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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-22
Loss Is Heavy.

1T seems almost incredible that In
the peaceful operation OF our rallroaus
there is such an enormous loss OF ne
and limb. In the fiVe-year period end
ing Dec. 81. 1917, there was a total
casualty list on our American railroads
Of $50. sos. OF this S,S0l were deaths
and 93l ,764 injuries, During this Pc
Rod 1891 passengers and persons car,
ried under contract were killed and
55,SS7 injured; 1852 employees were
killed and SIS, S97 injured; S2,S79 other
persons were killed and 60,0S0 injured.
"In 1915 In train accidents alone one
employee was killed every three and
one-half hours, n employe was in
iured every 10 minutes. You can read
lily see how vitality Interested IN aSci.
dent prevention railroad employees
should be. Thirty per cent Of all the
killed and 30 per cent of all the injured
on the railroads in the United states
are railroad employees.
Then, too. there Is an immense
amount of honey paid out every year
on account OF accidents. The amount
reported by the carriers as paid on
account of death to employees, passen-
gers, trespassers and others, as we'll as
the expense Of settlements, averaged
during this five year period approx
mately $40, 900, 900 per year. While the
records do not disclose accurately the
amount paid on account of the deaths
and injuries to employees alone, sew
eral roads have kept this item sepa-
rately and an analysis indicates that
about so per CEN Of the total expense
is paid to employees.
"These figures represent only the
amount paid by railroads. Statistics
were secured from several Of the trair
service organizations that insure theil
members.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-22
Paid MANY Claims.

THE brotherhood OF Railroad Train
men In 1917 paid 2,055 claims, aggre-
eating $1,000, 800; So per cent Of these
were for accidental death or disability
and II per cent for natural death or
disability. One death or disability claim
claim On account OF accidental death
or disability was paid for each 1877.
The Brotherhood Of Locomotive
Firemen and Enginemen in 1917 paid
S95 claims, As per cent Of which were
on account of accidental death or dis
ability. The total paid was 81, 223, 225
and their records show that one death
or disability claim was paid for each
ll6 members,
The Swftchmen's union in 1917 paid
III claims for death or disability, SO
per cent of which were on account Of
tai paid, during the year was 5000 $50.
and their records show that a Claim
was paid for each So members in their
organization.
THESE records show the enormous
financial loss sustained by the railroads
n their employees and indicate how
imperative 1t is that accident proven
ton work should be efficiently con-
Quoted.
Service and safety are the two prime
requisites of the successful tr%ansporta-
ton systems. From the great advance
ment that has been made during the
last decade in construction and in the
development of improved signaling and
other safety devices, one would think
that the number of accidents should
be materially reduced. but such Is not
the case. The statistics are causing
grave concern.
"A study Of these statistics clearly
establishes the fact that the majority
OF accidents on our railroads, partiCu-
larly to employees, are of a character
that the most improved mechanical de-
vices will not prevent. Control and
training Of the human element Is the
great problem Of the future. 1t is this
problem to which the student of acct
dent prevention must, in my opinio~
devote the greater part of his energies
II effective results are TO be accom-
plished."
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-22

TROCO has the good qualities of fine creamery
butter. The principal difference you will notice
Is the cost.
1t is nutritious and easily digested. 1t possesses
the fuel value needed for energy.
TROCO, when served, has buffers golden color,
because your dealer supplies you with the same vege-
table coloring used by all butter makers.
Used in cooking, it gives the same results as
butter, except that it goes farther. Cooks should
remember this and reduce the amount.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-22

