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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-17
.2.1O TAX RATE
DUE NEXT YEAR,
SAYS M'ANENY
E. H. Gary, Vincent Aston
and Others Organize to
Fight Overtaxation.
PRESENT FIGURE
IN CITY is 100
President of Board of Aldermen
Bases Estimate on Proposed
S18,OOO,000 State Levy.

Next wears tax rate in this city WIZ
be approximately 2.lO, as compared
with 80 this year This estimate.
worked out by President McAneny OF
tho Board of Aldermen yesterday Is
based on the declaration Of the legls-
Iative leaders that they are gong 10
impose a direct tax of $lS,OOO'ooo on
the state. Seventy per cent OF TINS TAX
would fall on New York.
Mr., McAneny expects to give out
detailed statement in n day or two
after he has had chance to 90 over
his estimates again.
At about the time that the 2lO taS
rate doomed up, committee OF citi-
zens was being organized at the IMAM
ber of Commerce TO deal with tine
oyertaxation problem" as it was termeo
by Ebert II. Gary. chairman OF tne
executive committee. The oi1cers OF
the general committee are Allan Robin
son. chairman: f.. II. Outerbridge, vice,
chairman; Birch Helms, secretary, and
Henry p. Dawson, treasurer.
"The citizens committee has been
Organized" said Mr.. Gary, "to afford
an unofficial agency through which the
public MAJ cooperate with its ofilclal
representatives in the city and state
governments in solving the problem Of
overtaxation.
"The work that has been undertaken
IA extremely important. 1t relates to q
business problem and we viii deal
with it in business way. Politics has
had nothing to do with its organization
and politics will not interfere in any
way in the work that it may do. We all
know that heavy taxation acts as a
check upon business. II makes il diff
cult for business TO compete with the
same kind of business in other more
favored localities. 1t causes unemploy-
ment and high rents, and makes life
more difficult and the cost of govern
ment greater. For this reason the stu
alton that New York City is facing is
one that concerns every inhabitant."
Members of the executive committee,
in addition 20 the officers of the gem
eral committee, are George W. Perkins,
Cornelius n. Bliss, +. X. L. Gould,
Alexander J. Hemphill, Alfred +. MARI
ing, Ogden L. Mills and Alexander NJ.
White.
The formation of the committee fol-
lowed a series Of seven meetings held
at the Chamber Of Commerce, the
Merchants Association and elsewhere
70 interest the business men in the
oity's financial problems. Not only
does the committee intend 70 consider
new methods of raising revenue for
the city, but also TO go into the prop
ostion Of saving money on the admin
istration of the city and the POSSIBLE
ity that some changes be made in the
methods Of municipal finance.
Among others present at the meeting
we're Vincent Aston, Edmund l.. Bay
lies. Otto T. Barnard, Nicholas Murray
Butler, Nicholas Bidd,e, William Allen
Butler. l.. c. Blum. James Byrne,
George B. Cortelyou. r. Fulton Cut
ting. William II. Childs, e.. Richard
Davis, Walter +. Frew, Francis L.
Hine. August Hechscher, Pierre Jay,
Clarence H. Kelsey, Darwin p. Kings
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-17

detectives 20 Troy yesterday and veri-
fed the report that the Troy police had
made. There was no doubt in Mrs.
McGoyern's mind as TO the identity Of
the woman. They had not met for a
considerable time, and embraced with
q heartiness convincing even TO detec-
tives.
The obstinacy with which her aunt
clung 10 tho identification was mystlfy-
ing 10 Mrs. Burns, and che agreed TO
come 70 New York with the detectives
and help straighten things out.
Although Captain Wines still
thought the information his men had
dug up might prove valuable, he ad-
nitted II would have 10 be fitted to-
gether in new pattern.
A new lead was found in the report
Of young woman who has been miss
ing for two weeks. She IS Miss Cath
crime Metrosak, whose absence was re-
ported TO the police by her sister-in-
law, Mrs Teresa Metrosak. Of 100 West
l2ist Street. Mrs. Metrosak examined
the clothing found on The Bronx vic
tim, but was unable to say whether II
belonged 20 her sister-in-law. She was
taken to the Fordham Morgue TO see
the body.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-17

