The evening world. Newspaper, October 25, 1919, Page 5

< Goitirnasapyte a FAREWELL 10 BRASS RAIL THE EVENING: WORLD, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1919. “2.75 AND “HARD” STUFF”. CTY UKE SAHARA TUESDAY ss aaa Beer Deliveries End Monday and Secret Sales of Booze Must Stop. LID TO BE ON TIGHT. Dealers Shaken by Graft Ex- pose Not Inclined to Take Chances With New Law. fi the quer York to-day diate hope—nobody but situation in New nobody sees any imme- the hired Jawyers 6f the liquor interests the hired agents of the Anti-Saloon league. | ‘The lawyers are planning another battle against the impending drouth Sehara, and they will get fe © pay for a trip to a damper climate. Anti-Saloon agenty will still have an fortable jobs. As for the consumer he me no more. F will con- | rit is going to be} y after Monda erything points to that, The Department of Justice crusade against the Broadway cafes that bought immunity who had no real immunity to sell has frightened all concerned; and var- enders are taking a thumbs down attitude toward their best friends. And even the lawyers for the vari-| ous organizations of the liquor trade are advising their clients: “Obey the law as it stands and wait for us to sae somebody.” ‘The last wholesale deliveries of deer that the prohibitionists call “intoxicating” will b& made to-night, the last retail deliveries of that wa- tery beverage will be made Monday. Then the lid will be clamped tight. ‘The new legal fight, it was an- nounced by one close to the organized brewers, will be started as soon as the glasses are turned down, @ will attack the validity of the war-time law, will contend that the Volstead and | jthe re-election that will make New York dry as the enough | jof playwrights hastened to add, “may exeuse for hanging on to their com- | from persons | jas playwright’s agent to tak up the measure ts not authorized by the Vighteenth Amendment, will set forth that the regulations are “confiscat-| ory.” ete, ote. Some of the saloons will remain open, selling O-per cent. beer, in the hope that the Senate will ratify the Peace Treaty in the course of time and that even the Anti-Saloon League wih have to admit that the war is over and that mankind may drink, ain until the Bighteenth Amend- | ment wires down the cork forever. | Hard liquor that had been brought “for export’ and surreptitiously shifted from plers to drink em- moriums will no longer tickle the palate gf the drink hound, for Uncle Sam has caught on to the scheme. Also an extra suard of customs men | has been sent to piers where it was reported whiskey was being received from other countries. The hunt for those the boone graft ring continued to- day, with an intimation that new! facts havo started Chief Flynn's} agents after persons said to have} grafted in the same way off dis- pensers of “dope.” When tho Federal Grand Jury re-| convenes in the Post Office Building on Monday morning, John McK. Minton, special prosecutor in the liquor graft cases dn which five ar- rests have already been made, will have startling records and a score of witnesses to support them. Among the witnesses will be several chorus gitle who are alleged to know how some of the booze graft was collected and spent. It is not likely that further arrests —_—$_ A Limited Number of implicated . in| t's fe, Models at Exceptionally Low Prices 2 1917 at $650 1 1918 at 750 2 1916 at 750 2 1917 at 750 3 1917 at 775 4 1918 atl an 6 1918 at 5 2 1917 at 2 1918 at 1,500 1 1919 at 1,500 3B 1919 at 1,500 1 1920 at 1,600 1 1919 at 1,800 2 1918 at 1,900 LIDDE Authorized Exchange Dealers | by somebody with | Luce and Untermyer and the 237-239 West 58th St. At Broudway ‘Bachelor Girl Urges Votes fora Bachelor Elisabeth Marbury Confesses She is Backing Moran Through Sympathy — for Single State. If anybody thinks Miss rbury is a bachelor ‘hoice he's mistaken One of the reasons why she ac- cepted the chairmanship of the wom. en's committee which is promoting | of President Robert L. Moran of the Board of Aldermen, Miss Marbury said to-day, is that he is unmarried, “That fact,” Blisabeth girl from} the well known agent spur.on my young women workers. Why not? 1 want all the girls to marry. It wasn't altogether my fault. I've always regretted it.” Having been desperately