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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-18
Pol ICEMAN GETS A REWARD
Plan to Stop Theft Of Motor
cvcles Succeeds Admirably.

q n Gibson. secretary or the fedei"-
=, ,r,.,ican Motorcyclists. has just
,aid the seventh reward onereu ny NV
rraaar.ticn OF American Motorcyciie''
,or the recovery OF motorcycle s.ole"
,,on, a ,n.mber OF the federation. TINS
49,. The reward OF s25 went to l.. j.
Wonderly, policeman OF Iopehe' hu"'
,,,Lo discovered the thief and stolen mo-
torcvcIe Of DR. C. NJ. Iiensley.
rh,, Man OF awarding s25 TO the per
am recovering stolen motorcycle Oh
Federation Of American Motorcycils's
r,embers was inaugurated some uihe
49, no the federation IN It's efforts TO
.',,ots tho interests OF motorcyclists'
Since that time seven machines nave
hoer Yecoyered and several OF the thieves
hova been sentenced to serve long terms
Tho man who stole DR.. Hensley's ma
ot,r. r.ceiyed q sentence OF year In
prison.
The Federation Of American Motor
cyc,ists-the national motorcycle organ.
tzs,,on-is gaining members at the rate
~ more than nine hundred a month In
univ there were sSs men who affiliated
With the federation, and they are riders
tn ,birty.six states. Panama, Canada and
the Philippine Islands
ohio led the states in the number OF
,.,v members. From that state 10
-,a.rs ,o,ned tho national body. Penn
sv,vania ranked second. with 1902; Ind
,ara third. with IS; Kansas fourth. with
"a and Illinois NTH, with SO new mem
bers.
At the present rate Of increase DR.. g.
7 patterson, president of the Federation
., American Motorcyclists. feels that by
tha nsxt national gathering OF the fed
Grafton his goal Of 10000 members VIII
he reached.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-18
FAST HYDROPLANES READY
Big Field Assured for Trophy
Elimination Trials.

When the starting signal is given for
the first OF tho series OF trial races that
will be held on Huntington Bay on Au-
gust 26. q and Is 10 select a team OF
three boats TO defend tho British inter
national trophy for motor boats against
the English challengers at least six OF
the fastest hydroplanes ever built in this
country will be ready for the start
The members OF the Motor Boat Club Of
America. which holds the trophy and will
be in full charge Of both the elimination
trials and the international races, realize
that Great Britain Will send over three
very fast boats and that the American
yachtsmen Will have to do their best to
keep the prize on this side Of the Atlantic.
The boats that are being tuned up for
the forthcoming trials include the Baby
Reliance and the Baby Reliance III,
owned by Rear Commodore J. Stuart
Blackton, of the Motor Boat Club Of
America: the Bullet. Albert e. Smith;
the Disturber III, Commodore James A.
PUgh. Of Dubuque. Iowa; the Restless ILL.,
Thomas Chesbrough. and probably the
Columbia. another Of Mr.. Smiths hydro
planes.
With the exception of the Columbia, all
the boats have shown more than forty
five miles an hour, and when they are
given their final tuning up work they
are expected to como close to nifty miles
over the course of thirty nautical miles.
Commodore Ii. II. Melville and Pliny
Fisk. chairman OF the race committee Of
the NJ. B. G. A. have been unofficially ad-
vised that three other flyers may be ready
for the trials. The owners OF the unnamed
craft want to send them to the line as
dark horses. and are keeping the facts
about them TO themselves until the last
minute.
The combined expense OF defending tho
trophy will exceed $4,000. and the club
will allot $4,000 for its own expenses for
entertainment, chartcring steamers and
other details.
The challengers will be shipped from
southampton the latter part OF this week.
The Maple Leaf ", tho fastest of the
foreign representatives. has made forty
SIX miles In competition.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-18
WORK ON ROAD CIRCUIT
Milwaukee Course To Be Ready
in About Two Weeks.
STANDS FINALLY LOCATED
Will Be Placed at Point Giving
Spectators Three Mile View
on Either Side.

