The evening world. Newspaper, January 6, 1911, Page 4

a Board Accountant - Charles Hall Davis of Petersburg, Va., 4 DEMANDS BOOKS. ININQUIRY NTO NS RALROAD WDE WOULONT AIK HAVING PALM READIN COURT | Chief Magistrate Kempner Put Palmist Cheira of Brook- lyn Under Bonds, Upon W. V. King to Produce Them. , ape | B@ILDERS UNDER PROBE TRAPPED BY A WOMA AO PER a SOE sel THE EVENING WORLD, “MAN OF SMILES” | TO WHOSE FUNERAL, “ATTEND BURIAL OF “MAN OF SMILES” a Caruso and Other Prominent Songbirds Honor Simple Restaurateur. A host of opern singers and distin- Knished Ita journeyed to Cavalry Bank Wrecker Was|He Had Read Her Palm and| Told Her She'd Make a Good Detective. ught Trying to Swing { Traction Deal. Marvyn Boudder, the expert account-| Despite the oratory of hts co 4n€ in the employ of the Public Ser- own offer to-day to read the Commission of the First District, Chief Magistrate has been working since Deo, 9, Proof that he had on The books of the South Shore Trac tio® Company, has made a demand on President Williard V. King of the Co- Junibia Trust Company for the produc-| Mog of the books of the Rallway Trac-| tlo® Construction Company, one of the jes promoted by Joseph G. the indicted bank wrecker. » King in one of the Federal re-| celvers appointed by Judge Chatfield last Saturday for the South Shore Traction Company, His associate in the receivership is Paul T. Brady, who practised by the eminent philo: mage the application thro the law | of the ages—by Plato and Aristotle, by firm of Gifford, Hobbs & Heard, James | 14 Vega and Vietor Hugo and Charles | for member of the | Bell. It tsa science that efables a man tor of the Columbia | to know himself and guard against his follies and besetting wins, It is moat earnestly to be hoped that Your Honor will not undertake the responsttility of taying that Aristotie and the long Ine of distinguished men who have used palinistry were fakirs, or stupid and inbectie. Wanted to Read Judge's Hand. “The defendant never pretended to be @ fortune teller, He can merely read the indications of the future from hand, We ask, if you please, very ctfully, the privilege of studying t lines and conformation of your Honor's own hand. It may be that we sliall find there that you are dex. Siwaye been Most friendly to the com | ineq to Le put on the Supreme Court mission. The President of the Columbia |» nop. ‘Trust Company was a member of the! s4 go not care to know what the committee appointed by Gov. Hugties t0| suture may be expected to have in investigate Wall strest, and he 1% 4 | store for me," said the Magistrate, manch advocate of the so-called Hughes | yep, garah Webb, employed by the nsel, his hands of and his correctly gauged the character of the woman detective who had him arrested, Cheira, palmist, wax put under bonds of $500 to “keep the peace” for six months. This will permit him to open business, he remarked, on July @ at the beach, though he regretted he would have to | mise the July 4 crowd “Palmistry t# not the device of a charlatan,” said former Assistant I trict-Attorney Carrao in pleading Chetra’s cause, “It was studied and Kempner, okiyn Says He Hasn't the Books. “Mr. Boudder called to see me, and in the name of the Public Service Comm!» asked for, and I told him . Mr, Soudder left after saying that the commission would probably get an t compelling me to at the action of Mr. Scudder, as he had | ‘The Railway Traction Construction Company ts the one Robin corporation in widch Robin himeelf appears to have signed the checks. Robin was Treasurer, ‘William L) Brower Vice-President and Frederick K. Morris, the venerable pri- vate secretary of Robin, Secretary. William P. Youngs of Suffolk County wes President of the company up to Jam. M4, 1910, when he resigned, retiring with Martin A. Bchenck, the former Sec- retary. No successor was elected to the Presidency, but Charles A. Veitch filed the Secretaryship until November, when he resigned and gave way to Mr. Morris. Controle the Traction Company. ‘This construction corporation ho 5,001 shares of tho 6,96 #1 ing of the South Shore pany. Federal Receiver Brady was first | vice-president of the traction company. has made an aMdavit that he sold con- trol of the South Shore Traction Cor pany to Robin for $75,000, but has n received one penny in payment for the «ame, If Mr, Scudder doen not get {ng books of the construction co from the Feder for them elsewhere. Subordinates of laro that these particulor not been destroyed, IMoulties with the Insurance and Bankipy Departments grow out of hia attempt to swing the $5,000,000 South | Shore Traction Company in the course of the inquiry by Mr. Boudder, when asked f securities which were not visi offices of the South Shore Tr: pany in the Times Building, Mr. Robin made a hasty exit, returning shortly af. lerward with an armful of securities, A few days later Supt. Hotchkis» of the Insurance Department began check- ing up the securities of the Aetna demnity Company of Connecticut at No. & William street and those of the Title and Guaranty Company of Rochester, owned by the Ae:na company, Robin controls the Aetna company. Then Supt, | Cheny of the Banking Department began checking the securities of the Northern | elvers he will rried on | Bank and the Washington Savings! ¥ Bank. . ch Thus Robin was caught amid three fires. Used Outside Lawyers. A friend of James M. Gifford, who ia a director, and wi orney for the Northern Bank, said to-day | “Robin never went to Gifford in con- | ection with any of his acts of wrong- doing, but employed outside counsel, All of ‘his important moves in the Girectorate of the Northern Bank were made by his dummies. To connect him ly with the wrongful acti the difficult task now confronting trict-Attorney Whitman." eat temere HERE IS A CHAUFFEUR WITH A CONSCIENCE. | se tu te Homesick Boston Boy Wants to) _ “Take His Medicine” for “4 Joy Ride. & youth of nineteen walked tnto the hesdquarters of the traffic squad in City Hall yesterday and said: “Tm a chauffeur, and I want to give myself up.” “Have you killed any one? they him. “Why, no," said the young fellow. “I took my employer's car out for @ doy ride with a girl on Jan. 1, The car Wea wrecked in Dorchester, Mass., and 1 came on to New York. I'm home Charlestown, Mass, and that his was C. B. win of Wo. aot street, Boston, He was up st Headquarters and the the perfect soda cracker, Cemetery to and attented the simple 8 andgpurial of Gennaro Del Peszo, proprteto: the restaurant at No, gi West fourth atree:, where whitually dined Dei Pezzo was known among his ountrymen as “the man of smiles.” He funeral rery was an tatim: nd of Enrico Ce- ruso be he came to this country, eleven 4 ago, and estatlished the r t that drew so m stars of lon the musical world to ite The restaurateur died yeeterday after a GENNARO brief ti DEL, P Tt et co hold funeral servi k's Cathedral, and and Seott! volunteered The widow objec - - to wing police to help them hunt fortune-tellers, said that when che went to Cheira’ place at No. 516 Fulton street on De: sho told him her name and age sald she was a stenographer in a Pariment store, “Ho told me,” she said, “that T heart trouble and other allments. va ral services } Among tho#e who rode tn the long funeral cortege to the cemetery were aldine Farrar, Scott!, Andre Junrdo Missiano, Antonto Anganto Didur, Glutio Rosst, » Del Orifice, |. Maestro Po- Cavalier Ca- . Ciro Liquort, 20 dl Crestano, Luly! Paue, Clazano, de- had | § He that within the next nine years I w have to undergo a very serious operation net necessarily fatal. « he said me that from my hand he would advise me to ive up stenography | Ayano © and get employment as a detective, He} Qi said I would make a fine detective.” Mane Lmnatey Told of Coming Marriage. Magistrate Kempner had to rap for order to put down the laugh in the courtroom at Mrs, Webb's expe also told how the paimist des. character and told her that to marry a middle aged man an three children. She told him that a man. with the letter in his name was coming back into her lite. Cheira took the stand and offered a chart of the hand In evidence. He satd} loving to walk up and down stairs that he diagnosed Mrs, Webb's all-| They will have a | of a little over ments more from her face than her] t will be used hands. He laid great stresa on his! 1 8, whose duty art as an exact science and said that/ takes them fron to fireroom, he had written books and articles ont » elevators are ered necessary the subject. by the fact that shere are no doors be- tween firerooms on the new ships. The first elevator to be used In the United States navy was Installed on the hos- pital ship Solace during the Spanish war. Mi, Dr. Antonio