The evening world. Newspaper, February 17, 1914, Page 4

eeu “an iA) Ball ENE THE EVEN Y WITH BLA SHVICES HELD IN| SHOWS NEW ou DASHES FOURILES SEN TEFORBACON IN HIGHNAY WORK FOR FIREMEN’S. AID Middletown Force, = Given Aepary Only Episcopal/Curran Testities at Osborne’s} Alarm in Advance, Is Wait- g Rites and Brief Comments by the Vice-President. (0 =FLORAL PIECES. of Notables at First Ceremony Since That for Hanna Ten Years Ago. WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.—runeral for Senator Bacon of Geor- ‘were held to-day in the Senate Gamber. There were no speeches of @Wogy, 20 music and no flowers ox- two designe—the tribute of the itself and President Wilson— Fested on the coffin. The cere- ‘Were inspiring in their very fj) and the place in which with the dignity of to do honor to the es we t fate the Sonate Chamber it lay mthe adjoining marble room. the casket in the marble room @vard of honor composed of one of the Union army and one of ite, Senator Bacon was officer. The Southern form which co full at rich and varied ee by reason of @ conse- @ominant with a purpose S ajm, he faced and fulfilled demands of a faithful Sena- Episcopal burial @vice wan by Bishop Alfred Hard- f'o8 the Protestant Episcopal and a benediction followed by the lnpee of probably a min- reas. Vs prominent spoke again: bands the com: and @ oO! re sald, “we consign of our well beloved be by them conveyed to im the State of Georgi: ited in its final rest- niet his labors in the cause pena tw ts Uberty long bless the embers of the ne Capitol Rolice t force it rrmatied until es- railway station for the ita, where it will lie Capitol unti because nol think it wise for at a time when from @ troublesome Investigation of $60,000 Raise in One Contract. ia BANY, N. ¥., Feb, 17,—The cont the State of repair and mainte- contracts in 1912 was approxi- mately 30 per cent. higher than enti- mates by the Highway Department engineers, according to the testimony to-day at the Osborne highway graft hearing, ‘The testimony was given by Leland W. irish, an engineer in the departinent, who helped compare th tex under the direction of Paul McLoud, former ghief engineer, “Then assuming that about $3,000,- 000 worth of such contracts ‘were awarded, the State lost about 000, didn't it?” asked Mr. Osborne. “It did.” wan the reply. The witness testified that the ¢ mates were compiled from figures engineers obtained relative to the cost of atone and the manipulation of stone and asph were din- tributed by First Deputy Charles F. Foley and then approved by the Roel- Bensel- Peck highway commission, Joseph Curran, one of the investi- gators for John A. Hennessy, testified in relation to a construction contract, hetween Jamison and Kast Elma, Erie County. The contract originally ‘alled for bituminous macadam, at a coat of $47,000, Lrter it was changed to brick at a cost of $104,000. The contractors were Bush & Dercival of Buffalo. The Erie County Grand Jury indicted the engineers who were in charge, “Why weren't the contractors in- dicted also?” Mr. Osborne ai “I can't imagine what w: een ot the Grand Jurors,’ replie: Mr. Curran testified that the change in construction and increase in cont had been authorized by the Reel- Bensel-Peck Commission, wey piecemeal Me BENEFITED Mr. Curren testified that in 1912, $820,000 worth of contracts in Suffolk and Westchester Counties, for which Peekskill cementatious gravel was wpecified, were awarded. Approx, ately half of them, he said, ‘were cancelled by Highway Commissioner Carlisle on the ground that they were “improvident.” Most of th Toads constructed, he cont.nued, “gone pieces,” Nota ct: the fond already have been investigated by grand juries, Mr. Curren mid practically only source of the .upply vf the cement tious gravel was controlled by Henry Bteers, \. Mr, Osborne de- really the Gaffney-Steers jw York, Mr, Sters business partner of Engineer Bensel, who at th ime the cot cts were awarded