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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-30
DEALERS START
FOOD COST CUTS
Reductions Follow ReviSiOns
Made in Hotel and Res
taurant Prices.
HOMES WILL BENEFIT
Wholesalers Fall Into Line
With Downward Movement,
Says Investigator.

Downward revision of prices on food
stuffs by wholesale dealers has fol-
lowed the cut in hotel and restaurant
prices, it was announced yesterday by
Armin W. Riley, special assistant to
the Attorney General. This is exactly
what Mr. Riley hoped would result
from the investigation into restaurant
prices which the flying squadron
from his office has undertaken.
When restaurant proprietors gave
their orders yesterday morning they
told their dealers there would have to
be n reduction in the wholesale rates.
because they had reduced many items
on their menus. The reduction was
obtained. and not only on vegetables
ard groceries but on meats as well.
"If this downward movement gains
sufficient strength. as Il gives every
indication Of doing" Mr.. Riley said, Its
effect should soon reach the individual
consumer and 1t will bring into line
some of those restaurant and hotel
owners who have complained that they
could not afford a reduction in prices
been paying prices for their provisions
which there was no need OF their pay
ing"
Mr.. Riley did not make public the
extent of the reduction by the whole
salers He announced that restaurants
in the financial district also had Joined
in the reduction movement, including
some of the best known Of the down.
town eating places. Mrs. Rorer's at
Broadway and New street, has reduced
soups five cents. hot specials an average
of ten cents, making cuts In some in
stances as much as twenty-five cents.
Breast Of lamb with vegetables, for in
stance. has been reduced from 81 to
75 cents.
Paupier's, occupying The old Delmon-
ico's. has made substantial reductions on
steaks Sirloin steaks, single. have been
cut from SO TO Sis; en- double steaks
cut of fifty cents has been made. and
on steaks for three seventy-five cents.
Vegetables and most soups have been
reduced five cents. Similar reductions
in price have been made at Angeles. 16G
Pearl street. where cuts of five or ten
cents have been made on every. item.
Several other downtown restaurants
either put reductions In effect yesterday
or promised to make them.
Three more hotels haze agreed to pro-
vide cheaper meals through Offering a
table d'hote. These are the Park Ave-
nue. and the Wolcott. which will begin
table d'hote luncheons ard dinners next
week, and the Imperial. which will not
only start table d'hote but also will
make reductions OF n.teen and twenty
cents on its a Ia carte dishes.
At the Waldorf. where the table
d'hote was started Thursday along with
the other hotels Of the Boomer-Du Pont
group. these special meals are served in
separate dining room. In the res
taurant on the Thirty-fourth street side
of Fifth avenue table d'hote meals are
rot served. In the McAlpin the spe-
cially priced meals can be had in all
dining rooms. Some restaurant men are
OF the opinion that patrons do not like
the idea OF being sent into separate din
ing rooms for specially priced meals.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-30
WANDERER SENTENCED
TO rs YEARS IN PRISON
Wife Slayer's Comment Is II
Beat the Rope

Special Despatch % THE Nnw YoRE IIrsaLp.
CHICAGO. oct 2e--L.eut CAL WAN
1eror. charged with the murder OF his
wife. her unborn child and tho ragged
-tranger" the night of June - lest. was
found guilty tonight and sentenced 70
twenty-five years IN prison.
The jury reached It's verdict after
,wenty-thrcc hours OF wrargIng behind
ccked doors A. no time Ia their dellb-
eratlona was the death penalty discussed
Late Thursday night the jurors stood
qryen for guilty and ave not guilty. The
next ballot convinced all Of Wanderers
guilt For eighteen nours the Jury wap
deadlocked on the question ~ punish
ment The compromise was finally
reached tonight
After the verdict had been read Wan
dercr commented We'll, ] beat the
rome"
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HARDING WARNS OF PERIL
FROMDEMOCRATIC WASTE;
Will LSON IGNORED CHARGES
Official Catholic Paper
Accepts Hays Disavowal

