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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-16

- manifest they could and would oPer-
ato a. q further loss in rae "ar
against independents. Tho large imam 70
cial resources Of tho owning ra'Il"Ru'
make u impossible for an independent
20 engage lu rate war WIN boa'
line 50 financed
"Thr right 20 uce the wat rW9N7 ~
the country as means Of transporia-
ton is a natural right, hu' thus rlgn'
may not be abused. 80 tho INJURY Or
others. and IL is tho public right mat
tho waters he 60 used Aa fo return
benefit 20 the people. The waterways
&C the country furnish ready made
roadbcds for transportation routos. ON
which the rates for shipment may be
made low because e this physicaI tact.
Hut these arteries Of commerce, with
ont boats 10 ply on them. arc useless
for transportation purposes. And, al
though there may b" many boats plying
on those water routes, they may be so
operated rs to produce practically the
same condition Of things as would exist
were there no boats a1oat
THE boa. lnes operating on the
Great Lakes, IN conjunction with the
barge lines operating on the Erie
Canal, furnish through water route
from Western lake ports 20 the East
crn scaboard. Il is sign ifcant from the
records I'm those c1scs that the through
route arrangements and tho inter
change Of traffic between lake lines and
these barge ines have been terminated
under the JOINT ownership Of the lake
lines. and the traffic has practically
disappeared. 10 tho injury Of the boat
lines and OF the Erie Canal barge lines
on ca sthouul traffic. II is contrary 20
the Interests OF the owning railroads
operating from Buffalo east for their
boat lines 20 continue any through
operating arrangement with these
canal barge lines for the movement Of
oastbound traffic There is no power IN
this commission 20 require the estab-
lishment of a through route between
these railroad-owncd lake lines and
barge lines operating the Erie Canal,
hut under enforcement the lake lives
will be free TO make arrangements for
the through carriage Of freight Iu con
rcction with the Erie Canal barge
lines. and IL will be 10 their interest 10
do so. The interests Of the shipping
public Will be conserved and those Of
the boat lines will be bcttcred in this
respect under divorccment.'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-16
TWO CLEWS POINT
TO TAXI SLAYERS
Police Believe Weehaw-
ken Chauffeur Knew One
of His MurdererS.

Aided by the police of ITobokon and
roighboring towns, the Wcehawken al
thoritics are now az worn upon two
promising CLOVIS. either Of which they
hope viii lead to tho slayers Of Charles
Gromcst, the IIoboken taxicab driver.
f Gromcst, after getting n fare at hrs
/ stand at the Lackawanna Ferry, Ho-
bokcn. was shot and killed Friday about
900 feet from the Weehawken Police
Headquarters.
Chief Patrick NcGann said last
night: "Our two clcws look good, and
we hope before many days to have run
down both Of them. / think We ought
to have results by Monday o. Tuesday.
Every available man on the force il at
work on this murder, and tho police Of
/ other cities are helping US What the
two clews were he would not disclose.
! Three suspects we're arrested yes
tcrday. but after giving good accounts
/ of their movements were released. II
is known that the two men who rode IN
F Gromcst's cab escaped on West Shore
freight train after one OF them hau
shot him at Kings Bluff. The hrst NJ.
rests were made at Kingston. and tniet
Wood tolephoned 10 the NechaWken
police that he had locked up two me2
,yho were lettering IN tho railroad
wards. But after they had explained
their arrival from Ncwburgh they we're
AZ Edgewatcr. bur was soon released.
II was learned yesterday that the
Wcchawken police believe Gromest
Lnew his ,lavcrs before one Of them
hired his cab on Friday. The othcr, II
is understood. was picked up at pre-
arranged meeting place. ne theory
now being used as a base for trackIng
the murdcrers IS that Gromest sudden
IN baked when asked TO join IN ROB
hery. probably IN the fashionable DIS
trict OF Englewood.
4 member OF the Weehawken police
explained last night that the strangers
armed with a small brown vallse, filled
with all the necessary tools Of yegg,
had Manned to,enter house, and were
10 have made their escape IN the wait
ing taxicab. Gromest. however, "a
thought 10 have refused to take hand
in the job.
The police believe Gromest asked for
payment for the ride. When he was
refused 1t is thought his pugnaclouS
nature asserted itself and he started
for the man in the rear. The latter,
however. whipped out his gun and killed
the taXicab driver with bullet through
the heart.
The small vial in the murderers'
equipment was given TO physician
Yesterday. and its contents were found
TO be chloroform In addition the gun
men carried with them a blackjack, a
complete kit of burglars tools, two
stockings filled with cartridges. black
masks and two shirt fronts. used prob
ably as a disguise. One was cut from
q | nited States army shirt.
Gromcst's home was IN Washington
Street. Hoboken. where he lived with
his parents He had quite reputation
as a boxer in the United States army,
from which he WAS honorably dis
charged three years ago. His wife and
child did not live with him. Funeral
arrangements have been held up until
, County Physician King completes an
! inquest.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-16
AUTO KILLS CHILD
IN MOTHERS SIGHT
While Putting on Tire in Road
Man Has Skull Crushed by
Another Machine.

