The evening world. Newspaper, February 19, 1909, Page 6

i GFPRET SERVICE FORMED TO HUNT THE BLACK HAND Wealthy Italians Provide the Funds and Gen, Bingham Starts the Work, - PETROSINI AT THE HEAD. > He Has Sailed for Italy to Es- tablish a Branch of the New Service. With ifs personne! known only to three men In New York, the secret polire 80 Yong wanted by Gen, Bingtam has at Jast been organized. Its cetectivay are from among all classes, its operation is fndependent of the regular police, its members are unknown (o then and tt fe being maintained by finds not pro- wided by the city of New York. Growth along the lines of ihe “will give the new organini only second to the oof He Qwants maintained by the Russian ¢ The new secret police will have a ranch in Italy, and Lieut. Joseph Petrosini, long in charge of the Italian wection of the deteocive Murnau, Vas) Balled to organize the branch. The secret of the organization has Deen guarded with the utmost care and gil tnquirirs at Police Headquarters have been met with denials or evasions. The absence of Petrosini from No, #0 Mulberry street for ten days wag re- garded_as significant, and efforts were made to find him. Then came the dis- @overy that he had sailed and his mis- gion became known at the same time. The new secret police have been care- } fully picked and thelr number will be | increased until they reach through alt Bections of the city. Clerks working at their desis, taborers, physicians, and a vast array of business men will be in- eluded in the ranks, and thelr move- ments will be known only to the head @f the secret bureau, who In turn will eonvey such of his Information as he fees fit to Police Commissioner Bing- ham or one of his deputies In his closest confidence, Gen, Bingham's appeal to the Board of Aldermen for funds to create On ecret bureau outside the regular de- | partment was turned down, and it was hinted at the time that It wasn't lack @f money so much us fear of what/ might happen to powerful backers of | the gambling interests that led to the | refusal. Bingham Goes to Work. Gen. Bingham then went quietly at work and after detaching Petrosint as the Italian detective, and placing Lieut. Glouster In his stead, he Instructed Petrosini to organize a secret police force to deal with the Black Hand ertminals, | Petrosini ts the man who at the dl-| rection of the United States Goyern- | ment went to Paterson, N. J., before | the assassination of President McKin- ley to investigate rumors that the "Reds had marked him for death. | Petrosini reported back that Mr. Me- Kinley had been marked for death, and ine months later he was assassinated After Petrosini had selected men in this city for his force he recelved $500 from Commissioner Bingham and dls- appeared. To-day the Commissioner nea) finally induced to talk—a little. “I don't know where Petrosin! Is," he sald. “I have not seen him for a week. He is roaming~investigating.” “Is he in Europe?" “don't know. 1 don't think so, but Dusiness may huve taken him there, He had $W with him when he left Public spirit. contributed It Hand." to organize an ret poice? aid the Commis- present. plans ation power We have lots of money ¢d Italian citizens hay to stamp out the “Is Petrosini in Htalian end (o th sioner. ‘Nothing to Previously when Gen asked if the money for came from tii fist down ha: uN Bingham wad Informers Stain, The difticul ced by the police with Italian has been the fear of thelr fe nen to tell what they knew informers have been killed and very few of the assus Bins lave even been sent to jail, On 21 Pasquale Miam!, of No, 1 It street, a sus ed informer, t to death at Fifteenth street and First avenue. Chiro Bivone was k ame om led ina crime. His companton awalting trial. The vone had told of a c @itted in Scranton, Pa. It is understood about Police Head- quarters—but not adinitted ¢lals—that #0 