The evening world. Newspaper, February 17, 1909, Page 5

r . | $360, 000,000 10 BUILD THE CANAL, ROOSEVELT TOLD a President In Message to Con- | | gress Presents a Report of ‘\ Engineers With Taft. MILLIONS FOR CHANGES. [hey Take a Firm Stand for} Lock System and Suggest Change at Gatun Dam. ' ‘WASHINGTON, Feb. 17,—Any attack made hereafter on the lock type of the Panama Canal, according to the opinion expressed by President Roosevelt In a Message transmitting to Congress to- Gay the report made by the engineers «who recently v! Presiden ly an attack upon the policy of bullding @ny canal at all The report, in Mr. ted the Canal Zone with | Taft, “is in reality mere- “shows {n clearest Bress was w and that to char fashion that Con- position {t took, We an inexcusable folly the proposed lock canal e says to Con- ideration that the only f the work criticism on the I times been alm in providing against poss To Cost $360,000,000, “Their estimate of the complete cost of the canal is $360,000,000, They say {t le incorrect to state that the original estimate of cost was $140,000,000, as | this did not include ‘ranitation and | Bone government.’ They estimato the! expense of canitation and zone govern- ment at $27,000,000, while payments ta the Republic of Panama and to the bew Panama Canal Company amount to 850,000,000, which would make the Gifference between the present estimate | @nd the previous estimate, with cost of | ‘ Ganitation and zone government and | Payments added, only $143,000,000, “of | ° this amount, thoy say, ‘nearly one-| half can be accounted for by the | changes in the canal and appurtenant Works already referred to and the re- mainder is to be attributed mainly to the higher unit cost of the different items o. the work.’ As to the change of the lower locks on the Pacific end of the canal from La Boca, on the shore of Panama Bay, t Miraflores, about four miles inland, the engineers report that the settle. ments which occurred as a result of the change “cause no reason to doubt | the stability of the proposed dam.” This change having been made be- cause “objection might be made from a military point of view to placing locks on the shore of the exposed to Guns of hostile ships, “the Board of En. Gineers estimate that it will increase the cost by about $10,000,000, but that it will greatly lessen the cost of for- tification. More luillions Added, Another change, that of increasing the minimum width of the bottom of fhe canal for about 4.7 miles in the Culebra cut, they estimate will in- crease the cost of the work by about 613,000,000, but they say it will not de- Jay the completion of the canal, that it will permit ships to pass one another | §n this portion of the canal and will otherw facilitat slides the o 4s not wider canal he blocked as ve the of the Change Gatun Dam. “As to the ( a r ey recc mend that the height be reduced b twenty fe ¢ n the plans Thave dire Having for the ¢re vation of rty feet he water acilitate i il ree} he proposed | | lock gates and all “A Public Misfortune. A change to sea-level plan atthe pres- ent time would tly to the cost | and time of a and hence would be a pu le misfortune. "We see no reason,’ wh the canal should not be conipleted, as | timated by the chief engineer, by Jan. , 1915; In fact, It seems that ‘a some- | What earlier date is probable if all goes | well. —_—_—~___—-. GOVERNOR ON TANBARK TRAINING FOR TAFT PARADE. ALBANY, Feb, ‘ollowing the lead bf Goy. Hughes, other State officials who fntend to take part’ in the Inaugural ceremonies at Washington next month | are training for horseback work. The Governor, being a novice at the sport, does all his riding on the tan- bark in Troop B's armory, Lieut.-Gov. Horace White has brought a couple of high-bred saddle horses to Albany from | DMs Syracuse stables. Speaker Wads- | worth of the Assembly, is also prepar- fng to display his horsemanship at Washington. To get in the swintm ‘Assemblymen are c Back proposition, ; charge for saddle horses has d some of the up-Staters. | Th he habit of hiring a horse in their! é ricts for fifty cents an hour, iat | Senators and ering th the Ine ° t | horse dealer who caters to societ; Governoy wants #2 an hour. Are still ringing from phonographs and| foronces. e- confidence, late last evening. | ferred to In the correspondence, violate |each of the matters referred to in sal = re THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 190. “SGHIDDLDAYS® COMPOSER ENDS LIFE WITH RAZOR Writer of Catchy Songs of] F. R. Haight Found Self-Slain Childhood Suicide in His With Razor on Campus at Room, New Haven. | YALE GRADUATE SUICIDE AT GATE ~ OF UNNERSITY The writer of the song “School Days") NEW HAVEN, Feb. 11.