The evening world. Newspaper, December 21, 1916, Page 3

€ > Y MOTHER FINDS LOST | Pp 4 auto dealer of No. GIRL IN COURT WITH " MANHELD AS THIEF Mrs. Mary Meyers of Brooklyn Collapses as She Faces Eloping Pair. “DAUGHTER REJOINS HER Young Woman Declares Ac- cused Posed as Wealthy and * Promised to Wed Her. 44 After a search of two months, dur- ing which she plodded from day to day to all the courts and hospitals and to the morgue, Mrs. Mary Meyers “Sof No. 639 Rogers Avenue, Brooklyn, & gray-haired mother to-day found her | Mm peventecn-yoar-old daughter, Lillian, | in the Yorkville Court Just before the mother arrived the i heard Robert Peterson, with | , Whom sho eloped, revealed as a awin-| Sadler, wanted on many charges. t 2 Until two months ago Lillian was a atenographer employed in the office of | he American Machine Ce There was no trace of her after she Mieappenred until John Ronsera, on 2038 Bedford Ava- “inue, Brooklyn, reported that a man “}named rson, who sald he tived with his wife at No. 754 Fifty-first ‘Street, Bay Ridge, had hired bis auto- mobile for two months and had van- sished without paying for it A friend of the girl had heard her qMmention that she was to marry a eman named Peterson, When the ‘mother learned that he might be ar- “rested sho began her vigi! at the courts, Tuesday afternoon Peterson was arrested Jn the office of George Littleton, No, 25 Madison Avenue. He had called on Littleton a week Previous and, it is asserted, had rep- resented himsr Lieutenant Pe [xe United States Nav: ? He said he was colle P aailor’s home to be erect burg and Littleton ga told him to call again, ting for a at Platts- him $100 and Littleton, it j is declared, later learned that Pe } aon had collected $85 from three _ other men in the bulding, posing as the collector of subscriptions to a home for infantile paralysis vietims. When tho “leutenant” again called on Littleton he caused his arrest, Federal Agents Adams and Grug- @rivich told Magistrate Krotel this graing Peterson was wanted for mping his bail on a charge of !m- personating a naval officer in Brook- lyn. No one tn the court knew of the Presence of the young woman or the Mother until they heard the latter seream. As she collapsed her daugh- y terran to her. The girl sald #ho had been living at the Hotel Marsellles j with Peterson for three weeks. She Pbelieved him a prosperous young business man, she sald, and when she lett home he promised to marry her, ‘but had kept putting off the cere- mony. ! In tho corridor of the court Peter- fon encountered Mra. Meyers and the girl as they were leaving the bulld- | He smiled and waved a kiss to the girl. Shouting that she would kiN him, the mother ran toward | Peterson, but court officers held her | ‘back. He was taken to the Federal | ‘Court in Brooklyn on the old charges | and new complaints of larceny and abduction wera made against him. ————— Com: WASHINGTON, Deo, 21 +nation of Commander Ralph Earle to be Chief of the Buroau of Ordnance —The nomt- | -with the rank of Rear Admiral, was THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1016. Toyland Is a War Land, and Santa Claus Brings Guns For Christmas, With Many Marvellous Inventions New billiard wth bulb nay. | Kris Kringle an Electrician, Too, and Proves It by All Sorts of Marvellous Devices to Amuse the Young—But the Most This Year's Toys Is cues Striking Thing About Their Expensiveness. Marguerite Mooers Marshall. If Santa Claus is late on his rounds this year, there will be a good Treason for his tardiness. Among all the wonderful, fascinating, genious, beautt- —this adjective must not be for- gotten — expen- sive delights pre- pared for small 7 boys and girls, sii even Santa him- ee BE eit, who should be a bit blaso in the matter of toys, will find difficulty in choos- ing the filling for his pack. And when he has picked out a proper load he will see something else that he cannot possibly leave behind— and then something else—and then something else—and his pack will be so full that its contents will spill over the edges and he will have to stoop to pick them up, and—oh, I shouldn't be surprised if the w. k. reindeer never budged out of their stalls and Santa endeavored to make ss up for lost time by using a high-} power Hmousine. (Then, too, if he selects one of the tourist cars he can find so many cubby-holes for the toys that overcrowd the pack.) TOYLAND NO PLACE FOR THE PACIFIST. discovery I made in a was ‘Tho first trip through toyland y that Santa {ts not a pacifist, years ever so many Kind ladies and \gentlomen have been issuing solemn warnings against guns and soldiers and other military toys. But the peoplo most interested — American small boys—have not even heard the warnings, Theoretically, they have been taken to heart by many @ con- sctontious mother. But, when the boy two houses down the street has a |new rapid-firer which !