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* FORBIDS BRIDGE TALK STEVEXSOX WAMSS MEX. Colcr for Test ofßlacl-ucclVs Island Structure — Who Erred The demand m*de by Th« Tribune for a thorough Investigation '•-. * commission of independent on rri)N .v. into the stresses and strains u sod in th* .ration of the Blaekweirs I^nd Bridge to <S»m"r rtrate whether or not the new structure is being <iangerou*ly overloaded Is still opposed by com missioner Stevenson- Not only do« the Commls *lon*r refuse to comment upon the opinion *•*- pressed in The Tribune on Wednesday by ex Com miwioner Undent bill, that ther- Is grnve danKer of the ridge collapsing If it » lonfled as heavily as Is proposed by th« engineers of the Bridge l*t«ri roent. put be has issued instructions that no em ploye of the department shall talk upon the subject. Borough President OaVr of Brooklyn joins in the •vaanstion of Mr. Lindentha! that a model test of the mflin ccmpreFsion members of the bridge should be mad« al once. Mr. l.indenthsl w«s asked yesterday if be hart unyinin* farther to add to the statement made by him and published in The Tribune on Wednesday. He Mid: "There HI little more that can be said except by the Bridge, Commissioner and his cnginee-inc staff. - >-('• declared that tn my opinion the bridge mania not be wife if loaded as it is proposed to load it- The Commissioner of Bridg«c who is not »- «sEln«>er. ("■<€» « l vr.v opinion, and pays that. Inasmuch as the engineers of the department are •nrre th« bridge is safe. It would be, foolish to BBb .lfct the dtr la Ih* cost of making the model tests which. as 1 have already sp>d. would demonstrate {n the -nost convincing manner whether I am rierht in my opinion or whether his engiuMM are correct. SOLICITOUS ABOUT COST NOW. •The Commissioner of Bridges is solicitous about •wring the city's money now. His department was c«t ,-, solicitous Ml the tim« th« original plans of the bridge were altered. Then nearly a year of time «nd many thousands of dollars of the city's money were wanted in making tests of eye-bars mace of different kinds of Rice', designed to take the place of th* nickel «eel eye-bars contracted for In the original sp-ecincationp. No kind of ste«l ex cept nickel st-el could he found to take the strain aananf In the calculations. Now th* rnerinecrs of the Bridge r>epartment take credit to them- Felre* for the use of the nickel ste*»l eye-bars in the tension members of the bridge, and quite ignore The unsuccessful efforts that were made by the de partment when the plans were revised to find a substitute for that particular kind of eye-bar con traded for in the original specifications. The only 3*aeon a change was not made In this particular ■was because no steel could be found to take th« accessary test except the kind designated in the original plans prepared under my direction. "No tests were made at that or any other time »»' She. main compression members of the bridge. There was plenty of the. city's money available. •to make exhaustive eye.bar tests in an effort to find * substitute for the kind of eyebars called ior •- th« contract specifications, ant there is no cjty money available now. according to the Bridpe Commissioner, to make even a single test of The main compression members of t':e bridge when the capability at those members to withstand the •tress proposal to be put upon them is called into <jue«tion. "Th* cost of making such a test would, as The Tribune has already explained. he comparatively trifiJrjß. The result, If the test was properly made unfler th« direction of independent engineers, would he absolutely convincing. Nor can any reasonable. objection be -ursred against the method of testing a model of the main compression members instead of the full #i»pd members thenvelves. This is the universally recognized way of ascertaining the. capability of main compression members to with stand calculated stresses. The precedent was c. T%bi»Khed thirty-six years ego Jin the construction of the first steel bridge ever erected in the world— the -• Louis arch bridge constructed by Captain ■Ban." COLER FAVORS TEST. TOO. "We rarinoi be too careful." said Borough r*re;:i <ient CoW, 'In a. matter of so much importance. It Mr. Llndenthal. who designed the bridge origi nally, says that the change in plans made since his time have been such as to menace its safety. the obvious course to pursue, it seems to me, is to have a proper test made. Tt>o much money has been spent on the structure to have II collapse before It is finished for the. lack of a test, which 3 do not think would be expensive. Too much ■would be at stake in the way of human life and T'roperty after tb*» bridge wa& finished to have the. slightest suspicion in . the mind of any one that the structure was not absolutely safe. I cannot s>e* why the Bridge Department should object to such a test. I twlieve that it should be made." ' - Commissioner Stevensrti said he liad decided to have nothing more to say regarding the. Black- BMtTa Island Bridge. He had said on Wednesday that his department tji convinced of the safety c* the structure, and proposed to rest on that. All employes of the Bridge Department have been in wtru 1 not to talk about the subject. Some interesting deductions may be drawn from si comparison of the figures given in tl,<- original ••train sheets for the lower chord at the Black ■«v«ir» island Bridge and the figures given in the revised strain sheet for the tame member. The Inures for the first pane! of the chancel span from in* Manhattan pier show Uiat Mr. llndenthal al lowed for m dead load of l ( '.