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President to interrupt his tri-, becaus.
of the Ancona crisis
The decision not to semi an ulti?
matum was hailed to-night in T?
quarters as a sure indication that ths
United States is anxious to aroid h
break I ? ? t officials of the
Au?trian and Germai ? had be?
lieved that this government BTS
erately seeking a rupture with A
An ultimatum, it was said in quarter,
t lose to the Austrian Kmha y, wouM
be the only logical ?"ep to follow the
? recent exchange of notes B]
h milder lour.c. it it bold, the Btate
Department plain',', show, that
the barshntss of
and imlicatea h willmgne s t?> debate
the Ancona rase.
K\|i_tyrd Slerner < ours?.
1 hat Anetrie sap? eted ?
ment to adopt the sterner ?
lloved here tO be ihown by the f|
the corresponder?a a bed in
Vienna I.'nol-Jlcial statement* hail been
made that Its publication would Risks
it impossible for.th? Auatnan govern?
ment to yield. Giving the America:.
note and the Austr.an reply to the
press was. therefor?, the logical stefi
to be taken by the Austrian government
to convince its people that the break
in relations was for,
State..
"I'he Austrian government had Ool]
one alternative to the course it has
chosen, " Th?? Tribune w?? t,
mgh?. "That was to break ?,
tions with the United States. The Inn
gunge t,f the Amen-an note was not
such ss one friendly rut;,m us?e
toward another It was a slap in the
face, and no eolf-reepeetlng nal en
could comply with anv demand so ex
pressed ?
"If th, State Denar'i.ii-rit is ??f the|
Fame mind as when it wrote thai a
it wjll senil an ultimatum to Austria
at onct. if {Ms ?ten Is nol taken,
?then it is evident that the S'ste D.
j part men", has changed its mr.d. I
a doubt about th
Anal outcome When two nation
agre? ,-? a matter in th? Ian
jgoage of friendship a solution eai
usually be found."
There is no din . 'ion tha
Au.-ti._ ..? .v.Y.i.g to > :. ? d to th
?tes, even after a prolonge?
t. On the contrary, A ?
? 'it wil
' be reached on a compromise basi* am
the Unit? ? itei ??? ill consider
Hfj :'? demandl af'er anothc
exch..' ewa It is believed prob
that the chances of cono- lioni
from Austria will be greatei a fee
weeks hence, when the ?ndignatior
the first American note bai
led.
Only W idened (lap.
If i ?? '. the
only effect of the Ancona eocrooaoad?
boon to wjdi
that separates the United States and
the Ti iWera and to raostpone
aitel) a settlement of ti i
tania affair. The advantage of such an
me would be ?11 In favor of Of*
miuiy. Whereas, technically, the sd?
?rittion, will be credited with an?
"diplomatic victory" If the An
BSBBi I "hoait a break in
? inch a vie?
lory will be a long breathing spell f?ir
any, ?luring which new events mav
coneeivablv grant a new postponement
of the reckoning for the Lusitama.
l'rince Hob-tnloiu-, one Of the at
if th? \ -trian Embassy, calletl
iit Secretary Lansint-'s office to-day and
? I much speculation by leaving
what sneered to be s communication.
Later ll was learned that
bud left several dispatches in cipher
which he desired to. transmit to hi"
government.
Cod? of this character ate
fitamon?-fi I
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two manufacturing jewelers of
integrity, we are offering 506
pieces of platinum mounted
diamond jewelry with pure
white, perfect stones, at 20 to
30 per cent, below current
rates?now $22 to $2,900.
This is the great Christmas
news for Saturday.
Brooch? from $70 to $1,150.
Rings from $22 to $680.
Bracelets from $280 to $500.
Collar.? from $1.275 to $2.900.
Chain? from $55 to $525.
Necklaces from $60 to $2,800.
Scarf Pins from $40 to $210.
Links from $68 to $285.