# a Saturday afternoon lodestone to one's own jrent to the Senate to-day i ' { “The Wor We guarantee “Sun perfectly or you can take i It comes in 1-1b, and 3-Ib. granulated, or in the bean un it, you insist. : ' Solo Roasters st Import The Perfect Holiday Beverage and After-Dinner Delight COFFEE delicious aroma, full strength and perfect flavor pre served as when it left our roasters, Your grocer has it or will gladly get it for you if AUSTIN, NICHOLS & CO,, Inc.—New York » Grovery ©: small sons, one decides that militar- Id’s Best” Coffee will please you t back and get your money, air-tight tins (pulverized, ), with all the fresh, rich, Try it—you'll like and Packers tg, Manufaetu rn in the ful, thrilling and| ism at home ts more desirable than Militarism at the neighbors’. And those deputies of Santa, the toyshops, offer every help in reaching that de- cision. There is the rapid-firing machine fun, a business-like black affair about ton inches long. With it comes a score of wooden bullets, Fed into |the gun and the crank turned, the bullets will acoot across the room with @ force and velocity which ut- terly demolishes a squadron of paste- board soldiers in an engagement of five minutes, Therefore, if you succumb to the gun, buy metal soldiers, There are some beautiful and patriotic Indians on horseback, and the American con- science is elastic In the matter of |Shooting Indians. The rapld-firer, by the way, costs $2.60. If that 1s more than you wish to pay you can find miniature cannon from 15 to 85 cents, out of which matches may be shot. For*only 60 cents there is @ naval war toy, with Infinite possibilities. It consists of @ battleship, a submarine ‘and torpedoes, and the entire top of tthe dreadnaught may be blown off. Then there are anti-aircraft guns, British naval twelve-pounders ($2), and a gun for $13.50 illustrating target practice as it {s done on our own battleships. The gun fe aimed through a mirror. ‘Two of the newe: ing dolls I saw were the Typical Tommy and the Typical Tar, at $2 apiece, They were painted and cos- tumed to represent the English sol- dier and sailor, and they looked as if they had walked out of the iilustra- tions of “Soldiers Three” or the tales of W. L. Jacobs. Miss Wild West is another charm: ing doll, to be bad for the small sum | of $1.19 She is a lovely little Indian | with imitation buckskin cos: tume, @ small holster with @ small revolver in it, and beads and chaps, Have you called from his kennel the wireless pup? The price of him ts $5, but he is a joy. He lives in a small brown dog house. It you clap your hands or say in loud tones, “Come here!"--out he pops. The ex- planation is that there is a spring at the back of the kennel and inside, which 1s released by the vibration of and most amus- ‘ ‘Ader SHIVERS ON STAND IN SUIT AGAINST WEALTHY HUSBAND Mrs.Terry, in Summer Clothes, Protected by Her Own Lawyer’s Overcoat. Everything Mrs. Olea Terry, a pret- ty Spanish matron, asked for in her separation sult against John A. Terry, export manager of a manufactur- ing concern and member of a rich Cuban family, was granted to her this morning by Justive Gavegan. The court's Christmas present was $60 & month alimony and the custody of her pretty ten-year-old daughter. But even that bountiful award did |not put @ stop to Mrs. Terry's shiver- ing. While the Court was making its judgment known she sat by the sido of her lawyer, rubbing her hands and doing her best to restrain her chatter- ing teeth. The lawyer threw his own overcoat over her shoulders and then called Mrs. Terry to the stand. “Where did you qt that thin blue summer sult you're wearing?” asked the lawyer, “Borrowed from the lady I with,” replied Mrs Imaudible tones. Q. Ist warm? A. It is not. I have no other new garments, My shoos were purchased last spring, I can't buy @ coat to keep