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TTLLER HELD FOR $3500 SHORTARE Major Holly Indorsed Votes for Friends Who Have Aban- doned Him. (Special to The Brening World.) STAMFORD, Conn., April 10.—Major ‘William H. Holly, teller of the Stam- ford Bavings Bank, ta in the city lock- up charged with embeaziing $14,729 from the institution with which he has Deen & trusted official for almost a THE EVENING WORLD, STAMFORD BANK ee er on eee Nety Dancer. quarter of a century. He is the victim of friendships, for it was hin one falling ib ” to aid all who called him friend when they were in distress. He indorsed notes THE HYDRO HAT and loanad money belonging to the Bank, and as the years passed and he found himself unable to make good he HW AS ARRIVED —— ; teleified the books and trusted ta the God of luck to keep his eecret. | Jt was announced this afternoon that Holly's shortage will total $35,000, but attractive. Mrs, for thr law and wi says that # ‘with em bezsiti ‘ange situation ve with her ive at the W ‘transferring the title to Holly's home fragettes who call on her. ft, ls made of sail canvas smeared with tar and is polished so highly that it looks something ke patent leather, Its maker decorated it with red and green broadcloth, and altogether the appear- ance of the headpiece is anything but will remain in New York | ughter-t dort, Bla will wear the hat con- tinually while here and will be glad to A quit claim! Jt Is Made of Sail Cloth and |exrouna its virtues to any sister sut- FOOD SWEEP AWAY THO NORE -RVERLEVEES NATCHEZ, Mian, Aprit 10.—The Gtles Bend levee has broken. This is @ main Vine levee on the Mississippi River, About eighteen miles north of Natches. It protects @ large part of the rich delta country. BATON ROUGE, La., April 10—A re- port reached here at noon to-day stat- ing that the levee on the Atchafalaya River, a few miles below Melville on the west side of the river, gave way this morning, endangering @ large area of Avoyelles and @t. Landry parishes, including the town of Krotz Springs. MPMPHIS, Tenn. April 10.—Flood conditions in the lower Mississipp! Val- In headwear were extolled by the elder! icy are ati alarming. The work of res- women, cuing hundreds of persons marooned in The “Hydro Hat," as Mrs. Lang calls the Arkansas lowlands as a result of the break in the levee at Golden Lake yesterday and the task of etrengthen- ing the levees in preparing to resist the crest of the flood in Mississippi and Louisiana cont! to-day. Greenville, M! uous point in t ture, For three days the torrent of the river has threatened to break througt dikes guarding that city, which i In the centre of the world's richest cotton country, Last night it was felt the orl- sis had come and when the thousands of bags of sand that had ben thrown WEDNESUVAY, APRIL ‘10, 16918. apasoas, B iN OLIE -Ti REC Mae well-dressed woman is sure to appreciate the fashionable uncorseted Grecian C effect obtained through the wearing of a Bien Jolie Gre- 9 cian-Treco Corset. < Recommended by fashionable New York modistes, because being almost For the young and more beautiful and hi be recommended. stores: John now the conspte- iibbon a (o ressive flood pic- Ee tenes aa Ss 31,00, $1.50 to $1! boneless, Grecian-Treco is ¢\ able and comfortable as one’s own —maintaining graceful figure lines out the least suggestion of rigidity. A smooth contour above the cor obtained through the Bien Jolle Brassteres. "B6c, h with- wing girl no soft, pli- § thful corset can In varying styles, 95.00, 97.50,'910.00 fy On sale and exhibition at the following — serene own Ket Bt Basen Gast ite ehie eer is always Store Your Furs 2% of Valuation West of 6th Avenue Stunning Coats 7 Value $25, at $9:95 A harvest day for coat buyers, indeed, when you can realize this saving on as smartly made coats as ever you saw. We bought a number from a maker who needed ready cash and sacrificed profits to the imperative necessity confronting him. Ideal models. All-wool Giagonal cape cost, full length back, cutaway front, kimono sleeves, and long shawl collar, fastened at extreme side “The Vienese suffragettes should not Smeared with Tar, Which Is Highly Polished. to prosecute Holty, although they Personal friends of many years’ standing. + Holly ts fifty-two years o14 and iB bechkelor and has béen a model cit!