The evening world. Newspaper, August 21, 1914, Page 5

AMERICAN MARINE AND ITS CHANCES > “FOR ENLARGEMENT Salient Facts Relative to the Ships Now Under Old Glory. SAILORS OFFER PROTEST Objection to Having Yankee Vessels Officered by Foreigners, President Wilson's proposition to by purchase an American mefeantile marine with Government al4 centres attention on ocean ship- Here are some saltent tacts: ‘There are only six large steamers im the transatiantic trade flying the American flag. They are the Ameri- liners St. Louis, St. Paul, Phila- and New York and the Red Froonland and Finland. three larga American trans-Pacific trade—the owned by thé Great Nor- Railway, and the Pacific Mail i i fot Ht gi ship flying the Amert- Sag te the Minnesota of 18,328 net aiylt 3 it ry HTH J 5 rt: it 8 238 F BEE : Be ig92 Marine, 6; American- bleed : Months r People ai. 1 the habit ion + ee to their dentist twice or an examination of thir ( teeth. It is equally im- fee th that eyeglass wearers ve their eyes examined once in two years. The examination of your eyes by one of our Oculists (registered physicians) incurs no obligation—If your present glasses do not require changing, you pls be told so, honestly rankly. If a change of lenses is ad- vised, and you choose to pur- chase them, the cost of new noe will be from $1.00.up- Ave., bet. 180-181 Sts. 1009 Broadway, nr. hah > Beye. 20 Fulton St., opp. A. & S., B’klyn. 097 Broad St., near Hahne's, Newark. SPECIAL Until 6 o’Clock Saturday Gold: Watch Warranted 10 Years | goth Reduced from 2.00 yearn we 7 For more than thirty-three have confined ourselves slmony ee OveF ut out enw ‘abo Watcher 180" Broatway, New York Open Untli @ o'Clock, Saturdays Included, Sine EME eT iesiy Serersars leelaies: Ne Extra Charge for It. ey hia The Word mag, be is All Stores Open Saturday Afternoon. Here —_—_—_—_—_——— Chains |: AMERICAN COUNTESS NOW RED CROSS NURSE WITH FRENCH ARMY. Countees, (Quy ae. RASTENEN CONSTANCEAWARRERL NEWPORT, Aug. 21. — Cables from France to-day stated Countess Guy de Lasteyrie, formerly Mise Constance Warren of Newport, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Henry Warren, had be- come @ Red Cross nurse in the French army, where her husband fs with his walry regiment. Their residence out- side of Paris is being used at their re- quest as « hospital. ‘Word has also reached Newport that hire fier Aon aeeathe Go genio tw pin adh t last accounts, ee ie to field bulanoe oo! Site ar he aia tor the ‘Britisn Hawaiian Steamship Company, Matson Navigation SomPenys Great Nort! WHY AMERICAN SHIPS ARE UNDER FOREIGN FLAGS. Many American owned ships are @ailed under flage of hag bag mame | because of advantages in and & 1b are | navigation la' We 'R. Grace & Co. Kt Sal bee | engaged in South American trade, ci unaee "36,000 er aPE Hat a as owned: the tobe York & Pacific Sithe Unked Fatt Fruit “Gompany, an tions salle ita forty-one loan corporation, on under the British ‘daw. International Loe bagicrd Ma- flag. It has gen aas ene ‘Ot ne bape exports of American to Europe, 61 per cent. in been in tia! only six under the Keep vk ive under the Bel than 3 per umber of voyages last year from the United States to by lines Sos, as follows: North 173; Hamburg-Ameri- can, 180; White Star (Br.), 127; Cu- hard (Br, Be While ie Germans ed in regular Mners, agit total British eed g fs American trade has a lon account of the number ‘of teu steamers. bod clearances of ships last year iS Acres ports were British 24 2 604, German 593, French 238, Italian 195, Dutch a ‘Spanish 113, American 658. ONE CUT. THAT I8 IN hfe) While Congress hi law 0 as to make forelgn bu pitti ne gues for America fosists: ed by citizens of, this there 4s another difficulty to Sullding up an American marine which man- agers of lines say is the principal rea- son for operating their ships bread Liege pe S00 js relates to office! “Onder U United States laws all watch officers, including pilots, of Ameeiee ships must be citizens of the U; States. Under the rca tan ithe oe of any nation ma; r of a British ship it Be ie oon eemapeten ae Ship Regi i je