v' M , VM -r - 1A f lf 1 11 r"? - ? fv j j 'i w 8 EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, "AUGUST 13, 1919 .FARMER DIED YEAR AGO; WIDOW ACCUSED blscovery of Quicklime in Stomach Leads to Murder Chargo Against Woman ; Clarion, r., An. 13. Charged with 'murdering her husband. Andrew .T. Yevnjr, aged seventy vpnrs, n wenlthy firmer, more thnn b jrar uro, Mrs. Ida M. Teanv, nped fifty years. hm been lodged in the county jail here rending trial in court. teeny died MArcii 23. 1010. under unsplcioUa circumstances. Later tlie tody was exhumed, and an autopvr dis closed that death was due to quicklime poisoning. Physicians who performed the autopsy said they found enough quicklime In his stomach to kill half a doien persons ' Authorities at the time of the au topsy suspected Mrs. Yenny, but pend ing investigation allowed her to remain her while profiteers wait for higher prices. Higher-priced fish advanced from ?6 to $8 a barrel overnight, while fish of cheaper grades were thrown away to prevent a glut on the market. Expect Shipment Soon Major Jones explained today that the government foodstuffs will be delivered direct to the United States Internal warehouse. Twenty-first and Oregon avenue. The first carloads are ex pected within a few days, from the warehouse the food will be distributed to postoffices and to the points of distribution. Cooke Shies at Naming Board Contlnned rrnm Tare On measure restore the conditions as they existed during the war. The "fair price" committee would be called upon to receive complaint about emotive costs of foodstuffs nnd prepare the evi- Present Prices of Food and What V. S. Sells It For following is a comparison of prices of foodstuffs on sale here now and the prices tliey will command at the sale of government commodities : rot rhiu O-WJ 1M sur-curt bum ... ...... mi. nncon J800 .Vo. 2 tomatoes adOn No a tomto 2400 No 2 pens anno No 2 rorn 4000 lb. prunes 40o ib rice JOOO lh. rtrl.cl r'neh"!1 2010 lbs drlfcl ppl sort No. t cans r't hef 0O 2-lb can. roast beef vrlr 2fl II 09 11 0 on 11 07 n i.i 50 83 price 411 41 11 1.1 W IS 32 17 40 Senators to Speed Peace Pact Action dence that would be used In the prose- frte. A few days ago she was arrested , cition by the federal agents of those criminally responsible. Charles .T. Hepburn, this city in Revnftldsvllle and broucht here. Mon- . day she was given a preliminary hear-1 in and helrt for ronrt. ' Ycuny was reputed to be worth more was chief counsel for the Pennsjlvonla than $100,000. food administration, expressed the opin He married the accused woman in jon today that Mr. Cooke refrained from November. 1017 Previous to her mar- , . riage to Yeanv. the woman was em- resuming his former duties because ployed as housekeeper for Dr. James I there was no law to support hiin. Holde.n, of Holden Station, five miles, Mr. Hepburn also ttatcd that the so from.here. Dr. Holden died while the Laiird ..fllir price" committee would Woman was his housekeeper. , , ., , ,B ' be of no use unless the committee is supported by drastic legislation that would permit prosecutions. "Mr. Cooke established nn excellent reputation when lie was here before," Mr. Hepburn said. "During the war he or unv of his hundred or more aides could go into a -tore nnd demand that the rooks be i-hown In this way they were able to get evidence of profiteering. At the present time, however, there is absolutely no legislation to permit this work." Wholesalers to Blame The real profiteering todav Is among the wholesalers. Mr. Hepburn said. Food Hoarding Plain Crime, Says Kane Cntlnad From rape One it condemned beef have beeu remoed from one of the large cold storage houses in this city since Monday and sold. "I am going to investigate todiy the removal of this condemned beef," Mr. Simmers said, "and if 1 find that it has been sold or offered for sale within the Stat of Pennsylvania 1 will arrest the Contlnnrd From Tase One surprised the friends of the treaty, es pecially the administration supporters, bv the lengths to which it went in con demnation of the treaty. It was said today that the chairman of the foreign rclutlons committee bad swung rather over to the irrecoucilaliles than to the mild reservationlsts like wno I Senators Kellogg nnd McCumber. But the speecn merely reuccicu .ur, joagc s confidence in obtaining a resolution in favor of strong reservations from his committee. Probably it also expressed the senator's indignation at the failure of his committee to obtain documents and other information from the White House. Report to Faor Ratification Many considerations will force nu agreement among the members of the foreign relations committee upon reser