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BiG SPERM WHALE DIES IN FIGHT WITH SMALLER ENEMIES Thrasher and Swordfish Put Deep-Sea Oil Magnate Out of Business, BATTLE OF THE DEEP Steamer Bermudian Reports Exciting Sight 445 Miles Southeast of Sandy Hook. For the first time in the history of local marine reporting, there came to-| day the tale of the hold-up and murder of one of the original ol! magnates of the deep seas by two finny conspirators, Capt. Frazer of the Rermudian was an .07e-witness to the desperate struggle ‘When p came tn from Bermuda to-day he was st'll excited over the des tails of the ocean encounter. The Bermudian was coming along minding her own business, but wonder- {ug at the same time whether the Oceante would beat her to New York or not. ‘This wea at 4.45 o'clock yesterday morn. ing and the scene was somewhere about 4@ miles southeast of Sandy Hook. Then to starboard the captain saw| there was a suffragette meeting or Cenadian discussion over reciprocity, of something of the sort @oing on. An: way, the whole neighborhood was tated. He got his big glasses Searched the angry sea. goon he found that @ calf sperm whale Was the centre of the disturpance. Tt was aa active young whale, sixty feet long and carrying along about fifty barrels of ol! upon which Mr. Rocke feller had never laid his all-owning hand. From time to time there came the short, bushy spout that distineulshes the sperm. For 4 sperm whale, like @ Wisconsin 5 n, al t an angle and scatters his spo a Chatauqua lecturer talking by the word. SOMETHING WAS WORRYING, THAT WHALE. The ship was making about sixteen knota The whale - as making only ten, | but that was evidently no fault of the| whale. There seemed to be some reason for all the forced draught @ whale can command, and it was plain that some hale go along nable hauled the whale a chance on the Oceanle by own to Watch the fight. ‘The a thrasher hammering like a damage eutt 1 injury case Now, @ and fights is the pal of the = to stall for so the latter home while the swings of the nee that that roak trick at the he wiped the glasses a fresh glue to the along to turn proper time. again and rims, THERE WAS THE SWORD RIGHT ON THF JOB, Then the sword fish came Into sight. It was jumping around doing right and left volts about the whale, thrusting tn prime, seconde, tierce and quarte when- ever the thrasher worried the whale into making an opening. The whale was evidently listening to the reading of its dissolution decision and pre tu go out of the ofl business f bored and jumped through. the Uke a wounded snake. he breaches,"" shouted one of he crew who hod read the old New Bedford classic. Just why the whai ig not germane to this story. But by breaching he meant that the whal lunging out of the water, breaki mueb as possible from the surro was called she thems and trying to snap out of the way. But the thrasor key e4 with the flail-like tw. and t swordfish dived and sent its stil ito the Ws 4 stream spouting from its spout hole at the regulation sperm whale 3 its last rocket of ago ‘The two hold-up ui Gnished thelr task { red heathen.’ ‘Don't to church pied the In. heathen you do,’ rer Your Liver is Clogged up That's Why You're Sorts—Have Ni DEMOCRATS PLAN T0 GOBBLE FIVE NEW DISTRICTS a Legislative Leaders ‘Will Com- Plete the Congressional Re- apportionment This Week. Democratic leaders of the Senate and *|Assembly who have been seoking to re- | @pportion the congressional districts throughout the greater city with a view of creating five new ones eo laid out 8 to make them Democratic will com- plete their work this week. In this kind of mapping out for political reasons the Democrats are following in the foot- steps of the Republicans who, since the | Civil War have had all to say about 1 It te now proposed to divide the five |new districts among anhattan, Brook- lyn and the Bronx, giving one to the| Bronx and two to each of the other two boroughs. If it ts found impracticable to create In this city a fifth district which will be democratic the political Keographists will make sure of one by laying it out somewhere up the State. In this respect It