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'Three Killed In Storm; Four Ships Ask Aid flan Blown Off "L" Plat form. Hit by Train; Two ???truck by Autos; Barge ?Capsizes, Four Missing plate Glass Is Destroyed )Ianv Street Signs Torn pown: Train and Wire service Is Disorganized -?.?, [jorsons at least met their ?hi- city ;n the storm which t? swept over it for the last two days. four more perished ;', a sand barge which was found bot b? ken shore yeste'r Manji were injured, some of them : . .tally. Plate glass windows were shattered bj the gusts, signs w.-re ripped from ?heir moorings and wire communica? tion was interrupted. Wireless calls ??or help were received from four -.-.. which reported that In Buffalo and farther west ?now came with the wind. jre orted yesterday lenl fied man found lan Henry O. Frank p. ip T., on the tracks at . 0f i "oi m o;' the Bridge cu?et and Myrtle Avonuc station, ?/was rurricd int.) ctives examined that the man had the far ?rid of the beei blown into the path of *v. elevated train. Ko motor pan reported the accident. Description of Dead Man The description of the dead man is u foi'.OWPP Pive ? ? tall and weigh L..-. ab] He v.-s? o;" ix wearing ;. .-,...? es uit, 1 : Lrh t p f .:.; red four-in r, black laced icks. No hat ??.. j .- \ an Horen, 469 Fourth I .: ; ? itVj was struck t ? g the storm by an and Sixth Iver.ue, ' ity, and died a s John's H< spi he drive] of the ? n did not stop. Jamos : ty years old, of 47 West .v ? ?? .? . Long Island City, -? John's Hospital ] when he was -, I . V'< rnon avenues, ? ? ??!?.. Tues | ? ruck by an auto , ? of whi? h was not irabi r au tomobile acci ?i nts - ' .' ing the day able to the ted in the seri ber of per sons. e city was and breakage of ' K a expected to run e downtowi torn down, and hard hit. Pour. Ships Sent Out S. O. s. . four litionjs on -.ip t?. calis re fed ai eight? r Yute, ? the ?rench in distress ;r Baltin ton tanker nchor and was . S. I., ;e 1 .4:r John ? m go ??.- 7 jg San u in dis nry. ? Vf s rted that '.here were storms rag ' P' which ... not yi spent them ' he Gull coast, the tic .-.'aboard. Great Lakes ? tern New York ? , snowfall of i : e snow, ftC r _,_ ' cording to reports, was so heavy that ? it hampered train, telephone and tele? graph service. 115-Inch Snow Ties Up All Traffic in Buffalo Drifts Piled Ten Feet High as Coal Supply Is Exhausted; Schools of City May Close Special Dispatch to The Trmune BUFFALO, Nov. 17.- Buffalo is held ) fast to-night in the grip of one of the : worst November blizzards in the his j tory of the city. More than fifteen I inches of -now covers the city and in i many instances the drifts are ten feet ! deep. Street car traffic is almost en? tirely paralyzed and only in a few in ! stances have lines be?n able to main j tain anything like a regular schedule. i In some cases the operation of cars has been suspended entirely. Thou I sands of automobiles are stranded in ' all parts of the city. Late this afterncon the Board of Fublic Works circulated a handbill asking for fiOO laborers to shovel snow from downtown sidewalks and streets, und shortly after 6 o'clock the first of the workers made their appearance in Alain Street. Snow ploughs have been in constant operation on all street car? and inter urban lines since early this morning, but on account of the gale that is ? sweeping in from LaKe Erie they have j made little headway. Cars running to ; Rochester, Niagara Falls and to On- ! tario points are hours behind their I schedules. Buffalo Is Storm Center Reports from the Weather Bureau! indicate that Buffalo is in the center of the snowstorm. At ?1 o'clock to-night j a twenty-six-mile wind was sweeping the city from the northeast and storm signals were hoisted and a warning of j an increase to gale velocity posted by ? the Weather Bureau. Last Saturday the city's entire coal supply consisted of less than 1,300 tons I and it was exhausted early Sunday j morning. As far as can he learned not : a single ton is available at any of the coal yards. Many persons visited physicians dur- \ ing the day asking for prescriptions for \ coal where there is sicknes in the family. The temperature to-night is 26 above zero. Many downtown restaurants have been forced to use electric contrivances for cooking on