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rangements for their training. At manu-
featuring towns along the right or way
the car was sidetracked and demonstra-
tons were given to the factory workers
Wherever there was industry there the
lesson was planted. When time allowed
even schools wee visited and the les.
son there taught. Everywhere the effort
was made to get hold of the local author
tiles and secure a local man who could
carry on the work with first aid class
So is the multitude to be eventually
taught how to take care OF its manned
and suffering. So is the movement start
&C which should develop until it will be
the means of saving the lives OF many
thousands of people every year. AS sci
ence has cut to One-half the death rate
from tuberculosis. so does The Red cross
hope to cut to one-half the accident ceatn
toll of the nation.
The Red Cross breaches Its gcspel III
the simplest of terms. In its general
instructions 1t says:
In case of accident when no doctor is
present the man trained in first-aid work
occupies for the time being the same po-
sition as a physician. He should take
charge of matters. The only persons
who should be near the patient are those
actually needed to help him. Do not be
hurried into moving patient and always
make sure first that he is not going to
be injured by being moved. Broken bones
must always be secured before a pa
tent is moved
"A physician should be consulted at the
earliest possible moment. although in
juries appear to be slight. In approach
ing the patient do SO calmly and without
hurry Be quiet and cool. Generally
speaking, the first thing to do is to get
the patient into a safe and comfortable
position. The best position, unless there
is some reason to the contrary. IS on the
back with the head low With a flushed
face the head may be raised on a small
pillow: with a pale face it should not be
raised at all. Unconscious persons can
not swallow. and should therefore never
be given water or stimulants. Tight
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MAJOR CHA5 LYNCH
In CHARGE. Or FIRST
AID WORK

mate that &c per cent of the accidents are
due to ignorance and negligence: Ihlrty-
four per cent are due to the lnevltapIe
risk of employment Then. after the az
cidents have happened. there is the great
toll of death that results because the by :
stander does not know what to do. IL
would seem that through prevention ana
efficient first aid the accident ton might
be cut to fourth its present size.
The task appealed to the Red Cross So
ciety 1t had recently taken on a new
lease of life and waXed active NO less q
parsonage than President Taft himseii
was president of the society. Miss Maoel
Boardman had long been its movlns
spirit. She had reorganized it in 1900.
She had devoted one-half of her energy
to 1t since that time. The chief or the
movements with which she is connected
is the Red Cross Society.
The Red Cross had been operating on
an insecure basis of contributed funds.
The movement to secure an endowment
fund for it was started. The executive
committee decided on 81 ,On0. 0OO but Pres
ident Taft in a public address placed the
figure at SoOcO.OOO The cities were ask
ed to contribute in proportion to their
population. New York raised half mil
lion with hardly an effort San Francisco
was no sooner asked than she furnished
ing their proportional amounts, and soon
the fund will be intact.
This will give the Red Cross an income
of $50. 900 a year with which to carry on
it's work 1t is already spending $5oOoo
a year. Additional sums are used in al
leviating suffering in given cases. such
as disaster. plague. famine. But the deIi-
mite income is to supply the basis or
given, regular work.
The first aid to-the injured work, under
Mai. Charles Lynch. is already we'll under
way. DIR. NJ. j. Shields had been for some
years engaged in first aid work in the
anthracite regions of Pennsylvania. There
he had trained corps after corps in the
different mining camps to the meeting OF
the emergency when accident and disaster
occurred. In many camps the training
had been so thorough that one man in
twenty had become skilled in first aid
work Under these conditions it was held
that wherever an accident occurred there
would be a man near who would know
Just what to do. Rivalry was stimulated
between the different camps. and they
competed for prizes. Championship teams
We're accorded all sorts of honor.
This system resulted in the development
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hooks. We could see Bedouin camps
everywhere. They are made up of brown
tents five or six feet high and are so low
thar the people have to stoop to get in.
Outside each little settlement was an in
closure for the stock, and on the lands
nearby cattle and camels were grazing
As we travelled we could see great focks
of black goats feeding on the sides of the
Lebanon mountains. They hung to the
cliffs. and looked much like flies on the
wal. There We're also drOves of black
cattle and many flockS of white sheep
eac1 carrying a tail of the size of a sofa
pillow. which hung down like an apron.
hall hiding its legs.
The cars were crowded with Turks. Syr-
ians and Bedouins, but on the advice of a
friend | gave the conductor a dollar, and
i'm return had a compartment all to my
self Baksheesh will do anything in
Syria. AS Shammas. my guide. puts it:
THE franc is the wheel upon which the
world goes round"
!:
1t seems almost sacrilegious to travel by
rail in the footsteps of the Bible. The iron
tracks now cover the pathways of the
prophets, and the ghosts Of the saints
NAV be reused by the shrek of the loco
motive This road to Damascus, beginning
with the branch line to Haifa. skirts the
edge of Mount Carmel. where Elijah lived
in a cave and where he contended with
the $50 prophets of Baal and caused their
destruction. 1t goes up the plain OF
Esdraelon, where the fair JeZebel lived.
and where Jehu galloped to JeZrcel on
his race for the throne. 1t takes you in
plain sight OF Mount Tabor, and under the
hills al Nazareth where the SaViCrS boy
hood and young manhood We're spent. 1t
crosses the spot where Jaci was camp
in whau $ sera came and she lulled him
To SLEEP 10 drive the tent peg into his fore
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est spark of life left. 1t will restore as
phyxiated and drowned persons who have
heretofore been beyond the reach of the
most skilled manpulators
This machine was invented In Germany
but short time ago. The bureau of
mines has secured one which is probably
the first in America. This machine has
already brought to life fifteen men who
were apparently dead. In a mine disaster
in Ohio recently two men were found
near the entrance. They were appar-
emily dead. The rescuers passed them
and went on to others who were
more evidently alive. Later the mines
rescue corps arrived They examined
these men. There was still bit of
warmth in the armp:ts. indicating life.
The two men were carried out and the
pulmotor was applied. They are both
alive today. This machine will unques-
tionably be the means of saving many
thousands of lives in the future. One of
them should be stationed at, every bath
ing beach. for more people come to their
death through drowning than any other
accidental cause. and resuscitation is
more possible here than elsewhere. The
spark of life still fingers long after
man is apparently dead from drowning.
A live wire may be safely cut with a
Ratchet an AK with a dry. wooden
handle. The current may be short-cir-
cuited by throwing a crowbar or any
metal tool across it. If there is a victim
on the wire the short-circuiting must be
done between him and the electrical sup
ply. With rubber gloves. macintosh or
rubber sheeting as non-conductOr it Is
safe to take hold of a man lying on live
wire and drag him off. Several thick
nesses of silk are effective. or even a dry
cloth. A wooden cap is good. In doubt
full cases the insulation should be aided
by standing on dry board or on news
papers. If the wire is under the patient
and the ground is dry, it is safe to stand
on the ground and pull him off the wire
with the bare hands, touching only his
dry clothing. a wire lying on a victim
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kEDOUINS DESERT.
N

ton to the projects above mentioned is the
Chester railway concession, which has
been granted to ADMIRAL Chester. retir-
ed officer of our navy, and which now
only awaits the ratitica ton of parlamen.
This involves the building of l,J0 miles
of new lines covering the richest parts OF
Armenia, kurdistan and Mosul. and en-
bracng the upper portions of MesOpo-
tamia. The road will begin ut the Meoi-
terranean and viii run across Asia Minor
to Persia. with numerous branches. It
includes also the development of tho
country through which it goes and the
opening up of a rich mineral region.
As 70 the resources to he developed by
these new roads they are hey oud descr.p.
ton enormous. They include the coal
fields of the Black sea and mineral lands
which have not yet been prospected. Asia
Minor is rich agriculturaiiy. The plains or
Mesopotamia will raise anything that
can be grown in Egypt. and the new irf'i-
CATION schemes will make them as pro-
ductive as they were when Nebuchad-
nezzar was reignirg at Babylon. In an.
cient times that country had popula-
ton of over 6,000.00O. 1t has not one.
fourth as many today. | am told that
cotton will grow not only there but also
throuehcut Asia Minor. and il may be
that one of the chief competitors of our
southern plantat ons win eventually be
found i'm this now almost waste but ex.
ceeding rich part of the world.
