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New-York tribune., 1919-09-29
Only 9:s Charity Agencies
Of 32O Found WORTHY
Naiiona! information Bureau
issues Its First Annual
Report

VI 32V agencios seeking funds from
me public for various purposes. only
',a,1' 'nne' three were found worthy of in
n'."r%emrAt on the score of rrsponsj-
hlllty and efficiency. according 10 tbc
lrst annual report Of the National In.
'ormatl ION Hntesu, q sort Of charity
,'edt investigation agency established
'aS' \eA' to ruard against frauds. Aecn
elss lndorscd collected from tho public
ior various war relief purposos more
than S1o.ooo.ooo during the last twelve
months.
Only those organizations wcrc in
norsed which proved the necessity Of
me charity they promoted. kept audited
sccoNnts and agreed not to lais ,noncv
through solicitors working on commits
sion.
These requirements, say the ou-
reau's report, have pracucan, elimi-
mated the commission solicitor from II
held which proved highly lucrative up
10 year age.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-29
&zaG{t&&$AkR, s I ! : ) ,

TWO girls in an automobile watched
seven young men settle with knives
an argument over which should have
the honor of escorting them homo
from dance in Harlem early yester-
day. Getting out of the car at Sew
enty-sixth Street and Second Avenue.
the youths fought until three had
fallen, one dead. the other two dan
gerously wounded. When the police
arrived William Schneider. twenty
three, 211 East Eighty-ninth Street,
was arrested, charged with stabbing
and killing Stephen Coblitz, twenty, Of
220 East Seventy-fifth Street. His
brother, Ado1ph, nineteen; Charles F.
Trainor. nineteen; Walter Conroy,
twenty three, and Thomas Donahue,
twenty-one, were held as witnesses.
of 223 East Seventy-fifth Street, and
Sylvester Shapiro. nineteen, of 1865
Second Avenue, were taken to Recep-
tion Hospital.
When John Coblitz. Stephens broth
cr, went to the Morgue to identify the
body. double shock awaited him. He
found the body of his mother, Susan,
there also. She had died in the City
Hospital on Blackwell's Island.
A S far as promiscuous powder burn
1 "A ing and equally general assassina-
ton are concerned, New York City at
present has Red Dog or Poison Gulch
or any other Of the inhamcd frontier
towns OF the last generation looking
like a New England Sabbath
This on the authority OF Hal II.
McGovcrn, an Arizona ranchman. now
stopping at the Park Avenue Hotel.
"Arizona in its palmiest days would
have taken the BOBBY prize compared
with New York today" said he yes
tcrday. "Of course We know most Of
the shooting affairs arc engineered by
foreigners, but it doesn't help New
York's reputation any"
When he returns to the wild and
voolly West" Mr.. McGovern is going
to deliver one pearl of wisdom to any
QUO displaying symptoms of coming
East. This will be Take your shootin'
IRON
New-York tribune., 1919-09-29
Gifts for Rebuilding Fund
Sent to Community Church

Or. John Haynes Holmes, pastor Of
the Community Church, whose edifce
was burned two weeks ago. announc I'd
IN sermon in All Souls Church yes.
terday that next Sundays services for
The Community congregation would be
delivered ut the New mstcrdam The
atre. IN West Forty second Street. The
Community Forum will meet Sunday
evening at the Ethical Culture Meet
lng House. West SiXty-fourth Street.
Or. Holmes also announced that, al
though no appeals for financial as
sistancc had been made, he had re-
ceivcd $1,000 for the establishment Of
Il rebuilding fund.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-29
A NeW Collection of
EUrIY American Furniture

