The evening world. Newspaper, August 13, 1919, Page 1

.spromptly beat them in the Senat ‘WEATHER—Probable showers to-night and to-morrow. DLS AIT AVENE SSS {caine Bent Ores fA WEATHER—Probable showers to-night ; NAL ash f “Circulation Books Open to am | PRICE TWO a ICE TWO CENTS. | ACTORS GAIN HERE: PUSH STRIKE TO OTHER CITIE MILLIONS OF EGGS CONFISCATED; LODGE FORCED ) TOSPEEDWORK | ON PEACE PACT Hitchcock Threatens to Take Treaty From Hands of the Senate Committee. HAS A ROW WITH FALL. Nebraska Senator Asserts That All Amendments Accepted by Committee Will Be Defeated. WASHINGTON, Aug. 13,—A threat by Senator Hitchcock, Administra- tion leader, that the Peace Triaty will be taken out of the Foreign Relations Committ®e’s hands and ratified unless the committee soon reports it, to-day caused the com- “gittoe to decide to push the treaty with all possible speed. to-day at a meeting of the committee and caused a stormy session, Fol- lowlhg the meeting it was announced that the committee will begin con- sidering proposed amendments to- morrow. Hitchcock first demanded informa- tdon from the Republican majority om the committee as to when the Treaty Is likely to be reported. “I told them,” said Hitchcock, “that there is a great demand in the Senate and the country for action, and asked when it might be expected. I sald that unless some effort was made to expedite mgtters in the committee, an effort would be made to bring about action on the Senate floor. Senator Lodge, the Chairman, said he was in favor of expediting as much as pos- aible, and did not believe there bad been any artificial delay so far. I told the committee that they could put on as many amendments as they eaw fit in committee, and we would Hitchcock and Senator Fall had a bitter debate, bordering at times on the personal, Fall, commenting on it, said he objected to Hitchcook’s manner. “I told bim,” “that not said Fall, only the actions but the motives of some of us have been questioned by advocates of the treaty and the League and that I do not propose longer to restrain myself in the face of such attacks, I think, as do other committee members, that before act- ing on this treaty we should have before us the whole series of treaties, gome of which are not completed, but all of which are linked with the Ger- man treaty. I am not in favor of lay, but neithor is there any reason for unconsiderate haste.” after the * | President Hitchcock's warning was delivered | ..2° on the managers In hia quiet de- by (The New York World). The Press Publishing NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1919. 20 PAGES PRIC Theatre Moguls Race To Boston to Head Off Strike ot PaaS SR, Rialto Hears “Strikebreakers” Are on Way to “Hub” With Managers. BIGGEST PARADE TO-DAY Actor Soldiers From Overseas /Play Big Part in Appeal to New York. The spread of the actors’ strike to Boston, Philadelphia and Chicago has aroused the New York managers to a sense of their danger and spurred them to heroic efforts. A delegation from the U, M. P. A, left this morn- ing for Boston to prevent, if possible, the threatened eclipse of show houses at the Hub. It was reported on the Rialto that “strikebreakers” went with the party. Money is raining in on the Actors’ | Equity Association and is, being acat- | tored like mist, while from the man- | agers’ end it is running out like water. Francis Wilson put one perture to Chicago and was on the ground before the managers were Aware that he was on a train, Another automobile parade was beid to-day by the actors. Soldier actors from overseas, women of the stage and screen who cheered and nursed the doughboys abroad, and mummefs of the old and new duy were prominent in the parade. It was the biggest turnout yet of the | striking thespians and wag cheered to the echo along Fifth Avenue. CHORUS FORMING UNION WITH EQUITY BACKING. The boys and girls of the chorus sent their representatives to the office of Pau! Turner in the Longacre Build- ing to-day to shape up the bunch for its union, The delegates came “trom all the burlesque and musical comedy companies in the city, and before night, it 1s expected, application will be made for a charter from the Amer- ican Federation of Labor. The Actors’ Equity Association de- clared themselves behind the chorus people to the finish, They declared that if thelr own grievances were settled they would not go buck until the chorus was put firmly on its feet. And this includes shoes and stockings for the chorus, tights and other adornment and pay for re- hearsals (at least half rates), after rehearsing four weeks for nothing, When Ethel Barrymore went to the Manhattan Opéra House to address the chorus girls yesterday afternoon Dan- fel Frohman, her manager, went with her, When he was wuisting her into a taxicab after her speech a boy picked his pocket. Ed Wynn grabbed the boy and another member of the grabbed the pocketbok and returned It to Mr. Frohman. He returned jt to bis Actors There ‘GREY ACCEPTS AMBASSADORSHIP TO UNITED STATES VISCOUNT GREY. Noted British Diplomat and Advocate of League of Nations | Finally Consents to Come. LONDON, .Aug, 13.