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STATEN ISLAND THREE HURT WHEN GAS TANK EXPLODES Yacht Normonia, on the Rail way at Brown's Shipyard Al most Wrecked by Gasolene Explosion Yesterday. Special to the EVE ff IK Ο KEWS. Tottcnville, Feb. 13—Three men were badly burned and received other Injuries when a gasoline tank explod ed on the two masted auxiliary yacht Normona, on the Marine railway at the ship building plant of A. C. Brown & Sons at the foot of Amboy road, shortly before 12 o'clock yes terday morning. The three men, Ju lius Meersseman, fifty-four year old, "a ship carpenter, residing at the fa mous old Billopp house in Satterlee avenue; Frank Thompson, forty-four years old, an engineer, of 78 Jackson avenue, Jersey City, and Charles Carl son, forty years old, a contractor ot 140 Harrison avenue, Port Richmond, were all burned about the face and neck and received contusions about the body. They were attended by L>r. Smith, of the Staten Island hospital, who came down on the ambulance, summoned by Patrolman Newman, of the 9'Jth precinct station. All three men were working In tlic cockpit of the yacht, which is ninety feet long when, without warning, there was a loud report that sent them in all directions and in an in stant that' part of the boat was in flames. Other workmen succeeded in rescuing the men and an effort was made to extinguish the flames. An alarm was turned in from box 34, near the shipyard, that brought out 151 Engine Company under Cap tain John Hughes, and 76 Hook and Ladder Company under Captain Ja cob Woll, and Deputy Chief Beggins from his quarters in West New Brigh ton. The flames were quickly extin guisted, but not until it had done $3,000 damage to tho yacht. The yacht, which has been at the yard for the past several months undergoing repairs, is owned by \V. L. Veolio, of Mollnc, 111., who is at present at Cor anado Beach, California. Captain Perry Roberts is In charge of the craft. He was on board at the time of the explosion, as were other work men rushing the work to finish over hauling within the next week. The yacht was built at the Brown's yard about thirteen years ago for a mining engineer of Colorado, who was killed shortly after the completion of the boat. Just what caused the ex plosion could not be learned, but it is said that candles were being used for lighting in the cockpit and that one came in contact with the gasoline tank that caused the explosion. JOSEPHINE RUDOIGK BRIDE OF HENRY BOLEY SATURDAY Special to the EVbrflNO NiZWS. Tottenville, Feb. IB:—Announce mcnUb made of the marriage of Prince Bay. The ceremony was per formed Saturday night at 8 o'clock at the Churclj. of Our Lady Help of Christians, -Tottenville, by llev. J. F. Malloy, pastor of the church. Miss Fannie Muller, of Prince Bay, was maid of honor, and Thorvald Walle, also of Prince Bay, was best man. A reception followed the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Boley have taken up their residence in Amboy road, I'leas ant Plains. STATEN ISLAND ELKS TO EAT BEEFSTEAK TONIGHT Special to the EVKXIXO NEWS. Tottenville, Feb. 15—Complete ar rangements have been made for the anniversary beefsteak dinner with cabaret and dancing of Staten Island Lodge, No. 84, Benevolent and Pro tective Order of Elks, that is to be held at the German Club rooms to night. Grand Exalted Ruler Edward Rlglitor, of New Orleans, is expected to honor the lodge by being present on this occasion. The committee has planned to entertain many members, together with their wives and lady friends at this time. There will be tables for four, sex and eight persons. An elaborate program has been ar ranged for the cabaret by the com mittee, of which George Beclitel Is the chairman of the arrangements. ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO MEET ON_M0NDAY NIGHT Tottenville, Feb. 15.