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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-28
POISON PEN GIBES
DRIVE ANGRY WIFE
TO SHOOT WOMAN
Husband and Accused Neighbor
Deny Charges, but Bullet
Is Answer

Mrs. Elizabeth Green and Miss kath-
crime Burke, clerk in department
store, live a block apart in South Nine
teenth Street. Newark. For some timo
Mrs. Green has been receiving poison
pen" letters from an anonymous writer
informing her that her husband, Pa
trolman Wilbur A. Green, mechanician
Of the Newark Police Department, and
Miss Burke have been seen frequently
in each others company. Green always
denied the accusation.
When another letter arrived last
evening and his wife had upbraided
him again, he said:
Lets go to Miss Burke's home and
settle this thing for good and all"
Miss Burke had not come home from
work when they arrived. Green did not
know that while they waited in the liv-
ing room his wife was toying with a
small calbre revolver inside her muff
Miss Burke denied the accusations in
the letters.
81 do not want your old husband"
she said.
In a burst of anger Mrs. Green
whipped out the weapon. The younger
woman. seeing il, screamed and started
from the room as Green leaped toward
his wife. Before he could interfere
she had pulled the trigger and Miss
Burke fell with bullet in her back
At the City Hospital it was said she
might recover. Mrs. Green was ar
rasfpd
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-28
MANY Rose from "a to 80
Cents a Dozen, WickS
Committee Learns
CARLOAD DIDN'T
LEAVE STORAGE
No Purchases Until Ship
ments Had Rested There
for Four Months

George AIDE and Booth Harrington
, will be interested to know what the
Wicks Investigating Committee dis
covered yesterday about Indiana eggs
that came TO New York. Also the in
formation will be inspiring for hotel
men who recommend New York as q
summer resort.
Those eggs, a carload Of them, which
were the JOY and pride of countless
cackling mothers when Mr.. Tarking-
ton was just seraping an acquaintance
with Lucius Brutus Allen. left Indiana
on June &. They we're young and
guileess, and brought 24h cents a
dozen After only four months in New
York some commanded - cents a
dozen. and others, which never Left the
, cold storage warehouse. are held at 90
cents dozen.
Testimony by wholesalers before the
committee showed that the eggs had
& been sold and resold without leaving
/ the storchouse, and only once did the
4 price fail TO advance. Dealers who
! sold them one day for 3l% cents a
dozen bought them back the next for
/ 80 cents a dozen.
Benjamin Albert, Of Albert & Gerber,
who did this reselling on November s
TO Lynch & Blackman, explained thus:
"The price of eggs presumably having
I advanced"
"Are you sure" demanded George W.
l Ward. counsel TO the committee, that
/ this resale to Lynch & Blackmsn was
not system Of pushing the mar
ket up >"
Positively not" asserted the witness.
A similar question was addressed by
Mr.. Ward TO Cornelius +. Lynch, Of
/ Lynch & Blackman.
Arc you sure" he asked. that there
was no arrangement between you and
Albert & Gerber TO buy and sell each
/ other"
/ mot a. sll-what would il amount
TO ?" retorted Mr.. Lynch.
at might amount 10 a lot suggested
The attorney. "By swapping eggs back
and forth from day TO day at an increase
in price the price always goes up"
Mr Lynch ignored this observation.
Il was not until late in October that
the eggs really began to circulate and
see life. BY that time the price had
advanced TO 32 cents a dozen, and real
Eggs were sold to dealers, who sold
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-28
COAL PRICE DROP
FOLLOWS THREAT
Small Cellar Dealers Get
SO to SIS a Ton, City In
vestigators Find