account of the low gas. : pressure. Many of the city schools are entirely without anthracite and the soft coal ! supply is said to be so low that five ' days continued cold will result in the j schools being closed. Hotels are crowded with travelers who make Buffalo then- Western New ! York headquarters. Traffic to the.i smaller towns, usually effected by au? tomobile, has been suspended. One death has been attributed to the storm. The victim was a laborer. A woman! who gave her address as Yonkers was j found wandering in the snow early this morning, apparently having lost her v.ay in the drifts north of the city. She is under observation at the i ho pital. j Street Cleaners Ready To Battle With Snow\ Commissioner Eschmann Says Hid s Soon If ill He Opened; Many Trucks ?Sous on Hand Reports of a 15-inch snowfall in Buf? falo and further west failed yesterday . to disturb the tranquillity of the De? partment of Street ?'leaning. F. A. j ?schmarm, acting commissioner, was ent that he could handle any? thing in that line that came along. "If we should get an ordinary snow t.: f?om two to three inches to-mor? row," he said, "we should he able to handle the situation with comparative ease." Bei..,e the end of winter, he said, he i ' >e< ted to have on hand t he $2,000.000 worth of snow-fighting ma? chinery ordered by the city. Some of it is due December 15, he said. Bids foj snow removal contrae!.-- are out and will be opened November 23, he I said. ?? We ?;.'. a ? a lable : o ?v." r<aid Mr. Eschmann, "an average of sixty trucks to each ?list!.or. The Board i<:' Esti? mate has been asked to fix the rates! at which 2,000 motor trucks ?nay he hired for use in Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx in ease of a blizzard. PRICE REDUCTION PIERCE ARROWS $500 to $1,000 Below Former Price An excellent stock of used Pierce Arrow motor c?jrs of the latest model. Seven are o? the dual valve type, selected with the utmost care and with but a few months of service. One '?< brand new?others are thoroughly inspected and re fifii'shed?all are fully guaranteed without qualification for six months. Available for Immediate Delivery USED >v Tourinp PIERCE'ARROWS \ r* G.RRUCKERTO) 17?3 BROADWAY I Tel.Circle 15] Vl Sedans ^-~_ __^ Runabouts Club Roadsters "A Friend in Need Is a Friend Indeed" The "Friend in Need" who may have lost something valuable surely needs the "Friend Indeed" who was the lucky finder. "Friend Indeed" is looking for "Friend in Need" through the Lost and Found columns of the New York Tribune. Lost and Found Ads may be telephoned to The Tribune, Beekman 3000, or left with any of The Tribune's Want Ad Agents?conveniently located in all parts of Greater New York?at newsdealers', stationery, cigar stores, etc. J We do not expect a blizzard anyhow I before the latter part of December. "Some 600 members of the city's I police and fire forces aro now being ? trained in the operation of snow ! tractors and the district auperintend i ents are whipping thoir organizations [ i into shape. "We ?o not expect the difficulty In ! obtaining labor that was met last year. I The number of applications received up to this time for this sort of em ' ployment* leads us to believe wo will j be far better off in this respect." .Mr. Eschmann asked the Board of ; Estimate and Apportionment yesterday to fix trucking rates for snow removal I at 37 cents a cubic yard in Manhattan; ' 32 cents a cubic yard in the Bronx | and 30 cents a cubic yard in Brooklyn. Palmer Bars ! Maximum Rate | On Coal Salesl (Continued from pago one) This will bo done in other cases where firms refuse to give the information we seek. 1 do not intend to wait until some gentleman returns from playing i golf in Florida and the winter is over. : | 1 am not going to fool around. They'll I I find they are dealing with the Federal i j government." I Declined to Give Information Michael F. Burns, president of [ Burns Brothers, when asked about the '< situation said: "Really. I don't know what Mr. Riley is talking about. We've been playing the game square and i selling coal as cheap us any man in ( New -York and striking our average i costs. Oh, by the Way, two men were here the other day from the Depart- ; ment of Justice and I gave them lots of information, hut declined to give