The evening world. Newspaper, September 14, 1918, Page 5

SFERETURNOF CANAL ST. PONT Lives Endangered by Narrow Platforms and Too Few Trains, Accidents Prove, ‘The spectre in the shape of the late” Brooklyn Bridge Crush, who was be- Beved to have been interred for good mé all when the new subways were GERM INFESTED FILMON TEETH GOES IN4 DAYS Senreco Toothpaste, a Dentist’s Formula, Acts Like Magic. Leaves Teeth Sparkling With Purity and Makes Soft Gums Firm and Healthy. If you have a filmy coating on your teeth it's because you don't use Senreco Toothpaste. If you don't know that the perni- cious germs of Pyorrhea thrive and multiply on unclean teeth and in soft, tender gums, you aren't up to date on oral hygiene. The dentist who worked out the Senreco formula was weary of ordi- nary toothpastes. He made up his mind that if others couldn't make a good dentifrice that would stop the ravages of the destructive pyorrhea germ, he would. And he did. 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Teeulnted my DO, 1° KIDNEY PILLS 60¢ al all Drug Stores Poster Milburn Co. Mi¢ChemButlalo.NY. Suffering from Nervousness and Sick Headache —lassitude, low spirits and loss of appetite will find re- newed strength, brighter looks, better health and clearer complexionsby using Beecham’s Pills. ‘They give you the very help you need, and are a natural aid to the stomach, liver, bowels and blood. Gentle and positive in action, without any disa- greeable after-eflects — Use EECHANS U Pills Medicine in the World, x08, 10c., 260. | inavgurated, ts almost dally appear- Ing at the Canal Street station of the B. KR. T., where narrow platforms and too few trains force thousands of pas- sengers to assume all sorts of risks. Evidently the B. R. T. has not prot- temporary, T. P. Shonts, and his “safest railway in the world.” So far this week two young women—Doro- thy Butensky, nineteen, and Anna Mitchell, twonty-three—have been se- riously injured by the effects of inade- quate standing room at this pdint, which is induced by a scarcity of trains, One of these accidents occurred Wenesday night, the other Thors- day morning. Conditions which caused them are observable in the morning and evening rush hours. ‘The primary causes aro narrow sta- tion platforms and too few trains The disgraceful condition of the whole etation, including the plat- forms, and the rush hour tactics of the crowds are secondary causes, The main station of the B. R. T, at Cana! Street is dirty, wet, ill-venti- lated and eyvil-smeiling, Though the station has been open for months, the conditions have not been im- Proved in the slightest, but have grown worse, Water eceps through the walls, runs acroas tho platforms amd courses along the tracks. On one stairway a ditch has been cut in the ends of the stairs to prevent the freer running of this waste water, and all the highly patd engineers of the Public Service Commission and the B, R. T. do not seem to be able to find any way of bettering the con- dition, The two platforms are a scant ten feet wide, but very long. At no time during the rush hours ia the full length of the platform on either side used, but the width is obviously In- suMicient. Along the narrow pas- sageway, with a wall on one side and the track on the other, two épposed currents of hurrying human beings pass behind those who are waiting on the edge of the platform for trains. Tnose that are waiting are | i 80 numerous that they stand, at times five and six deep, It is the rule of the B. R. T. to open only the doors on the three or four cars at the end of express trains com. ing from Union Square. These cara are kept empty to accommodate the Canal Street traffic. The result of the practice fs that all the waiting Passengers have to gather on about 200 feet of a platform three times that length, and it is just this part of the platform along which those who do hot want to take these particular trains have to pass. When a train pulls in there is, in variably, the same old rush for the doors, the same jamming and pull- ing and pushing, that seoms to mark a crowd of homebound Brooklynites wherever found. Last night West End and Sea Beach trains alternated on a headway of about two and a half minutes, but the trains were