Price Boosters Facing Prison in Massachusetts Prohibition
Governor Coolidge issued an emergency proclamation enforcing a 1919 act against maintaining or increasing prices for life’s essentials. The federal grand jury adjourned after reports of profiteering, with a new panel to convene next Tuesday. Five Boston area meat dealers were summoned to testify, while two landlords expected to appear before the state commission on the Necessaries of Life. Army surplus sales were halted pending opening of the Army store in South Boston, as reconstruction at Warehouse No. 2 progresses for joint use by Army and government staff.
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Coolidge
Federal Grand Jury
John J. Walsh
Suffolk
Morton
United States District Court
Boston
Allston
Cambridge
State Commission On
State House
Calvin Coolidge
House of Correction
Commonwealth
Commission On the Necessaries of Life
Greater
Dorchester
Commission
Army
Hurley
D Street
South
Questionnaires Sent to Food Merchants in Chicago
United States District Attorney Clyne sent questionnaires to potato sugar coffee and cold storage dealers in Chicago asking how much was paid for foodstuffs cost of marketing surplus on hand and other data. The information will be used in cases to be presented to the federal grand jury.
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Chicago
United States
Clyne
Federal Grand Jury
Radical forces to unite at new international socialist congress
At the National Socialist party convention closing session in Chicago steps were taken to call a new international socialist congress to unite radical forces worldwide. The plan aims to hold the congress at the earliest practicable date in New York or Chicago.
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Chicago
International Socialist Congress
National Socialist Party
New York
Socialists debate international status and rail plan at convention
The report to the convention declared the Berne congress had ceased to function and Moscow was not international. The majority Socialists and other factions barred from the Socialist congress if they opposed World War. A minority report on recognizing the Moscow Russian Soviet was rejected after a stormy debate. The party endorsed the Plumb plan with caveats and backed changes to elect Congressmen by industrial groups. Resolutions opposed universal military training, espionage law, Mexican war, deportations, immigration limits, and called a pan-American Socialist congress. The national executive committee elected includes E. T. Melms, William Brandt, William H. Henry, John Hagel, George E. Roewer, John Co. Wilson, and James O'Neal.
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Committee On International Relations
Moscow
J. Louis Engdahl
Chicago
Mexico
pan-American Socialist Congress
United States
E. T. Melms
Milwaukee
William Brandt
St. Louis
William H. Henry
Indianapolis
John Hagel
Oklahoma City
George E. Roewer
Boston
John Co. Wilson
James O'Neal
New York City
Gave Baby a Black Eye in Manchester Court Action
The Children's Aid Society filed a cruelty complaint against Fred Thomas a cigarmaker in Police Court. He denied the charges claiming only a momentary slap. Witnesses testified to the baby falling from bed and being beaten. The court gave custody to the mother under protective supervision.
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Manchester
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Children’s Aid Society
Fred Thomas
Thomas
Aid Society
Sable Island Radio Station Reported on Fire
Halifax dispatch reports campers near Camperdown could not reach Sable Island station by radio. A message received before midnight said the Sable Island station was on fire and feared destroyed, officials stated.
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Sable Island
Halifax
Camperdown
Senators Reply 10 President on Peace Treaty Debates
President Wilson's address backing the peace treaty and League of Nations drew brisk Senate replies. Senators Borah and Sherman assailed the President's Indianapolis and Columbus remarks, while Senator McCumber proposed six substitute reservations seen as favoring milder reservations.
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Washington
Wilson
League of Nations
Senate
Borah
Idaho
Sherman
Illinois
Indianapolis
Columbus
McCumber
North Dakota
Foreign Relations Committee
Senator Borah Attacks US Military Actions in Russia
In Indianapolis the President warned the league allows interference in others' affairs. Senator Borah denounced US military actions in Russia as usurping power not authorized by the Constitution and aiding Japan's Liberian policy. He contrasted with other lawmakers criticizing the President's stance.
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Indianapolis
Borah
Russia
Japan
Sherman
Columbus
International Labor Conference
Senate
Illinois
McCumber
Congress
Foreign relations committee faces treaty battles amid protests
The Senate foreign relations panel closed hearings on the peace treaty amid Italian American protests over Fiume and a claim that President Wilson blue pencilled the award to Italy. The committee received notes from the President on Rhine terms and outlined jurisdiction of Rhine forces and the allied civilian commission. Indications pointed to possible treaty consideration late next week as Lodge and Hitchcock prepare formal reports.
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Foreign Relations Committee
Italy
Fiume
Wilson
United States
Paris
Senate
Lodge
Rhine
Debut of Trolleyless Motor Street Car Today
The first trolleyless motor street car in the United States begins a trial on the Shore Line at South Coventry Connecticut. Gasoline powered and pay-as-you-enter, it can run on trolley or steam lines with 45 horsepower and a 31 foot length seating 36. The car aims to cut overhead by removing poles and wiring.
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United States
Shore Line Electric Railway
South Coventry
Conn
Test Car Demonstrates Cost Saving Trolley System
Superintendent John M. Johnson of a New Jersey company says the new cars could cut running costs by 65 percent of total trolley expenses. If Connecticut tests succeed, the cars may roll out in New Jersey and New York. The test vehicle completed the voyage from New Jersey to Connecticut under its own power.
Fake cures exposed by Vermont Lab and federal partners
The Vermont State Laboratory of Hygiene began analyzing popular preparations marketed as cures for various ailments. Working with U S officials, actions will be taken against misbranded products that claim a cure in a few bottles, since many contain only opium’s pain relief without actual curative effect.
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Burlington
Vermont State Laboratory of Hygiene
United States
Dempsey to Meet Meehan in Reno Bout
Reno Athletic Club offered 60 000 to Jack Dempsey to fight Willie Meehan in 2% rounds in Reno soon after the first of the year in a telegram to Dempsey's manager Jack Kearns The club said Meehan is willing to fight but the offer details were not released
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Reno
Jack Dempsey
Willie Meehan
Reno Sonfé
Reno Athletic Club
Jack Kearns
Dempsey
Meehan
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