Indictment of Tobacco Trust Leaders Highlights Licorice Paste Case
A federal grand jury indicted MacAndrews & Forbes Co and John S. Young Co plus presidents Karl Jungbluth and Howard E. Young on antitrust counts for monopolizing licorice paste. Warrants issued. trials expected months away with corporate defendants appearing by counsel. The case centers on control of 85 percent of U S licensed paste sales and alleged price manipulation to favor the Tobacco Trust over independent manufacturers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tobacco Trust
Pes Tee
MacAndrews & Forbes
John S. Young
Baltimor
Karl Jungbluth
Howard E. Young
Toere Trust
Judge Lacombe
Henry W. Taft
Felix H. Levy
Gensel
Jungbluth
Mr. Young
Gorow
Jude Lacombe
Lancer Nicoll
John D. Lindsay
Ge Tee Companies
Maggafrews & Forbes Company
John & Joune Company
E. E. Hale
United Sates Supreme Court
John S. Young Company
John D. Lewis
Peridence
Weaver & Sterry Company
Lewis
MacAndrews & Contra Fortes Company
Henry M. Ray
John 5. Young Company
John D. Ly S
John TD. Lewis
Company Letter Used to Pressure Witness Immunity
Judge Lacombe ruled that furnishing the letter to force government action does not shield the secretary from contempt or protect the letter’s producer from prosecution. The grand jury may obtain the letter from the company, and the officer who delivered it is not immune for providing evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jungbluth
Kansas harvest labor crisis calls for 25000 workers
Topeka dispatch reports Kansas seeks 25000 additional harvest hands as railroads block standard rates and farmers along the Santa Fe recruit laborers. Free employment agent Gerow blames railroads for the shortage, noting high track wages and limited passenger discounts. Some farmers lure workers with incentives including transportation and meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Record- Herald
Topeka
Kansas
Gerow
Halstead
Torpedo Boat Patents Bought By International Power
The International Power Company announced it has purchased the Herreshoff torpedo boat patents. Charles F. Herreshoff will oversee torpedo boat manufacture. He recently patented alcohol motors for torpedo boats, promising boats of equal length and tonnage but half the weight and draft. The lighter design could navigate shallower rivers and may allow carrying torpedo boats on battleship decks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
International Power Company
Herreshoff
Charles F. Herreshoff
New Banking House for Havana Organizes Banque de la Havana
National City Bank identified interests are organizing a new financial institution in Havana to be called Banque de la Havana with 2 500 000 dollars capital. It will charter under Cuban law and begin operations in early fall. J C Martine, cashier at National City Bank, named to sail for Havana to run details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banque de la Havana—National City Bank
National City Bank
London
Paris
Havana
Banque de la Havana
Cuba
J. C. Martine
The
Martine
Funeral for Italian Victims Draws Thousands on Avenue A
Ten thousand mourners, mainly Italian, attend the funeral of Tessina and Joseph Celentino two and four years old killed by an Avenue A trolley. Father Matino conducts service on the parents' stoop. Mothers fainting and police block traffic to the ferry as the hearses pass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tessina
Joseph Celentino
Avenue A
Father Matino
St. Elizabeth's Church
13Th Street
Delano
East 23d Street
No Gambling at Y M C A Carnival in Nyack
Nyack New York June 16 Special The Y M C A carnival was disrupted when Vice-President E F Perry ordered a wheel of fortune operator to leave for offering gambling like prizes and declaring no blanks. The operator vacated with attractions and a fortune telling young woman, dulling the crowd but new acts were quickly arranged to replace them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nyack
N. Y
Young Men's Christian Association
Wheel of Fortune
E. F. Perry
Ministers' Conference Debates Christianity Critique
At the Baptist Ministers Conference held at North Church on West 11th Street yesterday, Rev. Dr. Charles J. Kevill of Trenton presented a paper on Christianity and criticized excessive individualism, communism, and altruism. In discussion Rev. Dr Leighton Williams cited John D. Rockefeller’s altruism remark and suggested he should work with the morning speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Ministers’ Conference
North Church
West 11Th Street
Charles J. Kevill
Trenton
Leighton Williams
John ID. Rockefeller
Merchants' Texas Fare Cuts For New Orleans Trip
The Merchants' Association reports that several Texas rail lines have authorized merchants' rates to New Orleans for July 21 to July 31 and August 4 to August 6. The fare is one and one third round trip with 30 day return limit under the certificate plan. The special rate also covers Texas travelers with the water trip via Southern Pacific steamers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merchants’ Association
Houston & Texas Central Railroad
Houston, East & West Texas Railway Company
Morgan’s
Louisiana & Texas Railroad
Louisiana Western Railroad
Texas & New Orleans Railroad
Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway
Texas
New Orleans
Southern Pacific
European crop prospects in June distress Northwest Europe weather
A Washington report summarizes the June conditions abroad from the Department of Agriculture. May brought unseasonably cold gloomy weather to Northwestern Europe especially Britain and France with brief spells of very low temperatures in Italy and Spain. Eastern Europe saw exceptionally genial conditions for grain in Russia while Northwestern crops lagged but benefited from abundant rainfall. Southern and Central Europe show generally average to good prospects with Eastern Europe slightly worse due to ongoing adverse trends.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Europe
Great Britain
France
Italy
Spain
Russia
Dinnerware pricing lines from a catalog listing
The entry shows two price points for dinner size goods: 2.00 per dozen at 4.25 dozen quantities and 3.00 per dozen at 5.75 dozen quantities.
