New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 23, 1917, Page 4

T THORAWS WOMEN OM MAR. 5 PARADE | Boggs}n Hufl Says They Won't March pshington, Keb. A contro- over what part women' shall in the inauguration ceremonies to a head. last night with an an- cement by Mre. James H. Boggs, dent of the .Women's Wilson and 4 miember of the inaugural nittee, that, hecause of a ruling ng from the inaugural parade a bn of state floats being organized Ir her direction, she declared “the frawal of all women from the hic. bert N, Harper, chairman of the piittee, replied with the state- that. Mrs: Boggg had no au- to declare such a withdrawal. aid that women were wanted in parade, and that the state floats been debarred because the plans em were in so uncertain a stage he feared they could not be d in time to conform to the hiftee’s standards. decision to withdraw Mrs. declared, had the indorsement e executive board of the Wil- nion including the, wives of senators and representatives bther public officials, and would be the backing also of millions omen .throughout the geountry. hnnouncement, issued as' chair- of the women's division of the ural committee, said: The Declaration. e chairman of the women's di- of the Inaugural committee an- es the withdrawal of all wom- om the patade which will take on March 5. This decision was ed after it became known that man Harper had - arbitrarily that state fl and automobile sentations. which had been ed for and financed by prom- men and women of the various , would not be allowed in the f parade.” hough she would not add to this nent, Mr Boggs indicated ¥, that it only feebly expressed | dighation over the incident, and he women of the union might something more to say on the later. } Harper declared that there nev heen such an organization as a ! en’s Division of the Inaugural pittee, and intimated that ' he take no further notice of Mrs. announcement. one except Major Gen. Scott, 8 grand marshal and myself has rity to say who shall not take n' the parade,’ said Mr. Harper. vant women to participate, pro- they conform to the same re- jnents that are laid down for the | suggestion that a number of cal floats representing the be organized was made several ago, the chairman said, and be ated Mr. Boggs to carry out the f she could do so according to e requirement Until a few hgo, he added, she had not sub- jl any concrete plan. and conse- ly the tloats . sub-committee mously agreed with him that the | t should be abandatied, to pre- he assembling at the last mom- float section that might not rn ' to committee requirements Dumber, uniformity of dress, , and other details. fthe Wilson union e other ho § that a considerable aised for the headquarters, a, it was insisted last | fund had se¢tion, tHat at wo floats were renfl)’ for ship- to the capital and others near- bmpletion, and that a definite had been \\'(/)Tki"\ out in every e women and Chairman Harper only. on the point that the dis- as in no sense an outgrowth of entation of in the parade. That 1« declared on hoth sides ot entered in any way into the fion. DRTAGE OF FOOD | JR FUEL A DREAM C. an& Railroad Men Say Everyone Is Supplied hington, Teb, the 1 siated terstate Commerce Commission ailroad authoritics todar. Re. indicaied that ail localities are ed with adequate stocks of liv ecessities e pnsum , and the tie-up will improve steadil were believed to better than twenty-four hours ince good weather and a sus- flic over vesterday’s hol- ailroads to rush hun- cight cars westward pr on largely with [if ned for consumption east or for export, but both erstate Commerce Commission Service Commission of Imerican Railway Assocaition are g to give preference in car al- Ints to goods for domestic needs. 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New York Secks Way Out, New York, Feb, 23.—Definite meas- uves to meet the food situation were considered today by both state and city authorities. Governor Whitman and some of the members of the state legislature see hope in the im- mediate passage of the food and mar- Jet bill already introduced by a leg- ative committee which has investi- ated tho situation in different parts of the state. In New York city the board of aldermen and the board of estimate met to discuss possible rem- edies. The hous es il the more thickly | populated districts of the city, who first called attention to the acute situa- tion, have formed a number of or- ganizations for the purpose of more ! orderly gfitation. The Women's Anti High Priee league, the largest of these bodles, sent a delegation to the hoard of estimates today to demand an ap- | propriation of $1,000,000 to be used in ! buying food to be sold to the poor at | cost. This organization announced that if its appeal is unsuccessful it would urge that, beginning Monday, children be kept out of school In some of the tenement the boycott, however, has not been altogether peaceful. A number of women were attacked by infuriated! housewives as they came out of shops carrying meat and fish and a score or more of arrests were made yesterday. Governor Whitman said last night | that he regarded the food prablem ‘very serious.” The food and market bill, which the governor is known to avor, contains-an ®mergency clause ! which authorizes the proposed com- | mission to take such measures ecure relief as it may deem de: n case of an emergency creating or threatening to create scarcity of | food. districts Middleman Outwitted. Philadelphix, Feb. 22.