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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-09-10
STOLE s69O,0OO,
EMBEzzLERPR|NCE
DIES IN POVERTY
Note Teller Alvord of First
National Expires at His
! Stockport Home.
SERVED 8-YEAR TERM.
Spent Fortune in TenderlOin
and Lived IN Style Until
Discovery.

Cornelius Lansing Aivord. tat I'M
romantic prince Of embeszlers. to
whom the First National Bank unwit-
tinsiy paid . Ssso,ooo bonus between
1895 and 1904. has gone to his last
accounting. In the obsourity Of the
little home At Stockport, N. T.. into
which he stepped from . Sing Sing
cell. he heard yesterday the calling Of
that "distant drum" scoffed At ~ his
favorite philosopher, Omar Khayyam.
II was the reasoning OF Omar that
upheld Alvord through his years OF
princely peculation. and when he fed he
left behind him upon his desk a copy Of
the kubaiyat. much thumbed on the
page whore this verse was marked:
Some for the giories of This World.
and some
Sigh for the Prophets Paradise to
come;
All! take the Cash and let the Credit
Nor heed the rumble of a distant
Drum"
For almost Q score Of years Aiyord
led the drab. uneventfui career of a
bank clerk-an honest one From a
iowly position In the First National he
worked himself up to the note-teiIer's
cage. Then ne became himself the note
teller. The post carried with II a SAL
ary Of $500 year. much m than Al
v'rd ever had earned before, altho, I
he was well on the road to the half cen-
fury milestone.
WHITE LIGHTS BEGAN TO At.
TRACT ALvoRD.
As note-teiler Alvord had something
else he had not had befor~-an oppor.
tunity to steal and to cover his tracks
indefinitely. All ne needed was a tenn
tation. Wall street provided IL, and n
long-supprcssed passion for the White
Lights.
Gradually Alvord changed his name,
OF living He had q wife and thre.
children. and upon them he BEGAN Il
lavish lu1uries such az they never hat
dreamed Of possessing. Where tn,
money was coming from they did no
know. They were given to understan,
that the new position at the bank Gar
Red with II 4 salary only second I,
| that Of the president.
Soon Alvord purchased q maRnif,cen
residence at Chester Hill. Mount Yer
non. A circle of diamonds began I,
creep up on his wife's fingers and IN,
children's education was looked after b,
. hish-priced governess. In Mount Yer
non they soon became the Aivords. Mrs
Alvord. long bound down by monetar.
exiGencies, blossomed forth as a societ,
queen. She drew about her a group o
the elite In the fashionable suburba,
city.
| For . time this sufYiced. Alvord
however. wanted to expand his spher,
Under the new conditions II was neces
sary TOT him 10 be early at the ban
and late. practically impossible for hir
to take q vacation. This his superior
took as deno ting an abnormal devotio
to duty and to his employers Interest
and they never dreamed of questionin
his Integrity. In return for this dali
concentration Alvord now demande
something more OF his scant leisur
hours.
HEAD WALTERS KNEW HIM Fol
HIS GENEROSITY.
Broadway came to know him. II
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-09-10

And the new handbag
also from Paris; fascinating
bags of black satin striped
MORE and real English mo-
rocco.
Meanwhile, all $3.75 to IS
white lace bags 60 out tomor-
row at 81 each.
Main floor. Old Building.
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RS. ALvORD REoPENED THE
CHESTER HILL HOUSE.

II was reported that Mrs. Alvord. In
dire financial distress, had been forced
to open a rooning house. At any rate.
she dropped out of sight for four years.
Then she reappeared In Mount Vernon
and reopened the Chester Hill palace.
Efforts were made to obtain a pardon
for Alvord. but they did not succeed.
Still there was something working to
shorten his sentence, slowly but surely.
His time OF for good behavior short
ened his sentence so that he was ie-
leased in April, 1902 new home was
waiting for Alvord at Stockport. II had
been built and prepared for his home
coming by his wife and his brother.
Each OF them denied vigorously that the
home was erected other than on Dor
rOwed money. Alvord. they said, as he
had repeatedly complained. was penni-
less. He had spent on high living
that portion of his populations which
had not been lost in wall street.
Stockport was Alvord's home town
the town that had sent him down to
battle with the city. He lived and died
there, a leading citizen"
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states Revenues s47,OOO, 900.

