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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-19
MIR. Westinghouse Latest Views


MI. Westinghouse has always been
somewhat opposed to the operation of
trains at speed averaging in excess of
about 80 miles an hour. Yet he has
recognized that some portion of the busy
American public has demanded high rates
of speed, especially between some of the
larger cities. But Mr.. Westinghouse be-
lieves that if the public eXacts of the rail-
road companies speed which is in excess
of the assured safety limit so far as sig
nails are concerned they should be willing
to pay their fair share of the additional
cost which operating trains of this kind
entails.
The recent accident at Stamford Conn.,,
which occurred when one section of d
train running at high speed plunged into
the rear car of the first section of that
train which was at a standstill, has con-
vinced Mr.. Westinghouse that the charges
that some part of the public is demand
ing of the railroad companies higher speed
than considerations of safety will permit
are we'll founded. Yesterday Mr.. Westing-
house stated that some of the express
trains that are operated between New
York and Boston, a distance of about
225 miles, upon a schedule of five hours
are compelled to run over certain portions
OF the line at a speed in excess of 70
miles an hour in order to make time. 1t
is his inference that frequently speed as
high as 80 or even 80 miles an hour Is
obtained by the engineers in order to make
time.
The danger, in Mr.. Westinghouse view,
lies in the fact that even If the best kind
of emergency brake is put into operation
on a train that Is running at the rate or
so miles an hour that train will still be
running at the rate of 60 miles an hour
at a point about 100 feet from the place
where the brakes were set in operation.
In his view the risk of accidents is great
Ily increased when speed In excess OF ~
miles an hour is obtained, and he doubts
whether any kind of aumtomatc signal
will secure safety.
Recently Mr.. Westinghouse said that Tor
himself he could not understand why the
demand for high speed upon our rail-
road trains has been SO urgent. Among
his business associates he knows OF many
some of them railway men-who will not
take the FIVE hour trains between Boston
and New York or the IS hour trains be-
tween Chicago and New York-preferring
| trains that run at an average of about 10
| miles an hour.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-19
.CARNLEY ENTERS
RACE FROM THIRD
Elba Editor Candidate for
Congress if Clayton is
Seated

Dothan, August 1S.-(Special)- u. IL
Carnley of Elba, prominent attorney
of Coffee county. and editor of the
Elba Clipper, today mailed letters to
all newspapers in this district announc-
ing his candidacy for Congress from
the Third district in the event of d
vacancy by Mr.. Clayton being seated
as senator from Alabama.
The race for Congress to succeed Mr.
Clayton now promises to be extremely
lively as Mr.. Carnley is the third can
didate to announce for the office. The
other two candidates are Byrd q. Far
mer of Dothan, and Henry b. Steagall
of Ozark There may be other an
nouncements in a few days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-19

Methodist presiding elder of the Birming-
ham district; the Rev J. w Johnson, pas
tor of the First Methodist church: the
Rev ]. NJ. Broadly pastor of the Firth
Avenue Presbyterian church, the Rev.
Henry NJ. Edmonds. pastor of the South
Highlands Presbyterian church; the Rev.
w. H. Butler, pastor of the Birmingham
Cumberland Presbyterian church; the
Rev. Henry Pierce Atkins, pastor of the
First Christian church, and the Rev. T. c.
Casady. pastor of the Methodist Protest
ant church.
This committee will have charge of all
the details connected with the work OF
arranging for the holding of the Gypsy
Smith revival here in the fall
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-19

Second Baseman F. B. Blackwell of the
Opelika baseball team has been in this
city on his honeymoon since the Georgia
Alabama league disbanded Saturday
night. He was married to Miss Grace
Lewis, daughter of L. p. Lewis of Gads-
den
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-19
FUND FOR REVIVAL
AMOUNTS To $4,000
Arrangements Committee
Appointed by DIR. Foster
Yesterday

That 5000 had been raised for the pur-
pose Of bringing Gypsy Smith to Birming-
ham in the fall was the substance of re-
port made yesterday morning by r NJ.
Jackson, chairman of the finance and
building committee. at the special meeting
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-19
Mrs. Dickson Dead

Philadelphia. August 1S.--Mrs Fam
ME Hazard Dickson, granddaug OF
Ebenezer Hazard. who was Postmaster
General in George Washington's cabi
net. died late last night at her home
here. Mrs, Dickson. who was the wife
of Samuel Dickson. a prominent Phil
adclphia lawyer. was rs years old.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-19

