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SECTION 2.
TWELVE PAGES.
Late News Sports Rod and Gun
Automobiles Drama
uvu
NEW YORK, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1918. mi. . mmm jMoctaNM.
THOUSAND DOLLAR
BOOST FOR SMOKES
Week Promises to Bo One of
Best In History of To
bacco Fund.
PALM BEAOH. TO DO BIT
Florence Nelson Recital to Bo
Another Event of Near
Future.
The Sex Tobacco Fund starts tills
nlth a thousand dollars more than
It had at the end of last wek. In other
words. It has moved a notch since the
try List edition of last night's paper
appeared. All of which Is most gratify
ing to friends of everybody who has
tlie nclfaro of the soldiers at heart.
T.'iis coming week promises to b one
t accompllihment. The. announcement
jesterday of the great pcn ;alr enter
tainment to bo held Wednesday night In
Palm Ueach delighted the fund'a friends
in this city. The affair Is to replace
this vear the grout annual fancy dress
bill, 'a celebrated Institution which Is
t'cr.ridervd as much a part of Palm
Ueach as tho big hotels themselves, but
everybody Is agreed that In war times
iJib welfare of tho fighting men must
be the first consideration.
Florence Xclson, lyric soprano, wlto.
aai contributed generously to the suc
osss of several entertainments for the
fund, has Just returned from a tour of
military camps, where she delighted the
soldiers with her Kinging. She Is ar
rwisirie to give a recital In Mehlln Hall,
4 I3at Korty-thlrd street, the evening
of March 1. and has declared her Inten
tion of giving the fund a percentage of
her receipts.
A letter which reached Miss Nelson
tre other day from N. T. Quevedo of the
lOSth Aeio Squadron 'contained these
paragraphs :
"Just h few lines to let you know that
I srrlxed safe and sound 'somewhere In
Vraiice.' 1 like it here, and the climate
Hurely Is dcliKhtful. I thank yon for the
tohacoo, which lasted till a few days ago.
"Alas! Pleaso wrlto to me real soon
and tell mo tho news of dear old New
Tork, as It will surely cheer me up. tl
Mi you could send me some tobacco, If
It won't bo too much trouble. 1 surely
raiiM appreciate It."
nrt Way for Araoke.
Mi Xefonn know that the surest
itsy of petting smokes to tho men :U the
fron Is via The Sitv Tobacco Puna,
Th" programme for her coming concert
will ho made Up of three parts, compar
ing urlas from Puccini, Strauss and
Ma.senet and groups of old lCngllsh, old
Irie'.i and old French songs. Norman
Winter will accompany tlie sUiser.
ThkeU for the bridge drive of the
7cdjy Luncheon Club, to be given In
l.e fecond week In MarrJi at 'the No
tional democratic Club, R17 Fifth ave
:!(. are selling well, and M1m Uttllle
K'eMc, who has the alo In charge, al
naly Is assured that there will be n
Kibtantlal sum to' turn over to the
'unj. Tho snKikes project Is to receive
the Mitlro profltF. Tickets Mil at J1.25
-iinl Miss Klehle's address Is 645 Weat
D.-1 avenut:.
If Corporal Robert Derby Holmes, an-otr-er
tried and true fund booster, can
cflrt .i i-llght change of dite he will be
th- ar .--penker nt tho benefit for the
fiinl to .o. given by the alumni of the
f.iMnn. N. J, High School on the last
i'rl'Jaj in March. He Is desirous of
ir.altlnR himself available as much for
!il Interest In thi smokers project as
'cr he object which will share the pro
"ls with the fund. This is an admi
rab!" object. The alumni sent to' the
isP : of their choice as many of the
air it Ions graduates of the school as
'it flninces will permit and they look
' their prottges during the college
T ie work has been carried on for a
. fr of jears and several clever high
cr.Kjl boys have takun degrees by Its
H This jor the undergraduates are
U Prtftcton arjil Ttutgers. A genuine
tclrrut naturally Is felt .by the people
"hi lp In that region. Summit, Short
Hlii". Mllbank. Wjnmlng. In these yearly
:.'atr and this lute: est Is enhanced 4hls
!.- hy the Hrnoiiniamont that the tn-a-ffi
fund Is to participate In tho result.
Will rir.'ttc War Poema.
j ) Klllston will rcclf a group of
ho.- 'n- poem1' at tho reunion of Clan
Minzi No. 2a', April 1J. In the New
Atmerdam Tneatre. Ureta Torpadlo Is
'c mis xwo groups of koiis at the same
'ff... on nf Scotch and the other of
r -n iTisrln. These artists have vol
'i. vriil tliclr services because the en
ire orotcdH of this entertainment will
cci-e to The Srs fund. 'In addition to
'i'-v tuiunteerh several well known
( ih n tors will be In the bill, nnd
a"-y Wilte will give it Southern mnno
Of'l' ''n so take a smoke 'over here'
nha- 'h thr matter with sending one to
'.. !)'. 'uer there' more frequently?"
fointniv ask. Frederick Fan of Pe-
0 V V . hiuI to show he Is In nrn
' .ioi...' ii in, crielues a check for the
fur.i:
"-I'.ii nn additional amount re
' 1 'he file of tho Belgian
t H" iloi.atc.l to thf fund by Cliarlc
1 I'hti'i' of litistun and Wuyland,'
'a' Ti L.mnln On, who was Irene-
" t'i. Maiiiiun Square CJurden
S'i 't'.v. jn y
lf(TStJ.v, regular weekly repeaters, reg
ister promptly.
