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Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-30

drummer, ana tnG Drakemen are
"shacks," "car catchers." "fielders" or
ground hogs" The yardmaster is fire.
quently known as a switch hog" and
sometimes as ''the big switch hog" The
yardmaster's office is the knowledge
box and the yard clerk is the number
grabber." Switching cars is shaking
'em out"
Individual Titles,
A new fireman or brakeman is STU
dent" A boomer" In the strictest
sense OF the term, is a man who stays
only about one pay day on division.
A locomotive engineer is known as a
"hOghead," ''hogger," eagle eye, Z"
throttle puller," runner" or engine
man"
A locomotive Is called a "mill,n "ket-
Ele," scrap heap" Junk pile" and
frequently and famihariy referred to as
the "Old girl" A fireman Is known
as "tallow pot" a diamond dealer, 4"
diamond pusher," and I'm this day some
times as a ''stoker."
Freight brakemen are called "shacxs," /"
strong arms" "twisters." brakes" 4"
"cuiiies" and "dopa artists" "Varnished
cars are passenger coaches. A "gon''
is a gondola or coal car. A "steelgon"
is sometimes called a 'whalebelly' or a
"battleshlp." A refrigerator car Is a
"reefer."
The running board" or "toepath" is
made up Of two or three boards or
planks running lengthwise OF the deck"
or roof Of box car. The floor OF an en-
gine cab or tender is also called a deck" F."
Decking or "deckoratinE'' means
that the trainmen are riding on the roof
The heaviest type OF consolidation
engine Is known as a "battleship." the
lighter type OF consolidation Is called a
hog" Although the term hog Is
generally applied TO all engines now
adays. IN the strictest sense of railroad
language It should he used only when
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-30
Tremendous Bargain Offerings the Last Day Of Our PnventO Sale

Low prices alone do always indicate bargain It's the
high quality the all around deSirabyof the goods coupled
with low price that brings the crowds these sales Hay
quality
Saturday
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-15
CLARA BARTON VERY ILL.
Red Cross Founder Making Brave
FIGHT for Life.

washington, March 15.--I.oved and
revered by many a soldier wounded in
battle. to whom she administered ten
der aid Miss Clara Barton, founder
and organizer and for many years
president of the National Red Cross
Society In the United States, is seri-
ously iH at her cottage Red Cross
near this city.
With the courage and fortitude with
which she brought succor to hundreds
of dying on the battlefields of the Civ
il and Spanish Wars, and with which
she conducted the relief of thousands
of victims of massacre and famine,
Miss Barton, now i'm her 90th year, is
making a great fight to overcome her
present Illness.
Her physician, DIR. j. b. Hubbell OF
Washington, is constantly at her side
He diagnosed her case as that of a
double attack of bronchitis and pneu-
monia. Scores of letters have been
sent to the heroine of many battles
by her admirers in every part of the
country, and her nephew stephen f.
Barton of Boston. has been busy as
suring her friends of her ultimate re-
covery.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-15
WESTON is 70 TO-DAY.
Many Noted Men Extend consratuIa-
tions to Pedestrian.

New York, March 15.-On the occa-
sion Of his seventy third birthday an
niversary today Edward Payson Wes-
ton. the famous pedestrian, received
messages Of greeting and good wishes
from Henry Clews, Stuyvesant Fish.
William Nelson Cromwell, Nathan
Straus, Col William jay and a host OF
other eminent New Workers. whom he
numbers among his friends and ac-
quaintances.
Weston was born in Providence, r.
l.. seventy-three years ago today. His
first feat Of pedestrianism was a walk
from Boston to Washington. i'm 1861
to attend the first inauguration Of
President Lincoln. His real career as
professional began in 1867, when he
walked from Portland Me. to Chicago.
His last and greatest achievement was
a transcontinental walk, accomplished
in the early part Of last year when he
was past seventy years of ge. He
started From Los Angeles on February
and arrived in New York on May 3,
completing the transcontinental jour
ney of 3.4SS miles in n walking days
feat without parallel in the annals of
pedestrianism.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-15
PACIFIC RATE CASES.
Interstate Commerce Commission to
Act Next Monday.

