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A NOTICE WILL BE SERVED ON
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
TO SHOW THEIR COLORS.
BARRETT
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Petition Concrete to lacraoao . Mas*
?Him Loan Uador Farm Lata BUI "
From 110,000 to fM^OQ.
Washington. ? With the apoint*
ment of a committee o t seve^ promin
ent farm organisation leaders to dra*
up a platform.'* American farmed
as represented in the national heard
of farm organisationa, served notice
on present and prospective presiden
tial candidates that he isr determined
to participate actively lr. the coming
campaign. ?
The .piatform will comprise quee
tions designed to bring oat munis*
takably the attitude of each candi
date open matters which agriculturists
consider of paramount Importance.
C. S. Barrett, of Georgia, president '
of the National Farmers' union, wa
named as chairman of the commit
tee.
The conference adopted resolutions
asking the early appointment of an
American delegate to the Interna
tional Institute of
Rome to
approved the
storing to
lective buying end
?d
Santa Fe,
Meted ratification of
?tan suffrage amendment
leo is the'-thiity eecofad state
LOIR PRICES ON
MEAT WED FOR
TO INVESTIGATE THE BOOKS OF
RETAIL MEAT DEALER8 TO
ASCERTAIN PROFITS*
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WHOLESALERS PRICE REDUCED
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General Palmer Says That%Meat*
Have Steadily Fallen For Three .
Month* Without Reduction)
Chicago. ? Retail meat dealer* j
throughout the country muet
their prices u the wholesale price of
Meat' declines or else submit their
took* to federal agents for iDreatiga
tics of their profits
This definition of the government's
attitude was announced by. Attorney
General Palmer. Instructions to serve
the notice on all retail meat dealers
have been sent to every United
States district attorney he said.
"*,or thrfee months
.has been falling,"
"The retail dealers have claimed
their, supplies were old stock par
chased at the higher prices. The old
stocks should be exhausted by this]
time, and unless the price to the con
sumer comes down we will have to
look into the question of the dealers'
profits.*
ADMIRAL NICHOLAS HOJtTHY
NAMED REGENT OF HUNGARY.
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
IS TO SPEND 125,000,000. i
Chicago.? The Armour Institute of j
Technology announced pleas virtually
were complete for"* erection of new
buildings to cost 126,600,000. A new
site of 80^ acres, it was said, would
be purchased.
A FORMER MCMI
FOUR TIMES Rl
One Hundred and Seventeenth "Unt
ted fittes tafintty. of thi? mettcm. hsi
received three photographs of hit owr
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NEW WORLD
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PROGRAM DEVISED
BYCHUKCHB8
By S. CARL TAYLOR
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DR. a. t*RL TAYLOR,
General Secretary Interchureh WorM
If Cirist, on tlie day He was bera,
fcad started oa a tour to preach la
eve^y village la India, He' would stlU
aave 30,000 mate to visit.
We now believe we hare found a
way by wbtch the leaders of the ProV
eetant churches can ait around, a.' com
mon table and bare the Christian pro
gram of the entire world laid betorr
anng vritn a ctmpajgn oc tou
MEW RAILROAD ACT DOES NOT
; l?L?A3E RAILWAY "WORKERS
OR UNION LABOR HEADS;
p ?f the Promoted Arbltratloh
ij Would Destroy Discipline
?nd Lead to Gheos. '
Magton. ? Organized railroad
r? and union labor in central,
C the ro drafted railroad reorgan*
i bill to be destructive or
res' constitutional privileges and
a, called on Congress to defeat
i as lire in its entirety.
memorial, addressed to the pec
tho United States, as weU as
[at the financial return (it in
subverts Us principles of
??01*r?K#aki?hi8 provision,
aortal holde, would constitute
indonment of government for
imon loodh&i establishment
eianeatyte private interest,
j Ions efjtbe measure tor arbi
of disputes are attacked i>e
! tbe manner in jrhich the spe
ttration boards would be con
land because of the way .in
ley would operate.
arbitration boards, including
T.
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1 PRESIDENT GOES TO W0?*
W AN EARUf MORNING HOUR.
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rtsbtasttm.? president Wilson has
covcd to much. Bter Admiral
yiou, bis ptjnlolJUi, Mid,- that he
8 to work In hi? study evtry morn
.
