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MEDFORD, OREGON,
BA'jroiiDAY, DKCEMBJSIt 21,
1918
NO. 232
Mail Teebune
MEDFORB
SEf
nIATUR LODGE
i rinn imn.
LtflUd fill Aim
Republican Leader Oblecti to Five ot
President's 14 Points Outlines
View of What Peace Terms Should
,. Be Would Neutralize Kiel Canal-
Postpone League of Nations,
WASHINGTON. Dm. 21. Five of
President Wilson's fourteen principles
of penco woro IikUI hi) In thu Htmiito
toilnv bv Senator I.odir. the rcnubli-
un lender, UK mtchtlons which might
load to division among the nntiunH
which hnvA cntinuored Germany and
' which nertninlv should bo postpencd
mini Hi lor me nonce coiiioroiico. i nv
relate, to Noerut diplomacy. Freedom
tt llio sen, eaoiiomiu burners, reduc
iittn nt nrtiuimimlM nutl tlin Lcltlfuo of
Nations.
;' The senator recalled tlmt no trrnlv
can bcconiu binding noon ttio United
States without tlio dcnnius consent
.and declared that untoward results
could bo avoided ontv if Ibu senate
tuciM-oNHed Itself frankly in advance.
' "While I think it n grave mistake,"
lie said, "on tho part of the president
to iunoro tho senate bofnuxo our ill
timnte responsibility in milking the
peace in (iiiite enunl to his own. I
have no fault to find with his not ap
pointing senator oh delegate to tho
Donee cuiifaroiice. There m no ohli
cation whatever iinon )iim to uiuko
Hiieh appointments.
' "In tho present situation." ho said.
i.ff i. :.. i .... . I ............. il.-.
I IIIIUK H in I'f Hint uilliwrium u imiv
thoe concerned in the actual ncao
tlnlion of tho troutv should nt least
know the views of the sennto no far
en -tho pi)i.tiiin:iler-ueneral. in control
of the cables, and .Mr. Creel, in oon
trol ofjjio newH, will permit."
! (YlUrutes llndger's Plan
Tn bin discussion of the freedom of
the sen, the Nonutor culled altontiun
to the "strange development'--m eon
noclion with the ponding niivul niutro-
priotion bill, the udvocacv bv Hour
A .In, ifn I It,,,!,,,., ,. li.,Mrt.,t ti lliti,r
for fi nnvv nH Inriio ns that of Knir-
liuul by wan. He buiu he llionuiii no
had favored buildinir more nhiuB than
nnvltodv else, but that he never hud
contemplated hiicIi a program and did
not think it necessary.
No Uniiiinr Itcmoved
"The onlv. navy dancer that we
were obliged to consider in the piihI on
the Atlantic coast hai cciiHcd to bo
Wo need n powerful fleet in tho ru
eifiu. and I feel Hiiro that wo will have
a nnvv sufficient to furnish tliut fleet
to tho western const."
' On suggestions that n urcnt nnvv
in uouded for police dulv in onnnoc
tiou with tho League of Nations, tho
senator Hnid ho would "not stop to
ask who in to order tlmt nnvv about
tho wor d." .
Mr. Lodge said ho would bo clad if
the aonnto tiubaton on pcaeo wore
supplemented bv noma definite roso
lutions expressing views on import
ant points. ,.
. - Oernuin lludjco Worthless
' "Pence being our obloct, teniiN must
bb exnetod whieh will mnko it, no far
ns human foresight cock, impossible
for Germany to uroolc out nsain upon
upon the world. This canont bo done
by treaty engagements nnd Hicnntures
. to documents. At this lunetnro of
affairs Gormnnv would man anything,
and her plcdae would lie n worthlvN
nN the cunrnutcim dhc envo to llol
eium. It is well also to remciuher
that Gcnnnnv did not ohnniro its na
ture over nicht when the kaiser ran
nwAv to Holland. Tho deou rooted
ambitions, the ovil principles curol'ul
Iv instilled for half n uonturv, the
bnrbnrous methods nnd doctrines, nil
rcmnincd unnltored. ' I do not need
to rehearse what thoso phvsinul ounr
nnteoB should be, for I hnvo stntod
mv views upon them moro than onoo
to tho Nonhto. nnd I think thoro is n
cunernl ncrcoinont upon them not onlv
in tho. Bonato but nruona- tho Ameri
can people.