special Dcspatch 10 THE NEW YORK
HERALD
ROSTON, Oct. 29.-The Boston
Pilot. which is the official
organ of the Roman Catholic
archdiocese of Boston. in its
.SSue this week contains this edi-
toriaI:
"Tn another section or the
Pilot we carry the Republican
National Chairman's disavowal
Of the cartoon entitled Having
difficulty hanging up the master
piece which has caused wide
dissatisfaction. The Pilot has
made its protest against this
caricature on the grounds of re-
ligion and honor. 1t has taken
no part in this or any other po-
litical campaign nor will it ever
be found aligning itself with any
party. It's sphere is essentially
religious.
"Since, however, the public
conscience is disturbed over the
recent unfortunate publication
of this cartoon and the Pilot has
done its honorable part in utter
ing its emphatic protest and
since the Republican National
Committee has repudiated and
disavowed any connection with
it's public presentation we be-
lieve that it is our duty in a
spirit of fairness and honesty to
present the committees state
ment of fact as given out by it's
National Chairman and we are
rlad to do it,"
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LAST OF CUSTER'S BAND
KILLED BY MOTOR CAR
Fleck Got Four Wounds in
Battle With Indians.

TOLEDO. oct 29.--Frank frleck, be-
neycd 70 have been Americas last sur
vivor OF Clusters band Of Indian lighters
was killed by an automobile on d subur-
ban road near here early to-day Fleck
ship carpenter. had made his residence
In Toledo many years
When Clusters troops were mustered 70
pursue Indian renegades F'lcck was at
'eched To Rono's division. lie suffered
four bullet wounds and escaped with
Reno's troops. who had become sepa-
rated from Custer.
Fleck was ono or seventeen who en-
listed from Toledo In the regular army
20 1867. He was assigned to the Seventh
cavalry. (which was sent against tho
Sioux Indians under Sitting Bull. IIo
was seventy years old.
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BIG N. Y. POLITICIANS
BEING LINKED WITH
BUILDING GRAFTERS
Graft Investigation Here
May Last Many Months

THIRTY more lines of trade
are to be investigated by the
Lockwood committee. Scores of
men, including some in politics
whose names have not been
brought into public notice, are
known to be involved and to be
panic stricken. The inquiry may
last for many months.
Judging by the flying start
made it will lead to the biggest
explosion in business since the
insurance investigation.
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CONCRETE SHIP SUNK;
T9 OF CREW ARE MISSING
Goes Doun in Narrdgansett
Bay After Collision.

NEWPORT. oct. 90. - The concrete
steamer Cape Fear United States
shipping Board vessel. was sunk in the
deepest part of Narragansett Bay to-
night in q collision with the Savannah
Line steamer City OF Atlanta. At a late
hour nineteen OF the crew Of thrty-four
of the sunkon vessel were unaccounted
for
The Cape Fear sank in three minutes
about half way between Castle Hill on
the Newport shore and Rose Island. go
ing down bow first In l25 fathoms
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ASK CANADA CUSTOMS HERE.

VANCOUVER. v. c.. Oct. 29.-- Establish :
ment of n Canadian customs Office at
New York was requested by Board Of
Trade deputation which waited on Pre-
micr Moirhcn here To-day
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2 Years and $4,000 Fine
for Sugar Pro6teering

PAY CITY, Mich, Oct. 29.-
Convicted in Federal court
here on charges of profiteering
in sugar and dealing in it without
a license Luther Ellison of Jones'
boro, Ark, was sentenced to-day
to two years at Fort Leaven-
worth and fined $4,000.
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The Presidents reply. dated septem-
ber 3. 1920, and written on tn" White
iouse stationery, Is as follows:
ALLOW me to say that your letter OF
September was unpardonably imper-
finent. I have looked into the matter
oi the papers and requests sen: By you
&c the Executive Office and find that they
rave been properly attended 90. You
havo no ground FOR just complaint and
possible excuse for such impcrtnence.
VERY truly yours.
"woonRow WusuN."
When seen yesterday by Il represon-
tativc OF THE NEW YORK HERALD at his
home. at I46 West Forty-eigh,h street.
Mr. Hicks said that he had been a sup
porter OF President wilson ia the past
and that his sole purpose ia writing TO
The Executive Mansion about conditions
at HoboKe1 was TO bring 20 the atten-
ton OF the President a condition which
he thought warranted his personal ac-
ton.
lie said that he had complained OF
The waste OF army supplies and other
Government property to Various other
.ersons without result and tina. he had
felt that the President would oe crate
I'll to him for bringing such matters to
his notice.
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Revenues ueine wasted.

