The evening world. Newspaper, August 25, 1919, Page 2

SS /OEVENCENT JUMP (CITY GETS ANOTHER|SENATORS REBUKE” {ARMY FOOD SALES ft ae ne 17 INDICTED IN BOSTON FOR PROFITEERING IN FOOD * ape against nine individuals and elgtt corporations in connection with tbe investigation of the high cost of liv- ing by the Suffolk County Grand Jury wi nounced by District Attorney Pelletier to-day. The names of the individuals will not become public ‘until arrests are made. “ ‘The corporatiéns indicted, in. each instance for keeping foodstuffs in cold i HY s-==S1 IN RAISINS BRINGS | 500,000 POUNDS: | PACKERS WITNESS | STABILIZE MARKET n= 3s cum OTHER EBLES Wholesalers Who Suspect |Last of First Consignment Be-|Latter Had Testified Kendrick |A8ya Result, Prices Drop on Growets Are Profiteering Ap-\ ing Sold To-day—Schools and Capper Influenced “Meats ‘and on Fruits peal to Attorney General. Closed To-morrow. Government Report.” New and Vegetables. York wholesale men to-day| The last lot of 600,000 pounds of! WASHINGTON, Aur. 2%6.—Charges A. Mitenen | Army bacon delivered to New York |that the it of Agriculture, . it nent to pene General prvi few Hostal Department o! (Special Food Expert of The Eve-|storage more than one year, wore: through the influence of ave ax . niag World.) ‘Boston Fish Pier Company, think will show profitecring of the ye he a ‘The uncovering of the hoards of tavolviancien.sah poteie (48 of Markots is holding counts, involving 123,200 por sort I the ghasketing of the} ‘The schools wilt Coase. i a food throughout the United States fresh fish: Bay State Fishing Com- was iv the Sational interest awakened | pany, 10,467 pounds of fresh fish; Jonn California ralsin.erop. Due to the wae Dut 63 will re-open. esday ‘Waid of Switt & Co. be= ythe unjust burden from the |Tyurns Company, $6 pounds of fresh new prices retailers will have to sell S aaoter “aad ea pe the Senate Agricultire Com- are a crowning tribute (6 /fieh; Hyde Wheeler Company, 59,900 ‘an ordinary pound package of raisins, | boon nay pounds baie, ROE \ . the consistent and constructive cAM- | pqunds of fresh meat; Ginter Com- “avila Gad "tea 40 e138 ‘een at peed ne ay esd yes andro "You charge that Senator Ki Paign carried on solely by The Eve- | pany, 1,456. pounds of fresh meat; Bay ond Senator Capper influenced Word. " 22 & 2% cents, with the fancy | house as fast ae trucks can carry {t. ee dais a wes Oe Fish Company, 470 pounds of freai . i E as bist # i 3 : i 32 ue i ir il Hi z H uF He ay if f of : i Bs Department to put out am . * ago Boston markets are, accord. P fish; Harris Poorvu Company, six to reports. furnished us by Loomnadies ge ageaiemie Pees aay nearer ald aero: Wigergp tes a Dresbed his iftention of selling thé |counts, Involving quantities of ¢gi ‘Department of Farms and raining are #old to ra at 4 cents @ pound and ®) “One that put us in the WFORE/surpius urmy food to Europe it.was|preducts; Cassius Hunt Company, somewhat ¢ check up of the results 4s one reason for closing the svhools to-morrow. If the 34 cont price is found insuffl- cient to cover the cost to the afty i i iff light” Weld replied. The Evening World again that de- Acdarding to testimony put t® th®!manded that the American consumers record, the Department of Agriculture |snouid got the benefit of this excellent last month plantied to tasue 4 state-| an4 cheap food, and the interest mant of the meat situation declaring | manisested in these foods by the con- “that the packers of the United States|sumers has proved how fully their were entirely, blameless in this iM-| wants wero anticipated. stance” To give consumers these surplus | Semators Capper and Kendrick and |,» ; , ‘army food’ at .« low pricg would only Representatives Tincher-and Hoch of! 5. transient relief, but the addition to our food ly has stabilised | values of other pi The whole- sale market on beef dropped about 2 | cents a pound on the medium grades. Dut-the common grades of beet de- $3 to 4-cents, This was due to )the surptue bacon and ham dis- tributed among the consumers, and the logic holds good that when a family has ong kind of meat In the house jt doesn’t need another kind. The sales of the surplus army meats this week were reflected in lighter, trading on similar products at the week-end. Smoked hams were sold at 40c, and bacon strips 45 to 48¢., which is from 2 to 4c. a pound lower than last Saturday's prices. Some of the large stores in the upper west sid admitted that the sales of army foods drew their customers away, but’ said their volume of on Sat- urday was up to the si for this season. This, however, was not borne jout by personal visits to many of the chain and privately operated stores, aa they did not have tne usual num~ ber of customers. . 