Sugar probe flags Palmer price fixing in Louisiana
The Sugar Investigating Committee reported to the House that Attorney General Palmer used his office to fix maximum sugar prices in Louisiana, acted without legal authority, and allowed profits that benefited Cuban producers. The report cites eight findings, cites Mooney negotiations, and notes Palmer’s denial of price fixing. A minority report was announced by Whaley and Sumners.
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Washington
Sugar Investigating Committee
House
Palmer
Louisiana
Husted
Republican
New York
Whaley
South Carolina
Sumners
Texas
Judiciary
Chairmansted
Classon
Wisconsin
Boies
Iowa
Tinkham
Massachusetts
United States
Henry Mooney
Henry” Mooney
Moon
New Orleans
Balloting Dates Set for Republican National Convention
Chicago June 2 The Arrangements Committee announces nominating speeches likely Thursday with balloting Friday After Lodge keynote and committee appointments the convention may adjourn to Wednesday for work Permanent organization and rules on Wednesday Balloting and platform discussion planned for Friday Saturday and possibly Thursday caucuses Monday will choose National Committeemen and nominations
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Chicago
L. W. Henley
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Henley
Cincinnati Women Named as Officers of Ohio Women Voters
Officers and directors of the Ohio League of Women Voters met in Cleveland appointing an Executive Committee and standing heads. Amy Maher Florence Allen and S J Branden burg lead the panel with Miss Annie McCulley Dayton chairing Education.
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Cincinnati
Ohio Women Voters
Cleveland
Ohio League of Women Voters
Amy Maher
Toledo
League
Florence E. Allen
S. J. Brandenburg
Oxford
J. C. McCloskey
N. M. Stanley
Dayton
Paul G. Woolley
Lucia Johnson
Columbus
William Feather
Annie McCulley
Nida Pangle
Juliet Sessions
Six Miners Die in Shaft Explosion Near Cokesburg
At least six men were killed when an Ontario Gas Coal Company shaft exploded at a mine near Cokesburg Pennsylvania. Buried under tons of earth, the exact death toll could not be determined until the debris could be cleared. Life-saving efforts failed as volunteers worked to dig the buried men from the shaft.
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Pittsburg
Ontario Gas Coal Company
Cokesburg
Stolen Babe Prompt Reward Of 1500 Dollars
NORRISTOWN Pa June 2 Blakely Coughlin 13 months old son of Mr and Mrs George H Coughlin residents of this place was kidnaped from a second story room about 2 this morning a ladder from a nearby building used by the abductors Police of Philadelphia and other cities aided by State police are on the case County Commissioners offer 1500 reward for apprehension and conviction of the kidnapers The Coughlin family is prominent with Princeton ties and lithographing business background.
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Norristown
Blakely Coughlin
George H. Coughlin
Philadelphia
Coughlin
Princeton University
Princeton
Clue Found in Search For Aide of Magnate Kidnap Suspect
Montreal police traced John Doughty secretary to Ambrose Small missing since December 2. Doughty's bag found at a boarding house, he had stayed in Montreal a month. Mrs Small raised reward to 50000 and expects ransom letters from New York lawyer.
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Montreal
John Doughty
Ambrose Small
Toronto
Jury Guilty in Profiteering Case Against Addy Company
A federal jury in Cincinnati returned a guilty verdict against the Matthew Addy Company and Vice President Benjamin N. Ford on thirteen counts and seven counts respectively for profiteering in coal during 1917. The case rests on profits exceeding the 15 cent limit, with defense arguments about government orders and constitutional issues rejected by Judge Peck. Penalties may include fines up to 5000 dollars per offense and prison terms up to two years.
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United States District Court
Matthew Addy Company
Cincinnati
Benjamin N. Ford
Ford
Fuel Administrator
Federal Trade Commission
Peck
Allen Roudebush
United States District Attorney
Department of Justice
Nelson B. Cramer
Joseph Graydon
J. R. Samuels
Syracuse profiteer fined 55000 dollars for profiteering
Federal Judge Harland B. Howe imposed the maximum 55000 fine on the John A. Roberts Company of Utica for profiteering. Eleven conviction counts covered inflated sales from dresses to coats and a fur, plus a conspiracy count with prices averaging over cost by more than 100 percent. A separate New York firm, the New York and New Jersey Produce Company, was fined 1000 dollars for profiteering in potatoes during the railroad workers’ strike.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Harland B. Howe
Burlington
John A. Roberts Company
Utica
Howe
United States
Frank J. Cregg
Department of Justice
Roberts Company
New York
Bible Best Volume On Salesmanship Bruce Barton Says
Bruce Barton of New York told the Federal Council of Churches convention in Cleveland that the Bible is the best one volume on modern business. He compared St Paul to a salesman using current conditions and news as a tool to spread religion.
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Cleveland
Bruce Barton
New York
Federal Council of Churches of Christ
America
Athens
Mr. Barton
Christ
Peter
Grasshopper Plague Sweeps Texas Crops
Grasshoppers devastate cotton and corn on fields in Hall and Childress Counties, Texas, as reports from the State Agricultural Department released. State Entomologist R. E. McDonald believes the wheat crop should not be seriously affected by the pest.
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Austin
Tex
Hall and Childress
State Agricultural Department
R. E. McDonald
Inter State Commerce Commission Threatens Penalty Over Rail Congestion
The Interstate Commerce Commission warned that penalties under the interstate commerce act could be invoked if railroads fail to comply with orders to relieve freight congestion. A telegram to Daniel Willard urged prompt, full, and literal adherence to service orders governing freight car interchange, contract abrogation, and routing deviations.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Daniel Willard
Association of Railway Executives’ Car Service Committee
Willard
Atchison
Commission
Pe Yicenery
Beth Z
$20 000 Shortage Found in New York Morgue Funds
In New York on June 2, Commissioner Hirschfield and Public Administrator Hoes disclosed a $20 000 shortage from unidentified dead at the morgue. They reported to the District Attorney and assigned a detective to trace a clerk in the Public Administrator’s office who allegedly altered deposits and bank records since January.
