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MARKET CHIEF REF Declares There Linking of His Department Prices Were in Excess of Those Offered By the Government: uny No Conscious | “14 net appr reporters on Oct. 4 | Day the Mayor “May I say that I think my record up to date a that j there is no linking of my department lin any ioner wrote follows ought to convince y cohscious measure with any #toup of profiteers, You say in the jast paragraph of your letter to me, ‘do not permit outside people to use | their influence with you in their ef- forts to extort from the people an ex- cess price for foodstufts.’ ‘I keenly resent any intimation |thit I have been influenced by any | pressure from any source, either in- 'e:de or outside, to get me to assist one in disposing of foodstuff or other of life's necessities at prices in excess of what, to my LIES. | knowledge, they were available, approached S@ift & Co., Swift & Co, ach me, when I under- stuod that the army bacon had been | withdrawn I desire to assure you, " " Sen fiten |Mr, Mayor, that I understand the ? With Profiteers. | purpose of the office of the Commis- —— |sioner of Public Markets and that I Mayor Hylan to-day sent the fol-|have given myself to this with the! lowing letter to Dr. Day, Commission-} same zeal that 1 ha®e been accus- | As Sublio Markets: jtomed to through my life in any en-| “My attention has been called to al \*"Prise that Is democratic, just and | man, | ciroular letter ised by you to vari-' jive items of the fair price fist ts. | dus political clubs throughout the city, sued by Arthur Williams, Federal | requesting that bacon be placed on|Food Adininistrator, this morning, | : je, the property of Swift & Co, at BE hucter Ga sab and second grades | of butter, cold storage ergs, lard a { Prices far in excess of those offered) oanorated milk, ew increases ces by the Government to the people. Bregating 2.20 cents. Beans, candied | “The purpose for which the oMfce! western fresh eggs, Blue Rose rice of Commissioner of Public Markets was created was so that might receive so fie teers and from making large fortunes at the hose “Let me suggest to you at t that your department lend {ts efforts In obtaining frgm the at the lowest possible prices the sup- plies which it is at present and distribute them throw arious city departments wh “Do not tse their influence with you permit excess price for foodstuffs. to Swift & Co, and the ot packers who practically foodstuffs in the United are responsible to a great ex the present high cost of the tiga of life.” Markets Commissioner Day ” ply to Mayor Hylan eaid that the or- der from the Government wi! ling bacon from army sales hfdugh the Mayor's office on Sept 6 and reached him Cebt. 29. he letter to the political clubs on Oct the people e relief from prof who indulge in of the poor people of this city. his time} Commissioner Day said that he is| completing arrangements for the dis- tribution of 1,000,000 pounds of bacon | Government) from the Anmy through Col. Parsons, zone supply commander. The bacon offering |18 to be sold to the consumers at 28 h the cents a pound, although the city re- e' “| ceives it at 23 cents a pound. The 5 ich will] cents difference is to compensate for be open to you upon request. outside people to efforts to extort from the people a control and canned tomatoes show decreases | aggregating 2.46. The net difference | is @ slight saving. In beef the tend- | ency is toward slightly lower whole- sale prices. Three items, of pork show | an ager te reduction ‘of 13-4 cents. expense the overhead expenses incurred in distribution. Dr. Day said that he has been informed by packers that overnment is now contracting con at 34 cents a pound. The only reason, Dr. Day added, th: 1} Government is selling to the city s to combat the high cost of | The bacon will be distributed | not only throuch public schools, but also through political-and charitable organizations and churches. ACCUSES OWN BROTHER. Youth Held Without