Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-12-25 | Page 8 | Stops Distribution of Food to Poor

STOPS DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD TO POOR CHICAGO, Dec. 24. The distribution of Christmas dinner baskets by Cook county among the poor was stopped today to-day by Peter Drautzberg. special deputy of the United States secret service, when it was learned that the order for a meatless meat-less Tuesday had been ignored. Each basket contained a small roast of beef. Countv Agent Ehemann said he had unwittingly un-wittingly ignored the meatless edict through forgetfulness, and that the beef had been the chief staple of the Christmas Christ-mas basket for years. Most of the baskets bas-kets had been distributed before attention was called to the contents.