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New-York tribune., 1919-09-03

commodities are In danger Of spoilinx,
as the Central European market for
foodstuffs is limited to the ability of
the peoples to buy on credit
Expected Great Demand
'This years speculations," Mr.. Hoo
yer said, ARE due, in my opinion,
chiefly to the belief of food merchants
and manufacturers that when the
an enormous demand for foodstuffs
and other commodities in Central and
eastern Europe. This speculation was
not due to any important shortage at
present of actual supply. This specu-
lative fever, which was not confined
to foods. was greatly stimulated by the
long delay in the removal of the block
ade until this peace treaty was signed
at Versailles. There is plenty of evil
dence that this was true of foodstuffs
in glutted ports in northern Europe,
where only neutrals have the means
to buy"
Responding TO an inquiry as to how
food speculation could be checked in
America, Mr.. Hoover replied:
Attorney General Palmer il on the
right track when he endeavors to break
down speculation and seeks to secure
powers never possessed by former ad-
ministratlons to enable him to accom-
plish this step. The situation is one
that may we'll cause anxiety also from
another point of view. We are now
coming into a flood Of production of
foodstutfs in the Northern Hemisphere
and will again have a great surplus in
the United States. IT, in the mean
time, Europe has not found credits to
purchase the coming winters supplies.
we are likely to have Il glut and prices
may fall below the cost of production
to American farmers.
Not Too Much Exports
THE present high prices of food are
not due to 0verexports to Europe from
the United States during the past year.
That can be demonstrated by the fact
that we enter a new harvest with larger
stocks of the previous years produc-
tion than at this time last year. In
fact, the stocks of many commodities
are the largest we ever had in storage
at this season.
Yet prices are very much higher.
If we are to account for the high
price level on the basis of overexports.
we should have to find a depletion Of
our national stocks"
Mr.. Hoover pointed out that the
problems involved in the speculative
wave were very difficult to deal with.
because it was worldwide and not con-
fined to the United States.
The law Of supply and demand" he
New-York tribune., 1919-09-03
DEATHS

bRoWNING eN'. n Sands Point. L. /. john
Scott Browning of New York CITY he
loved husband of Elizabeth Havs. on Sur
Gay, August 81. on the 56th annixersa,.J of
ms birth Funeral services viii ne held at
st, Bartholomew's Chapel. Park ay. and
oVln ST., on y wednesday. September 3. 1913
at il O'clock Please omit flowers
bA ARhER- Amanda. at he residence l2-
East 26th St. or Tuesday, Sepre,nior =.
ISl3, daughter of the late Safhanjel ami
hamab Angegine Barker Notice Of fo
FEM On Monday. September 1919
luna 4 Fem. in The e9th year OF her aye
Funeral services will be held from the resi-
dence OF her daughter Mrs. T. r BrooIe
$50 est Doth st. on Wednesday sf,er-
noon n. September 8, at O'Clock Inter,nent
Milford. Conn. ~ '''S'''
GARRETT-suddeny on September 1919
lhcmas Garrett. AGED % vears 10
loVed son Of Annie Garrett and tle lofe
homas Garrett. Funeral services Of
ms >>ate residence, 64s East 22gth Stree
bronx on Wednesday, September 2 ~
$40 p. M lntefment Woodlawn.
MARTELLA Vittorio. on Auo,... ao
wees TIE FUNERAL. CHUPCH R-os1
New-York tribune., 1919-09-03
OBITUARY NOTES.

