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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1913
Page
13
New York December 19 A mother grieving the planned execution of her son in the Sing death house died in ignorance of his fate. The mother had believed Becker to be in a sanitarium as she faced the tragedy connected to the maternal tragedy.
John Howe Peyton chief engineer of the Louisville and Nashville line was elected president of the Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway, effective April 1, 1914, succeeding the late John W. Thomas Jr. Peyton also becomes a director, with Major E. C. Lewis serving as interim chairman. He will be general manager from January 1. Also noted is the death of Italian naval engineer Vit torio Cuniberti in Rome.
New collector Dudley Field Malone renews cutter passes for women after William B. Loeb restricted them citing danger. Inez Milholland Boissevain becomes among first to request the pass to meet her husband on his arrival. The piece closes with a jab about men who borrow tobacco and rise in status.
The administration backs a wide currency reform with eight to twelve regional banks, a seven member federal reserve board, and government backed note issue. The plan expands to include broader commercial paper re discounts, dividends to stockholders, and a depositors insurance fund while shifting earnings between government and banks.
A high pressure center shifted from the upper Mississippi Valley toward the middle Atlantic states bringing cooler conditions and clear skies north while overcast conditions persist in the south. Another high pressure area in the Northern Rocky Mountains brings fair warmer weather. A low pressure center near Utah moves east over Western Kansas and will bring rain and cooler air, with Mobile and vicinity experiencing clouds and likely rain tonight and Saturday.
Three men rushed into the Bixel jewelry store in Siuffton Ohio seized a tray of diamonds valued at seven hundred dollars and sped away to an awaiting car. Police searched for the trio as the getaway vehicle fled.
Philadelphia National League outfielder George M. Paskert was sued for 20000 dollars by John Farry after a October 28 automobile collision in Cleveland. The filing comes as unrest surrounds General Huerta with several deserters noted in reports.
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