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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-19
Great Brltain's New AutOmO bile
Law,

During the past year or two legislative
measures for the regulation Of motor
vehicles have aroused keen discussion
on both sides of the Atlantic, but the
one passed by the British Parliament
last week has called forth, alternately,
more praise and condemnation than any
other.
Lord BALFoUR, in defending the in
terests of the Government, maintained
substantially that it was serious mis-
take to suppose that fixed speed limit
gave any real assurance of the safe opera
ton of these modern vehicles. He de-
clared that experience had shown, par
tcularly in England that laws prescrib-
ing a given rate of speed were thor
oughly inadequate for the protection Of
highway traffic, and he advanced the
theory that chauffeurs should be made
to feel greater sense Of responsibility
for their actions than that existing here
tofore. He argued that if, for example,
the law restricts the automobiles speed
to ten miles per hour its operator, so
long as he keeps within that limit, is apt
to ignore all other rules of safety. More
over, it has been found practically i'm
possible in many instances TO convict
these drivers OF unlawful speed, owing
to the contradictory testimony of wit
nesses and the absence at such times of
expert evidence.
The new law provides that AUTOMOBILE
lists on public roads shall drive their cars
with due regard for the mature, condi-
ton and Use of the highway, and to the
amount of traffic which actually is at the
time, or which might be expected to be,
on the highway A driver who proceeds
"recklessly, or at a speed which is dam
gerous to the public, having regard to all
the circumstances of the case, shall be
deemed guilty of an offence under the
act, and he may be arrested without
warrant, by any police constable. Auto
mobiles must be registered with the
Council Of a county or county borough
and must carry the numbers assigned to
them. An unlicensed operator, upon
conviction for violating the law, may be
disqualified from obtaining a license
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-19
The weather Bureau and the Hurricane.

To THk EDITOR OF THE sun -,Slr' You state III
an editorial IN To day 5 issue OF Tux SYN regaraM'
the recent hurricane, that the Weather bStf''
failed u notify shipping last Friday that there M
no further danger 10 the Atlantic coast, VIVA"
part OF tho Atlantic COAST As shipping Interest
were not advised of any danger To the Middle AVA"
Ito and Now England coasts. lot us speak OF SOU"
ern coaSss.
The local Weather Bureau once received !"
struouons Friday morning from the central '..'
to notify shipping Interests having vessels SAL" =
south that II was not considered dangerous ''t
vessels bound for South Atlantic, East Florida y" i
Cuban coasts, This Information was lmmediWh
telcphoned 10 such interests, posted on the Zoo ID"
the New York Maritime Association and given 10.
the press. The evening papers OF Friday containe"
this advice. Us did some of the morning papsfS %
Saturday. z. II, EMERI.
AUGUST IA DntfiosAR ssssassss
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-19
Important, III True.

We have received copy Of broad
side, dated Aug 10 and giving this
highly important piece of news
Ezekiel xvi 10 and xii "a, as well as Amos H.,
g. toretod the submcrgencc OF b c. zoo and Isaiah.
Daniel. Matthew the rock formations, the planets
and comets, well as past and passing events, pro
claim $50 o clock a, NJ Greenwich time. Oct. uD
the clevcnthA. D. 1903, to be the time appointed
for Its recurrence. A submergence on that date
may be expected therefore. OF the parts OF the
~arth'S surface bounded on one Side by a line from
the southern border OF the continent OF Scand e.
navia to Massac husctts L. S. A., and passing over
that State. Rhode Island Connecticut and Others
10 FL Paso Tex; and bounded on the other side by
the Gulf of Mexico the Mediterranean Sea and
continuation OF It's southern line TO central Asia.
Districts nj a distance from the ocean and situated
10 the southwark Of large bodies Of water will like
wise suffer from movement In sponsc 10 a re
adjustment OF the earth centre OF gray tatlon
1t is unfortunate that the prophet
does not say if this tight little island Of
Manhattan and its Circumjacent bor-
oughs are to be a part Of the submerged
district. 1t is also unfortunate that the
author of this prediction of one Of the
greatest falls of real estate that ever fell
conceals himself from popular wonder
and admiration. Probably he has gone
to the North Cape to be out Of harms
way.
His Interpretation Of prophecy must
be set down as the most important news
of the day, IL true.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-19
yEyEzUELA WANTS MORE TIME
To Prepare Its Defence Against Claims Of
the Unit ed states.

