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Milford chronicle., 1909-06-25
Say Speculation steadIes Prices.


The report of the committee ap'
pointed by Governor Hughes, of New
York, to investigate speculation in
securities and commodities and the
organizations used in dealings therein
has been made public The New York
Stock, the Consolidated Stock, the
Cotton, the Produce, the Coffee, the
Mercantile and the Metal Exchanges
and the curb market was thoroughly
Investigated and recommendations
looking to improvement of existing
conditions were made at length by
the commit ee.
The most drastic finding is that af-
fecting the Mercantile and Metal Ex-
changes, as follows: Under present
conditions. we are Of the opinion that
the Mercantile and Metal Exchanges
do actual harm to producers and con-
sumers, and that their charters should
be repealed
Concerning speculation in general.
the committee declares that it may be
wholly legitimate, pure gambling, or
something 9artaking of the qualities
of both, that in some form it is a
necessary incident Of productive oper-
ations; that it tends to steady prices
and that for the merchant or manu-
facturer the speculator performs a
service which has the effect Of insur-
anee.
Milford chronicle., 1909-06-25
BLACK HAND SIGNAL
STOPS MURDER TRIAL
Star Witness, Fearing Death,
Refuses TO Testify,

Chicago, June 23.-The trial of 10
seph Bertucci, an alleged Black Hand
murderer. came to a sudden halt in
court when an Italian entered the
room, waved a handkerchief at Bruno
Nardi, star witness for the state who
had taken the stand to tell of the
murder
After waving the handkerchief the
signaling Italian fed, and detectives
could not find him. Nardi refused to
answer any more questions, saying he
would be killed if he testified against
Bertucci The same fear was ex-
pressed by Nardi's wife. also a ma
terial witness. and the prosecutor was
forced to adjourn the trial.
Milford chronicle., 1909-06-25
schaeffer Guilty Of Murder.

The jury in the case of George N
schaeffer, on trial at Allentown, Pa.
accused of the murder of LeapOld Err
mann, brought in a verdict Of guilty in
the first degree.
The dismembered body Of Ermann
who was a jewelry salesman of Phila-
delphia, was found under the floor Of
Schaeffer's brooder house, Schwenks-
vile, and the evidence against the
prisoner was purely circumstantial.
Milford chronicle., 1909-06-25
Robbed N senate eaIIerv.

A satchel containing $3.50, patent
papers on a clothes washer and valu
able letters was stolen from the visi
tors gallery Of the senate in Wash
ington. William F. Masters, Of Ster.
ling, Mass. and jamestown, N. Y, the
owner of the satchel, had left It in
care Of the doOkeeper while he took
a seat to listen to the debate on the
tariff bill. When he looked for his
satchel it was gone.
Milford chronicle., 1909-06-25
x.Rav plscloses Hidden Gold.

Corryville. o., June 23.-Pleading
she was penniless, a woman asked DR..
George Hermann to make an X-ray
examination of her heart. She refused
70 remove her waist. The X-ray ma
chine showed three $50 gold pieces
she had in a chamois bag under her
garment. "Your heart is pretty bad"
Said the doctor. You lied when you
said you were poor. Take out that
money and pay me S." And she did.
Milford chronicle., 1909-06-25
Morse Out on 25,ooo saIl.

Charles W. Morse, the millionaire
banker, who was convicted of violating
the national banking laws, and sen
fenced to fifteen years in jail, was, af-
ter a three months fight by his coun-
sci, admitted to bail in New York in
the sum of s125.O0O. This is said to be
the largest bail bond ever exacted by
a court in that city.
Milford chronicle., 1909-06-25
chinaman Fatally Shot In FIqht.

During a fight between Cinnamon in
a laundry at Tenth and Locust streets,
Philadelphia, Lee Kee, forty-one years
old, the proprietor, shot and probably
fatally wounded Lee Sing, flfty-four
years old, his assistant What caused
the quarrel is unknown.
Milford chronicle., 1909-06-25
PRODUCE QUOTATIONS.
The Latest Closing Prices For Produce
md Live Stock.

