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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-20
ROFRANO HID IN CITY?
OH, NO, LAUGHS CRAY
Declares Prisoners Tan of True
Country Variety.

The question of where Michael Ro.
franc spent those eight months which
followed his indictment for murder
and his simultaneous disappearance
hasn't been answered, after all. There
had been one report that Rofrano had
been sequestered in the fiat Of real
estate partner in Washington Square.
It was this report which was put up
TO Inspector Cray, Of the Detective Blu
reau, yesterday. The inspector laughed
There are half a dozen reasons why
il is ridiculous" he said. an the first
place, we knew OF the connection be
tween Rofrano and the other man, and
il was natural that, while seeking one,
we should shadow the other. We did,
also putting a watch on his home IN
town and his country place. That's
Just one of the reasons, although sum
cient in itself.
"Rofrano was smart enough TO know
we'd trail his brothers and his friends.
He's been careful not to connect with
them. For another thing, he is pretty
well Drowned and not with an indoor
tan. That means he's been out Of the
city. should say, although ! don't
deny that he might have been able to
keep securely under cover within half
a dozen blocks of Headquarters.
FINALLY, Rofrano and his lawyer
have decided not to give away the hid
ing place just yet"
Pauline Samuels, in whose fiat, in
Brooklyn, the murder of Michael Cal
mari, Foley lieutenant in the I'd AS
sembly District, is said to have been
planned, was a witness before the
grand jury yesterday. She did not
change her story.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-20
BARRIERS, DO 1T NOW!
SING SING NEEDS YOU
Prison Suffering from Shortage
of TOnsorial Artists.

If there are any BARRIERS in this city
who must commit crime. won't they
arrange TO be convicted soon and re-
lieve a serious situation in Sing Sing
prison?
For the first time In many years
there is a shortage Of BARRIERS in Sing
Sing. Many Of the men OF that trade
who have been sojourning there have
gone home, and for months there has
not been a barber sentenced 70 that
institution. In other years the sup
ply of BARRIERS was far in excess or the
demand, several arriving in single
week. Then only the most skiliul were
put TO work.
Now any man who can use a razor
or shears is welcome, and the term
"prison cut" has come TO have a real
meaning.
Also the prison needs first class
pitcher IL the Mutual Welfare League
nine is to be up 10 its standards. Last
season il had two excellent twirlers.
but in a careless moment II let one OF
than hs taksp IN q SyASA lAAt wlnAh
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-20
pRALL ISLAND RAIDERS
FACE COURT TO-DAY
Accomplished Our Purpose Is
brakes Comment.

The fifteen buccaneers" who on
Wednesday night took possession Of
Prall's Island, Arthur Kill. after two
aged guards had been Kidnapped. will
have a preliminary hearing before
Magistrate Evins at New Brighton,
Staten Island, this morning. The raid,
and subsequent arrest Of che men,
marks the latest chapter in Staten Isl
snd's fight against the garbage dis
possl plant which the city proposes to
erect on Arthur Kill.
Other arrests growing out Of the e1-
rediton are expected to follow dis
closures st this mornings hearing.
J. Sterling Drake, real estate dealer,
Of 29 Broadway. who has sold the site
for the garbage plant 10 the contract
ors, and is now disputing its title
with Edward P. Doyle, said yesterday:
I'VE accomplished our purpose.
That's all am at liberty TO state
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-20
SAY POSTOFFICE NAN
APPROPRIATED $500
Inspectors Investigate Career of
Manning, Who Is Arrested.

Joseph J. Manning. former assistant
postmaster at Port Richmond. Staten
Island, was arrested by United States
Marshal James NJ. Power. Of Brooklyn,
last night, charged with appropriating
$4,000 Of government funds. He was
locked up at the Adams Street police
station, pending a hearing this morn
ing before United States Commission
er James NJ. Gray.
The arrest of Manning followed q
lengthy investigation by postal in
spectors. They found, according to
the statements made to Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Cuff, that the proceeds
Of the sale of money orders and
stamps, to that total, had been re-
moved from the postoffice safe and
that accounts had been juggled to con-
ceal the thefts.
Manning announced that he would
make good any shortage found by the
inspectors when they first told him
that there were numerous discrepan-
cies in his accounts. He is credited
with saying he would go to Washing
ton and obtain the money from infu-
entail friends there. As far as could
be learned last night, the trip was
never made.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-20
Train Asserts He Was Ever
Calling for Copies to
Refresh His Memory.
rFSTATOR COMPETENT
ACCORDING TO CLERK
uo,, Testifies That Millionaire
pead Document and Signed
II Voluntarily.

