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VOL. 49 NO. 162
BRIDGEPORT, CONN,, THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1913
PRICE TWO CENTO
CONFESSION OF
MILITANT SUFF
MADE Hi COURT
Woman Glories in Her
Work With The
Torch
Mrs. Rlg&y, Ffiysieian's Wife,
Claims to Hate Caused
$1Q09G0Q Elaze
Liverpool, Eng., July 10 A dramatic
confession of Incendiarism was made
by a. w ell known militant suffragette.
Mrr Edith Rigby, wife of a physician
at Preston, In the police court here to
day.
Mrs. Rigby declared it was
had on July 8 burned down the coun
try residence at Rlvington, near Hor-
T xr.r. ilamua fsHTnnter" at
. , o
$100,000. She further confessed to be
lng the perpetrator of the outrage at
' tins Liverpool cotton exchange on July
S when a. bomb exploded but caused
little damage.
Mrs. Rigby surrendered voluntarily to
id in her achievements, saying she
whether his bouse was more valuable
as a show place than as a beacon light
. for the King and the country to see
I women Buffering an Insupportable
grievance. She told the magistrate
"I lighted that beacon. I also plac-
ed the explosives In the Llrerpool cot-
; ton exchange to show how easy It la
1 to procure them and place them In
' public buildings. I might Just as eas-
Uy have blown up the elsori Monu-
: nwnt
StLrwu remanded for farther he&r-
-icg.
Mrs. RJgfcy has been a member of the
TFteroerr-s Social and Political Union.
n iw -rrv Annu,ittrvT. I
pobilc movements to promote the wel
V fare f . women. She has been lmpris-
: oned five times In connection with the
suffrage movement and was on several
' occasions released owing to the break-
iw; of her health -ensuing on "hung
er strikes." r ; r-
Mlss Clara. Elisabeth Gl-ween, who,
ogether wtth Kitty Maron was sen
rtenced on July t to three years penal
i servitude for setting fire to the stands
. on Bunt park race course, was re.
leased from prison today In a serious
, condition of health resulting from a
hunger and thirst strike."
Mm. Rigby In the course of her
speech to the magistrate said: "I chose
the Liverpool cotton exchangee because
the cotton Industry has been built up
largely by women's labor. The mer
chants are willing to . get power and
wealth ont of the labor of women.
- while the -women themselves are denied
the vote and citizen's power. This la
the first knock at the door. Under
tbo Osut and Mouse act one of ' the
greatest women In the land 1s going
. to be done to death. If the govern.
meat to going to kill women this is a
warning.
BULGAOS FLEE
WITH SERVIANS
IN HOT PURSUIT
- ins uurs. jmy lv jsitigaria nasi
placed herself unreservedly in the
Stands of Russia with the view of bring-1
I Jng about a cessation of hostilities In
fthe Balkans and In order to prevent I
further bloodshed, according to an an
nouncement made here today, appar
ently on good authority.
Bel grades Ser-via, July 10 The Bul
garian troops continue to retire, close
ly pursued by the Servians, according
to official reports received here. The
Duisanans, recreating irom istip, had
i Intended to occupy Radovitch, an im
; portant" town some miles to the east.
but the Servian cavalry drove them
,rat or mis strategic position yetserday.
1 The Bulgarians fled precipitately leav
ing their dead and wounded on the
field and throwing away rifles, am
munition and foodstuffs as they went.
Athens, Greece, July 10 A: Greek na
val force today occupied Kavala, on
the Aegean Sea, hitherto in the hands
of the Bulgarians. The "Valley of
Greek troops.
