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The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-07-06
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STATE FEDERATION OFFICERS.
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street, Wheeling, w. Va.
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der, P. o. Box 956, Charleston. w. Va.
DISTRICT NO. II. U. M. w. of A.
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ing, Charleston, w. Va.
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ris, Smith Building, Charleston, w. Va.
TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION.
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Secretary-Treasurer, Mrs Frank
Snyder, 1877 Washington street.
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at l. o. o. F. Hall.
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Office, Kanawha street
Secretary-T Miss Ola Fish
err, Mcclure & Fishers.
Meets last Monday night in each
month in the 1. o. q. F. Hall.
MUSICIANS UNION.
President, Omar Morgan.
ary-Treasurer, Rube Blumen-
berg.
Meets first Sunday in each month in
the 1. o. o. F. Hall.
CARPENTERS.
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Secretary. N S. Starks. 1850 Wash
inEtcn street.
Meets every Friday night at I. o. o.
F. Hall.
DECORATOR AND PAPER HANG
ERS UNION.
President, Chas Eagler.
Secretary Treasurer, w. F. LOOMS
Meets every Friday night in the L
o. o. F. Hall.
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President, J. d. Donnally.
Secretary-Treasurer, j. A. Barley.
No. Cottage Place.
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Plasterer's Hall. EOS Il Capitol street
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Secretary, ]. L. Pauley
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President, Sam Boyd.
Secretary, Billy Martin.
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The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-07-06
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Evening journal., 1911-05-18

investigation and test, entirely, free
Of cost to the Government"
It is TO be noted that actual tests
Of devices were to be made without
expense to the Government
In existence at this time, in Will
mington, Delaware, was the Railway
Automatic Safety Appliance Com
pany. This company owns an Auto
matte Train Stop that is far in ad-
vance of anything of the kind pre-
viously known. The formation of the
Block Signal and Train Control
Board as an adjunct of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission made It
plain to those interested in the Rail-
way Automatic Safety Appliance
Company that recognition at last had
been given the urgent need for further
safeguards TO travel by rail.
1t now was evident to the officers
OF the company that the first device
that would unerringly stop trains at
danger points, such as crossings or
bridges or congested districts where
caution is mandatory, and that would
meet the rigid requirements OF the
new Train Control Board, would ush-
er In a new era in railroad opera
tion, and satisfy the cry for greater
safety TO travellers and trainmen.
Believing that in the Cain-La Barre
Automatic Train Stop they had a de-
vice that would measure up to the
great need, they placed themselves
in touch with the new Train Control
Board, and made known its merits.
Their reception at the hands Of mem
bers Of this important body led them
70 continue development Of the Train
Stop until It has reached the highest
attainable standard.
The Cain-LaBarre Train Stop has
been given seven tests in Washington.
Detroit and Philadelphia, and now is
undergoing an extreme durability
test on the Pere Marquette railroad
at Saginaw, Michigan. Members Of
the Train Control Board and Of State
railroad commissions have witnessed
these trials, as we'll as members of
a special committee Of the Brother
hood Of Locomotive Engineers. who
attended the Detroit tests. Scores of
other practical locomotive engineers
also have watched the working OF
this train stop. Without exception
all have highly commended the Cain
LaBarre device.
An extract Of the report OF tne
special committee OF engineers at De-
troit follows. The tests were made
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Mechanism Conceived and De-
veIOped by Wilmington
Men May Put an End to
Wrecks and the Grim Toll
Of Collisions.
OPERATES IF RAIL
HAS BEEN TAMPERED WITH

