The evening world. Newspaper, December 14, 1916, Page 10

Gert Pro Tempore of the Sen WASHINGTON, Deo, 14. —Unexpect “Spposition wa | down and Senator TEDDY’ SLINGSBY Witard Sauiet Delaware, elected President pro teinpore of the Senate to- | id yy. succeéding the late James P. ] tke, Distress _ HEIR TO FORTUNE After Meals ee : TRY “Teddy” Slings. | LONDON, Dee. 14 y, for months buffeted : STOMACH BITTERS ona paces House of Lords Decides Against Boy Claimant to Big British Estate. between was sent from It prepares the stomach to receive) tye rouse of Lords to-day declared , assists digestion and keeps |i,y that ody to be a pennileds found- F ‘the bowels open. Lng of the atreets of San Francisco, ZZ VAAL UALELLLL LCL bd Furs for Holiday Gifts N HN CHORALE OO PAAR Me - Stoles, Capes & Neckpieces Kolinsk Hudson Seal Blended Sable Moke, ete. HMMM MUFFS TO MATCH £. G Gunther's Sons 391 Fifth Avenue, New York. ‘ond not the acion of an old English family that bis parents have claimed |him to be, The House of Lords dismissed the appeal from a Court of Appeals de- jelsion that he was not the legitimate son of Mr. and Mra. C, H.R, Slingsby and heir to a Yorkshire estate, The | respondents in the case were not heard, A Court of Appeals ruling handed ‘down last March established “Teddy” 44 a foundling of Sun Francisco against, the claims of Mr, and Mra. Slingsby, who maintain they are the parents and that the ehild t# rightful | heir to the $800,000 eatate of his al- leged grandfather, late Rey, Charles Slingsby, His estate was willed to “the first male helr born to any of | his children Loreburn in handing down held the identity of had been proved as well as roof the ehild from Lillian nm, a San Francisco school jon Ander girl, to Mrs, Slingsby, He expressed regret of the puin the decision must cause “gallant Commander Slingsby” now in the service of his country, Tn 1916 the child was established as legal heir of the Slingwbys by the Court of Probate and Divorce, Two younger brothers of Slingwby main- tained that the child was adopted by the Slingsbys that he might Inherit the Yorkshire estate. Advertisementa, alleged to have been Inserted in San Francisco newspapers by Mrs. Slingsby, seeking @ new born baby, were evidence, ee MOSS HOST AT DINNER. Justice Joseph Moss of the Court of Special Sessions will give a dinner to- night at Stil'# Restaurant, Eighteenth Street and Third Avenue, to the sur- NJ | viving members of the Leo Basoball N | Club and the Joseph Moss A ation, both of which organizations were active between 1880 and 1892, Thirty members lub will attend. Forme: “4 tive Edward Dunphy ‘will we nd former Public Service Coms missioner Edward A. McCall, who was the pitcher of the baseball club, will be one of the speakers, JOHN WANAMAKER — VICTROLAS — FIRST GALL Christmas MUSICin Five Dollars’ Worth of Victrola Records may be included and charged in every Victrola outfit bought from now until Christmas. $5 or $10 Down —and an equal amount mouthly—brings a Victrola into your home in time for Christmas, the amount vary- ing according to the type of instrument selected. ALL Types of Victrolas Are Here All are purchasable here at Broadway at Ninth is a possibility now with a small initial outlay—a feature of the Wanamaker VICTROLA cash prices—no interest is charged for the easy-payment privilege. JOHN WANAMAKER | National Wholesale and Retail Distrubutors —= Alterations Free at Our Three Brooklyn Store: ERY, NEW BUILDING the Home | er BURNEDTODEATH | ASHE WATED FOR OTHERS TO ESCAPE Charles Statler Overcome as Brother Carried Girl Down Ladder. Overcome by smoke, with rescue in sight, Charles Statler, eighteen, a clerk, died In a fire at Nos, 920 and $22 Madison Street, Brooklyn, at 2 A. M, to-day. The double building is four stories high and the police be- eve the fire, discovered in the cellar, was of incendiary origin. Statler lived on the top floor with the family of his brother-in-law, Ed- ward Carroll, his brother William and Miss Jessio Bowman, twenty-four, & boarder. When Carroll opened the door and saw the