lev. Alvin w. Krech, willard Y. King,
William A. Marble, Albert G.. Milbank.
Joseph B. Martindale. +. p. Maynard,
Frederick Potter, James Speyer, Sam
uel Sloan, Howard c. Smith, Albert
Strauss. Isaac N. Seligman, Francis
Lynde Stetson, Henry A. Schenck,
Henry W. Taft, Henry r. Towne and
+. A. Vanderlip. ~,
Mayor Mitchell said yesterday: Il
have read Senator Browns reply to my
suggestion for a means OF avoiding
nny direct state tax on account OF
canal construction this year, in which
he refers also to the general appro-
priations which the state may make.
His reply is courteous, but does not
in any way meet the facts which pre-
sented in my recent statement. Ms
suggestion made to Senator Brown was
submitted 10 him at his own invita-
ton, and Is, am satisfied, sound IN
law. II was thoroughly tested IN TINS
regard before submitted.
~ would welcome the publication OF
any authoritative statement or the rea-
sons upon which the Legislature bases
the proposed appropriations TO which
I referred in my statement on Wednes-
day. | am strongly Of the opinion, as
then stated, that this IS year when
the exercise of the most rigid economy
is incumbent upon all branches Of gov
eminent. both state and city, and that
there does not exist any necessity for
the increase in the administrative cost
Of state government which is incor-
porated in these bills.
Senator Brown suggests that the
bills in the Assembly will be reviewed
by the Senate. Let us sincerely hope
that that review will result in the
elimination of the items 70 which |
have pointed as excessive"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-17
BRONX PROSECUTOR
MAY Be INDICTED
Capturing of Witnesses
Arouses Court in White
Slave Case.

The prospect Of being indicted by
his own grand jury was suggested TO
District Attorney Martin OF Bronx
County yesterday by Justice Brady, In
the Supreme Court. Martin was not
there TO hear the intimation, but his
assistant, Seymour Mork, heard the
courts remarks.
Recent white slave convictions IN
The Bronx have had extensive ramifica-
tions. Since John Delane got sentence
Of not more than twenty years, a
woman has been held in $4,000 bail
on perjury charge, and, it IS alleged,
three other women and man practl-
cally have been abducted and held as
material witnesses.
Justice Brady was referring TO these
alleged high handed methods of the
District Attorneys Office when he
limited that its chief might find him
self in difficulty. Yesterdays proceed
ings were caused by a writ of habeas
corpus sworn out for William Duer
and his wife, Annette, of 81 East
l50th Street. The father of the latter,
Nicolo Nicoliri, of 716 Morris Park
Avenue, charged that they had been
abducted Thursday. The Sheriff, Dis
trict Attorney and the last named's
assistant were required 70 produce the
couple.
Justice Brady dismissed the writ. be
cause he said Edward T. Curran, cOun-
sci for Nicoliri, had failed TO prove
that the officials named knew where
the Duers were. Curran insists that
they are held with Giovanni Sauna, q
maid in the home of former Judge
John Palm Teri, who was taken from l5O
Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, on Tuesday.
Tho proceedings yesterday were pep
perry. Justice Brady told Mr.. Mork
that he showed little respect for the
court when he kept his hands in his
pockets. The Assistant District Attor-
ney replied that they would not be
getting into the pockets Of other PEG
/ pie II they stayed In his. The court
/ then threatened to call in tailor and
have the pockets sewed up. Monks
| hands came out.
/ Judge Gibbs, in the Bronx County
/ Court, yesterday sentenced Louis
Abrams 70 from seven TO thirteen years
at Sing Sing and fined him $4,000
Abrams, who lives at 908 Freeman
! Street, was convicted Of selling as &
white slave Lille Levine, nineteen
years old.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-17
Claudia Burns, Brought
from Troy, Proves She
Was Not Killed.
KNOWS CONTRACTOR
HELD IN CASE
Promising CIew Abandoned and
New One Found In Missing
Harlem Woman.

