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Newspaper Page TextMI anta S ent i - Wtfcln SwoaL VOL. IX WOMAN IS BOUND ON ' STOVE; IS SLOWLY TORTURED TO DEATH Mrs. Van Zandt’s Clothing Is Also Saturated With Oil, Po lice Say-Seek Girl As Im portant Witness WOMAN’S HUSBAND IS PLACED UNDER ApREST (Special Dispatch to The Journal.)/ CINCINNATI. Jan. ». Detectives Rueftlein knd Pflug are searching for a girl said to live in Covington. Ky.. and who is wanted by the police as a witness to tell what she knows about the mur der of Mrs. Alice Van Zandt, aged 34. at her home. No. 634 Richmond street. The girl is said to be one known to the family and knows much about the family life of the Van Zandts. The victim had been bound and placed on top of the stove to be slowly tortured to death by the tiny flame of a gas stove. Two small bottles of oil were found in the Kitchen and the police say the clothing had been saturated in oil. About her ankles was wrapped several thicknesses of heavy lace, and there was a heavy piece of cloth tied about her throat. Her body was burned to a crisp. One arm was completely burned off. \ There was a tourniquet about the wom an's throat. It had been crudely made of a piece of lace and a stick. It was tightened about the throat. Deputy Coroner Bange began an in quiry into the death of Mrs. Van Zandt at the morgue at 2:36. He declared short ly after an examination of the body had been made that the woman had been choked by a tourniquet. A handkerchief, it was declared, was used to-strangle the womMn. Mrs. Anna Garner, who lives at 632 Richmond street, next door to the mur dered woman's house, heard a scream in /the Van Zandt home about 11 o'clock Sat urday. She rushed in. but was driven out x of the place by the thick smoke and the odor of burning flesh. HUSBAND IS ARRESTED. Jesse A- Van Zandt, husband of th woman and depot agent of the United States Express company was taken to the central police station shortly after the * woman's body was found, and is now be ing questioned. <3eorge Van Zandt, a son of the murder ed woman, told the police shortly after the body was found that his mother and father had been quarreling. About 31 minutes before Mrs . Van Zandt was talking to Agnes Fox aged 15. a girl living tn the neighborhood She said she was going in to prepare dinner. Shortly after that Mrs. Garner saw smoke issuing from the kitchen, but when she tried to enter the kitchen she t found all of the doors locked. She screamed for help an<T ran to the streets. There she met Fred. Rice, a mall carrier. "Mrs' Van Zandt ’is burned to death!" shouted Mrs. Garner. Rice rushed into the Van Zandt home. . The heavy smoke rolled through the door and drove him back. Crawling along on'his stomach below the pall of smoke. Rice managed to get to the kitch en. He saw the body of Mrs. Van Zandt lying across the gas stove. The woman's two children. Anna May t and George, were taken to the children's home Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Van Zandt was the mother of ' three children. Van Zandt left home at 10 o’clock Saturday according to a statement of George Van Zandt, the young son. Van Zandt was at the depot whbn he received the news that his home was on • lire, and he arrived home at 11 o'clock. He wal'-ed into the kitchen ujid asked ' if his wife was dead. He refused to make any kind of statement to the po lice. and was immediately taken to cen ■ tral police station where he was ques tioned before Chief Millikin. CONSCIOUS ON STOVE. Mrs. Van Zandt was fully conscious when she was placed on the stove, after being bound and eagred and her clothing with oil." declared Coroner Coe at the conclusion of his post-mortem ex amination of the woman's body. ' *-i is the most atrocious murder ever committed in this part of the country." The post-mortem developed nothing to show-that the woman had been choked or wounded before she was burned. There was a congestion of the lungs, but that » was due. the coroner thinks, to the fire and smoker and not to choking. The police found an oval scarf pin In which an Indian head had been cut in cameo. They are trying to ascertain iti ownership. A family named Johnson on the thiru floor and another by the name of R:ek hoff on the second floor, said that they had heard nothing of any quarrel be tween the couple. although at various times they h-»d had little tiffs. Agnes Fox. who Is 14 years of age. and who lives at 634 Richmond street, said: . "I saw Mrs. .Van Zandt about 20 min utes before the alarm. I had the baby In the alley and took it in my arms. Mrs Van Znr.dt then said don’t do that.