The evening world. Newspaper, August 7, 1919, Page 1

Be LA ON NA EDITION f EVEN The {= “ Ciroulation Booka Open to All.’ itee; WEATHER—Probably showers to-night and “ =—=—S— PRICE TWO CENTS. POLICE UNABLE 70 SUPPRESS RIOT U.S, OFFICIALS URGE PUBLIC HERETO BRING COMPLAINTS AND HELP JAIL FOOD PIRATES; Cases Against Profiteers in Food to Be Given Right of Way in New York. PACKERS WILL BE TRIED Criminal Prosecution of Big Five Ordered — President Calls Advisers on Message. > “Piotime of profiteering through food hoarding in New York are in~ vited to lay complaint before the Bnited States District Attorney. The complaints will de investigated by the Department of Justice and criminal prosecutions wilj follow, @ warranted. One thousand United , States Agents are hunting evidence against food profiteers and price gougers.. Fhe Government case against the dig five packers will be placed pefore the Federal Grand Jury in Chicago in three weeks. Btacks of food held im storage tm this country are twenty per cont. higher than in June, 1913. Criminal prosecution of food profi- teers who hoard stocks to create artificial shortages, and the selsure of such stocks of food and fuel was gwomised to-day by Acting United States Mstrict Attorney Earl B. Barnes and Assistant United States District Attorney Ben A. Mathews, All victims of profiteering through hoarding are included in a general in- vitation to lay complaints with the District Attorney, and syn com- plaints will be investigated through the Department of Justice. Action against hoarders is to be given the right of way in the District Attorney’s office, in accordance with orders telegraphed from Washington by Attorney General Palmer. The law under which prosecutions will be brought isthe Lever Act, passed in 1917, but now invoked by the Fedem! authorities as one move against profiteering. Consumers as well as dealers and speculators are Hable under the law. Hoarded stocks may be seized’ by the United States Marshal and sold under court order. {nm a-statement issued by the Dis- trigt Attorney's office it is stated: “Bection 6 of the Lever Act pro- widés a punishment of not more than two years or a fine not exceeding 6,000 or both tn cases of persons or corporations found guilty of hoarding Section 7 provides that the hoarded articlessmay be seized summarily by the United States Marshal and com- demned and sold under order of the court. “The act forbids hoarding by house- holders, consumers or manufacturers, wholesale or retail dealers and by speculators. “Thia office requests the oo-opera- tion of all citizens in the obtaining cf evidence, of violations of this law Complaints will be promptly investi- we and in casés In which the evi- dence warrants, criminal and for- @ontinued on Third Page.) NEW HAVEN ROAD NEN STRIKE HERE: NO TEP SO FAR Officials Announce cies Sbeoment 's Walkout.Has Not Curtajled Service, ag" Yet. Practically all the employees in the mechanical department of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Rail- road went on a strike this morning at all points along the line. At City Point in Harlem, the com- Pany has one of its biggest yards. ‘This, the company says, has been seriously affected, but at the present time they cannot say how many men have gone out. Three hundred ami fifty men em- ployed in the Van Nest (Bronx) yards were included among the mrikers. Offictais of the road said this after- noon that all trains were gotng out and arriving on time and that the service would continue to operate normally, according to present in- dications. Earlier the company is- sued the following statement: “At 9 o'clock to-day the employees. of the mechanical department of the N.Y. N. H. and H. Railroad, engaged in the maintenance of locomotives and cars and the inspection of trains at terminals, at practically all points walked out. “No demand bas been made upon the officials and no cause given for withdrawal from the service which we are advised is unauthorized by the executive of thé organization. “On account of the withdrawal of the large number of men from the service a very serious curtailment of passenger and freight service must necessarily follow, the extent of which can not be immediately deter- mined. Every effort will be made to operate as many trains as can be done with safety.” It was understood that between 7,000 and 8,000 men in all left the shops at the various terminals throughout New England. In the Connecticut district 2,200 are re- (Continued on Tenth Page.) BIG DROP IN BRIDGE TRAFFIC. Count Sho’ = bo} ‘ar counters on the Brook- lyn Bridge showed that im the twen- ty-four hours beginnin, yesterday afternoon and ending at |. same hour to-day, 679 elevated cars passed over the bridge as compared with 2209 in twenty-four hours ‘Mon- day, before the strike was affective The counters ine period over the ait ‘on Monday. were disciosed ‘by the |Department of Bridges, eine Eight t 4" Fares in Chicage, CHIC. Aug. 1.