The Cincinnati Enquirer from Cincinnati, Ohio • Page 1

For Steady Increase in Cost of Foodstuffs. Housewives Failing To Practice Economy, And, Too, Export Trade Has Grown Without Corresponding Production Boost. Health Hoard Fails To Discover Hoarding Or That Profits Are Re- port Says Something 7 Must Be Done. STSCUI. B1STITC T1 TBS SXaOISlS.

New Tork, February 23. Enormous Increase In the exportation of etapl artt- elee of food, without corresponding In crease in production, and tack of Intelligent economy In buying by house- wive, are ascribed by the Department of Health of thla city in a report laaued to-night, ae the chief reaeont for atead-Uy rlalnc price. The department declared "there doea not appear to be any audden or recently eevloped emergency In tha food attuatlon In thla, dty," although there ha been serious rioting la various parta of tha Hty. WB1 Jeopardlss Health. While tha report aaaerta there la "obviously leaa dependency and real need that haa been -common for- many- year put," It alao aaya "It la apparent that en leaa the preeent hlfh prleea of food are reduced or controlled, or aa an alternative the Income of famlllea which now maintain themaelrea en 1800 a year or leaa la Increaaed by ralae of wage or through relief agencies, there will be a constantly Increasing number of people whose health will be jeopardised br their Inability to buy auffldently nourishing food at tha present prices." No financial aid from the city could ameliorate conditions.

It waa said, but en extension of the achool lunch system nd the teaching of Intelligent buying go far to remedy such hardship now exists In famlllea which are living below a food standard which will nalntaln health." Extravagance la Hit. "The well-to-do may contribute considerably In the reduction of the h'gh Price of food." the reporter declared, "by altering habits of carelosneee and extravagance In their homes," figures are presented to show that Increases In exports of staple goods have tanged from 30 per cent In the case of mutton to 1.SW7 per cent In the case of cheese. Enough milk In condensed form a exported from the United States during the past year to supply thla dty 'or two years, according to tha report. "The amount of perishable food held In cold storage plant In thla city la not City To Figtt "Hi Ccsf By Sale of Feedstuff's racuLWriTcs to tsi nwiui "'ore. Ma, rebreary Sfc Sve-t.

tracks ef tee elty deaaree.ta wUI be seat the eeaatry aarreaadlag Baltlsaere gather predaec. la aa atte.pt by the elty to kelp asaask tke eeraers (a feadataffs. reae eeaattes will be visited aad If tke alaa I. tracks will be seat te tfca Bast, era share. Tkls was series ea at a aaeetlag of tke Bear Batlsaatee at Nave rreatoa'e (a.

Spat cash la te ae paid te tke fanaera eat ef tke city's eeaUaareat read riaht ever the elee ef Ike tracks. Potatoes, splaaek aad eaUaa are to ke tke eklef thbsgs saagkt, rear city esspleyeee kave bcea detailed te eaek truck, twa fa dicker with tke farmers aad twe to raa tke track. Tke traeka wlU be raa with tkelr applies te tke elty markets. Mayer Preatea said ke expected ta cat 2 per oral a tke casta ta tke ceax aasscea. As decided ea te-day ta plaaard te llailt the aaaatttlea said ta a barer ta tke a re rase asseaat said weekly ta ae eaeefcelder, te preveal "rt-lag la." The Mayer said' he ex-peeled eaek day le.aet tke aads aald aat ky alskt, ae tkat tke traeka atay ke dlapatcksd tke aext saeralng far aew lets.

Tke dry annals kept tke telepkeae aad telearapk wires fcasy ta-day setting la teach wltk teadiag fanaera la Harford, Baltlaaesw Aaae Araadel aad Maward Caea-ties. Tkere la ssare tkaa anteo available tor stsrtlag tke earn-alga. MEASURES 7. To Guard Its Neutrality Must Be' Taken By Sweden at Once, Minister Declares. Great Incitement Created By Warn ing 30,000,000 Kroner Needed for Military Purposes, STSCIAL CAULS TO TBS BlfOtmaB.

London. February K. In the debet In the Swedish Parliament yesterday, aa re ported in an Exchange Telegraph an patch from Copenhagen, tha Foreign Minuter, K. A. -Wallenberg, declared: that something haa happened In the last few daya which make It necessary for Sweden to take sterner measures to safe guard her neutrality.