Tho Senator said q big Job was loom
iug up before the Republican party n
Herculean task This was 60 clean cur
own house Of the debris and wreckaga
OF eight years OF unbusinesslike. iin-
practical and blundering operation. He
told them that Il might take years to
undo the evil that hpd heen done and thaa
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PUBLIC ROBBED
OF MILLIONS BY
C0ALCAR PLOT
u. S. Closing In on Band
Operating From Mines
to TideWater.
i. c. C. CLERKS ACCUSED
Railroad Conductors, Local
Agents and Men Higher
Up Divert Shipments.
PERMITS ARE FORGED
Favored Corporations and In
dividuals Pay to Get Fuel
Illegally.
PERMITS ARE FORGED
pecial Despatch to TIE Nrw YORK fIrqArD
New York Herald Bureau,
Nashinufau II n ncf % {

Special Despatch to TIE NEw York fTF:rAEp.
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington. ID. C., Oct. 20.
Department of Justice officials have
Information which indicates that more
than thirty car distributors in differ
ent sections of the country have been
receiving bribes for displacing and
placing coal cars in the interest Of
favored corporations and individuals.
The officials are convinced that a
gigantic system OF graft has extended
from the soft coal mines along the
lines of some of the coal carrying
railroads to the piers, the dumps and
the tdewater pools and that there
have been involved. in it's ramifications
clerks, inspectors, bumpers and many
of the minor officials Of the common
carriers. who are believed to have been
fixed by the illegal use of money.
Those assertions az, warranted by
admissions made by Gibbs L. Baker,
one OF the best known OF attorneys
who have specialized in law in its rela-
tions to coal production and traffic.
Mr.. Baker is general counsel to the
Wholesale Coal Trade Association OF
New York and to the Tidewater Coal
Exchange, which controls the soft coai
pooling at the ports Of New York
Philadelphia and Baltimore. He acted
also in an advisory capacity to the As
sociation of Coal Operators Of North
ern West Virginia, whose pledges madn
to the Attorney General, committing
themselves TO fair dealing and the
elimination OF the profiteer and
CRATER have been made a model for
operators of other parts OF the country
to emulate.
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II Il can be sold HERALD "ror Sale"
Ad. WIN sell it.--Adr.
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Plans TO Expose Graft.

Since the recent action OF the mine
operators of the country in Cleveland.
Ohio. Mr. Baker Is hopeful that the Joint
efforts Of the whole body OF mine owners
and operators. the railroads and the In
terstate Commerce Commission will be
successful in exposing such unfair prac-
tices as have scandalized the handling OF
coal at the mines and on the rail. and
will at least partly eradicate the glaring
evils OF the coal business.
"These unfair practices" said he.
have compromised only a small per-
ccntage OF the large number OF men en-
gagged in the coal industry az n whole.
The number OF offenders seriously in
vowed may not exceed nfty The or
ganization OF fair practices committees
in every soft coal producing field--one OF
the measures recommended by the ma
tional operators conference last Tues
day In Cleveland--wlll make Il far easier
for the Department Of Justice 10 lay
hands hereafter on the guilty ard un-
scrupulous minority.
"It should be understood" Mr..
Baker continued. chat the Government
ia not seeking directly the fixing or
limiting OF prices. but what II is seeking
20 do cannot fail Indirectly 10 bring
prices down TO more reasonable levels.
The plan is TO search out unfair and ille-
gal practices. 70 rid the Industry OF It's
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confers with L. ;. omcIai-.


