The evening world. Newspaper, December 26, 1919, Page 4

THEVES PLUNDER WAS $25,000,000 N nies Flatly Contradict En- right’s Optimistic Figures. “If you knew that each year a gang wut of every twelve to be robbed, “fer ig some places much greater.” ‘ The above is-an excerpt from an advertisement recently issued by one @f the largest burglary insurance companies doing busthess in Tel York. One out of every twelve bieain! who walk tho streets a victim of rob- bers during the year just ended. Never such a harvest in any other year since the insurance people have Deen writing policies, In New York City during 1919 the “hands up” gen- try, the loft looters, bank robbers, pickpockets, seoond-story workers nd others of their ilk under various classifications have ‘cleaned up” an roximate total of close to $25,- 000, ‘Phis on the word of officials an: agents of the thirty-two burglary 7 @urance companies operating in the , who Say not only the value of the plunder hasalmost doubled in the lagt twelve months, but that the num- ‘ber of robberies and fener, has in- ereased from 30 to ‘The insurance men Eitibute this to lack of efficient co-operation on the part of the police and in part as re- js the increase in the value of the to inflated prices of clothing, jew- » furs, silks and other articles fancied by housebreakers and mid- it prowlers. ese general figures are given by ingurance men who do not wish their ex, 8 to be published, as they be- publication would “atagonisa} ice officials and thus lessen the Gd-operation they receive from the! oe in Recovering stolen goode. | Concerning eries of robbers’ plunder, the ursiacy risk men were almost unanimous in asserting they amounted practically to nothing. an Eyening World interview Commissioner Enright said iat “not had the number of Oui aoe 6 sity ne not increased but that had et the cut in half ie ° further reduced to 7,412. For this year to date there aes been anly 6,856 cases of this He added that this was a re- sont of Pas the people “may well) Wa vie ry insurance men dispute wos by aa: vine there never were no | Many robberies before; that their} claims for losses in 1919 over 1918 amounted in some cases to as muc’ h | @ 100 por cont; that reports of rob. beries come in to the individual com. ' papies sometimes as high as a dozen | y; that 80 per cent. ine Wage A f, iested Shipping Board it won stated jad robberies in N York Hi jounted. to hundreds ousands of dollars. o. month.” of th Hotel theta rer have beenfo nu- fnerous, ‘gay the insuranee: Fapreaen- ‘sa he lath istrict trom ‘1at! seth Streets ‘a ee to att almost nightly. aa "ave reg i Inve single bullding bel bein ted in ¢ one night. i A vingle robbery at one.of the bie i. Ban ‘. Send c ety or Hing, sive ‘ White Diaunond, WN t 10 Months’ 1 $ave Decayod Tooth, Tighten Loos) Tooth. Treat Diseased Gumi. sere OF THETH nd Crowns Bridge more, ities. ‘and Inlays of Gol and Porcelain Made at jp pitheg ty Prices Badly decayed Teeth and Root carefully extracted Teeth tho oughly ‘cleaned. Broken Plater vepaired w “4 Hr ye of; y BLO: On; 2 E. 125th St./169 E. 34th Se 8. E Cor, Gb Ave. N. W. Cor, Id Ave. 740 Lexington Ave. hotels notted the thieves $276,000 in| tempted to keep the detaila trom 8. ther year have the robbers] articles are no Jonger sent called as the most re- ' messenger s total of the loot in Liberty bonds and other negotiable securities has run z into enormous figures, Burglary Insurance Compa; tm disposing of loot new methods also prevail, Jonger aré receiving staUions for any Jarge part of the burglar’s. barvest. Ins'ead, it is said, there are hundreds of “fences” in side street saloons, in cheap restaurants and dozens of other re the negotiators can of robbers would go through the transact their basiness “quietly.” Bo streets of your city and select one ewiftiy oper: nces” work that it is reported in Weuld you not Teel a little, nervous some cases h pee fr 2 ' over the chance of your being one on, coastwise ships within a few hours Of those marked Yor pillage? . Yet it tier the robbery and offered for Lect fs stated that thenvmber of robbeties a¥’starms In Neboving Mates ‘the committed is on the average as Break “Ty an, or most all, of the robberies @4 this, with the elrances for ro »bbe| res) auring the year tho police have at- laces 5th Avenue A—Only 7 Gas Radiators—6 tubes; heay heavily nickel- 29 inches high, 25 inches wide ers—cast base and top; 15 inches high; blue flame Bunsen burner; burns 80% air and only 2 gas; cost of operation Ye per hour; heats a 12x16 ft, room in zero weather, base and’ top; nickel-plated trim- mings; blue flame Bunsen burner 26, 1919, Dies at Mani being made public. Lists of stolen up” men | vestigators for the ph ry insurance | y about} companies say they Jenied access re dis-| to the lost and stolen property room jon wtih} at Police Head aquarte rs. pfrequent. Catherine Duan in Jndue S. H. Sedgewick Dien, LINCOLN, Neb. Dec. 26. — Judge) a| Samuel HH. Bedgewick, seventy-o for fifteen years Justice of th braska Supreme Court, died suddeniy | last evening from heart disease, The pawn shops no Are you suffering with foot miseries? and encourage correct walking. I f) structed on purely orthopedic lasts, keepers of these could be rds