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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-09

aud incompetent alike rather than 10
! see tho wheels Of Justice stopped A
movement OF this kind can ultimately
! result In nothing out damage 20 those
/ In whose behalf IL IS nomnallN UNDER
! takfn THIS ia a most healthy truth
which Il s wise for all eur peopio to
learn. ANY movement based on that
! class hotrod which at times assumes
/ the npmc Of "clag9 consciousness IS
! certain ultimately TO fail and II u Iou-
! porarily succeeds, IN do far-renchin@
damage, Glass conSclodshVsF. "heie
IL IS merely another name for the odi-
/ ous vice of class selnShncSs, is equally
noxious whether in an employers as
ISOLATION or In wOrkiN@mn0'S aSsoei-
alton The movement ,r question was
one IN which the appeal was made to
all vOrkInRmen 70 vote primarily not
ns tmerican citizens hui as nd yiduals
Of certain class in society Such an
appeal IN tho first Mace rrvOlts the
more high minded ana f,r-Sightcd
among the persons to whom il is adj
dressed and in the Second place tend
tn arouse a strong anita gonlsm among
all other classes of citizcus whom il
therefore tends 20 unite against the
very organization on whose behalf it IL
issued The result is therefor" nnfor-
Inmate from every standpoint This
healthy truth, by the way viii he
learned BY the Socialists If they ever
succeed In establishing in tits countr%
IN important national party based on
such class consciousness and sclGah
class interest.
s The wageWorkcrs tire workingmen
the labortuc men Of the country ~ The
way in which they ropGdiated the e.
fort to get them to east their votes n
response to An appeal to class hatred
have emphasized their sound patriotism
and Americanism. The whole country
has cause TO feel pride In this attitude
Of sturdy independence in this uncom-
promising insistence upon. acting sim
ply as good cuigens. as good AmerI-
cans. withoat regard TO fancied-and
impropet-class interests Such an at
t,tude is an object lesson In good citl-
zenship TO the entire nation
Plea for Court RuIwark
But the extreme rcactionarjcs tho
persons who blind themselves TO the
wrongs now and then committed ny
the courts on laborjng men should also
think sortous}v as To what such a
movement I'll this Portends. The judges
who have shown themselves able and
willing effectively to check the digh0n-
est activity q tire very rich man who
works fniquttv ny the announcement
Of corporations who have shown them
selves alert to do justice to the WAGE
worker and srmpathottc with the
needs Of the fsass OF our peopt" so that
the dwellcr i'm the tenement houses the
man who practices dangerous TRACE
the man who is crashed BY excessive
hours Of labor feel that their needs are
understood by the courts lies, Judges
are the real h-iwark Of the 'ourts'
these Judges the Judges of the stamp
Of the prasidtnt-cl who have heen
fearless I'm opposing labor WN~o - has
gone wrong but fearless also Frs hold
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NEEDS OF NATION
As OUTLINED TO
CONGRESS BY
THE PRESIDENT
Message Of Chief Exec
utive Read to Ma
tional Assembly
ABLE STATE PAPER
Suggestions of Importance
Made in Document.
MOST NEEDED LEGISLATION
ABLE STATE PAPER
Suggestions of Importance
Made in Document.
MOST NEEDED LEGISLATION

Control of Corporations, In the Opinion
OF President Roosevelt, Should Be
Left to the National Government
Dissertation on the Status Of the
Wageworker-Action Of Labor Lead.
era Severely criticised--Necessity
for Respect Of Law.
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Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-21
IceWorlzers who were Carried down theHio.6 araver