found in a joint resolution adopted
by the United States Senate and House
of Representatives, directing the In
terstate Commerce Commission to in
vestigate and report on block signal
systems and appliances for the auto
matte control of railway trains. Funds
10 permit OF these investigations were
appropriated. The resolution reads
as follows
Federal Investigation.
Resolved by the Senate and House
Of Representatives Of the United
States of America in Congress assem-
bled. that the Interstate Commerce
Commission be. and it is hereby di-
rected to investigate and report on the
use of and necessity for block sig
nal systems and appliances for the
automatic control of railway trains in
the United States. For this purpose
the Commission is authorized to en-
ploy persons who are familiar with
the subject, and may use such of It's
own employees as are necessary to
make a thorough examination into the
matter.
"In transmitting its report to
Congress, the Commission shall rec
ommend such legislation as 10 the
Commission seems advisable.
ITO carry out and give effect to the
provisions of this resolution, the
Commission shall have power to is
sue subpoenas, administer oaths, ex-
anime witnesses, require the produc-
ton of books and papers, and re-
ceive depositions taken before any
proper officer in any State OF Terri
tory Of the United States"
A later resolution defines more
specifically the duties and scope Of
the Commission, in these words:
The Interstate Commerce Com
mission shall be and is hereby au-
thorized, at its discretion, to inves-
tigate, test experimentally, and re-
port on the use and need Of any ap-
pliances or systems intended to pro-
mote the safety of railway operation
which may be furnished in completed
shape TO such Commission for such
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tests on Tuesday. May 18th, and
Thursday. May 18th, as recorded by
your committee, which we're made with
20 pounds train line pressure" says
the committees report.
I'm conclusion we wish to say that
your Committee, as body, and each
of US individually. we're surprised aud
delighted with the demonstration. We
can certify to the absolute certainty
Of the instantaneous action of the
Cain g. La Barre Train Stop, and we
also certify through our personal ex-
perience, TO the wonderful ease with
which the device works; in fact Il
works so easily that it is difficult to
believe that the brakes have been ap-
piled. There is absolutely no shock"
This report Is signed by each OF
twenty experienced engineers ap-
pointed by Grand Chief Engineer W. S.
Stone, of the International Brother
hood Of Locomotive Engineers. They
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Of human lives. This weakness has
become more and more apparent. and
has led to agitation for the adoption
OF devices that will provide train SER
vice free from avoidable accidents.
Many fatalities are caused when
trains are taken. past a danger signal
set to warn the engineers. There is
a variety Of reasons why warnings
are disregarded The weather may
blur or blot ont a signal, or cause
its misreading; the engineer may be
stricken in his cab with the train
rushing on, or he may forget or mis-
interpret his orders, or other causes
may arise These things IN the ag-
gregate have led to a demand for safer
conditions for the travelling public
and for the trainmen themselves.
In recognition of this need, there
has been organized the Block Signal
and Train Control Board Of the Inter
state Commerce Commission. The au-
thority for the formation of the Block
! Signal and Train Control Board is
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the idea Of perfecting something
which would forever make such ac-
cidents impossible With him has
been associated Mr.. La Barre. and
this Automatic Train Stop is the re-
suit OF their labors.
Grim Toll of Railroads.
Every hours an American railroad
employe is killed; every six minutes
one Is injured. A passenger is killed
or injured every seven minutes. Much
OF this mortality and manning is due
% the insistent public demand for
nyers and limited trains; but these
trains seem here 10 stay.
More than a million dollars every
week is paid by the railroads Of tbe
United States for personal injury and
freight damage claims. This enor-
nous drain on the resources Of the
railroads has more than doubled IN
ten years Gross earnings have In
creased handsomely, but the sum dis
Dursed IN claims has leaped forward
5S5 per cent. in the same period.
The withdrawal of 5000. 900 10
S60,000,000 from the revenues everv
year Is a grievous burden on the
transportation lines. n this vast
drain really made adequate compen-
sation for injuries and losses suffered.
II might be the more patiently en-
dured, But when counsel fees and
court costs are paid, II is a shrunken
amount that at last reaches the claim
ant And often IL does not long re-
main in his possession, being soon
dissipated.
tits admitted that many Of the per-
sonal injury claims are caused by
lack Of suitable safeguards IN the
operation of trains carrying millions
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on the Pere Marquette railroad, just
outside the city, May II and 1s, 1910,
some of them in driving rain.
Tests Near Detroit.
A summary of the tests on the Pere
Marquette Railroad is:
First test-Freight train Of 26 load
ed and FIVE empty cars, running 35
miles an hour, stopped in 1S car
lengths in 40 seconds.
Second test-Same train running 40
miles an hour, stopped in ss seconds.
Third test--Same train running
down grade, 80 miles an hour, stopped
in 21 car lengths in 43 seconds.
Passenger Train Tests.
First test-Engine No. SOL, Pere
Marquette road cylinders POPS;
wheel, Sc inch; five passenger coaches
Pere Marquette road; weight of five
coaches, $50 tons; weight of engine,
ss tons; total weight of train, 2SS
tons; speed, S5 miles per hour; stop.
% seconds; train stopped In length OF
10 cars.
Second test--Sane engine and train;
speed 35 miles per hour; stop, p sec
onds.
Third test-Same engine and train;
speed, 40 miles per hour; stop, 25 sec
onds.
Fourth test-Same engine and train;
speed, As miles per hour; stop, 40 Sec
onds
Fifth test-Same engine and train;
speed, so miles per hour; stop, 20 sec
onds.
Sixth test-Same engine and train;
speed, so miles per hour; stop, SO sec
onds
This IS the official record Of the
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Series Of Successes.

