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WASHINGTON POST: SATURDAY, 5, occurred, but Dent Insisted that he received the Information before the accident. He testified that the closing hour of tha block station at Takoma was 6:30, but was unable to account for the fact that the offlce was "still open at 6:10, the Takoma operator reported that the second train had passed his red light. Dispatcher stated that it was the duty of the to report the closing of their by the "good-night" signal, and when this is neglected it is a violation of orders. Later questioning brought out the fact that the chief dls pitcher received tha notification that the special train had passed the danger signal at Takoma at 6:40, while the wredx occurred at 6:35. Dispatcher Dent said his advices showed that the two trains involved in the wreck left Washington Junction forty miles apart.

"How far apart were the two trains Silver Spring?" "Seven minutes." "How far apart were they at Takoma "Six minutes." Mo Time to Prevent Wreck. Attorney Walter, for the commission, pressed the wftness as to whether he did not have sufficient notice from these reports that there was danger of a collision, in view of the fact that the rear train of empty cars was constantly gaining on the flrst train. But the witness denied that he feared any danger. Asked if he could have prevented the wreck by promptly communicating with the agent at University station if he had received prompt advices from Takoma that the second train bad passed the danger signal, he replied that there was not sufficient time. The witness was questioned by Interstate Commerce Commissioner Clements as to the time which usually elapsed after a train had passed its block before the chief train dispatcher received notice.

He replied that the time was anywhere from five minutes to ten minutes, but admitted that it was the duty of tbe block operator to report at once. "Well, why don't the block operator report promptly if It his duty to do so?" "Well, sometimes I am using the wire for other purposes, and they cannot cut In on my wire." replied. Dent. "Have you only one wire?" "We Jiave only one wire, the-train wire, connecting us with the block stations. The block wire runs from one block station into another, but not to our offlce." Commissioner Clements inquired why the second train of empty cars, which had no stopt to make, was not put altead of the local passenger train, which had do make thirty-three stops between Washington Junction and Washington, a distance of forty-three miles.

Stood Fat on Rules. "Because we never put an inferior train ahead of a regular," was the re- plv "It would have delayed the passenger train." "But it was running faster than the passenger train, as you have admitted, and was constantly gaining on the latter The witness persisted in saying that it was the rules not to put an Inferior train ahead of a regular train. "But you must have known there was great danger in permitting the empty train to continue on its course, gradually gaining on the local passenger train." "But there -wasn't any danger." "What!" exclaimed Mr. Clements. "You mean to say there was no danger? Will you please explain to me how this accident occurred if there was no danger?" Witness insisted, both on the examination In chief and on the cross-examination, that the accident was due to the action of the engineer of the empty train disregarding the red light at Takoma John G.

Wilson, assistant general attorney for the Baltimore and Ohio Railway, directed his questions to establish the fact that when trains were under the control of the block system any attempt to change the orders by wire would have disarranged mattvs and led to confusion. Witness said it would have been impracticable to have attempted to run the special train of empty coaches ahead of the passenge'r train Dispatcher Dent was asked by Commissioner Clements if at any time between Washington Junction and Washington orders were given to the special train of empty coaches to limit speed. The answer was "no." "It could run just as fast as the engineer willed?" "Yes, that is true." Admitted Lack of Rule. On redirect examination, Attorney Walter, of'the commission, asked the wlt- iieis if he knew of any rule which required an engineer to look for a signal at Takoma after 6:30, the hour of the closing df the station. The witness answered, after some hesitation, that he knew of none.

He had previously testified that the accident was due to the failure of the engineer to ob- lerve the red light displayed at Takoma. li Vermilion, engineer on No. 66. the passenger train that was wrecked In the Terra Cotta disaster, was the second witness called. The Important points In his testimony nere that he had no warning tf the approach, of the extra train of empties In the rear and heard no whistle.

He had received, no orders that a train was following closely. The flrst knowledge he had. of the train In his rear was the shock the Impact Tha witness testified also that on reaching Silver Spring -station he read a signal of a double-green light displayed, which meant "look out for cross-overs Knowing there were no cross-overs ahead until he reached Terra Cotta. he concluded, therefore, that the block station at Takoma was closed, and was surprised on passing Takoma to observe the white light, which showed that Takoma was still open. Commissioner Clements and Attorney Walter for the commission tried to elicit from the witness the statement that there was no rule requiring air engineer, after peeing the double green signal at Silver Spring, to look out for a signal of any at Takoma.

the next station. The said, while there was no rule that required an engineer to look out for a at Takoma, after the Silver Spring signal, it v.as his duty as a matter of precaution to look out. He said the fog was so 'hick that the red light at Takoma could not have been seen more than two engine lengths away Ignorant of Train Following, W. Nagle. conductor of the wrecked passenger train, was the next witness He testified that he did not now of the train following, and he be- the chief train dispatcher ought to have notified somebody or held back the train I had known it as following so jo--e'.

