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'GOING OVER THE TOP AFTER PROFITEERS.! i I Government to Prosecute Food Sharks and Hoarders?Reports I From the Front. Washington, Aug. 5.?These decis-; ions were reached today by the gov^?.4 nffanniao n-rkvlrfr>cr tr? rpr)nrp dillilCUI. agtuvivg 1> the cost of living and allay the country's unrest. President Wilson decided to ad-1 *dress a message to congress recom- j inending additional legislation to aid ' in reducing the cost of living. Agents of the department of jus-j <fcice were ordered to ferret out all j hoarders of necessaries and profit-. ?ers throughout the country. They j 1 tVlO are iu ue yiuactuicu unu^t ?uv xwu ' control act. Price of Wheat. Director Julius H. Barnes of the 1 ;gn^ain corporation, decided to main- ! tain the government's guarantee on ; wheat at $2.26 a bushel as a "reserve < .protection against a higher price later." / j; At the conclusion of a day's activi lty by the president, the sub-commit-! tee of the cabinet appointed by At-'; torney Gen. Palmer, and by the At- . 1 tornev General himself, announce- < ! ments were made of these immediate 1 steps to be taken and of the govern- ] merit's wheat policy. ! j To Readjust Flour Prices jj In a lengthy statement showing 1 why the price of wheat would rise ] but for the government guarantee, ] Director Barnes promised a readjust- 1 ment of flour prices at the expense < of the national treasury as author- : ized by congress, if later develop-!; ments indicated a world-price for : wheat lower than the guarantee 3 . v'?|, oasis. Immediate steps will be taken by ' the grain corporation to sell stand- ; ard export flour in every community j t>f the country in carload lots at a < .price not greater than $10 a barrel, ] Mr. Barnes announced. This price, < he added, is lower by $1 a barrel than j -any price ruling during the last four j months. |: Predicts Shrinkage. j < Using figures as described as com- 1: ing from the grain corporation's 1 own private sources, Mr. Barnes pre- j dieted a shrinkage of "probably j AAn nr\n i?-nrVmof , ^VU,UUV,VUV UU3HCiO, U1 Ul? nubuv I production for North America, 250,- i 000,000 bushels of which is in the i United States, from the June fore- < -scast, and a further shrinkage in! ^European wheat and rye production < ^>f 300,000,000 bushels outside Rus- j sia. < j' The high cost of living was not dis- ] bussed at the regular Tuesday's cab- 1 Sinet meeting, but Atoorney General ] -vPalmer remained after the meeting ] =to confer with the president and pre- { Rented memoranda prepared by the s '-$>UU*CUUUlilt>icc ovavuig niittu nn- gv?- j *ernment was doing and what it pro- i looses doing under existing laws, and s .possible additional laws, to cope with 1 the situation. : s After Profiteers. j1 i . The department of justice agents i throughout the country, the attorney ; * said on leaving the president, have ; been ordered to institute special pro-: ceedings to find evidence of hoarding and profiteering as prohibited Under the Lever food control act and * , prosecutions will be instituted with-1 ^ -out delay. ^ I * Attorney General Palmer declined 't "* ? 'A&ciose what remedial laws were ^ suggested to the president, or to go 1 r into detail as to how the department' " -would proceed under the exisiting J beyond saying that operating the Lever act did not mean the ! 11 ' ~ *-Jttlaet&fts of the food administration;11 Would ^ assumed by the department j0 of justice. |t n -Stome Doubt Expressed. j j? ^ Poukt Was expressed by some legal? E " afrrfforities bf the department as to ! whether a penalty is possible for j ^ ^profiteering under the food control j ? - vjtot although fines and imprisonment j11 are provided for hoarding, me at-1 ? general would not go into this : b ? pfeaSt the problem, saying that it p was his belief and hope that immedi- I d " - ate steps toward decreasing the cost -ol-?riing could be taken under exist^2iig laws." ! f Secretary Tumulty said after Di- >' t rector Barnes had left the presidentj c that no statement would be forth- \ c coming from the White House be-1 r .'yond the mere announcement that ^ president "will address a message ! j ; to* congress as soon as he has time to : c "write it." It was not announced ', j c * ' whether the president would go be- ( ' Sore congress or send a written com-^aiunication. ^ Director Barnes in making his ? "--statement regarding the situation,', ^ai4 that the wheat crop in the ', United States is not short and that1 >1,000,000,000 bushels are assured. There was no warrant, he said, how- j *-- +l>o Tir*if-p . ever, for statements umo 111V yjktvv has been inflated. He announced definitely that as far as he could see <there was no hope for a reduction in the near future and that he would 1 not sell wheat at a price belcw the 1 guarantee. - STORM IN SENATE OVER PEACE TREATY! ! Bitter Criticism of League and Shan- ; fcung Provision?President is Attacked. Washington, Aug 5.?The league : of nations and the Shantuncr settle ment both came in for more bitter t criticism today in the senate's con-; sideration of the treaty with Germany. At a'public meeting of the foreign , relations committee issues of the league controversy started a dispute which bordered upon an uproar and : the attack upon the Shantung pro- i vision bv Senator Watson, Republi-11 can, of Indiana, caused a series of i sharp exchanges. The committee's clash over the j league grew out of the examination j of Norman Davis, a financial adviser j to the Versailles peace conference, j and centered in a heated discussion of the attitude of President Wilson! toward supplying the committee with ! adequate information. Ledge Attacks President. Chairman Lodge, replying to a sug-; Grestion that the president be asked , to come before the committee, de-! blared Mr. Wilson never had offered ? to do so and had failed to send im-! " portant information repeatedly asked j for. Senator Pittman, Democrat, of j Nebraska, replied that in his address to congress such an oif'jr had been made, but the committee majority lad ignored it. Once the subject of the league had been raised, league ; opponents gave a foretaste of what, may develop when Secretary Lansing! appears before the committee tomor-; row by keeping the witness under a running fire of Questions relating to provisions of the covenant. It was ivhen Mr. Davis declined to pose as an expert on the subject, in reply to a question, suggested that the presi- j ? dent be consulted, that the committee , p members clashed over Mr. Wilson's i n course in the matter. Under present plans the questioning of the Secretary of State tomorrow will be in open session and it is expected he will be asked to disclose many features of the Versailles nogo- * tiations, with the. league covenant and the Shantung provision occupy- } ing a prominent place in the discussions. The senate adjourned tonight S until Thursday so tomorrow's com- \a mittee session may not be interrupt- ]h wi. jb Senator Watson in his speech de- j ^ clared the treaty provision giving Ja- j d pan control in Shantung province n 'was as monstrous a proposition as j s has ever been proposed to civiliza- a iion." and said he could not vote for I ratification if the Shantung section b remained unamended and if Japan;0 jave no more definite promise of re-'v storing the province to China. In re- j h ?ly to a question from Senator Bor- j ih, Republican, of Idaho, as to what jt] >ort of declaration from Japan would : E - ' -Li-- t ? _i: ^ f I )e sarisiactory, tne muiana. swiaiui | said it would have, to be one provid- j u ng for withdrawal of Japanese forces i )rior to the senate's action on the j C reaty. | ? Wrong Heaped Upon Wrong. j*-' Japan's claim to the province, Mr. J iY'atson asserted, w#s based ~on one | vrong heaped upon another, while j he history of Jananese interests in jw ^hina gave the lie to Japan's protes-' ?f ations of good faith in her promise' o withdraw. jfr Senator Hitchcock, Democrat, of ' Nebraska, asked to what court China j ^ 1 J 1 !?? Alnitvto oV*1 ^ fVia I 0U1Q Dring nci wiauiio 0uuuiu wiw . reaty and the league of nations fail? ;TI n that case, Mr. Watson replied, Chi- : ia would have to fall back on the.F< loral support she had always re- j eived here and elsewhere in past