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DO TLETCENTRAL STICK UP THE CITY ONDEATH AVENUE” Representative of League Urges City to Guard Its Finan- cial Interest. Avenue declared tative of that ‘a hearing on "The League to End De wants the tracks remov Frank Joyce, a repres: ormanization, at to-de the west side improver t, “but it des not want the New York Central | to atick up the city as the price of renewal. “This report ought to have been presented the first year this adminis tration was in office, Prendergast has been Comptroller for seven years, but has not taken any action “We want the tracks removed from | Eleventh Avenue, but we want the Board of } to guard the city's financial, Jegal, real estate and com- mereial in: New York Central to blackjack the city as the price of getting its tracks from the street level.” Charies W, Stoughton, President of the Municipal Art Society of New York, attacked the Manhattanville yard plan, Ho said unless the yard is covered it will prove “a perpetual nuisance.” is “This yard will be visible from many points in the neighborhood,” said Mr. Stoughton. “Tho city is| Proposing to create here a very noisy | development. The yard ia to have} twenty-eight tracks for the storage of t cars, in addition to eight through tracks. The southerly half is to be fitted with freight platforms, all’ right under the ears, Has} eyes und noses of the residents of this district. Tho only effective screen against the nolse—night and day—will | be @ cover. “Your committes seems to think that if a condition is created ‘less objectionable than present conditions’ it will suffice. We point out that : nt conditions’ are highly ob- Jectionable, both as to sight and ‘sound. The public hearings on the Port and Terminal Committee's tentative report were closed this afternoon and the report was referred back to the committee, which will now make @ final report to the Board of Estimate, The latter body will subsequently rule whether public hearings will be held on the fipal report. — BRIDE BURNS SELF TO DEATH. Saterates Cloth! Qaarre! BALTIMORE, Mame Geckler, Hospital to-day after having elf on fire with kerose! followed @ quarrel with her ler huaband. gers. Geckler saturated her clothin called to her husband lighted lamp above her before she a-=lied it to herself. pea Atacand SUES HAPGOOD FOR NRO WASHINGTON, May 10. — Henry Lane Wilson, former Ambassador to Mexico, to-day sued Norman Hapgood, until recently publisher of Harper's Weekly, for $250,000 damares, alleg- Hapgood was responsible for a eetlen of articles in the periodical which ilson's diplomatic ac- tivities at the time of the Madero agsassinatio: at cil, SIGNS HIGHWAY LAW REPEAL. ALBANY, May 1 Whitman to- day signed Senator Brown's bill to repeal the section of the highway law pro- Viding for State contributions toward the cost of constructing county high- wath is is one of the bill# introduce the Senate majority leader to aw the financial rehibiitation of New City. CORNS COME OFF LIKE BANANA PEEL Wenderful, Simple ‘Ge Never Fails to Remove Any Corn Easily. “Wouldn't {t jar you? Here Eve bs Bertie Y “Geta” for Those eund Sve Your Life aud Your Toe tapes that stick to the stocking, bandages nd plasters that make a puck toes, tr blood: ecinsors end you come. off M1 dust the oid ways for “dete | ght 4 bunion tt ie wuld everywhere, 250 8 Bap York vy Riker Hegogan adv, sts and not permit the! DIARY BURGLAR KEPT. HAD ROBBERY LIST,” ALSO The PROCEEDS, | Found W ‘a Police Raid Flat | in Hunt for Drug | Users. Gree When Detectives Higgins jand Moog of the Central Office, look- ‘ing for drug-users, broke Into a room at No, 202 East Fifteenth Street to- day they found a pasty-faced young man with a revolver, a box of ridges, a burglar's jimmy and a be on the