Co operative Livestock Company Facing Boycott by KC Commission Men
In Kansas City, April, the Livestock Exchange commission men declared war on the Co operative Livestock Commission company, boycotting packers who buy cattle sheep or hogs from the independent firm. They refuse to sell to Swift & Co and Armour & Co citing below price list quotations and alleged unfair shipping practices. The Co operative reps say independent firm formed due to commission men pushing price charges on livestock.
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Kansas City
Commission Me
Livestock Exchange
Co-operative Livestock Commission Company
Co-operative Company
Commission
The
Exchange
Swift & Co
Swift
Armour & Co
Armour
Co-operative Comny
Commission Men and Stock Exchange
Soldiers Innocent In Brownsville Shooting Testimony
Major Penrose testified that the Twenty-fifth Infantry soldiers charged in the Brownsville incident were innocent. Lieutenant F H Leckie presented ballistic findings showing bullets could not have been fired from the barracks. Leckie traced the bullets' path while Penrose defended the men despite court martial guilt verdicts.
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Jose
Leckie
Brownsville
Washington
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Penrose
Texas City
F H. G. Leckie
Brownsale
McCaskey
Department of Texas
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Pen
Riot at Lynchburg leaves two whites and two Negroes shot
In Lynchburg Virginia on Fifth and Main streets a small riot left two white men A L Wier and S C Crawford wounded and two Negroes shot. Wier was hit in the hip and leg while Crawford suffered a hip blow. A passing car was struck and the vestibule glass shattered during the exchange of fire.
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Lynchburg
Fifth
Main Streets
Fifth Street
A. L. Wier
S. C. Crawford
Seventeen Men Roast. Terrible Fire Strikes San Francisco
A massive blaze in San Francisco left seventeen men burned or missing with terrible results. Firefighters battled the blaze through the night as several structures burned and local business districts suffered heavy damage.
Geneva Hotel Fire Kills Seventeen Italians in San Francisco
A blaze at the Geneva hotel in San Francisco destroyed the hotel and adjoining lodging house on April 4. Seventeen Italians killed, seventeen or eighteen others injured, many by jumping from upper floors. Firemen struggled to control the flames as 100 plus lodgers were trapped. proprietor says dead exceed a dozen. Missing include a woman and four-year-old boy and an eight-year-old girl. Price of the loss is listed at forty thousand dollars.
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San Francisco
Geneva Hotel
W. A. Cole
Filipe
Kentucky Street
Rose Pezola
Penrose continues under Senate questioning on Brownsville case
Major Charles W. Penrose testified again before the Senate Military Affairs Committee denying his battalion’s involvement in the Brownsville shooting. He said his change of view came after court martial and cited unreliable witness timing and darkness. Also from Fort Worth three prisoners escaped after sawing through iron bars in the city jail.
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Washington
Charles W. Penrose
Twentyfifth Infantry
Brownsville
Tex
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Warner
Penrose
Fort Worth
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Howell Bros
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Howard R. Cavitt
Willis House
W. F. Miller
J. F. Eaves
Smith Building
N. Jametta
James & Nunn
Texas
Crown and Bridge Work
Burt Norwood
Mohank
EB. J., Carson
E. J. Jenkins
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A. Adams
Parker Building
Oliver Typewriter
Milburn
Tennessee Triumph
Sanders Bros
Eee
New Spring
Paris
Eugene Edge
Wilson & Edge
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