E. 9. Williams. representing William
X. Vanderbilt, tr.. chairman of the con-
test committee of the Automobile Club
OF America. visited Milwaukee the latter
part OF the last week for the purpose OF
inspecting the new course for the Mi
waukee races. This course, as has been
announced, is located in Wauwatosa
Township and is SO miles in circumfer-
ence. Mr.. Williams was highly pleased
with the present outlook, and commends
the Milwaukee people for their activity In
preparing the course.
What is known as the town line leg of
the circuit has been entirely rebuilt. IL
Is one and one-half miles I'm length and
will require 1900 carloads Of crushed
stone. No less than 500 loads OF stone
have been purchased to resurface every
| inch OF tho course.
Eighteen graders, two 45-horsepower
! traction engines and three gasolene roll
ers OF six. ten and twelve tons will follow
up the stone bumpers that are being used.
Oiling OF the course will begin about
August -. The dust layer will he scien-
tifcally applied, and not stopped on I'm
great puddles, as has been the case with
some courses prepared I'm the past.
Erection Of the grandstand Is scheduled
to begin on september l, and together
with this, the pits, official stands and
other buildings will be started. By per-
hitting the oil to sink into the surface
for ten days before practice OF racing
cars is permitted, q much better surface
Is insured. However. practice spins Will
be permitted beginning September l.
Definite decision has been reached TO
place the start and finish line in the CEN
ire OF the Burleigh street straightaway,
the stretch which comprises the lower
leg Of the course. Cars are TO run clock
wise, instead of counter-clockwise, as IS
the custom on speedways. This means
that all drivers will have TO make right
hand turns throughout, instead Of LETT
hand. BY locating the grandstand OIL
Burleigh street the spectators viii be al
forded a view OF ;hree-mlle stretch on
each side, and, provided the atmosphere
is clear on the days Of the racing, the
spectators will be able 10 see for long
or distance in each direction than has
been possible at any road race ever held.
A portion OF the course is concrete
road two and one-hslf miles long-tho
stretch being built by the county at the
expense Of the Wauwatosa Township
The contract calls for the completion OF
this by August 81.
owing to the fact that the Elgin road
race meet precedes the Milwaukee carni-
val by less than three weeks, number
Of prospective entrants are Withholding
their entries for the Milwaukee event un-
Ill after their cars have been through the
Elgin races. AS is we'll known, the entry
fee must accompany the blank In order
TO make the entry bona fide, and for this
reason most OF the entrants want to be
sure that their cars are in shape for rae
ing at Milwaukee.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-18
SEES BIG YEAR AHEAD
Early Orders Show Amazing
Demand for Overlands.

Thirty-six thousand FIVE hundred anu
eighty Overland cars had been contractcd
for by dealers throughout the country ne
fore the 1913 announcement was made
.'Tbcre is no question that 1913 IL going
down in motor car history as the biggest
wear since the Introduction of the auto
mobile in this country" says @. w. Ben
nett vice. president Of the Wyllys-oVer-
,aod orgsn,zation. I'VE do know, at
least. that It is going TO be the banner
wear for the Overland. There is no doupt
that within a month this number VIII De
increased 80 fifty thousand cars.
''These contracts cover practically every
civilized country on the globe ana every
citv in the United States. San FRANCISCO
has contracted for 1900 cars; New Eng
land. New York City, Minneapolis run
sas City and Philadelphia, 1900 esch' WINE
Iowa will consume $500. Every state III
the Union is taking from % TO 100 per cent
more than last year. Especially IS thS
demand heavy in the Middle ana extreme
,t,a'..or,, states The farming sections
will show the biggest increase.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-18
PROVE GREAT MILEAGES.

Herbert Rowland, OF Hackensack' n,
J.. has submitted to the Fifty Thousand
Mile Maxwell Club an affidavit OF i12,ooo
miles OF travel in his Maxwell car, and
has been awarded a gold medal Of mem
bership in the club. Mr.. Howland's rec
ord puts him among the leaders, only a
few motorists having proved greater mile
ages. The record for service from second
hand cars Is apparently held by Or. A. L.
Leatherman, of Indianapolis. He has
been awarded gold medal for having
driven a Maxwell 7l,Oc0 miles since July,
1906
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-18
HARRY FosDICK WITH HUPP.

An important addition TO the forces Of
the Hupp Motor Car Company is an
nounced IN the appointment OF Harry Fos-
dick as assistant general manager, with
particular reference 10 the handling or
agencies and sales distribution. Mr.. Fos-
oick IL one OF the fyoung-old' type of
executives for which the automobile bust
ness Ii peculiarly famous. He has de-
voted practically his entire business ca
Ieer 10 this Industry, having opened In
.ssS ths first retail salesroom In the city OF
boston, and having pioneered the path
oi the Winton and Thomas cars through
on, New England territory. Later on he
directed the sales for the American i'm
peTtation Of several lines OF foreign cars,
shd until recently has. been the sales
manager Of an American factory, turning
WI high-priced cars
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-18
AMERICANS LOSE ABROAD
Folkestone Overwhelms Quax.
ers in Cricket Match.

