ffriFKfrv! !W!jTJ"r'PTjPl GUARDS AGAINST. f" EXCESS WAR PROFITS V " m. - - ; .Jktnrv Baker Arranges With National Commerce Chamber for Supplies .I'uixmisu AIM T0 PREVENT RA1'DS IP i, .oiiin.T1TON. Vc'1 1. Htens wore j.sr.v . i p "A Son the Potfcml Treasury '-- ... ntin t'i fir nr " .J rnlil ne o gSTwint of war, n"u '" nf war. I; w" n. -candats, such us have shocked i. in eii" . .'..linn In previous wars, nrn to he pro t ". "J' hfouBi, the co-operation of tho Nn !' Vn i rouncll f Defence with the Chamber t WLCmc.co of tho f nlted Ht-te-. i resolution recently passed by tho na--,r remw ,,rnvi.iCSr tlat the basis of iitl0"Tv f o m pr vato sources In time of I'll MMlude a prollt Interest In v H Todav Secretary of TJr Baker. i 4 TOO3. t-non rftiinn I. r.a In war. no nres- lied upon t fLd"Vnt thett. of the Chamber of Con ')iFre'f for assistance ..nd advice In the IT, mrce for ass Commttces will be SiffiSKS V the chaiiiber to .co-op. rate Iji hi. julrlct depot quaru:nim:iH huwuku f "'"th Station In ohtalnlnR supplies mi ,1 foul l,e ' . .... . ... .,.,!, nln f iifofll na I't ....1...1 liv" law "l ""' -- h. th,v consider reasonable. fInr- . .... ., 'nt.tn thnt nrlvnte 1-itAnffi s? ' "it Is very ui- i"i -- .......... ,.......- 'i. .,m Into tho Government service In tho - K problem should bo Insured u small '.'Tn'oMhe committee on national defense s ln,n. -.iinn!ii Cliamber of Commerce. -' , it Is exceeding unwise to rely upon E'".My supply system which is 'economically 'unsound. It is CQUaiiy Ulivvmu iu iiciutk I.UKI- ' flts t0 n few people malting supplies for 'iki Government and the stock market spec ulation which inevitably follows. Interest .n bonds on Industrial plants must be paid . .... la1.1m.ii nt theKp. bonds must lint i. U suddenly faced with a cessation of In- 'The result of small guaranteed profit ould be tho Instant stabilizing of Indus trial credit and tho complete elimination '( .lock market speculation." E T ..?... Au tii-nian ntwl exnert nld ns suc- '' 'tested by tho Secretary of War In pur- timing supplies Is In line with tho best m i.ha in inraipii ! 11 1 i 1 1 i ii-n uii.v 11 l w.ir. said Elliott H. Goodwin, secretary of the . chamber of Commerce. "Scores of com- 1 teilttees made up of civilian t'xperts, are : iow supervlsinB tho purchase of nil sup- . tiles In foreign nations. It has been found ' n absolutely necessary agency In efficient .mobilization of Industry." ,New York Women hi New Food Protest i ;CcntlnuI from Page One u' J(h telegram said, "In our opinion demon- Itmtea Conciusieiy ino uiai iniiiut luiiv.-u ui this Investigation, not only to bring down ' jrlces. but to let tho people feel that tho Federal uovernmeni is in cnarge 01 ine suu- tt-,n Tho situation Is not onlv serious but chaotic. The housewives of nerlcu appeal to you, -ir. l'rcsiuent, to uso your treat Influence to allevlato tho situation. and.wo urge Congress to support you in ' . this measure." "At the present time Congress has three bitrlotlo duties to perform," said Mrs. f Sheath today. "Tho first duty Is to provide .'adequate defense for our country, the second ' to provide production and the third to pro- irld distribution of food at normal costs : Uo the people " fL --t'ersoiiaiij i cio not invor rioiing, iurs. VjHtath said. "Hut what are these people to j,4f07 xney are starving, j ne situation lias J become acute, women or wealth are flood ing the housewives bureau with inquiries ii' J"' r n f A" n I m 'Ligl4F?ur ToUrfng, . .' Roadster , . Country Club ' 'r Pk W fm. A i iS s I Fjriotor Cars , I m ?,,i ,ln' H'fy hall cut down the cost of '.! ivome!' wl,h n,en,' of money nro 2 vlng costs, can we blame the week if they resort to riots? ,.V"iSr(,M "I1!1 ,he ""crtcral (Jovcrnmcnt must do something. The farmers have said iitoj arc go-tig produce only for their own needs this coming summer. Then tho ledernl (Jovernnient must step In and en force production, rind