The herald. [volume], February 22, 1917, Image 5

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#""' ABLE SIGNALING DEVICE
Due to the Failure of an Engineer to Observe the Signals,
bgy the Use of This Safety Appliance Now Being Tested by
SbYRailand.
0 WiAIPT R11N DACT CCUAPMAlR
HUrMAN SIDEl' Er
VO goAD MEN NOT ALL lx
WIUT HEARTS.
fd it, a Transaction in ,lini
* Late James J. Hill Fig
is Recalled by One reer:
heo Knew Him. tlinl
 ,a think the hard -h.aded a pil
l-s ailrod game have no ty al
k a a prominent execU- that
s New York Central and or
Bver lgalroad company. For sign
rayled several of the big anCE
lines of Americo and cons
0pL l with kings of the mits
-l lage.bra
W r who is acquainted with tenl
of your exacting busi- l
" od, "would imagine that regt
gI tdr hearts for the sole tric
I pempiln energy. sign
Sthe common conception." mar
_ "The public reads of the pro:
.--sre for business, of the the
jploited in deals and in di- of
So people doubt the exis- and
46 bumrn side. Yet if you l'II
gbk, this human side must
lse whole fabric--which is KE
personal co-operation of
sad service-falls to the Di
U d late James J. Hill very
- years ago I was in the
the Great Northern, with
ia St. Paul. Mr. Hill wa
I gpposed to have 'retired.' 12
' ike the boys in the ice
aaemhes did after the pe:ace ils
atems were submitted to the Iil
mil
1was a very unusual man. bet
Wred anybody. Men alter- two
and loved him. Many sn,
tie misinformation crs
tMart simply served as a sos
52
a reason for this. He of
M employee reniging on At
employee soon would fy
good-by with an Impetus wi
.pr his back teeth loose. ret
he would tell everybody the
heart was made of the ho
ln the top of refriger- tri
co
ti things that proved the th
he never megaphoned his
ie[e's a story that fell th
It shows the 'soft' en
go
Sago a boy of twelve o
a ride on one of the sl
trains near St. Paul pt
th wheels and lost a leg. th
Ua adjuster of the Great to
Mer.lewed the boy. He
fellow what he thought
owed him.
il right,' replied the l!ttle
am I hadn't any business U
er. rd run-away from
Se ite the ride on the
I juat got what was
Math an. No. the road
marvellng, went away. e1
* at the ofce and in w
Who tist that a rail- a
am dm anything? Mr. b
ML he human?
J' he was told. 'Of t
a boy. That might 0
Spyonag boy yet who r
Ml t the world owed n
replied the trail
this youngster is c
him. As a starter
eld bly, and he pur
lop as the boy grew.
through preparatory
lage. IMr. Hill figured
a ubstantial start in
are that the young I
a- the veteran ex
:jr. Hill looked up the
Us was a discouraged
him in business
. That partlbaulr
among the myriad
btof Signalman.
or other monkeys
been much trainal
teally useful. An ex
should be made in
ebaoon that took the
on a railway.
In South Africa,
Slialman was a crip
taught a baboon to
had points at cer
i'l cabln, and when
Was done the animal
Io the rails and
Uatron with the
ln she's a young
Sre tof itr?" asked
the other, "she
Pa prepare a pud
on the pack
etle a stauffed
reqaures much
ha bee patented
D. C.
NCAN'T RUN PAST SEMAPHORE
If Engineer Fails or Is Unable to No.
tice Danger Signal Train is
Stopped Automatically.
l-:x, eriments are ,being eondlucted by
,ne' of the Eastern railroadsc with a
-afety IdIvice which a lRochester in
ventor has evolved for the purpose of
,,litintin:itig acncidents caused by the
oc.c'asio nal failure of I' lriitivt e engi
neers to observe danger signals. P'ar
ticularly during heavy storms and
tdense fogs, It is extremely difficult for
a pilot to see a semnaplhore. The safe
ty appliance is Intended to control the cemn
speed of the train mechanically, so rank
that it cannot run into an open switch are
I or collide with another one if the
signals are properly set. The appli
ance is installed In a locomotive and
I consists of an arrangement which per
mits the steam to be cut off and the
brakes applied, when a lever arm, ex
1 tended adjacent to one of the rails.
strikes a trip fixed on the track and
t regulated either mechanically or elec
e trically by connection with a regular
signal system. Thus. when a tower
man sets a semaphore to stop an ap
e proaching train, and the engineer of
e the latter falls to see it. the lever arm
. of the controlling device hits the trip,
n and the train is brought to a stop.
u P'olpular Mechanics Magazine.
