Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 26, 1918, Page 2

to Preside at m— mmnummww_ mmumw hMvaenmn the homo and Mrs. Hadley Gray in North lin, Monday afternoon at the _TWENTY MORE MEN age of eight months. PASS EXAMINATIONS MONDAY{, “te e th. LCross auxilary was he nt 3 i this time, .giving them . Brief Mention. its chainn Two Rejectsd—Two Fail to Appear—|(wingpam commenced e - James P. Cochrane of Camp Devens ;txnimdhllubd Miurxa-e.mu,bnum Iate, al-|was home for the week end. There was a good nt- work was garments for Bfl‘]u Synday Services. muu‘l\ t:‘:y ;ta two blskets in the e time, ;l Putnam was the hest shot ing nearly hdlf of gnmu hdmt.t 'ifl; usd with hlr Board. ~ Twe en.mncnun-i Num sical for the u-my at the town hall Honday aft- The rescinding of the Heatless Mon- day order was appreciated in this city. About twenty men frém thix. .city h‘vg -enrolled servieo in the ship- ards. o ‘The theme of Rev. James ennn. 1d baskets, also fe th Oliver Chappell of Hartford was|ier's sermon in the M, E. ahurf.h Sun- fi "‘E."i’i afi#h an .,,“:, ww",em gl ,J. gisiting with"his mother in this ciy | day moming was O Devt o ihe “ of Monday’'s mmm teams. Lamoureux shot all|Sunday. sbrew riptures, continuing e of Wu\qhmp baskets, series of sermons on The Making of the Bible. Promotion Day. * At the session of the Sunday school at noon Promotien exercises were observed, the class of Mrs. Eugene La Fontmine being promoted from the| Junior grade to the intermediate, - Tife clams respopded in concert exercises to questions asked by Superintendent Colver, closing with ooncert recitation by them of the Beatitudes. R.ecn;uom were given in the following The Life of Jesus, Miss Mary Birch The First Psalm, recited by Alton Chapman; 100th Psalm, by Madeline Birch, and the 121st Psalm, by Miss Mary Birch; poem, ‘A Question for You, Madeline Birch. Those that re- ceived promotion diplomas were Miss- es Mary and Madeline Birch, Edna| Chapman, Gattrude ‘Alien and Alton Chapman. At the conclusion a short time was dewted to lesson study. The Epworth league evening ser- vice was, conducted by Mrs. Henry W. Huyributt, with this topic: Our Duty as_Americans. Mrs. Dudley C. Periing and her Aaughter, Miss Jennie G. Perkins, vis- ited their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs, Henry C. Beckwith, in New Lon- don Thursday, Eighty-second Birthday. Mrs. Ellen Turner celebrated her 82d birthday Thursday at her heme in the Long Cove district. Among rela- tives and friends who called during the day were Mrs. Osmer Buddingion and Mrs. Winifred Stoddard of Poquonnoc, Miss Alice Latham, Groton, and Mrs. John McGuire, with Mrs. William D. Alle. _Mrs. Turner reeeived beauti- ful flowers, with a shower of post- cards in recognition of the anniver- A preliminary meceting of the HI-Y olub, a literary club at the Y. M. C, A. will be held Wednesday evenming. Miss Georgiana Clark and Clayton Clark of Holyoke, Mass., spent the week end in this city with relatives. Letter Carrier Dwight Ide is ill at his home on High street. His mafllte route is covered by Supernumary Merton P. Jaekson. PLAINFIELD ivate Frederick A. Marriott Writes of Meeting Homa Friend in Francé— Joseph Fancoeur Entertained at the Home of Julien Martin. by the exempdon board follow. physicians Windham Nerton, Connell Langes | Joseph Albart A Nelson Ge it E i . 'Patrick J. Donlon, Le Galio, Thomas C. Teotill, Fred Glg- non, Jr., Augnnn Musso and Frank Chamberial Referred (o medical ad Arthur L. Lavigne, Joseph seph J. Rurke, Charles J. E. Bne, Jr., Christopher Did not appear. Ermest O. Dubeis, James W. Riley. Rejected: Victor Gillow, Henry A Hornberger. w‘l'hne:‘:- vh.u';:klo’lro “’S“‘h 3 ‘edn will assem the town hall this (Tuesday) after- noon at five o'cloek, for their first rotl call. Byrnes, Gotden Tield baskets, Nelson 4, Maher Cotter 1 4, Lamoureux , Gordon 1, Weadeor 1, and Free shots, ‘Nelson 2 out of amoureux ? out of 8: Cotter 1 out of Referee Pickett. Timer Parker. ey Sophom s & prel ores’ p!a.y;d the. J"reshmc; After the game, ds nE was enjovel *"w am has two more_games on their lch té this week, Wednesday evening they will play Killingly High Sehool in this eity, while Sat;rday ev- ening they will play Hartford High artford. Charged With Assault. John Birlok was arrested by Chief