The evening world. Newspaper, September 30, 1914, Page 4

? THE IF HURRIED, PHONE | COMPANY'S THREAT and probably six months after that hells Commission iatiiah Nae York | « LINER SANT ANNA ON FIRE AT PIER; FLOOD HER HOLDS Big Vessel Blazes Forward would be required to figure out a new rate list from the invoived schedules. Bid paisa | up-Htato yr. ao. led by counsel and engineers, canst A town to-day to start some- thing in the telephone case that has Laoag dragging along for a year. After houre of debate with company tayers and officials adjournment ‘was taken unt!l Oct. 8, when furtber rt will he made to get things mov- Must Wait Until Appraisats ‘maw Wen. Santvoerd Among Cargo, and Fire- Are Completed. {Hie Uc vitetea Veteaton Gand WEKIE boats Go to Work. Not be completed until Jan. 1, 1916. However, Vice-President Bethell and Lawyer Swayse generous! ceded that they might hurry it and they set June 1 next as tl est ponsible date, although they fully stipulated that they did not When Estimates Will Be | promiae this definitely. The commission started to-day's Presented. hearing full of ginger, ready to wind things up quickly. The mem- i ’ re said that they could not wait Before the up-State Public Service| for the company to appraise Hoige x4 nina in three States, but that the w Commission to-day the New Fork! vould be narrowed down to Telephone Company threatened to rates in New York City if an at York City. Furthermore, they want- raise *|ed some figures right away—approx! tempt was mado to force quick de- so theepe Ae mate estimates of property valuatior cision tn the public's demand for| tice those the company filed in « reduced rates. 7 vious rate case in 1911. They shifted ‘If you inalst on proceeding with-| the burden of Proof to the company out affording un time to complete our! ang inquired whether it was ready to case in our own way,” sald John L. mineet for the telephone] Meigen ones evidence. yo endraadle Lawyer Swayse made a long state: | pers of the crew pried off the vover- company, “we reserve the right to t, fusing ¢ % withdraw the 10 per cent. reduction| "en refusing to accept any b ‘ing leading to the lower hold tm hatch * short cut methods, He insisted that No, 2, which had been sealed up since im rates made last February.’ th 3000 di Furthermore, the company practi-{(MBg# Must proceed in an orderly /the ship left Genoa. 4 fashion, meaning thereby that nothing | A cloud of amoke belched out, float- cally defied the commission to act! could be done about makiag new rate! i.e uy the hatchway, and spread over until the long drawn out eppraisal of| schedule until every pole had been Capt. Pat telephone property !s completed by | counted, every mile of wire measured | the decks of the vessel. Capt. Paivoy and every bit of property related to/called out the ship's fire fighting force ~____ | telephone service valued by experts! and directed that an alarm be turned He cited various court decisions and |i. ¢rom the pier. asserted that the commission should |i en ne ae enies from South Brooklyn and the fireboat David A defer action until all thy schedules were completed and fied. san eons willing to Lae gaeitn od Boody responded. The engine com. ir. Bwayes, the company’s Baiten to corcuen ays withcoms| panies were used to watch for eel a raissions to help roblems. But| Safety of the pler while the lines o! I insist that the company bas the| the fireboat were led into the hold right to protect itself. You cannot) and the full pumping power of the find out the facts without investiga- engines was exerted. Although no fire could be seen, it was plain from the amount of smoke that there was a blaze of considerable proportions rag- tion. Weare entitled to havethe evi- dence complied in proper manner and ing away back in the hold. The only course open was to drown ont the to have a ng. “I insist that @ valuation of the property must be made to find out Dlaze. The ship's pumps and the fireboats’ what constitutes @ fair average returo on the sepiee invested, before you pumps poured thousands of gallons of water intg, the lower hold. Gradu- can ax r Mr. Sw: 20 asserted that the re- duction of 10 per cent. made in rates last winter was part of an agreement with the then Chairman of tho com- ee to resort to the inventory and| ally the shi took a pronounced list sal method as @ basis for Axing| away from the pier, due to the weight of water in the hold where the fre raged. Capt Paivoy said that the cargo in the lower hold consisted of silks and velvets in bales, olive oll and seeds. NEXT JUNE AT EARLIEST. .