1 Tvould have put off a flagman to vtop tne train and prevent the acci- replied the conductor. After'a recess. Attorney undertook die examination of Baggage'master Stivers, of the crew of No. 66. Stivers testified that as no rule existed by which he was required to be upon the lookout for -signals, he had taken no notice of any at the time Silver Spring was passed, and that no member of the train crew afterward told him of any.

He had. however. In looking for railroad mail at Takoma Park recognized a railroad signal, whloli he states was white. He had no intimation that there- was a train in the block between Spring and University. J.

Crawford, the fireman of the wrecked local, was then questioned. He stated, jn regard to his dutiei as fireman, he was supposed to keep tbe engineman informed of any signals which might be displayed. "Did you see any signal at Sliver Spring?" Attorney Waller asked the witness. "Yea. double green signal," was tha repl.

Kelly, trainmaster of the Baltimore division, was next examined. His coieflv defined the requirements for i engineers, and fl-emen. and their prepa-atlon for the duties. He said the men are especially well drilled In hie interpretation of all signals pcr- talninK to the service He said that on a train there is no reason whv a brakeman should not observe every signal, tut that in the case of a passenger train, when brakemen sometimes assist the conductor in his duties, even to an occasional collection of tickets, there Is some reason a brakeman might not observe a block signal. '3ns'- cr the other hand, are absolutel win'TM to see every signal, and to signal tlieir approach to a station or block with one long blast of the whistle, and.

after receiving their signal to answer with a long and short blast. Signal an Improper One. "If 2120 arrived at Silver Spring at 6:28, and the double green was displayed, what would that indicate to the engineer of 2120?" Mr. Kelly was asked. "The double green would mean that there was a train in the block, with permission to use the cross over, which at that time would be an improper gnal." "Who is to blame?" was asked.

"The operator, I should say." "Suppose "the single green would have been displayed at Silver Spring, would the trains have entered the block?" "I should say that No. 66 would not have, being a regular train, it would ro- fuse. No. 2120--yes." Kelly further stated that In passing Takoma Park, If no signal was v.si'jte. the engineer of the passing train should have been able to determine whether or not the office was closed by the position of the blade on the block target, which, he says, can be seen from the engine.

Hildebrand on Stand. Harry H. Hildebrand, the engineer ot the "dead" train and by far the most Important witness bes.de Dispatcher Dent, was then called. He has been In the service of the Baltimore and Ohio for eighteen years, and is at present employed as an extra passenger engineer. When he reached Washington Junction, on the night of the disaster, he said he received dispatcher's order No.

100, directing engine No. 2120 to run extra from Washington Junction to Locust Point, via Wash'ngton; that extra No. 1865, tha number of the engine of the Frederick local, and 2120 were to follow each other carefully, under green signals. Arriving at Boyds, he says' that blank signal was displayed, which means that all schedule trains due there had departed, and with his train he proceeded to Sliver Spring, where the double green signal Informed him that there was a work train, or extra, between that station and University, using the crossover. "If Takoma had been open, where was the proper place for the display of this signal?" was asked.

"Before 6:30, Takoma Park," was the reply. "After, at Silver Spring, as Takoma Park becomes a 'dead station' after 6:30." He said thsT at the time he passed Sliver Spring he was going at the rate or 20 miles ftn hour, and that although the signal light was suspended- upon a pole, he could not distinguish it but at a small distance. He called the attention of the fireman to it, and, upon being asked what he made out the signal to be, he replied, "double green." Upon approaching Takoma, Hildebrand says he blew for a signal, looked, blew for the station, and, believing the station "dead," did not stop. "If the appearance of the double green at Silver Spring led you to believe the station at Takoma closed, why did you blow?" Attorney Walter asked. "I blew for the station and the cross-.

Ing." the affirmed. "Did you see the semaphore at Tako-, ma?" "No." "Upon whose side was it?" "It was on my side; the'fireman also looked, but did not see it." At Stotts, Hiidebrand says he blew the whistle and applied his air, which he found in good condition. He slowed up. but did not stop at any station between Washington Junction and Terra Cotta. "Had you any advice that No.

66 was ahead of you?" "No Didn't Know 66 Was Late. "You knew that No. 66 was running schedule, and that the Sunday schedule called for extra stops, which would in all probability place that tram behind schedule time?" "I knew that she was running on schedule, but I did not know that she was behind time." "Had you any warning of any kind that such was the case?" "I had no warning whatever, although I should have received it from the operator at Silver Spring." He further says that th.e actual collision of the two trains was the flrst intimation he received that there was anything wrong. Immediately after the wreck, the engineer said, he and the bag- gagemaster went to Terra Cotta and tel- phoned to Washington for medical aid, and communicated with the Baltimore officers of the Baltimore and Ohio. "When the collision occurred, did yu apply the air?" "The air applied itself," Hildebrand rev piled.

