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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-08-31
LONG HOURS A RARITY.
Only Once In Five Years Does Average
Trainmsn Exceed Legal Limit.

Trainman Exceed Legal Limit.
That long hours In train service have
been reduced TO minimum is shown
by a report issued by the Interstate
Commerce Commission. Only one EN-
ploye In five on the average last year
was compelled TO remain ON duty more
than sixteen hours during any one day
In the whole year. Stated In another
way, the chance OF an engineman or
trainman remaining on duty beyond
this prescribed limit was reduced 10
once In five years.
The total number OF cases OF excess
service from all causes reported 10 the
commission was only 81. 2i7 during the
year ending June 80 1915. as com.
pared with 1877 .439 In 1914 and 270.s27
In 1913. and with rare exceptions these
represented cases recognized as due 10
unavoidable causes.
Statistics on this subject are collected
by the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion under the national hours of service
law. Every time train Is so de
layed by a blizzard, washout or 9th.
er cause that any part OF the train
crew is on duty longer than sixteen
hours the railroad company must re
port the occurrence TO the commission.
giving the names OF the Individual EN-
ployes concerned and a full statement
Of the cause for the excess service.
For several years the railroads and
the Interstate Commerce Commission
have been cooperating In efforts TO
prevent the keeping OF employees on
duty for long periods. The reduction
OF nearly 50 per cent. In such cases
which has been brought about In three
years shows that the working Of ,men
for loag stretches OF continuous service
has practically disappeared except In
rare cases Of Upiyoidable delay.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-08-31
HIGH WAGES ON
AMERICAN ROADS
Railroad Payroll Records Made
Public by tho Carriers.
NATIONAL INQUIRY URGED
Managers Offer TO Leave Question Of
stoo, 100000 Wage Demands to an I'm
partial Federal Tribunal TO Prevent
Disaster OF q Nation. wide Strike.

Disaster OF q Nationwide Strike.
New York.-what Is probably the
most elaborate study OF wages ever
made In any industry has just been
completed by the National Conference
Committee OF the railways.
For six months railway accountants
throughout the country have been en-
gagged In collecting the payroll records
to show the actual wage payments to
every individual employee among the
10000 engineers. conductors. fremen
and brakemcn now voting on n ma
tional strike for a new wage scale.
That these employees are one OF the
highest paid groups OF workers In any
industry Is disclosed by the summary
made public today by the railroad
managers.
The average yearly wage payments
to all Southern train employees dnclud.
ing those who worked only part Of the
year.. as shown by the 1915 payrolls.
were.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-08-31
GOVERNMENT SHOULD
REGULATE WAGES,

II set OF conditions have
arisen which oblige the govern
ment 20 regulate rates. then II
Is equally Obliged, ON the basis
of economic analysis. 10 regulate
wages accordingly. Having TAX
en- one step. II must take the
other. The logic OF events Is
forcing this dilemma on the gov
eminent. IL Is the public which
sooner or later must pay for the
increased expenses OF transpor-
tation.-Professsr J. Laurence
Laughlin. University Of Chicago.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-08-31
Cheap Transportation Has
Built National Prosperity
This is big American freight engine.

This is a big American freight engine
1t achievement Of AMERICAN INVENTIVE GENIUS
built to HAUL LONG TRAINS loaded with the Amer
lean industry from the mills
the country and the seaboard for shipment
In all the wonderful history of industrial progress
PIECE OF MACHINERY HAS PERFORMED SUCH SERVICE AS THE
BIG FREIGHT LOCOMOTIVE
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-08-31

Three-quarters Of these men dnclud-
ing those who put In n full years serv-
ice,. earned these wages:
Engineers road. si.f55 to $685.:
yard. 81 .iJ6 TO s2.42i.
Conductors road. $i.353 TO $2.696:
yard. s1,055 TO si.7t9.
Firemen road. sGi9 to 81 .652: yard.
S4O6 to 1892
Brakemen road. s755 to si.s5i;
yard. sI54 TO siei05.
For the whole country the average
wages Of three-quarters OF the employ.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-08-31

