The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-10
THREE GO TO JAIL.
FOR OLEO FRAUDS
Manufacturers and Salesman
Passed Product OFF
as Butter.

Frank W. Tillinghast and Leonard W.
Barber. president and general manager
respectively of the Vermont Manufacture
ing Company, Providence, r l.. were
sentenced to serve a year and a day
each in the Atlanta penltentiary yester-
day by Judge Learned Hand In the Fed
cral District Court. Fines OF $500 each
wero imposed also.
Samuel A. Fenner. a salesman for the
Vermont Manufacturing Company. was
sentenced to serve three months in the
Essex county Jail at Newark.
The three men were alleged to have
defrauded the Government out OF over
$4,000 by using palm oil to color oleo-
margarine made by the company. so
that 1t passed for butter and evaded a
tax Of 10 cents a pound. They pleaded
guilty through their counsel, De Lancey
Nicol.
The frauds were asserted to have con-
tinued for two years prior to the time
an Indictment was returned by a Fed
aral Grand Jury in September, 1915.
The Government has instituted civil
suits to recover the money that was
withheld from II by deceiving its reve-
nue. inspectors
Jacob Rosenberg member of the
Produce Exchange, has beer directed
by the Food Administra ton TO suspend
business Cor sixty days as a penalty
for profiteering The Federal Food
beard found him guilty of selling -four
at margins of profit in excess OF that
permitted by the administration. The
board also decreed that MIR, Rosenberg
| shall pay over all overcharges made by
him since January !.
" Casazza & Bro, 80 Prince street.
tried on charges of making a profit OF
| 20 per cent. on sales Of canned tomatoes
| and other. foodstuffs, instead of l2 per
cent. allowed by the regulations. has
| been permitted to contribute S676.s0 to
| the Red Cross In lieu of further penalty.
More suspensions Ordered.
T. A. Johann. head OF the bureau OF
| complaints Of the Federal Food Board,
sitting as special commissioner. has
| recommended the following suspensions
Victor Olsen. baker. Four Corners.
| Staten Island. found guilty of violating
substitute rule: one week beginning
| July 20.
Robert F. Weiss. retail grocer, Amity-
VILE, L. l.. found guilty of selling sugar
in excessive quantities and at excessive
prices and violating. substitute rules
Rosenthal Roumanian Bakery, Inc.
| 81 Riv!ngton street. New York city.
! found guilty of violations OF the sub
| stitute rules three days.
Samuel Goldstein. retail grocer. $50
| Avenue A, New York city. found guilty
| of violating the label law and substi-
! tute rules and of having more than a
months supply of wheat -four: three
| days
/ Kotlitzky's Bakery, Inc, 1870 Ptkin
avenue, Brooklyn. found guilty OF vio-
latlng the substitute rules and of hav-
ing In his possession more than a
months supply of wheat -four; three
| days.
Morris Dunn, kosher butcher. 2l62
| Bath avenue, Brooklyn. found guilty OF
charging excessive prices for veal, veal
chops shoulder of veal, chuck steak
| and breast OF beef: three days.
Ernst Ebert. grocer. Port Jefferson
| l.. J., three days suspension for violating
the label law and the substitute rules
| Great Atlantic City Grocery Com
| pany. Myrtle avenue and Carlton ave
nue., Brooklyn. suspended for three days
for selling sugar in excessive quantities