Threatened municipal coal yards had
their effect upon cellar dealers yester-
day, when prices dropped to such fg-
ures that purchasers Of fuel by the bas-
ket wondered if It could actually last.
As a result Of this decrease in rates
the city will not have to embark IN the
coal business for the present.
The new prices TO small purchasers
were learned yesterday when Leonard
VI. Wallstein, Commissioners OF Ac-
counts, sent seventeen inspectors out
TO visit cellar coal dealers and their
customers as well. The city was d.
vided into fifteen districts, and the IN
vestigation was carried on with the
thoroughness of city census.
One hundred and forty small dealers
were visited, their prices ranging from
50 to SIS "A ton when figured on ton
basis. None Of the small dealers sells
in amounts greater than 100 pounds
however. and such prices for coal IN
small quantities were looked upon as
extremely satisfactory.
Visits to the consumers who pur-
chased from these dealers resulted IN
reports that one dealer was selling AS
low as SS.75 a ton, that the average was
close TO S13 ton and that in one in.
stance dealer was selling at pound
prices which. when figured on a ton
basis. Melted him $40 a ton for his fuel.
A Sl3 average rate. however, was &C
cepted as giving only a fair profit to a
dealer who delivers the coal on his
shoulder in lots ranging from 10 to 100
pounds each.
District Attorney Swami confined his
efforts in the coal inquiry yesterday to
an investigation of alleged community
interests" between Burns Brothers, re-
tail coal dealers, and the Central Rail-
road of New Jersey.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-28
would be prepared at the playhouses
expense.
Many Addresses Made

would be prepared at the playhouses'
expense.
Many Addresses Made
Educational work was carried into
the schools and even TO street meet
ings by Mrs A. NJ. Palmer, president
Of the Rainy Day Club. and other club
leaders working with her. Addresses
have been made. it was reported, at
every meeting where housewives could
be reached for informing them of the
necessity Of conserving the food still
TO be had.
Prospects Of heavy losses by food
spectators became imminent during
the day. when il was found that prices
were beginning 70 weaken and In many
cases 10 show promise of decided drops
in the next few days. Potatoes. for in
stance, fell from a high mark of $5.25
a barrel to s. and even s4.75.
Despite this fact, Wilson Brothers
are carrying 10000 bushels of pota-
toes in their warehouses at 1873 Allan
tic Avenue. Brooklyn. awaiting an even
higher price. Representatives of the
firm described the trade in potatoes as
dull" because Of the refusal OF those
ChllUk AuNiA " of4t az bIN pitSNAS
prices.
Turkey Prices Higher
Rates on turkeys went as high as the
most pessimistic consumer could have
pictured them yesterday, when whole
rale prices for the best fowl-the Mary
land turkey-were up TO 20 cents a
pound. Forty-fve cents is the price
this quality of turkey will bring at the
market when the housewife seeks TO
purchase It,
Other turkey prices were quoted at
from sc TO 38 cents a pound, wholesale,
which would make the retail rate 40
TO AZ cents. Even the commission men
complained of the prices, saying they
would not be able TO carry on their
regular Thanksgiving business because
of the distaste Of the average New
Yorker for turkey at 40 cents a pound
II was said that A. 7. PearsonS. rep
resentstive OF Western and Southern
shippers. had advised his men that the
market here was good, and that they
could obtain such prices If they held
out for them. They held out and tho
prices were paid by the dealers here
as result Several commission men
were quoted as saying that % cents a
pound would be fair price for live
turkeys under prevailing conditions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-28
TANNER TO LEAVE
COMMITTEE
Tells Whitman, Parsons,
Calder and KraCke OF
Business Needs
POLITICIANS SEE
END OF QUARREL
Governor Expected to AS
sumo Control of Party
in New York

Frederick C. Tanner, chairman Of the
Republican State Committee, is to re-
tire from that position. Mr.. Tanner
called on Governor Whitman at the st.
Regis yesterday and told him he was
anxious to resign as state chairman
Immediately The question was dis
cussed at a conference, at which, be-
sides the Governor and Mr.. Tanner,
Herbert Parsons, Samuel S. Koenig,
chairman of the Republican County
Committee; United States Senator-elect
William VI. Calder, of Brooklyn, and
Commissioner F. J.. II. Kracke, who
managed Governor Whitman's recent
campaign, were present -.
"Mr. Tanner is anxious to retire,
said Governor Whitman following the
conference, "and he told US that his
business was such that he had to pay
more attention to it and less to poll
tics. tried to persuade him to re-
main at the head OF the state organiza-
ton, and he may DO it for while, but
| am not even hopeful of that deci'
sion"
In the retirement of Mr.. Tanner the
politicians see the elimination Of a
growing political enmity between the
governor and the state chairman, and
the assumption by the Governor OF the
full power of state leadership.
Friends OF the Governor assert that
his recent election by so large ma
jority in the state warrants him In tax
ing the organization reins in his own
hands. There was little evidence OF
real harmonious action between the
state chairman and Governor Whit
mans private managerial staff during
the recent campaign. The Governors
campaign managers felt that the state
chairman failed TO deliver his share
toward the general result in the man
ner that they expected.
Chairman Tanner was reelected to
the place at the head Of the State Com
mittee last spring by close margin.
A strong opposition to his reelection
developed at the time, particularly
among the upstate members of the
committee, headed by George W. Al
bridge and other so-called "old guard
leaders. Goveror Whitman finally got
back of Tanner and he was put over"
Representatives Of William Barnes,
former State Chairman, tried to block
the reelection of Tanner.
Governor Whitman declared yester-
day that he would reappoint Charles s.
Hervey as Public Service Commissioners
in this district.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-28
Grocers and Children
to Join Egg Boycott

