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allowed TO spoil because the large In
terests refused to sell at existing
prices"
Treasury secret service operatives
would be used in the campaign against
food hoardcrs and profitrers IL Con-
gress heeds the request made today by
Secretary Glass that Sl75 900 be pro-
vided for the purpose.
Wilson Approves Plan
With the approval of President Will
son, the secretary sent letter to
Speaker Gillett asking that the appro-
priation be made quickly.
The high cost of living was discussed
in the House by Representative Fess,
Republican, of Ohio. who declared
wastefulness during the war was largely
responsible and that the President had
sufficient power under existing law to
deal with the situation.
The real step this administration
must take" said Mr.. Fess, ''is to dis
mantle this war machine. close up these
extravagances, increase the purchasing
power of our circulating medium, regu-
late our exports, get the government
out of transportation and other bust
nesses and thereby get back on the basis
of efficient service away from the riot
of bleeding and industry.
ut should organize our people out
of the activities of war into industries
of peace, thereby increase production
and reduce the cost to the consumer"
Representative Goodykoontz, Repub-
lican. of West Virginia, introduced n
resolution which would direct the ju-
dietary committee to prepare legislation
to curb proftrcring and provide for the
reduction of the amount of currency
now in circulation so that the pur-
chasing power of the dollar would be
restored
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ms they may be determined under the
treaty by plebiscite, for instance.
Asked about the meeting Of the peace
conference at which the first completed
draft of the covenant was approved OF
the eve Of President Wilson's dcpar
ture for the United States in February
the witness said he thought the meet.
ign was open to the public and LASTED
all afternoon. Some set speeches were
made.
WAS there anybody asking any one
else what certain provisions of the
covenant meant?' asked Senator
Rrandegee.
81 think the speeches were all pre-.
pared"
Senator Harding, Republican, Of
Ohio, questioned the witness as to whaI
would ensue under the covenant IL the
league made decision affecting Ameri
can territory contrary to the wishes oI
the American Government. The wit
ness said there would be no authority
to enforce the league decision unless the
United States broke its covenants anC
went to war over the question.
Then what does the league have tC
back up its dccisions?" persisted Mr.
Harding.
''Public opinion and moral force.
Asked who drew up the composite
draft of the covenant used as a basis OF
discussions at Versailles, the witness
said:
'Mr. Huvst and myself"
He was not asked and did not explain
what position Mr.. Huvst held. lie said
he presumed copy of the composite
draft was in the State Department., and
promised to try to get it for the com
mittec.
Senator Fall, Republican. New Mex q.
leo, asked what the situation would be
if the league awarded strip of Ameri
can territory to Mexico and Mexico
accepted the decision of the league and
placed her flag over the disputed terri
tory. though the United States refused
to abide by the decision.
1T would be an invasion of the
United States, the witness replied.
Cone which we could resist with
armed force without violating our cove
nants?'
Eyes"
Suggests Huvst Was Paciflst
Asked later for the full name of Mr..
Huvst. Mr.. Miller said it was G.. J. p.
lluyst, "a legal adviser to the British
Foreign Office"
'1sn't he well known in England as
"A paCitist? Didn't he advocate in pub
ishcd articles peace without victOry?'
asked Senator Brandegee.
Il never heard of that"
Wasn't he suspected of being pro
German:"
II don't know
Referring to the provision that par
ties to dispute are excluded from
voting in tie decision. Senator Harding
asked whether, in dispute between
Australia and another nation, the other
British dominions would have votes.
at is hard to visualize dispute in
which ono of the dOminions would be an
interested party and the others would
not, said the witness.
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time her very plain repression Of some
thing that she wanted to confdc to
her husband that night and which she
refrained from doing her midnight, aud
therefore secret, talk over the tele-
phone that same night.