fly-leaf of which was written {Jack Carey. Diary of Flats | Have Robbed, Starting May 4." ‘The young j man mitted he was Jack Carey. Here is what his diary had to tell “Thursday, May 4—Robbed a flat |to-day, Henshaw, 8rd, between ' Made at Saturday, May 6—Got a chase to- day, 87th and Park Avenue, and had to throw ‘Jimmy’ away. It wasn't kind of ‘stick’ | wanted, anyway, #0 | got a new kind. “Sunday, May 7—Found a coupie of ‘outers’ (underworld term for un- occupied premises), but new ‘stick’ is no good. “Monday, May &—Don't know what to do, ag ‘Stick® Iv no good. Met the girl and gave her a pair of glov Meet her again at 3 A. Mit 1 flat, 50th and Lexington Ave t |a bunch of tripe. Got @ new ‘stick. ii | Girl didn't show up. | May 9—-Sold thing I took enda, Monday, On the strength of the diary a charge of burglary was lodged |against Carey, who was taken be- fore Magistrate House in the York- | ville court. —_——_ |CONNECTICUT FOR WILSON. Convention I Vote for His Renominatio: NEW HAVEN, May 10:—The Demo- cratic State Convention to-day adopted utions endorsing the Administra- tion of President Woodrow Wilson and justructing the Connecticut delegates to [the National Convention at St. Louie next month to vote for his renomination and also that of Thomas R. Marshall for Vice President. | The delegates-at-large are Willie 0. Burr, editor of the H a TI : Da D. Lockwood | of National of mfor partner Zommiiteemian Cummings, and former man William K panic, District, delegates, two f each ot Ane Give Gistricts, were sel he ntion pulckly mand then adjourn oo edy of Ni natin ene in evorything. THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, ~ FIGHT AGAINST LYNCH AS NATIONAL CHAIRMAN eee ing Democrats Say He Is Not Progressive Enough and Failed to “Go the Distance for Wilson.” WASHINGTON, May 10.-War on v0 derick I. Lynch's candidacy for the Chairmanship of the Democratic National Committes is under ‘wav. | Lynch is practically the only man} mentioned thus far as a successor to William F, MeCoombs, The fight against Lynch, it appears, is a sort f punitive expedition, The leaders hope to punish the Minnesota Com- mitteeman for alleged weakening in his support of Wilson at the Baitl- more Convention. Joclare They pat at the time when Champ Clark's pros pects were in the ndency Lyneh attempted to lead the Minnesota dele- | 4 gation into the Clark camp. Had he ded, they Wilson would have been defeated President Wilson, as the nomin will have the selection of the tional Chairman, ‘The of Lynen t confined their eff thus far tempting to They have sition, howe that Lyne distance he way, b © much on the ailed to go the Wilson as on the is not a progressive Democrat, The members of the “punitive expedition” are men who are in position to make their influs ence felt. All of them were prominent in the 1912 campaign, They say they have no candidate of their own at preesnt, at Ir ants GIRL SAVES MOTHER FROM PRINCE ANANIAS |Her Suspicions of Robert W. H. Ahern Leads to His Arrest for Forgery. WwW. H © Ananias Robert op Ahern, since known a8 at his trial for bigamy several years |ago, Was arrested last night by De- | tective Miller near his home at No. 439 West Sixty-first Street. Ahern had been attentive for sev- eral w girl, wh name is not disclosed, who was suspicious of him, She ap- pealed to Detective Miller to investi- gate Ahern's past.” last night and recognized him as | “Prince Ananins," wanted on the complaint of Dr. Alexander Hot- heimer of No, 118 West Seventy- second Street, whose name was forged on a check for $16 last January, e THE HABIT” WASHINGTON, May 10. — Three pretty girls rtled President Wilson out of his chair to-day when they burst into the executive office unan- nounced during @ conference between the President, Senator