mune. The Experiment station
has employed both methods without
preference. One Of the problems
in hog-cholera control at the pres
ent time is the administration of
serum in the fields. 10 has been
frequently called TO our attention
that newly purchased stock from
apparently healthy herds often de-
vclop cholera subsequent To- deliv-
cry. In this connection the posi-
bility Of the animals picking up the
infection in transit has been strong
ly suggested and that moving and
changing of feed contribute to their
susceptibility. Hogs that are pur-
chased should he conveyed to the
owner in wagons and not driven
along public highways. The con-
troll of hog-cholera implies careful
attention to details. and some Of the
measures to be adopted in avoiding
the disease may be summarized as
follows:
I. Do not bury dead hogs; burn
them.
,. Do not visit cholera infected
farms or stock yards without thoro-
ly disinfecting' the shoes before re-
turning to the farm.
3. Do not allow hogs access to
filthy wallows.
:. Do not spend money for hog
cholera cures. Scatter lime about
the hog yards and maintain SAM
tary conditions.
;. Burn all carcasses immediate
ly irrespective of the cause of death.
6. In purchasing new stock quar-
antine them for thirty days before
releasing them with other hogs.
Haul them To and from the farm in
wagons.
!. Provide clean premises and
feed balanced rations. Feed the /
fpllnNiDu fGpic p,ixtnpa.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-08-31

pulverized and thoroly mixed. Mix
with feed in proportion of one
large tablespoonful to each 200
pounds of live weight Of hogs TO be
treated. II can be used to correct
digestive disturbances.
3. Destroy intestinal parasites
by giving the following mixture to
a one hundred pound hog in the
feed:
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-08-31

ly mixed and the mixture kept be-
fore hogs at all times. A self-feed-
or makes an excellent container.
Q. Spray hogs with coal oil di-
luttd one-half to kill lice, or if the
oil is poured in the wallows il will
adhere to the surface Of the water
and thOroly immense the animals.
10. If the disease appears in the
herd establish the cause. II il Is
cholera use serum on the non-infec-
ted and suspicious animals and isO-
late or destroy the extensively ar
fected animals. Disinfect the hog
houses with reliable disinfectant
and scatter lime about the grounds
and feeding places.
Hog-cholera serum protects only
against hog-chOlera and il is ad-
visable 10 use serum only when the
disease threatens the herd. II will
not protect hogs against parasitic
infections, weak constitutions. or
assist in removing or correcting I'M
favorable surroundings. Its appli-
cation in the prevention Of hog
cholera is specific and it should not
be expected TO check diseases.
Results Of the treatment Of about
100000 hogs in Kentucky, in healthy
and diseased herds, during the past
five years indicate a loss of about
95 per cent. These results are
taken from the signed statements Of
the owners Of herds in various To-
calities in the state. An important
factor in reducing the mortality
from hog-chOlera rests with the far
mer himself and in a great measure
upon sanitary methods and in the
intelligent use Of serum. II is
heavy and exacting task and many
factors must be considered in main
tanning healthy herd and check
ing losses from hOg-chOlera and
otlnr diseases Of swine.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-08-31

The railroads have considered every
man whose name appears on the Janu-
AIRY and December payrolls ms an EN-.
ploye for q year. no matter how little
service he performed In the other ten
months. II IL pointed out by the man.
ayers that these averages are. In con-
sequence. an understatement Of the
earning power OF these employees
An Appeal to the Public.
The National Conference Committee.
In making these wage figures public.
says:
do you believe In arbitration or
Industrial warfarei
The train employees on all the
railroads are voting whether they
viii give their leaders authority
TO tie up the commerce OF the coun-
try 10 enforce their demands for a
S1OO0OO.O00 wage increase.
The railroads are IN the public
service-your service. This army
OF employees Is In the public service
your service.
"You pay for rail transportation
s3.o0O.oo0.0OO n year. and "A cents
out OF every dollar from you goes
10 the employees.
"a S1O0O0O,OOO wage increase for
men IN freight and yard service
0ess than one-fifth Of all employees
Is equal 10 n per cent advance In
all freight rates.
The managers Of the railroads,
as trustees for the public. have no
right TO place this burden on the
cost OF transportation TO you with
out a clear mandate from a public
tribunal speaking for you.
THE railroads have proposed the
settlement OF this controversy either
under the existing national arbitra-
ton law. or by reference 10 the
Interstate Commerce Commission
This offer has been refused by the
employees representatives.
"Shall a n~ion wide strike or an
investigation under the government
determine this issueT'
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-08-31

