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New-York tribune., 1918-03-09
Saturday, March 9, 1918
THE EGGS ARE ROLLING

The eggs have heard the Easter call and the way
At the rate Of twentyhree to hirtyseven thousand
day they coming into New York
The Consumers Club give the best of
rival cost plus three cents Dozen day that will te
phone the Service Station Menngsde 7794 7795 S75
and place tweveozen order We follow the market closely
buying from day to day and the price will probably be between
40 and AS But whatever is you will know just what
you getting and why.
The prices given the quotations of 43 to As cents
fair enough the first class But only the chain
stores reflect the drop the wholesale arkeand they
imperecy The grade Of quoted in the wholesale
ket at so cents must have been laid by pedgreed hens for the
market SO cents for first grade eggs Friday.
PaseurZed butter that has received the highest score
possible coming direct from farmers cooperative organza
tion in Minnesota, be had for So cents pound.
Let and if you dissatisfied you need
back except to get refund your purchase We have
hundred enthusiastic clubs repeating their orders
san. All sorts and conditions and sizes Of clubs from
organization Of member ordering twelve dozen eggs long
intervals clubs of sevenve in Office buildings ordering
three hundred dozen weethe plan can be fitted to the
Of ALL
You cannot your pockebool your stomach better
ooverze with more benefit to all concerned than by eating
eggs freely while the eating is both good and cheapnd that
is
New-York tribune., 1918-03-09
pORTERHoUsE STEAK GOES BEGGING

The the Quotations IS
SO rbroast the
Typographical suppressed
this affairs continued for the
butchers might think porerhouse and on would be
holds and will the
will find irOn and ribroa 80 with
CENTS from to 10 cents than the better
thinks a Of
ponder this fact do his hat
round steak affords less and higher
quantity
this ngconnued abnormal condition
"Chuc and rounds of beef bringing prices
to
time bad that round steak should sell continually
should bring than on II the people
would the
could be bought
When becomes Christian duty porterhouse
instead of round and the for certainly
the task with gladstone heart
STATEMENT OF RETAIL PRICES
TIES
prices in cents pound otherzriso statcd)
New-York tribune., 1918-03-09
81, 900, 900 10 Back
Cooperative Store
Labor Leader and Others Urge
Purchase of $5 Shares to
Finance 1t

A cooperative department store for
organized labor. the first of It's kind
attempted in America. may result from
the appeals sent out yesterday for
S1,000.000 to be realized from the
sale OF stock at S5 share.
Joseph D. Cannon. formerly organ
izer of the Federation Of Miners, heads
the list of directors. Others are James
p. Warbasse, head Of the Cooperative
League of America, Abraham Cohn,
secretary; Joseph L. suger and D. R.
Tanner. Although stockholders may
buy up to $1,000 worth of stock, each
Will have equal voting power. so that
control OF The store will "remain dem
ocratic and in the hands Of the people
subscribing, instead of in the hands of
the money represented.
Preliminary Offices of the Consum-
crs' Cooperative Department Store have
been established at q East Fourteenth
Street. Joseph d. Cannon said yester-
day that the store could not actually
be opened for some time.
1--WE have about 1000 small CO.
operative stores in America" he said
"ln the East we need central store
to serve the smaller ones, and a CEN
trail wholesale and retail department
store TO serve the needs of our mem
bcrS
New-York tribune., 1918-03-09
Milkmen S Revolt Laid
To Market Conditions

CHICAGO, March S.~-Thc revolt of
milk condensing companies to- day
against milk prices set by food com
missions is due to unfavorable market
conditions, j. j. Fitzpatrick, manager
of the Borden company, declared to-
night.
Mr. Fitzpatrick said he understood
there were 30,0o0,0o0 cases of con
densed and evaporatcd milk on hand
IN the United States. Domestic con-
sumption runs about 16,OOO,0OO cases
year, leaving 100000 cases for OK
port. The government, which fixes its
own price for purchasing, has tonnage
for only 100000 cases year.
"With no visible outlet for nearly
100000 cases, condensaries are not
eager to buy high priced milk to add
to their stores," he said.
For the Chicago district which in
cludes Southern Wisconsin, Northern
Illinois. Northwestern Indiana and
Western Michigan, the price was at
first fixed at $3.50 a hundredweight to
the farmer. This figure was arrived
at by commission which, at the re-
quest of State Food Administrator
Harry A. Wheeler. went into every
phase of the subject. Farmers. how
ever, protested so vigorously that
further consideration was given. and a
new price Of $50 fixed.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-09
Gimbel Bros. Buy
Entire Greenhut Stock