Arthur C.. Train. Of counsel FOR the
..,,ss,s7ts Of the will Of Amos F. Emo.
.,-,luded his address 10 the jury yes
,,-s,v in the Surroestes' Court.
ave shall prove" said Mr.. Train. chat
A.. E,o's memory was such that he
..uld not remember what the provisions
This will were and he was constantly
.s,sinr for copies Of it TO refresh his
-snorv." Since Mr. Beers. one Of Mr.
vro. executors. could not have him
,,,f named as residuary legstee, the
,,,,sstsnts' counsel continued. the next
Ssst thing was 20 have Mr.. Emo leave
l;s residusry estate, valued at about
a 000 coo. 10 Columbia University.
There wss s big estate and fst fees.
,,d Mr.. Beers would have had the
handling Of the estate for the univer-
siy"
,bout the burning Of Mr.. Eno's private
rspers in the cellar Of his home, 81
Ei,b Avenue. John. E. Merz, a clerk
h the Office Of Lord. Day & Lord, Of
directed the operation, according TO
NJ. Train.
Clerk Tells OF Will
Mers was the first witness yesterday.
His testimony was confined 70 the exc
cution Of the will. He will be called
is,er 10 tell about burning the papers,
Of which he is accused.
Merz also witnessed a codicil made
BY Mr.. Emo in 1911 70 another will,
and also witnessed a will dated Janu-
airy 9, 1914. in which the testator left
most Of his estate TO heirs and next
Of kin. On the DAY the will was signed,
said Merz. he went 70 Mr.. Eno's home.
Beers asked Mr.. Emo if he knew what
the document was, and the testator re-
Piled. 1T IS my last will and tesla
ment" Mr.. Emo read the last clause.
Austen g. Fox, chief counsel for the
executors, asked the witness: an your
opinion, was Mr.. Emo Of sound mind
and capable Of making a will when the
document purporting TO be his last will
was executed"
Think Emo Was Competent.
"He was Merz replied, adding that
Mr. Emo was not under restraint and
signed voluntarily.
Eli C. Partridge. head Of the real
estate department OF Lord. Day &
Lord. was the next TO take the stand.
He was a witness TO the will and was
certain Mr.. Emo knew what be was
signing when he executed his will. He,
100. had known Mr.. Emo for a long
time. Mr.. Partridge told OF seeing Mr..
Emo In his library about twenty feet
from where the witness was sitting at
the time. He was sure the paper Mr..
Emo was reading was the will In dis
pute.
Ex-surrogate Charles H. Beckett,
eross-examining the witness, asked,
DO you mean TO identify this paper
as the same you saw Mr.. Emo have IN
bis hand fifteen or twenty feet away"
Partridge was sure. He could iden-
.fy Il by the seals. Then Mr.. Beckett
held the contested will and the 1914
will side By side. They were Identical
nom the outside. Partridge said he
could not tell them apart. He was
certain. however, that he saw only one
PAPER that day. Partridge said MT
Emo asked Mr.. Beers TO take the VIII
and have a copy made.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-20
CALLS CANAL DEFENCE GOOD
Chief Engineer Denies Notifications
Are INADEQUATE.

The Notifications at the Panama Can
al are adequate for defence, in the opin-
ion of William Parsons, chief engineer
at the Gatun locks, who returned yes
terday on the United Fruit liner Ia
caps. Denying reports that have been
brought by most travellers from the
Canal Zone, he said visitors were not
allowed to inspect the defences and
were unable to present fair criticisms
Of them.
Juan Ortega, Guatemalan Minister
to Mexico, and Francisco Latour,
Guatcmalan secretary to Washington,
came on the Zacapa after siXty-one-
dav trim as members of the customs
conference in South America.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-20
U. P. PRESIDENT RESIGNS
A. l.. Mohler TO Retire on July | as
Head of Railroad.

