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ING WORLD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, Z THE EVE | Mayor Mitchel, called w TR Ward and suggested to him that ho Bill La Rocha atone. ; sf? Mr. Ward refused to div i Roche matter to-day, After ing he “Tt have requested M ask for his immediate transfer to,qms other city depattment, and he ha® ae> sured me that he will at once take such action.” Mayor Mitch wan averse to -dise cussing the firat row of his administra. tion to-day. But this remark was significan “If 1 were a Commissioner,” sald the Mayor, “I would not act hastily in @e first few days of my term.” LD Hil By M. Held ‘Bargain Hunter and the rer.) urn fools go over Ni id other tharry ve all kinds of Some of th in barrels 3 GET ANOTHER 108, ORDER TO LA ROGHE had been made to get a response to < s a knocks at the door during the day.|@ Neither the room ‘nor the dinners had Block Crazed by Rose : "Smith's Obedience to | beth Paid for. The ved nea not bese! 5 Block had often declared tie wi | a Her Parents. have the girl if he had to kill he | Smith had tolé her friends a number of p times she would never marry without ED LAST TALK.) ii*S rente consent. ‘The boy's father went to the morgu last night and Mentified hie body. He Decis-| sala the family sometimes used the name Petersen, although the correct name was Petersen-Block. Falling on his knees he kissed the dead face and cried: “Jack, why did you do thia Hoon after he left the rived and claim corpee. ah TOLD FATHER ANDO MOTHER SHE him against the wishes of her n DIDN'T LOVE F.1M. Vy to-Gav as Oscar John “Tt always warned her to keep away "@ reason for Killing her | rom that young man,” he said, “I mis- iting eulciie in a room at|trusted him and knew no good weuld Motel, Lexington avenue | come of his association with my daug' th street. They had beon| ter. She told me and my wife masy hours when their bodies | times that bend on ies care for him, but he wae persistent nee my “he erp tokd me thi Lok Hevea rap he would Rose or die. ell it 49 for him arn rm ewan co | ohana" anes aie anova Would have gone @ electr: ir designer. He earned $15) 0. aim." At the first hint of trodBle to her Gaughter Mrs. Smith collapsed, and her condition became so serious she has not been told of the tragedy through fear the shock will kill her, Young Block, his friends say, waa lit- erally crasy about the girl he killed. He seemed unabie to think or talk of had known each other for) anything else, Ie was constantly bes- News Oddities © CHAUTAUQUA SALUTE, which consists in waving handkerchiefs, has been forbidden in Washingtm because it scatters germs. revolver out of his pocket, tledly getting up, ran towa Bhe found it locked, and as sh in fear to face the man behind her he put the weapon close to her face and hot her in the left ‘Then he shot atte NF himeelf In the right temple. Except for z N thelr coats and hats they were fully of Block fell with head on ; —_——. Making Dresses at Home From Original Designs ¢ By The Evening Wo Expert, ? neck. Hin right hand still clutched reared. th hie | Ger shoulder and his left arm under her the revolve BY WHAT GEN. SHERMAN would have said of war with a moving pic- ture accessory is not recorded, but might be guessed. —— AT THE RIPE y Mrs. Cabot Ward Refuses to Tell| ine tat ba tegaeativs to bese Just Why He Wants Pre- ° decessor to Move. Helen Kerr dies in Eng- It is painful but imperative to record that she smoked a pipe to last, Nd “NICKEL” HOTEL in Chicago has opened a barberless barber shop. Patrons are supplied with safety razors. ‘With hie administration only AL JENNINGS, former bank robber, who isn't averse to writing and days old, Aayor Mitchel has a big row | orating about his exploits, hopes to break. into the Governor's mansion in the Park Department on his hands. | in Oklahoma. The new Commissioner for Manhattan and Richmond {s trying to get rid of “BOOZE BAITING,” washing