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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-11-12
HOW BLOCK SIGNALS WORK
Operation Of Ingenious System Thst
Insures the Safety Of Railroad
Passengers.

Comparatively few people know
just what is meant by block signals
when they read that a railroad has es-
tablished the system on its lines.
The block is a length of track which,
on double track roads, has at its en-
trance a post and movable arm, and
on single track lines one at each end
To say that a line has every inch
protected by this system means that
the entire line is divided into consec-
utive blocks. Only one line from Chi
cago to New York is thus protected,
and Of the total in the United States.
one-third is on the Union and South
ern Pacific.
The operation of the block system
is simple but absolute. In few
words, it means that a train cannot
move from one block into the next
until the latter block Is empty. AS a
train moves forward, the signal arm
is set to show that the block just left
may be entered by the next train
following. When a train enters a
hlOoG n en- a ffaOto tho an
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-11-12

OF results that influenced the future development of the
whole region of the river occurred year
1863 At that time the in Paraguay had reached
crisis. The Argentine Republic Uruguay and Brazil had
decided to combine forces against President Lopez of
Paraguay, but at the moment harmony of action
lacking because of ndefniteness of purpose among
three republics then that President Flores Uru
quay crossed to Buenos Aires with President
Bartolome Mitre of the Argentine Republic He was
received in state, but the council for military
elaboration rather than for official and diplomatic
The Brazilian minister called to this meeting
and these three agreed upon offensive defensive
alliance, the consequences of which the ma.
tiona boundaries of to-day.
In disturbances of this nature president apt
be not only the constitutional but also the COM
mandernchef of the army Of his country Experience
the field essential factor success in the
executive chair. far-of reflection of the glores of
Crecy might have been the ambition of many of these
leaders, the strong love for constitutional repubicanism
had not held them and the people in check.
Meetings of American presidents, therefore, have in
the great majority of taken place matter of
neighborness strengthen ties of friendship
which time passes draw closer to each the
republics of the world. Their has been alto
gether of notable instance of such confer
shown by the meeting held Corinto August
81 1904 the presidents Nicaragua Honduras and
Salvador and special delegate from the president of
Guatemala assembled with the express intention of foster
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-11-12

At night colored lights are display
ed on the same posts. The lamps
will burn eight days without replen-
ishing, but are refilled every four or
five days. When the home signal IL
at stop. the engineer sees the flame
through a red glass. The caution light
on the distant is yellow. A green
lights means go ahead and is used
on both the home and distant signals.
Where two or more lines cross at
grade the general plan of semaphore
arms for day and colored light for
night is the same, but owing to the
complications all signals are con-
trolled by levers operated by men
from a central station. The crossing
and contiguous tracks are governed
by the interlocking system. When
this is in perfect order and the cross
ing unoccupied, It displays stop" to
every track approaching the crossing.
Any change must be made by the sig
mailman. and to display proceed" he
must first lock all other approaches
with the stop signal.
There are now about 1000 miles
of railway equipped with the block
system. The only line thus protected
every inch from Chicago to California
is via the Northwestern, Union and
Southern Pacific. One-third of the
1000 miles of automatic signaling is
on the Hartman lines-and the North
western has more miles of double
track automatic than any other rail-
NAV
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-11-12

knowing that that block is occupied
by another train.
The energy mentioned above is cleo
tricity, the current being obtained
from a battery near each post. The
rails of each block are made as If all
of one piece by connecting the joints
with wire. The extreme ends are then
connected and thus a circuit is formed
in which the current flows. When no
train is in the block, the mechanism
operated by the current pulls the arm
down and holds it there. When a
train enters the block the wheels and
axles, combined with the rails, form
shorter circuit, the energy that held
the arm down is withdrawn and up IL
swings to horizontal position.
Each block is Independent of all
other blocks. When the last wheels
of a train leave it, the current re-
sumes its flow and the signal arm
at the entrance is pulled down to the
proceed" position. But before the
hind wheels have finished doing this,
the front wheels of the locomotive
have entered the next block and
caused the arm there to rise to the
stop"
For single track line the auto
matte arrangement is the same, but
there is a signal at each end of the
block. To prevent two trains on
single track line entering block at
the same time from opposite ends. be-
fore the entrance to a single track
block is reached the train sets a stop
signal at the far end of that block.
and as it enters it sets the entrance
signal to stop just as is done on
double track. Half a mile or more
before reaching the entrance signal OF
each block the engineer comes to
what is called the distant" which
tells him how the other or 'home"
signal is set.
AS the automatic signal is con-
structed, it cannot show "go ahead
unless the entire combination of rails,
wire, current, magnet, ETC., is work.
ing perfectly. If wire parts. a rail
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-11-12
Attaining Friends.

