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et eee eS YOUTH CONFESSES HS VI KLLED AGED MRS. TAKS Herman Sau Died of } Priendly ¢ Woman elt During al! CHARGED WITH MURDER Prisone Declares Victim Thought He Was Robbing Her—Took Wateh The mystery eurrousding the death of Mra. ¢ he Tiarks, the eeventys | three-year-old woman whose body.) bound with rope, was found in be Jest Baturday morning in the apart ment she shared with her married) gen at No 515 West One Mundred and YOUTH WHO CLEARS UP MISTER) INTHE DEATH OF AGED MRS, TIARKS HERMAN SAVER. Thirty-oighth: Street, wae cleared ap[Sh'# body developed the fact that death to-day by the confession of & youth who gives the name of Herman Sauer, but who, the police say, has many! , allanes ' Mauer, who is about twenty-one © years old, formerly worked for Mra. ha@ occurred from natural pauses, Bauer was locked up in Police Headquarters on the charge of murder in having occasioned the fright which esulted In her death, In this respect the case ts simtiar : jto that of the men who entered the Trarks's son Hoe knew Mra TiArk®,| apartment of Mra, Elizabeth Nichols and insists ho merely wens to Der) ae No, 4 East Beventy-ninth Btreet heme for a chat with her, When he] jase september, frightening her to picked up a wateh and chain, he saya, she accused him of trying tq rob her and fell over dead. He ted her hands | to make it appear a burglar had been | im th house, placed the body on the! bed and fed SAVER HELD ON CHARGE OF MURDER, t Sauer says he made up his mind to} f: yommit suicide, bat couldn't decide aow to end his life, He admits hav. ing taken the watch and chain, but says he dosn't know why he did so. Tho police have checked up his story| and have found it to be true in the main details While an autopsy on the aged wom- death admitted the Intruders, and who was The butler, Owney Talas, who he only one punished for the crime, 1s now serving a life wentence, having eacaped the death penalty because of hin extreme youth, It was only by the mereat chance hat the police succeeded tn connect- ng Sauer with the death of Mrs.| Tiarks. Sauer was found about midnight Tuesday on the front lawn of Arthur Elliott's home in Riverdale, Eliot's beon robbed of $15,000 who Jumped into the cab shortly after | she fatled to revive. Then I saw that To Mr. family he sald he had assaulted in @ taxicab and by two men Business Hours until September (5th: 9 A.M. to 5 P. M. Ld. Neon on Saturdays B. Altman & Cn. The Department for Women’s, Misses’ and Girls’ Sweaters has been transferred to a far more comme. dious location on the Third Floor, where virtually everything that is newest and most chic in sweater fashions may be found, at most attractive prices. The new sweaters for Autumn wear introduce many novel fea- tures, which are sure to find instant favor. A Sale of To ilet Articles has been arranged for to-morrow (Friday) and until noon on Saturday, offering special price advantages in the Hair Brushes, 65c. Nail & Tooth Brushes each . A 15c. | Whisk Brooms 5c. items quoted. Toilet Soap (3 cakes boxed) 18c. Pullman Aprons of cretonne 75c. aa oer ee Everything that is needful and desirable in toilet requisites may be Goods Department. obtained in the Toilet New assortments of the wanted Perfumes, Toilet Waters, Complexion Specialties, Soaps and Bath Salts, Sponges, Brushes and Rubber Necessaries are in the regular stock at moderate prices, THE BVLNING WORLD, THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, Wau 4 bed ben @ treom Mr Alger ‘ {Vee MOTOR TRUCKS TO GET FOOR sUPPLIES® Motor truck mon have overhauled ’ gaovline te being CoONPORtTAted at depole ae quickly it can be mowed, for # ‘daar cut off the coal supply motor vehioies would be the chief reliance | The fs little optimiem among railroad effiiale end slewnel n denial of bis ~~ oe [They are me y making rg useless, Mauer ad aration for t worst, but ere " othe man who had worl o }ing (he public to prepare, Among Tiarks, Then to-day he admitted he} i" \the