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THE WASHINGTON TIMES MONDAY DECEMBER 31 190 190fc 3 LACK LACKOF Of CARE CAREWRCK CAREVRECK WRCK CAUSES CAUSE CAUSLHRGfS URGES WESTDistrict District StlCt Commissioner CommissionerDenounces Con1n1 CommissionerDenounces ssioner ssionerDenounces Denounces Railroad for forLoose forLoose forLoose Loose Method of ofOperation ofOperation Operation OperationCOMPLAINS OperationCOMPLAINS 0 perati on onCOMPLAINS COMPLAINS OF WAY WAYDEAD WAYDEAD WAYDEAD DEAD WERE IGNORED IGNOREDDistrict IGNOREDDistrict IGNOREDDistrict District Official Believes In Investigation Investigation Investigation vestigation Will Show ShowStupidity ShowSt ShowStupidity Stupidity StupidityDistrict St StupidityIUihirlct pidity pidityIJ District IJ Hrlct Commissioner Comon Wet bitterly denounce the Baltimore and Ohio rail railroad railroad railroad road and says ys that if proper car CaN were wereexercised werexerjsed werecxerelsed exercised the tllft Terra Te Cotta disaster disasterHiuiild dtaaaterJvtild dlaaaterS Hiuiild Jvtild never have re occurred He also alsocriticises aJaocrltkist alascriticises criticises in stinging terms the railroads railroadsthought railroadtllljught ratlroedsthought thought of its cars ear and schedules pre preiua preUR preti ti iua UR to its care for the dead bodies bodiesthat bod bodth bodeathat that th littered the tracks after the crash crashMr crasmMr crashfir Mr West thinks that the Investigation Investigationinto into mt the affair will develop the th utter uttersoiiKKssne uttersmJtssneu uttersons soiiKKssne sons kssnesa of hauling empty cars car intotat into intotuo jntot tat city Ity at a high rate of speed when whentijp whentIll whentiw tIll block signals showed that a JU passenger pa palure JUsngtr sngtr trail had but a abort time be belun 1 lure rc passed along the same track trackCould trackCould trackCould Could Be A Averted AvertedTreating AvertedTreating vertod vertodTrtating Treating the accident Commissioner CommissionerVc3t CommluionerVCSt CommiasieeerWest West says saysThe sayauThe saysTho uThe The terrible wreck reek at Terra Cotta Cottalast Cottalast CottaList last night in all th the more mot terrible be because becatREO beeatse cause it ought never to have occurred The value of the block system ay tem isc is iscompletely 18cmpletely completely mpletely neutralized when the rail railroad railroad railroad road authorities will allow another train in upon a block already occupied 1 from rum what I learned at the scene of the wreck last night the train of empty cars was given at the Silver Spring Sprintraitroad block station what 111 known atuone amont railroad men as the double green greenwhich 8Ienwhlh greenwhich which meant that the engineer was to to1iweed toHOtd toproceed proceed with caution cautionI I cannot understand however why wh whWith with the knowledge that there was a loi 1011 train ahead the second train waa waanot wnanot waanot not brought to a stop at Sliver Spring and an heId hc Id there until the passenger train trainwas trainW trainwas was 18 safely out of the way It waa wa all the th more necessary to exercise exerce this thisprecaution thl thlf precaution a utlon in view of the fact that the thoJiiRht thei JiiRht i isht was extremely foggy a condi conditiup condttiur tion which always adds adc to the danger dangerof of ruilrondine The second section con consisted conslstil eonsist sist sisted merely or empty coaches so that thatthfi thatthpr thatr thfi them was no immediate necessity of hurrying it into Washington WashingtonOverlooked WashingtonOverlooked ahlneton ahlnetonOverlooked Overlooked the Dead DeadAnother Deadnother DeadAnother Another thing which impressed me meTas mels meas Tas ls the th delay in sending a train to eon eoney oonfy eonCy ey the dead bodies to the city where tluv tlt Ln could ould be placed in the morgue and lr br 5 iii milled by relatives and friends I1 rt 1 injured injurf wr were tak taktft to the city asquickly as asquiKJy a aqU quickly qU as possible but alter that th thtrvuts the tlHtIliratJ theriir IliratJ riir ad sent out two Dr three wreekln wrecking trvuts me of which came all the way wayrnt from fr rnt i Baltimore and It seemed far more important to earn car for a few damaged damagedcaches dama damagedc ed caches ches hfR than for the dead lying out on fl Hi hillside in the rain A through ex express exlrfS8 express press to the West Yeat then was given the therifiht thef thefiigitt rifiht glit of way so that it was aa finally nearly midnight before the dead were werecarried werecarrle werecarried carried into the city nearly five hoursafter hours hoursutter hour hourattr utter the accident occurred I hope that the investigation into the accident will be rigid and thorough because it is 4 a evl dent that a system which allows two trains on a block at the same time is liable to result in another tragedy Commissioner West spent nt four hours nt 1 the wreck Inspectors Cross and Gessford and the other police officers ottlcerlion on the scene at one reported to Mr West and were complimented by him upon the excellent management which they had displayed displayedKILLED dlsplaedKILLED displayedKILLED KILLED IN THE WRECK I i I i 1 DR OLIVER BELT BELTWas BELTWas Was Secretary of Episcopal Eye Ear Earand Enand Earand and Throat Hospital HospitalA Hospita1LOWE HospitalLOWE LOWE LOST LIFE LIFEVISITING 4 VISITING SICK SICKA A 1 Lowe one of the wrecks wreek vie Ie t01s ms was man manager Ana of toe commercial phonograph phonographstreet ph uiograph deP department rtment ot the Colum ii lhonocrph COM Company ny at 1m po poSlTtft street nprthwest northwest and lived lived at SWB 34 Hol rai mllt mttd ad place He left home bomeYMtrd8J