London. July 10 It is officially
COn- I
firmed k v. I
rh 4nitin .JCr T 1
,wlr to ,rv hUf th?l,EUOPrn
cnl brlDe the Balka
IUDGE WALSH
GIVES DINNER
TO DEMOCRATS
3Tew Haven. July 10 Announcement
was made today from the office of
ISecretary Edwin S. Thomas that i
meeting of the Democratic State Cen
Trai vommuiee win be held at the
3fomauguin on the east shore nr
JSTew Haven on Saturday,' July 12. The
zneetinor will be called tn m-Hc i
p. m.. and is for the purpose of mi-
uij nv,i.uv.i.u L.Lirj z "-'in ii ii i iee
ano transacting any other business
proper to be done at the meeting. A I ment show that the new isolation hos
Invitation has been extended to the I pital will soon be open for the re
state officers to be present. I
At the conclusion or Dusiness the I
members and invite 1 guests will sit I
flown to a dinner at whicli Judge j
3"adb f J-'onwia; vsi P aoK lit.
HITCHCOCK BACK
OF PROSECUTION OF
SUNDAY LABORERS
Owns Land Where Truck Gard
ening Was in Progress on
the Sabbath
:
Taunts of Neighbors That He,
Not the Lessee, Had Work
Done, Led to Arrests
..(Special to The Farmer)
Fairfield, July 10 Fined from one to
five dollars for working: on the Sab
bath, eight Italian speaking' residents
of the Plattsyille district, along - -the
Easton Turnpike, consider now that
that ' this broad land is not as free
as they were led to suppose it would
be. On complaint of Justice of the
Peace Robert C Hitchcock, the eight
men were arrested last Sunday by
Sheriff . Elwood. When apprehended
the men were all engaged in laying
she whoout hhage plants. All worked for
Hitchcock.
It is- said that the sight of the men
"""" " "'
TW.I1W AfMJ CN4iKflv1r V.
the taunts of neighbors who jokingly
said in Hitchcock's presence that as
the land was his, the men were work
ing under his direction. .. ..
Hitchcock told the court that he
leased the land to Dellio but with the
nt:.to
7 tTV. , "t", e " a
lnwuiiw, xiiiuiivuun wueiuereu i L tuiit:
to act and made complaint to the sher
iff. The .latter had no .other course
to pursue than to make the arrests.
To the court Dellio stated that last
week Ira purchased 8,000 cabbage
plants. Saturday it rained, while Sun
day the land was in almost perfect
condition for the setting out of the
plants. He also feared that the Riant a
would wilt if kept over another day.
The eight men admitted to the court
that they worked on the Sabbath. All
"a as to their knowledge
, " T , , ,L
heard that Sunday working In the
I fields was -prohibited. , The com-t had
1HJ 1 1X0,1.1 W . CXJCIi .JUUL LO Uuu -Iie
eight men guilty, though it was with
reluctance that the .men were -fined.
Only, nominal, finea were imposed.
The. eight men arrested are all work
ing men. A few of , them walk : : to
Bridgeport oaeh. day to their -employ
ment in the factories, while the. re
mainder are .employed on the Hydraulic
Co. dam.
BURGLARS MAKE OFF
WITHWAGOilLOADOF
LOOT FROM SALOON
The saloon of Antonio Riccio, 848
Pembroke street, was robbed during
the night and practically cleaned out.
A quantity of. goods, including boxes
and barrels were removed from the
premises, evidently necessitating the
use of a wagon. So bold was the
burglary that several -detectives., and
many policemen are today detailed
upon the . case in the ; hopes that the
robbers will be apprehended.
According to report current among
Italian circles this is but one of sev
eral depredations recently perpetrated
upon Italian-speaking citizens, who
tear to report the matter to the po
lice. A peculiar, code of . retaliation
at times makes it' almost impossible
for officers to get informatioi which
will lead to the capture of persons re
sponsible.
Riocio's saloon was entered some-
time oetween mianignt ana z a. m.
A key was used .to unlock the front
door. The .cash register was broken
open and $10 extracted. The nroorie-
tor estimated that 2,700 cigars of the
6 and 10 cene variety had been stolen,
valued at $150; one bicycle, $25; three
umbrellas, $10.50; cigarettes and to
bacco, $25; a barrel containing 26
gallons or wniskey, ?5 0, and many
other minor articles estimated at $50.
