Trade Board Sets Scope of New Federal Trade Commission
Joseph H. Davies explains the scope of the federal trade commission to a business gathering. He says the agency will promote vigilant public protection, enforce the law, and aid fair competition while assisting honest business to comply, with power to gather information and aid dissolutions in trust cases.
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New York
Federal Trade Commission
Congress
Joseph H. Davies
Corporations
Wilson
Trade Commission
Davies
Newlands-Covington
Department of Justice
1812 Penny Found In Log Near Newton New Jersey
Amzi Cosner found an 1812 penny embedded in a log while splitting wood on his farm near Newton New Jersey. The coin is remarkably preserved with legible figures. A second item notes Morris R. Earl seeking state approval to run a skunk farm in Roselle New Jersey, currently debated by local and state health authorities.
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Newton
N. J
Amzi Cosner
Roselle
Morris R. Earl
Roselle Board of Health
Local Board of Health
State Board
Philippine forests warned by Dean Worcester for protection
Washington reports Dean C. Worcester asserts substantial Philippine virgin and second growth forests totaling about 60 million acres face destruction. He cites farming by clearing and burning, rampant Cogon grass spread, soil acidification, and repeated fires endangering future timber wealth.
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Washington
Dean C. Worcester
Philippine Islands
American Forestry Association of Washington
Philippines
Archipelago
Australians Hunt Kangaroos by Auto in Bold New Sport
Report of Australians using motor cars to hunt kangaroos over open country at 40 to 45 mph. The driver steers while a shooter crouches on a swaying seat to fire at 50 to 100 yard ranges. Drought made roos a nuisance near water, prompting car owners to offer help. Kangaroos can run 45 mph and endure injuries that would stop a human.
Shipwrecked Ethel V Berinton Crew Rescued After Six Days
The British bark Ethel V Berinton wrecked off Mobile broke in two in a storm. Captain Waldemar his wife and niece and nine crew drifted for six days with no food or water before rescue by the Ward liner Manzanillo near Santiago Cuba. They were taken to hospital. condition serious but likely to recover.
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Santiago
Cuba
Manzanillo
Ethel V
Sleepwalking laborer shovels coal in Michigan
Jacob Herrington of Lake Odessa Michigan, in a sleepwalking state, arose at 2 a.m. and shoveled eight tons of coal from a car into a local bin. David Leak found him the next morning and woke him, after which he collapsed from exhaustion. He had worked the day before to aid his brother digging a well, possibly driven by anxiety. In Paris a French infantry unit captured a German trench and found a French mortar from 1870 still usable.
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Lake Odessa
Mich
Jacob Herrington
Smith Bros., Velte & Co
David Leak
Herrington
Paris
Russia's Drive for Constantinople and Its Lessons
The article recounts Russia's historic and recurring ambition to seize Constantinople, noting prior wars and treaties. It discusses Morgenthau's role in representing U S interests if the capital falls and analyzes Crimea era outcomes and Russia's long-term aims to control access to the Black Sea and Mediterranean trade routes.
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Russia
Crimea
Manchuria
Pacific
Europe
Mohammed
Black Sea
Constantinople
England
France
Czargrad
Nicholas
Paris
Danube
Mediterranean
Eastern Empire
Chinese milk tea and ice cream catch on in China
A Washington report notes Americans’ influence as Chinese drink tea with condensed milk and enjoy condensed milk ice cream. The push by a condensed milk company suggests milk may replace traditional tea without sugar. The piece also highlights canned salmon’s growing presence in the Far East and a Bureau of Commerce study by J Alexis Shriver on regional food habits and export opportunities.
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Washington
China
Far East
United States
J. Alexis Shriver
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Pacific
Walsh Urges War on Low Wages at Chicago Club
Frank P. Walsh, chairman of the federal industrial relations commission, urged a united effort to attack low wages and a degraded standard of living. He warned against separate economic social and moral lines and called for joint action to secure higher wages and a fairer economy.
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Chicago
Frank P. Walsh
Federal Industrial Relations Commission
City Club of Chicago
Walsh
Dog Barking Fire Alarm Triggers Oshkosh Blaze
In Oshkosh Wisconsin a collie named Prince barked into a home telephone at 4 am prompting a call to the fire department. Fire crews arrived to find the Peters attic on fire with Fred Peters nearly overcome by smoke.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Central
Fred Peters
Collie
Prince
Peters
Harvard Professors Donate Salaries to Cover Deficit
Several Harvard professors have turned their salaries into the general fund after President Lowell announced a deficit in the university accounts. Wealthy faculty members reportedly relinquished entire salaries while others contributed portions. President Lowell is understood to have given his full salary.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Lowell
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Sydney
Australia
Somnambulist
Morgenthau
Turkey
Henry Morgenthau
Golden Horn
Peter the Great
Baltic
Great Britain
American Press Association
Central Calls Department
P. A. Snyder
Suite
Elliott Ride
Tod
W.W. M. McCoy
Columbia Valley Bank Building
Wenatchee, Wash
UmMee
DE. G. W. Hoxley
Leavenworth, Wash
DR. J. Stillson Judah
Leavenworth Hospital
A. G. Tickeown
C. E. Briggs
King’s Drug Store
Chelan County
Chelan County Abstract Co
J. A. Gellatly President
W. W. Gray Secy
Es City Drag Line
Rainier Beer
Lee J. Howerton
A. M.—Zarthan Lodge No
Masonic Temple
A. G. McCoy
W. M
Wm. O. Atwood
Knights of
Pythias
Firemen's Hall
Valentine Franala
C. C
A. Brwn
Echo Office
Hart PL
Ral Railway
Attorneys AT Law
Fred Kemp
FE. L. Baker
N. A. Pearson
Elliot Elk
Wm. A. Reneau
G.G. Hannan
Ira Thomas
Wenatches
Reeves, Crollard
Crollard
Omee
Reeves Building
Farmers
Wenatchee
B. J. Williams
A N. Corbin
Williams
Corbin
Lewis J. Nelson
Elliott Block
Leavenworth, Wate
J. B. Adams
Fox Lawyer
Eight St
Weeler's
Leavenworth, Washington
John EB. Porter
Attorney At Law Notary Public
Columbia Valley Bank
Wen
Atchee
Hotel
Leavenworth
Wenatchee Abstract Company Incorporated
W. Vermilya
Columbia Vally Bank Bldg
Manifold Typewriter
Echo
Woodrow Wilson
Thos. R. Marshal
Secretary of State
Secretary of Treasury
Secretary of Navy
Secretary of Interior
Agriculture
Sec. Com
Labor
Secretary of Labor
Wm. J. Bryan
Wm. G. McAdoo
L. M. Garrison
James Reynolds
Netacee Burleson
Josephus Daniels
Franklin K. Lane
David 5
Houston
Wm. OC. Redfield
Wm. B. Wilson
U. S
W.L. Jones
M. BE. Poindexter
W. L. LaFollette
Biase
Ineurance
Sonmuinaie
Ernest Lister Lo
Georg FE. Morris C. Dunbar
H. Rudkin
P- Gros
Crowe Wallace Mount Buumit
Parker
Columbia Land District Register
W. F. Nes
Dr. J. Weaker
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