The evening world. Newspaper, January 17, 1906, Page 7

ad -* " ¥ THOUSANDS INSIST UPON STREE Representatives of Many Civic Bodies Call on Borough President To-Day. PUT THE BLAME ON HIM. He Is Held Responsible for the| Deplorable Condition of / the Street Guides. ‘Whether the Ahearn borough adminis- . tration prop ties of the city In this respect ts to be @isoussed this afternoon in the City Hall. ‘The Street Sign Conference of Munic- fpal Organtrations—an association of the most influential civic bodies of Man- 4 hattan—has appointed to-day to meet ‘Borough President Ahearn and thresh out the question with him, That the city has few street guides of any gen- eral use and that what it has have been permitted to go > ruin, are things ‘which Mr. Ahoarn will have to, explain, ‘The responsibility is leid at his door. Public Interest Aroueed. ‘The campaign of The Evening World to establish this street sign reform, which was preiacted upon the numerous complaints of oltizens to the paper, has ring the past two weeks aroused tn- terest in every part of Murhettan. It has set the other four boroughs of the to demanding that provision shall be nmde, for thelr streets and ave- yes. Go Mt is expected that not onty will ‘Mie civic organizations of Manhattan be fm attendance at this afternoon's meet- ing. bet that the Bronx, Broolslyn, Rich- mond and Queens will wend representa- tives for the purpose of tmprecsing upen Comptroller Metz the importance of lending his ati to the movement "when the time comes to give his word es the city’a financial agent to the ex- pendfture of the money necessary to properly label New York's thorough- fares thet natives may find their way ‘without the use of ctmrts by diry and lanterns by night. ‘The investigation of street sign condi- Glens, cemductei by Preskient J. L Brower, of the Street Sign Confer- ‘enos, hes been continued up to to-day. Oa Saturday last The Evening World published a report of what a canvass ead revealed up to that tima Some Signs Out of Gear. Here 1s anothet commentary on the @ipshod wey the Ahesrn edministra- tration has been leiting things run: One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street and First avenue—One old-style fire sign, practically invisible even in the daytime, The new-style electric poles. One Hundred and Twenty-fifth sireet and Second avenue—Ona old-style sign, practically invisible. Ono style und one old-style electric pole, One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street and Third avenue—One new-atyle bird- cage lamp-| . . gp ftundrea and ‘Twenty ate street and Lexington avenue —One old-atyle Dird-cage post sign: ‘Two new- atyle electric poles. One Hundred and Twenty-f¢th street end Park avenue—No signs. Twe new style electric poles. Hundred and Twenty-fifth street and Madison avenue—One old style bird arn it sign (broken)’. Two new le electric poles. s ie Hundred ang,Twenty-fitth street id Fifth avenue—No signs. One new style electric pole. Fifth avenue in this seotion of the Gord is Pea with re- fiector signs on the Welsbach system, but at One Hundred and Twenty-fifth treet and Fifth avenue there is no sign, One Hundred and Twenty-tifth street x avenue—One fire , invisibi je electric A\, poles, with ol ~are Invisibi & | | Cs Ly Two new style electric signs which One Hundred and Twenty-fitth street and Seventh avenue—One old style elec- tric sign, two new style electric poles. One Hundred and enty-fifth stree and Eighth avenue—One old style bird- . One old style elec- ityle electric pole. venty-fifth street Manhattan street and Amsterdam ave- Rue—No. signs, msterdam avenue, One Hundred and Forty-third street and Hamilton place= lon avenue and One Hundred and Thirty-fifth street—No ‘signs. Two new: style electric poles. a avenue and One Hund: Thirtieth tL StationoNo sigan, One new-style electric pole. Eighth avenue and One Hundred ana itty tte street, “L" station—No signs, ‘wo new-style electric poles. th avenue and One Hundred and th street, junction of Macomd's road—Only one old style fi a Peer Invisible. Ore new-style ‘alec th avenue and One Hundred ana Thirty-ftth street—One old-style. fire Sign, practically invisible, Two new-style electric poles. Lex! on avenue and One Hund: ea “thirties afrect Two oldeetyie jebaoh ‘0 s, con- dition as One Hundr and ‘Trwenty= ee ae a Tw. e Hundred ani enty-eighth street and ington Avene therenate two old-style Wel h lamps, one un- pg rest of Lexington avenue 9 pretty well signed. ox avenue, above One Hundred and Twenty-fimth street—helow lous the same—has nearly all old-style signs, one new-style electric le and some o ras hog Al birdcage signs. e conditions prevail on Seventh avenue, both above and below One Hundred and Twenty- treet, and there avenues have not recelved any attention so far as signs are concerned aince the Low adminis- tration went out, n ih VREELAND SAYS HIS’ -LIFE WAS MENACED. Metropolitan Street Railway Presi- dent Tells of Threat by