Earlier In the day the home of Mrs.
Pasquelina Santoro, 195 Logan street.
was entered by a rear window during
the woman's absence and jewelry to
the amount of $150 taken from draw-
era and closets which had been raa-
sacked.
Elks Will Witness
Fireworks Tonight
Rochester, N. T., July 10 Weather
of doors entertainments planned In
honor of the Grand Lodge of the B.
T rf-fc TT- ...1.1 - 1 1 T .1 , .
" ""ing nere
this week its 49th annual reunion. A
tnonster parade was scheduled to start
at 10 o'clock this morning and compe-
ii .i Li t mg ajivx i.3. 1 1 vi wuuei L .in
Genesee valley park were on the pro
gram for this afternoon.
Tonight the city's annual water car
nival will take place on the TJpper Gen
esee river, followed by a grand pyro-
techical display.
The business session of the Grand
Lodge was to open at f:30 p. m., with
a session of sorrow in memory of Chas.
C Schmidt, a - member of the board
of grand trustees who died last Oc
tober.
The questions of establishing a tu
berculosis home and granting a char
ter to Honolulu lodge remained to be
settled.
Isolation HOSTjital
Addition Nearly Ready
Reports from the Health Depart
ception of patients. The removaI fit
the building was yesterday completed
and all that now remains to be done
is to build up the foundation beneath
and make Interior repairs
CRISPELL GIRL
BURIED; LOVE
LETTERS FOUND
These Play Important
Part in Solution of
Lake Mystery
Girl Had Hinted at Suicide
By Drowning-So Had
Johns h
Wilkes-Barre, Pa., July 10. Scores I
of letters that passed between Alice
rispen, tne is .year oia aaugnter oi
a farmer, whose body was found in
Harvey's Lake lastMonday, and Her-
bert Johns, tne mine worker who is
under arrest here in connection with
her death have been made public by
the county detectives who are work -
ing on the case.
All the letters are filled with love
sentiments and some of them show
that the girl and Johns had their
troubles. The girl in several missives
to Johns told of having quarrels wleh
members of her . family.
So many things are troubling me
that I f eel like jumping into the lake,
she said in one letters. Johns, in a
letter to the girl wrote, "I had a no
tion to Jump ptq the lake and end
all my troubles. Why, Jdarling, I hav
so many I do not know what to do
with them." - - -
County Detective McKelvey said
Johns admitted to him that both had
been drinking on the night of the
Fourth of July which was the last
night the girl was seen alive. In one
of his letters to Miss Crispell Johns
wrntnr . "T'iri tomneranM . . between
drinks and so are you, dearest. We
won't have to wait much longer till
the Fourth rf My. Then we'll have
a j-vii r. f a tim.
It is exnected that Sonhanun Reese
of Plymouth who told the police yes.
terday that he saw a woman resemb
ling. Miss Crispell. stagger along the
road to Harvey's Lake and that a man
was assisting her, will be one of , the
most Important witnesses at the in
quest tonight. - ' ., ' v.
The funeral ,:-rMlss- CMspel. . Ttn
held' from.' her- home Jn -themonntains
today. Interment was in a rural cem
etery about ten miles from the Cris
pell farm.
Jones Retains v
Counsel; He May
Eight Dentists
Dr." A. B. Jones whose assistant's
dental license has .been revoked by
the state dental commissioners has re
tained Attorney Jacob B. Klein of this
city to look after his interests. Mr .
Jones today received notice from Dr. I
Edward Ebferle of Hartford, recorder
o the Sta t ro.Tit!i rnnuiiiuiw
fylng him of the revocation of his 11-
cense. If Jones is to contest tho,
vocation it will be necessary- for him
to serve, notice within twelve days
wit, th '.ror-nrHcr o
then to to tn cnurte for ettlrr,nt
The dental ommiseioners made- their
decision to revoke the license after con-
sultation with Attorney General John
H. Light. The case is attracting con
siderable Interest in this city through
out the State as there are many den
tists who are working under the same
condition as Jones.
