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The sun., 1919-08-11
CITY FERRY CRASHES
INTO A TRAIN FLOAT
Passengers on Way to Staten
Island Haze Bad Scare.

The ferryboat Bronx, bound for st.
George and heavily loaded with passen-
gers. churned into an empty train float
about 500 feet of the Battery at 2
o'clock yesterday afternoon and received
some damage to her deck ratings and
superstructure. The passengers were
greatly excited and two men who had
been standing on the upper deck in
fear tina: the ferryboat had been badly
smashed jumped to the freight float
others seized life preservers. Patrol
man John Brennecki of the Charles
street station, who was aboard, did
much to allay the hysteria.
The Bronx had pulled only short
distance out of her slip, sounding the
usual clearance signals, when the tug
drawing the float approached from the
North River. The float was high out
OF water and it is believed drifted con-
eiderably In the strong outgoing tide
when the tug swung by. Capt. Irving
Stapleton of the ferryboat backed his
engines and signalled again to the tug
boat. Owing TO the current the Bronx
did not respond readily TO the reversing
o. her screws. and although the tug was
cleared by several yards it was evident
the float would be struck.
Several hundred persons lined the up
per deck railing as the vessels veered
together. Patrolman Bernnecki saw the
danger and ordered every one inside tho
cabin. There was a rush to the lower
deck in which several women tainted.
At the moment of the crash several
pcrsons attempted to initiate the example
of the two men who jumped onto the
float. but Patrolman Brennecki pre-
vented them. The only damage was TO
fifteen feet of the starboard railing.
which was ripped away, and to two up
per deck stanchions
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FIVE ARE KILLED AS
TRAIN HITS MOTOR
Four in One Family Victims of
Grade Crossing Accident
Near Clementon, n. j.

Six persons. four of them members of
one family. were killed In automobile
accidents yesterday and FIVE were Sc
riously injured. A car driven by Morris
Settler was struck by an express train
on the Reading Railroad at crossing
near Clementon, n. j., killing Mr..
Settler. his daughter Thelma, 4, his
granddaughter, Sarah Freedman. his
father-in-law, Simon Freedman, and
James Burkhardt. all Of Stratford. n. ].
The automobile became wedged to the
engine pilot and was carried half a mile
before the train was brought to halt.
Marion White 5, daughter OF Prof.
and Mrs. Winton J. White of Leonia,
n. j., was killed by an automobile at
Davenport, N. Y. where her parents
have been visiting. With her mother
the child started to cross the street 10 a
church lawn where social was being
held. She ran directly in front of the
approaching car Her skull was frac-
tured and her neck broken.
Mrs. Sarah Schiff of 21 East 10th
street wheeling her one-year-old daugh-
ter Fannie in her carriage across 10th
street and Fifth avenue saw an auto
mobile bearing rapidly down on her.
She stopped for an instant and then
decided she could make the opposite
CuTD ny nulE TYNE. rive rect from the
curb the car, with brakes damned down,
hit the baby carriage and toppled it
over. The child was thrown into the
street. and Mrs. Schiff was knocked
down.
The driver Julius Lieberman, 81 East
10th street, was served with a summons
for driving n car with defective steering
gear. The child was taken to Mount
Sinai Hospital and treated for cuts OF
the face and body.
Agnes Besser. 8. playing in front of
hec home, 25S West l16th street, stepped
In front of a southbound taxi and was
slightly hurt. She was taken to 1Iar-
lem Hospital for bruises.
from being catapulted from a motor
cycle he was riding near White Plains
when the back wheel OF his machine was
hit by an automobile driven by Edison
Fowler OF Brewster. He was taken to
White Plains Hospital with a possible
fracture of the skull. Fowler Is "a and
was recently discharged from overseas
service.
Harold Schmidt, L. 1877 South Orange
avenue, Newark. was crossing a street
with his uncle. John J. Sinnett. at Pros
pect avenue. Newark, when he was
knocked down by car driven by Mrs.
Pauline Eakins of Arlington. AT Noun
tainside Hospital II was said several of
his ribs had been fractured. one of them
piercing his lungs Mrs Eakins stopped
at once after the accident and took the
boy to the hospital
The sun., 1919-08-11
JEWISH INSTITUTIONS
BEGIN BIG FUND DRIVE
Seeking to Raise $4,000, 900
for Work in This City.

