The evening world. Newspaper, February 16, 1915, Page 2

St merobaaimen carrying passengers. They declare. the civilised Naat Gl De ih cqasatioiy the ocading 12 120 votsom of trodes with thelr crows and pessongers unwarned and unable to save STATE’S ATTORNEY AND REFEREE CONDUCTING INQUIRY INTO BREAD. | 71 SHIPS FRON N NEW GERMAN WAR ZOE ARMS SALES MAKE GERMANS BITTER TOWARD AMERICA Wounded Charge Yankee Am- munition Has Madé Ger- man Losses Greater. fe bo Picguising thie belief. All the British newspapers echo it. on the Boor of the House of Commons. wy wae ready, Winston Charetitt, it ft was pogsible the British sea last might that the tor the Admiraity, ind'cated Weald act before the German fe considered certain to-day, Britich-Frewch-Russian fleets will enforce what ia like ‘mest complete blockage ever attempted by belligerents. 's intention entirely to cut of all German ports from shipping, for heir Mines dnd in ali probability to attempt to force some of ‘weakest of their defended harbors. ‘The Bewopapers to-day commenting on the German notes to the United “way there is no reason to believe otherwise than that this ts the saat desperate attempt on the part of Germas officiajdom to “wave its tae.” _ ‘They aevert the military situation was never better. The possibility has been absolutely removed by the enormous sumber of ave been flocking to the colors. While the Government re it can be stated as a fact that there are now under arme ali Dovernment in prepared to outfit at present, and that, In addi titiion now either on French soll or en pArvined and equipped levies to fill all gaps for at least three months. @f thé British nowspapers charge that tho German snbmerine ‘Was planned entirety for thé purpose of involving the United ‘Beutral nations. If they should be brought into the present pavers aay, would be able to deciare that entire world against, her Germany cannot longer fight and must i te ‘Rest peace Lérmia-that she can. view, in the opinion of the newspapers, is supported by the present agitation in the German press. German comsorship could have prevented the printing of any of these ‘gricles, and the very fact that they have appeared is cited as proof that the smttamerionn agitation has the approval of the Government. Reeapture Two Trenches Previously Taken by Germans|: PARIB, Pob, 16 (United Prese).—That the British troops who have been r the olfenbive between Bt. Klloe and the Ypres Canal have suc- fa recapturing two lines of outlying trenches previously taken from by the Germans in a series of assa [t was aai@ et the War Office that at this point has taken place the @hgagements since Binday. Kiesewhere along the entire bal the ebchanges are confined to the artillery. Feports of notable successes by the French artillery in ‘the Gre of the Germans at several points, notebly in the Sousin APGeane regions, are confirmed. It Is stated that the French artillery is sing weed ald along the entire line to silence and dismount the big German — in the light of this apeech, that the Four American ian Vos Neat British Waters as Germans Prepare to Destroy. TWOCARRY PASSENGERS. —. Thirteen Steamers From Here Will Reach Danger Line : Kaiser Starts Raid. ute there there are There are fourteen steamships out of the port of New York whieb will be in or about the war sone as estab- lished by Germany on Feb. 18. Two of these are passengers vessels, th largest being the Adriatic of White Star Line, which should arrive in Liverpool late on the 18th or the morning of the 19th. The other Is the steamship Bergensfjord, a Norwegian vessel, which will be in the North Sea on the date set for raids by Germany. ‘Thirteen other steamers have left New York and will reach t! none” after the date set by the mans for their raids, making twegty- seven in all that are in danger of be- By KARL H. VON WIEGAND. BERLIN (by courier to Copenhag- en and cable to New York), Feb. (United Press).—The American Gov- ernment, press and public a realise to what extent and It Is pointed out that the throughout Germany against Ameri- cans la spreading. ‘With the German prean daily pub- Nshing despatches tending to show that the United States is siding more more with the allies, and with of despatches taken from the English newspapers indicat- ing extreme hostility many, tho people of Germany are be- coming worked up to a point which it would be diMcult to exaggerate. Officials and American citize: cannot disguise their serious fears that some incident will occur which ‘will lead to @ serious crisis. ‘Wounded officers and men from the front openly charge that the German losses are becoming much greater now that the Frenc! jean manufactured arms and This has created an ai mosphere which, to put It mildly, is becoming more and more frigid dally for Americans, Although hitherto the Germans have maintained a praiseworthy attl- tude of calmness and composure to- ward American business, they are now beginning to complain