The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-22

to reduce the cost OF 1000 IN new 4Ork
will be demanded by committee
headed by DR.. Friedman which will
call upon Mayor Mitchell and Food
Commissioner John Dillon today. This
action follows food riots in the VIII.
liamsburg section Of Brooklyn during
which women attacked push-cart ped
dlers and other dealers, Several ped.
dlers declared that food prices par
ticularly with respect to vegetables,
had increased within the past week to
the point where it Is no longer possi-
BILE for them to make livelihood.
One dealer claimed that he had to
pay SO for barrel of potatoes today
and that his profit amounted to only
20 cents. He declared he saw Is car.
loads Of potatoes at food depot in
Brooklyn week ago and that since
then only two Of these cars have been
opened. Similar conditions, he assert
ed, apply to onions, which were re.
failing today at four cents apiece.
New York City, Feb. 20.-Crying
Eve want bread" more than 800 wom-
en-, bareheaded and scantily clad, the
warmest garment they had being
shawl thrown across their shoulders,
swarmed up to the steps of the city
hall demanding relief from the high
cost Of food today. Most of the WON.
ed carried babies in their arms who
showed the pinch Of hunger.
The crowds were headed by Mrs.
Ida Harris, president of the Mothers
Vigilance league, and Miss Marie
CAM, known as Sweet Marie" They
came from Rutger square, the tene-
ment district, where the push cart
dealers have raised the price of their
food so high that they are utterly un.
able to feed their families. 1--WE are
starving and we want bread" they
cried continually, swarming up to the
city hall.
The women marched across the
square and to the city hall steps be.
fore they we're noticed. The door of
the city hall was shut in their faces
and wild cries followed. A swarm of
police reserves and plain clothes men
appeared and then Miss GAM mount
ed the steps and told the women to
wait in the street and do nothing that
would cause the arrest of any of them
Miss CAM and Mrs. Harris We're then
1UAAS&oO III tu0
Mrs. Harris said she was represent.
Ing no one except her own family and
the families Of the other women. She
said, MY husband o Is A Matchmaker
and we have three children We man.
age to get along fairly well, but there
are women who come to me with tears
In their eyes and ask me what to do.
They agreed to let us have the public
square for mass meeting next Thurs
day, but by that time there will be
hundreds starving, SO we decided to
see the mayor" They were told that
the mayor was not in, but that he
would see them later in the day or to-.
morrow. At noon a crowd gathered
at the police headquarters demanding
to see Commissioner Woods At tho
same time an additional 200 were
gathered at Rutger square for the
march to the city hall.
A serious outbreak was threatened
when Miss Marie CAM was arrested
after the main body had been dis.
persed. The crowds at this time num-
bered thousand. Miss CAM was ar
rested, being charged with being the
agitator, and was hurried to the po-
lice station in patrol wagon. With
"Sweet Marie" in the wagon the wom-
en- made rush for it, yelling AMI
screaming for her release. The po-
lice held them back and the wagon
hurried through the crowd to the sta
tion.
NEW YORK WOMAN HAS PLAN
New York, Feb. 20.-"Mobilize the
young men of America for work on
farms during the coming summer if
necessary to meet the needs Of New
York, dig up Central Park and make
It a huge truck garden" Mrs. Julian
Hayes, head of the National House
wives league, today said. With the
situation brought to serious point
Mrs. Hayes declared that every ef-
fort should be made to meet the needs
Of New York. 1T is now patriotic
duty. Every young man seeking sum-
mer employment should go to the
farm as recruits 60 to the army as a
matter of patriotism" she said in an
interview with the United Press. 81
am preparing to appeal to colleges
urging the college students to volun.
teer."