amended ip istry bill nate President _discretioi yt porarily tl tltisenship y woalleention, Dut protests are pouring in on the Government from sailors against it. It is asserted that theer are thousands of sraladia and competent American sailor: rake the places of foreign officers and "On. the ot other hand, ship owners have notified the Government that even If their hig A are transferred to the American fing they would be reluc- tant to dismiss faithful and experi- enced captains and officers, It is fur- er assorted by owners that the rules of American labor unions and numer- mal difficult after the war is over. 'ECLIPSE OF THE SUN VIEWED IN WASHINGTON N | Only Partial Here, but Europe, Af- rica and Asia Fell Within Its Shadows. WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.—A total eclipse of the sun, which cast com- at, { plete darkness over « strip elghty- five miles wide through Russia, Scan- dinavia, Asia Minor, Persia and India, x) | was only partially visible in the United States, but was observed by | Astronomers at the naval observatory | here, | AN Europe, a portion of Africa and Asia, however, Yell within its shadow, ‘ jit was not visible in this country | further south than Washington nor } | west of North Dakota, The shadow fell upon the earth first in Hudson's Bay and disappeared on the east coast of Africa just north of equator. In 1918 nother Set total eclipse of the i gun will in the United States. Scientific Basten are pene organized to observe it in Flori Several American es went to Beenie 0 observe to-day's phenome- | dead. Shapiro alone knew they were 7 ¥ THE BVENING | Woah, FHRLVAY, AveuUs: aa, lyase. 'LOCKED AMID FIRE, pe WOMAN SENT {THREE SLIGHTLY INJURED THREE ARE cave | 10 PMATORY FOR IN COLLISION ON BRIDGE: BY BURNED HERD SEN STENT STEALNG) Rear of Fulton Street Decghie’s Poa of Plea of an “Irresis. |3ure4 Though page Agony, Shapiro tible Impulse” Failed Frees Men Imprisoned in to Save Her. Blazing Van. Three men, Frank King, George Farmer and Neleon Peer, were saved ‘Weman Drowned tn Bathtad. Mra. Anna Mussel, seventy-nine years old, was found dead in the bathtub tn the keen i toe fon, » vane Lincoin street, t. There was water ie nthe tub oy she was partly dressed. |She had suffered much from the extreme jheat and had gone to her room and partiy | undressed and then gone into the bath tooth after iter runaing water inte the We Oba Till, 1 ‘o’Clock Tomorrow (Saturday) You see there are only 4 hours, tomorrow, and every one of the minutes in these 4 hours will be A GOLDEN MINUTE,—A PROFITABLE MINUTE, for the thousands who will come here. Special Sales HAVE YOU A LAZY LIVER? - va |Dr. Plerce’s Golden Medical Diseovery it | z 3 BE z | Court of Special Bes- from being roasted to death early to- guilty to a charge day through the herolem of Alex- On Aug. § Mra f th V ander Shapiro, forty-five years old, a -meven years avd 0 e ery chauffeur, of No. 691 Main street, Pat- | ereon, N. J., who is in Potyolinio Hos- pital, burned from head to foot. Shapiro left Paterson last night for Yonkers with @ big automobile truck Things You Need i if Just Apply This Paste and the Hairs Vanish (Hdge to Seeww) Srused ot tsunue, Ween Oo Ue eh pa Have Been Arranged van reached the Wert Shore ferry at fee 0 pice dhe Guee ermavel el nepertinnes hates Exceptional economies in all of our 102-departinents the foot of West Forty-second street & probat our VAs Mb, ea a tee ee, look up Mrs, onder’ face or ee rine aa laorgace in both our magnificently stocked buildings. pire discovered he didn't have gaso- oe porrdared delatone ye chlestione This Is the Store for ‘Eleventh-Hour line enough to take him to Paterson, skin and the hairs a1 one, Shoppers. ” No Other Can Approach. It! No tedious waiting for change or parcels. Double quick action here on Saturday mornings. MAIN BUILDING Fresh 4 Maw--Staple Groceries—srecas raordinary Economies for Tomorrow's Ouate in Greenhut’s Great Grocery ISCUITS—Grehem Bisoults,) OR AN GB MARMALADEB—Chtvere’ ots: Bees He went to a garage at No. 631 West Forty-second street and bought five gallons. James