Another piece fine in design
and construction is a small maple
and mahogany chest of drawers,
which was probably used as a
serving sideboard in jan old Colo
nial dining room. There arc two
drawers at the top and deep
drawers on either side Of d lower
cupboard; $500.
A scroll top mahogany
chest-on-chest, so fine in de
sign as to be almost minia
ture. has a carved shell at
the top and very beautifully
turned flames at each cor
ner.
This is an excellent piece for
a low-ceiled, small room because
of its dainty size. It's perfect
proportions, however. give the
same feeling Of height that the
usual chest-on-chest has. $3.50.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-29
$25, ZOO in Jewels Cone:
Search Servants? Never!
Millbrook Family Refuses to
Permit Help To BE In
suited" by Detectives


POUGHKEEPsIE, N. Y. Sept. 2s.-
There arc jewels and jewels. Twenty
five thousand dollars worth of the in
animate kind were stolen yesterday
from the country homo of Mrs Robert
Gamble in Millbrook. Detectives were
summoned from New York. SO FAR as
they could discover not a window or
door had been forced. There WAS not
sign of violent entrance by burglars.
The detectives suggested interrogat-
Ing the servants. Permission to DO this
was refused promptly and emphatjcally.
AT the least hint that servant was
suspected, the detectives were told,
probably every one of them would pack
up and depart. The loss of diamonds.
sapphlres, pearls and rubies would be
small by comparison in the estimation
of thc Gamble household.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-29
Final Rail y To-day in
Jewish Fund Drive
All Workers Exhorted to Make
Supreme Effort to Exceed
SIO,OOO.OOO Quota

The final rally Of the campaign to
raise Slo,0o0,oO0 for the United Build
ing Fund of the Federated Jewish In.
stitutlons will be held at p. m. to-
day at Hotel Biltmore. According to a
statement issued yesterday, the chair
men of the lo2 trades committee ill
report at this meeting, and the tahu-
lated figures representing the results
of their work the last two weeks will
be presented to the leaders Of the
movement at breakfast tomorrow
morning at the Biltmore.
DR.. /. Edwin Goldwasser, executive
director Of the campaign, issued an
eXhortatlon to all workers to put forth
their utmost endeavors today to bring
the total abcve the minimum of slo'
100000, say4ig: "If every Jew in New
York does not wait to be asked. but
will give voluntarily. the quota viii be
reached
New-York tribune., 1919-09-29
y Are Injured
4As~Shuttle Train
/ Smashes Bumper
Grand Central Resembles
Army Dressing Station
as Doctors Dress Cuts
I Made by Flying Glass

The Grand Central Station resemblcd
an army dressing station for an hour
yesterday. Twenty-Five subway trav-
elers were cut by flying glass and
shaken up when threecar eastbound
ehuttlc train crashed head on into the
humping block at the end of the line.
Two doctors from Bellevue Hospital at
tended to their injuries.
Three weeks ago similar accident
occurred al the Times Square station
Of the shuttle line.
Carrying crowd of about one hun
dred and fifty Sunday passengers, the
shuttle train left the Times Square sta
ton shortly after Ii o'clock. James J.
Driscoll, of 100 Sherman Avenue, the
motorman of the train either failed to
apply the brakes in time or they failed
10 work. and the first car smashed into
the bumper in the Grand Central Sta
Son. Driscoll was uniniurcd. but the
conductor of the first car. Patrick Far
rell, was thrown off his feet and
bruised.
The car was not badly damaged.
Only one of the twenty-five passengers
injured was taken to the hospital He
was Samuel Cline. forty three years
old, of IS Pitt Street. and WAS suffering
from bruises and contuslons.
While the doctors were working over
'hc injured the reserves Of the East
tiftv-first Street station. under Captain
Duggan, kept the crowd back. Besides
Farrell, the conductor, and Cino, the
following passengers required the at
tentlon of Drs. Johnson and Skies, Of
Bellevue HospitaI:
Jacob Hacker, 5a7 West 157th Street;
Josie Ostr ,fsky, so Riverside Drive;
Bertha Sherman, Hebrew Orphan Asv-
lum, Amste rdam Avenue aud 136th
Street; Minnie Sherman. 90 Gunhil}
Road; Abe Shipmsn, 96 Pitt Stfcct;
Fred Euler, 2116 Watson Avenue. West
chester; Henry Walner, 80 Audubon
Avenne; Maurice Wallncr. $50 West
l63d Street; Tsidoro Shachowjtz.S S26 East
lssth Street; William GRAY. 20 Jardinc
Place East New York; Louis Rusicke,
company i. 3Sth Infantry. Camp Pike.
Arkansas Louis Muscon. 9 Roosevelt
street; Robert Wldcs, 30 Maple Street
fonkers; Charles Wasbecker. 2tA West
Fifty-siNth Street; Henry Wolfe, lt4
North Washington Street. Tarrvtown.
nathan Zaleden, 36e Cypress Avenue
Rosetta Chavis, l25 West litst Street:
Nnna Stri4Aer, 1s5 Audubon Avenue:
Ella Striefer. ls5 Audubon Avenue:
Mrs. e A. .Ginter, ~ St. Marks Ave-
nue, Brooklyn. aud Minnie Powell, d27
st. Mark Avenue, Brooklyn.
Traffic was delayed only a short time.
ne accident occurred on he middle
track, aud tram was sent out owe,
me end track tc take care of the
crowds Only two tracks on the shuttle
me are used on Sunday.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-29
? Convicts Escape From
City Prison in Brooklyn
Warden Sends Call 10 Police to
Aid Hunt for Missing
Prisoners