The atmosphere Of restraint and por
tending disaster that seemed to per
'aue the Whole place since the coming
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m ~, v u,''u' U'"k anu ohi"unulhs
eL. .nan al! Vi .ne o'ner ln'luentS put TO
itlo a." u,',' ., a''i""'ns s"u us'ounu
lug - i1''u'n'S '"a' Nv h"u just VIII
throughout all OF IT not one thought
OF DOUBT ABOUT hatherlnes motives en-
tered harvard mind not once dld II
occur to him to question her conduct
or to condemn 1t, save only in so far
as the apparent fact that she had not
deemed it best to confde in him; and
even for that-when he thought OF it
he was certain that she must be follow %
ing the dictates of her own best judg
mcnt.
It was not until he saw--and heard
Also DPlknHD HpDTOHpn t0At ne re-
membcred that he carried in one of his
coat pockets at that moment the cleo d.
trio Hashlight and the two written mes
saSes that he had seen fall from the
balconies into Belknap's hands. and
that thry might. and doubtless would.
disclose some of the mystery.
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TESTIFIES COVENANT
VAS COMPOSITE ONE
american Legal adviser Denies
General SmutS Vas
Author

Washington. Aug. 12.-(By A. P.)
The plan for league of nations used
as basis of discussion at Versailles
was not any of the drafts submitted by
the United States, Great Britain,
France or Italy, but was combination
of all of them. the Senate foreign re-
lations committee was tod today by
David Hunter Miller. legal adviser to
the league of nations commission at
Versailles.
Chairman Lodge said President Will
son had told tho committee at the White
House in March that the British plan
drawn by General SHUTS was used as a
basis of consideration, but the witness
protested that such was not his rccol
lection. The plan taken as a basis Of
discussion. said he. was modelled to
some extent on the other plans, but it
was not the Smuts plan
The witness said he had submitted
memoranda on the American plan, but
did not see the finished product until it
was printed in the form transmitted to
the committee yesterday by President
Wilson.
Plan Came From Wilson
where did the plan come from?'
asked Senator Lodge.
ho DroSi
dent"
'What became of it,
Il think it was submitted to the com
mission on the league of nations. |
didn't personally have anything to do
with it.
Questioned by Senator Brandegee,
Republican. of Connecticut, Mr.. Miller
said he was a law partner of Gordon
Auchincloss, son in law Of Colonel +.
VI. House, one of the American dele
gates to the Peace Conference.
did You have any experience in in
tcrnatiOnal affairs in drafting treaties:'
asked Senator Brandegee.
Not prior to my appointment as a
special assistant in the State Depart
ment, shortly after the United States
entered the war.
Never Heard of New York Plan
Mr.. Miller said he never had heard
of any plan for league drafted by
New York lawyers and taken to Paris
by the President
Senator Brnndegec asked ''as of what
date the territorial integrity" men
toned under Article Y of the covenant
was to be guaranteed.
Il understand the boundaries and
territorial integrity of nations are to be
guaranteed primarily as they existed at
the signing of the treaty and secondarily
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land held there by the pressure of kne,
against the small of his back while @
second handkerchief was tied over hi,
eyes.
Up to then Belknap had entertained
no doubt that the man who attacked him
was Bingham Harvard--nnd for once In
his life he was frightened realizing
his danger il Harvard had witnessed the
two scenes in which he had so lately
been concerned.
The next net of his assailant amazed
him-and it convinced him also. that
the man was not Harvard but footpad
or a yegg. who hnd caught him un-
awares while wandering in the shrub
berry-which was, be it said, precisely
what Harvard wanted him to think and
exactly why Harvard carefully and CX-
peditiously relieved him of everything of
value that his pockets contained.
Watch. pocketbook. loose change,
stickpin-Harvard took everything from
Belknap that was worth taking exactly
as a footpad or a disappointed ycgg
might have done it. and Belknap was
the more readily deceived because he
had never seriously believed the occa e.
siOnal reference he had heard to Har =
wards wonderful strength of muscle.
Then, as silently as the robber had
approached. hc went away.
Belknap had no knowledge OF his go
ing until he realized that he was alone.
Alone, prone upon the ground, face
downward, blindfoIdcd, and with his
wrists tied behind his back
But his feet and legs were free. and
by dint of great effort he managed to
| struggle to his feet. and a moment
later h" started blindly forward in
search of the path by which he hoped to
find his way back to the house.
| But he made turns in the wrong di
reCtion; he colided with trees; thorns
penetrated his flesh and scratched his
face; he tripped in the soft loan of a
| flower bed and fell-and got to his
feet again and went on.