Omaha, May l9.-Resignation OF A. L,
Moher, president Of the Union Pacific
Railroad, was announced here tonight.
In a statement, Mr.. Mohler said his
action was due TO disability" caused
by a fall while skating on the ice IN
a municipal park in Omaha last winter
The resignation is effective July /.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-20
/. A. Farrell Goes to Bellevue.

lgnatius Augustus Farrell. who i'm
agined that he was a son Of T. ]. Oak
ley Rhinolander and voiced his claims
so vigorously that Mr.. Rhinelander
caused his arrest week ago, was ar
raigned in Jefferson Market Court yes
terday morning and committed 10
Bellevue Hospital for ten days obser-
walton. Farrell rclinquished all claims
10 the name of Rhinelander. but said
that he would not give any details as
10 tha Whsreahouts OF hia own family.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-20

intensely interested in dirigibles. From
that moment, the witness said, the
counle had but a single thought. All
the while, it is alleged, the defendant
was getting a salary Of about $500 a
month, but sent his wife only about
$500 in a year.
He reached this country in Ncvem-
Der. but his wife did not learn Of his
arrival for three weeks. Several clerks
testified yesterday that McMechen and
a pretty red-haired woman" had oeen
living at the Arlington and Stratford
hotels.
Justice Giegerich reserved decision.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-20
FIRE IN NORFOLK NAVY YARD
Shopfitters' Shop Destroyed and Boiler
makers Shop Damaged.

Norfolk. Va, May 19.-The navy
yards shopftters' shop. with its ma
chinery and equipment, was destroyed
tonight by fire. The entire plant was
threatened, the flames soon getting be-
yond the control of the yards fire
fighting force and raging until the
Portsmouth department Joined in the
fight. The boilermakers and plumbers
shops were damaged.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-20
Chinese General Assassinated

San Francisco, May l9.-General
Chen Chi-Nei. high official of the
Chinese revolutionary party, was assas-
sinated by three alleged Yuan Shih-kai
supporters in Shanghai last night. ad-
vices TO the Chinese Republic Assoeia
tion stated to-day. Two Of the assas-
aims vera caught
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-25
PRESIDENT PREFERS WAR
 TO PEACE AT SACRIFICE
 OF OUR NATIONAL HONOR
President Wilson's Letter to Senator Stone
 Announcing His Stand Armed Liner Issue

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-25

this same weekly paper there is al- ways a paragraph which signifies the fraternal spirit that must exist in the Institution, for this para graph reads as follows: Boys who wish to con fer with Rev. Brother Director may do so whenever they so desire.''
 Brother Paulian, this same Direc- tor, is therefore at the beck and call of 1,600 boys of all kinds and ages, black and white, dependent and de- Hnquent, and yet each boy gets the same sympathetic smile as the boy proceeding or succeeding who has inn parted or will impart some little tale of childish pleasure or sorrow,
 Among the notable guests of the Protectory for the celebration of the day were George B. Robinson of Bed ford Hills, N.l Y, former president of the board of directors; ex-Congress- man c. V. Fornes, Edmond J. Curry, John J. PeI1eyn, John J. F'alahee, Ger ald M. Borden John J. Deery, Dr. Francis J. Quin1an, all of New York City; pr. James Lee and Frank M Conboy, both superintendents of edu- cation of the New York public schools; Joseph T.. Ryan, Thomas J. Friel, Francis Martin, district attorney of Bronx county; also the two speakers of the afternoon, Douglas Matthew son, president of the borough of Bronx, and Ernest K. Coulter. superintendent of the Society fof the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-25
James Hines Paid Personal Tax Here
 And In California

