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The Washington herald., 1911-12-10

One of the organizations prominent in
the work of obtaining labor legislation
is the American Association for Labor
Legislation. This association recently
recommended a bill which was passed by
the New York Legislature requiring
physicians to report to the Labor Com
missioner all cases of what was known
in the law as Industrial diseases" Such
The Washington herald., 1911-12-10

actual starvation are attendant upon
many strikes, and it is to prevent this
as well as TO stave off injury to an in
dustry that the Bureau of Mediation and
Arbitration exists.
Recent disasters, notably the Washing
ton place fire, in which 146 shirt waist
makers perished have called forth storms
.of protest against the lack of inspectors
to enforce the law and to ferret out vio-
Iations of il. This has been one of the
big problems which confronted the State
government, but in the new laws of 1911
provision is made for a much larger staff
of inspectors
The new act provides for the division
Of the State into eight districts, each
under the direction of & supervising in
spector with a local office. His salary is
TO be $500 a year. The quality of in
spection work is further raised by the
appointment of a mechanical! engineer,
with salary of $500, to the technical
stan Of the Bureau of Factory Inspection,
and the salary of the chief inspector has
been raised from $1,000 to $4,000 a year.
The number Of inspectors was increased
from ffty-two to eighty-fv and a higher
level of salary allowed.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-10
Defects in the Old Law.

This means that in New York State
there are more inspectors, compared with
the number of factory workers, than
there are in Great Britain, where labor
laws are supposed to be greatly advanced.
Penalties are provided for the violation
of factory laws, and with the increased
staff of inspectors the State is determined
10 enforce the regulations.
1T is not long ago." said John ].
Murphy, Commissioner of Tenements, the
other day, when so-caIed sweat shops
existed il the city by the hundreds. There
is no need 10 describe them. All know
the terrible conditions under which the
inmates worked. Hardly block but had
at least one of these institutions. The
lew tenement house laws did away with
these 10 great extent, requiring n GER
tain amount of light, efficient ventilation
and q certain amount Of air space for
every person.
But the laws affected only houses built
after a certain date, and the old houses
were continued under the same conditions
as before. Where We could condemn a
building Of course changes had to be made
or the building torn down. In other cases
we could require certain changes, but not
enough to make the place sanitary for
working.
"A very short time ago could cite any
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-11-05
.RNEUZZA7Tc TUBE ZZ;RZzzzEAz

when another story was added and addition
built the north, increasing the size Of the build
ing probably one-third." Mr.. Bullock, by the way,
is a brother of former governor Of Georgia.
1t was interesting to listen to Messrs. Stebbns
and Bullock reminiscing about the aspect Of Omaha
when they first began their daily trips to Ninth
and Farnam. The present Bailey house was then
known the Wyoming house, and the Cozzens
house of famous memory was located a block
farther south. The last named hosiery was built
in sixty days by the cyconic George Francis Train.
"The story goes" said Mr.. Stebbins, that coming
down to breakfast in the Herndon house one morn
ing Train was irritated by draft from window.
lie declared Omaha needed a new hotel anyway
and before noon ground was broken on a site oppo-
site the Catholic Cathedral of st. Philomena He
finished the structure in sixty days and named It
after famous hotel at West Point, N. Y. It was
about that time business houses began to be erected
above Ninth on Farnam, but for some time after
ward Ninth street still retained the distinction Of
being the main business thoroughfare of Omaha"
Both OF the veterans agreed that the old head
quarters could be put in the class Of lucky build
ings They could not recall that fire had ever
threatened the building. nor had any bad accident
ever occurred in It since the Union Pacific took
possession in 1859.
Mr. Reed, now on the pension roll, spent almost
half century the active roll Of the road, begin
ming in the operating department and winding up
as caretaker OF the vaults wherein the records
Kept.
Many comparatively young men now at the head
Of various departments have been with the Union
Pacific from twenty TO thirty years Typical Of
this class are Me5srs. Sheldon and Nichols Of the
telegraphic department, both Of whom have grown
from boyhood TO early middle age in the eompsny's
employ and several Of the operators. one a woman,
have served with them for twenty years or more.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-11-05