As n representatives cf the Fair Prac-
tees Committee, which has been con-
stituted by the West Virginia operators.
Mr.. Baker has come into close contact
recently with officials of the Department
Of Justice and also OF the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
The colossal system OF graft through
which coal spectators have coined mill
lions OF profit at the expense of the con-
suming public included not only freight
train conductors division officials and
local agents Of the railroads ut points
which ordinarily would be considered OF
minor Importance. The trail leads higher
up it Is pretty well established that
there has been an Illicit traffic In forged
car permits and preferential orders not
unlike that which has been rife in the
illicit whiskey traffic conducted through
forged revenue stamps and spurious per-
mits for the removal of liquor from
bond.
In certain instances it has been found
so II Is said. that by the criminal nroc-
eTs fami'iarly known as check raising
the figures on car permits Issued by
authority of the Interstate Commerce
COMMISSION nave DctH lOTEtu 50 ~, 10
add n round 1000 cars 10 the number
authorized in the numerals originally
written. In other cases the investiga-
tors have found indisputable evidence OF
the common use OF false permits and car
assignments. There are said 20 be indl-
cations Of collrslon even In the clerical
force in the office of the Interstate Com
merce Commission itself
All these reports, Mr. Baker asserts IL
is the fixed purpose OF the Department
Of Justice TO investigate thoroughly and
TO sift to the bottom.
"The Interstate Commerce Commission
held n session recently" Mr. Baker said.
"at which reports Involving graft on IN"
part of railroad officials and employee.
were discussed at length and explicit
directions were given by the commission
10 enforce the regulations violated and
20 prosecute all offenders. II appears
that some of these crooks cannot be
reached directly by the Department o.
Justice under the provisions Of the Lever
Act. but that the commission has II
within its power 70 rectify and punish"
Plans TO Expose Graft.
Since the recent. action OF the mine
operators Of the country in Cleveland.
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REBUKES ARMY
MANS REPORT
Presidents Letter Reprimands
Hoboken Inspector for
Impertinence.
III DEFENDS TUMULTY
Official Sought to Press Home
Need of Checking Port
Extravaganza.
III DEFENDS TUMULTY

From correspondence which passed
between the White House and chief
inspector Of army supplies who was
assigned TO the Hoboken piers it ap-
pears that the attention of President
Wilson was directed repeatedly to
waste and misuse of Government prop
erty. 1t also appears that after his
repeated complaints to Secretary Tun-
ulty had proved fruitless, this chief
inspector succeeded in getting direct
to the President n letter in which he
accused Mr. Tumulty of suffering from
"swelled head" and that forty eight
hours later he received n reply from
the President informing him that he
was "unpardonably impertinent.'
This chief inspector was Henry 4.
Hicks, who appears to have made
many enemies among officials at the
Hoboken base because OF his protests
about many things that went on there
He was ousted from his desk in Ho-
boken last March because he had gone
over the heads of certain persons in
about wanton extravaganza.
Reported Hoboken Vandalism.
Copies cf letters which Mr.. Hicks
sent TO Washington. and which were
directed TO the secretary to the Presl-
1ent. contain references TO the destruc-
t,on Of hundreds OF thousands of dol
lars worth of property which the
United States had Installed aboard the
Levia than and of valuable fixtures Of
the Imperator.
They also contain charges 10 the ef-
feet that the Government had been
swindled by various contractors who
had been dealing with the Hoboken
base. and that many OF the persons in
! authority were negligent IN their duties
II was after he had made repeat
complaints OF these matters and had
eespa red of receiving any attention
from the Presidents secretary that Mr.
Hicks finally managed TO get letter "a
the President direct by enclosing 1t in
letter which was addressed by his
ife TO Mrs. Wilson.
Addressing the President az the Com
nanuer in Chief Of the United states
Army. he expressed his best wishes for
rs good health. and stated that hf
hoped that the president hid recovered
sufficiently to give the matter oc which
he had complained his persona! at;cn-
ton lie complained Of Mr.. Tunu.ty'G
allure to, reply to any % his letters
saying. 1T is Pity that some peoples
reads swell"
In conclusion he wrote: Il am not
ised 70 the treatment some political
neelers hand out. and / don't intend as
IN honest, sincere American citizen &c
allow Mr.. Tumulty or any other person
holding n political position to pull tho
wool ever my eyes"
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WEATHER FORECAS'

Fair to-day and tomorrow; slowly risin
temperature; fresh west winds.
Highest temperature yesterday, 50; lowest, 4
Detailed reports will be found Editorial
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Carbon paper at the New Era.
The Ordway new era., 1920-07-23

