New Jersey Trust Bills Aimed at Price Fixing
Seven Wilson administration anti trust bills introduced in the New Jersey Senate seek to punish price fixing and restraint of trade. They impose penalties on individuals and directors, prohibit future holding companies from incorporating for such purposes, and aim to deter monopolies while not disturbing existing corporations that comply. The measures reflect Gov. Wilson's platform and promise to curb trusts nationwide.
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Trenton
N. J
State Senate
Gov. Wilson
New Jersey
J. Warrel Davis
Salem
Senate
Edwin Ie Walker
Bennet Vansyckie
Walker
Mr. Vansyckie
United States
Wilson
New
Ohio
Delaware
Friends of the
United States ‘Steel Corporation
Amalgamated Copper Company
The
Rock Island Company
International Merchant Marine
American Tobacco Company
Federal Steel
Standard Oi
American*Can Company
Corn Products
United States Rubber
Distilling Company of America
American Woolen Company
Carnegie Steel
Chane ‘Ccessor Walker
Deerfoot Farm Sausages Ad
Tender meat of little pigs and choice spices describe Deerfoot Farm Sausages. The advertisement promises the reader has never tasted perfect sausage unless they try them.
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Deerfoot Farm
French scientist unveils cold light lamp with 2000 candle power
Paris Jan 20 M Dussaud reports a new electric lamp that concentrates light on a single point using sequential filaments and a thousandfold lens. The 2000 candle power beam runs on eight volts with minimal current and no heat, powered by a small battery or water jet. It is touted as safer, efficient for photography, and tested at the Biarritz lighthouse with plans for war searchlights.
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Paris
M. Dussaud
Biarritz
Ministry of War
Shaw Refuses to Quit as Treasury Former Head Holds Five Year Contract
Special to The New York Times reports Les lie M Shaw once Secretary of the Treasury visited the First Mortgage Guarantee and Trust Company in Philadelphia stating a five year contract that runs to April 15 1914. Shaw was ousted as President Jan. 16 by directors he aided in election and asserts he remains an employee under his contract ready to perform duties. Wharton E Harris new President declines to comment on the contract claim.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Penn
Leslie M. Shaw
the Treasury
First Mortgage Guarantee and Trust Company
Shaw
Bru
Harris
Sheriff Seizes Stock Exchange Debtor on Floor of NYSE
Deputy Mayforth, acting on Sheriff Harburger's orders, forced entry to the New York Stock Exchange to serve William Thorton Simpson with a debt demand of 86 219.52 dollars from a judgment won by Charles E. Proctor Co. Simpson agreed to settle by selling his seat. the deputy described being blocked by about fifteen people during the intrusion.
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Mayforth
New York Stock Exchange
Harburger
William Thorton Simpson
The
Stock Exchange
Charles E. Proctor
Simpson
Snowstorm Automobile Collision Kills Three in Chicago
During a heavy snow storm a car carrying Henry Kobsa senior and two relatives collided with a Wentworth Avenue trolley. All three were hospitalized with serious injuries including skull fracture and rib injuries. The elder Kobsa and his brother were initially feared dead but later improved. the chauffeur was uninjured. The group had just started toward the stock yards when the crash happened.
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New York Times
Chicago
Henry Kobsa
West 129Th Street
Henry Kobsa, Jr
West
Th Street
Kobsa
Richard Kobsa
West 127Th Street
New York
Wentworth Avenue
Provident Hospital
Man Pleads Guilty To Wreck Attempt Near Rock Glen
Michael Miller aged 28 of Rock Glen pleaded guilty to attempting to wreck the Pennsylvania Railroad flier on December 10 1912. He wedged stones in the rails over a small mountain bridge and said a Rock Glen resident with a grudge against the company urged him to do it.
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New York Times
Wilkesbarre
Michael Miller
Rock Glen
Pennsylvania
Miller
Noordam on voyage 810 miles east of Sandy Hook
Latest Shipping News notes the Noordam of the Holland America Line, Rotterdam to New York, 810 miles east of Sandy Hook at noon and due New York on the 22d at 6 PM. An ad promotes Adamson's Botanic Balsam as a remedy for a dangerous cough.
