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Ptdbrtl Admtniatrgtor Points Out Unfaimeaa of Plan and Indoreea Coat-Plua Mattiod. The atatement of Harry E. Barnard, federal food adrolnlatrator for Indiana. that the practice of retailers fixing pHces on merchandise at the preeent replacement value, rather than on a cost-plus basts, haa provoked much diacuaaion and baa occasioned tha receipt of many letters from various parts of tha state. He aald that the letters indorsing his assertion came entirely from consumers, whlla retailers themaelves voiced the protesta against what they declare tbs *^Breuionableneas’‘ of the food adifflnlsirator's attitude on the subject.
nard, “and 1 am not surprised that there should be a general deairs to reap the benefit of the advancing market on the part of merchanu who have stocked up with lower priced tetsrehandiae “ 1« rep^ to a letter of protest from H. W. way. a merchant of 'Wawaka. Hoble county. Mr. Barnard wrote is part ae follows, on the practice of seiltag at replacement values rather than coat' *Tt the purchaser, the manufacturer, the tebber, the wholesaler and the recalmr all sell their stocks on raS aeamant values, where will it final- ^ end*? In the opinion of economists, who know more about the matter than I do, the dealer who takes repiaoement prices for his stock is a profiteer Take for Instaace your stock of coffee which you purchased expecting to retail it at a profit, at tb cents. By what law ef business have >ou any right to sell the coffee at 69 cents just because the market advaaoed^ Tou rnty that unleas you sell the coffee for ad cents you can not rsnlaes it. since the money you would take In. were the sale of stock at a fair prie^ would not restock your a^dvee. In other words, you are aakoig your customers to furnish you the eapitsl «B srhfch to do business. Did they do this when you first opened your store'' It it not a fact that you Dorrowsd the money at the bank or took It from your savings'* Tbs saibe law holds today, if mors capital Is ueedsd In business. It should be obi^ed atthe bank and not taken from igte peefcets of customers by way of f gsarnsd nrofita. I quite agree with cteAhat W9 rule ahould appy to the sritelesaisr and manufactarsr Jait as II 4bM tg tha rstallac.**
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sad had revealed beyond doubt that the group of Republican reservation advocates would Insist oh having the quaUflcatiOBS a part of ths ratification On the Democmtlc aide It was asssrtsd the move had accomplished its purpose by showing that the Democrats and a large number of Republicans stood for ratiflcstion with ressrvatlons
ttvtwu awg f«bwass.w%gwt9 waaas a wwws of ths ssms sort, differing only In the methods to bs pursued, and that textual amendmgftt of the treaty was out of
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ths question, Ths Democratic leaders indicated, however, they had no Intention of bringing the reMlution to a vote.
Aa to Economic Boyeottt.
It Is pointed out that both in the resolution. presented oy Senator pfttmann, and In ths reservation draft agreed on by seven Republicans, tbers was a provision regarding the eoouomic boycott, whkte, under an interpretation placed on the boycott by President Wilson, might
have far-reacbinf effects
In his White House conference Tuesday with ths foreign relations committee. the President said that while under the articles of the league covenant, reisting to the SMB of military force, the members would have only a moral obligation. and would be free to exercise judgment, "the breach of certain articles of ths covenant does bring on what I have designated as an automatto boycott, and in that ws would have no
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In the Pittmann reservations it is provldtd that ths economic measures “can only be carried out through the voluntary separate action of each of the respective governments," while ths Republican draft provides that failure of the congress to provide “such military or naval forces or economic measures." as sre provided for in the covenant, shall not constitute a violation of the treaty. The argument for the Egyptians Monday will bs mads by Joseph W. Folk, former governor of Missouri. Next Friday the Greeks and other mld-Sbro-pean peoples are to be heard, and next Saturday a seselon will be devoted to Irish claims William C Bullitt, another Versailtee adviser, probably will appear during the following week. GERMAN'S VIEW OF TREATY.