._
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Jlnlnt 10ammutkn*
?roadman at Xttifh. Neta $ark
IkJil
fe;!|!?;gi.iwin^^
r? ?..ret' "o p^si through the S*?te I
? partment before they can be wi:
! lessed. The message?, it was said, cc
t-ined reports of informal confererc
? liaron Bwiodinak, charg? of the e
ha? had with Secretary L?
sing, as well as an interpretation
opinion here in rtvar.; te t
Ancona negotiations.
The Lusltania has already been re
gated to th? remote background by
succession of new happenings wh.i
, while intrinsically of minor imP<
tance, ire rej-arded by the admintsti
IS of more immediate intere
.'ere ;? little likelihot.tl, in the opi
ion eith.r of American or German I
! Iirials. that any earnest attempt at
settlement will be made until Ca
ta.n? von Papen und Boy-F.d an?! t
Amona ca?e are foreottea,
The only uncertain element, It
goaerally admitted, is Cengreei wl
there is no present indication that t
opposition members ivfll forre I
Preoideat'a international policy mto tl
foreground, several Southern membe
ure ready to spring forth at any m
ment with a demand 'or vigorous aetii
against Greet Britain's blocked
Vfhal thll will call tlown from tl
other Hide was hinted B few days a|
by Senetoi Lodge, who declered in ai
swer to a pro-cotton speech bv Senat'
Rohe Smith that "th? body of an inn
cent child, floating dead upon the oce*
is to me a more rolgnant spectac
than an un>told bale of cotton."
FIVE ? IE AS FOG
CAUSES R. R. CRASI
Eleven Injured In Rear.F.m
Collision of B. & 0. Trains
Near Chester.
( hester. Penn., Dec. 17. Five per
sons were killed and eleven injured
one probably fatally, in a rear-end col
lisios between an accommodation trair
bound from Wilmington to Chester an?
B train ?f empty express cars on th?
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad to-night B<
Felton, two miles south of this city
Two of the dead were emplyes of th?
railroad and two were negro passen?
gers whose bodies have not been iden
' Sod Daniel Gallenger, a pa
from Philadelphia, was the flfth vic?
tim. Of the injured, Otto Phillip
of Philadelphia, was the most seriously
hurt. H.s skull was fractured and
physicians say that his rocovorf I
doubtful. All the injured live In Phil?
adelphia, Chester and nearbv towns.
The accident was due, according to
railroad officials, to dense fog, which
nade 11 impossible for the engine
tr see signals. The accommodation
train, consisting of three day coache
and an engine, was stamiing at Felton
station when the other train crashed
into it. All three coaches of the ac?
commodation were telescoped sad the
engine was hurled down an embank?
ment.
A moment after the accident an ex?
press train from Philadelphia for Bal
tniaare crashed into the wreckage, but
little damage resulted. Traffic was
completely tied up for several hours,
trains to nnd /rom the South being run
over the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks
between Fdgemore and Wilmington.
WAR VETERANA KIDNAPPER
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Arrested at (.rand Central With Little
Massachusetts Girls.
Seventy-three-year-old David Gilson,
with no home, no money, no occupation
?with nothing, in fact, but a (irand
Army uniform, credentials, and FftV
and Vivian James, ?leven and nine,
ivhom he kidnapped from Lowell, Mass.,
several days ago was arrowed at the
Grand Central Terminal last night, and
locked up in Police Headquarters
Inspired by an appeal from Mrs.
Alice James, mother of the mi?sing
children. Detective-i Curry ami Ks'.h
fleisch were watching the terminal last
night when they saw the venerable Oil?
son leading the two little girls from
the building. The attitude of the
chRrges toward their guide did not in
dleate the confidence of grandchildren,
nnd 101 non was arrested on suspicion.
He confessed to the kidnapping, but
would give no reason for his act. The
two little girls were placed in the care
of the Children's Society and their
mother notified.
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AUSTRIAN PRESS
ASSERTS WILSON
OVERSTEPS LAW
Editorials on Reply to the
U. S. Note Are Marked
by Moderation.
DENY THAT VIENNA
IS BERLIN'S VASSAL
Germans Back Ally's Stand?
