The evening world. Newspaper, November 24, 1922, Page 4

Pe a. all iss % + emai ms Highway Referendum Adopted by Voters in Recent Election. @Peanvassed but complete returns from every county in the State, filed here for certification by the Sta Board of Canvassers on Dec. 6, Baward I. Edwards, Democratic can- Madate for United Sta ' given a majority of 89,126 over United States Senator Joseph Freling- huysen, Republican, Edwards's total vote was 451,882 and that of Freiing- Auysen was 362,706. The official canvassers will have to deal with the United States Sena- torial, Congressional and Guborna- torial returns and also the vote on the $40,000,000 highway bond referendum, which was carried at the polls in the Feoent election. Mu Governor-clect George 8. Siler, Democrat, was elected over ex-Sena- tor William N. Runyon, his Repubii- ean opponent, by a majority of 44 #99, Silzor's total vote wis and that of Runyon was 383,180, 9, The road bond issue referendum was car- ried by 19,663, the vote in favor be- 1,039 and the vote opposed! Twelve of the twenty-one Counties of the State voled In favor of th road bond issue, These Count the following 1 6,415; Berge! Cape May, 2,240; Monmouth, — 1,173; tumberland, 2,679; Es- omerset, $85; Union, . The nine Counties voting against the r bond issue and their majorities Burlington, 1,943; Hunterdon, Mercer, 6,066; Mid- @lesex, 6,710; Morris, 1,481; Passaic, 1,679; Salem, 1,677; Sussex, 1,176; Warren, 1,782. PLC BELIEVE NAN LEN WAN AND HSE Patrolman’s Widow Was Known as Wife of Jersey City Man Found Dead. When the Jersey City police com- Plete their Investigation to-day Into the death of Mrs. Rose Ackerman, twenty-five, they expect to establish that sho was murdered by a man who later committed suicide. Bhe was the widow of Charles Ackerman, a Jersey City policeman, idiled last Oct. 11 when the motor- eycle he was riding in responding to @ burglar alarm hit a telephone pole In Cliffside, N. J.. Mrs. Ackerman ie said to have been known as the wite of Frank O'Rourke, who was ‘tound dead two days ago tn his home at No. 337 Fifth Street, Jersey City, and was recorded as a suicide, Mrs. Ackerman was last seen alive by her mother last Friday, when a visiting ecard of O'Rourke was seen In the young woman's handbag, Last night suspicion was directed toward a delicatessen tn Cliffside that had mot been open for several days. The door was forced and in the rear Mrs. Ackerman’s body was found with a boullet vound in the breast. "The police said she had been dead ut least forty-eight hours, probably longer. Thelr theory is that O'Rourke may have been responsible for the death. and brooded over it until he destroyed himself in the Dapzement of his Jersey City Home. RAILWAY CLERKS ASK INCREASE IN WAGES Point Out Average Pay In Below Estimated L 8. CHICAGO, Nov, 24.1, D. Fitzgerald, President of the Brotherhood of Ratl- way and Steamship Clerks, Frolght Handlers, ess and Station Em- ployees, appeared before th States Ratlroad Labor in support of their up lon for an increase in wages on forty-one ratiroads He besed his argument on the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, which placed the minimum for a family of five at $1,95 @ year, wherens now ward yesterday ye ee ae eet Terese : $40, 000,000 BOND /Maimed Workers ‘Corie Back’ ~ ISSUE FOR ROADS IN JERSEY CARRIED TRENTON, N. J., Nov, 4.—From by tt *) building United} |} Fast as They Learn Trades Institute fur Disabled Men Proves That Loss of Limb Does Not Destroy Victim’s Earning Power. At Second Avenue and Twenty-third Street all the robot factories Karel Kapek ever dreamed of beaten a mile, ‘8 @ workshop which has It is “The Institute for Crippled and Disatied Men.” ‘Two or three women interested in the work, among them Miss Florence S. Sullivan, Mra. Jeremiat. Misban! nd Miss Gertrude B. Pardee, showed reporters through the building yester-———————————————— day, the juea being to demonstrate the value of the work which Is being done Institute, which is now near- ing the end of a campaign for $130,- 000 to pay for the remodeling of the recently completed and to carry on the work of the Institute | for the next tWo years, aper people