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New-York tribune., 1906-04-30

William Anderson and Percy Allison arrested on
Saturday night the complaint of Benjamin
Curtis Tower and his son, who charged that the
latter was swindled out OF $1,000 by playing horses
that did not win, yesterday discharged i'm the
Tombs police court the ground that young
Tower was equally cupable with the men he ac9
cused
New-York tribune., 1906-04-30

Mrs Anna Ortowitz, of No. 34s East Houston
street attempted suicide yesterday by throwing
herself in front of Second avenue Il" train She
was locked up in the East 35th street station She
would give no reason for her act.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-30
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

Because Of the death of Mrs Ellen Hantler, who
threw herself before an elevated train Saturday
her husband, George Hantler. of No 1856 Lexing-
ton avenue, who with her at the time was
yesterday held in $4,000 bail. pending inquest
New-York tribune., 1906-04-30
RECITAL.

a need Of clothing. which she hopes some North
ern mother viii have TO spare for this child
New-York tribune., 1906-04-30
THREE ALLEGED HlaHwAYMeN HELD.

Theodore Vice Frank j. Smith and Thomas
oRourke were held for trial yesterday by Masts-
New-York tribune., 1906-04-30
Radical Price-ReductiOns
On Utility Boxes and Screens

This another of the offerings made Upholstery
These Utility Boxes needed because of their
the effect they add and the additional they the
handsome and
The wood them
filled with and other Summer materials.
Descin sand nricpSO O1OV
New-York tribune., 1906-04-30

These rugs are woven very close. which
makes the surface smooth and hard ana
easy to Keep clean. Many of them are IN
Oriental patterns. though there are plenty
In light, delicate shades eminently suitable
for Summer cottages. They are also re-
versble and will wash we'll. Prices run:
So SO in, s1.75 sx1O15 IT,, s1O.5o
New-York tribune., 1906-04-30

Folding Screens
feet high. three-fold. all wood panels.
pyrO- decorated tinted. with notices. Al
S6.75 each, regularly $12.
3 feet inches high, atwood. pyro-
decorated and tinted. At $3.50 each, regu-
larly SIS.
feet . inches high, three-fOld. small nan
panel with shirred curtains on rods top and
bottom: decorative wood panel base. At ~
each, regularly S12-
feet inches high, four-fold. coored
burlap panels. small top wood panel pyro-
decorated At s5.65 each, regularly $3.50.
feet high. three-fold. imitation mah9g-
any. heavy frame. burlap panels. At So.zo
each, regularly IS.
Same style in four-foid. at 81 each, regu-
larly $40.
feet 4 inches high three-fold heavy
solid golden oak frame. scroll piece at top
burlap- filed panels. At St0.5O each, regu-
larly SIS.
Same style in four-fold. at s12 each, regu-
larly $50.
Fourth floor, Wanamaker Building
Broadway, Fourth Avenue
Tnrrfh AfYopf.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-30
Prairie Grass Rugs

Clean. sweet-smelling rugs. made Of sun
dried prairie grass, woven into attractive
patterns by means of different cOlOred
warps Every year the demand for them
grows greater. Prices run:
New-York tribune., 1906-04-30

Prairie Grass Carpet in green, blue. red
and brown patterns. % and SO in wide. at
40c a yard. Can be made up TO INT any
porch or room.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-30
Kashnlir Cotton Rugs

Some suggestions follow:
New-York tribune., 1906-04-30
MOurzOuk Rugs

Ideal for pOrches Strong and brilliant in
color; bold in design. Made Of the fibre of
rice root and seizel. Impervious alike to
rain and sun.
SKIS it, $3.50 ~ 101h it., $15.25
4x7 #, S6 9x12 IT., $21
6x9 #, S10.50
New-York tribune., 1906-04-30
PrtsciNa Hof or Msndo,n
Pilgrim Rugs

Fibre Carpet, 36 inches wide, at SOC ;
yard u fl wide 81 a r1lnning vard
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-18

