The evening world. Newspaper, December 9, 1907, Page 6

SPARKS DISCLAIMS y, latter two used money of. the bank. BOROUGH IN HAD NOTES THAT tee Says He is Amazed ~ at Discovery. $2,500 CREDIT SURPRISE. | ‘Admits: Beng” With” Maxw ell, But Not a “Partner. New evidence disclosing the close re- Jations that oxisted between Frederick | ‘the Borough Bank, of Brooklyn, came 7 ¢0 light to-day, t Mr, Sparks ia chairman of the de’ pesttors’ committee which has been making a bitter and vigorous fight to * keep the bank out of a permanent re- |‘ @eivership. He was seen at his office in the-Temple Bar Buliding,m_Brook- lyn, to-day, and asked if it were true @hat"he had notes in the Borough Bank| mounting to considerably more than the #4900 he has on deposit. He was; @leo asked if he had not been interested) fe real estate deals with William Gow and Howard Maxwell. in which the Mr, Sparks was secretive ebout the real estate deals. He sald he was up mith Maxwell in one trans- action rad Urdg Sistersstaah ie another fa which Maxwell had an tndependént [it {'da to my Indebtedness to the bank,” eat Mr. Sparks, ‘I believe I have a personal note in the bank for $1,306. fs enother note for $2,300 signed dy Mbiquean, my clerk, and indorsed w me” Dieclaims $2.500 Note. | i Fe was asked if he was willing to! allow Receiver Powell to go through | the note recorda of the bank and look we his account. He he was. Later de went to the bank and, in the pres- ie Of several reporters, Mr. Powe!) We was mot 1 jpooveri that the depositors’ committec. y thi ree ese miened at oe, heft not know a! Bandoi;h, Ae heard of Wouldn't indorse ldn't oom a note for Hy man ‘Ien't this your signature?” “Ie-can't be,” ho replied.‘ don't re- member wigning that note.” j Mer, Powell said he wondered who ot the money, “He looked up the 1 he was the Sparks, This wae the source of mors’ citem cannot imagine how such an entry | ie eee “he sald. "E never Cope tpare money was credited to me." The $2,500 note was taken up in | KAICXERBOCKER Head of Depositors’. Commit-! Committee of Directors Meets EN A committee of directors of the Knickerbocker Trust Company to in One -Deal) stockholders to ald the inatitution tn} resuming busines, besan work to-day ||! W. Bparks and the indicted officlals of | Rave, decided that the Knickerbocker | years In working out. | Will fully confirm the judgment’ of the BASING FUNDS TO REOPEN The Flattering Success in Its First Efforts. raine a fund of. $2,400,000 {rom the and met with flattering success from the ptart. The members of the ocom- mittee were able to assure thelr fellow etockholdera that the receivers have found the Knickerbocker Trust Com- pany in a solvent condition, ‘According fo their information the re- celvers, after @ cursery examination, sould be liquidated without Joes to elther the deponttors or stockholders. The assets. they say, are suMctent to Pay each of the 17,00 (‘epositors 100 cents on the dollar and piv the stock- holders $220 a share for their atock. Of course the settlement would be some Two appraisers, appointed with tho au- thority of Justice Clark, are golng over the amects and liabilities for the pur- poee of making a full report to tha re- celvers. If fa believed that their report Tecelvern ae to the value ofvthe assets. By order of the court the Knicker- bocker Trust Company hes arranged for the esr Giabursement of rabout $925,000. This is to be pald to eay- lays. banks and to the beneficlarios of trnat’ funds held by the Knickerbocker ‘“ruat Company as administrator or ex- cutor. The payments will not interfere with the plana of the directors who are Working to reopen the inetitution, ———<$<$<————— French National Museum Robbed, The! steamphip grounded in Ambrose ‘Channel Satur- morning while outward bound, an. floated Saturday evenin Carmania, CARMANIA. SAILS TWO 0 OYS-LATE Cunarder Which Sliven in} ece* tre | Ambrose Channel Goes Out by the Old Route. | days delay. ficulty in reaching the open | hours before hish tide, bar at 9.15 o'clock, sh aupply venterday. An unklentifed man, pbair- and eyes, _whicn | bed on the top floor of wore a brown overcoat, nuit, blue and black th | this mernine for Liverpool, after tw Bhe took the old main ehip channel Gente down the bay and had’no dif- | nea two clearing the | In order to get the vesnel off in Am- | brose Channel half of her fresh water; © supply was pumped out and she had to FOUND QEAD. FROM GAS. about Favenue to-day, asphyxiated by was, krey mixed | thn underwear, | thirty yearn old, 5 feet 19 inches high, welgh- ing 16 pounds, with dark compjexion, | 4! was found dead In a He} ROUEN, France, Dec. 9.