Supreme Court Fines Packing Firms for Antitrust Violation
Missouri supreme court finds Armour Co Swift Co St Louis Dressed Beef and Provision Hammond Packing Morris & Co violated the state antitrust law by creating National Packing to hold the five firms and fix meat prices. Each company fined 25000 and allowed to remain if payment is made by March 11 1915.
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Jefferson City
Armour & Co
Swift & Co
St. Louis
Hammondacking Company
Morris & Co
Missouri Supreme Court
Beef Trust
Major
Daniel Dillon
Supreme Court
National Packing Company
St. Louis Dressed Beef
Armour, Swift and Morris Companies
Bond
Postmaster Duarte of Guam Faces Short Inspection
Washington reports the Guam post office head, Duarte, who earns $125 yearly, will be inspected by E P Smith. The inspector and his wife will undertake a 25 000 mile trip over several months, sailing from San Francisco to Manila and onward to Guam, with a light workload expected for the Guam post office.
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Washington
Post Office of
Guam
P. I
Duarte
Post Office Department
E. P. Smith
Austrians Halted After Crossing into Romania
Paris dispatch reports Austrian troops violated Romanian neutrality by entering Danube valley territory twenty miles east of the Iron Gate. Fighting ensued and the Austrians were driven back by reinforced Romanian guards at Turnu Severin, with casualties and wounded accompanying retreat.
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Paris
Danube Valley
Iron Gate
Journal
Turnu Ceverin
Embargo Lifted on Interstate Livestock Shipments
U S officials announced an embargo on outgoing interstate livestock shipments from Union Stock Yards was lifted Saturday night. Chicago yards will reopen, but Pittsburgh Columbus Louisville Indianapolis Buffalo Cincinnati and Jersey City yards remain closed to interstate shipments after in transit stock is moved.
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Chicago
Indiana Postmaster Arrested
Indianapolis February 12 Post master Reuben N Robertson of Waverly Indiana was arrested charged with embezzlement Four separate offenses are charged with each instance exceeding $1000
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Ind
Reuben N. Robertson
Waverly
Miner Dead as Explosion Hits Illinois Coal Mine
Peoria Feb 12 One man is dead and another is dying after an explosion in the Collier Coal company mine at South Bartonville Illinois. The cause of the blast is not yet known.
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Ilinois
Peoria
Collier Coal Company
South Bartonville
Surgeon Decorated for Valor in French Army
Paris February 10 Doctor Cercle a surgeon in the French army received the cross of the Legion of Honor after multiple mentions in the orders of the day He was wounded ninety seven times in action confirming his long service and injuries.
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Paris
Doctor Cercle
Legion of Honor
American Is Released From Detention Camp
Berlin reports A W Derrick vice president of the American Association of Commerce and Trade, interned at Rubleben detention camp February 4 for Canadian birth, was released Monday.
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Berlin
A. W. Derrick
American Association of Commerce and Trade
Rubleben
Italy Maintains Troops and Bans Meat Exports
Rome reports a royal edict keeping second category 1893 1894 soldiers under arms until May 31 1915 and prohibiting export of fresh or preserved meat chestnuts fowl oil fat and tallow. Deputy Altobelli seeks proof of alleged foreign ambassador interference in Parliament.
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Rome
Altobelli
Chamber of Deputies
Salandra
Patten resigns Methodist Book concern post in turmoil
John A. Patten president of the Methodist Book concern resigns from all general church offices to protect the church from possible embarrassment amid libel suits he faces against a Chicago medical periodical and a New York weekly journal. Patten is a patent medicine manufacturer criticized by the American Medical Association as a patent medicine fraud.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
John A. Patten
Methodist Book Concern
Methodist Episcopal Church
Chicago
New York
Patten
American Medical Association
Norman B. Ream Dies in New York Hospital
Norman B. Ream a financier and Chicago connections figure died in a New York hospital following surgery. He helped finance postwar Chicago recovery after the 1871 fire and was a director at First National Bank and the Pullman Company. His fortune was estimated at 50 to 75 million dollars and he ranked among the nation’s 25 wealthiest men.
