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that chauffeurs should be compelled to
let pedestrians reach h idewa De-
fore they advance their cars. n It ID
q pity there cannot be a policeman sta
toned at every corner to enforce such
Q measure"
Edward A. Maher, General Manager
Of the Third Avenue Railroad Company.
and the Union Railway company, Is a
veteran operator Of trolley cars.
PEOPLE ARE CAUTIOUS, BUT
OFTEN HAVE NO CHANCE.
"we have a public in New York." he
said. well trained to look In either
direction when stepping from a car.
There are times, however, when this is
OF little avail, for every avenue OF es-
c; , to safety IL cut of by one or more
highly driven motor cars. Two, three.
and some times -four abreast. they swing
up a street In the path of a trolley car,
and fortunate indeed is the pedestrian
who sustains only a nervous shock.
Long ago I established the rule
where two trolley cars are moving in
opposite directions, and one had stoppsI
to let off passengers. the other shou.d
brake up and II necessary, stop en-.
"a - III Ahi AHAh ~ 'hDh Ia
sengers dlsembarklng to the street from
the other car. Why cannot this same
principle applied to automobiles be en-
bodied IN a city ordinance? OF course
the important thing would be TO hav,
the ordinance strictly enforced by tn,
police. 7 guess 1t could be done. TIL,
| Evening World deserves the thanks %
the community for starting this agita
ton"
One, way to lessen the danger to tn
lives Of pedestrians. sale a promlnen
member OF the Police Department iden
tilted with regulation OF traffic, woul,
be to prohibit automobiles from usin'
the tracks OF the railroad companle
for speeding purposes as Is now tn
common practice all over the city. tn,
recSrds OF the Department show ms
the majority OF passengers struck dow
and injured are the victims Of auto
mobiles being driven around from tn
tracks In the rear of the trolley ca
by a chauffeur, recklessly intent upo
c~ircling the trolley car. Usually ther
Is a second automobile st!ll furthe
back on the car tracks which the
comes up. and the pedestrian canno
make either side OF the street. an
stands In dazcd helplessness as tn
autos zip by or either side.
GIVE me a safe road to the side
walk" is the cry OF every patron n
the surface lines OF the city. the major
ity OF whom happen to he women an
children who deserve full protectioi
The evening world., 1911-08-16
DEMOCRATS IN CAUCUS.
Senators FIX Policy on Cotton
TariH i.exislntiOu.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 1G.-The Demo-
cratic Senators held II caucus to-day 10
determine their policy on cotton tariff
revision legislation. The cotton hill al
ready has passed the House. Many Of
the Democratic Senators favor pressing
the bill TO a vote in the Senate without
permitting amendment. The progressive
Republicans "a a number, of amend
ments they want tackled onN the meas
IRE.
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Cu1G is A NECESSITY. TROLLEY
MANAGERS URGE,

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p'Sse""''S ""N"' He'''E s'''cs '"erh ~
''''' ny '"''hE MS 'o'n rs ne s"'hNS
'"' VI ''S va ""'N" ''"''"' ne s''"',
'7s c''' INA races over " crescent
s~'"t'' 'p".'' !" ''r N" '',MS "'e'''
J y" s'"" '"'' ~ r','''7 WIN" mas
''N,u UP '''' '. 'usc
Wv H'S 10 Nv Wv 'V'''' w '"'V
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purpose. The doors were opened at six
o'clock this morning and all day long
friends and associates OF the dead
physician. and many who had not known
him. passed through the hall to do
honor to the man who met with violent
death in answering a night call for his
services.
The evening world., 1911-08-16
0sayT Trolley Traveller IN City
.laenaced Daily With the
eAae Of Dr.. Benden
HeBSENT. LAWS FUTILE.
obtor Vehicles Should Be For.
Ridden to Pass Cars Stopped
"a for Passengers.

