The evening world. Newspaper, January 3, 1914, Page 10

Diamond Cut Diamond, It Happened ir FOR $4.00, SAD ROAD CONTRACTOR Witnesses Before Osbome Tell " About Changes in Columbia _ County Highway Contract. TAILOR HAD ROAD JOB. Testimony Brought Out That He Went Fishing and Did Little Work. ALBANY, Jan, 3—A waiver of im- munity was signed to-day by Paul G@ehultze of Troy, Geoond Deputy High- ‘way Commiasioner, before he replied at the Osborne graft taqury te charges made against him yesterday by oud In explaming bis permission of the ‘use of an inferior grade of pitch Mier mn a brick road between Schenectady an@ Albany, Schultze said the material fai ref i | i H i if pening of the hearing W. ®, a Troy eontractor, pro- check book s IN CONTRACT OR ONG HIGHWAY. @ Nelson Hand, a resident along a petition for changing the character of ‘the road, The signers, he eaid, thought the new type was more desirable. Hand also declared that last Decem- {bar at @ loca! hotel Contractor Melius had‘ onid he had been “shaken down for @. Did Mellus tell you who shook him Gown?" asked Commissioner Osbor: “% don “4 don't recall," the witness persisted. Harrison E. Pratt, a Chatham super- By Jane Bunker, BAASAARAAARAAARAAS n Dummyland A New York Romance of Jewéls, Laughs and Thrills, a a \ Will Begin in Monday’s Evening Worl By Myrtle Held oe arecsareoooosooee Straws (in Women’s Hats) to Show Way The Wind of Coming Spring Fashion Blows MEMO. FOR MEN: The trimmiag tickier is to be perpendicular, or nearly so; no horizontal spear to jab the bystander’s face or' eyes WRB? SaEEZ paz Scenbeasae Ey eqrenaoumMrzses : ~ R4SGZRRTeE we + <98p as First Straw of the Year \Will Be a Panama—Small Hat Still Conspicuous. ‘The first very modest straw hat of the year, the one that gives promise of spring somewhere out yonder and Geclares that the migration to the Southland is in full ewii fe very like- ly to be a Panama if {9 @ compliment to Panama year, just the same, this straw ie particularly | “good” in the language of the trade. And behind the doors of this very tt there are preparing these new jailored| hats that have the regulation amount of first season primness, which, like the fret bude of the willow, merely come, kink in @ decided flare a ide, balanced on the o! wee bit brim that would hardly be no- ticed at all if it were mot tipped quite decidedly on one oye. ry likely, against (bis upturned side the trimming y : tlon for the change in the road, teat!- fied that Melius sent him @ check in ‘March, 1913, for #60, ‘Pay any bile 1 owe up there and use #100 of the remainder as @ campaign Pratt maid. ‘I tore up the check in the presence of Melius.” Louis Greener, an acquaintanse of Brese, the Troy tailor, who hid « highway Job, testified that tr thought his job in 1913 was hard, SAID HE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO ANY WORK, He used to go home aud come back Mon thought thut was hard,” Greener raid “He said that during the previous year he tad a State Job and his money was eent to him at his home, He did not have to do any work.” Q. Why was this job given him? A. He told me Joe Murphy got him the Job, Bress claimed he controlled ral votes in Troy and wald thal wan why he was given the poxition. work at all? Bres was then called. He sald he carry chains end stakes for | crow WHITE HEMP: HIGH FLARE™ PINE TREE FANCIES rE FEATHE -MOIRE is ‘posed,’ tall flare still furt eavenward, And heaven: io a fitting term—lt fe good to say—for the angle of the mi up out of the way of the body's eye, ear oF nose. Up from the brim top or un- derside, or up from some point of the again quite fash- tish and tive it Mes flat and close and curls down about the ear of the wearer, the admirer. The tricorne for the apring hat Bouth- ward bound is a millinery secret that has hardly yet been whimpered abroad the tricorne in quaint lonial style, yet with a dash and ere that the tricorne does not become? Ribbon ts a leader tm the trimming line with feather fancies a close sec- ond, Ribbon in fact is just about the main word to be sald in the millinery field and means much to the first buy- er, In the way of trimmige, of whole turbans ‘all-over” hata, t) ribbon made and mighty fet Flowere—not yet of them it ts i! to be in prim little imitations that serve an evident use rather than an ornamentation, the engineers, Turning to Commis- @ioner Carlisle and his secretary, Mr. Fuller, Mr, Osborne asked: “You wilt admit, won't you, that titis r did any- Oaborne declared, Greener and Stickle were recalled to testify regarding the kind of work they saw Bress doing on the high- Both of them agreed that they er saw him performing any actual Jador. ———-— Calle Author-Husband Creel. Mra. Sarah A. Greenfield aued yes- terday im the Supreme Court for a Green- Meged had treated her cruelly, es- pecially when crazed by morphine. The couple were married Dec. 27, 1907, ‘Two yeate later Mrs. Greenfield sued for @ separation, but withdrew the action, — Lact Hang! im Vermont, ‘WINDSOR, Vt, Jan. 3.