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ne was popuIaI v..roue EouSs the cOliIIs, ,
and that as he had invariably sup
ported Bryan when he was a candi-
date. If Gaynor were nominated, Bry-
an would be forced to Loyalty support
him.
Until the temporary chairmanship
fight is out of the way, however, there
can be no change In the standing OF
the aspirants for the nomination. Az
ter that general realisnmeDt il prob
able.
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AN ORDINANCE designating certain
names for streets and highways IN
the City OF Detroit.
1t 10 hereby ordained by the People
OF the City Of Detroit:
Section /. That the thoroughfare ~
ing first south OF Michigan avenue and
extending from Isabella TO Beecher ave
nues shall hereafter be known and des-
tgnated as "Kales street"
Sec. 2. That the thoroughfare first
north OF and parallel to Garfield ave-
nue.. extending east OF Hastings street
after be known and designated az st.
Josafats Court
Sec. 8. This ordinance shall take TIM
mediate effect
Approved June Is. 1919.
WIN. b. THOMPSON.
Mayor.
Attest: CHARLES A. NICHOLS
(9Ge) City Clerk
tofncial papers please copy)
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OF~' WV y n~~FsftfNB OUI<8s
Word has been sent to the local
recruiting headquarters Of the United
States Marine corps from washington
to open additional stations In the city
and throughout the state. In conse-
quence Of the order, Sergt. Holman,
OF the Detroit headquarters, has made
arrangements TO establish two addi-
tional stations In the city, At No. 40
Michigan-aves and No. 143 0ratiot-
ave. In the State the stations viii be
located In Battle Greek, Flint, Sag-
NAV, Adrian, Cadillac. Lansing, Lnd-
ington, Manistee, Benton Harbor and
ST. Joseph. Two extra stations are
also to be opened in Toledo and one
each In Lima and Marion, o.. and
Fort Wayne. Ind. Sergt. John VII
helm, OF Detroit. IL to have charge Of
the Fort Wayne station. The trouble
in Cuba Is said to be the cause Of the
effort to augment the force.
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TAFT AND ROOSEVELT
MANAGERS PLAN FIGHT

.
ment.
Michigan's vote on Taft's nomina
ton was: Taft 20; Roosevelt nine. noI
voting. one
Representatives OF % states com
posed The notification committees
which Informed Col. Roosevelt OF HE
nomination and In a sense stood 1s
sponsors for the movement. The
committee consisted OF Comptroller
W. X. Prendergast. New York: Mey-
err Lisner. California: Former Con-
gresham Richmond Pearson, North
Carolina; w. Frank Knox, Mich
gan; Nathan Hale. Massachusetts:
A. r. Garford, Ohio; David Brown
ing. Kentucky; Everard Bierer. IT,.
Utah; Walter Thompson. Vermont:
Judge Oscar A. Hundley. Alabama;
Judge Ben b. Lindsey. Colorado.
Andrew Rain. Minnesota: Judge
Stevens. Iowa; Judge Lowder. North
Dakota; William Allen White. Kan
sas; John c. Greenway, Arizona; Ex-
Gov. John Franklin Fort, New Jsr-
sey; Cole Z. Darlington, Maryland:
Pearl Wight, Louisiana: Lorenzo
hitckAA
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CHICAGO PRODUCE.

CHICAGO. June 2a.-Butter: Extras
2Se: hrsts. 24e; dairy extras, 2sci irsts,
f3c. Eggs Prime firsts, 17017hc.
hrsts Ice Cheese; skins, 13h Ql3Ac;
young Americas. i4h Q14hc. Potatoes;
A@0W1. 40. Live poultry: Fowls. 12Q
l2kc; ducks. lsc; geese, loc; turkeys.
Ice
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BUTTER AND EGGS

