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RAILROAD WRECkS
 AND THEIR CAUSES
Wontinued from pasC uue.)

Collisions caused by improper Tagging continue to be a prominent feature of these Investigations. Eight of the 40 collisions investigated were due to this cause. In these eight collisions 4o persons were killed and 3S6 injured. Attention has been call ed to the nldefiniteness of the flag ging rule in force on many roads, and the practice of employing inexperi- enced men as flagmen. A noticeable effort has been made on number Of roads to improve the situation in this respect, but there is still abundant opportunity for betterment. In one collision, due to improper flagging, which caused IA deaths and 294 in- juries, the flagn1an at fault had been employed only A days, and was en- tirely without previous railroad eX- perience.
 Train Order System Bad
 "The inherent weakness of the train-order system continues to manifest itself as prominent feature of the accident record. In E of the 40 collisions investigated it appeared that seven were caused by trains en- croaching upon the time Of supef,of class trains and five were caused py the failure of trainmen to obey orders. In these 13 collisions 26 per sons were killed and 197 injured Danger of collisions under the tram order system is often increased by the failure of railroad operating or, ficers to employ safeguards provided for by the rules. On most roads where the train-order system is used the rules require that an order estap- fishing a meeting point for opposlns trains shall be sent simultaneously to all the trains involved. and also whenever practicable. to the opera +or at the designated meeting polnt' thu- proyiding a check against the noss;hi,ity of trainmen forgetting or p,;sunderstanding the order. Inls check, provided by the so-calie' middle order is an important ele, mert of safety in the movement ol trains on single-track lines, but on some roads the rule which requires | if to be used is not observed.
 Tn previous annual reports the commission has called attention to had conditions of track and roadway which are responsible for many de, railments. No material improvement, in such conditions during the perioo covered by this report is notlceanle | six of the 23 ierailments investigated were either directly caused or great. lv contributed to by bad track: Ihese six derailments were responsible 1oi sa deaths and 4e2 inuries, while 1n al derailments investigated 6l persons killed and 972 injured. It thus appear that in derailments investigated pae inc derailments investigated oae track conditions were responsloii5 for "A per cent of the deaths ano more M than 50 per cent of the injuries were dut to such derailments from al causes. In at least three of these oe railments, occurring in widely sepa rated sections of the country tn' tracl r conditions were absolutely un safe for the operation of trans a sreea @ and it did not appear that or the roads involved any proper sys lem of track inspection was malh''i ,ia, III cd or that adequate faciilties' r @ on| wav of material and labof' TOT hsay ,l;
 ima' ma track and roadway in good cohol tion were furnished"
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FORD'S PROFIT-SHARING PLAN.


 Henry Ford's workmen-those of ! the $5 day minimum-have done considerable with their money since the system was started by the phil anthropist a year ago. Listen:
 There are buying homes on con- tract, valued at nearly $5,o00,000 on which they have paid nearly $1,200,- 900.
 The gain man in bank deposits is 130 1-2 per cent. In life insurance S6 per cent. In homes owned S7 1-2 per cent.
 But the Indiana polls News, suppos ed to be thinking newspaper, emits the following: eff it tha system) has proved as successful from the employers viewpoi1t-if the work, on account of it, has been better and the quantity of it greater, and the gen. eral economy of operation materially conserved-surely Ford has provided an object lesson on value. (BuD If Ford cannot show increased returns to correspond with those shown by the men, there is something wrong with the method or it's application. That is the test of it as industry sees it, and by that test the measure of it's success will be judged"
 If that is the test as industry sees it, then industry should get new gog- gles.
 It is the test of Wall street, not industry.
 Mir. Ford does not need to matle greater profits in order to prove his system success.
 He said just about month ago that his profits this year would amount to $1O,OO0,oOO.
 Wall street and dollar economists might say that this isn't all the traf- fic would bear, just like railroads used to say.
 Wonder what the persons who sold those workmen ltheir houses think? Or the men who run the savings banks? Or tho insurance agents who "wrote" their insurance policies?
 If Henry Ford were asked about his system and it's profits, he prob ably would take them into consider ation.
 The trouble with his critics is that they don't.
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Amiabie Court Witness.