bitterly, and the natural effect is a continuous growth of the anti-American feeling. the peasants and land- f Bavaria and elsewhere are now refusing to buy agricultural Im- plements fnanufactured in the United ‘The namen of the fourteen vessels, their nationality, port for which bound trom New York Wan announced to-day. "NUSSBAUM Photographer. PASTOR ARRESTED AS WHITE SLAVER Rev. James M. Darnell Accused of Taking Girl From Minne- jy apeaking, the situation Is declared to be satisfactory. OFFICIAL .GERMAN REPORT. Troops Take Plock and Capture 1,000 Prisoners “Foreign newepapets are ° peicht absurd rumors concerning Josage in the fight- ire using Amer- a ST the above list there are three the American flag which will be in the restricted waters on of about the eighteenth of the The Adriatic is the most vatuabje prise of the lot, She has 400 passen- mere and a valuable cargo of food, ‘The steamship Vestris (British), be- longing to the Lamport and Holt Line, which is bound for Havre with & general cargo, would pfove a valu. able prise, The Vestris ie of the same liane as the steamship Vandyck, which was captured the latter part of October in the South Atiantio hy the German Crutser Karisruhe, The V: @yck was valued at $1,000,000, a larger and newer vessel. THIRTEEN OTHER VESSELS CUS BOON IN WAR ZONE. ‘There are thirteen other vessels which Baye sailed from New Yorw Up to to-day and which will reach the seeker sone after Fob. 18, The tat mi (Swedish) for Copenhagen; CHICAGO, Feb. 16.—Rev. Morrison Darnell, the “marrying par- son,” was arrested in Chicago to-dey on a Federal warrant charging him jon of the Mann “White Slave Law. He was taken into cus- tody in the office of his attorney. The youthful Unitarian minister ‘was reported to. have obtained a li- cense at Crown Point, Ind, yester- day to marry Ruth of Owatonna, Minn: Federal author- ities who served Darnell said they have been follow, ing the young pastor's peregrinations. for ten days. They said they found mo evidence that he bad obtained a marriage license at Crown Point. Ruth Soper, fatherhood of whose old son Darnell] has ad- js named in the warrant. Darnell je charged with transporting her from Owatoni from Chicago to i ‘The Berliner Zeitung yesterday pud- ished @ pamphlet which, it 16 charged, was prepared by former President Theodore Roosevelt, urging United States to join the allies and crush Germany. ‘The Berlin Tagebiatt reprinted to- day a despatch from an Newspapes which@ays that American officers bave resigned from the army and are applying for naturalization as Britishers in order that they may ‘ible for commissions in American brigade being gag to fight for England 32,000 ‘These fad otatements which ure h are creating the anti- fo oe Met many are no American flags which 4 Dor able and so generally sopinuaes in the early days of the war. BRITISH TROOPS | MASSED, REPORTS ae British Commander Reports ies Progress of Campaign Up the warrant on i that, In order to involve British submarines can be ex. | *Ail deliberately to sink one or two! yop, ‘ alee charged that the British have Seearang Soo mew 8 Yrancloee (British) for Hull; sailed ilanens City (British) for Bristol; “Northern (British) for Havre; satl- @4 Feb. 11, Cornelis (peter) for Rotterdam; Gre City (British) for Rotterdam; ad Fee. York Dutch) for London, eall- xe eat crate, 1 sigan for Liver- Mg ai iH to Chicago and enosha, Wis., on 914, “for immoral purposes.” ‘When Darnell accepted the pret 4 ; Vaughn, and, after a whirlwind courtship, married her. Telling Doris Ngee Darnell that he would go to jome for her at Kenosha, goodby and went to the ‘Wisconsin city. He had been there only a few week: his “wife and baby” arrived. ‘wife” was Ruth Soper, dat Minnesota publisher, whom nell had known when h ing theology at Chicago University tisk) for Havre; sailed atten (British) for Londoa; sali Pom. (British) tor Tavergects (Wrench) for Havre; sailed Fo age for London; In the above ‘list there ume Thitutelphic, fast Saturday yee should Ip January the church tr OR be- came suspicious of Darnell's past life. An investigation resulted in his de- parture from Kenosha at 3 o'clock after Pons ger es He Vaughn Darnell, w! had never been married to any other The child wife for several ya held her confidence in Darnell, el Bpurgeon “'Da: owed a marriage cer- en divorce papers which hat given her freedom from The Niagara French Line should arrive in a Havre about Feb. 35. eel heavily itaen with freight Most “of ensels are down to the Plimaol fae. ‘The cargoes of all vessels were Darnell, Doris Vaughn Darnell obtained a di- voree, Darnell immediately met Ruth jeacription were car- and Minnesota to obtain a Guruga has ° ae is own ed by the the ‘Qrient marriage license, but failed. They had tel —— hip Company, LONDON, Feb, 16.