T11K 11KK: OMAHA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1!, W13
SIXTEEJ1-H0UR LAW IS GOOD
Commerce Commission Says It In
oreases Efficiency.
ANALYSIS OF THE FIGURES
nMlroada neport Three Hundred
Thonnnnd Violation., Abont One
to Each Hmplojc In the
Trnln Service.
WAS1IUJQTOK, Dec. 17.-"Vlolations
of the law limiting the service of train
mployea ion American railroads to six
teen consecutive hours go to the very
heart ot the efficiency and Bafety of
train operation," said Commissioner
Charles C. McChord, commenting upon
a statement Issued today by the Inter
state Commerco commission analyzing
the monthly reports of Interstate rail
roads on hours ot service during tlio fis
cal year ending June 30, 191.
Nearly 300,000 violations of. the slxtecn
hour limit were reported by 263 railroads
during the year, the roads - submitting
various reasons why such violations were
necessary. The commission .analysts
points out, however, that while this fig
ure may appear abnormal to tho lay
mind, It must be remembered that 251,
111 men were employed fn handling trains
during tho year and that the excess serv
vlce probably would not exceed ono In
stance to each employe
Difference In Efficiency.
"The difference In efficiency and safety
of operation between various railroad
systems," Mr. McChord said, "Is shown
clearly by tho commission's analysis In
the marked disparity between the ratio
of excess service to mileage, between
railroads serving practically the same
territory. For Instance, ono of the east
ern .roads, operating more than 5,300
miles "of tracks, reports 6,224 Instances
In which trainmen wcro on duty for per
iods' longer 'than, thoso provided by law;
while another road fn the same territory,
with a- mileage of less than 3,500 miles,
reports 23,663 such Instances.
"A comparison of the figures sub
mitted by two other of the principal
eastern lines shows, respectively, a mile
age of 2.25S, with 5,451 Instances ot ex
cess service as compared with 2,829 mllea
and 1S.44S Instances. In the prairie coun
try, one road with a mileage of 4,765, re
ports&approxlmately 20,000 instances of
excess service, while another road in
the same territory, with moro than 7,500
miles of tracVs reports only 2,310 In
stances of excess service.
"In tho southwestern territory, one
road, operating less than 6,400 miles of
tracks, reports approximately 1,700 In
stances ot excess cervlec, while another
line, similarly situated, geographically,
leports only 2S0 Instances on a mileage of
moro than 7,601 miles. A corresponding
comparison bctweon two roads In Oio
northwestern section of tho country
shown & mileage ot approximately 8,000
mllei with less than 800 Instances of ex
cess service, while another road, with
less than 10,000 miles of line, reports
nearly 6,000 Instances of excess service."
Commissioner McChord, within whoso
supervision comes the actual administra
tion of' the Hours of Service act, directed
the preparation ot the analysis.
What the Lair Pporldes.
The; law provides a maximum of six
teen hours' as the limit of continuous,
service ' for tralhtrien engaged.' in Jhe
DhyalcalXopcra'tlon of trains... Thlsaw
admittedly' Is being violated continually
by the' railroads many times unavoid
ably. The carriers aro required to report
each instance In which an employe served
more than sixteen hours consecutively, a
fine of 1500 being the penalty for failure
to report.
The analysis shows that derailments af
forded the most prolific cause of excess
service, 88,317 cases being attributed by
the carriers to that generic cause. In
3,360 Instances, the delays were due to
coupler and drawbar defects, while 17,753
cases were attributable to miscellaneous
tar defects. Landslides, high water and
fire were reported by the carriers In
volved, as responsible for 17.9SS cases;
and congestion of trafflo resulted In 13.S12
employes exceeding the limit ot service.
In 10,620 Instances the excess service was
caused by track defects and obstructions
not resulting from collisions or derail
ments; whllo 9,910 cases were due prim
arily to collls! ns.
