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Sentenced to He E \ Heaton killed Mrs Alexander Schuvester Rose Zamkit ment at No. 125 Hast One Hu d Firat Street Nov lant after her of jew elry valued at $ wae to-day ser tenced by Judge Wadham electric chalr a In the week beginning April % Seni also known as Goldstein, boarde the with his vt Funeral No Extra Charge for tt, serves on Jekyl Island, Ga, Inat § Adverilooments for The World may be left ati urday, were held at If o'clock th any American (istrict Memenger office in the city | morning & Gould home, No. 91 ent 9 P. Fifth Av funeral Is private. ames McGreery & Co 34th Street SHIRTS t MEASURE By appointment an experienced salesman will call with a selection of 1917 McCreery Shirtings. 5th Avenue All Shirts to Order are made in our Work- roomson the Premises. Colors and fit guaranteed Madras Negligee Shirts....3.50 to 4.50 Madras Plaited Shirts.....4.00 to 5.00 Silk Negligee Shirts.......7.50 to 14.50 Silk Plaited Shirts 8.50 to 16.50 murder he fled was arrested in Brooklyn > Kdwin Gould Jes Pune To-Day. for Edwin Gould fr hot and killed bim- self when hunting on his father's pre-e THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1917. sean 098 "OO THINKS ONE BUYER WOULD GUT COST Senator Mills Introduces Bill for Central Purchasing Bureau. Spee trom & Stal Correspondent uf Tue bee ning World.) ALBANY, Feb, 28.—Senator Mills has introduced @ bill f of @ purchasing department for City of New York froin the Jurisdiction of the borough presidents the buyng of sup | plies, and is meeting with considerable opposition the borough chiefs and those who see in it @ centraliza- tion of political power. Senator Crom Well, for many years President of fichmond Borough, said to-day he did hot think that the bill would result the creation the om jin the economies its sponsors hope for. The net said, would be that small dealers in the various boroughs would be eliminated from furnishing suppiles and a few large concerns would obtain a monopol which might and might not bring about @ saving to the people. The bill includes almost all of the departments in the government and amendment to the general Charter of the cit . 8 6 State Comptroller Travis is to ask for legislation requiring licenses from per- sons serving as private detectives, as well as from the agencies which em- ploy them. All private detective bu- reaus are registered under the juris- diction of the State Comptroller, He points out that while the present law In Intended to provent persona of ques- tlonable character from engaging In the business, It does not fully meet the Jomptroller's office believes,” he says, “that the propored require x will further protect the liberty of citizens in Heensing those employed to spy upon others. The experience of other States bas shown that the chain on class day in June commence. ment exercises, The unpopular cus- r tom of having the whole sophomore class bear the continued. The stu 6th Avenue 34th Street On Thursday and Friday SIX DISTINCTIVE MODELS Women’s Sport, Afternoon & Evening Dresses Taffeta, Crepe de Chine, Crepe Meteor, Georgette Crepe and combination effects; long straight lines; embroidered revers; fancy girdle; in all the most wanted Special 23.50 colors and popular styles. Specially Priced UMBRELLAS FOR MEN AND WOMEN Umbrellas—excellent quality black Silk; | Umbrellas plain or silver trimmed handles. 3.65 | Umbrellas—tne quality; piece-dyed; sterling silver trimmed or plain handles ~extra fine quality; piece-dyed or union; handles of plain or carved mission wood or natural wood or silver trimmed. 2.95 1.95 McCreery’s Ann MARCH SILK SALE ual OVER ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND YARDS OF SILKS Offering the Best Values Largest variety of weaves and and most complete color assortments yard 48c to 1.95 All the Silks in this Sale are “MeCreery Silks, able quality, and this season's styles. assortments of Evening, Reception and Street Cream or Black Chiffon Crepe de Soie, superior quality, 40 inches wide Georgette Crepe, 40 inches wide Crepe de Chine, 40 inches wide Chiva Silk, 36 inche: Imperial Dress Satin, 36 inches wide wick Satin Charmeuse, 40 inches wide The Tuomi styles in America ” of the usual depend ure in complete Colors, also White, yard 98c yard 1,28 yard 1,28 yard 68c¢ yard 1,50 yard 1,95 Rich Novelty Dress Silks In choice designs and latest fashionable colors, including Taffetas, French and Military Plaids and Stripes Pompadour and Onental yard 1,45 Imported Novelty Striped Washable Shirting Silks in a wide range of latest styles and colors, including the Stripes; 82 inches wide vard 98c Genuine Chinese Natural Keru Shantung Pongee Japanese Habutai in Black or White Genuine Black Rajah Pongee Black Dress Satin yard 4 New Peppermint Candy yard 75¢, 98c and 1.25 8c, 65e, B5c, 98e and 1.25 yard 98c yard 1,50, 1.75 and 1,95 te an! | persona