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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-07

DAYS after its introduction, and on March
80. quickly after its introdU lion in the
Assembly, it was passed on Fred Nixon's
motion TO a third reading. went into the
Committee or Rules on motion - As
sembly-msn Louis Redeu and became a
law on April 2s
Rough shoJ Over Minority.
~ the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the New York Transportation
Company last Monday the minority stock
holders we're roughly rode over by the
controlling interest and were denied even
the right 10 demand an annual report
William A Payne. Of No 15s Fifth ave
nue.. demanded that such p statement he
ordered but was informed that as the
Metropolitan Securities Company held Il
per cent Of the stock. and had sent no
proxy. there was not quorum present.
and no annual report could he authorized
and the present directors would hold
the Public Service Commission. but was
informed by Chairman Wilcox that the
commission had no jurisdiction over the
subsidiary Fifth Avenue Stage Company
and could not demand 2 report from the
New York Transportation Company
This is the same company which was
named bv eT- Senator Aids on the stand
recently as one in which he had bought
stock on = tip. which tip. II was later
stated by Frank Julian Price. then an
Assemblymau had been given to several
members of the so-called House Of
Commons" the home in which Aids.
Nixon. Price. BedelI and other Assembly
men of that time lived on a sort Of
community basis.
Cunningham stated in response to q
query from Hotchbiss that he knew
nothing of the legislative activities 81
any Of the Senator'S or Assemblymen
who had accounts with his firm during
that period
Echo Of AIlds's Trial.
BedelTs account showed A purchase Of
Trans" stock on April ., 1909 for
$3.50. and Hotchkiss asked the witness
whether he had ever heard Tracy Rog-
ers say anything about the course OF
Alit uiil ENidlluS 10 iilt new lbFk IIdNS-
portation Company. or about the legis-
lators who were pushing IT,
Mr.. Cunningham had not heard any
name mentioned by Rogers or by any
one else in that connection.
1t appeared from the meagre tran
script in possession Of the Superintendent
that BedelTs account showed a debit
balance brought forward from some pre-
vious ledger Of S7.T50. but the witness
could not recall any detail on the point.
It was said by Insurance Department
officials yesterday that the tip on the
new line of inquiry prosecuted by Mr..
HotChkiss yesterday came from certain
of the counsel to former Senator Benn
Conger in his recent case against ex-
Senator Aids
Efforts to find former Assemhlyman
Louis BedeIl last night at the Hotel
Gramatan. Bronxville, where he has
been staying, were met with the reply
that Mr.. BedeH had gone to Europe.
g Tracy Rogers. whom Mr.. Hotch-
kisss subpoena servers have been unable
70 find. was i'm New York City within the
last few days. but left with word that
he was going to Rutland, Vt. in which
town the superintendent stated yester
dav he was unable to find him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-07
OHIO FrPUBrfchv CONVENTION

Called fo7 Tulv z6-27-No Mention ~
DIX Primary
Columbus. ONO April s-T-e Republican
State Commute irsued n csI' coda, for z
sfste rorfa-tfor ~ n~ le.G Ir columbus on
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-07
His Counsel Seepticai.

These records. he said. we're intact
now. and he gave Mr.. Hotchkiss his
word that no scrap OF data of anv kind
would be destroyed or done away with
pending The receipt Of an order FOR pro
ductioh which should satisfy his coun-
sci. Mr Stanchfeid
Mr Stanchneld seemed to doubt that
such an order would ever be procured
bv the Superintendent
1T doesn't follow that VIII get the
order commented Mi Hotchhss. with
the emphasis on the u"
The New YORK Transportation Com
pany now owned In great part by the
Metropolitan Securities Company and
having as q subsidiary company Of its
own the fifth Avenue Stage COMPANY.
received exceptional privileges through a
bin introduced on March I6. 1900 o.
Senator Louis r. Goodsen II bin gave
coach and bus lines which had then been
running for period Of i've ears or
more The privilege 81 extending their
lines to any point and over any route Sc
.ected by them IN tins city.
- originally read ia contained a pro-
rision that existing lines could bar new
ines Of coach mr. omnibus companies
uom getting franchise. nut jh8t was
tsLeu out Il tho bil before I'd went
through
Tie TAI pasted Tie senate thirteen
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-07

