The evening world. Newspaper, January 11, 1906, Page 16

zne Published by the Preas Publishing Company, No. 63 to 63 Park Row, New York. Entered at the Post-Office at New York as Sevond-Class Mail Matter. ois Sisianc hare chee tas VOLUME 46 we “By Advice of Counsel.” At the prompting of the lawyers of the Standard Oil Company, wit- nesses subpoenaed to testify before the Missouri Commissioner have given an amazing exhibition of con- tempt of judicial authority. “By advice of counsel’ directors refuse flatly to answer questions, laugh in the face of the Commis- sioner, chaff the “Colonel,” other- wise the Attorney-General, who is examining them, and maintain a jocose or contemptuous attitude, according as the spirit moves them. “By advice of counsel” agents of the Trust indulge in insolent reti- eence or jocose repartee as they like, and grow alternately supercilious and scornful. “By advice of counsel” elevator men and special policemen in the Trust’s employ treat the Missouri law officers with a vulgar impertinence. Has this legal boorishness and buffoonery a parallel? Has the dig- nity of a police magistrate ever been affronted by shyster lawyers to the extent to which the reputable attorneys of the Trust have defied the aue| tient of this State tribunal? . ut do these abusive and obstructive tactics pay? Has not the in- decent character of the Trust’s defense hopelessly prejudiced its case? The impression is unavoidable that there is something behind which must be concealed at all hazards. Hence the resort to intimidation, the bull- dozing and the methods which would discredit a mining-camp courtroom, Motor-Car ‘Progress and Penalties. The three-mile-a-minute automobile which is in course of construc- .tion for Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt will be the most powerful racing ma- chine in the world. Its 250 horse-power will represent the pulling capacity of 125 double teams of horses. The ponderous locomotive which draws the Empire State Express, perhaps the strongest passenger engine in the world, is of 1,900 horsespower. This racing monster says the last word in motor-car constructive $xM. What is being done to bring the law governing automobiles to a ‘corresponding standard of efficiency? Gov. Stokes, in his message to the New Jersey Legislature, recom- -mends licenses for chauffeurs revocable on violation of their provisions. “He suggésts that recklessness resulting in the injury of person or prop- vetty be anes by imprisonment. In Harper's Weekly President Morris, of the Automobile Club, urges ‘that it be made impossible for drivers who are persistent in their disre- igard.of the law to operate cars. He suggests an automobile tax for the tepair of roads, an éxamination of chauffeurs for capability and a State automobile commission. Manufacturers and drivers have so far kept ahead of the law. time the law caught up with them. A B. R. T. Outrage. ; Along about midnight Brooklyn people in Manhattan, night-workers or theatre-goers, reach the bridge on their way home. The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company runs “trains” of two or three cars on the ele- vated track. The last car is sacred to the local passengers who are going NO, 16,214. It is Evening worra~s Unique Nassau Street. T the EAltor of The Evening World: It is a wonder to me that more acci- dents don't happen on Nessau street. Pepple jam its sidewalks and hundreds walk in its narrow roadway. going both ways also crowd this road- way. The only marvel is that there are rrome Vebicles magazine. Tharsday A Chilly Meal. Biv. Campbell Cory. YELLE Letters from the People tity ty <Yy 2 w Answers to Questions terial (i¢ giass % would be possible to) came home a sick man from his fall. position would the of the sphere or would it be at the’ bot- pension, and tt is still pending, and I am afraid my mot who is now nearly eighty-six years of age, will never have the pension due for injury contracted object only to Sands street. There may be only a dozen of them. The other|aot more blockades and dangerous mis- tom? Has che experiment Siet oke was strvine the country. My eet .