Gimbel Brothers announced yester-
day that they had bought the entire
stock of the Greenhut Company, which
recently announced its retirement from
business. In the announcement the
purchasers say:
"The Greenhut Company, as was an
nounced on last Wednesday. had in
tended to conduct series of liqudn-
tion sales to the New York public, but
these plans have been stopped and
preparations made for renventorv of
the merchandise and The removal of the
immense stocks, which have retail
value of $2,I00, 900, to the Gimbel store
at Thirty third Street and Broadway.
"Grcenhut's was n complete depart
ment store. and the purchase embraced
all the Greenhut merchandise. nclud-
ing mems. women's and childrcns ap-
parel. furniture. carpets and other
home furnishings. leather goods, toilet
articles, linens, silks. drnssgoods. etc.
at is stated that the closing Of tina
Grcenhut store need not throw anv one
out of employment, as Gimbcl Brothers
have cheerfully volunteered to take
over all the faithful Grecnhut employees
who are ready to come.
Date .f Tive sale at uimhn!s' has not
a. 1et peeA AAuuAcCu.n
New-York tribune., 1918-03-09
Canada Severe to
"Bible Students

TORONTO, March 8. - Three Nom
bers OF the international Bible Stu
dents Association were sentenced to-
day to pay fines of $500 each or serve
sixty days in prison for having in their
possession and distributing copies OF a
book called "The Finished Mystery
which the court held contained matter
"derogatory to Great Britain and her
cause in the present war"
Four other members of the organiza-
ton, who were deemed less guilty OF
wrong intent were fined $50 each, in
default Of which they must serve thirty
days in prison. The three receivin1 :;
the more severe sentences were w. c.
Douglas, William McKinnon and the
Rev. Ernest Spaulding.
Copies of "The Finished Mystery'
were among papers and literature seized
by Federal agents in raid ten days
ago on the headquarters in Brooklyn
OF the international Bible Students
Association. founded by the late "Pas-
tor" RUSSELL An examination is being
made to ascertain whether its contents
are of seditious character The book
is said to have had wide distribution.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-09
Only Three-F Fifths
Of 1917 Corn Crop
Is Merchantable

WASHINGTON, March Only
about threeafths Of last years record
breaking corn crop is merchantable, the
Department of Agriculture's grain re-
port indicated. Not since 1888 has the
percentage CT the crop merchantable
been so low.
Large quantities of the corn was so
soft that it had to be fed to cattle and
hogs at once to prevent total loss.
About 1905, ,723,00C bushels, or COS per
cent, of the 3,159,494,o00 bushel crop is
all that could be offered for sale, plac-
ing the quantity lower than that avail
able from the smaller 1915 and 1916
crops.
While the supply of wheat last year
was a hundred million bushels less
than the previous year. stocks held by
tanners on March / totalled ll1,l72 00o
bushels, or 10 622,000 bushels more
than held on March l last year.
Grain in farmers hands on March l
was:
Corn. 1,292. 100000 bushels, or 400
per cent OF the 1917 crop.
Wheat, 11,212 900 bushels, or ia
per cent.
COtS, JJ,l5D,buV DuS!l6iS, OL 90 pei
cent.
Barley, iS.4O4.oOO bushels, or POS per
cent.
The percentage Of the crops which
will be shipped out of the counties
where grown was announced as fol-
lows: Corn. 219; wheat, 51.2; oats, 32
and barley, 3S.S.
Stocks of corn on farms by important
states Gin thousands of bushels, !. G.
000's omitted follow:
Ohio, 6l,541; Indiana, S5,445; Illinois
1872 $50; Iowa, 15l.959; Missouri. 105.
$40; Nebraska, 139.7o9; Kansas, 55,S92
and Kentucky, 55.2S2.
OF wheat: Ohio, 9,o51; Indiana
1876; Illinois, 4,256; Minnesota, 49,
912; North Dakota, 1850; South
Dakota. 1896; Nebraska, 2,153; Kan
sas, 3,675; Oklahoma, 1882; Montana
2,5l5, and Washington, 1906.
Stocks of corn in farmers hands or
March were the second largest OF
record, being exceeded only by The
holdings Of 1906.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-09
f ayn,ers 80 Pay Taxes
On Crops in the Year

WASHINGTON, March Income
tax regulations for farmers, issued to-
day by Internal Revenue Commissioner
Roper, provide that all gains, profits
or income received in 1917 from sale
on exchange OF farm products, whether
raised on the farm or purchased and
lesold, must be included in the return.
The rules apply to all persons or COR
poratlons operating ordinary farms,
ranches, plantations, stock, dairy, fruit
or truck farms.
Deductions from gross income may
be claimed only for expenses con-
nected directly with farming opera
tlons for last year, and made during
the year, even though crops on which
the expenditures were made were not
sold within the year.
These regulations relate only to
farm operating income and not to profit
which may have resulted from sale of a
farm. Neither is farmer required to
include in his taxable income the value
OF farm product consumed by himself
and family
New-York tribune., 1918-03-09
Asks $35O,OOO for
Mistake In Identitv

