The evening world. Newspaper, February 18, 1916, Page 9

TRAFFIC POLICE } — ASKNEW RULES FOR FT AVENE Would Bar Motorcycles » Bi- cycles and Cruising Hacks From. Street in Busy Hours, Pree: ending Dec, 81, 1916, was made public Le wad It is illuminating in showing hoW vehicular traffic in the streets of the city, particularly in Manhattan, has increased in the last few years. The Traffic Squad, or “Broadway Squad,” was a small unit in the Police Department until the automobile be- came a factor in the city streets. To- day there are on traffio duty in New York 652 men, more than comprise the total police force of most American cities. It was found necessary to add seventy-two men to the Traffic Divi- sion during the year 1916, and the in. creasing demands of traffic regulation will Gompel the steady enlargement of this force. The Traffic Division policemen ar- The report of the Traffic Division of ‘rested or served summonses upon 22,- the Police Department for the year 988 people during the , ear, and 22, of those taken to court were found guilty by the Magistrates. The activi- ties of the Traffic Division netted t oity $223,618 in fines, and jail tences doled out to violators of the traffic laws totalled fifteen years ten months and twenty-six days. The motorcycle squad, increased during the year from twenty-five to thirty-one men, arrested or served summonses upon 13,319 violators of the automobile laws, and 18,119 of those taken to court were found guilty | by the Magistrates, The offenders taken by the thotorcycle squad con- tributed $193,681 In finos and served a total of eight months and eight days 4n jail, In omer to increase the efficiency of the traffic department and promote greater safety on the city's thorough- New Yorks Leading Victrola Stores’ Send for the Landay Monthly COR 46 ST d 4Stores Victor Factory Distributors » Telephone Murray Hill 3700 563 5th Ave 427 SthAve 23w42ndSt 27 w34thst BET 36639 STS BET. SAGAVES BET SAG AVES oo? If You Wish S° many people know us as a high-grade exclusive Victrola house, without realizing that they can pur- chase here on the easiest terms We offer you this newest style Victrola X in the City. 875 with $5 worth of records upon a small deposit down and balance in easy monthly instalments. Come in and let us demonstrate this splendid in- strument. VICTROLAS $15 to No obligation to buy. $400 Gimbel Brothers Broadway and 33d Street Thank the Weather for this Opportunity This has been the most peculiar winter season in Manhattan history. Conditions abroad have upset the whole clothing world. Weather conditions in New York have upset the calculations of the best clothing stores every- where. And here we are with 2,077 suits and overcoats of GIMBEL standard and GIMBEL worth that should have found owners weeks ago at regular GIMBEL prices. There is no reason in the clothes themselves for the price reduction we make now. The style, the quality, the true worth are as evident as you could wish. And so we say: “Thank the weather.” Men’s S uits and Overcoats "15 that were $22.50, $25, $28, $30 Suits in the pockets, plain latest soft roll front effects, patch pockets. Conservative models for staid men and smart styles for men who like them, Blues, browns, grays, blacks and mixtures, Winter Overcoats in single and double-breasted styles, form fitting or loose fitting. Plain blacks, Oxford grays, mixtures. blues, browns, grays, greens and Light Top Coats. Just right for Spring, fall or mild winter weather. coats, Oxfords, Every Loose or snug fitting grays and fancy patterns. garment with the GIMBEL Label, which means, first of all, de- pendability. Don + You Need An Extra Suit or a New Overcoat ? These will be on sale today and Saturday GIMBELS—Fourth Floor bie 9, trl ted from using tween Washington ifty-ninth Street be- | Square Aven and P.M. “That cruising hacks be excluded from Fifth Avenue, Twenty-third to Fifty -einth Streets, between 8 A. M, and 6.39 P.M, “That all commercial vehicles, two tons or dver, unladen, be restricted to @ speed of not more than ten miles Per hour, “That all commercial vehicles be eaiupped with governors to prevent on of such vehicles faster tc of fifteen miltes per hour. sulate that owners and op- { automobiles be required to frost the front lenses of head- lights, so that other users of the high- way be not dazzied or blinded by the glare. “That public school playgrounds in the, thickly populated section of the city be kept open from 8 A. M. to 9 P. and during school days from closing of school until 9 P. M “That further use be made of va- cant lots as playgrouads, as well as the rear yards of houses in the tene- | ment districts which may be thrown into one large play contre by the re- moving of fences and the grading of the ground. “That space in the various armories throughout the elty be set aside as play centres for children during the summer season, when the armories are but little used for military pur- poses. “It is further recommended that all operators of motor vehicles be li- consed; that no person under the age «t eighteen be licensed to operate a motor vehicle, and that, before grant. | ing such licenses, the applicants be | required to demonstrate their ability to safely drive such machines.” —— M’CALL LEADS FIGHT AGAINST ROOSEVELT With Lodge, Weeks and Crane, Wants to Head Unpledged Delegation. BOSTON, Feb, 18.