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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-14

wage Garner can exist. Labor repre-
sentatives told Mr.. Hoover that unless
costs fall the Garner of moderate wages
must get an increase in pay or go
hungry.
Tomorrow officials of the American
Federation of Labor and heads OF the
big unions will send thousands of let
tiers to local unions throughout the
country directing members Of trades
unions to urge on their Congressman
passage of the food bills before July l.
Gompers Urges Action
"The Lever food control bill must
be passed quickly" Samuel Gompers
told the meeting, $50 that the per-
nicious activities Of food spectators
and pirates may be checked, and con-
sumers may pay reasonable prices.
Labor organizations of the United
States will get behind this bill and
push il through
Some of the labor leaders expressed
anxiety AS to whether the food bills
are drastic enough to accomplish their
purpose. but MIR. Hoover assured them
that the measures provide power
enough TO reduce prices. lie asked that
labor remain patient until the bills
are passed and the food administration
is organized. Workmen, he said. hal
shown their loyalty by suppressing dis,
putes between capital and labor, and
he thought an exercise of patience IN
the food situation would show true
patriotism.
Figures were quoted at the confer
ence TO show abnormal profits taken by
middlemen. The statement was made
that while -four is selling for around
So a barrel, il is being manufactured
in the West at a cost of about 81, and
could be sold at IS and still give,
good profit to dealers. The middle
men, it was declared. in -four alone,
are taking S120,O00,000 profit monthly
from the American people.
Hoover Advices Patience
Labor leaders declared that earners
Of low wages had remained patent
under constantly rising prices, put
that the time had come when they no
longer could feed their families. Mr.
Hoover asked that no new wage ad-
iustments be sought until after the
OOO Administrator Ido iiHN "h
portunity TO try to rearrange dlstrlbu-
tive methods so as TO eliminate UNI
necessary links in the distributlve
chain. &,
About fifteen labor leaders attended
the conference and about twenty-five
members of Congress were present.
The Senate Agriculture Committee
to-day combined number Of prohibi-
ton amendments TO the food bills into
a separate measure and ordered 1T re-
ported favorably. The bill would stop
the use of foodstutfs for liquor manu-
facture and would empower the Presl-
dent to requisition stocks of distilled
spirits to obtain alcohol for war pur..
noses. 1t is designed both as food
conservation and prohibition meas
ure.
The food regulation bill was made
a privileged measure in the House for
next Monday and will be kept on the
floor until disposed of.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-14
Return of Stale Bread
To Be Stopped by US.
Hoover Plans Campaign to
Save Millions in Country's
Food Supply

Washington, June ia national
campaign to conserve food by discon-
tinuing the practice of returning stale
bread to bakers was planned to-day by
representatives of the baking industry,
Herbert c. Hoover and the National
Defence Councils Commercial Econ
omy Board.
Regulations designed TO stop the
practice will become effective July 10
instead of June %, the date originally
fixed by the Economy Board.
Meetings will be held in most large
cities 70 enlist the cooperation of deal
ers and bakers. who will be organized
under the new Food Administration De-
partment to carry out war economy
measures.
More than PEI cent of bread made
by commercial bakeries, it is estimated,
is returned by dealers and used as ami
NAL food, causing loss of millions Of
dollars
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-14
Jerseys Rate Plea Argued
Differential Over New York
on Domestic Freight Asked

Washington. June 13.-Arguments on
the plea CT Northern New Jersey cities
for the establishment of new rate zone
giving New Jersey two cents differ
entail under New York on domestic
freight, were heard to-day before the
Interstate Commerce Commission. j.
r. Walker, for the New Jersey inter
ests. told the commission it could be
accomplished by raising New York
rates one cent and lowering New Jer-
sev rates the same amount. and giving
Jersey cities a rate one cent lower than
Philadelphia. ,
Railroad representatives. declared
that the compliments had shifted the
issues in the case, their original plea
having included readjustment OF rates
on imports and exports.
Former Attorney General Wicker
sham and julius II. Cohen appeared as
interveners for New York City and
state. respectively. The carriers were
represented by r. W. Barrett and
George S. Patterson.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-14
House Passes Bill
To Aid Export Trade
Administration Measure LIE.
galizes Joint Foreign
Selling Agencies

