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PLUMS AHE TO FALL
TAMMANY GETS OXE.
Tax Commissioners To Be
Named To-day.
Mayor Gaynor announced last night be
fore leaving the. City Hall that he would
appoint tax commissioners to-day to suc
ceed James H. Tully. Charles J. McCor
mack. Charles Putzei, John J. Halloran and
Hugh Hastings and flll one vacancy In the
board, making six appointments in all.
These places are among the choicest plums
in the gift of the Mayor, paying $6,000 a
y«ir, with pleasant duties.
The Mayor also said he would announce
on Monday morning the names of all the
remaining heads of departments. They are
as follows:
Two commissioners of accounts, at $5,000
Ynree assessors to succeed Paul Wel
mann. Antonio Zucca and James H. Ken
nedy, at $5,000 each.
Supervisor of the City Record, at $0,000.
m place of Patrick J. Tracy.
Commissioner of Licenses, in place of
lohn N. Bogait. $5,000.
Commissioner of Corrections, in place of
John J. Barry, $7,600.
Health Commissioner, in place of Dr.
Thomas Darlington, $7,500.
Park Commissioner for Manhattan and
Rjchmond, in place of Henry Smith, $o 000.
Tenement House Commissioner, in place
of Edmond J. Biltler. at $7,500.
At the same time Mayor Gaynor may
announce the ot Police
Commissioner Baker and Street Cleaning
Commissioner Edwards. It is understood
that these two officials will remain at the
head of their respective departments, but
it would not surprise any one if they, too,
Tver*> displaced.
MR MI'RPHY CALLS.
Charles F. Murphy spent an hour with
Mayor Gaynor yesterday, and went away
looking pleased. Mr. Murphy reached the
Tity ff«H shortly before noon, while the
Mayor was busy with the Board of Esti
mate and Apportionment. He was accom
panied by Philip F. Donohue. treasurer of
Tammany Hall. They called on the City
Clerk, ir. the eastern end of the building,
»nd returned to the Mayor's office in time
|a greet his honor when he came down
stairs.
The news that Murphy was with the
Mayor spread yesterday as it did on Tues
day, and with a similar result. The
"braves" gathered quickly and waited pa
tiently for the Tammany bos? to reappear.
A rush was made for him when he walked
down the corridor with Mr. Donohue, but
he waved off questioners with the remark:
"His honor will do all the talking."
When Mayor Gaynor was asked about
the object of Mr. Murphy's call he said
that as a matter of course Mr. Murphy
had called to talk with him about ap
pointments, and he said that he had rec
ommended men for various positions.
In view of the Mayor's statement before
taking office that Mr. Murphy had not sug
gested names for places, it is assumed
that when Mr. Murphy called on the Mayor
on Tuesday the Mayor asked him to sub
mit names.
GOODWIN GETS JOB.
Chanti's Commissioner Drummond "broke
the ice" for Mr. Murphy yesterday when
he called cm Mayor Gaynor shortly after
noon, and with the sanction of the- Mayor
announced that he had appointed Frank J.
Goodwin, Tammany leader of the 7th Dis
trict, as deputy commissioner, at a salary
of |5,006. Commissioner Drummond said
to s Tribune r^pri rt»r after appointing Mr.
Goodwin:
"The appointment of Mr. Goodwin is
strictly a personal appointment, and not
political. The fact that he is a district
leader in the Democratic organization had
nothing to do with his appointment. He
would have been appointed just the same
if he had been a Republican district lead
er or a leader In any other party. I have
known him for many years, and he has
my 'entire confidence. He is a man of in
tegrity and ability, and will be of great
assistance to me in the management of a
department that has no political com
plexion whatever, and should not have."
Mr. Goodwin was a Deputy Commissioner
Of Water Supply. Gas and Electricity under
ComrnifEioner O'Brien until three years
ago. when he was let out. He was soon
after appointed Superintendent of Sewers
by Borough President AheaVn, at a salary
of $5,000. Goodwin has been in politics ever
Fine* he was a young man. About - ten
years ago he "broke" with William S.
Devery and became the regular Tammany
leader of the old Mb District.