ill and be- ing unable to campaign for himself, Mr, Moran has reached a time “when a fellow needs a friend,” Miss Mar- bury says. oNe . Speaking of sabeth Marbury, Mrs, James Russell Parsons suggests that Miss Marbury may be contem- plating the abandonment of her field writing of farces. Mrs. Parsong is Chairman of the La Guardia Women's Campaign Committe “It is interesting,” Mrs. Parsons says, ‘to hear that Miss Marbury is managing a Targmany campaign which has resolved itself imto a Mur- Shy-Moran-Untermyer farce, Untti a shor time ago I thought she was hailing Senator Lodge as a savior of the country, Does that mean that the Democratic Party in New York has broken away from the Wilson policies? “We can now understand Tam- Many’s antagonism to their Irish |sioner Day. It following. Miss Marbury in a speech at the Arts and Science Club last winter said that: ‘England alone should deal with the Irish question and the Irish question was nonve of our business.’ No wonder so many Democrats are rallying around our women,” ar ae Former Judge Edward F. Democratic candidate for, prea of the Borough of M ceived a note to-day . who was one of the late Mitchol's secretaries it is a very comforting reflection,” wrote Teddy, “to know that Poor old Frank Dowling’s place will be filled his feet on the ground. You know very well that I share our late chief's high opinion and regard for you and if I can do anything all you have to do is to peep. ‘he best way to rebuke Charles F. Murphy’s impudent attack on the | indeepndence of the judiciary,” Louis W. Felir said to-day, “is to defeat his personal candidate for Surrowate. The litle clique at 14th Street is spending many thousands of dollars to confuse he issue. If Tammany loses both whole City Court ticket it will have won the election if It succeeds in putting Murphy's son-in-law on the Surro- gate's bench.” Mr. Fehr is managing the cam- ted O'Malley, the Repub- ay will be made ‘before Monday and possibly not until later in the week, but Chief Flynn said to-day that fur- ther prosecutions are certain, A new angle to the inquiry de- veloped en agents were sent out to check up on the amount of wines and whiskey recently released from bonded warehouses, ostensibly for export, ‘The otticials have been wondering for a week where all the whiskey came from that they know has been sold. They were aware the dispensers did not haye it on hand when they made alleged arrangements whereby they could sell openly. They now find, it 18 asserted, that the trucks bearing it to the steamship piers simply wouldn't behave, with the result that much went in’ original bottles to thirsty "New Yorkers at something like $12 a bottle and that the re- mainder was served over bars and on tables at from 40 cents to $1 a drink, after going th@ugh the mysterious “pipe line,” Agents of the department are checking up the bank accounts of the men arrested and are also secking to discover how much money has passed through, the hands of a certain Re- publican politician the last sixty da: Considerable progress has been made and Mr, Minton is well | satisfied with the results. It is be- Neved that the graft paid ran inth hundreds of thousands of dollars, and the Department of Justice wants to know where this money now is, A man friendly with some of the indict- ed men is known to e deposited $30,000 in local banks in the last week, Thomas Healy, one of the restaur- ant mem mentioned as a possible wit- néss, sai BIG.FOOD SUPPLY €. {— 15 10 BE TAKEN “ BACK BY Mt sal Sold at Para of Two Cents a Pound. Some issues in the suit of former Deputy Market Commissioner E. J O'Malley to restrain Market Com- missioner Day from touching the $2 500,000 derived from the sale of Army ‘oods, and to prevent him from sell- ing the balance of the commodities consigned in O'Malley's name, prob ably will come to a head Monday Huge quantities of food now held in city warehouses and tied up by jthe injunction, are to be taken back | by the Army to present plans, sold. This food consists principally of prunes and dried fruits, held at Jef- ferson Market, which it, was feared would deteriorate while awaiting final disposition of the injunction by Supreme Court Justige Bijur. Acting on Commissioner Da; uthorities and according then will be