PHILADELPHIA = FLOUR weak;
winter low grades, IS q 5::25; winter
clear, $5.7596.25; city mills, fancy
$Td725. ae- -.
WHEAT firm; No. 2 red, western,
S1.42@L44. ,..i
S21S6S3c. H.,
CATS quiet; No. 2 white, clipped
6415@ Csc: lower grades, 63c.
HAY firm; timothy, large bales per
ton, $3.50. -
POfILTRv: Live steady; hens, Is
6151Sc.; old roosteps, 101sc. Dressed
steady; choice fowls, 151zc.; old roost-
ers. lie. or
BUTTER firm; extra creamery 27c.
EGGS steady; selected, "a % 25c.;
nearby, 22c.; western, 22c.
POTATOES steady; new, per OAR
eL50Q2.75.
Milford chronicle., 1909-06-25
Train Rlnhts Itself

The Baltimore & Ohio passenger
train from st. Louis to New York
was thrown from the track near Graf
ton, W. Va, by a washout. The train
ran on the ties for a hundred yards,
struck a switch and was thrown back
on the track uninjured.
Milford chronicle., 1909-06-25
Live stock Markets.

PITTSBURG (Union Stock Yardsl1--
CATTLE steady; choice, $fU Ui'z0i
SHEEP firm; prime wethers, $3.50
0b.40; cuils and common. $2q q;
spring lambs, a59S.50; veal calves
S75068. .4
HOGS strong on all grades except
pigs; prime heavies, $S.30q S.3b; me,
diums, $8.150S.20; heavy YoT6ers'
OSLO; light Workers, SE4O4l.IOi
DigA S7159 1875; roughs, $6Q7.
Milford chronicle., 1909-06-25
pIsInherIted; KllIs Himself.

Because his mother provided IN her
will that he should be disinherited If
he refused to return to the Amish
style Of dress, which calls for hooks
and eyes instead Of buttons on cloth
ing, LSvi Yoder killed himself in his
home near Massilon, o.
Milford chronicle., 1909-06-25
Mother and Child Stabbed In Bed.

Mother and Child Stabbed In Bed.
One of the most brutal crimes ever
perpetrated in Schuylkill county was
committed at the home of Mrs. Kate
Ference, at Coaldale, near Pottsville,
Pa, She and her seven-year-old daugh-
ter were stabbed, beaten and left to
die. An infant child, which lay be-
tween them, apparently was not awak-
ened by the assailant, although its
face and hands we're covered with the
blood of the mother and sister.
Mrs. Ferenze kept a boarding house
and had ten men living there. They
slept upstairs, while she and her two
daughters slept on the first floor. One
Of the boarders was awakened by
groans. With the assistanss Of another
boarded he broke IN the door and
there found the mother and daughter
lying unconscious on the bed.
Both had their faces beaten into an
unrecognizable condition, while the
mother had forty stab wounds on her
head and body. The daughter had been
stabbed about a dozen times. Not a
scratch vas found on the baby.
Mrs. FeRenze and the little girl were
removed to the Miners hospital at
Fountain Springs. When they regained
IS they refused to say who
assaulted them.
Milford chronicle., 1909-06-25
colorinq of Stocking Kills Woman.

Mrs. Phoebe Clayton, of Freehold.
N. J.. widow. thirty years old. is dead
at Long Pranch of blood poisoning
caused by dye in her stocking. Her
leg was b~1ken in an accident, and
some Of the dye got into a wound.
The amputation Of her right leg failed
to save her.
Milford chronicle., 1909-06-25
KILLED BY WHISKY

Two-Year-old Child Drank Halt a
Pint.
New York, June 23.-James Beat.
tie, two and a half years old, died at
his home, 282 Vermont street, Brook
lyn, from acute alcoholism. The boy
climbed to the top shelf Of a closet
and helped himself to half a pint Of
whisky from a flask. A few hours
later he went into commissions.
Milford chronicle., 1909-06-25