* and I put the baby down. Mrs. Van Zandt seemed to be very down hearted." C. A. Titus, agent for the United States Express company, where Jesse A. Van Zandt was employed, said that Van Zandt has been engaged as a handier of express matter at the Union Central depot for some time and was always regarded as an industrious man. "Were bis habits good?" ■So far as 4 know." "When did he last report for work?" “He has not been at his job since last Tuesday or Wednesday.* I think it wab Tuesday. He left word that he was not feeling well and that he would not ba around for a few days. No. he was not discharged. " “OLD FRIENDS” SOUGHT BY BANDS OF SLEUTHS Informal Convention of Detec tives Will Be Heid During Mardi Gras NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 31.—Detectives from practically all the largest cities of the country will gather in New Orleans for the Mardi Gras season, it was an nounced by the local chief of detectives, today. "We are likely to meet some of our old friends," said one of the vanguard of sleuths. “The average criminal is bound to seek a little diversion and it is possible that many of them will take the carni val season here to combine busin<*»s with pleasure-" / CAMPAIGN BEGUN TO STOP FUTURES ON FARM PRODUCTS Eighteen Members of Con gress Pledge Aid to President Barrett in Efforts to Outlaw Speculation FRIENDS WILL START ENDLESS CHAIN OF AID WASHINGTON, Jan. 29—At a confer ence tonight at the National hotel between the executive committee of the Farmers’ union and 18 members of congress initial steps were taken to outlaw gambling in farm products. The congressmen present not only pledged their support to the movement, but agreed to enlist the sup port of others. It was agreed that each of the 18 should see at least two other members of congress within the next three days. Another conference will be held next Thursday night when the executive com mittee will hear reports. In the mean time other congressmen will be interview ed and put to work, and in this way an endless chain of supporters will be estab lished. LIST OF CONGRESSMEN. The congressmen present at tonight’s conference were Livingston. Bartlett, Howard. Adamson. Bell, Hughes and Ed wards, of Georgia; Heflin, of Alabama. Candler, Sisson, Dixon and Collier, of Mississippi; James, of Kentucky; Beall, of Texas; Webb, of North Carolina. President Charles S. Barrett, of Geor gia. presided over the conference and act ed as spokesman for the union. Other farmers present were Alex Davis, assist ant national secretary. Texas; national committeemen. John Grady, Kentucky; W. A. Morris, Alabama; 8. L. Wilson, Mississippi; A. C. Shuford, North Car olina, and O. F. Dorn blazer. Texas. Oth ers present, Hon. T. J. Brooks. Tennes see; B. F. Ward. Jr., editor of the offi cial organ of Mississippi, from Jackson; M. B. Tapp. Kentucky, member of the state executive committee of the state; J. J. Robinson, LaFayette. Ala,; W. W Mevers, president state union, Wheatland. Ind. HEARING BY COMMITTEE. It was agreed that all the congress men present should attend the hearing on February 9 before the agricultural com mittee. when the legislation to prohibit gambling in farm products will be con sidered. The congi essmen were impressed with the fact that the faimers knew what they want and they were likewise im pressed with the knowledge that they have adopted a practical way of getting it soon. President Barrett heard the exc pressions of every statesman in atten dance. and a record of every word that was uttered w«s taken in shorthand. The union proposes to disseminate this infor mation amo ig the fanner. It is th-’r pur pose to sound every representative and serfs!or in congress ai>l pub’ish to the world his position on this question. “We are keeping a recor I of this thing •that will make the Congressional Record look like an old woman’s almanac,’> Presi dent Barrett informed the congressmen. "We are here to stay until we get thia legislation considered, and we propose to leave no stone unturned in this fight." TO SEND SPECIAL MESSAGE. Congressman Livingston, who was first to address the conference, pledged his hearty support, and added that he under stood President Taft would send a special message to congress, urging such legis lation, notwithstanding that his brothe - ls attorney for the New York cotton ex change. He then reviewed the details of the corporation commissioners’ report on the New York exchange. Livingston said that it had cost him about 3600 to get any information about the exchange. He in vested his money In cotton, he said, just to learn the "modus operand!” and lost it. Judge Bartlett voiced his hearty sympa thy with the ,proposed legislation and provoked applause by his glowing trib ute to the serllng worth of President Bar rett, a citizen of his congressional dis trict. Congressmen Howard, Hughes, Ed - wards. Bell and Adamson expressed their eagerness to lend assistance in the move ment to wipe out cotton exchanges. President Parrett and members of the executive committee, are much encour aged over the outlook. It is regarded as practically certain that a bill embodying the principle for which the union is fight ing will be reported to the house at this session. The systematic campaign that has been inaugurated argues well for Its success, not only in the house but in the senate. PRIMARIES IN HART TO BEJELD IN APRIL Three Counties Will Vote for State Senator Instead of by Rotation Plan HARTWELL. Ga., Jan. 31.