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The wrecking of four barges of a
"string" of nine which broke away
from a tug off the Connecticut coast
is an incident which illustrates the
perils of the barge traffic for the men
who constitute the crews of the com
paratively helpless barges. Three
men and one woman lost their lives
by this wholesale wrecking. Barge
traffic along the Atlantic coast will
persist for some years, because there
are more old hulks there to wear
out in that way; but eventually when
coastwise traffic is done mainly by
steam craft of steel there will be a
dwindling in the barge fleet similar
to the shrinkage which has occurred
on the great lakes. Seamen will be
glad when tow barges are out of
date.
The shah of Persia has turned an
other somersault, undoubtedly under
more or less compulsion He has re
stored to his people the constitution
granted once before but withdrawn
when he desired to resume his auto
cratic rule. He managed to make
such a mess of it that the country has
been in a turmoil, and he now yields
to the inevitable, following the advice
of various monarchs, his action being
no doubt somewhat accelerated by
the presence of Russian bayonets on
Persian soil. And if the shah doubts
what is good for him he has an in
structive object lesson in what has
happened in the adjoining Turkish
empire.
The armored cruiser New York has
just come from the bands of the ship
builders a much different fighting ship
than she was when she participated
with the other ships of Rear Admiral
Sampson's fleet in the blockade of
Santiago. Eleven years is a great
span in the life of a lighting vessel,
and most of the ships which came
from the builders ten years ago, hate
since had spent on them, for improve
ments and repairs, sums equal to
the cost of the average first-class
fightfe* of former times. One hundred
thousand dollars shrinks rapidly when
the repair men go to work on a big
steel battleship.
At a suffragette meeting in New
York a man who attempted to break
up the meeting by shouting to the
speakers "togo home and wash
dishes," was promptly seized by one
of the militant sisterhood and rushed
over to the police. This practical
demonstration of equality with the so
called stronger sex proved a most
powerful argument. The combination
of might with right is one of tlx few
in this unjust world which enable
the right to triumph.
A government report intimates that
building operations in the United
States may be greater in 1909 than
in any preceding year in the history
of the country. The promise of con
tinued and increasing prosperity be
comes more and more pronounced.
The sun is indulging in what
astronomers report £o be a phenom
enal halo. It may be merely a celes
tial version of the stylish peach-bas
ltet hat which craze has extended to
the solar system.
"The wise-editor," says the Pittsburg
Dispatch, "will keep one umbrella at
home and one at the office." Hats off
to him if he can keep the one at the
office.
It is reported that r>oo pianos be
longing to the sultan were found in
the Yildiz Kiosk. Now we understand
just what it was that made the Sick
Man or Europe sick.
The German ambassador asserts
that the kaiser is not a "war lord."
In truth, the emperor has been excep
tionally peaceful aud meek since he
got into the papers some time ago.
Why is there less sleeping in church
than there used to be? Well, one
reason is that so many stay at home
to do their sleeping.
African hospitality shotild be equal
to fixing up a white rhinoceros out of
a critter of the couiuoc or garden va-
BAD SLACK HMD
GANG UNEARTHED
MARION, 0., SAID TO BE THE
HEADQUARTERB OF THE
ORGANIZATION.
MANY ITALIANS WERE ROBBED
Eleven Arrests Have Been Made Thu»
Far in Columbus, Marion, Denl
son and Bellefontaine, O.
—Others to Follow.
Ohio Italians Arrested in Black
Hand Crusade.
Antonio Nusso, Cleveland.
Joseph Nusso, Cleveland.
Antonio Vicario, Denison.
August Marfisi, Denison.
Collogero Vicario, Bellefontaine.
Salvatore Lima, Marion.
Salvatore Rizzo, Mariqn.
Joseph Batagalia, Marion.
Tony Bieherio, Columbus.
Salvatori Ventola, Columbus.
Cincinnati, O.—ln several arrests
made at Marion and Dennison, 0.,
postoffice inspectors and detectives
who worked in conjunction with them
in the case believe they have unearthed
the biggest and best organized branch
of the Black Hand in America. Ma
rion, 0., is saidf to be the headquar
ters of the organization.
