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CINCINNATI, 21, 1917- Po-crlsSaidToDoAcd Fcr Ousting of Coveii By Co: Nar.icd cr JuJesIiip i Ilado in Conato To Secure Ccr.si deration cf Ltqucr Question. Lawmakers Refuse To Take Up Proposal rroridinp; For Another Vote Prohibition. Conditions ia West Virginia Deplorably Says Rosen-bloom Conservationists Turned Down, ffcarleatoa. w. February JO raMrroxeful effort wr mad t-dy In res tut Virginia Senate by Senator Be SiissaMoom.

sf Wheeling, to secure w4nlM ef hi joint resolution pre- resubmission la tha voter ef Sttutiewal amendment permitting sfertur and sal of Intoxicating Tb Rorar.tnora molutlon la pending ta tka Senate, tut It required a two-aMi taka tin tha measure out af err. Tha Senate divided equally on tk to taka up the molutlon. but vara wa aeea that tha motloa wae lest, fearing tha vote la the record! areuM be construed aa agaist prohlbl Use, all Senator, changed their vote. karlng tlta Anal ballot I to U. la asking for tha conalderatlon of hla resolution Senator Roeenbloom declared that prohibition had been a failure.

In West Virginia, and that he desired the resubmission of the question after It had experienced tlx yean of operation. "Just Causa For Action." The purpose of the amendment la to submit the question of prohibition to the voters again In 1018, aald Roeenbloom. "There la just cause and sufficient rea. son for this action. While I recall that there was a majority of 92,000 for pro- hlbltlon In 1(113, I would also call lentlon to tha fact that 13,000 jnore votes were cast on.

this question' that year than were cast on tha (governorship. I ur staking no charges, but It was an un- usual fact. i "Condltlona could not be more deplorable than they are to-day under prohl-; bltlon. We were told that the vote of IVM was only an effort tot drive out the nloon, but they have undertaken to read IB the constitution something that the people did not put to It. Nothing waa ner aald of barring the personal use of Meiiora." i "I am not opposed to prohibition," aald the Wheeling Senator, "but whether you ere opposed or not the people have a rljrht to vote on this quesUon In 1018 after prohibition has been tried for six years.

All I ask la that tha people be riven an opportunity. Do not deprive them of this right" Ineffectual Attempt Had. It waa another dark day for the gaa conservationists In the Senate, where Ineffectual attempts are being made to secure consideration of the House bill which would prevent the- transportation of natural gaa outside of West Virginia until after consumers ta tha state have been supplied. senator Duty again called up hla reaction which would place the bill on the emergency calendar. Senator Orlhble.

of Doddridge, raised the point of order that the resolution sought to promote tha bill by changing the rules by a resolution. President Goodykoonts, declaring that he entertained an opinion on tha subject, max tne word emergency had a nebulous mealng and that he waa disposed to let tha Senate itself decide whether or not the bill waa of an emergency character. Tha resolution (ailed of adoption by a vote of 12 to 14. senator Roeenbloom changing his vote In order to ask for a reconsideration of the vote Wednesday, when the final action of the Senate will be taken. Unless a reconsideration is secured the further consideration of tha measure Is st an end.

Tha vote on tha Duty resolution stood: For Arnold, Beckwlth. Cobun, Duty, Fog, Gregory, Hough, Kump, Lowe, Morton. Parrish and Slnsel 12. Against Billings, Burgess, Coaller, Dodson, Frailer, Oodbey, tiribble, Hogg, McAboy, Miller, Montgomery, Rosen-bloom, Vend II and Qoodykoonta 14, House Refuses To Beceda. The feature of tha day In tha House was tha dlscuaxion over the Hough-Sullivan bill, previously passed by the Senate and amended by the House, authorising the purchase of a mine-rescue car.

After heated rilacusslon the House refused to recede from its amendments by a vote of 4.1 to 41. After amending tha House bill providing for the purchase and distribution of free text books In the public schools, the Senate passed the measure, with several of the Democratic members expressing the wish that a better bill would be considered In conference and reported out Carrying appropriations for the flscal Period of 1918 and lulu amounting to approximately five and three quarter mll-Hont, Chairman W. C. W. Kennhaw, of the Committee on Finance and Taxation In the House of Delegation, this evening Introduced In that body the general appropriations bills.