Hero's a Sabbath morning thought:
Vou aren't doing your bit toward win
ning the war If you smoke selfishly. That
Is to say, If you smoke, without taking
thought ot the pleasure which tobacco
gives the soldiers also. You are doubly
selfish If, In buying for yourself, you
pocket the certificates and coupons for
your own use.
You rccelvo coupotis or certificates
without charge If you make your pur
chases In a United or a,Bchulte cigar
store. It costs you absolutely nothing
to deposit them In Tub Sun Tobacco
Fund box there's a box In each of these
stores but tho contribution, Insignificant
art It seems, means more Bmokes for the
men nt the front.
A collection taken from boxes inn
few of tho United stores yesterday
boosted .the receipts from' that firm to
$3,248.39. That formidable figure gives
an Idea -.of the Important part tho cer
tificates play In this campaign. Don't
forger, either, that In any Bchulto store
you may purchase tobacco orders pay
able to The Svu Tobacco Fund, and that
to every dollar's worth or orders so
placed D. A. Schulte, the president, adds
30 cents as his personal contribution.
The Fond ow Stands.
THK SCJf and TIIR KVKMNO BUff 4,00.W
United Clftr Storrt boxes. In eluding
-IT-l-t.l W7W KBtrV l7 SB,4S.dV
Otherwise acknowledged 116,106.(4
mw coniriDuuons 119.75
Total ttt,47J.M
Shipped and paid for..$ie.4LM
Cash balance iP SO, 013. IT
nerelred ttironfh th Hchulte Cigar
Stores JJLOStiS
i-
It
en." -itlicr funny that I .should
.m i, , nofen to hfindlo th s monev.
t i' ron Hint rtfter forty years of
V.r. . ' Mr, ,,,u vff,rouH nmoJ,IB
' 1 ' Js' 1 i .mil have not had a
" .i.n I know jii,t how a fel-
' -.Vie, , wants a smoke."
"'- i.iu 4Ti-. Orr wuuld wjnt a
"f it i.i.w -ero he In the trendies.
" II. l!o.", representative of
' -.i nlU.- Company In Cuba, re
'tvium contributions by sr-ndlng
tor JM from Haviina. 11. M,
- "'"!'J"1' '"id icneral manager of
i, ." ,p"x Tru.k Company of Lansing.
i '! "-'"slug herewith my check for
NIM' t r'li.., t,.r I. .
10 H -o L( tllrn..l
if i L"Jr"J 1 Uust 11 hIP otne
'cnaii- ' 'rj '"Juy " 1'lJ'',tte occa-
n Fourth Time.
C-h , ton,C"lh nf JtenKn, N. X, a
f', 'uA ffllows T,ho never fore'
'of' r,',',1C 'ial '""m'xTs again come
m . " ''1,nr",' ' ""Mdi'i- this our .Juty.
SUa.r.J ,I('P8 VOU reach thn
m"'k '"-',uro wn K't
Ki " M' niontlily
.eotpcrs of the Morn-
tlraud tntst tu ssn ii
Lawrence II. Ron, V. O. Box 24M,
Harana, Cuba JM.On
Beatrice Winger "3.00
Pound Table of the Hamilton Clnb.
Paterion (fourth noBtaly contribu
tion) M.OO
J. II. V. (1 J.00
MOHM.NU SUN fUrtotTpe. Depart
ment (wreklr contrlburfon) l.0
E. T. Rennant, tare N. T. Machinery
Kichange, (0 Cliurch street i (0
miller Rouih Dry Laundry Co., Kaat
Orange. N. J 10.00
Sent by II. M. Lee. Duplex Track Co.,
Lansing, Mlrh 10.00
Leslta T. MeCurdy. Manhattan Club.. in.oo
Fredarlck Fan, Peeonle.'N. T 1.00
Sale of Belgian Camplnes donated by
Charles A. Phlpps (sddUoaal)
The woek's contributions:
J. A. NerlUe. Montclalr. X. J. .. - UM
Salesmen of William Petermsn, Inc..
3uo Fifth av ;.3
Omen and factory, staff and em
ployee of Burroughs, Wellcome 4
Company 11.35
George 8. Monck (third contribu
tion!. HI Washington at., Newark,
N. J 3S.IW
E II. Stoothoff. New York dty 8.(0
Isollne D. Ray, dty 1.UT
"Winnings at Bridge." O. C. See
bass, care Botany Worsted Mills,
Koto Fifth av.. city o
N Y A. B. Co: (tenth contribu
tion!, 16 Broadway ceo
Albert W. Lytbgoe, 141 Madison av.,
..'.X' UV.
"F. W. F." ;o
MORNING and EVENING SUN Cir
culation Department. No. 19 M0
Dr. Edward H. Rogers. 118 West
lWtb st iste
Joseph Frank. Hotel Woodstock.
Forty-third St., near Broadway... son
Mrs. Jesse rtoyt, 9S3 Park ar Iiy
John W. Brturn. rare of G. K. Sheri
dan A Co. 59 Thomas st 5(4
Helen S. Cunningham of "Business
Before Pleasure," Hotel Clarlrigc. . 10 9)
White & Wyckoff Mtff. Co.. Holyoke.
Mass jj.oj
Justice Francis M. Scott iw
Mabel R. Taylor, 9 Winsor pi.. Bloom-
field. N. J -:. 100
itAii A Dnan. Hotel Grtnoble. ;th ar.
at Mih st j.m
Various members of the New York
Stork Earnings.. .w.i.-t li.ll
Mies Manm ! Hiunphrey. State
School lor ths Blind, Uatavla. N. Y. .!