Chief Postoffice Inspector Charles
Holmes of Cincinnati, who is in
charge of the work, says that evidence
has been procured showing that the
gang operating from Marion, with
lines reaching into a number of cities,
has robbed several persons in Ohio
and other states of thousands of dol
lars in the last few months by the
application of Black Hand methods.
Gang Composed of Italians.
Inspector Holmes says that the
gang which conducted its operations
from Marion was composed of Italians
and worked exclusively on their coun
trymen. He has obtained evidence
that as late as two weeks ago they
sent from the Marion, 0., postofllce
money orders aggregating $ 1,900 to
confederates in Italy, this being the
division of blackmail funds in one
case. Many such bits of evidence, it
is said, are in possession of the in
spectors.
Inspector Holmes says:"The proof
we have found against the Marion gang
convinced us that they have worked
their game successfully on many Ital
ians, principally well-to-do Sicilians.
We have not found where they threat
ened any American. They meant busi
ness when -they made demands for
money. If their demands were ignored
they resorted to the bomb to bring
their victim to time."
Money Demands and Assassinations.
Columbus, O. —Evidence secured in
Black Hand raids at Marion and Uen
nison, 0., includes a mass of corre
spondence proving payments by many
Italians of property. Several books
were captured which are expected to
show the distribution of money and
the source of its receipt. Two full
mail sacks were brought to the Co
lumbus postoffice from Marion and
Dennison. Among those who refused
demands for money were John and
Charles Amicon, Columbus commission
merchants. The sum of SIO,OOO was
sought from each. In January Mrs.
John Amicon found, in the rear of the
house, a dynamite bomb and fuse,
wrapped with one of the letters, de
manding payment from her husband.
Several Columbus Italians ar« be
lieved to have paid SI,OOO each. The
Mafia also is charged with assassina
tions in Bellefontaine and Dennison.
Proof that they were the work of the
Black Hand may be found in the un
interpreted Italian letters now in the
hands of the federal authorities. Af
ter demands for money had been ig
nored. an attempt had been made, in
April, 1908, to blow up the home of
Agostino Gennarino, Columbus. Dy
namite was placed under the stairs of
the one-story brick dwelling and every
window broken by an explosion at 3
a. in. Gennarino and his brother fled
to Ii: ly and did not return until a
month ago. .Most, of the letters re
ceived in Columbus and other Ohio
riiies were mailed in Pittsburg, where
the money was to be paid.
Revelations Unearthed.
Cincinnati, O. -Revelations in the
extortion, plotting and murder by
the Black Hand, as uncovered by the
postoffice inspectors from the Cincin
nati postoffice, show conclusively that
the gang in Columbus, Marion, Deni
son and Bellefontaine and other Ohio
towns was organized along the same
lines as the old Mafia, but with a bet
ter system for concealing their move
ments.
it is now known that the Ohio Black
Hand, or the Society oi the Baana, as
its members style themselves, had a
branch in Pittsburg and one in Chi
cago. and a line that extended to South
Dakota. Regular meetings were held
and the money obtained by extortion
was distributed to various divisions
in this country and sent to relatives
in Italy for safe keeping.
Car Shop Men Strike.
New Orleans, La.—Three hundred
skilled workmen at the car re
pairing shops of the Illinois Central
railroad at Harahan, La., have gone on
strike. Their grievance is said to be a
proposition to pay by the piece work
instead of by the hour, as heretofore.
Several Persons Drowned in Flood.
Rapid City, S. D.—it is reported
here that several persons were
drowned at Underwood, S. D., after the
town had been flooded by a cloudburst.
Great damage was done to property.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1909.
UNIVERSITYCENTENARY
MIAMI IS CELEBRATING ITS HUN
DREDTH ANNIVERSARY.
Institution at Oxford, 0., Has Splendid
Record —Many Distinguished Men
Among Its Graduates.
Oxford. — Ohio's Miami university
has begun the celebration of its
hundredth birthday, in connection with
the annual commencement exercises.
