The evening world. Newspaper, February 26, 1918, Page 13

THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1918. 18 ALLEGES PACKERS SOUGHT TO PACK HOOVER'S STAFF Heney Charges Duplicity to Government on Part of Louis F. Swift. CHICAGO, Feb, 26.—That Chicago peokers had advance information on the appointment of Herbert ¢. loover as Food Administrator, and that they used their information in Washington to obtain places for em Ployees and “friends” on the Food Administration, was charged before Joseph E. Davies, Chairman of the »Federal Trade Commission, in the Government's investigation of the packing indurtry. To substantiate the charges, Fran- ete J. Honey, special counsel for the commission, read into the revords a eallection of privute letters to and from Louis F. Swift, Head of Swift & Co.; Arthur Meeker of Armour & ©o, Thomas E. Wilson of Wilson & Co, and other big packers. The let: tere were séized in the raid on the correspondence files of the packers directed by Mr. Heney. Mr. Honey said the letters proved that the packers knew of the ap- pointment of Mr. Hoover before the public did, that they had “inside” in- | | ministration before it was announced to the public, and acted accordingly. The packers were inform cording to the letters, of Hoover's ap- pointment four days before the an- howncement was made public. The | packers’ information was contained in @ letter from Thomas F. Logan of Washington, on May 15. They also were advised of a private night con- ference between President Wilson and Mr, Hoover, during which Mr. Hoover was offered the post a few hours after the conference was heid “The next, batoh of letters.” asid |Mr. Heney, “relates to the Food Ad- |ministration, particularly to Edward Chambers and F. 8. Brooks. Mr. | Brooks is an employee of Swift & Co, who is now acting on the Food Ad- ministration for $1 a year from the | Government, but whose salary con- | tinues all the time with Swift & Co, as do those of others whom 1 will mention later.” | Attorney Heney attempted to show dupliiteity on the part of the packers as to the Government food regulations. Public statements by Louis F. Swift were read containing his approval of | the overninent’s plan to establish maximum prices on food commodi- | ties, and then his private corre- | spondence was read to show him ap- parently opposed to the plan. “Some of this Is gallery play when in favor of maximum Louis F. Swift to his iH , Charles H. Swift, in Wash- Ington, “but 1 repeat it is the only proper thing to do, I belleve it ts ible to follow It out if the Gov. | we | pr jernment wants to. I am well satis- fied that the Government does not want to and Is not going to. At the same time it does not make any dif- fevence--I_ mean our public ane | houncement.” | CHENEY OWES $1,245,884. Jolin Arthor's Hosband Has Aq to Meet Debts. Feb. 26.—Recelvers BORTON ap- formation that Joseph P. Cotton, a | pointed recently to take charge of the New York attorney, would be ap- Pointed head of the meat and live stock section of the Food Adminis- tration Bureau even before official Washington was advised of !t, and thet they had confidential informa- tion on the attitude of the Food Ad affairs of Benjamin P. Cheney, a capitalist with extensive business connections in New England, filed | Pepor showing assets of $1,760,300 and bilities of $1,245,584 Cheney and Mra, in the Federal Court to-d Cheney, the wn to the stage as Julie recently have made their Dover. | Arthur home at Mother! If your Child’s Tongue is Coated. and the Stomach “California Syrup of Fi ‘A laxative to-day saves a bilious ld to-morrow. Children simply will t take the time from play to empty Pheir bowels, which become clogged up with waste; then the liver grows luggish, and the stomach is dis brdcred. Look at the tongue, mother! If woated, or your child is listless, cross, Weverish, with tainted breath, restless, moesn't eat heartily, or has a cold, sore ‘throat, or any other children’s ail give a teaspoonful of “Cali Syrup of Pigs,” then don't OR. 46ST, &-8~ AV FEBRUARY FURNITURE to 50°; 25°; LIBERAL CREDI AllGoods Yi] Marked ba sa i LOUIS Xv. Genuine Walnut carved, with Fre mings: large ¥ plate mirror; each at WING Mi ‘ BE! MACUINES ON CRED 752 , because it is a perfectly harin- jose, and in » few hours all this| printed on the bottle. Our Terms Aovly Also to Now York. New Jersey, Lone Istni in Plain rol Paxtension s DRESSER OR CHIFFONIER, French APARTMENTS FURNISHED FROM 875 UP ON CREDIT If Cross, Feverish, Constipated, Bilious, out of Order, give constipation-poison, sour bile and fer- menting waste-matter will gently move out of the bowels, and you will have a healthy, playful child again, A thorough “inside cleansing” is