'A Frie!.d." Nw Harm. Conn fOca
"Anonymous." id Weat TM SI 1 o.)
Paula II, Im and Marlon W. Lar.
0 Ktierside Drive :o
.icaii S. Itnoeerelt, New York 19.00
: Clerks of the -Auditor of Pasnn
er Amounts of thn New York
tentral It.Hlroad Company 11.00
n 8., eighth monthly lntslment . . j.oo
N. It. Hopkins, 200 Tilth ate son
"A Friend of the Boys'" .fin
Anonymous 5'
Tslyo Tohscoo Knrsbu. n. 10 "' ' c M
Alex C. Hoper, S01 rorent v , Like.
iy.nl. N. J ..
( i'ln boxes on rounti-rs or George Ker
guson Co . 33-M Msln at . New
Ilorlielle, N. y s.i
II. II. Parct ,; no
Bin in Public Library, Bennington, vt 4 W
Harold It. Flood, Boom 611, 31 ri'nai 1 1
"Anonymous" ' . 5
Martin V Ilrnne, care of th" Bar
rett Co., 1; Battery Place so
Collected at "Check's" table. Ilc-Uu-rant
Francais. 1; Besver st ".)co
K Isabel h L. Reid. Wet Twelfth
w s. it.... JOl;
.Malcolm Rose Weill (6 jear.l, .M
Iriinc ar Brookljn.. . . .. ;c
W. A. K... ...,o
Rooni !M Broailway (i:th In-
stslmeiit) 1 to
"Kickers' Club" ij-a
Collected ti) Marguerite I'alrrbiM of
Santos, Brazil 00
Helen L. MMscnst. I'eoue.t I'arms,
Belrlderr. T.V. J) jo.rxj
Sale of Ilelgiau rampines glnti 1
Charles A. I'hlpps (partial) " 1121 si
John P. Moody, Ansonla, Conn t.ri
John J. Burke. Ansonla. .Conn.,. . . i.no
rjoiden It. Crnfut. Ansonla, tuAn.. . 1 in
Sidney Il. pl.lns. Aiuor.lt, Conn. . l.M
Charles It. lirlrTIii, Antonla, Coi'ii. t.(
th St. Finance Club (Uth iont.)... :.00
Collet ted by Patrick V. K.rne st
dinner glten by New York Coal
Dealers st Murray's MS?
Collected by O. D, SafTord .
O r. .afford, Met. Life In.. Co., 1 '
Mndl.ou h t , i.no
J. Cliadeayne, Met. Life Int. Co., 1
Mcdlcin a 1.00
W 1 1. rrnttunghani, Met Life In.
Co , 1 Mndlson ar J,i
II. It. l'cters, Met. Life Ins. Co., I
Madison ar M
W. Fletcher, Met. Life Ins. Co., 1
Midlmi ar .oo
3. M. Koppei, Met. Life Ins. Co., I
Msdl.oti nr l.0)
I're.1 w Ljon. Met. Life In. Co, I
Mudlson nr 1,00
T. W. Miformsflc, Mel, Mfo Ins. Co .
I Mfldlson av 1 no
W. II. Marlln, Met. Life ln. Co., 1
Mntllson ht.. 1.00
C. H. Hopping, Met. Life In.. Co., 1
Medl.nij ,n. 1,00
C. K. Tully, .Met. I.lfo Ins. Co.. 1
Mcllfon 1 J 31
II. O. Dunlsp. Met. Llf. Ins. Co., 1
MiidUon hv 1.00
W. 1 llon- r. Met. Life Ins. Co.. 1
.Mnll"n nv 1.0 J
K. Wt Illllott, Met. Life Ins. Co., I
Madison i 1.00
It. A. Ilogers, Met. Life Ins. Co., 1
Madison ar J (J.J
W. Ii. ilrndly, Met. Life Ins. Co., I .
Mm'.lnoii ,iv 1 00
Fln-. L. Hrad, Met. Life ln. Co., 1
Madison av 1.00
II C. l'ryrr, Mel. Life Ins. Co., I
MadKon ht 1.C0
II. .1. Walt, Met. Life In. Co., 1
Madison ar 1.00
A I! Slnntilibiirg, Met. Lire Ins. Co.,
1 Madison ar 1.00
Cafe hararln. .. . wjlloiel Astor '.',12
Hotel Imperial , , .80. Lustler'a Reslau't,,:.00
Hoirl Msrtiiilquc. .5.00 Murray's Roman
Hotel McAlpln... 1.64 "lUrtlens 4.0
Ilolel ltclmi.nl Palais Ilnyal .4
llotrl Msnhnttan. , ,63 Cburrhlll'a
Hotel llllimi.rr. ... 1.6.1
Helen M. logsn, 170 West TSth itreet 5.011
Mssfer Malcolm Uoodridge ' 1.00
Dr. L. Plene Clark, m Ks.t 61st st .'W
Collected by Hclene Doris Kupfermsn,
M8 Wet ;0th street 5.W
r.nslgn W, L. Powers, U 8. S. Ver
mont, earn nf l'oatmaatrr, .Ft. Mon
roe, Va .75
William. John and Marion Khallrr, 140
(Juinry atreet, Brooklyn 3.00
Frances A. Adorns, 4J5 Madlsnn are., 10.00
T. W. Parker, IM Slate st., H'klyn ., 6.00
K, V. Hughes, 473 West 1151 h strict ii 00
Tatrona of the Mad Hatler Tea Ilrnin
(H. II, Crlswell, ISO Wealth st.V. 4.00
.nellevle..- Hotel lneflt. Bellealr, Fl. 160.M
8. M. Meeker. ."17 Haremejer St ,
BrnnkHn , 7.00
K, W. Brldgo Club.. .w
Mr. Kvery Wrrk No. SS .100
Joseph J. fcmlth. 5l State St.. Hack-
cnaack. N. J. (Inurth 'ontribuUon) l.;o
M. A. K j.oo
Henry M. Torh. SiO Fiflh Ave., iw.