France Expects Penfield
Will Be Recalled.
Vi-nna, Dec 16 , delayed). The edi?
tor!?.! comment on the Austro-Hun
garian goveinment's reply to the Amer
'ciiri governmont'l note concerning the
sinking of the Italian liner Ancona is
characterized by moderation. The re?
ply was published this morning. The
comment of the "Neue Freie Presse'
s probably the most caustic of any
of the newspapon.
"Baron Burian," savs this newspaper,
"has answered the uncouth note of the
United St-itcs with careful rese?e. In
the preliminary counter explanation th.j
effort Is made tr imijce the Washing-i
ton Cabinet to establish the reliabll- ,
ity of the chargci- that international ;
law had been violated, instead of ac
cepting the generalities of accusations
m a state of superexntement.
"The calm treatment of the Ameri?
can note >n ?food, for the reason that
the Old World has been stupid enough
to Ptah* Itself economicslly dependent
vpon the New World by wasting its
strength Bu* it will show itself su?
perior m the politeness governing th?*
relations between peoples."
"Krldence Is Missing."
The "Neue Freie Presse" and other
papers point to the impossibility of the
Austro-Hunganan government admit?
ting that the commander of the sub?
marine which sank the Ancona should
be punished for a possible deficiency
on the demand of anothur government
-.vht-ii :1a- evidence on srhtch sneh a
demand.is based is not accessible to the
Austro-Hungari.in government and con?
sists entirely of statements made by
tho plaintiff's side. The newspapers
say this is contrary to any law or lys
tem of jurisprudence, and, in addition,
incompatible with the fundamental
principles of state sovereignty.
The American government, the news?
papers assert, would not think of grant?
ing any such demand for the reasons
stated, nor could it entertain doing SO
if ir .lid not desire utterly to demoralize
its naval service by giving its officers
to understand thst, while they were ex
pecteal to carry out orders, the conse?
quences of performing the duties so
imposed would be visited on them.
, l. S. la Plaintiff.
Concerning the American attitude
that Austria-Hungary ?hould ba ?
instructions to submarine commanders
on the American notes to the German
government in the Lusitania case the
newspapers say that, while the Ameri?
can government would be justified in
making its position in that instance a
precedent, it could not uso it on the
principle that ignorance ?s no excuse
before the law, since in this case the
American government il nut the judge,
but the plaintiff, who enjoys, according
to international law, no prerogative
nor privileges which the Austro-IIun
garian government, as the agent of a
sovereign people, does not have.
Nor, lay the ed ? the Amer?
ican govi rnmenl ?justifii In looking on
AuFtriii-Hui , Germany*! vassal
state. This idea, which they assum?
the Washington note indirectly Indi?
cates, they declare to be most absurd.
Austria-Hungary, they add, now, as
ever, Is a separate and independent
State, and any relations the American
fovernnient may have with Austrri
lungary must have this fact as a basis.
Some of the papers express the be?
lief that the American note was has
tily drafted, and that its etjuity aspects
were not thoroughly considered before
the note was transmitted, because,
they argue, there is no reason to be?
lieve that Washington, as the cham?
pion of international law, would have
purposely ignored so fundamental a
principle of international law as state
sovereignty, which the note in many
essentials entirely overlooks.
Berlin Papers Call U. S.
Note Inapt and Deficient
Berlin, Dec 17 The afternoon news?
papers to-day print a wireless dispatch
from ?New York, circulated by the Wolff
Bureau, giving the editorial comment
of some of the American newspapers
as Indicating that Washington would
consitier Austns's refusal to fulfil the
American demands regarding the An?
cona sufficient cause for ?evering rela?
tions, not onlv with Austria-Hungary,
but with Germany.
The news was prominently featured,
but onlv the "Tageszeitung" commented
o:i it, saying that it seemed to be an
attempt to bring pressure to bear on
Austria-Hungary through Germany.
