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“e ‘BOY 1S ACQUITTED OF MURDER CHARGE A «Lad, Who Swore Innocence on a Ma Father’s Body, Freed by Coroner’s Jury. Pomintck Putera, who was attestea'| Priday night suspected of having shot | and killed his father, Vito Pulera, in their home, No. it street, was ac: | | quitted to-da pre: | | Dominick Pulera is twenty one years | ol, and he and his father came from | Italy not ver: nes When he was ed his hand on the body | | arrested he p and swore tl © was innocent. To- | | day he volunteered to go on the stand. | He said he and his futher had had a| } quarrel about going back to Italy, the | old man refusing to go, but that he finally agreed and they made up their | differences | A few minutes after he henrd a shot | | and found his father lying in the street | , before the house. Near by was a pistol | apd a woman whom he doesn't know (told him to hide the weapon or he would be arrested and charged with the | muner. He hid the pistol, but later, when tho ex came he gave ms ung man told 9 orward way | m, his st a ‘ era ————— THE PRAESS REUSS. HERE WIT HER SON She Has Recovered From the) IlIness Which Took Her to Havana. i The Princess Reuss of Mecklenberg- Schwerin returned to New York to-day from Havana, and her arrival was tended by a repetition of the mystery that marked her landing a month ago, when she came on the Lusitania, | The Princess left her little German | principality in post-haste about six | weeks ago, when she received a cable- gram telling her that her son had been taken, very ill, from a German battle- ship at Havana. SI Cunard pier by th General, K. G. Buena, suite sailed immediately for Havan To-day, in order to avoid all publ the Princess left the steamship ot antine and came to the Ward line dock on a tug, which was specially engaged. | Her son’ returned with her, and she travelled incognito, taking one of her lesser titles, but she was recognized “There is nothing to say regarding Her Highness," sald Consul-General Buenz. “The Prince ts recovered. and | Will complete his convalescence at home. lrhey will be my guests until Saturday, and will sail then for Bremen.” —————__—_ CANDLE STARTS FIRE, AGED WOMAN MAY DIE. ‘Tom Bit of Carpet Original Cause of Blaze in a Tenement House. Mrs. Henrietta Herbert, elehty-elght years old, who lives with a son on the third floor of @ tenement at No. 1507 | | Avenue A, lighted a candle to examine |m torn bit of carpet jn the kitchen | ' to-day, A few moments after she had ac- ,cidentally set fire to the curtains, entire apartment had been wiped two upper stories were damaged, the tenants in the building had fled to ‘the street and the aged woman war \ probably fatally burned. , \- The Breoklyn Store famous for its values throughout Greater New York’ Ps 9 Brioge St. B’KLYN, Messaline Waists rs , < A Timely Purchase From An Overstocked Manufacturer enables us to offer these beautiful dressy waists at a fraction of their real values; elaborately trimmed with lace. Fur-Lined Coats of fine black Broadcloth, full length, semi-fitting, large handsome shawl collar of Eastern mink, lined with selected coney skins.... OPEN .+« real value 35.00 EVENINGS THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1908, Stern Brothers To-morrow, an Exceptional Offering of Women’s Glace Kid Cloves FuLron St. Cor. At Much Less Than Prevailing Prices Lupin 8 Button Length, . 