vations and a report in faor of the ratification of the treaty. In the first place a failure to agree would be a serious reflection upon the competence of the Republican majority in Congress to transact the nation's business. Again it would be an equal reflec tion upon the Senate and the commit tee if the movement for a compromise which should lead to the final adop tion of the treaty came not from the Senate foreign relations committee, but from a group of senators like the mod erate seven outside that committee. I The members of the foreign relations mlttee makes Its report. To obtain n two-thirds majority for the treaty the Democrats must unite with a consider able portion of the Republicans. Any reservations wlhch come from the foreign relations committee will be stiff. I'sed ns a working basis for a compromlfe with the Democrats, they will result in securing greater conces sions from the White House than would the 'mild reservations favored by the moderate seven. The irreconcilable members of the foreign relations committee are sen sible of this advantage in putting forth a program which will become the basis of compromise. Those who wish to defent the treaty are aware that they will fail and even If In the eml they vote against it, they wish to see it amended ns much as possible before its adoption. The Democrats have been hoping and still hope that the foreign rela tions committee will fail to agree upon reservations and will report the treaty without recommendations. Such n caue would 'enve the situation Indis putably in tho bands of the moderate seven, who would be the only group nf Republicans showing any capacity for cohesion. seller of the meat on the spot." Virtually all of the meat which has i adding that he did not think it advisable been, condemned for sale. Mr. Simmers to f.n after the individual hoarder of COrnmittee are senators and have said, is. stock that was shipped on here food.' The ones responsible (or piesent prjde in the Senate. They are seeking during .the war for government use As ; high prices are the packers, he .-aid, i ,n r(.,toro the lezisUtivc branch in nub- the war' ended before the government i who hold the stock from the markets ,jc esteem. Endless wrangling over the had'eibse to use the meat it has been to regulate the market prices. tieaty and final failure to agree upon While the food administration was In 1 any icport would tend to discredit the power, before I ebniary, the price of senate. flour was regulated. Mr. Hepburn took remained in bold storage, Mr. Simmers said! tather than be put out on the market and cause a downward revision of prices. Other developments in the "city's fight against the high living cost are : Seven hundred carloads of food are ett route to Philadelphia to be pkred en the market at cost as part of a general attack on the high cost of living. This. Important development in the fightf jto bring down the cost of neces sities, was made known by Major Charles 13. Jones, zone surplus nnd zone storage' officer. Other developments are : Philadelphia's allotment of the tons 6f foodstuffs wi! be placed on sale in thti'ilo're of Gimbel Brothers, instead 61 3nV,plice; stations as originally si, S'Many Offers of Help Dl'tSyAl; of Supplies MacLaughlin todaylfcorfected what he termed a "mis- iairsrandlng by explaining that the Ijmsjjfency;. Aid "did not fall down" whe$3fc came time to reach a decision cdneerairjg the sale of the government 'foof'be,lng shipped here. The director Btateif'tflSt the announcement that the food" -.was to be sold at (iimbel's had caused .! rumor that the Emergency Aid 'aides were not capable of conduct- inn .the sales. 'This man, Mr. . "Jy list nleht 100 aides had volun- I finally forced to teered for the work," the director said, "and that man more would hae signed up within a few days. ' Would like to have the Emergency Aid Officials arrange with the Gimbel store to have the aides attend the sale there and learn exactly how such cus tomers are handled. This experience wouid be of great value to the volunteer workers when they will be called upon to aid the city in large sales to be held in the future." this ns an example. A wholesaler was allowed a profit of liftv cents on a barrel of flour, and the retailer was al lowed one cent n pound profit. Now, Mr. Hepburn says, if one wholesaler iu flour runs short, he goes to another wholesaler. lie buys flour from the other house, pnjing the other man a fifty-cent profit Then, when the pur chasing wholesaler sells to the retailer, he insists upon his fiftv-cent profit. Mr. Hepburn cited another thing that he thought might keep Mr. Cooke or any other members of the wartime