The world will value you for what you give
II you invite friends by your manner. and are
kind and cordial, you will have them. II you
wait for the world to invite you, you viii be
disappointed.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-11-12

breaks, a battery
fails, a switch point
opens the slightest,
I h e combination
fails and the re-
leased arm re-
sumes the hori-
zontal position. So,
when the engineer
sees the stop sig
nal, he knows that
there may be a
train on the block,
an open switch, or
a broken rail or
signaling appa-
ratus.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-11-12

lea. Bolivar, the
liberator of the
northern provinces,
and San Martin,
the liberator of
the southern prov
inces, met togeth-
er for a conference
that decided the
destiny of South
America. Bolivar
was certain that
his genius would
be rewarded by
the honor of the
election to the
first presidency of
the country to
which he had CIV
en- freedom. San
Martin, had he but
asked it, could
have become the
nInnfA1 k1a
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-11-12

zontal until the block il
vacated, when the arm
automatically drops and
points diagonally toward
the ground. Therefore.
as long as the engineer
sees only dropping sig
nails he can keep on go
ing, but the instant he
finds the arm stretching
out over the track, he
must come TO q stop.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-11-12

tine Republic by the president of
Brazil in October, 1900.
Gen. Julio A. Roca was in his Sec
ond term as president of the Argen-
tine Republic. He had served his
country long and faithfully in many
positions of trust and was recognized
in Europe, where he had travelled ex-
tensively, as one of the most capable
men of his generation. DR.. Campos
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-11-12

elected o ~NN-NO@ 'N' rae ON<""@O
nation withdrew
stu months before
lore this hopedfor first
History liberty
te elections or the first presidents in of the republics of
america Early meetings
informal
communication
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-11-12

President Roca OF the
Argentine Republic and
President Errazuriz OF
Chile, in the Strait OF
Magellan. They dis
cussed practical affairs,
the administration OF
their respective offices
and the mutual relation
of their governments to
the peoples welfare, but
more than that the Visit
furnished an object les
son to each president OF
the needs and require
ments of the growing
territory through which
he had to pass.
The inhabitants of the
south and southwestern
United States never
cease to be grateful for
the presidential visit
paid to them in 1901.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-11-12

the latter prevented him from making such
long Journey away from his home, and in his
stead he delegated several high officials OF
the Mexican government to meet and greet
President Mckinley on theinternational bridge
across the Rio Grande connecting the two
republics.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-11-12
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might the border grasp of the man who has
been honoed with the highest office States
president Tart set aside precedent into Mex
leo TO return the visit and the pleasing incidents
neced with his brief sooun foreign soil emphasized the
friendly relations that exist between the countries
mere nave been meetings in the presidents
OF republics which aught with
sgnhcance to the people they represented affairs
state nave peen discussed in this with consequences
great benefit TO the countries involved
In the year 1922 the port of Guayaqu Ecuador the
scene OF one of the most history Amer
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-11-12

lat the United States and Mex ~
leo are daily practicing the les n
sons of peace is shown in the u
thousands of miles OF practically
unguarded border which half a century
ago demanded thousands of troops for
protection. If any additional guarantee
was needed it was shown in the recent
exchange of visits between President
Taft of the United States and President
Diaz OF Mexico. 1t required a special
from the Mexican congress
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-11-12

W HtH q q dII GHteI5 /"
block it so affects the en-
ergy that is a part of sig
mailing that the semar
phore arm remains hort-
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-02-18
MEET IN INDIANAPOLIS TO
DISCUSS TARIFF QUESTION

Indianapolis, Feb. 16.-The selec-
ton and appointment OF a tariff CON-
mission, not to fix rates, but to as
certain facts as basis for the FIX
ing of rates by congress, is the pur-
pose of the national tariff convention
which began in this city today. The
convention will be in session three
days, during which time all phases
OF the tariff question will receive
thorough discussion.
There are more than 1000 dele
gates TO the convention, which was
called by the National Association of
Manufacturers. The convention is
nonpartisan, and among the dele
gates are men Of all shades of po-
litical belief.
In declining an invitation to at
tend the convention President Roose-
welt declared that he did not in
tend to interfere in question which
would be settled by his successor.
The President added that he had ex-
pressed himself in favor OF the pro-
posed commission several times.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-02-18
Tracks Murderers Eight Months.