ALBANY. Sept. 10.--New York States
revenue for the fiscal year ending Oct
next Is expected to total at least
si7. 200. 900. or more than $4,000, 900
more than was estimated on Jan.
last. The increase Is due to the in
heritance taxes paid on large estates
this year and increased taxes from the
corporation tax bureau.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-09-10

Only 10 Bags and Suit
Cases have come to US to sell
each a quarter less.
Suit Cases, 81 to $3.50.
Bags, $3.50 to $40.
A manufacturers samples.
in first class condition; no two
alike.
Burlington Arcade floor. New Bldg.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-09-10

SIS to So Laces at the same
time will 60 for S. yard. I'm
ported copies of fine point de
Venise allover laces in 20
designs, II and 20 inches wide.
First floor, Old Building.
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Lock Your Husband IN the
Kitchen for One Day

Lock Your Husband In the
Kitchen for One Day
Make him cook tho ~sssls
Wosh the diskss
Polish up the stors
Take out the ashes " coaD
Clean out the refrigerator
Empty the drip pan
Sco,r the kettles and pane
Shine up the tinwars and
silrer
Put out the garbage can
Bring up the coal
Scrub tho floor
Wash the ,cindo,ss
but what's the use7 He
would break out somehow and
rush down to Wanamaker's
and get all the latest labor.
saving helps he could.
This 10 written with the
earnest hope that husbands
will take the hint xos0 since
prices in this sale are from q
fifth to q third lee than at
other times Of the year.
Subway floor, New Building.
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rented a suite at the Hotel Paost. on
the site OF which the Times Building
now stands. This he paid for by the
month. although he seldom occupied
the apartments oftener than twice q
week. Head walters in the lobster pal
aces came to recognize his face and
to appreciate his free nd edness.
They knew him for a man who spared
no expense. who frequently was &C.
companied by handsome. bejewelled
blonde, who dressed In black.
Other men like Alvord had been seen
on Broadway in similar circumstances.
but none quite so lavish none quite
so grotesqYe in appearance. He
weighed more than 400 pounds and
wabbled rather than walked.
Just once Alvord ventured to take
vacation while he was note teller.
Then. when he came back and was
confronted by no accusing official, he
breathed sigh Of relief. Twice n
year the bank examiners went over his
books lie was always at their side
to explain the meaning of certain pen
cilled figures. which. he said were the
actual totals on his clearing sheets.
one night. though, another clerk no.
ticed him making some changes in a
sheet. and casually mentioned the mat
| ter to c. ID. Backus, the assistant
| cashier. No one dreamed anything was
| wrong. They simply thought that the
untiring note teller had discovered
some bookkeeping shortcut Backus.
wondering what it could be, looked
81, 20
"A half hour he poured over the figures,
then hastily summoned all the clerks
who remained in the bank. In another
half hour they had overwhelming
proof that Avord, the trusted. plug
ging. jovial note teller was a thief.
ALvoRD APPEARED AND GOT
THE TIP TO FLEE.
Some telepathic warning brought Al
word to the sidewalk on Broadway and
| Wal street. outside the bank. tina; eve
ming. He saw the group OF clerks gath'
erred around his cage. He needed NJ
more to tell him he had been discovered
He disappeared. This was on Oct. Is.
Through Police Headquarters ant
private detective agencies the bank au
thor!ties sent out an appeal for Alvord''
| apprehension. They offered rewaro
Of 5000 and It set the country aler
for the man hunt and the reward. VIVA
could be easier than locating a fugitive
with dlshguring layers OF fat that NJ
disguise could hide? Nevertheless. Al
| word managed to keep himself con
cealed until oct. 20. A few days pre-
vious he had been seen IN the Tourain,
Hotel, Boston. but had escaped befor,
fellow iodger. who recognized him
gave the alarm.
From the hotel he went TO = Bostol
roomlng house.
Warning came too late this time, an
he was brought back to New Yorf
There was dispute between FEEDERS
and state authorities as to whom juris
diction in Alvords case belonged. Theg
also was dispute between the hot,
guest, the lodging house keeper and III
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police as to who had earned the reward
Suits were brought against the banks
for the 5000.
The Federal authorities proved the
priority OF their claim on the stout note
teller. and he was tried In the District
Court IN January. 1901: rather he would
have been tried had h not plead ed
guilty to three Of the ffty-one counts In
the indictment against him. The only
word he said In his own defense was:
Il, was not s700.Vo. as charged, that
l stole. but only S60,000!"
On Jan. 10 OF that year he was sem
fenced TO serve thirteen years at Sing
Sng-eight for the theft from the bank
and i've for classifying Clearing House
entries. Just how much he restored to
the hank never was made public, but
II was believed TO te a trifiing amount.
Tho house at Chester Hin was In the
name OF Mrs. Alvord. and neither II nor
It's furnishings was sacrificed. True,
Mrs Alvord disposed Of her jewelry and
turned the Proceeds into the bank, and
also resigned her claims on lots valued
al N20O. and Some other bits of prop
erty, but II was generally understood
that a goodly portion of the $500, 900. or
500, 900 or 800, 900 was planted"
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-09-10