I imes "when we had an American for j W resident who thought of America j rst." j A; Senator Lodge said he understood T1 hat ^ithin two hours of the signing j x f tjjie treaty at Versailles the Chi-! ese'delegates had offered to sign if j ^ ssured they would have the right to j ring the Shantung case before the J sague later, but that "even that was ^ enied to them." t Treaty With France. The objection that the speical de- j ensive treaty with France violates j p: he Federal Constitution by binding j ongress to declare war in certain ircumstances was expressed in a esolution introduced during the day >y Senator Newberry, Republican, of j Michigan. It would direct the judi:iary committee to give an opinion i ? is to whether there are constitutional {1 >bstacles to ratification. j I Qanofrvr T.nHo'P cave notice today' J O - G> ;hat he would address the senate next! ^ Tuesday on the league. As the leader; s [)f the opposition to acceptance of the ' S covenant in its present form he is ex-1 h pected to sound the keynote of the ? fight against unreserved ratification.! g The statement from Tokio regard- \ ing Japan's intentions in Tokio, F reached Washington too late to re-1, 11 o f Arc ! ceive tne atueutiun wi ?v j night. It is expected to have careful a consideration in view of President, t Wilson's repeated statements that the ' ^ complete facts in the case would < NEW ADJUST Fabrics Silvertown Cords . Both the Goodrich Fat regularly giving far in e> age on Newberry roads. Buy Goodrich Tires a1 per cent, lower?and sa mileage. Complete stocks Goodr Silvertown Cords. No de hmwj 1T1V11U1U Phone 300. COLLEGE OF Foun< A college of highest st; men. An intentionally li ? i -t* .i. i.: ? dividual msirucuuii. ru Bachelor's degree. The 1 feature. Unsurpassed cli For terms and catalogi Harrison Ran Charle ilace the Shantung settlement in ;ew light. ACT QUICKLY. Do the right thing at the right tin] Act quickly in time of danger. In time of kidney danger, Doan [idney Pills are most effective. Plenty of Newberry evidence c heir worth. Mrs. J. A. Temple, 1304 Popla It., Newberry, says: "Five yeai * i 1 xl J* go wnen we uvea on me iarn eavy work brought on kidney troi le. I lost all my ambition and fe mguid and all tired out. A bearing own pain in my back aggravate le and when I bent over to dus harp pains would go through me lik knife. When I raised up quickly got dizzy and black specks cam efore my eyes. Mornings I felt tire ut and lame. My head ached, ras very nervous and my ankles an ands swelled so I was in pretty ba hape. My kidneys didn't act a iey should, either. Reading o Joan's Kidney Pills, I gost some an elt better from the first. Continue se entirely cured me." 60c, at all dealers. Foster-Milbur o., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y. OCAL CONTRIBUTORS PLEASE NOT] A weary Australian editor one rote the following for the benefi ? his "constant readers": t the Molten Hotel, in the Sulphuri Glade, rhere the temperature's nine-ninety eight in the shade, fiere's a thrice-heated chamber, duj out with a scraper, >r the fellow who writes on botl sides of the paper. "here the billows of brimstone de ' lightfully roar, nd the geysers their flaming re< cataracts pour, lere's a blistering bath, in a cauld ron of flame, ? *-u~ ii-Virk n?cr?Pft"Pr? f.o sicri JI II1C tltuiup miw 0. any name. i Saltpetre Avenue, close to the Pit 'here the vitriol reservoirs splutte and spit, here's a bed on the griddle tha never gets damp, repared for the chap who enclose no stamp. ?John 0'Londonrs Weekly. First Fly (on page;?My wore n't this just sweet? Second Flyhen stick to it.?London Answers. I? ATS Pit L4.TS DIE? Nfietaoin n o do mice, once they eat RA1 NAP. And they leave no odor be ind. Don't take our word for itry a package. Cats and dogs won ouch it. Rats pass up all food t et RAT-SNAP. Three sizes. 25c size (1 cake) enough fc lantry, kitchen or cellar. 50c size (2 cakes) for chicke Louse, coops, or small buildiners. $1.00 size (5 cakes) enough fc ii onH rmt.-hrnlHincs. storae til lanu Miiu vw <=y-9 ? wildings, or factory buildings. 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