Ba' Robbery Charge. Charged by his own brother with breaking and entering and robbery, John Klelichowski, seventeen years old, of No. 379 Oakland Street, Brook- lyn, Was arraigned to-day In the Will- in their 1 re her big the | and tent for necessi- tes in a re- 18 thdraw- _ passed He sen: at| 3 , 1919, Classic, Brings Out 55 of the ‘Who’s Who’ in Aviation—Grand Spectacle Promised Melebleieieifeleinfeleielnieinielelteleletele! defeteleleteteininieietelntetletaleelefefeloinieleleleietetetalelatetetet \Start of New York-San Fran- cisco Aerial Race Is Set for 9 o’'Clock TosMorrow Morn- ing and Eastern Contestants KING ALBERT RUNS ~TRAINAND HELPS whic it ORDERED EVICTED FORUSING OFFICES AS CAMBLNG DEN | Samwick Was Freed of Disor- derly Conduct Charge Made by Police, Following Raid. A dispossess notice issued to-day by Justice Michael Blake in the Ninth District Municipal Court d}- recting Harry A. doing business as a broker of moving pic- ture films in two rooms on the seventh floor of No. 729 Seventh Ave- nue, to vacate his quarters because Samwick, | Maurice Renard BEAUTIFUL MODEL NAMED IN SUIT OF MILLINER’S WIFE, > Accused of Providing an Extra Es- t tablishment. The perfectly manicured hand of Renard, of the Maison Maurice at No. 661 Fifth Avenue, was | repulsed by his wife to-day when he Maurice | offered it to her most politely in the of Part 1, Term of the Supreme Court “All right, dearie,” he sald with a shrug of the shoulders, “I only want- ‘corridor outside Special ed a conference." But sho is suing for separation and $1,200 a month alimony and “reason- bie” counsel fees, and she would have none of his gallantries. Mrs. Renard declares in her am- | davit that she taxed her husband sev- | eral times with his attentions to one of his beautiful mode She says she accepted his expla tions at first, but that was before the incident of the perfume and the | white kid gloves. @nce she came back from Atlantic City, Mrs. Renard says, and found that somebody had been moving things about in her dresser. It was then, she sald, that she missed the bottle of perfume and asked her hus- band who had een there, She saye he replied that nobody but himself had been near the dresser, but that he might have disarranged things when he was searching for @ pair of white kid gloves. ‘That, says she, made her suspicious. She knew that white kid gloves were not in vogue at that time and she knew her husband would not wear anything that was not modish.’ So she arranged to look through the apartment of the model, and there she says she found the missing per- fume and also some gowns of hers that her husband told her he had sold “because they were too small,” Then, says Mrs, Renard, her hus- band oconfeased, told her that the model was “thd most beautiful wom- @n in the world.” “In fact,” she quotes ‘him, “we did go through some form of marriagg ceremony in Con- LAUNDRY STRIKERS FIRM IN DEMANDS FOR CLOSED SHOP santas Predicted Quick Settlement Held up—Able to Agree on Wages and Hours, From the viewpoint, striking laundrymen’s the strike which seemed near settlement this morning is far Felix Selden, Secretary of Local No. 206 and one of away from it now. the strike leaders, said this after- moon that the men and the associa together on tion could get arbitra tion of wages and hours, bub could not agree on the “open shop,” which the employers demand Earlier in the day Sdiden predicted & quick sett!