The evening world. Newspaper, February 15, 1917, Page 7

vey , iy ¢ 4 'y uy the? ‘Y |Mrs. Charles A. Bryan Heads i WOMEN PROTEST SPILING OF PARK BY RVERSDE PLA Delegation Before Board i of Estimate. it was women’s turn before the t of Bstimate to-day to protest @painst the Now York Central im- ment along the west side. Mrs. Charles A. Bryan was director Meneral of tho feminine forces, fifty Strohg and all primed with apeeches. jong them were Mrs. James M. : » Mrs. Willlam R. Stewart, John ©. Colemaa, Mrs. Charles Craig, Mis# Frances Peters, Mra. Marshall Gallagher, Mra. Stephen Mrs. Sofia Loelinger, Miss Miplegelberg, Mrs. Leo and little Nancy Kelly. A momentary display of fireworks | okaed the session. Mayor Mitchel joved that a pamphlet that had been Presented by Charles L. Craig be re- sfgcted and expunged from the recor4 use of its attacks and Insinua- ns reflecting on the integrity of Comptroller@Prendergast, Borough President Matthewson @alled the attack pteayune, The Mayor's motion was adopted. All the women speakers complained against the damage to be done to Riverside Park. Mayor Mitchel and Comptrolier Prendergast answered the charges and sought to explain conditions to each epeaker, Little Nancy Kelly's brother was run ovér in Death Avenus. She said she did not want to have the park spoiled go the children could not go there and play and get well. “In place of spoiling your park,” sald the Mayor to Nancy, “the chtl- dréh will have nearly as much ‘again | land as they have now.” Borough President Marks inter- rupted: “Nancy will be grown up when hat ts accomplished.” “It 1s true,” replied the Mayor, “that for three or four years the park ‘wil be torn up, but whgn it ts fin- fdhed the children will have more apace to play tn." Mrs. Coleman likened the box cov- @ing over the railroad tracks in the parks as “a bunker on the golf links,” (Miss Mabel McCumber sald: “m will be a fortification land. ” Tie. Jonn Marshall Gallagher, ing for the Chicago Club of fomen in New York, said the New ‘k Central tracks should be put in tunnel instead of the present root- plan, She held her ground in controversy. The Comptroller mentioned that cost Was @ factor against tunneling. “Why consider the financial point of view for benogt of the railroads; why not for the taxpayers?” asked Mrs. Gallagher. ‘The women applauded vigorously. In a clash over certain estimates | Comptroller Prendergast said he had competent engineering authority for his statement. "What 19 the name of your author- | ity?” asked one of the women. | “Mr, Harwood, engineer of the New Yerk Central,” replied Mr, Prender- wast. | Another speaker referring to the ent as a convenience to the d moved the Mayor to say: | “That ts ail this ts, a convenience te the New York Central, all the way from Clarkson Street to Albany Ave- | nue with an incidental benefit to the! Be Gretel ta mocan! MMe session developed into a heck-| 4 Mug bee, in which Comptroller Pren- | dergast was the principal target | Between tho Mayor and Mrs. Bryan! there resulted a direct contradition in very polite but very caustic lan- To Preserve, Purify and Beautify the Skin, Scalp, Hair and Hands Cuticura Soapand Oint- ment are supreme. You | can find no others more effective no matter what | you pay than these fra- grant, super - creamy | emollients. For Trial Free by Retufn Mail address -card: ‘“Cuticura, Dept. 22F, on." Sold throughout the work, PROTECTION FOR THE IY INTHE RIVERSIDE CONTRACT CLAMS MR The Comptroller Makes Reply to Evening World’s Question No. 2. ‘To the EAitor of The Brening World: In The Evening World's series of questions relating to the proposed ‘west side improvement, the following appeared on Feb. 2: Question No. 2—In the form of contract prepared and advocated by the City Administration for the improvement of the New York tral tracks along the west side of Manhattan there is no mention