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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1911
Page
4
The government filed suit in Cleveland against 35 incandescent light bulb makers led by General Electric. It accuses unlawful price fixing and dealer control as a nationwide monopoly in the electric lamp industry. The complaint targets stockholds in National Electric Lamp Co and includes firms like Dwyer Machine Co of Lynn and several glass makers.
The National Electric Lamp Company and General Electric of New York are named as defendants in a government petition arguing a conspiracy in restraint of trade. The suit claims the Independent Lamp Manufacturers Association controlled lamp output and fixed prices, with GE of New York owning 75.2 percent of its stock. The industry sells about 80 million lamps annually for around 18 million dollars, with profits rising from 1904 to 1910. Local defendants in New England include Gilmore Electric, Dwyer Machine, Franklin Manufacturing, Providence Gas Burner, Bryan-Marsh, and Mander Electric Company.
Washington dispatch says a government suit filed in Cleveland targets General Electric Company Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company National Electric Lamp Company and 32 other defendants. Attorney General Wickersham hints the action may aim to end the so called electrical trust as defendants contemplate possible voluntary dis continuation of practices objected to by the government.
Providence March 3 Marsden J Perry a director of General Electric says he was not surprised by the suit action and notes GE had known for months it was coming. Thomas J Walker treasurer of the Providence Gas Burner Company offered no comment. Bryan-Marsh Company and Mander Electric of Central Falls share management. Bryan-Marsh moved from Marlboro Massachusetts to Central Falls six years ago.
In Lynn March 3 neither Elmer Dwyer nor his brother Edward F Dwyer of Dwyer Machine Company could be reached for comment on the company's connection to other defendants in the government’s suit against electric companies. The firm is small employing about a dozen workers.
Ipswich reports George Munroe Lord missing after wandering half clad for hours. The 60 year old, once a shooting lodge operator on Hagle Hill, was found in a deserted engine house with only a thin shirt and trousers, then returned home.
James P. Bracken of 610 Tenth Ave New York City a former water inspector and plumber writes that after a month on Peruna his nasal catarrh stomach indigestion and poor appetite improved dramatically with no trace of catarrh left he states Peruna cured him
Two readers report relief from catarrh after using Peruna. Frank Richter of Winona Minnesota attributes stomach and head catarrh cure to Peruna after trying other remedies. Michael Rooney of Watervliet New York says Peruna cured his bladder related symptoms and restored health in two months.
Hugh Bancroft and March Bennett led a large majority of the Chamber of Commerce to endorse the Real Boston bill at a meeting in the American House. The plan creates an advisory metropolitan council of executives from 49 cities and towns to coordinate regional issues while preserving local autonomy.
In St Petersburg a imperial rescript from Emperor Nicholas promises to complete his grandfather’s work by turning serfs into economically strong landowners. The plan includes allowing peasants to leave communes and advancing agricultural science to boost productivity.
Austrian landholder Richard von Arkovy known as a baron faced a grand larceny charge in Police Court. He left after the case was dismissed and received an apology from Julio Jarron Cuban vice consul who had filed the accusation over platinum crucibles valued at $900.
In Ashburnham 27 women besieged the town registrar asking to be registered to vote for school committee chairman. Candidates are Dr Elmer G Fosgate and James Bose an instructor at Cushing Academy. Rumor says women aim to defeat the doctor and back Bose.
William Walsh aged 88 living at 78 Chelsea Street East Boston narrowly escaped death yesterday while working in the hold of the Leyland liner Devonian at East Boston docks. A hogshead about 1900 pounds was being hoisted to the hold when a drum winch rope slipped causing the hogshead to fall.
A 150 foot trajectory struck Walsh with a glancing blow. He was transported to East Boston Relief Hospital where doctors diagnosed multiple bruises. Officials report he is not seriously injured.
Miss Dora Morrell editor founder of The Uplift and staunch suffragist will marry Henry Ellis Hughes a Baltimore electrical contractor. The March 17 wedding at St Luke's Allston will send the couple to Baltimore where she will continue to edit her magazine.
In Revere a card game dispute sparked a knife duel between Ernesto Nariciso and William Carriotto. Nariciso, 38, of 40 Waitte Street, and Carriotto, 18, of 16 Tuttle Street, were arrested after serious slash wounds. Nariciso's wife Gertrude Nariciso was jailed for striking Carriotto with a club. Both men worked in a shoe factory and had gathered at Nariciso's home for a card game.
Leon I. Leavitt a 20 year old Melrose man faced larceny charges for jewelry valued at 750 dollars taken from Judith Mattoon formerly of Roscoe Leavitt's home in Malden. He pleaded not guilty and was held for trial with bail posted by his father. Police say most stolen rings bracelets watches and neck laces have been recovered from pawn shops in Boston.
Theodore William Richards of Harvard University will give the Faraday lecture in London on June 14 and plans to depart Cambridge around mid May for the trip. The chemistry professor serves as chairman of Harvard's Division of Chemistry.
In New York on March 3 a woman in a bathrobe and nightdress wandered to a Fourteenth Street police station saying she was hurt in a subway crash. Catherine Hennessey, 48, of 119 East Tenth Street, was identified after planning to ride a patrol wagon, and her husband John Hennessey reported she had disappeared after returning home late last night.
David Gavagan was fined for loitering at a railroad station after buying a South Boston ticket. He had previously argued with an officer over a spitting incident and was fined again for loitering. He appealed the penalties.
A large audience attended the musical service at Temple Chobei Shalom Union Park Street last night. Cantor Erwin Wolkowich and the temple choir performed new music composed by M G Lowenstamm of Munich Germany with Mrs Barbara Finstein as principal soloist.
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