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EROM WATER PLAN
L'ewis Recommendation for En
larging Catskill Supply Conies
Up To-Morrow.
New life for board.
Highly Paid iMcmbers to Gel
Eight-Year Extension If
Scheme Wins.
Tho already overburdened tax-r-aycra
of tho City of New York will
i havo JSI.OOO.OOO ndded to their bonded
f Indebtedness If , recommendation
tnado to tho Board of Estimate by
Chief Knglnccr Nelson n. Iewls Is
idrfpted at to-morroTTB meeting. Mr.
Owlo favora tho enlargement of tho
CatoklU water supply by tho acqulsl
lion of tho Uchohurlo watershed.
Aa Tho Kvcnlng World has shown,
euch a schctno wouM mean nn eight
year new lease of llfo for tho Hoard
of Water Supply, with Ita threo !..
WO a year member.-) and a Btusgcr
Ins payroll. It ha.s been pointed out
' In theso columns how tho city of
New York would uavo many thou
sands of dollars a year by the aboil
Hon of the now practically uselrsa
Watr Supply Hoard. It duties
could ho easily performed by the
Department of Water Hupply. das
and Electricity.,
The Ashukun water supply njfltm,
Installed at a cost to the City of ffiw
York of more than $214,000,000, w.H,
In the opinion of many expert.-', ha
nufllclent to meet tho needs of tun
peoplo hero for tho next flf teon yearn.
Junt .why the city abould commit It
clf to bo great an expenditure at
thin ntago of tn proat llnanclnl
KtreNi will have to bo anawored at
to-morrow's Kntltnato Hoard meet
Inr. it wiia said in City Hall to-dav that
Mayor Mltchcl'a mind in not made up
aa to wholher tho clt jihould acauiru
tho SJiuh.irlo extension. Tho Mayor
lias admitted, however, that tho ne.
tosslty for extending the Catskill
water nyatein will tint become ;ip.
parent for t lc;m tlfiocn or twenty
yt'arn,
F
SALTS RELIEVES
IU
Wc oal too much nient.which
" clogs Kidneys, says
noted authority.
If back hurls or Bladder
bothers, slop all meat
for a while.
When ou wake up with harkuchc and
lull misery in the kidney rcijion it gen
erally means you liavoliccn rating too
much incat.eavsH icllknown aulliririty.
Meat forms uric and. which overworks
the kidneys in their effort to filter it
from tho blood and they become mrl of
paralyzrd und loggy. When your kid
neys get tluggisli unit clog you must re
licve them, like you relieve your bonds;
rcmoWng all the body's urinous waste,
else you have backache, sick hcailachr,
liwy epclls; jour stomach sours, tongm
is coateu, anu wnrn Hie weather is bad
you have rheumatic twinges. The urine
cloudy, full of sediment, channels
nlten get sore, alrr scalds and you arc
obliged to seek relief two or three times
(luring the night.
.Either consult a good, reliable physi
cian at once or get from your pharmacist
about four ounces of Jnil Salts; take
n tablespoonful in a gluss of water be
fore breakfast for n few days ami your
kidneys Tt ill then act fine. This famous
alts is made from the acid of grapes
and lemon juice, combined Mi lillu'u,
and has been used for generations to
clean and stimulate sluggish kidneys,
also to neutralize acids in the urine so
it no longer irritates, thus ending blad
der weakness.
Jad Salts is a life saver for regular
meat caters. It is inexpensive, cannot
injure and iuakcs a delightful, effer
vescent lithia-watcr drink. Advt.
Bell-ans
Absolutely Removes
indigestion. One package
proves it 25c at all druggists.
Nothing like n little Fox Trot
after dinner, to keen the waist
line normal and drive business
cares away.
Hut have the right Fox Trot
have
The Clobc Trot
u ml
Rcmick Medley Fox Trot
(A positivii guarantee of sylph-like
figuro and unwrinklcd brow to every
ifiiim hjiiic sicnuiiy ior six muillllS.J
Ilvsidcs all that, it's a record that you
enjoy.
l)on'l forget it on the wuy home to.
night,
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POUBLE-
PISC
A SPOONFUL 0
ACHING KIDNEYS
COLUMBIA
(OTJRECORDS
III
M. Gabriel Nicolct, Noted
French Painter, De
scribes in Epigram Her
Strange Characteristics
and Says the Most Sim
ple Woman Is a Puzzle
to the Most Learned
Man.