Buter-Extras. 2shc: frsts.. cSkc
10 dairy, sic; packing stock. 100 Id.
EgEs-CurrSnt &c eipts. cases Tn
ceipts. 1890 cases.
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important and vO.--- Ills are -.
handsome, well-groomed. sleek and
fat horses, which pranced proudly
along. some drawing the immense
wagons OF various description and
others carrying the bespangled men
and women.
In the animal wagons were speci-
mens OF the jungles-lions, tigers,
leopards, hyenas and almost every
beast known In the world. Then, OF
course. there were the camels and
elephants, without which no circus
parade would be complete. or these
animals, the Ringlings have large
number, including Jennie, an elephant,
215 years old and still active.
Other features OF the parade were
the numerous bands and funny clowns,
who make fun for everybody.
The circus gives two performances,
Monday, on the Jefferson-ave. show
grounds, one at o'clock In the after
room and the other In the evening.
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Business-lfke Printing. No fuss and
no feathers The plain. neat kind that
looks right Times Printing Co, is
John R-st. Pm. Main 14ss or City assS
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1O.. Johnson. Of California, bresid-
ed over the meeting In Orchestra
hall. and Thomas A. Prendergast, OF
New York, nominated Col. Roosevelt.
In accepting. Col Roosevelt fayed
the bosses In the Republican party
and repeated his charge that u dele
gates whose votes were counted IN
the nomination OF President Taft had
been elected through fraud.
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RINGING CIRCUS PARADE
VIEWED BY BIG CROWDS

Here they come. ma" joyously ex-
claimed thousands OF little boys and
girls as they caught the first glimpse
OF the vanguard OF the Ringing circus
parade, Monday morning. Ma" was
there In generous representation, as
was also every pa" who could get
there. All along the route there was
continuous string Of mas" and
pas and children, and the parade
was truly treat for the parents as
well as the little ones. Most people
never seem to lose interest in circus
parades and the tented performances
The scene invariably takes men back
TO their boyhood days when they used
TO carry water 10 the elephants or do
some other chore to enable them TO
see the big show, did they not happen
to have the price OF admission.
Ringlings parade, this year, Is a
glittering spectacle from end to end.
II contains all the brilliant features
which 20 to mol
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l4.7G7, nearby white fancy. geo 27c
gearby mixed fancy. isg22e: fresh
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CLEVELAND.
PRODUCE

The activity OF the market at pres
ent Is very largely In the way OF fruit
and perishable stun which needs quick
handling. The strawberry season 10
on the wane, but with so many other
kinds of berries coming In prices on
the whole list have a downward ten
dency. The same thing may also DO
said for the vegetable list including
new potatoes Poultry Is cleaning up
from day TO day, and the market Sc SINS
to be steady TO firm In tone. Eggs are
steady at the last advance, and lib sral
receipts are being taken care OF.
Dressed calves are very quiet at IN
changed prices
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InRRING PRICES.

Canned Goods-Apples, gals, $3.50;
baked beans. lib. 5OQ6Oci Lima beans,
standard. soc Table beets. s1.25@1.4O.
Peas: Fancy, early June. $3.50; stand
ard, 81. soaked. 5O@70c. Salmon:
sockeye. tall, s2.S5; fiat, s2.io: Alaska
reds. 81. 10: Alaska pinks. Sl.2O. Toma-
toes, s14O@l.50; succotash. s1@ 20
per doz. Peas Marrowfat sl.l6: early
June, $1.25; sifted early June. $1.45 per
doz.
Feed.,Jobblng prices IN loo-ls. sacks;
mlddlings, 1872; coarse corn meal and
cracked corn. s34; corn and oat chop.
s33 per ton.
Fiour-Jobbing prices: Best Michi-
gan patent. $3.50: straight, $3.50: clear.
s5; pure rye, $40; spring patent. $500
per Dbl In wood.
Hardware-Nalls, 1925 base; plain
snnealed wire, 81 per cwt; galvanized
barbed wire, 1920 per spool: galvan-
lied sheets, rs gauge, 81 per cwt.;
single bit axes, bronzed $3.50 per doE:
polished. 50 per doZ, black sheets, ~
per cwt.; carriage bolts. small. 20 per
cent on; large, 60 per cent of list; ma
large. 60 per cent of list.
Ou-Raw llnseed, sac; boiled lin
seed, sac: Diamond headlight kero-
sene. loc; perfection, lohe; Eocene.
turpentine. In barrel lots, SIC per gal.
ProyIsions--Mess pork, $205O: fam
lily, $40 50 az Elise; medium clear, 90
m21.50: hams. IA u q l5c; shoulders, 12c;
picnic hams, 10h az lie: bacon, IA % Ice;
lard. In tierces. l2c; kettle rendered,
13c per Id.
sugarr--Corrected daily by w. II.
Edgar & Sons: Crystal dominoes, lbs
$S75: do lbs, $s.25; Eagle tablets,
sos; cut loaf, $685. cubes. Sc; xxx
powdered, So; standard powdered,
S5.95: graduated, extra coarse. 1886;
do fine I'm bulk, s5.55; do 25-lb. cottons.
$3.50: Diamond A, 1856; confectloners
A. $3.50: No. 1, 1855: No. 2. $3.50; No
9, s5.SE: No. I, $500 No. 5, 1925 No.
s., $525: No. 10, S5.15. No. IL. 1910; No.
IL, 1906: No. 10, IS: No. IA. IS; No. 10.
IS per 100 lbs household powdered, l.
ID cartons, AZ TO case 1915.
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LIVE STOCK
EAST BUFFALo-openlng