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Marconi Wireless
Noordam
Holland America Line
Rotterdam
New York
Sandy Hook
Ready to Abandon Big Wireless Deal
Marconi Company faces pressure as Godfrey C. Isaacs asks the Postmaster General to treat the contract as non binding amid an extended parliamentary inquiry. Delays, rising material costs, and legal questions under the 1907 Patents act propel debates on whether ratification should proceed and if government testing should precede any revival of talks. Sir George Croydon Marks raises further patent legality concerns.
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Wireless Department of the Stock Exchange
Marconi
Isaacs
House of Commons
Select Committee
Admiralty
War Office
Imperial Stations
Mr. Isaacs
Marconi Select Committee
Sir George Croydon Marks
M. P
Sir George
Post Office
Marconi Company
British Empire
Ong
Golden State Limited to Sunny California
An ad style notice promotes the Golden State Limited as a deluxe train from Chicago and St. Louis to California. It frames the journey as a smooth, longitudinal trip with comfort starting at departure, promising a refined travel experience with no excess fare. Printed by K. Palmer of 1238 Broadway, New York.
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California
Pioneer
Chicago
St. Louis
Comfort
Palmer
Broadway
New York
James Huneker on Max Liebermann in Next Sunday's Times
Art critic James Huneker, after studying Europe’s leading galleries, declares Max Liebermann the most important living German artist and among the great painters of today. Read his full article in Next Sunday's Times.
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Europe
Liebermann
Land
Mr. Huneker
Thirty Arrests Expected in Arson Trust Ring
Grand Jury returns five indictments charging arson in the second degree as District Attorney Weller targets a large ring of firebugs and public adjusters. Freeman faces $50,000 bail. Abraham Schlichten and Isidor Stein among those indicted for arranging fires to claim insurance.
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Weller
Arson Trust
Henry ©. Freeman
West 119Th Street
Freeman
Rosalsky
Abraham Schlichten
East 101St Street
Isidor Stein
Izzy the Painter
Stein
Schlichten
Liverpool and
London and Globe Insurance Company
George W. Birch
George Gratz
Robert J. Rubin
Samuel Gold
Kalman Newmark
Second Avenue
100Th Street
Prial
Manhattan
Bronx
Marshal Prial
Whitman
Chicago arson ring used gasoline sausages to spread fires
Chicago officials reveal an arson trust employed gasoline filled sausage skins and lard bladders on lines to trigger explosions as fires began. A chemical “fire powder” allegedly let flames start miles away, with three men tied to three fires and large insurance involved.
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New York Times
Chicago
Johnston
Col John Crosby Attacked by Valet in Bedside Struggle
Col John Schuyler Crosby a Civil War hero, was attacked in his New York home by his Japanese valet Iwa Mago who armed himself with a knife. Crosby, though ill at 74, wrestled the assailant to prevent harm, and the valet was taken to Bellevue Hospital under observation.
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John Schuyler Crosby
Col .Crosby
Bellevue Hospital
Col. Crosby
Bolling Lee
Iwa Mago
West Forty-ninth Street
Gregory
Million Dollar Divorce Sealed in Uniontown Case
Josiah Van Kirk Thompson, coal and coke operator and banker, obtained a divorce from Blanche A Thompson in Uniontown. The decree awards Thompson $1,000,000 payable to Mrs. Thompson, with both parties free to remarry. The case has been handled discreetly since May, with papers not yet public.
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New York Times
Uniontown
Penn
Josiah van Kirk Thompson
Blanche A. Thompson
Thompson
W. Cook Mcixean
R. W. Dawson
Reuben L. Maynard
Milholland to Lead March 5 Suffragist Parade
Miss Inez Milholland of New York City will lead the March 5 suffragist parade in Washington riding in medieval herald livery along Pennsylvania Avenue. A band of women will precede a troop of horsewomen, with several hundred garment workers from New York and Baltimore marching in tatters behind a float highlighting sweat shop injustice.
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Washington
Inez Milholland
New York City
Herald of Mediaeval Times
Milholland
Pennsylvania Avenue
New York
Baltimore
Brandt Seeks New Start in Minnesota After Past
Foulke E. Brandt, former valet of Mortimer Schiff, arrived in St. Paul and proclaimed he wants to forget the past. He said he has no position in sight but is willing to do anything honest. The brief item notes his quest for a new life in Minnesota.