The National Housewives League
yesterday started its months boycott
on eggs. Plans were laid at the annual
meeting Of its national council at the
body's headquarters for reaching the
greatest number of persons IN New
York City and its environs at once ana
a national boycott will be under way IN
a day or two, according 10 Mrs. Julian
Heath. the leagues president.
This is how the housewives Will pun
ism the egg kings: ~,
Every hotel and restaurant in New
York will be flooded with dodgers ep-
pealing 10 the patrons not to order eggs
or dishes with eggs as ingredients,
All the grocers in the city VIII DC
asked to remind their patrons thst the
price Of eggs will never come down I'M
less they stop buying them.
All the chefs Of the city Will be re-
quested TO employ their skill IN making
palatable non-egg dishes.
Members Of the league will tour the
city in automobiles and speak at street
corners.
Women will distribute handbills set
thing forth the aims Of the campaign
TO children at all the public schools
asking them to take the message to
their mothers.
and finally" said Mrs. Heath, I'VE
will request the press to pass the word
along TO all people who patronize sa-
looms and soda fountains to take their
refreshments straight and without eggs
for a month" -
Mrs. Heath said the league would
next attack butter, and when the prlce,
on this commodity had been pounded
down would wage war on potatoes
The council yesterday adopted reso-
lutions which will be sent to every
United States Senator and Represents
tive requesting the government TO de-
termine by all possible methods the
food supply needed to feed the Amerl-
can people and take measures to limit
sales for export TO the surplus over
Ioc,ost;c roouircmputs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-28
EGGS STAY IN STORAGE
BUT PRICES GO SOARING

Bearing on the high cost
of Irving is the foiIolcmg
brief history of the price
ascent in cents a dozen Of
one carload of eggs, as re-
UeGled before the Wicks
committee yesterday:
June Sold by Decatur
Produce Co.. Decatur,
Ind. ............ .24H
June l2-Put in storage here
by G. W. Martin & Bro,
still ............. .24N
June 25-Sold to NJ. ROUGH
wager ............ 25H
Sept. Sold back to Mar
tin & Bro. ..........2 9
Sept. Sold to Tltman &
10. .............3O
Sept. Sold back to Mar
tin & Bro. again. e. 30
Oct. 2l-Sold 10 Lynch &
Blackman ...........3 30
Nov. 8-32I cases sold 10
Albert & Gerber. .3l4
Nov. 9-Same 81 cases
sold back to Lynch &
Blackman ...........3 81
Nov. 81 cases sold to {.
H. linn & Co. .32H
: Nov. l5-Samc 81 cases
sold to George Ehlenbcr-
ger ........... -
Nov. I6-Three Of the 81
cases sold to Hotel St.
Regis ..............43
To-day-Part OF the original
shipment still in storage.
price ............... 50
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-28
FOOD TEST TO FIT SALARIES
Chicago Health Chief Says Accent
Diet Is Not Designed for Wage Farmers

Chicago, Nov. PA deluge of recipes
containing scores of suggestions for
dishes that gre palatable as we'll as
nutritious and economical is flooding
the committee that prepares the daily
menus from which the diet squad is
demonstrating how easy it is to live
well here for 40 cents day.
DR.. John Dill Robertson. head of the
city Health Department, said that the
experiment was not designed to show
a happy medium OF expense.
1--WE want to find out what the sal
airy Garner is up against" said DR.. Rob
ertson. Wage earners are accustomed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-28
Jewish Farmers to Meet Here