—Viscount Grey, former British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, hus agreed te repre- sent the British Government at Washipgton pending the appointment of @ pérmanent ambassador, Lord Grey is consenting to gol to Washington temporarily, Andrew Bonar Luww, Government spokesman, suld in the House of Commons to- day, in order to deal particularly with questions arising out of the peace settlement, Mr. Bonar Law added that a permanent ambassador to the United States would be appointed early next year. Commander Kenworthy asked why Lord Grey was not appointed per- manently. In reply, Mr. Bonar Law said the Government would be only tou glad if Lord Grey would accept a permanent post, but every one who knew of the former Foreign Secre- tary's disabilities, would shure in the suUisfaction over his present action, Viscount Grey of Fattodon (Sir Ed- ward Grey) comes to the United ates tO represent the British Gov- ernment after a prilliant career a: head of the British Forelrn omes: For eleven years, momentous in the political affairs of Hurope, he was Secretary of State for Poreign at faire—from Deo, 11, 1905, to Dec. 11 HUSBAND OF EIGHT SAYS HE JUST TOOK KING SOLOMON'S TP Wilson, Pleading Guilty of Bigamy, Exptains Wives Were} All Trustful and Econdmical. MET MOST KY CHURCH. Five-Foot-Four Wholesaler in , Marriage. Market Pre- ferred Widows. Five fect four in his darned via socks (neatly and lovingly darned by this or that wife as the case may be) stands Charles H. Wilson, a thin, kind-hearted, worried little man, ac- jeused of bigamy, Bigumy having wwo wives, and Wilson says ‘U. S. BEGINS SEIZURE OF FOO! POLICE HERE HUNT PRO HUGE FOOD STOCKS SEIZED IN STORAGE IN THE SOUTH ~— BY FEDERAL PROSECUTORS; ‘Uncle Sain Takes Over Millions of Dozens of Eggs Held in Chatta-} nooga and Jacksonville — Prices Drop in Chicago and Will Go| bles Begins. committees or even district attorneys, ho tus eight, bat the law-books don't say anything about “octogamy” and so they made it “bi.” “Guilty,” he said, when arruigned before Judge Wadhams to-day in general sessions. “How ” the many demanded court, And when the little fellow siraight-| ened up and answered, “Eight,” there) was a murmur in the courtroom. He stood thore sturdy as a willow plume and contemplated everybody with compassionate eyes, | Judge Wadbams’ interest in the) case appeared to be for a moment more scientific than legal. He wanted to know how such things could be. “Well, I'm a Y. M. C, (A. worker and a travelling salesman and a Bible student and I used to be a physical instructor,” said Wilson. “Go on,” said the court. “In the Bible,” Wilson continued, “I studied especially the lives of Solo- mon and David and Jacob, and they aN had many wives.” Judge Wadhams rubbed his eyes vigorously, looked carefully at Wii- son, examined him from shoes to bald spot, and inquired: “About these women you married-— were they—woll, what sort of women ¢ they, anyway?” “They were trustful, Christian, economical omen,” gaid Wilson with dignity. “But what did they for?” insisted the court “The ycame tv ime in distress,” suid Wilson, “and 1 was merciful to marry you make that a little clearer?” as Judge Wadhams, “Well, two of them were In trou. Wilsc "so 1 helped bie,” said them. eTurning to economics, the H. C. of L., &¢., Judge Wadbams usked how it was possible to support so many. Lower Here. { 1 CHATTANOOGA, Tonn., Aug. 13. | woright: IGHTY-FOUR thousand dozen eggs, stored with the Atlantic Ice and “1 believe one of the quickest Coal Corporation her@ for the account of Morris & Co., Chicago, ways of obtaining evidence against retail profiteers is to have an investigation made in each p were selzed to-day by the United States District Attorney. Seizure was made under libel proceedings in the Federal Court, which charged that the eggs were unlawfully stored for the purpose of | unreasonably increasing prices. JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Aug. dreds of thousands of tins of canted foods and 27,500 pounds of sugar were seized here today in 4 ruid on wholesale food warehouse and Market experts assert that egg storage warehouses both in Chi- | —_— | Reports received in New York to-day showed that the eggs known to the market as “Western firsts” dropped from 41 to 42 cents a dozen In Chicago, three cents lower than yesterday's prices. Kggs of this grade were selling in New York today at 47 cents aud a reflection | of the lowering in Chicago prices 1s to be expected in this city to-mor- lice precinet. “With this end in view, | would quest that you have the cap- ins in each precinct direct all police under them to thoroughly investigate and report all cases of alleged profiteering among retail- ers, no matter what the nature of their busigess may be, and for- ward to you a report which can be presented to the District At- torney, so that he can begin a criminal prosecution against any one who has viola’ the penal AJ.