For the fiscal year of 1018 the appropriations from the current revenue fund mounts to and are lower for the succeeding year. The bill was prepared upon ststistlcs provided by the state authorities showing that the revenue for the first year of the biennial period, exclusive of direct stste 'sirs will be and for the ue-enllng year M.Hrj.duo., Kor eacji one "nt of direct state tax on the present Property valuations revenue to the mount of lllS.uuo will be received by the tat. Heavy Taxes Predicted. Is addition to the appropriations car-rki In the Renshaw bill the salaries of tale officers amounting to t-iavmo snd Unexpended bnlnnccs of approprlstlnns mounting to sjiii.tmo in former appropriations are to be provided for which probably will necessitate a 8 per cent tax In 1018. Many features of merit are Incorporated tn" House appropriation hill.

Including limitation of nil lihuik appropriations which. It is cuiniutcl, will reoult In a naroerable saving to the slate, while the appropriation for clerk hire In the "nous stute pBrtmentn have been "'mixed, no approbations bejnx made np clerk hire in loinp eonis. an hereto- Mlhnuqh the 1 fteciltr.l Pmm in! of Control asked -1 Hi'iToiTlnlion for i'. lit of in- scut pieriTca re mi ssacrsss. Columbus.

Ohio. February of certain fact. In tha public records "sura the power of Governor James M. Cdx to remov. stata Highway Commissioner Clinton Cow, of Cincinnati, at ny time ha may see nt and appoint his Thl.

state of facts has been known to tha Chief Executive for a long time, comparatively speaking, but he does not propose to exercise the power unless the pending bill recognising the highway department defeated. It Is hla Intention to await legislative action. In the accounts of tha executive office of Governor time trier appears an effort, to repair a blunder that now la declared to be fatal. But In the reo- orda of th Auditor of Bute a correspond ing chang waa sot undertaken and the Stata Highway Commissioner waa left defenseless Cowen waa named three time, according to tha Willi, Journal Flrat he was nominated ta succeed Jamas R. Marker, reel good, and for tha second tint a full term of four years, begin ning la April, litis.

This waa confirmed by tha Senate, la September th Cas law, voder which he la serving, earn Into effect aad he was again named for rraaasd east af Being, the merease la th but is net aa targe aa waa sought. INDIANA SENATE rawer Plan Ta Sav Distillers and Brewers. venal, aurarca re ras sxeciass. Indianapolis. February 20.

Almost without dissent tha Senate this afternoon adopted a report from tha Committee on Manufacturer favoring the passage of bill permitting brewers and distiller In Indiana to continue the making of Intoxicant, Indefinitely under (tat super vision for ul in wt states. Tha report waa presented by Senator Mercer, Republican, a dry leader. Tha only member signing a minority report waa Senator Bracken. Senator Sim mons and other leaders la th fight for prohibition voted for th majority re port. Th bill has tha approval of many of th leading members of tha Legislature and prominent business who want to give th brewers and distillers an opportunity to aava their property.

Th state will become dry th second of April next year. If the bill favored to-day become a law a brewer or distiller may pay the state a license of M.0U0 annually ana continue In the manufacturing business aa long as ha does not attempt to Mil In this or any other dry state PEOHIBITIOir BILL Sioux Falls. S. Dak February 10. Tha Senate of the South Dakota Legislature lata to-day passed an absolute prohibition bill! 41 to 4.

Th bill re cently passed by the House and now goes to Governor Nor beck for approval. Tha bill will-put effect the pro hibition amendment to tha state constitution adopted In th last general election and will become operative on July 1111111017111:111 IS 0BDEEED. srsriAI. DISMTCB MQOISSS. Charleston.

W. February 20. A re-argument of the case by which Congressman Howard Sutherland seeks to" prevent a Judicial Inquiry, into nis election as United States Senator, sought by Ssnator William B. I Chilton and granted by Circuit Judge Jamea H. Miller, to-day was ordered oy we Supreme Court of Appeals.

