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The Washington times., 1919-08-31
100 INDICTED UNDER
COLD STORAGE LAW

INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 31.-ohiciaIs
Of FIVE cold storage houses. three
leading packers. and fve commission
houses of Indianapolis were indicted
yesterday by the Marion county grand
jury in its first report on the high
cost of living.
Approximately 100 indictments were
returned, alleging violation Of the
Indiana cold storage law, and the
State health law, which provides that
foodstuffs shall not be kept in cold
storage for more than nine months.
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FOOD PRICES SLUMP
TOPRE-WAR LEVELS
Continued from Page one.)
e cents in yesterdays short ses-

aBG lOhC.y
ping cents in yesterdays short ses-
sion.
Fish, potatoes, eggs, butter. and
many other articles of food were
quoted lower on the wholesale mar
kets in Chicago and other cities.
indianapolis, st. Louis. Kansas City,
Des Moines, Sc. Paul, and Milwaukee
were other cities to report lowered
prices As in Chicago, live stock took
the lead in breaking down the price
barrier. In Des Moines the first ma
terial reduction in retail prices was
reported. There potatoes were quoted
20 cents per peck lower to the con
sumeF than a week ago.
q. 8. FuIaus PronABA
The United States Government will
fulfill its promise to labor to lower
living costs within ninety days ae=
cording to r. A. Milroy, assistant dis
trict attorney in charge of Chicago's
drive against high prices and profit-
eering.
Labor will be satisfied II we bring
down costs 25 per cent, believe"
said Milroy. "In my opinion, we will
do that well, If not better. To do
that we will proceed along lines we
have already taken up-seizing food
stuffs illegally held and offering them
to the public at fair prices and ar
resting violators Of the food laws on
charges Of profiteering and boarding"
Milroy said the Governments ac-
tion had caused the slump in live
stock prices during the week. and
that this initial downward trend will
be reflected Immediately in prices at
retail stores.
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MAN, 60, KILLED
WHEN HIT BY AUTO

Walter I. caddington. OF Sss Ninth
street southeast. aged sixty, was
struck down hy an automobile oper-
ated BY ". r. oIlnger. Of 5oi Seward
square southeast. and killed yester-
day afternoon.
olinger was released from CUSTODY.
after being Instructed to appear at ths
inquest which win be held 81 the
District morgue. o'clock Iuesdsv
afternoon.
Mr. CaddIngton died at Casualty
Hospital. where be was taken ~ Dr.
W. II. Prosperi. He was struck near
Eighth and D streets southeast.
The car crew OF the Washinr rton
Railway and Electric Company ear
which struck and killed Bruce E
Hutchinson Treasury employe last
Friday. was exonerEted at en- inquest
IN the morgue.
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BRITISH SYNDICATE
BUYS DANUBE SHIPS

GENEVA, Aug. 31.-An English
syndicate has been formed in Lon
don with branches at Vienna and
Budapest to buy up Austro-Hupgarian
and Serb-Rumanian navigation COM
panies on the Danbe, said a dis
patch from Parge today.
The English enterprise is said to
be seeking ownerships of steam
ships plying the river in order to
control shipping between Passau
(on the Austro-German border) and
the Black Sea. Later, il Is said,
the capital will build specially con-
Rtructed commercial monitors.
The negotiations are nearly COM
pleted and when successful will put
an end to German commercial scheme
Tor control of the Danube with
Bagdad connections.
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CROSS-ATLANTIC AIR
SYNDICATE FORMED

LIVERPOOL. Aug. 31.-A syndicate
Is being organized here FOR the sstab-
lishment Of a trans-Atlantic airshio
service. Vessels are to be built with q
Carrying capacity OF 15o passengers
and crew.
Queenstown has been chosen as the
distributing base for American pas
sengers bound for points IN the United
Kingdom or the Continent
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ACTORS WIl
COHAN TELLS
N Y PLAYERS