Washington. ID. c., March 15.-Such
phases of the so-called Pacific Coast
cases as were not finally disposed OF
by the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion in it's decision of last summer
will come up for hearing b. ore the
commission in this city next -Ionday.
The various cases involved In the
proceeding will be those Instituted py
the City OF Spokane, the Nevada state
railroad commission, the Portland
chamber of commerce, the transporta-
tion bureau of the Seattle chamber Oh
commerce. the Maricopa County COM
mercial club and the traffic bureau OF
the Salt Lake City commercial clup'
AS all of the cases involves interpret
tation and construction of the long
and short haul provision of the exist
ing law. the thirteen applications maue
to the commission for relief from the
operation of that provision In behal'
OF the transcontinental lines VIII DC
heard at the same time.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-15
This is Order Sent From Wash.
ington Today to the Officers
Commanding Troops
in Texas
MUCH EQUIPMENT SENT SOUTH
United States Taking Every Preeau'
ton to Prevent Sending Of Sup
plies and Ammunition to
the Mexican Rebels.

El Paso, Texas. March 15.-The
smuggling of arms and ammunition
across the Mexican frontier from FL
Paso must cease"
This in substance is an order re-
ceived by the federal Officials here to-
day from Washington.
The assertion of Minister Liman-
tour that hereafter Americans fight-
ing with the Insurgents viii not be
shown any special mercy, has caused
Consideration here The fifteen Amer
leans captured at Casas Grandes are
still in jail az that place, according to
report
The Mexican authorities say it is
improbable they win be shot as ban
dts. The Insurrecto Junta, however
still insists it has reports from Ma
dero indicating the men will never DC
heard from.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-15
Roosevelt Says That is All United
States Demands of Mexico.
HGg. Glad to See Neighbors
SR Prosper
TURMOIL AFFECTS BUSINESS
E -, coIonel's Wife and Daughter Await
wore His Arrival at Albuquerque To-
nlsht-To Attend Opening
of Roosevelt Dam.

El Paso. Texas. March 15.-Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt arrived here at
80 this morning and after breakfast,
addressed a big crowd at Cleveland
Square.
In the course of his speech at the
breakfast given in his honor by the
Tollee Club, Roosevelt declared that,
"All the United States demands of
Mexico is order, justice and independ-
ence."
Roosevelt led up to his observations
on the Mexican trouble by saying that
the prosperity of his neighbors was
a condition of the prosperity OF any
man. He declared that honest deal
ing between man and man was the
only certain foundation of prosperity
The same thing was true he said, of
the relations of communities to each
other. Pausing as though to select his
words, he then said he thought he
spoke for all Americans when he said
that all the United States demands OF
Mexico was order, justice and inde-
pendenee.
Continuing he declared this country
wished to see all its neighbors pros
per and that his hearers who dwell
along the southern border knew from
experience how turmoil to the south
had affected business. He said this
country only demanded of its neigh
bors that order should reign withir
their borders and that order should b'
established upon justice.
This was the only utterance III
made on the Mexican situation and |
took the party by surprise. Roosevelt
left at 10 o'clock for Albuquerque
N. NJ.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-15
STATE AFTER D. C. H. & M.
Effort Will Me Made to Compel Line
to Pay Up Taxes.

Lansing, Mich, March 15.-While
the charms of Canadian reciprocity
are being sung throughout the length
the state of Michigan point to a bit of
reciprocity which the Canadian own
ers of Michigan railroad might in
dulge in, that would undoubtedly be
very popular in this state. 1t is sug-
gested that if the Grand Trunk would
present to the state the special char
ter of the Detroit, Grand Haven 81
Milwaukee railroad, which the Grand
Trunk owns, that it would be satis-
factory bit of reciprocity in exchange
in Michigan under state protection.
Not long ago these roads called on
the state for troops to preserve order
during a strike extending over the en-
tire system. and it is contended that
since the courts have held the special
charter perpetual, a much more AMIGA
bic feeling would be brought about if
it was voluntarily given up.
State to Start Suit.
Not expecting so munihcent a gift,
General Kuhn and members of the
legislature are planning TO leave the
road i'm possession of the charter, but
require il to pay taxes the same as
do the other railroads of the state. AL
ready the ID. c.. II. q NJ. has escaped
about S1,000,000 in taxes which il
would have paid had the state been al
lowed to tax it as IL taxes other rail-
roads. In an effort to prevent the
corporation continuing this tax-dodg-
ing stunt Rep. Woodwork will intro
duce the bill drafted by the attorney
generals department to assess the
shares of stock of the railroad and its
Indebtedness, tax of 2 per cent on the
par value of the stock and tax of
per cent on the face value of it's out
standing bonds or the amount Of its
other Indebtedness.
Reach Real Owners.
Owing to the peculiar situation In
which the road is placed by virtue OF
It's tdN-pIohipi'ioii Niob lSi' thS JIM 20
intended to reach the real owners OF
the road rather than the property OF
the road. The corporation is required
to pay the tax out of any dividends
due the stockholders and out OF any
interest due the holders of its indebt'
edness. There are other novel fea-
lures to the bill. one of which require:
the payment of the tax and the incep'
than the beginning of suit to stop thu
auditor general from attempting t'
collect IL. There is also a provision
which declares that the invalidty o
any provision shall not render invalid
other provisions.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-15
Family Awaits Him.

