The evening world. Newspaper, December 13, 1918, Page 1

TELLER KILLED IN BROOKLYN BANK HOLDUP” "Tf lt Happens In New York It’s In The Evening World’’ th lade TWO CENTS. "Copyright 1918, by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York World). = ee sai! “ Circulation Books to All.’ Rain to-night and Qaturdays | warmer to night. Sarrriore ircnlation Books Open to All.” ae PAGES ‘PRICE TWO CENTS. NEW ‘YORK, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1918. —— GUNS R OAR; ROBBERS KILL BANK TELLER WOUND TWO MEN AND FLEE WITH MONEY IN BROOKLYA ———_++-—- Bandits Hold Up Employees in Sav- Franklin Avenues—Escape in Taxi With Two Bags of Loot. that New York f East Broo! The boldest bank hol took place this afternoon at and Myrtle Avenues, Brooklyn. De Witt C. William Coombs, a Another man The robbers The bank has n Peal, paying teller, was shot dead. dying nd ported nd is reported igtant treasurer, was was shot bags filled with mor eatimate iis joss, put it wa | _ hi a ! n NCINGRESS botween $1 and $15,000. Thomas . No. 662 Ker nue, a witness, #ay rege malls ; ‘RE sO, of them instantly shot the 1 teller at his wind One if of the \uthorizes inte for Purchase of Phones bank were backed against the wall and held t walked wostward uniil a tb and w taxi stopped for them. The taxi shot away the men had entered. T ¢ pursuing and t t the back win fired. One min ported to have been im the reusure vould direct that Go telept until oth It 8 rity for the purchase vern 1 of th were! wise ordered by Ce th that auth ess raph lines after appraisement dack until a bullet in his right arm/is given by existing law put him out of th N € arge transoceanic The treasurer of 1 ‘ n and pr mandeered an autom monopol in pursuit but engin rad country him almost at once 1 My The robbers car ulso broke down at! Comman 0 Park and Hamburg Avenucs and! serehant - there the chauffeur was paid and| There t , abandoned, The police arrested him! radio bu bs end he gave the nw € George Me+|tes if compe ty Cullough and said he lived in the ng ‘ Bronx. Detectives found $177 in his! most of t companies would a pockets. He is said to have given the | pend « their profit pames of the men who hired him and) (jp predicted a bi ‘av : to have told the police all he knew. }yevelopment of patent rights for From employees of the bank it was! at they t Peal, the teller, was t or wi ' approached in bank.| | ie Tone had tov th, One of the robbers went around the| state Departmer corner of the counter and shot him| oe = when he showed f t | o hen he showsil lt. uoan| BANKER OWES $2,000,000. department caumed an | wrene Arrested In) Allewed fainted, Her scroam wa t tion for Plight side the bank but did not t 1 PA P ene mediate help. = —> r al . $25 Men's Overeoats & Sul, ; The “Hub” (i i ay, corner Ba v v orth Build ng, ai ’ _ i y FA WORLD 1H AN : eat an 6 ight till 10. Ths | Cheat soma for t cor, Barclay St] “Seug oie and twervllere’ hock fon 4 i ” ee ML ings Institution at Myrtle and! B ‘PRESIDENT GOT HEARST TO ALTER ‘SUSPICIOUS’ MOVIE Correspondent for Papers Sent to Berlin by German, Em- bassy, Army Officer Says WASHING ETWEEN gation Commi nes and \ parcels open day aod | completely WASHINGTON to-day befe was being gat dono within view —Indorsed by Wilson. | a : | Gate norops th ’ WASILINGTON, Dee. 12.