The Tribune. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, October 14, 1910 Page: 2 of 8
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CHANCE TAKERS.
A practical railway man, F. P.
Jtoesch by name, and master mechanic
of a southwestern railroad by^ occupa-
tion, advances a new reason for the
many accidents on American railways.
Mr. Roescfa sera It Is summed up In
two words—“chance takers.In a
speech before the Railway Burgeons’
association this western master me-
chanic declared that the only way to
do arway with railroad accidents Is to
eliminate the "chance takers," says
Indianapolis Star. His position Is well
taken, and his terse description of a
vital reason why railroads of this
country kill so many people Is rather
startling. When one comes down to
the only phase of railroad operation
that so far has been beyond absolute
control, Mr. Roesch says the element
of human fallibility stands out as the
primary cause In 99 out of every 100
cases. This view of the matter, while
not questioned, Is rather out of the
usual In summing up causes for acci-
dents on railways. The American peo-
ple are the greatest chance takers on
earth. They not only take chances
In making money—the gambler's
chance—but tljey take chances in poli-
tics, education and in social life, and
they risk their lives dally without the
quiver of an eyelash merely to get
somewhere quickly. Automobile rac-
ing Is condemned In some quarters
because of the great danger; football
comes under the same bane; mara-
thon racing Is risky, as are prize light
tng, polo and numerous other sports.
Though some of the Germans are
stirred up, nobody else In Europe
seems to be unduly excited over Em
peror William's affirmation of the di-
vine right of sovereignty. It Is re
called that he has said something to
the same effect before. But it Is also
remembered that constitutionalism
and liberal government have gone
right along. Even Russia, where ab
solutlsm appeared to have such a bold,
has been the creation of a Duma or
parliament which affords the people
a measure of representation. Then
there are Turkey and Persia, both for-
merly in the grip of despotism, now
enjoying progressive rule and consti-
tutional privileges. And Germany It-
self ban some constitutional guaran-
tees that the emperor would not
think of molesting.
Prof. William L. Garner says that
Susie smiles on him. Susie Is a little
ehimpansee, not the one who lived
and loved Jn a cocoanut tree, but the
one the professor recently kidnaped
from her home In Africa. The savant
maintains that Susie's smile proves
her kinship with humanity. Before
accepting this statement at its face
value the public Is entitled to know
whether the young African wrinkles
her nose when she chortles. She is
only seven monthB old and falling
this corroborative evidence, It Is fair
to assume that she may simply be
suffering from colic and In need of r
Utile catnip tea.
A feature of the census returns that
surprises many Is the population
growth of the east as compared to
that of the west Despite the tre
mendous development of the west and
the great number that have sought
homes In that section, the east is
showing up gains almost as great, and
even groater when considered In pro-
portion to the respective territorial
areas. According to present indica-
tions the center of population will
not move a great distance westward
and will still be at some point In In
I Jana.
The young woman In New York
who shot herself because she did not
make an expected literary success,
now wants to live and try again. She
ought to succeed. In these sensation
loving days, she has secured quite an
advertisement for her work. Court-
ing reputation at the cannon’s mouth
Is a well-known operation, but It Is
sometimes new to woo literary sue
cess at the pistol's point.
Oshkosh, Kokomo, Kalamazoo. Oc-
oaomowoc and Hackensack have all
made remarkable gains In population
Now, who says there’s no advertlslnt
in paragraphic publicity?
Montana census
under arrest for
enumerators are
padding their re-
And yet we are told that fig
■res wUl not Ue.
EXPRESS COMPANY
ROBBED OF $9,000
MONEY WAS LOCKED IN SAFE
—COMBINATION NOT KNOWN
TO MESSENGER.
WHOLE AFFAIR IS MYSTERY
Shipment Wae Iron St. Louis to Ar»
ksnsss Points via Pacific Ex-
press Company.
St. Louis, Oct. 11: Officials and de-
tectives of the Pacific Express Com-
pany in St. Louis are trying to solve
the disappearance of three packages
of money, containing approximately
19,000, while being shipped from this
city to Fort Worth, Texas.
The money was locked in a safe, the
combination of which was not known t
the messenger when he left here. At
Little Rock, when the district fore-
man of the company opened the safe,
the money was missing. There was
no sign that the safe had been tam-
pered with.