moot dr of the reiirosd em was with Mra Tiarks when she bargoes are (hose of the Ponnsylvanis died 1 New York Central, w SUFFER HUNGER | IF STRKE COMES FAMILY DOCTOR'S GOOD ADVICE 'ToGoOn Taking ‘Frut-a-tives” rsooivan aateict ar ore /Bggaus® They Old Her Good Rochon, Jan, Mth, 1915. “I suffered for many years with ter- rible Indigestion and Constipation, 1 y spells and became A neighbor advised me to try “Fruit-e-tives.” I did so and to the surprise of my doctor, I began to improve, and he advised me to go on “Ti tell you all [know about it,” he 1 all kinds of freight announced in broken Bog “but as God ts my judge | bad no Intention of harming her, “When | worked for Tiarks in his candy store and lived, with him in bia apartment 1 used to talk with his mother about my folks! in Germany, Last Friday night 1! got lonesome and decided to go up to the Tiarks house and have # talk with Mra, Tiark: “L had no trouble getting in, We fut down and chatted for half an hour or more, Finally the subject turned on her good health. “I remarked how well preserved she was, I asked her if her teeth were false, She sald: ‘Come into the bed- reom and I'll show you" We went in. She took out her teeth, As she was doing so I picked up @ wateh that was on the dresses. 1 didn't intend to steal jit. I don't know why I picked ft up. | She turned and saw me with the) | watch and ed that I was trytus! to rob her. I denied it and she fell to the floor, “Bhe lay there very still for a long time and I was sure she had fatnted, { waited a while and then went and | got water and threw it in her face, atended un barred. | (Continued from Pirst Page) representing in the throw t is in the nation. in an effort to avert « here, it Was announced y. Alger, counsel for the Farms. Slawaon Decker Milk Companies. If neces. sary, Mr. Alger said, employees of | these dealers would be taken fron their present places and assist in : A operating milk trains, with Fruit-a-tives. Mr. Auger made this announcement! | consider that I owe my life to “Fruit- after receiving from Washington a actives” and I want to say to those who | telegram, signed by Miles W. Dawson, | suffer from Indigestion, Constipation or counsel for the brotherhoods, tn re-| Headaches—'try Fr: sponse to a message sent by milk ine | will get terests here yesterday to the brother-) 50c a box, 6 for $2.0, ti hoods asking whether uninterrupted milk train service would be continued | At sl! dealers or seat postpaid by after Labor Day. Mr. Dawson replied: “I have no information concerning to-day by she was dead, 1 picked her up and placed her on the bed, “For a long time I stood beside the body, so scared I didn’t know what to do. I decided to make it appear! Fruit- \a-tives Limited, Ogdensburg, N. Y.— Advt. Lord & Taylor 38th Street FIFTH AVENUE Store Hours: 9 A. M.to5 P. M. 39th Street Open All Day Saturday 00s Final Price Reductions in MEN’S LOW SHOES $5.00 Oxfords i $8.00 Oxfords $3.75 $5.50 Tan or Black Leathers; English Best Newark makes; assortment or broad toes, includes all leathers. Ground Floor Extraordinary Specials for This Week MEN’S FINE SILK SHIRTS of tae Bog S335 2.4, oa” In a large Assortment of Neat and Novelty Stripes. Silk Mixture Shirts......§2.25 | Pajamas. Silk mixtures and artificial silks of excep- Soft mercerized materials with — silk | tional wearing quality. loops. i Madras Shirts............... 95c | Bathing Suits............. $2.45 | | Madras or mercerized; soft with soft 4 Tine worsteds; guaranteed fast French cuffs. { colors. 1 Pajamas..................$1,35 | Half Hose. Apair...... Arena 30c ! Silk or lisle thread half hose. An assort- { Cotton crepe; plain and striped, with ment of fancy colors. V neck, Ground Floor ie 2D RO ND eee Ore eles emcee emvemoeme: Clearance ee ee 158 MEN’S SUMMER SUITS Formerly $18.50 to $25.00. Broken lots and sizes representing the balance of our Summer assortments. majority are in light grey Mixtures, Cheviots and Tweeds. N on approval. The None will be sent C. O. D, or f aa | ah | ae | a7 | gh | ao | 4a | 4 Quantities 43 19 mw 3 ae ra . Also 29 Suits in Stout Sizes, 38, 40 and 42. A small charge made for alterations Fourth Floor | a el teen eC) aC) eC) ee (0) a) a () a () me 91) a () Gee () Ce? () Gree (| SS 00 S09. <9). 