Mr.. Sheldon is now superintendent of telegraph
and telephone and Mr.. Nichols chief clerk.
Donald d. Allan storekeeper for the road was
born in the old headquarters building, while his
father was proprietor of the Herndon house. and a
nephew of Mr.. Allen Robert Il. johnson, has been
in the employ Of the freight auditor for ten years
past. As matter Of fact, in every office almost,
throughout the building, are heads of departments
and clerks who have grown gray in the service DR..
osler's theory of the limit of mans usefulness
doesn't Ego" with the Union Pacific While they
can do their work acceptably, they kept. After
certain period of years in the service, II they have
reached a certain age they can go the pension
roll and receive percentage OF their former pay
for life.
Where every modern feature OF the latest de-
sign has been provided, It is difficult to pick out
any one for particular mention, but trains are
the part of a railroad in which the public is pecu-
liary interested details of the telegraph de-
partment will be worth reading. 1t is installed on
the fourth floor, with twenty-three operators now
at work. Approximately 5000 separate messages
are handled every day by the teegraphers in the
headquarters office. Necessarily, then, very large
proportion OF the wires making up the total of
nearly $4,000 miles of telegraph circuits and
approximately 5000 miles of telephone circuits
the Union Pacific center in this office Wires enter
the building in twisted pair cables in underground
all laced openwork, in accordance with the latest
modern method. Approximately 10000 feet of
wire used in making connections throughout
the office, of which about $4,000 feet are in con-
duits under the floor.
The switchboard, Union Pacific special design,
something the order of a telephone switchboard,
is different in many ways and more modern than
anything of the kind heretofore placed in service
1t has present capacity OF forty wires and is fully
equipped with volt meter, milameter, wheatstone
bridge, galvanometer, telephone set, etc, for the
testing and measuring Of wires and circuits. The
cords and plugs on the telephone order instead
OF peg plugs, or wedges, ordinarily used in tee-
graph switchboards. There are four sets Of tele-
graph instruments with telephone set conveniently
arranged in connection with the board for testing
The circuit designs in the board and in connection
with multiplex and other telegraph tables, spe-
oial and IN advance Of previous practice. coil
rack Of special design has been provided for equip
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-11-05

used by the men of the Union Pacihc's big staff,
just as President Mohler is tine old man" now to
all those who count themselves parts of the sys-
tenn. In both the appellations mean great
deal more than formal words could possibly mean.
The trio OF men whose faces appear separately
above, Messrs F. c. Bullock, c. s. Stebbins and
William G. Reed, can stand as examples Of the
policy of the Union Pacific to hold in its employ
long as they will stay who are competent and
faithful.
Mr.. Stebbins, now assistant to the auditor, be-
gan with the company in October 1870. He
in the accounting department seventeen years. then
secretary to the general superintendent for two
years, and served in the passenger department for
fifteen years. the last general ticket agent.
For the ten years prior to June 1, 1911, Mr.. steb
bins was assistant to the general auditor Of the
Union Pacific system and the Southern Railway
company. He recalls that when he began service
with the company the general passenger agent had
in his office three men, boy and a girl In the
Union Pacific headquarters at that time less than
100 people handled all the business. Today, in the
new headquarters. more than 500 people are en-
ployed. When Mr. Stebbins went on the payroll
there was only one shorthand writer in the COM
pany's employ. 8. Warren Chase, now of New
York, was the chicken track expert, but he was
very seldom called on" said Mr.. stebbins. "The
department heads hadn't mastered the knaok Of
dictation in those days, and longhand letters were
the rule"
f. @. Bullock, now secretary Of the pension
board maintained by the road. began in the audi
tors office September /, 1872. At that time only
the first and second floors Of the old HeTndon
house were used By the railroad THE upper floors
used largely for storage purposes" said Mr.
Bullock, land sometimes the employees used TO
store their household goods the third and fourth
floors The building was remodeied about 1877,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-11-05