not fro- quent enough to prevent the platform being jammed, and in no case during the hour did a train pull out without every car being jammed with stand- ing people, The total derangement of Brooklyn traffic due to the failure of the Inter. borough's shuttle service across 424 Strect has augmented the crowds in the B. R, T. tunnel. Furthermore, the failure of the company to uso the loop connection between ‘te Municipa} Building line and the old Brooklyn Bridge is a contributing factor, DANDY POLICE BAND IN TWO FINE CONCERTS At St. James Park, Bronx, This Afternoon and on Central Park Mall To-night. Two opportunities will be given to- day to hear New York's dandy Police Band. will be given by the crack musical or- ganization from 3 to 5 o'clock this after- noon in St. James Park, the BroWx. An- ©] othr concert will be given in the Mall, git ‘ons | Central Park, from 8 to 10 o'clock to- nase, my back night. This wif be the first Ume the Police Band has been heard in Central Park and Mayor Hylan has promised that there will be further musical treats in the Mall by the music men of the de- partment. For the past four weeks Ed- win Franko Goldinan, former conductor of the New York Military Band of Co- lumbla University, has wielded the baton for the boya in blue and the improve- ment has been marked. He will conduct both concerts to-day, ‘Music Will Win the War" is the slo- gan of the Police Band, and the “pep” that they put into patriotic airs 1s as in- spiring as the war news from the American front. A splendid programme has been prepared for both musical functions and without a doubt the Mall will be thronged with lovers of music to-night. The ts are under the management of Special Deputy Park Commissioner Philip Berolzheimer. PIMPLES (TCHED AND BURNED On Forehead, Large and Red, Could Not Sleep. Scratched, Cuticura Healed, “Pimples started to come out on my forehead and I tried all kinds of medi- cines, but nothing would heal them. They were soft, large, and red, and they itched and burned all night long so that I could not sleep. The itching caused me to scratch very much. “This trouble lasted about « year before I used Cuticura Soap and Oint- ment, and after I had used two boxes of Cuticura Ointment and two cakes of | Cuticura Soap I was healed.” (Signed) Miss Josephine De Rosa, 7 Second St., New Rochelle, N.Y., Jan. 10, 1917. How often such distressing, disfig- uring skin troubles might be prevented by every-day use of Cuticura Soap and Ointment for all toilet purposes. A free concert for the people|since that time I have the a | Sie gt Mercerbira Pe THE EVENING WORLD, Photo of First American Hut Opened by K. of C. in France Pap RO EL 8 enh ' “FIRST “<OF Oy This photograph shows the fi: hut on the Rue de Siner, Brest, F' balcony of the building standing alongside “Old Glory.” HOT TN FRANCE rst American Knights of Columbus rance. American sailors are on the PLOT TO CHEAPEN LIBERTY BONDS 1S BARED BY KTCHN House at Once Gives President Power to Prohibit Sale of Securities. WASHINGTON, Sept. 14.--“Combi- nations of men and syndicates are conspiring to force down the value of | Government bonds in order that they may be bought in cheap or the rate of interest greatly increased,” was the declaration with which Chairman Kitchin of the Ways and Means Com- mittee startled the House yesterday. “It is their purpose to have the rate of Interest raised until it is 5 or 6 per cent. ‘This would be detrimental to the small bondholder and prove a drawback to the next sale of bonds.” The House had adopted an amerd- ment proposed by Mr. Hayes of Cali- fornia removing “bonds and certiti- cates of indebtedness” from the ef- fect of regulations prescribed by the President forbidding their sale, ‘At this point Mr. Kitchin took the floor and in an impassioned speech urged members to reject the Hayes amendment. “It is essential to the success of the next Liberty Loan,” said Mr, Kitchin, “that the President be given power to regulate and inves- tigate their sale. I would vote to give any Republican President or Secre- tary of the Treasury the same au- hority as is conferred in this bill. “There has not been a partisan sen- ment in my heart since April 6, 1917 not had a thought but to win the war.” This