Dentists aesert that Jones is liable
to prosecution should he continue to
practice, and they have taken steps to
have County Health Officer George E.
Hill look into the case.
NEW YORK WOMAN
LOSES $32,000 III
JEWELRY III PARIS
Paris, July 10 Mrs. John F.. Martin
of New TTork was robbed last evening
of Jewelry valued at $32,000 at a hotel
on the Place Vendome, where she is
staying.
Yesterday Mrs. Martin changed from
the room she had been occupying,
which overlooked a side street to one
on the Place Vendome. -She carried
her smaller belongings to her new
apartment herself and placed her Jew
els, wrapped in a handkerchief, on
the table. -
When the time came to dress for
dinner the Jewels were no longer there.
An exhaustive search was made, but
they were not found, and Mrs. Mar
tin today informed the police.
BOB TWO AS THEY
SLEEP IN OPEN AIR
While trying the open air cure, and)
sleeping on their front porch at 136
Nichols street, Jack fachneider and
Julius Gershowitz, were robbed of $29
last night by an obliging stranger who
took off his shoes and stealthily pro- I
ceeded to rifle their pockets.- Upon be-1
ing aroused the victims were warned I
not to give pursuit under threat of
being shot. I
According to Schneider's account to I
the police he is the greatest loser as he I
had a roll of bills containing over $25,
while his companion nad but ..$4. I
Schnieder woke up to find a man bend-I
ing over him and taking his money
from his trouser pocket. He protested
and woke Gershowitz. The man -was
in. his stocking feet, but threatening
both the startled pair . fled down
Nichols street. His description is with
the police-who are endeavong to lo-
I cate the bold thief.
AMENDMENT TO
PAVING BILL IMPROPERLY
ALTERED SAYS REP. WILSON
1 Representative Lvnn W. "Wilson, dis-
cussing the recollections of Represen-
tative Clitus, King, relative to the
passage of the Bridgepor tpaving bill
I in the House said today
I "Mir. King's memory of the course
I of the 'Bridgeport paving bill in the
l House ..is inaccurate. He says there
I was no substitute ' bill. ; He also says
I that I offered no amendment to , the
I bill.
"If he has preserved his House File
I which is a book containing all bills
I reported favorably which have been
ordered printed he will find File 470,
I which shows upon its face that it is
substitute for Senate Bill No. 271, 'An
act authorizing the City of Bridgeport
to borrow money on serial notes.
"If he will consult the Journal of the
House for May 20, he will find record
or an amendment to tnis substitute,
offered by me and marked . 'Schedule
A.
' If he will consult the file relat-
I in to this subject, which is in the
office of the secretary of state, he will
eee tne original of that amendment
as prepared for me in the office of
the clerk of bills and he will note
tnat this ; was an amendment 'Sched
ule lo '" ouostnute ror oeo
4 Bill JNO. 271, .and that the amend
i menx passea tne House on may zu
ana XBe benate on May J3.
'So there was a substitute bill,
which was the only bill relating to
the Bridgeport matter, printed and
In the File, ' and there - was an
amendment to that substitute bill,
which was offered - by , me, -. and was
passed by both Houses.
'Mr. King is correct In saying that
the clerk did not read the bill. He
would have read ' it - had ' the--riginal
bill, , so called, been , under l.considera-
tion. - That -was not printed. -The
custom "Is to read . the text of un
printed bills and not to read the text
of printed bills. In the one case the
members - of the legislative body can
not know what the bill, contains un
less it is read. In the other case the
printed bilj i before each member and
he sees exactly what -it contains.
' j'llr. - -King's . confusion arises, evi
dently from his notion that . the Sub
stitute bill .was a bill offered by a
member from the floor, to take the
place of ; a bill relating to the same
matter, earlier reported. Such a bill
would not be printed and would be
read by. the clerk.
