Federal probe on price guarantee plan seeks public views
The Federal Trade Commission will canvass business, labor and the public on the guarantee against price declines used by manufacturers and wholesalers. It seeks written observations, invites parties of interest to submit statements, and plans a general hearing in Washington around mid March.
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Washington, D. C
Federal Trade Commission
The
Commission
Boards of Trade
Washington
Poison Whisky Kills Many in East as Wood Alcohol Poisoning Grows
A wave of wood alcohol poisonings sweeps seven eastern cities and Chicago with seventy one deaths in forty eight hours and many more paralyzed or blinded. New England leads with eighty deaths as Adolph Parnell is accused of selling twelve barrels of the poisoned liquor from Bleeker Street. Deaths are reported in Chicopee Falls Holyoke Greenfield Springfield Hartford Newark and Chicago with police and revenue agents pursuing the case.
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New York
Chicago
New Higland
Chicopee Falls
Mase
Springfield
Maas
New England
New York City
Internal Revenue
Department of Suatheare
Adolph Parnell
Parnall
Bleeker Street
Chicopee
Mass
Holyoke
Greenfield
Hartford
Admit Murder of Maid in Newark Brooklyn pair held
Frank Kelly and Emma Robinson of Brooklyn confessed to the murder of Catherine Dunn a house maid in Brooklyn Clar ence 8 Clark home. District Attorney Lewis said indictments will be sought for Kelly in murder in the first degree and for Robinson as accessory.
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Newark
N. J
Frank Kelly
Emma Robinson
Brooklyn
Hera
Catherine Dunn
Clarence 8
Clark
Lewis
Kings County
Kelly
Robinson
World News in Brief from Washington and Capitol Hill
Supreme Court in recess to January 5 as Rhode Island and New Jersey dairy suit challenges prohibition. Admiral Sims declines Medal of Honor. Navy Secretary Daniels endorses. Palmer criticizes coal operators over strike plan. Congress passes sugar control bill through 1920 with cut to licensing end June 30. Petition for national rail ownership presented to House. Deportation bill for anarchists passes House unanimously. John Skelton Williams renominated as comptroller of the currency.
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Washington
Rhode Island
New Jersey
William S. Sims
Germany
Wilson
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
United States Sugar Equalization Board
Congress
White House
Prohibition Enforcement Faces Long Court Fight Says Cherrington
A Columbus official from the Anti-Saloon League forecasts decade long court challenges to enforce prohibition. The report cites harsh rhetoric toward the U.S. government as 247 alleged reds are deported from New York aboard the Buford. Also noted are arrests in San Antonio on conspiracy charges to defraud Army supply programs and recoveries of $1,500 in Army goods.
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Columbus
Anti-Saloon League
United States
America
New York
Buford
San Antonio
Tex
Foreign Mienlal Lenine predicts bolshevism for China
Reports from Paris and Washington cite Lenineism trends and Bolshevik influence as new power shifts. Trotzky plans invasion of Poland next spring with a vast Chinese army. European dispatches note tensions, military plans, and upheavals across Austria and Lithuania amid wartime policy changes.
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Mienlal Lenine
China
Paris
Warsaw
Trotzky
Poland
Iowa State News Highlights Local Farm and Bond News
Iowa State reports a 700000 bond approval for Ottumwa high school by a 2061 vote margin. It covers farm yields from Ringgold and Waukon to Estherville. Across counties, tuberculosis testing progress, beef and lamb sales, and large wool and dairy shipments are noted, with farm shows, premium grants, and notable livestock losses and records.
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W. A. Middleton
Ringgold County
William Clark
Duyer
Waukon
Kossuth
Herp
James Timblin
Battle Creek
Ida County
Towa
Madison County
Barkham
Winterset
Iowna
Town, State College
Iowa State Board of Agriculture
Iowa
David F. Houston
Henry County Fair Association
Mt. Pleasant
Giris
Lulu Alphes
Ashburn
J. J. van Rieck
M. A. Collpriest
Rosamere Farm
Idolmere
Chicago
United States
Otto V. Battles of
Osborne Leads Prison Reform Crusade Nationwide
Lieutenant Commander Thomas Mott Osborne, commandant at Portsmouth N H, launches a campaign to reform eight state prisons and five federal penitentiaries on a humane basis. A wealthy ex-convict known as the Gray Brother provides steun. sixteen hundred former inmates in New York City assist. Joliet penitentiary criticism sparks calls for inquiry and a sharp exchange with Illinois officials.
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N.S. Naval Prison
Portsmouth
N. H
Washington
Amatea
New York City
Lving
Hamilton Club
Chicago
Joliet
Aga
Tinois
John T. Whitman
Titinois
Jollet
Lowden
Osborne
Return of Dr Alexis Carrel to Rockefeller Institute
Noted surgeon Alexis Carrel returns from France to resume research at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research in New York. Since 1901 the institute has advanced medical and surgical progress, with Carrel’s wartime work reducing amputations and restoring vitality for countless soldiers. Carrel, born Lyons June 28 1873, earned his MD in 1891 and a Columbia PhD in 1918, and holds the Legion of Honor rank.
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John D. Rockefeller
Institute For Medical Research
New York
Alexis Carrel
France
Rockefeller Institute
Doctor Carrel
Lyons
Aene Ricard
University of Lyons
Columbia
Legion of Honor
Mutiny Claim Sparks Debate Over American Troops in Russia
At Madison Wisconsin ex-soldiers who served at Archangel challenge Col Raymond Robins who says mutinies followed Allied policy in Russia. Robins cites affidavits but refuses to name signers. A New York aide disputes mutiny in a public War Department report.
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Raymond Robins
Chicago
American Red Cross
Russia
Madison, Wis
Archangel
Robins
John Commons
John R. Commons
Colonel Robins
New York
A. W. Kleifoth
War Department
Schurman lends philosophy library to Belgian university
Jacob Gould Schurman president of Cornell offers his extensive philosophy library to Dr Nicholas Murray Butler for shipment to the University of Louvain in Belgium. Butler notes the German destruction of Belgian manuscripts recalls Omar’s destruction of Alexandria in 643 A.D. Offers of aid from professors across Austrian universities follow.
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Jacob Gould Schurman
Cornell University
Nicholas Murray Butler
University of Louvain
Doctor Schirman
Europe
Butler
Pricejess
Omar
Teidaney
Auverstan
Instrument to measure wear of concrete highways
United States Department of Agriculture reports a device for measuring wear on concrete and other road surfaces. The instrument uses two bearing plates, a 3 inch travel micrometer, and base plugs set in pavement to reference readings year to year. It enables rapid data collection without traffic interruption.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Pubic Roads
Farmers Should Treat Roadside As Front Way To Farm
The article urges farmers to view roadside margins as part of their property and to invest time and labor there. It argues the road is the farm’s front entrance and deserves early attention, not secondary care, to improve the overall appearance of the farm.
Movement to better roads boosts Maine highway bond limit
Prepared by the United States Department, Maine endorses raising bonded indebtedness for state highways from 2,000,000 to 10,000,000. This vote, part of a nationwide push for better roads, follows federal aid road act details reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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State of Maine
United States Departement of Agriculture
Maine
United States Department of Agriculture
Roads Not Developed As War Strain Proves
The article argues roads are not yet universal despite improvements since the automobile era, a condition stressed by wartime demands and the nation’s transportation needs.
Save Truck Owners Money and Better Roads Benefit All
Truck owners know good roads save money for carriers shippers and the public by cutting operating costs and enabling faster transit times. Improved highways reduce wear on vehicles and lower fuel and maintenance expenses for fleets nationwide.
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