sentiment was greeted by great cheering on both sides of the sotise. Following Mr. Kitchin's speech the Huayos amendment was rejected, 21 to 116, The bill “to supplement the Second Liberty Bond Act 4s amended, and for other purposes,” then was passed unanimously. A ‘division. indicated 149 to 0. The provides that interest on $30,000 of the Fourth Liberty Loan shall be exempt from the surtaxes of the Income Tax Law. Bonds of the First, Second and Third Liberty Loans are exempted from the surtaxes in the sum of $49,000. allows an exemption of $5,000. In this Way, one individual may hold $80,000 {n Liberty bonds and be exempt from the eurtax provisions, The volume of War Savings certifi- cates 18 increased from $2,000,000,000 |f to $4,000,000,000, One purchaser may hold $1,000 certificates of each series An amendment was iting the sale to any one person at one to $100 of certificates. The Secretary of the ‘ given authority to stabiliz exchange. ury ts foreign The Bond iil will be taken up by], the Senate Finance Committee im- mediately upon its receipt from the HC understood that con- psition is developing on y Senators be not t giver, power of a Government bond. eee eal GOLD MEDALS FOR SLEUTH. Detect! two to the first grade, salary from $1,600 to $2, @ year. ‘The medals were in recognition of his work in arresting two Italians who since have be shooting and killi in Akron, ary en the City of Akron by the Akron Chamber The Governor of Ohio, uting Attorney Akron sent personal letters to Mayor Hylan commending Plaschetti'a work ettl arrested the Italians in | this city _ + whil to revenue pcdple Navy I His Jessie G. Jones, The Income Tax Act |* Iso added lim- | ¢¢ pid the reselling and Mayor of | Vivre Hero, Killed, f 1.--Russell C, | i > aman was Killed i attempting 4 burning hotel, | NEWPAPER MAILERS PLAN STAMP CAMP; IGN Lead Off in a Trades Union) Drive That Includes All Organizations, Mailers’ Union No, 6 of New York City, afMilated with the International Typographical Union, has arranged with Mr. Wetmore of the War Savings Stamp Committee for a day at the Liberty Bell in City Hall Park, t. 19, 1918, between 12. and 3 P. M., when the mem- bers of Mailers’ Union expect to exceed any record previously made in the sale of war stamps held at the Liberty Bell. This will be the initial meeting that ig to be held by labor unions, and all the other printing trades unions and the unions affiliated with the Central Fed- erated Union of New YorR City and vicinity have promised to join on this fh th Iberty Loan drives 4 taken an active members have bought t and its Bonds ‘ranging up to the million dollar mark. ‘The¥ have also been active in the Red Cross drive and the Knights of Columbus drive and in all other activi- ties pertaining to the wai They have also established various newspaper and publishing houses in New York City War Savings Stamp clubs, and recently were called upon by the’ Government to mail more than 8,000,000 pamphlets and advertis- ing matter in regard to the Selective | Service Draft. | Among other features, some of the | noted labor leaders are to speak at thix |meeting and the wives of members of in the | Mailers’ Union and aiso the women members have voluntecred their ser- vices to sell stamps in order to make |this @ record-breaking meeting and show that the wage earners of this country are behind the Government. —_ | _STATEN ISLAND NOTES. i} Mies Louise Vidal of New Brighton has returned from Roxmore, N. Y. |. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Duffie and \Miss Adele Duffie have returned to West Brighton, after spending a month jat Bryant Lake, N, Y. Mrs. Samuel H. Fvans of St. George has as her guest her cousin, Mrs, 1 jmerich of Hazelton, Pa, Herbert MacCrum of the Naval Re- |serves 18 spending a ten-lay furlough visiting his friends in West Brighton, Mrs. C. D. Howland has returned with her family to Weaterleigh, era Months spent at Pleasure Ih Miss Jennie Stoddart of Mariners Har- bor ls at Stottville, ¥. Alexander HK. Alderman Willia int from woun! “abe, son of former ». IB recover- Au in action with Company L, 1 ment. Howard R. Bayne havo 1 to Mark's Place from their farm in the Catskills, Mrs. Silas Catchings of Davis Avenue, ew Brighton, ls