Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 268, 20 September 1920 — Page 14
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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, RICHMOND, IND., MONDAY, SEPT. 20, 1920.
VOTERS OF NEBRASKA DECIDE ON INDUSTRIAL
RETIRING LEADER OF WAR VETERANS
(By Associated Press) OMAHA, Neb., Sept. 20. Nebraska voters will decide tomorrow whether they will write a provision for an in
dustrial commission, empowered to
determine "controversies between em
ployers and employes in any business or vocation affected with a public in-i terest," into the state constitution. The proposition comes up in an election on 41 amendments drafted by a constitutional convention which met last December. It also alms at elimination of unfair business practices and curtailing of profiteering. The language of the industrial commission proposal is as follows: "Laws may be enacted providing for the investigation, submission and determination of controversies between employers and employes in any business or vocation affected with a public interest, and for the prevention of unfair business practices and unconscionable gains in any business or vocation affecting the public welfare. An Industrial commission may be created for the purpose of administering such laws, and appeals shall lie in the supreme court from the final orders and judgments of such commission." Organized Labor Objects. Organized labor has made vigorous objections to the proposition. Samuel Compere, president of the American
Federation of Labor, characterized it as more "far reaching than the pass
age of a mere law for such a court as has already been done in Kansas." He declared the amendment would not benefit the public but would "react on the whole people, and operate for the aggrandizement of the few." Mr. Oompers called on the Nebraska state federation of labor to wage an intensive campaign against the adoption ot the amendment. Other auendments to the Nebraska constitution to be voted upon tomorrow authorize laws to regulate working conditions for women and children and fix a minimum wage for them, provide a state budget system, require the concurrence of five out of seven supreme court Judges to declare any Jaw unconstitutional, permit voting by Nebraska electors serving in the regular army, and require that common school branches in Nebraska schools be taught in English. Women, acting under provision by the constitutional convention, will vote on a proposal to amend the constitution to give themselves unrestricted suffrage.
WORLD PEACE
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HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE
BEEN ADDED ONE PER DAY FOR 28 YEARS
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 New high
schools have been added to tne American educational system at the rate of at least one a day during the last 28 years.
Statistics compiled by the Federal Bureau of Education show that there are now more than 17,000 such schools, an increase of 452 per cent over the number in 1890. Attendance figures from 14,000 of the schools give a total of 1,735,619 scholars, indicating in effect that one-tenth ot the population is getting high school educations, the bureau states. Only 632 of the schools reporting to the bureau enroll 500 students each and 278 enroll over 1,000, while onehalf of the 13,951 schools tabulated have an enrollment of between 27 and 100 students. City high schools constitute less than 10 per cent of the total. They enroll 52 per cent of all Btudents. Almost 85 per cent of the high schools are rural with 40 per cent of the students.
As 65 per cent of the schools offr-
CoL F. Warner Karling. CoL F. Warner Karling is the retiring commander-in-chief cf the Veterans of America's Wars on Foreign Soil. The veterans, during their recent reunion in Washington, paraded before President Wilson.
(Continued From Page One.) Citizens of the United States on the international editorial committee appointed to spread Quaker propaganda, included Anna Grlscomb of Philadelphia, Pa.; Ruth Craig, of New York, Clarence Pickett of Richmond, Ind., and Clyde Milner of Wilmington, O. "It was not so much definite action taken on paper which makes the Jordans conference unique we have too much 'paper effort' in the world but our combined determination to make a better world," said Clarence Pickett. Peace Conference Letter. The complete text of the Society of Friends peace conference letter to the council and assembly of the League of
Nations has Just been made public with the dispatch of the message to the addresses. It says in part: "A body such as ours, which has striven for universal peace since the birth of the society in the middle of the 17th century, can not fail to be deeply moved by the attempt to embody these ideals in a political instrument. Nevertheless, we are not blind to the fact that the conditions prevailing when the covenant of the League of Nations was drawn up at Paris were unfavorable in the extreme to the fulfillment of our hopes. The passions of war still ran high, the victors alone were concerned in the task, the covenant was embodied in a treaty many of whose clauses fill us with apprehension and deep sorrow. Under these circumstances, we can not wonder that the covenant of the league falls far short of what many had hoped. We may go further and say that while ithere are undoubted possibilities in the fact that so many nations have entered the league, there is also a grave danger of its becoming, if unamended, a menace to the freedom of the world and even to the establishment of lasting peace. , "If, through your efforts, this instrument can be made the thing it ought to be, If it can be used for bringing about peace by consent and righteous
ness without oppression, you will in
deed have served mankind nobly in this critical hour. Herein lies before
you an opportunity of surpassing
grandeur. May you be given strength and wisdom so to do and may all lesser aims be forgotten in this great purpose of constructive goodwill. Advocate League Changes. "It is our conviction that certain
far reaching changes in the structure
of the league must be effected if it is
to be capable of development towards
the end we have stated. Amongst these are the following: "1. All nations should be given at
ence the opportunity to enter the
league as. full members. "2. The constitution should be more fully representative of the peoples
themselves and the possibility of the dictatorship of a small group of nations
should be removed.
