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BARUCH DEMANWS PROOF FROM MASON Ask Reprosentative to 'Back UpCharg. es of Big Thefts From Government Washington, 'June 2.-B. M. Baruch former chairman of the w-ar industries board, wrote to Representative Mason Repu'blican, Illinois, today, asking thai he submit at once to congress and the attorney general the evidence which prompted him to charge in the house recently that Mr. Baruch had "stole1 $50,000,000 from the government in copper- alone." .Mr. Baruch further demanded that he .be "immediately 'brought to the bar of Justice and condemned to -pun Ishment if found guilty and exonerat ed if innocent from the infamous and malicious charge you make againsi 111e." Mr. lason In a letter of reply made public tonight said that since looking over his previous statement, he -would amend it to say that "you and your associates stole $200,000,000 in cop per alone." He added that the mattei in which lie 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 particti lar friend, Mr. 'Palmer, atttorney gen eral," Mr. Alason said, 'and added: "I shall, if X live. ask the attorney general of -the United States, after Alarch 4, 1921, to proceed, civilly and criminally against you and your as sociates." Declaring that Mr. Baruch when head of the war industries board had appointed a cooperative committee on Copper with John 'D. Ryan of New York, as chairman, and president and owners of copper producing plants in the U. S. as members. Mr. 'Mason charged that this committee had al lowed copper producers to buy at one price and sell at another. lie n1l charged that the committee after the war permitted 100,000,000 pounds of ciipper which file government, he said purchased at 23 cents a pound, to he sold back to the producers at 15 cents a pound. In addition to 'writing to Mr. Mason, Mr. 'aruch wrote to .Representative Garrett, Democrat, Tennessee, and Representative ludspedth, Democrat, Texas. in his letter to Mr. Garrett, he asked the Tennessee member "to demand of Mr. Mason that as he made that statement under -the protection the constitution givcs the congress, he should do either of two things: .-c must use his utmost ability both as a member of the congress 'and as a pri vate citizen to see that I am prose cuted to the limit of the law If lie be right, and, if lie 'be wrong, lie must make an apology as full as was his charge. It is albout time that these ~Borgia-lilce assassins of character cease their work, or accept the re sponsibility of their actions." In his letter to Mr. Hudspeth 'Mr. Unriclh sail that lie hoped "through the activities of you and those o1 your colleagues, regardless of their political faiths, who believe in fair play, to be afforded the op~portumnity of branding the charge as a vicious andt deliberate lie in its every respect." Af ter you .eat-always take Instantly rellu3ves HeIartburn Bloated Gassy Feeling. Stops indigestion, foo souring re peating, and all tho many miseries cause<d by Acid-Stomach ,EATONIC Is the best remedy. Tensof thou sands wonderfully benenited. Peiti vcly guar anteed to pleaso or we will refund money. Call and get a big box today. You will see. Laurens Drug Co., Iaurens, S. C. The next tim'e you buy calomel ask for alotab s The purified and refined calinet tablets tliat are nausealess, safe and sure. Medicinal vfrtues retain. led and improved. Sold only in sealed packages. -Price 36c. NEW YORK CENSUS NOT AS EXPECTED Rate of Growth Snmller Than Be. fore. Washington, June 5.-aNew York city had a tpopulation of 5,621,1'51, on Janu ary 2, an increase of 854,268, or 17.9 per cent. over 1910, the census bu reau announced tonight. The rate of growth was smaller than ever before In the city's history except in -the de cade ending in 1870, while the increase numerically was smaller in either of the two decades preceding 1910. The latest estimate of the -population of the city and county of 'London, made in 1917, was 4,026,901, a decrease from the omcial census of 1911, which showed a population of 4,521,885. Con parison of the population of Now York city with that of London is declared by. census bureau officials to -be dif ficult because of the .areas covered by the various- designations of the two cities. New York city proper covers 287 square miles, while For census purposes the city and cou'nty of Lon don covers 1116 square mniles. The small increase in the growth of the city of New York during the past decade is attributed by census officials to the almost complete stoppage dur ing the war of the influx of iimi grants, many of whom each year made New York their homes, and to the heavy emigration of foreign born residents during the twar and since that time. New York boroughs were shown as follows: Manhattan, 2,284,103, decrease .17, -139, or 2.0 per cent. Bronx, 732,010, increase 301,036, or 69.8 per cent. Brooklyn, 2,022,262, increase 387, 91-1, or 23.7 per cent. Richmond, 115,959, increase 29,990, or 31.9 per cent. Queens, .166,811, increase 1S2,770, or G4.3 per cent. Other cities were as follows: Boston, 747,923, Increase, 77,338, or 111.5 per cent. Newport News, Va., 35,596, increase 1'1,311, or 76.2 -per cent. New Britain, Conn., 59,316, increase 15,400, or 35.1 per cent. .\Manchester, 'Conn., 18,370, increase 4,729 or 31.7 per cent. Buffalo, 82,160, increase 19.5 per cent. NEWSPRLINT' PltIES ARE NOT WAiILRANTED Senate Comnittee, Afer Investigation, Iteconmeinds that Manufacturers be Prosecuted. Washington, June 5.