| haps, especially when one remembers ? i YIN, | recelves $8 a month pension. ope Prenem cee Pe cect) te, done ana oe tea ie oor ort to) the Plat the flood of toot and vehicular traffic The Matter of Pension. something will be done so thet all will form, where people hot and sweaty from office or playhouse stand shiver-| pou: » from every cross be treated alike. b J . iW pouring transversely fro: ry To the Editor of The Evening World: *® DAUG VETERAN. ing in the midnight chill of the gale-swept river. ) strest. I have travelled all over this| A widow of a soldier writes asking AUER OF : idnight i: Ce ” i land, and Nassau street is the oddest] how {t Is that the relatives of a de, Doean’t Like Comvict Idea Ms night Ee nota 7 dee id ng us prevent the B. thoroughfare on earth. It is utterly| veteran do not all receive the sam: a -: Z re e 1@ pPON- | To the Editor of The Evening Work: R. T, from running cars enough to give every passenger a seat, Nothing, nique, But how in the world, are accl-| stone. Tam iad that some one has aa | Michael Du Chesnaye, Jr., suggests that is, except the necessity of sustaining watered stock in Wall street by a show of pneumonia-tainted ‘earnings.’ Why do the street-car companies do their best to swell the rising tide of socialism by brutal disregard of the travelling public? Why are they so idiotic? SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTER. | _ “Ach no, Herr, but they are of sel werd Mert & wealth: vs 0) Yorker, Tusloai Tastes,” falia ta Vemaaiees, 5 th Waaner, daughter of an old| ‘The Vampires, Hannah? Eevtabee ‘toscse tn the’ snste ‘hetee with the |», 7Ct: those who in Russia munter ‘Wagners, he ‘meets several forelgn | for pay and without pay.” ‘Trelitz, Nicholas Orloff and others. One ‘aocosts Merton with the cry, ‘They Have found him and him to Russia! CHAPTER II. A Distracting Situation. “This moraing.” discuss this question? low sphere of glass or some other ma- Kidnapped in New York, For Amateur Scte) M some scientific readers ints. Te the Bator of The Eventner World: If a large hol- same. Kindly the courage to come forward and speak about it, as I often wished to do the My father was @ veteran in the Civil War and was injured while work- ine at a bridge on the Rappahannock River, and when the war was over he HY should any one want to kill W or kidnap Prof. Wagner? This was the question that came to Efward Merton's mind as he looked at the beautiful, agontzed girl, but he did not express it in words. Picking up his hat and overcoat he took Sophia’s arm and said: “Let ws go Into your apartments and talk it over. Hannah may know." “@he does not know! She does not know!” wailed Sophia, yet she obeyed his direction, and on reaching the par- lor she tottered and would have fallen had not Edward caught her and carried her to a sofa, where she lay like one dead. Edward had to talk PAH, who, though evide: a mental agony, still retained % ence of mind. “Is unusual for the Prof be out so late?” asked the » ‘aa he held a glass of water to Sophia's jer pres- ashen lips. “Ach, Heber Herr, the Professor he never gtays out seldom goes out Oh. he has enemies"— “Enemies?” broke in Edward. “Oh, Yes, enemies, many enemies, he | has,” she moaned. | “I can't tmagine it, but if he has @memies and they have injured hit, they'll pay for {t if I have a dollar or | a0 ounce of strength to punish them!” | @aid. Ddward, setting down the glass, | Row that the tremor of the eyelids told that the girl was recovering consc!ous- ners. years ago took him from Ruasie, where ie was rich and honored titi the great . |phone, meaning to call up Police Head- “It was fear of them that fifteen | “Tela the fraulein not to move trom here, or to make any more owory; I whall be gone but a few minutes,” said Merton, putting on his hat and over- coat as he hurried into the hall, No man bad ever run quicker down those five figits of ataire than did Eaward Merton on this occasion, It was now midnight and the cold dry afr promised iorious Christmas westher, but i Grought no cheer to out friend, who wes out to find Tony Mullen, ‘The streets were nearly deserted, Be- fore ail-nigut restaurants, of which there were many, electric lighta blazed in w cold uninviting way, He askec @ bens, long-bearded man if he knew where Officer Mullen could be found, and receiving a repiy in Yid- dish, wolch ne did not understand, he dashed off to find an officer or a tele- quurters, in Mulberry street. It iu generally veifeved that an of- ficer can never he found when wanted, Dut on this occasion Edward Merion ran plump into the ams of one before ho had gone a block. “Hould on, young feller! You seem to be In @ divvie of a hurry, when re’s nobody chasin’ you!"’ exclaimed officer, as ie selzed Mertom by the lar with one hand and drew his club ith the other. And Iam in @ hurry,” was the re- sponse. “Where can I find Officer Mul- len What @o you want with Offecer &ful- ne ia {s my friend, and I have a casc blow como, I wanted him to «tay in Germany, tho land of his forefathers _ ‘end of mine, but no, he must come to the great free land of America; 20 he fame, and also they followed." i) know. them 7" tele im." the cas@.on this beat?’ I don't know; it's at the Tyrol.” oMcer slowly, “it “But find my father! Oh, find him!” cried Sophia. jong with me." ters. But if yer a friend of Tony Mul- | minutes ago. Com: "Good | len I can show ye where ho lives; and|: Fifty paces further, on the officer Let me know if I can help, be the same token, dn a flat-house hall, and aftor sumed lils beat, ‘i that convicts be set to digging the Panama Canal. How would he like to get in some trouble and get six months or a year in jail, and then be sent to Panama to help to dig the canal? I guess he would say: “It's unfair to TN The Machinations of a Russian Pitted Against the Lowe of a Plucky New Yorker, | Ce , through the speaking~tube: “Is that you, Tony? Yies? Well, I'ny ‘Tim Regan. Do ye know @ young feller that calls hinseM Mecten, Bdward Merton? Ye Wo? Well, then get a hurcy on ye, and come down, éor he's here below and wanta fer to see yo dom bad.” After a few moments Tony Mullen appeared and Officer Tim Regan, seo- ing that the “young feller’ was greeted Uke a ¢riend, mata: sition? which is right. you, JAMES Evening, yeu oaep end me there and let me draw 10 see the inside of ame) were made, and| Also from exposure in lying on the damp | Wages.” Then why make such a propo- some material object placed therein and/ sTeund, and never was able again to afterward ail the air extracted from/do hard work. He put in his claim for|this question, and judge for yourselves the aphere, leaving it a vacuum, in what material therein be? Would it be in the centre Readers, look at doth sides of Then let us hear from) V. LA PALA. Cars Without Engines, Te the Editor of ‘The Rveninc In reading the story of the accident in the Grand Central Depot it ocourred to me that it was against the laws of New York State to allow cars to run any distance without being under the I may be mis- taken tn this, but I hardly think so. E. LYONS. control of an engine. World: 183 Waahington etrect, Newark, Aldermer, $1,000; $1,500. To the Bdmor of The Evening World: “whet are the saluries per year of Al-| these enormous salaries ach of these rulers has a large income from royalties dermen and Assemblymen? Secret the trouble is.” Mullen expressed bis surprise in ® whistle, “1. hive a telephone in moe own notify the Cen’ z yh TN go up and It, will) take me. but Assembly: J. G. G. eS crety ~ So two could talk, “tell me just what “Come with me to the Tyrol and I'l tell you on the yay,” eald : “Mo; tell me right here, rt, rgoo6. Scientific Tests Prove Ants’ Marvellous Strength. Scientists in Engtand Wave been oon dubting a series of experiments to ae termine the strength of the various in- sects and lower animals. Ants have been found to possess almost supernata- ral power.in comparison to their tiny size. Among the tests. two of whtoh are here deploted from outs in the Ilus- trared London News, is one obtained by fastening an ant to a mimiature silver coach 1,300 times as heavy as “self. The ant Grew after it the enormous burden with comparative ease, The average man, to be as strong for his size as an ant, would needs be able to draw & coach weighing about 200,000 pounds or 100 tons, ‘The second iitus- trated test consistea of holding suspend- ed !n midair a globe 800 times the weight of the eunt. The insect was fastened to the end of @ bar; Sts nippens gripped upon a string, and from this string the Blobe was suepend- ed. The ant held thd tremendous ‘weight until the pressure was re- moved, and th meomed mone the Worse off for the herowlean labor un- dergone. A man, by comparison, must have held suspend- ed a weight approxi- mating 