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ARST-CRASH UF | SUBWAY TR NS and Gasoline Sets Fire to Car One Man Hurt and Passen- gers Panio-Stricken. Will Run Underground. by Which Mall Cars: for All Rudlo Todid, of No. 621 East Eleventh street, a laborer employed in the ‘Sub- * ‘way, will leave the J. Hood Wright| Hospital to-day with the distinction of having been the first man injured in ®@ Subway wreck, A north-bound five- @ar express train on th A proposition is now being considered by the-Interborough Company and the Federal authorities for the distribution of mail in Greater New York by the | under the East! River shall have been completed The matter was discussed at a meet- tna of the officials of the Interborough | Company and representatives of the Post-Office Department was held at the office of Vice-President Bryan, of the company, and it was sug- gested that cars made especially for mail service should be attached to the regular express trains, A spur of the Brooklyn subway will be butly In Wosh- ington street, giving direct communica~ Uon with the Brooklyn Post-Office It was decided that the Interborough Company should submit plans and esti- mates of ihe cost of the work. Tt Is belleved the distribution of malls between the main post-offiees in New York and Brooklyn and the aub-offices can be accomplished in much quicker time by the use of the sabway express trains. No change would have to be made in the Manhattan end °f, the subway. as the City Hall Gey considered con- venient sore & the post-office on this iy ¢ Open switch leading to the tunnel un- dee. the Harlem River and crashed {to @ tool car, smavhing it to splinters, Todid was on the tool car, and was thrown hho Into the alrjand against’ the wall of the tunnel, Hig right arm | Was badly gashed and his head was bruised. Gasoline Catches Fire. On the tool car was a can of @aso- Mne, which caught fire, The motor- man of the express train ran trom bis post on the front platform, and by means of the control on the second ear, ran the train back to the ex- press tracks and safety, The tool car hnd been standing by a huge pile of 2,000 tiles, The force of the collision threw the tool car to the top of this pile, where the biasing gasu- Mne spurted out-over the tles and the | side, and oni @ construction of an | first car of the express, extra pigtform for service would ‘The passengera were terrified, and | >* Neoe**ary ahe mapormen, in getting beck te. the Divorce for Mra, Colyer, control of the second car, had to fight his way through them, ‘All Information Withheld, Edith Jennings Colyer was granted divorce from Frank Wabb Colyer by ustice Kelly, of the Supreme C; All information regarding the col-|Brook:yn, on’ the ground that Colver | Usion, even the name of the motorman, Tied the | had a wife living when he was refused by officials and empioyece | Plalatift of the subway. who had been ¢ orders to say nothing. Even the of the East One Hundred and Twenty- fifth street station, where the Injury to Todid was recorded on the blotter, would say nothing beyond the tact that he had been Injured in @ collision. Todid was attended by an ambulance surgeon and taken to the J. Hood Wright Hospital, The fire in the tun | nel was quickly subdued and the dam- age was slight. ee DEAD IN GOWANUS CANAL. | fornt_of It. Mra. Mouser, eighty-five ve Was overcome by emok 4 millinery store & No. 5 avenue, to-day, Hes fy Her. son-in-la daughter were were rescued by the police. Policeman Goldman. Thiyty-seventh = street blage burning turned in an thé stairs of to arouse the tenants. No one lived in No, 58, a two-story building, On the second floor of No, $81 dwelt Samuel Harte, his wits, daugatey and mother-in-law, Mrs, Muser, Goldman wa by Detecuve Lynch, an ehtlre family overcome were carried to the street, for halt an hour, and she wa to the homovet a reiative in the neigh: borhood. Solomon, er the mill uve a orissatd iy fa ee RG 0 a nee toss was abowt $9,600, yesterday an interlocutory, decree of | and Solomon cartied no Insurance, . a and both fi jon the side The 4 SUNDAY WORLD WANTS WORK MONDAY MORNING-WONDERS od Contabl ce, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3RQ. IMPORTANT SALE OF