WASHINGTON, Aug. Is.The State De-
par,ment was advised to-day that the
Government of Venezuela has asked for
all extension of time in which to prepare
its defence against certain claims Of the
United States now being prepared to be
submitted to arbitration.
A report received from Caracas says
so far only two of the American claims
have been submitted to the umpire and
that Venezuela has not completed its an
swer to several of the other claims. The
testimony, it is explained, has all been
taken by the representatives of both Gov
ernments and there is no objection on the
part OF the court of arbitration to the
granting of an extension
A cablegram received at the State De-
partment this morning from United States
Charge d'Affaires Riddle at st. Petersburg
says Mouravieff, Russian Minister Of JUS
tice; Lardy, Swiss Minister at Paris, and
Prof. Matzen of Copenhagen University
have been appointed arbitrators in Vene-
Zuelan matters.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-19

When GEORGE W. WILEY was being ex-
amined as to his qualifications to act as
juror in the trial of SAM PARKS for extor-
ton, he swore that he was journeyman
carpenter, a union member in good stand
ing; had been an employer of carpenters,
butt had returned to the ranks Of labor and
to full and active union membership The
lawyers for PARKS exhausted the last Of
their precious peremptory challenges to
keep WILEY out OF the Jury box, The in
cident is in itself about ~ significant az
anything in the whole trial can well be-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-19
A Paternal Law wanted in Louisiana.

From ne New Orleans ptrss-)dmocras.
curious law Is wanted by she ourfew peopls
1T Is the aim OF the curfsw law. says correspon-
dent, 10 enforce itself in benign q manner 40
attainable-almost entirely through tho parnnas--
80 that the youths Affected will tecl tho legal and
police part az little as possible. but shall bo con-
troled by moral or such other suasion a. tho pa =
rcnt-not the law-may desire; the idea being 70
have the civil law cause not all, but only careless
parents 10 do what they now arc already bound by
moral law to do-exercise watchful caro- over their
children and their associates. In the vary, ACT of
obeying their parents and tho proposed law SELF
restraint would be invoked"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-19
The Present Phase of the Balkan
Question.

In the absence of Prince FERDINAND
from Bulgaria, NJ PETKoFF has issued
circular to the European Powers excul-
pating Bulgaria from the charge OF en-
couraging and aiding the Macedonian
| instruction. The circular does not ap-
pear to have been well received by the
Austrian representative, who naturally
sees in it an incitation to the Macedon-
ians to continue the revolution and to
the Bulgarian population to clamor for
Intervention in their behalf
Only this is needed to force on the
joint action of Russia and Austria, which
is said to have been already arranged, to
bring the whole question of Turkish rule
in the western Balkans to an immediate
issue The report that Italian bands are
being formed to cross the Adriatic into
Albania, if accurate will furnish another
reason for interference by the manda-
tory Powers
Such interference, however, does not
necessarily signify war between them
and Turkey Leading Turks, among
them MoUKHTAR Pasha, the distin-
gllished commander of the Turkish
army in Asia during the war of 1877 have
long been of the opinion that the best
thing for Turkey would be to abandon
the western provinces in Europe and con-
centrate their Mussulman population in
Asia Minor 1t was suggestion to the
c. 80 hot .f
MoUKHTAR Punishment to the honorable
position of Ottoman High Commissioner
IN Egypt.
1t may be that ABDUL HAND III. is now
a convert to the idea, and that the policy
now sought to be applied to Macedonia
by Europe through Austria and Russia
is in that direction. Of course, the Sui
tan cannot openly act in the matter, for
he is forbidden by his oath Of Office and
by the law TO cede or renounce Mussul-
man territory except to force. The task
OF diplomacy is, therefore. to find way
to bring about the desired result without
actually using force, and in 80 doing to
protect the Sultan against the possibility
of trouble with the more fanatical of his
own people when he believes the time
has come to yield to the pressure.
As our London correspondent has
pointed out, if trouble should come out
of the Macedonian imbroglio it will not
be of Russia S seeking. More than any
other Power, Russia is Interested in
maintaining the Sultan at CONSTANT
nople as the Janitor of the Dardanelles,
and in no way could his power be better
reinforced than by looping off the far
western European provinces, which are
a permanent expense and source Of
weakness. All that Russia requires is
that the operation shall be painless and
without disturbance.
As TO the other European Powers, it
is not conceivable that they should desire
war. Their economic and political con-
ditions are such that anything like a
general war would be the opportunity Of
the revolution; and 1t ia not the countries
whose social and industrial conditions
are the most complex and their foreign
trade the most extended that would
come out of great conflict with the
least radical changes in their social sys-
tens. II is for these reasons that war
over the Balkan question is altogether
improbable.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-19
WOULD BE A THIRD CLASS CITY
Rather Than First Class Borough, IL IL
Said az North Plalnfield.