4 ~ in white, black and tan, Regular Price $1.75, at $ \ 25 12 Button Length, i in white, black and tan Regular Price $2.50, at 1.65 One Clasp P. X. M. Cape, o in tan shades, at 05¢ Women’s Petticoats Useful Holiday Gifts at $5.00, 5.95, 7.95 Silk & Wool Jersey Tops with Silk Flounce, at 5.95, 7.95 Messaline and Taffeta Silks, Dresden Silk Petticoats, at 6.50, 7.95 Greatly Below Actual Values Aprons and Caps For Holiday Gifts NURSES' AND MAIDS' APRONS IN PRINCESS, GIBSON, AFTERNOON, TEA, CHAFING DISH, WORK BAG, KITCHEN, BUTLERS' AND ARTISTS’ APRONS, MAIDS’ AND DRESS CAPS. Maids’ Aprons, at 25c, 50c, 75c, $1.35 187° | To-morrow, an Unusual Sale of The Oriental Store, Offers Japanese Gowns Of fine quality quilted silk, heavily embroidered all around collar, down front and around bottom and sleeves, At $8.00, Reduced from $13.50. Japanese Silk Crepe Kimonos Liuborately embroidered, in various colors, Tat 327-59 to $50): Reduced trom $35.00 and $75.00. _Egyptian Veils or Scarfs The largest assortment shown in _America. In white and silver, and black and silver. At 55:00 to $60-99 Second Floor. A. A. Vantine @ Co. Broadway, Bet. 18th and 19th Sts. Oriental Carpets At Reductions of 33% to 50% from Former Prices KIRMANSHAH, TEBRIZ, MESHED AND EXTRA FINE SAROUK CARPETS IN ROOM SIZES, at $148.00, 167.00, 228.00 « 387.00 Former Prices $300.00, 350.00, 425.00 to 650.00 Ghoeravyan Carpets , $145.00 Reduced from $210.00 to 225,00 Suitable for Dining Rooms, Library, Halls, Etc., average size 9 by 12 ft., Kirmanshah Rugs Average Size 4 ft. 6 by 7 ft, in choice colorings, at $58.00 Reduced from $95.00 to 110.00 Appropriate for Holiday Gifts THIS IS AN UNUSUAL OPPORTUNITY TO SECURE FINE RUGS AT PRICES LESS THAN COST OF IMPORTATION. West Twenty-third Street DON'T delay selecting your CHRISTMAS GIFTS Buy while assortment is complete. Youccn pay at your convenience, on’t bey Interior articles ua presenta when jou Con give w reliable and ar- tistic ry or @ Watch that will last end give No employer's references required. EPRESENTATIVE IF DESIRED, ‘PHONE 5887 CORTLANDT. IT TO-DAY iS AGAINST it. quality—the ‘‘Easy Payment” selling ther: “Straus” Upright Grand Action: the famous Wessel, —full metal plate; hammer felts i Weigeri, of Germany, Frame of veneered in choice flare mahoga woods, cannot be had for less than $450. Gross, Scale: 74 octaves, bass in pure copper An exact duplicate—if purchased ¢! ‘Easy Reduced tc figures, it is an argument in the shape of a SAVING OF FROM $50.00 TO $250.00 ON EVERY INSTRUMENT. Against that generally conceded saving is only the fallacious argument of inferior dealer’s last resort. That it IS a fallacy can be proved promptly and readily by any one whose knowl- edge of the real merits of a Piano fits him to judge by comparisons. Purely in your own interest, if you contemplate buying a Piano, inspect these Straus Pianos and investigate our one-payment—EASIEST PAY MEN T—plan of Payment” Plan As You Would Avoid the Plague. Spending money before you have earned it is bad business, and no amount of sophis- try can change that fundamental principle. Whatever may be said for the so-called “Easy Payment” plan of buying Pianos, our stricly CASH ONE-PAYMENT PLAN is a constant and convincing argument AMERICAN WATCH & DIAMOND C0 [3 MAIDEN LANE «.t05Fo AL 535 Fulton St, 468-470 Fifth Ave, BROOKLYN. High Grade Clothing: for Men, Women and Children, on the most Liberal Terms of Credit. | LYDIA E. PINKHAM'S VEGETABLE COMPOUND. SYCOHSSFUL REMEDY FOR wae uae IN THE WORLD. 