Bender, . Of the leading surgeons Of
luncs County. VINO was run down and
Ind b 20 automobile dr4vsn It .
paos just ~ no was ssttns
q . trolley oar yesterday 1t wnlouSh-
~ avenue and Broadway. Brooklyn.
wttean . block Of his homo serves 10
emphaslss Ne need Of further curling
OF NE Increasing menace In city streets.
whboh impsrils daily the life and Limb
q the 100000 passenger upon the sur
49, lines Of the greater city.
3syond doubt NE vast majority
q Evening word readers, q one
oAs Or another, have stepped OF
0s rear platform on . surface oar,
or attempted 70 board one. ana
found themselves N momsnta1y
peril from . rapidly approaching
eutomobNs. This common sxpsr1.
suos Of All PEDESTRIANS Il city
strssts brings the tragic fate OF
the Drooklyn physician homo to
tAsm with . gripping realism.
xAsrs has bssn . growing disrs-
gard OF h rights ana safety Of
he man on foot.
In the mind Of the average chauffeur
the right Of pedestrians TO a safe
dressing Of the street does not exist.
important of all, to them, are the
rfShts Of passengers ~alighting from or
entering street cars. They whiz around
halted oars in the most reckless manner
and In wanton disregard OF any injury
or death they may cause
THE LAW THAT NOW FAILS To
CHECK EVIL.
Here Is Section No. cs7 OF the Stat,
law. which fails to offer any relief:
Every person operating a motor We
h!cle IN the public highways OF Thu
State shall drive the same In a careful
and prudent name n at q rate o.
speed % a. not to endanger the proper
~ Of another or the life or limb of an.
persons; provided hat q rate of spec
in excess Of thirty miles a hou 70
a distance OF one-fourth Of a mile shall
DO presumptive evidence Of driving a
a rate Of speed which IL not careful
and prudent
The city ordinances OF New Yorl
limit motoring 10 eight miles an ho,Ir
and Section No. SIS OF the State Law
says: Nothing In this article shall i'm
pair the validity or effect of any or
dinances regulating the speed OF motto
vehicles. or of any traffic regulation
with regard to the operation of moto
vehlces heretofore or hereafter adopt
ed or prescribed, pursuant to law In an
city OF the frs, class
Magistrates catering TO the wealth,
classes have tried to stretch the loca
limit 10 fifteen miles an hour, becaus
OF a clause in the state law whic
reads: "Such spced limitations not I
he In any case less than one mile 1!
-four minutes" But there is every rea
son to believe that his particula
clause refers to the regulation OF spec
IN other cities than Buffalo and Net
York, and Police Commissioner Wald
holds that eight miles an hour is tn
official speed to he maintained unde
police regulations here.
The p''nt involved When consider
W. "' Us ~
| na .naa, raa,,a,,,,s" Ont
;raI, ,, ca,om,, Nanaaor -, ~
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Fur
Sale

THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY will witness in the
POST STORES, the mostunusual
Fur Offerings ever presented in
New York.
In combination with the pro-
eressivc POST enterprise, the
forced rebuilding Of the posi-
STORE FRONT. by the City,
contributes an additional eason
for the SHARP REDUCTIONS
IN PRICES.
All garments are in correct Fall
and Winter Models, embodying
the styles authorized by European
and American Fashion Creators.
The whole immense Fur Stock
will be offered at a POSITIVE
SAVING OF FIFTY CENTS ON
THE DOLLAR.
When Special Garments arc
desired, selections may be made
from the beautiful collection Of
skins, and the garments made up
to conform with the models OH
exhibition, at regular stock prices.
Furs in the POST STORES are
invariably sold under their proper
names-therc are no misreprc-
sensations as TO QUALITY or
SERVICEABLENESS.
The time TO buy furs is NOW
the place TO buy them is in the
POST STORES. Get here
FIRST and get FIRST CHOICE.
Genuine Persian Lamb Coats. ready to
wear, or made to your order and
measure, Of skins and linines Of your
own selection. This seasons fixed
Price, $4,000: Posts ~,oS m
special price. .........
Stunning Hudson Seal Goats, fine and
rich III quality; wear guaranteed.
Seasons fixed price. C, m
$50 90; Posts special. S/O.OO
/. French Seal Coats, equal in appearance
10 best real seal. and will give equal
service. We lake special pride in
recommending these coats as among
the best values in the sale. All
lengths. Regular 50 inc S4.inck
lcneihs-Season's fixed
price, $4,000; Posts q cO m
special price. ........ ~SOsSO
Genuine Pony Coats mo, calf skin
European dycdCSkinncr or brocadc
lining all lengths and sizes. Seasons
fixed price, SIS. 90 Posts C % en-
special August Sale price @HS.SO
French Sable Goats in charming Seal
Brown, beautifully lined and finished
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-03-10
MACHINE TESTS HEART BEATS
New Device Takes Photograph Of
Hearts Action and Aids In dag
nosss OF Disease.

