Five Chicago packers to shed outside interests under antitrust decree
The five major Chicago packers will dispose of all non meat related interests within two years under a Justice Department settlement. They will be barred from stock yards ownership, market papers, cold storage, retail meat, and related activities, with court approval for yard sales and a future prohibition on using transport facilities for non meat business. The decree aims to remove monopoly power over meat markets and transportation, while leaving some canning operations and certain food products allowed. Senator Kendrick and Senator Kenyon note potential congressional regulation remains possible, as the agreement changes but does not replace pending bills. Palmer indicates talks could continue if packers wish to render the settlement moot.
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Washngton
Chicago
Department of Justice
United States
Palmer
Asia
Kendrick
Kenyon
Iowa
Wyoming
Congress
Senate Agricultural Committee
Pacific
Firmy Mede
Kenny Veeder
Swift and Company
Ckers
Veeder
Packer
Packers Agree With U S On Side Lines Decree
Washington reports the government and five large packers Armott Morris Swift Wilson and Cudahy and their main stockholders submitted to the contentions and consented to an injunction decree. It requires divestment of public stockyards market papers and rail lines and a full dissociation from retail meat and grocery lines. The decree applies to 87 corporations and 49 individuals and places meat marketing under federal court supervision to prevent monopolies.
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Washington
Department of ‘Justice
Palmer
Armott and Company
Morris and Company
Swift and Company
Wilson and Company
Cudahy Packing Company
Sei Public Stock Yards
Allied Premiers Meet Over Fiume and Russia
Premier Lloyd George said Nitti of Italy would join forces with him and Clemenceau in Paris for a brief meeting to guide the Fiume question. He noted allies agree on non intervention in Russia but discussed US Japan talks on future steps if Bolshevik advances grow eastward. He argued peace with Russia requires a national assembly with broad franchise.
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London
Nitti
Italy
Lloyd George
Clemenceau
Paris
House of Commons
Fiume
Russia
United States
Japan
Lodge Selected For Both Chairmanships
Washington December 19 Plans place Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts as both temporary and permanent chairman of the Republican national convention There was talk of Elihu Root as temporary chairman but it is understood the 1908 plan of one man for both posts will continue in 1920
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Washington
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Elihu Root
Captain Alcock Injured After Ocean Flight Crash
Captain Sir John Alcock, famed for the first nonstop Atlantic crossing, was seriously hurt when his plane crashed near Cotterford in Normandy. A Lloyd's dispatch from Rouen reports the accident and injury status.
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London
Sir John Alcock
Atlantic Ocean
Lloyd's
Rouen
Cotterfard
Department of Zine-Inferrieure
Normandy
Fusionists Aim to Defeat Berger in Wisconsin Race
Milwaukee Wis Dec 19 Great interest centers on today's special election in Wisconsin fifth district to fill the seat after Victor L Berger the socialist is denied admission Berger faces Henry H Bodenstab the republican fusion candidate Approximately 53 000 voters are registered In 2018 Berger won a three way contest with 17822 votes This year supporters say 20000 likely Berger expects a 5 10 thousand majority Archdiocese letter by Archbishop Messmer and Governor Phillipp urge defeat citing moral religious stakes
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
Congress
Victor L. Berger
Berger
Henry H. Bodenstad
Bodenstab
E. L. Phillipp
Sebastian G. Messmer
Coatsburg Man Heads Horticultural Body
Bloomington Ill Dec 19 Officers for the Illinois State Horticultural association for 1920 were elected at the convention here. President Dr J R Lambers Coatsburg Vice president A J Wharf Olney Secretary A M Augustine Normal Treasurer J W Stanton Richview Both of the latter two were re elected. Next meeting time and place to be chosen next fall by a committee.
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Bloomington
Illinois State Horticultural Association
J. R. Lambers
Coatsburg
A. J. Wharf Olney
A. M. Augustine
Normal
J. W. Stanton
Richview
Allies Favor Peace With Turks At Once
London reports Allies favor immediate peace with Turkey. Discussion centers on avoiding disrespect and preserving honor, with America joining in the effort. Key figures include Lloyd George and other Allied leaders advocating a cooperative peace.
Murder Trial Follows Woman’s Death of Freda Lesser
Twelve jurors sworn in Los Angeles hear the case of Harry S. New charged with murdering his sweetheart Freda Lesser in July. Her mother, Alice Lesser, testifies amid hysteria. a fainting spell interrupts proceedings as details emerge of a prior marriage proposal and a ride that day. A police detective recounts finding the body in a closed car near Central Police Station, with the prosecution arguing a crime of passion driven by rejection.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Harry S. New
Freda Lesser
New
Alice Lesser
Lesser
Miss Lesser
Lecompte Davis
Jud R. Rush
John L. Richardson
Daughter’s Body Hidden in Trunk Says Mother in Lawton
Miss Maude Tabor died at her Lawton Michigan home from an overdose of chloroform according to her 80 year old mother Mrs Sarah Tabor. The mother who was arrested in California with her son Walter in connection with the death mystery stated she placed the body in a trunk and hid it in the cellar for three years. She claimed sole responsibility saying she did it with her own hands and that there was no funeral pomp.
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Chicago
Maude Tabor
Lawton
Mich
Sarah Tabor
Tabor
California
Walter
American Unrest Explained By Wood
Major General Leonard A. Wood told Colorado legislators in a joint session that public indifference to civil duties combined with riots and agitators seeking to usurp local government help drive the nation’s unrest.
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Denver
Leonard A. Wood
Colorado
Packers Deny Guilt and Cite Patriotic Motives in Decree
Washington December 19 The Packers deny wrongdoing and say their decision to submit to a decree is to aid reconstruction and remove friction with food producers. Swift and Company insist the decree is not an admission of law violation and was requested to reassure the public and maintain stable conditions amid postwar recovery.
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Washington
Palmer
Henry Veeder
Swift and Company
Department of Justice
Veeder
United States
Chicago
Morris and Company
M. W. Borders
Mother May Break His Silence on Trunk Murder Case
In Paw Paw Michigan on December 19 the Van Buren county prosecutor team struggles to extract a confession from Joseph C Virgo the South Bend undertaker accused of murdering his wife Maude Tabor Virgo. Prosecutors await the testimony of Mrs Sarah Tabor, the victim’s mother, to shed light on motives and details. Despite inquest findings and multiple arrests the case remains tightly enigmatic with no decisive theory.
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Paw Paw
Mich
van Buren
Joseph C. Virgo
South Bend
Maude Tabor Virgo
Lawton Trunk
Glenn E. Warner
Virgo
Glenn Warner
Sarah Tabor
H. H. Adams
Warthin
Maude Tabor
Plot To Steal Planes For Mexico Uncovered
SAN ANTONIO Texas December 19 An alleged plot to steal American army airplanes and sell them to the Mexican government is believed uncovered through the arrest of a lieutenant and a former lieutenant in the air service at Ellington Field Houston The men are charged only with stealing a motor and parts Officials say the lieutenant admitted participation and will testify against the former lieutenant The plot reportedly planned selling 13 airplanes for 130000 to the Mexican government The arrests were announced at southern department army headquarters in San Antonio
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San Antonio
Tex
Air Service
Southern Department of the Army
Ellington Field
Houston
Department
Economy Sales For Winter Are Indorsed
NEW YORK December 10 The Governments proposal that dry goods retailers hold economy sales during January and February to aid in reducing the cost of living was indorsed at a meeting here of retailers and sales managers.
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New York
Strike Clause of Railroad Bill Up For Debate Again
The Senate entered a fifth night on the railroad bill with doubt it can pass before holiday recess. Debate focused on the anti strike provision of the Cummins measure and a 25 to 46 rejection of eliminating the whole section. Leaders agreed to delay holiday recess until the bill clears the Senate and goes to conference. A substitute by Senator McCormick was defeated 31 to 31. it would bar strikes for sixty days after an adjustment board ruling and require board decisions within ninety days.
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Washington
Senate
Cumming
Stanley
Kentucky
House
Lodge
Representative Mendell
Thomas
Colorado
Cummins
Walsh
Massachusetts
McCormick
Illinois
Democratic Caucus On Leader Saturday
Washington on December 19 a conference of Democratic Senators was urged to choose a leader for Virginia's late Senator Martin's seat. Hitchcock of Nebraska and Underwood of Alabama contended for the post with absentees to vote by telegraph or pair arrangements. Utah's King resigned as secretary to support Hitchcock if needed to counter a Westward control objection.
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Washington
Martin
Virginia
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Underwood
Alabama
King
Utah
Passes Sentence On 27 Convicted I. W. W.
Federal Judge John C. Pollock in Kansas City Kansas sentenced twenty seven Industrial Workers of the World members found guilty of conspiracy against the government. Sentences ranged from three years to six years in the Leavenworth federal penitentiary. Defendants were given ninety days to appeal.
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Kansas City
John C. Pollock
Industrial Workers of the World
Federal District Court of
Kansas
Leavenworth
Pollock
Krupp Factory Reports First Loss in History
ESSEN Dec 18 For the first time since the foundation of the Krupp arms industry the balance sheet shows a loss this year amounting to 38,000,000 marks. The deficit is covered by a brought forward balance and a 20,000,000 mark reserve. The Krupp works are now building locomotives freight trucks agriculture machinery and moving picture apparatus instead of guns.
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Essen
Krupp Arms Industry
Krupp
Million Dollar Loss From Arsenal Fire
Dover New Jersey December 19 an official investigation began into the fire at the Picatinny arsenal that followed an explosion in the research laboratory. The blaze swept over part of the arsenal destroying four buildings and causing an estimated loss of 1 million dollars. Five men were injured, one possibly fatally.
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Dover
N. J
Picatinny Arsenal
Argentine Envoy Dails for Washington Post
Argentina's new ambassador to the United States, De Alencar, sailed from Rio de Janeiro today on the Avan via England. He expects to reach Washington by the end of January to begin his post.
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Dails
Rio Janeiro
Augusto 6. de Alencar
United States
England
Avan
Washington
Legal coup ends as trial of OConnell closes early
Jacksonville December 19 Timothy OConnell brown county charged with murder of Elwood Lent in 1917 saw closing when both sides waived argument except for a brief State summary. One rebuttal witness testified on gas pipe at Lent home Sept 6 and defense cross examination questioned his knowledge. Trial ended with jury to hear instructions after two hours of court guidance.
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Jacksonville
Timothy O'Connell
Brown County
Elwood Lent
Vandeventer
John Swan
O'Connell
Smith
Adams, Brown, Hancock
Cass County
Wall
Hartzell
Morgan County
Mr.Connell
John Whited
Whited
Lent
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