{SHIP HAS A BIG LIST. Board Adjourns for Week, Silks and Velvets Burned— Firemen Are Overcome— Blaze Unseen, Fire wan discovered in the lower hold forward of the Fabre Line steamship Sant’ Anna at Pier No, 31, South Brooklyn, to-day. The Sant’ Anna arrived in port night before last fron: Naples and Marseilies, bringing ‘ardinal Farley and many American refugees, but did not dock until yas- terday. Her two upper holis were unloaded yesterday ai night. At 8 o'clock this morning ‘longshoremen and mem- Pir. Seng NY. ‘HE ONE JAR IMPLE REMEDY ai 4 Ho Wer Wane HE papers are full of news ; that may make your mother more value-careful than ever in selecting the things youare to wear this fall. Maybe she will take even more pains than usual to be sure that we realize here at Best’s that it takes one hun- dred perfectly good cents to make one single dollar. Maybe there was never a ‘The company ts following that par under supervision of and check- ing the commission's engineers. If it Im mot to be continued, the com- paay threatens to take back the 10 per cent. reduction. There was @ colloquy as to what} constituted reasonable time. The : Inaisted at fi \e % better time to ask you to call ine ai action, wnt Jan 3, 1816. “Eh ea hetap lpn ga quickly ; sslonera her attention to the fact that © |ja weer without deciding ong’way Or] #8 possible, Deputy Chief Langan, In the other. They called upon the com-| charge of the firemen, sent for the pany to produce in a week its best eatimates of valuations for New York City alone, with understanding that the figures are approximations, not detailed appraised values, and Vico- Eresieent Bethell promised to supply ‘nthe eommission may decide to go ahead on these figures, and fix rates, although the company threatens to! raise rates and appeal to the United Btates courts if such summary action is taken, we have taken just the same pains ourselves beforehand. In our buying and making of the things she will buy for you, we believe we are suc- ceeding in making each dollar New Yorker made a quick run down the smoke diminished in volume. | Two firemen, John Keogh of En- }gine No. 201, and John Boles of En- | gine No, ———— A NEW “CLEEK” STORY. man MaNally and Horan and revivea go farther than ever before. “The Fadeles: Tints,” another oFrhe fre was confined to the hold in x “leek” mystery story, complete in | which it originated. All the PUMA Avenwe Wasi Side; Corner of BUA Straat next Sunday's World. Read ‘this great story by T. W. Hanshew, author | Probably the of “Cleek of the Forty Faces.” bination of fire, smoke and water. laze amoldered severa } ' discovered this morning. ‘Clothes were never meant to be cooked. ny _ Women were never meant to stand over a washtub all day long, rubbing up ard down on a washboard. Feig-Napene Soap will get a big wash on the line by noon. It will make your clothes sweet, clean and ~—T white—and won’t work you to deat because it does the hard part of the work for you. It won’t wear your clothes out, either, because it works best in cool or lukewarm water, with no hard rubbing or boiling. Fels-Naptha is fine for woolens or flannels, and will make them last instead of shrinking or wearing out in no time. It’s mighty inconvenient to be with- out remnant a. Anty Drudge Helps Another Family _ Mire. Trouble—“I bought thess woolens for Jeho, and now I'll have to give them to little Joba. If they keep on shrinking, I'll have to hand’: igi, Sam Serr 0 Willies” Follow the Retter buy _ fate Drudge—"Wo wonder they sbrink! Lock at rections Hele. Nepie (hob washboiler on the stove! That tails me © On jhe Red pt plainer than words that you don't use Fels- Wrapper. fer. 1S pos, i) pyar werk. wosld #7 iN, He