a * Property-Holder. H. H, Veestand, President of the Met- Fopolitan Street Railway Company, in @n address made to the Y. M..C. A. in ‘West Fitty-seventh street last night, torah pnts od property-owner, it a materied his life, pear aer ramones 1 Eaton: ane eeatted a Faads, athe: ‘ ‘Beis e had construction of the to let the decay of tne) street sign system continue or take hold) of the situation and meet the necessl-| ‘hon | upon thou: send ton, “THE WORLD: WRDNESOAY EVENING, JANUARY 17, 1906, T SIGNS: SPANKED ON STREET GIRL TAKES ACID Her Beau Witnesses Mother’s Chastising and Flees Be- fore Other Tragedy. Katie Bock, seventeen years off, is retting well to-day in the Willtamsburg, ‘Hospital, after having swallowed car- Dolio acid because her mother spanked her before her deau and others. Miss Kate, whose father, Pater Bock, fs & real estate dealer, went out with her beau from her home, No. Sl Java street, Williamsburg. She returned at 10,80 P. M., and stood talking to the LIGHT U?! | took man at the front door, which was pent ‘Miss Kate's mother, an old-fash- toned and vigorous woman, called down- airs: “Kate, come to bed.” “Oh, wait « few minutes, mamma,” the girl retorted. Mrs. Bock came downstairs. Her Geughter would not obey her, words were bandied, the dispute grew louder, Persons on tie street stopped to listen. y very angry. Kate. The mother seated her on the top step and, despite the daughter's struggles, deaf to her plead- spanked her soundly. At the first stroke, Miss Kate's beau to his heel. After the last onc, the shame-faced girl got to he: feet cried in of 3 swallowed almost every lied, and ; was called, (ai ee rl in a condition r so critical that he took her to the Bore pital in an ambulance. oT Mrs. Southard’s Death Mysterious. WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—Mre. Carrie T. Southard, wife of Representative af Toledo, 0., died here last nieht from a pressure on the brain re- sulting from an unknown cause. 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Ht 0c Per Pair. Men's black cotton Half-Hose. Men's black cotton Half-Hose with maco feet. Men’s black cotton embroidered Half-Hose. \ At J0¢e Per Par. Women's black cotton (fleeced) Hosiery. Women’s heavy ,black cotton Hosiery. Women’s black cotton embroidered Hosiery. At 100 Per Patr. Children’s fleeced black ribbed Hose. Children’s fine ribbed black cotton Hose. Children’s heavy ribbed black cotton Hose. At 15¢e Por Pair. Men's fancy Half-Hose. Men's black cotton Half-Hose. Men's black cotton with split feet Half-Hose, Men's black, natural or tan ‘cashmere Half-Hose. Men’s heavy wool Half-Hose. wt 15e Por Pair. Women’s black cashmere Hosiery. Women’s black cotton Hosiery. Women’s black cotton with split feet Hosiery. At 15¢ Per Pair, Children’s fine fleeced ribbed Hose. Children’s wool Hose. Children’s heavy cotton Hose. Ai 25¢ Per Pair, Men's fine cashmere Hosiery. Men's black embroid- ered Hosiery. Men's black Hoslery, with split feet. Men’s fine wool Hosiery. Men's black lace effect Hosiery. At 25e Per Pair WS »S Y INI »») >) MMG BS The Big Sale Of Hose And Half Hose HANIWSS 77, Will Women’s black em- broidered Hosiery. Women’s black lace Be In The Main Aisle. It Hosiery. Women’s fine lisle thread Hosiery. Women's cashmere Hosiery. Women’s ribbed liste thread Hosiery. It 49e Per Patr, Men’s silk Hostery. Will Men's embroidered cashmere Hosiery. Men's embroidered Be Worth Your While | To Come lisle thread Hos- lery. ‘vied 1490 Per Patr Women’s silk Hostery. Women's fine Iii embrold- ered Hostery. Women’s lace embroidered Hostery. Every Stocking in This _ Stock Had Its Price Cut ZG = WW WwW in the Ghe Big Store’s Annual $10,000 Charitios Contest Ends January 3, i a <A USS W BYR SS SEG SIXTH AVE. Lowel aten ne all-linen hemstitched Hand- Prices. Every Day NOTION SALE. We give “S. & H.” Green Trading Stamps, , ESS MW W/EZZEF MWA IW A A CITY IN ITSELF OPER 187 & 19° STS. MEK AC AT THE FOUNTAIN NEW YORK BSUS NI I Winter Sale o Women’s Shoes. Regular Vaiues, $2.50, ] 5 O e@ 83.00, 83.50 and $5.00, at Ohis Sate Includes: Womens line sample Shoes that sell regularly at $3.50 end $5, Women’s regular Kidskin Shoes that u ually . sell at $2.50. Women's regular $3.00 Patent Leather Shoes. ° ’ Sampl:s of Winter Oxfords and Evening Slippers Your choice of the entire lot at $1,5u a pair. We van hardly cail this a clearance sale, although It has all the good features of a clearance. About 6,000 pairs of these Shors we have taken from our own shelves and have put them into this sale, not becatise there is anything the matter with the shoes, but because we &re forced to do business within the next few weeks which should have been scattered through the past two months. We gambled with the weather and we lost. However, there is a cheerful side to this for yotli—we have been besieged from all sides by jobbers and shoe- makers who were beseeching us to help them unload. We have taken what we wanted from the best