Manila, Feb. 15.--After months
of tracking through mountains and
dense forests in the interior of the
island of Negros, a force of constab-
ulary has finally run down and cap
tured two OF the murderers Of H.
D. Everett, assistant director of the
bureau of forestry OF the Philippines,
and T. r. Wakeley, another govern
ment forester, who were treacher-
ously killed by a band of natives
while surveying and mapping the is
land last June.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-02-18
QUAkERS SEE GERM SHOW
Tuberculosis Exhibit Opened In Phil
delphia.

l. uOCiGuIOSAS HAAlDAt oyCuVu III ILL.,
delphia.
Philadelphia, Feb. 15.---After at
tracing 567,065 visitors in New
York City the tuberculosis show was
moved to this city and was opened
to the public today. The exhibit is
designed to call forcibly to the no.
tice of the public the dangers of con-
sumption and the modern means of
combating the disease.
In New York the exhibit was
housed in the building of the Amer
lean Museum of Natural History. It's
Philadelphia resting place is the
Robert Morris building 1t is ex-
pected that at least 100000 persons
will visit the exhibit, which formed
part Of the recent international tu-
berculosis congress in Washington.
1t will be placed on exhibition in
various parts of the country.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-02-18

Two Men Cross on Rocks From
Shore to Shore.

Two. Men Cross on Rocks From
Shore to Shore.
Niagara Falls, n. Y, Feb. 10
Only a tiny rivulet, not deep or
swift enough to carry a pulp log
over the brink, is flowing over the
American side of Niagara Falls. A
strong northeast wind which has
blown since Friday, has held back
the water and allowed the ice to
gain a foothold. Two employees OF
the American reservation walked
from Prospect Point nearly to Bath
Islands Sunday morning.
This is only the third time that
this combination of wind and ice has
thus affected the falls since the
white man came here. The other
occasions were on March 20, 1S4s,
and March p, 1903.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-02-18
THE MARKETS
Portland.

Portland.
Wheat-Track prices: Club, sic;
red Russian, 94c; bluestem, 81 O6Q
ITO; Valley, $1.00.
Barley-Feed, $2s; rolled, $3.50
$50.
Oats-No 1 white. $35; gray.
$3.50.
Hay-Timothy, Willamette Valley,
fancy, SIC; do. ordinary, $13; East
ern Oregon, mixed, SIS; do. fancy,
$40; alfalfa, SIS; clover. IA.
Butter-Extra, 33@35c; fancy,
$50 SAC; choice, soc; store. 1sc.
Eggs-Extra, soc.
Hops-190s, choice, Sc; prime, s
07c; medium, SO &c; 1907, 2@2Ac.
Wool-Valley, 14@15hc; H.;
Eastern Oregon. s01se. a. to
shrinkage.
Mohair-Choice, 18019e
Seattle,
Wheat-Bluestem, $1.12QI.12H
Oats-$35.
Barley-$27.50O2S.
Hay-Eastern Washington ttmo-
thy, $18.50@19.s0 per ton; Puget
Sound hay, $12014 per ton; wheat
hay, $14 per ton; alfalfa $14Q15
per ton.
1904 per ton; wheat hay, $13
per ton: alfalfa, $1sWl4 per ton.
Butter Washington creamery,
S5c per ~; ranch, Gle per ID.
Eggs-Selected local, 81 033c.
Potatoes-White River, $19@24
per ton; Yakima, $22Q26 per ton.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-02-18

iowa Starts Ws:s on All Combines,
Including Doctors.

ASANNAAAS D~NsOhc
Des Moines, Ia, Feb. 1.-THE
most sweeping antitrust law ever
drafted in Iowa has been introduced
in the house. It's purpose is to stamp
out the grOcers' trust, the coal deal
erS' trust, and even the doctors
trust The latter are charged with
fixing excessive prices. The bill has
the support OF Acknowledgement
Byers.
Imprisonment in the penitentiary
for not less than one year, nor for
more than ten years, is provided for
persons convicted Of violating the
law.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-02-18
TIME TABLES
NEWPORT