Former Minieter to Argentina Says Wilson Lott His Fight. BUENOS AIRES. August 23~BaroD von dem Bpsche Haddenhaus^n, former German minister to Argentina, in an interview published by the Buenos Aires Herald, a newspaper printed In English, says that ths indemnities provided for in the peace treaty will never be collected because they are so ridiculous and high that the league of nations will eventually annul or reduce them He declares that It is only a matter of time until Gktrmany will regain “her old place of supremacy." The baron characterises the peace treatv aa “U monstrosity" and “Imposition without precedent in history.” He asserts that Brasil is angling for German immigration and that the Argentine go%*emment "may offer inducements" but says that the number of immigrants from Germany will be much less than 1,000.000 as previously reported. "Germany has the greater part of her territory and moet of her mines" the baron continues, "and it will make no difference even if upper Sileaia is given to the Poles, because the SUesisn min« are owned principally by Germans " Responsibility for War. Regarding responsibility for the war, he declartei* "Behind the kaiser stood solidly the German people, which in consequence is the only party responsible for the acts of war." The baron disposes of President Ebert of Germany with the statement, "he is a capable enough fellow." He says the future government of Gkirmany is probiematical, but declares be is sure the monarchv will never be restored. “If food enough to feed the people is received, they will settle down snd there wUl be no danger of Bolshevism "
the baron says.
“W'hen Germany agresd to sign ths armis'i''e she based her acquiescence on President Wilson's fouteen princltiles. blit It is very manifest that these principles of the President if the t’nlted States were openly scoffed at in the pesos congress, for no trace of them can be found in the imposition now in
force.” he adds
Wilson Declared Weak.
“I am disappointed with President Wilson. He was not so strong of character as 1 imagined This was aimareat in the ease and lack of reeistanoe with which he surrendered to the pretensions of Uoyd George and Clemenoeau. who were able to defend the causes they presented with more vigor and shrewdness than President Wilson Wilson lacked the power necessary to give weight to his opinions in the coun-
cils of the alilee."
The baron frankly admits the effi-
ciency of ths blockade.
“Sevwi hundred and eighty thousand deaths before the armistice are directly traceable to the blockade," he asserts. “After the United States bi^n distribBtlag food the starvation toil dropped
to M.ttG monthly."
Aflieo Distrust Each Other.
In cloeing. the former minister says* “The effectiveness irf the league of nations depends entirety on how ft is handled. but as it stands today, it seems to be solely an entente instrument for keeping Germany down The plea of Secretary of War tetker for a bigger army te dtreetly <d>posod to the league’s
principles agato^
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“Orsai Britate'g
ths increasing of
Persia without notfying her allies indicates dtetfust of her allies, which, with the desire of the United Statee for a bigger army, brings out the dtetrust now existing among the allies. The Scapa Flow incident is approved by every German aa a bit of work well done. ••The controversy In the United States senate must not be taken seriously. It Is only party agitation to discredit President Wilson I know Senator Lodge well. He te one of the moat bitter antlGwmans !n the United States, ahd so would have no interest In fighting for a cause which might rwiult In advantage for Germany." SAY COTTON GOES TO SLAVS.
Kerr Steamship Officials Explain 2(MX)0 Balsa of Cotton in Hamburg. NEW ORLEANS. August ».~Offlcial8 of the Kerr steamship llns explained today that the cargo of tt.OOO bales of cotton leaving here on the steamer Waukegan, June 29, for Hamburg, and to which Senator Itell, In a speech in the senate yesterday, referred as going to Germany, was conslgmed for dteti^ution In the CJaecho-Slovak republic.
tei FAMINE STAGE
Continued from Fags One. Illinois reported that they saw in many lilinote jnrooers’ windows this week sugar offered to consumers in twentyflve^und lots This explains Mr, Wyokoff’s reference to lUlnoie in his telegram to the sugar equalisation board. PUBLIC SENTIMENT NEEDED.