Agent Not Advised.
Port Worth: E. A. Belden, agent of
the Pacific Express Company here,
Bald that he knew nothing of any
robbery of his company.) He was in
Ignorance of such report until asked
about It f>y representatives of the
press.
Mr. Belden said that If there was a
loss of three or any other number of
packages of money in transmission be-
tween St. Louis and Fort Worth the
loss was not discovered by the open-
ing of the safe in Fort Worth.
Says Loss Is $6,500.
Little Rock, Ark.; George F. John-
son, local superintendent of the Pa-
cific Express Company, say he has
carefully Investigated here the disap-
pearance of the money.
According to Mr. Johnson, the
amount disappearing was $6,500, of
which $3.00 was sent from St. Louis to
Little Rock and $3,500 to Huttig, Ark.
He says the safe which was supposed
to have contained the money arrived
here last Friday afternoon and was
opened by an employe of the local of-
fice in the presence of the company
messenger. The $6,500 was missing.
RULING ON ELECTION LAW
Attorney General Passes On Question
of Interest to All
Voters.
Austin: Assistant Attorney General
Rowland made a ruling applying di-
rectly upon the race for Sheriff of
Val Verde County, but of such a char-
acter as to be of Interest in other
places. John F. Robinson, who is
candidate for Sheriff and had held
that office for bIx years and did not
run for re-election, was here with the
questions passed upon. He is now
running for Sheriff independently.
However, he announced too late to get
his name upon the official ballot. He
does not hold a poll tax receipt, but
says that the money was paid and
that the Tax Collector admits It. Con-
sequently he has submitted questions
upon which an interesting ruling was
made.
In passing upon the question as to
whether or not the nonpayment of
poll taxes and other taxes disqual-
ifies or makes Ineligible for office a
person failing to pay the taxes, a ne-
gative answer is given and attention
is called to the fact that the payment
of taxes is required only of members
of the Legislature for eligibility.
In answer to a further question, Mr.
Rowland holds that the intent of a
voter governs In cases where a man
does not get his name printed regu-
larly upon the ballot, and, while It
Is preferable to have the nameB writ-
ten upon the ballot In a uniform man-
ner, yet If John B. Smith w*re run-
ning for office, the name J. B. Smith
written upon the ballot would be suf-
ficient to make the vote valid.
An affirmative answer Is given t£e
query as to whether or not the voters
have the right to write upon the bal-
lot the name of any citizen whom they
prefer for office who is in the field
aa a candidate for such office, but has
entered the race after the exprratlon
of the legal time In which he might
have filed his petition In proper form
to have hts name placed upon the bal-
lot as an Independent candidate. Mr.
Rowland holds that the voters are not
confined In choice to the names print-
ed upon the official ballot, and a can-
didate may announce after the time for
filing petitions for places on the bal-
lot has expired. An affirmative ans-
wer Is given to the question ss to
whether or not an illiterate voter has
the right to demand help from the
election Judges in the preparation of
the ballot.
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KING MANUEL OF
I PORTUGAL DETHRONED
ROYAL FAMILY UNDER BRITISH
PROTECTION—GO TO GIBRAL-
TER ON ROYAL YACHT.
REPUBLICANS HAVE CHARGE
Already British Warships Are On the
Way to Protect British Intsrssts
at Scene.
There was a time when people had
■o thermometers. When two or three
got together and decided that the
weather was hot that settled IL
After a man has reached the age of
seventy he doesn’t think much of the
Idea that there Is no fool like an old
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enjoyable I
igerle In Parts
ing. At least It
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Odd Fallows at Abhsne.
Abilene: The grand encampment
and the department council of the
L O. O. F. of Texas met la annual
session Monday morning In Odd Fel-
lows’ Hall In Abilene at 10 o'clock,
fully SOOsWlsltlng delegates and mem-
bers from ovary portion of Texas be-
lag present The local lodge room1
wae filled, to Its fullest
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Lisbon, Oct. 7: That King Manuel Is
safely out of Portugal Is disclosed by
dispatches from Gibraltar, where he
landed Thursday night In company
with the Queen Mother, the Dowager-.
Queen and the Duke of Oporto. The
royal family of Portugal^ Is therefore
now under British protection.
