Indicted Steamship Firms Accused of Sherman Act Violations
Forty two steamship companies and freight brokers including Cunard and Atlantic Transport face federal indictments for conspiracy and restraint of trade under the Sherman act. The case links Associated Freight Conferences and the Steamship Freight Brokers' Association to price fixing, selective membership, and blacklisting to control U.S. and foreign freight trade across grain oil coal and other goods. The government also filed an injunction seeking dissolution of the associations.
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Union News Service
New York
Federal Grand Jury
International Mercantiie Marine
Atlantic ‘Transport
Cunard Steamship Companies
Lud
Anchor Line
Booth-American Shipping Corporation
Compagnie Generale ‘Transatlantique
Kerr Steamship Company
United States
Steamship Freight Brokers’ Association
Steamship Companies
Transatlantic Associated Freight Conferences
New York Produce Exchange
Steamship Relight Brokers’ Association
Bread mixer accident kills baker's wife in Chicago
Mrs Philomena Mustach dies after a fall into a large bread mixer at her husband’s bakery in Chicago. Police take two hours to extricate the body as multiple bones are broken in the tragedy.
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Chicago
Philomena Mustach
Farmers Plan Wheat Pool Formed in Columbus Session
A three day National Board of Farm Organisations meeting in Columbus leads to plans for a gigantic wheat pool. Farmers would virtually control grain marketing and selling through the new pool. The board now runs about 1000 grain elevators nationwide and reports a yearly cooperative farm business of 82 billion dollars.
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Columbus, Obio
United States
National Board of Farm Organisations
Annulment of Pacts Under Merchant Marine Act
Washington officials say 24 to 27 commercial treaties with the United States may be abrogated under the new merchant marine act. Section 34 requires nine ty days notice to foreign governments that the U S intends to revoke treaty provisions allowing preferential treatment for Americans or American ships.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Department
Congress
Belgium
Bolivin
Costa Rica
Denmark
Great Britain
Honduras
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Paraguay
Serbia
Spain
Argentine
China
Colombia
Greece
Japan
Liberia
Congo
Cuba
Morccro
Panama
Tripoli
France
Argentina
Morocco
Belfast death toll rises in Belfast riots after night of fighting
Eleven men die in Belfast violence as Sinn Fein supporters clash with Unionists. Fires rage, property destroyed amid arson and shelling by machine guns. Armored cars and troops quell unrest after hours of street fighting, with Unionist areas hardest hit and the Independent Labour party hall damaged.
Iowa Faces Coal Famine Across Small Towns
Des Moines dispatch reports nearly all small Iowa towns lack coal, based on 800 questionnaire replies to the state transportation committee. More than half say no coal on hand, with others showing one to three tons. larger cities fare better.
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Des Moines
Aiewers
State Transportation Committee
Fifty Killed in Wreck Near Ciudad Victoria Mexico
Fifty people died and 100 were injured in a railway wreck near Ciudad Victoria. Among the victims were soldiers and two women and three children from prominent Tampico families.
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Mexico City
Ciudad Victoria
Earthquake Shakes Town in Hot Springs 8.0 D.
A pronounced earthquake shock was felt here with objects upset and buildings shaken severely. Property damage described as slight. A lesser shock was also felt on July 14.
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Hot Springs
8. D
Georgia Women to Vote in State Primaries and Election
Georgia women have the right to vote in the state wide primary on Sept 8 and the coming general election. Attorney General R A Deney ruled that women cannot register due to oath requirements for men, but cannot be barred from voting under the suffrage amendment.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Dorsey
R. A. Deney
Miners Stage Widespread Vacation Protest Across Regions
Two hundred delegates from Insurgent districts of the United Mine Workers vote to take a vacation until the 17 percent award is raised. Thousands of anthracite workers in Hazelton refrain from work in protest though no strike is declared. John L. Lewis calls a general strike in Alabama bituminous fields. Washington reports no local notices of the Pennsylvania walkout beyond optimism from Lewis.
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Western
Union News Service
Wilkesbarre
United Mine Workers
Wilson
N. J. Ferry
Hazelton
Anthracite Coal Commission
United Mine Workers of America
Scranton
Indianapolis
John L. Lewis
Alabama
Organization Committee
International Executive Board
Coal Commission
Washington
Pennnesylvania
Missouri tourists killed by lightning on Pike's Peak
Frances B Hollowell 28 of Maryville Missouri was struck by lightning on Pike's Peak and killed instantly. With her were Mises Irene Swindford and W H Swindford her brother both of whom are in serious condition though expected to recover. The party was leaving the peak and attempting to reach the auto highway station when the tragedy occurred with Swindford knocked to the ground and severely shocked.
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Colorado Springs
Frances B. Hollowell
Maryville
Pike's Peak
Mises Irene Swindford
W. H. Swindford
Missouri
Miss Hollowell
Miss Swindford
Norway Favors Prohibition Vote on 2.8 Percent Drinks
A government committee formed in 1911 recommends banning all beverages with more than 2.8 percent alcohol in Norway and proposes submitting absolute prohibition to a popular vote. The panel includes eight prohibitionists among its thirteen members while five dissent, citing the "splendid results of prohibition in America."