—Gov. McCall an- nounced to-day that he and Senators Henry Cabot Lodge and John W. Weeks and former Senator W. Murray Crane would be candidates at the primaries Avril 25 for the four de! from this State to the tional Convention. Tho delegation would be unpledged, he said. The announcement was given out from the Governor's office and was signed by all the candidates. It says: “Whatever con nittal any one of us may have been under to any particular candidate for the Preside: has been wholly released and cancelled. We shall endeavor to secure such action by the convention as shall seem most like- arty and re bliean store the control, We d either for or sed at the pri- i Congressman maries by one compris! A. P. Gardner, form Grafton D, Cushing, Charles Sumner Bird and State Rol M. one of the tionally duplicated a GIMBEL overproduction in his factory, cided loss. us to sell them at $3.25. forated stitched uppers, English broad eyelets. lasts, heels, Black Calfskin Blucher Models tween the hours of 8 A. M, and 6.30] }, M. in the summer vacation period, |! SUBWAY STORE 2,000 Pairs Men’s Shoes at °3.25 A Very Extraordinary Special Purchase and Sale DENTICAL with shoes that are regularly retailed at $5. The sale is possible only because a clerk in the employ of est manufacturers in New England uninten- We got these fine shoes upon terms that enable Sale Today and Tomorrow in the GIMBEL Subway Store |! Men’s Tan Russia Calf Shoes Men’s Tan Russia Calfskin Blucher Models, made on the new English lasts, broad heels and per- Men's Tan Russia Calfskin Bals, blind Men’s Black Shoes Black Calfskin Bals, English lasts, broad low heels, blind eyelets. THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY Wash burn, who have declared them nye that headquarters in t half of Col, Roosevelt would be esta! lished soon and a campaign way vigorously for success in the primaries, ee FIERCE FRAY ON SAN JUAN. Revetver, Ci Kalfe, Hatchet, Rasor in « Free-For-All. In a@ battle royal at No. Sixty-second Street in the Juan Hill section this morning Mamto Lewis used a hatchet and a razor in an attack upon Ella Stewart. The latter em- ployed a chisel and a table knife tn re tion an ¢ Lewis, husband to the first ed, attacked Ella Stew- West art with ir and a revolver, All are negror ‘The net result w: the two women were Polyclinic d the are rest of Lewts, who, ‘alignment in the West ‘Side Court, was held to await the result of the injuries to Bila Stewart | OWE MY HEALTH To Lydia E. Pinkham’s | Vegetable Compound. Washington Park, Ill am the! mother of four children and have suf-| fered with female, | trouble backache, | nervous spells and i] the blues. My chil- I] dren's loud talking and romping would ] make me so nerv- ous I could just tear everything topieces and I would ache all over and feel #0 sick that I would not want anyone to talk to me at times. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com- pound and Liver Pills restored me to health and I want to thank you for the good they have done me. I hav had quite a bit of trouble and ut it does not affect my youth- 1 owe it all ). Pinkham remedies.” phert Stop el, Moore Avenue, Washington Park, Illinois. We wish every woman who suffers from female troubles, nervousness, backache or the blues could see the let- ters writ ade well by Ly- dia E. » Compont If about whi write to nkham Medicine Co., Lynn, helpful advice given free of vt. ,order, Rather than keep the , the manufacturer took a de- and perforated stitched uppers, Patent Coltskin, lace and button models, with dull kid uppers, Vici Kid Bals, made on combina- tion lasts, broad over the ball of the foot, but narrow through the in- step and heel, @ shoe that usually has to be made to your order. 18, 1916, Presented, colors. $18.76 darin; panniers, and the many fri! Worsted and Velour Cloth. $35 Elizabethan Model Chairs or Rockers, $25. All solid mahogany with cane seat and beck. Reproduction of an imported model, Tables and Bookcases $60 Chinese Chippendale Mahogany Bookcases. . ; $75 Mahogany Davenport Tables $55 Adam Mahogany Tables. $50 Colonial Model Mahogany Tables. . Gimbel Brothers Broadway and 33d Street Young Women’s Suits in Spring Modes All the Way from $18.50 to $55 Aristocratic Furniture for Library and Living Room 2.50 Adam Model Mahogany Bookcases... shogany-finish Library Tables... . as $100 Tapestry Chesterfield Sofas, $67.50 Measuring 7 feet over all, and fitted with loose cushions, Yes, this Hat is by M. Lewis of Lari Every one who is acquainted with Paris Millinery knows that Monsieur is a master in the creating of Tailleur and Demi-Tailleur Hats. __ Thisis one of his best Hats, for its lines are beautiful, it is simple—-and last, but not least, it has that wonderful chic which Paris can only give. Our Copy « $10 is a masterpiece when it comes to the making of Mill ’ The workmanship is exquisite and the mater and tagal straw—are unusually fine. “GIMBEL-Paris” Hats at $8.75 to $12.75 are winning new honors this season. People tell us that our Spring Modes excel any that we have ever They include Tuilleur, Demi-Tailleur and Dress Hats in all the newest materials and GIMBELS—Third Floor 1s —faille Even the Tailored Suits are showing frivolous feminine touches this season— colors appear at cuff and collar, fancy buttons, swirling s smartly flaring peplums to the jackets. ioned of Taffeta or Silk ie or some fabric which will adapt itself to flounces and is of Louis Quinze and Seize Periods. The Cloth Suits are in the fashionable materials—Serge, Poiret Twill, Checked Suits for formal wear are Dance Frocks, $15 to $38.50 Taffeta, which lends itself to the encroachment of the crinoline styles, and maline, remain without rivals for evening gaieties, in delicate hues, as well as in brilliant Dresses for Morning and Afternoon Wear, $15 to $35 White Colton Voile and Net Frocks, $6.75 to $35 GIMBELS—Third Floor BZBovcer many months ago, before woods and metals and all the other hundred-and-one things that to the making of fine furniture had advanced in price, these splendid suites and pieces typify the savings in our great February Furniture Sale —With Initlative” So attractive are the economies throughout that you save “at least $10 and very often up to $50 on every $100 you spend,” while making a selection from furniture that—an expert tells us ~~has no superior in America. Leather Suites and Chairs 240 Red Morocco Suites $165 Brown Spanish Leather Suites $120 Queen Anne Leather Suites,... $80 Suites in Brown Spanish Leather $70 Morocco Easy Arm Chairs mS » Easy Chairs in Spanish Leather. .... $160 $116 990 + $60 960 $35 GIMBELS—Seventh Floor kirt-hems, and ly fash- a ee