The evening world. Newspaper, December 22, 1916, Page 1

» s 4 mand and the war are several reasons | “4 — LANE e&oIT! — = PR ——— ICE ONE CENT. On Copyright, 1016, by Co, (The bttshi w York World). Che | “ Circulation Books Open to All.’ | The Frew NEW YORK, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1916. “Circulation Books Open to All.” 20 PAGES i—Fairy much colder to-night. AL ¢ EDITION ONE CENT. PR GERMANY SAYS ALLIES CAN HAVE TERMS; ICE ENTENTE TO SEND JOINT REPLY TO WILSON $30,000,000 EXTORTED BY - FROM PEOPLE Public Paying Nearly Twice as Much as in Any Year Since Civil War. FEW MEN MAKE No Reduction Until the War Ends, Declare the “Sugar Kings.” PRICES. The people of the United States Wave paid in the last two years ap- Preximately twice as much for sugar @eneumed at home and used as the fmgredients of other, necessitics as Seeeneve at any time since the Civil Thirty million dollars in profits in @xcees of the profits of former years Is the huge sum that has been divided In the last two years among the big Interests here and in Cuba in control @f the production, refining and distri- bution of sugar. This is the story revealed by a par- tial inquiry into the high cost of sugar made by The Evening World. The biggest bulk of this huge profit went to the Cuban-American Sugar Coin- pany, the Americ ugar Refining Company, the National Sugar Refining Company, the Arbuckles and the Fed- eral Company. An official of one of n these companies frankly admitted that the profits were large, but claimed that, in some cases, the Money was made in investments as Well as from the increased cost of the product, Another official admitted that the labor cost of producing raw cura had not been nearly as high as labor. Recently cost in other lines. there has been a drop in cost of the raw product of nearly 1% cents, with only a slight reduction in the whole- | Bale cost which has not affected the price to th Two weeks age raw\was up to 6% ents a pound. It is now quoted at @ fraction over 5 cents. The whole- @ale drop was less than % of a cent, yesterday's wholesale quotation being @ fraction over 7 cents a pound. Re- tallers and big wholesalers who use @ugar in their products claim that this is nothing like a reasonable re- duction, that sugar to-day should be gelling for 6% cents, judged by the wuotations of the raw product, dame OLD CRY, “WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT IT?” Shortage, the law of supply and de- materially consumer, advanced by the “sugar kings” for the high cost of sugar. They say there will be no material reduction until tho war ends. Some admit that specula- tive gambling on the Coffee Mixchange helped to keep the price soaring. “Some fellows were shrewd enough to buy low and sell high,” said one, “and there you are? What can be done bout it?” Nevertheless, The Evening World has Qadiscovered that thousands of com-| plaints from all parts ef the country have been forwarded to Washington, demanding an investigation, and that within the last ten days an informal inquiry has been made. The informal inquiry will probably turn into an of- ficial one, The New York Chamber of Commerce got complaints too and ap- pointed a committee to investigate, Harry Balfe, President of Austin, Nich- ols & Co, is Chairman of this commit- (Continued on Eleventh Page.) — oe THE WORLD TRAVEL BUREAU ae. Puliteer (ork) Building, Arty ts ark Hom, N.Y. Cit i int © ‘ y ae 3. yarvel fom Lele 4 laats kiatelis shecs sad me tyles next spring, SUGAR KINGS IN TWO YEARS POLAR BLAST NEW YORK TONGHT WL SNOW, MAYBE Weather Man Says the Mer- cury Will Probably Drop to About 24 Above. “Clear and colder” was the pre- diction for to-night. The weather man explained that the rain was to ~ MUS STAY HEE TLL WAR ENDS Divorce Decree Regulates | Many Years of Youngster’s Life With Both Parents. ALIMONY TILL HE’S 21. In Case Mrs. De Saulles Re- weds the $300 a Month Is Cut in Half. Although John Lenger de Saulles |has been adjudged gullty of marital | misconduct and a divorea decree recommended for Mrs, Blanca Erraz- uriz do Saulles, the Chilean beauty, |the proposed interlocutory decree submitted to Supreme Court tee Pendleton to-day provides that Jus- ve followed by a northeast gale,|{f Mrs. de Saulles, the injured which will blow it away, Then the| Party, remarries she is to lose halt |her alimony. ‘The famous Yale wind Is expected to shift to the! northwest This may when more snow will fall, not occur before late to- might and the temperature will fall to 24 degrees above zero, the forecast, To-morrow it will be still colder. It may be 20, or lower, before New York gets to work in the morning. Forecaster Starr says he has the weather in the best posable working condition. The polar blast will be succeeded by a climbing of the mer- eury and it will continue warmer on Sunday, Warmer Sunday warmer was on Saturday means only that by Weather promised for Christmas is to be an ideal Yuletide offering—crisp and biting and—probably white nocu Dec, 22.