1,866 pounds of fresh fish. The District Aftorney announced that in the course of the inquiry it) Was discovered that some dealers had; made it @ practice to keep foodstuffs | in cold storage in one State for a year, then move them to another State for the logal period and traus- fer them again elsewhere. VLADIVOSTOK SURROUNDED BY INSURGENTS, REDS CLAIM Bolsheviki Report Japanese Squad- ron There—Siberian Forces Retreat Further, LONDON, Aug. 25.—Viadivostok is surrounded by Insurgents and the town Js filled with refugees, according to a Bolshevik wireless report received here. It states that a Japanese squadron has arrived at Viadivostok, VLADIVOSTOK, Thursday, Aug. M4. —Siberian forces retreating on the Bast Russian front have planned to make a stand on the Ishim River, which crosses the trans-Siberian Nailroad about 175 miles west of Omsk. Reports hitherto hi stated that the Sfberian retreat m the ine of Tobolak, about further west, yatellchasdcod + Wasa | is i #i il 7 4 £ was set at 16|°Y Deputy Commissioner O'Malley conts, Tho| Wl! Giv6.qn agcurate statement of the rewult in dollars ad cents, on the city’s transaction, and this will de termine the future conditions of the preci F ‘The sales up to date have totalled $160,000, Deputy Commissioner O’Mal- ley sald, and he hopes to seo them rise to $100,000 a day with the opening of new schools, ‘Two markets will be closed perma- nently, ‘those at Public Sehool No. 106, in Bast Fourth treet, and the schoolhouse at First Avenue and Yist Street. Advised by the Government that large supplies of asparagus, cocoa, runes and pineapple will be available mi lor Wednesday orning’s — rual Father Knickerbocker, following ns uccessful mer @ little advertise- : Lis H | ; me ee tee By, "Ot thd. 4¢ ber eal ie beter i mak are’ f it in history. “Under the wartime Food Control ugrowere. were not Ucensed and could set any price they desired, Being done to, stimulate produc- ” ¢@eplared »@ Hudson Street wholesale man to-day. “Now they taken sévantage of this by hav- “packer said, citing the Congressional of Aug. 6 in proof of his chat ‘Weld's charges were made while Kendrick and Capper, both members or the Committee, wage absent trom the room. Returning, both Genators denied the charges and questioned Weld, who sald he based his statements on mat- ters in the Congressional Record. @ “I never saw the original state- ment,” Weld admitted on questioning by Senator Kendrick. “Then you had no right to como hefore the Committee and make ouch charges about two members,” Ken- drick declared sharply. “Your state- ment was absolutely unwarranted. I n't believe the statement was changed at all.” Senator Capper declared also there wae no basig for such charges. “T made my statements on the ba- it Or eet et ae Re: “We believe there is some profiteer- behind this big price, » Jump of ‘]83 por cont. coupled with a crop of , one bundred million od ey! Bargains in Food! Father Knickerbocker's Grand Inventory Sale!!! Asparagus atop a1 ninety miles U.S. TROOPS TO QUIT SIBERIA 6,500 Selectiv® service Men Home by Winter, Says Baker. WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.—Return of the growers, which is f.9..b. Cali- a cont andtiei Batt for freight to, New York bofore the re- ‘tat and wholesale profit le added, Tho table follows: . ‘ in 63—-Public School!houses—63 The reason for closing the markets Price Por|'" Mast Fourth Streot and at First| sis of the Cofgressional Record,” |GREEN VEGETABLES AND |the 6,500 selective service mon with the Pounds, Raisins, —Pound.