To Provide for the Utmost Safety of Patrons and Property is the First Duty of Every Wel l Railroad As a plain, unvarnished business proposition, every thinking person knows that a railroad that wilfully disregards the safety of its patrons and the intelligent fulfillment of its operating and service obligations to the public cannot long prosper. The railroads of Pennsylvania and New Jersey fully realize the importance of properly manned trains. Were the claims of those who arbitrarily force the railroads, under the Full Crew Laws, to employ men for whom no jobs exist just and warrantable claims, the railroads them selves would be the first to recognize those claims. Full Crew Laws Costly Full Crew Laws, however, have been in force in Pennsylvania and New Jersey more than long enough to convince the railroads and the thinking people that their effect has been extremely detri mental to both railroad progress and public interest. Statistics of the Interstate Commerce Commission conclusively prove that these Full Crew Laws have worked three grave hardships —i.' e.: I—They actually have increased the number of casualties. 2—They have cost the railroads and thousands of men and women who, directly, or indirectly, as depositors in banks, trust companies, and savings funds, are investors in railroad bonds and stocks, approxi mately $2,000,000 a year in wages for extra labor that formerly was more efficiently performed, at less sacrifice of life and property, by smaller but in every way adequate and competent crews. 3—They have deprived the people of a vast amount of improve ments that otherwise could have been made with the enormous sums paid in compulsory employment of men not essential to the opera tion of trains or the safety and welfare of the people. No Trains Undermanned The railroads of Pennsylvania and New Jersey contend that their trains never could be undermanned for the following most excellent business reasons: First—A freight train of one locomotive at $25,000, and 75 cars at SIOOO each, would represent an aggregate of SIOO,OOO in rolling stock. Is it plausible to assume that a railroad company would jeopardize that tremendous capital investment because it felt the employment of an extra brakeman at $2.75 a day was not an economic expenditure? Would it risk the loss of SIOO,OOO worth of property to save $2.75 ? Second—The railroads know that, to reach full earning capacity and to get from their equipment and roadway the greatest possible service, all trains must be manned with enough men to enable them to do their work and get through their trips in the least possible time. Laws' Arbitrary Nature Why should the public be grossly inconvenienced because of laws unsound in principle and prejudicial to public welfare and safety ? For example: Suppose the Lackawanna Limited left New York for Buffalo with four cars. Suppose it arrived at Stroudsburg and there it became necessary to put on a fifth car to accommodate unexpected traffic. Under the Full Crew Laws this could be done only after an extra brakeman had been brought from a division point, or the Strouds burg passengers would have to suffer the inconvenience of standing in the cars until the train arrived at Scranton. This is but one illus tration showing the inconsistent and arbitrary nature of the FuH Crew Laws. Co-operative Loyalty Needed The railroads of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, while making it plain that their efforts to repeal the Full Crew Laws are not directed against their trainmen, poirit out that the interests of their employes cannot possibly be subserved by policies which are basically and eco nomically unsound ; that those interests, in fact, would be best served by a united repudiation of existing laws and co-operative loyalty to the great railroading industry of the United States, upon whose well-being and progress their own advancement and prosperity so largely depend. The railroads now—as always—intend to man every freight and passenger train to the full requirements of safety and operating effi ciency. They intend to do all within their power to expedite traffic and eliminate public inconvenience. They desire to give that absolute safety, efficiency, and service which the people demand and certainly are entitled to. Why Laws Should Be Repealed However, to bring their standards up to that desired perfection which modern industrialism requires, the railroads must be relieved of such burdens as the Full Crew Laws. Employment of unneces sary men by compulsion of law foists economic damage upon the people. Such fallacious laws embarrass the affected railroads to a < jgree that makes it impossible to best serve farming and industrial interests. Restrictive legislation that tends to cripple railroad service, safety, and efficiency by exhausting revenues which should be ar plied to fostering the public safety, welfare, and convenience must of necessity ultimately recoil upon the people. SAMUEL REA, DANIEL WILLARD, President, Pennsylvania Railroad. President, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. THEODORE VOORHEES, President, Philadelphia and Reading Railway. R. L. O'DONNEL, Chairman, Executive Committee, Associated Railroads of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. FRIDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH FEBRUARY 19, 1915 THE MASTER KEY By John Fleming Wilson By special arrangement (or thto ptMf • photo-dram* corresponding to tfce nit ailments ol "The Master Key" may now be seen at the leading aoi m| picture theaters. By arrangement made with the Universal rOro Manufacturing company it to not only possible to read "The Master Key" in thto paper, hut alto after* ward to see etovxng picture* ol our story. COPYRIGHT. I*l4. BY <OH* FUMING WILSON And tbe idol lay there wrapped In the bundle under Ills feet. The price of Jean Darnell! The thought worked in his mind ac tively. He could not refrain from fol lowing it out to its logical conclusion. Why should it be Wilkerson'who re turned with the plans and claimed her? Why should he (Drake) continue to play the slave? A moment while they slept and the plans wero his; then when Wilkersou unsuspectingly presented the idol and pulled out Its eye there would be nothing! It would be George Drake who bold the master key to Jean Darnell's ava ricious heart. So be dreamed, open eyed, staring into a futuref where he played the master and not tbe slave. And In bis waking dream be tonched the bundle and felt beneath the mde covering tbe bard contours of the image. Again it ran through Ills bpad like a call: You have the price of happiness beneath your hand. Slowly he yielded to tbe temptation. Gradually, with eyes constantly fixed on the motionless forms of Wilkorsoti and Dorr, he got the bundle between bis knees: then be unlaced the fasten ings tremulously. The idol came out under his hnnd. and he stared at it, fascinated by Its ugliness and the thought of the secret that it held. No wonder that at every sight of It natives bowed in abject worship. It held wealth, power, love, happi ness! He shook It softly. Yes. the plans were still within: he could bear the rustk) of the folded papers. He peered around the hut, and, find ing all asleep, he set the idol on his knee and bent over it. He pulled at the eye which he hnd seen Wilkersou draw out. It came with difficulty. Then he held it up and looked Into the dark orllice. There was nothing there. He was about to throw the idol down In disgust when a glimmer of some thing bright within the head caught his attention. He stooped over again and then froze into immobility. The spirit of the vile god was moving within. The point of lij/ht grew into intense brightness. It approached the dark eye socket aud glowed therein with frightful tire. Drake's whole body oozed sweat; his hands clinched unwillingly about the form of the idol. He could not thrust It away. Then the socket was filled, and the devilish eye bulged outward, phosphor escent. gleaming with wickedness. Drake felt his heart burst in his bosom. Then the snake that had lain so long hid within the hollow of the Image struck forth and, having struck, slip ped away. "God!" whispered Drake, with thick ened tongue, and jammed the moving eye back into place. Then he huddled the idol Itself Into Its bundle, laced the throngs with stiffening flngej-s. "God!" he whispered again. Then he fell across the buudlc dead, without a sound to waken the sleepers. It was three hours before the dawn that Harry Wilkersou awoke and look ed about him. All the rest were still asleep. He rose softly and peered out of the window. It was very dark outside, and he could see nothing. He turned his gaze within aud saw Drake huddled over thei-ttg£ks appar ently sound asleep. "The fool!" muttdred Wllkerson. "I've got all out of him I want But I suppose I've got to take him along a way yet." He resolved to be rid of the young man so soon as he was through with Dorr. Then he paused. In deep thought his ugly brows bent on the unconscious object of his hatred. An Instant was sufficient for him to make up his mind. He silently to work and bound John firmly In his seat Then he tried to waken Drake. In shaking him he made sufficient noise to stir the natives, and tbey sat up and stared, sleepy eyed. But when Wilkerson raised the swol len. discolored face and shrank back with a muttered oath, the natives rose as one and thrust him aside from the door and pushed through, panic stricken. Only John's servant remained, kept to his post by the fear of Sir Donald's wrath. But ho could not repress a ges ture of terror. "It Is the god!" he whispered. At this John wakened aud. fiudlug himself bound, struggled violently. "Not yet!" snarled Wilkerson. "Here's where yon stay!" In the Instant Dorr realized his help lessness. He did uot even remonstrate when Wilkerson drove his servant out with curses and bade bim begone and fired a shot after him for emphasis. Nor did he speak while Wilkerson hastily chose the pack containing the Idol, kicking Drake's body out of the way. and left on tbe run. Speech was useless. He stared down at Drake's contorted form. Beside It lay colled a lithe serpent -its bright eyes fixed on him. its head weaving to and fro. Unknowingly Wllterson had left him not only to fawlne »nd thirst, hut to sudden death. He bowed Ms hend oud cried In agony, "Ruth, Buthf CHAPTER XXIX. Ruth to the Rescue. S.N itonor of their engagement Sir Donald Kaversham gently insisted that Uuth Gallon at tend a ball which was to be given by the British officers. Kutb pleaded to be allowed not to go, but Consul Reynolds and his wife added their urgings to tbe baronet's, and even the time honored excuse of "nothing so wear" was firmly refused. Though she said nothing to #ny out else about her feelings, she really could not refruiu froui accusing herself of disloyalty to JoUn Dorr. tie was out in tbe bills risking his life to regain her fortune. Could she dunce aud take pleasure with a cheer ful heart when she did not know whether be was living or dead? However, she went and received the formal congratulations of a great many natty officers and the informal com plaints of certain young Americans, who vowed that she was unpatriotic iu choosing an English husband, and danced with Sir Donald and his friends and smiled and blushed at the compli ments and frowned laughingly on the flirts aud generally conducted herself as a happy bride to be should. Kaversham was delighted and told her so iu many ways. And long after midnight, when Mrs. Reynolds was pre paring to go home, he took Kutb out under the shadows of the garden trees and would have kissed her. "Don't!" she said simply. "What is the matter, darling?" he asked tenderly. She stared out into tbe darkness, and be saw the pallor of her face. "1 am sure something has happened to John." Kaversham frowned. It was too bad that this man should always come bc t weei j him aud his betrothed. But his voice was very gentle as be answered: "That is out of the question. Ach inct is very faithful, and if anything bad happened 1 should know of it" Ruth shook her head and insisted that she was sure. The baronet laugh ed at her, but she was not to be put off. "t know John is in trouble," she said determinedly. "If you won't help me I'll go myself!" Sir Donald argued as strongly as be could and in vain. "I'm perfectly sure that John Dorr is iu trouble," she repeated. "He's all alone up there among those awful na tives and"— "Acbuiet is with him," interposed Kaversham. —"and some one must go right away and help bim,'* Ruth went on. "You poor girl!" murmured Mrs. Reynolds. "1 kuow- how you feel, but you must get some rest. We'll talk It over later in the morning." She drew Ruth away toward her room, with a backward glance of whimsical comfort for the baronet Kaversham watched them go. stood doubtful for a moment, shook his head aud departed. The consul's wife found Ruth too stubborn to handle by herself, for she insisted that as no one else would go, she would set out herself, and to em phasize her assertion began to change from her ball gown into a riding bablt. The consul came out in dressing gown and slippers when Ruth, fully clad, emerged from her room, still re sisting tbe Importunity of his wife. Uc added many common sense argu ments. but Ruth would not listen. "I know that he is In trouble." she repeated. "But if be were, whicb is most un likely, you couldn't help him," Mr. Reynolds said bluutly. "In tact, you merely mate matters worse." When they found her obdurate they toot silent counsel of one another, told her to wait a moment and vanished. The Instant they were gone Hutb slipped out of the bouse and boldly turned her face toward the hills now black atjalnst the unlit sky. All day she traveled, strangely alone In a populous country. Many natives she met. hut they merely looked cu riously at the white sir I in western riding clothes, and as she avoided vil lages she escaped the notice of any one in authority. [To He Continued.] Lime Starvation Causes Tuberculosis The Medical Record |\fw York) of December IS, 1900, contains nn article on "The Treatment of I'lilmnnary To bcrculosls. ilased on the Assumption That the llletetle Cause of the Disease Is l.lnie Starvation," by Dr. John F. Itussell, who ««y«: "The condition which IK recognised an preceding the active development of tuberculosis In the adult may be considered an due to lime starvation. ' ' • Among Inorganic substances lime salts ap pear to be of special physiologies 1 Im portance * * * but If the salts arc not In organic combination It Is difficult tn suppose that the cell* can appropriate them for food." 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Appropriations Committee Visits Mary Packer Hospital Special <o The Telegraph Sunbury, Pa., Feb. 19.—Yesterday the appropriations committee of the House of Representatives came to Sun bury and went direct to the Mary M. Packer Hospital and from there noti fied the chairman of the board of trustees that they were here to make an inspection of the institution. Gen eral C. M. Clement. T. J. Purdy and J. Simpson Kline, of the board of trus tees. went at onco to the hospital and escorted the committee, composed of Representatives Seliaffer, Hamilton, Lindsey and Dedore, about tho build ing. An Inspection was made of the books, showing the financial condition of the hospital, and notes were taken of the fact that there was a deficit of $1,411 for the year ending May 31 last and an additional shortage of $687.04 for the seven months ending Decem ber 31. 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It digests your meals when your stomach can't. It leaves nothing to ferment, sour and upset the stomach. Get a large fifty-cent case of Pape's Diapepsin from your druggist, then cat anything you want without, the slight est discomfort or misery, besides, every particle of impurity and gas that is in your stomach and intestines will vanish. Should you be suffering now from Indigestion or any stomach disorder, you can get relief in five minutes. —■ I Advertisement. George Kunkel, Jr., Will Debate For F. and M. in Intercollegiate Meet George Kunkel, Jr., son of Judgo George Kunkel, of this city, will be 0110 *of the leaders on the intercollegiate de bating team, of Franklin and Marshall College. He is a senior at that insti tution—Judge Kunkel is an aiumunus— land he Is one of the strongest speakers that ever represented the Lancaster college. The other five men selected to repre sent the college were: C. \V. Wotring-. Aldus Keggeries, A. E. Martin, It. K. Hertzog and John Hollenbach. The al ternates are: F. A. Sterner and Hartcr. Tho team will be coached by Dr. A. V. Hiester and Professor De Grange The intercollegiate debating contests, which will start March 5, include State Swarthmore. Dickinson an.l Kranklin and Marshall. Kach college is represent ed by an afttrmatlve team debating abroad, and a negative team at home each consisting of three men. The question for debate this vear Is "Resolved. That the Monroe Doctrine should be abandoned." 5
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