myself warm be- cause my busband will not send mo enough money. “Your Honor has been very kind to this lady,” sald her lawyer, “but I'm going to ask you to order Torry to pay $50 immediately so that she will not be compelled to face this wold weather in summer clothes, “This little woman is shivering at my side, wearing my overcoat,” the lawyer continued, “while Terry, mak- live Terry in almost a loud sound, | TOYS PROVE THIS THE ERA OF, ELECTRICITY. | Electric toys have been brought to! perfection this Christmas, For in- stance, there 1s the electric train,| oi) bw costing $25 and $35. ‘The engine is, * Kine. really electric, and the train Is “de| “I think you are right," sad Jue- Huns, | with = Ane pranen car and . ties Gavegan. Terry sald he could tiny'electric headlight, There are red not paige $50 for nmediate payment Jand green electric signals for use] ““wrnere te evidence here that soy with this train, and as many yards of track as you care to buy. borrowed $1,000 from your wife and ing $3,000 a year and spending only $8 a week for his own upkeep, comes {nto court with a silk muffier around his neck, a chinchilla overcoat to keep him from shivering and dressed like appointed electric stoves, with @ cord | « . which can be attached to any light-| -* YoU can borrow money aa easily sooket. ‘These stoves really cook, and|®® that you borrow $50 and see that so does the toy gas stove, And there| your wife, the mother of your chil i the most fascinating idon's Kitchen] dren, gets proper clothing.” in one of the shops, It contains @ stove, a kitchen cabinet and cooking|, TOTY Wert. It was not the frat table, a porcelain sink with faucets, | time tears had fallen during the trial & roller towol and rack, @ ‘neatly’| At an earlier stago they camo from dressed cook, a table Ww olls'| the soft. b aaa Soeraih Aishes and food—among other things ue, eyes of little Consusio, fos ther tb who was called by her mother to teil a dimunitive toast rack holding WRO : Jinfinitesimal pleces of toy toast, The What had happened to make tt im Paani ee: Diets only $40! There is Possible for her parents to live to }a doll's wardrobe trunk for with drawers, hangers, a toll $59.60 set gether Mrs. Terry had testitted that Con suelo Was @ Saturday's child so far and a complete outfit of clothes, For % | the practical little girl there is a toy| &% ‘Terry was concerned. Ho had sewing machine, butlt exactly Ike| Wanted a boy and when Consuol came, Mrs, Terry testified her father ther’s, and so big that she may sit lin tront ‘of “4 ’ did not go near her for three jin front of it in her little chair, This is $13.60. | so intense was his d | Another fascinating device is the! A® toy poo} table, about eighteen Inches | her mother that she did 1 jong, The ba are marbles and the | child sobbed aloud, but cues are rubber bulbs, terminating in | Story » needle which can be shot in or out.) “E Waa sleeping,” she said ‘This outfit costs $15. The small eama and jumped ify 4) Went into mother's ro months, appointment t like, the heard bed and 100 feet and fly passengerless, 1 from $5.50 ourse, f she loved price in There 4s a child's motor car, for $16: which seats two persons and travels| Was good to me and to range * she replied, “sometimes he I would like to wether aga from 75 to 100 miles on one gallon of | was not ne MALIA gasoline, at the rate of 18-25 miles per| and papa hour. One of the most useful and enjoyable presents for any child, boy girl, is the juvenile typewriter The sort with the full keyboa 225, but there Is another model from $1 to $8. Children are with a “nach "ay hel remarkably in learning t And when grand girl Santa brought and @ pleture book! | Sixteen Hurt tn Collision of Trol- | ley Cars RGH, Pa Sixteen 4 For the little girls are beautifully! did not pay it back,” the court said. | ed what her father had done to! he told her} LW papa | etimes he} Ta nates : JUDGE'S EXAMINATION DECIDES MAN'S SANITY Justice Mullan Denies Petition to Commit J. W. Campbell i to Asylum. Justice Mullan Im ‘the Supreme Court in the Bronx dented the peti- tion of Mra, Edith Campbell Buffam of Providence, R. L, that her brother, James Winthrop Campbell, a wealthy farmer of Rhode Island, be adjudged insane and committed to an asylum, In his decision Justice Mullan com- mented sharply ‘upon the case with which a person not insane might be