"The pipes were broken, letting the air escape and applying the brakes." "When you approached Takoma, did you whistle for any "I blowed oue long blast tof the whistle for the station, or signal, or anything else "How fast were you going when you struck No. 66?" "Twenty to twenty-two miles an hour." "If you saw the double green at Silver Spring, why didn't you slow up more, or stop entirely at Stotts?" "A flagman should have there to warn me. When we do not see a flagman It means that there is no train If was a train at Terra Cotta, a. flagman should have been posted at Stotts, which Is about one-half mile west of there. Then I would have had plenty of time have stopped." "Was the double green the correct signal at Silver Spring?" "No." Suspended Several Times.

"Have you ever been disciplined for a violation of duty?" Attorney Walter' asked the engineer. Hildebrand hesitated, but when pushed to tne point admitted that he had been suspended somj three or four years ago for disregarding a torpedo signal near Waterloo, when the flagman sent out to warn him had placed a torpedo and fallen asleep, and another titfiS when the stay bolt boiler had broken as a result of low water. "Have you ever been tried?" "Once, for running through a switch "Any other time?" "Can't say." "Who suspended vou the other time'" "When, the time I- ran through the switch "Yes." "Mr. Hobbs Mr. Galloway and Mr.

Holllster the other times." A series of questions regarding his movements in the pursuanse of his duty as engineer from Friday morning, pe- cember 28. until the time of the wreck, disclosed the fact that he had made two trips to Cumberland; one Friday, returning Saturday, reaching the shops at Trinidad about 9 o'clock Saturday night, but only to accept another run to take a special back to Cumberland that night. He left Washington about 12.57, arriving Cumberland early Sunday morning. He left Cumberland again Sunday about 12:50. A detailed account of his time brought to light the fact that Engineer Hildebrand.

during the forty-eight hours which preceded the wreck, had slept but eight hours. He. however, contends that I he was not at all sleepy, and was wide awake cluing his entire run SunGoy. 1 Mr. Wilson, the attorney for the Balti' more and Ohio, took up the cross-ex' animation at this point.

"When you came into Brunswick, did you see anything of No. 66?" "No. 66 was standing on the old main track headed for Brunswick, when I arrived at that station. Later she switched so as to go East and left before did "Did jou look at your watch at Silver "Yes: I looked at my watch after I blew for target It was 6 31, and I assumed that Takoma After a few nutes of examination by Mr. Wilson, during which time Hildebrand seemed to be shaken In the ad' mirable self-possession and independence which he exhibited during his examination by Attorney Walter.

Commissioner Clements suggested that the hearing be postponed until this morning at 10 o'clock, when the examination of the engineer of the "dead" train ill oe resumed. BLAME NOT YET FIXED on Wreck's OPERATORS TELL SAME STOSY At Coronet's Inquest They All Agree as to tbe Signals Displayed, but Their Testimony Is in Conflict with That of Engineer Hildebrand Before the Interstate Commerce Commission. Engineer Hildebrand, of the "dead" train that crashed into the passenger t-ain on the Baltimore and Ohio Ballroad at Terra Cotta Sunday night with such fearful loss of human life, was not placed on the witness stand yesterday at the coroner's investigation. Coroner Nevitt said It had been decided that the engineer' should be practically the last wiU ness. At the close of the third day of the inquest, after every inch of ground and every feature of the block signaling system in vogue on the railroad has been covered and recovered, In so far as the operat.ng officials and employes, other than the trainmen themselves, are concerned With it, it fs Impossible to arrive at any definite conclusion us to who is to blame.

However, trie Indications are strong that the system will be condemned, and that Engineer Hiidebrand, unless ha can give a satisfactory explanation for running his train past the red Takoma Park, will be to make further explanation before the District grand jury. Hildebrand's Statement. Before the Interstate Commerce Commission yesterday, Hildebrand, who was a witness in the investigation as to the defects in the signaling devices in use on the Baltimore and Ohio and other railroads, testified, in answer to a direct question, that he looked at his watch at Silver Spring, and that the timepiece regv Istered exactly 6:31, Indicating to him that the Takoma Park offlce, which is clossd after 6:30, was out of service. Therefore he felt safe and had reason to believe he could continue without Interference, so far as the block signals were concerned, to University. This statement Is not In accord with the testimony of Operator Dutrow, at Silver Spring, or Operator Phillips, at Takoma Park.

The former says No. 2120, on which Hildebrand was engineer, passed or "cleared" Silver Spring at 6:28. Phillips is sure he passed Takoma at Both verified their statements with the train sheets, which were also submitted in evidence. Hildebrand also swore before the Interstate Commerce Commission hearing that he saw the double green signal at Silver Spring, Indicating to him that there was either a work train or an extra In the block using the crossover, and that he was to proceed with caution. Til this case, he said, he knew he would be protected by a flagman, sent back by the train using the track.

Displayed White Signal. This statement is also contradicted by the evidence adduced by Coroner Niyitt's inquiry. Operator Dutrow was positive It was the white signal displayed at Silver Spring and not the double green. J. G.