Folkestone. England, Aug. 1.-THE Phil
adelphia Cricket Club eleven was beaten
to-day by 22s runs as result Of the two
day match against the Folkestone Cricke:
Club. which began yesterday.
During the first days play Folkestons
scored $50 runs In It's frat innings, and
Philadelphia replied with l07 Folkestone
then went TO the wickets a second time
and had scored 10 runs for wicket al
the close of yesterdays play.
Continuing to-day, Folkestone added 20:
runs to its second innings score. making
a total of PSI. with loss of only wick.
cts. The innings was then declared closed
philadelphia then went in. and the whole
eleven were dismissed for % runs, the
first four wickets falling for only Is. The
top scorer of the Philadelphia eleven was
John Evans, who made IS runs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-18
ENLARGING FISK PLANT.

The Fisk Rubber Company is making
extensive additions 10 its plant in Chico
nee Falls, Mass. In order to take care
of increased demand. Contracts have
been let for two buildings. one of which
will be 20 feet long and 80 feet wide.
with SIX stories and basement, and the
other 200 feet long and 90 feet wide. with
four stories and basement. Necessary
rubber machinery, boilers and engine for
the power plant will increase the present
capacity about 90 per cent. This extra
capacity will necessitate the employment
of six hundred or seven hundred more
workmen. The buildings are to be COM
pleted and machinery installed by No
yember of tiAs year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-18
'STEAL BASES UNDER WATER
New Form of Baseball Game Is
Evolved for Swimmers.

Water baseball is the latest addition 10
outdoor aquatic sports and there is every
indication that II will become popular
The American Life Saving Society has
organized a league. and eight teams are
already enrolled IN membership, each rep
resentng one Of the society's nearby sta
tons. a few preliminary games are be-
| Ing played 10 familiarizs the men With
the rules, but regular schedule will soon
be arranged and the various teams will
then compete for the championship pen
nant. T.. c. Brennan who is mainly re-
sponsible fo- introducing the new game
In It's present form, expresses confidence
that II will find ready favor with both
swimmer and public. for the few exhibit
tons given have proved most enjoyable
10 the players and been enthusiastically
applauded by the spectators.
Water baseball Is fairly faithful copy
OF the national. game. The homo plate
is marked by large float. upon which
stand batter and catcher; the pitchers
box and bases are cork buoys anchored
in the usual formation, and the foul lin IS
are drawn with long ropes.
Instead OF the regular ball. q small cork
sphere is used, and the bats are shor,
sticks. with which II requires some skill
TO hit even tho comparatively slow balls
pitched from the water. The diamond liz,
OF course, small.
For the rest. play is very similar In
both games. In the aquatic variety the
teams number the same list OF men, and
the iielders are disposed in almost iden-
teal positions. though close in. as the
light ball seldom goes very far.
Upon hit being made the batter takes
running dive and sprints toward first
base, which he has TO touch before pro-
safely no will thereafter wait for the next
hit, or try 20 steal second. just as in tho
land game Points are also scored In the
same manner as In ordinary baseball.
only any part OF the starting float may be
made in reaching home.
A clever and amusing trick has already
been seen in stealing bases, some Of the
players diving and swimming thus under
the water from base to base. The fielder
is then forced TO follow them in their SUBJ
marine Journey 20 intercept them. This
method will probably be ruled out how
ever. as the umpire has so far proved UNI
willing to jump In and ascertain what
took place beneath the surface. thereby
being unable 20 pass correct decision
It is pity for the play added greatly to
, the interest.
Many club swimmers have signned
their intention of taking up the new sport,
and when actual experience has enabled
them to draft more definite code than
the rather crude one now obtaining. IL
would not be surprising TO see another
amateur league formed. Speed In SWIM
ming and good workmanship, while most
desirable. are not absolutely necessary 10
play water baseball, and this fact is
likely to bring It many recruits. par
ticularly as II is as much Of a pastime
IS II is a contest.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-18
WISHART TO DRIVE MERCER
Enters Trenton Car in Elgin and
Milwaukee Races.