having proper pro iiuc.lon proper means of distribution must ne proMeil. It seems to mo that tho onlv hope of relief can como from tho Kederal tlovernment. It Is n duty as patriotic ami J Hal as the duty of de.ense. In the mean' t me food riots will go on and even mora serious uprising will occur while tho people Mime becnuso of abnormal prices." .Sporadic uprisings against food prices kept the pnllre busy today In the cast side tenement districts. Mothers bearing babes In nrms wandered about the streets searching for food bar gains and Joining 1 1 1 tlo bands nt the cor ners where ngllators called for ncllon. Scrawny-legged children pelted some pass ing vender with debris from the street. Only a few courageous pushcart men put In appearance nt the Hester street market this morning. Hardly had they st up their wares when a band of deter mined women swept down on them nnd put the owners to lllght, under the tire of their own produce. Flery-tongued agitators urged the wives of the tenements to throw kerosene over tho goods of all produco merchants. In the meantime police were marshaled at all strategic points to maintain order and city olTlclnls were considering nil pos sible means to allevlato conditions. WILSON DEMANDS $100,000 FOR FOOD PRICE PROBE WASHINGTON'. Feb. 21. rresldcnt WIN son Is determined Congress shall pass Im mediately tho $400,000 appropriation which tho Federal Trade Commission has ic questcrt for the nation-wide fond-price probo wh'ch lie directed the commission and tho Department of Agrlculturo to mnke. It was stated officially at tho Whlto House today that tho President will give his personal attention toward swinging Con gress Into line behind his food-probe sug gestion. As a result Administration leaders In Congress began lining up forces to rnmpcl congressional acquiescence. Representative norland In thor House and Senator Hnrali In tho Senate aro expected to lead the fight with tho charge that there Is universal conviction that food prices are the subject of widespread manipulation. Senator Dornh today demanded that Con gress stay hero until ndequato steps were taken to bring prices to a normal. "Congress cannot adjourn," Uorah said, "so long as It Is possible for us to bo of any service In this deplorable situation " 'We want bread' was the growing cry of tho French revolutionists as they marched to Versailles," Uorah said. "It Is tho most omlnofis cry that can bo heard In n republic, and whatever Is said as to tho effect of the war on prices, the fact remains these people aro In a largo measure the victims of specu lators nnd combinations which are mllchlni? millions out of food. "There Is at tho bottom of things no Justl flcatlon for this condition. Congress cannot Ignore the cries of the hungry. Tho situa tion must be met at once." The Federal Trade Commission has de tailed plans completed for n sweeping In vestigation into the New York and Chicago food markets as soon ns Congress grams tho necessary money. Ilread and meat prices and tho possibil ity of their manipulation will be the first line of attack. Under present plans Grand Jury Investi gations are to be carried on simultaneously. New York and Chicago, It was stated, will bo the first fields of operation "In view of tho serious prevailing conditions." Tho Investigation will bo conducted in five division:!. meaSn, hreadstuffs. .dairy products, fresh fruits and vegetables and canned goods, sugar, coffee, teas and spices. The meat probe is planned to delve Car Value What Makes It? A most important factor in determining the value of the motor car you buy this spring is the stability of its manufacturer. Assets and good will create stability. So it is interesting to you, as an Qverland owner or admirer to know that the assets of The Willys-Overland Company are more than 68,000,000.00. Its good will can best be judged by the steadily increasing num ber of