oft- times all that ts necessary. It should be the first treatment given in any sickness. Beware of counterfeit fig syrups. Ask your druggist for a Notite of genuine “California Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna,” made by the Cali- fornia Fig Syrup Co, which has full |e an for babies, children of all ages and for grown-ups plainly Advt SALE Reductions T TERMS TO ALL und Connecticat, Figures < PERIOD . handsomely ach gilt trims bevel $GQ:50 OPERAS BY SYLVESTER RAWLING UT of the Weert, almost un- heralded, there came to us yesterday afternoon in recital O at Acolian Hall, Kathleen Hart Bibb. Young, pretty, holding with both hands a tiny nosegay in a cup of lace, she might have stepped out of a Watteau canvas as she entered upon | tho stage. Then she sang. For @ moment or two of palpable nervous- hess there was a cloud over her. When it lifted she disclosed a votes | of such freshness, pur flexibility and compass that one only could wonder why she had not been heard [here before. In the midway of a season that often has been a desert of Sahara, to one music reviewer, at ‘least, she proved a veritable casts | Her advent was helped by the pres | | brother-in-law, now @ Sergeant Ma- |Jor in the Volunteer Army, always an effective accompanist at the piano, who has not forgotten how to play during his training as a soldier. He got a warm reception. Mrs. Bibb was at her best in her interpretation of old French and English songs. In those her archness and: piquancy were Irresistible; for examples, Weekerlin's — “Dormez vous” and Thomas Brown's * Jherd, thy demeanor vary lsong of the time of James I |you seen but a White Lily she imparted exquisit she did later on i group to FE d’avoir chant The calm assurance with whieh tackled arias — by Mozart and t that established singers would approach w ja tion was wusing. She has: et quite got the Mozart manner, but s! ck of all her vocal qual | ties shines intelligence | In na group of modern English jsongs Mrs. Bibb exploited, for the first time, Harriet Ware's “Consola |tion.”” Also she sang Edward Hors |man's admirable “The Shepherdess” and the Sergeant Major's “Rondel of Spring.” One of her several a numbers was Fay Foster's | Menagerte,” a charming conceit. onso Grien, a baritone with in his voice, and with no all gifts of interpretation, gave a recital at Aeolian Hall last night. His programme began with old jItalian and ended with modern American songs, Mr. Grien—shal| I ith courage? There were people who ca d it by another |REPORT OF INQUIRY I$ MADE IN SENATE That the Packers Made Profits of $37,000,000 WASHINGTON, Feb. ipary of the Federal Trade Commis inves: ation of th d meat packing indus Senate yester- } Alle ged in 1917 26,—Prelim~- report slaughtering made to the y wa | day. Witr troduced by Francis J Heney, special testified actices which they believed amount- to price jand St. Paul |tres, It is sought to show that profits Jot $25,000,000 were in 1916 by | | counsel to € diser in Chicaxo mination and other market cen- made the packers, when feeders of cattle lost money. is alleged that in 1917 the packers made $37,000,000, Vifforuy were made Trade Comm on the question of why catt sharply in price during the or eight monihs of (he war, earnings the packing bo ligher levels President of the {liam Magivny St, Paul Union Stock Yards Com. pany, explalned the heavy increase in | the earnings of the packers as belng duo to abnormal conditions which | have existed during the war | "The efforts of K. C, McManus, legis- |lative agent of Swift & Co. defeat | the Borland + which the present invest ized came in for atiention in the uri is seeking re that he has @ nominatio life job Dy on of this agi- t ity. He thinks ec an opporunity to secure prominence in polities.” Henry Veeder, general couns ft & Co, sought, it was bro: . 1W. Upham, pr an and politician of | | Chicag c the ald of M y| James R. Mann to kill the “THE SIGN INVISIBLE” AT THE RIVOLI SHOWS NATURE'S GOOD EFFECT | | The Natur s over the man who gives himself up as lost to the world ts d ned with terse- ness in the fF “The Sign} | tnvisi which ow being flashed | Jon the screen at Rivoli Theatre Mitch wis plays the role of the| }embittered man. Lowis loses not only | s vut also in his| 3 fellowmen. How bi ii | through the close con-| \tact of Nature and once 1e| to s¢e the Leauty and splendor of life lis shown w success, and as al result. the @udience that packed |the theatre last night showed its |appreciation of the film by roundly applauding when the last scene faded away. If, MOTOR TRICK DELIVERIES, SPH OPM “EIGHTH AVE. ON and CONCERTS Kathleen Bi Helen Moller’s Dances They were applauded almost with |vehemence by the audience which filled the house. Another group was| of songs in English by Fay Foster, who, in these, accompanied Mr. Grien, Two of them, “My Menagerie” ence, in uniform, of Frank Bibb, her |® bb’s Debut; jame!