soon as th secret police Banized other brar eity will s of organized crime w gambling 8, it det i be the first to nded to after the Black Hand cr sare run to earth. —_———>—— MARATHON DANCE KEEPS THEM WHIRLING 3 HOURS. Girls and Their Partners Collapse Under Strain in Brand-New Contest in Los Angeles. Los ANGELES. Feb. 19—A @pectacuiar contest is under way here in which twelve young men and women have entered a Marathon dance. They will compete three hours each night for fa week, At the end of the danci s night the leaders had traversed twelve miles and were bordering on collapse Several competitors dropped out of the vace for the night, unable to stand the erain. Waltzes and two-steps are the only forms ured. Those finishing are not to jose itep during the entire three hours. ‘The authorities may stop the unique ‘Defore it is over, a9 several phy- have condemned he dance, es- iy for iris, Cal, t of former | name the recely ‘himself with ¢ lorry OFFICIAL ACTIVE IN WAR ON TUBERCULOSIS. FEAR TAMMANY IS. NV SUT AGAINST WASHINGTON UItE ee eee Murphy Would Like to See Re-, ceivers Named, Say Men | Who Oppose Move. | Twenty-eight thousand pollcy-holders lot Washington Life | Company to-day are following with In- creasing anxiety the outcome of a fight | In the Supreme Court of New York for! possession of over $18,007,000 of thelr as. | Of this sum $1,000,000 In cash ts on with the Trust Company of | Amertoa, while the remainder, consist- Ing of stocks, bonds, choses In action and deeds for real es : the Vaults of the Trust ny under an agreement that they shall be pledged) as collateral to secure the performance} ——— of a contract made by Alrectors of Washington Life Company with di tors of the sbung Life and ‘Trust Company, The Evening World on Jan. 1 told of | secret removal from the State of w York of the pooks, records and as- gets of the Washington Lite Following this revelation Attorney+ General O'Malloy, acting at the request Thsurance Superintendent | the Insurance sets | deposit WON'T TELL WA THEY DELAYED WEDDING NTC: by Witlam Hepburn Russell whieh | |Announcement, Four Months will result in the appointment by Jus- ae F tice Erlanger of receivers to take pos-| Late, of Rich Widow’s Mar- riage Surprises Friends. Kelsey, compelled the return to this Jurisdiction of the ts which had | been spirited away under covor of night session of the $18,000,000 odd assets Opponents of Mr. Russell in his action | declare that Charles F, Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall, is Interested in the outcome of this proceeding for receiv- as well as his personal counsel. KEHOE =) ON ers, Danlel F. Cohalan, and a member of | poe both of } the law firm of Blumenatiel & Blumen-| 4908, at Hoboken, N. J stlel. , Has a $5,000 Polley. Mr. Russell brought his action as @ policyholder of the Washington Life He {s the owner of policy No. 71,289 for $5,000, For some months he has been a recelver of the Mutual Reserve Life Jn- | street. Ev ody wondered why the surance Company, following an action notice was so long delayed. brought against that company similar | them sald they had known abou to the one he is now pressing against | along: others had not. Mrs. I | the Washington Life. Mr. Russell, who Decuplet apartments on the top Rann comes from the South, broke into the | the Tvitier | Tammany fold by way of the Greater) She ts the widow of Willlam F. New York Democracy. | | Palmenbe: “I represent others in my proceedings | against the Washington L! Mr. Rus The above marriage notice, published | to-day, more than four months after the ceremony, created a little wave of ex- citement in the circle of, professional women who Ive In and about the Van Twiller apartinents, No, 4 West Fortieth Von Paimenberg sell stated to an Evening World re- irae net of the er porter who saw him to-day at the deserted offices of the Mutual Reserve, Broadway. aa