RAILROADS REFUSE
SAFETY PATENTS
Washington. Aug 3? The Interstate
Commerce Commission, w o r k i n g
though the block si*na! aad train con
trol board, wtnch it created several
mouths ago. has decided to investigate
ihe pe<s:? ent'v made charges that many
recent invocuons of safely appliances
fo* use on railroads have been purchas
ed and *uppre>sed uy railroad compan
ies ami the bin manufacturers of rail
mad equipment.
The necessi v for .in mediate action
w .s made apparent by the terrible loss
of life in the wreck on the Cere Mar
lunette recently i'he commission's
board of engineering experts wi!l begin
it* inquiry into the causes of this ?lis
aster this week. After it has nude its
findings, it will at one ; make a thor
ough examination of the accusations of
suppression of patents. \V. P. Bjrhind,
secret *rv of the B1 ck Signal board,;
who for years h<s been the commission's
expert on railroad safety appliances, in
an interview today criticizes the block j
signal system of the Pere Marquette.
Some of the biggest manufacturers In j
the country are named specifically a* ;
s; ?; ?matically engaged in the husiness !
of > oppressing good safety devices.
BAD m\
WRECK
Returning Merrymak
ers Overtaken By
Disaster
Oklahoma City, Aug. "> 1'he Saul*
Fe Irdin due here at 9 o'clock la>t ni^ht
imipe.l the track. The engineer and
fireman were iiistanilv killed. The train
was heavily loaded with returning ex- j
cursioiusts aud msuy of them were
injured. Details of the affair that have
reached the C'ty are s-> meagre that '
nothing detiaite can b* told. Relief
was seut to the in. ured by special train.
DltSlIKE
BROTHER1
Woman Going To Fun
eral Meets Same
Fate
Connellsville, Pa., Aug. 3 ? After
coming frum K izabeth, N. J., to attend
the funeral of her brother, Joseph
Wright, who wss killed on the Pitts
burgh Lake Krie railroad, Mrs. Brid
get Parley, aged M\ty-three years, met
the same fate on the Baltimore & Ohio
railroa 1 today. Whiienu lier w.iy to
attend ma.-* at the Sacred Henri t'ath
oi.e church she w? struck a-.d instant
ly killed by the Pitts 'trg limited train.
lira. Lyuoh Eatartaiui
Mrs. Henry J Lynch eu'.ertalued a
number of her friends at a very pleas
ant euchre and guessing contest on
Thursday afternoon. tier spacious
rooms were profusely decorated with
cut (lowers and potted plants. Vf , r
the games dainty rofreahm -nts t ?
served. The guest of honor ?a.> :
Senator OVoon ill of Tecu n.teli
The other out of town guest* w
O. W. Jasper ?nd Mi?s Kstelle I' t
Oakland, L ai., Mr- K ivt Kuud
n tu and Mrs. George i>. M l!.;
the summit. The heid pri/", a bei,
ful liand painted creim bow!, <*??> w.in
l>y Mrs. l-'red Weber. The Cut pi
an exquisite cup anj saucer, f-*ll to V ?
J. J. Pugh. The booby prize, a
dainty bit of china, decorated ?
Alaskan sc-jnary, was awarded to
Mr?. Matthew Bridge. Tiie priz; of
the guessing coutest. a beautii'ul cake
plate, went to Mrs. Martin Conway.
The following guests were present:
Mesdames Ashley, Britt, Blaochard.
Caharman, Miller, Maxon. Shaw, How
ard, Carroll, Bridge, Keller, Kirmse
Cottrell, Sutton, Cottreil, Hart, Con
way, Boughton, Murphv, Pullen, Le
Fevre, Hicltard, Pugh, King, W. B.
King. Hahn, Telford. Guthrie, .laspcr,
and Miss Peters.
L ?t?Q To It
Krcitals on the Duplex Jay and niglit
at the Seattle. Its the sweetest music
in .he city.
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Cyclone Leaves No
Trace Of Prosper
ous Village
(Special Pispatch to Daily Alnskan)
Wichita, K litis. , Aug. :: The lown
of Marquette was completely wip d out
by :i c>c'one y> sterda> afternoon.
Ho y many art dead will not t>c known
unfit late today. All wires are down
and reports from the surrouuding
country are that the entire village was
so completely wipeil out that not a sign
remains of what was once a prcs
perous country town
Better Frcpored than Ivor
Having put in a sieatn ooiler and]
other machinery we are better ore- 1
pared thun ever to do llrst-class work
on shjrt notice.
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and Curios
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