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ARRESTED FOR MURDER Myrtle Avenue, @rrest to-day der of his first w ken, of an investigation started by District Attorney Cropsey at the request of the dead woman's relatives \they might look up data regarding ken had remarried. her sister believed Barken was treat-| Hittary supply contracts as individ- 4 ing her for neuralgia when ho gavo 4 : zi he fret Mra, Barken was taken {11} hep soma tableta that burned hor| U*!® Baron de Cartier Is on his way May. 21 last at her home at No. 36] stomac Ho did not call a physi ook quarters at fumnér Avenue, Brooklyn, She was} cian until she ins ken to the Jewish Hospital May go! sister’a d bugite tr, shi vetled that death had been caused by phosphoras poisoning. Coroner Frank Senior was asked | to-day why he had not investigated or turned the case over to the police |when his physician, Dt, Wuest, re- | ported the woman's death due to} poisoning, and he said, as far as he as beneficiary, her sister says. Barken wis arrested last theatre with his wife and child Nash in the Gates 4 day for further examination. — PROMINENT BELGIANS FIRST WIFE WHILE IN COMPANY OF SECOND, klyn Tailor Taken by electives at Theatre Door heard as much of the evidence as he} did and could have investigated. | On Oct. 23 Barken married Miss! Anna Goldberg, who had been ¢ ployed in a tailoring establishment After Belated Inquiry. with him. He had been married to Get Militaty Supply Data. his first wife nine years, and his] ,. daughter, Lillian, eight years old,} Tteo prominent Belgians, Harry Parken, a tailor of No, 786\|who was cared for by relatives just] ¥@" 4° Vyere, Min after his wife's death, was taken again to live with her father and ber stepmother. Miss Lizzie Salkin of No. 17 Varot Street, Willamsburg, sister of Mrs Barken, wrote a letter to District Attorney Cropsey that brought about the investigation. She told the police Brooklyn, is under harged with the mu e, Mrs, Bessie Bar- His arrest came as the result iu tier, Minister China, songers on the Whi | riatic, arriving to- The Belgians denicd | commissi: Star linor on seeking a loan, after Bar- her father give mothe d died there two hours later. Her and on this statement the child | tion was mentioned to him se puzzled physicians and an au-| WS taken into custody as a material} “I fear it will be a stormy voyage,” Ss witness and was sent to the Chil-j| was his only comment, psy performed by Dr. Wuest re-! dren's Society. Mrs. Barken had) Donald C. Thompson, war photog- GENUINE DIAMOND amo, 2 yt hte GENUINE PEARL 14° a4 $185 895020 iS . Tir Best of All Gifts) FINE DIAMOND JEWELRY | 4 “Honestly Made and Honestly Priced” { Direct from Our Factory The best value, consistent with Good Quality and Best Workmanship, at the Lowest Prices. 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BUCKWHEAT Heckers’ Cream Wheat Farina ia a delicious breakfast cereal $700 life insurance, with her husband | rapber, night | was held without bail by Magistrat vena Court to- couldggemember, detectives interest- Sed in We case were present at the in- ARRIVE ON ADRIATIC quiry he made, He thought they Report They are Commission Seeking a War Loan, but May ximond Carton de Wys t of the Societe Generale de a ‘on Ernest de Cars were pas- Ad- ay from England. they were a but said brought on the Adriatic film taken by himself from a French acroplane twelve thousand feet in the | the air, Which showed wo French planes and a German ‘aube, two thousand feet below. He He French flyers. Mr. a battle between |= = = Franklin Simon 8 Co. Fifth Avenue 4 West 38th St.