The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-08-04
Film of Leap to Death of Swimmer
Actor Now Being Shown in
the East
FOUR NEW YORK BRIDGES FREE
DiscOntinuance of Toll Means Loss of
Approximately Quarter Of Mil
lion Year.

New York, Aug. 4.-By order of
Mayor Gaynor the tolls on the four
bridges spanning the East River
have been abolished To the city
this will mean a loss in tolls of about
100000 year, but as there will be
a saving in salaries of about $50, 700,
the actual loss will not be more than
100000 a year. The Board of AL
dermen passed the ordinance abol-
ishing the tolls upon the request of
the mayor without much opposition.
Vice Chairman Francis P. Bent was
practically the only member who op-
posed the measure. He said he
strongly favored free bath houses
and similar institutions that would
benefit the poor, but he did not be-
lieve in abolishing tolls which, for
the most part, were paid by the
wealthy owners of vehicles drawn by
horses and of automobiles, who die
not care whether they had to pay
toll or not His protest, however, did
not prevent the aldermen from pass
ing the ordinance. -.>...- -- ..
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The Laghorn hen matIv fa1n1uus- by
her publicity agent, the Tarrytown
correspondent of New York daily
newspaper, has bobbed into print
again. The last heard of her, she
was helping her master to build a
chicken coop, by holding the nails
so that her disabled master could
drive them into the boards Now she
seems to have learned another, equal
ly clever stunt. Every evening the
hens owner enjoys quiet smoke
upon the veranda of his suburban
home. His sitting down in the rock
ing chair standing ready for him on
the porch, is the signal for the hen
to get busy She runs into the
house, brings out her masters pire
and tobacco pouch and a match The
master takes pouch and pipe, fills the
latter with tobacco and then the men
strikes the match on the floor of the
veranda and holds the burning
match, while her master lights his
pipe. What next?
Even the old Romans appreciated
the advantage of having "a friend in
court" The large business interests
and particularly the bad" trusts in
this country, recognizing this ad-
vantage, have always aimed at hay
ing their friends elected to the state
legislatures and to Congress and the
plan worked admira bly-for them.
The people may be grateful. however,
that there are a few isolated cases
in which "a friend in court" does not
avail the evil-doer. The other day
a certain New York Congressman
went out in revenue cutter to meet
one OF the incoming German liners,
He went aboard the liner and when
the ship arrived at Hoboken, he tried
his best to help young woman, the
buyer of department store in Phi
ladelphia, through the ordeal of the
customs examination. The inspec-
tors came to the conclusion that some
laces had been undervalued in the
woman's declaration and refused to
pass her trunks. Then the congress-
man introduced himself to the in
spectors, hoping that his prestige
would help Strengthening matters in
way satisfactory to the young wom-
an. But the inspectors did not seem
to have much respect for the exalted
position of the woman's champion
and had her trunks sent to the Pub
lie Storehouse for examination La
ter it was found that the same wom-
an had been caught three years ago
in an attempt to cheat the govern
ment out of duties amounting to
$165. 49,.
That necessity is the mother of in
vention is neatly illustrated by the
clever manner in which an elderly
man, who rides every evening during
the rush time on the subway from
Brooklyn Bridge to 125th Street, has
solved the problem of finding COM
fort in crowded subway train. Al
ter boarding the train he makes his
way to the front end Of the car and