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Show oo II SI . FIljlTIll Federal Officers Investigating Freezing of Several Hundred Carloads of V egetables. CHICAGO, Nov. 5. With federal officers of-ficers starting today an investigation of the charges that several hundred carloads of vegetables' have been allow ed to freeze and rot whllo within the railroad yards hero, it became known that tho food administration will seek to secure as severe penalties as possible possi-ble under the law for the offenders if their guilt Is established. It is pointed out that stories of quan- v - ' ' 1 ' ' ' i titles of vegetables being allowed tof rot while held in the railroad yards have not been uncommon in past years, but that in view of new laws which make destruction of food a criminal offense, of-fense, tho loss this year calls for fed-, eral investigation. |