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-19
Westinghouse Sees Constant
Danger When Trains Go
Over go Miles an Hour
ADEQUATE SIGNAL
SYSTEM IMPOSSIBLE
Cannot Be Brought Within En-
gineer's Range of Vision at Suf-
ficient Distance to Get the
Locomotive Stopped
BY HOLLAND

New York, August S.-(Special) short
~ after the elevated railway system of
Boston was equipped with electricity and
the elevated system of Manhattan and
Brooklyn discarded the steam locon.orive
and adopted electric energy there was dis
cussion in which a group of capitalists
participated about the commercial nra,-
tlcability of constructing a true ar line
between Philadelphia and New York to be
operated by electricity. 1t was asserted in
these discussions that it would be p~acti-
Gable to build a line of this kind about
80 miles in length of the best modern
construction which could be operated for
through trains at the average rate of a
mile and quarter a minute, perhaps a
little more. Some very interesting COM
putations were made about the business
that road of this kind could secure. 1t
was argued that if a passenger could be
carried from one city to the other in an
hour and half's time that speed would
be certain greatly to increase passenger
traffic between the two cities.
In conversation with George Nesting-
house at the time this project was under
discussion, he stated that there vas moth
ing i'll foadbed construction and nothing
in the utilization of electric energy for
operating trains which stood in the way
of the success of the proposed plan. Mr..
Westinghouse was convinced that motors
could be built and electric energy fur
nshed capable of hauling a train consid-
erably in excess of go miles an nour, and
that it might be possible to run trains be-
tween New York and Philadep lia so ts +
as the motor, the roadbed and the cleo
tric energy were. concerned in about an
hour and quarters time
Bur there was in Mr.. Westinghouse 8
opinion one insurperable obstacle and that
was the impossbility of constructing any
signal system, even upon a line which
was perfectly straight, which would en-
able an engineer to stop his train when
running at the rate of 20 miles an hour
within safety distance. Mr.. Westinghouse
himself had caused careful experiments
to be made to show how distant a signal
could be brought within the range of Wis
ion of an engineer at a distance suf-
ficient for him to stop his train within
safety limit If the train was running at
a speed in excess of 60 miles an hour
Automatic signals might be devised which
would bring a train to a halt within safety
distance, but at the time of this fconversa-
ton Mr. Westinghouse seemed to have
no great confidence in the reliability of
an automatic system. A little later, when
the New York subway was built, an auto
matte system was installed, which with
certainty would bring an express train
to a halt before reaching the danger line
But the express trains of the New York
subway run at speed which would be
regarded as rather moderate upon an
ordinary railroad.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-19
WELLBORN URGED TO
RUN FOR THE SENATE
Admission Banker Suggested
to Succeed Kilby
LIE PASSED IN COURT
Mystery Surrounds Death of Negro
Found Beside Track Near De-
Armanville-Pastor Starts
Church Paper
LIE PASSED IN COURT

Admission. August 1S.-(Special)-Th
friends of NJ. B. Wellhorn. president of the
First National bank in this city, are urg-
ing him very strongly to enter the race
for state senator to succeed State Sena
tor 7. E. I<ilby, who is unopposed in his
race for lieutenant governor Mr.. Well
born stated Monday that he has the mat
ter under consideration, but that he has
not yet definitely decided to run.
Mr.. Wellborn is local optionist, but if
he runs he will probably make the race
on a business platform. Dr. G. c. Will
liams of White Plains C. ID. Kline, j. IL.
Edmondson DR.. A. L. Scarborough, DIR. L.
L. Scarborough and others are being con-
sidered for the lower house.
An element of mystery surrounds the
death of Ernest Jameson, a well known
negro whose body was found beside the
track of the Southern railway near De-
Armanville, Sunday, and Coroner j. L..
Murphy is making an investigation of the
affair with a view of discovering possible
clues of foul play.
The negro came to oxford Saturday
night and lay in a good supply of pro-
NlSlOuS. 11c ltlL Will biiC SOOto III q
wagon. and nothing more was heard from
him until his lfeless body was found be-
side the railroad tracks. The injuries on
his body, however, do not seem severe
enough to have been inflicted by an en-
gine.
There was a little stir of excitement in
police court Monday morning when ID. w.
Mayfield, who was on trial for alleged
liquor selling, stated that Officer Pruitt
had sworn to a lie.
Mayfeld was charged with selling liquor
at his restaurant to a negro by the name
of Nose Battle. The officer said he saw
the liquor delivered and money exchanged.
The negro denied the sale, but liquor was
produced as evidence against Mayfield
The recorder assessed a fine of 500
against Mayfield and held the negro ON a
charge of perjury The former has made
bond and given notice of appeal.
Second Baseman f. b. Blackwell of the
Opelika baseball team has been in this
city on his honeymoon since the Georgia
Alabama league disbanded Saturday
night He was married to Miss Grace
Lewis daughter of L. p. Lewis of Gads-
den.
Rev. Charles X Weller rector of St.
Michael and All Angels church, has
started the publication of a monthly peri
odical, called The Parish Visitor, and the
first ISSUE just from the press, is very
credtable Dr. Weller was formerly busi-
ness manager of the Southern Ruralist
at Atlanta, and he has already made con-
tracts with local advertisers sufficient to
defray the expenses of the Visitor for a
year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-19