NEW YORK Aug. Sf.-Ths snd ol
the actors strike vas foresha1,ve1
last night when George ~ Cohan an-
nounced that the new contract whIch
ne Producing Managers Aaseciatio1
offered the players includes a. ar1t
trafioa clause providing that 81 cases
Of dispute the actor may - rspGe,
sented before the beard BY any $500
cialion.Y
Pending INTERPRETATION of this state
ment By the managers . ne co1-
trary, 90 can only Be- conel1ercd -
recognition of the Actors EoIItg A.
soeiation. Inasmuch e. the slrlke s.s
called 20 obtain such recognition, Is
seems reasonable 70 predict an eerIr
end of the strike. TIE actorn. har.
ever. may Be expected g demand. 8
clear Interpretation 81 tha clause
Two other important victories were
registered yesterday ~ fhs aelorr
Following the resignation q Charle.
3. Diiiingham from the HlrrofroIre
the owners Of that Institution grant
ed oGicial recognition 81 tts Actofr
Equity Association in cIear-cuf terms
and raised the salaries a. the chorus
The other victory was in Bo1ttn
where between 2oO and 800 ErulI1
members voted 70 walk cut toner.
row. This meeting was call8d
President Francis Wfl8ou. who pre-.
dicted q nationwide strike. y necar
sary, 70 gain recognition. me actors
said they prObably would cIc1e SIX
houses
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IN
CHICAGO YARDS

Prohteering has been discovered in
the Chicago stock yards which strikes
at the source Of the eountry's meat
supply and is partly responsible for
the present high cost of living. This
information was given out by experts
Of the United States Department OF
Agriculture, who, In conjunction with
Charles Clyne, United tSates district
attorney OF Chicago, are seeking by
means OF license regulation to stop
the practice.
Information received from District
Attorney Clyne, OF Chicago, impli-
Gates Ward Brothers, Conlxlin Broth
ers. Lee Live Stock Company, Abe
Durnet Company. and Levi Spencer,
doing business as L. Spencer e Co.
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DENY REVOLUTION
IN MONTENEGRO

LONDON. Aug. 31.-The Serbian le-
cation today issued an official denial
of the report that revolution has
broken out in Montenegro and that
fighting is in progress between Mon
tenegrin and Serbian troops.
A dispatch from Belgrade to a for
eign Office representative stated that
Premier Davidovitch, Of Serbia, had
untrue.
According to the serbians, no Serb
troops have been rushed into Monte
negro, as there is no fighting there.
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recommendation for Federal regula-
ton Of the cold storage industry as g
necessary stey in the Governments
efforts to reduce the high cost Of liV-
ing.
Chairman Haugen also stated that
the committee had agreed to adopt the
Presidents suggestion that commodi-
ties which have been held in cold stor-
age shall be marked to show the
dates when they were stored and when
Withdrawn.
The committee is not in favor, how
ever, of the Presidents proposal that
the labels should carry the various
prices for which the articles have been
bought and sold as they pass along
through the channels Of commerce.
The President urged that the articles
should he marked with the producers
cost, the price for which he sold them,
the cost to the parties placing them
in cold storage, and the prices for
which they are sold to the jobber and
retailer after being withdrawn from
storge.
1t is hoped to have the bill ready
for consideration in the House On Men
day. September s.
OhIy One Exemption.
The only exemption from the
tWelve-months' time limit, Mr.. Hau-
gan said, will be cheese. He explain
ed that a certain trade requires older
cheese, and that about one-tenth Of
1 per cent of the cheese produced in
this country is held for aging. The
committee does not think that this
custom should be interfered with.
Enforcement Of the proposed law
will be vested in the Secretary OF
Agriculture. An appropriation of
about 100000 will be authorized for
the Secretary to organize a force of
inspectors and agents to keep a close
check on the cold storage plants.
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6,775 YAKS DOCK
NNEW YORKTODAY

NEW YORK. Aug. 31.-Ten trans-
ports arrived here from France yes
terday with 464 officers. ash enlisted
men and I75 army welfare workers
aboard.
The arrivals were the Peerless
from st. Nazaire, with A officers and
IL men: the Ivan. with - officers
and 5T3 men: the Orizaba, with 81 Of
hcers and 1,697 men; the Santa Malta.
with 80 officers and 355 men; the
Henry r. Mallory. with SO officers
and 541 men; the Pastores, with 76
officers and 1,396 men: the Santa
Leonore, with 45 officers and $40 men.
and the Graf Waldersee, with 116 Of
fcers and 1,421 men.
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BETROTHAL DENIED
BY RCKEEBACKEP