Automobile race followers VIII be IN
terested in learning that Spencer H.
Iyishar, the well known New York
crIver Of speed cars, has been ADDED 70
the Mercer racing team and will plot u
Mercer runabout In the series OF contests
soon to be held In the Middle West
Wishart, who has heretofore been seen
at tho wheel OF his own Mercedes IN
number Of Americas big road races VIII
drive one of the 30o-inch MERGERS In inc
Elgln national road race and the Aurora
trophy race at Elgin. H., on August ~
and 81 From Elgin he will go with the
team to Milwaukee. where he VIII DRIVE
In the Pabst trophy contest on Septe'h'
Der 20 and the Vanderbilt road race on
September q.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-18
WATER FARMING.
tn. Popular Mechanics Magazine.

water farming Is the namo that may prop
.-,,, ha appiled TO the operations OF an enter
,,,s,rx mac IN North Providence, r. l.. for he
',,r,,es the water OF two springs to supply a
ho,,,.d sprine water trade. TO keep a swamp
,,n.ro he grows watercress for the market
,,or.rlv saturated. and TO furnish q steady
Gov Of pure water TO a trout hatchery. Fur
,h.r along the little stream the overflow Is
damned. and supplies power for a laundry. be-
.,a., which the millpond gives crop Of fine
,rs every winter,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-18
THE TURF.
RACE TRACK SPECIAL

Tho ETC X. x. co. VIII opelntc Special
Train with Dining Car attached, Tor the
100000 Trottlng Meeting at Goshen, ". r..
next TUESDAY. August 10th: wednesday. Au-
gust 2ist and Thursday. August 22nd. ieav-
ing Jersey City each day at ~ 80 a M, and
returning Immediately after the races
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-18

SUNDAYS NETWORK TRIBUNE
Mailed anywhere in the United
States for So so q year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-22
MILLIONS TO SW|NDLERS
They Got S120,000,0OO from
American People Last Year.
S7O,OO0,OO0 YEAR BEFORE
Bogus Mines and Worthless
Lands Profitable Bait, Says
., Postmaster General.

Washington. July 2l.-One hundred and
! twenty million dollars was filched from tine
American people during the last fiscal
year by swindlcrs who operated largely
through tho United States mails, accord
ing 10 statement just made in formal
report TO Postmaster General Hitchcock.
This was an increacc of 100000 in the
aggregate Of the previous year
or those VINO are alleged to have op-
Grated the fraudulent schemes 1853 were
arrested by postofiice inspectors. They
included persons in all walks of life. mer-
chants and mechanics. politicians and
professional men, paupers and Million
aires.
During the wear which ended on June
20 last 452 persons were convicted and SEN
fenced. and the other cases are awaiting
final disposition.
Postmaster General Hitchcoclis order to
inspectors TO collect evidence that would
warrant criminal prosecution of tie
swindlcrs gradually is building wall OF
protection against such frauds around the
American people Before that the pun
ishmcnt was only = fraud order forbid
ding the delivery Of mail 10 such OPP
orators, who worried but little They
merely changed their names, addresses
and title of their businesses" continuing
their operations until another fraud order
caught up with them.
The report says that these fraud manip-
ulatOrs, who usually exploit bogus mines,
fake remedies and worthless lands, con
stitute a distinct class Of lawbreakcrs.
Among the wealthy offenders who have
been caught by the inspectors are Grim
inals who have posed as respectable citi-
2cns. leaders ia their communities and
pcrsonsges in the highest social and bust
ness circles Some of them were million
aires. enriched by their plumber. Some OF
these mon now are serving prison sen
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-22

mean death in the ditch. Compare this
with the comfortable daylight hours Of
many other workers in counting houses
and factories on the same or bettcr
wages.
But to the railroads il is not a oues-
ton OF raising the engineers alone IL
1.-THE rise is granted the door is irresistiblv
opened TO half dozen other classes of
workers, all the way down The line. en-.
falling an increase in total of s7q.CoO O,o
per annum 10. all the roads
AND so the commission must give Al
tention to the testimony of the presidents
OF the great lines showing steady mar
rowing down of railroad profits 10 the
Danger point of loss of credit. and the
avoidance by investors of railway sec,lr.i-
ties which has already taken place TO
such an extent, as We noted last week,
showing tho dwindiing percentage of new
railroad investment during the last half
Year"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-22
THE PRINT CLOTH MARKET
Total Of Sales for Last Week About
10000 Pieces.
| BY Telegraph 10 The Tribune. /


