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Show CAPTAIN BARR'S SUDDEN DEATH Southampton, England, Jan. 21. CapL Charles Barr, die noted American Ameri-can yachtsman, died suddenly of heart trouble hero today. Capt. Barr appeared to be in perfect per-fect health this morning. He was having breakfast with his family when suddenly ho placed a hand upon his heart and, with a cry of pain, fell forward Into the arms of his wife, dead. Capt. Barr had been in this country since last spring, when he brought over his last command, the schooner Westward, built by the Horrschoffs for A. S. Cochrane of the New York Yacht Club. Barr's success as a skipper of the i defenders of tho America's cup gave him a high place In European yacht clrclos, from which news of his unexpected unex-pected death called for many expressions ex-pressions of regret |