The Federated Jewish Institutions, rep
resenting the amalgamation OF twenty
nine charitable organizations In this city.
will open headquarters to-day at the
Bitmore Hotel for their united building
fund campaign, through which IL IL pro-
posed to raise 100000 900 for charitable
and social service buildings In New York.
OF this sum s1,700.O 900 already has been
collected through the bscriptlons Of
tho directors.
Col. II. a. Guinzburg is chairman of
the campaign committee, He Will be as
sisted by prominent New York citizens,
including Felix Warburg. Col. Michael
Freidsam, Louis J. Robertson, Adolph
Lewisohn. Henry .Morganthau, Mortimer
L. Schiff. William Goldman. Henry +.
Samstag and others.
The success of this drive will relieve
a serious inadequacy in the present hos
pital and charity service OF the city
Figures indicate that at least l2,OU0
needy persons are turned away annually
by various institutions because OF In
adequate accommodations Hospitals,
institutions for tie tubercular, orphan
asylums and recreatoinal centres are af-
fected.
A model factory for the relief Of
physically handicapped patients accom-
modates l25 out OF an estimated 10000
per year who need such treatment to
enable them TO resume their places in
productive industry.
The sun., 1919-08-11
TWO PERLMUTTERS
IN SEAT STIR MOVIE
Gutterman Calls Cop to Halt
LoDe Making Off Screen.

Albert Gutterman. manager of Loew's
theatre in Delaney street, was the par
ticular bogy yesterday in the domestic
Affairs of Samuel Perlmutter and his
wife Esther OF 1412 Madison avenue. In
stead of the usual Sunday quietude they
we're forced to attend hearing in Essex
Market court, where bailiffs and lawyers
clamored in stentorian voices. The PERL
mutters we're not happy because they
thought IL was such a useless thing, their
being In court, and why Gutterman had
stirred up such a row they couldn't un-
derstand.
IT appeared that they had paid for
two seats in the theatre, but had occu-
pied only one. So said Gutterman, who
was highly indignant at the whole pro-
oedure. Gutterman's attention was first
attracted to the Perlmutters by loud
laughter. he said. He sent an usher TO
stop the racket. The usher had barely
returned when the guffawing broke out
again.
Such goings on" said Gutterman.
And IN my theatre too. ! should see II
can keep 1t quiet"
Gutterman went down the aisle. He
found. no related. that Mrs Perlmutter
had left the sat adjoining that of her
husband and was sitting on his lap.
Now. Mr.. Magistrate, why should
stand for THAR" Gutterman demanded OF
the court. Didn't know that It is In
the FIRE regulations that only one person
can occupy one seat? Was / going TO
make myself liable to prosecution. Mr..
Magistrate? You can say it. was not"
From which il developed that Gutter
man called in Patrolman Korlowitz and
had the Perlmutters forcibly removed.
The case was adjourned until Wednes-
day,
The sun., 1919-08-11
Good style

The style, design and finish are
just as big matter with the Wang
maker stock as the breadth Of the
stock The styles OF furniture here
are adapted to the price. They are
selected from the artistic as we'll as
the practical viewpoint. There is
not one single instance Of cheap,
gaudy ornateneY. When an elab-
crate style of furniture is found.in
this stock it is made up in quality
befitting its type. There is no over
decorated composition, applied or
namentation, no attempt at max
ing great show. The styles are
what they should be for the
material.
The sun., 1919-08-11
"ALIMONY CLUB" HAD
ITS WAR HARDSHIPS
Principal Among Them Was
Invasion by Teuton Aliens.

