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The sun., 1919-08-04
FIND RUNAWAY GIRL
BY POST CARD CLUES
Newark Police DISCOVER Her
Asleep on Park Bench.

Grace Magil. II years old. daughter
of Max Magil. evangelist, OF SOC West
172d street, New York. who disappeared
Wednesday from her home. was found
yesterday morning in Newark by the po-
lice. She was asleep on q bench in
Military Park. near the Park place ter
minal of the Hudson and Manhattan
Railroad. Grace said she rode as far as
Harrison on the McAdoo speed line and
then walked TO Newark.
Grace sent several postal cards home
from Newark and Friday night her
father went to that city and requested
the police TO look for her. On the cards
she told OF a wonderful time she was
having automobile riding with Zoe" and
the swell house" where she was living,
Her father said. he did not know who
"Joe'' was. but that his daughter met
him on picnic OF the United Lutheran
Churches of New York and Essex and
Hudson counties at College Point July 1s,
On one Of the cards Grace wrote:
Dear Uncle: Don't worry about me.
/ wfll send you the money that 1 took
the day I left your house. ! am having
a nice time. went away because every
body don't like me. live In a beautiful
house. I have more clothes and good
eats go auto riding every day and
am having nice time.
'-rell Helen it's her fault, She al
ways told on me and II talk to any
body nobody likes me and went away.
Love TO all GRAcz.s
The sun., 1919-08-04
PLAN EXTENSION or
BOND BUYING HABIT
Bankers Form Corporation for
Sale Of Small Issues.

Announcement was made yesterday Of
the formation OF corporation backed by
Important banking interests In New York
to sell bonds OF small denominations to
small investors who have been trained
In bond buying by the Liberty Loanu The
corporation win issue bonds of $40 and
500. each bearing a per cent. interest
coupon. They will be based upon hold
ings Of Federal State and municipal
bonds. and may be turned into cash or
used for merchandise at any Of the large
department stores, through which they
will be sold.
The corporation. the National Thrift
Bond Corporation of New York. Ia or
ganixed under the banking laws OF this
state. Clarence II. Kelsey. president OF
the Title Guarantee and Trust Company,
Is chairman of the board; William Eel
loves Morgan Is president, and other
officers and directors include Adolph
Lewisohn. Henry Rogers Winthrop. In
gals Kimball. Henry Bruere, Lindley NJ
Garrison, James Imbrie. Darwin r,
James and John Harsen Rhoades. The
Title Guarantee and Trust Company ia
registrar and the Equitable Trust Com
pany Is trustee for the bondholders.
Salespeopie of the large department
stores win be trained to sell the bonds
as they sell other merchandise. The
company contends that by converting the
surplus available from present high
wages into State, Federal and municipal
securities the best disposition can pe
made of this money.
The sun., 1919-08-04
TWO DEAD, TEN HURT
IN MOTOR MISHAPS
Richmond Hill Boy Crushed by
Taxi, Driver Tries
to Escape.

After running down three children
at North Curtis and Jamaica avenues,
Richmond Hill. yesterday. a taxi driver
who the police say Is Michael Cusik of
23S Seventeenth street. Brooklyn, ac-
companied them with two policemen to
St Mary's Hospital. Jamaica. When he
heard one Of the surgeons say that
Adolph Fisher, 4, one OF the victims, was
dead. he left the hospital and drove
away. Cusik was later arrested at his
home. The officers said he was packing
a suit case when they arrived. He was
held on formal charge Of homicide.
The children. Emma Kraft. 6: her sis
ter. Lydia, z. and the Fisher boy. all
living at s523 Forth Curtis avenue. Rich
mond Hill, had been out for a walk. and
were returning home. They had Just
left the curb when the taxi bore down on
Them
All three were struck and the Fisher
boy was thrown several feet. His skull
was fractured. Emma Kraft's right arm
was broken. her head deeply cut and her
body bruised. Her condition Is serious.
Lydia was severely cut about the body.
but Is not In danger.
The driver Jumped out and stopped q
touring car. picked up the children told
the chauffeur to speed for st. Mary's
Hospital In the receiving ward the
physicians saw that the Fisher boy had
died and hurried the two other children
into another ward.
Elvetia Bellune, 8, of % First street.
Newark. was killed by an automobile
while playing near her home with q
group of other children. The driver,
Adolph Mountain of SO Franklin street.
took her to the City Hospital and was
arrested on the physician's report Of
death.
Edward Braslau. z. Of 49, Norwood
street, East Orange, was run down by a
car driven by James Benbrook of 1o5
Milligan place. East Orange. and re-
ceived a fractured skull. His condition
is serious
Dorothy King. 10. and her sister,
Rachel. crossing Broad street in Newark
were slightly injured by a speeding ma
chine. being thrown to the street and cut
about the body. The driver continued
on his way and the police were unable
to learn the number.
Two automobiles collided head on near
Riverdale. N. J., severely injuring James
Barton. 75, a retired builder, 226 East
Twenty-first street. Paterson. and James
B. Brinckerhoff. So. of Riverdale. Three
other men we've slightly hurt
The sun., 1919-08-04
BUREAU AIDING VETS
NEEDS MORE FUNDS
SIS, 900 Is Asked For-12,000
Jobs Found in Three Months.

