Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-06-10

'slS Tor seats IN the convention, @
L. l., for the army air service. g.
hallenger now having Its trial spins.
precluded 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.
tion to extremely high sugar prices,
which excited the cupidity of Cuban
producers and caused an advance in
the Cuban market"
Congressman BILLY" Mason of nli-
nois contributed his bit in the shape
of charges that Mr.. Palmer and An
thony Caminetti, commissioner general
of immigration, used their Offices te
obtain exemption from the draft foe
j. 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 Inn.
migration service at Hot Springs had
refused to make such an afldavit.
Representative Mason broke out I'd
yet another spot Inst week, accusing
Barney Baruch Of having "stolen $780,.
100000 from the government In copper
alone" When Baruch wrote Massn
demanding that he at once submit to
congress and the attorney general thu
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
your associates stole $2OOOOO,OOO In
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 "a
present this matter to your particular
friend, Nh. Palmer, attorney general
Mr. Mason said, and added: II shall
If live, ask the attorney general OF
the United States after March 4, 1921
to proceed civilly and crtminally
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 while ago t0
'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-lOns
quarrel will be settled by the adoption
of Il dominion form of government fol
the Emerald Isle.
Gregory Krassin, Russian bolshevih
minister of trade and commerce, was
granted hearing in London by Lloyd
George and other members of the gov
ernment and it was reported he wai
given permission to open central Of
flee in the city for the resumption o
trade with Russia. This despite tn,
strong opposition Of Earl Curzon, head
of the British foreign office. The Dol
sheviki are especially eager to resume
trade with America, but our govern
ment gives no encouragement.
In the field the soviet troops whicl
had been pushing back the Poles, wer,
themselves driven backward on th,
center of the front, where they hat
been menacing Minsk. But on Friday
came startling report from Copen
hagen to the effect that the Polish
army was in wild flight, pursued b,
an enormous bolshevik force. Ac
cording to dispatches from CONSTANT
nople. the Eighth bolshevik army wal
evacuating Odessa under pressure from
the independent Ukranian army. Thl
reds made considerable progress iE
Persia, capturing the important Oas
plan seaport of Resht, and some oi
their troops advanced into Armenia
The Turkish nationalists were hart
hit by a great French victory at Ain
tab and it was reported they hat
signed an armistice with the French
in CilIcla. Allied control Of the VA
ters about Constantinople was pefilei
by nationalist operations along II
Sea of Marmora.
Having received assurance that thu
president would not call II back un
less some great emergency arose, con
gress adjourned sine die on Saturday
The Republicans think their record
during the session is good enough 10,
campaign purposes.