The institution, though small, having
only 1,806 alumni, is growing rather
fast, and now has 1,100 students. But
it is not its size that Miami boasts of,
for in the 100 years of its existence it
has given to the country a remarkable
list of distinguished men.
The ceremonies, which are indeed
most elaborate and impressive, have
attracted a large number of no
table men. President Taft desired to
be present, especially because Mrs.
Taft's father, John Williamson Herron
of Cincinnati, is president of the hoard
of trustees. The chief executive may
come before the celebration closes, if
congress adjourns in itme. The col
leges of the east are represented by
President E. It. Scott of the New York
university, of tho south by President
F. W. Himitt of the Central fmiversity
of Kentucky, and of the west by Presi
dent Albert lliil of the University of
Missouri.
The principal ceremonies of June 16
will consist of the academic proces
sion, the centennial address by Dr.
Henry Mitchell McCracken, chancellor
or the University of the City of New
Dr. Guy Potter Benton.
York and a member of the ( lass of
1857; congratulatory addresses by rep
resentatives of state and national gov
ernments and colleges, addresses by
former presidents of the university
and responses, the alumni dinner, and
class and fraternal reunions. Among
the speakers will be Gov. Judson Har
mon of Ohio, President Albert Hill of
the University of Misosuri, President
E. W. Scott of the University of New
York, and President F. W. Himitt of
the Central university of Kentucky.
Dr. Guy Potter Benton, president of
the university, will preside at all the
gatherings. It is expected that all the
living ex-presidents of Miami will be
present, including President E. I).
Warfield of Lafayette college. Presi
dent William O. Thompson of the Ohio
State university. Dr. Andrew D. Hep
burn of Santa Monica, Cal.; Dr. R. W.
McFarland of Oxford and Rev. David
S. Tappan of Circleville, O.
Miami lias given to the country one
president, Benjamin Harrison; eight
governors of states, three cabinet offi
cers, six foreign ambassadors, seven
United States senators, 23 United
States representatives, 53 federal and
state judges, 30 college presidents and
a host of other distinguished men.
Mwst Not Bleach Flour.
Columbus.— The state dairy and
food commissioner, Hon. Renick XV.
Dunlap has decided to hold in abey
ance bis order prohibiting Ohio mill
ers to bleach flour, pending the out
come of the test case brought by the
National Millers' association in (he
federal court in Nebraska, restraining
the pure food department of tho
United States department of agricul
ture from putting Into effect an order
issued last December that six months
later no flour should be bleaehed.
Owner of Rabid Dorj Liable.
Columbus. \nci now tho owner of a
rabid do:; that bites a id rson is liable
for the lull amount of damages re
sulting from the injury, which includes
expense of medical treatment; and the
person injured may also receive dam
ages from the county commissioners,
if they see i t to allow the s'niic, is the
gist of an opinion given Prosecuting
Attorney William Dunaface of Wood
county.
No Money for Salaries.
Steubenville. City Auditor Kin
has notified tho mayor that the safe
ty fund had been depleted and that
there was no money to pay (he salaries
of firemen and policemen now due.
The loss of revenue from the Aiken
liquor tax since the eity was voted dry
is given as the cause.
Ohio Hps 17,192 Automobiles.
Columbus. The first, year of the
real operation of the Ohio automo
bile law has just ended. There have
been registered 17.1ii2 machines, li
cense fees aggregating $82,406, and
2,741 chauffeurs' licenses have been
issued.
Penitentiary Physician Appointed.
Columbus.- Dr. A. J. Shoemaker of
Columbus, formerly of Logan, was ap
pointed day physician at the penitcn
tiary, to succeed Dr. I. J. Mizer of Cc
umbus, resigned.
CHAPLAIN OF U.
S. SENATE DEAD
REV. EDWARD EVERETT HALE
BREATHES HIS LAST IN HIS
ROXBURY, MASS., HOME.
WHOLE COUNTRY MOURNS HIM
Dr. Hale Was a Unitarian Divine,
Philanthropist, Author, Journal
ist and Lover of Peace —
His Famous Stanza.
Boston, Mass.—The morning light
was breaking as the venerable Rev.
