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Roads in Dire
ly??d of Cash
To Pay Workers
Officials Say Unless U. S.
Settle!? Rental Bills Lines
May Not Re Able to Meet
Their Wage Obligations
Millions Are Still Due
P. R. R. Said to Have Laid Off
12,000 Men Pending Pay?
ment of FederaiGuaiantee
Fron The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Au*,-. 14. ? unless
compensation due the railroads in the
form of rental for the period of Fed
eral control is forthcoming within the
next month, the carriers may be un?
able to pay the cash wages due em?
ployees of several of the large trunk
linos in the East, railroad mor. here
to-day predicted.
The c'?<scsc estimate of the amount
still due Class 1 riilroads in the
United States for rent for the twenty
Bls months c.dcd March 1, 1{J20, is
about $800,000,000. Approximately a
billion dollars already has been paid,
while litigation over amounts said to
be due the roads .'or maintenance in?
volves a sum estimated at $150,000,000.
There will alsi soon bo clue the rr.il
itjoads the "standard return" for t! o
?j ?; nth period between March 1 and
??ptember 1. the first six months of
fo<">peration l'y private owners, pay?
able after September 1. No estimate
is. available as to the amount. There
je a possibility th.it heavy advances
so m will b?! asked by the roads on
?that guarantee.
Several of the roads, one of which
is-, said to be the Pennsylvania, al?
ready have found themselves in urgent
?ced of cash to pay off their em
?pi'.-, pcs. About $100,000,000 has been
Advanced to n number of roach), which
(Sviil be deducted from the amount due
them ?"? . the six-month guarantee
period.
The whole situation, according to
ofiic-r!- of the Interstate Commerce
Cnr--.?,: ssion, hinges on the rapidity
with which the government can pay
the obligations due the roads from the
railroad administration. The $300,
000,000 revolving fund created under
the transportation act of 1920 is to
be used ft/r purchase and betterment
c: ? quipmfcnt only.
While no direct admission is made,
it was said to day the recent action
o! the Pennsylvania Railroad in lay?
ing off about 12,000 men is due to
actual lack a' cash pending payment
r,f part of the guarantee aft ?.r Sep?
tember 1.
Ecr?ment ?s Deported
Under Guard lo Montreal
Washington Orders Witn?ess in
Arns?ein Case Removed
From Ellis Island
Arthur Ecr?ment, formerly i mem?
ber of the Canadian Parliament, r.
Witness in the Nicky Arnstein case ai d
said to be wanted in Canada in con?
nection with certain financial ?1-ais, was
tab n from Ellis Island Friday night
and deported under guard to Montreal.
Orders came from Washington Fri?
day that Ecr?ment be deported without
?el*>y. Ellis Island officials guarded
theii plans carefully* until the in?
structions were carried out. The war?
rant says Ecr?ment was subject to de
>n us he had n? 'er been in?
spected and legally admitted as a
resident to this country. It also de?
clared that, because of criminal
t'.; lencies, he was liable to become a!
.'? chai -re. ?
The Canadian was first taken into :
custody by immigration officials more:
than a month ago. He was released !
under $10,000 bond pending investiga-!
tion ai, to his status. The bond v\..s
revoked thro, weeks ago, Sir.ce that
time Ecr?ment has been confined on
Li..s Island.
-,
Thirteen Seek Bedford Job
Only Seven Have Pass?ed Civil
Service Jest
BEDFORD, N. Y., Aug. 14.?Thirteen
Women ha' e applied for the position
ol superintendent of the State Reform?
atory for Women to succeed Mis
Florence Jones?. Oniy seven of the
applicants have taken the civil service
examination, but Mrs Frank L. Chris?
tian, act.nr superintendent, says the
appointrm nt, by the Governor's per?
mission, can Le made without select?
ing a civii service eligible.
The plan " the reiormatory managers
t..- acquire use of tie social hygien?
laboratory and bureau of Joi.n I).