CHICAGO. Aug. S1-Capt- Eddie
Rickenbaekers American ace OF aces,
here on a business trip last night,
denied published reports that he was
soon to marry Miss Elsie Janis.
actress
Rickenbacter asserted he had met
Miss Janis only as a member OF his
aero squadron. and that since that
time he had met her only when she
was entertaining the squadron.
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Will ASK GALLOWS
FOR TWO WOMEN
32TTt

CHICAGO. Aug. 31.-The death pen
atty will be asked for two women.
charged with murder, it was revealed
today.
Trial OF Mrs. Emma D. Simpson,
who shot her husband and fatally
wounded him in courtroom here fol-
lowing proceedings in their divorce
suit, will begin Tuesday. Prosecutor
John X. Murphy declared he will ask
the gallows for the woman, saying
she killed her husband in cold blood.
Extreme punishment will also be
sought for Margaret Seitheimer, sew
enteen, who shot Attorney Benjamin
Burr to death during a call at his
office, State attorneys said.
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AUSTRIAN TREATY READY;
FlUME PROBLEM UNS0LYED

PARIS. Aug. s1.-The treaty with
Austria has been completed and win
be delivered to the Austrian delega-
ton Tuesday, the Supreme Council
announces. Five days win be granted
the Austrian government for consid-
Grafton OF the treaty and signature.
The treaty does not solve the prob
lem Of the disposition Of Fiume, ac-
cording to the Temps. A Havas dis
match says Signor Tittoni and Lloyd
George will meet this afternoon or
Monday for consideration Of the
Fiume question.
The Washington times., 1919-08-31
CHOLERA RIFE IN HARDIN.

Hundreds Of men, women and child
rem are reported dying daily in an
outbreak OF cholera in Harbfn, the
American Red Cross was informed
today by a cablegram from VIadivos?
tok Unable to cope with the situa-
tion Harbin officials have appealed
to the American Red Cross, which is
rushing doctors and medical supplies
from yladivostok by special train.
Serum, with which to combat the
plague, is being dispatched from
Japan.
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ATTEMPTED GUT IN
WATER USE FAILS

In spite Of every. EFFORT 70 enforce
water conservation. reports Of the Of
heials Of the District water service IN
dicate that there has been no roduc-
tion in the amount Of water consumed
here. The daily amount used is rarely
below 5000. 600 gallons, which Is de-
clared BY experts 20 be the maximum
capacity OF the conduit
ORicials stared that there would be
no let-up IN the efforts = conserve
the supply, but IL IS feared that all
the economies that can be Effected IN
this manner wiz be more than Offset
BY the increasing population Of the
District.
The Washington times., 1919-08-31
BAVARIAN RIOTERS
CLOSE POSTOFECE

BERLIN, Aug. 81 Delayed
Armed with revolvers and hand gren-
Sties. throngs Of rioters at LudWigs-
hafen, Bavaria, stormed the postof-
nee today. Several persons were
killed in the lighting. Later troops
occupied the pOstoffice and stopped
the telegraph and telephone service.
Banks have been closed, in the fear
that further trouble will occur. II -
feared a general strike viii be de-
clared.
I.udwigshafen is a manufacturing
city in Bavaria, situated on the
Rhine opposite Mannheim.
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sMOUsK FAMILY GATHERS.

CUMBERLAND. Nd, Aug. 31.-The
annual reunion Of the Smouse Family
Association Of America was held to-
day at Lakemont Park, near Altoona,
Pa, with about $50 persons in attend
ance. The Smouse family can trace
back uninterruptedly to the thirteenth
century.
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NEW GOVERNMENT BUREAU
TO ENFORCE F00DsLAW
Is URGED ON CONGRESS