KEEP TRAIN CREW AT WORK
IC Difficulties of Railroading in Alaska'
Will Be Understood From the
y Following Incident
h A correspondent writing from Se
ll ward. Alaska, under (ldate of t)ecelmber
12, states: "Last week the train serv
e ice over the government railroad was
re discontinued for the winter beyond l
1e Mile 34. Beyond the thirty-fourth
mile of track only double-hea:ders have
a. been used during the past six weeks,
r-" two engines being required to force the
3 snowplow over the line. The train
n crew handling the last train of the sea
a son over the mountain summit to Mile
52 brought back some strange tales
le of the freaks of frost out the line.
on At Tunnel No. 3 a couple of Icicles six
id feet in diameter barred the way. and
us while these obstructions were being
se. removed the engine became frozen to
dy the track In the slush. It took two
he hours to thaw it loose. On the back I
er- trip, between Mile 40 and Mile 34, the
coldest spot in this section of Alaska.
he the trainmen's lanterns became extin
his guished every time they went outside. I
ell the oil congealing so that it could not
enter the wicks. The previous train
got beyond Mile 54, but was intercepted
Ive on the return trip by an immense snow
the slide near Spencer glacier and was
sul put in winter quarters constructed for
eg. the purpose. The train crew returned
eat to Seward on foot."
He
ght NEW BRIDGE QUICKLY PUT UP
Mtle
ess Union Pacific Engineers Successful in
»m What Is Called a Remarkable
the Piece of Work.
was
cad The old steel bridge of the Union
Pacific railroad over the Missouri riv- a
ay. er between Omaha and Council Bluffs' r
i n which had been in service for 80 years, l
was recently removed and replaced by
*all- a new steel bridge, which had been
Mr. built on false work alongside the old.
The actual operation of removing
'f the old bridge, which weighed 5,000,
Ight 000 pounds, and putting in place the
new, which weighed 11.200.000 pounds,
who required 15 minutes, four and a half
wed minutes for the removal of the old and
trail ten and one-half minutes to replace it
is with the new. Five hoisting engines.
equipped with block and tackle, were
used. Union Pacific officials said the
rter work was an unusual engineering feat.
leg An hour after the new bridge was In
r place trains were running over It.
S Russia to Build More Lines.
t in The war has awakened Russia to her
ng poor facilities in the matter of rail
er- ways, according to n late report from
Petrograd. Immense extensions are be
the Ing planned. Russia now has only 44,
000 miles of railway, an amount equal
nged to about three miles per 10.000 inhatbl
Pua tants. The United States has 20 miles
rind of railway per 10,000 inhabitants. Rus
sia's plans for the next five years in
clude extenslon at the rate of 4,000)
miles of new line annually. This will
be more than equivalent to a new trans
keys continental railway built annually in
ined this country. The construction will
i ecx- cost $45.0,000,000. or more for each year
le in of the 4,000-mile program.
Iway. Swiss Railroad Lines.
frica. Railroads were introduced in Swita
crip- erland in 1844 with the construction
on to of the Basel-St. Ludwig line. The
tcer- Zurich-Baden line followed in 1847.
when By 1800 there were 1,000 kilometers
aimal (621 miles) of normal-gauge lines In
Sand use, and In 1912 their length reached
3,500 kilometers (2,175 miles).
Helping Out the Milk.
the Bacon-This pamper says the volume
young of water estimated to be contained in
the oceans and the inland seas con
asked nected with them is 323.800,000 cubic
miles."