Under the heading of "Engine Delays,"
15,607 Instances of excess service were re
ported as attributable to miscellaneous
mechanical defects, while other engine
WATERY
BLISTERS
ON CHILD'S FACE
Kept Scratching Until Cheeks Fiery
Red. Skin Cracked and Scaly,
Itched and Burned, Used Cuti
cura Soap and Ointment, No
Return of Trouble,
BmlthvlUe. Ind. "Six months ago our
baby girl, one.year eld, had a few red pim
ples come on her face which gradually spread
causing her face to become very irritated
and a fiery red color. The pimples on the
child's face were at first small watery
blisters just a small blotch on the skin. She
kept scratching at this until In a few days
her whole cheeks were fiery red color and
Instead of the little blisters the ildn was
cracked and scaly looking and seemed to
Itch and burn very much.
"TVo used a riumber of remedies which
seemed to rive relief for a short time then
leave her face worse than rrer, Finally we
got a cake of Cuticura Soap and a box of
Cutlcura Ointment. I washed the child's
face with very warm water and Cutlcura
Soap, then applied th Cutlcura Ointment
very lightly. After doing this about three
times a day the Itching and burning seemed
entirely gone In two days' time. Inside ot
two weeks' time her face seemed well. That
was eight months ago and there has been no
return of the trouble." (Signed) Mrs. A. K.
Wooden. Not. 4, 1912.
Cutlcura Soap and Ointment do so much
for poor complexion!, red. rough bands, and
dry, thin and falling hair, and cost so little,
that it Is almost criminal not to use them.
Sold by dealers throughout the world, lib
eral sample of each mailed free, with 32-p,
book on the skin and scalp. Address post
card "Cutlcura. Dept. T, Boston."
SVMen who shave and shampoo with Co
tlcura Soap will find it best for skin and scalp
delays usually Incident to 11k- iteration
of trains. wer responsible for noaily
10,000 additional cases'.
ltrilnrtlmi In Number.
"As a result ot the prosecutions Insti
tuted by the commission," the analysis
points out, "tho number of Instances ot
oxecas service reported during the lost
six months, ns compared with the corre
sponding figures for preceding years, has
shown a marked reduction."
"My belief Is," said Commissioner Mc
Chord, "that the carriers Involved will
concedo to the commission's analysis of
their reports such a degree of nttentlon
ns will enable them, by apprising them
selves of the preventable cnuses of ex
cess sen-ice, to eliminate the majority
of Instances In which employes hereto
fore have been permitted or required to
remain on duty for longer periods than
sixteen consecutive hours."
Under the head of "Umployes In Train
Service," the analysis shows nn aggre
gate of S79 Instances In which employes
returned to duty nttr sixteen hours' con
tinuous service without having had at
least ten consecutive hours oft duty,
while 274 of such employes wero returned
to duty after sixteen hours of continuous
service without having had eight consec
utive hours oft duty.
Trlearraphera Involved.
Ths law requires that telegraph oper
ators employed by railroads In train
operations shall not be on duty In excess
of nlno consecutive hours. The total
number ot violations ot this law as
shown by the analysis, was 2&5&S, while
it Is noted that In 4,544 Instances tels
graph operators hi offices operated onlv
In day time wero on duty for longer
periods than thirteen hours,
Tho total number of coses of excess
sorvlco of all classes reported by tho
railroads for the fiscal year was 239,
!V0. The report says "it Is not to be as
sumed this number comprehends all tho
Instances In which employes of railroads
wero on duty during the year In excess
of tho statutory periods.
"To the lay mind that contemplates
tho economic aspect of nn Industrial sit
uation in which -during a single year
nearly 300,000 men should have been re
sponsible for the operation of trains for
periods in excess of those prescribed by
law," says the report, "these figures may
appear abnormal: but when cognizance
Is taken of the fact that 231,111 men wero
employed In train service alono during
the year. In addition to tho vast num
ber of telegraphers; and of the number
of trains operated In order to provide
employment for so many men, one al
most marvels that the Volume of traffic
could havo been transported with such
a small proportion of excess service."
Ciisra In Court.
On July 1, 1913, In various Judicial dis
tricts of tho United States 216 cases In
volving an nggrcgato of 2,477 separate
violations of the House ot Service act,
were pending, whllo 258 counts were
pending an appeal.
Up to November 1, 1913, the total pen
alties collected from the railroads be
cause of violations of this law amounted
to tl56.CC2.il, of which JH.600 had been
assessed becauso of failure ot the car
riers to report specific Instances of ex
cess service.
BOND BUSINESS SLUMPS
State House Records Show Little
Doing in Line.
MONEY COMING TO COFFERS
Various Counties Continue to ray
In Cash for Cnrp of the In
sane Under Old
I.nvr.
Ay
4T hni'iu;
ers Pectoral
Away kick ia 1841. Old enough to re
Bxsaber those days? SOU used for
cewght aaa com. Sold for 70 years.
Ak Year Doctor. LJUrL-!
Protests Are Made
Against Entry of
Foreign Potatoes
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18. Whether com
mon Irish potatoes from Canada, New
foundland, Great Britain, Ireland and
continental Europe shall bo barred ffotn
the United States because Of danger of
Importation of dangerous plant diseases,
or shall bo admitted under the same re
strictions as apply to nursery stock, was
the subject of a hearing today before the
federal horticultural board at the direc
tion of Secretary Houston.
T. P. Olll, secretary of agriculture for
Ireland: Dr. II. T. Guasnwa. nn ffvnart
of the Canadian Department of Agricul
ture, ana a. F. O'Halloran, minister of
agriculture of Canada, were among thoso
who spoke In favor of the admission of
foreign potatoes,
Representations have been made to the
American Department of Agriculture that
In view of the short domestlo potato crop
caused by last summer's drouth, the ex
clusion of foreign potatoes would go far
toward raising prices In the United States.
At the ouset Becretary Houston said
the question under consideration was not
the lining of an embargo against dis
eased potatoes, but whether a quarantine
should be absolute or administered in
such a way as to .admit the entry of po
tatoes properly passed on by government
experts.
Senators and representatives In con
gress from many states protested against
any policy whereby diseased potatoes
might get Into the country. A few mem
bers, however, urged that it will be wise
to permit the entry of foreign potatoes
In the hope of reducing high prices ot
food.
Dr. Gussowa declared that the United
States had not made a sufficient Inves
tigation of the potato crop In his country
on which to base a recommendation that
the whole crop should be barred,
from this country, because of the dis
ease. He said American agents had gone
Into Canada to Investigate potato dis
ease conditions without co-operation with
him.
Among those who urged an unrestricted
quarantine to protect the American crop
of potatoes, even should It result In
higher prices for a few yeors, were
Senator Brady ot Idaho and Representa
tives Taylor and Beldomrldge of Colorado.
THREE DEAD OF TRICHINOSIS,
THREE MORE ARE DYING
SIOUX FAILS, S. D.. Dec. -(Special.)
Physicians who have returned to
Sioux Falls from the home of John Viet,
situated twenty-three miles southwest of
the .city, report that there is practically
no hope for the recovery of the remain
ing three members of the family who are
affected with trichinosis, resulting from
eating sausage which had not been
cooked. Thus far Viet, the head of the
house, and two daughters, Grace and
Rose, have died. Two other daughter,
Hilda, aged 13, and her 8-year-old sister,
and Peter Viet, aged 15, are the remaining
members of tho family who are dying,
and their death la expected to be a mat-
t ter of only a short time. While neighbor
ueiievc inai me son, 1'eier, Is showing
Improvement, the physicians expect he
will be the first of the remaining three
to die. The boy has made a hard fight
for life from the beginning and his
strength of will kept him from his bed
until two weeks ago, when his energy be
came exhausted. The fact that the mother
Is an invalid, and that John Viet, the old
est son, was away from home, and the
youngest child, aged 2 months, was too
young to partake of the sausage, saved
the Viet family from being annihilated.
The father and two daughters died about
two weeks after partaking of the Infected
sausage.
