Government Moves to Dissolve Shoe Machinery Trust
The government seeks dissolution of a 23 member shoe machinery trust including United Shoe Machinery Company of New Jersey United Shoe Machinery Corporation and 21 allied firms across Boston Brockton Manchester New Bedford Seymour Cincinnati New York Portsmouth and other cities. Twenty three individuals centered in Newton Dedham Beverly Brockton Boston and New York face restraining orders amid alleged unlawful combination.
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Shoe Machinery Trust
United Shoe Machinery Company of
New Jersey
United Shoe Machinery Corporation
United Shoe Repairing Machine Company
Maine
United Xpedite Finishing Company
United Awl & Needle Company
United Fast Color
Manchester
N. H
Campbell-Bosworth Machinery Company
Boston Blacking Company
Boston
J. C. Rhodes & Co., Inc
New Bedford
Rimmon Eyelet Company
Seymour
Conn
Ross-Meyer Manufacturing Company
Cincinnati
J. K. Krieg Company
New York City
Booth Bros. Co
Rochester
N. Y
S. O. & C. Corporation
Ansonia, Co
Ellis Lacer Company
Thomas G. Plant Company
Iton
Sidney W. Winslow
Orleans
Edward P. Hurd
Newton
George W. Brown
Edwin P. Brown
Newtons
Louis A. Coolidge
Brooklim
William Barbour
New York
Frank L. Babbott
John H. Hanan
Government files bill to dissolve United Shoe Machinery and 19 subsidiaries
The government began a equity suit in the U S Circuit Court to dissolve the United Shoe Machinery Company and its 19 subsidiaries. It charges an unlawful combination and conspiracy in restraint of trade and monopoly of shoe machinery in the United States, seeks receivership to wind up assets, and asks the court to declare illegal the holding of stock among defendants.
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Shoe Machinery Trust
United States
United Shoe Machinery Company
Standard Oil Company
Tobacco Trust
Seivers
Government sues United Shoe Machinery over trust acts
The United States pursues criminal and civil actions against five officers of United Shoe Machinery Company and its related entities. The bill condemns the organization and leases that allegedly destroy competition under the Sherman Act and seeks dissolution of the company and related subsidiaries. The civil suit will be heard by a master while criminal proceedings proceed to a jury.
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United States
Asa P. French
George W.wickersham
Williams. Gregg
Boston
Washington
French
United Shoe Machinery Company of New Jersey
Endicott Says Dissolution of United Machine Would Hurt Shoe Industry
Henry B. Endicott, director at United Machine Company, denies knowledge of any guilty plea agreement in the criminal proceedings. He supports dissolution’s potential harm to the shoe industry and says he cannot discuss the matter further. Director Joseph C. Kilham also says he has no prior notice of the dissolution petition and no statements yet.
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Henry B. Endicott
United Machine Company
Joseph C. Kilham
Beverly
Rumor Youngs Hotel to Be Replaced by Great Modern Building
Rumors in Boston real estate circles say Youngs Hotel will be torn down for a modern edifice if plans by a wealthy syndicate succeed. Architect Arthur H. Bowditch, who designed the Old South Building, is reportedly at work on the new project.
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Young’s Hotel
Boston
Arthur H. Bowditch
Old South
Howard
Moulin Rouge
Careline DeForest
Lillian Thurston
Future of Young's Hotel in Boston Debated Amid Real Estate Hype
Rumors swirl over Young's Hotel. Fifty Associates deny sale while speculation centers on conversion to a grand office tower near the new municipal building in Copley Square. The site has a storied past from Taft era coffee house to a famed rendezvous for politicians and business leaders.
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Copley Plaza
Copley Square
Young’s
Fifty Associates
J. Reed Whipple Company
Charles E. Cutting
The
Young's
Boston
Thomas W. Lawson
George Young
Mr. Young
J. Reed Whipple
Robert F. Ford
Claude M. Hart
Charles I. Lindsey
Seek Madmen in Cross Mountain Mine Tomb
Briceville Tennessee December 12 News from Cross Mountain mine reports two rescued miners driven mad by the explosion and roaming the tunnels. Rescue efforts failed to recapture them as a burning area and wall writings guide searchers yet the trail was lost. Thirty five bodies have been recovered and burial preparations continue.
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Briceville
Tenn
Cross Mountain
Sunday Post Promises Family Holiday Fun Page
Christmas subjects occupy the Sunday Post as it previews next Sunday’s comic section a joy to the entire household with festive humor and cheer.
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Sunday Post
Fun Makers
Abetors Sought In Dynomite Case From M Namara Inquiry
Indianapolis December 12 government officials prepare to resume the federal grand jury probe into a nationwide dynamite conspiracy. They seek who beyond John J McNamara and James B McNamara handled or knew about shipments of more than a ton of dynamite and nitroglycerin used against nonunion iron and steel works. Witnesses include clerks shippers baggage handlers and others with knowledge of purchases payments transport or storage.
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Indianapolis
John J
James B. McNamara
Federal Grand Jury
Charles W. Miller
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
Herbert S. Hockin
National Erectors’ Association
Walter Drew
Erectors’ Association
Hockin
J. Burns
Washington
New York
Burns
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