FREDERICK ALBERT. seyentv-two f.,
many years associated in tho management,
Of the Swain restaurants in Brooklyn died
yesterday at his home 1884 Bushwick Ave
nue.. Brooklyn. after a long illness
THOMAS BERNARD WOODS. fortv-s;x.
a painter and decorator, died Sunday after
. short illness at his home. 36l2 Rocka-
way Road, brooklyn
MRS, NARY c. SEWARD. ninety. widow
OF Professor Theodore T. Seward and one
OF the Oldest members of the Woran's Ciub
of Orange, y j., died unexpectedly Monday
whiie riding in train near Bufalo Her
husband was cousin Of William H. Sew
ard, Secretary of State under Lincoln.
RERN lRD +. DILLON. forty-seven. a rs-
tired coal dealer died Sunday az Ms non,c.
22c Eleventh Street Brooklyn lie is sur
V'Ned by his widow and brother.
PHILIP O'DELL. forty-nine. j retired
produce dealer. died Monday at hrs home
l99 Bush Street Brooky He ,eas an acti.e
member OF the Marquette Baseball Club.
JOHN P. CAVANAJGH. thirty formerly
a member of Company c. Attn Regimen,
died Sunday in ST. Mary's Hospital.
Brooklyn
FREDERICK EDWARD SUSIE sixty.
eight. a retired foreign exchange broker
died Monday a. the home of his son-in-law
and and, 'iaughter. la M and Mrs. II Van Cor-
land Fish. All Park Avenue
WILLIAM H. DODGE. eightv-eivh+
former captain Of Hudson River steam
boats. died Monday at his home in
CatskiH. n Y
MRS ELIZABETH T. LOCKWOOD
nlnety-hvc. one Of the oldest residents of
stamford. Conn. died there yesterday She
IS survived by two daughters. Miss Emma
Lockwood and Mrs. Fred Wolfcl. of Kew
Canaan, Conn. and by two sons. Frederick
and Oliver Lockwood
GANO LARSON, twenty-one. who for the
last tNgo months had been travelling in
Sweden with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Emil
Larson. Of Planfeid y. j., is dead of in
fantile PARALYSIS according to cablegram
received Yesterday by the American Bridge
Company by whom the father Is employed
The deceased was student at the Boston
School Of Technology
ELY NJ. ODAM. ffty-scven n,achinist.
died yoste l.iaa Of his home 1885 Arlington
tren1e fialnhed :. j. lie ,sas the .on Of
the late Mr. and Nrs Thomas Odan and
Nas born IN Bosion. England Nr Odan
Vas active in Masonic circles
New-York tribune., 1919-09-03
False Food Containers
Ended by Bill in House
Measure VIII Remedy Marking
on Half Filled Spice Boxes
and Canned Goods
NrU Yo,L bunc
U1y|ip atom BJ.,cu

WASHINGTON, Sept. a blow at
the false food contalner was struck
to-day in the fight to reduce the high
cost Of living when Representative
Haugen, chairman of the House Ag-
rlculturc Committee, at the suggestion
of the Department Of Agriculture, in
troduced bill amending the pure food
and drugs act to prevent false mark
ing of food packages and containers
that arc but half filled.
Acting Secretary of Agriculture Mar
vim, who asked for the legislation.
to-day wrote the chairmen of both
Agricultural committees of Congress
that the department was suggesting
the amendments particularly to reach
the "sack- filled and other forms of
deceptive food packages"
"Thc suggested amendments" he
wrote, "wcre based upon information
developed by the department in the
course of its administration of the
net weight provisions of the food and
drugs act, which shows that certain
forms OF package food, notably spice,
condiments and cereals, are often
marked IN containers which are only
nall filled; that certain canned foods
contain an excess of liquid, such as
water or syrups, and a deficiency
OF food materials. These DECEPTIVE
packages afford convenient vehicle
for covert increases in the cost Of
food articles to the consumer"
New-York tribune., 1919-09-03
Michael J. Tierney
Is Dead of ApopIexv

Michael J. Tierney. ffty-ave, for.
merly judge Of the Westchester Countv
Court. died suddenly yesterday morn
ing at his residence. 145 Meadow Lane
New Rochelle. OF apoplexv. Until Mon
day Judge Tierney had been active in
his law practice.
Michael J. Tierney was born in New
Rochelle and received his education in
the public schools there. He studied la,v
at the New York Law School. start
ing his legal career as an Office bov
N the Office Of Supreme Court Justice
Martin J. Keogh. and he succeeded %
justice heogh's practice when the latter
was elevated to the bench. Judge
llerney defended Thomas Mott o sbor1a
against the charges brought aga:-S.
the former warden Of Sing Sing bv
District Attorney Frederick f. Weeks
IN 1916. He was president of the West,
chester County Bar Association. He
had been county Judge more than
fifteen years ago. He belonged 70 tho
New York Athletic Club, the Elks. the
Wykagyl Country Club, the New Ro.
chelle Yacht Club. the New Rochelle
Rowing Club and the New York County
Bar Associations
New-York tribune., 1919-09-03
DR.. Day Expects to Get Big
Stock for Distribution
Far Under Retail Price:
Will Include Blankets
Opposes One-Store Plan
$4,000 in Surplus Food Is
Sold to Housewives and
Prices for To-day Are Cut

