Meat Packers Under Fire and Congress Action Looms
Congress debates federal action to curb what the commission calls an illegal combination among Armour Swift Morris Cudahy and Wilson. The report accuses the five firms of dividing markets, fixing prices, exchanging confidential data, and colluding in buying and selling, including control of the South American cattle market. The Packers deny the charges and call for an impartial investigation.
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GTON
Federal Trade Commissions
Kenyon
Iowa
Borah
Armour
Swift
Morris
Cudahy
Wilson
Commission
Congress
Wison
Morrin
Packer Leaders Accused of Controlling Meat Trade
Chicago December 3 J Ogden Armour criticizes federal trade commission charges alleging that the major packers control the meat business through combination.
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Chicago
J. Ogden Armour
Federal Trade Commission
Iron Deficiency Ads Promote Nuxated Iron Claim
An advertisement promotes organic iron Nuxated Iron as essential to combat anaemia and fatigue. It quotes Dr Ferdinand King praising iron’s role in blood formation and urges readers to seek prescriptions or buy Nuxated Iron in original packaging. Manufacturers guarantee results or a refund.
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Ferdinand King
New York
Sullivan
Ol Dew Co
Martel Deeg Go
Swift
Thacmagy
Senate Debates Peace Terms and Cummins Plan
Senator Pittman argues against sending the full Senate to Paris and criticizes collabo ration with the peace conference. Republicans, led by Watson, oppose Cummins plan and press for clearer definitions of freedom of the seas and League of Nations terms. President Wilson’s congressional address receives muted editorial response in Paris papers.
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Pittman
Senate
Paria
House Judiciary Committee
Webb
Watson
Wilson
Lewis
Hitchcock
Paris
Congress
Government seeks 6400 dollar penalty in Sidho case
The government Tuesday filed a civil suit in Judge Cushman's court to recover a 6400 dollar penalty from Wesley L. Sidho. Sidho had pleaded guilty to an April indictment charging him with transporting 150 five tael tins of opium from Canada and he received a two year sentence at McNeils Island federal prison.
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Cushman
Wesley L. Sidho
Canada
McNeils Island
French firms plan rapid postwar reorganization
In Panis December 3 special dispatch notes French industrial concerns in regions freed from German control will reorganize and reopen quickly. Two commissions of businessmen from evacuted towns study plans to resume factory work, categorize plants by repair potential and timetables, and distribute questionnaires to owners.
Mrs Edith Scripps Dies in California Home
Mrs Edith McRae Scripps daughter of Milton A Mcfrae of Detroit and San Diego died in San Diego of pneumonia believed to have been caught while she was caring for convalescent sailors. She was born in Wyoming Ohio a Cincinnati suburb and widow of John P Scripps former editor in chief of the Scripps McRae league of newspapers.
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San Diego
Cal
Edith McRae Scripps
Milton A. Mcfrae
Detroit
Scripps
Wyoming
Ohio
Cincinnati
John P. Scripps
Scrippe McHae League of Newspapers
EB. W. Scripps
Hair Tonic Case Is Set for Dec 9
Hearing of the Pacific Coast Barber Supply Co charged by federal authorities with selling hair tonics containing illegal alcohol was set for December 9 by Commissioner Robert W. McClelland. The Neel hearing on a white slave charge was continued to 2 p.m. Thursday. December 12 fixes the hearing for the captain and 14 crew of the steam schooner F.8 Loop alleged whisky transporters.
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Pacific Coast
Barber Scapply Co
Robert W. McClelland
Joseph H. Neel
Four Chinese Indicted by Grand Jury on Opium Charges
A grand jury indicted four Chinese suspects on opium possession charges. Ah Le Kin and Loule Hong were arrested in October and released on $2,000 bail, while Ha Gee and Den Gim posted $1,000 bond. Two additional secret indictments were returned pending arrest.
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Ah le Kin
Loule Hong
Ha Gee
den Gim
Laborer Dies After Alcohol Poisoning in City Hospital
Thomas Ryan a 45 year old laborer was arrested in a dazed condition at Occidental avenue and Washington street Monday afternoon. He died an hour later in city hospital from alcoholic poisoning. He lived at 711 First avenue and had no known relatives in the city. The body lies in the county morgue.
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Thomas Ryan
Occidental Ave
Washington
Ryan
First Ave
Jury Audits County Jail Under Guidance of Prosecutor
The grand jury and Prosecuting Attorney Alfred H. Lundin inspected the county jail on Tuesday morning. They followed Presiding Judge Calvin S. Hall instructions and questioned inmates about sanitary conditions discipline and treatment.
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Alfred H. Lundin
Calvin S. Hall
Theft at Gordon Hotel: Watch and cash stolen
A room at the Gordon hotel on Second and Pine was entered Monday night and $57.30 along with a gold watch were taken.
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F. H. Fritiett
Gordon Hotel
Second and Pine
Shots Firing Near Fourth Ave and Washington St Sparks Police Probe
Three quick revolver shots fired near Fourth Ave 8 and Washington St early Tuesday morning triggered a police inquiry. No victims reported and investigators searched the area for clues.
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Fourth Ave
Washington St
Pape's Cold Compound Promises Quick Relief
A vintage advertisement claims a few doses of Pape's Cold Compound will end grippe misery and break up a severe cold. It asserts rapid relief from nasal congestion discharge feverishness sore throat and headache with minimal cost and no need for a substitute.
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Pape
Plague Ship Reaches Port In Genoa After Grim Voyage
The 8. 8. Tomaso di Savoia arrived in Genoa from South America with a brutal outbreak aboard. Influenza killed 150 of 176 crew between Montevideo and Bahia de Bahala, passengers replacing sailors as they died. The ship, lasting 42 days, then resumed voyage with a new crew. six sailors died in Bahia hospital. John W. Stokes learned his brother Corporal Henry S. Stokes was severely wounded on October 1, ten days before the armistice.
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Genoa
Tomaso di
John W. Stokes
County City
Henry S. Stokes
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Armour of Packer
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Westchester County Hospital
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Panis
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Southern
Grippe
University Street
Fraser-Paterson Co
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Beacon Robing
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Eiderdown
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Tice
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Analgesique
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