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“TNURGE POLIC Proper Protection. FORCE INCREASE Keeffe. Issues Statements Showing City’s Lack of ayy polis lepartment he, i bes lecessors, found the 4 detal! Stive poles duty an oe to patrol. Continues. | DETAIL EVIL CONTINUES | Bens" pr in See Duty. @ontaining 2 rhass | fpra for want of police protection. ‘An invitation will be extended to Pear or send representatives. jt The ‘will then be fully discussed. z In giving out the sta’ as boroughs since consolidation and the fact_that mot kept pace with the times, miso gathcred statistics from aimes. 1,500 Men on Detall. Gorce of 7,859, there are 1,500 men rough squa squads. ‘ipa of tramc, "This, his statement, War patrol duty. Of y and two-fifths, nt. This Is the de: hers patrolman {3 averaging mt night have to cover three miles ‘The Commissioner picked out ‘Thirty-seventh, or Tremont, @§ an example to show what some te men had to do, Dreperty and citicen: platoon then thirty at night. fact, the population of coughs was S00 patrolmai every WS citizens. On January 2907, the estimated population £245,485 ‘The police force, 7.520 man in uniform or the 1400 men we} “te “commissioner contin: | we wil have per capita one man the Board timate of population for eth 479 residents on Thon which ie Mane at 4,422,685." Don't Keep Pace With Growth. =n. 488. the. pemiation- of Manhattan. th force 4,4ld 8 Increased police force had de Bronx while | o has increased to little | last, had | Morgen, lying sections. + the same tho population of the ‘167,286 to 318,246, than 109. beens Borough n of 137,002. It has now le the police force from i to 498. Richmond Borough creased in the same period ‘om to 76,40 population, while the force increased from 52 to 1%. In Other Cities More Than One-Fifth: of the 4. Entire Force Now Doing “VAeting Potion Commissioner Arthor - Keeffe to-day gave out a statement of statistics which + @kplains In a measure why the city sut- pBy sn arrangement ‘hich he made Yesterday with Chairman Davies, of the | Aldermanic Finance, Committee, a pub- ‘Me hearing will oo held in the ‘Alder- manic chainber in the immediate future. : all (@itizens and public organizations to ap- wave of crime «Nd the absolute ty for a stronger police force tics the Com- joner desires that the fullest ligh: id be thrown on the situation. Be- going into detafl into the wonder- ful growth and population of the fv in 1898 police force has he has twenty- “mix of the leading cities of the world cape how far New York is bebind says the Acting Commissioner 3 one-fifth, 1,267 men, are on duty during th or 2,54, during the arrangement ‘that can be made under the five-platoon streets on day posts, while the men the Precinct There are peventy- tour miles of srects within its boun- aries and seventy-hve men to. protect Under the five- wystem there are only fifteen on patrol in the day time and In 1898, when consolidation became a the five bor- | There were then or an average of one was BAT increai * police King Louls XML. one day uA er Bingham {a expected poturs go hac city on next Tuseday be hand to “tor the aparopria- tion tor 1,400 more men, Ino{dentally, he have to answer a: lot of Recline in’ the Aldermanic cham ber as to why he deviated from his aeitiNeratem, «Te bolley of putting an end to the etal GETS NINE YEARS IN SING SING Judge Warren Foster Deter- mined to Make on Example of This Kind of Man. ‘Although there is on paper a police on i. Of that number 90 are attached| Judge Warren Foster tn the Court of the Central Office squad, Brooklyn |General Sessions, to-day, sent a notor!