| ay Dupuy Comminioner at Manteea| Weld explained. “I don't know| | FRUITS AFFECTED. tie Armonienn toress: bx Sibetia, Wit Be 160,000,000 liam Smith to “lack of public in-| whether you two gentlemen had any-| ‘The slow trade.and sharp deciine in |Completed Bb apie pisd vege Nearer 169,600,000 Peete tind, {his lack ofmintereat to) thing to do with it, but the statement |Prices of green vegetables and fruits eget ae 276,000,000 pers hed failed to take amy men. | apparently was changed as a result | Were attributed to the effects of the | "About 3,000 volunteer replacements 260,000,000 tion of the city sale of army food-| of the conference in which you par-|@!my, foods, A great many varieties singady ave, (fone forward, Mr, Baker 820,000,000 stuf: ee a ticipated.” of nearby frults and vegetables were] oniistments available for this service 000,000 e prunes we # offér,” sal ™ ‘ered about Aft: day. wet ete Deanne een Weld defended the American In- | of im the wholesale market for /Average about Afty per day, |) less than the gost of the container and freight, although the product» were of excellent quality and in good con- dition. President W. A. Diegel of A. B. Meyer & Co., Park Place, one cf the largest wholesale houses, said: “This present slump in prices ig due, ta my oploion, to the sales of #1 plus army canned vegetables of the game varieties that are coming in etitute of Meat Packers and stated it was organised to carry on propa- ganda against the Kenyon and Ken- rick bills, =, “We expect to continue it and we stand on our rights as American citi- wens to do #0,” Weld declared. “You cannot expect us to let Congress pass these bills without taking some steps to acquaint the public with what is drawal from Siberia was not taken up with Mr. Baker, Osborne said. Anti-Bolshevik Troops at Archangel Reported in Revolt, LONDON, Aug. 25.—Newly mobilized t-Bolahevik troops at Archangel have revolted, an oMcial Soviet despatch from Moscow said to-day. The red fag was holsted over gunboats in the harbor, th *atimated. ‘This increase will make a pound package of standard seedless raisins at the national capital fight-| retat) in New York City from 22 to profiteers and from now on| 35 cents, the present price being from 15 to 18 conta. F Wamnington that 2a ow ae the word was “Treat ‘Em Rough.” ~ havor may SAVE LiFE—BuT!| SILESIAN resent @ n addition we shall place upon the market assorted jams in 4-b. cans, six cans to the box. ' fifty-three stores will be patched from that point to-day to eaoh of the fi ge . new stock of bacon had = -AGITATORS SHOT. | Government's beet invatig: PROGRAMME 1S LIKELY TO BE OUTLINED SOON Special Investigator for Govern. ment, Back From “Vacation,” Planges Into Beef Inquiry. Isidor J. Krose}, the New York at- torney designated two weeks ago to consider the evidence collected in the jon and say whther the facts warrant crimi- nal proceedings, will submit to At+ torney General Palmer late this week or early next week a programme ¢all- for th prosecution of the “Big Mr. Kresel, u niember of the firm of- Jerome, Rand & Kresel, of No. 87 Wali Street, the head of which is former District Attorney William Travers Jerome, returned 40 New York to-day from what was de- scribed 4s & vacation, He declined to be interview, but plunged anew into the beet subject. The contimued activity of Mr. Jerome's juntor partner, Government officials say, point clearly to a recom- mend@ation for presecution. They say he was appointed with this purpose im biInd by “the Attorney General, that he has had time enough to lok Into the matter trom every angle Sind that jf there were to be no presecu- tion Mr. Kresel by this time would Do-utepping gracefully ‘down at out, “The fact that he not only is hold- ing on but going ahead,” one official said, “means that, at last tho Beef Trust ig to be hailed to court im a Dusinesslike way.” But nothing would tempt Kresel to discuss the subject. -—-+ PRETTY BELGIAN HEROINE ARRIVES eH (Continued from First Page.) Mr. enme in to-day on the French liner ready to-become a@ Ameorians » / Pierre Monteaux, ‘who wes the Jeadet of Untind l@f: Ruane, was also & passenger with: Discwife and two ohildren. He came here to direct the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The new director announced that he would remain in New York several days conferring with musical experts. Le