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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-20
CHANCE SHOWS MURDER
Black Hand Hunt Reveals UnSuS-
peCted Man Killing.

Plain1eId. N J.. Nay . (SpecfaD.-In
determined effort to round Up a gang Of
Black Hand men that has been operating
in Newark and other parts OF the stats
the police of that city brought TO light yes
terday details Of a recent murder at south
PIainheId- The Newark police arrested
Luigi Cerefca, who was wanted n the
Black Hand investigation, but instead OF
obtaining information about the secret
order of the Italians the police were star
tied to hear him make an alleged COMES
sion TO the murder OF Patrick CahilL a
farmer Of South PIainf1eld-
Through the third degree the police Il -
alleged, obtained from Cerehca detailed in
formation about the crime. 1t is said 70
have been committed on the night OF May
10 at LahiIls home Following cerehca's
instructions. Captain Brown and Detectfvs
Sergeants Cardonf and Tenors. Of Newark
came here to-day and. accompanied BY
Chief KfeIy and Detective Sergeant John
Flynn, Of the local police department..
went to South Plafnheld and found CahiIfs
body just where Cerehca said it was An
examination showed that the man had been
chopped to death with an axe. and In ad-
dition, two bullet wounds were found IN his
back
The body was discovered in the rear Of
an Clubhouse on the farm where Cahil was
employed. and was covered with corn
stalks. According TO the Newark police
Cerehca gave robbery as his motive
Cerefca has been employed on an adjoin-
ing farm. and so far as known the two
men always got along well together
Cerefca has been living at South Plain
fell about ten years, and the Newark DO
lice arrested him at that place last night
following the roundup OF the Newark gang
earlier in the day. Cerehca- believing. that
he was wanted for the murder OF CahlIl,
made the alleged confession
CahiII. so the neighbors say, had a habit
OF frequently going on a spree, and would
be away a Wesk or two at e time Prob
ably for this reason his last disappearance
did not cause any unusual excitement IN
the neighborhood- Another fact that has
had a tendency to prevent comment on
CahiI,s disappearance is that he had been
living alone recently. his wife having been
committed 70 the Somerset County Jail
from North Plain1eld on q charge OF being
drunk and disorderly- She IS still prfs-
oner at the jail. and consequently knows
nothing Of her husbands death.
After finding the body Of Cahin the police
informed Coroner J. V Hubbard. OF New
Brunswick, who ordered the removal OF
the body TO Runyon's morgue, New Bruins
wick The Newark police viii co-operats
with the MiddIesex County authorities. who
will plan 70 bring the case before the grand
jury at once
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-20
BLAME FOR CHERRY DISASTER
Mine Inspectors Knew Laws Were
Broken, Says Coroner's Jury.

Princeton, Ill. May 1e-The coroner's
jury investigating the cause Of the Cherry
mine disaster. which resulted in the death
Of 265 miners last fall. has returned $50
separate verdicts The jury says the mining
laws were broken with the knowledge and
consent of the mine inspectors
The verdict is vindication OF John Cow
ley. the engineer who was in charge Of the
cage in which twelve rescuers lost their
lives The verdict says these men lost
their lives Indirectly by q confusion Of
signals regulating the movements OF the
cage
The following verdict was brought in for
each Of the 1877 men who lost their lives in
the second vein: We ind that they came
to their death by suffocation and that the
fire was caused by pitched load Of baIed
hay coming in contact with an oil torch.
And we further find that there was great
delsv in notifying the men OF their dan
ger"
The verdict giving the cause OF the death
OF the men in the third vein says: I'VE
find that they came to their death by ex-
posture and suffocation. We further find
that the mining laws Of the State Of I'LL
nois in relation to means OF escape were
violated with the full knowledge and con-
sent of the mine inspectors for District
40 2"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-20

Tribute Paid to Work of Thomas
B. Reed.

