The evening world. Newspaper, September 18, 1911, Page 9

> \ \ ‘ BATTLE OF HARLEM IN 1971 IS RAGING AROUND EARN Fiercest of Tammany Primary Contests Covers Scene of Fa- mous Skirmish in Revolution, HINES LEADS THE FOE. Chief Rallies Many a Noted Brave for the Defense and Isn’t Worrying. ‘With neither State nor city tickets to excite the Manhattan voter this fall, attention generally has been focused on Primary fights in several Tammany res- » however, the fac- tlonaliem has been free from the “strong ervations. To da arm" jument of other years. Probably the most determined war- fare now being waged is aimed against James Ahearn, a warrior schooled in politics tn the old Twenty-first Ward, where Richard Croker and many other wigwam chiefs were nurtured. Ahearn has held sway in the Nineteenth Assem- bly District for five years. By trade a from voyhood up Political and otherwise, and now in the heyday of Prosperity—a wealthy building contrac- tor—he 1s unwilling to relinquish his plasterer, fought hi he ha own attles, seat in the big council. For many moons past, yes for a year or more, there have been war dances among the braves of the Nineteenth. To-day from one end of the big district to the other an insurgent band led by ex-Alderman James J. Hines {s noisily agsailing Ahearn In halls, from wagons and by banners, Red lanterns glow at night. The rah, rah spellbin voices for the future country, dimurbance. ‘ Until now Chief Aheat tent to sit in ignore Hines's trict and brand against his reign as leader. DEMOCRATS OF THE SATISFIED, SAYS AHEARN. “Democrats Ahi to-day. e who was the I became leader. the Monongahela Club. attack are those whom I have aided. “I had hopes a {ty for Gov, Dix of rooting out! faction- alism and having a harmonious Dem- ocracy here. my interests first, know and will vote according! Besides leaving political scars which never heal, these fights cost @ leader from $5,000 to $15,000, Last year Ahearn retained his leader- 18% vot ship by beating Hines by More than 2,000 votes were cast. applied for a recount. denied the appeal Manny Van der Noot, Frank Carstar- Commissioner John F. Galvin and Justice David L, Well so skilfully stated ion for Ahearn that Justice} phen, the situ MoCall said the appeal was “silly and jdie” The Appellate Division said the same thing. Ahearn {3 one known leaders, c, F, Murphy were fightin jived In his district eighteen yea has been In the building business twen ty-flve years. tends school, SOME NOTED NAMES AHEARN’S COMMITTEE LIST, Among the members of his general committee are United States Senator O'Gorman, ex-Judge Herman Josephs, ex-Corporation Counsel William B. Elli- who seems to go to Congress; ex-Judge son, George W. Loft, “goomed" ; Samson Loctiman, ex-Sheriff “Billy’ 1 and Senator Henry W. Pollock, first teenth elected in ages, His district club, the Minnetonkah, Hves in a fine four. story wigwam at No. 307 Weat One Hun dred and t to send out bags of “literature,” arrange the Pp work of the enemy, extend an in Ore of the Ahearns at the ‘Casino next Thuraday night to” yourself how Jimmy stands her ot the tight. and tell the multitude why | ‘Jimmy Ahearn ought to stay leader tite. “toollgan’* 18 @ humorist, the Hines people sa: y ag friends, plenty of them, tial and enthustasttc, Ahearn and influen counsel. rad fH. Smith and Aaron Levy, eader A 4 Lew ier of the Levy Election bill, have aasken at Ahearn’s rallies and other and | cal & {1 be at his oom: pigger political suns wi vaand before next Tuesday. ‘0 that the stanch old ship Minne- tan ih ts not dangerously imperiled, the rts, unless the cannon ‘Ahearn crew asse from Fo ngahela sputters explo is of their have joined in the general has been con- tepee,and scornfully . Yo-day he sends forth his spokesmen to travel the dis- as false the charges DISTRICT contented,” said iorm comes from I helped when 1 made him AKierman. He ran again and was defeated. Then he deserted and opened headquarters at Some of the younger element who know nothing of organization or regularity are blindly following him, The people leading this tter our immense plural- I have worked zealously, 4 out, and there has been rightful voters Hines