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-07
"A Two- Nile WAX in Epe-y Botts

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tlvfEcraLing that Il
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-07

passed Tie senate thirteen
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-10-15

hurt for the car would throw them to one side
hence attachment was added, operated by
button fixed conveniently on the seat near the
driver which, when pressed in time of danger
drops the catcher SO that it Is similar to the
fender of a street car, adapted to catching the
unlucky person and carrying him with the ma
chine until rescued by the driver of the auto
mobile. According to the inventors of this con-
trivance the cow catcher" will prevent many
serious accidents if placed the front of the
automobiles.
The frequency with which the claim is made
that the automobile is largely extravaganza
and that the people have grown motor-mad and
annexing themselves to power conveyances
with rapidty and lack of discretion that threat
the stability of the country, is largely borne
out by the results of recent Investigations.
An editorial in recent issue of the Worlds
Work. under the caption, Burning Both Ends of
the Candle" makes the startling statement that
in the city of Minneapolis alone 1900 homes have
been mortgaged to enable their owners to pur-
chase automobiles It is stated that about S315'-
900 600 represents what the people of this coun-
try VIII spend for motor cars next year. and the
editorial adds that there plenty of indica-
Iicpx that ii is time for the average American
to stop and think
Look out of your ONCE window. matter
what city you in, and you will see an auto
mobile Try the street and one of them
is more than likely to come along with sounding
horn warning the pedestrian to get out OF the
way II is deaf or little slow in his foot
steps ne Is too frequently run down ana the
chauffeur sets up a defense that the accident
quite unavoidable. Every one knows that
than half the unavoidable accidents could
be avoided if the cars were run slower and more
attention paid to rights of others in their
use of the public streets The automobile almost
monopolizes the country roads and has beoOme a
positive menace 1t looms large in the annals
of accidents reported by accident insurance
companies. The secretary of state of Indiana has
recently found that the automobile is also men
ace in financial According to his report
covering the months of. April and May. he issued
1864 licenses for automobiles for the two months
Assuming average of 1000 for each car, it
would of appear that $3.50. 900 had been
spent for automobiles in Indiana within period
of sixty days The statement has been made that
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-10-15
Points 20 Good Future.

Seven poor children, four girls and
three boys, all about 10 years old.
went to a nearby seashore resort, in
charge of two women, for a days out
ing. The funds for the picnic were
provided by two boys who sell papers
and who live in one Of the two houses
from which the excursion party was
recruited. One of the women in
charge of the children said that the
boys had arranged the outing "of their
own accord, and the remarkable thing
is this: They are not good boys by
any means and one of them is prob
ably the naughtiest boy in the neigh
borhood. But we think that when boys
do little things like this they will come
out all right-"-New York Tribune.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-10-15
A ReIiaIon of Starvation.

Los Angeles, Cal.-John Irving
O'Nein. the leader of q strange re-
ligious sect in Los Angeles, is dead.
The members of this sect have, for
weeks. been starving themselves In
anticipation of the coming of the end
of the world. Lying on pallets. too
weak to move, detectives found in an
arroyo bungalow four members of the
sect, two men, woman. and a girl
of sixteen, who had not touched food
for six weeks
O'Neill said he was the leader of
the sect, which he called Disciples of
the Holy Ghost with the Gift of
Tongues
1.-The appearance of the comet was
the sign of the end of the world" he
said
The girl. Alice Priffon. according to
the detectives, said she had been
forced to starve. and that she was
quite willing to live
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-10-15
HIS RUBBERS HAD VANISHED
Consequently Man From the Country
Had Little Use for City
Methods.

The benches in the waiting rooms
at the Union depot in Kansas City are
used for other purposes than to rest
on by travellers, the Kansas City
Star enlightens US. At every midnight
the maids clean out the rooms. They
do not forget to poke under the
benches for stray bundles left by trust
ing travellers.
Sometimes, after intervals, the trav-
elers return to claim their property.
Some time ago a red cap at the depot
saw a man in a linen buster, felt hat
and the manner of one who had spent
his life in secluded part of the
Ozarks get down on his knees and
peer carefully under several of the
benches.
Lost anything. mister?" the red cap
queried.
Wall, no, sonny, not 'zactly. / left
pair of rubbers here last January
when 1 was on the way tew Emporey.
Hain't seen nuthin' of 'em, have you ?"
The red cap explained that he
hadn't, and, moreover, that the room
had been cleaned out several dozen
times since last January.
well, 1 swan" replied the traveller,
blinking and stroking his beard. "The
city methods do beat me-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-10-15
SAVES BABYS LIFE
How Incubation Has Reduced the
Ravages of Early Birth.
Cutdoing Nature in an Effort to Offset
the Effects of Over-CiviIization-
IS to 80 Per Cent Said to
Be Affected.

