Packers Threaten 10 Monopolize Groceries
William F. Bode of Reid Murdoch & Co accuses the five big meat packers of building a nationwide monopoly over wholesale groceries aided by refrigerator cars. He warns the practice could ruin independent wholesalers as Congress reviews antitrust actions and the meat industry. Names of witnesses and testimony will be voluntarily submitted to the House Interstate Commerce Committee.
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Reid Murdoch & Co
Associated Presse
Alate Commission
Washington, D. C
United Press
Presal
Ounanio
William F. Bode
Battle of the Rei Murdoch Co
Chicago
House
Interstate Royal Committee
Commerce Committee
Bode
United States
Norris
Senate Agricultural Committee
Henry Veeder
John J. Healey
Louis F. Swift
Veeder
Healey
Heney
Federal Trade Commission
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Otter
Wiliam
Colver
Trade Commission
Stamps Offer $82.60 in February for $100 War Bond
J H Puelicher director of war savings for the seventh federal reserve district announced that $100 denomination war savings stamps will be sold at $82.60 during February. The price will rise twenty cents each month through year end. The stamps will be about the size of a fourth Liberty bond.
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United Press
Chicago
Ill
J. H. Puelicher
War Savings
Seventh
Federal Reserve District
Puelicher
Universal military training debated in Senate bill
A Senate bill proposed by Senator New of Indiana calls for universal compulsory military training for Americans aged nineteen to twenty six as a permanent national policy. The plan allocates one year of training, followed by national reserve service, prioritizing the youngest classes and aiming to avoid a large standing army.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
New
Indiana
Senate Military Committee
Sesson
Congress
Newan
War Department
Paris Treats Itching Plague Called Gale At Peace Talks
An Associated Press report notes a skin ailment arising during the peace conference discussion of French terms for control and the broader war questions. Delegates, aides, and observers describe the condition as common and non fatal, likened to a seven year itch, with remarks on its spread at the American mission.
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Associated Press
Siasion
Mark Twain
Convicted Cashier Is Taken To State Prison
Madison United Press reports WH Pierstorf a Middleton Bank cashier was sent to state prison after perjury and false statement charges. His father Will Pierstorf, bank president, resigned when his son was accused. The sentence allows up to two years with good behavior reducing to about a year and four months. wife and children stay.
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United Press
Madison
Pierstur
Bank of
Hunter Found Not Guilty of Manslaughter in Deer Mistake
Marinette Menominee county man Desotele was found not guilty of manslaughter after admitting he shot Joseph Frock, mistaking him for a deer in the fall of 1915. He surrendered to authorities and the jury deliberated briefly.
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Hunter
Associated Prez
Marinette
Ernest Desotele
Benat
Desotelie
Joswph
Tiwe Boure
Another Butter Drop Declines Prices at Wholesale Market
Unitad Frere reports beet balk Roofe priced at thirty-nine cents a pound with do sink Tote at three cents. The drop totals twenty-one cents for the month, marking a seventh straight decline in butter wholesale rates.
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Unitad Frere
Kamanits
English Strikes Threaten Martial Law Across Britain
United Press reports a wave of strikes spreading from Glasgow to Belfast risking martial law. Cars smashed, shops looted, electricity cut, and unions demand conciliation while authorities debate intervention and an eight hour day for railway workers.
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United Press
Glasgow
Associated Press
London
United Kingdom
Belfast
Board of Trade
Prohibition Sparks Debate Over League of Nations
In Pierre South Dakota the legislature debates a prohibition plank demanding the United States push for a League of Nations. A resolution is considered, with factions urging Congress to press American peace delegates toward a prohibition position. The proposal aims to shape global policy through a formal treaty stance.
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United Press
Y Pierre
Ornery
South Dakota
American Congress
Australia Stands Against Compromise on German Colonies
Australia remains the sole government objecting to the compromise plan for administering German colonies. The Daily Mail notes Australian delegates insist on retaining New Guinea ownership as vital, while Premier Clemenceau pledges Australian support in guarding this position. Wilson advocates adherence to the 14 points and a League of Nations framework, with the U.S. posture to be clarified as negotiations proceed.
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Ly Associated
Paris
Darls
Daily Mail
Australia
Clemenceau
Addy
Italy
Adriatic
Balkan
Germany
Saar Valley
Nat C Goodwin Dies in New York at 61
Nat C Goodwin noted actor dies in a New York hotel after a general breakdown following an operation last year. He was born in 1857 in Boston and had five marriages. His last wife Marjorie Morland announced her engagement days earlier. Georgia Gardner and housekeeper Melvin Walk present. Goodwin debuted in Boston in 1872 and later appeared in Shakespearean roles. He owned property in Ocean Park and spent much time in New York.
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United Press
Maltimore
Nat Goodwin
Mnex
Baltimore
Melete
New York
Goodwin
Uge
Boston
Mar- Jorie Morland
Filtza Weathersby
Nellie Baker Pease
Ming Maxine ‘Liver
Edna Goodrich
Stuart Robeson
Krave-digger
Hamlet
Ocean Park
Cal
Germans storm key Prussian town amid fighting
Berlin dispatch reports East Prussia growing tense as German troops assault Kulmxae a railway hub near Vharn and Graudeny after Polish defenders refuse to surrender Bolshevik divisions threaten front while eighth and tenth armies brace for renewed heavy resistance with significant casualties feared.
