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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-24
$50 4 PLATE 0
TO MAKE BLUMENTHAL
This Is What They Ate
AT the $50 q Plate Dinner

Buffet Russe.
Supreme de Melon Givree knicker-
booker.
Coupe d'Essence de Poule en- Gclee.
Truite de Riviere. Arlesienne.
Baron d'Ag;:sau de Lait Persillee.'
Ponds d'Artichauts Princesse.
Pommes Mana.
Petits Pois Nouveaux ell Croute.
La Pluie au Champagne.
Pluvier Dore Sur Canape.
Iomlny Frit. Gellee de Guyave.
Salade Alma.
Parfait de Foiee-Gras Lucullus.
Jambon de Prague a Ia Gelee de
Porto.
Timbale de Peches de Montreuil
Ethel.
Desirs des Danes.
Moka.
Cocktail.
Choice Old Gold sherry, Bottled IN
1880.
Chateau dc Rayno vionedV w.
oomto de Pontiac, 1899.
Chateau Cherdi Blanc. Chateau Bot
tied 1899.
Moet ard Chundon Dry Imperial.
1906.
Pommery and Citcquot.
Grdnde Chdrtrebse, 1855.
Grdndc Fine cha mpugne 81. Denis
ny Mounte), 1890.
Corona Coronation.
Cigarettes.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-24
CARNEGIE WON'T AID
LABOR PEACE PARTY
Request for Funds Is Refused
Wilson Promises Hear
ing on Return.

" a, ~ .ano
AsHiNdroN JUNO 90 oeo"'''
known here to-day that representatives
OF Andrew Carnegie have refused 70
extend any support to the labor peace
movement that mas peeh SET III nlotloh
by Representative Buchanan or illinois
and ex-Representative Fowler also or
that state. INQUIRY developed that tne
labor leaders concerned approacheu
agents OF some q. the CARNEGIE peace
societies ana that iuhus were Feluseu.
As IA result those i~dentlhed WIN the
lapor peace nlnNth'c.l arr i"uIsLinn''
asserting ina " tne CaIhesle olsah'.a.
tons are 50 deep'y 'h.eres'eu y" 'ne
question OF o,snr'hhrhon. hs nas oesn
feprese"'eu my s""o.u ''ppVa' "n,
aReH,E t"r"eu ''a NC w.
i'r"ol'e ,"s on 49,. c,n u. ,hs
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-24
LOVE PIRACY LAID
TO MRS.. TEMPEST
Witnesses in Mrs. RobertsOn's
Suit for Divorce Tell Of
Minute Long Kisses.
TWICE 4 CORRESPONDENT

r..
Whe'ner Mrs. VIVA i'"p'7' -,
pirate" or 4 "loVaole ohatac'er' u soo"
nstured soul-one Of the best--who lent
.. ,h. recommendation of friends
"e'''' ~ ,a..,.., ...
and now gets INTO '"s "''"'"''' V"
the question at issue before supreme
cour, J,s,ieA Delehanty and a jury yes
,r. ,,,r,er & Rob-
teroay III u SUI. W WI" - =,
ertson for a divorce ITO" "u""'u
Robertson. a leather merchant. Mrs
,rarnss, ,s c~orAspondeu in the case, and
49, d,,.orco c,se
piayeo st"'i"' WV ;" q
a few months ago, but at 'hat ''"e
her name was not defended.
m. mo,o o,,,,." characterization of
% - Sea-. nod. n, Gustav
,,.a, Co.., urs Robertson.
Ia"sN'''' .sra. ,or p,h-
Nnlto "" ,.,,dah,a ,.r,n.
,teSO-' - - s,a,|uar, ,o
VT S'euei 80, NJ
ne ula n.'rrun IA la
sInpest oS.ore - "na'''I ~, 800.
slust J m'h sla' W. -" =. -"
when ne "l''lI,s. i""' " ""' '''
men must ueciu''
me cnlei MNnesa TOT W. .ooe'.eo.
was Jams T, rNu", " ",,ec"nV' VIZ
Watchen ''t dp"I''n'u. VI "rs '''hpes.
IN tne ~Soho'ut AZ i'do ~hroauW"| anu
reported on frequent Nlsl,a tnere ny
f'opertsot' concerning what ne sa"
when the defendant ana correspondent
We're Suing III the "lhdow OF tht
Sonona Apartment Finn said:
she had her arms around Mr.. Rob
ertson and was Kissing him all over his
face. She seemed To- like II. and II
looked as " he did. He was ~eesturinc
with his arms and | could almost hear
the snacks. Her mouth was close 70
his for a minute at "A time
Finn said that Mrs.. Tempest used a
limousine ear frequently and that wher.
ever ii went Robertson generally fol.
lowed in a yellow racing car. He saw
Robertson enter Mrs. Tempest's apart.
ment In an ice cream suit one day and
emerge the following day In "A black
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-24
CHANCE FOR WILLIAM STREET.
service Hoard Gives lItimnt"m OF
New subway Entrances.

