Packers Declared a Menace by Former FTC Counsel
Francis J. Heney, former FTC counsel, warned before the House interstate commerce committee that within five to ten years the five leading meat packers could control the national food supply and set any price. He said their reach now extends to cheese oleomargarine and butter, with monopolies growing in other foods.
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Washington
Tveb
Francis J. Heney
Federal Trade Commission
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Heney
Japan Willing to Make Treaties Public
Baron Nobuaki Makino heads the Japanese delegation and is instructed to reveal all unpublished China Japan treaties. Chinese delegates press for full publication of secret agreements. A Tok i o despatch says Tokyo will privately disclose treaty contents to the five great powers.
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London
Yeb
Nobuaki Makino
China
Japan
Reuter
Tokio
Pekin
Baron Makino
Action of Chinese delegates commended at peace conference
Paris February 12 The Chinese delegation has been advised of numerous interrogations in the Chinese parliament from northern and southern provincial members seeking fuller information on Japanese and Chinese relations. The delegates say they are ready to submit all secret agreements with Japan to the council of the five great powers for consideration likely by week’s end.
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Paris
Japan
Council of the Five Great Powers
Last Beacon Street Homestead to Be Sold for Association Use
The 16 Beacon Street property, long the Angell family home, will pass to the American Unitarian Association by will. Located between the Congregational and Claflin buildings, it is brick with an assessed value of 107000 and 17 rooms across four stories facing Beacon Street and five in the rear. Dr Angell’s art collection valued at 500000 remains on the lower floor.
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Boston
Henry C. Angell
Beacon Street
State House
Tremont Street
William Endicott
Dr. Angell
American Unitarian Association
Congregational
Claflin
Catholic Church Notices and Upcoming Feast Days
A Catholic church notices page lists next week's feast days from Sunday St Juliana to Saturday St Peters Chair at Antioch. It notes sermons by Rev Robert Swickerath SJ on The Christian Home and by Rev John C Hart SJ on The Sacredness of Secrecy, plus a Forty Hours devotion at Our Lady of Grace Chelsea and St Adalbert Hyde Park. It also mentions a third order retreat at Blessed Gabriel Monastery, a St Zita guild meeting at the Convent of the Cenacle, and an ST Regis conference for teachers with a women’s retreat by Passionist Fathers from Feb 21 to Feb 24.
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St. Juliana
St. Flavian
St. Simeon
St. Gabinus
St. Appolonia
St. Eleutherius
St. Mildred
St. Severianus
St. Pepin
St. Peter's
Antioch
Robert Swickerath
S. J
Christian Home
St. Mary’s Church
North End
Father Swickerath
John C. Hart
Third Order of St. Francis
Blessed Gabriel Monastery
The
Church of Our Lady of Grace
Chelsea
St. Adalbert’s Church
Hyde Park
Guild of St. Zita
Brighton
Guild of St Regis For
Charlestown youth admits suicide attempt in Medway
Medway police say Cornelius D Gibbons age 19 of Charlestown attempted to take his life with a revolver after suffering nervous disorders. He was found dying last night and is on the Milford Hospital dangerous list with doubtful recovery.
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Medway
Cornelius D. Gibbons
Charlestown
Milford Hospital
Boston Symphony at Harvard Tonight in Sanders Theatre
The Boston Symphony Orchestra presents its fifth concert at Harvard tonight in Sanders Theatre Cambridge. M Henri Rabaud conducts a special program with soprano soloist Miss Ethel Frank.
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
Twarvard
Sanders Theatre
Cambridge
M. Henri Rabaud
Ethel Frank
Favorite acts figure on February Victor list new records
The February Victor list highlights several celebrated favorites, noting new records alongside notable chart performances. Major artists and titles appear among top positions, signaling strong sales and enduring popularity across genres.
Nations Ought to UK Treaty and Peace Terms Debate
In London the House of Commons debated whether peace terms with Germany should be settled before a League of Nations. Horatio Bottomley urged initiating a preliminary treaty and submitting it to the peoples, warning Wilson may not hold absolute authority. A Boston note reports Hoseman John J. Donahue of Roxbury suffered injuries after being thrown from Engine 31 in Allston while responding to a call from Cambridge Street.
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London
Germany
Society of Nations
House of Commons
Horatio W. Bottomley
John Bull
Mr. Bottomley
Wilson
United States
America
League of Nations
John J. Donahue
Parker Street
Roxbury
Allston
Harvard Street
Cambridge Street
Chiefs and Hines Confer on Labor and Railroads
Washington report says Director General Hines urged labor leaders to seek changes with the railroad administration rather than state legislatures to avoid state control of national matters. Four brotherhood chiefs to meet him on working conditions. no retrenchment plan announced. Wilson’s return awaited for possible private ownership action.
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Washington
Hines
Four Brotherhoods
Wilson
Congress
Plot to kill Wilson and McAdoo cited in arrest
Pietra Pierre, an I W W leader arrested in Cleveland by federal officers, was wanted in a conspiracy against the lives of President Wilson and W G McAdoo, according to local government agents.
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Kansas City
Pietra Pierre
Cleveland
Wilson
W. G. McAdoo
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Royal Worcester
Royal Coulton
Wedgwood and
Couldon
Bouillon
Nippon
French
Nippon China
U. K
Hints Wilson
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Allege
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New England
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Minton
Sena
F‘rench China
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