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New-York tribune., 1911-01-15
Easy Money" Traditional RaIying Cry There Regards
the Service of the Municipality.

AS there must be the spice of comedy TO
prevent the more serious parts of the
drama from pallinG, II has recently been
revealed that there has been ever since
consolidation an almost continuous per
formance OF vaudeville in the government
Of the great city of New York. 1t has
been furnished by the borough government
in Queens. Across the East River in the
district where I'm days gone by Patrick
Jerome Gleason used TO swing his battle
axe. cutting down Sie property Of persons
end corporations that did not meet with
his approval, and where lie got rid Of op-
ponents by kicking them downstairs from
the Council Chamber and the Mayors Of
fee. for the last ten years there has been
an army Of political petty boodlers graft
ers and small fry statesmen who have
made public office q Joke and the spend
ing Of the public funds merry round Of
pleasure. No story writer has been fertile
enough OF brain 90 conceive such fanciful
schemes as have actually been practised
in that borough and for which money has
been paid by the taxpayers OF the city at
large.
Perhaps this bufoonefy OF city govern
ment might be permitted 10 continue for
the amusement IL afforded were IT not for
the fact that II has been costing the tax
payers of the city OF New York from ST.
10000 10 sl.75o,OO0 annually. TO check this
waste not only the people OF Queens many
Of whom have gone there I'm recent years
as home owners and have been amazed at
what they have found, but officials OF the
city and the Governor Of the state have
taken a hand They have brought into eX-
ercise the Ordway commission, which is
now investigating charges against officials,
and a special Attorney General, who. with
the assistance OF grand jury, made up'Of
right thinking citizens have been chasing
after the men and officials who have been
Iegaling themselves at the public expense
Ia. Hnrnda
New-York tribune., 1911-01-15

it have TO stay In the congested dis
tricts.
Mine out of every ten children struck
by an automobile" he continued, have
fractured skulls or confused brains; the
trolley cars cut "A man, wagons crush
'Why do these different vehicles in
lure people so differently" asked the
Tribune representative. .--..
THE automobile is heavy, has no
fender and has broad tires. The mo-
mentum throws the short child down
upon its head. The wagon draws him
under the wheel and the car fanges cut
off limbs.
Are not the safety Tenders now placed
on the Manhattan cars effective in saw
ing life?"
THE present tenders are effective If
man is struck just right. but he never is
struck just right. He is struck by the
New-York tribune., 1911-01-15

mnistratOn il devoived upon Joseph Cas-
sidy to organize the departments under the
borough president. He had been schoolcd
in the politics of Long Island City. and
had fought an array OF small political lead
crs to defeat, and, as the borough president
and dispenser of patronage, he started out
TO make himself the most powerful leader
in tie borough. lie took Richard Croker,
the Tammany boss. as his model. and he
rad an eye TO Crokers riches and Croker's :
hold upon a political machine. Under the
system he put into vogue every man APP
Icinted 10 office. from head Of department
TO merest departmental laborer. qualified
by a show of his ability TO turn votes 10
account ON urinary and clcctior daNs.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-15
THE GALLERIES DECIDE.

"And who decides for the house. ana,
therefore. for the locality, what Its taste
in plays may be? The gallery. In every
case the gallery leads the house, and II.
leads because it is the expressive dlyi-
sion of the audience. The people In the
boxes and I'm the orchestra may approve
or they may not, they seldom give voice
70 their opinions. In most cases they
may be said to follow the decisions Of
the gallery. because in the theatre you
will find you are dealing more with the
crowd phase OF psychology than with the
individual.
"a mans crowd-intelligence Is lower
than his individual intelligence. He Will
express approval Of things he would be
Indifferent to or condemn II he were to
think them over alone; he Will turn
thumbs down on something he would
exonerate IL left to decide by himself,
The crowd spirit is peculiar. II is true
TO none Of it's constituents. II may rep
resent a composite or an average intel
l2enCe, Dut DIT al cfNhNo NNO S''N
audience let's the gallery give It's verdict.
II IS so throughout this country and ths
same thing holds good in England.
THE play that is universal in its ap-
neal is therefore something that plays
ON the emotions. The purely intellectual
plav that must be thought over, coolly
weighed and calmly judged diverts and
entertains a selected few. II has moth
ing in It for the composite soul OF the
usual audience. There Is nothing In 1t
to rouse tears, hope, JOY. wrath or en-
thusiasm. There Is no response from
the house and no spirit, therefore, to
buoy the thing along.
ITO rise above the structures OF local
taste and limited appeal in America.
play must still be play Of fundamental
human nature. must be emotional, must
he wholesome. attractive and real The
American likes to talk OF last nights
rlay al the breakfast table next day with
his wife and before his children. II
there are things in the play which can
not be so discussed he is dissatisfied ana
III at ease. And in my experience ne
likes American topics best"
New-York tribune., 1911-01-15
SAYS IT CAN BE DECREASED.