If William street property owners VIII
give the city easements without charI"
subway entrances II exits viii ~"
placed In buildings. Otherwise the
sidewalks must be- used. TN" Pun
lie Service Commission handed this
ultimatum to William street spokesmen
at n public hearing yesterday.
Borough President Marks said II was
q general rule that subway entrances
should be on private property INSIDE
the sidewalk line. He spoke OF instances
OF property owners giving an easement
without consideration and getting a
rood return In increased business from
the crowds using the subway.
Chairman Mccall said the city had no
money to pay the 100000 or s2'O.OOO
suggested as the price OF William street
easements.
Laurence NJ. p. Mcclure and Charles
+. Noyes spoke for the real estate Inter
ests that want the narrow william
street sidewalks kept clear. Chairman
Mccall named Mr.. Mcclure. B!rch
Helms and y. i, Goodrich, consulting
engineer of Manhattan Borough, as a
committee to see what could he lone by
argument with the property owners.
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BIPARTISAN CONTROL
AT ELECTIONS URGED
Edward F. Boyle Offers Plan
for Wedding Out Unde-
sirable Officials.

Edward F. Boyle, president Of the
partisan control of election officials in
testify!ng yesterday before Commits
sloner of Accounts Warlstein, who Is
conducting an inquiry into the admin
istrat!on of the Elections Board.
Commissioner Wallstein was notice.
ably pleased with the attitude Of Pres
ident Boyle. The hearing developed into
a discussion rather than an examination
after Mr.. Boyle had been on the stand
a few moments,
After the session Mr., WalIsteln adj
mitted that Mr.. Boyle had offered some
decidedly helpful suggestions ana tnat
he nae a logical understanding of the
tangled duties of election officers.
Mr.. Boyle thought 1t would be a good
plan to keep an alphabetical list of men
who have worked on elections so the
undesirable could he weeded out ~
their names came up for appointment
He disapproved n revival OF the old
system OF having a board OF canvassers
count the votes after they had been
counted by nother set OF officials.
Experience has proved that the pres
eut system II best" said Mr., Boyle.
Separate officials to count the votes
would be of no use unless We could make
sure that they stayed in bed during
election day 20 they would be fresh
and sober at night"
Mr., Boyle said the Civil Service Com
mission was not equipped to mark *
animation papers of candidates for
election places, but he would have no
objection to that plan 10 long as the
Board Of Elections WAS permitted to
prepare The questions,
Then he said II the examiners did
not mark the papers right they should
be dismissed, However. he said the law
would have to be changed for the Civil
Service Commission to act Ia that ca
pacity.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-24
MADEIRA DECREE KEPT QUIET.
Wife " Coal Operator and Big
Game Hunter Got Divorce In April.

P~HnLApRLPHIA, June eat has Just
become known that a final decree OF
divorce was granted tn Elizabeth G.
Nader from her husband. Percy G.
Madeira. retired coal operator and big
game hunter. The suit was begun in
September. 1918. but all the papers in
the case were sealed and no informa-
ton was obtainable as to the basis for
the suit.
on April II Thomas Ridgway, the
master. filed his report, recommending
n divorce. Some time later the court
quietly approved the report and suisse
quently a final rule for divorce was
granted.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-24
DIVORCE EVIDENCE ATTACKED.
Was Manufactured in New York,
Says Lawyer In Newark.