A rigid,,.censorship still prevents
new*'In Lisbon from becoming known,
but dispatches that have come through
by way of the French frontier and di-
rect Indicate that the fighting In they
streets of the Portuguese capital, was
of.longer duration and of a mote se-
vere nature than at first reported.
Nothing is known of Thursday's
events at Lisbon, and this Is In con-
nection with statements made by Pro-1'
mler Canalejas to the Spanish Cham-
ber of Deputiee that the Government’s
National consent for the establishment
of provisional Government at Lisbon
and that' reports had coma to him that
fighting in the streets had been re-
newed, together with tHe Lisbon dis-
patch that a portion of the intrenched
troops had refused to adhere to the
Republicans, shows that the provision-
al Government has been obliged to
take precautions against a loyal at-
tack.
The situation In the Provinces also
is very doubtful. A delayed dispatch
from Oporto gives brief details of dem-
onstrations held there on the day after
the rising occurred at Lisbon. Since
then, however,. word from Oportq In-
dicated that quiet had been restored.
Notification has been sent to for-
eign Powers by the provisional Gov-
ernment of the proclamation of the
Republic.
Lisbon, Oct. 6: The capital la now
completely In the hands of the Re-
publicans who have formed a provis-
ional government with Theophlle
Braga as President.
A new National flag of red and
green Is flying over All' the public
buildings, including the town ball.
King Manuel, with the Queen Mother
Amelie and his grandmother, the
Queen Dowager Marla Pla, have taken
refuge at Mafra, twenty-three mllee
from Lisbon.
Already the Spanish Minister, in
full uniform, has called to pay hla re-
spects to the Republican leaders.
It Is impossible to estimate the
number of killed or wounded in Tues-
day's fighting, but It Is expected to
reach several hundred.
The city has been seriously damag-
ed by the bombardment of the Insur-
gent warships.
The buildings occupied by the Min-
istry around the Praca de Commerclo
and the Necessldades wero made the
particular targets of the shells from
the warships and today show the ef-
fects of hroken walls and turrenta.
The tower of the church attached
to the palace waa demolished. Thus
far, however, no attack has been made
upon private property, and It le re-
ported that the banks are being guard-
ed by bluejackets.
The warships greeted the hoisting
of the Republican flag with salutes of
artilletr.
At 11 o'clock In the night Insurgents
encampbed on the heights of Avendlds
da LI be rad o tried to force their way
to the center of the city, but were
driven oack by the loyal troops. As
the latter passed the barracks of the
First Artillery they discovered that
it waa in the hands of the rebels. The
loyalists charged upon the cl
and dislodged them With constd
INTERURBAN WRECK; 29 KILLED
'Crews Jump For Lift and Escape—
Among Dead Are Three Officials
of ths Railway.
Staunton, Illinois: Twenty-nine
persons were killed and twenty-six In-
jured in n collision on the Illinois
traction system, two miles north of
here, late Tuesday afternoon. Three
of the injured, and possibly more, are
not expected to survive.
Reports from the wreck up to the
present time have been difficult to
obtain, and although aome of the state-
ments received from there make the
number of injured as Mgh as fifty,
it Is not believed it will be over twen-
ty-five. Only three of the dead have
been identified as yet and these are
three prominent officials of the trac-
tion system.
The collision ocurred between local
train No. 14, northbound, and an. ex-
cursion train. No. 73, headed toward
St. Louis and loaded with passengers
on their way to view the parade of
the Yelled Prophets at SL Louis. Tbs
accident, according to the present in-
formation, was due entirely to the dis-
regard of orders by the crew of local
No. 14, which waa In charge of M. A.
Leonard, conductor, and John Leidman
of Staunton, motorman.
Train No. 14 had orders to- pass
train No. 73 at Staunton. The latter
train was running In two sections,
and the orders given to No. 14, It is
said by the railway officials, were ex-
plicit that it should pass both sections
of thp southbound train at Saunton.
The first section of No. 73 had pass-
ed, when the crew of 14 pulled out
on the main track and started north
At a sharp turn in the road called
Dickersons curve, which Is two miles
north of this place, the two trains
came together In a splintering crash.
Dickersons curve Is a sharp bend in
the road and Is at the bottom of a
decline both from the north and south.