New York.-The doctor said: Hold
him up, please-yes, that way, against
your arm. So"
He was fourteen inches long from
the soles of his blanket-swathed toy
feet to the crown of his forehead; and
he weighed four pounds and an ounce.
The age of him was thirty days, and
his face was hardly the face of baby.
The length of him reached from the
fold of the nurses plump elbow to the
hrst hinge of her palm-fourteen
1nches-and she had taken a gold ring
from her finger and, slipping it easily
over the child's hand, pushed it up,
up, till now it encirc1ed his forearm!
Then, enveloping her charge deity in
featherweight bit of blanket, she car
ried him off to his incubator in an
other room
How many more days-or hours
will that fragment of humanity live?"
] marveled of the hospital physician.
1t was Doctor Fischel who answered
-Fischel of New York, perfector with
Couney and Schenkein of the infant
incubator to its present scientific
stage, and of the medical system of
observation and nourishment now
used in conjunction with it.
BLESS you,' answered Ffschel, who
speaks with a strong German accent,
that baby has an excellent chance to
grow up into strong, healthy, full
sized man. l shall be much disap-
pointed if he does not
IF an infant weighs less than two
pounds and three ounces, it dies on
the day of its BIRTH he said. IF its
weight is from two pounds and three
ounces to three pounds and five
ounces, nearly one-half can be saved
by proper incubation and the most
scientific care. Let the weight be
from three pounds and five ounces to
four pounds and seven ounces, and
II per cent can be saved. From four
pounds and seven ounces to five
pounds and nine ounces, 80 per cent.
"The incubation system, as they
have corrected and perfected it, rests
upon four cardinal principles. To fur
nish the child with perfectly pure air;
to maintain an even and proper tenn
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-10-15
Physiognomy of the Salesman

The nose of a travelling salesman generally
bears the appearance of breadth just above the
wings. This is the that indicates the ability
acquire property, make good sales,
turns through bargains and fine talking, and
get large orders when persons have indi
Gated that they did not wish to buy make
bargain The thickness of the nose above the
wings is the true facial sign of acquisitiveness
and a travelling salesman and good business
man have generally this characteristic strongly
developed. We find it large in George Peabody.
Andrew Carnegie and the ROthschilds, all of
whom have made large fortunes.
The lips of a good salesman regular and
fit appropriately together
The chin and jaw of successful salesman are
indicated by their squareness and roundness COM
bined The roundness gives the power of appeal
and the squareness gives the capacity to clinch
the bargain
The voice of successful salesman is bright,
CHEEKY optimistic. Its infections hopeful and
airy not heavy and dull The salesman possesses
a silvery toned voice which is oiled its sub
ject that it knows exactly what to say, and says
it without hesitation
The handwriting of a good. salesman is neat,
regular, connected, but shows hrmness, force in
the lines that the It's and ambition is mani
In the tails of the gs and in the height of
the his, rs. ETC.
The eyes of the honest business who is
engaged as a salesman credit gen
orally small. piercing and keen in expression
The ears of a good salesman broad, and
give to person vitality. strength, good diges-
tive power and comradeship. Such person gen.
crates life readily. and is social, genial and a
good conversationalist-Phren Journal
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-10-15