saw every- thing there was to hee, properly impressed. It is impressive to watch a man, well on in yearn, Handling with the blasted stump of his right hand, plus an ingenious con- trivance which serves him for the fingers which he has lost, the tricky job of welding two pieces of metal by means of an oxy-acetylone torch, This rehabilitated citizen used to be an ex- pert mechanic. When he lost his hand he . ws about through, to all appear. ances. Now, after a few weeks of training at the Institute he ts almost ready to start all over again at a new skilled trade, And he retains his earn- ing power, which means his inde- pendence. : They do a lot of other things ut the Institute as well as welding. Right handed men turned into “southpaws" by harsh circumstances are learning photo-retouching in one department, and fn another a flock of youngsters who have lost limbs are being taught to take every one of the 8,000 parts fun average typewriter to pleces and emble them without having pert left over Motion pletur operation, printing, mechanical dri ing and \ery fittingly the manufs ture of official Iimbs are fegular de. and were Jane Tiffuny, Mrs. Miss Madeline Lynch, purtments of the Inatitute’s work. with extublished classes and @ capacity of 100 pupils. The Institute, which was originally a branch of the Red Cross, has estab- lished itself In a definite position with regard to disabled men of all ages and without restrictions of any sort. It ts the only one of its kind in the country. “The big thing,’ Dr. John Culbert Faries, the director, said after the tour was finished, ‘ts to restore a crippled human beings faith in him- self. We have proved that few men, however badly handicapped by tons of limb, are actually unable to learn a profitable vocation. We do all we can to put them in a position to pay thelr own way, We supply them «t cost and on an easy installment pay ment plan with artificial Hmbs of the most practical type. Our classes teach them « useful trade and our employ- ment bureau finds them jobs when they are rendy fqr them, Tho effort is well worth while from the moral C2ect upon the cripple, to say nothing of the contribution he may be enabled to make to the familly support," Women of social prominence who ampaign are Mrs, Mortimer Schiff, Mrs, August Belmont, Miss § Bulkley, Seth Low, Mrs. Mrs. Jeremiah Milbank in Fairehild, Arthur Richards, Mis: Reginald Coombr Mrs. Rona! hart, Mrs. C. ompose the women's division of the] § McDonald, Mrs. Theodore Pomeroy, Miss Bleauor Lawrence and Mra, J “eur Bull Some of the feuding citizens of New York met to discuss the problem of the disabled men at the luncheon of the Mid-Day Club yesterday, Charles President of Hayden, Stone jed, and Samuel M. G . Vice Prestdent of the Uankors' Trust Compuny and President of the Insti- tute, described the work of the organ- ization, Mrs. August Belmont and Miss Florence Sullivan also spoke in hehulf of the Institution and its cam- palen. Among those at the luncheon were Seward Prosser, Jeremiah Mil- bank, Ethan Allen, William Hamlin Childs and Huntington Jackson, accesses *ISH WITH PICK AND SHOVEL. | Lang-Visk Dug From Places Dry tor Eighteen Months, (From Adventure Magazine.) etd you ever hear of the lung-fish, which breathes only alr and buries st- self for months until the earth Is dry anf sandy overhead? This fish is dug with a pick and shovel in places where there has been no water for elghteen months, ’ whore location {s known by @ small hol the fish leaves to breathe through. The: grow up to three feet long, and stor: fat on thelr tafls for keeping them through the long dry seasons. There Is a certain eel that does ike- wine. ° try, @ district of 250,000 square mile: mn the borders of Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina, — PSYCHOLOGICAL MOMENT, (Prom Home Life.) ‘The fateful hour had come, He knew that he must be brave, #0 he screwed v)) hie courage to the sticking point and ik your father for his cor darling 2" r do it now," suddenly — HIS HANDICAr. (From the Kansas City Star.) “Does your baby ery much?” asked a on of Rus ttle fell ar much yet." apus Ridge, fs too young SEND FOR THE BEST & CO, BOOK OF