—sang @ group of songs by | Brahms tn the original German text. | and “A Nipponese Sword Song,” had been sung by Mrs. Bibb in the after- noon, ‘The “Negro Spirituals” by H. T. Burleigh, I said of Mr, De Luca the other day, are not for Mr, Grien to sing. About the best of Mr. Grien's achievements was is singing of the Hungarian folk song, “Nhep- herd, see thy horse’: Except for Fay F Gilbert was Mr » foaming mane.” ster'a songs, Harry Grien’s accompanist. who has established | Now York Temple of Art to late the ek Ideal of Dane assisted by a bevy of her puptia, | n exhibition of her and their | lishments at the Metropolitan | House yesterday afternoon. | “Exhibition” was written by me na turally to describe the performance, Helen Moller, | but the word shall stand for some- th'ng more significant. Never, in a public place, have [seen such @ flagrant display of female nudity and with such poor excuse of “Art for! Art's Sake.” Two instances, at least, are outside the pale of description. ar One even the crowded audience that manifestly wanted to be “shown” all that it could see observed in silence. The other elicited a few faint hisses that were drowned in the applause Some of the dancing by the children | was really charming and was worth | while. Max Jacobs and his orchestra | were effective in thelr presentation | | of the muste which held the symphony in ¢ Gluck chubert “Iphi- and 8i Moller's nd teach- fed by the pub: . an artistic work illustrated, describing » sale in the lobby. | profusely them, which wa Il Trovatore” in an exceptionally stirring perferma at the Metro- politan Opera Honse last night iroused a crowded house to unusual enthusias 1 uly was this rked among the subscribers. The | handclapping and shout- the fanatics behind the} rail their significance because among them many who make no pretence to being anything but a claque, Pshaw! And this is the City | of New York in the United States! America, Nevertheless C | Muzlo, Margarete Matzenauer, Mar- | Unelll, De Luca and Rothier, the ter just back from a serious ill und warmly welcomed, des the applause they got for the y singing and for their impassioned Acting. FULTON STREET, corner BRIDGE STREET At Subway Station, Brooklyn Now in Progress Our Famous | Automatic Reducti A Martin Event held at for the purpose of sellir regardless of loss, to make THE DAY MAK COAT, DRESS, BLOUSI Everything must be sold by Friday, March Ist. HALT ORDER ENFORCED | ON TWO WITH BAYONET Sailors Ignore Guard's Challenge and Get Jab in Thigh and Nose as Lesson. ‘The next time a man in olive drab “Haiti Elring Larsen and Conrad Martenson, both twenty-one and saflors on the vessel Storaker, are goirg to halt abruptly, particularly if the man has « rifle with fixed bayonet. Larsen and Martensen were strolling down Richards Street, Brooklyn, Inst midnight toward the East River where thelr ship is moored, As they crossed the barred zone to which admission 1s by pass only. Corpl. Walter Briggs of | Water Front Guard No. 2 ordered them to halt According to Briggs, the men paid repeated the order, at the samo advancing on them. They continued on thelr way but halted suddenly when the guard Jabbed Larsen in the teft thigh and shot his bayonet past Martenzen's > inflicting a slight wound, They were arrested on charges of disorderly con- | duct Roth had zone passes, but had not taken the trouble to show them. They will bi quest ed by United States Marshal 9 to-day. BOSTON CAR STRIKE HALTS. Appeal by Gow. McCall Brin ponement for 72 Hoare, ROSTON, Feb. 26.—A strike of 8,500 tnton street car men for higher wager. fet for last night, was postponed for nty-two hours by a vote at a mass ting of the car men to-night. Mean- while, an attempt will be made by unton leaders to bring about an agreement be- tween the men and the company, Personal pleas to the not to strike were made by labor lea and Federal and State officiaia, A stirring call to the patriotism of the men was made In y. McCall, after which the almost unanimously to Vost- A PAIN REMEDY Prepared for Family Use Racways | eady elief For Seventy Years Tried and True INTERNALLY for Uswie a Bick 25c 50c All Druggists EXTERNALLY for Bruises Neuralgia Heart parm Rheumatiom Chet Cuil Chitle Beiaticn — Toothache Trdierttin MADWAY & CO., 208 Centre St.. * on Sale —_—_—_ the close of each season ig every Winter SUIT, SKIRT and FURS, » room for Spring Stocks. r tnd Floc ES THE PRICE ¢@> Here's How BA ever bought, None ©,0, D, NO FREE AL Do not expect to find every size and color in every style, but come expecting the biggest bargains your money Attend the sale early! Samana sALE AT FULTON STREET STORE ONLY It Works: Copy of Ticket 7 on a $20 Dress £ COATS, SUITS (©) COATS, SUITS and DRESSES |: “2, | and DRESSES Formerly to $25.00 |7~" on Formerly to $35 00 Wednesday... "13" say beoye Wednesday . . . 