/ 1t is an achievement Of AMERICAN INVENTIVE GENIUS
built to HAUL LONG TRAINS loaded products
lean industry from the mills
of the country and the .eaboard for shipment the
OF HAS SUCH As
BIG FREIGHT LOCOMOTIVE.
Freight is carried railroads the LOWEST RATES
IN THE Ton s OF IN ~
THREE MILES FOR THE COST OF TwoCENT POSTAGE STAMP
The big freight engine with IT, rav the big steel
d to pp &. P.sS Of III. .h s.ss .rn.. :nS
heavy ansthese the achievements American industrial genius
enabled put product, eompeo.
with foreign manufacturers.
But wemeanng but shosighted leaders Amca,
On I tn. ...n.
can haul the ton. faster the roads and make
To the State Legislatures .pokmen
"P.. law. LIMITING THE LENGTH OF FREIGHT rRAms-w
To the Farmer, Manufacturer Merchants they say,
with shorter freight trains railroads products faster
to the markets."
To the American Public pay, every railroad lin
and "A cents of dollar paid for transportation for was)
to do to meet our demand, for heha
the penalty Of overtime wages"
taking Leaders Of tn. $4,000 t.s,
nPy., their w0rdh0ren freight trains that they can Be
the number of train, to handle tn. sam. opn.r, vouM
call for employees do the work. and
terminals supervision and plain that there would
lions would have be the railroads
ties and to operate the bigger plant.
1T WOULD BE AKIN TO USING HAND SH0vEIS MsTEADlO or
FIvE-TON STEAM DREDGES TO DIG A PANAMA CANAL
American railroads grades
cutting down mountains and filling valleys increasing hauling
Of locomotives and the carrying capacity putting
rock ballast and heavy sss
operation
the public that has reaped the benAin cheaper
railroad
II the railroads moved their
the public would have to shoulder bden the
creased cost Of transportation.
Would the public get value received for its money!
Of
COAL coke stone and other products To the public
whether this freight hours
long there continuous regular Of coming
markets
FOUR-FIFTHs OF ALL THE TONNAGE MOVING IN THE EAST
MADE UP OF Low GRADE SLOW MOVING FREIGHT CARRIED
AT LOWEST RATES IN WORLD
To abandon the big freight trains American railroads order
the which the bulk the
enable the train employees higher would
place burden American industry without giving public
any tangible benefit
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-17
lets me he perfectly sincere, per-

1t lets me be perfectly sincere, per
fectly human"
"And that is just why, my dear Mar
gle that 1t should be published. 1t
would certainly make people think
make them more charitable-make
them understand"
"But would it Pat? Would anyone
understand the absolutely simple truth
OF il all. I'm no prig, Pat. could not
tell anyone the things ! have told so
freely TO my little book. 1 know I
have clarified life for myself by writ
ing it. / know that all the experiences
in II are neutrality-suspicious. that the
daily paper chronicles every day-aud
yet [ know that many Of these expert
cnces would be denied to n good man
or woman by those critics who do not
stop to think that in all the human
worlds of which we know only one man
has ever stood the test of perfection,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-17
.: CONFESSIONS OF A WIFE =:

saints are not only without sin, but al
SO without human passtons-almost
without human emotions; their sin
ners have no redecming qualities.
Pat I'm going to tell you something,
something that makes mo very char
ltable-very humble-and that is that
| have found out that the space be-
tween what We call good and what we
call evil is only the slightest slip OF
the tongue-the flicker Of an cyelash
at times. ;.
Lead us not into Temptation
should be the plea of us all for none
OF us that is made in mortal mold IS
able always to Withstand temptation
provided it comes in the right guise at
the right time and the right place.
"Wo pride ourselves on u good.
ness often because the particular bad
thing that would appeal TO US a ncY'
or come In juXtiposttion with time
place and circumstance, and so we
Judge others whose lines have not fal'
len in such pleasant places very
harshly.
THAT is the reason Pat why take
so much comfort with my little book.
1t plays no favorites-it does not make
me say to 1t the tame things | ought to
say, but the true things want to say
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-17
A1...no1c 3 y KInn1Es~ The TR1ANGLE TWINS AND HOW THEY GROW.

Just some more lines now you see,
Two things just the same,
Wonder what kind we'll see next,
Is this some guessing game?
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-17
ssY THE REV. HENRY w. sToUGH.
Written Especially for the West Vlr'
gInIan for Holy Week Series