people the kind of music wanted. Dr, Alice Barlow Brown, of Chi- cago, who has been overghas two years, @ix months of which was in the war sone, returned here enthusl- astie over the French Heroes Lafay- ette Memorial Fund. She believes at least 60 per cent. of the children in the war zone ure afflicted with tuber- culosis. Sho declares that children between six and fourteen years smoke pipes and cigarettes and drink wines and brandy. She declared it would be necessary to teach them to eat Lg despatch sta The mutineers wore been shipped to P. 3. No. 89 at Lenox shot at the order of their commanders. Avenye and 185th Street it had not arrived to when the "market" reopened 800 colored Americans were quite visibly hove org rg holds the bacon up to having dis) of 6,000 pounds be- tween Fri morning and noon on Befere He Gets Germany Web't Call im Allied fresh to the market. It is evident that the consumers who bought those seeded ants canned vegetables are using them| NITTI WARNS WORKERS. right away and neglecting fresh vego- 3, -w, tables, which I think is a mistake, as Sage greg Joe fleet ylang ons s they should hold these canned vege-| ruined,” Premier Nit! has issued a clr- to the prefects of the country the workers to speed up produc- col going on.” Weld attacked the Kenyon bill and the Federal Trade Commission. “Tho main objection to the bill,” aaid Weld, “im in the fact that it was based up- on regorts of the Federal Trade Com- mission, which are saturated with glaring inaccuracies and misstate- ments. ‘This, in itself, would be serf- ous enough tf the matter restec there. But it doesn’t, because, if passed, this tables until winter, when the fresh vegetables cannot be had.” Uon, decrease tion and ell i in Mr. Diegel thinks it ts quite unfair! ate extravagance. He saya the country to the producero throw these canneg | product “4 enough for only 18,000,000 o goods on the market at this time,| ‘The working men? t ¢ Premier says, cular urgit tage foiCapt. Stewart and capt Hp * er ch “mult abs Dill will furthor inflate the already |¥2e## the purchasers promise not to] tray want to kill industry He whe high cost of living, Vso them until winter. “We have sold | talka strike is a traito: r, fancy green beans by the bushel at| _, “Italy, needs 4 credit of 15 billion lire. G00, which Is less than cost of freight | Daelund end te Me Be) and ; and tomatoes and | need, and the ne ary credit, but to corn are wholesaling at about the | obtain these things we must work, pro- cost of freight,” he said. duce and strengthen. our budget.” The shortage of sugar is preventing thousands of housewives from putting away thelr usual quantities of peaches and other fruits. The desirable yellow freo stone Jersey peaches are now coming into the market and gelling at $1.60 0 $2 8 crate, This fruit is much ‘Weld answered some of the state- ments made by William B. Colver of the Federal Trade Commission. “IL was utterly amased that he should make the assertion that the packers have over a thousand re’ 4 pd Bae Tit stores in " Weld said. want to say for Swift and Company 10 THIRD DIVISION that the con has po Interest di- T staal st} indirec! retail Thanks Expressed by ‘Andre Tar-|in Ragin o fa ast have be @ ccrresponding difference in the prices chargc’ by ratailers, TO-DAY'S FAIR PRICES ON FOOD NECESSITIES, The following fair prices compiled in SPE, es Re Sar ot have ‘been able to learn, no other American meat packer dieu in a Letter to Gen, weed more desirable for preserving than the|by The Evening World cover the H See anor ead a letine fon (ffult that will come farther North.