Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-16
AGENTS TAKE.
HUGE STORES
OF SUPPLIES
Millions of Eggs and Thou
sands Of Pounds But
ter Confscated.

Detroit, Mieh., Aug. 16.-In
a second raid today on food
supplies stored in the Detroit
Refrigerating cOmpany's plant
here, agents of the department
of Justice, today seized 7,4O4,
900 eggs and approximately
100000 pounds of butter.
The butter and more than $780,
&Q0 of the eggs belonged to the Fox
Rser- Butter company. More than
5000 900 of the eggs were owned
by the HI. Brown company of
Chicago. The total value of the
seized foodstuffs, based on the
present market price for butter and
eggs, is placedat more than s40O,-
900.
Is Second Seizure.
United States District Attorney
John E. Kinnean yesterday seized
100000 eggs in the Detroit Re
frigerating company's plant and
announced that it was only the first
of series of seizures to be made
here.
The action was taken under the
Lever Food control law and Mr.
Kinnane asked the federal court
here to have the stocks placed on
the market Aug. 25.
Whether any prosecutions will
be attempted on charges of hoard
ing federal officials would not say
The government, Mr.. Kinnane de-
clared, was to seek out all food
stuffs held IN unreasonable
amounts.
Deny Ownership.
Chicago, Ill, Aug. 16.-Oficials
of two produce companies here, H.
L. Brown & Sons, and NJ. L. Brown
& Co., denied emphatically this
afternoon that they had any eggs
stored in Detroit, where it is re-
ported more than 5000, 900 eggs
belonging to H. L. Brown & Co. of
CkHcago were seized. Two officers
II the company said they did not
even have a shell stored in De-
troit"
Warrants for Sugar Men.
Chicago, ILL.,, Aug. F6.- Federal
warrants were issued today for the
arrest of John F. Campbell, presi-
dent and treasurer and John z.
Bunker, vice president and manag-
er of the John F. Campbell COM
pany. wholesale sugar dealers,
charging them. with violation of the
Lever food control law.
The warrants accuse the COM
pany's officials of having purchas-
ed five car loads of sugar at $9.39
a hundred pounds, including the
freight to Chicago, and of selling
it to retailers for S13.
Seize Eggs in st. Louis.
St. Louis, Mo, Aug. 16.-Seizure
of 42.026 cases of eggs, 16,569,66
eggs in all, held for seven owners
by the Mound City Ice & Cold Stor-
age company here, was made today
on a libel warrant issued by the
United States district attorney.
The names of the holders Of the
eggs were not announced.
~ Kansas City, Mo. Aug. 16.-The
Seizure of $4,000 pounds of beans
said by federal authorities to rave
been stored throughout the war
was ordered today by District At
torney Francis NJ. Wilson.
The lot of beans included, it was
said. 448 bags of Manchurian pinto
beans, said to have been imported
from Japan, and 697 cases of can
ned green beans, stored in a ware
house controlled by grocery brok-
ers and said to be owned by non
resident companies.
This is the first confiscation
move made by the federal authori-
ties, but it is limited by the federal
authorities that another libel action
might be forthcoming today.
San Diego, Cal, Aug. 16.-Seiz- |
ure of food stocks held in cold
storage was commenced here this |
morning by Deputy United States
Marshal W. c. Carse under libel |
warrants issued by the federal |
court yesterday in Los Angeles.