PLAINFIELD, ". j., Aug. 1s.-With view
to changing North Plainteld from first
class borough to third class city. Mayor
Smaller and the Council last evening di-
rected Corporation Counsel Charles A.
Reed to ascertain what measures would
be necessary to effect the change.
During the past two years certain people
In the borough have been trying to effect
consolidation of the borough with Plain.
field and to wipe out the Somerset and
Union county line at that point. Failing
in this, the next move planned is to trans
form the borough into city, and thus
get control Of the licenses. which are now
in the hands Of the Somerset county courts
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-19
The BIueAsh and Black BASS Debate.

To THE EDITOR OF THE Sun Sir: Both hlneflsh
and black bass are dead game and delight to
an anglers soul Each in his own field is OF equal
weight--a wonder. We don take the bluelsh on al
s.ounce or 10 ounce rod ! would love to try one
Never have seen IL done on bluehsh, On weakiish
have had hours OF delight with n 10 ounce split
bamboo.
This | experienced when on Greenwood Lake
landed a small mouth black bass of about three
pounds. put him IN the well under the seat loft half
lid OIL the bass leaped out and went overheard
How Is that for solid gamcncss' Jim RyerSon was
the guide. i, W, Sonneborn, old New York
printer was In the boat NJ the time. We had a
bottle TO the health OF that bass.
NEW YORK, Aug, II. JOHN 7. LYNCH.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-19

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN--.Str: The I'm
usually cold weather Of this spring and of June
destroyed all the young robins, sparrows and bobo-
links our sweet singing native songsterS The
groves are now AZ silent as the desert OF Sahara
Are the birds to become cxtermnatcd" Nota bushel
OF our yellow Indian corn Will be raised along the
northern Atlantic slope; even the sweet corn IL not
nj to he marketed. except from certain localities
What will the future be for our Eastern farmers
There Is no effect without a cause, j. y. DAuGErr.
DOHToN Aug, 10.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-19
Secretary Moody Visits Newport On,cially.

NEWPORT, r. l.. Aug is.-Early this
morning the despat oh boat Dolphin arrived
at Newport from Oyster Bay, having on
board Secretary Of the Navy Moody, who
came to Newport to make an inspection OF
the naval stations in this district. Mr..
Moody was accompanied by Rear Admiral
Taylor, Chief Of the Bureau OF Navigation;
They made their round of inspection and
later in the day received official calls from
the commanders of the stations here.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-19
A Clerical Dun.
From thr London Truth.

Whatever one may think of the clergy as body
there can be no two opinions about the ability and
originality which they display In doylsing new
schemes for raising cash and new methods OF franz
Ing appeals
Here II tasty example OF the thing. II Is taken
from the HdRaJsy Parish Church Magazine |
wonder what the rector of Walascy would have
thought about II II any secular newspaper had
printed such u remlndcrt0 defaulting subscribers
ST. Prtcr-W Who are YOU
Applicant \ resident Of Wallasey.
81 Peter Did you subscribe TO the Parish Ma0d-
yinr'
Applcant-Nes.
81 Peter Did YOU pay your subsc rption,
Applicant forgot
ST. PCteT-E
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-19
Tho Police Commissioner Not Great-Grand-
son Of Nathaniel Greene

To THE EpIron OF THE SUN-Sir In an editorial
OF the .StaGtS Zetuno. reprinte by you. II Is as
serted that Gen. Francis v. Greene Is a great
grandson Of Gen. Nathaniel Greene"
Permit me- to say that there is no living great
grandson of Gen. Nathaniel Greene; and that,
for this excellent reason, Gen. Francis V. Greene
Is not such a great q randSon.
Possibly some of the other charges and Insinua-
lions In the political crusade against Gen. Greene
are as devoid OF truth as she statement herein re-
tcrred to. ID. NJ. GREENE
adams N. Y, Aug. L.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-19
o 500. 600 ror Months subway Building

