Government Sues Lumber Dealers Over Price Conspiracy
New York May 19. Attorney General Wickersham files a federal suit against the Eastern States Retail Lumber Dealers' association and related groups alleging a vast conspiracy to fix prices blacklist competitors and block direct sales to consumers U S officials claim the case follows the Standard Oil ruling and seeks a permanent injunction to end the alleged practices involving multiple states and cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wickersham
United States
Lumber Trust
Eastern States Retail Lumber Dealers’ Association
District of Columbia
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Clark McKeecher
Supreme Court
Standard Oil
Faster States Retail Lumber Dealers’ Association
Department of Justice
Life
Eastern States
Retail Lumber Dealers’ Association
Broadway
New York Lumber Trade Association
New York City
Building Material Men’s Association
Westhester County
N. Y
Lumber Dealers’ Association of
Connecticut
Massachusetts Retail Lumber Dealers’ Association
Rhode Island
Retail Lumber Men's Association
New Jersey Lumbermen’s Protective Association
Retail Lumbermen’s Association of
The
Lumber Exchange
Imperial Council of Britain Opens Quadrennial Deliberations
London May 23. The imperial conference opens its third series of talks under Premier Asquith with 15 premiers and ministers from dominions. Topics include imperial defense coordination, an imperial court of appeal, an altered transportation system, and federation plans. Sessions are held behind closed doors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Asquith
Empire
Globe
Australia
America
Pacific
Outrage by Black Hand Destroys Pittsburgh Grocery
A dynamite explosion attributed to the Black Hand destroyed the Belizario TM and Oranco Mariana grocery and meat shop in Pittsburgh on May 23. Twelve people narrowly escaped death as the explosion tore through the store and adjoining premises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitteburg
Black Hand” Society
Belizario
Oranco ‘Mariana
Drink Cost of Alcoholation Alarm in Nation
Atlantic City report notes an alarming rise in alcohol use across the United States. The temperance committee cites a 1910 per capita drink bill of $24.17, and estimates the average family burden at $111.18 annually. It tallies total consumer costs at $2,256,324,447 for last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
United States
Committee On Temperance
Presbyterian General Assembly
William D. Grant
Northumberland
Assembly
Freedman
Presbyterian Men’s Congress gathers in Pittsburg
One thousand delegates attended the fourth national convention of the United Presbyterian Men's movement at the First Presbyterian Church in Pittsburg. They discussed ways and means to conduct a campaign to win 25 000 souls and raise 1 000 000 dollars for missions during the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
United Presbyterian Men's Movement
First Presbyterian’ Church
Senor Corral Resigns as Mexico Faces Political Shuffle
A telegram from Alfred Robles Domingues to Francisco Madero Jr reports Vice President Corral has tendered his resignation. Diaz’s departure is expected soon and Madero plans to move to Mexico City with his party to seek political reorganization with De La Barra as chiefs exit the town remains quiet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juarez
Mexico
Francisco Madero, Jr
Alfred Robles Domingues
Mexico City
Corral
Diaz
Senor Madero
Senor de la Barra
Reyes Denounces Mexico Counter Revolution Plot
General Bernardo Reyes in Havana rejects a rumor of a counter revolution against the Madernist faction in Mexico. He condemns the Cientifico party as criminal tyranny that spurred the uprising against the government. He trusts Mexico's better elements to reorganize and notes he has received no directives from the Mexican government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Mexico City
Mexico
Bernardo Reyes
Cientifico Party
Madero
Reyes
Ohio's boodling trials begin in Columbus
Representative George B. Nye of Pike county faces trial before Criminal Judge Kinkead on allegedly soliciting a 3500 bribe from State Printer Edward A. Crawford to back the Kimball bill that gerrymandered common pleas districts. Nye leads a wave of indictments targeting lawmakers amid fraud and vote buying probes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
George B. Nye
Pike County
Waverly
Kinkead
Edward A. Crawford
Kimball
Common Pleas
A. Z. Blair
Scioto County
Adams
Scioto
Nye
Hogan
Turner
Rodney Diegel
Andrews
Representative Evans
Blair
Harrison
Probe Committee Resumes Bribery Inquiry in Senate
Columbus Ohio May 23 The senate bribery probe committee meets at 10 am to begin hearings. Witnesses summoned may refuse claiming no power to compel testimony. Several reporters have consulted lawyers and may ignore the summons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Senate
Zbyszko Wins Final Bout Before Sail to Poland
Stanislaus Zbyszko the Polish wrestler won two straight falls over Paul Sampson in New York last night signaling a strong finish to his American run. He will sail for his native land today after four successful engagements in this country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Stanislaus Zbyszko
Paul Sampson
Zbyszko
Need of the Church The Need of the Church
At Plymouth Congregational church in Indianapolis the Indiana conference of Congregational churches elected new officers led by Rev. L C Talmage as moderator. He succeeds as leader amid debates on a stronger central church leadership and renewed emphasis on congregational unity and efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Conference of Congregational Churches
Plymouth Congregational Church
EL. C. Talmage
Terre Haute
W. C. Reeder
Indianapolis
Mr. Talmage
First Congregational Church
Marion
Registers Central Association
John Humfreys
F. M. Webster
H. T. Whitehead
Tively
H. C. Colburn
Harry Blunt
G. H. Hubbard
China
Angola
Abbie M. Allyn
Cleveland
W. G. Puddefoot
R. G. Gammons
The
Home and Foreign Missionary Societies
Indiana
N. C. Shirey
Congregational Conference
Premier Bé Monis Hurt In Paris Aero Mishap
Paris dispatch reports French Premier and Interior Minister Antoine Bé Monis seriously injured when a plane piloted by Train crashed into a group of officials at Issy-les-Moulineaux during the Paris to Madrid race. War Minister Berteaux was killed and others injured as the aircraft’s propeller severed his arm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Antoine BE. Monis
M. Train
Issyres-Moulineaux
Henri M. Berteaux
Monis
Berteaux
Premier Monis
M. de la Mourthee
M. Monis, Jr
M. Lepine
Roland Garros
M. Beaumont
M. Gibert
Pierre Vedrine
Train
M. Bonnier
Effel Tower
Lynching follows killing of Judge Barry in Tennessee
In Gallatin vicinity on May 23 a mob lynched James Sweat after he killed Sumner County Judge David F. Barry and Barry's cook in a domestic dispute. Sweat wounded Constable James Barnes during capture but was seized by the mob and hanged.