&ment. ‘A meeting was held last night.” ald Mr. Seldin, “at which repre- sentatives authorized to act for the Laundry Workers’ Union, the Steam Laundry Aspociation, the State Laun- dry Association and the National Laundry Association were in attend- ance “After a long discussion a basla of, Agreement was reached which was | satixfactory to all sides. All that res Mains iy the approval of the agree. | tment by the bodies repfesented at the meeting. “The inion went into session at 16 o'clock this morning in Harlem Ca« sino and the latest prospect is that the members will ratify the settle ment before 2 o'clock.” Hetween 6,000 and 6,000 employers gathered thie afternoon In the Har- lem Casino, Héth Street apd Lenox Avenue, and unanimously voted te t the proposition of the employ- ers to arbitrate, the question of em open or closed shop. Union leaders said during the meet= ing that it would be a fight to « finish How Much Is Sound Sleep Worth? Is a good night's rest night after night worth the modest cost of $30? OSTERMOOR Examine the Various styles of these famous mattresses in our big showrooms, Ontermoor & Co.. 114 Elizabeth St, Through the Block te 182 Bowery, near Grand St Phone 5 Spring . 5 jetion by a jury of conducting ” offering the Swift & Co, bacon, still /iamaburg | Bridge Plaza Court, Paice : of conv! necticut. ed tation, a 7 eld “ S ciieving that Government bacon wan| waived, <axtimnanen, and wat ned!» Will Fly Over City erie a i hteer oa ta ia re rathgrine nalts Mecembeosetedl eae y fnot for sale, and did not learn of his|is wecused of entering his brother | rare the following history of relations be-| ..24 pays, her husband wanted a Walter's apartment and stealing $18 mwick and the in War Saving stamps and cash, tween Sai the police: Detectives raided Samwick's offices on Sept 27, arrested Samwick and seventeen others who described themselves as “motion picture ex- hibitors” and confiscated records of entries at race tracks, records of hets and a switchboard and six telephone extensions. The blotter at the West 47th Street station shows that Samwick and tle others were charged with disorderly conduct in that they used loud and With meéhanicians and pilots run- jning about and high powered aero- plane engines droning away at the fullest extent of their horsepower capacities, Roosevelt Field, Mineola, can best be likened to a huge bee- hive, Everything there is being put into readiness for the Army Aair Ser- vice Transcontinental Derby, which weather permitting starts promptly at 9 o'clock to-morrow morning, Announcement was made at Wash- ingten yesterday that the race will TRAI mistake unti! informed by newspaper wtatus quo furgiveness, in which he would be permitted to retain his wife and the other woman, Renard says his financial position 49 not at all such as his wife de- scribes, She says be has maintained his home at the rate of $25,000 a year and spent $10,000 more on “the apart- ment around the corne’ — COMPANY MUST SHOW IT CANT MAKE 80-CENT GAS STOKE THE ENGINE Belgian Ruler Takes Throttle of Locomotive at Warren, O, “ Helps Cut the High Cost of Living WARD’S ABOARD KING WAUSEON, O., Oct. 7.—The ALBERT'S it’s mighty good— be a round trip contest, making the/ first monarch to drive an American | boisterous language while engaged in e e i] total distance to be flown 5,402 miles. | jocomotive is Kin; , 5 betting on horse races. They fur- = 2 mi ec dyvvt loco! i g Albert of Belgium. aes ‘ ~ = ~ The route to be taken by the flyers) yy py ‘ P nished bail and were later arraigned | Special Master So Declares as Con- mn (oF e will cover 6401 aerial miles and| The Belgian ruler enjoyed this dis- 'petore Magistrate McQuade. solidated Vice President should be completed in fifty-four | tinction this afternoon when his spe-| ‘The charge preferred was disor- rs : } ’ flying hours. As there will be no| cial train was halted to allow him derly conduct—not gambling. Magis. Takes Stand. trate McQuade discharged the prison- ors. George Backer, President of a cor. | to alight from his private car and he walked the length of the ten coach to,the engine cab where he took over night flying and the pilots will not| lly on Sunday itsis expected—with due allowance for delays for fog or bad| Walter R. Addicks, Vice President of the Consolidated Gas Company was the witness this afternoon in the Highty- UT down on meats at noon lunch and . the evening meal. “Cut out" the second egg at breakfast. " weather—that the race will be com-| the throttle from the engineer and/ poration which owns the sixteen-|Cent Gas Hearing before Special Mas- lth more