Thla declaration, which haa made deep Impression In Sweden, waa elldted by the refusal of the second chamber to rote for an appropriation of 30.006.000 kroner for military purposes. Tha first chamber passed the measure, but when It reached the second chamber 1M votes were oast against It and tn favor of an appropriation of 10,000,000 kroner. Unless there Is some change In the situation the amount will remain at 10,000.000 kroner. Vigorous efforts were made by the Gov ernment to obtain the larger amount. Premier Hammarskjold and the Ministers of War, Finance and Foreign Affair tak ing part In the debate.

In sounding bl warning the Forelan Minister said the opposition would aoon be compelled to admit that the situation was graver for Sweden than ever before. Btockholm newspapers say th declaration of the Foreign Minister created the greatest excitement. The Polltlken, of Copenhagen, aaya the Government will endeavor to bring about a change la the division In a joint session, to be held In a few daya, when both chambers will take a final vote on the proposal. Before that time a secret committee meeting will be held, at which. It la un- unusual, nor Is It more than a reasonable derstood.

Information will be Imparted "rgln for safety. In view of the In reference to the events to which the emergencies of weather and freight de-Bery from a distance." the Department "Kf-Heklth figure do not In-4lcate thai there le any hoarding of food or holding of food for speculative pur-Pose In th'a city." 6ay Profit la Seasonable Be tellers are making no more than a "reasonabla profit." It la aald. "and the between wholesale and retail prices" la rot unusual and represent the Imost Inevitable ooat of distribution. 'n 1173 famlllea Investigated wage were found to be lea, than they were a year go, and In famlllea wage were th ms or higher' than they a year to. In about 10 per cent of the families mor members are at work than there era last year.

In 6M famlHea In which unemployment waa found It waa due to Icanese or physical- unfitness. In l.C! 'mllles there was no complaint of want; to there seemed to be need of and of the latter UTS were re-lvln aid from relief agenelea or friends. Th report continues: "A close analysis at the food bought 'nd used In these families makea It clr that the selection of food Is rather from habit and racial custom than by "crimination or Intelligent choice, the purchaser doea not take advan-even of auch economies as are As for Instance, a family "ton a $10 a week budget la found to indulge in butter at 41 cents a pound, hn the same food value and a better 'illty can be obtained from oleomar- CTTINIJED ON THIBD PAGE. Foreign Minister alluded la his speech. PARDON Is Granted To Ohioan By Governor Hatfield, Tis Said, With Case Still Under Litigation in West Virginia Courts.

srscui. Disritc to tss sxaoisss. Fairmont. W. February IS.

Word received here to-day atated that Governor Hatfield Friday algned the pardon of Le of Cleveland, formerly a Fairmont banker. Race wa tried In connection with tha failure of the Cltliena Dollar Bavlnge Bank, of thla city, and waa aeitenced to aerve seven years In -the penitentiary at Moundsvllle: His attorneys appealed th case and it waa In the Supreme Court on a writ of error. Attorney Harry Shaw, representing Race, returned to-day from Charleston. Governor HatfleKfa term of office ex-ptre. March I.

It th. ofncUJ announcement of th. pardoning will be by the Governor on that day. Attorney Shaw to-night he wa bound under an ntmMZ Governor not to announce he action the Governor had taken, but that he would not deny th. pardon already wa.

signed. ADVANCE Along Wide Front i In France Is Announced in British Report. Germans Yield Ground Along Ancre River. Victory Over Turks Also "Claimed in London. Mercury Falls To Degrees elow Zero In EasW Austrians Repulsed By Italians.

iraci at, cisia to raa sueeissa. London. February is. Important po-sltions along the Ancre were occupied by British troops to-dajf. The official report glvea out her.

to-night announces thit during the last X4 hours the German have continued to yield ground, resulting in a British advance along a wide front The report from British headquart er reads: "During th last It hours th enemy continued to yield ground along the Ancre. Meeting with little opposition, small bodlea of our troops pushed forward on wlds front, occupying Serre village and eevertl other Important points farther east "We successfully raided" positions last evening cast of Vlerstraat (Belgi um), on a front of S00 yards. Our troops remained in Oie Oerman trenches for aa hour. Inflicted heavy casualties, destroyed several dugouts, a mine shaft and three machine guna and captured ES prlsonera and one machine gun. We also entered the nemr's positions during the Bight esst of Ar- mentlerea.