bellboys in the persons Of orderlies and
messengers and many other appurte-
nances of hotel life,
From the outside the place was so
inConspicuous, standing about 200 yards
from the road, that n~inety-nine out of
a hundred motorists would have driven
by without seeing 1t at all. The one
hundredth would rave seen merely a
slight elevation in the muddy plain,
with two or three dark holes in the
ground that might have been old shell
craters or anything else.
In reality the mud and grass cover
ing was nothing but a concealment of
a 30-foot ceiling Of reinforced con-
crete, the black holes we'll Camouflaged
entrances leading down a sloping run
way to the brilliance of the electrically
| lighted interior, So stoutly was the
of big caliber would scarcely do more
than chip off a piece of the top, and
no aviator's bomb could ever, even hit
ting directly, do much damage.
Inside, parallel with the road and
traversing the length of the dugout,
of the institution, in which the COM
manding general rubbed shoulders with
the orderlies me messengers as they
went from office to office. Off this
main street led minor streets %runninP
to the rear and being used, for economy
Vi Opdtt, dS slCtplll6 IOOlllS lOI llt
enlisted men at night. Artificial ven
tilation provided for the constant puri-
fication of the whole dugout, and the
smell throughout was clean and sweet.
Off the small streets, and off the
big one, too, were the offices, con
structed likewise for economy Of space.
Each was about 10 feet wide and quite
deep, with a narrow table running the
length of the rooms at which sat the
officers and their assistants, working,
working, all the time. answering the
telephone every moment or so, giving
instructions and receiving reports.
Instead of having the operations de-
partment in one building, the intelli-
gence in another and others scattered
in as many more, all were here to-
gether. in offices with walls as nearly
sound-proof as possible. under a cell
Ing Just high enough to enable a tall
mar to walk or stand without stoop-
ing, so close together that a moment
could put one in touch with the other
II necessary, yet vastly far apart as
far as any mutual or one-sided dis
~turbance was concerned.
At the end of the big corridor was
the kitchen, compact 70 the point of
finished each meal the side streets
could suddenly be transformed into
little coZy dining rooms, each with Its
long wooden table and narrow wooden
benches. In less time than it takes
to tell the generals mess was ready,
the superior officers mess and all the
others,
No sound could penetrate the great
concrete roof, n the great lombard :
ment that opened the St, Mlhiel show
could not be heard. az an Associated
Press correspondent who was there car
attest. Yet outside the building the
cannon were going great guns and
the whole night was laundering with
the noise.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-22
RESTORE MEANS OF
PRODUCTION AT ONCE

LONDON. Nov. 22-The aim Of re
construction in France and Belgium
Viii he TO restore the means of pro
ductlon asserts pr. Christopher Ad-
ton,
The textile trades IN Germany" he
said, may have counted upon the ad-
vantage which the destruction OF looms
would give them in the markets Of
the world. The burden Of the restora-
ton OF the machinery must fan upon
those who destroyed It."
II would be within the power OF the
allies, said Or. Addison, to withhold
from Germany cotton or other goods
unit! the Germans had made good the
machinery they had destroyed In the
economic weapon. he pointed out, civil
ization had a great means for obtaining
international Justice.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-22

Just when the price of butter threatens to
make it an unattainable luxury, science per-
fects TROCO, the new vegetable butter made
with p%asteurized milk.
1t tastes like the finest creamery butter and
is as wholesome and pure. Because of old laws,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-22
TO COLON|zE
GERMAN SETTLERS

STOCKHOLM, Nov, 90. Correspond
ence Of the Associated Press. )-German
government officials and private asso-
Citations are engaged in an extensive
movement to c~olonIze German settlers
In the formerly Russian Baltic provinces
Of Courland, Lithuania and Esthonia.
This is one phase, and an important
one, Of the German plan to gain com
mercial and economic ~asCendancy In
those provinces bordering on the Baltic
sea.
A state colonization bureau is already
in existence in Berlin, and a special as
ISOLATION for colonizing tho eastern
provinces has been formed in addition.
This association has already accumulated
a considerable fund for the purpose Of
settling Germans in the Baltic prov
inces, The Saxon provincial diet has
appropriated a half million marks for
this purpose. This work is also being
aided by the Baltic Germans. Many Of
them, holders OF large entailed estates,
have expressed a willingness to sell
portions thereof-naturaly at a good
price-to intending German ~colonists.
Courland alone, If it were as thickly
populated as East Prussia, could sup
port 1000, 900 inhabitants. 1t now has
only 700, 900.
Germany greatly needs food, and
hence devoted especial energy to bring
ing about a resumption and extension
of agriculture in the Baltic provinces.
Plans have been made In Germany to
organize in Baltic cities chambers
of m along German lines. The
city authorities Of Riga have begun to
carry out plans for a rehabilitation Of
the city's industrial life through the re-
opening of the factories, whose work
was made impossible by the dismantllng
Of the machinery by the Germans dur
ing hostilities In this section. A begin
ming Is to be made with wooden wares,
especially furniture, for which there Is
a great demand in Germany. The Riga
authorities are being supported actively
by German experts and with German
money,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-22
WORK ON
RAILROADFACTOR
INITS OPERATION
Federal Expert Declares Of
fiCiaIs Must Take COgni-
zanCe of This Fact for Own
Benefit.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. Nov, 2l.-Satety
work is as important as any other
branch Of railroad work and must De
so regarded by executive officers OF
railroads II the campaign TO reduce
accidents is to bear fruit, Hiram w.
Belnap, manager Of the safety section
United States railroad administration,
declared before the National SAFETY
council here today. ,
After pointing to the long list OF
railroad accidents, the speaker declared
that the principles Of safety must be
instilled in the minds Of the men VINO
do the actual work II unsafe conditions
and practices are to be eliminated. lie
added that railroad employees had en-
tered into the safety campaign with a
gratifying enthusiasm.
Mr.. Belnap told the safety congress
that the record OF the last five years
clearly shows the tremendous impor-
lance Of our problems and the neces-
sity of real constructive accident pre-
vention work"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-22
PHYSICIANS
IN ARMY DISPLEASED

