The evening world. Newspaper, February 26, 1918, Page 10

ine ems - - CN ES a a a a: Ee WRECK DEAD TOTAL TWELVE. | ong Vietime of ain Crash, Feb. 2—Twelve ad and thirty-seven #ertously injured was the toll of yesterd thern | Railway wreck near bere. A Coroners faquest was under way to-day T La pt to find who was re Sponsible for fuslure to stop the paason: | ger train that dash rear ¢ a] of another which bert Alien | Famous Wooden Horse of Troy Se dill a Striking Example — Has $800,000 FRAUD CHARGES.| Been Practised in All Ages Brok CHICAGO, Feb. %.—Frank B. Hamlin, @ broker, 1# under arreet here to-day by Federal officials for removal to Pitts. burgh, where he t# charged with using the mails to defraud. it ts alleged that Hamlin and others promoted a scheme by Which they sold more than $800,000 In & jabber manufacturing company. Om clals said they had telegraphed orders to Pittab there arre Camouflage is no joke. Lieut. H. Ledyard Towle of No. to have three more men Koch Prices Make Downtown Sho} in Extravagance’ Established 1860 125th Street, West New Spring Serge Dresses $] ia Straight tunics. Pleated skirts. Trimmed with braid and com- binations of serge and satin. line models with Sizes for women and misses. Girls’ Smart Skirts, $1.95 All wool serge, with or with- This charming new apring dross of toh sede taffeta, | ot body. with potha dot ba collar Full pleated models. $24.50 Sizes 6 to 1 4 Wiese Science of Camouflage Known to Ancient Greeks; John Paul Jones Expert and Only Its Name Is New— When Union Captain Marched His Company Round a Hill All Day to Deceive Confed- erates He Was a Camoufleur. Listen to Charles Street, assigned from thy old \ Wrars [71st Infantry, New York National ip he tinal Guard, to be instructor of the first : camouflage school to be opened in} the United States. “Camou flage, ya he, “is an old) as the Mehting instinct. Animals em ploy it. The Greeks employed it when they sent the wooden horse into Troy. John Paul Jones used tt when | he painted more gun ports on the sides of his stip. The Union Cap tain In the Civil War who marched his little company round and round a hilitop ail day, making the Confeda- erates believe he had @ superior force, wan a camoufleur. It has always been done. Nothing but the name is new, and that is French slang. | “In the matter of protective color- ing In wartime Americana have been far in advance of any of the Euro Deans, Tho British with their red coats could be seen much further than our Continentals in thelr buft 4nd blue, and made much better tar gets, The Fronch in their red trou- srs also made a good mark. And even at the present day our olive drab uniform is the best. The Brit- | ish have metal buckles and buttons which glint in daylight or under star shells, while we use black buttons, dee #eihin Tice bat rer The| positions of troops, supplies and form is| everything, Is aroarent; and this is ood againat the sky, but is seldom the work of the amoufieur seen by the enem: There are thr kinds of camou. feathered hats aro the best cone hide a ship, especial mh itis bee of all European troops to-day, tween the observ this is camouflage TAKE ns of these guns as well as the their id the sun, it Is more or less suc by what is called th SENDING AEROPLANES To gpor|!f the ship ho paint THE ENEMY’S TRICKS. white, with stripes and te 3 maases of black, it is see ee Len to understand the vatue| distance as a conglomerate mass. of Her i lage one should know some-| bright spots, and is very hard to hit wnat of the various aero operations, | ON xray days boats may be camou Ther. “| flawed with violet, gray, blue ni i bibcahs three kinds of airplanes—| other colors in ifregular splotches © spotting and photographing ma-|and masses which blend with tho chine, the bombing machine and the | &TY of the atmosphere and the bine swift one-seater battleplane, whone|°! ‘ne water. But of course a ship Guty it te to guard the! other ‘two| weather ehemen cos eet wane the Liraplte genre tc ance alts. Spots | concealment of it is a difficult matter. hing machines are constantly flying over their enemy SOME OF THE (ORCERTIONS lines, With “telescopic lenses they PRACTISED ON LAND. make thousands of photographs of| “There ara two di u © are two distinct kinds of the enemy's works. These are usually {land camouflage. That called ‘olose taken from @ height of about 3,500] up’ is designed to fool the men In the feet, which 1s as low as It is safe for} opposite trenches. ‘This consists of a the plane to fly. In these photo-| great variety of tricks. For 00 days graphs roads look like thin pencil|in the year the opposing arti marks, trenches like dark blots, men| tight ond ‘nibble’ at each other, like the merest dots, Guna are often| watching for chances to snipe or detected by glints of their motal.