The evening world. Newspaper, August 15, 1912, Page 9

“NO PIKER,” SAYS BEN; “THEY'LL TAKE YOUR CLOTHES,” SAYS JUDGE SouthCarolina Planter Matched Dollars Just to Show He’s Good Folks. “Better be careful, aon, while you're fn this town or they'll take your clothes,” was the advice Magistrate O'Connor gave to Ben Bonknight in the Yorkville Court to-day after the young man, who {s @ South Carolina cotton planter, had appeared against the man Who Is charged with stealing $100 in three checks from him, He had been in town only a few hours When @ young man came up to him on Broadway and asked to de directed, as he was a stranger. When the “stranger” learned the other was strange too he remarked ‘How nice,” | and suggested they see the sights to- ther. It was in front of the Waldorf rday night that the pick-up ac- Quaintance met a “farmer” whom he knew, The “farmer” had just drawn out $200 from a bank and wanted to match dollars, “Come on, don't be a piker,” said the “stranger.” Bonkn'ight matched and lost 45, after which the three went into the bar, There the planter thought he would Ike to try again, but had only checks on the New York Exchange Bank. dors sald the acquaintance whom the mer", according to Bonknight, hatled as Burton. “I'll indorse ‘em,” said the planter and did. Then Burton excused himself a mo- | ment, leaving the checks with the “farmer, who a moment later went looking for Burton, It was only a few minutes when the planter went looking for both. He went to the West Thirtieth street station and also had Payment on the checks stopped. Last night Detective Marron picked Up a man answering Burton's descrip- tion in front of the Hotel Metropole. To-day in the Yorkville Court the Prisoner was placed tn the audience and Honknight picked him out easily, He was held in $2,000 bail on a charge of grand larceny. Afterwards Bonknight, who ts only twenty-one vears old, approached Mag- istrate O'Connor. “Judge,” he drawled, “I don't want you to think I'm a gambler. I matched dollars, but T never gambled in my Ife hefore. I come from ohnson, South Carolina, where my father owns two plantations and is president of a bank piker 1 fror od me out small’ FIVE MURDERERS BURIED. Funeral of Sing Sing Victims Dise appoints Crowd, Hut when they called me a m up, because I come The bodies of the five murderers exe cuted at Sing Sing Monday, which have ben on exhibition since Tuesday tn the undertaking rooms of Latone and Gul- detti, No. 235 Mulberry street, were buried to-day In Calvary Cemetery. Reports had been circulated through the Itallan quarter that the funeral would be conducted with unusual pomp and that there would be at least ono band. The expectations of the crowd that gathered were not realized, how- ever, for the hearses were undraped, the cavkets were of the simplest sort and there was no band. Only four carriages were in the funeral cortege. The crowd soon melted away and there was nothing for tne Police guard of five to do. Special To-Day and To-Morrow Dai $10 to $100 WORTH DOUBLE AND YOU CAN PROVE IT weights and. prices of = dt “Kings!” ofe ally an cheap, 180 Broadway, NewYork mt OVEN UNTIL 6 O'CLOCK, "an “Why they're no good unless in- | Iks and no one can make | THE EVEN ING WORLD, THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1919." COLOR HIGHWAY ROUTES TO AID AUTO TOURISTS : Proposal Is Made to Have Fences and Poles Painted Various Hues Along Different Roads. ALBANY, Aug. 16.