FRANK q. CARPENTER
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will open up the rich plains of Asia Mi
nor. and, going down to Bagdad, make
the valley of the Euphrates equal as
wealth producer to the valley of the Nile.
Since i landed in Syria 1 have travelled
over much OF its railroads. My first trip
was from the port of Jana up the noun
tains of Judea to the city of Jerusalem.
My second was on the Mecca road from
the lower end of the Sea of Galilee
through the great plains of the Hauran
10 Damascus, and my last was from
Damascus over the mountains OF Leb-
anon to this port of Beirut on the Med
iterranean During the latter trip
] went from Ryak. in the valley of Leb-
anon between the two ranges or noun
tains, along the road which has been
built northward through Coele-Syria To
Aleppo. which will probably connect with
the Bagdad line.
All of these roads are comparatively
new and some are still building The
Mecca line now runs far .;outh as
Medina. where Mohammed came after
his flight from Mecca. and where his
tomb IS. Medina has something like
forty thousand people. and ii Is one OF the
most fanatical of the Mosem centcrs. IT
will be the chief stopping place on the
way to Mecca.
Mecca lies about two hundred and fifty
miles still farther south and the track is
being laid toward that point. lHere are
Two Christian civil engineers in the sur
veying party. but the people are so intol-
Grant that the engineers are kept hidden
the greater part OF the time and do their
work inside the tents. They not al
lowed to spy out the land, to see or be
seen.
The Bedouin~ are now causing the con-
tractors considerable trouble. The road
will take a large part of the pilgrimage
traffic, and this, Il has been estimated, is
worth to Arabia something like ten mil
lion dollars year. Much of the money
goes TO the owners of the camels and the
leaders of the caravans. These men are
Bedouins. many of whom have been en-
ployed in the construction and in supply
ing the other laborers with food. Now
that the line is nearing its completion the
Bedouins have lost their jobs. They are
objecting to the railway and have torn
up the tracks in many places. They are
opposed by the soldiers of the Turkish
government. and the result is great I'M
rest which may cause q revolution.
The traffic on the Constantinople-Da-
mascus and Mecca railways will largely
be made up of pilgrims on their way
to worship at Mecca and Medina. AS II Is
now. with nothing but cames TO carry
them, IL is estimated that something like
four hundred thousand go there every
year. and II is believed that the railway
will increase the traffic from 80 to 1G
per cent. Christians and other unbe-
levers will not he carried TO the holy
cities. although they may make tours t.
Petra and other parts Of Arabia
TEis Mecca railway will have spccia
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RED CROSS

water to run from his lungs. Turn him on
his back. Pull out the tongue by grasp
ing ii with dry cloth. Have some one
hold 1t thus. or If alone. tie it. This to
prevent it's stopping up the throat. Put
pad under the shoulders to expand the
chest kneel above the head Of the pa
tient Grasp the arms at the elbows.
Raise them outward and upward above
the head. Hold them there fer two sec
onds. Press them down to the sides and
hard upon the chest to contract ii. Then
up again. Continue this artificial respira-
ton until the patient breathes of his own
accord. 1t may be necessary to continue
this for hours and yet the patient may be
saved. 1t is never safe to take it that
patient is dead from drowning. Give him
the advantage of the doubt by thorough
ly administering the artificial respira-
ton.
Various sorts of suffocation from gas
take similar treatment to drowning in
so far as artificial respiration is con-
cerned. In entering a gas-filled chamber
keep close to the floor, as most gas is
lighter than air and the air is better low
down. Fill the lungs with air and hold
the breath for a rush into the room and a
retreat with the sufferer. If you cannot
carry him put him on the floor and open
window. Call a doctor. Use artificial
respiration.
ohe VI the IHOsl ingenious machines
that the world has ever known has just
been invented and takes the place of ar
tificial respiration. 1t is known as the
pulmotor. 1t has a hood that may be
pressed over the face of the sufferer. Then
a stop is turned and the pulmotor forces
the lungs full of oxygen. The machine
reverses itself and all the contents of the
lungs are drawn out. These contents may
be poisonous and are discharged The ma
chine has now taken the measure of the
lungs in question. 1t works steadily. fill
ing them with oxygen and emptying them
of whatever they may contain. 1t is a
manner of artificial respiration that is
equal to natural breathing. 1t will re-
store any man where there is the small
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II YOU saw boy browning "odiu Sou
know the best way of saving him and
resuscitating him:
How would YOU save a child from live
wire?
