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New-York tribune., 1917-07-24
Jury May Get BaR
Murder Case Tonight
State to Sum Up Against
Three Alleged Conspira-
tors To-day

With the possible exception Of some
testimony for the state in rebuttal,
the cases against Joseph and Jacob
Cohen and Abraham Graf and David
Jacobs, on trial jointly before Supreme
Court Justice Tompkins on a charge Of
instigating the murder of Barnet Baff,
were finished yesterday. Deputy At
torney General OMalley announced that
he would. in all probability, be ready
20 sum up to-day. In that case the
evidence ought TO be ready for the
jury by tonight or tomorrow morn
ing.
Joseph Cohen, the principal alleged
conspirator, was on the stand most Of
the time yesterday. He declared that
he was In Jersey City when Baff was
shot, and did not see the body. Mr..
oMalley read portions Of a steno-
graphic statement taken from Cohen
a month after the murder, in 1914, by
Walter r. Duel, then Assistant District
Attorney, in which Cohen described
the appearance Of the murdered man as
his body lay on the floor Of the Brook
lyn Poultry Company. in West Wash
ington Market. Cohen denied yester-
day that he had ever made such state
ments 20 Mr.. Duel.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-24
Grandson Of Former
Prohibition Leader
Adjudged a Drunkard
Descendant Of the Late c. N
Crittenton, Mayoralty Candi-
date, Held Incompetent

Henry Goldman Potter Baldwin,
grandson of the late Charles n. Crit
tenton, one time Prohibition candidate
for Mayor of New York and founder
of the Florence Crittenton Homes for
Girls, yesterday was declared incom-
petent by Sheriff's jury because CT
hahitual drunkenness. He is twenty
seven years old and was named after
the late Bishop Henry Goldman Potter.
Baldwin was brought to the Sheriff 5
court from Bellevue Hospital, where he
has been under commitment, and sat
with his sister, Miss Gladys Baldwin,
who brought the proceeding.
Baldwin has worked only one year,
according to Thomas E. Delano, presi-
den. of the C. n. Crittenton Company,
wholesale druggists, of which concern
the incompetent's grandfather was the
head. Mr.. Delano employed Baldwin
from 1914 to 1915. In that time, Mr..
pelano testified, Baldwin, who received
a salary of $l2 g week, used to report
in the morning and then sleep of "the
result of his debauch Of the night
before" This was his daily habit. At
tho end of the year ne was discharged.
Mr.. Delsno, who is executor of the
estate of Mr.. Crittenton, said that Bald
win had received about $4,000 from
the estate of his grandfather in in
come from a trust and from dividends
on the Crittenton Company stock left
to him. He is still to receive about
$4,000. His grandmother left him s5,-
900. In February last he received in
cash s15,s50 for some Of his stock. His
sister testified that he had little Of
il left.
Miss Baldwin said her brother had
been expelled from several schools for
drinking. He has been in ssnatortums
and hospitals in Washington, Mary land,
Michigan and in Astoria, Long Island.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-24
3 Held on Charge
Of Spreading Disease
Men Believed German Agents
Sold Soap Impregnated
with Deadly Germs
LBy Telegraph 20 Tbs Trtbunel

81. Louis, July 23.-0n suspicion OF
being agents Of the German govern
ment, engaged in attempting TO spread
disease among the people of the United
States, through germ-impregnated soap,
three men we're arrested this after
noon at Carrier Mills, South of Harris
burg. ILL.,, and are being held for the
Federal authorities.
The men had been in Carrier Mills
for several days and were making an
extensive campaign selling toilet soap.
It is said they also operated in other
parts Of Southern Illinois and that
large quantities Of the soap were dis
tributed. They offered great bargains
to housewives, alleging that they
wished to place the soap wherever pos
sible. as an advertisement OF its merits
In ease a woman refused to buy the
soap she was given large quantity as
a sample.
The liberalty Of the men and theil
foreign names aroused suspicion, wher
reports of the Kansas court plaster
cases were received, and bar of the
soap was taken 10 physicians, who an
alyzed il. finding many dealy germs in
the centre of the bar. They were un-
able 10 state exactly what germs were
found, but declared they would un'
doubtedly spread disease if the SOAP
were freely used. A sample has been
sent TO Washington to be analyzed.
One Of the prisoners claims 10 have
been hired by the other two men u
drive them about the country, and he
was released under heavy bail, while
the other men are held in the county
Jail. Their preliminary hearings are
set for Friday morning.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-24
Gen. Bell to Give Aviation
Address at Columbia Opera