Prefers Woman Who Is
Ugly but Intelligent to
the Womah Who Is
Beautiful "Beauty
Fades; Charm Grows
Familiar, but Wtman's
Mystery Makes Her the
Real Riddle of the Uni-
By Mxola GrccIcy-Smith.
"Woman la an eternal enigma. Man never guesses her, but he never
ffives her up."
Tho epigram carao from an armchair In the Hotel nieumond. Id Its
I
women la called 'Tbo Enigma.' Do you brllcvo It or did you merely
paint it?"
"I painted it and I bcllnvo It," tha painter answered. "The most simple
of women Is an enigma to tho most learned man. A man may study vou all
h(H llfo and at tho end, what does bo
than ever."
"Mnybo because there Isn't nny." I 'J
suggested. '"Vou know O.icar YVIluo
said, 'Women am sphinxes without
riddles.' "
"It may be that there aro women
without riddles, but I have never
painted them," ho answered.
A GREAT PAINTER OF ALL
KINDS OF WOMEN.
Vet M, Nicolct has painted "every
typo of woman, from tho great beau
ties of tho Knellsh court to tho un
utternbly charming women of his
own land, who seem to start with us
fow natural advantages aa possible,
Just to show man what they can do.
At tho exhibition of his paintings
which will open in New York on Jan.
22 every typo of fcmlnlno loveliness
will be represented. There will be
"Knlnma," "Hutterny." "The Eternal
Evo" and a portrait of n lovely Amer
ican girl in a lied Cross uniform
which tho artist completed Just be
foro leaving lVanco for his first visit
In in T!nltfri Rl.ntrs. 1
. V - . .
Tho obvious, th suporflcia , in
woman, has never interested me." M.
Nicolct told me. "I do not caro to ,
paint women who are merely pretty
llttlo animals. In 'Lnlgmu' I have
tried to Htiggcst the unspoken
BROKE HIMSELF OF
SMOKING CIGARETTES
A St. Louis Man Droke Himself of
Smoking Cigarettes and Chewing
by a Simple Home Remedy.
Harry ftiska, a well known resident!
living at Itil S. 1 1 tit M..St.I.ntik Mo,
broke himself of the neurotic habit and
rlicwing with a simple rccipo that ho
inKcd at home. In reply to the question
ai to what he used he made the following
statement: "I used u simple recipe
which I mixed at home ami which is
ai follows: To :t oz. of water ndd iO
grains of Muriate of Ammonia, a small
box of Varlpx Compound and 10 grs.
of I'cpsin. I took a tcaspoonful three
times a day. Any drugttist can mix
il for you nt very little cost.
This recipe can bo taken yourself
or given si'crctly to another in coffee,
lea or milk or in food as it has no
tHstc, color or smell and is perfectly
harmless." Advt.
SUNDAY WORLD "WANTS"
WORK MONDAY WONDERS.
THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1916.
Man Never Guesses Hert
But Never
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CNIGfA tov GA.DRlE.l N ICO
volvct depths M. Gabriel Nlcokt, Krench artlet,
hora concoure In every Salon. Chevalier of tho legion of
Honor., member of the Iloyal Society of Portrait Taint
era and -rearer of many other honors which th cost of
wnlto paper -won't permit mo to enumerate. M. NIeoIct
was extremely depressed yesterday, but it was not lils
honors that tvorrlfd him. The voyage on the Lafayette
had been dreadful; ho had ben to hMeldt that ho tva.i
almest carried off thn steamer, ho cnld. nut, true von of
Gaul that he Is, he brightened instantly when 1 re
mark!: "At. Nicolct, ona of your most famous painting of
know? The riddle Is moro nuzzllnc
thoughts, tho rpcculatlons, of tbn
young woman confiontcd with life.
What Is ,ho thinking about? What
Is she deciding? I'cibapa sho Is do
bating a proposal of inurrlagc rcr
haps a proposal of a different j,ort.
1 hac undertaken to present her In
decision, her mystery, her difficulty.
Tor Just to be a woman Is a dltlluulty.
Is It not?"