home from the ‘ondacks. Misa Abby Boody ts v1 Havelock Wal D.C. and who rd Avenue, been at Proutt's been sachu- home ned to her Grenville Lieut. Temple nsi second floor of Lieut, Thomas Creswick K serving with the Britieh France, has been awarded the military leross for conspicuous bravery, according to word received by his parents, who reside in Bronxville SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 $112,500,000 LOSS TO REALTY FROM Owners Seek Suspension of Tenement House Dept. as Counter Economy. No beer—no Tenement Honse De- partment! : Titis {8 @ part solution, offered by the Real Hstate Board, for the saloon crisis, It insists that the loss of revenue, both to the city and to ren!- ty, as @ result of wholesale saloon closings, must be balanced by drastic public economy. \ “Thero are nearly 10,000 saloons In this city and fully 9,000 must close if the sale of beer and malt liquors | hibition after Dec. 1,” said Chairman Edward P, Doyle of the board's City Budget Committee, to-day. “This would mean a loss of at least $9,000,- 000 a year to realty owners in rentals and the entrance into competition with existing vacant stores of these 9,000 very desiratie would affect all store rentals adverse- ly. ‘The capital loss would reach with a yearly lows of taxes from the reduced valuations, and the additional loas to the city from its share of excise money would be $6,000,000, which would act as a further direct drain upon realty, be- cause property owners would have to | make up the deficit. i GOOD FOR 34-POINT JUMP IN) TAX RATE. neral unsettlement of resi tial and business property as t sult of throwing #o many workers in the brewing industry out of employ- ment would involye further deprecia- tion in the city’s total taxable ty. | This, with the subway deficit, will force an advance of at least #4 points in the next tax rate, We must, there- | fore, strive for the most severe reduc- tion in public expenditures, because higher taxes are sure to react upon tenants in the form of higher rents. “We suggest, therefore, that tho, continuation of the Tenement House Department bo suspended during the war, and that its inspection force be | distributed among the various build- | ing bureaus where vacancies may ex- ist, although its administrative force might be maintained. There ta no work for the Tenement House De- partment, because there is no con- struction under way or projected for the immediate future, and all old-law tenements have been inspected for standardization. The few new struc- tures can be supervised readily by other building departments. This would save $600,000 a year in the tax budget.” Many Jandlords’ organizations are joining the movement for curtailment of the Tenement House Department since Tenement House Commissioner Frank Mann came to a formal agreo- ment recently with Chalrinan Nathan Hirsch of the Mayor's Committce on Taxation that violations should not be placed on buildings hereafter ex- for bad sanitary conditions or hazard, “With the work and number of in- spections 60 materially reduced,” said President Henry Bloch of the Real! Estate Owners’ Association of the Twelfth and Nineteenth Wards, to- day, corresponding reduction ought to show In the number of em- ployees, The department's budget appropriation could be cut with a large saving to the city.” 25,000 VACANCIES IN STATE—CAN TEA SAVE THE DAY? “Realty leaders will have to hasten strong measures for protection,” sald Frank A. K. Boland, special counsel of the American Hotel Association of tho United States and Canada, “be- cause they aro faced with 25,000 va- cancies in this State, embracing stores, factories, warehouses and other buildings used in the production and distribution of liquors and the manufacture of supplies of various| kinds, such as machinery, boxes, bar- bottles, ware, fix~| q TOO WEAK | TO FIGHT The “Come-back"* nian was really nevor down-end-ov). His weakened condition, because of overwor’, lack proper eaing and living these capauten | nis feat be- | 6 GOLD three aises, Thoy en ompson dans had TOASTIES is an ideal sum- mer food. No cookii —seys Hot water Sure Relief *Lomt and Found" advertisements can be left at any of ‘The World Advertising Agencies, or can be telephoned