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New York
Hirschfield
Hoes
Grand Jury
Ryttenberg
Merchant Marine Bill Reaches Accord After All-Night Session
House and Senate conferees agreed on a merchant marine bill after an all night session. Provisions preserve a seven member Shipping Board and set a reserve fund of 25 million dollars annually. The measure requires 75 percent American ownership for coastwise trade firms and foreign trade firms, aligning Senate and House text.
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Washington
House
Senate
Judge Mathias To Run Again For Ohio Supreme Bench
Columbus June 2 Judge Keo ward S Mathias completing his first term on the Ohio Supreme Bench will seek renomination on the Republican ticket His declaration of candidacy was filed with Secretary of State Smith today Mathias previously served ten years on the Common Pleas Bench at Van Wert before his election to the Supreme Court six years ago
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Mathias
Columbus
Keoward S. Mathias
Ohio Supreme Bench
Smith
Common Pleas
van Wert
Supreme Court
Johnson Defeats Hoover Allies in Minnesota Delegates
In Chicago on June 2 the Republican National Committee hearings featured heated contests over delegate seats. The committee seated Minnesota’s Tenth District delegates favorable to Johnson and left Kansas City and several others unresolved. The session also noted Wood forces and sub committee actions affecting Missouri Louisiana and Mississippi contests.
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Chicago
Republican National Committee
Homer S. Cummings
Democratic National Committee
Cummings
Hays
San Francisco
Missouri
Kansas City
Johnson
Minnesota
California
General Wood
Mississippi
Highth
Louisiana
Emil Kuntz
New Keans
Lowdon
Wood Forces
John Albus
St. Joseph
Senate
Robert J. Flick
Jesse L. Martin
Georgia
Florida
National Committee
Republican Platform Draft Finishing Touches in Washington
Conferees finalized a tentative Republican national platform in Washington. The Mexico plank was added by Senator Fall of New Mexico and minor revisions followed. The draft omits prohibition but urges prompt ratification of the woman suffrage amendment and defers a soldier bonus plank to Chicago.
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Washington
Mexico
Fall of
New Mexico
Senate
Fall
Chicago
League of Nations
National Woman’s Party
Middle West
Delaware
Alice Paul
Woman’s Party
Vermont
Connecticut
Wilson to refrain from backing any candidate at San Francisco
President Woodrow Wilson will not seek a third nomination and will offer no preference to any candidate. He and DNC Chairman Homer Cummings discussed the party's platform and stance, urging unity behind eight years of Democratic administration without reservations on the peace treaty.
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Washington
Woodrow Wilson
San Francisco
Homer Cummings
Democratic National Committee
Cummings
Senator Glass
Virginia
Wilson
Delaware Legislature Adjourns Without Passing Suffrage Measure
Delaware lawmakers adjourned sine die without ratifying the federal woman suffrage amendment. The House committee of the whole still held the ratification resolution, and a key vote defeated a move to force full debate. National figures backed suffrage but failed to secure enough votes.
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Delaware
Dover
Del
Wilson
House Committee of the Whole
Representative Lyons
House
Committee of the Whole
Townsend
T. Coleman du Pont
Republican National Committee
Alfred I. du Pont
Senate
Louisiana
Birth rate decline blamed on high living costs and society life
Ohio physicians report birth rates dropping as inflation and women’s social duties deter childrearing. Doctors cite the "society bug" and the trend of women pursuing social engagements over maternity at the Ohio State Medical Association meeting. Dr. Wells Teachner of Columbus was elected president and will lead next year’s convention in Columbus. Delegates from several districts and three AMA representatives were chosen.
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Toledo
Ohio
Ohio State Medical Association
Columbus
American Medical Association
J. H. J. Upham
Granville Warburton
Zanesville
W. D. Haines
Cincinnati
Bad Grammar in Bill Causes Wilson to Veto
President Wilson vetoed a bill making interstate transportation of immoral motion pictures a felony due to bad grammar. He cited an ambiguous phrase caused by an enrolling clerk's transposition, and the House, after reviewing the veto, passed the corrected measure.
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Wilson
Washington
House
Fire destroys pumping station in Greeley Missouri valued over 1 million
The Standard Oil pumping station at Greeley Kan was destroyed by fire late today. Firefighters aimed to prevent two 50 000 barrel storage tanks from catching fire as the blaze burned into night.
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Standard Oil Company
Senate probe resumes on Johnson Hoover primary funds
The Senate committee reopened its inquiry into California campaign expenditures led by J H Rosseter former Director of Operations of the Shipping Board Rosseter testified the California committee raised about 115000 and aimed for 125000 total with 10000 contributions from ten donors He noted several large gifts and said expenses included newspaper advertising and poll workers The hearing also featured a fiery exchange between Attorney General Palmer and Eugene Bonniwell and an announced pause as Senator Edge declined further sessions
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Washington
California
Senate
J. H. Rosseter
The
Shipping Board
Rosseter
Johnson
Hoover
Johnson Fund
J. B. Smith
King Coal Company
Utah
Mr. Miller
Owl Drug Company
W. H. Crocker
Herbert Fleishhacker
Herbert Hoover
Johnson Committee
Warren Gregory
Palmer
Eugene S. Bonniwell
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Bonniwell
Botiwell
Edge
New Jersey
Plumb Plan League
W. G. McAdoo
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