Storrow Proposed Rebating in U S Shoe Case
Government evidence in dissolution proceedings shows United Shoe Machinery Company proposed rebates to shoe manufacturers. Minutes from Jan 29 1900 cited as showing director James J Storrow moved to grant rebates equal to royalties on flexible in sole stitching machines for one quarter.
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United Shoe Machinery Company
United States District Court
William S. Gregg
United States Attorney-General
Executive Committee
James J. Storrow
Government and defense clash over rebates and patents in shoe case
Counsel and judge dissect whether rebates and stock offers to shoe manufacturers breached anti trust. Gregg says offers were for monopoly aims and unlawful, while Choate notes royalties were sometimes returned. Government closes its case with patent questions pending and reveals United company profits and vast royalty base.
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Charles F. Choate
Mr. Gregg
Brown
United Company
Gregg
Putnam
Witness Tries to Kill Self Before Testimony in Wren Murder Trial
William C. Adams, 37, a key witness in the John H. Wren murder case against J. Stewart Hamilton, slashed his throat at his Hinsdale home hours before testimony. He is seriously wounded but may recover. investigators note Adams and Hamilton were intimate friends and Hamilton had boarded with Adams' sister.
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Keene
N. H
William C. Adams
John H. Wren
J. Stewart Hamilton
Adams
Hinsdale
Hamilton
New Bids Sought for Long Island Hospital Addition
Infirmary trustees call for new bids on the Long Island Hospital addition. O'Connell Brothers of Lowell had the lowest bid on the original proposal but after eliminations McKenny & Peterson were lowest on the revised plan. The Mayor ordered a re advertisement to avoid awarding between closely competing firms.
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Long Island Hospital
O'Connell Brothers of
Lowell
Ade
McKenny & Peterson
Public Landing Estimates Ordered in Dorchester
Officials from the park department were instructed by Mgor Fitzgerald yesterday to obtain estimates for the cost of a public landing at Free Ort Street in Dorchester.
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Park Department
Mgor Fitzgerald
Freeort Street
Dorchester
Exonerated after long litigation over factory disaster
Plymouth June 25 After eight years a Probate Court finding exonerates R B Grover Company Brockton from fault in the 1905 plant explosion and fire that killed many. Judge Loyed E Chamberlain ruled the disaster accidental and not the corporation's liability despite prior inspections and testimony about an intoxicated engineer. The ruling followed 14 damage suits by relatives of victims and injured workers.
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Plymouth
R. B. Grover
Loyed E. Chamberlain
Probate Court Today
Grover
New England
Chamberlain
Rockwell
Probate
Haggin Suit Over Portrait Price Filed in New York
Princess Wilma Lwoff Parlaghy sues James B Haggin, millionaire mining man and horseman, for 25000 dollars claiming the price agreed for a portrait of Haggin painted by the princess. The suit was filed in New York.
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New York
James B. Haggin
Wilma Lwoff-Parlaghy
Brakes Found Capable in Train 53 Wreck Probe
Experts report on Train 53 wreck at Stamford Conn June 12 found locomotive and car brakes in good serviceable condition. Tests in road trials confirmed brakes could have stopped the train short of the home signal at Stamford with speeds similar to those in the June 17 road test.
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Stamford
Conn
T. J. Langan
General
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Co. W. Martin
General Air
Pennsylvania
T. L. Burton
C. H. Lorimer
Westinghouse Air Brake Company
C. L. Bardo
New Haven
Westinghouse
Penfield Chosen as Ambassador to Austria
Frederick Courtland Penfield of Germantown Penn has been selected to be ambassador to Austria. The Austrian government is consulting on his acceptability, a development disclosed today in Washington.
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Washington
Frederick Courtland Penfield
Germantown
Penn
Austria
Dedham Fugitive Still At Large
Eugene H. Worcester escaped from the Dedham courthouse on Tuesday and remains at large. Police have found no trace of his hiding place.
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Dedham
Eugene H. Worcester
Not to Be Overlooked Wringer Stock Sale
Advertising copy states a stock of wringers will be sold with manufacturer guarantee except for two inexpensive models. Claims the wringers outlive the guarantee and emphasizes lasting durability.
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American Wringer Company
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Lynn
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Richard N. Morton
United Shoe Machinery Corporation
United
Harold G. Denham
Roy‘alties
Brockton Company
Dent
Penfield
Vienna
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