—A thrilling re- of winter fighting eltal of the peril INTO BREAD PRICES URGED BY PERKINS Tells State Investigators United States Faces Great Wheat Shortage. SPECULATION BLAMED. Deputy Attorney General Becker Threatens “Big Criminals” With Jail. 1, The Federal Government should immediately announce how much wheat is on hand and whether it ts in the hands of the farmers or the middlemen. 3, The Government should im- .Mediately announce its policy as te the question of food supply. 8. The Legisiature should at ence pase a law explicitly stipu- lating what the weight of bread should be and providing proper penalties for violations, as our present laws are so drawn that they are vague and can only be enforced through the courts. ‘There are three of the points made to-day by George W. Perkins, the do, that they will get §2.00 a bushel, who is going to start @ movement to dislodge that wheat and how can it be “I should like to state,” sald Deputy Pi mg her hasband, Attorney General Becker as Mr, Per-| Prenkell, kins concluded his statement, “ fhe Attorney General's plan for this Investigation contemplates into all the matters to which Mr. Pérkins has referred. The purpose of to-day’s inquiry is primarily to in- vestigate the affairs of the local bakers’ associations.” Mr. Becker also etated his. investi- gation cannot alleviate gonditions otherwise than by detecting Violations the Now Toy Tor Manufnotere) ‘with forcing her te give tis camned en 0 ita aired George Kaplan, fi Mr. Perkins said the forty different|s« Kast End a, shapes and sizes in which bread is Row made increased the cost. - A lim-| Qf, Itation of these varietiés would make bread cost a cent a loaf less, he COMMISSIONER HARTIGAN ‘THE SECOND WITNESS. Commissioner Joseph J. Hartigan of the Buredu of Weights and Meas- ures followed Mr, stand, Ho sald that as far bi August, at the outbreak of the Euro- pean War, it was realized that pres- ent conditions would ensue in this Perkins & the they” sell their bread on a unit basis and not according to weight. He sald it was difficult Eo get convictions un- bs the Brooks law.. lwood M. Rabenold, representing the United Master Bakers, of the master oon thought they the law, as the Brooks law had never: been tested. sald he had ail both Mr. Hartigan and bis predecessor, to bring a teat case, but each had declined. y enoy on one’s work a Glasses” will often labor that seemed a mere «+ into pleasurable * Our Oculists are ther orth who fave devoted law in every way.” “There are bakeshops in this city where ood wholesome white bread id to-day for as low = wilt also say there are bi justified in increasing the price of ee first witness called by Deputy Attor- |b ney General Alfred L. Becker in the State's ‘bread investigation, which wef begun before Referee Myer Nussbaum at No, 299 Broadway. ‘The investigation is being conducted under the Dennelly Anti-Trust Law, & weapon as effective, Mr. Becker thinks, as the Sherman Law. ‘Mr. rice of bread in New York regulated?" asked Mr. Beck “As a general rule,” Commissioner Hartigan answered, “in New York to- day the rise in price has been con- oe great distributors—that | ‘ou will be pete | told so. in any case, you are not obli-.- gated to buy glasses. Our prices are low of the great volume’ of Harris Glasses cost from $2°°° small bakers have kept their price down to 5 cents a loaf, sold over tlie Becker declares that he already |, knows “one of the big criminals” and he proposes to “get them all.” Penalties under the Donnelly act ‘are one year in prison oF a $6,000 fine or both. MANY WITNESSES ARE READY TO TESTIFY. Deputy Attorney General Alfred L. Beoker began the proceedings by calling the roll of witnesses under subpoena. Every one was present and all asked leave to have counsel in attendance during the investiga- tion, and this was granted. The witnesses were George W. Perkins, Chairman of the Mayors Committee on Food Supply: William C. Muschentiolm, proprietor of the Hotel Astor; Gerald Byrne of the J. B. Greenhut Company; Herschel Coiling of the Genera! Baking Com- pany; George E. Millspaugh of the Howe Baking Company; William Peohter, President of the East Side Retail Bakers’ Association; Hugo Fredericks of the Rockwell Baking Company and President of the Whole- sale Bakers’ Association; Alfred Romer of the Shults Bread Com- pany; William Steinmets, President of the Master Bakers’ Association; James B, Arthur of the Ward Bread Company, and former Corporation a Counsel Archibald R. Watson. C, H. r/Canby, President of the Chicago Hoard of Trade, has telegraphed he will attend the investigation. GOVERNMENT SHOULD MAKE FOOD INQUIRY, SAYS PERKINS, Mr. Perkins first explained that as Chairman of the Mayor’s Food Com- mittee he had made a careful investi- gation of the food situation and had become generally famillar with the |Bo manner in which bread is sold in this city. “The visible supply of wheat showed &@ decrease last week of nearly 3,600,- 000 bushels compared with a decrease of 150,000 bushels the same week & bial the examina “We give a bit tee of satiation are pair of glasses we