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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1912
Page
2
A rambunctious column blends inane humor with social snapshots from the era. topics include aviation, fashion, hats and umbrellas as weapons, Russia building a navy, costumes, breakfast, poetry, and royal pastime. The piece lampoons trends and cultural quirks.
George A. Sipp testified that from 1905 to 1910 he paid $100 monthly to police officers including Eugene Fox to secure protection for his Raines law hotel in Harlem. The scheme allegedly funded a chain of disorderly resorts controlled by a “vice trust” and led to a $140,000 sale to aldermanic investigators.
Robert S. Lovett of Union and Southern Pacific states he will seek Supreme Court guidance on dissolving the railroads. Attorney General Wickersham has not approved plans distributing Southern Pacific stock to Union Pacific holders. Lovett cites Northern Securities Standard Oil and American Tobacco as precedents.
French aviator Roland Garros completed a 160 mile flight by sea from Tunis to Trapani Sicily landing near Trapani. He surpasses Lt Bague who in 1911 flew 124.5 miles from Antibas to Gorgona island.
President Taft has decided to accept the Kent professorship of law at Yale and will likely begin duties in New Haven early in the spring. He can lecture at other law schools or on the platform and pursue other occupations if he desires.
Federal Judge John M. Cheney issued an injunction prohibiting the Southern Express company from receiving or transporting intoxicating liquors for any consideration from Georgia liquor dealers to any person in the state. The decision restrains shipments by common carrier within Georgia.
The Interstate Commerce Commission urges "Safety first" as the key rule for train operation in its twenty sixth annual report to Congress. The document highlights 8215 derailments in the year with 1877 from bad track and 3847 from faulty equipment. It notes increases from the prior year and cites inadequate speed regulations as a factor in many derailments caused by track conditions.
President Taft announced via Secretary Hilles that the open ambassador post to Great Britain after Whitelaw Reid’s death will not be filled by him. A Knox cabinet meeting preceded the decision. Taft believes critical Britain US issues can be managed in Washington by Knox and the British ambassador. He expects President-elect Wilson to consider a London appointee.
Elisha Bramlett, son of H M Bramlett, shot Justice of the Peace W L Dalton in Copperhill. Bramlett, paroled three years ago for killing Bob Bishop in Gilmer county Georgia nine years ago, after seven years served and a pardon on parole for good conduct. A dispute over Dalton’s judgment sparked the attack. Bramlett is at large.
Two experts cracked the Bank of Duluth safe and secured more than $2,000. The raid occurred early morning as twenty five residents heard two explosions. The thieves fled before dawn and no pursuit was possible due to heavy foot traffic.
President-elect Wilson told the Southern Society of New York that machinery exists to provoke market panics but vowed against it. He warned any agent of panic would face public disgrace, while urging national unity beyond sectional and provincial lines.
Washington reports say William J. Bryan is virtually certain to be the first cabinet member and likely secretary of state Oscar W Underwood may become secretary of the treasury. Democratic leaders seek cabinet unity by including all party elements to shore up support for reforms and the 1920 election. Dispatches from Jacksonville mention Underwood aides pressing for a combined front. Robbers Get $17,000 From Bank. Kyle, Texas Four masked men bound and gagged the bank watchman and escaped with seventeen thousand dollars.
Ike Deal shot his wife and her parents after she left him. Donalsonville woman and her parents were seriously wounded. Murkeson, fatally shot, later wounded Deal as he fled. Deal escaped and is being hunted by a posse.
Whitelaw Reid American ambassador to Great Britain since 1905 died at Dorchester House London from pulmonary edema. Mrs. Reid and daughter were at bedside. King sent condolences and royal family members offered sympathy. British government proposed a battleship convey his body to the United States, with burial likely at Sleepy Hollow.
Announcement from Lakewood New Jersey confirms Miss Helen Miller Gould of New York becomes engaged to Finley J Shepard a noted railroad man of St Louis. Time and place of wedding will be withheld for the present as stated by Miss Goulds family.
The 1860 to 1911 crop statistics reveal dramatic gains in corn, cotton, wheat, tobacco, and livestock. Commissioner W A Graham cites pruning and spraying demonstrations, National Horticultural Congress prizes, and state efforts as driving factors behind increased orchard shipments and overall farm prosperity.
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