—The Demo cratic executive committee met in the court house Saturday and set the days for | holding the county primaries on April 1 I and April 8,191 u. the committee declaring jln favor of double primary. From the outlook it seems that the field will be full of candidates. , A mass meeting was held just before the committee met and elected delegates to the convention in Lavonia to deter mine which county is entitled to the sena tor the next time, Stephens or Habersham county. A resolution was offered, which was unanimously passed, asking that the convention in Lavonia pass such rules as may be necessary allowlng/the voters of the district to vote for the candidates who seek the nomination, which does not change the rotation plan, but allows the entire district to have'a voice in selecting I the nominee. MOORE STARTS TERM OF EIGHT YEARS Colquitt Man to Serve Prison Sentence in Laurens County Convict Camp MOULTRIE. Ga.. Jan. 31.—Rich Moore, who shot anti killed R. F. Webb, about one year ago. has just been taken to Laurens county to serve out a sentence of eight yearp. Moore was tried for mur der at the April term. 1909. of the su perior court, and a verdict of manelaugh •ter was found by the jury. The case win ,esrried to the supreme court, but a new ; trial refused. Moore was first assigned to Colquitt county, to work out his time, but as I tins county has no preparation for work iing white men. made arrangements for bis transfer to Laurens county. PARIS STRUGGLES TO REPAIR DAMAGE WROUGHT BY FLDDD f _____ Waters 'Recede Slowly, but Hope Is Felt--Authorities Shore Up Underground Workings PREPARE TO CLEAN AND DISINFECT CITY (By Associated Press.) PARIS, Jan. 31.—From midnight until noon today the subsidence of the river Seine averaged only one-third of an inch an hour. The weather, however, contin ued favorable, with a rising barometer. The temperature was slightly lower. The recession of the waters in some of the streets was noticeable during the fore noon. The situation at critical points was ameliorated to a considerable extent to day, notably in the neighborhood of the St. Lazare station. The engineers now hope to be able within a few days to shore up the underground workings and so prevent the collapse of streets and buildings, which has appeared Imminent for several days. Beginning this morning the authorities concentrated their efforts on the restora tion of the crippled public services, the repair of telegraph, cable and tjte tele phone lines and the re-establishment of the now demoralized railroad communi cation. There is no prospect of restoring the electric light and power systems this week. Preparations have been perfected for cleansing and disinfecting the city. President Roux, of the Pasteur institute, in conference with other experts, has decided upon a series of measures which will lie carried out by the sanitary of ficials. The principal danger is consider ed to be from the polluted water supply. The health authorities have caused a house-to-house canvass to be made, warning the occupants against re-occu pying flooded rooms until the apartments have been disinfected. By the same method instructions are given that water must be boiled before used. As the de posits of mud left by the waters are removed from the houses, quicklime will be plentifully applied and the floors and walls. cleaned and whitewashed or painted. Dr. Debovo, dean of the medical facul ty of the Academy of Medicine, was comparatively optimistic today. He says that the pest of malarial diseases which enter the blood through the respiratory organs can be avoided. The principal danger is from typhoid, the germs of which may be received through the di gestive channels if impure water is drunk. It was officially announced that the to tal fall of the river up to noon was*two feet. The sidewalk at the corner of the Rue Caumartln and the Rue St. Lizare fell into the subway today. No one was in jured. PUBLIC PRAYERS RECITED. The reciting of public prayers continues in the churches. Yesterday the image of St. Genevieve, patron saint of Paris, was carried in solemn procession through the afflicted districts on the left bank of the Seine. Messages of sympathy and financial contributions from abroad, are still ptour ing in. Among the numerous sums ca bled direct from the United States were >20,000 from the Standard Oil company, , 310,000 from Speyer & Company and $5,000 i from Frank J. Gould. 