Jil St . v.w
D. D. Cliapln, Jr.. 4tl Clinton Aie.
Brriokln C (0
II. D. C ;ikl
'Black Ila.s" ..',0.)
Mrs. W, Jenkins, ) Homers M ,
Itrixikljn 1,01
T. Saulnler . , . , , ,40
Mr Hteiy Week, No. ;i j. (in
"Acorn," Locust. N. J No. 10.00
Additional royalties on march "Colom
bia" '. 417
Jacob Ftlbel, 171 Uroidway K.oo
G. W. H w S.oo
H. J. Parker. Klrurf Tark, L. I,,,. 1.00
Box In Aletandsr Drytdale ft Son'a
store, Bennington. Yt S.tS
F. A. Ballln. 24 Weat Serentr-flfth
at., N. Y. C 0.00
Emmet W. Irving, 3)0 West Ninety
fifth at., N. Y. C 10.09
Dorothea Agar, 12 East Sixty-third
at.. N. Y. C J.OO
Mrs. T.. Rogers. Roaedale. Springfield
Gardena. L. I S.OO
James Morrison. Royal Indemnity
Company, 14 William at.. N. Y. C. ll
Clara Hirsth. 21 Mount Hope place,
Bronx ,S0
Slella Hirsch, 24 Mount Hope place,
Bronx .30
KEEP CHILDREN WELL
FED, URGES HOOVER
Other Public Mmn Indorte
School Lunch idea.
"Do not limit the plain food of grow
Ing children. lrievery home the proper
regulation of their nourishment should
be encouraged."
This Is the advice Herbert Hoover.
Fond Administrator, has given on an Im
portant phase of the food problem during
tho war The Food Scouts Nutritional
Committee yesterday Issued a bulletin
setting forth a number of Indorsements
to the niittltlonnl school lunch idea by
leading physicians and public men.
The statements are uniformly In favor
of proper nourishment of children under
proper, supervision, and the conclusion Is
reached that mothers everywhere should
consult with tho nutritional committee
as to the proper mnnner In which to as
sist In tho movement to establish the
school lunch In the educational system
of the country.
It Is pointed out that In the city of
New York there are 316,000 children in
school suffering from under nourish
ment. That Is 21 per cent, of all the
children attending school. There are
611,000. or 61 per cent.. In school who
are below the normal standard of nu
trition. Thousands of children, the com
mittee has found, go to school every day
without breakfast except of coffee and
bread. The warning Is given that under
nourishment In the child leads the way
to tuberculosis In the adult. The slogan
for the campaign Is "A properly bal
anced ho school lunch will do much
toward making a nation of healthy children."
$2,000,000 ASKED
FOR NAVY RELIEF
Reserve Offtrcrs Under Tru
man II. Xcwberry to
Aid Society.
The N.ny Hellef Soclely is planning
the details of a campaign to raise $2,000.
000, from which Immediate aid can be
extended to the tvldome and orphans of
men lost In action and which can be lteld
In reserve against the need which might
result from a naval disaster.
Kdmtind U Baylies -isVhalrman of the
emergency Fund Committee and much
of tlje active work of securing subgcrln
Hons will bcdoiie.by Naval Reserve ofli
cers. Admiral Nathaniel H. Usher, com
mandant of the Third Naval District,
has appointed .1 committee of officers to
net under the chairmanship of Lleut.
Com. Trumnn If, Newberry. The com
mittee Is nindc up of I.leuts. Joseph
Wright. It, II. Iloosevelt, Henry Iteuter
dnhl. Charles Ilann, Jr.. and W. Ii Mc
VVhlrlt ; Assistant Paymasters A. F. Mo
Nalr nnd (' l Collins, Hnslgn II. J.
Ellert nmlPny Clerk II. A. Mansfield
Ai rangements Imve been made with
tho Hankers nml liuaranty Trust com
panies for the various banks and trust
companl's to receive subscriptions. The
Klks. "Knights of Columbus, yachting
clubs and other organizations will co
operate. To adtcrtiso the campaign
Frank Hrangwyn..a National Academi
cian, has designed n striking poster.
ALJOLSON HEARS
FROM 'OVER THERE'
"Slim," Now Scrgt. Lewis,
Writes of Joy "Snn" To
bacco Brings.
SHARED LONDON OVATION
Man Comedian Aided Years
Ago Is Now With Engi
neers in France.
GAMBLERS INSPECT SUBURBS.
Fire tu WVslrhestrr When They
Learn 11 f It ore lit Itnlds.