?Rocke ellcr jr., which lies near the
Bedford institution, has been checked
by deputies of the legal staff of At?
ta mey General Newton. The Albany
officials objected 10 the terms of the
lease as proposed by Rockefeller.
Ferry Has Strike Seare
Police Rush?cd to Act as Fire?
men on Staten Inland Line
Somebody telephoned to police head?
quarters last night that firemen on the
St?ben Island ferryboats were planning
to go on strike between 7 and ? p. m.
The police wasted no time trying to
confirm ?.he information, because traffic
on the ferry is heavy Saturday night.
From precincts throughout tho city
?hjiu forty patrolmen who used to be
firemen wero summoned and assembled
at South Ferry. Some of them wer
<?nt to St. George Stnten Island, so
that there n? ed be no delay even if
fhc.i'.ren:? :?. walked out at each termina]
*t the same time. Reserves from the
??Harbor precinct at the Battery were
st;itioned at fie ferry house? there.
Six boats arc in s rvic. Saturday
| nifnt und as oniy four firemen are re
' quired on each, the polie j felt that they
???- r i . ,..?; d for the strike. Up to 10
?/clock, however, there had been no j
ftrrike.
t'V Monkey Joins v> 1er
Serving Term in ; ., Sing
OSSINING N. V., Aug. 14. -Jerry, a
?monkey owned by h war veteran who
recently began serving a sentence in
Sing Sing, has been ?.'?mitted as a reg
fch;r Inmate to the prison.
Tho convicted soldier expressed the
?wish to have tho monkey with him, .mil
Major Lewis E. Laues, the warden,
lelded to the entreaty. Jerry ?vus
rought a! >ng and fitted out in a spe
ci?i uniform and placed in a cage.
Mexican General Imprisoned
In Penitentiary for Graft
MEXICO ( 'TV, A .?.:. 14. - General
Canos Sanchez has been imprisoned in
tho penitentiary here, charged with em?
bezzlement of 44,000 pesos, which, it is]
said, the government gave him U> j
imistar out troops in the state/? of!
Mexico and Puebla. Investigation, it
is asserted, Bhows that Sanchez had
no troops in these two states, a* they
r.heady had been mnsterml out by Gen-j
emi Fortunato Maycotte,
I
! Illinois Holds Inquiry
In West Frankfort Riot
Italian Consul Will Report on
Alleged Roliberiea Com?
mitted l>v Foreigners
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.?Goveriior
1 Lowden of Illinois assured Secretary
[ of Stato Colby in a telegram to-day that
? Italians and othef foreigners in Illinois
j would receive the protection accorded
' American citizens as far as possible.
Secretary Colby telegraphed Governor
| Lowden asking for an investigation of
; the case of Louie Canari, an Italian,
who was killed during the riots at West
] Frankfort. 111., August 7.
"The Attorney General of Illinois
| has had representatives upon the scene
und assures mo that the state's attor- \
'. ney of Franklin County, in conjunction
with his assistants, will vigorously
, prosecute evc.ry person against whom '
: sufficient evidence c.n be procured In
connection with the matter," tho Gov
error said. v
fhe investigation of the facts con?
nected with the riots conducted by the
Italian Consul General at Chicago
through a special commission has re
. suited in a report from that, official
which will bo laid before the State Do- I
partment at once.- From this it appears;
*h:it there had been several case; of
robbery and larceny committed by
robber bards, believed to be Italians,;
i in the neighborhood of Frankfort.
: U. 3. Oil Experts
Depart to Attend !
London Conference !
Seton Porter, President of I
Engineering Corporation, I
Tells of World Petroleum j
Resources and Our Share j
Seton Porter, vice-president of the
American Oil Engineering Corporation,
sailed yesterday for England, where he
will attend a conference of oil men in
London. Representatives of the Pe?
troleum Institute and other oil experts
from this country are on their way to
the meeting, which will discuss prob- ?
lems of world significance to the oil i
j industry, particularly in view of the j
diplomatic conversations going on con- ?