WOMEN'S GLOVES. In Both Stores.
clasp. pique sewn Natural Chamos.
value 100. 75c,a pair
clasp, piquc sewn Mocha. Tan and
Gray. value 1875 SSc pair
l2 button length, Perrin's Nousque-
tarc White Docskin. l.75 pair
value 2.25
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-09-10

In Both Stores.
For Men and Women.
Twilled Silk UNI relas with assorted
mission and natural wood handles, also
some with sterling silver trimmings.
values 500 and $50. zoo
Taffeta Silk Umbrellas, tape edge
Handles of plain and carved woods, ster-
ling silver caps, etc. 2.85
values 4 90 and $50
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-09-10

Going On
Sale of Imported Costume
Suitings-the $3.50 to S.
kind for $l.55 yard.
Main Aisle, Old Bldg.
Exhibit and Sale Of Bed.
Coverings-the most inter-
esting and comprehensive
New York has seen.
Seventh Gallery, New Bldg.
September Sales of China.
Cut Glass and Art Wares.
Second Gallery New Bldg.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-09-10

SILKS" In Both Stores.
Famous over half a Century.
Sale of Forty Thousand Yards
Double Width Black Dress Silks con-
ssting OF large variety of the most fash
ionable weaves CSC to l .85 yd
value $50 to 800
Double width Black Dress Velvet
value $50. 800 yd
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UNDERGRADUATES s. SLIPPERS.

UNDERGRADUATES g. SLIPPERS.
Women's Isle Thread Union Suits,
band top. value 1875 Use
County Cut Union Suits of Isle
Thread. with crochetcd yoke. 100
value l.65
AIilanesc Silk Boomers reinforced.
value 200, l.SS
Petticoats of crinkled batiste SOC
value z5c
Corded Silk Slippers Mule shape. :.
value ZOO. l.ZS
23rd Street 34th Stree
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Hall Runners
Hearth Sizes

Fourth Gallery. New Buildins.
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He was held 1t the Leonard street
atation until Gerard got Magistrate
CorriSan Of the Night Court to accept
G,e00 ball. -.
The girls story 10 Doughsrty was
confirmed by detectives who went to
% Hotel Astor. A technical charge Of
MEAHsx wx sissss assaass ,Aes sss
Arizona republican., 1912-09-16

and they stole four neatly punched bingles out of his granary. Then, last of all and most, comes Smiley's hurl- ing and his support One chance was lost in the Maroons' garden, and sev- eral in the infield, but altogether,
 the backing was good. And eight
 scattered hits don't go far toward
 stacking up runs against as fast a
 team as the Mexicans. As a final
 thought. this is offered Today was
 the 1O2nd birthday of Mexico How
 could Quiros lose? He had it coming
 to him. Viva Ia Pelota! The score:
 Teano- 123 456 7S9-R H F. Maroons ..........OoZ Ool 41l- All Ams ....0 001 100 O40- g Stolen bases, Reiter 4, for Watson and Nellis) 8; Zones, 2; Struck out hv Nellis ,, by Smiley 6; two base hits. Towers 1; A. Scott 2, Castle 1; three baggers. Zones; bases on balls off Smiley one
 Maroons-Teddy, If; Buelna, 3b;
 Butler. ss; Ed Scott and Quiros, ID;
 A. Scott, 2b; L. Scott, If; Castle, c; | Gabe cf; Smiley, p.
 All Americans-Robinson, If; Will Hams. c; Easaw and Brown, ss; Bag lev. of; Zones, 2b; Reiter, If; Tow
 CTS, 1b; Watson, 3b; Nellis, p. Empires, Sullivan and Jones.
Arizona republican., 1912-09-16