him through waterpfpe.
1t Is the little things of life that cause
us the most trouble. A man In Pitts
burg recently fell asleep without remoy-
ing his false teeth. The plate slipped
part way down his throat and choked him
to death. Another man, living some
where in York state. crawied under the
bed to get a collar button. bumped his
head in getting out and died from con-
cussion Of the brain 10 days later.
farmer out West laid his loaded shotgun
on the bed. hen climbed into the bed
to lay an egg. and In perambulating
around stepped on the trigger. 1t was
the old story. The hen. Of course. didn't
know 1t was loaded, but the gun went of
just the same. and the discharge set IRE
to the bed.
An old negro working near a cotton gin
In the South had been insured against
accident by his kind-hearted employer.
One day In some way he caught his foot
in the mechanism and 1t was badly
crushed. The accident seemed to amuse
him greatly, and even while the sur
geons we're preparing to amputate the
injured member he laughed heartily.
whats the joke. old man?" asked one
of the doctors.
81 done gets Ave hundred fob dat foot,
Doc" he giggled. "You all bettah take
'em boz of and / gets thousand"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-21

essentials of successful hFe fighting. They
are made familiar with all the perils
attending the work they seek to take up
and each and every one is given en- OPP
portunfty to withdraw from the "class"
before the more practical, or physical,
side of the instruction is taken up. These
lessons begin with the adjustment Of
the apparatus employed in fighting a
blaze. They are familiarized with these
implements used in the saving Of lives,
such as the life lines, life nets, scaling
ladders, stationary and rope. After hav-
ing thoroughly grasped these details the
men are given their first taste of actual
work. After learning how to safely ana
securely adjust the scaling ladders the
time Is ripe for their first ascent or this
shaky structure. The height to which
they are allowed to climb Is Increased
as their training progresses, until they
finally attain those dizzy heights that
the real veterans Of the department climb
to when In real service. Proficiency In
the art of climbing the single stick seal
ing ladders has reached that degree OF
perfection that holds those who witness
the feat spellbound.
A big hook at the upper end of the
ladder enables those manning 1t to clutch
a window sill, or even the caves of q
house If necessary. The fremen then
scale this single stick, with its frail-
looking cross pieces, with the ease and
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-21
>EiShtinS the Fire

To successfully perform this feat only
men of prodigious strength and unques-
toned nerve are employed. One false
"catch" would result in failure, and, per-
haps, death for all concerned, rescuers
as well as those waiting to be rescued.
Not SO many months ago at a tenement
house fire a young woman who had es-
capped from the burning building took
refuge on nearby roof Before her
plight was discovered the house on which
she stood was a seething mass OF flames
and 1t was impossible to reach her by
life lines or ladders. Five fremen, two
of them recent graduates from the School
for Firemen, formed a human chain after
ordering the girl, by means of mega
phone, to stand as near to the edge OF
the roof as possible. Slowly the human
rope began to swing until 1t had ac-
quired sufficient momentum to swing the
fifth or lowest man to within grasping
distance of the girl. AS he seized her
and she swung clear of the roof on which
she had been standing, she lost conscious
ness and, with her dead weight added
to the already heavy load, the pendulum
was given another swing and the girl
was landed in safety to another roof.
Meanwhile the strain on the fifth mao
had been so great that he lost conscious
ness and dropped q distance of 95 feet
into the fiery furnace raging below, and
only the metal accouterments OF his
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-21
The DOG who 5aved r.
The Soldiers Life :

work on frozen Lake Erie making
an attempt to harvest a last crop
before the spring breakup occurred
when there was a loud bang ana
sheet of ice a quarter of mile
square broke from its natural moor
ings and hoated down Niagara River.
Three men were carried on this strange
vessel rapidly toward the falls, and were
going to certain death when rescued by
the crew Of steam launch that put out
from the American shore.-The little dog
shown in the arms of the soldier In the
accompanying picture was the mascot
that went with an American regiment to
the Philippines. He followed the COM
pany into an engagement one hot sum-
mer's day, and was picked up by one of
the boys who was carrying him out of
harms way when bullet shot him dead
without touching the soldier. Had the
soldier boy not been carrying the dog the
bullet would have found a human mark.
A tiny tombstone marks the dogs grave
on the Island of Luzon.
A cat accident that had disastrous
finale recently occurred In Ohio. A
Buckeye State farmer was moving, when
In some way he ran over the family cat,
cutting off its hind legs. He started for
the house to get his shotgun to put the
poor beast out Of its misery. In return
ing he stumbled and the gun went Off,
blowing the top Of his head to pieces and
killing him instantly. There IL said to
be actually ON the records Of the claims
department Of a prominent accident In
suranee company a claim of California
man who tried to collect $50 on the plea
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-21