hallway was ablaze he called his wife and the others, took Margue- rite, his fourteen-months’-old daugh- ter, and went to the rear fire-escape. Before the Statler brothers and Miss Bowman could reach the escape flames had cut them off, but firemen arrived and passed a scaling ladder to William Statler. He had Miss Bowman on his houlder, and as he started with her to the street called to bis brother to follow. | "Ym all right,” replied Charles. “Take care of Miss Bowman, I'll be right after you.” ‘When William reached the street with his burden he wanted to return | for his brothér, but firemen went !n- | stead. ‘They found him eome distance from thé window, and he was taken to | the lobby of the Bushwick Theatre across the street, where he was pro- | nonnced dead. | The family of G. F. Duryea, con- | sisting of a wife and six children, | and a boarder, Andrew Long, escaped from the fourth floor to the ing building by way of the roof, Ed- ward Ausman, wife, di two sone were assisted floor airshaft to the next building by a man who ran up from the street, Mrs. Junod and her daughter, Elsie, were carried down a ladder from the third floor by firemen, Assemblyman J. H. Caufield of No, 778 Madison Street, who discovered the fire, rushed to the second floor and rescued Mrs, Edward Standorff, whom he carried to the street In a! hysterical. condition. | All the rescued were in their night- | and were fed and given os by friends in the neighbor-, hood. The fire went through all the halls, doing $1,000 damage. ae ROCKEFELLER JR, HEADS BILLY SUNDAY ASSOCIATION First Name on List of Incorporators | | Formed for Revival Ser- vice Here. ‘The New York William A. Sunday ||) istic Association was incor- to-day. Heading the list of incorporators is John D. Rockefeller Jr. Justite Clarke approved the cer- Ufleate of incorporation, The principal object of the cor- poration as set forth in the papers Is: “To promote evangelistic and religious work in the city of New York and vicinity, and for that purpose to hold a series of evangelistic and religious meet- ings in sald city, to rent and ac- Quire real and personal: property and to erect or provide a building, rooms, furniture, equipment and articles for such purposes and to do whatever !s usual, necessary and convenient or proper in con- nection therewith.” Besides Mr. Rockefeller the follow- ing men are inoorporators: George Gordon Battle, Eben KE. Olcott, Alox- ander M. Hadden, William Fellowes Morgan, William Stitt, William J. Schieffelin, James M. Speers, George ‘duced himself to firms, claiming to THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1916. SEIZED AS GOWN THIEF AT HOTEL M’ALPIN Police Say Alter Duped Firms by Pretending He had Buy- ers for Garments, Accused of the theft of valuable sults and gowns from several manu- facturers of women’s clothing in this city, Meyer Alter, twenty-seven, of No, 924 East One Hundred and Eighty- first Street, the Bronx, is locked up jin the Second Branch Detective Bu- reau, According to the police, Alter intro- know out of town buyers who would purchase goods on his recommenda- tion. He would then ask that sample gowns be sent to a hotel where the buyers were supponed to be stopping. ‘There he would elude the messengers and make away with the garments. Detectives who arrested Alter say ho went to a firm on West Twenty- firat Street with his proposition Nov, 17 last and asked that gowns valued at $500 be sent to the Hotel McAlpin, Mise Salin Fishman, employed by tho firm, took the gowns to the hotel. There Alter, it is alleged, checked the garments and asked Miss Fishman to wait in the lobby while he looked! about for the buyer. Miss Fishman|{ found later that the gowns had been taken from the checking room, the detectives assert, admits | gowns to a dealer Building, who has id 86) larbridge him. sseaepiiargtiin NEW AID FOR THE SUMNER; Transport ‘Takes Of Part of The powerful army transport Kil- patrick arrived off Barnegat, N. J, to-day to join the fleet of wrecking tugs and at guard cutters trying to drag the stranded transport Sumner oft into deep water, The Sumner went aground Monday night. The Kilpatrick to-day took aboard a part of the Sumner's crew, j the attentions of physte! jthose who suffer from Indigestion, |MISS\RUSSELL TO LOSE LEG, | Infection ' From Window. PITTSBURGH, Dec. 14.