has tentatively been suggested that a patr of Erie County near Buffalo and a part of Alleghany | | County could be apportioned so as to) This | make the fifth additional district. question will be decided when the big bosses of the State are consuited. ‘The basis of representation under the new apportionment act which was re-| vary oy the President is on a bional district. Queens may, under this, be accorded @ congressional district within itself instead of having the dis- | trict lop over into Manhattan as at present. When the Repu ns last reappor- tioned Manhattan and Brooklyn they hed four Republican districts in and three in Manh These seven are now to be by the Democrats, the borough will be from river to river so that the ¥ tatives in Congress from New York Btate. With an additional five Con- @ressmen the State will be enabled to Greatest g qumann Complete Outfits ~~ Attractively amis: for 3, 4 or 5 Rooms tional convention. The men working out the new plane have been holding frequent conferences in this city since the adjournment of the Legisiature. When the Legislature meets in September the reports will be Teady for final action, ee SEE BOY DIVE TO DEATH. Handreds Watch: i ninety delegates to Gracetal Lad junge. Several hundred bathers, who a few minutes before were praising his grace- ful dives, saw an unidentified boy drown off the foot of the Ocean Park- way, Coney Island, yesterday after- noon, ‘The boy, about thirteen years of age and 4 feet 2 inches tall, had been div- ing 80 gracefully from a stringpiece extending far out fnto the ocean at jthat point that the other bathers stopped to admire him for half an hour, The last time ne leaped from the stringplece he 414 not reappear and John McMonigie, a life-guard em- ployed at the new municipal baths, was called, After fifteen minutes of div- ing he recovered the body. There was nothing 4 the boy's clothing to identity him, i DEATHS LAID TO OFFICIAL. Coroner's Jury tm Ji sey Treliey Crash Diames Pilgrim, Coroner Tracey last night held an ine quest in the Hackensack Court House on the death of Willlam Hutchison, a |motorman on the North Jersey Rapid Transit line, who was killed with two others !n a head-on collision July 21 near Ridgewood. The jury returned the following ver- dict: William Hutchison came to his death through a collision of two cars North Jersey Rapid Transit 3 on July 21, 1911, occasioned by the defective hearing and disre- | gard of signals of Supt, Pilgrim, of the aforesaid company. Witnesses testified that warnings had the been shouted to jot hear. PART OF THE ROLE. (From the Louisville CourlerJournal,) “Shall we pose as |forelgn dukes at the hotel?" | “As the latter, my boy, A@ militon- es we might be expected to display some evidences of wealth. But as dukes, can possibly take it CASTORIA For Infants and Children, | The Kind You Have Always Bought n-| Bears the Bignature od | hdd Furniture House! Block 8th Ave. 35th to __At Lowest Furnished Prices! August Parlor Suit Specials A Superb Display of Newest Styles at Specia! Keductions for this Great Sale. $60.00 Parlor Suit,—3 Pieces, —$39.50 An exquisitely effective design with carved panels and heavy claw feet; frame, gracefully modetled and strongly constructed, is in highly polished mahogany finish; Three-Piece Suits $39.00 Parlor Suits... .25.98 $44.00 Parlor Suits. ...29.50 $57.50 Parlor Suits... .37.98 $58.00 Parlor Suits. ...45.49 $80.99 ParlorS Suits 50 e Suit 9& $50 { $3 to $4 Deposit WoRTH (ioe to $1.00 a Week Double Stamps with J “ay” i . Morning Purchas: OUR FRIET SALE SUMMED UP IN orthy of sale 1s will not be du at as low BUY NOW; WE DELIVER 815 to 830 Dressers, now .$10 to $20.00 812 to 824 Chiffonicrs, now $9 to $18.00 815 to 836 Brass Beds, now $10 to $24.00 820 to 845 Buffets, now $1 to $80. 