- Bronx squad and court |ous straw bondsman to ing Sing Proson The 6) men who make up the|for nine years and five months. The “ gemainder are engaged in the regula- man was James H. Davis, a colored cook, of No, 411 West Fifty-second treet, who was known fn all the police courts and always regarded aa e man of considerable wealth. Davis's occupation and character were not known until Assistant Dits- trict-Attorney Carl Minor, in investigat- ing a bond of $00 furnished by Davis, y tem. learned that the real owner of- the Sco account or New York's areal property offered was white man x miles | named Davis. Minor summoned bondsman to his office and then Davis made statements that clearly proved him gullty of perjury. The bond had been furnished Jn an assault case heard before Magts- trate Cornell in the West Side Court a month ago. ‘The case against Davis was so strong and his guilt so evident that Judge Soster detained to make an example of him, in pronouncing sentence the Court pointed out the diMoulties ex- perienced in getting evidence aganst this class of criminals, He announced that tha ease, he hoped, would have a deterrent effect on the pernicious and Mlegul practic cod of —>—______ CARNEGIE PAYS HIGH 1, Declares Him.a Great Personality with Power for Evil or Good in the World. BERLIN, Avg. 2.—Andrew Car- negie's estimate of Emperor William, |probably derived from his personal tn- |terviews with him at Kiel. in June will appear in a perlodical, the to-morrow, under the title of Emperer William's Economte Mia- tne | stoi Mr. Carnegie recalls the re- 767 | mark Cardinal Richelieu made to to reat man Isen in Eng- > liand, Ke ‘The following table of the twent; six principal cities of the world Emperor ambodied in the C ecrmoenlesianet a atate- | is Imposs ble to follow his deeds with worareenere.. Lat it it ies vil in the world. es. lation dr, Carnegie advocates a union of th Brenos Ayres 541,000, ropean States for the maintenance itrhelsed 65060) Bt Petersburg. of people: Mantla . once merely the. dream of poets, # Liverpool Washington, ndon ston Philadelphia D. bound to come some time as the race He adds ting the general e ealling | The be other mighe tnspired’ by though fone ee ttte himeelf and-G a leading role on t Stage, may Iberator of , pressure that t from the pale gone. T - past. ® Old Sol “The Last Day of Summer” HE surging crowds have become a memory of the the South leaving behind a lonely pair of lovers—lovers whose heart- throbs alone give warmth and cour- >| age to watch the tide ebb and flow just Once more before they, too, abandon “Cupid’s Sea-Girt Garden” for the close confines of a city flat. This is the subject Charles Dana Gibson has wisely chosen for his famous pen-and-ink ‘sketch, i Last Day of Summer,” which will be given FREE with every Copy of next Sunday’s World. This is One of Mr. Gibson’s Very Best.: The seashore has 9 has slunk away to “The a copy of GEY IT, FRAME IT. Commissioner Bogner nt 4 ails worst forms of abuse, He started ja fret ‘pound paid that it wae a WANTED T0 RUN GREATER CITY Budget Likely to Call for $10,- 000,000 More Than This Year's. NEARLY 800 PAGES OF IT. ¢ | Board of Estimate Has Yet to Hear From the Educa- tional Department, New York City { likely to have a budget of a hundred and, forty milifon oliara for 1908. St was $133,000,000 for 1907. Department h Ked to have thelr tentative ‘estimates for tho TRIBUTE TO THE KAISER, [and Aomands the inauguration of of 198 filed by the fifteenth of All departments have sent in their figures excent the Bogrd of E: cation This department always asks a pretty good {ncrea salon consisting of a number of the sharps of th Finance Depart- ment have been Koln over the items of the estimates filed by. thh depart: \ments, to prepare them for printing The compilation will make a book of from 600 to 800 pages. It 1s probable that the Board of Es- timate and Apportionment will chop down the department heads’ estimates to an extent hitherto unprecedented. The wreat dimculties met by the Comp: troller in raising money the txpenses of the administra have caused the Mayor to hav te of Interest raised on city ‘to ah per cent. ANARCHY RUL IN FRENCH NAVY, GOVERNMENT iULD t bonds Destruction of Battle-ship lena} With Loss of 100 Lives Due to War Among Men. PARIS, Aug, %.