—Wihile sufter-| Ing from acute nervous depression, eu- and many ot y 3 ¥ other of the melodies which! or nduced by overwork and family dif- ederick 1. Halght, a bril- danec hall band stands across the land,| lant young writer, of this clty, went Edle Gardenter, killed himself with a iat night to the front of Phelps Hall, razor at his home, No. 61 Venn aireeth he Kateway to the campus of Yale Un! : | versity, of which he was a prominent | Williamsburg, to-day, He was forty-| alumnus, and cut his head almost off seven years old. with a single stroke of a razor. His Gardenter had deen able lately to| dy was found this morning. | turn out very ttle of the mustc which! _ Halsht was twenty-nine years old. Ho Seemed to the publishers to have In It | was a graduate of the class of ii inj} the wonderful hold on the apprectation| the Yale academle department and of) | of seven boys and girls out of ten who| the New Haven High School in the class of 1897. In both institutions he was one of the most popular members of his class. He received conspicuoas hone ors of a soclety and fraternal nature. He was president of his class In the 1 days, school days, Jear old golden rule days, ‘Readin’ an’ writin’ and ‘rithmetic, “Taught to the tune of a hick'ry stick!" jor his other bits of melody such as| hgh school, At Yale he was a member Capt. Baby Bunting” and “Everybody | of the Yale Record editorial board, of Loves Me but the One 2 Love.’ | Delta Kappa Epsilon and of his class Gardenter went to the office of Gus| Cever"atterdinner speakers figs e Edwards, his publisher, yesterday with! vices were In constant demand at ban- the preliminary notes of a sketch which | quets as a speaker and as’ satirist. was Intended as a sequel to “School His contributions newspal Days," and was to be called “School | editor of the Mates.” Edwards did not seem to Ike | !ster, & pos years, |" Last fall Halght's father, George R | Haight, a business man, died, and it was reported th. it very much, Ga’ fer returned to his home, which wos kept for him by his sister, Miss Laura Gardenjer, who {s a little older than he, and the only woman In the worid who shared his He pre- tended that he was in great good spirits, but his sister knew something was the matter. He went to his room early, At that n depressed, d from his ne aper duties for some weeks, He returned, but gave up work a fortnight ago. His friends had urged him to go to a quiet place for a few weeks’ rest. He promised to go South, but did not leave For an the clty. hour or two he was quiet at his desk, Halght was unmarried. His only covering two sheets of paper with notes, brother, Frank Haight, lives In New- From time to time during the night *"*> ~ | Miss Gardenier heard her brother pacing his room. She was uneasy and became Itogether alarmed when she heard the sound of his fall to the floor at 6 o'clock VIOLATES PAROLE, this morning. She ran to the room and found him on the floor dying. He had Policeman Moran, who lived next | , heard Miss Gardenier’s screams | ran to her assista’ They Sap | Dey Hurley fromi Wyilllams> |" Jaga: Malone: in’ Part \ ot) General Ital, but the composer was! gossiong ay gave an object lesson the physlelan arrived. o to young men who break Mra. E, $. Walker, reported that J denier was made frantic by the death of her brother, and there is s reason to fear that she may lose her reason. ——_~__—_ WALLIS DID NOT VIOLATE THE LAW Hughes Appointee Who Re- fused State Insurance Job Exonerated by, Senate. charff, aged | 350 Broad- | way victed last May on | the crime of abduction, had failed for | some months to make weekly reports | to her Judg | for tective Rayens, ney’s office “TIL teach yau and others out on pa- role to respect the conditions of your release," sald the Court when th - oner was arralg I now sentence | you to not less than four years nor more than four years and six months in Sing Sing Prison.’ Scharff broke Into wild sobs when he heard the sentence. He was locked up {n the Tombs Prison pending his trans- fer to Sing Sing. Malone tssued a bench warrant of the District-Attor- ALBANY, Feb. 17.