of special franchise taxes, and doubt exists whether any could be collected. Therefore The Evening World submits to the Mayor and members of the Board of Estimate thie question: sorted in the contract this “All conveyances of pei ements, permane: overhead, surface and undei ground rights affecting lands granted to the railroad company by the City of New York shall be deemed special franchises for the Purposes of taxation”? BAYS CITY HAS NO POWER TO INSERT SUCH CLAUSE. This question is very easily an- swered. The law gives the city no Power to make such an agreement, but on the contrary places absolute authority with the State Tax Com- mission to make special franchise tax Assessments. Before I go into the reasons for this answer, I desire to clear up a point raised in The Evening World's para- Graph introducing Question No. 2, namely, that doubt exists as to whether special franchise taxes can collected at all from the railroad ‘under the conditions of the proposed contract. In my answer to Question No. 1, which was printed in The Eve- ning World of Feb. 7th, I considered this matter in detail. I showed that ‘the raflroad does not stand to escape paying speetal franchise taxes, but on the contrary that the aggregate of its Payments will increase, both in spe- clal franchise taxes and real estate taxes. I need not therefore go into that phase of the question again. The matter which The Evening World presents in Question No, 2 is @ question of law, and I havo received therefore the advice of the tax law experts in the office of the Corpora. tlon Counsel. Tho power to say what | surance of higher taxes from the a Jens Jensen, a Chicago land- scape architect, who came to New York summer to look into park treatment, statement was made that he had not been able to eee any city official, “He never came near any city of- ficial,’ sali the Mayor. “Mr, Jensen waited three days in town trying to make appointments and see offictals,” said Mra, Bryan. od all after- rua » hearings continu: Noo fore going to the hearing Mayor Mitchel 1 “L haven't the slightest objection to an |. stigation by the Public Ser- vice ¢ sion or any other body. ssioners can go into an ff the West Side matter they Fudthermore, if tt 1s within | my power to do so I will help them, There 1s no confiict of jurisdiction Detween the Public Service Commis- sion and the Board of Estimate that I happen to know of.” Referring to the part the women aro playing in the fight, the Mayor said: “Lthink the ladies are really fearful that some harm will come to Riverside Park as a result of the West Side im- provement. Their opposition to the plans iy due to the fact that they seem to see things askew. Some of the op- onents of the proposed west side pro- ject understand {t-and other don't. I think that the ladies, to whom I give credit for absolute sincerity, don't ap- preciate what the plans ar ——— Read “THE WANDBRER,” by Maurice V. Samuels, Story founded on the Biblical story of the Prodigal Son, which will be printed complete in twelve instalments, be- «inning Monday, Feb. 19%, in The Evening World. —— LINCOLN PORTRAIT FOR U. S. Organization Formed to Buy Mar- shall Picture for Nation, A movement to purchase the late Wil- Ham Bdew ham Linco! present it to-day w n by popular subscription and > the nation was set OW foot n Sufreme Court Justice |#inch approved certificates of tmcorpor- ation of the arshall’s Lincoln Mem- ne porators are Israel Feinberg, No. 104 West One Hundred and Nine teenth Street; A. Mitchell Leali West One Hundred and Sixtieth Street; Harry Marsh Warren, No. 108 West Seventy-aeventh Street) G, Petit LeBrun, Jerick J, Brown Mary A. Don= » and Hope ue, Ab-h-ah-tisshooo!! Catching Cold? Get a Botcle of Mentho-Laxene 4 as woo Proven 0. Mak ‘of Cough Syrup, All drug eee ee _ Quartermaster’s Reserve Corps. Ernest K. Coulter, a Inwyer of No 2 Rector Street and Superintendent