| range of pric: charged on falr to set a cattle broker on the Chicago yards Bestinn, were 4 prime quality: Major Gen. Robert 1, Howse, com-| to a Kangas tock man, Who had poe we Rot gee Pog ged MEATS. forwarded a shipment of calves to the Chicago market after failing to eli them in Kansas City. “Swift and Armour knew just how many calves there were in each load,” the detter said, “and each man had instructions not to bid on any calves until the head man had seen them. We got thirty-four of yours, sorted in a special pen, and Swift’ calf buyer bought them; but when the head man found out about it he threatened to fire him. There doesn't seem to be any way for you to make money shlipng here.” “Doesn't that show a black list against these cattle which were for- warded?” Senator Vupper asked. “No, there's nothing unfair about it,” Weld responded. “Wouldn't it have been fairer to tell this shipper that he couldn't manding the $4 Division, made pub- Mo to-day at the Hotel Astor a lett from Andre Tardieu, dated Paris, Aug, 2, expresing the gratitude of France for the work of the divi- sion, It relates the history of the ad at the Marne, Chateau-Thierry and the Mouse-Argonne. Referring to the Battle of the Marne, Tardieu says of the division: “One of its machi the 7th, covered it with glory m . front of Chateau-Thierry, defending For Iced Tea : Gen, Howse exhibited to viaitors to | White Rose ken CEYLON TEA propented to him by the lio of Porterhouse steak. ..4' Poors sugar and take advantage of e qual Sirloin steak,.... ee | 4 ity and prices of the peaches now coming to market, At George W. Judd's, on Washington Street, the head salesman reported that “he was welling fancy Jersey Elberta peaches at $1.50 a bushel basket, while the wer expected not less than $3 a Basket, and peaches from the same orchard brought #4 and $5 a basket in past seasons.” Potatoes also followed the other veg- otadles, and finest were offered at $3.50 8 $3.75 a bag, and some good Jersey stook sold at $3 a bag. The sharp decline in corn and other cereals is the beginning of a lower level of prices which will be reflected in lower prices on beef and rk, The Government is holding £0,000,000 pounds of prime froxen beet and large quantities of pork loins. These meats should be released into trade channels and their gradual sale would have a stabilising effect on values, The Government cannot com- pet other, Roardere to market thelr fcods with very good grace as long aa It continues to hold its own aur- | Hams, gy ned plus stores of food. Large quantities | Shoul 6 ae of mutton, pork shoulders and roast- | Bacon, strips. Top round steak Whole top sirlol Cut top sirloin, U, §.Hauadren im Salvador, SAN BALVADOR, Aug. 25.—Rear Aa- miral, Wood, commanding an American Stewing beef...... Rib roast, Ist cut... . Rib roast, 3d cut....4 Rib roast, chuck... .86 Kosher _stoak, Nl ce, It ig in the form half an Lion of Bel- Dandy Se ee L of lamb...... efvite lamba... Shoulder, lamb. Loin lamb chops. Rib lamb chops... Shoulder lamb chops. Stewing mutton PORK, make any money by refusing to ac- bal that packers’ price at Kansas sity?" 6 nothing wrong ia head concerning. ship 8 proper market infor. telegraphing Inclosed in the stones was a list of the division's dead. 32 45 TAN on, juares. VESUVIUS ERUPTING AGAIN, | AUSTRIANS TO GET TREATY, | ine, chickens ave been released for Bacon, square a in must bo handled with experienced | Shoulders, fresh. 40 8 tao Delivery Prob row, with Five Days for Consideration. Towns at Base of Mountalh Not ‘Threatened So Far. salesmen with proper equipment, As none of the cities are so equipped, hops, end....,42 adic Pork chop pecs yi Da tend te eat |Pork chops, middi 3 «Bib, ROME, Aug. 26.—After loud under- Lhe gg | A, Te the “an | thane fools cand pH bes VEAL. “3 BROS., New Yorks [£2074 rumblings, G0, Vesuvius began eee oe aaa eeeooe ang St)" Preah meats are invariably sold at|Leg, milk veal erupting to-day, two streams of lava |Preme Coun is afternoon and will) rir prices, yet there is a wide range|Rump, milk veal. . of White Rose Coffee, [towing toward the valley. Probably be handed to the Austrian del- |i the prices charged at tho -differ- | Shoulder of veal, z . So far the eruption has been go esetion to-morrow, Five daya will be| ont stores. A. there ts a difference! boned.. 2. ee Canned Foods, heavy as to threaten the villages at the sive for consideration, unless the Aus-|in the wholesale beef market of 60, Breast of Ariana oak for.» longer delay, ty Bg Roautlns @ pownd, there myst t 34a 350 25 a 38o 20atic tba thc 3 Oc American cereals and sleep in the o} NEW ARMY MOBILIZATION CONSIDERED BY SERBIA PARIS, Aug. %5.