The Substitute bill which the House
dld. Pssi and which I caused to be
amended is a suDstitute diu reported
'rom committee.
"Upon the face of File 470, Mr. King
will find this statement, ine commit-
tee on.-, finance reported tnrougn oen
ator Wood of the Twenty-sixth Dis
trict, chairman of the committee on
I""5 pan or me mnait, lun.
I stltute Bill ought to pass.
"ow tnis Dill couia not nave u
Printed without it existed, and would
"ot have been, printed upon wm lb
Paper unless- it were a iuku.c
port, XOr u 1113 uniavorauij i ir.i.fi-1....
M'INTYRE, FORMER
RESIDENT HERE,
HAS TRAGEC DEATH
Bridgeport friends of James Mc-
Ihtyre, Waterbury salesman for Ar
mour & Co., were shocked today to
learn of his death in Waterbury la3t
night.' A horse which Mt Mclntyre
was" driving ran away in Bishop street,
there, late yesterday afternoon. The
animal got beyond Mr. Mclntyre's
control and when it turned a corner
the buggy in whioh Mr. Mclntyre was
riding was overturned hurling him
against an -iron pole.. His skull and
pelvis were fractured, his left hip
was broken and-he sustained internal
injuries.. He was rushed to St. Mary's
hospital and died there at .10:30 last
night.
Mr. Mclntyre had a host of friends
in Bridgeport. He was formerly em
ployed here as salesman for Armour
& Co. and lived at Reilly's hotel In
Cannon street. He was a member of
Waterbury lodge, B. P. O. E. He is
survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Patrick , Mclntyre, and a brother,
Francis, who live in Waterbury. '
Patrick Miele Wins
Suit Against McKenna
Judge Scott of the court of corn-
mon pleas handed down a decision to-
day in the .-action of Patrick Miele of
New York against former City En-
gineer M.F. McKenna of this city. The
memorandum states that by : consent
it was agreed to give Miele $318 and
costs. He claims he gave McKenna
$300 in trust, for Frank . Hastings and
that McKenna . refused to pay over
the money. McKenna denied the
charge
Rome July 10 A sensation was
caused here today by the suicide of
Engineer Glannini, who was a witness
in the notorious graft disclosures in
connection with the construction ot
the Palace of Justice, which cost mil
lions mbre than the estimate. Glan-
nini's evidence brought about the im
plication in the affairs t Deputies
Luzzatta - and Bruniaiti.
BRIDGEPORT .
to the House are printed on paper
not white.
"The origin of the substitute was
in Senator Whitcomb, Representative
McMurray and myself.
"We deemed the original bill drawn
to facilitate a deal in non-permanent
pavement, possibly with a concern
then involved in a. scandal, and we
determined to have', legislation calcu
lated to prevent 'any such anticipat
ed transaction. ,
"Mayor Wilson knew that, the sub
stitute existed because " he again and
again beseeched myself, Mr, McMur
ray and Senator Whitcomb to permit
a change in the restrictions, making
repeated trips to Hartford for that
purpose.. '
"Now a few words as to my amend
ment. This amendment has been al
tered after its passage, with a differ
ent pen, another ink and another hand
than made certain proper erasures on
the amendment blank.
"The improper erasure consists in
crossing out with two lines; wher
ever it occurs the language, 'to sub
stitute bill, the purpose of the altera
tion being to make it appear that the
amendment was actually to Senate Bill
271 Instead of to the Substitute there
for. ,
Senate Bill 271 is the, original bill.
which is the bill improperly attested
as having passed.
"But the alteration, or erasure, was
not enough to complete the appear
ance. The , original bill bore File No.
221, though that File, number con
cerns a -bill printed and relating to an
entirely different subject. The words
File 470 remain untouched. But even
had,, theae, words been altered it could
not have been - made : successfully to
appear that the amendment was to
other than the Substitute bill.
