The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-08-18
MUCH BOARDED FOOD IS FOUND
 IN AREH0USES

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.- H9 That profiteering will be entirely broken in the United States within sixty days if congress passes adequate laws providing for heavy alties upon conviction, the opinion of Attorney General Palmer expressed before the agricultural committee of the house of representatives this afternoon The attorney ge eral thinks that the limit of the law should be fine of five thousand dollars imprisonment for two years or both such fine and imprisonment These penalties, he thinks would have the effect of prohibiting profeerng the United States again and would therefore go long way toward preventing any chance of future high prices unless the demand actually exceeded the supply which he says not the at the present time.
 MORE SEIZURES MADE
 CHICAGO, Ill. Aug l5.-(P-Federal officials today made the seizure of 282 tubs of butter the cold storage plant of of the big packing houses The value of the but are expected at almost time under the campaign that the government is making against profiteerng
 ENGLANDS PRODUCTION LOW
 LONDON, Aug 15.-P)-T1nat low production of Britain the issued by Lord Roberts, British food controller. It at first ho that profiteerng ponbe is alleged to be the in the United States but governmental investigation sweeping scale in Great Britain has revealed that such fact according Lord Roberts.
 SENATE COMMITTEE BUCKS PALMER
 WASHINGTON, Aug 15-(P)-rhe senate commit tee on agriculture, after listening to Attorney General Palm CTS remarks today regarding prevenatives for the high cost ot living in the fture dsregarded his opinions and set about to block action the amendments the food tro act recommended by the attorney general Senator Go na the chairman of the committee hopes that final action on the Dill will be taken by the committee Tuesday,
 SUGAR IS SEIZED
 CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. l5-QF9- Following the fl- ing ot libel under the Lever act by the district attorney deputy sheriff this afternoon seized 100000 pounds sugar which being held storage here In the proceedings which will be brot against the storage which housing the sugar, the will be asked condemn the commodity as having been hoarded.
 FORTY WARRANTS ISSUED IN OHIO
 COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 15.-(P)-Governor Cox an nounced tonight that forty warrants have been issued by th hoarding and profeering. This, he says is only the beginning ot the states war against profteers
 TRYING TO AVOID PROSECUTION
 COLUMBUS, Ohio Aug, 15-QP-Government and state agents have discovered that the Cleveland Storage pany is shipping 100000 pounds of meat and poultry from its various packing establishments in this stae to Chicago The company doing his it is stated in order o avoid being prosecuted and paying the penalty for profteer ing and hoardng All storage records also stated are being destroyed by the company.
 IS BOTH OFFICIAL AND PACKER
 COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 15-(49-Governor Cox has asked for and received the resignation of S. H. Nash mem Der of the state board of agriculture The resignation was asked tor it IS stated for the that Nash president of provision company whose manager has been placed der arrest charged with violating the storage laws
 MILLION EGGS SEIZED
 NASHVILLE, Tenn. Aug 15.-(P)-Another addi- ton to the lengthy roll of alleged profteers made here today when the federal authorities seized million cold sor age eggs at the local plant of of the big packing cerns. Charges of hoardng is understood will be brot against the management result.
 DETROIT HAS SEIZURE
 DETROIT, Michigan, Aug. 15.-(H9-In common with all ot the other large packing house centers of the country Detroit also has her alleged profiteers This fact re veaed today by the discovery and seizure in local packing butter.