Willys-Overland purchasers. From 3304 cars in 1910 our annual business grew steadily to 142,441 cars in 1916. Our contracts call for more than 200,000 cars this year. It's well to consider such fixed facts before you purchase your car. Big Four Touring . Roadster Coupe . Sedan 1005 $050 $750 , $850 , $835 , $1250 $1460 All prices, o. b. ToUdo and subject to change without nolle Prom. Deliveries OVERLAND MOTOR COMPANY, Inc. 323-5-7 N. Broad Street Tcl'ephone 4897 Walnut The "Willys-Overland Company, Toledo, Ohio Manufacturers of Willys-Knight and Overland Automobiles and Ligbt Commercial Cars "Made in U.S. A.:: I sm a I umlALiiail&dMi - s ' ' EVJBNIKG L13DGEE-tHILADEIjPHIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, deeply n(0 th9 workings of tho packing '' nr"1 cl''-storngo corporations. . in I" lal,or I1 wns stated authoritatively, wni ho subjected to particular scrutiny. rho hreadstuffs Investigation will seek particularly to uncover alleged cnmblna t ons of baking Interests. Tho commis sion believes- there havo been lllcgnl nrgeemcnls" ,tn decreaso tho slzo or weight of bread loaves. Any evidence tending to show combina tion In icstralnt of trade will bo linme iMatcly turned over to the Department of justlfo for prosecution. Kach of the'llvo divisions will bo under hip direction of mi rxpeit economist of wido experience. Co-operating with theso experts nnd the extensive ricld force of tho 'commission n stnn of lawjers, to attend to tho legal Phases, will l, appointed If tho JiOO.uOO ls nppropriated. The Department nf Agrlculturo has been rccoidlng cold-storngo ileposlts for somo months, .distances nf uiuluo quantities of food "salted down" In Moriige will bo turnwl oer to the lVdernl Trade Com mission. Dcsplto the coiivlctliin that Illegal meth ods are largely lcsponslble for exorbitant .". 1'inrf, ii worm-wiiio loss In produc tion will bp taken Into account. Iteporls from tho international Insti tute or Agricultural of Homo, for instance, stnto tho potato crop nf tho world was only SC.4 per cent ns great In Dllfi ns in 1D15. lteports In many other crops nro correspondingly -short " FOOD EMBARGO URGED TO CUT LIVING COSTS ROSTOV. Feb. CI An embargo on food shipments to foreign countries Is suggested as a remedy for high food prices In a minor ity .report by Francis X Tyrcll, of tho Stuto high cost of living commission, submitted to Governor McCnll today. "An embargo upon food would not be un neutral If Its object were self-protection," Tyrcll declared. Tho minority report of tho commission suggests tho following 'remedies for high prices: Tloductlnn of cost of Government: Increased production. fnMeied by the Gov ernment : popularization of fish as food : trolley freight extension: substitution of milk for higher priced food ; co-operntlvo means of transportation: appointment of n commission to Instruct the public In food economics. Wilson Plans U-Boat Speech in Congress rontlmiert from Foro One tho sea, this probably will lead to a new flood of International protests such as flowed In on Germany. It had generally been regarded ns part of the general sea plan of the Central Towers to have Austrla-Ilungailan subma rines assist Germany by blockading the Mediterranean and Adriatic. AMSTERDAM. Feb, 21. German ofTielal dom Is intensely Interested and puzzled by tho conferences nt Vienna between Amer ican Ambassador 1'enfleld nnd the Austrian Foreign Minister, according to llerlln ad vices today. , Astonishment Is expressed that thero should be any doubt In tho United States that Austria-Hungary does not fully np prove and support Germany's declaration of relentless submarine warfare. TO SflTORT GERMANY On tho contrary, It Is semiofficially de clared that Kinperor Kail's determination, Is to accord tho most emphatic support of his nlly. Participation of Austrian of ficials in the conferences which decided upon Jhe submarine warfare was