sidewalks with beer to lure topers with Louls F. La Roche, the Chief Examiner | the fumes, has been forbidden by the Burlington, N. J., City Council. of the Park Department, Mr. La Roche has appealed to the Mayor and City MAN NAMED STILWELL borrbwed the revolver of the Atlantic Chamberlain Bruers cting as the| Highlands Chief of Police and shot himself with it. Mayor's agent, spent a couple of hours to-day with Park Commissioner Ward trying to straighten things out. Mr. La Roche, who has been in the Park Deparwmeny Gear yeere aud THREE HARRIS BROTHERS celebrated their triple birthday in CO en en ee cerear® $04 satem, Conn, but they aren't triplets, They were born in 1866, 1872 and outa hearing because he is a civil ser- | 1874, all on Jan. 6 of their respective years. vice employee in the Department of Finance, drawing a salary of 4,00 a year as an examiner, He was assigned the Park Department four years ago ‘and soon made himself so valuable that he was kept there, GRIFFIN, Ga., imposes the highest license on saloons of any city in KLINE PUT LA ROCHE TO-8UC-| the worlé—$16,000 a year. i CEED STOVER. - ‘When Commissioner Charles B. Stover] appointing him Commissioner. walked out of his office eariy last No-, At this New Year's Eve meeting the vember and ¢ook a train out of town | ver diem park employees adopted resolu- for « trip without saying-anything to| tions expressing the opinion that the anybody about his intentions, Mr, La|syatem of having Park Commissioners Roche found himself with the Park|for Manhattan and Richmond, Brook- Department on his hands. Later on/| lyn, Que and the Bronx is bad for As announced yesterday, the weather for the four months has resu! in all of my stores being frightfully overstocked. These conditions are gen- eral throughout all lines, but I have decided ta act quickly. secre I must turn my Stocks of Geo: Model Clothes for Men & Young Men into Cash at once. In the , whenever I have f adverse condi- tions my intense price cut- Begs Her to Alter h, Then Puts Death Threat Into Execution. ftefusa! of Mise Rose E. Smith to UPSIDE-DOWN DINNERS are the latest fad in London. They begin with liqueurs and wind up with soup. PRISON STADIUM is to be erected in the Colorado State Penitentiary grounds, so the down-trodden convicts may enjoy baseball and football. Company, Bast Twenty-third street. Miss ef John Smith, a car- Gresemaker's assistant, around the corner at No. 108 was nfne- to town yesterday, wrapped up in ban- dages and furs. He had an unsatis- factory talk with Mr. Ward and then went to the City and saw Mayor Mitchel, who has known of his work in the past four y« ind appreciates it, The gossip at nted | ne her for plotures of herself to carry in hig pockets, wrote verses to her and scribbled on hia letters, in his mote book’ and on everything else he carried in bis pockets lines of his love. “A story without words; my first love,” Block wrote on a picture of the girl, which he showed to his office as- ociates several months ago. “Only death can part us,” he added, as he spoke of the girl he hoped to mar- ry this month. ‘I know her parents don't want me for @ son-in-law, but she ntment | Will never gph tyeinypad man. She loves me as much as I iove rose of talking | The day betore lipped gold signet ring finger of ‘a left Rand, mile nel “From Jack 40 R. men Dee, 4, 1913," hn | WA8 inscribed on the band. Mins Smith's family saw the ring Christmas morning and asked who had given it. *Jack,' replied, She was reprimanded for | having continued her association with the clerk. She promised to try to for- atmas Block the hotel the fourth 1 love you only. Words can- not express my thoughts of you. You book it. What other way can I show it? from Mie. ———.——__ sneemrsten Gelden Wedding, DON, Jan, §.—Mr. and Mre, o'clock he | Henry E, Russell, the latter an invall thelr | celebrated their golden wedding I} day. CONSISTENT, From the The waiter says they f feahington Star.) ‘That woman is an expert in the art it amall talk." 