The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-18

con for Frank W. Mcmahon, saloon
keeper. who was convicted of man
slaughter and sentenced to from five
to ten years on December l, 1911, after
a sensational trial for the murder of
George Leery, was recommended by
the state board of pardons today at
Harrisburg.
Chicago, December 1.-THE trail
which the police expected to lead them
to Miss Jessie Evelyn McGann, TIE
missing Brooklyn social worker, proved
G disappointment tonight.
Chicago, December 17.-More than
1000 saloonkeepers in Chicago ap-
reared in defense of the saloon free
lunch when it was put on trial before
a special council committee today
Hermosillo Sonora Tex, December
17.-Gen. Racael Bulna, constitution
alist commander in the territory of
repic, reported tonight to General Car
ranza that he had accounted for e. S.
Windham and William Dunn, two
Americans. for whose safety the state
department had expressed concern.
London. December 1.-THE large col
lection of books relating to Shake
speare formed by the late Prof. Edward
I'owden of the University of Dublin.
has been purchased by a New York
collector.
London. December 17-It is now
learned that the amount paid by Har-
~ Mallaby Deeley for the Duke of
Bedfords Covent Garden estate was
about $13.750,000, not $50, 900, 900, as
previously estimated.
New York. December IA mother
q nd bar oil OH
burned to. death and three other per-
sons slightly injured in Sire which
swept through an Eastside tenement
house tonight.
Nashville, December 1.-THE Very
Rev. Charles Blaney Colmore. former
dean OF Holy Trinity cathedral, Ha-
vana, Cuba, was consecrated bishop of
Porto Rico and Hayti this morning in
All Saints chapel of the University of
the South at Sewanee, Tenn.
Rio Janeiro, December 17.-Theodore
Roosevelt and party on their arrival
at Corumba were warmly received by
the civic authorities and the people.
Washington. December 1.-THE Unit
ed States and Great Britain supply most
of colombias imports
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legal tender throughout the country and
guarantee fund to be subscribed by
the state banks and deposited in the ma
tional bank and finally, a government
guarantee of the bank notes, is the pro-
gramme decided upon by a committee of
rlVe bankers, representing the National,
the Bank of London and Mexico and two
or three other concerns, which met this
afternoon with the acting head of the
finance department
No difficulty is anticipated in having
President Huerta issue the decree the
bankers deeming this the only means OF
maintaining in circulation a sufficient
amount of the medium of exchange
The management OF the Cenral bank
exhausted the reserve deposit funds of
only three more state banks today by
adroit delay in paying and by refusal to
accept more than 20 per cent of the bills
offered for redemption. Long before the
regular hour of opening, a double line of
holders of notes stretched block from
the doors and when the bank closed
this afternoon those half way in the line
at the beginning had not reached the
paying tellers window.
Although the Central banks difficulties
do not concern directly any other bank,
yet an inevitable reflection was mani
tested today, particularly in the case of
the Bank of London and Mexico where
there was a heavy withdrawal of de-
posits.