Killpurey Monday afternoon for as- sault on Gus Sogal, Saturday. He was peleaged under a bond to appear in the police court Tuesday morning. First "National Bank Cashier Charles A. Jerome was in New York Saturday. Met Home Chum in France. The following from & letter recelved by a ‘friend from Private Fredericlk A. Marriott: Somewhere in France, Jan. 8th, 1918, Dear’ Friend: T am in the best of health and am getting along fine with the instructions I am receiving, and I am trying to learn all 1 possibly con. The drills that’ we are now be- ing taught are very interesiing as we are nearer now to actual warfare. Say, you'd never guess in a millon years whom I met out here! Do you remember Jageph Vanasse, “who used to live on the lower row in the New Village? Well I happened to see hi in the Y. M. C. A. the other night anc both of us nearly had fits when we saw each other, Tl bet I stared at him fer five minutes: before I could realize ' that it was Joe. . I couldnt believe my eyes as it seemed so im- possible to see a fellsw that used to be in the bunch I traveled with. Tt was Joe all right! T had a good talk with him of the old days back home. He is stationed about a mile down the road from where I am so we can see each other often. It is a great thing to meet a friend from your home town out here. With best wishes and kindest re- gards to all, I remain, Your old friend, FREDERICK A. MARRIOTT, Company M, 16th Infantry, Ameriean Expeditionary Forces. in France. Private Marriott bas two brothers in the present war, his brother Thee- dore being somewhere across as a member of the Scottish Kilties. His brother Albert is in the U. S. navy on board the U. S. 8. Chester. * His fa- ther, Theodore Marriott, is a veteran of the present war, having seen ser- vice in many important engagements on the western front. He was given an honorable discharge from the Eng- lish army the past fall. Entortained General Organizer. Joseph Francoeur, general organi- zer of 1’ Association Canado-Amer- icaine of Manchester, N. H:., was the guest of Julien =Martin on Lawton Heights over Sunday 'as was also Adolph Keisel of Hartford. MOOSUP Navy Side Leads Sunday School Contest—Game With Putnam to De- side League Championsh®p — Pro- hibition Address at Union Meeting. PUTNAM TEAM WINS. : —_— Defeated Windham Migh Five at Lo- cal Gmfiufiun 21 to 10. The Putnam Hxsh School basket- ball team defeated the Windham High five at the local school gymnasium on Monday afternoon, 21 to 10. In the first half, Windham. took the lead and was ahead lgu;he first part of the second half. ing tie first half the ball as in Putpam terri- tory most of tHe time,: but the vigi- tors were unable to basket. The Windham guards t(opped Put- nam’s “runinns” bat rior passing was beyons m he: score at the end of. the first haif wag five to six in Wi Pupils Asked te Buy Thrift Stamps. At a meeting of Dje Besserung at the High School, Monday morning, the following programme ‘Wwas carried out: Vocal solo, Mildred ‘Crane, ' accom- panied by Miss Evelyn Thompson recitation, Miss Louise Chappell; pi ano solo, Miss sherman recitation, Miss Johmgon; piano duet. the Misses Grant and Congdon: reeitation, Misy M. Clark; piano seolo, Miss Flsic Talbot. Preceding the meeting Prin- cipal Case appealed to the studernts to buy more thrift stamps. sary. H. Irving Collins from Camp Devens was a recent visitor at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs, Henry E. Collins, at Allyn’s Point. Library Staff as Guests, Miss Grace Povey cntertained at her home in the village Washington's birthday the Misses Greene, Talcott, Littlefield, Shattuck and Griswold from the New London public library. Rev. Allen S. Bush of the village spoke to the Mep's club of Mystike Thursday. Dudley C. Perkins of the village and C. C. Colver of the navy yard attend- ed the men’s meeting Sumday after- noon under the auspices of the Y. g. A. at the Crown theatre, New on. Putnam started ol with a foul shot an bas kets in _quick succession, making the score 12 to 6 in their favor, Wirdham A REAL REMEDY FOR FALLING HAIR Keeps Sialp Clean and H vents Dandruff. | Here's ghod news for men and wom- en whose hair is falling out, whese scalps are,covered with dandruff and iteh Tike Any druggist can now supply you ‘with the genuine Parisian sage (liquid