ION* PREPARE YO DE M AN D
ttftPPED BY
LACK 0F_
fHE CAMPAIGN AGAINST THF
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HIGH C08T OP LIVING NOT
WHOLLY UNSUCCESSFUL.
LOWER PRICES NOT GENERAL
Hostile and Barren. Congress Net Only
Fails to Give Support to Wlson
But Offers No Plan of Ita Own.
Topeka, Kan.? The campaign against
the high coat of living has* not been
unsuccessful and, although there baa
been no general lowering of prices to
the container there has been marked
tendency toward it, Attorney General
A.Mitchell, Palmer declared in an ad
dress before the Kansas .Democratic
club here. That more pronounced re
sults hare not been realized Mr. Palm
er attributed to what he considered a
lack- tf cooperation between the leg
islative and executive branches.
has been, tapdlcapped by a hostile and
barren congress/ the attorney general
said. "Not 'Only has Congress refused
to support the president in his plans,
but Jt. has failed to offer any plans of
Its own."
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KNC OF THE BJRLQIAN8 <
TO' Vt81T RIO JANEIRO
Rio Janeiro. ^Announcement la
made that Albert, King of the Pel
giaik Win visit this cityin June,.,
Solumbia, S. C.? Lieut. B; m. May
Bard-, -the "flying pal-son," is . -at, the
hospital at Camp Jackson,, under ob- J
cervr.tion for Infiuoaga'and bfe
likely be at the hospital for seveii' I
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farm Council .wants loan
>: OF $20,000,000 IN CANADA.
Park-It has been decided by the j
city council of Paris to float a muni- ?
ctpal loan of i|20.000,000 ;?! in Ciinatb.
[The proceeds xn' to be used for thto
purchase of foodstuffs dad other, e?
? ?iW ?? market ?
to thQvCanadian axiar^ec. : >i
OKA?H TAKES WA8HINQTQIJ? ^
* WBOPgUTAN WUd jW
WaiUi(tm.-((tlor Kaymoiid .W
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SSPiAj$-<?iL^k: " ' J
) enable raitfd mobili
jotor transport re
rariouB stafeea to the"
highways transport .
?*S* .advisable *r
' OEQRte DOCTO
CON#l?W6DdN
FEDERAL BOARB TO
PRESENT WAQES OF RAILROAD
WORKERS ARE TO CONTJNUt
UNTIL SEPTEMBER.
TO BE NO RATE REDUCTIONS
Rates of Carriage as Well as Wa^tf
of Operatives Are Sought to be
Stabilised In the New RtH.
Washington. ? Wages established by
the railroad administration during the
war would continue in affect until
iSteptember 1, under the railroad re*
organization bill, the conference re
pert on which was presented In the
j:faoiue and senate.
?-"Under the wage prevision, pay of
railroad workers would be stabilized
at the present levels for six months
after the rail properties are returned
to private control and operation. The
bill, hb reported, also seeks to st?
Mltee rates ft* -the J?* time, pro
fading that, prior .to . September 1, no
Tatee may be reduced unlee* approval
of the interestAte commerce commie
lion is obtained.
. The restriction on wage Increase?
wa& looked- tipen with special intir
est by members of Congress, railroad
officials arJ union#lea&ers In view of
the recent demands of the more than
,1,000,000 railroad workers for an ad*
|Vi?c?, in payl.^ ^ :;,jy ? '? \ _ ?
\ In the belief that a wage commis
sion would be empowered to take ?p
their the >i
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; : r^ylenna.? Systematic -yandaiism and
robbery in iameteries has led to de
mandB; for rpoliCe.protectibiL. Newspa
pers say graves and vaults have been
daepolled, articles of the slighteet
yalue stolen and coffins smashed for
firewood. ' * I
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THE "MAD MULLAH" ESCAPES
>ROM TANKS AND AIRCRAFT
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London.? Tie combined operation*
of tlie Brtti?k and Italian* with tanks
In Afcywlkia hara *??> T?y sttcoew*
tented ant . tha operatic!#* been
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rtCKtBS ARE |0T,'r0 ?Wji0L*J
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atapi^wltk (department of Justice offi- -
;ciala to complete detaUi of the agreed'
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