The helicoptare is formed of a rectangular
frame Of bamboo says the Scier tiic AnteTi-
can, which carries at it's enos the vertical
shafts Of the upper or lifting propellers.
In the midcle frame is a third vertical axis
support for the motor platform. A driving
propeller is attached to the bow OF the
skeleton craft and q rudder to the stern.
The total length OF the apparatus lie Il feet
and the total height 1898 feet. Tn motor
ing at its upper end two small pulleye which
transmit The motion, by belts to two bicycle
wheels 3.93 feet in diameter, mounted hori-
zontally on the shafts Of the lifting pro-
pellers. One OF the belts Is straight. and
the other is crossed, so that the Two pro-
bevel pinion which can be thrown In and
out Of gear permits the horizontal shaft to
be started and stopped at viii. Finally,
the whole apparatus is stihensd by shrouas
Of piano wire. 80 arranged as to resist de-
right angles to the lower side Of the frame
and fastened firmly by stays to the other
pieces, assures transverse stability.
Two details are Of sufficient Importance
to deserve special mention; In the fist
the lifting propelle . and to make possible
thei extraordinary lightness Of construction
NJ. Santos Dumont drives them not by the
motion OF the shaft on which they are
mounted, but by means Of wires (visible
in the diagraml which connect various
points Of their blades to the bicycle wheels
to which the power OF the motor is ans
mitted. In the second place, the rudder
presents a popularity OF being movable
about a horizontal axis.
'"The motor is Of the eight cylinder type,
and NJ. Santos Dumont in order to reduce
the weight Of the machine to a minimum
will employ for the operators seat an ordi-
mary bicycle saddle attached to the plat
form Of the motor.
THE complete apparatus, manned and
equipped. weighs 9S2k pounds, of which
231H pounds represent the weight Of the
~heliooptere and 12lX pounds that OF the
aeronaut and a few indispensable instru-
ments.
These figures show how far NJ. Santos
D1mont has gone In eliminating everything
that appears to him superluous. With a
lifting power Of twenty-five pounds per
horsepower, the IS horse-p3wer which
propelleas should produce an asoensional
force Of 500 pounds, or forty-four pounds
more than the total weight OF machine and
operator"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-18
A. L. LANGDON
Traffic Manager

to throw themselves into the air over a wide
fat expanse Of ground. The sand dunes
Of the Channel coast have seen some 'aerial
~tobogganing' in motorless aeroplanes; and
scientific sports like Messrs. Archdeaoon.
Tatin, Alder, Berth. hobart and Ferber
himself are now ready to try with motors.
Around the first platform OF the tower
stretch the vast park grounds OF the Champ
de Mars-an ideal spot. in full view OF all
Paris. Even motorless ~aeroplanes could
make a splendid fight from the first platform
before humping.
Up and down the length Of the slantng
cable will run a little car. moved by cleo
tricity. Suspended from this little car will
hang a rope Of the length the experimenter
wishes. He will mount to the first platform
with his ~aeroplane, attach it TO the rope
end, and call out: 1Throw mt OIL
II the motor can keep the aeroplane
flying level, the rope will remain slack as
the car rolls down the diagonal. II, on
the other hand, the aeroplane starts falling
suddenly, the rope will be there to save it.
1t will not be able to fall more h the
slack length of the rope. The moment the
falling ~aeroplane pulls 1t taut, that moment
the a~eroplane will find itself sustained In
the air.
So they will experiment with their
brand new aeroplanes-most OF them
furnished with their motors now for the
fret time-in the full view Of grateful Paris,
delighted over a new sight.
The Paris Aero Club is making strenuous
efforts to entice 10 Paris in the coming
spring the Wright brothers Of Dayton.
They will be asked to bring their machine
along with them.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-18

SRA. This estimate was made before the
car was put into service.
After a years. use 1t was found that the
cost Of maintenance had been exactly
$779. 10, or $5.76 more than the estimate.
This was a great deal cheaper than horse
service, for the work done by this car had
previously required two wagons and three
horses at an expense Of 500 a month more,
or $1,000 a year above what the automo-
bile cost.
"In the last six months Of the year the
g~asolene and lubricants were bought in
large quantities. This reduced the cost
materially. For the first six months these
cost $780, so a month. In the last six months
the cost was reduced to $23 a month. 1he
total cost Of gasolene for the year was
1857, the cost of repairs was $217.S0 n
the cost of tires $204-9 90.
Eventually three machines were put
in use and did the work of the five wagons
and twelve horses. The expense of de-
livery has been reduced about $1s5 a month
an annual saving of about 1900. The
service is more satisfactory and prompt
than before.
"For light delivery work it is estimated
that q car, exclusive of the drivers wages,
may be kept in commission for $40 a month
and will take the place of three horses
costing $25 a month each"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-18
FISH by THE MILLION.
England Fshermen Caught alS :
O 900 Worth in l08S-New Methods.