This important question will bs answered just prior to the opening of the great state fair in Phoenix in co. tober. The members of the fair conn mission, assisted by the papers of the state, will conduct a voting contest in every town and couty of Arizona. Tho object will be to secure the most pop ular young lady in the state who will be crowned Queen of Arizona and who will be the central figure at the fair. Whoever this young lady may prove to be, she has a royal good time in store for her. Round trip railroad tickets will be furnished the queen and a companion, fine suite of rooms at the Hotel Adams will be given them, a splendid box at the fair will be at their disposal, and during every minute of her stay in Phoenix a powerful big automobile will be at the beck and call of the queen.
 In every paper in Arizona coupons, good for thousand votes, are being published today. This coupon, when filled out and accompanied by dollar and forwarded to the secretary of the fair in Phoenix, will be good for a thousand votes.
 The wealth of Arizona is divided divided evenly, and it is a well known fact that smaller communities have their share, and often more, of this worlds goods. Believing that ;he peo- pie of the smaller towns would take a greatpersonal interest and would send more money to back their candidates than would theresidentS of .he larger
Arizona republican., 1912-09-16

eles. Tonight will be the last night of the present bill and tomorrow night a new list of performers will be in troduced. The Victoria trio will offer a line of popular songs and Burke and Barton will present "The Messenger Boy and the Dude" The third number will be Hazel Dilson, singing comedl- enne, making a sextette of vaudeville entertainers for the new week. These numbrs will as usual altrnatd with the latest photoplays, for which the Coliseum is alread famous.
 For fair week Manager Reeves has a fine speciality scheduled in the pic ture line, moving pictures taken dur ing a trip through Siberia and Alaska These will include not only theg rand and awful scenes of wild wastes of snow and ice, but there will be action views as well of more than passing in terest. One will be thed lying of a polar bear more than forty feet under an ice floe. These pictures were shown in Los Angeles for continuous
 run of four weeks and a return en- gagement of two weeks, being the sen
 sation of the picture houses.
Arizona republican., 1912-09-16

cities, the commission decided to make a charge of a dollar thousand votes il order to give he young ladies resid- ing away from the cities an even break n the voting
 This contest begins immediately with the appearance of the voting cou- pon in the various papers, and will not end until few days before the open ing of the fair. The exact date of the termination of the contest will be an nounced by all the papers in the state at later date.
 The rules of the contest are very signed by the person sending it, and should bear the name of the young lady for whom the votes are intended. Each coupon is good for one thousand votes when accompanied by one dollar All coupons should be mailed to Sec retary State Fair, Phoenix, Arizona and the votes will be counted immedi- ately upon receipt of the coupon. The papers over tn stat will from time to time announce the standing of the con- testants.
 Any young lady over 16 years of age is eligible and the married women are not barred. Bear this fact in mind, particularly, whoever the fortunate voung ladv is. she and her chaperon will be shown the time of their lives hv the fair commissioners during their week stay in Phoenix, free railroad tickets. free board and room, free box at the fair and free automobile every
Arizona republican., 1912-09-16

on the following brilliant plays during their engagement at the Empress the ater.
 "The Heir to the HoOrah." made even the blase New Workers show animation and the favorable impress sion of the first performance was re- peated in a long run. Such a decided hit naturally became a strong favorite with stock companies who have pros pered in its production and have made the name of it's author Paul Arm strong, a cognomen with which to cOnjure Dame Fortune.
 Another drama which holds high position in the DetriclI repertoire. is a more recent play called "The Land slide" written by Austin Adams. a California man. The story is an ex- position of the socialist idea, em- bodies the beautiful ideal of the brotherhood of man and tells how the millennium might be made to material ize. It is considered a strong drama by both it's advocates and it's enemies and played for five weeks in San Diego, an unheard of thing in the coast town, where it established a precedent. It also had a long en- gagement in Los Angeles and is cer- | tain to arouse deep thought wherever | it is put on.
 "Widfire," a race horse story ir which Lillian Russell starred, is an other of the entertainments planned for an engagement at the Empress by | the present company. Last nigh they played the Lion and the Mouse" heavy drama which center;
 about the sinister figure of the mon 1 ey king, John Burkett Ryder. Phoe-
 nicians are beginning to realize tha
 there is an excellent company in stocl | here, and the attendance at this re
 markable drama, has been large dur ing the past three nights of it's pro duction. Tonight "Salomy Jane" al
 other Armstrong hit, will be put ol
 for the first time. It is the story o
 two feud families of Kentucky, Whicl
 moved to California where the daugh
 ter of one is insulted by scion O the other and her cowardly love
 failing to avenge her, she falls il
 love with the man who does. It is story of the days of '49 but not
 story of the mines.
Arizona republican., 1912-09-16
MARIA ANGRY
 AT MRS. GARCIA
Claims Husband in Peni- tentiary Writes Letters to Handsomer Woman and Doesn't Even Send a Line to His Spouse

