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THE SUN AND NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1920.
PERSONALS.
X mi tt this data I am not iwposslbU
Pfmwl7 for inr dfbti latnrrrt lj mi
We. Mrs. Stella Bermtn, of 5 Wast IDlfl
at., htw Tork tltT. NAT BF.nUAX.
.LOST AND FOUNdT
rODND-BlMk bar. oonwr lliit at. nJ
Broa4wajr. MtM DILLON, 7M Rlrtrtldo
TVIfphono Cathadtal Ilia.
Xtf" northbound Broadway ear, March
1. 1M. teiUltnun'a teal Uatber foldinr wat
let. cpotalntnr money, stamps. pronal mem
oranda. mumltr and American Leclon cards
and other Important personal pipera. He
wjrd and bo nursttons oM If r.turDfd ta
Dr. W. J. MBYEIl. lei Fast Mth it.. New I
torn city. i
LOST Cowhide tug-. tjv.ru by misuse, Fele ;
"''. venjrai iisiinaii, Jtwr U117,
slxmt 0:30. train from bikeirood: will rrlurn
bag la exchtote, Ooratnunltatr with Aleitmler
VIST ?' . Jersey Cily: 'puooe
OWEN EAG AN, BOMB
EXPERT, FALLS DEAD
Fire Department inspector,
"Who Often Braved Death,
Collapses in Street.
(HELD PERILOUS POSITION
-Mrainomery.
LOSTDlamoad tins, two, atows. oM sold
leaf witlng. on 4Qth at., or l Ibe t.oiero
purr .Ilrititiriut: my raloskk- to owner;
liberal rwranl. Mean. is West tfllh ft.
LOST-Black and yellow beaded bar. Atur
day erenlnr, Feb. It, contalnlnr flra rinfa.
aum of money, unt atone and peraonal ef-
fecti: liberal reward. Mra. Edna 8. Denaon,
loll Park place. Brooklyn. Bedford .
L.ST-.Mftidy, hrtween 7:30 and 8:10 A. !.'
In Memorial Jln.plul or beiirren hnspltal
and 121st at., tla lOOtb at., and Broadway car.
ltdy'a (old walab, ehaln, bunllnc cas; liberal
trwird. Address Watrh. 1107 Times Ualldlng.
IWT-Sllrer bar. Japanese lnitlala "A. II.."
between DeKalb ar. lubway and Wth at.
nd 1th av.. New York: no question! aatied;
reward. Phono Columbna Hal.
LOST Diamond monorramed pin. lnitlala
"L. M.." between 71it at. and Broadway
and Mth it and tin it. Liberal reward if re
turned to 171 West 71at at. 11: centre).
Phone 11 Columbua.
LOST Below nth at., colored drawing of
weater. alio JO Inetaei hlh: liberal reward.
Telephone Chelta 7l.
J,f)ST Vearl and diamond wreath brooch.
Liberal reward, no question. asked; return
Wilson, room Hit vanderbllt Hotel.
Opened Tlionsands of Infernal
Machines During Long Ser
vice Injured Twice.
LOS'I .illirr cigarette caw wlitugold trlie
ami roll or arraa rnjtraTnl on tw, on
Baturdiy, February 28, betwren 17th and Wth
lt near 1'atk ar.; liberal rrnard and no
questions asked. Heed k Barton, Tbeo. B
Burr, lnc,
LOST-Dlamond cluster acarfpln. on Leilnf
ton ar.. between Mill at. and Wth at. sub
way nation; reward., MISS MESC1IEDE,
133 East Mth U
LOST Black SootcU terrier, answetlai to
name of "Ted." new black collar, without
Bane, ftetnrn to Mrs. Ward Ivualas. 33
Fast tnth: 'phoae 48(0 Plasa. Iteoanl tlren.
LOST Ions diamond and pearl dron carrinr,
betaeen UUHo Tbeatre, Illcka fruit store.
Bin ar. to 07th at., through to Msdlton. He-
ward If- relumed to 781 ilidlnon ar.
LoHT-lIudna Bay sable scarf, left In tail
from nil (more to East 61st at.: literal re
Ward. Ilflora caahler. Bill more.