Wider, thirty-six, a polisher in the garage, went with him to the ferry house to help him fill the auto tank fom the big can. The tank of the machine ie under the seat, and the engine was still running. Wilber held the funnel, while Shapiro poured the “gas.” Some of it dripped down on the cylinder and fn an instant the truck took fire, There was an ex- plosion aa the flames reached the tank, and Shapiro and Wilbur were blown fifteen feet. ‘Wilber was only elightly burned = have in course of preparation An Extraordinary Sale of Imported Hand-made Lace Curtains and Panels DESERTED BY FRIENDS at uncommonly interesting prices. Also a Remarkable Sale of Reversible Velour Portieres which will offer unusual inducements. Detafls of these special events will shortly be announced toad of furgiture. time her co! The truck was biasing inside and Peer’s trousers were afire, All three|® few minut men were nearly suffocated and in a few minutes more would have been Inside the van, and he had been un- | dar! able to tell the others because of his/ ,», burns. Their cries to be released could not be heard for the noise about them. Ghapiro and Wilber were the only ones who had to be taker, to the hos- pital. The truok had been < about $1,000 when firemen extinguished the flames. DYNAMITE EXPLOSION HURLS FOUR FROM BED House in Paterson Damaged, but Occupants Escape Serious Injury; Victims Know of No Enemies. Four persons in the family of Rafael Gorgas of Paterson, N. J., narrowly escaped ceath early to-day when several sticks of dynamite ex- ploded in the basement of the house at No, 123 East Twenty-third street, ‘The force of the explosion threw Gor. gas, his wife & baby from their beds in @ room on the second floor, and served James Gorgas, u cousin, asleep in another room, the same way. The explosion blew out the rear brick wall of the basement and forced the ceiling beams through the floor of the unocouvied first floor apart- ment. Every asl of glass in the building was brol Gorgas, who ts a silk mitt employee, told the police he knew of no enemy & (Wetty Avennesy 34th :eed 35th Micrel, Men Bord,’ Furniture | “Without, x Depot nif “‘Kooms Formerly A. T. Stewart & Co., Broadway and Ninth, New York anitte “Me ivEe tate fo Store Closed All Day Tomorrow (Saturday) Monday, August 24, Begins the “Half-Price Days” in the August Furniture Sale According to custom, during the last week of the sale, all odd lots, all samples without reserve stock back of them, and all single c pies and suites not to be carried 3 Rooms § 4 Resa Femuaaa oh grate" Q* me Ao | 6999" 750-753 8th Ave., e., Cor. a6th St ig" Ss eee so cael Senate gether coum vse] iN regular stock, are offered at exactly half our standard FVENINeS CHT 10 rgases, early in the evening and did not re- easy ta Uh evening anda prices that prevail at other times of the year. after’ the exploet Says Sugar Trest Holds Up Prices. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug, 21.—Robert Oxnard, the beet sugar magnate, told the Federal Grand Jury yesterday that he has 760,000 bags of sugar on hand, but the trust won't buy ied below the market price. He blames e eastern seaport tte te kee ne GULDEN’S Try it on SANDWICHES Ham, Cheese, In this way we dispose of ptastioaly all the special ust lots in August. We are then free to open the Palate largely with our regularly assembled stocks. Please Note Carefully —that both pieces and complete suites are included in the offering at half—for the bedroom, dining-room, living room and hall. —that some of the costliest furniture on our floors {s marked to half. —that to begin with there are hundreds of pieces at half. WAR FLAGSI" Flags of Europe’s warring nations, in full colors. For reference during the war. pec neal ~Ahah Ship arg belt peice werk is ey - advertioing bait Ae dn p ie ite the f f ; sar, ay, tha a of cu ern Ang fal pln te dines fat dueon || Special feature of next ce Sunday World Magazin Monday is First Choice unday or agazine. Mustar d Come Monday if you can and « secure first pick, Price ca Good on Pasi Suit Beton With, Gisth ond Beventh Gallesies, New Building, e