- HE most peculiar accident that ever
n came to my notice happened to
~ commercial traveller in Massachu-
sets. He had been out late, and In re-
turning to his hotel wandered beyond the
town limits. and before he realized 1t
was blowing through stubbly fields in
inky darkness. OF sudden he Fssunged
over a bank, and Just managed to throw
his body around sufficiently TO clutch the
edge of the earth with his fingers. For
hours 1t seemed he hung there. At last
he could endure 1t no longer and let go.
He dashed downtown about six inches
and then stopped. He had been hanging
all the time with his feet almost touch
ing the ground. In the morning they
pulled him out of an unfinished we'll he
was crying like a baby, and his hair,
that had been raven black the night be-
fore, was white as snow. In this, as IN
many other accidents, the funny and the
tragic were closely blended. There was
an old fellow, for instance, who crawied
into an empty spirit hogshead to clean
1t and who was overcome by the fumes.
Because of his fondness for alcoholic
stimulants his friends said that he died
a happy death. And then there was the
fat, jolly woman who laughed so hearth
ly at joke that she broke her stays.
piece of steel pierced her side and caused
death. broken trolley wire In Bunalo
fell into load Of hay, and In less time
than it takes to tell there was merry
blaze right In the center OF business
street. The condagration called out the
members Of q nearby fire company and
large crowd. Several ice cutters We're az
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-21

and the allied forces are sheltered in 2sa
firehouses. The fire department property
Is worth $8,S37 1925. The 1900 horses
owned by the department are valued at
$3.50, 600. They are usually young and are
selected for their intelligence. The prices
average $500 for each animal. The fire
forces are organised and distributed Hike
a great army. There are 81 engine and
30 hook and ladder companies in Manhat-
tan and the Bronx; II engines, rs hook
and ladder and six hoe companies In
Brooklyn and Queens, and eight engine
and hose companies and five hook and lad
der companies In Richmond.
There are distributed throughout Great
er New York three fire divisions, divided
into go battalions. There is an average OF
six companies to q battalion and three
battalions to division.
New York Is SO much more congested
than Chicago, Philadelphia and Boston
that 1t would be difficult to compare the
effectiveness Of the FIRE forces in the four
cities, except In general way. Greater
New York, for instance, has more than
twice as many Inhabitants as Chicago;
nearly three times as many as Philadel-
phia, and nearly seven times as many
as Boston. The fire area of Chicago is
$4,000 acres that of Philadelphia $4,000
acres and that Of Boston II 500 acres.
The fire area of Manhattan, the Bronx,
Brooklyn and Long Island City, not In
GLIDING the outlying sections, Is 95,120
acres. These figures suggest the degrees
Of congestion in the several cities.
New York, with her 4,157- firemen and
officers. has one man to every 1,031 per-
sons in the city. The Chicago force COM
prises 1924 men, or one to every 1,121
inhabitants. OF the four cities Philadel-
phia has the smallest fire force in proper
ton to her population. Her 985 tiremen
represent one to every 1,4S3 Inhabitants.
The reputation Boston has for an efficient
Are department Is sustained In this par
ticular. With SS7 men to population OF
$500, the proportion is one fireman to
every 671 persons in the city.
Some idea of the work New York fremen
are called upon to do may be had when
1t is recalled that S,479 fires were fought
In Greater New York in the year 1907, or
a daily average of "a. Fire losses in New
York last year reached the grand total
s6,743, 400. an appreciable increase over
the year 1905, but not In excess of the
proportionate increase In population.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-21

