New-York tribune. [volume], March 21, 1920, Page 10, Image 10

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Mflk Inquiry
^ews^to pni,
. Asserts Caffey
U, S. Attorney Asks Swann
to Explain Statements
Regarding Prosecution
by Federal Officials
Welcoraes Any Evidence
Prosecutor's Reference^ to
Sheffield Farms 'Case Is
Said To Be Misleading
Prnncis G. Caffey, United States At?
torney. asked District Attorney Swann
yesterday to explain hU public state
tnants "bn the statu* of the inquiry into
the Sheffield Fnrms notice, urglng'farra
ers to cut milk production.
In a letter to Mr. Swann the Federal
prosccutor calls attention to statements
appearing in newspapers anhouncing
that Mr. Swann had gathered evidence
of a violation of the Lever act by the
Sheffield company and had arranged
with the Federal attorney for the
prosecution of the case. Mr. Caffey
added:
"You have never communicated with
me on the subject, much less fumished
me any such evidence. . . . It seems
to me that it would be unfortunate for
the public to be put under a misappre
hension as to what has been done, what
it is possible lawfully to do or what is
intended by prosecuting officials. In
asmuch as the \nnouncements in the
newspapers attributed to you or your
assistants as to what has been fur
nisbed to thi* office by you or them in
reference to the Sheffield Farms mat?
ter are without foundation, I must as?
sume that you or they have been mis
quoted. I shall be pleased to have a
letter from you on the subject."
Ter.t of Caffey's Letter
Mr. Caffey's letter follows, in part:
"If you have any evidence of viola?
tion of Federal law by the Sheffield
concern or by any other milk concern
I shall welcome your transmitting it to
me and will give it prompt and vigor?
ous attention.
"I have made careful inquiry in my
office with thc view to ascertaining
whether you have communicated about j
it with any one here other than my?
self. So far as I can learn, neither you
nor any one connected with your of?
fice has fumished evidence on the sub?
ject to this office, nor communicated
concerning it. with any one connected
with this office, except that on the
19th instar.t you called my assistant,
Mr. Guiler, who is in charge of the
milk investigation by this office, and
started to tell him over the telephone
in snbstance the following: That you
had learned that Mr. Guiler was exam
ining a witness about the notice posted
at ths milk s'atiors of the Sheffield
Farms as to restricting the supply of
milk; that you understood that'Mr.
L. A. Van Bomel. of the Sheffield
Farms, had drafted the notice and
that Mr. Loton Horton, also of the i
Sheffield Farms. had sent out the no- i
tice; that you requested that Mr. j
Guiler ascertain from me witness ?
whether this information was correct, I
and that if Mr. Guiler found that he I
could do nothing under the Lever act
you might be able to do something un?
der the state law.
"I may add that Mr. Guiler did in
terrogate the witness fully along the
lines suggested by you. He later called
your office on the telephone, but found
that you had gone for the day."
Rejects Mrs. Welzmiller's Proposal
The Sheffield company yesterday
made known its attitude on the pro
nonal of Mrs. Louis Reed Welzmiller,
depitty markets CQmmissioner, that tho
company buy the surplus milk supply
of its farmers and sell it at 11% cents
a quart to the poor on tickets issued
by charitable institutions and the city.
In a letter to Mrs. Welzmiller the com?
pany said:
"We regrec that we cannot commit
ourserves, for, in our opinion, it (the
proposal) would not accomplish the
results you anticipate."
Mrs. Welzmiller quoted T. B. Evans,
an official of the Sheffield company,
as saying "When women are buying
silk stockings they should be able to
pay for their milk at prevailing prices."
Health Commissioner Copeland an?
nounced he had written eight big milk
distributors, asking that they have rep?
resentatives attend a conference with
him, that a plan for materially reduc
ing the price of milk might be devel?
oped. Dr. Copeland said he wanted a
reduction big enough to juatify the
Health Department in starting a cam?
paign to increase milk consumption
here 1,000,000 quarts a day.
The Sheffield company, the Clover
Farms company and the. Standard Dairy
company have announced they would
attend such a conference, which prob?
ably will be held this week.
Statement by Swann
Mr. Swann said last night he had
not received Mr. Caffey's letter. When
a copy of it was read to him he said:
"I said I had intended to cooucrate*
with his office and that I had been in
communication with the Bureau of In?
vestigation of the Department of Jus?
tice and that a representative of that
bureau was in my offlce Thursday af?
ternoon last, when I and my assistants
atudied tho Lever act and decided that
the poater placed on the door of the
receiving station owned by the Shef?
field Farms Company at Franklinville,
N. x., was in violation of that act.
"I felt the Lever act was more ap
plicable to that case tlwn any of our
state laws. I called up Mr. Guiler, an
assistant United States attorney, who,
I was informed, was handling the milk
investigation for the government, and
told him that I was in possession of
evidence against the Sheffield Farnw
Company and that when I had decided
I had sufficient evidence I would send
it down to him.
