Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-06-11

preeluded him from placing any inter-
probation upon United States criminal
statutes under which possible VIOLA
tors might escape prosecution.
"The legalistic method adopted by
the attorney general was wholly inef-
fective as a means Of price control;
it gave apparent governmental sane
ton to extremely high sugar prices,
which excited the cupidity of Cuban
producers and caused an advance in
the Cuban market"
Congressman "Billy" Mason of ILL.,
nois contributed his bit in the shape
Of charges that Mr.. Palmer and An
thony Caminetti, commissioner general
of immigration, used their Offices to
obtain exemption from the draft for
]. Kemp Bartlett, Jr., nephew Of the
attorney general. According to copies
of correspondence between the prin-
cipals. submitted by Mason, Caminetti
signed the certificate which led to the
exemption, after the head Of the i'm
migration service at Hot Springs had
refused to make such an affidavit.
Representative Mason broke out in
yet another spot last week, accusing
Barney Baruch Of having ''stolen $780,
O00,0 from the government in copper
alone" When Baruch wrote Mason
demanding that he at once submit to
congress and the attorney general the
evidence on which he based the
charges, Mason replied that since
looking over his previous statement he
would amend it to say that you and
copper alone" He added that the mat
ter on which he based his charges al
ready was before congress in cOnnec-
tion with the investigation of war ex-
penditures.
"You certainly do not expect me to
present this matter to your particular
friend, Mr.. Palmer, attorney general"
Mr.. Mason said, and added: 81 shall,
If live, ask the attorney general of
the United States after March 4, 1921,
to proceed civilly and criminally
against you and your associates"
Women friends of free Ireland"
heckled the senate the other day and
| were elected from the galleries. Next
day they burned British flag in front
of the treasury building. The senators
were quite willing a while ago to
horn in" on Great Britain's Irish
problem, but they don't want anyone
| to urge them TO do it again.
Over in Ireland the republicans"
are devoting themselves mainly to the
destruction of police barracks, and
meanwhile parliament Is making prog
ress with the home rule bill. The in
dications are that the whole age-long
| quarrel will be settled by the adoption
of a dominion form of government for
the Emerald Isle.
Gregory Krassin, Russian bolsheviB
minister of trade and commerce. was
granted hearing In London by Lloyd
George and other members of the gov.
ernment and 1t was reported he was
given permission to open a central Of
fee In the city for the resumption Of
trade with Russia. This despite the
strong opposition of Earl Curzon. head
Of the British foreign Office. The bo,.
sheviki are especially eager to resume
trade with America, but our govern
ment gives no encouragement.
In the field the soviet troops, which
had been pushing back the Poles, wers
themselves driven backward OH the
center of the front, where they hat
been menacing Minsk. But on Friday
came a startling report from Copen
hagen to the effect that the Polish
army was in wild flight pursued BY
an enormous bolshevik force. Ac
cording to dispatches from CONSTANT
nople. the Eighth bolshevik army wal
evacuating Odessa under pressure fror
the Independent Ukranian army. TIL,
reds made considerable progress IL
Persia, capturing the important Cas-
plan seaport of Resht, and some o.
their troops advanced into Armenia
The Turkish nationalists were har,
hit by a great French victory at Ain
tab and 1t was reported they ha
signed an armistice with the Frencl
in Cilicia. Allied control of the wa
, ters about Constantinople was perile
by nationalist operations along tn
Sea of Marmor9. fr
! Having received assurance that tn
: president would not call it back un
! less some great emergency arose, cor
, gress adjourned sine die on Saturday
' The Republicans think their recor
! during the session is good enough fo
j campaign purposes.
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