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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1916
Page
1
President Wilson heads home from Hot Springs delaying honeymoon to confront a developing foreign relations crisis after the sinking of the Persia and Glengyle. Officials weigh Austrian responsibility and seek full facts as casualties rise and diplomacy tightens.
W A Jameison of Denver, once a Civil War corporal who escaped Andersonville, was appointed announcer in the United States District Court. His death date is recorded as August 2 1864 with a tombstone No 4590 at Andersonville National Cemetery.
London dispatches report heavy fighting on the southern Russian front as General Ivanoff’s army gains ground beyond the Stripa river. Austrian initial failures give way to Russian offensive momentum threatening Balkan operations and impacting Romania while Central Powers weigh an attack on Salonika amid Bulgarian hesitation.
The Ford Palace Expedition received German permission to travel to The Hague through Germany with strict conditions. The party, to depart Copenhagen next Friday, must travel in a sealed train and touch no German soil. No papers or camera gear may be carried. most baggage will be sent back to the United States.
Seven states including South Carolina, Iowa, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Arkansas go dry at midnight. Saloons and many liquor houses close. Oregon bans all liquor sales. residents face limits on personal purchases. In South Carolina, dispensaries shut and officials await stock disposition with 125000 dollars in liquor left. Governor Manning vows strict enforcement.
Washington Jan 3 arrangements are under way for the funeral of Justice Joseph Rucker Lamar who died last night at age fifty eight. He would have completed five years on the Supreme Court bench at noon today. The burial will be at his former home in Augusta Georgia. The court adjourned in respect and may accompany the body to Augusta departure Tuesday afternoon. President Wilson is expected to appoint Lamar's successor soon as cases are pending. The funeral will be held Wednesday after the body reaches Augusta with Justices Pitney Van Devanter and McReynolds accompanying the remains.
Joseph R. Lamar, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, died at his Washington home after months of illness. A Taft appointee in 1910, he was 58 and had served five years on the bench. Born October 14, 1857 in Georgia, he rose from state politics to the Georgia Supreme Court and later to the federal high court, respected for integrity and incisive opinions.
A mob of about fifty white men chased three black men into Anderson County South Carolina on Sunday and lynched two named Simms. The victims reportedly attacked a young white girl near Brown's Ferry on the Savannah River. The two bodies were taken to Anderson for investigation.
Paris Jan 3 Swiss and Italian press dispatches say Emperor William is seriously ill. One dispatch claims a successful operation was performed last Wednesday but the exact nature of the complication is not disclosed.
Rome reports all port and dock laborers are under military control to curb wage-driven strikes amid efforts to map large quantities of merchandise and war materiel from multiple ports. The note recalls a U S mediation role at Niagara Falls in 1914.
Four negroes were shot to death and two burned alive in Early county as posses hunted the slayers of Henri Villipique farm overseer on the River plantation. Sheriff Howell led the pursuit with white casualties and additional fights reported as the day wore on.
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