Edward Everett Hale, D. D„ chaplain
of the United States senate, Unita
rian divine, philanthropist, author.
Journalist and lover of peace, breathed
his last in his home in Roxbury.
Dr. Hale was born in this city in
April, 1822, and by training, education
and tradition he represented through
out the 87 years of his life the spirit
of the founders of the Massachusetts
Ray colony. He was graduated from
Harvard in 1839. Dr. Ilale became
chaplain of the senate on December
14, 1003. He received his appoint
ment through Senator Frye, who at
that time was acting as vice presi
dent. The selection was made at the
instance of Senator Hoar, who had
been bis lifelong personal friend.
On his return from Washington a
few weeks ago if, was reported that
Dr. Ilale was not in good health, but
he soon regained his activities and at
tended meetings and received friends.
It deemed as if the whole country
joined in mourning the loss of Dr.
Hale. Messages expressing sorrow
and esteem poured ninto the Hale
household, one of the first being from
President and Mrs. Taft.
As an author, Dr. Hale's fame rests
on his short stories, such as "The Man
Without a Country"; as an instigator
of the social uplift, the work of the
two great organizations, the Lend-a
lland clubs and the King's Daughters,
will always add to his renown; as a
minister and pastor, his half century
in the pulpit of the South Congrega
tional church and his preaching in
many other churches were prolific of
wise spiritual inspiration; while as a
historian his writings have become
authorities.
It was Dr. Hale who, 20 years be
fore its consummation, predicted a
world-wide peace tribunal; it was Dr.
Hale who upheld Garrison and Phil
lips in their anti-slavery work; it was
Dr. Ilale whose benevolent counsel
brought comfort to the sick and
wounded soldiers of the battlefields
of the civil war, as a member of the
sanitary commission, and it was Dr.
Hale who gave to tho world the fa
mous stanza:
"Look up and not down; look for
ward and not back; look out and not
in; lend a hand."
MEAT INSPECTOR QUITS JOB
Tells of Terrible Conditions Existing
in Packing Houses —Lard Taken
Out of a Sewer.
St. Louis, Mo. —After 18 months
of service as a United States meat
inspector in East St. Louis packing
houses, .1. F. Harms has resigned, he
says, writing a letter to Secretary of
Agriculture .lames Wilson, demanding
an investigation of the meat inspec
tion system at the National stock
yards.
Harms, who has gone to his home
in Fremont, 0., asserts that he re
signed because he could not tolerate
conditions and that inspectors in
charge of the bureau of animal indus
try were too lenient with the packers,
lie declared that no animus prompted
his letter. Asserting that "U. S. In
spected and Passed," as it appears on
products of all the packing houses Is
meaningless, Harms, in his letter,
says:
"The inspection at the National
stockyards, Illinois, is costing the
people approximately SIOO,OOO a year,
and it is not actually worth $1 to
them. For when the word is passed
from the inspector in charge to the
inspectors actually doing the work
on the floors that they are getting
too many condemned animals, and to
change the grading, it means that the
whole thing is a farce. Mr. Secretary,
the packers are getting to-day from
70 to 80 per cent of what ought; to be
condemned and destroyed.
"I have seen from 1,200-to 1,500
pounds of lard spill and run into an
open sewer in the floor, the seWer
outlet quickly blocked, and said lard
taken up from the floor and put of the
sewer, both of which were unclean
and unsanitary. And your doctors
passed same to the packers over the
protest of the inspector on that floor,
and it went to the public marked 'U.
S. inspected and passed.' "
"Some of the filthiest things imag
inable are practiced in the sausage
departments, such as using bladders
for casings without thorough washing
or cleaning; the use of filthy tripe in
sausage."
Dr. Hale's Assistant Dead.
Oakland, Cal. —Coineidentally with
the death of Edward Everett Hale,
Rev. Charles Ephraim Rich, who
was assistant pastor under Dr. Hale
in the latter's first pastorate, died
within a few minutes of the time when
the former expired.
Passengers Safely Landed.
New York City.—Without a mis
hap, the 526 passengers of the Span
ish liner Antonio Lopez, which went
ashore in the fog off Fire island, have
reached New York.
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