administrations from resuming their former duties. Iong Hours at Work He said that when he and other men's areepted the federal posts they believed their positions would call for only two I or three hours a day. During the wnr, however, they found it necessary to work as long as sixteen or eighteen hours daily. Mr. Hepburn spoke of a man upstate, who was Then, ns n point of tactics, the real effort toward n compromise will begin when the Senate foreign relations cora- The administration forces approach ing the moderate seven would secure a more favorable compromise than they could If the Republican strength gathers about the stiff reservatlonists of the foreign relations committee. The Demo crats may realize their hope. The situa tion is not clenr. It will be difficult to effect nn agree ment among the Republicans in the committee, but present indications are that the consideration just described will prevail and that a report will be agreed upon. Watchful Waiting Policy T'p to the present the Democrats under the lend of Senator Hitchcock have merely waited for the situation in the foreicn lelations committee to de- velon. Thev are still waiting. What roservntions thev will accept in the name of the President bnvc been kept carefully iu the daik. Ofliciallv thej oppose all reservations and insi-t that the treaty shall be adopted without ihange. But every one knows that the President is ready to compromise. All he wishes to know is who has the requisite votes to put the treaty through. When tbe foreign relations committee reports it mnj still be a question whether the Democrats will seek to make terms with the moderate seven or with Mr. Lodge's committee, un less, of course, Mr. Lodge assures him self of the support of the moderates bv putting forth his committee's rcser-ntions. Million Is Asked in H. C. of L. War Continued From Tare One cost of living. Of this amount S1.000.- 000 would ho for the investigation and detection of crimes nnd for the work of the state food administrators and S200,- 000 for nntltrust prosecutions. Amendments extending the anti-profiteering sections of the food control act to wearing apparel, tools, utensils, implements and containers of foods, feeds nnd fertilisers, nnd Imposing pen alties for violating the net, were sent to inc nouse agriculture committee Dy the altoinej general. The amendments were in line with suggestions made by President Wilson In his address to Congress last week on the high cost of living, and they pro vide a fine not exccdlng $,"000 or Im prisonment for not more than two years for those convicted of violating the act, Mr. Palmer wrote that "the amend ments would be helpful in efforts to re duce the high cost of living If they could be promptly enacted." (ioemors of n number of states have asked the assistance of the Department of Justice to force into the market "amazing quantities" of food being held in stoinge. apparently until prices in ciease. The Attorney General an nounced that district attornejs had been ordered to co-operate with the gover nors. I'rgcs Limit On Storage Meanwhile, in the Senate federal regulation of cold storage of food was urged by Senator McKellnr, Dcmocrnt, of Tennessee, as a certain means of re ducing the cost of living, and ns the only remedy for "the most outrageous piece of profiteering that can bo imagined." Speaking in support of his bill, first introduced in 1013, and now ns rein troduced befoie the Senate Interstate commerce subcommittee, considering 'the high cost of living recommendations of President Wil-on, Senator MeKellar said If the bill had been passed in 11)13, he felt sure the present conditions as to excessive lhing cost would not exist. The. meat packers were charged by the Tennessee senator with using cold storage facilities to fix food prices. "It is being used by the packers," he said, "for the purpose of controlling prices. As used by the packers, it preserves in seasons of plenty and per mits them to withhold such large quan tities of foodstuffs from the market as to make a season of scarcity at any time they see fit, and thus they In crease the price to the consuming pub lic." Would Limit Time of Storage Explaining his bill, Senator MeKel lar said It would limit the time foods could be held In cold storage and has been vigorously opposed by the pack ers. Citing recent statistics of the federal trade commission of food held in cold storage. Senator MeKellar said they showed vast Increases oer the amounts stored last year. "Some middleman," said Sir. Mc Kellar, "Is making CO 2-3 per cent profit on eggs alone." Eggs particu larly, he asserted, are monopolized. "They aro in the hands of the most giant monopoly