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WEATHER " FORECAST
PENSACOLA'S RAILROADS.
A new railroad Is now operating train
Into tne Deep Water City. A third road
la laying rails. A fourth road la being
graded. You can't make a mistake by
investing In Pensacola.
SHOWERS WEDNESDAY AND
PROBABLY THURSDAYS LIGHT TO
MODERATE SOUTHEAST WINDS.
VOL. XVI. .NO. 140.
PENSACOLA. FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 21, 1913.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
HENRY M. FLAGLER, NOTED CAPITALIST
AND RAILROAD MAGNATE, DIES AT HIS
WINTER HOME AT WEST PALM BEACH
T
DAVIS LIQUOR BILL PROHIBITING
TREATING IN SALOONS, PASSES
SENATE BY OVERWHELMING VOTE
STATES PASSING
WOULD PREVEN
The Octogenarian Sustained
a Fall Several Months Ago
at His Home.
ORGANIZED THE
STANDARD OIL CO.
Turned East Florida Into
" One Vast Winter Resort,
,by the Erection of Palafial
Hotels and Construction
of . Florida East Coast
Railway "Over Sea"
Road Was His, Greatest
Triumph. ' . ,
. BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.
West Palm Beach, FIa..,May 20.
Henry M. Flagler, aged 83, the noted
capitalist and railroad magnate, died
at his -winter home here this morning
after an illness of several weeks. The
octogenarian sustained" a fall from the
steps in trls horns and because of his
advanced age his recovery had not
been anticipated.
Henry M. Flagler was born at Can-
andalgua, X. Y in 1830, Little is
known of his early life except that he
was clerk in a country grocery in Or
leans county, Mich., while yet in his
teens. Later he removed to Saginaw,
Mich., where he engaged In the manu
facture of saJe.
Becoming interested in the possibili
ties of the petroleum industry, he re
moved to Cleveland. Ohio, where he
organized the company of Rockefeller,
-Andrews and Flagler, engaging In the
refining of oil. The Standard Oil Com
pany was the outgrowth of this ven
ture, and Mr. Flagler has remained ac
tively connected with the management
of the great corporation since its in
ception. IMPRESSED WITH FLORIDA.
In 1885 Mr. Flagler paid his first
visit "to Florida and became impressed
with the business possibilities pre
sented there by the railroad field, In
Connection, with t the development of
,ir,nter resorts.
: Entering actively Into .the work of
. tirralcjT Florida, into -ot YU wlrWr
resort, Mr. Flagler built the Florida
East Coast railroad and later erected
the Ponoe de Leon and Alcazar hotels
. at a cost of $3,000,000.
His .greatest achievement, however,
was the extension of his railroad from
Miami to Key West. For many years
his plan was ridiculed as impracticable
and was called "Flagler's folly." The
opening' of this "over-sea" line is listed
as one of the engineering triumphs of
the age.
Mr. Flagler formerly was vice-president
and director of the Standard Oil
Company, president and chairman of
the board of directors of the. Florida
East Coast railroad an.l Jacksonville
Terminal Company, director of the
Western Union Telegraph Company.
Morton Trust Company and other cor
porations. '
For the past few weeks Mr. Flagler
had been losing practically all of his
faculties and his death was momen
tarily expected. Several of his rela
tives and business associates, had been
summoned to the financier's bedside.
The body will be buried in a mau
soleum at St. Augustine, in the yard of
the Memorial church which he gave to
the Presbyterians.
At Mr. Flagler's bedside were his son,
Harry, who arrived yesterday from
Europe, and the Rev. Dr. George Mor
gan, his pastor, who will conduct the
funeral services.
THE LATE HENRY M. FLAGLER AND HIS
WIFE AT THEIR PALM BEACH HOME
y VLo VV . v u
ALIEN MEASURE
Bartholdt Proposes to to Put
Power Exclusively in the
Hands of Congress.
JAPAN HEARS OF
APPROVAL OF BILL
Newspapers Print Extras
With Announcement that
California .Measure Has
Been?Sirned Japanese
Goferjttnent Concentrat
in ''Effort in Attempting
to Pacify Public Opinion
Glad to See The Journal Will
Issue Covington County Edition
Leesbnrg, Fla May 19. 1913.
Editor Pensacola Journal.
Glad to note that The Journal is covering with a special edition that
fine section of country Covington, county, Ala. Last fall I traveled over
a large portion of the county that I h.d not been over in possibly twenty-five
to thirty years. The great Improvement was marvelou. And yet
there is plenty of transforming work to be done wild, irtl lands to he
transformed into farms.