LOST LARGE PLATINUM AND DIA-
MOND BOW KNOT PIN, AT LEXING
TON THEATBE OR HOTEL PLAZA,
WEDNESDAY EVENING. KEB. Hi I60D
TtEIVArtD. APPLY HOTEL PLAZA.
Ld.ST-Sunday. a gold locket, Inscribed "Cbarlfa
Fncller;" reward. Write to same name PS
noon si.. Brooklyn.
LOST Book I00t( Chatham and Phenlx
National Hank, Broadway and 114th at..
Interest department. Return ta bank. Reward.
LOST Sunday Might, laccoen neckpleco, betwern
Villi and 81st m) be In tailcab; reward.
B. WOLFF 4t0 West Knd ar.
LOM Diamond anil pearl taTalllrra In Prince
Oeorg HotelJast Vrlday. Iteturn to JI. ZUCK
EltH.VN. care Amer:-an Shirt Co., 11 East nth
it. and receive reward.
1100 REWARD
for tassel' composed of diamonds, emeralds
and pearls,- last Friday aftrroonn. na nth ar.
nnnru to BLACK, STARR Ic FROST, Stb ar.
aad 4Klh st.
$500,000 IN PEARLS
MISSED BY THIEVES
Owen Kasan of 154 East Forty-ninth
atreet, Inspector of the Huroau of Com
bustibles of the Klre Department, and
the man who has opened more bombs
and Infernal machines than any othr
man In the United States, became sud
denly 111 of acute Indication last nfcht.
about 10 o'clock, while he was taltlne
a walk In ucxlngton ayenue.
h fell unconscious In the street and
was carried by passeraby Into a drug
store at 479 Lexington axm". where he
died while waiting for an ambulance
to come from the Metropolitan Hos
nltoi. ilia bodv lav in the store for
somo time before It was Identified, but
finally a policeman who had Known r,
Kirm ntcrrri th store. The body was
I then taken to the East Fifty-first street
police station.
Mr. Eagan had one of the most re
mnrkobln careers of any official or cm'
ployee of the city. He served as an In
spector In tho Bureau of Combustibles
for about twenty-four years, and In that
time he opened no less than 7,000 bombs
and Infemnl machines, some of them
with sufficient explosives to wreck the
biggest buildings In New York city. He
was In danger of losing his life every
day of those twenty-four years, becaueo
liardW a 'day passed that he wasn't
tinkering In some way or another with
an Infernal machine or a bomb, or with
cxploshcs In Borne form or another.
Mortuiry experts have pronounced the
Job that Mr. Eagan had the most dan
gerous In the world. They openly ex
pressed their wonder that he did not
die a hundred times, and so dangerous
did the life Insurance companies consider
his work that not one of them ever could
be found that would write a policy on
the Inspector's life. No one who knew
Mr. Eagan and the character of his
work had any Idea he ever would die a
natural death.
Mr. Eagan became an Inspector In the
Fire Department Just about the time
when the Italian gangs and the Black
Hand killers were beginning their cam
paign of terrorlxatlon by high explosive.
The heads of his department tnd of tho
Police Department learned Mr. Eagan
.had the courage and ability to open any
sort of Infernal contrivance, nun stnee
then he had done nothing else.
Every bomb that has come to light In
tne great bomb cases of New York city
lias been opened and Inspected by lilm,
and through his reports the police have
been able to arrest many Important
trim:?. Is.
In all of this time Mr. Eagan suffered
but !wo accidents. The first was In 1912,
when a bomb which had been sent to
Judge Otto A. Rosalsky exploded and
tore a finger off Eagan's right hand, and
the other case was only a year or so
ago, when a bomb rJpped his clothes
from his back without Injuring him.
Safe Crackers Tear Their Way
Through Maze of Locks
and Bars.
' A daring gang of safe blowers Just
missed a big haul, although they did not
go away empty handed, when on the
Clght of February 23-21 they robbed the
vault of the Central Free and Bonded
Warehouse Company, Inc., SO Ninth ave
nue, at Sixteenth street. They got four
packages, the known value of one being
I7.C0, while the whole of the others Is un
known.! It Is believed they hoped to get
pearls worth a half million, which they
drd not know had been taken from the
warehouse three days before.
How the cracksmen learned that the
pearls were to be In the place, which is
a Government bonded warehouse, and so,
planned what might have proved an "In
ternational gem theft" Is not known.