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ST. Paul
New York Assembly approves woman suffrage referendum
Albany January 20 After defeating for the second time an amendment restricting voting rights for women who are citizens by marriage the Assembly rushed final passage of a constitutional amendment calling for a referendum on woman suffrage The vote was 123 to 7 Those opposing were McCue McDaniels Rezan Jones T K Smith Wood and Yeomans Enactment in the Senate added a five year residency requirement for citizen by marriage voters The bill heads to the Senate next week with strong support from suffrage advocates
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New York Times
Albany
McCue
United States
Senate Inter
Heavy Western Snowfall Paralyzes Chicago and Idaho Rail Lines
A major snowstorm snarls Chicago traffic as trolley wires and rails freeze over. Telegraph service falters but remains functional. In Wood River district Idaho a blizzard stalls trains, downed wires cut communication, cattle perish, and relief teams struggle amid six feet of snow near Ketchum.
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Chicago
Hailey
Idaho
Wood River District
Fisheries
Shoshone
Ketchum
Low ice outlook for Hudson region in 1913
No 1913 ice from Hudson Newburg New York January 20 springlike weather has buds and tulips but ice prospects are poor. Hiram Odell superintendent of Muchattoes Lake Ice Co says cold weather ten days or more is needed to fill houses. Upper Hudson likely no ice cutting this season. Ice would be eight to twelve inches if possible but chances look slim.
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New York Times
Newburg
N. Y
Hiram B. Odell
Muchattocs Lake Ice Company
Hudson
First Straw Hat Out in Washington New Jersey
In Washington New Jersey on January 20 local businessman J Clark Axford wore a Summer straw hat while driving around town. The warm spell has brought thermometers to 70 degrees and grass green, flowers blooming in favorable spots. Nathan O Parks of the National Fireproofing Company Port Murray reports a honeysuckle plant in full bloom usually seen in May.
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New York Times
J. Clark Axford
Ile
Nathan O. Parks
National Fireproofing Company
Port Murray
Gladys Freeman Recovers Lassie From Street Foundling
Gladys Freeman of West 156th Street wrote to Mayor Gaynor asking police to watch for Lassie the collie. A fireman found the dog on West South Street near Amsterdam Avenue, then an officer took Lassie to the Freeman home after identification by the child.
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Gaynor
Gladys Freeman
Goy West 156Th Street
Lassie
Tassi¢c
West 1Suth Street
Amsterdam Avenue
West 125Th Street
Geerts Thompson
Freeman
Gladys
Gavinor
California backs Asiatic exclusion in state resolution
Senator Sanford of Ukiah, California Democratic National Committeeman, introduced a joint resolution in the Legislature supporting Asiatic exclusion as proposed by a congressional bill by Representative Baker. The measure argues the East misreads California’s stance on Oriental immigration.
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Sacramento
Cali
At Sanford
Ukiah
California
Congress
Baker
Florida Cuba South Sea Level Route Ad
Advertises a rail service with 4 trains daily on the Atlantic Coast Line. Describes all steel electric lighted Pullmans and superior roadway aid service. Mentions Florida to Cuba via a southern route.
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Florida
Cuba
Atlantic Coast Line
Superior Roadway Aid Service
Mitchel Attacks Subway Deal at Public Hearing
President Mitchel pressed the Public Service Commission at the final hearing on Interborough and Brooklyn Rapid Transit contracts for the dual subway system. He challenged recapture terms, preferential payments, and mortgage implications, warning the city could pay twice and risk upsetting the entire agreement if a new chairman is appointed before signing. He cited Steinway Tunnel costs and argued the city must avoid lines with liens while seeking recapture.
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Public Service Commission
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Mitchel
Board of Aldermen
Tribune
Willcox
Mitenke
Board of Estimate
Shear
Tuterboough
Mr. Mitchel
Interborough
Lexington Avenue
Seventh Avenue
Interborough Metropolitan
thenterborough-Metropolitan
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Henry Kobsa Hart
Adamson
Adv
London
Godfrey C. Isaacs
James Huneker On
Max Liebermann
Times
Frenny C. Freeman
District Attorney's Office
Great Bear
Kryptok Toric
Spencer’s
Maiden Lane
Col
John $. Crosby
Bellevue
Josiah Thompson
Garment
Brandt
Assembly
Jersey
Child
Sanford
Sulzer
Mined
Aldermen
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