Hoid-Op was the Most Daring !"
Texas In Recent Years.
Fort Worth, Tex, June 23.-In true
frontier style a highwayman, descri0-
Cd as genteel in appearance. robbed
the branch banking house Of the Wag-
goner Bank and Trust company in the
heart of Forth Worth Of $500 In cur
Tency and escaped.
The robbery was the most daring
attempted in Texas in years. Cashier
Walter E. King was alone in the bank
after closing time, balancing the busl-
ness Of the day, when a man walked
in. As the man approached the win
dow of the cashiers desk King looked
into the barrel of a revolver.
MAKE a move OF a noise Of any
kind and I'll kill you" was the greet
, ing Mr.. King received.
The cashier complied and, seizing
the roll of bills, the man backed out
Of the door, covering King with the re-
VolVer. King ran to a telephone as he
saw the man walking down the street
and mingling with the crowds with an
air Of unconcern.
The police reached the scene five
minutes later, but the robber had dis
appeared. At the time Of the robbery
several hundred persons were near
the building, and many noted the ar
rival at the bank and the departure
Of the man but his manner was so
bland that he did not arouse suspi-
Gion. Several persons declare that he
climbed into a waiting automobile af-
ter walking several blocks, but the po-
lice place little crerlence in this asser-
tion, and It is believed he is still in
Fort Worth. Searching parties are out
in force. An interurban car which
left Fort Wc~th shortly after the rob
bery for Dallas was overtaken by Of
licers in an automobile, but this plaus
ible means Of escape had not been
utilized.
The loss to the Waggoner bank IS
covered by insurance. The bank how
ever, offered a reward of $1,000.
Milford chronicle., 1909-06-25
Mad Monkey Terrorlzes ION.

Greenwich, Conn, June 2S.-Despit'
he intense heat all Greenwich slept
With closed windows and doors. be
.ause q monkey, said to have been bit.
en- by a rabid dog, is lurking about.
Milford chronicle., 1909-06-25
senate place. putv on Hldes.

Senate Places Duty on FTIdes,
Washington, June 23.-The senate
1opted the finance committees
mendment placing a duty Of Is per
snt ad valorem on hides by vote Of
8 to 30.
Milford chronicle., 1909-06-25
A PRINCESS For Spain.

Lagranja, Spain, June 20. - Queen
Victoria gave birth to a daughter on
Tuesday. The booming of fifteen guns
announced the happy event and the
eioicing thereafter was general
Milford chronicle., 1909-06-25
Japanese Knight TempIar Dead.

Seitaro Takeda, the only Japanese
knight Templar in the world, Is dead.
He became a Mason at Rochester, N.
T., In 1901, and was a member Of Mon,
roe commandery.
Milford chronicle., 1909-06-25
child Eats Laurel Leaves and Dles.

Eating laurel leaves during a few
moments which she strayed from her
mothers side, Annie Sabo, three years
old, Of Harwood, near Hezleton, Pa,
G1ed Of poisoning.
Milford chronicle., 1909-06-25
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS.
Thursday, June Il.

George Roether, a gardener, aged
bixty-two years, hung himself in the
Berks county jail at Reading. Pa.
Dana Estes. head of the publishing
firm Of DAM Estes Company died sud
denly at his home in Brookline. Mass.
Governor Hadlsy, Of Wisconsin. has
signed a bill prohibiting the marriage
Of Caucasians with Chinese, Japanese
and other Asiatics.
Henry Kinnes. twenty-four years of
age, of Baltimore, was drowned at
Beach Oswego. n. Y, by the overturn-
ing of a boat in which he was sailing
with a party Of friends.
Milford chronicle., 1909-06-25

Newly Welded Pair Found Dead.
Albert Munro and his wife, q bride
and groom Of a week, were found
Milford chronicle., 1909-06-25
FrldaY. June IS.