(From n Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. Dec. .-Spcclal.)-The
bond business in Nebraska took a big
slump. Judging by the records In the of
fice of the stnte ondltor, where nil bonds
of every kind issued by state, school dis
tricts, cities and irrigation projects -are
filed.
According to Bond Clerk Lawrence,
tho amount ot bonds filed with the de
partment for the year ending December
15, was JI.7S4.470, while for the btcnnlum
of 1911-1! tho total amount registered
was J1.116.1S6.S9.
No Irrigation bonds were registered
this year with the department.
More Money l'nlil In.
Keith county sent Into the state au
ditor today a draft for $500 o be applied
on Its account for care ot Insane due
the state. The whole amount due Is
J1.757.H!, and a letter accompanying the
draft states that the balance will be paid
In two Installments, December. 1911, and
December. 1915. Already $11,747.48 of the
over $90,000 due tho state has been paid
and agreements to pay J47.616.65 more have
been given the auditor. This Is like get
ting money from home, as theso claims
have been laying dormant through many
administrations of tho auditor's depart
ment and would probably have remained
In tho same state for many moro If
Auditor Howard had not began a syste
matic digging Into the office records and
found these claims unpaid.
To Inspect Hook Inland.
C. H. Garbcr and Guy Barnes, en
gineers In the physical valuation depart
ment .of the State Railway commission,
havo gone on nn Inspection of the Rock
Island railroad along tho line between
Falrbury and Horton, Kan.
IteUell In llnrchnrd.
State Superltendent Delsell was In
Burchard today, where ho assisted In
the dedication of the new school building
In that town.
Raton (n Rtnerimn.
Henry M. Eaten, former commissioner
of public lands and bulMincrx nr m.
state and who has been connected with
me i'remont stato normal for the last
two years, has been elected superintend
cnt of the schools at Emerson in Dixon
county.
f.'rllliiR- Mure Nnmra.
While the committee which pasted upon
the recall petition In tho King recall case
In this city, threw out nearly 60 per cent
of the names, claiming that they were
not registered voters, tho committee In
chargo of ths recall of Commissioner
King has secured over 600 new names to
take the place of those thrown out.
Many Attractions
For Agriculture
(From a Staff Correspondent)
LINCOLN, Dec. 18.-(Speda!.)-Tho
week o forganlred agriculture at Lincoln,
January 19 to 23, means much to the
housewives of the state. A number of
demonstrations and exhibits and lectures
have been planned to save labor, cut
down the cost of living and Increase the
happiness of tho home. A
some of the attractions follows:
h5 f labor-saving kitchen and
household devices at the sUte farm.
Cooking demonstrations at state farm.
Fruit nml nnnU ,hnm ...1.1. j . '".'""
tlona in cooking of apples, at Uie Audi
torium Home cure HmpAtn rn
preparing meat; at the AudHorlm.
.now ai Auuiionum. Corn foods
and their preparation.
Moving pictures of the Better Babies
show at tho state fair.
Moving pictures of Nebraska's re
sources aro also given. No admission
charges at the Auditorium. lon
ROAD RATES ON GRANITE
ARE SUBJECT OF COMPLAINT
(From a Staff Correspondent)
LINCOLN. Neb.. Dec. lS.fHrrioi t.i.
cgram.)-The case against the Central
Vermont railway and other
ponies In the east brought by the Ne-
DraaKa atallway commission was heard
today before E. B. Henderson, exnmlner
for the Interstate Commerce commission.
The case was brought In behalf of the
Nebraska Monument Dealers' associa
tion and Involves rates charged on Ver
mont granite, which is used to a large
extent In Nebraska. Charges are aald
to be unjust and discriminatory and- a
readlustment Is asked for, as well as a
return of overcharges. Chairman Clarke
appeared for the commission, while II.
1 Shurtleff of Boston, D. T, Lawrence
of Mcntpoller. Vt.: H. 11. Hoicomh nr
Omaha. J. Waugh of Omaha and M. N.
enr of the Wabash appeared for tho dif
ferent railroads.
