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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09
WOMAN HE HUGGED
SAVES HIN IN COURT
Man Annoyed Straphanger on
81" and She Arrested Him.

ONLY the intervention of the young
woman who had arrested him in a
crowded Third Avenue al" train saved
a man. who said he was James Herlihy'
.bjrtv.fve. of 43s East 1sSth Street
from being sent to the Workhouse by
MAGISTRATE McQuade in Night Court
last night. At the last moment, Or.
sonhje Rosenbaum, a dentist, Of 2463
Valentine Avenue, The Bronx. begged
tho magistrate to impose iine. lie
connljed with her request, but Herlihy
hadn't any money with him. and had to
go to cell. 90.
Dr. Rosenbaum said she was holding
70 a strap when the train reached l9''h
street and Third Avenue and that her,
INV bugged her. She moved away ana
,.o,,ld have let the incident pass, sne
said. had not the man performed 'he
ss,e antics with another and younger
oirI who stood near by. Spying ser
@eant Murphy in the car. Or. hoSeh-
Saurn arrested Hcrlihy and turned MIN
over 70 the policeman.
In night court Herlihy SAID ne "as
d, married man with three children
and was At Il loss 70 explain MS o'"-
ducf
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09
RUINS WOMEN'S GOWNS
BY DASH OF SYRUP
Miscreant Working at Grand
Central Sought by Police.

A miscrcant with a passion for ruin
ing women's gowns by daubing them
with a chocolate colored syrup IS being
sought by detectives stationed in and
near the Grand Central Station. The
first case Of the kind was brought 10
the attention of the authorities six
months ago and since then severa!
women have come into the dressing
rooms at the station to have the stains
removed, according TO Mrs. Hendry. the
matron. All efforts 70 locate the per-
ron responsible have been fruitless.
1T is usually large blotch of the
syrup on the back Of the coat or waist,
as<if il had been shot from squirt
gun" said Mrs. Hendry. From what all
the women have said IL must have hap
pened in the street, right near the
station. Whoever the fend is. he knows
good dresses. for il is always the very
costly and beautiful ones that are
ruined"
The railroad has detailed special de-
tectives 10 watch the inside OF the
station and the Police Department has
men posted outside.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09
Berlin Denies Her UB0Qt Attacked Sussex
PURSUIT OF VILLA
TO GO ON, SAYS BAKER
No Truth in Report Troops Will
Quit, Asserts Secretary.

Washington, April s.-Secretary
Baker stated most emphatically to-day
that there was absolutely no basis
of any kind" for reports that prepara-
tions were under way for Withdrawing
American forces from Mexico. He said
the American troops were moving rap
idly south, and that the orders to Cen
eral Funston following the Columbus
massacre had been unchanged. Secre-
tary Baker said
"The object Of the expedition was
stated when il was undertaken. It has
never been changed. No other orders
have been given, and the expedition is
busily pursuing it now with what, /
hope, is fair chance of early success
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09
WOMAN VOTERS PARTY
TO HOLD CONVENTION
Will Meet at Same Time as Re-
publicans and Moose.
From The Tribune Bureau

Washington, April s.-A call will be
issued soon BY the Congressional Union
for a woman voters convention to meet
In Chicago in June, when the Republi-
cans and Progressives hold their con-
vcntions to determine how best TO use
the votes OF women to secure national
enfranchisement.
This was the most important outcome
of the conference OF National Advisory
Council members to-day.
Announcement was made that approx
in-a.ely $4,000 had been raised to de-
fray the expenses OF the suffrage spe-
cial" trip through the West, $4,000
contributed by New York. and nearly
1000 raised az the afternoon session
here to-day. Twenty-three ENJOYS Will
make the trip through the West.
Mrs. John Rogers, Of New YORK
called the conference together, three
hundred women from Eastern states
being present.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09
CONVICTS TAKE TRIP
AS FARM FOOD CRITICS
Get First Freedom in Quest TOR
Truck Garden.

