The evening world. Newspaper, January 9, 1919, Page 4

kd SUBWAY WORK CRIPPLED BY LOSS OF ENGINEERS Amounts to $20,000 ding contracts agsremate 0: Whitney tin Board of Horbert “ydney, N Netterville eS W., at Whitney Blamed Board of Estimate Fifth Avenue at 35th Street Established 1879 Friday § Saturday Opportunities in Our Frocks 29.00 embroidery. In Navy and Black only. vwnny and ve) ASKS YUILL TAX EXEMPTION. Syiney Man Says Shipper Did Not Transfer Property. Lathridze prewent at to-day raised the point im the a ann nat arts heen Bee Out-of-Town Mail or Telephone Orders Filled, if Received Promptly. 1879 Dest & Co. 1919 40th ANNIVERSARY SALES Women's Satin A Special Purchase The advantageous price at which we purchased these frocks, new goods just placed in stock, win them a place in our great anniversary sales. The four models differ widely, show- ing both one-piece and tunic effects Trimmings are of self folds, braid or WOMEN’S AND CHILDREN’S UNDERWEAR OF REGULAR Best & QUALITY AND SALE AT EXTREME SAVINGS Misses’ Coats, Suits & | Women's Spring Frocks MISSES’ WINTER COATS Heretofore 50.00 29,50 | Smartly tailored plain coats of silvertone, cut on youthful lines. Wool velour coats widely collared with fur. Blouses FRE 1 WHITE BATISTE, Heretofore 5.00 Hand hemstitched collar and cuffs. Misses’ Sizes. MISSES’ TAILORED SUITS. | Special 34.50 A very successful new todel embodying the chic EN coat which is a notable fea- CREPE GEORGETTE. ture in advance spring models. Wool ~_ S velour trimmed with self folds, Navy, Regular 12.75 grade brown, taupe or black. Misses’ Sizes, MISSES’ AFTERNOON FROCKS Special 24.50 Just the thing for traveling and week-end | visits are these frocks of crepe de chine and crepe meteor, proof against “packing | wrinkles.” In dark and medium colors not readily soiled. Misses’ Stzes. Women's Silk Bags 7.20 Regular 10.95 grade Plain or satin striped molre silk In three styles, Tops of shell or reproduc- tions of Dutch silver with chain. CREPE GEORGETTE. Regular 9.75 grade New square neck, real filet BATISTE. Women s Gloves WASH FABRIC. GLOVES Herel 60 Two clasp—White only LEATHERETTE GLOVES 1.20 Heretofore 1.05 ‘ Well tailored. White only Collar of ecru ni Special PLAIN LINEN. Special He SHEER LINEN Special FRENCH KID. PLAIN LINEN, | Marked for Rapid Clearance. | aa , aay ne | Women's Winter Coats | 39.00 | Heretofore 55.00 & 65,00 Rapid selling as left us with a few coat models. In the Women's Tailored Suits 28.00 49.00 i | Originally 65,00 to 1] | I ve meeemeues You Never Pay More at Best's a Originally 35,00 lo 45,00 Both plain and tur tri vacation lands All accepted winter materials. mMed---er models for journe to wir Women's Handk’'fs stitched 1-16 inch hem, Hemstitched, tape border, All. silk lined and fitted Special with purse and) Vanity in eee 2s, 470 Hernstitched % inch hem, Mirror 22 button length: Unusual at this price, 1 in each of a variety of smart season's materials, both with and without fur trimming, 3.80 9.70 6.90 et and In white, flesh or bisque, 3.90 .25 25 1S - 200 iter Joss]; HE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, JANUARY $$$ MILK INTERESTS BUSINESS DEAL UNABLE TO AGREE GRUDGE, THEORY of the for Failing to Provide Pay |) iy of the late George ewettinten for Employ | is exempt from New Publ service Commie joner W un ectie e ir it oS te . ; ay he shipping firm of G ! ‘mane finan ie ‘ ydney, left an estate eT -—~<- = -+ nployees of ine « t renting Rovainge t® Detectives Find Thousands of Woman's Clue May Lead to ub’ or ‘omni . and. fia was sizty .f - dantt nat? : afte 13k the auras, ark Na ceinite hit interenta Empty Bottles on City Identification of Montclair Ash Dumps. Man’s Slayer. Inability to agree on prices was an- Grudge, possibly based upon some nounced to-day by representatives of previous business deal, may be the the various milk interests, according ™otive behind the murder of Charies Elkin 4: Knapp, seventy-one yeurs old, of Montclair, N, J., whose body yester- |day was found hidden in a closet 'n |an unoceupied saloon building at No. Roswell D, Cooper, President of the 80 Bedford Street, which he owned. Dairymen's League, confirmed this| A Stranger was seen entering the statement, and sald the league would S#loon with Mr. Knapp, according to M Florence Chris of No. 56 Bar.ow Insist on $4.01 a 100 pounds of MIIk. Siete nae look down on He sald that is the amount it costs the side entrance of the saloon, She the farmers to produce, collect and told of the incident to-day deliver the milk to the railroad sta- | ae to @ statement made by 1 Nathans, Secretary of the Milk Con- ference Board 22 Sent “L was sitting at my window at about 11 o'clock,” she said. “T ait Gov. Smith has appointed a Milk there every day with my son, who ts Commission, with Robert BK. Dowling an invalid. I have noticed Mr. as Chairman, to arrange a settle-| Knapp going the place almost tment, If possible, Other members of) every day. the commission are Health Commis-| “Yesterday he was accompanied by if A& man Wearing a blue coat or jumper sioner Copeland, Isaac A. Van Bomel, Vice President of the Sheffield Farms Co. Inc; Charles A. Wetant, Presi-| dent of the Borden Farm Products Co., and Roswell D, Cooper and John D. Miller, of the Dairymen's