Easter OF 1916 returns as a protest
to a world glutting itself and rocking
with the lust of conquest; drunk with
the dull red wine of the blood OF its
heroic manhood!
] Empires are lettering upon their
quaking foundations and more uneasy
than ever rests the head that wears
the crown. Four unhappy monarchs
have had their diadems of power
snatched from their brows and have
fed to foreign lands. Who knows hal
tomorrow may bring to others?
The judgments OF God are in the
earth. Nations are being tramplcd IN
the winepress of His fierce fury, for
nations too are punished in this world.
What a welter OF blood and tears,
the worlds greatest holocaust! And
after 1900 years Of Casters mighty ap-
peal!
The message and mission OF the
Easter Christ seem swallowed up in
the roar Of siege guns. the clatter OF
machtue guns. the crash of bursting
shrapnal, the deafending explosion OF
secret mines. the cries OF dying n
brutaliy n!angled men.
But Cavalry and Joseph's tomb ara
the battle grounds Of history. for tho
powers OF darkness, of sin. selfishness,
and the mad passions OF men were met
and master ed by the Divine Warrior.
Here Hmidst the bloody sweat, the
beating aud the bruisi1r. the mailing
nc piercing, t%or;nented and cruGl-
I'd. He fought lack with the weapons
5colnparsionate pity. forgiveness ard
\ JIraycr. ard went down 10 q victorious
det2at!
Had nations laid their weapons II
laie ard lust at His ~conquer.ng feet,
WIG Ives today after the power of an
endless lie, the carnage OF these aw.
tful days would have beea Impossible,
and this nation Of ours, rut hing On itS
:henuicss and abandoned way, Mould
h.. crrfsd a similar judgment %t:!:"E
seems impending unless she repent.
THE hope of the world is the Christ
OF Easter to change the hearts OF men
and Of empires.
Peace will only be assured when men
are conquered and swayed by the
Prince OF Peace.
And the l3aste: Of 1916 will be more
i%nsistcnt upcr this than ever.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-17

'You don't know what you are ask
ing Pat" l said, as my heart began 70
60 at :trip.hammer speed.
".Why, do you know; but OF course
YOU could not, that you are In tho lit
tie book, that all my friends arc in it.
I have talked to that book as could
10 no living person. Pat. I cannot un.
fold all the lives Of my friends In this
Ray. Everyone would recognize It ana
themselye s even though l changed the
names. "Why Pat. I've contieded to
my little book all I knew and nave
thought about your tragic romance and
friendship with Chad. How would you
like to see that in print?"
Pat turned pale. MY story" he
said. Seems rather trivial, but II you
thought It was a part OF the human
document you have spread on the
pages OF your little book I would not
3You see, Margie. we are such con-
ceited wretches. We only think OF our.
selves and our own little circle OF
friends. We say to ourselves ! can
mot let the world know and yet the
world. to US is only a few friends in
perhaps ono little city. II your little
book is what I think 1t Is, a sincere and
absolutely faithful transcript OF human
life. human endeavor, human mistakes,
human errors, human Joys and human
sorrows with your analysis and thought
behind 1t; Il should be one of tho great
est helps to mon and women"
sBut'my dear. Pat, don't you see I'm
no saint-sometimes / think I nm al
most a sinner. I have never pretend
edito my little book 1 have been ab.
solutely truthful and more sincere
than 1 could ever have been had |
thought the story a to be told else
where.
"Peop1e read into stories things that
the writer's never dreamed OF being
there. ] could not bear to have some.
one misunderstood you for instance. l
have tolu my little book that yea were
a,man. Some might say when reading
about, you that you could never have
Hacr1ficcd love for friendship and found
It worth while, and having done so at
times wished you had not"
How do you know that, MargteP'
interrupted Pat, his voice trembling
with emotion.
"Simply because you are just a hui
man being the same as | am" an
swered. "You no more than I can al
ways live up to your ideas.
"You see ! sometimes feel that
knowing art isTaelection' our writer's
mAkeStheir selection too carefully
their heroes are too heroic, their her
cines toe lovely and sweet. Their
MN2H@ = EA.NI.k 49, .HlWEH#eL
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-17
HEALTH HINTS.
70 LIVE LONG.