Claudia T. Hansbury Burns was taken
70 the Bronx County jail by detectives
last night as the final step IN retracing
the progress they had made IN sowing
the murder Of the woman whose oody
was fouud buried beneath powders IN
The Bronx last Sunday. In the jail she
was confronted with RaNaele Piciullo,
the contractor arrested in the Dehel
that Mrs. Burns was the woman VINO
had been murdered. ann
Even Mrs. Christina Carr, OF $3.50
First Avenue. who idcnuned the pooy
as that OF her niece. Mrs. burns, ana
stuck 10 her Identification. after the
Troy police reported that Mrs. burns
was alive and well in that city, &C
knowledgcd she had made a mistake.
"All l can say SAID Mrs; Oarr' IS
that that girl was Claudlas double,
In many respects IT was sald 'haO
Mrs. Cars statement seemed TO be
80 Tho two women were of about
the same age. build and facial char
acteristics. Mrs. Burns's hair, now
over is lighter than that of the victim
Of the vacant lot.
Mrs. Burns has known Piciuilo for
wears. Acting Captain Wines, or the
Bronx Detective Bureau, who, with Cor
oner Flvnn examined her at length
before taking her to the jail. would not
tell what they hoped TO gain from the
interview. 1913,
Mrs. Burns said her husband, Will
lam II. Burns, was in Napponack ke-
formatory. He was a prisoner IN the
Tombs. She added, when they were
married.
Mrs. Anna McGovcrn, of 1872 East
115th Street. with whom Mrs. Burns
lived before her marriage, accompanied
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-17
4 CRIPPLE A RIVER HERO
Has Withered Leg and Spine
Trouble. but Saves Boy.

William Luneberg, nine years old,
was playing ball at the foot of East
Fifty-fourth Street yesterday after
noon. He was catcher on the youth
full neigh borhood nine. Some one made
wild throw home and Billy tried so
hard to get the ball that he toppled
over backward into the river.
The terrified yells of the rest of the
team attracted William Murray, of
] .O2l Second Avenue. Murray is a Grip
pie, suffering from partially withered
leg and curvature of the spine. Despite
his infrmities he jumped into the river
and made for the struggling boy.
The current at this point is strong
and Murray was beginning TO weaken
when Patrolman Patrick Neary threw
him a rope from a nearby pier. Muir
ray insisted that the officer drag the
boy ashore first, and then was lifted
TO the pier.
An ambulance surgeon from Flower
Hospital revived Murray, and the Lune-
berg boy was taken home by his
mother.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-17

Visitors to the San Francisco EXPOSE
ton will have a chance TO see the New
York police force in action. Yesterday
at Prospect Park, Brooklyn, on the
parade ground, the entire mounted di-
vision Of the department, two hundred
patrolmen, with the police dogs, posed
for motion pictures taken by the. Vita
graph Company. The films will be ex-
hibited at the New York City Building
at the fair.
Commissioner Woods and Deputy
Commissioners Cooley and Lord re-
viewed the work of the men, which was
supervised by Chief Inspector Schmltt-
berger and Inspectors Meyers, McElroy
and Murphy.
The mounted men staged q runaway
on Ocean Boulevard. One, dressed as a
woman and using side saddle, sud
denly lost control of his horse. An
other was after the runaway in a sec
ond, and while the camera operators
machine was shot ahead and the COM
missioners held their breath. the pur-
suer's horse gradually crowded the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-17
CLEARY GUN INDICTMENT
Two Accused by Grand Jury
of Hiding Murder Revolver.

