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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-28
SEEK CLERK AS CITY FORGER
EmplOye of Chsmbcrlain's Accused OF
Issuing Bogus Checks.

Detectives were looking yesterday
for Herbert L. Flynn, twenty-four
years old, clerk in the City Cham
berlain's Office. Flynn, who received
a salary Of only $40 year, it is
charged, had forged pay checks for
about $4,000 for jury duty.
Flynn disappeared last Monday. He
sent word a week ago Thursday that
he was ill, and also sent q doctors
certificate saying he would return TO
his work the following Tuesday. When
he did not appear, another clerk was
put at his work. Then. it is alleged,
IL was discovered the extra pay checks
had been issued.
City Chamberlain Henry Bruere was
much exercised, although he said the
city would lose no money, as Flynn
was bonded in the sum Of $4,000.
"The defalcations were accomplished
by making out checks to persons who
never existed" said the Chamberlain.
The missing clerk is the son of Rob-
ert T. Flynn, of 277 Skillman Street,
Brooklyn. who has been in the employ
OF the Park Department for twenty
eight years. After the young man mar
red, three months ago, he and his
wife went to live in $25 a month
apartment rented TO them by Mrs.
George Peinecke, at 725 Flatbush Ave
nue..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-28
Attempts TO End Fighting
by Forcing Lack OF
Munitions.
NO MORE SHIPMENTS
TO CROSS BORDER
New Policy Will Help Carrarza'
Who Has a War Supply Fac
tory-Villa's Plant Hay.
rr-m TeT-eur.Bur-sul

Washington. Sept 27.-The state De-
rsr,mcnt. through the agency Of the
customs division Of the Treasury De
partmcat. is holding up all shipments
Of munitions bound for Mexico. The
rurDose. 10 is said, IS 20 force an end
Ct the fighting through lack Of ammu-
milton. Mystery wells the entire pro-
eeeainc. Az tho State Department il
was said that probably the Treasury
officials were stopping the transmission
OF supplies on their own initiative be-
cause Of incidents connected with In
oividual shipments.
At the Treasury Department, how
ever. il was admitted that the NUM-
tons we're being halted AZ the express
orders Of the State Department. lnfor-
nation as 10 the reason was denied,
iDouirers being referred 20 the State
Department. Il was suggested, though,
that the idea was 20 prevent munitions
reaching the bandits so numerous along
the border,
An official in close touch with the
situation pointed out that the aim Of
the State Department is to end hostilii,,
ties. II is believed that this policy will
give General Carranzs an advantage,
since he has an ammunition factory at
Vera Cruz General villa recently as
serted that he also had munitions
plant. bur details were hazy, and his
assertion was treated lightly in Official
Oficial confirmation Of the story OF
how Yaoui Indians derailed a tram
between Hermosillo and Guaymas ana
burned sixty persons. In car OF nay
vas received to-day by the State De
partment. No foreigners were reported
tmed There now is no telegraphie
communication between Guaymas and
the Yaqui Valley. The Carranza. gov,
eminent has warned American railroad
men not 70 work in Mexico. Reports
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-28
"Katy" Receivership Due
to Southwestern Floods