LONDON, Nov. 22.-Women doctors
serving in army hospitals, are dlssat-
isfied at the attitude of the military
authorities regarding their rank.
One Of them said, I'VE are EXPECT II
to carry out the same disciplinary du-
ties as medical corps officers without
having he facilities for enforcing dis
Gipline which a badge OF AMI gives.
Inc only satisfactory way to settle the
question Is to give us honorary com
missions with the right to wear badges
OF rank. We don't want to be c~olonels
and majors for the sake Of the thing,
but to enable US to carry out our work
without so much exertion Of personal
ity. The men in the hospitals do not
Know our a or how to treat US until
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-22
UGOUT
USED BY YANKS
NEAR ST. M|H|EL
Stone Roof and Electric Lights
Made Spacious Room Regu-
lar Club for Army Officers.
Bomb and Sound Proof.

WITH THE AMERICAN TROOPS
IN FRANCE. Nov. %, Correspondence
Of the Associated Press. Am amazing
underground shelter or dugout, equipped
with many Injuries, was the home of
the staff Of one American army, corps
st. Mihiel fight, 1t is little less than
an underground city club, with offices,
sleeping quarters, baths, restaurants,
kitchens, electric lights, telephones and
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-23
uS, AND NORWAY REACH AGREEMENT ON EXPORTS
Settlement of Controversy Over Re shipment of Goods to Ger
 many Is Made.

Washington, Feb. 22.-A complete economic agreement in which Great Brtian and the other allied nations are in accord, has been reached be- tween the United States and Nor way. The terms have not been made public Announcement of the success full conclusion of negotiations between the war trades board and Dr. Nansen the Norweigan commissioner, which have extended over several months, was contained in a statement issued by the board tonight thru the, commit tee on public information. Altho the terms of the agreement have not been made public, Norway, in note hand ed to the war trades boardFebruary 14 in reply to memorandum of the board of January 26, acceded to most of the American demands. It refus- ed, however, to agree not to export to the central powers many of its own products, including ingredients of mu- nitions and supplies for war, on the ground that it depended upon Germ any for many necessary commodities, and had to furnish that country sup plies in return.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-23
Saving the Eyee,

The eyes were made to use without dolbt. So were the hands and feet, and all can be abused and become sources of pain forever. lifetime of Just ordinary vision, just seeing what goes OR about us, is about all we can expect from pair of normal eyes. Added strain like fine sewing, too much reading and poor light will use them up so much sooner. Wage-enrn- CTS havo to sacrifice many things, ip- cludng eyes, but for absolute waste of vision 'here Is no excuse.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-23
Wasting One's Time.

It IS probable that large per cent of the morey paid for work in all em- ployments, public and private, is vast ed in idiins, talking, smoking and fo0. ing around. It can be noticed every day everywhere. It is bad symptom, says the Ohio State Journal. There Is no difference between stealing ones time and stealing ones money. Peo. pie are not in the habit of looking at 1t that way. They think it is nothing to take ten minutes of a mans time for which he is paid three to ten dol. lars day. If one remembers the old adage that time is money, he will cou- clude he is thief if he takes either. Character consists in making honest use Of ones time. whether he works on salary or by the minute. It is character that he insist upcn, not so much the economy involved as the no bility of seifhood. That should be tho treasure of every true man.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-23
FATALITIES AMONG
 YOUNG AlRMEN LOW
Secretary Baker Shows That Death Record Small, Compared with
 Hazards of Other Work.