IDAHO = WARRINGTON NORTHERN n.
ARRIVE.
No. 8-7:40 q. m, from Spirit Lake
No. 2-9:20 g. M. from Spokane
NO. 104-1:S0 p. m. from Spokane,
NO. l06-7:SO p. m, from Spokane
DEPART.
70. 103-S:0O .. m. to Spokane.
No. l05--1:60 p. m. to Spokane
10. 1-8:l6 p. m, to Spokane.
no. $3.50 p m, to Spirit Lake
GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY
WBSTBOUED. aAsrBoUND
No. 1-6:65 q. m. No. 2-I2:Mn m
No. 268-s8:I6 an. No. AL47 :20 .. m.
No. 8-s:04 .. IN. No. 4-l2:4l q. IN.
"Daily except Sunday.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-02-18
IHELEC|SLATURE
over 500 Bills Are Before the
Senate and House With
Few Acted On.
,ocAL OPTION BILL MAY PASS

Committee Likely to Offer a Number
II Amendments to Criminal COdo.
LEGISLATORS Would Free Candi.
dste. From All Pledges-Acting-
Gocernor Hay Would Close One
Normal School - Anti-Racetrack
Gambling Bill Now a Law.
The daily sentinel., 1909-04-03
UNDERSHERIFF WALLIS
CATCHES SADDLE THIEF

Undersheriff Charles H. Wallis, of
this city, made an important capture
late yesterday afternoon at point
near Delta and will return to Grand
Junction tonight on the Montrose
train with his prisoner.
Sunday night or Monday fine
saddle. valued at $500, was stolen
from the brick barn on Colorado ave-
nue.. owned and operated by w. B.
Moss. The sheriffs office was noti-
fled and every effort was made to
locate the saddle and the thief. Fin
ally Undersheriff Wallis having un-
earthed clue that lead him to be-
Iieve that the saddle had been ship
ped up the Montrose line. So yester-
day morning Mr.. Wallis left for the
Delta and Montrose country.
Last evening Sheriff Schrader re-
ceived message from Undersheriff
Wallis stating that he had caught n
man riding horseback and using the
stolen saddle. He arrested the man
and had him confined i'm jail at Delta
last night. Today he started for
Grand Junction.
The daily sentinel., 1909-04-03
A SENSATIONAL CASE
is EXCITING ASPEN


Especial to The Sentinel.
Aspen. April 3.-Charged
with striking his aged mother,
Mrs. Bridget Green, to the floor,
kicking her, and then igniting
her clothing with kerosene for
the purpose of burning her alive,
Michael Reed was arrairned in
justice court yesterday and SEN
fenced to ninety days in the
county Jail.
The young man denied that he had
assaulted his mother. but admitted
that he had been drinking and did
not remember what had happened
while he was intoxicated. This fact
alone saved him from a heavier SEN
tence.
The old woman cried pitifully as
she related the story of the attack
upon her. She made plea for elem
ency for her son, declaring that she
did not want to punish him severely
and only wished that he be taught a
lesson not to drink.
Mrs. Green is matron at the county
poorhouse and it was here that the
attack upon her occurred. She was
preparing to retire when Reed and
companion, botn said to be under
the influence of liquor. entered the
place The woman tried to induce
the men to leave and this SO ang-
cred Reed that he is said to have
struck his mother.
The old woman was felled by the
blow. and while she lay PROSTATE on
the floor the young man followed up
his attack by kicking her. Then
grabbing a can of oil he poured the
contents on her clothing and. 1t is
charged. would have applied match
had not an inmate of the house in
terfered.
Undersheriff Summerville was
summoned and Reed placed under
arrest. A charge of assault and bat
terry was filed against him at the
mothers request. she not wishing to
swear to a more serious complaint.
Mrs. Green is past 60 years of age
and is extremely feeble. Reed is a
son by her first husband.
The daily sentinel., 1909-04-03
OVER 10000 SEE START.
IBy Associated Press. !

New York. April 3.-The start in
the big Marathon race was made this
afternoon at 3:1O. Notwithstanding
the threatening weather conditions
there were twenty thousand spec
tators within the Polo grounds. AT
the last moment the course of the
race was so shortened as to make six
laps to the mile, thus insuring better
going for the runners. The track
was heavy.
DOranuo took the lead at the crack
of the pistol, setting the pace. st.
Yves was second, Shrubb third, Long
boat fourth, Maioney fifth and Hayes
last.
At the end of the fifth mile st.
Yves held the lead by narrow
margin. Time, 2S minutes.
The daily sentinel., 1909-04-03
A PLEDGE MADE
FOR fine PARK

WE PLEDGE OURSELVES THAT
If ELECTED TO ENDEAVOR TO
APPOINT A NON-PARTfSAN PARK
COMMISSION AND PLACE AT IT'S
DISPOSAL THE $1,000 NOW in
THE PARK FUND TO BE USED IN
MAKING THE CHILDREN'S PARK
THE FINEST PLAYGROUND ON
THE WESTERN SLOPE.
j. G. PLANK,
j. B. MATTHEWS.
The daily sentinel., 1909-04-03
Vote for ]. C. PLANK and ]. B.
MATTHEWS for aldermen in the
Third ward.