Baltimore, Md.-An apparatus Is
now In use In the medical world for
measuring disturbances In the activ-
ity of the heart 1t consists of mag
net to which is attached thin wire
through which an electric current Is
set in motion. The wire in turn is
attached to a mirror which reflects an
oscillating beam of light by the aid Of
a bow lamp on to sensitized photo
graphic paper. A line is thus traced
on the paper In the same measure as
the current went out from the heart,
as shown in the accompanying illus
tration.
1t Is known that an imaginary line
through the body has on one side all
the currents generated by one side OF
the heart. and on the other side the
currents generated by the opposite
side, so that by connecting an cleo
trode to each side of the body, obliter.
ating all other currents of the body b,
placing them as nearly as possible al
rest, the physician has the current Of
the heart where he can measure and
examine 1t.
The patient is put at rest, one cleo
trode is fastened to his arm, and one
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to the opposite leg and the current
generated by the movement OF the
heart of the patient is conducted to
a quartz wire suspended In magnetic
field. which is DETECTED according to
the amount Of current flowing through
It.
An arc light is thrown through a
condensing microscope upon the NOV
ing wire, the shadow from which Is
thrown through another microscope,
which magnifies It 500 times and
throws the shadow through slit at
right angles to the position Of the
wire upon screen. Back of the
screen is a camera with a rotating
film, which takes a record picture Of
the movement on the point made By
the intersection of the slit with the
shadow of the wire.
This picture is compared with pic
lures Of perfectly normal heart cur
rents, and by this method the physi
clans are often able to determine the
nature of the patients affiiction.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-03-10
Anecdotes of French Court

tremendous blow on the desk In front
of him that woke everybody up with
start, he cried: Yesterday at this
same hour was saying" and the
whole bench rubbed their eyes and
asked each other IL they had really
slept through twenty-four hours.
The same counsel was pleading at
Versailles on a cold day and re-
marked that the judges were all turn
ing more and more around toward a
stove that gave out welcome heat
The tribunal behind which I have
the honor of speaking" brought them
all right about face at once.
On another occasion the Judge
asked him to cut his speech short,
as the court had made up its mind.
Assuming the air Of a childlike ma
tive. NJ. Clery retorted: Me right you
good judges. him Innocent" and sat
down.
Though not intended humorously
the celebrated criminal advocate Mai.
tire Henri Robert made hit when de-
Tending the matricide Waohs de Roo.
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+ New NEWS q
Or YESTERDAY
by r. Z E0zNR/0.%

trick about 1t all. and was sure that
If he waited, he would get the road
for practically nothing.
We'll. that very day he bound the
bargain-he was not his usual calm
self until he had done so-and he
chuckled not a little as he thought OF
the manner In which he had over
reached Gould. But few days later
he came to me with woeful face.
Charlie, he said. that was all a
trap. They set It for Gould and for
me, and they caught US both. Gould
had no intention of buying the road;
he was perfectly innocent In the mat
ter. Now that we have got 1t, we
must make the best Of it. but ! am
sure that II we had waited we
could have got 1t on our terms. and
saved several million dollars.
Had Mr.. Vanderbilt lived few
years longer than he did," concluded
Mr.. Clarke. whose death occurred q
few months ago. he would lave been
gratified to know that, after all. his
purchase of the Nickel Plate was !
wise venture. for 1t has proved a most
valuable subsidiary to our Lake Shore
system"
Copyright, 1910. by E. ]. Edwards. Al
Rights Reserved.)
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-03-10
Layman Taught Head of Yale

What, then. shall do?" the presi-
dent of Yale asked.
That's exactly what l am going to
tell you," Mr.. Borden replied. There's
good deal of human nature to be
studied II you're going to raise large
fund of money. Now, what you must
do first is to get four or five OF even
six men to say they win contribute
the larger part of the fund. When
you have got pledges Of that kind.
you will be astonished to see how
quickly other rich men will fan into
line. That's the human nature of Civ
ing"
But where am to find four or Eve
or six men?" Yale's president asked.
II am going to show you. will be
one Of six men to pledge in all six
hundred thousand dollars. You shall
have the other pledges within two or
three days. Then, when you have
them, you viii see how quickly others
will join the procession, and you shall
get your million within a month"
Here was a new philosophy of life
for the new president of Yale. But
he knew from Mr.. Borden's manner
that it was correct philosophy.
On the day following Mr.. Borden
met Frederick w. Vanderbilt. an alum
nus of Yale. Fred" he said. 'T'd
like to have you be one of the six
who are going to contribute six hun
dred thousand dollars for Arthur Had
ley's bicentennial fund"
"It would give me the greatest
pleasure" responded Mr.. Vanderbilt.
Mr.. Borden next called upon three
other graduates of wealth, and he had
simply to repeat the request he had
made to Mr. Vanderbilt to get their
| subscriptions. Then. within a few
hours. he called upon James J. Hill
whose sons were graduates Of Yale.
Il won't do it." said Mr.. Hill. al
first.
"Oh, yes, you will" was the reply;
and after some further conversation
Mr.. Hill offered to give twenty i've
thousand dollars. He was told that
that wouldn't do. Then he offered tc
give fifty thousand dollars. but wai
told that that amount also was toe
small. Along in the small hours o.
the morning Mr.. Hill yielded. so that
within three days the fund Of six hun
dred thousand was raised.
Take that, Arthur" said Mr.. Dor
den the next day. "and Wen see II
was not correct"
The young president of Yale. goini
forth with the pledges Of six men fol
six hundred thousand dollars, fount
that 1t was even as Mr.. Borden has
said. Other rich men stepped VI
quickly. so that they might be in tim'
to join the procession; and almost be
fore President Hadley realized
Yale's bicentennial alumni fund of
million dollars was secured to the las
dollar.
copyright, 1910. by z. ]. Edwards. Al
Rights Reserved)
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-03-10
M. c. D. Borden Showed Arthur
TwInlng HadIey How to Raise the
Bicentennial Alumni Fund Of
a Million Dollars.

