Show ANOTHER JOLT fOR DR OSLER'S THEORY Edward Weston Nearly Seventy Seventy Seventy Sev Sev- enty Walked From Philadelphia Philadelphia Phila Phila- delphia to New York DID TRICK IN 24 HOURS ged Pedestrian Felt Pelt Fine After fter Lon Lon- mid Declares He lie Will m i Do It Again New York fa 1 May 23 Edward Edward Payson Pay Pay- son on Ve Weston Veston ton who for tOI has many years f been known as one of or the tho best long distance lice heel and toe walkers In this tills c country effectively paralyzed the tho Dr Osler Osier theory when he tonight completed completed com corn a little Jaunt from Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadel Philadel- 1 phia to this city Weston eston Is sixty eight L years rears old and some weeks ago aso he hc was bantered b by a p party ut of ot friends who declared that he had passed the ag ape ago of ot f usefulness as a n. walker To prove that this contention was unfounded Weston Wes Wes- cs ton decided to walk from Philadelphia to U New York within twenty four j hours and he easily accomplished d that task Roads Very cry Du Dusty t lie left leU Philadelphia at one min mm- ute lute after midnight last night and ho stepped from the Pennsylvania ania ferI for for- I at the foot of Cortland street New York at 1124 Five minutes later loter he reached the city hall haJJ which was to be he the end of his journey journe hut but ho was feeling so good because of or the exercise that he continued on up I Broadway to the Fifth Filth avenue hotel e escorted b by a n delegation of friends and a n solitary mounted policeman 0 According to Mr h heston Weston eston the trip across New Jersey was uneventful but a a. chapter of ot vicissitudes caused him to lose In the neighborhood of or an hours hour's time The roads were very 4 q st anti and In cities through which he hepa pa passed sed crowds that had gathered to tos s site see e him Interfered with his progress Loses Time Tinie h liy by F Fall Coming down a hill hilt In Jersey City on his wa way to the ferry he slipped and fell II being somewhat badly badh shaken up and losing fifteen minutes thereby This was the only real reRI accident he received and was due entirely to the thu fact that the tho roadway through which he had to pass was as entire entirely I without JI light h t. t Mr Weston Yeston although somewhat tired at the end of the journey journe declared de do- he was read ready to start right over ovel again and in fact expects to try the trip again In the near future and see If It it cannot be accomplished in considerably con con- sl less time than it required t. t today day |