i them any us to where we buy our coal. ; "As far H? Burns Brothers is con-; cerned, they are as welcome as the flow ers in May, but when it tomes to others well, I'm Irish, and 1 hate like hell to ? ?in anything that's like informing, not that I have anything to inform about. I They'll have to take me before the grand jury.'' Outlining the plan laid down at the ! conference in Washington. Mr. Riley said: "It has been agreed ihat E. Lowry ; Humes shall investigate the coal situa? tion in the anthraite region fof evi? dence of profiteering; that I shall be in | charge of the investigation at all points between the coal fields and the con? sumer, and that William McMurtrie Speer shall cooperate with the asso? ciations handling emergency coal, and also investigate charges of graft or abuses inside or outside the Lever act. The latter will include alleged graft in car assignment- and sales of priority . orders. Maximum Brices Barred "Mr. Palmer stated positive!) : ??? Department of Justice would not. under ? any circumstances sanction any maxi? mum prices, as the tendency would be to charge such price?, if any associa? tions set such maximum prices or profits they will find themselves up against the Sherman ?aw." Mr. Alien, secretary of the Wholesah Coal Trade Association, in a statemei ; irsued after the adoption of the 1" j er cent resolution, said tha7 while '.he Vresent average profit was less than ." per cent, the 10 per cent figure had been adopted more "in the nature of a varning that any wholesale] who doe exceed 10 per cent will find himself in danger of being charged by the De? partment of Justice with profiteering." Arthur F. Bice, member of th< An? thracite Emergency Distribution Com? mittee, announced yesterday that ?i last forty eight hours cargoes of i met gency coal ranging btween 250 and 700 tons each had been delivered to tw ! tj one stations along the Hudson, Harlem and East rivers. He was unable to fur- ? i.i-h the total tonnage. tine Brooklyn coal retailer informed District Attorney Lewis that hu?l it not been for the continued publicity and the different government \s cestiga ? on coal in Brooklyn would have re mained at prices between $20 and $22 a ton during the winter. City Opens 17 More Coal Stations To-day Dr. Copeland Predicts These il ill Tide People Over to De cent her 1 or End of Short a tie Dr. Loyal S. Copeland, Health Com? missioner, said last night that seven? teen more stations, when' emergency coal can lie obtained in iCO-pound lots, will be opened throughout the city . > day. This coal, he saici. will tide the city through the present shortage, which he expects will !>?> en led by Decem? ber 1. ? The Health Department is maintai;?.- . ing a force of 100 l-olicemen to investi? gate complaints of lack of heat in apartment houses. In ..inny cases faulty heating apparatus has been fourni. Dr. Copeland has written a 'letter to land? lords, notifying them that they will re- j ceive T?o leniency under the heating i or.inance for this excuse. They have i been warned repcated'y to get their ! apparatus in order. i The stations where small lots of coal | may bo obtained in tin- Borough of j Manhattan are Hums Brothers, 119th Street and East Ri?rcr, 215th .Street : nd j Har'em River and 133d Street and North ' River; Stokes Coal .'ornpany. Four? teenth Street and 2ast River; Farrell Coal Company, Fifty-fourth Street and , North River, and the Muhlenberg Coal Company, Pier 36, Fast River. In Brooklyn they are the Scranton ano. Lehigh Coal Company, Newtown Creek. Vanderveer Park ano! North Fifth '. Street; Burns Brothers, Twenty-sixth J Street and East River; Commonwealth Coal Company, Fifty-first Street and East River; Rube! Brothers, East New j York and Fred Scmken, Bath Beach, In Queens there arc F. K. Armstrong &nd the Home Coal Company, both in Richmond Hill. Arrangements have ? been made to supply the Bronx, but the i locations of the vario s stations have not been decided. Trolley Co. Cannot Strike WATERBURY, Conn., Nov. 17.?The Connecticut Company rescinder! this' afternoon its instructions to employees to have every trolley car in its barn by' 6 p. m. and to take none out until fur- i ther notice. This action, which had . been decided upon in retaliation for an ? o:-dinance permitting jitney