Dr.. Jonathan c. Day, Commissioner
of Public Markets, announced ycstcr~
day that he is planning to sell surplus
army underwear, socks, shirts and
blankets at the seventy public schools
now used AS sales stations for. the dis
tribution of foodstuffs at pficcs far
below those Of the retail market. If
necessary, DR.. Day said. he would send
Deputy Markets Commissioner Edwin
j. O'Mallcy to the capital to confer
with government officials supervising
the disposal of surplus property. Until
Mr.. O'Malley went to Washington last
month it appeared as though New
York City would receive none Of tho
surplus foodstuffs.
Under the present arrangement, the
War Department will conduct it's own
retail stores. 1t is understood that
the zone supply officers here are ne
gotlatlng for the use of a loft build
ing or deserted department store in
the section which formerly aboundcd
with them. The Siegcl Cooper store
has been frequently mentioned in this
connection.
Day Opposes Army Plan
1--WE will endeavor to show the army
officials that q single distribution CEN
tre such as now planned will be the
scene Of paralyzing congestion and cx-
c,temcnt." DR.. Day said "Many of
the people in sore need of warm cloth
ing at low prices will be unable to
come because of the time lost in tray
eilIng and the carfarc. But enough
"lli como to cause great congestion
and hamper the distribution.
we have the sales organization and
machinery perfected. 1t would mean
that we would have to put on a few
more trucks and workers. but other
wise the addition Of these goods to the
artlcles we are offering for sale would
create scarcely a ripple. We w.,l not
pause IN our efforts to obtain some of
the socks, undcrclothing and blankets
until we have either been definitely
refused or until we have been pcr-
mttcd to handle tho goods"
DR.. Day declared that $4,000 worth
OF army food was sold yesterday The
tact that it was primary day in q large
number OF the schools held down the
sales, he said as these dcpots opened
tor business al 10 in the morning and
closed at o. The customary hours are
from 10 to II and | to i. There was
consistent demand for tho canned and
evaporated fruits. officials in charge Of
schools said
Will Gut Retail Price
Captain J. r. Ilcbblcthwaite, in
charge Of finance and transportation
for the zone surplus property Office,
said last night that the socks and un-
dcrclo.hing Will be sold at from 30 to
so per cent below the prevailing retail
prices in the city. The present plans
include only the sale at store Sc
lccted and operated by the government
and 10 not mako provisions for tho
dlstrlhutlon OF the goods through mu-
inequalities.
lie announced that The price Of
canned tomatoes. beginning to-day,
would be 6 cents to the city instead Of
10 cents. There also will be a sub
stantial reduction in the price Of
canned SOUPS. he said.
'The retailers in some scclions Of
New-York tribune., 1919-09-03

continued, ais not working normally,
and probably will not for another year
While prospective food supplies for
the next twelve .lont-s are about equal
to the apparent need, unstable political
situations, recurring shortage Of
shipping, a shortage of credit and
combination of either buyers or sellers
will tend to create great speculative
waves and may initiate prices to point
uncomfortable to the consumer, or, in
the reverse situation, uncomfortable to
the farmer.
Expects Big Surplus
eve will have a large surplus next
year and must have prosperous
farming community if we are to have
the world fed in future and maintain
stability at home and abroad 1t is
my own view that the situation would
not have been so acute if the blockade
had been removed soon after the armi
stice was signed, as was urged by the
United States Government.
"The speculator would have had his
illusions destroyed last winter instead
of now. 1t could also have been pos
sible to have prevented great specu
lation had we retained an embargo on
exports and thus kept the worlds spec
ulators puzzled as to the governments
action. The rise in foodstuffs, Of
course, took place only after the con-
troll of exports had been removed. On
the other hand, the general demand Of
the public made it impossible to con
tinue the control of exports. as that
control tends to retard the resumption
of normal economic life"
Europe Needs Credit
Appearing to-day before the sub.
committee of the Congressional Com
mittee on War Expenditures, Mr..
Hoover said he believed it imperative
for the United States to extend to
Europe credits of from S3,O00,O 100000
to $4,0O0,O 100000 for a year and half
or two years in order to provide
market for the American surplus and
save Europe from disaster.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-03
Flour DeaIerS Protest
ScsESr,rra;- { L,uyoes