ment used in connection with simultaneous tele-
graph and telephone service on the same wires
which cares for this equipment In a most upto-date
manner.
A wire distributing frame is also of special de-
slgn to take care, in a comprehensive manner, OF
all the incoming wires in cables and the distribu-
ton to the switchboard, lamp panel and tables.
This frame has an ultimate capacity for 700 pairs
of wiros.
lamp panel OF slate Union Pacific design,
has capacity for seventy multipex circuits. The
main dynamo currents for operation Of the multi
pick circuits feed through the lamps connected with
this panel for the purpose of protection in case of
overload.
Provision has also been made, through special
relay equipment installed the lamp panel, for
distribution Of time signals, with capacity for equip
ment of ia wires for this service Through this
equipment the naval observatory time signals from
Washington, d. c. distributed upon every cir
cult and to every office on the road at IL a. m,
central time, each day BY these signals the stand
ard clocks, from which trainmen and others in the
service regulate their watches, regulated at all
the different division and district terminals on the
road
The designing and installation of this splendid
telegraph plant is an achievement reflecting much
credit on ]. B. Sheldon, superintendent; A. o.
Nichols, chief clerk, and John Hilbert who was
actively in charge OF the work
In a corner OF the main operating room OF the
telegraph department is the pneumatic tube term
inal This system, comprising two and three-quar-
tiers miles Of three-inch brass pipe, furnished
by Chicago firm. Donald c. Mclaughlin super
intended the work, but genius in pneumatic engl-
neerng, Frank Novak, executed the plans The
distribution Of mail and kilograms throughout the
building will be accomplished by means of this
pneumatic tube system. Vacuum power will propel
articles through the tubes at the rate of ninety feet
per second, the vacuum force Of each tube being
about five-horse power.
Thirty-five departments will be reaci W the
pneumatic tube system, and it is hop - this
means to get almost instantaneous distribution
of kilograms and important mail Inter-offioe
messenger service will be practically eliminated by
this means.
Many good sized town that feels trlfle proud
Of its telephone system has less pretentlous plant
lContinued on Page FOuT.l
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-11-05
TELEPHONE EXcAANGE

M RESIDENT A. L. MOHLER of the
Union Pacific railroad was in a very
happy humor Monday Of last week.
II He had been about the first man of
HM the general staff of the road to get
RJ settled in his office in the new head
ouartara buildinp at Fourteenth and
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-10-12
LOWER LIrTLEsY.

Wheat sowing nearly completed
Grass looking fine. Corr Is rot
ting in the shock.
Z. v. McPadin and sou attended
W. Bshom's sale near Perry last
week. stock sold well.
Ralph Adams has bought the wm
Mundy place near Salt River, paying
$50 an aere for A.
Wedding bells were ringing
at MoIino last week Harry Heller,
our rural mail carrier and Miss Ad.
die Beckett O. near Santa Pc sere
married last Wednesday night
Riley wiikersou. Z W. McFadin
and ". D. TalIey made a barrel Of
cider Saturday afternoon. II was fine
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-10-12

Vs. \. Chick sold to Harry Vance
three h9ifers for $50; also two belfer
calves sor g2s
Mr.. Roberts and family visited r
y. shoqk and family Sunday.
r. r. Doliias sold one 2-years-old
heller to James woolery for ssl
New gasoline lamps have been In
sailed al Mex Hops church and are
q splendid addition to The church
building
a proeraeie6 mee1Dg is 70 progress
at New Hope. conducted by the
pastor. Rev Presser- Al are cor
daily invited 70 atterae The SERVICES.
a barn at the home o. Mrs.. Betty
Barker was bloNn down last week
A. c. Wilson and sister visited G.
D. Wilson the first Of the week
Coal Is being hauled to the school
house 10 this district
Rain has prevented q few Or our
people from gathering their corn
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-10-12
skInnER

