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t F§ St RA SA mlm ntnen i 4 THE £ GRENNIH, COA, BANK 1S CLOSED $00) 000TEDUP Loose Bookkeeping Said to Have Caused Action of State Bank Commissioner, VENING WORLD, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1918. — — ee a eee First Peep at The Spring Fashions in Paris Gowns _ MYSTERY OFPOSIN' Ss Sezscce | discovered the very woman fe wanted BEO64-9-9.4-6-0446-84-64.404-046-1904O94O44O0044- 064040006064 1d > 04644464 @ No, #9. So the cakes were delivered. FOOD CHOPPER here was @ return card on the package whic said: “From Box 133, Stuyvesant, fi fie 3 | Vosburgh was puszied, but con- Wieeres that some old patient had sent tha cakes. She was about to have tea [ao she asked Mrs, Doy , to | Join her. Mrs, Doyle took one good look She didn't like the color of the frosting and the white dust on the cookies didn't Wrong Mrs. Vosburgh Got Them, That’s All, and a Doc- look like sugar to her. tor Confirmed Suspicions. | Cd PLEATEO * GOwn IN WHITE MOusSELINE DRECOLL) Instanily Adjustable to cut coarw, medium of fine. There are fast Dr. KR. 8, Bickley, No, 455 West Thir- ty-fourth street, wan called. He said It was well to be suspicious of cakes, He even said that part of them seemed to him to be heavily charged with pol- aon, He took samples and announced > * 4 é j that he Would have them analyzed and fe Son to |eubmit the case to the District-Attorney wotliig ee” Nid (cect to The Bronte Wort.) » | There are several Mra. Rose Vos-| in case poison were found, > 4 burgh tn New York, and two of them ) [live only a few houses apart. It was jentir owing to this simple circum: > {stance that a poisoned cake mystery. | which promised to set the machinery of the District-Attorney's office and the GREENWICH, Conn, Dec, 18~The! « Greenwich Savings Bank, established In| 187 and the town's oldest banking inst! tution was closed to-day by order of @ate Bank Commismoners Frederick P. | Then Mrs, Rose Alice Vosburgh wrote the postmaster at Stuyvesant, N. Y¥., @ town of Which she had never heard, by he way, and asked who used box 185. The postmaster scribbled on her note that the box was used by Alex Van Holt and N, 8. Lappett. The last report }| Federal secret Ser in motion, | Alen, @ emer eet ey, of the dank officials, made three weeks G|etopped in full fight, crumbled up and} once ® week: Mrs Vosburgh immedi- age, showed deposits of more than wan deflated tike a Zeppelin airship. | #tely wrote to Van Allen to sec ¢ lor any one knew who had sent her the Gi,ced000, On the Board of Dirr-tore are| The cakes simply got to the wrong cakes, Stese @ome of the most influential men tn| $ | Mrs. Vosburgh, She hadn't expected| Here the case rested until this morn- town. any; moreover, they didn't look good! ing, when a newspaper necount of the Be to generality believed that the bank to her, S80 she auspected poison, eum-|mesterious poisoned cakes appeared. A Wonderful Improvement ig eound, but that the bookkeeping aye- tem was obsolete, There was little ox- cltement when the announcement of the bank's closing came, as every one be- Neves it is only temporary. The exam- iners tamved this statement: “We are unable to rify the ee counts and the discrepancy In of such nature that in safety to all ite de- positors we have cloned the bank and it 1# now in our charge. We anticipate that we ahall find the condition due to ereora in accounting and a far audit fa now under way. As soon as we ar- Five at the actual condition we shall feeue our statement to the depositors.” ‘The Commissioners denied absolutely that the condition of the New Haven moned @ physician, began an investiga- tion and caused a sensation, As a mat- ter of fact, the cakes were simple country-made cook: as innocent 88) hurgh, whose address is No. 967 Colum- cakes may well be. Polson Was as far! buy avenue, or not far from the home from them aa indigestion, jof Mra, Rose Alc Vosburgh. Mra. NICE, PALATABLE GINGER COOK. | Hose Vosburgh, No. at breakfast with her son, Pratt B. 168 AND CAKE. | vertising agent connecte But here ts what happened: On Mon- | City Dispa Ni day Mrs, Rose Alice Vosburgh, a trained | Young Vosburgh was reading the morn- nurse of No, 92% Columbum avenue, re- | ing ‘i Sate atseine caper to celved through the mall & small pack: | Hath the sho joined in the cachin- age of what seemed to be ginger cook- nation, fes and pleoes of ginger cake with frost: | °\phose must be the cakes Cousin Flor- ing between ite layers, The box Was ence said sho would send,” said Vos- addressed to “Mrs, Rose Vosburgh, No. 487 Columbus avenue.” Their recipient sald his mother. 