Alexander P. Macauley, Canadian
mine owner, who was arrested and in
dicted little more than a year ago
on his mistaken identification as Law
renee Keough, alias Lawrence Dunbar,
swindler, brought suit IN the Su-
preme Court yesterday for $3.50 600
damages against Lambert Brothers
Jewellers, whose employees are said to
have "identied" him as Kcough
keough has been called "Christmas'
keough, because he always appeared
at that season to make purchases and
tender forged money orders. The police
Of every city in the country was ad-
vised TO watch for him. Macauley was
arrested in ST. Louis on the charge
OF being keough. He was brcught to
New York and positively identified by
persons who had been defrauded by the
swindler. The mining man. wealthy
and we'll connected, protested his inno-
cence, but was indicted and held for
trial. When his case was called fol
trial, which was after Macaulev hao
spent several weeks in a hospital due
to illness caused by his disgrace ana
had expended more than $4,000 tc
prove there had been a mistake, the
District Attorney asked for his honor
able discharge and he was eXonerated
with the apologies Of the court.
Keough is still at large Macauley
has two suits for s50O,0O and S250,00
respectively, pending against two other
concerns whose employees identified
him.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-09
Zionists Are at Odds
On Prof. Friedlander
His Appointment to Red Cross
Expedition Is Criticised

Reports of factional discord in Zion
ist ranks were strengthened yesterday
by statements ISSUED by DR.. Stephen
5. Wise and bG.ouis Marshall regard
ing the appoWnent of Israel Fried
lander, professor of the Jewish Thco-
logical Seminary, to the Red Cross eX
petition to Palestine. DR.. Wise in
slsts that Professor F'riedIander is the
Jewish representative on the commits
sion, but not the Zionist member
The Zlonists, he says, had nothing to
Go with the appointment.
DR.. Wise's objection to DR.. Fried
lander is that he has not been cut
spokenly in favor of the Allies and
that before the war he was known to
be sympathetic to the German cause.
The appointment, he says, was made
by Felix NJ Warburg, who obtained
permission of the Red Cross to have
his Joint Distribution Committee ap-
point the Red Cross representative.
The appointment is regrettable. in Dr..
Wise's opinion, because the Zionist
movement has always been pro-Aily.
Louis Marshall, chairman of the
Jewish relief committee, is no less out
spoken in his defence of DR.. Fried
lander. He declares it would be mos
unfortunate to sever his connection
with the Red Cross, admits recon-
mending his name as a member of the
commission and strongly defends the
appropriateness of the appointment anc
the fitness of Dr.. Friedlander for the
! work.
DR.. Wise, when asked about possible
! dscord, admitted that it already ex-
listed, so far as the appointment was
concerned, but said that it did no
touch the Zionist movement, which is
| primarily to establish Jewish state
| in Palestine.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-09
Ways and Means Commit
tee Also Limits Powers
of McAdoo
Many Changes Made
Measure as Reintroduced in
the Lower House Will Be
Practically New

WASHINGTON, March Sin COM
pleting its revision of the War Finance
Corporation bill. passed yesterday by
the Senate, the House Ways and Means
Committee to-day reduced from $4,000
100000 to S2,000,O 100000 the maximum
amount Of bonds which may be issued
by the corporation to aid in financing
necessary industrial and commercial
enterprises.
The committee agreed upon a capital
ssues section substantially similar to
hat in the Senate bill, providing a
voluntary licensing system for private
security issues of 100000 and more,
instead of the compulsory licensing
plan originally proposed by the Admin
istration.
The amendment agreed on to-day
also includes one to relieve Secretary
McAdoo of power to veto the corpora
tion's transactions, except those in
volving committal of government pol
icy, and another to raise from 100000
to 100000 the minimum on security
issues for which approval of the cor.
poration must be asked.
On adjournment of the committee
Chairman Kitchin announced that
there had been so many changes made
in the bill from its original draft as
submitted by the Administration that
the bill as agreed upon will be rein.
troduced tomorrow as a new measure
The revised draft, he said, embodies
many of the provisions of the origina
submitted by Secretary McAdoo anc
many of the provisions as agreed to b.
the Senate
A favorable report on the measure
was ordered, with view to having i,
taken up in the House next Tuesday.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-09
He Begins Consideration of
Revenue Legislation With
His Advisers
May Repeal Old Laws
Present Confusion Would Be
Eliminated by Proposed
Changes