A Maori woman who gave evidence at a Stratford, New Zealand, inquest showed a degree of amiability some. what rare in the witness box. When she faced the jury, she made ;s remark, which, on being interpreted, was found to be wish that health, wealth and prosperity might ever abide with the jury individually and collectively. After finishing her evidence she again voiced the wish before leaving the box.
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wn INE BLUFF p RoaaEss
 I ROSpERITY
THE. FRANK CASE.

For the third time Leo M. FranK has been sentenced at Atlanta, Ga, to die for the murder of Mary Phagan, a 14-year-old girl whose body was found in the basement of factory in which Frank was foreman. His execution was fixed this time for January 22. In 3 statement to the court, Frank once affirmed his in- nccence. None can read the state ment without being impressed with the mans courage. He makes no piteous appeal for his life, but does make straightforward statement of circumstances connected with the case. It is not for us to pass upon the innocence or guilt of the accus- ed, but this much we can say
 According to newspaper reports, the evidence against Frank was in- sufficient to show his guilt beyond that reasonable doubt" the law guarantees an accused. Considering all circumstances. as made known by the newspapers, it does not appear that any harm would be done by granting Frank a new trisl. If tn , evidence is so prepOnderantly against the accused man, he would again be convicted. There can be no doubt that Frank was convicted amidst an atmosphere of prejudice. It is unlikely that Frank will obtain a new trial, because it appears that hIs trial was conducted strictly ac- cording to the rules of the game.
 Only two Or three years ago, the supreme court of Arkansas reversed the verdict of death in the case of q man convicted in Miller county; re- versed it because the indictment did not state specifically that the gun with which the murder was commit ted was loaded with bullets. This man did not face a jury second time he entered plea of guilty to second degree murder.
 In the Frank case it is different. Everything appears to have been strictly according to laws Hoyle. The mere fact that Frank may not be guilty, seems less weighty in the eyes of the courts than if some rule of the game had not been observed and because some guilty men escape on technicalities, while others are convicted on questionable evidence furnishes one reason why there's so much lawlessness; one more reason why there are so many willing to take chance with the law.
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CLEVELAND WARMLY WELCOMES HERRICK
Former Ambassador to France Says His Post There Cost Him Just
 About !s4OO,OOO.

Cleveland, O., Dec. 10.-Cleveland gave Myron T. Herrick, wearer of the grand cross of the Legion of Honor, a remar kable ovation today upon his arrival home. Thousands packed the Central armory where a public re- ception was held for the distinguished Clevelander and his wife.
 The former ambassador to France declined to discuss the plan of friends to boom him for president ill 1916, saying he must learn some money as his duties in Parls had cost him $40O,OCO.
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DECEMBER II in HISTORY.

1595-Philippe de Croi, Duke of Aar- schot, died: a Flemish noble man and general, who, in an at tempt to free his country ol Spanish dictation. was unsuc- cessful and eXiled. 1596-Theodore Newhoff. king of Cor sica. died in England, where he had long been confined in pri- son for debt. 17S9-Marion Winslow. noted mission ary. born in Williston, Vt.. died at the Cape of Good Hope, Oct P, 1864
 1SO7-The Dutch fleet, burned at Griesse, in Java, by the British squadron, under Sir Edward Pellew.
 1S29-King Ferdinand of Spain agreed to grant an act of am
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He Reached His Limit

The delightful southern gentleman of the old school. under whose insinu- ating tones and gracious bows the so- c;al barometer rose to summer heat, was not withoy.s his little prejudices when it came to outside barbarians, "In givo you my notion of things" repeatedly declared sturdy old plant CT of Civil war time who bestowed much of his wisdom on a contributor to Harper's Magazine. q go first for Greenville, then for Greenvil]e dis trict, then for the upcountry, then for South Carolina, then for tine South. then for the United States-and after tha. don't go for anything. I've no use for Engsishman, Turks and Chi Desn"
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How to Tel! Pure Water.

