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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-17
CLAFLIN LIABILITIES
MORE THAN S4O,OOO,OO0
Bankers Make Announcement.
but Combined Assets Are
Not Determined.

The combined liabilities Of the ". b.
Claim Company and of the tweuty-seNen
retail dry goods stores throughout the
country amount to more than sio,o0o,ooO
That fact was learned yesterday from
bankers who are interested in getting AT
the facts of the Claim failure. Whether
or not the combined assets OF the whole
sale and the retail stores will be greater
than the liabilities has not been de-
termined.
Friends OF John Clafin, president OF the
H. T. Clafiin Company, said emphatlcail!
Yesterday that the combined assets far
exceed the liabilities.
The investigation thus far made shows
that the retail stores are generally IN eS-
cellent condition. The twenty-four dry
goods stores now In the hands of receivers
owe only 100000 to concerns other
than the H. y. Clafiin Company Those
sxores, however, have outstanding s3l'-
500. 900 in notes which for the most part
were made by officers in this city without
the knowledge OF the local managers OF
the retail stores The II. Il. Clafin Com
many owes about 81, 0O0. 900 for merchan-
| disc and about 81, O00, 900 10 persons and
retail concerns that left deposits win
il on interest i,
! REGARDED AS likely that the report or the
/ ekpcrt accountants, winch VIII Nv H''N' ~
! the meeting of the creditors AT the fark
| Avenue Hotel on July -. will show even
more.
Reports from all the retail stores show
ing lust what their assets are have moi
heen made OF course the accountant
must figure the assets In two ways, tht
value Of assets In the event OF forced
| liouidation and the assets OF the stores az
going concerns In the latter event inc
| good will and other items would he
| counted in the assets.
There seems to be little doubt that y
the assets and liabilities OF the retail
stores and OF the II. b. Claim Company
can he punched a thoroughgong reor
ganization can he effected without los!
| TO any Of the creditors except that exten
sion OF credit must be given.
The merchandise creditors committee
will send out to-day an appeal to IN
creditors to leave their claims with IN
committee This appeal is similar to tina
sent out on Wednesday by the not
FOLDERS committee. Up to the presen
time only from s1s,coo,0o0 TO s2O.ooOoo
of merchandise and note claims have bee
deposited with the two committees IN
committees plan to have from so TO !
per cent OF the liabilities in their hand
by July "a, the date OF the creditors
meeting.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-17
YACHT PLANT DESTROYED.
Four Boats Burned In s2OO,oOO
BIazr on Vnrlcm River.

The fire on the Bronx side Of the Har-
lem River early yesterday destroyed the
big plant Of the New York Yacht. Engine
and Launch Company. the coal pockets
OF the Olin ]. stephens Company. extend
ing from l75th street to INN street, and
four yachts on the ways in the shipyard.
The damage is placed at 100000
Fifty horses in stables adjoining the
burning buildings and boats moored In
the ship:ard we're saved by the quick
work of policemen.
The boats destroyed included an so foot
cruiser being built for II. f. Odds, the
automobile manufacturer and three sim
liar boats owned by ". T. Talmadge of o5
Broad street, Ernest I,orillard and a
member of the Straus family. The Straus
boat may he rebuilt.
New York Central trains we're held W
from 1880 O'Clock until $40 o'clock
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-17
THIRD DEGREE QUARREL
HOLDS UP AN INQUEST
Jersey Authorities at Odds Over
Prisoner Who Confessed
Killing a Youth.