1 The Gil Blas today proposes that the i municipality have a medal to be called [ the “medal of Paris” struck for bestowal , upon flood heroes. Armed detachments, of the military will I be held in the inundated districts within I and outside the city Until normal condi tions are restored and to prevent pillag ing. The fluvial department estimates that >t will be two weeks before the Seine has returned to its normal state. CHASE CRIMINALS IN BOATS. Excitement rowboat chases after crim inals on the outskirts of the city occurred last night. Several times the Apaches weru 1 tired upon by their pursuers, three were I shot dead and two others were hanged from lamp posts as warnings. The women of the French nobility arc planning an important part in the work of relief. .f is predicted that there will be a further fail of 16 inches in the Seine by noon tomorrow. The Marne has dropped three feet from its crest at Chalifert and the Seine has [ receded equally at Montereau. The Yoni& i remains stationary. No Danger of Collapse Os Building Masterpieces '• PITTSBURG, Pa., Jan. 31.—The alarm that\any of the great architectural mas terpieces In Paris are in danger of col -1 lapse is wholly unfounded, according to the long distance view of E. K. Morse, president of the Engineers’ Society of Western Pennsylvania, and chairman of the Pittsburg flood commission. He has had no little experience with floods in the Ohio valley. "Every city between Pittsburg and Cairo,” he said, "is flooded on an aver age from once to thrice a year. Pitts burg has often seen a 32-foot rise, and Cincinnati a 72-foot rise. In 1884 I sailed into Marietta, Ohio, in a steamboat when the water was up to the second floor of every building in the main portion of the I city. Yet none of our cities have col- I lapsed. When a modest brick dwelling , will not succumb to annual floods it is ‘ preposterous to believe that buildings 1 like the Louvre, Notre Dame and Pan ! theon are in any danger. They are mas | terpieces of construction,.so strong as to : be considered wasteful in these days, i There are no better engineers in the world than the French bridge and struc tural engineers." River Rises at Rouen i ROUEN, France, Jan. 31.—The river Seine continued to rise here today. ASKS 10-CENT GIFTS TO FIGHT U. S. STEEL NEW YORK. .Jan. 31.—1 n a circular which is being sent out today from the national headquarters of a dozen labor organizations, the 5.000,000 members of labor unions and farmery’ granges throughout the United States are formal ly asked by Samuel Gompers to con tribute 10 cents each to fight the United States Steel Corporation. Mr. Gompers says that the unions are acting "in self defense and in protection of the American standards of life and '* American institutions." • ATLANTA, GEORGIA. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1910. _ F _—-- r EE L — r " 1 irV jrA ik a 2 «•/ BUIEHTON LIMITED DISHES INTO DEPOT 8 Killed, 30 Hurt-Three Cars Are Hurled Into Station Near London LONDON, Jan. 29.—One of the most se rious railway accidents in England since the disaster to the steamer train at Salis bury, in July, 1906. when many Americans lost their lives, occurred at Stoats Nest station, near London, on the London and Brighton railway this afternoon. Eight dead and about 30 injured were taken from the wreck. Two third-class cars and a Pullman of a trkain from Brighton, traveling at a sped of 40 miles an hour, crashed into the station. The third-class cars were com pletely wrecked, Aid a part of the build ing was demolished. The Pullman was thrown violently into the air. but was comparatively' little damaged. Its passen gers escaped with minor injuries. Robert J. Wynne, the former American consul general at London, who was in the Pull man, escaped uninjured and helped to as sist the wounded. One account says that the wreck was due to the derailment of a portion of the train and another that it was due to the breaking of the coupling between the first and second-class cars. The two third-class cars reared almost on their ends and toppled over on the platform, bringing down a mass of iron girders and timbers from the station with a tre mendous crasn. Doctors, ambulance detachments and boy scouts with stretchers soon appeared. The critically injured were taken to a local hospital, while the others were brought to Ixmdon. THEATRE IN f’ANIC - OVER A RACE RIOT Negro Patron and Usher Fight Over Seat-Innocent Man Mob’s Victim CHICAGO, Jan. 31.