9) aS 0 SOS 0 0) Sa a 0 0 SO SO in the china trade J sailing for New York and None of this is even suggested in the rich overflowing collections of this poors are as low as last March and sometimes even lower, ree gene , tember Sale, Its notwithstanding t are 2,000 dinner set our regular large stocks, America First America first -A jean porcelain, we ready now in the China Store $10 a set of 100 pi Om the pottery waiting for our tele told " American real china dinner sets of $35 grade | | at $25 for 108 pieces. European Shipments A long looked for French shipment arrived French china dinner sets with charming decorations and shapes and coin gold sces at $20 set; other very spe- ), $47.50 and $50, inglish porcelain dinnerware in particularly choice designs, 108 pieces at $20 and $22.50 set. Dinnerware at Half a few days ago. handles, 107 cial French china sets | A new importati i ‘of 2,000 odd dinnerware pieces | prices and less: up to $5 for a soup tureen. maker's. 2. To make new friends. enough fer a service of 12 persons; border designs with gold treatment. and the kind we do their lasting wear. nickel-plated so they cannot rust knots. thousand dinner were ordered from one American pottery a larger order than ever before given for Amer- 30c for a dozen fruit saucers American Porcelain Dinner Sets at $5, $6, $7.50, Three hundred of them; 100 pieces in each set, Also 72 sets, 48 pieces (for 6 persons), $5 set. Also 27 sets, SU pieces (for 6 persons), $2. First Half-Yearly Sale in the New Helpful Housefurnishing Store Our regular all-year standard qualities of cooking uténsils, cutlery, brooms, brushes, dusters, electric ware, wringers, refrigerators, sewing machines, dress forms, bird cages, bathroom fixtures, trunks, etc.—at 10 to 40 per cent. less. Tee are two sorts of housefurnishings. rolled aluminum that stands long usage. housefurnishings are chosen specifically for the satisfaction they will give, and then the price is made as low asis possible, March and September these all-year standard articles can be purchased at lower prices because of the co-operation of our makers. There is not one cent’s worth of difference be- Wanamaker's ? Open Stock Patterns From our own open stock patterns of fore »s we have made up certain sets and mat 10 percent, less than our alle prices, These sets can be matched at any time, Other foreign china newly arrived, at $16, $17.60, $25, $27.60, for 108 pieces, Pottery at Half and Less Royal Doulton pottery sample plates, cups, saucers at half usual prices. net eign offer th 500 sets are at $8.50 and sets are at aph orders to $14, at half usual Glass Salon 2,000 $10 neat spray and OO set. not sell. Wanamaker all-year bathroom fixtures are of solid brass . Wanamaker all-year enamel ware is encmeled scientifically on steel and is not apt to chip. Wanamaker all-year wocden ware is selected wood free from Wanamaker all-year aluminum ware is the heavy All Wanamaker tween the quality of the article you paid full price for in August and of that which at 10 to 40 per cent. less— Clothes Wringers $4.50 for astandard $5 Wanamaker Imperial clothes wringer, with hard wood frames, 12 x 1',-ineh rubber rolls, to fit round or stationary tubs, guaranteed for three yeurs for family use. Feather Dusters 60c, were 90c, 14-inch feather dust- ers, made of selected tail feathers. 60c to $1, were 70c to $1.50, feather dusters, with 120 turkey tail feathers, 250, were 35¢, bric-a-brac dusters of turkey wing feathers. Ostrich Feather Dusters $1.35 to $2.50, were $1.60 to $3, 12 to 18-inch or dusters. 