Altogether, I should say that the In-| ing terest that I represent amounts to $200, al e 06," he continued. ° polteyhoter | the, fash alone has paid in $1800 on a $90,00{ Mr. Kk policy, Justice Erlanger will probably net shall -day as the result new i husband, Charles Franets 19 a {c few years |) being of my proceedings.” but it's Ten days ago a petition was fled with| don’t Justice Erlanger by J. Howard Van/ 4 Amringe, in of Columbia University; Willlam Holt, editor of the Independent; Gen. Benjamin F. Tracy, former Judge! Alton B. Parker and Paul Fuller, of ‘fate’ Witiam Fy cron Palientare Coudert Brothers, all policv-holders, re-| was. a brother of Raymon Von questing that they be made party d Palmenvera, who was kiled by the ac- fendents in the action begun by Mr,/ cldental fall of a press fla on from the Russell. ‘This waa done by Justice Er-| toot factory at langer although opposition was made| No by Mr. Ruasell on the ground that Gen. Tracy and Mr, Fuller admitted they had shown a bias, and Judge Parker was a member o. the law firm of Parker, Hateh & Sheehan, thes Wedttittaton) Ploy Gomnneny: | of archdiocese of Philadelphia, Up to Hotchkiss Nov Archvisiop Ryan condemna erotte and “Just what position the new Superin- | immoral plays. The Archbishop asks tendent of Insurance, William H. Hotch- | the pastors to denounce such perform. ki take In the matter Isa prob. ances and wa he faithful to keep a. V 710 Broadw: (eo ny EROTIC PLAYS DENOUNCED, PHILADELPHIA, Feb, 19.—In his ‘al, just [ssued to the clergy counsel to Lenten paste the iss, W Jem which has not been fathomed,” sald | away from them. a@ repre mtative of the Attorney-Gen- | Hotehkiss was eral’s to-day sworn Into office yesterday, and I ven: ture to say he will lose no time wet- ting into the a ent of the Wasle n yeneral had contented Hing the $18.00,"0 of the Jurisdiction of the ington Life tran “The Attorne: assets within courts of New York. It ts up to the FS tendent, of Insurance, weting. fn 0 polleyholders of the that thelr interests are sburg Life and Trust Com- | pany was originally incorporated in 1983 under the name ‘he Co-operative Life Insurance Company of Western pecial act of the Leg- In 19 the changed lo Trust Company y capital stock wa increased {rol © $1,000,000, $250, Ww worth bein dup in full, Watered Stock, He Says. mpany Mr. Russell says in hie mplaint. In Its the capital, stock grow creased to $550,000 n and pellet & ‘innae livi ing ex xample that ‘ tng’ the st company by Rte ing the estimated valuation of its home office bullding and issu’ e ‘ hen stockhio tere to » tive both in quality and Kholders to th -r Gage Plums, finest Californ: Eo th heavy Lach) pen can numerous oth cents per can, Special ior . Smoked Sardines, product of | small fish in pure olive oil; B42) 1 $18,000,000 of anneta per can, hee Atlas brand; per can. per jar, String Beans, Fancy Cut can, 1 agin : Lima Beanh; taney Jerseys: COM .ccccccrcssesrevee oe For Men Lima Beans, fancy small fashionably correct in brand; Per CON. ss sss ee every particular Peas, Early June; goo GAallinnvetinnins festa tae 178-180 Fifth Ave, $67 Fifth Ave, 181 Broadway ___| culosis of tt have, by the re Peaches, Bee Baltimore; large No. 8 can; Peaches, nes California extras, in heavy syrup; Curtice Bros. Jams; glass jars, fond flavors; APPROVE PLANS FOR AGTIVE WAR ON TUBERCULOSIS (ee Support of Charities Organ- ization in Work, WHY MON fare not w the pr cautions a cling others, ot th, Cam that with an Ins i creased systematic educational move- | While laborers were at work In an ex- ment and vould bay t THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1909. the sufferers out of; and out of the tene-. | ve got to Ket hold of} it he cared for under the | y live, and na Laborer Burted U have got to Ke ing hous \ score or more nurees, we no trouble In removing from cayation at