—More than a uilllion eggs, bum row, according to P. Q. Foy, The Wvening World's food expert. These laws.” eggs were selling in New York as high us 60 cents a dozen. Immediately upon receipt of the Mayor's suggestion Commissioner cold storage plants by Federa) officers. cago and here are about Glled and receipts of egg» continue hyavy. Not only must the newly received eggs be sold, but fu many Instances the stocks in storage must be reduced, if the proposed Pederul mea sures are carried out. FIRST PROFITEER FINED - $500 FOR 15-CENT SUGA Retail Grocer Convicted at 'Bing- hamton, N.‘Y., Attorney Gen- eral Is Informed. WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.—The tiwt Federal conviction for profiteerin was reported to-day to the Depar ment of Justice. United States Attorney Lucey tele |Enright issued the necessary orders which were forwarded to every police precinct In the city. The machinery jot the Pollee Department began to }function and speedy results are ex- pected. \hatuy of the Intermational Radio Tole-| ‘The Evening World suggested, as graphic Company distinctly heard the|@ detail of the plan, that special plain greetings of the aviators \elothes mun be assigned in each pre- ARMY FOOD PRICES SLASHED; ]3 ARTICLES ARE REDUCED TO OFFSET RETAILERS’ CUTS graphed Attorney neral Palmer 5 a i : from Binghamton, N. Y., that a retali| War Department Announces Also That Fur- grocer had been .fined $600 tn thy Federal Court for selling sugar at 15 cents @ pound, ther Reductions May Be Made—-To-Day’s iia Hylan, Adopting Evening World Suggestion, Strikes at the — Heart of All Retail Price Gou- gers—War on High Cost of Edi- Mayor Hylan, following a suggestion advanced by The Evening World, struck at the heart of retail profiteering in food, wearing apparel” and necessities of life in general to-day when he directed a police cam+ | paign against extortioners. Until conditions improve the Police Departs | ment will have supervision over the retail business of New York City. } Experience bas shown that the only way to deter the public is to begin to put retailers in jail. The arly afraid of ponderous and slow-moving investigations or surveys: Mayor Hylan has turned the police loose on mbtnonce wae ‘The Evening World put the proposition up to.him this- the excellent results achieved by « similar police ape rpg: | newspaper » few years ago. The Mayor sew the virtues |two minutes, and wrote and sent this Jetter to Commissioner of , ‘ » TWO CENTS FITEERS | trom robbing’ — are not but they are afraid of policemen, te at cinct to investigate, independently of patrolmen, a means of checking up ~ evidence, This proved to be. most effectual during the administration of © Police Commissioner Woods, when The Evening World got after prof- — ‘teers in butter and eggs and prices fell all over the city before the Bux licemen were well into their job. F QUICK ACTION BY REPORTING: TO POLICE. Citizens who have been cheated or are belng cheated by retailers may set quick action by reporting the eir« cumstances to the policeman’ on beat and\asking bim to make an in= vestigation. The necessity for a trip: to the Criminal Courts Bullding for # conference with an Assistant Dis. trict Attorney or a Grand Jury is. eliminated. Tn taking the action suggested the Evening World Mayor Hylan no idea of interfering with the work of any other branch of public service engaged in the work of relieving the people from the burden of excessive — Prices, The police investigation will fit in with all other activities and, at— the same time, have its own effect, Washington, Albany and every county and city in the operating in the dri profiteers, Orders we day for the city’s proportion of army surplus supplies to be placed on oale here, A new feature of this branch of the” campaign is the announcement that employers of more than 100 persons: Will be allotted cartoad lots of supe plies by the city for sale to the «me ployees. Gov. Smith arrived from Albany tp duy to meet with the Commissioners appointed by bim to investigate the / Senator, Moses declared meeting that if Democrats try to get | action by the Senat before the com- means of reducing the bigh cost ef living. The Governor said that fdr mer Gov, Glynn and John H. Finley cket with thanks, ‘ AS POkek: With Fas EN Visovunt Grey bax always sup- What matinees there were: to-day ported the ideu of a League of Nu- attended by men and. women “I um a@ traveling salesman, as I said before,” was the answer, “At times I make $50 or $60 a day. Be- Order Affects Canned Goods Chiefly. WASIIINGTON, Aug, 13, FLYING PATHFINDERS