The evening world. Newspaper, April 22, 1912, Page 14

be COP WAS ROBBING SHOWCASE WHEN NABBED, HE SAYS Maroney While Working in * Full Uniform. SENT TO PRISON CELL, Charged With Stealing Goods Which His Superior Found on Him. Mpectatora in the Centre rtreet police court this morning rose from their benches and gazed with excited surprise ‘when @ policeman tn fufl uniform wae arrtgned on a charge of petty larceny. ‘The prisoner was Patroiman John Ma- roney of the Eighth Precinct. Capt. Frank F. Rohrig of the Leonart etreet station, who accused the police- man and who also captured him, said he thought the charge would be Maro- Mey's “‘swan song” ns a momber of the force. This is not the first time Maroney has been in trouble, Maroney was attached to the Leonard treet station and on post last night. Ghortly before 10 o'clock Capt. Rohrig, mating & round, was unable to find him on beat in the neighborhood of Warren street. According to Capt. Rohrig, he caught Maroney behind one of the three side- walk showcases in front of Kdward Jones's haberdashery store, at No. % Greenwich street, the door of the, case open, a false key fitting the lock im Maroney's hand and a golf cap and pair of cuff links in the other hand. Jones's store is in the full light be- neath the Greenwich street station of the Ninth avenue “L." Maroney was im full uniform. He was also perfectly weber, the Captain declared. “CAUGHT WITH THE GOODS,” SAID THE CAPTAIN. Rohrig arrested Maroney and took him to Leonard street and afterward to the Night Court, where he told Magis- ‘trate Kenochan tha’ he caught the po- “with the goods Magistrate Kernochan held the prisoner tm $800 ball for further examination at the Centre street court this morning. Maroney wae put in a cell. He refused te say a word. Magistrate Freechi held Maroney in $1,800 ball for examination on Wednes- » The policeman eald that he ‘Wanted an opportunity to see a lawyer. amount of bail was fixed at the of Capt, Rohrig. The captain Magistrate that he had found [ t it key in Maroney's pocket policeman was searched at station house. He also suid that had been many robberies of a nature in that district of late thet be wanted time to investigate i tg FF Maroney, who is a Brooklyn man, has een in the Police Department eight years. Three years ago he was arrested thefe and indicted on a charge of club- bing & man. The case drifted on for Seome time and the indictment wae finally quashed. ‘Subsequently Maroney was moved to tee Mercer street station, which, on ac- , Gount of the rigid discipline of Capt Dominick ifenry there, was known * qmong the police as the “penitentiary.” ‘Capt. Henry took Maroney in hand, forced him to sign the temperance ledge and thought he had made @ good officer of him. During the recent Mayoralty cam- ‘4 Maroney was stationed at the ‘Union on the occasion of a Dem- goeratic rally. He fafled to return to 8 from the river ches | as you the station house to report after the edad ahd the next mourning was \ comp tivapsoh cpt in uniform hilariously drunk, the say, over on Second avenue. records + Not long afterward, on Aug. 2% last » Re was urrested at the corner of Waliabout and = Franklin = avenues, 5 elaved him far too drunk for a police- + man in uniform, and Maroney was tried Before the Deputy Commissioner and tae tes Cae fined thirty days’ pay. Hic ORE *WILSON FIRST TO FLY ACROSS IRISH CHANNEL) teatner iunkea ts not itetto “WEXFORD, Ireland} April #.—Mak fag the fret aeroplane fight acr Irish Channel, Corbett Wilson, an north ‘of here this afternoon, Excep' for smashing his propelior in making his descent, Wilson made the trip with out mishap. In a heavy rain and fog jarted over the channel from ‘Wilson Fighguard. thick that he was forced to descend a: Enniscorthy, although he had planned t@ continue to Dublin. ‘The flight was made on a wager with .D. J. Allen, rival of Wilson, Allen at- Seip the same feat last Wednesday 4 has not been heard from since he started to cross the water, The men planned to fly from London to Dublin. Scuateense MISSING MAN HAD $3,900. gehn A. Short’s Father Think: Woman Got Him to Rus Awer. jhort, | he lived, had $,900 wit! him when he disappeared on March %.