Bankers Held in Contempt as Money Trust Probe Tightens
Star witness G F Baker of the First National Bank of New York testifies to the House money trust committee about bank officers in a California Petroleum Company syndicate. He notes large past dividends and says he cannot reveal names of officers or stock participants. The committee weighs certifying Henry for contempt for refusing to disclose the names.
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Washington
House Money Trust Committee
National Bank
California Petroleum Company
George G. Henry
Solomon & Co
New York
House
Henry
National Banks
John
Spooner
Speaker Clark
District of Columbia
Money Trust Committee
Supreme Court
Department of Justice
Money Trust
G. F. Baker
First National Bank of New York
Baker
J. P. Morgan
James Stillman
Samuel Untermyer
Mr. Baker
Banking and Currency Committee
Geo. G. Henry
First National Bank
National Bank Act
Chase National Bank
First National
Chase
Verona Lumber Company Faces License Change Dispute
The Vernon Lumber Company argues immunity due to a switch from saw mill to planing mill in Mobile. City seeks $60 license recovery for 1912 and plans to tax 1913 under a proposed ordinance amendment drafted by City Attorney B B Boone.
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Verona Lumber Company
Threecreek
Recorder's Court
B. B. Boone
Mobile
E Vernon Lumber Company
Sinkee
Mobile and Bay Shore Division Train Service Begins
Mobile and Bay Shore division adds double daily trains starting Sunday January 5 1913 with departures from Mobile at 9 15 am 4 00 pm and 8 35 am 7 20 pm and arrivals at 9 00 am 2 20 pm and 8 11 am 6 45 pm Sunday only. City ticket office at 23 South Royal Street. H E Jones Jr general agent Passenger department. 1:6 20 in
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Mobile and
Bay Shore Division
Mobile
City
South Royal Street
H. E. Jones, Jr
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Mobile and Bay Shore Division
Willam
Safe Deposit Boxes Offered for Security
Advertises safe deposit boxes to protect valuables and papers from theft or fire. Claims low yearly rates starting at 3.00 and emphasizes safety and risk of break-ins.
Theatre blaze near Church Street tested Mobile Firemen
Firemen battled a serious blaze at the Mobile Theatre on St Emanuel Street after an alarm from a box near Church and St Emanuel. Flames spread to roofs nearby but were contained by 9:30 after two hours of hard fighting, with the theatre structure suffering extensive interior damage.
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Mobile Theatre
Church and
St. Emanuel
McAleer
St. Emanuel Street
Diapepsin Promises Quick Relief for Indigestion
Advertisement claims Pape's Diapepsin cures sour stomach indigestion in five minutes. It costs fifty cents per case and is said to digest food, refresh the stomach and intestines, and remove need for laxatives. Contains endorsement of harmless taste and candy-like form with instruction to ask a pharmacist to show the formula.
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Jon
Volunteers Aid in Saving Property During Mobile Theatre Fire
A stream of water from the Pollock building rear used by Attorney Charles W. Tompkins and others kept the fire from reaching the Crenshaw Company stable area in the Mobile Theatre blaze Thursday morning. The hose fed from a standpipe produced a strong flow, limiting damage to the building’s rear sections and nearby stables.
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Pollock
Mobile Theatre
Charles W. Tompkins
Forchheimer
Crenshaw Company
Conference on Royal Street traffic reforms discussed
City commissioners plan a Friday 3 30 pm meeting in the mayor's office with J Howard Wilson of Mobile Light and Railroad to review a possible loop system to ease congestion on Royal Street near Dauphin caused by street cars. No firm remedy yet and Mayor Schwarz may delay traffic ordinance pending the conference.
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Royal Street
Dauphin
Mobile Light and Railroad Company
J. Howard Wilson
Wilson
Schwarz
Royal
Teacher and Young Woman Held in Atlanta Case
In Atlanta on January 9 Miss Marie Portman a 19 year old of Louisville and Professor G Holman Gardner a noted local educator were bound over to the grand jury by Recorder Broyles after a preliminary hearing. Both were later released on $200 bonds Miss Portman was arrested Tuesday at the request of her uncle Captain Frank P Portman of the Louisville police department and had reportedly disappeared from Kentucky. Gardner was arrested in connection with the case on a charge of disorderly conduct.
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Atlanta
Marie Portman
Louisville
G. Holman Gardner
Broyles
Miss Portman
Frank P. Portman
Kentucky
Gardner
Castro Refuses Writ Challenge On Extradition
New York January 9 Commissioner Williams urged Castro's lawyers to drop their habeas corpus writ and begin an inquiry into his right to enter the United States. Castro declined saying it is a matter of principle and he is detained without legal right until the issue is resolved. Previously attorneys asked for a prompt board of inquiry but Williams would not proceed while the writ was pending.
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New York
Williams
Castro
Congressmen Return from New York Acknowledge Tragedy
A congressional delegation returning from a Panama Canal inspection voyage reports the death of Rep W W Wedemeyer of Ann Arbor Michigan. He died after suffering nervous prostration and jumping overboard January 2 as the Panama steamer searched in rough seas for him.
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New York
Congressional Committee
Panama Canal
W. W. Wedemeyer
Ann Arbor
Mich
Banker Fractions and Asset Secrecy at First National
Mr. Baker described First National as a sort of happy family and disclosed his 20 000 shares with his son owning 5 000 and J P Morgan holding 14 600. He said Chase National Bank is scattered in control and opposed public asset disclosure, citing confidentiality and no shown harm.
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Untermyer
Baker
Securities Company
First National
Barat
J. P. Morgan
H. P. Davison
Thomas Lamont
Morgan & Co
Chase National Bank
Baked
Mr. Untermyer
Mr. Baker
Archduchess Eleonore Beset by Illness in Vienna
Vienna January 9 Archduchess Eleonore eldest daughter of Archduke Stephen is reported to be seriously ill at the family residence in the Austrian capital. Further medical details were not disclosed.
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Vienna
Australia
Eleonore
Archduke Stephen
Boston Health Board Report Records Low 1912 Death Rate
Boston records its lowest death rate in history for 1912 with 11,634 deaths at 16.16 per thousand. Heart disease caused more deaths than any other ailment, totaling about 1,600, while tuberculosis claimed roughly 1,093 victims.
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Boston
Board of Health
Amusements Review of The Jolly WIlde Musical Comedy
The Lyric theater featured The Jolly-Wilde Musical Comedy to two large audiences with Laurence Williamson as Dr Barry and strong supporting cast. Dreamland drew big crowds for the Idania Troupe and the Darktown Expressman skit while Dreamland Orchestra provided music. Also listed are daily and Sunday showtimes for the venues and a note on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad timetable.
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Jolly-Wilde Musical
Lyric
Jolly
Ull
Laurence Williamson
Barry
Julia
Dreamland
Idania
Rogers
Dorman
Russell
Davis
Dreamland Orchestra
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First National Bank of Gotham
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Cascade
Nature
Fncord Gold
Geo
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Auerbars
Jacobson
Frenkel
College
Atterbury
Good Clothes Store
Dauphin ST
Crown Theatre
Duty
Crown Theater
Mobile Gas Company
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