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For FIT For COMFORT - For WASHING For WEAR Are in a Class by Themselves A MAN'S GARMENT FOR A MAN'S WORK Guaran~eedlo Fil Beller, lo Wash Be~~erand Wear Longer. Your Money Back if they Don't They cost more to make because we use better Materials. Why pay the same price for an inferior garment? Insist on Your Dealer Supplying You With BETTER- BUILTS. If He Will Not Supply You, Write Direct to Factory. For Sale by E. F. Eppiman Merc. Co. Galloway & Mansfield Chaffee, Mo. Monett, Mo. I. Kohn Reed-Smith Clothing Co. Hayti, Mo. Springfield, Mo. Cofer Clothing Co. Chas. Ferguson Cape Cirardeau, Mo. Willow Springs, Mo. Hickman-White Store Co. Standard Clothing Co. Puxico, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. Logan-Jones Dry Goods Co. Kansas City, Mo. Textile Products Manufacturing Co. Makers SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI This Baltimore & Ohio "Royal Blue" engineer, Mr. Charles Broll, wears and swears by "true blue" Stifel's Indigo Cloth road clothes. Since the time of the first railroadsstrong,sturdy, fast-color, never-break-in-the-printStifel's Indigo has been the popular garment cloth for railroad men. Before you buy OVERALLS
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A Review of the Year 1919
Thc Firs 1 Ycriod of Recons~ruction AEtm 1hc Grca t War Markcd by S~rnggl~sOver Pmcv Trcaty and Lwync of \r alions.
1:'I'EK ncal-I!; five years 01 fri~yhtiul\\-al-i;~~-c, in \\,hicii :lI! oi tke great 1)on.crs and ninny oi the smnllcr ~latio!:s 11;lc.i becn in\wlvctl, the \vorltl A iound it difficult to return io a~i!.thing likc normal renditions during the year 191!). \Vliilc Gie arn!isticc. 11-hicli Ivas signed in tlie closing \\:ecks of 1918. lirouglit a ccssntion ni 1iostilitic.s l)ct\\-ecn the t\\:o groups of nations that had lwen engaged in thc great sti-ngglc. it did not In-ing 1)cacc to all the pco1)lcs involvetl. 'I'cchnically, tli(~\\-orltl \\.as still at \\r;lr throughout practically all of the )-car just closctl. as the peacc trcaty, ~\.Iiicli\\:as framctl in Paris aitcr ~nonthsof ncyotiation conltl not Iw ~natleidl~r effective until ratifictl I)y the great po\vers ant1 iormnlly pr-o~liulgatetlby tlic Pcace Con- icrvncc. l:ailu!-c oi tlic Unitccl Statcs Senate to ratify tlic treaty, because oi ol)l)osition to thc covenant oi tlie I.eagne of Nations, which \vas made a part oi tlic ~)cacetrcaty, !)revented thc formal declaration of pcace until mow tlla11 a year af'trr the arrriistice \\las signed. In the nlcantinic~,i1itc.riia1 disorticrs and territol-id disl)utes, arising from the cstal)Iisl~m~~~tof many ne\v nations kept a large part of Eurol~ein tur- moil. Such a co~nl)lctcrcn~alii~lg oi thc map of I;.~rrol)cas resulted froni tlic great \\,:lr nntur-all!. coultl not I)c ;~ccomplishctl \\rithout friction. The great e1nl)irc oi Austria-Ilungary had fallen to pieces \\-it11 the tleicat of thc Central I'o\\-crs, ant1 out of thc \vrcclcagc ne\v statcs arose. 'I'hese ne\v nations-A~rstria. Hungary, l'olancl ant1 tlic Czoch antl Jup-slav states- could not cstal)lish thcir nc\v 1)oundarics without friction among themscl\,es and with thcir ncigllI)o~-s.'l'hc ncw goy-ernmcnt of Germany, \vIiich had hccn transfur-met1 into a rel)uhlic. \vas stl-iving to ~nain[nin itself' ax-ainst the attacks of ~xtlical clerncnts. l<~rssin\\.:is tol-n I)? civil strifc. 114th half a tlozc~~grorrps iighting io!- thc ~nnstcr!;. At timcs \vorltl Ixacc secmcd still far OH', 1)ut as tlic yc:~r !)assctl conditions l)ccanic more settled a~rtlit secmed prol)al)le that \\-it11 thc formal pro~nulgationof thc pact trcaty the seeming chaos into \\:hich l:,urol)c had bccn th!-oivn \voul(l pass. In the Unitctl States contlition~Tvcrc not so ~rnscttledas in thc nations that had I~ccnlongcr engagctl in thc I\-:LI-,I)LIL h~rc.:LS in 1lu:-ope, the transi- tion fro111 a war to a pcace basis \\';IS not easy. Se\\- industrial prohlenis had Iw.~ crcatccl. 'l'hc high cost of living caused Ialmr to makc insistent antl rcpcntctl tlcmantls Tor higher ~\.;lpsand rcsultcrl in nlrmel-ous strikes among all classes of \vorlicrs. R:lrlic.al Icadcrs t00li a(lvanta~cof the unrest that esistcrl to recruit their forccs antl thcy 1)ccamc so active that the coustitutcd authorities of the riation finally io~rntlit ncccssay to takc tlctcr~ninctl.steps Foreign Affairs. Clenlenccau ior pernlancut chair~na~~ \\:bile the treaty \\.:IS being ncgo- of the conference and the delegates tiated conditions rcmainctl \.cry un- elected him 13). unanimous vote. It settled not only ill the territory which was ilctcl-~uinedat the beginning that had been includetl in the four tleic:~tecl onl~-the live great 1)elligerent j)o\vcrs, natiorrs, I~utthroughout ~CLII-OI)~.I-{us- the linitetl States. Great Britain, sia conti~iuctl in a statc of turmoil 1;rance. Italy and Jal)an, shu~~ltltake tl~~-o~~gl~outthc !.car. .-lltI~o~rgl~the part in all mccting.~oi thc conicrcnce Eolshe\,ist go\.crnmcnt, untlcr the tli- ant1 commissions to I)e aplwintctl ; that rection of Jxninr a11(1'l'~-otsk~. main- other belligerent ant1 associatctl ow- tained its contl-ol over a larp part of crs sl~oultlparticipate onl?. in mectings the iormcr cml)ire, it \\as hcm~nctlin at ~vhich questions cwnccrning then1 on all sides by oplwsing g-roups. which were to he discussed. att:ickctl it ivith \.ar\iing success. 'J'llc Tt was gencrall~,agrectl that none riel\. German repul)lic during- thc val-I!. of the dcfentetl nation should bc in- prt of the year faced serious opposi- vitcd to send rcprcsentativcs to the t1o11 from the radical Spartican elc- Peace Coniel-encc, but them \\-as some ment. l111t 114' the ntlol)tion oi sc\-cl-c tlificrcncc of or)inion as to whethcr the measures thc government succeeded rc~l)rescntati\-cb of existing Rursian in ~naintainingitseli :ind ordcr \vns jio\.ernn~cnts shoultl Ije asltrtl to lnr- restored thl-oughout thc coulltry. 'I'hc ticipate. France refused to approve ne:\;l!. constit~~tetlnation of Poland the p~oposalnlntlc by Great I
Switchmanship By DUIT V7RIGHT, Smitclman Chicago Terminal, Illirlois Ccntal Railroad. - IG nrcn 11ow clays tell us that to man you do not get such a reception. succeed we must be a good You will go to the office antl tell your B salcsman antl that we must scll employer of your intention and he will something that wc believe in antl reply: "411 right." I-Ie calls in his clerk so~irething that the buyer will not ant1 tells him to give you an order have to put on the sliclf or scll at a for your time and a servicc letter. sacrifice if we are to lie a gootl salcs- Your service letter will he something man. If we sell something that the on the order of a prison record. It buycr cannot use it won't he long un- will give the color of your hair and til we Ilave no inarkct for our goods cyes. weight and hcight. Your future auiI we \\:ill have a poor reputation. employcr can gct nothing out of it es- When \ve have run ourselves tlo~vnin cept the fact that you were employed this manner \ve are not wanted any- as a s\vitchman at :I certain placc for where and even though u7c are han- a certain time and Ilc may not he sure dling anothcr article we cannot get an ahout that 1)ccause it may bc a "fake" audience 1~4thtlie prospective l)uyer. lettcr that you carry. \\dl prob- Wc "tlune" him once and he doesn't ahlj. get a joh if he needs mcn. hut the care to take another chance. otlicr fellow with the personal rcconi- What has a switchman to scll? A nicntlation lvill get a jol~~vitlio~~t any s~vitclimansells his labor at so much trouh!e. an hour. He must sell his employer x\'c-)wthat wc hajrc fo~~ntlout that a tlic best lie has .so that his employer switchman has something to \\'o~~ltlj.ou loan \-ou~-autonlol)ilc to a iric~itland \\-o~~ldyour iricnd loan is 0 1 YOU \\.6111d h:l\.~ tO I)c I)rc>tty good iricn(ls to loan :In auto- ~iiobilc. 1)cc:tusc automol~ilc.: cost \ our c!mplo!.c~ can 1n;llic money o11t oi tlic lal)o~-you arc sc:llinx Iiini? lications as :t salt-man tha~it1iosc \vho I oi iio I le is not only sclli~ighis 1al1o1-. but lic is ill a poqi- tion to rcl)rcsc~ithis conil~an!-. Ii lie docs liis \\.o~-k promptly :inti cheer- full!-. he \\Till Iia\.e no tl-oul~lcto tli~-o\\r all the sliil!~iie~itsfrom tlicsc intluq- tries ovcr to his e~nployer. Ej. 01)- taining tliis atltlitio~ial1)usine.s: ior Iiii; cni1)loycr lie is h~~iltlinga rcl)~~tatio~i i01- liilnscli ant1 gcttiiic more \vorli for hi.; i(~llo\\.c~iil)loyes to (lo. Give tlic pul~lic all the help and infor~nation vou c:ln. I~eca~~scit is tlie public that Iiccps us busy. The public also pays for thc fine passenger trains tha travel o\T~-our lint. \\'lien you have \vorlc to do on tliesc train.< do it caref~~lly. Tf j.ou (lo not lianrlle passerig-cr trains c:lrcfull!l tlic pul3lic lvill Ix ail-aitl to ~ritlcon your line and !m11 \\.ill be tlie cause of some "old ti~iicr" returning to the frcight scl-\.ice. final drrtination ..;c\-rral Iiours late and ;~lso cause !,our eml)loyer a lot of \4,orry :~litl crpcnrc. You all I not, 1)11tthr:!. \\-crc all gi\.r~itluc con- sitlc.1-ation 1)). 111): su]:)c~rio~-.s.lic>nicm- I)(II-, lii~itl rc:ntl(:r, tli:tt !.OLI ;LI-ca cog in tliv \\-Iiwl oi a I~ip~ii:~c.Iii~ic~ ;111(1 if \.ou jail [lie \vliolc ~n;lchinc~111;~~- stol). !, I licl-c. arc: IiianJ7 thinxs tliat 1 coultl \\-l-itcx xlmut : ill Tact. I could \\-rite con- tinuously (111 this subicct. but 1 am KO- ing to rlosc this article I)!- mentioning three. mow itcalns th:tt are (ill II~!. mind. Seli-ctlucation is o~i(.oi the itc~i-IS. .A 11l:lll thw: (!a)Y \v110 I1:.1s a pO(.)l- cdu- c-ntio!i h;ls no one to I)l;~~ncxI)ut hinl- wli. (10 to niglit .sclloc~l 01. take :t cor~-c~sl~o~i(lv~~cccourse. li !-011 (lon't ic.c.1 :11)11.~ to (lo c1itlict1- tli tl~c,~c.rcatl sonic. good ~n:~gnzi~ics.1.10 not wad a11 liction. l)ut gct so~iic~tliingtliat \\.ill stick to tlic 1-il)s. I-?c!:ltl sucli ma:,.;lzi~ic.s as tllc J,itcrary Digest ant1 'l'l.rc~ -\mc~-- ican. Usc your dictio~inry\\.hc11 !-ou comc to a ~vortlyou do ~iotuntlcl-stand ant1 1)eiorc man>- clays you \\-ill have a nu~nl)croi nw- I\-ortls on !lour list awl you \\.ill kno\\; 11ow to use them. If J-ou arc ;I fcllo\\- \vlio tliinlis lic is not tloin~\mil ~-ca(l"The American" ant1 find out \vhy you are not succcetl- in:. 7'hcl-c \\.as :In article in thc .'\mcr- ica11 Aragazinc~ a fc\\ 11ionths .ago in which Il)aniel Willard told how he ilitcr a long fight we have gained a went from a fireman on a little Ver- firmel- footing in the \\-orId, but it has mont railroad to psesident of the 13. Pr taken WIII~ timc. \Vc have always 0. lf lie did it you can. Don't be been intelligent, but we Iiavc not becn satisfied Jvith yous job, but n~orlifor a handling the right Irrand of goods. Lct bctter one. -\ man who is satisfied cach one of us try to improve our line is "on center" and he has every one so much that our c~nploycrand the I~ehintlhim 1)loclted. If there is a man public \\-ill be unablc to get along \vith- ahcatl oi you who is "on center" try out us. Let us try to make a better to sun around him. place for ourselves in the \vorlcl no\v \\'c often \vontler \vhy \vc have been that \ve Iiave a start. If \\:e stop "on left in the samc job so long and many center" v-e will I)c set on the siding tinlcs \\-c think that we are being held and then bacliccl up to the shop. AEter ul) 1)y wmc. one \vho has a grudge the repairs are niarle \ve \\;ill start out , :~x:-ainst us. t I> his may sometimes be again to the otlles end of the ladder. true, hut in most cases we are not \\;e may make the top of the ladder \voi-thy of 1)romotion. We have been this time, I)ut \ve will be late. Per- sellins our cmployer the wrong kind haps too Intc. I)c.cause the yard may oi s\v~tcl~manshand he has not nlatle be blocketl by tliose who ran around us a fair profit out of the money he in- \\-hen we 1)rokc (lo\\-n. vested in the lahor ure sold him. He 111 conclusion let me s:L\' that 111y. Ins been "done" once and lie is not o1)jcc.t in writing this article is to help goinx- to 1)c "overdone" 11y promoting the s\vitclimen and nthcr employes as US. \\.ell as the Tllinois Ccntral. 