"The American assumption that tier
many and Austria in the submarine
problem cannot be regarded us sepa?
rate partie?,'' says the "Tageszeitung,"
"is absolutely without any legal foun?
dation. The American hopes, either to
force submission on Au?tria, or to sow
dissension between the two allies by
this method, will come to naught."
Captain I. Persius. naval expert of
the "Tageblatt." made the following
comment ?his morning on the Austrinn
note:
"Washington plainly forgot when it
sent Its note that its ra.-e reatad on
?eats of excited passengers, a?
again :t sworn statements of Austrian
naval officers. The American note
shows little diplomatie aptness. It was
regrettably hurried work, based on one
sidi-,1 Bad ition, and
?m... .uristic i nder
atanding
? Austrian note, on the contrary,
poini? out the weak.iess and absurdity
of these accusations."
The "Cologne Ga-ette" says:
"America may now choose. If it de
sires intercourse as a ?ell mannered
state w h anothe- large and well man?
nered state, it must bring itself to ac?
cede to the standpoint of the Vienna
note and flral ? ,,?, with?
out winch the a ?-???? el lei .? eaaaot
be dealt with between nations of equal
stamiing
"A? an alternetive it will have t..
'I Austria Hur.garv does not '
? 4 handled as a Central Amer
'?? rhid bluff into
US kubordinalion with rude, big
words. Then, the i-enfltet will be u*
hand and n.body but the Washingtnr
governmej-t.wlf lave deUberstcly. de
tlttli lie"_._ 1
TO RIP UD OFF
DEALS DWARFING
WOOD CHARGES
Startling Exposures Prom?
ised To-day by Head of
Signal Company.
GRAND JURY ASKED
TO AWAIT DETAILS
Rumor of $280,000 "Slush
Fund" Spreads at Thompson
Committee Hearing.
New and startling disclosuret re?
garding the method? employed by BUS
: ral companiet in getting large and
juicy contract? in which others than
I Commitsioner Woed are implicated are
looked for by the Thompson Commit?
tee to-day.
The testimony which Senator Thomp?
son expeeti was considered so valuable
by him that latt night he laid the sub?
ject before Histriet Attorney PsrklBS
end asked him to hold up the grand
jury investiga'.lon of the U one] charges
until he had an opportunity to ex?
amine severa! aitasSBSI at to-day's
hearing. The n?*w charges were din
cussed at an executive session of the
committt? yesterday, with th? retult
that the committee also deferred ne
t:.?n on the Wood charges until after
to-dajr'l se??ion.
Baaator Tnompson refused last night
to sny what the new charge? OS tssti?
mon) he expected constatad of, bat
there were intimations that the lid
trout?! Iir ripped off the method? em?
ployed by ?orne signal companies in
gettin?; business, with results more
ng that the charges made against
Commissioner Wood.
Hints before the BSSUalttM yester?
day that the (?ciieral Signal Company
hired Sydney G. Johnson for the pur?
pose of obtaining the big Fourth Ave
i] con'rac' hy the ?amc
mean* that he nought to obtain the
?'entre Street loop contract for the
Union Switch and Signs) Company, and
for which the latter company demanded
hit resignation, have resulted in start?
ing a warfare between the two big cor?
porations. The officers of the two con?
cerns declare that no mercy will be
?hown and that all the cards will be
laid on the. table at .1 a spade called a
asada.
Atturncy Causen Had Feeling
Salmon O. I.evinsnti. attorney for the
Union Bienal Company, is responsible
for the bitter fooling between the offi?
cers of the two companies, whisk has
SBS-SMd . ?r::ir pn.portions thai a
mer?* butines* rivalry. A* a result of
llsla sonsatlonsl testimony is e-pattas*
."?ir. I.eviri.-.: I ? .i befan the com
thut to "an honest
man the inference was irresistiMe"
that ti... QoB ral i nmpany wat to use
Johnton fur the tame purpote for
which the fnion Company had dis
ihargi'd him.
