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8 4 THE SUN, SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 1913. ALTMAN CO. FORCED TO ENLARGE BUILDING IOWER BROOKLYN FIRE RATES. New Addition Stiirtcd on iindi-son Avonuo From UMh to Street. ADDS 350,000 SQl'AUK FKHT Completed Store Will Have a Floor Area Kqnnl to City Lots.

To iU'i'nmuiodaip thr domaniV of tr-Jdo the Arm of H. Altmnn Co. for till- thlnl time MlH'o It moved In Fifth avenue Thirty-fourth street Is forced to udd to the size of Ik ntore. Two yearn neo nn addition wan luillt on the of the Knordlcr Art Oiillerlrt, nt thu northeast corner of Fifth avenue and Thirty-fourth str-ct. A new ml-illtlnn to lie built on the Muiileon avenue end of the block extending from Thirty-fourth to Thlrty-tlfth street.

It will he twelve torles anil will cour about tni lots, which Mr. Altman and hi associates have "been accumulating for stver.il year, having neon that It would not be lotm before the capacity of their store would be taxed to its utmit by the Meiidy Increase In burl-neff. The building will cost about Jl.Sno,. 000. uccordlnR to the estimate of Trow-bridge Livingston, who designed the structure.

It brings the value of the Altman store and the site It cover to more, than S12.0ti0.000. m-iklng It one of the most mores In the country. The new building. will be built In thf Italian Renaissance style, as I th Alt-man building. It will correspond with the original building In every detail but helKht.

It Is four stories taller than the present building The new building will be severely plain, yet very pKisinfc to tin eye. The stone to be used In the, facade Is to be brought from southern France It has been found to he best MMid for the style of buildings that the Altman firm has built. In the centre of the Mad-iron avenue frontage w.ll be a bay of five entrants, the same as are to be found on the Fifth avenue side of the store. The new building will add 3j0.0" square feet of rloor area to the store. The' present building hay an area of ".50.000 square feet.

When the new hulldlng Is finished and connected with the old the floor area of the comb. nod store will be fiOO.OOO square feet. An Idea of the magnitude of Pno.000 square feet may he had from the fact that it Is equal to an area of S60 city lots, or practically the eleven blocks between Thirty-fourth and Furtj -fifth streets. Fifth and Madison avemiep. The greater part of the building v.111 be dfv.ired to silling space.

At least ill i' first four Hop's of the building will for sale and display of good. Tne upper four tldiirs may be used In 'he manufacturing and preparing of articles f.r the counter. Then there "ill he ntllees of tlv firm, the protlt Eharliig plan ri, nt. the Altman the Mituiii llenelll Asix i. tion, aejtinr fund, a resting room for patrons and a room for the care of those who mav become HI while shopping the ttore.

Tn irnphiyee-. have not been forgotten In this respect, for a large resting anil retiring room and a sick room have been ptovlded for their use. The employee also have a large dining room. The tirni has found that its help must be well fed to r.he the kind of service it demands, ilunning through the new bnlld.ng will be twentv ele. vators.

fifteen of which 1... for the exclusive use of patrons. Three of the elevator.1- will he for employees, anil the two others, whicn are to hr 'J by Ifi, will handle freight. In all there villi he thirty-seven elevators In the Altman store, which will he capable of accommodating 740 persons at one time. The basement will be deioted entirely to the handling of packages, i in Thirty-fourth street side of the build-lng.

on the street will be a room .10 by 40 in which the packages will ho loaded on wagons for distribution The new hulldlng will be started In a few weeks and Judylng from the time it took to improve the Knoedler corner the firm may be able to use it in supplying the Christmas wants of its patrons. District. AfTrclril Are Fluthnsh, llnlh 1 1 en ell mill Olhrrs. A hearing was held before Htipt, Kininct of the New York State Insurance Department Inst Friday ut the New York ofllce pursuant to the law which authorized him to order the correction of rates which (ire proved to his satisfaction to discriminate unfairly between similar properties. The complains on which the hearing was held were filed by association and property owners Interested In dwellings In Flntbush, May Midge, Hath Uracil, firavesend, Fort Hamilton, Mnplelon and f'anarsle, and were directed ugalr.it the rales fixed by the New York Fire Insurance Kxchnnge.