form), which is guaranteed to quickly, surely and safely abolish every llqn of dandruff, stop itching scalp and faliing hair and promote & new growth, er money refunded. Thousands can testify to the e;d lent results from its use; some who Afeared baldness now glory in their abundant halr, while others who suf- fered for years with dandruff and itching head got a clean, ¢ool scalp nruf just a few daye’ use of this sim- ple home treatment, No matter whether bothered with falling hair, gray hair, matted, stringy hair, dandruff or itching scalp, try Parisian sage—you will not be disap- pointed. It's a scientific preparation that supplies all hair needs, The first application will make your hair and scalp look and feel 100 per cent. better. If you ‘want thick, lus- trous hair and lots of it, by all means use sage. Don’t delay—be- gin to A little attention now means abundant hair for years to come. The Lee & Osgood Co. can supply DR. F. C. JACKSON DENTIST Removed to 715 Main St, Willimantie Hours—9 a. m. t0 8§ 5. mi. Fhone 44 . PAID HIS TAXES. Then Hampton Man Drank.Red-Eye and Paid Fine, Danie] Cronin of Hampton was be- fore the police court, Monday morning: charged with intoxication. He was found in the doorway of Harry Stand- ish's store on Main street, Sunday ev- ening. He explained that he work- ed every day but came to this city to pay his taxes Saturdey and imbibed too freely. He was fined §2.and costs, amounting to $10.60 which he paid. Ithy—Pre- "ROCKVILLE Boss Weaver Andrew Hawkms Frac- tures Leg While at Mill. Absent Without Leave, Justin J. McCarthy of this city, a member of the crew of the U. S. S Gargoyle is absent’ without leave from his ship, and Chief Killourey was no- tified to apprehend him if possible. NORWICH MAN DEAD. e Fred Whitmarsh, of Norwich, Been a Patient at Hospital. p—— The death of Frcd Whitmarsh of Norwich oceurred at St. Joseph's hos= pital, Monday morning frem chronic nephritis. He is survived by his wife, The body wasl taken to Nor- wich. Arrangements were in charge of Funeral Director J. M. Shepard. r— Andrew Hawkins, boss weaver at the mili of the J. J. Taylor Co., at Mos- cow, had his leg fractured while helping unioad tht new smokestaek which had just arrived to take the place of the «ae blown over some time 2go. Mrs. Phebe Kenyon has been ill for a few days. Thursday was another very /éold disagreeable day with a high wind, which made the cold very penetrating. Some from this place attended an auction at Clark’s Falls last wvreek. LEONARD BRIDGE * Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Watrous spent the week end with the former's brother at Willimantic. Otto A. Nettleton was in Williman- tic Saturday. Mr. Merker is in New York city. His business partner, Mr. Franklin of New York is at the farm during the former's absence. Miss Ruby E, Williams of Hartiord spent the week emd with her father, Henry J. Williams. Leo G. Cummings has been trans- ferred from Washington, D. C, to a camp in New Jersey. Had Chaplin May Have Iron Bridge. The bridge over the Natchaug riv- er in Chaplin was broken down by the breaking up of the ice in the riv- er. A town meeting will be held on Thursday to discuss a new bhridge. There is a gentiment in the town fa- voring the construction of an iron bridge. * The Navy side in the M. E. church membership contest tos a big lead Sunday, winning from the Army by 770 miles to 675 miles. This big ad- vancement on the part of the navy practically assures that side of being victorious in the whole contest. Next Sunday will decide the winner with tht grand total mileage now: Navy 5995 miles. Army 5715 miles. . Mrs. William- Johnson 'spent the week-end with friends in Worcester. Clark Denison of Brown university is spending a few days at the home of his parents on Main street. Daniel McDougall spent Saturday with Centerville friends. John Kelly of the United States navy was home over the week-end. . Louis Lehoux of Camp Devens was home over the week-end. Floyd Main was in Willimantie on Saturday. Deciding Game -Friday. The Plainfield High school basket- ball team will, play its last game of those scheduled in the Quinebaug Valley League next Friday evening with Putnam High at Milner hall, Moosup. The local boys have lost one game this season, that being won by the team plaving