The pearls came! from Europe and were
aent to the Appraisers' Stores. Three
weeks ago and more the warehouso was
notified that they would be sent present
ly to the warehouse, there to be called
for by the Importer. When the gems
came they were redeemed on the same,
day through tho'Amerlcan' Railway Ex
press Company.
Op the night of February' 22 the. gang
entered a tenement house In Sixteenth
treet next door to the warehouse,
which Is on tho southeast corner of
Ninth avenue and Sixteenth, and
climbed to the roof. They saw that tho
tenement roof was somo twenty-five feet
lower than- the warehouse roof and that
they, would need ladders. The Janltress
of tho tenement heard them, and then
again the next night,' but was afraid
and did not give the alarm.
That night the safeblowers, prpbably
threo men, brought a ladder. On the
warehouse root they cut through a
l;avy steel grating over the .scuttle and
then broke two strong padlocks on the
scuttle, one a Yale lock affixed by the
customs ' ofllca and called a "Govern
ment lock-"
Once' through the roof scuttle and on
the top floor of the six story building
they worked their wal1 down to the
ground floor. The crtcljsmen broke six
Government locks and eight others be
fore they reached the room on the
ground floor on the Ninth avenue tide,
fifty feet from the street, where Is sit
uated the vault where the most valuable
packages are placed.
They blew the lock on tilts vault,
probably waiting Until a train on the
Ninth venue elevated drowned the noise.
Tho explosion bl6w off part of the con
crete which filled the eight Inch thick
door of the vault, which is of steel and
concrete and about nine feet square.
With the vault open, tho cracksmen
started opening tho packages they
found Inside, choosing only small ones,
as If they knew, what they sought -They
discarded one box of wrist watches' as
too cheap, and the contents of another
package did not please thtm. They
cither were frightened by a node or
decided the pearls were not there, for
they left wrappings and burglars'- tools
on the floor and took only four pack
ages. The value of these Is not yet known,
as when they arrived from abroad by
the French Ciinard ,or Atlantic Trans
port Hnet unaccompanied by' Invoices,
they wero sent by lite Cumom House
to the Central Warehouse until the Im
porter, dr 'conslgneo should produco his
Inyolcj. .
: Knhrv Suit for Plym.iuth.
lotto 11. Kchti, who s:i!lcd for Ply
mouth y'eaterdnj' on the Cunarder
Ralaerin 'Awruste Victoria to bi gone
three month, said he did ipt expect In-1
dustrlal and financial condition to right ,
NIXON BLAMES CITY
FOR TRACTION MESS
Higher Fares for Surface
Lines Imperative, He Says.
Lewis Nixon, Public Sen-Ice Commis
sioner, sent his supplemental report yes
terday to the Legislature reiterating
what he had said previously about the
traction situation In Greater New York,
but .particularizing, as requested by the
Legislature, and amending his previous
declaration that the subways need a
higher fare by concluding, from recent
showfhg. that they can continue profit
ably on a five cent fare.
Although believing now that the five
cent fars would suffice for the subways,
Mr. Nixon ald tho Interborough'a othe;
lines, especially tho elevated, must
charge seven or eight cents, or possibly
10 cents, or else go Into bankruptcy.
Because of what Mr. Nixon called In
his report the "policy of Inaction" on
the part of the Board of Estimate
eighty-one miles of Important trackage
have been abandoned, 268 miles of
trackage have been cut off from parent
systems and operated Independently
with additional fare, nine operating
companies passed Into the hands of re
ceivers, deficits of J8.0S3.820 piled up
for' the fiscal year ended last June 30,
1,575 free transfer points have been
abolished, railway securities have been
discredited and the city has lost "hun
dreds of thousands of dollars."
OFFERS TO GIVE
CAR LINE TO CITY
Flushing Trolley, Snowbound,
U.u jut - .
a tnuncy to Ulg ISUC.
