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THE CHRONICLE Strives to be a clean newspaper, complete, newsy and reliable. If You Don't Read The Clinton Chronicle You Don't Get The NEWS YOLUMB XIX CONGRESS FIGHTING H. C. L. Embargo on Shoes is Suggested bj Iowa Representative, but Louisiana Representative Says Effect Would be Horrible. Defend Sugar Price Fixing. Washington, Aug. 18.—Quick action by congress in the campaign to reduce the cost of living was urged today i.. senate and hoilse. Senator Walsh dc dared high prices were at the bottoiv of all the unrest and charged that con gress Was wasting time when some thing should have freetLdfflfte. already LAYS HEAVY BAUD ON FOOD HOARDERS I urged ’a % Tn^ response to President Wilson's rec- ommendatlonj,/ _ ; Mayors of New iersey cities appear ing before the house agriculture com mittee said action was needed at once to stop the rising scale of prices. Reg ulation of Imports w^ one,means sug gested. The amendment broadening the food control act will be consider ed tomorrow by the committee and will probably be reported to the house. Sale of surplus army food began to day at storage centers throughout the country. Definite reports were not available, but it was believed that or ders had been received for many mil lions of pounds of canned meats, beans and other staples, to be sent out by parcel post. Debate in congress was occupied to a great extent by living cost problems. Absence of a quorum in the house delayed until tomorrow final action nf a resolution calling for the federal trade commission to begin immediate inquiry into the “increase in the price of shoes.’’ Representative Siegel, Republican, N’ew York, submitted figures w^lch he said were chained by New York cloth ing manufacturers and showed that “in most cases the retailer makes 50 per cent profit and in some places 100 per cent.” The manufacturers’ cost, he said, was due to the cost of labor. He presented figures to show that an overcoat costing the manufacturer 110.85 in 1917, advaiced to $17.75 in and to $22.62 by last week. He urged thai dealers be reqTilre'd to ihark the cost prices on all commodi ties. The United Fruit Company was at tacked by Representative Fitzgerald, Democrat, Massachusetts, wtyo assert ed it had made a 40 per cent profit and aid off million! of dollars of bonded Indebtedness, not due for some time. Investigation of freight charges to determine whether there was fraud in capitalization of railroads as charged before the interstate commerce com mission wan urged by Representative Huddleston, Democrat, Alabama, who asserted the transportation charges affect retail prices “three or four times.” “If you want to bring down the Ycost nf shoes,” declared Representa tive Good, RepubHcanjJowa, “all that is necessary is for the president to put an embargo on shfces and leather temporarily.” Similar action on meat . and other products would force down the domestic market, he added, de- " clarlhg erpoTFs Trbm^ the United 'States are the greatest volume in his tory. Congress, he said, could do lit tle to reduce the cost of living, while the punishment of profiteers, he add- od, was the only shggestlon “that will get anywhere and that not very far.” The embargo proposal of Mr. Good was attacked by Representative San ders, Democrat, Louisiana, who said its “effects would be too horrible’’ by starving the world. He defended the government price fixing of sugar, as serting that without It the cost would have been 15 to 20 cents a pound de spite the fact that sugar was plenti ful. “Theie Is no reason why the grocer ’ can not sell 100 pounds to one person .as well as one pound,” asserted Mr. Sanders, “unless it is that thu mar ket is dominated and controlled by the American sugar trust.” Cotton manufacturers also were at tacked by Sanders asserting that th/R could pay 60 cents a pound for the raw product and “still make a reason Palmer Will Prosecute all Guilty Dealers. Great Stores Seised. , Washington, Aug. 14.—-Indications of the real punch behind the govern ment’s campaign to reduce the high cost of living were given today in un mistakable fashion in many cities. While Attorney General Palmer was telling the senate agriculture com mittee that he intended to prosecute every dealer guilty of selling at high- er prices Ihaa.thQSflJlateA CLINTON, & C., THURSDAY. AUGUST 21th, 1919 A MODERN GARAGE NUMBER 14 britisA prince ROYALLY RECEIVED and sugar, be aaid, did not g«t a high price. PRIZE FOR TEACHERS. Laurena, S. C., Aug. 20 (Special)— Th$ Home Service Department of » the Laurens Red Cross chapter has offered a prize of $25 to be given to the teacher in the county who aends id a report from an adult school with the name of every person in the dis trict signed by the ‘person himself or r herself. Proivded more than one ' teacher senda in auch a report the money will be divided between the teachers sending in full reports. In price committee of each'county, word came from Chicago, St. Louis and Birmingham of seizures of great quan tities of foodstuffs by