deprived of his LUberty and stigma- tized as crazy without @ chance to Prove his sanity. Justice Mullan sald he had been careful to examine the case with un- usual care, He found that Campbell had been committed to a sanitarium at Riverdale, N, ¥., by his family for treatment for habitual intoxication, Drs, Frank M. Roberts and Ernest F, Bischoff, examiners in lunacy, had certified on Dec, 11 that Campbell was insane, Nevertheless Juatice Mullan said, he took on himself the responsibility of examining Camp- bell himself and found him “quiet, clear of mind and a gentleman,” though not especially alert. There was nothing, he said, In the patient's acknowledged addiction to strong drink which could not be treated at & proper santtarium to effect a cure, Justice Mullan added that he did not wish his opinion to reflect upon the fairness or good faith of Camp- dell's relatives. |Mrartiian Bark | Week, but Crow | ‘The Brazilian bark Nepthis, ot sea, was sighted at noon yer adout 100 miles southeast of Bandy Hook, N. J, by officers of the British steam- ship Korona, which arrived here to-day from tho West Indies. With her crew of twelve, the Nepthis was lost last week in @ storm while be- ling towed from Brazil toward New York, where she waa to have been converted {nto & steamship, After drifting about for a day she Was sighted by trans- atiantic vesoel, which rescued the crew und abandoned the bark, Ba ee eee en GERMAN FUGITIVES SLAIN. OMcers Who Enca, jan Camp Killed by Rasstan: KING, Dec, 21.—Three German Wrecked ‘Thr by I rmy officers, a captain and two Heu- tenants, prison en by thi who escaped from @ Siberian yp, have been killed in Mon- Russian, soldiers, according to nese | Kola the Thi hintee Hussar Regt x Ludwig von Werner of the | rhirt Regiment Chasseur) a Cheval and Livcut, Hans von Hoft- meister of the Twenty-elghth Regiment lof Raden Dragoons and « former Ger- man Foreign Office attache. One of the New Battle Cratsers to be Bollt im Philadelphia. WASHINGTON, Doo, 31,—Consuruc- tion in the Philadelphia Navy Yara of « slip for building one of the four batt! ieigera mithorized by Congreas has theen determined upon by Secretary Daniels. wrens ae Every One tn the White House Will Have Tarkey, WASHINGTON, Deo, 21.~-FPollowing a custom he adopted when ho |to the White House, President has ordered a turkey for each of his | employees—125 in all. ———_. Raby scalded to D Rertha Cadalak, one and old, died early to-day at the Bayonne City Hospital from burns received yeu tay when & path of water PR ner Mr fulak was | floor when the child up- set the pall —_ Want Americans to Co-eperate tn | Chinese $50,000.00 -0am, ING, China, Deo, 21.—-The Rua- Japancee, British and French Le- gations have indicated to the Foreign Office and the American Legation thetr desire for American co: ‘ation in the reorganization loan of # ),000. —_ Maine Vromine Hanker Dead, BIDDEFORD, Me. Dec, 21.—Charles Moody, President. of First, Na- tonal Bank of thts cit jong identi fed with b ts in Maine did torduy at of siaty-nine. practice dutets I |DERELICT NEPTHIS SIGHTED. | SINNFEN REBELS NAY BE RELEASE INBRTANTODA Chief Secretary’s Statement in Commons So Interpreted in London. LONDON, Dec. 21.—~The corre- spondents of the morning papers in the lobby of Parliament believe that a majority of tho Irish prisoners in- terned after the rebellion will be re- lensed to-day. Their belief is based on inquiries following a statement made by Henry EB. Duke, Chief Secretary for Ireland, in reply to a question made by John Dilion, one of the Ir:... leaccrs, in the House of Commons last night. The statement indicated that the} Chief Secretary and the Premier were | | Inclined te release the prisoners. Duke sald there had becn a steady course of improvement toward the |appeasement of Ireland in the past two or three months. | The Irish Conference Committee in | Dublin has e#ent a circular to the County Councils and other public bodies in Ireland asking opinions as to tho desirability of holding a con- ference in an ende..or to try to solve the existing political differences, The circular, which is signed by | Lord Monteagle, Lord Macdonnell | and others, says the signatories be- lieev, notwithstanding the rebellion and ita consequences, there is just | now throughout Ireland a more wide- spread desire than evar to settle po- Ntleal differences, and that the aign- ers think @ conference, which would (In nowise go behind the Parlia- | mentary leaders, would strengthen the |1atter’s hands and might lead to « settioment, Ask What Ger: tends to Do. BOSTON, Deo, 21.