It cost James Hines of 40 Nichols street, $4 for his personal taxes for 1915 and he not only paid here but recently went to the land of sunshine Santa Fe Railroad. While there he was assessed for personal taxes Ac- cording to MT. Hines they have a most efficient way of collecting the tax out there.
 When the list is made up and the assessment announced every man on the list is required to go to the co1lec- tors office and pay up. If he doesn't pay within a certain time the collector walks around to his home or place of business and announces:
 ''The justice wants to see you:
 Arraignedf before this official the latter says:
 Have you $2 ?''Z
 If the delinquent produces it he is allowed to go and that ends the mat ter. If he hasn't $2A he goes to jail for four days to work it out unless his relatives or friends come. to his rescue sooner.
 While Mr. Hines was paying his personal tax in Fresno his. wife here received a bill from the Bridgeport collector. She paid the bill and when her husband returned it was discov- cred that he had paid in California. MT. Hines tried to get his money back from Collector Howard F. Smith, but was informed that since his name was carried, on the list here it can not be returned without consent ot the common council.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-25
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-25
TOO YOUNG TO
 FIGHT, WORK IN CARTRIDGE SHOP s
British Youths Turn To Making Ammunition
 Till of Age.

Woolwich, Eng, Feb 254Ten thousand boys too young to fight are doing what they consider the next best service for their country--tIIr1l. ing out munitions in the government arsenal here. In ordinary times many would have become office boys, clerks, or telegraph messengers, but today the majority come from points miles from the factory and help the older men make the shells and guns needed by the men at the front
 The pay is attractive. A smart boy can earn E$7.50 week, or even $1O, if he has a good machine and can keep steadily at work for as long as 12 hours a day. Parents who have to choose between putting their boys to learn a trade at $2 or S2.50 a week and allowing them to go into the arsenal at the higher remunera,- tion are natuarlly inclined to decide on the work which not only brings in the quickest return, but seems to be in the national interests as well.
 Social workers who have boys well fare at heart are inclined to lament that so many should be entering what may not perhaps prove a per7panent occupation They say that their fu- ture is not unlikely to become a prob lem after the war and that the coun- try might well remember then that the, great army of boy intuition workers played no small part in the difficult time.
 The daily life of these boys shows what sacrifices they are making Thousands live an hours journey from the factory, and some have to leave home as early as 6:30 in the morning and cannot get back till 9:34 in the evening. All work twelve hours a day, starting at 8 and nnishz ing at 8. They take the night shift too, also for twelve hours, and often a boy may be seen asleep from sheer exhaustion on his way home in tram car or trains
 Every effort is made by the Minis try Of Munitions to safeguard the health of the youngsters, but the problem is. a difficult one. Eight shifts are being urged and efforts are being made to improve the trans portation facilities to and from the arsenal. One of the latest sugges- tions and the one most likely to be carried out is to build miles of hI5ts close to the arsenal where the boys could live while engaged in she'll making.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-25

of Representatives has given way to a calmer feeling. The threatened revolt against President Wilson's firm handling of the German armed mer- chantmen policy was less in evidence today But the hysteria which yes terday produced a near panic in the lower branch of Congress has been succeeded by il1-temper that showed itself frequently.
 The House heard that President Wilson stood firm. He had not been moved by the cfamor in the House, and, to some extent. in the Senate of those who would ha <-Aina modify the governments dealini with Germany te the extent of sanctioning the sink ing by German submarines. without
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-25
FIVE HUNDRED BOYS TAKE PART IN OBSERVANCE OF WASHINGTON
 BIRTHDAY AT PROTECTORY HOME.
Musc Oratory Mingled With Practical Tests Combine To Make Pleasing the Natal Day of The Great American.