Delancey and Orchard treats to-day a pile of earth collapsed, | he tene New York City apr tn of Intgstton, al and Joseph Tzano, a shoveller, was “T bell ommittes ha . pete An adequate | HBucked to the ground and burled under DED. Aggressive Fight Would Give Control of Disease Within Short Time. Committee on Preventior Charity cl ty continues to be ind nent physicians and laymen. Robert W. Hebberd, ¢ Public Charities, to-day er indorsed the committee's funds through gas rebate con The Commissioner expre believing that within a comparative! ssioner of siastically an to raise tributions. ed himself as | short time the disease could be brought under control and the death rate greatly reduc In the has be ch with the actu Probably no one in such close to has loner all the private “Although, ment within the Hebberd. to-day, from ideal, On BI secured toc new Sea. View If and we will, Ww have 1,000 addit losis cases. But even if wes this, which isn't at all certain, WW) beds. 2,00) beds le 1 beds for t n We awght to have I am convinced the patients to der with are those suffering from _the di id Instite et their hand on $100,001 ofice it ‘they co utd 2 Special at a hey are H on al dealing with the tubercus Hebd- berd He has under h rol a larger number of hospital ltlents than the HH te ) To Fat People "Dam et ving you kere the aay pit rely a p- od ta package of t or candy and a pound a as Rengo age free by mall i to Detroit; no free pa: Rengo |s for je New York by W. s h se branches. 7 & ith sts, and Riker & Son bth ay, & Md st hav, Broadway oth at., 1th st, near sth ay Th st policy.”” price. ia; regular size can, this Hae per can. Norway; very taney per can..... Pennsy va ania; per 8 10 12 ; per green limas; Atlas d quality; per you write them direct ages at drug stores, 8c 0., & HE celebration of Washington's Birthday next Monday is in honor of the memory of a man whose fundamental principles were truth, honesty and square dealing. | Andrew Davey Stores have maintaine od the same reine the later development ot policy since their inception; and their continual th insize, number and volume of business is a ‘honesty is the be This week’s specials are particu irly attrac: 10c ” 15c) 10c 10c 20c 15c e i Silk WAIST at $2.50 C Cc C and aggress: dittonal hosp velop the clintes and to extend Its pres- Jent excellent educattonal methods we | would Ina few years h |trol a disease that isc Commissioner Hebberd ees af dollars every” year’ | jof American taffeta, strong and half a ton of dirt He was pulled out by his companions, | und Dr. Russell, of Gouverneur Hos- | pital, found that his only injury was a sprained back. home. campaign to secure ad- al accommodations, to de- vender con- ting the clty The man was able to go shorn GARMENT SHOP Philips 12 West 23d Street UNDERPRICE PURCHASE OF DAINTY, NEW -| Satin & Foulard Gowns | Special at $95 Value $37.50 A remarkable offer of the most becoming and stylish models designed for the Spring season. $25 | ‘ | worth fully } $37.80 | For afternoon and evening wear—three of the gowns illustrated above—lace yokes and high collars—close fitting, clinging skirts—wide range Of colors—lustrous satins and foulards—a great Special underprice purchase, $2 Buys a Good SILK Umbrella something that is still consid- ered a luxury by many people, This price is 75c less than um- brellas of equal quality cost or- dinari.y. They are all silk, tape-edged, with natural wood handles; sizes tor} men and women. $2 each. 70c for $1 Umbrellas Here's a Flower Hat serviceable, natural wcod and fancy trimmed handles, Old Basement, Broadway side. You Will Admire —cne of fifty or more just from ‘the workroom — harbingers of Spring. This is a Turban shape, compactly covered with violets, ‘trimmed with a coquettish wing and loops or velvet ribbon in harmonizing shades, If violet is not your color, there jare delightful Hats