sug- gestion, Col. J. M, Carson may re- claim this food and either see! it direct, or reconsign it to Commis- will be sold at a margin of 2 cents a pound over the Army's price, instead of 7 cents a pound, which according to Commis- sioner Day has’ been the margin. ‘This margin accounts for part of the large sum deposited in four banks here awaiting settlement of the Gov ernment’s claim, The army's claims to date ag- gregate about $2,260,000, leasing a margin of about $250,000, out of which all trucking and other expenses have been checked. How much will remain after the losses inevitable in so large @ transaction have been ad- justed, and other claims have been met, no one in the Department of Markets will hazard even a guess. Should O'Malley's claims in the in- Junction sult be sustained, this sur- plus would be disposed of in accord- ance with his wishes, Commissioner Day is on record as favoring a di- vision among the volunteer workers who have taken part in the sales in public schools. Supplies of Navy surplus foods have been held up because the Navy ofMf- cials were in doubt as to the status of O'Malley's suit and feared there would be complications in getting the money. Dr. Day has started separate bank accounts for the Navy foods and has offered to meet tho bills daily if desired, On this representa- tion Governinent agents are rushing the pplies from the ‘chouses, ‘The “rolling stores" to-day cut the Price of bacon to 33 cents a pound to meet the reduced Government prices, and George H. Salmon, No, 120 Broadway, stated a further reduction will be made Monday To avoid misunderstanding, Commissioner Day and Mr. Salmon have announced that the “rolling stores” are not operated by or for the y. They are merely wagons, aper- ating under peddler’s licenses and the only basis for approval by Dr. Duy as a public official is that they operate under a schedule of priges voluntarily submitted to regulation by him ‘This announcement was the first intimation that the “rolling stores” were not operated by the city, the general understanding being | that they were. HONOR TO MRS, ROOSEVELT BRINGS BLANTON'S PROTES: He Alone Objects Vi When House Grants Franking Privilege to Her. WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.—The frank- | ing privilege was voted bf the House to Mrs. Edith Carow Roosevelt, widow of Theodore Roosevelt, yesterday, Repre- sentative Blanton (Dem., Tex.) cast the only vote against the measure, He declared he was an admirer of the late ex-President, but did not approve extension of tho franking privilege to Mrs, Roosevelt. while denying it to pri- vate soldiers, He moved to strike oat the enacting clause, which would have defeated the bill, but was the only mem- | ber voting in fhe affirmative on his proposition, Several protest wh tack ‘They declared th peop! districts were solid for) showing honor to Co}. Roosevelt in thi An appeal was made to Mr, Blan- y several members to withdraw his motion so action wduld be unanimous, | but without a’ When passed by the Senate the bill will give Mra, Roosevelt the privilege of sending mail, matter. withgut postage during her lifetime. It ts usual cour- lesy shown to da of Presidents NOTORIOUS ‘BURGLAR FREED. both Democrats arose {n Blanton opened at- Wiliam Mason, notorious burglar. re- cently pardoned by Gov. Smith, walked out of Sing Sing Prison yesterday a {rec man after seven years’ confinement Mason started for New York. Mason, now well past seventy years, “If the Federal folks knew me as well as my friends do, they would know that T wouldn't’ have to summoned to point out any one who had approathed me, I couldn't have got to the Federal Building quick | enough to give the information, 1| have never been asked to pay a cent, I have not paid a cent, and if I had been asked I would have run the individual out of here on the toe of my boot,—Gay that for me, will you? T'll be glad to answer | any subpoena that may be served on me, If these men who have been ar- rested have been grafti I'l cheer sean AMM alah fo dail OT eee * was asked by the Pagole Board if he intended to “go straight’ and earn an honest dollar or if he was going back | to is old nefarious trade, “It's a ten | to Mhree shot," replied Mason, ‘I never commit another burglary." Mason, who has been in Sing Sing