Washington's Birthday was cele-
 brated on as large a scale as any,
 where at the Catholic Protectory at
 Westchester. Five hundred boys took part in the artistic program Of music, drama and oratory mingled with practical memory tests, spelling, etc. Every boy who was left stand ing at the end of the spelling com test was awarded a one dollar bill besides the prizes that were given for the orations and to the amateur play CTS.
 George B. Robinson who has been identified with the Protectory for nearly forty years in well chosen words com np1imented the boys who entertained, saying it vas a wonder fu1 program particularly when taking into consideration the fact that near l1y five hundred of the inmates ap- peared on the stage and of the in mates there are about 1,60O entering or leaving the institution yearly. MT. Robinson in his genial manner also took occasion publicly to modify the statement of an ex-convict of Sing
 Sing at a recent mass meeting of cer- ] tain reformed CD individuals. The
 speaker above referred to acted in the capacity of the representative of
 My1es Tierney, President of the board
 of trustees. who is now in the South, though mindful of .Westchester as ev- fdenced by his letter of regret.
 Borough President MattheWSon upon being invited to give a. speech was very apprecfatiye of the pleasures the boys entertainment had given him and closed his remarks by, ex- pressing the hope that the boys would go out into the world and show their appreciation of what the gProtectory had done for them.
 President Coulter, of The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Chill
 dren also addressed the boys. MT. Coulter among other delightful things said:
 tsH want to congratuIate you on the splendid showing that you have made to-day. Certainly there have been some wonderful lessons of patriotism taught. You have taken advantage of the opportunities that have been placed before you. You have shown that you have al wonderful opportun- ity here in the way of studying your music, your manual training, your pa triotism, your religion, etc You have been proving to us this afternoon that you have been seizing time by the fore1ock and making the best of it.
 (At this juncture MT. Coulter related most beautifully the story of the Gre clan statue of Opportunity Continu- ing MT. Coulter told the boys Of the pleasure it gave him to talk to them, stating that his middle name is Boy and asserting that the man who has no boyhood left had better quit hv-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-25

ing. The speaker told of the work or the Protectory in moulding char acter. Said he:
 "A large number of the boys who are in this very Institution are spIen- did types of manhood upon going out into the City; they have made the most of their opportunities and have taken the chances to study here and gone out determined to make good, and splendid types of citizens they are The good brothers here who have done so much to make the suc- cess of this institution possible, who have done so much to bring about the wonderful reputation that it enjoys even in these days of Investigations feel that they are doing all for the boys. Yes, we will admit that: but I want to- ask them if they do not feel in their own hearts that the profit their work brings to them in the dividends of happiness as the boys go out of this splendid institution with the accomplishment of citizenship, are not worth teh times more than the profit that goes to the boys them selves I tell you that a man in these days who is not doing something for his neighborg is not a worthy citizen.''
 Before closing his address MT. Cou1- ter encouraged the boys to do well whatever their work might be pictur- ing to them the nobility of the humble Lincoln and the patrician Washington. He drewNSa very apt picture of the mighty railroad president and the unif bedecked lesser official comparing them to the greasy train man whose devotion to duty guards the lives of his fellow man. The speaker touched on the national question of preparedness. In finish ing he said: 'fThe very thing that youAh have seen here to-day is the very best sort of preparedness In service to humanity lays profit, and the profit runs most of all to the state.''
 The Protectory at Westchester is one of the oldest Catholic institutions of it's kind, in fact one of the first of fits kind to be established upon !any foundation in this section of the coun- try. It is one of the institutions where the teachers really consecrate themselves to the social uplfft of Young America,-these teachers being members of the Catholic Order of Christian Brothers, whose raison d. etre is the boy, whose salary is naugat, and whose pension is loves labor won.
 Besides a practical education in the fundamentals the boys at Westches- ter receive a most thorough course in vocational training, and are even en- couraged to the point of producing excellent results in such diverse fields as wireless. telegraphy and advertising posters, not to mention the weekly paper printed by the institution. In
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-25

warning, of merchant ships armed for defense Preservation of the freedom of the seas, the right of any American citizen to take passage On any merchant vessel, beIligerent as well as neutral, armed for defense or unarmed, is as much the President s object now as it was when m em bers of the House became alarmed over the international situation and en- deavored to force him toI declare that an. American who took passage on an armed merchantman would do so at his ewH. risk
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-25
JAPAN SHIFTS MARSHES.

Tokio, Feb. 25-The Japanese nay9s department announced that four war ships are being sent to the Indian Ocean to replace other Japanese units there. The report that 8 Japanese fleet has been sent to the Mediter- ranean is stated to be unfounded.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-25

Spain has placed an order with the Western Cartridge Co. of Alton, III, for 5O.0OO.0OO eleven -mi1limetre' car tridges, at an estimated cost of $1,- BOO. .OOO
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-25

President Wilson nominated Fl. A. Berry to be Postmaster of Berkeley,