Fall River Mills Propose 6 Percent Profit Dividend Plan
The Cotton Manufacturers Association in Fall River offers operatives a minimum 6 percent profit sharing dividend based on the cotton cost to cloth price margin. If workers reject, arbitration may be used. Textile Council unions vote Wednesday on the proposal amid wage-scale discontent with the sliding scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
Mass
Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
Textile Council
W. L. Douglas
Belmont Tunnel Fight Opens in New York Supreme Court
The New York and Long Island Railway Company seeks to permanently restrain the city from revoking a permit for the Belmont tunnel under 424th Street and the East River. Justice Fitzgerald presides, with earlier injunctions in place, and witnesses examined on work done, route, and capital stock. The case resumes today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York & Long Island Railway Company
Steinway
East River
Belmont
Supreme Court
Justice Fitzgerald
Justice Blanchard
O'Brien
Railway Company
Sunday Baseball Cases Adjourned In Brooklyn Courts
Most defendants arrested for violating the Sunday baseball law in Brooklyn were adjourned. Magistrate Higginbotham reserved decision on Saratoga Park players. West Point and Brighton clubs arraigned. Ridgewood team discharged in Flushing. Brooklyn Baseball Club officials adjourned at Myrtle Avenue court. eight players in Williamsburg held on $300 bail. Deputy Commissioner OKeeffe expects a higher court ruling before next Sunday.
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Brooklyn
Higginbotham
Gates Avenue
Saratoga Park
West Point
Brighton
Ridgewood
Flushing Court
Brooklyn Baseball Club
Myrtle Avenue
Baldwin
O'Reilly
Manhattan Avenue
Williamsburg
O'Keeffe
Tobacco Acreage Uncertain Due to Weather
The Department of Agriculture reports that unfavourable May weather across the tobacco belt makes it impossible to estimate this year’s acreage. Except for a few southern states, little tobacco had been transplanted by May 3. July 1 will see published statistics comparing this year’s planted acreage with last year’s and state averages.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
United States
Department
Women's Summer Neckwear and Ties on First Floor
Automobiling Scarfs priced from $1.46 to $2.97. Tailored stocks in linen, pique and madras at 24c and 46c, plus a choice assortment of Windsors and Four-in-Hand Ties from 24c to 68c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madras
Desirable Rooms Advertised Near Riverside Park
Five lines per insertion at five cents each offers rooms in The Tribune Directory of Desirable Rooms for fourteen days. Listings include 878 West End Ave near 103rd Street with furnished rooms and views of West End Ave, 49th Street at 110 West with furnished rooms and running water, and 40th Street to West near Bryant Park offering well furnished rooms for gentlemen with no board.
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Gibson
Tribune
West End Ave
Riverside Park
New York City
49Th ST
40Th ST
Bryant Park
English Carving Sets Underprice in Basement Sale
Basement sale offers English carving sets with stag and celluloid handles at low prices. Knife and fork set 99c, stag-handled 1.49 to 1.98 for three pieces, celluloid sets 1.94 to 2.49, all below typical $1.78 to $3.49 prices.
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Federal Grand Jury
J. Bagley & Co
Ray
Lewes
Ter Lewis
Taft
MacAndrews & Forbes (Ompany
Hurnyadi
Janos
Bey Sul
Uacely
Nearn
West Fourteenth Street
West Thirteenth 36
Seersucker
Batiste
Rogers al
Point de Paris
Val
Dresden
Ebbony
Cocobola
H. Wy
Ste
Lux, Siciliennes
Chambrays & Zzpayrs
Saxony
Domets
Demet Fiennels
NEW Banking House
Y. M.C. A. Carnival
James McCreery & Co
Twenty-third Street
H. Macy & Co
35Th Street
Foreign Office
New York State
Macys
New York Tribune
Broadway
86Th and
87Th Sts
Saratoga Springs
New Columbian
Congress Springs
Convention Hall
Bath
Alabama
East Lith St
Speer’s Shades
Cathedral Heights
St. Marc
West 112Th St
Tilley
West 116Th St
West 94Th
Duchamp
East 12Th ST
Darneville
West 30Th St
Prielor
Eko
Peront
34Th ST
Madison Ave
Buerkle
80Th ST
West
J. W. Williams
City of
New York
4Th Ave
Clara Gottesman
Williams’ Carpet Gleay NG Co
West 77 “Telephone Works
Be, ST Addition
Lephone
Riverside
F Bohm
Harlem Rug Mfé
East 59Th St
Plaza
Careful Carpet Clean NG Co
Lantacaenet Air
East 48Th St
COE & Brandt
L. L. Seely
West 39Th St
Beryant Brooklyn
Nevins ST
ST. Bartholomew's
Ager
Union Teme Savings Institution
Union
Ime Savings Institution
Seamen's Bank For Savings
Wall St
Bank For Savings
24Th Ave
Bank For Savin
Tankinwiic
Thave
Plese
Cambric
Namsook
Z . Cambric
Wite Raffe
Linut—Lisee
Mresity & & Erekirts
Masonville
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