Officials of the Missouri, Kansas E.
Texas stated yesterday that the receiv.
ership had been precipitated by the
recent floods in the Southwest, al
though the financial difficulties of the
road date back to before the maturity
Of S19,000,000 per cent notes which
fell due May /. The following state
ment was issued by the board Of di.
rectors, Of which Frank Trumbul! is
chairman:
"rhe directors reluctantly acquie seed
in the receivership, but as several suits
have been brought against the com
pany by holders of unextended notes
aided in several cases by attachment
proceedings, and other suits have been
threatened, ii was decided that the, in
terests of all would be best served BY
asserting to the taking charge Of the
property by the court"
Plans were started yesterday for the
organization of committees to protect
the company's bonds. The committee
for the notes will have as chairman
Willard V. King. president of the Co.
lumbia Trust Company. Alexander j.
Hemphil, chairman Of the Guaranty
Trust Company, is forming another
committee in the interests of the first
and refunding bonds, of which So.
100000 are outstanding.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-28
MIDVALE STEEL CO.
SALE COMPLETED
Purchase Price S1S,O37,5 500
w. E. Corey To Be President.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 27.-Final settle
ment Of purchase and steps toward re-
organizing the Midvale Steel Company,
control Of which recently passed to a
syndicate headed by William Ellis
Corey. were taken at a meeting Of the
board Of directors here to-day Joseph
Entwistle. stenographer for the board,
was elected president, to serve until
the transfer Of stock can be completed.
He will be succeeded by Mr.. Corey at
the next meeting OF the board, to be
held in New York. The purchase pnce'
il was announced, was Sl8,037 800.
William p. Barbara, general manager
Of the company. was elected vice-presi-
dent. and Mr.. Corey, Percy A. Rookie
Teller and Samuel F. Pryor directors.
The last named Is vice-president Of
the Remington Arms and Ammunition
Company and a director in the Baldwin
Locomotive Works, the General Motors
Company and the Simmons Hardware
Company. Commenting on Mr.. Pryor's
selection to the board. Vice-President
Barbara said Mr.. Pryor's other atiilia-
tions have nothing whatever to do with
the reorganization Of the Midvale.
Alba 3. Johnson, president Of the
Baldwin Locomotive Works, said the
election Of Mr. Pryor Indicates that
he is friendly TO the interests which
have taken over the Midvale company.
He is also a friend Of ours. Other
than this, cannot explain his election.
1t in no way involves the two com
panies."
Reports in the financial district thai
the purchase Of the Midvale plant was
the first move toward the formation of
several independent steel companies in
Pennsylvania into one big combina-
ton, with Mr.. Corey as the central
figure, could not be confirmed heEe to-
night.
Heavy trading in the securities Of
the Cambria Steel Company again char
acterized the dealings in that stock on
the Philadelphia exchange, the price
advancing to q new high record.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-28
Temperament, Not Subway,
FrighteHs Opera Officials

The temperaments Of its artists hold
greater terrors for the Metropolitan
Opera House than any fear of subway
blasts. This will be reassuring to the
patrons of the opera who expect 10
spend the winter evenings IN the build
ing just north of the cave-in Of last
Saturday.
officials of the company are certain
that the structure in spite OF the fact
that il is situated between the seventh
Avenue and the Broadway lines-is alb
solutely safe from cave-ins. But they
are not quite so sure tnat greater dam
age than dynamite explosion might
cause will not be effected b. the ever
ambitious tendencies of temperament
al singer.
John Brown, the business controller,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-28
Bread for the Sick Seized
bv a Mob in Chihuahua

Laredo. Tex. Sept 27- Conditions
are growing worse in the State Of Chi
huahua. according 20 passengers ar
irving here to-day from chihuahua
City. The city is filed with GONZALES
cent Mexican soldiers. food prices are
higher than usual. and the city II with
out accommodations for the wounded;
The passengers said that last week
while bread was being taken from the
penitentiary to the hospitals for the
wounded soldiers, the wagons were at
tackled by a mob, the bread seized and
distributed among the crowds. Many
persons have died from starvation OBJ
scrVers state.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-28
ACH, LOOIE, NEIN
BIER IN HOBOkEN
Kinkead Says He Alone Is to
Blame for Drouth.

While the good citizens OF New York
were fast asleep last evening the busy
burghers of Hoboken, Bayonne and Jer-
sey City labored far in the night to
provide against the repetition of Sun
days catastrophe, when Eugene Kin
kead, Jerseys strike-settling sheriff,
barred the thirsty inhabitants of Hud-
son County from every saloon within
its borders.
For to-day is Primary Day, and the
law (as Hoboken people generally in
terpret it, says you have to enter the
family entrance on Primary Day. But
the law las Sheriff Kinkead interprets
its) says you can't enter any entrance
at all on Primary Day. So, mindful oil
Sundays agony, every able bodied man
in Hudson County was rolling home a
keg last night; and those who weren't
rolling kegs carried mysterious par
cells.
Recorder Carsten's court in Hoboken
yesterday morning looked like the an
nual shore dinner of the Liquor Deal
ers' Association, for every prominent
cafe vender in town was present at the
request Of the Sheriff. At 10 o'clock,
when the saloon proprietors were be-
ginning TO get anxious about the noon
rush, the Recorder announced that
Kinkead had postponed "all excise
cases until Friday, and all those under
arrest were paroled until that time
Sheriff Kinkead threw down the
gauntlet to the whole world yesterday
il a long statement, IN which ne said
that his motto is "Liberality with De-
cency" "No man running on our
ticket, nor any of our regular Demo-
cratic candidates for County Commit
tee, had anything to do with what was
done BY me on Sunday. ! alone am re-
sponsible."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-28
TRAFFIC BARRIER
ETSBR0ADWAY
Merchants BeWail Lost
Profits as Cave-In Rules
Isolate Stores.
PREDICT BUSINESS
WILL LEAVE DISTRICT
Bankruptcies VIII Be Immediate
Result, Mary Say, Unless Ex-
cavations Are Covered Soon.

Broadway merchants felt for the first
time yesterday the EFFECT on their
business Of the police orders prohibit
ing vehicular traffic from Thirty
fourth TO Thirty-ninth Streets. and
keeping pedestrians within a restricted
area. Most Of the shopkeepers were
loud In their protests against the clos
ing Of the district affected by Satur-
days cave-in. eager to learn means OF
redress for the sales they have lost
and anxious 70 know how soon the
streets would be opened. Department
stores as far south ss Thirty-fourth
Street were hurt by the orders and
business fell far below normal.
The smaller merchants fear that if
the covered cut method of tunnellinG is
continued in the district where the
rock Is known to be treacherous other
cave-ins will occur; they also feel
that if the open-cut method that
used in part Of the InterborouCh sub
way-should be employed. repetition
of the failures which accompanied that
construction would inevitably follow.
Macy's COMPLAINS.
Jesse l. Straus, of r. H. Macy & Co.,
said the business of that store was
greatly affected by the cave-in. He saw
no reason why automobiles were not
allowed to come to the front OF the
store il the timbers were propped up
according to the orders given Sunday,
which made possible the operation OF
the Sixth Avenue and the Thirty-fourth
Street trolleys.
MANY of our customers" he con-
tinued. come here in automobiles.
These people can now enter only from
Thirty-fourth Street. Why should they
not be allowed to come up on Broad.
way? | am glad the ropes in front OF
the store have been taken down, for
they impeded traffic, bur we have felt a
decrease because Of the vehicular
order"
". A. Saks, Of Saks & Co., would not
say definitely that business Of the firm
had been hampered by the shunting OF
automobiles from Broadway.
"But il has not helped us any," he
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-28
JAMAICA BAY SCOUREn
IN HUNT FOR ROFRbNn
Police Boat Trails Craft Owned
by Wanted Mans Friend

Michael A. Rofrsno, former pe,r..
Street Cleaning COMMISSIONS 49,.
wanted on charge Of murder. !, ,ea
being sought In New York BY q.
police. The latter still suspect ,b.,.
quarry has been hiding on SON. var,
in Jamaica Bay. -"
Evidence # this was brought "a Ill.
yesterday, when Maurice Geronimn
Queens Boulevard, Jamaica, retur,.5
from a weekend san on his u;easu,.
craft, the Anita. When about N 80.
Off with his friend, Frank Pamhs,,
also OF Jamaica, the police boat pa,,si
hove alongside. with Fifth D.nw,.
Commissioner Guy Scull and mes !,
the Harbor Squad A on board.
Geronimo, an intimate friend O, Pa.
franc, was surprised TO find the poll.
boat following his craft, and finally ~
up in the bay, with the police snchorsS
a cables length away. He remained a,
board all day yesterday, still unds,
police surveillance, and then returned
to his home.
Two weeks ago Geronimo Va,
aroused at o'clock a. m. ~ W.
Italian detectives. whom he perrni,,.j
70 search his house for the missing
man. Geronimo was formerly couk.
Dental inspector 10 ex-Borough Pres.
dent Lawrence Gresser, and Is nov
secretary 70 Congressman Charles Pov.
Caldwell, of Queens County.
THE police made it very plain Int
they thought we were going to vhen.
Rofrano was" said Frank Bsnban
Yesterday. "Mr Geronimo and bs.i
know Rofrano we'll. but We haven't
seen him since the police commences
looking for him"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-28

the veterans Of the South ar.
tne streets, helping their old fosss n On
themselves. Around Camn F ekl'J
the lawn in front Of the Whit. ~
and IN the parks and squares nous
o. the Blue will be mixed with 49, grow
Though many arguments grov "s uray.
Gus. and require maps on N. ,,a .uess-
so Tar nothing more seriou, -,
reported. mss been
Many Of the veterans .eo,.d A.
hcial programme Of TO-DAY n,sn w q.
made unimportant 50 that Isis poaeF
would not miss much. The "rphh .o'aef.
wagons did a land Office bus;naaneer
there are many new buildings ma -
changes since the veterans v-s "a many
last, IN 1902, although 70 ,orrs ! as,.
the first visit since the Grand 10
Of Lincoln's day. "e''es
The speech Of the Presid.r. t.,
row night at Camp Emery il I, mo- .s
big event, while on Wednes5.v u, M We
government departments will 80 81 NJ
compliance with an order .,sr1s' %
President Wilson TODAY, 10 "ea y
everyone TO see the hftieth ann,y ysIni'
parade. 'srT
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-28
"KATY" SYSTEM
GETS RECEIVERS
Federal Courts in Mis-
souri, and Texas Appoint
c. E. Schaff.
ROAD CANNOT PAY
INTEREST ON NOTES
Railway Joins in Friendly Suits
to Prevent Disruption OF
Organization.