** tl . In the revised strain sheet this dead load was increased to 11.040, ci. increase at 10 Per cent only, while the engineers of the Bridge l>epanrm % nt admit that the actual •dead load --.a*- been Increaned by S per cent. The R«i:m«i live land in the original strain sheet was E.CB9; Us was cut down in the revs.-i strain snei i" *.-*z. a decrease, of 31 per cent, thougli provi sion «is mad* to increase the traffic carrying ca pacity cf the bridge, thus adding to the live load estimated by Mr. lender.; ha! Is it *o be • ■-<•] from these figures that Mr. 3-:n<i':nthal made a mistake of SO per cent in his Spurns based upon iha estimated carping capacity ot a bridge much less than the bri<iir* that is being ♦reeled? SOME TROBLKMS TO SOLVE. The wini thai bowls no the East River is -v p«Ct*<] io Hotv more lightly span the bcidct that 5« si nX erectnfl by CommiFsioner Stevenson's onjrincer* than it was expected «,i Mow upon th* fcr««ire <Je*icT!ed by ex-Comniissloner Und«nthal for the -wind ftre*« estimated in the original strain r »»t has beea reduced by ]$ ;.«■•• cent in the raised strain sheet, in anna of the Bad that the ere* of material *\po«eo to ti. wind has been Incrsased >i« >c acain. if Mr. Ui -■■' tKsl'a flffnres are correct. ■her* iß c been a miscalculation of 16 per cent plu« %h«tn»r sii"w3nce should b«ve b«-en made in th« •^-md Fir*** |Br the increased a r »a of material us«"1 3n ,v,, bri<3re «i it 1« beam •"'•"'l over the ires proposed to be of.e-1 in the bridge, as «riginal!> X>lsnr>ed. Mopt significa-t. bs*«»l«. are the figures given Sn the tiro sets of strain sheets for the total l^ad- Inrf; ,--«» m tv,» rrlginel strain sheet at I<:,Ml and those m the revised strain sheet at 21.H1. Ptlll the eT:«-ineer« of th«; Pildan. Department admit that the bearing area la the bridge Bfl erected has been !ncr<?as*-d ov*r the bearing area proposed in tbe bridge as originally planned by 22 r*r cent. If Ii was found that the SIS square inches of Bearing rurface. provided by Mr. Lindentlial was too little, «ras it thought necessary to revise Mr. Undent figures as to live load and And stress, in order to snake the BsTnnss in the revised strain sheet appear xnore conservaii\-e. or to make the figures used in the original strain sheet look ridiculous? It would be -.resting: to know what bridge enpi ,.«er la the employ of the Bridge Department, cither at present or at any time since the original plans — an revtaqd. assumed th- responsibility of changing the design of the Blackw«U*s Inland Bridge after tn- work was contracted for. and by lhai change Urgfly increasing the weight of ma terial used «nd altering umaiafiaMr the strains «nd stresses laid down a* necessary and safe la the carefully prepared drawings which accompanied the contract epeclflcatlon*. MUSIC AT WATER COLOR EXHIBITION. ? A popular feature of '};" annual exhibition of the | '.-n.-an Water Oaajr' Society at the galleries ■«if the' American Kin« Arts .Society. No. '"■ West ;,-.'h -neet is the introduction of -'music on Satur day afternoon*. The exhibition la to continue until May 34. The hours mr« from 10 a. m. to 6 p. m. on peak <i^« "<3 tram 1:30 to « p. m. on Sunday. MORE XOTE COMPLAINTS. District 'Attorney's Office on Trail of "Man Higher Up." More complaints against alleged note swindlers poured Into the District Attorney's office yester day. The hearing of Charles Barry and Charles Gundlach was adjourned in the afternoon until to day. Henry Hosier, a broker, who was arrested late last* night, and whose real name the police say is Hauler, was arraigned and held in $2,000 ball. His arrest is believed to be an important one. There is on« story of bow a. band of alleged swindlers. BMS* of them well known. to the police, operated successfully a clever game. These men. It is said, sold a enrtain hotel on the upper West Side over and over again and made thousands of dollars. Assistant District Attorney Kendlcberger said last night that there would be interesting develop ments to-day end possibly one or more arrests. He la looking for the men "higher up," ana already believes he has the "goods*' on some of them. Barry was produced on a writ of habeas corpus baton Peter B. Olney. who is acting as special master in the, bankruptcy proceeding* Instituted against George H. Carpenter and Maurice C Dresh- Betd Amos Evans, counsel for Barry, objected to his testifying. been.** of his being under arrest on note swindling charge*. It was agreed to argue the subject before Judge Hough, of the I n.ted States District Court, to-day. PhflUp Superman, president of the Royal Bank of New York produced forty-six diamonds, and testi fied that the Royal Bank had lent Carpenter 15.M0 on them on November 14, mm. He said that Dresh field was with Carpenter at the time. The loan waa ■ redited to the account of the now defunct Monarch Fir« Appliance Company, and later Car penter drew his check for $500 as a bonus for the loan. Chicago. liar M Samuel W. Allerton, a land and livestock broker here, said yesterday that Barry called on him about ten years ago with a proposi tion to build the Mexican & Southeastern Railroad. Mr. Allerton said he subscribed for a block of stock, the par value of which was $765,000. Because of the outbreak of the Spanish- American war the promoters were unable, to complete the road. Creditors brought suit against the stockhold ers, and a decision was rendered in favor of the defendants. FIREMEN ROUT STRIKERS. Long Island Sheriff Uses Them and Protects Eptcorth League. Port Washington. Ix>ng Island, May 14 (Special). —%Mth the delegates to an Epworth League con vention singing, and about four hundred Italian Strikers shouting maledictions, there, was no lack of excitement here to-day. Sheriff Foster, fearing bloodshed might result and to protect the Epworth