busses to compete with trolley lines <>n the ; streets used by the latter, was recon sidered because of the following order which the company received .from the Start- Public utilities Commission: ??Tii?1 proposed arbitrary suspension of service, practically without notice to the community and without any notice to this commission, appears to be un? warranted. Wherefore, by virtue of the newer vested in this commit you are summarily ordered and direct? ed t? let tain from discontinuing public ; street railway service in VVaterbury ? and vicinity until this commission shall authorize same after investigation and j hearing ha. ? own thi necessitj therefor." Three 1 li?u Cloth Mills Cut Down Operating Hours! [J IK A, X. V.. Nov. I". Three of the | irge I sheeting and cotton cloth mills! this citj an nou n? ed ! o da; further recessions in business. The Shenan doah Cotton Mill closed f? r four weeks mi !?? i.ditioii! will detei mine. The ?lohawk Valley and the Utica Si earn Cottoi M ' . v ;' ich ; ave been running fom da\ week, hereafter ? in tl ??<?? day :i ??? eel; inti! condi - t?oii? '? mjtru\ c Sea reel; anj work being done in knit goo . mai ufactur iiig, althougli it is said that u few ?? ;p .. re be i r.g roc? iv? i!. American Freed l>\ French John Shishmanian, of En ?. i .... . former member of the Kentuckj N'a tiej.al Guard, who war reported to have heir-, hanged by the French ?? Vdana, has been released and ' ' ow in ' larnascus, it ivai anno meed yestei da. the Near Easl Re ? . quot ing a , ,'ice it had rece . Labor Unions Will Drive Out Radical Forces (Continued from page one) ter gave place to J. G. Brown, also a known conserva! tve. President Gompera, of the Federation has declared agains! the unrestricted admission of radicals from Europe on several occasions, and the Federation itself is having no intercourse with foreign labor groups of a radical turn. Federation leaders expect to go before Congressional committees at every op? portunity to check the rush of immi? grants from radical sections of Europe and Asia. Increased restrictions will be urged, it was said. Immigration also has a bearing on the question of unemployment, recog? nized by the labor men to be increas? ing at a rapid rate. The situation was characterized by several labor of? ficials to-day as somewhat alarming, and they fell that the council should take steps to deal with it. Continued admission of immigrants, thousands of whom are without skill or trade, was regarded as only adding fuel to the lite in the fate of an already menacing condition. Industrial Plants Cut Prices The Department of Labor made pub? lic to-day statistics showing that ?lur? ing October there were decreases in t'ne number of employees in '.en in? dustrial plants, as compared with Octo? ber a year ago, while only four plants had enlarged pay rolls. Although the numb'!' of reporting concern? was small, officials accepted the figures as indicating the trend. It w.ipi declared that the real re? ductions in employees, particularly in the textile industry, had becrome of importance only this fall, and reports obtained by various branches of the government were said to indicate fur? ther increases in scores of plants. There wer?' no indications as to means which may be adopted by labor to reach a common ground with capital on the subject of the radicals. It may be, however, that pressure against Ce radicals will be exerted by refusing sanction to their strikes, unless ground J for the walkout are uncompromising, according to labor heads. Neic England Textile Out put Cut One-Half BOSTON, Nov. 17. Curtailment of production which began some months j ago in New England textile industries employing 300,000 operatives has now reached .? point where the total out? put is less than one-half that of one year ago, according to estimates made from ;?. ca?"ass to-day of the great mill centers. In some instances the curtailment runs <?- high a.