Two prisoners escaped yesterday
afternoon from the city prison in Ray
mond Street, Brooklyn. and at 3 o'clock
last night Warden Robert Barr called
on the police to help find thcm.-
The men who got out are Hamilton
Turner. forty years old, and Dom
mick Lecchan, twenty three years old.
Both wore the prison garh Of dark
gray shirt and trousers when last seen
by the guards.
The escape took place at about j
p. m. when the pair, with other pris-
oners, were turned out in the prison
yard for exercise. The prisoners were
marched into the mess hall for supper
at $50 and We're sent to their cells at
6. Then the keepers began their task
OF checking up the cell inmates. It
was nearly 6:30 when it was discovered
that Turner and Leechan were missing.
Both men we're part of a draft sent
from the penitentiary on Blackwells
Island in response to n request
by Warden Barr for painters and
plumbers.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-29
4 Fine Desk

An unusually Interesting
desk which Au Quatrieme
was fortunate enough to &C.
qulre Is of the bureau-desk
type, with a drop front that
Stimulates q deep drawer and
carries out the bureau or
chest-of-drawers construc-
ton of the piece. # is of un-
usually lovely light mahog-
any inlaid. Equipped with
three large drawers, besides
the small drawers in the IN
terror of the desk S375.
A mahogany Hepplewhite
sewing-table is perfect in de-
sign, but much smaller than
the usual sewing-table OF the
period; $500.
4 set OF six Hepplewhite
chairs. and one arm chair, is
OF mahogany with inlaid and
carved shield back, and seats
covered with quilted glazed
chintz of the period; 5000
for set of six.
Set Of five mahogany shield
back chairs, with carved wheat
ears and original leather seats,
suitable for the dining room;
5000.
Curly maple high four-post
bed, the only curly maple one
Au Quatrieme has been able TO
obtain, with elaborately turned
posts; S225.
Fourth floor. Old Building.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-29
Two Days Are Set
For People of City
To Eat Army Fowl
Tomorrow and Wednesday
To BE Devoted to Sale of
Chickens in Campaign:
''Rollins Stores To-day