Korn and Rep- tative Kline of Indiana, girls had been their confusion surpassed even his To their iy spotogt jen the Presi- not #0 busy, nba wras not SEEK HANGED MAN’S ROPE. “For Kk." According to So Russian Custom, Louis Sellinger, forty-five years old, an auctioneer who has been suffering from nervousness for more than a year and recently left a sanitarium, hang d who found him ran scream~ ran into the house, A young girl cut the down and when the police arrived several men and women who spoke but Mttle it asked for « plece of the rope. They explained it was wanted “for luck," In accordance | with an old south Rusita custom, aed GOING UP! WHO'S NEXT? “Don't talk about men of lei ot being superstitious,” Vator starter in remarked the the Criminal rts Building to a group of friends years “During the past ten . Asslatent District Attor hat to ride o Judges the at ly* have Bean slavated to the wenn: ‘Nowadays every Assistant District makes for that, elevator, oft it” votes for fon from . Hobson Choral Fen Next Sunday. The lust f£ the Choral F« tival by the combined High Sehool Choral Be New York, numbering sand £ the College t y x Gounod's Gallia’ and Max Bruch's “Fair Bllen Will be sung, With Marie Stoddart and x Sarto, solois w York City Orchestra . layers, under the dire br. Frank Rix and Prof Fieck. The concert is free to the public Bi cuales Conta Mr. De Mare 8100 ‘This Time. Within twenty-four hours after he had paid a fine of $50 as a second of Fabian De Mars, thirty year un advertising: man, of No rwer dt Court as @ in his au doubled Mars to pay rdering De —_-———-— o “White Wings” Strike, 1, May 10.—Chicago streets were unswept to-day becayse of trike of 500 “white wings"*who de manded @ wage increase, i em to return | Af ing fo the Street and @ curious crowd | ning | “GET THE HABIT” In One GO TO BRILL BROTHERS facturing and retailin, T THE HABIT” “GE THE HABIT” 47 “GI And our New THE HABIT” not one of his! three wives conferred the title on him) to the mother of a young! Miller saw Ahern | Have Purchased the Entire Sample Line of BALCH, PRICE & CO. $3.00, $4.00 and $5.00 STRAW HATS And Offer Them at the Eight Brill Stores in New York, Brooklyn and Newark. Greatest Straw Hat ‘Sales Ever Known Balch, Price & Co. is one of the best, oldest and most famous hat manu- equal of any made, anywhere. The Balch, Price & Co. RETAIL busi- ness has grown to such great proportions that the discontinuance of manufacturing for other than their own requirements has been decided on. We secured their Sample Stock and offer it now, in A Sale of Over 2,400 Straw Hats of Every Style, Kind and Shape. z Right. at the Opening of the Straw Hat Season at $1.85. g bl = $5.00 Split Straws... .$1.85] $4.00 Mackinaws.... . $1.85] $3.00 Coarse Sennetts.$1.85 3 = $5.00 Sennett Straws.. 1,85) $4.00 Belgiums. . « 1,85] $3.00 Fine Sennetts.., 1.85 x = 5.00 Telescope Hats.. 1,85] $4.00 Sennetts........ 1,85] $3.00 Japs... .. . 1.85 E] --} $5.00 Leghorns . 1,85] #4.00 Flexible Brims, . 1.85] #3.00 Pencil c 1.85 =| =] $0.00 Snap Brims..... 1.85] $4.00 China Braids... 1,85] 83,00 Ser 185 |= 2 .00 Milans 1,85} 84.00 Al 1,85] $3.00 Norfolk: 1.85 & A 00 Palm Beac 1.85] $4.00 Featherweights. » 1.85] $3.00 Regals 1.85 2 =] $5.00 Optimos......". 1.85] 84.00 Julians......... 1,85] $8.00 Brightons....... 1.85 1S eS See Them On Display in the Windows of the Eight Brill Stores = z i Bult Prothos = 279 BROADWAY, NEAR CHAMBERS STREET | Broadway, at 49th Street Broadway, at 42d Street ha UNION SQUARE, 14th STREET, NEAR BROADWAY > Cortlandt St, Near Greenwich 125th St., at Third Avenue | = FLATBUSH AVENUE, AT FULTON STREET, BROOKLYN. 