The Unemployment Bureau. which has
been supported by six welfare organiza-
tons. has funds to run only until Sat-
urday. and to continue the work a pop
ular campaign has been found necessary.
William Fellowes Morgan, the chairman.
announced that subscriptions for $4,000
are needed to carry the bureau through
until September, when 1t is expected the
last of the overseas establishment will
be discharged.
The bureau in the last three months
has obtained positions for more than
$4,000 former service men at a cost Of
about $4,000. or about $1,000 a week.
A IS contribution will provide one ex-
fighter with free registration, vocational
counsel, business headquarters. In some
cases free advertising. and a job. The
bureau retains 125 former service men as
employees.
The work up to the present has been
carried on by the following sppropria-
tons: Red Cross. $4,000; Y. NJ. C. A..
$4,000: Jewish Welfare Board. $4,000;
War Camp Community Service, $4,000;
National Catholic War Council. $500.
and Salvation Army. $1,000. These or
ganizations now are low in their funds
for employment purposes.
The sun., 1919-08-04
WIDOW, 81, ENDS HER
LIFE BY HANGING
Believed She Was Becoming a
Burden to Her Son.

Elizabeth Muller. widow, 81 years
old. hanged herself yesterday I'm her
home at 721 Ninth avenue. She was
found by her son, Charles. who lived
with her, after his return from a visit
to his fathers grave In q Brooklyn Gem
etery.
Mrs. Muller was in good health. but
recently had worried. thinking she was
becoming a burden to her son. She tried
to end her life two months ago. but was
prevented by him. When she was left
alone In the house yesterday she tore
the sheets OF her bed into strips with
which she made a moose that she fast
ened TO the transom Of her room.
Her son having a premonition that
something had happened. returned home
sooner than he had intended and found
her dead.
Mrs. Muller was born in Germany. but
had been In this country thirty-two
years Her husband died nineteen years
ago.
The sun., 1919-08-04
TWO SHOT IN BACK
AT COMFY, ONE DIES
Wounded Companion Placed
Under Arrest in Hospital
Accused of Staying.

Joseph Cohen Of Rockaway Park and
Harry Norman of 10 Clinton street were
shot from behind yesterday afternoon
while they were walking on the west
side Of West Twenty-second street,
Coney Island. Cohen was struck be-
hind the shoulder blade. the bullet pene-
trating his lung and killing him almost
instantly. Norman was hit three times
in the back and side and was taken to
the Coney Island Hospital. where II
wac said by physicians that he would
recover. The police say that a third
man. Max Barron. was with Norman
the slayer and ran. SO far the police
have been unable to ind him.
Acting Captain of Detectives John Nc
Clusky and Reuben Wilson. Assistant
District Attorney, began an investiga-
ton OF the shooting, and some hours
later detectives were sent to the hospital
and placed Norman under arrest on
charge OF homicide. This action was
taken after Mr.. Wilson had talked to
Emmanuel Cohen, brother of Joseph
Cohen. who declared that the shooting
was the outcome of business rivalry be-
tween Cohen and Norman and Barron.
Emmanuel Cohen also told the Assistant
District Attorney that Barron was I'M
der indictment for extorting $1,000 from
Joseph Cohen. and that the case Is now
pending in General Sessions The detec-
tives have been unable to find any one
who saw the shooting. West Twenty
second street is about half mile from
Luna Park. and Is not in the amusement
section of the island.
Norman told detectives who talked to
him In the hospital that neither he nor
Cohen saw the men who fired the shots.
but that he believed the shooting was
the outcome of trouble they had had
earlier in the morning In a Coney Island
restaurant, in which a cabaret singer
and a piano player named Sam were
concerned.
Norman told the detectives that he and
Barron. who is Korman's partner In tho
furrier business. met the cabaret singer.
woman. and the man called Sam in a
wine cellar at Houston and Eldridge
streets late Saturday night The four
spent the night there. drinking. ana
shortly after daybreak engaged tour
ing car and went TO Coney Island. Their
they quarreled again.
The row was terminated by the piano
player and the woman jumping into the
touring car and leaving. saying they
were going to return to Manhattan.
Norman and Barron then telephone1
Cohen. a mutual friend. who operates a
straw hat factory In TOT Broadway. a
furrier's place in 673 Broadway. and
lives In % North Beach street. Rock
way Park, and after a few hours
Cohen Joined them at the island.
Then. Norman said. the three Of them
went hunting for a stranger who had
threatened them with q carving knife
In the Coney Island place. They walkeu
through West Twenty-second street. in.
tending to come out on Surf avenue. ana
were about half way through the bloc;
when the shots were fired. hitting both
Cohen and Norman.
The police say that Korman's story 10
improbable. and that they do not believe
he has told the real reason for the
shooting.
The sun., 1919-08-04
40 ARMY TRUCKS LOST IN FIRE.
Soldiers and Sailors Save Twenty
After Explosion I'm Brooklyn. ~