there Is in the world," he said. Present cold storage practices also are a menace to public health, Senator MeKellar declared, asserting that meat and poultry ortcu aro held too long In storage. Robertson, Scranton, Pa,: Frank Do- marrlo and Rote Pitz, Wilmington, Del. U.S. TO SUE CEMENT 'TRUST' Action to Dissolve- Combine Will De Brought In New Jersoy Washington, Aug. 13. (By A. P.) A suit in equity to dissolve the "cement combination" was announced today by Attorney General Palmer. The action Is to be brought In the district of New Jersey against nineteen Individual companies. NABBED AS. BOMB PLOTTER, Radical Literature Found In Rum slan'a Room In Detroit Defrolt, Mich., Aug. 13. (By A. P.) Detectives investigating the nation-wide bomb outrages of a few weeks ago took Into custody here today Carl Pavlo, a Russian, said to have been in dicted yesterday by a New York Grand Jury. According to the detectives a large quantity of radical literature was found In Pavlo's room here. APPROVE LAND LEASE BILL Favorable Report on Measure Or dered by Senate Committee Washington. Aug. 13. (By A. P.) Favorable report on the bill for the leasing of government-owned oil, coal, phosphate and sodium lands for the purpose of stimulating production was ordered today by the Senate public lands committee. The vote was unanimous. The bill virtually is the same as that passed by both houses of the last Con gress, but which failed because the Senate did not ndopt the conference re port. Elkton Marriage Licenses Elliton, Md., Aug. 13. Only six cou ples braved the Inclement weather and made the trip to Elkton seeking mar riage licenses. They were Frank L. Place nnd Gene Braden, Frederick Crean and Bertha MacLean, William A. 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Abram Cox Stove Company American and Dauphin Streets, Philadelphia Mannfactarcra ' "' Tivtt Heaters, FoniMM and Rancea la rhlladelohla far 7! Year ( Glmbels' Offer Accepted "the offer of Gimbel Brothers to turn Over an acre of floor space in their tooi store at Ninth and Chestnut streets for,tbe municipal sale was accepted, and.itbe commodities will be placed on sale as soon after their arrival here as possible. Malor Jones says that the seven hun ,dred carloads of foodstuffs will be'rlis tributed throughout Pennsylvania. Sales will be conducted by parcel post from toe commissary, as well as the vari ous municipal sales. Hospitals and other institutions may purchase sup plies in carload lots. Hundreds of tons of foodstuffs are said to be spoiling in refrigerating plants Sells Sugar at 15 Cents, Then Pays U. S. $500 Washington, Aug. 13. i Ry A. r. I The first federal conviction for profiteering was reported today to the Department of Justice. District Attorney Lucey telegraphed Attor ney General Palmer from Hingham ton. N. T.. that a retail grocer had been fined $."00 in the federal court for selling sugar .at fifteen cents a pound. ArmyR To Sell at imu ! mm! ti iiei umiinnnii i rnrmnirimmini iinimmiumisi mm iuj m n mi n lUTLnuuiiiruti uni mnntiuiniiuiriEiudti ii mi miiis 3154 U. S. Regulation Raincoats $3.00 Tlire coats were purchased from tho Gotern- m nifnt. Slightly ueda but In very eooil con. K ditlon Kunrantrrd to hi lery (ttronp and welle! ma dr. .p dully adapted for out-nf-duor wear f auiomoDiiinc, iihiunjr, motoro cimr. roiiee men and railroad men shouldn't be without one. Parcel Post prepaid. When ordering M give cneir meaiuremeni. it unaatisractoryt your money refunded. THE ARMY SUPPLY CO. 631 Market Street Fhone Market 4508. re iiisBiiiiiin 1 fwif'& Writ9 or call for nto and IntrrfUna Booklet "Look t0 Into Your Ourn Eva." A Series of Eye Talks fc By Joseph C, Ferguson, Jr. Our Nert Talk TVd Ani. 27 MPROPER use of the eyes probably makes more trou ble than all other causes of defective sight. You can't use your eyes day in and day out on fvork that requires close aftd Continuous scrutiny -nrl-posibly under a poor flight without sooner or later paying the penalty. U - J4u do euch work you frfiould "top at Intervals and give tho y" a. rt. If attention becomes neces sary, hat them examined and proper traatment prescribed by an oetillst a physlelin who specUllue In the, study and relief of troufclta with or trou bles tllit affect the eyes. In the event that classes ars redulred, have the prescription filled by prescription optician. Wpi.&.&fattxi$i rmerlptfoa Opttclana it, e s iu aouin lam at. FW da NOT Examlnt Eyes fUl 'Talk'' from a copyritU r,Mfl . f . avvvw & Tbe House flia t ffleppe built C. J. Heppe & Son, Downtown 1117-1119 Chest nut Street, Uptown 6th and Thompson Streets Mason & Hamlin, Weber. 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