Anna Meyer. three years old. was
killed by an automobile yesterday while
she was playing i'm front Of her home,
a. 3OS Twelfth Street. College Point.
The car was owned by kracmcr Broth
cr-. lumber dealers. and was driven by
Waldo kraemcr. a member Of the firm.
The little girl ran IN front Of the auto
mobile while looking over her shoulder
~ her mother, who was on the side
walk.
Andrew Ross. a farmer of Fairfield,
Conn. is IN the New Rochelle Hospital
seriously injured BY an automobile.
Warren {. Rose, whose car struck Ross.
is held in $1,000 bail to await the re
,ult Of Ross injuries. Ross had
stoned his own machine to put on a
now tire ON the Post Road near l.arch
mont An approaching trolley car eft
Eut A narrow space Of the roadway be
tween u and Ross automobile. Rose
drove his car INTO the narrow gan be
tween the trolley and Ross automo-
bile. Ross skull was fractured.
Edwin q. Sarratt, the twelve year
old SON Of Major T.. q. Sarrstt. OF Fort
Tcttcn. was run down by an automo-
bile while cOastlng on roller skates al
tho entrance 20 the fort late friday
afternoon HIS nose was broken.
Thor automobile beyond control.
Harry Buckley and Fred Smith coasted
wildly down The last slope Of Fort
Washington Hill. on -. Nicholas Ave
nuc. last night. Not far from the bot
tom the car swcrvcd and rolled over
tho ombankmcrt. landing on ITS side
twenty feet below. Buckley and smith
had their bruises dressed at Washing
ton Heights Hospital and went home.
william Bchrens. Of Nysc@, was
killed by an Erie freight train a.
grade crossing IN Manuel yesterday
Afternoon. lie was riding motorcycle
and did net notice the approach OF the
tram. he Wa, foreman Of the Jackson
Hose Company OF Nyack.
william Shechan. seventeen Years
Old. Of 1881 Second Avenue. IS dying M
Krickcrbocker Hospital from injuries
received last night when an automobile
struck him. Shcehan was riding b.
cvcle west on Eighty-siXth Street. near
Central Park West. The automobile
was castbound. At the same moment
William Ford. the chauffeur, and Shee-
han caught sight Of boy running
across the street. In the effort 20
avoid running down the boz bicycle
and automobile met. The sutomebll lie
is owned by George Loyctt, OF lo5
Eighth Avenue.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-16
RAILWAYS MUST
SELL LAKE BOATS
Commerce Commission
Says Companies Have
Stifled Competition.
MEANS REVIVAL or
ERIE CANAL TRAFFIC
Operatcd Boats at a Loss 10
Keep Independents
Out.

Washington. May H.. In ono 90 the
most farrca~hlnE dccl-lon OF recent
years the Interstate commerce '"in
mission to-day decided that the ran
roads owning and operating steamship
lines on the Great Lakes must give
them MP after December ].
The principal Eastern trunk mes
which carry the great volume OF irelGhl
traffic between the Atlantic soahoard
and the West. are affected. and the de-
cisiop may partially alter nc irad'
routes over winch are moved million
Of tons Of he Vests rich stores o.
raw materials principally grain ana
ores TO the East. and millions Ct tons
Of manufactured products TO the west
and Northwest.
In effect The decision establishes 4"
water route, independent or railway
control, from New York 20 Duluth ana
ether wcsternmost points on Lake SUI
ucrior. and 10 Chicago and other points
ON Lake Michigan, through cham o.
waterways the Hudson River Erie
Canal. the Gvca. Lakes and connecting
rivers.
The commission points out that the
Great Lakes. for many years dominated
Lv the railroad-owucd fleets. VIII again
he omen 90 independent Shipping ana
that .hc Erie Canal again has the OPP
portunity of becoming a main artery Of
traffic. o.,
Under the Panama Canal law, rail-
road owners hiring Of competing wa
ter lines is forbidden unless the In
terstate Commerce Commission holds
that public convenience and necessity
are served thereby. The commission
L. Il
ests of the shipping public Will De
conserved and those Of the boat lines
will he bettered By the al
vorcement."
Under the law. the Pennsylvania,
Northern Central, Lehigh Valley, New
York Central. Rutland, Eric. Grand
Trunk and Lackawanna railroads petl-
toned the commission 10 retain their
fleets. which are operated by separate
IN incorporated companies, between
Buffalo and the upper lake ports
During the months Of navigation
those lines haul freight from the sea
board 10 Buffalo, where il IS trans
ferred 10 ships and sent on up the
lakes for the West. Likewise, the
traffic is brought down the lakes and
loaded on trains az Buffalo fer the
Fast. The land lines of the railroads
skirting tho shores Of the lakes serve
competing territory and freight rates
called "lake-and- rates are fixed
for the combination rail-and-water
journey. This. the commission held.
has stifed competition, and the boat
lines first used as a Sword by the
railroads to drive independent ships
off the lakes are now held as o "shield'
against possible competition Of lie"
independents.
"Since it appears from the records
that the railroads are able TO operate
their boat lines nj a loss whore there
is now no competition from inderend-
ent lines" says the commission, cit
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-16
DOCTOR BADLY HURT
RACING TO WRECK
Auto Upsets on Way to
Aid Victims Of New
York Central Train.

Rounding n curve near the Scarbor-
ough station Of the New York Central
Railroad, an electric locomotive yes
terday morning crashed into the rear
car Of an Albany local passenger train.
demollshIng the steel vestlbule, ripping
up over 200 feet Of the roadbed and ia
juring a half dozen persons.
Dr. Robert +. Irvine, former physi-
clan at Sing Sing prison and now con
nccted with the medical department OF
the New York Central, while racing to
the scene of the accident was probably
fatally injured when his automobile
upset
The local had pulled ont Of the sta
ton al $40. 1t having left the Grand
Central Al lis The rear coach was
empty. except for John !. Kelly. store
keeper at Sing Sing. The car had been
reserved TO convey number Of pris-
oners. among them William j. Cum
Minis. head Of the Welfare League, 20
Great Meadows prison. at Comstock.
Kelly. who was just about TO leave
the car TO go forward. turned a somcr-
Sault. His back was badly Wrenched
and he was taken TO the OssinIng Hos
pital. Several passengers were thrown
about and received minor bruises.
John Wheelan, engineer Of the de-
tached locomotive. said that he took
the turn, as usual. at high speed, and
did not see the train until ne was al
most upon H. The locomotive pioughed
through the yestibule Of the coach. both
the locomotive and car being derailed.
Wheeler received minor bruises
The track for more than 200 feet was
ripped up and the electric rail de-
molshed causing a delay of more than
am hour while the wrecking crew re-
paired the damage.
Dr. Irvine. who was on the way to
the wreck. was driving his own car. A
passing automobile was pressed into
service 20 rush him 10 OssininG Hos
pital. There il was found that he had
received fractures Of several ribs ard
internal inirIcs.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-07-23
MEN WHO DO GREAT THINGS
emily and Persistentiy Press
Forward in Life.

"The race is not always to the
swift" 1t is surely a strange philos-
ophy that substitutes anything for fast
running as a qualification for win
ming foot race. But it was a wise
man who said that. and it is probably
true, even though there are times
when we scorn and despise such a
doctrine. They used to speak of
David Livingstone as "the man who
would go on" And 1t described him
very accurately. Like many another
man there we're a number of good
stopping places in his life, but he
never seemed to see them. But men
make name and enduring fame for
themselves just because they cannot
see stopping places, but keep their eyes
fixed on the great Turing road ahead
of them. 1t is the man who will go
on who is going to win the goal, no
matter what kind of goal it may be.
The pace of the running makes very
little difference The theologians
used to talk about the perseverance of
the saints. and 1t was not a bad sub
ject to talk about, just as persever-
ance Is not a bad quality for saint
to have. Probably there are not very
many saints made without it's help.
That Is probably one Of the great
reasons why we have so few saints.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-07-23
THOUGHT HIM LLoW GUEST
'oo6tor's APPEARANCE Misied Travelling
Man Who Had Put In
Bad Night