Mr I.evii.son was testifying to a ron
raiaatian he had had with W. VY. Sal
moi,. ' .? i ;, i;i?___]
pari*.-, soon after that company had
hired Johnson. In the course of this
BOarorsatioa, se ?aid, ho had protested
against tin. employment of Johnaon be
Baaas of his connection with the de?
mand for |S,000 which he laid was to
be given :o Commissioner Wood.
Mr. Salmon, who was sitting near
Mr Ltvissan, boeasM so aroused that
as soon as the Cr.ion company attorney
?eft the stand he rushed up to Senator
Thompaon and demanded that he bo
placo, on the stand In order to teil
some thiSgS which would prove start?
ling sad sensational. Senator Thomp?
son prSmissd to give him the oppor?
tunity to-day.
After Mi Salmon's talk with Senator
Thompson rumor? of a lu-h fund ap
praxinMiiag tS&OftOS, used to get sig?
nal contract?, began to spread around
the hearing room.
Mr Lat/Tnson. testimony and that
of < ftloao! Henry G. Proatt and John
K. Mr?'une. pr?sident of the American
"nl Hank of Pittsburgh and a
director in the Cnion company, was
largely corroborative of previous testi?
mony regarding the request of John?
son for $r>,000 to j-ivp to Wood, al?
though th? details in some instances
were different.
Tells of Directora' Meeting.
Mr. Levinson is from Chicago and
it a large ttockholder in the ('mon
Company. He testified that Johnson
and Colonel I'rou*, ti.en nre-idint of
ths Union Company, had nemanded at
the director-' mooting on July 15 that
the tmJS?Q b< giroB at once, that the
time in which they bad promised to
Kivi- ths money to Wood was overdue
and thai Ball is they got it at once
there tras danger that the I'nion com?
pany would not got the Centre Street
loon signal contract.
"Will you toll us what occurred a*
that meeting," asked Mr. Lewis, "in
connection with the Centre S'.reet loop
contract ?"
"The question came up we had
known it for ti few __j , as to the
payment of the 15.000 asked by Colonel
Proal sad Mr, J.'hn.on to be paui, as
I understood it." Mr. LerinSOB ?uid, "to
Mr Wood, of the Pahlk Seiv.ce Com?
mission, for or in consideration of Mr.
Wood securing this ?entre Street loop
contract for the l.'nion ?Switch and Sig
ral Company."
"Was it for securing or in consid?
eration of his influence or e'.Torta to
secure V
"Wall, it seemed to be taken for
granted that he could land the con?
tract. I don't know svhether it would
include bis influence. It certainly
? his vote, as we understood it,
the acquisition ai tha contract."
Meeting Called by Prout.
_ Mr. I OfiMBBS then related that Mr.
t'ptegraf, then vice-president in
charge of finance, had refused to allow
the payment and that at the request of
Colonel Prout, then president, and Mr
Johnson the matter was brought be?
fore the board. Colonel Prout, he said,
had called ths meeting.
"As preaidentl" asked Senator John?
son.
"As pri?-i<Unt," hfr. Levinson an?
swered "They ?B*t*re pressing, because
time was passing and their promise was
.'-erdue Theyimd agreed to pay t ht-t
money before. They were in default.
? ?rd was out foi ?> money and
they wanted to make their word ?ood.
I understand that the promise was
made by Mr. Jeonsor., but the whole
tran?action w-as fathered and approved
bv Colonel Projt, ar.d they were both
pressing for the immediate payment.
They ?iid not wast to lose the contract
-a
' nnd they -ranted to make their word
"Had the check been drawn?' asked
Mr. Lewis.
"Oh, I did not understand that any
; check or voucher had been drawn at
Mr. Levinsoa answered. "I stated
to then and I was impre?sed it was
a sort of strange proceeding, that they
seemed to think mor? of making good
? - word than they did of the hein
IS of bribing a public official.
ited because thcv wanted to
make their word good."
t" was Johnson's promise. Mr.
neon's promise." Mr. Lejinson
replied, "but the colonel knew about it.
' and had cooperated with Johnson in
dealing with Wood."