7 sincerely I,ast, but not least, I will mention hope that my effost \\-ill I)c of some temperance. \\illat is better to look 1)cncfit to hth. at tlian a \\dl fed? well clothed antl happy family? What is better than a hnl)py family? I-Io\v can ~OLIhave TWO KINDS OF PEOPLE. happiness and prosperity if "lmxx" is tc~bc paramount? "Rooze" \\-ill rob "There are tn.0 kinds of ~~coplcon cart11 today; you oE your family. It \\GI1 rob your (Just the two kinds-no more. I say); family of its food and clothes and also Not thc saint or sinncr, for 'tis nrcll un. take au.ay the love and respect others derstood, have for you, You don't want your The good are half I~adand the bad are half good. son to IK a clrunltaril. ;et you set the Sot thc rich nor the poor, for to sound a tr;lp for him. l'herc is a slogan going n~an'swealth rhc rounds that runs on 1;l.x this: ''No You must first know the statc of his con- I?ecr. So Work." T will slio\v you scicncc and health. ho\v \veal< it is 1)y adtlin~a few \vorcls. Sot the happy or sad, for the swift flying years T say it shollltl I)e "No Bccr. No \Vorlc nring to c;~chman his laughtcr and to each -No IVorlc, So Pay-So Pay. So man his tcars. Beer." Sow, my friend. you wcrc So; the two kinds of r~eopleon earth today, ~vitl~oufbeer when you startctl antl I mean, .\re the peoplc n.ho lift and t!ic people who you \\-cre \vithout beer \\.hen you lean. stoppwl. Retween I~ecrsyou had no .\nd \vhcrc'er you yo yon'l! find the world's money to supply yourself ant1 family lllasses \\it 11 the necessaries of life. What do .\rc always tlivitlcd into just these two you pin? NotIiing- I)ut n har\.est of c!assrs. !\ntl, oddly cnongl~,you'll fi~~d.too, I mean, l)arren regrets. 'l'hcrc's only one liftcr to twenty who ley. A fen. clays ago, you might say ycs- In which class are you? 22re you easrng tertlay, the s\vitchmen were classed as the load Of ovcrtascd lifters \\-ho toil down the a kind of beast. Even any "railroader" road? was loolied clown on. If some fair Or arc yo11 a leancr who makes others bear latlv stooped low enough to marry x Your part of the labor and worry aud "railroatler" she disgraced her family. care?" Calmness7-of.. Twelve-Year-Old School Girl Saves Lives of Three Small Children. XI? of the most brilliant acts of maid for tliir rescue got onc off and I heroism in the annals the saw that rny timc was getting short 0 Frisco lincs was the saving of so I ran hack ant1 got one untlcr each thl-cc sinall chilclren froln death under :irme and juinp off of the end of the the ~vheelsof a locomotive 1,y t\velve- 1)ridg.c ahout .7 or 6 feet just 1)efoi-c year-old Ag-ties St:~iirliicr of .-\ll)ion. the train struck us. I tl~ourhtthe Okla. little $rl \\as On .Sunday, killed but \\.hen November Zd, 1 got out ant1 as Frisco train \a\v hcr I \\ a\ No. 5, rountletl so overjoyed a cul-\;e o 11 c t 11 a t I coultl mile cast ot' not liccp from Alhion. Okla.. crying. I hope Eng-inccr the ones that \Ar. A. Davis rcads this Ict- s a w several tcr I take children play- I\ or~iinga 11 d ing on a bridge stay off of the only a short rxilroatl. Thc distancc aheatl nalilcs of all of the engine. tl~cm,the little The cngineer girls name i\ immetliatcly all- \-crliic Cran - 1)lietl the air in iortl. 4 )-ears the emcrgencj. oltl, the little ant1 (lid e\:erjr- I) 0 \' s o 11 e thing in 11 i s ~ia~nctl12olnnd p\\-a-t~ chccli St;~ndlic~-,my the train, hut curin 5 years hc \\-as so close old, thc other lo thc chililrcn a 3Till)urn that it \vas im- lily brother -1- possible f o 1- years old. ant1 him to stol). Just at this moincnt 1Tiss my n~nicis ;\pies Stantlifer age 12 Agnes Standiler. agc t\\.clvc. al)pearctl years oltl. ;Is c\:c.r yours frind your on tlie bridgc and got one oi the cliil- wry tr~ily.Y'rite to me soon good by, dren off the track. ~-c.turnctl and 1'. S. in closc you will find rn!; picture. g-I-ablxtl tlie other t\\-o,one uncicr cach .\li.;s .\fii~e~taiitlife~-." arm and jumpcd off the 1)rirlgc just I,c- Ilnginccr l)a\.is, in speaking of the fore the locomoti~ereached tlic spot. matter to NI-. T!altzcll, Ivas o\.cr,ioyctl In rcsponse to a letter from S~lpt. in the fact that he (lid not stl-ilic tlic C. TT. Jlaltzell. of the Central Division, Miss Standif'cr wrote as follo\vs re- children, and to use his own ~wrtls, garding the matter : stated that lie could "feel the cl~iltlrcii "I reccvcd your Icttcr ycstartlay I)cing grouncl to death under tlic and you wanted me to tell you all wheels of the cngine," when he \vas about the rcscue of the three cliiltlrcn. doing circrything in his po\vcr to stop deal- sir, it is hart1 to do as I \vas scired his train. but the thought cainc to me that it The remarkable presence of mind of was death if I did not get them so I this littlc twelve-year-oltl school girl savctl from a horrible tleath three slo~vlyand to stop I)cforc mlking rail- snlall cllildrcn untlcr sis !-cars of age. road crossings. hlr. I3altzcll cspccts to present Miss I lere's to Sliss ;\g,.ncs Stantlifer. Stantlifer \\.it11 a rnetlal ~)roperlyin- scrilxd. as a token ot thanks nucl a re- OF SPECIAL INTEREST \l.;irtl for her heroic act. TO EOLDERS OF U. S. ?,rr. Ualtzcll. \vho is a ~i~ostardent LIBERTY BONDS snict!. o ork kc^- antl a lo\-cl- oi chiltlrcn, is lout1 in his 1)rnisc for little 1.li.s~ Stantliicr. For ;L numl~crof moi~tlis lfr, Hnltzcll nntl hi.; Snicty C'ominittcc has been meeting \\.it11 tlic school cliil- tlrcn at different ~~oint..;on his tli\7ision \\.here the ~nontlll! snivt!. mvctinps are co~~di~ctcd,ill 311 ~Fiortto iltll)ress ulx)n the children thc clangcl- oi lvnlk- ing- antitl othcrn.ise trcsl)as..;inx. up011 rnilro2tl tr:~c! .\s thv priricil)al sl)(~;~kcror th~ ;lit~l-- noon. ,Sr~l)eri~itc~ntlcntI~:~ltzcll y-a\-(, a tlct;lil(,tl :~ccount of thc littlc rl-irl ~\-l~oscprrsc,ncc of mind :llld quick tlc-. ci.sion sn\.vtl the li\.vs of thc t1irc.c clljl- tlr-en. 1 .ntc,r lic i~ltI-otlircctl Enyinccr I\'. A. T)a\-is of So. .5. lhvis modestly dcclinctl to giw rnll details of his 011-n cffortx. I)~rtthe ~ul)cri~itc!ndcntatltlctl that "lk\-is rccallctl that in the cscitc- mcnt hc I\-oulcl II:L\T turncc-l !:is en?-inc hottom side 111) if he could to l)rc\-cxnt the c~nincnttrnxcdy. Fafct!. Supuvisor (;;lines anti ;\Ta!.or JIonro, of Fort Smith. \\.crc otlicl-5 ~\.holn:ldc t;LIIis, c:~ch of \\rhOm :I\)- ~)c:~Ictlto the students to 1)lctlq-e tliat \\.hc.11 I-itlinx in :~iltornoi)ilcnl~ut to c-I-oss n railsond or tl;~ngerouscity street crossing. or \vliicli was bein:: tlriven at a dnncerous rate of sl)eed. tn clernnnd that the car be driven more (Continued on page 17) The Hanna Stoker Ry W. E. BELTEK, Road Foreman of Equipment. HE Hanna Stoker consists of the into the elevating worm which leads to following parts, namely: a the cabinet. This hopper has an open- T double reversible reciprocating ing from the deck of the locon1otive steam engine, a tender crusher hopper which can be used for coal conveyance with a conveyor worm to carry thc at such times as the tender hopper may coal fornard from the tender, a loco- be out of service due to foreign sub- motive feed hopper which conveys the stance being in the fuel thereby stop- coal received fro111 the tender to the ping the tender conveyor. Right here elevating lvorin, a door cabinet con- ~t will be well to add that the coal is taining the high and lo\\ pressurc blast carried bet\veen the locomotive proper chambers and distribution wings. a and the tender by means of a made up control ca-e used in operating the dis- steel pipe fitted also with a conveyor tribution wings, a gear box antl clutcl~ worn This arrangcment is a very arrangenlent for disconnecting the good dcsip since it eliminated the tencler machinery. possihilit! of any coal being spilled on The small steam engine driving thc the right of way. entire mechanism is as above statetl a 7'hc door cabinct consists of a cast doublc reversible reciprocating engine iron frame attachctl to the boiler back It is very simple in design and easily hentl owl- thc fire tloor. Jts dcsign is demonstrated that it is powcrfu! very qood since the firing- IS done enough for the ~vorktlcmandcd from through the fire door, which, as most it. The oiling device for it is \\-ell tle- engineers will agrcc, is thc logical signed. The cylintlcrs are lubricated place to fire an cnginc. 'I'l~is cabinet from the lubricator in the cab. The is the place where the coal is finally other machin~ry is incased and is landed to he hiirnetl antl since it is that lubricated by what is known as a part of the Stoker. which has a vital splash system. In other words the en. function to do it is wcll that it be per- tire working parts arc surrounded with fectly understood. This cal~inct is oil. This is Iino\\.n as the crank case fitted with an a~~toniaticfire tloor. antl is fitted nith a pipe to fill it The thereby making it very easily at all only exposed parts on this ell,'olnc arc times to open the door. This cabinet the valve rods. also contain!: the distribution wings The tencler hopper antl crusher which conveys the coal to the double worms are 17e1-\-simple in design. It hlast chaml,cr antl thc hlast chamber consists of a hopper so constructed pr01)c~-.The coal is rccci~-ctlat the top 'that it will slip into the bottom of the of the cabinet from the vertical or elc- tencler. The crusher is made up of a vating worm and dcscentls to a ridge conveyor sere\\. and a series of Itnives plate whicl~is used to tli~.itlc it into or breakers which prepare the coal any ratio to the wings. This is done from the usual run of mine. The top w that if a boiler req~~iresmore coal of the hopper is fitted with slides to on onc side tlian the other. it can be give the correct flow of coal into the casilv cared for by the olw-ation of hopper antl arc atljustal,le to meet all thc tlividing plate. This is done by conditions. simply shiftinq the plate. The coal is The locomotive hoppcr receives the then deposited on the win~sand slides coal fl-om t!le tender hopper antl is clown the blast chamhcrs. These wings fastened to the hack head and deck in are in motion and travel a distance of such a manner that it will accornmo- about three inchcs cnch side of thc cen- date itself to the different boiler ex- ter of the door openinq. They can, pan~ions. 'It is also fitted with con- however, be so controlled hv the con- \re!-or worms antl discharges the coal trol 110s(which \\,ill he explained latcr) THE HASNA STOKEK 15 that they will travel any distance from it, thereby eliniinating the laborious tlie center. This depending on what job of trying to pitch the coal the en- the needs for correct firing may re- tire distance of the box. It further quire. Ey the operation of these wings gives a more even distribution than a fireman i\ able to get the distribu- without it. Regardless of the design tion he desires from the back corners or durability of any machine failures to the boiler arch. In conjunction with will happen, antl they are to be ex- thebe \vings tlie double blast chambers pected. However, with the feature of also ])I:\!, a prominent part. After tlie tlie cloul~leblast chamber, much hard coal has left the wings it drops down work can be overcome since there is on n h1:~st chamher fitted with a high notliing in the way of niacliinery to antl lo\\ pres\ure blast. The high fail in its ndte up. It necessarily fol- pressure blast i> arranged with finger lows that even in a stoker failure this tips x11t1acts as a sort of screener of can he used to a great advantage in the coal onl~nllon iiig the larger coal to be scattering of coal and also eliminating hit by the high pressure blasts. This the hard work of getting the coal for- means that tlie larger coal is sent for- ward in the fire box. \\art1 in the fire hos while the finer The control case is located on the coal drops through these fingers and fireman's side of the locomotive and is collies in contact \vith the lo\v pres- udin controlling and furnishing the sure and is lilcen~isc deposited in the travel of the wings in the cabinet. rear of the fire box. It also follows Each wing has its separate control in that as the tno diffwent kinds of coal this box. The travel of each wing is are hlon-n into the fire box the finer marked on the boy in the segment of coal acts as a sort of blanliet for the a circle with holes bored i11 it which larger coal, \vliicli is a clever arrange- \\rill accommodate the placing of the nient in assisting materially in burn- handles which show the travel of the ing a greater amount of coal in suspen- wings. The travel of this control box sion thereby climinating much stack is taltrn by means of an eccentric from loss. There is also a feature in the thc maill sliaft in the locomotive hop- steam I~lasttliat must not be over- per. It is a ratchet arrangement and looked. Il'lien the steam is blowing the travel is al~vaysproportional to the the coal into the box, it is also sep- stoker engine travel. This means that aratetl into its component parts, at whatever speed the stoker engine naniel\-, Iiyt11-ogen and oxygen. The may be running a corresponding speed oxygen nil1 further support the honest value for an honest dollar, but The Frisco-Man oftentimes we, i.he public, won't let Published Monthly by the him. We insist that he charge us St. Louis-San Francisco Railroad more than a reasonable price for his goods, and if he refuses we won't buy OPfIce of Publicatlon: 723 misco Bldg., St. Louis but will silnply go to a man who will Subscription prloe. 