RIVERSIDE. ". j.. July l6.--Prosecutor
Atkinson and Sheriff Jordan of Burlington
county and Coroner Blsbing OF this place
are at loggerheads over the inquest into
the death of Herman Fisher. II years old,
on his way from the home of Ida Wilhelm
to his own home near Taylor station.
The inquest had been set for this after
noon. but the argument between Prosecutor
and Sheriff on one side and Coroner on
the other had caused a postponement un-
I'll tomorrow afternoon.
According TO Prosecutor Atkinson the
confession of Edgar Murphy. friend OF
Fisher. that he killed the boy because
Fisher had told Hida wilhelm, a sister
of Ida, that Murphy was married has
Bisbing was informed that the inquest
would be only a formality to establish
the fact of young Fishers death and OF
the presence OF Murphy near the scene OF
the murder. Apparently the Coroner got
the idea that he was being "sidetracked "
He called Prosecutor Atkinson on the
telephone and after discussion he an.
nounced that ne would hold a careful In.
quiry into the case and would go over the
details thoroughly He engaged Robert
Peacock. an attorney. TO aid him.
Murphy should be present" said tn,
Coroner. "as he has a constitutional rlgh
to hear everything testified against him
The Sheriff and the Prosecutor were ir
ritated when they were told Of the Coro
ner's decision. AS for bringing Murphy
20 Riverside that was out Of the question
they said. There might be an outbreak
and anyway II was not necessary 70
Murphy to be present
To this the Coroner retorted that Their,
certainly was feeling In Riverside. bu
that the feeling was mostly against tn
''highhanded third degree methods o
the Prosecutor and the Sheriff
This man Murphy has been treate
worse than a Russian political prisone
since his arrest" said Coroner Bisbinr
'He has not been allowed to see a frien
or lawyer. IT'S no wonder he confesse
to anything when he was kept In confine
ment and quizzed day and night II
: outrageous"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-17
AN UNHANDS0ME BIGAMIST.
One Of Cbapin's several wives says
He's the "Uomeliest Man"

George Il. chaplin, said by one Of his
several wives to he the homeliest man
on earth pleaded guilty Of bigamv he
fore Judge Swami IN General Sessions
YESTERDAY He will he sentenced next
Thursday and i'm the meantime An
effort will be made to verify the word
Of his mother. who said ct the time OF
his arrest that he has seven wives.
After he had pleaded guilty Assistant
District Attorney smith asked chaplin
II II was true that he had seven wives.
NO" was his hurried reply. ~ only
had tive. But don't give me away.
am going to tell the Judge that ! only
had three and he may believe me and 7
will get away easy
OF course Mr.. Smith did tell the Judge
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-17
BARONESS CLAIMS $4OO,30s.
Parisienne Fixes Amount In Picture
suit Auninu y. W. Van Dyke.

complaint filed in the Supreme Court
Yesterday m the suit of the Baroness Au-
,.'e de Toppay Of Paris against John w.
an Dyke Of Philadelphia. pre- sident OF
We Atlantic Refining Company, for her
thdr" OF the profits from the sale of
paintings which she says she bought in
Europe for Van Dyke. discloses that the
Baroness claims s40O.30S.
TN" plaintiff alleges that she entered
mo me partnership agreement with Van
DYKE In 1905 aud that within the next
year she purchased and delivered TO him
paintings worth $4,000. The Baroness
.'n'ends that she Is entitled to half the
ytle Of the paintings, less the expense
their purchase
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-17
WINS AGAINST H. H. ROGERS. JR.
Mortgage on Messiah Home for
Crippies Ordered Cancelled.

Under n decision of the Court OF APP
pcals announced yesterday. the Messiah
Home for Crippled Children. which was
the favorite charity OF tho late Mrs
II. II. Rogers. and of which she was
president for many years, wins its suit
against II. r. Rogers, Jr., to compel him
to deliver up for cancellation a mort
gage for $500, 900 on the property of the
home. which is In the block bounded by
i76th and i71th streets and Montgomery
and Andrews avenues, The Bronx.
1t was contended in the action shat tho
late n. II. Rogers bought the land. built
the home and gave II TO the society
without any encumbrance After the
death OF the donor mortgage for $500
900. in favor of II. II. Rogers. Jr.. was
filed. The home insisted that Rogers
used this mortgage to enable him to die
tate the conduct OF the home. In the
supreme Court the case was decided
against the homo. but the Court OF Appeals
reverses this decision, holding that Mr.
Rogers's gift was absolute and that tho
mortgage must be cancelled.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-17
Z5c POWER LIFE GOAT
W WHICH ME-. S0d Mes SNACeO
WILL ATTEMPT TO Gross THE
OCEAN,.
Bride Insists on Going With
Her Husband, and Will Cook
for Party of six.

The hrst woman to cross the Atlantic
passage. She expects to cook for a party
of six.
But I am glad to go al any price"
says Mrs. signe sivard. in pretty broken
English. her blue eyes lighting up with
anticipation. MY husband thought
could not go at first. But I said I must
go. SO he built me little cabin. We
were married only In March. so It will
be our first wedding journey. But not
our honeymoon. That We will have on
the big steamer on the way back"
THAT will be more comfortable" ad-
mits Einar Sivard. superintendent OF the
Welin Marine Equipment Company, who
is taking thirty-six foot power lfeboat
abroad TO demonstrate its capabilities 10
foreign shipbuilders. THE little boat is
perfectly safe, but II will be too crowded
20 be comfortable We must take 1000
gallons of gasolene and 400 gallons Of
water besides emergency rations Tor three
months. Then w are all good sized
people" He laughed as he looked down
the length OF his six feet two
THE trip will he made via Boston and
Halifax to IT. Johns and thence 10
Queenstown and London. We will sail
from the Battery on July 25 II would
be possible to go direct from here "a
Queenstown as Thomas Day. editor OF the
Ruddcr did in motorboat two years
ago. But it would leave us no reserve
of gasolene for emergencies. As We shall
make the trip IL will be $500 miles and
take six weeks.
What shall I have in my cabin? oh.
have 1t all planned declares Mrs
Sivard. II shall have nest OF alumi.
mum paucepans. big ones SO that things
will not spill. and ! shall cook on an
eleceric plate. You see. We have Mar
conf apparatus I'm the forward cabin
| There is a steel co gering over all. so that
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-17
DR.. STEELE NOT A PLAGIARIST.
Church Board FINDS Pss-atc Pastor
Didn't Copy From Dir. Jowrtt.

PAssAtC. y. j.. July 16--The Rev. Dr.
James Dallas Steele pastor OF the First
Presbyterian Church here. was exoner-
ated to-day OF charges of plagiarizing In
his sermons. The charges. which were
brought by members of the congregation.
were heard by the trustees. the elders
and deacons OF the church. assey-.Ad
in joint session.
1t was alleged that Or. Steele used
certain statements OF the Rev John
Henry Jewett OF New York. az his own
and that he patterned some OF his ser
mons after those Of a certain emnen,
English clergyman.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-17
COUNT PAID FOR TAXI IN DRINKS
"ut spends night In Cell when
Driver Demands Money

After spending the night in cell in
NE West Sixtv-eighth street nolice sta
-" ana being arraigred Yesterday IN the
81 side police court because he had
~" pad taxi biz man who said he
a. count Rene Dc Manney settled with
'htunsur and was released.
= N''aItild Rogers. the driver said the
ssouN e'Arted from hts home. 302 West
"-V'WN'nnth street. about in the eve
.Hs ordering the chauffeur to drive
sasS mo lights were brightest. Rogers
we count paving for drinks and food.
,,, 49, No informed the driver that the ohli-
5-ohs on both sides were equal Rogers
uo'e him 10 the police station.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-17

Engineer Edward Major aud his fire
man and brother. Charles Major of the
tug Cornelius Van Colt dived into the
East River yesterday when the ferryboat
Stenway. collidinG with the tug off
Ninety-second street. broke some steam
pipes. They were pulled aboard the
Stenway and later transferred to the tug.
which went on mp the river under her
own steam
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-17
RAILROADS ACCUSED
, OF HIGH MEAT COST
representative Of South Ameri-
can Packers Complains to
Secretary of Agriculture.
SAYS HE CAN'T GET CARS
Independents Can Cut Prices,
He Asserts. If adequate Fa-
cilitics Are Extended.
SAYS HE CAN'T GET CARS

c,arges that American beef packers
.,,.d h, certain railroads. are keeping
~. r~ircs OF meats were made ycster-
,o IN. Secretary Of Agriculture and
oSl tr,.rst7tc Commerce Commit seion by
U" n ueriamin az - state street. lie
-. m the two departments that N the
N,.,s,dent packers IN South America re-
Ill facilities for transporting beef
~ ,to interior beef could he sold here
y. I'm, three to I'VE cents cheaper whole
.ale than At present
~ a latter to DR.. n. r. Galloway, act
- SECRETARY Of Agriculture, Mr.. Ben
-, acclaimed that he represents the
-.,,,,ria Sausiuena de CGrnes Conge!a-
49, ~ Gueuos Ayres and La Frigorihca
-, No,,evideo lie charges that the con-
,.,a,, ~ tho beef market is due To the
..,,irulatinp of the bigger interests,
..Jod nv the railroads.. that the rail-
I'D have refused 10 give his clients
,.o,.r facilities for the transportation OF
20, from ships arriving in this port
,,,va believe" he writes DR. Galloway
.,,.,, the prires OF all meats will go con-
.,do-shlv higher. due to manipulation
-I,, accumulation liz caused by numerous
.,,,,,ar,s Of meats to England from tnls
.o,,r,ry and from South America tie
.s.ryes that the extra large shipments
E1sIard have caused a drop In the price
.S.-e and that the packers buy the sur
,',,. IN the open market and ship II back
"a mis- country, where they sell II as
chilled beef
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-17