|| and we guarantee the quality of || ie with a woma: years. She has either got him to ru Mu abort was injured on Aug, 2, 1900 11 pew Pennsylvania station. He | and on March 2% received $7,000 the ralirosd company in settie- When his lawyer paid he had $3,900 he 5 | Meh avjator, landed at Wnniscorthy, Just The weather became a0 @ general alarm has been sent out ayay or has had him placed in a san- | ON BROOKLYN PIER Big Seven-Story | Wooden Structure Goes Up in Spec- tacular Blaze, Dow's Grain Elevator, an tmmense wooden structure on the long plier at the foot of Pacific street, Brookly Caught fire to-day and soon was t tally destroyed. Four alarms we of the first relay Sixteen high pressure wagons the fireboats in the river responded in an effort to prevent the flames from spreading to the grain wa: Joining the p! and warehou: The pler ju out into the river about five hundred feet and it was at the river end that tho fire started. There Were no boats in at the time and only @ @mall force of men. The blaze was not discovered until it had Brain elevator, Once tt had way inside @ series of exploai of grain dust eent the flames shooting on through the entire building. The fireboats Seth Low and David A, Boody were ne: and ran into the dock with thet ams playing. The entire pler wai hed in fire and) flames were shooting several hundred feet In the air, When the apparatus assembling on four ns had been marshalled every directed to saving th warehouse and adjoining structures. ‘There was no possibility of saving’ the brain elevator, We GIM Abram 8. Hewitt, t there were two terrific explosions fire was confined to the grain elevator, the damage w leust $100, it. ‘batne.) Sharpe, the Daily Bread calls me ather lunged {diot.' Can't I make publishers sweat for that? “Tr handly think a0, th If You Had a Friend who offered to buy groceries, wearing apparel and housefur- nishings for you at |} wouldn't you take advantage of the offer? We are extending you just such an opportunity. You can come and see for your- self that you can secure quality goods at wholesale prices. Visit |] our showroom, 17th floor, Herald || Square Bidg., 36th St, near Broadway. You Save 20% to 40% on all goods you buy through us, | hy n | . every article we sell to be as rep- resented, "Phone, call or write for full particulars, WORLD HOME SUPPLY CO. | \E, 1805 GRAMBROY, | Showrooms, Herald Square Build. |! ing, 141 West 36th St., near |) Broadway. in | ‘THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, APRI CY SEYMOUR’S BURGLAR PROVES TO BE LUNATIC Baseball Veteran Learns That Vic- tim Is Not a Dangerous ago. Siege! haga clothing factory *at No, @ West Thirteenth str WL TONE UP THE STOMA “AND STRENGTHEN THE N The stomach of the Anterican people Fireboats Playing on Burning Grain Elevator at End ot Long Brooklyn Pier; It Is Total Loss e and committed t institution March 21. The detectives who built up the elabo- tate history of the crimes which Siegel had not committed were not in court. Policeman Brady of the Highbridge sta- | ; who had taken charge of 4| after Seymour and his two dogs, Tom perity of the nation. Our forefathers They ate sparingly of plain f lep' it men and theydid ly wwe are te keep up to their stand. resist invasions of modern life, we get b.ck to sound, healthy his red, fun glect i laws. We stuff our bodies with all kin y one present to hear Mr. Sey- food the International League, believed the detectives of the Bronx had (inished congratulating him Sature discrimination as to ‘women eat too much id aweetmeats. This is bad for the welfare of the individual, but even more so to the community, because of its Such a diet becomes a habit and an wat whet! FALLS UNDER TROLLEY CAR In boarding a moving trolley car in yesterday afternoon, Peter | under the front wheels. His left leg was so badly crushed just, hat it was amputated ite in the mouth, coate quent headaches, your stomach iseut Of 14 be written down as @ hero In the book of thief-takers When his captive, Adolph Stegel, was] Cooper's New Discovery will tone) the stomach, aid in the digestion of and strengthen the nervous system» was on his wi to r the stomach gets out tion and restore nd appetite. For, band to identity the pris who escaped from the pl There is still great danger that he may see this on every hand eve Very Important Sale HIGH CLASS SPRING SUITS 500 Women’s & Misses’ Suits Taken from Regular Stock, including a large col- lection of Foreign Models and copies from the leading French desigfers. Reduced to 22.50 29.50 37.50 Formerly 38.00 to 75.00 John Forsythe An inquiry was received from her uncle in Washington yesterday, and the police have been busy searching for ign of her-in the various hos- Thus far they have fatled to er any institution where the girl registered as a nurse, and they are com- at’ sea ag to her whereabouts, The missing girl is described as plump ‘of #tature, five fect in height and weigh. She wore a two-plece gray sult ond a large black hat with GRAINELEVATOR | oon xine mem appearance of Elsie Nichols, a pretty and attractive