10 cents per copy, or $1.00 let us pay more for the sanie article. per year, delivered postpaid. Copy furnished An instancc of the present high liv- gratis to the employes of the St. Louis-San ing niania recently came to the notice Francisco Railroad. of the writer. A certain large depart- Advertising rates furnlshed upon application. mrnt store in St. Louis put on a silk shirt ''sale." This sale was atlver- VOL. XIV ' JANUARY,s1920 No. 1 tised in the daily press, antl several large counters werc given over to the display of these "bargains" at $8 per EDITORIAL each. On the appointed clay the "bar- gain" hungry public made a mad HIGH COST OF LIVING VERSUS rush for the unheard of bargains in COST OF HIGH LIVING silk shirts at S8 apiece, resulting in a stampede. 011another counter lay an HE high cost of living- is now a ordinary cotton shirt of good quality by-word with most of us mor- but minus the xlaring colors and the T tals; nrc talk it, think it, breathe soft texture. These were also on sale it, and question it. It is the chief at $2.00 each, hut still the chief center topic of discussion over tlie back-yartl of attraction was at the $8 counter. fence, in the office, tlie shop and the A few years ago the opposite would church. IVe talk it up one side and have occurred and the cotton shirt down the other until we have tlior- counter would have received tlie oughly convinced ourselves that it is plaudits of tlic multitudes. real; that it is a condition beyond our Another instance \\-as recently cited individual power to overcome. We by a St. Louis butcher testifying be- have all placed the blame, some at the fore a committee in Washington. T-Te door of the profiteer and some of us told of having lost I~usinessbecause maintain that it is the natural result he tried to give tlic people choice cuts of the diminished supply of all the ne- of meat at a reasonal~leprice, whereas cessities of life. With a great deal of his competitor across the street was justict have we come to these con- perfectly willing to let the multitudes clusions, but there is one factor which pay the fancy price antl the competi- we are all prone to overlook. We tor pot the I~usiness. This, of course. must take stock of ourselves and see tends to create a desire on the part of if we ourselves, individually, are not tlie nicrchant to acconiinodate Mr. directly responsible to a degree, for Con411nier by lettiny him pay a big the present made rush of prices to the price for his goods. mountain tops. Profiteerinq and high prices nlill Summin~it all up and listeni~iqto ceaLc only when the consuming public all the evidence we must, all of us. put'; its foot down antl acrees to quit adniit a share of tlie guilt. It is not profiteering itsclf. Profiteer-s exist alone the food profiteer, the clothing only because the public encourages profiteer. the coal profiteer that should profiteering by emptying its purse bear the entire responsibility. True into tlie coffers of the profiteer. We there are those among us, and it will buy a suit of clothes at one store woulcl seem, many of them. who very for $60 and refuse to go across the eagerly take advantag-? of a bad situa- street and I)uy the sanie suit for $30, tion and run their prices up beyond consequently the nian with the $30 all reason, but as a whole it must he suit is co~npelletlto raise his price to admitted that the average husincss $40 to stav in business, antl success- man is honest and wants to give an fully compete with the other man. EDITORIAL 17 The surest and quickest way to re- Frisco-Man is a magazine by the duce the cost of living is for the con- Frisco employes, of the Frisco em- suming public to take a hand by re- ployes, and for the Frisco employes. fusing to do business with the man Every employe from track laborer who charges two prices for his goods. to the highest official is responsible We should wear cheaper shoes, cheap- in a measure for its success. Its pur- er clothing; eat cheaper cuts of meat poses are the recording of the activi- and forego many of the luxuries we ties of Frisco people, keeping those now enjoy. Let us bestow honor on of one section informed as to the the man with a patch on his trousers happenings of the others; to aiding antl ~vhowears cotton shirts and hose, those of each department in their worlc and re-made shoes and the enigma of l>y puhlishinq articles and data calcu- the high cost of living will fade away lated to give them ideas for their ad- into insignificance. vancement; to securing a unison of Why rant and puff about a contli- effort so essential to the efficient opera- tion that \\re ourselves support and tion of our great railroad; and to the encourage? Why condemn the prof- advocating of utmost harmony that iteer then go directly into his store and our association with one another as in- pay him more for his goods than these clividuals may he pleasant and our same goods can be obtained else- daily tasks be thereby made the easier. where? Let us analyze ourselves in- Those of us, both officials and others. dividually and ascertain if we are not who have not takcn ad\ nntage of the guilty and responsible to a large de- opportunity atiorded to spread the gree, for the existing conditions. If idea of Faith. Resolve. Initiative. Sys- we will do this conscientiously and tem, Co-operation antl Organization without preiudice. then take steps to are urged to do so. Help The Friwo- correct our faulty mcthod~.the results man to truly represent our great family will surprise even thc moTt 5keptical. of men and womcn and our great rail- After all it isn't the hiqh cost of living road, not only hy contributi~lgbut by that is worrying us half a4 much as reading it thoroughly. the cost of high living, and thi~applies We haw commenced a new year. to all. Let us resolve to be a little more effi- cient in our I-espective positions. a OUR LOYAL SUPPORTERS. little morc courteous and con~itlerate of our fellow-workers, and to take pride in the fact that \ve are connected The year just closed has \vitnessed a with one of the great tran5portatio11 great revival of interest of the em- systems; strive to give a tr-ansporta- ployes in our maeazine. This increased t~onservice that \\.ill do credit to us as interest is manifcyt on cvery hancl. a body of men and \\omen, and a real The support antl co-operation accordecl service to the public. the editor by many of our employes. and the encourageinen t given him has HOLDERS OF LIBERTY BONDS (Coot inued from pngr 1 I) been largely re5ponsible for any quc- temporary 4 per ccnt coupon bond? mill be cess which mi~hthaw heen attained ; regarded as yood dcl~vcries in the market and it forms a basis for still greater The same situation esi4ts as to thr 4 per success during the Sew Ycar. cent bonds of thc fint Libert~ Loan con- verted, except that the last coupon on the Conclusive evidence that The temporary 4 per cent bonds of that loan is Frisco-Man. throuyh the cfficient sup- ~~ayableon Dec. 15. 1919, and before that port given bv the employes. has date such temporary 4 per cent bonds nlay be converted into trmporarg 4'h pcr cent grown in prestige. is shown in our cir- bonds. It is espected that the permanent 4 culation increases as well as by the per cent and 4% per cent coupon bonds of interest manifested by those who are the first Liberty 1,oan conrertcd will also not in the hahit of contributing to its be rcadv for delivery on approximately March 15, 1920. columns. The Treasnry counts upon the co-opera- It must he remembered that The (Continued on pog- 50) Cor,srirht. I:ndrn\~oorl I% Underwood. PLANE IN WHICH RECORD FLIGHT FROM ENGL4ND TO AUSTRALIA WAS MADE. The Vickers Vim?, Rolls Royce in whicn Capt. Ross and his crew of 3 safely made the flight from England to Australia. The plane is almost identical with the one used by the late Capt. John Alcoclc on his record-msking flight across the Atlantic. On the right is Capt. Ross, Lieut. K. &I. Smith and Sergt. Shier*. P ('o1~prtsht.Llnde~nood W Underwood WORLD'S LARGEST SHIPBUILDING CRANE AT LEAGUE ISLAKD. PHILADELPHIA NAVY YARD, CHRISTENED. The largest shiphuildirig crane In the world recently completed at the Philadelphia Navy Yard was chr~stenedon December 6. The crane is of the statlonarv Dintle cantilever construc- tion and has a working capacity of 360 gross tons. It is electrically operated and will be used for fltting out all types of vessels, chiefly the larger man-of-war. It has a capacity of handling complete gun turrets assembled on the dock and can place them intact on ship- board. This photo shows a locomotive, besides other loads, being raised by the mammoth crane at the christening day ceremony. The Srent machine is a credit to America's engincer- ing genii. GEXERAL KE\,VS .19 SAM BUTLER, GENERAL til 1917, when he was made assistant FREIGHT AGENT general freight agent at St. Louis. 'I'his position he held until his appoint- S. S. "Sam" Butler Ivas appointed ment as g-eneral freight agent on De- general freight agent on December 1, cember 1, 1919. succeeding F. C. Keilly, resigned. Mr. 1:utler is udl thought of and Mr. Butler's first railroad experience popular for his business energy, his was as clerk in the auditor's office of straightforwardness in all of his deal- the Texas & Pacific at Dallas, in 1890. ings, and his amiable character, which, together with his long service with the Frisco, has earned him a multitude of friends both among the Frisco em- ployes and others, who will be pleased to learn of his promotion. Robert N. Xash, whose appointment as assistant genera1 freight agent be- came effective December 1, was born in North Carolina in 1880. He entered the railroad service as a file clerk in the office of general su- perintendent of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in Wilinington, N. C., in 1897, and in 1898 went to the traffic department of that road as file clerk. He continued in this department until Xovember, 1911, when he was ap- pointed assistant general freight agent. In August, 1913, Mr. Nash left the Atlantic Coast Lines to accept service with the Frisco as assistant chief clerk in the freight traffic department. On January 1, 1916, he became inter- state commerce clerk and on April 1, 1918, he was made chief clerk to traffic manager, which position he held until his most recent appointment. Mr. Nnsh is congratulated on his S. S. BUTLER. ~~romotion. In 1897 he became relief agent, and in THE HANNA STOKER 1898 traveling auditor fur that road. (Continued from paee 15) In 1900 Mr. Butler entered the serv- bars between engine and tender, tank ice of the Frisco as chief clerk com- hose, etc., and pull the tender away mercial office, Dallas, then as solicit- from the engine proper. The stoker ing freight agent, traveling freight arrangement will care for itself. The agent and commercial agent until 1906 same holds good in connecting loco- when he became general agent at Ft. motive and tender. Smith for a year, when he was ap- The oiling devices for this stoker are pointed general eastern agent at New all above the engine deck and with the York. In 1912 he became traffic man- exception of two are located in the cab ager of the Texas lines and in 1915 he of the engine. The two exceptions be- was appointed gw~eralSouthwestern ing the oiler to the tender hopper agent at Houston. In 1916 he was gears, which is in the tender just back transferred to Pittsburgh, Pa., as gen- of the apron and the pipe to fill the eral agent, I\-hich position he held un- crank case of the engine. 20 THE FRISCO-LslAN F. C. REILLY RESIGNS oi his own family, Xr. Ilammontree is survived hy one brother and four F. C. Reilly, general freight agent sisters. of the Frisco, resigned, effective De- The deceased was elknown cember 1, to accept service as third anlong the employes at Springfield, vice-president of the Walter A. %el- who passed resolutions of respect, as nicker Supply Co., dealers in railroad follo\\7s : supplies. Whereas It has pleased God, thc XI- Mr. Keilly entered Frisco service on mighty Rulcr, of the Univerhc, to remove August 1, 1887, as a clerk in the gen- by death from our midst our esteemed eral freight depafttnent at St. Louis. In 1890 he was appointed traveling freight agent with headquarters at St. Louis. I-Ie helcl successive positions as traveling freight agent, Chicago : general agent, Cincinnati; general agent, Chicago, antl assistant general freight agent for the C. 8r E. I. until July 15, 1911, when he was appointed general freight agent of the Frisco at St. Louis. On January 1, 1912, he \\-as appointed assistant freight traffic nian- ager, which position lie held until October 1, 1916, when he was appoint- ed freight traffic manager. On July 1. 