federal officials who recently were instructed to pro ceed under the food control act to stop hoarding. In Chicago 1,282 tubs of butter worth $50,000'were seized, in St. Louis $248,180 pounds of coffee, which has been showing rapid adtanc- es in price, and in Birmingham 100 barrels of sugar. Mr. Palmer told the senate commit tee that he believed the great majori ty of farmers and food dealers were not profiteering, but that the suggest ed amendment to the food control act extending it to clothing and providr ing a criminal penalty of $5,000 fine or two years imprisonment or both was necessary to make effective the campaign against those who are disr honestly gouging the public. There was a division of opinion among the senators as to the advisability of the legislation, several declaring that the amendment gave the department of jusTlce too drastic powers over com merce, while others questioned the constitutionality of extending the life of the food control act beyond the declaration of peace, as has been sug gested. ' —. “Given this penalty, we can break the backbone of this profiteering in 60 days," Mr. Palmer retorted crisply, “and then you won’t have to worry about constitutionality.” The house agriculture committee pflieeeder tion today and announced that, tomor- pnw the amendment to the food con trol* act would be taken up, with As sistant Attorney General Ames discus sing the need for it in the campaign to reduce prices. Mayors of 50 New Jersey cities made arrangements to appear before the committee Monday to demand that something effective be done to mitigate the hardships under which the main of average income is suffering. Absent members of the hoffse were ordered tonight to return to Washing ton at once,, when it became apparent that the agriculture committee would report out the new legislation this week. Republican Leader Mondell and Minority Leader Clarke both de clared they were determined to have a quorum present Monday, - While the more drastic riiethod of prosecution will be used by .the de partment of justice to punish and stop flagrant cases of profiteering, it was made clear today that the still effec tive licensing provisions of the food control act would be invoked to reach dealers against whom no indictment Could be found in. federal courts. Of ficials of the food administration no tified the department that 11 cents a pound was a fair price .for sugar and district attorneys with the significant this Information was transmitted to district attorneys^ with the significant statement that where higher prices were being charged, there evidently was profiteering. The department of agriculture today asked $600,000 from congress for es tablishing information centers in va rious cities, which w r ould collect and disseminate information concerning prices. The Handsome New Home ol the EHis-Hatton Motor Company On West Main Street. PARISIAN STYLES AGAIN BEING SHOWN case no school sends in a full report the money will be given to the teach er sending In highest per centage of signers. This price is In addition to the prizes offered to the teachers in able profit.” VroiucersTfboth cotton the 8tAte teaching the greatest number of adults. It is very probable that the time for these schools will be extended anoth er week. Schools can now be organ ised and complete the 12 sessions. Let every person feel responsible for the teaching of one person to write his name at least Unless we do this the stain of illiteracy will not be wiped out for some years. Can we afford to allow Our state and county To keep their records of illiteracy? MISS MINNIE WALLCE. v County Organizer. Mr. (K R. Bell of Lancaster spent the* w<^ek-end in the city. * Three Hundred American Buyers At tend First Style Show Since War Be gan. Paris, Aug. 15.—Paris’ first real dis play of styles since the war began Is being attended by about 300 American buyers who, however, are showing themselves to be more independent of the dictates of French dressmakers than ever before. Brown, according to the new mod els, is agai nin marked favor. Soft materials are used generally and flounces, panniers and the design of the new models tend toward the strictly feminine appearance. There is not the slightest suggestion of the masculine, tailor-made effects of the past. Paris Is clinging to skirts hanging seven to eight inches from the ground. American buyers. Hie dressmakers the gown although frankly admitting American skirts have been too long. It iAsaid to be likely American women will be offered a compromise in lengths. One of the prominent Amer ican buyers said today that “no well formed woman looks well in a really long skirt and it cannot be graceful,” but he laughed at a dressmaker's sug gestion that Americans want long skirts because American women do not have pretty ankles^—^-——- “American women have the pret tiest ankles and feet in the world," the buyer replied, "and they also are the best shod, but they realize that the extremely short skirts are ridi culed and they believe in modera tion.” Although the Americans designed their -own styles to a great extent during the war, they apparently are finding much that is .