Swindle on Army Contracts Alleged by Investigating Committee
Chicago inquiry into a $40 million munition contract with Standard Steel Car of Hammond Indiana proposes criminal prosecutions for at least a dozen army officers and civilians and a civil suit to recover between $13 and $15 million. Chairman William J. Graham says only 200 howitzer gun carriages were completed at $6,000 each, leaving the government potentially mulcted of about $24 to $15 million.
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Chicago
Standard Steel Car Company
Hammond
Ind
Congress
William J. Graham
Graham
Splendid 3 Piece Dining Room Suite Advertised
An advertisement promotes a dining room suite in genuine American Walnut. It includes a 48 inch buffet with three drawers, a matching table, and a china closet with two small linen drawers and one large drawer. The set is handsomely finished and designed for pride of ownership.
Oak Chifforobe with Five Drawers and Shelves
Solid oak chifforobe offers ample storage with five drawers a large box shelves and compartments for garments and accessories. Keeps clothing in good shape with sturdy construction suited for expansive wardrobe needs.
Labor Federation Urges 23 Percent Wage Levy
The United States and Canada unions demand a special AFL convention in Washington with railway brotherhoods invited. They seek an offensive and defensive alliance and propose a universal levy of at least 23 percent of net earnings for workers and 50 percent of officers salaries until goals are met.
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Peoria
Washington
Hingis Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Executive Council
United States
Canada
Steel Trust
Engineer Testifies at Probe Into Man's Death
At the inquest into James Fellows of Avon Park the Colonial Express engineer H G Gentley testified he blew the whistle and the Fellows did not hear. Gentley said the train traveled about 40 miles per hour and stopped only after Fellows was seen about 100 feet away with no time to escape. Fireman Quo Moffman corroborated the engineer's account.
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Connor Phelan
James Fellows
Avon Park
Colonial Express
H. G. Gentley
Fellows
St Wan
Quo Moffman
Bentley
Lucia de Lammermoor at Park Theater features international cast
The Vera Grand Opera company presents Lucia de Lammermoor on October 27 at the Park Theatre with Signorina P. Dorias as Lucia, fresh from Milan and previously seen in Bergamo Turin Florence Brescia and Buenos Aires. Tenor J Gryam praised as one of Donizetti's best interpreters leads a chorus and orchestra recruited from the Metropolitan Opera House for the occasion directed by Maestro G Leotti.
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Vera Grand Opera Company
Donizzotti
Lucia de Lammermoor
Park
Signorina P. Dorias
Lucia
Milan
Bergamo
Turin
Florence
Brescia
Metropolitan Opera House
G. Leotti
Americanization money for the states debated in Senate panel
The Senate labor committee backed a substitute for pending Americanization legislation. The plan would provide 12 300 000 dollars annually to educate foreign residents with states required to match the funding. The measure ties funding to state participation and aims to advance assimilation efforts.
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Washington
Yale Beaten Ten Tunes in 43 Years by Rank Outsiders
Yale notebooks show the team has lost to non top-ranked outsiders only ten times in forty three years. A letter from Yale’s rules committee member H H Davis notes the recent Boston College victory over Yale. The first defeat to a nontraditional foe occurred in 1904 against Army.
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Yale
New Haven
Get
Harvard
Princeton
Yarke H. Davis
Lercallagiate
Boston College
Army
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