--Mra, Doros thy Russell Riley, formerly a vaudeville performer, daughter of Lillian Russell, will lose her left le as the result of @ somnambullstic walk out of a window of a hotel near Paterson, N. J, two months ago. She is in the West Penn, Hospital and the limb is being prepared} in. yOur purse. You get for amputation | our stores—and the The bones of Mrs, Miley's ankle were shattered, Infection act in, and despite Asparagus—A., M. & C.— of save | ammoth Green; large ing the log has been i The EBS patient pa the day hours in prepar- Corn—A., M, & C.—Finest ing Chri gifts of art needlework, | Maine Cream;.. .. tin na ho} 25 Cen | Peas—A., M. & C.—Sifted ’ oe. tin 14 FAMILY DOCTOR'S —|Pominrs GOOD ADVICE) "ssc iK at's a ins The quaiity challenges criticism, To Go On Taking “Fruit-a-tives” Cherries—Maraschino Fla- Because They Did Wer Good, | vored—med. jar, .42; ROCHON, Jan. 14th, 1918. SMall JAP. sseveeeeeeeees 25 “T suffered for many years with ter- | Raisins—Seeded—1 Ib. pkg. .15 rible Indigestion and Constipation. 1 Raisins — Table — Prince- had frequent ditzy spells and became | ton Clusters; 1 Ib. bundle 28 greatly run down. A neighbor ad-| ¢ vised me to try ‘Frutt-a-tives’ 1 did| Citron, Orange or Lemon s0, and to the surprise of my doctor | __Peel—Fancy Glace;...b. .20 Mince Meat—with Brandy —Richardson & Robbins; 30 02. jar Peaches—Noreca; large tin Cherries — Noreca — Royal Anne..... .....large tin . Tree Ripened California Fruit in Heavy Syrup. Ginger—Crystallized— began to improve, and he advised me to go on with ‘Fruit-a-tives.’ “I consider that I owe my life to ‘Fruit-a-tives,’ and I want to say to 49 22 Constipation or Headaches —try ‘Fruit-a-tives’ and you will get well.” CORINE GAUDREAU. 50c, a box, 6 for $2.50; trial size, 25. At all dealers or sent postpaid by | yA . . tin, 50; 34 Ib. tin .28 Fruit-a-tives Limited, Ogdensburg, N. ° » 72 ¥.—Advt. Almonds—Paper Shell .. Ib. .30 Mixed Nuts—The choicest pick of this season's crop Che Usual Forn of Knit Garmen Abe fabric te-cur this way ap Lew Neck—Sleeveless Arnold, Arthur M. Harris, William B. Millar of Upper Montclair, Edward | H. lows, Landreth H. King, | N. J; Edwin J, Gillies, Saks & Company Broadway at 34th Street ATHENA UNDERWEAR FOa WOMEN AND CHILDREN When you put on your first suit of ATHENA Under- wear you will realize ‘that it is the only kind which is made in accordance with correct principles. 1 Ib. carton Almonds—Salted; jar, .25; « M. & C— 402. bottle, 10; 100z. bot. .25 The best half of a salad success. Crab Meat—Japanese— 1 Ib. tin, 40; 15 Ib. tin. .25 In sanitary woodslined tins. offee — “After Dinner” Blend 2 1b. Vase Jar .70 26 The principal differ- ence between ATHENA Underwear and_ other kinds is that ATHENA Underwear is tailored to fit, while other un- derwear has to be stretched to the shape of the figure. ATHENA wear is as from ordinary wear as a perfect! ored coat differs shapeless cloak. Full body—Exquisite Aroma. Coffee—Plantation—A blend of fine coffees. .11b. pkg. .28 Tea—Special Orange Pekos: 11b.,.703 4gIb........... 35 ines — Boneless — Im- ported from Portugal; Yetin different under- tail- rom a Under- | | The correct tailoring of ATHENA. Under- wear makes it comfort- able, dainty and in ex- act conformity with the figure. It affords freedom of the arms and _ body, There is no_ stretching of the fabric at one point and no looseness or wrinkling anywhere. ATHENA Underwear, which is superior in every respect to any other kind, is made in all sizes and of all weights and qual- ities, at the prices you have been accustomed to pay. ica Fine Imported and Domestic Wine: On Sale Friday and Saturday of each week. WW Make a Lasting Remembrance Convenient Terms of Payment Arranged ‘ r s > Acker, Merrall & Condit EST. Company 1820 Holiday Economies Getting more for your money means more money more for your money At quality is guaranteed. Olives —-A, M. & C— Queen; 1002. bottle, 18; 1602. bottle Grape Juice—A., M. &C.