New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-15

bodies OF the state. to take action 10 reduce
20 a minimum OF annoyance and expense the pres
ent so-called laws delay The Committee OF One
Hundred declared that frequent miscarriage Of JUS
tice and the breeding of anarchy properly
chargeabe TO the ncompet, mt administration Of the
city magistrates courts under the present admins
tration Several OF the magistrates denied this but
none denied the charge that they regularly take
about one-half OF each month a vacation 10 rest
up from the arduous work of the other half. Some
OF them defended this practice warmly. Think
what IL means said Of them. TO sit for three
and a half four hours az stretch. trying all
sorts Of cases 1T is my hrm belief said another.
that no man can properly do the work in these
without long period OF rest between terms.
II don't believe of them would refuse
appointment" said Busy Man. III new law
conn eing them to hold court three hundred
days every year. Any person of Importance die?
Colonel Albert Augustus Pope. sometimes called
the father OF the American bicycle died at CO.
hasset Mass from a breakdown OF his nervous
system following the financial embarrassment of
his big bicycle manufacturing company when the
craze for that form of vehicle subsidized Major
Lewis Balch. army surgeon. who attracted much
notice by severe criticism II the New York National
Guard in 1887 died In this city, Brigadier General
Edwin IS. Atwood U. 3 ~, retired died In Chi
cago Richard Golden, the actor. died on his house
boat on Gravesend Bay Lsdislas Mierzwinski.
a we'll known tenor singer in grand opera. died i
Paris. Alfred Cammeyer, widely known retail
ANY new records in avistion%' asked Busy Man.
-Four men IN a balloon succeeded in drifting
over Mount Blanc and TIE Alps. Roger Sommer.
Frenchman took from Wilbur Wright the worlds
record for duration of flight In aeroplane. by
remaining in the air hours q minutes Is seconds
Charles +. Willard flew twelve miles across country.
II Secretary OF the Navy Meyer approves the plan.
and officers think he will. the Navy Department
will advertise shortly for bids for two aeropanes.
which will form the nucleus OF the navy's aerial
squad The navy specifications for aeroplanes will
be more difficult than those required OF the Wright
brothers recently by the War Department. The
navy will require aeroplane which will rise from
or land safely In the water II will be required 10
remain In the air for four hours carrying two pas
sengers and have a speed OF forty miles an hour.
Orvile Wright. the of sailing for Europe
announced that the Wright aeroplane had now
reached a state OF development where II could
carry enough fuel to stay In the air for twenty
five hours"
IF they get a suitable motor that can run for
that would mean flight OF about one thousand
miles take it, Anything else happen that ought
to remember"
Theodore p. Shonts. president II the INTERIOR
ough Company gave out a state-aent to the effect
that II the Public Service Commission permitted
the Broadway Lexington avenue subway to be
constructed the proposed extension OF the inter-
borough subway would not be built at all"
THAT looked like threat, didn't III? asked
Busy Man.
1T was 50 construed" answered Constant Reader.
and the Public Service Commission answered Il