Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-07-16
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WIDE, WIDE WORLD.

WaShingtOn-Prohib leaders in
congress will launch an attack on
Pts beer still being sold openly in
many places. The drys hope to for
bid the sale of low content beer
through special war enforcement
measure pending the enforcement of
the eighteenth amendment.
The efforts of the military author
tiles to dispose of surplus supplies of
army shoes in France have been with
out success, the war department was
informed last week, and instructions
we're requested regarding the return
of the surplus to the United States. 1t
was estimated that 100000 pairs of
shoes were available for SALE
WaShingtOn-The federal trade
commission will make public its re-
port on the packing industry telling
hog the packers have extended their
business until they handle food pro-
ducts of nearly every nature and how
| they entered new fields such as MAX
ing sandpaper and grape juice, ETC.
Recommendation for the federal con-
troll of these activities will appear.
| Nine hundred Germans who have
been interned in this country and who
have requested that they be returned
home, left Charleston, S. c., on the
army transport Martha Washington
They will land at Rotterdam and pro-
coed to Germany Some 1900 others
are due to leave this month on the
/ transport Princess MatOlka.
Declaring that society and other
women, as we'll as men, in Washing
ton were purchasing for beverage
purposes perfumes, bay rum and 9TH
er toilet articles of high alcoholic
content, r. T. Stone, representing the
Washington Druggists association,
asked the senate judiciary sub-com-
mittee not to require druggists to
place labels on bottles showing the
alcoholic strength of the contents
Illinois has at last a free text book
law, the governor having signed the
bill enacted by the recent legislature
The law allows the people of school
districts to vote on free text books
at referendum election When a
district adopts the plan it must be
tried out not less than four years,
and another election will be required
to abandon it. The referendum can
be called by the school board or by
petition signed by residents of the
respective districts. The law also
provides that no books shall contain
any sectarian or UNCONVENTIONAL mat
/ ter.
/ BY the provisions of an order just
received by Capt D. S. Parry, in
charge of the Camp Grant Recruiting
Station, men may be accepted for one
year enlistments who have had no
previous service for duty in either
the quartermaster or the medical
corps. These men will not be sent
out of the United States, as all for
eign service enlistments are for
three years. This is the first opening
for one year enlistments for men who
have not had service, previous SER
vice having been requirement here
tofore.
Washington, with governmental
National Gallery Of Art, promises to
boast soon of the biggest art museum
in America Work on the Freer build
ing of the Smithsonian Institution,
which was halted during the war, has
been resumed and the building will
be completed in September, officials
/ say. The new institution will carry
complete line of Oriental exhibits
and will be presented to the National
Art Museum by Charles L. Freer of
| Detroit. Freer, himself for Is years
an ardent collector of Oriental art
masterpieces, has already decided his
collection of $500 pieces to the new
gallery.
Tourist travel to France from this
country will not be permitted before
next year, the State department an
nounces. Business men will be per-
mitted to send agents to any Euro
pean country, it was said, but re-
strictions as to the return trip will
continue in force because of the needs
of space for soldiers and civilian war
department employees. Measures to
prevent undue travel to Great Brit
ain as long as that government de-
sires it also will be continued, as
transportation and economic condi-
tons in Great Britain still are. far
| from normal