1 corning control of the fields of Mesapo
tamia and elsewhere.
Mr. Porter will also visit France to j
take up matters for his corporation, in
which arc interested other financiers,
including Harvey !). Gibson, president
of the Libert.' National Bank; Grayson I
Murphy, of J. P. Morgan <!> Co.; 11.
Hobart Porter, of Sanderson & Porter; ;
Ric? ard F. Hoyt, of Haydon. Stone & i
Co., and L. J. Horowitz, of tho Thonip- ;
son-Starrett Company.
Mr. Porter spoke optimistically of the j
oil resources of the United States,. ''It
?3 scientifically estimated.'"' he said,'
"thai, the underground recoverable j
quantity of oil in the world totals o.'!,- i
055,000,000 barrels Of this it is esti?
mated that the Eastern Hemisphere has |
; resources of 21,255,000,00( barr?is, and
that of the Western Hemisphere has
resources of 21,800,000,000 barrels, thus)
I the United States has approximately 17 ,
; per cent of the estimated world's oil .
resources. ?
"At the present time it is estimated
that there are 6,500,000,000 barrels of
, oil underground in the known produc- j
ing area i of the United State..
"The mid-Continent field is the next
field in estimated oil resources, which :
amount is placed at approximately i,- i
500.000,000 barrels.
"The Gulf coast, region ir next, with i
nri estimated amount of oil resources of ;
?1,250,000,000 barrels. The possibilities;
? are most favorable for an additional
substantial production to be derived j
trom any of the following states:!
Alaska, Arizona, Now Mexico, Arkansas-.,'
North Dakota. South Dakota, Oregon,
Alabama, Utah, Michigan, Nebraska, ?
Missouri, Washington, Mississippi and j
the central and southern Atlantic !
states."
Claessens Freed h 3' Court
Socialist Says lie Cave Handbills
Only to Those Asking Thein '
August Claessens, one of the five
ousted Sociali it Assemblymen, was ac?
quitted on -.. charge of viol ?.ting >..: anti
litter ordinnce by Magistrate Simpson
in the West Side Court yesterday, j
Claessens had been served with a sum?
mons after an argument with Patrol?
man Leo Carey, of the West Thirty- :
seventh Street station, who charged
Claessens with distributing Socialist,
handbills at an omn air meeting at
Thirty-fifth Street and Eighth Avenue
? Friday night, titter the policeman had j
, warned him to stop.
Claessens admitted in court _ thr.t |
! Carey's story was correct, but said he
was passinp the bills only to thoae who I
j asked for them. In this ho was sup- .
i ported by John Carmody, a stationary;
! fireman, of 312 West Forty-second ?
? Street. I
Weather Report
y--in rises.. .6:05 a. m.jSun sets.. .?tSBp.m.
Moon rises. (1:61 a. m.?Moon sets. .7:32 p. m
X, ( - Tho ah .v.- ??. ui-es nr ? Stan !.. ?
time and not New York State time.
Ixicnl Forecast.?Partly cloudy to-day;
to-morrow fair; not much change in tem
poraturo; guir.io variable winds.
I.oonl Official ttf.curd.?The following of?
ficial record shown temp?ratures during
thv last twenty-four Iiouth In comparison
with the corresponding dato o? last year:
lf'SO. 1919.1 1920. 1910.
3 a, m... 72 591 3 p. m... 83 63
6 a. nt.. . 7 1 57 fi r>- m. . 30 66
!? .'. m.. . 73 66 9 p til .. 76 H
12 not n.. 78 D9|10 p, in.. . 76 C-?
lMnhcst temperature yeetorday, 83 do
prrecH ';>t 2 p. m ); loweut, 72 degree? (at
! 3 a. m.); average, 78 degr< ? ?; average
i sama ?lato laut year, fil degrees ; average
, ?amo date ?or thirty-three years, 72 de
; greca.
