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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-21
TRAIN KILLS AUroIsT.

Humboldt. March 2o.-T. w. Rogers,
one Of tho leading business men In
this section Of Iowa, was instantly
killed today when tho automobile in
which he was riding was struck by q
Minneapolis and st. Louis passenger
train on grade crossing near here.
Mr.. Rogers was returning to Humboldt
from the big gravel pit he operates
two miles south Of here.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-21
CHICAGO Live Stock; Opening.

Chicago Live Stock; opening.
Chicago, March 2O.-The opening i've
stock market follows:
Hogs-Market slow, steady; quality
good; receipts, $4,000; estimated tomor-
row, $4,000; left over, 2,922; bulk, 1855
@s.65; light, $9.15@9.70; heavy, $S.2b4
go; good heavy. $9.45@9.7O; mixed,
$S.3O@9.70; rough, $S.25@9.46; Workers.
$945@9.60.
Cattle-Market steady to shade low
er; receipts, 17,O00 estimated tomor-
row, $4,000: beeves, $7.50@9.S0: Texans.
$720@S: westerns, $7.40@S.6O: cows
and heifers, $3.S0@S.70; stockers and
feeders, $6@S.20; calves, $s.25@10.75.
Sheep-Market strong: receipts, H.
900; estimated tomorrow, 10000; ma
tives, $8.15@8.60; westerns, $s.40@S.9O;
yearlings, $9.50@10.50; lambs. native,
$975@11.20; westerns, $l0@11.50.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-21

I'm communication with Gen. PERISH
ings forces by means Of the ARM
wireless, but. clinging tcnaci0usly n
the censorship ruling, he refused t.
make public any Information receiver
Instructions have been issued that ~
only communications sent out ~
newspaper correspondents must
censored, but also that those Of o0cet4
and men Of the army and of residonl&
OF Columbus must be passed upo4s
All incoming telegraphic messaG4
also are read and approved BY a.
military censor before delivery.
According to Lieut. Col. b. b. Fricl&
in charge Of the medical corps, ever
preparation Is being made to cart
speedily for the injured. IA
Every soldier accompanying tn
punitive expeditionary force has beai
vaccinated against smallpox and givGi|
the army prophylaxis treatment III
prevent typhoid fever.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-21
Minneapolis Closing Grain.

:" WTnn0UP0nS OIUUITI9 UT a1U'
Minneapolis, Mimi, March 20.-Clos-
ing grain:
Wheat-May, s111%@1.11A; July,
$l11%; No 1 hard ,$1.16A; No. 1
northern, $1.11A @1.14A; No. 2 north
ern. $1.0sA @1.11A.
Corn-No. yellow, 75@76c.
Oats-No. 8 white, an @42c.
Flax-$2.274a @2.30h.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-21
ST. Louis Produce.

st. Louis, Mo-, March 20-Poultry-
Chickens, 14hc: springs, 1sc; turkeys,
15@23c; ducks. tic; geese, 8@10c.
Butter-Creamery, &c.
Eggs-18c.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-21
Omaha Cash Grain.

Omaha, Nebr., March 20.-The cash
grain market follows:
Wheat-No. hard, 31.04@1.05.
Corn-No. white, GAN @65kc: No.
yellow, 6414 @66hc; No. 4, 63k@
65hc.
Oats-No. white, An @43c.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-21
Visible Supply.

\ Wheat-Decrease, 2,721,00o.
Corn-1ncrease, 1,2ss,00o.
Oats-Decrease, $4,000.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-21
RAIL PROBLEM GRAVE.

ri Paso, Tex, March 20.--The railE
road problem overshsdowed every%
thing else here In the Mexican situa
ton today. The reply OF Cen. Ca&S
ransa to the request Of tho UnitelI
States government for permission t.
use the railroads was expected to I'll
sent forward to Washington today. ~
refusal will embarrass the operatiou91
of the American troops while TN
granting Of the request will probabl
be seriously misconstrued BY cOno11
cradle section Of the Mexican poopo42
The Unexpectedly rapid advance
the expeditionary column under 0e1
Pertaining has forced the railroad cue
ton to an Issue. Americans famlll9|
with the country into which the oe1
umns are now entering assert that thNk
use Of the railroads for bringing Nh
supplies is absolutely necessary.
DR.. !. ]. Bush, formerly chief euIR
geon of Madero's army, asserted tod
that tho speedy transportation 1
cilities were essential to further py&
gress by the American soldiers. u
THE territory In which Villa pro0
ably will remain" said DR.. Bush, VII
embraced In an imaginary line 81
tween Chihuahua and Minacs, with til
Mexican Central railroad on ono I'D!
and the Sierra Madre on the others
His soldiers have the advantage 0v613
the Americans in that they will tray0l
light with only q few days provisjonDs
Mine Must Reopen. Nh
Another serious situation has boo|
caused by the action Of Gen. Callo63
military governor of Sonora. In ~
handing that the La Colorado MininT
Co., of New York reopen their mine &
Hermosillo at once. Gen. Gales hax
wired the New York ofices OF III
company that II the mine is not TU|
opened Immediately he will take M
over and run 1t. s5
The property Is said to be a veryl
rich gold mine and formerly employee
1000 Mexicans, according to 0eNM
Gales. He declared today that he ha98
no intention Of confiscating the min1;
but that the Mexicans were SUFFERING
through being thrown out Of employs
ment and that he intended to put theTR|
back to work. The governor said thGE3
tho La Colorado company was tn
only one that had suspended opera
lions in Sonora and that there was ~
reason for their action as no couN
and would give them ample protectio1
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-21
THE ETAlL PRIc 8
ela,r ~nA GAnA

Siour and Fed.
Flour and feed-Graham -four. ner
sack: 45c: corn chons. per cwt.. s1.s.;
shorts. per cwt.. $l.6I: bran. per cwt.,
7o@soc: straw, per cwt 40M5nc: meal
per sack csc: corn and oat choo. per
cwt.. $500: corn chop. 20 lbs. 4oc: oil
meal per, cwt. $2os: wheat flour. per
sack new wheat. s1.s5@21o.
Butter Fro. and peuitry.
Creamery butter, 42G45c; country
1utter. 25maEc. III
Tgrs-Cardled. 20c
Poultry-ceese dressed 1sc III: tur-
KEYS. dressed 25M2nc: dressed hens. 20
@22c: chickens. Csc.
Fresh and Salt Fish.
Frozen. not fresh caught-Salmon.
1bc 1b: halibut, 15c h.: red snapper
12Hc lb. # -
Fresh rsh-rathsh. zoe: bass s7Ac.
trout. zoe: halibut 171sc: salmon 18c:
nike SIC: live lobsters 4Hc h.: brojled
Holsters 80 each: white fish, eoc H.. /:
crabs hard shell 15c each: soft she'll
s0c each; perch. 12Mc: shrimp. S5c
H.: native mackeral Acc each: shads
soc each: shadroc. 4oc pair: frog legs
s5c pair: Spanish mackerel. 20c H.:
fresh herring : lbs for csc: white fish.
17hc: smelts. zoe lb.
Fresh oysters. 400s0c a..
Salt fsh--Mackere' 1nn25c: herring
: for Csc: goldfish, 10000: Jake fish
pail. zoe: saw mackerel. 1O@25c: salt
white Ssh 10n2hc ID: salt rod. ION
CSC H.: smoked sturgeon &c H.: imam
haddie H.. zoe: Holland herring. pail,
1925: Holland herring. SITE keg mix
ed; $3.50 key nilchners; salt eel. 25c
ID.
Smoked rsh-white- nsh zoe ID: sar-
l0c: box cod 12H n.0c: fancy smoked
b,oaters. 2. csc: smoked homeless her
ring. 2kc H.: smoked herring. CSC h.:
smoked salmon Csc. h.: smoked halibut
CSC H.: smoked sturgeon. 25c h.:
stockfish. SOC.
Truits-Rananas 10@25c doz.: lem.
one soc; oranges, 30@60c doz.: apples,
2o@50c pix: grape fruit 5912hc;
Hawaiian nincapples. 3oc each; pears.
soc doz: Malaga grapes 40c h.: kum-
quats, soc; strawberries. aO@45c;
water cress, 10. 8 for 25c.
Vegetables.
observation-disclosures. per h.. Sc:
mangoes. for 10c: hot house Gu.
cumbers, 10000; tomatoes, ripe, $50
lsc; parsley. and 1nc: shallots. 2 for
15c: oyster plants for 1bc; celery 10
012kc bunch: leek. s and 10c bunch:
endive. &c; potatoes. PIX. a5c: bu..
1.25@150; mushrooms csc; green beans
l2bc quart: horseradish root. l0c;
beets, lbs. Sc; lettuce CSC Id; egg plant
2o@25c; cauliflower 10@25c; beets 25t
PIX; turnips. Csc: asparagus 35c bunch;
fancy hot house radikhes. 2 for 15c:
artichokes zoe; wax beans Csc b.;
new potatoes. 12hc lb;' endive SC bch..
parsley, 5@10c bunch; Early Ohio seed
potatoes. $1.5O@2 bu: Early Rose seed
potatoes. $3.50 bu: Triumph seed po-
tatoes. 1928.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-21

Eggs-18c,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-25

Continued Next Wednesday,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-18
SOCIETY FOLK TO OPEN
WALDORF ICE PALACE
Irving Brokaw and Frank and Maurice
Roche to Lead Skaters

The Waldorf Ice Palace "a group OF
buildings on the roof of the Waldorf
Astoria. comprising tea-roon',
roller skating rink and an outdoor ice
rink-will be opened the night OF De-
cember 20. when the Junior Auxiliary
holds carnival.
This ice palace was the last project
planned BY the late George Z. Boldt'
lie entertained the idea first two
years ago, but as the renovation OF
The Astoria section Of the hotel occu-
pied most of his attention the plans
we're for a while put aside. Construe-
ton was begun early last summer
and under the direction OF Mr.. Boldt
himself, until a short time before MS
death the work was fastened.
The Junior Auxiliary carnival VIII
stage several exhibition skating num-
hers and an amateur competition Tor
Waiting on ice. A march OF all the
skaters will be led by Irving Brokaw
and Frank and Maurice Roche. Motion
pictures. including the film I'm and
out Of Rye" said to be a comedy and
performed by the younger members OF
Rive society. will be shown.
Tickets are $3.50 each. They NAV
be obtained from Mrs. Francis Bur
rail- Hoffman, SO East Seyenty-nintn
Street
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-18
SUNDAY CONCERTS
GIVE WIDE RANGE
TO MUSIC LOVERS
Symphony Society Repeats
Pleasing Programme-Philhar-
monte Well Received

There were concerts and recitsls IN
Vulnerable yesterday, proper account
Of which would have taken the ser
vices of a small army Of reviewers. Al
Aeolian Hall in the afternoon the Sym
phony Society repeated its Friday pro-
gramme, while at Carnegie the Philhar-
monte gave its regular Sunday Offering
MIR. Stransky chose for his piece de
resistance Gade's First Symphony, a
work seldom heard, at least OF recent
Years. The symphony is well made
melodious and straightforward WORK,
hearing all the marks of the period OF
Mendelssohn. II is difficult TO sec
exactly why it should have been res
directed at this date, except as con
tribution 10 the historical spirit IL was
VOL enouoh plaved by the orchestra.
The bulk of the audiences applause
wont to Mischa Elman, VINO appeared
on the platform with large piasler
over his left temple. marking the result
Of his recent accident. lie seemed hone
the worse for his hospital experience
and plaved the Bruch & minor concerto
as brilliantly as he has ever played II.
The orchestra concluded IT'S pro
cramme with the ballet suite from
Delibes's Sylvia"
The Society of the Friends OF Music
continued its valuable service by mos
interesting afternoon concert AT the
Ritz-Carlton. Sam Frankie directed
small orchestra and there were seVera'
solo artists, including George hamhh
and Vernon D'Arnalle. On the pro-
gramme were Pergolese's Concerto III
+ minor and two Bach cantatas.
In the evening sscha Voutcnehko'
assisted By Victoria Bashko, pianist
and Alma Clayburgh gave reeitai a.
,ho PRINCESS Theatre. Mr.Votitchenko
plays the royal tympanum most skiI-
fully. hut il is a pity he saw ut 10 sur
round this very modest instrument
with setting o. gaudy thestricality;;
Re PLAYED airs by Lully, Haendei and
Rameau. d..
A. the Metropolitan Verdi and Puc-
iii nth the assistance Of Mines. Gar
r;son Mason and ODER. and Messrs'
Rotta and De Luca, and the orchestra,
under the direction of Mr.. Papi. filled
The theatre TO the bursting point, wnlie
a, the Harris Theatre Nine. bsginshs,
Nav Nuke and Evelyn Starr TOOK part
in an interesting concert
Nine. Yyette Guilbert repeated for
the third time at the Maxine Elliott
Theatre her programme of Les Giants
Mars assisted by Gustave Ferrarl
AZ the piano, and Miss Emily dresser
violinist Why will not Nine. Guiibert
give US more OF her own art MISS
dresser is a very pleasing little artist.
hut Nine. Guilbert Is supreme
genius. In her ten songs and In her
Introductory talk she ran the gamut
of human emotion. In those ten songs
she summed up nation and an epoeh,
Nine. Guilbert has been ahointeu
with the same divine oil as that whicn
has touched the brows oil the sreat
interpretive artists OF the word; She
is not unworthy 70 stand Win SSrHh
Rsrnbsrdt. even with Eleanora Duse.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-18
FASHIONABLE CHURCH
CHIDED FOR PUSSY WAYS
Assistant Rector of st. Georges,
Flushing, Startles His Flock

Wealthy members of st. Georges
Episcopal Church, in flushing' sh1tei
uneasiiy in their seats at yesterday
mornings services as they listened 10
the Rev. Morgan L. Griffith. their as
sistant rector. excoriate them for their
lack Of fellowship and their formal
and fussv ways" He took them Sc
verelv 20 task for the small attendance
and declared it could be increased 3O',
nor cent by abolishlng pew rents and
becoming less formal. ..
The Rev. Mr.. Griffith told OF being or
dered out of a pew in a church because
the sexton said, il belonged 10 some
one.
"That is a damnable thing" he. de-
clared. 81 know now how a man feels
who IS put out Of pew. ] tell you that
we should open the doors of every
church and let the people SIT wnere
THE utter lack of fellowship OF. the
people of this church has driven others
away from it. / know of woman VINO
came to fill an important position IN
Flushing, but who was driven away
from the church because of the mar
ference Of the congregation.
II myself have been introduced to
male member of this church at least
three times in the year ! have been
here. II have to be introduced to
MIN again when meet him will name
him.
THE pew rent system is un-Amerl,
can. un-Christian, un-democratic and
un-everything else that is fine and
noble"
81. Georges Church is the most ex,
elusive IN Flushing. 1t was established
200 wears ago.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-18
WHAT IS GOING on TO-DAY

Fr,. admission 10 the American Museum "
Nafgrai Ulsforf Van Cor adt Para Museum
All the Aquarium
Preparedness Bszaaf Grand Central Pssce.
sit-d., Bicycle Esc- Madison square Garden.
Dinner o. ne Circ Forum and me Aero club
G. Amenca for Ruth Bancroft La. Hotel
Asiof .. N.
J.reb P.usen ard J. G Phelps stok.- fa-1ni-
u,,) and Benjamin g. Marsh snd Lss.i- VI.
Shaw lnegalsel Boz debate ~ Can Demo-.
rscy BE Made Eneisnt Ttrulsh itsm
ol-ra house. AeadeIay Of Music bfooaIyn'
D. 3. n.
Address b. Edward n Wiison On The Audt.
inE Of sat, EIperdl'urr" a, ne meeting o.
us civ Grub o. New YORK. clubhouse. IS
Wet Forty fourth s-rcet u .. D.
.d4,.,s-. By Floreno. " H4Gno1 ard Emily T.
Gopiell on Master ara Man" A. he puoic
meeting q the Political Equally Assoriatiou.
headquarters. Is has, For1y INT Street %
.. u
Public leciur.. o, n. BOARD Q, Education. SIS
m MGnhaf;an-' i>giSlatgre % Nes
Yrs." By Professor william b. Clthns.
wchinron Irrns High school Irving Pihce
Sixteenth and Sesenteenh street kncc5
Arien" b. Mn Milton Goldsmith. Public
Schcol 3. Hudson and Grove streets Wire.
mod 'f fasps school, d iis,a strv-, al
seventh street "Ths Eiertrr storage Baf-
leo" By W. wallace Ker. Public schoo. o..
H.sie- EsssT and Ncfolk Streets "Ansric,
a. AsiAsic PoWer'' By Pru,.asor Ian {. Han
nlh. Public School lsi. 2e5 West .esth
stree< "Nss lo,k q ro-rnorrvS. b. y ].
BlsnehIrd. Public Lter.1, ~ En, Ninsty-
snih street: 'rlrsey. Syria ard Esyps, oY
Earry G O.ranisf Pilgrim Han tf'ty-
18th suses and Broadway TIE Marv-is u
Modem Ptg0s'aphy" ~ Colonel Edwin
lisyen. 81 co'aa,bs. Raj. 50 Wet Te.nty::
r'th street TIE nrurI-'Tle Miracle ~
lrigIton." ~ Lssis A Bearisiey. Morris
Hish School lfdih street ard Boston Road
uickfns's Christmas CARO-" ~ De Wit
Partr1. Public scnoo! 20. Bvalt and Nyse
A,-1ues. norih c, l--t sresL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-18
Radim Fails as Cancer Cure;
Zeppelins Affect Research
Element Successful Palliative for noperable Cases Often
Increases Growths, Columbia Finds-Cuinea Pigs
noculated in London Treated Here

Radium hailed by many physicians a
few years ago as possible cure for
cancer and other malignant growths'
has been thoroughly tested FOR curative
power By the Croker Cancer Research
Fund Of Columbia University and found
ranting. According 20 the annual re-
port Of Dr. Francis Carter Wood, issued
Yesterday, the substance ~ not only a
vain remedy for cancer but in many
cases a stimulant. II is a successful
palliative for cases on which operation
is impossible, but tina, IS all.
The failure OF radium as a cure
for cancers and tumors is announced
only after most exhaustive tests upon
rats. mice and guinea pigs, brought TO
this country from London. where they
were inoculated.
London's fear OF Zeppelins has given
10 the Croker Fund duplicate OF me
most extensive and valuable collection
of tumors and cancers IN the world
For years cancer laboratories IN Lon.
don have been transplantiug into small
rodents every known variety OF tumor
When the war came and u was real
lied that the bombs Of a Zeppelin
might completely wipe out the labora-
tories of the Imperial Cancer Research
Fund scientists Of England and Amer
lea, realizing the value OF the BEitish
tunor collection, began TO make du-
plicate Of it, which was to be brough,
10 America. where there was no danger
Of high explosives destroying years OF
painstaking work.
Accordingly rats. nice and guinea
pirs we're sent to London, and there the
malignant growtha wn.ch had been
nurtured in their fellows were trans
ferred to them. These animals we're
then brought across the sea, and the
Croker Fund has now complete du-
plicate of the London collection. Since
their arrival they have been treated
with radium and other cures
These experiments are OF practical
importance, because they show that Do
treating tumor Of any size. unless
large quantities OF radium are used
the portions Of the growth AZ consid-
cradle distance from the radium may
increase more rapidly, even though
locally the tumorsmay diminish in size
DR.. Wood says:
"They point to the necessity Of care
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-18

~, study OF the nature, extent and dis
..ibutior OF human tumor before a
decision is made a. 20 whether radium
car justifabiy be applied therapeu-
ticsl.y.'
Large doses OF radum, Just insult
fcient TO kill the neoplasm. may reduce
the rate OF growth OF the tumor consid-
erably, Dr. Wood points out This ex-
plains the reports o; physicians 70 ;he
effect that tumor growths o;ter dlsap-
peared after the use Of rad!um, but
ucua.ly returned after being quiescent,
resisting further radiumization.
while the size OF some vas slightly
reduced. ~ others growth was more
rapid than before. and IN no case was
any cure effected" DR.. Wood reports.
In spite OF the fact that ldium - an
unsatisfactory method for the cure o.
malignant tumors. 3; is an excellent
palliative treatment IN cases where
operations a-e impossible.
at is unquest:onao!y possible 20 pro-
long life in few Instances and TO
make the patients more comfortable by
the judicious and intelligent employ
ment Of large quantities OF radium' Dr.
Wood says. "On the other hand, II is
equally certain that the use Of small
quantities. say, 20 20 90 milllgrams OF
radium element, often results in rapid
extension OF the tumor. so that the pa.
TENTS condition is worse than # ne had
been left alone
A member of the staff of the labora-
tory on Morningside Heights, he says,
has employed radium in the last year IN
treating inoperable cases OF human
carcinoma, using the results of the IN
vestigations in the destruction OF AMI
NAL tumors. with satisfactory results
regarding temporary benefit. and has.
thus added much 70 the knowledge Of
the clinical application Of radum.
Care has been taken. however 10
use the radium only in inoperable con-
ditions." comments Or. Wood.
Other so-called cures. he says, have
been investigated and found TO possess
not the slightest curative eject on
tumors in animals. e,
Since the opening Of the laboratory
he continues in his report, more than
10000 microscopic sections. chiefly OF
tumor material, have been examined
and filed for reference. During the year
the fund received $50 mice bearing
spontaneous tumors. among them a
number of new and interesting types,
which have been transplanted.'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-18
Manhattan

AUSTIN -Wilhelmine ". daughter o. Seo,S-
c. and Harriet Austin. Services hoh"H,
afternoon. December "a. a. O'Clock.
The Funeral Church. Broadway ana ON
~. Campbell Building.
DE RHAM Suddenly. at 800 PARK aE'
Henry Casimir deRhani. in his ga ye~f'
son Of the late Charles and Laura dekhArn'
Funeral az St Bartholomew Chureh'
Madison av. and 43d ST.. on Monday De-
cember rs. AZ 10 a. m.
KOHLSkAT-on Sunday. December IT, o,
pneumonia. John ". Kohlsasf. IN MS go
year Funeral services az his late re-
dence, % East 73d 81, on Wednesday Ds-
cember %. a. 10 30 a. m.
LEGGETT-At ll9 West 92d St. New fors'
December 10. 1916. Katharine DICK oSogn'
ter Of the late Charles Peasants and bilen
Currie Leggett. Of Flushing. Funeral ser
vice will be held at 81. Georges Chufcn,
Flushing, on Monday. December is. al 8 10
p. m. on arrival Of train leaving Pennsyl-
vsna Station at III p. m. for FlusninS'
Main 50. Interment private.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-18
Legislators Conference
Would Add to Market
Heads Power
DAILY REGULATION
OF PRICES URGED
Commissioner, Under Bill,
Could Buy and Store
FOOdStuffS

The first actual step toward obtain
ing legislation designed 20 decrease the
cost OF foodstuEs was taken yesterday
afternoon at a meeting of the Harlem
and Washington Heights legislators
Conference in the Hotel Theresa, Sew
enth Avenue and l25th Street. The fif-
teen Assemblymen. Senators and Alder
men comprising the conference voted
unanimously to adopt report Of its in
vestigating committee. urging the pas
sage Of several bills by the Legislature.
Three OF these would:
/. Authorize the State Food and
Market Commissioner 70 regulate the
price OF marketable foodstuffs each
day.
2. Empower him to establish termi-
nal market facilities in the bed Of the
old Spuyten Duyvil Creek.
3. Extend his powers by allowing
him to purchase foodstufs and store
them for consumption.
Bills covering these points will be in
troduced on the opening day of the
Legislature BY Senator Salvatore A. CO.
tillo and Assembyman Earl A. Smith.
In addition, Senator Edward j. BOWL
ing and Assemblyman Jacob Goldstein
will introduce a bill providing for the
opening of the old Speedway to all
classes of traffic. The thoroughfare
and upper Broadway may be used
as traffic arteries for the distribution
Of food supplies from the Spuyten
Duyvil Terminal Market.
The committee, after urging its
recommendation for bills, in detail
suggests that in furtherance Of the
plan to acquire and maintain terminal
markets and storehouses, the site
formed by the bed Of the old Spuyten
Duyvil Greek be developed This area
adjoins the tracks Of the New York
Central Railroad and is near the pro-
posed terminal of the Barge Canal at
Dyckman Street.
The plan embodied in the report,
which will form the basis for the pro-
posed legislation, was Endorsed in the
preliminary discussion by every mem
Der of the conference. Mr. Newman
pointed out that if carried out il would
be virtually nothing more than an
application Of the work which is now
being done by the State Food and Mar
kets Commission. This department,
Mr.. Newman said, is already selling. IN
the neighborhood of $4,000 worth OF
produce a month direct to the con-
sumner from the producer, thus elimi-
mating the mddlemen.
In a letter read at the meeting
George W. Wickersham, former At
torney General of the United States,
declared that he did not think the pro-
posed legislation fixing prices would
be constitutional