A eontst between Chilton and Sutherland before the Senate Is expected. MAT CALL EXTRA SESSION. Atlanta. Ga- February 10. Governor Harria to-day told a delegation of prohibitionists he would call an extra aea-slon of the Legislature to pass a "bone-dry" bill should th Reed amendment to tha postal bill, now before Congress, become a law.

Th Reed amendment would make It a. crime to shin liquor Into states which prohibit Its manufacture or sal. Georgia law now permit receipt of two quarta of liquor or 4S pinta of beer or.ona gallon of wine every SO STJITOAT GOLFIlICr SAVED. Raleigh. N.

February 20. A 'bill which would have prohibited Sunday golfing In North Carolina was killed in the Lower House of the Aasembly to-day when Representative Page, of th Pine-hurst and Southern Plnea district, suc ceeded oy one vo tlon for hi. district aaed second reading. inirn reu' ing many 'supporting members refused to rot for It becaaa of th xemptlon. LIQUOR BILL PASSED.

Columbia. S. February so-called "quart-a-month" liquor bill was passed by both branches of the South Carolina Legislature to-day, and now goea to Oovernor Manning lor sia-naiure. I i ooi.l be effective 01) daya after aigned. It allows the Importation of on quart a month of whisky for medicinal, or one gallon of wine a monm ror uses, to a male adult or a woman, If she la tha head qf a family.

MAT JOIN INDEPENDENTS. Pittsburg. February SO That Representative-elect M. Clyd Kelly, of the Thirtieth Pennsylvania District, will stlsn himself with the seven so-called Independent member, of th Sixty-fifth Congre wa. Indicated when It became known here to-day that Mr.

Kelly would attend the' conference of Independent member. In Washington Thursday. Mr. Kelly was elected as a Progressive-Democrat at the November election over Congressman W. Coleman.

RepMWIcan, FEDERAL TAX OPPOSED. Harrlsburg. February 20. Both branches of th Pennsylvania Legislature to-day adopted a concurrent resolution protesting sgainat th. Federal Govern-rnent Imposing a tax upon th.

profit of oration, and against any other extension th Fd.ra Government of taxes upon sources relied upon by the state, for their revenue. IUSUBAITCE LAWS CHANGED. Columbia. 8. C.

February of South Carolina flr. ln.urajJ virtually was completed to-day whrn Governor Manning aigned two of a wries of seven bills recommended by a "mmison which Investigate the STTFFEAGE BILL PASSED. Albany. K. February 1 woman surrrare ithout pasted by the Assemniy .1.

Late by-a -vol of li to 10- a term' ending September I. 101. On December 28, 1818. Governor Willi, made an entry la hi. Journal confessing that he blundered In seeking to confer a new term upon Cowen and withdrawing th same.

But In the Auditor's office th bond records show that hs filed a new and different undertaking under the Casa law. Indicating that th act superseded the former State Highway Commission. Thar. Is a decided lack of harmony between the several book. In the Governor's office, and they In turn are In dleagree-ment with those of Auditor A.

V. Don-ahey. It has long been a suppressed secret of tha Republican administration that Cowan had been legislated out of office, and that contrary opinion of former Attorney-General Turner waa baaed upon an insufficient set ef facta, for which deficiency ha waa not responsible. Under the pending bill a Stat Highway Commissioner Is to be appointed, the three member, of which will have Joint control over approval Of plana and location of hlghwaya with the executive officer. Th minority ha offered a substitute which seeks to retain Cowen In office.

Thla la impossible, as ha waa not confirmed by the Senate, and his aomlnalon may be withdrawn at any ttma by th Governor. Final Austrian Showdown Sought By United States COhTTIinjED TROM TIBJJT PAQB. Hungarian Government declared that every merchant ahip which for whatever purpose was armed with gun forfeits by this circumstance alone th character of a peaceful vessel, and that In consideration ef th circumstances th Austro-Hungarian naval forcea had received order to treat eueh vessels aa warships. In conformity with this declaration ships whereon were American cltlsens were sunk in the Mediterranean, presumably by Austro-Hungarian submarines. Some of these ship, for example, the English steamer Welsh Prince, were torpedoed without warning by a submarine under the Austro-Hungarian flag.