—A quarrel at the Folly theatre, a burlesque house, last night, between a negro patron and an usher over a seat ticket precipitated a ' race war that threw the audience into a panic and ended in an attempt at lynch ing on the part of a mob of men and boys. After the police Lad broken up the riot it was discovered by the leaders of the mob that the man they attacked was : not the one who had quarreled with the I usher. The victim, whose name is Wil- I Ham Bailey, was mistaken for the o£- i fender. Bailey escaped with his life through the active use of clubs by a dozen policemen. Before he was rescued the mob had cut his head open and so severely trampled him that he was taken to the emergency hospital. In the scrimmage to get out of the theatre after the trouble started sev eral women fainted and the clothes of many persons were torn. MILLION TO BE GIVEN NASHVILLE COLLEGES | WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.—One million [dollars probably will be given certain edu- I cational institutions at Nashville. Tenn.. [ by the board of trustees of the Peabody Educational union at a meeting to be held here this afternoon. A similar .amount has been promised by the city of Nashville, the county of Davidson and the state of Tennessee. The gife will mean the establishment of the George Peabody Senool for Teachers at Nash ville. J. P. Morgan and Richard Olney arc an.ong the members of the board who aro expected to attend the meeting. The board has in its custody a fund left by George Peabody in 1877. The original gift was $3,000,000. THE MEAT “BOYCOTT MEASLES” UMCLE SAM AND C. ».» X HOPE AX.X. OF THEM CATCH XT. BRITISH ELECTION VICTORY FOR IRISH / Second Budget Will Contain, It Is Said, Concessions in Reduction of Spirit Taxes LONDON, Jan. 29.—The week close;' with the Liberals in better heart as a result of their gradually swelling total. They emphasize, the fact that with the Laborites the government's purely Brit ish majority will be 40. The fact that Premier Asquith and Chancellor Lloyd- George are taking a brief holiday, after a short conference today, is further re assuring to the ministerialists, who <ee in this an evidence of harmony in the cabinet. It is notable also that the more mod erate opinion, which a few days ago echoed the conservative suggestions of a conference on the subject of the house of lords, has now come into line, the ex tremists declaring that it is the govern ment’s first duty to pass the budget at once and then take up he matter of the lords. There is no question that the ploughing of sajids by the introduction of legislation would likely be barren of results. At the same time it is hinted that the second budget, which is due to be presented im mediately the first is passed, will con tain concessions to the Irish in the re duction of spirit taxes, and to the im perialists by an increase in the navy for, which probably $25,000,000 will be voted. The Unionists are confident that the government will be plunged into difficul ties from the outside, by the Laborites, who are certain to reintroduce their "right to work” bill, which was rejected by the government in the last parlia ment. Moreover, the debate of the ad dress is likely to be very animated. A host of amendments already is foreshad owed, including the home rule and fiscal questions. The latter, however, is likely to be in the background, so far as parliament is concerned, although an'active propagan da will be continued in the constituen cies. The warmest fight in the new par liament will be on the veto bf the house of lords, which, all are agreed will precip itate a new election within a few months. TELLS HEBREWS TO GO SOUTH AND WEST “Distribute Over the Country; Don’t Concentrate,” Jacob Schiff’s Advice NEW YORK, Jan. 31.—“ Distribute over the country; don't concentrate,” is Jacob H. Schiff’s advice to Jews, made public through the Young Men’s Hebrew asso ciation of this city. "It is true,” continued the banker, "that this country yet has room, and a profit able living for two or three million more Jews, but we don’t want them to settle where congestion will militate against their making a living. We want to fa cilitate their going away from New York. In the west and south there are bound less opportunities.” ALLEGED^SCHOOL “FADS” SCORED IN SERMON Columbus Minister Says Fools and Philosophers Are Not in Same Class COLUMBUS, Ga., Jan. 31.