of the New York Soolety for the Preven- tion of Cruelty to Children, haa been appointed a major in the Quarter- master officers reserve corps of the Un es army He took the oath to-da Mr, Coulter recetved his comm nm in a communication from Pres Wilson and the Secretary of W Marshall's portrait of Abra-| THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1917, PRENDERGAST shall be subject to a special franchise tax, or what shall not be subject to a special franchise tax, belongs with the State. It is not a matter for the city TAX COMMISSION. The Legislature has stated very elearly What a special franchise ts f: Purposes of taxation. In Chapter 7! of the Laws of 1899, are the provisions of law which #becity the nature of a special franchise tax. In brief, it 4s provided that the right to build or operate railroads on, under, oF through the public streets shall be known 4s special franchises. In addi- tlon, It is provided that not only the! * right to build or operate, but the| tangible property such as ties, rails, signals, or pillars or other structui in public streets, shall be subject to! special franchise taxation, As I pointed out in my previous statement | the body which has the authority | undor the law to make the valuation of such property is the State Tax Commission. The power to collect the tax, just as if it were a real estate tax aswensed by our own Department of Taxes and Assessments, is with the Recetver of Taxes, whose office is a bureau of the Department of Fin- ance of the city. In other words, the first time when the city has a hand | in special franchise taxes is when | the State Tax Commission makes its statement showing what property has been assessed as subject to special franchise taxes and the valuation, ‘Thus it Js clear that the city has no authority w to say what par- | ticular property shall be subject to| sper anchise taxes, Moreover, the State Tax Commission ts itse | specifically limited by the Legislature |in saying what property shall be tax- |able as special franchises, aAUse [the Legislature has given an explicit definition of the nature of @ special franchise. CITY HAS NO RIGHT TO DEFINE SPECIAL FRANCHISE, | Now I come to the specific question | as €0 whether the city could agree with the New York Central to have certain rights or easements regarded for the purpose of taxation as special franchises. The city could not make such an agreement, because it would then be assuming a power which 1s vested in the Legislature alone. It would actually be an attempt to ai sume legislative power, The State the sovereign power, and its ru maker is tho Legislature, The city 1s a corporation, and in the eyes of the law it is nothing but an individual subject to the State's sovereign au- | thority. It cannot change the rules laid down for it. | It 1s very easy to see why it might | not be well for the.city to be able to | make & private agreement with the | railroad on the matter of apectal | | franchise taxes. The idea behind The | Evening World's question is of course that by agreement we might get as- AMERICAN COWBOYS | MAY GROSS THE BORDER | Posse of Fifty Being Organized to Rescue Those Said to Be Held | by Mexigan Bandits, | EL PASO, Tex., Feb. 15.--American| cowboys in Hachita were organizing A posse of fifty armed men to cross) the border tn an effort to rescue the| f American cowboys who were. being! held as hostages by Mexican raiders. | John Parks, a well known ran: of that district, was sald to have be ct ted as the leader of the posse Two Amoricans were reported killed | Tuesday when a band of Mexicans, believed to have been a part of Jose} Ynez Salazar's = command, ratded | Lang's ranch on the American side of tho border, west of the Corner Ranch, | which was raided Monday, according er | | day. » He Said one of the men roported to have been killed tn tho ratd at Lang's Ranch was named Fulton, ‘The naine | of the other was not known. SAN ANTONIO, Texas, | Southern Department | offictals admitted to-d. Jorder for miintenance ¢ patrol troops are at Itberty to cross} ] the. line If they are on a “hot trai Gen, Funston to-day received con- |flrmatory adv pt pe Headquarters that under the border 208 on the raid from |Col. H, Stckel, commanding at Col- umbus, a Two Western Roads Declare Em- bargo on Freight, | DENVER, 15.