Subscribers enjoy higher page view limit, downloads, and exclusive features.
gna oe a THIEF CATCHER CAUGHT. Charwed in Warrant With Robbing | McChesney, went out, Hen Roosts. Chicken and Galdwell, N. J, 8 much that ten days mech, a carpenter, special policeman Febberies became more numerous. Seseph Beach, uncle of the policeman, PAW AND MAW MAWS DRESSIN UP To GO DOWN To THE STORE. 1 BETTER. GIT THts Five SPOT OUT OF MY CLOTHES, TM SURE ABSENT MINDED. NOW WHEN DO You SuPPOSE, 1 PUT THAT MONEY THERE? Pt BUY A (00-HOOPAWI™ BACK! 00 You SEE ANY THING NEW? from the coop and le thefts disturbed | tured, the village of West! policeman, and George Baldwin. found Schep ceny of $210. pretenses. He told her band, # . in tigation in Washing: $19,000. He needed mon the Iitigation, the woman sald, and she gave him all she could ral the rest from her relative faith in the Washington estate story. HEIR TO $5,000,000 ESTATE SHE man mi Mra, Hegsie sald. 1 fidential as to his per: told them, ahe says, that he was a Ger- man baron, but he was a poor man and could not afford to carry for hin estate, United Stutes Senator Elihu Root, he said, was his chief coun- he told his attorney to tell the reporter to meet Im at 2 o'clock in the Tombs and that he was going to distribute $132,000, The District-Attorney told showings that he had won of the © dred and I heard nolwew in his chicken coop last night, and with his nelghbor, William Two men fled her ran into @ fence and was « He was Jured Beach, the spe Joseph Beach told his nephew to gat met an¢ appointed Jared out of town, but this morning he re- pented and swore out warrants before| Recorder Heller for both Jared Beach | qj “BARON” FRIEND'S $9,000,000 HOARD FOUND MYTHICAL Cost Mrs. Heggie and Her Rel- atives $40,000 to Learn This, She Says. BANK DOES “Distressed” Nobleman Whom) Pair Aided in Will Fight Goes to a Cell. “Baron” William J. Schepherd, who 1# charged with having bexgared Mra Florence May Heggie and her husband, obtaining about $10, from them and upward of 810,00 from relatives, through | the couple, was today held for the] Grand Jury by M Jeftornon Market strate Fresehi, in art The specific charge upon which ord wan arrested was the lar: jared Schep- ney by false nd her hus that he had an estate involving to conduct who der obtained the m then got who had SAYS HE CLAIMED. Schepherd 1s forty-six years old and has been @ rug salesman in a depart- ment etore, He is mar @ year ago the Hegaies met the Schep- About rdx through mutual friends, and the jo himself very agreeable, so also became con al affairs. He » the fight an heir, the woman says he told her, to an estate of more than $5,000,000, controlled by hin uncle, Gus- dave Schephert, of Tubingen, a suburb of Stuttgart been contested by « herd in Philadelphia, and the entire matter had been transferred to the United states, Germany, The will had r of Bchep- Mra. Heggie says that the “baron” was a moat plausible talker. He used good language and used It to the best of advantage. He talked her into into mortaging her home in Ithaca, and then she talked to her relatives, in- ducing them to pur up $30,000 for the “poor and deserving’ man, the finally grew suspicious, after she had given him $210 July Mrs, Heggle ha her lawyers Inventt- kate the story of the Washington es- tate, and they found it wan a flotlon, Ho had told her, according to her atory, that the $5,000,000 had been deposited in the FourM National Rank, They found that there was no such bank “TELEPHONED TO SENATOR ROOT,” HE SAID. A warrant was sworn out for his ar- reat. He was away from his store for a woek and wan taken into custody upon his return. ‘Tho “baron” was indignant at his arrest, and permitted to telephone to Washington to his attorney, Senator Root into a telephone booth but the detectives do not know whether he telephoned or not. nded that he be He went Whn Schopherd was first arraigned Heggle that he had developed insanity, She smiled grimly and * Insanit the ball reduced to 82 trate Frerch! deciared that the clr- cumstances warranted the fixing of the higher sum. Since his