— Pure and palatable; pint bottle Ginger Ale—Noreca— bottle, .10; 3 bottles for Imported Style Jam—Robertson's Imported —Strawberry and Rasp- k & berry. jar 25 Figs—Washed; 1 Ib. basket 30 Figs—Pulled...... 1lb. box .28 Dates—Stuffed with various nuts — delicious — en- joyable.......005 wee ejat 35 Prunes—French style— 4 Ib. jar 49 2 Thin-skinned Meaty Fruit— ready to serve. We specialize on Fancy Baskets of Choice Fruits, at . $4.75 $5.75 $7.50 resentative Gifts— a 30! oderately Priced ; Oranges—Florida ;— . dozen from .30 to .75 ' Grapefruit — Extra Choice Florida; each—from .08 to 20 Cranberries — Finest Cape Se inna cheered teak Ib. 15 Apples—for the Table; doz- Goivcccervarevsd from .30 to 60 Apples—Virginia York Im- perials.....4 qt. basket 29 For Cooking or Eating. Port Wine—Imperial—Im- ported....... +++. bottle 1,10 Port Wine—Special Califor- nia — gallon, including Po oad Bmp tora .. 108 rry — Pale Dry — Ime ported........ ..+-bottle 1.00 Sherry—Special California —gallon, including cons tainer,..... teen ee eee Antediluvian Rye Whiskey bottle 100+ ind Ci; Rare Fruits in Fancy Baske' Choco! Bo » etc. Everything for the Yuletid Chickens—Fresh killed—fancy roasting—lb........ - 30 AT ALL OUR STORES FultonSt., cor.BridgeSt. At Subway Station 1329-1331 Broadway Near Gates Avenue 4810-4812 Fifth Ave. Bet. 48th and 49th Sts, Henry W. Jes- | , Jordan L, tt, Congressman | W. 8. Bennet, Halloway, W. M | Smith, James M. Montgomery, Steph- | Kk hn Nicholson, Carl H. , Willlam W, Halle, James W. Carl Kieland, George Wool- MAOliphant, and 8. W. ‘Thur- | FACING ndid assortmen: Athena is sold only at Saks in New York We have assembled a sp! ful The follow: Marshall Field & Company, Chicago, Makers articles for the holidays. | PRICES: Smoker " Stands i} For Women—Vests and Tights. . 60c to $2.00 || For Women—Union Suits. . . $1.15 to $4.25 For Boys and Girls—in cotton or merino. —Separate Garments ..... 50cto $1.10 —Union Suits....... t of appropriat ing are a few « Brooklyn Morris Chairs Mi ————_ ____. THE POORHOUSE, AGED MAN ENDS LIFE, cissors Grinder Found Dead as Landlady Makes Plans itand: Library Table: Carpets, Li ind Comfortables. SPECIAL--Biasell’s Carpet haus, $3.00 Pease ee dae ESTABLISHED 53 YEARS A- Very Fortunate Purchase Enables Us to Offer Tomorrow, Friday, Yorkville S Mrs. Theresa Janda, when he did not pay the rent, did not press him, Yesterday she said to him: C itzman, you are not strong and must go to a home for old men or to the Department of Charities, For, your own good, I must turn you ou! this 16 no place for you any more. “I know that,” said Kriteman. | “To-morrow 1 will tell you where I would like to go and you can arrange | tor His Removal, ++ 5c to $2.00 . For fifty years John Kriteman Su rem: Val e d. e trundied his = gri 0) or ie jue Evening Wraps of Distinction ||" "25 0° stpreme Neue ° ‘ z Oe Seek SE Rng PATTON: NE elencte’ and in silk hose is determined not only by 263 6th A 104-106 Tr . ; || mer, when ‘he waa’ seventy-elght beauty of texture and shapeliness, but also ve. West 17th St. rimmed with Luxurious Furs Yeura old, hie Tess failed, “He had to| by durability. In that important feature OPEN SATURDAY EVENINGS UNTIL 7 O'CLOCK stay in the two rooms in the base- ! ment at No, 410 Bus ve! h HOE NIX Conservative Value $49.50 to $65.00 Mireet, aia | oni HOSE stands pre-eminent. It is so serviceable that to wear it daily is true economy. Women's Silk Hose—80c, $1.05, $1.50 and $2 Women's Lisle Hose, 55¢ Men's Silk Hose—5ic, 80c, $1.05 and $1.50 $9.90 Materials ere Chiffon Velvet and Gold Brocaded Satin; some with exquisite ornamentation of gold or silver embroidery; all handsomely fur trimmed; colors are white or black and pastel effects, with some 1s tor me, Men's Lisle Hose, 30¢ deeper shades of the new reds; fancy silk linings, dia Macnee ee nooned the sheet about his neck and dumped from a chair, fa =