Harvard. in he meantime, had re
sumed his chair on the veranda and
was waiting.
Harvard's Strategy
IL NrhaM HAIRY Hltb ulu SOuC
- serious thinking while he awaited
the coming of Conrad Belknap, whom
he had just attacked. He did not doubt
that the man would be able to find his
way to the house without much diff =
Guilty, blindfolded and with his hands
tied behind his back though he was.
Although the time was short until
Belknup staggered gropingly into view,
Harvard was able to review the Soy
cral details that had happened during
the last ten days to disturb and annoy
him.
He recalled again the scene at the
summer house when Belknap was sup
posed to have received a message sum
moning him to the city Katherine S
avoidance and dislike Of the man which
Harvard believed that he saw or felt
rlainly: Tom Clancy's confessed re-
pugnanCe of him and the i'll concealed
covert watchfulness with which Tom
regarded him; the short scene at the
rose bOwer-nothinG at all of itself,
yet which might have n distinct mean
ing in its relation to other Incidents
when the burning cigarette was tossed
from it, when Katherine stepped out
from it and turned in the path to speak
again to the man inside it--and her
all too evident perturbation at the
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Federal Attack
Cuts Food Costs

Continued From Page One
on its surplus foodstuffs. and as they
are made the lower quotations will be
communicated promptly TO the surplus
property officers detailed for duty at tho
thirteen zone supply Offices. and those
offices will be instructed to change their
quotations to municipalities and mun,c-
ipal selling agencies. This Information
will also be communicated through the
Postotfce Department to postmasters
through the country, and orders booked
by the poStmasters with the inaugura-
ton of sales of foodstuff through the
parcel post will be, taken at the revised
figures.
Lower Than Market Prices
1T will be the policy of the War
Department to fix prices on all surplus
subsistence commodities which will be
lower than the prices at which similar
commodities of like grade are selling in
the retail market. -
HOarding. selling at unreasonable
profits. creating monopolirs and re-
stricting the supply of food. fuel. feed
or wearing apparel would be punished
by fine of $4,000 or five years i'm
prisonmcnt under bill introduced to-
day by Representative Gard. Democrat.
of Ohio.
The bill also would regulate and con-
troll shipments in interstate commerce
and give Congress control of sales of
necrssaries in the District of Columbia
territories and possessions.
Legitimate transactions on grain. OK
changes and accommodations by farmers
or gardeners including livestock farm
crs. would not be returned under the
measure as instances Of boarding.
Urges Stringent Storage Act
Organized opposition of the packing
interests to any comprehensive cold =
storage regulation law was predicted to =
day by Senator McKellur. Democrat, of
Tennessee, before the House agricuI
tural committee. He urged the fran
ing and adontion of stringent legislation
which would cover the period of storage
and be Of such character that it could
not be cvudrd.
Senator McKcllar asserted "the five
great packers virtually had IA mOnop e
oily on cold storage, adding that they had
disregarded entirely the law of supply
and demand. Because of the mopopoIy.
he said, five concerns have control
over the public and can hold or sell as
they please" adding that millions of
pounds of poultry and meat had been
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Fined SIS for Not Heedina Signal
Failure to heed a signal of traffic
policeman at Newton and Haddon ave-
nues, Camden, today, Frank McCar-
ron, OF Hayerford, Pa, was arrested
and aned So by Recorder stackhouse.
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THIS STARTS THE STORY

(Copyrisht. 1919 by the Macaulay Coz
lCcpyright, 1919. by the Public Ledger Co.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-04-26
A WARNING FROM LINCOLN
By MRS. JAMES BENNETT.

By MRS. JAMES BENNETT.
President Wilson and some officers of foreign govern
ments have planned treaty. for league nations Mt
the conference Parfs is now before our
American people for consideration.