Two more Chicken days" have been
announced by tho city authorities in
charge of The campaign to lower the
cost Vi food. Tomorrow and Wcdnos-
day are set aside for the consumption
OF army chicken retailing at So cents
a pound.
August Siz, who has charge of the
distribution of l.500,O00 pounds Of
army chicken allotted to this city, said
last night that only $500 cases, or about
$4,000 pounds, of the first class army
poultry had been purchased by New
York housewives.
The chickens arc being sold by about
5000 butchers throughout the greater
city. and the Federal Food Adminis-
traitor welcomes the purchase of poul-
try every day il the week until the
supply Is bought up, but special ap,
days" E
Sale Of eggs by the rolling stores"
will continue to-day at the old price Of
"a cents dozen. Rumcrs that the price
would be jumped to 66 cents were aot
based on fact, according to Commits
sloner of Markets Jonathan G. Day
The old price will be maintained for
this week, it was said.
Oscar Straus, who has been investi-
eating the meat situation, and who has
been intcrrogating packers about dis
tribution and retail prices. said Fed
eral food expert is expected TO arrive
IN New York tomorrow from Washing
ton. Mr.. Straus indicated that the
meat prices Will be the subject of a
conference, but that nothing had been
planned IN respect TO meat prices
within the next few days.
The rolling stores" distributing
canned goods will begin operations this
morning. Canned beans, corn. peas, to-
matoes and bacon will be sold at prices
advertised by the Federal Food Admin
istrator. and these figures, it was said
will be onefourth to one-half the pres
ent prices quoted by the retail dealers.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-29
A Corner Cabinet

-one Of the most important
pieces III the collection-of
mahogany with scroll top
and carved shell, has quarter
shells carved in it's lower
doors and still has its orig
inal H-plate brass hinges !:
$3.50.
One banjo clock signed by
Simon Willard has the original
painted glasses; 1925.
A Chinese Chippendale ma
hogan ) card table, of an un-
usually fine old brown color. has
incised carving on legs and
apron; $500.
Of light colored maple of beau
tiful surface is small Dutch
foot table with drop leaves. A
New-York tribune., 1919-09-29

nAVID ROTHSCHILD'S Park Row
- cafe, which has looked out upon
that thoroughfarc since the time whcn
it was still known as Chatham Square,
closed it's doors on Saturday, slain by
prohibition. The Corn Exchange Bank
soon will open branch office in the
vacant barroom.
The cafe originally was founded as
music hall in 1874 by Roster &.
Bial. Rothschild was an associate in
the enterprise and bought out the
others, tearing down the shanty that
then stood on the corner Of Worth and
Chatham Streets and erecting five
story building in its place in 1888.
No complaint for violation of any of
the liquor laws was brought against
Rothschild in his long career.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-29
Bible Seminary Crowded
With Men From the ARMY

Union Theological Seminary opened
us year yesterday with its first chapel
service, the president, the Rev. Dr.
Arthur c: McGiffert, being the
preacher. For the first time in IT'S his
tory Union this year asks = tuition foe
Inc fee is $3.50, and in spite OF it the
registration is already the largest in
years.
Men who left Bible studies and went
to war are returning. and are brinpinr
with them not a few young men who
say they were influenced to enter the
ministry by the army ehaplain. who
served them while in Franco
New-York tribune., 1919-09-29
.is' Seeking Recruits
Vigorous, Campaign On to Fill
Up Companies

The fist Regiment, The only New
York City guard organization so far
Federaized has launched q vigorous
movement to recruit its companies up
10 the required minimum Of 100 men
each. II has devised comprehensive
social and educational programme and
mas opened IN employment Office 30
procure for mombrrs Of the regiment
better positions than they nov hold.
Men between eighteen snD .orty-dvc
may enlist. They viii receive ray for
military sc.'lcc which is limited 20
oHo drll weeN .,ad .n addition will
nave fuil use 81 thc 'ea mental gym
na-,um ito bow,iis- alleys, poolrooms
rife range. athletic rack and library.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-29
(Signed)
NeW gOlUns
Specialized at
conservative prices