'Yes," replied Miss Cayen: he in under her} consistent bargain hunter. She won't re at the| even exchange ideas unless she haa the take the | dest of the tr E BLIOUS AND CONSTIPATED!- ~UNER S SUGGS TINE A BOX Indiges- nansating A Cascaret to-night will Head- raighten you out by 10-cent box will keep your stomach sweet, liver and bowels rej and make you feel cheerful w Don't formet hildren—their jon't your children—t! little insides need » good, taly ing, too, occasionally. CATHARTIC and Misera| “head clear, DESCRIPTION. Though the shops are enthusiastié in thelr displaya of new and attractive Mmy materials, which seem almost to Urge on the summer, those of us who are deprived of a Southern trip cannot forget that winter will be with us for some time yet, The woman of limited income who is fastidious in her taste will take advantage of the elegant win- ter materials, which have been #0 Greatly reduced, to add a few new wns to her winter wardrobe, And in ¢ of gowns made at |this timetone may feel more secure than those who rush their needs in the fall, for now the forecast of spring fashions reveals those winter modes of greatest favor. In the design 1 am ahowing, velvet, ‘hough forming a small part of the gown, plays a y ‘important part— that of the tunic—while the main skirt may be of broadoloth or charmeuse, The transparent Lodices are stk! popu- 1 have shown thin one of net the color of the wkirt, cut after a plain kimono pattern, the lower part overiaid with velvet, which hay the effect of being in one with the straight tunic, and merely drawn into as belt ia and not #0 full funl:. A chico riffle of net faring from under the velvet tunic breaks monotony of atraight 1i |, gentle, cleans. ines’ in back, and or | meet the part, whe: Fur the very bottom of ton akire, A onecolor scheine Is the suggestion for thia design, and modish shades are adaptable, su h righ nasturtium reds, deep brow greene and grays. Tie different miaier- fale weed mey Vary ® bit in shade, our ‘ Ot hp opkets nabeae, $6 Senren, Siseb be vident, but | Vbave two und one-quarter yarde seve sower snar used with some color, For instance ® skirt of medium green charmeuse could be edged with black fur, while @ tunle of biack velvet flares over It, and @ ruffle of black net under . A bodice of black net lined with green chiffon cloth could be trimmed with ‘black velvet and fur, If green velvet and other materiais were used, brown fur would make a more harmonious trimming variation than black, as it would alxo on most of the other colors red, which combines beat with black, or a very rich dark brown. As one will see, this design ts sult- able for the use of remnants and short ends, ANSWERS TO QUERIES. at a pretty style for an afternoon dress using two yards o! duil dive brocade velvet which I al- feady have, and any other material to go with it woich you may advise? I am ive, fect six inches tall, thirty: fevyen bust and thirty-four years ot 1 have medium brown hair, gtay- blue eyes and medium complexion, MRS. B. A sleeveless waist of your bro- cade, open wide im the front, conld Book with a faring wired collar cf Gold Ince, Black fur conla eags the long sleeves, while black satis could form the mfin skirt, draped Sp into the back seam. A short tanic of the blue uroeade edged with fur coulf everuang it, ang wert of biack satin with o back to nold ft, Vear Fashion Kaitor: elegant plaid’ silk wich 1 would ihe 19 nae on adres. 