The evening world. Newspaper, July 15, 1914, Page 4

; BOS ANEW METHOD Wt HE GRASPS: THIRD RAIL AND DES Man Lays Bowion” on Tracks and Ends Life in Burst of Blue Flame. A new method of suicide was put Mato effect when «4 man, flat in the roadbed of the elec-| fre line in the Sunnyside railroad yards of the Pennsylvania Railroad, Long Island City, deliberately grasped the live third rail with both hands @nd died in a burst of fame. There seems no possibility of the Man's death having been accidental. employe said they eaw him @secend the iron stairway that leads fyem the Harold avenue viaduct yes- Qerday. Then he sauntered about the yard. When the other men saw bim fake off his coat they concluded he Was an employee of ‘16 railroad, He walked slowly to a remote end @@ tho yard, near Laure! Hill avenue. Sohn Taylor, one of the railroad em- then saw the man Iie down end put forward his hands to grasp @e third rail. Taylor shouted and. faa toward him, but the next instant ti man was hidden in blue fame and emoke. In the man’s pockets was found a @iagle article—a acrap of paper on Whieh was written, “John Hessian, We. 687 East One Hundred and ‘Thirty-sixth street.” He was about forty-five years old, wore a biue suit G4 was of dark complexion, #% this addreas found in the dead M@An’s pocket lives George Heasian, a Qrether of John, with a wife and fam- fay. He and his wife declared that John Hessian had got work on the “pubway,” as they understood him to fp and that yesterday he had — house for work in seeming They ecouted the idea o: st @ suicide. careeeceitenaneians EX-BANKER GETS NEW TRIAL. Geert Upholds Cont fam 0. Damron of ALBANY, July 15.—William 0. Dam- Fem, an attorney and formerly President @f the Home Bank of Brooklyn, who Court of Appeals given out to-day. He dt ried sentence of one year. An lent of the bank Damron ai me salary, but he collected fees for hia = 3 3 5 = 2 4 2 3 2 3 3 3 § intendent of Banks Damron ex- d uned his account to Hal pane! el of 5 cons reversible mit and the Court wenn he lower court and a new ofthe APES EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS The sort of book that ap- Pears just about once in a @eneration. Tarzan is the son of a British nobleman, adopted while a baby by a tribe of fierce anthropoid apes; mar- welously strong, agile, and endowed with the intelli- gence of his human ances- cestors. The combination fakes him lord of thc jungle and then the girl appears an educated, beautiful being from the world of civilization—the first human he had ever seen. At Any Bookstore A.C. McCLURG & CO. PUBLISHERS lying | ‘WAY SCORE THE B. R. 1? IT MAKES YOU STRONG TD HANG ON A STRAP Physician Discovers Philan- thropic Motive in Unspeak- able Brooklyn Car Service. To the PAitor of The Brening World: In a leading editorial of recent date the New York Evening World finds” | reason for complaint in the fact that | the B. R. T. and the Public Service| | Commission are working together tn brotherly love and amity of spirit. It seems that in response to a | plaint to the Commission what he is pleased to call the cod tolerable and brutal overcrowding of the B. R. T. traine—eepecialty those running to Rockaway Beash— |the Chairman of the Brooktyn Civio | Committee recetved a reply in which ‘was incorporated the Deiphie ob- servation that “Inasmuch as the traMfic ts for pleasure, and not from necessity, there is less reason for complaint.” Hoth The Evening World editor and the Chairman of the Brooklyn Civico {Committee take umbrage at thie Sago and eminently sane remark. Now, in the name of common sense and a limited amount of reason, what could be fairer, nobler and more sac- rificing on the part of the B. R. T. altruists than to give ambitious holi- day makers a chance to atretch their legs and get warmed up a bit by aup- porting one another on @ nice, long trip to the beach? Shouldn't all unite in singing pacans of praise to a company that gener- ously permits