The amendment reads, 'In Section
6. Lines 5, 14. 15, 20, 22 and 24 strike
out the word bonds and insert m lieu
thereof the following.'
Both ; bills had a section Six, but
only' the Substitute had 24 lines, and
it' was In section six or tne ouunir
fute alone that the. word bonds oc
curred in lines 5, 14, 15, 20, 22 and 24
However, ' the balance of the error
occurred, this seems to me to be true,
that my amendment was . incorporated
Improperly, and .with violence, Into
bill for-which it was not intended, and
into which it could not be written
under the terms of the amendment.
T do not know who ' did this, or
what the motive was. The motive
may have been to assist somebody to
change this legislation, or tne mo
tive may nave been to attempt to
make a good bill out of two measures
which could no be reconciled in any
other way. "
"Mr. King is correct in supposing
that I agreed to the passage of the
bill which went through the' House.
That was the . Substitute Bill, the
terms of which I approved, except in
so far as I altered - them by amend
ment." WALTER ASHCROFT
GETS PAROLE SO
HE CAN TAKE JOB
Upon the plea that he had obtained
a position in this State where he
could start work Immediately, Walter
Ashcroft of this city, has been parol.
ed from the county Jail and has been
placed "on probation. Judge Greene of
the superior court agreed to the parole
when It was recommended by Assist
ant State's Attorney Carter. Attorney
John J. Cullinan represented Ashcroft.
The accused, who is only 18 years
old, was arrested for stealing copper
wire from . railroad , cars in this city
He claimed he was intoxicated at the
time and was persuaded by another
man to do the stealing. . The court sen
tenced him last February to serve six
months, but on account, of his previous
good record and the fact that he had
a position In view, the court was will
ing to parole him.
TROLLEY CAR AND
WAGON IN COLLISION
Another collision between a trolley
car and a wagon was recorded 'on the
emergency hospital blotter last night
when Michael Stern, . 331 yeajrS old,
93 New-field avenue, a. driver for Hen
ry Bresky, was taken there in the am
bulance after having been struck on
Stratford avenue.
-He was suffering from multiple con
tusions of the body and shock. Treat
ed by Dr. Hale, he was later permitted
to; return to his home. This is but
one of a number of similar accidents
recently and no detailed report of
the incident could be found at po
lice headquarters today.
FELTERS' INQUEST CONTINUED
Owing to an extended investigation
of the death of James Felters being
made by the police department of thit.
city, the coroner's Inquest called for
yesterday afternoon was indefinitely
postponed. It is expected that further
witnesses may be located who can
throw additional light upon the kill
ing of Felters by the Presidential
train early last Saturday morning.
Report of Interstate Commerce Com
mission Blames, Road for Allow
ing Doherty "Inexperienced and
Uninstnicted" to Run Train
BRAKES INEFFICIENT;
Commissioner MChord Hesilo SymiEihy fGr
Attempt to Foist Blame on Enno-
mp.n's Wnrkinv ArnnmnnT Ylhh Rr?L
w w q O WWBISWIIa 1111 IIWH
road-He Points put Clause - of Agree
ment Covering Cases Such As That
of Doheny-Recommendations of tlio
, Commission Demand ImmediatoiStepo
Toward Safer Operation of Hoed
Washington, July 10.- The Interstate Commerce
Commission's report of its investigation . of the.NV Y., IT.
H. & H. R. R passenger train wreck' at Stamford, Conn.,
on June 12? holds that the road was negligent, in placing
Engineer Doherty in charge of a through passenger train
when" he '"was inexperienced and urinstructpd.''
The general conclusions, written by Commissioner
McChoird, include the f ollowinsr statement :
"Establishment of safer and more efficient operation
of this railroad is immediately necessary if Congressional
legislation extending the scope of governmental regula
ton of rialroads is not to be called for and justified in the
interests of public safety."