there Friday night. Putnam has lost but one game also. Thus the coming game will declde the championship of the Southern division of the league. Plainfield will probably line up as follows: Daggett centre, Potter, | Smith forwards. Burby, Jouret guards, Denison and Collonan substitutes. There was a meeting of the official board in the M. E. church vestry on Sunday afternoon. Prohibition Address. Rev. Walter E. Lamphear, repre- senting the Conneeticut Temperance TUnion. spoke at the union meeting of Methodists and Baptists at t== Bap- tist chureh Sunday evenming, in the interest of the prohibition ratification amendment to the United States con- stitution. OBITUARY, Austin C. Howell, Austin C. Howell, 67, who died at his home in Brooklyn, Friday, Febrmary 22, was employed as a linotype oper- etor on a New York paper. He lived in Hampton. Cenn., for some time be- fore moving to Brooklyn, where he has lived for the last twenty years. He is survived by four daughters, Mrs. George Scheu of Buffalo, Mrs. Avery Wrightmar and Mrs, REditn ‘Werhan ‘of Brooklyn, N, Y., and_ Mrs. Stanley Weaver, of vaidencc, B.°E; and four soms, Sergeant John Howell of Fort Meyer, Va, John of Wilming- alcerh INVALDABLE FOR COLDS It taken in time this Calcfum com of chronic throat or I:‘ni: remedial and tomio lln are mln‘a hs mll cu.lclum co-u~ —_— CAPITAL AND LABOR BEGIN CONFERENCES. Organized and Heard Secretary Wilson Outline the Purposes. Washington, TFeb. 25.—Meeting at the cali of the government, representa- tives of capital and labor began con- ferences here today to reach an agree- ment designed to prevent strikes and to assure a maximum production dur- ing the war of materials necessary to maintain the American armigs in France. At the first meeting today the com- mittee organized and heard Secretary Wilson outline the purposes of the conferences. The conferees will meet daily hereafter and probably for sev- eral weeks. On the basis of an agreement to be reached, the government will lay down a national labor policy for -the dura- tion of the war and will, if necessary to enforce it, seek legiglation giving proper authority. No sort of an agreement, even if it were backed by legal authority, can prevent entirely labor unrest and some strikes, in the opinion of Secretary Wilson. Local strikes, he said today, would continue, whatever might be the attitnde of labor leaders, A method even better than legisia- tion, Secretary Wilson said, would be to write the terms of the asreement when made into all contracts let by the g&vemmem, making it binding on both sides. FARMERS ADVISED TO SALT SOFT AND WET CORN|. Vrooman Says Millions of Bushels Can Be Saved in That Way: Washingten, Feb. 25.—Millions of bushels of soft and wet corn can be saved if farmers will promptly salt hejr stocks. Assistant Secrefary rooman, of the department of agri- culture, made this anmouncement to- day in advoeating the remedy to pre- vent serious loss of grain, the sivirg of which as food and feed he said is extremely important., Mr. Vrooman DANIEL F. THOMAS H. KILLOUREY BROS. FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EM- BALMERS i Willimantic, Conn, (Lady Assistant) JAY M. SHEPARD Succeeding Elmore & Shepard anlbnrector&l-‘.-hlmer 60-62 North St., Willimantic Anunm Tel. connection EARLE E, GILBERT. FUNERAL DIRECTOR "‘ml ‘e-lubu.%hx MURRAY’S BOSTON STORE Willimantic, Conn. Are You Prepared For Your ~ Knitting Needs? T e by e, i 36 Union St, Phone 290 A large harvest of natural iee is being strongly urged. The Food Ad- ministration states that assurance can not be given that there will be a suffi- cient supply of ammonia for the manu- facture of the customary amount of ar- tificia] fce mext summer. HEADACHE FROM A COLD? LISTEN! “PAPE’S COLD COMPOUND” ENDS SEVERE COLDS OR GRIPPE IN FEW HOURS, 9 " said this should not disceurage ship- our nlhn arm; ufl h rance tdl i ki ment of seft corn to elevaters for dry- t il . . F ell us the Your eold will break and all grippe | ing, but becamse of the rhortage ot sweaters, and wristlets kmiited by the women of ||misery ena atter taking s dote of |raiizoad equipment, he doubts "t it S & b assil t ! 