Unable to locate his relatives. Bende
Furnis. thirty-fve years old. who ar
rived in Pittsburg from Austria on
Tuesday night committed suicide by
cutting his throat.
Cigarette smoking by the enlisted
men of the United States navy should
be discouraged as much as possible,
in the opinion of Rear Admiral Seaton
Schroeder, commander-in-chief Of the
Atlantic battleship feet
Ida NJ Wynne, second daughter Of
Robert J. Wynne, the American con
sui general in London, was married in
London to Hugh Ronald French, first
lieutenant in the Seventh Dragon
Guard, one of the crack regiments Of
the British army.
Milford chronicle., 1909-06-25
J.W.TRUITT.
THE STORE THAT SAVES YOU MONEY

We have just received this week beautiful line OF Suesne
silks white and all coors the kind have always bought
oc per yd price 25c. We also have beautiful line
silk pongees the natural and evening coors Come IN and
see them before selecting your summer dress
Another those beautiful shirt waists for sIoo apiece
Our line of muslin underwear is complete both for ladies and
children and the price will suit everyone
beautiful line of curtains and couch Come
in and them.
Have you mating Rugs 36x72 in. for 55c
pretty line opain and figured lawns all coors for Iocyd
Ladies Dutch collars and Jabots for 25c and I2Hc
Ladies hair rolls, covered inches long, for
line Of hosiery is complete We have all cOors, sizes
and prices
complete line of ladies collar and belt pins side and back
combs barratts, silver purses, etc.
Ladies American Beauty in long short and medium
lengths from 25c to 81 so.
Don't forget 90 Black Tafeta silk for sIoo per yd.
Remember Wednesday is Bargain Day at
Milford chronicle., 1909-06-25
BANDIT ROBS
BANK IN DAYTIME
Calmly HlIdS Up Cashier and
Escapes with $500,
LOST IN CROWD ON STREET

Police Reached Bank Flvs Minutes
Later, But Robber Had Disappeared
Hold-Up Was the Most Daring IN
Texas In Recent Years.
Milford chronicle., 1909-06-25
Wednesday June 25.

DR.. H. B. Hoover, Of SusquehannS
university, Selinsgrove, Pa, was elect
ed president Of Carthage QlL) college
The buildings of the Laurel Cut
Glass company. at Jermyn, near Scran
ton, Pa, were destroyed by fire, along
with much finished stock, entailing q
loss Of $4,000
Clyde Cow, a former Methodist
preacher, was sentenced to serve fou'
years in the penitentiary at Mexico
Mo. as an accessory in the death Of
Miss Elizabeth Gleason.
Charles Ulary, said to be the son OF
q wealthy undertaken Of New York
shot and slightly injured Beatrice
Kelley, eighteen years old, at Erie
Pa, and then committed suicide by
shooting himself through the head.
Milford chronicle., 1909-06-25
Saturday. June 10.

William Lorimer, of Illinois, took
Il oath of office and became a United
States senator on Friday.
The Alaska building at the exposi-
tion at Seattle opened its gold exhibit
with a display Of 100000 of dust. mug
gets and bars.
After killing a woman named Emma
Raymond in the red light district Of
Macon, Ca, Patrolman Oscar Abel
turned the revolver upon himself and
blew out his own brains.
Dan Tso Ac, a seventeen-year-old
Navajo Indian boy, pleaded guilty at
Salt Lake City Utah, in the United
States district court to the charge Of
numbering four of his relatives sew
eral months ago at Aneath, in a re-
mote part of the state, and was SEN
fenced to ten years Imprisonment.
Milford chronicle., 1909-06-25

Major James NJ. Hadley, father o.
Governor Herbert S. Hadley. Of Mis-
souri,, died of apOplexy at his home il
Desota, Kan.
Old age and dependency caused
George Kraus, eighty-three years old
of Pittsburg, to commit suicide by TAX
ing paris green.
Judge Emmett Field, Of the first divi
sion, circuit court in Louisville, KY.
was stricken with apoplexy as he was
about to open court and died in a
few minutes.
While despondent from illness,
Frank NJ. Campbell, manager Of the
Philadelphia branch Of the Jones &
Laughlin Steel company, of Pittsburg,
shot and killed himself at Nanwert, o.
Milford chronicle., 1909-06-25
Monday June Fl.