Washington, Feb. 22.-Altho there have been 51 fatalities at army train ing camps in this country, the death record was described tonight by Sec ,,retary Baker sremarkably To. Since last June, he pointed out, student aviators have flown more than 100000 miles. Records of the war department tshow that ten officers and 29 cadets were killed on training flights, and that 12 men lost their lives in un- authorized flights and in ground ac -cidents.
 Taking into account" said the sec retary, "the ordinary hazards of their occupation the development of com paratively new art, and the ratio of accidents in every day fields of en- deavor, it is felt that the fatality rec ord among American student aviators will compare favorably with those of other countries, and, while distressing is not discouraging."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-23
IeIltale Eyes and Toes.

The eyes tell the story of guilt when all the other muscles are controlled. This you will learn in the eleventh chapter of Darwin's book. Sometimes, when the face is controlled, as in tho case of natives of India, other muscles are uncomfortable. Sir Eenry Maine declares that in India the judge can tell when a native is lying by watch ing his toes. He keeps his face per fectly straight and his eyes expres- sionless, but his toes begin to wjgEie IS soon as he begins to lie.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-23
PreservInu Flowero.

A method of preserving the natu- ral colors of flowers consists in dust Ing salicyllc acid on the plants as they lie in the press and removing it with a brush when the flowers are quite dry. Red eolors in particular are well preserved by this agent. Another meth. cd of applying the same preservative Is to use q solution of one part of salicylic in fourteen of alcohol by means of blotting-paper or cotton wool soaked in it and placed above and below the flowers. Powdered boracic acid yields nearly as good results.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-23
A Giant in ti,c Mountains

Among mattress curious limitations. perhaps the most remarkab,e is inc so. called Hooded Knight. beheld with awe by many q tourist r. the Gila na. uonal forest. New Mexico. Wealth ereG cut fror: a volcanic peaK. it pre- sents profile grim and impressive. For untold ages it has looked stern,y down into the depths of a canyon. and very likely it will still be doing so when 'he last human being has van. lshad from the en.te
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-23
RESCUERS HOPE TO
 FIND MINERS ALIVE

Crystal Falls, Mich, Feb. D. Rescue parties trying to reach 15 miners, trapped in the Amasa Porter mine. near here, as a result of a cave in yesterday, had worked their Way tonight to within about 15 feet of the lower level
 Hope that some ol the entombel men men may yet be alive was giv- en by one of those wao escaped He said that when a concrete dam gave way, letting loose an avalanche of sand. he saw a number of men rush for the bottom of the mine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-23
The lntolerable Roos,er.

The hen is not at all proud-spirited She differs in that respect from her rooster spouse. Whether her marriage vows bind her to love and obey him and to drudge and lay for him, am not ready to state, but it would seem very much that way by the naughty air chanticleer assumes toward hei 'adyship. Married roosters are far more selfish than husbands of the hu man tribe. A man, oven thougl. he de- tests housewOrk, will sometime2 con. descend to carry scuttle of coal or turn the wringer washday. But you'll never find q rooster willing to inter- fere with a hens domestic affairs.- Nm in Cartoons Magazine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-23
FIND MUNITION TOWN
 UNPROTECTED
 BOMB TT COPIOUSLY

1 Buchs, Switzerland, Feb. 22-Five 1 entente allied airmen. flyin, over the Julian Alps Wednesday afternoon, found that the town of Innsbruu. in the Austrian Tyrol, was not protec,- ed by antiaircraft guns. The air men thereupon swooped down with in 3G0 yards of the ground, picked out targets, and copiously bombed them. including the railroad station. barracks, and two mllniticn factories. Soldiers and civilians were surprised and seemingly unaccustomcd to an air attack. rushed into tie streets and many were killed.
 The German consulate was hit and trains loaded with soldiers on their day to Trentino front were attacked by machine guns from low altitude.
 Natural Aristocracy
 The democratic element in moder- society is undoubtedly gaining ir strength every year, and there is nc good reason for lamenting it's advance But it will never do away with the natural aristocrocy which has made Skill in the conduct of business the on. uoW'ncnt or the acquisition of a few. The We:;kicSS of. cooperative produc- tlon thus far has been it's gross under valuation of the manager Nicholas Paine Gilnaan.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-23
How to Save Butter.