"she Eghert-Well. that would indicate
Spud- that we are reasonably sure of some
pack- thing in the way of a milk supply for
some time to come.
tuffed The repeal of the exclusion order
much against the ent'ry into British Colom
tented bia of "artisans and laborers. skilled
and unskilled." is being demandd
SCENES DURING THE FUNERAL OF ADMIRAL DEWEY
10
S Alo,,e is s-hown the caisson bearlto the I.ody of Admiral Dewey fro m the (alpitol in WVas.hingtonl to Arlington
le cemetery. leitlow. A lil'rl ,iewe'". lll tlimne te escort is seen draping the caisson with the Amnerictan flag. The
o ranking offiers. of the navl'yare dscending the cathpito sps. In the center of the picture, nearest the camera.
h are Admirals Badger (left) aud Fletcher (with black mustache).
SOON TO LEAVE THE MEXICAN BORDER
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tton '. Wh ipCpl re r aons his c u.an d in aen uscay f i rl
Ste
IdPEACE NOTE"E
Irv
htite
Bt h 0 . pe e
UP : .; : .
six
Bennett of New York and Brnet M.Chiperfield of llnos.
sing··: '
toy a "~
rued·
ACCUSER OF HARRY THAW
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Frederick Gump, Jr.. Kansas City high
c.hiool boy, on whose charges a war
r~ant for the arrest of Harry Thaw of
Pittsburgh was issued. Thaw is now '
in Philadelphia recovering from self- fi
inflicted wounds. f
GATHERED FACTS
I- The output of the bureau of fisheries a
cin stocking the waters of this country
amounted to more than 4,000,000,000
e specimens last year.
Numerous 'conotries are asserted for d
r a new automobile that can be run by I
gasoline or electricity, or a ccmbina- t
tion of the two.
The percentage of illiteracy in this (
I- country, taking the whole country to
d getter, is about 10 per cent It is stead
n deecreaglag
QUEER CHURCH ON THE SOMME FRONT
SE
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n This French priest Is rector of the quaintest sort of church on the Somme
i front. The church is built in a firing trench near Combles and Is protected
from enemy attack by bags flhed with earth. It is comparatively bombproof.
L. S. Black and S. L. White went
to the Houlton (Me.) fair together.
and on the ground they were joined by
J. A. Browne and Benjamin Green.
The king and queen of Roumania
have six children-two sons and four
daughters. The heir to the throne,
Prince Carol, tas twenty-three in Oc
tober.
A castor oil factory has opened in
Carmen, Colombia, and Its first ship
ment ot 10,000 pounds was bought by
ma American drug house. India for
m' y supgsned this medicine.
In Detroit a record has been made
of 100 cases, 61 boys and 39 girls, who
were backward pupils. Five years af
ter leaving school it was found that 13
of the boys and four of the girls had
been arrested at least once.
Stephen Lovejoy, who has been a
blacksmith in Auburn, Me., since 1876.
Is believed to hold the record for speed
in shoeing horses. He has shod three
horses in 37 minutes-one in 20, one in
ninb and one in eight. Halft an hour
is regarded as quick time to shoe one
ho by moset blackhmithi.
LAD OF TEN YEARS WOI
IS REAL "COWBOY"
Did His Share of the Work in
Driving a Large Herd to
the Ranch. Nifty
at
I ' i ."r ' , . S . . .- ' , r htu i . . , t y, ,'. , o ,f t
t,.r th-w dýo. \h it h 1;.itl W a` it°, ",f
!nx , I. i- ,.. nr .f th, ',rt TRA
Su1its (:t:i . , :,"'ili,:": Y. the" t'.t ,-t (:t
Itle ratl'h In (he c.'intral prtitll if the
state lI.c-tel :1 1 1 i h, t1 M i-.,;ri river, B
2;. mil.fs nlortlhwei t of P'ierre. I Boy's
Miauri,.( i' tea ye.ars el. lhe anmdI Be
an olier c',iIln'ller ttlk It trainlliad i
of eattle' fril Pierre' to, the ranch
over thei river butte.s. The Iboy lii hi
fu1 11 1 f :11 .:ir tf I e work ,f rilin ('hie
I lilt a
4, ...