Train No. 14 and the second section
of No. 73 were both on the down grade
and moving at a speed of forty miles
an hour when they met The collision
occurred at the bottom of the double
Incline and at tue sharpest part of the
curve. The cars were so close that It
was impossible for either of them to
stop or slow down and the crews were
unable to do anything
The crew of No. 14 and the crew of
No. 73, which was composed of W
V. Duncan, conductor, and E. J. Young,
motomnan, both ot Springfield, 111.
leapefi for their lives as soon as the-
saw the collision was inevitable, an*”
all four escaped without serious In-
jury. They were badly shaken up,
but were able to lend assistance to the
injur d an Instant later. None of the
passengers had a chance for their
lives, aa the crash between the cars
followed immediately the cries of
warning Issued by the conductors and
motorman aa they Jumped Yrom the
trains.
The cars came together with a ter-
rific crash and both were entirely de-
molished, Delng piled In one big mass
of wreckage, through which the bodies
of the dead and wounded were scat
tered.
Aa quickly as possible word of the
accident was telephoned to Springflel'*
and a special car was immediately
rushed from that point and other car-
were also sent north from Granite City
111.
The laet took many of the Injure*
and hurried them back-to Granite Ctt~
where they were placed In hosplta
As fast as the dead were extricated
they were placed upon one 41 the us
■oat from Springfield and in a abort
time one car containing twenty-eight
bodies was sent to CarllnvIUe, where
they were placed in an undertaking
establishment
Monterey, Mex.f A special from l as
Esperanzas, Coahulls, says: Friday
night about 11 o’clock a tremeadous
explosion of coal dust occurred in
No. 2 mine at Palau, belonging to thi.
Coahulla Coal Company. The forco
of the explosion blew down all of the
timbers In the slope from the sixth
lift to the surface. It blew out the
mouth of the slope, lifting twenty feet
of surface and closing the mlnet The
fanhouse was a'so blown down, but
fortunately the fan and engine werq
not Injured. Entrance was made to
the mine through the second opening,
but all the ventilating currents and
air stepping being destroyed, It wae
Impossible to penetrate Into the mine
far enough to reach any of the min-
ers: The first rescue party was over-
come and a second party had to go
in and relieve them. They were over
the after damp, but were
brought to the surface and recovered
In a few hours. The work of restoring
the air currents Is proceeding as rap
idly aa possible with all the men that
It la safe to work. Two bodies have
so far been recovered, and there are
about seventy more men In the mine.
There is no probability of these men
being recovered alive, as it will be
forty-eight houn more before all the
bodies can be reached. Ths neigh-
boring mines have all sent their su-
perintendents with picked men and
all have worked faithfully in the res-
cue work.
STANDARD CUTS PRICE OF OIL
Reductions Made In Europe and the
Far East in Campaign to In-
crease Use of Kerosene.
New York: J. I. C. Clarke, through
whom the Standard OH Company
makes its official announcements to
the public, has Usued a statement to
the effect that the company has en-
tered on a thoroughly mapped out
campaign to increase the consumption
of kerosene in European countries and
the lands of the Orient. The first
move In this campaign is the reduc-
tion of the prices of oil in those, coun-
tries. Mr. Clarke’s announcement says
in part:
‘The Standard OH Company has In-
augurated a campaign to Increase the
world's consumption of refined ell.
The level of- prices for refined oil to-
day in the United States Is lower than
at any time during recent years, and
as a direct result of these prices the
consumption of refined oil In this
country Is Increasing. The same pol-.
Icy Is now being actively pursued
abroad.’’
As indicated by this statement, the
Standard company began trying out
the policy of lower prices in the
United States, though without an-
nouncing that It had In view a cam-
paign that wonld cover the world. In
August the price of refined oil In
tanks was reduced from 6 1-2 to $ 1-2
cents a gallon, and the price of re-
fined oil lb barrels at the refinery was
cut 1 cent, from 9 3-4 to 8 3-4 cents a
gallon.
JUSTICE W.H. MOODY RESIGNS
President Taft Has Aocepted Resig-
nation of Supremo Court
Assooiato.
Beverly, Mass.: Associate Justice
We H. Moody of the U. 8. Supreme
Court has tendered his resignation to
President Taft to take’ effect Nov. 20.