Styles are true to Paris
in many instances the
dresses are beautiful repro
ductions of the latest French
models. others have been in
spired by the art Of the mas
ter-designers of Paris.
Gowns are fashioned Of
exquisite materials - many
Of them French weaves-
and they are painstakinely
made. Many women who
have always had their gowns
made to order are now Sc
lecting their dresses in this
Salon.
A few examples:
Trottelu' frock of Poiret
twill, with beautifully en-
broidered panels reaching
from under the arms to the
edge of the skirt. Deep cir
cular cuffs are embroidered.
too. $50.
Afternoon gown of Chanel
net in silver and navy blue
over navy blue crepe meteor:
touches of silver cloth give
an additional touch of clc-
gancc. $I25.
Afternoon gown of dark
brown chiffon velvet. with
Dlrectoire collar and band
trimmings of moleskin. SITS.
Quite Egyptian, describes
an afternoon gown of mid
night blue crepe meteor.
luXurlousIy embroidered in
dull gold and copper thread.
$21O.
One of The most radiantlv
lovely evening gowns is Of y
curious tone OF green blue chit
ron, almost entirely executed
with beads and bugles. which
under the beautiful lights of
night make the gown appear to
be mysterious tone of deem
green. S375.
Among the copies Of French
models is one by
Paul POiref
IN rich magenta velvet cont
blned with gold lace. S373.
Second floor, Old BUILDING.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-29
A Low High=BOy

Shown in the drawing
above is u low high-boy Of
curly maple; the dainty beau
tifully designed piece Of fur
niture of this type. 1t varies
from the usual types of old
high boy and low-boy by en-
bodying some Of the qualities
Of both in a proportion OF
line that is extremely we'll
balanced. The scroll top is
unusually beautiful, the
curve Of the legs is very near
perfect. Another interest
ing feature of the design of
this low high-boy is it's grad
uated drawers that get
deeper so that the bottom
one is the deepest of all.
Price S525.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-29
Sea Beach Palace Burned

The old Sea Beach Palace, at Coney
Island, a building 700 feet long and
500 feet in width. was damaged by fire
early yesterday morning The loss is
estimated at nearly $4,000 At the
time * the Centennial Exposition in
Philadelphia the structure was erect ed
there as Machinery Hall. Later, with
other exposition buildings, it was
moved to Coney Island.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-29
Thousands of
lUO71len lUUnt
t0pc0ats

We have had many OF
them at $3.50 lO>$55
We have 200 Today
to sell at $3.50
The materials are Eng
lish--slnart sturdy tweeds
and homespuns in gray and
green mixtures, put through
a process which, without
making any change in the
fine, ncecy, rough appear
ancc of the cloths, makes
them Weatherproof.
English cuf-An1erican-
made
The coats are cut in the
swagger, roomy, English
raglan style. belted, with
great patch pockets. Ripping
for Westchester, Long ISL
and, Tuxedo, Montclair, and
Tor motor wear.
The coats were made. for
us, from the ends of bolts of
cloth-a using up of mate
rlals; cut just as carefully.
made just as we'll, as coats
from the same maker we
have sold at $3.50 to $50.
Today in the Wom..,'s Coat Salon,
Second floor, c. Building.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-29
We aim at the
utmost limit of
human perfection

that can be attained in human
affairs by unceasing attention to
the idea underpinning this Store,
knowing that perfection is not ab-
solutely possible in all particulars
in everything.
Attempting something impos-
siblc was what ninc-tcnths Of tho
people said and thought about
this new Store when it was new
and its plans untricd and not
formulated.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-29
AU OU.ATRIEME

A new collection of very
fine examples of American
antiques has been assembled
Au Quatriemc, a collection
rather unusual because it
contains several important
pieces that are rare in de
sign and difficult to obtain.
They are the "odd" pieces,
perfect representations Of
early American cabinet-mak-
ing, but with an individual
ity of design or proportion
or material that distin-
guishes them from examples
found in most private collec-
tiOnS and museums.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-29
Briefs