4 1916, DEAD TROOPER’S BROTHERS |: ALSO SERVED IN ARMY, Patriotism Strong ng in Family of | Stephen Coloe, Slain by Mexican Bandits. Stephen J. Coloe, of Troop A, ives could not found cause despatches gave t first be. wrong ad- a WOMAN REPUBLICAN DELEGATE FOR CUMMINS twenty | Private Fourteenth \ye old, |Cavalry, who one of the taree . — | jers killed in the raid last Friday| Mrs. Louise F. Lusk of Montana |night at Glen Springs, Tex, in a fent| First of Female Delegation to |with Mexican bandits, was a member ‘. mameantt of a family that has lived in New Arrive for Convention. York for a quarter of a century, CHICAGO, May 16.—While Suffrag- He lived at No, 331 East Thirty-|ettes were scurrying around to-day seventh Street at the time of his en- | looking for 20,000 places to sleep, the first woman delegate to the Repub- lican National Convention arrived tn Chicago and took up comfortable sen Street. For many years the|“uarters in a loop hotel, She is Mrs, }tatter was in the grocery business at| Louise I. Lusk of Missoula, Mont., Ninety-cightb Street and Amsterdam | Wile of one of Montana's richest ranch |men. As a Republican delegate from her State, the only woman in the dele. gation, she plans to vote for Senator Cummins, for whom Montana tn- Natment last June, and was a son of John Coloe, a retired grocer, of No. 586 East One Hundred and Sixty- nu | Patriotism has always been strong ‘in the family, Stephen's two brothers, \Thomas J. Coloe and William §, Coloe, who well known in the| structed its delegates. printing trade, served during the| “I'm an old fashioned Republican,” panish-American war in the Twelfth | said Mrs. Lusk, “and I like my poli- ntry. Thomas was tics without frill Ill fares the nation that is contented. The | spirit of unrest breeds progress. The surest sign of our resistless energy is the national habit of chewing gum. It is a healthful habit, too, if the gum is SMITH BROTHERS SB. CHEWING GUM This gum soothes the throat and relieves unpleasant irritations. It is made with the same ingredients and with the same flavor as Smith Brothers’ Cough Drops—famous since 1847. Made by the Makers of SMITH BROTHERS’ COUGH DROPS Poughkeepsie, N.Y. GO TO BRILL BROTHERS “GET THE HABIT” AD,. AHL of the SUTH.LOUA TIM OL OD aa i. ¥g organizations in this country, and their hats, the wLIdVH FHL Lad. Newark Store—-791 Broad Street, at Market GOTO BRILL BROTHERS “GET THE HABIT” (| smarter, A\BRATIA NWT M) Dat \\ RAT aT On Saturday, ‘Preparedness Day,"’ the Store will ciose at IP. M. We Are Mighty “ in These Thursday Thrift Sales It is a source of special pride to the various sections of this Store to make Thurs~ day’s special offerings tower high among the events of the week, in advantage and || economy to our customers. It is a good plan; for interest and participation in these || weekly sales are steadily mounting—and with such response come ever better offerings! Women's At $16.50, Remarkable Suits They are thé new models that have been added re- cently and show every new idea that has come with the advance of the season. Charming Suits of all blue serge, this very much wanted material, in braid-bound and other tailored Styles, + Shepherd checks, club checks and pencil-plaid checks in any number of semi-tailored and sports models, Suits of serge and taffeta, with the taffeta used sim- ply as bands or more largely featured. Splendidly tailored Suits, remarkable in every way at the low price. Size ranges have been kept complete by constantly filling in with new stocks. Second floor, Central Building, Clearance of Misses’ & Girls’ Suits It is a clearance of various groups of fine new models in which the size ranges have been broken. They are the best-favored styles in serge, gabardine, poplin and checks. For Misses, of sizes 14, 16, 18 years, are the following: Quantity. Present Price Thursday's Price. 