1918, under federal control, he was made general freight agent. where he remained until his resignation on De- cember 1, 1919. Mr. Reilly's ready smile, congeninl- ity and his unfailing- fund of good hu- mor has won him a host of ardent friends alllong Frisco employes, who wish him well in his new undertaking. ROBT. HAMMONTREE DEAD friend and fcllo\v-workcr, Robert P. Ham- montree, who for years was a loyal and honored ernployc in the llainte~~anceof Robert P. Ilamniontree, clerk to Way Department. . & 3. foreinan and roadmaster at \Vher:as, Be it resolved by thc employcs Springfield, died at the Frisco T-Tospital of the Maintenance of \Vay Ilepartnlent" in body assembled, in Spring-fieltl on Sovelnber 24 as a That, blernbers of this department mourn result of an accident. thc loss of Robcrt P. Hammontrce as a11 Mr. FTammontree was horn in Polk able, proficient and zealous worker and 2 County. 3'lissouri. on May 21, 1862. companionable brother, the co~nmuclitp Twenty-six years ago he moved to as a valual)le citizen and the family a be- lovrtl husbmd antl fathcr. Sprillgfield and entered the elnplo~r Resolved, That the ~nc~nbersof this dc- of the Frisco as a yard foreman, which partment extcnd to the bereaved family of position he helcl for sixteen years, our tleccascd friend its lleartfclt synlpathy \\?hen he lwcan~cc-lerl; in the R. M P,. in this hour of I)ereave~ncnt,a~rd may Go.1 and Ilcavcnly Father, be their sole com- department. fort in this hour of tlistrcss. Mr. Hamniontrec is sl~rvived11~ the Resolved. That a copy of thcsc resoln- wi(low, tlvo tlnughters and three sons. tions be scnt to The T'risro-Man for pul~ Thc c-laug-hters ax Mrs. Pearl Co!)e- lication and a copy sent to the family of the deceased. land and Mrs. Dana Beatie of Sprinr- EULAH SNITIT. field : and the sons are Glen. Frank W. 0. TURRENTINE, and Daniel, all of ~vhoni reside in \4J. I. POSTER. Committee. Springfield. Aside from the members 111 behalf of the Frisco employes Tl~eF'risco-;\Ian extends its heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved family. 1 CORRESPONDENCE 1 Fort \Vorth, Tcxas, Frisco-1h1: December 11, 1919. DEATH OF CHAS. NICHOLS It ~ouldseen1 tliat there is no railroad below the Tesas-Oklahoma line that in any n:ay I)elongs to the I;risco System, judg~ng Charlcs 11. Nichols, \\ ell I Frisco Engineers. Ft. Worth: Your point is well taken and you are no doubt correct in the assertion tliat thcre is an CHLIHLES H. SICHOLS. abundance of news from that part of the Frisco which taps the great Tesas oil He entcred the Frisco service at fields. The Frisco-Man would be only too Neodesha, Kan., as freight brakeman glo'd to receive ne\vs from the Texas lines, and in this conncctio~iwould suggest that on the Wichita sub-division in 1881, you designate someone in your department and in 1881 was promoted to freight who will undertake to keep us informed on conductor. His last service was as matters of intercst. Let us hear more from passenger conductor on No. 305 and you! but let the writer sign his name in or- 306 between Wichita and Ellsworth. der that proper progress be made. Mr. Nichols is survived by a \\ridow Los Angeles, Cal., and an adopted son, also by one sister November 10, 1919. and two brothers. lly L)car Fellotv \\'orken: Having arri~cdat my new home-Los Mr. Nichois was a man of splendid Angcles-claimed by Southern Californians character and had many friends on the to be the garden spot of the U. S. (we will. F'risco. of course, except St. Louis), it is my wish 22 THE I?RISCO-LIL\X to ernbracc this, my earliest opportunity, to KO. 327. Henry Allen, scale inspec- express through our valucd monthly, The tor, residence address, 222 E. Water Frisco-Man, my sincere thanks for, as well as appreciation of your kind remembrance Street, Jefferson City, No., aged 63 of me, upon my retirement from a long years October 4, 1919. Length of con- and pleasant term of service in Superin- tinuous service 33 years 3 months. tendent P. W. Conley's office. Monthly pension, $33.10. Pension ef- The gift presented through the combined iectivc October 1, 1919. good will and efforts of my Frisco friends and fellow workers is to me really a prcs- Statistics. ent of more than a single value. First, it Amount paitl penrioners July 1, 1913, represents the manifestation of iriendsl~ip on your part valued most of all by me; and to Soven~bcr30, 1919, S251,171.09. secondly, the intrinsic worth of the token. Total number employes pensioned Future thought of the time spent in Mr. during same period, 266. Conley's office and resultant pleasant in- tercourse with all of you shall form one Total number of pensioned elnployes of the pleasant tasks of my memory. who have passed away, 74. I should have been glad had it been Employes pensioned, but not retired possible for me, on my departure from St. account war conditions, 1. Louis, to greet each one of you personally, but failing in this, let me once more re- Total number of employes on Pension iterate my thanks. Roll as of Decemher -1, 1919, 191. Wish each of yon, also Thc Frisco-Man, all that is good, Cordially, MAE I.'. LEARY, 4315 Bernice Avc.. Los Angeles, Cal. Editor's Note: The employes at Tower Grovc, Seventh Street, and Chouteau Ave., St. Louis, both clcsical and yard forccs, made up a purse of $112.75 and bo~~ght Miss Leary a diamond ring upon her Ieav- ing the service. "She \\as w,orthy of ail we could give her," says Lls. Conley, "and I regret to say she left us to reside with her parents in Californ~a." PENSION HONOR ROLL W. D. BASSETT At a meeting of the Board of Pen- sions held on November 12. 1919, the following applications for pension al- lowances were approved. NO. 320. James Solomon Bales, lamp lighter, residence address, 503 W. Throckmorton Street, Sherman, Tex., aged 71 years March 2, 1919. Length of continuous service 15 years 1 month. Monthly pension, $20.00. Pen- LOKG AND SHORT' AT I<. C. TCPIIINALS. LA sion effective September 1, 1919. We'll wager that tew of thc Frlsco employes No. 322. Christopher John Wright, lmew that we had associatecl with us as co- workers, the original ?dutt and Jeff of cartoon passenger brakeman, residence ad- fame, but we can convince the doubting Thomases by calli!;g their attention to the like- dress, 4239 Blaine A\-enue, St. Louis, nesses of A. F. Slim" Engber.~on the left, Mo., aged 59 years May 20, 1919. whose age is 2.5, and whose altitude i.; 6 feet 4 inches, and of LeRoy Ii~rkon the r~ght,who Length of continuous service 25 years owns up to 25 years and who measures 3 feet 4 months. Monthly pension, $20.00. and 11 inches from the ground up. Engberg is chief caller and Kirk is messenger at the Kan- Pension effective September 1, 1919. 8aa City Terminals. . . htedStates &uJrSqaclpclrnlndration WONDERFUL TROOP HANDLING. proximately 75,000 rnen were returned, -- through thc ports of Kcw York, Newport The Troop Movement Section has won Xcws, Boston, Charleston and Philadelphia. high praise fur the smoothncss and cfti- l'lle retur11 n~ovenle~ltgradually increased ciency with which it has operated, in spite until the maximum number was reached in of the trenlendous problems faced. June, 1919, when 343,000 men lverc handled. 'I'his number escceded by over 36,000 the From May 1, 1917, to Dccernber 1, 1919, largest number embarked for overseas 15,724,088 men, either just drafted or in uni- scrvrcc in any one month. At certain form, were handled, the average being 507,- pcriods over 170,000 of our rnen were 421 a month, the masi~nurnmoving in July, 011 the sea at onc time. The number re- 1915, whcn 1,147,013 men were handled. turned from overseas to December 1, 1919, Thesc men were carried the equivalent of totaled 1,990,223 officers and men. nearly sevcn billion miles for one passen- The maxirnum amount of equipment re- ger. quired for troop movements at one time To handle this treme~~dousbusiness 315,- was appro~imately 1,500 pullmans, 2,500 367 pullmans, coaches and baggage cars coachcs and 500 baggage or express cars. werc used; 25,909 special troop traius wcrc run an average distance of 759 miles, with This wide-spreading and huge undertak- an average number of men per train of 424; ing taxed the resourcefulness of everyone, 4,109,327 men wcre carried in pullman cars but, even during the turmoil, cleanliness and 11,614,731 in coaches. Scarcely an acci- was not overlooked. The country can be dent marrcd this wonderful transportation thankful that the utnlost watchfulness pre- record. vailed when the men returned, to prevent the spread of cootics, such as has taken Thc average distance that draftcd men place in Europe. Ccrtain equipment was were carried to camp was 388 miles, and allotted for handling the men from shipside the largest number handled to a single to camp, where the men wcre fumigated, as canip was 138,349, who werc sent to Camp \\.as also thc equipment. This has pre- Lee, Va. rented any spread of the pest. In transporting these men to seaboard The late George Ilodyes, to whom thc thc largest movement occurred in August, Distinguished Service &fedal was posthu- 1918, embracing 306,741. Sometimes entirc mously awarded, was the man whose initia- army divisions of 28,000 men mere moved tivc and executive ability shonc forth in at a t~me. To move a division requires 62 this time of stress. He was ably assisted trains, 707 pullmans (or 622 coachcs), 62 by C. 1:. Stewart, who succeeded Mr. kitchen cars and 62 baggage cars. Some of Hodges as manager of the Troop Move- these trains wcre moved solid 3,500 miles ment Scction. across the continent. Eighty per cent of the men were sent A. F. OF L. SCORES REDS. overseas through New York, twelve per cent through Newport News, and a number At a confcrcncc of leaders of unions afiil- through and out of Canada. iatcd with the American Federation of Pour million men were called to the COI- Labor, held in \i\rasllington early in Decem- ors, one-half of whom mere transferred ber, t!le following resolution was adopted across the Atlantic. Immediately upon the tleclar~ngthe federation's opposition to bol- signing of the armistice plans were made to shevism and I. \\i. \V.isn~ and to the irrc- demobilize as many as possible of the two sponsilhlc Icadership that encourages such a million men who had not gone overseas. policy: They were discharged at the camps at Resolved, that this conference of repre- which they were located, all necessary ar- sentatives of trades unions affiliated with rangements being made for extra equipment the An~crican Federation of Labor, and on regular trains and for special trains for other organizations associated in this con- their prompt and comfortable movement fcrcnce. repudiate and condemn the policy home. of bolshevism and I. W. W.ism as being de- The overseas return movement began in structnre to .American ideals and imprac- December, 1918, during which month ap- tical in application. OPPORTUNITIES FOR APPREN- much as sor~sof employes arc given prei- TICES. erence to the extent of SO pcr cent of the apprenticcs employed. T11c ollicials should Apparently the opportunities open to the also realize that the only way to provide sons of railroad employes and to other a future s~~pplyof skilled mechanics is to young men between the ages of sixteen keep the apprenticeship lists filled with de- and twenty-onc to obtain positions as ap- sirable young men and they should bc con- prentices in the variom crafts in railroad stantly on the lookout for suitable candi- shops are not fully realized. dates. The n;ltio~~alagreement which was re- ceutly concluded between the Railroad Ad- EFFICIENT FREIGHT CAR USE. ministration and the shopmen provides a ratio oi apprentices in railroad shopwork "Is indicative of increased efficiency in of one apprentice to five mechanics. SO the use of freight cars, thc average mileage that the exact situation may he known, the per car per day madc in October was 27.3 Railroad Administration has just com- miles, as compared with 26.7 milcs in Sep- pleted a canvass, whereby it has becn de- tember, with 26 milcs ill Octobcr, 1918, and veloped that, at the ratio permitted by the 25.9 rnilcs in Octol~er.1917. 