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HETURN EXCESS
WOOL PROFITS
TO THE GROWERS
Over $1,000000 Taken bV
m Dealers in Transactions
During War Go Back
to Sheep Men, -.
Washington, April 16. Excess
profits of , more .than. $1,000,000 ob-"
, tnined by wool dealers in transac
tions during 4he war time period
when the nalionaj supply was all
under government regulation will be
collected and returned to the grow
ers by the bureau of markets of the
Department of Agriculture.. The de
cision announced by the department
followed a hearing on questions re
lating to the valuation and handling
; or the 1918 clip. f I
The bureau took over "onDecer
ber 31, 1918. the work of the wool
"division of the war industries boaii
and the hearing was arranged ; in
response to complaints of, 'Texas
.wool growers. It was decided that
' these complaints relating principal
ly to territory wool would be re
ferred to Vthe War department's
, claim settlement board and that
claims regarding fleece wool only,
- would be handled by the btfreau.
Reports have been secured from
nearly alt large dealers as to busi
ness transacted during the k period
under inquiry, it was said, but the
j work of checking up accounts has
'.been delayed by the discoverythat
some 800 country dealers had oper
atedwithout federal licenses,
i Secretary Meredmi said the work
itfi collecting and returning excess
' profits would be pushed vigorously.
Aged Man Slays Young ?
i Grandchild With Axe
As She Leaves School
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Muskegon, Mich, 'April 16 "Ldid
it because I loved her and wanted to
take her out of this lite of misery,"
r was the explanation offered bv
Stuart C. Moon. aged 72, of the kill
ing of his 10-year-old granddaugh
ter, Irma Moon, according to ofR-
. cers who arrested, him today. Moon,
fc tretired lumber man, was said by
residents of Muskegon Heights to
have vailed thle girl out of A school-
. room yesterday and attacked her
with an ax.
Moon was held on a charge of
murder. An investigation into , his
sanity probably will be-ordered.' '
Representatives of
, U. S. Newspapers Get
Print Paper In Canada
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Toronto, April 36. A" party of
American newspaper representatives
headed byGA, Stevenson of the
Chicago Herald and' Examiner, to- -day
succeeded in arranging for. the
shipment of 'several carloads of
paper to Chicago and other cities in
the United. State; where newspapers
are facing a shortage because of a
strike of railroad employes. Large
shipments of paper have been held
up in the yards here owing to the
- strike.' ,
Railroad officials said freight traf
fic here is largely returning to nor
mal conditions.
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s Mutinous Chinese Troops
S Capture Town of AnHai
Amoy, China, ' April . 16 The
C'Wriese- troops which mutinied at
Anhai recently, succeeded in ygaiiw,
ing posession of that town to the
northwest of Amoy, in Kukien
province. Their success waV aided
by factional forces from Chang
. Chow, southern Fukien.. Fighting
' also js reported in other places in
the V:inity, with Christian churches
being seized for the use of the, soldiers.
The. forces of General Chen art
said to be gaining strength. . Trbops
. of the northern army have captured
' several hundred cantonese (southern
forces), near Amoy. v
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Liberty and Victory Bonds
Drop to New Low Marks
New y York, April 16. Liberty
bonds and Victory Viotes continued
to decline today, the tfrst As be
ing the ony one of the nine issues
not to have-made a new low record
by noon. The railroad strike, like
tho . steel strike, is said ) toi have"
caused some gelling and corpora
tions have been realizing on their
' holdings to acquire additional cap
ital, n but the principal reason as
signed is the pendingvissue of treasi
tiry certificates of indebtedness at
SJ4 per centr -. , .. . ;
Economist Blames Retail;
Dealers for Shoe Prices
Washington, April 16. E. M.
Robertson, an economist employed
by the federal trade commission,
told the-sena(e manufacture commit
tee that retail dealers were princi
pally responsible or high prices of
shoes. Tanners and manufacturers,
he safd, have taken more profits
thanVthey should, but retailers have
imposed heavier burdens upon the
public than the others.
Mr. Robertson said the most ef
ff tive remedy-would be for the pub
lic to refuse to patronizemerchants.
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