of buttercups, clover, poppies and other blooms, some of which are sure to be bs- “coming. The point of our story lis right here—these charming i |hats—no two alike will fly . A away. This Dressy China | At $6, $7 and $8 Old Basement, Center. The collar, square yoke and the cuffs are of Val. lace; the front and back trimming of) Cluny, with clusters of plaits between. Both style and qual- ity are the best we have seen at the price, $2.50, At $5, a charming Waist of Black | Messaline Silk, sold under a guar- antee covering three months’ wear. Old Basement, Broadway side. Heavy Chiffon Veils Value 75c Each at 45c 2% yards long, with hem- stitched ends; in popular colors. Old Basement, Center, Odd Lots of Women’s Underwear And Children’s Hosiery which you can buy at half price and less, tomorrow, 75c and $1 Underwear at 35c each, 3 for $1 Women's Vests of white ribbed silk and cotton, heavy weight; of whit merino, light, medium and heavy; of gray meiino, medium and heavy; and of gray silk and merino, medium welght. Women's Drawers of gray ribbed merino, medium weight, in size 4 only, All perfect garments, All sizes among the Vests, but not in each style. Children’s 25c to 50c Stockings at 12c About 640 pairs in sizes 6 to 7 only, Of imported black cot- ton, plain and ribbed. Old Basement, Tenth st. side, John Wanamaker Broadway, Fourth avenue, Bighth to Tenth street INJURED BY A GAVE-IN. | der Half a Ton! Havtank, -ffonnis spore (Old Stewart Building) Store Opens at 8.15 and Cicses at 6 P.M. Prices of Women’s Winter COATS Drop to One-Half There are still many weeks in which to wear these coats, but we must plan for the Spring campaign long before you do, so all our small groups are sharply cut in prce. These coats, offered at such ridiculously small prices, are among the choicest gar- ments we have shown this season. Tailored Coats Colored —lensth, with and w:thout collars; lined throughout with fine satin. for Street Wear Hs ' At $35, regularly $70 10 $95—Ex- Evening Wraps clusive and richly trimmed models, At $15, reguiarly $3¢—Handsome made of the finest broadclothy, Cares in black and coors. At $35, regularly $75 to $90—Black At $35, rguleriy $70 to $25—Im- Broadcloth Coats and Wraps from ported Coats and Wraps for evening abroad; suitable for both street and and theatre wear, in light and dark evening wear, shades. At $30, regularly $60 to $75—Hand- At $50, regularly $90 to $115—-Very some Imported Medium-length Velour handsome Imported Coats and Wraps du Nord Coats. for theatre and evening wear, all ex- At $10, regularly $15 and $16.50-~ clusive models, in the pastel shades, Smart Black Broadcloth Coats, medium Second floor, Old Building. Help Us to Clean House Tomorrow of All Our GIRLS’ COATS at $4.75 The story can be to!d in a few lines: All the Girls’ Winter Coats, in sizes 6 to 14, remaining in our stock, will bear this low price tomorrow, regardiess of former prices. Many styles and materials are included —all, of course, in broken assortments. But it is a great opportunity. Ready tomorrow. Not on sale today. Second floor, Old Building. This Is the Time When Every Book Lover in New York Becomes Animated as With Book-Buying Energy For the Wanamaker Annual Book Sa’e is under way. The publishers from all about us six weeks ago began taking stock of thzir oversupplies of books. And Wanamaker's was the natural outlet, so that we have thousands upon thousands of books to sell at from 50 to 80 per cent, less than the publishers’ prices, Books and sets of books by Hugo, Balzac, Sievenson, Poe, Ainsworth, Dumas, Jane Austen, Lever, Hawthorne, Sh are, Guiaot, George Eliot, Carlyle, Buiwer-Lytton, Lincoln, Reade and Roosevelt: tooke of poetry by Byron, Shelley, Keats, Milton. Shakespeare, Chaucer, Poe, Lengiellow, Whit- ter, Bryant, Whitman, Dunte, Rossetii, Browning—but why continue to quote? This is th: largest Book Store