The successful tests referred to at
Saginaw are the elimination OF a
series Of the most rigid experiments
TO which any train stopping device
could be subjected. They have been
conducted many months, four hundred
separate tests being made at and
about Saginaw on tke Michigan Cen
tfal Railway. And the beauty OF II
is that the Cain and La Barre auto
matte stop has done exactly what has
been expected Of II in each instance
It has stopped the oncoming train
within a short distance, and without
any undue jar to the train and with
out the least damage TO railroad prop
erty or injury TO anybody on the train
OF viewing the tests.
Certainly no device could have
been put TO a more exacting test. I'M
mense trains we're hurtled down the
tracks, and as the projecting lever
from the giant locomotive came in con-
tact with the arm Of the pigmy auto-
matte stopping device installed near
the tracks, the giant was restrained
conquered, with only q snort and q
violent Kissing Of escaping steam that
seemed 70 vent its rage because the
iron monster was brought to a stand.
still within such a short distance. Nc
human agency could do what the Cair
and La Barre automatic train stop o
the Railway Automatic Applianc,
Company Of Wilmington. Delaware
has done in the many experiment.
through which it has passed in recen
months
And certainly no more could be ex
pected Of any device than has beer
accomplished by the Automatic Trail
ltop. II has done the very thing
which railroad corporations and op
orators and trainmen and humani
tarians and the Federal Government
have been trying TO do for years an
years II has overcome the persona
factor--it has supplanted the huma
being with his proneness to err q
f'fall down" at critical times with
mechanical being that knows no fai
ure that IL certain In stopping a trai
whpever Il should be stopped, an
wAsn sven the train crews have 4
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Cain and La Barre Device
Demonstrates its Worth in
Long Series Of Experiments
on Michigan Central Rail-
road.
AUTOMATICALLY STOPS
TRAIN EACH TIME

special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
SAGINAW. Mich. May ls-ruesday
was a glorious day for the Automatic
Train Stop of the Railway Automatic
Safety Appliance Company OF Will
mington. Del. The four hundredth
successful test Of the Cain and La
Barre train stop was made that day
at Mershon. near Saginaw by the
Block Signal and Train Control Board
Of the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion. Tuesdays tests we're witnessed
by railroad experts and invited guests
from Chicago to the Atlantic Coast,
and all were loud in praise Of this
wonderful device
The rails were slippery from fre-
ouent showers which continued dur
ing the tests. These only further
emphasized the worth Of the train
stops. The tests Tuesday were made
with a passenger train Of four cars
at speeds varying from twelve to sew
enty-fve miles an hour.
Among those who witnessed the
tests we're Chairman NJ. f. Cooley, OF
the Train Control Board Of the Inter
state Commerce Commission; Hon.
cassius NJ. Glasgow and Hon. G. w.
Dickinson, chairman and member re-
spectively Of the Michigan State Rail-
way Commission; S W. Brown. gen
eraI superintendent Of the Michigan
Central Railway; J. c. Mock and L.
S Rose. chairman and member re-
spectively Of a special commission 10
investigate automatic signals and
train stops appointed by President
Brown. of the New York Central
Lines. Many other railroad experts
we're present
Mayor Stewart. Of Saginaw. and
prominent business men we're on the
special train which carried the in
spection party to the scene Of the
tests. About $50 we're on the train
Ofhcers and directors Of the Railway
Automatic Safety Appliance Company
were present, Ulysses G. Click, o
Wilmington, Del, being president an'
one Of the most enthusiastic cham
pions Of the automatic train stoppin
device
Every one Of the 400 tests mad
here under the direction OF the Inter
state Commerce Commission has bee
most successful
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Automatic Train Sop Invention of WImingonans, Successful
in Four Hundred Rigid Tests Just Made by Government Ex

Previous Tests on the PennSyl-
vania Railroad Had FIatter-
ing Results, a wild" Train
Being Soon Brought to a
StandStilI.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-08-11
PETROL MADE DRIVER DRUNK
Chauffeur, in Charge of Motor Car,
Pleaded That Fumes and Not
Whisky, Intoxicated Him.