were loaded in A crowded church oe worshippers yesterday morning saw Peter Falckner, seventy-three-years old, topple over at mass in St, Leonard's Church, Jefferson Paris and Wilson Avenues, Brooklyn, There was no commotion as the ushers moved [+ him to the vestry, most of the worship- [ii London pers thinking the man had fainted. In the vestry {t was found that be had Med of A dinease, [AN T ZEN SArch Support Shoes FOR MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN When by the Jantzen Arch-Support Shoe you will give your the relief, that restful feeling to which they are entitled, desired in corrective footwear, and Jantzen quality leather mde workmanship complete the essentials, “A Good Foot-rule for You—wear the |: ntz:-n Shoe.” ‘Atk for Our Book—''The Abuse of the Big Tes.” ‘| NO BRANCH STORES—Our only address Sb! 660 Sixth Ave., Abave 38th St. fenton Custom Bootmakers Over 50 Years. vee 1 lieeiateaens laa eee ee ee ‘ i FRANKLIN SIMON & CO. Will Close Out Saturday MISSES’ DRESSES Of Serge, Velveteen or Satin At Reductions of #14.°9 to #34,50 Now 25.00 Regular Prices £39, to $59,50 A DIVERSIFIED and exceptional collection of serge dresses, embroidered or with accordeon pleated skirts, dresses of good quality velveteen in black or desirable colors, and dresses of satin of . Satin combined with velvet. Sizes 14 to 20 years: MISSES’ DRESS SHOP—Second Floor NO EXCHANGES . Jranklin Simon 8 Co. Fifth Avenue, 37th and 38th Streets © make-room for incoming stocks of Palm Beach and early Spring attire we have taken drastic reductions Winter is really just beginning, on Winter Apparel. | 45 Misses’ Evening Wraps i 125.00 i Originally 195.00 ta 350.00 i (Distinctive models of distinctively beautiful j fabrics. Chiffon velvet in clever combination with scintillating brocades, ‘or used alone. Many handsomely fur-trimmed. Also a number.of_ beautiful daytime wraps. | 38 Misses’ Evening Frocks Originally 65.00 to 75.00 |, Georgette and taffeta, two materials as de- ( sirable for their serviceability as for their i 1 beauty. Styles of the pleasantly different sort one always finds at Best's. James McCreery & Co. I ON SATURDAY Purchases will appear on bills rendered February Ist, Clearance Sale Gas Heating Appliances At yy former Prices wide 6.25 cast top and base; regularly 12.50 lated ; jeweled front; . lighted represents glowing regularly 10.00 wide, B—Only 100 Cylinder Gas Heat- 4.00 regularly 6.00 inches high, 13 inches wide, 1.7: regularly 8.50 regularly 6.00 C—Only 125 Gas Heaters—cast high and 16 inches wide. regularly 7,00 regularly 4.00 D—Only 12 Oriole Gas Heaters, flame; 18 inches high designed to give the greatest amount 2. \ ofheat with minimum, consumption regularly 4.00 PAD aE A 4 es 34th Street of gas; 22 inches high, 20 inches Only 6 Red Reflecting Gas Heat- ers—cast front; nickel-plated; when place; 14 inches high and 14 inches 0% actual Only 12 American Beauty Gas Heaters, lined with asbestos; 22 Only 12 Same Heaters, 24 inches Only 15 Kost Gas Heaters—blue earlier in the season. seasan. Women’s High Shoes | 735 835 42135 Originally 9.50 to 18.80 Brown and black Russia calfskin with colored ! cloth tops at 7.35. Black Russia calfskin, kid- |}| | skin, or patent leather, some with contrasting tops at 8.35. Brown and black buckskin, some with gray or fawn tops, at 11.35. (Tax.14 extra.) 115 Women’s Trimmed Hats 5.00 10.00 15.00 Some of our smartest models in velvet, beaver, and velour; distinctive trimmings. " “STORE HOURS: 9 mi ae TO “5:30 P, M. Fifth Avenue at 35th Street ! Established_1879 ', | Announce for Friday and Saturday AFTER-CHRISTMAS CLEARANCE OF 3 WINTER APPAREL so, purchasers who buy at this time may look forward to \ months of wear from their selections and still benefit by the_low prices prevailing now. We could not .begin to list every’ garment that shows a substantial reduction—this list mentions only those.that appear in quantity. | 100 WOMEN’S | FUR-TRIMMED COATS 48.00 Among them models that have sold up to 69.50 Mostly smart belt conservative enough in line to be worn again next Silvertone, diagonal velour, plain velour. \} poems You Never Pay More at Best’s mms uss aa = THE WORLD WINTER RESORTS ANNUAL 33 FREE AT ALL WORLD OFFICES OR COPIES MAILED ON REQUEST ‘THE WORLD WINTER RESORT BUREAU, Puuitzer BLDG., n-¥. 175 Women’s Dresses 35.00 52.50 Originally 59.00 to 195.00 Day and evening frocks remarkable at these prices. ‘The materials, tricotine, satin, geor¢ gette and tricolette—in the higher priced group some of net or velvet. Also individ, rocks originally 110.00 to_198. co—now. 75.00 and_98.00. 400 Georgette Blouses 5.90 8.60 11.40 Originally 10.50 to 16.50 The majority are individual models designed to wear with Winter suits, and therefore de- veloped in suit shades to make a harmonious costume. All exceptionally well_made. ed styles, 150 Little Children’s Coats, _ 7.75 15.95 Originally 9.75 to 29.75 A great variety of styles but not all gizes“in ” every style. Simple and practical models made of fine broadcloth, corduroy, velveteen ' and chinchilla, many of them_prettily fur. trimmed. Sizes 1 to 3 yrs. 143 Little Children’s Hats 3.50 5.75 Velour, beaver or corduroy in dress and vid ig tailored styles. Becoming juvenile shapes Ni .