Tha American Ambassador at Vlenna, requested information regarding! these caaea, but thus far haa received no reply. "At the same time as th German declaration of January IL 117, which described certain portion of th sea off the coasts of tha Entente countries aa exposed to danger from aubmarine. the Auatrp-Hungarlan Government made known that Austria-Hungary and her allies, aa from February 1, would- prevent with all available means shipping within tha defined barred area. "From the foregoing It can be con cluded that the asauranea given on tha occasion of tha Anconla case, and renewed on th occasion of th discussion of tha Persia case, la In all material respect tha same assurance contained In the note of tha German Government of May 4. which reads: In conformity with tha general principles of International law 'concerning the holding up, search and destructloa of merchant ships, such (hip will aoC be sunk either Inside or outside that portion of th sea which haa been declared a naval war aone without previous warning and without taking aucb meana as are available for saving human Uvea, unlesa auch shlpa flee or endeavor to offer resistance; and that thla assurance ia more or less altered by tha declaration of tha Austro-Hun-garlan Government of February 1 and January II.

"Since the United States Government la In doubt regarding tha meaning to be attached to these declarations, especially tha last. It desires to be finally and clearly Informed of tha atandpolnt which the Austro-Hungarlan Govern ment adopt. In these circumstances and also whether the assurance given in the Ancona and Persia caaea to be regarded as changed or withdrawn." The correspondent learn that the material contents ef this aids memoir will be submitted by the Foreign Ministry to an exhaustive examination from th standpoint of International law and then will be answered." A Central New, dispatch from Zurich to-day says' "The Austrian Emperor ha, given a long audience to Count Csernln, the Minister of Foreign Affaire, who previously had a conference with Frederic C. Pen- field, th American Ambassador." After the sinking by an Austrian submarine of th Italian steamship Ancona In November of lfllB, occasioning th Iota of the lives of several Americans, th Austro-Hungarlan Government sent a not to th United State In which it aald: Tha Imperial and Royal Government can also substantially concur In the prin- I clple expressed In the very esteemed A.ri.ni note, that private shins, la so ZCmv do Bot -M tatanc. may not be destroyed without the persons aboard being brought into safety.

AUSTRIA WILL STAND PAT, According To Berlin "Dual Monarchy Ia On With Germany." Berlin, February 10. While tha of- Aclal text of the memorandum handed Ambassador Penfleld to the Austro- HungarianForeign Minister ta not yet knoem here, the purport of the note la well understood. It la atated authoritatively that tha dual monarchy la one with Germany In Ita determination to carry out the un restricted submarine campaign. In which It la already actively operating in th Medlterraaean blockade aone. It la asserted confidently that Austria-Hungary will not recede In the slightest degree from the position Jointly assumed with Germany.

TONS OF 'CONFETTI rail on Dancera at Merchant' Kardl Crra Fancy dances last night featured the Mardl Gras dinner-dance given by the Business Men's Club In It quarters. Ninth and. Race atreet. when the vir assembled, at a similar occasion foregathered. The entlr club was given over to tha revelere.

Two nun. prices. 4 dred pair attended. I LonI known as a leader. In social The ballroom had been transformed strife, to-dsy maiked the first public to Interpret a Parisian grand ballroom.

appearance of "Sweet Maria" Gans for the overhead and mural decorations some It was this little woman being a riot of rainbow-hued stream-1 who threatened the life of John D. era. balloons and lanterns. at tne tlm of th Preceding the Solo dances. Inter- Colorado ooal strikes.

8ho has served preted by Gladys Green, ton, of con-' Blackwell Island and has fettl fell upon unsuspectlnr dancers. prominent In many demonstra-Horace Williamson waa master of cer- and with the Entertainment Disclaiming any Intention to cxatreerata Committee and decoratora, William conditions or start a jroare. Charles Stephen, and Louis i Woeste. trans- th bl" r'L: formed the ballroom Into a palace WrMt to-oay. wonderment.

"New York, at the present time, has not a Rulllv.n niM-. nnlri. AH TuecnUr j. cv Miller and B. Baldwin re members Committee.

members of th I Entertainment C. WESTENHAVEB. racial. Bisrarca to ths sqcisss. Washington, February 20.

