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Wliat might easily have been a fatal accident occurred yesterday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock, as the motorcycle racers were coming down Heron street to the finish. William Me-Kean, who was the official pacemaker and patrol, was leading in the fourth and last rider, going at a speed of about 30 miles an hour, he ran into the automobile driven by Mrs. Ed. Larkin, crushing his motorcycle and the windshield and fender of the auto, and was himself severely injured.The accident occurred at the intersection of Heron and H streets, and McKean was taken into the store of the Aberdeen Drug Co., where a hur ried examination was made. An ambulance was called and he was taken to the Aberdeen General hospital, where his injuries were found not to be so serious as was at first surmised, a broken knee cap being the extent of his injuries.Mrs. Larkin in* her car, in which were Mr. and Mrs. A. Emerson Cross and baby, were standing on Heron street near the corner of H, watching the motorcycles come in. The street, while crowded, was kept clear in the center until three of the racers arrived. The crowd appears to have thought they were all in and that the race was finished and commenced to gather in the middle of the street. Mrs. Larkin, thinking the races over, started up her auto, and turned to go up H street, when the crowd in the street began to scatter, and some of them shouted to Mrs. Larkin, who stopped her auto in the center of Heron street, just as McKean was within 50 feet of H street.He was coming swiftly, with his head lowered and his hands in the center of the handle bars, when he saw the auto. He cut off the power, and let the cycle go from under him, which action doubtless saved his life, but the speed he was going threw him against the auto. The crowd surged forward to the scene, and it was at once reported that McKean was mortally injured. Internal injury was feared, but an examination at the hospital showed that beyond the injury to his knee and the severe shaking up, he had escaped in a wonderful manner.The city authorities and the motorcycle club came in for a share of criticism over the accident. It was pointed out that, when permission to end the race on the crowded street was given, provision should have been made for a careful patrol of the street by the club during the time the racers were on it.WASHINGTON, D. C., August 27.— (Special.)—It can be stated on reliable information that the tariff bill will pass the senate in the early part of September. Some of the republicans have been making the ridiculous charge that the bill discriminates against the farmer. They are doing this in the hope of winning the farmer from the Democratic party at the next election.Bill Greatly Favors FarmerThe fact of it is that the farmer is one of the greatest beneficiaries under the pending tariff bill. It places every piece of farming machinery and every farming tool on the free list which were heavily taxed under the Payne-Aldrich bill. It also places his clothing and all manufactured food that he uses on the free list. The tariff on farm products has always been a sham and has never helped him for the reason that this country is an exporter of foods and not an importer, and the tariff on beef, for instance, has merely helped the beef trusts to make its monopoly effective as they name the price the farmer gets for his cattle, and* the price that the consumer must pay for his beef steak. So the tariff on beef has simply been an aid to the beef trusts in shutting out foreign competition. This is largely true of the tariff on all farm products. The new tariff bill will be an unmixed blessing for the farmer.Crop Moving MoneySecretary of the Treasury McAdoo has just completed his plans for placing $50,000,000 in the south and the west with which to aid the farmers in the moving of their crops. This has proven to be one of the most popular moves ever made by the government at Washington and so pleased were the President and Secretary McAdoo at the prompt response at this offer, that Mr. McAdoo has announced if $50,000,000 is not enough with which to move the crops the teasury stands ready to double the amount if necessary. This act on the part of President Wilson the secretary of the treasury has had an electrical effect in aiding business in all parts of the country, by easing the money market, and the business men are experiencing prosperity of a very satisfactory character. As soon as the tariff bill is out of the way there is no doubt whatever that wave afte: wave of the most solid prosperity will sweep over the entire country.Sulzer and Tammany.The country has been shocked at the audacity of Charles F. Murphy, the notorious and infamous leader of Tammany Hall in going up to Albany and virtually kicking Governor Sul-g!t£fa11scliwoitchib:wtyfomm0CitccmfoWielt;]ccSijsetr*______if___Pitubeaw]tyispagacota
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Aberdeen Herald
Aberdeen, Washington, US
Tue, Sep 02, 1913
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