—Store Floor Separate Shop, a step from Fifth Avenue Men’s Banister Shoes Fifty: Styles including Cloth or or Buckskin ‘tops Mahogany, Dark Tan or Black Russia Calfskin, with tops of same, Taupe, Tan or Black Buckskin. Imported Patent Calf- skin with tops of Dull Mat Kidskin, Cloth or Taupe Buckskin, laced or button styles. Regular Values $7.50 to $9.00 Men’s “Franklin” Shoes Forty styles in Novelty or Conservative Lasts Made on newest lasts of selected leathers, in button and lace shoes. Tan Russia Calfskin, Dull Gun Metal Calf- skin, Patent Coltskin, with tops of same or cloth; also Tan Box Calfskin Golf Shoe. 5.00 Regular Value $6.00 Useful Gifts for Men 3.00 2.50 3.00 2.00 1.25 Tan Kid Faust Slippers Tan Kid Romeo Slippers Tan Alligator Slippers Kid Opera Slippers “Comfy” Slippers CHRISTMAS MUSIC AT HOME This is the New Style Lindeman Piano at $220 The outside is new. Inside, it is the same fine old piano that was first built in New York City 79 years ago—the second oldest in America. ‘The case is mahogany, double-veneered; genuine ivory keys; full scale of 7! octaves; 5 fect 4 inches high, 5 fect L-inch wide; @ fect $ inches deep. Lindeman Player-Piano One Model, $395 Tf you realized how good this 79-year old piano is, and how simple and expressive the player-action, you would not be without it. It is, in our judgment, the best moderate- priced player-piano produced today. No Instruments Can Compare With Either at These Prices Either may be purchased on very convenient terms. A small first payment today, and the in- strument you want is yours, in your home, at once. Music Rolls 40,000 music rolls for all 88=note player- songs, classical selections, dances; the hallowed music of the past, and the popular music of the present. Singing and organ recitals in the Piano Salons at intervals during each business day, Piano Salons, First Gallery, New Building John Wanamaker Broadway at Ninth Street, New York a) said the film distinctly portrayed tho firing of the machine guns on one ¢ Thompson also brought a film showing French soldiers being bombarded by German hand grenades and returning the fire | Art Needlework Shop Offers | Unusual Gift A glass jar covered with gold Ince and wreaths of tiny ribbon flowers is filled with puffs of cotton for powder | puffs, $3.75. California redwood has been smoothed, polished and turned into the most delightful trays, candle sticks, nut bowls, ete. Priced 20c upward, Library table covers in tapestry and church-like embroideries have pillow covers to match them, Mod- erately priced. The cushion corner is the most wonderful spot in the store. Heaps and heaps of the oddest and most beautiful pillows, round, square, oblong, tomato and muff shapes in silk and dainty lingerie boudoir pillows, First floor, Old Building. Women’s Silk Stockings, 85c pair Every pair perfect, silky and | beautiful. Any woman would be glad to receive them as gifts, Made with reinforced mercerized | soles and double tops in black, white, canary, beige, fawn, emerald, putty, sand, dark green, tan, gray, king blue. Also white with black em- broidered clox and bronze or smoke with white striped boot effect. ‘The event of the Christmas hosiery season. Main floor and Subway floor, Old Building. Every Trimmed Hat In ModerotePriced Mitlinery Satons Is Reduced $12 to $15 hats are $8 and 89, $10 hats are $5 and 86, $5 to $8 hats are 83. A becoming hat he | every woman. All colors, every variety of shape and trimming. Untrimmed hats, were %5 to $7, now &3. Black and colors. First oor, Old Bullding. Chocolate Othellos Rich, creamy chocolate, rolled inte balls, then dipped in grated chocolate, Fresh from our own cuisine. Specially priced for this week-end, 60¢ pound. Advance Christmas orders for Camee chocolates and bonbons will be very carefully filled, 81 pound. Trimmed a! ific ial Christmas trees for the table, 7de to $7.50, phone, Stuyvesant 4700 ion 98, Main floor, Old Bldg for | |] The Beautiful 4 | Exclusively Impor | Wanamaker's The Book of the Pearl \\ tells of an old myth that the | | clements offered certain gifts | | as worthy of the Deity. The |, air offered the rainbow; the || fire a meteor; the earth, a ruby; and the sea offered a pearl, The rainbow formed | | a halo about the god, the me- |teor served as a lamp, the ruby decorated the forehead, | and the pearl was worn upon i || the heart. | | RANA PEARL i] || in its pale moonlight