same-the public got the of it
Various cities have made efforts to devise
some means of testing taximeters but to Uncle
Sam belongs the credit of first solving the prob
lem. The system is in successful operation
at the capital of the nation where, by the way,
there are probably more taxicabs in operation
than in any other city of the size in the world.
The matter Of keeping tab the taxfmeters
placed in the hands Col. W. C.. Haskell, the
United States superintendent of weights and
measures, and he invented the first machine spe-
cially designed for testing the accuracy of the
taxi"
The first apparatus was rather cumbersome
and the most conspicuous feature a large
wooden wheel which turned by hand. The
principle OF operation involved the insertion of
small wire through the shaft of the meter to be
tested and turning the certain number of
times to cover distance, verifying this test
official mile and fraction thereof The large
machine when fitted with the same size eccentric
sprocket wheel and spiral shaft in use IN taxi
cabs gave correct test but it ttne-con-
Stunning process, ten revolutions of the large wheel
being required to show one-quarter mile of travel
After much study of the subject Colonel Has
kell perfected the small machine which has lately
been introduced for this work. With it
luton of the crank wheel-through the aid OF
system of cogwheels-represents a quarter Of
mile of travel. With this small machine attached
direct to the shaft of the meter to be tested
it is possible to test ten meters in the time for
merly required for trying out one. Moreover, the
system of cogwheels is SO adjusted to give
absolutely accurate test The government
requires that all taximeters attached cabs at
| the seat of government be tested at least twice
year, and when meter upon test is found to be
accurate a round blue seal is affixed to the face
of the meter showing that it has been ZAP
| proved" Incorrect meters given yellow
seal with the word Condemned thereon and
must be withdrawn from use under penalty of
| 800 fine
| One of the latest ideas evolved for a safety
attachment for automobiles a cow catcher"
The cow catcher man catcher, is attached
to the front of the motor car and, when not In
active use saving the life of some who steps
in front of the moving machine, 1t looks exactly
ike the pilot of big locomotive Used in this
way it was feared that pedestrians might be
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-10-15
A FOOD DRINK.
Which Brings Daily Enjoyment.

A lady doctor writes
Though busy hourly with my own
affairs, 1 will not deny myself the
pleasure of taking a few minutes to
tell of my enjoyment daily obtained
from my morning cup of Postum It
Is food beverage, not q poison like
coffee
81 began to use Postum eight years
ago, not because 1 wanted to, but be-
cause coffee, which / dearly loved,
made my nights long weary periods to
be dreaded and uniting me for bust
ness during the day.
ION the advice of a friend, 1 first
tried Postum, making it carefully as
directed on the package. As 1 had
always used cream and no sugar. /
mixed my Postum SO. It looked good,
was clear and fragrant, and it was a
pleasure to see the cream color it as
my Kentucky friend always wanted
her coffee to look-1ike a new sad
de-
Then 1 tasted 1t critically, for had
tried many substitutes for coffee. I
was pleased, yes, satisfied, with my
Postum In taste and effect, and am
yet, being a constant user of it all
these years.
II continually assure my friends and
acquaintance that they will like it in
place of coffee, and receive beneft
from its use- I have gained weight
can sleep sound and am not nervous
There's Reason
Read The Road to Wellville" in pkes
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time to time. The,
are genuine. true, and full of human
interest
Ever read the above letter.
one appears from time to time srb~,
are genuine true and full OF hunaas
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-10-15

overcharging being attributed to the 1aulty opera
ton of tba taximeters Whether such false
counting was due desire to cheat the traV-
cling public or merely to faulty mechanism In
the mechanical bookkeeper could seldom be de-
termined but in either event the ouecome was the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-10-15

perature; to observe the most scrupu-
lous sanitation, and to supply the right
nourishment in the right quantities at
exact intervals. 1t is very simple,
you see-and very skillful.
'"The air introduced to the glassed
incubator is taken from out of doors,
warmed, sterilized and conducted to
the infant through a silvered pipe A
rhermostat inside the incubator auto
matically maintains the air at the
right temperature. If the child is too
small or too weak to feed itself, the
milk is given with a nasal spoon; that
is, fluid is administered drop by drop
to the nostrils, and inhaled, reaching
the stomach In due course.
Immediately before each feeding,
and Immediately after, the infant is
weighed in these sterilized scales,
which are so delicately adjusted that
they register the exact amount of
nourishment taken. This is charted,
so that each days totals show wheth-
er the babe has gained in weight, and
how much, or lost in weight, and how
much. There must be a steady gain
If the child is to grow. If it does not
grow it cannot live. Hence, if the day
registers no gain in weight, we know
at once something is wrong Wrong
with what? With the milk And we
set about to make the remedy Pre-
pared foods and cows milk are regu
lar reapers in the mortality field OF
infant childhood"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-10-15
COZ N4SHIZL NM ms FIRST %ZHCHil1IE
EOR ZE5ZZlyC ZHX,HNZ[ES