--A bil to t wv : Postmaster General to, Whet Hearst orm It was T u y ' a N Bet : providir : sie ; si ? ont Re 1 Ww ing a bh t ' vn his pisto the t i ‘ \ 4 Germar had unde i y he 1 ho G I i Bor The w ! ained hat an wy Am I " wr ' ' ' ‘om German off mear fv t ¢ 1 ud ne out A tr f | 9% at f or n lead pencil or Cossack Capt. Lester dh 1 e 2 he at to none of Tox wa 1 btain | Vox, Capt, Lester test d, wa v we Hin One Smash KANSA iw njured r Ion 1 \ citi Dey { roe waided bb nen sumed this mor a str tied up all line: Weduesd 4 monug, since ‘WILSON ACCLAIMED AT BREST: MULTITUDE CHEERS “LEADER ARRESTED. PRESIDENT STARTS FOR PARIS AS REDS’ GATHER TO RECEIVE NATION’S WELCOME IN CENTRAL PARK GREAT U.S. FLEET ABROAD rman Jones Fails to TO RETURN WITHIN TEN DAYS; Following an Imposing Naval tacle—M ief | “Gaeta cos «| GRAND NAVAL REVIEW HERE) oe nee oe ot Mayor ns ne of Brest. BREST, Dee. 13 (Associated Press).—President Wilson left Brest for Paris at 4 o'clock this afternoon, He reached the harBor of Brest at 4 s'clock on board the steamer George Washington and at 3.24 stepped ashore—the first time a President of the United States had trod on European soil. f President Wilson came ashore with Mrs: Wilson, who carried an American flag and a bouquet. There was a thundering cannonade as the President's launch left the George Washington and landed at Pier No, 3. He was escorted to the Tribune amid cheers and salvos and the notes of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” The President delivered a briet address Lands at 3.24 eClock This Afternoon, | |Chairman Jones Fails to Insti | | Nine Sreabaoushis Coming, With Many De-| stroyers and Smaller Craft—Warships at Home to Join in Pageant. WASHINGTON, a] VERY capital sh!p of the American Navy now in Europe, Including E the dreadnouglt squadrons which have been operating with the main fleet during the war, will return to home waters this month, Secretary Daniels announced to-day They may be expected to reach New York about Dec, 23, and a grand naval] review will take place to brate the home-coming. Instructions have been cabled to Admiral Mayo, Commander-in- Thief of the Atlantic Meet and now at Brest, to bring back every neval an be spared Nine dreadnoughts will be included, Many converted yachts and other craft probably will come with Dec vesswl that « destroyers, the b " r 8! dre ips. OUR ES ordered to return are after landing, thanking Mayor Division No. 6, commanded by Rear Admiral Hugh Rodman—Battle | hips New York, flagship; Texas, Wyoming, Florida, Alabama and Goude for the Breton welcome given him. He then drove through the Nevada $ A cheerin, d : frantic ovation continuing until he reached the rail- Division No. ® commanded by Rear Admiral Thomas & Rogers— |e COW 1, the frantic ova ¢ Battleships Utah, flagship; Oklahoma and Arizona way station, It fs understood that muoh of the Atlantic Fleet which has re Among those who lined the route matned on the other aide will be mobilized at New York to meet the | | to the station were delegations of pa ships t have shared tn the defeat of the submarine and the crushing = [| | triotic societies and oth oleae. of Germ eapower Secretary Dantels will go to New York on the | Rade and thro of people trom the Presidential yacht Mayflower for the review MONTREAL FACES CAR TIE-UP. hborin ttired in gale SWALLOWS POISON; ant sesmera ae he Lai to £ the President, s the Fre repre- | DYING NHOSPTAL == = ethe owas 2 if OF AB ides n Hign ¢ oner to the ts money Bilis O. Jon cold ‘ t r of Brest, ton aceou Mn i ‘ ssador > M. House, : ¥ an | Florence Bartlett parti Srnith Takes a ; and Gay ne ty yn Carbolic Acid—Sends The ° 1 . 