Humidity
S a. m.... 95|1 p. r.i. . . . 831S p. m.... 87
Barometer Headings
la rr.. S0.04?1 p. in.. 30.06J8 p. m.. 30.0?,
Or>eral ll>a her CnmlKlons
WASHINGTON Au?. H.?Air pres?u-o ?
m hi?h ofl ihe At?untie coast l?o! ?t
la't's il ? r i mal and tu quite ;
untfori ovar iti" entire country, with the
lowest pressure r the Pacific ?tatf-;-- and i
north o? Minnesota. There were shoWare
within the lavr twenty-four hours ?n the :
Atlantic and <?u!f ptates, the Ohio Valley, |
Ten ? i:il Arkansas. Fair weathei
v s general In other parts of the country.
Abnormally warm weather continues
over tho Northwest stall -. md generally '
west of tho Hooky Mountains. Normal
temperatures prevail over the middle
West und tho Eastern r.nd Southern
81 atos,
Tho outlook fur the Atlantic R ates
noriii of Y'ri/iula is fur consid rabl
cloudiness Sunday and fair weuther Mon?
day without mater'.! -'hange In tempera
tut i
lo the Atlantic states south of Mary?
land and In the .astern Quit states, Teu
tu<i-?oe and Kentucky the weather wl! bo
generally cloudy, with local showers and
thunder storms Sunday ?n,; probably
>?: o lay, without material chango In tem?
pe: ure. In tr." Ohio Va?oy and too
region jf the ?reut iakvs thg weather wl?l
bo fair Sunday und Monday, with higher
temp ?atures.
l)!?triet Forecasts?Northern New Ens
land Partly ciuudy to-day, probably
?bowers in Main?; to-morrow fair, nut
much "hange in temperature.
Southern \>w England, Eastern New
York. Rastern Pennsylvania and New
Joreey?Partly cloudy to-day; to-morrow
fair, nor muoh change in temperature.
Wostern Pennsylvania and Western New
York Probably fair to day and to-mor- |
row; warmer, <?*' t
I Shipyard Head Says
Wa?:e Demands Will
Cripple U. S. Flan Is
Jonathan Moore Asserts New
Scale Asked Will Prevent
America from Competing
With European Builders
Labor is rocking, through demands
opon tho Navy Department, to get an?
other advance in shipyard wages, which
threatens to burden American ship?
building to such a degree, that com?
petition with foreiirn yards will become
| impossible, according to a statement
made public yesterday by Jonathan
Moore, president of tne New York and
New Jersey Dry Dock Association. If
the private American shipyards aie
saddled with another increase in costs,
Mr. Moore said, the United StateR will
lose the many maritime and shipbuild?
ing advantages which it wrested from
Great Britain as n result of the war,
Following is Mr. Moore's statement,
In part:
"Already American workers arc bo
ing paid virtually double what the men
in the British yards receive. Wage in?
creases granted shipyard employees in
this country since the beginning of the
war have more than offset the increase
in the cost. o\' living. Regardless of
these facts, however, American labor
is clamoring for additional advances,
although to giant these will bring
enforced unemployment upon many
thousands of workers.
"What the situation really amounts
to is that American labor is ready to
sacrifice the future ot the American
merchant marine for the rake of a
wage scale unjustly out of proportion
to even the present scale oi living
cost. Threats of strikes that would
hamper the development of the mer?
chant marine are accompanying the
demands of the men.
"So far as the American repair yards
are concerned the present scale of
labor costs is already tending to make ?
foreign" ship owners avoid having re- |
pairs made in America and they are j
sending their vessels to foreign yards.
With labor at a still higher level this
tendency will he manifested to a much
greater degree, to the detriment of
both the American employer and em
ploj ce,
"If the American worker persists in
throwing away the advantages gained
through American energy and enter?
prise our fore ign competitors will not
lie slow to garner the harvest created
by the. shortsightedness of American
labor."
Woman Charges Another
Bit am! Scratched Her
Accused Is Ke!d in 8 LOGO Bai!