Consumer and Fair Price Lisda May Hold Profiteer, Barnard Hopes. That "we can only hope to hold the profiteer In check by arousing public sentiment against him. and by publishing fair prices, giving the consumer a deflntte scale by which to measure purchases," was ths official word sent to Indiana federal food administrators by Harry E. Barnard, administrator for the state Mr Barnard gives this as the conclusion he reached following hte conference with Attorney-General A Mitchell Palmer and the federal food admlnietrators of New York, Connecticut and New Jersey, in New York. After expressing the hope that fair price committees have been organised generally over the state and are at work developing facts which In case they indicate me taking of unreaBonabie margins of profit, Mr. Barnard saya will be turned over to L. Ert Slack, United Statee district attorney, the Indiana food administrator adds* “Indiana’s duty In the present ^risls will, I take it, be the production of larger quantities of food than ever. Today’s papers quote Mr. Hoover as saying that conditions m Europe are appalling The people there depend on America to feM them. With this insistent demand for food, our exports can not diminish and our own stocks will be drained to the point where continued high prices must prevail for a long time unless immense crops ace made at the next harvest. “Our work is teerefore determined for us. We must, as best we may, stabilise economic cmidltions and at tee same time strain every energy to increase production." FLUCTUATIONS ENCOUNTERED.
Fair Price Board to Confine Work Now to Staple Articles. Because of the radical fluctuations in the prices of some commodities, the fair price committee, appointed by Stanley Wyckoff. federal food administrator for Marion county, will at first confine the fair price list to a number of staplea mostly fooda and coaL Members of the committee have expressed the belief that a helpful fair price list of such articles as beans rica butter, eggs, poultry, meat, bread, fruits and coal can be Issued, and it is understood that this will be done Other articles may be included in later lists In commodities on which quick and radical changes in price take place dealers pay various pricea One who bought a week or a month ago mar be selling at what another dealer must now pay. In such a case, it is pointed out that it would be difficult to Issue a fair price list that would command public confidence and at the same time not do Injustice to some of the retailera CARLOAD OF SUGAR SEIZED.
Own«r Arrested on Charge of Profitesring and Released on Bond. CHICAGO. August 21—Govsmment agents seised a carload of sugar after the arrtft yesterday of John Syma a sugar jobber, cbargsd with profiteering It is aUeged that he purehascd the sugar at IStt * hundred pounds and sold it to wholesalers at tt2 2S. Ths arrest of 6yme was the fourth fn the federal district attorney's campaign against sugar speculatora Syme was relsseed on
ILOOO bond.
According to the dtetrict attorney, the sugar at one time was owned by the John F Campbell Company, whose president snd treasurer recently were
charged with profiteering. More Modern Make.
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Continued from Pagg Ono. . treaty was very far fetched and nothing to do with the cost of liv-
"The law conferring upon the President the right to prohibit profiteering and hoarding was given to him away back in August. 1917. Congress anticipated that such a condition as exists might anise and early gave the Prwldent authority to cope with it. This bill gave him all the authority tlmt is Included In the bill we are passing today except that hte authority is sUghtiy enlarged But the President nas wsited a long, long ‘ time to put that
law into execution
* Aboenco Blocked Whtole. * "The fact te that he was not hsre to do anything and when appeals wsrs made to subordinates in chargs of the various bureaus, the reply would come back that we would have to wait until
the chief returned
"Not until July 29. hurt, on which day a resolution calling for an Investigation of war department expenditures was passed, did this administration awaken to the fact that ample laws were upon the statute books to gst aftsr the high cost of living problem Under this resolution demand was made upon the administration to release MOO,000,000 worth of previsions that were being hoarded by the government itself "Public sentiment was so aroused by the fscts that the administration was forced to put government-owned food on the market and the department of Justice. acting under our act of August. 191T, began instituting such steps to
stop profiteering.
“Now that the Preildent Is hmne, let us hope that he applies himself more to home affairs and Isss to European
politics.”