180,000 pounds in order to 233,772,800 Gallons of Water. HE maximum amount of water supplied to the city of Paris in ene was on July 19, 1901, 400,88 oublc yards of spring water and 168,158 yards of water derived from artaian wells and the rivers. Sggropate of 233,772,800 gallons. |, The average daily water supply from all sources in 11 (for have the complete statistics) was 687.5% oublc meters, or about 179,10R000 gale | | lons, which ts 59 gallons per day for each inhabitant. This froludes the } of water for all purposes—for private and public use, says ConsulbGenerat son, of Paris, The present population of Paris is 2,700,000. The water rent for Ss 20 france ($3.86) per annum for a daily supply of 1% Hters (27 gallons, % cunsts), L 6 francs ($11.58) for daily supply of 500 liters (110 gallons). For a daily supply | of 3,600 liters (660 gadlons) of river water the annval rate is 160 francs (S960 for same quantity of spring water 200 francs (457,90); for 5,000 Mters (1,100 lons) river water per day, 200 francs ($57.90), and 600 france ($115.00) for « quantity of spring water. The total amount of water rents collected in 181 by the city of Parts 18,864,000 franca ($8,28,762). The expense written down in the budget of the of Paris for 1901 for the water, repairs to aqueducts, rebate to the Compagnie des Eaux, salaries, &c., amounts to 13,704,450 francs ($2,722,230). t pe A Misunderstood Chinese Custom. HB kowtow (pronounced ker-toe, and meaning literally to bow the head) i used as a form of thanks, and is not a manner of greeting. The actora kowtow to their mafesties at the beginning und end of eaca pertermanse | t the theatre, first to thank for the honor they are to recelve in being allowed | | to act before them, and at the end to thank for the privileges granted. r The officials “bow the head” to thank for an audience or any tavor or gift @ received or are to receive from thelr majesties, says the Century, | Magazine. Tae kowtow 1s not only made by people at the palace amd at imoe- | rial audiences; it ts sometimes used by equals to each other as @ >roper ¥ ner of thanking for some great favor. To make the kowtow the person kneels three times and each time bows head three times, touching the ground with it. by a foreigner without looking most awkwari and appearing most servile, ‘ the Chinese do it with dignity, and it {s neither degrading nor CARAT 1s a time-honored menner of giving thanks, a Chinese tradition surviving frem ® time when the courtiers were perhaps like slaves, but at present it does ne@” imply any slave-lke inferiority on the part of him who performs it, The Salaries of Monarchs, The Katser receives $3,925,000 a year as King of Prussia, but nothing as Em- reror of Germany. Besides this he has enormous private income, derived from mines, fisheries and estates, of which he owns more than any other man tn Prus- sia. The King of Bavaria recetves $1,350,000 a year; the King of Saxony, $878,00;4 the Grand Duke of Baden, $400,000. The Czar of Russia {s paid 36,780,000 for his jPrivate use, while each Grand Duke reecives $1,000,000 a year, In addition te and perquisites of many kinds of which few outsiders know anythn: By Arthur Rochefort, AUTHOR OF “‘THE DETACHED BRAIN.” Ris friend was gone an interminable time, but in reality {t was only a few minutes till he appeared with his over coat on and his fur cap pulled low on his head. By the tine they got to the profes- secre al Sophia, though still white and frightened, was able to talk ‘with more coherence. She ogrroborated Edward's account, and then handed the officer a letter which her father had with the daughter # they learned. anys Sees: the Sergeant’ with him men, y Mullen inchided, ¢ piehey look their de- Edward Merton must do something, but what? He was just ahout to curse ~ bie own helplessness, when it struck Lim that he would visit all the morning Papers at once, and so insure a fuller | Teport and greater publicliy of this re- markable case. Halt reaitzing the absurdity of ‘isa ne enees for Sophia to ‘keep calm and . rest, If possible,” he hurried out om hie nif-tmponed emission, it was daylight when, utterly fatigued, he reached his room, and throwing him- Mes ieee bed told Hi not to awake im tit 10 o'clock. unless Miss Wegner © wanted him. se rite tral Office.