also cited as evidencing Austria's full sympathy with the use of a weapon demanded by tho Allies' Illegal starvation blockade nf the Central Powers. Semiofficial Vienna dispatches received today In detailing tho text of tho nolo pre sented by Ambassador Penfleld holds the Light Six Touring , Roadster Coupe . Sedan . , $985 , $070 $1385 S15S3 0 fcym., iy. .mwiii i ,i yg m PS 4 1 ?HBSiMiiKii.! k4Y4utVfW,-Ax4 GENERAL WILLIAM CROZIEK GENERAL CROZIEK WILL UNDERGO SKIN GRAFTING Operation Necessary on Account of X- ray Hums Receive! Fifteen Years Aro nAimtoRi:, Md.. Feb. 21. nngadicr General William Crozlcr, chief of oidnance of tho United Stales Ai my, will today undergo it skin-giaftms operation at Johns Hopkins Hospital for X-ray burns leeched about fifteen joars ago, when be under went an operation In which tho X-ray was used. The bums nro on bis abdomen. Dr. John Stalgo Davis will perfoim the operation. it Is probable that portions of skin will be removed from other por tions of General Crozler'a body, possibly his legs, to bo placed upon tho parts ef fected. American Inquiry whether Austria slfll allliins her promise. In tho Ancona nnd Persia cases as "vague." Olllclals take the position that the statements made in tho notes mentioned were Intended to cover thoso specific cases only nnd not to mark out a futuro course. TURKEY HACKS UP BERLIN, U. S. ENVOY IS TOLD WASHINGTON, Fell. 21 Tho Turkish Government. has reaffirmed Its pledge of al liance with Germany and Austria-Hungary In u successful prosecution of tho war, Am bassador Klkus cabled tho Slato Depart ment from Constantinople today. While tho Ottoman Chamber of Deputies expresses the greatest deslio to "strength en our good relations In neutral countries" the Klkus cable declared the "foreign policy will consist In remaining entirely faithful to our treaties with our allies." This action was taken by tho Chamber of Dnputles when tho Grand Vizier appeared before that hotly ami asked for a ot of confidence In tho new Cabinet. The. request was unnnimously granted. The Slato Department In making public Willys-Knight .Four Touring . $1283 Four Coupe. . $1650 Four Sedan . . S1050 Four Limousine $1050 Eight Touring . 81950 ill Biij-LJ ti y TXHMi'a mtmessmz Ambassador Klkus's message hart no com ment to offer. Ambassador F.lktls's dispatch to the Stato Department follows: Yesleidny, after rending In the Chamber of Deputies tho piogram of tho new Cabinet. Grand Vlaler asked for a vote of confidence, which was given unanimously. The following passages will Interest the department: "Our greatest desire Is to secure to every Ottoman the benefits of nil tho rights which tho Constitution confers upon him nnd In this manner to secure tho sovereignty of tho law In the. coun try. "And our foreign policy will consist In remaining entirely faithful to trea ties with our allies. In working to ns suio and cause to How from this itl llnnco tho greatest advantage for both panics and to strengthen our good rela tions in the neutral countries." Kxnr.A ,v n' rim? r,v.:v i GERMANS ARE ASSURED IlKltMN. 1'eb ;i "We are sure of suc cess nnd shall nllow nothing nnd nobody to wrest this success from us." declared Secre tary of the Treasury IlellTerlch to the Ger mnn Agricultural Council, discussing the submarine war " lready the nnlgaton which links tho tlrlt'sh ldi.H th tho rest of tho world has been depressed to the danger point." he continued, according to the official press ngency report "The tonnage which arrived In Hrltlsh ports, ltelfferlch continued, "was In De cember last only 2,;no.nno,fioo net. while tho monthly averages of the last year of peace was 4.200,000000 tons. "Already Ihiglaml's reserve stock nf most Important things needed for life nnd war fare nre exhausted to such a point that Knglaiid more than ever before relies upon tho assurance of plentiful Importations. 