—CRicago's local transportation will cost 2 cents more | after midnight to-night, Announcement was made to-day that, nurtace car rides Will be/ raised | from 7 cents and Gerngs } ad froin bo F canta" through: * corm Rate" i NEW YORK, K, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1 ict Sate Tork we World). How Brooklyn Folk Came to Their Work in Manhattan; Trolley Car Bound for Bridge With a Police Guard MAYOR HYLAN SEEKS COURT ORDER TO COMPEL | - TO ARBITRATE BRT STRKE All Traffic in Brooklyn Paralyzed 4 as Disorders Grow —Sea Bea Division, De Kalb Avenue East New York Lines Suspend: Boy Is Shot. | Mayor Hylan suggested this afternoon to Corporation eel Burr thet he go before Judge Mayer in thi United Court, who appointed Receiver Garrison, and ask him to the receiver to arbitrate with the strikers. : By the’ conitiniial exerbine OF viblénae tmnd intinnidation. at soos of points in Brooklyn, strikers ‘and thcir sympathizers succeeded in ally paralyzing surface transportation this afternoon. ‘Many of B. R. T. acpocipallvrngaipsadparnpros jes were run passengers were few because of the prevalence of stone throws ing and other forms of violence. Receiver Garrison and. the operating officials of the B, R. T. that the police assigned to ride on stieet cars and protect motormen’ conductors failed, except in rare instances, to give protection, of motormen and conductor#and a few policemen were beaten up di tne day, Nearly all the cars in operation in‘the thickly settled districts or the outlying sections showed broken windows. ‘began to turn in reports this afternocn that strikers not only them but stole their badges and money, The street railway officials claim they have men to operate a cient number of cars to handle the traffic if they can get police DODOVDOWHDOGGDDIGHOOGHGDOQGODHOOODDHOHGODHGDGHDOGDOGQHOVOO® STOCKS TAKE PLUNGE BRIDEGROOM IN-NEW YORK, |) IN MARKET'S LAST HOUR) BRIDE IN DENVER, WEDDED | at 1 oolonle} but there were few cars moving in Brooklyn this afternoon, and as disorder extended conductors and motormen became more . BY LONG DISTANCE "PHONE: § Best Man, at Colorado End, Slips Ring on Her Finger as Proxy, While Wires Hum Merrily. DENVER, Aug. 7. TRANSCONTINENTAL mar- riage was performed yester- day by long distance ‘tele- Phone when Mrs. Marie J. West, im Denver, was wedded to James A. Horne, a Denver inventor, ‘in New York. The Rev. O, Elizabeth Anderaon officiated here. When the time came) for the presentation of the ring, a friend who had acted as best man: be- came the bridegroom's proxy, plac- ing the ring be the the bride's finger. U. S. Steel Drops Seven Points and Rubber 20—Varied Rumors on Heavy Selling, Violent selling, with no apparent reason for a bear raid, broke the stock marke during the last hour of the trade to-day and the levels went below Mon- Gay’s break, United States Steel fost 7° points and Rubber dropped. 20 points from the high of the day. Mexican Petroleum lost 12 points and Baldwin Locomotive Works dropped 9 points. The only strong factors in the market were United Re- tall Stores, Cast Iron Pipe and Crucible Steel. All sorte of rumors were in circula- tion to explain the break, the most per- sistent being that the proposed Federal action would operate against the Jjn- dustrial shares. r tion as to what surface lines are operating and what lines have shut were unavailing, The officials didn’t know. Announcement was made this afternoon that service on the Sea Beach division of the subway has been discontinued. ‘The company will concentrate all its efforts this evening to maintaining service on the bh End and Fourth Avenue and 86th Street divisions and the Culver Ling, The elevated lines will furnish whatever service the number of moter men and conductors and guards available will allow. The five lines operating out of the East New York barns at noon, The De Kalb Avenue line ceased to operate about the time. GOLD VICTORY BUTTONS In addition to the limited subway service, the B, R. T. will URGED FOR NEXT OF KIN to operate trains on all the elevated lines to-night, but pi : OF SOLDIERS WHO DIED) passengers that very few trains can be run. There will be practically ma . surface cars in operation at 6 o'clock. At 3 o'clock this afternoon f Evening World Reader Suggests| were only sixty troll¢y cars moving in all Brooklyn, ‘i War Department Issue Memento The first case