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GANGSTERS HELP HELL'S KITCHEN 10 SHED BAD NAME “Gophers” and “Guerillas” Join Movement to Cleanse the District. NO OUTSIDE REFORMERS Prize Fighter and Ministers on | Committee to Provide More Recreation Places, The “Gopher” the gang, the “Gueriilas” and the ott Hell's Kitchen residenters will get to- Gether to-night—and there will be no need of police reserves. It fs not to be & weet side battle; Instead it Is to be a! strictly west side gathering for the im- Provement of the recreation fuciities of | the “Kitchen.” ttended by all and bo; men's clubs of the district, will be held in the audi. torium of Public School No. 17 for t Organization of the West Side Recr tlon League, In which the gangsters the district wil! join with the club bringing about peace. Edward M. Bar- rows of No, 512 West Forty-seventh street, secretary pro tem, of the league, Hell's Kitchen's pian for reforming iteelf 1s a unique one. “It is a spontane: us momevent of the people trict itself,"" said Mr. Burrow not fathered by the various settlement Amrtitutions. The very fact that the men ys have begun the movement !n- juccess. The boys and men streets i ague. A ing last night we had reprogentat! Ralelgi Athletic Club, thy Club, the Go Ahead nolds Association, the @win Oaks Club, the Bear Clud, the Quinton Social Clu», the Yan- kee Doodle Boys, the Minute Social Clu of the Sunshine Mission, the Royal Oaks Club und others, WILL WIPE OUT STIGMA AT- TACHING TO DISTRICT. abers of these clubs are hard who feel that i can clear ite t attaches to it Is ecreation grounds e 13 ubsolittely no the district now, and the bbe that our boys, in gangs, Trouble follows. ns to werk for more ve will begin with | foo, of West now is closed indoor bai ur handball a we will guarantee to nized, and | te jn and keep . and they have Mt Jer will be tolere | d boy will constitute uardian of the iw to ated. Wach ma: himselt into a + police the pier.” the Hell's Kitchen res!- in earnest, Barrows poli League was composed of Jack Den: prize-fihter; Rev. Futher Ryder of ti Bacred Heart Church, Rev, Ackert the German Lutaeran C! buen, ex-Alder ‘Miller, Undertaker Wallan ‘urran, F F, Lutters and others who ‘have live fm Hell'a Kitchen for years and know ite needs, PEOPLE OF THE DISTRICT PLAN OWN REFCRMS. The gangsters and club members re- gent the imputation that the social set- tlemant workers are responsible for the formation of the league. “It Is the men and boys of tho dis- trict themselves who are acting,” sald Mr. Barrows, deserted West Side Neighborhood at ‘Tenth avenue and Fiftleth » Which John D, Rockefeller bullt at a cost of $250,000, was polnied out as an example of this resentment, having deen doomed to failure, the west siders aay, because “Fifth avenue tried to tell Tenth avenue how to act.” here's any reforming to be done f the “Kitchen,” MAYOR REFUSES TO TAKE AN INCREASE OF SALARY. But Wants His Successors in Pater- son to Have $3,500 a Year. Jn March 20.—Mayor ide, who {s one of Pate eltizens, garding the bill ine e Senator John D, g for the tne “Rhodes” | Athletic | urts and a from Hoboken to ¢ issued a e of the} AGISTRATE ASKS INVESTIGATION OF LAWYER'S BIG FEE ‘Wants Charge Lord Said He “Took Care” of Court Of- ficials 10 Be Probed. In a stinging letter, Chief Magistrate Otto Kempner of Brooklyn, to-day de- manded that the Grievance Committee of the Kings County Bar Association | Investigate the charges that Attorney John B. Lord, one of the leaders of the Brooklyn bar, exacted #00 from Mrs. Marte H. Lynch for “taking care” of the people ‘down there,” meaning tho Brooklyn Judges. In the letter Magistrate Kempner said in part: “It has become a common practice Among a certain class of lawyers to justify unconscionable fees on the pre- tence that they share them with police. men, court attaches and even tho | judges. Every court official suffers from these outrageous !mputations, In {consequence thereof, the public faith [in the honest administration of crim- |inal justice 1s discredited and under- | mined, resulting in incalculable harm to the community.” Magistrate Kempner inclosed in the letter an affidavit signed by Mrs. Lynch of No, 1% Ryerson street, Brooklyn, who charges that on March went to the home of Col, Asa Bird |Gardiner, former District-Attorney of New York County, at No. 12 Clifton |Place, Brooklyn, to ask him to cause the arrest of John Lynch, for falling to marry her. Mrs. Lynch charges Col. Gardiner called Mr. Lord on the telephone and asked him to take the case, specifically notifying him she could not pay a fee ot more than She went to Lord's office, No, 189 Montague street, and ac- compant Lord before Magistrate | ied a warrant for was paroled in Lord's cu towing day | Mrs. Ly bank. The couple, | Lord, went to the bank, she says, where |Lyncn drew $100 and placed the remain- ling $1,600 in a Joint account with his | wife. The $0, she charges, was given |Mr. Lond. Later, ehe swears, Mr, Lord demanded an additional $0. ‘The matter was heard ivefore Magia- trate Kempner yesterday afternoon, Mr. hicaeavanias isthe Lynch drew the | $100 trom the bank he was In no cond!- | tion to take care of It, and it was given |to Mr. Lord, $0 as his fee and the re- | maining $50 to be held for Mra, Ly and delivered to her as goon as | garded mediately BOMB IN MILK W WAGON THROWN OFF FERRYBOAT. ime Fuse Sizzling Merrily When Prudential Company Driver Dis- | covers It and Gets Help. | ‘There was a tement aboard the D. L. & ¥ oat Netherlands on one of her morning runs ristopher street to- of a wagon mpany, of No, 739 overed a bomd kon, with a times day when the driv Prudential Milk ¢ | East Twelfth streot jin the rear of his w | fuse sizzling in it. | The ferrybout had just put out from the Hohoken slip when the driver smelled smoke. Then he heard a peaul- 1912, she | ___. THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, NINE ARE KILLED BY GAS EXPLOSION IN THEIR HOMES Women and Children Victims, Are Mangled—Body of One Girl Is Hurled Into Tree. SCRANTON, Pi March 20.—In a as explosion 1 1s thought, by j mine settlings nine persons were killed and two injured early to-day in Dun. more, near here. Two families, com- prising two and seven children, were either blown to pieces in or burned in the fire that destroyed three hou: The dead are Mrs. her five children, Rose, and William, twenty. Vito Summa, Mra. Cavell: daughter, and her two children, Mary, aged seven, and Frank, four. The body of Mary Summa was found in the imbs of a tree fifty feet from the scene of the explosion half an hour after the accident. More than twenty dwellings near the scene of the ex- plosion were badly damaged by the con- cussion and the flying timbers and scores of persons were thrown out of their beds and bruised. During the past week mine settlings in the neighborhood of the Cavella home have caused alarm. Only a few days ; sso the cellar dropped out of a house on the opposite side of the street and several miners climbed to the surface on ladders let dewn by the women of the house. The Dunmore police, after an ae fe gation of the explosion, say th: from a broken main, caused probably by the mine setttings, fou Into the cellar of the Cav » | where it gathered in a dense volume and exploded when It came in contact | with an oil lamp that was burning In 1615 ‘Atiantte| avenue, Brooklyn, on parole from Fi-| mira Reformatory, was caught early to-day by Detective Lynch at Marc: and Putnam avenues when he wa: running from shote fired from an up: per window at him by Roth Kuhn, cigar merchant, at No. 9 Marcy ave: nue. Kuhn sleeps over his had heard Egan trying to boy was held in $2,000 ball by Magis-| trate Rey pole in Gates Avenue cont TOW FAT AFFECTS THE LUNGS How plesufferingtrom bong of fat can ing breath bgt Ae work faster, tl through eet ad orton at double pressure, ig. no time for proj nourishment of thebody. Anda cause thelungsare crowded withrolls t that prevent