Albuquerque N. M, March 15.-Mrs.
Theodore Roosevelt, Miss Ethel Roose-
welt and her friend. Miss Cornelia
Landon of New York, are in Albuquer-
que awaiting the arrival of Colonel
Roosevelt tonight. The entire party
are to accompany the ex-President on
his trip to the Grand Canyon tomor-
row and will also attend the opening
of the Roosevelt dam in Arizona next
Saturday. The ladies of the party VIII
then proceed to Santa Barbara, where
Col. Roosevelt will join them later for
the homeward journey.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-15
Priest ooutside Of Cage.
SOLVING JAPANESE PROBLEM.
Census Bureau Expects to Give Out
Enliqhtenina Figures.

washington, March 15.-When the
cersus bureau gives out the number OF
Japanese residents of the United
States. which its officials expect to do
sometime I'm April, there will be an
essential contribution To the problem
of Japanese immigration. There Is
suspicion that anti-Japanese agitators
i'm the far western states have greatly
overstated the gravity of the situation
from the labor standpoint and that the
Japanese population of Pacific coast
and Rocky mountain states Is much
less than officials at Washington have
been led to believe.
Some days ago the commissioner
general of immigration, [Ir. O'Keefe,
asked employees of his bureau for data
about Japanese population In vari-
Gus states, and was surprised to learn
that there was none The bitter agi-
tatation over the immigration of Jap
anese has progressed for several years
hut the government has had no facii-
tiles for learning at all deiiniteiy
whether the Japanese laoorers were
really serious menace.
During that time records of the ar
rivals and departures of japanese Ia
borers have been kept by the depart
mont Of commerce and labor. These
show that during the fiscal year
which ended June 80, last, 1888 Jap
anese came to the mainland ports OF
the United States, and that b,O24 de-
parted. thus depicting the population
by quite $500. In the same s, perlou
1927 Japanese arrived In Hawaii
and 1855 departed rhe figures, both
for the mainland and for Hawaii were
about the same for the previous fiscal
4 wear
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-15
Many Citizens Of Viterbo, Italy,
Left Country For Fear They
Would be Called Upon
to Act
COURT IMPOSES Dig FINES
Progress in Getting Jury is Made in
Spite of Difficulty, and the TAX
ing Of Evidence Will Now
Be Started. III

Viterbo, Italy, March 15.-The jury
to try the members of the Camorra
was completed today.
Cavaliere Bianchi, president of the
court, yesterday set about the task
of getting a jury to try the members
of the Neapolitan Camorra by invok-
ing methods that promised results,
despite the terror that has filled the
hearts of the citizens at the possibility
of being obliged to condemn those
whose deaths would be pretty sure to
be avenged unless the whole dangers
Gus element of the society was wiped
out.
When court opened, the president at
once imposed heavy fines upon those
known to have left town to escape
jury duty and threatened that he
would have others who have made ex-
cuses for not appearing when sum-
moned brought to the bar by cara
bineers.
Nervous Day in Viterbo.
The whole forenoon wan taken ulp in
an attempt to fill the jury benches. II
was a nervous day in Viterbo.
Residents who hailed the approach
ing trial as a boon because 1t would
bring to town thousands of strangers
who must be sheltered and fed. hav,
found themselves confronted with al
alarming situation. No one familiar
with the workings of the Beautiful
Reformed society has anything bu
sympathy for those who shrink from
the civic duty imposed
Thirty-four OF the alleged instigat
ors of or actual participants in tn
murder of Gennaro Guoccolo and hi
wife, occupied the great steel cage 70
prisoners and glared their hatred a
the informer Gennaro' Abbatemaggi
who plainly enjoyed the isolation o
the smaller cage reserved for his ex
elusive occupancy.
Priest Ooutside of Cage.
The priest. Giro Vittozzi "the guard
ian angel of the Camorra in his priest
ly garb," was again permitted to 81
outside the cage. The prisoners fol
lowed the proceedings with real o
we'll -feigned indifference.
The introduction of evidence wi
now be started.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-15
WILL WE'D IN WEST.