CULLMAN HAS TWO
SUFFRAGE CLUBS


Cullman, August lS--( Special. l--Cull-
man county has the honor of having
formed the first Two equal outrage
associations for single county in the
state. The latest organization was
consummated at Ninemont on Saturday.
with Mrs. NJ Munson, president; Mrs.
Greenleaf, secretary There are promi :
nent women, and they have a strong
following. The club will enroll % char
ter me mbers Mrs. /. Pollak, president
of the Cullman association. started the
movement noted above.
vices entails an increase in rates the COM
mission will allow that increase to be
made and in another clause the commits
sion says that the travelling public has a
right to be protected and should there
fore be willing to pay for that protection
Mr.. Westinghouse thinks that If the
public is compelled to pay relatively high
rates for high speed there may be less
demand. for instance. for trains running
between Chicago and New York in IS
hours and ST. Louis and Nea York Ia "a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-19
What the Remedy Is

Mr.. Westinghouse, in view of the recent
accident at Stamford, Conn, is satisfied
that there should be authority for the
limitation of, the maximum speed of trains
and he believes. further, that locomotives
should be fitted with speed indicators or
some recording apparatus which Will tell
the engineer by a glance of the eye eX-
actIv how rapidly he is running and
would. in fact furnish indisputable evil
dence to railroad officials of what the
maxim,rn speed really was.
Mr.. westinghouse has, therefore, made
the suggestion that the managers of the
railroads upon which trains are now ops
Grated at very high speed should seek to
operate with the interstate commerce
commission so that there may be exhaus-
rive investigation of the entire question
of what is really safe speed, taking into
consideration modern equipment and mod
ern safety appliances Mr.. Westinghouse
is convinced that the interstate commerce
commission can in this way prepare an
authoritative report which may DO much
to restrain the prevailing demand for very
high speed of trains operated between
some of our larger cities. In California
the question has been brought to the at
tention OF the railroad commission of that
state and two clauses In q recent de-
c;son of the railroad commission, Mr..
Westin ghousv. says. he regards as very
signihcant and of the highest Importance.
In one clause the railroad commission
says that If tAe installation OF safety de-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-22
JOCKEY TAYLOR, A JUAREZ
VICTIM, RECOVERING FAST

LEXINGTON, KY, Feb 22.-Jockey
Walter Taylor, who fell i'll at Juarez
and was in a hospital at Ell Paso for
over a month, has arrived home. He
expects to be entirely recuperated by
the opening OF the spring season of rae
ing. Jockey Fred Paul. also of this
city, will not be able to leave the hos
pital at FL Paso for about ten days.
Johnny Miller left here for New York
today with a carload of horses, two OF
which were the two-year- Odds recently
which, the half brother to Highball and
the son of Ornament and Algie NJ, were
the two Year olds recently purcha sed
by Ed Heffner. of Sheepshead Bay.
James O'Neill today sold his highly
tried two ear-old colt by Mazagan to
Mode Nicoli. O'Neill, to whom D. C.
Cottle gave John Griffin III, when he
broke down here last April, says the
veteran campaigner has recovered since
he has been running out. and he be-
lieves he may again stand training.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-22
Baseball Work for the Amateur Piayes--No3
COACH HEISMAN GIVES A FEW FIELDING TIPS