Balder Are Ejected. A hostile raiding party reached our trenches early this morning east' of Ypre Under epver of a heavy bom- i frarvVir rr y- -ilf-ia wn-tr tmmdl4 ately ejected with loss. Tbs enemy blew up a mine this morning east of Ypree. There waa considerable artillery activity again on both aidea of the Somme." The official communication laaued by the Parla War Office to-night reads: "Our artillery waa active the re glon of Le Mort Homme. Our shelling was attended with good results.

Intermittent artillery actlona took place at various points along the front in Lorraine and the Voagee. Quiet pre vailed everywhere else." "Belgian communication: Bomb fighting was resumed "with violence in the region of Steenstraete and Hetsas. The usual artillery actlona took place at dlvera point along the front" South of Tprea and between Armen- tlerea and Arras aevsral advance of th British, sores launched after strong ar tillery bombardment, were repulsed," says to-day' official German report from tha Franco-Belgian front Our thrusting detachmente carried out reeonnolterlng attacks west of Lleden, lit the course of which they penetrated hos tile position taking prisoners and destroying enemy works. Artillery righting; Spirited. "In the Somme sector the artillery fighting waa spirited for a time, particu larly between Sallly and Bouchavesnea 'East of St Mlhlel French enterprises were undertaken without success.

Our own enterprises In the wooded district toward the Moselle resulted In the capture' of 13 men. Near Lusse. on the western slope of the Voeges. Oerman atormlng detachmenta brought back men from French positions. "On Friday night a French airship waa brought down In flame by our defensive fir In the foreat eaat of Baarerben." The semi-official Tranaocean News Bureau, of Berlin, gives a review to-day of tha furious-attacks made yesterday by the French to regain the lost position on Hill 185, south of Ripont In Champagne.

The fact that the French have made repeated attacks at great losses on thla front tend to disprove, according to the newa bureau, the COSTIlTtrED ON BECOND PAQE. U-Boat War Progress Reverts yesterday tald at tke alaklasr at tke fellewlag vessels! Skips. Teaaase. Daralky. British SJJOS lser.

British 1.1a Valeea. British U-iS Frevleasly reported Beak slave rsk. 1, 111 sMss.v.HMW Oread tetsl af Iff skips aad teaaage exeeedlag 97f29 GAMBLING SQUAD BUSY. Forty-Six Caught in Net After fte-' tie of Baida in' Cleraland. aVacUL D1STATCB TO TBS SXQCIBSS.

Clevejsnd, Ohio, February 25. A five-hour clean-up of gambling houaee and disorderly resorts. In a. series of raids personally led 'by Director of Public Safety Sproety, ended at o'olock (hinder morning, with 44 prisoners locked up at police headquarters. The biggest round-up the raiders made were at a cigar store on Woodland avenue, where 23 men were arrested for gambling, and at a coffee house on Bolivar road, where ITenen were arrested oa similar charges.

They broke up all the card taMea and tore down the wooden shutter which barred the windows. Numerous coffee houses on the West Side, others In the vicinity of Bolivar road and cigar store and poolrooms were visited previous to the midnight raid. Evidence against a number of them waa turned over to Police Prosecutor Llnd. AMERICANS On Centurion Are Saved, Vessel Is Sunk By Submarine "After Crew Is Warned. Three British-Ships Are Added To List of Victims of Germany's Undersea Craft SPBCIll.

DISMTCB TO tbs sxgmsu. Washington. February 23 The State Department received from Ambassador Page, at London, to-night, a dispatch reporting the saving of two American sailors when the British sailing sblp Centurion was sunk by "a submarine. The Centurion waev warned and the cctt cm ai art-ta llfanoats The, twa Aimm Iran. Edward I and John Handle, with tha rest of the crew, were at sea In the open boat 19 hour and finally were landed at Falmouth.

The Centurion waa sunk February 10. irsctAL casta, to tbs ifL'issa. London, February 25. The sinking of three vessels was announced to-day. They were: The British steamship lser, 2,100 tons gross.