in indianapolis alone than 1900 homes
have been mortgaged during the past year in
der that househoders may buy cars.
Purchasers of automobiles have been deceived
in the matter of cost and upkeep, the difference
in the representations in this respect in
parison with actual experience, makes it unwise
to take own even gift
The of the automobile now threatens
the stability of the home, and the danger is by
means confined to any particular section
Even farmers buying them Perhaps you can
hear of these 3'devil wagons while
you read this paragraph about them. 1t would
be worth while to think of them seriously, with
the view of reducing the hazard they undoubt-
eddy signify. The bankers of Kansas City and of
the southwest who dependent the Kansas
City banks have agreed to lend money to any
who intends to it with which to buy a
motor The bankers of Kansas alive to
the menace of the automobile, we'll they may
be when it is understood that $32, 100000 were
invested in motor in that state during the
last twelve months
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-10-15
Not strictIv Orthodox.

Police Justice-Young man, what is
your religion. if you have any?
Chauffeur (arrested for overspeed-
ing)-Something like Jim Bludso's.
your honor-never be, passed on the
highway.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-10-15

People are happier for a lot Of
things they don't know.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-11-10

Socialists, /; yacaneiesss4.
Doubtful
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-11-10
yinita Looked Metropolitan.

One Of the most appreciated fea-
lures OF election night vas the fash
ing Of the election returns on the
street By Manly B. Updike. who vas
ably assisted By the Chieftain- This
effort vas very cOmmendable and
made yinita appear quite metrupoIi-
tan. A more orderly and yet demon
strztive crowd would have been hard
to find in any city on that night.
Yinita can boast and that proudly
that she had as complete election re.
turns this year as any city in the
Union. Over twenty solid typewriter
pages Of telegraph reports were re-
|ceiTed and reproduced on this oc-
casion- This was the same service as
rendered 70 any city in America.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-11-10
TAYLOR'S DEFEAT
DUE TO PATTERSON
Tennessean in vinIta Talks Of condi-
tions That Brought About Eiec.
~
tion Of Republican.


A Tennessean talked with a Chief
tain reporter this morning, and under
took to explain that Tennessee had
not really gone republican 1--WE
knew it hadn't, 1t couldn't this year. ]
No said the Tennessean. the
state has just gone decent. There are
democrats and democrats. We had a
machine down there which had made
itself the friend Of the criminal, white
or black, headed by governor who
has made record as a wholesale
pardoner. And We Just had to smash
it. I'm a democrat. but I'm not a dem
ocrat Of the Peterson kind.
Il tell YOU" said the Tennessean.
with emphasis, If the bullet that kill
ed carmack had been DETECTED and hit
Patterson, Tennessee would have been
saved a whole lot of trouble.
Then they came down to as from
Washington" he continued, begging
us to save democracy. But things had
come to such pass that We just nat.
ufaily had 70 save fennessee. fifst
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-11-10

Thsy nesi1t BE sfrziz for Tsznessse
zenserzrz- IN lOok OK for issslf sli
rshL-
TIE chiefrzin reporter asked Ehzt
voald be fhe eject O. TIE political
orerturz O. ths fortunes q Bob Tsy-
Ior
Well said the Tennessezn. I'VE
are All q = mighty s0rry for Bob Tay-
ion We al liked him But we've
doae tast about everything for him
|thzf we could % express our liking
We've elected him 10 the state Iegisla-
tire 70 oongrsss. governor of the state
and sent him % the United States
senate He's been in once for thirty
years And ali ne asked him 70 do
ras 70 keep out q the fight But Ehsn
he came down % Tennessee, end tried
60 use his popularity with the people
to pull the Patterson crowd out Of a
h0le. ne Just had to turn him down
You take ny zord for it. Bob Tsy-
Or Is dead
That word dead seemed 70 wsken
the Tennessesu from his political
trance. and set him to thinking about
business For be vas 4 coin sales
nan, calling On the local undertakers