The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-26
LIVES HELD CHEAPLY
RECKLESS ExCURsIONIsTs DARE
DEATH IN WAVES.


New York. July 25.-(Special.)-
Reused to action by the widespread
loss Of life that has begun to attend
the weekend holiday about the me-
tropolis. New Workers are today pro-
jecting a strong movement for the safe
and sane Sundays.
While over>a score Of families are
mourning their dead. who fell victims
to the craze for reckless boating In
the squalls OF last Sunday, the police
and civil authorities are being stirred
to guard the shores of the rivers and
harbor against the foolhardy excur-
sionists that apparently come to court
drowning.
Scarcely holiday has passed here
since the opening of the summer sea-
son that has not numbered Its needless
victims by the dozen. Already eight
more lives have been lost on Sunday
sails in the last six weeks than were
ended by drowning accidents In the
possibilities OF increasing Sunday
slaughter. the authorities are now plan
ming some emergency scheme of SUI
pervision that will save the careless
excursionist from the death with which
he seems bound to hirt.
with fully a dozen notorious cases
utterly unsolved after weeks of oppor-
tunity for investigation. the police
force Of this town 10 today secretly
ready to admit that its grip is rapidly
loosening on the most dangerous type
of criminals. The hunting OF Leon
Ling for the killing Of Elsie Sigel Is
now practically confessed by the city's
sieuths to be at hopeless standstill
The Slater. Bersin, Pogano and several
other murders as openly and success
fully committed within the last few
months are today not one whit nearer
detection than when the victims were
first found. Murder may out; but
IL 1t does in any of the recent big
cases. no one here will believe the
police had much to do with 1t. The
public 10 rapidly becoming alarmed
over this phase of police demoraliza-
ton and the city has become much
less safe to live In thereby.
Many hundred men In this town are
firmly convinced today that the ghost
of stout old Marty Reese 10 haunting
City Hall, where he used to keep
night vigils in the flesh for years till
his death o month ago. These men
believe old John Larkins. who still
asserts that the shade or his former
fellow watchman attends each night
In the old municipal headquarters. I'm
til a cloud Of witnesses have fully
disproved the story of faithful old
John, every one Of the friends and ac-
ouaintances OF the veteran pair Of
janitors will persist in standing by
the tale. Meanwhile all New York
is attending to the stJange narrative
with amusement and/ some show Of
credulity Many a Tolitical plot has
been harder to PROVE, It is argued.
than this shadowy stbry Of the spook.
In spite of the solemn warning Of
western expert. who has just declared
that New Workers are gouged for $1O,-
600, 900 each year by short weight and
measure tradesmen, nobody seems In
clined to do anything about the alleged
fraud. Personal appeal to each con-
sumer OF this town would have NO
further effect. 1t is declared. The
people of Gotham have never once
made any real EFFORT to right the con-
ditions Of commercial highbinding that
exist where they buy. and 1t Is not
likely that they ever will. To take
money beyond reason Is not highly
condemned in town where the main
motive 10 to make money on the same
scale.