Thursday, February 22, 1917

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The Headlines

MITCHEL ORDERS CITY-WIDE SURVEY OF FOOD SITUATION; Department Heads to Report on Privation, Stocks on Hand, and High Prices. WOMEN'S PROTESTS HEARD Mayor, in Reply, Blames Legislature for Blocking Terminal Market Plan. NO AUTHORITY TO USE CASH Incipient Rioting Continues in the Poorer Districts and Six Women Are Arrested. Mayor Orders Inquiries. Women's Committees Protest. MITCHEL ORDERS SURVEY ON FOOD Mayor Mitchel's Advice. Mr. Perkins's Diagnosis. Six Women Arrested. FOOD SCARCE, DEALERS SAY. Commission Men Resent Charge That Markets Are Manipulated. FEDERAL INQUIRY AT BOSTON. District Attorney Plans for Grand Jury Food Price Investigation. NO COAL TO HAUL POTATOES. Five Million Bushels in Maine Await Railway Transportation.

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