The only other "organization" appoint
ment was that of Winfred R. Sheehan, of
"The Evening World." who was made pri
vate secretary to Fire Commissioner Waldo,
at a salary of $2,500.
ON ART COMMISSION.
~* leaving for the day the Mayor
announced the appointment of Francis C.
of No. 33 West CTih street, and R. T.
H Halsey, of No. 64 \\>.=t 57, th street, as
members of the Municipal Art Commission.
Ika n^w men succeed Frank V. Millet and
Tohn B. Pine. They serve without salary.
The commission will meet for reorganiza
tion on Tuesday, at 4 o'clock. Robert W.
de Forest is president.
Mr. Jones studied at the Ecole dcs Beaux
Ant- under Yvon, Lehman. Boulanger and
L*-fevre, and has had a studio in New fork ;
■■.! '■(• 1882. He won The Clark prize, Na
aJ Academy of Desipn, :n 18fe5; the silver
rr:f-dal at the Pan-American exposition in
and at the St. Louis exposition in
IS 4 He is a member of thf- American
Water Color Soek-ty, Architectural League
ar;<i Mural Paln!»-r;-.
Mr. Halsey, who Is a broker, js the au
thor of several books on interior decora
tion and furnishings. He was a member of
thf- committee appointed by the Art Com
rm«=Fion to supervise the decoration of the
."rfivemnr's Room, m the City Hall.
GRT'BER HAS HIS JOKE.
The Mayor walked from his home in
Brooklyn through the drizzle, reaching his
nfftc*- at J* :30. which is about his usual
time. Among the noontime callers were
Surrogate John Cohalan. who wants the
Mayor to appoint James O'Brien Superin
tendent of Bronx Parks, at a salary of
$3,000. The present incumbent Is John H.
Morrison Corporation Counsel Watson
■was a caller, as was also "Colonel" Abra
ham Gruber, Republican.
"I always liked Gaynor,* 1 said Mr. Gru
"l called to pay my respects. I've
U-en here nearly an hour, and I find to my
Borrow that it takes about as long to pay
your respects as it does to pay your taxes."
Thomas J. Curtis and James H. Hatch, of
the Central Federated Union, called to ask
the Mayor not to reappoint John N. Bo
g*rt as Commissioner of Licenses. John D.
Orlmmlns, Albert FaJk, Supervisor of the
Census, and Justice James W. Gerard, of
ths Supreme Court, quickly followed each
other along the corridor, and each saw the
Mayor for a short time.
The Mayor occupied himself during the
efternoon almost entirely with the compo
sMlsa of the remainder of his cabinet.
FINDS HIS NEPHEW IN CHICAGO.
Chicago, Jan. 7— After searching the
country for several months, Albert Ha.ll
h*im«r, of No. 216 83d street. New York, to
day found his nephew, Julius Hallheimer,
nineteen years old, in a West Side lodging
house. He took the youth to New York
to-night.
If you are
looking for a
Good Position
read the Help Wanted
advertisements this morning.
BOARD STARTS WORK
MITCHEUS PLAN UP.
Mayor Gaynor Presides at His
First Meeting.
The new Board of Estimate and Appor
tionment, with Mayor Gaynor presiding, at
its first meeting yesterday staked out work
as follows:
Authorized the appointment of a com
mittee consisting of the Mayor. Controller
and President of the Board of Aldermen
to confer with the Public Service Commis
sion for the purpose of providing for rapid
transit facilities and to formulate a plan
for the immediate relief of transit conges
tion, to report on or before March 1.
The same committee to formulate a plan
to standardize the purchase of supplies.
Directed the secretary of the board to
furnish a complete estimate of all public
improvements contemplated or under way
under the Jurisdiction of the respective de
partments and to report by February 15.
Created a committee to draft rules for
the guidance of the board.
Called on the various departments to ren
der a full statement by February 10 con
cerning unexpended and inactive corporate
stock appropriations, with the idea of mak
ing such unexpended balances available
for general use.
Called for a statement from the secretary
with reference to all corporate stock au
thorization, and directed that all branches
of the city government refrain from in
curring further liabilities other than water
bonds, without express authorization of the
Board of Estimate.