?Our investigation of the milk situ?
ation has only begun. We have evi?
dence, but we expect. more. Some of
this evidence relates to a Federal vio?
lation and other evidence more prop?
erly comes under the stato laws.
I asked Mr. Guiler to send to me
any evidence which ho might come
s\a aya^ifffr?' ?"eiit c??"
VERM1N
PPRgAD Dlgaafa-r
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without obliiation to you.
Wrtta er phont for frte hotkUi.
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Exterminatinf
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*H> Flfth Av:.
? Cor. 484 st.,
New ICoxk City.
Get rid of them!
Sturdy Sport Watches
At a Price Unusual.. $5.85
STERLING Silver Watch, on a'leather strap
bracelet; 15-jewel; radio dial. A suitable
watch for men or women, as it may be
worri with wide or narrow strap. The very
watch for youngsters' rough and tumble play,
and grown-ups' use at sport or shore.
zGround Floor:
Telephone Orders Filled?Phone Greeley 1900?Ask for Telephone Order Desk
Lord & Taylor
38th Street FIFTH AVENUE 39th Street
Store Closes at 5 P. M.
FIFTH AVENUE WEEK
April Fifth to Tenth; 1920
Exhibits of Art in Commerce
Suits of Many Styles
Designed for Misses
YOUTHFUL Tailleurs
for young girls in the
much wanted navy
Tricotine, in such a range of
charming styles there will be
models to suit every taste.
Values Extraordinary at
$49.50
A eollection in which there
is but one model of a style but
many styles to choose from.
Plain tailored Suits, box
or pony coats or Etons;
straight line skirts or pleated.
Some hand embroidered,
some decorated with cable
stitching. Now a three-piece
model with smart gilet, or
again a little Eton sashed with
Bulgarian or Roman silk.
All of exceptionally fine
quaiity Tricotine, expertly
tailored. Sizes' 14 to 20.
Suits That Are Worth Much
More Than the Offered Price.
.TMrd Floor,
Seasonable Offerings
of Genuine Merit.
Thousands of Pairs of
Women's
Spring Gloves
Marked at Prices Distinctly Lower
Than Their Actual Value Warrants
THESE are Gloves of particularly fine quai?
ity?in weights, Iengths and styles of strong
Springtime appeal. The prices offer oppor?
tunity for pronounced savings to the woman thrift
ily inclined who buys now.
? Milanese Silk Gloves
85c
Exeellent quaiity Milanese Silk; two-clasp;
double finger tips; Paris Point embroidery. Grey,
buff, mode, champagne, black and white.
Milanese Silk Gloves
$1.65
Choice quaiity; Mousquetaire length, double
finger tips; Paris Point embroidery. White, mode,
grey and black.
Fabric Gloves
$1.35
Unusually high grade cotton fabric in smart
styles. Slip-on model in the popular tan shades
and Mousquetaire length in buck and beaver
shades, also white.
Glace Kid Slip-On
$3.50
Superior quaiity of fine Kid in this much wanted
style, and an unusual value. Paris Point embroid?
ery and spear back. Tan, grey, beaver, pearl and
mode.
'Ground Floor'.
House Dresses for Spring
DAINTY models of well known makes. Suit?
able for morning and sport wear or the
houaewife's work-day outfit.
Four "Dix Make" Models
White Pique, aquare neck, long sleeves, hemstitched
collar, skirt buttoned down the front. $6.95
Plaid Ginghams, models for small women- f? sleeves,
whitelawn hemstitched collar, vestee of self material.$5.65
Checked Ginghams, two models for small women;
short sleeves, white Lawn collar.$5.65
Two "Queen Make" Models
Figured Tissue Voiles, f? sleeves, white Organdie col?
lar, cuffs and vestee edged with Valenciennes lace, large
pearl buttons.$8.75
Raid Gingham, with long sleeves, collar and vestee of
embroidery. ?q 45
Good Quaiity Materials, ExceU** Values.
1 ii ,,ma.JSeoond Floor .
Women's Spring Suits
Of the Higher Grade
THAT individuality in dress on which women of exclusive
tastes insist is to be achieved by the wide variety of choice
offered in the Eastertide eollection of new styles now on
display.
Tricotines, Twilloises and Cheruit Twills
Navy blue and black
Coverts in the natural shades
$85.00 to $300,00
Exquisite tailoring is the distinction of the whole eollection,
but there are varied versions of the mode?strictly tailored styles
of quiet dignity; embroidered Suits with motifs in cable silk, Bul
garian embroidery, Souta:he effects, touches of shaggy Eponge;
three-piece Suits with clever gilets; chic little Etons gaily sashed,
pony coats and youthful box coats?graceful straightline skirts
or knife pleated styles.