—Several sets of beautiful Limoges enamels, Valued at $1,500, have been stolen from tionel Museum here. bh ee on payments of only $5 per month. Stool, tuning andjdelivery free. $190 Send postal for catalogue. THREE STORES OPEN EVENINGS -Until Jan. Ist, The old- established and reliable Waters Pianos are now sold at lower prices and on more liberal |terms than were ever before offered on standard high- \grade pianos. Prices from $225 to $400 Payments from $5 to $10 monthly, without interest.) Also a beautiful new style Chester Piano for Horace Waters @ Co. 134 Fifth Ave.. near 18th St. 127 West 42d St., near Broadway.|| | 254 West 125th St., near 8th Ave, Greenhut and Company March, 1007, by a check signed by Ar- thur Campbell, cashier of tne bank. | Mr-Oparka seems to think that his name was used without his knowledge 3n | sgome transaction involving (#260, but | is_uneble to explain the $2,500 credit | to his account, Notes Sgyrogating %5,00) wigned by | Sparks and indorsed by tls mother were | found, He said that he had forgotten 4 them. On Sparks's own ia hel owes; the bankas; aie or | Indorser 91,508, against which le hes | $4,800 on deposit, | _A.T. CUSHING, OF NEW YORK, | FOUND DEAD IN THE STREET. _ HENDERSONVILLE, Dec. 3.—Lying| face downward, with his clenched| hands pressing into his faco, the body | of Alden Thomas Cushing, who on| Noy. 12 disappeared from a hotel here, was found yesterday in a remote corner ot Laurel Park. Beside the body lay tis hat and « half emptied bottle, the eoatests of which have not been an- lyzed, and in his hip pocket was a 33- calibre revolver. A coroner's jury de- glided that the deceased came to his death from some cause unknown. Mr, Cushing was a druggist and rea) estate dealer of’ Lancaster, and to be married to’ a young t city. He came to Hender- Konville some montha azo for hie ; Muffering {rom | heart | trouble | thought have caused his Bed Fifth Avenue Qualities aS and Sixth Avenue Prices From a large and exceptionally handsome stock, we select these two Items merely to suggest the remarkable price-policy which obtains among these beautiful pieces : Renaissance sets with deep ruffles and bolster rolls, 5.00 to 35.00 A special lot of hand-made real Arablan lace sets with centre-pleces and heavy borders. Value 30.00 to 60.00 . . 20.00 ta 35.00 Sheffield Silver Plated Wares Little's Furniture or Christmas Gifta. ‘Salesrooms If you love rare and beautiful furniture visit our salesrooms at teenth Street and Sixth Avenue, From the > , time you enter, the door you will, be impressed with the complete- néss of our show- ing. And Little's Grand Rapids Factory made this furnit=re—it’s de pendable, Renn Cellarettes of quartered oak,. $9.50 *Mahorany Wri ing D "$13.76 ' Sold Maho, - "Morris Chales 2817.50 Gra 6 Furniture a n, ‘hriwe ce Direct fram Factory to You. oth Av,,cor.15th St. Sterling > ay f ‘ Silver ; ene sels. Novelties ad Pek Pin trays, . . | Glove darners . Vanity mirrors. | Puff jars... Hat pin holders . Infants’ brushes , | SUNDAY. WORLD WANTS WORK MONDAY MORNING WONDERS, | : "Odd tea spoons . Key rings . ¢ * ~F Lock handle vegetable dish, coven making an extra dish . Gravy boat and tray, grape borders , qi iS Ag Chop plate, plain silver, grape border. . 6 Tea kettle, grape design, handichased . 7s, Handsome, artistic pleces—siver plated on copper; beautiful early English designs : 4-piece tea set, Old English, tall shape ¢ 3 ¢ 4-plece tea set, grape design, hand chased on feet Serving tray on feet, grape berder, hand chased fe Meat platters, grape border. 