When She Surrenders, bul
Denies Charges
Mrs. Mabel II, Patterson was released
yesterday in $1,000 hail for examina?
tion Thursday whin she presented her?
self at Jamaica police court on learn?
ing thai Mrs. Lillian M. Leary, u vol?
unteer probation officer, had obtained
a warrant for her charging felonious
assi lit. More than thirty peri ons, in?
cluding representatives oj most of the
fa nilijs living on Farmer's Avenue, St.
Ait ns, Queens, are to be witnesses
in the eise.
According to Mrs, Leary: she was
sitting a!"ie Thursday evei ing on the
porch of o friend !'v:n;; on Farmer's
Avenue when Mrs. Patterson marched
up and attacked her, tooth and nail.
Mrs, Patterson's nails raked her fac-i,
Mrs. Leary said, and Mrs,. Patterson's
teeth met in her l '. imb.
According in .Mrs. Patterson 1er i
position in n Manhattan law office had
been jeopardised by !'-Trs. Leary, who
was her enemy because she had re?
fused to contribute to a floral tribute
to the late Police Cap! un Le iry Mrs. j
Lcary's husband Seeing Mrs. Leary
on the porch, she continued, she went j
up to remonstrate vi", her and was
attreked without warning. She hit j
back in self-defense, she said, but did
no biting.
Davies 4sks for Divorce
Deine.- Wife's Allegations and :
Names Harrison
La Verne Davie : filed an answer in
the Suprem ? Court yesterday to the j
separation suii i f Mrs. Ruby M. Davit"-, j
which i . a denial of the allegations of \
thf. wife i'';? a counter-claim for di?
vorce. Mr. Davies names as co-respon?
dent AJfred C. Harrison \y., a wealth; !
resident of Philadelphia and owner of
u sugar plantation in Cuba.
Mr. Davies sued Mr. Harrison for!
alien.aiiv; the affections of Mi i. Davies.
MV. Harrison did not defend the action
and a jury in Sheriff Knott'a court.
vvl eie the < ase w as si nt for as' jsn ont
of damages, gave the h i ! and n ver- ?
di< ., f< r $150.000. The husband intro?
duced testimony showing that while he
was in the army during the war Mr.
Harrison ???<.-. attentive to Mrs, Davies
and gave her a large amount of jewelry.
Mr. Davies was unabl ? to collect on his
judgment .n.i Mr, Harrison indicated
his intention to have the case reopened
so that he could put in a defense.
Two Simmed by Lightning !
In a violent storm that swept over
the Bronx last night two persons were
stunned by lightning. The heavy
downpour ?>;' rain following the elec?
trical s!'>rm flooded streets and parks
and virtuallj checked automobile traf-1
tie. Wa ar reached a depth of four
feet in parts of Crotona Park.
The victims of thi lightning wore \
Louis K?nig, thirty-five, and Frank
Pies--, thirteen, both of C>6 First Street.
They were in X<\n Cortlandt Park when
lightning struck a tree under which
they had fought sheller. Neither was
seriously injured.
11 Hurt in Grant! Trunk Wreck '
SHERBROOK, Quebec,Aug. 14.- Kiev- j
en persons were injured when the. I
Grand Trunk morning train from Port- j
huid, Me., to Montreal ran irto awash
out near Coaticook, Quebec, to-day.
Ambulances were dispatched to the ?
scone from here.
Check-Writing Revenue
Men Trap Saloonkeepers
"Psychological Artifice" New
Factor in Raids on Sus?
perte*! Wet Spots
Isndore Einstein, revenue ngetit,
rushed into the saloon owned by J.
Matons and Martin Lane, at ?00 Co?
lumbus Avenue, yesterday und excitedly
demanded a fountain pen. Herman
Wittenberg and Moo Smith, also reve?
nue agenta, were on his heels. Einstein
I wrote out n check and handed it to
j Smith, Baying he was glad to get a good
I Ford car at that price.
"If you feel that way about it," said
Smith, "I'll buy you a drink."