lice ] sing of every detective Notes in Society Announcement is made of the en nent of Mise Klizabeth Snowden jamuel, voungesxt daughter of Mr 8 the elimination of some of the ks i oe A bill by Senator Mill which seeks to amend the railroad law apparently | traction strikes In New York Cit It) provides t all motormen engaged in op z electric “multiple-unit” trains with one or more cars with 4 brakes must have had at 9 or more years’ experience or electric railroad The question which presentg itself in connection with this plece of legis Jation is as to its effect upon the em ployment of strike-breakers | Creu y has Introduced a bill local auth to make re moval of ice and wow porations. A_ penalty r each elty block which the fails to clear is provided ve 8 railroad All that great sisterhood of gazers Into the future who look into crystal This bill takes balls and tell the wayfaring man and | Jeannette various Woman the color of the hair and eyes | gress. by which they may know their fates will resent the application of a new bill by Mr. Smith directed at the for tune-telling cult in New Mr. Simnith would have a convicted | fortune-teller fined not more than $250 or imprisoned for not more than six months for each case in which he or she endeavored to relieve the mind of @ visitor concerning the veiled events of the future. 8 8 By a bill introduced in the Assem- bly by Mr. Shapiro the Charter is |amended by abolishing the Receiver of |Taxes and substituting a bureaf for «| the collection of taxes and assessments Jin the Water Department. The salary 1s fixed at $5,600 a year, e vce Nathan D. Perlman of the Sixth As- sembly District of New York has in- troduced a bill relating to the cold storage of food which requres ware- to submit reports to the riment of Health showing y of each foodstuff in stor- age and the names of the persons or corporations who own it 24 VASSAR BEAUTIES PICKED FOR DAISY CHAIN Four Girls From Greater New York { and One From Yonkers in This Year's List POUGHEEPSIE, Vussar Ce N. Y¥., Feb, twenty-fou 28.— most famous beauties, members of the so- will bear the da sy chain has been dis- who have won the ur are: Helen Ivy ; Margaret Miller, Pl Anna Critchlow, Helen Babbott, Brookly: Matilda Brown, Pittsburg! ine Blayney, Riverside, t . Trenton, N. ver, East Orange, rish, Hamilton, Ohi er, Redlands, Cal.; Marjory Krast, Yonke Margaret Powell, Cedar Rapids, la.; Margaret Kales, Detroit, Mich.; Mary Lyon, Brookline, Mass.; Elizabeth Faxon, chburg, nor Lewis, New Bruns- Clarice Leavell, Louis- inette Stroock, New York Gordon, St. Louls, Brooklyn; Ww Gallun, y Carleton, Biltzabeth Bauman, Dorothy Linnard, Milwau New York Cit Oshkosh, WI! Pasadena, Cal Senate Suffrage Women at Albany. ALBANY, Feb. ted at the ac- tion of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which yesterday reported favorably the Assembly bill granting to women a ref- erendum on the right to v Suffragists who gathered here from all arte of the State declared that the Final passage of the proposal is now certain. ‘The vote of the Judiciary Com- mittee Was unanimous. HEADACHE FROM, A COLD? LISTEN! “Pape’s Cold Compound” ends severe colds or grippe in few hours. Your cold will break and all grippé misery end after taking a dose of “Pape’s Cold Compound” every two hours until three doses are taken. It promptly opens clogged-up nos- \trils and air passages in the head, stops nasty discharge or nose run- leading feverishness, sore throat, sneezing, soreness and stiffness. | Don't stay stuffed-up! Quit blow. ing and snuffing! Ease your throb- bing head—nothing else in the world gives such prompt relief as “Pape ‘old Compound,” 25 cents at any drug store. It acts without assistance, tastes nice and causes no inconvenience, Accept ao | gubstitute.—Advt. Directions of Seld by drug York City. | Report Elates| ning, relieves sick headache, dullness, | ‘| If you want health you can have it, by heeding Nature’s laws. Keep the | stomach strong, the liver active, the blood pure, and the bowels regular, and you will seldom be ill, Take good care of these organs, and at the first sign of anything wrong—promptly take Beecham’s Pills. ‘| you certainly need the help and relief of this world- famed remedy, to keep the body in health. They quickly establish nor- mal conditions, so the organs perform their functions as Nature intended. No other remedy will so surely strengthen the system, stimulate the liver, re; the bowels and quickly improve the general h and Mrs, Frank Samuel of Philadel phia, and Dr, George N. Poulieff, First Secretary of the Bulgarian Legation, The wedding will take place in April | Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Booraem lot Ridgewood, N. J., announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss m, to Van of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Carroll Walden. | Miss Booraem is @ great-granddaughter of ‘an Vorst. | | Mrs, James Lees @ dinner to-morrow e' | Bast aidlaw will give ening at No. 6 Sixty-sixth Street for Miss Rankin, Member of Con- On Friday Mrs, Carrie Chap- man Catt will entertain Miss Rankin |at luncheon, ' : | Under a canopy of spring flowers, | | Miss Virginia Rees Scully was mar- ried to Chester Hinman Norton yes terday afternoon in the home of Dr. and Mrs. Alvah H. Doty, No. 206 West Fifty-seventh Street. ‘The cere- mony Was performed by the Rev. Dr, David James Burrell. | was given in marriage by her uncle, ! |Dr. Doty, Mrs. Laura Bonnie was| matron of honor, Miss Jane Singer’ of Pittsburgh maid of honor and J. Huntley Gibson jr. of Louisville best man, Mrs, Frederick F, Thompson gave a dinner of sixteen covers last night | at No. 283 Madison Avenue for Mr. | and Mrs, Charles H. Hughes. | Another dinner hostess last night! was Mrs, Burke Roche, who enter- | tained at No. 28 West Fifty-third Street, | Miss Caroline Morgan will enter- | in at dinner this evening at No. 1 Park Avenue and will take her ;guests to Carnegie Hall to hear Al- | {red Noyes. | Mr, and Mrs. George Marshall Allen will give a dinner this evening at No, 777 Madison Avenue for thetr daughter, Miss Loraine Allen, and After her flance, Allan MacDougall. the dinner Mr, and Mrs, Allen will take their guests to a theatre, “WIDOW” WITH HUSBAND PAYS BACK CITY AID Woman Who Got $151 for Sup-| port of Children Says Lawyer Advised Her to Apply. | The first case of fraud in the gen eral investigation being made by the Child Welfare Board was brought to | the attention of Magistrate Koenig in| the Centre Street Police Court this | morning when Mrs. Meta A. Woiser, | forty-five, of No, 3641 Third Avenue, | was arraigned on a complaint charg- | ing her with obtaining $151.62 from | the elty by fraudulent means, Mrs, Welser applied for assistance on behalf of her three children, say- ing she was the widow of Ludwig Welser, who dled in 1909, She was allowed $21.66 a month. Later Harry! L, Hopkins, Secretary of the board, discovered that Mrs, Weiser had been married to Ernest Janert of No. 1258 Brook avenue, Bronx, in 1911, In court this morning Mrs. Weiser | told Magistrate Koenig that her soc ond husband had rted her four weeks after their marriage and left her to support the ohiidren, and a lawyer had advised her to apply for the pension, She made restitution, and Mr, Hopkins withdrew the com- plaint. DYING, HE RUNS TWO BLOCKS. | ot by Police. man Trying to Capture Him, Percy Harris, @ young negro who} escaped last night from @ cell in Police | Headquarters in New Rochelle, was| shot and killed early to-day by Polic: man Charles Seacord, who had been sent to Harris's home at No, 21 Cedar Street to recapture him, Harris walked out of Jail when he found the door of his cell unfastened and went home. He broke away from Seacord at the door of the house and ran through Cedar Street. Seacord fired eights s 4 ir and then two more at th h of the latter struck therleg and the other in th ing his lung tore he fell -- —e | | WOMAN RUN OVER BY AUTO. plerc- | Harris ran two blocks be | Mra, Kensler Steps in Front of Ma-| chine From Behind Trolley Car. Mrs, Kate Kessler, thirty-seven years old, of No. $1 Maspeth Avenue, Will 4 around the rear of a tamsb st had Just left at Union ‘and Street to-day, which costs only“ An bile driven by" Henry| | Breuer, No, 1087 Union Street knocked her down and the wheels passed over her, It was sald at the Eustern Dis- | trict Hospital that she had four broken | ribs and {nternal injuries. | late th as The bride | ~ WARRANT SIGNED 'W BLANK BLUEIAGKETS ENTER CUBA [IT’S UP FIGURES IN BRIBERY TRIAL TO PROTET FOREIGNERS Cy YOU WHY HAVE PIMPLES, Sensational Disclosures Promi i yuads of Our Men dt Eee OF on Case of Detect From Naval Station at Ké& G Health urse and Foley Caimanera | ~ RE on ’ oo (ONE PHL, OF MORE BACH Sensational Misclosures garding) WASHINGTON, Feb. 28. Two] ASHORE ee Te UKE the activity of members o: white |squads of American bluejackots were | TREAT: FOR CONSTIPA ME | BILIOUSN ESS, lave squad of policemen are prom-|sent from the American naval station 4 ised by Assistant District Attorney }at Calmanera, Cuba, into the town of) & James E. Smith in the trial of De intanamo on Monday to quell a fective Sergeant Willlam J. Enright.| «mall rlot and protect foreigners and head of that squad, and Policaman {nell Pot and pro i nacessaty: | David J, Foley before Supreme Court] their property t sage? Justice Tompkins, Foley's trial be Reports received at Navy De wan to-day. partment to-day sald order was re- | The policemen are charged with} storeq without vi se, and unless . ’ i store hout violence, anc kia bribery in accepting $50 from the|** bhi trouble the |i H lick keeper of a brothel on the ‘ithere Is a recurrence of trouble th cept oricKs | bluejackets will be withdrawn. 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