|make sinall raids. During these pe- And when they are found the range] riods the camoufleur is busy. An ex- 1s plotted #o quickly and carefully | ample or two will illustrate lis work that in some actual instances those|A dead body Hes out between the guns have been shelled to destruction | opposing trenches. ‘Tha French tun. within twenty minutes after the pho-|nel out to it in the night and set up tographs of them were taken by the|a camouflaged periscope beside ono aviators. of the feet. Next morning a man in ‘The necessity of covering the po-| the tunnel watches through the peri- GH. Altman & Cn. A Sale of Trimmed Hats for Women and Misses will be a feature of special interest on the First Floor to-morrow (Wednesday). ATTRACTIVE VALUES will be offered in smart Spring models, introducing the new straws and color effects, at $7.75 & 10.50 A Number of Styles in Pumps and Low Shoes which have been eliminated from the regular stock because of broken sizes, will be placed on sale to-morrow, at the greatly reduced prices (for quicker disposal) of $3.75, 4.75 & 5.75 these being about one-half the reguiar selling figures. (Women's Shoe Department, Second Floor) Hitth Auenue-Madison Avenue, New York The Novelty Jewelry Department has received, and is now specially featuring, a remarkable collection of Genuine Jet Ornaments recently imported from England and France (the English importation being composed exclusively of the famous Whitby jet). Among the many attractive pieces forming this collection are necklaces, brooches, bar pins, earrings, hat pins, bracelets, crosses and sautoi Most of these are in the popular bright finish, but there are also a number of dull-finished pieces, suitable for deep mourning. Supplementing this interesting exhibit is a well-chosen selec Feather Fans (for Lenten or mourning use), in black, blacks end-white combination, and the conventional penitential purple. (First Floor, Madison Avenue section) WAR a WHY WON'T HE tally when it ts be- | THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1918. “OVER HERE.” by Walt McDougall ENRIGHT NAMES |WFAT \ 2 os HE CLAIMS To BE}! | ONE OF THOSE. UNCONSCIOUS }) OBJECTORS, SIR: wrone }e4 Ee MAN? HIS scope. Thus, both a listening post and A look-out 1g established. Again, the |LEAVES GRANDSON $100,000. French in the night set up a barbed fence on no man's land, Of when it is shelled in the as the builders expect It to or two of th are remain standing. tunnels are run out periscopes set up beside them.|srandmother, Mary Elizabeth Turnure More louk-out posta, That is camou-Jof No, 11 East 68th Street, which was Mled to-day in th Surrogate’s office. The document w attested Nov. 21, Pan eee vtight. ald ‘by. them | 1918, and the testatriz died Jan. 16, over the trenches, watchers with | 1918. giint of The petitioners who 5, the White of faces, even tho]are no relatives of the decedent, are of eyes, So men who work | Marie H. Ingersoll of No, 167 East Tat etween robanees eee art treet and Fred J. Stimson of No. 109 to be camouflaged Cloaks and hoods | bast Tist Street, Miss Ingersoll being of the color of the earth have beer la beneficiary to the amount of $3,000, Lane rated cera ett To Elizabeth H. Stimson, mother of grease paint in such a manner that they merge into the landscape her grandson and his eneral guardian, is left the sum of $10,000, and three 1 Re- tends. 