Dunning n stevens Live stock Report.
FAST BUFFALO. ". Y. June "a
Cattle: Receipts. f30 cars; heavy
grades. strong; common and medium,
IOml5c higher: best 1,400 to 1,600-lb.
ateers. dry-fed. s96e25: prime 1900 to
/ too-ib. steers. ss.759e.1b; prime 1900
10 so0.ib steers. ts.25@s.50; medium
steers 1000 to 100 lbs, SI75@S.25;
hest fat cows. dry-fed, ss'sS 6G.50;s best
fat heifers. s7.5OQ775s grass steers.
/ 600 10 100 lbs, s6.606T10; light
arass cows. s696.50: best grass cows,
sipI50. grassy butchers cows, 81. 90 q
grassy helfers. S6@650: grassy
butchers helfers and steers, mixed,
ss sseis.sC trimmers. t2.75G3: stock
hsifer sI5O64T5; best feeding. steers,
sssofis. common, s4645O; stockers,
Ss.s0GS prime export bulls, s6.7547:
bsst butcher bulls, s5.b006; bologna
buIis sI2SI5.25; best mixers and
soringers, $4,000; fair to good, $40
d50. 90,
tive. a.
tive. heavy, ssdS06: spring lambs,
40 Sb6ra 90. workers.. t7.904s; yeariings,
s7koMG pias. $500 q so; ywethers, 1926
x5s se ewes. S425Q450.
y Calves, Top yeals, tsn9.25; fair TO
good SS69S75: heavy, N@5.
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changed prices
AppIes-Ben Davis. y3Qs5O; steele's
red, S5W5.60i Baldwins, $4q $50 Dbl
bannnns-Good shipping stock, sl6l
Q225 bunch.
Beans-Dried Lima. Ta7hc ID,
Berries-Huck leberries, "a per "a.
ct case; blackberries, S4.b0 per bui RED
;iS per per 2s 1a case case black
aUiinower-california $i.7502 doz
CnbbaRe-New, $3.50 &c SO crate.
Cheese = Michigan. l6Ql7c; New
EErs G d STIs e s%s. i' 81
u 2ic; imported Swiss, 29W3lc 10. o
Cranberries-$3.2 20 bu; 50 bbl
CHerries-cour, s1Q1.25 per loot
case.
Dates-Persian, new, 61s Q6c per ID;
Fards 10ql0hc Id.
Dressed Calves - Fancy, lOh a lie;
FiEs-Imported. new, lla1ec per ID
Fresh Vegetables - Cucumbers, hot
house, 40G Coo doz: lettuce, 7@sc Id;
asparagus. Michigan, sl.75Q2 box;
spinach, 60c box; green peas, $2@2.2b
carrots. 25q soc doz; beets, 40q 45c doz
Grape Fruit--Florida, $500 $50 box
IiOney-Fancy white, 130f9c; am
Der. 1AM16ci extracted, 9491sc lib.
Hay-Detroit shippers are paying the
following prices for baled hay in car
s2s.5G@24; No. 2 timothy, $22Q22.5O;
clover mixed. S20Q21; rye straw,
$l0.50Q1l. Loose markets ranged from
$E6G2O. as TO quality.
Hides - No. l cured, 12hc: No. i
green, l0hc; No. l cured bulls. l9c; No.
1 green, SC; cured calf, No. 1, lie; green
calf. No. 1, l6c 10; horse hides, No. !.
s375; No. g, s2.76; sheep skins. as to
wool, $3.50, No. 2 hides, lc Off on
kip, nc of on calf
Lemons-California, $4,000 $50; Mes
sinas. $3.75Q450 doz.
Limes-S1 1.25 doz.
Maple sugar--Pure sap goods, lao
15c Id.
Automatically Fords, S350q4 crate;
wateImelons, 36q50c each
Onions - Egyptian. $2.75 sack, $3.50
blu: Texas Bermudas, $500 40 crate.
Oranges - California navels, fancy,
1925 a Z. so; choice. $2.50@3 per box.
Penches--Six- basket crates, $3.50 per
crate.
Poultry - Hens, 12Q13c; stays, loo;
geese. SC; ducks. young. 14915c; tur-
Pineapples-S39s75 crate.
Potatoes - Southern. $3.50 bu, 1918
"a bbl
skins-Detroit buyers are bidding as
follows: No, skunk. $3.50; No. ! rae.
coon, S2.!5: No. i mink 80; NO.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. bu; Michigan
16.dt. cases, 75cGSi.
Tomntoes-$l. 5O01.75 per 4-basket
crate; dollhouse tomatoes, zoe lib.
TalIow-No. 1, 5&c; No. 2, 4%c Id.
wooI-Michlgan unwashed wool for
tions. *. a and Y blood, 194 zoe; de-
laine. unwashed, l6@lSc; common,
rough and fine, 14@1Sc ID, (. o. b.
country points.
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SATURDAYS N. Y. STOCKS