The plan for the proposed league has recently been
altered at the conference in Paris
the Monroe doctrine, other things but these
alterations have not changed the by which pro-
posed league hopes to accomplish it's aims And these
means accurately described the outlook in
following words:
1t is now proposed to into treaties with prac-
ticay all the civilized nations of the world
The object of these treaties will be the
creation of a league of nations which will
International insurance company against war; will
create an international supreme court to settle inter-
national controversies will use first outlawry; and
then if necessary allied army to enforce the de-
crees of such court.
Since, the outlook says in above quoted words
the proposed international court is to settle
international controversies with allied army when
this court will necessarily decide allied
partly composed of American is war;
and against what nations it is to CO.
therefore, one, object to President Wilson and
United States making a treaty with foreign
for the formation proposed league Of
nations
When American people conferred upon congress
through national constitution the power to declare
they conferred that body the power
when, and against what nations our American people
should to And object the proposed league
nations because deprves of these two
and gives them to an International supreme court.
1 object to President Wilson United States
senators making treaty with foreign governments that
deprives American people of political power
now possess, and Abraham Lincoln them not to
surrender It, in these quoted
The people themselves. and their servants, can
safely reverse their deliberate decisions
Whatever may be the wishes or disposition
Of foreign states the integrity of country
of O
but on the loyalty, the virtue the patriotism the
intelligence of the American people, Let
them beware of surrendering political power which
they already possess
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Unheralded Heroes of the War

BY MARK ANDREWS

TVyHEN an American soldier Is
w awarded the congressional medal
It has tho same significance rs
when an English soldier has pinned
upon his breast the Victoria Cross. 1t
means that his government Is giving
him the highest decoration for bravery
in Its power to confer.
It 10 no little thing for . man TO win
the Distinguished Service Cross; indeed,
It is a splendid thing, and q high mark
In q career. The checking In the Amer.
lean army on this decoration was held
very close. and the standard thereby
kept very high. A man had to do
something really noteworthy to win the
award, and having won 1t has reason
aplenty for the pride he feels In the
right to wear the decoration. 1t always
means. Just a. its name reads. ''distin-
guished service" to his country--in the
majority Of cases. service at great per-
sonal risk of life and often a risk of
life for some one else. Only hero can
rightfully wear q Distia guished Service
Cross.
But when the conduct Of . soldier has
been such as to recommend him pre-
eminently to the government of tho
United States. when his service has
been Of a sort that calls Tor something
more than q testimonial to distinguished
action in the face OF the enemy. then
the powers that DO award him the con-
sressional medal, and the powers"
don't do this very often.
Not long ngo. however. the congress
sionai medal was awarded to fsvs men
for conspicuous courage before the
enemy on the battlefields OF France, and
Il Is to be noted that Of the five 80
honored one was an officer and four
were enlisted men.
Tho officer was Capt L. wardiaw-
Miles Of Princeton, N. j.. and the medal
was given to him for his conduct In an
action near Reullon. France. In this ac-
ton Capt. Miles volunteered TO lead hi,
men in q dangerous assault on the Aisne
canal. The fighting all along the line
had been for some time of the close
contact and open sort. owing to the con-
tinual driving forward of the American
forces and the stubborn resistance IN
retreat Of the Germans. The Hun lines.
however. had finally been driven back
TO the Aisne. And there they stopped. )
with . show Of determination to 1--WE
way no-f@rther.
There WIS one strategic point that the
American command decided must be
taken and taken In hurry. Volunteers
were called for to undertake the task
Capt Miles with his entire company i'm
nsdiatsly offered themselves to DO the
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Three-Minute Journeys
Where Bride and
Groom Are Barred
With Flower Chains
By TEMPLE MANNING

ONE OF the oldest as we'll rs the
most picturesque customs In tho
world surround marriage Those
who marry now-a- days little know tho
pains and trials through which their
ancestors entered the holy state of mat.
rimony.