Follow ing the raids niiido by Iiisiilct,
Attorimj Swafui 011 gambling houses in'
Manhattan, it became known tn-dny that
seveial prominent gamblers have been
In Westchester "jiuiiy, trying to Hud
plate where they could open up pool
rtsinis where bets could be made on the
"pmilos. ' The) were frightened awny
when 1 hey learned that four gambleri
In New Hnclielle lia.l liem Indicted by
the WV.trhi'Mter rmintv Ornntl Jury for
lii'lng rniniimn g.tinhlei-s and that six
liitliclrnentH IihiI been made against pro
prietors ot il.nue hnlln and pool parlor
owners In Mount Vernon, where crap
gainer, and linker paitles had flourished
for a hlioit time.
It wii! only a few weeks ago Mint the
county collected $2 ;,uu in fines from
gamblers who neio caught In laitlit by
the Shrrlff mi ptml rooms In Valhalla,
Woodland." Lake and in the city of Yon-
; iters.
i TWIN BROTHErTdRAFTED.
I n mint 11m 11 Pair Accepted for the
j , " i ii Ann.
HlcliHiil and I'.t 1 'orwin, twin bimli-
ers asetl '.!. nf ltn,. , 'nan, near Amenla,
have Just been ant'iited by the draft
! board lor service In Hie National Aimv
'and now mc awaiting their calls to tho
1 colorn.
This Ib thf ennui Inslame just
I brought trl light wheic one lamlly has
been hard hit by the draft. In the
! village of .Mount Klsen three brotherf,
'tiny, Italpli and John Wiltse, aged iro:n
I 2.1 lo 2S, have been paaned physically by
(the exemption boaitl and will go nitii
' tlm next quoin. John Willie tiled for
: a lommlsslnii In tlie Arrr.y Aviation
1 Corps, but had a defect In one eye. He
. was accepted for, the National Arm v. hut
will he lecommciideil for sprclal service.
Al Jolson, funny man at the Winter
Garden, cast his bread upon the waters
and after four years It hath returned
unto him. It has just arrived and on
a Wheatless day, too In the form of a
letter from Sergeant Palmer W. Lewis,
Company C. Twelfth Engineers (Ry.),
who Is somewhere. In-France.
Jolson doesn't know Sergeant Lewis,
but he knew Slim Lewis, which used to
be tho soldier's name, nnd the epistle
started a flood of memories. When the
Winter Garden company was touring
along the Pacific coast In "The Honey
moon Express" a few seasons ago Slim,
on his uppers, crossed Its path. Jolson
listened to his plea and found him a
place as an extri man, which afforded
him a little change and his fare east to
Minneapolis, where Slim had prospects.
Shared Ovation In London.
That was the last Jolson heard of Slim
till the letter arrived from Sergeant
Lewis the other day. It contains a lot
of personal touches and tells with what
Joy the men of his regiment received a
supply of smokes from The Sun Tobacco
Fund. Here's tho epistle:
"Dear Al No doubt ou will be sur
prised to receive a letter from a 'Sammle
over there' and will remember the trip
from .Seattle to Minneapolis 011 the
'Honeymoon Express.' Do vou remember
'Slim'?
VI can't help thinking of you every
time I hear 'Down Where the Swanee
River Flows.' That song la the "song
of songs' with tha English Tommies, and
everywhere you go over here jou hear
them singing or playing that lilt of
yours. I wish I could hear ou sing the
Rosary" like I used to In tho good old
days of 1314, before Kaiser Rill got the
notion he could lick the world and every
body In It.
"We all received a present of cigar
ettes and 'Hull' from the. Nsw York Sun
Tobacco fund and you should have seen
the bo go wild 'rolling their own.'
These English "Fags' wo get over here
ore simply awful and then some, and a
MIow sure appreciates some good old
V. S. A. iimokes.
Was Cheered In I.ondun.
"We were the first "Pammles" to pa
rade through I.ondon. England, and we
received a royal reception. The Stars
and Stripes were flying and American
Beauty roses wero.Jthoajcrxd.aut of the
windows dn our heads as we passed
through Piccadilly and Trafalgar Square,
It was great to hear Indoners shout
ing 'Good Old Glory!' and 'Give 'Em
Hell. Sammies '.' as we were trying to
march 'at attention.' it could not be
done.
"I have been promoted to the rank
of sergeant and draw 2!2 francs per
month r$Sl.fiu t S.). That is quite
a bit in the army. I have allotted half
my salary to m mother in Laramie,
Wyo., nnd am golnu to take nut $5,000
Insurance In her favor next mth.
"I have built mselt a hu. Ith all
modern convenience 'somewhere In
Kn.nce.' It contains one chair made
from a liully Reef Imx and a back
of a real chair, a Uble that used to
be a top of 11 china, cabinet, my cot
with secn good warm blankets (four
j Kngli-h nnd three Tinted States), a
goo, rtiive that keeps mc real warm
(when I get noirethiiig to burn in lt,
n real window with glAs In it ami a
regular door, and last but not least
cat called "IV'.e, not 'Llzile,'
I "1 u.-'it to feed him condensed milk,
i but I hinlly made him learn to like-
Rtilly Iteef m I gle him my ration of
Dully ini-teat ot feeding him milk ot
1 franc .10 centimes per. He was get
ting too fat anhow, so I changed" his
diet. Hy tho way. I have taken on a
few pound since I enlisted, nls- 11 mili
tary mustache that looks like a mis
placed eyebrow, or Charlie Chaplin the
morning after.'
Wmits nirl tu Write,
"I would Ilk- to tell you of the won
derful rlghtH I have wen since I raino
over here, but a the censor is very
etrict 1 can nl tell you a few of them.