President in Conference. Indication of the cloee interest with which President Wilson )te following every move in the fight on high prices was given yesterday in a long conference he held with Attorney-General Palmer and Director-General Hines The conference was arranged by Mr. Itelmer. who declined to discuss what had been under consideration. Mr Palmer also was in conference with the senate agricultural and subcommittee considering amendments to the food control act The committee wished to have the amendments define 'reasonable price and just profits," but no agreement was reached. It was regained likely that this phase of the congressional share in curbing profiteers was put before President Wilson by the ettomey-generaL , Mr Palmer telegraphed Governor Bmith, of New Yorit that Special Assistant United States Dtetrict Attorney Henry Aguiler would be assigned to Investigate the New York milk situation WOMEN TO CHECK UP PRICER.
Much Food ReiesMd in New York
After Threats to Prosecute.
NEW YORK. August 23.-Thousands of pounds of food stored in New York city have been released for consumptioh aa a result of threats by agents of the United States attomsjr's office that jail sentences would result it they continued to hold the goods, it was lesmed today. Earl B Barnes, asstetaat dtetrict attorney, declined to make public
the names of dealers Involved
Mr Barnes said that his office preferred to put food Into circulation rather than to prosecute hmirders and profiteers, but dealers who refused to rriesse food held for higher prices
would be vigorously prosecuted
The sale of surplus army foodstuffs at city school buildings has far exceeded expectations, officials of the department of public markets said. Crowds have overwhelmed the sales forces, and trucks have been unable to cart the food fast enough to meet the demand It teprobable that more school storM will be opened next week Experts estimate that 60.000 pounds of food will be sold. Army bacon has been the article most in demand. About 96 per cent of the
purchasers have been women
Mrs Charles C Rumsey, chairman of the subcommittee of tbe fair price committee. today commenced active work of organising 60.000 women investigators In 4,000 women’s organisations to watch
and check prices of retail dealers.
Prominent Brooklyn retail butchers art perfecting details for organlslM a corporation with a capital stock of leOO. 000 to deal direct with cattle deaiera Those back of the project say that by this method prices of meats will be ma-
terially reduced.
PALMER POINTS WAY OUT.
Continued from Page One. mfton. aa they expressed it, to obtain from ths government and have the troops taken away, and the agitators are urging the men to hold out ants this committee retuma About Lite persons still are on strike. Wl^ tbe gates were opened at the plant for those who wished to go to work there was not as mu<4i of a demonstration as there wee yesterday i nmmtag. The troofis did not have to' dear the sidewalks as they bad previonMy. A lad. who sat at the foot of a telephone pole Friday and exdianged sigBate with jackets on bicyctes and motorcyelsa. was gone. Tbe pickets were as plentifu] as ever, and the chief plckeL whose badge office was a bouquet of flowers, carried red roees Instead of flowers be had ptefced st the roadsida The strikers, as a rule, remained at their homes, atttlng on porches or at windows and tbe doorways, and back yards srere full of womm and children. There was no scowling snd sneering at the soldiera and the women, who made eo mucrti trouble last sreek. seemed resMgned to the tseritsble snd had made up thrir minds to accent the situation as it te snd not to try any issues with Che eoMiers and police. The whole trouble sons had an atmosphere of peace and quiet, better than aay time during the last six weeka Pollcg on Hind Earty. The police and patrol wagons were on hand early in the morning, but they were not needed. Tbe force of police was reduced to two-lhirds sad the men sent beck to their regular poets, subject to quick call if they were needed. "The night was the quietest one 1 ever passed," declared Major D. Wray OePrea. In command last nIghL “we did not even see a prowler, and after Id o'dlock the reglim around the plant was like e city <rf the dead The only moving thing was the soidien." “1 tetnk all violence te st an end.” declared General Smith. “There will be no attempt at interference on tbe part of the etrikera They are sattefi^ that the troops mean buclneM and they will not take any chances and 1 hope that the situation will soon be so Ironed out that there wiU he no rioting after the troops lesim. 