The eighth annual convention of the
Federation Of Jewish Farmers Of Amer
lea will be held at the Educational AL
lance Building, 1877 East Broadway
from November 20 TO December /. A
held at the Grand Central Palace De-
cember 2 70 raise funds for the work
of the federation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-28
WHITMAN PLANS
NEW FOOD BOARD
Continued f:om page !

and serious consideration TO the mat
ter at this time" he said. 81 have dis
cussed the subject with Mr.. Perkins,
and believe il is state problem and
! am at work or programme now ana
will be prepared soon to make an IN
terestine public announcement.
ar is nv idea to have a commission
handle the thing in big way, with a
big man at the head Of il. Commission
or John J. Dillon is a good man, hard
worker and believe is doing all that
can be expected Of him"
Whether the Governor will reorgan-
ize the present State Commission OF
Foods and Markets, which Mr.. Dillon
heads, or create new body with
broader powers is yet to be decided.
u is understood, however, that the
central idea Of the Governors plan is
10 bring the farmer and consumer
nearer together The establishment of
terminal markets would probably be a
feature of this plan. The advice Of
city officials regarding the effect Of
legislation upon the local problem in
this city may be sought
The Governor declared he would dis
cuss the subject Of the high price of
foodstufFs in his inaugural message.
lie said the legislation deemed TO be
essential TO handle the problem prop
erly would be ready to be introduced in
the Legislature soon after the opening
Of the next session on January 2. He
expects no difficulty in passing any such
/ legislation quickly.
"Held" Eggs on Market
incidentally. il was reported through
| inspectors visiting the markets that
"held" eggs were being placed on the
market here as fresh OF cold storage
| products. According to John J. Dill
/ lon, State Market Commissioner. the
| "held" eggs are more properly known
as STALE eggs among the trade-eggs
| that have been held in cellars, in farm
ors' feed bins or elsewhere, pending
| higher market prices. They are now
being brought forth. il was said, in
view Of the general high prices.
these held eggs arc The worst that
/ ever get upon the market" said Mr..
/ Dillon. Il don't think many people,
! knowing them as they really are, would
purchase them at any price. It is
/ fortunate that the boycott is coming
at the proper time to hit at this prod
uct."
! Practically every moving picture the
atre in the city is promised as an aid
TO the egg boycott. through a state
/ ment made by President Trigger of the
/ Motion Picture Exhibitors League to
Commissioner Hartigan. He said the
theatres that made up his organization
] would be glad to exhibit any slides
bearing upon the campaign for lower
prices that might be suggested. The
slides and illustrative matter, he said,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-28

them TO jobbers. Who sold them to
rrocers, who sold them 20 consumers
II was on November rs that three eases
OF Hoosier eggs entered the Hotel 81
Regis at the proud price Of 43 cents
dozen.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-10-17
NOORREAD WINS
FROM VALLEY
CITY ELEVEN
Twelve to Nothing Victory
For Minnesota Team
Monday Afternoon

Scoring two touchdowns in the first
half, the Moorhead normal school de-
feated the Valley City normal school
here yesterday afternoon, IL to 0. Nei-
ther goal was kicked because of a bad
cross wind.
The Moorhead normal had remark
able assortment of plays that were
used with telling effect during the first
half. For the most part, the Moorhead
team was on the offensive, though their
rooters were given a few cold shivers
by the dashing work of the Valley City
team from time to time.
Lacked the Punch.
In the second half, Valley City
fought the Moorhead team to finish.
Twice the Valley City team marched
down the full length of the field, once
the Moorhead team performed in like
manner, but both lacked the punch to
score. .....
Valley City had taken the ball on
its own 20-yard line by holding the
Moorhead team after it had made sixty
yards by plunges and passes. Back
down the full length of the field the
Valley City team worked it's way, till
within three yards of the goaI when a
tumble gave the ball to Moorhead A
punt out, one play, and the game was
over.
uihphLS liiiIISu Tie game, the COIu
weather making it difficult for the
players to handle the pigskin.
Pass Nets Score.
In forward passing, Moorhead was
successful in scoring one OF it's touch
downs. A beautiful throw from Cur
ran to Rolseld turned the trick, net
ting 80 yards and the score 1t was
nearer the end of the first half.
Moorhead scored its first touchdown
when Weld, at quarter, went over the
Curran had been the consistent ground
gamer.
For Valley City, Bublitz who inter-
cepted a Moorhead pass in the third
quarter on his own four-yard line, run
ming the ball back thirty yards and
Aas, fullback, were the individual
stars. Aas was a consistent ground
gamer at every stage.
/ .
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-10-17
Grand total, 2,312 pins.
The Team Standing
SCHEDULE CANCELLED
FOLLOWING ACCIDENT
East Grand Forks High School Football
Player Breaks Leg In Game
at LarlmOre.