Fire caused by an explosion OF Easo-
ltne in the rear OF one story garage
IT. Forty-eighth street. between Second
and Third avenues. Brooklyn. last night.
wrecked the building and destroyed
forty army motor trucks There were
sixty large army trucks in the building
ut the time.
James Harris. 4 soldier on duty. tried
TO fight the flames. but a second ex-
plosion drove him out With the aid OF
several soldiers and sailors he managed
TO save twenty cars. The police drove
a score of families from homes near the
building into the street with their be-
,ongings. The firemen managed 70 keep
the fire from spreading. The damage
was placed at about s250,o00.
Surface cars on the Hamilton avenue
and Third avenue trolley lines were held
ur more than an hour.
The sun., 1919-08-04
BANDITS THREATEN
BABY TO GET CASH
Pistol at Childs Head Till
Father Pays Out $500.

Louis NJ. Barber and his wife started
from their confectionery store at S416
Eighteenth avenue. Bath Beach. early
yesterday morning on their way to their
home In s304 Seventeenth avenue, Bath
Beach. pushing a baby carriage in which
was their young son. In Eighty-fourth
street. about half way between Seven
tenth and Eighteenth avenues, two men
jumped out from behind bush. One of
them levelled pistol at the baby car
riage. while the other covered Barber.
"All your money" said ono Of them,
cor we'll kill the kid
Barber gave them $500, all the money
he had with him and the men jumped
into an automobile and left
The sun., 1919-08-04
evil it Pay me to buy furniture, just now ?"

Yes, indeed it will.
Furniture prices at
the workshops are 60
ing to remain high.
"How can you know
that positively"
We cannot know it
DISTINGUISHING in
fallible predictions not
being our boast or our
business; but we can
and do believe it posi-
lively; in fact, We
have proved that we
have over a million dol
lars worth of faith in
it!
No sound headed
business house invests
recklessly in furniture
that it can't use, any
more than a sound
headed individual does.
A morning newspa-
per published only last
week an authoritative
ST a t e ment regarding
condition in the lumber
business.
The substance of it
is that materials are
scarce and that prices
are likely to remain
high or go higher for
three to five years
more.
This gives the 1919
August Sale an invest
ment significance even
greater than previous
August Sales have had.
All the furniture Of
fered in it was ordered
or bought months ago,
and the reductions 90
to 40 per cent? are
based on prices much
lower than those pre-
vailing now. Even with
in the past few weeks,
many Of the very makes
of furniture which are
included in it have
been advanced in price
at the factories.
A saving of even 10
per cent. will mean
more in this Sale than
a saving of 20 per cent.
at ordinary times.
Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Gal.
leries, New Building.
The sun., 1919-08-04
WOMAN KILLED BY ELEVATOR,
Efforts OF Police and Firemen q
Rescue Her Are Vain.

Mrs Mary Kidd. 90 years old, was
caught between the elevator shaft and
the elevator In an apartment house at
was employed when she tried to run the
cage from the first to the top floor,
Her cries were heard by Patrolman
John Gordon, OF the East Sixty-seventh
street station. who chopped hole in the
top OF the elevator through which DR..
Leary of Flower Hospital dropped and
administered treatment
Patrolman Gordon notified the Fire
Department and firemsn OF Truck Com
pany ID worked for two hours before
they could chop through the wall and
release Mrs. Kidd. She died on the
operating table at Flower Hospital.
The sun., 1919-08-04

Copied after Jenny's idea are
coats with panel backs, loose
from the shoulder and belted in
with narrow belts.
There seems to be no set and
stated length, there is a ten
dency to knee lengths in the
coats and toward shorter skirts.
The collars are varied and as
new as one could desire. Many
are of fur.
The sun., 1919-08-04
SUNDAY DRUG LINE LONG.
Worth street Clinic IL Crowded ~
on Week Days.