The Journal, no doubt, will have a large part in this work. And the
reward is sure, for the section is naturally one of Pensa cola's financial
resources.
With very best wishes for your continued success. I am
V Tours truly,
; W. U MARTIN".
DYNAMITE WAS
CARRIED ABOUT
NiND"DAGS
Witness Tells How Explos
ives Were Conveyed from
One City to Another With
Which1 Textile Strike
Should be Brought to an
End.
HOD RA
BROKE
OR
8TRIKE.RS REFUSED TO
MOVE ON WHEN TOLD
Paterson, N J., May 20. Fifty-seven
persons were arrested this morning
near the Price stlk mill, to which the
hands returned yesterday in the face
of protests of Industrial Workers of
the .World leaders conducting the
strike. Twelve hundred or more strik
ers and others gathered in the streets
rear the mill today to jeer the return
ing workers. There waa no violence
and those arrested were taken 'in be
cause they refused to "move on."
Three of the prisoners taken were
women, one with a baby in her arms.
She was immediately paroled.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Boston, May 20. Dennis Collins, a
dog ' fancier of Cambridge, on trial
with President William M. Wood of
the American Woolen Company, and
Frederick E. Ettaux. a Boston dye
manufacturer, for conspiracy to "plant"
dynamite at Lawrence during the tex
tile strike of 1912, testified as a wit
ness for the prosecution when the trial
was resumed today.
Collins said that on May 19. 1912, he
met John J. Breen. a Lawrence under
taker, who was convicted of actually
"planting" the explosive in a saloon in
Boston. In the course of their con
versation, Breen asked If he would like
to go to Lawrence that night. "I told
him I would go if I could help him
any," Co'lins said. Breen continued:
"We shall probably meet pome folks
and 3'ou had better carry this bundle
to keep your end up," at the same time
handing the witness flvrt $5 bills.
Breen. the witness said, agreed to give
him more money the following day. j
Collins said that after leaving the i
saloon they-met two men. One of the
men, described by the witness as Mr.
Rice, gave Breen a package weighing
about forty pounds, which they car
ried to Breen's house in Lawrence a-nd
T
GAVEL
; TO'GETDRDER
Parliamentary Confusion the
Result When Attempt
Was Made to Reconsider
the Questiop Concerning
Union Theological Semin
ary Routine Committee
Reports.
BTASOCIATED PRESS. i
Washington. May 20. Represent
tive BarLhodt of Missouri aunounced
today that he proposed to introduce
next Friday a resolution to empower
congress to legislate exclusively on all
questions affecting the rights of aliens
reading in the united States.
The purpose of the measure would
be to prevent individual states from
passing- laws which might cause fric
tion with foreign countries. Lack of
federal control, he said, affecting the
ability of -the government to carry out
a treaty in all Its integrity, was a pal
pable defect. - . ,s .. . .. : -
Since the death of the old Japanese
emperor, t?ie authority of the govern
ment has steadily diminished in resist
ing the growing influence of public
opinion and the spirit of democracy is
augmenting throughout the empire.
Arthur Bailly-Blanchard, secretary
of- the United States embassy, visited
Baron Moboakl Makino, the foreign
minister, today and related the deter
mination of t-Tited States govern
ment to exeri " '-"-s ry Influence in order
to find a trfrini:- and satisfactory so
lution of the cues M on. He; emphasized
the fact that' ;t W&a -a- Calif ornlan and
not an American etueMion and thanked
i tbA, rqveiTuntsXTiandlipess an3
lor i is eiioris to resuaiu cuicu yuuuu
opinion of Japan.
FIND A SOLUTION.
It is generally believed here that
Washington will find a solution of the
problem, but the more conservative
elements in Japan are now echoing the
public agitation for equal treatment of
the Japanese. They declare that the
racial issue which it is contended Is in
volved and the steady recurrence of
anti-Japanese bills - should receive
"basic curative treatment."
A prominent official said today:
"The Japanese people fee! that their
national honor is involved. The present
question will be solved peacefully but
what is needed to assure the perma
nence of our traditional friendship is a
change of heart in some Americans
toward the Japanese."
Continued on Page Two.
nr-nr i-xt
ien. Mario Ivlenocai is INow
President of Cuban Republic
BT ASSOCIATE!" PRESS.
