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-THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS, SATUKDAY, AUGUST 16. 1919.
investigations and congressional
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WrKer Says Anti-Talk Sounds Uke “Profiteer^ Propaganda. To the Editor of Tbo Hetrs:
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who are kicking about tee vegetables by weignt urt are peddlers or at tee market, for the testimony in favor erf teat could be offered srhen the present law uany peddlers quit the that they could not compelled to sell by had degenerated into of frauds. So many nd market people and 1 become so adept at and vegetables in that way of
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were fraud ufhat swindle sr&rs:
“short" measures
and collected by the tespecanother eloquent testimony against that method of selling
Just now the opportunity to base the price on a smalf unit no doubt often helps an unfair dealer to camouflage .“!■ feTS-SSSbr;
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instead of Vy our antiquated and abme Jf weighing the grain, or else, and then calculating the ihels or fractions thereof, weight Is a great improve ~ not go back to that ai-
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PALMER IMS NO M IN AiNG IN OHIO FIGHT
80 PER CENT. INCREASE IN LIVING COST SINCE 1914. REPORT SHOWS
in Los Angeles, and 134 per cent, in San
Francisco and Oakland, Cat *
Smaller increases In housing, fuel, light and miscellaneous items lowered the general average increase, general
percentages being as follows:
Portland, Me., 74; Boston, 72; New York. 7»; Philadelphia. 7S; Baltimore, St; Norfolk, *f; Savannah, 79; Jacksonville. 74; Mobile. 7«; Houston. SP; Portland, Ore.. »: Seattle. 74; Los Angeles.
Marriage Licenses.
Herscheil Conner. 1*. and Eva U Finch. 14. Merreil W Bain. Ms. and Hasel E. Peter*Ado’tph H. Mutschler. S, and MQdred T. George H. Baiun. 33, and Harriett* H. Man-
ning, 25.
, _ „ _ . _ ., . ^ - Herbert E. Hays, S3, and Geneva E. Cox, j«5?, 72.J>etroit! M; CleveSS, 77. and | “ EmiJ A.^Leppert. a. and Tbeto. Grey. Mi
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Atlanta, 23; Birmingham, 13; Cincinnati, 31; Denver, S; Indianapolis, 21; Kansas City, »; Memphis, 24; Minneapolis, 18; New Orleans, 20; Pittsburg, M; Richmond, 23; St. Louis, 17, and Scranton, 2.
DAILY VITAL STATISTICS.
WASHINGTON, August IS.-General increases of about » per cent, in tee cost of living is the period from December. 1314, to Jane, 1313, were shown m tables made public here today by tee department of labor. The tables were based on investigations in representativs dUes over the country . In every instance greatest increases were recorded in tee prices of clothing
n1 nri^hrmfTiIr ^ 00 r-,^rr^ffrr th* j pTer*i‘~’~ i Emu A. l^eppen, ZK mna xaeim*
fy mm 1 Buffaio * **• j William A. Britton, ». and Carrie B. H.
stiow general average indwases of about 1^0 P**- o** Two Items In Indianapolia. I ^ and Etnora Bakes-. V. 2B per cent. ' • . I In all instances the increases in doth- | Marten E. Hamilton, 3, and Margaret D.
Total increases In the two items of j { nx prices were greater than in any I Webb. 18.
Mogul V. McKeigban. 22. and Basel G.
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items went up 125 per cent, to Detroit, j Atlanta. 4®; Birmingham. 29; Cincin- ««>«* —- 126 per cent. In Cleveland. 149 per cent, inati, 48; Denver. 53; Indianapolis, 46;
to Buffalo. 193 per cent, to Portland. ! Kansas City, 44;
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otaj Increases to tee two items of? tof prices id and clothing, without considenr.g (other Item, ter Hems to family budgets, showed J Percentag
and Mabel Humphrey, 580 K. Lynn.
George and Teye Meyer, 3359 Robson, girl. Ernest and Jessie Bell, 460 Arnolds, boy. William and Katie McPeek. 132 W. Pratt.
girt.
Robert and Irene Gardner. 14M Mill. boy. Reginald and Katherine Murphy, 511 N.
pftal, boy.
Herbert and Margaret Beckman. Methodist
Rosa Schulmeyer, Methodist hos-
h<*?«sL boy. Hermann ■
and Marie Renine. Methodist hoa-
Pltsl. boy.