Major General J. Franklin Bell, COM
mander of the Department of the East,
will deliver an address on aviation to-
night nt the performance Of "Tosca''
in the gymnasium at Columbia Univer-
sity. He will speak under the auspices
Of the aviation committee of the Ma
tional Special Aid Society. of which
Mrs. William Allen Bartlett is chair
man.
His party at the opera will include
Mrs. Bell. Colonel Carl Hartmann, in
charge OF aviation at Governors ISL
and; Mrs. Hartmann, Major Ewing
Booth, chief of staff, Mrs. Booth and
q number Of other army officers. Nine
Luiss VILLAIN will sing Tosca.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-24
News in Bret

Charles wasserbobe apphsd " ressrs,
Dolan in jersey cry ,0I Ih,srd sscS
blank. lie said he had had 'I saS thOat.
,elective draft resisrsuIn' rYrbSr fn''
vas a Joke until he sa" INC
He was locked up. .., Al -
After two unsuccessful s,;s~ Vs~srk -.
by gas. Mary Holmes, OF "a her lie '"
Of mclancholis. tried TO emu ~"
razor. but failed. ~, yitvss.,
Louis J. FORK. OF rs "s' e. s;eN -
street. a broker. was hela VT ~ siis
Msgntrate Koenis IN ms isrcsny . Z
10 answer a charge OF gram srsl,;sssts y y
ing TO deliver stock g Iiniyersiy ~
Emma Mittsstasd,, OF 20 ,....,, ~.
Mrs. Edith Kelly, Of ?sS Li Lr.oiS go "
Brooklyn. and her three.s,isisa
iam. were accidentally ~pn'
New-York tribune., 1917-07-24
Reeves Waits Trial in Bronx
Loan Association Treasurer
Faces New Sentence

Herbert L. Reeves, former treasurer
OF the Model Building and Loan Asso-
citation, was on his way to Sing Sing
yesterday from the Kings County Court,
where he had pleaded guilty to a
charge of forgery, when Bronx County
officials stepped in and took him before
County Judge Gibbs in The Bronx.
There Reeves pleaded guilty to indict-
ments charging him with forgery and
grand larceny, and was remanded until
August IS for sentence. In Brooklyn
sentence Of from three to six years
was imposed.
John s. Hanson. who was president
of the Model Building and Loan Asso-
citation, pleaded guilty to a charge of
forgery in the second degree in the
Bronx County Court and was remanded
until August Is.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-24
Sewer Explosion
Wrecks Pier and
Causes Plot Scare
Series of Blasts eliminates
Under Dock of Panama
|. r. R. Steamship Line

Rumors of German plots flew thick
and fast through the Chelsea neighbor-
hood yesterday afternoon, when a
series of explosions in trunk line
sewer eliminated with terrific force
beneath the pier of the Panama Rail-
road Steamship Line, at the foot oil
West Twenty-third Street, where the
sewer empties into the North River.
Windows and skylights Of the pier
were blown out, floor plankings thrown
into the air and heavy Jokes and even
a telephone booth tossed about like
corks by the explosion. Five men were
slightly hurt.
Fire Follows Explosion
For few minutes after the final ex-
plosion flames played around the street
end of the pier, but fire apparatus
which responded TO two alarms sent in
close succession quickly extinguished
them.
Nearly fifty fnanhole covers between
Ninth Avenue and the North River and
between Twenty-third and Twenty-sev-
epth streets were blown high into the
air, many Of them breaking into small
fragments as they fell.
The first explosion was or Twenty
third Street, near Ninth Avenue. II
was followed by loud reports as man.
hole after manhole erupted in the di.
rection Of the river A score of labor.
ers and several clerks and customs in
spec.ors were at work on the steamship
pier, which adjoins the Erie, Lacka.
wanna and Central Railroad of New
Jersey ferries. Those in the Office or
the pier rushed TO the entrance as the
cannon-like explosions came nearer
As they stood watching there was a
sudden tremendous roar beneath their
feet. The men were thrown to the
ground and thus escaped the fame:
which came through the broken floor.
Laborers Rescued by Tugs
The laborers, further out on the pier
escaped by jumping to lighters along
side or by running to the river end
from which they were rescued by &
tug. Harry Killian, dockmaster, suf
fered a fractured rib. The other In.
jured men were treated for cuts and
bruises. All were sent to their homes
The final explosion, which shook the
neighborhood, caused a slight panic ir
the Erie ferryhouse, where many pas
sengers were waiting for boat. Mos
of them rushed into the street.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-24
Mrs. Mooney
Calm as Jury
Debates Case
Labor's Unofficial "Ver-
dict" Not Guilty, in 35
Minutes
Murder Is the Charge
Woman Accused Of Part in
San Francisco Bomb
Killings
Murder Is the Charge