wa: piey member of the bi) coke Martin, an emclency expert in De ent testified fo practical ‘a Commis. Star ‘hat may be the battle of the 1 the invading in the follow. CHICAGO, Feb. 1 fi William Fairlie, Vice-President of the Roseville Trust Company, several whose officials were indicted in connec tion with mismanagement reveeres test summer when haymond Treasurer, disa panne drop) to-day in the o of resident Merrit G. Perkins of the | Franklin Savii stitution in Newark. Mr. Fairlie wai seventy years old. He was President of the Fairlie & Wilson Coal Company director of the institution in witch he ne ec ta Fairlie'sedeath is supposed t hastened by the smash of the Roseville ‘Trust Compahy. He was Yigorous f if his efforts to secure the indictments fou: —__—_—»_._- Central to Make 970, ALBANY, Fe 17.— Central and Hudson River Raflroad Company to-day applied to the Pub- Me Service Commis! Second Dis- trict, for permianion to lanue $70,000,000 in, 41-2 per cent, refund nd proving mortgage bonds to pe i 1-2 per cent. of par. derived from them reue 3 on meeting notes amounting to $69,662,000, which fall due this year. ing and Saves Express. (Special to The Evening World, MIDDLETOW Z While a weatbou pres train was speeding through ING WORLD, ‘SIUKIES | BROKE UP A HOME; COST HIM $25,000 Frederick Hollaender, Million- aire, Must Pay for Slander- ing Former Partner. Frederick Hott beer importer his one-t millionaire ist pay nder, t New Hampton early to-day flames raged broke through the ventilators of ono of the cars. The train was stopped and a. effort was made to extinguish the blaze with snow, but thin failed. A telegram was sent to this city and the fire alarm was sounded while the train was dashing here, a distance of four miles, with the car blazing. The firemen were waiting with two lines of hose and as soon as the train halt- ed the car was smashed open and the fire extinguished. ‘The car wan gutted and $5,000 worth of merchandise destroyed. It in stated it will cost nearly that amount to re- pair the car. The goods were billed to Denver. —e———. TOOK POISON BY MISTAKE BUT HE MAY RECOVER’ Son of ex-Justice Swallowed Mercury on Top of a Big Dinner. Thanks to the large dinner he ate, Robert McKean, @ son of ex-Junti John B. McKean of the Court of Special Sessions, has a veny good chance of recovering from thé effects of the two bichloride of mercury tab- leta which he took by mistake and which landed him in Fo im Hoa- pital. At the hospital this afternoon it was said that Mr. McKean had re- sponded well to the treatment for the; poison. « McKean, who in a special agent of the New York Edisen Company, en- tertained friends at dinner last night at his home, No. 1872 Bathgate ave-| nue, the Bronx. But Re ate no heartily a dinney that it distressed him after- ward and, going to the bathroom for indigestion tablets, he took two 71-2 grain bichloride of mercury tablets) in error, After this he went out for a walk, and then the poison began to mani- feat iteelf. His suffering became so acute that he went home, learned |o, then what he had done, and then rushed to the Tremont avenué police station, beseeching Lieut. Thompson to send for an ambulance. Dr. Dolan arrived with it, and after adminiater- ing the firat remedies hurried McKean to the hospital. po ee 12 HORSES DIE IN FIRE. That Destroys Two Stables. ‘Twelve horses belonging to Ernest Kroessler, & truckman, were burned to death at 1 A. M. to-day when his sta- » 730 Kast Twelfth street was destroyed. The fire started in Benjamin egress nape at No, 732, next door, sereed to No, 7. buildings were veoh Be frame tho roessl ree United States mail w: ood od belli aad | is Le (i; an ee a a is. is ‘setinent rel own and herepatients: bust, mens re. 8 wa rite to-day pose 100, to ribution 1 and n boc. treatment will be ma at once in plain DR, KELLY CO,, Devt, 40--HC, Buftal,N.Y, pxieriense, EDGAR TATE 8 (O., n't ireaddwe: N. JINDREW DAVEY 40 Mopvern Grocery Stores