—Reaolutions call- ing for an official statement from the German Government of ita intention with regard to Ireland, were adopted last night by the Executive Council of all affiliated branches tn Greater Boston of the Friende of Irish Free- dom. The resotutions set forth the claim that “Ireland has fully established her right to be regarded as an ally of Germany,” and ask that no peace Agreement be signed by Germany with England “until the freedom of Ire- land Is guaranteed.” A_copy of the resolutions was sent to Secretary of State Lansing, with a request that he transmit to (he Ger- man Ambassador at Washington, cee cecagers eos ARRESTED A$ A FORGER. Gecretary of Welfare Again in Totls. Comneliue J. Donovan. a stenographer. of No, 688 Third Avenus, firet secretary jof the Mutual Welfare League of Si Sing and luter aecrotary to Thomas Mott Osborne, when the latter was War den, was arrested this afternoon on a |cha:ge of forgery. The omplainant, Alexander Karlin, an attorney of No. 320 Broadway, all that on Oct. 26 last, Yonovan dasned worthleas check, drawn on the Auburi National Bank in Donovan's name for | #100. Inapector Faurot » | served several t a n ynevan has Captain on ho of the Or PHTLADELE Capt. Le Beach, commander of the or Mem phis wrecked on the rocks off San Do mingo during @ hurricane, was placed on trial before a naval court 4 to- day. Capt, Beach in entering @ plea of not guilty teatifind that he and all the other officers and members of the crew did all that was possible to guide the ship from the path of the storm. > in Newe pan 8240,000, rul Stores Born tte | Mr. OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT «at rd ow Blessed_to Give Than to Re- ceive, Especially If It’s a Christmas BUGS BAER Present.”’ SAYS “Give the Carpet Slippers to the Centi- pedes and Everybody Will Be Serene.” “One Sad-Looking Necktie Can Spoil an Entire Neck.” “A High-Powered Set of White Fox Furs Won’t Make Wifey Very Angry.” By Arthur (Bugs) Baer. (Copyright, 1916, by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World.) This ia the gleeful Yuletide and all that ort of stuff. This ts the rather sinister section of the almanac when a chatting acquaintance with @ gent Is considered provocation enough to infilct a present on him, whether he has surrendered or not, This is the morose portion of the calendar when & looking acquaintance with @ lady furnishes the motif for @ present thet would provide any Jury with the mu- alc and words for @ verdict of justi- flable’ homicide. The average Christmas present is like coffee and pistols for two. The wiver takes tho pistole and all you have to fight back with Is the coffee. It In moro blessed to give than to re- ceive, especially if ite @ Christmas present. Only difference between Christmas in America and Europe is the Eu- ropeans admit they arte sore on each othor. It's an ill wind that blows no one good, and the war has stopped the giving of weird and wonderful Christmas presenta, anyway. How anybody can figure what use an infant hae for a safety razor is something you couldn't figure out without wearing on adding machine down to the bone, A lad will hypothecate hie salary and bis biscuits for three months in order to wish a gladsome Yuletide gift on his lady fair that t# about as useful aa a round trip t{cket on a North German Lioyd liner that ts doing all its round-tripping interned at Hoboken, She parries the blow grace- fully with her nose and comes right back at him with a left hook and a morry Xmas present that is nearly as useful aw oats in a garage. Can you expect @ man who has been kicked by a mule to believe in Santa Claus? Friend husband will dart into @ hardware ators for some present for the official head of his family firm, carom off into a five and ten cent store looking for a piano or Mmou- sine, and finally wind up in a wet goods atore looking for dry goods, And when the list of killed, wounded and minsing 1s published wifey finds that sho is the proud possessor of a box of panetelias that you could get a di- voree for in Montana. So sho simmers all over with revenge and purchases old John Husband a brilliant set of diamond