—An embargo or jcarload shipments of all but perishable | goods and coal to the East was an |nounced at the Denver offices of the | Atchison, ‘Topeka and Santa Fo {road and Chicago, Burlington and Quin Jey Railroad to-da | Begin at | Tie ied | Quicken the action of the Hyver, | purify the blood and renew the mus- | cles of the bowels, @ Use R & G Pills | | The Tonic Laxative | And Prevent BILIOUSNESS, CON. STIPATION, HEADACHES, PIM. PLES, BLOTCHES, SALLOW SKIN, Not a Cathartic, Safe for Children, ReG PILLS | road. perfectly If the city had the pow the State law defines explicitly what parts of the railroad’s right of way FRO) have um and m to determine, nor can the city by to medicine to be given to your chi of what it is com, . CASTO! CONTAIN NARC of Chas. H. Fletcher, Genuine Castoria always bears the signatare of to an Americen who returned here to-| # But the power tmplied migh well work tho other wi r by agree- | c fy the terms of the|p nid effect an exemption ad's property from taxa- 1 as it could effect an in-| ¢ ranchise tf 1186 wuss tect the city’s Interests,” el Nehises will Nabody would argue that | franchises and real estate will remain such a result ts dostrable, real estate, irrespective of any private The sum total of my answer ts that| agreement | WILLIAM A, PRENDERGAST. Don’t Poison Baby. ORTY YEARS AGO almost every mother thought her child must have ‘hese drugs will produces| WAKING. Many ats tho children, who CH THERE IS NO , lany are the children who n ilied or whose health has been ruined fot lite by paregorio, lauda- PAREGORIO or laudanum to make it a! oer, and a FEW DROPS TOO MAN ine, each of which is a narcotic product of opium. Dru, from selling either of the narcotics named to children at ybody without labelling them ‘* poison.” agreement nullif; hat the is: ‘A medicine which relieves pain and produces sleep, but which in poison- State's definition "oe © special feake ous doses jucea stupor, coma, convulsions and death.” The taste and | chise. amell of medicines containing opium are disguised, and gold under the names FIRST OFF, IT’S UP TO STATE of" " + Cot ee ing Syrups, etc, You Mould not permit any ren without you or your Mia DOES Nor © 7m PAE TICS, if it bears the signature 5 WAL a SR ‘ Uns SS y “Superior to All Others” That is exactly what you will say the moment you hear the new Walters Player Piano. It is the most wonderful instrument you ever played— it works so easy and responds instantly to the slightest pressure of your foot. You must come to Bloomingdales’ tomorrow: and see the New andUnrivalled Tri-Solo Melodist ° WALTERS °@ 88-Note Player Piano = 305E= On Terms of $2 a Week We Give a Beautiful Music Cabinet, Bench, Cover, 12 Rolls of Music (Your Own $ tion) and Free Delivery to Your Home, FREE: All who have seen and heard the 1917 Style"Walters Player Piano unanimously agree that from every point of excellence by which Player Pianos can be judged the WALTERS IS SUPREME. So perfect and simple are the expression devices, that no knowledge of music is required in order to bring out the beautiful tone pictures in any composition, whether popular or classical. The exquisite singing quality, the responsive action | and the highly artistic case designs are ample evidence of the utmost skill and care used in the construction of Walters Player Pianos. Notwithstanding the increase in the cost of all materials used in the manufacture of Players, WE HAVE NOT ADVANCED THE PRIC For the