Sugar profiteering warrants target city dealers
Authorities issued warrants for Peter J. Schneider, Charles H. Schneider, Peter B. Schneider, all of the D A White Company, and H S Fraser of H B Fraser & Co, alleging demand pricing on granulated beet sugar in violation of the Lever law. The case centers on sales to Puritan Chocolate Company and Buhr Pfaff Co with amounts ranging from about 1,394 to 6,522 dollars and pounds from 6,991 to 27,514. Stuart Bolin, DA, leads proceedings as officials push broader probes into profiteering amid rising sugar prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter J. Schneider
Charles H. Schneider
Peter B. Schneider
D. A. White Company
H. S. Fraser
H. 8. Fraser & Co
Department of Justice
Edward Hurley
United States
Bd. A. White Company
Charles
Puritan Chocolate Company
Sehneiders
Puritan Company
Schneiders
Buhr-Pfaff & Co
Fraser
Stuart Bolin
Allies Cutting Away From Wilson Says Paris Editor
The Echo de Paris reports that Viscount Grey’s letter to The Times signals that allies are abandoning President Wilson. It says Grey persuaded Lloyd George and Clemenceau in Paris to adopt the view and predicts an official note from French and British cabinets, showing a move toward terms with the American Congress.
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Paris
Viscount Grey
United States
London Times
Echo de Paris
Wilson
Lloyd George
Great Britain
Clemenceau
the Times
Atlantic
American Congress
Trial by Jury Fails To Rescue Cafe Keeper From Dry Law
Joseph Schwegman cafe keeper at Sixth and Broadway faced prohibition charges. He demanded a jury trial, but jurors found him guilty after testimony by disguised prohibition agents. Sentences for Schwegman delayed. others, Bob Schweninger and Frank Keller, admitted illegal liquor selling and received thirty days in county jail and a $50 fine.
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Joseph Schwegman
Sixth and Broadway
Schwegman
Roudebush
Schwegmoon's
Prohibition
Frank Keller
East Fifth Street
Community Fox Hunt Draws 2000 Farmers in Ohio
More than 2,000 men from Fairfield Stocking Pickaway and Ross counties joined a Taunton fox hunt in Lancaster Ohio. Three foxes and a chicken hawk were captured, fifteen foxes were raised, and a sale of the animals raised 251 dollars donated to three churches in Tarlton.
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Lancaster
Fairfield
Stocking
Pickaway
Ross Counties
Taunton
Creager
Tarlton
Real estate board to fight rent profiteers in Chicago
Chicago Real Estate Board announces a campaign against rent profiteers led by President I O Ackley. He singles out speculators who bought old buildings and raised rents beyond investment value. Ackley says they cause nine of ten profit schemes. May 1 to see average modern apartments at 25 dollars per room. City Council to consider an investigation.
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Chicago
Chicago Real Estate Board
I. O. Ackley
Epidemic Crest Reached Here Says Dr Peters
Health Department reports sixty eight new influenza cases in a day bringing weekly total to 198. Three influenza and three pneumonia deaths were logged. Dr W H Peters says there is no real epidemic danger and urges home care for mild cases with Visiting Nurse Association aid for those unable to pay.
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Health Department
Walter E. Evans
Registrar of Vital Statistics
W. H. Peters
Detroit
Peters
Visiting Nurse Association
West Seventh Street
A. W. Freeman
Judge Fines Speeders At Rate Of A Mile
Judge W Meredith Yeatman in Police Court fined Herbert Longley $25 for passing a stationary street car. He adopted a new scale fining speeders a dollar per mile. Huey $40 Holt $45 Fiefhaus $44 and others $10 to $45. Additional violators cited included Hudson Lenesch Theders Bankhart Poole Boswell Steigleder Hoffheimer Tang Fisher Johns Bankhart Egherman Burnette Graff Mackelfresh Knapp Single.
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W. Meredith Yeatman
Herbert Longley
Ridge Avenue
Clarence Wegman
Longley
Yeatman
Arthur Huey
White Oak
Alphonso Holt
Marlowe Avenue
Theodore Fiefhaus
Walnut Hotel
Jacob Wener
Inden Drive
William Bass
Richmond Street
Earl Degenhart
Locust Street
Eugene Sheppard
Ashland Avenue
William Fr.’ Hudson
George Lenesch
Roy Theders
Carl Bankhart
Oliver Davis
Chester Poole
Paul Boswell
Andy Steigleder
H. Ho
Illiterate Austrian earns large war year income in Canada
St Catharines Ontario February 4 An illiterate Austrian earned 5527 in Canada during a single year of the war as a laborer at the Welland Steel Foundries when Mike Ennis was fined for a false income tax return.
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ST. Catherines
Ont
Canada
Welland Steel
Mike Ennis
Rail wage dispute bill aims for federal board oversight
Congress reaches agreement on railway labor provisions replacing anti strike clauses with compulsory submission of wage disputes to a President appointed Federal Board. Boards of workers and employers will propose settlements subject to review by a Federal Board. Remaining wage board details to be finalized.
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Washington
Cummins
Senate
House Representatives
Joint Conference Committee
Cummuninus
Iowa
Esch
House
Stone House
Federal Board
Negro Spirited Away As Mob Forcibly Moves Prisoner
Will Lockett, a negro charged with murdering 11 year old Geneval Hardman, was rushed to the Kentucky State Penitentiary for safety after a Fayette County Jail placement. A mob of about 400 farmers, arriving from Dixontown fifteen miles away, sought lynching but arrived too late.