Justice McCall of Tammany's boat He won a_chieftain's feathe! while Mayor McClellan and feathers oe eee a He has one-surviving of teven children, a boy, Harold, who at: ON Democratic Senator the Nine- Nineteenth street. Here night- he leading men of the organization g lists and report the To the stranger in istrict wno fears for the chief they pe nvitation to attend the out- Manhattan 1 for Ieast Interested in Ahearn's vis nis partner, “Hooligan Halla- ‘eno will join the Ahearn orators too, ¥ jaily extend encouragement and 1no sc Tammany men Ike Assembly | ives of @ kind the Ahearns never faced before. This te not likely, Ahearn’ workers are experienced old warriors who know primary warfare. THE “FIGHTING FLYNN®” ARE ON THE LINE THIS YEAR. “I've followed him forty-three y: now, and after I'm dead I'll up the cudgels for 1s the way “Tom” Flynn, the of the Minnetonkahs, ire younger’n I him since he Jurpny, nandier of the tribe's pattte: John R. Grant jr, President of the Mustard Association, a young organt tion allied to the Minnetonk H. Craft, Tommy Fox, A. E. Uthoff, | A. A. jin and Merman Fuld are | Ahearn scouts who have proved thelr | prowess on primary day. Bowed after years of countless paigns, but still active of limb and | keen of eye, is the Ahearns’ oldest war- rior, A. A. Hartington, who followed the political chase Washington County bet the metropolis. Geographically, the Nineteenth ta the mort signag district in Manhattan. Hacked from Gotham's centre of prea- ent-day residences, !t still holds the extremes of aocial Iife. The Riverside mansions of millionaires, Columbia tveraity, the College of the City of New York, Barnard College and the magnificent Cathedral of St. John the Divine are in the district, as are the tenements of the poor In Manhattan. ville and of the “middle class” under the hill east of Morningside Park. Over- Jooking the Hudgon and Riverside, Cen: tral and Morningside Parks, are grow- ing numbers of great apartment houses which yearly ada to the indepenient votes and further tmpert! a leader's de- fenao in a primary fight, 18,000 VOTERS IN DISTRICT KEEP LEADER GU! ING. In & general way the Ahenrn pre- gerves stretch between the Hudson River and Amsterdam “avenue from One Hundred and First to One Hun- Grea and = Thirty-third take fm half of Central Park and shaves | ficial off an irregular triangle, with Bt. Nich on the long aide, from the jortbern limits, institutions named, several hospitals, many factories—some 18,000 voters and a locality where students and young voters are yearly forcing @hemseives into political recognition, the leadership would seem a prize to be eagerly sought and desperately held. ‘The officers of the Minnetonkahs are: mes P. Kelly, a dentist-politictan, lent; George W. Enright, named the “Judg &@ printer, and Pearce L. Murphy, @ fear-alderman, Vice-Pres- | “Jimmy's” prize | captain (Ahearn, 57, Hines, 11), Treas- urer; John R, Doran, Financial Secre- tary; “Benny” Einbigler, Comm! Galvin's Secretary, Recordiny Secretary; Joe Roach, Corresponding Secretary, and Augustus Short, Peter Masterson | and John J. Donnelly, the three Ser- geante-at-Arme. ——— Aster Rewards Attention to Wife. Because they sent a bouquet to his new wife, Col. John Jacob Astor to-day faised the wages of nearly a hundred generation in ve migrating to id Tom was a Tammany warrior In the old Seventeenth, which extended from “Fortieth street to the Spike” (Spuyten Duyvil), as the gray-bearded Veteran described Jt. Only when the tibe of Ahearn is threatened does 4 Tom" don his political war ‘m his sons, Joseph H., Albert B., Arthur ané 4 his two song-in-law, 4 Harry Brown, for the attack, The head of the “ ting Fiynne” wi born tn the oi Fourteenth at No. Marion street, @ house which “Mann: Van der Noot, the Blackstone, wants to buy for the hardy eub-chiet- tain. Tt still stands. Despite reported defections to the Monongahelas, whose pow-wows and war dances have aroused the lethargic pale-faced aristocrats of the Heights, the Ahearn chiefs point to a long line of skilled braves, tutored In handting and counting the ballot Last year, when ton LF Legg Mn ha vading Monongahela 00d news came from the lowland