furnish. aNhonis S tye and byegtass Sowice: ee keEe “Has there been an increase in bai bread?” The price has remained changed,” said Mr. Hartigan. understand that some of the sealers most of them—have reduced the nize of the rye loaf by from 2 to 4 ounces.” William C. Muschenheim, prietor of the Hotel Astor, was the witness at the afternoon session. lurgest purchasers cs all fore he makes ie, pastry, Mr, Becker aed him to gi of the prices he had paid for our. inning April, 1913,” rrel. In March, 1914, the price ra Ne $5.50; 0 and in August rose Since then it has Vice-President the Shults Bread Company, testified the price. of flour hes rey aa $3.26 since the war be; an. raised the wholesale price of bread one cent a loaf, but had increased the loaf-weight. Harry 8. Tipton, auditor of the Shults Company, said the cost of a loaf of bread was 2 1-4 cents for ma- terials; 61-2 mills for manufacturin, selling and delivery, 1 2-10 cents; mi charges, 13-4 mills mills, making a total cor 2, 4 cents 61-2 Lg nn me, This) Ba fone, he ‘said, the total cost per loat| in 4 conte and 91-2 milla, esl eat WILSON TALKS OF SPAIN. Confirmation of Appeal FREE and EASY CASTLE Poixi! and on the Other Side DESTINY WALTZ Played by Prisce’s Band. _ gee Revels me & bem @eater by phewe. play perfectly om yepr machine. WASHINGTON, Feb, States, President Wilson sald to-day, | i confirmation or re- -, recel nat Bouin bed nadie President. oe He ae © “here was Martin J. Considine of No. One Hundred and Sixtieth Street, year ago,” said Mr. Perkins. ‘The | diss; people who bought this wheat were certainly not American speculators, | cha) Dut they may very easily have been European speculators, Undoubtedly Europe is buying our wheat in large quantities and storing it against @ continuation of the war and a short- « in the »:.cat crop this year. “The Mayor's Food Supply Com- mittee has not recommended an im- mediate embargo, but we have called rday,|*he Government's attention to the ne Kanaan ey @ gross tonnage of rai she was formerly the Massa- ehsetto and aa i by je Ha- which, by virtue of the strength of the opposing positions w:.. sarily of A see-waw nature, was made an United States Commissioner Mason, Darnell waa held in $6,000 bond. The Tt wan the ‘yeport of Gen, Fr whereabouts of the Soper girl were Ny ‘The Cushing does not appear in ste. the British Commander-in-Chiet and eeriousness of the situation and raised the question as to whether the time has not arrived for the Government to state its position on the embargo matter, Last August, we had about *| two hundred and fifty million surplus covered the active operations from rly in Novem*>r until the first of the present month. At the end of November, 5 French says, the British troops were “od along @ shorter line in order to permit of concentration of action and allow the creation of an effect! Early in December it wau noticed that the fire of the enemy was slackening }>rceptidly, especially that of hie artiliery, “From this we deduced that the Germans had withdrawn considera! ee GERMAN AMBASSADOR NOT RECALLED, EMBASSY OFFICIALS ANNOUNCE, WASHINGTON, Embassy oMcials tq-day denied the re- port that Ambassador von Bernatorff had been recalled to Berlin. that the Ambassador would rieking capture by British warships, to which he would be ex- posed if he undertook ® voyage to Ger- Sasvable merriment, and ce wes MORGENTHAU INDUCES TURKS TO SET FREE FRENCH VICE CONSUL Mthiniiies acting on t! bus! of wheat, This has now nearly all “heen sold, It will be nearly five months before we have any new wheat and with wheat going out of this country at the rate of about one mil. on bushels a day, a schoolboy can figure out that in the next fow weeks we will make serious inroads into our | present supply. | “The Mayor's Food Supply Co. . ilt-! tee believes a little foresight te what the situation needs at this time, If another handred or a hundred and fifty millions of bushels of wheat are mn’ duty | taken out of this country in the next of their forces,” says ¢ we decided to attempt an attack in forces. On Deo, 14 we launched this our objective wooded section and hille of chaste, “OUF advance proved impracticable French eae Ve ey not ot attempt ——____ Pi posi Mall Clerks Dine, 3 the deep-seated. cause fitutional system. Vinol n and all the medicinal not, to reture home tions, stores, and at all this sign — three or four months, which may easily be the case, any sort of action at the end of that time, after the wheat is gone, will not do much geod, HOW MUCH WHEAT ARE THE FARMERS HOLDING. “Ie any Governmental authority! looking into the question of how much wheat the farmers are holding? If it ye ot letters. belong! Ing to Wrist, oe Wenthela, Jr t °f, “ifatlem’ Court.’tosday “by ag (He Grand Jury ind a pendant worth $600 we handbag ‘wh dyed Seanoeeres | fn CABBADY.—On Fed. 16th, MARY B., loved etster of James A. and Jennie . No. 3754 Creston Ave- nue. Notice of funeral hereafter,