Tho next session OF the Brooklyn Institute
of Arts and Sciences will begin Wednesday.
The list Of lecturers includes former Pres-
dent Taft. Lord Dunsany. the Irish play
wright: Maurice Mactcrinck. Basco Ibancz,
William Butler Yeats. Edwin Markham,
Bliss Perry. Donald Mcmillan. the explorer,
and Sir Arthur Whttcn Brown. who with
Captain Alcock made the first nonstop trans
atlantic fight.
The New York League Of Women Workers
will start a campaign October IL to enroll
10000 new members and raise 500 600 to
found recrcational clubs for girls.
The Rev Gabriel Farrell former chaplain
Of the 14th Regular Infantry. who was re-
Gently appointed canon missionary Of the
Protestant Episcopal diocese of Newark.
N. H.. will direct the activities Of 500 900
Sunday school children IN connection with
the Episcopal nationwide movement
Veterans OF Company +, 107th infantry,
will celebrate Tonight the first anniversary
of their first attack OH the Hindcnburp line
September 90, 1918.
The y. Al. c. A. has doubled it' force OF
might cluisprs. men who act in the ca
pactty Of travellers aids to former soldiers
and others who enter the city nt night and
need help or guidance.
The New York branch of the army in
formation service will be permanently closed
at midnight Tomorrow. Tho Hoboken office
will be continued.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-29
We resolved,
however, to try

Had VIC not made the attempt
we would not have accomplished
what is here, though in all these
years wc have been between the
hammer and anvil in forging out
and shaping and reshaping what
existed only in the mind as an
outline and is now shaped 10 be
seen with the naked eye.
We now realize that the best
workman is made best by work
ing, and we believe the practice
makes--if not perfect-somcthing
closely approaching perfection,
and for the latter VIC shall always
struggle.
We greatly hope that what VIC
have done through this Store and
what we still hope to do will be An
honor to this great city which we
serve
(Signed)
New-York tribune., 1919-09-29
JOHN WANAMAKER
JOHN WANAMAKER
Formerly 4. +. Sicmori e. Co.
Broddwoy a, Ninth, Mem York
Store Hours, 9 10 $50

Good morning!
This is September %.
The areathe1 today 2Uil
probably be fair.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-29
One Killed and 2 Hurt
When Auto Hits ..ulyert
donald v. Short Of ManI,at.
tan, H. Victim of Road Acci-
den Near Middletown

MlDDLETONN, y. y. Sept. 2S.-
Donald W Short. twenty-four years
old, Of 40 Riverside Drive. Manhattan.
va killed to-day and mis- Two COM
panlons were injured when the car in
which they were driving from Goshen
20 this city ran into a culvert.
Shorts skull was fractured and he
dlcd instantly. His companions. Ken
meth NJ. Craig, Of Glen Spey. \. y.
and Charles Brink, a clerk in Bauer's
Inn at Port Jervis. were thrown some
Instance, the former suffering broken
lett leg broken right arm, decorations
10 both knees and injuries about thu
nead. Brink was less severely hurt.
Both are IN Goshen Emergency Hospi
tai
An automobile driven by Charles Jr-
"lh' OF 2S Cumberland Street. Brook ~.
nlt the rear OF another ear yesterday at
Jefferson and Patchen avenues. Brook
.yn. and turned a perfect somersaujt
spliling out its five occupants.
Three Of them were taken to Bush
WICK Hospital. They are James Egan.
o. loo Last 1O9th Street. Manhattan.
whose head was cut: Frank Irwin. of -
Ne9t lziih street, Manhatt,,ll. who was
inquired internally, and William shaw
OF " Cumberland Street BROOKLYN.
VINO IS suffering from conclusion OF
me bram. The driver of the car and
noper, Jones' of 81 Beaver Street.
DtooSlyn, escaped with slight injuries
ne l"rmer was locked up at the Ralnh
Avenue police station charged Win
RECKLESS driving and felonious assault
lhe car that was hit is owned and
was driven by Abraham Baher. of 7S0
cypress Avenue, Ridgewood, Queens. II
also contained five persons. but none
'i 'hem was hurt. The car was thrus,
ON to the sidewalk and knocked owe,
p''HnoulAlor from which a baby hat
New-York tribune., 1919-09-29

charming table for the breakfast
porch of u country house; $175.