FOOD CONTROL IS PUT UP TO SENATE GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF PRO DUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION - IS PROPOSED. ? ASKS FOR AN APPROPRIATION S*cr*tory Houston In Cemmujtlcatlan With Senat* Asks For *26.000,000 to Put Plan Into Operation.?Wanta to Fix Pricsa. Washington. ? Tha Government's program tor food control during the , war was put before Congress by Sec retary Houston in a communication to til* Senate asking power for the Department of Agriculture to take direct supervision of food production and dlatrlbution in the United States and requesting a 126,000,000 appropri ation for putting the plan Into opera tion. Authority waa as tod for the Council of National Defend In aa emergency, to bny a%d aell foodstuffs and to ftx minimum or maximum prices. As outlined to the Senate, the Gov ernment's plan la first to make a com plete survey of the country's food supply to determine its ownership and distribution, then If necessary to license and control the operations of all concerns engaged In the manufac ture of foods or feeds, agricultural Implements and all materia)* required for agricultural purposes Authority la sought for the Agricultural Depart ment to take over and operate the concerns If it appear* at any time that course is demanded by the public In terest. Giving the Government power to deal directly in foodstuffs probably would make Its application unneces sary, Secretary Houston declared, as Its very existence would tend to keep conditions normal Market grades and classes for farm producta. Secretary Houaton said. Is one of the chief needs of the country to Insure proper condi tions In producing and marketing farm .products. Authority also was asked for t^e Department to require of transporta tion companies preference for the movement of farm machinery, seeds, fertilisers and materials that enter into the processes of food production. The Department wishes to allow Its market service division to assist in obtaining rerouting of foodstuffs to relieve congestion on transportation lines. ? In Its plan for an investigation of the present food supply, the Agricul tural Department has arranged for the help of the Federal Trade Com mission. which, with the Department, was directed by President WUson early In the year to make an inquiry to ascertain the amount of food stocks and determine if the anti-trust laws hava been violated In food produc tion. storage and distribution. Am soon as Congress makes .the necessary ap propriation for this specific inquiry, the Trade Commission will proceed. Some officials believe the Trade Commission has enough power to make unnecessary the use of extreme legislation In regulating the control of food, although additional powers should be given for an emergency. Officials of all Departments and divisions of the Government realise that the facts of the situation exist ing must be learned before remadies can be planned. STEADY PROGRESS BEING MADE BY THE FRENCH Driving Back Germans in Soissons and Rhelms. Steady progress Is being made by French troops In driving back the Germans in the regions of Soissona and Rhelms. In a new offensive, the French also have entered the German second line In the Argonne forest. Ger man counter attacks on the Vauclere plateau, south of Laon, have been re Julsed. Since the beginning of the French offensive last Monday, more than 19. ttOO Germans have been taken prison ers. Guns captured exceed 100, not Including machine guns. OFFICIAL ROUTE OF BANKHEAD HIGHWAY. Birmingnam. aii.? ine duicuu ivuiv of the Bankhead Highway from Vub Ington. D. C., to Little Rock, Ark., will be Melcted by a pathflnding commit tee, which will make the trip In the next 30 days. the Bankhead Highway Association In convention here de cided. Points _to be reached by the Bankbead Highway Include Lynch burg. Va, ReldsTllle. Greensboro and Charlotte. N. C , Atlanta, Oa.. and Holly Springs. Tenn MANY GERMAN8 IN THE COUNTRY ARC BEING WATCHED. Washington.?Approximately 3.000 -'Gertpan residents of the United States are under close surveillance. Depart ment oT Justice officials announced, because of their activities In behalf of the German Government The De partment's field force of officers Is keeping so close a watch upon the suspects that it would be possible' to arrest virtually every man under sue plcloa within 14 hours. CELEBRATE AMERICA'S ENTRY I INTO GREAT WORLD WAR. London.?The entry of the United Mates into the world war on the side of the Entente Allies was celebrated la St. Paul's Cathedrtl King George aad Queen Mary aad numerous men here of the Royal household, the may ors of the 21 boroughs of London, dressed In their official robes of scar let peers. Cabinet Mlnletere. the Am uaaeadors and Ministers of the en tente countries, with their sulfa were preeenL NATION'S BUSINESS MOST KEEP GOING HOWARD ?. COFFIN WARM* THE NATION ORCAT DANGER OF ILL-ADVWED ECONOMY. TIME TO oral THROTTLE WKmIi Must ?? Kept Turning.? Prosperity I* NnM More fo War time .Than In Poaee Say National Defence Council. ? 