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Lexington
Will Lockett
Geneval Hardman
Kentucky State
Fayette County
Lockett
Dixontown
Mob surrounds Kentucky State Prison over Will Lockett case
At 11 o'clock tonight a mob of several hundred men surrounded the Kentucky State Prison where Will Lockett a black man charged with murdering Geneva Hardman a schoolgirl is confined Governor Morrow has taken personal charge of the situation.
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Frankfort
State Prison
Will Lockett
Geneva Hardman
Morrow
Boats Used in Street When Continued Rains Flood Newport News
Norfolk faced 2.5 inches of rain with a northeast gale of 50 mph flooding streets to two feet and filling city lakes. Newport News reported seven inches of rainfall in 30 hours, while Portsmouth street car traffic halted as boats rowed on flooded streets. The downpour was the region’s heaviest in years.
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Norfolk
Newport News
Portsmouth
Exchange Smash To Cut Prices, Banker Says
New York and Washington report the devastating foreign exchange collapse is likely to lower prices by boosting American exports into local markets. Percy R. Johnson of the Chemical National Bank predicts reduced costs, while markets show steep declines in stocks and bonds as demand loans and international credits tighten. Senator Thomas announces plans for an international monetary commission to restore gold silver parity, arguing export trade could be imperiled.
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Washington
Will H. Hays
Hays
Senate
House
Senator Lodge
Watson
New York
America
Percy R. Johnson
Chemical National Bank
York
Stock Exchange
London
New York Exchange
General Motors
Thomas
Colorado
International Monetary Commission
Government halts 20 million pounds in paper money
The Evening Standard reports the British government will reduce paper currency in circulation by £20,000,000. This step aims to tighten monetary supply and influence economic conditions. No individuals or organizations beyond The Evening Standard are named.
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London
Evening Standard
Cotton Imports in England Stalled by Exchange Depreciation
Liverpool reports the depreciation of exchange halting cotton imports as high prices hinder financing of manufacturers. There is no immediate shortage with about five months of American cotton in England, but urgency to ease the exchange problem is stressed.
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Liverpool
England
Always Believed Her Army Lover Was Single Man
Miss Emily Knowles says she learned in the U S that Lieutenant Perley R Spiker was married and that her child is legitimate under English law The couple filed marriage intentions and expect a license Sunday but plan a later wedding Mrs Spiker and Miss Knowles fiance Guy S Spiker left for Baltimore with Spiker after her release by immigration officials
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Miss Knowles
Fall River
Mass
Emily Knowles
United States
Perley R. Spiker
England
Spiker
Great Britain
William Battersby
Guy S. Spiker
Battersby
Lieutenant Spiker
Baltimore
Gompers Escapes Fight as Lawmaker Taunts
In Washington on February 4 Samuel Gompers president of the AFL was attacked in the House by Representative Blanton a Texas Democrat. Blanton rose to personal privilege and called Gompers a radical wolf in sheep's clothing and accused him of lying while remarking that his state bars personal attacks on women the elderly and cripples.
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Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Representative Blanton
Texas
Blanton
Gompers
Pry Into Bakers Books Before Allowing Bread Rise
New York auditors from Washington examine bakers books to decide if a 1 cent per pound price increase for bread can be approved. Federal Food Administrator Arthur Williams said the profit margin is too slim to sustain current prices after bakers urged relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Department of Justice
Washington
Arthur Williams
Democrats Locked Over Selection of Senate Whip
Washington reports a leadership deadlock in the Democratic Senate between Hitchcock Nebraska and Underwood Alabama. With Glass Virginia installed, a new vote may be called after Hitchcock returns, as Smith Georgia holds the balance of power and both sides claim his support.
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Washington
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Underwood
Alabama
Glass
Virginia
Senate
Capitol
Smith
Georgia
Democratic Party Claims Credit For Peace Treaty Support
Albany reports Homer S. Cummings accuses Republicans of blocking the Treaty of Peace and credits Democrats with national reforms, wartime leadership, and a strengthened financial system. He argues the party held America steady and will lead to a higher plane of honor and power.
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Albany
N. Y
United States
Wilson
Homer S. Cummings
National Democratic Committee
Republican
Cummings
Republican Party
America
Democratic Party
New York Seeks Killer in Hexie Slaying Case
New York detectives pursue a hammer murder of seventeen year old music student Constance Hexie in West Eighty-ninth Street. Police doubt whether killer is an acquaintance or a room rental caller. District Attorney Swann seeks $5,000 reward for arrest and conviction.
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New York
Reihm
Constance Hexie
West Eighty-ninth Street
Swann
Jack the Ripper
Richmond Hill
Brooklyn
Board of Estimate and Apportionment
Viscounts Grey Letter Upsets Treaty Debate and Politics
In a widewave analysis David Lawrence reports Viscount Grey’s letter to The London Times shifts in the U.S. treaty fight. It steadies Lodge reservationists while inflaming President Wilson’s friends and complicates Democratic aims as Irish and British angles shift loyalty among Senators Borah Reed Johnson and others.
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David Lawrence
Lodge
Republican Party
Wilson
Democratic Partyepublicans
Viscount Grey
Capitol Hill
Vicount Grey
Senator Longe
Europe
United States
League
Borah
Johnson
Great Britain
America
Reed
Lord Grey
League of Nations
Lloyd George
White House
Grey
Senator Lodge
England
Massachusetts Statesman
Hearst
Irish Republic
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Cincinnati
Hurley
Republican Committee of 17
Indiana
Resolutions Committee
Twe
Moses
New Hampshire
McCormick
Illinois
General Wood
Pacific Coast
DR. Peters
Day
Otaike
Federal
Lawmaker
U. S
Gotham Police
Viscount
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