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WROTECARUS TOGRL WHO SUES Mildred Meffert Asks $100,000 In the spring of 1910, Mrs. Meffert says, Carusy went vo Lurope aud re- q to follow him in the month of June, that year. She did as he requested, who declares, and met Caruso in Paris, Together, she al- legen, thoy visited Italy and England. Despite the fact, Mrs, Meffert al- leges, that she imaue repeated de- mands on Caruso to keep his promise, he “continued his excuses by reason of business engagements, which ex- cusea continued until the 13th of | March, 1913, when, without any rea- | son or cause whatever on the part of plaintit. he abandoned her.” The famous tenor's troubles with women have occupied much space in A , h ; Ql Damages 2s Tenor Failed |hatr'sgo' Caruso wan tued by a for: to Marry Her. BREAKING HIS PROMISE. Gave Up a Husband and All Friends and Chances for Him, She Says. “Kisses from your loving Baby,” | Wan the way several hundred postal cards and letters, writen from all! Parts of the world, were signed by Enrico Caruso, the tenor, to Mra.| Mildred Meffert of No. 471 Fifth} aventie, according to a statement to- day by her lawyer, Irvnig E. Ziegler, of No, 27 William street. Ylegier served the singer last eve- ning In his Hotel Knickerbocker! apartments breach ©? promise suit brought by ‘Mrs. Me‘fert, a twenty-seven-year- old widow, an attractive brunette. Mra. Meffert shrank from further Publicity to-day. An Evening World reporter sought it her apartments oking the © at the entrance tentral Park, but two husky ne- Kroes, the siperintendent of tho build. fing und tae elevator man, barred the way under instructions that Mrs. Mef- fert was too il) this morning to see any one LOADS OF TENDER LETTERS IN SAFE. In & safe in her apartments reposes | an enormous sheaf of postal cards and | Ietters, which her counscl satd would not be spread before the public's eyes until later. Some of the lettra are merely signed “Enrico,” sald Zeigler, but many of them bear the signature “Haby.” He says they will have an important bearing on the trial of Mra, Meffert's suit for $100,000 to ease her ching heart. They contain endearing references, he says, to “the time when we sholl be married," and hints of the future happiness, the writer said, they | wavld find in cach other when the Caruso family became larger. Ziegler mays Mrs. Meffert, In the letters alone, to may nothing of the many times he werbally promised to marry her, has janiple rounds for damages. “Unfortunately,” Ziegler sald most important letter of all is miss- ing, for Caruao some time ago, evi- Gently planning to break away from hie promises, induced Mrs. Meffert to} give back some of his tender missives fn return for which ne told her he) would always protect her, She was} foolish enough to give back some of the letters, but something told her to keep many of them. He thought he got them all back, but he didn’t.” MUSBAND KILLED AFTER RE- CONCILIATION. Mrs. Meffert, according to Ziegler, wan neparated from her husband in 1907, when she first met Caruso and other grand opera singers. He said @he and her husband had begun to establish amicable retations again and ehe was planning to teave her npart- ments at No. 225 West Elghtieth street, where on Apri! 3, 1909, she de- olares Caruso won her heart, to re- turn to live with her husband when he was killed in an eutomobile accl- dent. Previously the husband had geen her dining with Caruso in the Hotel Astor, but Ziegler denied this caused any trouble in the Meffert family. Caruso apparently Is not worrying over the $100,000 sult, He sang yester- day as usual and will sing again to- night. He will sing in Atlanta next week and on May 5 will sail for Eu- rope. No effort wili be made to ar- rest him since Mrs. Meffort's lawyer | says his contracts are ample Kuara tea he will be on hand when the ace tlon comer to trial, The tenor refused to see a reporter this morning, and his counsel, Alfred Geligbers of No. 19 William street, | wouldn't make a statement other than to say: “Benor Caruso is as guiltless | ag.an unborn lamb, He has nothing \ to fear. This is the penalty for being @ successful man.” | | GAVE UP ALL HER FRIENDS FOR| § THE SINGER. ‘Mrs. Meffert says she gave up all her friends, both male and female,| { for Caruso, and thereby “cast aside @ll possible future prospects of mar- vlage” to any one else, ith papers in a $100,000 | Mer sweetheart, Signorina Ada Gia- chettl, in Italy. He was vindicated j after a sensational trial, and his ac- cuser was sentenced to imprisonment for one year and to pay a fine of $300 tor defamation of character. i BORDER TOWNS ASK AID. WASHINGTON, April 22.