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pai an: waa point at attack f *RIVES ENDANGERED AT .WAY AND “L” STATIONS. Phe polloo wore quelling disturb. | ances at the barns while this was ge «Or at ome distance from the moan timo the da wore endangered on the bone 4 and was the Fourt Avemie subway, iors Boarded the trains, ‘woards, and took thatr ; Which teft thom power. to operate the traina ., At 86th Street and Ninth Ayenue Pacific Street and Fourth Avo- was so great that Not only Milled the the stairs’ with streota, all Thora Was every momont of men and ‘Being pushed off the station © subway tracks, and (hero policemen available to han- Congestion. - - SAYS Public Servioo Commissioner Lowis | Nikdm to-day @xpresved tho opinion | that, with proper police proteut the BF. 7. steike will soon | out, tt “IE the police will afford bo necos- Jeary protection,” he eaid, “thid thing ‘will be all over ‘by the ume folks want to go home to-night. [ am demanding from Police Commiasioner aright that this protection @e iu- mediately provided and the fteply that Inspector Murphy Lhinks be has the Mutter well in band in Brook- lya," Lindi¢y M. Garrison, roceiver , of the B. Rt. T., nad a conforence to-day with (ommiasionor Nixén and he fold the Commiasionor that less than 10 per cent, of tho employees were actually on strike, Tho other 90 per, cent, he sald, can operate the road, if the police give tiem halt a chance, Commisaioncr Nixon declared bis reports showed that the men wero being intimidated on all sides, their keys wero takon away from them, thoy were throntened and cajoled, although no bodily harm had beon done to them, Under such conditions, said the Commissioner, tt in ovly Nea protection would be cuarantecd to alt “We aro detormined to preserve Jaw and order io the strike.” said the Mayor, “and wo will carry out this determination without showing the slightest favoritixm to olthar aldo in the controveray. Police Commis midnight, | 4nd the qencral public may rest as- | sa to $5| thorities could be called upon, aa tho|# car un was disorde, 2t Coney 1sl- were run on| through its sécret service men that |*id this afternoon that he had no or Brighton | the strikers contomplated putting the | isures on tho strength of the strike. \ reported for | entire service out of business to-mor-| Frayne declined to talk about the ¥) “Our reports,” said Commissioner the situation is ‘The Police Department| and burning out the trolley fuses,| Rmployees, would have to be the proper ald to the| which could be done by throwing dop- | spokesman, we are not going to C MANAGER DEMPSEY * WANTS 1000 POLICEMEN, »Tratic Manager John J. Demp- , acting. in that capacity to the tion of Receiver Garrison, ‘that ff 1,000 policemen wore put “tie va Ny ri yal why ed all the | ‘Bnd stve the pHdilc a perfect _ “hervics. Commissioner Enright, upon | Seairaing of the conditions in Brook- MAY, bent an emissary to confer with _ Dempsey, byt the result of the con- ‘ pron “aged Bi¥en’ out, , me ot vlan declaved that ‘while wo jeally tmpdss(ble ‘to tof the BR. T. tor “on every ‘chr, ample po- sioner Enright teile me that it wil! VILL ADDRESS” POLICE CAN MAKE ee STRIKE COMMISSIONER NIXON B. R. T. Receiver Garrison Insists That Less Than Ten Per Cent. of the Employees Have Quit Work. Dat¥ral (hag the men, im many cases, refuse to take out the vars. The greatest trouble, according to Commissioner Nixon, was the crowds ing of platférme by irate pass The policy, be contended, shovid have stopped the Lines when the platforms of the stations became cungested, Instead of that, according to a report brought to Commissioner Nixun by Deputy Commissioner Barrett, the People Were permitted to sv crowd the platforms that they were actually . shoved through windows and many kept their fooling on the platforms with difficulty. “Lt saw euch erowded platforms,” said Deputy Commissioner Barrett, “that podple were actually shoved through windows and gates without any chance tu protect themselves, tn+ deed L saw un several trains to-day Porgons standing on the train plut- forms outside of the gates, when they were clused and the trains were go- | ing at top speod.” { 8 sO0K as he had received cui | plete reports Comn sent Doputy Commissto: Urooklyn to look over at the various barns of th and report to hin what Mo intimated that he would insist on to make safe for non- rallroad mén to handle thelr cars, tions never had been better in the sorvice, and asked how many were going to stay by the company. Tho answer, it is sald, was unanimous. From the demoriized service of the ab motormen were trans- ferted to the trofley