The evening world. Newspaper, August 14, 1918, Page 4

AR RI A mA A SR lp IEEE GSS ae BUR Rye TAPES eter a en eee ‘ONLY MOTORMEN ONSTIPATION is a danger sign. Pink crystallized ANALAX pastilles, which taste like candied fruit, will keep you and the children in good condition. | Suggests No Remedy. | Commissioner say’ Witeny i At your dealers i UCKESSON & ROBBINS, Mew York Incorporated | sort subway trains at thoir from = out fear of punishment ployers, who are fearful of losing | train | JELL-ANS their services. He declared the only| He was then asked if hie experts| ubway trains to-| had not handed in daily reports. ‘The | and admitted | Commissioner replied they had. It experienced men on “cAbsolutely Remove say are tne mot Indi wk ke bad » 256) The Commissioner also admitted that his mind was absolutely barren of any plan which wolud bring relie’. [reaieieaee BONDS BOUGHT PRE: He blamed everything on the rere a WANTS WORK WONDERS i about the Interborough. Do you buy Thrift Stamps regularly? Best & Co. Fifth Avefiue and 35th St. Est. 1879 Final Summer Clearances 49 Women’s Silk Dresses Light and dark colors—plain and checked taffeta, pussy- “ONSUBWAY TRAINS ARE EXPERIENCED Ad. the Public Service Commission's ex | mits Conditions Are Bad, but |on the new subway and made a com Public Service Comminsioner Travis H. Whitney to-day told how men de- | sweet will and return next day with- i eg | |" the subway system was pretty jand didn’t have an unkind word to Commissioner Whitney was asked to give certain facts and figures de- \ THE EVENING WORLD, sired by The Evening World Tle. re. nd | who died in this city in 1906, leaving Avenue, Brooklyn, were so badty Fenn een wort ane we| American Woman Whose Frie | an eatate ‘valved at’abect ssigenseen (© UAT: ON _AUTO ACCIDENT. (en emer Pe ey fan nexcwse that he had to leave his | The Yerkes mansion on Fifth Ave-|Car Goes Over Ten-Feot Bank on|filghtiy hurt The car office to keep an important appoint: | Is Turned ous vel British Army nue, filed with art treasures, was sold, Way to Coney Island. prcterg f naif ot ‘Not nent. He was reminded that the it.- | together with other items of the es- bt ry were ae pe gt All "the men "were em so of, th formation sought was in the posses. | tate, for the benefit of creditors, but | When automobile in they| Lorimer Motor Company, They have of the transit bureau of the |it was subsequently discovered that | ¥¢re riding went over @ ten-foot bank sircteh tates, trae company 10 tee fe sion Commission and thet he could dete gate the head of that bureau to give | it out through another Commissioner during his absence, But he wouldn't | hear of that i | It has been repeatedly charged tha! | perts have not checked up the service | parison with the service on the old| subway. Commissioner Whitney was | asked if this waa true. By way of| reply he atated that inspectors of the commission had been working day and night, but that they had not yet | made a full, detailed report, such as showing the number of passengers o™| her car and the number of cars per own will ‘be remembered that the “H" | ayatem began operation the night of Aug. 1. This means that there must he at least twelve daily reports in| existence, presuming that the Public Sérvice Commission is doing its duty | ‘commissioner Whitney was asked) Be oi two or three of thees reports, which would go to prove that the op- eration of the “H" system has fallen town far worse than is generally sup- | posed, But he refused tu give the in- formation because he had an impor- tant busines ‘agement Commissioner Whitney did admit, however, that there were thirty ex- preas trains per hour while the old ] | subway was in operation up the low- er east side, across Forty-second Street and up Broadway. On. Aug | 8 according to the Commissioner, there were forty-one expresses in an hour on both lines, ‘That means J | about twenty an hour on either line provided the number was equally di- vided. The new achedule, the Com- missioner said, calls for fifty-six ex press trains per hour on the north and south Interborough lines, or twenty-eight an hour on each ‘The missioner didn’t. know whether they are equally divided. He M1 | claimed that although the Interbor- 4, during a given period t f twenty men a day, its losses © so stendy that} practically all its train employees gj wore inex, need, he service ts bad," ad- | “and we think It Is! 8 ¥ was almost a failure WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1918, he had butlt another city house, almost as sumptuous as his own, and installed Miss Grigsby in it. This was the house at No. 660 Park Avenue, after- | ward known as the “Castle of Mys- | tery,” because of many secret passages and hiding places said to have boen | built in it. | Litigation over this house and large sums of money and stocks said (to have been given by Yerkes to | Miss Grigsby before his death im- | poverished Mrs, Yerkes and made her jd, but Miss Grigsby continued to live on the lavish ecale of former years. It was brought out at various | trials that, while Mrs. Yerkes had | deen excluded from the chamber of | ff her dying husband, Miss Grigsby | |) | was his constant attendant. On an ocean voyage Miss Grigaby's striking beauty and grace of manner | appealed to a prominent New York society woman, who introduced the young woman into New York society. Later, however, when ahe learned more of the antecedents of Misa Grigsby, she withdrew her friendship. Not long after that Miss Grigsby left this country to take up her residence in England, not, however, until she