second, use an underhand whip
throw, as it is much quicker for
double plays. Second should throw
to first the same way when close;
it is, much quicker than straighten-
ing up and throwing overland. But
overland to first is the invariable
rule for short and third when they
have time enough for it,
If second is fielding the ball near
his own bag, and the play is to that
sack, he should not raise up to
throw, but toss it there with a
side thrust right from the position
in which he fielded the ball. But
this is not advisable for a distance
or more than twenty feet, because
the velocity of such a thrust toss
is too slow to warrant using it for
any but short distances.
If first is fielding a ground ball
on his left side, he should continue
wheeling to the left in order to.
throw to second, thus making
complete turn; but otherwise if
he is getting the ball on his right.
No matter that his play Of the ball
is to second, if he is within a step
or two of first, he should slap his
foot down on first after getting the
ball and then throw to second;
thus he makes sure of getting one
man, and will probably have time
for the other also. But if he is sew
eral steps from first at the instant
OF fielding the ball he will not have
time to get the runner going to
. second If he stops to run back to
With runner on second and
short or third fielding the ball a
considerable distance from second.
the fielder should give a glance to-
ward the runner on second base be-
fore throwing to first; the bluff
look will scare that runner back to
second and hold him there while
you are making the out at first
base.
With runner on second and less
than two down, and the ball hit
down to second. the latter should
A'H'tiiibfA tlidA even though lie
fielded the ball clean he can not al
ways get the advance runner at
third. While fielding the ball. he
should be thinking of how fast the
ball is coming down to him, of how
deep he himself is playing. of how
fast the man is going from second
to third, what kind of a lead he
has and what kind Of slider. also
how good his own third baseman is
at handling possible wild throws
and in putting the ball on the run
ner. II he can take all these things
into account and feel assured that
the advance runner can be nailed
az third, then that is the place To
play II, otherwise first base for
YOU, my boy. The same holds good
In all respects In the case of a first
baseman trying TO determine
whether he should put the batter
out az first or take chance and
shoot the bail 10 second to head off
the runner going down there.
~ ny next paper ! viii discuss a
few more heldlng points.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-22

be made to consider the scoring
rules, but that the organizers will
be cOntented with adopting a con-
stitution and electing officers.
p EPORTS from our special CORE
spondent on Waldens Ridge.
where is located Kid Elbelfeld's
summer home. indicate that the Ell
berfeld residence is overrunning
with eats and dripping with drinks,
gathered together for the big Gel
ebration tonight.
The Chattanooga noguls have
prepared to split themselves wide
open to give the visitors a good
time, and if the feeling is not too
tense after the ructions of the
league meeting, there will be a
large time this afternoon and to-
night.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-22
Southern League Moguls Clash in Chattanooga
Furious Fight RACES Over the Proposed Schedule

would be a comparatively simple
matter to break up their one long
road trip. This would leave the
Volunteer club with short mileage,
no bad trips and a contented smile.
Also it would leave the nd-pat
ters with five votes, which is
enough to ram the schedule down
the throats of the insurgents-no
matter how vigorously they crate
and wriggle.
Depend upon it, however, there
will be a session of very consider
able warmth.
Major Frank Galloway, leader Of
the insurgents, is one grand scrap
per. He is lawyer, trained to the
highest state of perfection in the
art OF debate.
The Atlanta leader can be count
ed on to make the session heated.
He is a peaceful man, in the main,
but he hates to see his club stung.
He will not hesitate to say so to-
day.
THUS far there are no evidences
of any trades Several OF the
moguls are pulling lot of this
very secret stuff and Charley
Frank has not spoken above a
whisper since he arrived.
A careful investigation OF the
nature of the conversation that is
passing, however, during the hours
of lobbying and playing politics,
developed the fact that the remark
which was most frequently uttered
was that time honored saying of
baseball, Let's have a drink"
A couple of clubs are trying to
find out where President Hirsig
stands in the matter of letting
Welchonce go in case he is turned
back by the Senator's, but it is
pretty we'll understood that if the
Nashville club does not keep him
he will go to Atlanta.
MORE baseball writer's are gath
cred here than have come to-
gether for any league meeting in
years and it seems likely that
there will be no trouble whatever
in organizing the baseball writer's
association.
1t is doubtful if any attempt will
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-22
BY j. w. Heisrnan.