Senator Pomerene to-day sent a letter to th Senate Committee on th Jodlclary urging early and favorable action on the nomination of D. C. Weatenhaver, of Cleveland, for appointment as Federal Judge. Weatenhaver was not th choice of Senator Pomerene, who Indorsed Ed Wertx. Some of the Senator's friends thought he' ought to have opposed Westenhaver'a confirmation, but ha takes an entirely different view.

The Senator aald he did not believe anybody will try to make trouble for "'He la capable lawyer of high character and there is no reasonable, ground upon which opposition to his confirmation could be baaed." aald th Senator. cojcnirtrED eeom first pagk. clothing. The police fought them off and a guard waa thrown around the City Hall. Tha women remaining near the spot continued to shout are starving1; until mounted police scattered them.

Acute Stag- Reports received by Commissioner Hartlgan Indicate that the situation "as reached an acuta stage which, he assert, calls, for the establishment by congrea or "some sort of food control commission to meet the per capita consumption of food in tha United While retail shopkeepers and push cart peddler, have been forced to bear th brunt of tha assaults of th angry housewives here, the Bureau of Welgbta and Measures announced that "the exportation "of foodstuffs and tha subnormal product Ion tare the underlying causes of the advance in prices." It wa, however, that there ia "abundant evidence of (peculation In canned good." So desperate have tha women In some parte of the city become, It Is said, that hundreds of food peddlers have locked their, push cart In stable, and suspended buslneaa. A number of these dealer, who ventured out on the upper East Side to-day were set upon by a mob of housewives when It waa found they were selling onion, at 16 cents a pound and potatoe, at I and 10 cent, a pound. .1 The peddlera were driven from the streets Into hallways of tenements. where the women tor their clothing and scratched their faces. Meantime the push carta were demolished and their content, strewn about street.

After the women had atorned the City Hall In an effort to seo the Mayor, Mrs. Harria issued a statement in which she declared it had been decided to keep children away from the schools until the price of food lowered. Thla top, Mrs. Harria asserted, was Justified on the ground- that poorly fed children are In no condition to profit by school ing. Announcement waa made to-night by Earl D.

Bast, President of the American Sugar Refining; Company, "housewives should pay no attention to unfounded stories ss to the shortage of sugar." In his statement Mr. Babst said: "There are ample supplies of raw and refined sugar on hand and In transit throughout th country to take ear of normal consumption. are operating all of our reflnerlea and ex ao to continue. This company haa been selling large quantities of sugar at a quarter to a half cent a pound be--low existing prices, and la taking care or Ita normal trade at all points. Its deliveries to thb domestic trad up to thla date are greater than for the same period of 1 It." "All Want Za Existence." "You can't expect ua to keep quiet ft atim In nrnti.it ILfa.l flana when niaced under arrest.

want I existence We don't want to rob and plunder. But what are going to do? It isn't natural for prices to jump Ilk that. Th Mayor had ought to get th wholesalers together and look Into th reasons for those in. the event of a declaration 10 days. of war it would be Impossible to get any produce and vegetable, to thi, market i- "4- ')! jjp -V ir" look tot the famoue trsdWmark, "Hie Maeter Voica." It to en 1 r-fsia, vr Vicwole od swry Vletar I.I MGtlSSVt.

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75c 17787 10 in. 75c i "Victrwla" la they would spoil In transit wing to the' congested condition on ail ateamahlp line. We predict that tn aay war elared New York would have tne food riot th world haa ever n. A great crowd of housewives. them wtth children, fought to trance to a meeting in to-night at which proteat were made against tha high price of food.

Th meet. Ing ended with th adoption of a plan for many thousands of women and children to march all day In Wall atreet and at night through Fifth aVenue. FEDERAL INVESTIGATION Into Price of Food 8oon To Opened In Chicago. Chicago, February While a hunger demonstration was taking place in New York to-day. and Chicago, like th rest of th was facing higher prices for table necessaries, it wsa announced that th Federal Government'e investigation Into the food problem will be opened In Chicago eoon.

probably next week. The announcement waa made by United Btates District Attorney Clyn, who had just returned from Washington, at th conclusion of an Interview with Frank Dalley. a special Assistant Attorney-General who haa been In charge of the Government a inquiry Into the coal shortage. Much evidence bearing on th food situation I aald to have been gathered by agents of th Department of Justice and prepared for presentation to th Com-mleslon. "Some of It Is said to have been heard by grand Juries.