81. Louis. Sept 27.-The Katy rail
way system, embracing the Missouri,
Kansas e. Texas Railway, Kansas cor
poration. and the Missouri, Kansas q
Texas Railway of Texas, to-day went
into the hands Of receiver.
This change, affecting system with an
aggregate mileage Of more than 3.sOO,
was brought about by independent or
ders filed in the United States Distric'
Court AZ ST. Louis and at Dallas, and
was a result of a friendly agreement
between certain creditors and the man
apement Of the two companies that
comprise the Katy" system. Charles
z. Schar, president Of both roads, was
named sole receiver OF each.
The order throwing the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas, the Kansa. corpora
ton. into the hands of receiver was
signed jointly by Circuit Court Judge
Elmer B. Adams and District Judge
David P. Dyer. The order affecting the
Texas lines was signed by District
Judge Z. R. Meek. of Dallas.
Two Creditors Petition.
The receivership order signed here
was issued on the petition Of two cred
itors-the Railway Steel Springs Com
pany of New Jersey and D. B. Hussey,
of St Louis, who had claim Of $685.
900 for ties and equipment. The order
issued In Texas was granted on the pc
tition Of Mr.. Hussey, acting for him
self and other creditors.
The railway company fled an answer
to the petitions here, consenting to the
appointment Of receiver and admit
ting the allegations Of the petitions as
to the inability of the road to meet
obligations already matured.
The receivership suit was filed by
agreement with the directorate of the
railroad. The failure of holders Of
S95O,OO0 face value of s19,000,000 out
standing two-year per cent notes to
consent TO an extension for one year
at per cent brought about the de-
cision of the railway management TO
throw the road into the courts to pre-
vent the filing of individual suits that
might result in a disintegration OF the
system.
Note Holders Sue.
Holders Of 100000 of the two year
notes recently filed an attachment suit
against the railway in Boston. Similar
suits were threatened by Western note
holders. and this, it is thought, has
tened the petition for a receivership.
The stock issue Of the Missouri, Kan
sas and Texas Of Kansas consists Of
$l3,00O,00O preferred and s62,300,0O0
common. The preferred paid per
cent dividend in May. 1914. The COM
mon never has paid a dividend.
Judge Meek appointed A. B. Elan
merry, of Dallas, as master in chancery
TO pass on all claims and accounts Of
the Texas lines. Both master in chan
Gerry and receiver will report directly
to the Federal Court in Dallas. Each
will operate independently OF the other.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-28
SAYS FETHERSTON
IS HEAVENS RIVAL
providence, Not He, Cleans
New York's Streets" Father
Curry Remarks.

LET us thank Divine Providence, that
now and then foods the streets. and
not Featherston, the Street Cleaning
Commissioner said the Rev. James b.
Curry, of st. James's Parish. last night,
when shown the Commissioners reply
to his assertion that Fetherston was
using the pulpits to boost himself po-
litically.
The Commissioner said Father Cur
rvs district, the Second, was cleaned on
an average of five times a day, or 1,845
times year, compared with 1889
times for other streets of the city. He
added that forty ministers had agreed
TO preach on Cleanliness" as re-
qrested in a circular sent out by the
department on September Il.
wherever the statement comes
from" said Father Curry land don't
think 1t came from Fetherston him
sell, il sounds TO me as IL it came from
an Office boy in the Street Cleaning
Department il is not true that the Cd
Assembly District is cleaned as often
as the Commissioner says it is.
"If the Commissioner is not trying
to boost his department through the
. CnurCnth Why ulu ne walt until JUST
before election before bewailing the
bad conditions of the streets?
1.-The people of New York are not get
ting what is coming 20 them. The de
partment Of which Fetherston is the
head spends approximately 100000 a
year, and yet its work is not being
done properly. Seventy-fve thousand
dollars Of this amount is spent in the
Office Of the Commissioner alone.
'lf Fetherston gets away with this
attempt to have the churches boost his
administration the next thing we will
hear is Dr. Davis, the Correction Com
4 missioner, asking for an ecclesiastical
| O K. on her department"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-28
TIPS BY ALIENS
GUST 3 CLERKS
Employees in Naturaliza-
ton Board Dismissed
by VIM. F. Schneider.