I have s-een two air liattles, which
scored 1 to n in favor of the allle'd
plane, two observation balloons brought
down In llaines and have been bombed
by a Fritz nerviplane, which made mc
hn.stlle but did not 'put the wind up' me.
'Tell alt the girls that If they have
not pome 0110 oxer here to write to that
this Sammle will h" tickled to death
to receive a letter Irom s-onie little girl
over there in fird' country anil will
answer any qucstlonM except those
I barred by my dear f elisor man.
I "I mut close now as Soupy (nicf
. call) Ik due and wo fe'd due on Sun
day. W.i'hlng nil the luck ami sue
rcis In the I". S. A.. I inn your 'Slim'
' Sammle,
1 "Sergeant Pai.MII! W. Lrwi,"
Sergeant Slim is going to got a bunch
of letters boon, for .lolso'i has told all
tho Winter Garden girls about him nnd
they're all writing.
GUNMAN HAS BRIEF,
. INGLORIOUS EXIT
BROOKLYN ADVBBTIMCMKNTfl.
BROOKLYN ADVERTISEMENTS.
BROOKLYN ADVERTISEMENTS.
Torti, "Tho Weasel," Permits
Tjtftlo Policeman to Be
His Nemesis.
SHOT WITH HIS OWN GUN
Trick of Dotectivo Proves to
Be Undoing of Noted
Gang Leader.
FOOTPADS TAKE HIS
SHOES AND TROUSERS
Shake Breeches and Get Two
Cents More.
Thomas r, HUter of Weat Pawling,
Dutchess county, reported yesterday that
he was not only robbed of 50.02 by two
highwaymen, hut bhorn of his trousers
and shoos.
So painstaking 111 their qisset for
money wero the holdup men, who felled
him near Urewster with a blow over the
head, that after extracting his currency
they took off his pants and shook them
thoroughly. They got two cents more
for their nn. Then they hauled off
his shoes and walked off with thcin.
They dropped Itousers und shoes some
distance from the scene. As toon as
Keller could n Into them ho appealed to
Policeman llyron Rtintlle of Rreivster
fpr assistance In icroverinr; his roll. No
trace was found of the foolpads.
QUITS JAIL TO ASK
HE BE NATURALIZED
J Thief Given Pay Off to Visit
Nyack Court.
t'armsnc Iticcardi 'walked .nto the
' chambers of Supremo Court Justice A.
, S, Tompkins of Ibvikland county yester
I day and caused a lli' by asking for nat
I urallzatlon.
I "Wherolo j 011 belong?" asked the
. Judge, as he looked down from the
i bench.
"In jail, Your. Honor,' mojjestly an
swered the applicant.
Asked what, In that case, he was do
ing In court, lllccnrdl explained the
jailer of tho county Jail at New (Nty
courteously allowed him u day off to
travel the intervening five miles to the
Supremo Court in Nyack so that lie
might apply for citizenship. Iticcardi
explained he "vus given t-lx months for
stealing cloth, while ho was living In
! .-... ..ill ,J. .1.... I. 1 . , . r
urtiiirioii'! nun unit in- iihii inn lour-
teen more dsns to slay In Jail, The
Judge refused hl. appllcutioa,
Rlccardl, who had been let out of Jail
without an officer In tho custody of two
witnesses to his application who guaran
teed his return, then went hack to his
cell to serve the rest of. his term,
P
Tortl, the Weasel, llef abed In St. Vin
cent's Hospital. Paralysis la creeping
over him. Even If he Uvea he will be
tent back to Mulberry street a helpless
cripple. His career as a gunman Is over
and done with. He Is disgraced In the
eyes of the slinking, rateyed youths who
haunt' Chatham Square, Chinatown and
the oj Five Points Quarter. He never
can face them again.
Armed and In full strength he let a
policeman .smaller than himself take Ills
pistol away from him yesterday morn
ing. When he tried to run the policeman
fired a bullet Into the small of hla back.
It was an Inglorious, humiliating anti
climax to a violent record. This Tortl
had dared the vengonce of Big Jack
Zellg when Zellg was In the full flush
of gangster power. He was one of the
few wtio ever summoned the nerve to
draw a gun on Zellg and pull the trigger.
Tet a policeman, a little policeman, bent
him backward over 11 fence yesterday
morning, took his gun away from him
and shot him with his own weapon.
Charley Kane, Jlu Jltsu and bag punch
ins expert of tho Police Department, 145
pounds of whalebone and nerve, was
walking in Muiberry street early yester
day morning with hie pal, Detective
Rrennan. They were not advertising
for tho Police Department. Nlsht birds
who knew them not would have taken
them for derelicts of the quarter home
less men on the prowl. They were
dressed shabbily, sweaters and battered
caps adding the correct atmosphere. De
tectives resort to disguises outside detec
tive storlee.
liear Grumbling- Dispute.
Strolling alonj with wary glances into
tho shadows they camo to the very spot
wheto tlie Paper Rox Kid, Orfstes Shll
ietonl.nurderrd John Rlzio and two po
licemen, William Ilcaney and Charles J.
Tcaro, on May 3, 1913. It Is a spo'
stnlncd with blood and whero the super
stitious of Neapolitan origin never stand
without a silent inxocation of their spe
cial saints. At this place Orestes Shll
leiitonl's brother John keeps a restau
rant, at "ii Mulberry street, and It was
toward this caf-s that Kane and Rrennan
leaned their ears. They heard a grum
bling dispute, one of those gruff settos
that sometimes precede a flash and report
and the cry ot a. dying malt. The. de
tec!ics. hidden in the'shadown of the
doorway at 2l7,-wltd a minute or two.
both tense In the darkness. JCane called
out t
"What's going on there ;
A volco with a sneer spicing It replied
Instantly:
"Shoot through the window. Here T
am."
