The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-05-27
|CElsT0 STOP
DEATH ON TRACKS

Chicago. May 26.--half the deaths
of enginemen on American railways
will be prevented, according to figures
| of the Brotherhood submitted in the
firemens wage arbitration in Chicago,
by the automatic stopping of trains.
when signals are at danger, or switches
open, by the CoIlard device now under
consideration by the interstate COM
merce commission The figures, com
piled by secretary A. H. Hawley OF
Peoria from his record of claims for
deaths and disability during the years
1904 to 1909 inclusive, show the cause
| of death and number of victims for a
portion fof the enginenlcn ON railways
of the United States was as follows:
Boiler explosion, 81; collision, .4l8;
dcrailing of engine, $50; falling off en-
gine, OIL; run: over by engine, "a;
struck by cars, "a; other similar
causes, .3GS $s''. -
Victims of Road Accidents
Victims of road accidents alone were
/ 1894 and the total deaths from all
causes were 1854. Typhoid fever caused
by death of s237 sfremen; pneumonia,
1871; tuberculosis, III, and heart dis
ease lis. The device which is
likely, 70 reduce the casualty toll
SO greatly blows a shrill whistle in the
engine cab and automatically brings to
a stop any train which passes danger
signals in bad weather This is the
invention of +. M. Collard, of Danvillc,
| H., formerly a locomotive engineer OH
the Burlington. Years Of experience
with the practical needs of engineers
had convinced him that no electrical
device could DC practical. His device,
for which he has refused $4,000, Oper
ates the air brakes when need requires,
by a direct manual contact. fla SEM
aphore is at danger or if switch is
/, open, a spring rises near the rail and
operates "trip valve" OH the loco
| motive, setting the brakes promptly if
the engineer himself is not quick enough
j Operating officials in Chicago are plan
ming to renew their tests and there
fare rumors of tile purchase of the dc.
vice by the Westinghouse and other
big interests.
"Diploina mills. in Chicago which
issue .sbeepskilis inl;the name of myth
cal medical colleges and universities,
although discouraged by. the persistent
warfare of tine state board Of health,
are: not yet exterminated. The last
discoveries that east doubts upon the
attainments OF 'pessessors of medical
school diplomas are alleged tor have dis
closed particularly fragrant frauds. Di-
| plonias comforting the degree, !of doe
tor of obstetrics" were sent. to appli-
capts, G. Q. ,D.5,tfor $40. Diplomas for phar-
| lnaeists We're cheaper, $50. A pretense
Of examinations was, made but the abi-
ity ITO answer the. medical prob
lens fpropounded lwould not have
served in; the curing of, a, cat.@' ;.
When arrests were made. it was al
legged that the Chicago Medical uni
yersity' and 5the ~Crescent Medical uni
versity," engrossed OH diplomas were
useful only to their ':officers' and fac
ulties.' The arrests followed some detec-
tive. work BY a Georgia doctor slaughter,
Miss Ida A. Mann, under the coaching
Of her father. After receiving her di-
ploma as doctor of Obstetrics with a
grading of nintytwo ON her "exa NINA
ton" she wrote in a vein, of irony
that was undctccted by the faculty" as
follows:- '.Words are inadequate to ex-
press MY thanks and qualification for
the beautiful diploma you SO kindly
sent me. 1t is.a real beauty trust
that you have received the $40 from
the express company ere this. I am
proud of the diploma, and as soon as
the class picture is out kindly let me
know. Now, doctor you can issue to
me the degree of pharmacy from Cres-
ent Medical university write me i'm
mediateiy sending the examination pa
pers, and also for medical degree, as
we have no time to lose. Doctor, please
attend to this at once and let me have
the diploma for $50, or less, if YOU
can. as | can manage dear old dad
on that amount. She received reply
a few days later reading: "Your well
come letter received and will say I
will he pleased to make you gradu-
ate OF our department OF pharmacy at
the stated price. of $50. I will mail
you list of questions on pharmacy"
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