II HAVE already said something
about the ACCESSIBILITY of be-
ing careful not to throw either
too hard or too long in the early
days of practice. You will do equal
ly well not to attempt the fielding
of swift ground balls before your
hand and eye have both become
re-accustomed to them; nor should
you attempt to handle swift line
drives or hard throws until your
hands get toughened; otherwise
stone bruises will surely result.
While playing ball always trim
your nails close, or a ball will drive
a long nail back into your finger
some day.
Get good glove or mitt, which
ever you use, and don't wear can
vas shoes on wet ground if you
can possibly afford better ones or
you will contract rheumatism-a
trouble that will stick with you
long once you make a companion
OF IT,
If you have no indoor place to
work out for awhile you must, at
any rate, cut out all practice when
a strong wind is blowing during
February and March, as 1t will
surely impair the efficiency of your
throwing arm, TO say the least.
Always start work with a brisk
run of a quarter of mile or so,
and wind up with a run OF rather
greater length. Even if you are in
good condition this won't hurt you,
for nothing can be more invigorat-
ing than a sharp run in the open
air. provided you are not already
quite tired.
After your preliminary run pass
the ball with friend or two for at
east five minutes. Don't get more
than 60 feet apart, and throw very
mildly-merely hard enough to get
the arm and shoulder muscles loos-
ened up. This limbering up of the
arm should start off the days
practice always no matter II you
have been out every day for six
months as a sprain of the arm and
shoulder muscles is then much less
liable to occur
At the very first sign OF pain or
ache in the arm you should stop i'm
mediately, and, indeed. II would be
best to stop for several days, for
the pain is a sure sign that you
have hurt your arm and nothing
viii do II nearly so much good as
immediate rest and lots of H. Don't
keep trying IL out daily 60 see n IL
hasn't recovered yet; be patient
and give II q fair chance.
Don'l get Ia the habit ~ "iini.
menting an arm day and night
ami nursing u a. though n we're in
constant need II soothing syrup
Tine thlng go ao istto hold il bach
before sou huri 4 tthen sou WON'T
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-22

%HATTANOOGA, TENN, Feb,
I 22.-Well, they're all here
and lined up in serried rows
for the fanciest schedule slug fest
that the Southern league ever
llnew--and it's no beginner at this
fight game either.
Most of them blew in last night
and put in a busy but peaceable
evening scouting out the enemies
position.
To the casual war correspondent
the pro- schedule forces have the
advantage. They have "a schedule
that suits them and they are lined
M behind It.. They nresent an IN
broken rank and they have their
big guns ready for action.
The anti schedule forces are nu-
merically as strong as their oppo-
nents, but they resemble a lot of
Mexican revolutionists. They are
full of fight, but they don't know
what they're fighting for.
If the insurgents can get togeth-
err on an opposition schedule they
can tie the loaded" document up
so tight it can't even wriggle
But one man wants one thing.
another wants something else and
il would take a champion schedule
maker to compose a document that
they could all fight for.
Summing up the desires of the
insurgents. it works out like this:
Atlanta wants less mileage-and
a lot of it.
Birmingham wants a later open
ing dale.
Montgomery wants to open in
Birmingham instead of Memphis.
Nashville wants the dates rear
ranged so that one awful trip is
cut out.
The strength Of the stand-pat-
ters position lies in the fact that,
If 1t can satisfy any one of the in
surgents and win him over, the
schedule goes through with a
whoop.
IT'S a good bet that the stand
patters will fix up Nashville, 1t
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-22
JACKETS LOSE BY SMALL
SCORE TO MERCER TEAM

Techs prospects for "A winning basket
hall team next year We're greatly bright.
ened last night when they played one Of
The pretiiest games Of the season at the
crystal Palace against the Mercer team
Ihe Mercer team won only by the small
score 81 81 90 80
Where Mercer had d on Tech was in
ne goal shooting department the shoot
luR ~ Captain NeNtmureland being nbos q
Ihr average although he did not plas
up go hl- usual game. BRADLEY was lie
hrsl pf TIE How Jacket crew
Tech plays Auburn boo Auburn tonight
Ntht ifldaN lhe} pia3 iieufEa vi The
crystal Palace.