-The Senate Ju- diclary Committee to-day reported that | in its opinion Frederick A, Wallis, of New York, who was orlginally nomi- nated as the successor to State Insur- | ance Superintendent Kelsey, and whose hame was later withdrawn by Goy. Hughes following @ resolution calling _ 2 | CBODA CRACKER IP for correspondence concerning the nominee from the State Insurance De- LATEST PRODUCT purtient id-not fn any matters re QNOTHER S)* PACKAGE” AN OLD FASHIONED SODA CRACKER VY LOO2 COMME TE (SODA CRACKER II F: Anather Biscuit \2 any provision of the Insuraace law, The report states that at the request & ° ony of Mr. Wallis, a public hearing was th, Ff if had In the Senate Chamber on Feb. 9 10, (5 U. EU | and that “at sald hearing Mr. Wallis ASK YOUR GROCER appeared in person and presented to the committee a statement covering | spondence," hat after making such statement, Mr. Wallis was mined at length by members of thi mittee and other members of the ite present, as a iit of which mimittee is of the opinion, and here! reports, that Mr, Wallis did not, in any matters referred to ing sald correspondence, violate any provifion of the insurance either In letter or spirit, as the law was at that time officially Interpreted.”” The report was adopted HOLZWASSER February Furniture Sale Open Evenings Until 9 o’Clock & Washington’s Birthday All Day 10% aloned on all cash sales, Pleases . | Everybody’s Fancy | ifehil’GReliT TEAMS i] $75 Worth $7.50 Down $1.50 Week WRITE FOR OUR 1909 CATA- LOGUE—MAILED FREE |] GRAND RAPIDS FURNITURE too 1000 "200." 150 “ 15,00 “ 2.25 “ 200 “ 20.00 “ 250 “ “ 30.00 “ 3,50 “ Our Terms Anply Also to New York inte, Nev Jersey and Cannectlont, seem to fit the taste of every- ene. Grown-ups relish {t and children go nosing 'round for a bowl of Post Toasties and cream |ike a pony after sugar, The golden brown flakes are substantial, yet so dell- cately crisp that they melt in the mouth, But It's no use trying to describe the fasci- nating, toasty flavor —one must “taste the toast’ in them to know why CARPETS BEDDING. THING FOR HOUSEKEEPING 104 ™ STL” STATIONar connen OPEN SATURDAY EVENINGS $[-WEEKLY OPENS AN ACCOUNT ‘The Taste Lingers” ny Popular pkg, 10c; Large Family size 18¢ t3:D0WN ea eal DOWN on #100: WORTH COLUMBUS AVE eek pearing Mia BET. 103 & 104 ST. | and promise to supply the medicine free of ‘nd put no one under any obligation what- charff, which was served by De-} ; and 42d Y ste, Flatbush ave. Columbla_and Union opposite Ralph ave TOOK POISON IN WHISKY. Domestic Troubles Sald to Have Cansed Fischer's Suicide, John Fischer, a night watchman em ployed at the Empken Chemical works in Long Island City, was discharged this morning and killed himself. Ho has quarreled with his wife, and she has kept him tn attendance In the magistrate's court. He went this morn- ng to his sister's house at No, 113 Eighth Street, went to bed, and drank a bottle of whisky fn which he had put arsenic. When death war at hand he called In his sister and sald good-bye to her. Tobacco Kills. "/ Face to Face With Death. “Easy-To-Quit"’ is a positive, absolute ‘stopper"” for any tobacco habit. Vegetable remedy, and an: aeeretly in food or drink, leaves no reaction or bad after effects, and It isa lady can give tt It ts harmless, {t stops the habit to stay stopped. FREE PACKAGE OFFER. Send this coupon with your name and ad- dress to the Rogers Drug & Chemical Co,, 709 Fifth and Race sts., Cincinnat!, Ohio, and they will send you, by matl, 1h plain Wrapper, a free trial package of Rogers “Easy-To-Quit,"” with a record of thousands of cures, ACTUAL STARVATION The Riker Drug Stores Give Facts Regarding Dyspepsia. Altbough Indigestion and Dyspepsia are 60 prevalent, most people do not thoroughly understand their cause and cure. There ts ho reason why people should not eat any- thing they desire—if t will only chew it carefully and thorough): Many actually starve themselves into sickness through fear of eating every good-looking, good-smelling and good-tasting food becauso it does not agree with them, Dieting cannot cure Dyspepsia. fuse every artfele of food that disagrees with us, before long we have nothing left and find ourselves chronic dyspeptics. We can cure Dyspepsia. We are so con- fident of this fact that we guarantee a cure, If we re- all cost to every one who will use it who is not perfectly satisfied with the results which it produces. We exact no promises ever, Surely, nothing could be fairer, We are located right here, and our reputation should be