which In 1902 nd- Hill tiv (id ill unrr tlons on account of Inadequacy of watn mains, hydrants and fire department Apparatus. The understanding was that the exchange would ascertain the conditions throughout the territory and make readjustment of rates based upon the nctunl conditions by July 15. RYAN TRUSTEE HELD ON $143,000 THEFT CHARGE Uiirke Accused of Speculiilinir With Money of Financier's Grnnddii lighter. Allan A. Itynn.

a son of Thomas Fortune Kyan. had Walter A. Hurkc. a real estate agent of 72." Park avenue, arraigned in the Tombs police court yesterday on charge of rtcallng $143,000 from a trust fund. Myan himself was not In court In his allldavlt Myan said that Murke was appointed eecutor and trustee of the estate of Mrs.

Matilda H. Mrown. his sister, who died on 30. 1901. I'nder this appointment he was to administer two trust funds for the benefit of Mrs.

Meglna M. Saportas. daughter of Mrs. lirowti. According to Myan.

Hurke rendered only one accounting under the resiiliiary clause on 30, 1903. although the trust expired on dune 3, 1911. From 1903, until January 3, 1910. Myan says, the executor dealt In stocks through his tlrm to the extent of $143,000. His first knowledge, he said, that llurke had been misappropriating money came In October, 1911, when the trustee called at Myan's home In Suffern.

Hurke, he declares, confessed that he had taken the funds without the consent of the benetlclary, although on hts checks he had used the name of the Matilda li. Mrown estate. The money IihiI ben lost In speculation, was his admission, according to Myan, and he realised that he had ruined himself and hu family. This disclosure was brought about by a letter to Burke from Pavld MeVlure, attorney for Mrs. Saportas.

who said that Hurke was $143,000 short In his accounts. He accused the trustee of It in stock gambling and declared his intention of proceeding against both Myan and Hurke. Hurke pleaded not guilty to Myan's charge and was he-Id In $15,000 ball by Magistrate for examination on June 11. His ball was furnished. $50,000,000 CONCERN TO DOWN HIGH PRICES Cooperative Company Will Be Packer, Canner and Retailer.

LIVE STOCK AND PRODFCE Committee Is Named to Oversee Organization: Rorn in Delaware. A new scheme to buffet the high cost of living has bobbed up. It Is a cooperative corporation, organized In Delaware under name of the National Cooperative Company, to handle cattle and produce from the producer to the consumer. The plan provides for the elimination of the middlemen. The company plans to ship llvn stock on the hoof to Its own abattoirs, kill and dress It, handle the by products nnd ship the meat directly to Its own retail stores.

It Is said that the plan Is not new ex-ept In to far as It applies to America; similar schemes have been adoped In Europe with success. A supervisory committee has been named by William W. llrauer, prominent among the Incorporators. This committee will name the company's directors for the first year and generally oversee the organization. This committee Is made up of John I).

Crlmmlns, Col. O. Whistler, president of the Army and Navy Club; Dr. Charles H. I'arkhurst.

H. Healy, secretary of the Connecticut Board of Agriculture; N. V. Hull, president of the American Dairy Farmers Association, and J. Arthur Sherwood, master of the Connecticut State Orange.

The stock Issue will be unique In several details, to further Induce cooperation. No Individual may hold more than 1,000 shares (par vilue, Each shareholder, regardless of how much stock he owns, gets one vote for the directors at each meeting, and no proxies may be voted. The profits are to be divided this way: First, to all stockholders, 7 per cent, per annum on their holdings; secqpd, If there Is any surplus remaining 15 per cent, of It will be divided among the employees In proportion to their wages; third, one-half of the surplus remaining goes to the shareholders of record to be divided pro rata to the amount of their purchases from the company's stores; and fourth, the balance of the profits will be divided among the shareholders. The company Intends to retail meats, their usual by-products and general farm products at low prices; to establish cold storage plants, slaughterhouses and canning factories. Mr.

Hrauer figure that $23,000,000 capital will be required. This allows tor 100 cold storage houses. 3,000 electric motor vans and 2,000 ivtall shops, besides abattoirs and canning factories. WOODRUFF STILL A BULL MOOSfc. Mnde MUtnkr In Unrolling K-plain Sum 1 1 rirtiirns.

