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$343,894,049
Tentative Citv
al
Budget Passed
Board of Estimate Meets
Minute Past Midnight and
Adopts Measure After
a Spirited Discussion
Tax Rate Is About 2.85
Debt Limit Exceeded, Fig?
ures Dishonest and De?
ceive Public, Curran Says
When the Board of Estimate met
early last night to consider the adop?
tion of the tentative budget for 1921
7 he required number of voles was
lacking. It was necessary to adjourn
until 12:01 o'clock this morning to pass
the measure. Twelve votes out of the
total of sixteen in the hoard are re?
quired under the charter to adopt at
the first consideration. Only nine votes,
or a majority, are required at the sec?
ond consideration, and this was ac?
complished by adjourning until an?
other day.
Borough President Henry H. Curran
of Manhattan, with two votes, and Al
dermanic President F. H. La Guardia,
with three voies, voted against the
proposed document upon first consider?
ation. Curran had presented a resolu?
tion, which w:is defeated, in which he
declared that the budget as proposed
was a dishonest and misleading docu?
ment, figured essentially for the pur?
pose of keeping down the tax rate, and
that $38,305.581 should be added to the
proposed figures for educational pur?
poses. Major La Guardia, the other
Republican member of the board,
agreed with him. The budget as finally
adopted on strictly party lines amount?
ed to $343,894,049. This was about $4,
000,000 less than the figures announced
by the Comptroller Saturday.
Put l'p to legislature
The $38,000,000 which the Borough
President contended rightfully be?
longed in the budget represented the
difference between the $82,026,462 re?
quested by the Hoard of education for
1921?outside of its building program
and the $43,720,880 that the budget
committee determined Saturday was
all that the city could contribute for
educational purposes and keep within
the constitutional limitation of the
taxing powere of the city. The com?
mittee decided to le: the Legislature
make up the difference.
The Borough President further held
that the $',-1000,000 of tax notes and
special revenue bonds, that must be
redeemed next year, come under debt
service and are not properly included
in the constitutional tax limit on the
assessed valuation of property in the
city. Mr. Curran argued that the sec?
tion of the constitution which fixes
this limit to the city's taxing power
did not inciude, and he did not be?
lieve the Legislature intended to in?
clude, principal and interest of money
already borrowed and expende;!.
Therefore, the city was in a position
to raise $4-1.000.000 more by taxation,
of which $38,000,000 could be added to
the requirements of the Department of
Education.
"To offer the people a budget such
as propose';," said Curran," is to offer
a dishonest one, designed to show a
lower tax rate of approximately 2.85,
whereas the rate really would run to
about 3.45. The taxpayers f-hould know
at this time approximately what the
city expenses for 1B21 arc going to be.
The proposed tentative budget does
not truthfully indicate this. The city
is protected against any unscrupulous
Beard of Estimate trying to bankrupt
it by the indiscriminate issue of spe?
cial revenue bonds and tax notes by
the statutory limitation of its borrow?
ing capacity. The Comptroller should
admit that the city to-day is well over
the debt limit and face the situation
squarely."
Comptroller Craig disagreed with
Curran's understanding of the law. He
declared it wan only honest to submit
a budget which all the members of the
committee knew thj;y could meet. He
referred to the proposed amendment to
the Constitution, which will be con?
sidered by the next Legislature, de?
signed tu take all levies for school pur?
lin es outside of the " per cent tax levy
limit. Il?- said tiie Legislature had de?
clared education to be a state function
and ha?! passed laws laying a heavy
burden on New York City in further?
ance of this declaration. Mayor Hylan
interrupted to say that this burden
amounted to some $40,000,000 and ac?
cused Curran of a dishonest motive
and playing cheap politics in raising
the questions in regard to the tenta?
tive budget.
