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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1908
Page
3
A worldwide pact among powder companies in the United States and Europe was introduced in federal hearing before Special Master Mahaffey. It stipulates a $50,000 penalty for breaches. The document was identified by Almon Lent, president of Austin Powder Company in Cleveland.
The agreement ran ten years with renewal at firms’ option and involved the Dupont Company, Austin Powder Company, about 100 U S concerns, and all European powder firms. It regulated competition, set detonator factory action in New Jersey, mandated 6,000,000 pounds of European detonators, and divided world markets by district with specific territorial claims.
Samuel Frank aged 29 from North Russell street was held up in a dark Richmond street alley by two men who lured him there with a sham diamonds sale. He was beaten and robbed of $500 yesterday.
President Cipriano Castro of Venezuela landed at Pauillac near Bordeaux after a French government conference. He traveled to Bordeaux and planned a possible Paris visit the next day. The move came amid safety fears and reports of threatening letters connected to his Caracas administration.
Ada Gorman Magness, daughter of the late Maryland Senator A. P. Gorman, asks the President to pardon her husband who was convicted of desertion from the navy and sentenced to a year in Portsmouth New Hampshire. Secretary Newberry advised against clemency and the White House notified the petitioner accordingly.
More than 30 governors draft a report endorsing state to state and state to federal cooperation in natural resource conservation. They say joint action will foster national prosperity and long term stability.
Taft reports that Cannon supports an honest thorough tariff revision in line with party promises. He notes discussions with Ways and Means Republicans aim to build a bill from hearings and add evidence as needed. Taft hopes for harmony on Philippine tariff issues and anticipates meetings with Roosevelt and Root tomorrow.
The House began a prolonged debate on a bill to create a seven member commission to arbitrate labor disputes when the President deems a federal interest at stake. Proponents Town shend Russell Cochran argued in favor while Adamson Richardson Ryan Nicholls and Hardy led opposition warning of compulsory arbitration and lack of labor demand.
An enthusiastic gathering at Quincy House honored the 10th anniversary of the Tenth United States Volunteer Signal Corps disbandment after six months of service in the Spanish American War. Capt. Clark led a new veterans group with McMasters as historian and Owens as secretary treasurer. An outing is planned for June to recall the 11th anniversary.
Mechanicville reports the woolen plants of the French River Manufacturing Company have shifted to a day and night schedule affecting four hundred workers. The move signals broader output expansion and potential wage implications as operations adjust to the new regime.
An ad promises to cure Itching Bleeding or Protruding Piles in six to fourteen days with a money back guarantee. The product costs 50 cents and is marketed as a guaranteed remedy.
Washington report records Speaker Cannon’s firm opposition to financing national waterway improvements with government bonds. He rejects a $1,000,000,000 bond issue for the next decade, saying expenditures must be safe and sane and refusing to vote for expansive bonds. His frank stance unsettled delegates at the rivers and harbors congress.
A Riverside drugstore touts Rexall Mucu-Tone as a powerful blood tonic and mucous membrane cleaner to combat nervousness headaches and fatigue. The ad promises a full refund if customers are unsatisfied after reasonable trial and lists two bottle sizes 50c and 1.00 from The Riker Jaynes Drug Stores.
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