90c to $ were $1.10 to $2.16, 9 to 14-inch ostrich picture dusters, Wall Dusters of Wool Dusters with 5!5 foot handles for cleaning walls and ceilings, the wool is sewed over steel wire frames and is washable, 50c to $1.50, were 75c to $2 Frying Pans 50¢ for standard $1 nickel plated 8- inch frying pans. Waffle Irons 60¢ for standard $1 waffle irons of you can get in September at Wanamaker’s. Especially Suggestive Russia Iron Roasting Pans 10 x 12-inch pans. neh pans. + 11x 17-inch pans. Stag Handle Carving Sets $3.75 for standard $4.50, sets of knife, fork and steel, 9-inch blades and sterling silver ferrules, Drop-Leaf Kitchen Tables $4.65 to $6.75, were $5.50 to $8. Made of clear poplar lumber, tree from knots, the best that can be had, Turned maple legs, 3, 3!y and 4 ft. size. , were 7 Trunks Less Strong trunks covered with vulea: ized fibre, bound with fibre. Dress trunks, 32 in., $9.75; 36 in., $10.50, iS in., $4 trunks, 32 in., $8.25; 40 Refrigerators, $25, were $34.25 ‘These well known high standard White Mountain Refrigerators with shelves in the provision whieh is lined with white our regular kinds. nel. Brass locks and hinges, nickel plated, Broadway, at Ninth, New Se oh fsat thre Featuring America First HALF- YEARLY CHINA SALE, but all the world’s best always AT YEAR'S LOWEST PRICES UDGING from the face of this Half-yearly China and Glass Sale, all is placidity Who would guess that famous factories abroad are practically shut down for lack of men, that shipments have been for weeks on the docks in Bordeaux and Liverpool waiting for space on crowded steamers 1] advances in the wholesale market since then, There ings of 10 to 40 per cent, in this Sale Sample fancy pottery from an importer at half price and less bowls, candelabra, plate, to $10 for a high compotier. Cut glass—$5,000 worth for $2,000—full | lead potash blanks skilfully cut, some of our regular patterns included; 85c for a nappie to $5 for a tall vase or a cor ‘The practical side of cut gl the operator glass cutting machine, This one of our regular American makers. In the New Down-Stairs Store the September Sale is organized on a scale which offers large variety of wanted articles at prices hitherto unheard of at Wana- The extraordinary prices are made— 1. To close out lots not to be re-ordered. And 1’ sets 44 pieces (for 6 persons), $2 and $3 set, 2,000 Pieces Fancy China of importer's china at a fraction of the usual price—now 10c to $1.50 each. Saiad dishes, cake plates, bonbon dishes, plates, vases, comb and brush trays chop dishes, etc. in the sale thousands of inexpensive for kitchen and dining room at prices not to Cut Glass—$1,200 for $700 An assortment of vases jugs, comports, bow! pies celery trays, spoon trays, ete, (Passageway between New and Old Buildings— Down-Stairs Store.) only because of their appearance and present usefulness these outside of the plates at $1 plates, cups, saucers, salad lower pots, ete., 60c for a Cut Glass lete water set. Lee gt Ms the Cut work with a typical also by courtesy of Second Gallery, New Building. pieces of china be duplicated. to ai; woodenware, clothes Wanamaker housefurnishings— Wanamaker housefurnishings are here not ut because of Items three door side icing style, have four | Standard Rotary Sew- ing Machines, $32.50 50. Beewuse of additional ad- vances in cost on October Ist the price will be $40. During this sale the price is $32.50. These are the well-known sit straight standard rotary sewing machines, with central rotary needle that goes round and round, saving much time and energy, Lock and chain stitch combined, Full set of attachments included. Four useful drawers. Aluminum Preserving Kettles, 50c to $1, were 85c to $1.40 Best quality aluminum ware, strong and dependable. Bail handles, 50e, were S5c, 2'y-qt. size. t. size, Tbe, were $1.15, $1, were $1.40, 6-qt. aize, Kreamer’s Extra Heavy Pieced Tinware, 25 Per Cent. Less 40 to 55c, were 55¢ to 75e, round dish pans, 10 to 14 qts, No. 7 wash boilers, $1.90, were $2.15, were $2.89; No, 25¢ to 88c, were 35¢ to 50c, sauce. pans, with copper bottoms, Seventh Gallery, New Building, York S24 Until this month we sold them at | renner ome <tas reg 5 eta Ere cate