GIFTS—READY NOW Best & Co. Fifth Avenue at 35th $t—N. Y. Epablished 1879 NOW IN PROGRESS ) NOVEMBER SALE OF FURS The season’s lowest prices on fur garments of this Platinum ov beige (Dyed Muskrat) Black fox collar (Dyed Muskrard LAND OF MANY HORSES. Im North America F. Several Variett (rom the Detroit Ni ‘A Government scientist cites some fateresting facts about ancient Amer- fean horses. It appears that In North . living in forests; others were very swift, having narrow feet, more resembling those of deer, and lived on the plaina. More- ower, there were American horses larger than the huge Percherons of to-day, and others smaller than the most diminutive Shetlands. ®@ 40 inch NATURAL MUSKRAT COATS NATURAL MUSKRAT JACQUETTES CARACUL JACQUETTES NATURAL RACCOON COATS HUDSON SEAL (40 in.) COATS = Skunk collar and cuff BLACK CARACUL COATS - HUDSON SEAL COATS (full length) Shunk ov beaver collar and cuffs SCOTCH MOLE COATS (full length) Self inmmed ~ featuring munduan sleeve PERSIAN LAMB COATS ('5 length) Shunk ov holinsky ervmmed Whatever helps Fifth Avenue helps New York 6 New Join the Fi Join now ~ character featuring garments from our regular Stock and a choice selection of new models specially purchased for this event. 115.00 135.00 145.00 195.00 245.00 295.00 345.00 345.00 345.00 hap week — Now ie ere Arvociation, THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1922. GB. Altman & Cn. FOR SATURDAY Seasonable Merchandise—Special Prices Remarkable Price Reductions im Misses’ Frocks A most unusual offering of Street and Aftor- noon Frocks, {m the season’s choice of styles and fabrics, including the popular wool and silk weaves, very specially priced. Frocks of crepe de Chine, wool laine, Poiret twill and wool Canton $22.00 Frocks of crepe de Chime, Canton crepe, and satin=faced Canton and wool crepe ‘¢ laine $29.50 (Sizes not complete in every style) crepe de at at The more costly Frocks may o be selected at great concessions im 5 (Second Floor) A Number of Misses’ VVinter Coats specially priced, as follows: $39.00 Dressy Coats, of bolivia cloth, silk lined throughout . . . . . $55.00 Fur-trimmed Coats, of bolivia cloth, silk- lined throughout: With collar of beaver or squirrel, or collar and cuffs of fox ‘ ; $78.00 With collar and cuffe of squirrel or beaver, at. . . . 5 . ‘ $95.00 Sports Coats, of imported tweeds, (Second Floor) Another Offering of | Girls’ Fur-collared Coats (sizes 6 to 14) $29.50 These Coats, made of soft bolivia cloth, tn a choice of brown, navy or redskin, are un- usual values. at (Second Floor) A Selection of Fashionable Wool Fabrics at appealing price reductions The assortment, in regular stock, includes Broadtai! and Astrachan Fur Cloths, Scotch Fleece and Camels’-hair Cloths, Checked Velours, Sporte Suitings and Tweeds; Em- broidered Kashas, Duvetyns, Twills and Serges. (First Floor) An Important Sale of Women’s Blouses in a choice of several models exceptionally priced at $7.50 allt Modis Blouses of Perslan novelty prints, and other mew styles that take to effective Russian colorings and all-over embroidery in metal thread. Some of these blouses have ag sleeves, (Third Floor) Special Values in Quality Ribbons will be of unusual interest with the gift season so near. Two-toned Satin Ribbon (I-inch wide) per yard ee eo 8 oe Go 6 ths in an attractive assortment of color combie mations, suitable for dress ornaments and: rosettes. ted Warp Taffeta Ribbon, satin-striped, in floral and Paisley designs (6\/, inches per yard 45c. y pretty for fancy work. Taffeta R Watered bbon (6!/2 inches wide), 45c. colors for children’s hair-bows and sashes. per yard f . . . . . in o variety of mported Fallle Ribbon of high lustre (84 . ' : - per yard 85c. in a wide choice of colors for sashes and millinery. (First Floor) asonable Opportunity in Misses’ & Children’s Shoes (laced model) of excellent quality and workmanship at extraordinarily low prices This selection of dark tan calfskin Shoes, made on comfortable, well-shaped lasts, includes Sizes 7 toll ‘ ° + per palr $3.90 Sizes 111/, to 2 + « «+ perpalr 4.85 (Second Floor) Madison Avenue - Fifth Avenue, New York Thirtp-fourth Street Thirty-fitth Street ‘4