Trumble, who places the signal lights In position at Silver Spring, is also sure there was no double green displayed Sunday evening. The, only green lamp belonging to the station, he asserted, he saw in the station house before and after No. 2120 had passed. Hildebrand declared he was going at a speed of fifteen miles an hour through Silver Spring and about twenty-five miles an hour through Takoma. Operator Phillips and several other witnesses at the latter place said the speed of the train was about fifty miles an hour.

It Kas already shown by the evidence that Engineer- Hildebrand had no official information as to the proximity ol the Frederick local. Into which his engine crashed at Terra Cotta, With rel- erence to the local, he had not even been warned to use caution. was supposed to know that the passenger was ahead of him, one of the officials testified, by the running rules of the road and by his time table, although the train wias not running on its regular schedule Local Left First. The trains were at Washington" Junction at the same time. The Frederick local left there flrst, and was followed at a safe distance by No.

2120, made up of eight empty passenger coaches. At Silver Spring, the beginning of the Takoma P-ark block, they were seven minutes apari, one leaving there at 6:21 and the other at 6:28. When No. 2120 passed Takoma Pari they were five minutes apart, the passenger having stopped for two minutes at Takoma. The reason the engineer was ot given information that he was gaining on the passenger, the officials testified, was because he was supposed to know without being told.

The reason the conductor of the passenger was not told that the train behind him was close and was gaining time, while his train was losing time, the officials said, was because the Llock system Is absolute and entire dependence is placed upon it. I It war also shown In the evidence yesterday that it was impossible for the engineer to have seen the red target at Takoma Park at a distance of more than forty feet, on account of the dense fog. Policeman Kennedy, who was there, said he measured the distance after he heard of the wreck, and when the moon had risen, he could not distinguish the target more than forty-two yards away. Rupi ning at the rate of fifty-five miles an hour, the engineer would have had less than two seconds which to have ob- served the signal. Operator Is Blameless.

The testimony yesterday had the effect of removing the operator at Takoma Park from among those upon whom the responsibility for the wreck might be placed. He himself said on the stani! that the red target was displayed, and his statement was verified by several witnesses. The several operators and signalmen along the route TV ere likewise reiroved from the possibilities. As the investisatlon progresses It appears to broaden as to its scope and it will not be concluded to-day, as was at first articipated by Coroner Nevitt, At. the end of yesterday's session the coroner said he would not be.

surprised If it rar. well into next weok. District Commissioners Macfarland and West and Maj. Sylvester have been itt the sessions continuously, and yesterday Mr. Macfarland took possession ot the office of the captain of the fire company, using it in which to complete some urgent official business.

At the beginning of the session yesterday, W. McCauiey. the ass'stant i train dispatcher, was recalled to explain i the meaning of certain entries on the train record sheet, which were not clear Catarrh It is of the nose, throat, stomach, bowels, or more deliciate organs, catarrh is always debilitating and should never fail of attention. It Is a discharge from the mncons membrane when kept In a state of inflammation by an impure, commonly scrofulous, con- tlition ot the'blood. Hood 9 sSarsaparllla Cures all forms Of catarrh, radically and permanently it removes the cause and overcomes all the effects.

Get Hood's. to the coroner and the Jury. At the con- elusion-of his testimony, W. M. Dntrow, the operator at Silver Spring, who was under examination at the close of the se3- Thursday, was again placed on tne stand.

Frank in His Statement. Dutrow is twenty-two years old. He has been employed by the Baltimore and Ohio only a few weeks, and apparently not entirely familiar with all the routine of the operation of trains on the road, especially when they did not directly concern his work in the station. He was obviously rattled the first day on which he offered testimony, but yesterday was more composed. AH were Impressed with the frankness with which he told his story, and none doubted his honesty, Throughout the three days of the Inquest Coroner Nevitt repeatedly has call- I ed on the various officials of the'operat- Ing department of the Baltimore and I Ohio to explain the technical workings of the block system, and also other matters pertaining to the operation of the road Which were not clear to His questions have always been treated with the greatest courtesy.

Mr. Galloway, superintendent of transportation, has been most frequently called upon, and Mr. Hobbs, the division superintendent, has also answered numerous questions. When He Heard of Wreck. Operator Dutrow, of Silver Spring station, testified that the first intimation he had of the wreck was whfin the messages began to go over the wires in relation to the relief trains.

He knew nothing, he said, of any message that mtrht have been sent by Operator Phillips, of Takoma, to the dispatcher, informing the latter that No. 2120 had passed the red target. Such a message necessarily would have to go through the Silver Spring office. Neither did he detect the message nf Operator Phillips to University, said No. 2120 had run by his red target.

"Oping like hell," although It Is said such, a message could have been heard by the operators In every station between Roek- vil'c aiU Washington. He did not know that No. 2120 had passed Takoma, he said, until after he had received a "confirmation" from OD- erator Phillips, and then he received only the simple statement that No. 2120 had passed that station at 6:31. "Good Night" Added.