street had an awful itching skin on my
face and scalp which caused many restless
nights
81 have tried other remedies hut II only
seemed TO be getting worse until through an
advertisement in some paper was Informed
of the Cuticura Soap and Ointment and I
tried them. put the Cuticura Ointment
on my face over night and rubbed It into
the scalp, washing with the Cuticura soap
every time. In less than two months every
trace Of my trouble was gone (signed
Henry Well Jan. %, 1914.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-17
FORMER MERCHANT ARRESTED,
Henri DuIardin Accused Of Irregu-
;syit.es Ia Cheek transactions.

Henri Dujardin formerly president ~
pujardin Il Lodwick, Inc. general com
mission merchants at PAS Washington
street. was arrested Yesterday by ID putty
Sherifs Mcdonnell and Zeltner In suit
brought by the corporation IF which he
was president and founder 10 recover
s14,ai2 The complaint alleges that
Dujardin signed checks for other than
corporate purposes and failed to deliver
the proceeds to the plaintiff supreme
Court Justice Guy hxed bail at $4,000,
which was furnished.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-17

Frederick Green. 30 years old, = pri-
vate in the 18Th Company, Coast Artil-
lery. stationed nj Fort Totten. fell from
the second story of the barracks yester
day morning and was killed. Several
men wore tossing rag ball and In lean
ing over balustrade to catch II Green
plunged head first to the concrete floor
His parents live in Italy.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-17
Samples Free by Mail

Care for your hair with Cut'curs sosp
and Cuticura Ointment They keep The
scalp clean and free from dandruff, allay
itching and irritation and promote natural
hair-growing conditions when all else fails.
Although Cuticura Soap t25c) and Cuu-
cura Ointment C5Oc) are sold by druggists
everywhere, a sample Of each with 32-p.
Skin Book will be sent free upon request.
Address. "Cuticura, Dept, 7, Boston
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-17
sam schcpps's Brother Held.

John Schepps. a brother OF Sam
Schepps of Becker case fame. WAS held
in $4,000 bail by Judge Swami in Gen
eral Sessions yesterday on an indictment
charging him with having participated In
the disposition Of s2b, 900 worth Of je,yelry
stolen from Mrs. Harry whitney Mcvickar
Of East Thirty seventh street January
last
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-17

my hands. This caused them
TO bleed and they would then
dry up and look like sores. "
later worked mp into my scalp
and the itching was so In
tense that I scratched IL.
That made things worse for
me and It caused such dis
figurement for a time that I
was not able TO 90 out on the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-17

The New Jersey Title Guarantee and
Trust Company announced yesterday an
increase in its capital stock from 5000
400 to 81 5000 The company concur
rently paid 100 per cent cash dividend
81, its old issue.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-17
INTENSE ITCHING
ON FACE AND SCALP
Caused Disagreement. Itching
Caused Many Restless Nights.
Used Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment, EveryTrace ofTroubleGone.

24i Rivington St., New York city
MY face broke out with what ] thought
was pimples and I tried 10 open them With
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-17

,.rbus beef" writes Mr.. Benjamin, has
ro,s through six or seven different tenn
,s-,,ures. and II certainly Is not within
o.a and one half cents per pound In quail
~ q. the direct beef that comes from
Argentina.
",ye have recently had an experience
where some ~ the big interests have re-
Used absolutely to send steamers direct
- me United states with large cargoes OF
ours because rs an independent concern
We we're undesirable and interfered with
ne rrlrc Of meat in this market
we arc In position to supply beer az
.s-ee 10 i've cents per pound under the
do,,esii, prices ruling to-day. and ! am
willing to give YOU from Ave to ten cars
fo- any state IN the Union, provided YOU
will give me the transportation faclltls
FOR chilled and frozen meat"
n hie complaint to the Interstate Com
,re-.e commission Mr.. benjamin charges
among other things that "since the be-
ginning OF the year the various railroads
cunning out of New York city and
v,ririt, have failed to render definite
decision as TO whether they will furnish
rroperl, equipped refrigerator cars Tor
me transportation Of beef
lie charges that the railroads have not
furnished the necessary equipment. He
.ays that THE railroads are empowered
10 use refrigerator cars OF private inter
es,s for the transportation of refrigerated
,roducts on the home routes Of said cars
IN, am advised further that the supply
~ cars i Inadequate to the needs or the
various interests who Own them.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-17
SAYS Cars Are withheld.