League, | The first meeting of the commission | | Will be held at noon to-morrow at No. | we; 165 Broadway. j from Knapp's neck tle, ]| In @ formal announcement at Al- | {//onds of Mr. Knapp to-day sa\ tbany today of his appointment of the oecas onally wore a modest ruby with “Y| Milk Commission, Smith said nO moro investigations were neces | sary The Wicks Committee of the Lagisiature ad othe Agricultural) jy School at Cornell University had gone into the matter thoroughly, he said, and the only thing newled was for the interested parties to get together and reach a ‘Let the producer, distributor and tions, to Mr. Knapp while the cid gentleman door. “They entered and I did not seo of them come out, although I Gov Among the papers found in Knapp’s « emall diary in which had written that d notified uppert” that he mus J b good any injury to t ing when the fixtures were removed ufter the auction sale held on Tues- day, The diary also recorded that agreement oR 4 not replied to his | consumer ares among themselves J] | and put a stop to the quarreling over price @o there shall be no repetition of the recent situation when the city of New York received only one-third of its regular supply of milk." the yernor mal. Chairman Dowling heory that a robber fol lowed Knapp from the saloon owned by Pietro Maffari, Comm and B. ford Streets, and killed him for lc and was frightened away by the ari val of truckmen who had como remove the furniture seems {Impossible according to friends of Knapp. Knapp handled the collections of property owned by fe, him said the local | and daug! According (| distributors wre willing to pay tn intima Knapy $3.80 a 100 pounds, thus raising hud had er ¢ sessinie had other mir employed to d one of his tenan the figure 20 cents above their previ- Lear dimficul ous offer. This offer failed to sutisty | the Dairymen's League, according 10) ne AW hon Chairman Dowling. lin arrears with Reports of the day's milk supply | months, by the Board of Health showed that | miking collections from 1,895,288 quarts were received this) No. 95 With morning. ' Several members of the Dairymen’s| | Learue left 1 y for Utica to at-| ™ tend a State m "ss office h ng of the organiza Pf] ] tion, at which dent Cooper and| Mountain fi ler, counsel for «ro to deliver addr Assistant District Attorney Dooling, | prohihition who iy conducting the John Doe milk} the reason investigation before Chief Magistrate| tenant of his proporty McAdoo, said he had received tel lgrams from various County dents of the League denying there had | been any dissension in thet Mr, Dooling this afterne mended to Ma his friends. Pres: ranks the milk investig 5 Wi | trict Attorney's « be Jued, At his request McAdoo adjourned the John Dog in-| quiry for one week The milk distrib se and loss of bottles ts one of the chief reasons for the high pri They blame the consumers, Interesting in formation about missing be disclosed in a report by two cf tectives made to District. Attorney Swann to-day. They say 19 they have found thousands of milk bottles on the city ash dum distributers for indiff: lecling bottles, In the eellars ofan idea that union suits are thousands of apartment buildings | ers Say break hat sinew Noy nd blame the ‘ in cols | there are still mo thous of Py : A bottles, their investigation ind tions built specially for sea- f tere is the record of th serpents, or something ob- jj) dumps: j 3’ Jes} v = Manhattan . 159,700 bottles. | viously designed for obese Brooklyn cee 27,500 bottles, middle > age, something Hap 2B,adaition foie Arent iat which, hangs on ordinary | | tives found 327 forty-au fe Py} | ued at 87.10 each. Ht . {fol By ea bag | iif} dreds of milk cans and thousan Mistake! = The modern HY) here peitate ene Ante, tuum \way of making union suits x nd ix a matter o has reyolutionized the Wl siz cuuts cue Yelued at from four to] whole idea of fit, ; ; tH As New York's union GEORGE R. 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New York Coal Operator Is Caught | Between a String ‘of Cars | at Dowell, | 9.—George DUQUOIN, I, Jan, ROGERS PEET COMPANY R, Sheldon of New York, ex-Treasirer| Broadway Broudway of the Republican National Commit: | at 13th St, "Four wt 34th St tee, was injured seriously in an accl+ Convenient dent in a mine here yesterday while on | Broadway Corners” Fifth Ave. yl a tour of Ins Mr. Sheldon at Warren at 41st St. ho was caught be- tween a 6 coal cars ax he emerged fr IL, five miles south of here. | dramged fitty yar was rushed TL, wh 4 iy The Wo At his residence, 22 Rast 47th Street it was said th: morning no details other than inp: despatches have | bean received relative to the condjtion of Mr, Bheldoa n Brooklyn Office, 4100 Main and who held a small paper parcel for was unlocking the padlock on the was found it was nd pin was missing pearls, they said, the value being Some men seem to have) either long, slim combina-) cae ict: os =I i <r ‘Read the N NEW APPAREL For Women and Misses The Values Are Most Extraordinary Afternoon, Evening & Dinner Frocks EW Afternoon and beaded Georgette. tine, Satin, Serge or Wool Jersey in tailored, braided or embroidered effects. ae and Dinner Frocks of Georgette or Satin. 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