—The full text of the yeport of the Senatorial Commission which was appointed to investgate the exp! lon which on March 12 last destroyed the Wronch battleship Iena while In dock at Toulon was published today, It charge that the disaster was directly tracendle to the aystem df AHOT PACE AND AFINE RACE FOR ~— CONEY'S CROWN Corse Payton Still Leads, but Econopouly and Donnelly Are. Close Up. 47,500 Votes in One Lump Send Him Galloping to’ the Fore. Corse Payton still leads fn the race for King of the Coney Island Mard Gras, and Jpiin Econop. he wide awake Greek merchant/and head of the firm of confectioners and ice creamers of Brooklyn an@ Coney Isiand. Econo- pouly Brothers, holds second plac largely to the appearence on ¢ of Louts Econopouly, the three Spartans Louts Econopouly. family, No, 1269 Broadway, Brooklyn, mile from the original store of the| brothers at Park avenue, which is still) under the management of John, or John,” as his friends the @ren call~nim. the youngest.of the “baby” chool chil. | Each brother has its own coterfe of friends, and Louls Econopouly, who 1s thirty years old, brought three bundles of ballots for They There were 1,10 from the Foresters of Amerten, -of—which Louls Econo- pouly {s a member; 400 gathered by the employees tn Louis store, headed by Miss Rose Scheiner, weet and dain- ty a lttle cashier as ever made change with a dimpled hand. The other 1,000 were “from John Econopouly’s brothor Louls, who {s working make his dear broth: Island Mari! Gras,’ penying note from this young Greek, | who, after being !n America several ; moved by the call of his beloved returned to Sparta and pereeay in the Greek army. John Econopouly is a very close sec- ond, with 21.97 votes to bis credit. or only a little more than 1,00 behind the leader. Jorry Donnelly In| 20,000 Class. | A new chieftain has been born ove night, upon the heels of the leaders with 20,318 votes. He 1s Jere Donnelly, of Hollander‘a Bowery and Thompson Music Hall, walk, Coney Island. My. Donnelly ts a modest, smooth-faced, mild-mannerod young man, wil: no ambition for the Crown of the Réalm ef Fun and Frolic. But he has somewhere in the nelahbor- hood. of of these him up'' for King of the Mardi Gran one day last week with the promise that if The Evening. World| weuld publish his picture and announce! to the public that Jerry was a candi- | date there'd ‘‘be a big surprise for the| irresponsibility, general indifference and tack of harmony prevailing In the Navy. was written by. arraigns the of the Navy The report, which Senator Monis, severely adcninistrative poliries eral reforms, ‘The immediate caure of the expiosion, which resulted in the loss of over one hundred lives, 1s found to have been the spantano.us combuation of powder “B" th a magazine where the tempera- ture waa too high on account of Its nearnies to. trie dynamo comparement astroghie ¢ absence of accord, as well ax the divine and antagonisms exisuing n the different branches of th The Murine Ariillory aid not tr tablish the reeponsibi dent, but only hi powder manufacturers and conceal powder, so that jt could not be amined. The Various branches of sorvice are divided by jealousies. There 43 no superior authorify, Each branch worka apart, resulting in a state of Anarchy, Officers who complained of these conditions were not commended.” Continuing, the report #a PThis distressing weakness of the oen- tral power explains the progressive weakening of our naval forces. Where will tt Jead a to?’ NAILS IN MAN’S SHOE TAKEN AS MURDER CLUE. CHICAGO, Aug. 2&.