When M. W. Phillips, the operator at Takoma Park, took the- standj he Identified the train report which he had made to the chief dispatcher for the day on wreck occurred He sala which the there was no writing on the sheet Saw Red Signal. which he had not placed there himself except the "good night," which, he said, was written by W. 33.

McCauiey, assistant division dispatcher. He has been employed as operator, station agent, baggagemaster, express agent, and ticket seller at Takoma Park for three years, he said, and usually works frpm a. m. to 6:30 p. m.

For-this, he testified, the Baltimore and Ohio nays him a salary of 552.60 a month. "What time do you close your offlce?" Coroner Nevitt asked. about 6:30, though sometimes I have closed It before that time--at 6:25." "If a train shotild enter your block at 6:25, then," queried the coroner, "you would not put out yotar signals? I mean, if you closed your offlce at 6:25." "When I close at 6:26, or earlier than 6:30, I know that no train will enter the Wock." "What signal did you give No. 66?" "What we call a clear signal." "How long did No. 66 wait at your station?" "About one minute." "How long after No.

66 left Takoma did you hear about No. 2120?" "About two minutes, when Silver Spring called up." "How long after you let you see No. 2120?" "About five minutes." "What is the distance between Silver Spring and Takoma?" "About a mile and one-fifth." Gave Red Signal. "What signal did you give No. 2120?" "The red signal." "What did you- expect the engineer to do?" "To stop." "What message did you send to University, when No.

320 passed you?" "I said, '2120 by my red target, going like "Did you report to Silver Spring?" "When he asked me I said simply, 2120 by at 6:31." "What was the condition of the weather?" "Foggy--the foggiest night I ever saw "Why didn't you go out and make an effort to stop No. 2120 when it went by you?" "I had no idea it would not stop." "How fast was 2120 going when It passed Takoma Park?" "About fifty, miles an hour." "Is it customary for trains to go by your station at fifty miles an hour?" "They have done so lots of times." "Where do the trains go?" "They stop and send back the flagman and conductor." "Do you report such occurrences?" "I do not." "What did you do in the Interval between the time No. 66 passed and the time No. 2021 passed?" "I remained In tne office-" "Did you hear No. 2120 whistle?" "I did not." -Are you positive that you changed the white signal, which you gave to No 66 to red before the arrival of No.

2120?" "I am" positive." "Is it customary for engineers not to look for lights at Takoma Parkf after 6:30 o'clock?" "It Is customary for them not to look for ligths after 6:30 o'clock." Torpedoes in Station. The witness said he knew of no occasion which made it the-duty of operators to use torpedots.i He said torpedoes were Kept in the station. "What are they kept there for?" "For emergencies, I supjyse." "Any engine approaching Takoma Park whistles for signal, does it not?" "In most cases they do; always If the whistle is not out of order." "When did you know of the approach of No. 2120?" "When it was right on me." "And you expected him (the engineer) stop at your red signal?" "Yes, sir; at the signal or Just "beyond it." He said it was not unusual for trains to go by the red signal at Takoma Park, where there is a down They went by several times a week, he said, but always came back, or sent back. When they did this he was not required to report.

Operator Phillips said he never knew a train to stop to investigate the absence of a signal after he had closed in the evening. "What message did you send to the dispatcher at Baltimore?" "Train 2120 passed my red; 66 not out at University." "When did you send this?" "Three or four minutes after I Inquired Baltimore and Ohio Ralli No. 66 hjid cleared at University and that it is by directioi Business Hours on Saturday, 8:30 M. to 9 P. M.

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Better Made. on the TaJcoma Park station platform when the "dead" train swept by, was i placed on the stand next. He was talking to Policeman Kennedy, he when, the train came In sight. you say anything to Kennedy?" "Yes; I said. 'Just look at that? You can't see the headlight until It Is right on the The train was about 100 feet away, he said, before he could distinguish the headlight.

He could see the red light of the block-signal apparatus only about seventy-five feet away. "Did you bear the train whistle?" "Yes." "What was the color of the target at that particular time?" "Bed." "How did you happen to look at. the signal?" "I didn't know that any other train was coming. When I heard the -whistle I looked for the signal, because I wanted to know If it would be given a. clear track, when it followed so closely on the first train." When it passed, he said, he remarked to the policeman that No.

2120 would catch up with No. 66. He said from the actions of Operator Phillips he Judged that the latter was somewhat excited after the "dead" train had passed. 'Policeman J. T.

Kennedy was. at Takoma station. He Is arrested PhllHps. He saw No 2120 pass the station, and anticipated therel, might be trouble ahead, knowing that the local passenger was only a short distance ahead. "Did you hear No.