A protest against alleged unfailmoss
OF the press toward -four merchants
was registered yesterday at a meeting
Of tho members Of tho Produce TX
change interested in breadstuffs. The
most emphatic consure vas directed
against Alfred ". McCann, OF "The
Globe" a special committee. report
ing On the attitude of the press, de
manded that an. Article by McCann.
published August 22. be repudiated.
In the story McCann charged that
Hour nets somebody S91l LOCO 900 year
" and that flour which is being sold
here for S19.60 q barrel could be sold
for Sl0.49 a barrel.
Is. /. Wunder. treasurer OF the New
York Flour Club. who said he IS a
member OF Arthur Williams's fair price
committee, declared that flour men
should begin campaign of publicity
to spread the truth about themselves
New-York tribune., 1919-09-03

the city have attempted to cut their
prices on canned goods to compete
with those being quoted by the city"
Captain Hebblethwaite said: "They
have managed to reach the city's level
in the price of No. | canned tomatoes
and all canned soups. We arc attempt
ing to adjust the prices Of army food
to figures at all times below those
quoted by retailers"
DR.. Day replied yesterday to II. A.
Emerson, Of the W. w. Johnson Com
pany, who offered him fifty carloads Of
eggs at 40 cents dozen, to be sold at
the schoolhouses. Dr. Day said the
city is merely acting as agent for the
government and could not do business
in any other way. He wrote that he
also doubted whether cold storage eggs
could be sold at SO cents dozen and
attract sufficiently large number
of customers.
Told to Act Independently
"If they can be sold" DR.. Day wrote
"and your order is bona fide and
guaranteed one, it would seem that the
best arrangement possible would be
that you place some person at each of
the schools where we are selling army
foodstuffs and make your own sales
direct to the people, with the Mayors
permission, so that we would have no
bookkeeping and could not, therefore
be charged with violating our powers
under the Charter.
"Unlcss there is real advantage to
the consumer, of course we would not
be interested in assisting you in this
way to dispose of the eggs you have
on hand.
1--WE are very solicitous, of course
that these eggs be branded as cold
storage eggs, if anything is done with
them at all. so that the public will not
be dcceived'
New-York tribune., 1919-09-03
Northern European Ports
Overlooking With Goods
Sent in Expectation of
Great Profits After War
Europe Needs Credits
Outlet Sought for Great
Surplus From U. s.; Says
Economic Laws Are Awrv

PARIS, Sept. GA distressing era of
speculation in foodstuffs in the United
States and throughout the worlds
primary food markets is largely re-
sponslhle for high food costs, in the
opinion of Herbert Hoover. chairman of
the lnterAlled Relief Organization.
who, on the eve of his departure for
the United States, granted The Asso-
ciated TreSs an interview
Wharves and warehouses in northern
European ports are overfiowing with
food oodstuffs-prncipally meats, fats and
dairy products by merchants all
over the world. Mr.. Hoover said These
merchants. he declared, had "gambled"
on sales in Poland Czecho Slovakia, the
Baltic states and Germany. at high
prices, but these states have only a
deprecated local currency, and many
New-York tribune., 1919-09-03


Bernard Semel and the Rev. G. w.
Margolies. The committee will meet
with the Jewish Master Bakers in the
assembly room of the Merchants AS
sociaton to-day.
Ben A. Matthews, Assistan. United
States Attorney, said yesterday that
he had received a number Of com
plants from housewives in rural
communities on their inability to OBJ
tain sugar for canning. He communi-
Gated with George A. Zabriskie, Of the
Sugar Equalization Board, who in
formed him that refneries are now
turning out large quantities of sugar
and that all communities soon will be
supplied. Mr. Matthews invites
housewives who are prevented from
canning fruits because o. the alleged
shortage to communicate with HIM at
the Federal Building.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-03
MRS. AMANDA p. Mel. MARSHALL

Mrs. Amanda Perrine Mclean Mar
shall, wife of Henry Marshall. former
state Senator, of 54S Madison Street.
brook.y - dead at her country home
m Cambridge. Washington COUNTY.
n Y. of acurc Indigestion.
Mrs. Marshall was horn in Green
wch, \. Y. he daughter of Lewis r.
ana iiizaoe-A Ferrlne Mclean. She
W marr.od IN iSs5 TO Henri Marshall
Mrs Marshall was one of the original
members q -he Contemporary Club Of
Brooklyn. and also belonged to the On
dawa Cambridge chapter of the Daugh-
ters OF the American Revolution. Sh.
is survived by TWO daughters, besides
her husband.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-03
4f.3S More Casualties
Are Listed From A.E.F.
Seven New York Boys Are in
v ounded Column; 10 Deaths
in Dav's Report