The ordinary everyday nan BY
avoiding the excuses of life can easily
add five years to his life.
Most Of the diseases that suddenly
strike lcme after a man has put his
l%rUrty.firth birthday behind are due TO
excuses. These excuses are overeat-
ing Indulgence in alcoholic stimulants
and overwork.
a moderate amount Of good food
with not too much meat, particularly
at this time Of the year, and drinking
plenty of water will keep the digestion
ind kidneys III such condition as to
avoid many Of the troubles of later
life.
Temperance in eating and drinking,
the avoidance rs much as possible OF
any nervous strain. and the indulgence
in Is or 70 minutes OF exercise night
and morning-thcsc give the best In
surance of a long and happy life.
Some physical defects. however,
will develop In all people as they pass
middle life. Everyone over 40 years
Of age should have a complete physical
discrimination once a year by a compe.
tent physician so that any disease may
be detected at its beginning and check
ed before it does It's deadly work.
For the man Of middle age walking
offers the best possible form OF cx-
ercisc for keeping physically ft. At
THAT & most men, having settled
down more or less 10 a ~sedentary life,
should make it a point TO walk at least
several miles a day and more if there
is nothing organically wrong with the
system.
1t Is not only Il natural form OF cx'
crcise. but 1t is exercise i'll the open
air. People can go for days without
food and water, but the moment fresh
air Is cut of the whole system suf-
fers.
But to maintain health and even life
itself the lungs must draw in mir that
has not been robbed OF its oxygen an
other person Just having used 1t. The
lungs must be supplied with air free
from the poisons given off from the
bodies oil people crowded into poorly
ventilated places. such as overheatcd
rooms or crowded street cars.
A bad temper usually originates In
d bad digestion.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-17

A bad temper usually originates IN
d bad digestion.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-17
DON'T FUSS With
MUSTARD PLASTERS!
Mustero1e Works Easier, Quicker
and Without the Blister

There's no sense in mixing up a mess
Of mustard, -four and water when you
can so easily relieve pain, soreness or
stiffness with a little clean, white MUS
TEROLE.
MUSTEROLE is made Of pure oil Of
mustard and other helpful ingredients,
combined in the fo.n OF a pleasant white
7:ntmeut. 1t takes the place of the OUT
,f-datc mustard plaster, and will not
,%lis.crl
MUSTERoLE gives prompt relic +
rom Sore Throat, Bronchitis, Tonsilitis,
.roup, Stiff Neck, Asthma, Neuralgia,
headache, Congestion, Pleurisy, Rllcu:
7atism, Lumbago, Pains and Aches of
he Back or Joints, S~prains, Sore Mus
les, Bruises, Chilblains, Frosted Feet,
.olds of the Chest (it often prevents
'rcumonia).
At your druggists, in Csc and Soc jars,
nd a special large hospital size for $3.50.
BE sure you get the genuine MUS
TEROLE. Refuse initations-gct what
you ask for. The Musterole Company.
Cleveland, Ohio,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-17
Uncle Sam Grows
In Wealth and Size

WASHINGTON, April 17.-The
population OF continental United States
on April / was 1O2, SO4, 900 as estimated
by the Treasury department statisti-
clans in computing the per capita mo-
ney circulation OF the country which
they place at S3S.41, an increase OF
1857 vcr the per capita circulation
on April l last year.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-17
LEi A"HHo AA INTO HOLOCAUST!" DECLARES DR. STOUGHH

Henry W. slough. perhaps Billy Sun.
days closest rival in the great fight TO
give the devil the final knockout blow
il the famous evangelist whose name
rang around the continent last winter
as a result Of his cleaning up the ten.
dcrloin OF what wa called "America's
~widc.openest town."-Atlantic City.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-17
ISL MARTINS
RHEUMATIC AND
BLOOD ELIXIR
FOR RHEUMATISM.

The Spring Months are breeders OF
rbeumatism-nota dangerous thing
but very painful and II allowed 10 run
on It becomes steadily worse. Mar.
tins Rheumatic and Blood Elixir is
one OF tho best known remedies for
rheumatism-not Il dangerous thing
and the joints move freely. It is also
fine for liver, kidney and stomach. Get
It at Cranes Drug Store. Sl.O9 liquid
or tablets. Thirty days treatment.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-03-04
THREE DAYS ONLY--MON, TUES, WEDNESDAY


made a rush with thousands Of others
to see Jennings himself in what the
critics call a masterpiece photo drama,
Beating Back," " in six reels.
And it might be interesting to add
that the scale Of admission prices on
Broadway to see this pieure was up to
one dollar while in our city Manager
Laflar of the Oregon theatre has ar
ranged to snow this unusual production
Sunday and Monday at very much low
er prices.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-03-04
HYPNoTIsT IS COMING

Manager Bligh has arranged for San
tanelli, the master hypnotist, and his
company to appear at the Bli3h theatre
for three days, beginning Monday,
March g.
Santanelli s methods are different
from any other hypnotlst now before
the public. Being the only psychologist
understanding the why md wherefore
Of the human mind he will not resort to
the buncum of the money-back in order
to gain favor in the opinion of the pub
lie, but instead takes his audience into
his confidence and tells them what hyp-
nosis really is when sifted down to a
basis of common sense,
Being the author of "The Law of
Suggestion" he knows more about the