—The date of meeting of tlie advisory committee to the president of the borough in the local board room, Borough hall, has been changed from Wednesday night, Feb. 21, to Monday night, Feb. 19. at 8 o'clock. The question of a route for the pro posed subway from Manhattan to Stat en Island comes up for discussion at this meeting, and the executive offic ers of civic organizations have been Invited to meet with the advisory com mittee. LOAN ASSOCIATION NAMES LOCAL MEN AS COUNSEL Tottenvlllo, Feb. 15—At a monthly meeting of the board of directors of the Richmond County Building and Mutual Loan Association held at its office In Main street last night, the sum of $25,000 was loaned to stock holders. Arthur H. Yetman and Charles A. Marshall, two young law yers of Tottenville, were named counselors for the association. Thejr succeed William T. Holt, of Port Richmond, who has been counsel to the association for a number of years, almost from the time It was started. Several other matters of importance were discussed at the meeting. STOP CATARRH! OPEN NOSTRILS AND HEAD Says Cream Applied In Nostril» i Relieves Head-Colds at Once. I If your nostrils are clogged ana your bead is stuffed and you can't breathe freely because of a cold or catarrh, Just get a small bottle of Ely's Cream Balm at any dru* store. Apply a little of this fragrant, antiseptic cream into ?our nostrils and let it penetrate h rough every air passage of your head, soothing and healing the in flamed. swollen mucous membrane and you get instant relief. Ah! how good it feels. Your nos trils are open, your head is clear, no more hawking, snuffling, blowing; no more headache, dryness or struggling for breath. Ely's Cream Balm is Just what sufferer· from head colds and ca tarrh need. It's a delight.—Adv. CLUB ROOMS DROP GERMAN NAME Staten Island's Largest Hall Name Changed by Loyal Citizens of German Birth on Account of Break. Special to the EVEXINO HEWS. Tottenville, Feb. 15.—If the German Club of Staten Island is able to carry out Its purpose the Uerman club rooms at Stapleton, will be known no more. The German Club rooms, Staten Is land's leading entertainment hall for nearly half a century, is as much a land mark as Todt Hill, Silver Lake, the Clove valley and many other famil iar localities on the Island. The Ger man Club rooms are as closely associ ated with Staten Island as is the name of George William Curtis who former ly opened the annual charity ball there by dancing the minuet. This attempt to change the name all came through the severance of diplo matic relations between the United States and Germany and a desire on the part of the members of the Ger man Club of Staten Island, mainly composed of American citizens, to show their loyalty to their adopted ' country. The Germa^i Club built the | German club rooms and two rooms on ι the ground floor have always been re- j served for exclusive use. The membership of the club has been made up of many of Staten Is land's leading and esteemed citizens, of German birth or parentage, whose loyalty -to Richmond county and to this country has been demonstrated time and again. John C. Vlemeister, the lessee of the hall and hotel privileges at the German Club house, was called before the club, at a meeting recently, and directed to drop the word "German" from all advertisements o^» entertain ments at the hall hereafter. It Is to be known, hereafter, if the German's Club's resolution can make it so, only as The Club House. In keeping with this action the German Club relegated to the attic all distinctively German statuary, flags and pictures and rais ed a large American flag in their club rooms. The word "German" has been eliminated from the signs on the front of the building and in the windows. TOTTEKVILLE Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wood, of Ara boy road, has returned home after several weeks with his sister, Mrs. El ton Wood at Georgetown, Del. Borough President Van Name will be the guest of the City Hall report ers at their annual dinner In the Ho tel Astor, Manhattan, Saturday night. Miss Lucy Huddlck lias resigned her position at Peto & Boyds sporting goods store and with her parents are prepariilg to move to West New York. The first and second degree was conferred on a candidate by United Council, Jr. O. U. A. M.t last night. The ladles' Social Club of Rarltan Bay Park enjoyed the play "Come Out "·* Kitchen," at,'1* tro yesterfl&y. Vr.cy had dinner fol lowing the play. After belnir closed down since the first of the month when the change In the Staten Island postoffico system took place, the money order depart ment in the Tottenville and Prince Bay sub-stations were opened again yesterday. Magistrate Evlns In the second <J'S- I trict court yesterday dismissed the, complaint of contempt of court | against Guisepl Ciulto, of Rosebanlc, and gave him a suspended sentence on the charge of disorderly conduct and intoxication. Ciulto was arrested at Pleasant Plains Sunday night. The train due in Tottenville at 3:10 o'clock yesterday afternoon was near ly an hour late because of the engine pulling the train breaking down at Dongan Hills. PLEASANT PLAINS Charles Slieppard, of Manhattan, I was a local visitor yesterday. Miss Louise Bauman, of Sewaron, has been visiting her aunt in Prince Bay. John Finan has returned from a trip to Baltimore. Mrs. Theodore Angerman Is Im proving slowly from a recent illness. Mrs. John Van Wyck has returned from a visit in Manhattan. Mrs. J. Van Brunt has been visit ing in Manhattan. An entertainment for the benefit of the new church for the Star of the Sea Catholic church will be held to morrow afternoon and evening in the church auditorium at Huguenot. The affair will be under the auspices of the Prince Bay Sewing Circle. An excellent program has been prepared. The tea for the benefit of the Ke formed church at the home of Mrs. A. E. Smith at the foot of Huguenot avenue was well attended and a suc cess. Molly Stark Council, Daughters of America, held a meeting last night. ARREST WILKESBARRE MAN. ι , Chicago Police Hold Larned on Chary· of Embezzlement. Chicago. Feb. 15.—Lewis M. Lamed, Junior member of the Wilkesbarre (Pa.) real estate firm of Frank Larued & Son, was arrested here as he stepped from a Michigan Central train and is being held for the Wilkesbarre police. He Is said to be wanted on charges of forgery, larceny and ottainlng money under false pretenses in the sum of more than $100,000. "Don't release him under any pro test. We are getting requisition papers fast as possible," the Wilkesbarre po lice wired. Lamed admitted he was short $15, 000, but said it was because he was un able to make certain bonds good. He said he was on his way to Los Angeles, Cal., to see his mother, who, he claims, is worth more than $1,000,000, to make good his shortage. Clinched HI· Aasertion. "Anything new in the show?" asked the local manager. "Yes," answered the visiting agent, "The biggest sup ply of new songs, new faces, new Jokes ever shown in captivity. Just to •how you the trouble we've taken with that show, we've been collecting all that muterlal for the last ten years." Try Scattering Joy. There is no beautifler of complexion or form or behavior like the wish to scatter Joy, and not pain, around oa.— JCmerson. ROOSEVELT POLICE COURT HAPPENINGS Severe Reprimand by Recorder Heil Last Night Before Fines for Disorderly Conduct are Imposed on Two Men. Spécial to the EVENING NEWS. Roosevelt, Feb. 15—Severe repri mands accompanied the Imposition ol fines by Recorder Heil In police courl here last night. Two men were both scolded and lined for disorderly con duct. Peter Olinskl, arrested by Patrol man John Connelly for being· disor derly on the street, tried repeatedlj while locked up to break down thf cell department of borough hall. He was fined $15 and given a lecturo or behavior. John Oder, taken into custody by Patrolman Peter Javolak for abusing hie wife, was let off with a $5 One and a warning concerning future action*. Recorder Hell took into consideration the fact that Oder had a large family dependent upon him, had been mar ried for sixteen years and this was the first time had been arrested for abus ing his wife. John Stevens was arrested in the Carteret section by Patrolman Thom as Skelly on a charge of having been drunk and disorderly. He will be arraigned before the recorder tonisht. BOOSEVELT Y.M.C.A, TO SEND DELEGATES TO CONVENTION Special to the EVENING NEWS. Roosevelt, Feb. 15:—The Roose velt Y. M. C. A. is making arrange ments to send five delegates to the thirty-ninth state convention of the Young Men's Christian Association to be held at Princeton Friday, Satur day and Sunday. February 23, 24 and 25. The local association heads have decided that the borough should be properly represented at this conven tion and propose to send five able representatives. It is proposed to have the local