The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-01-12
SLAUGHTER IN Street
DEATHS BY THE AUTOS
Victims OF Victor Vehicles in
City OF New York
AN Increase IS SHOWN
Two Million Dollars Cleaned
BY The Cafes From Triple
Celebration
AN INCREASE IS SHOWN
FROM Wednesdays DALI.

From Wednesdays DALI.
New York, January 9.-That four
times as many victims are done to
death by motor traffic in this city
and state as anywhere else, in the
country, is shown by complete count
of street fatalities for 1916 in Great
er New York, that was made public
TODAY by the, municipal authorities.
With two hundred and fifty children
and four hundred adults recorded as
killed by automobile activities here
in the past year alone, no question
Of the pressing need for control OF
owner as we'll as chauffeur drivers is
now left in the minds OF every New
Yorker. Although the heads of the
traffic police force have worked out
control system at least three times
as efficient as any ever before en-
ployed to handle local auto traffic,
it is admitted that the street slaugh-
ter CT men. women and children must
continue throughout this whole state
until some law is framed to place
every motor driver under the con-
troll Of the men who make the streets
safe here and in every other COM
munity.
Industrial investigation.
Planning to show the shores of
this harbor as an ideal site for in
dustrial plants, Ia complete survey
Of this city is just being undertaken
by the local merchants association
for the purpose of increasing the
manufacturing activities hereabouts,
that have been recently subordinated
to foreign trade schemes. That iron
and steel could be turned out here as
advantageously las in Pittsburg, is
one of the discoveries that the ex-
perts at the head of this movement
have made after a thorough investi-
gation of the present possibilities.
When the war Juror is over, it is ex-
pected that this port will be develop
ed along intensive industrial lines
more fully than ever in its past COM
merical history.
Continual Celebration.
Counting the costs of Gotham's
triple-header new year celebration,
the restaurant men of this town have
now figured that at least two mil
lions of dollars were cleaned by
them from the crowd that chose to
celebrate On any of the three nights
that the calendar spread out for
New Years high jinks here. Al
though no one of these nights was
noted for spontaneous sentiment or
adaptable hours for 9, real new year
iubilation, the canny hotel pro-
prietors are known to have Melted
; 4,
ever represented by any one year
end evening. Next year, when the
old year dies on q secular night SC
licenses can cover its exit, it is hop
CT that public can gain more in
sentimental celebration and the res
taurant men less in continuation Of
the event.
Walking Wiseacres.
TO those who can tell a magnetic
from Il manifold or a carburetor
from cam, the coming week is af-
fording rare opportunity to stroll
over the show of automobiles here
with an everlasting exhaust of ne
chsnical motor lingo. Though the
loudest takers are never the best
buyers at this annual automobile
layout, all New York is crOwding up
TO the gilded display booths, agog
for chance to chat about what they
would like to ride upon. Whatever
the automobile agents hope to har-
vest cut of this spectacular SHOW,
tho result must be q reyiVing Of the
wise talk from the men who step
ever the curb instead Of on the
throttle.
Whitridoe's Way.
Following the body Of Frederick
Whitridge to the grave, all of the
upper classes and most of the lower
here are regarding the loss of this
fTee-spoken citizen with great regret
Though this magnate ruled with a
rod of iron as true patrician, his
tongue told of a grasp on democratic
life that was remarkable for its
deep insight and keen sense of hui