II a piece of machinery ripped open
blood vessel and it fell to You TO pre-
vent bleeding TO death would YOU kho"
what to do?
These and a score of other similar ques-
tons are being raised by the Red .ross
Society in a nation wide educational cam
paign it is inaugurating with the IL OIL
making great numbers of the people COM
petent to meet any everyday emer-
cency. 1t is held that not one person in
q thousand outside OF the medical pro-
fession knows anything of the principles
of first aid Yet any man or woman is
liable at any time to b. SO placed that
that ignorance will mean the loss of life.
Rather than face such a possibility should
not every Individual master the principles
of first aid and be able to give an &C
count of himself when the emergency
arises?
The Museum for Sanitation and Safety
in New York reports that there are an
nuaIly 5,OOO.OOO accidents in the United
States. The greater proportion OF these
occur where there is no doctor and where
none can be Immediately secured. The
bystander is responsible for unnecessary
serious results due to his incompetency.
The rate at which workers in the In
dustries meet accidental cath appalls
the statistician. Out of every hundred
men engaged in railroadins who die dur
ing the most active period of life. between
twenty-five and thirty-five, sixty-seven
die by accident. Consumption, the most
dreaded of diseases, takes toll of but
10 per cent of these men. OF miners dur
ing the active age, 81 per cent die of ac-
cident and but per cent from tubercu-
losis a fourth of all carpenters during
the active years die of accident. third
of the sailors. % per cent of ironworkers.
Summarizing all workers between ten and
fifty years of age, the age of productive
ness and, value, 20 per cent die by acct
dent The figures are authoritative, COM
ing from the census office.
In the past twenty years 10000 people
have been killed by accident, as against
10000 killed in the northern army during
the whole Of the civil war. The loss to
the country through accidents is est-
mated at $50 900. 600 annually. A careful
study of the question results in the esti-
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HE Turkish em-
pire is on the
edge of a rail-
way development.
More than 1850
miles of road
h a V e already
been built. and
lines are planned
which will even
tually { o n n G CT
on S I antinople
with Mecca and
Medina W liic IN
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more than twenty thousand dollars per
mile. or about eight million dollars from
Dana sous to Hit.
The other road which is planned to go
to Bagdad itself is the one backed by the
Germans. A concession for il was grant
ed by the sultan in 1902 and a part of the
line has already been built The head
quarters of the road is in Switzer-
land and bonds for part of it have al
ready been issued. The idea now is
to begin the work at several diff
ferent points. The route has been di-
vided up into sections of one hundred and
tWenty-four miles each. One of these will
be started al Bagdad and move eastward ::
another VIII begin at Bulgurlu. the end of
the present line in Asia Minor. and will
go to Adana and then toward the
east. The climate of the Adana plains is
such that the construction can be con-
tinued this winter, and the same is true
of the EuphrateS valley. This syndicate
is managed by the Deutsche Bank of
Berlin. the Imperial Ottoman Bank of
Paris. the Wiener Bank and the Societe
amount of about forty-four million dol
lars will be issued. They will be guar
anteed by the imperial Ottoman govern
ment.
The Importance of these railway
schemes cannot be overestimated. The
new government has planned the develop
ment of Asiatic Turkey, a country which
is ten times as big as New England and
as well populated as Minnesota. In addl-
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lLNNMiMsdHdESM75lH7l li0l50 7@0M ION
BEIRUT.

Copyright. 1910. by Fnnk G. Carpcn;erD
Special Correspondence Of The Star.