.. , -.Itt.
tD ulley f o
mis no shoo Mrs.y. It required I
ing from about ::30 o'clock in the r
wardshe rnch rae thouand of ds
Corme
nde ualong th M our
pr bably the last of the really bigc
Did ranches Fulln this setion of the orth- write
west. The ranch was owned formerly drug
by Tom Steel. Bert Walte of Sioux nues.
City, and Chester Gowdy of Tarko, an a
3Io.. but at present is owned by Waite
nnd Gowdy only.
FORTUNE IN ELOPEMENT!
San Francisco. Cal.-Through
publicity attending the wrecked
romance of their eighteen-year
old daughter Signe, the Gerstad
family of Bellingham, Wash.. it
was said here, is about to come
into a fortune.
The girl recently became a
temporary ward of the police
through the arrest of D. M. Del
mnas. with whom she had eloped
on his promise to marry her.
After being arrested on a bad
check charge. Delmas was iden
tifled as an escaped convict
from a penitentiary in Texas.
where he had wrecked a bank.
The girl was sent home.
Attorney Sydney P. Robert
son of this city told recently of
having received a letter from a
firm of Chicago attorneys ask
ing for the address of Hilgar
Gerstad. the girl's father, sought
for years as heir to an estate
in Sweden. The Chicago attor
nes, the letter said, had read
$l the girl's escapade in a Chi- U
cago paper.
GIRL WILL CLAIM $1,000,000
Quitse Job as Domestic and Hurries to
Bedside of Dying God- he
mother.
'Pittsburgh.-Mry Gooda, aged sev
enteen, a domestic employed In the
residence of Dr. H. H. Turner, Swls
vale, departed for Whiting, Idaho, car
rying in her grip a letter which told
her of the Impending death of her god.
mother and of her inheritance of an
estate of $1,000,000. The girl received
the letter and left so hurriedly that she nl
neglected to tell her employers the gi
namen-of her godmother.
The letter stated that the only heir
to the godmother's estate, consisting ti
chiefly of coal lands, died a week ago, bl
and that the girl's godmother had re
*quested that her will be changed to
read in favor of the girl. She also
requested that the girl be brought to P
her bedside inmmediately.
The girl is a daughter of John R
SGooda of Pardee. Va., a coal miner.
,DVERTISES FOR BLOND WIFE
Oklahoma Minister Who Has Been
Widower for Three Years
Wants a Mate. t,
Muskogee, Okla.-Rev. T. W. East- ci
ham of Beggs, Okla., lives on a farm ,
near Beggs and preaches at four dif ,
ferent churches on h1s circuit, but has
not met a woman since his wife died
three years ago, wheom he would "par
ticularly care to have for a wife." Ite-(
cently before leaving for his home,
after attending the East Oklahoma
Methodist conference, Mr. Eastham in
serted an advertisement for a wife in
Sme a local newspaper.
m made that she ugthe too sIll or too
t, who larget. I ant her toi be arou t ty owi
e h. age, or younger, but she can have any
Tinsthad Elopers Caught.
been aElgin, III.-Augusta Kline, thirteen.
Ien dreided to elope with Clyde Parent,
'or8pee reat7. She confded her Intentrons
to Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Harmond
i and, taking their twenty-months-old
oe baby with them, they eloped with her. I
The girl was returned by the police
oe o Chlesa. 1
WOMAN, 2f, TRAPS
BOY CAVE MAN
Nifty Neighbor Child She Smiled
at Writes a Threatening
Letter.
TRACED BY PHONE CALL
Boy's Explanation Is He Wished to
Be Detective or Reporter and
Wanted to Get Into Atmos
phere of Mystery.