Tha britlah steamer Dorothy, of I.SOS tons gross. The Dorothy waa built tn 1008 and waa owned In Sunderland. The British steamer The Central Newa Identified the steamer as the Falcon, owned In Cardiff (of 2,243 tone gross aad built In lHlfD, It saya th aur-vlvont will be landed Monday. SERVICES Offered By Suffragists. Twt Million Wtmeo Ready Aid President Wilssa in Time War.

I St'SCJU. OtSTATCM rss BXQC1SSS. Washington. February 25. At a mass meeting to-day addressed by Secretary of War Baker and attended by Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo and Secretary of tha Navy Daniels ten der of the aervlcea of the I.OOe.OOO member of th National American Woman Suffrage Association was made to the President In the event of war.

In a carefully prepared statement an offer of definite war service waa made, the officers carefully atatlng that their pledge went no further than their authority over the 1.000,000 enrolled membera of the association. All women willing to aid the Govern ment will be Hated by a central com- rtion made by mltte wlth hdquartere In Waahing- tha French headquarter that the poel-ton- In th employe! tlon wa only "salient angle." The re-j will be furnished the name and quaii-vlew follows: I ncatlona of women who could enter the French repeated their useless attacks against th lost position oa Bill 185, south of Ripont Become Strong Dramftra. "On Friday morning the French ar tillery began a fire, which increaaed to- farming ward noon and became a strong drumfire garden. munition and other factorlea. A second form of service pledged la education In practical farming, the a-soclatlon proposing to urge women to lean aoll culture in all degrees, from to tbs cultivation of small The ability of the Red Cross between and o'clock.

At 6:28 p. m. to deal with hospital work Is recog- the French launched an attack, but the nlaed in the message, but the suftra- aasallanU who reached th Oerman gists offer their co-operatloa wherever trenches were annihilated. They wen It may be valuable. met by furious fire from rifles and ma- Another offer of aervlca for which chine guna, while aa artillery drumfire women are regarded a available la the work of Americanising foreigner now Impeded the arrival of reinforcements.

Unlt.d "The French wavea were compelled Secretary Baker. In his address, dls- to flow back to their own trenchea cussed the elimination of waste which the with heavy loaaea. At. 10 o-clock the f-urop rTected. "There la people so wasteful aa we are." he next morning the French made another attack.

After a short drumfire new Other epeakera were Mra. Carrie Chsp- eolumns advanced, which were broken CmlU President of the association SHELLS FOR HEAVY FRENCH ARTILLERY. -v vJ 1 -vT ir 4 a. r' --v A conception of the enormous quantity -of big: ammunition required in odent warfare can 'gleaned from these picture brought back from tha front in France. Above la a upp ly of big- ahelfa stored at a French 'railroad aiding.

Below, laborers can be seen loading- them into cars or the firing- line before Verdun. ACCIDENT. Fatal To Edwin Gould. Son of Railroad President Is Kiljed hen Coon Hunting, Shotgun la Discharged as Youth Attempts To Untree Quarry on Father's Island. sraciat.

isrTc to tbs bxqoissb. Brunswick, February 15. Edwin Gould, 11 years old, aon of Edwin Gould, President of the St Louis Southwestern Railway, waa accidental killed when near Jekyl Island, a winder resort near here, last night Toung Gould, with a companion, wa on a coon-hunttng trip While punching at a coon with a shotgun th gun accidentally waa discharged and Gould waa ahot Ha died within 10 minute Gould and his brother, Frank Miller Gould It, who la a few years hla Junior, were the only two children of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Gould.

Had he lived he would, have fallen heir to the1 eaat wealth of hi father, which la estimated at considerably more than 110,000,000. He was a grandson of th late Jay Gould, railroad builder and financier. Visitors at Jekyl Island were shocked when they learned thla morning of the accidental death of the young scion of wealth. Toung Gould, together with Noyea Reynolds, a tutor for the children of Tracy Dows, had left the laand late Saturday afternoon In a canoe for Latham's Hammock, a small island two mile distant, which la owned by the elder Gould and where the young Mien had set trapa for coona which Infest the marshes thereabout. Arriving at Latham's, ths young men went Immediately to one of their traps and found that It aome game.

