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Newspaper
Cambridge Jeffersonian
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1913
Page
1
The Senate approved the currency bill by 43 to 25 after hours of debate and sent it to President Wilson for signature. A ceremony is planned at the White House with the president attaching a memorandum outlining expected effects.
The plan authorizes eight to twelve regional reserve associations with regional banks under a federal framework. It sets up a commission to fix district boundaries, and requires banks to join or forfeit charters. It promises 6 percent dividends and a staged retirement of national bank notes with gold or Treasury notes as backing.
United Press report from Columbus notes that about twenty thousand deaths from preventable occupational diseases occur yearly in Ohio. Dr. E. R. Hayhurst details risks in outdoor trades such as rock drilling, quarrying, and brick work, citing heavy dust exposure, coal gas effects, and poor sanitary conditions as primary causes.
Harry M. Daugherty is named chairman of the Republican State Executive Committee, guiding party strategy and leadership. The appointment places him at the helm of state party operations and planning.
Senator Bristow of Kansas bitterly attacked the administration currency bill and its author Senator Owen in the Senate as final passage approached. He claimed the measure served big banks and charged Owen with voting for his own interests as a St. Louis bank stockholder. He also criticized the inclusion of the secretary of agriculture on the organizing committee as politicizing the panel.
Columbus Ohio Dec 23 decision to have the Republican state central committee meet Jan 7 in Columbus to decide on a special state convention and the method for ratifying new national party rules The panel will also consider whether to call a special convention to present an advisory ticket ahead of the primary election law and August platform session.
United Press Special reports four inches of snow blanketed Chicago on December 23, delaying all incoming trains and creating work for hundreds of unemployed as sidewalk and street cleaning crews were mobilized.
United Press report from Columbus notes Governor Cox Attorney General Hogan and State Superintendent Moore conferred to decide if National Progressive Life Insurance can dispose of holdings and reinsure policy holders in Western & Southern Life Insurance, both Cincinnati companies. Progressive has about 2 million in policies. Western & Southern over 15 million in industrial and more than 10 million in ordinary policies.
New York Dec 25 a ship likely the U S S Buffalo may pass through the Panama Canal tomorrow as Col Goethals gift to the American people remains a quiet plan in Panama government circles today.
Miss Rachel Hart 21 of Caruthersville Missouri wed Dr Edgar M Allen of Columbus in Grant hospital while propped in bed. Earlier a gas fume incident in Worthington claimed the life of her sister and grandmother. the bride narrowly survived.
Robert McDonald was in Pittsburg on a Sunday visiting with friends in a simple social outing that drew local attention.
United Press Spec reports in Berlin that Sonneberg in Meining en is Santa Claus headquarters with almost all residents employed in toy production. Germany exported toy value of 20 million dollars last year and anticipated 24 to 25 million this year. Santa shipped 307 carloads to American cities last year and 3820 this year, aiding U S. distributions nationwide.
Washington December 25 Charges that two large Chicago meat firms are rapidly gaining control of cheese output across the middle west were reported to the Attorney General and will be referred to Assistant Attorney General Todd for trust prosecution. The item also notes Wilbur Beymer visiting his mother on East 5th Street.
Citizens interested in forming The Oxford Pottery Co met at Milton H. Turner’s office Monday evening to seek a charter. A temporary organization elected Turner as chairman and A. G. Henderson as secretary. They applied for incorporation with capital stock of $50,000 and prepared to erect a plant on a ready site as weather permits. Work will be pushed rapidly.
The U S Senate confirmed Brand Whitlock's nomination to serve as minister to Belgium. He will lead diplomatic duties in Brussels amid ongoing postwar diplomacy and relief efforts.
Japanese diplomatic officials and marines arrive in Mexico City aboard Idzumo to be greeted by General Huerta. A large Saints Day celebration begins at 9 am with a civic military display as federal troops clash with rebels at Culiacan.
United States Weather Bureau observations at 7 p m Monday forecast tomorrow indicates Ohio will see rain or snow with moderate east winds.
President Wilson said business leaders want operations within the Sherman anti trust act and has evidence of their wholesome attitude toward enforcement. He indicated he could publish a list of corporations likely to agree to dissolutions or reorganizations akin to actions that forestalled a government suit against the Bell system, a point drawing keen interest in circles here.
W P Edward Thomas reports to the Ohio state penitentiary board that social evil and poverty drive crime. He notes convicts are busier, a full stomach aids discipline, and lists prison food amounts including beef ham pork turkey and flour. He adds percentages of convicts with college and high school education and divorce and marriage counts.
Wilson reappoints Judson Clements of Georgia to succeed himself as member of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
In Columbus on December 23, Wayne B. Wheeler of the Anti Saloon League said temperance leaders have asked President Wilson to urge Congress to pass the nationwide prohibition constitutional amendment. The memorial, framed by a 25 member committee from the Washington convention, cites the 1912 Democratic platform on conserving national resources to support action.
Banks in Mexico City including the Bank of London and Mexico opened as usual despite a national holiday decree extending to January 1. Depositors, protected by police, awaited partial payments at the Bank of London and Mexico. Reports claim British interests plotted to buy Huerta for 3,000,000 pesos and install a provisional president with American awareness.
The American battleships Kansas and Connecticut reached Vera Cruz and dropped anchor after passing Tampico. Officers reported quiet conditions in the oil city. The Vera Cruz branch of the Bank of London and Mexico remained closed today, as it did yesterday.
Mexico City reports that General Blanquett announced the Huerta government will dispatch a messenger to General Zapata to demand surrender. The regime will not initiate talks, but will accept surrender if offered unconditionally. Federal troops moved to DeMaiz to quell a revolt led by Vincent Segura.
United Press reports a well dressed woman was found frozen in the Mississippi River near the city Christmas tree in Minneapolis. She appeared to have jumped from a bridge, and bystanders described her as standing still like a statue beside the tree.
Police in Chicago seek a mystery tied to the discovery of a young woman, believed to be Helen Monglen, found in the stockyard district alley drugged and unconscious, stripped and unable to speak.
Rev. Elias D. Whitlock aged 70 died in St Luke's hospital Cleveland shortly after learning of his son Brand Whitlock's appointment as minister to Belgium. His three sons were at his bedside during pneumonia death.
H L Wilson of Winterset files two common pleas suits against Guernsey County Commissioners seeking 25000 each for injuries to his two daughters from the July 19 1913 Tuttle Bridge collapse over Sugar Tree Creek in Washington Township. One daughter died and the other allegedly suffered permanent injuries when the wagon and load fell ten feet into the creek.
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