—A pian for desig- nating the various highway routes throughout the state by colors for the convenience of motorists is being Worked out by Frank D. Lyon, secre- tary of the New York State Automobile Association. It is proposed for tn- stance, to designate the main highway | between New York and Buffalo via Albany as the “Blue “Red” route, designated by a distinctive co! the less frequented routes by a com- bination of colors. ‘The “coloring” proces: ff the plan is State Highway Department and the various local automobile clubs. Lyon at a conference to-day with Sup’. Kee! of the Highway Department sug: gested that the department paint the top rail of all the fences erected by the color assigned to that particuiar route, At present these fences are white, Tt 1s also proposed that the de- partment paint an eighteen inch strip of color on bridges along the high- ways. The telephone and telegraph com- route from'pantes have been asked to permit thelr Albany to Rouse's Point, etc, as the { potes along the various routes to be each main route to be| and) carried out, will be undertaken by ire | Mr. | adorned with a band of color to be ment of naion applied by hh receive thelr overdue ehecks Saturday. various automobile clubs in thelr respective territories, Round | [ ‘ ttleship Lea: color disca will be used along streets} Ths assurance was given by Governs of Navy in EMfictency. In citles to indicate the way to tourists, | Ment officials to-day following the an- va” ~ houncement that the Senate had yielded) WABHINGTON, Aug. 16—The big dat- to the House tn the penston agency dis- wa. pute. The House Is expected to agree t> the pension conference report to-day. Then the bili will be enrolled and ned by President Taft to-morrow. Checks for the pensions have been pre- pared for mailing at all the penaton on an the President igns the bill, authorization for thetr ment will be telegraphed from ‘aahington, All the pensioners, it was ought to receive th jay at the latest. tleship the Amer! at the head of PENSION CHECKS READY FOR WAITING VETERANS. Action by House and President Taft on Bill Will Start Them Going Through the Mails, WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.—Two hun- dred thousand veterans whose pensions have been held up owing to the con- Pp emMet Ww and ral fighting conditior R. H. Macy & Co.'s Attractions Are Their Low Prices Broadway, 34th to 35th St. MOTORING REQUISITES Just received a new shipment of motor luncheon and tea baskets, fitted complete with lunch box, tea cups, spoons, etc. For from two to eight persons. Worthy of special mention is a luncheon basket fitted complete for six persons with plates, knives, forks, ns, glasses, wicker covered bot- tles, tea outfi lly Priced at $18.74 Pe a luncheon basket fitted com- plete for two persons, Specially Priced at $5.74 Other models up to $42.74. Auto Flower Vases Imported Novelties Varlous models and designs. With Herald Square Tourists Returning —Homeward bound from the mountain and lake sections of New York State; from the St. Lawrence region or from New England points; from the thou- sand-and-one vacation places, the highways to and from which centre in New York— Are Invited to Visit the Great Macy Store We serve a probably greater number of such tourlets than any other New York store be- cause of our convenient location, and, even more important, be- cause of our Wisely Adjusted Stocks to Meet Returning Tour- ||| brass and nickel trimmings. Prices, iste’ Demands and ||| $1.9, $2.74, 85. Requirements. Motor Coats Reduced There are garments to be replaced before returning home. Gifts and souvenirs to be taken to friends and loved ones, Ideas to be gleaned for the Autumn and Winter dress- making, fabrics and trimmings to be bought. Perhaps a new hat is needed. A coat for the cool weather soon to be here. New shoes, in the latest style. A veil or gloves. Macy's serves the Tourist well in every want. A Welcome to Macy’s Of durable tan linon formen at $1.49, $1.96, $2.56, formerly up to $6.94. FOR WOMEN Linon, $1.74 and $2.96. Were up to $5.49. Fourth Floor, 34th 6t. a 0A’ Pipecare 914.04 These exceptionally fine quality Gabardine Storm Coats are designed in the smart looking mannish model, with set-in ese convertible collar and deep patch pockets. In blac navy blue or tan. Adaptable for present and early Fall wear. Becond Floor, Broadway. Women’s Silk Petticoats Included are the most desirable styles, the newest colorings and the most favorite