5 Grand Rapids Furniture WI E 3 Furnish: w D 4 rors at 74° Piano—full | Special-—Three “Straus” Upright Pianos—Co- Room Charge accounts cheerfully ++ 1$295.00 lonial style; were $250.00 each, reduced I 5 rorniahed a 124 . oneneiowe trust everybody Bical” aul: | as mncahranancsttatueseatdaay 4 +$178,00 HNGS Un CHRISTANS BOY HT thy) apments” at sour f wKel f Upright Pianos, veneered case and ivory keys, ~ ly payments at your | imported from solid selected | ay and other the “easy payment” dealer's $190.00 instru- ment; our price PERFORATED MUSIC ROLLS ash; Keys of solid Tuscan ivory; cases double- | Splendid Selection of Perforated Music Rolls all makes—will fit any Player Piano on ihe own convenience, free of charge. ‘Iz TH Alterations |} 135,00 = oT. i —_—SS=== |you aro a ue fe the best | struments for Thie, the holiday gp market, Our prices are lower than elsewhere— time of all the Planos, and tw some as low as 29¢, each. ip fo OW e Cabinet Players, $180.00 and upward, ‘ " 0. “Straus” Player Pianos, $350,00 and $450.00, hold sway ‘ae RG Bend your 4 te it you have but one plano, for as nol to mise one oale, lt te bibsly shes's One-Day World tiaing between’ new’ a N singe pay 's adver | grade, sizes 414 to 11, at... : just like the men’s, Speciai other leathers—Piump welted soles and $1.00 military heels. All sizes in the lot, $1.00 [ ‘Women’s High Grade High Grade j Short Vamp Shoes f S h oes for Women \ $,000 pairs of excellently mad. ‘ ned of the most t SHOEMAKERS’ CLEARING HOUSE Southwest Corner 6th Ave. and 18th St., New York, Men’s Roman Slippers|Men’s Opera & Evereits Made of imported French Kidskin, in black or tan,] LINED WITH BUCKSKIN, in tan or black, with § with hand-sewn, flexible soles: silk hand-turned, flexible soles; sizes $1.50 elastic on sides; regular $2.25 $1 50 4% to 11, regular $2.50 grade, vs e ut ‘ Men’s Assorted Slippers Sizes 6 to 11; ;a Men’s Romeo Slippers Tan or Black Kidskin. Solid leather soles, with elastic on sides; sizes, 6to 11. Worth 98e 1.50; at worth $1.25 b and $1.50; tan j 1 Boys’ ss Slippers Tan, Red and Black, lined with Buck. | | skin; Everett and opera styles. Made }} just like the men’s; sizes 9 to 13% | Romeo Slippers sizes 9 to 134 and 1 to 5t. anc > 514; worth $2.5 } He and black, Worth 2.00 A foe ze etnies) $450 i and 2.50; spe- § Ke || cial Sole 1.50 Boys’ Storm King Rubber i | i Boots i With strap and buckle, made of first in sizes 12 to 1 and} *1.95, | —— , Childs’ Rubber Boots { quality rubber, 114 to 5 sold in other stores at $ ; our price. First quality brand. Bright ® finished. Sizes 54 to rot. & For Boys and Girls Liner beprnencouadine ares : ia: 98e aaa ree Canvas Leggins for Men and Boys “Waterprooi,” all sizes, | worth 75ce, $1 & $1.50. J ‘ Special values ai... 25e@ ee id Mew’s Storm King Rubber Boots Sizes 6 to 14; first quality rubber. § with double rubber soles; sold 9 | in other stores at $4; our price Rubbers for Men and Women ee scares 296 Women’s Felt Juiiets Fur trimmed, with flexible le:ther soles. Warm lived. Sizes 3 to 8. Worth $1.25, 21 Women’s Feit shoes Leather uppers and sols; feit tops and flannel dined. Sizes 3 to 8 (just like pice $4.00 ture). Well worth $1.50. Special at Misses’ & Children’s Ju:iets Made of pure Melton felt, fur trim- med, in colors. Sizes 81% to 14 and ! to 2 Sold in other 59 S at $1.00. Our price c { Entire Surplus Stock: of Women’s Shoes _ 59¢| a pair from the factories of } pie Cushman & Heebert, Lynn, Mass., makers of $2.00, $2.25 & $2.50 shoes. Sale Price made of Gun Metal ( skin, Patent Coltskin, Vici Ca and Every pair made 0! selected leather, including Patent Colt- skin, Gun Metal Cal/skin and Vici Kidski. The latest fash- ionable Winter models, with durablesolesand eels. Lace, Button & Blucher $4.50 wort rs, Over the newest eathers include F Patterns, Value $3.00, ¢ For boy Made of Black Storm Ci with doub ise Tops, fitted with straps, laces and weather proof t Great values. Worth $2.50, At 1.95 a pair. Special, a i pair row f Jinter fashions and mod. Tan R 1 Calf and lace, and buck- sizes for girl 1 les. Three Worth up to soles to hee! $2.50 >a pair, od) at \ durable. $4.50 Made for Sizes 8% to 4s to 2 $49 Sizes 9 to 13 The most complete zl Girls’ Frazin Shoe & D. . New York Oppenheim frezin & Oppenheim