Ludlow street jail. long the head
quarters for the "Alimony Club" also
felt the effects of the war. The i'm
provident husbands were forced to well
come to their midst number OF Ger
mans who were under the suspicion Of
the Federal Government for disloyalty.
enemy aliens. military prisoners and
persons OF similar ilk. The members Of
the "Allmony Club" according to the
report Of Sheriff Knott we're willing to
have their share in the war, but as the
number OF Federal prisoners increased.
and finally outnumbered them. their
dander rose. They complained to the
Sheriff that they thought the thing was
being laid on bit thick. e.
Among the chief protestsnts wereNtwo
physicians. one editor, two reporters,
two actors, two cooks and two BARRIERS.
There also attended the club meetings
nineteen statesmen. fourteen clerks and
ten sailors. Altogether there were 10
alimony prisoners during the year ended
July 81. Only one remained the year
through, and he was directed to stay
because he had incurred the wrath of
the Surrogates' Court in failing to file
an accounting OF an estate. Thirty
eight were held for one day only and
fourteen from two to three months.
The jail housed for time eightG
prisoners who were taken to the United
States Marshals office and not returned,
sixteen taken to the Department OF
Justice and not returned and three
enemy aliens. The aliens finally dis
appeared too. to the relief of the vet
Grams Of the Alimony Club. or the
Federal prisoners eighty-four were Ger
mans. thirty-four Russians and two
Irishmen. OF the total Jail population
of 234 ffty-five were college graduates
and 1872 had received common school
education.
Sheriff Knott insists that Federal pris-
oners and delinquent husbands and all
we're well fed during the year, although
it cost the county but $3.50 a week for
each of them. :
The sun., 1919-08-11
NAVY NEEDS RADIO MEN.
Positions Pay sI25 n Month, With
Omcers' Rating.

The rehabilitation of the navy and
the consequent withdrawal of naval radio
operators from Shipping Board vessels
has resulted in an acute shortage of
men for these positions. Men who have
received or have qualified for their COM
mercial licenses will receive employment
as first operators at $125 a month or as
second operators at 500 a month. These
men are rated as officers and receive
superior accommodations.
Commercial radio operators licenses
may be obtained on passing the required
examination at the following places: The
custom houses at Boston, New York
city. Baltimore. New Orleans. San Fran
cisco: the Department of Commerce
Building. Washington. d. c., or the Fed
eral Building In Chicago. Qualified OPP
orators are requested 20 communicate
either with the Radio NNpartment. Di-
vision of Operat'- . Tn. i States Ship
ping Board. Washington. .. c.. or at
any of the agencies of the Sea Service
Bureau. The New York agency is at so
Washington street.
The sun., 1919-08-11
COP, AFTER CHASE,
TRAPS SILK THIEVES
Revolver Shots Win Automo-
bile Race Through Sixth
Avenue.
CROWDS FLEE BULLETS
Two in Truck Loaded With
$4,000 Worth of Loot
Surrender.