GOLDEN GRAIN BRAND |FLOUR?? friendly with other wor dict in that sum was day in Justice Manning's part of the us sued for | According to Tietenius, he bought Hollaender's in t in the firm of Frederick Hollaender & Co. several years ago when Hollaender wanted to wo abroad. Later Hollaender re- turned and wanted to buy back part, but Tielenius would not sell, On the stand Tlelenius, who ts past neventy, Hollaender had sla dered him to his wife and daughte: Hollaender told them, it was rwo: that Tielenius was keeping up two for women, As a re- un's wife and his daugh- jters, Irma and Elsie, left him and have since remained away, The wife and Gaughters testified that Hollaender told them the stories, They ure still unfriendly toward the husband and father, but they were frank about the cause of the family schism. —————— DR. SPITZKA LEFT LITTLE. Owned Only Li- brary and Instrumente, Dr. Edward Charles Spiteka, the fam- ous alleniat, who died on Jan, 13, the day before he wan to appear as a wit- ness in a $50,000 suit for alienation of | affectionn brought against him, was practically penniless when he died, ac- cording to his will, which was filed to- day in the Surrogate's office, The only things of value that he left are his medical Hbrary and surgical in- struments, which are estimated to ve worth leas than $5,600 in the petition for letters of administration fled by Mrs. Katharina M. Spitaka, the witow, who \lives at No. @6 East Seventy-third street, Mrs. Spitska is left the entire estate. | The will does not bye nge Ady Perot jAnthony Spitzka, a son, \t Jeffer vn Medical ‘aliens "oF oh. who lives at No. 610 Larch- jue, West Philadelphia. Famous Spec! “What Shall I Do For My Complexion?” goked 8 relening dectety with I Sond de daily wood, steer, smooth urlant hatr are almost inv: are! directly attributed to the live eil alee. CHIRIS Pronounced She-ris OLIVE OIL {a the purest and finest that can be It has a distinct, delightful flavor, es, but you wet hesitate shout. euppl an indication brand on whicl cana tet nce we Nill denver to 700 you feet, are ailing, you can correct their ail- rT by wearing the Tru-Tred—a stylish last that and overt 1352 Broadway ataeth st, Woolworth Bidg,, 12 Park Pl. P. ATENTS gan af rWite fa fore Boons, OPENS AN ACCOUNT Cher TERNS FISHER Bags COLUMBUS AVE. BET 3&104 ST >< >< Np ARCA) CC Ny (cama ye Feet HE Men’s Section in the new Lord & Taylor Building is a store within — a store—not merely a men’s furnishing counter. You can enter by a special men’s entrance on 38th Street, make ae purchases, be shaved and mani- cured, change your: clothing, if you like, and leave without passing through any of the cep ments where women’s goods are Rapid service is the keynote of the M Sect yee directly to men re Seon easenane mecca: by, Mette Of papi podoaly Cagliari "Cash ragters' Chedtate making change. The Men's Barber Shop and Manicuring Parlor, in the mezzanine basement, directly beneath the Men's Furnishing Section, s equipped wih aectrical shumpoo- ing and ratus ofthe abe apd mont im are under the supervision of the Lord & Taylor salt of physicians and trained nurses. Men living out of town will appreciate the conven- lence of 6 ise cf private: ¢ Foote Dien cut: tomers hange from day to ving lve er bite saad shack Faabel On she fourth fieor 8 New section Si ess in- torn foe noeeine ed wih the New de Lieres Baresi = place in the ivers’ licenses The ¥ Men's and i al on Noes eke calle} pic pon are the el RE hy 's “Onyx” Hosiery Section, the Travel Bureau, the Theatre Ticket Office, the Candy Counter and the Cut Flower and Plant Shop: and the series cf attractive rooms on the 10th floor where Luncheon and Tea will be served. i 2S orice 6 aaa oj . 7 a ad The new store will open on Tuesday, February 24th Lord & Taylor Fifth Avenue,.38% Street, 3 39% Street Murray Hill 9000, pee pe dh de eso ie sak Founded 1826 New York ; y ona 1 ae ad on = ry ¢ “— + ve a >< we d® ca CaaS eae) C1 ey See ee