NEWARK, n. j.. Jun 23,--Afidavits
charging that violence in a divorce suit
against Mrs. Florence Il. Roundey of
Plainfeld by John X. Roundey Vas
manufactured in New York will proba-
bly, be laid before the District Attorney
Df New York tomorrow.
Richard Stockton, couns for Mrs.
Roundey. announced In Chancery Cham
Ders to-day that he had a~fiidavits to the
effect that the evidence against his client
was manufactured. and Martin Il. Suits
a counsel for Roundey, asked for
time TO investigate the statements.
Roundey is suing on the ground OF
misconduct and Mrs. Roundey has filed
A bill asking for separate maintenance
Because OF the afidavits It was mutu-
ally agreed to have the divorce action go
over until October to give Mr.. Stutsman
a chance to investigate,
The aftidavits were not read In court.
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john T. blackburn and John II Hot
bert. Jurors respectively at tho recent
conspiracy trial of Thaw and nj his sec
ond trial for murder. took up the rest
of the forenoon session. They testified
that after watching Thaw at the con-
spiracy trial they believed him rational.
In the CrosS-exJ mination of Mr.. Holbert
Mr.. Becker read Tor the State an in
coherent note Thsw had scrubbed during
the second murder trial. Mr.. Holbert
when asked whether or not he believed
after listening TO the note that the man
who wrote II was rational at the time
tried to make a roundabout reply at
first. but when a direct answer was In
sisted upon the witness replied after
thought that 4 man could write such n
ho~dcepodgc of words and still be "ra-
t%ional'
Moses l.. Male,insky. n lawyer Of 1iS2
Broadway, who had been at the same
hotel with Thaw IN New Hampshire. said
he hadn't had conversation with Thaw
there. but studied him at a distance and
believed him rational. To tho States
question In cross--xanination whether
after legal study of paranoia Mr.. Male
whisky didn't believe that a man might
bc exceptionally clear Drained at times,
but suffer delusions at other times. the
lawyer witness replied. 'Yes and no."
Mgr. Evers, the Rev. Or. John A.
Wade. DIR. Perry NJ. Lichtensteln and
Keeper George b. Strause-all either at
present or formerly connected with the
Tomhs-told of lengthy conversations
they had had with Thaw which con-
WINGED them that the prisoner was ra-
tional. The newspaper men called and
former Jurors and others testified along
the same lines.
In all the cross-examinations of the
former Jurors and others the state
sought to show that the witnesses had
discussed matters with Thaw upon
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-24
MRS. TATUM GIVES UP DOVER.
Pap-ss Releasing Husband Are
Filed nj MineOIa, l.. ].

MINEoLA, l.. l., June 23,-Following
the report last night that John G. Tatum
and his Wife, Mary Jane, had adjusted
their differences and that she had decided
over her half interest IN Pontiac, the
Great Neck estate which she had been
occupying since her husband lost his
divorce suit, a quit claim deed Of her
right and title in the property was
filed here to-day, A release OF dover
IN all property her husband possesses
or may hereafter possess also was filed.
Both instruments are dated june 10
and the consideration given IN each IL
s.. They are witnessed by William j.
Koenic, Mirabeau l.. Towns, who has
been acting as counsel for Tatum, flied
the Instruments
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-24
supt. Maxwell Much Rcttcr.

william ". Maxwell. Superintendent
OF schools Of New York.. who lives M
1sS Franklin avenue. Flushing, L. l.,
has almost from his recon,
serious Illness. He takes automobil.
rides and walks daily. Supt. Max
well will leave IN n few days for Maine.
accompanied by Mrs. Maxwell.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-24