San Francisco, July 23.-After sew
eral hours of deliberation, no word mas
come tonight from the jury room as
to whether a verdict was near in the
trial of Mrs. Rena Mooney, charged
with the murder of one of ten persons
killed in a bomb explosion during a
preparedness parade here last July.
The unofficial jury appointed by or
eanized labor TO hear the evidence in
the case retired at the same time as
the court jury, and in 35 minutes re-
turned a verdict of not guilty, which
will be transmitted to labor unions
throughout the country.
Mrs. Mooney appeared entirely un-
concerned as the trial drew to close
After chatting with friends, she re-
turned 10 her quarters in the Jail.
Her husband, Thomas J. Mooney, was
convicted previously Of first degree
murder in connection with the explo-
sion and is awaiting the outcome OF an
appeal.
SnOlLlY dlLeI y y. hi' WY JSANtS -.
taken to dinner, returning at f:oo'
They were locked up at once for
further consultation.
A few minutes after their return
from dinner the jurors were trans
ferred to another jury room, which mas
sleeping quarters attached.
The jury which convicted MRS
MONEYS husband occupied the quar-
ters now taken by the present panel.
In his charge Superior Judge Sea-
we'll said:
National preparedness may be oP-
posed so long as no violence is used'
attempted or advised; so long as the
opposition is within the law"
The state charges the explosion
which occurred in the course OF pre-
paredness parade, was aimed as a blow
to military preparedness. .,
The two Mooney cases, an ecno OF
which was heard even in Petrograd,
have developed a bitter fight IN San
francisco between labor interests and
certain commercial bodies, which are
backing the District Attorney. The
unions assert that there is q con-
spiracy, not only to railroad Mooney
and his wife to the penitentisry on &C
count of their labor activities, but 10
discredit labor throughout the United
States.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-24
Cardinal Praises K. Of G.
Amusements for Soldiers

A letter was received yesterday by
Edward A. Arnold, chairman of the
New York Chapter of the knights OF
Columbus, from Cardinal Farley, in
dorsing the work of that organization
in establishing recreation halls and
other institutions for the Catholic sol.
diers in France.
81 most earnestly recommend your
appeal to the Catholics Of New York"
the letter reads. 81 have had more
volunteer chaplains among the clergy
of the city than we shall need, and I
sincerely trust the means will not be
wanting to organize a we'll furnished
headquarters for their work In every
camp"
New-York tribune., 1917-07-24
Mrs. Cocchi Testifes Police
Told Her Girl Was Not Dead

Mrs. Maria Cocch, wife of the mur-
derer of Ruth Cruger, was the princi-
pal witness yesterday before the grand
jury which is investigating the police
handling Of the case. She directly ac-
cused two detectives of telling her TO
forget the Cruger case" Ruth Cruger
is not dead" she swore one of the
detectives told her Her mother visits
her every day" Mrs. Cocchi will again
take the stand when the grand jury re-
convenes to-day.
Motorcycle Policeman John L. Och
senhirt, who was personally acquainted
with Cocchi, was asked questions in
continuance of his testimony of Fri
day. Captain Thomas Gargan, of the
West 125th Street station, also was
called.
Leonard NJ. Wallstein, Commissioner
Of Accounts, yesterday disclaimed any
intention of resuming his interrupted
Inquiry into the police failure in the
Cruger case. District Attorney Swami
had ascribed such an intention to Com
missioner Wallstein and had accorded
his approval to the project. Of which
he said Commissioner Wallstein had
advised him.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-24
80 Speeders Fined in Day

Magistrate House announced yester-
day that the pressure of business in
the Traffic Court had become so great
that regular sessions would be held on
Saturdays until the calendar was re-
duced. The announcement was made
after fines had been imposed on eighty
speeders.
According to a report made to Chief
Magistrate McAdoo, there were in the
five boroughs in the last month l,09S
violations of the speed law, while in
May the number was only $50. Brook
lyn leads in the number OF violations
and also in the number of suspended
sentences. Queens comes next, and
Manhattan third.
The accidents in June numbered
2,643, and in May, 2,342. Death re-
suited in "A cases last month, and in
Al in May Passenger automobiles
killed "a persons and injured 1852 in
June. In the preceding month II were
killed and 655 injured.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-24
To Indict 6 as Fences
In Silk Burglaries
Swami Finds Reputable Mer-
chants Became Wealthy Re-
ceiving Stolen Goods