Kane stepped out of the shadows and
walked actoss Mulberry .stieet In the, full
light of the street lampi-.
"I'm a policeman," he said, not too
loudly. "What's th troublo here?''
Throe men ran lnlo the street from
Shllletonl'R restaurant. One of them.
Charles Tortl, the Weasel, breasted up
to Kane and Jammed the point of a pirtol
squarely against the detective's stomach.
Kane kept his hands at his side and
grinned at the Italian, whose eyes blazed
With fury Ilrennaii dared not move at
the moment. For two or three seconds
this tableaux endured. Then Hrennan,
quick wilted, shouted suddenly :
"Oood woik, Jim. grab him from behind."
The Weasel, thinking that another po-,
llceman had crept up behind; him and '
wa about to seize him, whirled from j
Kane, and at that Instant Kane grabbtd
the gunman's wrist, twisted It cruelly, '
backed Tortl against a railing nnd then ,
Jiu-Jlt.siietl him backward until he I
screamed with piln Almost slmultane- j
ously ho wiested the gun from Torti's )
grasp ,
. Wrniel Marts to linn.
Th" Wo.i.-el'.s companions l'.p.d at
Kane and bioke hln hold on Tortl, who
started to run along Mulli.-ny ."licet. j
Kano ordered him to stop. Tortl ellcd'
defiance and kept going. Then Kane
shot, ju-t once, but the Weasel collapsed
to the. sidewalk. A bullet from the hcivy
pistol had entered the snuill of his haik
WI1II0 this was happening Hrennan nr- 1
rested Torti's companions. Private An- '
tnnlo Aguello. company I), 30Sth Infan- I
try, on leave from Camp I'pton and back
among evil companions, and ICnilllo Mlg-1
ncKiii of 211 Mulberry Mreet. '
They scut the Weasel to St. Vincent's, 1
w'.ieio the doctors say that ho possibly !
may recover, though his chances are!
none too good, but that he Is very apt to
be paralyzed for life, Aguello and Mlg
noana. were taken to tho Tninbn Police!
Cuuit, whom Magistrate Urossnian held
them in t,000 ball on charges of felonl- j
oils assault, ordering their examination ,
to-morrow, ;
Tortl, tho Weasel, lias a police record. 1
He served a term In .Sing Sing for shoot- !
Ing Dig Jack Zellg In the neck as Zellt. .
soon to meet death himself at tho hands i
nf another gangster, was leaWng the
. roiiiuaii v. ouris ftumung in June, 111-,
i.'in'i 1 "Hi was Hrrrsieii ior snooting
Pee Wee Smith In tho back! but from
Jiif, charge ho subsequently was freed.
filG WAR FUND APPROPRIATED.
Committer fill en f 1X10,000 for .)r Ir
ish .sufferers.
The Committee of tho American I'uiids
for Jewish War Sufferers, Felix M, War
burg chairman, has appropriated ncnrl
JOuO.OOO for general relief i the occu
pied parts of Uussla $25,000 for the
purchase of clothing in nesitral coun
tries, the clothing Is to be sent to the
same territory: $80,000 to be advanced
through the Hebrew Sheltering and Im
migrant Aid Society to enable the wives
nnd children of Amerlran Jews stranded
in Harbin and elsewhere to join their
husbands in this countr ; ;:,U00 for
soup kitchens In Coiietantlnopl; $2.", 000
for relief In Syria, nnd 12,000 tor the
relief of rabbis and men of the Icnrnetl
professions In various parts of tho war
zone.
In addition. JI00.00O has been appro-
1 prlatetl tor thn relief of Jews, ill I'alc-
time, and an additional ?100,000 for de
fraying the expenses of a medical unit
which will be sent to Palestine by Ilia
"Hndassah," the w omen's organization
of the Zionist movement.
ii
TUB WEATHER FORECAST Tomorrow: Fair.
Store Opens 9 A. M. Closes 6 1. M. Dally. Tho Abraham & Straus Private Subway Entrance
at Hoyt Street Is conveniently reached by all I. R. T. Brooklyn Express Trains.
An Invincible Sale of
New Georgette Crepe and Crepe
de Chine Blouses
at $2.69
HE exceptional interest of this Sale lies in the fact that alttiougn 'way be
low the regular prices each Blouse is fresh, new, spick and span; in its
original tissue-paper and box: an expression of the new Spring fashions.
Women will declare thev have never seen such lovelv Silk Blouses at such a price. The
Georgette crepe Blouses are finely tucked, trimmed with laces, medallions. The crepe de
chines are in the semi-tailored effects, with gypsy tie collars of double satin, with unstitched
pleatings, with fine tucks. Flesh-pink or white: a few in suit shades. -
The satin striped crepe dc chines are the very silks one finds in men's shirts selling at above
tho $5 mark. A wide range of smart colorings. All sizes in each style.
While Wfi Vmvn IROft Waists In lrir nffnrincr wo nHvico vmi tn ennici unrlv!
New French Voile Blouses
at $2.98 and $3.98
Particular women know the beauty of
French voiles. These are extremely dainty.
With drawn hemstitchings, with inset me
dallions that resemble hand-work, with
finest tuckings, with trimmings of well
chosen Venise and Valenciennes laces. Many
are in the charming square-throat effects.