For instance. In many n country place
In old times a couple had to pay large
fees to be married. In some towns In
North Wales, as a single example. the
curates used to demand one-tenth OF Ali
the wealth the NAV and the woman nos.
sessed. But this was done awsy with
by an act OF Parliament about 1549. Yet
in some parts of Mexico there still ex,st
or did, II the custom has very recently
been changed-a marriage charge SO
high that regular marriages in some
parts are rare among the poor
Even the sometimes embarrassing at.
tentions a newly married pair received
in backwoods sections even of this coun-
try are now practised no more In fact.
compared with the difficulties that at
tended the marriages OF older days, the
ease ami ouietness with which noderr,
marriages are performed. makes q most
pleasing contrast.
But in some country sections even of
England there still persist some of the
more picturesque customs. OF these the
custom of claiming is perhaps the pref
test and most pleasant.
In parts of Monmouthshire and Glamor-
ganshire this custom OF claiming still
may be found. But 1t isn't an actual
claiming that takes place nor a mock
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victory IN the present world war, a. well
a. many other human conquests.
The stegoniyia species Of mosquito was
discovered In 1899 by Drs. Reed. Carol
and AGramonts, American army sur
geons. to Be the source OF tho yellow
fever nicrobe. This led practically to
tho extinction Of yellow fever over the
world.
The discovery that the Anophelea
species Of mosquito transmits the ma
laria unimalcule to man. removed ma
laria a. a menace to Central America.
eliminated malaria a. an ally to the
Austrian and German armies against
italy and France-malaria formerly raw
aged the armies OF Italy and southern
France-and made tho mosquito-infssted
parts Of the United States habitable
lands.
Easy to Externinats.
Malaria is now rarer than smallpox in
the United States.
Many physicians used to call many
little complaints "a touch Of malaria"
"a little malaria" "dumb ague." "chills
and levers" or "typho-malaria."
Malaria in this country II almost as
strange AZ the dodo and ptsrydactyl Is
today.
The death warrants Of mosquitoes and
flies have been issued these score OF
years They have not been served, how
ever because too many persons still
merely look on with approval. instead
Of swAttins each particular fly, burning
disinfectants to drive out the gnAts and
draining swamps to destroy tbs birth
places OF mosquitoes.
Mosquitoes winter In the coolest
weather In the raftsrs Of your cellar.
In Closets. in and near furnace pipes.
snd elsewhere.
When gentle spring. comes these hid
den, alternating insects leisurely take
wing to some rain barrel. water spout,
roof. pool or swamp. where they lay
their eggs. In two weeks some 200
"wrigglers'' hatch out. Ten days later
these swim to the surface of the water.
emerge from their snail-like shell, stop
a moment to dry their newly unfolded
wings and then set sail like an aviator
for parts unknown.
II half of them are female anopheles
mosquitoes, which happen to run across
old Lem smithers, who has had "the
ague" every spring nigh onto forty
year." each and every female OF the
species will have imblbed not wisely but
too well of LENS blood corpuscles.
Simple Prevention Methods.
These self-same corpuscles with a few
unborn malaria animaloules will live In
the female mosquitoes stomach and give
multiple birth to myriads of growing
malaria microbes. Henceforth as long
as those hundreds OF mosquitoes live
and bite they will inoculate descendants
OF these ancestral malaria germs into
men. women and children.
Happily, the use 81 Qulnine. anti-mos-
quito campaigns and the recla nation of
swarps. marshes and pools, as well as
the elimination Of rain spouts and stand
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-04-26
200 Trees to a Mile.

n II EW BEDFORD, Mass, is said to hold
I'M the record for New England in the
uNJ number of trees planted by its citi-
zens in the last few years. That city has
planted 1000 shade trees along 20 miles of
streets since 1912. In bulletin issued by
the Massachusetts, Forestry association it
is estimated that those trees will be worth
over 81 100000 to the city in 25 years.
The money value is not all that New
Bedford will get from its many paintings.
Its streets will be far more beautiful for
those trees than they could be without
them Quite contrary to belief that a
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city is where they particularly belong
Trees will thrive anywhere with reason
able amount of care, and in thickly set
tied district they are source of constant
joy and inspiration to the people living Or
working there.
There are many cities and towns in the
country that need to follow New Bedford s
example and plant more trees every year.
Song birds and children love the trees, and
grown-ups will find they are happier for
the beauty and shade the trees will offer in
a few years time.