league delegates, called out all the surrounding Ore companies, swore in the firemen as special deputy sheriffs, armed them and marched with his forceF _about two hundred strong— to the scene of the trouble and dispersed the strikers. Th« Murray & Reid Company, Gallagher Broth ers, the J. H. King Company and Goodwin Broth ers -ill owning and operating sand works at Sands Point, on the west side of Hempstead Harbor, em ploy 'raanj Italians and pay them $130 a day. The Italians decided to force their employers to give them 15 tents a day more. But the employ ers declined. Then the Italians struck. Nearly four hundred of them quit work, and acted so dis orderly that word was telephoned to Sheriff Foster before be was out of bed this morning that there was going to be bloodshed unless prompt, measures were taken to prevent it. Sheriff Foster swore in members of the Protection Engine Company, the Atlantic Hook and Ladder Company, the Nassau Hose Company and the Flower Hill Hose Com pany. Then he sent word to Roslyn and corralled all the available firemen in that place. The fire men swooped down upon the Italians and the latter fled. All day the firemen patrolled the outskirts of tho works, and at nightfall Sheriff Foster gave orders that the patrol wan to be kept up all night, as many thousands of dollars' -worth of machinery might easily be destroyed by the strikers. Threats had been made, it is said, to burn the buildings. Even the Italian laborers working on the new ten nis court of the Manha*set Bay Tacht Club were called out by the strikers. FRANKO LOSES BOUT^ WITH POLICE. Patrolman Who Arrested Musical Director Exonerated by Hanson. Naran Franko. the musical director, who live* at No. C? 6 West 92d street, fared as badly before Dep uty Police Commissioner Hanson yesterday, where lie appeared as complainant against Patrolman Ed ward Xenodochious, of the traffic squad, as he did when arraigned in the Jefferson Market court about , t week ago. The Deputy Commissioner dismissed thr cmplaint, saying that the director was an ei <itahlr- man,. I hiring the Catholic parade Franko was arrested at Fifth avenue and 23d street by Xenoiloc'nious. He testified before the Deputy Commissioner that ho was grabbed roughly and shoved back, and that when he took Xenodoonious's number he was ar rested. He continued by saying that in the Jeffer son Market court be paid a $: fine instead of apolo gising to the patrolman. In c'osiru; his mas he said that th# wife of a prominent Imslnrar man had witnessed his arrest and would testify if her husband had not objected to the notoriety. Xenodoc-hlous denied the charges Kr.ii said: "Why, Mr. Pranko tho';p:ht that he would have tf." hundred witnesses marching to the station house behind him. with slow music being played." ' You have no right to comment on my profession. 1 would not esdMtage mine for yours. Mine ie more IntoUectna],*' Mr. PVanfco retorted. The Depot] « "'Jinmij'sioner rapped his gavel, and when all had taken their s»ats said: t complaint is dismissed, you have lost your temper here probably In the same way that you lost it when the patrolman prevented you from going through the police line? " As Mr. Franko l«>ft the courtroom he remarked that he could g«t justice nowiicre. HERE'S WHERE BtxßY HAS AN INNING. Mothers' Exposition Opens with Ail Nursery Equipment on View. Th» first annual mothers' exposition opened last right In Madison Square Garden with a bewilder ing array of all the latest and most hygienic para phernalia lor a modern nursery. incubators, pat ent nursing bottles »nd cribs, miniature merry fo r.i >nd=. caps to i-traighfen Infant •»'•* and dozens of oth*r infantile equipment* »re on exhibition. Dr. Kit Long delivered a lecture on "Milk and Its Relation to Public Health," and Dr. Henry Dwight Chapln will talk to-night on th« "Rela tion of Milk to Infant Mortality." To-day has bean rtraigmfrii as "Stork Day." and all who visit. the exhibition will receive miniature storks. To morrow will be "Children's Day," and to-morrow rr.el I has been set aside a» "Fathers' Night " Among the exhibitors are many of the local chil dren's aid societies. The Association of Day Nurseries shows nursery equipment and work, while »n<* Children's Aid Society exhibits speci mens of class work, including carpentry, rug weav ing, etc. The exposition will be open afternoon and evening until May 21, inclusive. WOMAN CONVICTED FOR SHOOTING. Jennie Blunt, the woman who ahot Charles M. Sanford, the Brooklyn lawyer. In his office on February 25 last, was convicted of assault in the second degree yesterday. The Jury made an ur gent recommendation for mercy. The young woman made charges of the grosser kind against Sanford. She said that shn carried th* revolver tO HSIlfOI<T"l office merely to frighten him and prevent him fiom deserting her. The de fendant said throughout her testimony and cross . x.imiiiati..n that the pistol which she carried went eff accidentally in a Struggle with Sanford. LEHIGH OFFICES CLOSED FOR FUNERAL. All the- offices Of the Lehlgh Valley Railroad were closed yesterday at 3 p. m. out of respect to Walter C. Berg, the chier engineer of the road, whose funeral took place at that hour at Si. Paul's Caap*L - . •jrEW-TORK DAILY TRIBUNE. FRIDAY, ME?- IS. 1903- THAW HEARING BEGINS MUCH PROGRESS MADE. Prisoner's Counsel Bests Cose With out Calling White's Slayer. ,< Pougl.keepsie. N. T.. May 14.