The Sunday parade in West Four
tenth street was interrupt ! at
o'clock yesterday afternoon ~ the
cracking OF a revolver and the shat
tering Of four bullets In the general
direction Of the southwest corner OF
Sixth avenue. Mid hammered Green
witch Villagers straying on the outposts
of their domain took to their heels.
They were Joined by East Siders who
had gone out sallivanting TO look the
West Side over and by purely transient
persons who had at that moment come
|out OF the tube.
Preceding the shooting there had re-
sounded through Sixth avenue. trailing
cloud Of blue smoke all the way from
Twenty-third street, a big motor truck
with furiously gyrating wheels, and
crew Of four men. In the truck box
were rolls and bundles of silks. Two.
men were on the drivers seat and two
guarded the rear.
The truck was followed closely by
passenger automobile which was break
ing speed records with Patrolman An
derson of the West Twentieth street
station hanging to the running board.
The patrolman had evidently wasted his
halt on the rapid ride down Sixth ave-
nue.. and when he reached the corner he
began to do the talking with his gun.
One of the shots. the same that pro-
duced the great furry among the Sunday
paraders, tore through the truck can
vas top. Another fiicked up a bit OF
asphalt and a third rang with a metallic
stroke against the elevated structure. IT
is not known where the fourth bullet
struck. The men In the truck found the
shooting too close for comfort. The two
on the tailboard jumped of and scudded
down Sixth avenue and a round n corner.
Patrolman Anderson was alongside
the two on the drivers seat in an in
slant. He covered both with his weapon
and besought them to alight, which they
did with alacrity. He then rang Cor
the patrol and took them to the We 1t
Twentieth street station, where they
were arraigned for burglary. The men
said they were Morris Masover. a truck
driver, ITO Ludlow street, owner of the
car. and Harry Mirowsky, 81. 14S Marcy
avenue, Brooklyn.
The charge was the theft OF $4,000
worth of silks from Morris Kantor, in a
loft at 80 East Twenty ninth street.
Patrolman Anderson took up the chase
on general principles when he saw the
truck speeding In Sixth avenue. George
Geallorinzo. the superintendent of the
loft building where the robbery was COM
m.tted, said he had been attacked by
four men and tied while they made OFF
with the silks.
The sun., 1919-08-11
Wool dress
gOOdS-Sa sale

"a dollar saved is a dol
lar made" an old saying
which we fully appreciate
these days when every
thing is so forbiddingly ex-
pensive. Women who are
clever enough to be able to
sew, or have the ingenuity
to plan their frocks and
have them made at home
will be interested in this
sale.
Wool jersey cloth. Sd yd.
A grade that we have sold in
our own stock at $3.50; "a
inches wide; all wool; in shades
of taupe, gray. purple, pekin,
tan, turquoise and cadet blue.
Suitable for an early fall dress.
Sport plaids, So yd.
\ grade that sold for $3.50;
suitable for extra skirts or
sports skirts; many attractive
color combinations; "a in. wide.
Worsted suitingS, So yd.
So grade; checked and striped
effects, on tap background
Very smart and good looking.
"a inches wide.
Dress Fabrics Salon,
Main Floor, Old Building.
The sun., 1919-08-11
N. Y. MEN TO HELP IN
HARVARD CAMPAIGN,
Former Athletes Will Seek
Donors to SII 200, 900 Fund.

Many of the most prominent men in
the city have been selected by Thomas
w. Lamont to conduct the New York end
Of the campaign to raise $1,000, 900 for
the Harvard endowment fund. The
workers will include heads OF the lead
ing banking houses and leaders OF in
dustry who In their college days shone
as stars of the track and gridiron or as
members of the varsity crews.
The names of the 100 committeeman
we're made public yesterday at the Of
fee Of the fund at 1875 Broadway.
Among those designated are J. p. Nor
gan and James A. Stiliman. president of
the National City Bank. both Of whom
rowed on the crew. William Woodward.
president OF the Hanover National Bank,
who was manager of the crew e. v. r.
Thayer. president of the Chase National
Bank, and August Belmont.
John w. Prentiss and Langdon p.
Marvin will act as secretaries of the
committee. Merchantmen will be r, p.
Perkins. T. W. Slocum. +. r. Martin. J.
ID. Greene, c. N. Bliss, Jr., George f..
Baker. Jr., Herbert N. Straus. Anton II.
Schefer. Guy Emerson and James @.
Blaine, Jr.
Lieut.-Col. Theodore Roosevelt, to
wnom HARVARD gave an honorary A. NJ.
degree last commencement, will partlci-
pate on the committee as will Austin @.
Fox. F. r. Appleton, DR.. George e,
Brewer, Erwin wardman. William
Church Osborn. Joseph H. Sears the Rev
Charles L. Slattery, e. q. Merrill
Thomas Crimmins, Nicholas Biddle,
Ralph Pulitzer. william X. Vanderbilt,
Jr.. Robert w. Goelet. Franklin d.
Roosevelt, Ogden L. Mills. G. w. Wick
ersham, Elihp Root. Jr.. Emory r.
Buckner. Harold s. Vanderbilt, Hamil-
! ton Fish. Jr.. ]. S. Morgan, Vincent
! Astor, William Ziegler. Jr.. f. NJ. War
burg and Charles e. Brickley.
Mr.. Lamont Is chairman of the ma
tional committee for the drive and will
direct the campaign here.
There are a great many Harvard
| men In New York." Mr.. Prentiss said
yesterday, land we expect to collect a
good share Of the 81 1000. 900. It is our
plan to ask every Harvard man to give
something to Harvard"
The sun., 1919-08-11
PROHIBITION SENDS
ALL HOTEL RATES UP
Patrons Who Hire Rooms
Must Pay S5OO,OOO,O 900 More
During Year.
BAR REVENUE BIG LOSS
City HOstelries Find Little
Relief in the Sale Of Soft
Drinks.

Further boosts In the room rents OF
the big hotels OF this city and through
out the country must be- expected, ac-
cording to a statement issued by the As
ISOLATION Opposed TO National Prohioi-
lions, as the result of nation wide IN
vestigation started shortly after July l.
In order to cover the deficiencies IN
earnings caused by prohibition OF alco4
holic drinks persons who patronize the
large hotels about the country are going
10 be assessed $500, 100000 during the
next year, the report discloses. =
In telling of what the general situa-
tion is in this city the association quotes
Edward Tierney, vice-president OF the
Bowman Hotel Company and managing
director of the Hotel Ansonia, as tol-
lows
"of course, prohibition will affect ma
terially the revenues of hotels. Cen
orally Speaking, there are three sources
of hotel revenues, the room, the bar ana
the restaurant. Everybody who knows
anything about the hotel business knows
that no money can. be made from the
restaurant. Therefore. II one OF the two
sources Of actual profit be taken away
thou the other source must make up
the difference. Therefore, room rates
mus Oc lnCTedStus
The results of the investigation are
summarized and reveal that there Is
hardly a section, large and small cities
included. whether in former wet or
dry territory, that advances have not
been effective. In some cities, includ-
ing New York. an initial advance has
been made. with the promise OF another
in the near future. In former wet cities
many large hotel enterprises contemplat-
ing the construction OF costly buildings
have been abandoned"
After showing that Chicago. Ohio and
California hotel men are following their
Eastern brethren In raising the room
rents the report concludes by reviewing
the soft drink bars and roof gardens
about the country as follows: THE no.
tel men have long contended that they
are not saloonkeepers. They state tina;
they should not he classed or treated as
such: that the selling of liquor was only
an incidental part of the hotel business
Much has been told of late about the
soft drink bpr and the profits to be de-
rived therefrom. The consistent ad-
vances in hotel rates show that the
hotel business OF the co""try--valued al
more than $4,000, 900, 000-has moi
found them as profitable as the old style
bars, even in sections where, through a
long dry period. they have found time
10 experiment with highly systematized
soft drink pariors, roof gardens, care
terias and old style bars minus the
beverage with the kick
The sun., 1919-08-11
| have left
no stock unobserved