materials. Aside from this, our “lowest-in-the-city” prices are an added attraction. Silk Messaline Petticoats, Black or white or plain colors. Also many changeable effects. pleated flounce. Silk Jersey Cloth Petticoats, Plainsolidcolors. Havetucked flounce of messaline, finished with sectional pleated foot flounce. China Silk Petticoats, Pink, white and light blue. Finished with an elaborate ruffle of lace Inser- tion and edging, trimmed with satin bows. Crepe de Chine Petticoats, Dainty evening shades. Elaborately arranged ruffle, ending in Vandyke points, trimmed with delicate rosebuds. More elaborate styles up to $28.89. Deep knife Gecond Floor, 84th Street. A Final Clearance of Boys’ Wash Suits, Special at 98c Have been sold in our regular stock at $1.29, $1.36, $1.48, $1.59 and $1.98 each, \ncluded are Beach Suits and a host of other styles of Wash Suits, Sailor and Russian Blouse mode's. The Suit Illustrated, $1.98 plod belaedoibcel, [ Formerly Sold at $5.49 Other Suits at this price have been selling at $2.69, $2.97 and $3.96. Included are im- ported hand-made Russian Blouse Suits trimmed with handsome embroidered de- signs. The materials are linen, repp and madras. Bear in mind, these suits have not sold for less than $2.69, $2.97, $3.96, $+.96 and $5.49. Gecond Floor, 35th Mt., Rear. Special Prices on NOTTINGHAM LACE CURTAINS and Novelty Curtain Nets e curtains and nets are known in the trade as “dropped patterns.” eh fuolately perfect, and the designs are as good as any retained by the mills, but in order to make room for the new patterns the mills semi-an- nually dispose of a certain number of patterns at a liberal discount. th consequence of our extensive dealings with one of the largest mills in the country we are in position to procure these curtains and nets under very special conditions. here are— 500 Pairs Nottingham Lace Curtains At 64c, 74c, 89c, 98c, $1.12 and $1.29 a Pair Novelty Curtain Nets, 36-inch to 45-inch At 12c, 14c, 17¢, 22c, 29c, 34c and 39c a Yard Third Floor, 35th St, Kear, ° . . Drapery Scrims at Special Prices An unusual opportunity to purchase Curtain Scrim, 24¢ a yard extra fine quality Scrims at even less | Ow former'‘lowest-in-the-city” price ,29¢ a yd. yaar Attractive openwork block pattern, than our ‘‘lowest-in-the-city” prices. with hemstitched hems. White, cream Curtain Scrim, 17¢ a yard or Arabian. Curtain Scrim, 19¢ a yard Our former “lowest-in-the-city” price, 2lea yd. Single or triple line block designs. Sold elsewhere at 30¢ » yard. Dain | White, cream or Arabian. y woven border on each side, Finished with durable hemstitched hem, White, cream or Arabian, Third Floor, 35th M., Rear. St Smart Tailored HATS for Early Autumn For the woman whose Summer Hats are not now so fresh and who wants a new Hat for oy io and September wear, we have prepared a most varied selection of very smart Tailored Hats, along the lines of the latest Paris ideas, but at low figures to suit the purpose. They are mostly chic combinations of Velvet and Satin, Velvet and Moire, Hatter's Plush or Soft Plush and Velvet. The most stylish ones are in black with white. Prices, $4.96, $6.89, $7.89, $8.89 and $9.89 Tailored Silk Plush Hats, $3.96 As illustrated. Made of soft black or white plush, faced with black, white or colored moire. Finished with small loops and buttons on one side. susebace values, Prices elsewhere $5.00 and $6.00 Tailored Velvet and Moire Hats, $2.97 In several larger and smaller smart Autumn shapes. Made of moire, faced and trimmed with silk velvet and bows to match. In white with black, or all black, Elsewhere, $4.00. These Hats have the appearance of much more costly models. lo They will please women who are very critical asto their Millinery. Main wrt Balcony, B4th Mt. nour ° ’ Misses’ and Small Women’s New habeas Mourning ection Autumn Suits and Coats Are Ready Among the first Autumn Suits we are showing an excellent plain tallored model of fine diagonal in