73 $11.98 to $16.50 $7.92 55 $24.98 to $26.98 $1998 47 $27.98 to $31.50 $23.98 36 $37.98 to $49.98 $33.50 For Girls, the clearance Includes Suits reduced to $5.98, $7.98, $9.08, $12.98, $13.50, All sizes 8 12 years. ‘Second floor, Central Building, 7%? Untrimmed Hats, 49c Sample Hats that have sold at 7c and $1.50 in vari- ous special sales—having been worth much more. Also hats from our own stocks, grouped for disposal. Milan and Milan Hemp Hats, fancy braids in various fashionable models, Black and colors, $land $1.50 Untrimmed | Children’s & Girls’ Ready- Hats at 98c for-Wear Hats, 69c Large or medium sall- ors—of splendid | quali- la tles, Black or white. ftraws ‘with satin” rib: Mezzanine and 31 pet Goer, bor Others, and still East Bull ot! Dainty Voile Blouses at 98c A cluster-tucked model of sheer white voile, with tiny revers of imitation baby Irish lace. $1.69 White Voile siped Silk Blouses Blouses, $1.29 t $1.98 Tucked in shirt-bosom alors models. 3 style, finished with large | White alll, | wi pearl buttons. notch Second floor, Central Building. lee Women’s Ribbed Underwear, [9c Large varieties of Undervests, Drawers and Combi- mation Sults—all specially low-priced. The Vests of fine or: Swiss ribbed, in low neck, sleeveless style, with plain or lace yokes. Drawers with wide knee, lace trimmed, All in regular or extra sizes, The Combination Suits are fine ribbed, in low neck, sleeveless style, Regular and extra sizes. Street flour, Central Building, Women’s Frocks of Dainty Net Prices begin with $9.98, through $14.98, 419,75, $25.00 to $29.75. For the whole Summer long women need one or more Frocks of net. There is nothing that quite takes their place for loveliness. The most exquisite cf are here and, at each of the prices, are supreme ge value. With, embroidert without; with tou silk to cordings or pip: ings or soft belts; with ruffles and flounces and underskirts; with the Wlost adorable new ideas as to collars and soft! draped cuffs, id ey are in every de- ightfat detail the new- est exp ions of Sum- shion. for women, Second floor, Central Buliding, $3.50 Women’s #33 Low Shoes, $1.98 A dozen different styles for choice. Because the size range has been broken and therg is not every size in each of the styles, the $1.88 price has been set in this May Shoe Sale, Arranged on tables, according to size. gent service to help make selection easy. ¥ i upper with {nviatbh = Women’s White Canvas | jpper with Invisible eye Pumps, $2.48 ‘A very. pretty mode! | Women’s Russia Calf with small vamp, orna- ed soles and covered taf pahouuny shade of Halselauls heels ‘| wetted. ‘soles, broad Women’s Rubber-Sole | shank and tow flat heels, Also Intelll- . They are ideal walkin; High Shoes, $3.50 and | tramping hoes, Of either white nubuck | Thelr price sider= or tan Russia, with welt- | @bly more else ewhere, ed and stitched soles, the Second floor, Weat Building, Special! Women’s Coats, $4.95 Two hundred and fifty of them, and all, we know, will be gone Thursday before closing time. Excellent, fashionable Top-Coats of all wool American serge, whipcord, checks and coverts, Flared and belted models in all the desirable lengths, Many trimmed with novelty silks, Colors are black, blue, tan, gray and black and white checks, Corduroy Sport Coats at $3.75 In white, rose, blue, green, apricot and sand. An ideal extra coat for Summer wear; will give as much service as a Sweater during vacation time, and look Second Noor, Central Bulkling, Ss. i bs NK TRAUS Mit OR i Re se Good Providers” Men’s Blue Serge Suits, $14.75 There is more to the story than that. These Suits are FAST COLOR worsted serge, and they are SILK LINED and have silk backs to the vests. If you can get as good a Suit, alpaca lined, for the Same money elsewhere you will be lucky. Sizes 33 to 42 regular; 37 to 44 stout. Sizes, Seoond floor, Men's