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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-04
CAPTOR KILLS FUGITIVE
BOUNDED AS A SLAYER
Detective Fires When Manacled
Man Breaks for Freedom.

John Farara. arrested as white
SLAYER" was shot four times in the
back yesterday as he tried to escape
from Detective George Pattcn. of the
18th Branch Bureau. Williamsburg. The
man dropped TO the sidewalk in front
Of the Church of Our Lady OF Mount
Carmel, on North Eighth Street, and
died as Catholic priest. kneeling at
his side, pronounced absolution.
With another Italian, Michael de
Grccio. Farara was accused three
months ago OF forcing into white
slavery" Rose dc Musachio and Tessie
Dc Luca, two ffteen-year-old girls. De
Grccio is now serving nine years in
Sing Sing. Fsrara escaped until yes
terday, when the de Musachio girls
brother pointed him out 70 Detective
Pattcn.
As Patten placed the handouts on
the mans wrists he broke away and
ran. when he refused TO stop the
policeman fred six shots at him.
-Four of these entered his back. He
staggered a few steps further and
crumpled 70 the pavement.
Persons going TO mass at the Church
Of Our Lady of Mount Carmel gath
cred about the dying man. As Father
Peter Saponara, the pastor. knelt By
the dying man his congregation stood
about with uncovered heads. Fsrara
was dead when the ambulance arrived.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-04
BOOKSELLER BANKRUPT;
hILLIONAIRES DEBTORS
James a. Jenkins Has $3.50
Assets and S9,S56 Liabilities.

James A. jenkins, bookseller and sta
toner at IA East Forty-eighth Street,
who had MANY wealthy customers, has
fled a petition in bankruptcy, with Ia
bilities of 1885 and assets OF s2,o3o'
consisting Of stocks $4,000, accounts
$500 and cash 500. He has been IN
business about thirty years, but mad
no capital rating at Bradstreets.
Among those mentioned in the SEIZED
ules as debtors to him are Mrs. ). I.
Morgan, p Madison Avenue, sl.oy;
Hiss A. G. Morgan, 9 East Thirty-nintn
Street. s1.10; Miss c. l.. Morgan, oZl
Park Avenue. S4.10; Mrs. +. j. shepard
$40 Fifth Avenue. sl.09; J. vanderbilt
% West Forty-eighth Street, 90 cents
J. s. Cram, East Thirty eighth street
$40; Mrs. J. +. Parsons, sos Flitn
Avenue. 50 cents; Mrs. c. &. Dinsmore'
% Eas. Forty-seventh Street, S5.'2i
Mrs. S. Low, 30 East Sxty-fourth
Street. sf2.7O; Miss II. Rhoades. last
1hirtv-ninth Street. $3.50, Mrs. Is.
Nicoli. IS East Fifty-fourth Street
$3.50: Mrs. u. s. Riker. 303 Madison
Avenue. sl015; Mrs. Il. Martin, East
Fighty-seventh Street, 81; Mrs. NJ. D.
Whitman. SO Fifth Avenue. s3O1O;
Mrs. l.. j. Ehret. II East Eighty-second
Street, $3.50; J. r. Drexel, ! East sixty
second Street. Sl.35: G. VI. Wilmerdlng,
% East Forty-eighth Street, S7lO, ana
J. ". Beverage, II East Thirty-eigntn
street, sl3.47. IL
Among his creditors are Isabella
Wilson. s5.Ol6. Mary Louisa Jenkins
81 600. and Mary W. jenkins. S4OO.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-04
BANKRUPT RESTAURANT
BLAMES COST OF FOOD
Three Concerns Share Troubles
of Domestic Life.

