Senate approves administration currency bill for Wilson
The senate backed the conference report on the administration currency bill by 43 to 25, with three Republicans and Senator Poindexter joining in passage. The measure, already approved by the house, awaits the vice president and speaker’s signatures before President Wilson. The bill creates a new national financial framework emphasizing regional reserve banks to issue and retire currency, with banks required to join the system within 60 days and maintain reserves in specified forms.
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Washington
Senate
House
Wilson
Poindexter
Jones
Norris
Weeks
Tion
Secretary of the Treasury
New York
Hicago
St. Louis
Saganghd
Gov
Wall Street Confidence Returns After Holiday Pessimism
In New York on December 23 Associated Press reports that holiday gloom faded as brokers and bankers promise usual bonuses. Saturdays market reversal followed the currency bill passage and AT&T affair settling, signaling an old fashioned bull movement.
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New York
Wall Street
Senate
Three Years Self Immuned All For Love
A fragmented notice appears to reference a Hyde story with three years spent in self immuned or self isolation tied to a love theme.
Secret Room Tenant in Monticello Lawyer Case Unfolds
Adelaide Brance, 40, lived three years in a hidden room off Melvin H. Couch law offices before his death. She describes a lifelong affair begun fifteen years earlier, living there voluntarily and denying responsibility for Couch’s death.
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Monticello
N. Y
Sullivan County
Adelaide M. Brance
Melvin H. Couch
Couch
L. Kinne
George L. Cook
Miss Brance
J. F. Curlett
Coach
Associated Press
Monticella
Goshen
Note found at drug store links juvenile to robbery
A note reading Papa made me do It signed West End Kid was found on the counter at McGehee's Drug Store after a Thursday night theft of about $75 in cash and goods. The store was then discovered with the door ajar and the culprit possibly hiding in the cellar.
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Bilbo
Hobbs
Dougar
Douglas
Montgomery
Ala
McGehee's Drug
Dexter Avenue
Post Office Publishes Christmas Parcel Packing Rules
Postmaster P D Barker printed a set of instructions to ease the Christmas parcel flood. The posters advise secure packing, box for fragile items, proper labeling, and compliant inscriptions. Mobile staff run extra wagons to deliver large parcels as 210 mail bags were used Saturday night and more on Monday.
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P. D. Barker
Mobile
J D. Wilkins
House OKs currency bill conference report after heated vote
The house approved the administration currency bill conference report 298 to 60 at 10 46 pm and sent it to the senate. Democrats cheered while many members went to witness the report in the senate as leaders aimed for a signature by the president tonight.
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Washington
Congress
Wilson
House
Senate
Clark
Kent
California
Calloway
Texas
Witherspoon
Mississippi
Gallinger
Owen
Burns Detective Agency Sues Civic League for Fee
The Burns National Detective Agency sues the Civic League of Mobile County and listed individuals in circuit court for 1226.31 dollars claimed for investigations for the city and Mobile county from October to December 1912. The suit targets the Civic League and the named defendants.
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William J. Burns
Mobile
Civic League
Southern banks seek entry into new federal reserve system
Applications from national banks in the South for membership in the federal reserve system arrive at the treasury department. Cities listed include Atlanta, Jackson Miss, Louisville, Wichita Falls, Richmond, Spartanburg, Dayton Tenn, Lincoln, Childersburg and Pell City Alabama, plus banks from the Kansas City MO clearing house association.
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Associated Press
Washington
South
Federal Reserve System
Treasury Department
Atlanta
Jackson
Miss
Louisville
Wichita Falls
Texas
Richmond
Spartanburg
D. C
Dayton
Tenn
Lincoln
Childersburg
Pell City
Alabama
Kansas City
Clearing House Association
Landis Receives Threats Over Five Year Period
Chicago December reports Judge K M Landis has endured more than 260 black hand letters threatening to blow up his home in the past five years. The note tally was disclosed as the judge carried bags containing the notices.
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Associated Press
Chicago
K. M. Landis
United States Court
Adams Wins First Prize in Alabama Corn Contest
Cecil Adams of Eclectic won $260 for first prize in the Alabama state corn contest at Montgomery on December 23. Junius Hill near Attalla took $150, Walker Lee Danson of Alexander City earned $100. The judges included C. G. Abercrombie T. W. Oliver Hector D. Lane and Commissioner R. F. Kolb. Adams yielded 239 bushels 39 pounds per acre while Hill had 284 1/2 and Dunson nearly 233. County results to be announced soon.