14 America are life savers for the soldiers “‘over there.” bouts untll thires’ doese Are’ takes, | pend, be papible to s e Mest corn to elevators in time to save it. Felting, he added, should he finished within the next two weeke. Will Be Wiser, The Kaiser has written -a letter of condolence to 2 man whe has lost five sons in the war. When will the Ger- man father realize it is wiser to lose one Kaiser than five sons in this fer- rific struggle?’—Chicago Herald. Thirty-five thousand letters are dealt with by the British ministry o! N‘"‘m day. It promptly opens clogged-up nostrils and air passages in the head, stops nasty discharge or nose running, re- lieves . sick headache, dullness, fever- ishness, sore throat, sneezing, soreness and stiffness. Den't stay stuffed-up! Quit blowing and snuffling! Ease your throbbing head-nothing eclse in the world gives such prompt relief as “Pape’s Cold Compound” which costs enly a few eents at any\ drug store. It acts with- out assistance, tastes nice, and causes Ro ineonvenience. Accept no substi- m lnm Page One) in Ameriea and outlined plans for ob- tajning control of wool stocks fer Gernmn consumption after the w Beciser said it was F this letter Schwerdt allu m- as a German and to he ememy.” Considered Himself l German. “There can ho m uestion,” said Mr. Becker in @ M 4o the | state dap-rtment, “that Schwerdt has mnniderod hhnnlf . rIRRB, dut hi: are hu ‘been W AW 'z‘ale behalt of Be}mu tuerading und mfl. his 3 en- @fins behalf of ‘turers, dleflh of the The papers ghow. so far as to a North Ges carry the wool 1:1:59: of time the close of the T Wool Gathering Plan, Ameong 40,000 which the at- torney unem seized from Schmidt during the Bolo Pasha ingquiry were a number of letters written by Schmidt in connection -nh the woo] e inz plan. ~ One of these, aceording to chwerdt, Jr., e Y Webb, a Phlhd»lphh wool Wt- to German ufacturing interests in ‘South 2. Engaged in German Scheme, ‘The junior Schwerdt was in the Bel- gian aviation serviee at the age of 17, during the first monmths of the war. With this record, it was easy for him to me pro-ally sentiments, inas- much'as he aisp represented an Amer- ican manufacturer in the: weol hua- ness. While working for Mr. the youmger Schwerdt was acmu engaged in the German scheme of rounding up wool stocks, aceording to Mr. Becker, as agent for Sehmidt and the branch of the Deutsche Bank in this city. Two Cargees Got Through. ‘The original purpese of Sehmidt and Schwerdt, Mr. Becketr declared, was to enable Germany to obiain sufi- cient wool for military and industrial purposes. Two cargoes, valued to- gether at several hundred thousand dollars actually @id get through to Germany early in the war, he said. War Lasted Longer Than Expected The war lasted longer than Schwerdt, Schmidt and their asse- ciates expected and the British fleet drew its blockade cordon tightly alonz the German and neutral Eurepean coasts. - Confronted by the probabii- ity that further shipment gwould be in- tercepted, the scheme developed into the one of hoarding wool until after the war, it is charged. |Te Circumvent Intention of England “A letter from Schwerdt to Schmidt dated November 22, 1916,” Mr. Becker said in his report to the state depart- ment, “recommends the buying of American wool with the view of pro- viding Germany or Austria with wool efter the war so as to circumvent the probable intention of England to pre- vent any wools grown in England or her colonies from reaching the cen- tral powers.” Wool Stored in America. Mr, Becker said that wool estimated to be,worth $2,000,000 or $3,000,000 aét- ually was stored in America for this purpose. Then came a wool shortase, prices went up and the German inter- ests decided to sell because of the profits possible. These profits reaeh ed Germans in Germany 2s the ‘weol bad been purchased to their account. The British government had organ- lzed a Textile Couneil, authorized to act as eonsignee for all shipments of British wool to this country. This was intended to ».it certain that no wool coming 1 minions fell into Amaerica. When th 1 cntered the war, America j3 England in the operation of the Tex- tile Council, of which A. M, Patter- son of this city is the head. Concealed Their Purposes. In order successfully to eircumvent the restrictions impesed by the Textile Council. Schwerdt and his associates were obliged to conceal the faet that purchases contracteq elsewhere and consigned to the