The Modern Restaurant Company,
which for eleven years has run pan
cakeries at $50 Nassau Street and 43
Maiden Lane, is now in the hands OF
a receiver, appointed yesterday by
Judge Learned Hand to continue the
business for twenty days. The peti-
ton vas filed by Frank d. White, the
New York Pie Baking Company and
the international Coffee Company. Miss
Bertha Rembaugh is receiver. Inc
firms liabilities amount to $1,000, and
it 5lames the high cost Of provisions
and rent for its trouble. The cred
itCrs will try to effect reorganization.
Jacob Bernstein, restaurant keeper
at 1862 East Broadway, has filed a Pc
tition in bankruptcy, giving his la
bilites as S9,126 and his assets sI2o.
He has been in business fifteen years.
Carl Schultz, who has kept restaurant
at 1873 West Thirty-third Street, has
made an assignment to lsidor Conn.
He has been in business for twenty
years.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-04
JUVENILE COPS HELD
ON BURGLARY CHARGE
Brownsville's Young Police Force
Feels Disgraced by Comrades.

a general alarm for three members
OF the Juvenile police. sent out last
night, through the organization IN
Brownsville, resulted in howlS Of indlg-
nation, when the missing members were
located in the custody Of the authori-
ties charged with burglary.
Noses had been counted yesterday
afternoon. and Lieutenant Daura. sew
enteen. of 1864 Pacific Street, brooklyn.
and Micky De Serto and Charley DIS
cardo, each eleven years old, living
on the same block, were found absent
The alarm was issued. Members were
dispatched TO pick up information
about the absentees.
When the boys came together last
night and the news was given out that
the families of the missing members
had finally located them behind INC
bars, the. juvenile police force felt
that its fallen members were IN DIS
grace and should be Immediately sus-
pended. Lets wait" was the final de-
cision. MAYBE the kids will turn up"
But they didn't, as Magistrate Nc
CURE had committed two Of them 10
the Children's Society, and Daurla, the
Oldest, was sent 10 Raymond street
Jail on two charges.
The three boys could not tel the
curt what they were doing in an
empty hotel building near their homes.
Nor could they explain large bag OF
Junk consisting Of lead pipe, brass fit
tings and fixtures which they had in a
closet Of the hotel when they were
found there Sunday by the Brownsville
police. Dauria had loaded revolver
in his possession. Il found it," he
said.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-04
Mrs. Horton Certain
She'll Get Ring Back

I'm going TO get my ring back ~ ]
have 20 20 20 the court about II, SAID
Mrs. Margaret Weaver Horton, won
an Of mystery" in the Peck murder
Ease. yesterday.
The ring Ia question. given her By
DR.. Arthur Warren Waite while they
were studio companions az the Plaza,
IS % platinum and diamonds, and IS
raid 20 be worth $1,000. II has been "a
matter Of comment all through the case.
but not until last Thursday did Mrs.
Horton openly announce that 10 was
her own. She said u had been taken
from her by subterfuge by a private
detective, Who admired u, but had not
returned IL, when she gave II 20 him 10
examine.
"The ring was brought from South
Africa by DIR. Waite" Erwin J. Smith, A
detective employed By Mrs. Horton,
said. Miss Peck has no legitimate
claim 70 Il. as IL was not made over
from pair OF earrings given by her 70
DR.. Waite. II Was entirely his ring.
and belongs now 20 Mrs. Horton, who
received IL as gift"
Mrs. Horton appeared yesterday AZ.
ternoon az The Office Of Walter K. deuel.
Dr. "aite's attorney, az % Nassau
Street
J am going 20 ask him 70 let me see
ths doctor" she said. Mr Deuel. was
not able - sec her a. the time. and she
90 no. wait long. l. was later learned
mat u was extremely improbable that
sne would get permission 20 visit DR..
waite, either while he remained az
EeIisvue or when he was taken 10 the
IouAA,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-04
WOMAN RECEIVER FILES
BANKRUPTCY REPORT
Finds Administration Of Mrs.
BARCLAYS Estate Costly.