In Nebraska town there was once
a hotel that all travelling statesmen
avoided except when they couldn't.
There was no heating system, the
only warmth in the house being sup
piled by small stove in the Office.
One bowling night, when the wind
was making about thirty knots per
hour and the mercury was 20 below
zero. travelling man shivered be-
meath the insufficient bedclothes in
his drafty room until about a. m.
Unable to stand it any longer, though
he dreaded to leave the bed, he leaped
out, seized his clothes and ran to the
office. There he shuddered into his
garments, and then began building up
the fire.
The fire-poking aroused the land.
lord, who came out and said: "What're
you gettin' up this time O. night fer?
You left a call fer six-thirty."
What did I get up for?" shouted
the travelling man. q couldn't stay
In bed any longer in that room of
mine! l was freezing!"
The landlord defended his hostelry
and the travelling man assailed it in
Q regular quarrel.
During the disagreement an old doc
tor OF the town, who had been out
in the inclement night and was almost
frozen. saw the light in the hotel Of
flee and came in. The old mans
long whiskers were covered with frost
and festooned with enormous icicles.
As the travelling man turned from
his quarrel and saw the old mans
condition and the pendant ice, he ex-
claimed: Heavens, man! Which
room did you have?"-Judge.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-07-23
Why Does a Baby Smile?

An interesting mental process with
physical manifestations which is found
In every healthy baby is smiling. 1t
is remarkably early one, too, and a
child of a month old will often show
distinctly pleased smile when it's lit
tie face is patted or 1t is tickled. At
first the smile spreads very slowly
over the tiny features, then, as time
passes, flashes up on the face and
dies away again with equal celebrity,
and by the time the first three months
are past is accompanied often enough
by little chuckles Of glee.
But laughing comes later, often
much later, and many children never
really laugh until they are a year
old, or even more. It is, indeed, very
rare to hear laughter before the first
six months are accomplished, and
when it is heard it should be regard
ed as a symptom of unusual intelli.
gence, maybe gratifying to a mothers
pride. but most certainly not to BIZ
excited or provoked.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-07-23
sco1cA CAPABLE Dr. 4suLL s.
Some essd storiss- 4hst. tsass Been
Fastened on Inhabitants Of the
"Land q ctkes.r

Even IN our day, residents Of the
British isles are rarely well informed
upon the geography Of the states. %
Perhaps, too, since we live In a coun-
try that boasts q long list Of Troys,
Romes, Athenses. not to mention Gin.
cinnati and an occasional Cato or
Plato, we should not be surprised
when anyone assumes that anything
else in Greek or Latin IL properly In
digenous to our map.
A Glasgow merchant and magistrate
OF . century ago, 30 Mr.. D. Macleod
Malloch records. had sent to certain
me rcantile house In New York q con-
Segment Of goods that remained long
undisposed Of. In response to his in.
Quiries. he was informed that they
were still In statu quo. He passed on
the Information to . neighbor, who re-
marked suspiciously. But never
heard Of the place"
"Nor I, either" replied the good
bailie. conf1dentially. Il looked at the
map, but couldna find It; and I Just
conclude it's q sma' town up In the
kintra-"
The simplicity and ignorance Of the
rural Scotch magistrate often quite
eQualed that Of the English. immortal
lied by Shakespeare in Dogberry: and
Mr. Malloch gives two more veritable
examples. quite In the true Dogberry
vein.
That is q most tragical event which
has just happened said a friend to
Iailie Blank. your neighbor, Mr..
Is has committed suicide!"
VIVA on!" inquired the bailie, Gag
erly.
Perhaps 1t was he-it was certainly
another Glasgow bailie-who. his
health being proposed at a banquet in
honor Of his recent dignity, responded
nobly to the toast:
Il Gamma but say. ma friends, that
I'm proud Of the honor of being made
bailie Of this great city; and I'm
even. think. entitled to the honor, for
I've gone through all the various
stages Of degradation that bailie has
tao dae tae reach it"-Youth's Com
panion.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-07-23
Attack Of the Cossacks-

The Russian Cossacks have a form
Of attack which is peculiarly their own
II is known as the Lava" COssacl
horses are specially trained to carry
out the maneuver. The leading sotnia
squadron spreads out to right and
left. and the others, at full speed, foru'
up on either side of it in a semicircle
or half moon. Every man with lancs
h attended by man wearing sword
and all the officers are in front of the
men Of each sotnia. The other squad
rons do not wait for a special order
but at once adopt the same formation
endeavoring TO surround the enemy
from another side. With loud shouts
reminiscent of the red Indian war
whoop the Cossacks rush down on tn,
foe. and even though the first assau,,
be repulsed another lava" pours dow
on the shaken enemy. This system o.
attack takes its name. Of course, from
the liquid products Of volcanic activity
London Mail.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-07-23
VICTORY GOES TO PLoDDEE
Exceptional" Youngsters Nearly al.
: ways Cease to Be Prodigies
When They Grow Up.

Have you ever noticed how few
smart" people amount to anything
The slick" individuals you meet-they
do not seem to get anywhere The
takers are the "smartest" people on
earth, but you have never known one
to get very far on the road to success
Take the smart" girl She seems to
know everything ON earth She dresses
a little louder than other girls. She
always manages to wear something
that is chic She has the boys hang
ing around her in groups. She talks
in terms that the palmer girl cannot
understand; but later on in life she
will be found putting up a terrific fight
against time while the girl who was
not nearly so smart is occupying a
position Of dignity and Joy at the
head of sensible home.
And as for the smart boy-the one
who gets by" in manner the other
boys cannot understand, and who may
for the time being be envied by the
other boys because of his foppish man
ners-he doesn't become the head of
a prosperous business. 1t is the plod-
der that seems to get there in the end
the boy who doesn't catch on
quite so rapidly as the smart boy.
Probably not 1 per cent of the sue
cessful men in the world today gave
any evidence of having great ability
when they were kids" The prodigies
do not make good. The exceptional
youngster in school seldom conquers
after he has entered real life; but
the plain fellow of common sense,
slow to learn, slow to become en-
Unused, slow to make companions and
slow to give them up-the fellow
who sticks to a job until it is finished,
that is the fellow who in after life
rules and regulates the affairs of this
little green ball.-Dayton News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-07-23
Bravery Of the Belaians.

When Caesar in his Commentaries
pronounced the Belgae the bravest Of
all the Gauls he was merely recording
the reputa ion that they had earned on
many battlefield and which they
maintained even in defeat. Caesar
overwhelmed more than quarter Of
q million OF them in the year 81 B. c,
on the banks Of the Aisne. After the
crushing defeat on the Aisne several
tribes, headed by the Nervii, made q
last stand on the Sambre. taking the
offensive against the Roman legions
and very nearly defeating them by the
intensity of their onslaught. But the
training and discipline Of RENE saved
Caesar, and the final result Of the he
roic resistance Of the Nervii was theii
practical humiliation. Their peace
emissaries said. ''Of 600 senators we
have lost all but three; of 60.0O0 fght'
ing men but 500 remain" 1t Is from
this stock that the Belgians Of today
are descended.-F. j. Splitstone in Les
lies
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-07-23
DRAWBACKS TO NEW IDEA
Cutting Down Of Hours of Sleep Will
Be Sure to Meet With Much
Opposition.

A specialist who has pursued his
studies with devotion, announces that
sleep is mere habit of the human
mind and body that may be thrown off
completely through gradual relinquish-
ment. 1t is his view that the average
man may add 20 years to his conscious
existence by disposing of his sleep
habit. The cult has progressed to
the extent that many men are now
in way to eliminate their hours of
repOse, with some show of success,
but there is vast complaint from their
Of the cure. The man who has been
sleeping eight hours is not enabled
to shade the interval of rest to four
hours without seriously disturbing
his household. One who retires at
midnight and arises at four o'clock
in the morning awakens other inmates
Of his home, both on retiring and
arising There is some inherent de-
feet in human nature that leads one
to go laundering about house, knock
ing over chairs and shaking down the
furnace, when he should be preserv-
ing a deep silence For this reason
the home treatment of the sleep habit
is not likely to be popular. What
should be done, for the protection of
normal humans, is to hive the sleep
habit patients in barracks where they
may strangle sleep at will without
disturbing others. To curious stran-
gers the barracks would be a show
place, where the lights would be al
ways shining like beacons and where
the activities of life might proceed
as at noon. There is some demur to
the sleep treatment for the reason
that it adds one meal a day to the
requirements of the patient-a re-
Quirement that is practically prohibit
tive to many.