1:ational agreement, 64,076 appprcntices could be endoycd, while there are actually PACKING EXPRESS SHIPMENTS. employcd but 17,268 apprentices, which is a ratio of one apprentice to 18.58 crafts- 111 an effort to reduce the numl~erof men. clai~nsfor goods damaged in shipment, the At the rate of pay for apprentices pro- ~Imerican Railway Express Company vided in the national agreement, appren- adopted stricter packing rules 011 Dccern- ticeships become vcry desirable positions, bcr 10, w11crrl)y the use of paper nc~pping as they not only provide steady work at for packages weighing more than twenty- reasonable compensation, but put these frvc pounds is forbidden, as well as the use young men in the way of learuing some ' of ordiuary papcr boxes when the weight one of the numerous tlcsir;~ble trades in of the contents is over that limit. For railroad work. heavier packages,the regul?tions, like those The national agreement has for the first in freight scrvlcc, requlrc wood, fibre time classified all carmen as skilled me- board or corrugated strawboard, of speci- chanics, fixed a rate commensurate with ficd test strengths. Already reports show the service performed and provided an ap- the wisdom of thesc provis~ons. prenticeship systcm in the car department. 'l'he opportunities in this branch of service SAFETY ACCOMPLISHMENTS. sho111d not be overlookcd, because the larg- er percentage of the money spent for main- co~nparisonof thc number of accidents tenance of equipment goes to the car dc- during the two-weck pcriod of the National partmcnt, and, now that the recognition of Railroad Accident Prevention Drive, from the irnportancc of this work has rcsulted in October 18 to 31, 1919, with the similar a suitable rate of pay, positions in this de- period of 1917, prior tu the formation of partmcnt have bccorne fully as desirable as the Safety Section, g~vcssome startling in the locomotive department. tigurcs and shows with more than ordinary Tnstructions issued by the Railroad Ad- clarity just what has been and can be ac- ministration provide that each apprentice complished iu this work. From October shall be given the opportunity to learn all 18 to 31, 1919, 2,455 employes were killed or branches of the trade to which he is ap- injured. In the same period of 1918, 5,228 prrnticed. cn~ployes were killed or injurcd, and in In addition to the shop training. a num- 1917 the number was 6,425. Taking Into her of roads have highly developed apprcn- account the increase in the number of em- ticc schools, in connection with their ployes, the 11um1)cr of casualties has bcen shops, for the education of apprentices. cut to less thau one-third of what it was in The Railroad Administration has approved 1917, or from .36 per hundred persons em- co-operation with the Federal Board for ployed to .119. Vocational Education in the matter of The Safety Section was not functioning training apprentices, which will tend to fully during 1918, the national machinery facilitate the work of giving technical in- not having been gotten into complete work- struction to those who enter this line of ing order until January, 1919. work. The following figures show what was ac- Taken as a wl~ole,the opportunity for complishcd in the first nine months of 1919 young men to become proficient in the as compared with similar periods in 1918 various tradcs has never been so good, and, and 1917. These figures are based on the yith the technical instructiou which is accidents reported under Interstate Com- glvcn, they may qualify for the highest merce Commission requlations. It will he and most desirablc positions in the mechan- noted that not only has there becn a won- ical departments of the various railroads. dcrf~~lreduction in the number of employes These opportunities should be directed killed or injurcd, but an almost similar to the attention of the employes so that ratio of reduction as applied to persorls they may take advantage of them, inas- other than employes: Employes Others the committees of the organization which Killed or I LEAVES SERVICE TO BECOME Passenger traffic during Octobcr showcd BRIDE. a substantial incrcnse over October, 1918, so that both frci~htand passenger traffic wcre grcatcr than last year. PASSENGER TRAIN PERFORMANCE During November 86.5 per cent of all pas- senger trains on Class I roads undcr Fed- cral control made on-time runs, or, if late at initial terminals on account of waiting for connecting trains, made as good as schedule tirnc or bettcr. This is a slight decreasc compared with October, whcn thc perccntagc was 88.2. In the same period S1.7 per cent of all passcnyer trains arrived at their dcstina- lions on time, comparcd with 83.9 per cent in October. Factors affecting train performance in November werc the severe winter weather in northern and mountain states, hea\y and continued rains in thc South and Southcast and dislocation of traffic due to the coal strike, which also resulted in the necessity for using inferior locomotive fuel in ccr- lain sections. l'ollowing is a record of thc pcrforn~ance of trains which arrived on schedule time or which, if late, made their runs in schedule NRS. S. 31. PATNE. time or better: The above is a likeness of Mrs. S. M. Pavne.-, Po. of Trains No. on until recently Miss Rosa O'Brien of the Rcpion- Roads Opc~atcd 'l'imc Pct. Freight Claim Department, Springfield. She Eastcrn ...... NO\,. Oct. entered the service of the company as hllcghcny ...... fiv. typist in April, 1913, and has held positions Oct. Pocatmntas Nov. as chief typist, claim investigator and secre- Oct. tary to the Freight Claim Agent, her suc- Southcrn ...... Xov. Oct. cessive promotions bearing witness to the Norlhwcstcrn ...... xov. Oct. satisfactory character of her work. Pos- Cmt. Westcrn Nov. scssed of an agreeable personality, she made Oct.. - Southwcstcm ...... Nov. many friends among her associates, all of Oct. whom join in wishing her success in her Average ...... -So\,. Oct. t~cwsphere of life. NEW VARIETY. you see hc works in the Weather Bureau." -I!oston Transcript. "Xlamrna, 1 \va~lta dark Ijreakfast." "Llark breakfast? \Vh~tdo you meall, THE SECOND POST. child?" "Why, last night you toltl llary to gi\c Prom a Railroad OHicial. mc a I~ghtsupper, and 1 didn't l~kcit. Gentlemen: Keplying to your favor oi the 1st inst., in regard to above t~umbcred THE LATEST EXCUSE. claim, the delay in settlement of this claim has been occazioncd on account of our 1;arrnc.r-'l-ley, there, how callle you to a.gent at destination being sick, and has be up in my apple tree?" sincc died, and claims being in his posses- Boy-"Pleasc, mister, I just icll out of sion we have not been able to locate or an a~rplane." \rcurc rcturr~of some. HE LAUGHED-SO MAY YOU. A TRUTHFUL BOY. - OHicc Hay-"\L'e1rc all out of cata- 011e day ;I coal wdgon stopped III irwt of an office building. The dr~verjumped logues-" down, remo~edthe covcr Iron1 the man- Manager-"!!??*! why ill -didn't hole, drew out the scoop, and proceeded to you tell me sooner?" dump his load. An old negro shuffled over, Boy-"Because thcre was some thcu." and watched him. Suddenly he leaned over; thcn began to laugh. 'l'he driker walked THE LIGHT OF LOVE. up to h~mand said, "Do you always laugh when you sec coal going down into a Thc great shortage of rnatchcs reminds ccllar?" us of the story. .A witlo\vt:r had engraved ''KO," said the negro, "l)ut 1 jcs' bust o.1 his \vifc1s to~nbsto~~ethe words: when 1 see coal conhg down into a "The Light oi nip life has gone out." sewer!" r\ little later he married again, and one Sunday \\.as standing with wife KO. 2 be- iore his first wifc's grave. Keading the HE RAISED 'EM. above sentiment, the lady inquired in a -- rather huffed tone: "lIo\v did ~ouget the turkeys the officer "Is that so?" found in your possession," sternly asked "Yes," replied he, "but I havc 3truck an- the police magistrate. other match." "1-1-1 raised 'em your I-Ionor," stam- mered thc prisoner. KEEPING IT DARK. "Tell me the truth." "That's the truth, your Honor," persisted Master of the IIouse-"\\'l~y (lit1 you tcll the crime-stained crcaturc. "I reached the lnistrcss what t~me 1 came In this down through a hole in the roof." rnornlng, after I expressly paid you ant1 toltl you not to?" THE BARK TEST. The Cook-"Sure, slr, an' 01didn't tell I~er. Shc asketl me nhat time you got in, Two sailors at a dog sho\v were gazing an' Oi toultl her Oi was so busy getting at a valuable Skye terrier, which had so the b,yakbst that Oi didn't look at the much hair that it looked more likc a woolell clock. mat than a dog. THE REASON. "G\:hich end is 'is 'ead, Tom?" asked one. -- "~lo\vcdif 1 know." was thc rculv. "but. 'ere, I'll stick a pin 'in him, ant1 >oi look Shc-"Georgc, you looked awfully fool- which end barks!" ish \\he11 you proposed to me." - - - Ilr-"\?;ell, vcry likely I was." VICTIM OF ENVIRONMENT. AN EARLY START. "Jack told rnc he loved me, but I don't "And we'll grow old togetl~cr,dearcst." ~IIOWwl~ether to marry I~imor not." Her Father's Voice from Upstairs- "Don't you think he tells the truth?" "\4?ell, you ncedn't start doing it down "I've no doubt the dt-ar boy trics to, hr~t there, need you?" Fulsome. So11 (tl~ouglitfully)-Wcll, there's one Woman may I)e a weak vessel, 1)ut she good thing about her. can I~old a con\~ersatio~~.-l~lori(I:~Times- Chorus-What's that? Union. Son-Shc hasn't a relativc on earth. Pa-Grab her, my boy, grab her.-Yale I ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ALL r -- C. R. Gray, forlnerly vice-president of Refining Company plant of 1,000 bards. the Frisco, has been electcd president of Figures rccently prepared by the Fort the Union Pacific system, with headquar- \\rorth Chamber of Comtnerce show that ters in Omaha, Neb. refineries completed or begun during the Mr. Gray, who is well known among the prescnt year represent an investment ot older employes of the Frisco, began his $4,500,000. railroad career about thirty years ago,as station helper at Fayettevillc, Ark., servlng Thc last spike in the San Diego & hri- under W. P. NcNair, agcnt for many years zona Icy., which operates in conncction at that place. He is about fifty-two years with the Southern Pacific at El Centro and old, and has served in various official ca- its eastern connections at Tllscon and El pacities with other roads since leaving the Paso, was driven on Sovember 15. The Frisco. road, which forms a new direct trans-con- During the war Mr. Gray was director of tinental line between San Diego and the the Division of Transportation of the U. S. East, was opcncd to passenger servicc on Railroad Administration. For thc last four years hc has been identified with the Rocke- llece~nber1 and to freight service on Jan- icllcr interests as prcsident of the Western uary 1. Tn celebrating thc event, the first Maryland and was chairman of the Wheel- week of Dccember was set aside by the San ing 6: Lake Erie Railway. Dicgo Chamber of Commerce as Trans- continental Week. Monday, Tuesday, hvednesday and Thursday ot that were X big increase in drilling operations in known as Sari Dicgo Days: Friday and Sat- Korth-central Texas is shown by recent re- urday as Imperial Vallcy Days. Attractive ports from the fields. At the end of No- programs and amusements were carried out vember 1,014 rigs and 2,542 drilling wells for those attending on the days assigned. nere reported in the region. This is an in- This achievement marks the end of seventy crease of 81 rigs and 284 drilling wells in years of effort on thc part of San Diego to one month. Eastland and Stephens coun- get direct rail conncction with the East. ties and thc wildcat districts showed the The officers of the new road arc: John D. largest increase in new operations. Therc Spreckels, president; R. C. Gillis, vice- were 335 wells con~pletedin North-central president; and D. \.