in th: World, and, naturally, the sup- ply of books is almost unlimited. Novels, history, biozraphy, humorous, 1elig ous books, bcoks for young peope—all are here. A GOOD LiBRARY FOR ANY FAMILY COULD BE MADE RIGHT FROM THIS SALE. The Panel Books, Printed in clear type, on permanent opaque paper, with front spiece, decorated title page, orna- mented end papers, book plate and silk book-mark, Bound in full, rich brown lambsk.n, gilt. Fullgilt edges. Inclosed i sliptox. Publication price, $1.25. Our special price, 43c each. The Memoirs of Count Grammont, Anthony Hamilton, Don Juan. Lord Byron. The Life of Beau Nash, Oliver Appleton’s Universal Cyclopedia and Atlas Newly revised and enlarged edition under the direction of Rossiter Johnson, Ph.D, LL. D. Buckram cloth, publication price, $48 Our special price $18,75. Hait leather, rans) $66. Our special price, 217 27 Com: Raw Th World's Great Classics. ng sacred books of the Kast, linson's Ancient History, Tasso's Jera- Goyacmith saiem, Dante's Divine Comedy, ~ 2 a Hamilton's Federalist, Hegel's Phi- | The Devil on Two Sticks Alain 3 osophy cf History, Classic Mem: vols; Jowetts Republic of P: Lettson’s Niebelungen.ied, Hallam’s Middle Ages, end Michelet's Mocern History, 3 vols. ; Mcorish and Malayan history, Chinese end Arabian if erature, Babylonian, Assyrian and Armen an inerature, Hindu literature, Hebrew lit- | ure,Persian and Japanese literature, 8; Ideal Commonwea th, Classic Drama, 2 vols. ; Froissart’s Chronicles and Voltaire’s Charles XII, 2 vols.; and Montesquieu's Spirit of Laws, 2 vols. In all, 30 vols. 8vo, Edited by Julian Hawthorne, Ilustrated with numerous photogravures, etchings, colored plates and full-page portraits of great authors, University ecition. Bound in buckram, withleather label, gilttops, Publication prise, $52.50. Our special price, $18. Sheridan's Plays. Oliver Twist. Charles Dickens, The Art of Love, Ovid. Cranford. Mrs, Gaskell, Wethering Heights. Emily Bronte, A Sentimental Journey, Laurence Sterne. The Black Tulip. Alexandre Dumas, The works of the most popular poets printed from clear, readable type, on good Paper, each volume with frontis- piece and rubricated title page. Bound in vellum cloth, with ornamental cover design, Publication price, 75c, Our special price, 35c. | Main floor, New Building, _ ogy Kew New Building, Store Opens at 8.15 and Closes at 6 P. M. Clearing Up the Men’s $16.50 to $20 Winter Overcoats | At $12.50 It's putting protection against cold weather down to a very low cost to offer such good, stylish Winter Overcoats as these for as little as $12.50, But it is nearing the end of our sel'ing seascn— though not of the wearing season—and we want to get} these coats out of the way. Just 116 of them—black and Oxford gray, and a few in fancy materials, Men know how well Wanamaker Overcoats are made, and these are no exception. Sizes, are badly broken up—mostly 32's to 35’s and 40's to 48's, with a few in sizes 36, 37 end 39, But it’s good luck for you if your size is here. Tomorrow, $12.50 Each Main floor, New Building. Men’s Hosiery and Underwear At Very Little Prices The highest return on ycur money possible in these offerings is just THREE HUNDRED PER CENT. The lowest is some- thing over 200 per cent, The reason is that certain lots of socks and underwear re- main for the January clearance, which we now want to get rid of, So we mark them considerably lower than even the January prices. These groups—sizes pretty well broken in each case, But well worth looking through for yours: Men’s Half-hose, 35c pair, 3 for 81; originally 75c and $1 645 pairs; mostly sizes9} and 10. Some cotton or lisle thread, or cashmere. Men’s Underwear, $1 a Garment; originally $2.50 to $3 214 pleces, mostly Linen Mesh Shirts and Drawers, in large sizes. Main floor, New Building. John Wanamaker Broadway, Fourth avenue, Eighth to Tenth street ~