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EL PASO HERALD 28 Saturday, February 3, 1912 RENE BACHE'S BUDGET Di ninnc Uij mil lUULdd IN MINE RESCUE WORK SPARROWS TO TAKE THE PLACE OF CANARIES FOR THE PURPOSE. How the little Feathreed Creatures are Used To Give Notice of Presence of Deadly Gases Mice' in the Same Way ProvbTo" Be Less Serviceable Many Lives Already Saved by the Bird Auxiliaries. WHO could have suppose even In thoso days eC waste prod-net utilization, that the much tfeapised English sparrow would ever bo turned to valuable account? And for the preservation of human lives at that? This verv thing; however, has. come to pas. It has expedient.

3or reasons presently' to be explained, to substttue sparrows for canaries In mine rescue work, -and a few birds are already being trained for the purpose at the experimental station of the fovenunent bureau of mines near Pitts-nrg. When, not lone ago. Mr. Taft wit nessed at Pittsburg an exhibition of i such rescue work-jperffirmed by men In oxygen supplied helmets, with the help of an enormttjte cylinder (supposed to "represent a mine). In which terrific explosions of coal dust, took placehe was especially Interested In the canary tests.

In one experiment made In his presence. a. man spent eight minutes In a tight glass box, the air of which contained one fourth of one percent of the deadly carbon monoxide gas. Though protected bv no ozjrgen or other apparatus, tl man endured the situation while two set of birds successively Bccumbed (each set being partly asphyxiated In two minutes), and then remained In the box four minutes longer, whereupon the president ordered him out. The object of the trial was to show that birds are much more sensitive to deadly gases than human beings 'whence their usefulness to give warning of the presence of such gases.

In the recent mine disaster at Briceville, their employment in this -way undoubtedly saved a number of lives. Birds Are Not Harmed. After a canary Is thus used it is not killed or even seriously injured. It simply drops off its perch, and thereupon is taken from its cage and gently thrust into a box made for the pur pose, with which a small receiver containing oxygen Is connected. A twist of a button turns on the oxygen, and in a few minutes the bird Is as well and as lively as ever.

Nothing could be more humane. But there are a great many people in this country who are so strongly opposed to anything suggestive of cruelty to animals that they are likely to condemn such employment of canaries with vehemence and public agitation, no matter bow many lives of poor miners might be saved through their use. Whence the new Idea to utilize sparrows instead. Comparatively little sentiment attaches to sparrows. and attack from certain well-intentioned and hyper-emotional quarters will be discounted by the substitution.

The experts in charge at Pittsburg have already made formal report that sparrows are less available for the purpose than canaries, for the reason that they "do not lend themselves easily to captivity." To which reply las been made by Prof. Joseph A. Holmes, chief of the bureau of mines. I to the effect that the way out of the difficulty is to "catch them young." In other words, the sparrow, for the first time in the history of its species, is to be rdnced to domestication In order that it may be of practical service to man. Another idea of Prof.

Holmes Is that instead of carrying the birds in ordinary cages by band, as has been done hitherto with canaries, they shall be placed In small barred boxes attachable at a moment's notice to -the belt a "hejknet. man" entering a mine. Thus the cage. whUeMsMeiS' ready observation, will not Interfere In the least witjh the physical, activities of the perabn bearing it Birds pn Rescue Cars, i The bureau ef mines maintains several "rescue cars" on the railroads to. be rushed to the scene In case of a mme disaster and each one of these is provided, as part 'of Its life-saving equipment, af.least half a dozen birds! -fBut under circumstances they hhay used, a "resuscl-tarlng box" always accompanies the cage In which they are 'carried, to revive them when they have become par-, tiallv asphlxiated.

Mice have been tried for the same purpose instead oi birds. In the coal mmes-of Germany white mice are employed by preference, for the reason that they are more readily observed in the darkness underground. In this country ordinary gray mice have been used experimentally by the bureau of mines. But the little rodents are less ago, 14 men were imprisoned in a coal imingb as the result of an explosion. Porty men -went to their rescue, and perished.

In the recent at Cherry, I1L, 12 men went down, into the 'mine to attempt a rescue. No 'signal 'coming from them after they reached the bottom of the shaft the car that took them down was 'brought to the surface, 'and all of were found in It, dead from suffocation by gas. Tried at Briceville. This Is the sort of thing rwhich-s to be prevented by the use of Birds. At Briceville canaries were employed, and not a single- rescuer -was "overcome.

"With the help of canaries or sparrows there should be no loss of life worth mentioning In mine rescue work from this time on, while a far greater number of successful rescues of imprisoned men will be accomplished, thanks to the oxygen apparatus and to the facility with which volunteers can be utilized without danger, to themselves. The bureau of mines estimates that every year more than 2000 men are killed In tho coal mines of the United States, and about 4S06 are- Injured. The cost Is one life -for every 190,000 tons of coal dug out of the earth. For every two men killed, one woman Is made' a widow and three children are left fatherless. Three and a half men are killed In a.

year "for every 1000 coal diggers. The average household ing this. cotM-1 try Durns tons or coal per annum Thus- It- is easy -to reckeif that' 'the' fuel supply, of- every 40.006 families costs one life every 12 month a. It Is one of -the. taxes on civilization.