2120 whistle?" "No. 2120 whistled twice." "Did you notice the target?" "Yes, when the train was about half way past the station. It was red." "Owing to the --foggy condlttpn, how far do you think the engineer could have distinguished the red" light?" "About thirty yards. I stepped it off in the moonlight, and I could see it only forty-twql yards away," Fredrick Lempke, the Baltimore, and Ohio gateman at Takoma Park, who spoke English brokenly, testified works sixteen hours each day, from 7 a. m.

to 11 p. m. His salary, he said, Is $41 a month. He said he heard the whistle of the 2120--when It blew for Chestnut avenue, North Takoma. "Did yov) notice the signal between the time you heard the whistle and the time the extra passed?" "Yes, sir." "Was It red?" "It was." Received the Message.

Calvin E. Ramsberg, the telegraph operator at University, was called, and said he was on duty the night of the accident. He explained about the messages, received from Op- ei'ator Phillips at Takoma, his evidence being He said he received the message from Operator Phillips to thfr effect that No. 2120 was by his red, "going like hell." He had been In charge at University for seven years, he said, and could not recall many occasions when the Takoma office has been kept open after 6:30. T.

Henry Linn, the telegraph operator at the New York avenue station, Washington, testified that he overheard the message of Operator Phillips to University, In which he said No. 2120 had passed the red signal. "What time did this message go over the wire?" "About 6:36, I should judge." Signal Was White. J. G.

Trumble, employed at Silver Spring station, that the signal displayed there was white, indicating a clear track for Engineer Hildebrand's t'rain. It is his duty, he said, to put up the signal lights each evening, and this he did Sunday. Mr. Trumble stated positively that the double green signal was not displayed, as he remembered distinctly seeing the only green light not -attached t'o the tower, in the station, and the double green would have been impossible without It. This testimony, and that of Dutrow, who testified to the same thing Thursday) is In direct contradiction to the evidence given yesterday by Engineer Hildebrand before merce Commission.

the Interstate Com- BURY FRAGMENTS OF BODIES. Railroad Company to Fay Expense and Erect Monument Over Grave. The bits and pieces of the human bodies which were picked up Monday morning at the scene of the Terra Cotta wreck by Morguemaster Schoneberger and his assistants will be buried at Glenwood Cemetery this afternoon. Last night the remains were remove! fiom the morgue, by permission of the authorities, by Kindle Bayliss. undertakers.

It Is understood that the expense of burial will be borne by the "ilo Railroad Company, direction of officials of the road that the undertakers bave taken casket has been prepared, and as it is impossible to separate the inrUd sToppTd. "He Anxious Moments. In his previous testimony Phillips ctl e- had said that when No. 2120 passed the A signal he ran out on the platform to see The burlal be at the and will offer a Thp ra Irond It Is 1 motiument over the DR. BEIT'S WILL FILED.

time, he said, see even the tail lights the train. He then went back and asked I the operator at University If No. 66 had cleared. Henry E. Page, formerly a telegraph operator In the employ of the Baltimore and Ohio, who was in the offlce at Takoma Sunday night when No.

66 and No. U12U passed, corroborated the testimony of Operator Phillips, saying he saw the latter hold the signal at white while No. 66 was passed, and then saw the signal revert to red. The normal position of a block signal on the Baltimore and Ohio, it was explained. Is red.

It is held at white by the operator, who operates it with a lever from inside the station, and the instant it is released ft reverts to red automatically. When No S120 rasscd the red signal, he Covers Kany Detects, said, lie ran out on platform, but From he somerville Journal, could not see the train, which was run- it doesn't make any difference nlng at a rate of speed equal, he thought, to fifty miles an hour. i Entire Estate of Wreck Victim Is Left to the Wido-w. The will of Dr. Edward Oliver Belt, who was killed in the Baltimore and Ohio wreck at Terra Cotta last Sunday, was filed yesterday.

It is a document of few words, simply providing that all real and personal property shall gb to his wtfe, Emily N. Belt, who Is named as executrix without bond. Sjunuel Queen, a teamster, who was how homely a man Is, If his Income is only large enough, some woman can be found to love him. Magruder's Indian River Florida Oranges. Conn.

Ave. and St. Wholesale and Retail. Stenographers' Supplies. Startling Reductions.

Sl.50 Typewriter Paper, ream 38c 75c Typewriter Ribboni, 42c Carbon Paper, box 750 Pencils, 29c High-grade stationery at one-halt original price. R. P. Andrews Paper Strael N. W.

GOING TO THE LEVANT, Washingtonians Booked for Passage on Special to The Washington Font. New York, Jan. The mammoth White Star liner Cedrlc sails to-morrow morning for Italy and Egypt with the largest list of first-class passengers ever taken to the Levant by a-regttlar liner. Among the well-known New, Torkera booked to sail are Capt. and Mrs.

H. J. Hoehler, S. and Frederick Gebhard. There Is also a very large out-of-town contingent, among them being Mrs.

Elizabeth S. Moore, Miss Moore, Mrs. Clark, and Miss B. L. Hoops, of Washington.