delegates take a prominent part in td the proceedings, to be opened at 110:80 o'clock Friday morning, Feb ruary 23. Especial interest is aroused hereabouts by the fact that former Judge Adrian T^yon, of Perth Amboy, president of the state association, will be one of the leading speakers. The program will include several speech es, transaction of business, rendition j of music, and the holding of dinner: ; REV. MR." BAWDEN Til PREACH ON "THE MAN ON THE DOCK" Next Sunday night in the Baptis4' service held in the Y. M. C. Α.. Rev. j Mr. Bawden will preach on the sub-: ject: "The Man on the Dock." Τ h ο I music, under the direction of Miss [Marshall, is no small feature of these! 'services, which are helpful and inspir-j ! lug, and calculated to make men think. I ASKS $30,000 DAMAGES Special to the EVENING NEWS. Trenton, Feb. IS—Suit for $30,000 damages has been brought in the United States District Court hero by William R. Eibbey, of Philadelphia, against the Baltimore and Ohio Hail road Company for injuries received in an accident on January 30, 1916. Bib bey is a brakeman of the Philadelphia and Reading railroad. LADY MACCABEES ENJOY PORT READING SESSION Special to the EVLNIXQ NEWS. I'ort Reading·, Feb. 15—Those who attended the last regular meeting of Rah way Review No. 14, I.ady Maeca bi es, at the homo of Sirs. William Butters, in First street, had a most enjoyable time, all state. After the regular business of the organization had been transacted a social hour was enjoyed. Mrs. Butters served dainty refreshments to her gues-ts. Reporta rendered showed that the order was progressing and that in terest was constantly being aroused. The next meeting of the Rahway Review will be held early in March at tlio home of Mrs. Wilbur E. Turner here. Values United St2tes Steel Railroads. Washington, Feb. 15.—The Elgin, Jo lict ami Eastern Railway company Las been valued at $11,057.598 by the inter state Commerce Commission, which also valued the Chicago, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway company at $16,. 479.51)7 and the Joilet-Hlue island rail way at $302,791. ΛII these companies are controlled by the United States Steel corporation. POLICE NEWS —Patrolmen Toolan and Kgan re ported at headquarters Tuesday night that there were no danger light» on building material along Madison ave nue from Smith street southward. —Patrolman Clooney was detailed to stop a family quarrel tn a house iu Thomas Btreet shortly before 10 o'clo' k Tuesday night. —Mrs. Benjamin Oroveman, of this city, appealed to the police at 1:J0 o'clock yesterday to aid in finding her husband. She said Groveman had been strangely missing from home. —Patrolman Martin Uyraarczyk Is off police duty pending recovery from inj'i'i. ά in a fall from a platform. He is > jtiering from bruises at the right side of his face and bruises rrl cuts about the legs. H« was in ι building in the northern pari of the city a' · time of the acci dent and fell while groping about In the dark. Foolish Striving After Happiness. We all seek happiness so eagerly that In the pursuit we often lose that Joyous sense of existence, and I hose quiet dully pleasures, the valoe of which our pride alone prevents us from acknowledging.—Sir Arthur Helps. Quality Furniture. It is the only kind that finds room in this February sale. The great Grand Rapids factories as well as those from Jamestown have sent us their choicest products for this month's selling. It is a wonderful exposi tion of high grade furniture that bears the stamp of individuality and perfection. Furniture for every room in the house, either eingle or in complete suites. Hun dreds of articles from 10 to BO per cont. below prevailing prices. FOP. THE YOUNG HOUSEKEEPER mis sale is of special Importance. When buying furniture you are bound to consider price as well as quality. This sale is not to close out undesirable or faulty stock but includes The Very Newest Ideas In Furniture The Low Prices, the Superior Service and the Easy Terms of Credit Make this Sale Particularly Attractive Trustworthiness in a Merchant Who Maintains a Fixed Un alterable Price Gains Confidence and Security. Trying to reduce the given price is not good buying. It is a speculation and creates discontent and