Authorized the appointment of a com
mission of five to report on teachers' sal
aries in the public schools, the commission
to be appointed, two by the Mayor, two
by the Controller and one by the President
of the Board of Aldermen.
Called on the Controller to furnish a
statement showing all increases in the bor
rowing capacity of the city, and on the
Department of Taxes for a statement show
ing the estimated increase in the assessed
valuation of real estate.
All of these resolutions were prepared
after the conference on Thursday afternoon
in the Mayor's office, and the typewriting
indicated that they had been prepared by
one person, presumably President Mitchel
of the Board of Aldermen. The only one
that caused undue comment was the one
givinp Messrs. Prcndergan and Mitchel
preponderance in the appointment of a com
mission to readjust teachers' salaries.
All the resolutions w«re adopted without
a dissenting vote.
Street Cleaning Commissioner Edwards
was "shot to pieces" under a rapid-fire
cross-questioning by the Controller and the
President of the Board of Aldermen when
he asked the board to approve the con
tract with the William Bradley company
for proposed snow removal by the area
system. The Commissioner said the Christ
mas storm had cost the city about J500.000
or $600,000. He said that under the area
system three years ago snow removal had
cost $2,fi00,</OG, but there had been fifty
seven inches fall, as against sixteen last
year, when removal cost $760,000.
On motion of Mr. Mitchel a committee of
three was authorized to draft a new form
of contract. The Mayor commended the
Commissioner for his explanation.
Nearly all the routine resolutions were
referred to the Controller for further ex
amination.
The only fun furnished during the ses
sion was by Dr. Junor, speaking for Flat
bush taxpayers, who protested against the
change in location by the old Board of
Estimate of the Catskill aqueduct. He said
that the McClellan Board of Estimate had
indulged in an "orgy of disgracefuiness"
and an "orgy of extravagance." He called
for a rescinding of the action of the old
board in behalf of "teeming millions" who
would some day want the aqueduct laid
under Flatbush, and he solemnly declared
that the action of the old board "seems
to us unseemly."
The Mayor assured kirn that his protest
would receive consideration. Ex-Controller
Metz was in the audience, and he said
it seemed like old times, but somewhat
tamer.
THINKS HE IS KENNEDY HEIR.
Pittsfield Carpenter Has No Claim to
Estate, Says Executor.
Pittefleld, Mass., Jan. 7.— James D. Ken
nedy, a carpenter here, thinks that he may
be an heir of John Stewart Kennedy, the
late New York millionaire, and has en
gagfd counsel to make inquiries Into the
fji.rr.lly history. James Kennedy says that his
father and the latter's brother, John, went
from Scotland to New York in 1S&0. The
family was scattered a few years jater.
James came to Pittsfield thirty-five years
ago, and is now sixty-seven years of age.
He thinks he is possibly a nephew of the
dead banker.
Kobert W. de Forest, one of the execu
tors of the Kennedy estate, said last night
that James D. Kennedy had no claim to
the estate. "The will has been proved," he
said, "and the family proven. I have heard
of no contest here or by any member of
the family."
MEMORIAL FOR MR. HULL.
Memorial cervices will be held at 4 o'clock
to-morrow In the home of Washington
Hull, No. 154 South Portland avenue,
Brooklyn. Mr. Hull, a well known archi
tect, was drowned when his yacht Com
modore went down in a storm off Belle
Harbor, Lung Island, on November a. Hi,
body huM not been- recovered.
XEW-YORK t>AItT TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1910.
THE NEW BOARD OF ESTIMATE MEETING FOR FIRST TIME.
HUB CAMPAIGN HOT.
All Issues Except Personal
Honesty Cast Aside.
Boston, Jan. 7. — The municipal contest
neared the white heat stage to-day, with
all other issues except that of personal hon
esty thrown aside. All four of the candi
dates for Mayor are speaking or trying to
speak a dozen or more times a day, and
nearly all have gone as far as possible in
hurling innuendoes at one another. In fact,
several politicians who have felt the sting
of the political whip have sought the courts
in an effort to obtain writs for alleged
criminal libel. The local papers contain
little else than politics, both in the news
and advertising columns.