dts- trict, About the camp fires that night John L. Carr, the Minnetonkah’s man- who-holde-the-money; John R. Brady, Jim Reldy and the “Village Pest,” ter Lethbridge, were hailed as the riota Who had turned the tide. For his workmanehip, Which the Hines braves disgustingly term penmanship, young Chief Carr fe to receive the Tammany nomination to sit in the councils of the Aldermen, Besides these, Big Chief Ahearn hae gathered about him to guard the stronghold polling places such captains of defense a# Billy Dal- ton, arley Ward, Water Inspector Ernest, Wetterer and “Eddie” Hellpren in the districts along the river. SOME OTHERS WHO ARE WORK: ING HARD FOR AHEARN. . Reilly and RF; who, with Chief Hahn, ones against Ahearn, now fight under his banners Old Jimmy Reld, once the'N. ¥. A. C.’s ance champion; E. 8. Bruce, a College fraternity organiser; Hugh R. Battle, the man; Fred C. Merrill, drugs oon Pat Mc- Glynn, Joe Reddy, “Jake” Wals, whom Hines’ once defeated by 09 votes for the Aldermanic nomination; Patrick J. resigned. resignation Is accepted, the Rev. Dr. Len @. Janta, Ga., will eucceed hi ealary which will keep hi for the rest of his life. ing ¢he object. S meats or salads. Made byE. Pritchard,381. : THIS MODEL BY MME. GEORGETTE. Opening Exposition of Autumn Millinery “Fashions Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, September Nineteenth, Twentieth and Twenty-First, Nineteen Hundred and Eleven Showing examples from the Foremost Parisian Modistes, such as Georgette, Suzanne Talbot, Marie Louise, Mme. Reboux, and many other artists of recognized position as creators, In connection with our display of Trimmed Hats, we call attention to our Paris Made Feather Turbans women who wants quiet elegance. Bul Ponpon effects, the craze of Paris to-day. Untrimmed Shapes by French Makers Every new sha productions of the leading French makers, who supply all the best known Parisian Milliners, Copies of French Untrimmed Shapes These we reproduce from Paris blocks exclusively for our own trade, an sell exact copies at popular prices. No other store offers you this great advantage. Trimmed Millinery, Second Floor, Uatrimmed Millinery, Main Floor, Crawlord Co., Sixth Ave.; 19th and 20th Sts.i New York Ci » The acme of refinement in style and finish, and always desirable for the A Handsome Collection of Millinery Trimmings ian Beaded and Worsted Bands, Ornaments, etc., Worsted’ Crochet Roses, which make such smart trimmings on a Velour Hood, also very beautiful Novelty Ostrich that Paris artists are using this season is shown here. The Tho Rev. Dr. Robert Stuart MacAr- thur of Calvary Baptist Church has His announcement will be read at a special meeting of the church members next Friday evening. If his it te expected Broughton, at Present paster of the Tabernacie in At- A movement fs on foot to make Dr. MacArthur @ pastor emeritu, on a im comfortably None but et- of the church knew of hie resig- nation to-day, the call fur the special meeting posted at the church not stat- Dr. MacArthur te in Atlanta at pres- The Flavor Lingers! Once you try it, you'll never be without it. Eddys B13, English auce Fine for soups, gravies, fish, 10 cents. At Grocers and Delicatessen Stores. SpringSt.,N.Y. a: ent, and tyesterday odicated Dr. Rroughton's new church. He made it Plain to the offictais some time ago that he could not perform his duties as pastor and those of president of the} Baptist World Alliance, to which he! was elected, He expects to go to Russia this year to ask the Caar for permission to build | a Baptist college in Russia, Ho. will} attend while there the dedication of the first Baptist ehurch to be built in that country. en Witttam P. Talbot Weds. Witltam P. Talbot, @ dealer in dia- monds, who Itves at the Hotel Retle- claire, Broadway and Seventy-seventh | street, and Miss Mary Anna Tripp of | Stanfordvilie, N. ¥., were married Sat- |urday afternoon at the homé of the mother, Mrs. John Pratt ‘Bripp. Rev. R. Allen performed the ceremony. Mr. Talbot formerly lived in Brooklyn and {s prominent in the Masonte organization of that borough. He and Mra. Talbot are on @ honey- moon tour and will be at home at the Relleclaire