Six indictments of fences are ex-
pected this week as result of Dis
trict Attorney Swann's investigation of
loft burglsries and silk thefts. Ac
cordng to Assistant District Attorney
EGer. the men who are implicated are
reputable merchants and not confined
TO any particular section of Manhattan.
Most OF them, Mr.. Eder says. are far
more wealthy than their friends and
business associates realize. Evidence
against them has been in Mr.. Eder's
hands for a week, but the assistant
PROSECUTOR declares that indictments
viii not be sought until the evidence is
strong enough to make their conviction
before a petty jury certain.
Mr.. Eder has uncovered evidence
which leads him to believe that in sew
oral instances men arrested for receiv-
ing stolen silk were influential enough
New-York tribune., 1917-07-24
Mysterious Story of LouiseL Rue
Plagiariized from a Best Seller
Insnecor Fauro Drops Case Upon Discovering That Yarr
Is Similar to That of The lnsidious Dr.. Fu-Manchu.
in Which She Showed Deep Interest

ties and fell into the hands Of the in.
vestigators.
Miss La Rue Like Heroine
Karamaneh is described as a
clark complexioned girl Of great
beauty" q description which fits that
of Miss La Rue. Ksramaneh was cap
tured and held prisoner by DR.. Fu-
Manchu. Miss La Rue told Of being
captured and held prisoner by a mys-
terious Count Both women were
"held under potent spells" by their
"captors."
Karamaneh and Miss La Rue ascribed
their failure to escape TO the enchain.
ing effect Of "a potent, powerful drug.
Both feared their captors' threat to
"kill those near and dear to them. Miss
La Rue told of being kept in a cellar
and of being shown the body OF dead
girl when she refused to fulfil demands
made of her. DR.. Fu-Manchu displayed
the body of dead boy to gain his ends
The basement prisons described by MISS
La Rue have their counterpart in the
book in which they are described as be-
ing furnished with the silken cushions
divans. gorgeous tapestries, intricate
trapdoors and secret entrances with
which Miss La Rue equipped the cellars
she mentioned.
Miss La Rue told of being taken away
from a downtown New York restaurant
in all automobile blindfolded, lifted out,
carried short distance and then down
some steps into cellar. Dr.. Fu.
Nanchu's victims made the mistake OF
being blndfolded at the time OF their
most sensational adventures.
Murders Done Through Windows
The book describes a series Of mys-
terious murders which are accom-
plished by an agent of DR.. Fu-Manchu,
who conceals himself on the roofs or
his victims homes. leans over the para
pet, taps on the window and then, when
the victim appears TO investigate,
clutches him by the throat and jerks
him through the window. The doors OF
the murder chambers are always de-
scribed in the novel as being locked
on the inside. The door of Miss La
Rue's Eightieth Street apartment was
similarly fastened when she jumped
from the window. While at the Poly.
clinic Hospital she excitedly complained
that hired assassins had made an at
tempt on her life from the roof of the
hospital.
So well knitted was Miss La Rue's
story that it was accepted by many
who heard it. A prominent physician
engaged William J. Burns, the detsc-
tive, to investigate. Val OFarrell, ar
other private detective, offered his
services. The Police Department, 70
man, was eager to unravel the mys-
terry Miss La Rue's description of
the unfathomable Count" led to an
attempt to aprrehend French count
we'll known in New York society. who
received an apology from Commission
er Woods as a result Of police activi-
ties. A detective was put to watch
under the apartment Of Chilean
diplomat who had casual acquaint-
ance with Miss La Rue, and several
prominent New York business mer
who were mentioned in the case were
caused great embarrassment as a r.
suit of the girls stories.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-24