Two indictments were handed up to
Justice Mills yesterday by the Rock
land County grand jury, which is con-
sidering evidence of crime in connec-
ton with the revolver with which Will
lam V. Cleary killed Eugene Newman,
his son-in-law.
william Seibold was indicted on
charge of carrying a concealed weapon
and Harry Hughes is accused Of having
q revolver in his possession; Bernard
Fox and Charles Ludwig, also alleged
20 have handled the weapon after the
murder. were not named yesterday. Inc
grand jury will continue its investiga-
ton Monday.
Seibold and Hughes were to be ar
raigned to-day before Police Justice.
Michael McCabe. but by the action OF
the grand jury District Attorney Gagan
gets their cases out Of the hands OF
McCabe. Both men were held in $1,000
bail each for trial. Seibold just es-
CAPPED spending the night in jail. as
Justice Mills was about to go home
when his friends succeeded in getting
a bondsman.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-17
FIVE DROP FIGHTING
BLAZE IN DYEHOUSE
Flames Defeat Firemen
Until Smoke Squad Goes
TO Rescue.

Five fremen, one of them member
of Rescue Company /, were knocked
out by heat yesterday afternoon at a
fire at 1853 East Fifty-eighth Street: 1t
is a three story building occupied by
Rose e. Co., cleaners and dyers.
Fifteen workmen were putting on
their coats in tho basement prepar.
atory 10 going home when the cry OF
Fire" came Pell nell the fifteen rush
cd for the stairs. Lieutenant Gustav Is.
Mole took seven men of Engine and
ran a line Of hose into the basement
from the rear. The courtyard in the
rear was piled high with packing cases
and carboys, some of them containing
fluids used in cleaning. It was the
duty of Moje's crew 20 keep the fre
away from that dangerous territory.
From the opposite side Acting Bat
TALON Chief James Sherlock and
Captain Seymour Guy, of Engine 80,
took in n line of hose. The basement
was filled with smoke, which had a
rank chemical faint. The heart of the
fire was in the rear and both groups
of fremen began to close In on 1t.
Suddenly a back draft drove the Are
men out, four Of them collapsing. They
were Captain Guy, Lieutenant Mole
and Firemen James Oates and George
Hughes. Their companions dragged
them to safety.
Captain John J. McElligott, Lieuten-
ant Hotchkiss, Alfred Kinsella and two
more fremen pulled on their frog
eyed helmets and descended the base
ment stairs, a line of hose under their
arms. They worked back through the
murk until the heat stopped them, and
then for the second time came the bil-
low Of flames. 1t drove even the smoke
helmeted firemen back few PAGES
Those on the outside, catching the
slack in the line of hose which had
begun TO buckle and writhe, thought
that the rescue squad was IN the same
fix as their predecessors and began 70
haul on the hose A struggle followed,
those in the basement striving 70 hold
their position and those in the street
trying TO haul them out. kinsellas
helmet was knocked off and IN an IN
slant he keeled over.
His burns was not serious and in
five minutes he was back in the base
ment. Oates and Hughes, who were
badly burned, were taken 70 Flower
Hospital. Captain Guy had his burns
bandaged and went 20 quarters. Lieu
tenant Mole was able to stay at work
despite burns on his face.
Traffic on First Avenue was tied up
for half an hour and thai on the
Greensboro Bridge was interfered
with. Nearly 100 families were or
dered out of nearby tenements by Chief
Kenlon. Three horses we're led out of
the first floor of the building. The re-
serves were called from the East Fifty
first Street police station to handle the
crowd.
The fire did not do much damage
above the first floor. The loss was
about $4,000. A member Of the dye
ing firm said that little or no chemical
stock was kept in the building.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-17
Rejects FEINBERG BILL
Mayor Says Mills Has Better
Inferior Courts Measure.

