Federal Trade Commission probes cotton buyers price fixing in Carolinas and Georgia
Special agents of the Federal Trade Commission began an investigation into charges that large cotton buyers in North and South Carolina and Georgia divided territory to fix prices paid to producers. Commissioner W. J. Clarris ordered the inquiry, with both economic and legal staff assessing whether a restraint of trade exists and possibly triggering an antitrust suit. The complaints allege regional price disparities of up to a half cent a pound due to territorial divisions among buyers forming price control.
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Thee
Tarsi Commission
Federal Trade Commission
Cottor
South Carolina
North Careolina
Georgia
W. J. Twarris
Commission
Carolinas
Largest Suffrage Parade In New York On Fifth Avenue
More than 30 000 women and 6 000 men from all states and 20 foreign countries marched four hours along Fifth Avenue from Washington Square to Central Park. The event urged New York to vote on November 2 and join states granting women the right to vote. Leaders noted wide participation across business, professional, educational and official life. The parade began shortly after 3 PM and stretched into the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fifth Avenue
Mfe
Washington Square
Central Park
Export trade plan outlined by Redfield with trust company
Secretary Redfield announced plans for handling US export trade through a trust company in cooperation with the federal government to avoid interference with cargoes. He spoke after a conference with Assistant Secretary Peters of the treasury department Assistant Secretary Vrooman of agriculture and several exporters trustees of the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Redfield
Department of Commerce
Peters
Treasury Department
Vrooman
Department of Agriculture
Foreign Trade Convention urged attendance in New Orleans
James A. Farrell president of United States Steel and chairman of the National Foreign Trade Council called on businessmen to attend the third national foreign trade convention in New Orleans from January 27 to 29. He said the slogan will be commercial preparedness and the main object is to discuss plans for American business to meet foreign trade challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James A. Farrell
United States Steel Corporation
National Foreign Trade Council
New Orleans
Fairbanks Warns Against Invasion and Commerce Threat
Former Vice President Charles Warren Fairbanks urges Americans to prepare for a "commercial invasion" alongside a military threat. He argues prosperity tied to war orders is temporary and calls for a protective tariff, strong national defense, and national unity under the American flag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
United States
Charles Warren Fairbanks
Vicw
Wei
American Colonel Joins Serbian Front Mission
Col. Joseph E. Kuhn of the American army has joined the Serbian front with neutral military attaches in Berlin. Headquarters will be in Belgrade with trips to fronts, after a two month stay at the Western grand headquarters where he met Emperor William for ten minutes and discussed his engineer division assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph E. Kuhn
Berlin
Belgrade
Kuhn
William
Col. Kuhn
Engineer
Austrian Killed Englishman in Denver Drill-Press Tragedy
Police arrested George Vlaragrady an Austrian on murder charges in Denver Colorado after he reportedly killed George Gray an Englishman in a railroad machine shop. Hatred stirred by the European war allegedly drove him to push Gray into a drill press crushing him to death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Col
George Vlaragrady
George Gray
Kiaragrady
Europe
Gray
Diaz Joins Zapata Forces With 40000 Men
A Juarez received message claims Felix Diaz has allied with Zapata and now leads about 40,000 men threatening Mexico City. The receipt was reported from two independent sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Tex
Juarez
Felix Diaz
Zapata
Mexico City
Two Mexican Bandits Killed Near Brownsville
A Sixth Cavalry detachment shot and killed two armed men crossing the Rio Grande at the San Pedro Ranch, 12 miles upriver from Brownsville. Lieut. T. R. Van Natta led the detachment. bodies not recovered. Two Mexicans are jailed locally on suspicion related to a train wreck.
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Brownsville
Texas
Sixth Cavalry
Rio Grande
San Pedro Ranch
T. R. van Natta
Sheriff's Department
Defense Plan Approved by Cabinet for Army Buildup
Washington expects President Wilson to sign off on a national defense program that envisions an army of more than 1,200,000 within six years. The president has approved the plan but must still confer with key congressional leaders before presenting it to the House and Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Wilson
House
Senate
Endorse Defense Bill Robbers Forfeit Lives
Washington reports endorsements of the defense program to form a large army with six month yearly service for the first three years. Employers would grant leave with pay for enlistment, seen as patriotic and good for business. In Brownsville Texas, ten Mexicans died in a train wreck and robbery by a band of about 75 men, with several Americans killed or wounded. Police and troops pursued others. a physician, Dr B S McCain, was killed after refusing to leave his compartment. Four more Mexicans were later hanged.
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Washington
Zation
Prograim
Brownsville
Tex
St. Louis, Brownsville
Mexico
United States
Corporal McBee
Third
United States Cavalry
H. H. Kendall
Harry J. Walls
R. Woodhall
Claude J. Brishear
Sixth Cavalry
C. H. Lay
B. S. McCain
Vann
Wilson imposes embargo on munitions to Mexico
President Wilson announces a U S arms embargo to Mexico with an exception for the de facto government led by General Carranza. The order aims to keep weapons from General Villa and will involve the Treasury State War and Justice departments. Communications will reach border and coastal customs, consulates, and justice offices.
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Carranza
Wilson
Washington
Mexico
United States
General Villa
Treasury
Departments of State, War and Justice
Department of Justice
Funston
State Department
Garrison
Army
Vdlla
Villa
New York
New Orleans Banks Plan $10 Million Mexico Loan and Sisal Plant
New Orleans bankers report a $10 million gold loan to the Carranza government following recognition. They say arrangements will funnel the Mexican sisal crop through New Orleans and Yucatan and Campeche operators will build a $1 million processing plant to handle the raw product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
New Orleans
Carranza
Yucatan
Campeche
Explosion in French Factory Kills Dozens in Paris
Fifty two killed and over a hundred injured in a munitions factory blast in the Fue de Volbiac area. Women workers were among the victims as President Poincare and Interior Minister Navy visited the wreckage to direct rescue efforts after a granade dropped during loading triggered the explosion.