If city oflicials will show Clrrim A
Stanley hon to operate the Flushing
trolley lines, of wjjicli ho la president,
on a Ave cent fare they can have them
as a gift. Mr. Stanley mad th nfr.r
freely yesterday when th Piih'i,- no
vice Commission held a hastily-called
hearing to find out why the lines sus
pended operation at midnight on Mon-
i!nv
Vincent Victory, Assistant Corpora-
nu counsel, naa insisted, up to the
point whercMr. Stanley proposed to give
thc ,5a llnes awa5". that operation,
should have gone on regardless of ex
pense. Mr. Stanley had replied that It
would cost $50,000 to dig out the still
snowbound lines, and the company,
which Is the New York and North Shore
Traction Company, has no such money.
Mr. Victor, speaking for tho city,
promised that the company would be
treated leniently, and that If It made
an .effort to renew, service as soon as
possible nothing would be done about
revoking Its franchise. Mr. Stanley
promised. t
HELD IN WOMAN'S DEATH.
Chlarelll Admitted Quarrel with
Mary VnfToro, Police Say.
A business card droped in
168 West Twenty-second street led to
the arrest yesterday of Antonio Chla
r5St, 30, m. shoemaker, on a charge of
homicide for the death February 25 of
Mrs. Mary Varvaro of S35 Bedford ave
nue, Brooklyn.
Chlarelll Is raid to have told detec
tives the Varvaro woman attempted to
i-teal his watch, and that he became en-'
ruged and threw her violently aiaintt
the nail.
BELATED WAR HONOR
FORJOHNJ.CONLIN
City Bureau Clerk Gets D. S.
C. for Heroism in ction.
Belated recognition of war heroism
came to John J. Conlln, clerk In the
Bureau of Administration of the ofllca
of Borough President Henry II. Currun,
yesterday. He was notified that the
War Department lias conferred upon
htm for gallantry In action on the Olse
Alsne line In the fall ot 1918 the Dis
tinguished Service Cross, for which the
citation reads as follows:
"John J. Conlln, sergeant. Company
I.. 307th Infantry, for extraordinary
heroism in action near Merval, France,
September 14, 1918, although wounded
In, the head by a machine gun bullet
during an attack. Sergeant Conlln con
tinued to lead his platoon in the ad
vance, and organized his position after
the objective had been captured. He re
fused to be evacuated until toss of blood
prevented his continuing with his company."
SELF-PICKED JURY
WON BY ROSALSKY
SURVEY OF CATHOLIC
. CHARITIES FINISHED
Archbishop Hayes Has Facts
of His Archdiocese.
Archbishop Patrick J. Hayes has com
pleted a summary of all Catholic chari
ties In his archdiocese and will form a
new, constructive policy from thuse find
ings. The work of the survey has been
done by a charities commission of forty
seven Investigators during the last tlvo
months. The survey treats of five di
visions, namely, children, health, relief,
protective work and social activities.
According to the report made public
yesterday, 42,422 chlfdren were cared
for by Catholic agencies during the year
ending in June, 1919. Of this number
li.tit Were care., for In institutions for
dependents, defectives and delinquents;
,14,145) were under boarding or placing
out agencies; 6,183 were supervlred by
after caro agencies; 3,360 v-ro served
by Big Brother and Big Sister organ
izations; 3,013 by two of thc fresh air
charities, and an average of 1,950 a day
by day nurseries. The assets of the
chtM caring Institutions aggregate 513,
391,932. There are twenty-four day
nurseries In the archdiocese, twenty In
stitutions for defective and delinquent
children.
Hospitals numbering twenty-six nre
valued at 86,649,200, and attached to
four of these are registered nursing
schools. The total bed capacity is 4,713.
For relief, during the year ending June,
1919, $6,000 was spent. 1.953 families
were aided and 4,769 Individuals were
assisted. The Catholics of this diocese
maintain five homes for the aged, which
accommodate 1,115 persons. There five
Institutions were run at a combined ex
pense of $176,686.90, a Bum somewhat
larger than thc income of $172,087.68.
The vnluatlon of property amounts to
$1,818,485.
Aside from these agencies there are
n.ilntalned girls' homes and clubs, young
men's clubs, Hoy Scouts and Boys'
Brigade societies.
Judge by Eloquence . Halts
Stampede of Two Score
Slacker Talesmen.
Store Closes at 5:0O o'CIfrclt.
Wither taAYVAlr.
Asaaakjay?l'iyW
THE JOHN WANAMAKER STORE
Bfoadway t Ninth Street, Ntw York,
Vm&txlr-AT. Stewirt
MEN PASS ON EXCUSES
Illness in- Family Only Is Ac
cepted and Shortly tho
Box Is Filled.