3. The threat or armed force or economic blockade should be eliminated. The peace we seek can not
rest on fear. "4. It should be possible to reach
decisions, and to make amendments of any kind without waiting for absolute
unanimity.
"While to yourselves and to us It must be apparent that many other amendments are needed in order to
perfect this instrument, we hope that such amendments as indicated might be made effective at an early date. Should this be accomplished we should Indeed rejoice that the league had
been formed and should have reason to
expect that it would be a patent means toward establishment on earth the k'ntrdom of Ood."
POLISH MOTHERS GIVEN PRIZES FOR CLEANLINESS Skirts as prizes are being offered mothers of Pasieczna, Poland, to encourage them to keep their children in a cleanly condition, according to a report from the American Friends' Service Committee. All of the children are weighed, and the first time the mother brings her child, she is allowed to buy a piece of soap and a garment for the child. The prizes are given to the mothers of the children, who show the greatest improvement in weight, general condition and cleanliness during a given period. In cases where mothers are unable to pay money, they bring eggs and garden
produce In exchange ror tne soap ana garments.
ing a four-year course have terms of only 180 days during the year, a longer school term is "unmistakably foreshadowed," according to bureau officials. The schools cost thousands of
dollars to erect and to utilize the! property for only 180 days a year is.
"bad Judgment," the statement earn. Big Enrollment Increases The number of high school graduates has Increased from 21,882 in 1890 to 224,367 in 1918. Considering the Increase in population during this period it is found that American youths are
becoming over six times as well educated as they were. The state of Texas leads in percentage of high school graduates who continue their studies in preparatory school or college. North Carolina and Kentucky are second and third respectively. The average high school principal, the statistics show, received $1,272 a year, or about $100 a month for the entire year. Principals of the District of Columbia, California, Arizona, Massachusetts and New York receive the highest salaries in the order named, while Nebraska pays the lowest avw age salary. In 1918 there were 81,034 high school teachers, as compared with 9,120 in 1890. Since 1902 there has been a steady increase of women nterlne: the profession and today only
34 per cent of all high-school teachers at stars through telescopes no longer are men. obtains. Miss Walker's assistant. The largest high school in the Miss Leavltt, now photograprs the United States is the Polytechnic Even- Milky Way through a telescope every Ing high school. Los Angeles. Calif., clear nighL A one-ince Cook lens
with an enrollment of 8,440.
NEW 8TAR CREATED WHEN COMET COLLIDES WITH SUN CAMBRIDGE .Mass., Sept. 20. The
new star discovered in the constel-: lation Cygnus has been named Nova Cygni, No. 3, according to the Harvard J observatory, where astronomers have !
just completed sky maps showing where the star is to be found. These maps are being sent free on applica tion to any interested parties. Miss A. D. Walker, of the Harvard Observatory, is carrying out the plan
she originated in keeping the Milky ! i Way under regular observation. Tli old conception of astronomers gazing j 1 '
used August 9 failed to reveal the
star. Cloudy weather then intervened. On August 19 a plate taken with a half-inch Volgtlander lens showed the Nova present, of about the magnitude
4.8. The Harvard astronomers expect
the magnitude to Increase during September, then to die down. The. new star is believed to be the result of a collision between a comet and the sun.
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Kansas Iowa Illinois
Indiana North Dakota. South Dakota.. Michigan Minnesota Missouri Wisconsin Oklahoma
Total
. 1,732 . 2,773 . 2,261 . 1,548 501 . 1,708 . 1,636 . 1,255 . 2.065 . 1.465 . 723 .17.667
(U. S. Department of Agriculture states that only about 75 of total farmer ownership was reported.) The distribution service of the Standard Oil Company (Indiana) brings petroleum products quickly and cheaply to the farm when they are most needed. It is the plan of this Company to make its distribution facilities the most perfect system of its kind in the world. To do this, largely increased equipment is being installed. To supply this vast network of stations, trucks, tank wagons, etc., the Manufacturing Department is bending its energies to devise means for producing an ever increasing percentage of gasoline from the crude oil obtainable, and at the same time to keep users of other products of petroleum supplied with their needs.
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