Two inmates OF Sing Sing prison
for the first time since their sentences
began had a taste Of freedom yester-
day. when Warden Kirchwey took them
20 Wingdale to inspect the prison farm.
The inmates, who are members OF the
,ood committee OF the Mutual Welfare
League, are Boston Eddie" Kelly and
Henry Schulz. They are interested in
determining whether the raising OF
vegetables By inmates will help solve
the food problem for Sing Sing.
IL is likely that some inmates will
be sent up to Wingdale this summer TO
raise Sing Sing vegetables on the farm,
which heretofore has only supplied
some products for the Great Meadows
prison, at Comstock.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09
OPEN CARS INSIST
IT'S SPRING IN QUEENS
Snow Drifts Over Huddled Pas
sengers on Shuttle Line.

An abiding faith in the calendar,
which names April as a spring month,
prompted officials Of the Queens
County Electric Railway TO place open
summer cars on the shuttle line run
ming from the greensboro Bridge to
the Thirty-fourth Street ferry and on
the Vernon Avenue line in Long Island
City yesterday. Having committed
themselves to policy of thus welcom-
ing the theoretical spring. neither snow
nor icy blasts were permitted to dis
susde them.
By noon, however. indignant passen-
gers who had huddled in the middle OF
the open cars in a vain attempt to
avoid becoming the centres of snow
drifts. made such loud and prolonged
protests that tho winter cars once
more were brought into service.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09
BURMAN KILLED
IN CORONA RACE
wild Bob" Auto Driver
Sustains Fatal Injuries
i'm Mile Event.

Corona, Cal, April S.-Bob Burman'
Of Detroit, the automobile racer his
mechanician. Eric Schroeder, OF Chi
caco. and a track guard are dead to-
night as a result of the overturning OF
Burman's car in the Corona road race
here to-day. Five spectators were IN
iured, several seriously.
Burman suffered a fracture OF the
skull and his left leg was broken. Ills
car threw a wheel in the ninety-seventn
Ian on the back stretch and the ma
chine overturned in crowd.
The race was won By Eddie o'Don-
nell. who covered the 3Ol miles In 3
hours 90 minutes SO seconds.
Burman died in hospital at River
side. twelve miles away. Mrs. Burman
was with her husband when he died.
A she stood beside him in the council
chamber Of the Corona City Hall, where
Burman was first taken after the acci-
dent a woman came beside the cot.
When she left Mrs. Burman accused
her of taking from Burman's clothing
= diamond pin valued at $500. A. l.
Psmsev. Chief of Police, ordered her
searched. He reported that two nurses
found the pin concealed under her cor
set. The woman was held pending the
filing Of a formal charge.
"Wild Bob" Burmsn, during MS
eiobt wears in the racing game, broke
many records driving on dirt tracks,
beaches and speedways. His bursts OF
many of them caused acci-
dents which cost him the race-won
him his sobriquet. For several years
he was the holder Of all records from
ton 70 seventy-fiye miles on half-mile
tracks. He was at one time team
mate of Louis Chevrolet and the late
Lewis Strang, and succeeded Barney
Oldheld az driver Of the old Bitten
Benz. with which he broke many
records.
On the beach az Day.ons. Fla, he
established a mile record with the
Bitten Benz in 2S2 seconds. an aver
age Of l4l miles an hour. That was IN
lell and several years later he beat
all comers in dirt track contests MS
love for short dashes in long races
caused the majority Of his defeats. lie
Is said to have started in t~enty1t~o
80 before he won his first IVg
road race at Oklahoma City.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09

called Madeline; the woman has a sis
ter named Emma.
According TO the story Mrs. Miller
tells, a month after Jimmy Glass dis
appeared last summer, two men and a
woman came TO the cabin she was liv-
ing in in another part of the state.
With them was the child she now has.
The boy was crying. He seemed
frightened. One Of the men, angered
at his walls, struck him.
Hears of Lost Boy.
Mrs. Miller says that the woman in
mans clothing wheeled upon him.
Hit that boy again." she threatened,
"snd I'll send you to jail, you kid
napper."
Then she turned to the amazed Mrs.
Miller and explained that she wished
to leave the child. The woman pro-
tested. but the threatening words Of
the trio caused her TO comply. Holly
Ray Fairchild,' as they called the boy.
was left on her hands and the three
disappeared. Holly is the name that
Mrs. Miller always addresses her
charge by But the child speaks OF
himself as Jimmy"
For months the baby lived with the
ContinueG on page 6, column
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09
Submarine Commanders Deny
TOrpedOing Packet in Channel,
Foreign Office Asserts.
WILSON CUTS SHORT TRIP
TO TAKE UP NEW ISSUE
Administration Now Forced to Base Protest
on CirCumstantial EvidenCe-EvasiOn
Seen on Pledge to "Liners".