Announcements have been received
here of the coming marriage in Salt
Lake City, Utah, of Miss Winnifred
Brice, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Tito Brice, of that city. to Senter Fred
erick Walker. son of Mrs. f. 5. Bas-
combe, of Salt Lake, which will be SOL
emnized March 25 at st. Pauls church.
Mrs. Bascombe is the daughter of DIR.
Senter, who was in charge of the CAL
umet & Hecla hospital in the early
pioneer days, and also physician at the
Old Cliff mine.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-15
MICHIGAN is SECOND.
Exceeded BY Two States in Production
of BYE and Potatoes.

washington, ID. c., March 15.-In the
crop growing pennant race of 1910,
Iowa wrested from Illinois first place
in the production of oats; California
took from Minnesota the honors for
the production of barley; and New
York secured the hay growing title
from Iowa, according to an announce
ment of the department Of agriculture
today
In the production of important crops
in 1910, the leading two states and per-
centage of the total crops of the coun-
try grown by them were decided the
winners.
The tables includes: Corn, Illinois,
1873; Iowa 11.O. Spring wheat Min
nesota 407; South Dakota 2O2. Oats
Iowa 16.1: Illinois 1871. Rye, Pennsyl-
vania 1876: Michigan. 1862.
Potatoes, New York 1872, Michigan
10.4.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-15
DlsMIssEs CONTEMPT CHARGES,

Cincinnati, Ohio, March 15.-Judge
German, of the Court of Common
Pleas today dismissed the contempt
charges against George b. Cox banker
and political leader. German declared
the utterances of Cox, which were pub
lished after the latter's indictment for
perjury, were "insolent and false In
dismissing the charges German fol-
lowed the finding of the majority of
the committee of three attorneys APP
pointed TO investigate the circum-
stances of the interview.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-15
PLAN GENERAL CONFERENCE.
Toronto to Entertain Many Delegates
Of Methodist Church.

Toronto Ont, March 15.-Though
the greatest Ecumenical Methodist
Conference to be held in Toronto next
fall is still six months distant the To-
cal arrangements for the reception and
entertainment of the visitors are al
ready well under way. The attendance
will include about five hundred of the
worlds most prominent Methodists,
representing Great Britain, Australia
New Zealand, India, South Africa
Canada and the United States.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-15
Evening Train From the Copper
Country Meets With Pecu-
liar Accident at Mar
quette Last Night
MAIL CAR IS OVERTURNED
Unknown Passenger on the Blind Bag
gage, in Jumping OFF, is Thrown
Under Wheels, Causing Car
TO Leave Rails.

Marquette, Mich, March 15.-As
train No. 4 on the South Shore was
coming into Marquette last evening
a peculiar accident occurred, resulting
In the death of an unknown man and
the baggage and mail car being over
turned ar the Fourth street crossing.
II is presumed that the unknown man
was riding on the "blind baggage" and
attempted to jump off between Fifth
and Fourth streets. In making the
lump he must have struck a switch
stand and was thrown back under the
wheels Of the mail car, and as the
trucks passed over him the car was
derailed, sl1idding along the ties un-
til it overturned at eh Fourth street
crossing.
The three occupants of the baggage
car-Bag gga geman Jernstadt, Mail
Clerk L. w Biegler and Special Gov
ernment Weigher Lenson-escaped
without injury other than a shaking
up. Mr.. Biegler states that he saw
two unknown men get on the blind
baggage at Ishpeming and believes
that it was one of them that was run
over by the train and killed. The
mans body was found lying across
the track a few feet from the switch
stand, which was bent and broken,
showing that he must have struck 1t.
At the place where the body was found
the ties show that the wheels left the
rails. which makes the above theory
OF the accident plausible. although IL
is very unusual for a mans body TO
derail a car.
In very short time a large crowd
had gathered at the scene. of the ac-
ci6ent, many being interested in the
overturned mail car while morbid cur
iosity drew others to the horribly
mangled remains of the man killed.
The body was left as 1t lay until the
arrival of Coroner Crary, when 1t was
taken to Hager's undertaking rooms.
An inquest will undoubtedly be held
today.
The mail car, which was the small
wooden car that the mail clerks have
been trying for some time TO have
condemned by the government, lay
over on the south side of the track at
an angle Of abodt As degrees, little
damaged except as TO the trucks. some
Of the beams OF which were twisted
and broken. II is considered most
| fortunate that none Of the occupants
/ of the overturned car were injured.
Beyond being frightened. none of the
passengers on the train suffered in
any way Had not the train been run
ming slowly, the accident would doubt
less have been much more serious. The
mail. baggage and express was
promptly gotten out Of the overturned
car and taken to a safe place.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-15
ANOTHER ROYAL FUNCTION.
Preparations for Investiture OF Prince
of Wales.