yesterday morning morning to visit a nephew phw In CMthen Gaitheraourg curg ourg Md fd who who Is critically to cheer 1 the little ttI fellow Mr Lowe took tookLtng aong mg several Christmas gift gifts for him 1 Vv rd rt had been sent nt him of the boys bovscritical critical condition and Mr Lowe deter deterJuid mirLed mirtt to spend Sunday Junday with him He Juid a great amount of work to be done today Jay nd remarked before beforethe doing away awaytrt away Ift he held deCided to take Sunday Sunda for the th visit 19It i ifrom In order not to lose any time time from his dMrs desk dadcMrs deskMrs Mrs Lowe knew nothing of her Kus IU8 1 1al1111 and ands a death until her brother broke brokeund t1 tnews ews to her thl this mornIng tvben Vbltft Mr 11 Lowe tailed to retu return last night was naturally suppo supposed ed that he bad had und his nephew so ill that th he thought it advisable to to remain all night she he is i completely prostratedMr prostrated prostratedSir prostratedMr Mr Lowe was formerly a route agent agentr for a Washington paper before going goingl ntth ith th the phono phonograph aph ii uu uuago company about a at at It and a a halt ago He was about frtyone rrtyone i rt ono years old Mrs rs Lowe was wasi wa i rmcrly a Miss MeKira 1 There is one oneDo luid a boy of twelve PRIESTS PRIESTSON PRIESTSONSCENE PRIESTSONSCENEGIVE ON SCENE SCENEGIVE SCENEGIVE GIVE LAST RITES RITESTO RITESTO RITESTO TO WRECK VICTinS VICTinSFather VICTIf1SFather VICTIJISFather Father Southgate of St Anthonys Church De Describes Describes Dcscribes scribes Terrible Scenes Following Crash CrashNo CrashNoDistinction CrashNoDistinction No NoDistinction Distinction Caring For Injured Father Southgate pastor of St An Anthonys Anthon Anthonys thonys thon Church in Brookland an anFather Father Marks assistant pastor among among the first to reach the scene othe the wreck A partshoner sent ent a messenger mes messenger me meMner senger to tell Father Southgate of th thdisaster disaster and nd he and his assistant hur ltursled hurried hurrled sled to th the scene eene In speaking of it morning Father Southjrate said saidAny aidAny saidAny Any description of the scene at a Cotta cannot begin to make known th thhorror horror of it all 11 It in i beyond compre comprehension oomprehenllton comprhenston hension and only those who saw aw the fearful scent scene can have adequate idea of Its awful character characterWe characterYe We Ye received word of the disaster diaaaterfew few minutes after it had occurred awlreached reached Terra Cotta a little beforeoclock before betoreoclock oclock The scene was atulthe awful the moahorrible horrible that any anyone one can imagine imagineBodies ImacineBodies ImagineBodies Bodies on every side the dying groanhtand groianh groianhand and begging nc for help and a corps valiant men doing dol everything in thei theipower power to relieve the 8utrerlnlre suffering We have ha now in Brookiand a 1 little baby not much more than a year oldwhose old oldwhose oldho whose ho mother was evidently killed who was A8 picked up along aide the track trackTh4 tnLCknd trackand and nd brought Into DrookJand The Th 1lttJ littlthing 1lttJttlinx thing is not hurt bodily but ia 1 oneINQUIRY one oneINQUIRY oneINQUIRY INQUIRY BY A AMAY AMAY AMAY MAY BE RESULT RESULTOF RESULTOF RESULTOF OF 0 WRECKContinued WRECK WRECKContinued WRECKContinued Continued from First Ftr Page PageTo PareTo PageTo To all this a member of the commis commission commiIon commisslon sion Ion added addedI I read in the newspaper ne paper account accountthat accoun accounthat accountsthat that at Takoma Park only a day eta etatlon station IItation tion Is maintained and that the safety safetysignals safetysignals tety tetyslcnals signals were left there th re for the night nightIf nltrhtIt nightIf If that is true it is an outrage That Thatany Thatny Thatany any ny day station at a lion should be maintained maintainedon maln lned lnedon on on a a great and busy railroad practical practically ly 1 within the limit of such uch a city asVaahington as asWashington aMVuhlngton Washington is I mighty hty close to criminalnegligence criminal criminalnegligence cnmlnalnegUaenee negligence negligenceWhy negUaeneehy negligenceWhy Why hy has the number of fataltiea fataltieaand fatalUeand fataltiesand and casualties in railroad wrecks reckll in inthe inthe inthe the United State gone on steadily in increasing IncrflaalnK increasing creasing from year to year during the thevery thevery thevery very period nerJodhen when railroads have been beeninstalling beenInatal1Jng beenInstalling installing safety cuppers air brake brakeblock brak brakblock brakeblock block signals and other safety appitancea appli appliances appliance ances ancesIt anceIt anceaIt It is the testimony of statistic statisticUhered lltaUIIUcpthered statisticsgathered gathered Uhered by the Interstate CommerceCommission Commerce CommerceCommission ComMerceComml Commission Comml lon that the casualties ca ualUeil havebeen have havebeen havebeen been uninterrupted and that apparent apparently ly 1 the expenditures of millions uponmillions umillions upon uponmtlUon millions to secure greater safety safetybeen tety has haaIbeen hasbeen been absolutely without Ithout effect effectThese effectThMe effectThese These questions which have long longbeen lon lonbeen longbeen been in the minds of men who had to todeal todeal todeal deal with these problems and whichthus which whichthus whlebthuJl thus far have remained abeolut absolutely absolutelywithout ab olut ly lywithout yIthoul without Ithoul satisfactory aUsfa tory answer are likely likelyto Uk likelyto Jy Jyto to be forced upon the attention of Con Congerss ConIena Congerse gerss