Enteres Suit to Break Up Syrup Trust
New York March 1 government sues Corn Products Refining and related firms for dissolving what is described as a starch, glucose and syrup trust. The suit alleges 66 percent of US starch and glucose control and 80 percent of interstate syrup, with price fixing and anti-competitive practices. Defendants include Corn Products, National Starch, Louis Syrup and Preserving, Novelty Candy, and officers. President Bedford comments on the action, defending the firm and urging shareholders to remain calm.
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New York
Corn Products Refining Company
Department of Agriculture
Il Tie Corn Produgh Company
Ite
Ee Iine
Corn Produts Company
New Jeey National Starch Company
Vow Jersey GT Louis Syrup and Preserving Company
Misssouri Novelty Candy Company
New Jersey
Anmlar
Trust
E. T. Bedford
Corn Products
Garment Strike in Gotham Ends
New York on March 1 reports that by Monday nearly all of the 540 garment workers involved in the strike since December 30 will return to work. The pact bans employment discrimination and is ratified by all unions, ending a labor crisis that affected up to 300,000 workers though Boston Baltimore and other cities still face garment strikes. Attorney General Wickersham has asked to quash indictments against several bathtub trust members convicted of conspiracy in restraint of trade. Fifteen defendants paid fines, totaling 63,502, with two others already sending penalties.
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Garment Workers
Boston
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Delpelt
Wickertham Hae
Spealed Bathtub Trust
Game Commission
Canal Commission
S Dept. Fish Commission
Food Commission
State Entomologist Board of Equalization
Board of Health Highway Commission Insurance Department
Joliet Penitentiary
Chester Penitentiary Livestock Commission
State Mining Board Railroad Commission
Rivers and Lakes Commission
Civil Service Commission
W. R. Robinson
Commission
Civil Service
Dunne
Greeks Kill 112 Turks in Six-Hour Battle Near Janina
In Greece, about 300 Turkish infantry fought Greek forces for six hours near Janina before surrendering. Turkish casualties totaled 112 with eight officers dead. Greeks reportedly had four wounded, a figure viewed skeptically in London. Turkey seeks peace terms from European powers, urging favorable settlement.
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Athens
Greece
Janina
London
Turkey
Americans Help Heart a in Plans Records From Mexico City Rally
Americans in Mexico City publish resolutions urging aid for Mexican efforts to establish good government. A base meeting occurred last night as part of the Americano colony's activities.
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Mexico City
United States
Washington
Fletcher
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Aguas Calientes
Puentes
Puebla
Girard
Kan
John Kenneth Turner
Mexics
Felix Diaz
Warren
Appeal To
Reason
Turner
Death of contralto Lulu Hubbard after church performance
Greenwich March 1 Miss Lulu Hubbard a contralto soloist burst an artery while vocalizing a high note at Stamford Methodist church and died today. In Cornelia Georgia two unidentified Negro tramps charged with killing policeman John Gibby were lynched by a masked mob, bodies strung up beside a telegraph pole.
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Greenwich
Conn
Lulu Hubbard
Stamford Methodist Church
Cornelia
John Gibby
Weather Outlook and Astronomical Events Summary
Light snow and colder tonight with a low near zero. Sunday mostly fair. 7 a.m. temperature 5, yesterday high 19, wind 4 mph. Precipitation 0.02 inch. Relative humidity 100% at 7 p.m. Visible planets include Mercury Venus Saturn, with Jupiter Mars as morning stars. Constellations visible: Orion Taurus Andromeda and more.
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Lalebherier
J. M. Sheerler
Venus
Saturn
Jupiter
Mars
Gemini
Andromeda
Taurus Owith Jietades
Perseus
Aries
Orion
Eridames
Canis Minor
Leodwith
Bootes
Draco
Hercules
Aldeturran
Alpherut
Zeus
Leo
Arcturus
Procyon
Castor
Pollux
Sirius
Mara
Mercury
Neptune
Friedmann Aid Extended to Poor Opens Public Clinic
New York report says Dr. Frederick Friedmann the German bacteriologist will open offices on Fifth Avenue Monday and run a two week public clinic. Free tuberculosis serum will be given to applicants unable to pay. More than 5,000 have applied for treatment.
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New York
Frederick Friedmann
Fifth Avenue
Writs Granted in Thaw Case and Harsh Sentences
New York reports another writ of habeas corpus for Harry Thaw after Charles Kennedy’s application led Justice Guy to sign it. Albany quotes Attorney General Carmody vowing vigorous action against any attempt to release Thaw from Matteawan. In New York, Judge O’Sullivan sentences George Grandon to seven and a half years for white slavery, calling him the worst kind of murderer and noting his luring of girls to Harlem apartment.
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New York
Harry Thaw
Charles Kennedy
Guy
Albany
N. Y
Matteawan
Carmody
Redfield Takes Place in Cabinet Seen in Wilsons Cabinet
New York March 1 The Brooklyn Eagle reports that Representative Redfield has accepted the position of secretary of commerce in Wilsons cabinet. Also named secretary of agriculture Senator Obadiah Gardner of Maine. Other posts listed include Secretary of State Brya n Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo Attorney General Mc Reynolds Secretary of the Navy Daniels and Postmaster Burleson. Competition remains for war Interior and labor posts. Gardner, a farmer and longtime agricultural organizer, faced Progressive Democratic opposition before final decision. Ten thousand Indian head nickels arrived at Philadelphia mint. Suffragists in London entertain with street performances to raise funds.
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New York
Brooklyn Eagle
Washington
Redfield
Commierce
Wilson
Obadiah Gardner
Maine
Willian c. Bryan
Nebraska
Treasury
William G. McA
Pennsylvania
Senator Gardner
Gardner
Maine State Grange
William P. Frye
Senate
Chicago
Philadelphia
Overworking of Men Brings Fine Against Railroad
The federal government filed a suit in district court for 52000 penalties against the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad for alleged hours of service law violations. It is charged that employees worked 18 to 24 hours daily between Indiana and Illinois points, with 164 separate charges in the suit.
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Chicago
District Court
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
Indiana
Ilinois
CAPITAL GAY IN PLANS FOR NEW REGIME
Washington rushes to welcome the new president as cadets from Georgia and Culver arrive early for the inaugural parade. Marshall greets Culver cadets, while suffrage demonstrations and a Carpathia tribute procession unfold. Wilson bids farewell as New Jersey hands over governorship and reforms, with Acquittal of an elderly woman in Michigan rounding out a packed day.
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Washington
Georgia Military Academy
Culver Military Academy
Indiana
Marshall
Culver
Capitol
Senate
Wilson
Taft
Carpathia
Woma
Congress
Stimson
Alice Paul
Jones
New York
Anna Shaw
Woman's National Suffragist Association
Trenton
N. J
Woodrow Wilson
United States
New Jersey
James F. Fielder
Assembly
Fielder
Legislative Chamber
Princeton
Ruling Voids 1911 Illinois Civil Service Law
Springfield authorizes a sweeping challenge to the 1911 state civil service act as unconstitutional for failing to print amendments before passage. Gov. Dunne weighs action, with many overlong workers potentially removed. Magill defends legality, citing procedural parity with similar bills.
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Springfield
P. J. Lucey
Supreme Court
Cook County Civil Service Act
Woods
Harry Woods
Dunne
Magill
Hugh S. Magill
Senate
House
Cook County Civil Service
University of Illinois Medical School
Congress overrides veto to enforce prohibition law
Washington March 1 Congress passes Webb bill to bar shipments of liquor into dry states overriding President Taft's veto by 244 to 95 in the House and 63 to 21 in the Senate. The measure, now law, targets interstate intoxicants shipping to private individuals to uphold local prohibitions. Names of officials and Chicago office staff listed.
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Washington
Rainey River
Roosevelt
Senate
Kern
Indiana
Committee On Judiciary
House
Only Four Found After Dewey Hotel Fire Tragedy
Omaha Neb March 1 Four victims were identified after the Dewey hotel fire with three dying during escape. One body found early this morning was identified as Alice Bonnevie sister of the proprietors wife. Identification was by a single ruby earring as remains were severely burned. No other bodies found by 11 30.
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Omaha
Neb
Dewey Hotel
Alice Bonnevie
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