Any water that is turbid or colored or that tastes or smells disagreeable Is at least suspicious. If t appears opalescent when boiled it contains chalk or manganese. The tests for ammonia, nftrates, organic matter ano microbes are too complex for any one but chemist. but any gooa chemist knows how to make them.
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Modern Society Arrogance.

Manners seem to be largely mat ter of individual preference since there is so little harmony ill opinion A wO man who condemns praise of a pretty gown or becoming hat on the score of bad taste will openly criticise her netghbor for acts which are not to her liking. This is, on the whole, 8. grest ieal of arrogance shown in setting up a standard and expecting the rest of humau:ty to toll>,w it.--Exchanga.
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Emstion Behind Effort.

It has always required strong et1ort :o accomplish much in tbe world. ana there is nothing that carries a man through such effort but some AtrOng stimulus. Deep emotions stirred up by something hkc wars alarms or the most determined convictions make such a stimulus. These stimuli grow with exercise like the power ot ex' pression in a 2san.
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Nh Nae.inr at Shons Today.

Because the efforts of the Y. M. c. A. officers are being devoted exclusively to the financial campaign, there will be no religious meeting held today at the Cotton Belt shops. The meetings will be resumed next Friday, however, although there will be no meeting on Christmas Day.
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----O%O-

Dr. J. A. Mcdonald, editor of the Toronto Globe. comes to Chicago to make a speech at club. And he didn't say word about who started the war nor did he venture an opin' ion how it would end. That's moro than some of our peaceful American editors could do.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-11

nesty to his exiled subjects. 1S64-A number of soldiers killed and many wounded in the blowing up of the transport Maria, at St. Louis.
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EXPLOSION KILLS 13.
Miners(Were Taking Dynamite Down
 Shaft

Scranton, Pa., Dec. 10.-Thlrteen miners were killed when dynamite they were carrying down an elevator exploded, wrecking the carriage. The ,hodies of some were torn into bits
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Terapd Canteins Ouacllita,

Philadelphia, Dnc. 10.-Joe Poland, the husky center of the Ouachlta foot ball team, has been elected by ms teammates as captain for the 1913 Tigers.
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Miss Aldrich N[arries.

Boston, Dec. 1o.-Miss Elsie Aid rich, youngest daughter of former United States Senator Nelson w. Aid rich and sister of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., was married today at Warineck to Stephen M. Edgell of Denver
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TWO sUCCESSFUL SEASONS.

Fifty-two hunters were killed in the north woods this season; in some counties there were more hunters killed than deer. Thirteen football players were killed in the season just ended.
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COnyicts to Pen.

Sheriff R, H.Williams will today send to the penitentiary Frank Henderson, sentenced to twenty-one years for sec ond degree murder, and Bud Beasley, sentenced to one year for grand lar ceny. Both are negroes.
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This laundry IS sanitary. By our process the clothes returned to you are cleaner and more hygienic than 1t is possible to ob.ain by the usual home washing. American Excelsior Laundry Cc If
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Will Won Hindenberg be the Moltke of this war? The field marshal al ready has proven himself to De really great general.
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cupcxs GROUP INSTANTLY

you know croup is dangerous. Ant of vo,, ,oo ought to know too, the sense ol a ssec,r;ty so" Jts that comes from having Solau,s seJa Honey and Tar Compound Tn rul !Sa io,,se 1t cuts the thick mucus .na .ae oyears away the phlegm, stops inc strangling cough ana s''eS rvery breathing and quiet sleep. nve'' ,,ser is a friend. Mann Pharmacs'
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| NHT;yT'Ts EggS SyG yGGW32IT%I7N3

shielded that his wife might pay his debts with life insurance money Seemingly, this is carrying honesty too far.
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Select a Hoosier now, and we VIII hold it for you until Xmas. sl ss casn m ana and a dollar a week. Reap & Cfaw. ", tnra Furniture company. U
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All girls seeking work are hereby warned to stay away from ChlcaSo It's loaded.
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A negro physician at Texarkana
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-07-23