them to get into a con- dition where a nice, soft seat on the sand is ita own reward? If all these atandees were provided with seats it is clearly obvious that by the time they reached terra cotta Joseph J. McKenna of New York, who killed Sigred Eckstrom, eight years old, by choking her. Eng King and Lee Dock, Chinese; they mur- dered Leo Kay in Mott street, New York, in 1912. William “eon who shot Thomas Wynn in ‘ooklyn March 6, 1914; Breseen, with vothers, were committing a burglary when Wynn discovered them, and in the fight that followed the policeman Boa | slain, Guisippe Digiola, who the death of George Gillespie in But: falo Oct, 7, 1915. Michael Barzano, who killed Saverio Gradnanello in Buffalo Nov. 17, 1912. George Coyer, who eer his wife at Cattarau- gus July 14, 1918. SEVEN ARE DOOMED TO DIE IN THE CHAIR Four New York Men Among Those Whose Sentences for Murder Are Affirmed. ALBANY, July 15.—feven death sentences for murder were affirmed by the Court of Appeals in opinions | © made public to-day, Those who must die are: forkmen employed up human bones in the rear and back of No. 223 Spring street. Stern Brothers 42nd and 43rd Streets, West of Fifth Avenue. Store open daily from 9 A. M.to 5 P.M. Saturdays closed all day. The Season’s Most Extraordinary Sale of ’ ° . Men’s Furnishings and Hats ILL be ready To-morrow, on the Main Floor, at the Sixth Avenue Entrance, when will be presented a most remarkable series of under- price offerings in apparel that men want right now, for vacation or city wear. Men’s $5.00 Silk Shirts at $2.75 $2.00 and 2.50 Shirts at $1.25 Pure silk, negligee style, custom finish. Soft finish, made of madras and crepe. $1.50 and 1.75 Shirts at 85c $1.00 to 2.00 Scarfs at 65c¢ each Soft finish, with French cuffs,,also laun- Made of fine Imported silks, figured crepe, dered shirts with stiff cuffs. fancy grenadines, Lae neat and fancy designs. Men’s $3.00 and 3.50 Straw Hats at $1.85 Our entire stock of fine Sennet and Split Straw Models in complete assortment of sizes, Fine Imported $10.00 to 40.00 Steamer Rugs at $6.00 ‘to 28.50 Also Belts, Washable Neckwear, Pajamas and Night Shirts, at special prices Men’s Underwear 50c Athletic Underwear at 35c Shirts and knee drawers, of fine check Men’s Hosiery 25c Silk Plated Socks at 19c again they would be eo obstreperous and enthusiastically active that it would require an extra force of po- ice to handle them. As it is, they arrive placid, docile and amenable to any suggestion which contem- plates, first of all, a nice long rest. ‘Then, again, respectable girls and »| women can enjoy the sensation of riding for almost two hours crowded into proximity to thugs and gang- asters, Also, honest workmen can secure for the amall sum of ten cents the finest opportunities in Greater New York for having their pockets picked. All of which should entitle the B. R. T. and its accomplices, the 4 hal-| Public Service Commission, to a front seat in the Hall of Fame, and honor- able mention when public benefactors are discussed, The B. R. T. and the Public Bervice Commission exist for a purpose— single and simple. The frst bas for its object to give its patrons the most unspeakable, the most abominable and the most inadequate service for the greatest amount of money it can bleed out of them. The second up- holds and condones the first in this delightful form of brigandage, Both of which are highly laudadle and praiseworthy. The people must like it, otherwise they would own and operate their own rapid transit sys- tem, Verily, taere ts only one thing much worse than the service of both of these cormorant organizations, and that is to be eternally henpecked by The Evening World and the Chair. man of the byaleaare Ae Civic Commit- tee while thi organisa- tions are doing the Dublle- thee oo ly and effectively, E. F. B, Brooklyn, July 12. Le JUSTICE LURTON BURIED. Eptecopal Funeral Servi: Clarkeville, Tean. who died Sunday, wae buried