4 ; ha was |probably misaddressed the eee a eee ee eee Pratt Vosburgh hurried to tho of- OWNERS OF THE CAKES READ ABOUT THE MYSTERY. Enter now the second Mrs. Rose Vos- over the. old-fashioned, cam tue ogetier meee aunber ote a PSAak for tHustrated eatalog. STEINFELD BROS. * New York. 594-586 Rroadwi Gthilich Ocalists’ Opticians Half a Century in Business, Headache Is a 33 OSS84-2« er oe o 26-34 d-04 pOe-S-<-5 Distinct Warnin of Eye Trouble “She & 4 v4 PDOOROD DOE 0.09.0-06-6.93-0-- Railroad had anything to do with the wh Rose. It was, but she seldom used any | 4 89 Pratt Vosbureh hurried te the of) and it’s a warning everyone Dank’s troubles. They said there was| fp!” nave her second name, Alice, and few | AC ot ON ity found. Del Murphy.| should heed tly, ‘The me New Haven stock among the assets, | 7 Knew of the former. Also, the address | A’sistant District-Attorney and head of K promptly, They have engaged Ernst & Ernat, corm x The postman had firat | the Homicide Bureau. Cause is eyestrain—correct {ied public accountants of New York, : Finding no Mra. Vosburgh | go the poison mystery evaporatee. glasses only give relief, to go over the books from the opening se = _ —— Eyes Examined Without Charge of the bank in 18%, by R red Eye Physicians ‘Wits H. Willoox is President of the dank; Charles EB. Merritt, Treas: Perfect Fitting Glasses, $2.50 to $12, 184 Broadway at John St. , Fo ad i ivr GLEE: Ytsilitts 4 The annual e = = ety aires ee SSH, IN HT Loeoterrorrsrorerteh ey wee Z on , Nasa, Am St 221th. Tas jen of the bank were between SSELINE, Lace WANTS FOREIGN TROO an Men to Fr at cas! prices on 4td—N.Y. YLSITT A 9590660996564. MAAN 700,000 and $800,000, He eaid there was Conta. vit The ‘anni erta ne 3 “498 Fulton St., Cor. Bond St., Brechin satis mass monic |, MER WITHORAWN FROM CHINA}: :scc"™Sce'es'sy ca coin re SSS IN to-night at th dred and bank, and predicted its early reopening, He onld: “Taere hus been no defalcation or any- thing of that sort. The closing of the @ank was due to the new Connecticut lew, which permits examiners to close @ tank while they are at work on the Star Casino, One Hun: | nth street and Lexington avenue. ‘The society has more than 3,000 members, The entertainment will be Pinafore," those taking part !n the pro- duction being employees of the various | gas companies. The following officers of (SISLS A For Mea Women and Children, SSS a Clothing On Our Confidential Cortofone The latest and best-toned talking machine at any price. en to you ab- Russia's Proposal for Evacuation in Northern Section Surprises Dip- lomats at Peking. Books, Everything will be found to be o cnt Heo, wh—tthe Mus-| S88 tolppanios will be p t: George solutely free if you agree @ right and the bank will resume busi- ° debt) co ered || B. Cortolyou, Lewis B. Gawtry, Walter | to buy two double-sidec Meantime, no depositor can get a P rawal pie i a W. Doane, W, Greeley Hoyt, Willam H. weekly for a short time Ma Gece ar ae te. pene: mone; tae Province of Chili, China, including s an . (cath The legation guard) the regiment at | crecue:, Dr samen A: Bennett, Frank: Before buying elsewhere po ceceetigation Mane” yest ’ Mentein and “the droops guarding these DReeus ane Nee in justice to yourselt, good: . te ea {te —— ay eon the sea and P (call or write MAY NOT TAX MRS. ASTOR. raul i sea aan cg FY cowpans, ag dt considers conditions in the north} of China no longer dangerous to for-| elgners. 830 Sixth Avenue, near 20th Street, N. Y. aches tong id 14, Pay 4 Weekly Furs and Fur Coats Lenox “tits “May Harrington,” Who Sues E.K. Stallo Turns Out to Be Mrs, Stallo That Was. ‘Widew Claims reset ¢m Ka- tate Was Pre-Nuptial. ‘Transfer Tax Appraiser J: Cog- wey may not, it wus stated at the Sur- rogate’a oMfce to-day, oppose the ap- Piication made by Mra, Madeleine Tal- * SSE NEN Kroupensky, the Russian Minister to e this announce- ment and stated further that If the ther foreign nations disagresd Rus withdraw ig, 100% mds wits guaranteed Viewir, € o sia intended ORESS BRocavE mates Tor ator to tare temited| weary which tor mona ms ww] BUTE MAove ane [iy "tonsonene stented wri 2274 3° Av.|7 W. 14" St given to her by the late Col. Astor be- | Founded @ sult to recover on a note fei TRO SS [among the members of the foreign dip- | fore their marriage, She claims that|in the Supreme Court by May Harring- ZIMMERMANN lomatic corps, most of whom regard | QQAAQQS REAR RANA conditions in the north as well as In the| as her interest in the property was south of China as decid ereated before she became Mrs. Astor ton against Edmund K. Stallo, whose| ¢ PPDODDHOOD ¥ ne tax can be assessed against it. & Milvure, @utors, told the @eded in Coggey's report. — Attorney Ledyard of Carter, Ledyard who represents the exe- ‘rogate that by an oversight in the appfaisal of the es- tate the ante-nuptial gift had been tn- daughters inherited