Industrial review highlights major regional projects and plans
The past week shows extensive investment from Everson to Seattle, including an $8,000 high school in Everson, a $35,200 Buckley high school, a $50,000 Tacoma Elk lodge drive, a $100,000 Tacoma stock theatre push, and a July completion for Enumclaw’s new condensery. Also noted are bids for highways, new depots, cold storage plants, railroad tie ins, gas lighting, and ongoing rail and storage developments across Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckley High
Tacoma Elk Lodge
Tacoma
Enumclaw
North Yakima Fruit
Olympia
R. M. Fouts
Colville
Raymond
Seattle
Long Beach
Lewiston
Kittitas Valley
Colfax
Greater Dayton Association
Washington State
North Pacific Distributors
Fawcett
Gonzaga College
Spokane
Little Mountain
Mt. Vernon
Touchet Valley
Yakima Valley
Zillah
Port Commission
Twohy Bros
Portland
Earling
Milwaukee System
Tono
Northwestern Electric Co
Michigan City
White Salmon
Washington Masons
Puyallup
Spokesman
Gompers
Ridgefield
Seattle and Lake Crescent
Provisions of Clayton Anti-Trust Bill Finalized
The Clayton anti trust bill targets price discrimination and tying sales while barring stock controlled competitors and interlocking directors. It endorses jury trials for contempts, legalized strikes and peaceful picketing, limits injunctions in labor disputes, and imposes 5000 dollar fines on corporations with violations and up to one year imprisonment for officials who enable breaches.
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United States
Gompers attacks mine owners defense in Colorado strike field
Samuel Gompers in Cleveland criticizes Rev. Dr Bus tard for defending mine owners in the Colorado dispute. He calls the preacher biased and accuses companies of using immigration to replace American workers in poor conditions and low wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Gompers
Cleveland
Bustard
Colorado
Mr. Gompers
Ford offers to convert Detroit hospital into poor man facility
In January a Detroit Ford plant job seeker was soaked with a fire hose and contracted pneumonia then tuberculosis. Henry Ford offered to take over the city general hospital and turn it into a poor man hospital spending two million dollars with more as needed, driven by his philanthropic spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Henry Ford
General Hospital
Detroit
Sweatshop Hardships Reported by Young Worker Mary Minora
Mary Minora, under 15, testified before the United States Commission of Industrial Relations in New York. She lived with her father, mother, brother and husband and has a six month old child. She earned 60 cents for 13 hours of trouser finishing while her mother earned 70 to 80 cents. With male relatives out of work for nine months, their earnings kept the household.
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Mary Minora
United States Commission of Industrial Relations
New York
Blind Judge Assists Blind Beggar in Cincinnati Arraignment
Fred Meyers appeared before Judge Bell of Cincinnati municipal court charged with professional begging. He stated he was blind with only two cents and sought funds to reach Richmond Indiana. Judge Bell, himself blind, had Meyers brought to the rostrum and arranged transport to Meyers home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Meyers
Judge Bell
Cincinnati
Richmond
Ind
Meyers
Kickapoo Worm Killer Candy Promises Worm Expulsion
An urchin-sick description touts Kickapoo Worm Killer as a candy that expels worms causing stomach pains and sleep disturbance. The ad urges parents to buy a box from a druggist for 25 cents, claiming swift, effortless relief without coaxing.
Archbishop visits parish asks girl about matrimony
A Means of Grace Archbishop Ryan tours a mining district parish for confirma tion and asks a nervous girl what matrimony is. The girl calls it a state of torment. The rector corrects her as purgatory. The archbishop lets it stand as a possible truth.
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Ryan
Plumbers Indicted in National Trade Conspiracy Case
A federal grand jury in Des Moines Iowa indicted thirty six officials and members of the National Association of Master Plumbers and state officials across Illinois Wisconsin Michigan Minnesota Missouri Nebraska and Iowa. They face charges of conspiring to restrain trade in violation of the Sherman anti trust law with the association accused of illegal activity since its 1884 formation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association of Master Plumbers
Illinois
Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
Iowa
Des Moines
Firemen and Engineers Vote on Strike Across Western Railroads
Firemen and engineers on 98 western railroads vote on whether to strike for higher pay and shorter hours. Managers refuse demands and a sanctioned strike seems likely unless a deal is reached after the ballot results are public.
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Western Railroads
Liklihood
President cracks down on White House chauffeurs after Hyattsville incident
President Wilson ordered all White House chauffeurs to observe speed limits following a Hyattsville Md incident in which Margaret Wilson and Mrs Sayre, daughters of the president, were aboard. Constable Garrison says he will arrest the chauffeurs as readily as any citizen who speeds.
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White House
Hyattsville
Margaret Wilson
Sayre
Wilson
Garrison
Church Urges Saturday as Half Holiday Plan
General Assembly of the Presbyterian church at Chicago recommends Saturday as a half holiday to improve Sabbath observance. It condemns Sunday newspaper use and urges families to refrain from buying on the Sabbath.
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General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church At
Chicago
Dr King’s New Discovery Fights Chronic Cough
Jennie Flemming of New Dover Ohio reports curing a cough of three years with Dr King’s New Discovery. The ad urges readers to buy a 50 cent bottle to stop coughing and throat and lung troubles.
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Tam
Dr. King
Jennie Flemming
New Dover
Ohio
Arnica Salve Promotes Pimples Treatment
An old newspaper line markets Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a remedy for pimples with pricing 50 cents and one dollar, urging purchase at local druggists in a brief classified style.
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Bucklen
Embezzlement Losses Billed to Employers by Employed Figures
Figures compiled by William B Joyce president of the National Surety Company show American businessmen suffered a 40 million dollar loss last year through employee defalcation. Only 4 million was publicly reported while 36 million was borne in silence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Joyce
National Surety Company
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Violette
Cascade
Wm. C. Roach
Front Street
Leavenworth State Bank
OPERA
J. E. Tholin, Prop
J. W. Harper
Kentucky
J. B. Violette
Washington
Everson
B. Martin
Spokane Brewing & Malting Co
Ft. George B.C
Hughes
Peterson
Chehalis
Harrington
Leavenworth Mercantile Co
Leavenworth
Pacific Beer
Everett Beer
C. L. Gordon
Churchill & Ritchie
J.B. Violette
Leavenworth, Wash
F. H. Hutchings
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Crescent Mfg. Co
Seattle, Wn
Vienna Bakery
S. H. Knowlton
Prop
Rainier
J. G. Fritz
Mischke
Blake
Lee Howerton
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