25.00 50,00 12,50 13-4n, 8.00; 15-n., 13.50; 17-m., 18.00. 20-n., 22.50 11.50 ~ 9.00 8.00 * 25.00 Sterling silver novelties for Christmas presents : 1.00 Key tags . 3. 7 wT 60 Cigar cutters » 1.00 1.25 Paper cutters » 2.25 1.00 Cigar holders . .° . = 1,00 1.35 Cigar cases. . . . 15,75 2.00 Cigarette cases . . 10.00 2.00 Silver corks . . . 1,35 2.75 Match boxes . . . 2.50 V2SaRazorsy 0, 8.) 750) 1.25 Cigar lighters .¥. . 5.00 Sixth Avenue, Eighteenth to Nineteenth Street, New York ( Formerly occupied by B. Altman & Co.) & 7 * MORRO! 10A.M. to 1PM. Children’s HandKer- Leggings. chiefs. fe acy Leggings; #9 ular re oF finieh; eeu more thar 3 pairs to a cus. tomer, No Mai orders; pair, 25c (Main Floor.) (Third Floor.) 1,000, Black’ Wool Jer- “Yet a Very Practical Store. \ Why shouldn’t thousands of customers turn eagerly to THE 14TH STREET STORE? It’s avery large and splendidly attractive store, and business increases yearly at a phenomenal rate of speed. As Pan every-day store it’s very popular. Asa Christmas store it is tremendously sv. In fact, now 4 maze of Yuletide attractions. Toyland, on the Third Floor, isa . carnival of holiday temptations. The Main Floor is of merchandise suitable to the occasion, Bargains ‘blossom all over the store'like daisies in Summer days. » TO-MORROW TO-MORROW TO-MORROW TO-MORROW TOAM. to 1PM. JOA.M, to 1PM. 10A.M. to AEM 10A.M, to 1P.M_ Perfume || Women’s || Children's || Fiannelette BasKets. Petticoats Large variety of fancy designs ang colorings; made to sell at 25. | Not more than 2 if] to @ customer No Mall Orders. 10 (tain _Fieer.) 000 Handkerchiefs. StocKings Seainlese Fur Set. | Mutts with Doing An Enormous Business—Far Bigger Than Last Year For to-morrow the Handkerchief Sections on the Maly Floor offer a tremendous variety of Handkerchiefs suitable for gift giving. Men's Handkerchiefs. HEMSTITCHED HANDKERCHIEFS. large sizes, with pretty on corner; all letters. 6 IN IMPORTED SOUV: bh hems: ity and good 12%é HE: ItcHED HA ND KE F CHIEFS -Larke ‘si finigh; flne quality SDITCHE! Fine narrow LEMBTITCHE! eciala ( Table Imported Turkey Hed ates Koy, Red and (Green Cloth. Ss Whit, Tur- Fancy Linens Sample plecas of M Se. SILK HANDKER- | Ic } Re TIEFE-Openwork in= hand embrojdered: ashable Table 1.19 Drawn-work H Reet FD HANDKER- EFS — Pretty etnbroidered Int, alterent, atylen of yENIR BOX 59c RETTY LACE EDGE AND swine ee HANDKER- “Good, embroidered initial ENIR BOX FOR E vale ace edge and Bwiss ASSORTED. PAT. , fies eae W, : TRUS, TMPORTED sou- So ERATE omens : VENIN BOX... .eececis . $2 25e Handkerchiefs. Children’s tRerchisfa N 2| PLAIN, WHITE AND. WITH KE HCH FS COLORED BO! Dea RED ol eM EMS TITEL , HAD N pe tas iinitialon| Strreitop MANDKERCHT here Borders: 3 Fine quality; regular sise & Peat) Sarena eretateae i 3%e each vei Lu IRISH LINEN HANDKERCHIE Every thread - re flax, In sheer and cambric “Anish; wide 4} and narrow hema, Each...... % HEMSTITCHED HANDKER- All White er with BEAUTNUE LACE EDGE AND lored Si y 1s EMBROIDERED TEMSTITCHBD — HiA ND he HOMIES, » Pretty colored borders or all pure white; neatly experola- ered initial on the corn: 95, pex of 8 for c a8) IMPORTED LACE SWISS ExonOIbER ED ‘SHEER LINEN HANDKBRCHIEFS. Larry SILK © HANDKBROHLD Pretty ett: tmem of pattern: Japanese for x Gc Groceries — Freoh Eggs Doz, in carton;: erery, gx guaranteed... : Restaurant. Spocial Luacheons Served from , 2330 Butter Willow Farm Creamery brand, every Ib. is sure to please; 1-ib. print..:. iALAD ITH Nore. AND Pot-or 25¢ " NCHEO? 11 A. M. TOS P.M. FOR... (Sixth! Floer,) Men's Suits and Overcoats MEN'S OVERCOATS OR SUITS. Scotch Chevlots, Fancy Wor- steds, Cassimeres, Blue Serges, “Black Vicunas and Unfinished Worsteds are the niaterials in the suits. Grays, Olives,, Browns agd all other popular colors. Well made and trimmed; sizes 33 $2¢ Wines and Liquors. Old Crow Whiskey. The “always good" whiskey: DY the gallon, 92.76; half. eailon, 81.40; full quart: bot tle Lin sea Whiskey. Especially | priced for | Tuesday Ny W200; half 215) bottie. s+. Pore or Sherry. to 44,chest, in stouts and: regu: The aan Pram intaue ney. they areas geod. ag: an: lars, Irish Frieze, Oxford Chev- Erowid in. gailternin: -Wet_saih lot, the materials in the overcoats. All desirable colors; Stylish lengths, in form-fitting or loose-fitting backs, Collars theav wines reghiarly at 61.75 but price them for Tuen- day at, a galion,.... 