lines, 100 of them reporting at thé Hast New York barn. The clevated trains of six cara wero out down to trains of three and four cara on the Broadway, Myrtle Avenuo, Lexington Avenue sured that ample and proper police protection will bo afforded. No one need have any fear that tho police will not be ablo to, cope with any situation that may ariso, The po'lre will take. sido in this strike, but wilh simply do ther full duty—the duty of preserving the peace.” OMicials of the company, after & conference, decided to put up to Ro- colver Garrison tho proposition of calling for Federal aid, It was urged that the Federal au- B. R. T. ts now within the jurisdiction of the United States Court. ‘The company Las received reports with before the night is over. They propose to do this, it was said, by short-circuiting the electric wirbs per wires over the trolleys and at- taching an et} ee a sian iM hy! PULIND BEATEN 8 ‘The company admitted this after- noon that a number of lines bad been ted up or rendered practically use- leap by the tactics of the striker’, On the Fifth’ Avenue line only eight cars were being operated. On other Ings the men were being pulled ‘off and beaten as fast as the cars were sent out, necessitating the turning back of the cary to the barn, The Court treet tine was discontinued and the West End subway was laying up its Cars at Ulmer Park with tho pros- pect of the line being discontinued, Men were pulled off the DeKalb, Bay Ridge, Church Avenue, Reid and Gates Avenues and tho Fresh Pond, resulting in the demoralisation of al! the roads. Big employers of labor in Brooklyn, and these included the sbipydrds as Well ad the big stores in the heart of the city,/had taken the precaution to prepare for the transportatiot thelr employees in ‘anticipation of the strike, They provided motor buses and trucks, ‘whieh picked ‘up ‘the Workers along various routes, cutting down the congestion on many of the While the majority of the uri cars in Brooklyn were operated in food shape during the rush, hours, thousands went into the subways, faring trouble on top. At Borough Hall, @ central point for many of the trolley lines, tf there was any short~ age of cars or lack of traMe during y|the rush kours, it failed of observa. tion. At the Brooklyn Bridge travel seemed normal and there was ao -|break in tho stream of cara flowing in both directions, Few men left their work or failed to report at the big car barn at 20th Wi you have if you "t them, with Co. of Street and Ninth Avenue where are housed cars of the following lnec: Seventh Avenue, Ninth Avenue, Union, 15th Smith Streets, Gix- teenth Avenue, Vanderbilt Avenue, Gravesetd, Avenue and Green Point. At the car barn at 20th Street and Ninth Avenue, Charles B, Attlesey, who has worked all his Ufe for the| i, B. R. T, and whose father waa super- intendent of the line in the days of Sra tag and Fulton Street lines and thou- stood on ‘the platforms while the trains rushed by crowded to their capacity, ‘The jam of humanity In trains and on platforms in the Broadway sub- way of the B. R. T. led to many minor accidents... Solomon Rosen- Diith, No. 187 Suller Avenue, Brook- lyn, Was push a window of @ car on tho: at Broadway and Canal Street and his arm was cut by broken glass, Morris Kaona of No, 190 Broadway, Brooklyn, was pushed hoadfirst against a window of jd sustained lucorations of the scalp, Hugh Frayne, genoral organizer for the American Federation of Labor, ing that P. J, Shea, of the Executive Boatd of the Amalgamated Associ tion of Street and Bléctric Railway “We have not hired a single strike- breaker and we do not intend doing| so.” said Traffic Manager Demp- sey of the B. R. T. “Any man secking employment muat apply at our re: ular Employment Bureau, which is in charge of former Deputy Police Com- missioner Col, Piper. We count on our old men staying with us. Former Police Inspector Baward Hughes is in charge of 700 men we have hired to guard the yards and depots of the compan; “We are prepared to house an@ care fol men in the barna, where We have plenty of beds und any amount of food. ‘There are 226 crews—452 motormen and conductore—that report at the “croastown depot,” Manhattan Ave- noe and Box Street, Williamsburg, where eight B. R. T. Hnes meet. Every man reported for duty to-day according to John J. Riley, the super- Intendent, Twelve of the crews 4 .1- uutarily remained there all night to RO Out im case of emergency, One of the first men to report thin m:a- ing wae Michael Connors, who ts seventy years old and has been a B, RT, conducter for forty-seven years, Another incident showing the spirit