New England F1bner men ShuBht UAbr
600 900 Worth in l08S-New Methods.
The results, Of the New England fisheries
in 1905 broke all records. According to the
.Scydn Book Maine contributed to the food
supply Of the world 1000, Ooo, 900 packed sar-
dimes, valued at 5000, 900. and in fresh fish
alone Boston sold 1900 900 worth.
The great At wharf in Boston handled
100 900 900 pounds OF fresh fish, valued at
g., 5oo, 900. At this wharf as many de fifty
fisbinR vessels have been moored at n
time.
Gloucester, the home of the Grand Banks
fishing feet, provided for the worlds con-
sumpt ton 125 900 900 pounds OF salt fish,
valued at 90 $50. 900. and handled fresh fish
to the value Of 81, 900 900.
promised in fishing methods by the addi-
ton OF a new steam trawler to the feet.
Since fishing began. on the Banks the work
has been done by sailing vessels, which send
out dories on the fishing, grounds and
which, in their voyages back and forth be-
tween Boston ana the banks, are AZ tne
mercy Of storms.
There are now mora than 500 vessels OF
all sizes In the fishing fleet, ranging in value
from 81 900 to 915 200, the entire feet being
valued at about 5000 'oSo. Il the spray.
pected Of her It may mean the passing OF
the old time sailing feet.
The new steamer cost her owners 500 900,
She is equipped to permit OF all fishing o2er-
atoms being carried on from her deck with.
loss OF life attendant upon the old methods
Of fishing when boats were frequently lost
in the fog or run down by Atlantic steamers.
The Spray drags her W trawl nets and is
expected to make huge hauls and fast time
between the fishing grounds and the home
v~arH
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-18
NEW USE FOR EIFFEL TOWER.
Paris 70 Have an Experiment station for
Starting AerOpianes.


PARIS, March s.-The Eiffel Tower is to
be used for flying machine experiments.
The necessary annex will be finished in two
months, and the coming spring will find
the old exposition grounds transformed
into a vast experimental station for the
conquest Of the air.
The Paris Aero Club Is back OF the enter
prise. Back Of tho Aero Club-in fact, its
parent-Als the Automobile Club OF France.
Moreover, certain business interests serve
the patriotic and sporting enterprise. The
Eifel Tower is owned by a stock company
that pays good dividends. It's concession
from the Government will last till 1919.
The time is approaching for a new o
cession to be begged for, and the tower
has many enemies upon aesthetic grounds,
Therefore Parisians are not surprised
10 learn that NJ. Eiffel purposes to put the
tower to a new public Use without cost.
The stock company OF his tower is con-
structing a great steel cable. One end OF
Il will be moored to the first platform Of
the Eifel Tower, some sixty yards above
the surface Of the ground; the other end
will be anchored in the ground at a distance
OF 500 yards from the base Of the Ethel
Tower-just after passing over a drum
fixed at the summit Of a pylon twenty yards
high. This will give a long, slowly slant
ing aerial rail, so to speak. r.,
In Paris we know but vaguely how the
Wright brothers Of Dayton, Ohio. start
their motor aeroplane on its flights. They
are believed to start on from any old spot,
but the French e~xperimenters think that
they must start Of from a height. Apart
from Capt. Ferber, who has devised q
arotary starter and sustainer or the prin-
nin,a al the merTS-eo-round, their idea In
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-18
FASHION ON THE EAST SIDE.
The Imagination OF the Orient Displayed
in Signs In the Shops.

Aman who will travel through the streets
OF the East Side can pick up much informa-
ton from the signs in the shop windows
that will convince him that the East Siders
are particular whsn it cones to clothing.
One of these advertisements reads:
THE most delightfully."- artistic, elegant;
fashionable, swagger suits Of perfect English
tweed ever offered in New York. $3.50
to $500"
Why should a Bowery boy hesitate to buy
when he sees such a suit at such a price?
Another clothier grows confidential and
reveals a secret which If it spread around
town might hurt some ones business. His
sign says:
Mems Suits and Roy S. A rich Fifth
avenue tailor sold us his stock for a song.
Come in and buy the suits intended for the
-four hundred Prices 81 to sl9.'
The following notice ought to draw trade
from all over town, IL it is not exaggerated.
1t says:
Some OF the richest, daintiest French
Ladys Underwear ever imported to America.
A few left at 30 cents per garment"
In the shop around the corner a diminu-
! tive Hebrew stood rubbing his head. In his
window a hand rainted card revealed a
bargain and a tragedy 1t said:
@This suit 1896. It was made for a
wealthy banker, but no died. ! bought 1t.
Do you want it-cheap?'
One had to peer down into a darkened
areaway to resd the next sign. 1t was a
pathetic appeal reading:
Come il and see my underwear. It's
II the notice referred to the health Of the
article, it should have been removed Hpeed-
ilv to the fresh air and sunlight, but the man
who starts to make Jokes with a solemn
East Side merchant about his business ie
unwise.
There was a sort Of fiprant tone in the
have drawn business, which lie all the mer-
chant demands OF it. It a
"Ladies-Iadies-I aides.
Look. at these stockiugs-lisle thread.
How would thew look on yor at IS cents .
The ladies evidently thought they would
| look pretty fair, because the store was
crowded with customers. IL was a small
store.
Even the credulous Fast slider might
doubt the accuracy OF a notice posted in the
window of a shoe dealer, whose shop would
scarcely hold ten medium sized people.
: His advertisement announced:
"I thought the entire stock Of a mammoth
department store in Pittshnrg which failed.
Going from IS cents to 81 .en."
Common prose wasn't good enough for
! still another tradesman. His genius scared
and the divine affiatus produced this:
When buying hats and shoes or collars
If you give to me your dollars
Money | will for you save
And so much more you then wil have.
From the last notice picked up a person
might assume the East Siders were prone
| to deceive in the matter OF shirts. 1t said:
IF you can't afford q shirt bry a front
| hero. Ten cents each. All colors.'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-18
GLIDING THROUGH THE AIR.
AERO CLUB TELLS OF SUCCESSFUL
EXPERIMENTS.