- 80 per c? i.P A few mills have shut down en? tirely. Tin- majority have adopted a working schedule of three or four days a week. Mills that continue in opera- ? t:?m on full time with full crews are ? exceptional. Thus far only isolated announce? ments of wage reductions have ap? peared and those have been for the most part in small mills where opera? tives have been presented the choice of a 10 per cent wage cut or a shut down, the manufacturers contending that they had found themselves un? able to continue business under the former wage expense. School Board Fights For Unexpended Funds Supreme Court Justice Hotchkiss has granted an order directing Comptroller Charles L. Graig to show cause on No? vember 29 why a peremptory writ of mandamus should not issue compelling him to audit and pay orders and vouch? ers, now tiled with the Finance Depart? ment, of claims against certain ap? propriations made by the Board of Es? timate in favor of the Board of Edu? cation. The order was obtained by Corporation Counsel OBrien, acting for the Board of Education. The Corporation Counsel explained that the appropriations in ??uestion ag gregated $876,068 and were made by the Board of Estimate out of the unex? pended and unencumbered balance? of school appropriations for the years 1912 to 1913. The Board of Estim?t? made the appropriations under the power devolved upon it by the educa? tional law "to make additional appro? pri?t ion-: for educational purpose- au? thorized" by such law. "The Comptroller rcqueested the Board of Estimate to transfer thes? unexpended school funds to the mu nicipal fund known as the Tax and Ap? propriation Surplus and Deficiency Ac count,'' said Corporation Couns? O'Brien, "but the board refused t? make such transfer. This left the un expended balances of school appropria tions remaining undisposed of in tip city treasury to the credit of the Boar? of Education and the Board of Esti mate made its ajoiiior.nl appropria tions for authorized educational pur pose-, out of such balances. 'The Comptroller contended, durini all the time that the matter was be tore the Board of Estimate, that th board was without power to mu'-. appropriations out of the unexpendei h;i!-inci;; of school appropriations. Hi has since refusal to pay the orders an? vi ichers tiled in the Depart'.; ml o Finance against, the same. A qu ti of law is thus raised, which it is ih purpose of this mandamus proceedin; to have determined in the court.-. Ther is and can be no disputed question o fact." Tde Shirt Factories to Close TROY, N. Y.. Nov. 17. -As soon, a few orders now on hand are con: pi ted the shirt factories of the Georg I' Ide & Co., Inc., throughout the conn try will be closed indefinitely. A. liai ris Ide, vice-president of the companj .-. making the announcement, assigne the reason the unsettled conditio ?)f the market and lack of business. is the sm.il! cost for the modernized safety razor that will end V'iir shaving expenre and ??having trouble? for life. If you are tired of wasting money and time in Bar1 er Shops; or tired ol contributing to the blade selling scheme of some old-style safety, or tired of being poorly shaved, net the new Double-Action; Shaves Up or Down without reversing handle. Easiest ? Quickest ? Cleanest ? Smoothest ? Cheapest -Shaver in the World ? BLADES GUARANTEED 5 YEARS?WILL LAST A LIFETIME Al Dealers or our Salesroom. 1 1 ?0 Broadway (Near 28th Si.), N.Y. MADDEN SAFETY RAZOR CORPORATION -,."... beautifu ; - Silver Plated Sets for <"!>. Wt! ;eup I ?? p I. mi fetj . ?ora i hand for parison Si - ml foi ? ? . Here's a union suit made to fit your build exactly TJST a9 if you were measured for it, you can get a "Harvard Mills" Union Suit that will fir you to a "T". Sitnply ask for your size in. a "Harvard Mills". It has been tailored and cut by hand to fit?with the "give" and "take" to follow every line of your body. It will nut bind nor pull. 'Harvard Mills" yields readily to every r.iovement. Shoulders ':onform to your build and do not pull. The sleeves are tailored in like those in a well fitting coat therefore not bunching nor binding under arms. Crotch and seat are made absolutely ri^ht. These and other features give real quality and comfort to Harvard Mills" and make it truly "a gentleman's garment." "HARVARD MILLS" (Hand Finished) Union Suits For Men ?re the result of thirty years' experience in making high grad? underwear. This season ask your haberdasher for a "Harvard Mills" garment in your size. Know real quality and comfort. Winship, Boit & Co., Wakefield, Mass. New York Office and Salasroom : #93 Broadway OliOgraOlsod Ghe Store oj Service ^ROADWAYat 79th ST? The Woman Who Is Large Through the Lower Body will be interested in our Reellem Corsets designed to reduce and avoir, the constriction through the thigh: which tires one and causes discomfor when sitting or walking. Prices $6.50 to $16 i ?