of some of the employees was re- ported at the Ninth Avenue depot, the headquarters of many important lines, There were 100 employees who volunteered to stay over after they finished their runs and ro out in case they were needed. All of 125 cars that passed the depot had full crews, The first calls for the police came at 6 A. M, from 86th Street and Fifth Avenue, and 58th Street and Third Avenue, Thirty pickets visited each Place to induce the train crews to quit and the crews became frightened and asked for help, There was no violence, however, and when the po- lice arrived from the Fourth Avenue Station things had quieted down, The union heads declared to-day that a strike is impending in Man- hattan also. An official of the Amert- can Federation of Labor stated that operators of Interborough elevated and subway trains and surface in Manhattan, the Bronx an fests iter County will within a few days subenit demands, the refusai of which by walk ky It bas no con- ion, however said, wit) Brooklyn strike, he Magistrate Simpson to-day fined * CONGRE enon K. C. Official Honored by France, FIZZLE OUT AN SHORT ORDER, Bishop of Buffalo; Admiral Benson Branco nus hunored the Knights of Columbus for ite part in the war by Awarding the Cross of the Logion of Honor to Supreme Knight James A. Flaherty of Philadelphia. The Cross had been previously given to Edward 1, Mearn of New York City, Past Supremy Knight and Overseas C missionot fur that orgunization, The announcentent of the further honor was made to the peace ot the Knights of Columbus, in session in Buffalo, and the presentation will be made to-morrow, ‘The —abyve photograph shows Suprome Kitight Plakerty, Bishop Turner of Uuttilo aod Admiral Henson, STRIKE DEVELOPMENTS AS TOLD BY B. A, T. IN BULLETIN. FORMS Assaults On Guards apd Other Dis- orders Are Given “to Public by the Company. 1 1, oMeclals begun this after- noon issuing strike bulletins, Some of thém follow: 1.2% A. M.—Conductor Hunter, No, 3,04, 16th Street Hne, pulled off car at Third Avenue and 15th Street and badly beaten. Ke turned to depot. 11.45 A. M—Third Avenue and Ninth Street crowd of about 150 holding up cars and pulling crewe off sane. ‘ 146 A, M—#mith and Ninth Streets. Crowd holding up cars, Pulling down pvles, assaulting orews and preventing operation of cars, Viftoenth Street und Third Avene, same conditions exist at this point. Operation ‘of 15th Street line suspends. Crews are afraid to go vut without police protection. Police notified. 12.05 P, M.—-Supt. Llogberg of the Kast New York depot reports, meeting breaking up. Men raising the mischief along Broadway, pulling poles off wires, &c., and otherwise intimidating crews. 1240 P. M.—Conductor Grum- mond, No, 8,064, Flatbush depot, ‘boarded a car at Long Island de- pot and insulted the conducturotte and attempted to pull her off car. She called Inspectors Cassinova, No. M4, and ‘Tledjen, Nu. 44, who had man locked up. 12.50 P, M.—Several autos at Franklin and Willoughby, Men in autos are threatening Franklin Avenue crows. Men are pulling cars into depot, awaiting police protection. z 12.55.—A woman guard assaulted several women guards and took thelr Keys away frou them at Pacific Street. ————————— Samuel Kornblum, eighteen, No, Lewis Street, said to be a laborer employed by the United States Gov- ernment, $10 for smashing the door of a B. KT. subway train at the Canal Street Stativa this morning hen the guard refused to open tie wi doo! DON'T BELIEVE MEMBERS OF B. L. E. WILL STRIKE Order for These Motormen to Quit Must Have Stone's Sanction, ; It Is Said. “Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers on the Hudson tubes are watching tho strike on the B. TR. T. with interest, as many of them belonging to the organisation are employed as motormen on the Brooklyn subway and elevated lines. About a dozen of these men were interviewed, and all were unanimous in the opinion that the Brotherhood men savleren on the B, R. T. would not strike. They said an order for them to quit must have the sanction of Warren Stone, and this, they be- Heved, would not be forthcoming. Furthermore, they intimated without reserve that they did aot believe the locomotive engineers could be used té “pull chestnuts out of the fire” for the Amal; ed = Association of Street Electric Railway Em~- ployees. The latter organization is aMiiated with the American Fed- eration of Labor, The Engineers’ Brotherhood is not. Killed im Flight to Gri GAN DIWGO, Cal, Aug. {ng from @ fight to the Pacific fleet, & seaplane piloted by Lieut. 0, P. Kil- mer, of the North Island Naval Air Btation fell in San Diego harbor last night. 