East Grand Forks, Mimi, Oct. IT,
Because Russell Saunders, a backfiel6
man on the local high school aggrega-
tion, broke his leg in the football game
at Larimore Saturday afternoon all OF
the scheduled games for the remainder
of the season have been Cancelled, and
the championship of the Ninth congress
sional district has been forfeited.
After long deliberation, Supt. r. E.
Lurton and Coach Lloyd-Jones decided
that the most advisable step to take to
prevent parental worry and objection
was to cancel all contests.
Saunders, one OF the star men on the
eleven, attempted to block a Larimore
man, and in the scrimmage his right
leg was twisted in such a manner as to
cause it to break just above the ankle
He was brought to East Grand Forks
and the bone was set by local physi-
clan. ..a
The local team was defeated by the
Larimore eleven by score of IL to o.
The Dakota athletes played an excel
lent game, and although heavier than
the East siders, were held we'll in
check,
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-10-17
AMERICAN
STARS COMPETE
With SWEDES
Principal Event Won By
zander and Bolin-Simp-
son Breaks Record

Stockholm, via London, Oct. IL
Twelve thousand people gathered
yesterday to witness the games in
which group of star American ath-
letes competed against representatives
of the Scandinavian countries. The
principal event was the 1000 metres
run in which Zander and Bolin,
Swedes, equalled the worlds record
Of minutes, 81 2-10 seconds. finishing
abreast, well ahead of Ted Meredith,
former American quarter mile cham
pion, who on Saturday won the 400
metres dash in fast time. Meredith's
time was 2 minutes, SS 7-10 seconds.
Bob Simpson, an American sprinter
won the 100 metre hurdles in IA $40
seconds, which surpasses the Olympic
record by one-f1fth Of second.
The American team won the relay
race.
Summaries.
1000 metres run, 1908 yards, %
inches-Zanzer and Bolin, Sweden,
tied. Ted Meredith, America, third.
Time. 81 2-10 seconds.
10 metres hurdles, 12o yards, 10
ITO inches-Bob Simpson, America,
first; Fred Murray, America, second.
Time. II $40 seconds.
200 metres run, 21S yards, 26 inches
Fred Murray, first; Bob Simpson,
second. Time 20 2-10 seconds.
Shot put-Jansson, Sweden, first:
distance 1920 centimetres CAB feet,
8 1-2 inches); Fred Murray, America,
second, 1.246 centimetres.
400 metre relay, 437 yards, 16 inches
American team. first; Scandinavian
team. second. Time 43 $40 seconds.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-10-17
USE OF PLANTS WILL
Be STUDIED BY CLUB
DR.. Kent Darrow Will Address Poly
technio Society on Availability
For Medical Purposes.

The first regular meeting of the
North Dakota Polytechnic society will
be held in the physics lecture room
of the engineering building at the ag-
|ricultural college, Wednesday evening
at o'clock. The Use of Plants in
Medicine will be discussed by A. F.
Schlicting Of the agricultural college
and DR.. Kent Darrow of Fargo
Mans first interest in plants has
been concerned with their utility,
chiefly their food and medicinal val
ues. The description and classifca-
tion Of plants was greatly advanced
by the early writer's who were chiefly
interested in the medicinal properties
of the plants. The United States Phar-
macopoeia recognizes about 200 plants
which supply materials used in medi-
cine, while the standards Of other
countries add some $50 to this list. In
addition to this hundreds of others
have been used to a certain extent.
Mr.. Schlicting will discuss the early
history of the use of plants in medi-
cine and the general methods of prep
aration of the products. DR.. Darrow
will speak Of the effect Of some Of
these drugs upon the body, using. as
examples some which affect different
organs or functions.