Creation of new Government
bureau especially to enforce food laws
soon to be passed by Congress now is
being proposed here.
A bill embodying the proposal will
be introduced in Congress within a
few days, it ds believed.
Coordination Of all Government
| policies having to do with regulation
| Of food production and distribution
! thus could be effected under one head,
/ it is urged.
The bureau would be headed by an
official directly responsible to the
/ President and appointed by him. This
! plan would develop a special Govern
ment food prosecutor whose sole duty,
! il is urged, would be to keep his finger
continuously on the nations food
pulse and go right on in enforcing de-
! termined regulation policies after the
present agitation has died down.
Framing of new regulatory food
policies still would rest with Congress.
Palmer Plans New Move.
Meanwhile Attorney General Palmer
| is planning new move in his cam
/ paign against profteers and price
gougers which will be unfolded this
week.
Palmer now has made clear the
( license provisions Of the ever food
| control act will be invoked where
/ possible to curb dealers who take un-
/ reasonable profits. Palmer caused
the revoking Of the license Of the
c. Becker Milling Co, Of Red Bud,
/ Ill, il was announced.
Many classes Of food wholesalers
still are under license issued by the
nearly defunct food administration.
Congress this week is expected to
/ score heavily in the food campaign
when both Houses are scheduled to
/ begin consideration OF Palmer's pro-
posed amendments to the food act
providing a Jail sentence for prof.
! teers.
The House is expected to begin con-
sideration of the act regulating cold
storage plants agreed on yesterday
! by the Agriculture Committee. The
/ bill limits to one year the period for
which food may be held and vests
/ with the Department Of Agriculture
/ the authority TO enforce the reguIl-
| tions.
Time Limit Set.
Twelve months will be the time
| limit for the retention of food prod
ucts in cold storage, according to an
agreement reached yesterday by mem
bers of the House Agriculture Com
mittee. The committee is drafting
bill to carry out President Wilson's
The Washington times., 1919-08-31

Don't let careless expenditure make
q sieve Of your purse. Buy Wisely,
and Increase your money holdings by
investing In w. 8. 8.
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LABOR CHIEFS
TO GO SLOW.
UNTIL H. c. |.
COMES DOWN

The course OF organized labor In
meeting the critical economic and in
fastFial situation in the country is to
b6 one Of moderation.
This was indicated in every step Of
the extraordinary meeting OF the ex-
seutfve council OF the American Fed
ration Of labor, which adjourned here
ssterday after three days session.
Decision as 20 final action deter
faining the position Of the-eederation
with regard to the Plumb plan for
Standardization Of the railroads was
deferred. pending an investigation.
strike Held Up.
without action BY the council. the
committee representing the railroad
shopmen recommended that their
strike movement be held in allegiance
for ninety days in order that the fight
on the high cost Of living may be car
ried on in accordance with the Presi-
dents request.
Despite refusal by Judge Gary, Of
the United States Steel Corporation,
70 meet a committee representing
unionized employees, the request OF the
men for a conference was put before
the President. The latter now has
the matter under consideration. The
men empowered their committee to
call q strike il nothing was gained
within ten days by negotiations. This
ten days expired yesterday, but Presi-
dent Gompers expressed hope that an
amicable settlement would be reached
Actor Strike Supported.
The only strike action taken was in
support Of the actors and 125, 900
cigarmakers who are now out de-
handing higher Wages and improved
conditions. The executive council
Endorsed the cigarmalCers strike,
pledging its moral and financial sup
port. In addition, President Gompers
nnpunced, the council will appeal to
sll labor to aid the cigarmakers
financially and morally.
As to the actors, President Gompers
explained that q new charter was
issued to the Actors Equity Society
nd the old time White Rats Associa-
ton, under the title Of Actors and
Artists Association OF America, and
the pledge was given for the full sup
port Of the federation with its mem
bership."
disposition Of the situation created
che shopmen, which would have
Cd up the railroads Of the country.
aad action on the Plumb plan were
garded as the two vital questions
afore the council. Endorsement Of
naturalization and characterization
81 the railroads, il was realized,
3uld open up discussion as TO SINH
lar action with respect to- ali great
Industries.
The Washington times., 1919-08-31
MILK And CREAM

Boiled milk is easier digested
by babies than either raw or
pasteurized milk, and most OF
the digestive troubles Of bottle
fed children are due to anti
quated ideas regarding the al
legged value Of raw milk.
Milk labeled "pasteurized"
may not be "proPerIy| pas
teurized. Washington has no
laws requiring or controlling
the pasteurization of its milk.
To protect children, invalIds
and those who are in a run
down condition against milk In
fectiOfs, raw milk and cream {
should be avoided.
Many outbreaks Of typhoid,
scarlet fever. diphtheria, sep
tic sore throat, etc, have been
caused by raw milk, even by the
special or certified kind.
Properly pasteurized milk
and cream, carefully cooled and
bottled, is the only kind adults
should drink. II this cannot be
obtained get good raw milk and
scald ii.
II has recently been estab-
lished that Creamy Milk Pow
der, dissolved in boiled water,
agrees with babies and causes
them to thrive, when they can
not digest any other food.
The Health Officer Of the Dis
trict OF Columbia will give you
the sanitary rating of your To-
cal milk supply at any time you
should apply for it.
Literature on application.
The Washington times., 1919-08-31