London, March 15.-The work Oh
preparing Carnarvon Castle for the
the investiture of the Prince of wales
this summer is proceeding rapidly, ana
many additional workmen have now
been employed. 1t is understood tha'
the ceremony will take place In the
upper courtyard of the site Of the CIR
Gle of stones put up for the national
Welsh Eisteddfod held there hVe
years ago. Several Of the towers Oh
the castle are being prepared Tor the
accommodation of the royal family.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-15
Rin Battle is Imminent.

Mexical, Mexico. March ia rebel
army Of 200 men marched out OF
Mexicah last midnight in the direction
of Ensenda, with the intention Of Civ
ing battle to any Federals they might
find The rebels encamped today at
La Guiana. 25 miles southwest of Mex
icali Reliable reports have been re-
ceived here that the Mexican govern
ment has started a force of $50 men
from Ensenda with the purpose of
meeting the rebels.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-15
Official Report Of Battle.

Mexico City March l5.-The gov
ernment today received the report OF
the battle of Casas Grandes in which
the Rebels We're defeated. The Fed
erals are reported to have taken forty
prisoners, including seventeen for
eigners
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-15
TO HEAR NOTED SPEAKERS.
Mai. Gen. Wood and Others to Address
Bridgeport Manufacturers.

Bridgeport, Conn, March 15.-The
Bridgeport Manufacturers Association
has concluded elaborate arrangements
for it's annual banquet to be given to-
morrow night The guests of honor
and principal speakers will be Major
General Leonard Wood, former Con-
gresham Charles II. Littlefield of
Maine, and John p. Mitchell, president
of the board of aldermen OF New York
city.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-15

Paris, March 15.--Zelaya, recently
compelled to relinquish the presidency
of Nicaragua. I'm an interview today,
violently attacked the attitude of the
United states toward Mexico. He ac-
cused the Americans OF melting rev.
olutions for the purpose of absorbing,
not only Mexico. but the whole of
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-15
Guns and Equipment.

Davenport, Iowa, March 15.-Tive
carloads Of field and artillery equip
ment were sent from the Rock Island
arsenal today TO Fort Hancock on the
Rio Grande Three carloads of coast
defense guns and equipment were sent
to Norfolk. Va, all travelling on rush
orders.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-15
Diaz to Help People.

Mexico City, March 15.-President
Diaz is said TO have given assurance
to delegation from the state of HI
dalgo. who complained of the seizure
of their property by an irrigation COM
pany, that after the essation Of the
revolution the government planned to
purchase and parcel among the people
at a low price the big estates through
out Nrpxico
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-15
Not a War Movement.

Boston, Mass, March l5.-Secretary
of the Treasury McVeagh today de-
clared the mobilizing of troops in
Texas was not in any sense a war
movement and that there is no pros
pect the troops will cross the border.
Responding to a question McVeagh
said that so far as he had any knowl-
edge the rumored treaty between
Mexico and Japan does not exist
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-15
TO AID WAR VETERANS.

All civil war veterans, regardless OF
their financial conditions. will be ex-
empted from paying taxes on $1,000
worth of their property If the bill
which passed the state Senate yes
terday afternoon becomes a law The
bill does not bar wealthy veterans. II
is almost certain that the bill will be
amended i'm the house so that only
property not worth more than $4,000
will come under the provisions of the
law
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-15
Jos FOR Lee CHRISTMAS.

Houston. Texas, March 15.-Lee
Christmas. American soldier of fortune
and one Of the leaders in the recent
IIonduran revolution. has been made
governor OF the department OF Cortez
Honduras, by the new government. ac-
cordlng to a report received here.