The Comptroller declared that the
proposal of the Manhattan Borough
President, if carried out, "would shoot
the Constitution to pieces and utterly
destroy the pay-as-you-go act." A
substitute resolution offered by the
Comptroller "that we adopt a budget
which we can finance within the tax
limit" whs passed. On the roll call
Aldermanic President La Guardia voted
against the substitution resolution, ex?
plaining that he agreed with Borough
President Curran on the propriety of
adding the $3?S,(,'00,000 to the Board of
Education estimates at this time, but
did not agree on the legality of ex?
cluding debt accounts from the " per
cent tax lfvy limit. In voting no, Mr.
Curran explained that ho intended no
personal slant, in saying he believed to
submit a tentative budget of the kind
proposed was dishonest, but that it
would d?. ludo the public, and he on
posed it.
The members of the committee then
adjourned to the City Hall to meet as
the Board of Estimate and adopt the
tentative budget. The preliminaries
rehearsed in committee were repeated
again, with the exception that two
votes were lacking on first considera?
tion to carry the Comptroller's motion
and adopt the budget. The board, how?
ever, unanimously adopted a resolu?
tion offered by the Comptroller re
ng an opinion from the Corpora?
tion ( ounsel upon the legal question
raised by Borough President turran.
Hylan Wants Curtailment
The Comptroller also suggested thai
special counsel bo re uested to render
opinions on the legal questions raised
naming former Justices Ge i
Ingraham, [?'rancis M. Scott ai I ?
She irn, but a mol on to -
fert was defe ited.
Mayor fiylan
which whs adopted, that in order to
enable th? cit; ti meet tl ? norm? . -,
mandatorj obligation imposed bj tht
Legislature and construct new
all of the cil y depart?! enta .M cm '
tail their requests immediately and re?
vise downward the tentath
every department.
"Be it further resolved," the Mayor's
resolution stated, "that the Board of
Education and every city department
h n'A vacan! ?? ui ' po
all requested raises, if any, in salai
over $1,200 eliminate : new positions,
except the 5UQ, additional police offi
cers; a!! r..w activities; all now auto?
mobiles and either equipment except
for replacement, and that all raises in
appropriations for materials, supplies
and maintenance for the 1921 budget
be based on and limited to the ex?
perience of the cost of materials, sup
plies and maintenance for the year
lyjO, except some Increase tri allow?
ance for the city department? in the ,
charitable institution?," |
31 Yonkers Saloons Raided \
In 10 Minutes; 25 Arrested]
100 Enforcement Agents From Buffalo Swoop
Down on City in Motor Cars and Enter All
Places Designated in Warrants Simultaneously
Edwin Waters, chief prohibition en?
forcement agent for the western dis?
trict of New York, with headquarters
in Buffalo, yesterday swooped down
with almost tOO men upon Yonkers,
whose wet wickedness recently has
been called to the attention of the
world by William H. Anderson, state
superintendent of the Anti-Saloon
League. He raided thirty-one saloons
and arrested twenty-live men.
Mr. Waters, who acted in coopera?
tion with Mayor Walling and Maurice
1"). O'Keefe, Commissioner of Public
Safety, declared that the recent state?
ments of the state superintendent of
the Anti-Saioon League about Yonkers
had nothing to do with the case. Mayor
Walling and Commissioner O'Keefe
agreed with him cordially.
The raid had been arranged, they
said, without a word to Mr. Anderson;
it had been authorized by the chief
prohibition enforcement agent of this
city, and the men from Buffalo had
been called upon to act because they
were unknown in Yonkers and the
probability of their intentions becom?
ing known in advance would be slight.
Agents Use Motor Cars
The prohibition agents went by twos
and threes in motor cars to the places
which were to be searched. Lach of
the thirty-one searching parties had a
warrant and each was under instruc?
tions to wait until the hour appointed
to enter the place to be searched.
When that time came the ninety
men from Buffalo walked into the va?
rious saloons named^in their warrants
and within ten minutes the whole af?
fair virtually was over with scarcely
a person on the streets cognizant of
the fact that it had taken place.
Six of the places searched yielded no
liquor and at two of them the raiders
were baffled temporarily. One of the lat?
ter was Henry Dietrich's saloon at 105
Yonkers Avenue. The searchers found
nothing incriminating in the place, but
decided before departing to glance into
a safe which stood in a corner of the
room.