"Carclessness about butter is co,r. mon American sin against thrift. h dearly every family some member has the habit of taking huge helpings of butter which he or she does not use The remedy is simple. Cut slices of the oblong pound cf butter quarter of an inch thick, and cut each slice into four pieces. When the butter is served, each member of the family take one small piece at a time. It sounds like small economy, but it is one which careful city housewives Preside.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-23
DRAG, DRAG---
 AND SUFFER
Was All l Did," Says Dallas Lady Who
 Gives Cardui Credit For Her ...,...4, Being Well and Strong.

Dallas. Texas-"lt is hard to express the gratitude l feel for the medicine that saved my life" says Mrs. S. w Bergen, of 2609 Lake Ave. That is what Cardui did and l would like fol others to know as the few words say may save a lot of suffering for some one -.
 l suffered everything one can suf- fer and live. My back hurt, my head my sides :. a weak nervous hurting all over Drag, drag and suffer, it was all I did. No rest and very little or no appetite
 l began to have spells =. One night l told my husband 1 would try Cardui It had been recommended to me. 1 be- gun it and it did do me good It sav- ed my life, verify believe.
 l began to improve, 1 grew strong l am a strong and we'll woman today. l can't say too much for Cardui. 1 praise Cardui and will praise it as long as I live.
 Wheneve I feel the need of tonic, send and get bottle of Cardui and it helps me, seems to be what I need"
 Cardui may be what you need. Try Cardui. It's mild, medicinal female tonic. that has helped many thous- ands of women in the past 40 years. It should help you.
 At all druggists.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-23
Soap Berry Tree,

The .laboncc'lo or soap berry tree grows in the humid parts of western Ecuador. It attalns height of about nity feet and has wide-sprending oranches and immense quantities of fruit of the size and shape of cherries !he nearly transparent yellowish skir and pulp surrounding the round black seeds are so saponaceous as to be used instead of soap by many people or Ecuador, being equivalent to more than fifty times their weight of tha, material.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-23
Shoots Money Into Bank

For the thrifty soul wifi, snortsno,,. .'he tendencies q novel savings bank mas recently b"cn invented. By Il clev. CT Arrangement of tho bank and J Hl'lail gun on metal stand YOU are ''ie 10 shoot your money into safe EeepinS. The bank is concealed bv T targctllkc arrangement with slot in me b''lS eye. The nickel, dime o, quarter is pl&ecd in hlc gun; the !ri.- ger IS pulled aud tac coin flies into the bank
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-23
Eat Slowly.

food eaten slowly and mixed witf SallVa IS quickly made into rich blood ana tissues. If swallowed, it lies fer mentlng, vile-unspeakably vile nass or poison. causing pain and ill uesS. Iet's take more time and know 'ne Joy which coDaes with boundin, gooa health. Stop eating when appe ute is satisfied. We need but little \ we eat slowly-taste. -Exchangc
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-23
BLEACH YOUR
 DARK SKIN
Have Soft, Fail, r,C|ear, Br|ghi Skin ., . pock ard White. Sent By Mail 25c
 Aoents Make an Easy Living.

AonntS Make an Easy LlVInS. Inst try Black and White Ointment ,..r white or colored folks). Apply as
 1;rocted on package, to face, neck,
 m sr,,s or hands. It is very pleasant to tho skin and has the effect of bleach ;no m the dark, sallow or blotchy skin,
 .1earing the skin of risings, bumps,
 nmples, blackheads, wrinkles, tan or
 ffreckles-giving you clear, soft, fair, hrpht complexion, making you the onvy of everybody. Sold on money hook guarantee, only 25c (stamps CT coin) sent by mail.
 If YOU send $1 for four boxes of Rlack and White Ointment, a 25c cake of Black and White Soap included free. Agents make an easy living rep resenting us. Apply for territory and suecial deal. Address Plough Chem ical Co.,, Dept. 9, Memphis, Tenn. Write now-today-while you think about it. Black and White Ointment sold everywhere.-Advt.