In debt through her administration,
Bertha Rembaugh, lawyer and suifrag-
ist. filed her report yesterday as re-
cciver for Mrs. Maud Barclay. former
society leader, in the United States
District Court
Miss Rembaugh was appointed re-
ceiver for Mrs Barclay last July. when
she was forced into involuntary bank
ruptcy. 1t was said at the time that
Mrs. Barclay had lost a fortune OF sew
eral million dollars during the last few
years. She was still. however. the
owner OF valuable tenement properties.
but Miss Rembaugh found that they
were all encountered with first and sec
ond mortgages.
Miss Rembaugh said that she delayed
filing her report "in the vain hope OF
securing assets 20 pay AZ least the er-
penses of administration Being I'M
able 20 locate any, she asked that the
receivership be closed. She owes her
self "A bill for 1913 for unpaid expenses.
Mrs. Barclay inherited 100000
from her first husband. Augustus
Browning Prentice. When she went
into bankruptcy. owing her creditors
81 ,0s0. 2ag, she blamed her financial
troubles 70 mi.management of her
estate by employee
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-04
HOBO KING WINS BANK ROLL
Jeff Davis, Of De Gink's. Makes Strike
in Havana Movies.

JEFF Davis, king Of the hoboes and
manager Of the Hotel de Gink IN La,
fayette Street year ago, has acquired
A bank roll as movie show director
in Havana, and was last sighted head.
ing for New Orleans. The first word
Of JEFF TO reach here for several
months was brought yesterday by
Henry Morton. a Detroit friend OF the
hobo king, who arrived as stowaway
on the United Fruit liner Tenadores.
JEFF looks like a sure enough mill
ionaire now" said Morton, telling how
he had mot jeff not long ago. HE
made a pile of money with his movie
house there. and all the people in Ha-
vana are crazy about him. He used to
get into his old clothes now and then
and give lectures about the down and
cutters in Havana. He was staying at
the Plaza. one of the best hotels there.
He left on March % for New Orleans"
Morton said he had job as engineer
in Havana, but lost it on account OF
sickness and had to beat his way home
10 Detroit
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-04
DIN OF FACTORY IN HIS
OLD HONE STIRS CLEWS
Banker Will Appeal to Court to
Restrain Activities.

Henry Clews. the banker, has joined
the ranks of those who arc trying to
save Fifth Avenue. lie is panied at
the prospect OF seeing his former nome
at $50 Fifth Avenue. which he owns
under a Columbia College leasehoId'
turned into "a dirty factory building.
The third floor of the property is
occupied by Joseph, Inc. manufact-
urer of millinery. and the tenant
has moved dozen electric ma
chimes into the place. which MI Clews
says has affected the high grade aspect
Of the property. The banker will apply
this morning 20 the Supreme Court 10
restrain Joseph from turning property
which is near St. Patrick's Cathedral
into a factory. He wants to restrain
the millinery concern from using any
steam or electric power, which also
causes a vibration in the building.
Other tenants in the building have
complained that unless the factory is
removed they will quit the premises.
Some Of the complaining tenants are
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-04
DEPUTIES AT HARMON
TO PREVENT STRIKE
Railroad Heads Fear Trains May
Be Wrecked by Employees.

Expecting a general strike at the
Harmon terminal Of the Hudson River
Railroad to-day, George Carrlgan'
detective. and Sheriff Ulrich Weissen-
danger assigned a large force of spe-
cial deputies last night TO police the
railroad to-day TO guard against inter
ference with trains.
The road received word that section
hands from Ossining TO Peekskill and
the employees Of the roundhouse at
Harmon, where trains change from
electric 70 steam motive power, are TO
strike al noon. This would involve
about $50 men and interfere with the
handling Of locomotives. A special
guard has been stationed on the Croton
River viaduct Just south Of Harmon
10 prevent strikers tampcring with il.
When the last section strike occurred
the strikers had "A battle with the po-
lice for possession Of the Peekskill
Creek drawbridge, which they opened
and nearly wrecked a passenger train.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-04
HELD ON MAIL FRAUD CHARGE
EI-Professor Accused of Selling Ex-
port Goods at Cut Rates.