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New York
Norman B. Ream
Chicago
First National Bank
Pullman Company
United States
Teutons Break French Line at Bagatelle
German forces opened the attack on Sunday at Bagatelle where they pressed against French lines through dusk and night. At dawn the assault grew fierce as German infantry overwhelmed the first line and pushed into French trenches, forcing a retreat to second works.
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London
Bagatelle
Tucholka Pass
Koziowa
Wyszkow
Kosiowa
Breslau Fires on Yalta Seaside Town in Crimea
Petrograd reports Breslau shelled Yalta causing extensive damage to the Hotel de Russie and four shops though no fatalities are recorded. In retaliation the Russian Black Sea fleet bombarded Trebizond sinking several Turkish steamers and damaging forts. A Turkish flagged schooner with foodstuffs near Cap. Yeres was destroyed.
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Petrograd
Breslau
Yalta
Crimea
Taurida
Hotel de Russie
Black Sea
Trebizond
Cap. Yeres
Suffrage Amendment Wins In Pennsylvania House
Harrisburg Feb 11 The resolution to submit a woman suffrage amendment to the state constitution passed the house by 138 to 71 and now goes to the senate.
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Harrisburg
Senate
Birth of Austrian Prince in Vienna via London
Princess Zita of Parma gave birth to a son of Archduke Charles Francis in Vienna while the couple, married in 1911, have two other children. The announcement notes the birth at the capital with ties to London.
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Prince of Austria
Vienna
Austria
London
Zita of Parma
Archduke Charles Francis
Rioting Flareups Reported in Prague Bohemia
Disorders erupt in Prague as arrests of Czech students and journalists provoke unrest. Attacks on prominent Bohemian politicians are alleged, with clashes reported in the capital.
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Prague
The
Hague
Bohemia
German Airship Shot Down Near Dunkirk
A Dunkirk dispatch reported to the Havre News agency that a German aero plane flying over Dunkirk was shot down by cannon fire before it caused any damage.
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Paris
France
Dunkirk
Havre
Walk as in Other Days Paris Women Change Gait
A Paris correspondent notes women are reverting to prewar walking styles as they shed the wriggling gait seen during occupation. The shift brings back the old silhouette with a flatter chest and more natural lines as peace returns.
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Paris
France
Swiss Glaciers Shrink Noted Retreat Across Alps
Swiss glaciers are retreating perceptibly with a notable glacier losing over a thousand feet in ten years. Scientists warn of ongoing ice loss affecting water resources and landscape.
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Switzerland
Revival to Benefit France and World Says Advocate
A speaker argues that the revival in France will lift women globally, stating that what the Frenchwoman does today others will emulate tomorrow. The remark emphasizes universal progress tied to French female achievement.
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France
Next Thing. First Father-When? A Son Undertaker
A Harvard Lampoon joke about mistaken professions features two fathers. One assumes the son is a doctor, while the other clarifies the son followed the medical profession and is an undertaker.
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Harvard Lampoon
Teutons Rout Russians in Poland Amid Heavy Losses
Berlin reports Russian forces routed in Bukowina with Czernowitz evacuated by over 100,000 troops. German losses run into tens of thousands. fighting centers in the Carpathians and Galicia with repeated bayonet charges and stubborn counterattacks.
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Berlin
Bukowina
Czernowitz
London
Petrograd
The
Star
Carpathian
Baligrad
Sanok
Galicia
Carpathians
East Prussia
Gorzele
Johannisburg
Goumine
Wola Szydlowiecka
Longest Senate Filibuster Ends With Adjournment Victory
The senate ended a 54 hour 10 minute filibuster over the presidents ship purchase bill with a 48 to 46 adjournment vote. Norris and Kenyon left the opposition to back Republican ranks, and the administration plans to limit the bill to one year.
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Washington
United States
Senate
Norris
Nebraska
Kenyon
Iowa
Maritz Reported Executed by Germans in Treachery Charge
Pretoria reports Lieutenant Colonel Maritz, who sparked the Boer rebellion, executed by the Germans on treachery charges, though there is no independent confirmation of the claim.
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Maritz
Pretoria
South Africa
Detroit man held in $7500 bank fraud case
Adolph Schmidt twenty four is arrested at his home in Detroit on charges of defrauding the Fort Dearborn National Bank of Chicago of 7500 dollars and forging a cashier's check last May.