122" Thursday... . ‘12% | Thursday. . . . to Friday - 000 ‘i Friday ... . . 1290 All Higher-Priced Garments | Marked At Proportionate Reductions Don't delay! TERATIONS No Exchanges Broadway at Ninth. KER’S Store closes at 5, Furniture! Furniture! FAIR WARNING Thursday Evening at Nine the February Furniture Sale Ends _. These “open evenings” for furniture (entrance from both subways and the Ninth street door) are intended to give every family in New York who wants fur- niture, the opportunity of selecting from the half-price groups and from our entire stock of home furniture at 10 to 50 per cent. reduction before the February Sale closes. Only two days remain—two days plus three evenings; there is still time to come this Tuesday evening after this paper reaches your home. New Lots of Furniture at Half are placed on sale each morning and each evening to take the place of the hundreds of pieces sold out the day before. Bedroom Furniture | Dining-room Furniture | AT Living-room Furniture | HALF Odd Pieces of Furniture And back of all these special groups is our entire stock of home furniture at 10 to 50 per cent. less, all of which will go back to normal prices on Friday, March 1st. Fifth and Sixth Galleries,New Building Restaurant Also Open Evenings. A 75e dinner served, or dinner a la carte. Eighth Gallery, New Building Upholstery Store Cleans House Delightful Choosing—Large Savings Curtains Upholstery—Dr: pery brics 1, 2, 3 pairs of a kind : stot Prices quoted are for pairs 100 yds. ra es works fs Scrim and marquisette, 50¢ to $8.25. Were $1 to $16.60 50 yds. sunfast crash, $1.25 yd. Natural, striped; was $2.50 Novelty net, 75 to $4. 100 yds. imported armure, $1.50 yd. Were $1.50 to $8 Madras, 85¢ to $5. Silk and cotton, in green, gold and corn colors; originally $4 Were $1.86 to $7.75 Irish point, $1.50 to $10. 300 yds. mercerized damask, $1.50 yd. Tan, green, blue, brown; originally $4 Were $3 to $17.50 Marie Antoinette, $2 to $10. 200 yds. silk damask, $1.50 yd. Imported; green, cream, blue; originally $5.60 Were $3.75 to $20 Brussels lace, $6.75 to $11.75, 150 yds. silk brocudes, $6.75 yd. Imported; tan, gray, blue grounds with Were $13.60 to 50 Muslin, colored*borders, 50¢ to 95¢. chintz colorings; original $8.60 125 yds. satin damask, $8.50 yd. Were $1 to $1.85 Chippendale design; originally $11.75 75 to $32.50. ‘ere $7.60 to $66 Bed Mostly one of a kind. Some soiled Muslin, colored borders, mostly single bed Point Arabe, size, $1, $1.50, $1.75 set. Cretonnes Were 5 to $3.75 ei Serim, mostly vingle size, $2 to $20. 2,050 yds. imported 81-in. printed linens, Were $3.75 to $35 wonderful qualities and colorings, 75¢ to $1.50 yd., were 90c to $2.25, 1,000 yds. imported 31-in. printed cottons, just the thing for the new Spring coverings, 50 to $1; were 60c to $1.50. 8.500 yde. American cretonnes, 25¢ to 75¢ yd.; originally 75c to $1. Wednesday~—Fourth Gallery, New Building Hand-Mad 200 yards Renaissance, 25¢ yard. Was d0c to 70¢ 150 yards Arabian, white, 50¢ yard. Was 65¢e to $1 800 yards narrow Arabian lace insertion, white, ecru, 10e yard. Was 25¢ » Laces 900 All-wool Camp Blankets That Should Go in Ten Minutes If all the peopl possible it is to get sold ten minutes » who wanted camp blankets knew just how these 900 were—how im- like them at the price ($9) anywhere else—the blankets would be all ore-opening tomorrow, We shall sell the blankets tomorrow at.. . $9 each We have sold duplicates of them at Lacan iknt tk ... $12 each Other camp blankets, with cotton warp, ATC ....6.6. 6. c eee $13.50 each Olive drab and oxford gray blankets, made on broad looms, solid, well-felted-in, 66x84 inches in size, weighing about 414 pounds, and ALL WOOL. Wednesday—Fourth Gallery, New Building SPRING FASITION SHOW DOWN-STAIRS STORE 1 O7. at, Tomorrow, Wednesday, February at 10.30 to 12 and 2 to 3.30 o'clock, The fashions which will be posed Wednesday and Thursday are illus- trative of the trend of Paris and New York modes but are adapted to the needs of busy people who wish to stretch their war time incomes to greater buying power. Thursday, February 28; Posings gown, tailored suit, coat, sweater, blouse on sale in the Down-Stairs Store. Ever ure and all the delightful hats There are clothes for women, young women, young girls, children— and for women who wear extra sizes, Down-Stairs Store, Old Building, near Passageway to Subway