Washington, May 1e.-Speaking on the
House rules on Monday. Mr.. Bennett Of
New York, quoted from speech made by
President Roosevelt in Portland, Ne, on
August rs, 1902. Mr.. Roosevelt said:
1 wish to say a word to you in recog-
milton Of great service rendered not only
TO all our country, but TO the entire pTin-
out the world, by one OF your citizens. The
best institutions are of no good If they
Fl t EST 10 not o care # f0" VIE 6Saq tue
facts 1t is Of no good. II you build the
handsomest engine that ever had been
built and it did not go. its usefulness would
be limited. Well, that was just about the
condition that Congress had reached at the
time when Thomas B. Reed was elected
Speaker. We had all the machinery, but It
didn't work-that was the trouble-and you
had to find some one powerful man who
would disregard the storm OF obloquy sure
to be raised by what he did IN order 70
get it to work. Such man was found
when Reed was made Speaker
We may differ among ourselves as TO pol
icy. We may differ among ourselves as 10
what course government Should follow, but
if we possess any intelligence we must be
course If government cannot go on. 1t IS
not government. If the legislative body
cannot enact laws, then there is no use OF
misnamiug it & legislative body; and II the
majority IS to rule, some method by which
it can rule must be provided. Government
by the majority in Congress had practical
y come to a stop when Mr.. Reed became
Speaker.
Mr. Reed, at the cost of infinite labor. at
the cost Of the dercest attacks, succeeded
in restoring that old principle, and now
through Congress we can do well or i'll.
accordingly as the people demand, but at
any rate we GIN do sonething-and we
owe It more than to any other man TO your
fellow citizen, Mr.. Reed u is a great
thing for any man TO be able to feel that
in some one crisis he left his mark deeply
scored for good in the history Of his coun-
try, and Tom Reed has the right TO that
feeling
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-20
FOR SCIENTIFIC CURRENCY
Deputy Controller Fisher sug-
eests Remedy for Panics.

scientific currency issued through the
-,a5;,7ro Of 2 well managed central banking
Organization was the remedy proposed Tor
constantly recurring financial and CONNER
cial panics by Deputy Controller EDMUND
n Fisher. in q lecture delivered last night
before the New York chapter OF the Amer
can Institute of Bank Clerks
There was a large gathering OF emu W
bankers who listened with close aIleHtloi
m the deputy controllers talk upon tle
bankers outlook upon current ana IuIice-
mental commercial and financial cofloiliolis
%, -,,.sns If series Of charts prepared
from financial returns and thrown 0p0n .
--snsrsrencv the lecturer demonstrated
I'D of the returns showed that
Int nertods were the result OF aonor ELlal
',o,75i+ions which inevitably followed cycles
Of prosperity. These abnormal coiiu
,,ro6,,ced an involuntary readjustnent troli
=. - slime which was known as panic
Tarinz q ffty-year period. the lecturer
.s;~o.z5 tbs+ there was close inter-
--1,-;o-, Le4vsAen the upward and GOWN
- ,-,o,,eraents of business. For instance
- - +he panic of 1864 bonds reaciieo
80 bi1,,eet point in May, 1862, STOCKS
- h4ghest noint in October Of the same
- .nd commodity prices their hlshest
o,-+ IN March. 1865 Prior 70 the panic Oh
+oo7 +be high point in the bond market was
-aa.,ed IN August. 1865. of the stock mar
ket in September, 1895, and of commonly
-,-icas in February. 1907. In both cases
these upward movements were followed OS
rapid downward movement, "hlch re-
s,,lted IN the involuntary read1ustihehL oh
conditions during the two panics
The remedy for the violent Involuntary
-ssdiustment periods which ended In COM
rnercial panics was the Strengthening OF the
general credit condition of the country
end this strengthening, Mr. Ftsner salo'
could be best secured through the eslaO-
ushnent of scientific currency, issued
through a well managed central banking
organization planned upon much the same
lines as the Bank of England and bearing
Iike relation TO the currency and business
conditions Of the country
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-20
COURT UPHoLDs RELATING
Big -Four Must Live Up TO Contract
Despite Federal Law.

Cincinnati. May 19--That an act Of Con-
gress cannot tnvaIIdate a contract invoIv-
ing rebating on commerce that hes wholly
within 2 state was the g1st OF ruins By
Judge Howard c. HOLSTER to-day.
The court sustained a demurrer OF T. c.
Hirsch in the suit Of the Big -Four Rail
road 70 evict him from property IN IVORY
dale. Ohio. The railroad admitted &c made
4 contract in 1904 promising Hirsch S2ooo
yearly rebates for shipments Of iron and
steel handled by him. II also rented a bust
ness site to him The railroad company al
legged in it's suit that the contract had be-
come void because Of the present Law
against Relating.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-20
sTEAL|NGS FOR CHARITY
DefauItinu Treasurer of South
bridge Bank Sentenced.
TELLS REMARKABLE STORY
Gave Away and Lost $4,000
Spent $1,000 a Year on
$4,000 Salary.

Worcester. Mass, May 19.-After a plea
OF guilty TO thirteen OF the fifteen counts
In an Indictment charging the larceny OF
s1O4.Ooo from the Southbridge Savings Bank
and a. subsequent recital OF his disposal
by gifts 10 charities. 70 relatives and by
tad investments Of a sum OF money
which ne estimated at $4,000, John A
Hall, defaulting treasurer Of the oank'
was sentenced by Judge Robert I. Ray
mond in the Superior Court to-day TO
serve not less than twelve, nor more tnan
fifteen years, in tire state prison at
Charlestown. One day OF this sentence IS
to be passed in solitary confinement
Characterizing HaIl-a man who handled
hundreds of thousands of dollars Whlls
treasurer for twenty years Of the South-
bridge Savings Bank and while treasurer
also of the town of Southbrtdge and OF the
Southbridge Young Mems Christian Asso-
ciation-as degenerate, with no sense OF
responsibility in money matters, three
physicians testified in his behalf They
were Drs. Frederick CoggeshaH and Harry
H Coleman. OF Boston, and William
Freed, of Southbridge- They declared
Halls mother TO have been hopeIessly in
sane. and said that the defau1ting treasurer
had many of her traits. Other witnesses,
one of them, George ". Wells. trustee
of the Southbridge Savings Bank, testlneu
to Halls good character
Halls regulations had their beginning
about twenty years ago, he said on the
stand. when he took 500 out of the cash
drawer in the bank TO take flyer in
Atchison stock This investment, like many
others in later years, was unsuccessful
Although he kept no records. Hall said
he estimated the total amount OF his steal
ings at about $4,000. His conviction to-
dav was on a charge Of taking only s104,0 600
Expert accountants who have gone over
his books at the bank since the discovery
OF the shortage assert that about $4,000
is missing
When asked by the court what he had
done with the money, Hall produced a
memorandum from which he read extracts
showing, among other things, gift OF S90,-
GO to the Southbridge Young Mems Chris
tan Association for new building; S0,uoo
to his brother. Clare Hall, to help estaD-
Iish sheep farm in Montana; $500 for the
education Of his brother, Frederick Hail.
and to start him in business; SSogo IN
stock deal. various sums 70 the GOOD " III
Home and the Home for Orphans and Little
Wanderers in Boston. 10 the Worcester
Young Mems Christian Association and
State Young Mems Christian Association,
about $4,000 to poor people at different
times and Ss0,0o0 in unfortunate real estate
deals in the Back Bay District, Boston
Hall said his living expenses had averaged
81 800 a year and that his salary as bank
treasurer was $500
In imposing sentence Judge Raymond said
that Hall had shown himself 10 be an
habttuaI criminal While he had given 10
charities, lit is easy TO be charitable when
it costs nothing Judge Raymond Re
marked. Hall showed no sign Of emotion
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-20
''MURDER" IN STEEL PLANTS
Labor Man Calls Them Human
Slaughter Houses

Washington, May 19-Stee1 manufactur-
ing concerns in Pennsylvania were char
acterized as human slaughter houses"
and 1t was charged that in the hospitals
.'tvilfuI murder was committed on the
theory that dead men were less expensive
than cripples at hearing before the Sen
ate Committee on Public Health and
Quarantine to-day in connection with the
Owen bill providing for the creation Of a
Department Of Labor and Health These
statements were made by Arthur E
Holder, legislative agent OF the American
Federation Of Labor
"a few days ago" said Mr.. Holder, IT
was sitting in the Office Of a Pennsylvania
member Of Congress and was informed
that in the hospital Of one OF the Pennsyl-
vanis steel concerns wiIfUl murder was
committed when II was found that II
would be better for the company to nave
a dead man than cripple
Senator Smoot asked tine name of the
concern and Mr.. Holder replied that it
was the Bethlehem Steel Company. He
also said that one manufacturing concern
in Ohio was reported TO have killed
200 men in nine years. Senator SmOot
challenged these figures and Mr. Holder
said he had no first hand information con-
corning them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-20

good faith the number Of years they have
lived. these claims are not surprising
After careful investigation in regard 10
the age Of Noah Raby, known as 1.-The Oldest
man in the country who was said al the
time Of his death, z few years ago, TO have
lived 81 years and Il months, the census
officials came 10 the conclusion that Raby
was probably ninety-tvo years and eleven
months old when he died. or thlrty-1ilne
years less than was alleged
Raby's record was looked Up With as great
detail as possible, = report in The New
York Medical Record Of March 3. 1904
that che entered the United States navy
about as soon as the United States had q
navy and after serving for z number OF
wears was honorably discharged in 1893
being shaken by q report from the Navy
Department, which says "A Noah Rany
was on the rolls OF the Constitution IN
1888. SO IT is possible that the report Of his
discharge from the navy in 1903 is pure
lag
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-20
DOUBTS LONGEVITY TALES
Nensus Man Thinks No One Ever
Reached 10.