1 feel very much encouraged and It looks now as If our stey win be very murii Miortened." The strikers held a demoiwtratlon late Friday night which called tbe troegn to arma but which was not marked by any outbreak. Previously Mr. Felck. the fedtoal labor mediator, had sddreaMd the men at a meeting at Sharpshooters’ grove In an effort to adjust difflcultiea Start Toward Plant After the meeting 800 of the strikers formed In line and started in the direction of the Standard plant General Smith at (Mice ordered Companies D and E, of Indlanapolia. Company I. of SheibyviUe, and Company M. of Attica, in command of Major Brandt Downey, of Indianapolis, to take possession of streets in Uie vicinity of the plant, not to permit the marchers to come within two squares of the property, and to charge them if they offered aay rio-
lence
The marchers, as they turned into the south end of Columbia avenue, saw the mlllUsmen drawn up to receive them and swung into a side streeL thus avoiding the military. They marched some distance, but did not make any hostile demonstration, and were not interfered with by the soldiers or police. It was the first large demonstration made by the strlkteu since the troops got here and for a few minutes caused considerable excitement about the plant and the Lyndora hotel. In which some of the officials of the company, foremen snd officers of the rntUtla are quartered, which was one of the objective points in the propcMMd line of march Because of this demonstration the- troops lined alu>ut the main gate of the plant, through which 100 men and women had returned to work In the morning and through whlchMhey left when they quit hro attempt was made to molest ths workers. A number of pickets on bicycles and motorcycles awaited two or mors blocks away as the workers came out. They were placed in aotomobUes an taxicabe and taken home. Large army buseee filled with soldiers fcdlowed them through the districts where the strikers llva Reports that the men and women who went to work are strike
breakers are untrua Guard Around Hotel.
A guard of fifty men in command of Lieutenant Charles O. Wegby, Company D, IndianiqjoUs. was placed about the Lyndora hotel late Friday afternoon This was done because of a report that an attempt would be naade to dynamite tbe building tonight General Mhith placed no credit In the report but would take no chaacea The Lyndora is a five-story building .constructed by the Standard company to house their hteit skilled workmen and foremen when tne company obtained a $100,000,000 war cem-
tract
At present there are about 200 guests, including officers and a number or women and children The dlsturban(jas last week took place in the vicinity of the hotel, which is about two blocks from the plant and on the company's property. The guests were greatly alarmed, fearing an attack at that time. A squad of city police was also Placed on patrol about the hotel. Lieut, wesby ordered bis men to shoot all prowlers discovered about the grounds and to fire on any person who did not stop when commanded to do so, but no untoward incident developed. - TELEPHONES TO OFFICE.
GROCERS GEFUGETOBUY INOaNAWAIERMELONS
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would be better to have others on the committee A meeting of some of the members of tbe cHimraittee was held yesterday but no complaints of profit-
eering were received
Comparison of prlcmi here and elsewhere in tbe last few days have Indicated that commodities here are '^.1****.*' mnny cases than in other cities la this part of the state.
End* Lafayette Inquiry.
ISpeetoJ te Tbe Indtsaaeoiie Newel LAFAYETTE, Ind., August tt-With
the exception of possible Isolated cases of aUeged pixffiteertng. which may be tejported and oi^ed investigated. Ctecar
General Smith Thinks Troops May Leave Hammond Coming Week. Harry B Smith, adjutant-general of Indiana, in a teleidione conversation today with his office in the statehouse from Hammond, where he is directing state miiiUa in preventing strike disorders, said that the militia probably will not get away from Hammond until Wednesday or Thursday of next week Negotiations between striking em
, es and employers are expected to
end satisfactorily by
troops will be withdrawn as soon there-
that time and the
aftsr as possible. General Smith said that no eerioue trouble has been met with by the militia and that none te
imminent
I "■ ■ PETITION FOR RECEIVER.
Attorney-General Makes Analysis of
Present Living Conditions.