At a special meeting of the Board Of Es-
innate yesterday 81 100000 was appropri-
ated to meet the cost of the rapid transit
const r,lction work last month. The board
also appropriated S244,OOO for regulating
and grading part Of Westminster avenue, In
The Bronx; s1,162 900 for new sewers in
Brooklyn, and also approved plans for
new station house in the Bay Ridge section
of BROOKLYN,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-19
Tomorrow.
There's many q slip
'TwlXt the Cup aud Sir Lip.

'Twlxt the Cup aud Sir Lip.
Sir Thomas Llptou, tho boat you shipped on
Some years ago to lift tho Cup,
Was not successfully was distreSsful
To mark how cheerfully We did you up"
Then not desparing. the bad luck bearing,
With pluck and patience you tried again,
But though you reckOncd on Shamrock Second
No Cup was waited across the Main.
Now once more trying the fates deiying.
The third fair Shamrock the ocean bore
with each appliance 10 beat Reliance
VIII you If the Cup as sou did beiorsf
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-19

The letter of FRED +. FoLGER of Newark,
N. j., published in The SUN the other day.
should wake up all the owners of the power
boats and sailboats hereabouts. They
have a right To travel close to shore; but the
pound nets on the Jersey coast interfere
outrageously with their legitimate move
ments. "The owner Of sailboat or power
boat" says Mr.. FoLGER, has the right to
go wherever there il depth enough for him
to sail. and the pound nets, SO numerous on
the Jersey coast, are there as squatters"
THE Sun during many years called at
tention to the obstruction which the i'm
mense stationary nets constitute, and
warned the yachtsmen Of their danger The
fish dealers and fertilizing gentlemen last
winter put up strong lobby in the New
Jersey Legislature to squeloh bill restrict
ing pound-netting. They succeeded. Now
the matter seems likely before long TO be
dealt with under existing Federal laws, or
under new Federal law, II that should
be necessary, Evidently the fish dealers
have no more right to stake nets extending
mile off shore along the Jersey coast than
the Staten Island trolley companies have to
run their cars on the sidewalks
But it if done all the same, and If the
people put up with 1t they are servrd right.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-19
Australia and Japan.

Mr.. I. A. CoGHLAN, the eminent Aus
tralian statistician, has compiled an
essay Of the highest interest on the de-
cline of the birthrate on that continent.
In a concluding paragraph Of the work
he says:
Large as is the area OF the Australian continent,
It Is impossible that Its people will ever become
truly great under the conditions affecting the In :
crease Of the population which now obtain. lmmi-
grafton has practically ceased TO be an important
factor the maintenance and increase OF pOpula-
ton depending upon the brthrate alone, a rate
seriously diminished and still diminishing. No
people has ever become great under such condi.
great for any heightened period. The problem
OF the fall In the blrthrste U.s. therefore national
one OF overwhelming importance to the Australian
people. perhaps more than to any other people:
and on It's satisfactory solution will depend whether
this country is to take place among the great
nations OF tho world"
In connection with this subject it is
interesting to know that the Japanese
Government has for some time back
turned its attention to Australia as a
field for Japanese emigration. The
labor laws of Australia are, however,
a great obstacle to the immigration of
Japanese at present, but it is clear that
unless the white man can hold his own
in Australia he will be displaced sooner
or later by the brown and the yellow
man.
The question becomes an important
one in view of the political complications
that would necessarily arise out Of the
establishment of large Asiatc colonies
on the Australian continent, and their
demands, in time, for the right to par
ticipate in the politics of the country.
Coming at a time when drain is being
made on the population of Great Britain
to reinforce the British population of
Canada and to people devastated South
Africa, this diminution Of the white in
habitants Of Australia is sngularly in
opportuue. 1t is all the more so when
looked at in the light of the recent devel-
opment of solidarity revealed among
the peoples of Japan, China and India.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-19

We have received copy Of broad
side, dated Aug. 10 and giving this
highly important piece of news:
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1903-06-20
'rOnOpah Press Club.