\sqrth while in th6 *Partg display rooms, although JURY GIVES FORD ^ (Ford witnesses, stated that the Ford SI M OF SIX ( ENTS |Company would not pay thie salaries of employees who went to the border, viewing things from a pawlyL inda-jj^ot.. Chicago Tribune Loses Big Damage Suit W r ord Anarchist Used. Mount Clemens, Mich., AUg. 14.—A jury tonight awarded Henry Ford 6 cents damages against The Chicago Tribune for calling him an anarch ist. Orvy Hulett, foreman of the c Jury, said that they took “nine ballots that I can remember,” the first one, ac cording to Leonard Measel, another juror, standing eight to four in favor of awarding Mr. Ford some damages. Attorney Alfred J. Murphy for Mr. Ford said: “The Important Issue In this case has been determined favorably to the es would be a defeat for his client.” “Money damages were entirely sub ordinate and were not sought by Mr. Ford. He stands not only vindicated, but tWp attiude as an American cTfizerflias’Tbeoh 'Jusfffleff'after a trial which raised every issue against him which ingenuity and research could present. His friends are entirely sat isfied." Weymouth KirkUnd of counsel for the Tribune, said: “We consider it a victory for the reason that Attorney,Alfred Lucking, in closing for Mr. Ford, stated that anything less than substantial damag es would be a defeat for bis clients— The jury was but ten hours. It was on June 23,'1916, after Mexi can bandits had.'raised Columbus, N. M., and military preparedness was a burning issue, not only,because of the Mexican menace but because of the conflagration in Europe, that The Chicago Tribune printed its famous editorial headed “Ford is an^Anarch- IsL* j ^ EdUforiaT writers of the Tribune testified that- they had followed Mr. .Ford’s..paeifistic propaganda, but had pendent point of view. ■ . .*• Passport difficulties, it was said, kept the number of American-*ftuyers from being much larger. The buyers have been busy all this week viewing the new models. Mhd they will continue to attend djsplay! next w’ek when sortie of the most im portant firms will show their winter styles. Brown seeems to be the prevailing color, the buyers say, and is shown in scores of various shades—Hick, terra cotta and burnt biscuit. There are also shown soft shades of gray, raven blue, tete-de-nere and moles. Scores of the beautiful models who are displaying gowns i» the drawing rooms of the celebrated dressmakers do not wear corsets and make every effort to preserve the soft contour of their figures. The styles generally show a slight fullness on the hips in the form of soft panniers with pleats and ac cordion pleats. Flounces are applied in such a way as tb preserve the ouUine of the figures and the straight hem of the akirt. Collars are high in many cases and if cut open are adjusted so they may be buttoned close to the throat. Wool embroideries, flat paillettes and ribbons of a leather-like texture form the trimmings for afternoon frocks, the majority of which are made with coats to match. These coats are trimmed with such furs as mouflon, mole, monkey, kolinsky, muskrat and skunk. AH materials are soffr and where flounces are introduced {hey are set on linings oUftiffon to insure supply lines. Velveteen, soft aerge, velour de laine, chiffon and plusfr are used iLas. a real danger to the country- until a news item was received from Detroit that Mr. Ford was trying to discourage the recruit ing of the guard which had been or dered to the Rio Grande. The item, authentiefty of which was'denied by with great effectiveness in gowns and costumes. Coats with afternoon costumes come just below the hips and follow Dick Turpin lines, by means of a girdle or -guaging. 'Skirts are. narrower at the feet, giving a peg-top suggestion, Fur collars reach to the eyes. American buyers say they are hav ing almost a battle with .the Parisian dressmakers over the backless even ing gowns offered, whifc the Ameri cans are insisting on having filled in with lace, to the amazement of the French designers, who protest that women should be allowed to display their well formed backs. * Soft net, tulle and la<& are used ex tensively over charmeuse and chiffon for evening gowns and trimmings of gold threads, paillettes, jet silver tis sue, chenille and plush are much used . The plush in these trimmings is worked up to represent soft fur. Black and gold, raven buC, mole and cinnamon are the prevailing tones for evening gowns, but delicate pompa dour blues azid pinks, with silk pan tiers, are shown often for young girls. Many gowns 6f gold tissue are dis played. (Hats for fall and winter are both large an<f small, but in all cases will frame the face. Velvet is the most popular fabric for hats, and trimmings will be of ostrich feathers, ospreys and monkey fur.- hold their places for them nor care for their dependents. It w r aa then that the editorial was written. I called Mr. Ford an “igne- ant idealist” and remarked that its views on disarniament might be lif- ferent if his factories were on the .