9h Fresh Meats andFish ee 7 A are close fit- (( ), ting; the shoul- 7 Paintings Bi sl . wbjects, includ een, ders cut broad.. 4 RLOIN, POXTERHOUSE OR Polat, rad sthacina nooioesce Comme tA ; ROUND 'ATAMS—rhe best ute se) wold burnished: ewcen) frames; Boys Wear of native cattle: worth 18c. Klass, $7 values, and (Third Floor.) Ww ‘omen's Nee, Sateen and Mor of different m trimmed wi flo: eluate: EW 3 Wan * 98c BOYS' OVERCOATS OR REEFERS. Long Qvercoats and natty little Reefers in) all good, strong ma- -terlaly. Good patterns; well made boys’ clothing; the Inings can he depended upon; $1.67 positively worth Re YOUNG MEN'S VERCOATS. \ Strictly all-wool Oxford Ghevi- (| ots, In pretty shades of Gray, IiNiaetimeeRAt aU iaia eiaveal nicely; tallored and trimmed; Bxtta Ppecial, 10 A.’M, to 1 P.M. teen Wali fight or dark combinations very stylish-looking coats; sizes FRICAREER AND SOUP OMICH: RAR, pease nS 44 to 20 years. $5 50 dy picksa Chickens Ke trimmed with 8c a Worth) $10 ( by to @ customer; Ib. rs Pretty welt trimmed bmetons, (Second Moor.) (YUE 14TH STREET STORE, Fourth Floor.) dazzling with electrical effects and endless assortments - Dining Table Guat PAU stopery Ww omen 5 FURS WOMEN'S OPOSSUM BCARPS, with ‘satin; trimmed with talls and mounted heads; Fide values’ Prices, 84.95 § OPOSSUM MUFFS. Full M-Inch block to iQ 4 BETS. sted skins: long throw ‘Ke pillow muff, 26-inch ‘ined with satin $7.98 48 Kallen! NX SETS. "BLACK ¢ long ‘throw, with 28-tn Lined with @ pillow muff. 1 $18.98 AMERICAN (FOX Made in the ‘finest with mount- 98 American adble fox; long tles; Koft, rot, fur trimmed with ‘tails; Mned with satin and self-lin- ing: 316.48 vaiues.. ey wo Ne BHAWL3. animal shape; sty 23 and 4 atripex to mate shawts; with large - pillow, selined jayles satin; $798 rKe pillow, PPRSIAN PAW 8 throw tle; large pillow muff; well matched | skins; lined $6. Vibe with aatin; $12.48 values, (THE 14TH STREET STORE, Recond Flour.) Women's Neckwear. Holiday Hints. NEW HOLIDAY Des WEAR—Consisting of Chif- fon, Silk, Beaded, and Tailor Made Stocks, Jabots, etc. White and all pretty colors; we show the largest assortment of Women’s Neckwear st this price in the city. Packed in pretty Connaalr 25c box for . : COLLAR’ AND CUFF SETS. Packéd In a pretty souvenir box. Embroidery Sets, made of fine, Handkerchiefs. Lawn, dainty. raised embroidery rece) large § variety of patterns ce and .. 23c CREPE DE ARFS. Black and White only; 244 yards long; {hemstitthed ends; $1.25 75. values .. ; Ic NEW RUCHING. Six lengths, in a holiday box; pretty assortment; assorted ruching in every 23 box; worth 35c. (THE 14TH STREET TORE. Women’ s Underwear fleece:-lined crocheted necks. lenaty swith ‘aide ut: Te. : Silk Warst Patera jeces Silks. Ideal Peet otutmas gifts Pain and Burnt Wood: Outfits. Guaranteed point, Jarge rubber bel- lows, 2 bottles of stain; handker. chief and glove boxes and two panels; put up in a stencifled box is $1 98 values WASTE PAPER BASKETS. ... 39¢ HANDKERCHIEF AND GLOVE ) 9¢ TABOURETTES, large sizes. . (THE 14TH 8TR aly STORE, ‘Third Fleer, Cut Glass, Naffies. ¥ space that Is not beautituly 15 2 lage Is of the fines Quallty: thee Ine where for $1.60. (Bacement.) Heavy, reversible two-toned brocaded | tapestry; richly all |g around: ae cote HS $119 cS Couch Covers Tapestry Couch Covers, of cood auallty Roman str tapestry: handeomely ry i ‘around: Oko, yates... i (Fourth Floor.) Lace Bed Sets Beautiful Beotan | Stet aed, Bet r sian bode, two $1. 59 match; Pa value. Women 's Overgarters Beyen ston pleck Srecealtars) 29 po ie ibe, ' Rubber Bovis | ead Boye’ =“ Rubber woe! + ainew ° 1.19: