The evening world. Newspaper, March 2, 1908, Page 12

THE EVENING WORLD, Ta WiQUIRY A COSTLY FARCE, SAYS J. K. PalC Better Use Money for Sub- i aWays, Declares the Former i Police Captain. 4HAFFEN ON THE STAND. (Borough President Questioned ; About the Paving of ie | | Wormer Police Captain James (Price, the original “Czar of the aoe pein,” was at City Hall to-day when th. fDommissioners of Accounts resumed | i investigation into the ad of Louis Haffen as P Bronx Borough. fake,” exclaimed * @hat shook the windows in th Bsall and made the glass chandelier 4: he investigation chamber tinkle. “Th! @equiry is & farce, sure as you're born Geu get nothing for anybody, and Hat Ben will come out with flying colors. |“ am a taxpayer in the Bronx—own Bots of property—and when I go to Haf- epartments I find the boroug! se fs at a standstill because th beyestigators have subpoenaed ever: \@ficiai—every mother's son of them. “Gay,” thundered Price, “this fake in jectigation is going to cost taxpayer nrice of building a section of the Heaven knows we need nev The taxpayers will stand fo: wew subways, but y won't stand fo. \@arcical investigations. ‘Talk about ‘Hungry Joe's,’ {fCentrai Pete's’ and the r bunch, why, they weren't markers to |gome of our modern investigators. Paving of Bronx Streets. Commissioner Mitciel madi |mobile tour of the Bronx Jwnd inspected th 3 |@o fortify himstif ‘pf President Haffen. Commissioner Mite! |Qnformation to the effec parallell streets and ave. fmeediessly mascadamized, the \pumption being that propertyt ho! jot politicians in the Bronx would be Jenhanced by the paving. It was a’ \@sserted that while the paving of ce Jim," in a voice the e aminatior \by assessment on p borough officials sou, lgnize Decatur avenue at the expense of Streets in Bronx. | This investigation {s a farce and a| Q rolled up in th “Wall Street's Jeers Have Made Me a Convert to Woman Suffrage, ” Says Mrs. Alma Webster Powell | Singer Admits She Felt No Interest in Movement Untii She Read How Rudely the Suffragettes Had Been Treated There. PERSECUTION LiKE THIS CER1AIN 10 HELP CAUSE, | The Rev. Alexander Irvine Made Suffra- gists Gasp by Referring to Father of Large Family as “the Apothe- osis of a Fack-Rabbit,”’ By Nixola Greeley-Smith, MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1908. TNS TNT NY |year, under sects cake and woman suffrage were on the programme of the “social af- ternoon” held yesterday from 3 to ) by the Progressive Woman Suf- frage Union at the Van Dyck studios, ee The home-made cake was pro- vided by Mrs. Sophia M. Loebtnger. The tea and sandwiches were grace- fully passed by Miss Mary Cole- man. The Woman Suffrage was | purveyed by Mrs. Lilly Devereux} Blake, Miss Rose Schneiderman, of | the Cap Makers’ Union, and by} the Rev. Alexander Irvine. | I mention the home-made cake | + irst because it was very good and {am a material person. 1 am in favor of it. But I am in favor of Were as many brands of suffrage Present as there were varieties of There was the Lilly Devereux Blake kind—gray haired, decorous, gently old-fashioned, but striving to! s°™* *°/keep pace with the militant modern movement as exempted by the | pretty dark-eyed E There was glish lead with Its Mrs. Borrman Well person of Miss It woman | marry i@he city by an issue of revenue bonds {\ german, a remarkable young | {When President Haffen went on the| With auburn hair, who told logically had Wtand to-day he was asked to explain. |and well just why the workingwoman| (007) 400 | ee hold the Commissioner of Public| wants to vote temerity cmcce: tcecided) thatyner forks personally responsible if there| , Hs ; Statement was as true as her high ier’| ‘There was Mme. Alma Webster! notes. {fs any question as to pavements or| ‘pontracts,” said Haffen. “But 1 am ppure he has done his duty faithfully As to to Babrovementalandisiren cap een to sing, but remained to talk for! ‘Tren came Miss Rose Schnefderman, l76- YEAR-OLD WOMAN ttio ris) Age EEL ec cenie b | suttrage, who talked for the working woman. | |ghown. Doean’t Watch the Wagons “Do you think that the ch fem over tthese streets }the macadamizing? Have you made a rsonal inspects munissioner Mi "Oh, I have t stand on a s t the wagons go by.” .. Questioned closely fu: many streets not “con lwwere macadamized, Pr sfnvariable answer aie _Macadamizing wes ‘the Sam fe al net Knc acer minsionen Responsible. Can you conceive o * these streets sh “No, I have no f @enjs reply. “The gponsible and can e: » fa know, these streets needed paving I believe good judgment was Personally I sele 4 no street Paving.” “Did not your Commissioner or Enst meer submit a list of the streets to be 3 paved? “*As to that I canno tate ee STORK—MADRIO—JULY. yop MADRID, pain, March 2—It is om- fally announced that the accoucheme: tet Queen Victoria. is expected to take (Place about the end of July A Much Worried Man. He “Wa terda until it was too late. But you may rest as- sured he will not beso rather awkwardly and shamefacedly in the midst of the hundred or more women guests, They helped to pass the tea and cak to wasn the dis porters, eager! careless THIS week.|*)" | Powell, noted in musical circles, who A Good Woman Defined. Men Washed the Dishes. with Mrs. Web nd one even helped ind a screen. e outskirts hovered the men re- alert for a funny story | 4), every one had had tea and \Mrs. Loebinger breath how ause her hus-| » avor of it, and| y de cake, tuced Mrs, Lilly Dev- © who told us that women | ler the fo about clubbing us th ng of what is g st in the I read of ails and the other suf- treated tn Wall streat Tea and sandwiches, home-made| [company's entire met | would have been legal properties fro urban concern pany to-aay, WEBSTER ONES | hes Woman Suffrage, too. There| *74 aa . Irvine Shocked 'E STRANGELY VANISHES. | Aged Mrs. Pfeifer Not S nd shirtwalst she con-| elatives of Mrs, Dorothy Yours very truly, York and Broc n outside, I| old call that merely a passive woman. A | Koffri CITY RAILWAY CO, NEVER SOLVENT, TE TELLS COURT. | Deputy Attorney-General Lim- burg Says Deficit Ex- isted in 1903. | kson's action for ie dissolution of the New York City Railway Companggs jhe ground that it Attorney-General Ja has been insolve more than ene| of the Civil Code, was cailed bj supreme Court Jus- tice Davis in Special Term, Part IV.,| for mmediete trial to-day. Deputy At-| torney-General Herbert R. Limburg de- | clared he would prove that a deflalt far exceeding the capital stock has been against the company almost from the | original ocmpany’s inception. | Mr. Limburg submitted memoranda in- @icating deficiencies on the New York | City Raflway Company $300,000 in 1908, increasing yearly to $6,923,000 In 1906. Assets of $5,000,000 on the company's records he sald, were “paper assets, and !\abilities amounting to many lions were admitted in reports, indicating | insolvency, without of insolveney the thod of dealing inconelstent. History of the “Juggling.” Mr. Limburg then gave th: the holding company’s ass date of the Inter- | that of ed to annual a n proof that a nsolvent for a | the City | he holding | ela. and e Metrop {tnasses, a Suffered Years with Rheumatism in Worst Form Until Cured By Minard’s Liniment, T have for many years suffered with rheumatism in its worst imes a great blackness would come before my eves € to gasp for bre reat pain, and at times could not leave i's Liniment with the most gratifying 4 tely free from all rheumatic troubles, in all respects am well and strong, Your liniment cured me, m only too glad to recommend it to all who suffer as I did. CHARLES J. BUDLONG Anthony, R. I, Jan. 3, 1908 fh and lean against the nearest uy vo. “ ee JAMES McGREERY & GO) 23rd Street 34th Street On Tuesday, March the 3rd. STAMPED PATTERNS. 1n Both Stores. Sale of Stamped Patterns on fine Imported Nainsook and Linen. New combination designs for French and eyelet embroidery. Gowns, on Imported Naimsook, goc value 1.50 Chemises, g ¢ g0c value 75¢ - goc value 65¢ 20c value 35¢ Shirtwaists, on linen ..........1.25 Drawers, < sf Corset Covers, “ w c value 1.75 Knitting and Crochet Silks, Wools, Needles, Hoops, Cottons, etc. —_ CORSETS. in Both Stores. All Corsets Carefully Fitted. Corsets of Fine Batiste and Coutil. Model for well developed figures, with long, deep back. Model for average fig- ures, with long hips. L15 usual price 4.75 Corsets of Fine Imported Batiste. Model of average figures with support- ers attached, 1.45 usual price 3.00 Corsets of Fine Mercerized Batiste and Coutil. Models for every type of figure. 1.85 usual price 3.50 Corsets of Fancy White Silk Broche or plain white, with pink or blue flowers, Models for every type of figure, With graceful, slender lines, 2.85 usual price 4.50 to 6.00 UPHOLSTERY DEP’TS. rn Both Stores. Sale of 10,000 yards Fine French Cretonnes. An extensive variety of de- sigus and colors suitable for summer draperies, wall coverings, furniture slip covers, cushion covers and fancy work. 28c, 35¢c and 48c per yard value 40c, 55¢ and 75¢ About 550 pairs Imported Irish Point Lace Curtains. Richly embroid- ered centres with heavy borders and corners, 3°75) 4-75 and 6.50 per pair values 5.25, 6.75 and 9.50 4oo pieces of Embroidered Muslin, Suitable for long or sash curtains, Various designs, 12c per yard : valite 20 Madras Muslin and Casement Tissues. Floral or Colonial designs. Cream, red and green, 28c, 38c and 5§5c¢ per yard Craftsmen Furniture, Brass Bed- steads and Fine Mahogany Furniture in Colonial reproductions. French Willow Furniture in natural color, red or green and white, rose or blue enamel. Furniture Slip Covers, Shades and Awnings to order, JAMES McGREERY & GO. 23rd Street 34th Street JAMES McGREERY & GO. 23rd Street 34th Street TRIMMED HATS, Jn Both Stores. On Tuesday and Wednesday, March the 3rd and 4th, Exhibition of advance styles in Spring Millinery, including many models from the leading Paris Houses, Smart Street and Dress Hats. At moderate prices. LADIES’ SUITS. In Both Stores. On Tuesday, March the 3rd. Spring models. Tailored Suits made of Serge, Panama Cloth, check : and stripe fabrics, 19.50, 25.00 and 29.50 usual price 25.00 to 37.50 z Aiea Taffetas Silk Bretelle Dresses, ; . ( aa | Checks and plain colors, 15.00 A i et | usual price 19,50 tyne ha | 23rd Street 34th Street | vi terprises sold thirough Sunday World Wants i! i‘ a | rom Geo. Cohan’s “50 Miles from Boston,” with group of “Fireladdies” singing the song hit of the piece, “The Boys That nt The Business oe ae bad Mrs. W Powells hustiand 9 , The words and music of this Cohan song will be given in the Magazine Section of next Sunday's World. Music by permission | weually “Bargaine” In every sense of the word 4 occupied piano. stool ana Of F. A. 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