The trial OF David and Maxwell Slade,
attorneys for Rae Tanner when she filed
her breach OF promise suit against
James w. Osborne, was put over again
yesterday By judge Con dom Russ-,l be
cause Martin w. Idttleton, attorney for
the SHADES, was finishing another case,
Asslatan United states Attorney Roger
a. Wood said he felt sure Mr.. Littleton
would be ready this morning and that
u" trial would begin then.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-24
THAW ON STAND TELLS
JURY HE IS SANE NOW

cried the lawyer with loud emphasis
as he took up his defence OF the memory
of Stanford White. "and he had tnat
room on the night he shot stanford
White. l.
~ think his shame and disgracey
concluded Mr.. Cook einphatically. has
gone on long enough-this condemning
of a man who oc0ipied the position
Stanford White did N this city. the most
eminent architect of his time.
Where Is the proof that this eminent
architect was a despoilcr? Nowhere
but in the testimony of Evelyn Nesbit,
whose horrible story was told mat Thaw
might hide behind her skirts, plead the
defence of 'dementia Americana and
make "A beast OF Stanford White. This
work has gone far enough. ! don't care
what Jeromc's attitude is-this word
for White has never been said and ]
want to say 1t now"
The echoes OF Mr.. Cooks final INST
bang had scarcely died out when Thaw
was on the stand, had taken the oath
and was being led by his counsel to
tell the various steps OF his hight from
Matteawan to Canada, his return TO
Vermont and residence IN New Hafnp-
shire and his final return to New YORK.
He had been examined in New Hamp-
shire, said Thaw bv a commission. in
cludtng physicians who found him sane,
just as, Thaw added, he * sane now.
In reply to questions ny MIR. Stanch-
field he told of being extensively en-
tertained' by his New Hampshire neigh
bors and of visits from his Pittsburs
hankers to New Hampshire to see for
| themselves whether or not he should 10
permitted to have money upon his
checks and drafts. His bankers had az
ter seeing him continued 10 honor his
PAPER. he said. As for going TO Canada
he had merely taken "A roundabout way
'to escape being followed by reporters
His mother. sister-in-law. sister anc
half-brother. Josiah Thaw. had leaned
forward expectantly the minute he wa'
called TO the stand. Throughout his few
minutes as a witness his mother espe
cially rivetel her gaze upon her sor
and when he had acquitted himself wei
and stepped dow from the stand sh'
sighed Gontcntedly.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-24
B~rOadway's Middle Aged Set
Eats From Golden Plates
at Bachelor Dinner.

Take Nat Goodwin's word for II. In
the years to come when Make Blumen-
thai trudges YEARLY homeward in his
$4,000 so horsepower French motor
car presented to him by persons whose
ardent desire to improve the breed OF
thoroughbreds couldn't keep pace with
Mr.. Blumenthal's mental arithmetic. and
Make reaches his own freside and slides
into his slippers and sits by the open
fireplace and basks In that ineffable
home atmosphere that every toiler loves
and longs for-take Mats word for II.
Make will remember tho modest little
feast given In his honor at the Hotel
knickerbocker last night by the Broad
way middle aged set.
Not since the sad. bad, glad. mad and
also dear old days OF the get the hay.
trim the jay, Percy-Gray law, when
Maxie and Billy Cowan and Lichtenstein
and Joe Ullman and many, many more
glanced over the rims OF nice, tight. lit
tie $50 per cent. books and sometimes
had to scream for help. the money came
~ fast, has Broadway known such a
gorgeous party. The fact that Mr..
Rlumenthal's friends OF the racetrack,
the restaurants. the theatres and other
less arduous vccations were giving him
an $50 a plate dinner, served OH the
Knickerbocker's golden plate. a service
reserved by James u. Regain only for
visiting royalty, eminent Democrats and
successful practical mathematicians,
meant something more thar that Mr..
Blumenthal at the age OF ~ had served
nptice on Broadway that he was going
TO marry Miss Louise Meyers. late of
Iiegfeld's "Follies." They were delux-
ing Mr.. Blumenthal to celebrate as well
signs of returning confidence in investors
who don't demand a sure thing certih-
cate. Business is picking up. Money
is n trifte easier. A gentle COO goes as
FAR as IA raucous shout once went.
h Party Was n Success.
NJ p.y,n Of tho E,t,L.r,oo. 4.
II, ha. 49,, ~, ,o. 90 - ~. 70
..s -
l,Nn,n ,'.N oslipoye'
80 800, oai.s.'ers 'H.
80 90 fy "s1 "'s"' u ee'
l",' i. p',LE VIZ" u
.e'S un" Una ~ o'"'"h'""' a"'e.'''p-
''i' le'st Moulu see q ne" MARI III TO
'oc'o e''erta'"'nen's as II MI f"san
mao peeh on the Jop h'ihseii' iheI sr'r'
we dihier OIL SIXTY plates III the man
dining ROOM where great heaps or re-
'uses rose above the very. VERY Naluh-
Die gold service or -OO plates. u Is q
solid gold service and * really quite
heavy.
The dinner began al -, 80 7. NJ, with
Nat GOODWIN in the toastinasters chair
ana with Mr.. Blumenthal seated oil the
right of the greatest living authority on
Intermittent matrimony. CHANGING be-
tween pieces of the golden service, one
saw that hardly anybody who IL any
body in the Upper Broadway, y NJ,
light harness tango set was missing
ont Of the sixty persons invited dfty-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-24
Continued from FIRST Page.

dent that Thaw's counse hope to es-
tablish that he not only IL not a para
ola hut. conceding that paranoia is
progressive and incurable, hat he never
was a ~paranoiac.
Then the cross-examining by the state
OF all the witnesses except Thaw showed
that Messrs. Cook and Becker Will
steadily contend that. admitting Thaw's
mentality at times to he as good or oven
better than that of the average man.
delusions take possession of his brain
when he dwells upon the subject OF
Stanford White. Whites friends, the
notion that Thaw is the s~elf-appointed
guardian OF young girls n kindred
matters which resulted In the murder
of White by Thaw.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-24

The atmosphere of the court. there
fore. was generally one 81 solemniiy,
but on three or four occasions during
the day Court Capt. Lynch, who usually
heads the disc~iplinarian forces at noted
murder trials In the Criminal Courts
Building so effectively that he was
brought down to the County Court
House especially for the present Thaw
trial, had to rap hard for order when
smiles that spread TO gigglcs and oven
20 outright loud laughter came from the
packed room.
you say repeated Mr.. Stanchfieid
Ia his soft voiced, unruffied manner
when directly examining Mgr. Luke
Evcrs, rector OF st. Andrews Catholic
church and ex-chaplain at the Tomhs.
that IN these conversations with Mr..
Thaw, you and he discussed the diff
ferences between the rites In The East
ern and Western branches Of the Catho-
lie Church. Did Mr.. Thaw discuss these
differences uf rites intelligently?
Indeed" replied Mgr. Evers with a
smile and an emphasis that brought
forth a laugh even from Justice Hen.
bricks, MI. Thaw knew a lot more
about them than ! did"
Again there was laughter when Mr.
StauChiield, after extracting from
Thomas Thorp. former star football
player at Columbia and nov a journalist
some Of Mr.. Thorp's athletic history
asked the witness, You are at lcast
physically able TO judge of q man,
actions 81
Mr.. Thorp admitted that "at least
phi! s%icallN' lie was able to do 40. There
were more laughs. especially from DR.
Austin Flirt's friends grouped about tn,
a~llenist, when another newspaper man
Gustuvus &. Rueder, said on the stan,
thnt one day Thaw. commenting upoi
stories that Dr. Flint feared bodily harm
II Whites SLAYER were set free. dis,
missed the stories with the remark
Poor Dr. Flint. I'm afraid the docto'
n growing old"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-24
"smiIine juror = witness.

As for tho small bodied Chris schultz.
retired delicatessen dealer amt member
of the jury hat recently acquitted Thaw
Of conspiracy, happiness WAS widespread
from the moment Mr.. Schultz took the
stand until Il very few mintes later he
stepped down.
"Ycu were Juror No. b smile and
aU?' c~ross-eNan.ned Mr.. Cook for tho
state.
"Yer-always am smiling" said
Chris, blithe as a bird.
And you're the man" continued Mr..
Cook, adding his " smiles to the
general happiness radiating from chris.
who during that conspiracy trial used
to go over with us of the prosecution
at recess to the restalrant-to make
yourself agreeable to both sides, eh?'
Yes, yes" chfired Chris happily. I'm
the one-always am agreeable with
everybody loud %laughterl
From Jurors who had sat beside Chris
Schulz at the trial of Thaw for cn-
spiracN II Was brought out that about
the first thing that jury had done be-
fore deciding upon its verdict of 1cqult-
tai on the conspiracy charge was. re-
gardless of the fact that they had not
been charged To consider whether Thaw
was sane or insane and a no evidence
touching INSANITY upon which to take /.
vote. to take such a ballot and uuau'-
mously decide that Thtw was sane.
Then they got down to work upon tho
only matter they had been sworn to
decide. the question OF whether or not
Thaw had entered into a conspiracy
together with hts companions when he
escaped.
Mr.. Stauchfeld IN his opening ad-
dress Of the trial at the beginning Z
the forenoon session defended Thaw's
shooting Of White, ~ least In so far az
the slayer believed stories told TO him
that White had mistreattd Thtw's very
young wife in u shocking manner
Thaw's counsel then outlined tn chi Z
features of the testimony at both the
murder trials and pointed out that even
District Attorney jerome at Thaw's SEQ
ond trial had argued that Thaw was
ane
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-24
Jerome Quoted for ThaN.

Mr.. Stanchilcld quoted Nr. Jerome'S
statement that the architect deserved
death" and read the verdict render 4
by the jury at the second murder tria
which acquitted Thaw on the ground
that lie was insane when H. shot White,
The LAWYER insisted yesterday. however,
tina the second trial jury did not na-
lieve Thaw insane At the time they
acquitted him. and h. explained care
fully that the only problem before the
jury IN the present cas' L. whether %!
not ThaN is insane At the present time.
IL will show" continued NJ. Stanrh-
field, that TnAw is broad and philo-
sophical In character. well Informed n
reading of current events and of past
eveuts-an educated man.
He would call no alienists himself
said Mr.. Stanchheld. except those VINO
had examined Thaw personally, The
~alienist for the State. on the other hand,
was scored by Thaw's ounse as a man
we'll reimbursed for his testimony, given
repeatedly. although DIR. Flint, CON
tended Mr.. Stanchield, never has made
n personal examination Of Thaw.
Deputy Acknowledgement Cook, who
followed Immediately. in asserting that
Thaw il n %paranoiac rapidly outlined
the calling of Thaw's blood relations It
the second trial. Will the result, SAID
counsel for the state, testimony was
given by these members Of ThaW's
family which Offered the greatest his
tory OF hereditary faint ever shown 20
a incorporating the most convincing
insanity defence made to a jury in
twenty years"
Mr.. Cook went into Thaw's life in tle
Tcnderloin and 'old of the room le
hired. where aS III Reed" he advertised
for young girls and then beat them.
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With a very fine appreciation OF the
linguistic accomplishments Of guests
so familiar with books Mr.. Kegan
printed the menu for the $50 a plate
dinner entirely In French. Here ana
there al English word butted into polite
society, but Make and his friends took
no notice OF the vulgar interloper. E,s-
sence of chicken jellied could not for
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-06-07
GASOLINE PRICE GUT;
INDEPENDENTS ARE HIT
Standard Company'S Reduction
Declared First Move in Price
War on Outside Concerns.

CHICAGO. June THE action of
the Standard oil Co. of Indiana in
cutting the price of gasoline one cent
in all parts of the west today caused
considerable surprise.
Dealers throughout this section of
the country had been expecting an
advance in gasoline prices, following
the hardening of the eastern markets
affected by export demand. Inde-
pendent dealers today declared that
there was nothing in market cOndi-
tiOns TO justly the cut and that the
move is step toward a price war in
this section. Standard officials said
the slack demand. heavy production
and the low price OF crude oil was
responsible for the decrease.
II was reported pis afternoon that
independent oil dealers in the terri
tory affected by the cut in prices in
tend 10 appeal 10 government author
tiles at Washington for relief from
what they declare is a price cutting
war.
The independent dealers claim that
the latest cut to So cents IN 100 gal
lon lots spells their ruin as they can
not compete at such a figure. They
declare that some officials OF the
Standard oil Co. recently deserted the
corporation and lined up with the in
dependents. and that this cut in prices
is intended 10 punish those officials
and cut the ground from under the
feet OF the independent concerns