109 Bast | mor | be David A. Turnure of No. That | #t Street ts tho recipient of $100,000 to them |4Nnder the provisions of the will of his many star In the xth sides send up lls throughout the night and executors night glasses look for th he given to relatives and friends THE GERMANS. annebiam vrei Tho Germans use camouflage in pees aeaema ny ure can Uwe ine LLERT HUBBY AND LOST. HIM, stance, it was found that when the — Red Cross people went out to bring in dead bodies from no man's, land prot Eee Oe catia et "the Allies to| Justice Manning in Brooklyn to-day ° their dead there until the next |dented the appifcation of Mra, Sarah M. ht. ‘Then volunteers would go oUt |Fisher for a separation from her hus- hem. But whenever the Ger-|pand, Alexander 8. Fiahor. lawyer an mans could get there first they would | moving picture house proprietor, ‘The Attach bombs to the bodies In such a eee ees wot the: detendant way that aie ha poihtor| {RE [had been cruel to her four times in their flown up. Another Garman trick is}reventeen years of married Ife. Me. to dress one of their dead in a trench Fisher denied » allegations likely to be captured In the insignia Mrs, Fisher she and hery and decorations of a high officer. daughter, Grace Elizabeth, had travelled | When the victorious soldiers rush to ‘jy Jobtain these decorations for SOUVeNs for seven years and that the husband Jirs they are blown up by concealed 444 pala the bills, Justice Manning |hombs attached to them. told Mrs. Fisher that if she had left “But the most important camo} 4. husband alone for seven years end fe re ea ene! tinued, I* iad lost him it was her own fault. | that which® fools the enemy airmen nat wh! i bs |Here is an example of it: Near Amiens an open stretch of road three | miles long had to be used for march | ing troops and hauling guns to & point of attack. It was known that German airmen would report thelr ng to Leave One les Coar Seven Years Too 1 THE DEADLY CAMOUFLAGE OF | ii nuities ranging trom $50 to $1,000 are | many and other parts of Europe | § IS BEST A WANAMAKERAS ceo itions which they Will Have Charge of Former could be driv Ot and thé Nea Home Defense League, Now |femnain whole, F . aches — biliousness — constipa- Police Reserves. tion — pimples — bad breath — sal | skin—come to you because of a bed t iy i R. & G. Pills containing pedo- 4p-| phyllum and other vegetable laxatt pointed .. Special Deputy Police Com- | are not a secret remedy, but well Known sioner to take charge of the Po-/ to druggists und doctors, and thousands lice Reserves of New York, the name of families are using R. & G. Pills with by which the Home Defense League Splendid results for liver and 1 is to be known. | troubles. A tew pills taken each night Mr, Wanamaker, son of John Wan- ode Vitue at L make you teel fine. 10 amaker, is a patron of aeronautics | 226 bd av and has contributed much to the de- | ——— —-= velopment of aerial travel. He will Sale Ends Saturday be sworn in as a Special Deputy Com- missioner to-morrow on his return to| the city. He lives at No. 5% Fifth | ‘The low clearance sale prices on men's and women's Dr. A, Reed Cushion Shoes will be in Avenue. ‘The Police Reserves are now com- | force until Saturday night only, The shoes we have reduced 4 manded by Inspector John F. Dwyer, who will remain for a few days until the new Deputy has an opportunity | to become familiar with the routine make room for new stock are from our regular lines and suite able for year round wear. Buy, oow and save money. % of the office. Dwyer, it is expected, FOR WOMEN will then be placed in command of a| Choes of Glazed Kid, Lace ani dintrict. | The Mayor's Committee on National | De Button Boots wit ithe Bid or ne announced to-day that under | orders from Adjutant General Sherrill, the police are about to begin a cam- paign against slackers, “Prompt prosecution,” aid the statement,” will follow in the cases of men who ‘are ot military age and do| Black ‘dioth topes Boote witn” Mat Kid or Pia Cloth tops, 61 t $6.45, $6.95 and Rodman Wanamaker has been not possess registration or classific tion cards. The police will be visiting public places, such as theatres, clubs, poolrooms, bowling alleys, &c., and | calling on all young men to show| their certificates. Just as soon as the last classification cards are fasued, every registrant, who does not pro- duce the same will be taken into custody.” _—— | HELD AS LETTER