-With the proceed ings accelerated by the derision of Justice Mors chaueer to hold court in practically continuous ses sion from i> o'clock in the morning to 10 at ntght considerable progresd was made in the Supreme Court liTe to-day with the ncaring which is ex pexteil to determine whether or not Harry K. Thaw shall be liberated from the. Asylum for Criminal Insane at Matteawan. where he was lodged follow ing his acquittal on the ground of Insanity of the charge of murder in the first dpgrre for the killing of Stanford Wfilte. * Following the settlenipnt of Hie preliminary legal points, which included a ruling by the court that the question of Thaws sanity and of the OOnatitU tionality of his commitment would be proceeded with simultaneously. James G. Graham, of Thaw's counsel. opened the presentation of his oa?e by calling several physicians, among them Dr. Frank H. MeGulre. superintendent of the Tombs prison, in New York City, and Dr. Charles K. Lane, a physician of Poughkeeppie, who testified as to Thaw's apparent rationality during his confine ment In prison and in the Mat tea wan asylum. Dr. MeGulre was the only one, of the relator's witnesses who qualified as an expert. All the medi cal witnesses were sharply cross-examined by Dis trict Attorney Jerome, of New York, appearing to oppose Thaw's release. During the afternoon session Thaw's counsel rested their case without having placed Thaw on the stand or having presented their expert testi mony. District Attorney Jerome, then proceeded with his rn.fo. on 'the understanding that the re latr>r"s counsel were holding thHr expert witnesses for rebuttal. Mr. Jerome's on* witness of the day. except for his questioning of Mr. Pea body on a minor point, was Dr. Austin Flint, of New York, an expert on mental diseases. Dr. Flint was on the stand almost continuously from the middle of the afternoon ses sion until court adjourned, at 10 o'clock to-night. He repeated his testimony at the second Thaw trial to a great extent, characterizing Thaw as a para noiac, the. victim of a disease, from which, he de clared, the patient never recovers. Thaw's general behavior, his letters, bis will, his alleged hallucina tions, were all described by the physician as em phatic symptoms of paranoia. Dr. Flint was-under croES-examlnation by Mr. Graham when court ad journed until 10 o'clock tp-morrow morning. Dr. Frank MoGuire. the Tombs physician, was the first witness called by Mr. Graham. He eaid that he was an examiner In lunacy. District Attorney Jerome. 'caused a laugh In the courtroom when he said, "If he Is being qualified as an' expert, we will admit that lip is an expert." The court has ordered that the number of experts on each side be limited to five and Mr. Jerome's cleverness in the move was immediately noted, but Mr. Graham said that the witness was not being qualified as an expert. Dr. McGuire said that he had visited Thaw in the Tombs almost every day during the litter's Im prisonment there, had found him rational and responsible, and that he was so when ho left the Tombs. On one occasion Thaw had complained to Dr. McGuire of a draft in his cell and had eaid that he feared pneumonia. The prisoner had told Dr. McGuire that it would not look well in a cer tain New York newspaper if it was said that he. had caught cold through neglect in the Tombs. Dr. McGuire said he saw that the man was irrltabla and left him. In cross-examination Mr. Jerome asked the wit ness if he had heard Thaw say that there was a plot to have him contract pneumonia and that he feared being shot in his cell. Witness said that he had not heard Thaw make the remarks in person, but had heard him quoted to that effect. In view of the form of questioning which Mr. Graham em ployed on the witness the court ruled that the former had qualified the latter as an expert. This and the court's ruling that the burden of the proof was on the relator, Thaw, who is not being tried on a criminal charge, caused much surprise among the Thaw attorneys. During th« noon recess there was a persistent rumor that if Thaw were released he would be ar rested at once- for having made threats against a certain woman and a New York public official. Mr. Jerome said that he could not discuss the matter. At the opening of the afternoon session Mr- Graham called Dr. Charles E. I,ane, of Poughkecp- Fie, a physician of twenty years' practice. The latter paid that he had seen Thaw four times since April 21, 1908, and had talked with him on various subjects. Witness said that Thaw had said the only difficult which he had experienced at Mattea wan was a misunderstanding over th« tuning of the piano. He had said that he wanted the piano tuned so that people would not, blame him for poor execution when he played on the Instrument. "He told me," said Dr. Dane, "that he had en mity toward no one. I told him that I had read in the papers that Mr. Jerome feared his getting out. and he said that he had no designs on the District Attorney and that he thought Mr. Jerome felt no fear of him. He said that the District Attorney was doing what he thought his duty, although he regarded Mr. Jerome as being sometimes erratic." The District Attorney Joined in the general laugh at his expense. "Mr. Thaw," witness continued, "said that he had no ill feeling toward any one connected with his prosecution. I found him In perfect physical con dition. He was not irritable, his memory was good, and his opinions and judgment on various sub jects seemed good. He discussed one of the Dis trict Attorney's speeches during his trial without excitement." \ Mr. Graham said that he did not call Dr. Lane an expert, and Mr. Jerome moved that all of the witness's testimony except that which recounted conversations and conduct be stricken from the records as incompetent. The court granted the motion. Dr. Lane admitted during cross-examination by the District Attorney that he bad been retained by Mr. Graham and expected to be compensated. He said that he did not think it strange that