Tells of Talk with Salmon.
Mr. L .inson before going on the
?Aitr.ess stand had been before the
g-rnnd jury, gad he seemed full of
-,n ths relating of his story. He
never hesitated to answer the ques
of Mr. Lewis, and It seemed that
< were merely a rehearsal
of testimony he had given only a short
while before.
("etting down to the meeting with
Mr. Salman, president of the General
Company, at the Vanderbilt Hotel soon
after the General Company had hired
Johnson, Mr. Levinson said he merely
happened at the hotel, and at the sug?
gestion of Mr. I'ptegraff agreed to see
Mr. Salmon.
"Among other things." Mr. Levinson
said, in telling of the conversation, "I
said" 'Mr. Salmon, I understand your
. company has taken over Mr. Sydney
John-ion ami have made him Bn official
ot your company.' He said: 'Yes,
vice-president in charge of sales, and
also a director.' I said: 'Do you know
the elrenmatances under which he was
I let oat of our company?' lie said:
'Ves, I know all about it.' "
"Did you ask him ?hat he was going
to have Mr. Johnson do?" the chair?
man a-p.? d,
"I knew what that meant, as vice
president and in charge of sales. We
did not discuss it. He had charge of
g'-tting contracts for the General ?Sig?
nal Company. That meant getting con?
tracts and getting work, such as the
B. R. T. contract whieh followed."
"Well, do you know, do you mean to
indicate frtim that, that they were to
use him fair th?? fame purpose for
which JTOU had discharged him?"
"Well, I think to an honest man the
Inference would be irrresistible. They
?.vrre giving him the same title that he
had with our company, am! therefore
'., be BSSWmod he "-.oulal do sim?
ilar work, whatever he could do."
Colonel Prout is a nervous little
man. seventy years old, with a some?
what bail memory, and wli4?n he went
on the witness stand about the only
ihlngs he was sure about were that
Johnson had not promised to pay Weed
the 16,000 and that Mr. I'ptegraff had
not suggested to Johnson that h"
charge up that .urn to his expense ac?
count as a way out of the difficulty.
Be refused tu waive immunity.
He snirl he believed that Johnson had
SSSUraneee that Wood would use his
influen-e in the Union Company's
favair.
>nel Prout said that after the
preposition had been bronched by John?
son le invjst,,) on t.iking it before the
board of directors. The Centre Street
loop contract, be Mid. was the begin
eing of a situation which meant that
the company that got it. would be la
a strong p.-sition to get the larger
one which followed. That was the rea?
ten lie took tho responsibility for get?
ting the contract up to the board of
directors.
Mr. hteCune'l testimony, in the main,
was similar to that given by Mr Levin*
He -aid that Johnson and Prout
had insisted on the money being paid
on the day of the directors' meeting.be
eaase, they said, that if they did not
got it tho company would not get the
' 4Ct.
"el Prout, he saitl, was asked for |
hil resign., on beOaaOO he was just ?
as guilty as Johnson.
"\S hat <!o you mean by just as i
guilty!"* Mr. Lewis asked.
"Just as gui'.ty of bribery*, or at
tempted bribery," Mr. McCune an-1
iwered.
?U i ?a you satisfied that this *v-*s an
to bribe Wood on behalf of
your company by Prout and Johnson?"
"I was," he answered.
Jaii seen, Mr, Levtasea and Mr. Mc
Cnne went before the grand jury yes
?ind related stories similar to
Id to the Thompson Committee.
The grand jury adjourned last night
until Monday.
Commissioner Wood refused to see
reporters yeeterday. Through his sec-1
rotary, however, he sent the following
answer to questions:
"I have nothing to add to what I have
already said. The story is absolutely |
I have not been served with a i
ma, but I am here and not run- j
inner away. 1 have not resigned."
Governor Whitman came to the city
last Bight and at once disappeared. It
was reported that he had come to take
a hand in the Public Service Commis
sloa investigation as a result of the
testimony before the Thompson Com?
mittee, but no verification of this could
be had.