OFSfIe and Wilbur wright of Dayton. Ohio.
gOlve the Problem % Aerial Navigation
-S'ooDer Hewitt BuilGsng . Flyer
santos Dumont'S Newest Machine.
The Aero Clubo Of America, although only
young organization, has taken suoh an inter-
sgt ~in7aeronauti0S that ballooning and sail
ing In flying machines bids fair to become as
popular here as II Is in France and other
European countries. The Aero Club has this
winter had two ascensions, one at West
Point and one nea Tuxedo, which have
AMPLY. been experiments. The third ex-
pertinent, which was TO have been at Pitts
field, failed because a storm damaged n
balloon andtore another from It's moorings.
In view of this accident Cortland Field
Bishop, Newbold LIE Roy Edgar and j. G.
Mccoy, who have just been appointed a
Committee on contesta, will not advise any
more ~ascensions until the weather is more
settled.
.~Ballooning, however. may be termed only
che kinder eartan Of ~aeronautios, and is
3ust q ANAL pastime for those who want
novelty. In France those who wish to
aooend to the clouds can hire balloons at
any Of the parks and drift for q time with the
Wind, landing later some miles away from
whore they started, and then are whisked
homo In their automobiles. This fun 10
likely to become popular here, n It was
to ind out about b~allooning that the asoen.
sfafone we're made. On account, however,
b, of,the proximity Of this city to the ocean
the sport Is not likely TO become popular
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-18
RUNNING EXPENSES OF AUTOS
FROM $3.50 A YEAR UP TO MORE
THAN $4,000.

Facts n Figures About the OtheF Side OF
Owning an Auto - The Repairing
Account-Comparison With Cost OF
Keeping q Team and n Carriage.
Plain facts and figures about the cost Of
owning and running an automobile are not
very easy to get. The actual bills of ex-
pense. therefore, which Harry B. Haines
gives in The Worlds Work will be studied
with interest.
He at the start that the man
who thinks he is going to operate his run
about for s. or $40 a month is doomed to
disappointment. He holds out hope, how
ever, that one oan motor in a modest way
at a cost of $40 or $50 a month.
Having purchased a car the first thing to
do, according to Mr.. Haines, is to study its
mechanism. II is not enough TO know how
TO fill the tanks and how to stop and to start
the thing,
Next he advises storing a car at a garage
rather than trying to keep it oneself. He
says that one gets better service, profits
by the experience Of his fellows and finds
It, In the end, about as economical.
Among the cars I owned" says Mr.,
Haines, was a single cylinder, air cooled
machine OF eight horsepower. fitted with
o convertible body that carried two or four
passengers. I kept track Of my expense
for seven months, from April to November,
during the heart Of the season. During
this time the machine covered 10000 miles.
NY bill for April was:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-18

edlea for sSveFal obscure and somewhat rare
dif2oulties which had been enoounte red
In some Of the 1904 flights, and which twas
neoesaary 20 overcome before IL wotiid pc
Sess 20 f Smp psGpe TSess s0T Te PtST made u a
sWampy meadow about eight miles east OF
Dayton, Ohio. and continued from June
until the early days Of October, when the
impossibility Of longer maintaining privacy
necessitated their diecontinuance.,
Owing to frequent experimental changes
In the machine and the resulting differ
ences In it's management, the earlier fights
were short; but toward the middle Of Sep
TENDER means Of correcting the obscure
troubles were found and the flyer was at
From this time forward almost every fight
established q new record. In the following
schedule the duration, distance and cause
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-18