Tricotine Suits (Illustrated)
Extra Values at $75.00
Plain tailored models, some embroidered?a selection of the
most desired styles.
.Third Floor.
Wraps and Coats for
Early Spring Wear
T^^EWEST types of garments for the promenade, com
J^^ bining the smartness of the Coat and the ample
luxury of the Cape effects, with all the cachet of
the Paris vogue?
Wrap Coats for Women
$85.00
In Bolivia and Tricotine, a range of fashionable shades;
beautifully tailored, with novel cuts and features?an op?
portunity in high style models at a featured price.
Straight Line Coats
$75.00 $85.00 $98.50
Fine tailored models in
Bolivia, Evora, Bofyhara
Loose backs or belted styles, lined with plain or fancy
Silks?the Coats that will be worn throughout the season,
a variety of very modish styles for women.
Prices of significant moderation
for such splendid values
, Third Floor
Lingerie for the Easter Bride
PARIS has created new, enchanting modes in wedding fineries?charmine
. L^^^ ?es and silL, luxuries^botf
Bridal Sets Ranging from $22.50 to $225.00
Satm, Batiste, Nainsook. Georgette Crepe and Crepe de Chine
Some hand made and hand embroidered or xsrlth ?..? tc _ ? _i - , ?
band insertion; some rich with Valencienne f Fdrt T C 1 fine net m ^ck d<?gn or
white. with ribbons and French ^^iTii^^i^T ^"VY" Pmk' ?rchid ?r
the simple trousseau. 7* Chlff?n flowers- Modest P*lce*> *oo, for
G owns
Crepe de Chine
$5.95, $6.95 $7.95
Extra. Values
Envelope
Chemises
Satin and
Crepft de Chine
$2.50, $3.50, $3.95
Tailored and lace trimmed.
Porto Rican Gowns and Envelope
Chemises
Hand-made, hand-embroidered
$2.95 $3.65 $3.95
Gowns
Fine Batiste
$1.95, $2.95, $3.95
Extra Values
Envelope
Chemises
Fine Batiste
$1.95, $2.95, $3.95
Dainty models of domestic make.
Hand=Embroidered French
Chemises
Trimmed with fine laces
$3.95 $6.95
mSecond Floor
Choosing the New Frock
for Easter!
Charming Spring Designs in Foulards, Brown and Navy.
Georgette Crepes in Navy and Crey.
A CoIIection of Afternoon Models at
$69.50
HERE come the new Spring Foulards, designs of daintiness
that have a special fitness for the graceful lines of the new
Spring Frocks. Three models in tunic or bouffant draped
effects, with the new three-quarter sleeves, with festive little collars
or frills of lace.
Beautiful Georgette Gowns for afternoon occasions, with the
new straight-across collarless neck, the bodice veiling wide sheaths
of scarlet ribbon, the fluffy draperies edged with taffeta ruchings
?Gowns of distinctive style.
.Third Ftaar
Paris Milllnery
In New, Enchanting Phases
FROM Occident and Orient come the varied
inspiration of the great French creators of
the mode, for Paris has put new themes in
millinery?charms of East and West, embodied
in the new Spring Hats.
Hats for dress and semi-dress occasions.
Trotteur Hats to wear with the new Tailleurs.
Sport Hats and Flower Hats of Spring.
Adaptations made in our own worhroom
share the honors with the imported Hats
In the French Salon
Imported Paris Models and exclusive originals
from our own French designers form a choice
collection?
$20.00 to $95.00
An Event of Great Interest
in the Hosiery Section
Several Thousand Pairs of
Women's
Stockings
Priced Exceptionally Low for
Monday and While They Last
THE increased cost in the production of
Hosiery is so well known that you will
appreciate the exceptionally low prices
quoted for this occasion.
It is only by an advantageous purchase that
such values can be offered.
Women's Silk Hose
$1.75
Full fashioned, all silk hose with lisle soles and
tops, high spliced heels and toes; black, white and
brown.
Women's Clocked Hose
$2.44
All silk, full fashioned hose, clocked in a variety
of artistic effects; lisle soles and tops. Black,
white and navy.
Women's Lace Clocked Hose
$1.85
Silk hose, seamless foot; seamed leg; lisle soles
and tops. Effective lace clockings. Black and
navy.
Children's Socks
6 pairs for $1.75
Excellent quality Socks for boys or girls, in a
large variety of attractive colorings and novelty
effects. Also plain black, white and tan.
firntitiil Flnnr ?'
Women's Low Shoes
Excellent Values in
New Spring Styies at
$10.75
' Oxfords
Gun metal or tan calfskin with
military heels and imitation wing
tips. Patent leather with military
heels. Tan calfskin or black kid?
skin, with broad toes, flexible shank
and straight inner line. Gun metal
with military heels.
Pumps
Gun metal, brown or black kid?
skin, suede with Louis heels.
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