—The War Department received hundreds of re- | questa to-day from towns along the border where no troops are stationed asking for protection from atiacks which they feared might result after the spread of the news among the Mexi- cans that Vera Cruz had been seized. It was sald that no new orders would be issued until a general policy had been defined, Reports reached the de- partment from the border that Gen, ‘ila had said foreigners would be pro- tected DIPLO: (Prom the Ba‘ merican.) She—1 suppose tht ad in not the kind your mother used to make, He--No, indeed, it ia not, When I eat yours it makes me pity my poor father, +ay ‘svanree WORLD, WEDNESDAY, Apart 72, 19T8.” i} | FOR ATTACKING SLEUTH Detective Says Jacob Reich Pushed Him Into Street While His Men Worked. | Jacob Reich, alias Jack Sullivan, witness In the coming trial of Lieut. Charles Becker for the murder of Herman Rosenthal, was held in $500 bail for further examination on a charge of assault by Magistrate Freschi in the Harlem Pol! |to-day. ‘The complainant | was Detective Lieutenant Cole one of a party of Inspector Ryan's j;men who raided Reich's cigar store Jat No. 181 Lenox avenue last night. The raid was made to rip out the tel phones which, the police declared, ha: been used for gambling on the races. Coleman told the Magistrate t! when he informed Reich what he haere to do, Reich seized him pushed him into the street. Other de- tectives then entered the place and, after disconnecting the ‘phones, ar. rested Reich, en AUTO RUNS DOWN WOMAN, daw and Both 1. of Victim Broken on € tone, Harry_A. Paddock of No, 145 West One Hundred and Forty-second street, turning his touring car to avoid a street Fitzpatrick Oo. $23 Amaterdam a nue. She was knocked to the curb # her jaw and both legs were broken. 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GUN Re tor, 1h Be sietose Si iiat ich ay stot deosey Capit Newark ny, 11/0 Pubin’Aventee Continuing, her complaint says: “Plaintiff further alzeges that the said mutual agreement to marry, as aforesaid, was made and the an-| mpouncement for the engagement wus! mally uttered by the plaintitr to her relatives, neighbors and friends | and jefandant announced sald en- gagement both t) his friends and Profeasional associates in this coun- as well also to friends of the; ndant in Italy and elsewhere that his marriage to plaintif€ would be solemnized on defendant's return to United States from abroad In th 1 of the year 1909, at the com- mencement of the opera season in New York City, which would be in the month of November of said year.” GAYS SHE JOINED SINGER IN TRIP ABROAD, Mrs. Meffert declares that when Caruso returned to this country in February, 1900, he stated he would not Gat Bit We"would marry ber of the time-tested, world-tried, home remedy—procf of its power torelieve quick’ safely, surely, the hend- hes, 'tho eolir taste, the poor spirits and the fatigue of biliou: will be found in every dose of BEECHAM’S PILLS Bold everywhere, In boxes, 10c.. 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Brass Bed... $43.% Brass Bed, with’ x-inch heavy tee balls, 6.11, inch All as illustrated; value #21, at (i OUT-OF-TOWN DELIVERIES TO YOUR DOOR BY MOTOR TRUCK Fur Storage Homer ta Fur Storage Desk Annual Spring Clearance of GIMBEL and Paris Millinery Tomorrow One of the Sales Which Occur Only Four Ti: GIMBELS—An Absolute Dispeeel of the "Finest Millinery tn ial In the French Salon 8565 to $76 Hats At $35 $35 to $50 Hate At $25 826 to $28 Hats At $15 815 to 822 Hats At $10 London Tailored Millinery $10 to $22 Hats At $5 to $12.75 In the Medium - Price Salon $10 to $12.75 Hate At $6.75 $6.75 to $8.75 Hate At $5 Untrimmed Millinery $5 to $7.60 Imported ate He At $3 $1.75 to $5 Lacquered Hats At $1 to $2.95 $2.50 to $3.50 Milan Tagal Hate At $1.50 & $1.95 20 Original Paris Models at $25 and $35—one at $15 Lewis Germaine Talbot GIMBEL Millinery has won its millin Marie Edmee Paulette & Berthe test success this season. will probably remember that GIMBEL Hats were worn with dressmaker presented