Reported for The Times by Hayden.
Stone A June %;
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EAST BUFFALo-Ciosc

EAST BUFFALO, June 22,-Cattle.
Receipts. so head; market. light aud
steady; prime steers $3.50 q s.36; butch
err grades sIqss5; Calves Receipts.
To choice. sCl0al0. Sheep and lambs:
Receipts. i,o00f head: market. active:
SS.5e6S.s5; yearlings. ts9S:25i sheep.
3s0E75. Hogs: Receipts. s,oe0 head
STao64. pigs, tI.4o@T50: mixed, $50
SOS. heavy, tSo6: roughs. ss50Qe,s5:
stays , nnSSioS STOCK YARDS.
UNION STOCK YARDS, CHICAGO,
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GRAN oPENING-CHICAGo.

CHICAGO, June 22.--Grain opening
Wheat. July down nc; Sept. down &c.
Corn: July unchanged; Sept. down &c.
Oats; July and Sept. unchanged
Wheat--July UP INC; Sept. up &c.
July up Nc; Sept up &c. Provisions
stronger.
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! TOLEDO June 22--wheat: July
sLllH. Sept, s1.l2h; Dec. s1.13&
Corn. Cash. 76hc; July. 75c; Sept.
7Ahc; Dec, 63Tc, Oats: Cash. 54% c
Rye Cash. sec. Cloverseed: Oct.
5000; Dec, s992 Alslke: Aug, $40
Timothyseed: Sept. $490; Oct, $3.97
Butter, eggs and hay unchanged.
The Detroit times., 1912-08-19
Work For The Short Ballot

The president OF the National Short
Ballot organization thus states the
short ballot principle: only those
Offices should be elective which are
important enough 10 attract land De
server public examination. Very Few
Offices should be filled by election AZ
any one time, so as 20 facilitate the
free and intelligent making OF orls
inai tickets by any voter for himself
unaided by political specialists. The
short ballot principle from the prih'
ciple OF confusion worse confoundeu
that Is expressed In the enormous bal.
lot TO be presented 10 the voters OF
Cook county at the polls next Noyem'
Der.
Mr.. Roosevelt says: IL believe in
the short ballot. You cannot get good
service from the public servant II you
cannot see him. and there Is no more
effective way OF hiding him than by
mixing him up with multitude OF
others 30 that they are none or them
important enough 10 catch the eye or
the average workaday citizen MI.
Wilson says II believe the short bal.
lot IS the key TO the whole problem
OF the restoration Of popular govern;
ment I'm this country" They are right.
Here is the simple, safe and easily Sc
cured reform which will especially
mlsgovernment and with direct pri-
maries. destroy the power OF the boss
Chicago News.
The Detroit times., 1912-08-19