Frederick r. Johnson. onetime pro-
fcssor in a Texas agricultural college,
was held yesterday in $4,000 bail by
United States Commissioner Houghton
for examination on charge OF using
the mails to defraud. He is the sur
viving member of the bankrupt firm of
Johnson-Elliott g. Co., Inc, OF 45 Will
lam Street.
Johnson. according 70 Frank W..
Roosa. Assistant United States Dis
trict Attorney, purchased general mer-
chandise to the amount Of $4,000 on
the representation that il was wanted
for export. 1t is alleged that the mer-
ohandise was Immediately shipped to
a subsidiary of the company, the West
ern Commercial Company, and was sold
st cut rates, neither company making a
settlement TO the wholesale houses
through which it was bought.
julius Nahoun. who is alleged 70
have aided Johnson in the scheme, is
also under arrest pending examination.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-04
FARMER, STORM VICTIM, DEAD
Surgeons Fail TO Save Man Who Lay
In Snow All Night.

New Brunswick, n. J., April ED
ward Barker. a wealthy farmer, and
Tax Collector of Mstawan, died yester-
day in ST. Peters Hospital. this city.
During the last snow and sleet storm
Mr.. Barker slipped in a rut near his
home and broke his leg. He lay all
night exposed to the weather. and when
discovered was in serious condition
with frozen limbs. Blood poisoning
set in and he was taken 10 st. Peters
Hospital. where all efforts Of science
failed TO save him.
Mr. Barker leaves three sons, Henry
Barker. head of the Matawsn Tile Com
pany; Edward Barker, jr., scientific
farmer. OF Natawan, and Walter Bar
ker, a student at Harvard.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-04

trial on a charge of insulting tne
American flag. A crowd of his foiio~-
ers appeared in court with him. ou'
they departed in sorrow. No oppor-
tunity was given by the court for 'he
speech their leader had pent up.
81 am not going to allow this coufl
to be used to advertise any man, tning
or movement was the magistrate
prelude 10 the examination when ths
devoted clspped their hands ana
stamped their feet. He then announce
that it made no difference whether or
not the defendant was ignorant OF the
law The fact that White considered
the law unconstitutional made even
less OF an impression on the magis-
trate. who said that there had been an
evident violation Of the law and held
the pastor for trial. White is charged
with having caused 10 be distributed
prints of the American flag bearing
other printed matter on its face.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-04
GIRL HELD CAPTIVE,
CLERGYMAN BELIEVES
Police Join in Search for Miss
Alma Myers.

The disappearance OF Miss Alma
a mystery. and the general alarm has
revealed nothing Of her movements
after she said goodby 10 her friends
al the Simpson Street entrance OF the
subway in The Bronx last Saturday
evening. The police in every munich
pality in the section have been asked
TO aid in the search.
"She is the victim Of amnesia or is
being detained against her will de
clared the Rev. J. {. Donnell. rector
Of 81. Thomas's Episcopal Church,
Newark. yesterday. Miss Myers was
one Of his Pensioners and took an
active part in church work, he said.
"She was never interested IN men. and
for that reason ! cannot consider the
theory that love affair has kept her
from her home
Her parents also feel that she is
either being detained or that she is
i'll. She has been the inseparsble com
panion Of her mother. who has been III
since the drowning Of her twenty-one-
year-old son last summer, and, accord
ing to Nj Myers, for that reason, if
for no other. she would not absent
herself from home without letting her
family know. Mrs. Myers said yester-
day that she did not believe the girl
could have become unbalanced because
of the pain she has suffered from her
teeth. although she has made many
trips to the dentist in hopes OF being
relieved.
Miss Myers is twenty years old. 3
feet inches in height and weighs III
pounds She has gray eyes and light
brown hair When last seen she wore
a dark blue suit and coat and dark
blue hat. trimmed with red cherries,
tan shoes and stockings and a green
underskirt. She wore a signet ring
with her initials and ring with three
rubies. She carried suitcase and a
hlue silk umbrella
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-04
LOST SHIPS CREW IN PORT
Men Abandoned and Fired British
Schooner in Mid-ocean.