Arnold and Goldie Tuttle. 543 Fulton, boy. L. E and Smith. 913 N. Keystone, girl. Death Returns. Paul William Coat, ten days. 434 N. Dear-' born, premature birth. Leander L. Louis, M years, 733 K. Alabama,
senility.
Genera Creasly. 23 year*. Ill N. Traub, pulmonayy, tuberculosis Thomas «. Neilan. St. Vincent * hospital, acute dilatation of heart.
AlUe Walker, 24 years. 514 Fulton, pulmonary tuberculosis. Frank Dorricott. 34 yeara, city hospital, broken neck, accidental. John Dobratan, S3 years, city hospital, chronic myocarditis Lydia Ream, 61 years, city hospital, faw embolism. James E. Sxaubbs, 71 years, Methodist hospital, promtsUc hypertrophy. Emma Lucas, «7 years, city' hospital, pulmonary tuberculosis. Virginia Stanton Doles, 71 year*. 2948 N. Illinois, organic heart disease. rbsrie. K Shore, S2 year*. Deaconess hospital, cirrhosis of liver. Building Permits. J. H. Ward, garage, 847 N- California; 8400. John SUtn. remodel. 2401 W. McCarty, 8300. J. T. Davis, remodel. 927 W. Thirty-fourth, Hg. Ards Kncx, garage. 084 E. Twenty-fourth. $248W. K. Gearen, dwelling. 410* Guilford. 85.400. Adam Grcsskapp. garage. 2328 Park, *16*.
Gertrud* L. Jackson, remodel, 93 W. Twan-ty-sixth, 8300. H. W. Hoffmnyer, garage, 714 N. Highland. its. ^William D. Sima repairs, 3014 Jackson, blank Rude, garage. 40 N. Oakland. *75. M. Goldberg, addition, 947 8. Capitol, $50. J. A. Ham, furnace. 162* E, Raymond. 885. °\ E - Undermuth, remodel, 623 N. PennsylChris Baumbaek. remodel, 3926 Rookwood, O. B. Ball, remodel. 1119 Hoyt. *900. Martin C. Moore, garage, 3330 Brookaide Parkway. *200. Matt Matthews, rspnodel. 272* N. Illinois, 8150. , O. We’ther. remodel, 11S2 Evison. *200. H. E. Hall, garage. 3026 N. New Jersey; 9200. v The Seaside Structure. A man onc*__built his house on sand. • be -'ei-M.n-s said it would not stand. He let It out as a hotel And he ts doing rath*g well.
William R. Harrison. 2*. and Lena M. R.
Egoo, m SO»«. jSSy | °Si£.t Edloston. ». ^ A S«r. York, 135 per cent' in ftotodei- 45; Richmond, 42; St. Louis, 39, and \ I3 Geort< . Zimmerman, 28, and Ada G. Wool- |
phla, 121 per cent, to Baltimore, 194 per \ Scranton
cent, to Norfolk. 144 per cent, to vannah, 123 per cent, to Jacksonville, 5<3
ton. 19.
Aa in the case of the longer period, the
, general percentages were somewhat per cent, in Mobile, US per cent, in bv «H~Wr Increases in the cost 8am Houston, Tex.. US per cent, to Portland, of other neceasariea j boy. Ore.. I» per cent. In Seattle. 12* per cent. Genera! increase percentages follow: Earl
Birth Returns.
Samuel and Josephine Curry, 1857 Barth, and Revs Doan. 2246 Columbia, girl. !
IEDIATE PROSECUTING PLANNED FOR HOARDING.
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uthoritles and the federal g t has bd»n planned in the fight
high cost of living,
nal prosecutions will he started, was said, if It can be ahown teat food* were held from the market he purpose of boosting prices Ofs here were inclined to think that long period of storage indicated other reason than an effort to thq abundant supplies of a proseuson over the lean part of _ on a telegram from Governor ittog that a Cleveland concern In to escape possible prosecution for [ was moving its meat products touses to Chicago and destroyIts records, the department of jusordered the district attorney at nd to look Into the matter immeAll attempts to effect trans-
.... goods In storage, officials said,
would be summarily dealt with,
Setxure of large stocks of foodstuffs to storage continued with reports received of libels filed at Cleveland and Detroit, and preparations for sdeh action in many cities. The department was 'Informed thap the district attorney at Detroit had filed libels In three cases
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GOODS SEIZED BY AG|NTS WAB*IHUTOS| AugMM Histructions sent dut late yesterday to rt attorneys in OWo te aasiet GovCox to the selsure of largs quanof food held in storage. It Is that close co-operation between authorities and the federal gov-
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