Jerusalem Falls to British Forces in World War I
London reports that Jerusalem, besieged by Ottoman and German forces for centuries, has fallen to British troops after a months long campaign. Andrew Bonar Law announced the recapture, marking the end of Ottoman rule and a strategic shift for Allied operations in the region.
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Associated Press
London
Andrew Bonar Law
Exchequer
House OF Ccommons
Jeru
Surf Renci
Jerusa
Medans
Mesroptan
Jetet
Revolt in Russia Reported as Don and Urals Rise
London dispatch says Bolshevik government reports a civil war with General Kaledines Korniloff Dutoff leading rebel forces supported by Constitutional Democrats. Don and Urals provinces see revolts and seizures of bread supplies. fighting threatens Moscow and Ekaterinoslav Kharkov.
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Associated Press
London
Kaledines
Karniloff
Dutoff
Karnuloff
Russia
Don Cossacks
Moscow
Ethetiabmsk
Orenburg
Caucasus
Karauloff
Tchechenrev
Constitutional Democratic Party
Congress of Workmen's
Congress of Peasants’ Deputies
Don
Ural
Rodziankos
Millinikoffs
Gutchkoffs
Konovaloff
Kaled
Constitutional Democrats
Bourgeois
Ukrainian Republic
Ukraine
Constituent Assembly
Korniloffs
Wilmington District Clergy Appointments for 1917 1918
North Carolina Methodist Conference announces appoints for 1917 1818 Wilmington District with J H Shore presiding elder and pastors assigned to Burgaw Chadbourn Shallotte Southport and Wilmington congregations among others Greeville NC dispatch special reports on Franklin Coates and Trinity College students listed with names like J H Miller B O Merritt and E W Glass. transfers include C R Campe to Western North Carolina Conference Continued on Page Eight)
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Greenville
N C
North Carolina Methodist Conference
Wilmington
J. H. Shore
Burgaw
L. M. Chaffin
Cavers Creek
W. J. Watson
Chadbourn
B. E. Stanfield
Clinton
D. L. Earnhardt
Faison
Warsaw
O. P. Fitzgerald
Hallsboro
J. C. Stroud
Jacksonville and
Richland
C. R. Campe
Durham
J. C. Wooten
Presiding Elder
Burlington
S. E. Mercer
W. F. Galloway
Brooksdale
J. A. Russell
Chapel Hill
E. H. Aetee
Branson
J. A. Marlin
Cataryne Heynert
Carr Memorial
Starling
Lakewood
B. C. Reavis
Durham—Memorial
H. M. North
Durham—trinity
C. J. Harrell
West Durham
W. C. Marlin
H. C. Smith
East Burlington—Fe
C. Glenn
East Roxboro
Longhurst
I. L. Shaver
Graham D. E. Earnhardt
Hillsboro
M. W. Hester
Leasboro
R. E. Atkinson
Mebane
R. F. Boone
Milton
J. E. Blalock
Supreme Court Upholds Open Shop Rights in WV Coal
The Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 that employers may keep open shops and exclude unionized non members, allowing injunctions against labor unions in cases involving Hitchman Coal and Eagle Glass in West Virginia. Justices Brandeis Holmes and Clarke dissented.
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Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court
United Mine Workers of America
American Flint Glass Workers Union
Aed Dayton
West Virginia
Cain
Hitchman Coal and Coke Company
Eagle Glass Manufacturing Company
Brandeis Holmes and
Clarke
United Mine Workers
Revolt and Shifts Ripple Across Europe and Russia
Rebels led by Kaledines and Korniloff challenge the Bolshevik regime in Russia as Don region leaders and former officials consolidate power. Portugal forms a new cabinet after fighting in Lisbon. Anglo French troops take over Italian front sectors between Lake Garda and the Adriatic while Austro-German efforts pause.