If there are any voters who have not
been reached by personal solicitations,
rallies, letters or the immense headlines
in the newspapers they must be out of
town, and, with every public automobile
engaged and several hundred motor cars
secured, it is expected that a vote well up
to 90 per cent of the registration of 113.000
will be polled.
Two of the candidates. James J. Stor
row and ex-Mayor John F. Fitzgerald, have
organized big political machines, which
have brought into the work thousands of
people. House-to-house calls have been
made throughout the city, and thousands
of letters have been sent out.
Mr. Fitzgerald spok" at twenty-four ral
lies to-night, while Mr. Storrow attended
more than a dozen meetings. Mayor
George A. Hibbard has not been so active,
but he nevertheless made a round of the
■wards to-night. Nathaniel H. Taylor, the
fourth candidate, has boen less strenuous in
his pursuit of the voters than his opponents,
yet he, too. was active to-night, and will
probably be heard from more as Election
Day approaches.
Mr. Storrow and Mr. Fitzgerald have
been the principal actors on the po
litical stage, and both have fired hot shot
at each other for nearly eleven weeks.
Each has charged that the other was using
money to further his own interests, while
Mr. Fitzgerald to-day alleged that his op
ponent had purchased the support of pa
pers in New York. A recent change in the
ownership of a local paper Is said to have
been one of the results of the campaign.
A warm controversy between the editor
of an afternoon newspaper and the heads
of two big banking institutions over an
alleged attempt to control the political
preferences of the paper is a side feature
of the municipal situation. Ex-Mayor Fitz
gerald started it when he charged in his
platform speeches that the newspaper was
controlled by Mr. Storrow. The editor re
torted that certain prominent capitalists,
who until recently held bonds of the news
paper corporation, had attempted by threats
of foreclosure to gain personal control of the
policy of the paper in the interest of Fitz
gerald. Signed statements from the bank
ers and others concerned appeared as ad
vertisements to-day in all the papers de
nying the editor's charges, but he re
iterates them in another statement Issued
this evening.
BAKER GLAD TO SAVE.
Commends Controller for Re
turning Lieutenant Shevlin.
Police Commissioner Baker said yester
day that he wished all department heads
would follow the precedent set by Con
troller Prendergast In sending back to
Police Headquarters L/ieutenant John F.
Shevlin, who had been attached to the Con
troller's office for years, and added that
there were still one sergeant and nineteen
patrolmen in that department that he would
like to have back. The Commissioner said
he could save $450,000 if he could get back
the five hundred patrolmen who are doing
duty in the minor courts and various city
departments.
Inspectors from every district in the city
were closeted with • the Commissioner yes
terday. It -was learned that he was far
from satisfied with the manner ir. which
the men of all grades were doing their
work, and told the inspectors that they
would have to Btlr things up a bit and in
ject more activity into tl^eir subordinates.
Patrolman John W. Mann, of the Mercer
street station, who was suspended on
Thursday night when his captain and a
police Burgeon pronounced him intoxicated,
would get no mercy, the Commissioner
said. He is determined to rid the depart
ment of "drunks and lushes," and Mann
will be put on trial as soon as possible.
He also said the Mercer street station was
no longer the penitentiary of the force,
and that he had recently sent ten young
patrolmen into the precinct.
LACKAWANNA AGAIN INDICTED.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune]
Norwich, N. V.. Jan. 7.— The January
grand jury in Chenarigo County has found
two indictments against the Lackawanna
Railroad for a violation of the semi-month
ly pay bill. Several Indictments found by
prior grand juries for the same offence are
awaiting disposition.
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CAR CRUSHES AUTO
FOUR HURT IN CRASH.
Glass Flies in Head-On Colli
sion in Central Park.
Four persons were taken to the Presby
terian Hospital last night suffering from
injuries received when an automobile con
taining a party taken on a pleasure trip
by a chauffeur and a westbound car of
the 86th street line were In a head-on
collision in the Tranverse Road in Cen
tral Park, near Fifth avenue. The
chauffeur, Nelson Seabeck, of No. 225 South
Broadway, Yonkers, who was thrown about
twenty-five feet, and the motorman,
George Rosini, of No. 1668 Park avenue,
escaped serious injury and were locked up
in the Arsenal station on a technical charge
of assault.