\'. Pontius, gcncral man- Texas in Novcmber. This is 51 less than ager. thc number completed in October. The falling off was centered largely in the Bnrk- bumctt field., where both the lack of pipe Locomotivc Terminal Equipincnt -isso- line facilities and the bad condition of roads ciation, Inc.. is the name of a new organi- interfercd with work. Of thc 333 wells zation formed by indvidnals, firms or cor- completed during the month, only 41 or 12 porations directly engaged in the manufac- per cent were dry holcs. This law percen- ture or sale of locomotive terminal equip- tagc is considered rcnixrkable in view of thc ment, or in any way interestcd in the con- fact that wildcat conipletions werc included struction of locon~otivc terminals. The in the totals. headquarters of the association is la4 Lyt- ton Building, Chicago. The object of the asqociation is to make surveys for and dis- Two of Fort Worth's refineries mere tribllte data to the public and corporations completed and started running oil during intcrested, concerning thc improvement of the first part of Dccember. Both are han- locomotive terminals, in order to secure dling Eurkburnett crude. The first to get speedy, efficient and economical handling, undcr way was the plant of the White Ea- cleaning, repairing and returning to service gle Refining Company, recently purchased of locomotives This data is to be impar- from Evans-Thwing. This plant is operat- tially secured and published without adver- ing at about one-half capacity, but will tisement or especial advantagc to any indi- soon attain its maximum capacity of 6,000 vidual, firm or corporation that may be a barrels. The other plant is that of the member of the association. The first an- Blontrose Oil Bi Refining Company, a sub- nual meeting of the association will be held sidiary of the Invincible Oil Corporation. on the Wednesday following the second Tt is handling its maximum capacity of ap- Monday in Dccember, 1920, and each year prosmately 5,000 barrels. Tn addition to thereafter. At its headql~artersin Chicago the two plants named above. three other thc association will maintain a largc con- refineries have been completed at Fort ference room and data and information of Worth in the past six months and arc now all kinds, carefully arranged for easy refer- in successful operation. They are the cncc so that railway officials may have Home Oil Rr Refining Company plant of cvery opportunity for obtaining informa- 5,000 barrels, which is a complete run- tion of every kind pertaining to the rebuild- down plant; the Transcontinental Oil Com- ing. rc-equipping and laying out of locomo- pany plant of 5,000 barrels, and the Star tive terminals. 1 Of Interest to Women I HERE is so much diversity in A coat of taupe velours may be the fashions of this season that trimmed with caracul fur and finished T no one style prevails to the ex- with machine stitching. clusion of any other. Frocks with Maroon chiffon velvet is used for a small bodices and full skirts are sho\vn smart one-piece gown having a vest antl these are best for young antl very and plaited frill of flesh colored silk. slender girls. There are tailored suits in extreme mannish forins and in the A distinguished looking two-piece smart and more dressy types. There suit of black velvet is trimmed with is also the separate coat and beautiful bands of squirrel fur. An olive green evening wrap. The long dress coat is dress in serge or velours 11 ill be smart intended for wear with one-piece with trimming of skunk fur. dresses. For general utility wear A dress of brown taffeta has bands "coat" dresses are of twilled worsted of soutache embroidery on dull gold or woo1 velours. Some of the styles cloth. arc in redingote effect with long tunic Castor color broatlcloth n-ould look side sections. A suede or leather string well with a trimming of bro\vn vel- belt is smart with a coat dress. vet. A dress of French blue serge is Tricotine and duvetyn is used for trimmed with braid binding and dec- street dresses that are made with orated with sinall metal buttons. A straight lines, with perhaps the waist dress of brown and green changeable fronts joined to a skirt portion at the satin is trimmed with self-ruchings on hip lines and sides and back in one skirt hem and ruchings of the satin piece. Some show long tunics over a antl of fine ecru net under a green skirt foundation. collar. Self-color embroidery in floss Midnight blue tricotille and black worsted or chenille is a fine decoration satin combine to make a smart utility for this style of dress. dress. Preference seems to rule the length A dress of brown chiffon velvet has of skirts. American women wear a narro\v belt of bron7e metal ribbon their skirts from five to seven inches and duchess lace neck trimming. above the ground. For tailored Small bronze buttons trim the waist dresses 1% yards is a good width for which is made with slashed lower edge. the skirt even when the coat is flaring and long. Plaited skirts, which hang An afternoon dress of brown Geor- gette is combined with chiffon taffeta straight and close, are much favored. in a matched shade. An embroidered Popularity and individuality keep the separate blouse in a place well to design in dull gold thread and chenille the front in fashions. The type with serves as ornamentation. long skirt portions in matching suit Dlack chiffon velvet may be colors, and also in novelty velvets and trimmed with ivory \\-liite crepe and fancy silks, combined with other finished with a belt of white suede. fabrics, shows braiding, hand em- Gray broadcloth and velvet made a broidery, pipings and printed borders stylish coat suit. for decoration. A fascinating evening gown of el- Thin net blouses and others of lace low taffeta has a full skirt trimmed are shov,n On a net waist a filet CO~- with double ruchings of the silk. The lar is very suitable. Plain dresses of waist is of ecru lace woven with blue serge and silk are finished with lace metal threads. A belt of blue velvet collars. ribbon encircles the waist. (Continued on txGe 49) 34 THE FRISCO-MAN A REVIEW OF THE YEAR. Prohibition Amendment ( ConLinued Prom page 5) The putting into effect of nation- At this time there had arisen a num- wide prohibition and the subniission ber of problems so difficult to handle by Collgress of the constitutional that it seemed possible at times that amendment for complete woman's the Peace Conference might be unable suffrage were other important events to reach a settlement. On March 21 it of the year. Ratification of the na- was reported that the Italian delega- tional prohibition amendment came tion threatened to withdraw from the early in the year with a rapidity that conference unless the port of Fiume surprised the nation. The Michigan was awarded to Italy. On April 2 legislature ratified the amendment on Baron Makino, head of the Japanese January 2 and other states acted rap- delegation, declared that "no Asiatic nation could be happy in a League of idly on the measure during the en- Nations in which sharp racial discrim- suing month. On January 16 Ne- ination is maintained." On March 11 braska's legislature acted, giving the Secretary Lansing, speaking at a din- necessary three-fourths majority for ner in honor of the American peace the amendment. On January 29 the delegation, had given warning that the State Department proclaimed the rati- imposition of too harsh terms upon fication of the amendment and set Germany woulcl cause the spread of January 16, 1920, as the date when Bolshevism and anarchy. On the other it \voulcl become effective. hand, on April 8 the majority of the On January 9 Attorney-General House of Commons sent a telegram to Gregory tendered his resignation, to Lloyd George, reminding him of his become effective March 4, and A. election pledge to force the utmost in- Mitchell Palmer was appointed to suc- demnity from Germany, and on April ceed him on February 27. On January 10 members of the French Senate 11 Walker D. Hines was appointed signed a resolution expressing the hope director-general of the railroads to that full restitution and reparation for succeed William G. McAdoo, who had damage I\-odd be exacted from the tendered his resignation. enemy and that the full cost of the war The government's first blow at the would be imposed upon those respon- radicals during the year was delivered sible for it. on January 8, when Congressman Vic- Domestic Affairs tor L,. Berger and four other socialist leaders were found guilty by a federal The return of the United States to jury in Chicago of conspiring to inter- a condition of peace was not accom- fere with the successful conduct of the plisl~ecleasi1~-. Unusual conditions ex- war. On February 18 they were sen- isted and the people of the country tenced to twenty years' imprisonment. \yere confronted with problems that had been unknown in the days before On January 25 it was announced by the war. One of the most striking the chief of staff of the army that when developments of the year was the the war ended, on November 11, 1918, startling activity of the radical ele- the United States had the second larg- ment, which was engaged apparently est army on the western front, with in a well organized effort to undermine 1,950,000 men. France had 2,950,000 the government and bring about a men, and the British, including the condition similar to that existing in Portuguese, 1,718,000. On February Russia. Entirely aside from the in- 6 the War Department reported that dustrial disorders, which were unusu- American casualties in Northern Rus- ally numerous during the year, the ac- sia, to the end of January, were 409 tivities of the I. W. W. and other killed out of a force slightly in excess radical groups forced the government of 5,000. It was also announced by to take unusual measures for their the jjrar Department on February 12 suppression. that in the three months following the A REVIEW OF THE YEAR 1919 3 5 signing of the armistice, 287,000 Amer- priation bill because of a "rider" re- ican troops overseas had embarked for pealing- the daylight saving law. Con- home and that 1,330,000 men in home gress ~romptlypassed a separate bill camps had been demobilized. repealing the daylight saving law and Congress Passes Suffrage when President Wilson vetoed this One of the first acts of the new measure, both Houses passed the bill House was to pass the woman suffrage over his veto on August 20. amendmcnt to the constitution by a Much of the industrial unrest es- vote of 304 to 89. The amendment isting throughout the country mas at- was again brought up in the Senate tributed to the greatly increased cost on June 4 and this time was adopted of living. As prices continued to ad- by a votc of 36 to 25, two more than vance, the government took steps to the necessary tu o-thirds. Having been curb profiteering and to reduce prices. passcd by both branches of Congress, On August 8 President IVilson ad- the amendment then went to the state dressed Congress on the necessitj- of legislatures for ratification. reducing the cost of living, recom- On May 17 the War Department mending measures designed to pro- estimated that America's participation duce this result. Some of the legisla- in the war had cost $21,291.000,000. tion proposed was enacted by Con- On May 20 President Wilson, by gress and the Department of justice cable, recommended to Congress that undertook to enforce vigorously the it repeal the war-time prohibition act laws prohibiting profiteering. Later so far as it affected the manufacture it was announced that a reduction in of wine antl beers, but no action was prices had resulted, 1,ut the reduction taken upon the recommendation. On was so small as to have little nppre- June 5 the postmaster-general restored ciable effect upon the cost of living. control of the telegraph and telephone The country was aroused during the systems to the owners, so far as oper- summer by a series of race riots, the ations were concerned, but retained first of which occurred in Iiashinston jurisdiction over the finances of the on July 21. Fbur persons were lcdletl companies and the rates charged pencl- in the rioting at the capital. On July ing action by Congress. 27 the most serious race riot of the The activities of anarchistic elements year began in Chicago. For several mere manifested 011 June 2, when days a large section of the city. of bombs mere exploded simultaneously which negroes composed the principal at the residences of ten men in eight population, was in a state of seige. It Eastern cities. One bomb, which es- was finally found necessary to call out ploclecl at the home of Attorney-Gen- state troops to quell the disturbance era1 Palmer in Washington, blew the and before order had been restored bomb planter to pieces, but none of thirty-three persons Ilad been killed the intended victims were injured. and hundreds injured. About half oi The probability that the woman suf- the killed \\-ere whites and half negroes. frage amendment to the constitution Other clashes bet~veen negroes and noulcl be adopted before the next pres- whites occurred at other points cluring idential election was indicated by the the following weelis. On September prompt action of the legislatures of 27 a great mob in Omaha. Nebraska, Illinois. IVisconsin and AIichigan, all lynched a negro prisoner. set fire to'the of which ratified the amendment on court house and attempted to hang June 10. the mayor. On September 29 t\vo ne- U. S. Goes Dry on July 1 groes were I!-nclletl by a inoh at Mont- On July 1 the war-time emergency gomery, ;ilal)an~a. (-)n 0ctol)er 1 a prohihitior act went into effect ant1 for serious I~nttlebctwecn the races 1)roke the first time in history the sale of out at Elaine. Arkansas. and before liquor was i!e throughout the the trouble was ended by federal and United States. On July 12 President state troops five white men antl eleven Wilson vetoed the ae;ricultural appro- negroes had been killed. 