after Dec. 1 Lot 1 tions....... Room Oriental colors and patterns. price $24.50. Special 1 Special Lot Extra Heavy Velvet Carpet. lar price $1.50. Hall and stair patter i 95 $19.50 A very large va- riety of mahog- any bird’s-eye maple or Tuna mahoganydress- ers, usual prices ranging from 3 $30 to 340; some with oval, and others with pat- tern plate mirrors. substantial economies. $2.50 Heavy Silkoline © A wonder(ul value, Covering filled with soft white cotton Come in white, gray and tan ¢ 98e E: Size for $4 beds, good heavy qt Just think of buying @ large siz filled comfortables down dark effects. Limit 8 to a custa Go acustomer. Sale price \SIXTHD AVE. 19°70 20" STREET, 3 NEW YORK, Lace Curtains at Less Than Import Cost This Is Indeed Interesting News If You Need Any Lace Curtains Now or in the Near Future * Our Anniversary Sale is the biggest event of its kind in Greater New York. Never before have buy lace curtains of this quality at such low prices. When you see them you will be even more impressed with this statement. 32 styles Scotch Lace Cur- tains, white or Arab..... 24 styles Braided Renaissance Curtains, white or Arab... 28 styles Scrim or Etamine; Curtains, have lace inser- 18 styles Nottingham Lace Curtains, white or Arab... Values $1.95, $2.50, $2.95, $3.50, 8.9x10.6 Axminster Rugs, regular "15.95 36 Wilton #29 50 t Special 1 aH Plush Rugs, wearer 1 4.95 egue To-Morrow—200 Pairs of Extra Large $4.50 Blankets at, pr., $2.25 ‘An exceptional grade at this very low price come in an assortment of plaids, also plain white, gray, pink and light blue with colored borders. Heavy quality, soft Australian wool finish, ‘This price is for Tuesday only and Persian effects, light and dag! $3.50 Large Size Wool Nap Blankets, palr, $1.88 finish, colored borders, bound with silk, stern Fleece Blankets, pair, 59c¢ $6.00 and $7.00 Large Down Gom.ortabi opportunity to secure the biggest value of the seu Covering is of the best’ grade Ffench sate roof; come in beautiful floral and Persian designs, light and One Thousand 69¢ Feather Pillows d size, covered with best grade ticking in blue and white Filled with sanitary, odorless feathers THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1911. DR. MACARTHUR QUITS POLAT OF CALVARY CHURCH Resigns to Devote Himself to) Work as Head of Baptist World Alliance. NIGHT HAWK CABBY CONVICTED AT LAST. Citizen Has Him Arrested for “Cap- fing” for Resorts in the Tenderloin. For the-first time in the memory of the attendants of the Court of Spectal Sessions a night-hawk by was con- victed to-day for “capping” for gamb- ling houses and other ‘Tendertoin re- sorte, D. Stanley Bloom, a civil engi- eer, Who caused the arrest of Frederick Donaway, the convicted fehu, was warmly commended by Justices Deuel, Mayo and O'Keefe, for his public spirit. Bloom swore that as he stepped out of the Pennsylvania Terminal, in Seventh avenue, on the night of Sept. i!, Dona way approached him and suggested that his cab was @ good vehtcle in which to make a sporting tour Donaway, who lives at No. 24 Seventh avenue, and owns his rig. denied the but wan remanded for sentence. Lot 2 Lot 3 Elaborate Irish Point Lace. Cur~ *| Handsome Imforted Brus- ; CMB. eee eens sels Lace Curtgins...... * Imported Cable Net and Handsome Imported Tam- Lace Curtains...... Renaissance Lace Curt: l Heavily Corded Arabia tains.... Curtains............ Handsome Panel Lace ‘urtaini Values #3. SIMPSON CRAWOR: c $15.00 Pure Layer Felt Mattress, $7.95 We have just secured two carloats of these ‘mattresses, ‘They are built of ure layer felt, and are One Thousand $1.00 Kitchen Chairs 50. To-Morrow at c ‘We advise, however, to come early to avoid the crowd, No OC. G. D., mail or telephone ontem, $3.95 Do you wonder why we do such s lange $6 Mission business in our mission furniture, when we Chairs bititach baraning an (hist This, chalets wot constructed of aod “oak, "with Upholstered sorine wat. Rar GB OS jar value $0.00; sale price ° $4.00 Mocks aay T3:n0 ¥ : ke © Under-Price Basement. Size for double beds; omfortab! $1.59 best grade silkoline in beautiful floral colors, Good heavy weight, wlors. Lurge size for double bed, soft lity that ean