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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY CHICAGO 111 August C Weather forecast Illinois Thnndershowcrs probable tonight and Thursday except fair in southeast portion tonight cooler tonight and Thursday in northeast portion Missouri Local thundershowers tonight or Thurs ¬ day dayWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C August 6 Immediate application of a federal license system to all manu ¬ facturers wholesalers retailers and dealers In commodities to prevent profiteering is provided in a bill introduced in the House this afternoon by Rep ¬ resentative Siegel of New York Goods offered for sale would have marked on them the actual cost price exclusive of transportation and cartage charges Absence of such marking would be priimi facie evidence of profiteering the penalty for which is revocation of license for a period of one year with 5000 fine or two years imprisonment or both bothCHICAGO CHICAGO 111 August 0 Declaring that they would not consider evidence against negroes charged with participating in the Chicago race riots unless evidence was also presented against white persons the special grand jury impaneled to investigate the race riots adjourned abruptly shortly before noon today with the attitude that they would not resume their investigation tomorrow unless white cases were l efore them themPARIS PARIS France August 0 Marshal Foch com inanderinchief of the allied armies during the war is reported by the Echo de Paris to have been invited by the United States government as well as several organizations in that country to visit America NEW YORK N Y August 0 The sugar crop of Cuba this year is expected to break all records according to Gabriel G Menocal brother of the president of Cuba who arrived here today from Havana HavanaWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C August C Secretary Lansing told the Senate foreign relations committee today that the original American plan for a league of nations was not pressed at Versailles and was never presented to the full peace conRrence conRrenceWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C August C President Wilson will address Congress in person Friday to make recommendations for legislation designed to aid in reducing the cost of living livingPITTSBURGH PITTSBURGH Pa August G Warrants were issued this afternoon for the arrest of three officers of the Pittsburgh branch of the Central Sugar Com ¬ pany of Chicago charged with profiteering profiteeringWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C August 6 Gen Pershing cabled the war department that on July 31 a total of 98497 troops were still overseas overseasLONDON LONDON England August G King George to ¬ day conferred upon Premier David Lloyd George the Order of Merit as a sign of his appreciation of Mr Lloyd Georges war services servicesWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C August 6 Antitrust suits against the five biff meat packers will be instituted immediately by the department of justice