without desiring to make charges
against the railroads. II would appear
hat the railroads are subservent TO those
interests owning or leasing the retrig-
orator cars He charges that he had
made ARRANGEMENTS to get refrigerator
ca-s for the transportation OF beef but
when the packers owning the cars made
protests 10 the railroad against the use
~ the cars by MIR Benjamin's clients the
railroad declined TO let the independents
load the cars with beef even after hoat
with the cars had been tied to the snip
which had arrived in port with the beef"
Nr BENJAMIN. discussing the situation
with a representative Of THE sun. said
he total shipments Of packers from the
West amount to 100000 pounds week
and that the Argentine packers ship prob
ghly 1000. 000 pounds TO this city, but
tNev have difficulty in getting II into the
Interior through the lack Of refrigerator
Cars
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-09-17
CALLED LOW CLASS OF ART
sweepIna Indictment Of Music to
Which Song "Home, Sweet Homo"
Has Been Set.

Though the Oldest piece OF English
music In existence, Summer Is .cu-
men In" is quite modern in compari-
son with a score of the "Orestes" Of
Euripides, dating from the fourth cen
tury b. c.. which was exhibited at the
international exhibition OF music at
Vienna some years ago. Even more
ancient is the chant THE Blessing of
the Priest" which was sung In the
temple OF Jerusalem before the captiy-
ity, and is still In use In the Jewish
synagogues In Spain and Portugal.
Home. Sweet Home"-the song OF a
homeless American-once moved Rob
ert Louis Stevenson TO an outburst Of
passionate protest. But 1t was the
music rather than the words that
reused his indignation. Yon win find
the passage In Across the Plains":
| have no idea whether musically this
air is to be considered good or bad;
but 1t belongs to that class OF art
which may best be described as bru-
tai assault upon the feelings. Pathos
must be relieved by dignity OF treat
ment. declares an English writer. II
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-09-17
FARMING WITH LITTLE RAIN
In Central Tunls Successful Crops Are
Produced on Annual Fall Of Less
Than Six Inches.

One OF the greatest and most tri-
umphant agricultural booms in the
world is In Africa-the dry land farm
ing of Central Tunis. where the .ain-
fall is less than ten inches, writes Prof.
]. Russell Smith In Harper's Magazine.
The success is astonishing In the face
OF the uncertainty. dread and failure
that harass our own as yet unadjusted
dry land agriculture. AS an evidence
OF local failure l would cite the obser-
vations OF an agricultural scientist on
a recent s0-mlle journey In the south
ern part OF the great plains. where the
rainfall averages 20 inches.
In the 80 miles traversed there was
but one surviving settler and not even
a cattle ranch. The dry farmers had
pushed out the cattlemen. and the re-
cent droughts had pushed out the dry
farmers-all but one--in q strip as
long as from New York to Philadel-
phia. Our uncertainties arise under q
rainfall of ten to twenty inches.
The Africans complacency Is as
sured by less than ten inches. Sub
scriptions have recently been taken up
here for people living In an average
rainfall OF 16 to Is inches. Yet the
complacent success OF Tunis is In the
vicinity Of Sfax. where In seven con-
secutive years the total rainfall
amounted to Al, $40 inches year.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-09-17
IMMENSE COST OF BAD ROADS
Estimate Of s7,50o,ooo ls Made by
Highway Commissioner Of Ohio
Cost Of Hauling.

Bad roads cost the United States
$7,500,000 per annum Is the reported
estimate of the highway commissioner
OF Ohio, according to the Engineer
ing and Mining Journal. He figures
that the average cost Of hauling one
ton one mile on good. hard road
is eight cents. while tbs present aver
age cost is 23 cents. and In some dis
tricts II Is as high as 81 cents. There
is no doubt respecting the economy
OF good roads. but such estimating as
the commissioners offers no account
OF the capital outlay necessary to get
the roads. II the latter be built un-
der the auspices and In the ways that
have prevailed In the state OF New
York, there may be loss OF money
instead OF a saving. The matter IL
one Of great importance wherein wag-
on transportation is high charge on
the production under present con
ditions. and where auto trucks can
offer but little help until the roads ara
improved.