C/ 86o-0?6 eemboQ Vid h Auf n ur.-**?"* *?-*:? Le **".,- sts
THE FOLLOWING GROUPS OF WOMEN'S AND MISSES' Al-VAREL-COM?
PRISING ONES AND TWOS FROM \ ARIOtS LINES. JCHEDLLED FOR
PROMPT CLEARANCE.
WOMEN'S & MISSES' SUITS, $35
Mostly Fur-TrimmrJ. Formerly $55 to $<_5
For skating, travelling, general utility, etc.
FASHIONABLE FUR-TRIMMED COATS
At $35 & $55 Formerly $50 to $75
Of smart Scotch and English materials, \elour?. etc.
FUR-TRIMMED AFTERNOON COATS AND
EVENING WRAPr-$75 * $95
Formerly $95 to $14 5
Of beautiful chiffon-velvets, richly lined.
STREET. AFTERNOON & DANCE DRESSES
At $35 Formerly $65 to $95
Of silk, cloth, tulle and chiffon.
HOLIDAY BLOUSES?$!0?7oer?,-$5, $7, $9
O? Georgette crepe, aille and lingerie.
STREET AND SEMI-DRESS HATS?$^ __ $|0
Formerly $15 to $25
Qiicistmaf^Jurs
AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES.
EASIER TERMS FOR
HOLIDAY BUYERS OF
..ICH-fif-BACH
TJlitxt-eQuality P1ANO8
and player Pianos
Until January 1st a down payment of $25 sen-res
immediate delivery to your home of a $700 Gr;*nd
Piano, or a $700 Player Piano?with proportionate
reductions of initial payments on lower and higher
priced instruments.
KRANICH & BACH
Factory Wareroomt. 235-247 E. 23d St.
Harlem Warerooma, 16 West 125th St.
"1
BLOW 'HEN THROW MATCH
Ordinance Censor?; Smokers in Fire
Prevention Campaign.
Blow out y?mr matches before you
throw them away in any building or
public conveyance, or you will subject
yourself to arrest. Be careful not to
throw away any lighted cigars or cig?
arette stumps. If a metal receptacle
happens to be handy, it is all right to
deposit them in it; otherwise, bewarel
An ordinance to that effect was fa?
vorably received yesterday at a meet?
ing of the General Welfare Committee
of the Hoard of Aldermen. It was in?
troduced by Alderman Henry __ Cur
ran at the suggestion of Fire Commis?
sioner Adamson. Deputy Fire Commis?
sioner Weeks presented a brief to the
committee which showed that fires
started by the careless uso of matches,
cigars and cigarettes during 1913 und
1914 had caused an estimated loss of
$7_7,4u_.
am ? ? ' ? n?-a
Human Habet _______}? AmUsi
Wast?sla, N. J, Ds M_?J
do Rosa, an eighteen-year '.1.1 Auttrlai
who lived for more than a month tai
haystack on the Frank I I - 'sr?
was hold by the r pend?*
an investigation. !'? rt rt ti
trousers, three shirts h - m?_
which had to he ?? ? ' i asm
take a bath. His only food for th?
last month has been dried lima btaat
and apples, which he pisked up <n tbt
ground.
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p?w nx u_C__t-9 wt'?
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I J?fe?$OT^flIl J
TODAY there is more rehira lar traffic opon the thorough?
fares of Manhattan than ever before. It is exceedingly
diHii'iilt to get ahout town in a large car. .
The smart Maxwell Town Car will carry you through
crowded New York with safety and dispatch.
This virtue? plus ample power?dependability?arist?>.
rrntic design?luxurious upholstery, and adequate seating
space for five, accounts for the rapi?ly increasing popularity !
of this model. j
Price, $91.5, fully equipp?**!, f. 0. b. Detroit '
May we show you this sensible town oar ?
NFW YORK BRANCH
Maxwell Motor Sales Corporation, 1808 Broadway, at 59th St
Brooklya Brsach, 1392 Bedford Areaua, at St Marks Avenue !
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