Women’s & Men’s els WOMEN'S REAL KID GLACE GLOVES, rit "TOO ML wt Wl Ti Company Considers Proposition | Police Keaiia tven Woman of Eighty-! five and: Three Others from! Parts of Greater New York! Burning Millinery Store—Own- er and Wife Faint on Sidewalk ars old, who a serious con-| subway trains as soon as the tunnel | dition at. the tome of a neighbor. ! his ‘wife and. ‘thelr! Is0 overcome, and alt | of the West station, The meeting | walking his post when a bof ran up to him. and tojd'hini there was a fire in the millinery store owned by Charles | {Solomon, at No, 88 Pighth avenue Goldman hurried to the place, saw a the rear of the store, larm and then ran up @ next house, No, 681. followed up the stairs they foua y smoke: and @ gutckly revived, with the exception 9! ' Kiaus. of the New York Hospl- tal, revived her after working over pet rR Man Found with Head Orashed, TWO CLASP, PIQUE AND OVERSEAM - - 4,00 PAIR Probably by Propeller, WOMEN’S MOCHA CASTOR OLOVMS, ONE CLASP, John Roavh, of No, 2%9 Hamilton NEW TAN AND GRAY ~ + © + $,00 PAIR avenue, Brooklyn, found the body of @ man floating. in Gowanus Canal at the bg of Court street to-day. The top of | the head was crushed in, but the Policy belleve the flange of a propeller did The man Was about forty years old, hee, dark halr, sandy mustache and | skin. He was dreased jn a suit hai d clothes, a light striped shirt and face shoes. No marks of identification could .be found in the clothing. The Pak, had been in the water several ONE CLASP,,- - complis hard for you, SYSTEM, we ask, ' Oak Has Hance 3 ahoy Parlor Sui holed a ilo tatarieys yn 5] 3. 50 price ASK TO SEE OUR NEW Iron Couch. Made of iron tubing and National Spring; -has raised head, Complete; with « in Dependable Goods; ness is its) Own evidence of security in trading here. [f Cash Trading has been Seton chen Golden Bookcase & Desk, highly polished. mirror. Sale price, WOMEN'S CAPE GLOVES, THE NEW “TANNEE" SHADES FOR STREET WEAR, MEN'S ENGLISH ae TAN GLOVES, ~ 1,00 PAIR Sdroadway Fa 1916 Strcot, » 1.00 PAIR MECLAIN SIMPSON &00, 539-541 Eighth Ave. Northwest Corner 37th St, BUILT ON RELIABILITY. For newcomers who’ may not KNOW our Bargain Emporium, we print a pic. ture of our, six-story building—the ac- ent of years of Honest Dealing Our great busi- our EASY CREDIT Combination a bevel plate 43.6 ' Keo scat orders, i ‘*Pay when you can”—is all Green Trading Stamps Given with Sor caEae Purchase, This is a genuine Foot Stool, Cast Legs, covered with velour. maa 24 war iii ) i Wy Y teawcran BS" Aue 759°060"St PNM ETT BFF Fe ‘a Makes These Prices One of the best known clothing manufacturers sold us a large quantity of men’s Winter suils, overcoats, Prince Albert coats and vests and Tuxedos at @ “way- under" price—we've divided them into three lots, as follows: Lot 1 Men's belt-back overcoats, Men's plain gray and black overcoats, Men’s single-breasted suits, Men’s double- breasted suits. Saturday $6.80 Worth $10 & $12. Lot. 2 Same styles as in lot 1, but made of very much higher grades of materials as well as finer quality trimmings and workmanship. Worth $15 & $18, Lot 3 Men's Prince Albert Coats and Vests, Men's Tuxedo Coats and Vests Men's high-grade belt- coats. Men’s 44 and 50 inch plain Overcoats, Men's finished and unfinished Suits, Saturday $1 1 80 Worth $20°& $22. Bargains for Boys— Double-breasted suits (8 to 15 yrs.), $1.88. High-grade tweed and cassimere suits (8 to 16 yrs.), $3.95 Overcoats for little fellows (3 to 8 yrs.), $2.95. Belt-back overcoats (9 to 16 yrs.), $3.95. , Young men's suits and overcoats, $6.98, second Floor, noth 8: Women’s Sample Shoes, 8c, In a Three-Hour Sale! Through another lucky chance we secured a lot of sample shoes which awe can offer for three hours Saturday morning at 98c, a pair. ey are regular Saturday For 3 Hours Only, From 9 Until 12 o’Clock Saturday Morning. made of fine dongola kid, in button and lace styles, with opera and Lon- don and Cuban and military heels. pair Is perfect in every particu- eas only—to-morrow morning between 9 and 12 o'clock—when you'll have the chance to take advantage of the best shoe value you ever saw—$1.50 to $3 shoes at, palr.. On sale throughout the day to-morrow you will