—Housewives of this city, tiring, they say, of pro- lests in the abstract against soaring food prices and ineffectual remon- strances with dealers, today an- nounced that they had determined on a concrete method of lowering prices, ive store being the medium lub women and housewives have d forces to eliminate the profits middlemen. The Keystone Co-0p- been informed’| : in the heart of | N y bu food at wholesale plus the bare runninz expense small percentage to the stockhold- Prices on Teh. — Member: g« commission of Chi- of trade conferred again over the question of means to n sufficient to move east- ward an accumulation of freight, es pecially grain, at warchouses in this city and vicinity. President J. P. Griffin of the boarad of trade claims that 20,000 cars are necessary to carry the freight mnow awaiting shipment here. He also as- serted in a telegram yesterday to the Interstate (‘ommerce Commission that Chicago is being discriminated against in the distribution of cars. The price of foodstuffs continued on | the upgrade, announcing being made of an increase or in the near future of several articles. ! Many retailers were asking $1.05 a | peck for potatoes and cabbage which £01d yesterday at from 10 to 15 cents a pound was sold at 15 to 17 cents 4ndam Mua Ohiresa milk proadnsers Increase. of the cars jto $2.12 a hundred LEAK COMMITTEE i Lawson's Wholesale Charges Fail | two newspaper the connection be friendly and not a financial one, The report probably will contain complimentary reference to the corps of Washington correspondents and a tribute to the integrity of the news- paper profession. There will be no severe condemnation of the two cor- respondents who in this particular in- tance sent out forecasts of the peace note.”” It is also understood the report will say that none of the newspapermen present at the Lansing conference on Dec. 20 violated the confidence of that conference and that forecasts of the ‘“peace note” were sent by men not present at the con- | gress. i i ociation, with a membership of 12, 500 in Llinois, Indiana and Wisconsin, decided last night to raise the whole- | sale summer price of milk from $1 pounds and dis tributers today, predicted that the | price to consuniers beginning April 1 | will be 12 to 13 cents a quart. I | ! | i i BLAMES REPORTERS RESTRICTIO! i Paris, Feb, 23, 4:30 a, m.—With i view to reducing lway passeng i traffic, Transport Minister Herriot has | ON TRAVEL. a of Substantiation published a decree suppressing all Washington, Feb. 23.—The com-! 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Poplin Dresses, plaited and plain, all classy styles value effects or loose, 110 $9.98 long Serge tastefully THE BIG STORE - RAPHAEL’S '380-382-384 MAIN STREET DEPT. Store NEW BRITAIN, CONN. INSTRUCTING WOMEN ON FARMS Washington, Feb. 23.—More than $750,000 is being spent this . year carrying into effect the provisions of the co-operative extension law bring- ing the knowledge and information of circular tickets, family tickets, ex- cursion tickets, and special tickets for seaside resorts. At the same time the amount of baggage, other than per- sonal, is limited to 200 pounds for each passenger. the state colleges of agriculture to women on the farms. Part of the money is being used to employ women county agents. Last year 602 women were employed, 350 of whom were county agents. mittee on rules has practically com- pleted its report on the “peace leak” investigation and will submit it to the house within the next three days. It is understood the report is a matter- of-fact document which presents a digest of the testimony taken, as- serts that no government official was responsible for the “leak’” and makes @ no radical recommendation. | The report, it is said, will main- ain that the “leak’” on the president’s peace note on Dec. 20 is traceable to | correspondents . who | furnished a forecast of the note to stock brokers. The committee, how- ! ever, is not expected to trace to these | stock 'brokerage reports any ‘‘clean- up” of magnitude on the stock mar- ket, nor will it be contended that the | correspondents. themselves speculated profitably. It will be asserted, ac- | cording to reliable information, that one of the correspondents received no compensation for his *‘tip,” and that | the other was under employ at a | nominal sum to furnish his brokerage | connection with occasional Washing- | ton news, ) Lawson Charges Fall Flat The wholesale charges of Thomas W. Lawson involving public men and financiers will be declared unsupport- | ed by evidence adduced before the comm e, and it is also undersiood the committee will reject as unwar- ranted tire intimation contained in the Wood resolution that some public offi profited by the “le The committee will that there no testimony connecting any official of the government, either in the execu- tive of legislative branch, with the *leak,” nor has it been -shown that any official profited in the slightest degree from stock market speculation. It is mnderstood that the committee finds that R.-'W. Bolling, brother-in- law of the president had nothing to do with the “leak.” forecast, the committec report point out the alleged evils of short seclling,” on the stock market and suggest that this is a matter to which congr its atten- tion. The report however, does not 2 include any bill to regulate this stock market. This is left to the next con- gress. 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