Boscto, Glovann) Aquimo, Pietro Biso: Carlo Adamo and Enrico Bara, The services at the conducted by the Re —__»—___. to Lifts in the Navy. the Chicago Journal.) Jc elevators are to be fea- h of the new United State he Dreadnought type, but not American sailors are too luxury cemetery were When the Magistrate announced the decision Chetra, whose right name ts Patrick Delancey, sald that he would carry the case to the highest court in the Btate. It’s the very nature of, a soda cracker to absorb moisture and foreign odors. That’s why the ordinary soda cracker remained so long in obscurity. The advent of Uneeda Biscuit and the moist- ure-proof and odor-repelling package anged all this—for Uneeda Biscuit, keeps lect company—its own. To-day the goodness, the fresh- ness and body-building vir- es of Uneeda Biscuit are acclaimed in nement and mansion, | Never Sold » | down, FRIDAY, JANUARY FIND GIRL BOUND AND CAGED N GELUR CORNER Sixteen-Year-Old Celeste Ca- vaiola Tells of Three Men and Mysterious Bottle. Celeste Cavalota of No. 87 West Fifty: | ninth street to-day told the police that she was seized by two men in the cellar of her home, bound, Iald in a dark cor- ner, visited by another man who held @ bottie at her now and left for an hour until @ gas meter inspector found her. | SAYS RIGH COST OF LIVING CAUSES MOST DIVORCES. CLEVELAND, Jan. 6—Court#hip in America ts often @ mere nocial masquerade, according to Judge W. B. Neff, who at the term of court just ended granted 428 divorce de- crees. He blames the high cost of for most di copt when quently the ® hero and the man an angel, only to be disillusioned shortly after the wedding di “High pri incomes,"* an intense coupled with small bt aged “resulting in tions, are respon ing of a large number of homes. “What makes divorce frequent is the fact that women now find it easy to be financially independent of their husbands. Perhaps if we adopted the prudential marriage system of Eu- rope we should be better off.” Except for fright she had not been | harmed. ‘The girl's father, Carlo Cavalola, tk a barber, with a shop two doors from his home. He said he had not received letters threatening to kidnap the girl. | Lead pipe thieves raided the upper part of the house last night. Celeste ta sixteen years old and has | big. round innocent eyes. Tne police Were impressed with her simple truth- fulness, "1 was after wood for breakfast,” said, “and the cellar te datk, except at the street door, which Is never closed. she! | At the cellar staire 1 was quite dark. ‘Two men caught me. One of them put his hand over my mouth. They ted one arm behind my back and the other at my side. They wrapped my ekirts about my ankles and tied my legs to- gether, Then they put rags in my mouth and latd me fn the corner, “One of them sald to me: ‘We will be back at 6 o'clock.’ He was young and spoke English, but like an Italian, The other one looked older and had a mue- tache, Both men went up the cella: stairs. Tight away another man cam: He held an uncorked bottle my nose, I don’t know what was in It, and {t did not make me sleepy or any- thing. He went away, and I laid there until the gas man brought the police.” The gas inepector, Wiliam Gundel- heimer, thought the girl was dead when he lighted @ match to take the meter reading, He called Policeman Cleary, who untied the girl and summoned Dr. Allen from Flower Hospital. The doo- | tor found that hysteria was all that was the matter with the girl. The rope with Which she was ted had been taken from a bale of junk in the cellar. | — More Important, (From the Chicago Record-Herald.) at was the subject of Corinne's ting essay?’ | . I was wondering who made Cod to Solve Cost of Living. | BOSTON, Jan. &—Sir Edward Morris, Best Unusual Reductions Catlor-made Suits for Young Women, Misses and Girls at Cxtremely Low Prices This sale includes Suits of Imported Mixtures, Cheviots, Broadcloths and many fancy materials. $14.50 Sizes 10 to 20 years $19,501 5 $25.00 Formerly up to $75.00 Imported Wfodels at Less Chan Cost Tailor-made Suits, Evening Wraps and Gowns. Girls’ Wool Coats Several models from 314 to 7 years.....at $4.50 Others from 4 to 16 yrs.; flannel lined. .for $7.50 Premier of Newfoundland, entertained at the Chamber of Commerce to-day, sald: “If reciprocity comes within the realm of reasonable diplomacy my coun: try will participate. Newfoundland las | three or four items to offer the United | States. The first is an enormous caten [of codfish, the distribution of which through the inland States of this Unton would help materially, in my opinion, | to seive the question of the high cost of living.” OST'S JANUARY FUR SALE Tomorrow, Saturday, will wit- ness one of the notable Fur Sales for which the POST Store is con- spicuous. To women who have been waiting for final reductions in fur prices, this sale will appeal with unusual force. There are yet three months in |which furs may be worn—the coldest months of the year. Furs bought in the POST store are cared for FREE of charge |during the summer months—an important point to remember. HRikersExpectorant STOPS COUGHS =< ‘our cough or A cold can with RIKER’S EXPECTORANT 25 cts. and 60/| a bottle. If 60-ct. bottie of Riker’s Expecto- rant does not stop cold, bring back ¢' and get your money. & Co. $29.50 & $35.00 | | Five hundred Muffs in Brook Mink, | Sable, Opossum, sg bey ramps Mink jand Persi Lamb. jues \up to $10.00.............. BL,00 Animal Scarf or Shawl in Belgian Hare jLyux of Wery, rich Lustrous Black: nicely lined. Regular value $000.0 nes eene nse, S298 | A limited number of Fur Lined Coats inall sizes whose prices have | been up to $40.00 reduced to 93.98 Beautiful French Sable Coats, 52 inches long, with guaranteed lining, im $400.“Ta Saturday's. Sale they. wil R In turday's le A Military Model and Our Regular Be told regardless of va $19.95 Chinchilla Coat. Any Requtred Alteration Made Children’s Hats . Reduced to $1.00 & $2.75 Former prices up to $6.50 Fifth Ave. at 35th St. Stern Brothers To-morrow, Saturday . Important Clearance Sale of desirable Young Men’s and Boys’ Clothing Norfolk, Double-breasted, Sailor and Russian Suits, Formerly $6.50 and 8.75 Children’s Reefers and Overcoats, fine fancy mixtures and chinchillas, 3 to 10 yrs., - Formerly $8.75 to 12.75 Boys’ Long Overcoats, regular or convertible collar, 9 to 17 yrs., Formerly $8.75 to 12.75 Youths’ & Small Men’s Overcoats & Suits, 33 to 38 Inch chest measure, ~ Formerly $12.50 to 14.50 Boys’ Fur Trimmed Overcoats, Formerly $10.50 and 12.75 Children’s Fine Beaver Hats, Formerly $3.75 to 6.75 ———————————————— Misses’ and Children’s Fur Coats At Unusually Low Prices White or Brown Coney Coats, silk lined, sizes 2 to 14 years, Heretofore $16.50 to 39.50 Black Pony Coats, 4 to 18 years, Heretofore $27.50 to 59,50 Mar “oats, 4 to 18 years, Heretofore $32.50 to 69.50 - French Seal Coats, 4 to 16 years, ‘Heretofore $35.00 to 72.50 Natural and Sable Dyed Squirrel Coats, 2 to 18 years, Formerly $52.50 to 118.00 Fur Carriage Robes, White and Brown Coney, silk lined, Heretofore $10.50 and 12.50 Heretofore $24.50, West 23d and 22d Streets White Thibet, Regular price $12.50. .at $9.25 Smart Russian Pony Coats in the pop- ular 52-inch length; beautifully mottled, Chapel dyed; lined with Brocade or Skinner Satin. A remarkable $70.00 value, in to-morrow's sale $34.95 Rich Hudson Seal Coats, 52 inches long, superbly lined, in Plain or Fancy effects. This Fur is equal in appearance to the best Seal, and will wear quite as long. The number of coats is limited. Your oe Sane here, Genuine $1 value, to-morrow for. . $45.00 Real Russian Marmot Coat, 52 inches long, Brocade or Plain Lining. The only Fur that resembles Mink and wears as well as Mink. Regular $100.00 vaue.... 947.30 «, J.L.POST i", S.W.Cor, Ith Street — stret and Union Square a 450 at §.95 If | could take you Into my large factories at Brockton, Maus., and show you how carefullyW.L.. Douglas shoes.are made, J workmanship and the Dah leat used, you would then understand why Dollar for Dollar 1} Guarantee My Shoes to hold their shape, look and fit better and wear longer than any other $3.50 or $4.00 shoes youcan buy. Do you realize that my shoes have been the @andard for over thirty ye: that I make and sell more $3.50 and $4.00 shoes than any other manufacturer in the United States ? Quality counts, It has made my every- where, a 6,75 at 8,50 5.00 at O5¢ . 3 to 10 years, at $12.50 to 27.50 ry las Stores in Greater New York treet. | 260 Weet 125th at, BROOKLYN az lion Street, $20.00 » 45,00 at at $25.00 to 52.00 venue, tkin Avenue k—785 Broad u |” Street, | Jersey Clty—ssMews ” ark Avenne, at $25.00 to 57.50 at $39.50 to 85,00 at 14.75