The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-21
AFTER AUTO DRIVERS
SPECIAL DETECTIVES ON DUTY IN
 NEW YORK.
They are Lurking for the Joy Rider at Every Turn of the speedways --Pretectfng Human
 Life


 and limb against the hundred thous- and motor cars that whirl over this island and its suburbs night and day, public authorities and private vigil antes have today inaugurated for the summer season the strictest defensive campaign that Gotham has ever known.
 Lurking for the joy rider at every turn of the speedways, scores of spe- cially trained automobile detectives are now being posted each night by private organizations formed to preserve hu- man life against the motor maniac. Squads of patrolmen, on motorcycles, in >iarkly hooded autos and on foot, have been detailed to the single duty of keeping the summer rush Of motor traffic within the grasp of the author ities. More than hundred pairs of eyes are ceaselessly watching each move of the automobile trafflc during every hour of the night, and newly perfected camera choking devices are secretly snapping their evidence of speed violations from sunrise to dark. Never have New Workers been so ing; and before the hot days are over 1t Is believed that this pressing prob- lem will be much more nearly solved.
 Glittefing Gardens.
 Drawing diamonds outnumbering the pebbles on their gravel walks and rich gowns almost outvaluing the very buildings which they top. half a dozen gauuy roof gardens are today opening the season of summer nights with a display of luxury in their audiences which has not been seen. here since the times were at their best. No one who finds himself stacked about by the most elaborate of Paris toilettes at any of these resorts of the hot nights can fail to find sure signs that the old prodigality has once more made Broadway its own. Drowning the voices of the aerial performers. the ceaseless pop of champagne corks proA claims that men with money are again fiocking every byway of the tender loin. Time was when flannel suits and shirt waists took the place of the gilt tering evening dress of this years roof garden crowds, and beer and sand wiches sufficed where now terrapin and vintage wines abound. This present profusion of the luxuries of night life invariably means better business in forgotten office hours, and the oldest observers predict from It's coming at this time a speedy return to the best of good times.
 Child Corruption.
 That the very school children who
 
 and tempted into the use of the deadly cocaine drug. has been brought to light through extensive investigations into this evil today. The cocaine pro- curer is known to be very much in evidence on every block of the dis reputable districts here; but no one ever suspected that one of these drug demons would attempt to fix the fearful habit upon groups of innocent school children. Rigid investigation of this matter is today being taken up by the police in connection with their general crusade against the cocaine curse on this island. It is hoped by the police heads who have to cope with the ef- fects of the insidious cocaine habit. that Congress will answer the plea of the American Health League and shut out the secret foreign supply of this destructive drug by practically pro- hibitive tariff and place revenue re- strictions upon the domestic distribu- ton.
 Keeae'n Ken.
 For the first time in a decade the City Hall clock stopped twice this | week as Marty Reese, its veteran custodian, lay dying over in a hospital | on Long Island. For twenty-eight years this faithful old custodian has ruled over every nook of the main municipal building and his friends in- clude every one of the great army of mayors. aldermen. city officials and newspaper men who have passed In and passed out again since the time of Tweed. As deputy Sheriff Marty" boasts of his arrest of Tweed in the old Metropolitan Hotel. before he came finally to take up the care of City Hall. No more interesting character has lived in recent years to remind the present politicians of the political past than Marty" Reese, and the building he superintended for the bet ter part of his life looks today sadly empty and unkempt. The City Hall clock has been wound up to go on without him, and so his friends must take up the daily round in spite of the lack of his familiar face.
 Scandal Satiate.
 To those who love to devour the de- tails of divorce proceedings these days of the Gould case and a dozen other recitals of marital difficulties are of fering rare opportunities. From over the water spicy stories concerning an- other young millionaire are also fur nishing food for the scandal mongers. To the cleaner minded, and luckily the greater part of the public, this riot of scandalous stories is proving more or less of a bore, however. Of the Gould tale almost everyone Is sick and tired. while the adventures of Al fred Vanderbilt present a certain same- ness and lack of novelty The days unearthing of big bundles of scandal seem to be almost over even In this light-minded town.
 
 FALLS TO HIS DEATH.
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