When Arthur Twining Hadley be-
came president OF Yale university,
being elected to that office at q young
er age than any of his predecessors
he knew that one Of the most I'M
portant of the duties that lay imme-
diately to hand was the raising of the
bicentennial alumni fund of one mil
lion dollars. For 1t was hoped and ex-
pected that Yale would be able to eel
citrate its two hundredth anniversary
not only with formal ceremonies. but
by the announcement that fund OF
one million dollars had been raised
The young president started out to
secure this fund. What was at first
enthusiasm on his part was followed
by something like despair. until al
last he called upon one of the most
enthusiastic of the alumni OF Yale. M
c. ID. Borden of Fall River, Mass
the largest cotton manufacturer In the
United States. Mr.. Borden heard pa
tiently the young presidents nara
ton of the difficulty he had met with
in securing pledges.
Arthur" he said. at last, "you are
expert authority on economies and on
railroad management and accounting
But you have got something to learn
about the way to collect big fund Of
money. You never win get your mil
lion dollars II you continue in the wa,
you have begun"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-03-10

New York.-An officer Of liner
once remarked that most men seemed
to be as ignorant about the size Of the
sea as they are Of the distance be-
tween the heavenly planets. Here are
a few facts: The Pacific covers 'eS.-
900, 900 miles: the Atlantic 10000. 900.
and the Indian ocean. Arctic and
Antarctic 100000. To stow away
the contents of the Pacific 1t would
be necessary to ell tank one mile
long, one mile wide and one mile deep
every day for 40 years. Put in ng-
ures, the Pacific holds in weight 948,.
600 900. 900. 600. 100000 tons. The At
lantic averages depth of not quite
three miles. It's waters weigh 325, 900.
900 .0oo. 000. 100000 tons. and q tank to
contain it would have each Of iti
sides 4so miles long. The figures Of
the other oceans are in the same start
ling proportions. 1t would take al
the sea water in the world 2.000. 0ol
years to Cow over Niagara
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-03-10

After he has opened the way to q
storehouse, his wife secures the food
and then shows her affection for her
mate by feeding him first. According
to the Maoris. when one Of these
birds die, the companion soon yields
to starvation. for he is inconsolabls
and will not eat.
There are very few huias in the
world today. What few that are left
are in captivity. Only scattering
numbers may be found In New Zea-
land. their habitat. The bird IL a
member of the starting family and is
confined to the forests Of certain
mountain ranges. In size 1t Is about
as large as an American thrush.
Both sexes are glossy green-black,
excepting a white terminal band upon
he tail and large rounded wattles at
the cape, which are orange red. The
birds nest In hollow trees.
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Usually Cautious, He Hastily Bought
the Nickel Plate Because II Was
Going to Be Sold to Jay
Gould.