find Children’s $1 Vici Kid Shoes, 5%. pair. Black, in button and lace styles—with patent leather tips. Women's 49c. Fast Black Gaiters, 29c. pair. Men’s $3 Lace Shoes, $198 pair. Vict kid, calf and box calf leathers—with heavy oak-tanned soles, Boys’ $2.50 Shoes, $1.59 pair. Vici kid and box calf uppers—with sturdy oak soles, ‘ Second Floor, 50th St, Section. Women’s Winter Petticoats at Very Inleresling Prices. Such a perfectly satisfying assortment of all the smartest, prettiest and most ser- viceable kinds of cold-weather petticoats as the new Bloomingdale Petticoat Store now has on view is seldom found, We name here some prices that you'll find particularly interesting to-morrow: $1.49 and $1.98—Made of good black sateen, in a large variety of handsome new styles; many ‘with ruffles, sectional flare flounces and pleat- ings. $2.25 to $4,.49—Piner grades of light-weight, permanently finished sateen-—also lustre sateen —varlous pretty styles for selection. Ne $2.98, $3.75 and $3,98—Good black brillian- tine petticoats in a number of new styles; made with one, two and three ruffles, side and box pleating. Second Floor, Sth Bt. Seet!on plannings these days, That's Store is just overflowing with book things these days. Take, for instanee, these handsome volumes we'll offer on sevurdey 6 at Bo, exch. Every one of them ts bound in good cloth ail many of th in the original $1.50 editions!» tarly, ‘The Vailey of Dealaton, waith Wharton. 1 Checkers. » Biostom, perm Queat of the Golden Ot en Riveeduree of Sherlock itolmes Feit Coated Heater Biair, Carson. Fitth string. Doyle, Cindersdia, Crockett. Prom the Unvarying Star, ‘The Middie Course, Laven b #timaon. ot Mi Jotynat on. Port Birkett. Towneend, Doi Vernon. Major, rile. Ade. st Palace of the King Carers The Crimean Wing. Porty Modern Fables. Bee Fen Vea deteia, erkingten. ctrite for our new holiday book catalogue.) Ma'n Floor, Arcade J 4én Extraordinary Ciothing Purchase $1.50 to $3 Shoes, ee ‘emember, the sale is for three 98c These Copyrighted Books 38c in the Pre-Holiday Book Sale Books, the always-givable and always-acceptable Christmas tokens, play an important part, indéed, in every holiday shopper's why the Bloomingdale Arcade Book Some of the titles are limited to but a few copies, so make your selections Christmas. Do your shopping now while stocies are at their bast, Lecuctan Jo “3” Ave Bloomingdales’ Banking Department rents special depo velopes and boxes for the safe-keeping of valuable papers, Envelopes $1 a yar—Boxes $3 a year, Drafts on Ireland and other foreign Sounirigs issued, The Pre-Holiday .Fur Has Interesting Su New; Of course every day is a particularly interésting day in this famous fur sale, and many, many early holiday shoppers are wending their way here daily for the prac- tical in Christmas gifts, se- curing rich, luxurious furs At Nearly Haligy Their Actual Valve! ) To-morrqw's items are specially I ge of this tr fur sale’s offerings, 125 Persian Lamb Coats, $69. Made of fine selected Leipsic. dyed Persian lamb, in medium or large silky curl, Double- breasted and reefer styles, either richly plain or trimmed with mink, chinchilla or baum marten, with ig puff sleeves and new-style collars, Also handsome” blouse coats. these coats are lined with the best quality Cees ik, Men's $75 Fur-Lined Overcoats, $38,50. ‘ Made of good quality kersey cloth, $2 inches long, with wi finely finished throughout and lined with Far Eastern and water mink; med with Persian lamb collar. All sizes, : Women’s Fur-lined Coats $19.50 to $49.00. Royal Ermine Scaris—am and| Chinchilla Mufts—Beautiful, lange stock collars—52 inches flat pillow-shaped Tt, S18:00 long—worth $25, special, . $10.00 worth $35—special at soos Royal Ermine Neckpieces—four- Chinchilla Neckpl perk Dossible--- HI A Valve Remarkable! Women’s Flecce- in-hands and Ascot ties—many ‘ worth up to’ Hs epee hands, Ascot tles— ra Mink Muits—Beautitul, Li sete ral) > we y erw ‘large, ‘tat | At the “Blom oath pillow-shaped muffs with ngckpleces, Mink Neckpieces—Four-ta+ section in Bloomingdales’ te to match—the muffs and Ascobties— 52 inches longy morrow there will be placed on marked special at ........ $15.00 | ished with bandsome fringe beautifully lined — worth qa, $25—special. " 4) $25.00 Sacood Floor, 20th 8, Seaton Exceptionz i Bargains it in Girls’ reuats To-Morrow. No school to-morrow (Satur so bring the little girl to Bloon dales’ and have her fitted out in new coat—you 'l save a amount, you'll find, by doifig $9, We've taken these coats ri of. stock and -marked them” follows: $6 to $10 Coats at ssn.) These are of all-wool me: heavy weight materials, in pl: ings and fancy mixtures, all b trimmed with fancy braids, strap and little buttons; sizes from 5 ft years. x & ” ; $9 to $15 Coats at $878 1] Long and joose effects in, rs and coats, made of velvet, he and al | woo! cloth, in plain colors and ¥ mixtures, along with a few sample arg ments that were-made to. sell at $12 a8 $15. sale 435 dozens of women’s extra fine quality shaped fleece- lined vests and pants that were made {o sell al 39c each. These aré all absolutely first grade garments, no “seconds” or “drop stitch” garments among them. f All sizes, including extra large, in silver grays and peeler shades—for to-morrow only, per garment, 19¢ Main Floor, 59th St. Section. Women’s Smart Kid Gloves, 59c. The gloves that the Bloom- ingdale Glove Store is making a special feature of at 59c. have become prime favorites, espe- cially with women who never before wore a glove that cost under a dollar 2 pair. Royal Ermine Muffs—Pinished with ten handsome tails; beautifully lined—worth $50—~special each, pee ia: " | Secon Floor, fin Rt. Seton. | Here Are Handsome, Luxuriou Eiderdown Robes for Women. They're of excellent glace kid, with two clasps—cojors tan, mode, gray, red and black and white, All sizes—every pair guaranteed to fit per- Cc feetly, at, pair, Women's Gloves, $1. Made of splendid quality selected Cape skins, in the smartest of the new manish styles, finished with They're pretty and becoming and just — *, é pte Le tele yep nh as comfortable as they can be fo snuggle g gS) in on cold mornings ‘and evenings, of when one settles down to solid comfort in one’s own room, Come in and look over this truly fascinating A i Bloomingdale stock—you'll find lots of sugges- tions for Christmas gifts in it. i embroidery; colors Havana brown Zz and tan—all sizés; worth $1.25 a o1 Heavy Ripple Eiderdown, $5.49. pair, Made \ike illustration, with fitted back, ap- Hi c Golf Gloves at 2c. pia 9g collar and cuffs, silk frogs and heavy Women's and children’s excellent quality imported fancy and plain (Ol Ripple Eiderdown, $4.49, Very handsome garments, made with pointed knitted all-wool golf gloves—every des ache “a collar; cuffs, collar and pocket bound with size and all desirable colors, In- |] sotin. ‘tinished with silk frogyiand girdle. cluding black and white. Not a pair in the lot worth under Soe Ol Fancy Striped Eiderdown, $3.98 Main Floor, Sth St. Section Made with sailor collar—the collar, cuffs and pocket trimmed with stitched satin; robes fin- ’ Yo\ ished with silk frogs and girdle. Cateuiee s %e Of Very Good Etderdown, $2.98. ’ . Made with sailor collar and turn-over cuffs bound with satin ribbons ished with heavy cord and tassel. Seconi Ploor, 30th , Seerfom, No better underwear made— : your own physician and every ommends it highly, This fa- Eyeglasses (Gold Parts), 85c. ; ™ous underwear Relails Elsewhere ; j The Bloomingdale Optie Goods Store will offer to-me at $1.25 a Garment. eyeglasses and spectacles but Bloomingales’ special sale H price is 79c, ) c a Choose from camel's hair and They fig gy Be sa ts. advertised by other slores al $1 a pair natural gray shirts and drawers— every garment bearing Root's trade- They have patent American cork nose-rests and clips, and gold springy) aid are fitted with silex eryste: lenses. les with shaight or riding bows,» a mark. All sizes. Men’s Vnderwear, 69c, You may flso select fro’) spectac’ with silex crystal lenses Every pair guaranteed to give absolute satisfaction Aaa very special for to-morrow at, pair, sizes; worth $1.50 a qplr. mM warranted to fit perfectly, Men's Kid Gloves, Made of excellent quality kid, lined with good, warm wool, fin- ished on backs with Paris point Every z Wright's fleece - lined shirts and di —in silver grays and camel's hair shades garments Matn Floor. Front, Centra. J