London-A chauffeur named Chas.
Rice, who was accused of being intox.
icated while in charge of a motor car,
pleaded that petrol fumes and not
whisky were responsible for his con.
dition.
1t was alleged that while he was
driving along Herrow road at a speed
of % miles an hour his motor car
came into collision with hanson.
The cab driver was thrown from his
seat, and turning a somersault, fell
on his back, but Rice drove on for a
third of a mile before he was stopped.
Il only had two glasses of whisky"
said Rice, "and what the policemen
thought were the effects of alcohol
were due to the fumes from the pc
troll. Just before the accident had to
blow some of the tubes, and ! in
hailed the fumes
Mr. P. Levin, managing director OF
riswelPs limited, large taxicab
concern, says Rice was a sober man,
and corroborated his statement re-
garding the effects Of the fumes.
They make you giddy," he de
clared "and give you the appearance
of being intoxicated. ! have often sur-
fered from them, and l have to sit
down until the effects pass off. You
can be overpowered by them"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-08-11
Use for Old Sleeves.

In ripping up old waists and coats
that have the old-fashioned big sleeves
take and cut off the arm at the elbow
or below, which might be required; /;
now place the seams together and sew
up to within a few inches of the top
The part that used to form the under
arm portion, as it went into the arm
hole, forms the front part; leave a
3h-inch place and then the sleeves
form a point where the two upper
sleeves were formerly gathered Cut
this point off the size of the little
boys waist Lay the exact seams to
gether now and cut them the middle
Of each former sleeve. For the side
openings and face or bind; put pock
ct each side and face the tops. Make
six buttonholes, and you have as many
pairs of pants as you have old sleeves,
nice for play and good enough fol
school, if the cloth is fine. The curve
in the under arm brings the front and
the oval of the gathered part brings
the fulness for the seat just right.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-08-11
HIGH CURRENT DISEASES
merely one of a long list of nervous
diseases directly traceable to excess
of electricity in the atmosphere
TELLS OF MAGELLAN'S TRIP
Story Of Voyage Around World, Near
Iy 400 Years Ago, Has Just Been
Published by German.

The Hague.-Although nearly four
hundred years have elapsed since
Magellan sailed around the world, the
true history of the voyage has been
published for the first time, Until re
Gently no published document relat-
ing to the expedition had ever been
found, though it was known that an
account had been written by the Por-
tuguese, Fearando Oliviera, because a
later writer of the same nationality
quoted briefly from that work.
Recently the long lost document
was discovered in the University of
Leyden library by the German his
torian, Herr Vogel, who Immediately
published German translation of it
in the Marine Rundschau. Besides
interesting particulars as to ship con-
struction in those days, the document
contains the whole story of the first
voyage around the world by Magel-
Ian.
Certain indications make 1t prob
able that the actual writer of the ac-
count was a companion of the dis
cover. As one of the oldest geogra-
phical papers extant 1t is considered
to be of almost priceless value.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-08-11
NEW NECKWEAR TIPS
HEAVY VALENclENNEs IS SEA.
SONS LATEST NOTE.
Eeru Irish Lace Combined With Brus
sells Net Of Same Tone Makes
Attractive Stock and Jabot--
Jewelry Hint.