directiy to ‘The World. Cal! 4000 Beekman, New York, ep Brookiya Office, 4100 Main, | which lend heavily on real estate, will a is stopped as a result of brewing pro- |: locations, It | embarrass owners, est on mortgages and foreclosures wit tend to lower still further the market value of realty, thus reducing taxable assets of city and State. Life ingur- ance companies and savings banks, feel the. pinch.” seires jice President George W. Gweeney of the gigantic Commodore Hotel, en Grand Central Terminal, whe re- turned this week from @ tour of Ca- radian exhibitions, looks to tea to save the day. He says the Engtish custom of tea drinking {s epreading Ho hopes to see tea houses take many places left vacant by saloons, “Repecially in Toronto, where there ie Prohibition, do we note how Cana- jane are becoming great tea drink- ors,” eald he. “Tea in getting to be 90 muoh the social drink there that many parks supply hot water for women to brew their tea. They take their children and friends to dhe | pack parks for tea and cake.” ——— Francis M. Jencks Dead. Ht RALTIMORK, Rept. 14.—¥rancie May Jenks, millionaire philanthropist, founder of the Maryland League for National Defense, died yesterday at his summer home, Beech Hin, Dublin, N. HL He * seventy years old and sines the United States entered the war he had given his time, fortune and energy to|home at atriatie work. ‘Thourh a native of lof pneumon|a. laltimore he resided In New York until! years ol & years aKo. daughters survive, Stern Brothers WEST 42nd STREET WEST 43rd STREET Derby and Soft Hats $6 Winter 1918 1919 180 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK 181 BROADWAY, NEW YORE 22 8. MICHIGAN AVE., CHICAGO . omeaerana Pennsylvania thirty-nine low and two young Questionable Statements which Condemn Charge Accounts STATEMENTS are being advertised in the New York new: papers intended to discourage the admittedly convenient Charge Account system, so long in vogue in department stores, in order to justify the Deposit Account system. The fundamental argument used against the Credit system is its cost of maintenance, while the argument proffered in favor of the Deposit Account system is that it adds nothing to the cost. A Truth Yet an Untruth! It is self-evident that it costs a certain percentage of every sale to maintain a Credit system. But it is equally axiomatic to state that it costs as much, if not more, to maintain a Deposit Account system. It is, therefore, manifestly unfair to infer that the elaborate banking system required to handle Deposit Accounts costs nothing, and for that reason merchandise can be sold just that much cheaper. ‘ Deposit Accounts an Injustice to Cash Customers! The anomaly in the Deposit Account system is very apparent. Since interest and an additional discount on all jases are allowed under the Deposit Account system—instead of the much vaunted advantage of “ote price to everybody and discounts to nobody”—it is very evident upon a moment’s reflection that the cash customer pays more for merchandise by just that increment of interest and discount allowed to the Deposit Account Customer! This is most inequitable and is an injustice which does not exist under the Charge Account system, where ‘‘one price to every- body” is a reality and oot a figment. Convenience of Charge Accounts to Customers Charge Account conveniences—too numerous to mention in limi- ted space—are acknowledged by patrons who enjoy them, and they oo from price comparisoas that it is positively untrue that they pay more for merchandise because of these manifold con- veniences. The public cannot be convinced by specious phrases that a banking system costs less than a credit system, nor could any individual versed in modern business methods admit that credit is non-essential to its conduct. = “Inno di Garibaldi” (Garibaldi Hymn.) "Ty eae the NEW YORK WORLD wili print a colored music page (in the Italian National colors), presenting the complete words and music of the Italian National Hymn, “INNO DI GARIBALDI.” Italian words—also words in English. This music will be full sized and perfect, well printed, with plain notes and words. The New York Sunday World edition is limited to demand, order from newsdealer in advance.