WASHINGTON. August A-Although profiteering te partly reiexmeible for present high prices, the fundrmeotal solution of the problem rests in increased production, improved dtetiibution and “wteer" consumption. AttmusyGeneral I^m««- declared in a messsge to the people of Washington, read at
a civic forum here last night
"The hliffi eoot of living." the message said, ^Hs partly the result of worldwids sconomte losses, resulting from WM*. and partly a result of profltserlag for which these war conditions are a mere exemse So ter as these eondl tions are basic, it rsqufrse time to sertvs them. Tbe solution rests in an Increased production, an improved distribution and a wiser e<M)somption. The immediate, however, te for the cooperati(m of the housewife, the dealer and governmental agencies In suppress those who use Gui war m an eg-
tec thoee who use t
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City of Hammond Fites Suit Against Street Railway Company. [Special to The IndiaoapoUa NewaJ HAMMOND. Ind , August 23.—A petltimi for a receiver for the Hammond. Whiting & East Chicago Street Railway Company was filed yesterday afternoon In the circuit court at Crown Point by W W. McMahon, an attorney representing the city of Hammond. Judge Kortor immediately set tbe matter for hearing next Tuesday. At the same time mandamus proceedings were started by which It is expected to obtain a court order on the (XHnimny to resume the operation of cars over the lines, stopped because of the strike of carmen last Saturday, As only injunction and receivership procftedings are considered emergency ernoM of sufficient importance to be heard during court vacation, tbe mandamus suit will not corns up until the opening of tbs September term, which will be September 8. This means that unless some other agreement can be reached in the controversy, Hammond. Whiting and Bast Chicago will continue without street car service untU next Tuesday and
possibly Icmger.
Wayne Judge la IndignanL [Special to llu Indianapolis News)
RICHMOND. Ind, August 23.—When William A. Bond, judge of the Wayne (Circuit court, here, was informed today that a man. who recently was arraigned before the <x>urt und^ the laa husband a(rt and who has been ordered to go to work, had been prevented from doing so for a time at a foundry where a strike te In progrees, he was indignant
“If 1 can obtain evidence that a ward
of this court has been hindered In carrying out the order of this court," said the judge, *T will send the sheriff and
a deputy to enforce the order ”
The man in questioh. it was said, te now at work in the foundry. 'The strike of molders in several Klehmond factories still eontinusB. no effort at a settlement l*eing attempted durtag the At one f(Mindry operations are being carried dn with a limited force. At others no attempt whatever has been made to do wcffk. Probably 300 men isj ^QWlS out ^ emipianBenL ^
be established. It te further provkiel that the Terre Haute company shall provide power until 1933, the expiratios of the Indianapolis oompanFs franchis'ii One of the directors dented that th4 Investigation was a move to get rid of the power contract He said the directors were often asked by the people about the power arrangement and it was desired that the facts be mad* known for stockholders and the general
public.
In the rate hearing before tbe public service commiselon. It was asserted that the West Washington street plant of the local company had b««n permitted to deteriorate, to the advantage of the Terre Haute company plant. The Indianapolis Traction A Terminal Cx>mpeny put <mi witnesses to prove that the w. " ■ ■ ■ ■ *
street plant te not bs opsrated
est Washington antiquated and can
economically.
Dev«lo|Nnents Expected.
Numerous persons are stockholders of both the local company and the Interurban company. From the more or lees conflicting statements made by different {directors today about the inquiry into
Campbell.”‘food“admi^tTa^,'^aj?^ ‘power arrangemenL It was Infer^
hte «Mutlve committee, Imve completed tbetr inquiry into prices in Lafay-
tnat there was little
profiteering among local retailers. - places responsibility ^ bteh pri^ on-outside conditlona Tbe ^oe dealers were the last business men Investigated They convinced the food administration that they must Imve a margin ef profit from between SSii to w par cent, in order to come out even. However, he said that the report of the Inquiry will be sent to the state
committee.
Say They Make Only 10 Per CenL [Spectel to Tlie Indtsaapotis News) ANDERSON, Ind, August 2S.-Cloth-Ing merchants, coal and lumber dealers, and retail grocers, who testified In a local court of inquiry as to retail prices and alleged combinations on pricsii, denied any profiteering or price agreementa and virtuallv all testified that they sell at a profit of ID per cent
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power house of the Indianapolis Street Railway Company as to condition and.
efflclencv of the latter plant
"It te resolved that the executive commlttf»e employ for such survey, to be made Immediately. Professor G A Young, head of the School of Mechantoal Engineering of Purdue university, and to make fln^ report to the executive committed, and that such survey shall
not cost In excess of li.OOOPoints to Bt Covertd.