had figured in a divorce case brought by the wife of Dr. Henry P. Loomis, who had been physician to Mr. Yerkes in his last iliness. ———— TWO “L” CARS BURN. Cateh Fire Shortly After They Were Crowded With Paaseng: Two cars of a five-car B. R. T. el vated train were destroyed by fire this morning on the “Li structure between Fulton Ferry and the Brooklyn Bridge. The train was empty, bound for the barn, when a short circuit set fire to the woodwork, and in a few moments the interiors of the cars were roaring furnaces. Less than ten minutes earlier the train had been crowded with passen- gers. Tra:fic was tied up both on the eurface and the “L" while firemen fought the blaze. ut Seventh Avenue and Dyker Beach Roadway,, They thovio of No. 80 Thornton Street, Brook- | way to Coney Island when the accldent lyn, and Joseph Turk of No. 72 Throop’ occurred. ere en Sr, oe “with Brooklyn. Charles Hune-| freo use of th were on their Best & Co, Fifth Avenue at 35th St. Established 1879 13.50 & 16.50 Will buy Boys’ All Wool Knicker Suits ; f Sizes 7 to 17 years. That is, if you buy right now. These suits are of all-wool fabrics bought before the r advance in cost of eager and manufac- A ture. Not one of these suits produced in ; today’s market could be sold for less than 22.50. These are the materials and patterns that 4 appeal to the most discriminating,—home- i spun effects, velour cassimeres, and blue serges—in full. medium weight,—suitable for all-year-round wear. Special— Limited quantity of boys’ wash suits—broken sizes of higher priced range. Sizes 3to7 years, Reduced to 2.95 “You Never Pay More at Best's” willow, crepe-de-chine, figured foulards. me combined with georgette. Originally 25.50 t 35.00 15.00 Originally 49.50 to 85.00 25.00 66 Women’s'Cotton Dresses hs after it was opened oe Police Page Gatfney—Withoat Tan- gible Result. Police Comminsoner Enright to-day for som LONDON, Aug. 14.—Lieut. Col. E. M Mackay, court martiatled| same time ago for detaching soldiers under his command to act as gar-! deners and chauffeurs to his friends, has been dismissed from the service. | Emilie Grigsby was one of his women friends benefiting by the Colonel’s! anid there ts nothing new regarding the whereabouts of Vincent Gaffney, the convicted murderer, who escape! from the Tombs, June 12. This in spite of the fact that the Commissioner last night #aid that he would promote any police! who arrested Ga good nature, near London. in that she got two soldiers as gardeners for her place Fimille Grigsby first became gener-, through litigation over the estate of ally known to the New York public | Charles T. Yerkes, the traction bullder White and colors—voile, ging- ham, calico, organdie. Originally 8.90 5,00 : Originally 12.50 to 18.00 10.00 118 Women’s White Skirts “Cotton skirts — gabardine, basket-weave, pique. Originally 4.95 15 Women’s Coats For dress, motor or: travelling. Silk and all wool with silk linings. Originally 59.50 to 145.00 39.50 to 49.50 15 Women’s Capes and Top Coats Of wool or silk-and-wool. Originally 25.00 t0 59.50 15.00 20 Women’s Sport Coats and Suits Wool jersey, linen, and silk-and velvet—some sleeveless. Originally 19.50 to 29.50 10.00 20 Women’s Suits Oxford, serge, Poiret twill, moon-glo crepe, silk faille, taf- feta, wool jersey, silk and serge combined. Originally 39.50 to 95.00 24,00 to 34.00 | 35 Misses’ Silk Dresses 2.95 Navy taffeta, light or dark colored crepe-de-chine. Originally 25,00 to 35,00 45 Misses’ Suits and Coats 15.00 Tailored or sport styles in variety of materials, (Misses’ Sizes.) Originally 45,00 to 69.00 22.50 125 Girls’ Wash Dresses Checked and plaid ginghams, colored voiles and white come i bined with color. (Sizes 5 to 12 | years). | Originally 5.95 to 8.50 3.95 Sale—Women’s Union Suits- 720 Fine cotton, summer weight. V_ neck—knee length —loose at | knee—lace edging on drawers | A very fine quality—unusual at | this price. Regular 1.00 grade .68 Never Pay More at Bes “eaten Move (Sizes 36-44), | GH. Altman & Cn. MADISON AVENUE - FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK Thirty-fourth Street The August Sale of LACE DRAPERIES now being held on the Fourth Floor, offers Lace Curtains, Window Panels and Bedspreads ALL OF HAND-MADE | CH FILET LACE at prices that, in view of pres conditions, make this Sale an event of p Unusually large are these sf there is a decided scarcity this, discriminating purch advantage of the opportunity to aca Draperi 1 to take quire their Autumn The August Sale of ORIENTAL RUGS is now in progress on the Fifth Floor RS Rihana ienenenaernenermcncs we senna teenie Ls ’ vonieiaansthanetseabe pn sis Ba SSS TRIE ONT cdli Thirty-fifth Street B. Altman & Co. MADISON AVENUE - FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK Thirty-fourth Street Thirty-fifth Street Exceptional Value will be offered to-morrow and Friday in The Final Summer Sale of MEN’S NEGLIGEE SHIRTS at the very special price of $1.10 each This Sale comprises a varied assortment of desirable Shirts, in plain models with soft cuffs, and in plain and plaited models with stiff cuffs. Patterns and colors are “attractive, but size ranges are not complete in all styles. ’This Sale will take place _on the First Floor ‘. he Final Clearance Sale of MEN’S SPORTS OXFORDS will also offer exceptional value to-morrow and Friday It will include WHITE BUCKSKIN OXFORDS plain, with rubber or leather soles; or trimmed with tan leather, with white leather soles; all marked at the greatly reduced price of $6.75 per pair (Sizes incomplete) This Sale will take place on the Sixth Floor | : |