The evening world. Newspaper, September 27, 1918, Page 4

= 394 NEW CASES OF SPANISH GRIP = RE, 0 EATS Highest Point So Far of Span- ish Influenza Reached in New York To-Day. RES “a Sack pcan nna re TF ss ‘a ‘Twenty deaths from Spanish influ. enma and 324 new cases reported in the five boroughs to-day marked the highest point eo far reached in the @isease in New York. Thirty-eight of the new cases are Classified as Yea a ST i Sake ee == on incoming ships, Of these eight are known to be men in uniform, and there may be many others among tho casos under private treatment, re- le by the physicians but not clas-| menflering sified as to occupation. In addition to the twenty deaths from Influenza there were peven from bronchial pneumonia, in which form there ds @ complication with influenza, ‘The deaths from influenza were on follows: Mahattan, 19; Bronx, 5; Brooklyn, 11; Queens, 3; Richmond, ‘The new cases reported were: hattan, 95; Brooklyn, 132; Brot Queens, 11; Richmond, 72. All “immigrant” cases are included in the Brooklyn figures. In an effort to check the epread of the disease, warnings have been sent out by the Health Department to tighten the quarantine and urging t! Ainease was demonstrated when An- | weeks. “immigrants,” persons toinette from and three years respectivel: taken to Kingston Av | from the disease, | WASHINGTON, | Weeks of Maasachusetts to-day intro- duced a resolution asking that $1,000,000 be appropriated to fight the spread of Spanish influenza, many sections of the country. ‘The disease, sweeping through all but hirteen of the army camps and ap- parently beyond control of lool author- ities in many Eastern communities, haa caused @ tremendous increase death rate of the army at hore, For the week ending Sept, 2, Surgeon General's OMce reported to- day, the death rate wan 44 per cent., compared with 2.3 par cent. the preced- tng week. While the epidemic hereto- he {fore hea been prevalent chiefly near public to use care in coughing, eneez- |'M* Atenic Seimeere. ne em, ing andexpectorating In pubie places. | oven westward with a still greater in- ‘The highly contagious nature of the! crease in mortality in the next few i Francis Prefeta, aged fen Orders terved last ‘night by Provost Aipaniah Their mother and two small children | already were in the hospital suffering Sept. now prevalent in 7.—Senator | &@ decided improvement mental. im the the yesterday. ported in various camps, cases of pneumonia, Unless the diseaso obtains an unex pected foothold im sections not pi viously affected, however, it is belleved here that the next few days may show ‘Thia will de- pend on weather conditions. Iain and | cold is regarded as extremely betel The Wat Department has reported | 170 deaths in camps during the twenty-four houre ending at noon There were 6,139 new cases of influenza and 723 new cases of pneumonia, So far a total of 36,1 cane . een cones ee ane 808i | infltensa and pactmonia were to-day 2 pares, if Miers has been no suspension of were {Marshal Genera! Crowder cancelling! Camp Dix, 1,007, with 122 new cases ue Hospital|ealls for entrainment of 142,000 draft of pneumonia. influenza. (fegietrants between Oct 7 and il, were | The cantonment at Camp Meade, {due to the serious conditions In many | Md., housing 60,000 men, was quar- | camps and were sald by health officials antined to-day because of the spread | to be absolutely necewsary at this time, of Infiuenga, ‘There aro now 1,500 Two deaths have occurred, drills, | BAY STATE ASKS HELP IN FIGHTING INFLUENZA Fully 50,000 Cases in Massa- chusetts, With Disease Spreading in New England. BOSTON, Sept. 27.—Health author- ities fighting to check the spread of hoping for arrival of physicians and nurses from outside the State in re-/| Elghty-three deaths were reported sponse to urgent appeals by Lieut- | from Camp Devens, Mass, to-d: where the scourge has hit heavie Gov. Coolidge, Acting Governor, Dr. Eugene R. Kelly, State Health Com- ‘The greatest number of new cases Mirsioner, estimated that 600 physi- = Say Fee 1" 3) Charge Purchases made the remainder of this month, will appear on bill rendered November 1st. Hest & Co. London Paris Fifth Avenue at 35th Street Est. 1879 on Fore PONY Greeley 1234 Saturday Is Children’s Day Devoted to the needs of boys and