smooth, casy breathing. How much better to dis- solve the ‘i and allow ae system to produce compact muscle. This is ac- ‘and "taemlonty for year etfective in reducing fat people to slimness. The steady even reduction| is accomplished without dieti: exercise, allowing you to live as y like, eat what you like and still lose 10) to 16 ounces a day. Marmola Pre- scription Tablets are for sale by all druggists or the Marmola Co., 184) Farmer Building, Detroit, Mich., at 7c. for a large case. If getting too fat for comfort, buy a case to-day. real Cluny and Irish laces. Habutai Tailored Shirts trimmed with laces and em! Fifth Avenue far flazing sound and saw smoke rising | in the rear of his wa He jumped oft and yeiled to Frank Wild, a deckhand, and Alexander Hamilton, a railroad de- tective. They took one peck over the | footboard of the wagon and rushed into lthe cabin for fire extinguishers. Both men trembled. with apprehension as |they played the extinguishers on the ‘bomb. When the fuso was drenched the wagon was backed to the rear of the boat and the bomb thrown into the | river. | About stx months ago some one | placed a bomb of the same kind in one lof the Prudential Milk Company's wa- gons and the wagon was blown to pleces and two horses killed, ‘This also oce curred on a Lackawanna ferry-oat ‘he Hoboken poll suy the company had jebor troubles since its driv- So Tired of Tired Feet! Use TIZ Gets tho “Tired” Out in a Few Mjputes. Makes Your Feet Sore-Proof, “Oh, tudge! It's awful how tired feet make you feel tired all over—#o dead tired. , “Pull, Johan, Pull!” Norfolk and Double Breasted Extra Knickerbockers, 8 to 18 years. Bonwit TELLER & Co. EXTRAORDINARY VALUES THURSDAY Sale of Waists Smait, New Styles, Just Received French Hand-made Waists Made of batiste, hand embroidered and trimmed with Value $8.75, Custom made, suitable for riding, golfing and travellii White grounds with hairline pets Si Special at Imported Striped Voile Waists White grounds, with blue, lavender, coral or black stripes. Jewelled buttons to match. Value $10.00, Hand made and Hand Emb’d Blouses Original French blouses and ada blind embroidery trimmed with Val., Cluny, Filet and tions in eyelet and Values up to $19.50, Lingerie and Voile Waists Ten distinct models in mh and low neck styles, Special value at at 38th Street OPPENHEIM, CLLINSs G 34th Street Smart Clothes for Boys at Moderate Priccs Models of all wool Mixed Cheviot. Value Special 5.50 1912, I28T STREET: KSchz a© BetweeriLenauA 7th Aves’ A three Sale of Toilet Articles rams "Scurday hy ds but a glance at the undernoted items to convince you of the wonderful values they represent—best known makers’ well known brands—at enormous savings. Quantities limited. COPCO OR FAIRY SOAP—6 cakes,21c ARMOUR’S TOILET SOAP—box La 4 ARMOUR’S ROMANZA TOILET soar, a WITCH HAZEL soir cake WHITE OR’ GREEN CASTILE naae) WHITE CASTILE SOAP—3-Ib. bar, 28¢ GREEN ee Ha stand and 1% Ib. bar, 14¢; 2% Ib. 25 WHITE CASTILE SOAP er cake. we bags eee BATH SOAP—box ot " No. ria TRANSPARENT atvceRIn SOAP—box of 3 cakes .33¢ epee MUG SHAVING Soars sake .. . wOoDBIIRg FOOT SOAP cake, ie wate DAGGETT AND RAMSDELL COLD CREAM—S0c size » 88¢ pee tal MASSAGE CREAM — a: HOUMES'S FROSTILL. ARNICA CREAM, regular 25c. href ie ribs POW! Mantens Tue POWDER. SQUIBB’S TALC, POWDER AMOLIN TALC, POWDER. CASMA TALC. POWDER PEBECO TOOTH PASTE. SOZODONT Le hela PASTE ‘OR LIQUID—each 12¢ SANITOL POWDER, PASTE OR LIQUID—each .. 12, CALOX TOOTH POWDER. KOLYNOS TOOTH PASTE. TOOTH WASH. WESTPHAL'S AUXILIAT! SOc size, 23c; $1 size WESTPHAL’S EGG SHA. HAY'S HAIR HEALTH—Soc size. ..27c DANDERINE—a8Se size, 15¢; Soc oy SAGE TEA HAIR TONIC— 39¢ size, 20c; Soe sire NUBRO'S ‘HERPICIDE. LIQUID BORINE—Soc LISTERINE—S0c size WITCH HAZEL—¥, p' PEROXIDI JAVA FA hear fo Lay DOWN POWD! WOOL POWDER PADS FACE CHAMOIS CHAMOIS, LUSTRITE LUSTRITE NAIL SALVE—2 fot STICK NAIL SALVE—in BLEACH NAIL BUFFERS EMERY BOARDS—dozen . 8c ORANGE WOOD STICKS—doren.. .5c STEEL NAIL FILES. 