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Show Auto. Balks at Whistle Tease of Pedestrian Alleged Musical Expression of Derision Amuses on a Snowstorm Night THE s in 1 wh s e of a b eat d iven o gue and toot s e such as wou d sea dog u a h n a sno v&torm ca be epended u on ac on S l SaI an ze an a om0 1 e nt0 The a tomob Ie has go a a e a on o Ucn Bho c f mas n t ob ncsX n? d?mons i 0" of e effe t e ness or he mou h made vr s e as a P o oca e of endea o on c pa o an automob c I w s s ag d at T e te sec on of s h a e ue and D t ee Te ng of e In de e obse e A na was oss g D street as . eeiw2nob e " ned t o gong east on bixth a -enue and sta ted north o S. st eet" Tne crade Is bea y and the snow Tas se eral inches deep was no t me for sp g ng a ne v 8&LIif but 010 chauffeu h stted a . t nole n earning to the pedes trlan The car stopped dead Apparently fee ng s ghted at ha lng been arned in another than t e usual vaj t e pedestr an looked on In sat sfact on at t e staU ng of the ma chine When t was final v started aga n he fiend shlv vh st ed as U e chauffeur had done and immediately it ba ked as befo e The rear wheels spun and the engine died when the drver tred to stl 1 the w Id throb bi?,s.of i' by tm u "ff It down Fatientlv the man on foot woull wait until the engine ad been cranked each time and the car again put at the h 1 Just as It wou d ap pear to be gathering the necessary nomentum for the c b he would whistle a derisive screech and the heavy machine -would slither back According to the sedate dependable, observant citizen who took the trouble to come into The Trjbune s local room and recount the above story with the us a pol te request that 1 s namn hA not used In connection with its publication the car never did get up the hill. It was turned eastward along Sixth aven e again tra eling nicely under the stln u us of the chauffeur s remarks The sedate dependable observant clti zen narrator ma ntalns a pseudo friend ship with certain members of the local staff of The Tribune that Imposes belief In the story as well as respect for his wl'hes Id withholding his name How ever he expressed a readiness to go right to the front and make affidavit as to the correctness of the facts should this paper get into difficulty through imper tinent questioning of the truthfulness of the story Also he suggests that before bring ng action the doubter try the ex periment of whistling an automobi e as It can be done to a dog l. Note for copy reader This story is all to the good J Burke is the man wl o saw the occurrence and told of It so don t throw it n the waste basket for a "pipe |