1 Naa for Doctor. se Agen Pe hol : jwht bes. a8 Presidential feet rule of they ' Mins Florence Bartlett Smith, No. | rounded outer capes, then passed ni Bs GF ' 503 West 121st Street, a student at, the entrance forts and moved ma- ei ee —_—> Barnard College, is dying at the |! ir a aay m oe B. rf ‘i bse avhingt nchored at the were to be vacant | noon Miss Smith came out of her shts and de Mg ud 1 pris- | Walkout of Policemen "Y §, SOLDIERS CURED = | oom WA Eat Here aid: Ralaloenee aiaer ne ba Ad no kt 5 and | Fi iremen es Landin, in the hall cruiser squadron. d wats to be returned to the did ie | AT WORD OF TRUCE | “tssste" ane sata, “1 nave CHEERS FROM CROWDS AS nd r te thee a vith ane | Jearhotic acid. You better r SMOKE OF FLEET !S SEEN, leph: 1 TREA i n ltetl Dr. Mathe He's Presidentia was ftirst 4 and n und a@ » and many persons, in-| Surgeon General Annou That | street and Ams am Ave fat 13e rning ‘4 : oficial njur f 2,500 Patients, All But 300. The maid hurried out an miles off » wus ; : porter [UY Matera ar who operate red Immediately Inest policeman ww, P and lately fleet moved " ' ae a 5 iinODnout a |Peters of the West 125th St § landward Ie ch were T i ’ | WASHINGTON, D | q@ho called Dr. Kirchner of t ad chien ark and ‘ ' y lust ht es a . IRE A |tnickerbocker Hospital, The Ff hore than Ben ws 41 r fi and M Miers in Frat |man gave first aid and administered | an mit the fleet was stg. a * nun r r i 1 |milk be ur \ 1 he harbor, b y h or ut it was r id of black . r ' y Amwa, 4 t . r 1 1 t ould not re | t the Presidential where fo) ' 1 out. M ‘ n She had Hved for three months at vas behind t 1 mene Aurelo I Pr t Ik $ the house in I2lst Street, where id came asingle destroyer, show= rt treet ¢ " bLLor Ger a om roomed with Miss Mild way to the cleet, und close Re- Nary t 1 r 4 to we w aim lietter from M lounied the huge bulic of the Date Fou ’ nad plain ' a men 4 ives ut Bing . wa ind in] te insylvunia and Wyoming, 4 ' tve th twa " OD /lohe pao It was a bricf message | Myang ive the flags ef Ad- F 1 i 1 H chedr forward to Christ-| miital Mayo, commander of the Agian- 1 , While Ja ! nu was told when Miss Sinith was expected | te Fleet, and Vice Admiral Sims, oom 1 suton pal emy inions we ryin } There wer text wider the American naval forces ve ng ‘ t jwa t n and but nothing | in Butog wa Just back of Park we i r Adm 1 Il Sin 1 r t “ ned by t 4 hed o! eb w bi 1 v ' “ ' om t | N Plorida, Utah . ; 1 M r I M M tu, Oklaho! New York, ‘Texae , W aw 7 ved " 1 \ \ French ors api , addi not prog " , w t 1 in lite la of Amer anit | ; ‘ : f n- | a w r M ws, © rn nd i t destroyers, ae ui mebody was p tam 7 " » to the harbor is @ | hose v WwW t was not in this ta mile , with forts crowns , | the cht twenty-one ar-| have the Alderm afte towering cliffs on each side jrests were made, largely by striking] If the demands ¢ At the college it was said that Miss » this avenue the imposing policemen who caught boys robbing | men were uot grantec Smith had been taking an “extension J, cach of the ten forty peaemant 1018 stores. Five hundred false fire alarms teacher's course,” and that little was mae Pict wievens “ei nda iat “faay’’7117 00m Were, turned in, Alderman Lemarre, bares Na ior AY CASES, known of hey, She is thirty-two ‘ Welch tor to wre —sdre, whi serving as volunteer fireman, ovyst ot Wilson, yoare old I aaa Pats” 2 “a” ees ce ee, —