Among the other issues that are be
fore the public IN the present cam
paign is the issue Of the short ballot
Two of the three prominent candl'
dates for president lay great stress
upon the Importance OF this reform
Woodrow Wilson. the Democratic can
6idate. is president OF the National
Short Ballot organization. which has
been agitating the subject for several
years. Well-known supporters OF Mr.
Roosevelt, who is also heartily for the
short ballot. are among the officials OF
this organization. Ben b. Lindsey
and William Allen White, for exam
pie. are on its list OF yicepresidents
In this campaign. which finds the
people tired of false pretenscs and
empty rhetoric. political orators who
20 out TO make speeches for any one
of the three parties would do Well 10
devote much attention TO the snort
ballot The arguments are all in its
favor II Is one OF the most valuable
helps 10 true democracy. Through its
aid the voters would be enabled to
choose wisely the men 10 control their
public affairs. They would be relieved
OF the burdensome and ridiculous
task OF selecting drcves OF men 70 fill
minor positions which could be much
better fiIed by appointment The ma
tional government has the short bal
lot. Why should not states, counties
and cities have IL alsoP
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Another attack on the new party
that may be dismissed is that it is
destroying party whicn has a long
and noble record In reality the
brigand chieftains OF the Republican
PARTY have destroyed II and them
selves They are going 10 be a bad
third in this election, and the Demo
Gratis and the Ball Moose will absorb
most OF what has been best in their
ranks. II is dangerous 20 steal ma
tional convention. II would have been
dangerous, even without the sheer
fraud 10 have overridden popular
opinion so conclusively expressed in
nearly all the observation-disclosures
primary states. That insolence. fol
rowing Mr.. Tafts fatal errors-in his
chief advisers, his fight against the
Republican Progressiyes, his lauda-
ton OF tho PayneAldrich bill, his
support OF Ballinger his continuing
support OF McCabe and Secretary VIII
son. his veto OF the wool bill--took
most of the strength out OF the G. o.
p. The new party merely carries on
many OF its best traditions. The fact
.inat Il was being formed made 1t pos
sible for Mr.. Bryan and the free Dem
ocrats TO win their superb victory
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THE ISSUES
From AN Editorial In Golfers.

over money and mac hines In the nom-
iaation OF Woodrow Wilson. II Will
son is elected, the new party viii
help him to control the situation and
will come INTO power with a rush in
1910, If the Democrats betray their
leader
Now for some OF the attacks being
made on Wilson. Some OF them, 1t
tney are trivial. and others because
tney are insincere Continually call.
ing Governor Wilson DR." strikes
some people as smart. IL strikes MS
as third rate. The man who went
through The great fight against
piutocracy a, Princeton, and then won
a Progressive program in New Jer-
sey, is Governor Wilson. or Mr.. VII.
son, or Wilson, and any attempt TO
jeer at him because he is student
viii become more sickening the more
it is repeated.
Then take the prophecy that he
will be dominated by machines.
Everybody not blinded by factional
enthusiasm knows that nobody has
ever been IN the presidency who VAS
less welcomed by the bosses, and who
viii act more entirely according 10
his own personal convictions. wheth-
er his measures are defeated or
whether they are passed by Denc-
Gratis. Republican Progressives, or
new party members. Some OF the
most vigorous denunciations ever de-
! liverCd against the idea that a yir-
/ tuous leader must never be supported
\ by anybody except saint can be
found in the words OF Theodore
Roosevelt while he was president and
/ while ne was governor. When VIII
son was running for governor he
stated emphatically that II elected he
i himself would be the leader, and he
mas been.
Under the head of hypocrisy also
must be put the distorted quotations
from Mr. Wilson'S books. Let nobody
attack Wilson's position about immi-
! grafton unless he disagrees with IL.
! 10 believe it exactly right and yet
seek TO arouse prejudice against II,
Is not less tnan contemplate.
| These personal matters ended, We
shall say a few words about the in
lteliectual issues The industrial and
social program OF the third party will
offer no important difference Of opin-
ion with the Democrats. Ii can be an
issue only with the Taft faction The
same is true OF the direct or popular
government program. The issue OF
lnationalism against state rights offers
a fighting ground or which the Demo.
Gratis will be at Il disadvantage unless
Governor Wilson makes IL clear that
he himself. on such living issues as
water power, is one Of those who
realize thar steam and electricity
have been harnessed since the con-
stitution was agreed upon. The fore
most issues, we believe, will be the
tariff and the trusts
The Detroit times., 1912-08-19