812 to 624 Ext, Tables, no to $18.00 $16 to $36 China Closets, now $12 to $24 aiid from 400, to Bt. ASH OR CREDIT $1.00 A EER OPENS AN ACCOUNT OPEN SATURDAYS UNTIL 10 P.M. WE PAY FREIGHT, loose cr sshion upholetery, tufted and covered in panne plush. Actually w 2 ive-Piece Suits » Handsome S ‘ome Si LIBERAL CREDIT sunvits hizans. {$7.50 to $10 Deposit /$100(%: .0€ to $1.50 a Week RE DUCTIONS RANGING | FROM $95.00 Parlor Suits. . $105.00 Parlor Suits. . $120.00 Parlor Suits. . $145.00 Parlor Suits $170.00 Parlor Suits. © 2 . wo a 63.50 74.49 87.98 99.50 115.98 | 9.49 uits Up to $350, 0, Sing!e Stampa Stamps After 12 o’Clock 7 A FE WORDS nods, which we offer at O 33 123% prices tc ome, WHEN Y OU ARE READY $2 to85 Din. Chairs, now 61.26 to 62.69 #80 to 845 Parl ‘" w $20 to $30 , Suites, now $24 to $40 315 to 824 Couches, now... 910 to $18 $24 0x12 Axminster Rugs, now, .618, $21 Oxl2 Brussels Rugs, now... .614,00 25—Valves The. te 84.00, superintendent | GREENHUT- BuUILOIN a AUGUST 17, 191 J.BGrp (87AI9°STS.NEW YORK. No Charge for Alterations on Women’s and Misses’ Apparel— Hats Trimmed Free [MAIN BUILDIN' A Columnof Bargains! Short re —each one tellin; reat, big MONEY-SAVING oppor- tunity for YOU. ame ADIH Butidlog, Soceed Meet.) Washable Hats at 25¢ and 49¢ Latest Floor.) A *#10.50 Wal-s 7 tham Watch for A flat model, man’s watch, with a 20- year guaran- teed gold- filled ca: fitted witl jewelle movement it has a sec- ond hand- and is an ACCURATE, HANDSOME TIM Straw Hats, 50c $1 and $1.50 grades Popular 1911 styles for youths in the favorite stra CAN FIT EVERYBODY. $2 and $3 Hats, 75c Our owa regular goods, which means that they are the best values in New York, even at the regular prices, (MAIN Building, Second Ploor.) A Big $1 Doll for 69¢ A beautiful, fuil-jointed doll— has fine eyelashes and an excel- lent sewn wig. Town specials tor (MAIN Building, Fourth Floor.) — nd WE MAIN BUILDING: 10c Cigars, 2'%4c And Se Cigara for Less Than 2c rT s the proposition for to- morre Ine of our XTRA SPECIAL” days in the cigar de- partineat.” Take your choice of three famous brands: MABEL LOVE PERF fold at 10 straigh universal ‘ i aoe ered Flannels, Really worth 49¢ the reduced pri 1,000 yards ta and scalloped de Other Rasement Bargains ed trom Huadieds ¢ Unbleached Shaker fannel..... . de Fine Dress Ginghams—just the thing for school dresses... OL Standard Seersuckers house dresses, nur forms and children’s wear, 9€ 19¢ Wash Belts—neat, dainty 29c yard, and at have only hemstliched fine lor embroidery; pearl buckles, 3C 45c Lace Bags—washable lace; fi front; pearl button ord handle (MAIN Building, Basement.) Bags and Suit Cases $5SultCases—made of fine select- ; capped sole-leather ide straps $4.35 $3.50 Traveling Bags—made of black walrus-grained leather; and durable; 82,25 (MAIN Building, Basement.) ‘MAIN BUILDIN Women’ sLingerie &Coat Dresses Friday’s Final Prices Will Sell’Em The illustrations give uu a faint idea of the beauty of these dresses, but you must SEE them in order to appreciate the full scope of this mid-sea- son bargain opportunity. The Linen Coat $5 Dresses, at.. .. We illustrate one of the many models in 1 le. white and popular Summer colors—priced earlier in the Season at $9. TheWhite Lin-s, gerieDressesat 50 Charming styles—-one {Ilus- trated; trimmed with id to $16.50. Because of th character of this diversity of styles, ws fill mail, C. O. D. or approval sold from $2.95 to $3.05, Choice, ra MAIN BUILDIN Untrimmed Millinery. . $1.95 First of all, those white felt hats, trimmed eof a number of “artist caps”—one of the son with new Tam-o'shanter with white satin brims Thirdly, those soft and pliable felt hoods now 80 popular; ell the fashionable colors, $1.05. (MAIN Bullding, First Floor Women’s iving han Silk PongeeCoats nee $ 5 to.. A clearance, and one of the best that we have ever announced in August. As for the style, it is simple and Pret semi-fitting, with larze, rollin, lar and revers; inlaid with black or poulored satin, and trimmed with small buttons; coat sleeves finished with cuffs, trim- med to match collar; front fastening with large fancy buttons. Also Broken Sizes tn Cloth Coats—-semi- fitting, with shawl collars; for- $5 merly sold up to $12.75; at $3.50 Full-Length Linen Coats, at Semi- or loose-fitting models; conver- tible or fancy collars; patch pockets; sleeves finished with tailor-stitched cuffs; fine pure tan linen. Also an assortment of Tan Silk Pongee Coats in small sizes only; formerly up to $10.75. (MAIN Building—First