ran River. July 21.-The print cloth
market continued strong last week. with
good inquiry all the week The sales
make up only a moderately fair total be-
cause manufacturers were in many cases
not free sellers, even in the face Of ad-
Vancing prices. The demand las beeu
Tor both narrow and wide goods. Win,
so many moro wide than narrow looms
the limit Of capacity in this market 10
meet a demand for narrow goods is of
course much more quickly reached than
is the limit of capacity To furnish wide
goods
The total OF sales for the week was
about $4,000 pieces. of which approx
mately third were spots Most of the
goods sold, both wide and narrow. were
odds. Wide goods made up the greater
part
Prices OF narrow goods figuring I'm the
trading have been advanced a sixteenth
of cent a yard over last week, when
quotations showed advances OF equal
amount over the week before. Standard
wide goods are unchanged in price from
last week, but other styles are advanced
an eighth of cent
Quotations are as follows: 2S-inch. 64x
Gas. 3 isis cents nominal: 2S-inch. 6axsas.
8 1916 cents. nominal: 27-inch. 6iX6Os. o.,
cents, 21-inch. 56x5Ss sis cents: g5-inch.
56x52S. Sls cents bid. S-l6 cents asked
SSIa-inch. 6iXG4s, 81. cents; 39-inch, CSx72s.
bS. CENTS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-22
RAILROADS AND ENGINEERS

The relation OF the railroads and their
engineers is the subject OF comment in
"Bache's Review OF Saturday, July 20.
as follows:
: There is now proceeding a hearing Of
great Importance TO the railroads, and
consequently TO the whole country. IN the
sessions of the Strsus Arbitration Board.
convened TO settle the questions between
the railroads and the engineers on the
demand OF the latter made last spring
for higher wages.
IAN impressive part OF the testimony is
that OF the engineers themselves, who
in unhourished sentences are telling
graphically OF their duties In filing the
POSTS OF danger on the fast trains. The
FIRST OF the engineers TO so before the
commission was Dean r. Wood, of the
New York Central, who takes the TWEEN
teth Century Limited from Syracuse 10
Albany With eyes on the ceiling this
veteran driver OF the iron and steel horse
told in direct. laconic sentences the story
of the fierce race through the black
spaces which he takes every other night.
lima gine the dangers and responsible
Ties which this man meets three nights
week in fair or foul weather. in snow,
IN rain, In billiards. In fogs, throughout
the year. His vision must be gcared for
starlight. for moonlight or for black
darkness or driving storm TO locate, IS
ne ,dashes by those 15is signals in l4s
miles. the loss OF any one OF which might
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-22
FIRES ON ALLEGED THIEF
Schooner Engineman Wounds Negro
He Finds on the Graft.

Samuel Joseph. negro. vino saws that
he halls from Norfolk, Va. turned pirate.
II is alleged. early yesterday morning
and boarded the schooner ]. Holmes
Birdsall, which is lying at West I'D street.
Joseph crept aft and entered the cabin.
where Jacob Adams. the donkey engine
man. was asleep. the captain and mate
being ashore.
Adams was awakened by the intruder,
but feigneo TO be still asleep. and when
Joseph went into the captains cabin the
engineer went forward and got shot
gun from the japanese steward. As the
negro emerged from the cabin and at
tempted TO get ashore Adams shot him in
the legs. 4 policeman, attracted by the
noise, went aboard, and the negro was
taken to Bellevue. There it was found
that the prisoner was not badly wounded
and he will be able to go TO court in a
few days.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-22
SUMMONS.

SUPKEME COURT. NEW YORK oOC NJ -
Incinla Torrons Ainhf' pIhlhtn, Asa,ns,
Jacobo Amar. observation-disclosures -Action
for separation ss.. ~ 80
10 The above named defendant fon are
bercbN, summoned 10 answer the complaint In
this action, and 10 serve copy OF your an
svcr on the plaintiffs attorney wlthlh twenty
dsvs after the service Of this summons, eA-
elusive of the day Of service. ana ~ ease OF
your IA lure 10 appear or answer. judgment
N1li be taken against you by detAut TOT the
relief demanded In the complaint.
Dated MAY goth. 1911. ..,.
Holm 4 MEARA. PLAINTIFFS Attotney
,.scn .nd postafRce ?rdrens, No. $50 Broad
way, Borough Of Manhattan Ne" York
City. .,,,.i,,, .,,r,,,,-.
is served upon you b, publication; pursuant
20 am order OF the Hon James \. blanchard
ius,tce of the Supreme Court ~ the state
OF New York dated the 2a,n day Of IN Mae iSs
,Ec. ~ ,bc clerk of the County OF New
YORK on the 2eIh day Q, MAY; ,sl I,,orpev
rsa.. - ros,of1ce address so Broadway,
Borough of Manhattan New YORK CITY,