—The ing the general mobilization of army: Roumanian forces were still requisi- tioning at Budapest on Saturd: ing to advices reaching the Council. ROM AL Extratts Essential COMMUNITY STORE, Roumanian Cabinet has refused to accept the de- cision of the Peace Conference relative to the division of Banat and Temesvar tween Roumania and Serbia, accord- ing to the Echo de Paris, which adds that Serbia is reported to be consider- her Ing no attention to the warn- ing from the Bupreme Council, acoord- ‘ WL SOON BEHERE Washingion Heights Market + Experiment to Grow Into Something Bigger... = oe Washington Heights ig. togay Jolcing in the dellet that it bas & way to reduce the cost of The experimental sales of fruits vegetables’ by thy Audabon: Commmm+ nity Council in co-operation with the National Co-operative have been so successful: that they will be continued dally, and as soon as possible other articles wilt be add ed to the stock, including all family necossaries from cooking utensils. to wearing apparel. , : ee ‘The first sale took place Saturday morning from a truck at the commer of St. Nicholas Avenue end, 16th Street. It was intended 40 continua the sales at different points along Mt. Nicholas Avenue, but. the crowd, prestenne. all women, which. assem. ied at tho first sto} the singl experimental Cy ingle al the entire oe three or four salesmen hand it out. Market baskets, for which the neighboring stores asked 30 cehts or wore, were sold for 19 cents, and better ones, which ordinarily cost cents, were sold for 49 cen! fruit and vegetables were of best quality and were sold at about one-balf the asked ‘by- stores in that section. At that, enough profit was made to cover all expenses of the sale, J Capt. HA, Ely, Chairman of: the Audubon Community Counoil,, who managed the sale, explained that the district, which extends from 1) tw 174th Streets and from the Harlem to the Hudson Rivers, houses sbout 45,000 families. He suid it was the intention of the Community Council to provide such sales for the benefit of them all, that of Saturday being merely .a trial to uscertain whether the people would patronize such markets. This they did with a rush, George A. Melbourne, eral r of the National Co-opera~ tive Organisation, was present at the sale, as were Mrs. Mildred Var- num, R. M. Bullman and J. B, Adler of that organization, all helping t the distribution, é E Mrs. Varnum said that a com- munity store would be opened, prob- ably by Oct. 1, in which pract everything needed by the families this section would be sold. The plan is to get 500 families to put in $20 each as a working fund for the store, all profits of which are to'be shared, less b per cent. ‘Already 150 of the Man: sald be wanted to give the American | 500 have beon registered. As soos as that store is opened others will ‘be similarly organized, until there ts one store for each square of five blocks, ‘Mrs. Varnum says that through this co-operation from 20 to 40 per cent. will be saved to the sharers; that at least $10 would be saved on a garment, for example, which now costs $42.50. Mr, Melbourne sald that commun+ ity stores of this kind were to be rganized in all sections of New York City, but that no store could be opened unti] at least 50D families had paid in the initial fee of $20. D Built Especially t your order with nocet sleepy sug- grations, sewn in every seam of its restful elastietty, OSTERMOOR ing Matton and $150.00 comited, breins A skill Gan produce. OSTERMOOR & CO. ma tepowsne” | Bes Sie DIE. WOL¥.—WALTER. Services at the CAMPBELL FUNERAL CHUROH, Broadway and 86tb 6t,, om Tuesday, at 10.80 A. » je Mark. Tred ING EXTRACT MANUFACTURER: “The Oils on which @ are quoting are i} the finest Quality produced,” but the Extract manufac- Matto Baio Bla tic For Monday, August 25th oHOCOLATE COVERED PEFFER- sone “think EST os ert neeeeat Srvan, flavored with Finest Gil of Peppermint, @ sweet of digtinetiv, rm e ene 25¢ at the SiSSthn BOX SUPERYINE CREAM~ ERY CARAMEL — are delicious, y, Dulier POUND pox 1 Chemi turer's word of guarantee is not good enough for us. We wired back, “Send samples to our Chemical Laboratory, where them ‘the at once.” When they arrived Dr. ist, ga Attractive Offering , For Tuesday, August 26th Stoves: New York, Brooklyn, Newark, For exact location seo teleuhone directory ‘The specified weikht Inclider the container.