girl of seventee arrived here trom Washington, D. C., on March 2% Miss Nichols teft her home on the da; mentioned to come here to complete her education as a trained nurse. She was seen on the fol- lowing day by an acquaintance, _ - macs 180 fiw tek PARIS, 44 Rue Lafayette. ANTWERI, 00 Rue du Pelican 34th St. West We Have Pleasure in Announcing the Continuation of the Exhibition of PAINTINGS By American Artists we have secured the consent of the ting artists to allow their pictures to remain on view a little | The Exhibition is being held in series of Galleries on the Sixth Floor, are cordially invited to see it. Shall We Call for Your FURS Today? It is high time that they should be SAFE in Storage. Best service, guarantee of safety. Today We Throw Open the G “COMFORT HAVEN” For Its Second Season of Helpfulness Last Summer the delightful bungalow colony that grew up, as though by magic, in the Auditorium:on the Eighth Floor won many friends. People who had country homes to furnish were charmed with the many suggestions in Summer furniture, hangings and rugs which they found arranged in appropriate settings on the verandas and in the rooms of the pretty cottages. . - é Today you are invited to visit the new ‘‘Comfort Haven,” with its display of new Summer furnishings and its abundant inspiration for the comfortable outfit- ting of the country home. Here you can see, al » With absolute one Madison Square, 8200 Storage Desk, Third Floor contri . A Little Group of PAINTINGS, Reduced To diminish our stock of medium-priced Oil Paintings, by American and foreign artists of merit, we price for tomorrow a very interesting group of them. At One-Third to One-Half Below Former Markings The subjects are varied and attractive; all handsomely framed in gilt, and are most appro- Some of the titles Without Delay— The No-Char Trimming Rendered to Our most as you would see it at home, the furniture you will need for living-room, bedroom, dining-room, piazza or lawn, together with the harmonizing draperies and floor-coverings. The Summer Furniture in ‘‘Comfort Haven’’ : in Arm Chairs and Rockers, Settees, Muffin Stands, Writing Includes so many new desi Tabourettes, Flower Stands and other pieces that Desks, Tea Wagons and Tea Tables, Divans, in to describe them. 2 i ; You will find them in reed, rattan, cane and the various artistic and delightfully comfort- able sorts of rush and fibre. There are soft greens, natural browns and a new verde ; L as many tints of enamel, including white, gray, pink, lavender, pale blue, and so on. Prices for | from $2.50 for a small Rocking Chair to $30 for 2 Settee, with many at spe- ‘retonne cushions may be had for many of the pieces, in harmonizing colors. h and the lawn there is “ variety of delightful kinds. Besides Furniture for the porch, which costs from 86¢ for a small Chair} to $7.60 for a Rocking Chair, there is a new style of Cedar Furniture made of half-round sticks ar varnish—impervious to the weather, collection of the famous “Old Hickory” Furniture, from a Chair at $1.50 toa Rustic House at $200. The hice er Drs papers with Summery Here and there on t! ‘omen who never enjoyed this courtesy BELS do not have an des of its limitations —for it is unique! It is not merel; the woman who wiate for wedding here for the convenience of uys @ bow of ribbon and a hat and wishes some one to fasten the bow on, as it is also equipped to serve skillfully the one Five more flreboats followed the Seth who purchases a fine im) Low and the Bood y Hat and costly Plumes this Furniture ran, cially low prices. Of Furniture for the the sturdy, well-seasoned 8 Little Sunshine - 334 s eens $ Mountain Home, Ri Aiter the Rain, - Di arade, Cardinal, - - - wishes them com- Willian 1. Strong, bined in the latest Parigian mode, We care not whether you select flowers, ribbons, plumes or a stick-up feather, so long buy an untrimmed hat which we to the dock. ask you to do so that we may extend this as our corps of milliners is here to 1 our patrons. And our sales that shook ail that part of Brooklyn, constantly kept conversant with al Deputy Chief Lally was in charge of modes, so that which are highly polished on one side and coated with SBSSSRSEESSES speriea include new designs in cretonnes and scrims and charming wall | lezes, to fall on it by the hundreds serve he floors and piazzas you will find the effective Algerian Porch Rugs, as well as examples of the new designs in Willow Grass and Crex Rugs. You are certain to enjoy the showing, and you will be welcome. Eighth Floor A Rear Cross Aisle Display and Sale Of Effective Summer Rugs second to Thirty-third Street, along the rear cross aisle, stretch e housekeeper will find most interesting. 