REGULATION OF MILK
PRICES TO BE ARGUED
Gov. Smith's Committee
Appear at Albany.
to
Gov. Smith's fair price milk commit
tee will appear before the legislative
conunlttee at Albany to-day to argue
the necessity of passing laws to regu
late tho price of milk. Health Com
missioner Royal S. Copeland, chairman
of the milk committee, said yfeterday
that It was the feeling or ail that the
farmer Is not getting too much, but the
excessive cost Is added between the
farmer's gate and the consumer's door.
Those who will accompany Dr. Cdpe
land to Albany are Senator Charles E.
Russell; Francis Martin, District Attor
ney of the Bronx; Mrs. William Ran
dolph Hearat. Martin II. Glynn. Mrs.
Louis R. Wcltzmlllci. Deputy Markets
Commissioner; Lee rfthns, J, P. Hol
land, president ot tho State Federation
of Labor: Timothy liealy. Miss Sophie
Irene Locb and Dr.. John II. Finley.
State. Commissioner of Education.
A delegation representing 5.000 milk
wagon drivers of Greater New York
will also appear before tho legislative
committee ta protest against tho enact
ment of tin bill for State control of the
dairy Industry, which gives the State
power to fix prices.
CATHOLIC CHURCH
FIGHTS OUIJA BOARD
Devil Worship Exists To-Day,
oays ur. Lunnecn.
That the ouljl board, table tappings,
spiritism and occultism are of the Devil
and that tho Catholic Church forbids
its members to have any dealings with
such was the .enunciation of Father
Alexis Cunneen in the Church of SL
Peter yesterday. To an audience of from
eigiu to nine Hundred business people
Father Cunneen enlarged upon the topic
uocs uevu worsnto Kint Tn.rv?"
Ho brought to mind, that as far back as
Deuteronomy and Isaiah we are told to
beware of devils as ildols ; that, idolatry
was a perfect form of Devil worship In
years gone by, and that to-day super
stition, which arises from lack of faith
and Ignorance ot man's true purpose In
life, exists as an imperfect form of devil
worship.
The preacher condemned those who
have contracted with devils, and also
those who consult them, as followers of
Lucifer and robbers of God. enrlnc!
"Since these things are not of Christ and
contrary to thc teachings of the Church
they aro cither fraud or else of the evil
one. They are neither new nor modern
and arc only the machinations of tho
fallen one. Lucifer, ruler of -darkness,
llenco the Church forbids us such super
stition and commands that Its followers
neither read about nor attend these
meetings."
Charity to Gat $800.
Ahnilt Inn vnlnnfn.tl.. i...
themselves soon, but was sure theyjl3rae, Cuinminss. 35 Weit Twenty-fifth
would do so eventually.
John Drlnkwater and Granville
Barker, playwrights, with their wives,
fecund for England, also sailed on the,
Xateerin. Mr. Drlnkwater said he was
vsrkte on threa pl7S entitled "Oliver
nwelL',.,ary Btaart" aa "Robert
street, to Harry BelaJneer & Co.. 99
Madison avenue, wlil go to the Federa
tion ot Jewish Welfare Societies, This
bum represents 750 Tarda of goods sold
above the price fixed by tbs Falr Price
Committee. Mr, Belaiager caald not'tle.
termtno which tt Me customers bosaAt
the roodtotssaaiejt.Uciwltftltlw nata bsIMtar.
14 TOWNS ARE DARK
ON STATEN ISLAND
Richmond Light and Railroad
Company's Service Stops.
I
Residents of fourteen towns of Staten
Island had' to feel noses last night to
distinguish friend1 from foe. A fire that
burned for two hours In the power plant
of the Richmond Light and Railroad
Company, Richmond Terrace, West N.ew
Brighton, from which power and light
are furnished for trolleys, homes and
business houses throughout the borough,
produced total darkness. Trolley cars
stopped and moving' picture theatre
spectators went home In d If gust because
thero vra no power to run tho film ma
chines, only to find their homes dark.
Fxcept for , the moon most of the Island
ers found It stygian.