2b le iwentyeone faches wide, mainly of green, blue and when it ‘became necessary to drop Mr. Stover, Mayor Kline appointed Mr, La Roche Commissioner of Parks for Man- hattan and Richmond to fill out Mr, Stover's term. Mr. La Roche, who had been very Ml from an abscess on the back of his head at the ba: f the brain. stuck to his duties until yw Year's » when he turned the Pi Depart: it over to , Ward. Friends of Mr. La Roche Mr, Ward said on that oc- | in my work in the Park De- partment I shall depend largely upo the executive ability of Mr. La Roch Mr. La Roche at once got @ leave of | absence, went to his home at Harring- ton, N. J., and submitted to a aurgical operation, He ts still very ill, and al- though he visited the city yesterday he was unable to see callers to-day. EMPLOY OF PARK EULOGIZE LA ROCHE. FE The per diem employees of the Man- hattan parks all unwittingly opened the way for trouble on New Year's Eve when they held a meeting and adopted resolutions eulogising M: Roche and Supt. John H. Beat yoted that these resolutiong’ be suita- bly engrossed and copies be presented to Mr. La Roche and Mr. Beattie, The tone of the resolutions established that Mr. La Rache is a very popular man with the rank and file which had ‘been behind him unanimously in a movement tooking to impress upon Mayor Mitchel the desirability of re- ellow, black avd pale blue | nes, What would you suggest to with it? RV A dark bine broadcloth skirt with a Dine satin or chiffon cloth waist could hi @ girdle and susyender single Park Commissioner with deputies in each Borough. WHEN THE TROU nothing to do with the adoption of th: resolution. out among the newly appointed Park Commissioner: y ment on foot among the vi doing. “It ts charged by La Roche's friends that Mr. Ward was told that La Roche was a dangerous man, that La Roc! hving so much authority and being on such good terms with the working forces would be @ continual source of trouble, also thut La Roche was backing the movement Board’ with deputies in the various bor- Mr. Wart bei! La Koche ut Harrington, N, J. Tuesday peremptorily ordering him to get a tran: fer to some other city department. ‘Thin | * was necessary, for La Roche could not be dinminsed. 8 short o ome im the world “he amizery 1 wae in tir 4 Unkty Mas, Mef. A thought it wer wy dusy Y mhat Jour Bauicive bee doue (oF TS Beak Neb i aa j ty Hall is thee The employees have it should be An Easy Way to Get Fat and Be The trouble with m wish to ga on drugs! REALLY La Roche's friends say that he had thelr sto foods; ruvbing on wr following some stunt. while the hed, But when the news got oollsh real You tract culture that there was a mployees to them out of office—for the would, probably, be Civil Ser- @ employees—there was something the food you eat, to a remarkal new actentitic it is now possib! chemistry rmed the reol aime constructive ad Intestines through powers to coax to literally soak up the of your foo where they broken-down You can readily ure the reauit whe: this amasing transformation hee tal @ and you notice how your cheeks fi!! for a singie headed Park Evidentiy, and you ti to 20 pounds itd, go! {8 absolutely Your drugs he was told. ; it a telegram to Mr. / fotent. i ‘ou no! rf found in every pi me. Cantion:—While Hient results tn ol has given CS neral stoma excel vepep- La Roche sot out of bed and came jounds of more.—Advt, Wittona~an ARROW ‘Aétch COLLAR "A NEw expression of a conservative style. You will like the satin luundry finish of the fabric-—a departure noteworthy for its excellence. &@ for 25¢ Cuwerr, Prapopy & Co,, Inc., Makers of Annow Suinre ting never failed to crowd my stores. These reductions I believe will ‘make new selling history. Suits and Overcoats $12.00 ‘dae “a $15 & $18 oe ‘10 $20 & $22.50 12 Now ata 15 : and so on—$30 and $82.50 Suits and Overcoats now. $18, up_to genuine Mon- tagnac Overcoats, former- ly $55, now $30. All Fur- lined and Fur Auto Coats, Trousers, Raincoats, etc., proportionately reduced. Alterations FR EE EXTRA SPECIAL! “Kenyon” $15 and $18 Overcoats; © Only the 50 second time I've ever ad- vertised any- Clothes, These are combination Dr ind Storm Coats of plai blanket back Velours, Tweets, Cassimeres, etc,— «ll waterproofed — bearing the renowned “KEN. REIGN" trademark. $15 and $18 value; all sizes, TWO NEW YORK STORES 42 West34th Bet. 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