"It Is moro than a dlniciilty; it Is a
tragedy " I replied.
"Don-t you iiutko It moro of p
tiagcdy than It needs to bo?" ;..
Nlcolet asked. "Coming over on tbo
Lafayotto there were many who
trembled with fear of torpedoes bo
causo wo had bcon warned that wc
would bo destroyed by them yet hero
wc nro! Nothing worso happened to
mo than dreadful seasickness and I
should havo been spared that, If I
naij been a good Kiilor. Now it scorns
l0 rao tll!lt tI)0 VoyaSo' of lif.. la llko
.u. -
ocn ior women. Tho inipor-
tant tnln(f t0 t aa M
of your trlp yolI Cato bo a good
sailor untl not to bo afraid of tor-
pedocs. After all, thry do nut hap.
pen very often and why spoil a pleas
ant occasion by worrying about
them?"
Never having hen tho least bit
afraid of torpedoes. I did not dlsputu
,'M. Nlcolot. I s,ald liiHtead:
"A while ago jou remarked that
you do not earn to paint pretty llttlo ;
unlmals. Vet X read tho other day
In W. S. lieorgu'a munogranh on '
Auatole Franca that your great Fat
inst and ovcry oilmr Fien.'linuii
' would expresn his real views 6f lovo
and women If ho nald, 'One beautiful
woman la as goel as .inotlmr one.' "
MERELY BEAUTIFUL WOMAN
OF LITTLE VALUE.
"Interesting," commented AI. Nlco
lot. "Hut in It truo? 1 don't think uu.
For mo tho merely beuutiful wom'in
has llttlo value. I profor intlnltcly to
converse with tho woman who in ugly
but Intelligent."
"To-day of course," I interpolated,
"bceauKO you havo reached tho ngn
of reason, but when you wmo
twenty-live?"
"When I was twenty-fHe I was
nothing but veal, llko every young
man of twenty-five," wnu tho ,ur-
lo l'rocnt The drill.
CcU mum Urip LotUit llrouu Quintal tt
motn lln uiw. Tbm U uuly cu "UlloUu UIJI
MX1.'." t. W.Urori' tUuiuui oa In. :c.-Idil
Gives Her Up
LCT v BRAUN tT Clt
lint's answer. "A man'a opinions of
"onwn are of no valu until he Is
thirty-live. Ha does not understand.
Hetween thlrty.flv ami tlfty sixty
even la man's goldsn age."
"And woman's? Is she, too, veal
at twenty. Ilve7" I arked.
"No." M. Nlcolet answered. "Shu
in rprlng chlclicn." Ho spoke In
l'tcnch. to ho did not know that he
was u:lng the phraseology of rtroad
wny. "Uut i.prlng chlclicn is not very
i:o"d, ts it? After all, Is It au very
dliferent from veal?"
I thought, but I did not i,jy no,
fe.-ii-ing Mich hoilfliM Itnly lore would
not IntereM AI. Nlcolet, that chicken
and veal are ao much alike that they
nre. mingled Invariably in the
chicken fa lad of commerce
"Wintnii Is most IntTostiiig aftsr
thirty." the artist continued. "She
liii.s gained in dlbtinetlon. In indlvldu
nlit.. In mystery. The enigma is more
piofound. Ono day it man thinks ho
linden-muds her, he believes thut she
I' uttrlv Hymi:ithett'' with bis every
thniighi mid ui.sli, and tbn next dny
ih cold, conical, uiirea.ouulilu. He1
wonders whero it has gune--tho sym
pathey nnd undeistaniliug -but ho is
Interested iievertlielcs.". He wonders,
lie upcculntea! A man s fioriilates ill
w:ih abuut the woman who Intoiests
Illm. lie studies her. He iays to him
self; 'What Is thetn very special In
this llttlo woman that I love?' She
Is so (.duplicated, su mj ttenouj lu
him:"
"Are men enigmas, too'.'" I asked.
"How do you expect a man to an
swer that? Aro they enlgmns to
women?''
NOT A MAN'S BUSINESS TO BE
SEDUCTIVE.
"No," I said, "unless we make them
so. I boJicAo all our difflcultlex
como from our tt j Ing to inako rid
dles of you when you aio In realltv
very simple. Wo pass mlserubl
liour.s mi lug to nun-elvco, 'What did
hn think about that'.' How did this
alfect hlni? Did be like my drejw.'
Does hn approve of tho way I do my
hair? What did ho mean yesterday?
lr. bo thinking abuut ui ? Is he an
gry'." when Urn pour uluiplo oul In
not thinking about at nil, but
about homething reniiv important,
something vital, thrilling, passionate,
like the price of war stocks or what
Mr. Taft thlnkf."
"Men am simple when compared
with women: I admit thai," At. Nlro.
lot answered. "Hut, after all, man
does not have to mi en enlgmi'. It
Is not hit IniHlneH tr, tut srductlvo.
It Ih woman who inui ple;ih htnii"
"llccatiso of the Wn nciacy of the
liumiin race," 1 Interrupted, "sou ad
mit that the poiiciu k must lie scdtic
tle. do vou not?"
"Yck. but women h.-ie Die. mor
bautlful feathers: Ihev rpnr'n tho
order of natilio," M. Nlcolet nald.
"Heautlful borrowed feathnrs nni)
i hoy borrow them from tho mnlo
bird." 1 answered. So we fell to rn.
cussing tho relative beauty of man
und woman, nnd tho artist and I
agreed thai man h more beautiful In
motion and woman In repose.
"To Kdure, woman mini havo mote
than beauty." M. Nlcolet conclude I.
"Charm l.s moro than heiutj. M.
tny ts moro than elwirm llcau ,
fades, t'li.irm grows run liar. Hut
mystery is eternal. It is woman's
mystery which inaknn of lie i the real
riddle of tho universe."
SUPT LEYGETS DELAY.
WIiIImihii l,ltr I'j-iiii limit I lilll
Moiiilny fin- Affhliit ll.
ALDA.S'r. N. V. Jhii. n-Kt.io :u
perlntrudcnt oi f'll.ions Illli v lias until
Monday to nriwnt supplrmental alll
dnlts at lost Ing bis innocence of .c i
tie rharge of rnl'condurt In oIDib.
CiOV. Wlillni.iii. wlio orlginully Imil
nuonted their file by Krtda noon, mad,
this nnnoiiucunii nt to-d-iy In innncctiou
with his slaternint that J lllcy would be
stvco no further verbal hcarlni. ,
AVO ill
BIT.
10 P. S.
Complaint Before 'Thompson
Committee Against Whit
ney and Turner.
Charge. that Travis VThltncy, Sec
retary to tho I'ubllo Service Com
mission, rind Assistant Chief Kn
glnoer Turner favored tho H. It. T.
In the fight that Iirooklyn property
holders nte making to prevent tho
third tracking of tha elevated road
on Fulton .Street nero made to-day
before tbn Thompson Investigating
Committee by Herbert V. Carpenter
of tho Fulton Street Troperty Own
crs' Association.
Mr. Carpenter told of the different
stages of tho light and of how he ob
tained an Injunction to-day from Jus
tloo Callaghan forbidding the lMbllc
Service Commission to give final Ap
proval to tho structure.
"With counsel I called at the office
of the Commission this morning and
served the Injunction on Commission
er George V. T. Williams," Mr. Car
penter said. "Secretary Travis Whit
ney was sent for nnd came Into the
office. I asked him how I should
servo the Injunction on the Commis
sion. He replied, 'I am not tho Teo
ple'n counsel.' I nskod hltn, 'Do you
deliberately refuse to ndlso tho rep
resentative of property owners"' and
ho answered: 'Yes, I refuse.
"Secretary Whitney, throughout the
entire fight agnrnat the railroad com-
pany'n tight to build this structure
at the clty'o expense, has taken tho
attlude of opposing mn and thorn as
sociated with mo from every stand
point "
Mr. Carpenter cited ono occasion
when the Fulton Street property
owners sought to have the Hoard of
Fstlmato help them in the tight, uboiit
Juno 28. 1915, Secrctry Whitney
Joined (leorgo Tromans. chief counsel
for the IJ. It. T.. In opposing the Cor
poration Counsel
"Do you regard tho charges as seri
ous that you make agnlnjt AsalMnnt
Chief Knglnecr Turner and Hceretary
TruviH Whitney?" asked Counsel
Low is,
"Ves," replied Mr. Carpenter.
"And would you pay that they are
tnoltned to aid tho railroad companies
rather than the people?"
"From my experience and observa
tion," said Mr, Carpenter idowly. "I
rim convinced that their activities have
favored tho railroad company I can
fuy that It la duo to their activities
that the ciro of the people has not
beon properly maintained,"
MANY CHINESE REBELS
DIE IN 3-DAY FlpHTj
Revolutionaries Make Attacks in
Four Districts and Arc Ucatcn
Back With Heavy Loss.
LONDON. Jan. 13. Many C'hlneso
revolutlonarlci wcro killed and cap
tured In a tcrtcs of bloody engage
ments on Jan. . 7 and 8 In tho dtu
trlcts of Tamsul, Polong, Vcntzuwo
and I'oklo, uccordlng to Information
received from tho Canton Govern
ment by Hi'- Hi'ltiuli authorities at
Hongkong and forwarded by ltcutcr's
Hongkong corrcbpondcnt.
The Hongkong despatch says that
tho rebels were well supplied with!
arms, munitions and mllltury mil-;
forms. Thoy fought until their am
munition was exhausted, when they
continued to strugglo with bombs.
Ultimately tho revolutionists wetn
routed and many of them. Including
soni'3 of the leaders, wrn killed or
taken prisoners. Tho Government
forces ulso captured munitions und
horses,
Various garrisons aro engaged In .
following traces left by tho rebclo who i
escaped, with tbn object of cxterml-1
tinting them i
MISS WILSON UNDER KNIFE.!
Ilmmlitrr nf llir I'rraiilrnt Una Ton.'
nll llrnsofil,
1 1 The r.ncins i
I'llIL.UIKU-IIlA, Jan. I :. -Mlis
Mnrsarrt W'lljcn, daughter of the'
I'rcsldrni, underwent un operation t '
Jefferson Mopital here to-da.i, during
which tidenolds und enlnrgel tonsils1
were renimert. T!io operation was pio
nounocd a euo'cus.
Mls-4 Vllion lri been in (lie hoiilt.i!
hlne last Tuesday, but the greatest e- '
i rn y Ji.m n tnalntain't by the f.
Il'l,il ther The While l,,usn ,,t
Wnshliurton was In ''oiimiunhatloi, n,i
i ip lOfplU' in.s morning In jnuK tin.
tun e iclej i,nc Mi-h WiIduih , !,,,
Miss Ileln V.mIi. lun wan lu
nt lit tlx oiie il ,
Heed the
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IS CHARGED
OFFICERS
Malto-Ferrin
f .ii f ihf fMrttiiji niaffr In -V in ir trnun'l thf itl oi a t
'i 40iii tlcfilji th ItUliMti HMrhlif t'.f4ti rt'lffi III lO'l r i
Me St u w fifr.it t iwrti ?v Mi ) llfii i l mimU, tn
miI t.uAiMii)i i mro.iK I jl'hv ilt Jt rri4l-lcfi -n lu il
ion if (ir.i Iiij nu It rait tin, botlv iilwrt)i in iftrl tiellln uit'Ji iu
Msl l'crrln I. ncell l itervunp, from Mia hlcltut m-tu
tlvA to ttut tMlIrt finplo: vorKe.'H In 4ffi' or t ittrttm ti
nr"v rj.o.ti o. Indusirv , UuwUnJi ami liouimvUci vditjren und
donus.li.1.
T4- fJ-rwr Milio rr n . P Wliflrs- .n ton
Ucl XX XlOW ',e' Ml ll im mii nd ir- .1 uk nuil
tint ou- o t c w,;i fndo-R It la a.
vrv rijf n ni"-.. . fon ' i m'i . t of toil ,i tr o i f - n
i omimund MtlKiaini't unA Mai ' Uvtri- tuirrcrl pi ueu
' pi-i itri ji i h iuv u ' 4' uro-'csi u h nil ai P'iiicu u,
ftuarkaul nou litilnc and Jn aou'tnt prjpei t
MuHo-Fcrrin is on sale at All
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5,000 GO ON STRIKE,
E TO QUIT
Recognition of Their Union Is
Demanded by 25,000 of the
Amalgamated Workers.
In their effott to secure recognition
of their union, the Amalgamated
Clothing Workers of America this
afternoon called out 3.000 workers on
strike. A thousand glrln urn Includ
ed In this number, nil of whom work
on men's wear. Sidney Illllman. the
chairman of the executive! commit
tee, stated that there nro 25,000 union
member i still working without union
recognition by their cmplojers and
that these will bo called out at the
rate of five thousand a day, begin
ning to-morrow, until they nre all
striking or their point Is won.
At a meeting which began In Ihe
Hotel Albert, Iaovcnlh .Street and
University Dace, nt I o'clock eter
day afternoon and continued until 2
o'clock this morning, the cmploycia
of 30,000 men'a wear workers agreed
to recognize the union. Tho employ
ors who still Insist on the open shop
were notified to-day of tho Impending
strikes. Tho meeting at the Hotel
Albert was called by Charles I,. Hern
hclmor, Chairman of tho Arbitration
Committee of the New York Chamber
of Commerce, tho other committee
men being Mr. Paul Adclson and Dr.
C. L. Magnus. A rommlltoo of three
from tho workmen, nnd three from
the manufacturer met the Chamber
of Commerce committee and succeed
ed In adjusting the dimcilllv so far ns
30,000 employees were concerned.
At the time of the striken last
rprlng the manufacturers are nald to
have agreed to rocognlre tho union
on Dec. 1 and glvo all workera a dob
lar n week more wages. Neither of
theso ngiecmcntn waa lived up to,
the unions say. !iat Wednesday a
meeting was held which reunited In
the manufacturers conceding tho
rnUe in wuges but notitho union rec
ognition. About one hundred factories ate In
volvod in tho controversy.
LABOR MEN DEMAND
PLACES ON P, S, BOARDS
Railway Unions Propose to Whit
man Names of C. A. Burr
and W. C Gurncy.
(Sril to Th inUx WorlU
ALBANY. Jan. 13. Labor organlti
tlons to-day sent reprentatlvea to
tiov. Whitman demanding direct rep
resentation and participation In
government. This la lit keeping with
x policy recently ndopted by tha
American Federation of Labor.
President Oompera and other ofllccrs
of tho organization inaugurated the
plan a month ngo In an audience
with President Wilson.
To-day Thomau VS. Ityan headed a
delegation of representative!! of rail
way organizations, Including engi
neers, firemen, conductor! and train
men, who request tho nppoltilment of
a labor member on both tho I'ubllo
.Service Commission:! and tho Indus
trial Commltslon.
Thoy presented the name of C, A
Ilurr, a lawyer, for member of the,
Now York City I'ubllo Servico Com-
mltjlou and the nanio of W. O. Our
ncy of Hinghamton for Commissioner i
on tho up-Stato board, lioth men nro
members or the Order of Hallway ,
Conductors. No choice was named I
for tho Industrial Commission. !
The delegation protested against !
tho repeal of tho l"ull Crow law.
MRS. GRAHAME WHITE WINS.j
Loudon l onrt llrnlorm Con Juunl i
Uliclita Avlntnr'a Wife.
LONDON, Jan, 13 Tho petition of
Mr. Clnudo Oralmme White, wife of'
the noted aviator, for restoration of!
her conjugal rlht3 was granted to
day.
This artlon. It wis scnoially under
stood. Il pn llnilnar to a ult for di
vorce Mrs. tiiahame-Whlto content
pUte.1 bringing. Tho Urahame-Whites
were married on Juno 27, I01;. when
lirahuiiie-Whllo himclf wis in thu
llinellKh" a a daring nvniloi. The
bride was Mlm I ih oiliy t'aduell T) -lor.
daoghtL'i of llntiMin J. Talor of
New York. ironilnut rneially. (Ira-liami-W
bite iel;ind ,-ec-nth from Ihe
wi :ron' lb' now cngagi-d In buPd
i- " loi'lane- ,t 'he llrti'i m.iitiiMi
, rut or Jlrndoii. ii" ar London
"Warning
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ill PI K ' '! 0 Ml.it 'O It
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n- ito.n i ntiivl'tins n Clt Malio
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and 89c
FERRYBOAT GOES
AGROUND IN FOG
Atlantic, Hrom Brooklyn, l:as!
in Mud Off Governor's
Island Over Hour.