—4 n an able sermon at St. Luke churc*> yesterday. Dr. Bascom Anthony, the pastor, paid his re spects to the "fads" in the public schools of Georgia, declaring that the philoso pher and the fool had Ho business in the same class. In other words, he objected seriously to the efforts on the part of the public schools to make the same thing out of every child, regardless of the talents it might possess, and he spoke out plainly his views on the numerous "fads" which bad recently crept ln|o the schools. "0, WHIT'S THE USE?” - WOMM DM FITIL DOSE Mrs. Rosa Young Tried Twice Before She Succeeded in j Ending Her Life Frustrated in her first attempt to take her own life by the quick action of her friend and companion, Mrs. Rosa Young, wife of William H. Young, night trouble man for the Georgia Railway and Elec tric company, managed to evade her watchful friend, secured a second deadly poison, a dose of which resulted in her death at 9 o’clock Saturday night. In her home at 738 Marietta street, shortly alter the evening meal on Sat urday, Mrs. Young, who was 31 years of age and very pretty, attempted to kill herself by drinking a bottle of oxalic acid. Miss Ruby Stokeley. a life-long fri<id of Mrs. Young’s, who for the past two weeks has been staying w*ith the family, saw her raise the bottle to her lips. ' Miss Stokeley quickly jumped from her I seat and seized the bottle. A short but desperate struggle followed, Miss Stoke ley finally gaining possession of the pois l on, which she threw in the fire. “SO, WHAT’S THE USE?” Seeing that the attempt was futile Mrs. Young cried out to her friend: "It’s no use for you to try to stop me. I will end my own life and do it tonight. I will never be well again so i what’s the use of trying to live.” [ Miss Stokeley then attempted to deter the young woman from her course and finally succeeded in quieting her. In a I few minutes Mrs. Young suggested that they walk down to W. T. Brown’s grocery store and make some purchases. Miss Stokeley consented and together they went to the store. After making her pur ■ chases Mrs. Young requested her com i panion to excuse her for a few momenta as she wanted to use the telephone. When Mrs. Young failed to return in a few minutes Miss Stokeley frantically rushed to the nearest drug store, tne Red Cross Pharmacy. Clerks reported that Mrs. Young had not been there dur ing the evening. Miss Stokeley then told I them not to sell Mrs. Young any medi cines without a prescription. This was piomised and the young woman returned to the Young home. She found Mrs. Young seated in a chair in her room. She did not appear ill and Miss Stokeley aid not refer to her attempt to commit sui [ cide. In a few minutes Mrs. Young became violently ill. Still she said that she had not taken poison, and managed to disrobe herself, going Immediately to bed. In a few minutes her condition became criticaT*and Miss Stokeley phoned for a physician. The Grady hospital was then called and the ambulance quickly re sponded, but Mrs. Young was dead be fore it arrived. j It is not known exactly what kind of 1 poison Mrs. Young used in the success ful attempt. Her end came very peace fully, according to a statement given a Journal reporter by Miss Stokeley. She did not appear to be in any pain. i Miss Stokeley stated that her friend was despondent on account of continued ill health. About a week ago she had an operation performed and while it was partially successful she ijad never re gained her full strength and believed that she would never be well again. HOME LIFE WAS IDEAL. Mrs. Young's home life, according to her friend, was ideal. She was the moth er of a 12-year-old son. Lester Lee Yeung, and there was absolutely no fric tion in the family. It was more than an hour after her death that her Jiusband. who was at his work, learned that she had passed away. Many efforts to locate him were made by friends of the family and physician, but at the time of her death he was out work ing on a derailed car. The funeral arrangements will be an nounced later. Mrs. Young is survived by her husband and a 12 years of age. The coroner will hold an inquest this morning at 10 o’clock at the undertaking parlors of Greenberg, Bond & Bloomfield. CONGRESS TO PRDDE HIGH OUST OF LIVING; FIRST MOVE MODE Ways and Means Committee Authorizes Payne and Clark to Prepare Resolution Pro- 1 viding for Inquiry WOMEN OF AMERICA TO JOIN IN CRUSADE t Packers’ Counsel Before Grand Jury ♦ * ♦ - CHICAGO. Jan. 31.—The federal ♦ ♦ grand jury today resumed its inves- ♦ tigatlon into the methods of the ♦ . j ♦ so-called "beef trust." Ralph ♦ ♦- Crews, general counsel for the Na- ♦ ♦ tional Packing company, was the ♦ -e first witness. ♦ ♦ Three managers ar.d or e clerk of ♦ ♦ Swift & Co. were subpenaed ♦ to appear later in the day. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦■»♦»♦»»♦ •'By Associated Press. 