They asked Mr. Dietrich to open it
Mr. Dietrich scratched his head and
said he couldn't for the life, of him
recollect what the combination of that
safe was. He hardly ever opened it,
he said, and what with the excitement,
and all, the manner of doing so had
slipped his mind completely.
The three men assigned to search
Mr. Dietrich's premises are men of
muscle and determination. They looked
at Mr. Dietrich and they looked at the
safe, which stands about two feet high
and is built just as solidly as Mr.
Dietrich is. They informed Mr. Die
I trich that so long as he didn't uso the
Isa e much they'd just take it along and
I if he happened to remember the com
i bination he could drop in nt Police
I Headquarters and they would open it
? togethc r.
Whisky Stored in Cans
While Mr. Dietrich gazed astonished
'at such industry the three prohibition
agents trundled the safe across the
I sidewalk, boosted it into a motor truck
' and departe?!.
The other place at which the raiders
j struck a snag was Nathan Benjamin's
? saloon at 6ti Riverdalo Avenue, No
! liquor was to be found there. Chanc?
ing to step into Angelo Turci's shoe
shining establishment next door, how
i ever, one of the searchers saw several
large tin cans which bor? no labels and
? seemed too large for shoe polish. An
: gelo couldn't remember what was in
, those cans. Somebody had left them
there and never had called for them.
The prohibition agents opened one of
I the cans. Its contents smelled like
? whisky and tasted like whisky, so they
; took Angelo and the cans to headquar?
ters. Twenty-four other prisoners
were assembled there. They were re
j eased in $500 bail each for arraign?
ment to-morrow before the United
IStatea Commissioner.
Auto Tourists to Florida
Face Block Along Route
Motorists Urged to Travel via
Augusta. Macon and Waycross,
Instead of via Savannah
Motorists Light Lamps
Today, 6:53 P. M.
p. M. I r. M.
Wed?., Oct.. 33..6:52 Frl., Oct. IB....6:48
Thurs., Oct. 14. .6:50 I Sat., Oct. 16.6:4T
For the information of the thousands
of motorists who are planning a tour
to Florida coast resorts this fall and
winter, the Automobile Club of Amer?
ica's Bureau of Tours reports that the
thirteen-mile stretch between Darien
and Brunswick, in Georgia, offers un?
favorable travel at this time. The rail?
road trestle over the Altamaha River
is being reconstructed to provide floor?
ing for vehicular traffic and until this
work is completed (about January 1),
the motorist should elect to journey
via Augusta, Macon and Waycross in?
stead of via Savannah to Jacksonville,
A change in the route of the Lincoln
Highway through Trenton is announced
as follows: Cross, the lower or Free
Bridge over the Delaware River and
connect with Warren Street, running
north on that thoroughfare to Prince?
ton Avenue, thence to Harney's Corner,
where the new route joins the original
route to Princeton and New York, This
route is more direct and easier to fol?
low than the old one. Markers are be?
ing erected.
Conditions of main routes in New
York State are as follows: New York
Albany, Fast bank of Hudson?repair
work in progress between Yalatie an4
Schodack; New York-Albany, West
bank of Hudson?work in progress be?
tween Coxsackio and Ravena; detour;
New York-Binghamton?bad stretches
between Goshen and Middletown; Al
bany-Pittsiield?good condition; Al?
bany-Buffalo?good condition.
The Pennsylvania Public Service
Commission has ordered the building
of a new bridge over the tracks of tho
I Pennsylvania Railroad at Paradise,
: Lancaster County, to obliterate bad
?crossing on the Lincoln Highway. The
i crossing has become a source of great
?danger to auto travel with the in
! creased traffic over that section of the
Lincoln road. The bridge will be 35
I feet wide and will provide also for
j trolley and pedestrian traffic.
?Finance Budget Under Fire
I -2.