SMUGGLERS. cused of Violating | Trading With Enemy Act, Joel and Ole Hansen, sixteen and| FOR MEN Shoes in Black Calf. euitable tor wear the year ‘round. in atylieh, comfortable wiapes, Special at $6.95 and $7.45 1372 Bresawiy, ac 37th St. 12 Park Place, Woolworth Bldg, eighteen years old, sailors on the steamer Bergensfjord, we held for the Federal | 8. Commis- oklyn In $100 bail, | the ‘Trading in having at-| | tempted to ut of the jcountry, addressed to persona in’ Nor- | way, | | It te declared the lett. | bageuxe with ‘were found k of choco- pistles seemed Commissioner | of them might enough, the said, but an examinati | prove them otherwise. | ne FUSION INDICTMENTS MAYBE, | | The District Attorney expects that | the Grand Jury which will meet March | 18 will find five indictments on the evt- jdence gathered in the Fusion fund in- | Yeatixation. Assis District Attorney Kilroe jorning the examina. | discontinued | three | prosecutor Is sald to ns mo heroin, co D Pilati vets, £2 | Contains no heroin: coekine oF opium, 1 persons @ conspiracy to corrupt | Nasal Catarrh electorate | Head Colds—Hay Fever—Asthma ff has agreed to impanel Veaetable antiseptic powder taken inte eth ts th J a Spec Grand Jury to hear the evt- | Lleers Head at Once: Sweetens Catarrhal Br den n this and on nes . | Dewtr vermus sa) Membrane, $1 Jcoming to thelr gunners and the |troops and guns would be shelled throughout the entire three miles. So one night a strip of canvas three miles long was stretched over this) road, the top of it painted to repre-| sent'a vacant road. Under this can vas camouflage troops and guns went) unharmed. In another instance, a fake Ine of trenches was set a con-| side © dista hind the real line| mouflage nches, The enemy men soon located it and shells were poured into it until it was deemed an assaulting party to | es hat party, when It came| | within shooting distance of the real) trench, was mowed down." PERSHING ASKED FOR A CAM- OUFLAGE CORPS. The American Camouflage corps | was organized by American artis! | headed by Edwin H. Blashfleld, t well known mural decorator. The War Department was at first Inclined to think t artists overestimated the importance of camouflage, but| }when Gen. Pershing cabled that he| wished an official camouflage corps might be organized, this company was accepted and attached to the engt- neer branch of the service. Lieut. |Towle wishes it were attached to the al Corps, since so much of camou- flage work is done in conjunction with the aviation section of that corps. “The chief business of the camoufleur is to fool the aviator,” | says he, “and who can whisper to him how that can ne better than the |aviator himself | Lieut. ‘Towle has already made & | good start with his school, The New | York City Board of Education 1s sup- | plying material for the class, Through \tho effgrts of Henry &, Jenkins, Su- | perintendent of evening schools, and Patrick Jones s rintendent of | school supplies, «ll red tape has been cut and accommodations and supplies | furnished. At present there are two classes. They meet every night ex | cept Friday, and have two afternoons week for field instruction and prac. e. The plan is to make the men soldiers first and came ists next. Men for the classes are btained through the draft boards nd with the aid of the New York of Industrial Arts on d COLUMBIA near Third Avenue, where | plication should be made, ‘Any draft- led man in classes 1 and 2, whose calling is such that he would be acceptable, may re ster, At the end jot three months those who have been| accepted Will have been put through the school of the soldier and of the so that wh the singer and the Grafonola. Ja flage special- squad, 1 they arrive at their ‘training camps t will be more than likely t ima dal * non-commissioned t promised that those al at their train igned to ilago companies, nut the chances are favorable, Cer-| tainly the best of t m will be.” ~ ~~ ofticers, It men on ar- 5 camps will be} Widao QUIS} ao rome Qi on DO, 4 ore te WG ROVE sas Made adre, Lucy Gates, the American soprano, has won nation- wide fame both because of the warmth, tonal Appearing with the N. Y. 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