attributed the fire to spontaneous fireboat New Yorker at 9 o'clock. The f ‘Honey ithe Upper Bay, and when, the floods from her pumps augmented the salt | the water already flowing into the hold 228, were overcome by smoke jand fumes while running lines to the jlower hold, They were dragged out by Battalion Chief Walsh and Fire- ods in that hold were destroyed by the com- | days in the airtight hold before it was re aay bist gy Ptr: Neh NING WORLD, _ WEDNESDAY, BEPTEMBER 380, 1914. DLE WALL STREET | ENPLOVEES GIVEN RELIEF BY LOANS gee Applications Made as Soon as Employers Open Broad LEROY ASKS POLICEMAR’S ADVICE AND IS ARRESTED Professor Trying to Get Out of| Trouble Over Revolver Walks Into it. Prof. Stantalas Le Roy, who teaches French at Columbia University, had a revolver. Ae he didn’t want ft, he hunted up Policeman Manning of the Weat Bixty-eighth street station, this afternoon and asked his advice. The policeman went to the Le Roy I The Professor was indignant when ‘he had to go to the station house and then to the West Bide Court. had planned ‘ Set out of trouble instead strate cQuade Hetened while the incensed Professor told how the revolver had ben bought last summer to take to the Maine woods and taken home by mistake by Mra. Le Roy. Then bell pereent a e Prisoner, who was aw: Seaver eehing. jay and leave the a PASSENGERS INJURED IN REAR-END CRASH Four Are Taken to Hospital After Collision on Church Avenue. cial Workers. ployment. floor, to which the appeal for such ald til better times com: When a Reid avehue car, running along Church avenue just in front of him, stopped suddenly at Kast Forty- @lghth street, Motorman William Wiederholt of a Church avenue car could not stop in time. and bis car crashed into the rear platform of the other, The platforms of both ears were smashed, windows were broken and glass was hurled over the Leora tory who were tumbled from the! the worst fajureas Mrs. John, 24 Her- man street, Sheepshead Bay, cut and rendered senseless for ten minutes. » No. 269 Dumont avenus, cut about head and body. Silver, Solomon, thirteen years old, doren applications, The committee of Wall those out of work such rd times. is composed as follows: ‘Tefft, Chairman; bam, Secretary; No. 439 Pennsylvania avenue, chest cut. Wiederholt, man, right arm crushed. Dr. Coakley took them all to Kings County Hospital. The line was tied up for half an bow William, the motor- ed. ence J. Housman, G. V. home, No. 46 Weet Sixty-fourth street, Street Office. wot the weapon from Mre. Le Roy and promptly arersted the Profossor for Violation of the Sullivan law. WILL TRY TO FIND JOBS, May Result in Permanent Clearing House for Finan- Wall Street, whose generosity times of need has long been @ legend of the town, hag now come to the ma- | terial relief of its many thousands of | cashiers, clerks and messengers who, | by reason of the war-induced finan-)| oial depression, have lost their em- ‘The committee, one member at least of which will be on hand at the of- fice from 10 o'clock unttl 8 every di Erastus T. Charles L. Burn- Edward Roesler, Treasurer; James B. Mabon, form President of the Stock Exchange William Remick, R. H. Thomas, Clar- Hollti An office was opened this morning at No, 2@ Broad atrect, on the first find permanent positions. Before 11 o'clock there had been more than a street brokers having the work in charge {fs particularly desirous that it be known that the ald so offered to the unemployed is not « charitavlo prop- osition, but a means of lending to jum or surns | as will “straighten them out" in these | Bath a ES SOLD DRUG TO SCHOOLBOYS; PIANIS CAUGHT IN ACT IS SENT TO PENITENTIARY. Zor at least siz months, David Nor- throp, a young man of No. 161% Spencer street, Brooklyn, will not sell any more | ectus! heroin to school children im the Hastern | ine hearcst arug ‘ten ane District, as he went to penitentiary « to-day for that epace. He was caught by Detective Chrystie of yt, avenue station, PC, C4 achoolboys to arehass “Ap soot or the boy mde th hief as ince last May the seesbere fo District public schools hi nguiar drowsiness of som or ther pupil the