Havana. May 20. With the Inaugu
ration today of General Mario G. Mon
ecal as president in succession to Pres
ident Jose Miguel Gomez, and of Dr.
Enrique Jose Varona as vice-president,
the Cuban republic enters on a new
phase of Its existence in a spirit of
high hopes at preservation of peace
and establishment of the prosperity of
the island.
President Moneoa.1 on taking office
contents himself with the declaration
that he will devote all his energies to
giving the country a clean business ad
ministration which will foster the in
dustries of the island and develop its
splendi-d resources, which will welcome
foreign capital and immigration and
maintain friendly relations with all na
tions, especially with the United States,
to which Cuba is so closely linked by
bonds of mutual affection and interest.
Gen. Monecal was born in 1866 at
Jaguey Grande, Maiansas province.
His family soon removed to the United
States and he was educated in a mili
tary college at Washington and at Cor
nell University. He graduated from
Cornell as a civil engineer. Upon leav
ing Ithaca lie went with his uncle,
Ancleto G. Monecal, chief of the en
gineering staff which made the survey
of the Nicaragua canal, and worked
with him.
He returned to Cuba as an engineer
for a French company. At Santa
Cruz he Joined the revolutionary forces
as a private and rose rapidly until he
became general of division. His mili
tary record was brilliant; hev rendered
great service to the Americans at the
time of the Spanish evacuation, and
General Ludlow, -civil governor of Ha
vana province, appointed him chief of
police of Havana, a position requiring
at that time great tact and ability.
He later managed the Chaparra sugar
estate up to a few weeks before his
ina.ugura.tion.
Vice President Varona was born in
Camaguey, April 13. 1S49, was 'gradu
ated from the University of Havajia,
and is professor of philosophy and
ethics in that institution. He was dep
uty to the Spanish cortes from Cama
guey province shortly after the ten
years war (1868-78). v
Under General Wood's administration
he was made secretary of public edu
cation. He is an author, newspaper
man and president of the conservative
party, w'ftich won the recent alecUons.
BT ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Atlanta, Ga.. May 20. In the midst
of parliamentary confusion, with the
Union Theological seminary question
still unsettled, the Northern Presby
terian general assembly adjourned
this afternoon to renew consideration
of the matter at a later hour. A mo
tion to table all three committee re
ports, one favoring and two opposing
negotiations, an amicable settlement
cf the controversy was lost by a safe
vcte.
In a lengthy speech President Brown
cf the seminary, indicated that -1t
was a matter of indifference, ' to the
seminary what action was taken by
the assembly.
The entire morning session of the
Southern Presbyterian assembly was
devoted to discussion of a special
committee report setting forth a pro
posed "brif statement of belief drawn
from the standard of the Presbyterian
church in the United States."
Adjournment until this afternoon
was taken without any action on the
committee's report.
Routine committee reports occupied
the attention of the United- Presby
terian assembly.
Speaking cf the majority report of
the committee which recommends a
continuance of negotiations. Dr. Brown
Indicated that it is a matter of indif
ference to the seminary whether the
negotiations are continued or not.
A volley of motions to adopt and to
table each of the three reports from
the committee followed the conclusion
of Dr. Brown's speech. Moderator
John T. Stone of Chicago broke a
gavel In t1s vehement efforts to main
tain order. Then Dr. Howard Agnew
Johnston moved that the whole mat
ter be tabled. This motion was de
feated by a vote of 466 to 314. Com
missioners again began clamoring for
the floor and renewed effort to move
the adoption or rejection of the three
reports.' In the midst of the con
fusion. Dr. Stone announced that ad
journment would be taken until this
afternoon, action being deferred until
that time.
Dr. Francis Brown, of New York,
president of the Union Theological
Seminary took exception to the min
ority report of Dr. F. O. Monfort. of
Cincinnati, which opposed a resump
tion of amicable relations between the
seminary and the Northern Presby
terian church. The seminary president
was the first speaker when discussion
of the matter came up today.
. After reminding the assembly that
representatives ' of the simnary had
been invited to attend the sessions, he
added it seemed incredible the as
sembly could even consider Dr. Mon
fort's minority report with its charges
of heresy.
To invite us to a friendly confer-
HAS TAILED TO
CLEAR ITSELF
President of Association of
Manufacturers In Report
Dwelt at Length on Pres
;ent Industrial and Legis
lative Tendencies and
Their Effects Upon Manu-
" Jacturers ancT 'Employers
SSERTS LABOR ELLIS DECLARES
(Continued on Page Two.)