is there no way to decrease this
slaughter in the streets? is a question
which Colonel Cornell and others are
asking. The colonel thinks that there
are ways in which something of value
can be accomplished. He mentioned
them in the course Of talk with rep
resentative Of The Tribune.
Colonel Cornell, who looks so much
like Admiral Bob" Evans that he is
never surprised when any one reminds
him of the resemblance, tucked a cigar
into one corner of his mouth and said:
"In the first place, We have got to stop
this horrible carnage. In 1910 the num-
ber of children killed on the streets of
the city was % more than in 1909 Troll
ley cars accounted for twelve of these
additional deaths, wagons for second
New-York tribune., 1911-01-15

Every year hundreds of men. women
and children are killed or injured IN the
streets of New York City by vehicles
In the year just closed, according 10
Colonel Edward :. Cornell. secretary OF
the National Highways Protective AS
sociation. the lives of 376 persons were
crushed out. either by horse drawn
vehicles. trolley cars or automobiles
while $50 persons were injured by these
vehicles. OF those injured automobiles
took the largest toll, the footing being
6,7. while trolley cars hurt 2lS ana
wagons 100.
That wagons should be the chief cause
of death is striking fact. Through
horse drawn vehicles los persons were
derived of existence, while Ia were
killed by or in trolley cars and lO4 by
automobiles. This number Of killed is
only seventy-seven less than the num-
Der of patriots who lost their lives at the
battle of Bunker Hill
Most astonishing is the fact that the
officers and men in both the regular and
volunteer armies of the United States
who were killed IN action or died from
wounds received in action between May
l. 1898 and June so, 1S99-the period of
the Spanish- American War-were fewer
an number than the persons who are
killed each year by vehicles in New
York's streets.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-15
OVER HALF WERE CHILDREN

More than half of the persons killed In
this manner last year were children
under fourteen years Of age. Here, Also
the wagon was the chief factor. ninety of
these infants being done to death be-
meath the wheels or hoofs of the animal
driving IT. Trolley cars took the lives Of
ffty-seven, while forty-nine were killed
10y automobiles. Only 40 per cent of
these children lost their lives through
their own carelessness--that is, by run
ming under the horses hoofs, or into the
bumpers or dashboard of trolley car or
automobile.
Apparently the number Of deaths of
those struck by trolley cars in Brook
lyn as compared with the number Of
those who lost their lives in Manhattan
indicates the value of the air brake over
the hand brake. for thirty-three were
killed i'm Brooklyn where hand brakes
are used to a large extent, while i'm Man
haitian, where so many of the cars are
of the heavy ypay-as-you-cnter type, only
twelve were killed.
a startling fact which the Highways
Protective Association has found is that
the deaths from vehicular traffic in the
city are growing proportionately in num-
Der more rapidly than the population.
This is shown by the statistics gathered
since 1900.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-15
INvIOIOUS.

Miss Passay is furious with that soe's"
reporter"
why so?' ..r
"He published the announcement 0, ~,
approaching wedding under the sou''
headed Late Engagements Life.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-15

@steps and whirled under the cars. There
are hundred ways of doing It,"
What is the reason that the record OF
Injuries caused by automobiles is longer
than that caused by other kinds OF veni-
oIa
New-York tribune., 1911-01-15

dozen and automobiles for the other
two"
THE horrible part of this situation,
he continued, lies in the fact that q
mother never knows when she kisses her
child and sends it forth to school
whether it will return alive or not The
next thing may be a call to go to some
hospital TO see her child, who frequently
never RECEIVERS consciousness, or dies On
the way to the hospital and no WORD
issues from the childs lips to temper
the mothers grief. We had case only
last year of policeman who saw boy
run over by an automobile. Going up
he discovered 1t TO be his own son.
What can be done to remedy such a
condition." inquired the caller.
When you have new conditions you
have TO develop new devices to meet
them
What have you to suggest"
New-York tribune., 1911-01-15
EACI AND FANCY.

When A man Is taken in. he Is put -.
Like a savage. the average man. on
ing words with his wife, rushes susoS>e
way for his club. = SN
New-York tribune., 1911-01-15
STATE CONTROL OF AUTOS.

IN the case of automobiles, however
this is not applicable. The Police De-
partment cannot very well handle this
situation, as automobiles flash around
the country and from one state to an
other, while the average eXpressman
does not The licensing of chauffeurs
must be left in the hands of the state
That is the only practicable method"
"Will this transfer of the licensing
power fully solve the problem?"
"One of the greatest factors in the
avoidance of accidents to children" re-
piled Colonel Cornell, lis the impressing
upon the child as well as upon the
parents the grave results that follow
carclessness, such as playing on trolley
tracks, jumping out from behind piles Of
bricks, catching on to wagons. etc. If
the public will support this society, we
plan to get that warning into the hands
of every family in New York City.
There are six hundred thousand families
we have to go for. The parents in many
cases, especially the foreign parents, are
so ignorant that we have got 10 teach
the school child in order that it may
teach the parent
The conditions are so bad that chauf-
feurs come to us appealing for assist
ance in persuading their employers not
to order them TO run so fast in violation
of the law. Think of that. They do not
New-York tribune., 1911-01-15

Special Deputy Attorney General WIN
exposed the Queens Borough arafters.
The recent decision Of the new Demo-
cratic Attorney General, Mr.. Carmody,
to dispense with Mr. Trains services
gave hope to the grafters that the in
Vestigation may be dropped, though
Mr.. Carmody says not.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-15
DanFrohman'sV View
Continued from first page.

kinds Of plays: but all OF them look
more or less TO New York. success
from New York will be well received
everywhere in the country. A success
from. say, Chicago will not necessarily
win a place in New York
"In order to escape the restrictions Of
local taste play must be based on
strong fundamental emotions. or be great
artistically and philosophically. as
shakespeare's plays. 1t then has no To-
cal problem, and is not dependent on tns
particular appeal OF its setting.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-15
WOULD HAVE POLICE LICENSE

"In the first place, we have got 10
wake up TO the fact that the density oil
population, the congestion of traffic. re-
ouires new method of control. We
have got to adopt the foreign plan of
putting into the hands Of the depart
ment that controls the distribution OF the
traffic, namely, the Police Department,
the control of licensing of drivers Of all
merchandising and public vehicles. If
the Police Department is responsible for
the arrest of incompetent drivers, Il
should have control Of the licensing of
those who drive the vehicles for the
movement of which 1t is responsible.
Now we have two licensing bureaus.
The present Bureau of Licenses. which
is not connected with the Police Depart
ment in any way, will license any one to
drive a vehicle. They have no means Of
knowing the character or ability Of an
applicant A man might be fence
and get a license, which would permit
him to drive up to drygoods store in
the night and take away a load of goods.
The Police Department knows these men.
In European countries all the licensing
bureaus for drivers come under the
police departments.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-06-07
OBEY COURTS ORDER.
Tobacco Corporation Announces That
IL Will Undertake Reorganization
Demanded I'm Good Faith.