Mayor Mitchell returned TO Albany.
with his 6isapproval, yesterday, the
Joseph -Feinberg bill amending the An
ferlor courts low. He fsvors a meas
ure introduced by Senator Mills TO take
care OF minor offences. which the Mayor
believes covers the matter OF DISPOSE
tion Of minor Offences in a much better
way
DIT ie no doubt true that some relief
should be obtained from the present
situation in regard 70 smaller offences
and violations OF the sanitary code and
orders Of tho Board Of Health" said
the Mayor IN his memorandum, but
the methods proposed in this bill
would entail extra costs and machinery
that would be excessive and non-pro-
ductive Of the results desired"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-17

runaway toward the edge OF the road,
and as they came abreast the of1cer
lifted the woman" from her peril
Gus position.
Another feature was that Of the dogs.
4 policeman, acting the part OF thiet'
was chased by patrolman and Zap, a
police dog. Rap succeeded in tripping
the escaping thief" three times, and
finding he couldn't overcome him IN
that way. hurled his body through the
air. striking the thief" and bringing
him to the ground just as the patrol
man ran up.
The patrolmen gave an exhibition OF
riot duty, after they had paraded past
the reviewing stand.
The horses Of the department showed
up splendidly in the riot exhibitions
The entire mounted squad, forming a
wedge, galloped up to the camera and
later, in the same formation, marched
UP slowly to the camera. Commissioner
Woods was highly pleased. and he said
that in his opinion there was not a
finer body OF men in the world.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-17
Services for Y. w. g. A.

The members Of the ten branches of
the Young Women's Christian Associa-
ton Will gather tomorrow at 4 p. m.
at the headquarters, Lexington Avenue
and Flfty-second Street, to attend a
united yesper service and SER
vice OF song. The Rev. Theo-
dore Sedgwick, Of the Calvary Protest
ane Episcopal Church, will speak on
"Chrlst's Association for Young
WOmenn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-17

In the clothing trade, I'd
hear a lot about balance
With perfect balane'
there's perfect fit.
Any strenuous alteration,
a finished garment is likelya
throw the whole thing out d
balance, and spoil the fit.
The one way out for
clothier in cutting his stock
to consider longs, shoh.
extra longs, stOun'
short stouts and "lo.r
stouts, as well as regulars
Think of all the combin;
tons of those seven typ,
with all the chest measur,
from 81 to 54-you see WI
the average clothier mu
often fall down.
1t takes a stock like ours
give room for a real variety
fabrics, at a wide range
prices, to fit men of eveysil
But it pays-for here ar
man gets the sort Of suit !
wants without any danger Q
losing his balance"
ROGERS PEET COMPANY
Broadway Broaiy
at 18th St. The atSfu
-Four
Broadway Corners" Fifth A.
at Warren atils,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-17
Police Graft Charges Ended.

Justice Davis dismissed. yesterday,
in the Criminal Branch of the Supreme
Court two indictments charging &C
ceptance of bride against former
Police Inspector John J. Murtha and
James F. Thompson. The action WIS
taken on a motion Of the District At
torney.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-08
T0DAY'S BEAUTY HELPS

COMPLEXION b E NJ T IFIER-
Nothing is more repulsive than to see
a woman with her face all Iaubed
with face powder in her desire TO hide
marks of age. Instead Of using pow
der. which clogs and enlarges the
pores it is far better to use a good
face lotion that will improve and per-
manently benefit the skin. By dis
solving four ounces of spurmaX in
one-half pint hot water you can make
an inexpensive lotion that will do
wonders as a skin whitener and COM
plexion beautifier. 1t removes all
shininess, sallowness and roughness,
and gives the skin a smooth. VelVety
tone, while it does not rub off easily
like powder, nor does it show OH the
skin.
MAKES HAIR FLUFFY-By wash
ing the hair with a teaSpoonful of
canthrox dissolved in n cup of hot
water. afterward rinsing thoroughly
with clear water, one finds that 1t
dries quickly and evenly. is unstreak-
ed, bright, soft and very fluffy, so
fluffy. in fact, that it looks more
abundant than it is and so soft that
arranging IT becomes a pleasure. This
simple. inexpensive shampoo cleanses
the hair and scalp thoroughly of all
dandruff and dirt, and leaves a clean,
VIII olesOme feeling. All scalp irrita-
ton will disappear, and the hair Will
be brighter and glOssier than ever be-
fore.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-08
HOW TO REDUCE
YOUR WEIGHT
\ SIMPLE. SAFE AND RELIABLE
WAY