at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. This alone is the greatest honor ever awarded to an American er. Throughout the season all the new modes of Paris have been introduced—and that meant new C! Louison Marie-Louise Virot Alphonsine Indeed, it has attained international honors. You Paquin gowns at the exhibition which that famous day. Therefore it is obvious that this is a clearance of practically new millinery—our only reason Ping c+ tin § asale is that we must get ready To make for summer. this occasion an all-around sale of Millinery we have made special purchases of trimmings—namely: 75c to $4.25 Wreaths and Montures of Flowers, at 35c to $3 600 La France and American Beauty Roses, 35c. 5c Crushed Roses, 15c¢ 45c to 75c Ostrich Pierrot Pompons, 25¢ to 45¢ 75c to $1 Steeple Fantasies of Imitation Paradise, 600 $2.60 to 85 Ostrich Fantaisie, $1 to 83 76cand $1.25 Black Lacquered Ribbon, $5¢ and 76e Yd. Hats Trimmed Free of Charge On this extraordin: chased in our Millinery occasion, as well as at all other times, untrimmed hats for which the are also tions, will be trimmed free of charge.” Vinming ed eee $5 and $6 Tailored Hats, at $2.50—Main Floor Smart Summer Dress Goods Greatly Under-PriceTomorrow The best weaves from the looms of the world. Duplicates of Paris orders and inspirations exclu- sive to GIMBELS. ’ Black Dress Materials $2 Black Dress Goods at $1.25 Yd. Gabardines, Broadcloths, Worsteds, Cheviots and #0 on. $3.50 Black French Velour, $1.95 Yd. Silk and wool, medium weight, 48 inches wide. $1.50 English Mohair Sicilians, 95c Yd. Brilliant, warranted fast, 54 inches wide. $1.25 Black Storm Serge, 85c Yd. Thoroughly sponged and shrunk, 64 inches wide. Colored Dress Materials $1.75 and $2 Spring Suitings, 95c ¥d. Plain colors, mixtures and stripes, 50 to 64 inches wide. $2 Crepe Gabardines, $1.25 Yd. 64 inches wide; newest colorings, including navy blue. $1.05 Navy Blue Storm Serges, | #9.60 Silk and Wool Veloura, 81.95 85e Yd. Yard, in the newest Paris colorings, 91.60 Cream Serge, 90¢ Yd. 42 Shantung Crepe, $1.36 Yd. 5,000 Yards of New Woolen Fabrics, 65c, 95c, $1.50 and $2 Yard Former Prices $1 to $3 Yard. In skirt and dress lengths. 8econd Floor Have You Ordered Your Suit? Saturday Closes This Special GIMBEL Spring Offering Men’s $30, $82 and $35 Suits Made-to-Measure at $18.50 These are all from new Spring and Summer suitings, workmanship, fit and catire satisfaction absolutely guaranteed. Only High-Grado Febrics Used. Imported Weaves. New checks, worsieds, plain blue and black fabries, Binsin, plain, soft gray cassin and unfinished worsteds, gun and pin-checks, ‘i.e varieties of corm, blue, brown and gray mixtures, Large men, tall men, stout men, as well as the regular sizes will be interested in this «fer. Suits made single or double breasted style. Deliveries in two weeks, Remember Salo Closes Saturday, April 26th, at 6 P, M, Subway Store, Balcony Many are GIMBEL B BROADWAY The Third Annual GIMBEL Exhibition and Sale of Painti By American Artists Presents a charming and selected pictures minematiee dite Bogen Bas =~1e3.4 intings are for sale and the artists have roeiene eg oe ee ole ata eat” me Me oes emt GIMBEL China & Crystals | in seasonable assortments at special prices Dinner Services 832.50 Fine French China Services, $19.60 One hundred pieces including bread and butter plates, floral spray decorations. $40 Limoges China Services, $22.60 One hundred pieces, pink or green floral decorations, cola gold edges, $67.5Q Fine Austrian Services, $42.50 ‘This is an open stock pattern, gold border decoration with coin gold handles. $210 Limoges China Services, $112.60 112 pieces, rich design, double encrusted bands and full coin gold handles. i Fine Crystals $8.50 Crystal Table Services, $5.95 Thin blown crystal, 60 pieces, including 12 each of five styles of glasses. $13.50 Austrian Crystal Services, $9 Sixty pieces, Grecian key border design. $25 Etched Crystal Services, $17.60 Sixty pieces, conventional deeply etched design. $95 Austrian Engraved Crystal Serpices, $38.50 Engraved coin gold band cesicn, 60 pieces, $237.50 Cut Floral Crystal Services, $27.50 aay pieces, very light and dainty design with beaded stems. Engraved Gold Banded Crystals at Half $18 Water Tumblers, 68 dos, $60 Finger Bowls and Plates, 630 Lemonade Glasses, com Hollow c ‘ ser, $8.20 on, Glasses, @18.00 des. o8. RBM 's