Berlin April 8.-The German government is able to
that no submarine warshp responsible
the explosion which damaged the British steamship Sussex
When Germany, on April s. handed Ambassador Gerard
an interim note replying the inquiries of the United States
regarding the Sussex and four other steamers the
matter of responsibility still in doubt and the investigation
was still proceeding.
The German Foreign Office, appreciating the agitation in
the United States these transmitted interim
sponse declaring the readiness of the government should the
Sussex prove have been destroyed German torpedo
trary the understanding with the United States to make all
reparation including the payment of compensation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09
TYPHOID JOHN" RIVAL
OF NARY IN JERSEY
Princeton Junction Doctors Place
Blame for Outbreak There.

New Brunswick, y. j., April s.-"Ty-
phoid Mary" has Jersey rival in John
McGettrick, until recently of Princeton
Junction, but now, perhaps, of Brook
lyn. Physicians to-day decided that
McGettrick, though himself immune, is
a typhoid carrier and that he is TO
blame for the outbreak that killed four
teen persons at Cranbury last summer
Henry Clayton, of Princeton juno
ton, McGettrick's employer, said the
man told him when he first went 10
work for him early last summer that
physicians had pronounced him a ty-
phoid carrier Soon afterward several
cases developed in the neighborhood
The milk supply was blamed, and half
dozen dairies were closed by the
health authorities, but the disease con-
tinued.
McGettrick has left here for Brook
lyn, Clayton says. Clayton himself is
down with the fever
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09

The Associated Press was authori-
tatively informed to-day that the in
vestigation has now been completed;
that all the craft which might pos
sibly have been involved in an attacl;
on the Sussex have reported, and
that from the reports Of their conf
manders it is absolutely certain that
tho SUSSEX was not destroyed by a
German torpedo, and that Germany
is in nowise responsible for the dis
aster.
From the material at hand il will
also be possible TO reply to the Amer
lean inquiries regarding the steam-
ers Englishman, Manchester En-
gineer, Eagle Point and Berwind-
vale, and establish, according to tho
German contention, that no blame at
taches to Gremany.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09
ITALIAN LINER, ARMED,
LANDS RESERVISTS
Giuseppe Verdi Sailed at Night
to Avoid U-BOats.

The Italian steamship Giuseppe Verdi
with nearly seventeen hundred passen-
gers. arrived here last night from Pa
lermo and Naples, after an uneventful
voyage. She carried two guns mounted
on her afterdeck. The passage through
the Mediterranean was made at night,
10 avoid the menace of submarines.
Most of the passengers were reserv-
lists returning 70 this country after re
porting for service in the Italian army
and being excused because they were
over age or married. There were only
five passengers in the first cabin.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09
ADMITS 100000
POSTAL ROBBERY
Man in California Clears
Up Mystery of Big
Ferryboat Theft.
tnr r.,esr,ph to rhe rribun. J