of them, and we ean see a gli!mmer of daylight for all of us. Consequently, we have a complete and magnifi- cent stock of al! styles and leathers and all sizes to fit every foot. In the reper lines thers are plenty of stylish, patent leather, button and lace Shoes in a number of different lasts. Two lines of kidskin but- ton and lace in all stzes. And !f the sample Shoes there {s a joyful surpris> for the woman who loves fine shoes, and who appreciates a price like a dollar and a half. So that we may not seem partial to the ladies. we have added about a carload of good Shoes for men and children, which we have marked equally low. ISS WWF QSL | SZ 2AM AK LWW NK \ Clearance Sate of Women’s A Unter Sutts. This fs the largest and most comprehensive Suit Department in Greater New York., We have marked for sacrifice to-morrow something like twenty lot numbers of the very nicest Tailor-made Suits at $35, and ranging in price, by easy stages, down as low as $6.95. Would it not be a good {dea for you to make a special trip here to see these values? ; Included in the sale aro Veiveteens, Broadcloths, Chevicis, Fancy Mixtures and Mannish Tweeds. For Special Wention We have selected a very handsome lot of Tailor-Made Cheviot Suits, coats 88 inches long, in the three popular colots—Black: Navy and Brown. Thege are very attractive little street suits, and we especially recommend them to women who desire to present an an OAHY, neat appearance at a-slight expense. { The suit 1s made in the new plented model; collar and cuffa artistically trimmed in heavy braid; satin lined to waist. Skirt is pleated and trimmed with braid loops to match the coat ‘These goods could ever be made to sell at such a price. To- (Slexel Cooper Store, 24 Floor, Froft, 18th st.) morfow they will be sold for less than we could buy them to-day Handkerchists, One of the greatest advantages of being @ big store is that when any importer, jobber or manufacturer wants to clear out a large assortment quickly he knows that we can handle it. In this instdnedé it is Handkerchiefs. We will venture to say that not a Handkerchief in the jot can be manufactured to-day for the price We are asking. That does not mein that we are losing money—tit means bad judgment on the part of somebody up the line. Anyhow, here they afe, and here are the prices: Ladies’ all-linen hemstitched Handker- chiefs, with neat initlal encircled with wreath; each .........++ PRE TION 6c W, SS — White Waists There 1s nothing about which a woman is so particular as the se- lection of a pretty white waist. We were very fortunate in being able to ob- tain about a hundred dozen of the test whitest and sheerest in the cleverest de- Signs that ever ema- nated from the brain of an artist. You never saw more beau- tiful handling of embroideries nd insertions; and at these Prices. it seems almost in- credible, This {s a striking Instance of the power of The Big Store tc obtain the best of everything and yet keep the prices with- in popular limits, We wish to call your attention to these four lots for to-morrow., Women’s Sheer White Lawn Waists, Designed with poltited yoke of embrotdered panels lace insertings, blouse below yoke and back plaited; Bane lace-trimmed collar; new sleeves, deep tucked i atreseeai 1.00 cuffs. Specially priced at “Buttertly Waists” Made of fine quality white batiste, artistically designed; front and yoke has three elaborately embroidered butterfifes; fine lace insertings aad graduated French tucks; tucked back: new sleeves; deep cuff and stock collar, tucked and lace = «1.95 trimmed; at The White Batiste Watst (as illustrated), front cleverly designed Ladies’ fife all-linen hemstitched Hand- kerthiefs, with pretty initial in fancy design of embroidered wreaths; each 9c Ladies’ all-linen lace-edged Handker- chiéfa ‘and Swiss embroidered; several beautiful designs; regularly sold at 250.3 each . + Ie 1,000 dogens Ladies’ Swiss embroidered Handkerchiets in scalloped and hem- stitched patterns; some are soiled or * slightly imperfect, but more are per- fect and worth up to 25c.; each Be NSS I SZ VV Men's all-linen and hemstitched Hand- kerchlefs, large -size, assorted, with hems; each qc kerchiefs, good large size, with neat openwork initial; each Men's all-linen hemstitched Handker- chi 1 width hems, soft cambric finlOh; eACh ..cceeeerseeeeeeeeres Men’s Japanese silk Handkerchiefs, with pretty colored borders; also plain white with odd letters; worth 50c.; enoh (Main Floor, Centro, 18th Se.) Gwo Handsome Wodels at $3.95. with graduated French tucks forming fancy yoke. Full blouse attractively hand-embroidered in the new raised embroidery; tucked back; attached collar; new % length; sleeve tucked and lace trimmed. The Persian Lawh Waist, entire front beautifully designed in rows of openwork Swiss embroidery and clusters of graduated pin tucks; clustered tucked back; attached coliar; new % length; at (Ste gel Cooper Store, 24 Floor, Contre, 18th St.) Sou