The simplest of the new straight
Valenciennes lace collars sells for $40.
Baby Irish collars and baby Irish lace
IN all forms of neckwear are still pop
alar, but this heavy Valenciennes is
The seasons latest note. The newest
Thing in Irish lace and Irish insertion
Is made Of ecru thread. One exceed
hgly attractive stock and jabot is
made of ecru Irish lace combined with
tucked Brussels net Of the same tone.
This sort of collar-marked six to
eight dollars in the shops-could be
duplicated by the clever needlewoman.
The straight collar portion is made
of a band of one-inch-wide Irish GRO
sheting and below this twoinch por-
lion Of ecru net with four quarter
nch tucks going the length Of the col
ar A narrow facing of black satin
finishes the collar at the top. The
abot is made of an irregular shape of
ecru Irish crocheting, net and tiny
oops and rosettes of black satin.
There is a charming soft collar sell
ng for 25 cents that is sure to prove
popular with the woman whose neck
q irritated under a high starched col
ar and who yet wants to have her
throat covered. It is made of fine
pique, in two-inch rundown style, in
white, ecru or light blue. The front
IS held in place by a small pearl link
which fastens under the windsor or
other soft tie to be worn with it. Other
styles of this collar are finished with
narrow buttonholing and embroidery
and are accordingly more expensive.
A new French embroidered collar
S cleverly made with a butterfly wing
On both sides of the front closing In
one there is a buttonholed loop and
through this the other wing slips in
such a way that when closed and ad-
Iusted the collar makes its own small
embroidered butterfly tie. This is one
IF the smartest and triggest pieces
IF neckwear shown this year.
In all the ties, bows and frills
shown this year one is struck by the
play Of black used with a dash of
contrasting color. For instance, little
dissertations of miniature bows, ro-
5ettes and rosebuds, made Of Helen
pink combined with black satin-give
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-08-11
TO PROTECT THIN STOCKINGS
viii Last Longer by Adding Two OF
Three Kinds Of Harness
to One Pair.

The popularity of thin stockings
which include Isle and silk, has
caused individuals and firms to invent
all kinds Of guards to make these thin
stockings wearable. The woman who
INDUCES in them has added two OF
three kinds Of harness to one pair of
stockings, but she makes by it in the
end, for her stockings last longer and
they do not show the large darns,
which are not attractive with slippers
and low pumps.
The first protection is round cha
mois pad, which is attached to the end
of each corset elastic and goes be
tween the top Of the stocking and the
steel hook. The pulling Of the stock
ing comes against the chamois instead
of the metal and therefore one does
not have those unsightly Jacobs lad.
ders which ruin the best stockings
ever made.
Another safety device is a toe guard
Of knitted silk. This comes in white
only and it can be worn under any
color of stocking without showing be-
cause of it's shortness. This catches
the impression Of the toe and the sill
tassels of brilliants.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-08-11
LUCKY MISTAKE.
Grocer Sent Pkg. of Postum and
Opened the Eyes Of the Family.

A lady writes from Brookline, Mass:
"a package of Postum was sent me
one day by mistake.
II notified the grocer, but finding
that there was no coffee for breakfast
next morning / prepared some Of the
Postum, following the directions very
carefully.
1T was an immediate success in my
family, and from that day we have
used it constantly, parents and chill
dren, too--for my three rosy young
sters are allowed to drink it freely at
breakfast and luncheon. They think it
delicious, and / would have mutiny
on my hands should I omit the be-
loved beverage.
my husband used to have very
delicate stomach while we were using
coffee, but to our surprise his stom-
ach has grown strong and entirely well
since we quit coffee and have been on
Postum.
Noting the good effects in my fam
fly / wrote to my sister, who was
coffee topper, and after much persua-
5lOn BOL nGl W u pobulls
"She was preindiced against it at
first, but when she presently found
that all the ailments that coffee gavei
her left and she got well quickly sh
became and remains thorough a
enthusiastic Postum convert.
"Her nerves, which had bee
shattered by the use of coffee
grown healthy again, and today
a new woman, thanks to PQ
Name given by Postum Co,
Creek, Mich, and the cause W
be found in the great little bg
Road to Wellville," which
pkgs.
Ever rend the shove lett,
one appears from time 10
are genuine trues amC IN
interest.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-08-11
RATS EAT REVENUE STAMPS
Mystery That Puzzled United States
Officials for Several Weeks at Fl
Wayne Is Solved.

Fort Wayne, Ind.-The activity of
colony of rats explains the repeated
disappearance of revenue stamps from
barrels of beer shipped to Avilla,
north of this city, and clears up
mystery which has given United
States internal revenue officers in
Fort Wayne much concern.
TnC FIRST complaint, received sew
eral weeks ago. was thai six barrels
of beer in a railroad warehouse at
Avilla, awaiting delivery tc the con.
signee, aad been stripped of revenue
Stamps. The government authorities
and Deputy Collector L. Z. Sharp con
Quoted an examination. He was un.
able to solve the mystery and with
much red tape the missing stamps
were replaced.
The revenue Office was notified OF
the second case the other day, but
with it came the information that rats
had been discovered at the work, and
apparently had been attracted by the
paste used on the stamps.