8c 0) CAND DRAWN SOLID BACK BRUSHES—regularly 89¢ . | root BRUSH! reg. Sc NAIL BRUSHES—reg. es COMPLEXION BRU: WHISK BROOMS—reg. Ile apt Lda ‘swith detachabie hae MANBRURA KLEANWELL dat SPONGES—regularly $9¢ ech hee ING Goiies” an lar! .15¢ YE, R ot WATER’ BOTTLES pape 7Sc; each... 58c GOODYEAR_ FOUNTAIN LAbaitaal Women’s and Misses’ Fine Tailored Suits Unusually Low Priced at 22.50 Of Fine French Serges, Beautiful Two-Tone Whipcords, Several styles from which to select—in either the| Severe mannish effects or smart fancy models. Coats lined with best quality peau de cygne. Skirts high-| waisted front and panel back, or side-cut modes. An extraordinary value that cannot be duplicated else-| where. Women's sizes, 36 to 44; Misses’ and small women's, 14, 16 and 18, Women’s $5 Tailored Hats, 3.50 A multitude of all the prevailing shapes, including the derby in hemp and other straws, simply yet! effectively trimmed; all the fashionable colors, also} white and black; $5 is the price downtown, Embroidered Robes, Flouncings, Etc. BATISTE ROBES—embroidered in floral cesigns of pink, lavender and white. FLOUNCING—27 in. wide; dresses; a large assortme! day only SWISS _NAINSOOK and CAMBRIC EDGES, 2.85) INSERTIONS, BEADINGS AND) BANDINGS—from 1% to 5 in. wide; a choice collection, none worth less than 19c per yard. New Laces at WHITE AND ECRU VENISE AND MACRAME ALLOVERS— 18 in, wide; reg. $1.65 to $8.00; yard.,..... oeeded VENISE, RATINE AND MACRAME BANDINGS—in white and from 2 to 8 in. wide; reg. 39c to $2.75; yard CLUNY EDGES AND INSERTIONS—1 larly 15¢ to 85¢; yard. WHITE, BLACK AND COLORED CHIFFON CLOTH—heavy quality; 40 in. wide; regularly $1.25; yard WHITE COTTON BRUSSELS NET—72 in. A oe Children’s Dresses Special Prices 1.35 to 7.25 25c to 2.25 10c to 69c , 5c 39c to 9 in. wide; Ont ‘egularly 5 (2to 5 Years) Mothers a be delighted with this showing—it surpasses all our former efforts—and the prices are astonishingly low CHILDREN’S DRESSES — of — white tay long waist effect; with low neck and pointed yoke of fine em- broidery, Also another “ood. style of checked gingham, 49c plaited skirt . CHILDREN'S PRINC Dk - h skirt of eyelet >a number of other of white lawn, embroidery, pretty with high or low neck, daintily tr mmed with inser- tions of fine emb: Val. laces CHILDR FINE DRESSES —of dainty lawn; a choice ass nent of very elaborate models, with low neck short sleeves; handsomely de broidery; fin with fine Val. laces and 3. 75 ribbon rosettes WHITE & COLORED A manufacture somely baby Irish. Sizes 2 CHILDREN'S FRENCH DRESSES — of fine lawn; a large collection of ex- tremely pretty styles, with Dutch and high necks; some with skirt and waist elaborately trimmed with medallions of Val. insertions; others with deep eyelet embroider and ribbon beading .. 1.98 WAISTED CHILDRENS LONG- DRESSES—of sheer lawn; a very stylish lite model, with entire front and skirt of fine embroidery, fin- shed with wide ribbon sash. * Also several other pretty stvles, with Pup ne ck and short sleeves, ef- fectivel 5 sample line, trimmed with fin and 3 embry years, oldery, light blue, maize, | | A special purchase enables us to offer these new ‘and| distinctive robes at far below prevailing prices; you can’t find them downtown at less than $4.00; our price Thursday eyelet and floral designs; suitable Ace lingerie} selling OUR for 89c a yard; TI Great Merchant Tailoring Sale! | Some To-Morrow and Let Us Make A Suit, Top Coat, Rain Coat or Prince Albert Vestumw 12.980 Vest « to Posed Ne asaeny hoo iy © OTE @ are, the remains the same. The ig and tailoring will be | done by men whove many years of | experience in this line of work |] eesure you perfect satisfaction. ‘You may select the material you want from a collection of 100 fash- . Pree da eh toont ne All the You Can Save $75 to $150 By Buying a Piano in This Manufacturer's Sale of Discontinued Styles of WALTERS PIANOS They are all brand-new pianos, in b bar or Oak, ae mote OHA On Or oe oak cage Eee aa