Coal Snst Explosion Worst. Disastrous mine explosions are usu ally, explosions of coal dust And yet Knees Became Stiff Ffvo Years' of Severe Rheumatism The cure of Henry J. Goldstein, 14 Barton Street Boston. is another- viclory by Hood's Sarsapanlla-Thls great medicine has succeeded in many cases where others have utterly Mr. Goldstein says: "I suffered front rheumatism five years.

It kept me business and caused excruciating pain. My knees would become as stiff as steel. I tried many medicines without Teller, then toot Hood's Sarsaparina, Boon felt much, better, and now myself entirely" cured. I recomme'nd Hood s. Get It today in usual liquid form or chocolated tablets called Sarsatabs, SEES IS FUTURE Foe dew no New York Capitalist Hopes State.

Legislature Will Not Be Kadical. Santa. Fe, J. Feb. 3.

Bird a Coler of New York, where, he engaged In the bond brokerage business and as such bought over half a million dollars of the Santa Fe county bonds years ago. Is in this city, ion his- first visit He Is aceomoanied by his wife until very recently It was denied even I and they will spend several days here. by. most experts that coal dust could i the provisions or tne T. m7 I slllutlnn of tfew Min thA bonds Or Grant and Santa Fe county will be wTh1 iSL refunded by a Special bondMssue to be te2? i iSih SiV l' as.

series C. and by 1 dust when mixed with air Is nf i rrantMl the fact, however, strated inai coai oust wnen mixeo. witn air is; a million acres of" land granted the as explosive as so much gunpowder new Etate the federal government, and only needs fire to set It off. This matter will be one of the flrat This was one of the most interest- i to engasre the attention of the leglsla- lng of the demonstrations'' made recently at -Pittsburg, for educational purposes. In trie presence of Mr.

Taft and 20,000 miners gathered from all over the United States. An enormous cylinder of Iron (representing for experimental purposes a mine tunnel) was filled with air, coal dust and serviceable than sparrows or canaries nothing else. Then-4he president was because when confined In eages, they: asked to -touch--it "off by -pressing a button. When he did so (a small quantity of gunpowder being used for the purpose), there was an explosion so tremendous as to alarm most of the spectators very greatly notwithstanding the fact that the cylinder was some hundreds of yards distant Immediately thereupon, while yet the cylinder was filled with gases lm- mets ana carrying oxygen tanks on their backs, walked coolly Into and through It thus Illustrating In tho most striking -way imaginable the usefulness of such apparatus for mine rescue work. Bene Bache.

WILL INVESTIGATE FIRE IN CHICAGO Feb. S. Speeial agents of the department of justice are investigating the fire which destroyed the ture when it meets on March 11 and Mr. Coler's visit here at this time Is simply to familiarize himself with the situation In New Mexico. Chas.

A. Spiess of Las Vegas, who is 'Mr. Coler's legal representative in New Mexico. Is in Santa Fe with him. Mr.

Coler has been In the state now for a couple of weeks, visiting Las Vegas, Raton and the Kflsler coal Sroperties in Colfax county. From olfax county. Messrs. Soless, Koehler and Coler went to Taos by automobile, crossing the mountain pass in a machine in winter for the first time in" history. New Mexico has a chance to become a rich and prosperous state according to Mr.

Coler. if the first legislature does not go wild on the subject or ram- are liable to sulk, and It is not always possible to know -whether their behavior is attributable to this cause or to gas distress. On the other hand, a sparrow or a canary Is aH the time hopping about or preening itself cheerfully under ordinary circumstances, and, if affected by- gas suffocation. It makes the fact immediately manifest Hence a work- possible to breathe, men wearing hel- cai legislation as a number of western man venturing into a mine tunnel sus- pected to be dangerous by reason of gas can insure his own safety by car rying a bird with him. It will be overcome and drop from his perch in plenty of time to give him warning to get out the feathered creature, as already explained, being far more sensitive than any human being to the effects of gas.

Helmet Men "With Birds Go First. When an explosion occurs In a mine, it is usually impossible to get enough "helmet men" down in time to rescue thoBe In peril underground. voiumeers in numoers, unprotected' rT.T, i by oxygen apparatus, are needed to I December 19 Under the new system helmet! -r invAKt'it-atn, fn men go down first carrying birds. If the cause of their work, h.it it mffl I ELLIOTT WILL CLEAR LARGE states have done. "If the first legls lature," said Mr.

Coler. "will just give capital a square deal, and not pass any radical laws such as have been enacted In Arizona, California, Oklahoma and Texas, you will find capital In plenty to develop the state. In fact If sane laws are passed capital will seek the new state. In preference to any of those I have mentioned, where Investors are discriminated against I do not mean by this that capital is seek ing any favors. I do not mean that No one can object to a fair rate of taxation, or laws regulating corporations, but investors do not like to be legislated out of business.

New Mexico has a splendid chance to get help in building- up the state If the right start is made." I Spring Styles In Shirts Just Received Not Have First Choice? CANDY SPECIAL OUR 25c LB. Chocolate, Vanilla and Vatiilla Nut fudge 15c Lb. SATURDAY ONLY. THE STORE BEAUTIFUL WE BUY SEVERAL CARLOADS A YEAR Window Glass of it. Best Grade Tuttie Paint Glass Co.

Bell Phone 206 210-212 N. Stanton Auto Phone 1206 fv 7 9 If CONFKCTIOAEHS: COJIPAKY, O. S. PICKRELL. Mgr.

The Store BenutlfuL. Texas Street and Mesa Avenue. nu nSn i uisircaa, valuable records which wnnlH k. the volunteers can venture. Having thrown light on the McNamara bomb reached the bottom of the shaft the.

we destroyed In the fire. Twen-hehnet men. with their birds, proceed ty-one unldhs had offices in the build-to explore the tunnels; and the volun- ms. Information obtained by the grand teers follow, picking up any partly i Jnry at Indianapolis and government asphyxiated miners they may come investigators working in other cities across and bearing them to-safety, to the Inquiry here, it is reported. This makes It possible for the men Pending the outcome of the investl-with the oxygen apparatus to devote gation.

the federal grand Jury, which themselves mainly to the business of should have been discharged a month exploration, while the volunteers with- ag-o, is held by a special order of judge out helmets accomplish the rescues. George A. Carpenter, of the United But the moment a bird flutters and States district court fails from its perch, the volunteers are I Secretary Edward N. Nock els, of the ordered to retreat The helmet men Chicago Federation of Labor, who oc-then go forward, while the auxiliaries cupled an office In the building, denied wait in the safe part of the mine to today that valuable papers of that or-heln in the work as half-suffocated I ganlzation or the 20 others in the of- mlners are brought out By this means, with the help of eanaries, five men were saved at the- Briceville disaster (which cost 150 lives) who otherwise would have perished. The importance of the matter here discussed may be judged from the fact that hitherto some hundreds of rescuers have lost their lives every year incidentally to mine disasters in this country.

At Hanna, not long fices which stroyed. were near his were de- A conservative citizen of Chicago, who keeps abreast of the times, has predicted that the Texas display at the Chicago Land show, followed closely by the extreme and continuous cold weather in the north, -will result in an Investment -not less than In Texas this year. TRACT OF YAQUI VALLEY LAND Guaymas. Feb. S.

B. M' Elliott of Esperanza, is in the city. Mr. Elliott is looking into the wood market and states that he ir. contemplating clearing a large tct land in the YaquI -valley, on which he estimates that he will realize cords of wood.

Angus Cashion, manager of Grant BrtwL Construction now stationed at Teplc, is stopping a few days in Guaymas. J. at Williams, superintendent of "Wells Fargo Co. la BI Paso, is spending several days in the city on business. W.

P. Barnett of Esperanza, Is at the hotel Albin. Wm. Shaw of Los Angeles and P. L.

Woodman, of Btsbee, are Jn the city. Mr. Shaw and Mr. Woodman' are mining men and are looking into the possibilities of the mining Industry on the west coast George Cheesman, western -agent for the Agnilar Oil in Guaymas. Wm.

Fearon, connected with the Na-vlera Steamship has returned to Guaymae, after an absence of three weeks. Mr. Fearon went as far south as the isthmus of Tehauntepec, visiting Mzatlan, Manzanillo, Sallna Cruz, and other southern cities. He reports the weather extremely warm compared with the temperature of Guaymas. L.

H. Vallery, representing the Colorado Fuel and Iron company of Denver. Colo, Is in the city. E. L.

Palsgrove and wife are registered at the hotel Albin. Mr. Palsgrove is superintendent of the La Dura Mining Co. A. Johnson, traveling auditor for- the S.

P. de headquarters In Tucson, is in Guaymas on business. P. Van JWagner, general west coast agent for the Waters Pierce Oil Co, is at the Albin. Dr.

C. Gunter, of the Empalme hospital, has returned from a business trip to Tucson. G. C. White, Industrial agent of the West Coast rowte.

spent the day in No-gales, where he attended a meeting 'of the Nogales Boosters' club, which organization is working on the project of holding an exposition at the Mae city some time in November. Dr. David E. Bass, of Tepic. passed through Guaymas en route to -his heme, after a few weeks' vacation spent In San Francisco.

George Singletaxy. president of the Sonora Land and Investment company at Ontagota, Sonora, passed through the city this morning, returning from San Jose. Cal. A Young Men's Business league has been organised at Beaumont i Hotter SKates Have received a nice assortment in both ball bearing and plain steel wheels, for both boys and girls.1 Our stoek of Tire Arms and Sporting Goods is up to dsie. SJbe It on-Payne Arm Co.

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