8. F, Devere, radio electrician, killed, Lieut, Kilmer and Willis ©, Benker, & newspaper photographer, who had taken pictures of: the “foot eoonped with alight Injuries, GARRISON COMPLAINS STRIKERS ARE BEYOND. Receiver of B. R. T. Says Protec- tion Promised by Hyl4u Is Not Forthcoming. DCEIVER Lindley M. Gur- rison complained at noon . to-day that the strikers and thelr sympathizers are apparesily beyond police contro}. “The police,” said Mr. Garrison, “can squelch this strike in one hour if they will give suitable pro- tection to our-men. The atrike has turned out to be a matter of vio- lence and not @ strike for the ad- justment of differences, _ “I received this morning a lcttor fromm Mayor Hylan in answer to « communication 1 sent to him in which he enclosed a copy of a letter he sant to Commiasionor En- right tastructing the police to du everything in their power to keep down violence and intimidation. Apparently these orders have not been obeyed: I have written tad Mayor anothor letter detailing vio- lence and intimidation along our ines.” “Will you apply to Judgo Mayer of the Fodera) Court for Federal protection and ald through the United States Marphal?” Mr. Gur- rison was asked. “Not if the police of New York City grant us proper protection,” he replied, “and I have abiding faith that they will not let the alt- uation get out of hand.” “How long will you waitt™ asked @ reporter, “Tlow long is a piece of string?” * was the reply, Mr. Garrison said he had not employed strikebreakers and has No intention of taking that step. Ne said the strikers numbered about 900 out of 1,600 shopmen employed by the B. R. T. and about 300 conductors and guards, ‘The shopmen, be said, form a majority of the members of the Amalgamated Union and most of them are foreigners. Their pay was recently increased, he said, The attention of Receiver Gar- rison of the B.R, T, haying been called to a report from strike headquarters that a telephone message had been received from the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers saying the B. RT. egress would join the strike, said: “I do not believe the Brother- hood of Locomotive Engineers are men who will go back on their word and I do not believe they will join tho strike.” Gov. Smith's Seeretary “Injared by a Fall. SYRACUBE, N. ¥., Aug. 6.—George Van Name, executive secretary to Gov- Smith, 4 the Hpspital of the Good Shophe here, suftering from a se- vere injury to one of his ankles. He fell while alightin, Grand Central Station, Now York. pd alta’ ecard Merely a Fish Story. NEW BEDFORD, Mass, Aug. 6.—~ One of the most profitable trips ever made by fishermen here was reported to-day when Capt. Robert Jackson, of the schooner Liberty arrived with 102 swordfish, aggregating , 20,000 pounds, The catch was sold on the dock at 26 cents per pound, totalling $5,200 for the three weeks’ trip. Britain Thanks Foeb. LONDON, Aug. 6.—The House of Commons adopted to-day, with enthusiasm, the formal vo f thanks of the Government to Marshal Foch of France for his services to the Allied cause and to the British forees in the war, ———— Refuse to Cal Ratlway Strike te Ald Police, LONDON, Aug. 6—The National Union of Railwaymen declined to call @ general strike of its members in sup- port of the Police Union, yhich ordered a strike recent Pr withdraw ite. bill atfusting refusal to raw affucting cv orguulastion. from @ train in| t S ON HIGH [WORLD-WIDE FOOD SITUATIO - AS REVEALED AT A GLANCE ‘ England and Italy Spending Hundreds of Mit lions to Keep Price of Bread Down. ~ WORLD-WIDE reaume of the food situatiun, collected by cable by The United Press, to day ditions in the mure important coun Guar 8 KITAIN—The government is shows the following tu be the con tries, exciusive of tht United States: pending $250,000,000 a your to keep une price of bread down apd tixes'the price of meat and sugar, prico und the government is emp +—France’s food problem ts one of quantity rathersthan loying every means ty import suf: Aclent supplies. The guvernment fixes maximum prices, CANADA—A commission has crop. AUSTRALIA—Aubtralia bas @ ernment bas difficulty in keeping duction, TTALY—Italy's ‘bread supply 000,000 a year, bean created to handle (hin year's vast surplus of fuod and ine gov. prices high enough to reward pro- alone vests ‘the goverainant $400,- JAPAN—Press and public are urging the guvernment to vinge Maximum prices om food and other necessities. living has gone up 142 per cent, tisen only 63 per vent, PRESENTA ~ HTN CONGRESS TOUT FOOD cas (Continued trom First Page.) Co. testifying berore the Senjte sub- committee investigating