T. P. Miller, President of th newly organised Fruit and Vegetable 8hlpp.ru' Association, said to-day that no relief wa In sight, and that only diminished consumption could lower price. "There are only cara of potatoea In the whole state of Colorado now," said Mr. Miller.

"There should be at this season 3,000 cars. Idaho has only l.aJ car. Oregon 230 and Washington 100, which Is. from one third to one fifth of their normal supply. And this supply Is being rapidly shipped out.

We hsd 60 oars, yesterdsy, mostly from the West, and we relayed most of th 00 car, a far East as Boston and a far South aa Texas. "Potatoea are retailing at SO cent peck In Chicago, and are (aid to be likely to go higher. The reason lies not only In the very short crop of last year, but In the added freight chargea Involved In bringing them from the far West. In other year when the crop wa short we received them from Ireland. Belgium.

Scotland and' Germany. That was of courxe Impossible this season. "Many farmers, tempted by high price, have sold their seed potatoea, and the re sult may be decreased acreage this year, Miller estimated that the present crop la short bushels. On top of this On tha Beach at Waikiki-Medley Hula (fiOi VbtUh ml CtxttT hi Loah, mi Ftrtrm) Horaeo Wright-Ren Dietrich My LuauCirl with UkuUUtniGuttM LtuttmtJFmrm) Hsraxa Wright-Rwna Dratrich HawaiUaWalu Medley (GvUttDatl) Un and Kail Kilirar. WalU (Gi-iiar Dutt) Law anal KaiU My Hoetolulu Hula Cirt In EnftU), enV 75c 1 One Two Three oar In EnglUk Aloha Oo (Farewell to Thee) (Liliuokatani) i Hosas Native runution bong Honolulu March (Goffer 0af) (Kohaia March (Guitar Utut) (Hilo Hawaiian March IWaiUnaWaiu Hear tAii fascinatinK Hawaiian muiic today at any Victor dealer's.

Ha will gladly give you a copy of the special Victor catalog of Hawaiian Record, and play any muiic you with, to hear. And he will demonstrate the various style of the Victor and Victrola $10 to $400. Victor Talking Mvcbin Ctx, C-unden, N. J. Important AN Vltr TaUdag Mschlaes ani petented and see eerr BtmmmmJ.

and with right see with Vlcter Moras enir. AU Vtcter Records are petaated sad ere enlr Kuans', and with light ef nse on Victor Talkie Machines saly. Victor Recers aad Victor Machiaes are sdoiUftcsllr caorduiatad and sraxhronised by ear special siumm of sssswfsttiirsi and their mm, ssstpt with sack ether, is not eoir nna.ilk.rind, kut eaaaagiiig aad aasstiiisrwry. I IW VloVsr luasi dsanasmm as all doalere a tha lath al saoh assath ah Esglstsria Irsde-sasrk of th Vtcter Talking Warningt The aes ef the word VirareU epos or fa the i came new that treat haa don serious damage to the crops ordlnsrily ready for market at thla Onions in Chicago to-day wer selling at 12 cent, a pound wholesale as compared with the normal price of three cents: beans, ordinarily worth tl 75. at (7 23 a bushel, and the ten-dollar cabbage of other years la an aristocrat at tl.1t a ton.

Other staple, ar quoted at proportionate advance. FOOD RIOTS IK PROGRESS In Waat End of Boston Oovsrno, TTrg-e Leg-islaturee To Act raciAT. BtaraTca re tQtutaa. Boston, February ao! "Thl, country. Ilk thos abroad, must do something to regulate price.

We are in a state of war aa far the cost. of living la conctrned and th Legislatures must give th question serious consideration In defense of our people." Oovernor McCail to-night In these word expressed his view af the seriousness of th living cost problem now confronting New England at a banquet of Worcester legislators In th Qulncy House. Government control, thus suggested by the Governor. I demanded In resolutions adopted by the West End Mothers' League, which call for a national embargo on food shipments to Europe and control of food distribution for th public good Inatead of speculative profit. West End store have boosted prices on sugar and aalt to previously unheard-of flgurea, and there was incipient food iota In progress In certain parte of that section this afternoon and evening.