Now York awoke thM tmrnlng tc
And Itself shrouded In a fog that
blocked traffic, knocked ferry sched
ule awry and made the Upper Hay
a bedlam of shrieking whistles and
tolling bell.
Shortly after ! o'clock the ferry
boat Atlantic, plying between Ham
ilton Avenue, Iirooklyn, nnd South
Terry, went aground off the South
eastern end of Governor's Island. The
300 passengers were thrown to the
decks and ngnlnst tho sides of the
boat. For moro than an hour the
Atlantic stuck within a few yards of
the Island.
A boat was lowered nnd men were
sent to the Island for asslstanco.
Tug were despatched to lied Hook
Hats and helped pull the ferry fiee.
Sho returned to Iirooklyn.
Tho Hamilton Kerry service was
suspended for several hours and great
llneti of trucks formed at the llattory
and tho Iirooklyn terminus of the line.
Hound for Manhattan with S00
pasacngers, the Statcn Island ferry
boat Manhattan was gingerly feeling
Its way along when directly across
Its course a steam lighter loomed up.
C.pt. Hunt of the ferryboat signalled
to his engineer to stop, hut tho mo.
nicntum of the ferryboat carried it
with n Jolt Into the broad el Jo of the
lighter. In a moment tho ferryboat
was reversing.
Tho Jar of the collision, however,
tent passengers tumbling from the
cabin scats. A mild panic de
veloped, but members of the ferry
boat oi ow and some of the men pas
sengers assured tho bulf hysterical
women and girls thcro was no din
ger. After ascertaining that the
lighter, which belong to tho Commer
cial Coal Company, was not badly
damag-.d tbo Manhattan continued on
tit- (.ourje to the llattory.
About S o'clock a Central Union
atoeKyards bargo wtth 400 sheep on
1th upper tier and 200 Moors on Its
lowor tier, In tow of tho tuga Ed
ward O. Murray and Hercules, was
rounding the IJuttcry Into the Hast
Itlver. bound from Cummlnlpaw to
tbe foot of Hast Forty. alxth street.
Feeling Its way through the fog came
tho Bound freighter I'equonnock. With
Auddiu, shrieking whistles und loud
bawled warnings the Pcquonnoclt and
the bargo camo tognthor, tbe steamer
ramming lis nose Into tho utar
board aide of tho cattlo float.
Tho crush and thu ncroamu and
erlo.i of the Injured sheep and atcerj
could bo hoard all over tho Mattery
section nnd thousands ran to the
toa-wull to learn tho causo. The
I'cquonnock freed herself, and with
damngod bown proceadud on nor way.
Tho tugs dragged tho bargo to the
sea-wall nnd mitdo her fast to pre
vent ner roundoring.
Later the cattle wore transferred
to another bargo.
The Adriatic of tho White Star
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Men's Shoes . ; .T $2.90 to $5.75
Women's Boots $2.60 to $4.85
Women's Slippers $1.90 to $4.25
Children's Shoes $1.35 to $2.95
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part.
The Armonln. a British cattle boat,
was lost somewhere In tho upper bay
at noon, with a tug from her agenti
searching for her. Tho ArmonU wan
boarded by the neutrality squad last
night and her wireless was disman
tled under the ruling that ships of
warring nations must not use thlr
wireless In port.
FORMER MESSENGER NOW
HEADS FIFTH AVE, BANK
Theodore Hetzler Is Fourth to R'u
in That Concern From
Like Position.
At a meeting of the Uoard of Di
rectors of the Fifth Avenue Dank,
at Forty-fifth Street and Fifth
Avenue, Theodore Hetzler, who en
tered tbo service of tha bank as a
messenger In 1SW. was elected Presi
dent. In his qunrter-contury connec
tion with tho concern he baa worked
In all department. He ts tha young
est President of a prominent Naw
York bank.
Mr. Hetzler was In London at tha
outbreak of the war. Ho was chosen
Chairman of the American Committee
and under his direction thousands of
Americans were relieved.
Tho Fifth Avenue Hank la proud of
Its record for developing banker
from mencngers, On the directorate)
of the concern aro four men who be
gan in this humblo capacity, Mr.
Hetzler, James O. Cannon, William
H. Porter and H. P. Fancher.
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