sSnlngton. May Batter investigating
me recently reported cases OF longevity.
:, Cressy L Wilbur. chief statistician OF
olVlzion OF vital statistics OF the Cen
bureau. reports that Ii is undoubtedly
-S mat the age Of 100 years is occasion
attained. but that cit. is perhaps
1.--N p'lul whether the age or 1l6 mas ever
4.-h reached or exceeded
L not at ali surprising. the report
- mat many unfoUnded claims 10 ex-
age arise. for lit is well known
many of The statements Of exact
even IL the middle period Of life ano
youth. are not strictly correct. In old
"lth impaired memory. with possible
lenlionsl confusion OF what has been
snd what has been actually expert
81 oy she individual after the death
contemporaries whose testimony nllgn'
'il1Taolct claims TO excessive longevity
"a VIII The vel known tendency Of many
0s11 persons 70 exaggerste- IN tbs utnos'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-20
cHEseRoueH DEFENCE BEGUN.

Trenton, y. J.. May 14-1ne government
closed its case to-day in the trial OF Mrs
Matilda NJ. Chesbrough. OF Boston. who Is
charged with smuggling goods into Ho-
boken in May, 1899. Ceanse1 for the
defendant opened this afternoon. and made
the defence on Mrs Chesbrough's ignorance
of the customs laws Mrs. Ches5rough.
while on the stand. said she bought the
trunk with the false bottom in which the
alleged srnuggIed goods were discovered
because she thought the bottom when re-
moved wanId make a good ironing board
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-20
NO PROGRESS IN SENATE
Vote on Railroad Bill Still Seems
Far Away.
IRON The Tribune Bureau !

=
washington May 1e-No progress on the
interstate commerce bill was made by the
Senate to-day. Nearly the entire session
was given over to Senator Cummins for dis
cussion of his substitute for Section Q, re-
curing the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion TO approve all proposed increases in
rates. classifcations. etc, before they be-
come effective. The Iowa Senator has talked
So long and SO often on the railroad bill
that he has exhausted the patience OF the
Senate and II was necessary for his friends
frequently TO suggest the absence of q uuor-
nm TO obtain an audience. even for brief
periods
Further consideration of The railroad bill
will not De resumed until Monday It has
been agreed that the naval appropriation
bill shall be taken UP tomorrow and that
Saturdays session shall be devoted to eulo-
gies of dead members OF the house
The leaders are bending every effort TO fix
q time for final vote on the railroad bill
Tomorrow and Saturday viii be devoted 10
conferences, with a view to reaching an
agreement on those parts OF the bill still IN
dispute. The oratory OF the insurgents
seems 10 be inexhaustibie, and both Repub-
rcans and Democrats are showing signs Of
innpatience at the attitude Of the half dozen
insurgents who are making the railroad bill
a vehicle for campo ign speeches. The lead
ers hope that a final vote may be taken oy
the end of next week. but admit this no ,e
is founded on q belief that this session
or Congress VIII adjourn before the middle
OF next month. Senator La Toilette, who
wants 70 close the debate on the railroad
bill with a modest speech OF two or three
DAYS. probably Will object TO fixing a time
for 4 vote until he is ready TO unburdeu
himself o his orator..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-20
DEFENDS PAYNE LAW
Longworth Invites Insurgents to
Return to Fold.
rFron The Tribune Bureau