-/ The “Hydro Hat,” which te to be the Sen, He was at one time a member of| adopted headgear of militant suffra- » Made its first appear- object ot smashing a few windows if necessary, they do not resort to the violence often heard of when their Lon- don sisters are active,” sald Mra, Lang. “discovered” her in the Vienna opera when he conducted there. Lang, whose efforts| She is nineteen years old. We proentoent in oth Austria ad Gees |WU TING FANG COMING BACK AS U. S. MINISTER, many, arrived here on the Kronzprins Wilhelm of the North German Lloyd ad SHANGHAI, China, April 10—Wu} ff ‘Ting Fang, for years Minister to the) ij United States from the old Chinese Empire, was to-day nominated by Yuan Shi Kal, President of the Chinese Re- putiic, to represent the new Govern- ment in the United States, ‘News of the appointment of the for- No one can clearly explain how Major reach ¢hem. : De Holly became an embersier. The only Mi explanation that seems to stand the fest is that his weakness for his friends a i fn distress brought about his undoing, A prominent Viennese architect who is Intererted in the suffragette move- ment designed and executed the hat as a hoax on Mrs, Lang, but when she ap- peared in public resplendent sin this startling creation and found that tt met with the approval of her cohorts the arohitect found himeelf besieged with) mor Miniater was received at his head. oraere tee Pacre. Jquarters here from Pekin. Wu had When the marine reporters boarded !heen under consideration for the pont the Kronspring Wilhelm at Quarantine/at the head of the Foreign Office in they began searching the ship for Grete | the new Cabinet, but it was finally 4e- Wiesenthal, a dancer who 1s to appear |ciled that his wide acquaintances and at the Winter Garden, but when they | Popularity in the United States would sighted Lang's hat, not knowing |™Ake his survives there of greater vaius F wee Mise Wiesenthal's| “1 ig extremely probable that when they forgot all about the 'the republican government gets down and she sat demurely on to a working basis the American post a ining ealoon table and held her peace will be made an cmbussy instead of a while the wonders of the new departure legation. ttle frame house on Myrtle treet lives an eghty-three-year old wo- man, Holly's mother. Sho has just earned of her son's fall and sits dry- eyed and uncomprehending at the win- Mow awaiting his return, as she has Gone every year ince her boy grew up meee et echet 198: cok thee ah felon. y fs MOTH@R SITTING AT WINDOW Mae WAITING FOR BOY. be called militant, for while they 46 ROL] ane dattalione of plantation” workers held off the ourrent @ murmur of retiet went up from the Delta. Scores of women and chiliren rescued ‘Miss Wiesenthal, who is the wife of!>y boats from points in Crittenden Errwin Lang, a Berlin artist, was | County, Ark, since yesterday's break in Protege of the late Gustay Mahler, who| the Golden Lake levee, have ewelled the pallet of the! number of refugees at the town of Kate to 400. Grave fears are entertained for 200 men marooned in tres and on roofs and desperate efforts are being made to Brass-B sfects and yesterday the arrest of Holly was ordered. At the closing hour last evening as Holly bent over his books, Police William H, Brennan @wefe into the ancient banking rooms an walking over to Holly, whom he had known for years, said: ‘Major, have a warrant for your dquarters. | } rf . i ly was arraiened before Judge ay f \\ Young in the City Court to-day and was " \ bound over to the next term of the Superior Court, which meets in May. \ BARNED HIS TITLE STATE MILITIA. ‘Holly earned his title of Major trom Me service in the Fourth Regiment Con- Mectiout National Guard. He from the service about eight years ago. 1s of medium height and slim build, iW \ IN THE of atriking carriage, military experience showing itself in his square shoulders, ‘He has attracted attention to himself Because of his neatness of 4) The Holly family has lived in and about : Stamford beyond the memory of all liv- ing men. It js @ family that has prided fteelf on ite blood. Holly will make no statement, but tn Teply .to all questions simply shakes his and don't know." He was ed) Genuine Brass Bed, fully guaranteed, exactly as illustr: Massive two-inch posts, two-inch tops, four-inch ball corners. h one-inch upright fillers with handsome husk trimmings. F' baked Engl fe laaauees rich bright Gold or Etruscan relies finish; $5 Sliding Couch Bed $9.65 New Yorkers Have Been “Held Up” by Taxicab Robbers, “e] t hard~ all sizes, with ¢ fancy but- tone; braid bound it; all sizes to model gevy in itself with its headaches, sour stomach, unpleasant breath and