'Tho British world empire, which has already been shaken to lis foundations. Is now tlio object of the powerful merciless strokes of our siihmailne navy, until has been Increased in numbers and elllclcncy. And this will continue until tho day will bao dawned for which rvery German heart ardently awaits. "Hut already today vo are close to knowledge that Knglnnd moio than ever has to rely upon her own soil. German soil Is now lighting Kngllsh soil " BRITISH TIGHTEN ORDER FOR GERMAN BLOCKADE LONDON', Feb. II An order In council, announced tndayv provides that vessels carrying goods to and from enemy ports nro liable to capttno and coiKleinnallon un less they call at an allied pott en route to permit examination of their cargoes. It was explained that the otder was Is sued as a tesuli of tho German blockade, is true A GREAT many pipe smokers Jrs- believe with us that no method of curing and mellowing tobacco is quite .so good as Nature's own ageing. As one smoker an ardent disciple of Vcl Joe puts it: "I don't like tobaccos that h; had things done to 'em." 3 It ties up money and it takes a lot of patience 5 -i-to store away hundreds of thousands of S ,l2 -SS J.JJXI which tho order itself characterized as a "flagrant contradiction of International law," Tho blockade of Germany is apparently tnadn complete by the order In council, which Is evidently directed nt shipping In tho Hnltle Sea mid tho North Sen, wliero comnieico between Scandinavian nations nnd Germany has been morn or less wire, strlcted In tho pnst. From now on nil such shipping must put Into Urltlsh or Itusslan ports for examination. Two Rheostats in One Two rheostats combined In one compart unit, one n step rheostat for coarse regula tion nnd The other a slide wiro rheostat for lino graduations, nio features of a device that has Just made lis appearance. It Is particularly applicable to such work as tho checking of voltmeters, watt-meters, watt-hour-meters, elc. Tho theostnls furnish voltage values nnywhero between zero nnrt die vnltnge value of tho source to which they nro connected. In cases of emergency the apparatus being tested can bo discon nected from tho device hy a safety button, which can only lvo reset by returning tho conliol to zero. Hydroelectric Power in Spnln It nppears that thero are now fifty hydro electrlo plants with an avallablo horsepower of more than 1. 000.000 working In Spain, It Is estimated however, that It is practlcn bio to produco from water quite fi.OOO.OOrt horsepower, continues tho Klectilclan, of Silver Bread Trays Our extensive eludes many new tinctivc patterns. A sterling silver t eleven inches 1 o 11 Lr, pierced border, is excellent value at $10. S. Kind & Sons, DIAMOND MERCHANTS 4.-."!.- I- ;ii .i .:.;:ii.. ..stf?5l THE man or woman that "puts on airs" ain't half as attractive as one that's natural, an' what's true of folks or tobacco. i002r pounds of the very pick S of Kentucky's best Burley 'B crops for two long years. 5 But your individual verdict to- S day, after you have smoked a S pipe of Velvet, is one of the S jthings that repays usfor the 5 rdict of one is the verdict of 5 niany. That's the big: reason for B Velvet's tremendous popularity. 5' 10c Tins 5c MetaMined -Bags B- One Pound Glass Humidors -..-. , .. y )f which more than 1,000,000 could be d from the Ilivcr Kbro and its affluents. tnl for such developments lias in ihe' been provided mainly In Franco nnd Or Ilrltaln, It Is Hoped that tho Interest, theso countries In the matter wilt not -I lost, owing to tho vast war expenditure. M LOGWOOD One of-the best ' i 15 cent Collars r a y, with 1110 Chestnut St JKWKLKTtS SILVKHSMITHS vet have ra i k SZAif CARL.I) WILSON 4- ! W:m SCQBBHHIzSVly3ulVHl---l-ll-H y a.1 l stock in- flfcA ,M and dis- W&i7 M 1 ft 1 sfi : r-JS i ;9 v m '(vi V! s , &,' '$m . 4ht i) I vi i J i J 4S ..J wn f-i -,('. n r"W,rtr. y- k$ Mv ay K'IpijIRKMi.
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