-Holding that scarcity of newsprint paper, which has handicapped Anerican newspapers, to be "more the result of artificial ob structions than of natural laws," the senate committee whih investigated the paper situation today recommend sd 'that the department of justice insti tute .proceedings under the Sherman and Clayton acts against print paper manufacturers. Manufacturers were charged by the committee with "unjust, illegal andl dliscriminaltory"' practices. P'resen t prices for newsprint plaper we're held by t-he committee to be "cxce'ssive and unar~a raniited.'' Other recommenidat ions maide' by t he comm Iiitteec incluide: 10stbllishmnien of a fede ral newsprinlt board( "'to supervise .the manujifactureir andi~ (listribuitlon of' print1 paper'' shiouid g.overnmenlCOt effts to minin iiii a rea sonmable piiec fail. .\nien admten't of thle Leer't f'ood con - trol artL tol lnliiz(' priolitring ini Impos)011itin (of anl exc'ise taIx of ten more than1 1.'.M -piounlds a copy so1 as to limit such editions to Ste pages unt11il an adcq 1uate4 pa per supply ('an be g' ('uIred. Appiropriat ion of $100,000) for the purp'~ose of e'xperimlenitin'g withi subsl I tutes for w~'od pulli. E'stablishimenit of a r'ate of one cent a pound on sheet prinit pape to' ( any part of' the country wh'len sent by ipar c('l post withou t increasing thle ipres sent Ilim it of 70 1poundits proled 111 un1 der' thle postal regulations. The committee aiso reccommlended that consideratlon 1be given 1)y the~ government to the~ establishmnent '< a ne wspr'in t peaper' mil1l to supply)13 the goverinent's needs with aniy surpilus ipaper' t~o be sold to small ('onsumers4 1. RtEPFA1 (L F MOSTI W1Alt LAWlS P'LANNlFD II('use Votes 323 to 3, to Take Of Books All Blut Lever Act' andl Trad inig Wi1th Enemy Law. iWashington, June 3.-All war lawv excetnting the 'Lover food control act and the trading with the enemy act, would be repealed by a resolution adopted today by the house, 323 to 3. The only negative votes were cast by Representatives Garrett and 'Sims, of Trennossee and Welling, of Utah, all Democrats. Approximately sixty laws, most of them conferr'inig b~road1 discretionary athnoriy n the president. 'n lnge as the technical state of war contin ues, .would be removed from the stat Ute 'books Iby the resolution. With .the house action the repeal resolution owas sent to the sepato where action on it is expected 'before the adjournment of congress Satur day. 'House Democrats predioted thpt President Wilson would approve the measure, Representative Connally, of Texas, asserting that the president was 'first to suggest .the nullification of the war acts. The Texas member added that the Democrats were ready to override a veto, if necessary. The retention of -the Lever act was explained -by Representative Walsh, Indiana, in charge of the repeal leg islation as necessary to give the gov ernment an effective law for cunb Ing ,profitecering in necessities, includ ing food and fuel. the added that the trading with the enemy act should be continued to regulate trade with Ger many. Repres,entative Igoe, Democrat, Mis souri, however, questioned the Repub lican's decision to continue the Lever act, asserting that "certain interests" doIred to keep the law in effect be Copyright 1920 Hart Schafl Whai Laurens, A man neve r I i he QuinIne h n a Does Not Affect tho Had A ma neer pi~reI~teathegiftof ~eci.,e of Its touic atid laxative effect. LAXA. a solitaire diamond more than when Tl'VROMOQUINJo oIs betterthauortlinry hold4 the three other am-Bo--3 Quiine aud does not cause nervousness not tj -ok for the signature of R. 'V. GROVEl. 30C. AWHITE SHOE DRESSIKG 01 KEEP YOUR SHOES NEAT E THE BIG VALUE 'PACKAGES LIQUID AND CAKE 04 Also Pastes and Liquds-for Black, Tan, Ox-Blood and Darki de Brown Shoes THS P. P. DA.LEY CORPORATIONS LTD., BUFFALO. N. Y. That was the old way; if the strong acid didn't dissolve the metal--it was pure gold. These are days when the "acid test" is being applied to every husiness. I hnr conditions: scarcity o f materials; high prices; adulterated and cheap ened goods are "mixing in" in many places: Not here; we can still stand the "acid test"; you'll find all-wool quality; good values. %Hart Schaffner & If we don't give you what we Pknow is 100 per cent right for you, we won't give you any thing. Anytime you think the goods you buy here aren't right money back. lothiers i ME" Greenwood, S. C. cause it had proved "effective anti strike legislation. lie mainly sought to have the act Included among those repealed but was defeated through parliamentary tactics. POLK TENDElte 1118 RESIONATION Under-Secretary of State Will With. draw from Public Life on June 15th. Washing on, June 4.-Under Secre tary of State Frank -L. Polk, has ten dered hils Iresignation to President Wilson who has accepted it, effective June 15. It is understood that 'Nor man 'H. Davis, now an assistant to the treasury, and one of the economic ad visors of the American peace dele-' gates at Paris, will succeed him. Mr. Polk retires 'because of the con dition of his health and on the urgent advice of his physician. He has served In the state department for 5 years, first as counsellor and then as assist ant secretary. lie was api)ointed un der-secretary last year when that of fice was created by special act of congress. Ile 1)lans to take a long rest before returning to the 1rivt praciiee of iiv in Ne.w York City. he A( IX. ... ........ .. A r..&.Ma.x rtn ,Cash C "SUITS