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Detroit
Mich
Adolph Schmidt
Fort Dearborn National Bank of Chicago
Postmasters Named by President Wilson
President Wilson nominated David A. Wilson for postmaster at Hartford Connecticut George S Parrish at Toledo Ohio B G Costerbean at Muskegon Michigan and H B Snyder at Gary Indiana for the federal posting all announced from Washington on February 11.
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Washington
Wilson
David A. Wilson
Hartford
Conn
George S. Parrish
Toledo
B. G. Costerbean
Muskegon
Mich
H. B. Snyder
Gary
Ind
Priest and Housekeeper Slain in Connecticut Parish
In New Britain, Rev. Father Joseph Zerbris of St. Andrew's Lithuanian church and his housekeeper Miss Eva Gilman were murdered at the parochial residence on Monday. Police investigate motive and identities of the assailant.
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New Britain
Conn
Joseph Zerbris
St. Andrew’s
Eva Gilman
Lusitania Flies American Flag After Submarine Sighting
The Cunard liner Lusitania sailing from New York to Liverpool hoisted the U S flag after a Baltic wireless warning said two submarines were spotted. Captain Dow ordered lifeboats ready as passengers noted the ship carried both large and small American flags.
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Baltic
London
Lusitania
Cunard Line
New York
Liverpool
Queenstown
Mersey
Irish Sea
White Star Line
Germany
British Isles
Patrick Dow
Will Irwin
Missing French politician amid wartime fog and sea
Paris reports Pierre Leroy-Beaulieu son of economist Paul Leroy-Beaulieu has been missing since the battle of Scissors with news of his deputation past. German authorities ban private wireless messages even to warships. Fire Island reports 21 of Hougemounts crew rescued by breeches buoy. seven remain aboard including Captain McDonald.
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Paris
Ministry of War
Pierre Leroy- Beaulieu
Chamber of Deputies
Paul Leroy-Beaulieu
Scissors
Armisterdam
London
Fire Island
McDonald
Russians to Evacuate Bukowina as Front Advances
French reports from Bukowina say Russians begin evacuation to avoid isolation as Austro German forces press. Petrograd notes Russian troops push through Dukla Mezo-Laborch and Usok passes, threatening enemy lines for about one hundred miles.
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Bucharest
Bukowina
Petrograd
Dukla
Mezo-Laborch
Usok
James C. Fargo Dies at 85 Former Express Leader
James C. Fargo longtime head of American Express National Express and Westcott Express died Monday night at his home in his eighty sixth year. Born in Pompey New York he entered the express business at fifteen in Buffalo.
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New York
James C. Fargo
America
American Express Company
National Express Company
Westcott Express Company
Mr. Fargo
Pompey
N. Y
Buffalo
Post Office Budget Came In Under Estimates
The Senate committee on post offices and post roads reported the annual post office appropriation bill with a total of 317 948 869 dollars, 3 770 105 less than the department’s estimate. Experimental village letter delivery costs are set at 160 000 dollars this year versus 200 000 in the House bill.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Post Office
Senate
Senate Committee On
Post Offices
House
Ohio Bank Robber Killed in Cincinnati Raid
Cincinnati police report a Mohawk German Banking and Saving Company raid led to one robber killed and a second captured. About $700 in cash was recovered. Cash for Cross resisted the robbers during the exchange.
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Ohio
Cincinnati
German Banking and Saving Company
Cross
Turko-British Battle Casualties Reported at Suez Canal
Cairo dispatch reports the slaughter of Turkish troops at the Suez canal described as the most terrible in history. British forces continue burying the dead as casualties mount.
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London
Cairo
Suez Canal
Colonel House Not Envoy Says Wilson
On Tuesday President Wilson stressed that Col. H. M. House, a close personal friend, did not travel to Europe as his personal representative to seek peace.
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House
Washington
Wilson
Col. H. M. House
Europe
City council allocates 12,000,000 marks for emergency food supply
Hamburg officials report a 12,000,000 mark appropriation to stock foodstuffs fodder and related items for city emergency readiness. The sum equals about 8 million dollars based on current exchange. The move aims to safeguard supplies for potential crises.
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Hamburg
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