The representative Of various
newspapers, magazines and local
press that are located in Tonopah at
the present time, met last Wednese
day to organize a Press Club. The
objects of the Club are the DECENT
mating Of legitimate news items con
corning Tonopah and the adjacent
districts; to promote the interests
of the camp in every way possible
by joining with other press clubs
throughout the country, in keeping
the world at large informed with the
proper data; to welcome visiting
representatives of the press and
supply them with reliable informa-
ton; and to engender spirit of
friendliness and sociability amongst
its members. There is no doubt but
what the Press Club will be an eff
Gent means of helping Tonopah, and
in return the project should meet
with hearty support. Meetings are
held weekly in Shelton & Fulton 5
Office. The officers elected for the
first term are as follows: W. w.
Booth president; Sam c. Durham,
vice president; Frank w. Winch,
secretary: w. A. Mundell, treasurer;
directors, Jas. f. O'Brien, E. S.
Kelly, W. j. Stonehan. The charter
members w. w. Booth, Sam. G.
Durham, E. S. Kelly, Jas. +. O'Brien,
c. D. Van Duzer, Frank W. Winch,
]. E. Parker, W. A. Mundell, w. j.
Stonehan, Jas. Morris, 7. D. Van
dervoort.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1903-06-20

On the LIST instant Mr. J. f. Reilly
who until recently was the manager
of the popular Golconda Hot Springs
hotel in Humboldt county purchased
half interest from Ieb kendell in
the Palace Hotel and will assume
charge ON July / The editor of the
BONANZA has known Mr.. Reilly for
several years and assures the people
of Tonopah that this community is
to be congratulated upon adding Mr..
Reilly name to the business rostrum.
He is thorough business man and
all who know him are proud of his
friendship Mr.. James Breen who
has been connected with the hotel
for the past year retires on the LIST
OF July with the good wishes of all
in Tonopah. The BONANZA wishes
the new firm of Reilly Il Kendell a
profitable business success. The
Palace Cafe will open its doors to-
morrow morning and tomorrow
afternoon will serve special dinner.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1903-06-20

The Tonopah base ball club has
been organized with the following
officers: Manager, Dick Davis;
treasurer, T. Kendall; captain, Tom
Robinson. A complete outfit Of base
ball material. has been ordered, includ-
ing suits, which will arrive in time
for the game on the Fourth with the
Sodaville Hawthorne club. The boys
are practising and will put up fast
article of ball when the game is
called. 1t is reported that the visi-
tors have secured the services of a
crack battery and will give the home
club a hard battle for the purse.
The boys have been under heavy ex-
pense and in order to meet the costs
for outfit and work on the grounds,
general admission of % cents will
be charged hereafter, An exhibit
ton game will be played tomorrow
between the Orange Blossoms and
Bonanzas. An effort will be made to
bring III number of outside clubs 10
the future, and If satisfactory ar
engagements can be made the Tono
pah base ball team will be ready to
meet any club in the state. Carson,
Virginia or Reno preferred.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1903-06-20
Opera House.

Large crowds still flock to the
opera house to witness the meritori-
Gus shows given by the company
located there. All the members are
prime favorites and tomorrow some
of these close their engagement.
The three vocalists, Peletier, Hath
away and Bernard, make hit nightly
with their well chosen songs well rem
dered. The Magees are still in line
with new comedy acts and always
have something out of the ordinary
to offer. Billy Evans, of Linsley and
Evans did a single turn Wednesday
night as his partner met with an ac-
cident the night previous and none
than made good" New moving
pictures were introduced which were
very laughable. The great Treville
made his first appearance Friday
night and he is certainly wonder as
an entertainer. His success was in
Simultaneous and he will surely be-
come a big favorite in Tonopah.
Miss Pearl Landers also made her
Tonopah debut and scored a hit.
The dance was largely attended
Friday night and everyone had a
rood time.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1903-06-20
To BE Married i'm Salt Lake.

This evening in Salt Lake City, at
the residence of the brides father,
Mr. Floyd b. Knickerbocker and
Miss Anna Lodo will be united in
marriage. The groom is a popular
citizen of Tonopah, being superin-
tendent of the Milbrae Mining Co.
and Alabama Mining Co., of Gold
Mountain, and the Indiana Tonopah
Mining Co. of Tonopah. The bride
is an accomplished lady and promi-
nent in society circles in Salt Lake.
The happy twain will arrive in Tono-
pah in about ten days and will be at
home to their friends.