Show ICE IE r MEN EN EXONERATED J w- w No Combine Exists in New NewYork NewYork NewYork York City Says the Grand Jury New York Au Aug S S-It S It Is reported tonight that the New Ne' York county count rand jury jur which has been heen In lag Ins ng tho the Ica reason on for the hl high h price of oC ice ce In this city and the alleged combination com com- to maintain and force up LIP the price of tho thin commodity has ha decided that lint there Is no knee of or criminal conspiracy along these hese lines tines a and el that It Il will tomorrow or r Frida Friday pass up to lo Supreme Court Justice y who Instructed It to conduct the lie Inquiry a presentment setting citing forth Its views Jews to lo the effect that hat no crime has huts been committed This action of the grand jury was forecasted practically before it beganis began Its is Inquiry when hien District Attorney Jerome publicly announced that lint he himself had hat investigated thin the matterand matter and ind believed that the laws of or supply and demand were alone responsible for or the increased ll price of or Ice It Il Is reported that the prominent Ice ce dealers of or this city who testified In n the grand Jury j room to today a agreed that hat tIe the demand for or ice within the corporate limits of Greater Greiler New York exceeds by tons the supply he the latter hatter being estimated on the consumption con con- for the next four weeks seeks as arrived at nt h by hy a year ten average averige One of or tho the dealers said that there were only about tons In sight and no 10 prospect of or being able to get more until next winters winter's harvest He lie declared de ell de- de clari d however that th-at the thc consumption is s bound to fall off ocr from 50 to per er cent b by the lie middle of September and this will c relieve tho ho situation I I |