Odlclals of the company promised to
Lave the trolley Servleo tin at midnight
and to haVe the power for house Illum
ination to-nlghu Four of tho big
dynamos, were put, out of commission,
but several others were only slightly
damaged. Repairs were bersn as soon
as' the firemen flnltfted their work. The
8re started about 7 e cloeK from de
fectiro feed caMe as4 ewsjit sntottr-Jat
Ascending the bench yesterday to pre
side over the trial of a youth who wore
a bell shaped overcoat throughout tho
proceedings and who was accused of
robbery In the Bowery, Otto A. Rosalsky,
Judge ot General Sessions encountered
an emergency that might have disturbed
a less seasoned Jurist
The prisoner and his counsel, the
prosecutor and his retinue, the clerk,
stenographer, witnesses, attendants and
spectators; all these and the Judge were
ready to begin, but there was no Jury.
There was hardly more, at this moment
than the germ of a Jury.
The clerk of the court approached his
Honor and acquainted I Im with the fact
A panel of 100 talesmen had, been sum
moned, from among whom at least two
Juries for this and another trial were
to. be chosen. The 100 peremptory
notices had been mailed to qualified
citizens, but only forty-seven had re
sponded. Of these forty-seven all except
two had asked to be excused. Each ot
the petitioning forty-Are was sure that
the welfare of the community, to say
nothing of his own, would suffer were he
to abandon his ordinary pursuits long
enough to sit as a peer of the boy in the
bell shaped coat and determine his inno
cence or guilt '
Now, the shirking of Jury duty has
long engaged the thoughtful attention of
Judge Rosalsky. He even has gone so
far as. to' applaud the introduction in
Albany of a bill admitting women to the
Jury box, the Judge deeming this no
more than right In view of the achieve
ment of equal suffrage and also relying
on the conscientiousness of womankind
as a guaranty of better and more easily
obtainable Juries when the law Is passed.
The matter of Immediate concern,
however, was the extraction of one com
plete Jury of men from the reluctant
assembly before him. The Judge swept
them with his eyes and tried the effect
of chiding and eloquence. Having voiced
his amazement that even one American
could be found unwilling to sacrifice a
little of his comfort for tho sake of
preserving the bulwark of Anglo-Saxon
Jurisprudence, namely thc Jury system.
Judgo Rosalsky bade thc talesmen pict
ure for themselves the situation were
they on trial and everybody of Intelli
gence was trying to beg off the Jury.
How was justice to be done, he asked. If
by frivolous and irrelevant pretext the
needed talesmen could have themselves
exempted? And finally, after exalting
Jury duly us the noblest li man can
render in times of peace, the Judge sud
denly tested the effect of hU plea by
saying:
"Now all of you men who arc willing
to serve, stand up." .
Forty-two stood. 'Where a few min
utes before there was a scarcity of
Jurors there was now a surplus. Judge
Rosalsky rose to tho new phenomenon.
He asked all thc talesmen to talk among
themselves and decide, which of their
number had the best excuses for going
home. He then went down the line ask
ing questions. Five men now claimed
exemption. The first of them said he
was an architect and that his thoughts
being concentrated on twenty-six buildings-
ho was constructing, he could not
give undevlatlng attention to the trial.
"What kind of buildings arts they?"
the Judge Inquired.
"Dwellings."
"Let him go; we need 'em. said a
Juror now turned Judge, and It was so
agreed.
The second In lino waB a cotton mer
chant. Ho had only begun to hint at
how much money he would lose and how
his business would suffer In his absence
when such cries aa "Vou've got nothing
on us." drowned him out , He was not
excused. Tho next was a'plumber. It
may have been only Imagination but his
comrades seemed to find nenmsn satis
(action in sentencing him to the Jury
box. The fourth applicant for mercy
was an automobile mechanic. 'He said
he was Just starting In business and If
they'd only let him on utis ume ne u
serve any other month. But one pf the
other talesmen remarked:
"Last Sunday I had my machine out
and lost a nut and an automobile me
chanlc charged 'me $13 for a new one.
I move that this man be not excused."
The motlop was carried. So the ses
sion proceeded until Ave men had been
weeded out and by unanimous consent
allowed to go. una waa in? arcmicci,
nnnt'hrr had a sick wife and the three
others had Illness in their families of a
nature requiring their personal atten
tion.
The forty-two talesmen thus selected
by self determination quickly yielded
twelve for thc Jury that was to review
the Bowery robbery, and enough tales
men were left over to get another Jury"
from to-day.
STABS HUSBAND IN
QUARREL, IS FREED
Mrs. Jules von Tilzer Pleads
Self-Defence i? Court.
Mrs. Edith Estelle yon fllzer, who
neighs ninety pounds,, was arraigned
before Magistrate Simpson in the West
Side Court yesterday on a charge of stab
bing her husband, Jules von Tilzer. who
weighs 3 pounds, von riizer. who is a
music publisher and a brother of Harry
von Tilzer, composer, said his wife
stabbed him with a table knlfo while he
was asleep In their apartment at 204
West Ninety-fourth street The Magls
trato dismissed the case when Mrs. von
Tilzer said she seized the knife In 'self
defence. Her arrest f ollcrwed an altercation yes
terday morning. She telephoned to Po
lice Headquarters about 4 o'clock, ac
cording to FatroIman'Eldcr. that she had
just stabbed and killed her. husband.
When tho ponce arrivea.sne surrendered
herself, but Dr. Mills of the Knicker
bocker' Hospital patched up tho wound
In Von Tilier'3 size and, said It wasn't
serious.
In court Mrs. von Tilzor explained thrit
she had received a telephone call last
week from a mysterious woman, wh6
said Mr. von Tilzer had been going with
another woman Blnce 1917. Early yester
day, she said, when she taxed him with
Infidelity, lie aemea it, jumpea up out of
bed and frightened her so that she qEiied
a knife in sett-protection, in ner nys-
terla she couldn't recall exactly How her
husband happened to be wounded. Von
Tilzer dented tho story of the other
woman.
Drive Committee Named.
An executive committee to direct the,
Street Settlement was anointed yester
day. The members are Mra John Blair.
Miss Frances Riker, Mrs. Ernest I"oole,
Airs. Leo Arnsteln, Mrs. Charira Cary
Ramsey, Mrs. Charles L. Tiffany, lira.
Percy Williams, SSlsa Grace Drake,
Gaorgo -Gordon Battle, Chaxlea P. How.
land and ethers. Paul D. Cr&TiUi,
chairman 'of (be icawtptifn cenimUtae,
aaUd the fsnd would, fee ased to enapley
at:e at least l!0miwtl fcteseeT
LA' FEMME CH
IC
The Little Blossoms
of Winter -
which we call snow filled
the sky many of the, days
of February. '
Monday began the March
month, which in some years
gives ms the first .breath of
Spring and the first kiss 6f
the flowers. k
Sometimes out of the dark
est night there is bora the
brightest morning.
, This New Kind
of Business
' bloomed out for the first time
forty-three years ago on the
12th of March, 1877, in its
great proportions as the be
ginning of the general store
which has become by Its
gradual and constant expan
sion in several respects the
Most' Famous RetdJl
Store in the World
We were all boy-men when
' we began and we had no big
men or model to show us how,
but we just went on, little by
little, and it is all a steady
growth since its first day, the
12th of March, 1877, on, its
present original basis.
Signed
March 3. 1920.
Early American
FomrPost Beds
Aia Quatrieme
In the Collection of
Early American' furni
ture now arranged 'Au
Quairieipe are a num
ber of excellent Colonial
lpw-post beds of maple
of unusually good color.
The beds are all of 'the
even post-type, beauti
fully turned, and good
examples of the low-post
beds of that period.
Four are with acorn
posts, good in design, fine
in their dark color; $85
each.
One pineapple post bed
$100. .
One acorn post; $125;
Fourth Floor, Old Buildiuj.
A .Collection of.
', ; v
Sixty lifrap
The finer wraps ot the coming season lor allernoon and evening wear
The show-room samples ot the most, exclusioc manufacturer in New York
Today, $195 each
These wraps are $210 to,6450 grades, designed by artists and made with the combi
nation of imagination, exquisite materials and fine painstaking workmanship;
Copies of imports
AH of the wraps arc copies of successful Paris, models from Jenny, Callot, Lanvin,
Bernard and Chcruit. faithfully reproducing the spirit and cbafm of the original.
Illustrated are two tow typical of the collection. . '
gVENING VRAPS
At the left of the stetdi Is a copy of a Callot
evening wrap of primrose-colored" heavy- French
taffeta, lined with Ispis-laxuli blue Georgette crepe.
The mode is feally exquisite-with its great draped
collar made to stand up over a little close-Btting yoke,
is draped hem-like and its trimming of f razed self ma
terial.', Every evening wrap in the collection and half are
evening wraps! has similar fineness of color and ex
quisite loveliness ot material. Some of fine chiffon
velvet trimmed with metal embroidery banding;
others of brocade and satin, beautifully figured and
lined with harmonizing Georgette crepe or satin.
The other wrap illustrated is an afternoon wrap
of deep grotto blue sillc duvetyn, a copy of a Ber.
nard model. '
The "movement" of the silhouette, thc'clever collar
and cuffs and the quilted effect of' the trimming ou
the lower part, are examples of' the fine features of
these afternoon coats. '
Other afternoon wraps of silk duvctyn combined
with satin, of fine tricolette, embroidered and plain
and of chanel cloth. '-'
Each wrap is in perfect condition, none of them bai
even the suggestion ot havinjp'.been handled or
mussed. Second floor,-Old Building.
A new and most interesting collection of
-r i
Poiret Twill aed Tnrfcotie.e Frock
in delightful modes of a great dear of character and chasn
Illustrated is a midnight tricotine froqk made on perfectly straight lines confined
. ... a.. . m J6 '
at the waistline with a string girdle.
The sole trimming is a surface pattern ofdiamonds
made by iridescent bronze beads. The girdle, too, is
heavily beaded. It has the silhouette that many
smart women will prefer for Spring. Price $125.
Two most unusual Qowns for women
Both of Foiret twill in midnight blue and entirely band-made,
are newly arrived in the Gown Salon. One features a large draped
collar of scarlet kidi very soft and pliable, and an applied tri mming
of leather flowers in scarlet and blue and green; 9123.
v
The other frock is very Spanish in its inclination, with strange
little fitted pieces over the hips, edged with gold colored and red
, silk thread ball and bead fringe. The short sleeves and low neck
line are fitted with white organdie cuffs and chimesetto covered
with tiny frills; $115.- x
Second floor, Old Building
Jersey Trkolettes
.50 to SS4.50 grades for $4.6Syd.
,'
. In perfect condition. -., ; -
2,000 yards. -'Six designs Fine mesh, cotejle,
Pekin, ripple, Pekin plaid. From 8 to 28 shades in
each design; including street and evening shades;
white, pink, silver,, rose, bisque, tan, orange, dust, Jap
blue, scarab ;green? lotus green, amethyst, Copenhagen
blue, taupe, purple, brownnavy blue, black, copper,
glory red. " 1
NoneC.O.'Dr None sold to dealers
4
The Marcli Sale of Lamps
Floorlamps. Talk lamps. Chair tamps. Floor iorchleres
al a fifth h a third helow 'current prices
The lamp Galleries, bade ready for this Annual Sale,
- look like a fairyland. The stocks in: thc sale are of first qual
ity, m designs and finish that are in immediate favor. Thc
j only thing that distinguishes this event from a season-opening
u. w regmar stocks is the lowered pricc-a real bona-fide.
saving.
Floor lamps, 115 to $140.50
Regularly $20 to WMO
Twelve models in solid mahog--nyi!
J??!. . des.!. cb carving;
each fitted for electric connections..
Table lamps of Chinese porcelain
A quarter less for some rare
lamps made of Chinese porcelain
MDgde-boeuf, mirror back, pow
der blue, hawthorne with metal
mountings; fitted for ckctrtc con
nections. .
Folychrosa'e floor kaapa
Adja table readisg ksp
R tweUeret
Tahje lamps for parchment
shades all wired tor electricity
fifth to a third less.
-Solid mahogany candlesticks
75c to $1.75 each
Regularly $1 to $2.50 each.
Electric reading lamps
Shades of selected art glass.
SM-reg. $30 $15, rcg. 8i0
$18, reg. $i5 $1. reg. $15
$16, rrg. $44 $10, reg. $13.50
Boudoir lamps
One-light electric solid mahog
any.' metal bronze finish, metal
ivory finish.
$4-75, rtg. i $4.75, teg. 8.50
&25,rcg..f 4.M
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