girls. With special advantages of value, style and service. Many Preparations for Juniors & Girls THE CHARM OF A WOOL VELOUR COAT lies in its appropriateness for the Junior, But when a large collar of nutria is added to such colors as Pekin, navy or brown, there is no doubt but that it is a coat which announces its very good style, Sizes 13, 15, 17 yrs. CORDUROY COATS FOR GIRLS are most practical, as Hey are warm and have great Mbgrtll Maes An attractive model is belted and has large roomy patch pockels. In navy, spark blue, green, gray or black. Sizes 10 lo 16 yrs. 2 NUTRIA TRIMS THE COLLAR of an attractive wool velour coat for girls. With belt and patch pockets, this is a serviceable model which 69.00 5.00 is good looking. Sizes 8, 10, 12 yrs. 29.50 THREE ROWS OF CORDING on an Empire model of velveteen, which also has a collar and buttons of nutria, adds that little something which is popular in coats for little girls. In navy, brown and Burgundy. Sizes 4 lo 7 yrs. 1 SOFT, SILKY WOOL ZIBELINE forms a good, practical coat. Belted and with patch pockets. In brown, green, navy or black. Sizes 8 to 16 yrs, I PLEATED SKIRTS FOR GIRLS have been in vogue for a long while and will probably stay there much longer. Navy blue French serge is the favorite material for separate skirts. Sizes 10 to lo yrs. TO BE WORN WITH THE SEPARATE SKIRT are some very fine smocks of neayy, silk crepe de chine, equally beautiful in rose, Ccaile iy navy blue or flesh, Cleverly smocked by hand in bright, shiny silk. Sizes 10 to 16 yrs. 1 Warm Sleeping Apparel for Cold Nights NOW THAT THE NIGHTS ARE GETTING COLDER, warm new sleeping garments are an absolute essential. ‘Night drawers of Canton or outing flannel, with or without feet, are very popular. Sizes 2 to 10 yrs. According to material. 1.85 to MANY GIRLS LIKE PAJAMAS because they are so comfortable. Two- piece pajamas, in pink or blue stripes. Sizes 10 fo 16 yrs. ONE-PIECE BILLIE BURKE MODELS, pink or blue, prettily trim- med with wash ribbons, Sizes 12 to 18 yrs. NIGHTGOWNS OF OUTING FLANNEL are being sought by man) who are wise enough to realize that there is a long, cold winter ahead, Some braid trimmed; all white or colors. Sizes 6 to 14 yrs. White 1.40 to Stripes 1.50 to 7.50 7.50 8.75 2.50 2.75 1.95 225 1.95 1.95 Boys’ Blanket Robes to Keep the Chill Away Warm blanket robes, in pink, light blue and Copenhagen, Finished with cord to match. Very seasonable; when the days are cold these blanket robes will keep the little one pleasantly warm, Sizes 2 fo 8 yrs, 2.35 School Stockings at .28 1,800 Pairs Children’s School Stockings Fine ribbed and well made cotton stockings in black only, at .28 pair. Stron, durable stockings which will survive the uses they are put to by small gir! boys. Sizes 6 bo 10 yrs. New Handkerchiefs for Men & Boy: Batiste Handkerchiefs, with colored border, Men's Pure Linen Handkerchiefs with hand-embroidered initials, Box of 6, 3,00 Men's Handkerchiefs, Colored effects, in assorted design. 25 each Men's tape edge colored border handkerchiefs, with initial to match. Box of 6, 1.50 Men's Irish Mull Handkerchiefs, with tape border. «15 each Main Floor «124% each Is an You Never Pay .More at Best'sa of influenza to-day was reported by jj {to-day to request proprietors of all ] {diately the sale of all drinks, as an Best Boys’ Suits Still Chemically Tested All Wool Out of six suits which we bought at retail—each suit sold as all-wool—only two were all wool, the other four were 25 to 50 per cent, cotton. Every Best & Co. suit is made of ALL WOOL fabrics, fully tested. SUITS for the LITTLEST BOY— types of exclusive garments embody the experience of forty years in tai- loring for boys. Showing the knowl- edge of just what the handsomest fabrics and correct styles are. Sizes 2 to 10 yrs. 10.50, 11.50, 13.50 LITTLE OVERCOATS for LITTLE MEN—are given the same care and attention as our men’s overcoats. Made without excessive weight, main- taining comfort and warmth, : Sizes 2 to 10 yrs, 14.50, 16.50, 19.50 “THEY'RE GREAT.” One boy said what many others have thought about these Knicker suits. The fabrics are nearly all exclusive and the styles were especially designed by Best & Co, Sizes 7 to 18 yrs. 16.50, 19.50, 22.50 THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THESE OVERCOATS—all