Every part of the city ia suffering from the abnormal conditions, and potatoea are being sold by the doaen in niany places. In Boston proper they sell for 23 cents a dozen. Restaurants have stopped giving potato with order and now charge cents a portion for them. INCREASED PRODUCTION Of Wheat and By and Deoreaa of Potatoea Washington, February SO. Increased production of wheat In Australia, reduced acreage of wheat and rye In France and a decreased production of potatoea in th principal countries was reported by cable to-day to the Department of Agriculture from the International- Institute of Agriculture at Rome.

Australia' a wheat crop Is placed at 14S.478.niO bushels That la 68. 8 per cent more, than the five-year average and slightly larger than the previous year', crop. France's area sown Isat autumn I given', as 10.SSJ.009 acres, or It per cent less than the previous year, HmmmiUm (aaU Qidnlaffs) E.K. Viufnteff.) Ro Hawauaa Quintacta HawaBaai Qulntwtxa) S.M.Kaiawa Pal Loa-David KaiH PaU K. Lna-David KaiU trosnt Waa Royal Hawaiiana IraaM Waat Royal liawauaaa 1 afacWae Comsoar dialaasllng fbs sroeocw sf at I1IIBH and the rye acreage aa J.04MOO, or 10.1 per cent less than tha previous year.

Potato production In the United States. Canada, Francs. Great Britain. Italy. Netherlar nd Japan aggregate 1.0fxl,aoe.OOO bushels for last year, a reduction of U.

per cent from th previoua year and 11.4 per cent from th flv-year average. PRESIDENT TO INSIST On Appropriation of (400,000 For Pood Price Inquiry. Washington, February 10 One of th measure which President Wilson will Insist upon as a part of tha program to be completed by Congress he- fore It adjourns la the appropriation of 400.000 requested by the Federal Trade Commission for an Inquiry Into high prleea. It became known to-night that the president la determined that the commission, which la making the Investigation at his requee, shall have ample funda for the work. Considerable opposition haa developed In the House, and the Appropriations Commltte Is reporting the civil sundry hill yesterday failed to Include the 1400.000 asked for.

It la expected that when the bill cornea up for debate the Item Introduced as an amendment, with the full hacking; of the Administration. WORTH TEN CENTS APIECE. Toledo, Ohio, February 20. One pota- I to 1 now accepted In place of 10 cent caah for admlaaaioa to motion picture shows here. At one theater more than 110 worth of potatoea waa received last night.

Potatoea ar retailing her at tx cent a pound, coating about th sam aa grape fruit arid orange. POLITICAL GOSSIP. Sunday, June 10, was decided upon as the date of the annual family eutlng of the Seventh Ward Democratic Club, at Humboldt Park, at the regular monthly meeting of that organisation last night President John Eschman appointed the following commutes to have charge: E. McClure, Chairman; Elmer Grlese, Treasurer; John Merlahd, W. Parker.

Charles B. B. Happen, Ernest Flnchoaugh, Edward Mills and John McLaughlin. 1 LUMBER DEALER STABBED. Otto C.

I-angston. 3. years old. Chat-tnooga. lumberman, waa attacked by an unidentified negro when nt Klfth and VIn street last nlisht and 1 stabbed In his back.

this Coat, say FAILS TO RETURN LCVL Cincinnati Woman Angry on Ing; Daughter in Court, arseiu. Bisrarca re nt axomsss. Chicago, February 20. Mother l. failed of reciprocity to-day Between Mary Gelsler, Cincinnati, and her ter Eleanor.

There waa a dram scene In Court when the mother arm to testify against Frank Dean, a vai. villa performer, who la being tried on charge of violation of the white i act. JJer daughter flew Into her anr.s. Mr. Gelsler clasped her In arms, of lov.

but of rage, and clutched at 1 throat, crying: "Why have you tried ao hard to br, your poor mother's heart "I'm going to stick to Frank, and they send him to the penitentiary 1 marry him when he comes out," the replied. MARLEY 2X Hi: DEVON 2i IN. COLLARC 1 8 Ots. each, 0 lor 80 cts. CLUffTT.

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