New-York tribune., 1909-04-04
ALTOS INJURET TWO BOYS
cHAUFFEUR GIVEN Up.
,f:,;etsrs asked to JOIN an Crusade
AGAINST Speeding EpI.

marc boys were run down by automobiles
Yesterday. - - - ,
''-'-5 80 run over at 13Sd street ard St Nicholas
oo"- los. night The boy taken TO the ].
as we wright Hospital He is suffering from
H'O. law lacerated scalp wound and probable
fFhct, ,ni,ries He lives at No. $40 West 13Sd
in'eH .nd his condition is said TO pe serious.
L.u4seIr carried the boy 10 the hospital and
iI sa,s-ted h,lrriedly while the physician was
A -. ,be examination DR.. Mosher thought the
I.-reur had gone 10 get something in the auto
- srd would return. The is owned by
s,,b 1Us a Haubold insurance man. OF No III
T.. 1.,b street. Mrs. Haubold was IN the machine
-. zine When Mr.. Haubold learned Of the
s a., he 1ook his chauffeur. Frank Decker. to
I.-se+ 18th street station and gave him up.
w W o,ica we're out trying find the chauffeur
~, Mr. Haubold appeared With him at the sta
.o,,se Mr. Haubold gave $500 bail for his
u'. t-es,,r,s appearance. Mr.. Hambold is former
-, NJ the New York Athletic Club.
0@L 1 x- Ba1lbold surrendered his chauffeur he
81 rant 10 do the right thing. ] don't think
E nan Is TO blame for the accident but I want
~ ~ = civ. himself up the police I as
-, onnos.d 20 speeding any man can be.
- -e-r7It nv chauffeur 70 speed, and my wife
~, she same mind The car was not going fast
% .1is accident occurred My wife and chauf-
- agree that the boy playing. and ran di-
~, :, front Of the automobile, and il was i'm
srfh,e "a escape hitting him
..e- hoy was Walter Day. six years old. Of
-. - T5ncoln street Jersey City Heights. He
%. bit ard severely injured yesterday morning by
- ,.,.o-7ohile Of Frederick {. Ogden, a con-
- ~ Rutherford y J. The chauffeur was
,--s.re5 and later hailed for hearing on Monday
The erst DAY Of real existence Of the National
tiiehway Protective Association. organized TO
fns,e the high total Of fatalities by automobiles.
.. fuIl OF activity. Pledges of moral and hnan-
,,l assistance were received at the association =
ecs al Ne. East $50 street. throughout the DAY.
rnr- Young women. owners of motor cars, tele-
,boued Colonel Edward s Cornell, secretary. early
,vste-5av offering their personal services in tho
yo-k Of obtaining the numbers cars operated by
-.ckless chauneurs- The colonel asked them Il,
unl speciaI detectives appointed by the asso-
,isr,on they would care 10 act volunteers They
srresd. and yesterday afternoon patroled various
crowded thoroughfares in their motor cars.
specal delivery letters were sent 10 all the lead
ing churches. asking tie ministers TO appeal to
7beir congregations to-day 10 Join in the crusade
for the safeguarding Of pedestrians against reck-
lsss and irresponsible owners Of automobiles and
other vehicles.
The Rev. D. George c. Eoughton, rector Of the
church Around the Corner, said.
Z have received the letter and, although to-rnor-
row will be Palm Sunday and shall have many
things do I consider this matter OF regula ting
automobiles Ct such great importance that, II nee
esssry 10 lay other matters 10 bring the sub
ect forcibly before my congregation in open meet
ing shall do
I was out to-day in q hanson cab and twice
very narrowly escaped being down ny automo-
bles ! ride in the things myself In both
cases you would have supposed that 1 was the Of
fender, 10 Judge by the impertinent looks and re-
marks Of the chaufeurs. We have reached a grave
situation indeed. It is impossible to know to what
coming ! very much in accord with
the new movement
Henry ClewE the banker who is president Of the
association, said
"Chauneurs should be made TO pass rigid exam
nations in reputable schools. and should not be
hired until they can show certificates proving
knowledge and ability. The subject has reached
the revolution stage: veritable storm has risen
Il should be made prison offence for a chauffeur
to take automobile without the permission
Of his employer. ] do not believe exactly that the
owners should be held responsible for the damage
done in such cases Rather, 1 think, the garages
should be made 10 suffer-
Mr.. CleRs was the first treasurer OF the Society
for the Prevention Of Cruelty TO Animals He re
ferred last night 10 the ridicule with which the
organization contended IN its early days. and added
that he believed equally benefcent results would
follow the work Of the new association, whose
aims, however, q urotect human life.