The report declares the whole evidence justifies? the
following conclusions:
'The engineman of second No. 53 (the colliding train
of Engineer Doherty) did not have the special experience ,
and instruction required for the operation of such a train. :
' "TJie New York, New Haven and Hartford RailroacT
company had no reliable method for determining the ca-
pacity of enginemen before placing them in charge of such
speed passenger trains. 1
'There was negligence on the part of the corporation" !
in putting in charge of such a train as second No. 53, an
engineman inexperienced and uninstructed invthis cla.s3
of work . ' ' " 1
" This railroad has no proper-system of checking work j
reports so as to determine whether or not defects reported
on locomotives are actually repaired. This lack of super-
vision, is dangerous. and it ought not-tobeipermitted' to
continue. " , ' :
"The distant signal at Stamford is too, near the home
signal and should be at' least 2,500 feet distant therefrom J
- "Modern steel equipment for high speed passenger J
trains should be installed at the earliest possible vtime, a3j
recommended in previous reports of this commission, and
legislation fixing such a time should be enacted without j
delay." , i
Commissioner MteChords report re
views exhaustively the evidence doveU-
oped at hearings and at a " coroner's
inquest and says in part:
"The direct cause of this accident
was the failure of the engineman on
second No. 53 to apply the air brakes
in time to stop his train before reach
ing the home signal. ' This failure was
the result of an error in Judgment on
the part of the engineman, due to his
lack of experience in handling high
speed passenger trains and the ab
sence of Instructions regarding the
proper method of handling his train.
'The responsibility for placing an
inexperienced and -uninstructed eng
ineman in charge of a. high speed pas
senger train rests with the operating
officers of the New York, New Haven
and Hartford Railroad company.
'Contributing causes of the accident
were the improper location of the dis
tance signal at Stamford and the fact
that the train brakes were not as ef
ficient as the requirements of safety
demanded on a train of that character.
'As to the effort to placa blame for
this accident upon the enginemen's
working agreement with this railroad,
attentiois called to the rules laid down
in that agreement: "Rule 1, of article
9: spare engineers shall be run first
in and first out so far as it is possible
with the requirements of the service
and when engineers are assigned ' to
temporary vacancies they shall remain
on same, provided they are competent
until the regular engineer ' returns.
They shall receive rates of regular en
gineers while on the road.
"Rule 1, as amended, exception C:
No engineer who has less than one
year's roster rating as an engineer
shall be allowed to run through pas
senger trains.
"This rule has two plain and defin
ite exceptions.
(1) 'so far as It is possible with the
requirements of the service,' and (2),
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'provided1 they are competent.' '
"Primafrily the determination , of
'the requirements of the service' and?
(2), "competency' of engineers la for!
the management; of the railroad. Tbf
most Important requirement of the!
service Is the safety requirement. J
"In this case it is shown that noi
reliable or effective system was in
operation for the determination of the
safety requirements of " the service in j
the selection of an engineman for a:
particular service or for the determln-
ation of the competency of an engine-
man when he was first given a high
speed passenger train. !
"The neglect or precautions for,
safety was here a neglect upon polntsj
which ' the enginemen's agreement left'
open to the management.
"The mere" absence of demerit marks
while in freight service was considered
a good record, sufficiently determined,
to Justify employment on fast passen
ger trains, a class of service requir
ing the highest degree of. qualification.
No determination of special qualifica
tion for higher grade of service was
made. The agreement with the en
ginemen in no manner restricts exam-'
ination or competency tests on the
part 'of the management. The absence :
of all competency tests of this en
gineman is a ' matter for which th
management is solely responsible. His
good Judgment in bringing an express.
passenger train to a stop ought - not
to have been tried out at the risk o
passengers lives.. . :
"When, in handling a first class pas-.
eenger train this engineman of his first
trip went by a station and reported;
that it was due to the brakes being
no good, it is strange that no one in
authority then saw any necessity for
a test, either of the ran or the brakes.
Deforts he was again sent out in th-i
same line of service. The general man
ager, however, reached the conclua sj a
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