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Portugal
Russia
Petrograd
Kaledines
Korniloff
Dutoff
European
Bolsheviks
Constitutional Democrats
Don Cossacks
Black Sea
Ural Mountains
Caucasus
Moscow
Orenburg
Tcheliabinsk
Karauloff
Bolsheyilders
Lave Pee Eee
Diers
New
Ukrainian Republic
Workmen’s and Soldiers’ Council
Constitutional Democratic Party
Michael Rodzianko
Duma
Paul Milukoff
Geniiki
Don
Black and
Lisbon
Lake Garda
Adriatic
Piave
Asiego
Cadets Nominate Hood Aide for West Point Entrance
Dec 19 report cites Mostein of Goldsboro and Thorn ern with Wallace for entrance to West Point. Congressman Hood also names B. L. torry of Cary Hill Pender County for carrier duties.
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Eorge Manning
Con Hood
Noming Mostein
Goldsboro
West
L T
Robert L. Thornern
William F. Ph ‘i Wallace
Congressman Hood
B. L. Torry
Aple Hill
Pender County
Carrier
Hungarian Infantry Storms River Sile Area
A Hungarian infantry unit stormed a river front yesterday and reported taking prisoners. The action coincides with ongoing German war operations in the region.
Halifax Struck by Explosion Aftermath and Arrests
Police began arrests of sixteen German residents under military orders in Halifax. Some detainees were released after inquiry. others remain held. The Picton cargo ship’s burning munitions were dumped overboard by Halifax volunteers then towed out and sunk. Snow and clearing skies followed, with efforts shifting to rescues, relief, and rebuilding amid crowding aid convoys and a tightened city perimeter.
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Halifax
Picton
Montreal
New York
N. S
Imo
Supreme Court Upholds North Carolina Liquor Records Law
The Supreme Court today upheld a North Carolina statute requiring railroads and express companies to keep liquor shipment records for public inspection. Seaboard Air Line Railway Company contended the law was unconstitutional, arguing it regulates interstate commerce and conflicts with the Interstate Commerce Act. Justice Van de Vanter dissented.
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Associated Press
Washington
North Carolina
Supreme Court
Seaboard Air Line Railways Company
State Supreme Court
van de Vanter
Examination of Means in King Case Ends Smoothly
The cross examination of Gaston B. Means wrapped up today in Concord North Carolina after a tense week. Solicitor Clement completed the cross examination about Means receipts and disbursements for Mrs King during 1915 with items from dinners parties and rail tickets. The trial moved into its third week as prosecutors press to unravel Means story of a woman’s death near Fleckwelder Spring last August.
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Associated Press
Concord
N. C
Gaston
Means
John T. Dooling
Clement
Fleckwelder Spring
Here
Dooling
New York
Cline
Caldwell
Germany nears cotten export claim prompts embargo review
Washington reports German offers to export large quantities of cotten goods are forwarded by the commercial attache in Copenhagen. The move will trigger a close investigation of embargo workings to see if the enemy is obtaining raw cotton via neutral countries.
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Associated Press
Washington
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Copenhagen
Chamberlain Trial Set for January in Goochland VA
Dr Asa W Chamberlain indicted in Goochland Circuit Court for the murder of his brother Albert P Chamberlain and to be tried at a special term beginning January 2. He appeared in court and will be sent back to Richmond for safekeeping at the Henrico county jail after arrest in late October.
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Associated Press
Goochland
Asa W. Chamberlain
Goochland County
Albert P. Chamberlain
Richmond
Henrico County
Framing Union Pressure as Malicious Conduct at Mine
The defendants allegedly breached a duty of care by deliberately enlarging union membership to injure the plaintiff and employer. They allegedly persuaded men to join and stay at work, hid numbers, and aimed to disrupt operations to coerce mine organization. The conduct is claimed unlawful and malicious.
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Holy City
Jerusalem
R Legion
Gall of Jerusalem
Jassenport
Italy
Mitain
Wisi
Sile
Fyram
Goby
Gothe
Aussia
Halifar
Chandler
NEW Revolution
Qupreme Court
Korneloff
Ginates Young Cadets
Law Feld
Railroad and Express Companies
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Justice van de Vanter
Eer
Mitan
Germany
Chamberlain
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