1 Washington.?Warning to the nation against a real danger in hysterical an* ill-advised economy and interference' with normal pursuits of the people. Is j given by Howard E. Coffin, of the Ad-' Tlsory Commission of the Council of I National Defense, in a statement Just made public. Just returned from a trip through several Middle Western States. Mr. Coffin dsplores the fact that condi tions of unemployment and close fac tories should arise as ? result of in dlscriminatlve efforts, public and private, toward war time economies. "After nearly three years of re fusal to take the European war and Its lessons seriously." Mr. Coffin said, "we suddenly launched forth in a most feverish actlclty to aave the country overnight. Patriotic organi sations almost without number are milling around noisily, and while in tentions are good, the results are oft en tar from practical. "Because of an Impending and pos sible shortage of foodstuffs, we have hysterical demands for economy In every line of human endeavor. Waste \ Is bad, but an undlscriminatlng econ omy is worse. "Some states and municipalities are , stopping road building and other , public work General business Is be ing slowed down because of the emo tional response of the. trading public to these misguided campaigns for economy; savings are being with- , drawn from the banks; reports show , that some "people have begun to hoard food Applies and thousands of worker* are being thrown needlessly out of employment. All this Is wrong. "We need prosperity In wartime even more than when we are at peace. We need more business, not less. There is real danger in hysteria. In discriminate economy will be ruin ous. Now is the time to open the throttle. N "It seems to me, therefore, that a plain statement of general policy is most desirable. "Upon the industrial side of the war three great problems, or per haps I should better say tasks, con front us. "First and foremost, we must fa cilitate the flow of raw material* and finished products to our Allies and must provide the means of rail and water transportation therefor. "Second we must meet our own great military and naval building schedule*. "Third, we must plan te do all this with the least poeslble disarrange- ( ment to our vast commercial and { industrial machines. i "Through It all w* must keep a close eye upon the poeslble condi tions of peace following the present war. We must insure the business nrocess and general prosperity of the | country during the war, If we are to hold our present strong place among nations In the commercial compe tition of the future." ALL PARTY LINKS WIPED OUT BY HOUSE COMMITTEE. Way* and Mean* Committee Coneltfer Method* of Railing War Revenue. Washington.?With party lines ob literated, the entire membership of the House Ways and Means Committee began consideration of method* for I raising new revenue with which to I meet this country's share of the war expense. The Initial problem will be the raising of approximately 13.000, 000,000 to meet half of the estimated cost of ths first year of war, for which ceriflcatea of Indebtedness soon are to be issued. The committee also probably will lay a ground work for the collection of such other part of the war cost that Congres may determine Is to come from direct taxation. Careful consideration will be given , to a list of suggested sew sources of taxation sent to tbe committeemen last Bandar by Secretary McAdoo af ter conference with various members of the Administration. Ha suggested tbe ratline of about 11,800.000,000 from various sources. Including In come excess profits. liquor, etc. His list will meet wltb strong objection In many Instances. SIX ARC KILLED BY tXPLOSION ON FILM*. Indianapolis. Ind.?Biz parsons are dead and a score of others ara suf fering from minor Injuries aa a result of a lira wblch la thought to have re sulted from an expioelon of moving picture Alms In tba office of a tin ex change In the Colfax office building and apartment house In the downtown district hare. Forty persona were In the building whea the expioelon fol lowed by a wave of teasee, occurred and a score of women ware hurt. PKRMIMION GIVEN RAILROAD* TO INCRKAM THIIR RATI*. Washington? All railroads were graated tentative perm lesion by the Interatata Commerce Commlsalon to Die supplement tariffs Incraaalng freight rates generally It par cant effective June 1, next. In thle manner, the commission dlspoeed of the quae lion of procedure la dealing with the application of the roads In every seo tlon for general Increases The com mission's order Is teaUtlve. subject to recall or chaage. < UNITED STATES BaiIIESHIP ARKANSAS ? UNITED STATES SUBMARINE L-3 WAR FIMXCE BILL PISSES WENT THROUGH ON RECORD TIME WITHOUT A DISSENT ING VOTE. Immense War Cheet Available at One*,?