earrings that are just her size. And nobody in the whole neigh- borhood has enough nerve to blow a» police whistle. No wonder criino flourishes! When you saunter out after happy Christmas presents you should use your head and not your elbows in selecting ‘em. What use has a jaguar for birdseed or a canary for raw meat? Give the carpet slippers to the contipedes and everybody will be serene. Why give a gent a two-dollar necktie to wear on @ ten-cent neck? If it's too late to quarrel with your girl and you really have to give her a’ present, give her a gift that doesn't look like six subtracted from a haif dozen, You wouldn't feel eo happy yourself if she gave you a brown derby that mado you look as if you didn't get to town often. Chirstmas gifts can never be entirely cured, but with a little judgment the suffering can be made mutual. Don't give the wife a muff, ear- rings, high heeled shoes or anything you wouldn't wear yourself. Why donate a j box to the wife When she has no jewels? What good \s @ pair of oars without a rowboat’ One and looking necktie can epollan entire neck. If you don't know what to give the wife, remember that a high-powered ret of white fox furs won't make her ANOTHER STEP TO FREE GRANDMA BERSINGER Will Leave Workhouse Saturday to Appear on Habeas Corpus writ. The legal fight to bring Grand- mother Clara Bersinger from her cell When selecting cigars for old Gus Husband pick out something neat but hot gaudy, Just because a man happens to be your husband don't sitp him a set of dominoes for Christmas, He might lke something exciting like parche or lotto. And a set of those double ead that wouldn't stack are very stylisi. You can't stack ‘em, but they can be spent. | tar on Blackwell's Imand to freedom before Christmas started this morning when her lawyer, Edger ¥. Hasleton, of Jamatoa, L. 1, served a writ of habeas corpus on Warden Fox at the Workhouse, ordering that the woman be brought before Justice Greenbaum In the Supreme Court on Saturday morning. Mr. Hazleton has applied for her release on the ground thet her commitment by Magistrate Miller was an error. Mra, Bersinger was sentenced to atx nthe in the Workhouse for refus- ing to support her three grandohil- dren after thetr father had disap- peared. Mrs. Bersinger’s #on, Harold Hum Jonos, was serving & eontence in the Workhouse when hie mother begged Magistrate Miller to retease him and said if he was released she would see that the children were property eared for. Jones disappeared the day efter he was released from jail and bis mother was called on to support the children, She refused and was sent to fail Magistrate Miller mado it clear that {€ her son would come forward and finish his sentence in the Workhouse the mother would be released, but de- the widest publicity Jones has 1 to put in appearance and bis mother remaing in jail NEW YORK SHIP HITS MINE, spit . France (vila London), Dec. M.—The American steamship Kansan has been damaged by striking ® mine. An effort in being made to remove part of her cargo and take her to dock. The Kansan sailed from Boston Dec. NEW CASTLE. Pa, Dec, 21 which swept the business section \to-day destroyed the department of J. N. Bewers and Brown & Mani |with @ lass of $240,000. A number smaller stores alwo were burned. Five of 6 for Nazaire. She is owned by the | Anerican-Hawatian St hip =Com- \pany of New York. She was bullt at Camden, N. J, in 1903, Her gross ton- jpawe ly 70M, | rents Don't wish a pair of slippers on ol 1 Fred Hubby and expect him to regis. ter fun and amusement. And why should Minnie Wife trem- ble with suppressed Joy and hilarity because you give her a new gerub- bing board for Christmas? If you are about alx years old it will look awfully cute and thoughtful if you give grandpop a set of roller skates that are just your size. A giraffe is the only bird who can wear eleven neckties at once, You gotta have more neck than talent to do that. Give the wife a heaping thimblefu! of gasoline and then all she will need is the auto. By following these prescrtptions neatly and stylishly you can have a Christmas that will be enjoyed by all and one that even a chilld can operate > Filled Wrist Guaranteed 10 Years, SOLID GOLD La Valliere. sot with GENUINE DIAMOND $4.95 Inclading 15-Im. CHAIN Retail Jewelers charge at ) least double my price, H. S. KENNEDY "Room "t10a Wateh,