' . Poaco Tonnii "
Tlioy.iiududo tho restorntion of Bol-
ciiim, the return of AlHnoo-t.orrnino
to .'Franco; of tho Uiilia Irrcdcntii to
Itn v. tho establishment ot a Jntro
81nv Btnto nnd 1 of " nn independent
Htnto formed bv tho Czooh-Slovnks.
Thcv ineltido also tho Noountv ol
Groono, tho Hottlomont of Albania nnd
(Continued on Pago Six.)
$30,000 IN 25 YEARS
DOUG-LAS, Arls., Dec. 21, A loan
of $100, advanced by Mrs, Florence
Dowden twenty-five years ago to nn
Arlzonlnn, at a time ho wns almost
ponnllosB In the oast as the result of
a robbery, gained for her nn estate
vultiod pi -f 30,000,. ,;;,,' ;
UPON
WILSON
LOAN OF $100 RETURNS
WOMAN LIVES IN 5
SI ATES WITHOUT EVEN
F
1IYATUII.I.I3, Wyo.. Doc. 21.
To hnvo lived In flvo Minion
without hnvliiK moved from her
homo was tho distinction hold
by Mm. Bunou llrlnnot I.uniuu
who. died hero a Nhort tlma uro
nt tho uxo of 82 your.
Hho wnN believed It bo tho
oldenl white nnllvo of Wyoming
Mm. l.uman wan born at
Fort I.arumlo ut tho time, when
II wuh a fur trudliiK post and
Hho llvod I here for sixty yearn,
bnhiK ronldont miccenslvoly of
MlKNourt. Nelirnnka, Idaho, Da
kota and wyomlnis without
movlnii from tho pluco, due to
chanKas In tho
boundaries
the flvo Htnto.
AVA3llti.OTON'. Dec. 21. With
total of 1 8K.rC3 men discharged from
tho army during the week ondinic Do
comber 14, (ionernl March announc
ed today, tho war department bus
about roachod tho nvornxo of 30,000
discharged dully for which tho do
mobllltutlon plans call.
On oven-day basis the avorago
for tlmt week wa 27,000 men per
dny, but In many cases domobllUa
tlon offlcors'dld not operate on 8un'
dny.
Additional units In this country
doslgnatd for early domobllliatlgn
brings the total of man so selcctod to
900,000, Oonornl March announced.
Up to tho dnlo of tho latost official
report 26.B0.1 offlcors had been
honorably discharged.
iionorul l'orslilng baa roportod
that 3210 Amorlcan prisoners of war
hnvo been repatriated up to Uocom
bor 10. Of thono 2053 came thru
Swlliarland: 324 passed thru the
Amorlcan front lines, 120 wont thru
Holland and 113 thru Denmark
Thono passing thru llollund and Den
mark are now all onrouto for Eng
land, tho dispatch said.
WASHINGTON, Deo. 21. Dismis
sal from tho army of Major OiiBtav
C. Taussig nnd Captain Frank S.
Whlto for nogllganco, in connection
with unduly severe disciplinary mea
sures agnlnst army conscientious ou
Joctors In a dotontlon section at
Cnmp Funnton, Kns., was announced:
today by Secretary Uakor,
Admiral Taussig was In chnrgo of
tho sootlon. He wns convicted or
hnvlng permitted undue severity bo
foro tho prisoners hnd boon formnlly
convlctod of any offonso. Captnln
Whlto, ns Judgo ndvocato, was charg
ed with having made only a superfic
ial investigation ot tho cane when it
was brought to his attentlpn. Secre
tary Baker said that sovoral regular
army offlcors woro impucaiea ana
tho cases of those will 'bo taken up In
tho rogular routlno of tho depart
ment.
U.S. GOVERNMENT WILL
WASHINGTON, Dee, 21 Tho riv
ers nnd harbors committee haB doold
od on throo- now projoots for Ore
gon In tho bill reported toduy as fol
lows: Coos Bny, 22-foot lnnor channel,
130,000s Yaqulna Bny, $100,000;
Coqulllo bar and entrance, $8 1,000.
Tho committee nlBO votod the full
amounts aakod for the mnlntonnnco
of Orogon projects completed as toi.