as a they the have already been forced forcedupon fnrcMupon forcednpon upon the attention of the people of ofWashington ofa ofWashington Washington a hlngton as a result of the fearful fearfuldsaeter tearfuldsaster earful earfulM8ter dsaeter M8ter which occurred Sunday nightwithin night nightwithin nlgbtwithin within the limits Umlt of the Capital CityAccidents City CityAccidents CityAccidents Accidents Increased IncreasedThe ImreasedThe IncreasedThe The safety r01y appliance law was enacted enactedn nactedn IMS 1 but did not go into full operation operationuntil operationuntil aUOn aUOnuntll until August Aup 1900 In 18 1 5 one passenger passengerin paue rIn in every 24000 2 S4OW carried in the United UnitedStates UnitedStates UnitedStates States wan as killed and one in every very 213G90 213G90was 18460was 1IMOwaa was injured In 1904 after aft the safety safetyappliance saretyappliance safetyappliance appliance had been in full effect eet four fouryears toureaIli fouryears years eaIli one passenger In every 1CJWO 1CJWOcarried 1m 1mcarried 162610carried carried in the United States Stat was killed killedand klUeciand killedand and one in TSttM was injuredIn Injured InjuredIn In other words Word after four years of the theoperation theoperatiOn theoperation operation of the safety fet appliance law lawthe lawthe lawthe the average paseenger pa pr hd nearly twiceas twice twiceas b1eeas as much chance to be killed as beforethe before beforethe beforethe the law la was as in effect and nearly three threetimes threetimes threetimes times as much chance to be injured injuredFurther InjuredFurther injuredFurther Further than this thl in 18 1 1895 one employe employein in every vr3 431 on the tile railroads of theUnited the theUnited theCnlted United States was killed and one in inevery Inevery inevery every thirtyone was injured In 39W 1904one 39Wone 19001one one employe emplo In every 367 was as killed and andIn andIn andIn In every evel nineteen was Injured That Is Isthe iiithe isthe the average employe had about 49 per percent percent percent cent more chance of being killed and andper 28 5 5per per cent more chance of being injured injuredunder Injuredunder injuredunder under the operation of the safety appliance ap appliance appllance pliance law than before beforeAnd beforeAnd beforeAnd And so the question que Uon recurs recul why by are arethe arethe arethe the safety appliances apparently appar8 tly shown shownby hownb own ownby be by the actual experience to be promotve promo promotlve promotive tlve of danger Instead of security liocurltyBlocks securityBlocks Blocks Badly Operated OperatedThe OperatedThe The answer to this question as gath gathered gathered th thered ered from the reports and oral state statements ata statements te tementa ments of the Interstate Commission of ofexperts oftxperts ofexperts experts is in part at least least that the tneblock theblock theblock block signal systems are Inefficient lneffi Ient and andbadly andbadly andbadly badly operated An inspector for thecugtmiasion the thecommission theoQlmllJ8lon commission who has spent years studying study studying tudylug ing this problem saidThere said saidThere Id IduTbue There are two kinds of block aye ayetems I Items tems the automatic and the manual manualThe manualThe The theory of both is the same butthe but butUH the operation is different Each 18 de dejgntd designed signed to provide a fixed interval of oftracks oftracks oftracks tracks within which there shall be but butone butunfl butone one train at a 8 time The blocks may be of varying lengths according aCC6rd to phy phys physical sical al conditions of traffic etc Slthinthe Within Withinthe lthln lthlntlJ the tlJ purlieus purllt us of large cities the inter interval Interal internal val al is likely to be a mile on the prairieroads prairie prairieroads prairierOil roads rOil It may be ten miles But the veryessence very veryessence ver essence 8 1 nCe of the whole system sy tem is that thatthere thattht thatthere there tht re must not be more than one trainwithin train trainwithin trainIithln within the block at one time tImeUnder tmeUnder Under the automatic block system systemthe tlyatemthe systemthe the signals at the end en of the block aregiven are aregiven aregtven given automatically When hen a train en enters entelll enters ters a block bv an electrical el trical device devicethe devicethe devicethe the danger signal signal is shown and an remains remainsas remrsiusaa as a warning against other trains en entering enttring entering tering that block until the lirst train trainhas trainhaJ trainhas has haJ pas passed out of the block when hen the thedanger thedanEfr thedanger danger signal Is automatically with withdrawn WltildrMwn wltitdraKn drawn draKn and a a safety fet signal shown shownUnderpaid ahonUnderpaid shownUnderpaid Underpaid Overworked OverworkedUnder OverworkedUnder OverworkedUnder Under the manual system a a tower towerIs toweris toweris Is provided at the end of each blockin block blockin blockIn in which is stationed a signal slgnl man whomust who whomust whomuat must be a a telegraph operator When Whentrain hen a atrain atrain train enters his block he shows the thedanger thedlU1 thedanger danger dlU1 er signal and is presumed to keep keepit keepIt keepit it displayed until he 1e is notified by the theoperator theoperator theoperator operator at the next tower that the thetrain thetrain thetrain train has passed out of that block whenhe whenhe when whenhe he is required to display the safetysignal safety safetysignal safetysignal signal signalBither signalEither signalEither Either of these systems stem would ab absoluiely absoluely abaoluely soluiely prevent collision if there wereno were wereno WHeno no possibility po slbUlty of their going oing wrong in inthe inthe nthe the operation In the manual systemwhich system systemwhich flystemwhich which is very mu much jh more used In this thiscountry tM3country thiscountry country than the automatic the human humanequation humanequation humanequation equation enters largely into the operation opera operation optratlon tion and It is at this point that this thistoo thistoo thistoo too frequently falls The tower menwho men mpnho jwho who ho are presumed to be good telegraph teltgraphoperators telegraphoperators joperators operators but In too many cases are arevery artvery arevery very poor ones are paid forty fort and fifty flftydollars fiftydollars fiftydollars dollars a month month Almo Almost A moat universally universallythey universallythey universallythey they are worked In twelvehour shiftsevery shifts shiftsevery shUtsevery every day in the he week weekSlave weekSlave weekSlave Slave TwentyFour Hours HoursIf HoursIf If one man qn a shift is compelled compelledto to be absent from his post part of his hisworkine hisworking hisworking working time the man working oppo opposite Oppo51te opposite site stands his term and twentyfour twentyfourhours tweutytourhours twentyfourhours hours continuous duty in such a 8 post position po posttfon lUon tion of tremendous responsibility In lnvolvlns InvohIug Involving volvlns the safety of hundreds of lives livesti ti 3 knows her name na or where hffle her relativesmay relatives relativesmay relatltlilnay may be A kind woman is taking care careof careor of the child childA childA ebtlduA uA A little child named Barnes not the theone theone one who has been mentioned in the die diepatches diepatches 1l8 1l8patches patches patches was also picked up UJ toad is be being beI bein I ing In cared for in Terra Cotta CottaW CottaVe We Ve made no distinction in minis ministering l1nlterlmr ministaring tering to wthe the dying dYI No one stopped to tolearn toI tolearn I learn a persons creed but everything ev rythlng that we could do we did for those poor poorunfortunates pooruntortunatea poorunfortunates unfortunates who met such a horriblefate horrible horriblefate horrIblefate fate i believe that without exception exceptionthose I those who were ere dead when hen we reached reachedthe rQftchedthe reachede the scene last night must have hav been beenkilled beenkilled nkilled killed instantly hUitantJ We Ve could not count countthem countthem countthem them but no one died after we gotthere got gotthere gotthere there and I firmly believe that the thekilled thekilled thekilled killed never knew what had happened happenedSome haplwnedSome Some of my parishoners were Ht the theTerra th thTerra theTerra Terra Cotta station when the collision collisionoccurred coutMonoccurred occurred They The had gone down to tomeet tomt tomeet meet Edward Jarboe another parish parishioner prlt parishwho a aloner loner who ho had marred gone one away several Hvcr days daysago dftyaago day dayItfO ago to be inarrifcd and who 110 had sent sentword 8entword word that hft would bring his bride on onthat nthat that train I do not know what wtaatmotlvQ motive induced him but fortunately he took tookthe wokthe tookthe the trolley from Rockviile and escaped escapedprobable etlCapedprobaohle escapedprobable probable death Some of the little partywho party partywho partyw who bad gone down to the station tomeet to tomeet tont meet nt Mr Jarboe and his hl bride were wttr in jured by debris from the telescopedcars telescoped telescopedcars eilCOped eilCOpedcarL cars The Tb whole hoht thing Is the most hot hor horrible bo borJble rible the most pitiful I have ever knownevery known knownevery knownevery every day is not even uncommon It Itwould Itwould Itwould would seem to need no argument to toconvince toconvince toconvince convince that men in such positions positionsought pottitl0Ra5oqht positionsought ought ought neither to be overworked or un unpald derpaid derjNiklyet pald yet they are both bothThe bothThe bothe The tower men who whose mistake mLitkecaused mistakecaused Intake Intakecaused caused the wreck in which blch President PresidentSpencer PresidentSpencer PresidentSpencer Spencer was killed was paid 4750 per pecmonth permonth permonth month according to the statement statementmade statementmade statementmade made to to me by Craig inspector inspectorfor Inspectortor inspectorfor for the commission who ho ivests investigated investigatedthe ted tedthe the acldent Further I was told that thatthis tbatthll1 thatthis this tower man was aa then working on onhis onI onhis his second 1Ie ond consecutive twelvehour twelvehourshift telvehourahitt twelvehourshift I shift and that the man who was sup supposed aupJMIJed supposed posed to work opposite oppo lte him was at atthe atthe atthe the time sleeping in the tower towerHere toeruHere towerHere uHere Here are a couple of paragraph from frortiMr fromr fromMr Mr Craig Craigs rej r8 report ort on that wreck wreckThe wr wreckThe kThe The building used for a block tower towerat towerat towerat at Rangoon is one that any railroad railroadcompany railroadcompany railroadcompany company should be ashamed hamed of to say saynothing saynothing rnOlhln nothing nOlhln of asking an operator rator to stay stayIn lltayIn stayin In twelve hours out of every eve twenty twentyfour twentytour twentyfour four fourI I learned from men in fright lht servlcr servlcron servleon on the Washington Wa hlngton and Danville division divisionof divisionof of the Southern that they are from fromtwentyfive frontwentyflve frorItwentyftve twentyflve to fortyone hours In mak makinpr makIn makIng inpr In trips over these divisions divi Iona It is a awonder awo awonder wonder wo to me that more wrecks do not notoccur notoccur notoccur occur on a railroad where hre men are ar re required requlred required quired to be on duty this great number numberof of hours houl without rest restReads restRoads tReat Reads Reat Carelessness CarelessnessIt hIt It seems unexplainable to me that thatafter thAtArter thatafter after spending ndlnl Immense amounts of ofmoney offtVftey ofmoney money in installing block systems the therailroad th8raUIfAd therailroad railroad should not enforce to the letter letterthe lettertho letterthe the rule that only a single train should shouldbe shouldlite shouldbe be admitted to the track at a a time timeIt dm dmIt timeIt It is 1 well known among railroad men menthat menthat menthat that this rule is I more mor honored in the theBreach theruch theikeaoh Breach than in the observance on many manyroads manyroadM manyroads roads After one train has entered a ablock ublock ablock block and acquired a reasonable leeway leewayanother 18WfLa leewayanother another a Otbw train approaching will be given givena sty stya a signal to go ahead head with caution or orunder orunder orunder under control That is intended as no notice notice notice tice that tha there is another train in the theblock th thblock theblock block and i hi presumed pre ulDtMl to enjoin special specialcaution apedaIcaution specialcaution caution on the trainmen trainmenBut trinl1tnUBut trainmenBut UBut But by actual experience ex rlence It seems seemsto see seeb seemsto to be shown that the very existence existenceof existenceof Cilitanoe Cilitanoeif of if the block system ana anti the fact of ofbavins othainl ofhaving bavins having been given permission to pro prorather procetW1 proceed cetW1 ncke5 kes the men In charge of trains trainsrather trainsrather rather less careful than thanif hey would be beIt beif if there were no block signal ill ibey nl at all In Inthis Inthia Inthis this connection nnectlon let me read you a para paragraph paraaraph paragraph graph from an address by A Wood Woodworth Woolworth Vo dorth worth orth an examiner of the Chicago ChicagoGieat Chicagoa ChicagoGreat Great a eat Western WHt rn road at a gathering therlng of ofrailroad ofrailroad ofrailroad railroad men menHot menNot menNot Not a Block System SystemIf If you think you are operating a ablock ablock ablock block system tem after abolishing ab ihihlnK the post positive posttlve posttive tive block you ou are mistaken mistakenIt taken takenIt It is I not a 8 block system For how howcan howean howcan can a block be a block It it is not ft a ablock ablock ablock block You have hAv gone to a big expense expenseand eXP expenseand ftM ftMand and what has it amounted te Simply Simplythlll Simplythis 1 this An engineer Is I notified Ufted that there thereis thereis thereis is or ix not a train running ahead ahe of ofhim ofhim ofhim him somewhere between teen where Vh ne he Is Isand I Iancl isand and at the next block station say sa fivemiler five fivemiles fiyemll8 miles distant but what good does it itdo ItdoT Itdo do doT If the block is clear ho could ould not notI nolhit notbit I bit anything anytnl he tried and it does no nogood nogood nogood good to tell him so The only onl effect I Ican IC Ican can ace would be a tendency to cause causehim causehim causehim him to exercise less le8 vigilance vigilanceThis vigilanceThis vigilanceThis This is the testimony of a railroad railroadman ral1ro railroadman a aman man thoroughly thoroUghlf familiar with lth the op operation 01 01eraUon operation eration of signal signa signals systems stems The long and andshort andh6rt andshort short of the matter matter is that a block blocsig blocsignal sig signal signal nal system lIIy tltm on most mo mos of the roads is not nota nota nota a block signal system at all that the thenecessity thenece thenecessity necessity nece lty of traine trall have got trainmen trainmenand trainmenand trainmenand and their superiors into the habit of ofdisobeying ordlaobe ofdisobeying disobeying dlaobe lnc the rule of a single train faa in ina 11B a single block and that the traveling travelingpublic traveHngpublic travelngpublic public and the railroad employes wholloa whoimagine who whoimagine imagine lloa ne they are getting the protection protectionof of such a a system are In In fact getting gettingnothing gettingnothing gettingnothing nothing of the sort sortGreed a rt rtGreed rtGreed Greed at the Bottom BottomI I suppose that down at the bottom of ofall oCall ofall all this is the great pressure for more moreprofit moreproftt moreprofit profit from the operation of tie roads roadsDividends roadsDhldend roadsDividends Dividends and dividends and more div dividend dividends dividends idends is the demand In Europe a ahigher ahigher ahigher higher estimate tlmate is placed on life and a a10er lower estimate Umate on dividends When we weget weget Weget get to looking at It as the European people peo people people ple ple do VIe ve will enforce regulations thatmake that thatwill will 111 make travel approximately as safe safeas safeas safeas as It is there But it can never be done doneuntil doneuntH doneuntil until we have much more extensive extensiverailroad oxtenslverallr8d extensiverailr railroad railr ad facilities In proportion to the theamount themount theamount amount of business bu tness handled That is isthe Isthe isthe the fundamental difficulty The roads roadsare roadsare roadsare are so overburdened overbu ened with business that If they gave due attention to regulations regulationsfor for the protection of life they would wouldnever wouldnever wouldnever never be able to handle the business at atall atan atall all INJURED JURED IN WRECK CORNELIUS CORlt LIUS ECKHARDT ECKHARDTWho ECKHARDTWho Who Has Three Times Been Elected ElectedMayor ElectedMayor ElectedMayor I Mayor of Kensington KensingtonjggMSii KensiDgtoni A jggMSii i 1 MAP SHOWS SHO IVS THE THESC SCENE SCENEOF SCENEOF NE jI OF TERRA COTTA WRECK I CROSS SHOWS THE LOCATION OF TERRA COTTA COTTAHeretofore COTTAHeretofore COTTAIdentified Heretofore Identified IdentifiedContinued Continued from First Page PageB PageE PageB LEIGH forty years old died at Providence Provi ence Hospital Hospitalat at 5 oclock mangled mangledQody body and fractured skullMISS skull skullMISS skullMISS MISS MAY LIPPOLD sisterinlaw sisterinI of Ha Harry Higbee Bu Bureau Bureau Bureau reau of Printing PrintingA A LEE LOWE1212 LOWE 1212 street Columbia Phonograph Com Company Company Cornpasty pany panyTHOMAS panyTHOw1AS pastyTHOMAS THOMAS ELMER METZ of Germantown Md about aboutthirty aboutthirty aboutthirty thirty years old oldMINNIE oldMINNIE oldMINNIE MINNIE MERKLING twentyfive twenty five years old 408 streetLORNE street streetjLORNE streetLORNE jLORNE LORNE McCAGHEY son on of A McCaghey McC heyr fifteen years yearsS yearsold I I old of Baltimore Md body torn almost most to piecesMRS pieces piecesMRS MRS MOORE and oneyearold oneyear old baby babyTHOMAS babyTHOMAS babyTHOMAS THOMAS METZ New York Transfer Company corner cornerEighth cornerEighth cornerEighth Eighth avenue and Forty Fortyninth ninth street New York YorkI YorkMRS YorkMRS I MRS PURMAN North Takoma CMISS CMISS CMISS MISS REEVES Takoma CMRS CMRS CMRS MRS JENNIE REED Washington WashingtonjMISS Washington111I8S WashingtonMISS jMISS MISS ANNA READING of 1830 Jefferson place twen twentyfour twenI twentyfour I tyfour years old body lacerated internal injuries injuriesidentified injuriesidentified ridentified identified by cards body sent home homeRUPPERT hc hcRUPPERT handRUPPERT RUPPERT Washington merchant body mangled mangledNORMAN mangledNORMAN mangledNORMAN NORMAN RODGERS thirty thirtyyeus years old Marion Ind IndJOHN IndJOHN IndJOHN JOHN WRIGHT died at Emergency Hospital HospitalList HospitnJList HospitalList List of Injured InjuredADLBR ADLBR BOY twentyfour years old PoolesTille 3M Id right arm brok fcrokon broken brokon on face bruised mid Jul nose se brekcit Uk ll Providence ProvilenceAUSTIN ProvidenceAUSTIN ProitlcnceAUSTI AUSTIN AUSTI FANNIE I cohered 1S ISO 1S 2 I street southeast southeastBAKEB s6utllcnstIfB southeituiBAKER BAKER IfB DAXIEL Dot IEL 1VH 11 of Washington AsItIII tQ District Attorney heel 100 crushed crushedbadly crnshcdIJltdly crushedbadly badly bruised about face walked to Breokland DC Cr treated at ata ata ata a pharmacy pharmacyJIARXES 1tarm pharmacyBARNES cy cyAn BARNES An ES Mrs In LESTOLX and daughter Estelle of 01 Fifth street north northcast northenst northeast cast both seriously SCrIOHSI injured about IJout body JJOtl and head headBOBL1TZ JlCadODLITZ headBOBLITZ BOBL1TZ FLUNK thirtyeight years yea old of Frederick old lacerated laceratedwound laceratedwound laceratedwound wound of sculp and face frncturo of jaw av sprained ankle Taken Takento Takonto Takento to Casualty Hospital HospitalBROWN JIoSI1talROWN IIospitalBROWN BROWN AUSTIN of Daubs Md serious seriousCAMPBELL seriousCUfP seriousCAMPBELL CAMPBELL CUfP ELL LUCILLE 3 II street northwest northwestCILUIBEKS nortlmestCJLUIDEUS northwestCIIAaIBEIIS CILUIBEKS AL 1W8 110 Eleventh El ntl1 street badly injured injuredCHAMBERS injurctIclLurnEJtS injuredCHAMBERS CHAMBERS HO HOWELL IR WELL ELL 100S Eleventh EIeT mth street northwest northwestC03IPJIEK northwestCOIPJlEU northwesteoMPIIER C03IPJIEK LUCILLE six years OtUS oW compound fracturo of both legsshoulder legs legsshoulder legsshoulder shoulder dislocated and cut about head Providence Mother and andsister andsJgter andsister sister not accoeutedkor accoeutedkorCOOLEY accounted Jo Jor JorCOOLEY rCOOLEY COOLEY Mrs Washington WashingtonCOOLEY WasltlagtonCOOLEY WashingtonCOOLEY COOLEY ItAYXOM of 215 2 New ew Jersey avenue avenueCROSS ftTeDueCIIOSS avenueCROSS CROSS Miss RAY of Seneca Md injured about head and body bodyDICKENS hodyDICKENS bodyDICKENS DICKENS JOHN of Terra Cotta injured about hood and bodyECIUTARDT body bodyECKHARDT ody odyECKILUDT ECKHARDT CORNELIUS CORXEI IUS mayor of Kensington and audit of the theStar theSmr theStar Star fatally Injured at Garfield Hospital llospitalEODLEII HospitalEODLEH HOSIihdEODLEU EODLEH ROY of Poolesvllle Md badly cut about face left leg legbroken legbroken legbroken broken brought in on relief train trainELGIN trainELGIN rainELGIN ELGIN RICHARD twentyfive years old of 100S Eleventh street north nortilwest northwest nortbwst west compound fracture of both th legs le Taken nkcn to Casualty lies Hospital nosJtaJ liesliltal pital pitalFAGAN liltalFAGAI JtaJ JtaJFAGAX FAGAN CHARLES twentythree of Frederick Md injuries not serl serlOUK serloUP sorIoue OUK After being treated at tho Casualty Hospital was as able to go goto goto goto to Ills home homeHUGHES 110 htonieHUGHES 111 cUUQUES HUGHES CATHERINE twentynine W011 tnin of 143S Corcoran street north northwest norUIfcst northwest west sprained hand injuries not serious seriousHAGEN seriousHAGEN seriousIIAGEN HAGEN CHARLES TM of Frederick Md MdDR 3tlDR MdDR DR GAITHER HARRIS dentist 1886 New York avenue avonucHAMLDf nfonucnXllLIN avenueIIAMLLN HAMLDf THEODORE Seneca Md seriously Injured about head headHEISER 11OadJIEISEn headIIEISEII HEISER FRED Terra Cotta slightly injured Garfield Hospital HospitalHEMILLER JIospltalHEnILLER hospitalIIE3IILLER HEMILLER THOMAS Seneca Md internal injuries injuriesHORNER injuriesJIOnxEU injuriesIIORNEIt HORNER JOHN lacerated wounds of head and internal injuries injuriesJOHNSON injurIesTOIL injuriesJOHNSON JOHNSON TOIL SON WILLIAM forty fort years old of 1343 GIrard street north northwest northwest northwest west general agent United States Express fracture both bonGS o2 o2right 01rIgltt ofright right forearm badly lacerated forehead sprained ankle and other otherserious otherscrious otherserious serious injuries at Emorgency Hospital llospitalJONES HospitalJONES ositnl ositnlJONES JONES LYSLE address unknown uniinownXAIILLa1LER tKAULLMLER IKXCLL3lLER KAULLMLER JOHN A address unknown unknownKAULER unkuotnUAULER unkuowao i iKtULER KAULER JOh JOHN both JJoth Icgs Icgsbrokon broken internal injuries will die dieKRIEBS dieJUIU dieIiltIEBS KRIEBS JUIU US IIAI1RY of Terra Cotta slight scalp wound Garfield GarfleldKUNLO GarfieldIUNI GarfieldIcUNLO KUNLO IUNI Mrs Washington scalp wound woundKUMLE woundlillJILE waved1IIJ1ILE KUMLE Mrs aged forty of IS street northwest with three threechildren threechildren threechildren children children not yet accounted for injured about head and andbody andbody andbody body Providence ProvidenceCUNLO ProvldencoCOLO ProvidenceCUXLO CUNLO JOHN AH A fortyfive ortthc of IS street northwest fractured right rightleg rJgIltleg rightleg leg badly cut about face brought in on relief train Taken to toCasualty toCasualty toCasualty Casualty Hospital JIospitaIL hospitalLAKE FRANK twentyfivC years old bra brakemau enlan on wrecked train cut cutabout cutabout cutabout about head both arms broken and injured internally Condition Conditionprecarious Conditionprecarious Conditionprecarious precarious Not expected to live Providence Protldeucc1LyrOOD IrovldeueeMAXWOOD Alexandria county Ya foot broken brokenMOORE brokenMOOSE Miss ANNA A address unknownMOOSE unknown unknownMOOUE MOOUE CLINTON address unknown left leg broken injured in ternnlly ternall ternallMACILIXG ternallyIACKLLNG jeweler twentyfive years old of 40S street north northwest northwest northwest west leg eg fractured and injured internally about waist bad gash gashover gashOTer gashover over left eye condition not considered nsldered serious at Freedmans Hospital HospJtnlj i MOORE Mrs Mr CLINTON slightly sU ht1f bruised bruisedMOORE huIscdMOORE ulsod ulsodMOORS MOORE Wife and child of the Sheridan Washington WashingtonMOORE lashin sl1IngolJ sl1IngolJJIOOnE gton gtonMOORE MOORE tltlrtyfiro thirtyfive thirJ fivo yeans eiirs old dd cut about aliOuth bo ll Iy and ild rlglttri rlglifc TTriufbroken TTriuf wIi8fhroken if ifbroken broken lMOORS Not seriously rIously Injured Providence ProvidenceMOORE IlrovJdcnccMOOUE MOORE Mrs thirty years old scalp lacerated shoulder brokenand broken brokenand JJrokonand and right foot cut off Condition critical Providence ProvidenceMOOSE IlroddonccMOOSE ProvidenceMOOSE MOOSE Mrs A 639 A street northeast northeastPEAKE nortIlcastPE northeastPEUiE PEAKE PE UE BERTHA of Braddock Heights Md MdPEAKE MtIPEAKE MdPEAXE PEAKE Mrs Braddock Heights Md MdPROCTOR MdPJIOCTOR MdJJWCTOU PROCTOR ABNER A XEU address unknown broken leg legPROCTER logPUOCT legPIIOCTJ PROCTER PUOCT CLARENCE CI ARE1CE thirtyfive years old 1921 19 1 strout nprthwest nprthwestwellknown nppthwestwellknown nprthwes nprthweswellknown wellknown Washington baseball player compound fraciuro of loft loftleg loftJeg loftleg leg with bone protruding through flesh flcshnmputaUon amputation necessary necessaryGeorge nccessaryGeorge necessaryGeorge George Washington Hospital HospitalPROCTER UOsltitaJPROCTEU IIospitalPROCTER PROCTER Mrs CLARENCE twentynine years old hurt about holly hoflyGeorge JJOilnGeorge hollyGeorge George Washington nOSIltaPROClOn hospitalPROCTOR Hospital HospitalPROCTOR PROCTOR KENNETH city injured about body and legs legsPEAKE JogsIIJEAKE lagsPEAIiE IIJEAKE PEAKE BERTHA ERTJ Iln IL twentyone years cars old of Braddock raddock Ioh Heights uigl1ts its Ya Yalacerated Yaluceratcd 1alacerated lacerated head headREAD headREAD READ JEANETTE JEA ET1E ten years cars old address unknown compound COlllo nd frac fracturo fracturo fraclure I turo of left leg face contusions may have internal injuries InjnrjoS has haseven haseven haseven even chance surgeons say FroodmunsREED Freedmans Freedmansi i 1 REED JAMES address unknown unknownREEVES unknownnEI unknownREEVES REEVES nEI Vl broken log and shoulder Providence Hospital HospitalREMSBERG JIoiHitaIREJISnEUG IIo11italREMSBEILG REMSBERG CAMDEN twentysix years old Frederick aid illju injuries injuriesslight injurJosslight 109 109slight slight slightSEGGS slightSEOGS slightSEGOS SEGOS 255 It street northwestSMITI northwest northwestSMITH lIorUllrostSIITU SMITH ADDIE of Doubs Md MdTEIRAN MdTEIRAN JtlTEIRAN TEIRAN Mrs ELIZABETH Takonm Park ParkTHOMPSON ParkTJIOJrPSON ParkTIO1PSON THOMPSON Mr fr and Mrs I of 63 street northeast Washington WashingtonTHOMAS 1YasblngtonTIIOMAS WashingtonTHOMAS THOMAS HARRY wife vlfc and baby G3 street Washington WashingtonWELKINS lrashingtollWllJIfIXS WashingtonWILKINS WELKINS JOHN JOIN who got aboard the train at Terra Cotta bad his hisback hishack hisback back and ankle broken and head cut cutWILLIAMS cntWILLLlMS cutWILLLMS WILLIAMS ED colored twentynine years cars old of 1154 Nineteenth Nineteenthstreet Nineteenthstreet Nineteenthstreet street northwest cut on head and hips was ablo to go from dofiot dofiotto dOllotto dohotto to hospital on street car at Emergency Hospital HospitalYORK JIospitalYORK hospitalYORK YORK ALFRED Woodburn Md slight wounds on lu head ad Garfiold GarfioldFifteenyearold GarfioldFJftecnyearold GarfieldFifteenyearold Fifteenyearold white girl unidentified unconscious both legs frac fractured fractured fractured tured and injured about the head not known whether she has con concussion concusslon concusslon cusslon of the brain at Freedmans recdlllans Hospital HospitalSixteenyearold lIospitalShtcnycarold HospitalSixteenScarold Sixteenyearold white girl unidentified unconscious and injuries un unknown unknown unknown known at Freedmans Hospital HospitalUnknown JIospitalUnknown hospitalUnknown Unknown white man unconscious injuries unknown at Freedman FrcodmansHospital PreedmnnsIfospital FreedmanHospital Hospital HospitalUnknown IfospitaltnJmown HospitalUnknown Unknown colored man about forty years old probably fatally fa ally injur injared injured InJured ed at Emergency Hospital HospitalEngineer IfospitlJEngineer IIospitalEngineer Engineer Now In Cell CellRan CellRan CellRan Ran Past ao aofTowerman Red Light LightEvidence LightEvidence i Evidence Will Show ShowStatement ShowStatement Statement of Towerman Phillips Corroborated CorroboratedBy By Operator at University Station and andPoliceman andPoliceman andPoliceman Policeman Kennedy When UM coroners jury Ury meets at the theBtetriet theDlMrIet theDistrict District mortritc this afternoon to Investigata in inwMtigat inusat wMtigat usat the railroad wreck Ofeek at Terra TerraCotta TetTILCotta TetraCotta Cotta evidence Mil De introduced introducedtnat IftUOdacedUaat introducedthat that will tend to show that Engineer EngineerHarry EncinettrHalT tglneerBarry Harry HalT Httdebrand ran his t1 engine enginepast entrtaeUt enginepast past Ut the closed block at Takoma while whilethe whi whithe whilethe the tower was showing the red light lightWhether UptW1Mt lightWhether Whether W1Mt or not Hitdebrand failed to tosee toHe tosee see the light because of the dense fog foglast fogI foglast last I night or whether he wan 8Ii tricked trickedinto trlckedIft trickedInto into Ift believing b4Ilevt that it showed white will willnot willnot willnot not be known until the responsibility responsibilityhaa nMiponldblUt7ha has ha ben fixed Hildebrand HIde raftd is reported reportedas reP9f eci eciN as having made a statement last night nightthat nightthat nightthat that he saw the light clearly and that thatIt thatIt hat hatit It showed white hite indteatjng Indlcat ng lg a dear deartrack cleArtlCk deartrack track This morning morntn he could not and andwould andwoulcl andwould would not make any statement statementEngineer statementEngineer statementEngineer Engineer Gazes Vacantly VacantlySitting VacantlySItting VacantlySitting Sitting on a a hard bench in a small smallcell amaUMil smallcell cell at the Tenth precinct police ata station ataUon atatton tion he gases gaze I Uea vacantly between betw ft the thebars thebara thebars bars and is I too full of emotion 0ID tl0ft to talk talkIt talkuIt talkIt uIt It will all come OOIlt out at the investi investigation Iftve inveetigatlon tl tlpUon gation I dont believe 1 elleve there is I any anything an anthing anything thing for me to say and I couldnt say sayit MYIt sayit it if there thereIra was wasIra wasIra Ira McClelland twentysix tW8 tyslx years yearsold YMrSold yearsold old fireman Ralph Rutter twentyone I Wonder To What Mortz forts Will Say SayToday SayToday Today oda1 years elS old brakeman hrak Fnuttfc 1 1 anit Jf Hoff Hoffroerer Ho Hoffmerer tmerer merer forty years ttU old conduetwr conct nthjr Wil11am Wil William William liam A Norris thirtyeve thlrty years old oldbaggage oldIe oldbaggage baggage Ie master all member of the thecrew thecrew thecrew crew on the train tral that crated Into lit No NoM NoII Noes were arrested by the police aad are areprifxtners areen areprisoners prisoners en at the Tenth precinct Melton XeltonW MeltonW MeltonW Ilppc ltIppi the operator at the Takoma Ta Takoma Takoma koma block was also locked UP and andwltt andwill andwin will be held for the action of the Cor Coroners Coronerfil Coroners oners jury juryStatemeat juryStatemeBt juryStatement Statement of Operator OperatorPhilippe OperatorPhilip OperatorPhilipps Philippe Philip says that after he let No G6 G6into G6into 6 6into into the block he set the red signal and andthat andthat andthat that it was showing plainly plainlyWhen plainlyWhen plainlyWhen When the special ran right ri ht past pastthe pastthe lAst lAstred the red into the block I Imwedfauely Informed the Operator nt University Station that a atrain train bad taken the theblock theblnck block against orders saM aId PhiMppa PhiMppaIlls PJlWppsth Philippathis th this mornIR mornIRHlii morning Ills story to is corroborated by the theoperator theoperator theoperator operator at University Station who ho says saysthat saysthat ys ysthat that he received rACOIv the them mesaaee At the thebAteet theinquest inquest this afternoon Policeman JT JT TT Kennedy of the TentH precinct precinctwho preeinctwho precinctwho who is stationed CAHon at Takoma Park will willtestify wailtestify Ii Iite testify te tity that he saw the signal Ji al showing showingthe ahowll1 ahowll1red ahowhiredy red redy and that Hildebrand drove past pastthe tthe the signal signalAmong signalAmong signalAmong Among the other witnesses who he have havebeen havebeen nave been summoned by the police to cor corroborate or orroborate rroborate roborate this statement are arePa Matters MattersPage MessrsPage Page Pa Johnson Queens and Frits all allof allof allof of Takoma ma Park 7 Store Closes Dally at mSaturday mSaturday 1 Saturday at 9 Open Till 1 Tuesday TuesdayX TuesdayI1ertzs Tuesdayr Hertzs January Januaryjdearance JanuaryClearance Januaryas as jdearance Clearance of ofWinter ofWinter ofWinter Winter Fabrics FabricsA A bargain event that dressy men should appreciate Closing Closingout Closingout Closingout out all the winter fabrics now at extraordinarily small prices pric Ev Every Every Every ery Suit and nd every Overcoat built to order ord in the Mertzway Mertzwayand Mertzwayand Mertzwayand and 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