Ey lelcsFasn 70 AHN Afi'Nt'l
Los Angeles, April s.-Declaring that
he had been doublecrossed by three
companions and was "squealing' with
revenge as his object. James Moran,
alias Arthur Gerard Maggs, an ex-con-
vict. has confessed TO Federal agents in
San Diego and this city that he is one
OF four men who robbed United
States mail truck on the Liberty street
ferry at New York on February 26 and
obtained about 100000 in Federal re-
serve notes and a quantity Of jewelry
Penniless and suffering from the ef-
fects Of long spree, Moran detailed
the robbery, duplicating mail clerk
and two other men, and frankly ad-
mitted-that he was trying to get
even According to his story, ne
helped with the robbery and was cheat
ed out Of his share Of the loot.
Moran is in the city jail, held as
Federal prisoner, while postal in
spectors are investigating his confess
sion and trying to locate the three men
IMPLICATED. Moran surrendered yester-
day to Deputy United States Marshal!
". c. Carse at San Diego and was
brought TO this city and locked up.
Moran's story is that in the after
noon Of February 26 he met man he
calls "Laughlin" and two other men in
n saloon in New York. near the water
front. "Laughlin," Moran says, was a
postal clerk and had keys to the auto
mobile truck carrying the registered
mail and to the mail pouches.
The men carried out their plan.
They had hoped to get between $1,000
COO and sl,5OO,Oo0, but obtained only
5000 900. They entered an automobile
and went TO the Jersey City terminal
Of the Central Railroad. They man
aged TO drive on TO the ferryboat di-
rectly back of the mail truck, which
they entered and robbed.
When the party arrived in New YORK,
Moran declares. he received s25C IN
cash and bill of sale for the automo-
bile. He was told to sell the car and
90 TO a hotel in San Francisco, where
a division of the spoils would be made.
lie says he fulfilled his part of the bar
gain and went to San Francisco, where
he waited many weeks for the trio of
thieves. When he became convinced
that they would not show up and that
he had been made a catspaw he deter
mined to reveal his knowledge to the
Federal authorities.
When Moran was locked up here 1t
was quickly found that under the name
Of Arthur Maggs he had been convicted
of crime at least four times and had
served sentences in San Diego. San
Quentin, Auburn. y. Y. AID Lockport'
Y.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09
Wilson Plans to Array
CirCumStantial Evidence

Washington, April .-Germanys de-
nial of responsibility for the attack on
the Sussex has complicated the situs-
tion with Berlin.
officials who have examined the evil
dence say il is convincing. Not only
have several persons, including the cap
tain, sworn that they saw torpedo.
but foreign and American experts have
declared that fragments Of metal found
in the wreck were undoubtedly parts OF
a German torpedo.
In addition 20 the direct testimony.
there is circumstantial evidence that il
regarded as even stronger. All the evil
dence is closely guarded By the State
Department. 1t is improbable that ac-
tion would be taken against German
in the face of an official disclaimer. =
is said, but for the fact that more THAI
fifty vessels. have been destroyed since
March Is, all Of them in more or less
suspicious circumstances. II may bs
that positive proof cannot be adduccd
in any one Of the cases, but he cumI-
lative effect Of all Of them taken to-
gether is overwhelming.
The President returned Unexpectedly
this afternoon from his projected
weekend trip on the naval yacht May
flower. Bad weather is given as the
reason. II - known, however, that
while he was gone important dispatches
were transmitted to him by wireless.
Evidence to Arrive To-day.
I. is expected that when the Cabinet
meets Tuesday the Sussex evidence will
be all in. except the fragments Of metal,
which have already been passed on By
American naval attaches in London and
Paris. The afFldayits Of passengers and
officers concerning the circumstances OF
the attack will arrive on the 81. Paul
tomorrow.
There are tvo weaknesses in the case
OF the United States at this time. how
ever. One il that no American citizen
saw the wake Of torpedo before tho
bow Of the channel steamer was torn
of by an explosion. The other Is that,
while American naval officers declare
that the pieces Of metal removed from
the hulk are parts Of German torpedo
there is, so far as il known. no con-
elusive evidence AZ this time that the
metal fragments actually were removed
from the Sussex. Every effort is being
made to secure evidence which will
establish beyond all doubt the origin
Of the fragments.
All this evidence will be laid before
the Cabinet II Germany's disclaimer
of the Sussex attack arrives, the cases
II other vessels believed TO have been
torpedoed will be scru,inized. ihe
President seeks 20 present hrst a cleaH-
cut case concerning one attack 10 the
German government. II the proof in
none Of the cases is absolute, the ques-
,ion OF the cumulative effect OF a large
number of partially proved cases will
be considered.
The disclaimer by Germany may
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09
PACIFIC LINER FEARED LOST
Ide Maru, from Seattle, Twelve Days
Overdue.

London, April s.-A cable message to
Ilovds from Kobe, Japan, states that
tire Japanese steamship Ide Msru. Sc
attle. February 22. for Vlsdivostok, is
twelve days overdue. The cable mes
sage says there are reasons TO fear the
worst concerning the lde Maru's fate.
The Ide Maru, formerly the HAIKU
shika Maru, has a gross tonnage OF
a.5.3 and is 400 feet long. She was built
in 1889 and Is owned In Yokohama.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09
ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY
STRONG FOR HUGHES
Committee Urges Him as Presi.
dental Candidate.