be woshed satisfactorily, $4.85 jere is an e down quilt for omer. Beautiful Bonne Femme Lace Imported Scotch Madr ——_—_—__—— $40.50 9x12 Royal Wiltons. ‘i Special shipments of first_grade all worsted rugs from he leading manufacturer. Compare the stare of these SIMPSON URAWFORD O0,, SIXTH re. OBH RAWFORD O0., SIXTH Under-Price Basement Bargains The “ Not-Advertised” Specials are just as important to the Thrifty Shopper as those that are are ready every day. That’s what makes this Under-price Basement such ray 10,000 Pairs Blankets A four-store purchase in conjunction, with our allied interests in Boston and Chicago got the prices down so that we can sell you blankets at prices that mean very real and He may be sent to the Penitentiary for Js year or fined $600 or have both sen- |tences Imposed upon him. | = eo ASSOCIATED PRESS NINES PLAY. | The Associated Press day force yes- |terday defeated the night force in a fast and exciting game at Ryai ‘Thirty-third street and by the score of 12 to innings: Day Foree ....0 0102062 0 1-12 Night Force....0 0210110 16 Batteries-Crooks and Dempsey, Grath and Kane. ee " Had a Him, Lamie Good, a negro elevator man of No, 454 Lenox avenue waa knocked down by @ @outhbound Bighth avenue cat at One Hundred and Twenty-ntth atreet to-day. His left arm was broken. When he was taken to Marlem Hospt- tal by Dr. Baker a large revolver, fully loaded, was found In his pocket. Po- Neeman Burgoyne, who had helped get Good into the ambulance, at once put him under arrest for violating the Sul- livan Jew, @nd he was locked in the Mo- Stop that Backache Alleock’s Plasters will | relieve and cure. No others like them. ial Scotch ains . n Lace Cur- $2 Curtains | Lace Vat 3 FOREMOST STORE Size Royal Axminster Rugs, Anniversary Sale Special of Unusual Interest ........ HE demand for these rugs at store opening hour to-day was greater than we expected. Regular $27.50/triple weight rugs, T made by one of the largest mills in Philadelphia. Absolutely perfect in every detail. 5b m i ‘er h those Het competitors SS oleum, ‘fale: 9), pu_will realize that these are _not_an a thing Aa . Saseee pd ordinary sale rug, but one ot the standard $ best Vise’ cio. “henry bose makes. Sale price ry 0 $45 Quartered Oak Buffet, 327.00 A aplendid example of hi de furniture making, both in design and finish. Made of selected quartered oak, very beautifully carved. One of the best special offers we ever saw, $20 French’ Imperial Edge Mattress,10 ‘This mattress is the pride of our bedding department. We have just purchased a carload of ¢! mattresses at ifice, ing. not stuffed, of pure layer felt. sy place. ing of new Hats Priced Special lar trimmed dress and stbeet hats here. in quest of a new hat. cF UNDER PRICE Curtains to-morrow at far below 7 UNDER- PRICY a SO Cols bour Lace Curtains. .... Very Beautiful Imported Irish Point Lace Cur- Fine Renaissance Cur- tains (have hand made insertions) .. Genuine Hand Made Arabian Lace Curtains. 90, 96.90 & 97.90. No seconds feral and ‘wood floor elieets; 4¥4. Wide Linoleum. patterns. Regular, 30¢. Price. be lites are contemplating why here is your can't afford to tet thie bargain It is exactly like picture, with continuous post, 912. Clever Trimmed Hats In a Special Tuesday Sale in OurBusyDowa- stairs Millinery Dept. If you are fastidious about correct style and appropriatness see our splendid show- $IE98 We have hundreds of the cleverest popu- to-morrow, and know that such excellent shapes and bargains can only be found Don't fail to see what we offer if Lace Curtcins: Half Price A big purchase of Fine Nottingham, Scotch Lace and Cable Net Lace Curtains at a big discount enables us to offer you Lace qualities are equal in every detail to any that the reg- ular prices are asked for. 49c and 59c Lace Curtains, $1.79 to 82.29 Lace Curtains, P8C|#2.99 to 93.40 Laco Curtains, $1.66 This Week’s jar of Anniversery Sales ie Vitally Interesting omen. Wateh the to ‘ou been able to o> Test Mos. $3.65 $1730 ; None mismatched. ‘latest tile, 49c ————-|) ITO anit (iyi irass Bed in the near fut: portunity; you Finck: printed. Scores of Bargains to offer BASEMENT. The 29¢ actual wholesale cost. BASPMENT.