celebrity of monkeys, and after learning
the trick of descending with heavy
weights or dummies in their arms
they are entrusted with human
form, which they carry In safety to the
life net. stretched below. The single
stick ladder has played an important part
In many of the most thrilling rescues of
New York's tenement-house fires In re-
cent years.
After careful drilling the recruits are
given lessons In the human chain res
cue" which is the most perilous and
spectacular feat the freladdies of the
metropolis have to perform, and one
only pressed into service when every
other device known to them fails. For
instance, a man, woman or child is I'M
prisoned in a burning structure on a
hoor too high above the street to be
reached by extension or scaling ladders.
Firemen ascend to the roof Of the build
Ing and then lower one or more of their
number by their heels until the first man
suspended can be swung past the window
where the prisoners are, pendulum fash
lon, until he can grasp the wrists of
one of those awaiting rescue. He swings
the one rescued clear of the window and
then his comrades above slowly draw
him back to the roof of the building,
with the rescued one safe from the fiery
tongues of the flames. This process is
repeated until the last victim is drawn
up to safety.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-21
"'Ha. He. Ha.. they cut my
Leg off e>nd ISot
the Inoupa;nce"

The man who owes his life to neck
tie--a red necktie at that's a Ken
tuckian. He is tall and stately with how-
ing gray locks and a benevolent express
sion. What is more to the point, he Is
the exact counterpart of the sole sur
viving member of family of feudists.
1t seems that one day he was going down
the street, all unconscious of trouble,
while a hired assassin, lurking In the
upper window of saloon and lying In
wait for his prototype, had him carefully
covered with d mountaineer's long rife
and was only waiting to make his aim
more certain before pulling the trigger.
His finger had already begun to press
upon 1t, when one OF the conspirators
whispereds
For Gods sake, don't shoot; our man
never wears a red necktie."
OF course, the Kentuckian was later
told of his miraculous escape, and in talk
ing 1t over afterward he said; 1.-THE
most peculiar part of 1t all is that had
never worn red necktie In my life be-
fore, / seldom wear any at all around
the house. but this day had arisen early
to catch the morning train for town ana
dressed in the dark. In my hurry and the
gloom / never noticed that had on one
Of my sons red neckties until after all
the excitement was over, and so l feel
that l owe my life to an accident"
1t Is related that Pennsylvania sher-
If once fell down the gailows steps while
hanging a murderer and broke two ribs,
and a Cincinnati paper recently printed a
story about an automobilist who, while
fixing his electric auto, made short
circuit with his gold ring and had a
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-21

finger nearly burned off. In this con-
nection it might perhaps be well to call
attention to the fact that Harry Hamlin,
the son Of the most famous horsebreeder
that America has ever produced, was
killed In an automobile accident.
The wheel came Off grain wagon on
the streets of Chicago one day and sew
eral hundred bushels were hurled on top
of the driver, who was completely buried.
He was almost dead when rescued. That
Is almost as bad as the story of the
sprinkling cart driver who fell into his
own water wagon and was nearly drowned.
1t was Philadelphia man who thought
that it was rabbits instead of Holsters
which should be cooked alive. He tried
1t. Bunny in its struggles upset the pail
of boiling water, and he was laid up
with scald burns on his hands and feet
for weeks. This story Is almost as hard
to believe as that of the man who tried
to have his wife press his pants without
taking them off. 1t Is claimed that
WHEY laid on the damp cloth and ap-
piled the iron. Hubby was In the hos
pital for sometime.
The other day bfick fell from chin
ney on a quiet street in an Eastern city.
The street was nearly mile long, ana
by actual observation there was only
one person on its entire length-a lad OF
about 10 years. And yet that brick'
falling straight as die, landed squarely
on the top Of his head and killed him.
1t was fate.
Down in the hard coal districts OF
Pennsylvania, from whence come thrill
ing stories at regular intervals, a miner
the other day fell down a shaft. He
shot through the air for about 80 feet
and would have been dashed to a hor-
rible death but for the fact that his
trousers caught on a nail and held. They
we're old pants, too, and how they stood
the strain Is a mystery. And talking
about miners, everybody remembers Bill
Hicks. Bill was entombed under 90 tons
of debris for 10 days, and during that
time he was kept alive by milk and soup
and other liquids which were lowered to
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-21