Bhop, Kast Building. || —— Men’s Live Leather Belts, 85c This special price is for to-morrow only, These Belts are too well known to need any praise, The most comfortable Belts made. Street floor, Fulton street, Ceutral Building, “e-’ Cambric Nightshirts, 48c The “Universal” make. Made with low heck, neatly trimmed and accurate in every respect. Sizes 15 to 20 inches, Men’s Fancy Shirts, 69¢ | Men’s Pad Garters, 23c Only 1,200 in the lot; They are specially neat patterns, all fast | made for us from a su- perlor grade of lustro colors; some.in each size, | colored elastic webbini 7 6 different colors. 16 to 17 inches, Street floor, Fast Bullding, Men’s Cotton Half Hose, 9c Pair In a full assortment of plain colors and fast blacks; made with seamless feet, double heels and toes—all |} perfect new goods. street floor, Men's Shop, East Building, Boys’ Norfolk Suits at $3.95 Boys’ smart Norfolks of wear-resisting cheviots and |] tub-able Norfolk Suits of tan and blue linen and tan crash, The heavier Suits are from 8 to 17 and the Wash Suits from 7 to 15. Boys’ Rubberized Rain Coats, $5.95, were $6.95 and $7.95. Becond floor, Livingston street, East Butlding, Five Splendid Cretonne Specials Here are five excellent offerings made by the Cre- tonne and Curtain Section, all at less than usual prices: |) $3.00 to $5.00 Colored Cretonne Bordered Scrim Curtains, $1.49 and $1.89 pair. $7.00 and $10.00 Colored Cretonne Bordered Bed Sets, $3.59 and $4.80 set. $4.50 Plain Sun-Fast Madras Curtains, $1.89 a pair, $1.00 Colored Muslin Curtains, 49c a pair. $1.75 Colored Cretonne Dutch Curtains, 98c a set, ‘Third floor, Central Building, $10 Fiber Rugs, 9x12 Ft., $8.25 Also in this size we have several hundred Rugs in a splendid range of designs and patterns, all at prices that mean decided savings. They are as follows: 915.00 instead of $20.00 ‘on 15.00 famend s 75 Instead of emer minster 25.00 instead of Seamteas Fwiiten 32.80 instead of Wool Wilton Rugi 95.00 instead of 4! 50, Fine Wilton Rugs. }.00 instead of $5 Sewing Cabinets, $2.25 Mightily attractive and convenient little sewing helpers are these Cabinets; in mahogany finish, with deep pocket for work; slide tray for buttons and ot!.:r sewing things, and two drop lids. $10 Dining Room Tables, $7.50 Also a few longs in small These are in golden oak, with 42-inch round top extending to six feet, and pedestal base. Specially good Tables for Summer cottages at a very low price, Fourth Noor, Central and East Buildings, $3.49 Sek, Flower Vases, $2.9& Variety of graceful shapes, 12 inches tall, handson ly cut in a combination of rock crystal, floral ; Venetian designs, finished with deep scalloped ¢..gé Light Cut Mayonnaise $2.69 Cellulloid Sets, 9 Boudoir Clocks, $2. Set con s of Bowl Fancy case, one- and a Ladle, cut in a pretty juaranteed movement floral and foliage design. Inch dial ‘We Table Tumblers, 29¢ Dozen ,? Large size, thin blown tumblers. TA 09 sficce Mixing Bowl Sets, 39c | Each of the five pieces is in a suitable size and very convenient for kitchen use. i Japanese China Tea Cups and Saucers, 12c Decorated in Cobalt blue design. Subway floor, Centzal Building, — |/ Night “Glow Lamps,” 29c Each Crystal base, chimney complete with wick. Separate wicks, 15¢c each, Subway floor, Central Building, $2.49 Garden Hose, ren, $1.98 | %-inch in diameter, complete with couplings; | 50 feet, regularly $4.98, at $3.96, Gem hose nozzles, reg, | inch. rey. 7c. 88c., and $9c., at 360, he Peg ‘j1.17, Motor Lawn Mowers, nb Kniv high grade, ball bearin, preps niv pan heel 12-inch, PME Aree? oe | 4584; 14-inch, $5.23 aigepine Oval Clothes E chinvsr nickel plated an | whole willow; copper, with best regu: | new, clean st lated ‘alcohol lamp, at Tach, reue aie. eoect a7 Bubway floor, East Building,