he should be. called on to judge of Thaw's sanity after many expert, alienists had examined him. He said he had lived fifty-two years in Dutches? County, and Mr. Jerome asked him if he had ever been in pol itics. Mr. Graham objected to the question, and th» District Attorney withdrew it. Dr. Lane admitted, in an«'»r to Mr. Jerome's questions, that Thaw had said lie feared detective? who were hir°d by Stanford White, to follow litiw. and that White had threatened to shoot him. He said that para notacs were usually canning and suffered from de lusions. Thaw, the witness said. ToM him that he. Vis-1 killed White through an irrational Impulse at the time. Pr Harry A Parr. » New York dentist, was railed, and said that he had attended the prisoner In the Tombs and at ICattes.wan, and had found him calm and rational. He said Thaw did not com plain of bad treatment by th» kippers or attend ants. Dr. John P. Wilson, of p«i,ghkp*p 51 <». was caned, but not o'i»lit>d as an expert. He Faid that Thaw was not Irritable, although be bsd tried to Irritate him. Mr. Graham announced at the clo«e of p r TVil son's testimony that the relator rested the case, only one. expert having testified and Thaw not having gone on the stand In his own behalf. After appealing for an adjournment Mr. Jerome called Dr. Austin Flint, of New York, who told of his observations of th« prisoner during eleven weeks. Dr. Carlos F. Mac Donald was then quali fled as an expert and Dr. Amos T. Baker, super' inte.ndent of the Matteawan Hospital, was also qualified. There was a wrangle of several minutes over the admission of the minutes of the second Thaw trial and certain letters, which were finally admitted. Dr. Flint resumed his testimony and said that Thaw was afflicted with paranoia and a dangerous person to be at large. He told of Thaw's conduct during both his trials and said that it was air normal. During the evening session Dr. Flint told of the letters, conversations and actions of the prisoner on which he based his opinion that Thaw Is Insane. 11. read passages from letters which showed "do' luxionui ideas" Various financial transactions and bequests, witness said. were Irrational in considera tion of other circumstances. in closing Dr. Flint said that he swore before the commission which examined Thaw for his first trial that the pris oner was a paranoiac and not lit to no on trial. RUSSIAN LEPER SAILS. Miss Bertha •)»«!?. the. Russian leptr, who was put aboard tlie Mslisg OIM on Wedo«daj. after being brought' here from the leper colony of Mas sachusetts on the schooner Ramon., was deported on the steamer yesterday. Many of the Helll* Olav's pawengers did not know that a leper was on board, and there «M little concern over her presence. She was put in a room by herself under the guard of Miss Olga Hennlg. a nurse. It w<w said that after the woman was put ashore at r'hrlstlanwind the bed she occu pied would be destroyed, and all dishes from which she ate on the. way to Norway would be thrown overboard after each meal. - ,:, TWO SLAIX OVER WOMAN. Double Tragedy at Coney Island- She Is Shot. Too. A doubl a killing occurred in Oceanic '- ax enu". Coney Island, and a woman was shot Just as the victims, who were in a party of four, were com ing out of a restaurant in that thoroughfare short ly after 8 o'clock last night. T,oui«= Tojrjsi. the al leged assailant who is known as "Lump" on the Bowery. In this city, and is Mid to live at No. 19 city Hall Place sscapal The dead m«»n were identified as Samuel Pietsh. thirty years old. a profepplonal wrestler, known «s VZack Lewis." and Max Zweibach. twenty-five, rears old. of No. 255 Packman Street. Brooklyn. Carroll Terry, who was known as the common law wife, of Toggi for several years., shot in the -houlder and Is now in the Con-y Island Hos pital. . . She has been singing in concert halls throughout the state for th« last four years. A week so she obtained an engagement in Connors'* Imperial Music Hall, in Coney Island, and when Toggi found out she was there he went to her and asked her to live with him again. She refused. After finishin* her work yesterday afternoon she and another woman, whose name was given a? Leon, went to the restaurant with the two men who were killed, whom they met in the music hall. Just as the party was coming out of the restau rant after the meal TogKl. it is said, sprang la front of them and after striking the Terry woman In the face., drew a revolver find »hot Pietsh and Zweiha.ch. Both men were «hot behind the ear. They ran across the walk to a hotel and fell dead. After shooting the men TogKl shot Carroll Terry He then escaped, an/! so did the l.«>on woman. The reserves from the Coney Island police station had to be called out to check the excitement that fol lowed the shooting. According to the. police of the Coney Island station, Max Zweibach was the notorious "Kid Swift." an East Side gang leader. Captain Thomas Kelly said that he thought the- killings were the result of a fight between gangs. The •wounded woman will recover. SAVINGS BANK MEX MEET. Clark Williams Addresses Conven tion of State Association. Thre« hundred officers of banks in all parts of New Tor* State attended the fifteenth annual con vention of thp. Savings Bank Association of the State of New Tork in the large hall of the Chamber of Commerce yesterday. Clark Williams, State Superintendent of Banking, occupied a chair on the platform with W. Bayard Van Rensselaer. of the association. •I would suggest." said Mr. W.lliams. "that you givp your attention to encroachment upon your le gitimate. field by other Institutions, some financial and some mercantile, some of this state and some of the nation. I have a great admiration