hrs sail Ran RanH HIGH H IGl Praise for the tho heroes of the th rail rai is ss Ml in time the report of the tho t Iw house committee on interstate and an foreign commerce ulo the Mann iann bill bil awarding medals to heroes herol in railroad collisions Was Vas greater reater courage ever eyer manifested c t than that of or the locomotive engineer r rT Joseph T ph Lutz asks alt the time r report M rt A iu flue fue burst butt filling his h cab cub with not met ft steam while his express twin was at mil 1111 speed 8 l lie l did id not jump he stuck to his hist post t while the time flesh was vas as cooked and HII peeled from front his Ills hands hand and face and body I r He lie Ht stopped his las train ana ammi anI his lila pas IHS s but h he is crippled for fOl life lt What hat courage could cc excel l 1 that of the 1 brave bra engineer James Janies Jame Root Rot and the men nen associated a with wih him who run rita rn the relief train trin that th t carried carr d hundreds of persons ns f away aWA from a fiery fely death eath in iii II the time forest t tires fr that devastated a of northern Wisconsin i a R few years ars ago a o During that i awful time whole towns were wiped out of existence and amid their inhabitants roasted or suffocated A relief relf train manned by imy h Root Boot Hot and his comrades went upon an all al allbut j but ho homeless cle l s mission of re Tf cu eu It I ran rn into time the th timber lands great clouds of smoke enY enveloped Io i Hl it flames licked their way war to the roadbed but the little band of f rescuers rode ro on straight Into the th yawning devouring furnace of hell hel They Th The y went to save ave lives and did they tie do their work Ever 1 er and anon alien time the train trin stopped to tn take on omi board beard bord some som sm faint lug ins woman made mad by b the time awful race with wih fire freon on they went never faltering never fearing and at last with axles welded welde to the with the th wood wod woodwork work of the cars allam and charred with time the th engine en inE cab ab entirely ly burned sway away awa that train with Up its It freight of precious human lives 15 reached safety fety The ThE deed of Root and hit his heroic comrades forced th tim admiration of the civilized c world at atthe atthe atthe the time but beyond fleeting mention in inthe inthe the press preS no public recognition was ac accorded corded their heroic action and it i is now nowal alt all al but hut forgotten Who remembers the tle heroic bernie deed of the humble switchman Timothy Quinlan who gave up his life on Feb 27 7 1904 1901 in i saving sving time the th Lake Lak Shore limited and Us its is cargo of human freight from The train was bearing down upon an aim open switch swich at lightning speed sped an awful ca catastrophe catastrophe Catastrophe seemed Inevitable Quinlan saw the danger and while there was not on one chance in a thousand that he would be beable beable beable able to avert the catastrophe without sacrificing his own life he lie heel hei I not mint no an instant He reached reche the I open switch wieh and threw it i fairly under the pilot piot of the time engine ensine n ine The train with wih its is r relous human i cargo rushed rush OH on in safety but what of f brave Timothy Quinlan The momentum of the train was was so great groat that it picked up p his body and und fairly threw it onto an ad adjoining K joining track directly in front of a mo movIng I ing engine and in an aim instant alt all that re main d of brave bravE Timothy Quinlan was a a mangled mande mass ma of human flesh feh and amid bones Among railroad ex ox examples example amples ample of heroism of the highest type tp are of almost almot dally daily occurrence nce and might be e multiplied Indefinite Regarding Re the object of the bill bi the time e report says The Th purpose of or this bill bi is to encourage age extreme daring to be b exhibited in the saving of life upon railroads by author authorizing izing the president to bestow betow bronze e medals of honor rosettes or knots knot i upon pon n persons who trite by b extreme danger n er endanger r their own lives in saving or attempting to save th this the lives of others other from any rail ri railroad L road rod wreck disaster or r rave accident or In endeavoring to prevent prent such wreck c disaster or o accident The ThE report directs attention to the time fact t that there is an enormous loss los of life Ufe an annual fluidly nual upon the railroads of the country f The rhe medal medHI proposed by b the time bill bi is of bronze ard ad is of little or no r worth The gold sold medal provided for In Inthe Inthe Inthe n the legislation now on the statute books booksh cs hiss baa h a value of and the silver medal II of iC But But the Mann bill bi proposes to S bestow a token which shall be valued L only for the honor attached to its is pos possession poss possession s session s lon lonI It I proposes to give gle a simple mark of public recognition of true heroism which shall set Its It possessor apart from his fel fol lows like the ancient olive wreath as a hero of more than ordinary proportions It I is a I prize to be striven for because of or the th associations connected with wih It I and aU I because It marks mark the interest which the government takes take in the welfare and happiness of its It Worthy citizens a mark which cannot fail fal to evoke feelings of of patriotic Interest in the time government govern o ment and promote icle ide ice civic cle morality Chicago Chron