With the answer of the United States
to lis protest it now devolves upon the
Japanese foreign office to take the next
step in the negotiations over the Cali
fornia alien legislation. It is said the
forthcoming rejoinder to Secretary
Bryan will be strongly argumentative
and calculated to result in the conduct
of the future negotiations on a strictly
legal basis.
JAPAN TO TEST LAW.
As it is understood the state depart
ment 13 looking to the Japanese gov
ernment, or some Japanese citizen to
test the new law by recourse to the
United States courts, it may be sig
nificant of the drawing of another is
sue that the Japanese are believed to
be reluctant to begin Fuch a movement.
In his protest of May 9 to the state
department, the Japanese ambassador
is understood to have made it perfectly
elear that Japan finding it impossible
to deal directly with the st.ite of Cali
fornia, was relying entirely upon the
federal government to insure what h
believes to be fiir treatment for its
snblects. Probably that contention
will be extended to rover the legal tet
of the California land law, though the
ordinar?" procedure in such caes would
be to allow a Japanese subject threat
ened with escheatment of his lands, to
begin action by application for an in
junction. Meanwhile it is expend that several
days will elapse before the Japanese
rejoinder is received, in view of the
fact that ten days were taken for the
preparation and delivery of the Amer
ican reply to the original protest.
JAPS HEAR THAT GOVERNOR
JOHNSON HAS SIGNED BILL
Tokio. May 20. News that the Cali
fornia anti-alien land ownership bill
had been signed by Governor Hiram
W. Johnson of California was received
hei-c th regret, although it had been
Ms'-ounted in official and non-official
circles. Tt was hoped up to the laat
moment however that Washington's
intervention would prove successful.
The newspapers published extra edi
tions with the announcement that the
bill had been signed.
Efforts of the Japanese government
are concentrated at present on pacify
ing public opinion.
WOOD CHOPPERS SENT
V BAD LETTERS TO PRESIDENT
Newark, N .J., May 20. Seeley Dav
enport and Jacob Dunn, wood chop
pers, were brought into the federal dis
trict court here today for trial on a
charge of having sent threatening let
ters through the mails to Woodrow
Wilson. Aside from handwriting ex
ports, the principal witness to be
culled by the government will be
Joseph Tumulty, the president's secretary.
BT. ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Detroit, Mich., May 20. Charging
that organized labor has failed to clear
itself of "the stains which violence
and lawlessness cast upon It, John
Klrby, Jr., of Dayton, Ohio, president
of the National Association of Manu
facturers, ln his annual ..report today
dwelt 'at length on ' present !irtdusTriaT
and legislative tendencies and their
effects upon manufacturers and em
ployers. He referred In detail .to the
attitude of manufacturers towards th3
tariff. He said in part:
'Conspicuous in the momentous
events of recent years that have tran
spired in the field of American in
dustry Is the tragedy of Log Angeles
and the drama of Indianapolis." As
a reward to the principal accomplices
in this conspiracy, they have one after
another, through the power of the in
vincible "inner circle"' of the Ameri
can Federation of Iabor been re
elected to their respective offices.
Point to me one single labor leader or
delegate who has arisen and indig
nantly demanded that such type
leadership be forever barred from the
administration of union affairs.
"During recent years we have wit
nessed the prosecution and convic
tion of many business men under the
Sherman anti-trust law for seeking in
some way to protect their business
against ruthless competition and
dominant methods of the labor trusr.
If they have violated the law we have
no complaint to offer for the penal
ties Which they may be called upon
to pay, but we do protest against the
free and unmolested manner in which
the labor trust defiantly continues to
violate the same law.
"We are justified in our , condemna -tlon
of representatives and senators in
congress, who In the name of political
expediency stoop go low in the soil
of public duty as to vote for such
legislation as the Clayton anti-injunction
and contempt bills passed in the
lower house of the 62nd congress and
which only escaped passage in th
senate by a hair's breadth.
"There are men now acting in the;
capacity of represrnta fives of the peo
ple, who under the cowardly pretend
of political expediency, have been wip
ing to viol-ate their oath of offlro for
I the che.jp prie offered by the leader
of an organized gang of dynamiters,
who. with their entire affiliated mem
bership, represent less than two per
cent of the population of the coun
try. "And should we not gaze with hor
rified amazement upon the speotari
presented to us in the closing dav
of the last rotifre?'. when both th,.
house and senate passed the sundry
civil appropriation bill providing no
funds appropriated for the use of Jho
department of Justice in prosecuting
violators of the Sherman act should
be used for the purpose of prosecut
ing these defiant combinations a bill
which William Howard Taft promptly
vetoed? The same bill is pending
again, having been promptly passed
by the house in the special session.