It probably was fortunate for some of
the city's drug users that the clinic of
the Department Of Health in Worth
street did not observe Sunday closing
yesterday. From early morning until 5
o'clock last night the entrance to the
drug dispensary was nanked by two
lines. women TO the right. men to the
left.
The crowd changed as the day wore
on. The early morning Corners were
mostly unkempt. Toward late afternoon
better dressed patients 'appeared-men
with canes and yelled women Only 400
were permitted inside the clinic at one
time. and some had 10 wait two hours
for their turn The portion for each was
something less than three grains. for
which they paid So cents.
The sun., 1919-08-04

The colors seem to lean to-
ward brown, wonderful tans,
leather shades, soft deep
browns--eveE the purple and
red cloths have a decided brown
ish tinge.
The materials are the soft
wintery things, like peach blow,
evoria and light weight bolivia.
Second floor, Old Building.
The sun., 1919-08-04
The first suits for Autumn
Tells story of fascinating newne.

Tells a story OF fascinating neWneSS
New lines, colors, motifs. The suits seem to
fit snugly into the waist and then flare at the Sides be-
ing quite flat in front and in back. Then, there alb
shoulders with loose belt breaking the line.
The sun., 1919-08-04
The Girls Shop

Every girl in New York
should know of our little
shop devoted to youthful
blouses, pretty negligees
and dainty lingerie, be-
cause it works out charm
ing things at prices con-
formative to a school girls
allowance.
BIouSeS
The endless slip-over blouses
have certain girlish simplicity
that makes them very appealing.
A delightful one, finely tucked,
of batiste, with quaint cotton
edged lace, slip-over style,
$6.75.
A perfectly worked-out be-
coming sport or tailored skirt,
$5.95.
A pretty slip-over peasant
blouse is made of sand wolfe and
trimmed with fascinating plaid
voile bands and sash. Pleated
cleverly, $12.95. Many others.
Hard-to-fnd guimpeS
Fine, sheer, pretty ones at
$1.25 and $2.25.
MILDLY bIouSeS
Ever so many styles, ranging
in price from $1.85 to $4.25.
Sateen petticoatS
Serviceable and pretty, Sl.95.
Charming negIigeeS
The Girls Shop makes a spe-
cialty of having lovely crepe de
chine and satin negligees at
moderate prices. Negligees that
are simple and dainty. In lovely
rose, and blues, also in practical
colors. Many models at $685.,
s12.95 and $14.95.
Lingerie
One can always pick up a
well-made nightgown. chemise
or petticoat in this little shop at
moderate prices.
Third floor. Old Building.
The sun., 1919-08-04
III &. '.':' 4 T.:

Frequent bus service between
9TH ave. Subway at Christopher
street (Sheridan Square) and
the Store.
The sun., 1919-08-04

The new subway station at
57th street and Seventh avenue
is an entrance to the John
Wanamaker Store. Get off at
the 9Th street and Broadway
station and step into the store.
The sun., 1919-08-04
JOHN WANAMAKER
Formerly A. T. Stewart q Co.
Broadway at Ninth, New York.
Store Hours, 9 to S.
Good morning!
This is August a! :
The aoeather today aoiu
probably be fair.
The Paying Teller
of a Bank
Uses His Experience

and skill in studying the sigma
ture to a cheque, presented at
his counter for payment, but
the moment his decision is
made, he pays the money in
stantly, without hesitation, no
matter how large the sum is
1t is great thing to know how
to fix the mind squarely and
fully on the question presented,
involving large financial and
other responsibility, and act
without hesitation or wavering.
People who change their
minds" as they term it, form in
time a habit that disqualifies
them for business requiring de-
cisiveness and immediate action,
such as stock brokerage, bank
ing, train masters and engineer
ing.
A business man must have his
mind on his business and all his
knowledge and wit at instant
command. The markets of the
whole world not given UP, as
some, are at his command by
cable every hour of the day.
when things come to light as
they do in this business.
TSiqned1
The sun., 1919-08-04
6aamtf Shoes
for men, women
and children
They were Anatomik
Shoes

are just plain, well-made,
sensibly planned, attractive
shoes for people who want to
avoid foot trouble.
Their points of vantage are
not mysterious; not confusing,
not savoring at all of the fan
tastic or cure-all. thew are
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-21
DR.: STUART MCGUIRE
HEAD OF COLLEGE
First President OF Medical College
Since Resignation of DIR. Mitchell
i'm 1914-Planning Re-
construction
Or. Stuart Mcclure. who was &