Inwn:
roiunvhin river bar. $130,000: Co
lumbia nnd Willamette rtvers bolow
Portland nnd Vancouver, ' $424,000.;
Coos Bny bar and entrance, $74,000;
Wlllnmotto river, nbovo Portland
$27,000: Clatskanle river, $3000.
The total for Orogon work during
Hid next riHcnl your lBi?!,r,1in10(v
of
YANK PRISONERS
REPATRIATED NOW
NUMBER OVER 3000
ALLIES WANT A
DEFINITE PLAN OF
SEAT
Look to United State? to Brlna Out
Concrete Proposition Concerninu
Freedom of Seas U. S. Delegation
Favors Limitation of Naval Craft
to Llttht Vessels.
lAni8, Doc. 21. King Victor
Kmmanuol of Italy loft Paris tonight
on his way to visit Italian troops In
Belgium. With his departuro, Parle
put nslde her holiday attire and mat-tor-of-facl
consideration of confer-
onco arrangements began In earnest
today. ;
Premior Orlundo and Foreign MIn
Istor Bonnlnlo of Italy, will leave
Paris for Homo (on'lghl, expecting to
return early in January.
The Italian king will start on Sun
day for Homo, going directly from
Belgium.
President Wilson ana the Amer
ican delogates had a day of few Inter
ruptions before them In which to
study In a preliminary way various
plans which havo bcon proposed for
carrying out dotuils of Mr. Wilson's
program.
Light Armored Cutter
Apparently tho other powers are
looking to tho United States to bring
forth a concrote proposition concern
lug freedom of tho sons. There is
reason to bollevo that tho proposed
limitation of construction of naval
craft to lightly-armored vessels, like
revenue cutlers, whose solo purpose
would bo to protect morcbant ship
ping finds favor with tho American
dolegatlon.
Advocates of this plan say there
would bo no further use for heavily-
armed ships if all nations were plac
od on an euual footing by this means.
This is only one ot tho plans ad
vanced to dovolojt tho viows of otnor
oowors.
Count Romunones, tho Spanish
premier, was In conference for half
an hour with President Wilson last
evening. It Is reported tho premier
invllod the president to visit Spain
Premier Clemonceau nlso conferred
with tho president.
OF
WASHINGTON. Dee. 21. No more
permits I'or the importation of Mvxi
can and West Indian lnbor will be
rnnted. the department of lubor an
i.oiinecd tndiiv, and permits already
CTuntcd will bo void after Januarv
15, AhenK permitted to enter tern
pornrilv tor war work will bo re
nutrinted craduallv.
Tho admission of senii-Rkillcd lu
borers from I'nnudu will bo discon
tinned, but present nrrnnircmcntH
wherahv skilled laborers are admit
ted onlv when thuv cannot bo cmplov
ed in their own country, nnd when
those countries hnvo civen consent to
their departure, will be continued for
the present. Conferences on this sub
ject are under wav between tho United
Htutcs and Canadian uovcrnments.
TO
KILLBFREAKiLAWS
.HELENA. Mont., Doc. 21. Mem
bers of the slxtoonth session ot tho
Montana legislature which will coiv
veno in Holonn, Mondny, Jnnunry 6
1919, seom determined Mo prevont
tho passaga ot unnecessary frivolous
legislation, While rroak bills are
oxpocted to bo plentiful, there Is the
oxpressod Intention upon the part of
ilia loauors in oom sonuia ann nousu
to kill thorn as fast as possible.
EUREhAlPLANSiFOR
TOURISTS IN THE'AIR
EUREKA, Cal., Deo. 21 The Eur
oka ehambor of commorco today be
gan a movement for a pormanent
landing place for private tourists
traveling by airplane. The business
men wish to encourage north nnd
south truffle of that itnuiro, .
REEDOM
REMONT OLDER
ARRESTED FOR
CRIMINAL LIBEL
Editor San Francisco Call Taken Into
Custody Later Released on Own
Recounltlon Complaint filed bv
j.
John O'Gara. Former Assistant Dis
trict Attorney In San Francisco
BAiN FRANCISCO, Dec. 21. Fre
mont Older, editor of the San Fran
Cisco . Call, was arrested here today
on a charge ot criminal libel sworn
to by John O'Uara, former assistant
district attorney here. He was re
leased on his own recognition. - The
chargo followed statements concern
ing O'Uara' official conduct made uy
Oldor In recently published reminis
cences.