arrest Schepherd has fled a petition in bankruptcy, In hia private memorandum book were four years from the “bookies.” - Bonen SE boy CHECKS, STOLEN IN GRIP, FORGED; YOUTH IS HELD. Paying Teller Discovers Forgeries When Papers Are Presented, The paying teller of the Bronx branch nge Rank, One Hun- riy-elghth street and W avenue, saw at once that the signatu on two checks presented payment thin morning by a youns On to George Golden, The oth was mado to bearer ach signature of Morris Senwarts je he detained the youth on pre- text of having to get some fresh bills phoned to Schwartz, it) Kast One Hundred ightyethird street, and who is con Hrodiery Company of Twenty-elghth street Sehwarte and Detective Wagver of the Alexander avenue station reached the bank a the saine time. Mr * 3 and & Hehwarts sald the chooks liad heen worn from a hook which bh grip dust night p Washington, He det his bag the Hennayly station while bought a ticket tha n sto joned his trip and went te « Kk man to th was Jack N Schwartz charged hin with f wdout sh he warrant was sworn | and their 288 Second avenue. For there, beginning at 1.90 thin afternoon, will be awarded Tne tered in the big contest directed by ‘The Evening World and the Little Moth: | ers’ Ald Aaso arranged In four classes, according to age. Those from thr montha to eighteen months in Class 11 from eighteen months to three years Class IIL, and from three years to fy years In Class TV, A prize of $15 will be | given to the most perfect baby in each class, the money to be deposited In the bank for the child and not to be drawn out until ft comes of age. scoring over amination hi them several times, by the examining board of doctors, In the first looking over nearly a third of the total number 4 But the final tests have been more rig: neventy babies have proved to be with- in 5 per cent. of perfection, 974, “In computing the scores, we have een guided entirely by the rules laid Nt with the theft of his bag, which, Neither could be| he said. was worth, with « Awa Out of 400 Registered There Is One Who Scored 100 Per Cent., Several 99, Half a Dozen 9813, Nine 9715 and 70 Within 5 Per Cent. of Perfection. ‘To-day ina great big day for the babies thers in the vicinity of No. | Fvening World's cash prizes to the best bables out of the four hundred regis- ation. The babies are! months to nine} ass 1, from nine! months are placed In For the Inst fortnight all the children | been tested, some of | per cent. In the firat ex- | judged went above the 95 per cent. mark, ‘ous. Fen in these, however, about MANY OF THE BABIES ARE NEAR PERFECT, tm one hundred-percenter. There ) per cent, half recorded ar down by tho Board of Health,” said Clarence Burns, President of the Little Mothers’ Ald Assoctation, to-day. “We could not be swayed by personal prejudices even if we had wanted to be, One mother cried in my arms be- caune her baby had not ecored 190 per cent, ‘I think this is some knid of a beauty contest,’ she wept. “Tf it had been,’ I said, your child woul have won a prize.’ So it would, for it wax a lovely Mttle thing, But creme ol THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1913. City-Wide Series of Better Babies’ Contests | TIE 1 AIFF Bilt of rd of Prizes to Winning Babies To-Day AD I In Contest Held at No. 236 Second Avenue (Eee PT ha a! aN MARY CANSUSSO 15 MONTHS: AN TONETTA AT THE WARREN GODDARD Howse Nothing in the world but physical well- being and normal growth has been con- ered in making the deeision and “warding the honors. “Some mothers have been unable to understand how their children could score 19 in the physical tests, and yet be below perfection in the complete ¢. The explanation is simple. A child may be absolutely free from all trace of disease or organic weakness, | and yet it may be under height or un- der weight, or the leg and arm meas- urements may be @ bit below normal. Such a child may be a very fine apeci- men without being technically perfect. | PERFECTLY SPLENDID LOT OF BABIES. “In our final tests we have given an almost microxcople scrutiny to the chil- dren, We have taken