09 Dec 1912
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Newspaper
Fayetteville Daily
Location
Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1912
Page
1
Representative Lindberg introduces a joint resolution demanding all members of both Houses banking or brokerage interests file financial disclosures. The money trust investigation resumes with secrecy on witnesses, about thirty subpoenas issued.
Pronounced earthquake shocks were registered by sesamographs at George Washington University early this morning. Disturbances are estimated to have occurred about 100000 miles distant.
Washington December 9 Special census cotton report estimates the Dow 1 1912 crop ginnings at 11 844 432 bales including round bales 72 927. Sea Island included 61 275 bales. Also a help wanted ad seeks a traveling salesman with horse and buggy to sell to farmers in Ft Smith and Fayetteville areas.
Washington reports a dozen Republican governors and party leaders discussed reform but agreed no definite steps toward reorganizing the Republican Party are practical within a year. Progressive resistance and apathy among active Republicans dampen plans. Hadley urged a national convention to redraw rules to ensure fair representation. The meeting produced no formal statement or action toward a convention or committee. Also noted are stray ads for vacuum cleaners and a humorous item about South Carolina’s bearded man.
The Interstate Commerce Commission refused to grant Missouri Pacific Texas and other carriers permission to raise rates on cotton seed products from Oklahoma City and nearby points. The report notes associated vehicle registrations in New York for the year and exemptions for dealers’ cars.
United Press reports from Mobile that three Black men were killed by a mob in Choctaw County early today. Six more Black men are said to be enroute for “safe keeping” following the incident.
Local Cunard offices denied rumors of trouble on the Mauretania after a wireless from the ship reported it 555 miles from Queenstown with all aboard well. The company says no basis for the rumor and traces origin to unclear sources.
President Taft will decide this afternoon whether to embark on the final executive trip to the Panama Canal aboard the battleship Arkansas sailing from Key West on December 17. If confirmed, he would depart Washington next Friday and spend Christmas at Christobal. the Arkansas carries husaries, bath tube beds, and wireless operators to stay connected with Washington. The Delaware accompanies the Arkansas to house overflow Taft party.
Secretary Dallas T. Herndon received the gift of old Arkansas Gazette and Advocate volumes from Mrs. M. L. Bell of Pine Bluff. The collection spans 1819 to 1832 for the Gazette and 1820 to 1837 for the Advocate, with gaps noted in later years, and includes editor histories from Betts to Pike and Reed, enriching the commission's display.
In Washington Senator Works of California denounces wealth incursion in politics and backs a single presidential term and prohibition. He blasts Roosevelt and Taft, accuses progressives of corruption, and says money from trusts drives campaigns while the White House acts as party headquarters.
The defense in the dynamite conspiracy trial entered the eleventh week with examiner Patrick Perrell of New York testifying. The court expects testimony to continue, with a verdict possible by New Year’s Day as the jury nears its decision.
Mrs Bell states that the Gazette Times and Advocate were owned by Judge Roane Hoane, who died in 1862 and bequeathed the intellectual property to Col M L Bell. The True Democrat files were held by Col M L Bell, nephew and son in law of Judge Roane and private secretary to Governor Jobn Sebdon Roane.
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