Other cases will come before the ex
aminer before tho conclusion of the
hearing, Including the charges, of dis
crimination against Nebraska In fuvnr
of Kansas City In shipments of grain
and merchandise to Texas.
MRS. JOHNSON OF CRAIG
IS BURNED TO DEATH
CRAIG, Neb., Dec. 1!. (Special.) Mrs.
Elizabeth Johnson. 82 years old, una
burned to death Sunday night at the
home of a granddaughter north ot this
city. She was alone In the house at the
time, and It can only be surmised that
she was lighting the fire with kerosene.
When first seen she was outside ot the
house enveloped In flames. She was a
widow since 18C9, coming to this country
from Sweden with her two daughters In
ISSi One daughter survives her, Mrs.
Alfred J. Anderson ot near this city. The
body was burled at Oakland today. Rev.
Sandahl of the Swedish Lutheran church
officiating.
MISS GOULD WINS SUIT
FOR HER FATHER'S ESTATE
KEARNEY. Neb., Dec. l&-(Speclal.)
The It D. Gould will case was settled
n district court In this city on Wednes
day, when the Jury, which had been out
for eight hours, returned a verdict that
the document presented as Vue last will
and testament of the deceased man was
not the last will and testament, and that
it was not entitled to probate. This case
Is on- of the most interentlng coming up
In this county for many months. Twenty
five witnesses were called In the t-ase,
which took from Friday until Wednes
day for settlement.
The will was contested by the only
daughter,. MUs Mabel Gould, the father
having willed Ids only child $100 out oC
HUDSON Six-40
$1750
fjmS&fij&SW 1 1 BSfljlfflnsssalsBsss ffjBlsSv4Blni lV
This New Light Six-40
Came Yesterday
The Most Talked-About Car of the Year
Yesterday came the now HUD
SON Six-40 the car which
murks a new era in Sixes. It is
the greatest innovation in all
HUDSON history. Come at
once and sec it.
The Six That You've
Waited For
Here is a Six, with 123-inch wheel
base, which weighs under 3,000 pounds.
That's very much lighter than equal
powercd Fours.
Here is a Six, with small bore and
long stroke, which consumes less fuel
than any same-class Four.
And here is a Six of the most dis
tinguished type which sells much below
any comparable Four.
Think of that I The Sue has long held
every other advantage, and now it
excels in economy.
The Six is the wanted car. Nobody
really doubts that. Practically all high
grade American makers now build Sixes
alone, or owes for best
But the price, weight and operative cost have barred
the Six to thousands. Now the HUDSON Six-40 takes
down those bars.
Here is the lightest car of its size and power. It has
the lowest operative cost. The price is below any Four
of its class. And that car is a Six.
This is Howard E. Coffin's latest achievement The
same Mr. Coffin who, years ago, brought down the cost
of Fours.
Thirty Attractive
Features
New ttreamline body.
Seat! from 4 to 7 pusengeri. Two di-
tpneiring tonneau eaU.
Hsnd-bufftd etther upholitery,
"One-Mn" PtnUtote top. Quick-
idjuitable tide curtaini enveloped in
the top.
Gtoline tank in cowl dh. All instru
ment sad gtufts within reach of
driver.
Extra tires carried ahead of the front
door.
Integral wiadshSeld, r!n Jtihob, venti
lating. Dtlco patented system of electric itirt
mg sad lighting, lj-inch parabolic
headlights with special dimming at
Uchment. Electric tail light, dash
light and portable inipcction light.
Concealed hinge. Concealed tpted
ometcr getr. Speedometer tunic in
cowl apron.
Whedbue. 123 inches.
Weight, 2,950 pound.
Tire. 34 z 4. Demountable ran with
one extra rim.
Left tide drive.
Electric horn. Lkeee carrier. Tire
holder. All took complete.
Enhance to front teat from either tide.
The Handsomest Car of the Year
This new car has the same stream
line body as the latest HUDSON Six-54.
And all must agree that these two cars
are the handsomest cars of the year.
