The evening world. Newspaper, May 25, 1916, Page 5

AS RATES GUT IN Te of them discovered her bound and gagged last night and told Policoman Morrissey. According to Mrs. Cor stlamos she was awakened when one of the intruders lighted the gas, and was about to scream when she was silenced by a revolver being shoved lature might de and have it Liana the Public Ser- je Commi: just affirm: set by the jeration is SAFE FoR CHILDREN R20; PILLS NOT A CATHIAR wolutely pure, mild vegetable THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1916, RIE PNERE ED ———<—— ————— —. couuanm tase Paris Die _BY PUBLIC SERVICE B BOARD ~lorten Fix 95-Ce 95-Cent Rate in Second Ward; 85-Cent | Rate in Fourth. IS EXPECTED. Companies Likely to Go to Court, but Consumers Pro- | test Price Is Still Too High. / APPEAL Come into the nearest of our Nine offices — if your glasses slip or pinch— | : if a screw gets loose— By Sophie Irene Loeb. If they require readjustment Decisions in two gas rate cases or need to be straightened. These services are always “yours for the asking.” When next you call have us make a sine of the lenses you are wearing, so that if you should break or lose them you can telephone our nearest office for a duplicate lens or pair. by the Public Ser- ‘These are the first decision in three years, and the first jwere made to-day vice ‘ommission by the present commission. | ‘The. speedy determination of these | cases, long urged by The Evening | World, following closely on the en, ing by Gov. Whitman of the 80-cent Lenses replaced for from 50 |xas bill for Brooklyn, also cham- cents upward. pioned by The Evening World, will! give oportunity for quick court re- | I vision, which is expected to foll ! rhe orders to be made cover the | Second and Fourth Wards of Queens. |The rate decided upon in the first is ‘5 cents per 1,000 feet, and mainly, % | affects the Newtown Gas Company. | | ‘Tho second order covers the Fourth "| Ward of Queens, for which an 80- nt gas bill was pending in Albany | t the adjournment of the Legisla . rate in this Is set at] ompanies, Company, the mpany and the Wkiyn, B'kly He tell Newark, UB rattan’ 689 Hrond St next to | HOW P. 8. BOARD IS 5: HAMPERED! IN FIXING RATES. It is likely that residents of these| | aiatrtata 3 w st the rates set are, still too b but members of the {commission explain that under pres- | lent laws it is practically Impossible | » which a close mar-/ be made, me stand the test LBS FOR BEAN or GROUND’ i Delivered Free t the same ti er Travis Whitney said “It is most regrettable that ature did not pass the bills | mmission recommended, If this had been done it would have been possible to have made a rate | ps more satisfactory to the con- | sum and at the same time one hich would have stood the test of courts. “But under the present law various items must b | considoration, and it i for the Public Servi: sion to set a ra EKOCHsG. Established 1860 turn on roperty. 7 is neces- sarily calculated differently. In the | Saad Gas case, for example, a 6 per cent. return was deemed suf- ficient. In a case set by the Public Service Commission it does not al- ways hold the rate is determined as in this case.” | LAWS THAT FAILED THIS YEAR MUCH NEEDED. Itewill also be remembered as| pointed out by The Evening World in} the kiyn ficht that in the case set by the Legislature the bi of proof is on the company to show that the rate Is confiscatory, while in an appeal from an order of the Public Service Commission the burden of proof is on the commission to show the rate will give the com- pany a fair return, a different mat- ter and less advantageous to the con- sumer, In this connection