First Time We Present Our 1917 Style “B” Walters Piano The Biggest Value in the Market at INoExtras| | fm) 9225 fr On Terms of *1 a Week Price includes Stool, Cover and Free Delivery Walters Upright Pianos, $225 to $325 Walters Player Pianos, $395 to $525 Walters Grand Pianos, $525 to $575 Erhard Upright Pianos, $325 to $400 Erhard Player Pianos, $525 to $600 Erhard Grand Pianow, $650 to $1100 EXCHANGE YOUR OLD PIANO for the beautiful j new Walters or Erhard Piano or Player Piano. We { will make a liberal allowance and let you pay the balance at the rate of $1 a week on a Piano or $2 a week ona Player Piano, Upon request a representative will call, Send for our 1917 catalogue. Fano Salesrooma, Thrd Floor. | | |are now or will be subject to special | For us to insert the! ed would not “better | nor Ange matters one way or the other. use Would bo of no effect. Spe remain apecial Comptroller. |, OF ‘The definition of ** narcotic” know Chika New Arrivals in Petticoats 98c $3.98 $4.98 Petticagts that fit gracefully. At 98¢ a good quality sateen, in neat shades; plaited or embroidered flouncings, including black. Also firm, good wearing percalines with floral design. Elastic or string belts, At $3.98, skirt of silk Jersey, with taffeta flounce, in beautify! mono- tones, or of changeable taffeta, In black messaline only, a model with wide flare flounce, trimmed with plaited scalloped ruffles, Belts clastic or adjustable, $3.98. At $4.98, silk jersey, taffeta and Guaranteed satin petticoats; nice qualities, Spring colorings, fancy plaitings or tailored flouncings distinguish this group. Second Floor, *. ‘At Bloomingdales’ Women's Skating Shoes Every Pair Reduced to $3.35 The Second Floor Shoe De partment offers every pair of skat- ing & hockey shoes at the one price, $3.35. There are only 98 pairs in the assortment, af all of which have been priced much higher. Included are tan or black shoes in high or regular cut. Note the following schedule of sizes and quantities I [a¥ol 3/3] 443s] 5/5 44/6) (Paire..! 11/18) 15/17) 12/14) 10|1) Second Floor ‘At Bloomingdales” Women’s Underwear Reduced Two attractively priced items in seasonable under- garments. Kayser’s shih Top EZ Rs Only 300 garments, having lisle ea \( thread re) Avi bodies and le i a \ silk tops, 7 i reinforced. “~ Flesh or white. Lisle and Cotton Union Suits, 39c Finely ribbed union suits, with tightror wide knees; flesh or white: Also envelope chemises, at 39c, Main Floor, At Bloomingdales” Men's Union Suits, 39c White cotton ribbed union suits in knee length. “Otis” Bal- briggan Shirts or Drawers, 39e Medium weight cotton, for Spring wear, Slightly im- perfect Merino Shirts or Drawers, Garment, 75c Medium weight natural gray merino, mixed with cotton to pre vent shrinkage when washed. Shirts in sizes 34 to 50, Drawers in sizes 0 to 48 Afain Floor, ————— At Bloomingdales” Razors, % $1.00 and $1.50 A special purchase of 210 of these well known barber etyle razors, grouped as follows 130 Razors at $1.00 80 Razors at $1.50 All are of best quality steel, with round or square pointed blades. Sizes %j or %§-inch, Griffon Scissors, 500 Suitable for various uses 4 or § inches. Ln Lewingion Ave. Arcade Sires ALL CARS TRANSFER TO BLOOMINGDALES' Lex.to3d AV. Paz 3909 Plaza 5900 At Bloomingdales’ Smocks, Middies & Voile Blouses Most Attractive at Little Prices $1.69, Artist's or Garden Smoe! k, illustrated. A de- cidedly youthful _— model, equally becoming to miss or rown-up, of rose or Copen- hagen beach cloth. Hand- smocked; full shirred back joined to shoulder yoke. Collar, turned-back cuffs and pockets trimmed with white. Sizes 36 to 44, The school or college miss is never more at home than in the middy that slips on just so, in a flash. Here are two they'll surely want. At $1.29, Misses’ Middy, of fine jean. A girlish pinched- back Norfolk model, with novel billiard pockets and collars and