for your legislative committee and the work it has done, and would suggest this new field of endeavor. It is the purpose of the Banking Department to become an efficient and responsible organization, and to that en-l we ask your co-operation. We also wish to as eure you of our desire to be patient and to furnish information whenever and as oft*n as it Is asked." Mr. Van Rensselaer in his opening Rddr-sa recom mended that, the Controller's office In N*w Tork City be entirply reorganized, and that the. associa tion urge such a plan. He BBM that the savings banks of the state had invested HMI In city bonds, and that th* records and ax-counts o? th- Finance Department were, kept in an antiquated and chaotic manner. The convention adopted reso lutions embodying Mr. Van Reneselaer's recom mendation. Upon the motion of J. T. Smith, chairman of the nominating committee, the following officers were elected to serve one year: President. Charles A. Miller, vice-president of the Savings Bank of Utica; first vice-president. Walter Trimble, president of the. Bank of Savings of New York; second vice president. Charles K. Hanaman, president of the Troy Savings Bank; third vice-president, Thomas N. Mulry. president of the. Emigrant Savings Bank of New York: secretary. William F. Patterson, treasurer of the Dry Dock Savings Bank of New York, and treasurer. Samuel D. Styles, president of the North River Savings Bank of New York. After hearing of the action of the Savings Bank Association in recommending the reorganization of the Controllers office, it waa eaid at the bureau of municipal research that Mr. Metz filed en applica tion for the reorganization of his department with the Board of Aldermen several weeks ago. SAYS COURTESY ON RAILROAD PAYS. Lackawanna Advises Employes to Treat Travellers Kindly. The Lackawanna Railroad has issued a circular on courtesy to all of its representatives, agents and conductors, and has incorporated it also into its timetables. The matter of courtesy, the com pany's officials think, is of vital Importance and of great value to the railroad. The circular says: In a highly complex and technical business like that of a railroad there are many things that you. With your training and dally experience, un derstand with perfect familiarity, but which the public do not understand, therefore, do not assume that th« public should comprehend them without asking questions, but when they make inquiry of you give, them the courtesy of a reply jue<t as full and dear as you can make it and without any suggestion of superiority. Courtesy pays in the friends it makes for the individual and for the. company. It pays in minimizing the friction between the company and Its patrons and in raising the standing of the employe with the company This company considers that Its agents and representatives pos sess Hip faculty of being more courteous than the average, and this faculty should be devel oped CHANGES AT HOTEL RICCADONNA. The Hotel Rirradonna, at Brighton Beach, will open its third season on May 30. Several new features ir» announced by the management for the comfort of the gufte at this seashore resort. There is p new palm room and a new automobile garage constructed to accommodate, one hundred and fifty automobile?, which will be free to the patron*. TRUST COMPANY SEES TO CREMATION. An officer of the Title Guarantee and front Com rany, as executor of the estate of Miss Frances P. Miller, a music teacher, who died on Sunday at No I™> West " "' street, supervised the cremation' of her body yesterday. Miss Millar left her es tate to friends and relatives, and stipulated in her will that her body was to he cremated and the ashes scattered under the supervision of the com pany Fhe had chosen as executor. FUTILE SINGER STRIKE DECLARED OFF. The strike on the Singer Pulldlng. which had thrown .six hundred and fifty men in sixt-"">n trades out of work for a week, was ended jnainnlaj. and the men went back to work. Th» strike was caused by a contractor using; non-union n <<n,\ trim In « store In the, basement. When th« work complained of was finished the strike was declared off. INOIANA COAL MiNERS STRIKE. Evansvllle, In.l . May 14. — Union coal miners in and around this city went on strike this afternoon nnd all coal mining in Indiana except In the block coal district ceased. The stoppage of work affect* sixteen thousand Indiana miners. The strike is in obedience to the action of the state convention of miners at Terre Haute. CANDY STORE IN TERMINAL BUILDING. a new branch of Ilujier's baa been opened down town for natrons In the district south of Chambers street and "west "of Broadway. It Is in th» new Hudson Terminal Building, at Cortlandt and Church sueeu. Books and Publication*. . MR. CHURCHILL'S NEW NOVEL JUST READY Mr. Crewe's Career BY 77//-' 'AUTHOR OP "CON IST ON" HAS HAD THE LARGEST SALE BEFORE AND ON THE DAY OF PUBLICATION OP ANY. NOVEL ISSUED BY ITS PUBLISHERS. THE LARGE FIRST EDI TION IS % BEING RAPIDLY EXHAUSTED AND A SECOND HAS 41 READY GONE TO PRESS. IT WILL BE REMEMBERED THAT. THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE SAYS OP IT: "MR. CHURCHILL RISES TO 'X LEVEL HE HAS NEVER KNOWN BEFORE, AND GIVES US ONjL Of THE BEST STORIES Or AMLPJC.W I.IFL EVER WRITTEN." ~ OTHER critics write OP ITS "simplic- ITY HUMANITY, dramatic imagination AND pine bal ance of matter and style;' and call the CHARACTER OF HII IRY VANE "equal to ANYTHING in american pic tion:: ITS interest IS national. Mr. Winston Churchill's Cloth, J2mo. Illustrated. $i.