DIR. Stuart Mcclure, who was elect
ed president of the Medical college
Z, N-~--1>-. zy~~s~,isIys.x IS .jik' a'sst
executive head of this institution &nce
the resignation OF DR.. s. c. Mitchell
in 1914. DR.. Mcclure took UP his
new work yesterday and he lis making
plans for the reconstruction of the
college curriculum which was dis
turbed when the student army train
ing corps was organized in the fan and
disbanded in the winter term. DR..
Mcclure will take a vacation before
he puts into effect any OF his plans.
DIR. Mcclure has recently returned
from France where he was at the head
OF base hospital No. As, the majority
of the personnel OF which was recruit
ed in Richmond. He bore the rank
OF Northumberland Since his re-
turn he has made plans for reorganfz-
ing St Luke's hospital, which was
given up during his service overseas.
Westbam ption college, now occupying
the building at 1000 West Grace street,
win release it on April 1 for remodel
ing and as soon afterward as the stan
is reorganized the hospital win be
opened.
DR.. Nelson r. Mercer was elected
at the college board meeting to sue
coed the late DR.. g. G. Bowen, as
sociate professor of caryngoiogy. The
other professors and members Of the
board OF visitors were reelected
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-21
CORNELL university
q is .E!l!EIy YEARS YEARS OLD ID

ithaca. n Y. March 2t-Governor
ALFRED T. Smith. Charles r. Hughes.
John II. Mott. President Jacob Gould
shnurn1sn and many other prominent
Si7Hfi win take part In tfte ~flftiesf1 an
nivefssArv OF Cornell University. which
will be celebrated here on June 20, 81
and %.
A feature of the celebration win he
the unvetiing Of heroic statue of
Ezra Cornell. tho founder. The Cor
nell statue was completed some
months ago. but has been boxed
awaiting this ceremony
Originally the celebration was TO be
held last October, on the anniversary
of the opening of the university.
Americas entrance into the war
caused the event to be postponed.
In addition 10 the formal com
incarceration. with the semi-centennial
addresses by distinguished men. there
will be numerous reunions of the
alumni of the various colleges of the
university and of the various organi-
cations. One general meeting of the
alumni will be devoted to discussion
OF reconstruction plans. and there will
be a general reception to the Cornell
men returned from the service.
A memorial service to the Cornell
Hans dead in the great war will also
bo held. Athletic events contem-
plated include crew race with the
United States naval academy and a
baseball game with the University of
PENNSYLVANIA.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-21
TAX ON JEWELRY IS
EFFECTIVE APRIL 1ST

On and after Apr1, I, the full forca
of the new revenue ACT will be felt
In q greater degree, when the gov
ernment enforces the payment of a
war tax OF S per cent OF the purchase
price on all jewelry, whether it be
real or imitation. The tax is intended
to apply to all articles commonly or
commercially known as jewelry.
The act also provides for the pay
ment on pearls, precious and semi
precious stones. and limitations there
OF; articles made of, or .ornaraented
mounted or fitted with, precious
stones, limitations or ivory: watches,
clocks, opera glasses. lorgnettes,
marine glasses. field glasses aud bin
oculars.
The dealer mush collect the tax
from the purchaser, under the pro-
visions OF the revenue act, and report
monthly 10 the collector of internal
revenue Local revenue officers are
now preparing to enforce this section
of the revenue act.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-21
AUTO THIEVES ARE
BUSY IN RICHMOND

There seems TO be an epidemic of
automobile thievery raging now in
Richmond. Hardly a night passes
without the police receiving numer-
Gus reports of cars stolen. Fords,
seem to be the particular mark OF the
auto pirates. probably because the
ear maker" of a fliyer can easily be
changed so as to make II almost i'm
possible for the police To recover
them unless they are found i'm
mediately after they are stolen.
This the police of Richmond are
doing however much TO the surprise
of the police of other cities. who can't
see just how the thing can be done
Some credit is due Night Clerk Jack
Traylor. who has in several cases
helped recover stolen cars by doing
the Sherlock Holmes stuff. over his
trusty telephone, esz..% g.
Gordon Smith, too has numerous
cars to his credit. while the motorcy-
Gle men, are generally accredited,
Aces. These men, as we'll az the
rest of the police force are working
in such IA systematic and efficient
manner that it is only seldom that a
stolen car lis not recovered.
The latest victim to tho gas hounds
was that OF man in the west end
who had his car. a seven passenger
Jordon, taken from in front of 2s27
West Grace street. where he was visit
ing last night. The police recovered
the car.