and requiring a stamp on the article
showing date OF storage.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-11-06

portation at La rr by "ne prison
as agent for another has been
ruled 80 rs itn:inual on n techn'
cal t. btcd 81 Hd tt-rF'"'e ~ hr
titlrad tie act aud ia" body ofih
a',iel-.. A law pr hibitinp ! CIR
Tying Of liz ,Dr TN iail"a> rhr
was dt clAteh constitutional bt',
cause Il granted The privilege 10
dining cars and persons in p'ivat,
cars.
Assistant Prosecutor & w
Crowder, who filed on the .ishr
negroes SATURDAY. received a reply
from federal officers that there
was NJ fedt raj law under which
the MN under arrest here could
be Convicted. Only in case Of
liquor being transported into dry
state is such transportation fed
erallaw violation at present Reg
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-11-06

which Assistant Prosecutor Crowd
er was prepared to file, also was
blocked. when attorneys for the
defendants showed that the law
prohibiting carrying liquor on a
train had been held unconstitu-
tional rs well as had the law under
which the negroes originally were
held
Local prosecuting officials have
doubted their ability to convict
booze haulers in this state of any
crime. Belief that the eight ne
groes detected here were not trans,
porting the booze for any legal
purpose prompted their arrest and
the fort to find some law under
which a conviction could be Oh
tanned Booze traffic between Jop
lin and Kansas City recently ha:
been very heavy.
A state law prohibiting the trans
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-11-06
EIGHT NEGROES RELEASED
Transporting Booze in Missouri Held
Not To Be a Crime.

Transporting whisky within the
stnie of Missouri is not a crime UNI
DIR tXis ting legal statutes, and the
liI + Of whisky caravans, both suit
case and auto truck style, can CON
ii We its traffic between Joplin and
X '>as City unubstr IL ted as far
g. Jasper county off. ers are con
nd unless evidence other than
r''~ transporting rfl'quor is found
as grounds for pro- ecution.
In circuit court at Joplin this
morning eight negroes aho we're
arrested here last Wednesday night
W III IS suitcases full of whisky
were released under habeas corpus
pr. ceedings. A second charge of
carrying liquor on a railroad train,
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-11-06
TO Mend Umbrellas.

Umbrella handles sometimes be-
come loosened from the steel rods.
Put stale resin in an iron spoon ana
hold 1t over the gas or on a hot stove
uH.f thoroughly melted; then pour II
into the cavity in the handle and put
the steel rod into 1t. Hold 1t firm UNI
til the resin Is cold.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-11-06
rlrs, piano Ad in New York.

New Yorls's first piano advertise
ment was printed on Jan. 10, lTSA
John Jacob Astor, whose store was ut
81 Queen street, next door but ,ne
to the Friends meeting house." Nsns
the advertiser. He announced the falc
of IAN assortment Of pinnofortes OF
the newest construction, made by tie
best makers of London"
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-11-06

"a man ain't reached de full human
capacity foh ,faziness," said Uncle
Ehen, "until he gifts too lazy even to
invent excuses fob it,"
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-08-08
STAYED
At BUTTE;ME ETAL
TRADES DEAL. ON
Referendum to Pass on
Offer to Retain Semi
ority Clause.

Butte, Aug, Thru the efforts of
A. J. Muir, organizer for the American
Federation of Labor. an eleventh hour
conference between c. I. Kelley, presi-
dent of the Anaconda company and the
executive board of the metal trades
council was held here, today, and an
agreement reached which will cause post
ponement of the strike which had been
called for tomorrow.
The agreement, which will be sub
stituted to the various metal trades
unions for a referendum next Saturday,
provides that the seniority clause, the
bone of contention, shall remain in the
new contracts. but that seniority based
on length of service shall apply only to
individual mines or shops and shall not
extend thruout the entire company.
The unions recede from their demand
for contract of only 30 days and agree
to sign for year. with notice of 80
days at the end of the year before the
contract is repudiated.
The unions accept the other pro-
visions of the company's counter
proposal, including wage increases of ST
d day.