('hiea, . --- r. in:tu El I r ýi 1, tintro
4il,- d Its ,rlfh l ir ,, h hrnu. iul. T,,\ '
Sily ' rhi, t l.e r ', it' lih. r. \\~it
I lfl I_ arhill In all th uree reeie\di by
Thrs. Edwak-, :t Mrs. -a
l'"i a friendly tilly, ,ut a tan
,,ubs enemyl . iotur husanll d . r uy Ed
down. A 1 lal'k lnl, lwte suit ntro-er.
dued tself ta peronalruh had r n t t. Thribue."
All tthrs re letters with thrittents where
hsuy ,ren't lr. Tlhery wereith lov. This
line uppeared tt all three revelved by
Mrs. Edwards:
"ime a friendly ally, but a dan
gerous enemy. Your husbamnd Guy Ed
wards, Is an old-timer. wfe deserter.
Come to met love. If you will meet
we put a personal ad In the Tribune."
Lay Trap for Him.
All the letters were written on tis
sue paper. They were followed by a
telephon phone ampaign. Mrs. Edwards
received three or four calls a day at
her place of employment.
Yesterday she and Mr. Edwards de
cided to trap the ununymous letter
writer. Mrs. Edwards agreed to meet
her mysterious pursuer when he called
over the telephone as usual. She and
Mr. Edwards then secured the services
os of Detective Sergeants Thomas Cassin
he and John Mason froml the bureau. The
dis etectives went to the Sunnyside ex
ig change and traced the next call to Mrs.
Eh- dwards' apartment. It came from a
lydrug store at Racine and Wilson ave
a nues. Cassln and Mason jumped into
1o. an auto and raced for It while Mrs.
ite Edwards kept her suitor on the wire.
As the detectives reached the booth
I I ý ,
it -ý. /
SUsed to Smile Casually at the Boy.
phone the occupant stepped out. Cassln
put his hand on the shoulder of rosy
checked, cherubic Harold Guan.
00 Boy Admits Charges.
The boy admitted the whole matter
*M when faced with the charge. Ie sad
he had no reason for doing It, except
that he wished to be a detective or
newspaper reporter and ranted to get
te* into an atmosphere of mystery. He
thewas taken to the central breau,
where he refused to see Mrs. Edwards
tar- when she called. Young Gunn's moth
told er swooned when told her boy was
arrested. She solaid be had been brought
n up as a home boy and had never been
allowed to have sweethearts. The one
she girl he had gone with he met last sum
ith mer at tle Wilson avenue beach.
"I permitted him to take her to the
heir theater once," she said. 'Trhat was
his only love afftair, and he has alwaysl
Sro - been a kind, dear boy to me."
lre- Iarold, who is fourteen, quit high
l so school several months ago, and is em
, tt ployed with a real estate firm.
John RICH GIRL BECOMES NURSE
She Says It Is Fine to Be Doing Some.
VIF thing Besides Spending
e Money.
Been
Kansas City. Mo.-MIlss Letitia Car
tis, owner of valuable oil lands,.
descendant of a United States Osago
E Est- chieftain and relative of Senator:
farm Charles Curtis of Kansas, has given
ir lf . up a life of luxury to help the poor.
t has She is a nurse at St. Mary's hospital.
e ied Instead of a luxurious apartment to
"par- which she had been accustomed, Mimss
i e- Curtis rooms with another nurse, both
home. sleeping in one bed. No more dances
homa nor social affairs for her.
m In- "I haven't seen my motor car for a
wie in week," says Miss Curtis. "I don't care.
I love this new life. It is fine to be
rtlse- doing something. It is better thaa
ulrlal just spending money andi hunting ftn."
or too Too Proud to Work.
a own Terre Ilaute. Ind.-llarry Moore ad
Le any mitted in the circuit court here that he
was "too prtltd to, work" and that this
was why Ine forted cheekis. The judge
hirteen told himr he c, li wo.rk hehind prison
walls andil his prilde ,tuldl not suffer.
rntina Fined $45 for a Kiss.
nths-old : Aurora:1. Ill. - Rilchard Chandler
ith her. I kilssed Mrs. Charles Liberg when he
p e olice went to collect the rent on Christmas
day. He was fined $5.