(3,000,000,000 For Alllaa and Remaining ?4,000.000,000 For This NatlBn's Conduct of War. Washington.?The war' Bnance bill, providing for issuance of 17,000,000, OOO In securities, the largest single { war budget In any Nation's history, , was passed unanimously by the Sen ste. After seven hours ot discussion, the * Administration meastire, which was passed by the House and which provides for a loan to the Allies of $3,000,000,000,. was approved by the Senate, with few changes, In record time. The amendment may necessi tate a conference, or the Senate chang es may be accepted by the House. In either event, the executive branch of the Government, conduct ing the war with Germany will, with in a few hours, have authorisation for the great war chest at its dispo sition. To expedite action, the Senate ! appointed conferees to act, if the House should not, contrary to expec tations, accept the Senate changes. Of the 84 Senators present, every one, including all those who voted against war except Senator Lane, of Oregon, who was absent because of 111-, ness,? recorded himself in favor of providing the funds to prosecute hos tilities. Nearly all ot the 12 absen tees were ill. That in the inability of the Nation to supply man at once for the light ing line, money would be America's Immediate contribution to iter Allies, was the dominant thought expressed through the debate. Tew Senators participated in the discussion, which was totally devoid of partisan expres sion Every Senator speaking an nounced staunch intention to aid the Government in presecutlng the war to a speedy conclusion. Only two Senators, Borah and Cummins, de clared opposition to the propoeed al lied loans. A few favored raising a larger proportion by taxatiotf of the present generation and less upon bonds. Amendment! adopted by the Senate Include provlafona for limiting depos its o( proceeda from the bonds to banka to the amount aubacrlbed by the banka and their depoaltora; per mitting depoelt of proceeda in atate banka and traat companlea aa well aa Federal reserve banka; providing for exchange by aubecribere of the iafuea authorised for bnnda subsequently laaued. during the war, at a higher Intereat rate, requiring the Secretary of the Treaaury to report expend! turea of the bond proceeda, December 31, and annually thereafter; and ex empting the 92,000.000,000 of Treaaury Indebtedness certificates authorized from all taxation, except eatate and ?n haritance lerlea SUCCESSOR RECOMMENDED FOR COLONEL FIRST S. C. QUARO n Columbia. S. C ?Lieut. Col. Peter K McCuiiy, Jr., of Anderaon, was recommended by Governor Manning fdr appointment aa colonel of the Firat regiment. South Carolina National Guard, to succeed Col. E. M. Blythe of Greenville, reeigned. Tha recom mendation wae eent in a telegram from the governor to the secretary of war in accordance with paragraph three, cir cular II, War Department. 111*. Army Bill ta be Haetenefl Washington?Determined efforts to haaten action In Congreaa on the ad minlatratton'a war army bill with Ma ae(active draft provision, were begun by Preaident Wllaon and Secretary Baker They take the poeHion that farther delay will endanger tha war plana agalnet Germany. The presl dent dlecueaed the a It nation at length with Chairman Dent, of tha houee military committee and later called in Repreeentatlvee Maan and Lenroet. the RepahHcan leaders of the bona*. ' French Continue OWenelve. The great offeaal*e of the French forcea in the eowthern part of tha battle front ta Fraioe goee an en abated. aad haa reeulted la farther Important gal a a. a coatlnuatlen of which would menace the German front running from bona t? Solaaoaa Tuee day'a flgbtlng wltneaaed >an extenalon o fthe line of etuok well into the Champagne region, where evidence of Ita coming hed been pre*aged by daya of violent bombardment. . The attack of the French wy Irraalatlble. deaplte aaow and rain. WARNING AGJUNST TREASON BOMB PLOTTERS MAY NOW BE GRIPPED WITH LAW* IRON HAND. Reeldent Allan* m Wall aa Citizens Owe Allaglanaa to United States, Saye President.?Treaeen la Da fined. Washington.?All paraona in the Catted States, cltlsene and all ena. are warned In a proclamation laened by Prealdent Wllaon that treasonable acts or attempts to shield those commit ting such acts will be rigorously pros ecuted by the OoTernment. The proclamation defines treason, citing atatutaa, provlaloi.s of the Con stitution and decisions of the courts, and declares that the acta described will be regarded aa treasonable, whether committed within the bor ders of the United Statee or else where. Par-reaching Importance attaches to the direction of the warning to aliens and the declaration that "real dent aliens aa well as cltlzent owe allegiance to the United Statea" and therefore are equa^y subject to the laws against treaaon ai.d like crimes. Bomb plotters now may be gripped with an iron hand. _Not only are con spirators themselves subject to heary penalties, but any one. even a Ger man resident, who has knowledge of treasonable acta and falls to make known the facta to the authorities, may be aent to prlaon tor seven yean and fined 11,000 for misprision of trea son. EVERY POSSIBLE HONOR WILL BE ACCORDED VISITORS J^ashlngton? Major General Leon ard Wood, ranking officer of the act ive list of the armv, was designated to represent the military branch of the government on the committee which will welcome to 'the United States the distinguished British war commis sion headed by Foreign Minister Bal four. ? The selection of General Wood Is in line with the administration's plans for according every possible honor to the high rank and notable character of Great Britain's commissioners The state department Is represented on the committee by Breckenrldge Long, third assistant secretary; the navy by Rear Admiral Fletcher, of the general board, and Commander E. F. Sellers, and the army by General Wood and Col. R. E.