—This sec tion of Western New York is in the grip of a northeast blizzard to-day, which threatens to tle up rail and vehicular traffic al inches of ins and the » having the of the present winter. in operation in the prospects of maintaining if the Storm continues were not bright night and it will be comparison. most troubl Suburban lines were early day, but sehedul Mix Inch ff Sn and Trolley Lines Crippled at Buffalo, BUFFALO, Dec. Six inches of heavy, wet snow that fell here in less than two hours to-day erippled street car service in the city and on inter- urban lines, A high wind added to |the diftculties of tho steam and elec- tric Hnes, Three Deaths tn Cleveland the Storm. CLEVELAND, Triet dropped dead ff |while battling the way to work to- Killed by trains which they did not ob becanse of the blizzard. ‘wo struck and Injured by autos and street cars while blinded by snow ete » Ferdinand overexertion snow drifts on hiy Two boys were ™ erve js sthera wer Pitasbargh Steel Man DD! Fatlure tn Bit MASSILLON, ©, De H, |Monahan, Pittsburgh steel man, died from heart failure on the street here to-day while struggling through the biizzard to reach the railroad station to take @ train home to spend Chriat- mas. of Heart | ard, — FRENCH LINER IN LATE. La Touraine Delayed by Territic Storm The Frenca Uner La Touraine arrived |this afternoon from Bordeaux three days Jlate because a terrific storm with rain, |hail and thunder headed her off Wed- |nemlay of lust week, when she waw half | way over She curried seventy-six first clas# pas: | nengers: second class and buyers hauwes y-eigh thtrd for i be in the Three Daya) quarter and varsity captain la to pay her $200 a month until she re-weds ut which time, if it ever comes, she | is to receive only $150. When the decree was presented to Justice Pendleton this morning de Saulles offered no opposition. Neither was there opposition from Miss Joan Sawyer, the dancer, whose name was mentioned in the testimony given |before Referee Phoenix Ingraham, It | was.to save Miss Sawyer from pub- Heity that an attempt secretly to file the referce's findings was made last Monday : : The proposed decree is unique in that it is twice as long as usual and five pages are devoted to the cus- tody of the de Saulles's aon, John Lengor jr. who at present lives with lis mother, Again Mrs. de Saulles, the innocent party to the divoree, does not get exclusive custody of the child and when he reaches his major- |ity—he is now four and a half years oldthe $150 a month alimony ceases, Unul England shall be at peace and the seas again safe for travel, the | decree sets forth, young John shall nain within the United States, This means that Mrs. de Saulles can- not, until peace Is declared, take her son to her own home in Chile, where the vast estate of her mother, a sister of a former President of Chile, ix located, After the war is over and until the son reaches the age of elght, his mother is to have him with her from October to June, during which seven months she ts at liberty to take him to England, but she must elther | bring him back herself or return him to this country by some responsible person by the first of June in each year, when he iy to be turned over to his father. When John reaches the age of eight his father is to have entire control of his education, for which the requires him pay. The mother ix to have him only during July, August and September, except for three-hour periods during the rest of the year and in such a way 4s not to interfere with his schooling, decree to report to the effect Lansing was Cabinet of State to resign from th | | that pa Secretary ink The report is sald to have originated tn New York, Secretary Lansing personal dit At the White House a de- given out. SO $10 Men’s O’coats & Suits,$5.95 The “HUB Clothing Corner, Broad- corner Barclay Street, opp. Wool. th Buliding, will sell to-day and Sat. urduy 1,200 Men's Winter Overcoats an Suits, blacks, fancy grays, brow! an dark mixed, in plain or ks; all | sizes, 4 to'44. Our special price to-day and Saturday, $5.95 and $6.95, Open Sat- lurday night {1 10. The Hub Clothiers, Broadway, Gtreet.—Advt, EXTRA PROFIT DESAULLESBOY WILSON EXPECTS NEUTRALS TO FOLLOW LEAD IN APPEAL TO THE WARRING COUNTRIES Hopes That the United States grit abe aoe Will Become Clearing AS STANDARD OIL HEAD House for Views. ee 4SITUATION CLARIFIED. Lansing’s Two Statements of Yesterday Handed to Diplo- mats to Be Sent Abroad. WASHINGTON, Dee. 22.—Diplomats here are eagerly watching for indi- cations of whether the European neu- trals will follow the lead of the United States and make a similar appeal to the warring powers, ‘There is a growing feeling that ie United States hopes to become the clearing house for views and possibly for terms of the belligerents. Several of the diplomats have advised their} governments to that effect in order to guide them in their replies. Secretary of State Lansing’s two statements of yesterday, in inter- pretation of President Wilson's note, were forwa:ted to-day to American Vac X diplomats abroad: The purpose was! BEDFORD . to prevent une andings and | ———____-_—_— ~=__ r‘-'nterpretations abroad | Dispatch of the two notes will | probably obviate the necessity for a supplemental note, which Lansing sald he would send if his first “verge | of war’ remarks