—Trepon Mariamo, & Bulgaria arrested laat night on the ch: murdering ten-year-old Idarie Schrowier, of Gary, Ind:, three days ago. The assertion waa made by autmorities at Gary that the dryt- tals ‘TT, M. could be traced on the arm of the dead girl, made by najle In the shoe of the man who had killed her. Marimo 4s known to have been in the netghborhood of at the time of 0} e crime, and it wai of the police be traced tn th his ahoe claimed by Lieut. ty ¢ t oT. M. cou P Inspector Kelly, , declared, {the man were in that any letter d be traced among He placed Uttle credence in the im that Mariamo ts the murderer. prisoner, who im in the last stages of consumption, declares that he knows nothing of the crima WHEAT AND CORN DROP \ | ON FREE LIQUIDATION. uidation of wheat and corn was in evidence in the early market ausing a break of over @ cent h market. Although the cables from Liv weather in the Nt nprovement and mde demand. A offerings followe " x showed urther out- September prices were May, 1 prfcon ware: When E a May. 1.02. to §. Septembe 8 Corn i834 to BE1-4 vor, BIS to eoesperseee seo CONCERT COMPANY ASSIGNS, ‘The Bt, Nioholas Concert Company, & New York corporation, W-day aangnea for: the beneft of creditors to torpor, 8 Gtern. The was rea me ated 01 G0, (09, swell fellows who think ‘they've got} that crown cinched.”* A few votes have come in for him each day since, and with exch lot, al-| ing | wait and see!” and the itke. Some idea of what these million friends have been up to may be gath- ered by a perusal of this note received in time for to-day's canvass. 17,500: Votes ina Lump. “Mard! Gras Editor "We are sending 17,500 In accompany- ing bundle for Jerry Donnelly, of Hol- lander's Music. Credit same and oblige | “COMMITTEE.” Brief and to the point. The count was verified by the corps of girls in the canvassers’ department, and the 11,600 boosted Jerry Donnelly into third place, with 20,818 votes to hia credit. A bunch of 700 ballots sent George T. Hering, proprietor and host of Her- ing’s Gea Gate Hotel and asylum for jaded Mteratt!, worn-out artists and weary men-~aboul-town, well over the 1,000 mark, making his total vote 1,389, ‘Things care happening amung..tho friends of Louis [ear HMUll. of the Corse Payton stock company, and he yat snatch the crown from his great chief, the star of the Lee Avenue Thentre. Avother theatrical man hag been. @n- tered for the race, He ts A. Buren, who played “Ben “tur Keason, and 1s nomins'ed by the Yan} Buren Club, through ‘Florence Bvelyn | Gill, who sa “We Intend to make and take notice,” Added ta Norton, Win, the "Get-the- Hook" é han, Payton Snd Augustus Phillipa, Mro van Buren completes @ galaxy worth con- sldoring. How the Votes Come In. People sit up of the Keith-Proc-” Mortimer Kap- may | “THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, $10,000,000 15 LATTER: A DARK HORSE.' of the) runs the {ce cream pariors at| about al “Mr. | Hrother John to the Mari! Gras Editor, | aggregated 2,80) in number. | however, and is brushing close| th, Concord Club of the Union Bettlo- “|now tn entire accord concerning the fu ) { i the election going ‘may be best gathered from a perusal of of the letters to the Mardi irae ‘editor ‘Inclosed find 137 votes for Charles mustt Groth for King of your Mardl Gras contest. Mr. Groth, although a Mttle late f will be up. the leaders as soon Some as members of the New York City tarting, we are convinced Duval bial y ay his many friends become aware of ail residents of New York City. HOW VOTE STANDS FOR KING OF CONEY “ISLAND CARNIVAL. eee 23,080 21,967 . 20,018 . 15,686 9,000 6,353 4,411 Core Pasion John Econopouly. . . Donnell Rosenthal Chief Bull Bear Fernand Akoun Mortimer Kaphun Jere ¥. Tomer 4,275 Eddie y. Mines... 2,704 George W, Hall 1,915, Augustus Phillips George T. Hering Lewis Leon Hall Hies Pr. Clayton “Dee? Marino. . 118s Phil }, Jolly, 1,060 Antonia Corst 92T August Lademan S74 John J, McGraw Lemmel Smith : “Mandy” Harry Latabaw {rea Sehus.. Capt: Gus Woblecheee! Davie fs Herman Monroe J.’ Fisher. . Thomae ‘Lanctry xarry Welsh John TP, Morrigex (of york E, Yan Ackerman... . Barney Knobloch Joo Prince (No Suydam Brooklyn) . . 475 Ben Ryan (Dan Kelly, Club, Brooklyn) seee 386 E, M. Muster. 378 Dr, F. M. Burke. . ma3 3) Gale FP. Spaulding. 353 | Cromwell Childe a4o “Tent City’? Chaffee. . 347 Arthur Lery.. s4a 7) George Lambert. . 343 Dr, J. Lee Verona + 319 Charles B, Burns 315 Walter E. Owens. B14 John N. Wheeler. . 268 “Paday’ Shea. . . 202 John Schumacher. . 