And it so happened, it is alleged, that
Matens and Lane, yielding completely
to what the revenue men describe as
"the psychological art ??ice," served
three drinks of whisky. The pro?
prietor? were arrested on a chargo of
violating the Volstead act. They will
be arraigned to-morrow before United
States Commissioner S. M. Hitchcock.
Tho check writing performance was
repeated in the saloon of James Sheri?
dan, 001 Amsterdam Avenue, and Sheri?
dan was arrested.
High Cost of Living
And Taxe s Empty
London's Mansions
income* of From $10.000
to 825,000 a Year Arc
No Longer Sufficient to
Meet Expense of Upkeep
LONDON, .Inly 16.?Tho housing
shortage of the English metropolis Is
discussed by :. correspondent in "The
Morning Post." He writes;
The (treat numbers of empty houses
in almost every good quarter of Lon?
don would poem to question the fact
of ri "housing shortage." They show
plainly enough. In tho Bayswater
and Kensington districts one may note
house after house empty and labelled
either "To Let" or "For Sale."
A tour of London discloses another
fact: that in almost, every quarter
there are large arras which are giving
accommodation at present to only 5
per cent, or at the utmost 20 per cent,
of their reasonable possibilities.
? Within five minutes' walk of Vic?
toria Station ?thoro. ?a one such area
covered with mean little cottages
most of them with mean little yards.
The giving up of this one :?rv.\ to tene?
ments or flats?-not in "skyscrap.:.'s"
but in buildings up to eight stories
high, would rive accommodations to
some hundreds of families.
So far as London is concerned, the
problem of .'indino; living room1 for its
cr* tizona might be wisely approached
j:i the lines of finding son??: means to
use the biir houses which are now
empty in such larre proportion and
by substituting for slum cottages in
central areas blocks of "flats" or tene?
ments.
H?rden of Taxation
The empty big houses are fiions of a
social chango which one may deplore,
but one must recognize. The "uppci
middle class" which whs wont to in?
habit them has perished, or is fast
perishing, under the burden of taxa?
tion. Ton years ago the family man
with from $10,000 to $25,000 a yeai
occupied this kind of house, and. with
Income tax and servants' wages and
food and clothing prices as they were
then, got along fairly well. His was t
comfortable but not a prodigal exist
once. Possibly he liad a son in one oi
the services, another s?>:i preparing foi
a profession, a wife and daughtoi
whoso pin money had to be frugallj
ral ioned.
After the necessities of a decorou;
existence were, met and checks paid
out for life insurance, hospitals ant
charities there was little or nothing
left. Nowadays an inc.?me of $10,00(
e year cannot possibly be stretched t<
cover those amenities. The ?::'> 000 -
year man may afford them with rigor
ous economy in non-e3sentials, by
even he would find the upkeep of ;
"good house" which used to let at
?ay $1,000 a year, difficult. N'"' onl;
have income tax and rates risen onor
mously, but wago3 and keep of ser
vants.
Cutting Up Necessary
Thus the sor' of house that was suit?
able ten year: ago for the well-to-dv
professional m. .., the higrh-gradc func
t'onary or the citizen living on the in
Ls_rest of a n oderate investment in nov
d?i'tljct. That sort of man cannrj
afford that sort ox hous -, There :.
no chance of ;. new class springing u;
in sufficiejit numbers to tai,.- I is place
Such houses clearly should be sub
divided, It will mark a descent in th<
gen? ral Eocial am? nity of London, hu
it is unavoidable. One may hope tha
the descent will never be to tha deptl
reached by some olortime good quai
tern of Dublin, which ara now ?rivci
up to one-room tenements. But the cut
ling up of tha London upper middle
class houses, where British respectabil
ity had once its stoutest strongholds
into two or four "Hats" is a conccEsioi
thai must be made to tho new impecu
niosity.
Some landlords see this and are bus
converting?as busy as t! e "Ca-Cannj
of the building trade muons will pet
mit. Others seem t : hug the delusio
that the pre?ent is u phase that wi
pass, .".nd ths in a year ov two ther
will be the old demand for residenct
which are real houses, and not flats c
ate, rime;,', houses or "maisonettes.