New York, May 30.-The American
Tobacco company will undertake in
all good faith. a readjustment of it's
affairs as directed By the United States
cial statement carefully prepared by
officers Of the company and given
this afternoon by w. w. Fuller, the
corporations chief counsel.
THE supreme court in this case"
reads the statement, has said that
Sherman's antitrust law should be
given an application more extensive
than has been given in any other
case. 1t has said that the Ameri-
can Tobacco company is embraced
within Its terms. My clients, of
course, will obey the law as now in
terpreted and will, in good faith, un-
dertake the readjustment of their af-
fairs under the direction Of the cir
cult court Of the Southern district of
New York, to which court the sa-
preme court has remitted the matter
for direction"
Said Delaney Nicoll, who assisted
In presenting the case for the com
pany to the supreme court:
"It is probable that a general plan
will be agreed upon for the conduct
ing of the business as directed by the
court. We shall prepare a plan which
we shall consider agreeable to the
court. This will require long plan
ming and attention to detail and II
will be long before the full propo-
sition will have been worked out"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-06-07

Case of Tencnstcin and Company VS..
Mitchell PaturOs Results i'm Find
ing for Defendant

The case Of TenenStein and Com
pany Of Norfolk, Va, VS.. Mitchell Pa
turOs, a Greek restaurant keeper of
this city, for debt Of sS125 made by
Nick Steggers, the predecessor Of
PaturOs, was heard before Judge
Wells Monday Messrs. Geo. D. Levy
and r. DOzier Lee representing the
plaintiff, and c. Capers Smith the
defendant, and resulted in a verdict
for the defendant.
The case resulted from a bill for
oysters being left unpaid by Steggers
when he sold the restaurant and all
Of its fixtures to Paturos. Paturos
claimed that he did not assume the
debts of the place when he purcb-
ased it, while the plaintiff tried to
show that he took over the merchan-
disc belonging to Paturos when he
made the trade, thus making himself
liable for Steggar's debts.
The attorneys for the plaintiff gave
notice Of appeal.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-06-07
Why Girls Excel i'm Study.
American Medicine.

American Medicine.
The superiority of female students
both children and adults. has been
mentioned and explained hundreds
Of times and yet the full pedagogic
significance of the fact still seems to
be ignored. The girls in many an
edr cational college furnish an over
whelming percentage OF the best stu
dents. and yet i'm later years the men
take the lead Ia every one Of the
lines which as boys they were SO
backward. 1t is all due to the well
know fact that i'm her weak phys
ical state protection has demand
ed an early development Of the per-
cep:ive faculties. Age for age. girls
perceive understandingly what boys
scarcely notice. The differences be-
tween the two sexes are SO great that
II is unscientiiic To class them togeth-
or; and there is growing suspicion
that each is injured by current coed
ucational methods. the boys unduly
stimulated and the girls retarded. In
spite Of this self-evident conclusion
pcdagogues seem bent upon the i'm
possible task of making the boys keep
up with the girls--a plan sure to lie
followed by far-reaching bad result
The boys are liable to become dis
cnuraged. while the girls are led to
embark upon careers as wage earn
"rs in professions i'm which failure $
inevitable.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-06-07
DISPENSARN BOARD OVERRIDE
LYON.
Rule TO Require Old Board TO Furnish
Records and Vouchers Met With
Refusal

Columbia, May 3C-The action OF
the new dispcnsary commission in
employing Holman and Holman of
Charleston as special counsel over
the protest of Attorney General
Lyon, may lead to further complica~
tions. The act under which the com
mission is working authorizes the
board 10 "employ such assistant
counsel as may be approved by the
attorney general" the latter himself
being the leading counsel; and the
act of 1909 says; MI boards of de
partmcnts are forbidden to employ
any counsel for any purpose except
through the attorney general and mp
on his advice" Attorney General
Lyon told the commission he himself
stood ready 10 advise them and he
could not sanction tn" employment of
other counsel. Nevertheless Holman
ana Holman were retained ana w.
y. Holman of that firm is here i'm
consultation with the board. Mys>rs.
| Murray. McSWccn. Pattou and Wood
today made Il return to the commits
el'hS rule requiring the production Of
Vouchers and records The old COM
m -eioncrs deny the authority or their
Successors to d,m.ud 'try-c p9pars
""d say further ,&'' tb, Ola BOARD is
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-06-07
SOUTHERN ROAD FACES CRISIS
About Pay to- That of Firemen,
Now i'm Dispute.

Washington, May 30.--A new wage
demand is to be made upon the
Southern railway. With that Of the
1000 or more firemen yet before the
systems officials and their action in
doubt, a committee of 20 represent
ing the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers arrived here tonight 10
push a claim Of the engine drivers on
the Southern for an increasel Of ap-
proximately 25 per cent over their
present pay.
Some time ago a slight increase
was allowed the engineers. They
now believe that was inadequate.
Strike talk is heard from the engi-
neers as we'll as from the firemen.
The comittee expects to discuss the
wage question with w. w. Finley,
president of the Southern, tomorrow.
A member of the committee tonight
asserted that on the failure of the
Southern to grant their demand that
the 1,4O0 engineers on the road would
quit their jobs.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-06-07
\ Charming Woman.

Is one who is lovely in face. form,
mind and temper. Eut its hard for
woman q Dee charming without
health. A weak. sickly woman will
hC nervous and irritable Constipa-
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pimples. blotchcs, skin cruptious and
a wretched COmpleNiou I,ut ElDc-
trio Btttcrs always prove godscnd
Co women who want health. beaut, ,
and friends. They regulate stomach.
Liver and kidneys. puprify the bio a. ;
give strong nerves. bright eyes, purc
breath. smooth, velvety skin. l0vciy
complexion and perfect health. Try
Them. soc at Siberts Drug store.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-06-07
ARMORY HALL RENOVATED.
New Coat of Paint and Plastcring
Make Hall Look Much Improved.

The Improvements on the Arm Dry
haII which have been going ON for
the past month are about completed
and Respondent i'm its new coat
Of blue paint, with red borders, and a
fresh coat Of plastcring the hall is
ready for any II all Of the receptions
and dances that the young men Of
the city can arrange.
The work has been going on very
slowly owing To- the small force Of
Worhmcn, and the fact that it has
t'cn completed will hr hailed with
~ladn"ss hy the boys If the city. The
hail now needs securing when it
viii joe in good condition for dancing.
The pIastcring is already dried and
hardened and it viii take only about
two or thrc" days for IT,, paint to
dry.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-06-07
ShrinerS and ElkS Folders.

The Atlantic Coast Line has issued
beautifully illustrated folders of
standard form in two colors, advertis-
ing the low round-trip rates to Ro-
chester on account Of the Imperial
Council Of the Mystic Shrine, July l.,
II and Is and if the Grand Lodge of
Ellls at Atlantic City, n. j., July 10
and 18TH
These folders are replete with in
formation to those contemplating the
trip, as they contain the rates, stop
over privileges, many pretty half
tones and brief Writ-ups Of the many
attractions of those two beautiful
cities. The round-trip rates. which
are open II the public, from Sumter
is $29.&0 To Rochester and S23.45 to
Atlantic City and the tickets are on
sale for each point on July :, s and 9
While the return limit is compar-
luyely short an extension Of about
4 month can be obtained by deposit
inc ticket with agents and upon the
payment cf $1.OO.
Every Shriucr and Elk should
write MIR. White, the General Pass
enger Agent at Wilmington for copies
of the folders and they viii find much
90 interest them
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-06-07
SHERIFF GOES AFTER FIELDER
Attorney Stevenson Argues Against
Right OF Dispensary Board to- Have
DIR. Murray Arrested.

Columbia. My 31.-With Sheriff
Buford OF New0erry on his way TO
Atlanta armed with requisition papers
from Gov. Blease upon Gov. Brown
for the person OF Thos. B. Fielder
the breach between the old, or Ansel
dispensary commission. and the new,
or Blease commission. was further
wldened today when Attorney Ste
venson OF Cheraw. who was counsel
for the old commission appeared
before the Blease commission II ar
que against the alleged right Of
the board to rule for contempt.
Chairman Murray and other members
OF the old board. Nothing was said
about a probe Of the old commission
history by the new board. but this
was I'm reality the question at hsue.
An exelcutive session followed the
open meeting at which Stevenson was
heard. Stevenson argued that the
new commission has no legal right
TO rule DR.. Murray in contempt,
that 1t cannot investigate matters
subsequent TO 1907. and that the
original vouchers in possession of the
old commissioners are held by them
as their personal property for their
protection.