cuffs of rose or Copen. Sizes 14 to 20. At 98c, an all whité Coat Middy, with a demure Quaker collar, belt and heart-shaped pockets. At 98c, sheer voile Blouses that have either a novel shaped collar, outlined with dainty Venise edging, or em- broidered organdie panels. Val. lace insertions and pearl buttons. “Onyx” Fibre Silk Hosiery Women’s, 39c and 59c Men’s, 29c The trademark, reproguced in pis announcement ls known wherever good hosiery is sold, Every pair in this col- lection bears this brand and is inted to be perfect quality, although marked at such low price Women’s “Onyx’”’ Fibre Silk Hosiery, 39c Fibre silk boots and cotton tops, in black, white or colors, Women’s “‘Onyx’’ Fibre Silk Hosiery, 59c Finely woven fibre silk throughout, with mercerized garter top; large varlety of colors, also black or white. Men’s “‘Onyx’’ Fibre Silk Socks, 29c Reinforced heels and double soles. Choice of dark or light gray, tan, navy, black or white.» ; Women’s “Gold Stripe’ Pure Thread Silk Stockings (Seconds), 79c The same quality in perfect condition is priced much higher. ‘The patented gold stripe at garter hem prevents runs in the weave. Black, white or colors. Moin F! or The Midwinter Furniture Sale Presents Money-Saving Opportunities Every suite or odd piece of furnifure in this sale is marked at a reduced price. Such values cannot be offered ordinarily, except during a sale involving great preparation such as this, and 1 Arm Chair, with slip seat covered in brown Spanish leather. Piecés will be sold separately if desired, as follows $35.00 | Serving Table, $15.50 | Side Chair, $27.50 | Dining Table, $23.75 | Arm Chair, 10-Piece Dining Room Suite, $89.50 William and Mary design, in.rich Jacobean finish, Each piece of soli@oak. Buffet is 54 inches long, with three-mirror back, China Closet is 44 inches wide, Serving Table is 34 inches wide. Dining Table has 48.inch round top. Five Side Chairs and one Arm Chair, covered with brown Spanish leather. Buffet, $22.00 | Serving Table, China Closet, $19.75 | Dining Table, Dining Table, $8.95 Top in 42 inches in diameter; 3-leaf extension; base and claw feet. Buffet, China Closet, $3.50 $4.50 Pieces scld separately $8.50 | Side Chair, $3.75 $14.00 | Arm Chair, $6.50 China Closet, $11.75 Solid oak, nicely polished; fit- ted with curved side glasses; three adjustable wood shelves; claw feet and gallery top. Buffet, $12.75 Solid oak, highly polished; large linen drawer; two-door cupboard! large mirror and top shelf. heavy pedestal Dining Room Chairs, $1.49 Full box frame, batthister backs and brown imitation leather, wood or cane seats. Oa inieca Bedroom Suite, $75.00 Dresser is 40 inches Chiffonier, 32 inches wide, fitted with large Full size Bed, Each pieces if desired 10-Piece Adam Dining Room Suite, $125.75 All quarter sawed oak, in Butler or golden oak finish; 48-inch Buffet, with 10x44-inch mirror, long linen drawer; 40-inch China Closet, with three adjustable shelves and panel ends; 35-inch Serving Table, with large lower shelf; 48-inch top Dining Table, extending to 6 feet; 5 Side Chairs Ps American walnut veneer, as illustrated above wide, with large mirror mirror, Dressing Table has triplicate mirror is of good construction and finish, Sold separately Dresser, $24.00 | Dressing Table, Chiffonier, $19.75 | Bed, Chiffonier; $5.50 | Golden oak, wood gallery back; fitted with 5 large drawers. Dresser or Chiffonier, $7.50 Both have mirror and_nicely finished in golden oak. Dresser has 3 large drawers. Chitfonier | has 5 large drawers, Chiffonter, $6.25 ently flinished in white fitted with 5 large drawers. $15.00 $16.25 Dresser or Chiffonier, Priced at $15.95 | May be had in bird's-eye maple, | walnut, mahogany or quartered += finishes, with large bevelled | mirror Dresser and Chiffonier, Priced at $9.75 White enamel finish, fitted with mirror Fourth Floor name! 59TH TO 6OTH 8T., LEX. TO 3D AVE,