The captain and crew OF five men OF
the 13O-ton British schooner Annie r.
Larder. which was abandoned and fired
in mid-ocean on March 27. arrived yes
torday on the British freighter Pine
more. The schooner left st. Johns
Newfoundland, on March y, with a
cargo of dried fish for Gibraltar. On
the first day out she was caught IN an
ice pack and so badly strained tnst
when she broke clear the next day all
hands, working madly at the pumps,
could barely keep ahead OF the water
in the hold. The situation on board pc
came so desperate By the 9th that the
captain decided TO abandon the ship:
The Pinemore, on her way TO New
York from Manchester, answered the
schooner's distress signals and took the
crew aboard. Before leaving the men
set fire TO their ship.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-04
SPY STILL IN CELL,
POLICE HOVER OUTSIDE
LincOln's Threat to Break Jail 2
DAYS Behind Schedule.

At press time last night 1gnatius
T. I. Lincoln. who when not contribut-
ing 10 Mr.. Hearst's papers spies inter
nationally and writes books about it,
had not vet escaped from Raymond
Street Jail, and goodness only knows
what the next royalties on his con
fessions" will be if he doesn't carry
out his threat socn.
Hour by hour. all the police with
which the other turbulent districts of
Brooklyn could dispense stood, first on
one foot and then on the other, await
ing the jail delivery. which the crafty
spy had concealed thoroughly by writ
ing to Burdett G.. Lewis, Commissioner
of Correction. about it, by announcing
the fact TO the warden and by telling
his fellow prisoners all the details
Hour by hour while the patrolmen
waited formed in a hollow square, 10
repel the rescuers. Lincoln's snores re-
sounded through the building. Officials
Of the jail now believe that he wheeze,
the dots and dashes Of private code
while Stimulating slumber.
Saturday night was the date origi-
nally set for the escape. Nothing
happened. Sunday night was as IN
eventful. Last night the watchers also
waited in vain. 1t is now thought tina.
the author-spy will wait to see II his
royalty check doesn't pick up next
month. before going TO the trouble Of
moving.
According to the plans with which
Lincoln obligingly furnished the author
tiles. eight gangsters. hired at the ex-
penditure of $50 each. were to over
power the guards, the warden, the
prison cat ard all other objects which
looked as though they needed over
towering. and then the spy was to de-
part to some more quiet spot where he
could write another book.
II Lincoln doesn't escape tomorrow
night. il is expected that the militia
will be asked TO relieve the police, who
are beginning to suffer from lack OF
eleep
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-04
Maumee, Nays Newest
Vessel, lowed from Pa
cific Without Mishap.
GREATEST DIFFICULTY
IN PANAMA CANAL
Ships Consort Came Through
TwO-Month Voyage Without
Injury to Engines.