various items of valuation enter—valuations that the the Public Ser- Commission are hopeful that the bills which failed in the last Legis- ature will be passed next year go it will be possible not only to establish oe based on the actual value of the into her face. the men left by the fire escape. M: Constiamos gave an accurate descr! tion of two of the burglars. on a The police, Mrs, Constaim furs and ‘Jewel of the money® to be attended by Dr. Smith of Pol clinic Hospital. After looting the place | ¢ , found ry on the fire es pe There was no sign When released Mrs. pea lied was hysterical and had v= The Fifth Avenue Shop 349, 351, 353 FIFTH AVENUE, at 34th St. e from all injurious drugs. and nei fench box. THE TONIO LAXATIVE. 2 To-Night. Will Place on Sale Friday and Saturday 490 ae Hats proper payed that an order once saned e c rad Ath - nate the right of court review by Formerly i000 | mae ‘open, and ‘rove hee fieiallnic We estipes a cea 100 by = ny 515.00 | a ‘ormerly $15. THREE BURGLARS BIND 150 Trimmed Hats | WOMAN IN HER BED ae | cnteianeeeiioes 200 Trimmed Hats Asserting that while in bed she was Formerly $10.00 bound and gagged by men who rifled her rooms and stole jewelry, furs and 0, Mrs. Helen Constaimos of No, 260 West Fifty-third Street has the police looking for three burglars, Mrs. Constaimos keeps boarders. One ¥ HATS FOR ALL OCCASIONS An Early Call Is Deemed Advisable. Lord & Taylor 38th Street 125th Street, West 200 Sport Hats Selling in other stores a secs $1.74 Large flare effects, roll side and sailor effects, striped pongees and various color with hemp and peanut facings. BAUMAN ERO hil asilitia NontWest CommenSixtHAvEsIO™oTR. Str. BEFORE the happy day, Miss June ur store—AFTERWARDS, ure of these things: Lowest y, Service and Time-Saving, and, if desire: 4 —-LIBERAI nd all, when they mean more in your cosy home, Prices, uality Merchandi h it other time in your life. Come in and add yoursto thathousanis of Happy Homes we have furnished in SIXTY-TWO YEARS, OPEN SATURBAY EVENINGS. MOTOR DELIVERIES EVERYWHERE. Baronial Brown R Suite, upholstered ushions for back and seat in fancy cre- pestry effect; 3 pieces, as illustrated, at 3-Pie with sate *29° Wi Cor. 6" Avecld"St. large assortment of plain colors FIFTH AVENUE Silk Half Hose—black and colors; excellent wearing | orblack.......+ 35c quality. A varied 3 pairs for $1.00 assortment. A pair 75c Shirts and Drawers {| Shirts and Drawers Athletic style; white self Athletic style, Made of i] striped and aero fine white dra striped weave cloth. sategn or madras, Each......00+ 40c jj Each . 75¢ 39th Street Charge Purchases Made During the Balance of the Month Will Appear on Bills Rendered July Ist. FOR MEN Decoration Day Sale of Summer Furnishings ‘Today and Balance of the Week. Every item offered is decidedly under the present market value. Silk { All silk. A large assortment of the various stripes $4 85 Shirts \ of the season, of fine quality, high lustred silks. * | Shirts Shirts Shirts Neat and novelty stripes. { Silk and cotton; neat and } Madras and mercerized Some in plain colors; silk fancy stripes in various materials in neat fancy mixtures and artificial colors, Serviceable qual- stripes; also white cheviot i silks, Beceilent ity a comprehensive or mercerized with soft wearing quali assort- collar at- 9 ' TER fenoncas $2. 95 ment $ 1.95 TACHOD\ e598 $1 .00 Pajamas Pajamas Pajamas Pajamas of silk and cotton Pajamas of imported madras Pajamas — mercerized; in in attractive stripe in white with pleasing slain colors vith self effects haa silk 2. 