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Chu
Areibergs
Merlin
Thuradas
Jan. C
Ceeman
Polex
Kulmxae
Mans
Sensious
Ast, Mead
Anzeixer
Berlin
East Prussia
Discharged soldiers may get clothing cheaply
To aid discharged men and soldiers to obtain civilian clothing cheaply, the shopping bureau of the National League for Women's War Service arranged with several men’s furnishing stores in New York to offer former enlisted men a ten percent discount.
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New York
National League For Women's War Service
Money Sewed in Shirt Found on St Paul Man
A St Paul man, John Pottgleser, aged about seventy, was found with a large sum of money sewn inside his shirt during police search. Thirty two thousand pounds in bills of 160 denomination were hidden, prompting concern over his mental state and guardianship by a banker.
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ST. Paul
United Press
Paul—Fourteyn
John Pottgleser
Pott
Khever la
Banker Guardian Hind
Pattgleser
War blame committee named at peace talks
The peace conference lists a nine member blame committee to identify who started the great war. The displayed lineup includes Secretary Lansing of the United States and Sir Gordon Hewart of Britain, with Andre Tardieu of France among the panel alongside Ferdinand Fiamande, Vittorio Scissicia, and Lepvig Eamende from Italy.
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Lansing
United States
Sir Gordon Hewart
Ferdinand Iamande
France
Vitorio Scissicia
Lepvig Eamende
Italy
Peace Bureau Battles for Plan on Western Front Troop Allotment
Dispatches report the supreme council's two day deadline to outline troop allocations for the western front as American divisions face embarkation orders and a potential total withdrawal by peace treaty timing. Paris and London sources note U S President Wilson's points influencing secret treaties amid mounting global tensions and fresh territorial disputes in Europe and Asia.
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Parik
Supreme Council
Ag Xeen
Next Great Peace Issue Flows From Self Determination
United Press correspondents report progress toward self determination as peace talks resume. Disposition of German colonies is not extended to European territories, with Dalmatian questions unsettled and Italy shifting its stance on security. The article notes rising disputes over borders and notes the League of Nations as essential to underpin postwar principles amid tense belligerent sentiment.
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Bred &, Ferguson
United Preas Stat
Pahin
Peace Bureau
Italy
Australia
Bohemia
France
West
Rhine
League of Nations
Retail Prices Hesitate to Respond to Wholesale Decline
After Armistice with three months elapsed Chicago shows no shift in retail pricing for meats and staples. Wholesale levels fall while retailers keep prices steady with only dairy shifts prompting minor cuts. Steaks roast pork and potatoes hold firm though dairy products see price pressure and butter moves down from two weeks prior.
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Chicago
United Premw
Menta
Vega
Fond du Lac Reelects Superintendent Roberts
The Fond du Lac school board, after six months considering Roberts as superintendent, reconsidered and reelected him effective March 1. He will serve the year at a salary of $2,000, up $206. Petitions from teachers, labor councils, women’s clubs, and mothers’ clubs urged retention.
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United Press
Ford du Lar
Bour of Education
Ace
Roberts
Marci
Lin
Trades and Labor ‘Council
Womans Club
Mothers” Clubs
Transport Minnekahda Arrives With Soldiers
New York dispatch reports the British transport Mournekaleda arriving today with 2,736 troops from France, most from Ohio and West Virginia. Lieutenant David Reckens of St Paul commanded the Minnekahda, returning with a Distinguished Service Cross and Oak Leaf for heroism against German aircraft, after reportedly downing four enemy planes.
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New York
Mournekaleda
France
Ohio
Weat Virginis
Tayid Reckens
St. Paul
Fortsrenth
Fragmentary memo on a man with pants and a police incident
An OCR fragment mentions a man in pants and a bullet riddled item near a dog line. It references an age and a patrol, with a vague police response and a “to tie” note. Details are unclear due to damaged text.
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Pete
Netica
Kehl Occupied Amid Frontline Shifts
Report from the front describes Kehl being occupied as units from the eighth division of the DP march toward the riverbank of the Rhine. The Allied advance proceeds under formal terms as part of ongoing operations near the river.
Wisconsin to Erect Statue for Theodore Roosevelt Memorial
Madison reports the legislature backed funding to erect a statue in memory of Theodore Roosevelt. The proposal was amended to place the statue in Madison, with mixed votes but overall support. The session also voted on use of the capitol for Victory Prom events and other campus and state functions.
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United Press
Madison
Theodore Roosevelt
C. E. Bird
C. E. Hanson
Milwaukee
C. E. Coe
Philipp
Eugene F. Clark
Galesville
A. C. Anderson
Menominee
B. W
Whittingham
Arpin
Delbert Miller
Weat Allis
J. AL. Grindell
Platteville
P. M. Anderson
Somis
Assembly
Witter Senate
Mr. Connor
Senate
Young
Coe
Metcalf
Head
Segaion
Hellwee
Winter
Sawyer County
Meadowbrook
Kandutsch
Standauds
Roctical
Atsorge
Qronto County
Revenue Collector Williams Promoted in Washington Move
Kurt Williams, collector of internal revenue, is called to Washington to become supervisor of sixty four district tax offices nationwide. He departs Monday for the east. his family remains here temporarily. W. X. Wells, chief deputy, assumes Williams's duties locally.
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United Press
Madison
Kurt Willams
Internal Revenue
Washington
Treasury Department
Eis
W. XS. Wella
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