doubt. Leon's One Price Policy has been Main tained ever since the Establishment of tills Business Thei*o Is no chance or gamble In buying at this store. The plain price tags on every article show the true selling price from which there is absolutely no deviation ex cept in cases where customers prefer to pay cash, when we allow a discount of 10 per cent. The Price is Always the Lowest Consistent with Quality, Finish and Construction Undesirable or faulty merchandise finds no room on our floors. WTe back up every article we sell with the fullest guarantee of satisfaction or refund the purchase price without question. Doesn't that make buying safe at this store? We think it does. If you have not purchased any goods at this store, now is the time to try us out. Bird's-Eye Maple, Mahogany or Walnut Bed Room Suite, a Brand New Design, 7 Pieces, Very Special $82" The exceptionally low price on these beautiful bedroom suites is a striking example of the purchasing power of this establish ment. We contracted for several carloads of these suites before the tremendous price advances. The price is fully one-third less than if purchased under present conditions. The suite consists of ftill si ze bed, Iar&e dresser, chiffonier to match, triplicate mirror toilet table, one bedroom stand, chair and rocker. Your choice of any of the new finishes. Owing to the extremely low (]>QQ *7 figure, no discount will be allowed for cash. Buy tt either way—Cash or Credit. Special ÎpOu· I Your Choice of Any One of These Four Styles of Mahogany Finished Library Tables, Special 1Level Lock " Steel Couch, Special $ / 3.75 Including Hand Stitched Imperial Edge Felt Mettre?»* Covered witli Genuine Khaki Cloth The "level lock" couch Is the only steel couch making: a perfectly level bed. It operates simply. You can convert it from a comfortable steel couch to a luxurious bed with a single motion. The steel spring is exceptionally strong, the swinging spring is of the national "non sagging" type and the couch is guaranteed for 20 $1 Q years. Special for Friday and Saturday only ψΙΟ. I tJ Fifteen Patriotic Victor Records That Should be in Every Home. You Can Get Them At LEON'S. 17578 ( America 75c ) Red, White and Blue 35351 ( American War Songs $1.25 (Sea Songe 16056 ( Army Bugle Calls No.l 75c ( Army Bugle Calls No.2 18107 (Old Glory 75c ( Uncle Sam's Army 35112 ( Amcrlca Forever $1.25 Marsuvla Waltzes 35009 Γ Columbia, the Gemot the Ocean $1.25 [Star Spangled Banner 17902 ( America. I Love You 75c You'll Be There 16137 American Patriotic Airs 75c [America 1255 My Country 'Tls of Thee βΟο [ Victor Male Chorus Reproduced herewith are four of the newest Colonial styles in library tables. Elegantly finished In rich mahogany on solid birch. Each table is 46 Inches long, fitted with drawer and library shelf. Finished with heavy plank tops. This is an extra ordinary offer of high class merchandise at prices usually charged for many more inferior goods. Ο η sale Friday and Saturday Φ1 9 7 Q only. Special net price Jplu, ι Ο ANOTHER SHIPMENT OF DINING ROOM SUITES HAS JUST ARRIVED For Friday and Saturday Wc offer These J 0-Piece Jacobean Dining Room Suites for - $92.75 Our Victrola Service Department is the Most Complete in the State. A corps of expert talking machine men will look after your Victrola while in use. No charge for Inspection, oiling or graphit-lng. Easiest Terms of Credit without any Extra Charge or Interest Fees. THE VICTOR VICTROLA BRINGS TO YOUR HOME THE GREATEST ARTISTS OF THE WORLD Not only do you enjoy the wonderful music, the graceful dances, but it is instruc tive as well as educational. EVERY TYPE OF VICTOR VICTROLA FTtOM $15.00 to $350.00 Visit Leon*s Victor Victrola Dept This complet e Jacobean dining room suite re presents one of the newest designs. It is built of genuine quartered oak throughout, splendidly finish ed in a rich brown shade of Jacobean finish and con sists of 10 pieces Including one buffet, one china closet, ono eerving table, one extension table and 6 genu ine leather seat chairs. A typical Leon value such as you will not find elsewhere. ΦΩΟ 7C Special net price for Friday and Saturday only I 0 Store Open Monday, Friday and Saturday Evenings "On the Corner" Smith and State Streets