And this is the way the party in
power starts out to make srood it
boasted slogan of 'equal rights' for all.
special privileges to none.'"
Referring to the Industrial Worker
of the World as being supplemental
to the American Federation of Labor.
Mr. Kirby said:
"Against these forces of evil, do
mestic and alien, we must stand fiint
llke In our resolve that our govern
ment is and must be a government
of law.
"If, as a result of radical and ill
advised tariff legislation, we suffer
business depression and the loss of
opportunity to labor,' he said in con
clusion, "the aftermath like in the
recent floods, will plainly be visible
and the remedy sharp and decisive.
But this is not the case with respect
to the insiduous class legislation
which is creeping up in us. Experi
ence teaches that once such legis-
ALL OF HIS ACTS
OPEN TO PUBLIC
Says That if R. J. Rolles
Ever Wrote a Diary that
it Could Not Have Con
tained Anything Reflect
ing Upon Him Makes
Statement of His Deal
ings With Bolles.
Practically Certain that it
Will Also be Passed by
the House.
CANNOT SELL LESS
THAN HALF PINTS
Measure Would Also Pro
hibit the Renting of Other
Rooms in Which to Serve
Drinks, Eliminate all
Screens and Force Saloons
Throughout the State to
Close Their Doors at 9 P.
M.
BY FRANK L. HUFFAKER.
Tallahassee, May 20. Quite a little
newspaper comment has resulted from
the loss of a diary bearing the' in
spection "Return to Richard J. Bolies,
Bisbee building, v Jacksonville, Fla.."
which was found- by a Jacksonville
man, and w hleh , contains numerous
references to BoWes' dealings in the
Jivergta.dtrt, Ch- -Colorado man being ! mt bills
tbe principal holder of and dealer in
lands in the 'Glades.
Among the memoranda taken from
the diary, which I understand Mr.
Molles claims not to have written, is
this reference to Hon. W. H. Ellis, at
torney for the international improve
ment board, who was formerly attor
ney fer Bolles also:
"Reasons for discharge of Ellis:
"1. Ellis conflicts with the trus
tees.
"2. I cannot pay $400 a month.
"3. I want a man who does noth
ing but my business.
"4. When I am paying Ellis he
starts a deal he hears they want me
to make and then tells me about it
and then asks $125,000 commission and
the same amount for Gibbons."
MR, ELLIS'S STATEMENT.
Your correspondent asked Mr. Ellis
about the matter this morning, show
ing him a copy of the excerp from
the diary. Mr. Ellis readily made a
statement on the subject, saying that
every transa.ctio n he ever cn
gaged in as attorney for the internal
improvement board, Bolles or anybody
else was open to public inspection,
and. that he never bad anything to hide
from the people of the state.
"I do not know that Mr. Bolles ever
wrote n diary." he said, "but I do
know that he rould not have Justly
written anything that implicated me
in anything that was at all fiuestion-
able. The last item mentioned in thia
excerpt doubtless refers to th" at tempt
of Hon. Cromwell Gibbons of Jack
sonville, to purchase Mr. Bolles's hold
ings in the Everglades, which fell
through. Mr. Gihboms asked me, as
attorney for Mr. Bolles, to ascertain If
Bolles was willing to sell his hold
ings In full. Naturally, Mr. Gibbon
would deserve a large commission for
oonsumating Ihe largest real estnte
deal ever recorded between private
parties In Florida. I a.sked Mr. Bolles
if be would givf me a commission to
ftrd a purchaser for his lands, and h
replied that he would be glad to do
so. This deal was between private
parties, and had Mr. Gibbons and T
arranged for Its consummation, we
most assuredly would have been de
serving of a large commission, and J
don't think any business man could
question the propriety of the act. "Any
real estate man would have charccd
a much larger commission for putting
through, such a deal, which would have
been to the benefit of the state and Mr.
Bolles and the would-be purchasers as
well. I have nothing to hide jn cither
my public or private career."
BY FRANK L. HUFFAKER
Tallahassee. May 20. The aenat
this afternoon passed hv vote of
twenty-one to seven the Thirl
liquor bill, which forces saloons to
close at 9 o'clock, docs wav with
screen and prevents the sale oif liquor
in less than half pints. It also pro
hibits treating and prohibits saloon
proprietors from rentlnar other room
for the serving of intoxicants. The
house is practically certain to nass th
drastic measure, causing the temper
ance people much joy.