What is regarded as worlds tow
ing record for big naval vessel is
held By the new collier Maumee,
which arrived at the New York Navy
Yard yesterday from the Mare Island
Navy Yard a distance of about 1000
miles. The great coaling vessel. with
out engines of any kind, made the
voyage from the Pacific base, in tow
Of the collier Prometheus. A great
twelve-inch manila hawser joined the
two ships. There was no mishap Of
any kind. Commander Franklin d.
Harms brought the Maumee as far as
Tompkinsville, where two tugs took
the collier to the navy yard.
Aside from a small injury to one Of
the suxiliaries, nothing unusual hap
pened 70 the engines or machinery of
the Prometheus, either. Commander
Harms was complimented by the yard
officials for the run he had made, par
ticularly on the last leg, from Colon
to New York The Maumee was not
expected until tomorrow and yard
officers said that the Prometheus must
have pulled her tow through the water
at a speed of fifteen knots.
When word came to the navy yard
yesterday that the Maumee was waiting
at Tompkinsville for tugs TO convoy
her to the reservation, Rear Admiral
Usher, Commandant, quickly dis
patched two sea going tugs and a few
hours later the Maumee was tied up
safely at the yard. The little crew
aboard were a thankful lot when they
saw the vessel tied firmly to the dock.
Vessels Started in February.
The Maumee was built at the Mare
Island Navy Yard, and her engines
were constructed at the New York
yard. The two vessels started early in
February for New York, via the
Panama Canal. 1t required all the
skill of Commander Harms to get the
colliers through the Canal safely. navy
officers said
The engines of the Maumee are now
being taken apart in the machine shop
of the navy yard. The have been
undergoing tests for several months
ana nave Deen lound perfect IN every
detail. They are of the Diesel type
and are the largest Of the kind ever
built.
Lieutenant Chester W. Nimitz was
sent to Europe in 1912 TO study Diesel
engines, and shortly afterward he be
gan the task Of building the present
ones. He is to be engineer officer of
the Maumee when she is completed
and placed in commission.
The Maumee will have a displace.
ment of $1,000 tons when ready for
service. only 1000 tons less than the
battleship Connecticut, one Of the first
pre- -dreadnoughts. She will be the
largest collier in the navy and will
probably be assigned TO the Atlantic
feet as the main cohling vessel. Off
Gals expect TO have th1 ship ready
in October.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-04
Catskill Freight Starts.

The Catskill Evening Line will re-
sumo freight service to-day. Freight
will be received at Pier a., North River.
foot Of Christopher Street, for Maiden
Germantown, Catskill, Hudson. COY
sackie and intermediate landings. as
well as points on the Albany Southern.
Beston & Albany, Rutland and New
York Central railroads.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-04
NEGRO LYNcHED AT nr,,

label. Okla. April s.-.,.
clusion of testimony to-day =, - r.
liminary hearing of Oscar " ~
negro, charged with attacks. !
girl. a mob Of five hundred ,,, "
courtroom. seized the pri,o.e :
the courthouse. S0'! (
Intellectual attempts TO ,.;..
negro had been made preyior.ie I
lynching happened during a ny n
hearing before Justice WILLIS :
evidence had been pu. in and ,l 1
was engaged in considering !, ~ q,
time the rush upon the cour,r - . =
made. n
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-04
American Loses Arm in War.

Orange, n J., April 3.-Mrs. Mary A.
Murphy. OF II Second Street, South
Orange, received word to-day that her
son, William F. Murphy, had lost his
left arm fighting in the British trenches
in France. He is now in a hospital.
Murphy left here without saying where
he was going. and was traced through
the British government He is thirty
two. and has served in both the United
States army and navy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-04

a sculptor, Photographic -
Joseph leased tn. foo, - "
Is, for $500 a year :, o. 0c,,,..
restriction in the leas. , .D. "a =
the place for msnufsctu,iiss..' ar ia,
Joseph has another establ;s, scpu.s
joining the Clews PROPERTY !. !
permission to break throsusrss' ,s'sr,
so that his two places wos sn ns y,
Then the defendant instslIsS 's'rsc
chimes. Mr.. clews objected !. 81 :,
he complains. Joseph put !, sa.''s,s,
machines, used in the msk;r - W u,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-04
ENGINEER FOUND
AT FAULT IN WRECK
State and Federal Boards Find
He Disobeyed Signals.

Hartford, Conn, April 3.-The fail ure
Of ". r. Curtis, the engineer. to obey
the signals, was the primary cause OF
the rear end crash OF passenger trains
near Milford, on the New Haven, on
February 22, according to the finding
OF the Connecticut Public Utilities
Commission. Curtis was the engineer
of a special train, which ran into the
rear of the Connecticut River express
and caused loss of eleven lives.
The finding refers to the wreck as
one similar 10 those at Bridgeport,
Wostport. Stamford and North Haven
within recent years. All, it points out,
were "largely, if not entirely, due 10
man failures. the engneman in each
case having run by signals set against
him" The commission found that the
automatic block signals of the road
were reliable and absolutely safe. II
does not consider the close spacing OF
trains a contributory cause of the ac-
cident