Fire caused the death of ten mer
and sixty horses in the board of trade
livery stable at Duluth, MINI.
The Elk Mountain cotton mill, al
Asheville, n. c., capitalized at 1925.
OOO was placed in the hands of a re
ceiver.
Mrs. Mary Montjar Van Dyke, aged
102 years, one Of the oldest women in
western Pennsylvania, died at the
home of her daughter. Mrs. Peter
Ghost, Of Clintonville. as the result OF
internal injuries sustained by a fall.
Because her husband, George Hip
plefi an electrical engineer, was cleo
trocuted on an electric light pole in
Pottsville. pa, his widow, Mrs. Cath
arine Nipple brought suit for 100000
against the Edison Electric company.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-16
LAUZON TO BE INVESTIGATED
BY HIS ENEMIES

City Electrician Lauzon Is up
against 1t now for a certainty.
Last night the mayor and COM
missioner sent letters to the coun-
Gil on the Cooking utensil deal and
the commissioner added some in Il,
nations of his own that the cleo
trician has not been following the
proper red tape regulations In
selling other supplies from the city
store house, the money for which,
however, is all IN the city treas
ury, and so the electrician is to be
Investigated.
And he will be investigated by
the politicians who have been
after his scalp ever since he has
been in office. The case was re-
ferred to the committee ON en-
ployes last night by the council
who is determined to re-
move Lauzon because he worked
under the Wright administration;
Eberley, who is a politician repre-
senting the administration wing
in the Third ward; Kreger, Wilke-l
son and Stewart are ON this COM
mittee.
If there is any way to make a
case against the electrician it will
not be overlooked by the council
men.
In the meantime it is a question
whether Lauzon is suspended or
not.
Councilman Giblett insisted he
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-16
Mat Contests Furnish
Sport for Big Crowd

SEATTLE, Sept. 16.-The first
of the two nights boxing and
wrestling tournament, held under
the auspices of the Amateur Ath-
letic Union in the Auditorium at
the exposition last night, was a
success from every point of view.
The boxing events were productive
of some clever boxing, some that
was not clever and a great deal
of real fighting. There was also
an abundance of comedy that kept
the big crowd in fine good humor.
The feature of the evening was
furnished by Tom Burke. a fight
ing Irishman from Vancouver, b.
c.. who gave a wonderful exhibit
ton Of gameness and good hard
fighting, beating Ned Cheeley of
the Seattle Athletic club after hav-
ing been practically knocked out
in the first round. In the second
round Burke fought Cheeley to q
standstill and had his man prae-
tically out at the end of the third,
The spectators rose to their feet
and cheered the plucky Vancouver
man for several minutes. The
men fought in the middleweight
class. II
Tacoma Man Thrown. II
Oliver Monroe, of the Seattle A..
c., a welterweight wrestler. furn-
ished the feature of the matt d.
vision when, after working like
lightning, he threw H. Talbot of
the Tacoma Y. M. G. A. in AZ seq
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-16