95 patterns in col- figures; also fancy stripe loops. . $ oredetripes.... $1.75 effects in ma- seats ren dras.. . $1.25 Half Hose Silk Half Hose—a Halt Hose Silk Half Hose —two toned accordion weave effects or plain silks in $1.00 black or colors, ADGil ccs Union Suite Athletic Style. Made white self striped aero weave cloth. of 75c Worsted Bathing Suits, fast gen: ty blue, black or gray,§2.95 Ground Floor Geren ene -emcencenen-encensoremcenrenrensen-ancen(pencencens vances ceineeenevensene.veaeien sense Pe EC m+ SALE OF MEN’S LOW SHOES White Shoes, Newest In Tan, Black Russia and B Usually $7.00 (Newark Made) Usually $8.00 styles tor the Summer Season For This Week Only Oxfords | Oxford $5.50 Tan or Buckskin Oxfords: also blight) canvas with ‘Tan and Black Russia Calf Oxfords, Oxfords $6.50 Russia Y Oxfords, lack Kid Ground Floor Usually $5.09 $3.75 Oxfords Usually $6.00 | $4.50 ' or r ibber Entire Stock Sport, Walking and Dress Low Shoes or rubber soles Brown Kid, Se ET LT: SS ~— hild is feverish—tongue coated {"nervone——dove ea per directions RG PILLS 10e. and 2S¢. the Box | pS | BONWIT TELLER &,CO, FIFTH AVENUE AT 38™ STREET Have Arranged for Tomorrow (Friday) A Most Important Sale of Women’s Afternoon and Evening Gowns Formerly up te 89.50 29.50 These gowns have been assembled from the regular stock and represent types characteristic of this shop. The season’s most desirable fabrics and models. Only one or two of a kind. | i Women’s Serge Tailleur Frocks - Formerly up to 39.50 18.50 | Plain tailored serge or serge combined with taffeta. A collection my of handsome afternoon frocks in the season’s most de- i | | sirable modes. Only one or two of a kind. Modern Dry-Cold Air Fur Storage Vault on Premises FURS STORED. Phone 7300 Murray Hill. Estimates Submitted. FURS REMODELED = i ; q W.L. DOUGLAS “THE SHOE THAT HOLDS ITS SHAPE"’ *3.00°3.50°4.00 °4.50'5. 00&'6. 00 | YOU CAN SAVE MONEY BY H WEARING W. L. DOUGLAS SHOES ba j WORLD. VALUE GUARANTEED W.L. Douglas guarantces the value and Protects the wearer against high prices for inferior shoes by stamping his name and the retail price on the bottom. They are always worth the price paid forthem For 33 years W. L. Douglas name has stood for shoes of the highest standard of quality for the price. If you could visit his great factory at Brockton, Mass., and see how carefully the nd how the actual value of f shoes is determined before the retail price is stamped on the bottom, you jwould then understand how W. L. Douglas \ punantecs their value, and why his shoes old their shape, fit better and wear longer than other makes for the price. W. L. DOUGLAS $4.00, $4.50, $5.00 & $6.00 SHOES for style, fit and wear are just as good as those of other makes Catalog Free. costing $6.00 to $8.00. W.L.Douglas, Orockton, Mase, teanreamaeriresMapeeuaeaa BOTS SOUS seanaese OT BEWARE OF SUBSTITUTES 3 Nansan Street. Sroadway, corner Sth St. Rrondway, rt4th St, ‘2 Broadway, cor. Sith St. Nroadway (Tmos Square). Manhattan Avenue. Pitkin Avenne, JERSEY CIT S Newark Avenue, *UNION HILL -276 Bergentine Ave, $1 Broad Street. Market Street, State St., cor. Broaé 3 421 Fulton street, o 10 Broadw 7 Hronilevay, 1S: Stores marked with Secrets of Fealth and Peaut fi Claire Alin: jen a \ i] 1) KEEP AJAROF — MUSTEROLE HANDY It Quickly Loosens up Coughs and Colds in Throat or Chest your sore, tight chest befe | bed will le J up most you got on and break hs white ord Just alittle MUSTEROLE rubbed on | i ! | ' ard plaster and MUSTE ROLE from ' ' ' ' | ' | ' ' ' M ‘lit ry eural urby, Rheum and Aches af the ! ‘ore Muscles, Bruises, | 1 Feet and Colds » Pneumonia.) Lt oftert preve At your dru and a specia He sure TEROLE i ' \ \ | \ i} ' \ ' { SUNDAY WORLD “WANT” ADS. WORK MONDAY WONDERS,