Mayor Orders Hindi field to In
vesigate Estimates
David Hirshfield, Commissioner of
i Accounts, was directed by Mayor Hy
| Ian yesterday to make an investigation
; of the budget estimates of (he Finance
i Department. When the budget esti
' mates for 1921 of the Finance Depart
? ment came up for consideration by
the budget committee of the Board of
I Estimate last week, the examiner as
j signed to the. task of reporting on the
j estimates of that department told the
; committee that he was unable to make
?any recommendations for the reason
that the Comptroller conducted his de?
partment in such a way that no one
else knew anything about it.
Mayor Hylan then announced his in
j tention of having the. Commissioner oi
Accounts look into the estimates and re?
port on them. This had been attempted
before, he said, but the Comptroller re?
fused ihe examiner from the Commis?
sioner of Accounts information and ac?
cess to his books and papers. Commis?
sioner Hirshfield said yesterday hi
would "try again" to carry out the
Mayor's orders, and aervd a subp?m
on the Comptroller if nectssary.
-..?
10 Held Prisoner in Stalled
Elevator for 10 Minutes
An elevator containing seven woniei
and three men was stalled for fort;
minutes yesterday afternoon in thi
New Amsterdam Theater Building, oi
Forty-second Street, near Broadway
holding all its occupants prisoner
The car dropped from the third don
to a point midway between the boile
room and the street floor of the build
ing and there it stuck, li was onl;
after the engineer of another building
who is an expert in handling balk;
elevators, reached the theater build
ing that the car was moved,
Bedtime Stories !
Buster Bear Kemembers
By Thornton W. Burgess
Forget the disappointing things
And look for vhat the future brings.
?Buster Bear.
Poor disappointed Buster Bear! He
actually whimpered, which is as near
as Buster ever comes to crying, when
he discovered that the hollow in that
bee tree was empty. He guessed right
away who had emptied it. It was
Farmer Brown's boy. Buster didn't
have the least doubt of that. Farmer
Brown's boy had found that honey and
taken it away.
"He might have left a little for me,
just a wee bit," muttered Buster in his
deep rumbly, grumbly voice as he
licked the inside of that hollow with
his tongue, trying to get jus't a taste.
"Ho didn't need all that honey," con?
tinued Buster. "He's the greediest
fellow in all the Great World. That's
what ho is- the greediest fellow in all
the Great World. And lie's a robber.
He robbed me of that honey. Ho saw
me up hoe and he drove me away and
then robbed me."
Buster's memory was short. He had
quite forgotten that. Fanner Brown's
boy was the one who found the tree
apd that he, Buster, might never have
found it had he not followed Farmer
Brown's boy and been watching him
when he found the tree. And when you
think i>f it.. :t was funny for Bustei
to call Farm -r Brown's boy greedy, foi
had Buster had the chance he wouldn \
have left so much as one good lick
inside that hollow. But ??--appointee
people seldom are reason;.; 1?
Grumbling and growling Buster Beai
climbed down thai tree. The smell ?<:
; he ?K ??" ' asi s he hai
; ai aged to get mace him hut grierthar
ever tor a feast oi I 01 ? lie felt tha;
I -? ust had to have some. And thei
landed on the ground lie remern
hired something. He remembere?
those othei >ee trees hi ! a?! found b;
wing Farmer Brown's boy.
Buster's face suddenly brightened
"Why didn't I t! nk ?>;" them before'''
? rumbled. Then his face cloudei
. ?. il?- remembered Farmer Brown':
boy. Perhaps the latter had airead;
been to ; i ??-?? trees and laken all th?
honey. The ver. thougl ? made Buste
growl, and il was .. deep, ?- ly-sound
ing ?;.-??-.. I. Jusl ( hinkii ? of Farme
Brou a'- boy made him fee! ugly.
Stopping ?'?''. to lick up ;. ??top o
honey where Farmer Brown's boy ha.
(tiled one of his pails the morning o
?hat very day Buster started for th.
