joined the air service at war’s start and will stay in Mobile for two days of exhibition flights.
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Scott Thompson
Mobile
Caristrom Field
Arcadia
Fla
Moranile
Oaltgomery
Merialan
Ann and
Tennessee
Thompson
Southern Express Company
Carlstrom Field
Inoculation Urged as Flu Preventative
Dr K B C Rosenow of Rochester urges inoculation as a preventive at the American Public Health Association meeting in Chicago. He cites Rochester figures showing nine influenza cases per thousand after inoculation vs 220 per thousand for nonvaccinated and 1.8 pneumonia per thousand vs 14 per thousand without treatment. Over twenty thousand people received three inoculations with far lower death rates.
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Associated Press
Chicago
KB. C., Rosenow
Rochester
Inn
American Public Health Association
Blue
United States Public Emith Service
Kovenow
Rosehow
Hitchcock Defends Embargo Fight in Senate
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska defended his mention among embargo advocates during a senate hearing on German propaganda. He said German records included many public names and warned against attributing views to others, noting overreach in the record-keeping.
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Washington
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Foreign Relations
Senate
Senate Judicia Committee
Harvard Red
Albert Bushnell Hart
Yard
Probe into league activities led by Pat Harrison
The speaker's committee to investigate security tongue and activities in recent elections includes four Democrats Johnson Kentucky Harrison Denon Saunders Virginia Car away Arkansas and three Republicans Towner Iowa Revis Nebraska Walsh Massachusetts Representative Towner declined due to a family illness.
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Washington
Dec
Johnson
Kentucky
Harrison
Denon Yes
Curry Makes Bond On Federal Charge
Mobile attorney Ben Walker Curry was arrested in New Orleans on a federal indictment alleging he forged a government check. He was brought back to Mobile and released on bond for his court appearance after a grand jury convened in Mobile.
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Ben Walker Curry
Mobile
New Orléans
Liberty
Cee
Curay
American forces take Coblenz under full Allied control
Coblenz comes under complete military control by American forces with municipal cooperation. The 89th Infantry arrived to guard arsenals and storehouses after the German evacuation. Sentries posted on Rhine bridges and calm reception noted as residents felt safer with the Americans in charge. In Berlin, Philip Scheidemann warns the government risks a powder keg crisis amid pi group attacks.
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Coblenz
Rhine
89Th Infantry
Treves
Cob Jenz
Berlin
Philip 5Mann
Scheidemann
Former German Emperor Hohenzollern Attempted Suicide
London Dec 10 report says William Hohenzollern attempted to take his own life after a mental decision. The Leipsic Tageblatt notes a dispatch noting his retinue prevented the act, and that a wound was received in the incident.
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London
William Hohenzollern
Hag
Herr
Americans Reach Rhine in World War II Advance
Washington reports General Pershing states the American Third Army has reached the Rhine, advancing from Rolandseck to Brehl and continuing toward a line including Bonn and Mainz. Berlin sources claim Germany will postpone surrender of locomotives to February 1.
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United States
Gettter
Germany
Bereruns
América
Washington
Frederick the Great
Ultraworld
France
Rhine
Persh
Third
Rolandseek
Brehl
Rolandseck-Brohl-Wassenach-Manstermaifeld-Rheinbollen
Amsterdam
Lokal Anzeiger
Berlin
Foeh
Dutch General Met Kaiser at Spa Before Flight
Paris dated report says Spa city council has documentary evidence proving a Dutch general met the former German emperor before his flight into Holland. Matin adds that the reception of the crown prince and his suite at the Dutch frontier was a mere comedy.
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Spa
Paris
Holland
Rhine
Pershing
Prince Henry Proclaims Royalist Party in Germany
Reports from Holland say Prince Henry of Prussia brother of the former German emperor has proclaimed the establishment of a royalist party in Germany in Paris on December 10.
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Prince Henry
Paris
Prince Henry of
Prussia
Germany
Holland
Cabinet Members to Join Wilson at Peace Meet
Industrial members of President Wilsons war cabinet will travel with him to Paris as a unit to serve as advisers on economic industrial and reconstruction issues at the peace conference. Communication with Wilson at sea remains limited with few matters needing his attention.
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Wilson
Washington
White House
Pares
Paris
Europe
Marshal
Kent Wilson
British Troops Restore Order in Cologne After Riots
British advance guard arrives in Cologne to restore order after days of unrest and looting following the withdrawal of German troops. Burgomaster cites food shortage and nerves as factors. police and citizen guards helped quell clashes amid bloodshed. Further details on Page Continuation.
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Cologne
Pte Nees
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Committee On Public Health
Charles A. Mohr
Virgil Griffin
United States District Court
Southern District of
Selma
R. T. Ervin
Kaiser
Paul Baer
Richardson
Miladelphia
Arlington
Amenge
Empresas of
Britain
Atlantic
Ann Street
Pat Harrison
Probe League
Curry
George Washington
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