They follow the latest European
practice no angles at the dash. All the
accepted world standards arc brought
out in this car. The finish, the equip-
ThS i the Cabriolet new type of rotdtter
completely eaclostd for winter, Price J 1 950.
mcnt and upholstery accord with the
latest ideals. Up to six months ago
there was no car at any price which
offered so many attractions.
Yet the price is $1750 f.o.b. Detroit.
It will open your eyes to see what a car can be sold at that
modest price. , . . .
Come, Ride in It
Come and find out what luxury of motion one gets in this
ideal Six. Note the smoothness, the flexibility, the quick
acceleration, the total lack of vibration. Note how slow
you can go, how quickly pick up, and what grades you
can climb without changing from high gear. You will
never again be happy with a Four.
See also the New HUDSON Six-54
The new Six-54 i a Kren-paMeagcr
car with 135-inch wheel base. The tires
are 36 x 4H-
The design and eqmpraent differ but
.lightly from the HUDSON Six-40 de
scribed above. And the world's best
opinion agrees that this body type
marks the coming ideal car.
The HUDSON Six-54 last season
became the most popular Six in Amer
ica. It proved that the utmost in a Six
could be sold at a modest price.
This season's Six-54, with its stream
line body, gives a new ideal of a dis
tinguished car. Yet the price has been
brought downjto $2,250, f, o. b. Detroit.
The HUDSON Six-40 is for men who
want modest size and power. The Six
54 is for men who want big care, power
ful and roomy.
One offers the lowest nrice ever made'
on a high-grade Six. The other offers
at a modest price ail that costly cars can
give.
Please come and compare them. See
which you prefer. In all respects.both rep
resent the highest HUDSON Standards.
m
ml
Thi it the cune Ctbriolet with the top
ad tide window down.
The ad vance sale on this car has broken every
HUDSON record. The first month's output
was sold to users before the first car was com
pleted. The December output will be only 550
hardly more than one car for each HUDSON
dealer. So any man who may want this car
early should come and see it now.
Made by Hudson Motor Car Co.
Detroit, Michigan
GUY L. SMITH
2563-65-67 Farnam Street
the 30,000 estate. The case was tried In
September In county court and the will
was et aside at that time. The deci
sion of the dUtrlct court will jftvo Miss
Gould almost the entire estate left by
her father.
KEARNEY HOSPITAL
WILL HAVE TAG DAY
KEARNEY, Neb., Dec. l,-(Speclal.)
Tor the purpose of paying off the last
note on the property of St. Luke's hos
pital In this city a committee has ar
ranged for tho holding of tho annual
tag day for the Institution on the coming
Saturday. But a few hundred dollar
remain against the property and it is
expected that the necessary amount will
be raised. The hospital wan taken In
charge by Ulshop George Allen Heecher
two year Jgo and the debt has been
constantly decreasing. With the coming
tag day It Is believed that a clear deed
to the property can be handed to tho
bishop.
Stolen lloree Recorered.
MAYWOOD. Neb., Dec ls.-(Bpecial.)-The
horse that was stolen at Ourtls, Neb.,
December 6, belonging to William Nutt,
wan located here yesterday. A stranger
came to Maywood tho night of Decem
ber C put up at the barn and next morn
ing sold the horse to J. J. Falmer for
$15 and then skipped, Mr. Nutt proved
the property and Mr, Palmer Is out hi
money.
How to Preveut nilllona Attack.
"Coming events cash their shadows be
fore." This Is especially true of bilious
attacks. Your appetite will fall, you will
feel dull and tanquld. If you are subject
to bilious attacks take three of Cham
berlain's Tablets as soon as these symp
toms appear and the attack may be
warded off For sale by all dealers. Advertisement.
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YouVe Too Late!
If you have not already done your
Christmas Shopping, you're too late to shop
earlv in the season. But vou are not too
S late to shop
I EARLY IN THE DAY ;
which is' the next best thing.
Omaha & Council Bluffs
Street Railway Company
Persistent Advertising Is tho Tload to
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