Il wish you could have seen William
H. Vanderbilt upon one occasion when
he thought he was compelled to de-
eide whether he would spend several
millions in the purchase OF railroad
or let It co." said the late Charles Z.
Clarke, who was for many years one
of the most intimate personal friends
of Mr.. Vanderbilt and a vice-president
of the Vanderbilt lines.
In order the better to understand
the description, am going to give
you. / ought to remind you" contin-
ued Mr.. Clarke. "of the manner In
which the Nickel Plate railroad was
built. II was promoted chiefly by
Gen. Sam Thomas and Cal Brice-
we always called him Cal-and we
suspected from the beginning that
It was built with the intent, by a
sort OF genteel blackmail, to compel
Vanderbilt to buy It. It ran from Buff
falo to Chicago and practically paral-
leIed the Lake Shore railroad. There
did not appear to be the slightest ne
cessity for building railroad there,
since the Lake Shore could take care
OF all the business that was offered.
That was the reason why we sus-
pected that the chief object Brice
and Thomas had in promoting the rail.
road was to unload 1t at fat profit
upon the vanderbilts.
Just about that time Mr. Wander
hilt was having a good deal OF per
plexity on account of the building OF
the West Shore railroad, which prac'
tically parallels the New York Central
from New York city to Buffalo; and
he was accustomed to declare that
he'd be hanged If he'd buy the West
Shore, and he'd be id II he'd buy
the Nickel Plate. Yet he bought the
Nickel Plate, almost In the twinkline
of an eye; and I'll tell you exactly
how It happened. although a part OF
the anecdote has already been pub
lished.
"One day I was with Mr.. Vanderbilt
in his once when some one brought
to him q telegram that had come
over the company's wires from Buffa
10. He opened It and read It. and ther
handed It to me. AS nearly as l car
recollect. the telegram stated tha'
Gen. Thomas and Cal Brice had Just
left Buffalo in a private car with ia,
Gould as guest. and that they were
going to take him on tour Of inspec
ton over the Nickel Plate.
What do you think of that. Char
lieY asked Mr. Vanderbilt. excitedly.
1T don't know what to think Of it.
I replied.
Wen. know Mr.. VANDERBILT.
cried. as he jumped. out of his chat
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Hurry Costly to Vanderbilt

and began walking excitedly back and
forth. They've got tired fishing for
me and they're going to have Gould
make an offer to buy the Nickel Plate
and do what he wants to with It
That must be stopped
1T seemed to me that Mr.. Wander
bilt was in a good deal Of hurry;
so said that II Gould bought it he
would only get a roadbed and streak
of rust.
THAT doesn't make any difference
he retorted vehemently. He mustn't
have it. We don't want any more
trouble with Gould. l am going to ac-
cept Thomas offer instantly. and per-
haps Gould will learn before he gets
through the tour OF inspection that
vanderbilt's got control Of the road
Cautious q man as William II.
Vanderbilt was, and though wonder
fully accurate In his forecasts and
Judgments. as almost always found
him to be, he yet seemed to be car
ried away by this impulse to buy. and
as he did not ask my advice, did
not give it But felt there. was some
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those about It. But In the course Of
time the tree went the way Of ali
trees and In 1890 the commonwealth
OF Massachusetts, caused to be erected
on the spot stabilize shaft of slate
stone 7.3 feet high, about seven inches
thick and about Is inches across its
face. On this was engraved two
lengthy inscriptions.
The passing of nearly century and
a quarter and the ruthless hands Of
vandals have worked sad change In
the condition Of the monument One
might expect to fall In with such a
neglected monument in almost any
other state more quickly than in Mas
sachusetts. But though Plymouth rock
is housed In a granite canopy. nobody
seemed to know or care until recently
what was the fate of this other Plym-
outh landmark, at the west border of
the old colony.
One glance at the monument is
enough to show the work Of the van
DIAL has done more to deface 1t than
the tooth Of time. Names are scratched
all over both faces, those Of freshmen
In a minor college most unblushingly
prominent. The edges of the shaft
have been Clipped away by souvenir
hunters.
About three years ago the condition
Of the stone led a number of antigua
rians, including Major Horton Of At
tleboro and a few progressive resi-
dents Of North Attleboro, led by w. H
Bell. chairman Of the board Of select
men, to make concerted effort tc
have the state restore the historic
| stone.
To this end a bill was presented &C
the legislature by Representative 8. M
Holman of Attleboro. who was chair
man Of the committee on harbors and
public lands. The bill was duly passed
and became chapter Al Of the acts Of
1908. It directed the board Of harbol
end land commissioners to take such
measures as might be necessary fol
the preservation of the monument and
appropriated $500 for the purpose. i
was found that to effect the improve
ment desired land must be bought
both for the proposed reservation, ant
for the right of way to the monument
from the street. Tie present bill pro
vides for the purchase Of half an acr'
Of land and appropriates $500 for tn
entire project
At present II IL not possible to picl
out complete sentence In the inscrip
tons. The top Of the stone is cut Il
the form Of disc. on the south fac
of which appears the words plymouth
Colony" Fortunately the fun text o
the inscriptions IL preserved and ma
be found in the atlas Of the town o
Wrentham. issued by. the state. Tn
inscriptions are complete historically
but are curiosities In the art OF In
scription writing