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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1912
Page
3
Washington December 11 The District of Columbia excise board bans sale of beer or liquor for off premises use, targeting the growler trade. Saloonkeepers face license loss for violations and must display only their names on signs, with obscene pictures prohibited.
The Kentucky Court of Appeals ordered payments on Dr. Frederick Rustin policies totaling about 33 000 dollars to his widow after ruling he was murdered by poison and did not commit suicide. The court upheld the jury finding that Rustin did not die by his own action despite conflicting testimony.
After a lengthy court battle the four Cudahy children are returned to their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Cudahy, by circuit court order. The children had been under grandmother Mich ael Cudahy’s guardianship in Pasadena after a family estrangement following a divorce with banker Jerem Lillis.
President Taft weighs nominating Colonel George Goethals builder of the canal for the Panama zone governorship. If Taft proceeds with his proposed trip he will extend the post to Goethals and discuss with him plans for the zone government. Several key appointments may be filled before the end of his term.
A contest over Rep Charlies C Bowman of Pennsylvania's eleventh district features a dispute over about $20 000 in two years salary as the House considers the resolution to unseat him over fraud and corruption charges from the November 8 1910 election George R McLean the Democrat opposes Bowman with a vote postponed to Thursday
Washington December 11 Walter E Frew president of the Corn Exchange Bank of New York and head of the New York Clearing House Association testified in the Money Trust investigation clash with counsel Samuel Untermyer over clearing house authority Frew denied autocratic powers of the committee and said a bank could be temporarily excluded but not by final decision Frew noted a bank suspended by the clearing house could not clear through another bank but could continue business elsewhere The exchange bank helped finance Mechanics and Traders Bank during the 1907 panic and a receiver later closed it leaving collateral in the hands of the receiver
A brief, politically charged exchange notes wartime public concern as a farmer Countess invites voices while a boarder mix across parties holds back. The Washington Star quotation frames cautious discourse on public matters.
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Washington dispatch reports debate over whether Britain's protest against free use of the Panama Canal by American ships should go to The Hague. President Taft and Secretary Knox weigh arbitration versus domestic issue, with several senators opposing delaying tactics linked to arbritration treaties.
A Cologne dispatch from Monrovia says European residents along the Sestos River are threatened by Liberian soldiers and preparing to depart. The German gunboats Panther and Efer are at anchor off Sestos and Monrovia.
The Interstate Commerce Commission suspended increases in transportation charges on fresh meats and packing house products from Oklahoma City to southwestern destinations until June 18. A final determination on reasonableness of the advance is expected before the suspension ends.
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