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Paris
Fue de Volbiac
Poincare
Interior
Iavy
Women Lose New Jersey Suffrage Bid by 50 000 Margin
Unofficial midnight returns show New Jersey voters defeating amendments for women’s suffrage by around 50 000 to 60 000. Totals from 804 of 1,891 districts: 56 676 for and 80 347 against the measure with a 23 671 lead against. President Wilson’s Princeton precinct voted 64 for and 160 against.
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Jersey City
N. J
New Jersey
New Jersey State Woman Suffrage Association
Wilson
Princeton
Seven Plead Guilty in Moonshine Conspiracy Cases
Seven men accused of conspiring to defraud the government in moonshine whiskey production pleaded guilty in U S District Court Fort Smith Arkansas. The case against eighth defendant Fred Gowles of Fort Smith was dismissed. The defendants’ move came as a surprise during the trial process.
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Fort Smith
Ark
United States District Court
Fred Gowles
Wilson Votes For Suffrage
President Wilson returns to Washington from Princeton after casting the first ballot ever given a chief executive in favor of woman suffrage. His brief visit to his legal residence drew a notably enthusiastic welcome from Princeton students.
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Wilson
Washington
Princeton
United States
White House
Plead for Life of Miss Edith Cavell
Report of Brand Whitlock and Hugh Gibson detailing efforts to save Edith Cavell, an English woman who ran a training school and helped Allied soldiers escape Belgium. The memorandum notes German officials' failure to inform the American authorities and recounts Cavell's steadfast, calm demeanor before execution.
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London
Edith Cavell
Brussels
Belgium
Brand Whitlock
Walter H. Page
Legation
Hugh S. Gibson
von der Lancken
Gibson
Whitlock
Ambassador Page
Miss Cavell
Clerk's Sale of Norris Lot in Pickens County South Carolina
A 1915 notice states Emma C Bowen as plaintiff in Pickens County court will sell at public auction the Norris shop lot totaling 1.31 acres, fronting the street from Norris depot to Cateechee, adjoining Southern Railway, to the highest bidder under a decretal order by Judge R W Memminger. Terms cash with purchaser paying papers stamps and recording fees. resale possible if terms unmet within five days. A J Boggs Clerk of Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Norris
Norris Depot
Bank of
Cateechee
Southern Railway
H. B. Bowen
Emma C. Bowen
A. J. Boggs
Americans and Mexicans Die in Ojo de Agua Clash
At Ojo de Agua on the Texas border three American soldiers, five Mexicans, and one Japanese were killed in a gun battle with Mexican bandits. Eight Americans were wounded as bands used the Rio Grande to evade pursuit, with crossings into Mexico noted during retreats. Captain Frank R. McCoy, commanding the Mission Patrol District, believes the raiding party did not exceed thirty attackers.
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Brownsville
Texas
United States
Ojo de Agua
Rio Grande
Mexico
Frank R. McCoy
Third Cavalry
Mission Patrol District
Moonshiners Sentenced in Fort Smith Conspiracy Case
John J. Casper of Kansas City led a moonshine conspiracy and was sentenced to nine years and three days in Leavenworth. He must pay a $33,000 fine. Others sentenced include G. L. Williams of Winston-Salem, N C. Charles Brewbaker of Kansas City. and George Hartman of Kansas City, each one year and one day in prison and fined $1,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Smith
Ark
John J. Casper
Kansas City
United States District Court
Leavenworth
G. L. Willams
Winston- Salem
N. G
Charles Brewbaker
George Hartman
New Export Records in Washington September Trade
New high export figures for September show total exports at 297 766 705 dollars, up 141 714 417 from September 1914. The month yielded a favorable balance of 146 343 919 dollars, versus 16 341 722 in September 1914, and the monthly surplus nearly matched the prior fiscal year's total by 41 693 371 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Pickens County Land to Be Sold in November 1915
State of South Carolina Strother and Phinney sue J H Vickery. Decretal order by Honor R W Memminger. On sale day in November 1915 during legal hours at Pickens C H S C. Ninety three acres on Crow Creek near Keowee River, adjoining J C Alexander H B Bowers J I Vickery J M Vickery and others. Cash, five day payment, plat by W R Dalton Jan 5 1910. Readvertise if not conforming. Purchasers pay papers stamps recording.
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State of
South Carolina
Pickens
Crow Creek
Keowee River
J. C. Alexander
H. B. Bowers
J. I. Vickery
J. M. Vickery
W. R. Dalton
Sale of Freeman land in Easley Township November 1916
Court sale notice by Judge Memminger outlines the bid sale of a thirty acre tract in Easley Township Pickens County South Carolina. The property adjoins J H Bowen lands and is part of the James G Freeman estate. Terms are cash with buyer paying recording and papers. If terms are not met the premises may be resold at once.
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North and
Re Rey
Peptle
Tne
Fairbanks
Banket
Harrispits
Guimesto
Rlee
Diaz
ERS
Plan
County of Pickens
Court of Common Pleas
Corena A. Freeman
Edel D. Freeman
R. W. Memminger
Pickens GC. H
S. C
Easley Township
J. H. Bowen
James G. Freeman
Pickens County
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