It waa while trying to untree their quarry that the accident occurred. Reynolds, erased by grief at his companion's death, called In vain for assistance. Finally he tried to drag the body to th boat but from aheer exhaustion and excitement gave up the attempt He then decided to return alone and give the alarm. In the darknesa he fell overboard, but finally reached the boat Long before he reached the pier at Jekyl Island his cries were heard and assistance sent to him. A launch was made ready and ths body of young Mr.

Gould was recovered taken to Jekyl Island at 11 o'clock last night It was brought to Brunswick this morning. Abroad the Gould private car Dixie the body left Rrunawlck at 1:41 o'clock this afternoon for New Tork. Edwin Gould, th fatber of th young man, waa at Dr. Anna Howard Bhaw. Honorary Presl- i 8t- Augustine at the time of the ac-dent- and Mra Harriet Taylor Upton, of cldent and will Join the body ea route Ohio.

north. HUSBAND'S PAY FQJfp DIET a a-utveui euis DUjr, BUU sara. kas Tries To End Life. sracui. BisrsTca re tbs bkquibii.

Cleveland, Ohio, February X. Shortage of 15 cent th contents of the pay envelope of John Farka when be turned It over to hla wife Busle started a quarrel, police say. which resulted In aa attempt at suicide by the woman this morn-lng. Tha argument started when Farka reached his home. 8034 Grand avenue, much later on Saturday night than his usual time of returning from work and turned hi weekly pay over to hla wife.

It eoatlnuod until after midnight and a few hours later Mrs, Farkaa, who Is 45 years old, 'swallowed a quantity of lya. Physicians at Luke's Hospital ear the woman's condition Is serious. AVALANCHE Kills Fifteen Miners. Xine Bodies Recovered After Bindings in Idaho Are Demolished By Snowslide. srsciAt, DisrATca to rss snQctast.

Boise. Idaho, February 15. Aa avalanche swept down on the buildings of the North Star Mine. 11 miles northeast of Halley, Idaho, early to-day. demolishing the compressor house, warehouse and bunk house, and smothering and crushing the sleeping men in the now and debris.

The bodlea of nine miners had been recovered to-night six were missing and probably dead, and fifteen were Injured, some seriously. Among the In jured Is Thomas Jay, mine The Fjderal Mining 'and Smelting Company, owner of the mine, bad a oree of men engaged In recovering the dead. Possibility of finding any of the victims alive waa minimised by the danger of precipitating a second slide across the canyon, and all rescue crews were ordered" to stop their work late Immediately upon receiving newa of the disaster a special train conveying physicians and workers waa run from Halley to Gimlet from where the party ta obliged to travel six miles to the mine la sleighs. The Injured men were brought to Gimlet Station In aleighs, and from there were taken to Halley on the train. It Is.

reported that three of thla number are aeverely Injured. SLIGHT! ntPBOVED. St I.ouls. February' 2.V The condition of Mme. Schumann-Meink, the 'operatic contralto, who sustained two broken rlbii In a taJtlcab accident Friday night, is slightly Improved, physician announce.

When Wreckage Burns. Seventeen Horses, Valued at $71,000, Are Killed In Freight Crash Near Bristol, Penn. Flames Envelop Cars, Causing Loss of $175,000. srscui. sisraTcs To raa bmocisbs.

Bristol. February 25. Four men lost their lives, throe being burned to death; three were Injured, IT horses were killed, nine cars buraed and 80-odd car, both express and freight loaded with perishable food being rushed to relieve the famine of food In th cities, were de stroyed as the result of what is con ceded to be the worst wreck which ever occurred -on the New York Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, a mil and a half east of here, early thla morning. Th killed: WILLIAM KING, of Wilmington, Del, fireman. TOM LONG.

THOMAS BURRitHJ. HARRT DUNLAP, Willlamaport, horseman, The Injured: WILLIAM HL'LIHAN. THOMAS RANK. PATRICK HATES. Shortly after 2 e'duva a freight train westbound oa track No.

