La Grange Journal. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 13, 1911 Page: 2 of 8
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THE LAGRANGE WEEKLY JOURNAL
EXTRA MEETING
IS UNDER WAY
Sixty-Second Congress Is Called
to Order.
CHAMP CLARK IS SPEAKER
First Msssurs Introduced In the
House Is the Cansde Reclproclt
Bill That Was PassedDuring the
Previous Session.
Called in extraordinary session by
President Taft to consider the ques-
tion of Canadian reciprocity, which
which failed in the last session of the
8ixty-lirat congress because of a tilli-
buster against it in the senate, the
8ixty-second congress met.
A cold, drizzling rain did not pre-
vent a large attendance in the galler-
ies of both houses, many being una-
ble to enter.
The chief feature of interest was the
election of lion. Champ Clark of Mis-
CHAMP CLARK.
sguri speaker. Ho polled 217 votes,
against l.'tl for.lames It. Mann of Il-
linois, lb for Henry A.Cooper of Wis-
consin and one for George W. Norris
of Nebraska. The three last are Re-
publicans.
Agother dpenlng day feature was
the return of “Uncle doe” Cannon to
the floor of the house.
In ids speech Speaker Clark stated
he favored the following:
Passage of a resolution submitting
to the states for ratification a consti-
tutional amendment providing for the
election of foiled Stales senators by
popular vote.
Such changes in the rules of house
as are neesary for the thorough and
and intelligent consideration of meas-
ures for the’publlc good.
Economy in the public expense.
Publication of campaign contribu-
tions and disbursements liefore elec-
tion.
The admission of both Arizona and
New Mexico as states.
Forestalling action by the Demo-
crats in the house, Representative Mc-
Call of Massachusetts introduced the
Canadian reciprocity bill which was
passed by the house last session.
Politick! complexion of the Sixty-
second congress is as follows:
Senate—Republicans, 50;Democrats,
41; vacancy (from Colorado), one.
House—Democrats, 228; Republic-
ans, 160; Socialists,!; vacancies (from
the Nith Iowa and Second Pennsylva
nia districts), 2.
SMITH REPLIES.
Congressman Answers Recent
Criticisms of Tariff Record.
Representative William R. Smith of
the Sixteenth Tekas district gave out
a reply to the criticisms of his tariff
record recently made by Mr. Dalian,
former president of the Texas l attle
Raieere’ association, and by State
Senator Hudspeth during the cattle-
men’s convention at San Antonio.
Congressman Smith suggssts that
no one need expect a protectionist to
agree with a Democrat on the tariff:
charges that his position with respect
to the free raw material doctrine was
grossly misrepresented; virulently as-
sails the Republican principles which
he claims were espoused in the cattle-
men^ convention by a few, and pro-
claims to the cattle raiserg and other
needed industries of a special class
where the welfare of the masses is not
jeopardized.
Peat Playing Hlvoo.
State Entomologist Scholl, who has
been in the Rerclalr (Tex.) sectltm in-
vestigating the new cotton pest, lias
returned to Houston. He reports that
he found a wire worm—a worm that
ordinarily only affects grasses—is do-
ing great damage to the cotton crop.
In one instance he cited where two
fields were completely destroyed In a
■ingle night. Dr. Scholl, owing to
illness, was obllghed to temporarily
discontinue his investigations.
1 The World’s 1
Largest
Locomotive
1
HAT is said to be
the largest rail
way locomotive
In the world is
nearly completed
In the Topeka
shops of the At-
chison, Topeka
and Santa F<?
Railway com-
pany. It is an
articulated Mal-
let compound en-
gine, and It Is for use In handling
freight trains over the Arizona grades.
Numerous Mallet type engines have
been built In the locomotive shops in
the east, but this Is the first of the
kind and also the largest engine built
In the Topeka shops and also the lar-
gest one in the world.
Is 121 Feet Long.
This locomotive is 121 feet long. It
will be operated tender foremost, as
the great length of the boiler obstructs
the view of the engineer. Oil will be
used for fuel, as no mau could shovel
coal into Its gaping maw fast enough
to keep up the 225 pounds of steam
pressure required to operate the loco-
motive to Its best advantage. Not
enough men could get Into the cab to
bundle the coal for the boiler, and they
could not throw It far enough Into the
firebox to properly distribute the coal
over the heating surface.
The boiler Is a sectional, nonexplo-
type. All water Is heated by
slve
■'»«» \
/fnftqciTfl!
SANTA KK’H 121 FOOT IiOCOMOTTVE.
special heater before It goes into the
boiler, and nil steam Is superheated be-
fore it goes to the cylinders. The lo-
comotive has duplicate compound air
pumps, power reversing apparatus and
two electric headlights, one ahead and
one at the rear. The locomotive
weighs 750,000 pounds and rests on
ten pairs of driving wheels, two lead-
ers under the pilot and two trailers
under the cab, making twenty-four
wh»*els under the locomotive itself and
twelve under the tender. Tho tender
has two six-wheel trucks where the
ordinary tender has two four-wheel
trucks.
Shows Progress In Eighty Years.
The nrtlculated type of locomotive Is
In rcnlity two separate sets of engines
with their wheels connected by one
long rigid boiler of tremendous steam
capacity. The rear engine Is rigidly
attached to this boiler, while the for-
ward engino supports it by a massive
slide, so as to permit the locomotive
going around curves. This latest en-
gine, No. 3000, marks a milestone in
railroad progress.
It is more than a hundred times as
powerful ns Stephenson’s Rocket, show-
ing how locomotive building has pro-
gressed In eighty years.
AUT0“fIRF ENGINE.
End of Horse Drawn Apparatus Is but
Few Years Off.
New York’s first gasoline propelled
steam pumping tire engine is a pro-
nounced success. In a trial test it
m
MINERS PERISH
If! COUPLE OF MINES
One Occur* In Alabama, Other
In Pennsylvania.
DEATH LISTS ARE LARGE.
In the Southern Disaster the Vic-
tim* Convicts and the Northern
Both Men and Boys Comprise
the Dead.
A dreadful accident occurred in the
Banner mines at Littleton, Ala.,thirty
miles from Birmingham. An explo-
sion took place and the death list of
convicts working therein is large. The
Banner mines are owned by the Pratt
Consolidated Coal company, with of-
fices at Birmingham, At the time of
the calamity 1W0 men were at work in
the underground workings
There were about 128 victims.
Another mine disaster occurred at
the little village of Throop, a short
distance from Scranton, Pa. Fire is
responsible, it starting in an engine
house at the opening of a slope 750
feet from the surface There were 500
men and boys in the mine when the
fire started, about sixty of them being
in the workings into which the slope
led. These sixty rneu were at work in
a ''blind’’ tunnel at the end of the
slope.
A temporary morgue was erected at
the openina of the mine and hundreds
of relatives congregated. Their grief
was pitiful. Seventy bodies were taken
out in a few hours.
Escape was blocked by fire, smoke
and the generated gases possibly be-
fore the men and boys realized their
clanger.
James Vickers, a lire boss, tried to
get to the tunnel, where he knew many
miners were at work, but was forced to
turn back. He said no man could live
five minutes in the tunnel he had tried
to traverse.
Government rescue car went to the
scene. Joseph Evans, in charge of it,
lost his life, due to a defective oxygen
charged armor.
The colliery is owned and operated
by the Price-Pancoast Coal company
and is one of the largest and most
up-to-date collieries in the Scranton
region,
FOUR BLACKS LYNCHED.
——
All of Them Take PfaceJIn tha
State of Georgia.
Dawson Jordan,Charlie Pickett and
Murray Burton, all negroes, were
lynched near Ellaville, Ga. They were
accused of the murder of Newton Ea-
son, a white man. Pretending they
had a prisoner, members of a mob
awakened Jailer Baugh. Jail was en-
tered, two nsgroes taken to the out-
skirts and hanged and their bodies
bullet riddled. The other fled, but was
shot to death.
A mob pf 200 men stormed the jail
at Lawrenceville, Ga.. and taking the
sheriff's keys away from him secured
Charles Hale, a negro, accused of as-
saulting Mrs. C. C. Williams. They
took him to a corner in the business
part of the town and after stringing
him to a tree riddled him with ballets.
HITCHCOCK TO WED?
Only Bachelor In Taft’s Cabinet Re- j
ported Engaged to Miss Southerland.
Announcement of the engagement of
Miss Mary Southerland, daughter of
Admiral and Mrs. Southerland, and
Frank Hitchcock, postmaster general,
is expected to be made soon. Mr.
Hitchcock is the only bachelor in Pres
THE AUTO FIKK ENGINE.
was driven forty miles an hour. It is
twenty feet long, weighs eight tons
and cost $2*1.000. It pumps 700 gallons
of water a minute at a pressure of 125
jKHtnds.
Strung Up and Riddled.
Abberdine Johnson, a young negro,
: was charged with going to the home of
J J. J. Butts, near Goshen. Pike coun-
ty. Ala , while Mr. Butts was absent,
j and at the point of a pistol forcing
[ Mrs. Butts and her two children to
accompany him to the woods near the
house. Ue assaulted the woman and
eicaped. He was captured near Union
Springs and jailed. A mob stormed
! the jail, secured Johnson and taking
' him to a tree in the outskirts strung
\ the negro up and riddled his body with
| bullets.
Individual Communion Cup*.
The First Baptist church of Beau-
mont, Rev. Dr. C. S. Ridley pastor,
has Installed individual communion
eups.
X 1
A >
n OR. PRICE’S * i
JILgraIN
By the blending of Wheat, Rice, Oats and Barley, it
makes a food of great worth. Nourishing, palatable
and wholesome. Try it. You will eat it with relish.
Ask your Grocer.
Young Men Wanted
To Prepare For
Telegraph Service
READ WHAT RAILROAD SUPERINTENDENTS WRITE US:
W. H. H. Hall, Supt. M., K. & T. R. R., Denison, Tex.—“We are short
of operators and have bteen for some time.”
E. E. Shackelford, Supt.'La. Western R. R., LaFayette, La.—“Com-
petent and experienced operators are always in demand in our terri-
tory.”
Jno. D. Finnegan, Supt. St. L., B. & Mex. R. R., Kingsville, Texas—
“The demand for telegraph operators is perpetual. Should you
have any students at the present time, whom you can recommend,
we will be glad to hear from you.”
J. Munday, Supt. T. & B. V, R. R., Teague, Tex.—"I will lend you all
the assistance I can in your undertaking. Will be glad if you will
let us know when you have competent young men wishing em-
ployment.” \
J. W. Robbins, Gen. Mgr. G. R.'& G. S. R., Ft. Worth, Tex.—“I hear-
tily endorse the schools in general, and will lend encouragement to
any of your graduates when conditions make it possible ”
R. B. Ayres, Supt. T. & P. R. R., Texarkana, Texas—“There is always
a demand for efficient and sober telegraph operators.”
A. D. Betbard, Asst. Gen. Mgr. M., K. & T. R. R., Dallas, Texas—
“For the past several years the demand for operators has exceeded
the supply.
E. M. Alvord, Gen. Supt. M., K. & T. R. R., St. Louis, Mo.—“The
present demand for operators is greater than the supply. Good op-
erators can always command a position.”
J. A. Hillis, Asst. Supt. T. & P. R. R., Ft. Worth, Texas—r“ A good op-
erator who wants to work can easily find a position.”
F. A. Lewis, Supt. S. A. & A. P. R. R., San Antonio, Texas—“Such a
school as you are conducting, I would consider of very great benefit
to railroads. There is always a demand for telegraph operators.”
J. W. Maxwell, Gen. Mgr. St. L. S. W. R. R., Tyler, Texas—“Were it
not for the assistance and benefit they are receiving from the good
work you are doing, railroads would themselves be forced to con-
duct telegraph schools to keep the supply of telegraph operators
up to the demand.”
F. B. Degarmo, Supt. K. C. S. R. R., Pittsburg, Kans.—“The demand
for competent and reliable telegraph operators is in excess of the
supply.”
H. L. Reid, Supt. R. I. R. R., Dalhart, Texas—“Your school is doing
a great work for the railroads in furnishing competent telegraph
operators.”
A. S. Johnson, Supt. G., H. & S. A. R. R., Houston, Texas—“Chances
for employment in this branch of service is very good. I do not
think any young man would make a mistake in acquainting him-
self with a knowledge of telegraphy.”
F. A. Lister, Supt. G. H. & H. R. R., Galveston, Texas—“There is
plenty of room in the railroad service for all the operators you can
turn out.”
The young man who reads the above convincing extracts
from letters written us by railroad officials, and doubts getting
a situation, after being instructed and trained by us, is cer-
tainly entitled to be called a “DOUBTING THOMAS.”
We have been educating and training young men for the
railway telegraph service for the past TWENTY-TWO YEARS.
A large per cent of the telegraph operators in Texas and ad-
joining states, who are receiving from $75 to $150 per month,
got their start through us, many of whom came from the
farm, whose education was limited to reading and writing.
Telegraph operating is not difficult to learn. It is very
simple-all practice. We will guarantee to teach any young
man and place him in a position in from 3 to 5 months time.
WRITE for PROSPECTUS, which gives FULL INFORMATION
(In writing, please mention this paper.)
Dallas Telegraph College
DALLAS. TEXAS
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—DKAI.8R IN—
Stoves, Tinware and House Furnishing
Goods
(North Side Public Square.)
Work in the tin line, such as roofing,
guttering, etcv at moderate prices
FHAN1C HITCHOOOK.
ldent Taft’s cabinet and has been a
social lender ntnong the bachelors of
Washington for several yeurs.
Miss Southerland Is a tall, striking
looking brunette and moves In the
most exclusive circles of Washington
society. She Is one of Miss Helen
Taft's most intimate friends.
Neat—prompt—Cheap
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La Grange Journal. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 13, 1911, newspaper, April 13, 1911; La Grange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth997056/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives.