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Recent Deaths in
Central Pennsylvania
Onistiana.—Mrs. Martha A. Cooper,
SI years old, daughter of the late Eli
jah Lewis, who was noted in anti
slavery times, and was one of the
three men arrested and tried for
treason in connection with the Chris
tiana riot of war times, died from in
firmities ol age .yesterday. One son
survives.
Eplirata.—Myer D. I-Joover, 7 6 years
old, the only undertaker in this sec
tion, died Sunday. A son and daugh
ter residing in Philadelphia, and two
brothers and two sisters in Lancaster
county, survive.
I>ili*bui'g. —John Raymond Martin,
7 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. John
Martin, of Monaghan township, died
on Saturday after a short illness. His
parents, four brothers and two sis
ters survive.
Waynesboro.—Mrs. Naomi Klinefel
ter, died at the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. John Zech, in Shrews
burg, on Friday of heart trouble, aged I
34 year#
Waynesboro.—Mrs. Hose Elizabeth!
Hossler, wife of i"harles A. Ilassler.!
died at her home here Saturday o£j
Brlght's disease. She was 41 years |
old. j
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Anderson. Indiana. ! ;
Personally appeared before me,
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Notary Public.
My commission expires Jan. Bth, 1917. j,
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RiiiShnmton, X. Y.
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TUESDAY EVENING,
• BOY ACCIDENTALLY SHOT
Clarence I'ahncstock Probably Fatally
Wounded at Marysville
Marysville, Pa., Feb. 16.—Clarence
Fahnestock, 4-year-old son of Charles
Falinestock, of South Main street, was
seriously wounded yesterday morning
while playing with a 3 2-caliber revol
ver. Clarence and his brothers were
playing with the weapon in a front
room, while their parents were at
tending to household duties in the
kitchen, when they heard the report.
The bullet passed through the left lung
and the pericardium, lodging between
shoulderblade and the spinal cord.
The boy is not expected to live.
I/ODUE TO t'EI.KHH VTE
Marysville, Pa., Feb. 16. Friday
evening. February 19, the Buehler
lodge. No. 269, Order of Knights of
Pythias, will celebrate the tlfty-tlrst
anniversary of the lodge at their hall
in Lincoln street. The Marysville
lodge will confer the Page rank on a
I class and serve refreshments inter
; mingled with friendship talk.
REAL ESTATE SALES
i Marysville, Pa., Feb. 16.—Mrs. J. S.
Bitner sold her double dwelling in
j South Main street to Mrs. Sara E.
| Hummel. Mrs. Hummel will move in
to her new home about April 1. J. P.
Lilly sold his three lots in Front
'street to R. B. Hippie. Mr. Hippie in
tends building a residence on them in
the near future.
.VXXOI'NCE BIRTH OF SON
Marysville, Pa.. Feb. 16.—Mr. and
Mrs. William H. Shoop. of Myrtle ave
nue .announce the birth of a son. Earl
Howard Shoop, February 10, 1915.
i Mrs. Shoop prior to her marriage was
i Miss Rebecca Rittinger, of Lykens.
PASTOR TO ADDRESS CLASS
> New Cumberland, Pa., Feb. 16. —
Monroe Bible class of the Methodist
I church has arranged with the pastor,
j the Rev. J. V. Adams, to give his
'address, "Wise and Otherwise," at a
| meeting for men next Sunday after
j noon at 2.30 in the Sunday school
Iroom of the Methodist church.
LARGE FRESHMAN CLASS
New Cumberland, Pa.. Feb. 16.
There are twenty-four in the freshman
I clnss of the New Cumberland high
'school, fifteen girls and nine boys, the
! largest freshman class to enter the
i high school. They are Henrietta Ad-
I urns. Mary Taker, Mae Brown. Ottilie
Coniey, Marian llefflemnn, Dorothy
I Lenhart, Ethel Megonnel, Margaret
: Rudy, Jeanette Sipe, Delia Soudcrs,
j Elizabeth Smaling, Mary Swltzer,
I Pauline Sweigert, Laura Straub, Es-
Ither Taylor. Stewart Beck. Karl Briek
! er. John Cohen, James Desenberger,
jJoseph Mclvor, John Parthemore,
] Daniel Pyffer, Norman Sipe, Ben Sut-
I ton.
i
j JUNIOR GIRLS CELEBRATE
WITH A VALENTINE PARTY
Members o ftlie Junior Club of the
Girls' Friendly Society had a happy
evening, when they were entertained
by Miss Carrie Miller at a Valentine
party with Miss Priscilla Willetts as
sisting.
The girls made festoons of hearts
and enjoyed several contests with re
freshments following.
In attendance were the Misses Es
ther I. Seiders, Esther M. Fetterhoff,
Alice R. Seiders. Elizabeth Seiders,
Marian Colestock. Mary R. Dunlap,
Bertha M. Fetterhoff, Pauliije S. Wal
lace. Ruth K. Shenk. Fanny Dean.
Esther P. Straining. Mary 1. King.
Anna M. Genhart, Maggie M. Fritz,
Mary L. Fritz. Florence Snyder, Helen
Colestock. Elizabeth Heiney, Edith
May Rudy.
A POPULAR VERDICT
Bated on Evidence of Harrisburg
People
I Grateful thousands tell it —•
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Harrisburg people add their testi
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UNDERTAKERS
j RUDOLPH K. SPICER"
Funeral Director and Embaliner
IU Walnut St- Udl fhou
HARRY M. HOFFMANN
(Soprmnr to J. J. Ogrlab) )
UNDERTAKER
310 NORTH SECOXD STREET
TO REQUIRE LIGHTS
OIK ALL VEHICLES
Mr. Swan, of Allegheny, Would
Make Roads Safe at Night and
Daring Fogs
Automobiles and all oilier vehicles
are required to display lights at night
or when there is a heavy fog and per
sons In charge of herds of cattle moved
at night must display lighted lanterns
under the terms of a proposed traffic
law bill introduced into the House to
day by Mr. Swan. Allegheny. The bill
also provides that vehicles overtaking
a street car shall not pass it on the
side where passengers are alighting
or boarding unless there is a distance
of fifteen feet.
Other bills presented were:
Mr. Hlbshman, Lancaster—Appro
priating $6,000 for experimental work
in tobacco growing.
Mr. Wobensmith, Philadelphia—Ap
propriating 1334,800 to the State Game
Commission, of which sto,ooo is for
new game preserves: requiring all
public printing for State, county, mu
nicipal or school purposes to be done
within the State.
Mr. Adams. Lu«erne—Appropriat
ing $535,000 for support of the na
tional guard and naval militia and the
usual appropriation of $500,000 for
emergencies.
Mr. Habgood, Mi-Kean—A code for
taxation of dogs which would create
the office of dog commission in cities,
boroughs and townships. The dog tax
is made $1 for males and $2 for fe-
I males and a license tag required.
Mr. Maurer, Berks —Amending the
trespass act so that no one shall be
arrested for being on a private road
leading to a church, store, post office,
school or other publicly used buildings.
Mr. Oaks, Cambria —Providing that
county commissioners and grand juries
shall Inspect all schools, hospitals, de
tention places, homes, convents and
asylums and also authorizing courts
to name commissions of three to
make special inspections upon com
plaints. Provision is also made for
publication of reports of county com
missioners' inspections in two news
papers.
Mr. Baldwin. Delaware —Prohibit-
ing cities, counties or municipalities
from imposing license taxes on insur
ance companies, agents or brokers
having State licenses.
Mr. Bouvee, Erie —Removing re
striction preventing poor directors!
from paying more than $25 for an I
attorney.
Mr. Swartz, Dauphin—lncorporating!
the Knowlton Turnpike and Bridge I
Comuanv to build and operate a bridge ]
across the Delaware river between Up
per Mt. Bethel township, Northampton
county, Pennsylvania, to a point in
Warren county, Xew Jersey. The
capital is sr>,oJ)O.
Mr. Reynolds, Philadelphia—Per
mitting any co-operative banking as
sociation incorporated in this State
and in business more than seven years
to become a bank of discount and de
posit. The full paid capital must be
$30,000.
Mr. Stein. Allegheny Requiring
county commissioners to provide de
tention places for neglected and de
pendent children apart from incor
rigibles; authorizing juvenile court
Judges to appoint a physician at SI,BOO
and two assistant physicians at $1,200
each to make mental and physical
examinations of children coming un
der their jurisdiction.
Mr. Aron, Philadelphia—Regulating
payment of instalments on conditional
sales; regulating, replevin and abolish
ing waivers.
Mr. McConnell. Mercer—Exempting
traction engines from State license.
Mr. Oaks. Cambria—Requiring light,
heat and power companies to furnish
service when petitioned by five per
sons over whose land the company
has a right of way.
•Mr. Stein. Allegheny Regulating
appointment of deputy sheriffs in Alle
gheny county; providing that when a
property is taken by foreclosure of
mortgage or judicial sale for debt for
less than three-fourths of the value of
the property the holder shall not be
permitted to collect any further sum
without crediting the original debt
with a sum equal to three-fourths of
the value of property taken.
Tariff Resolution Passes
_The House concurred by a vote of
134 to 37 in the resolution adopted
last night by the Senate petitioning
Congress to repeal the present tariff
law, and "replace it by a law giving
adequate protection to our labor and
industries."
Mr. Graham, Philadelphia, provid
ing that a judge re-elected to the
Superior Court shall retain rank as to
priority of commission which he held
at the time of election.
WED PI XG A X XOI'XCKM EXT
Sf»tctal to The Telegraph
I Blain, Pa., Peb. 16. —The marriage
of Miss Elsie Mae Shumaker. daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Shumaker,
jof this place, and Chester A. Waite,
both of Harrisburg, took place on
I May 14, 1914. Miss Shumaker is em-
I ployed with the Arcade Laundry at
Harrisburg and the groom is a brake
man on the Philadelphia and Read
ing Railway. The announcement of
their wedding was a surprise to their
friends.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
Its War Time Aspect
London, Feb. 13th: The women of
England are doing their duty. They
are taking care of the wounded, or
if they cannot assist in work of that
kind they are adding their savings to
promote the good work. They are
knitting and sewing for the soldiers
at the front. The suffragists have
given so little trouble to the govern
ment that it will undoubtedly soften
the hearts of those in Parliament,
since the 'militants" have turned all
their energies to aid the fighting men
of England, and so suffrage mav soon
come after this terrible war is over.
Thousands of women in America
have overcome their sufferings, and
have been cured of womanly ills by
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription.
This medicine, though started nearly
half a century ago, sells more widely
to-day than any other womanly tonic.
It can now be had in tablet form as
well as liquid, and every woman who
suffers from backache, headache,
nervousness, pain at times, should
take this "Prescription" of Dr. Pierce.
Many a woman is nervous and ir
ritable, feels dragged down and worn
out for no reason that she can think
of. In ninety-nine per cent, of these
cases it is the womanly organism
which requires attention; the weak
back, dizzy spells and black circles
about the eyes, are only symptoms.
Go to the source of trouble and cor
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the womanly system and the other
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liver, stomach and bowels. 25 cents
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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
mmP
Oil MIDDLE DIVISION
New Freight Locomotive Hauls
Record Train From Altoona in
Fifteen Hours
Hauling 113 loaded coal cars from
, Altoona to llarrisburg yesterday
I proved a difficult task for a new
freight engine, known as the B-1S
type. The trip was made in 15 hours.
Several times the strain was too much
for the couplings and a number were
pulled out. The test was reported as
only partially satisfactory. To-day the
same engine went from Harrisbitrg
to Altoona with 120 empty cars.
The test made yesterday was the
first of a series to be made on the
Middle d4vision. The new freight en
gines are being built to pull long trains
of loaded cars and do heavy work on
grades. The total tonnage of yester
day's train was estimated at 13,330
adjusted tons. The train left Altoona
at 7 o'clock yesterday morning and
reached Enola last evening at n.2fi.
The average number of cars to a train
in summer time is 100 loaded. Yes
terday's train was the heaviest made
up of loaded cars ever hauled by one
engine over the divison. Conductor
J. B. Kirk ,bf Altoona, was in charge.
The engine was built in the Altoona
shops. The distance traveled was
131.7 miles.
Reading Booklet Tells of
Relief For the Belgians
The Philadelphia and Heading Rail
way Company has just issued a hand
some booklet setting forth facts about
I the millers' Belgian relief cargo of
flour which was gathered from points
all over the west and shipped via the
Reading lines and connections to the
Reading wharves at Philadelphia,
whence it was loaded aboard the
steamship "South Point" and forward
ed to Rotterdam.
The flour was donated by millers in
California. District of Columbia, Illi
nois. Indiana. lowa. Kansas, Kentucky,
Massachusetts. Michigan. Missouri,
Montana, Nebraska. New York, Xortli
Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon,
Pennsylvania. Porto Rico, South Da
kota, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin,
Wyoming and Canada, a total of 70,-
780 barrels, equal of 14,156,000 pounds
worth nearly a half million dollars.
Added to this were blonkets, condens
ed milk, underwear, clothing, corn
meal, peas and beans, etc., running the
total up to $500,800, all of which was
delivered through the instrumentality
and connecting of the Reading and
connecting lines to the starving Bel
gians.
The booklet is illustrated with pic
tures of the Reading's big wharves at
Philadelphia, its terminal facilities and
railroad facilities in general. A copy
will be sent to each miller who con
tributed to the "South Point's" cargo.
W. F. ECKERT IN TOWN
W. F. Eckert. superintendent of the
Wilmington and Columbia branch of
the Reading, is in Harrisburg to-day
attending a hearing before the pub
lic service commission.
Standing of the Crews
HARRISBVKG SIDK
t'h.mtleliililn IHvUlnn llO crew to
go first after 5.30 P. M.: 129, 113, 130,
131, 132, 111. 112. 133. 134. 117. 100. 103.
122. 113. 120. 119.
Kngineers for 129, 130, 131, 111. 133,
122.
Firemen for 111. 133.
Conductors for 114, 115, 122, 12i, 134.
Flagman for 110.
Brakemen for 130, 131, 132. 133.
Engineers up: Streeper, Relsinger.
T.eavman, Foster. Sineltzer, Karhart,
Smith, liubler, Hennecke, Smith. First,
Sober, Newcomer. Buck, C'.illums, Biss
inger, McCauley. Gibbons, Sellers. Bong.
Firemen tip: Si)ive. Arnsberger. Dun
levy, Martin. Spring, Barton, Miller, My
ers! Sees. Hverhart. Lantz. Cover. Pen
well, Wagner. Manning, Busliey. Grove,
Yentxer, Gelsinger, Herman, Becknian,
Libliart. Kegleinan. Shive.
Conductors up: Houdeshcl. Ford.
Flagmen up: Sullivan. Harvey.
Brakemen up: Sliult/.berger, Busser,
Coleman, Gouse. KnUpp, Collins, Mum
ma, Bague, Allen, Wlland, Garrett, Mc-
Naugliton, Deseh, Swelgart, Baltozcr.
Middle nivlHlon 215 crew to g»
first after 1.30 p. ra.: 243, 247, 235, 23",
25, 2). 17. 22.
14 crews laid off at Altoona.
Engineers for 22.
Conductor for 17.
Flagman for 17.
Engineers up: M inn ma. Garman.
Kugler, Knisley. Moore, Free.
Firemen up: Stouffer. Karstetter,
Sheesley, Bornman, Schreffler, Davis,
Wright, Ross. Iteeder, Zelders. Knntz,
I.iebau, Seagrist, Simmons, Fletcher,
Pottiger.
Conductors up: Baskins. Fralick,
Paul, liberie, Uuber, Keys, Kantt.
Brakemen up: Putt, Fleck, Hender
son. Mathias, Frank. Bell, Wenerick,
Boiler, Myers. Fritz, Kohli, Kane, Kief
fer, Peters, Kilgore.
YARD CHEWS
Engineers up: Saltsman. Kulin. Sny
der. Pelton. Shaver. I.andis, Hoyler,
Beck, ilarter, Biever, Blosser, Brenne
nian, Thomas. Itudy, Jlouser, Meals.
Stahl, Swab, Crist.
Firemen up: Revie, Bostdorf,
Schlefer. Ranch. Weigle, Lackey, 'Cook
erley, Maeyer, Sholter, Bartolet, Getty,
Snell, Sheets, Eyde. Ney, Myers, Boyle,
Shipley.
Kngineers for 1869, 213, 2260. 14. IS2O.
Firemen for 2260, 14, 1820, 1365,
KNOLA SIDE
I'lillndrlpliiu Division 212 crew to
go first after 4.15 p. ni.: «22, 231, 204.
210. 240. 236, 214, 241, 202, 2D6, 234, 227.
Engineers for 212, 232, 240, 238.
Firemen for 204. 212.
Conductors for 204, 227.
Flagmen for 204, 207.
Brakemen for 202, 203, 208, 214, 212,
231.
Conductor up: Eaton.