The persons injured were Iver Djurstrom,
his wife and sister, who live at No. 2650
Broadway, and were riding in the wrecked
automobile, and Patrick Twohey, of No.
219 East 89th street, a passenger on the
car. All were badly cut by flying glasd,
and the occupants of the machine were
severely bruised when they were thrown
from their seats without warning against
the front of the automobile. Several pas
sengers on the car received minor cuts
and bruises.
The automobile was owned by Benjamin
H. Kaufman, who lives at Central Park
West and 75th street, and Captain Far
rell, of the Arsenal station, tried last night
to get into communication with him i
fln<j out if he wished to prosecute hi.-
chauffeur under the new law, which make
the chauffeur of a "joy riding" machine
liable to arrest for grand larceny.
The car was an imported machine of
French make and kts value was estimated
by the police as $6,000. It was a total
wreck. Seabeck said after the accident
that the wrecking crew which was sent to
clear the tracks did more damage to the
automobile than the collision.
Seabeck has been employed by Mr. Kauf
man only two days, and last night he start
ed from a garage to take the family of his
employer to the opera. On the way he met
his friends, the Djurstroms, and invited
them to take a short spin with him. They
turned east into the Transverse Road and
followed an eastbound car, which was going
at a rapid rate of speed. Seabeck was
right behind the car when the motorman of
the latter turned off the power and applied
the brakes as he approached a curve.
The chauffeur, to avoid a collision with
this car, swung out into the westbound
track Just as the car driven by Rosini ap
proached at a fair rate of speed. The car
and the automobile came together with
such force that the rear trucks of the for
mer were lifted from the tracks. All the
windows in the limousine were shattered
and many of those in the car were also
broken. The front vestibule of the car
crumpled up like paper, and Rosini's escape
from serious injury was remarkable.
The crash was heard by Patrolman Bap
tist, of the Arsenal station, who called an
amhulance and then ran to the scene of the
accident. Dr. McDonald made n quick run
from the Presbyterian Hospital and patched
up several of the passengers.
The car was crowded when the collision
occurred, and the physician said that he
couldn't understand why several persons
had not been killed. Rosini said that If his
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car had been going as fast as the automo
bile the machine would have been thrown
up on the terrace alongside of the road.
As soon as the slightly Injured had been
cared for the ambulance carried those
whose injuries were more serious to the
hospital and a wrecking crew arrived to
clear the tracks. The crew placed the rear
trucks of the surface car back on the tracks
and piled the remains of the automobile
on one side of the road. Traffic was not
resumed for nearly an hour, but a shuttle
service was maintained that permitted the
transportation of passengers with little de
lay.
DUMPS CAR TO SAVE WOMEN.
Auto Turns Turtle When Chauffeur
Turns Wheel Too Quickly.
Max Eller. of No. 1629 Parker street.
Westchester, was driving his new touring
car up Amsterdam avenue last night when,
at 88th street, two women started to cross
the street in front of the approaching ma
chine. EHer was going at a lively rate of
speed and to avoid an accident he turned
the steering whe 1 around so quickly that
the machine turned turtle.
A man who was riding in the rear seat of
the car was slightly hurt, but got away
without disclosing his identity. The two
women escaped injury because of Eller's
prompt action. The latter was not so
fortunate. He was badly cut about the
head and face when he was thrown to the
pavement. Several teeth were knocked out
and he received contusions of the body and
a general 3haklng up.
Patrolman White summoned an ambu
lance from J. Hood Wright Hospital and
Dr. McGuinness patched up Eller so that
ie was able to go home. He left the tour
ing car a wreck in the street.
CASHIER PLEADS GUILTY.
Canadian Express Robbers To Be Sen
tenced To-day.
Niagara Falls, Ont., Jan. 7.— 'William
Dobson, cashier, and Purl S. Whistler, ar
rested in connection with the $14,000 Cana
dian Express Company robbery on Novem
ber 4. pleaded guilty to-day to charges of
conspiracy and theft. Sentences will be im
posed to-morrow.
SCANDINAVIANS ELECT OFFICERS.