WASHINGTON, March 8.-Pres ident
Wilson and his advisers, according to
apparently authentic reports at the
Capitol, are beginning to consider new
revenue legislation for presentation to
Congress.
Revision of the present war tax law
It is stated authoritatively, is one feat
ure of tentative Administration plans
which are expected to cover the govern
mcnt's financial needs for next year, in
Guiding new bond issues.
Broad features Of the Legislation
probably Will be discussed soon by The
President in conference with Secrctar,
McAdoo and Administration leaders il
Congress having charge of revenue
question Members : Congress be
leve The President viii definitely ad
wise Congress OF the national fnancia
situation and needs, present and fut
ure. probably submitting tentative bill.
for committee sideration embody
ing the Administration programme.
Enactment OF an entirely new ia?
BILL repeating many domestic taxation
features of the Underwood law Of 1911;
and the war tax law of last year anC
substituting a new single taxation sys
ten, IS said to be under cons ideration
Such a plan is expected to elimna tt
confusion resulting from an attempt x
enforce two sets and rates of taxes.
The question of increased taxes j.
said TO be a matter not yet ready 10.
consideration. A strong faction in Con
gIess is ready to oppose any consider
able tax Increases, except possibly
few new manufacturing sales taxes an'
minor consumption or excise lcves, ant
possibly changes in income rates. An
other faction is expected to urge in
creased levies or excess profits.
Nothing definite toward the new leg
islation is to be done, it is understood
until Secretary McAdoo, COMMISSIONS.
Roper, of the Internal Revenue Ser
Vice, and other Treasury officials cal
gather and digest Information regard
ing revenue ralurns under eXstin,
laws.
Secretary McAdoo has promised t
submit preliminary data to Congress
sional leaders next month, but furthc
delay because Of belated returns from
excess profits and incomes is probable
Also, the suggestion is made that leg
islation might well be deferred by Con
gress until fall, so that further stud
of the situation and of the operation o
the war tax law can be made.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-09
Food Dealer Must
Accept Shipment
Or Lose License

West & Co., Inc, 35s Greenwich
Street, will either accept 2G4 eases of
eggs that arrived from Richmond, Va,
few days ago, after prices had dropped
suddenly, or they will lose their IL
cense to deal in food, the Federal food
board announced yesterday
Cyrus c. Mil er, director of the
boards transportation bureau, has de-
clared war on merchants who order
goods and then refuse them because of
delays or deterioration, Some time ago
At ruled that when potatoes were re-
ceved in Lad condition they must be
accepted, the good ones selected ami
the damage charged TO the railroad
company or the shipper
When the price OF eggs dropped q
cents in about week Mr. Miller an
nounced his ruling regarding potatoes
applied also to eggs He remarked
that he had never heard of refusing
sight drafts on q rising n1ar.let, and de-
clared that the consignees would have
to stand the loss.
This is the attitude he took with
Wes5 & Co. They pleaded that they
had bought the eggs on condition they
reached New York not later than Feb
ruary 25, but they failed to prove this.
The Food Board suspended for two
weeks the license of Frank Brown, of
500 East Sixth Street. for selling sugar
al IA cents pound in December Brown
offered to refund all overcharges and
give s100 to the Red Cross if he could
retain his license. The board ordered
him TO refund the ovcrcharges as d
matter of cNurcr
The Food Board received YESTERDAY Y
q Washington telegram stating that thc
tfty-ffty rule which compe's dealers tc
sell with each order of wheat -four ar
equal quantity OF substitutes goes into
force all over the country next Mon
day At present certain states are ex
ompt.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-09
Bohen1ians Ask
Mgr. Borazano to
Restore Priest

