Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-17
SEIZE EGGS, BEANS
| AND SUGAR STOCKS
IN VARIOUS STATES
Governors Act in Accord
With Request From At
torney-GeneraL
SEC RET SERVICE AGENTS
TAKE CHARGE OF GOODS
First Warrants Are Issued in
Chicago Under Lever Food
Control Law.
FIND MANY SUPPLIES HIDDEN
State and Federal Officials Join
HaI DIS in Drive to "Smoke Out"
Profiteers.
FIND MANY SUPPLIES HIDDEN
State and Federal Officials Join
Hards in Drive to 'Smoke Out"
Profiteers.

WASHINGTON. August le.-Raids on
storage houses in many cities were re-
ported TO Acknowledgement Palmer to-
day, indicating Il quick response on
the part OF Governors of many States
to the request Of MIR. Palmer to offer
their services in forcing down the
high cost of living by reporting the
supplies held in storage.
At the same time large quantities of
army provi sions were thrown upon the
market in the nation wide movement to
bring down the. cost of foodstuffs
From the United States district at
torney at Kansas City came the word
that about 100000 bushels of beans
which had been held in local ware
war mad been seized. ~
The United States district attorney
proceedings at Chattanooga had been
filed with the seizure of 100000 cold
storage eggs.
Ohio. wired that he had filed libel for
seizure and condemnation of about
100000 pounds Of sugar in storage at
Canton Car Ohio. The sugar belonged to-
The district attorney at Cleveland
also reported that the Investigation Of
Acknowledgement Palmer by Governor
" HssSs Of TEXAS
that he had placed the full facilities
OF the State government at the dis
posai Of the Attorney General for use
IN MS nj. efforts to reduee the high cost
OF living. Governor Hobbie expressed
the hope that the attorney would NOT
ne state TO call upon the Texas authori-
Lies LOT any service they can render.
Second Raid In Detroit.
In second raid today on food sup
plies stored at Detroit in the Detroit
isr,s Gompany's plant here,
seized 100000 eggs and approximatsiy
$4,000 pounds of butter. The total
value Of the seized foodstuffs based
lex Lex and eggs. Is placed at more than
The butter and more than $500. 900
Butter company More tnan 5U0O.UUu
Of the eggs were owned by the II. L.
Brown Company. of Chicago.
browns Deny They Are Involved.
NJ. l.. Brown & Co. denied emphatI-
n that The hey o hse any Y
the companies said they did not even
"h aye "a shell stored in Detroit"
storage was commenced at San Diego.
Gal. today by Deputy United States
terday in Los Angeles
A message from Mobile, Ala. says
cred BY Federa o~ inv 5osattHa sf into
charges Of protiteerinG in Mobile. ac-
f Hn TO- a I'M made today
officials there announced that many
complaints had been received.
eminent food supplies to Mobile will
begin there on Monday morning, and
will be conducted at the Mobile post
office.
a,
At Kansas city the seizure Of $4,000
pounds OF beans, said by Federal au-
thorities to have been stored there
I pis9rjsi a,td the war; was ordered BY
Inc lot of beans included, 1t was said,
i4S bags of Manchurian pinto beans.
SAID TO have been imported from Japan,
ana 6?I cases OF canned green beans,
stored IN warehouse controlled by
GG r brokers' and said to be owned
G fly ho rnnfsi companies: This is the
Federal authorities.
Great Seizure Mt ST. Louin.
Seizure OF 42,026 cases Of eggs. 16-
1850 eggs II all, held for seven own
Storage Company al st. Louis. was
made today on a libel warrant issued
RI Tbs the nnite ed States distric. attorney.
were not announced
Libels. preliminary to seizure and
f Rnsfa y, VII be Med In Federal court at
-AiiN<.S against large stocks
OF butter and eggs in cold storage
mere IL was announced at the United
states attorneys office today
forty warehousemen, packers and
wholesale food dealers throughout New
Jersey were subpoenaed today to an
pear az Newark next Tuesday before
me extraordinary session Of the Fed
eTal grand jury called to inyesticsI.
alleged proiteering.
Fifteen tons of surplus army h,n,
anu q; bacon were placed on sale in the
mrc houses at Paterson n j todav
nnaer direction of Mayor Newman ~
SO cents a pound ''ah H. ae
Orders for about $500. 900 mounds q,
lupus army food have been nIacsd
Win the War Department. by fftwNaI1I
corn n ens principal items being bacon
Chicago Warrants Issued
from chicago tonight came In. IN
formation that the first warrants M
p p ISSUED today under the Lewsr
tood-control law e'eH
John w. Campbell, president md
treasurer. and John t. Bunker VIZ
president and manager OF the John 3.
campbell Co. wholesale sugar dsaJer.'
were charged with violation OF the Ia "
and accused OF having realized n nrofTt
OF 10 per cent on sugar sales.
United states District Attorr.y
Charles F. Clyne. who returned hsra
today after conferences of soyerai