The American Scandinavian Society re
elected Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler presi
dent at its annual meeting at the Hotel
Astor last night. The Rev. Dr. Frederick
Lynch was re-elected vice-president; Pro
fessor Carl C. Lorentzen, of New York Uni
versity, secretary, and ex-Borough Presi
dent J. Edward Swanstrom, of Brooklyn,
treasurer. Two new vice-presidents—Pro
fessor William Hovgaard and Neils Poul
sen—were also chosen, and a new constitu
tion for the society was adopted.
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HIT WATER PROJECT
DELAY IX PROSPECT.
Catskill Board Likch/ To Re
I mes-t tinted.
Simultaneous attacks were made yester
day in the Supreme at White Plains
before Justice Mills and in the City Hall
before Mayor Gaynor on the Catskill aque
duct project. In the Board of Estimate
Controller Prendencas't obtained unanimous
consent for a resolution asking the State
Water Board, which is to meet here on
Wednesday, to defer affirmative action on
the plans of the Board of Water Supply
for a deep pressure tunnel for the aque
duct under Manhattan Island and connect
ing with Brooklyn and Richmond.
In White Plains Assistant Corporation
Counsel Henry C. Dykman mov d to set
aside the report of the commissioners in
condemnation proceedings brought by the
city in connection with the Hillview reser
voir. Mr. Dykman asked that the report
be set aside, first, on the ground that the
commissioners made awards which would
shock the conscience of the court; second,
on the ground that one of the commis
sioners, Joseph E. Merriam, of Mount
Kisco, in these same proceedings had re
ceived about $10,000 for his services, and
that the Corporation Counsel had knowl
edge that Mr. Merriam had received $600
or $700 as counsel fees for representing
property owners in similar proceedings
brought by the city. Mr. Dykman said that
Mr. Merriam had resigned his commission
ership. There will be another hearing at
Mount Vernon on January 22.
While the action taken by the Board of
Estimate and Apportionment yesterday
was said by Mayor Gaynor to be only
necessary and proper in order that the
city officials might know just what was
under way, there were many rumors afloat
last night about further and drastic ac
tion by the Gaynor administration looking
to a thorough investigation of the business
methods of not only the condemnation
commissions, but of the Board of Water
Supply.
President Bensel of the Board of Water
Supply saw Mayor Gaynor this week and
explained to him the plan for the pressure
tunnel under Manhattan. He probably
smoothed the way for early action on
this particular piece of engineering, but it
is probable that the Mayor will insist at
an early day on a rigid reform in the
methods now governing the appraisal of
lands to be acquired by the city for water
supply purposes.
During the campaign, in a lecture at
New Rochelle and at the dinner given in
his honor by the bar. Judge Gaynor spoke
strongly against the methods now used to
acquire land for the new aqueduct.
Rumor went so far yesterday as to say
that the Mayor would prefer charges
against the Board of Water Supply, hold
ing that the members are morally respon
sible for the great cost of the aqueduct.
It was said that figures were available
showing that it had cost the city $4,000,000
to acquire title to $2,000,000 worth of land,
and that equally preposterous figures would
be forthcoming when land for other sec
tions of the aqueduct was paid for.
The commissioners say that they are
ready for any kind of a grilling. They are
prepared to show that they asked Corpora
tion Counsel Delany for authority to con
duct their own purchase of lands, and
that their application was denied. Later
they asked Corporation Counsel Ellison for
this authority and he sanctioned it, but in
the mean time syndicates working or< a
percentage basis had been all over tn«»
watershed getting options on tracts needed
by the city.
BRITISH SHIP A TOTAL LOSS.
Honolulu. Jan. 7.— The captain and crew
of the British bark Alexander Black have
reached here, after abandoning their ship,
which went ashore on Tuesday as it was
entering the harbor of Kahului. on the
island of Maui.
The vessel is breaking up and the cargo,
valued at $114,000, will be a total loss. Be-
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Metis New 1910 $1.50 and
$2 Shirts in the January Sale
Special Sale Price Will Be, Each, 95c
In half dozen lots. . .$5.50 | In dozen lots $11.00
Men's 75c Cambric Night Shirts, 50c
Men's 1.75 Plain Color Pajamas, 1.35
Men's 3.95 and 4.95 Smoking Jackets, 2.95
| Main — Greenhut and Company.