brown, navy, black or oxtord, The 32-inch coat and we are closing out Black French Lawn irdle top skirts are cut on straight, easy fitting lines, withth ty relieved fy deep revers and a velvet collar. Lined wich fing peau decane ere Dresses Price $27.74. Other New Suits from $19.74 to $64.75 At $2.24 to $2.96 Formerly up to $4.96 Black Silk Mull Dresses | A New Man-Tailored Top Coat, $19.74 Aserviceable new model that may be worn well into the Winter, is of hea At $5.94 Black oF blue chevick, Hined to he walse with satin. The semmctitted back Formerly up to $12.74 shows the new inv: jeat, and a novel belted effect. e ffs and Marquisette Dr . collar are inlaid with Diack velvet. Sizes 14 and 16 pedo geo’ Black Marquisette 1 The price of this model is $19.74. Others from $11.74 to $39.74. At $6.94 Second Floor, Bway, 85th Bt. Formerly up to $15.74 In our Mourning Gown Room we are showing the most approved advanced Autumn styles for evary Fare of mourning. Materials Include dull Women’s Riding Habits—Final Reductions These are for present wear. Thoroughly up-to-date. i i 5 iffons, silk Linen Riding Habits. ....... $8.74 | Khaki Habits, long coat and voll Pee ch ees Sore anaes Formerly...... seseseeees $14.74] breeches. . $10.74] fepe meteors. Styles shown are the Meadow Brook coat, for side or F MELE Y ES, sl Ane accordion pleated models with Sas beedio mates | coniya veg hae guatty [ker Omeeet eo teeals ves. ners equa v $10.74 and $IATA| con ey imited auantity. Jre designed in the new pannier ef F G $14.74 and $16.74 Khaki, Linen and Crash Skirts. fect, with sat frills of pleated net Children’s Holland Linen Habits, |Ptice..----.--- $3.96 and $4.96] 41 mourning orders promplly exe- cuted and alleralions promptly made. Prices invariably lowest in the city. Second Floor, Broadway. $6.74 and $8.74] Shell or divided styles. Quantity limited, Becond Floor, Bway, 35th st First Showing of New Fall Coats for Girls; Very Attractive Styles We are ready with an interesting assortment of smart little Coats for early Autumn. One is soft cheviot—has slightly Em- pire back, ornamented with black astrakhan buttons and collar of same material. Large patch pockets and revers which may be buttoned up to the throat complete this model, which has oke and sleeves lined with satin, Sizes 8 to 14 years, ice, $15.74. A Good-Looking Raincoat for Girls—$4. 96 —Is of rubberized poplin, single breasted, either Raglan or regu- lation style, and having handy large patch pockets. In tan or navy blue. Sizes 8 to 14 years. Children’s Dresses Formerly priced up to $1.96, reduced to For quick clearance. These dresses are the product of one of the best manufacturers in this line. Included are fine white lawns, percales and ginghams. Some are tastefully trimmed with lace insertion and pearl buttons. Styles include both the high and low neck models. Broken sizes from 4 to 14 years, Sixty Girls’ Coats at $3.96 Each A remaining lot of Coats that have sold all season from $7.94 up to $19.74. St tan serges, ines and white checks and very desirable mixtures. les are broken, of course, but the assortment includes navy and Among in wide wale tan serge, having large shawl collar and revers of tan be: ine, combined with satin and Venise lace, and a finishing touch of fine rl buttons. Another is of stylish bla ind-white check, the deep Hig’ and sailor collar of braided white serge, finished with silk tie. izes 4 to 14 years. Second ¥Fi., Bway, B5th Bt. these a dressy little moc Misth Floor, High-Grade Furniture in Odd Pieces —At Prices That Will Make History in a Few Hours Here is the great opportunity of this our most successful Mid-Surmer Furniture Sale for persons who wish to buy, for themselves or for a gift, sce odd piece of Furniture, and who desire to effect a saving. There are Lundreds of beautiful and confortable Chairs, Settees, Rockers, etc., that are priced much below their actual value; much below regular Macy prices for Furniture of like kind or character; and Macy prices are always “!owest-in-the-city.” The three illustrations here given are merely instances of special values, You are invited to make personal inspection to-morrow under the guidance of one of our thoroughly posted salesmen, | A Few Examples— Side Cha irs, were $8.74; | now $5.24 | Rockers, were $5.4; | now Rockers, were $7.67; | | now ‘$6.34 | Rockers, were $8.04; | now $7.34 \Rockers, were $9.34; ie now $7.74 | Settees, were $10.89; Ih now $9.24 [reieeea, were $14.49 $6.74—was $11.74 Settees, were y Beautiful _mahogany-finish $2.97 was $5.24 | now $18.24 Rocker, generous size, well- A neat and artistically deer ettees were $36.24 proportioned; very comfort-| signed corner chair. Mahogany -| shu s . “$31 24 able. Detachable cushion, cord finish; strongly made, beauti- | arms. mad now <4 trimmed. \fully upholstered seat | manufacturers. Many others, best appreciated when seen. Always remember that piece-for-piece, style-for-style, value-for-value, Macy Furniture stands in a class alone in New York City. Our comparisons of prices are between regular Macy “lowest- in-the-city” prices and the prices in the present Mid-Summer Sale; not between prices prevail- ing elsewhere in New York, or in another city, and our present prices. Moreover, every piece of Fur- niture bought at this Store must please you perfectly and give entire satisfaction. That is our unequiv- ocal guarantee, Fourth Floor, DELAWARE IDEAL FIGHTER. Net of the twenty- one battieships of the navy in battle eMotency for the years 1911-1913, Her final merit figures, as computed at thy Navy Department, give the vessel @ rating of i . ‘he Colorado is second Maryland third with cy is computed from the ship's record at target practice torpedo boat destroyer clase the date of @ week ago. The reason by the attorneys for not filing the oe piaint at the proper time was that wished to avoid the pubitelty whl would attach to the matter if the plaint was filed. An a tion for a reference in ti matter taken under consid le by the Just! Met of twenty-three .980, The Monaghan is & close second with 90.074 and the Mc- Call third with 79.261, HAL CHASE’S WIFE SUES. Defendant in Action for Alimony. The trouties of Itai Chase, the bas dall player, and his wife, Li Chase, are not over, as it was an- nounced they were several weeks ago,| on”, Lt when @ motion for altmony and counsel! this morning to feos made by Mra, Chase wan with-| hae Pitty roan drawn, for to-day Justice Dugro signed | py anorder allowing the attorneys for the plaintiff to file a complaint in the case in the County Clerk's office under a Funeral Te-Day, | The bodies of George H. McFalin his sl; year-old daughter, rid who drowned Tuestay a treet, rough rooklyn. Funeral services will be bel thts afternoon from the Borough Pag Dutch Reformed Church. Burtal be in Evergreen Cemetery. 5 whet # Old Town Canoes Reduced in Price Goin, A ® Week-End? For a Here is an unusual announcement, For the little requirements if you plea: These are genuine Old | d pinto Macy’s. ‘owns, remember. $39.75 to $46.75 Canoes as ep aN Be Skirts, Coats, BI Te Here Now at $34.75 Equipment, Golf les F This lot Includes 16- 17- and 18-foot ing Fiabits, Thermos Canoes in Charles River and H. W.||| Toilet Requisites, Books, models, Some in AA grade, mahogany ||} tionery, Candy, Travelling Bags, trimmed and open gunwales. Others ||| Trunks. In the special Ideal and Octa models. For Men: Golt, Tennts,Canos- Also a few Sponson Canoes included ||] Ing and Camping Outfits, Outing at this price. Suits, Trou: Ties, Hats and Caps, Te Our complete stock of the finest||] Articles, Travelling Bags, Trunks, Cameras and Camera fegsleriz (rom en evo val Sesser seats 75 to $55.75... Now $39.75]| away including & box of sweets This lot Includes the “finest"’ known ||] for “her’* as she greets you on to canoe manufacture In 16-and17-foot |{\ Your arrival. lengths. All full mahogany trimmed, mostly with long mahogany