“In detail, the points to be covered in ^u<1i investigation are as follows: “The object of this investigation shall be to determine if the present power arrangement of the Indianapolis Street Railway Company te the most economical arrangement that can be had under existing conditions Also to determine if the present uneconomical operation of the power plant of the Indianapolis Street Railway Company can by reasonable expenditures be improved upon, or if savintB in the operation of this r wer plant could be made by changes load condiUons, etc. Also to Investlgato the contract under whiok power is furnished by the T. H, I & E. Company to the Indianapolis Street Railway Company and to determine if same te being measured in a fair manner and if the cost for same is fair and reasonable. Lastly, some sugfestions should be m^e as a future policy of the street railway company in regard to power. "All recommendations to bs In compllanoe with the existing contte(rt Mr. Charles 8 Becker moved the adoption of the above, seconded by Mr. Henry C. Thomson. The motion was unani-
mously carried.”
Terms of Contract
In the merger agreements effected a weeks ago consolidating the In-
by some persons that trouble te brewing in the board Of dlrectore over the alleged influence of the Interurban company over the lo«U company, and further tilteresting developments were predicted. Judj^ Ferdinand A. Geiger, of Milwaukee, has not let decided the question of the legally of the merger of the Indianapolis Traction & Terminal Company and the old Ii^ianapolis Street Railvmy Company. The Terre Haute. Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Company owned all the stock of the Indianapolis 'lYaietton A Terminal Company, and under the merger agreement received stock In the new company in exchange for the Indianapolis Traction
A Terminal Company stock
few
dianapolte Traction A Terminal Co , and
Street Railway new Indianapolis
- . , Company, one of the provisions Is that the T. H A E. Co shall provide power at present rates until ltt2 when a new price baste mav
DEALER IS RESPONSIBLE Barnard Cites Declatons About Sales of Jfood Unfit to Eat. Harry E. Barnard, state food and drug commissioner, in a letter to John B. Smith, prosecuting attorney for Oaas county, pointed out today that the Indiana courts have repeatedly held the dealer who sells unfit food responsible, whether he had actual first hand knowledge of the facts. Mr. Barnard s letter was the result of an inquiry received from the health officials of Cast county as to whether a dealer who sold a “rotten chicken" was liable under the state pure food lawa in ease he proved a clerk had made ths sala and that he believed the chicken
wholesome.
‘The Indiana laws have been on the statute books so long, and the decisions have been so unanimous, that there can be no legal question whatever of the responsIbTlity of the dealer who permits the safe of such unfit food, evea though he does not sell It himself," said Mr Barnard, in reference to the casa Mr. Smith was referred to legal decisions from the state supreme court which have held repeatedly that the word “knowingly" in the law, dotei not permit a plea of a lack of Infcjrmatipn on the part of the accused dealer, who is held by the courts, to be iporal^ as well aa legally bound to know the K ‘'ly of the merchandise he offers for
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SAID TO HAVE HIT WOMAN. JsiTiBt Handlon Facet Three Charge*
Following Arrest.
James Handlon was arretted by bloycleWieh Ansen and Highland this aftsrnoon after he te said to have etrttck Lauri Williamson. 2016 Bart^h avsnue. over the head with a milk bottle He will be charged with operating a “blind tiger," intoxication and assault and battery. He told the police that he roomed on Meridian street, and gave several
different addresses on that street,
that “ ■
He
also said thkt hs sold Jamaica ginger. Sergeant Houston and detective Fields
also fnvestlgated the case
Falls Dead In RaHroad Station. [Bpeolei to The Indisnepolle NeweJ OBKENCAOTUB, tod, Auguet «—Mm Veder Baker, of Areola, 111, died sdddenly of heart dliwaae at the Monon railroad station at LlmtHlale, yeeterday afternoon while waiting for a south bound tmln Mrs, Baker and her husband had alighted from a Vandalla tmln en route to French Llok Springs. The woman fell In the station and was dead before aid reached hwr. The body was
seat to Areola last night
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