1 t. Several important lots were secured from makers to sell at special th erent the fire fighting forces, Though the you in making cnion™ ancalligeary, i. Gimbel Trimmings and Untrimmed Hats xcel, Both in Values giving and Variely Millinery Sections, Main and Third Floors || Interior, - - - Shown in one of our special galleries, & * Luncheon at GIMBELS a Is becoming x fixed incident in many a woman's shop; |, served as you would have it a ome, in the pleasant surroundings of the Tea Room: ice All the way from T! piles of Summer Rugs that ing day. Dainty food, In size they range from. Sterling Silver Mesh Bags More Than One-third Under-Price The small number of the handsome Bags we is atoned for by the ex- cellence of the bargain for those who share in it. The Bags have 5-inch frames, hand-engraved, or pierced, with fine ring-mesh, and 5 in, deep, and beautifully a little Mat toa 9x12-ft.C: prices, Among them, for $11.60 Cotton Rugs, 9x12 ft. at $7.60)‘‘Seranac’”’ Bath Rugs Under-Priced can offer at this savi Dress Shields Are Often Worn Wrongly As important as buying good Dress Shields, is k, heliotrope and other} These are washable Cotton Bath Rugs of the at proportionate | best quality, in patterns that we shall not re- order, at half-price, or littlemore. A variety of designs and colorings;also suitable for bedrooms. 18x36 inches, 65¢ from $1.10 x41 inches, 85¢ from $1.50 7x52 inches, $1.25 from $2.50 80x60 inches, $1.75 from $3 80x72 inches, $1.86 from $3.50 8x6 feet, $2.26 from $4 n, rose, tan, pin! emai turned Wholesale P i are Hy i in every way. cresae F reces At $22.50, Regularly $32.50 The vogue of Colonial pumps has brought into great favor 22x36 inches, 606 27x54 inches, 86¢ 80x60 inches, $1.60 Other Rugs in the display include Grass Rugs for porches of all sizes and sha} Nursery Rugs, in the children will Exquisite Summer Cottons, Low-Priced We've grown an astonishing number of tempting offerings in our Garden of Summer Wash Goods, They are such light and airy cottons—some liberally t are such favorites and the designs are so new and effective and the prices are so very low that Main Floor | women cannot help being delighted with the whole combination. For instance: 80c Silk-and-cottons, 18¢ Yard | $1.25 Imported Dress Linens, 58c Yd stripes and coin spot on colored i tissues on white grounds including plenty and white, in tape stripes, plaids and broken hs & Pongees, 22c Yd ussah of high lustre, Sil nd-cotton Shantung Pong knowing how to wear them. bought in too small size and do not protect the waist as they should, from rubbing, or from perspiration—and the first is as important as the second, Or they are not sewed proj dress—about 2 inches from the s! seam isthe proper distance; of course this depen on the measurement of the person, We have a remarkable stock of the best kinds foremogs among them the Kleinert known everywhere as the standard of uality and of which we sell all styles, in sizes They are frequently Slipper Buckles Roar Cross Aisle sh & charming collection of them, Set with small, brilliant rhinestones in platinum finish, in bow- pierced or lacy effects, at $2 to $18 a pair. Of sterling in Colonial shapes, plain, engraved, etched or engine-turned, at 76¢ to $2.60. Gun-metal Trinkets Reduced things jor the chatelaine, ineluding Coin and ‘olders, Powder Boxes, Memo Tablets, ete And we are showin; knot fans of Dress Shields, Preity: mixed with silk—and the colorings Tick x Bc to $2.60. Besides, we sell some special Gimbel qualities of 7 , ; “5 Dress Shields that are remarkably good The Uncorseted-Appearing Figure flax from Paris, with handsome o) , all-white, or pink on white, cadet marine blue on white; 50-inch, Many Imported Bordered Novelties i wn in our regular stock, irom France, ing embroidered Voiles, , Linens with fringed border. rder effect, 65¢ to $7 yard, Second Floor Gimbel Brothers Garment Dress Shields, for kimono sleeve gowns; may be worn under lingerie to insure comfort, sizes 3 and 4, at 260 pair. jrothers Perfection Nainsook Dress Shi ht weight rubber cloth, in shirt-waist pepe izes 2,3 and4, At 16c pair; $1.60 dozen. EEbe Brothers Empress Japanese Silk Dress 8 others Duchess in shirtwaist and peeular shape, Dress Shield Pins, three cards for 10c, We will gladly show you how to altach Dress Shield properly to your gowns. Straight But Quile Natural Lines And many other correct styles may be chosen by women of all physiques from cur 75 Models in La Markette Corsets $1.50 to $13.50 Skilled Corsetieres are here to serve you. Pink Corset Shop, Second Floor