The complaint against Older, quot
ed a letter from Jack Black, an ex-
convict, to the editor. This loiter,
published In the reminiscences, as
sorted that the Judge who sentenced,
and the prosecutor who convicted
John Byrne, a murderer, bad "pro
grammed" against an application for
a pardon made by Byrne to the stale
pardon board.
O'Uara was tho prosecutor, ana
Judge William P. Lawlor. now assis
tant justice of tho" supreme court.
was the Judge in this case, according
to the complaint. The case was tried
In December. 1906.
Byrne was convicted of first degree
murder for killing Georgo O'Connor,
a San Francisco pollcemun. Ho was
sentenced to be hanged but tbls was
communed later to life imprison
ment. The pardon application was
denied. . '
Older Is to appear before Police
Judge Timothy FlUpatrlck on Mon
day for instruction and arraignment.
i
Ti
Illit-SSELS, Deo. 21. German
representatives have brought from
Cologne. 880.U00.000 marks in cold
which is beinir restored bv uermnnv
to Helcjuni.
(The armistice with Gcminnv pro
vided for the return of the cash ue
posit of the NationVl Bank of Belgium
which was removed bv tho Germans.)
BEULIX. Friday. Dec. 20. Ger
man troops have been sent niriiinst
Bolshcviki forecs who arc ndvano
incr on Mituu, nbout !I0 miles south
west of Hiiru from Fricdensehstadt.
on the Dvimi, according to the Lokal
Anzciccr. '
Herman troops, the newspaper
adds, have been disarmed bv the -Uol.
sheviki at various points in Kuster:
l.ivonin. The population is fleeing to
ward Hiaa. :
GE
mil
MKXtrO CITY. Dec. 21. (Bv the
Associated l'ross.) Hienrich Yon
Kckhnrdt, tho Gorman minister to
Mexico since 101.'), nnd the diplomat
who figured in tho Zimmermnnu dis
closures carlv in 1917, whon the Ger
man government made a futile at
tempt to lino Mexico up against the
United Slates, has been recalled t
the present government. '
This was learned officially this ev
civng when the announcement was
niudo that Minister Yon Kckhnrdt had
notified the Mexican' government of
bis recall. The diplomat expeots to
mako his farewell calls within a few
davs nnd to leave for Gormnnv -by
wnv ot the United Stales. .
G. B. CLARKSON ELECTED
HEAD COUNCIL OF DEFENSE
WASHINGTON,; Dec. 21. Gros
venor W. Clurkson of Now York, has
been elected director of the Council,
of National Defense to succeed V.' S.
Gif ford, who recently resigned to re
turn to private business. ' Mr. Clurk
son has been secretary ot tho coun
cil.' '
II' Was announced toduv Hint tele
graphic reports from state councils
show tlmt practically nil of the 180,
000 defense councils units throughout,
tho country are holding together to
eo-opernte with the snvcnimcnl in de-mobili.nliou,
HINDENBURGS
PLAN ACCEPTED
BYGOVERNMENT
National Army According to Disoatch
From Copenhagen to Betronaer
Than Ever Officers Receive In
structions to Keep Details Secret
' Women Will Be Employed.
LONDON,' Deci 21. The German
government has accepted Field Mar
shal von Hindenburg's plan to form a
People's Guard, or National army,
according to a Copenhagen dispatch'
to the Daily Mall. It Is said that the
German army, under this plan will be
stronger than ever. All officers have
received Instructions to keep the de
tails secret. Women will be employed
for auxiliary service.
COPENHAGEN, Dec. 21. While
the British fleet was bombarding
Bolshevist forces near Revel on tbe
Gulf of Finland, a Swedish fleet oc
cuoled Kslhonian waters, says tbe
Berlin Dokal Anzelger. Berlin ad
vices to the National Tidende say tbe
BritlBh warships have not landed
troops but have supplied Esthonian
forces with arms and ammunition.
PARIS. Dec. 21. (Havas). Zurich
newspapers today printed a Vienna
dispatch carrying the report that the
Austrian government "In order to
avoid fresh disturbances" bad asked
tbe allied authorities to occupy the
Austro-Hungarian capital.
. MUNICH, Friday. Dec. 20. Dr.
Luppe, mayor ot Frankfort-on-the-
Main. announces that the German
national assembly will meet there.
PRAGUE, Dec. 21. With the oc
cupation of Eger .and R'elchenljerg,
the Czetho-Slovakg seem to have all
of German Bohemia completely cut
off from German-Austria.