1 WASHINGTON. Jan. 3L-Foreshadow ing an investigation by congress of lhe high cost of living, teh house ways and means committee today authorized Chair- jr man Payne and Representative Clark, the majority and minority leaders in the house, to collaborate in the preparation of a resolution providing for such inquiry and defining the form of procedure. Women in New York Meet To Launch Great Crusade NEW YORK. Jan. 31.—Neither the anti meat campaign nor the general crusaaa fcr a low. ring of the high cost of liv ing showed any signs of exhaustion to day. . A v.< men’s mass meeting, pos*pon yl from Saturday on account of the storm, is to be held this afternoon in Madison square. Tcnight mee.l igs of the ••'.uh women will be held to help push the pos tal card campaign which the Gotham club, under the direction of the presi dent. Mrs. Anita Comfort Brooka, has inaugurated. The cards are already in wide circula tion, going to all parts pf the country • and making direct personal appeals upon the recipients to stop .using meat. Prepa rations were under way, was announc ed today, to have the Federation of Women’s clubs of America take up at its convention here next Friday a con certed movement to ask every woman in th' country to send a post card to President Tatt requesting him fc take ' measures against monopolistic control of 1 meat prices. Quotati(4is for all foodstuffs ntld atndt [stationary today. Retailers »re showing j a strong distx,sit:on to resis* further I cuts. Dimlr'shlng shipments are help ing the dealers to this Regulate Storage Plants CHICAGO. Jan. 31.—Aiderman Dennis J. Egan will present to the City council tonight an ordinance prohibiting the cold storage men from keeping their supplies more than 60 days. Egan dele res that , the cold storage places are used to heap up foodstuffs and cause what seems to be a scarcity of supplies which raises the i prices abnormally. I The aiderman said that he wanted such a thorough and complete Investigation that tome permanent good would come from the inquiry. Kansas Is All Right CIIH'.vGO, Jan. 31.—" The cost of living Is a secondary consideration to the peo ple of Kansas,” said Foster Coburn, sec retary of the Kansas state board of ag riculture, yesterday. “Guess we’ll have to plead guilty to the charge of doing pretty well,” said Mr. Cuburn, "but I don’t see that the farmer is responsible for the high prices on ne cessities. I know if /vorking early And late makes him’ deserve the prices he gets for his products that he deserves *. them and if you are willing to pay cents fcr corn he would be a chump u* 4 [sell it for*3o cents. "There ir.vst be some blarqe somewhere ' for the high cost of livinfc. But »he ' farmer has never set the price on one of \ his jTodocl*- brings his steers »o th« ' market and takes what is offered him. ( If he don’t do this he must take his cat tle home again and that means bank ruptcy. "Out cur way we’re not worried about it. We jurt ride around in automo'j'les. • ar.d within the last week a farmer ir the ' wheat belt paid $7,000 for an air sh'p.’ Use of Flour Will Settle High Food Cost NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 31.—1 nan in- I terview here today. William E. Castle, j president of the Millers' National Feder ation, says that if the housekeepers will buy more flour, the question of the ad vanced cost of living will soon be set- i tied. He quotes from United States govern ment tests which show that the amount 'of energy secured in 10 cents' worth of flour is 20 times that ?n 10 cents’ worth of eggs, and besides wheat flour contains j all the elements of food that the hu- .1 man system requires, and in the propor * proportions for its best development. The government test says that one pound of flour costing 2 1-2 to 3 cents will go as far as two pounds of meat cost ing from 15 to 20 cents per pound. HARD BLOW DEALT WEST POINT HAZING Cadets Must Not Compel Oth ers to Do Any Menial Work . NEW YORK, Jan. 31.—Still another set of regulations to govern hazing at West Point will go into eff=-.t there thit week. They follow a recommendation that three cadets recently found guilty of "bracing" a plebe be dismissed. The secretary of | war did not consider the offense to justify dismissal and has readjusted the regula tions. “Eracing” is to compel a cadet to stand at attention for several hours. i • The regulations are even more I drastic than any hitherto adopted and provide that the most trivial annoyance of underclassmen shall bring summary suspension. Violence is barred, as in the past, but in addition, it is specified that "any cadet who shall compel or permit | an underclassman to perform for him any menial service or to do anything incom- J patible with the position of a cadet ani gentleman, shall be summarily suspended and turned back to join the next clase." No. 40