beauty | isu gift to be cherished, both by those who own gen- tine pearls and by those who || {have them not. | There is no nearer likeness to | the gem the sea than Rana | Pearls, They are made for us in |] | Paris and set by our own jewelers || in platinum or gold; with or with The de- | 1) | out genuine diamonds, || signs are exclusive Lavallieres of diamonds and || | Rana pearls | Button and long diamonds and Ra: Rings Ta Rate pe Rings with diat earrings of pearls | arls ads and Rana || pearls | Necklaces of graduated Rana || | pearls with platinum or diamond |) clasps, the former beginning at 820. | | JEWELRY STORE | Main Floor, Old Building One Gi- Gi-gan-tic Smile i is s Toy World Dear Old Santa Claus—the same genial, whole souled old Santy who is here every Christmas—and tens of thousands of his toys—all smiling another Merry Christmas Saturday in Toy World—and there are only three Saturdays before Christmas. SMILES certainly « Toy World- Old e everywhere in Wanamaker even to the cow that jumps over Jolly Laughing Moon. Pretty nearly all the toys are in motion—and plenty of helpful toys to train little folks’ minds, too, Fourth Gallery New Building. Christmas Leather Goods | Shop Radiantly Ready! “More things in it that I would like to find in my Christmas stocking than in any place I've visited,” writes a woman visitor, “and the difference in prices is remarkable; in some cases yours are just half what the other people are asking.” Every one feels the charm of leather goods. Every one welcomes an article that adds beauty to the dressing table, lesk, or traveling out- fits, and is practical as well. Please everything here (that’s a broad it, but come and test it | assilk Out), ¢ hing at its best, staple always- Limousine dress'ng case. Special 83 = @ Velvet hand b sta’ lined, Special, 3.75. liked pieces, and exquisite unusualities. | Women's Handbags For Desk, Boudoir, Of velvet, si vin Library and Office seal, bead Beautiful in color ane Chinese embroid- in the smart ikea of the season, and design, articles in searlet, green, violet, blue and black, old All of them beautiful. rose and old blue. The collection is so Sewing baskets, li large and varied that brary sets, diari prices start at $1 and memo books of ali go gradually up to sorts, something for $40, boys, girls and grown Men's Pocket Books people. Complete stocks! Sewing baskets of ticability leather or wicker and | with ele leather, 83 to $25, gance and finen mayen sets in leather cases with 2, 3, 4and 5 scissors, $2 | to $7.50, for all occa- k with gold mountings for eve- ning. Card cases, bill Leather folding glock. Special 85. folds, cigar cases, Manicure sets in leather cases, cigar- box effects or soft ette cases and wal- rolling cases of suede, lets, 50¢ to $25. $1.50 to $28, For the Traveler Necessities to tuk t trip, or the lo a Telioe: for a ents and professionals, | to 2. | Portfolios and brief cases in tan hide or black leather, $3.75 to mos sets, hundreds of use- ful and attractive articles, from a set of coat hangers at 50c to a motor cause at 8150, Main floor, Old Building MEN A Christmas Sale of Men’s Bathrobes 2,000 in a Special Purchase at $3, $4 and $5 This is a specially-planned Christmas gift sale. We sold 10,000 such bathrobes last year in a very short time, Blanket robes, cut on generous lines; variety of light and dark patterns, Coming at the right time for Christmas will not last long at these prices Saturday in the M Subway Thousands of Shirt $1, $1.50 and $2 grades; to clear the makers’ shelves giving these ing Store, Shirts, 85c Tedd: tavern ovne ata faite d price tween 400 and 500 patterns—all good—in silk-and-cotton, chevi woven madras, and line mer cerized materials, Shirts very W $ good’ as our regular stocks, Best we have ev n to be offered for 85¢ Sizes 14 to 17, SI and 34 inches long. High Shoes, Low Price, $4. 40 Mitok. ian; lage? alien Mtov10 othe widths; better than $5 grade, o Severs Saturday varlou. al hundred pai ur stan saaonenue an cereal