WEATHER CONDITIONS. U. Dept, of Agriculture, Weather Bureau, Washington, Friday, Jan 4--8 m. The Northeastern etorm Is near -Newfoundland to- light, with atlll further Increased energy, ami clear weather la general to-night, except In tha extreme Northwest, including: tho North Pacific States and the North Plateau, where there and snows Temperatures have fallen east of the Mississippi River, except in New England, and have risen In the West, except fn Western Montana There will be rain or snow Saturday over the Middle and Northern districts nest ot the Rocky Mountains, continuing Sundiy over the Northern districts: snow Saturday In the Northwest and ths Central Rocky Mountain region, continuing Sunday the latter district, and eittjnd ng Into Nebraska and probably the TJpper Mississippi Valley and the Northern Upper Lake region; elsewhere the weafte. will be generally fair Saturday, and Sunday.

It will he colder Saturday in New England and the and warmer tn the Central It 'will be warmer Sunday in the Atlantic States, and colder in the TJpper Mississippi and Missouri valleys and. extreme Central West. The winds alone the New England coast will he northwesterly, slowly diminishing, and becoming variable Sunday: on the Middle Atlantic coast fresh northwesterly, becoming variable; on the South Atlantic coast light to fresh west to north, on tha Past Gulf coast light to fresh northeast to southeast; on the West-Gnlf coast light to fresh southeast to south, and on Lake Michigan brisk to high southwesterly, shifting to northwesterly. Steamers departing Saturday for European ports will have northwesterly winds, slowly diminishing, with fair, colder weather (o the Grand Banks. Special Forecast, Storm warnings are display 3d on the New 'England coast.

Flood warnings have been Issued fog-the Willamette, at Portland, and the TJpper Scioto River of the Ohio, and supplementary warnings for the Wabttsh and Lower Ohio rivers. A stage of 39 feet and possibly more indicated at Evansville on the prent rile, and 38 or 39 feet at Mount Vernori, Jnd. LOCAL WEATHER REPORT 2 a. 4fr; 4 a. m.

50; 6 a. 5, 8 a 59; 10 a. 66, 12 noon, 69; 2 65; 4 p. 51; 6 47; p. 45; 10 p.

42. Maximum, 61, minimum, 42. Relative humidity--8 a. 2 p. 8 p.

.45. Rainfall, v.25. Hours of sunshine, 6. Per cent of possible sunshine, 60. Temperature nme date last year--Maximum, 62; minimum, 40.

Temperatures In Other Cities. Temperatures Friday in other cities, with rainfall for twelve hours ended at 8 p. Ealn- Mln. 8 fall All Prices Have Been Reduced for Our January Sie. This sale is not just an attempt to get rid of odds and ends or slow-selling patterns, but a universal reduction to -effect a clearance.

All prices are reduced--none less than 10 per cent; many much more. Spme have been almost cut in two. It's an opportunity to buy Furniture, Carpets, Draperies, or any other furnishings at a big saving, which every one may profit by, for we will gladly arrange easy terms of payment, even at the reduced prices. PETER GROG AN. 817-8I9-82I-823 Seventh St, Bet and I Streets.

The Knabe Tiu PIAKO of pianoforte i xuntnetioo. at tiu tat belt Cnmlt Pfenn. oj about Banting uU Tunl( WM. KNABE CO. 1218-20 Street.

WINES We are splendidly equipped to supply the Wines for Banquets and Reception. Our stocks contain every wanted sort of Wine-and, dealing direct with the original sources of production, we arc In a position to quote lowest pos- siMe prices. Colonial Cor. 3th and D. Elgin Watches Are famed all over the "world for their durability and time-keeping dualities.

THE G. M. WHEELER grade ELGIN, "THE WATCH THAT'S made for the majority," Is an accurate, popular priced Elgin. Any jeweler will show it to you. ELGIN NATIONAL WATCH co.

Elgin, III. In the Ladies' Banking Department new notes and coin are provided. J4.6oo.ooo Capital and Surplus. Interest Allowed on Checking Accounts. AMERICAN SECURITY AND TRUST COMPANY Northwest Corner of Fifteenth andsPennsylvania CHARLES J.

BELL, President. Send for Our Booklet. Wines and Whiskies. Why pay the regular retail prices for your wines and liquors when you can get your favorite brand here at wholesale prices? John Wedderburn Co. CT 31.

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL RANDLE HIGHLANDS CAPITOL OF U.S. iWHITEHOUfC Handle Highlands the tame distance from the. Capitol as Dupoat Circle. The Realty Company broke an records ni seUiE Iota and villa sites in 1906. and expects to braA its own record In 1907.

Many purchasers nada 100 per cent proQt last year--greater opportunities this year--lots $75 tcr 1800--on BTOBll monthly payments Send for plat ami prices and free automobile see property -Go out and city spread. REALTY COMPANY, La. Ave a Pa.Ave. H. W.

Insurance Building. Max. 62 68 54 24 58 34 34 40 50 36 66 Asbev.lle. N. Atlanta, Qa Atlantic Cltjr.