on and off for the last thirty years, wi once shot in @ duel with Police Inspector McClusky, | in New York, and another time Mason shot the hat off Policeman William Car- | roll in Yonkers. Jacob Simmons, prison book burglar; Ernest Werner and Patsy Cu- reas bishway rope ra, were releuaca an t home. Their sentences were alan 0h ann dowa by she Gouernen — eper and Aap occasion, Idren’s wear and many other uses. Broadway al Ninth, New York Doors Open Monday at t 9---Standard Tir Time Six ways to save—in the Down- Stairs Store 2,119 pairs Women’s Shoes reduced to $3.90 Good shoes at $3.90 are like a fleeting shadow these days; but there is glory enough in réndering a service like this when we are in a position to do so, These shoes, in a recent sale- Were $4.40 and $6 pair and we could find, nothing elsewhere in New York to match them at those prices. tee groups are now divided like this pairs of button she with Cuban is—patent leather, her or black kidskin, with kid or cloth top | 100 pairs of lace shoes with black or gray cloth tops. These are in sizes 244 to5—AA, A or B width; and sizes 244 to 4—C or D width. A few other sizes:can probably be the lot. | | 1,194 pairs of lace or button shoes—of soft and comfortable black kidskin—sizes 214 to 6 (few 614) in widths C, D or E. Can anybody mistake a saving so obvious —so genuinely helpful? Down-Stairs Store, New Building found in And the picture of a man who will surely be here Monday morning It may be you waiting (not for a rainy day) for sbme real, good raincoat sale like this. Heavy ‘double-texture cloth—ev ery seam sewed and cemented, strap sleeves, two pock- ets collars that turn up if you want them to; and good, roomy coats in allsizes from 36 to 44, The only $5 coat we've seen in many a day that have these quality features. Down-Stairs Store, New Bldg. Take any of these $14.95 Dresses at $11 A better acquaintance with the Pin Money Dress Shop in the Rotunda, Down-Stairs, is well worth seeking; and this reduction makes it possible and profitable. We have taken our regular $14.95 dre: them $11. There are good velveteens in navy, blac taupe, brown and burgundy. here are all-wool serge: chiefly in navy, with a few in black and brown, And there are all-wool panamas that serve a very practical purpose. sses and marked It will seem like old times at $11. You will enjo, misses—sizes 14 to 44 to get a worth-while dress for women and but not in every style and kind, Rotunda, Down-Stairs Store, Old Building Women’: Fy » gloves at it $1. 15 . The last of several big purchases About 1,500 pairs of lambskin, cape and black. lso—good gra and there are not all siz now placed in one lot for in, suede and mocha quali in white, putty, gray y suede gloves with fleece lining. Some show signs of handling; in every kind, but all sizes as a whole. Down-Stairs Store, Old Building quick exit on Monday. * * Silver-plated Tableware—1-3 less One-third is a good Some pieces are more, some ‘ess. And the reason can be attributed to one logi the Wellesley pattern has been discontinued. Our big uichase of early Symmer makes this occasion possible for homes, hotels and boarding average. ouses ‘Teaspoons, 12 ¢ each melas forks, 24¢ each Medium knives, 24¢ each Tablespoons, 24¢ each f 24¢ each Dessert knives, 24¢ each Dessert spoons, 24c each ach Cream ladles, 50c each Bouillon spoons 24¢ each th Gravy ladles, 50e each Ice teaspoons, 24¢ each 50c each | Children ts, 5c Orange spoons, 24¢ each 24¢ each Baby's set, 50¢ Sugar spoons, 24c each Butter spreaders, 24¢ each Sugar tongs, 50c each Down-Stairs Store, New Building * *. * Fine gingham—lower at 50c yd. . The finest American-made gingham we know of 75¢ in our regular stock—50c on this Large and small plaids, checks and stripes—fine for house dresses, 32 in. wide—very sqft in quality. Dogn-Stairs Store, New Building Store hours—9 to JOHN WANAMAKER 5.30 == women’s | day, at $69.50 them to $69.50 as to pockets and belts. The lini willow and satin. black silk beautifully made. for the well- No woman can buy the $69.50, Tricotine Frocks come in five models. Model sketched is finished with henna duvetyne. Braid or embroidery of the finest type is used to e@hance the chemise, extended or straight lines of these frocks—all are in navy blue. Velveteen is used in