0gdensburg, y. Y, April s.-The St.
Lawrence County Republican Commit
tee, in session to-day, adopted resolu-
tions indorsing Justice Charles K.
Hughes as the Presidential candidate
OF the party.
Hope was expressed that he would
be the unanimous choice Of the con-
vention.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09
DUTCH MAY CALL OUT BOYS
Bill Presented to Permit Enrolment OF
Class of 1911.

London. April s.-A bill has been
submitted 20 the Second Chamber Of
the Dutch PaSiament 20 authorize the
government. in view of the prevailing
extraordinary circumstances. TO call up,
If necessary, the recruits OF the 1917
class, says a Reuter- dispatch from The
Hague.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09
Deserter Gives Information.

Last night tattered Villists de-
serter, riding a big bay horse Of the
18th Cavalry, which had been captured
during the attack upon the New
Mexico town, rode into the base camp
here and surrendered. He told of hav
ing been forced at the rifles point 20
ioin Villa before the raid into the
United States, and added that the ban
dit in his fight had hidden much of the
property taken at that time in near
by town.
The few inhabitants of the adobe
village fed at the approach of the
American searchers, who recovered bits
Of United States ARM equipment
hats. khaki clothing and such articles
and a large amount of civilian prop
ertv taken at the same time. This Is
the Grst time that American troops have
entered an organized settlement since
they crossed the Rio Grande.
An aviator brought to General Perish
ing to-day Colonel Browns official re-
port of the tght at Aguas Cailen'es
Pass on April /. The 10th Cavalry, the
report says, approached the pass from
the open ground nt the south. A hun
dred Of Villas men, under the com
nand Of General Lopez, were hidden at
the mouth OF the canyon. and opened
6re "a the troopers rode into range
with rifles and machine gun.
Dismounting. the troops advanced in
skirmisn line. whereupon the neHlcans
aed The rough character of the coun-
nv delayed pursuit. The Americans
we're unable 20 follow the trail through
the canyon. but rode around spur Of
the mountain 10 the northeast, and
Continued on page =. column
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09
Jimmy Glass Found,
His Mother Hears
Mrs. Glass Sets Out, Conf
dent Boy Left in Nicholas
vile, KY, Is Her
Lost Son.

Mrs. Charles l.. Glass, of 13 Lineau
Place, Jersey City. set out again yes
terday on the dreary road she has
travelled so often since her four-year-
old son, Jimmie. disappeared last sum
mer. This time the mother, with the
old hope again new. is speeding towarl ]
Nicholasville, Ky, whence comes the
latest report of the finding of the little
hey.
Since the day in May when the child
was playing bare-headed in front Of
the Glass summer home in Greeley,
Penn, and disappeared, the mother has
travelled more than 5000 miles, track
ing down rumors that gave up no def
mite clew. Once Jimmy was found in
Oklahoma. Once he was held in South
Carolina Each time Mrs. Glass has
hurried 70 greet him. Each time she
has come back, i'll from the shock Of
disappointment.
When she left Jersey City yester-
day afternoon the woman's cheeks were
flushed with excitement, and her voice
was eager. "lm sure it is Jimmy
she said II never was so sure before "
These were almost the same words that
she used before when she set out on
the trail that led to disillusionment.
"Poor White" Gives Clew.
Mr.. Glass has accompanied his wife
With the couple goes a detective OF
the Jersey City force. They expect TO
reach Lexington some time to-day.
Nicholasville is a little town near there,
and Pink, a canning community, lies
four miles away from Nicholasville. Al
Pink lives Mrs. Martha Miller, poor
white" who believes that the four
year-old boy who was left with her by
a woman attired in mans clothing is
Jimmy Glass.
Persons in Nlcholasville agree with
Mrs. Miller. The physician who exam
ined the boy asserts that he is Jimmy
Glass. The photographer who took the
picture Of him which Mrs. Glass re-
ceived yesterday says he is the missing
child. The mother kissed the photo
graph when it arrived and pressed it
almost fiercely against her breast-as
she had kissed the pictures Of those
two other waits who she found to be
other mothers children.
Meanwhile the little yellow-haired
boy cries in Mrs. Miller's cabin for
mother" and Madeline" and aunt
Emma" Mrs. Glasss daughter is