?second bee tree. He shuffled alonj
Trough the Gr<5en Forest more rapidly
,han you or I cjould have goue its 6?y
Blister Bear stole softly to the foot
of thut tree
light, and this, you know, was after
the Black Shadows had crept all
through the Green Forest. Buster does
noi mind them at all, In fact lie seem
i o pref? r them,
So it didn't take Buster lor.-.: to |
reach the second bee tree, the?
was ?lead. Just . had don? . ;.
ti-i other tree he walked ;.;; around
tin . ear, ;. ten ng, '.??? ? ;ng v ; littl?
night breeze that came along for a hi it
that Farmer Brown's boy '.vas about,
But there was no such hint for the
very good reason that Farmer Br<
boy was at that very minute at home
figuring di a piece of paper how mi ny
pounds of hoi y hi ?-..?.' ? I
if ? ich of the ??ther trees !.. ha 1
held as much honey as the one he had
op? tied thai -ia; .
Buster i;? ir stole softly to th?
of that tree, stoppi g every few
to look and li ;t? n and sm?
?''.;..-? ;
smelled nothing to mak? 1 m
You ..???'. ivas no nger scent oi
Farmer Brown's boy about that tre?
?- il was o long nc< h?
visited it. Buster heaved a great sigh
of relief. For once he could forgel
Farmer Brown's boy and think only of
honey.
CopjTl?bt, 1920, by T. W. Burffe??.
The nerf story: "Buster Bear Forgets !
All His Troubles."
Says McMiillin
Shot Man With ;
His Hands Up
Girl Testifies Dry Agent
Suddenly Put Gun to
Prisoner's Head ami Fired
During Raid on Flat
Prosecution Rests Case
_
Polieeman Unable to Find
Knife Revenue Aid Had
Told About After Capture
I -i
Alfred J. Talley, Assistant District
I Attorney, chief prosecutor of Stewart
N, McMullin, former prohibition agent, '
? on trial before Judge Julius Mayer in
i the United States District Court for :
j the killing of Harry Carlton, rested his
case yesterday. This action was taken
after Malvina Carini, her mothi r, Anna
Carini, and Patrolman Charles J. Rey
! nolds had testified as to the slaying.
Miss. Carini is eighteen years old.
? Senator James Walker, counsel for the
! defense, could not shake her story.
! She told how her father, Carlo, had
come home on the night of March 11
: with Carlton and Revenue Agents
? Yaselli and McMullin. She said they
displayed no badges and she did not'
> know what they were at that time.
Sho said arrangements were made
I for the purchase of some liquor, which
her father had in the kitchen, and a
1 box full was taken downstairs by Carl?
ton and McMullin. When they re?
turned, she said, Carlton requested the
money bcforo any more liquor was
taken from the house. Yaselli de?
murred, but when Carlton insisted Mc?
Mullin counted out $735 on the wash
tub. Carlton handed it to her, she
said.
Revenne Agents Drew (inns
Th.cn some one? she said she thought
it was Yaselli- said "Hands up!" She
said she saw Yaselli pointing a revol?
ver at her father and McMullin cover- j
ing Carlton.
She screamed, according to her testi?
mony, and her mother came in from
the next room. Her father backed out
of the room into the hall with Yaselli
following him. She ran after her
mother to the window calling "Help!
Murder! Police! Robbers!"
A shot was fired from the hall, she
said, and she thought her father was
shot. She and her mother climbed to
the fire escape and continued scream?
ing. She said McMullin came out on
the firescape and pointed a revolver
at her and said: "Give me the money
or I'll kill you!" She gave him the
money.
"What about father?" she asked.
"Oh, your father's all right, shut
up!" McMullin said, according to her
test imony,
Carlton came to the window with
his hands above his head. McMullin,
she said, had hold of her arm and was
pulling her toward the window. He
suddenly threw up his right hand and
fired at Carlton, and the revolver was
not two inches from the victim's head,
according to the witness. Carlton fell
near the window and McMullin jumped
over him and ran out, she said.
Mrs. Carini corroborated her daugh?
ter's testimony.
Patrolman Charles Reynolds, who
was attached to the West 152d Street
station at that time, said that he was
in front of Carini's home at 234 Fast
Seventy sixth Street when he heard
two shots fired, apparently in the hall?
way. He said he was in civilian clothes
and that he put on his bndge, drew his
revolver and went upstairs.