of WARD s BREAD. pleted in twelve days, The fiyere| ran the train ‘al miley out of story building at No. 729 Seventh | ter Walter R. Gilbert in the Woolworth ‘ IY alte ee tie eee lice leaving New York and those starting | Wauseon, He was accompanied by | Avenue devoted to the moving pic- | Building and told of the cost of coal q lunch and two or more generous slices oll and other material used in the man- H " ; - ; ent Nye » State » industry of which former Sec- at the evening meal. from San Francisco, will stop for| Chief Special Agent Nye of the State | ture ind iq vd thirty minutes at twenty-one cities! Department |retary of the Treasury William G. Wee so hatha tenia ae , Adopt this better cating programme and and towns en route Ara 4 official and |Mcfdoo Is one of the tenants, re 4 ( ae railroad official and four movie | Gilbert said that they were at last get- To the people of New York, thoug! ‘ the race will provide the real acriai| men snapped the King in action, treat, for shortly after the word to} The King also ‘spelled’ ‘the fireman | start is given at Mineola, all of the) ror a few minutes, throwing several | Capt. ou Will be better offin health and wealth ir m food costing so little, nourishes so muc ceived a Iétter on Sept: 30 bearing the rubber stamp signature of Police Samuel G, Belton of the 2 ting somewhere, that he had the gas officials telling how much it cost to h | make the gas. loth bard ire oy fl nh tarting from that rhs b “five machines starting from sedis “ ce bot'and | or Mt as the ay Mi ay over the city In close | shovels of coal into the fire. Precinct, directing him to dispoas ‘The claim has been made," sald he, formation on their ways to Bingham-| King Albert paid a tribute to the| the occupant of Rooms Nos. 707 and | ‘that the company spent last year |ton, the first stop in the race. TO] ganantry of Ohio's 37th Division to- |78 forthwith, Tho letter stated that | $120.00 more to make was than it took in, It is up to the company to prove | prevent accidents the planes will not | this contention and then we will know the rooms had been used for gam- ve the grount at re Same moment, gam. and that under day in a message given out as he en- bling on horse rac but the rules require that tered Ohio. whether 8-cent gas is legal or not.” , chine upon taking off circle Roose ‘The royal party rested well last| the law the owner, agent or lessee of Field e contestant place, who pe alc Field until all of the contestants are} iio aner their fatiguing day at|"PY P mats di permits sald prem ‘Phe American Flying Club has hung| Buffalo and Niagara Falls. Their|/8°* to be used for the purpose of up eighteen prizes for successful con-train was parked at Amboy, near|&*™bling in any form is guilty of @ - " testants, while Chambers of COM! Conneaut, for seven hours, where | misdemeanor punishable by a fine of Choice nish Peanuts merce and newspapers in many of | Conneaut, . ’ $500 or imprisonment for one year or the cities where the ators will| there was no noise to disturb their | 1 °F Roasted iden Brown stop have offered valuable prizes.| slumber. The King, in blue civilian Ais: Macken Beomay & al e . a Many of the pilots who will take] ciothes, walked along the tracks for r. Backer promptly began dispos- = part in to-morrow’s race were par- ; seas proceedings against Samwick, in ticipants in the New York-Toronto| an hour and did not resume the Jour-| v1 0.0) -qunsel, Isaac FE. Chadwick Derby. To-night these pilots are|ney until 8 o'clock this morning. To- Sued Tuatioe ‘Blake ‘pe. etal by guests of John McE. Bowman at the] tedo was scheduled as ghe next city | ke? Just ake foi ‘3 - flotel’ Commodore. ‘To each of tis| !edo was scheduled aa ghe next city jury, ‘the trial was held and the U[~mixed with the famous ruests . Bowman will present a Ore Ans _ after five minutes’ deliberatio: Fold wrist watoh, while prizes to the| go there as the friends of Brand |/UrY, After five minutes! deliberation, AUERBACH VANILLA CHOCOLATE Winners of the race were presenned Whitlock, American Ambassador to praca ea ok No. 186 Gaventh ayecie you have a confection that makes you know "OW by L. L. Driggs, President of the] 40. a ee eee sci | Premises at No. 729 Soven 6 1 CC < Some folks don’t like tea ‘American Flying Club, in bebalt of| their country, who endeared himsel!