teachers told ryatie about fy at ocence. Then he ol For ~- Northrop, * ne panty tw come. years old, played the plano in mi picture houses. Cummaager, English fast fashioned er ih ther Be ae ail, low aint baasle Biggest cet Value in New York. Price $5.00 OSAASAiVA.QA{AIAAs Se British Boot Men Gentlemen! Introducing GommyAtkins swagger Boot for men. Built onanitreproacfiable Englisfi last with all the deft touches that were ever put in any‘ sfioe, Capmexer 5 ar 17 Merit 20th $*, What Many Now Use CONSUMPTION SG SS SSS Charles E. Knoblauch, Walter Price and Charles Biandy. employees of Wall street houses who are temporarily out of work by get- Meroe oat tk ‘rsre,hall bp able to find places for ae them. “The loahs we will make will be without interest, and when ive, stances warrant, we shall pe In Wall Of the work and intent of the com- mittee, Mr. Burnham sald: “Our present aim is to assist those ting them positions, if that be pos- sible, or by rendering such financial ald as they require. “We have prepared a blank upon which each applicant for help will write his name, address, whether he is married or single, the number of his children and other dependents, where he was last employed and at what salary, the kind of work he did, his present condition financially and his references. stan “The outcome of this committee's work will be, I feel sure, the estab- lishment of a sort of clearing house for Wall street employees where men may register for empl 5 in time we will be le to supply houses with anything from @ cashier to @ messenger boy. —-—_——— LAST OF PENNILESS Wheo we have collected sufficient AMERICANS LEAVE ’ rinine just how much essisvance| LONDON FOR NEW YORK. will be required of us, and we can —__—— formulate a more definite plan. “In the course of a day or two we| LONDON, Sept 9.—More than ene shall send out & circular letter to the [hundred steerage passengers who had financial houses of the Street asking |been provided with transportation by the for subscriptions. + American Relief Committee satled to- “We have no intention whateve: if day from En 4 for the United States, Te ae e rae nade Of | practically clearing Lon charitable oitixens “desire to belp us [Aree eet cith fanan ake bs We shall be glad to accept. mained ‘In Germany until they ‘ “In addition to financing those was no longer safe there. of work, we prepare for no anne bay first-class passengers Ted paper publication as an advertisem: . BP, Shove, a @ list of unemployed men who desire Poe maining mas. dames McCreery & Co. 34th Street 5th Avenue SPECIAL VALUES On Thursday and Friday. “McCREERY SILKS” f Famous Over Half a Century. 6,000 Yds. Imported Golf Corduroy Velvet;— White or Black. \ Double width..........0....++++- Value $.00....yd, 1.50 Single Width............+++++..Value 1.50....yd. 95¢ Double Width Black Chiffon Dress Velvet...........yd. 2.85 value 4.50 Double Width Imported Black Dress Satin;—Cashmere finish. value 2.50, yd. 1.65 RO see TY FEATHER NECKWEAR Ostrich Feather Collarettes with ribbon bow....7.7...3.95 value 5.50 Ostrich or Marabout Ruffs with lace value 2.75 1.75 Ostrich and Marabout Stoles;— Natural and White, Black and White, Natural or Black. value 9.50 7.50 Marabout Capes;— Black or Natural value 3.75 2.75 | Marabout Muffs;— Black or Natural value 5.75 3.75 Ostrich and Marabout Muffs;— Black or Natural..77....4.25 value 6.50 uf FRENCH UNDERWEAR Chemises of fine Nainsook;—hand-embroidered in various designs value 1.75 to 2.50 1.25, 1.50’ and 1.75 Gowns of Nainsook;— high neck; three-quarter sleeve; hand- \ embroidered and hand-made value 4.50 2.95 Gowns of Nainsook;—laundered and hand-embroidered in various designs; slip-over model Value 8.50 2.95 SILK _PETTICOATS Petticoats of All-Silk Messaline, all Jersey or Jersey top. with Messaline Ruffle’ value 8.50 2.95 Petticoats of All-Silk Crepe de Chine, trimmed with Shadow Lace, combined with ribbon —_value 8.95 2.95 Petticoats with All-Silk Jersey top;—Messaline ruffle and Silk underlay value 4.95 3.95 Petticoats with All-Wool Jersey top; Silk Messaline ruffle. Black only values 3.50and 4.95 2.95 and 3.98 ne 39 nave CEE Had CAEPIT- =