Washington, May 19. - Representative
Nicholas Longworth called on the insur-
gents to return to the fold through the
medium of the Tariff Board provision in
the sundry civil bill to-day, and made it
clear that the House leaders are willing to
let bygones be bygones, and desire to
make the party solid IN the coming cam
paign. As the insurgents intend TO sup
port the Tariff Board. it is considered GER
tain that they will accept Mr.. Longworth's
invitation.
Mr. Longworth chose the tariff az the
subject for his first speech OF the year. He
defended the Payne bill from the charge
that il is responsible for the increased cost
Of living. citing several examples to show
that where the duties have been decreased
the cost has increased. He called particu-
lar attention TO the lumber schedule. which
was reduced without decreasing the price
of lumber, and TO the increased price Of
shoes, on which the duty was greatly re-
duced. He explained the Tariff Board pro-
vision, and said IL is necessary because,
while most schedules Of the tariff bill carry
out the pledges Of the Republican platform,
there are some which do not, and these
should be changed as soon as some logical
reason can be given.
Mr.. Hamilton, of Michigan. defending the
tariff law, portrayed prosperity as existing
and gave statistics 70 show that prices in
his district were lower than in free trade
Windsor. Ont.
On the Democratic side speeches were
made by Mr.. Byrd, of Mississippi; Mr.
Dixon, Of Indiana, and Mr.. Borland, of
Missouri. All attacked the tariff
The House refused TO agree 10 the Senate
amendment TO the agricultural bill. by
which the money paid to the states which
have forest reserves was increased from %
to So per cent of the amount collected by
the government
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-20
DETAIN COLEMAN'S FRIEND
Mr.. Taylor to Testify at Keliher
Trial. at Boston.

Concord N H. May 1e.-Mrs. Margaret
l. Taylor, of Cambridge, Mass, was de-
tanned here to-day as witness in the
trials of William J. Keliher and Wilson w
Lockhart charged with aiding and abet-
ting George w. Coleman, bookkeeper, In
the looting OF the National City Bank Of
Cambridge Mrs. Taylor left here for
Boston accompanied by government Secret
Service agents
Boston, May 1s-Mrs. Margaret L. Tay-
Tor, who was detained in Concord. n. H.
to-day, and Coleman attended the same
school in Cambridge and were ne.ghbors
for some time Several years ago Ms Tay-
lor and her husband separated and q di-
vorce followed The federal authorities
say that Mrs Taylor was frequently en-
tertained by Coleman and that she was
one of a number of the bookkeeper' s
friends who visited him at the bank occa-
sfonaIly. The government officials do not
make any charge against the young
woman. They desire to know If she can
furnish information concerning the rela-
lions between William J. Keliher, who is
on trial on a charge of aiding Coleman in
footing the bank. and the bookkeeper. At
the time the bank was closed Mrs. Taylor
was in New York.
The government at the opening of the
Keliher case to-day explained that the de-
PENDANT SO dominated Coleman that the
latter could not resist numerous induce
rnents TO buck the tiger" in New York,
despite the fact that losses were continu-
GUS.
According to William H. Garland, AS
sistant District Attorney, who made the
opening address to-day Coleman began
stealing from the bank in 1906 and took
$50 900 in a year in a vain effort to Win at
faro. with the aid of man known as
Jack" Then came a year and a half of
honesty, but in May. 1903 Coleman met
Keliher, and once more listened to the
tempting words OF great winnings gained
quickly. From that time until February of
the present year. the assets OF the bank
were transferred in $500 and $1,000 lots to
the gamblers in New York. always with the
cry that just one more play would be suf-
fcient TO make up all losses. Mr.. Garland
declared that Keliher personally advised
the taking OF the banks money and was
the Lempter throughout
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-20
HAD HEARD OF PRESIDENT
gut North Dakota Juryman Couldn Z
Remainder His Name.

nfinot. n D. May 1s.-An Anerican-oorn
.,+izAr. q resident Of North Dakota Tor
,ba last seven years, was found yesterday
ubo did not know single state or county
o11cial by name nor the name OF the Frss'-
5enr Of the United States.
During the selection of q Jary for q r1uI-
raj q farmer testified he knew moth
-. - THE case. He admitted mis- ignorance
- - the identity OF any county or state
oe7cer. and when asked for the name OF
Pms President Of the United States he re-
,,Iisd II have heard the narns' but have
forro+ten It He was accepted on the
JuT4
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-20
MUST ACCEPT MESSAGES
Boston Banker Wins Suit Against
Telegraph Company.

Boston, May 19.-Telegraph companies
have no right 10 refuse 70 receive and
transmit a proper message for which pay
ment has been rendered. says the fun
bench Of the Supreme Court in an opinion
handed down TO-DAY overruling the excep-
tons TO the Postal Telegraph and Cable
Company OF Massachusetts. IN a suit
brought by William NJ Vermilye, 8. Boston
business man
Vermilye tried TO send a message to
which he had appended the following no
tice on a sticker or rider: Notice is here
BY given that this is a business message
and that failure 70 deliver it promptly
and correctly is likely 20 cause the sender
financial loss"
The telegraph company declined TO ac-
cept the message In the Superior Court
vermilye obtained damages and the COM
pany appealed.