| (5) gambling purposes. how good it is to have that enjoyable sense to the Th visitors were taken for a ride ntire nation during the war. that organization, The first aviator But the police charge in the Mag- was that of disor- because they think it wishy- called “taste.” 10 take the air in a istrate’s Court ' trial trip this morning was Lieut. E, yut Cleveland whe y stopp p washy! That's because they W. Maynard, the “flying parson,” who| aout Cleveland when they stopped gerty conduct Test your taste with an i s won the International New York-Ca- ore d =—- a4 have never tried a cup of Tet: aalaty dient The Order Leopold was con-! FUND FOR PRISONERS GONE. ley'’s fragrant Orange Pekoe. Painted on the sides of the parson's| ferred on the three young Buffalo hahaa J DH-4, with ity 400 horsepower Liberty | women members of the Women's Mo 7 ; motor are words, “He Frisco.” Up M a 4 i d Men Accused of Larceny Fail to Get ry with the champton went William Kline, | ter Corps who drove the cars in whioh Auto Sale Proceeds, his mechanictan and ‘Trixie, the -|rode the King, Queen and Crown] jyamog F. Kelly, an attorney, who re = son's mascot, both of whom will go to] Prince, cently returned from France, s e eys CQ GEESE nts ent Prac" CHOCOLATE PEANUT BAR police dog which was captured during enighta of Columbus Secretary, the war. He has been flying so lon, 00,000 Mt. oni Company Fal was assigned Thursday by County Judge D. AVERBACH 4 SONS with Lieut. Maynard that he is quite] The Lobo Macaroni Company, Ing,|Dike in Brooklyn to defend three men tive AVE. 4678 TO 477m 8T with offices at air, | manufacturir a sky pilot himself and loves th macaroni, indicted on @ charge of grand larceny. e ‘ He wise happier than @ dog With @/ No, 530-538 Kast 72d Street, to-d as-|They told him they would pay him we The full strong flavor is not hry i 1 morning when he got into signed for the benefit of creditors to|as thelr friends were going to hold a Faris ‘ ie the airplane. enjamin F, ° 0. 5 Fall | bloc rty and raffle an automobile only refreshing—it's stimulat, Great interest ts being taken in the |Bewamin Mf of Now Sp Well bios party nd ra le an automobile to ‘ 8. V. A., which was D'Annunaio's | *) rego ‘ proaige: nf | Wakelin Sun ing. Order some from your Rave een, Vee, ee |the company. the company was in| W Kelly saw them to-day they things interesting for Vie e|corporated in 1918 with @ oapital sock | said the au »bile had been raffled, but grocer. machine was sent over here = |of $200,000. t ommit appointed to take the re- perimental and recruiting purposes sulting $700 to the prisoners had dis- before the war was ended. It will be] Register early to-day. Booths open |. neared with the money. Furtherme: flown in the race by Lieut. W. R.|from 5 P, M, until 10.30 P, M. You nee aenated; ner Fach RA eae Taylor, who was third in the Toronto | will lose your vote if you don’t reg- ‘ « - race, The Lieutenant took the air |ister. fixed that one of committee won the with it this morning and made a fine automobile showing. ne. eer The happiest sky pilot on Roose. |but there weren't sufficient mechan Big Brothers tertain Herecs, velt Field was Lieut, J, B. Wrigh |}siane to a ne mble one af we, " B Bre Movement, Ine an cleyen-hotr entrant for the race “Let vay of them,” : To ‘After he had been entered it was |Lieut. Wright, “and I'll assemble it}!!! have @ celebration on Tuesday found that there was no machine for |myself.” And he did and this morn-| Bight, Oct. 28, at Washington Irving i him: ‘There were plenty of ma- jing went up ‘in the air with it with | High School, to entertain 330 mem- i bers who saw service in Kurope, Shines which hag not been unpacked, great success. ;