The sooner they are convinced the bet
ter for their pockets.
On the other point there would i
more real relief to the poorer classe
of London's population from 100 bi
tenement houses in central quartei
than from 10,000 cottages in Outei Loi
rien. Such building? could be taoi
quickly constructed, would house m< i
people in a more economical way, an
would not throw extra burdena ou oi
already over-strained transport. Tin
they would be as sesthetica ly satisf;
is,.- need not he argued. Granted t?o
they would not, si ill we must put U
with what we can afford. You cannt
go unprepared into a great war ar?
put the great peace into the care <
the same people who muddled you int
i. great war without sacrificing som?
thing,
> Citizens9 Mass Meeting
? '*
; To denounce piratical, high seas raid upon
Archbishop Mannix
and to protest acainst THE 83TH AND MOST INHUMAN
COERCION ACT just imposed by the British Government on the
Citizens of the Republic of Ireland.
Chairman, the Hon. John W. Goff
SPEAKERS
Right Rev. JOS. F. ?CONEY, D. D. V. C, Repressing Archbishop Hayes.
Frank P. Walsh I Rev. Dr. Norman Thomas
Former Joint Chairman o? War Presbyterian Clergyman New STork
Labor Board
Lawrence Gunnel
The 'Member for Ireland' rooently
released from Ji l!.
Rev. Maurice F. Murphy
Methodist - Epli copal Minist e -
Tutsdo, Ohio.
Rev. John TaP>ot Smith, D. D.
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
Sunday Evening, Auflust 15th, Eight P. M.
EVERYBODY WELCOME?NO TICKETS REQUIRED
Music by Regimental Band of the Old 69th.
Open
9 A, M.
to
6 P. M.
Daily
10 P. M.
Saturday
llJpljf]
^fe
i I ttdUu
RflH?iS
,M?/otiWV , ? ja^S^-a. %Sr^
Open
9 A. M.
to
6 P.M.
Daily
10 P.M.
Saturday
i
AL PALACE
Lexington Avenue, 46th to 47th Sts., New York
of the great
This, the greatest sale ever held in New York
City, is now swinging into the last days.
The great exposition floor, in which the
sale is being held, has been leased for exhibitions,
and soon we will have to stop selling merchan?
dise, and the sale will be brought to a close.
It has been a great sale. It is a great sale
still. Five million dollars' worth of dependable
merchandise at cost price, put out for the public
to buy without profit to us, has had a tremen?
dous effect.
It was, no doubt, the great factor in the
break in high prices which have been so prevalent
all over the country.
New York City merchants were unable to
cope with the situation except by the most drastic
price reductions. This, in turn, forced merchants
elsewhere to reduce prices in order to keep up at
all, so that people everywhere have profited by
the sale.
Government
Airplane
This fabric has hundreds of use*. It is so splendidly mode that
it wit! wear a long time, and withstand nruch hard usage.
Women find that it is iota1 for cm tains, Graperies, sofa pillows,
couch covers, laundry bags, smocks, suits, skirts, dresses, nuises'
uniforms, children's dresses and many other uses.
It k; also fine for uniform coats for doctors, dcr.tiuts, barbers,
waiters and others who need clean coats for their work.
The 8?-thiead weave ts heavy enough for all these. The dS
"thread weave it; somewhat lighter, and is good for chirts, shirt waist?,
petticoats and many things that the heavier weave would be tco
bulky for.
To dealers and institutionu we have rnad? a price of 50c the yard
BY TKE CaSE, F. O. B. Grand Central Palace. A case contains
approximately 11,00? yards, fa'y the yard it is 60c.
Silks at Wonderfully
A. ttr active Prices
The silks in. this sale are afl very high grade. They
are, for the most part, standard ^oods, known all over, and
ere being ?~ld at such remarkably low prices that eveiy
woman who loves silks fand what woman does not)
should sec these offerings. Foi io*. tance, there are:
Imported white silk and cotton sport cloth, wide or narrow
?tripes, in a variety of colois?for spcrt pkirts and dresses. 36 inches
wide ?nd a wonderful value at, yard, Sac.