N. Bismarck. N. Dak Boston. Mara.

Buffalo. N. Chicago, 111 Cincinnati, Ohio Cheyenne. Denver, Colo. Dei Molnes, Iowa 44 Galveaton.

Tex to Helena, Mont 44 toaiinapSlis. Ind 32 Jacksonville. Fla 78 Kansas! Ci'r, Mo 48 Little Bock, Aflc BO Marqueite. Mich Memphis. Tenn 50 New Orteann.M.i.1 64 New York.

N. 68 NortS Platte, New 38 Omaha, Nehr 44 Pittaburg, Pa TO Salt Lake City, Utah 46 SI? LouSl-Mo 42 St Paul. Sprlngfleld. Ill S2 Vlcksturg. Miss 60 -42 52 41 '--10 as 32 22 34 2J 18 SO 14 26 58 20 32 IS 20 32 18 42 42 52 42 2 42 32 30 36..

44 32 42 40 58 16 43 62 40 32 42 32 42 38 2S SO 54 0.23 0.01 0.01 T. Always the Same Tharp's Pure Berkeley Rye 812 St. N. W. 'Phone titan 1141.

Special Private Dalivary. Kroeger's Umbrella Store Is the proper place to go when you need a NEW UMBRELLA, Or when your old one needs repairing We have the finest equipped repair shop in the District of Columbia, and can guarantee our work td be strictly first class. 6l8pthSt.N.W. 'Phone Main 4834. Sieinway and Oth'er Leading I PIANOS I FOR RENT 1 I DROOP 925 Penna.

Ave. W. OR Receptions Family Feasts Particular attention Is to our Ampelos Punch, 6Sc J'- 50 gallon Clarat Punch, Ste $2 gallon; Arrak Punch, 51 qt CHRISTIAN XANDER'S Duality House, 909 7tji St. Your money deposited in this bank is always safe and always within your reach. Any information you need, or should have, will be given you at once upon request.

Home Savings Bank, 7th and Mass. Ave. N. W. Branches: 7th and Sts.

N. 436 7th St. S. W. Deposits more than a million and a half.

1 SPECIAL NOTICES, THE ANNUAL MEETING OP THE STOCK- holdera ot THE WASHINGTON POST COMPANY for tlie election of directors for the ensuing year Till 6e held on TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1OT. at tbe graMlshing offlce of the company. 1341 Pennsylvania avenue. Washington, at 11 a. m.

JOHN F. WILKINS. JOHN McLEAN. Secretary-Treasurer. President.

TO IT MAY CONCERN--MY WIFE. MABY Louise Hlclu, having left my bed and board acatnst my protest and cause, I hereby give notice that any debts contracted by her li rame not be paid by me FREDERICK C. HICKS, Newport, K. I. CORNS, BUNIONS, AND CHILBLAINS ARE UN- necessary.

For quick -ellef consult DR. WHITE, nil Pennsylvania avenne. Hours; to Sunday, to J. 'Phone 4ES. $1.00 a Largo Bottls.

Shoemaker's Tennessee Whiskey A tlptop ipecUlc for threat and. long Not merely mn' whlakty," but a famllvliq- jor, sail-. U6. to glTe young or'eld vhen alllnc SI to to nafl onr at Uw SHOOMAKER Mantissa. TURN OVER A NEW LEAF --for 1907 and begin using MIL- LBR'S SELF-HAIStNO BUCKWHEAT la an excellent resolution those -who enjor pure, delicious badnrhMt cakes.

When ordering, ask far MILLER'S, and Insist on hav(I1E lt yoar grocer's No consumers supplied. B. B. Earnshaw WHOLESALE GROCERS, llth and Sts se To-day FIRE SETS-- DBOP LIGHTS-- GAB LOGS, WOOD MANTELS. STOVES, CAS FIXTURES J.

J. KIDD 19U. 1013, and 1015 Ninth St. nv. LOOK FOR TUB BELL ONTOB BOTTLB.

COKE --a low-pnced fuel that Is preferred for cooking It makes a quick and good Sn. Bums evenly, and there's little waate- TiVe'l! supply you coke 25 Bushels Large coke, delivered (0 Buijhels Large J3.70 60 Bushels Large Coke, delivered JS 30 26 iBushels Crushed Coke. deIlTered.4. J3.M 40 Bushels Crushed Coke, 50 60 Bushels Crushed Coke, WASHINGTON GASLIGHT 413 TENTH ST. N.

W. A New Year's Suggestion to the Young Man Clerk. Your success in your business depends a grreat deal upon your -personal appearance during working hours. A WELL-DRESSED. Clean-looking clerk will secure trade, and will fall oftenest under the approving eye of the boss.

Let as help yen-improve yonr sppcarnce WEST END LAUNDRY, 1723-25 Pa. Ave. N. W. 'Phone Main 232L.

Our wagon will call. ESTABLISHED 1842. Sold direct from factory. (No agents.) I A STIEFp PIANOS 521 Elmnth 8tr N. W.

J. C. CONLIFF. MANAGER. KWSPAPFtt.