- German Bohemia Is unable to re
sist, since the Austrian army does
not exist,
MURDERED BY A
JAP PHYSICIAN
BALTIMORE. Md.. Dec. 21. Dr.
Mnhmv - Tsida. a Japanese, and
member of tho medical stall ot tno
Sheppard-l'rntt hospital here, shot
hn.l kd ed Dr. Ueoree IS. Wolte, nn
other phvsieian of the hospital, m the
office of the institution toduy. Jcal
ousvbtcr one of the nurses prompted
llm ileeil. nccordimr to the polie
Hospital physicians who disarmed
Dr. Ishida declared, however, that
he told them that Dr. Wolfe had con
stantly licensed lum ot beme a Jap
anese spv and hud circulated false
reports resrardinu his conduct toward
nurses in the.hospitnl.
Dr. Ishida is u professor of mcntnl
diseases at the John's Hopkins Uni
versity.
6
ARRIVE NEW YORK BAY
. KTW YORK, Doc, 21. The first of
tho muhv units of the nation s fight
ing ships ordered here for Christ
mas time ceremonies arrived in port
today. Thcv were six buttleships, the
Illinois, Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa,
Indiana nnd Kearsnrgc, and the hos
pital ship Solace. These vessels will
put ashoro their men on holiday leave
from time to time and will be here to
greet the home coming battleships, en
route" from activo dutv iu the North
sen when they arrive hero next week.
COBLENZ, Friday, Dec. 20. The
German fortress of Ehrenbreitsteln
some times called the Gibraltar of
the llhlne, on the opposite bank or
the 'river, from Coblenz, was occupied
by American troops today. The oom
mander- ot tho American forces
Colonel Robert Royors, a West Point
graduate of 1903,
rVILSON TO HAVE
L SUITE IN
ENGLISH PALACE
LONDON, Dec. 21. King
George has received from Presl-
dent and Mrs. Wilson an ac-
ceptance of his Invitation to be
his guests at Buckingham pal-
ace during their stay in Lon-
don. They will be quartered In
the royal suite ' customarily
used by visiting monarcbs and
will be entertained after a. man-
ner similar to that usual in the
case of royal visitors.
A meeting of the war cabinet
was held today to arrange the
details ofthe presidential visit,
which wilt last from Thursday
next until Monday night, or
Tuesday morning.
DE
TEST VOTE OVER
REVENUE Bill
WASHINGTON. Dec. 21. In an
initial test vote lute todav in the sen
ate on the war revenue bill's 1920 tax
provision, 37 democrats voted to re
tain it and 31 republicans supported
a motion to strike it out.
On the motion of benator M-Ct-um
bcr of North Dakota, republican, to
strike out the cluuse fiximr the in
dividual normal tax at 8 per cent
in 1920. the senate adopted tho com
raittee amendment bv a strict partisan
division.
Immediately afterword and without
a roll call, tnc senate auopiea- uie
192d provision, reducing corporation
income tuxes from 12 to 8 per cent.
A motion of Senator 1'enrose to
strike out the clause was defeated
viva voce, with all the'veas cominz
from the republican side.
PARIS, Dec. 21. President Wil
son had another long conference to
dav with Vittorio Orlando, the Italian
Dremier and Baron Sonnino. the ior
eign minister. The position of Italy.
was further discussed. 1 he president
is rcurescnted as engaging in these
conferences in an effort to bring
about harmony ns to the matters
which especially concern Italy and
others of the allies in common.
The uresident s on'v engagement
for this afternoon nt the Sorbonne for
the ceremony incident to the bestowul
of the honorary degree upon him, la
ter dining at the British embassy.
Mrs. Wilson nnd the president went
about the streets of Paris afoot for
the first time, looking into the shop
windows and mingling with the crowds
making their purchases.
C. L. REAMES WITHDRAWS
SEATTLE. Dec. 21. An indict
mcnt charging William Bouck. pros
ident of tho Washington State Grange
with making seditious utterances, was
dismissed here toduv bv United
States District Judge Jeremiah Net
oror nl the reouest of Special Assist
ant United States Attorney General
Clarence L. ltcames.
Bouck, who resides near Mount
Vernon, Wash., was charged in the
indictment with assailing the govern
ment's war program, and attemptm
to discourage the purchase of Liberty
bonds. When arrested he denied the
allegation.