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Stockholm
America
Anarchists Arrested in Chicago and Literature Seized
Chicago police arrested fifty four men and four women alleged to be I W W members in an abandoned church where they met recently. Literature and Russian newspapers were confiscated with portions ready for mailing to towns and cities in Illinois and Pennsylvania. Pershing May Visit South America in a planned goodwill tour debated by State and War Departments.
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Chicago
Citlew
Niinois
Pennsylvania
Prosecution of 824 War Contracts Began by Justice Dept
Washington Sept 3 The Department of Justice ordered criminal and civil actions against 824 war contract firms involved in alleged fraud and overbilling. Most cases came from the War Department with possible additions from other agencies. The probe covers millions in contracts for supplies and construction for army training facilities and cantonments. Officials anticipate some disputes will settle out of court, while others show plain fraud and conspiracy. Robert T Scott said leniency would not be shown in fraud cases.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Department
War Department
Shipping Board
Camoa
Robert T. Scott
No Bids for Wooden Ships in Washington
The Shipping Board again failed to attract bidders for its wooden merchant fleet ships. The board may set a minimum price to spur offers. Bids for six steel steamers totaling 24,720 deadweight tons will be opened on September 7.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Bolshevist Red Cavalry Annihilated Near Lemberg
The Bolshevist army under General Budenny, famed cavalry commander, was wiped out in operations in the Lemberg sector spanning Aug 29 to Sept 1. Isolated detachments escaped but were in disorderly retreat after the engagement.
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Warsaw
Budenny
Lemberg
Bandits Take Freight Train in Chicago Robbery
A gang of twelve bandits seized a Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul freight train at Western avenue and the St Paul tracks overpowering crew and forcing the engineer to run at high speed. The attackers threw the rest of the crew from the train. the merchandise car count and car of automobiles valued at 500000 suggest a major holdup record for the area. Two Dead in Love Tangle in Tucumcari New Mexico Julio Parex killed Pablo Correon and mortally wounded his wife at Atarque. pursuing relatives captured Parex and cut his throat after a gunfight.
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Chicago
Tucumcari
N. M
Atarque
Here
Julio Parex
Pablo Correon
Correon
Pares
Longshoremen Battle on Pier 50 in North River
More than 2,000 white and negro longshoremen clashed on Pier 50 North River, requiring strong police squads to quell. Ring leaders were arrested after several wounded were taken to hospitals. The confrontation began when 1,000 whites reported for work at the Southern Pacific stem ship pier and found 500 blacks unruly aboard a vessel.
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New York
Pier 50
North River
Southern Pacific
Wyoming Brief News Notes From All Parts
The Wind Silver Refinery at Lander is shut down temporarily awaiting action by another refining company. A man was struck by lightning while building a barn near Dayton. Thomas A. Cobb of Sheridan County was killed instantly, his partner nearby unhurt. Mary Bradis lost her right hand in an electric meat grinder in Casper. A cavalry troop will be organized at Torrington within weeks. Carl Christensen was electrocuted ten miles south of Torrington on a federal reclamation project. Pound Ashton is to select a site for a Laramie park above Snowy Range. A costly concrete road between Casper and Salt Creek is planned, costing over 468,000 dollars. Frank Krager, an early settler, died at Laramie City aged 81. J Roy Colvin in Cheyenne had two restaurants fined for pure food violations. A murdered herder’s body was found near Thermopolis after a sheep drive. Odd Fellows state home site may be Casper or Buffalo. Botho rumors favor Botho with a Clear Creek tract offered. A feud and warning led to a pistol ambush wounding Mrs Natey Wales near Lander. Mrs Wales remains in hospital. her husband wounded. A Sheridan case saw a wife die in a bathtub due to heart failure amid a hot kitchen, as arresting officers investigated.
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Union News Service
Belfast
Eeleven
Sinn
Kashmir Road
Ballymacarrett
Cullingtree Road
Grosvenor Road
Townsend Street
The
Falls
Old Lodge Road
Crumlin
Old Park Roads
Nationallat
Old Park Road
Sinn Fenners
Crumlin Road
Sinn Felners
Brown
Independent Labor Party
Weslern
Wind
Lander
Wyo
Wyoming
Dayton
Thomas A. Cobb
Sheridan County
Mary Bradis
P. G. Bradis
Casper
Torrington
T. J. McCoy
Carl Christensen
Federal Reclamation Service System
Christensen
Pound Ashton
Laramie
Salt Creek
Federal and Road Bureau of
Denver
Frank Krager
Colorado
Germany
Pike’s Peak
Albany County
Laraile City
J. Roy Colvin
Cheyenne
Dairy, Food and Oil
Enos Creek
Frank Leleher
L. A
Thermopolis
Hhis
Buffalo
Qilviews
Comblog Troma
Bothilo
Clear Creek
Odd Bellows
Natey Wales
Splitrock
Wales
Bishop Randall Hospital
Wales Ranch
Berthy Burnsides
Hurtes el
Dirusides
Sheridan
Tiagie
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Nevins
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Methuen
Maas
U. S
Farmere Plan Wheat Pool
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John Domfech
Domiech
Domich
Sinn Fein
Iowa
Rede
Pershing
South America
United State
Western Newspaper Union News Service
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