sufficient assurance of the genu- ineness of our offer. We want every one who {s troubled with Indigestion or Dyspepsia in any form to come to our store and get a box of Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets, Take them home and give them a reasonable trial, according to directions, They are very pleasant to take; they soothe the irritable stomach, strengthen and invigorate the digestive organs, promote a healthy and natural bowel action, {mme- diately relieve nausea and all stomach trri- tation, produce perfect and healthy diges- tlon and assimilation, and promote nutri- tlon, A 2c, packa, of Rexall Dyspepsia Tab- lets furnishes 15 days’ treatment. In ordi- nary cases this is sufficient to produce a cure, In more chronic cases a longer treat- ment, of course, Is necessary, and depends upon the severity of the trouble, For such cases we have two larger sizes which sell for 45c. and 8c, Riker's Drug Stores—N. Y. Stores: 6th ave. and 2id st., 13-15 West 34th st., 6th ave, 2 West Wth st., Broadway and have. and 14th st. n Stores: 456 Fulton st., 246 Fulton 1 Suinner ave, , 1273 Broadway, J.MORRIS 267 W. 125" ST. NEAR 8 "AVE. ha We do not ask employers’ ref- S erence, Call or write for Il- lustrated Catalogue 44. & ANSWER 37-39 MAIDEN LANE, NYCITY Brain Workers have special need to keep the diges- tion Hest in order that the food may renew, through the stomach read bowels, the supply of nervous energy. Use Icechums Almost Forever, Regu- larly $5.50, at... .... Core Ly MEET ME AT SIEGEL NO CONNECTION WITH ANY OTHER STORE good store, well stocked. shoes for men, women and children, are nearing the end. Hoerle’s $3.50 to Hoerle’s $3.50 to Hoerle’s Boys’ Shoes $7 Shoes and) $5.60 Shoes and; (and he certainly sold Oxfords formen| Oxfords for wo-| good ones) that were are now sold at} men are now $2 to $3.50 are now $1.98 and | $1.95 and $1.20 and | $2.40 $2.40 $1.95 (Siegel Cooper Store, Second Floor, Rear.) Children’s Garments Garments of the same styles, qualities and workmanship are priced in other stores today at nearly a halt more than the figures named below—and with no better assort- ment to choose from either. a Comes Children’s Day Drawers—made of domet flann. rimmed with hemstitched 4, ty Ken sizes value 25c, at L9C Children’s Flannelette Petticoats—in solid colors and stripes; 4 to 14 years; 35 value 4c; at., ; oC Children’s Bath blankets; in pretty light erate colors; es ‘o 14 years; value $2.95; a.) oe sizes 4¢ y $. i $2.25 own and return for ategareace ENON Children’s Bath Robes—of all-wool eider- down, prettily trimmed with wide satin; 4 to I4 years; value $4.25; t ful instruments. Moreen Petticoats A Grade that Will Wear 59.95 $5.50 Imported Moreen Petticoats, $2.95 Made of excellent imported black moreen, with wide stripes of green, fuchsia, brown, blue and gray; $2.95. $5 Silk Petticoats, $3.95 All the most-wanted shades; also k; beauti- fully flounced skirts of grosgrain taffeta. $7.50 Silk Petticoats, $5 An immense assortment, inciuding plain and changeable taffetas, messaline silk flounce; jersey tops and fancy flowered petticoats, $12.50 Petticoats, $8.95 The newest Directoire style, copied for us from an expensive imported model; elaborately trimmed; of line silk, and the colors embrace all leading shades for spring wear; also black (Siegel Cooper Store, Second Wine and (LASSES Claret Made of finest Bohemian crystal and beautifully hand engraved with neat fern design; worth $3 $1.50 to $2.95 Wine , Decanters, 95c i About 200 assorted | pint and quart wine de- | canters with cut necks | and stoppers; also wine | pitchers, etc. to match decanters; worth gw 95e (Siegel Cooper Store, Third Floor, Front.) up to $2.95; at Two Specials tor Children and Babies \ For the remainder of this week we offer the following specials in children’s and babies’ Photographs at savings to you of $1 to $2, One Dozen Imperial Cabinets, and your choice of one 16x20 enlargement, or 8 x 10 Sepia One Dozen Minettes—half cab- inet size; regular. § ly $2.50, 51.50 (Siege! Cooper Store, Seventh Floor.) regularly $5.50, at For Washincton’s Birthday Parties Favors and patriotic mottogs, Colonial hats, hatchets, cher- ties, cherry &e,, at | (Siegel Coo logs, plan cards, Ow prices, f Store, dd Floer, Rear.) | Photographs $3 to $5; Dessert Fruits \Dor., $1.45; can, New Canned i’oods fe Better? brand anole in pieces ready svect peas, and |e , , 10¢ b, @ 6. BONELESS from France; h can €°5) REGINA + Q28¢ standard don fers, coffe ty Ide., l6c dor powdered by the Hobart Grinders without extra charge Imported Biscuits t received from Hunt- When a Victor Talk- ing Machine or an Edison Phonograph in the door dullness and pleasure reign in the household. In no other way can you get the $1 a Week that is offered you in one of these wonder- (Siegel Cooper Store, Third Floor, Rear.) k ee FOUNTAIN” \OOPER J.B.GREENHUT, PRESIDENT. If You Want Good Shoes at Half Prices, Come Quickly! E have told the story of our purchase of the entire stock of John Hoerle’s Williamsburg shoe store so often that most people in this vicinity must know it well, What we bought was NOT a lot of odds and ends, but a clean, perfect, well assorted and complete stock of new shoes, valued at $40,000, including nearly $20,000 worth of shoes for spring wear, that he had never opened at all, Our Prices Are About One-Half What Hoerle Asked We still have full assortments of styles and sizes in the stronger and more staple lines of But this is about the last time we shall be able to say that; we Choosing in the following, tomorrow, is as good as if you paid full prices: Odd Lots As fast as lines are broken up, we throw all r bargain tables at a quick-riddance price, You will tind such tables here, filled with shoes that Hoerle sold ak erleee HPrto 32:80) (chiefly women’s and girls’ shoes) the price of which OW. seeee PPE PES SUSESESESLICOS ST eer er reeey tee eee melancholy fly out the window— and ever- more bright. ness, good cheer and Good choice All Worth White kidney je head pew deans, Evaporat it; 6 Ids. ed Peac 37 Ibs. 81; 2 Double “S. & H.’’ Green Trading Stamps Till 12 0’Clock G. He had a emalnders on special 98¢ Women’s House Garments | Women’s Flannelette Sacques—nightingale styl with scalloped buttonhole stitch; value 3c; at...... ie; light and dark colors; edges finished br. oc Women’s Kimono Wrappers—of German flannel; trimmed with flowered border; also of fancy crepes trimmed with in_ ribbon ; laited waist; wide-gored skirt with deep Fein mad In one-piece, or shirt waist al irts value $1.50; at. 98c (Siegel Cooper Store, Second Floor, Women’s Satin Foulard Tomorrow CER OOPIGOD Dresses *12.75 VERY good example of the Siegel Cooper way of giving beautiful and exclusive styles ata moderate price. These dresses were made by a tip-top de- signer, noted for his originality and for the extra good materials he uses, The silks in these dresses, for example, are of a grade usually found in $20 garments, The style is a beauty; it will bea popular model this spring ata much higher price. The yoke and sleeves are of tucked net; bodice is effectively trimmed with bands of satin and soutache braid; panel front; the entire length is also trimmed with soutache braid; girdle of satin and braid finished with satin sash at side. All the new colorings. at $12.75, Other Satin Dresses at $14.75, A wonderful value $16.50, $19.75 and $25 Women’s Suits 4 very interesting sale at $15 smartest models of the season. Come and see. (Siege! e An Early Bargain in Boys’ Spring Suits HESE suits come from a maker who supplies our best-selling line \ of medium.priced suits for boys. They were made by him, in advance of his schedule, for Spring, 1909, and because we bought 1,000 of them very early he sold them to us very cheap. On the same condition so shall you. If you buy to-morrow you can save as much as $2.50 of the price you would gladly pay sixty days from now. Smart,double-breasted styles, with knick- erbocker trousers. 1909 spring patterns, sizes, 8 to 17 years, choice at in the 2.29 Purest Groceries and New Canned Foods Mail and Telephone Orders Promptly Filled at These Prices Tomorrow. i Strictly Fresh Cereals beans, red kidne; beans, e, hand ioca or is planned for tomorrow of fine chiffon panama suits, in one of the 1 Cooper Store, Second Floor, Front.) Mercerized Voiles, 9° The headline tells the Story as well as words can. Every woman knows the price of good mercerized voile—and everybody knows that it is much more than £c a yard, too This we otfer tomorrow at Qc is a tine quality in striped and figured effects, in self colors; very at- tractive fabric, and service- able besides; suitable for evening wear and street dresses, Regular 1c qual- ity at 9c a yard, (Siegel Cooper Store, Main Floor, Rear.) Call Chelsea 4,000, Hams and Tongues Selected mild su, l PRUNES Ibs... 48c LAUNDRY Harel CREAM INDIGU BLUE; 3 bottles,