All sizes.
Surprisingly Dainty New. Voile
Blouses at $1.25
We have sold the identical grade blouses,
although not quite such pretty ones, at ?2.
Hundreds of them here, with the new or
gandie collars, organdie panels, effective
embroideries. Some with jabot collars. All
sizes.
Second floor. Kail llullding.
A Sale of Women's New Tailor
Made Suits, $18.75
They are not $18.75 Suits. They are the kind of Suits that a woman should
expect who wishes to spend a good deal more. A woman even slightly versed in
values would know that with a glance at any of the effective models in their
new fashions. ' '
Semi-Fitted Models with Cluster Plculx
Braid-Trimmed Models with Tuxedj) Collar
-Pleated Pcplum Model: Pointed Peplnm Model--
and other attractive styles. All finely tailored, of good serge, gabardine, poplin. Coats
lined with peau de cygrc. Xavy blue, black, sand and Pekin blue. Sizes 32 to 44.
Mcotid floor, C'entrnl lluildlng
' I
Men! 2,000 of the Famous
STAR SHIRTS, $1.35
Quality of "Star" Shirts is fixed and deteirnined. The various grades are
represented in this Sale as follows:
20' o are $1.50 Shirts MVt are SI. 75 Shins
;3.'3fr are ?2.00 Shirts l-'i,Vc ' $2-50 W-00 Shirt
li is the maker's clearance of small lots, hence the fine saving. Soft and laundered
. i i i " i l . . ; .. , i : . . . .. .., i
cuffs: sizes 14 to 171 .percales, madras, cheviot: smart patterns
Corded Madras Pajamas, 8c. Suit
b have sold these Pajamas by the hundreds of pairs at $1.1!) -hero i.s an additional
lot at a special price. Collarless; buttoning through: fas) color stripes in good patterns;
fiit full n ernnrl "hliv i-... i,h.i
A Stirring Sale of Women's Hosiery
At Worth-While Savings
'l here arc 7.240 pall's of Stockings offered in this I-vent. Buying this tremendous
quantitv for immediate cash we obtained them at practically our own figures, Hood shop
pers will appreciate the unusual grades at each price.
4,200 Pairs, in Black, White or Colored Cotton, at 19 Pair
l'rrah. newly from their oriciniil bo"i. Thn h.lnl-to-fittd imperfections l'liike no difference in tlicir f-r.--vice.
All s.izes in whito ami hlnek. Mt.st ?izes in tiie rotors too. All well reinforced.
960 Pairs Full-Fashionetl White Cotton Stockings, 39c. Pair
These tire scarce even nt higher prices. This may dp the last case. All are well reinforced. Sizes S to
li'j only.
2,080 Pairs Women's Silk Stockings, 79c. Pair
Half are perfect, seamless StocV,i;'.u,. made with vertical square clot dpiin in desirable two-tone combina
tions. The remainder are "irrcjular3" of hinher-priced grades.. All full-fashioned, with Mc tops and soles.
Most!v in sizes 8' .., H and
sin, i !i, .r ft titr.it lliiildinE
Sale of Women's Shoes, $4.95, Were $6.95
500 pairs of all black lddskin Shoes, high cut and in lace style, with welted soles and leather
Louis heels. All sizes.
Good, comfortable, good-looking and well-fitting Shoes, at this special price there should
be very few pairs left.
strict ddir Ar-I lluildins
Additional Anniversary' News for Monday
A On at Sale of Spring Silks Offers All-Silk Taffeta
$1.29 yard, from SLIP.
Stieet floor. Wrsr Hide
An Event in Millinery Value-OivinK Includes
1,000 Trimmed Hats tit 54 "8, J.7, $10 Si).
Meranlno Honr-, i;al llldg
Attractive 4-Piece Bedroom Suites in tho February
Furniture Sale Are. Specially Priced $154 75.
Fourth lloor, Knit llldg.
Women's Plaid Wool Skirts of Extraordinary Grades
nt $8.95.
Second (lour, Central nidi;.
' Women's Velotir and Broadcloth Coats, Remark
able at $23.50.
Second floor. Crntral HUIk.
2,000 More Girls' Unusually Finn Wash Dresses
at 51 25 to 51 50
Srcond lloor, C ntral llldis
500 Corset Covers in Dainty Styles nt ,6c anti 46c.
Second floor, r;at Hid.
19" Complete 100-Piece Dinner Sets at Very
Attractive. Reductions,
snlmay flour. I'oiitial Illdi
Special Lots.of Spring t'pholsteries Such m Fig
ured Curtain Madras at 19c. Yard,
,, , Third lloor tVnir.il Hide.
Deautiful Printed odes at 25c. yard, from 2tio.
Yard. Subway floor NVH Hide
Satin Taffeta Ribbons at 1-;! Le., Offers Te. Grades
at 4c; ye. Grades at 5c , of. '
street lloor, K.it Hlds.
FOR MEN ,
Tan Shoes, $3 95 Pair, from SR.uO. 1
I Third floor. Mciif Minn, V;.t- llldi:
i Men's Suits, Remarkable Values at $14 75. !
I Second floor .Men's Shop. Knit Hlds.
"T'rench Twill Serges, Monday," SpeciaPiit' $1 9?
Yard. StriTt flour I.iUiiK.-tou itrn't, Ucct Hlcls
Swi.-s Flouncing at 45c. 'i ard, Were 55c,
Street floor tn tml H'c k

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