—Arthur Bos- worth was hanged at the State prison to-day for the murder of Mae Labelle at’ Eesex Junction in June, 1911, Here- aster all murderers condemned to death in this @tate wil) be electrocuted, R WOMEN KNEEL ON BEACH AND PRAY FOR | SEABRGHTS SAFETY (Continued from First Page.) ter broke against the basement at times during the noon hour, The bulkheading in front of the ve way this mornin; into the lawn thi wong the coast are ves washed over the railroad t Normandie, but the railroad haa managed to keep the west track open thus far, At the Ootegon the breach in the fend extended so that just after 1 O'clock the waves broke across Ocean avenue. This is the sorese the epit. Following the storm of a week ago work has been rushed every hour to replace the bulkheads torn away at that time, 80 that if another storm came up there would be some protection. But to-day the seas Washed .away all that |ago most of the cottag had been done during the week and wrought great havoc to lawns and butld- Inga. The wind is holding from the eas: with no sign of @ shift and the ¢! noon, it wan feared, would add grea iy to the damage, The worst damage last ni; the Octagon Hotel. ‘The sea: tho bulkheading there on the morning after Christmas Day and wrecked the Kk and part of the hotel, To-day the seas whipped from the sand the piling which had been driven in place of that tors out @ week ago, lashed hotel and tore away the dining room and Weakened other parts of the structure. Up tn the fishers’ secygea of the resort where the damage was done a week toppled off thelr foundations, had been set back, but durin, rushing in under the bulldings, lifted them away again. About @ dosen of them over afd it is éxpected seve: broken up. Several other small houses which escaped a week ago were dam- aged to-day, The waves carried great quantities of sand up on the raiiroad tracks and they are blocked, but so f reported fo not seem to be badly washed out. hed by the waves last 11 during the and in many places are badly Th YOUNG'S PIER BEING DEMOLISHED BY SEA IN ATLANTIC CITY. ATLANTIC CITY, N, J. Jan, 2—The heavy northeast storm sweeping the Atlantic coast to-day resulted i gre damage here and at nearby point Part of the Jetty protecting the famous steel plier Was washed away. and the pilings carried to sea. ~The tide ts the highest known in years, A portion of Young’s old pier was Gemolished and the former home of Capt. John Young was carried away by the waters, Other sec pier were toppling th threatened to go out at any minute, At Longport the sea undermined many cottages, It was feared they would,be washed away. MARRIAGE DATE UNCERTAIN. “Om or Mefore July 30, 1800," Saye 1s Mother-in-Law. B, Rosell, wife of Fred- erick Rosell, began sult in the Supreme Court yesterday against her husband's Mra. Annie M. Rosell, for he damages for alienation of his ‘The younger Mr. Rosell aa; defendant “on or before nd has not been sup- representing that she was her by unfit to be his wife. George W. Tucker the | gr, te attorney for the plaintic | son of a deceased sister. | decided that no testimony was pres he was | \ WILL GIVING $500,000 TO MAN'S HOUSEMAID AND FRIENDS STANDS. No Testimony Showing Mind of J. G. Watmough Was Unsound, Is Ruling. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 2.—The will of the iate John G, Watmough, which left $100,000 to a maid and $400,000 to a mai and wife who were his friends, Ignorin; all heirs’ at law, was admitted to pro-| ate to-day by the Register of Will after a determined fight had been m: by relatives against such action, expected the contest will now be Into the courts, Mr, Watmough was seventy-six years old when he died and had been an in- ears. His wife, who @n aunt of the d of the Drexel family, died Mr. Watmough left $100,000 is Zale F: 0 was a nurse to both Mr. and Mrs, Watmough. The $100,000 was left to Ferdinand Keller and hin wife, a dealer in antique: came @ warm friend of Mr. through business mough ignored a half-brother, th; dren of a deceased chil- ister and the ‘The ground against admitting the will to probate was that Mr. Watmough of unsound mind when the will was drawn, The Register of Wills to-day ted at the hearing to prove the allegations of the contestants, sock hac 1914 Art Calendar FREE with Next Sunday’s World. Greater New York and Vicinity.) fi iE add Noss CHARLESTON WINNERS. FIRST RACE—Sell: four-year-olds and longs.—Gagnant, 106 (Neander), @ to 5, 3 to § and out, first; Berkeley, 112 (Davis), 9 to 2%, 9 to 5 and 9 to 10, nec ond; Silicic, 112 (Wolfe), 10 to 1, 4 to 1 and 2 to 1, thin, Time—119. Lady Edna, Clem Beachey, Cynosure, Fawn, E'ate Herndon and Snowflakes also ran, BECOND RACE—Selling; $200; three- i five and one-half turlongs.