were misinter- preted. | © fact that the texts are for- warded to the diplomats will enable them to present to the European courts ns the official attitude of this government the idea that the United | States regards transgressions on its rights as increasingly grave but as thus far causing no consideration of @ change in the neutrality policy Surprise at the fast growing signifi- cance of the President's move A.C. BEDFORD GETS ARCHBOLD PLACE AS STANDARD OIL HEAD saieigieaenes Brooklyn Man, at 52, Elected President of the Great Rockefeller Concern. was expressed on all sides, where It was pointed out that at first the opinion Alfred Coffin Bedford of Brooklyn prevailed that tho note Itself was was elected President of the Standard merely a “foeler” and that the move!oi) Company of New Jersey to-day c y ted a | immediately contemplated in issuing), succession to the late John D. it was the receipt of some sort of : - defnition from the various warring |Afchbold. This position carries with nations, That the President should |it unofficlal executive leadenship of let it be known indirectly to the dip-/the entire Standard group of com- lomats for their guidance, that he went even farther than that and counted on an absolutely frank reply from the belligerents which would | ture or jead to an actual opportunity for ne- | dustr gotiations, proved only as the Old Guard passes away, marks Mr, Bedford as the fu ptain-general of the great in- as surprising " new president was born in than the actual note its Thin feeling was increased by Bec-|Provklyn fiftytwo fears ago, a retary Lansing’s statement yesterday |nepiew of FT. Bedford, one of the that no soundings had been taken of [OF/Kinal Standard oll partnera, and the attitude of the beiligerents ad- | las devoted his entire life to the Peck not NEE EAE been [company’s business. He progressed sent entirely regurdiess of the Centra; | rapiliy, but incon ahi Se ene Powers’ proposals or of the reply of /#ervies, and when the trust was dis- solve he emerged as vice president Lioyd George, The question very much to the fore to-day was whether the Huropean neutrals would present @ united ap- peal, The Spanish and Swiss repre- sentatives here have n at the State Department repeatedly since those proposals came out and prob ably know fully the plans of this Government, Gradual clarification among the Fn- | > tente diplomats here of the Presi. TEIPER JURY STILL IS OUT, dent's purpose and indieationa that —— they would advise their Governments to reply Ina friendly spirit proved reasurer of the New Jersey com In this concern was lodged most of the Interests of the Rocke- fellers and their immediate associates. | Mr, Bedford was third in line of being Junior to both cfr, nes A. Moffatt, but having fed, he and pany ssior 4 and Ju these men 8 the pr Archb both « now f Report, ne a source of deep gratification I castrearari Ahcal Denpatehes outlining the British |, BUFFALO. | li the ted ta attitude toward the note, as Indicated twenty heute Me aN aed £6 by the nowspapers of that country, [bring wsrecment among the twelve a NEW STOCK BOOM SENDS ALL SHARES - UP,2T026PONTS Losses of Yesterday Regained, Bethlehem Steel Leading in the Advance. SALES TOTAL 1,779,000. | Wall Street Decides Overnight There’s Nothing to Fear in Peace Developments. The stock market, opening to-day at an advance over yesterday's clos- ing prices, continued boom throughout the five-hour session and closing prices in most instances were the highest of thp day. Many stocks regained the losses incurred In yea- terday’a slump, Salen for the day were 1,719,000 shares, Every security on the list showed a gain for the day, the advances ranging from two to 26 points, the latter registerod by Heth- lehem Stee! Other showing United States Steel, which closed at 1073-4; Central Leather, Crucible, Union Pacific, New York Airbrakes, Reading, Anaconda, In- dustrial Alcohol and Marine pre- ferred, the latter stock selling up t» 921-2, a gain for the day of 71-4 n There that specu! to stocks big gains were reports in Wall Street ora of the class of Bar- ney Baruch, Burton Castle Thomas W. Lawson have cl more than $1,000,000 each since the peace taik began ten days ago and the market began to sag Wall Street got a new Idea of Prest- dent Wilson's peace note end Secre- tary of State Lansing’s statement overnight, and at the opening to-day confidence in the future and the be- lef in some quarters that the low level hit yesterday was unnatural sent prices up with a jump. United States Steel, on a sale of 25,000 shares, went up to 101%, a gain of 34% points on the very first transaction. Later in the day Steel touched 107 8-4, Steel was the barometer of the market, although in some other stocks and in some of the purely speculative issues the fluctuations were vollent at times, Generally speaking the market was steady. Two stocks which represent Invest- ments of a widely different character and were leaders in yesterday's pante are were very strong in the rally of to day, They are Crucible Steel, which wet to 4%, a gain of 7 points, and l nits fe, which sold up to 148%, a a of 1% points. Both stocks op above last