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Do YOU

IF Not, Your Ignorance
! May at Any Time Result
in Some Person, Suffering
From Any One of the 5,ooo.-
900 Accidents That Occur
Annually in the United
States, Dying Unnecessarily
The Red Cross Is Trying
to Inform All the People as
to First Aid-Held That Not
One Person in a Thousand
Knows What to Do When
Accidents Occur-Death Rate
by Accident.
Copyright, 1911, 10y W. A. Du puy)
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r the man In the
hotel room next to
yours were over
come by gas would
you know what to
do to save his life?
If you saw a man
thrown from his
horse on a country
road, k n o g k e d
senseless, his leg
broken, would YOU
know what to do?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-27
FOREIGN FINANCIAL.

London, July 25.-Consols, after de-
cline of q to a new lower record OF q ID
is for money and account. recovered sharp
w. closing l-l6 above yesterday at 1914 FOR
both money and account. Anaconda was
unchanged at RIA Canadian Pacific UNI
changed at 25l&. Grand Trunk Il lower az
295s.
Money and discount rates were a shade
harder to-day.
Continued liquidation owing 10 the home
nolitical situation and growing uneaslness
regarding the Moroccan dispute raised ap-
nrehensions regarding the settlement Whlcn
commenced on the Stock Exchange to-day
and made the markets fiat. Consols touched
= 1916. a new low record, while the other
sections were similarly depressed. Prices
rallied IN the afternoon under the Lead OF
consols. which recovered the early decline
and closed a sixteenth higher on the day.
American securities opened around parity
hut later eased of on realizing induced by
the weakness In the other sections. In tho
afternoon New York buying caused sub
stantlal recoveries throughout the list, and
the market closed steady.
Paris. July 8--Three per cent rentes
closed IL centimes lower az "a francs 40
rentines The political situation caused re-
newed weakness on the Bourse. The clos
ing wa. irregular.
Berlin. July 26-Prices opened lower on
the Boerse Late in the session part of
the list was supported and the market
closed steady.
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TOPICS OF THE STREET.

FOREIGN TRADING. - Foreign nJn ocaI
deaIt in inward of 5000 shares In the iocai
stock market selling on balance
UNITED STATES STEEL EARNtNIS,;bm a
In the steel trade 1t is pre1ictSeu enas a,ae1
net earnings of the United states Steel
Fermentation in the current month VIII ue
larger than reported In either Ap,6, oon oro
or June Estimates range between s Iv'Voo'Ux, ~,
and slf ODOOOD In June II was sens,hly
Inown that shipments were light, but there
has been A heavy increase since jury j. II
ore shipments are increased tne net ior IL
third quarter will be considerably IN eA Ce.
Of go 900 600 Operations OF the steer cor
poration since July have been on a pssls
nf about 50 per cent Of maximum capacity
II the crop outlook next month Is reassur-
ing orders are expected to show an increase
over July.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED. - DIVIDENDS
have been declared as follows: The inter-
national Smelling and Refining Company'
regular quarterly g. payable SepteInoe, -
The United States Envelope Company req
ular semi-annual ga per cent on the pre-
ferred, payable September l. The Mer-
chants Bank OK Canada. quarterly IN per
cent, All increase OF one-quarter OF pei
cent quarterly. payable september l.
MINES COMPANY or AMERICA-The
Mines Company of America reports for the
quarter ended March 81. 1911, coinDisi ne
earnings OF subsidiary companies as Io.-
lows: Total receipts. $685. opeIa.ihs
profit 500 $685. net profits sssS oe surpls
and reserve. 50. AZ S32; surplus and reserve,
March 81, 1911 S24j0024.
LONG ACRE ELECTRIC LIGHT AM
POWER.-The Secretary Of State or New
York has recorded certificate OF increase
OF the capital stock OF the Long Acre FEC.
tric Light and Power Company TO $2,oU,VD
from $50 900. The company is owned by the
Manhattan Transit Company.
RAIL ORDERS.-The Tennessee Coal and
Iron Company reports rail orders aggregat-
4. 40
REPORTS .626 tons Of open hearth rails and
72s tons of Bessemer. The Carnegie steer
Company reports about 1900 tons.
ELECTED A DIRECTOR.-Vincent ..
Milford has been elected director OF the
Thompson Starrett Company to I'LL a va