The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-16
EFFORT ID REDUCE CASUALTY RECORD League for Public Safety Is
 Organized PERSONNEL OF BOARD Board Represents Fraternal Bodies, States, States Commissions, Wom. ems Federations and Insur-
 ance Companies
PERSONNEL OF BOARD

Chicago, February 15.-(Special.)- )-A life in railroad operation in the Uni ted States by seeking statutes to pro- hibit trespass on right or way, a major cause for casualties, also the enlist ment of officials and employees in a systematic war on accidents and also the adoption of safeguards has been announced by the League For Public Safety, the headquarters of which are to be in Chicago.
 The organization, partially com pleted, now Is In the hands of a board representing state railroad commits
 sioners, railroad employees. fraternal in surance interests, the National Coun- cil of Women, Federation of Women's 2 clubs and Farmers, National congress, causualty insurance interests and soma few railroads. The American Railway association has been invited to be rep resented. The officers will be elected soon.
 The personal of the board follows: w. J. Wood, chairman, railroad com mission of Indiana; J. A. Webb, presi- dent railroad commission of Mississippi; William Fitzpatrick, secretary, railroad and warehouse commission of Illinois; i; w. H. Barrow, secretary, railroad com
 mission of Louisiana; Major Charles Lynch, first aid department, American Red Cross association; J. J. Hynes, pres ident, National Fraternal congress; {; c. E. Piper, chairman, joint legislative committee, National Fraternal congress and Associated Fraternities of Amer ica; John M. Stahl legislative agent, Farmers National congress; Mrs. Lil- Han M. Hollister, president, National Council of Women; Mrs. Mime Starr Grainger president Illinois Federation of Women's clubs; William E. Mason, Chicago, former United States senator ; H. A. Vurpia, Chicago, vice president, international Brotherhod of Mainten- ance of Way Employees; F. w. Lawson, manager, London Guarantee and Acci- dent company, Ltd; U. s. G. Anderson, general manager Colonial Casualty company; T. B. Dallas, vice president, the Employers Indemnity company of Philadelphia pr. F. Munson, Toledo, O.; Clyde A. Mann, Chicago.
 According to the last bulletin of the League For Publis Safety the efforts will be along well defined and con-
 
 About half of those persons killed and injured in railway accidents in the United States were making thorough fare of dangerous ground-some rail- way right-of-way," that bulletin de- clares. In most states no laws pro- hibit responsibilities and others who do not know the hazard may go into that danger and are killed be- cause no one Is empowered to stop them. In this, railroads are not to blame.
 Again, there is no systematized ef- fort a-foot to arouse railroad employees as a whole to the greater care and obedience That this Is needed Is shown by the results of doing 1t and the experience of every railway offi- cial The plan of Committees of safe ty' on each division, made up of men from the track, roundhouse, train and supervising forces, is a proven success. The men get a feeling of shared re- sponsibility The pension system Is also advocated to keep men from shifting from job to job.
 Greater obedience must start in the homes.
 signal safeguards must be more generally adopted. Only 65 per cent or the steam railway and practically none of the electric interurban mileage IS protected. The investments are found to be repaid in one to five years py the saving of wreck losses