nervous depression—but nervousness brings a bad train of worse ills if it is not soon corrected. But if you will clear your system of poisonous bile you will be rid of present troubles and be secure against others which may be worse, act quickly and eurely—they regulate the bowels, stimulate the liver and kidneys—tone the stomach. Then your blood will be purer and richer and your nerves won’t bother you. The whole world over Beecham’s Pills are known as a most efficient family remedy, harmless but sure in action. For all disorders of the digestive organs they are regarded as the Best Preventive and Corrective ‘The directions with valeahle—copectstty for women Suid arseretecn be Crees tonsa” SUNDAY WORLD WANTS WORK MONDAY WONDERS ‘ |BEECHAIT’S PILLS fastened high to neck or turned back: gathered fulness at eide, with straight line back. Sat Stat $s rt a St and wi hy i ead wi checks, taffetas (bothfall length ‘and three quater) and charmeutes for afternoon, street’ or wear. Sale Renard Soft Double-Brim Hats A master stroke of merchandising enables us to present, to-morrow, NEARLY FIFTY ‘DOZEN of those beautiful double-brim shapes, at a price no other house could attempt without suffering loss. It's the big sale-event of the whole hat season, to which you are most cordially invited. $9.95 ed Bandits Cornered —— @ Porch Climbers, TREMENDOUS PROFIT Grafters, Etc., but Never More Atrociously Than by Dealers Who Handle the Products of the Brass-Bed Trust. HERE’S THE FIRST OF A SERIES OF “KNOCKOUTS” WE ARE HANDING TO THIS AGGREGATION OF HIGH-PRICE-MAKERS: This Week Special (ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEED) NO MORE THANONE BED TOA CUSTOMER NO C. O. D. OR MAIL ORDERS eS & apender, his tastes We deal exclusivel and enamel beds. We buy and sell more beds and bedding Complete Sela than ANY OTHER RETAIL MERCHANT IN NEW YORK. Wi int New Yorkers to visit our sharing with bis mother and one < oe store and see for themselves what an immense stock we have and how extremely low our Servant, Is not at all pretentious and ‘s | of friendship ts my Lounsbury of the frienda in dis- Probably loaned money in small amounts and dot Sher © period of fifteen yeu whe stam (As Illustrated) $2.65 Complete Complete with two mattresses; can be used as two separate couches or telescopes into one. Savings Bank ts one of intial institutions in the in the least disturbed jortage. The bank to-day ts- Every b sale, OPPOSITE KOCH's prices are. We be! hese br. lieve we will then have their future patronage and that of their friends as well. beds we are selling ote week for $8.95 cannot be duplicated in any other New York store for less than $25. that is the BEST ADVERTISING we can do. We buy in such THAN ANY DEPARTMENT STORE or OTHER DEALER. le will lose money on every one we sell. But we figure tt quantities—whole outputs of factories—that we BUY CHEAPER As there are only 350 Beds in this shipment we urge you to call early to benefit by this y is of the nighae quality of material and can be had in any size. The design is most artistic an Do Not Miss This Great ‘ for LESS THAN ‘The BE-DDING STORE Open Monday, Wednesday and Saturday Evenings WWIARK WOLFF open Monday, Wednesday and Saturday Evenings 139 West 125th St., Between 7th and Lenox Aves. will make any bedroom appear handsomely furnished. T. Visit Our Store To-day and Be CONVINCED. Oopertuntty to Get One of These Beautiful Brass Beds OPPOSITE KOCH'S This hat is made of fancy Milan straw with double brim; ~ black and colors; can be dented in any style. Twodollars saved, if bought to-morrow. N v “Renard Tams” The “Hii” of the Easter Parade . § | 95 ‘ The extraordinary beauty and effectiveness of the shape have made it universally a fav- orite. To-morrow, in various straws; black and colors. All-Over Lace Waists Value $3.95 $1.95 Special offer of handsome all-over lace waists, in those stunning new Filet and Cluny effects; these have the daintiest lace peplums back and front, and nowhere else in New York can they be bought under 98.05—here at 91.95. $29.75 English Braid-Bound Walking Suits Finest Men’s-Wear Serge $49-75 This fs the suit that has created such a stir throughout New York City, because of the singular beauty of the lines, the superiority of the serge (which is instantly apparent), and the fact that it is SILK BRAID TAPE BOUND down front, on lapels, pocket and skirt, Easily the most elegant and the most distinctive of the new Spring models, and at the price positively has no equal anywhere.