AcNot
my bill in May was $e7,22 and was made
lnbor. When / saw the long list of hours,
/ insisted on seeing the mems time cards
or having it shown TO my satisfaction that
the time charged for had been spent on
the car. The time cards did not tally with
the bill rendered. and I secured a reduction
Of saS, The experience proved the ad-
long II. should take mechanics to do repair
work.
aIn June I paid altogether $41. SIS, and in
July Sos. rs. In August / made a 1000 mile
tour through southern New Jersey, and
my own home in short run Of from fifty
to one hundred miles. I therefore had
two separate bills, one at the local storage
station and the other for expenses incurred
on the tour. They amounted to 500 80.
In September l paid sss go, and in October
$es. 40
Adding up the expense Of the various
vestment was 81 800, and the interest on
this at o per cent. for seven months figures
up to S45.S so. l figure that the car de-
preciated in value rs per cent. from the
y pay $50 a year for liability insurance.
This makes the total expense for the seven
months $sl7,70. My cost per mile Of opera
ton was less than eight cents, or two cents
q mile Tor eacn person CarTiel.-
"The expenses met with this type Of
machine would probably be duplicated
| in almost any other car of the r1inabout
type, depending, OF course, on the mileage
| and the kind OF handling that the machine
had. Let us take, however, a touring car
, costing $500.
aThe yearly depreciation in a car OF this
! sort would be about $3.50. Depreciation
is one of the largest items Of automobile
! expense, and it increases in proportion
| to the first cost OF the machine. Gasolene
sells in most city garages at 20 cents a gal
Ion; one may 20 ten miles on q gallon.
Approximately, the yearly tire expense
NAV be placed at $500. II may be less or
more, according to the care given the tires,
the amount Of usage and the sort Of roads
covered. Luck always plays an important
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-18

Of the cube Representatives IN The coming
international balloon contest IN France.
Is al work on o machine with which he
expeots 10 win the Observation-Disclosures
According to the Scientific American this
machine 1s to be a ~hsliooptere, or ecrev
flyer, that Is to say, an apparatus which
Will raise, support ahd prope1 iteelf through
the air solely by the powers Of horizontal
and vertical propellers. The frame and
the rigging, like those OF the dingible bal
looms OF the same inventor. are made entirely
OF bamboo, silk and piano wire; and only
the motor and the mechanism for the trans
mission Of power arc formed necessarily
Of heavier metal parts. This machine wiz
weigh $50 pounds, and II will be furnished
with a "A horsepower air cooled motor
weighing 77.1e pounds, or about sH pounds
to Che horsepower. g,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-18
School House Built OF Petrined Logs.

New England. N, D., possesses what is
probably the most remarkable school house
in the country. The structure is twenty
four feet square, one, story l1 height and
built entirely Of petriled wood except the
roof. which is shin FLED
The wood Of the ancient forests which
covered the prairies Of HettirG ger county has
hocon,e aratiZed and in the absence Of other
bviidine material the people Of this place
determined 10 erect their primitive educa-
tionai Institution of this beautiful petrih-
Great care has been exercised In the con-
,tr,jttion OF the school house, so that the
shows. of TO the bSst advlntaec. And
crystal.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-18

part in tire e1pense-luck in lodging
broken glass, sharp stones, and nails which
are to be found on most Of our roads.
"A man with such a car would wish a
chauffeur to whom he would have to pay
at least s25 a week. This would make a
total expense as follows:
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-10
Goino and COMING.

did you think I was going to KISS
you?'
Nope"
You acted like you thought I was. y
Il thought you We're coming to KISS
me-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-10
Fiqht for Tenders.

WASHINGTON, Jan. Ex-senator
Gallinger of New Hampshire owes the
life of mis- wife, and probably his own,
to the fact that several years ago he
fought for the law which requires all
street cars in the District Of Columbia
to be provided with efficient tenders.
On Monday night, while Senator and
Mrs. Gallinger were on their way to at
tend a dinner party, both We're knock
ed down by an electric car and mar
rowly escaped death. The senator was
thrown off the track by the fender and
Mrs Gallinger alighted bodily upon
the iron guard and was carried 30 or
40 feet before the car could be stop
ped. Neither sustained serious injury
When the fender bill was before the
senate Senator Gallinger was it's
stanchist champion Il have always
been partial to fenders,'' said the sem
ator, with a laugh, after the accident.