Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-12

ed by various charitable persons and
organizations. Last year there were
1913 fewer deaths among infants In
the city than in the year 1910 and 1t
Is expected that the death rate will
be still further reduced this year.
According to statistics gathered by
the National Highways Protective So
ciety rs persons were killed and 1853
injured by automobiles In the streets
Of New York during the month Of
June. Last year only twelve persons
were killed by automobiles in the
streets Of New York in June. Not
w%ithstanding this alarming increase
in fatal accidents due in almost every
case to reckless driving, the commit
tee appointed by the Eoard of Alder
men to consider the subject OF auto
mobile speed regulation, has submit
ted q report which favOrs an extension
Of the speed limit for automobiles
travelling on the streets, b%oulevards
and roads Of Greater New York. The
report of the committee recommends
to change the maximum speed in the
crowded sections of the city from
eight to fifteen miles and on the drive
ways and roads from fifteen to twenty
five miles. 1t is quite likely that the
attempt to change the automobile Or
dinances In conformity with the repre-
sensations of the committee will meet
with considerable opposition in the
Board Of Aldermen.
n. Enn cNuno <ip,1 nv ,,ryc,,o1l,, o1oIr.
gang of up-to-date burglars has been
operating in the Bowery section Of
the city. These masters Of their pro-
fession have been entering stores and
blowing up safes night after night,
without attracting any attention from
the police. The other night they en-
tered a store only about fifty feet
from a street intersection where a
patrolman was stationed all night and
while a private Waterman was walk /
ing up and down the street in front
OF the store, the burglars drilled, the |
safe with an electric drill and blew 1t |
open with nitroglycerine, after they |
had covered the safe with water-soak-
ed clothing. So well did they do their
job that neither the Waterman nor |
the patrolman heard the explosion.
The burglars obtained $1,000 in cash
and goods valued at $500 and the rob-
berry was not detected until the fol.
morning. The burglars were
careful enough not to leave any tel
tale finger prints behind them.
The placid little lake in Prospect
Park was the scene Of a tragic-com-
edy the other day. A young man. who
had been strolling through the park
arrived at the lake and after having
watched the rowboats Swimming over
the water for a while he came to the
conclusion that it would be great fun
to lie down in a boat and be rocked
to sleep by the gentle waves. He had
never been in a boat in his life, but
believed he could manage the thing
well as many of the other Oarsmen.
He hired a boat and bravely but awk-
wardly struck out into the lake. When
he came near a little island he drew
in his oars and stretched himself out
for a snooze. But there vas no rest
for him. Even the gentle rocking by
the waves made him terribly seasick
and when a policeman in a boat came
hear him the sick man cried for help.
He was taken to the shore and hurried
to the nearest hospital in an ambu-
lance. The doctors at the hospital
diagnosed a severe case of real NAL
de mer and soon had the patient in
condition again.