^io Grande instead of the peaceful. Can adian border. 'Counsel for the manufacturer at first filed suit in the federal cour at Chicago, but later withdrew it and in stituted proceedings in the State c<>urt at Detroit. Here the Tribune applied for a change of venue and Jidge James G. Tucker of the circuit ourt of Macomb County at Mt. Clemens, was agreed upon to hear the case. Selec tion of a jury began May 12. It con sisted of eleven farmers and one tpad builder. }• A . feature of the cas^ w.as.j.hc pro duction by the defendant of more than 20 witnesses from the’Mexican border to testify to raids, murders and other acts which, to the mind of The Tribune counsel, established the fact >tha( there was a condition of anarchy adong the border. Counsel for the defendant arkued that government exists only so fa r as It can enforce its decrees and protect the lives and property of its citi jens, that without force there can bo no government and that 'where, the:’e is no government there is ana rchy. Therefore, they sought to estajbUsh that in opposing the recruiting o diers, Mr. Ford opposed goverdment itself and. by the same token, s >ught to establish anarchy. Young Prince of Wales Spends First D*y oil Canada 8©0 In New Found- land. St. Johns, N. F., Aug. 15.—After having received a royal reception to day—his first on Canadian soil—the Prince of Wales, accompanied by Sir Robert Borden, Premier of Canada, who will accompany him to Quebec, returned tonight to the British cruiser )l |C gon .a n ri J,herft..playad host aUan official dinner before sailing tomor row of Halifax. The royal visitor received cheers VvithOut number from the thousands who lined his route to the waterfront and pressed on to the pier to which he was escorted by provincial and city officials. His farewell there was without formal utterance as he grip ped hands with the naval and military officers and bade them good-bye. The day, although marred by incle ment weather, brought crowds from all parts of New Brunswick to add to the cheering hosts already here to welcome the prince. Reception after rception was accordd him, and en thusiastic gatherings met him every where. From the armory, where he was first officially welcomed in formal ad dresses to province of New Bruns wick and the city of St. John, and the union club where he was enter tained at luncheon by Premier Foster, the prince went to the government, house at Rothesay, where an elaborate reception was arranged for him by Lieutenant Governor and Mrs. Pugs- ley. CARS ENOUGH TO HAUL ALL COAL Dirfctor,General Hines Warns |PuMic • fronts There- May lx* Profiteering 4» Belteyps Prirw btp AtrwtfhT Washington, August 15;—ReJp lying to a senate rortJhttion DirectO)| > Gen eral of Railroads Hines informjed the senate today that while there bald been some car shortage in the bitulminous coal districts, he did not "anticipate any shortage in transportationl which would be in any sense exceptional or abnormal or which will justjify op pressive prices for coal.” “The great danger that, c( the public in this matter,” th tor general asserted, -/is tl shortage either jn production mines or in transportation exaggerated so far to serve pretext for heavy increases coal prices which in my opi already high, generally spea Is worthy of serious cons whether congressional actio taken to protect tfie publi these circumstances tfrom coal prices.” The senate resolution, t Mr. Hines replied, was Intr- Senator Pomerene, Ohio, t specifically for information number of coal cars avail whether the coal car sltua be held responsible for an shortage of Coal. , “There has at no time shortage pf cars for anth loading,” Mr. Hines said Since about July 15, 1919, Flth a marked upward tre ductlon, there have been s age of cars fof loading w nous coal in some prod tricts, mainly in eastern Virginia, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania and < districts producing the blf of coal. A strike of marl HOLD FORMAL OPENING. Several hundred Clintonians were the guests of the Ellis-Hatton Motor Company on Thursday ev- ening when their handsome new home on West Main Street was thrown open to the public for the first tin{e. The owners, M)essrs^. Geo. H. Ellis and J. K. Hatton, as sisted by their wive*! and a number of young ladies, met the guests up- - on their arrival and showed them through their new headquarters and later they were served deli cious punch. ’Music was furnished throughout the evening which add ed much to the enjoyment of the occasion. The new home of the Ellis-Hat ton Motor Company is modem in every mqKX'.t and would be a credit to any city several times larger than Clinton. The visitors Thurs day evening spokF in the highest praise of the building and heartily con j rat ill a ted t In* propi-ietorg on the progressive .spirit they Jiave manifested by givinf to the eoip* mimity sn Tundcrn ; nd u p-tq;dafg ~ a garage. . r~* * -FariT Laurens, S. ' V*en. 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