OFF were “the treaty will tions, Li | Senator McNary, mitteo has reported be rejected out of hand” The committee discussed the ques- tion of asking Col. House to como but it from Paris to testify, was the general-opinion, members said, that because of tho long trip, and the probability that House would not add much to tho information already obtained, that he should not be called, When the committee to-morrow takes up amendments, it will have be- fore it more than o hundred proposed changes. Mild reservationists, headed by to-day announced {hey hope to confer Friday or Satur- day with Senator Lodge and map out & programme of reservations which will be accepted by the Senat», —_ wake SELIL-ANS BEFORE MEALS and wee bow fine Good Digestion makes Vou tee —Adve, pickets, emblazoned with bannors tell- ign of their troubles, They marched up and down in front of the theatres, refrain did asking intending patrons to from attending; and their efforts not go unrewarded. The merchants on West 45 on the block where strike he: ar clocated, pledged themselves to turn into the Equity 10 per cent. of their weekly receipts as long as the strike lasts, Henrietta Crossman, Jim * Corbett and Effie Shannon to-day added thetr nanies to the roll of the Exuity TOLD NOT TO WORRY ABOUT MANAGERS’ SUIT. A wire was received by the Equity this morning from Lillian Rusvel who is at Atlantic City, She said (Continued on Second Page.) ae SOE 0 Te anne Wt a, "rete Rear aE st December he headed the lon of the British League of + Union, which called sident Wilson tn Loudor The uow British representative was born April 1862, and suc- ceeded to the Haronetcy op the death of his grandfather in 1883, his father, Capt: Groy, having died pre was educated at Winche: Balliol Col Oxford, Lord Grey was married in 1885 to Miss Dorothy Widrington She died in 1906 without issue. Father Jo! bure-—Advt THE WORLD TRAVEL BURBADU. Arcade, Pullteer (World) Building, 63-63 Park Mow, N.Y, Chis, Telephone Beekman 4000, Check room for bagesge and parcels open day and night. Money orders and travellers’ checks Cor wala —Adre < sides, four of my wives were widows andhad money when | married therm Also I didn’t support all of them all the time, They were distributed over a period of nineteen year 1 met them bere aud there in my travels, most of them in church And I loved them all.” Judge Wadhain's guve it up und sald he would impose the sentence Friday for @ hatreut in Nowark Ver and hair sixty cents preapat prices (or a hasrout and DUCED prices on thirteen of the food products on sale by the R army were anuounced to-day by the War Department. Reduc- tious were caused by retailers who tried to meet the army prices, Further reductions will be made if food prices again decrease, New quotations are basic prices for the products bpecified. To these prices must be added cost of transportation either by rail to city ON CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT Expedition to Chart Aeroplane Sta tions Left Mineola at 2.50 This Afternoon, or by parcel post to eonsuiners, Today's reductions are: The All-American Pathfinding o« Former cost. Present cost pedition of aeroplanes to map ant! Corned beef, 6 IbMcan $1.93 $178 photograph acroplane stations from] Roast b a thecan 213 tm Atlantic to Pacific and to ita Baked beans, No. 1 can 05 ‘04 new and country-wide personnel for! Bakeg beans, No. 2 ca fs ” the Air Gervice of the Army wus) gilty seont Ao. 3 cane m oe started officially at 50 o'clock thin afternoon. Stringless beans, No, 10 can 2 40 Lieut, James E, Adams and Ll Sweet corn, No. 2 cans 10 0? Clayton Shangraw left Hazeliurst fie! Tomatoes, No, 2 cans 09 08 at that hour. At 3:18 o'clock their] Tomatoes, Noh2 4-2 ca a" ‘09 plane’ was over Times Square t Tomatoes, No. 3 cans 12 nn Invited guests of the Aero Club « Tomatoes, No. 10 cans 37 33 America and the American Flying Club Bacon 6 31 per Ib. and members of the Army and Sugar cured hams...... 31 .29 per Ib. service gathered about the Pickles have been listed at 25 cents a gallon or 64 a keg of 18 phone of the wireless telephone appa-' gallons, | HAS THE POWER TO SUBPOENA _ had been empowered under the prow visions of the Moreland Act for State investigations and that the one fee sult he required from them after they opened their hearing late to-day — ways “action.” Gov, Smith sald he was sure that when ex-Gov. Glynn and Mr, Finley settied down to business it would be demonatrated that the ail tor was being tackted .witbout gloves, ANY PROFITIER, “Before the commission organizes,” said Former Governor Glynn, “ig hardly a time to boast of what ft ja 7 going to do. But f am familiar wil the terms of the Mordand act I believe that it gives us power subpoena any profiteer, “Iam sure that Mr, Finley will f% as I do, that our first duty ts to into touch with the Federal and agencies which are working to same end and save all the wi