36 THE FRISCO-MAN In recognition of the services which other doctrine that attacks the sov- he rendered as commander-in-chief of ereignty and independence of Mexico." the American Espeditionary Forces, A new revolutionary governnient in General I'ersliing was made a general Mexico was proclainled by the follo~v- for life hy act of Congress. IIis noni- ers of Villa, ~vitliGeneral Felipe An- ination for this post was confirmed b~ geles as provisional president. Villa's the Senatc on September 4 and the forces began an attack upon Juarez conimission was handed to General on June 11 and the following day, Pershing as he landed, on September after several Americans in El Paso had been killed or wounded I>y shots across 8, at Seu. York, where he and the the border, American troops crossed First Division, which accompanied to Juarez and attacked the Villa forces. him, were given an enthusiastic recep- After a battle, in which the Villistas tion. 1ve1-e routed with a loss of forty-five The United States entertained a men, the American troops returned number of distinguished officials from across the border. On June 19 the abroad during the latter part of the Carranza governnlent notified the year. On Septenlher 9 Cardinal Mer- United States that it had taken steps cier of Belgium landcd at Xew Yorli to protect American citizens in the and began a tour of the country. King state of Chihuahua. Albert ant1 Queen Elizabeth of Bel- Aeronautics gium follov ed the cardinal, arriving in New Yorli on October 2. 'I'hey -4s a result of the great develop- traversed the entire country and paid ment of aviation during the war, rapid an official vi\it to President IVilson progress was made during the year in before returning to Eelgium. On So- the use of both dirigibles and heavier- \-ember 11 the Prince of Wales. who than-air ~nachinesfor conlnlercial pur- had brcn in Canada for \everal weeks, poses. Early in the year it became crossed into the United States land evident that there \voultl Ix great arrived in Washington for a visit of competition among the larger natrons several days. in the development of peace-time air service. The United States and Great Mexico and the U. S. Britain took the lead in making tests Conditions in 3Iesico continued to of various types of aircraft. provide a perplexing problem for the On April 12 a new airplane record IJnited States government during the \vas made by a British army aviator, year 1919. While President Carranza who flew from London to Paris, a maintained his government and was distance of 21.5 miles, in seventy-five in control of a considerable part of the minutes. On April 17 Major Macaw country, revolutionary activities con- ley, a United States army aviator, tinlied and the unsettled conditions completed a flight from San Diego, threatened several times to precipitate California, to Tacksonville, Florida. the long expected break between tlie cover in^ the distance at an a\-erage United States and Mexico. speed of 137 miles an hour and with Rumors of extensive land conces- four stops. On April 19 Captain E. sions granted by the Mexican govern- F. White, in an army plane, made the ment to Japanese corporations caused first non-stop Right from Chicago to the American State Department to in- New York. On April 26 all records stitute an inquiry on March 31. for endurance flights \\-ere broken by On April 23 the Mexican Depart- a United States sea plane, lvhich re- ment of Foreign Relations announced mained in the air for more than twenty relative to the proposed amendment hours while traveling at a speed of to the Leaguc of Nations covenant, sixty miles an hour. taking cognizance of the Monroe Doc- On Ira>-8 three United States Navy trine, that the Mexican government sea planes started from New York on "has not recoqnized and will not rec- the first trans-Atlantic flight by way ognize tlie Monroe Doctrine or any of Halifax, Nova Scotia ; Trepessa~ r\ RI Bay, Sewfoundland, and the Azores. the continent, arriving at San Fran- One of these machines, tlie NC-4, ar- cisco on October 11, but Lieutenant rived at Lisl)oii, Portugal, on May 27, Alexander Pearson was declared the having completed the first flight across winner of the race, his actual flying the Atlantic in actual flying time of time from New York to San Francisco twcnty-six hours, forty-seven minutes and return being less than that of any froni Newfoundland to Portugal. Fog other contestant. caused tlie other two planes to lose Disasters their course and alxtndoii the flight. 111 relief froin the appalling loss of In the meantime, two British avia- life (luring the previous five years of tors, Harry G. Hawker and Lieuten- ~var,the world saw few great disasters ant-Cornniander Mackenzie Grieve. dt~riiig1919. left Sewfot~ncllaiidon May 18 in thc On April 25 fire destroyed two thou- first attempt to cross tlie Atlantic sand b~~iltlingsin tlie city of Yokoho- \vithout stop. Engine trouble forced ma. Japan, covering a large part of the them to descend 850 miles from Ire- I>usiness section of the city. 'T'liou- laud and the aviators were picked up sands of ,persons were killed in Java by a passing vessel. on May 18 by the eruption of the On May 24, Lieutenant Roget, a volcano of Kalkut. French aviator, made a non-stop flght On June 5 niiiety men were killed from Paris to Rabat, Morocco, a dis- by a powder explosion in the powder tance of 1116 miles. On June 7 Acl- mine in \?:ilkesbarre, Pa. Sixty per- jutant Casale, a French aviator, estab- sons \Yere killed in a tornado 11.1iicIi lished n new record for altitude, as- tlcstroyed the business section or' Fcr- centling 31,152 feet. g-~~sFalls, Minn., on June 22. An The first non-stop flight across the carthquake in Tuscany, Italy, on June Atlantic upas made on June 14 and 29 caused the death of 127 persons 15 by Captain John Alcock, British and made tliousantls hotneless. flyer, and 1,ieutenant Arthur IV. An unusual accident occurred on Brown, his An~ericannavigator, n:ho July 21 when a dirigible airship. sail- covered the 1,900 miles from New- ing over Chicago. exploded and the foundland to Ireland in a Vicliers- engine antl gasoline. tanks crashed Vimy machine in sixteen hours antl throug-h tlie roof of a bank building, twelve minutes. causinr the death of thirteen persons. The British dirigible R-31,carrying On September 14 more than three hundred persons \yere killed antl thou- thirty-one persons, started from Edin- sands \\,ere rendered lioineles by a burgh on a trans-Atlantic flight to New hurricane and tidal wave on the ~ulf Yorli on July 2 and reached its clesti- nation on July 6. The R-33 n~atlethe cowt in and near Corpus Christi. Texas. return trill ~~itlioutmishap in three 011 Octol~cr 28 t\\-ent!--one lives days anel three hours, reaching Eng- \yere lost whcn a stcamship ~vas land on July 13. 11-reckctl at 3Iuskegon. Nirhigan. Roland Kholfs. in a Curtiss triplane. matic a ncw altitude record at Roose- Necrology. velt Field. New York, on Tulv 30 by L)eath took a heavy toll amonq the arising to a height of 30,703 fcct and leaders in many fieltls of world activitv on Septeniber IS he broke his on.11 during 1919. The most prominent of record hy ascending 34,510. Americans jvho passed a\\ a! tlurinq R transcontinental airplane race was the !ear \\.as foriner Prc5iclent Theo- started siniultaneously at San Francis- dore Roo Hertling, German Chancellor from July 23, J. W'illard Ragsdale, repre- October, 1917, to September, 1915; sentative in Congress from South January 8, Major-General J. Franklin Carolina; July 25, Patrick Cudahy, Bell, L.S. A.; January 22, George T. packer. Oliver, former United States Senator August 11, Andrew Carnegie, vet- from Pennsylvania. eran steel manufacturer and philan- February 17, Sir Wilfried Laurier, thropist; August 28, General Louis former Premier of Canada; February Eotha, premier of the Union of South 22, IVilliam P. Borland, Representa- Africa and former Boer leader. tive in Congress from 34issouri ; Dr. September 6, Admiral Baron Chas. Mary 11-alker. former army surgeon 1Villiam Eeresford, British naval com- and noted as ml advocate of male nt- mander and critic; September 9, John tire for \tomen: Fehruary 27. George Mitchell, labor leader; September 18, F. Edlnunds. former United States Toseph B. Thompson, representative Senator from TTermont. in Congress from Oklahoma; Septem- Ma~ch3. TIarvcy Helm, member of ber 21, Theodore P. Shonts, president Congreqs from I MERITORIOUS SERVICE. (Lena Bee.) J,eap )car, girls! S. L. Coover, conclrictor, Alo~ic~tt,No., Pcveritl of thc yotlng 1:itlics wish tllar receives the comilicndation oi S~tpt.J. I:. Machinist Archie h.1. Tackson wo11lt1 visit Simms lor alertness in stoppin% train by tlic ^\last&: ITcchanic's Officc more frc- pullirlg cmergcncy air valve on So. 9, I)(,- r;uently. 1 he reason is a secrct. cetnl)vr 3, \vlle~i spri~ighanger 1)roltc oil The same is true of Mr. Albert 17. Iieck- car 1085, making it necessary to set car out Iiam, Firenir~ti. Thc girls havc I)ec11 cspc- at Leashurg. cially ilitcrestetl in Iiinl si~iccthcy I(-;~rned Srrpt. J. 1;. Sin~mscom~iieutls A. Parsons, all about how hc crawlrd through the tran- srction foreman. Dixon, Mo., for his action >our '11' cverytl~in:. just to accom~~ioclatcn Yovenihcr 17. I3rfore g-oing 011 duty l\,lr. ccrtain your~x1;itly \\.it11 I)lontl hair. 'I'l~crc's I'arso~~siountl brokc~lrail in Dixon yard lots of romance ill a Imnk hook. especially So. 2 \v;ls approaching. Not having suf- wlicn its possessor has I)lontl hair ant1 n ficient time to go hack propcr tlistar~ccto nice smile. flag the train. lit' tl~rcweast switch, thcrcl)y Soticc: Do not attcnipt to call \,\;;ilnut setting auto~liaticI)lock signal against No. 12.70 any tinie after 5:OO p. m. The line's 2, which stoppcd them in a short distance. Ilclsy! A. S. Hill, hclprr, I:lcming;ton, hlo.,. is Our tinirkccpcr has a I)unfi:ilow :~tlast. comme~itlctl for his action In rcport~ng and we presume we \\.ill soon I)c able to an- broken sub sill in car loadctl wit11 wheat. nocincr arlothcr wetldic~g. \,Vc may as well ITis action in detecting and reportin:: this I)cgi~~to save our coin for a wc,tltling 1)rrs- matter utitlo~~btetllys;~vetl a clnini for loss cnt. of contents. Tl~crulc, has hcen est:il~lislied ill tlic Nas- J. F. Silver, rngineer. I<. C. C. & S., tcr 1fccli;lnic's Orfire tl~at cveryollc \vho Spri~?qfieltl,is commrntlctl for his action iii ccts marrietl must "treat" tlic forcc. Tom- repalring cyli~~tlcron Engiue 85, Train KO. niic, please take notice. 23, Noven11)er 13. at T:air Play. Repairs \l\%y \\.as Efic looking so "l)luc" rcccntiy? wcre made with a delay of only 35 minutes. llcr new 1irtsl)antl went to tlic coilntry. J. E. Ryan, engineer, Train No. 961, So- Sevctr nlintl, I-ffie. it's not thc last tinie lir vember h, \vIicn encine struck horse. It will IIC out at night! was inlpossible for Enginecr Ryan to stop .\ \vclcornc visitor to ol1r office is Xlr in time to prevent striking animal. but .\. C. Macgarjicc, Apprcnticc Instructor. train \vas stopped after enginc had passed Two knocks on our door is the signril that point about two car lengths. Mr. Ryan got he is on the outside with a box of candy, off his engine and went back to horse a~~tlall tlic yot~ngIadics are right thcre to whcre he found that the animal had becit greet him. tied to track by a rope and wire. I[e took Miss Sarah TTamlett, of the Store Depart- charge of the rope and wire and called six ment, is very fond of Rirmi~igham. No witnesses, who were passengers, to ex- \votitlcr! She gets a box of ca~~dymost amine conditions, made full report, sending cvcry day from that city. ?