The President wrote to Justice Moody
who Is at Magnolia, accepting the rea-
nation and expressing his high regard
for the retiring Jurist. In retiring Jus-
tice Moody will receive full pay of
an active member of the Qburt $18,000
Taking Lydia El
Vegetable
Babattus. Maine.—“Yo
take Lydia K.
mjjfm
Railroads to Inauro Baggage.
Chicago: Woes of that part of the
traveling public which occasionally
loses Its baggage soon will he decreas-
ed by one, for the railroads art plan-
ning to put Into effect a system of
Insuring baggage valued at not moro
than $100 fra# of oharge and for a
fee 14 worth more than $100.
Is one of the features of
M'MYTfffrT
WILLIAM H. MOODY.
Assooiato Justice U. B. Supremo Court
a year. It had been known since early
in the summer that Justice Moody
would retire. He personally ntdr
known his Intentions to the President
and offered to resign at any. time that
would be most convenient to the Pres-
ident. His reason Is given as ill
health. »
Would Pay National Guardsmen.
St. Louis, Mo.: Tba plan to. ask
Congress to placa the National Guard
on the army salary list at rates of
from 6 to 25 per cent of the regular
wages was adopted at a conference of
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d oth f
my name In your I
H. W. Mitchell,
Another W(___
Granitextile, Vk—'
through the Change of 1
from nervousness and
symptoms. I.ydla E. P
table Compound restored my 1
strength, and proved worth m<
ox gold to me. For the Bake <
suffering women I am willing
should publish my letter.” - 1
Chabi.es Barclay, B.FJD., Gi
vllle, YL
Women who are____ _
this critical period or who are 1
lng from any of those distrei *
peculiar to their sex should
sight of the fact that for thirty;
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vagetable 1
pound, which Is made from root# i
herbs, has been the standard
for female ilia. In almoat every 1
munlty yon will find women
have men restored to health by I
£. Plnkham’s Vegetable Cos
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Trouble In the Troupe.
"They've bad a frightful time la tk*
No. 5 Tom Company. Hear about HT**’
•’Nope."
"Busted an' walkin’ back. That**
right Went to smash on the Vin-
cennes circuit. UtlUty feller they
picked up at Sawvllle got mad 'anasa
he was doubled as Marks an' a Mood-
hound, an' sawed the legs off the ted-
der, an Eva fell out o’ heaven an”
landed on Papa St. Clair, an’ film ns
Legree landed on Unc’ Tom, an’ the- ■-
real dog hit a hole In Aunt Ophelia,
an’ there waa merry hades to pay un-
til the local manager called the ptfCroft
wagon and had the whole bnaeh
dragged up the pike and
.the woods. An’ the worst of It
there was a record house, with 1
teen good dollars in the box!"
yscraper.
nlee, dear!**
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Childish Reasoning.
"Look at the brownies, papal" ex-
claimed a little miss as she
ward at a Wall street skyscraper.
"They are not brownies,
replied papa. "They are 1
me, but they look so tiny I
are so high."
"If they were twice as h!|
they look twice ms small?" she ashed*
showing the mathematical torn net
unnatural In the offspring of a see
easeful broker.
Papa answered ’Tee."
She made a quick calculation nag
remarked: "They won’t amount to-
much when they get to
theyr
Consulting the Playwright.
"My star can wiggle hla ears aa*
whistle through his teeth."
“Urn."
"Now, can you build me a firs be taw
comedy around that?"
Natlodal Guard
Leonard
ferenoe,
Woqd. who
mm
the eon-
M
that
DAMK NATURE HINTa
When the Food le Net Suited.
When Nature gives her signal
something Is wrong It Is
with the food* The old Dame Is el-
ways faithful and one should act at
once.
To put off the change Is to risk Ask
which may be Irreparable. An Arieena
man says:
"For years I could not safely set ear
breakfast I tried various klade of
breakfast food, but they were aD soft*,
starchy messes which gave me dis-
tressing headaches. I drank 1
coffee, too. which appeared to fc
me at the time, but added to the
aches afterwards. Toast and
ware no better, for I found the
very constipating.
"A friend pesauadsd me te
old eoffee and the starchy
foods, and use Postum and
Instead. I shall never re
hla advice. I
months ago.
"The change they have
me la wonderful. I now have
of the distressing sensatl
stomach after eating^ and I
headaches. I have gained
la weight and feel
"Grape-Nuta
well
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