1 was halted by one of the cars having a broken axle At 2:49 o'clock a special Adams Hxprssa bound from Phllsdeiphia to New, Terk crashed Into the freight ear with the broken axle as It fell over onto track No 2, In front of the express going East The heavy ev.es Jammed up, and the engine wa thrown serosa the four mala track and car after car plied op In a heap. The wreckage took Are and within the fraction of a secor.i the entire mass was ablase. Bristol firemen were summoned and with the four eompanlea of the department responding fought the flames for 10 hourw Behind the engine the Ad am a Ex press special was a car filled with aix horses, all racers, except a pony. Th horses were In charge of W. T.

Hull- han and consigned to H. H. Wllaon. Madlaon Square Garden. New Tork City, where they were to be exhibited and offered for sale i'ueeday.

Tha horses killed were valued at $71,000. Included In the lost ajirtmals are ataln R. A. Green, Little Jewel and Hell Chord, with records of and 1:114 respectively. Carloads of fruit food supplies and clothing were spilled over the rails for a distance of hundreds of varda.

Bev-eral carloads of print paper were destroyed. The lore Is estimated at At 1:10 p. m. two traeka were cleared and traffic partially resumed. WEATHKR Rain mid rolcW tjayi Tuesday nilirll rolilcr.

Temperature yesterday: Maximum, 60; minimum, 27. Weather Bi ir ea raaee Mil v. CONSOLING! Reasons Are Given MONDAY MORNING, FEBIlUAliY 2G, 1917 PKICE FIVE CENTS DANGER Of Further To Force Extra Sessic: of Congress Exists. Leaders, However, ay ItMayBe Avoided, As Result of Truce Enled Filibustering Stone Voices Regrc! Over Fall's Action In Urging Use of Armc Forces By President; Wilson Must Be Heard From Before Senate Takes Next Step Many Bills Are Doomed. srscui, tarTca to tbs Washington, February 15.

With the Republicaa filibuster la the Senate agalnat revenue legislation broken la's last sight after one ef the roost tempestuous sessions of recent year, the Sixty-fourth Congress to-morrow wtl enter upon the last week of Its official existence, still facing extraordinary legislative congestion. Republicaa leaders who bad threat ened to defeat the emergency revenue btU ky dilatory tactics agreed to a flnal ot on the ateasnre next Wsdassdar algbt wbea eoarreated wltk the Democrat te determlaatka held tkat Senate la coatlwaoaa sassiest, agf ad farther s)ru to fan an extra see leal aa aat disai'a-eared, however, for seen of the astaarlty rasi.t th President shea Id be farced ta summon tbs Slxty-gfth Cewgraas to ke en band for eventualities to tke European crisis. Jf Aroid th sTecosalty. 1 When th Republican mad pea With th desperate majority over the 1400,000.000 revenue and bond bill and agreed that appropriation measures might be considered by unanimous con sent between bow and Wednesday night aome of the minority leaders frankly confessed th belief that th action would avoid necessity or an extra Among Senators who held thla view was Senator Smoot acting minority leader. Senators Lodge and Borah and others would not concede this, although they admitted circumstances might develop during the week which would clear the altuatlon materially.

Administration Isadora, notwith standing the possibility of further obstructive tactics Interfering with the great army and navy appropriation measures and th Sunday civil appro priation bin, were Jubilant to-day over th breaking of the revenue filibuster and expressed conviction that all difference yet to aria may be Ironed out In the strenuous closing hours of the session. Believe Wilson Will Appear. Whether President Wilson la to ad dress Congress before adjournment on the relations between the United States aad Germany tha Democratic leaders In both Houses frankly state they do not know. Many of them expect he will, but do not profess to know what he will ask. Aa Indication of the feeling of some of the Republicans following the heated discussion yesterday of their complaints of lack of forceful action on the part of the Government to pro tect American shipping Interests against tha German submarine blockade came In th Introduction of a bill by Senator FalL of New Mexico, which would authorise the Preeldent to use the armed forces of ths nation to protect the commerce, property and lives of cltlsens ef tha United States, it waa aubmltted la a moment of Demo cratic napping and took Administra tion Senators by surprise.

Senator Stone, Chairman of the For eign Relations Committee, voiced regret that any Senator ahould have ln-troduced It and Insisted It be t- ferred to the committee. Whether anything will come from the resolution Is doubtful, as Administration leaders will do nothing with i-untll the President is heard from the issue. There is certain to be father discussion, howsver, before i.