Feeling that a great injustice had
been done when Cardinal Falley re-
moved Father John 7. Prout from the
rectorship of the Bohemian Church Of
st. John the Martyr, without any
charges having been made against him,
the board of trustees Of the church yes
terday took the matter over the head of
the Cardinal and appealed TO the Apos-
tolic Delegate, the Rev. John Bonzano,
at Washington, for the return of the
priest to the parish.
member of the board of trustees
sad lass night that, if necessary. the
case of the priest would be placed be
tore the Vatican authorities. However,
the Bohemians in the colony near the
church, III East Seventy y-second Street,
are sure that The apostolic Delegate
viii appreciate the mead of keeping
Fatner PrOuc in the parish and direct
Cardinal Farlcy to return him there.
Since shortly before Christmas the
people OF the parish have been sad.
They have not had priest to preach
to them in their native language, and
many OF them have been unable to go
to confession, because there was no
confessor who could understand them.
from the church he has been assigned
to the Catholic Protectory as a chap
lain. He, however, refused to resign
as pastor when requested by Cardinal
Farley. The priest said that no
charges had been preferred against
him and shat he had not even received
a hearing before any tribunal.
Joseph Florian, secretary Of the
board of trustees OF the parish, told
last night how the 60 600 Bohemians
in the city had lost the only priest who
knew and understood them.
"Why," said Mr.. Florian, "this
church cannot be run without Father
Prout. 1t was he who built it afte.
hard struggle against great odds
For the last fourteen years he has
been the leading spirit in all religious
matters among our people. He has
beei removed without any charges
being made against him. He made a
request TO Cardinal Farley Cor a hear
ing, and his request was not even
answered. Why is this?
We, the board OF trustees, aske(
4 if there was any charge against him
! Monsignor Lavele said that there were
none, and that the matter would be adj
/ Justed to the satisfaction of all in
short time. We have waited thrc.
months and nothing has been done
Monsignor Mooney. in answer to ou
questions, said that the church nigh
be bankrupt if change was not made
eve showed that this was not
fact. and in our appeal for justice t
DR.. Bonzano VIC inclosed our tinancia
report, which showed that the churcl
was in no danger Of being bankrupt
In fact, Father Prout has spent $4,000
of his own money for church work
We made our protest" he continued
because this action of The authoritie
OF the archdiocese was made with tota
disregard of our spiritual and civ
rights, and we want justice"
Father Prout even before the Unite
States entered the conflict was strong
~ pro-Ally. He wrote many inspirin
songs and poems against the Centre
Powers, which caused the German pres
of the city and country to bitterly at
tack him
OF his transfer the priest would no
say anything, his only comment ben
that he would go whore he was sen
by the authorities and continue hi
WORK
New-York tribune., 1918-03-09
Zeppelin Alarms
Staten islanders

Residents Of Staten Island were
thrown into CONSERVATION yesterday
by seeing a Zeppelin sailing over the
Narrows and hcading for Manhattan
al height OF about | 800 feet. The
local police were bcsicged with ques
tons.
When the tclephoning began to stop
the mir craft was seen coming back.
but il was noticed that it was trail.
ing a long rope. attached to Il sub
marine chaser, which kept pace with
it in the water and was gradually
hauling it in.
1T was tnllly naulcd down and
slowed away on tho deck of battle
sh'p At thq snd VI its suesssaful trial
XIV.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-09
Washington Must Find
Homes for 81. .575 Persons

WASHINGTON, March s.-The ex-
traordinary war population of the ma
tlonal capital, it is estimated, will reach
such proportions by January 1 that, un-
less steps are taken to provide hous-
ing, 6,9l5 persons will have no place
to live
Estimates presented to the House
Committee. working on housing bills
show 1s, ,5s3 additional persons are ex-
pected to come here by July ! and
December 81. Roughly, half this num-
Der can be cared for by improvement
of existing property
New-York tribune., 1918-03-09
THE VEGETABLE MARKET

The spinach and lettuce
he winter vegetables or which most
prominent feature OF the wholesale market the supply the
winter products still hand
all very reasonable Carrots oneaf
whch are coming III heavily of the cheapest market
len have just arrived and last The
puoc IS not taking advantage of the fall
tell not reflected so strongly the retail market Speak
it.
houidht be retailing at but and
There fancy bermuda
products that mound
retailing at very fair comparative price really
hold
even tor the ngh prices which have paying winter
staple vegetables N'''e ~ ~ ~ -
New-York tribune., 1918-03-09
Food Administrators Named
For New jersey and Nevada

WASHINGTON, March 8.-Two new
state food administrators were named
to-day Both will give their entire
time as volunteers TO war work
William $. Tyler OF Plainfield, n
member of the State Board of Agricult-
urc, succeeds former Governor James
Fielder as administrator for New Jer-
sey. Mr.. Fielder resigned on account
OF pressure of other business II. A.
Lennon, of Reno, secretary of the
state Council of Defence, becomes ad-
mlnistrator for Nevada, succeeding
Henry NJ. IIoyt, resigned on account Of
illness.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-09
Wilson Urged to Use
Funds for Barge Lines

WASIIINGTON. March S.-Presidcnt
Wilson was urged by large delegation
Of Senators and Representatives to-day
20 have Il part of the half llion-dol-
lar revolving fund carried by the rail
road control bill used for establishing
barge lines on rivers and canals to
provide cheap transportation and re-
lieve railroad congestion.