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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1913
Page
14
Four men hid under the balcony after a Christmas Day show at the Orpheum theatre and robbed the box office of two thousand dollars. They bound and gagged the night watchman, disabled the safe, and escaped as police arrived.
Three Indians Frank Walton Cleveland Jackson and Linley Fowler were arrested at Tahola on counterfeiting charges. Bound over by a U S commissioner in Aberdeen with bail set at 10 000 each. They will be sent to Tacoma for trial. Federal officials found a counterfeit plant producing silver dollars.
An advertisement touts Cheney’s Expectorant for whooping cough colds and throat irritation. It claims long market presence and appeals to parents for a old proven cough remedy. Available at drug stores for 26 cents.
November foreign trade favored the United States with a calendar year balance of 642,100,403 after eleven months. For the year ending November exports exceeded imports by 738,220,766. November exports reached 245,646,895 the second-highest for the month in six years while imports totaled 148,694,741, also among the top November figures.
Vienna reports Archduke Frederick, Austria's wealthiest royal, funded a major Christmas gift by purchasing the Augustine monastery near the palace. He plans to build a national gallery on the site to house his Albertina collection of 19 000 drawings and 200 000 engravings dating to the fifteenth century, including works by Duvers Raphael and Michelangelo. The gallery will be for the use of the nation.
The Bourse Gazette reports a successful trial of Sikorsky’s new three and a half ton airplane at the aerodrome. Powered by four 100 horsepower engines, it will carry many passengers and features cabins with sleeping accommodations.
More than 400 national banks and trust companies from across the United States have applied for membership in the federal reserve system. Secretary McAdoo and Agriculture Secretary Houston are organizing districts and reserve banks, with plans for a national division map and on-site examinations. Senator Hoke Smith pushes Atlanta’s bid for a reserve bank as applications flow from Florence Washington to Dallas and Sherman, while Hudson Trust Company of New York raises New York’s total to three applications.
Jackson says a $345 shortage occurred in the Mississippi state land office from January to October 1912. It arose from land purchase funds paid directly to the office and not to the treasury, with no treasury record. Land Commissioner Brown admits discrepancy, notes deputy John Smiley handled most sales, and says inquiry will continue next week.
The Weekly Economist criticizes the British government for shunning a courtesy to a great nation of customers while spending lavishly on diplomacy to push trade for British armament firms worldwide.
One hundred thirty bathers including men and women celebrated Christmas at Coney Island. The water temperature registered thirty five degrees while most swimmers stayed in the chilly sea for about fifteen minutes.
Under Band of Mercy auspices twenty thousand children gathered in Central Park Havana and received toys clothing candy and fruits from Havana merchants. President Menocal and Senora Menocal joined the distribution. Military and marine bands provided music and the children enjoyed an automobile ride afterward.
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