I have taken no bird eye view
but have gone into these stocks
thoroughly, and have a complete
knowledge OF them.
When l he'd been all around I
came back to your stock that had
not seen for a month. and there it
was as comprehensive, as complete,
fresh. clean cut as If it were only
starting on sale.
A close investigation was gone
into which revealed that most of
the Wanamaker stock was replace
ment. The most important thing
was that the new stock had all the
superior qualities Of that which it
had taken the place Of. There are
additions to the stock as well as
requirements, and it is all so
splendid that while I had given
praise before / felt that YOU should
have more, for here was the unbe-
lievable, the seemingly impossible
transformed into facts that were all
convincing.
The Wanamaker stock, after
weeks of unprecedented buy
ing, is today, by weight of
superiority attained through
replacement stock and through
late acquisitions. superior to
any furniture stock in New
York or to any ak taken to-
gether of tho leading furniture
store stocks.
All people who viii. take the high
points which obtain in the Wsna-
maker furniture stock, and apply
them to every stock in New York,
will be rs enthusiastic in their en-
dorsement as will be the connois-
seur or most knowing student of
furniture. Take these points, for
instance:
Fourth, Fifth and SixtI
The sun., 1919-08-11
TWELVE ARRESTED
IN TWO RCBBERIES
Police Make Speedy Captures
and Recover Loot.

When Patrolman Stanley Hnida was
making his hourly report to the Firth
street police station from signal box In
East Houston street yesterday morning,
he received orders to look out for
seven passenger touring car in which,
twenty minutes before, a band of burg
lars had escaped after footing a haber-
dashery store In Brooklyn. Hnida locked
the signal box and started along his
beat. He had not gone half block be-
fore car answering the police descrip-
ton came up the street and stopped at
a restaurant directly opposite.
Hnida saw five men get out OF the
car and then rang for assistance. When
Patrolman Haerler arrived they entered
and placed all five men under arrest. At
the station the police said they obtained
confession from one OF the men and
that the goods would be recovered. The
prisoner who confessed said he was
taken of his guard by the promptness OF
the arrest, and that they had had time
only to cross the bridge to Manhattan
and leave some CT the goods in Ridge
street before the police were after them.
The prisoners said they were Jacob
Schiller. 26 Suffolk street: Joseph Gold
stein. ia Ludlow street: Meyer Rosen-
dorf, IS Forsyth street; Jacob Saznow-
Shys 90 SldutoH SlIttbs lChJahiii
Schiff, 146 East Houston street. Later
Sam Kaplan was arrested at 16s Ridge
street. where the police said they found
some OF the goods.
The burglary was committed at the
store OF Isadore Davis. 595 Broadway,
Brooklyn. Davis said $1,000 worth OF
silks and ties had been taken.
Six Italians were held in the Tombs
yesterday for an attack on Henry
Weixel, manager of the Hanover Lunch
1l6 Park Row. early yesterday morning.
and robbing the till of SIS. Weixei said
the men had walked to his desk to pay
their meal checks when one of them
struck him in the face, knocking him
down. The same man then rified the
cash drawer and all escaped he said
The arrests were made at Pearl street
the Bowery and the men were identified
by Weixel
The sun., 1919-08-11
To a Looking Glass

and 60 over them, word by
word, tearing up, from time to
time, hundreds of the little
pieces as not enough worth
while to consume the time of
kindly and friendly readers.
The people of New York,
with their readiness to support
a improved methods of storekeep-
ing, have given us their patron
age and influence to an extent
far beyond the dreams of youth.
We shall never get old
enough to forget it, nor shall we
ever get proud or careless and
fail to appreciate the part the
people have had in making this
Store what it is.
But by every power that hui
man beings can command, mark
you, this shall be a better Store
in every possible way, from now
on, as the war is over.
We have now reason to hope
that we shall be better able to
keep up our stocks of merchan-
disc, so sadly interfered with by
the communicating of the man.
ufacturers during the war, by
breaking up assortments AID by
failures to deliver goods on
order, as promised, thus disap-
pointing our customers.
Notwithstanding the hard
ships of the war, its embargoes,
its slow transportation on land
and sea, we have always had on
hand much the largest assert,
ment of our standard mer-
chandise of any retail store in
the United States, except Chi
cago, and it shall be so more
and more as American manufac-
turers get to going and the mar
kets are opened up everywhere.
T.Si0ned1