*M?r3eMMi)^te TB 1 he United States Government, through the War Department, has launched an? other drive against the High Cost of Living. iV'Iillions of dollars' worth of canned meats?Roast Beef. Corned Beef, Corned Beef Hash, and Bacon?those meats which American soldiers, at home and overseas, consumed for months, and which hundred? of thousands of civilians in every section o? the United States tested and found delicious during the initial drive, are again being offered to the public. These War Department Canned Meats will be put on the shelves of the dealers of the L nited States at such a low cost as to insure their introduction into the home of every American who appreciates a high grade of canned meats and who appreciates the value of saving a dollar. Seven years ago you bought canned meals at what today are impossible prices ? elsewhere. But the War Department is making it possible lor you to purchase food? stuffs at figures even below those of pre-war days. The quality o? War Department Canned Meats is unquestioned. For three months, now. these meats have been on the American market. That the thrifty Amen can housewife appreciates their high standard is demonstrated by the fact that more than $10,000,000 worth have left War Department storage houses for the consuming field. Quality plus once will guarantee their resale. The dealer will purchase them at such a low figure that he will be able to re-sell them at a price far below that obtain? ing in the commercial field, and still make a reasonable profit. 1 hese meats are to be sold in the United States, and the American people, whose money through Liberty Bonds, taxes, etc., purchased them, are being enabled to reap a return by rebuying them. Not only will a big saving be effected, but the best grade of canned meats pos ?ble can be obtained. Compare the prices in the table below with a similar list obtainable from your dealer. You will be astounded at the difference, fest the quality of War Department Canned Meats. You will find them the equal "I any. I he War Department stands behind every can sold. Prices and Discounts to Dealers?Effective November 15th, 1920 Prices on War Department Canned Meats Are as Follows: CORNED BEEF ROAST BEEF No. I cans. . . 15c per can No. 2 cans. . . 27c per can ?-?b. cans . . . .18c per can 6-lb. cans ..$1.00 per can CORNED BEEF HASH I-lb. cans .... 15c per can 2-lb. cans .... 30c per can No. 1 cans ... 9c per can No. 2 cans . . .18c per can 1-lb. cans .. . .12c per can 2-lb. cans .... 24c per can 6-lb. cans .... 70c per can BACON 1 2-lb. cans. .$2.50 per can Table of Discounts I he discounts to apply on all purchases of surplus dinned m^ats on and after November j 5th, 1920. are as follows: $250 to $1,000, Net. $2?501 to $4,000, 10 per cent. $1,000 to $2,500, 5 per cent. $4,001 and over, 20 per cent. On full carload lots, shipped at Government expense, it value ol full car load is less than $4,001.00, then 20 per cent discount will he allowed on the value of the carload. ?When purchases roa?'li S">0 001? ."4 per mit net ?<> prevail When parchases reach $100.001? '.'?: per cent net to prevail M hen purchaaes reoch $500,0(11 32 per < .hi n< I to prevail. When purchases reach Sl.0OO.OOl and ovor?. 85 per cent net to prevail. I his means that the total purchase ci a customer in carload lot? irom nme to lime be taken into consideration and the proper discount applied on the sum of ail the purrhascs, rar load lot T?H*?>?rth f" Pmnnifl Shipments of not less than carloads will be made at Government expense to any point in the ?v I Uly ill ITrejJUlll United States outside a radius of 20 miles of the point of storage from which shipment is made. Send Orders to Nearest DEPOT QUARTERMASTER at the Following Addresses: New York City, 461 8th Ave. Atlanta, Ga., Transportation bldg. Boston, Mass., Army Supply Base. San Antonio, Tex. Chicago, ill., 1819 West 39th St. San Francisco, Cal. SURPLUS PROPERTY BRANCH, OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL MUNITIONS BUILDING, WASHINGTON, D. C. ^WM'^M'?^