identified with every piano bearing the nane WALTER: The only reason for their discontinuance is the need for room, which is becoming imperative because of the many new Walters models now ready and in course of construction. It’s a wonderful opportunity to secure a Walters Piano at a marked savingover our ly low prices. Don’t miss it. You can buy one on the usual liberal terms of $5 Down & $1 a Week No interest charges. No insurance. No extras what- ever. Chair and cover free. On out-of-town cash purchases we box and ship without charge. The Styles, the 10 Style B Mahogany Walters)10 Si Upright Pianos, for- Upcighe | merly $275, now 3Style B Walnut Wal right Pianos, for- merly $275, now.. 6 Style BB Mal Upright Pianos, ore ers Up-|3 Style B D M a) 8 Upet jhe Pianos, ee mer! ye now. 398 5 oo 2 Mahogany Corian Pianos, for- 225 jo Seyls Km Mahogany gORG Uptlane, Pianos, fore ay ‘merly $450; now.. ters Player Pianos, formerly $550, Now $395 If you are considering the purchase of a Pjano, now oz in the near future, it will surely pay to call at once. If you cannot call, we will be pleased to send our repre- sentative. Bloomingdales’ Piano Salesrooms, 3d Floor. Clearance in Our Greenhouses To make room for Easter plants, we off Present rubbers, ferns, etc., at remarkably reduced prices: wort of ee Reaolar 75c to $2 ipl aid a mis- | The New Magee Rubber Plant at | ‘ous assortment; about 1,000] two- fogs (rte off regular marked Clan on Other Flowering and Decora- tive Plants at one- halt off regular irked prices. Japanese Gardens at one-half off| | SPECIAL—300 Hanging regular marked prices. kets, with Our Entire Stock of Palms at 25 per cent. off regular marked prices. Mayor of Paterson to} ple have stated to me to time that they thought! of the Mayor not sufficient, | wile to accept the Increase, even If le because I was elected Wwaen the salary was £2,000 and I think it lg wrong to accept a greater ealary While I hold the office, I belleve the next Mayor, whoever he may be, should ea larger salary than $2,000 ing ‘as Mayor of this clty, and for reason 1 hope the bill making it wil be passed.” n dollars—you're tired n dollars can't heip 25 cents will, ‘sweaty, t ‘or ‘and bunions, chilblaine and. fro bite, The moment you use It you give aigh of rellef, swolle r To appreciate the con- venience and great value of the Sunday World’s i Local Option for Maryla: Maroh 2—T! wide local option bill prepared by thi Anti-Saloon League of Maryland was passed by the House of Delegates early morming. It now goes to the Sen- accept Imitation. ‘T1Z dra) 5 ous exudations that & box, sold everywhe: or gent direct, on receipt of price, by Walter chicago, Ill. Stores, Luther Dodge & © Recom- mended by all Dr end genera) stores, Want Directory--- READ IT. department DRESSES— At ONE-THI®D Off Regular Prices. ; 5% & Spring Dress Goods, 49c ALL WOOL VY BLUE STRIPE SERGE; 44-INCH ALL WOOL 44-INCH WOOL FILLED STRIPE SUITINGS; 44-INCH WOOL K AND WHITE SHEPHERD CHECKS, Also ALL WOOL STORM with a rich PE VOILES in a $1.00 Satin Messaline, 69c We have taken a limited quantity of this fine SATIN MESSALINE and have priced it to-morrow at the above remarkable figure, All pure silk; one yard wide; best colors, also black and white, Selling downtown at $1.00 yard, j Oce cupies but little space, made to Alousehold Necessity—assnitary | hold |g “eee equipment thet insures comfort and ; a8 shown by the picture; | Pai# Of, trousers, usually ists of a bevelled plateglass | °° St $2.00; our price. . If 16 inches long; two brass z brackets; heavily nickel 1, six 4-02, bottles, labelled 1 , Cannot wash off, 99. outfit Alpine Wax Oil Polish, for pol- ishing floors and furniture: 1.24 Clase Bathe shelves: yale Pints 19¢ Quarts. 32c|" Half Gallon .49¢ Gallon Sic Garden Tools:— fon Rakes,| Grass Shears, 19¢, Trowels, 5c, c, Weeding Forks, 5e, ie, on Hose, 8e, 10¢, r ft. $2.24, 3.39, $5.24. wn Rollers, $11.63, + | $13.78. Nose Reels, 59c, 98c, 31% Lawn Sprinklers, 98c, c1 $1.24, $2.69,