=o P.,**** THE maCMILLAN COMPANY "WlS^ LUNA PARK OPENING To Begin Coney Island Season To morrow Kith NOD Attractions. With nine scenic railway a score of big spec tacles and outdoor sideshows, Luna Park win open the Coney Island season tomorrow. Nothing has been left undone by Frederic Thompson to transform the resort into a new park, where four thousand minarets and a hundred t.iou«and or mor lights are set around the Court of Luna, whose gilded tower Is "The Heart of Coney Island." Everything will be in full swing at 4 o'clock to morrow afternoon, when a pageant of automobiles, representing every theatre, in New Yerk, will swing Into Luna Park from S.irf avenue. The entire park was ready for its opening a week ago. but Mr. Thompson decided to give the shows behind locked doors for a few days at least, rather than exhibit unfinished productions. Of th* ten big shows which replace attractions of last year the vote of the masses will alone decide which Is the most popular. Where >> H!nky Dink" sat on his throne in the "Trip to the Moon," a naval battle will be fought every half hour. From the, deck of a ship can be seen the sea fight at Hampton Roads as the Monitor and the Mliillwi met In Chesapeake Bay. The management se»ks to give every detail of the. battle and the exact portrayal of the capes and bays off Jamestown. Ships are burned and forts wrecked as hundreds of shells are hurled from every battery. An equally expensive production is the "Burning of the Prairie Belle," which includes the race be tween the Robert L. Lee and the Natchez down the Mississippi, past the cotton plantations, where life in ante-bellum days is portrayed. One of the feature? of the production is the "Jim" Bludso in cident of the historic race. The "Burning OS the Prairie Belle" is one of the attractions set around the "Court of Luna." On one side is the "Dragon' 3 Gorge," where a mile of track Is wound into thrill ing dips and slopes. "The Mountain Torrent" and twenty other shows take up every inch of space on one side of th«s promenade, while hanging -tea gardens and sideshows form the big street. - Here the "ballyhoo" parades are given at intervals by th« three hundred persons who take part is the "Man Hunt," which will be the attraction on the site of "The Train Robbery." Plunging horses and a cha«e across the plains are two of the incidents in "The Man Hunt." Its chief feature will be the burning at the stake of a Mexican who is the victim of the mob. To give this production Mr. Thompson has engaged one hundred horses, and every person who takes part in the performance Is said to have taken parl m similar hunts in the Southwest. Boats, tub?, automobiles and vehicles of many descriptions are mixed in "The Witching Waves." the production next to "The Man Hunt." A con tinuous laugh is looked for from the "Witci.ing Wave Habit." which. t it is thought, will germinate more quickly than any other amusement pa-si^n. Across from theso shows is the latest whirl, which Mr. Thompson has named "The Virginia Reel." The slides will entertain those who have not for gotten their childhood days too long to lay aside decorum and allow themselves to be carried down them in vats. Mr. Thompson faas not forgotten the demand for a theatre, and adjoining the ballroom he has given space to the I>una Park Theatre, where mannlkin* will enact "The Yankee Prince." "The Sou! Kiss" and "The Merry Widow.' Mulberry Bond, with its long drawn out marionette* tragedies, has been improved upon, and e% - ery actor in the Luna Park Theatre will appear in expensive i ostunes. "The Camera OUatiiia" holds a place with the larger shows, while "Night and Morning. rhe Tickler" and "The Old Mill" have been trans formed into other features of anlai talnmant 'The lx>st Girl." "The Scalator" and moving picture •hows are also on the list of Mr. Thompson's new Coney Island attractions. While these productions are the largest of trfe L'ir.a Park shows, the chutes, th- outdoes circus and many different noveltisa scattered about the resort are said to represent alone an expenditure of 1240,000. After the official opening ceremonies tomorrow Mis* Mabel Taliaferro will pull the switch to light the thousands of Incandescent lamps in the resort She will also receive the fltfsgalMMM from every theatre, which will f» headed by A. L. Er:anger. MTNTYHE TO BE IN COITRT TO-DAY. Receivers Have Sanatorium Employes En joined from Hindering Process Server. The hearing <=rhed'ile<l for jrerterday before Com missioner Gtlc.hrist in the examination of T. A. Mclntyra *■• Co.'s affairs was adjourned until tht<» afternoon aseattM of the non-appearance of Thorn** A. Mclntyre. the senior member of the firm. Re peated effort* to ssrra a. annaaHM on Mi MrlMj i s **. Mr* Alston's sanatorium. In Wast Sist atrasl wher- h* hi a patient, had been ananevaaafal until yesterday. H«» win appear ttns afternoon before Commisfioner Qllehrlal diaries C. Burltogham and Arthur R ■•*•• re ceivers for the Mtlntyre concern. »>>» determined to have Mr Mclntyre aaptr <t< »r T«-dav fcr e\amln"» tton. and on th» petition of th»tr attorney* J'ide* Hough, tn the United Plates District Oral Mjaaad an ord«r yesterday restraining th- attendant* and employe,, of Miss Alston's aaaatortoai and all other person* from In ii n v manner lnterf»rinz with the receivers*, representative hi the service ■■' ;l *übp<ena upon Mr. Mclntyre. »nd directing all persons to afford said proce** server all fictitMe* and means of effecting such service. Me further ordered that after the service «4 such snaaasnn, If Mr. Mclntyre claimed Plea! Inability to appear for examination. Dr. Charles I, f>»n* should make a physical examination Of th» pa»l»nt «nd report to the court whether b» was physically able Ie ap pear befor* Commissioner CMchrtat, or if not whether h» -was physically aWe tr» be examined by counsel for -the receiver* nt the sanatorium. The receivers are trying to have th»? CM) rix chanr» net aside the transfer.