WASHINGTON. Sept 2.-The fol-
lowing casualties are reported bv the
commanding general of the American
EXpeditionary Forces:
Killed in action died of accident and
other causes. 10; died Of disease, 4 wound.
ed severely. 4; wounded degree undeter-
mined. II; wounded slightly. L. total 49,
NEW YORK AND VICINITY
The following are from New York
and vicinity:
Wounded Severely
Privates- Catalina V!ncenco. Rom. \ Y
Guiio, Angelic. IS Monroe Street New
York.
Jordan Joseph. Schenectady N 7.
Wounded Degree Undetermined,
Sergeant Hanson, Fred. Johns,own,
Private Hartel. Fred. 1913 Nosrana
Wounded Slightly
Lieutenant-ponaldson, j. Howland.
Richmond N Y.
Frivate-cIarb. Frank. 6s HumOold
CURRENT cAsUALTlE,
Died from Accident and Other Causes
Privates-Solomon, Benny ll45 First
Avenue. New York; Martin, Harold j., Ma
lone, N. Y.
prvate-Haas' n's' Shel'et Ct Disease &. sss East
Fifty-hrst Street, New York.
LENNEL WOODWARD CLEVELAND
ONECO. Conn, Sept 2-Lennell
Woodward Cleveland, seventy-six, a
descendant of the Cleveland family.
which founded Cleveland, Ohio, is dead
at his home in Plainfield, Conn He
also was a descendant of the Wood
ward family which came TO this coun-
Try in 1878, settling in Plymouth
Colony. He is survived by a sister
Mrs. j. D. Brown, of the Connecticut
| Fire Insurance Company.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-03
Milk Producers
LII e a d Repudiates
journal Telegram
Special Correspondence

COLDWATER, Mich, Sept. 2.-Denv-
ing a published telegram supposed to
have como from him and referred to
on August 26 by Detroit newspapc.
in connection with Il story of the New
York milk investigation, Milo D. Camp
bell, of this city, has made the follow
ing signed statement:
con August 5 THE New York Even.
ing journal and, | am told, others of
the Hearst papers OF New York, pub
llshed what they alleged to be a tee-
gram i'll possession OF The District At
torney OF New York, as follows:
'Coldwater, Mich. without datc)
Dalrymen's League, New York. Nei-
thcr poverty or want of milk in New
York should compel farmers to sell
milk. MILO D. CAMPBELL.
President National Producers Asso-
ciation.'
"Thc alleged telegram was fake
and without tho slightest pretext upon
which to base such falsehood. |
never wrote. authorized or sent such a
telegram at any time to any one. nor
do believe the District Attorney or
any one else ever had such telegram.
mere is no such association as the
one named. am the president of the
National MIX Producers Federation. |
never signed MY name at any time as
president of the National Producers
Association. have received many
threatening letters and much uncom-
plimentary criticism throughout the
country because of this basely libel
louS telegram"
The telegram in question was pub
lishcd in 'The Evening Journal" Tues
DAY, August 5. The Journal" init
mated the telegram would be laid be-
fore the Congressional committee in
vestiGating the milk situation, and as
serted that Governor Smith had known
of Mr.. Campbell's telegram, but had
taken no action in regard to 1t.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-03
MARRIAGES

l-THOMPsON- Mrs. Esther io-
rsVa THOMPSON announces .lie parria',s
OF her daughter Florence 10 M li.roil
t'jl Cassidy, August 90 d. Watkins. N..1
SEW ARD--HoLMAN-On Sunday. August
81 1919 at the Lyon Street Church San
franclsco' Cal, Amy Holman. OF Duns-
iord, beVonshire, England TO Samuel
New-York tribune., 1919-09-03
Meat Prices Decline;
Groceries Cost More

NHE fair price list made public
= yesterday by Arthur Williams,
Federal Food Administrator. reveals
general upward trend in the
grocery prices and an encouraging
decline in meat quotations. The list
follows: