Contempt Prosecution Opened Against Grocers Trust
Federal government opens contempt proceedings in Birmingham against the Southern Wholesale Grocers' Association and 59 individuals for alleged Sherman act violations. Charges allege coercion to prevent price reductions and to force distribution through wholesalers, plus publication of the "green book" to bar direct producer retailer sales. Names of defendants listed. case seeks show cause orders and penalties for contempt.
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Birmingham
Alu
Southern Wholesale Grocers’ Association
Grocers' Trust
Aerlares
United Sates District Court
Green
McLaurin
Private wedding ties Grover Cleveland to Thomas Preston Jr
Mrs Grover Cleveland and Thomas J Preston Jr wed at 10:30 this morning in Prospect the university residence at Princeton. President Hibben officiated in a simple ceremony with only immediate family present and a few guests. The couple will spend the winter in Florida for health reasons.
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Princeton
N. J
Grover Cleveland
Thomas J. Preston, Jr
John Grier Hibben
Princeton University
Prospect
University
Preston
Hibben
Elizabeth Hibben
Andrew F. West
Graduate School
Florida
President Hibben
Professor Preston
Thomas Preston
Aurora
N. Y
John Hoppen
Florence Preston Jones
Cleveland
Hather
Connecticut
Richard
Francis
Unable to Walk, Negro Hanged on Gallows in Mississippi
Jackson Mississippi February 10 Unable to walk or stand because a bullet paralyzed his spinal cord Seymour Arnold Negro was carried on a stretcher to the gallows at Colling Miss and hanged today A large crowd witnessed the execution Arnold was hanged for the murder of William Lowrey a prominent merchant of Ora Mississippi last fall
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Ling
Miss
Arngid
William Lowrey
Ora
Mise
Castro Is Snubbed by Woodrow Wilson
Trenton February 10 President elect Wilson declined to grant an audience to former Venezuelan President Castro who was released from detention as an undesirable alien in New York. Castro sought a meeting at the statehouse tomorrow but no reason was given for the refusal. Wilson will delay diplomatic appointments until after taking office and may appoint an ambassador to London soon.
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Trenton
Wilson
Castro
Venezuela
United States District Court
New York
Wison
Statehouse
Ttma
London
Whitelaw Reid
Sneed Put On Trial For Killing Boyce In Texas
Vernon Texas February case of J B Sneed charged with the murder of Al Boyce Jr at Amarillo on September 14 last was called. The trial links to five sensational cases stemming from Al Baree elopement to Canada with Mrs R Sneed. The defense argues this was their first meeting since the elopement and that Boyce plotted to kidnap Mrs Sneed again.
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Sneed
Mrs. Sneed
Canada
Militant suffragettes raid West End clubs in London
Militant suffragettes attacked London’s West End Clubland on February 16 breaking windows at the Carlton and Reform clubs and at the home of Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein. Police investigated the disturbances as militant action linked to the suffrage movement.
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London
West End
Clubland
Carlton
Reform
Fall Malh
Prince Christian
Schleswig-Holstein
George
New York Judge Orders $7,126 Award in Forged Bill Case
Judge of the United States circuit court in New York awarded $7,126 to A. Hannay & Co. against the Guaranty Trust Co. of New York on a bill of exchange tied to forged bills of lading from Knight, Yancey & Co. of Decatur Alabama. The decision may guide up to $4.5 million in similar actions and likely reach the U.S. Supreme Court.
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New York
United States Circuit Court
A. Hannay & Co
Liverpool
United States Supreme Court
Holt
Ctrealt
Moyes
Guaranty Trust Company
Hannay & Co
England
Aince
Accused of Drunkenness and Ejected From Streetcar
W N Ponders sues Georgia Railway and Power company for 5000 dollars claiming a streetcar conductor accused him of being drunk on January 1 at Forsyth and Mitchell and ejected him. He says he waited, reboarded a second car, was cursed and abused and driven beyond his corner, causing family worry before midnight.
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Toma
W. N. Ponders
Georgia Railway and Power Company
Ponders
Nlight
Stewart Avenue
Forsyth
Mitchell Streets
Pondéra
Tuberculosis Serum Claims Truly Harmless, Heals Many
Dr. Frederick Friedmann reports a serum from cold blooded animals as a tuberculosis treatment. He says injections create an inflatable induration that gradually absorbs, healing bone and joint fistulas, skin lesions, glandular tumors, and pulmonary symptoms. The government balks at trials, while Berlin officials deny denouncing the remedy.
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Washington
Frederick Friedmann
Congress
Friedmann
Uma
Contempt Charges Tie to Southern Wholesale Grocers Case
A Washington report notes contempt actions against the Southern Wholesale Grocers association as a potential prelude to further prosecutions of other trusts for violating court decrees. The May involve letters sworn by Hinton G. Clabaugh and filed by Attorney General Wickersham and James A. Fowler with United States Attorney Oliver D. Street. Punishment for contempt may include imprisonment or fines as investigations continue into the Standard Oil company and its subsidiaries.
