Knox urges new antitrust measures to curb trusts
Attorney General Knox outlines administration backed plan to regulate and restrain improper combinations. Proposes broad federal power to curb rebates and discriminatory rates, restrict carrier practices, and create a commerce department bureau to study interstate and foreign trade. Calls for rapid anti trust act action and Supreme Court review. Essential points from Senator Hoar’s trust bill noted for today’s Post.
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Washington
Knox
White House
Department of Commerce
Supreme Court of the United States
Robbed contractor lured by Principe ends in assault
Italian contractor Raffaele Camouche arrived in Boston with over $2800 and was lured by Carlotta Principe of 26 Leverett street. After proposing marriage, Camouche offered his money to her father. during the visit a plan to see the cash led to a violent assault on Commercial street. Camouche and Principe’s father are linked to the scam, with police seeking the others as Camouche lay inj ured and money absent.
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Carlotta
Camonche
New Hampshire
Principe
Camouche
Leverett Street
North End
Kiccntany
Park
Commercial Street
Boland
Division 1
Louis Princine
Canouche
Princepes
Asailants
Nurse Claims Prisoner Wished Her Mother Dead in Court
A crowded courtroom heard sensational testimony from nurse Mrs Barbara Laird recounting a muttered exchange between Mrs Richardson and her daughter Katherine. Laird testified of suspected poisoning behavior, a later violent incident, and brief details of the daughter’s reactions amid the Morrison House case as Chief Sackett described arrests and a third degree inquiry.
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Chelsea
Eunice D. Kinney
Charles W. Bartlett
Barbara Laird
Mrs. Laird
Morrison
Richardson
Mrs. Richardson
Kate
James
Kinney
Rollins
Chainey
Walton
Miss Richardson
Ida M. Rollins
Revere
Newton
Frost Hospital
Boston Fire Threatens Five Story Arch Street Building
A blaze at 91 and 93 Arch street in Boston caused two alarms as hot air explosions scattered straw hats and furniture. firefighters battled the flames through the fourth and fifth floors, with Mason & Snow and Dudley Bartlette & Hurt firms suffering losses while no injuries occurred. The event followed a day of dense smoke and fog across the city, attributed to coal smoke, harbor mist, sleet and rain, creating near blackout conditions and requiring artificial light throughout downtown.
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Arch Street
Cheswell
National Express Company
Winthrop Square
Dudley, Barttelle & Hurd
Mason & Snow
Mason & Bnow
Dudley, Bartlette & Hurt
Boston
Milk Street
New England Businessmen Snooze on Cuba Big Brother Cigarros
A memorandum urges trying Cuba Big Brother Cigarros before a broad business audience. The copy notes the ads claim the cigars appeal with a right five pack and a fifteen minute smoke, yet the author doubts large purchase by New England's businessmen.
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New England
Representative McCall Seeks 30 Day Coal Duty Suspension
Washington January 6 Representative McCall of Massachusetts introduces a bill to suspend collection of coal duties for thirty days. The move targets relief for producers and consumers amid market pressures.
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Waishington
McCall
Massachusetts
Explosion and Fire Endanger Clinton Storehouse
In Clinton this evening George Bartlett of Winston Bros and Locher lit a lantern inside a storehouse with several gallons of gasoline. The gas ignited causing four tanks to explode burning the building and contents. Bartlett was narrowly saved but burned. Nearby were 300 pounds of dynamite and powder for a railroad tunnel. Guards kept people back. loss was a few hundred dollars.
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Clinton
George Bartlett
Winston Bros. &. Locher
Bartlett
Central Massachusetts Railroad
Boston Weather Outlook Brings Warmer Wednesday and Rain Later
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for fair and warmer weather Wednesday with increasing clouds and likely rain by Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Thursday turns slightly cooler with brisk south to westerly winds building later.
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Boston
Vicinity
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