Floor) For Friday THE BEST, One quality- Hams and Bacon CANVASED HAMS. 22 RUD HAMS" Fy 4 Noe HA TARTS 5 ere ltie 16%e c FRESH COCOANIT MAGS jo tt RLEBRATED 19340 i CURED” BD 8ILg CHERRY STPHALIN-STYLE = 996 1 1] t | | DANA'S’ iRisH.stvie RAGON 24e [Mies ESTEE PPE MIXED TaAS are each FRESH CHEPSE CAKES. IND ‘OR CHERRY LOAP CAKES each LTIMORE SPONGE GA 5 CALIPORNIA PRES HVS ; 25¢c GERMAN sue SPICE’ DROPS— 9e 85.50; 24 DRNIA RIPE OLIVES. ease 12¢ PURE OLIVE OlL-- bor Fresh Meats a) paid and charged orders Potatoes of fan y clty- dressed; 16¢ LAMB—tull fore quartere of city: 1 Be ted trom ¢ity- 10¢ Le ., 138 sm j is choke quailty Pennayi. NS—treeh: Killed tee’ i belt pg; lb. b On HOTEL BLEND 81; COFFER—4 Ibe. _25¢ ‘MAIN BUILDING Groceries, Meats, Fish, Ete. One scale of prices—THE LOWEST. When you find it rd 10 visit-the world’s biggest grocery, order by mail—or telephone 4000 Chelsea. Fresh Fruits PULE BREAKFAST G¢ tain ’ MOTHER'S GRAHAS reg. abe No, 4 wise pack bij niture eale ou high. Pour drawers and in each pedes drawers in upper rack. Friday ..... Famous “Cutler” Fat-Te solid white oak; 50 inches lon, 30 inches high, 31 inches wide; k Anish ; four draw- dull golden- ere and slide in each regular pri: day is now a decidedly will prove to be the o; fessional men who require ANY" YTHING in the line of Famous “Cutler” Roll-Top Desk, Illustrated: Solid oak, dull golden-oak finish; $0 inches long, 31 inches deep, 44 inches Pigeonholes in small Regular Price _— Greenhut rg “Everything for the Home Office Furniture. interesting feature of our a and best-attended midsummer fur- pRortuas furniture, Mlustrated: Solid oak; wax finial base, Regular Price, $27.50; Friday, "22 extension slide ‘Desk continuous ari pede Friday apect Vertical Lettor-Filo— four-drawer site, finished in dull golden oa! capacity about 15,000 letters; special Friday, at Of course, all other lines of furniture are also represented. Thou- Possible kind for the outfitting of the simplest or sands of pieces. Every the most palatial home Come! (GREENHUT Building, Second Moor.) Sale of Tapestry Couch Covers Striped Tapestry Couch $2.25 Oriental Tapestry H | 35 Covers—togularly $1 Tinoleums and Oil Cloths A chic si lace; neatly nickel-pluted fram: handle..........+ Morocco Bay Handbags-—chic novel eatin; white-satin lined. NEW COOKING PEAKS, crab or green appiea; No. 6 basket ality; aib. © Wines and up and atrengt ere $1 24 30; this. sale Pure Californta Vings SHERRY, ANG SCATEL'& TOKA tan loather lined ; meta! ue al MIt-braid Hite 5 cord aipeed jes; (MAIN Bulléing, MAIN BUILDIN( Foot-Mould Oxfords$ $3 to $5 Grades for pain at (MAIN Bullding, Second Floor.) wt 87! Couch Covers—special, at For Friday Inlaid LAnoleums | Printed Lénctasime Oilclotha Regular Sq. Yd. Regular Sq. Regular Sq. Yd. 0c 706 50c 39¢ 2Sc We $1.25 | She 55c AB 35c be S$1A5 $1.20 60c Bde 40c 29 (GREENHUT Buliding—Virst Floor) A5c ‘MAIN BUILDING-———————_ Stylish Lace Handbags Made to Retail at 96c Featured for Friday, at le—as illustrated--made of dainty white ined; long cord hai nickel plated frame; Atted with change purse, dbage—black it scal leather LE deweer eT fround bottom; cord 39c ited on bage; oval is St Fresh Fish We clean figh free of charge. Spanish mackerel. . Woston codfish steaks Chinook salmon ateaks Howton mackerel. Selected Long Bra LARGE, LIVE SOPT-SHELL CRABS —dor MAIN BU BD These Specials for Friday and Saturday Reiss's Ginger Ale, Bees Gere i | ames | Liquors Dublin Stout in Dublin. ly everywhere doren pinta; '§ dozen pints, cten 81.65 arre! of 10 dozen nips, 0.78; 8125 8] 09 . dot, bottles, dos. botties uaranteed strictly of f YALE COCKTA tan and Mart the finest old $125 quart bot. te *s By the Quart Bottle se resso 8194 irae 3 te 4 06s Whi ky No. 5 fling) 1 Ht: ‘Wo of the year for busi- office Sanitary Roll-Top Desk, 48 inches long, 30 Inches deep, 43 inches high. Three drawers and extension slide in each |Rotary Desk-Chair—solid oak ead- aped spindle back; base fitted with latest pattern adjustable screw and spring attachment; wood or 1.75 us at at ite ls tow chase fe danves. EVERY pale of our Foor. 2|SCHIEDAM HOLLAND GIN ure BeBSERG a