to-day in Greenwood Cemetery here, beside his two children. The interment followed services at Trinity Episcopal Church, conducted by Rev. H. J. Mikell of Nash- ville, Justice Lurton's favorite hymne, “Just As T Am" and “My Faith Looks Up to Thee” were sung. Business was suspended during the funeral. The body arrived last night, accom- Rapied by his family, Chiet Sustios White, Justices Lam id Pi others, and taken to the home ot Suatice Lurton's asters Mra:t, D-Joba ceceeemeeeetes BASE WITH TWO DEAD. Sits Between Bod! Man, Cooling and Laught Edward Luge, @ gasman, entered a room in the rear of No, 1% Seventh ow . “year-old girl sitting on @ mat- n the floor, laughing and cooing na man with a bullet) ole in hie pany emple and & womal ir inple. Both’ were dod y alongside, U * Tousey Falls, Binclalr Tousey, a publisher Mving at No. 261 West Eighty-ninth etreet, has | Pind & petition in bankruptcy, with Max | piltiee wt $140.06 “inocts = ine of $5.65 cash stock of Frank Touney, Publisher, arate poknown, kk te he Bepor| the terete’ Bal fe cna ee ore 3 the dneoia 's jecut Sai Black or colors, spliced soles, heels and toes. madras. $1.00 Union Suits at 65c 50c Silk Socks at 87c In athletic style, of fine check madras. Black or colors, with lisle thread soles. $1.25 Athletic Underwear at 75c 75c Imported Socks at 50c Fine French lisle thread, in black or colors. ====>>=———====_===_=_=_=_=__ Sale of Men’s and Boys’ Bathing Suits Two-piece All Wool Bathing, Suits; reg- Ee Two-piece All Wool Bathing Suits, ularly $3.00 to 6.00, at . regularly $2.00 to 3.40, now = $2.25, 3.25, 4.50 and 4.85 a suit $1.50, 1.95 and 2.50 a suit and knee drawers, of mercerized cot- To-morrow and Friday, on the Third Floor, A Very Decisive July Clearance of Men’sand Youths’ High Grade Clothing LL of these suits are in desirable Summer weights, made up for our own carefully selected stocks, at these radical price reductions: Men’s $32.00 to 40.00 Suits at $22.50 Made of choicest fabrics, coats quarter, half or full lined, in Men’s and Young Men's sizes, Young Men’s $20.00 to 25.00 Suits at $15.00 Of excellent light-weight fabrics; Norfolk or sack coats, skeleton, quarter, half or full lined. Cool Palm Beach Suits, Special at $6.75 The most comfortable suits for the hottest weather. Plain Sack or Norfolk styles. $18.00 to 25.00 Mohair Suits at $14.50 Hand-tailored, very excellent Priestley mohair fabrics, fine and comfortable for sultry days. $5.00 and 6.00 Flannel or Serge Trousers at $3.75 In plain white or gray, also in stripe effects. $07 aannnESnienaensestionieenes Sale of Hand Bags and Suit Cases To-morrow, on the Main Floor, the following special offerings: $6.50 Black Suit Cases at $4.50 Of enameled duck, cretonne lined; with tray and top shirt pockets, 24 and 26 inch sizes. $5.00 and 6.75 Party Cases at $3.95 and 4.75 Imported, made of fine morocco, with five or six French gilt fittings. $3.00 and 4.00 Hand Bags at $1.75 and 2.45 Imported and Domestic; made of moire silk or pin morocco; fitted with purse and mirror. Vacation Sale of Wardrobe Trunks At Very Decisive Reductions, for Thursday and Friday rp HEsE trunks provide traveling convenience that is a wonderful comfort, because they protect the garments from all damage in transit. 85.00 Wardrobe Trunks at $19.50 As illustrated, 45 inches high, 2@ inches wide and 28 inches deep, also in the Steamer Size, 14 inches deep; covered with sturdy canvas, bound and teria] with vulcanized fibre, reinforced with iron corners and clamps, finished in brass, with atrong map lock ; capacity for 15 to 20 gar- jena, convenient drawer arrangement and hat 950.00 Wardrobe Trunks at $39.50 In full and demi-size; containing all the fea- tures of the above trunks, and in addition, a shoe box, umbrella compartment and dust-proof door. . 