24 J. Gussibil 220 | N.W. Boylan zi2 ft George B. Wasner 1 John Dilmler. - 200 “Ike? Cohen. . 10T CW. Culkine (Sth Ass Dist). 180 | George McKnixht.... 178 Wilitam Ellis... .... 1B William A. Norton... 149 W. P. Perlman. 143. Charles E. Groth 140 Walter Howe. . 130 Alfred Jackson. wo John Lewis Waake 125, Harry> Lambert, . - + 125 Kaward A. Ful 125 Ex-Alderman Landay. 117 “pine View"? Hawkins, 115]! Joseph J Prince (Spooner Field Club) 100 He ts nembers of [the fact that he !s a candidate. | Gne ‘of the. most popular ment, and Pelham Club, of Harlem, be- sides being ver~popular in the woollen Gistricty in which he ts employed Wishing your contest the best’ of suc- cess. ARTHUR J. RICKEY, “Secretary Concord Club,” (For Coupons see Page 2) JOINT PEACE NOTE TO CENTRAL AMERICA | United States and M and Mexico Urge} Action by Republics for Lasting Pact. WASHINGTON, Aug. %—Acting Sec-| retary of State Adee said to-day that-he| is authorized to announce that Presi-| Gent Roosevelt and President Dian are} settle re- ture of Central America and the ment of disputed’ between the A publica, In the «ht of dispatches from the City of Mexico and discussions be- tween Secretary Adee and Minister Godoy, Charge J'Affaires of the Mexi can Embassy, this announcement !s/ taken to mean that the United States and Mexico have formulated a joint note to the Central American republics inviting them to hold a conference with a view to agreeing upon a treaty in- suring permanent peace, Whether that note has been dis- patohed 1s not known, but the Lmpres- | Son ta that all af the -repubitos haves expressed a readiness to enter such & rence. Sie Race eald to-day that he hoped to be able to make a statement within twenty-four, hours outlining the policy nder conalderation. “MEXICO CITY, Aug. 28—It_ became known today. that Prealdent Diaz had focided to telegraph to the Presidents |of Guatemala, Salvador and Nicaragua, -| oftertsa the good offices of the Mext-| can Government in the settlement of the differences between the three Cen- | HUGHES 5 NAMES CHARTER REVISION COMMISSION. ALBANY, N. Y., Aug. 2%. — Gov. Hughes to-day appointed the following Charter Revision Commisaion: Former City Chamberlain E.R. L. Gould, for- mer Senator N. A; Elsborg, George L. of the Merchants’ Association, and Chartes Strong. of the City ClnB,/ LADIES’ SWEATERS. 28rd Street. JAMES MEGREERY & GO! The new “Jumper” Sweater in white, silver grey, pink, blue and lavender. . 2.75 The regular stock of Sweaters in- cludes exclusive patterns in Hand Knit Coats, Girdle Sweaters and Blouses as well as a complete assortment of Infants’ and Children’s Sweaters, , In Both Stores, Gdeh Street. be ¥ BU GST 2S 1907; es TISFAC TION QUARANTEED 08 | Luncheon da Orr 8th Floor Restaurant MON a Size 9xi2'{t, shown in the most ex- quisite parlor, dining room and, li- brary. patterns, strictly all-wool and worsted, and’ close- ly. woven. Actual, | value”. $21 spe- 5 i cial sale price, each, Seamless Axminster Rugs These rugs positively will not be on sale after to-morrow at this phe- | nomenal price reduction. Size 6:.@x 4.6, shown in the pretty Oriental ef- fects; limit 2 to each, and a regular $12.50 6 75 value, to-morrow only? e Axminster Hall Runners Hall Runners made We in lengths of 10 to 12 feet the best Ax- 4-Yard wan LINOLEUM 4-Yard Wide XXX Linolesm A special purchase of seamless Lin- oleum; large assort- 9 ment of patternay Jos. Wild’s 85c Linoleum, 37 3c Tn pandsome pa sultabl, fo di rooms, kitchens, Or, offices, the usually sold for 75. Pany $bc offered Cc taroue mor: row at offered at such The daintiest ‘And we announce: } first served. ke 2 frees, 81.98, Eula lg of Misses’ Princess. Dresses Like Hlastr $5,50 Value at vat 91.98 These dresses are made from fancy stripe or polka dot LAWN, with Dutch-neck, lace trimmed; box pleated — waist, pret embroid- panel Sat; % sleeve, deep curt wf Meat old: to-morrow only at 1.98 Furniture $6. 15 Chiffonier, $4. 