PERSHING CONFERS D. S. C.-
ON ALLIED GENERALS
WASHINGTON. Dec. 21. General
Pershing notified the war department
toduv that iu accordance with author
ity granted him bv tho president he
had awarded tho Distinguished her
vice Medul to the genornls command
ing the various French. British. Bel
giun and.Italinn armies. In all. deco
rations wcro awarded to 16 Krenc
generals, seven British, two Belgian
Hnd three Ituliuu generuls,
WALSH ATTACKS
BURLESON
FOR
WAR
POLICIES
Former Chairman War Labor Board
Appears as Witness for Defense of
Victor L, BeraeP Protested
Against Barrinq papers From Mall
Appealed to Wilson. . i
CHICAGO. Dec. ' 21. Frank T, ' .
Walsh, of Kansas Citv, until recently '
toint chairman, with William il. tan.
of the federal war labor board, was
a witness for the defense in the trial .
of Victor I,. Bercer and several other
socialists in the ' federal court here. ;";
chanred with violation of the espion
ace act. " ' "
Walsh told of appearms with Amos
Pinchot. Clarence S. Dnrrow. Morns
Hillnuit, Seymour Stedman and J.
Louis Kngdobl, representatives or tho
postoffice department, and the do- ;
partment of iustice in Washington on ,
July 14. 1917. to protest aeainst the
government's-sction in barring nnm- v
ber of small newspapers from me
mails, which it was charged, had
been publishing seditious articles.
Complained to Wilson
Mr. Walsh read a letter which he
had addressed to Postmaster Gen- "
eral Burleson after the Washington
hearing protesting against tho pro-,
cedure followed in barring papers
from the mails and threatening to ap
peal to President Wilson for relief.
He enclosed an", editorial on free .
speech from Hearst's New York news
paper. The witness read a reply irom
the postmaster general in which tho
letter of Walsh's wa3 characterized .
as impertinent and probably intend
ed to be offensive. '-:.-';
' Walsh said that Inter he took the
case up with President Wilson and
suggested various changes in tho
methods followed bv the postoffice
department in excluding papers from
the mails." Walsh said he never reuu
more than one or two issues of the
American Socialist and had glanced
at some of the socialists anti-war
pamphlets. He also read the St. Louis
convention, platform, but' none of
these had made much dfari imprest
siononhim. . .! ','' ' ' "
Opposed to war .... 7 v
Walsh said he was opposed to the
war. but when tins counirv eniercu
the conflict he was able to change
his mind and do his dutv as a loval
citizen. He said he belinvi-'d .tbo
oampjilet "the price we pav" should
be excluded from the mails under the
espionage law.
H
to u. s.
AMERICAN ARMY OF..6'cKTA.-
TION. .Friday. December. 20. (Bv
the Associated Press.)-The .German
authorities began today turning over
to the American Third .army lurge
Quantities of war material which will
require several trains to transport.
Included in the artillery given ud
by the Germans are 700 guns of large
ealiher and nearly '3,000 muehiuo
uns. ': 1 .
The other guns range from 1508s
to 210s. '
Mctternich. mst outside of Cob- .
lenz, is the assembling point for this
material. Some of it eomes from
cast of the Rhine, munv of the guns
having been sent into the interior ot .
Germany for repuirs. as the terms of
the armistice require that all the ar
tillery be turned oyer in first class
condition.
Todav , American officers began
checking up the guns as they enme in.
Gorman officers, especially assigned
for the final delivery of tho material
assisted in the work and received tho
receipts ns fast as the Amerieuns in
spected nnd accepted the surrender-,
cd property. This is tho lurgest
amount of artillery turned over to
the Americans under the armistice
nnd it is estimated It will require. a
week to inspect nnd receipt for all the
equipment. ; , .
WARNING ISSUED AGAINST
OREGON FOOD PROFITEERS
PORTLAND. Ore.,' Dec. 21 A
warning to dealers against protiteer
ing in food products was issued hero
todav bv tho state food administra- .
tion, noting on the advice of tho na
tional food 'administration. H was
pointed out that while minor food
regulation rules are being reneinded,
license regulation still prevails and
will continue. The margin of profit on
various food products still is fixed
bv tho administration and no pro
fiteering will bo tolerated, il was SflioV
i
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