uniform were found when the ruins were
searched for his charred body.
First aid to the injured forms an i'm
portant part In the education Of a FIRE
man. Not only must he know how to
rescue one of his comrades or some other
person injured in the course of the blaze
he is fighting, but he must be ready to
apply treatment needed In the resuscita-
ton of the stricken one until medical aid
can be applied. 1t is the rescue Of one
of their comrades that spur the fremen
on to the bravest deeds recorded In the
annals of the department. Only a few
months ago a fireman working On the
tenth floor of a burning building found
himself trapped and there was no means
of raising a ladder to his level. Flames
were belching out from the windows or
the eighth and ninth floors and 1t was
impossible to bring the scaling ladder
into play. One brave fireman braced
himself on a ladder which reached mid
way between the seventh and eighth
foors With his legs entwined around
the rungs of the ladder and arms out
stretched he called to his comrade to
lump. Jump he did and landed In the
lap of the man who had commanded him
to do so, and, getting a firm hold on the
sides of the ladder he slid on down to
safety. As his rescuer did not follow
his example, the battalion chief ordered
another fireman to ascend the ladder and
ascertain what caused his delay. When
he reached the brave fellows side 1t was
found that both his legs had been broken
by the force of the impact and there he
was sitting powerless to move and suf-
fering In silence the most excruciating
agony. These are a few of many In
stances crowded into the lives of the
fre-fghters which illustrate why such I'M
usual care is exercised In the selection OF
men to respond to duty's call.
When the recruits have served their ap-
premiership and Battalion Chief Farrell
reports that they are Of the proper call
Der. they are assigned to some engine or
hose company and there get their first
taste of work under fire. 1t is the more
seasoned men who are assigned to the
hook and ladder trucks, for it is these
men who are called upon to do the bulk
of the rescue work.
The New York Fire Department is made
up of 4,157 officers and men. The 235 en-
CINE, hose and hook and ladder companies
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-21

'cat" and rat correctly. providing his
district leader smiles favorably upon him,
which in reality means that he either
is, or will become a useful member of the
Tammany Hall organisation, is reasona-
bly, sure of some day swinging q club and
commanding the lettering classes to
move on" But to become fireman is
an altogether different proposition. APP
plicants for the vacancies occurring In
this department are subjected to a physi-
cal examination second to none In this
country. To begin with the applicant
must be one of exemplary habits. His past
life is looked into with a scrutiny that Ia
microscopic In detail. This is to insure
the examiners that he Is sound in health,
wind and limb, and In case Of an emer-
gency would not wilt. A craven has no
place here. He "a put through a series
Of measurements that are as thorough
and complete as those applied to sus-
pected criminals under the Bertillon sys-
TEN. His muscular development must be
unquestioned, while his heart action is
one Of the chief essentials to his appn-
cation being favorably passed upon.
Candidates for the FIRE department,
following their physical and moral exam
nations, are turned over to Battalion
Chief George r.. Farrell, who in the past
four years has nodded from the raw re-
cruits entrusted to his tutelage 1,4O0 brave
and fearless hremen, scores of whose
names have repeatedly adorned the de-
partment's roll of honor, q much coveted
goal In the department. The School for
Firsmen Is located on East Sixty-seventh
street and there the recruits are put
through a course of training that only
the most fearless and hearty can with
stand. These men gather in class every
day and are instructed In all the chief
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-21

that both his hands were burned while
he WAS trying to put out fire In his
horses tail that was caused by fire.
cracker carelessly thrown by small boy.
OF course, railroad men in all countries
have many freak accident stories to tell.
Sometime last August in Georgia driv-
ing wheel on an engine broke and por-
tion of it crashed through the cab, strik-
ing the engineer and breaking his leg.
The train was going at the rate of 90
miles an hour, and 1t is likely that the
list of casualties would have been an
awful one but for the fact that another
portion Of the burst wheel struck some
part of the airbrake mechanism, setting
the brakes and bringing the train to a
full stop. At another time, somewhere In
Nebraska, an engine is said to have
Jumped the track and landed in bed of
QuicBsand. 1t disappeared from view en-