Timothy Woodruff Jesterdny declared that (he story was absurd that lie Intended to make unother political flop, in uns reported when It was found that he had failed to make a cross mark under the null Moose emblem In his enrolment curd "I thought It wasn't necessary," he said. Mr. Wooelruff gave this explanation of the small size of the official enrolment of Progressives, so far hi Brooklyn, as torn pared with the big vote polled lust fall "More than Tn.ooo voted the Progressive ticket last rail In King county, hile only .10,000 refrained from enrolling with any party; at leat onc-thlnl of this number represents voters who never enroll with any party, So there remain only Hbout 2.1,000 Progressives who refrained from enrolling with the other parties, There, fore nearly jo.ooo Progressives are still enrolled with the other parlies who will not have an opportunity of enrolling with the Progressive party until the registration days In October. "A nominal enrolment Is all that Is needed. Just sufficient to bring the pnrtv within tli present primary law so that It can nominate Its candidates like the other parties Another Victim nf the Movies.

London, Mny 29. Other "artists" be-sides those connected with the theatre arc finding the "movies" uncomfortable competitors. A prominent artist had produced an unnuturnt sunset, a dish of amazingly brilliant fruit and ti Hat chested soldier, Heroically decorated. He stood near his productions In cold Isolation, nnd when a coin Jingled encouragingly he seemed surprised. Answering the donor's question he said that business was very had Indeed.

"Yer see," he added with a sweep of the hand that emhraced the whole, city, "these klnematograph shows have dono our business a lot of harm." PROFESSOR HELD ON VIVISECTION CHARGE Philadelphia Society Women Cansc Arrest of Member of Pennsylvania Fniversity. WARRANTS FOR OTHERS Dr. J. E. Sweet Said to Have Fsed Ruck Breaking Machine on AniniHls.

June 7, Dr. J. K. Sweet, assistant professor of surgical research of the medical department of the 1'nlverslty of Pennsylvania, was held In $400 ball for court here to-day by Mnglr-trate Haggerty on charges brought by prominent society women who have undertaken a campaign against vivisection. Other prominent professors and surgeons were brought Into the testimony and It Is the Intention of the Society for the.

Prevention of Crip Ity to Animals to have them arrested too. The men named tn-diy were Dr. Adolph Irving Mlnger nnd Dr. William C. Hose, Instructors In physiological chemistry; Dr.

Henry Winaor. assistant Instructor In operative surgery; Dr. (I. 1). Dorrnnco, Instructor In npplkd anatomy; Dr.

Aloiv.o Taylor professor of physiological chemletr.i and Doctors Alfred Allen, II. I. Foss and Dr. .1. F.

ISIscnbrcy, Dr. Sweet was held on the testimony of Miss Henrietta Ford Ugden. who admitted that every Friday for six months she had crawled through hole In the fence In order to gain entrance to the kennels of the university and obtain tho evidence presented. Miss Ogden Identified the back breaking machine which Is used In tho Inb.iraterl to crush nut the lives of defenceless animals. The machine Is composed of a heavy Iron weight operated on ropes and pulleyn so that It will descend with sufficient force to break the backbone of any animal held beneath It.

Magistrate Haggerty interrupted the proceedings at this point to say: "We realize the right of th- unlver-slty to perform necessary animal experiments, hut there Is nothing too severe for person who would devise or use such nn apparatus as this. It almost Incredible to believe that civilized human being would use nn apparatus of this sort. It Is an infernal machine." Samuel S. fJeyer, formerly in charge of the kennels of the university, made an excellent wltners for the prosecution. Much of the elutn was obtained from him and he appeared to have been the means by which the officers of tho society had obtained the evidence upon which they had founded their case.

Geycr totd of the members of the fac ulty ordering the surgeons to remove nil evidences of cruelty to animals when the Legislature was acting nn the vivisection bill. He declared that after tho measure wan defeated, and after tho danger hud passed, the practices n.tr, continued, fieyer, Henrietta Ogden and hr sister. Miss 1'erthtv Ogden, all told n' the same dog liming been subjected in I three and even four operations. Mr. i William II.