millions from their @randfather, Alexander McDonald, the Standard Oi) director, was cleared away to-day when it became known that May Harrington was Btallo's former wife, ‘The trial was set for Dec, 15. Mre. Harrington is now living in Ohio where she and Htallo were divorced a ‘a debts which she incurred narrlage, Explaining the promissory note, he Saya that he gave his wife $9,000 wort! unsettled | The subject was the foremost topic of | discussion in the foreign legation quar- | ter to-night and hints were thrown out | that political designs on the part of of Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City Rallroad bonds in October, 1907, as a witt. Shortly after m: he needed the bonds and asked his wife to return Russia were suspecte rmy Canteen, Dee, 12 Plan to Restore WASHINGTON, ~Restora- Instant Public Appreciation | Stamps George M. Cohan’s ever-popu- lar compositions, just as che merit of It’s Easy—If You Know Dr. Edwards’ Olive Tablets, The secret of Keeping young te ve them. She did und he gave her the note. ‘of the c th ity is at once appr uu by every UBC iaver, {ORM 20 Se tae yen sae wales ie TAXI TRUST STILL LOSES, | veer sso this month. She ts suing him| “In the agurexute Stailo saya that he] UO Of Ne UArny Cente ne anne she $0 ‘oned Piano in the World” liver and owela "Therw'e ne need af ee pene Bic thd ic for $7,800 on a note which he gave her | paid out $11,087 for her benefit and that leery Mary! kaltalion betire cones one. bens Hi Gohen'g, componitions under your eyes, pimples, a Ddilious loob me More Injunctions Are Dismisse@ by | and which sho alleges ts now long over. |after deducting the promissory note siie|Drenent "Ary" Nelutiinn Mitine Catron, ipa ti Dal 2 86 oves RES Geeta tent tale ate 45 the Appellate Divisten. due, Mra. Harrington's attorney is John ¥,|day. Re urtholdt indicated Oiber Nake Pianos. #180 pe, far HiAcot Bad we, ce Doge ae ‘The Appellate Division of the su-| * Russian sable coat, which it is said | Vatieant of No, 18 Broadway. @tallo {s| that the first step will be to amend the 7™y ry CHAR HANG a gaaeest. pomels and liver, Dr maw oe , Court cleaned up to-day all the was purchased by Stallo in Paris for| represented by Rockwood & Haldane,|law and permit sale of beer and other Weg 3 7A fer etable compout mixed ‘wi OS} ‘audi de ling from|"i@ wife when she was vying with «| N0- @ Broadway. beverages of low alcoholic content. ed Vaeite: 107 Hlalaey 8, ’ b ae Act on your liver and bowel : cases alender resu! : nae m a oir [ened perro teak trl sey Don’t merely buy gloves—buy Perrin’s || *x0'%g ii pettnss ior ore i @upreme Court in the matter of con-| capital who were intent upon getting alliate: ie tle, im chet t testing the new taxicab ordinance. possession of the finest sable in the Made for the fashionable men and women who Se apart “tal 5 Pde Yellow Taxioad Company, the| world, Agures prominently in the auit. buy only the best-—and know it pays @ Ww MY act. ellie tet ‘ Motor Taxica Company, the Belmont | wre. Ade Sorg Drouillard, recently di- the finest French hid ski Soft, pliable id 1 ring the system of fi 4 Motel Compeny and Haverty's Text-| Vorce4 from Capt. Droulliard, U. 8. A y BRING. » pilable an tee, You will know Dr, Bd: * Olive cabs, Inc,, were the corporations inter- Ha dle lurable gloves that only the French artisan can produce. Tablets by thelr oltve 100 and ented an aguinat the olty of New York,| etre’, was 4 competitor and proved 250 per box. The Otive Company - Tm each case the Appellate Division ‘af.| the victor, A comminsion aelected by You con get Perrin's For Men and Women plumbut = firmed the decision of the lower court | her found in some out of the way Run- Gi youtnsist 3 $1.50 up 3? SP 30 A f wih codts, but no opinion was ren-| sian port a set of sables valued at $30,- F Co ‘ Gores in any cass, 000, ‘These were auld to be the Guest yun vine cte ti Minn) & FACES mnor wales in the world and of them Mrs. Every marked e % Drouillard’s coat waa made, Perrin size Pl P “hie: ea ayer Pianos in mentioned by Stallo in hin answer eee The to his former wife's complaint. He Tht ere” fe says that he owes her nothing on the te note but on the contrary she owes him e $2,000 and as one item he mentions he wy pald to Bergdorf & Co, of Paris $6,197 part payment 7 in part payment for the sable when he ae fy Send for catalog and price list , : ( Termaifd / 1] Francis Connor, Mf" Wareroom, 14 E. 42nd St, and his wife were abroad tn 1912, Rofore they married Stallo's answer discloses that hi need of clothing, and money. The Mayor said he eavierane woncrart om Bua Prices in Plain Figures Quartered sawed oak, brii- Mantly polished and chase carved, Has two extra book- shelves at top. 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