98 Solid oak Chiffonler, like illus- tration; 5 ‘large draw- ers trim- med with cast brass handles, well con- strilgted Ss and highly finished; Pe 5 lg value $6.75; Sale Price, |) i Another Sis Startling Batch of Sensational Values in RUGS $21.50 All-Wool Brussels Rugs | ate biggest and oat hit we've made this season. e dlevervauetwrethad’s ar fabs and could have sold 500 more, z it we had kad them. Notuing like this dress has ever before been They are made from finest quality organdies and batistes, in beautiful flowered patterns, Neatly trimmed with, fine embroidery, Full flounce skirts made with folds, and shown in all sizes $5.00 value, Thursday only; none Another Remarkable Dress Bargain $10 Princess Dresses, $3.98 The greatest seller in New York; the handsomest and most lovely. garment- we've ever sold at such an astoun. Price. Nothing prettier far parties, alls, theatre, ete from dainty SILK BATIST GERIE sol the best quality; handsomely with several of Valencten lace, tucks medallions, Full flare. skirts, lace; and ecru shades, These Wonderful Price Quotations Aré for To; morrow Only Offering the entire surplus stock of John Bromley—one ‘of America’s fargest rug makers, at almost HALF ACTUAL VALUE. Bromley’s Smyrna | Royal Axminster Rugs Rugs and floral | Shown in beauti(ul Oriental e makes all the ou Heavy Reversible Rugs, shown. in’ beau- | Size 6x0, value £2 ; tiful Oriental and Persian effects and} at H | colorings. | Size 78x 106, value < Size 6x9, yal $2498, at “17. 50 | ue $9.00, at 5.98 8.98 11.98 fora roll of 40yards; sold everywhere else nn, 3-Hour Special !! Just 125 of Bromley’s All- wool Smyrna Rugs, perfectly reversible, siz to bh Size 7,6x10.6, val- ue $15.50, at.. Sire 9x12, “ue $18.00, at. ‘19.98 val- 230 at $3.50 and up- x60 inches, et wards. A 74 1b. placed on sale fl heavy China matting, perfectly re- from.) to 12 A.M 5 ) versible; clean and piiabls ree | sGreat Srecali or Upholsteries—Lace Curtains $2.49 Couch Covers: } Tapestry Borteres Tapestry. overs “perfect © in. wide, 3 yards long Persian and Oriental ef. 5 ney “knotted fringe, all colors, at Bamboo Tables’ Height 28 inches, top covered with finest grade of Japanese matting. To-morrow, 49c Double Thread ee Curtains wh o and ecru; 3 Va ny]. 66 : "Renaissance Curta'ns By: ice Swiss Curtains with edge "75 Lambrequins Of Ja, ilk, brotd 5,000 Yas. of Silkoline Ploral or Oriental 5c s. $8 yaluey designs, all co!- Irish Point Lace Curtains ors; 12%¢, value; mpectal, at yard, Some narrow borders and plain cen- edges up to 18 ese em- Renafssance and Insertion; wide full ruffle: vy 1.0: “at, c a sensationally low price. style, exquisitely firiished and stunningly ¢x a sale of 250 more for to-morrow—and first coms clusive in a great array of exquisite shading Vale: nes lace and pla Regular QO. D.; at $1.98. ding under- and trimmed with exquisit handsome sleeves, and richly trimmed, ahown 19 white, pink, blue Sale price Thin Dress, 83.98 Great Value in This Sale of Boys’ School Suits Neat, ye and substantifi—clothing the exclusive stores will not sell under medium or heavy weights; dark, come in 4 to 15 year sizes, in medium $3.50. A new suit for every One not giv- medium or Hehe colors; to-morrow, and dark shades; full LSP 39 ing satisfaction. Values You'll Want and knicker or plain. pants, Also extraordinary — announcerent Russian “or Sailor blouse suits, school preparation time. - Thess pants coat suits, ages 3 to 16; with belt Bloomer Pants An Your choice of elegant double-breasted Mg ~ Boys’ All-Wool Knee pairs toa customer; each fe: This $18 3-Piece Bed Outfit, $11.66 Consisting of & “x&\s0mo bed, an all- @eel spring with ~ cable supports fF o combination hd® nattress, in all Valuo $18; sale prico, complete, Mattress $12 Hair Mattress, $7°50 40-Ib. Hair Mattress, re up to your order, covered in A,. ed. Value $12-- Sale L 50 price, all sizes......+ A. ticking, closely Rie $18 Elastic Felt Mattress $10 Elastic Felt Mattress, a Tange, Me rk, with ri of jal edge, stichiae, covered ita, chek chotoe folection a