Textile Council were being made by German firms, Used the Name of an American. “Schmidt used the name of John H. McClement, an American business man, as nominal purchaser,” Mr, Becker’s report to the state depart- ment said. “McClement was unable to obtain an impert license and it be- came necessary to have an American firm servé as mominal purchaser. For this purpese Schmidt and Schwerdt appear to have used the names of Botany Worsted Mills and Fo and Huffmann, two wool manufactyr- ing firms of P:usuc NET Mr. Beeker said the textile eouncil is studying the dstails of this trans- setion “with a view te revoking the import licenses of eertpin individuals and firms if the ecircumsionees war- rant” W letter in his_pessession, Mr. Becker said, “shows ‘olearly that this firm (Forstmann and Huftmann) act- ed as dummies for German purchasers. Another letter shows, he sald, that while Forstmann and Huffmann werc nominal ownmers of a wool shipment the actual owner was a man named Koswig living in Germany. May Lead to More Arrests: Mr. Recker said that while his in- vestigation of Schwerdt here was completed, information was in the hands of the department of justice which might Jead to the internment of other persons. Schwerdt. claims he is a Belgian in the sense that he acquired civil rights in Belgium through service in the Belgium militia. Schmidt was intern- ed in & Georgia enemy alen un after the Bolo Pasha disclesures, GENERAL PERSHING MAY ISSUE DAILY REPORT — On Activities at the American Front in Prange, — Washington, Feb., S-—{wufle at an official daily npofl Geperal Pershing on mm at-the Ameri. may be begun Reports prouhhr will be given to the press at Geperal Porshing's headquarters, although the plan has not been Ioflcad out in detail as vet, and Generil Pershing's desires un- doubtedly wm be followed, Beeretary Baker, it was learned to. day, thinks the practice ef the am!d governments in igsuipe daily commu- niques on. operatiens is a_géod and intends to ulopt it. the long distapee Pershing and the however, it may be to give the reperts ent in France stead of follewing tb. British Qmi French customs of gnneuncing them through the war offices. G-rmnn Humpr. an Indian weris- 1in this Qflntl!’ And y-‘t‘ oo people say uun is Rd humor - many.—Clev Wn Dealer. In Tceland a d age is its guarantee, For more than thirty years it has been in constant use for the relief of Constipation, Flatulency, Wind Colic and Diarrhoea; allaying Feverishness therefrom, and by regulating the Stomach and Bowels, aids the assimilation of Food; giving healthy and natural sleep, - The Children’s Panacea—The Mother’s Friend. cenuiNe CASTORIA aLways Bears the Signaturg of l1’|n|elilh.;l fmflove{l 30 geatl'vst AR CENTALR COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY, CHARGES PACKERS HAD ADVANCE INFORMATION On the Appointment of Herbert C, Hopver as Feod Administrator. New York. ( “I had lunchecn with him today,” was a line in Wilson's teiegram. v read a memorandum from A. Chapin, dated b , 1917, directing lh:zt his “yard automobile” to go fo Chicage Chiczgo, Feb. If.—That Chicag0iclyh and get Mr. (‘ouor:s and tnkec:ixm pickers had advance information on ihe '(,? the directors’ room at Sw;ft and i ..o ompany, for a _private conlerence. ?";""’;"".".‘ 8- Hiehist C. Hoavet ”’“Tms was four days beforc anmounee- ood administrator, and that they usel; pone of Cotton's appointment - was their information in Washington 19|made public. obtain places for employes and “The next batch of letters” said “friends” on the feod administratios . Heney, ‘reiates to the foed ad- was charged tcday beforc Jozeph ministration, particularly to Edward Davies, chairman of the Federal 'l {Chambers and F. 8. Breoks. Mr. Commission, in the government's in- | Brooks is an cmploy of Swift and vestigation of the packing industry. |Company. who is now aecting on the To substantiate the charges, Vrancis | food administration for a dollar a, year J. Heney, #pecial counsel for the com- |from the zovernment, but whoss sal- migsion read into the records a col- ary continues all the time with Swift lection of private letters to and from|and Company, as do those of others Louis F. Swift, head of .the Sift apd {whom I wiil mehtion later.” Company, Arthur Meeker of Armour, H v then read a letter to