night's close anu a commanding lead all through the day Other noteworthy ures of the opening included the following ad- vances: Central Leather, 6; Crucible Stoel, Atlantic, Gulf & West Indies, Marine preferred 43-4; Utah Copper, 41-2; Lackawanna Steel, 5; American Woollen, 6; Pitts- burgh Coal, 63-8; New York Air- brake, 8, and 2 to 5 points in other prominent stocks. Traders who sold short in the expectation that th would continue tts downwar yesterday market course to-day were compelled to cover at |the opening, Also the market was full of bargain hun who were | of the opinion that imany stocks were driven below their intrinsic value in yesterday's decline, ward cours re was a falling off in the up of the market an hour were read carefully by Government |considering the evidenco against John| ator the opening, which was natural officials to-day, Edward Teiper, alleged matricide. Vee aidarine that th Cale G renin President Wilgon {x looking for Justice Charles B. Wheeler was in-| muir 6 public opinion In the belligerent coun formed Mininow Lave Waa ni (hing, | areren bad 1 yor popes tries to assist him, and he believes aiate prospept of a report ever; ‘the if + lds Bor that after the note hay a chance "to pai Wigka ‘ou a souk tn” there will be marked change ee A mi StlAE in attitude by the 1 se and | POs ars atthe. to juny gh ublic, _ | writen bt, Ny 9 WUOL Lost, —adrt, back to 82 7-8, ’ | ——-+-—___— | BERLIN {8 STILL HOPEFUL; ~ANAIOUS TO STATE AIMS IF ALLIES WILL PAVE THE WAY London Announces That Separate Replies Will Be Sent to the Ger- man Proposals—King Prorogues Parliament Without Comment on Wilson’s Appeal. WASHINGTON HEARS NOTE WILL NOT BE REJECTED LONDON, Dec. 22.—An Exchange telegraph de- spatch from The Hague says it is announced that should the Entente Allies in their reply to the peace proposals of the Central Powers leave the door open for pegotiations Germany will make known her chief peace terms immediately. The German newspapers which contain the announcement declare that the speeches of Premier Lloyd George and Premier Briand do not contain a single word which justifies the supposition that the answer of the Entente powers will deliberately reject Germany's peace offer and that, therefore, the German Government will define its attitude after receipt of the reply of the Entente allies. In official and diplomatic circles in London it was generally pre dicted to-day that President Wilson’s note to the belligerents would be met bya joint reply from the Entente powers, This method of answer ing the note will differ from the reply to be made by the Entente nations to the German peace note, in which it is understood that, while agreeing to the general principles, each member of the Entente will be free to express any individual views which they may feel desirable to utter. It is hardly likely there will be an early reply to President Wilson's note, as it is expected full consultations between diplomatists of the Entente countries will take place before a formal reply is made, Bonar Law announced in the House of Commons that no reply would be made until after a conference with the allies, Parliament was prorogued this atternoon without the members being i given any further information regarding President Wilson's note or what action the Government contemplated with respect to it, WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—Some of the Entente Allles sald to-day that for the same reasons that Great Britain and her allies did not flatly reject the peace proposals of the Teutonic powers, they will not flatly turn down the suggestions made by President Wilson, —————o¢-- WILSON’S NOTE ‘ILL-ADVISED,” IS COMMENT OF LONDON PRESS “Must Weigh American Point of View,” Says Westminster Gazette—“ Will Create Bitter Resentment” Another View. LONDON, Dec, 22.--Although theyhis action immediately after the British press is practically unant-|issue of the German proposals was a mous to-day in deploring President] mere coincidence, and adds: Wilson's peace move, It was lacking! “Mr, Wilson must pardon us if we, ‘in violent denunciation Favorite! who are in death grips with an enemy omment ty that “un-)who threatens our rights and liber- iu tes, are unable to ascend to those ke heights above the battlefield from which all combatants seem to be merged in a confused welter of mean- ingles #aughte “But if he has knowledge which the note was advised,” timely" and The peor the p taken aback, as they bad at» rived at the conclusion that Pr Lloyd George's |to all peace tu BH, WE at are mier peech had put an end k Laless the Central | Powers, 14 rm ly to the Premier, is denied us that our enemy is were prepared to define their terma.| willing to acknowledge our claims, | no note and Secretary Lansing’s| to make restitution and repair subsequent statement constituted the! what he has destroyed, to afford |ohief topic of discussion throughout| real guarantees against a repeti- |the country tosd | tion, he well knows that we should Phe Westmins Ga te says it be the last to reject his good of- Jao t auestion the sincerity of] fie President Wilson's explanation that) “We can have ne resentment be- ~ eae |