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Nashville
Tenn
David F. Barry
Sumner
Barry Cook
James Sweat
Barry
Cook
Sweat
Gallatin
Te Cook
Judge Barry
Taes Over Barry Road in Interurban Interests
The Fort Wayne and Northern Indiana Traction company has purchased all rights and interests of James A. Barry in the Fort Wayne and Winona Traction project intended to run between Fort Wayne and Warsaw. The deal includes franchises in Allen and Whitley counties and Columbia City, with no immediate plans to record the purchase as development work takes precedence.
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Fort Wayne and
Northern Indiana Traction Company
James A. Barry
Fort Wayne
Winona Traction Company
Warsaw
Big
Fort Wayne Traction Syndicate
Barry
Allen
Whitley
Columbia City
Indiana
J. M. Barrett
Fort Wayne and Northern Indiana Traction Company
Woman in Brambach Kills Five Children Then Dies
In Brambach Saxony on May 28 a woman, driven temporarily insane by an accusation of theft, killed her five children and then committed suicide.
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Brambach
Saxony
Honor Goes 10 Ethel Shrover Queen At May Festival
Ethel Shrover, pupil of James H. Smart school, wins the children's May festival queen title at Swinney park. Festival proceeds benefit the YWCA building fund. Shrover received 6159 votes, with other candidates and vote totals listed, plus bugler results showing James R. Hardendorf 213 to Ralph Teeple 92.
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Iethe] Shroyver
James H
Valette Daseler
Harmer
Blanche Barner
Jefferson
Lelia Waldorf Clay
Jennie Daemling Hoagland
Roma Diehl
Hamilton
Velma Rippe
Washington
Trene Johnson
Lakeside
Carol Sommers
Hanna
Glendola Price
South Wayne
Altha Smith
Bloomingdale
Luella Anstead
Nebraska
Mabel Ambrose
Franklin
Marion Stouder
Rudisill
Clara Feafer
Miner
Josephine Blauvelt
Adams
Kate Bateman
McCulloch
Bugler
James R. Hardendorf
Ralph Teeple
Arrests in Portugal Trigger Guard at Frontier
Lisbon reports several arrests in northern Portugal for circulating alarmist reports. Prisoners were sent aboard the cruiser Adamaster off Oporto. Marines landed to guard banks in Entre Minho e Douro while bluejackets moved to Caminha to prevent monarchist conspirators crossing from Tuy, Spain.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Adamaster
Oporto
Entre Minho E Douro
Caminha
Minho
Tuy
Banker Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison
E H Steinman of Pittsburg formerly vice president of the First National Bank of McKeesport arrives at Leavenworth to begin a five year term as part of the bankers colony after conviction for excessive loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth, Kas
E. H. Steinman
Pittsburg
First National ‘Bank of
McKeesport
Federal Prison
Bankers” Colony
Steinman
Lorimer Case Complicated In Senate Probes
Washington May 23 The Lorimer case deepens as a third resolution calls for an investigation into bribery charges connected with Lorimer’s Illinois election. Senator Martin, on behalf of Democrats, seeks a jack pot fund inquiry with a broad power for the privileges and elections committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lorimer
Senate
Ilinois
Martin
LaFollette
Dillingham
Illinois
Committee On
la Follette
Wisconsin
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Sutherland
Kenyon
Kern
Lea
Vote on Statehood for Arizona New Mexico Nears Passage
Washington May 23 The measure admitting Arizona and New Mexico to statehood faces final votes tonight as the debate focuses on the Arizona judiciary recall provision to be decided by the people. Representative Houston of Tennessee and Representative Martin W. Littleton of New York press the dangers to court integrity and support ending the recall feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Arizona
New Mexico
Houston
Tennessee
Martin W. Littleton
New York
House
Norris urges Canadian reciprocity bill relief for publishers
John Norris chairman of the A N P A paper committee advised the senate finance committee to back the Canadian reciprocity bill noting its paper and wood pulp provisions could bring great relief to American publishers. He faced questions from several committee members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John Norris
American Newspaper Publishers* Association
Senate Finance Committee
Norris
Eight Negroes Hanged in Georgia and Florida
News from Atlanta reports eight African Americans lynched yesterday and today in Florida and Georgia. Six victims were hanged in Lake City, Florida, after being brought there from Tallahassee for safety. Names include Mark Norris and Jerry Gusto with others unidentified. One victim killed a deputy sheriff. one was a preacher named Ben Smith.
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Atlanta
Florida
Georgia
Lake City
Fla
Tallahassee
Mark Norris
Jerry Gusto
Ben ‘Smith
Swainsboro
Gastoe Moore
Crawfordsville
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Imperial Council OF Britain
Office
Presbyterian Men’s Congress
Senor Corral
Cientifico
Dr. Nye
Frank W. Ward
Indiana Congregational Conference
M. Monis
Tally
France
AERO
MOB
Barry Road
Local Traction Syndicate
Ft. Wayne-Winona
Honor
Ethel Shrover
James H. Smart
Banker
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