are about 5000 chambermaids in
Chicago. Also they are many thou
sand domestic servants. They all
should be organized.
State laws do them no good I'M
less they are organized. They are
afraid of their jobs and can't get |
laws enforced unless they have their |
union back of them. Every law our |
union stood for at Springfield was |
opposed by the employers.
Edward T. Bent for the Illinois |
Coal Operators Assn proved the |
most serious, thoughtful witness thus |
far offered by the employing inter-
ests. He said there are three kinds
of strikes among miners: % The
local revolt to impose demands sane
toned by the state or international
union. (2) Independent action,
where the dispute has been taken up
in the proper way before the joint
board of miners and operators and
the miners board gives notice of a
shutdown before an agreement is eff
fected. 60 A general suspension at
expiration of contracts. He muck
raked the mining industry with these
facts:
The mines operate in Illinois an
average of 10 days in year and the
pay and work of miners is not regu-
lar as it ought to be. Miners have a
right to be restless under the condi-
tons. In the Illinois mining indus
try are $4,000 more men than needed.
Railway and other interests are sink
ing too many new mines and wasting
enormous amounts of coal. There
were II failures of mining companies
in Illinois last year.
To improve the conditions he adj
vises: An arbitration act like Can
ada's, calling FOR public investigation
before there can be strike Wider
government regulation of mines to
stOD waste. Pass the German law
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-07-23
HOYNE THREATENS CRIMINAL
PROSECUTION ON MCCORMICK

States Atty Maclay Hoyne threat
ems criminal prosecution of Presi-
dent Alexander A. Mccormick of the
county board for obstructing the
states attorneys Office by vetoing
bills from there. Hoyne declares
that it is holding up the investigation
of the defunct LaSalle Street Bank
and blames Mccormick for the col
lapse of his assistant, Charles C.
Case, who had charge of the bank
miXup.
"He is just as responsible for Mr..
Cases condition as thought he
brought it about with that end in
view," said Mr.. Heyne. Because
bills were held up by Mccormick, Mr..
Case was forced to work on the
books of the bank, doing the work of
a bookkeeper and expert accountant.
He worked until he collapsed"
County Comptroller Ryan and five
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-07-23

from Southern Europe, there is dan
GER" said Bent. "The men who
translate for them mis-translate.
Wherever our association finds an
undue percentage of these foreign
ers there is also an undue disregard
for contracts"
Duncan Mcdonald, secretary
treasurer Illinois Mine Workers, said
he sees no absolute remedy for the
terrific conditions in mining fields ex-
cept government ownership.
"The Cara Coal Company is
running a vicious loan shark game"
he said. ''They loan money to work.
ers between pay days and charge 10
per cent interest. 1t should be a
crime for a company to do this,
Stockholders live away from
mines and are not interested in those
who work the mines.
eve are running eight cooperative
stores now. In time we hope to own
and run cooperative mines. All the
cooperative stores are success.
They sell St regular prices, the same
as other stores and rebate to the pur-
chasers in proportion to amount pur-
chased"
1870
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-03-21
DOMAIN OF TEMPERANCE.
TEMPERANCE TALK.

We can not have too much tenn
perance talk. We can not preach too
much on the subject of total abb
stinence. All around us we see the
raVages wrought by liquor. We see
families disrupted; we see young men
OF great promise dragged down to
destruction. through the treating evil:
we see children suffering for the
necessaries of life because of the fact
that the "groWler" is of more impor-
lance to father and mother than are
the souls of these little ones; we see
Jails, penitentiaries and State prisons
made necessaries all because men
commit crime when under the infu-
ence of liquor; we must have poor
houses because it is the duty of the
State to care for doddering old men
and women, many of whom have spent
their substance in riotous living: in
our lunatic asylums are to be found
scores of imbeciles who have reached
these institutions because of over-in-
N"'eeii'e III urlnh' Catholic Sun
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-03-21

In connection with the wreck on
the Omaha road near Mendoza
last Saturday evening, the press
gave great praise to Sister Law
renee, a Presentation Nun, for her
heroic endeavors to aid the in
jured and dying. While awaiting
the arrival Of help from St. Paul,
she led the work Of rescue, giving
emergency relief to the suffering
by bandaging their cuts and
bruises and directing the excited
trainmen and passengers in their
efforts to remove the injured
from the debris. 1t is another in
stance of the fact that those who
have consecrated themselves to
the service Of God are the first to
respond to the call of those in dis
tress, without regard to condition
or creed. They are always found
in the front rank of the benefac-
tors of humanity.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-03-21
RUSSIAN SYSTEM OF SELLING
LIQUOR A FAILURE.