health. an inspiration to better and
fuller living; strong incentive to
domestic bliss.
Dancing is a contentment coaxer
and crouch dispeller, pain killer
and worry banisher.
Dancing sprinkles healing balm on
heart wounds, rubs wrinkles from
care worn faces and puts the rose hue
of healthy, virile life idto faded
cheeks.
That philosopher was wise who
said. "On with the dance-let Joy be
unconfined."
Dancing is more than an 1easy
movement of the feet Or graceful
swaying of the body on a glistening
floor to syncopatod music. Dancing
produces all the pleasurable sensa-
tions of which the soul is capable. 1t
stirs the best impulses. 1t sets in
perfect synchronized motion the hu-
man machinery. physical and mental,
which makes life worth living.
Cupid turks as often in tho hall
room and the dance hall as in milady's
perlor. Love speaks as eloquently
amid the mystic mazes of the dance
as by the glow of hearth fire or under
spreading trees. or by sad sea waves.
Dancing brings the sexes together
in pleasant formal introductions and
acquaintanceships and points, too,
frequently the rose strewn pathway
to the marriage alter.
Dancing keeps man and wife to-
gether frequently when jars and jolts
OF domestic association might other
wise separatcNthem. This statement
| is borne out by statistics. Adv.
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CARR CROSSING


A nice rain visited this locality
both Thursday and Friday afternoons
DR.. and Mrs Mcconnell and Mr.
and Mrs. VIM. Seaberry attended the
game at Hugo Sunday
A portion of Adobe Valley was Wis
tied by severe hail storm Thursday
afternoon.
chas. Schultz went to Manzanola
Sunday.
Eliza Clay of this vicinity and his
bride Miss Mabel Brooks of Smith
field. Nebr.. arrived here Wednesday
for visit with his folks. They were
given a charivari.
A surprise dance was given at the
home of DR.. and Mrs. Conuel Satur-
day evening.
Harry Foltz had COW killed by
lightning Friday afternoon
The following young folks enjoyed
n picnic lunch under the trees of
Adobe Valley: Misses Iva Bryan,
Stella Gresham. Florence Bailey, Hes
ter Bailey and Messrs. ]. P. and Joe
Mcconnell.
The Karval bali boys played the
Hugo team at Hugo Sunday
Miss Mabel Barns of Sugar City
IS visiting her friend Miss Nellie
Brand.
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again will nnke profitable and
desirable the ownership and operation
Of comparatively small farms Inten-
slveIy cultivated and which will facili-
| tate the caring for the products Of
farm and orchard without the lament
able wnste under present conditions
America would look with anxiety on
the encouragement Of farming act
ivity either through the governments
neglect or Its paralysis by SociaiIstic
practices A Republican administra-
tion will be committed to renewed re-
gard for agriculture and seek the par
tIcipation OF farmers in curing the ills
Justly complained OF and aim to place
the American farm where 1t ought to
he, highly ranked In American activi-
ties and fully sharing the highest good
fortunes Of American life.
Becomingly associated with this sub
ject are the policies Of irrigation and
reclamation so essential to agricultural
expansion and the continued develop
ment of the great and wonderful west.
1t IL our purpose to continue and en-
large federal aid not in sectional par
TALLY but for the good Of all America
believe the budget system Will eff
feet a necessary helpful reformation
and reyenl business methods to govern
ment business.
I believe Federal Departments
should be made more buslness-like and
send back to productive effort thou
sands of federal employees who are
either duplicating work or not essen
tial nt all.
/ believe in the protective thrift
policy and know we Will he calling for
its saving Americnnism again.
| believe in great Merchant Mar
inc. l would have this republic the
leading maritime nation of the world.
| believe In navy ample to protect
II and able TO assure us dependable de-
fense believe In n small army, hut
the best In the world, worth mind
fulness for preparedness which will
avoid the unutterable cost of our pre-
viors neglect.
| believe In our eminence in trade
abroad, which the government should
aid in expanding, both In revealing
markets and speeding cnrgoes. l be-
lieve In establishing standards for i'm
migration. which are concerned with
the future citizenship of the republic,
not with mere mnn-power in industry.
believe that every man who dons
the garb of American citizenship and
wnlks on the light of American op-
portunity, must become American in
heart aud soul.
believe in holding fast to every
forward step in unshnclSling child
labor and elevnting conditions of
woman's employment. l believe the
Federal Government should stamp out
lynchng and remove that stain from
the fair name of America. believe
the Federal Government should give its
effective ed in solving the problem of
ample md becoming housing Of its
citizenship.
/ believe this government should
make its Liberty and Victory Bonds
worth all TINT Its patriotic citizens
pnid In purchasing them believe the
tax burden imposed for the war
emergency must be revised to the
needs OF peace and in the interest Of
iniquity In distribution Of the burden.
I believe the negro citizens of Amer
lea should be guaranteed the enjoy
ment of all their rights that they
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Boxed bond papers for general use
at the New Era.