Washington, June l3.-The Admins
tration bill to promote export trade by
legalizing joint foreign selling agencies
OF american exporters was passed to-
day by the House by a vote of 24O to
90. It now goes to the Senate.
A similar measure passed the House
in the last Congress, but failed Of
action in the Senate. 1t Is designed
TO remove the doubts in the minds Of
American exporters as 10 the construc-
ton that should be placed upon exist
ing antitrust laws as applied to or
Plantations engaged in export trade.
All the other great commercial ma
tions permit similar organizations.
Sponsors of the bill say its enactment
would enable American exporters to
fortify themselves for after the war
competition.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-14
u. S. Sought Spies
Among Kennedy's
German Employees
Missing Banker Had Many
Teuton Clerks Until the
Break with Berlin

Inquiry into the affairs of the bank
rupt firm of Kennedy. Mitchell d Co.,
Inc, of 35 Wall Street, yesterday re
vealed that the Department of Justice
had investigated complaints that agents
Of the firm were acting as spies TO
carry information from France to the
Central Powers via New York. No evil
dence Of violation of the neutrality
laws Of the United States was ever OBJ
tanned against any person connected
with the firm.
Il was also known TO the department
that the firm was employing an unusu-
ally large number of Germans. The
principal of these in New York was
Baronet Frederick de Pills, whose real
name was Fritz Won Pills, former
Prussisn colonization agent in Poland,
who is now suing William A. Kenpedy,
head of the firm, for unpaid salary
amounting to $4,000. His contract
made him a "foreign agent" for the
company. He is said to have made sew
eral trips to the Central Powers for
the firm.
After President wilson dismissed the
German and Austrian Ambassadors,
Kennedy began to get rid Of his Ger
man and Hungarian employees, keeping
none but Englishmen and Scotchmen.
One of the latter, James A. Conan,
was left in charge of the offices at 80
Wall Street, when Kennedy went to
Havana ostensibly on his way to Spain
and France TO look after his contracts
with the French government to rebuild
Yerdun.
Conan told Assistant District Attor-
ncy Dooling yesterday that on May %
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-14
Charges of Trade Board
Based on Evidence of
Mail Order Houses
Detective Agency Used
Compliments Say Concerns
Tried to Put Them
Out Of Business

Washington, June 13.-Charges of
conspiracy to suppress competition were
preferred against 1l6 Middle Western
lumber concerns by the Federal Trade
Commission to-day in formal com
plants issued after long inyestga-
ton. The lumbermen were ordered 10
appear July 81 10 answer the charges.
The Investigation was started on
evidence furnished by mail order
houses, competitors OF the defendants.
who charged the lumbermen had
adopted unlawful means to run them
out of business.
Complaints were issued also against
Plat b. Walker. who, the commission
charges. as editor of The Mississippi
Lumberman," aided the lumbermen,
and against Luke ". Boyce, who oper-
ates az Minneapolis the Northern In
formation Bureau, a detective agency.
The purpose of the lumbermen, as
alleged, has been 10 force the con-
sumer 10 buy from them. To &C
complsh this, the complaints charge,
Ine lumDelWeN uSfu W dlh'A pNA ''N'
cal and Boyce's agency in an Illegal
manner.
Plat. the complaints charge, melted
the lumbermen 10 send TO the mail or
der houses bogus requests for price
estimates on lumber, and thereby
greatly embarrassed the mail concerns.
The requests were sent, 1t is charged
also. TO draw from the mail houses in
formation of value 10 the lumbermen.
The further charge is made that
Walker and the lumber concerns intim-
idated manufacturers who sold 10 the
mail order houses, and forced banks
and credit rating houses to refuse m
formation 10 the mail houses. Walker
and Boyce are accused OF purchasing
confidential information from employees
of the mail order houses and Boyce's
agents of intimidating their statesmen.
The lumber concerns against when
the complaints are preferred are scat
tered through half a dozen states in the
Middle West, and most Of them are
known as line companies, operating from
one TO one hundred small retail yards
each along railroad lines. Many OF
them are among the largest dealers IN
the country. Their sales have been in
direct competition with mail order
houses, which serve for the most part
small towns and villages.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-14
Presidents Power
In Priority Shipment
Bill To Be Restricted
Senate Leaders Agree That
Executive Shall Direct Only
Military Transportation

Washington, June 13.-Dfferences
delaying passage Of the Administra-
tons priority shipment bill were
smoothed out by Senate leaders in con-
ference late to-day An agreement was
tentatively reached to change the meas
ure so as to empower the President
to direct only shipment of military
forces and supplies. with authority to
the Interstate Commerce Commission
TO determine preferences for toodstuns
and other shipments. 1t also was agreed
TO eliminate the clause providing for
compensation of carriers for injury
or damages incurred in carrying out
priority shipment orders.
The measure as originally drawn
would have given the President broad
regulatory authority over all necessary
shipments, with authorization to Issue
orders direct or through such person
or persons as he may designate Tor the
purpose" As a result of the agreement
an amendment by Senator Smith, of
Georgia, authorizing appointment by
the Senate of board to five. TO be
known as the Priority Transportation
Board, to exercise the authority con-
ferred by the bill, will be withdrawn.
Elimination Of the clause providing
compensation to roads was decided on
after many Senators had expressed the
opinion that if such consideration were
given, the shippers also should be rec
cmpensed for losses due to the law.
The conference resulted from contin-
ued objections TO the bill on the floor
of the Senate, which. according TO some
Senators, had nearly approached a fill
buster. Consideration Of the measure
began last Friday. The changes are ex-
pected to insure quick passage.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-14
|. w. w. Strike Closes
Two Copper Mines
Government Munitions Max
ing Hampered-U. S. Troops
Kissed in Butte

Butte. Mont, June l3.-The Elm orlu
and Davis DAILY mines, two properties
in the Butte copper district, which are
furnishing copper 10 the government
for munitions. were closed to-day be-
cause Of a strike ordered by |. W. W.
leaders, following a meeting yesterday
at which mention of United States
troops WAS Kissed.
At the meeting a new organization
was formed called the Metal Workers
Of Butte. Members are for the most
part Firms. and include adherents Of
the Pearse Connolly Club, which caused
trouble registration day by protesting
against the draft The Montana State
Federation of Labor has refused to rec
ognize the organization.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-14
p,;,es Must Come Down,
Director Tells Leaders
and Congressman
Campaign on To-day
Passage of Pending Legisla-
ton to Check Pirates

Warrington. June IL. Convinced
40, creation OF a food administration
v;r bring prices in the United States
3ou-r fully 80 per cent, organized labor
I'll get squarely behind the food con-
,,ol bills pending in Congress and
rrgs their immediate enactment.
A. a conference tonight with labor
leaders and Representatives of the
i,bor group in Congress Herbert c.
Hoover promised that the food admin
i.tra,ion when organized would force
,rees 10 a level at which the small
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-14

Kennedy had assigned one of these con-
tracts to him. Mr.. Dooling says the
estimated profit from this contract was
S2,000,000
The receiver for the company expects
to open its vaults to-day. Meanwhile
the grand jury will continue its inves-
tigation of the charge that a portion
Of the 100000 exchange, purchased by
Budapest bank from Kennedy's con-
Germ, was never delivered.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-14
George O. Beach

George o. Beach. seventy-six, law
yer well known in New York. Washing
ton and Philadelphia, died suddenly of
heart disease yesterday at his resi-
dence, l25 West Fourth Street, Mount
Vernon. He was also a book reviewer
and magazine writer. He is survived
by two daughters.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-14

Uirhe,t tfrItTaturs yesieflay, q dtsreeB tM
40 70 m lowest. 90 "a, 10 2. M average. 81.
average for corresponding date last year. ~.
sse ior eotr.soon4a. date last thirty three Jeas IS.
Humidity
s,m....s p u......b . m......9s
Barometer
30 % I ? m....5os 2 m ol5
Isesi onelaL Ferecast.-Showcrs to-day. cooler
bv ,o.rlsh,. fair and cooler to-mouos. fresh south
winds. shif,lrs 10 vest With squllA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-14
Widow Gets $4,000 Verdict
Against New York Central
[By Telegraph to Tho Tnbunsl

Mount Vernon, N. Y, June ia
Jury in Justice Keogh's part Of the
Supreme Court, at White Plains. to-
day awarded verdict for $4,000 to
Mrs. Mary II. Smith. of oobbs Ferry,
against the New York Central Rail
road for the death of her husband,
Alfred {. Smith, who was killed on the
crossing in front of brewery COM
pany's plant, at Dobbs Ferry, on Feb
ruary % last.
This is the largest verdict ever given
10 a widow against n railroad corpora
ton in Wcstchester County.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-14
The Weather Report