Policeman Tells of Arrest
One flight up, he said he found
Carini with his hands raised, and
Yaselli facing him with a drawn re?
volver. He said he grabbed Yaselli's
arm and that Yaselli shouted, "I'm n
revenue officer and this man is my
prisoner!" Ho said he asked to see
Yaselli's credentials and that a badge
was shown to him. He said he went
downstairs with Yaselli and Carini.
They were on the sidewalk, he testi?
fied, when he heard another shot up?
stairs. Ho looked up and saw a man
and two women on the fire escape,
He said he left Carini with Yaselli
and started upstairs. He met Me- i
Mullin coming down and stopped him.
According to Reynolds McMullin said: ;
"I'm just after shooting a man up
there. He wanted to stab me with a
knife." Under cross-examination ?Rey?
nolds said he had made a search for '
a knife, but could not find one. The
case was adjourned until Wednesday
morning.
-c-.
Weather Report
Sunrises... UM n.m.'Sun sets... 8:21 p.m.
M? rises ti 39 ;> in.?Moon BOt.i.. 5:40 p m.
Note The above figures are standard
tli ? . rid not New York State i!m<-.
IToral Forecast.?Generally fair to-day
and to-morrow; little change in tempera?
ture; fresh south to Bouthwest winds.
local Official Record.?The following; of. '
flclal record from (ho Weather Bureau
iihowa temperatures during tho lust twen?
ty-four hours, In comparison with the c r
responding date of last j?'ar;
1 920. 191 !> ' 17?7 0 1910.
.', a. m.... 58 7 0 ."? p. ir.. . . 7 ;: 7 '-'
r, a. m_ 56 68 c- p. m. ... 71 63
B a. m.... 68 73 9 p. m.... 63 60
12 noon.... CO .?010 p. in.... ?34 56
Highest, 74 rifpr.^s (at 4 p. m.); lowest,
55 (at S a. m.); average, 64; average same
date last year, 67; average sam?> dato for
-, tttrty -t bree :? cart?, 58.
Humidity
8 a. m .. 66 | 1 p. in. . . 45!? p. m... 52 j
Ilurometer Readings
8 h m. .30.17 1 p. m. .30.-17 | 8 p. m. .30 13
O ene ral Weather Conditions
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.?Pressure con
tin? i hi -a to-day over I he Al... nl li
status and the ?Southern states and ;:.
a 1 over -. -actlcally all ol her boc- '
li? us. rher? were local rains within the
? ,, ? ? ...,.,..,. . ., ,?).- >. ;;,?, in i :.' regl ?? - ;
?I ?;-. , Laic? s tho midd - Miss u ; \ al
Wyoming, northern i lah and in the
entrai California
Lli ? rd. The vveath r was fair ;;i all
??
etopera lure was abo - normal al
except In the middln Ro .
the pial -, . region and
i at? s
i is for t howers !t: 7.1; ..
New y lay and
U'edncsda non hern > ? -.. ! -
th i or? '??? .-? of Indiana,
: ?? - ? -. .-.:?::>' Wed ?
- he si Rtes east
'.'.'. ;? the ???? alh--;' will ? ...
mtll Wednesday night
.- ? changei - 111 i ghl
as a ;
Itixfrl? t Vein-casts -East?
fair in sou ? ? .-. -n In
I - ? ? ... . ?
? ' hange In tempi ature.
? rn New Englan I, fair to lay and
; mge in tern
tun
? i nl ? and New .;? .
fail ? ...... and probably to-morr?
; n tempi rature.
Dela-.van and Maryland, fair to-day and
r re In temperature.
Western Pennsylvania, ,-? i ?rallj fa-..- to
? ? to-i ion ?w i a rtly i loudj . * proba b'.v
showers in northern portions; not much
ch ">-?? In temperature.
Western New York, uneettlM to-day and
ibably showers; not much
change \v. ; inperature.
Hue de la Paix, Paris Broadway at Ninth, New York Telephone Stuyvesant 4700 Store hours, 9 to S Washington Arch. Nte, r,
The First Book One Boy Read
Through Was "Robinson Crusoe"
Later on even more interesting arc the fragments we
have of the voyages of Columbus, the four hundred and
twenty-eighth anniversary of whose discovery of America
we are celebrating today.