boys like them. They are comfortable, they fit and look well and will easily survive all kinds of wear and weather. In military Ulsterette and English types. Sizes 8 lo 16 yrs. 24.50, 28.50, 32.50 HIS FIRST “LONGS” are matters of great moment to the boy who will wear long trousers for the first time. Our designers are experts in produc- ing just the right kinds of suits. Stzes 13 to 20 yrs. 28.50, 32.50 OVERCOATS for the PREP SCHOOL BOY—dressy, comfortable overcoats made of Vicuna finished, Melton and English effect coatings. Correct manly garments which wear extremely well. Sizes 16 to 20 yrs, 28.50, 32.50, 34.50 ORIGINAL WASH SUITS FOR BOYS-—-Many superior fabrics, nearly all exclusive, are tailored to give longer service, in| more distinctive styles than found in any other wash suits, In U. S. N. Middy, Best & Co, Middy types and Junior Norfolk suits, Sizes 2 to 9 yrs, 3-05, 4.95, 5.95 Unusual Values for Saturday A Special Best & Co, Cordurov Suit is the most serviceable style for boys, for corduroy wears like iron. Sizes 7 to 18 yrs. 13.50 Some wash suits have been taken from regular stock and reduced for this occasion.. Also incomplete sizes from higher-priced stock, Sizes 3 to 9 yrs, Formerly 3.95 2.95 ns and 1,000 nurses were needed. ravelling expenses and salary will be paid all who respond. In some H] places physicians have found it im- possible to visit all the patients, i] | Fully 60,000 cases now exist in this | Btate. ' Acting Governor Coolidge sent telegrams to President Wilson and the Governors of Maine, Vermont apd Rhode Island and the Mayor of Toronto, Canada, New Hampshire and Connecticut were not asked for help because of the spread of the epidemic in those States The Emergency Health Committee, Hot which Henry B, Endicott, Execu- Jj tive Secretary of the State Public Bafety Committee, is chairman, voted soda fountains to discontinue imme- aid in checking the spread of in- Buenza, Officials of the Red Cross at Wash- | ington notified State health authori- | ties to-day that it would be impossibio | to send doctors and nurses here, as |there were many calls from other | States, and it was feared that some ight prove to be more urgent than that from Massachusetts, Beginning to-day all public meet- ings in this city were to be prohibited 80 far as practicable. The cessation of a heavy rain which fell for thirty- ois bvurs and the retura of sunshine were looked on as auguring well for the fight againet the epidemic, $3,613 SHORTAGE FOUND IN MT. VERNON ACCOUNTS Friends of Former City Clerk Blame Faulty Bookkeeping for Apparent Deficit. Shortages of $3,613.66 in the ae- counts of Peter Collins, former City Clerk of Mt. Vernon, are alleged in a | report by State Comptroller Travis, filed to-day with the District Attor- ney of Westchester County. Investigation was made when Theo- dore re- fused to accept some of Collins’ books and the State Comptroller was noti- fied. The discrepancies are said to be in taxes paid by owners, taxes ; id to the corporation counsel, and by him turned over to Collins, and deposits in banks, not turned over to the treasurer. Collins was not at his Mt. Vernon | residence when the report was mado public. He was sald to be in New York City, Friends suggested that faulty bookkeeping is responsible for the apparent shortage. COURT HAD COLD FEET. Judge Clayton Makes Announce- ment and Adjourns « Hearing, “Cold feet’? to-day caused Federal Judge H. D. Clayton to adjourn court until Monday, after a jury had been drawn to try Abe Santag and threo other defendants charged with appro- priating United States property to their own use F Santag complained of the cold court- room and the Judge remarked that he comes from Alabama and that although there was “no poker game in progress, gentlemen, I ag gotting cold feet." He also’ anndinced that ui he heard “banging in the radiators" Mon- day, or the weather moderates, there will be no court held until the cus- {odian turns on steam, Denton, present city clerk, Every Woman Needs IRON at Times 00, become rosy: healthy and 0 ive in every way, When the iron goes from the blood of women, the healthy iy their skin and their city depart. A two ‘of Nuxaicd Lron ecteeeens. a “Lost and Found" articte® tised in The World or reported and Found Bureau, 105, World Building, will b for inirty dayr. The y of Tho World's os dvertisement» ‘The World's can be World, wa .