two models—a tunic frock for the older woman, a short- sleeved, impertinent little frock using a leather belt, for the youth- ful woman, Tricolette is the basis of four varied frocks. Most astonishing to find them but $69.50. A truly stunning navy blue frock favors chemise lines and carries that air of prestige which as a rule only the most hopelessly expensive frocks attain. nm a par are the other three frocks—the colors are navy blue, black and henna. From one manufacturer, 25; from another 20 suits; | which we can éell, Mon- and to these we add from our own stocks, 30 suits that were $98, reducing (because they are no better quality) The new purchase includes suits of the finest sort of velours, peachbloom, tricotine, silvertone, velveteen, and novelt; newest long straight tailored lines with buttonhole, fine bone buttons, excellent thiloring an Very exceptional purchase of | fine suits made of the finished detail of distinctive touches ings are of beautiful quality of pussy- wool materi beautifull Some ‘of the suits are trimmed with Hudson seal (dyed muskrat) collays, others boast of real beaver-trimmed collars and pockets. There are also tailored models of oxford cloth smartly braided in In beaver color, brown, midnight blue, checked combinations, old blue, oxford gray a and taupe, Second floor, Old Building A specialized collection of Frocks at $69.50 To meet all*daytime occasions ressed woman materials and have any of these dresses duplicated by her own dressmaker for the same price Silk frocks favor first of all Georgette crepe” especially when beaded as are these frocks. Whether tall or short, stout or slim-—women will find a frock among the 10 models in Georgette crepe Beadin embroidery, workman- shi, and lines are truly excellent. Colors are navy blue, black and French blue (beaded with black). Satin is ever a favorite material whether in a charming black frock with short sleeves and draped skirt, or when combined h silk net embroidered with braid. Colors are black, brown and tau; Crepe de chine is used in a black frock for the large woman— featuring the over-skirt beaded at the bottom. Brocade crepe too, is an excellent excuse for a gracefully draped frock in taupe. mt Second floor, Old Building “) The sewing machine of to- day is as far ahead of the sew- ing machine of yesterday as the sewing machine of yester- day was ahead of grand- mother’s old laborious hand- sewing. And the sewing machines at Wanamaker's represent the best results of the most capable efforts in the various fields, For example: Standard Rotary Lock and Chain Stitch Combined The lightest running, easiest and simplest sewing, fastest stitching machine made, Rotary action, no power lost. Has sit-straight construction; needle precisely in center; the operator does not have to bend at her work. Four drawers, drop-head models, $57 to $72. Enclosed cabinet models, mahogany and walnut, $70 to $80. The Wanamaker Sewing Machines Remarkable-—well built, easy running models with long shuttle or vibrating action, at very low prices. This type was for many years the best in the sewinj machine world and is still used with perfect satisfaction. All drop head models. Five drawers, auto- matic lift, full set of attachments, $32 to $44.50. Enclosed cabinet, $56. Sold on Wanamaker plan $1 per week. MARKS, former Roosevelt Day Concert In the Auditorium, Monaay at 2.30 EDNA BEATRICE BLOOM, so} at the crea mtbe CHICKERING- ‘AMPICO Reproduci Sewing machines that are a joy and pleasure Electric portable sewing machines brating type mostly used; is equipped with automatic tension release and automatic bobbin winder, $48. Rotary shuttle, free from vibra- tion, silent running and very simple; runs one-third faster and cae operated; $60. Automatic tension type, single chain stitch without bobbin; $79, ‘Two-spool type, substitutes spool for a bobbin; operates on rotary principle and sews directly from the two spools, This means no more bobbins to wind; $67. The Franklin electric vibrating shuttle Very easy and tient running—all attachments, $49, Electric portable sewing machine gs an) Can be used on sewing machine. $17, ‘ Seventh Gallery, New Building . THURSTON NOE Piano. President of the Borough of Man- hattan, will speak on THEODORE ROOSEVELT, First Gallery, New Building