profitpering, also suggested an exeess protits tux of this nature. Such « tax, he said, would cateh dealers who are profit. jccring In shoes at present, Senatur Jobhnaun, South Dakota, also declared for such « remedy, “We are already limiting the bunk- ery’ profit and no one over stops. to Question the authority of the Guvern- ‘ment to do this," he eatd, The Presideat has beon told by | Secretary Houston that experts in bis | department had found there ts a wide | gap between the prices received by j the food producer and the consumer and it is not the former but the mid- die man who is making enormous profit, Special legislation for the punish- ment of the speculator in tuodstufts ‘will be recommended. Geaerally »peak- ing, provisions of the British Defense [of the Renim Act will be followed us the legisiation, Unde» the Food Controt Act in Great Britain the Controller may make or- ders regulating or giving directions with respect to the production, manu+ ;fucture, treatment, use, consumption, | transportation, storage, distribution, supply, sale or purchase of or other deuling In any food urticie, ‘The Wood Controlier may require any person owning or having power w well or dispose of any article, to piace it at the disposal of the Food Controller on such terms as be may direct, compensation therefor to be fixed by arbitration, “But in deter- mining the amount of the Gompensa- tion the arbitrator shall bave regard to the allowance of a reasonable profit, without heceasary taking into consideration the market price of the article at the time.” The Fobd Controlicr may make an order to apply generally or to any ape- cial locality “or 60 as to apply to any special supplies of any article or to any special producer, manufacturer, Gealer or person, and in such order may direct that all contracts, or any class of contracts, or any special con- tract affected by the order shall be abrogated or remain in force notwith- standime anything in the order, WAR FOOD HANDLING PLAN HERE WILL BE TOLD T0 WASHINGTON BY HYLAN Mayor Mylan will to-day acquaint the Washington authorities with the manner in which the clty will hand the foodstufts to'be sold here by the War Department, the city acting as the Government's agent, ‘The City Department of Public Mar- kets will have general charge of the distribution. Deppty Commissioner William W, Smith will be in charge of the recetving, inspecting and checking of all foods shipped here. The Healt, Department will furnish inspectors to see that the contents ‘every car arriving are wholesc Public schools will be the cent of distribution, | Deputy, Markets Commissioner William P. Multy will have charge of these receiving cen- while Deputy Commissioner Kd- J. O'Malley will have charge of the personnel. ‘The. Police Depart- ment will furnish two policemen for each school house, one to guard the the other ‘to take the cash, Markets bookkeopers and cle eity departments wil! is of it before it is turned over to the City Chamberlain for deposit in a special account. Many teachers and other volunteers will aid in serving the buying pubite. faust f Sordsll, Deputy Markets Commissioner, will have charge of the i" information terested ublicity end, eng Abartk a 0 women's clu organizations. ‘or the transfer of the food from the cars to the school houses arm: trucks will be used if they can be had. If not, Gov, Smith will authorize the use of National Guard t The Department of Weights Measures will furnish scales. and quantities of tinned food now the buge army reserve depot here will be shipped immediately to ten of the larger cities in the Seupirg. for sale through the Post Office rtment direct to consumers, according to orders cegelved to-day from Seore! While the oust of Since ‘the war began wages have ENRIGHT'S BOSOM FRIEND IS HIRING MEN 10 GUARD PROPERTY OF THE B. R. T. , Former Police Inspector Hughes De- nies That He fs Engaging Strikebreakers, ' ° Former Police inspector ‘Eddie. Hughos, personal friend of Police Com- inlasioner Muright and bust man at the Wedding of the Commissioner, ts in vharte of une office at No. 420 Atlantic avenue, where the B, RT, ie hiring Suards for ite property. ifughas denied be was hiring strikebreakers and sated the company did not plan to bire amy men to replace the atrikers, “L am simply Birfng eo to guard property of the B. i, 'T..” said Hughes, “They ares Policemen tn a way ahd will be at elevated stations, depots, var barus and power houses, working ny ithour shifts. Since Monday 1 have hired 300 sen and hope to have 1,600 at work by Thursday night, The company is not alter strikebreskers ‘The oMictuls do not