- £..1 Aye., l O|.L to 19th St. Store formerly occupied —
orh rtve., 1 sth to I Vrh Jr. h y B. Altman & Co.
CONTINUANCE of the GREATEST SALE of
FURS EVER HELD in NEW YORK CITY
THE WELL KNOWN FIRM OF '
F. BOOSS & ERO., -
ESTABLISHED 1853.
On account of removal to larger quarters are com
pelled to dispose of their entire stock of over $150,000
of the finest Furs ever exhibited in 1 this city.
It is impossible to enumerate in this space the many great bargains that can b«
found here, consisting of
Coats, fluffs and Neckpieces,
Hen's and Women's Fur Lined Coats.
The firm of F. BOOM & BUO.. In* • has been established for the past fifty yean,
aud ©very garment sold carries their guarantee. .
F. BOOSS & BRO., Inc.
1 SALE AT BOTH STORES.
No. 1 West 34th St., 859 Broadway
Opposite Near
Waldorf-Astoria [ 18th Street.
Vmotor cars
Show week
display at our store
in addition to our
Exhibit at Madison
Square Garden.
Complete line open
i and enclosed cars.
Packard Motor Car Company
of New York
Broadway and Sixty -first Street
fore the vessel was abandoned a squall
came ud and the crew narrowly escaped.
HALLBOY HIS TARGET
Asked to Keep Quiet, Tenant
Used Pistol, Say Police.
Firing his revolver at a fleeing elevator
boy as he ran down the stairs, according
t > the police. L<oul3 Soviner. a Jeweller.
roused the Adelaide apartments. In "West
35th street, from top to bottom last night
and kept the tenants hanging: oat of thetr
front windows yelling "Fire!" and "Mur
der!" until he was captured and disarmed.
He was locked up in the West 37th street
police station on a charge of felonious as
sault, made by Andrew Collins, day elsva»>
tor boy at the Adelaide, at whom ha la
alleged to have fired three shots. Ha also
fired at Oliver Olmstead, night elovator
boy, it was alleged.
All Soviner woiild say to the police was
that Collins had come to his flat and dis
turbed him. According to the story told
by Collins and by tenants in th» apartment
house, there was a good deal of nols« In
the Soviner apartments last night, and Jo
seph Canvasser, whose fiat is Just under
Soviner's, complained of the noise. CoW
lins knocked at Soviner's door, and Soviner
answered. The elevator boy told him ther«
was sickness in the Canvasser family and
asked him to b« quieter.
"Wait and I'll see If It can be ■topped.**
Collins says Soviner replied, turning away.
Collins waited, and the next thins he knew.
he says, he was looking down the barrel
of a .3S-calibre revolver In the hands of
Soviner. He promptly took to his heels,
leaving his elevator standing at the fourth
floor, with Soviner after him. At the third
floor, Collins says, Soviner paused and fired
at him.
Soviner continued the chase into th«
street, but the elevator boy had vanished
around the Seventh avenue corner. By
this time all seven stories of the apartment
house were in an uproar. Women were
screaming and men were tumbling out Into
the hall. The nigat elevator boy. Oliverm,
Olmstead. came on duty, got the elevator
at the fourth floor ani started to run It
down. Ha paused at the second floor to
let on three wonnn, who wanted to get
downstairs very badly, and just as he was
nearly down to the ground Soviner re-en
tered the building, his revolver still In his
hand
He rushed at the descending elevator.
pointing the revolver, according to the po
lice, at Olmstead, who quickly reversed his
lever and started up again. Solviner tired
at the disappearing elevator, but only
struck the wall, and the women screamed.
Olrr.stead ran the elevator clear to the top
of the building without a stop.
at 95C
The new 1910 shirt pat
terns are shown during
this sale for the first time,
g-iving you an opportunity to
choose many exclusive de
signs that cannot be found
again during the year, except
in $2.00 Shirts and Custom
Made Shirts.
Pleated and plain bosoms,
attached and detached cuff*.
in woven madras and tine
percale. New and smart
dressy effects.
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