off for such di fects as small bald spots, prickiy hea® or @ coated tongue, And with all our Drying we have yet arrayed a p | ie conduct- ing the geratest educational cam- paign that has ever been waged in the City of yw York. There is 0 way of computing the immense good that the paper has sccom- plished among mothers, the im- mense boost given to the next gen- eration. “Among tho mothers who have en- tered children in the present contest! will be formed a huge Mothers’ Asso- ation which will meet regularly for lectures on the care of children, There will also be practical demonstrations of} the proper ways of preparing children’s} food, All this will be in preparation for the real Better Babies’ Yhow, the im- Provement contest, for which The Eve- ning World offers money prizes and which will take place in six month Not only the mothers but the fathers of Second avenue have been stirred by the better babies’ 1 Mrs, Burns has received an interesting jeter from & man who entered both his four-year- old son and his baby daughter in the contest, The boy came out particularly well on his first examination, but feli down afterward, and father got anx- ious. Here is his letter: Dear Doctors: I would like to know if the reduction of my boy's average is caused by studying. in health and development it wasn't the equal of some other babies You're bilious! You havea throbbing sensation in your he a bad taste in your mouth, your eyes hurt, your skin is yellow with dark rings under your eyes, No wonder you Teel ugly, mean system is full waste not properly passed off, and what ning up “insi Don't wing a bilious, constipated nui urself and those who love you, CANDY And | tenching him to read and to write, HEADACHY, BILIOUS, CLEAN YOUR LVER—DIME A BOX nd ill-tempered, Your. jy hile and constipated i | pleasant und useful, Clean up! Cheer 10 CENT BOXES -ANY DRUG STORE * ALSO 25 & SO CENT BOXES” WHILE YOU SLEEP From last December on I have been CONSTIPATED, and don't resort to harsh physics that ‘irritate and injure, Remember that your | sour, disordered stomach, Inzy liver, and | clogged bowels can be quickly cleaned and thorough Cascarets; a 10-cent box will | carets now—wake up refresh | doing a good day's work —make yourself up! CATHARTIC JUDGE GOLDFOGEL TO GIVE OUT fectly | 7 splendid lot of babies, with a remark: | ably high average rank, | ave been Invited to attend the prize|tnaane Sallor Jumps FF ter, founder of the Big Broth sociation and exceedingly pop the netxhdorhood, where he hi ail his life, is one of the spe other is Dr. Arthur G, Bretz, the spe. place cialist who has been in charge of the i OPO} regulated by morning with gentle, | | PAB2zs4 Aa ae ' The Evening World’s and Welfare Association’s | SME CALLS \\P } FOR FINAL VOTES. Ay anmagesone |Leaders on Both Sides Agres hystoun: } Tnoressea with| Measure Will Be Keoorted | of the babies oe Back to House To-Morrow. Krein te in surprising! I think the otner exemining board o 1 have by the high ge: same way | Greenwich House, N § Jores| WASHINGTON. LU 19 Demos | Street, ben at Little Italy 0 1H Mniae| ratios tarkt? yocoduced Sy afajortty street, Hate of examining physicians for ter five montha the respective contesis aie g care. | Heater Un \ UB abts ce fully complied. In the ° h sete | Pasned by Houm ‘nOuteS nme tie ate before ad+ t. When che measurd sly today by Chaird nan ® Com nts the judgliy, on which wth bel to-day may (the awarding of The Evening | journment to-r Word's money prizes, will begin on or about Sept. was called up man Simmons of the mittes it was the intention 4o hold J Ee the Senate in session until a vote wa reached. . Leaders of both sides agreed that the bill surely would be reported back to the House some tine to-morrow. In conference the measure im expected te be debated less than two weeks. ‘After some preliminary discussion to: day Senator La Follette took the floor for his first gerieral discussion of the bill, having deferred hi —~—— BERNARD MAC! MONTHS. Shey to the wool and cotton sched the climax of the debate. He expected to talk about four hours. : oe Will Not Be Permitted to Land! ayy gp KITTENS BY MAIL. Unless Her Record Is Cleared Rochent © Post-Offiece G The of “Moral Turpitude.” From This City. ROCHESTER, Y., Sept. 8.—A mai! bag from New York City, epened tn : o . the Rochester :postofMice to: wes WASHINGTON, Sept. 8.—Before Mrs. found to contain under the letters a Emmeline Pankhurst, leader of the Brit-| cat and four newly born nate, on : | mother of the quartet wae neari ish militant suffragiste, can be admit: but was resuacitated with a saucer of ted to the Untied States tn October, the | milk. All of the kittens were alive and a timg set in the latest announcements | Apparently uninjures coming, the immigration author- ‘ i for h ae yea OeUtecHL ites at decide whether any of ne Severe Cough Led acts for which she has been Impris- med in England constitute moral tur to Lung Trouble pitude within the meaning of the law,] § le are rarely and make her an undestrabte alt She will be detained at whatever port she lands, but whether, eventually, she may be permitted to enter cannot be foretold. To the timigratien author- ities Mrs, Pankhvrst’s visit presents at this time purely 4 nypothetical question, and they decline to pass upon It in ad- vance. mmendatlte Officials of the Department of Labor | the better. 1 had nthe how are seeking al! obtainable informa. | (oven ani ani’ hae teat tion concerning the British sufframist’s | tering of tiasccw, June militant activities that may have a le- gal hearing upon her right to admission to the United States \ es TWO $5,000 BIRTHDAY GIFTS FROM MRS. SAGE Given by Widow of Financier to to we interf 3 n wiht ais aneeleat hens af. oer | Syracuse Institutions to Mark Please let me know. ~, * JOSEPE BUOUGIORNO. Celebration—She Is 86. SYRACUSE, Sept. §.—Mrs, Ru THE PRIZES. Suge to-day gave $5,000 to the sy Judge Goldtogie, ¢ from | Y. M,C. A. and a Ike amount to the ot in which riers, Syracuse ¥, W.C. A le Mothers’ Ald Association) she said the gifts Were a part of her d, has been asked to give out ighty-sixth birthday cel vening World prizes, All the °#RY"* whore babies were exam e fact. If rou ng of 1008 5 1 tried 1s SEA, NEIGH ESR HoVs ees Wow he reads like a boy of seven of | eight. On Sept. 3 I received « let- e the tae CAfidavity (Above abbreviated mane Alierative hi many year’ teat Per cent, but to-day he was re- Vtha: reeny oration, m Window, which takes place in the Thomas Clynock, an .nglish eailor, parlors on the second floor forty-seven, went Insane while on the ‘ond avenue. Ernest Couis| third floor of ihe Marine Hospita’, No. As-/10 South sireet, this afternoon and lar in! Jumped through the window to the side- lived walk, He broke two ribs, sprained his Ans right wrist and cut him face in several He was taken ta Bellevue Hos- MA BRAND < wHITEWOOD. kers, ANEW 2FOR COLLAR 28 To Women Long on good points Seeking Health and Strength | 252""". IROQUOIS SHIRTS, 2.60 EARL & WILSON MAKERS OF TRUY'S BEST PRODUCT, *% For thc®e ilis peculiar to women Dr. Pierce | recommends his '‘Favorite Prescription”’ as ! “THE ONE REMEDY” A medicine prepared by regular graduated physician of unus- ual experience in treating woman's diseases. ‘ully adapted to work in harmony with the most delicate feminine conatitution, All medicine dealers have sold it with satisfaction to cus- tomers for the past 40 years. Itis now obtainable in liquid or sugar-coated tablet form at the drug store—or send 60one-cent stamps for a trial box, to Buffalo, Every woman may write fully and confidentially to Dr. Pierce, Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y., and may be Gure that her case will receive careful, conscientious, confidential consideration, and that experienced medical advice will be given to her absolutely free. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate and invigorate stomach, liv- erand bowels. Sugar coated, tiny granules easy to take as candy. In the Tagazine Section of next Sundays World ““C hat agtime ‘Dinnertime Band Ine OF the Song Thits oF “Che Doll Girl” at the Globe Theatre. BY ARRANGEIIENTS “WiTn 1® WARPTS “FRANCIS DAY end HUNTER f Ze ae