Ths rrsss voice of America does not come nom me
seats of iearning II comes m mnrmur from mo n,n'
ana woods ana the farms ami factories and the mins
roIpx ON and KalninE volume until comes to VI from
the homes Of common men.-woodrow Wilson
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A Parody on Popular Hints

dozen old beaver hats suspended
like Japanese lanterns along sylvan
path and filled with trailing vines
make a very attractive and original
tile walk for a country place
In muzzling your bees be careful TO
place the muzzle on the right end. II
is only in the aftermath that the bee
is dangerous.
Humming birds should now appear
in your garden and should be treated
kindly unless they persist in humming
20. Promise Me-" in which event you
are justified IN using them 10 decorate
your hat.
Parents OF college students begin
ming their summer vacation Will do
well 10 remember that hockey sticks
are excellent weapons for carpet beat
ing. and used in this fashion will pro
vide profitable occupation for idle
hours.
To rid your lawn of dandelions
plow II up early this month and roll
with a heavy roller, a steam one pre-
ferably, and after covering the surface
with a heavy coating OF Portland ce-
ment have II scrubbed daily with sand
paper.
Caterpillars may now be expected
IN great abundance, and may be hunt
ed without fear Of a violation OF the
game. laws. The simplest and most
humane method Of determination is TO
seize each individual caterpillar by
the nape OF the neck and, after plac-
ing IL under the influence OF ether TO
r,,n it through vour clothes Wringer.-
Harper's Weekly.
The Detroit times., 1912-08-19
From Another Point of View

charges that the other fellow
m
about this
Mr.. Mayor?
you suppose Houghton
Jumped board bill
that it has
bridges behind
Besides prosecutor possibly would like to do a
campaigning himself.
franchise crowd acting
behalf Of the plain people
Of enrolled by the of Shake
Well bet this
the Pressw FIRST De-
what Justice Jenre had to say about
detectives They
what the mayor had known
90
franchise sumped Detroit
after he ia
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Accidents From Motor Cars

Automobiles killed 26 persons with
in this city during June, l3 OF them
children, and injured 1873; other vehl-
cles cost the death of IA and injured
% These figures, prepared by the
Natiopal Highways Protective society,
supplement the table of collisions in
New York city during 1911, presented
by the Board OF Aldermen's commit
tee. which records 90 deaths from
automobiles and 2,i3l injuries
is, an average per month OF 8 persons
killed and 202 injured by motor cars.
The excess over this monthly average
during June is impressive
An automobile going 10 miles an
hour moves % feet In one second. II
il Is bearing down upon a pedestrian
at that distance, he will escape by a
miracle; II il Is going 20 miles an
hour. as is the rule on the avenues,
his death or serious wounding is inn
minent A car going 20 miles an hour
requires the application OF the brakes
for 25 TO 80 feet before il stops, and
az such a moment the brakes may be
applied faulty. lt is said that the
total mileage OF motor cars. exceeding
that of all other vehicles, accounts
for so many casualties, and that they
compare we'll with the accidents occa-
stoned by other vehicular traffic. This
Is not quite so. Alderman Folks com
mittee finds that there are five times
as many horse-drawn vehicles as auto
mobiles, and that much OF the motor
car mileage is on country roads. More.
over. the cars are used but little dur
ing the winter months. and chiefly
during week-ends al other seasons
Yet the death rate OF the street loco
motives continues high.
The pIoposed ordinance now before
the aIhCrmen would forbid a rate Of
90 miles all hour I'm any section OF the
city. anG prescribes l5 miles or less I'm
the mere crowded streets. Drivers
who think they should be permitted
the discretion enjoined by the Callan
law have nothing 10 complain of in
this ordinance, Its limitations OF
speed offer no hardships TO drivers
of dis, retion New York Times.
The Detroit times., 1912-08-19
Editorials BY the People
A ProhlbI,IonIst,s Thanks.

TO the Edttor of The Times:
You are TO be commended for the
liberal treatment OF the dry candi-
date for the presidency in publishing
IN full his speech OF acceptance 1t
places your paper in the foremost
rank as a newspaper. | take great
pleasure in sending IL 10 my friends.
While you are not with US politically,
YOU are doing US great favors in max