The house adopted the recall con
stitutional amendment hv n vote of
fifty to fifteen. It is not expected to
get by the senate. The senate scent
most of the afternoon discussing the
convict lease lease abolition bills, but
took no definite action.
SUPREME COURT BUILDING.
House passed the supreme court
building appropriation bill for thirty-
wo thousand by thirty-two to thirty.
It will reconsider the bill tomorrow.
The senate passed the following: Hy
McCreary, a bill defining the duty of
the supreme court In regard to tran
scripts of record and bills of excep
tion. By Adkins, a bill providing for the .
parole of state convicts.
By Wells, a bill providing the state
does not claim title to certain lands
in leon county.
The house pawned the following sen
Providing for punitihmeut of turpen
tine and other workers, who violate -contracts.
Providing for rebuilding state build
ings from proceeds of insurance.
Providing punishment of pool room
operators, who allow minors to enter.
Providing for damage suits In cafe
of death of miners caused by negli
gence of individuals or corporations.
Providing for preservation of rob
ins. '
Authorizing makers and endorsers
of notes to be sued in same action.
Prohibiting unauthorized wearing of
secret order badges.
SOME OPPOSE AMENDMENT.
Some legislators are raising a cry
against the MacWilliams amendment
resolution exempting homes actually
occupied by owners from taxation, on
the ground that it was inspired by
J. V. Haars of Jacksonville. Thesi
legislators claim that Unrrs owns large
tracts of land in the JOvergJadc and
Polk county, and wishes advance
their sale by advertising tYip, fact that,
homes in Florida arc exmptcd from
taxation. However, Ihe interest of
ParrH lias nothing to do with i.'ie mer
its or demerit s of I lie rroposlllon.
Represents 1 1 ve MacWilliams pent
out five thousand letters to the dif
ferent counties of the slate, unking for
expressions on ihe nuhjecl, and has
received scores of favorable replies on
eax'h mail for sevcrnl days. The con
test over the amendment promise to
be one of the most interesting of the
session.
It lias been Intimated that F.,-rrs rut'
up the money necessary for printing
and fending mil the five thousand let
ters. "This is absolutely untrue," ald
Mr. MacWilliams. "fr I Iiivk per
sonally borne every penny of the en-
pense, and I would h;ie wager lli
Fatne fight two years aco hut for th
Interference of other matters. I think
Florida could receive no better ad'er-..
tlslnjz: than that resulting from th"
foct that homes actually occijrte i.-
owners are exempt from t-ivatlori, an !
that thousand of others hold the sa"
view in evident from th large nntn' -of
letters I have received and am
rei ving."
Parrs, who was a leader of the hM
Broward-Stockton - Harrs political fac
tion, haa been Interested In the pas
sage of such an amendment, and in
tended to tnake the race for the lr;i'
latiire from Duval county, with t'ii"
as one of the principal planks in I'
plaform, in the laM prlmarie-i, hut v -
(Continue on Patre Two)
Defective Equipment
Responsible for
Was
A .1
Accidents
(Continued on Page Two.)
RT A.SSOCIATKP PREPS.
Washington, May 20. Defect ive rail
road equipment and tracks were re
sponsible for tS per cent of a:i derail
ments in the I'nlted States during
July, August and Stepember. 1312. and
during those three months there were
935 more train accidents, including 301
more collisions and der-iilments, tlvin
there were during the s.tme months of
1311. All train accidents on steam
roads during that time killed and
injured 4.598. an increase of R7 in the
killed and 315 in the injured during
the corresponding perioi of the year
before. These facts are disoloscrj in
the accident bulletin of Ihe Interstate
Commerce Commission.
Accidents' f.f other kinds, including
those sustained by employes while at
work, not including "Industrial acci
dents." make the number of casuaMie?
2,99.' killed and 22,147 injured, a total
decrease of 2.17 killed and ::.S40 injured.
The damage to equipment and road
way by the accidents aggregated $1,
."Cfi.401, a large Increase.
It was found by the eorrrmisKion that
of the derailments ten per cent were
due to broken rails and '.'A per cent t'
defective wheels.
Casualties due to "industrial acci
dents" such as are not involved in
train operations a.mounted to 111
killed and 2SS4 injured, a decrease
of 17 Killed and an increase of 5,2:; 4
injured.