of injury by builet'in the B. R, T. strike was That Bereaved Could Wear, |at 10 o'clock to-day from Canarsie. In a fight between Policeman rem OLD Victory buttons for the | Wubnick of the Canarsie Station and three strikers who had attempted. ¢ next of kin of American |to pull a guard off a train at the Livonia Avenue station the bea 450,000 IN GLERKS? UNION VOTE ON STRIKE TO-MORROW Freight Handlers and and Station, Ex- press and Steamship Employees in Brotherhood, AMERICA “SCOPING UP” © | LITTLE GIRL POISONED WORLD TRADE, HE WARNS BY STRANGERS GANDY} in Brotherhood, Bottomley Tells British Workers to Child of 14 Accepts It at Movies.in| cierks, freight handlers, station, ex- “Quit Striking and Get Paterson, Eats One Piece and press and steamsh{p employees will be Coll gin voting to-morrow as to whet 1d Together.” Jollapses, they will strike immediately for soliiers, sailors and ma- | drew his revolver and fired a shot. ‘Tie bulle Calne i disg “Quit striking ana] Beatrice Litts, fourteen, went from | Creased wagon or walt # solution of the | Eiles who. lost thelr lives In the | 14 struck Max Kaufman, twelve, of No. pigeon — ne hang . i een 01 0 he Jines of the i a “ . get together. Don't let America get| her work in the mili of the Barber Flax wee nersee, sleny Ae linet OF te freat war are suggested by & leker Avenue in proposal made to Congress by Director Spinning Company in Paterson at 4| General Hines. o'clock yesterday afternoon to a moy-| In announcing the ing picture show reader of The Evening World, The Victory medal, when issued, undoubtedly will go to the next of back. Wubnick took the boy to the Lutheran Hospital, His is critical. any further ahead.” This was the appeal issued to. Brit- issuing of the ish workers. to-day by Horatio Bottom- . strike ballot, J. J. Forrester, Presi-| kin of docease ay When Public Service Commission- nd editor of John Bull, Two or three seats away ‘was a'tall,| 500 of the brotherhood, sald Director] medal “ie ne *d soldiers. Bit tho || 6. Lewis Nixon convened a hearing, *9 Order for instant uppearames | “acooping up" the world’s} well-dressed, cleanly ahaven young man, | t ilke (arth # not worn in civilian | 45 gather facts bout the strike at 2| Receiver Garrison, jtrade, said Bottomley, and’ has become} After the Intermiasion the young map| Gehéeral Hines had nothing further clothing—and probably would not o’olock this afternoon B. R. T. attor-| Attorneys for the B. R. T. |Great Britain's most dangerous rival in| moved over and, taking the scat next | to offer at thoir conference yesterday} be worn by a bereaved mother or # é em Moreover, he con-|to Beatrice, invited the girl to than the proposal for a Congressiona!| wife or sister, néys appeared and asked for an ad-|¢ that it was not possible for Unued, America is now supplying Brit-| some candy, She declined and he per., commisison to consi the whole A fold Victory button, issueq | JBrMment Garrison to appear, as be was a dominions with ste:! plates, loco-| sisted. Finally, “to get rid of him, w problem. by the War Department, could be | PLENTY OF POLICE, SAYS Com. saa prs trying to regain conmtrot . rails and other products which 00! 2 dro} have ate e' ¥ e alt | England formerly exported in large | a2" aed ee bag We: mee) hay diate relief} so rorn—and could tell the story MISSIONER OSLANEY, P. pation. | quantities, on her 74 River | or our members will commence seek of the sacrifice Commissioner Nixon, immediately . J. Shes, national officer of | a Street, the child became JI], At the ing employment in occupations where The correspondent who makes || 4¢ned the motion and called Transit|carmen’s wnlon, who ia 2,500 B. @ 0. ‘ompl' On th pmen Strike at sae Hoe pl Bet d eiabe vag they can make a living for them-| the suggestion praters to remain | Commissioner John M, Delaney, He/the strike and Hugh Frayne, bey are. hydrate, She will recover. The pore. | selves and their families,” said Mr.) anonymous, fentified of an inspection trip ye: | York organiser of the Amerioan | BALTIMORE, Aug. 7.—Approximate-| BYTES. | She wilh Peer mane Police | Horrester, : dar AN1 reported that there wereleration of Labor, called on ly 2,600 shopmen employed at the Mount —_— oo Increases sought by. the : Mr 1 ns > ee Clare and Riverside shops of the Baiti- Forrester said, approximate ¥ of police and plenty of cars but| Hylan this afternoon and asked more @ Ohio Railroad bere, went on ‘ ” an hour over present scales eo ie TAKE BELL-ANS BEFORE MBALS feat at leaat two thirds of all the)to olf tbe cm im me Giike ote, | World “Wants” Work Wonders. ihe Ume and hai tor overtime, " '" ! and tee how vite Seed Diente ecting Receiver Gi