40.00 Wardrobe Trunks at $29.75 oe Fibre covered and fibre bound, with conven- font hanger arrangements nd drawers. art THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, JULY 165, HUMAN SKELETON DUG UP. in excavating for the foundation of a new office structure to be erected on the site of old buildings at Nos. 9-18 Dominick street to-day dug ‘The skeleton of an adult was finally uncev- ered and the foreman for the centract- ing firm of M. Larkin & Son of Nos. 619-529 East Sixteenth etreet netified the police. the Mcadoupal cette Madras an tom a iad te inc Sea aden 0 morgue. oa eppar- ently had been many years in the earth. 1914. Remodeling and ‘Repairing of Furs at Special Summer Rates | dames McCreery & Co, 34th Street 5th Avenue Remarkable Offerings on Thursday and Friday MEN’S FURNISHINGS Straw Seege8 ey, 85c Wash Ties of my Grn with i‘ broidered figures,—large Bsa i, Mo atterns; also Summer Ties of Eng Fish Foulard in dots and fancy tig - ures. value 1.00, 65c Shirts of Madras or maga Fabrics with French Cuffs. values 1.50 and 2.00. Shirts of Imported Scotch Madras, made from custom shirt lengths; custom finish; soft cuffs. 95 value 3.50 to 4.50. Shirts of Heavy Tub Silk or Silk Mixed Fabrics, in neat patterns and stripes; also shirts with tucked bosoms of plain colored silk mixtures. 2.85 values 4.00 and 4.50. Negi, ee Shirts of Heavy Silk, in a wide range of novelty and_neat stripes; custom finish. value 6.00. Pajamas of Scotch Madras and Imported Crepe Cloth in a variety of neat colors. values 3.50 and 4.00. To Close Out Straw Hats,—finer grades. 1.35 value 3.00. Bath or Beach Robes of Ter Cloth or Mercerized Fabrics. 2.95 value 5.00. Suits of Pure Worsted lack or Gray. 9} value 5.00, Office Coats of Black Mohair. 2.95 value 4.00, Bathin, in Blue, S Tan or Gray Auto Dusters. 2.95 value 3.45. Auto Dusters of Linen or Mohair,— Balmacaan model. 5.50 value 7.50. Raincoats of Scotch Tweed _in Balmacaan model. 12.5) value 22.50. Raincoats of Tan Canton Cloth, value 15.00. 75 Tennis or Outing Trousers of White Flannel; also White or Gray with pencil stripes. value 6.00, 3.25 Final Clearance Sale YOUNG MEN’S AND BOYS’ WEAR 292 Men’s Summer Suits,—large variety of materials in the season’s best two and three-piece models. Sizes $4 to 42 inch chest. 10.00, 15.00 and 21.50 formerly 18.50, 24.50 and 29.50. 67 Boys’ Double-breasted Suits,— sizes 7 to 18 years. 3.75 fcemerty.2 7.50 to 10.00. Boys’ Raincoats of Black Rubber or Tan Rubberized Fabrics. 85 and 2.95 formerly 2.85 and 5.75. Children’s Fine Straw Hats, 75c to 4.75 formerly 1.95 to 8.50. Boys’ Washable Suits, in a v: of materials and models. ‘nce 8 years. rothers 42nd and 43rd Streets, West of Fit Avenue. | To-morrow, Thursday, on the Third Floor, a Clearance of Women’s Midsummer Apparel At Less Than Half Original Prices PRESENTING the widest possible selection for town or country wear, at the smallest prices of the year. All garments are from our own carefully selected stocks, and express the most advanced fashions of the season. Women’s Sport Coats, of the nost popular materials, including golfine, in white and colors, $7.50 Women’s Chinchilla & Blanket Coats in white only, . . at $12.50,16.50 Women’s Capes, with and without vest effects, of serge, ire, Faille, black velveteen and whit broadcloth, $12.75, 14.50, 17.60, 22.50 Ww ’s Auto Dusters, of Linen and Mohair, at $8.50, 5.50 Silk Dusters, f Gloria, Pongee and Shantung, fined and unlined, at $11.50, 16.50 Women’s Summer Dresses, in desirable cotton fabrics, at $8.75, 5.00 Women’s Crepe de Chine Dresses, in white, navy and black, $14.50, 13.75 Women’s Linen Suits, $9.60, 14.50 Women’s Cape S of woolen me Sed Women’s Tub Skirts, including golfine, * st $14.75, 19.50 at $1.75 to 4.95 Also the remainder of their high cost Suits and Evening Gowns, offered at Absolute Clearance Prices. BY DECISION. OF COURT (New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department.) RUDOLPH DIRKS ORIGINATOR OF THE FAMOUS KATZENJAMMER KIDS DRAWS EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE COMIC SECTION OF THE NEW YORK SUNDAY WORLD