Tight money push in House banking panel
Washington December 6 the house banking and currency committee took up Representative Jefferson Levy's resolution directing the treasury to deposit 50 million dollars in national banks Levy said he failed to move Secretary MacVeagh to make more deposits and warned money price had skyrocketed to 20 percent business faces threats from high rates while farmers and producers backs for the measure. The resolution was sent to a subcommittee with orders to report to the full panel next Wednesday.
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Washington
House Banking and Currency Committee
Jefferson Levy
Secretary of the Treasury
Levy
MacVeagh
Queer Idea of Humor Leads to Mans Arrest
Los Angeles reports that L. J. Wickett was arrested in New Orleans following alleged issuance of worthless checks in Los Angeles area. Wickett used multiple aliases and taunted a private detective agency with postcards. Detectives depart tomorrow to bring him back for trial.
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Los Angeles
Cal
New Orleans
L. J. Wickett
Sebastian
Wickett
Lo Angeles
Detere
Ager
Wiskett
Mas
Jellico Lump Coal Price Listing
Piedmont Coal Company advertises Jellico Lump coal at $4.75 per ton with contact numbers M. 3648 for orders and inquiries.
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Jellico
Piedmont Coal Company
Taft Abandons Tariff Revisions as New Congress Takes Stage
President Taft states no further tariff revision effort will be made and leaves tariff policy to Wilson and the newly elected Congress. The general message covers military, monetary, and legal topics, endorsing currency reform and urging militia pay, while opposing Philippine independence and autonomy timelines.
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Washington
Taft
Congress
Wilson
State Department
Philippine
Philippines
National Monetary Commission
Supreme Court
Goedhais
Pename Canal
Goethals
Great Britain
United States
Gas Men Feast At Grant Park In Atlanta Convention
Delegates at the Georgia gas convention wrapped up sessions in Taft hall with speeches on employee education, sales, and company policy. A grand beefsteak dinner, vaudeville acts, and caricatures followed as Atlanta bid for 1912 hosting.
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Georgia
Grant Park
Taft Hall
Lee Galloway
New York University
Galloway
James P. Hanlan
New Business Department
Pubric Service Gas Company
Newark
N. J
J. C. Rushin
Atlanta
Fifth Regiment
Percy Starnes
Ad Men's Associated Charities Fund
Sandor Brothers
Barkley
Armonette
George Raymond
Church City
Sale
J. C. Beech
Word
C. Kessler
St. Louis
A. B. Kelley
H. M. Atkinson
C. Willing Hare
James Ferrier
Preston Arkwright
R. C. Congdon
Democrats Win First Skirmish In Senate Fight
Washington December 6 Democratic senators won the first skirmish in the fight to block Republican presidential appointments. Senators Cullom and Galinger sought an executive session, while Senator Hoko Sith of Georgia led the opposition and called for a quorum, but the attempt failed and the Senate adjourned.
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Washington
Cullom
Gallinger
Hoko Sith
Georgia
Senate
Leander P Mitchell Dies in Washington
Leander P. Mitchell aged 77, longtime assistant comptroller of the United States Treasury for fourteen years, died suddenly of heart trouble in Washington today. Born February 5, 1849, in Henry County Indiana, his death ends a notable fiscal career.
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Leander FP. Mitchell
Washington
Leander P. Mitchell
United States Treasury
Mr. Mitchell
Henry County
Indiana
Change of schedule for Dixie Flyer and Rome Express
Western and Atlantic Railroad announces new times effective Sunday December 8 1912 Train 94 Dixie Flyer leaves Atlanta at 8:00 am instead of 7:42 am and Train 73 Rome Express arrives at Atlanta at 10:20 am instead of 10:05 am All other schedules unchanged
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Western & Atlantic R. R
Dixie Flyer
Atlanta
Rome
The Unwritten Law Freees Texas Woman
Dallas reports Minnie LaDuque was acquitted of murdering her husband W. A. LaDuque, shot last summer after alleged threats to other women. Defense rested on unwritten law as juries exonerated two others in similar cases, including Arthur Turner.
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Dallas
Texas
Minnie LaDuque
W. A. LaDuque
Parker Arrives in Blue Earth Jail After Georgia Arrest
Harry W. Parker, former Bank of Commerce official, is lodged in the Blue Earth jail after a Georgia arrest last week. Crowds gathered as the train brought him back, but officers halted the procession several blocks from the station. Parker faces charges of heavy embezzlement funds in connection with the defunct bank.
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Blue Harth
Minn
Harry W. Parker
Bank of Commerce
Georgia
Parker
Grand jury to rule on Parker case and Sharp bank charges
The grand jury convenes Monday to pass on Parker's case and the case of John Sharp, president of the defunct bank. Sharp faces a $1,600 bond on a charge of giving a false statement about the bank's condition.
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Parker
John Sharp
Sharp
Fatal fight in Kingston ends in skull fracture
In Kingston Georgia on December 6 Horace Rucker a Black man struck Chap Elliott a fellow Black man with a railroad clamp after noon. Elliott suffered a fractured skull and is not expected to survive. The incident follows a previous dispute between the two men.
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Kingston
Horace Rucker
Elliott
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Boston Herald
Troy Record
Boston Transcript
Ocean Review
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Brooklyn Times
Bostion Post
G. P. Putnam's Sons, Publishers
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J. N. G. Nesbit
Georgia School of Technology
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J. N. G. Resbit
E. C. Griffin
Gate City
Bell Phone
Waterman
Broadway
New York
Eiseman
Whitehall St
Underwood
North Broad Street
Rogers Peet Co
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Howard & Foster Shoes
Daniel Bros. Co
Henry W. Grady
Constitution Bldg
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