w.shinston. June l3-The pressure continues
high on the Atlal.c Coast and high but falling
over the plains s:atts and TIE Roxy Mountain re-
gion while low pressure prevails 70 the uorthwari
n the Great Lakes THIS pressure distribution las
been attended by showers and hupdertOms in
the upner Lake region and the lover. Ohio a.i
upDer Mississippi VALLEY. al generally fair
weather elsewhere.
4iulrr4,e.y ~a.n weather prevails east q ne
Mississippi River except g. tie upper Lake region
and tie upper Mississippi VALLEY and over me
Pacific State and Texas The weather ras be-
come Considerably cooler Do Tie south plains states.
the southern Rocky region the upper Mississippi
Valley snd the vpp>r Lake region.
H. tho Middle Atlantic and New England states
there will be showers to-day and fair and cooler
weather Friday H. the South Atlantic and east
Gun states local thuudershOwers are probable to
day. and fair and somewhat cooler weather on
Fulsy H. tho lower Lake region and Tie Ohl
VALLEY he weather viii 10 fair and cuoler to-day.
AMI fair with rising temperature. Friday III ils
uprsr Lake region and Indiana tie weather vii
he fair TO day AID Friday. with using temperature
Friday.
roth Lake McMsn AMI north Lake Huron.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-14
IMPORTANT

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Memnriam and Death Notices may DO
,elephoned to The Tribune any time up
20 midnight for insertion In the neIt
days paper. just call
Beekman 5000
and read the notice as you wish 10 In
serted Bill for same Will be mailed 10
YOU later. The notice will reach over
100, 900 readers daily.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-14
Lord NorthcliHe's
Brother Made Food
Controller in Britain
Baron Rothermere Reported
Chosen to Succeed Wis
count Davenport

London, June l3.-fsrold Sidney
Harmsworth, first Baron Rothermere
aud brother of Lord Northcliffe, is
understood to have been chosen Food
Controller.
Lord Rothermere. If the above re-
port is correct, will succeed Viscount
Davenport, who recently resigned the
post of Food Controller, on account OF
ill-health.
Lord Rothermere, like his brother. is
well known as a newspaperman. He
was born in 1868 and was educated at
Fton and Oxford He is son Of the
late Alfred Harmsworth and was ere
ated a baron in 1910.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-14
The secret s out!

III 1CNANN =
ZONES told Smith; Smith
told Brown; Brown told Bell.
All bought their summer
clothes here, and on what
they saved each was able to
buy one more Liberty Bond
on this, the next to the last
day to subscribe.
The high priced tailor
showed them no finer fabrics
and not nearly as many
novelties.
Jones picked an American
unfinished blue serge of soft,
rich texture; Smith a soft
finished cheviot, a beautiful
cloth right from the Land of
Heather. Bell chose an Ing
lish worsted "a jolly old
value).
All saw the fit before
they ordered.
ROGERS PEET COMPANY
Broadway Broadway
itl3th ST. The at Gath St.
Four
Broadway Corners" Fifth Ave.
alvarez at 4lst st.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-14
BIRTHS

LANDAU-Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Landau
(nee Hannah Schwartz. Of PIG West o9th
ST., June u, daughter.
TUMIN-Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Tumin tnee
Elizabeth Cohen. OF Hotel Cecil announce
the birth of a son June ,, 1915 AT flo"er
HOSPITAL.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-14
Forecasts Tor Special Loo.lltl,-Eas,,rn Ne7

Yo-k Laster Pennsylvania New Jersey. Delaware.
MARYLAND. tie Disthc, Of Columbia and yirsinia-
Probably showers and ulundeptoms today, cooler
by tonight. fair AMI cooler to-noUoS
West virginia showers to-day. followed By
clearing AID coOie-. fslg 10 MORROW.
,Vcs,e-1 Pennsy,gania Western New York Ten
nose. and kentucky--Fsir and cooler to-day. fair
tomorrow.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-14

THE wOODLAwN CEMETERY,
,asa 81. by Harlem train and by TROLLEY
Lots OF small size for sale.
Occs 20 East 2sd St. y. !. -->
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-14

Local onelsl aecord.-The following o-ic,Al record
from the Weather Bureau shows temperatures dur
I'm. the last tscniy-iour hours. IN comparison with
the corresponding date q last year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-14
Miniature Almanac
MINIATURE ALMANAC

Sunrise ........... 4.23Moou rises IL IS A. "
sunset ........... = Moon sets ..... 2 ~ T. NJ
TIDES
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-14
DEATHS

ADAMS II, William Adams. Chapel
Company. l6l sth av.. corner 18th st.
ARRICUI- Emma Vining. Tuesday. June
f9. i'm her 73d year. beloved wife OF Rev.
Antonio a. Alright. Funeral service at
her late residence. zoos Ditmas av.. Brook
lyn. n. Y, Thursday, June II. at p. m:
Interment private. Columbus. ONO and
Newark, Ohio. papers please copy. .
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-14

80 Nassau Street.
zoo Roadway, corner 9Th 1t.
~ broadway, near I4th 81.
,:o2 Broad way. cor. asth ~.
80 broadway Times squars)
..e54 Third Aysnue.
49, Third Avenue.
<<vz Third Az, cor. f2Oth ~.
steSes marked "
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-14

1853 Manhattan Avenue.
1879 Pitkin Avenue: .,u.
JERsFY CITY-IS Newark Avenue
sUOBOKEN- 40 Washinston ~.
..rVi0\ UIII,-n16 Bergeniine Ave'
.VEWARI< S3I BROAD street.
,ptTERSON- 1872 Market street.
srRENTON 1Oi r.. State ST., cor. btoaa
=. sios Ihoes for lUomcn.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-11
Modern Crusaders Nearing
Shrine of all Christendom

London. Nov. 10.-Where. s27 years
ago, the Crusaders achieved a notable
victory over the Moslem .hordes, Brit
ish troops today carried the standard
Of democracy In a crushing defeat to
the Turks. Official statements from
the Egyptian expeditionary forces un-
der General Allenby told of the capture
Of Askalon with casualty inflicted on
the enemy estimated at 10000.
Askalon is of ancient history. Herod
was born there. 1t is II miles north
west of Gaaa, and 80 miles from Jeru-
salem. The Crusaders captured the
city in 1929, had to relinauish it, re-
captured it in 1853 and Saladin the
Great. took it again in 1857. Then. in
1870 the infidel hordes took it. They
have held it ever since.
With the occupation of lAsksion,
British forces have described a half
circle around the holy city of Jerusa-
lem. At Hebron. occupied earlier N
the week. the British are only 20 miles
distant from the shrine Of All Christ
iana.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-11
VOTE IN OHIO WILL
NOT BE DEFINITELY
KNOWN TILL MONDAY

Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 10-Ohio's vote
on prohibition last Tuesday will not
be known until Monday.
When Secretary of State Fulton
closed his office late today, the vets
majority of 1882 was based on official
returns from SIS counties by mall Of
ficial counts from II by wire and the
remaining 10 unofficially tabulated.
The totals now show: wet 522,741:
dry, 521.3os.
Fulton has returned official alb
stracts of only one county thus far
Summit-for re-verification of totals,
It Is not known what columns this will
affect. Official tabulation of six 9TH
er counties have also been returned
but not for new totals.
Meantime, the Anti Saloon league,
dry Republicans and Democrats, have
Joined forces to attack the final count
should the vets lead them. for q re-
count.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-11
POISON GASES FOR
TROOP INSTRUCTION

Camp Dodge, Ia, NV. 1o.-Poison
gases for instruction purposes in the
Eighty-e eighth division are on their
way to Camp Dodge ant are expected
to reach here during thecoming week,
according to Colonel H. = Cooper, in
structor, who will initiae the men
into the method Of fighting.
The division gas houses are nearly
completed on the testing gounds west
>of the cantonment. Whe, they are
turned over to. the army etey will be
under the strongest guar of any
buildings at the camp. they will
house the deadly fumes, andthe public
will be kept away from that section of
the reservation.
The rrie against visitors will be
,strictsv enforced and only tbse will
be hsilnisted who carry proRr mill
S.1y passes.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-11
WANT COMMITTEE
TO INQUIRE INTO
LABOR TROUBLES

San Francisco, Nov. 10 10-Appoint-
ment by Governor Stephens OF COM
mittee representing city. state and
government to handle any labor trou-
bles that may arise after the presi-
dents mediation board has concluded
its investigation here will be suggested
to the governor by Secretary Of Labor
Wilson, according TO reports this aft
ernoon.
The secretary and Werner H. Reed
special mediator named to investigate
the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph
company strike, left this morning for
Sacramento to confer with the gov
ernor.
1t is expected that the mediation
board will begin its hearing in the tel
ephone controversy Monday. This will
be only the first of number of in
vestigations to be conducted here. The
probe about which government interest
centers is the proposed inquiry into the
Thomas Mooney case.