This is a part of one of Columbus' letters in the year
1503 to the King and Queen of Spain, referring to his fourth
voyage :
"Such is my fate that the twenty years of service through
which I have passed with so much toil and danger have
left me nothing, and at this very day I don't possess a roof
in Spain that I can call my own.
"For seven years I was at your roya) court, where every
one to whom the enterprise was mentioned treated it as
ridiculous; but now there, is not a man, down to the very
tailors, who does not beg to be allowed to become a dis?
coverer.
"It is right to give God his due, and to receive that
which belongs to one's seit. This is a just sentiment'and
proceeds from just feelings. The lands in this part of the
world, which are now under your Highnesses' sway, are
richer and more extensive than those of any other Christian
power. And yet, after that I had, by the Divino will, placed
them under your high and royal sovereignty, and was on the
point of bringing your Majesties into the receipt of a very
great and unexpected revenue, and while I was waiting for
ships to convey rnc in safety and with a heart full of joy to
your presence, victoriously to announce the news of the gold
that I had discovered, I was arrested and thrown, with my
two brothers, loaded with irons, into a ship, stripped and
very ill treated, without being allowed any appeal to justice.
"I was twenty-eight years old when I came into your
Highnesses' service, and now I have not a hair in my head
that is not gray, my body is infirm and all that was left to
me, as well as to .my brothers, has been taken away and sold,
even to the frock that I wore, to my great dishonor.
"Great and unexampled will be the glory and fame of your
Highnesses, if you do this, and the memory of your High
nesser as just and grateful sovereigns will survive as a bright
example to Spain in future apes. The honest devotedness I
have always shown to your Majesties' services and the so
unmerited outrage with which it has been repaid will not
allow my soul to keep silence, however much I may wish it.
I implore your Highcnesses to forgive my complaints.
"I am indeed in as ruined a condition as I have related.
Hitherto I have went over others; may heaven have mercy
upon me and may the world weep for me.",
Let the boys of our school-; get and keep and read often
the books of the beginning of America.
(Signed)
October 12, 1920.
Beginning ?his morning
October Sale of
Sterling Smmmmwe
This sale will be a source of rare satisfaction to lovers
of good silver tableware.
We hare taken from our own stocks
$25.000 north, and reduced prices
20 to 35 per cent.
The reductions range from ^72 to $55 on coffee sets
from $90 to $600 on tea sets.
The lea sets include
$
250
'J 5 5
260
350
400
0
.> pieces at. . . .
5 pieces at. . . :.
5 pieces at. . . .
5 pieces at.. . .
5 pieces at... .
5 pieces at... .
5 pieces at. 41
5 pieces at. ?,'2'.',
6 pieces at. 520
6 pieces at. .k..:. . . . 040
0 pieces at. (?80
f) pieces at. 840
7 pieces at. 1400
The coffee sets include
,'i pieces at.$ 80
.'i pieces at. 115
3 pieces at. 8.".
.'i pieces at. 120
il pieces at. 195
.'i pieces at. 200
Miscellaneous
Compotes.
Bowls.
Cracker and cheete dishes.
Baskets.
? 'ake tushes.
Fruit dishes.
Sandwich trays.
Water pitchers.
< ?enterpieces.
Cream and sugar sets.
Bread and butter plate?.
Punch bowls.
Vegetable dishes.
Chop dishes.
Meat dishes.
'- ish trays.
Bonbon dishes.
Bread trays.
Silver Courts?
Main floor, Old Building.
t?CT1*^"^'^ ; ^sr'arlh. ?-.-?>- r;
Nerv and Charming Reproductions of
7s
AU QUATRIEME
Old French faience, with its suit color, exquisite
design and delicious glaze, has been reproduced for Au
Quatri?me by modern French artist-potterSf*jn the same
beautifully proportioned shape, and characteristic detail?
of the originals.
Copies of old French faience hi lovely deep yellow,
with small mot its in blue and orange, are to be had in
several d?n?rent pieces. There aro two sizes of plates
dinner platee at $60 a dozen, and luncheon plates at .?48 a
dozen. Cups and saucers arc $60 a dozen. Custard sets'$30.
Copies of old Sceaux
Illustrated above are some of the pieces in the collec?
tion of reproductions of old Sceaux. This ware of finely
glazed gray-white pottery, with its amusing landscapes
and chinoisoru' motifs m green and rose, may be had in a
variety of forms.
Covered compotes in two sizes; $20 for larger $10
for smaller. ?
Small jars, $8.
Tall-neck vases, $10.
Fourth floor, Old Building.
TODAY
1\
sSuits,4950
(Burlington Arcade Suits)
?less than we bought them for originally;
?less than the maker's original price;
?less than we have seen high-grade suits for anywhere.
There are 325 of them?in three conservative singile
brcasted models?and in fourteen different patterns.
tern
They were nought by us last spring. Since then
you know what has happened.
* * ?
We talked frankly to the manufacturer; and he
talked frankly to us.
* ? *
So we both compromised -he on his wholesa/.e
price; we on our retail price.
* * *
And that is why suits like these, originally priced at
$50 WHOLESALE, are now offered at ,$49.50
RETAIL.
* ? *
Understand, please, that these are hand-tailored
suits. You can tall that by looking at the collars, the
lapels and the buttonholes.
* * *
The fine fabrics are wool cassimeres from one of the
best mills in America.
* * ?
The linings and trimmings are in keeping with the
general character of the fabrics and workmanship.
* * *
And you will readily see how well these suits are
adapted to business wear and all-around service. The
patterns, the colorings and the models indicate that.
/ ? * *
Plenty of juzes. And the kind of store service that
Jrlenty ot sizes. And the kmt
helps you to /find exactly what y
satisfactorily.
ou want, quickly and
Burlington Arcade Floor, New Building.
12,900 Fancy Shirts
1.85
?Some are 20 per cent, less
?Some are a third less
?Some are LESS than half
$
TODAY
5,700 of these good shirts are from our regular
stocks, now reduced because market prices are broken.
The remaining 7,200 were purchased by us in accord?
ance with the new low market prices. Some arc siik
and-cotton mixtures: some arc silk-striped madras
oloths; some are woven and printed madras cloths;
some are corded madras cloths. Plenty of light col?
ors; plenty of dark colors: plenty o? virtually even
thing a man could want in good cotton shirts. All
have soft cuffs; sizes arc 14 to 17. We can visuali?^
the crowd of men that this good news will bring.
Burlington Arcade Floor, New Building.
Men's Shoes$7.75
Ordinarily would be priced dollar* more
All sizes and widths?6 to 11 in A to D
High shoes in black kidskin with full toes; tan and
black cailfskin Blucher with full toe; tan and black
calfskin, on English last. . .There are single and heavy
soles. Some have rubber heels. . .Also brogue low
shoes of tan Norwegian grain with perforated wing
tip vamp and heal foxing. They are particularly suit?
able for Fall wear.
Burlineton Arcade Floor, New Building.
$
Normal price is half as much airain
A range of patterns, medium weight, all wool;
belted and plain models: patch or niuif pockets.
$15 for a few heavier mackinaws that were more
than half as much again.
Sport Shop-Burlington Arcade Floor, New Building.
Boys' Suits at $18.50
U ith tico pairs
300 of the very suits
that boys like; mannish
woolen materials in Nor?
folk style; patch pockets i
with flap, full belt, al?
paca-lined coats. fuUcut |
trousers. A good assort?
ment of brown and tweed
mixtures. Two pairs of
trousers.
Sizes 7 to 17 vears.
of trousers
First loner troupers
Suits ?38.50
Two pairs of trousei s mean
a saving1 of many dollars.
They are of fine 1 w <?? - in
attractive browns, (?rrej
stripes, double and a
breasted models; smart
youthful suits for t
chap who is getting his first
long trousers suit.
Other styles up to $65.
Third floor. Old Building.