WEST NEW YORK, n. J.,
Sept. 16. = do / know Harry
Otis? Well I do that, young fell
Ter. I've knowed Harry since he
was knee high to a Hackensack
skeeter. I hear he's playing big
league baseball now. 1 want to
know"
Joshua Carew, Oldest inhabitant
Of this thriving village. which is
located just across the Hudson
from Forty-second street, New
York proper, was plainly willing
to talk about West New York's
only representative in the major
leagues, the young southpaw Otis
who stood the White Sox on their
heads the first time he was tried
out by Jim MCGUIRE.
remember when Harry quit
school. Let's see. he must a been
about Il an big for his age. I
allow none of us thought much
about the boy then. He Just hung
around the corner, drinking beer
and smokin' them there cigarets
until he began to cough like a
Hunger.
Bout this time young Teller
named Pastor, who was a ball
player. come here and hired Harry
TO throw to him. Them boys got
to be thicker'n thieves and pretty
soon ] noticed that Harry give up
his old habits. He told me that
Pastor said he'd make a great
pitcher IL he'd stop smokin' and
drinkin'.
"Well, sir, that there boy used
TO practice every day and pretty
soon his pale cheeks disappeared
and his eye got healthy and he be-
gan to look like a man. I guess
he did fair to middlin' down I'm
Carolina, where he pitched for the
Goldsboro nine. I heerd as how
he won 81 and lost nine games.
What's that? He beat the great
Chicago team, toof Wen. swan.
! knowed there was something In
that boy all the time"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-16
RACE ON
IN AMERICAN
LEAGUE

Local baseball fans are watch
ing the kilograms closely concern
ing the American league race and
interest is intense today over the
opening of the Detroit-Philadel-
phia series in Quakertown. Phila-
delphia is but four games behind
Detroit now, and, if she can take
this series, will have a fine chance
for the pennant.'
The Athletics play at home most
of the remaining games of the
season. while Detroit is on the
road.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-16
PUTS
BAN ON FIGHT
(By United Press Leased wire.)

(By United Press Leased Wire
NEW YORK, Sept. 16.-Dis-
trict Attorney Jerome has render
ed an opinion to Police Comm g..
sioner Baker declaring the pro-
posed fistic argument between
Stanley Ketchel and Sam Lang
ford will be against the law and
should not be allowed.
Tile Fairmont Athletic club has
arranged for the mill but 1t may
be stopped now by the police.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-16
EIGHT NORTHWEST
PLAYERS ARE
DRAFTED

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
PORTLAND, Sept. 16.-Judge
McCreedie, exercising his privilege
of drafting for class A from minor
league ball teams, yesterday wired
drafts for players. including Pitch
er Miller and Catcher Custer of
Seattle; Rapp, first base of Okla
homa City; Emery, third base for
Oklahoma City; Weishman, pitch
er for Medicine Hat, Canada;
Thomas, pitcher for Brandon,
Canada; Killilay. pitcher for Spo-
kane, and Burnett, shortstop for
Spokane.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-16

could not be suspended unless
charges were preferred against
him and no charges were made
against him by either the mayor
or commissioner. They just hint
ed that something might possibly
be wrong and wanted him investi-
gated,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-16
HORSES
MAY enter
SHOW

A new decision received at the
customs office from Washington
yesterday will permit the Tacoma
horses to go into the Vancouver
horse show without duty. The
ruling provides that horses to be
used in shows and exhibitions may
be taken back and forth across the
lines.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-16
DENIES Buying
VANCOUVER

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
ABERDEEN, Sept. 16.-Walter
McFarlane, the baseball magnate,
denies he has purchased the Van
couver club and franchise. He
says he has been considering the
matter but is waiting to see what
the Coast and Northwest leagues
will do. He does not say how he
comes to have Buck Connors.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-16
Rather Quick.

From Tacoma to Seattle via
steamer Flyer. Five round trips
daily. Actual time each way one
hour and thirty minutes. Leaves
Tacoma s:35 a. m. 1915, 1856.
1870 and II D. m. zee
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-16
HIT BY BALL,
PLAYER DIES
(By United Press Leased Wire. J

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
DAYTON, o., Sept. 16. =
Charles Pinkley, second baseman
of the Dayton Ball club, died in
the hospital yesterday from a
crushed skull caused by being hit
in the head by a pitched ball in
the game with Grand Rapids.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-16

onds and few minutes later went
out OF his class and threw Tom
Burke of the Vancouver A. G. IN
about the same length of time.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-16
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

Games Yesterday.
Philadelphia Q, Brooklyn o.
Pittsburg z, Cincinnati 2.