Government monopoly of the liquor
business is often advanced as a pos
sible cure for the evils of the system
prevailing at present here in the
United States. But at least in one
instance this government monopoly
has not worked well, says the Sacred
Heart Review. We refer to the case
of Russia. There the plan of govern
ment selling of liquor has proved a
complete failure in so far as a better
ment of conditions affecting the abuse
of alcoholic beverages is concerned.
In st. Petersburg on January %,
Count Serge White, author of the gov
eminent monopoly plan, pathetically
pointed out to the council of the en-
pire that the scheme instead of work
ing as he expected had brought still
greater evils upon the Russian people.
Count Witte explained that is has
been his hope that government con-
troll of the sale of vodka, the popular
drink of the nation, would have the
and at the same time would bring de-
sired revenue into the treasury. The
results of the undertaking, he ad-
mitted, had been disastrous, as the
government agents had exerted them
selves to increase their sales, and
had augmented to an alarming degree
the habits of intemperance which al
ways had been the besetting vice of
the masses. Powerful argument was
presented by Count Witte for prompt
and energetic governmental action to
remedy the error for which he had
unconsciously furnished the basis, and
which he contended had been propa-
gated by his successors in the ministry
of finance
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-03-21
A DANGEROUS POTION.

There's potion compounded long,
long since by one
VINO has much power still in all lands
meath the sun;
And adown the long ages since time
first began
Ihls mixture accursed has wrought
trouble for man.
1t has spread desolation anear and
afar,
Left friends bitter foemen and ma
tons at war:
Many lives it has ruined, and home
steads laid low,
Many hearts it has sundered. and tears
caused to flow.
And kings and their minions and
queens and their maids,
And seers at their studies, and toilers
with spades,
And warriors naughty, and statesmen
so bland
Have drunk of this potion in many a
land.
They have drunk of this potion, and
red blood has flowed,
And cannon have Numbered and war
beacons glowed;
And standards in battle have free been
unfurled,
And dynasties ancient from power
been hurled
And artisans busy have drunk of this
draught,
And peasants this potion full often
have quaffed:
The maid and the matron, the lad and
the lass,
The young and the aged have drained
it, alas.
They have drained it and, draining it.
felt many ills
Estrangement and envy and creditors
bills,
And penury, prison and odium beside
For the name of the potion, so bane-
full, is Pride.
-M0Od0Een Rock.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-03-21
BEVERAGES OF MANY NATIONS.

Norwegians are one of the most tenn
perate of Northern nations, consuming
but 461a pints of beer and four and
one-half of brandy per head of popu-
lation.
The Dane drinks on the average 106
pints of beer, but little wine and only
sc pints of brandy each year. The
Swede manages to consume "a pints
of beer and 10 of spirits. The Russian
drinks seven and one-half pints of
vodka and the same amount of beer.
The Frenchman, however, takes $50
pints of wine, Is of beer, AZ of brandy.
The Britisher soothes himself with
nine pints of whisky or gin, three of
claret and 228 of beer.
The Dutchman will drink 81 pints of
beer and IL of brandy. Taking every
German province to obtain an average,
it is found that the German consumes
1879 pints of beer, ten and one-half of
wine and nine and three-quarters of
spirits. In Munich, however, the av-
erage amount per head rises to 8201a
pints, being the highest of any prov
ince, whilst the lowest average obtains
in the northern province of Alsatia.
Here the inhabitants are satisfied with
only LA pints of beer per head.
The italian is the least of all
addicted to alcoholic beverages, taking
only three pints of beer, one and
three-fourths of alcoholic beverages,
and IA of wine per head.