White silk jersey cloth, 36 inches wide, especially adapted for
dainty lingerie, a most stunning bargain at, yard 32.50.
White and black corded silk, tspccially eppropricte for mourn?
ing garments. .-;& inches wide and a wonderful weave; yard, $2.00.
Japanese ?ace stupe crepe satin, 36 inches wide, for men's shirts
as well us wcmen'3 and children'8 dresses tnd undtrjeat. This is
one of i he moi t attvac tive values brought out in the sale. Yard, $4.00.
Attention is also directed to the exceptional values to be found
in the rich silk velvets at SS.C'O the yard, and the Duvetyns which
are offered at $12.00 and '?IS.QO the yard.
omen s
levy
10
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Ecx of 3 pairs. Full fashioned lisle Juose,
black or cordovan. By the pair 75c.
Eox of 3 pairs. Extra long silk boot hose,
mercerized lisle tops and feet, black only.
(p'J 7 G* Box of 3 pairs. Silk boot hose, Richelieu
*^1?.J? * S *J nbbed, mercerized cotton top, seamed back.
P??r $1.30.
% A. i\ ? EoX o? 3 Pairs- T^read silk boot hose, heavy
??p-r.lJ'Tr quality, mercerized lisle tops. Black, cor?
dovan or navy. Pair $1.G0.
<?> ?T f\f\ Eox of 3 pairs. Full fashioned, fine quality,
^p'O.x/XJ heavy pure thread silk hose, mercerized lisle
tops black only. Pair $20S.
dP-O AQ Box of 3 pairs. Ingrain silk hose, full fash
<?0?*?> ioned, silk foot and top. Pair $2.90
?1 A Ql? ^?x of 3 pairs. Glove silk hose, Richelieu
?4P X \J m -7 J ribbed, black or white, Paii $3.65.
Our entire line of men's $4.50 shoes has been reduced to ?-V.00?
combining this line with the big assortirent heretofore 3hown at
this price.
In the S4.50 line were included gunmcial shoes in five stylrs,
English, medium or full toe lasts, lace or Eluchcr nicdrls; all Good
year welt, sires ? to 11.
Tan Bluchers, medium full toe, all solid leather.
These shoes at $4.50 were bargains that WERK bargains. Ai
the reduced price they are just that much better bargr.in*
or
?vi
One thousand pairs of slices for men, sizes 91 ?>, 10
10H and 11 only; tar; mahogany, English lace style,
Goodyear welt; all blind eyelets.
These are particularly smart looking shoes. They
have been in the $5.00 line, and the smallei sizes have
been cold, leaving us a large number of the sizes men?
tioned above, which have been reduced to make a feature,
and to close out quickly.
You men who have plenty o? understanding; you
fellows who wear real men's sizes, step into extra big
bargains while thec^ shoes are on sale. They will go
pretty rapidly at this price.
Our entire line of low shoes, Oxfords and pumps,
which have been featured during this sale at $7.00, has
been reduced to close quickly. These are the finest goods
in the stock. Included are:
Tan or black Oxfords, Brogue style, wing tips, mili?
tary heels, Goodyear welted soles;
Gun metal Oxford3, military heels, Goodyear welted
soles;
Tan suede or patent leather pumps, hand turned;
Patent leather pumps, Goodyear welted soles;
Tan or black kid pumps, hand turned. French heels;
Black vici Oxfords, Goodyear welted soles, military
heels ;
Tan or kid two-eyelet ties, French heels, hand turned.
All reduced to close out at?
El AND CENTRAL PALACE
Store Hours, 9 A. M. to 6 P. M. Daily; 10 P. M. Saturday. Phone 7300 Venderbilt
Nemours Trading Corporation, Chas. W. Mills, Vice Pres't & Gen. Mgr.