decks an open or double mahogany gunwales. I inens Old Town Cances in H. W. and|_ Beautiful Decorative Lines at ONE. Pein ct prac ite hee tthn THIRD TO ONE-HALF under formerly for lar ‘ To make room for new I Now $30.75) To make new lines, and hae RRA RA because some show slight A good variety of colors in all Canoes hate meitian f & handling, we shall close out ir aun teue wen Now 49¢ Striped Canvas Beat sh SSDS PSE Now Ne ape aaa Women’s Pure Irish Linen a wo 519m Handkerchiefs [There arealao sore greatly reduced | Special at 23¢ Each aeanen tye All have one-corner novelty designs, |and handsome all-around id p Was borders. sly 1 SNeME DRE AE LE TERETE TS ae ‘Mata Vicor, Centre. SOSA Is ae Misses’ and Small Women’s Tub Dresses} —Reduced to $1.96, $2.96 and $3.96 Our remaining stock of $3.96 to 99.74 Tub in lawns, tissues, end alnghane areal marked down for gulch aopoeal Abost 400 from wah to choose. Sizes 14, 16 and 18, White of fine voile, batiste jsses | White Dresse: been reduced to gabe $7. and were $8.74 to $19.74. All are daintily trimmed; some with Clun: re Now $3.96, $7.74 and $10.74 Were $5.74 to $19.74 Gecend Flees, Dwar end S5th 6h. Men’s Suits, Special at $14.75 Regular Prices, $18.50, $19.75, $24.75 — These are in our regular stock lines; not one Is specially bought nor is one of them undesirable as to style, cloth, color, talloring fis any other way i Just a reduction on 338 Suits for quick clearance, and a typical Macy spe- cialy A wide range of colorings and patterns running from the lighter to darter shades ersienginy tweed and aT, avery, Suit ncomeuthes of the best obtainable in ready-to-wear ing larly sells from: $18.50 to $24 A assortment in every size from sto 5 ioe Men’s Rain Coats, Special at $10.75 | QUALITIES THAT WERE SOLD EARLIER IN THE SEASON AT $18.50 AND $19.75, English double-texture Cantons and Paramattas, In tan and oltve shades, fi ‘With Fleer, Breaéway. i] Thoroughly well made. Every Coat fully warranted. Sizes 34 to 44. e Rugs at Economy Prices Sizes and weaves, colorings and patterns suitable for prac tically every room in house or apartment. Savings are alike for old and new housekeepers. Standard qualities from the best makers at very attractive prices: Art Rugs, Reversible, Seamless Seamless Wilton Rugs In two-tone and Oriental effects;} Woveninone solidpieceen Jacquard adapts for the living room, library, |looms; richly beautiful color-coms dining room or bed chamber, A fine | binations, two-tone and Oriental. assortment in each size, ‘isi Rugs, 27x54 inches, } $4.59 Rugs, 6x9 feet, $3.74 6.48 Rugs, 36x63 inches, ‘ $5.69 Rugs, 7.6x9 feet, $4.74 | $36.74 Rugs, 8.3x10.6 feet, 74 14 Rugs, tne fonts eH $39.89 Rugs, 9212 feet, é ugs, .t eet, .! H aot Rugs, “dele feet $748 | qfligh Grade Smyrna Rugs These are in exceedingly good Orlental patterns and coloring’. Re- versible therefore two rugs inone, He Smyrna Rugs, 9x12 ft., $14.89 $14.49 Rugs, 12x15 feet, $12.48 Mattings—Lower Prices Reversible and jointless, Beauti- ful patterns in combinations of blue, Rugs, 7.6x10.6 ft, 11.89 green and brown, y at" lows Linoieums—Special est-inethe-city” p on A clears nee which fides some 7.74 a exceptionally strong values in figured pe Linoleums, The thrifty housekeeper will see in these a great opportunity, 69 Figured Cork Linelouane, 39e ird Floor, Broadway, Special at 49c a Box Box containing 48 sheets of a good quality cambric-finished white Paper, stamped in gold with any combination two-letter script monogram and 48 envelopes to match, Special at 39 a Box Monogramed Cards, box contain’ 24 best quality linen Uelahed ry edge Cards, stamped in gold with any” combination taetmore Fe on enon ram, an envelo 0 matel 5 sin Fleer. Boar, Writing Paper Special at 54c a Box A cabinet containing 60 sheets of a fine grade of vellumetinished Paper, stamped with a two-letter script mono- gram die in either dark blueor dark red; 60 envelopes to match; choice of blue or white paper. Q