County Clerk William f. Schneider
Yesterday demanded the resignation OF
three clerks in the naturalization bu-
reau who, he declared, had been found
guilty of receiving tips from men who
sought to become United States citi-
zens. The names of the clerks were
withheld, as we're those of four other
employees, who are now being watched
by Investigators.
According to Mr.. Schneider, the three
men preyed upon the ignorance OF their
victims in the customs of the country.
The fee for the granting of first papers
is 81, and applicants are informed or
this when they obtain application
blanks. In the native lands Of the for
eigners no service is rendered without
a fixed charge and an additional fee,
although not prescribed by law, Is al
ways given.
The prospective citizens gave the tips
when they obtained the blanks for the
aid they received in answering the
questions the law requires. The gIa-
tuities were small often a cigar, and
generally sum Of money less than
dollar-but it has been 2 strict rule of
the oifice that employees snail not &C
cept tips.
When Mr.. Schneider learned that the
rule was being violated he started an
investigation. This eliminated yester-
day with the request for the three
designations. The County Clerk, how
ever, did not find that any Of the clerks
had demanded that the men pay for the
services, but that the gratuities had
been given voluntarily.
In the future it will not be safe 10
offer a tip in the naturalization bu-
reau, for Mr.. Schneider announced that
when he learns of another infraction
of the no-tip rule, he will proceed not
only against the recipient, but also
against the person offering the tip.
These men had no excuse" he said
yesterday. when | took Office and
learned that a number Of men had re-
ceived tips, started action against
them. At that time notified the other
clerks that henceforth there should be
no more tip taking"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-28
WHITMAN TALKS TO POLES
Chief Guest at National Alliance Bien-
NAL Convention.

Schenectady, N. Y, Sept. 27.-Ad-
dresses by Governor Charles S. Whit
man, Mayor J. T. Schoolcraft and Presi-
dent Charles A. Richmond of Union Col
lege were the principal features OF the
opening sessions of the twenty-frst
biennial convention of the Polish Ma
tional Alliance of America in this city
to-day. The convention will continue
through the week. Tonight parade OF
nearly five thousand men, many of them
in uniform, marched through the Polish
settlement and the business section of
the city.
Tomorrow the convention will take
up routine business, among the more
important matters to be taken up being
the devising Of ways and means TO re-
lieve the suffering Of the war stricken
inhabitants Of Poland. Ignace Paderew-
ski, the pianist, is to address the con-
vention Friday afternoon in behalf Of
the war sufferers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-28
q. A. r. Encampment
Headquarters Dedicated
at Camp Emery.
GRAY JOINS BLUE
IN "REMINISCENCES
Wilson Speech Tonight Big
Event Before To.mOrrOW'S
Review Anniversary.
fFrom The Tribune Bureau ]

Washington, Sept. q. Headed by
the G.. A. r. commander-in-cbief Lieu
tenant Colonel David J. Palmer, 1000
veterans in blue, journeying all the way
from Western states for the fiftieth an
niversary of the grand review of the
Union Army before it was mustered out
at the close Of the war, detrained at the
Union Station this afternoon.
The arrival of these "reinforcements"
to the army, which has already captured
Washington, was the most spectacular
event OF the encampment. Called the
RED. White and Blue Special" the
train was a mass of bunting and flags
when the old comrades from the East
walked, limped and hobbled down TO
the station to greet the comrades from
the West.
There were many touching reunions
in the huge concourse, capable OF mold
ing more than ten thousand troops. Old
soldiers who had thought each other
dead wrung their comrades hands, while
tears poured down their cheeks.
Brief but impressive exercises CHAR
acterized the formal dedication this
morning OF Camp Matthew g. Emery,
the big building formerly occupied by
the Census Bureau, and for this week
the official headquarters OF the forty
ninth annual national Encampment Of
the Grand Army of the Republic. The
dedicatory ceremonies were held on the
south steps, and were participated in
by representatives OF the heirs Of Mat
thew G. Emery and by the various COM
mittees in charge.
The big flag which will float above
Camp Emory during the encampment
was unfurled by Miss Hazel V. Cox,
descendant of the soldier for whom the
camp was named.
Conferences and the exchange of
"reminiscences between the Blue and the
Gray are frequent. Quite a number OF