People who are over burdened with
superfluous fat. know only too well
the discomfort and ridicule that over
stout people have to bear.
II you are carrying around five or
/ ten pounds of unhealthy fat you are
rily weakening your vital
organs and are carrying a burden
which destroys the beauty of your
figure.
There is no need OF anyone suffer
ing from superfuous fat. If you want
TO reduce your weight in a simple,
safe and reliable way. without starva-
ton diet or tfresome exercise. spend
as much time as you can in the open
air. breathe deeply and get from any
good druggist a box Of oil of kOrein
ca psules: take one after each meal
and one before retiring at night.
Weigh yourself once a week so as TO
weight and don't leave off the treat
ment or even skip a single dose until
you are down to normal.
Oil of kOrein is absolutely harmless,
is pleasant to take. helps digestion
cessive fatty tissue by increasing the
Even a few days treatment should
Footsteps become lighter. your work
seems easier and a lighter and more
buoyant feeling takes possession of
your whole being.
Every person who suffers from
superfuous fat should give this treat
ment a trial; there is nothing better.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-08
BERRIEN SPRINGS. MICH.

Fred Helmick and son. Bernard, OF
Chicago. are visiting the formers sis
ter. Miss Lena Helmick.
Mr.. and Mrs. b. +. Waldorf Of
Chicago were weekend visitors al
their summer cottage on Bluff st.
Miss Ada Taylor is the guest OF
Miss Haze. Morley, in New Troy.
O. o. Hart was the guest of A.
Hysic Of the South Bend Wholesale
Grocery Co, in south Bend. Monday.
MeSsrs. Kantzler. PiersOn and Der
byshire OF Chicago were weekend WIS
itors at the home of Mrs. Hattie NJ
Stahl.
Mrs. c. w. Tanman returned Tues
day from few days visit with her
daughter Mrs. Hugh Mars, in Bu-
chanan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jay Gillespie OF Chi
cagO have returned TO their home in
Chicago They were called here by
the death of the formers brother
Robert Gillespie.
Mrs. Jacob Rose, with her children,
Of Elkhart, has returned home after
a few days visit with her mother,
Mrs Martha A. Taylor.
Miss Jennie Burton is visiting IN
Grand Rapids the guest of Miss
Marie Van Westenbrugge.
Mrs. Flora L. Davis is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Charles Koontz, in
South Bend.
The Oronoko Methodist Episcopal
church, south Of town. OF which Rev.
II. a Carr is the pastor, was dedi-
Gated Sunday. The sermon was by
Rev. w. p. French of st. Joseph, dis
trict superintendent. The services
have heretofore been held in the
Grange hall. Last spring the Oronoko
creamery building was purchased and
repaired and made into a commodious
church building.
Mrs. Gertrude Lewis is entertaining
her little grandchildren, Betty and
Gertrude Orwell, Of Lansing.
Selden BOONE and Miss Roach of
Chicago were week -end visitors at the
| home Of the formers parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. Z. Boone.
The Woman's Prayer band met
Tuesday afternoon in the reading
rooms.
Mrs. II. L. Stryker of South Bend
is visiting relatives here this week.
Atty. Charles II. Kavanagh spoke
at the Methodist Episcopal church in
1onia, Mich. sunday morning. in the
interest OF he State Anti-SaloOn
! league. Rev C. +. Hoag, formerly
of s. Joseph, is pastor of this church.
Mrs. Laura Ingleright has returned
! from a visit of several months with
her son, Walter Johnson, in salt Lake
| City.
Mrs Emma DeBoda. Of Three Oaks
] is a visitor at the home Of her daugh-
ter. Mrs. William Shuler.
Mrs Harriet L. Davis left Wednes-
| day for her home in Buffalo, n. Y,
| after a visit of several months with
her cousin, Miss Alice Richardson.