W. B and Company, Thomas E. Wileen of [Trayner, 6ne of the Swifi atterneys, Wilson and Company, and other big|from Mr. Brooks, télling of the ap- packers. The letters were seized In|pointment of Mr. Chambers, who i the raid on Lhe correspondence files of | vice president of th~ Santa Fe Rail- the packers directed by Mr. Heney. ' [roda, to serve with )ir. Hoover as di- Mr. Heney said that (he ietters prov- | rector of transportation. In part the ed that the packers kmew of the ap- |letter read: pointment of Mr. Hoover ‘before the public did; that they had “inside” in- formation that Joseph P. Coitom. & New York attorney, would be appoint- cd head of the meat and livestoek sec- tion of- the food administration bu- rean even before official Wash'mzton was advised of it, and that thev had L:)nfldentxal information on the atti- “Mr. Chambers in thm capacity will be' one of the most powerful railway men in the United States and it is pe- euliarly gralifying to say that he fs probably the best friend I have among my friends. A telegram flnm Mr. Hoover to Swift and Company, then introduced, reading as follo: “I will appreciate very much vour contributing the services of your M. F. S. Brooks to the United States food administration to assist Mr.”Chambers in Iondling transportation matters.” Attorney Heney attempied to show duplicity on the part of the packers to the government food regulations. Public statements by [Louis B Swift were read containing ‘his awmu\‘: tude of the foed administration hefore ‘was_announced to the publie, and acted aecordingly. The packers were informed, accerd - ing to letters, of Hoover's appointment four days hefore the anpouncement was made public. The packers’ in- formation was contained in » letter from Thomas F. Logan of Washinxton, on May 15. They also were advised of a private night conference befween President Wilson and Mr. Hoover dur- ing which Mr. Hoover-was offercd the post a few hours after the confer- ence was held. The letter written to Louis F. Swift conveying the information that Hoover would be appointed, read in part “Complete control -of the distribu- tion of fodd supplies wil' be turned over to Herbert C. Hoover in a few days. This will be done directly by President Wilson, although Secretary Houston, who has been opposing tha move, is not yet aware that the pres- ident has asked Mr. Hoover to ahezd. Hoover was with the president several! hours last night and the pres- ident approved all his plans. Hoover was preparing to quit Washington when the president ufld him w g ahead on his own lines. ” When Mr, Cotton was appointed to take charge of the meat and livestock section of the food administration, the ackers had “inside” information of is selection. Thomas E. Wilson of Wilson and Company sent a confiden- tial telegram over the private wire of Wilson and- Company to V. D, Ship- worth, vice president of the company, on October 9, that Cotton would be appointed. The message was sent from the government’s plan ° estab) maximum vrices on tood commodi- ties, and then his private correspond- ence was read to show him apparently opposed to the plan, “Seme of this is gallery play when we say we are in favor of mazimum prices,” wrote Louis F. Swift to his brother, Charles H. Swiff. in Wash- ingten, “but I repeat it is the omly proper thing to do. T believe it Is possible te follow it out if the gow- ernment wants to. I am well satis- fied that the government - does mnot want to ahd is not going to. At the same time it does not make any @if- ference—I mean our public annomnce- ment.” Mr. Heney further , charged - that while the packers were publicly ep- posed ‘to the practice of re-selling fopd- stuffs, they themselves violated - the rule. “I shall show that this rule has been grossly violated by some of the big packers,” Heney said. “They sold and re-sold even to their own depart- ments —; these departments belng ‘handled under a different name than the name under which the big packer does business generaliy—contrary to the rules {ssued by the food adminis- tration.” It’s easy to help along in ioo? conservation when you know how. Grape-Nuts is over 10‘7? by weight actual moi put there” bm wheat and mnlted b::i For flnl reason Grape- Nuh, unlike the ordinary cereal, requires no sweetening. 2 Try it—without sugar.