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Montgomery
Ala
Cecil Adams
Eclectic
Elmore County
Junius Hill
Attalla
Hiowah County
Walker Lee Danson
Alexander City
R. F. Kolb
C. G. Abercrombie
Mrs Roy Glover Recalled In Complex New York Case
In Paterson New Jersey on December 22, inquiry into Mrs. Roy J L Glover reveals she is the divorced wife of Vivian M Lewis a former New Jersey gubernatorial candidate in 1910. De Villiers who shot in Los Angeles had taken lessons at her riding school in 1906 they later separated and she lived in New York. Lewis won custody of their two children in the divorce.
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Associated Press
Paterson
N.J
Roy JL. Glover
Daniel de Villiera
Los Angeles
Vivian M. Lewis
New Jersey
Woodrow Wilson
de Villiers
Lewis
South America
de Villers
New York
Subway Builders Paid For Service
In New York on December 23 the supreme court valued the services of August Belmont and associates in building and organizing the city subway system at 4.6 million dollars. A suit by Clarence H. Venner to force Belmont and partners to turn 15,000 Interborough Rapid Transit shares into the transit treasury was dismissed. Venner is a minority stockholder in IRT.
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Associated Press
New York
August Belmont
Supreme Court
Clarence H. Venner
Continental Securities Company
Belmont
Bis Friends
Treasury
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Venner
Interborough
President Wilson Nominates New Embassy and Legation Officials
Washington Dec 23 President Wilson sent to the senate a slate of nominations including Second Secretary of Embassy Geo T Summerlin of Louisiana to Berlin Francisco Munroe Endicott of Massachusetts to San Jose Costa Rica Sheldon Whitehouse of New York to Managua Second Secretary of Legation Frederick A Sterling of Texas to Peking and Second Secretary of Legation and Consul General Henry F Tennant of New York to San Salvador.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Senate
Geo. T. Summerlin
Louisiana
Berlin
Francis Munroe Endicott
Massachusetts
San Jose
Costa Rica
Sheldon Whitehouse
New York
Managua
Frederick A. Sterling
Texas
Peking
Henry F. Tennant
San Salvador
Kolb Campaign Inaugurated In Alabama Rally
About fifty supporters of Capt. Reuben F. Kolb gathered at the Exchange Hotel in Montgomery and organized the governor candidates campaign. Judge Joseph Nathan of Sheffield was elected state campaign chairman and will open headquarters in Birmingham. Leaders include Leander Poole Cuba first vice chairman and Joseph Espalla Jr Mobile second vice chairman. A finance committee led by W. C. Agee Birmingham and a resolutions panel with G. T. McElderry Talladega were named. Resolutions endorsed Kolbs platform and denied other purposes. Speakers included Ross Blackmon Anniston P G Bowman Jefferson W L Thompson Pike 83 K R Wheeler Talladega Leander Poole Sumter Ed Johnson Henry.
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Montgomery
Ala
Dev
Reuben F. Kolb
Exchange Hotel
Joseph Nathan
Sheffield
Birmingham
R. R. Poole
Montgomery County
Alva Fitzpatrick
Leander Poole
Cuba
Joseph Espalla, Jr
Mobile
Frank V. Tilford
Cullman
W. C. Agee
G. T. McElderry
Talladega
First Killing Frost Hits Coast Country
Houston dispatch reports the coast country recording its first killing frost of the season today. The sighting marks an early cold spell impacting crops and outdoor activity across the area.
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Associated Press
Houston
Texas
Acumon
War ships arrive at Vera Cruz harbor
U S battleships Kansas and Connecticut reach Vera Cruz and anchor outside the harbor along with Nebraska Louisiana and New Hampshire. The latter two are to depart immediately for the United States.
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Associated Press
Vera Cruz
United States
Kansas
Connecticut
Nebraska
Louisiana
New Hampshire
American suffragist acquitted in London court
Miss Zellie Emerson, an American suffragist, was acquitted of charges of assaulting a police officer after denying deliberate striking and helmet smashing. The magistrate commended the witnesses' general truthfulness as the case ended in dismissal.
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London
Zellie Emerson
Miss Emerson
Mtn
Miliee Fh
New Thieves Need Police on the Jump
Sleuths of the Department pursue a fresh wave of thefts as officers intensify patrols and investigations to curb rising robberies targeting shops and residences. Local authorities urge vigilance and report ongoing surveillance of suspected suspects.
Robbery theory lingers in Villar murder probe
Mobile investigators debate motive as burglaries persist in the city for two weeks. Police dismiss suspects in Villar case, while Mrs Villar may provide new clues. private detectives link Rodiger hold up to the Villar murder amid a spike in night thefts near Government and Joachim streets.
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Mobile
Robert D. Waidie
Catherine
Government Street
J. A. Villar
North Conception Street
Villar Mder
Recorder’s Cor
Th Sheriff's Department
Inferior Criminal Court
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Rodiger
Dauphin
Joachim
Government
Gulf Dry Docks Company
Royal
Stree
Royal Liquor Store
Gore Street
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