Poole also testified that I hail seen three operations rerfortr.i on the same dog. It was testified thai the dogs were fed on narhage that wa polluted by refuso front the wards of the university hospital. NO CONNECTICUT ARMORIES. liiiv. Hnlilvilii Vetoes seirn mils I'nrrj Iiik June 7.

flow tl.ildwlii dur iic a terrific electrical and hall stntm t'lj afternoon spent the last houis yj oj, last d.i.v allowed him under th -u. ton for action In Vetoing seven ni -xiriK. iipptoptlatlons aggregating -pip Legislature, which w.ia adjourn, I'ist Wednesday, the tn tluoiigh Rt the epri Mission. The Vetoul bills Itie' the blanket ntmor.i appropriation Illg the $75,0110 appropi for a neve blind Institute building for ii State farm for Inehrlntex. for Slate normal school land Nm( Ilrllaln and for a pension fna for teachers.

The Governor' chides the l.eg.si for not levying a two mill State i IX He vetoed also bill which would li. compelled the New llaien road to gu, Its telegraphers two dajs lest In arn mouth. Catholic Mission nt Nina; Vlnie. The Rev William K. Cashln, llonan Catholic chaplain of sing Sing prlon, hi.

arranged a week's mUlon for the oners, the llrt. It Is said, to be given In the prison In twelve years. There will beiwn dnilv services, in the morning nnd Don ATTACKS MOTHERS' PENSIONS. T. Iletlne hm Prlnclplr I Injurious in I'mnll).

I'mevsn, June 7 A sharp attack on the prlmlple of inotheis' pensions was mad'- bj IMward tievlne, secretary of the t'harlty Organization Society of New York, at the American conference on social insurance rft the Hotel I.asalle to-ilu 'An Insidious attack on the family, lnlinic.il tin- welfare of children and InJutli'ils to the children and to the patents." was the way he characterized mothers' pensions i "We think society as a whole, working through the State, should assume the responsibility for the distribution of cer- tain financial burdens which have been inning un crusning wetgm on individuals ami Individual families," he said. "Death. Industrial accidents, sickness. Involuntary unemployment, unprovided old age, are the principal risks of this kind GASOLENE EXPLODES, BURNS 2. Policeman Ilrns Them Prom tbe I flame In tliinae.

I A fifteen gallon can of gasolene In the I basement of the building at Grand I street, occupied by the Amsterdam Cleaning and Dyeing Company, exploded yes-I terday nfternoon, setting fire to the build-. Ing and hurtling two men, one of them I seriously. Louis Rosenberg, 4 years old. of 6 Rutgers street, the proprietor, was bending over the can when It exploded He i was burned about the body, hands and face and was tnken to Gouvornenr Uns. pital James Hrltt.

T.2 years old. of 4 1 Chatham Square, was also uken to Gou-verneur Hospital with burns on his hands 1 ami scalp. Fanny McCurdy. years old. of Astoria, I had hysterics' and went home.

Pollcemaif Kdward Small heard the explosion. He turned. In the tire alarm, fol-I lowed It hy an ambulance call and then I dragged Itosuiberg from the burning I building, Small was pulling firltt out when the firemen arrived, The damage was about $S00. I GRADUATION AT WANAMAKER'S. i niploiiin at M-honI linn In 1 fomircllon Wllh I hp Mores.

Seventy-three men and women received diplomas from the John Wana-rnaker Commercial In.stltute the' Wanamakrr Auditorium last night. me granuating eNerch-es linked the painful formality of the annual college functions, but the large audience came from a sense of duty it willingly stayed to cheer and applaud the effort's of the youngsters until nearlv midnight. The J. in a inllliaiv training fcchool run In connei tion with the Wnn-amaker Moies and It celebrated its fourth birthday yesterday. In addition to the uMiiii hiiMtieps school curriculum the youngsters me t.iunht trumenml nnUc puhllc A complete hand eoiiipoved foriy.

four J. I students opened the JX'rcit-es with sci of vnen -jne was Introduced each cadet stood at attention with Wcs-t Point precision. luui.iicii me salutatory, the pre, rntatlon of diplomas and the valedictory by Oirlrude Levy, Prof. Milton J. Davics of Columbia I awarded the diplomas.

"You are now out of that largo circle of people who I haven i completed anything," he Kald "lou huve arrived somewhere, but dont think that you have arrived at terminal." i There three parts to the pro- gramme. in part 2 tho pupils of Col. fcchauz In tho cMlljary department I went through the manual of arms and i setting un exerelsnu Tk. appeal en In wand, dumbbell and Indian club drills. part wua 11 Presentation of the burlesque and fairy scenes from Shakespeare's "Midsummer Night's Dreara." In which members of tho class took part.

iledals of merit were nwnrded to mose who qualified In military and physical drill, attendance and discipline, school record und department record. Anna Julia Kmanuclla Harcel and Curl Brewilck- received gold alumni pins, awarded to tho boy and girl ranking highest la tho graduating claaa. The Business Man AND THE. Baltimore Convention The wonderful strides made hv American business men during the past few years are without a parallel in industrial and commercial history. Not only has business become more thoroughly systematized, more efficient and more productive it has invaded new fields, conquered obstacles which were heretofore considered insurmountable and given to the word "Business" a new, wider nnd more lofty significance.

In these notable achievements all American business men hare shared from the small country mer chant to the great captain of industry. Advertising is one of the principal tools used in this extension and elevation of American business, and both the men who have made and uted advertising in its highest and most efficient forms are enrolled in the membership of the Associated Advertising Glnbs of America. This organization, composed of 185 clubs of the United States and Canada, will hold its ninth annual convention in the city of Baltimore, from June 8 to 13. At this convention the most successful business men in the country will deliver inspiration, educational addresses on all topics relating to publicity and salesmanship. Lay sermons on advertising will be delivered by prominent men in tbe pulpits of jfnl-timore.

Open meetings will discuss various phases of advertising and business building along specialized lines. It will be big week, full of solid information and helpful, prncti- ml rimnnatnnHn of the way great modern businesses are built. Incidentally, the evenings will be devoted to a scries of entertainments prepared by the people of Baltimore on unique and generous lines. Visit this convention or send your advertising or sales manager. It Is not necessary to be an advertising club member-all business men will be made welcome.

Write for full pro-gramme of convention, informa-tion ta to transportation, aoiei accommodation, etc, to Associated Advertising Clubs of America Convention Bureau I North Calvert Street Baltimore, Md. We Give Surety Stamps Free with Purchases and Redeem Them in Merchandise ITK In New York's i Shopping Center ONeill-Adams Co. Sixth Avenue, 20th to 22d Street Unprecedented Offering of About Two Hundred High Class Parlor, Living Room and Library Suits at One-Third Under Regular The surplus stock of a high class parlor furniture manufacturer, about two hundred suits for the parlor, living room and library, upholstered in the highest grades of genuine brown Spanish leather, panne plush, silk velour and imported tapestries rnishings may be purchased on -O'Neill's Club Plan which is a dignified and confidential arrangement for payment at intervals. $61.25 Genuine Leather Suit, $45.00 Library or Living Room This illustration shows one of the many popular patterns of living room and library suits that are now on special sale lor this week. The frames are of genuine birch wood, finished a beautiful shade of dark mahogany; have French shaped legs and hand carved claw feet; upholstered in panne plush.

You can choose your own covering for any suit frcm Spanish leather, panne plush, silk velour or tapestries. Here are a few more of the extra values to be found in this enormous department: Reg. Price. Three Piece Panne Suit $52.50 Three Piece Genuine Leather Suit 66.50 Three Piece Genuine Leather Suit, upholstered seat and Three Piece Genuine Leather Suit. 63.00 42.00 Sale Price.

$37.50 45.00 48.00 30.00 Reg. Price. Three Piece Velour Suit 60.00 Three Piece Genuine Leather Suit, upholstered seat and back. 72.00 Three Piece Genuine Leather Suit, upholstered seat and back. 95.00 Sale Price.

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Just like drawing. This $32.00 Dresser, $24.00 This elegant dresser is made in maple, mahogany, golden oak, Circassian wal nut or white enamel, bate, ii inches. a 24x30 fancy French hevelled ror. The height of the dresser Is AQ inrhps. It has turn lnrof.

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inch top rod, l- and 3-8 'inch filling rods; height of head is 56 inches; height or foot is 37 inches; T-ball construction; extra heavy chills and caitlncri! mnHr in all 1m Hliu IMI1BI1CW in the best baked white enamel. $18 fumed Oak Library Table, $13.50 llkn Illustration. Tho to In vtsii InrljPH, and Inchon ItUli; imidn of Milld oak, nnlnhiHl it lirautllul nhndo of oak Tim iIcsIkii Is nn ui-to-dnt Mission tvts. mill has Imhii nHnili-Ml ln- ovi-ry nut' who tins lvn fortunate (noniin to sis. this nrllcli-.

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