Taaner and Day made invoice Of
goods Ia% 0 week
Rev. zoseah C. Barker flied his ap
poszzBenk At Long Branch last sua-
.dsy.
G. n BerTey ga n 81 yearl5ng
5zzls good ones-Aroxn Kansas Osy
Azs FrsssT. pzyiag 4c "a market for
|ghel Weight sboa $50 pounds av-
Izage
Jas C. CyaEfona Slipped : buBeh
* Ef cattle to market Monday. He
@oeozpzIed eansg1zenE
". p Cant ga II forty four
lad o yesranF sseers fruzn Kansas
|Czy FridsW last The steers
weighed 80 and cost sAl75 Der
Icw On market
Lewis RBdzEaL ne unoerssAnd Dar
cazaed 4 aEan G draft eogs q
|B1S Broa&z rezes6iy paying tsea for
Jes r G@esood Is IA Kansas
Cay On = visa 60 his dsughters
TIE singing class az Beshleh@m d
~progressng nicely under the able
management Of Miss Pearl Barker.
Miss Elsie BekhaE< was the guest
* the Misses Muhdys near Aoiinz
pass tax days.
Rsrhsrd MCGOWAN h4 Iaz suaasJ
for Quincy to s1ssnd Gem C5g
Business College
MB. DeJarnaa had as her guest
Monday evening The Mesdames H. T.
lC r. and J. r. 6parhHE and sirs
Waiter Holloway
Miss Ida Bruce entertained Tx
Young Ladies Aid Society last Thur
dsy.
Joan p. Win and Elmer PoSeil
are IN tie South On a business trip.
Commodore Johnson Is In Kansai
CRY undergoing treatment for hp
peBdScitis. We all hose oon1ao vii
come back sound as a baliet"
MiHs Patti Bruce and BeujsmiI
Jesse attended the Missouri State
Fair.
Ara Bnrnkzt is getting out some
logs preparatory 90 building house o
100 acre farm which he recently pur
chased Of Ceph Maeksy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-10-12
xsrIcE or sAMEBEE
pEED or TKTsT.

w-EzEas C1z-ae Itzzogs AZ
ws z Ecengre In wife NJ thaE
x q Traz Ezz3 the 1sEh
svv n xssen Esss 6uE scEsW
~ ruaa u ne EecprasT
49, e ~ cazzzT q Azerssn z8o
s.~s a MssBgz-l ID TrEE Dss1 Re
ux = Il we - eonEzse . -
ma5svs Trza1as tbs faloEz1E
vna real Estate ginE ana t@1ns
as,e q the czazzF q AzdEain zna
esas d Missouri io-NFs
0.ezH n-g acre oE q the East
q thai part u the w@ a1if si-
~ wsrt aasi Der q ths North
w~t oasrser rA9 q Section Twelve
~ Trmmship Fnv E@l Nerts,
gznee Ea54 IS west q TIE stA P ~
- Nerh @ the wsbzh Railroad
which said e~onvegsnse Was nazfe u
s-.ss 70 secure the payment Of > Ger
,ain neeousale proE1sscrF nots- 70
bsr Kish tie Interest thereon. and
sr esau DEED q Truz fully described
Ara whereaa. said Deed Of. Truss
wrusses a,zt in tBe event default
ssoaR Be- made il The payment o.
80 Hrsnsssory note, the Trustee
rzusd "a said Deed o. Trust Al the re-
avesta az me legal balaeE Of said prom
hsov Bose4n.zy proceed 70 sell us
gbo4e seseribed Real Estate al pablo
xas4re y the highest bidder az thf
frcss sosr Of the Court House iH tne
civ gs MeHacs, Missouri for cash
sfst giving tEenty days public Ro'iee
eli ~ frse srrzs sad place Ct sale,
~ x So property to be sold, = aa-
verz5sement n some newspaper print
es and published in the said County o.
Auarzin: and upon such sale shall
execute and deliver . deed or deeds il
fss simple Of the property sold 70 the
yufeaaser or purchasers thereof
And whereas, said p~romissoy note
se secured b. said Deed Of Trust Il
xas4 due and remains unpaid
Sox Therefore. ], J. J. r. Johnson
the Trss,ee azned in said Deed Of
Trust. al the request Of the legal hold
~ ot said pTonIssofy nOts. viii on
Fridny. the srd day Of November,
A - Isil, proceed to sell the Real
Estate above described at public ven
due. q the highest bidder, al the front
door 81 the Court House in the City Of
Mexico. Mo-. for each. to pay said debt
and interest and the costs and ex-
peuse of executing this trust
gz-4t. III r. johnson, Trnste,s-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-10-12

Ahost 100 aouen we're at ebe SAKE.
WIley Holman, a prominent farm
near yandaIis. had i5e A q corn
his year. PAT o which made 50 ba-
to the acre. He has 50 bead Of @og
on feed and says the chosera =
very bad in that section and ge1iag
closer 10 him al the time
At che Cox sale near Cant, r
Gently. Len VIM, thai nOz versa
tile al planters. onsciated as cook
and 4 Z said the Fis1ds be served
we're worthy Of tie paIzzes O. tie
0iympia1 gods. WhateTer Mr. WIN
does he does vel He cooked five
huadred rs. q beez as one part OF
THE nenoe.
Levi Wiun broDsaa 100 dox eggs
in this week ass weH as s. ssesHg
~roozsers. AID then had some pro
dace 20 trade after he had sold the
foregoing.
Wheat asar Cant looks fine.
Cook Groves sewed bis wheat this
week
7. >. RoAe says the rains about
Roweua were righs f0s corn this
year AI Oh his place I@ A. made
aboua 20 bu. lie is feeding A.
/ bead % cattle and 40 bead Of hogs
The Kansas CITY ur0yers Tee.
gram says:
1T i one extreme soll0waag an
Osher. said VI. p Cant. q MozSo.
Ne, Who IS here buyias feedenS a
fe~ weeks ago we had tho olae SKIS
every day IN the week and not .
droE Of IN; now il IS cloudy. and
4Eing shout al the time Ths
parched fields have been turned IN
10 fFug ponds. and the ground in a
a srea, many places Is so soft thai
farnle-a are Vrsble { o get into har-
vest the forage CROPS or SOW wheat.
Nlth a choice q both extremes,
however. the farmer would prefer!
20 take the extra rain. and The
soN fields. as there is plenty o.
feed o since it began 20 rain
Last Sau We could buy cora az ~
a bushel 6d this fan il is selling .
sec. Farmers are laying II a coa-
siderable number q cattle. and .
good many wiz feed s5out tie as
aal number. On the whole. 1Boxes.
Ter there will be a failing off ID
feeding.
Jefferson CITY. No. Oct. II.
Geutlenen:-
Your readers viz 10 doats b
glad to learn as to how / come
oW with my Astral King eozs 4
the Missouri division @ the Sadds
Horse Futurity.
There we're ten premiums 70 be d.
cias8 upoH. and ! won five OF them
with my buneh Of eight colts.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-10-12
PlRLIr All.

1~EHfSda!. lsth. islIs
On account III III health ! have de-
iefded to quit farming ard having rent
led my farm I viii sell on the above
date al my farm 3 miles NE Of
M-artinsburg and s niles NV Of
W~eglsvilie all OF my personal property
described as follows;
1875 Head Of Live Sleek lee
II Head Of Horses and MILES Is
Good Brood mares in foal to Jack,
one TEAM VIII weigh $500 the other
tasm 32e9, extra good draft mares.
L Big Ike driving mare, French
Coach 3 ". cid Hlly. / Billy Carniega
dIly tso years Old; l three year old
mare mule 1913 inches high. / team ?
rear old mules ass inches good ones;
/ Shetland Pony. Broke; ! two rear
lota horse mule: 3 good mule colts
Jack and I Jenneit
Eleven months old Black Hawk
Jack, Speaker Of fhe House, 10 hands
high standard measurement ear
measurement 30 inches from tip ID
tip.
/ Jenneti IL 3 liz inches high, stand
ard measure, ear measurement from
tip to ap % L. inches. bred By Nc.
Cornaek Breeding Association a
Bowling Green Safe in ioai
2 Coss aud - Sheep.
? milk COWS. ~ head OF Ewes. onl
lTesrling buck
GO Head Of Hogs.
sows vita 30 pigs by side, ] Sow
~ starch shoats. / male hog.
Feed: 50 Acres Corn in field. Bailcc
hay and Straw $50 bushels two yea
cid shelied Oats.
IN Ny Farm Implements. Heusehol,
and kitehea Furniture,
EDWARD C
Dinner on the Grounds
W. B. LeyelleH was up from Lad
tagr{a Wednezday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-10-12
sUORAiN YOUNG PEOPLE WE'D.

IsUDEklN YOUNG PEOPLE WED
He-Ge-z PIKE aid Mss Adae Phz
Eys we're married az 1-@9 O'Clock
wessszssy zfisrno0a At The hons q
he Arsde VI aid 9u@zE8 E5a
Is0gA#eS& Mezeo. TIE ReT J z
Arse-e, 1 ne Erz Bzssiss chureA
of saaB cry. psrfor=ea The osr=1o
my
The groom is . pr1zlDeEE sOG1E
fzxwsy residing sgzEh Of sOwM TAs
tree b a daughter of r. l. PhahEr
ard wife and rs a0s e IRE Cos-yl
sovszsz gfrn
Mr. and Btrz Prsrs Departed IN
nezatey afser tas cereE10ny for @
csEQ S. Louis and ozbI Eh8erf
poaz<s on 9 bridal triP
TIE Ledger ertsuas soagraiAs
t50as-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-10-12
Farm For Sale

Non end I'D. iii. sh and \, |
tbs show
The Fair managemen Va,
Stalls and they housed nv al.
a teut. and II started rainh-
day night and g0 ny teR Il !,
the colts had to stand IN Il. n
and mad until We eoaa uV. NJ
to q better place On Sunds1
y resak Of this. pnzetcaIb II
one Of ny colts we're sick a
no condition 10 shov thas rs
Ky. My bes colt, and Tie On Z
] won second place with. Va,
when | took her into tie ss5s
bue ! dd not reakDe her serss \
ditioa until aFer the shov u,
Within a. hour afier ! took b.
~ ID
to the barn she contracted ~
MA and my Veterinarian tod i
shzt he did not tank 4 va8
poekib'e for her to live Bn y
perzfure vas up 80 les sRhs Il
hours after TIE shos bR By
atser,ioa ne nsuased TO yG
through shas Night and ss
still diving and improving
The closest Missouri bred al
my colts was ith position; "
ming cox bssns Owned By
parties. and sired by a sod
Thornton star.
Yours yeFy I'd
JAMES HouCmK
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-10-12
90 nalR eREw.
That's Why ; Thankful Woman RtI
ommends Partisan Sage.

ms f5risian cage.
Otis Purity ain eel you q fifty
cent bostle Of PARTISAN SAGE and
guarantee it 70 ban1sh dandruFE, stop
falling halr and itching scalp or
mo5eT baNk IT, a delightful hair
dressing that makes hair astr0us
and fascinating
In the sJrin~ / vas recovering
from 4 severe case 81 erysPetas.
ahch left ne virtually had on the
front of ny bead and next to my
ears The haH kept coming OH rap
aaa nothing ] used stopped my
atting entirely taIA. Until I used
z bossses Of PARlsIAN SAGE This
TOME inside ny hair start 70 groE in
and. il fact. grew me q good fair
amount q hair, and Il has eBtlreIy
stopped my hair falling ont
i IS wffh pleasure THAI I give q
pubsc recommend to PARTISAN
SAGE. whieh knoz Is a woaaer. q
Mrs. Ella GHehrisi. W. Ba ST. FED.
ford Pa
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-10-12
NOTICE o. FINAL SETTLEMENT,

Noace Is bsrety Shu1 tAs1 nE2i
snszE q he ssazss ~ ira L.
Vase &scsas Nf4 De made a.
Ee Nosemhgr 5srz q she Pro5Ete
Csa- q Aazrzin cSuu1y. Missouri. 70
.s bals ar Nexns. Missouri, On the
saugue Muaaxy tn NaTeuaer. 1871
ID J 3 jesse
Aarnizstraz0r-