° Greotiva Omive, 4100 date e, Federal agents to bo the directing head work in Western Pennsylvania, Charles, ff was arrested at the Duquesne afternoon on a Federal warrant charg it citizen. HIGH COST OF FOOD AROUSES AUSTRIA tyboat before reaching the other his way to witness the cere-] side. His wife was with him, Outside which his daughter wi t convent May Vell in the Perpetual Rosary | Pegay, four ot of Hoboken, N. J., Thomas] vain for { No. 109 King Street, was ricken with apoplexy and died on meciis ate, pes ; , “I adie, took the Average Price Increase Since War eur Is 2,385 Per Cent. on Necessities, Copyright,.1918, by rw hiag Co, (The New ¥ oe 4.) “Son LONDON, Sept —A despatch to] the Daily News from Zurich says the Austrian provincial newspapers con- tinue to print remarkable details con- cerning prevailing food and econoour conditions in that country. The Oster- reicher Bierbraner says staple food- stuffs bave increased in price since the beginning of the war in the foi- lowing proportions: Beef, 677 per cent.; mutton, 1,614 per cent.; pork, 2,320 per cent.; flour, 3,245 per cent.; lentils, 4,900 per cent; beans, 3,500 per cent.; potatoes, 1,514 per cent; wine, 2,233 per cent.—an average increase of 2,385 per cent, for the above. The Czech says that any one who has less than $100 a week dies from Hunger, that the state is hurrying to destruction and with it the whole population, Many Austrian news- papers blame Germany for the present deplorable plight of the Dual Mon. arcby. ' HE difference between buying now and waiting until later is merely the dif- ference in your pocket. Kellner’s is the kind of furniture you will eventually buy --it is furniture you will always be proud of. Queen Anne Cane Living Room Suite, covered in Damask or Velour—3 pieces $150 You are cordially invited to aee the “Twenty-five Rooms" completely and tastefully furnished. KELLNER BROS, Fwentyeight years selling Good Fumibire Southeast Corner 15th Street and 6th Avenue ceementipiaednes RICH PITTSBURGH MAN HELD, C.F, Banning Sal: Be Head of PITTSBURGH, Sept. 27.—Alleged by f German espionage and propaganda F. Banning, reputed multi-millionair., ub thie violation of the espionage act yt. “fanning is “a ‘naturalized American James MeCreery & Co. 5th Avenue 34th Street lt /——, . SOOM LED te SPORT A ae LL at NNN RK A ION The Fourth Liberty Loan “The campaign for the Fourth Liberty Loan begins to-morrow, Septem- ber 28th, and closes October 19th. ‘The drive is for a larger amount than any of the preceding loans. The American people, therefore, are called upon to raise a larger sum of money in a shorter length of time than ever before. There is need, therefore, of prompt action—prompt and efficient work and prompt and liberal subscriptions. “We have a great inspiration for a great effort. The news from the battle- front inspires every American heart, not only with pride and patriotism, but with a great incentive to do his or her part, There is no shirking, no shifting of the individual burden, no <elfishness by American soldiers in France; there should be none here. We are both supporting the same country and the same cause—our army in one way, ourselves in another. Theirs is the harder part, but at least we can do.our part as promptly and loyally and efficiently as they do theirs.” ANT te Hk AeA In order to help make the campaign for the Fourth Liberty Loan an overwheiming success, this store solicits the co-operation of all its patrons and respectfully urges them to place their subscriptions early and for as large amounts as possible, Booth Main Floor. 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Royal Wilton Rugs $.3x10.6 ft. 45.50 regularly 69.00 Only a limited supply of these Rugs: choice pattems and rich colorings; woven of best yarns, Wilton Rugs ion Rugs a Seer 27x54 in. 5,95 regularly 7.50 36x63 in. 9, regularly 11,75 " ’ px68 in, 9,75 regularly 11,75 | nace sullable for Bed Every home needs severel Rugs of Rooms, Halls, Doorways and in front this kind and size. | of hearths, Seamless Chenille Carpets Extra heavy quality Carpets, 12 ft. wide; may be cut any length and finished as a Rug; in various plain colors. 9,75 per sq. yd.