Even though the state authorities have separated her from her husband for a time, because he engaged in shady check episode, Maria VerdugO wouldn't mind it so much, were it not for the fact that she has learned that during the past three months, Jose Nerdugo her husband, has been send ing letters from the pententiary to Mrs. Bonita Garcia, who is a neighbOr and perhaps a trifle younger and bet ter looking than the faithful spouse Nerdugo, it seems, was not even con- siderate enough to send an occasional letter to his wife, but made full use of the prison regulations with regard to the mailing of letters, by sending all he is permitted to mail, to Mrs Garcia. Any news Mrs. Verdugo has been enabled to receive from her hus- band has been from neighbors, to whom it is claimed Mrs. Garcia has been in the habit of showing Yer dugos epistles.
 A storm has been brewing in the NerdugO- Garcia neighbOrhood for some time, and it broke Friday, when Mrs NerdugO, laying her three months old baby in the arms of her sister for a few minutes, proceeded to create an impression on Mrs. Garcia, employing in that playful pastime as neat a leather covered billy" as any police man ever carried. Then she scratched the Garcia Womans face and relieved her of more garments of wearing ap- parel than it would be possible to name in a department store ad
 The police arrived after the fes- tivities had reached a climax and es- corted the beliigerents to the city hall. They both agreed to suspend hostilities until an opportunity had been given to air the affair in police court. When the case was finally called Saturday afternoon, it took Judge Thomas nearly an hour to un- tangle the affair Mrs. Verdugo was hesitant about promising to treat Mrs. Garcia with the respect and consider ation the law claimed was due her, unless she ceased receiving letters from Jose. The judge claimed to be lacking in Jurisdiction or some such legal term, but insisted that the women promise to see less of each other. They finally agreed that upon the first occasion that one of them endeavored to start anything in the nature of a rough house, the other would report the occurrence to the police And then Mrs Verdugo was permitted to go with a suspended sen tence hanging over her head pending good behavior.
Arizona republican., 1912-09-16

Royalty lends it's sanction to the annual tournament of the Dominion of Canada TrapshoOter's association and the event attracts both shooters and spectators from all parts of the Dominion as well as from the United States. This year the big meet was held at Montreal, August 20-23 Amer ican made ammunition-Reming UMC-was used by S c. Vance. who won the amateur championship of Canada, the premier number of the strong program, by Roland Day, who was awarded the Earl Grey cup, pre- sented by the governor general of Canada, and by several other win ners of important competitions.
Arizona republican., 1912-09-16
ADJUSTMENTS
THE WIGWAM

..I THE WIGWAM
 The new bill at the WigWam the ater tonight is bound to make a hit. With two great and stirring western pictures.
 Romance of the Border" This picture will be very interesting on account of the scenes taken in Ari- zona and along the border. This is a thrilling picture to be featured far and wide.
 Nerves and the Man" Love and tragedy are the beginning and end ing of this dramatic story, sumptu ously set, and continuous interest in 1t from the beginning to the end
 Gamblers Reformation" A story of real human interest, the serious consequences were fortunately avert ed and both started afresh with bet ter understanding.
 Any Old Clothes" a full, snappy and humorous comedy.
Arizona republican., 1912-09-16

SMALL BLAZE.-The fire depart ment was called yesterday afternoon in response to an alarm from box B for a small blaze in the rear of a house at Second avenue and Lincoln street. The department had the run for nOth- ing, as the neighbors used the garden hose so effectively that the fire was extinguished before the apparatus ar rived.
Arizona republican., 1912-09-16
THE EMPRESS

The lover of good drama who keeps at all versed in the productions that succeed on Broadway, will be inter- ested in knowing that the Detrick Stock company cOntemplates putting
Arizona republican., 1912-09-16
THE COLISEUM.

A feature of more than ordinary in- +erest at the Coliseum last night and Saturday night was the pictures of the big Grand Army parade in Los Ang
Arizona republican., 1912-09-16
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Cleveland Philadelphia, postponed, rain.
 At Detroit R H. E, Detroit ...-.. ...........' D Washington ..... .-......- b II
 Batteries: Troy, Willett, Jensen and Onslow, Kercher; Johnson and Will Hams. (Called in eighth inning, dark ness).
 At St. Louis R H. F St Louis ............-.... Q
 Batteries: Baumgardner and Alex snder; Hall, Van Dyke and Nuna- maker, Cady.
 Second game R. H. E. Boston ...... ............. U
 Batteries: Hamilton and Stephens; Wood and Cady. Eight innings Garkness).
 Al Chicago R. II. E. Chicago ...... ......-.... 1 ' 0 New York ................ IO
 Batteries: Cicotte and Kuhn; Cald- well and SWeeney.