\,fr. 11. L. Worman, ~issistant Supcrin- tendcnt hlotive Power, was a recent visitor at hIeniphis. Always glad to see him. Mr. MJrn. P. Bakcr has becn appointed 1:oilermakcr 1:orcmau at Memphis, vice G. I:. I:. Buerkholtz transferred. Mr. Buerkholtz has bccn promoted to the position of Trav- eling General Boilcr Jnspcctor. During his stay at Memphis, he has made man)- friends. who regret his departure. We wish him sncccss in his new vcntr~rc. UJe have not lcarnetl thc full particulars, but anderstand that Misses Sarah and Jose- phine, of thc Storc Department, were try- ing to keep a secret of a trip that was made by thcm, hut it seems that l:red or Ralph let it he known. \?Jc expect to have morc details by nest issue. Also mnderstand that Wss Ilcwitt ex- pects to go to a farm in Texas. at an early date. Would likc for her to wve us more particulars in this connection. All gond wishes for the Kew Year. $05An Hour! "Every hour I spent on my L C. S. Course has been worth $95 to me ! My position, my $5,000 a year income, my home, my family's happiness-I owe it all to my spare time training with the Inter- national Correspondence Schools !" Every mail brings letters from some of the two miiiion I. C. S. students telling of promotions or increases in salary as the rewards of spare timestudy. What are you doing with the hours after sup- per? Can you afford to let thcm slip by uuim- proved whun rucan raslly make them mean so much? One our a day spent with thc I. C. S. will prepare you for the position you want in the work you like best. Yes, it will l Put it up tous .. to -prove it. Mark and mail this coupon now I ----- 7x111 OUT MIIE --- -- INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOLS BOX8647. SCRANTON. PA. Bxplaln, wlthoutbbli ilk me how I can ~uallfyfor the 1108ltlon. or In the sub%. belo& which I mark X. LODOlOTlVE ESQ18BllR TRAFFIC MANAGER SAPULPA. Locomotive Flremsn BOOKKEEPER (W. E. Richardson.) Travelins Engineer R. R. Agsnsy Accountlmr Traveling Flremsn R. It. (ien'l Olllce Ana'tln. Air Brake Inspector Hllhcr Accounting Jack Cllilto~l has assumed the dutirs of Alr Brake Reoeirrnan BCSIZESS BASABH#lEBT third ticket agnt Sapulpa, rclicviug Claude Round Houai Foremmn Privatc Secretary Trainmen and Carmen V. I-tatlicld. who has Iwcn installed as hfslhemnllca XECllAlllOAL EhGISEER cashier at Rcggs. Mechanical Drnltsmnn Tracy Kunz has been assigned a place as !\lachlne Shop Practice Rsilwey Mdl Clerk I~oolmeker CIVIL SERVICE stcno~raphcrin Mr. Bassctt's office and EIMITRICAL ESOIXEER Gas Engine Operating Electriclen will probal)ly bc translerrcd by the time ClC lL ENGINEER Electric Wiring this goes to press. %urrrnny sod M.PD~~E ! Elec. I.lghtlng& Rslla.~. It R Consrructing Telegreph Engineer Mrs. Ara 1,ee Mostcllcr spent from Dc- Brldpe Enzineer Telephone Work cenlher 11 rtntil 15 with her parcnts at Ed- ARCHITECT I wYe I;ORRMAX OR EXUW 4rchil~~lnr.lDr.Itsm.~ Stationery Englnecr rrlontl oil account of sickness of her mother. Ship Draftsman AUTOHORILB OPKHATlXl3 Anto llr~alrln~ Jlr. Cartland recently secured from hIax 5tructurel Fmdoeer Oltlcnhngc a small tlog. which appears now Concrete Bullder to he very \:alnal)lc. anyway, he and hlrs CHEMIST Gartlantl arc in partners in ownership and I when he sold the dos for $25 and reported OccupaHon T-=S-T- the action to Mrs. Gartland, she immedi- & Employer Street ately nbjectcd and said $23 \vould not bny md NO. her interest. This put :i stop to the trans- action. 42 TlIIi FRISCO-MAN Mr. iikers says he has moved. It is often partment. We \velcome Iiim hack. IIe will said to be cheaper to ~novethan pay rent. transfer from Vinita and should bc here by Mr. Phillips has pi~rcliased him a home the time this goes to press. arid will soon move to the place. We arc A11 members of this departmcnt wcre glad to see om- fellow-clerks hr~yplaces, i~~terestedin the ncws that the Prisco Man which will save the adnl high rent. carried some time ago, showiny changes ill If anyone knows of a ho~~sefor rent in agents and ticket agents over the Frisco Sapulpa, kindly confer with Mr. Husted, liailroad, irrespective of divisons. and if it cashier, as he is very anxious to find a is consistent, we would like to see this prac- modern place. tice re-cstablished. Robbie Smith and Tracy IGnz spent Sat- urday night and Sunday, 1)ecembcr 13 and SPRINGFIELD-WEST SHOP. 14 \vith fernier 'Ticlict C'lcrk Mr. liickert and wiic ill Tulsa. (J. A. Pullar, Machinist.) T SI'RISGFIICLD WEST SHOP F'EOPLI.:. tn upper left hand corner is Krecl \IT. Smith. Machinist West Shop, Sprin,-liclcl, and wiie; in center is Elobt. Cuwy, boilern~~lierhelper, \Vest Shop. end on the rlght is Ed!!'. C. Smith, timekeeper West Shops, ~ndhis sister. At bottom is 3Ivn. Frank G. Rnkrr ant1 little Jane Ellxabrth. wife and daughter of Frnnli C. Baker, clrctricai engineer. This is Jxnc JClizabeth's first \,kit to the farm. Buffalo. Mo. 44 THE FKISCO-11AN D. Crutcher has golle to St. Louis to colu~nnsof 'Tlic I'risco-lla~i, to cstcntl to purchase some cheap--lie didn't say, but their Illany 1:risco fric~~tlsthcir ~ratciul31)- don't think he'll have 1nr1cI1 luck. preciation for the nmly acts of kintlncss Bol) I\latlic\vs claims a poor 11ia1i has as shor\*~~and syni~);ithycxtcntlctl thcm in the m~~cliright to o\v~iall auto as a rich nlan, reccnt ill11c:ss ant1 death oi tlic:ir \viic :i~~tl as it is not a luxury. mother, Mrs. WIII. I,. llolt, who tlictl on Dock \4:liit;tll has a new Scripps-Booth Saven~hcr27. but \\fill not let anyone ride ill it. .\rthr Claypool is going to start the Sc\v .2nyone \vho has any old beer I)ottlcs for Ycar off with a clc;in im.. 112. found ;i bar sale see T. .\. Sellns. Ilc is in the I)rc\v- oi snap in hi.; Stct~c-lay-go-~~ieet~~lgcoat. Yo cry t~~~sincss. tlot~l)tsistrr g:ivts him that. certain young lady has a picturc oi I'cte McSwcre~~cyhas quit thc I>cn~ocratic \Valtlo Ptal~l. YVo~ltlerwhere she got it. party and joined tl~cRepul>lic:~~~, and says Macl~inist 13urlic has p~~rcliaseda lot ill Ilr kno\vs lie is acting rigl~t. the cctnetcry bcca~~zche is home guard in Milo Cr;i\vTortl, Iwttcr 1i11own ;is "lla~ldy," the \Vest Shop no\\-. says therc is no truth in the report t11;tt he h~litchcll lii~igwants to borro\\~a high. \\.as goi~ig-to I)LI~;L ~ic\vsuit of overalls, power rillc. 1-Tc is going to Oregon Corlnty atid l~a\~ctl~c olies Ilc has l)celi \vcari!~g for to hunt bear. the past three yc;;rs wasl~ctl. They will 1l;iclii11ist lStl 1:raritlt can't gct liis 111ler nlakc gootl stla]) \vhcll tho). \\-ear out. national out oi his yard. Crother \\'ardlow is qui:e a boomcr oi 1:1t~,11;~vitq three jobs in one nionth. The freight train held thc strcct cars, but could not hnltl T.'ort.nian 1201) Tclicli's Studel);;kcr {I-om hitting (IIC cinder ]):ttl~ at al~out 6.7 per. Machinist Johnson's jazz Imnd was all 0. K., 1)11t it went to ll:tcl~i~~ist.\pprcnlice I~uclil~oi~t'sheatl. One oi thc best t1anci.s cvcr licltl ill Ilis- souri was aivrn 1)y the Ozark 1,otlge 2.33 joiritly \\-it11 Llic I,adicl 2\uhiliar!-, ;III(I \va; attc~~tletl1)y cvcryolic tl~crc. 'l'lic Jo1111zol1 Jazz Rand \vas fine. Come again. 73.1. 'I'l~xt L(,atl 1la11 I)l~ck~ttsure sli:iltc.; a \viclietl T)ouglas. Gob Cl~arlton rcll out oi hctl ant1 IIIII-t ltis kncc cap ;I ic\v thys ago. \\.c don't see IIO\\: a "l)rolii" codd do tl~:~t. 1Icnry I-lcise Itas not got any more griev- 'I'. .L SIq;T.;\IS ASJ, PHOICTY UAOGERT. ances no\\-, as lie did want a goat to pull \\'ell-kno\\.n "I'rohibition Fitters" of the \Vest liis boring har wagon :iror~~icl.Ile says lit* Shop, Sprmgfield. has heen the noat aro~tntlhcrc ;I long time SPRINGFIELD-SUPT. TRANSPORTA- and lie can pull it. TION. I-loriirr Oaggert, Col) Cliarlton, 1ic);nold.i atid Chas. lfillcr \yere scc~isitting 011 tlic (J. W. Seabaugh.) front row at the picture show when it \\.as Iliss Ilelen Yatcs pt~rchasctlsever;il I)ot- sliowi~lg"\'\!hen l:c,;lrcat \Vent Dry." tlc:; oi Iiigh-po\~;rretl toilet \vatcr to givc as Ilachinis~,\]q)re~itice Roy SoI)l(,ttc s:~ys Xli~a,~I)rcselits. I,co~lartl \\'riglit advises he will not go see his girl until the coal he \\-ill accept Crnh .Apple flavor. I)ut much shortagc is ovrr. \Vhy didn't lie s;iy til! pref1.r~.\pplc Jack. after -'l~iias. 'l'liat ~vas\vhat Ile nlcaut. 14 rrlliior origi~~atiligat tllc lieclaniatio~i Chub Co\vcll is arowiny a Charley Cliap. Piant on 1)ccelnber 11 that tlie I,rc\v cnl- li~i~nustacl~c. and he looks fnuny, too. ~)orirlrn11:ttl opened on thc old Insjs. c;i~~sctl Ilappy \\'czt \vor~ltllikc to kno\\; tl~crcn- 11111ch fa\~o~~iiI>lecomment in the Prisco cgatlc that took his Stetson somhrcro at E~~ilcling,anti pro~iiptlyat 501 p. 111, thcrc the Indial1 \\:at- tlnnce Sovrmbcr 27. Size 9. was ;I mad rt~slt ior the square in \vhich color ycllo\\-. t\vo rorty-cigl~t holes in tlie ~cvc.r:ll prrsolis 1);ircly cscapcd injury. The cro\vll. 1%;1la11ccoi hat ill good condition. 01-i,qi~ialreport \\~liicl~cauzcd this \viltl stam- Jim I-lo\ve has a ne\\- watch and will hc pctlr had been greatly enlarged, ah it was glad to tell aliyolle tlic cract time. Never to the cffcct thnt they \\.ere rc:tdy to open more than five millutes off. ;IS soon as tlic Sr~prc~ncCo111.1 I):ISSC(I the Prcd Flopc antl \V. 1'. (Dutch) Rittcr proper vcrtlict. are going to take dancing lessons. Great \\'hrel and .-Isle Inspector S. 1'. '1'ol)ias Sport f0l- \\'Rr VC~C~;IIIS. 1-cfusc.; to carry hi.; ruit case ovrr tl~c:sys- Wrn. L. T-lolt. pensioned machinist helper tem any more. clain~ingthe ~C~~IILICirispcc- fron~thc Xortli Side Shops. and daughter. tors have inflictctl arcat tlarna~c sc;irch- MISS Mary, and Jrachinist T. G. I-Iolt, of ilia it. West Shop antl wife, dcsirc, througli the Since Charles IIorc~itlccl;~rt:tl 1ii111~clFin rhe market for a uscd car to take him to nent acquaintance with that thing said to antl from his country estate each (lay, he I)tb thc root of all evil, if we love it. says hc did not know thcre wcrc so many C. I;. Martin has bccn seen sneaking Stut1el)akcr cars ill the country. homc through the hack alley like he was 1,loyd "l~xldy" 1,amb says hc \vishcs St. clodging the cops. Someone told him a Louis \\,;IS closcr. Not on account of the fello\v named Rathbone \\ranted to hold a h4issis.;il)pi liivcr, howcver. conversation with him about this year's "'I'l~cre i.~only one fellow countryn1an I pecan crop. c\:cr cnvicd," says Carl Etln~onds,"and that \\'armly \ve welcomc R. C. Gilbert to our is Rip \ran \\'inklc." ~liidstas a full-flctlged 0. S. & D, investiga- 1:erd 11. Ferbraclie is builtling a trap nest tor after so many faithft~lycars oi claim to try to find out which one of his thirty checking. onc hens laid the egg in Kovember. E. h.1. Davis don't know whether to start The 1,uncli \\-o~tldlilic to know whether prospecting ior oil 07r inve. - brides? I-lo\vever, with our ofice record of four weddings, that \ve know of or think - we k~lowof, and somc more we know we (lo not know of, it /)rings me back to my origi11aI conclusion, which is that railroad- KERITE ers arc "something dirt'ercnt." '\nd therc may be a reason. SOW, having mentioned some \\.etltlings, insulated Wires and Cables I don't know of anything that n~akesit I necessary that I keep the girls in suspense, for thirty, days of curiosity is too much For Signal service, under nerve stra~n. lrene Doonis quit a perfcctly all conditions, good job-positio~~ I mean-men have jobs KERITE ,-for no reason that anyone can see unless is the most durable, it is to 1)ccome a Dccember bride. Kow efficient, and permanent comcs Alice Conley, being- of sound mind antl k~lowing~vhcreof the things \vhich she insulation known :: :: doeth, ctc.. ~vhoalso has quit a similar pcr- iectly nice position antl it is to be taken as a perfectly good prognostication that with- in a short time she will pass through that old, old door through which 110 n7on1a:r can go alone. Now \ve arc not suppovcd to know this! but ~ilerelgto be surmising. But you Itnow, one day Rosa O'Bricn quit and latcr you know thc circular that passed around the office tl~anking-every one for the nice prccnt ant1 signcd by a Mr. and Nrs. I'a?ne. wl~ornthe iello~~swantcd to 1~1;olv"1~110 was." as they did 11ot rcme~nher givi~lg~anythi~~g to such parties. So far as I KERITEE~CONIPABP thc girls arc concerned, it is tlicir o\vn bnsi- NEWYORK CHICAGO ness to get n~arrictl, but it is tllo~~ght;LC- tions Ixing father to the thought, that J. C. tiighberger is making it part of his supremc liusiness to also gct marrictl. So hc has cone to Tesas these several days and be- fore he has hen at~dbeen to Texas, and Keefi ~vhydoes 11c "clid" it? and whcn lie comes in 011 No. 4 today-wcll it is near time for Your Eyes No. 3 11on-, so we'll just sce. EIIOII~IIfor the matrimony. There's another cliaptcr 1-0 i)c n~riltcn about si~nlc ol thc oltl i)achelors nro~lnd hrl-cabouts. \vl~o:irr .;hit-!,-ing- their t111ty or who are dodging thc H. C. of L. or just si~nplydon't know n-lwn or ho~or what to say. 1:ut ~villleave their case to he Il;~n- tllctl some tlamsrl after the lirst oi the ;-r ' ,A Nightand year. for 1 IIII~C~S~RII~the year 1930 is per- &'I . Morning. factl>r tlivi~il)lt~1)y four and n-hen I wc3nt Lo srhool tl~atme TO LIBERTY BOND HOLDERS. (Continuccl from IJaw 17) CONCERNING MURINE. tion ot' holders of the teii1poral.y 4 per ccnt h4uri1le is said to allay irritation, bonds and the ha!i!iing institutions of the cat~setl by smoke, cinders, alkali, dust, country in carrylng out tlie provisio~'~ strong winds, reflected sunlight antl eye which have th\ls bren matlc for tlic cr- strain. It has becn recom~nendedfor all cliangc and co~iver~ionof the 4 per cc &t e.iles that need care. These s~ggestions coupon T.iherty bonds. Full information as will likely appeal to men in all branches to the manner of conducting the exchanges of railway sc-rvice. 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