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Wickersham
Southern Wholesale Grocers’ Association
J. H. McLaurin
Jacksonville
Fla
J. D. Feucette
Bristol Tenn
W. Reaves
Tuptio
Misa
Gow. Bartiesen
Little Rock
Henry Patterson
Searcy
Ark
Bo Barnshaw
Wasnogra
AL Avant
Penancola Ma
Bry
Flas
W. EB. Small
Macon
Faireloth Seuttm
Roge
Richmond
Fum Rettenbers
Sumter
Tennrana
Texas
J. W
Monroe
Lasport
Pace
Om Punter
Gaz
Hyedeol
Jackwan
Mattiesburk
Mise
Wie
Kestnut Maskages
Okln
W.L. Sullivan
Truta Yelley
Ola
I. A. Melchers
Charleston
Garreth
Greemyued
Ar Pyler
Guineaville
Samuel Hanna
Wacous
Legard
Rugden
Vas
W. A Scott
North Nazewell
Val
Spots
Staunton
J. J. Ingram
Opelika
Ala
G. W.rattenbury
Fayetteville
B. K. Crane
Port Smith
T. A. Mulling
N. C
Bristol
Tenn V
Sumer
James A. Fowler
United States
Oliver D. Street
Hinton G. Clabaugh
Department of Justice
Washington
Iinterest
Standard of Company
Fnes
Cuban-born man Tos c aneo dies at 102 after fall and sobriety
Ramon Fernandes Toscano, a Cuban native living in Tampa, died at 102. Officials say his death followed a fall months earlier. He credited his long life to not drinking alcohol, though he was a heavy smoker who preferred long black cigars and did not smoke cigarettes.
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Tampa
Fla
Ramon Fernandes Toscano
Cuba
Toscano
Henry M Flagler Reported Very Ill In Florida
Henry M Wingier president of the Florida and East Coast railway is reported critically ill in St Augustine Florida February 10. Friends decline to confirm or deny his health. Wingier, builder of the overseas Key West extension, is linked to many state activities and remains unnamed by some sources.
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St. Augustine
Kio
Henry M. Wingier
Florida and East Coast Railway
Key West
Mingler
Seaboard Offers Inauguration Tickets At Varied Rates
The advertisement lists party rate 129 dollars and individual rate 1 dollar 19.99 cents. Tickets go on sale February 28 March 1 2 and 8 with March 10 deadline and possible extension to April 10. Stopovers allowed both ways.
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Seaboard
Southern Railway
Washington, D.C
Small Fortune Found Behind Picture Frame in Macon
In Macon Georgia on February 10 Special: Mrs W M Foster cleaning a house at 340 Refé Uome avenue found a large roll of bills behind a picture frame totaling $500. She and her sister, unsure of ownership, note multiple families have lived there in recent years and no ledge on how the money arrived.
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Macon
W. M. Foster
Strike May Avert 30000 Rail Firemen Workforce Action
New York February 10 President Carter of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen withholds the strike ballot result of 30000 firemen on 54 eastern railroads until a meeting with union and railroad managers. Both sides hope to avert a strike by agreeing to arbitration under Erdman act. managers seek days to craft a reply after hearing the union ultimatum.
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New York
W. S Carter
The
Brotherhood
Conference Committee of
Carter
Committee of Managers
Three murderers die in Sing Sing electric chair
Ossining February 10 Three murderers were executed in the electric chair at Sing Sing prison. Joseph Gaduty a Maliian killed his wife after she threatened divorce. George Bishop a frail Black man murdered a white woman Mia Margaret Bell in Brooklyn. Donato Cardillo killed Stephen Dickson whose body was found in a brook near the prison.
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Ossining
Sing Sing
Joseph Gaduty
George Bishop
Mia
Margaret Bell
Brooklyn
Donato Cardillo
Stephen Dickson
Citizens organize push for new Stonewall County
Swainsboro Ga February 10 Special agitation for the new county of Stonewall with Stillmore as the county seat has formed from a base meeting. T J Kent elected chairman Dr R E Graham vice chairman Dr J K Warren secretary and W B Holder chairman of the new county committee. The proposed county would be carved from Emanuel Tattnall and Bulloch counties, covering 332 square miles with a population of 15900 and taxable property valued at 2000060.
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Swainsboro
Stonewall
Stillmore
T. J. Kent
R. E. Graham
J. KR. Warren
W. B. Holder
Emanuel
Tattnall
Bulloch
Noted Turfman to See String of Fast Racers
Brunswick Ga February 10 Special J C K Buings the great race horse owner will arrive in the city this week from Florida waters He is coming here primarily to pay a visit to his stable of handsome horses in winter quarters here under trainer Dave Tanner Chief among the horses is Ahlan holder of the present world trotting record
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Brunawick
J. C. K. Buings
Florida Waters
Horass
Dave] Tanner
Ahlan
Bonds Approved for Three Labor Men
Chicago February 19 bail for three more labor men convicted at Indianapolis of conspiracy to transport explosives illegally was approved by Judge Francis E. Baker. The trio includes James E. Ray of Peoria with one year and $10,000 bond, Edwin Smythe of Peoria with three years and $36,000 bond, and J. S. Barry of St Louis with four years and $40,900 bond.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
Francis E. Baker
Presidini
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
James E. Ray
Peoria
Edwin Smythe
Barry
St Louis
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Southern Wholesale Association
Woodrow Wilson
Boyce
IUGE
Knight, Yancey & Co
Friesmann
Berlin
America
Medical Society
Friedrich Friedmann
Government Institute of Experimental Therapeutics
Frankfort
Paul Ehrlich
Department of the Interior
Henry M. Flagler
Shredded Wheat Company
Niagara Falls, N. Y
Stonewall County
Rock
Arkansas
Breh. Bloce CO
Atlanta
DR. J. Jensen Dental CO
Whitehall Street
E. G. Willingham
Whitehall
Southern
Railway
Washington, D. C
New Orleans
Washington Express
U.S
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