Flagmen up: Harris, Camp.
Brakemen up: Sunny. Rice, Malseed,
Crosby, Stimellng, Myers. Campbell,
Vandling, Knight. Wei'ts, Arment.
Middle Division •» 219 crew to go
after 1.30 p. m.: 110, lit, 109, 11S, 107,
103.
Engineers for 109, 118.
Firemen for 115, 114.
Conductor for 107.
Flagmen for 115, 114, 107.
THE KEADIXCi
The 15 crew first to go after 9 a m.:
12, 9, 8, 18, 24, 14, 1, 20, 4, 2, 16. 17. 19.
7, 11, 23.
52 crew first to go after 11.45 a m.:
62. 61, 64. 56.
Firemen for 62, 1. 2. 7, 12.
Conductors for 69, 2, 16, 17.
Brakemen for 4, 12, 15, 16, 17, 19
Engineers up: Fortney, Woland,
Tipton, Martin. Wiretnan, Wyne, Morne
Morrison, Pletz. '
Firemen up: Anspach, Sellers, Dow
hower, Bowers, Longenecker, An
ders. Zukoswkl. Boyer, Kuntz, Nye
Bingiman. Rumbaugh.
Conductors up: Sipes, German, Gel
man, Phllabaum, Hilton, Orris.
Brakemen up: KefTer, Carlin, Gard
ner. Ayres. Mumma, Fleagle, Machmer
I Rodemaker. Miller. Taylor, Duncan
! Ilinkle, Warren, Shearer.
AT GRANDMOTHERS* ITXERAL
New Cumberland, Pa., Feb. 16
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Condran and
son "Wilbur, went to Schuvlklll county
to attend the funeral of Mr. Condran s
grandmother. .
An Open, Square, Aboveboard, Direct
Appeal to the Intelligence and
Judgment of the People
The railroads of Pennsylvania and New Jersey believe that the public
should be fully advised concerning the Full Crew laws in these states. Costly
experience has demonstrated that these laws have worked to the detriment of
public interest and that their repeal would redound greatly to the advantage
of the people.
Not a Fight On Trainmen
The railroad companies making this announcement wish the public to
clearly understand that this appeal is in no way to be construed as being aimed
at the trainmen in their employ, nor is it an effort to curtail operating ex
penses at the cost of public safety or service.
The companies point to the fact, with justifiable pride, that whenever
public safety and convenience demanded an increased number of employes
the necessary men were put on trains. Behind this statement is a record of
advancements and improvement achievements which is a most vital factor of
calm and dispassionate consideration of the laws in question.
But when arbitrary laws are passed which compel these railroad companies to burden
their payrolls with some $2,000,000 annually for wasted, unwarranted extra labor, and which
actually means a decrease, rather than an increase, in operating efficiency, together with
heavier casualty lists, it is undeniable that the public should be put in full touch with exist
ing conditions that the people may judge wisely for themselves should an effort be made to
impugn the sincere motives which prompt this educational campaign.
How Full Crew Law Works
A twenty-nine-car freight train can be operated with five men. Add a car and an
extra man must go on. The law requires no larger crew on a hundred-car train.
A four-car passenger train can run with five men. On a five-car or longer train
there must be an extra man. Even if all the cars are Pullmans, with porters and a Pullman
conductor, a six-man railroad crew is required.
A milk or express train of twenty or more cars, running through, sealed, and virtually
without stops, must carry a crew of six. The only place four of them would ride would be
in the end car.
When the Full Crew law became effective in Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Railroad
Lines East of Pittsburgh and Erie \yere operating in Pennsylvania 2,971 weekday trains. Of
these, 1,198 passenger and 1,061 freight trains were manned up to or beyond the law's
requirements.
The 1,198 passenger trains which were provided with crews equal to or in excess of
the law's requirements consisted principally of local or semi-local trains, making frequent
stops and handling a large number of passengers. The second brakeman was employed to
expedite the departure of trains from stations and to assist conductors in collecting tickets.
The 1,061 freight trains on which the law required no additional men consisted of
local freight trains carrying package freight, on which brakemen were required to load and
unload cars; road shifters, doing a large amount of work, necessitating the throwing of
switches and much hand braking on cars; mine trains, placing empty cars and picking up
loaded cars, and through slow freight trains of heavy tonnage on the Philadelphia and Middle
Divisions on which the brakemen riding on the front part of the trains were required to assist
the firemen.
Official Casualty Statistics
The effect of the Full Crew laws in forcing extra men into already adequate train
crews, thus dividing responsibility, has been to increase the hazard of operation. This fact
is conclusively proved by the official figures of the Interstate Commerce Commission. The |[
great number of persons killed who were neither employes nor passengers have not been
included, for it is obvious that extra men on trains are powerless to prevent such casualties.
The Pennsylvania Full Crew law took effect on July 19, 1911. The Commission's
figures show that for the three-year period preceding this date 10,186 employes and pas
sengers were killed. Since the law became operative, the total number killed shows an
increase, or 10,372 persons.
The casualty list of the Pennsylvania Railroad for the six months preceding the
enactment and the first six months of 1914, when the law was in full force and effect, dis
closes the following startling comparison:
Before Law, Under Law,
First half 1911 First half 1914
Killed Injured Killed Injured
Trainmen 15 1046 16 1699
Passengers 1 99 *2 141
16 1145 18 1840
•Fell from train.
What the Extra Man Costs
Twenty Railroads in Pennsylvania and New Jersey last year paid
in employment of superfluous brakemen .$2,000,000
That would have bought . • ■ 200 steel coaches
It would have bought 80 locomotives
It would have paid for , 67,000 tons of rails
It would have returned 5% on $40,000,000
It would have block signaled 800 miles of track ,
It would have eliminated 65 grade crossings
Rejected by Other States
A Full Crew law was enacted in Missouri and signed by the Governor in Aprilj
1913. In November, 1914, it was submitted to a referendum vote. The people repudiated
the law by a vote of 324,085 against 159,593.
A proposed Full Crew law for Texas failed to pass owing to the popular protest against
it, led by the farmers.
In 1907, Governor Charles E. Hughes, of New York, vetoed an attempt to enact a
Full Crew law in that state.
In 1912, Governor John A. Dix, of New York, also vetoed a Full Crew measure.
Governor Foss, of Massachusetts, vetoed a Full Crew bill passed by the legislature.
In 1913 the State Assembly wisely referred a Full Crew law to the Railroad
Commission of Connecticut, who promptly condemned it.
Governor Cruce,' of Oklahoma, vetoed a Full Crew bill in 1913.
Attempts to enact Full Crew laws in Colorado, Delaware, Virginia, and Ohio were
defeated. *
In Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and Maryland such laws are in force. In
the interest of the public, the railroads, and the great body of railroad employes, these
burdensome laws should be repealed. In Pennsylvania, approximately 65,000 men ara
employed in train service. Only 2,500 of these are extra brakemen.
Will Wage a Just Fight
Railroads operating in Pennsylvania and New Jersey are determined to place thear
case squarely and fairly before the people of those states. They afre firmly convinced that
the people—all of whom, without exception, are affected more or less directly by the imposi
tion of this annual $2,000,000 burden, and thousands of whom are direct sufferers—will,
knowing what a continuation of these harmful laws means to them, voice their wishes in no
uncertain way to their elected representatives at Harrisburg and Trenton.
This campaign of public enlightenment will be waged by the railroads in a manner
that cannot possibly be legitimately assailed. There will be no lobbying, no star chamber
conferences, or private deals to influence public opinion or legislative action. The campaign
will be fought in the open, purely on its merits.
Railroad Pledge to Trainmen and Public
Definitely and finally to give public notice that the railroads ask only a square deal
all around in this matter, the presidents of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Philadelphia
& Reading Railway Company and Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, in announcing on
February 9 that the railroads intended to work for repeal of the Full Crew laws, pledged
themselves as follows:
"Let us add that if there shall be evidence that without such laws the railroads
would underman trains, to the hardship of employes or the detriment of or danger to the
public, that, assuming the present Public Service acts do not give to the commissions ample
powers to determine what crews are necessary on different trains and to compel the rail
roads to man trains as ordered, we will openly support such amendments to the present acts
as may be necessary to give such assurance."
The railroads now appeal directly to the people, who demand the greatest safety
at all times and who realise that a policy of wise economy, and not one of wasted revenue,
will enable the railroads to adequately fulfill their obligations and meet those demands as
they should be met.
R. L. O'DONNEL,
Chairman, Executive Committee, Associated Railroads of Pennsylvania and New Jersey,
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FEBRUARY 16, 1915.