Mrs. Harry Blackstone is down
from Palisade today visiting friends
and relatives.
f. E. Sands of the government rec
lamation service. left this afternoon
on the Midland for Denver on busi-
ness.
Miss Helen Farnham. popular
Fruita young lady, is visiting friends
in the city today.
Frank Lyons, the well known real
estate man, will return tomorrow
from an extended business trip in
the west, Salt Lake and other points.
Mrs. NJ. o. Hayes is up from Fruita
this afternoon visiting friends and
on business.
The daily sentinel., 1909-04-03
THREATS MADE TO TAR
AND FEATHER TYNDALL

Last night n woman, whose
name is unknown called up The
Daily Sentinel and the morning
paper and denouncing DIR. Nc
Ivor-Tyndall,w who has been in the
city several weeks giving dem
onstrations of mental powers
and delivering addresses along
the lines of New Thought, made
yeiled threats against the gem
tIeman and in her talk to The
Sentinel asked how The Sentinel
thought DIR. McIvor-Tyndall
would relish coat of tar and
feathers.
This morning DR.. Tyndall received
two or three letters containing
threats of similar nature and from
people whose names he has not been
able to learn. Directly and indirectly
there have come to DR.. Tyndall dur
ing the day objections to his dealing
with the prohibition or high license
questions in his addresses tomorrow
While the woman last night or the
letters did not declare for what rea-
sons II was desired to tar and feather
or suppress DR.. Tyndall, il is believed
that these threats and denunciations
are the result of certain statements
DIR. Tyndall made in an interview
given out yesterday and of the an
that he might touch on
the prohibition question at his meet
ings tomorrow. DR.. Tyndall de-
clares that he is not worried by the
threats or denunciations as he has
done nothing since coming here to
merit them. He has not taken sides
in the local fight and 1t is not known
what stand he will take in his talks
tomorrow
The daily sentinel., 1909-04-03

e. e. Squires of Reno, New, is a
guest at the La Court hotel today.
Miss Harriet Moulton, CT the De-
Long Real Estate Agency, is spending
the day in Clifton, at her home.
The daily sentinel., 1909-04-03

The ladies of the Maccabees are
requested to meet at the home of
Mrs. Gus Trechter. 224 Ouray, at 2
o'clock Sunday afternoon to attend
the funeral of Mrs. B. r. Currie.
The daily sentinel., 1909-04-03

FOR SALE=5-room modern house,
$40 Chipeta. Price 1900. but
$500 will handle the deal, if sold
before the 10th.-Skeggs, room II
Reed block. Phone Mesa 3O6.
The daily sentinel., 1909-04-03

Stewart Hoffman, a young man
from Leoti, Kans., arrived yesterday
and will probably locate here.
The daily sentinel., 1909-04-03

FOR RENT-Four room house $500
per month. Inquire Edward Gall
lagher. 1875 N. Spruce.
The daily sentinel., 1909-04-03

BOARD AND ROOMS-Table board
with or without rooms. 129 Rood
avenue.-E. De Ia Mar Phone
black 1872.
The daily sentinel., 1909-04-03

Parties interested in the municipa
election should be present at tn
Auditorium Tuesday night.
The daily sentinel., 1909-04-03
PAGE TEN

FOR SALE=Lots II. IS. 10 and 20.
block II, corner l4th street and
East Main. Address box 90 Lead
Vile.
The daily sentinel., 1909-04-03

TO TRADE-House and two lots on
Ouray avenue for small piece of
land near town. Ollie E. Bannis-
ter, 424 Main.
The daily sentinel., 1909-04-03

WANTED=Clean cotton rags. High
est price paid at Sentinel office.
The daily sentinel., 1909-04-03

WANTED-The party who ex-
changed hats at the Masonic hall
last Thursday night to please call
up the county treasurer's office.
The daily sentinel., 1909-04-03

BARGAIN-If taken at once, Groom
house, finely located. Must sell.
Call at $50 Chipeta.
The daily sentinel., 1909-04-03

WANTED buy secondhand
farm wagon. Cali black 1882.
Gunnison news-champion., 1909-09-10

The popularity contest at the
Electric Theatre is on IN dead
earnest The way some Of the young
fellows are hustling for their best
girls reminds one Of fellow on the
wrong side of the fence with a Billy
goat after him.