thiuk enough men fone ee Dae So sted We OF ing eonay tiughes refused to tell th ing paid the men, ge und be sev. roll fa 44 to S4k0" Haghas te 1.60. on guid to recelve $6 = day for every man he ubtains. He took time to explain the immense eize of the B. R. T, property and the mumber of men deeded as suards, Mayor Hylan said he did not know that former Police Inspector Hi friend of Commi ner fucnivhiog B. RT. STATEN ISLAND GAR MEN MAY WALK OUT TO-MORROW Tie-Up of All Trolley Lines Threat- med Because of Docking Five Employees. Motormen, conductors and ‘track- men of the Richmond Light. and Rail- road Company, which has a monoply of the trolley system of Staten Isl- and, voted unanimously last night to tle up every trolley on the island at 4 A. M. to-inorrow unless the com- pany refunds to five of the motormon one day's pay which they were docked last week. Two moetings of the workmen were held in Mechanics’ Hall,, New Brighton, and both the duy and night “ it, wee employees favored the ultimatum to, the compuny. A committee of three will present the issue to L. Rand, Vice Presi- dent and ge Manager of the company to-da; If he refuses the demand the men will quit to-morrow, — Refuse to Strike Aug. 6.—Listening to the advice of their unton leaders, | Fall- ' 2,000 representatives of the local road shop players have voted to await action by their inte: fleers mational of- Washington before striking. si. in i orders by mail. are recelved. Please charges. Address LOFT, art to eamty. The tendency to ket them tro salty. We use just make the Peanute tasty. They are = turn, These are our reeular 440 GPKCIAL FOR THURSDAY ONLY. HIGH GRADE SMOOTH ALMON: other POUND BOX Attractive Wednesday Offerings U.-8, WARRANTS 18S FOR SUGAR ERS . Three Arresis Qnlerat for Alleged Sales ai J4 CentS 9 Pound,” | Wihiole: A} PITTSRURGIL Profitesring in L eral warrant © iswued thie yat- ternodn for t rest of three itis tlals of the Pittsburgh branch uf tie Central Sugar Company, with head- quarters In Chicago. Tho officials nnniwa i: the warrants are George P. Leinberger, offive manager of the company, and Veu! L. Dowd and L, 4. Shafter. Speclal Agemt Magar the Department of Justice, aftee two weeks’ Investtgation, charged ihe any with solling «ugar whule- at fourteen cents @ pound > OV, SMITH.ORDERS INQUIRY ara COST IN STATE Will Appoint.a Commission to Con- ~ duct lnvestjgation to Aid » City Sales. AUBANY, Aug. 6.—Gow, Smith this Afternoon annouiced (hat be would point @ comimiasion at once investigate the cost of living and | Profiteering In thia State, asked the co-operation of ali city oMetals, | Mayors and other oMfciais of clties of | the State conferred with the Governor to-day concernin: ways and means for the tnunicipalities to take advantage of ‘the opportunity to obiain foods that are daing sold by the War Department. A plan of distribution was outlined Aug. 6.—Chargin fale uf sugar, b = Spee tw {by the Governor and Dr, Porter, Com- missionar of Farum and . Markets. Briefly thin was for the cities to ap- |point citizens’ committees to finance the purchase of the toods and to #u- Pervise the distribution. ‘The Goverivr Also announced that in cities where Stato armorios are located, the trucks belonging to the National Guard would be employed in moving the foods ‘The firat carload of army food sola in this city was disposed of within an hour and a half to-day, Despite a driv- ing rain long lines of people waited tor the doors of tho stations to open —>—- GRAIN AND MEAT PRICES , REBOUND IN CHICAGO Announcement That U. S. Won't Lower Price to Be Paid for Wheat the Cause, CHICAGO, Aug. 6.—Tremendous. ve- bounds in all grain and provision mar ‘ots took pldce to-day, The sole cause was the Government decision an= nounced from Washington that wheat prices would be kept intact on the guaranteed basis of $2.26 a bushel, |. Rushes to duy corn swept the mar ket for that cereal upward in the lives lest possible fashion and later pre- |vented any material rectasion, Open- ing prices ranged from 3% to 9% cents higher, with September $1.79 to 91.62, and December $1.48 to $1.62 Provis- jong were sharply higher in sympaihy with grain. ( A ARETE TY Crowns Bring Onty $10 Aptece. MONTREAL, Aug. 6-—~The crowns of a King and Quocn sold for §20, while a fleet of Venetian gondolas went for $5 at the auction here @ day of tho stage properties of late Sir Herbert Bearbohm Tree, The Prigine) cost of the settings was $20,000. |= Will ‘You Be Downtown Today? Why not take a few minutes, come into our big, mod and see the | sortment of | OSTERMOOR mattresses? 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