* of seals on th;«t fx chaiiße by Thomas A. Mctatyrs »ml Thomas A. Meintyr*, jr.. to a Syracuse creditor two months before the (attar*. The «rats are valued at 18 0>« each. . EDWARD G. LEWIS ACQUITTED. si Louis, May 14.— Under peremptory instructions from Judge Hiner. of Wyoming, the jury in th«» United States District Court here to-day acquitted Edward G. Lewis of the charge el using the mall* t.i defraud in connection with the organization of the People's United States Bank. The bank was dosed by a postal fraud order nearly tart« >»xr« Books and Publications. BT(r MIXIXG MEBG Seven Properties in the Cobalt Dh trict To Be Consolidated. I By T»l»«rraph to TTi- Trtbun*. 1 Toronto, Ont.. .Vf»y 14.— Arrangements ?:av* jMI been competed for the biggest ■ evfjaj that has jet been made in the Cobalt district. The corporation, which is t<* he known as La Rose Mining Company, will have a capital of sk.«mmi»h>. It will embrace under th« 'im» management *ev«»n properties, -which have a combined area of about thre» hundred acre*. » follows: La "Rose, and La Rose extension. So acres: University. 4": Princes* 2" Fl!v<»r Hill. 80; Flsher-Eplett. 4<"». and «- fourth interest in the Lawson, with Its 40 acres. The locations of La Rose. Lawson and University mines are too ••■ known to re quire specification. The Sllvf»r Hill and Flsher- Eplett claims are close to the Temishamin?. while the Princess adjoins the McKinl*»y-Dar ragh and the Silver Queen. "Nick" Flinn. the mormer manager of La Rose, has left Cobalt, and Mi place under the new management is to be taken by an expert who is now on his way from England, and whs ha? had an extensive experience in the Rariri. W. IX Thompson, of Boston, and E. P. Earl*. of New York, are at the head of the new com bination, which is expected to supersede th* Ni pissing as a market leader. As the impression prevails that Toronto has already been milked as?, •■ far ■■ Cobalt prop ositions are concerned, attention in making Ota contemplated flotation will be. devoted cliieflr to the Montreal. Boston and Slaw- York mar kets. It Is also expected that London will take a large block of stock. STJIT AGAINST THOMAS SETTLED. He Agrees to Judgment in Favor of Bark of North America. The suit by th« National Bank of North America against E. R. Thomas for $SO.00"> and interest on a promissory note was settled yesterday without trial, when Mr. Thomas agreed to an Inquest tn the plaintiff's favor and judgment for the plain tiff, with the provision that judgment should not be entered before July 8. Mr. Thomas also agreed that he would not d» lay the trial of the action begun in the Superior Court of Rhode Island, in which an attachment had been got against his property in Newport, and 'that in case the court determined the attachment valid he would allow Judgment to be entered against him. Mr. Thomas applied to Justice Greenbatim yes terday for an order directing the District Attorney to furnish him with a transcript of that portion of the January grand Jury minute* wbiob result* in his indictment. TWO BANKS IN CLEVELAND CLOSE. Cleveland, May 14.— Th« Reserve Trust Company assigned to-day«ro th" Superior Savings and Trust Company. Th» liabilities of the concern are abo-: $2.T'V>.'"»». Inability to realise on outstanding loans is said to have caused the failure. Officers of tta bank say depositors will be paid in full. The cap ital and surplus of th» ban* are $3>.oP<>. Adam Graham is president and V.'illiam N. Perrin secre tary and treasurer. The latter was formerly a di rector In the Ohio Trust Company, of Norwalk. Ohio, which closed its doors in January last. The American Savings Bark closed its door* tW» afternoon, following a run of withdrawals. Tfc* capital of the bank is $50,000. It has deposit* amounting to about £00.0001 its preside! is T. Epstein. The refusal of Its Clearing House repre sentative to clear for the concern to-day is said t» have led to the closing of Its doors. BUSINESS TROUBLES. The petitions in bankruptcy filed In the Trrit** States District Court yesterday ■•■« as folloi": Involuntary, against David Wald::i*n. dealer irt drygooda and men's fnmishtngs. N> ~'>^ T»nfi » venue, by .1 N. Seinel * Co. nil others: claims of th« petitioning creditors. |»»3 5?; I '' l " 1 "' 1 '" xn th» amount of $:.00'> alleged. Waldmar "• stock and fixture* estimated to h» worth $>™ Walter Cook, Jr.. appointed receiver, wttn b-tn-J i>f 91.M« inTolnntary. agilnst Mark* * Levin, dealer* "• ladles' «nd»rwear. at v-> M East Broadw»v, by Orinnell. Willis A- <>. of N<r 44 Leonard «'—• Trjth claim f«r g;'"" fiirntuhed M amT.t «*? («aa. Wilson L Cannon appointed receiver, witn bond of it.AAo Petition Mate* that bankrupts Bt« days as» abandoned thetT pl*ce of business. Bam B. Plzal*. man'ifa^t'ir'r •< ptetßM fr*m»* »r»d tnj"r«lt*Wi ** til's R. * rv Trmmm >•» fwinilai Company, at N<>. lOT ■*•••• *' '** - ■ » voluntary petition £••••« hi, ,>-.■,..*, •.. **■" sas ««. »nd «sy<» Ms assets. inrt'idlric * ftr*» tssur iiaefli policy for |S.Aon > amount to $*.*?? "5- Frtthjot A. Hoist^n, d-rk. of 3Ta '"♦* Fr~*<S trav. in • .-,.,..-,,■. p»t»tion. |H«I his UaWtttlaa as 11.10*43, wttl m aaaaai H Oftwrman was ajpal Ml —--•-«' ef "* bnstness of Anm Bants<hv, at V«? Ml •'«•*'■«** 9 fr»-t. with 4 bond of fzs". Charl»» Chadwick ■was aaaotetaa vaaaJMi ■** th» Empir<» >'*•• Engin»ertnc Compacy. et S9. 143 Broadway. Tribune Readers Leaving Town For the Summer May have The Tribune sent by mail to any address by leaving an order with their local newsdealer or advis ing the Circulation Depart ment of The Tribune, Addresses changed by sub scriber as often as desire4t ""4