The police department has been
hopelessly outclassed again. For SIX
weeks its most astute detectives have
been beetling their brows over a mys-
terry seemingly as impenetrable as 1t
was malignant.
Police Commissioner Woods told In
spector James A. Faurot, chief Of the
Detective Bureau, to drop everything
else, take a squad Of his best sleuths
and concentrate on the case. District
Attorney Swami kept his staff at work
far into the night in a fruitless search
for clues. The Mayor took hand
and, not to be outdone, Governor Whit
man ordered a special investigation.
And every policeman, special detec-
tive, Investigator and city and state
official working on the case was about
TO lay down the dictum that there
couldn't be such a monstrous mystery,
let alone a solution to It, when it was
learned that Wayland Smith, a private
detective, single-handed, and against
almost inconquerable odds. had solved
the mystery and secured the convic-
tion of the guilty party as long ago as
1913.
'The Insidious DR.. Fu-Manchu"
The mystery, known locally as "the
La Rue case" was developed as re-
suit of the sensational story of crime
and adventure unfolded by Miss Grace
COR Mrs. Louise La Rue from her cot
in the Polytechnic Hospital, where she is
patient suffering from injuries sus-
tained in a midnight leap from the
window of her apartment at 2l5 West
Eighteenth Street To Wayland Smith,
who was accredited TO Scotland Yard by
his creator, Sax Rohmer, the case was
known AS that Of DR.. Fu-Msnchu. How
he tracked and finally captured the willy
Oriental is set down graphically and
most entertainingly by Mr.. Rohmer in
his book, "The lnsidious DR.. Fu-Man-
chu," which a few years ago was one
of the best sellers" in the pure fiction
class.
The book was found by Inspector
Faurot to have been Miss La Rue's IA
vorite novel. He is certain, and so
are his fellow Investigators. that the
adventures related in it as having
come TO Karsmaneh, the heroine, are
| in the main the same as those allegedly
endured by Miss La Rue. Accordingly.
| he has called off his men, leaving all
the honors with Nayland Smith.
Twenty-Five passages in Sax Roh-
| mer's book parallel closely the details
of the tale of capture and maltreat-
ment told by Miss La Rue. The in
terest she took in the adventures Of
Karamaneh was discovered By the
Investigators, who found that during
her stay at local hotel she had lent
the book TO a friend, who had in turn
lent it to a third person, with instruc-
tions that it be mailed to a certain ad-
dress in Havana. The book was re-
turned by the Havana postal authori-
New-York tribune., 1917-07-24
Charge Is Amended
When Aviatrice Smiles
Policeman in Court Decides He
Wasn't "Sassed"

Miss Virginia Grages, aviatrice, who
lives at 94+ Marcy Avenue, Brooklyn,
was arraigned before Magistrate Miller
in the Long Island City court ycster-
day charged with driving her au,omo-
bile at twenty-four miles an hour.
And she sassed me, besides" Patrol
man Sadlo added, in preferring the
charge.
"Oh, you know | didn't do that"
Miss Graves responded, smiling most
engagingly.
well, perhaps not" responded the
dazzled policeman.
When sentence was suspended, the
aviatrice insisted upon shaking hands
with Sado before leaving court, Just
70 show that there was no hard feeling.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-24
Little Rock Welcomes
Belgian War Mission

Little Rock, Ark, July 23.-The warm
receptions that have greeted the Bel
gian war mission everywhere were
continued here to-day. II was the first
of the foreign war missions to visit
this section, and a civil and military
parade was held.
Baron Moncheur's wife, the daughter
of General Powell Clayton, former Gov
ernor and United States Senator from
Arkansas, at one time lived in Little
Rock and many personal friends Of the
Belgian diplomat and his wife were
among those who greeted him here.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-24
Chaloner in Danger
Of Being Broke
Millionaire, Sane in Virginia,
Nav Have No Funds There

John Armstrong Chaloner, who is
sane in Virginia and insane in New
York. may be "broke" in the Southern
state with a 100000 estate in New
York.
Frederick !. Ware, his attorney in
this city, ard Robert c. Walker, his
legal representative in Virginia, asked
Justice Weeks yesterday to order
Thomas T. Sherman, committee OF the
Chaloner property here, TO pay out OF
his wards income $4,000 for certain
legal and alienist bills. Chaloner is
now receiving about $4,000 a year
from his trust estate. Walker told the
court that several judgments have been
filed against Chaloner in Virginia, ana
unless they are paid there is danger
that his property will be sold. 49,.
Justice Weeks denied the application
for the extra allowance.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-24
Plan Honor Roll of
Enlisted City Workers
Names of Men and Women Who
Have Volunteered To Be
Placed in Record

Acting Mayor Frank L. Bowling has
directed that the names Of all city en-
ployes, from the highest to the lowest
who have volunteered for war service
either in the regular army or navy OF
National Guard. shall be made part
of the official records of the city, and
printed in "The City Record How
nloves have volunteered is not yet
known. Not only the male employees
who are to go to the trenches. but also
the women In the city service VINO
have volunteered for war duty, VIII DC
included in the city honor roll. About
thirty-five thousand women are on the
city's salary list.
This list Of volunteers will be en-
tirely distinct from that OF those who
will be enlisted under the Federal
draft law. The names Of those drafted
are to be printed in special supple
ment Of "The City Record"