— 5, 8 to 5, won 10 to 1, 4 tot, (Watkins), 5 to 1, 5 to 4 even, Harebell, Ruby Nelrose Squeeler also ran. THIRD RACE—Sell: $300; six furlongs; four-year-olis and upward. —Coroposis, 112 (Davenport), 4 to 1, 6 to 5 and & to 5, first; Queen, 109 (Turner), 4 to 1, 9 to 5 and 9 to 10, wecond; Letourno, 115 @Langfort), to 1 and 5 to 2, third. Time, Rulsseau, Camel, Stealaway, Flying Yankee and Agnier also ran, FOURTH RACE—The summerville Handicap; purse %00; three-year-olds ; one mile,—Dartworth, 108 (Bux- 9 to 20 and out,’ won; Bry (McTaggar to, 9 to 5 Prince Hermis, 119 “2 and 11 to 2, third, Time—1.4 Ivan Gardner, Floral Park and L. H, Adair also ran, ashe Rs CHARLESTON ENTRIES. (Special to The Evening World.) RACE TRACK, CHARLESTON, 8, C., Jan. 3.—The entries for Monday's races ure ns follows FIRST RACE three-year third. Hyams, olde; ures 8900; * Mim Honsbure, Nonmandy, {5 1 Mike Cohen, 06; “Three-year-olds: jrirse $300; 100; 114; ‘Turkey in the Straw, 104; *Unton Jack, 100, RACH Three-year-okde and upwent ACK —Three year-olds and upward; | purse $00; selling; one Bure Around, 91 *D 1 Dipper, 117: Harcourt, Yutty bunk, 114; *Stesleway, 100; Queed, anal Angelo, 417. c= aie FIRST BABY BORN IN GREATER NEW YORK IN 20TH CENTURY. | Thomgs Barry, of ENS 28 EE CENTURY'S FIRST BORN PAYS NEW YEAR'S CALL World Prize and Is Now a Strapping Youngster. Following his custom e he has been old enough to walk, Ei Messemer Barry, tho first baby in Greate entury, Ms paid a New Year visit to THE ing World to-day, Eugene ts an ‘Vorld prize winner—without any effort on his part, however—and a ‘ine big manly boy he ts too. The credit for winning The Evening World prize belongs primarily to Ble ore and secondartly fo is father, 168 Fast One Hundred and Ninth street. It was Mes, Even ARRESTED WHEN OPENING! HIS WIFE'S LETTER BOX Ahearn, Seized in Post-Ottice, Says He Did Not Know His Action Was Illegal. Michuel F. Ahearn, Insurance agent in Manhattan, living at No. aw Barry who brought Eugene Into the world at ten seconds past midnight on January 1, 1900, thus winning The .Evepr ing for the babys Eugene won by an eyelash, a Rabies came tumbling Into. the world, one after another, in this big town and Eugene was only a few secondg, ahe Greater New York's No, 2 Twentieth ntury baby, but those few seconds earned him :he honor of being the first child born In the century in New York d probably in the United Sta le Kriegel wa the century and The her a medal, too, She orfolk street, but lives In in Kast One Hundred Sind Sixth stres:. He is an up-to-date boy, as he should be considering the clreum- ances under whith whieh Among were Julia Culp, @ mezzo-soprano, Conrad V. Bos, a planiat, from Hol Mre. Lillian Wiesike, an American prano who has been studying abroad, and Leopold Godows&!, a Poll The first three are to give a concert at ‘arneale Hall Monday afternoon, and after he Met Wyckoff street, Brooklyn, went to the Brooklyn Post-Ofive yesterday afters hoon and was opening letter box Nu. 166 wien Post-Oilice Inspector Jonn N. Parson touched him on the shoulder and eaid: “You ure under arrest.” “This key ts a duplicate,” added the inspector, as he took it. “L admit 1 had the key made from the original given to my wife," Ahearn said. He protested that he dia not know he was violating the law, bus was held in $1,000 by United States Com- missioner Cochran, +The bail was given by Jeremiati J, Cronin, undertaker, of No. 115 Atlantic a . Until his arrest Ahearn did not know that his wife had complained that her letter box Was being fitted. She sald: ‘The arrest of my husband is th greatest surprise to me. I knew noth. ing about his having the duplicate key. - ———— Dea Rooney, 300 M i heart disease ville station, . Dr. Travia of St. ‘ospital was summoned force im tin 1h children. {Not rubies. Dist - after Eating, Heatern, 0 end Distress i ine mabe Signature Opera House to-morrow Godo' tuke part In a concert at Carnegie Ha! on Wednesday with Ysaye, the violin. ist, and Jean Gerardy, the ‘cell —_—_—————— FATHER JOHNS DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND, Ever hear of blood red Red diamonds, The liest stones in the world, Seven of them are worth $1,000,000, At least, seven of them WERE worth 1,000,000. And those seven were the cause of some oi the most exciting adventures that ever happened here in New York. These adventures*are told in a thrill. ing, yet irresistibly rollicking way in “Diamond Cut Diamond,” by ‘Jane Bunker, one of the funniest, most stire ting romances of the decade. ‘Diamond Cut Diamond” will begin in Monday's Evening World, Don't miss « word of this big ficti sensation. It isn't just like "ae other book you've read. ° Thriits, laughs, suspense, . lo mixed together and combining to mai a story that WINS, Hi Read It, Eugene Barry Won Evening year since ‘orid’s gold ‘medal and brass geld , bf New York in the twentieth ‘, \ TO SHOW HIS GROWTH | »