The Detroit times., 1911-06-12
Want Laws to Bar AutO
Drivers From IntOxicants

NEW YORK, June 12.-'The JOY
Rider" II the one particular parasite
which is attracting the attention OK
the National Highways Protective 30
ciety. According to Col. Edward ..
Cornell, secretary Of this society, tue
most effective laws Of the various
states for the accomplishment OF this
end, will BIO to force the individual
owners Of automobiles to take out
drivers licenses, and to make II
penal offense for any one so author
ICED to drink intoxicating liquors.
This society has been doing 81
ficient work Of public nature for
some time. Its methods are quiet and
unostentatious. The offices at No. 40
East Twenty-ninth-st.. presided over
by Col. Cornell, are modest
Col. Cornell is easy Of access, q hu-
emit talker and an aggressive cam
paigner. His associates In the control
Of the society are Thomas N. Rhine
lander. president; Alfred L. Selig-
man, vice-president. and Bradley Mar
tin, Jr., treasurer
Back OF the society Is phalanx
of names which speaks accomplish.
ment and success. They constitute
a committee on contributions, and 1t
is evident that with these men only
as subscribers the work OF the society
will not be handicapped by lack or
finances. They are +. Augustus
Schermerhorn. Cleveland II. Dodge, X.
Fulton Cutting, w. Emlen Roosevelt,
James A. Scrymser, Dallas B. Pratt,
Joseph H. Choate. B. Aymar Sands.
David b. Ogden, Isaac N. Seligman,
Felix M. warburg and Douglas Rob
inson.
Financed National Campaign.
The society IL supported entirely
by voluntary subscriptions from these
and other men. This method financed
the recent campaign In Washington
against the federal control Of auto
mobile licenses. The principle OBJ
lection Of the society to this PROPOSE
ton was It's impracticability. The
measure before the last congress was
defeated.
In a recent letter to Police Com
missioner Waldo Col. Cornell compli-
ments the department on the reduc-
ton In the number Of deaths during
the month Of May as compared with
that OF the same month last year, es-
pecially as regards automobiles. He
gives credit for this result of the
city's ordinances with regard to the
speed and lighting of other vehicles.
His object In this Is to reduce the
casualties resulting from the reck-
less driving OF wagons and other ye-
hicles.
In reviewing the list OF deaths dur
ing the month of May this year as
q result Of accident on the city's
streets, Col. Cornell called attention
TO the following facts. First, 80 per
cent Of the fifty-one names are OF
| foreign origin and seem to indicate
recent arrival In this country. From
this he argued for greater cautious
ness on the part Of the native Amer
lean. He also mentioned that the
first death from a motorcycle acct.
dent had at last been registered. This
was OF a woman seventy years old.
Fewer Deaths from Autos.
In his review he places the deaths
on the highways In Greater New York
during the month OF May, 1910, a,
ffty-four, and for last May at nifty
one. The deaths from autos last year
| in May were sixteen, and this year
seven. The deaths from wagons
numbered twenty-five each year
From trolleys the deaths were In.
creased from thirteen last year 10
seventeen this, during the month. d
May.