Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 238, 6 October 1922 — Page 6
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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, RICHMOND, IND., FRIDAY, OCT. t, iyzz.
THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM : AND SUN-TELEGRAM Published Every Evening Except Sunday by Palladium Printing Co. ; Palladium Building, North Ninth and Sailor Streets, j Entered at the Post Office at Richmond, Indiana, aa Second-Class Mall Matter.
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS , Thst Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the asa j for republication of all news dispatches credited to It or i not otherwise credited In this paper, and also the local ! news published herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. Fire Prevention Week The fact that 65 per cent of the fire3 occuring in this country are preventable is a sorry commentary on our carelessness and indifference to a menace that costs us millions annually, besides destroying- material which cannot be replaced. "Fire Prevention Week," which is being conducted this week, is to teach us the value of care and precaution in causing blazes for which we pay not only in dollars but also in the loss of hundreds of lives. E. R. Townsend, manager of the western branch of the National Board of Fire Underwriters, in a speech here a few days ago, declared that the teaching of fire prevention in the schools is one of the best methods of reducing the loss. This is one effective way. Another one is for each citizen to appreciate more fully his personal responsibility in teaching his children not to play with matches and in keeping his premises free from materials that are likely to produce a fire. Children trained in habits of care in handling fire and taught the danger of letting old paper and other combustible material accumulate, are not likely to forget the lessons which they learned in youth. But the lesson will be better learned if the parents( themselves set a good example in following thd rules of fire prevention. Some foolishly believe that insurance pre
vents loss. Fire insurance may recompense for some of the loss, but it is a mistake to imagine that it prevents loss. Every dollar lost by a fire, every bit of material that goes up in flame and smoke, must be paid for by someone. We cannot escape that fact. Our annual fire loss is $600,000,000, which
does not include the inestimable value f the hu
man lives whose earthly existence has been term
inated, often leaving widows and dependents to mourn the loss. This sum staggers the Euro
pean world. It should shame us into action. If this week sees the message of fire preven
tion carried throughout the United States with
such emphasis that thousands of men and women
will inspect their premises for potential fire haz
ards and will resolve to guard closely against the
breaking out of a blaze, an infinite amount of
good will have been accomplished.
Somebody Is Always Taking the Joy Out of Life
Don't Forget to Register A non-partisan appeal for registration has gone out from political leaders. The Indiana law specifically requires registration of men and women who intend to exercise the right of their franchise in November. The last registration day is October 9. Registration may be made in the various precinct voting places on that date. This registration will be a permanent one. That means, if your name is listed, you will not have to register again unless you move from your present premises. It is lamentable that many persons have waited to the last minute to register. Many of them have to be coaxed into putting their names on the lists. Good citizenship suggests prompt attention to this duty. If you have not registered, do so on October 9.
Lot of the Coal Miner Labor Turnover Large Statistics Show Occupation Not Extremely Hazardous Living Conditions Described.
By FREDERICK J. IIASKIX LYNCH, Ky., Oct. 6. The lot of the coal miner may be learned by seeiEg him at work and seeing how he lives, by seeing his home and his -wife and children. Reading about what he earn: is not altogether enlightening. In a typical Kentucky coal mine the miner earns his bread, and everything that goes wit hit. Yet he enjoys a sense of freedom. He may go where he likes and be assured of good wages, that goes with it. Yet he enjoys a and the labor turnover in Kentucky mines large and small, large ones especially, shows that he does go when he likes. And he likes often to go. Why so, inasmuch as he does not better himself by going? For the same reason that a domestic servant, weary of washing another's woman's dlshe3, moves on to a job no better in a vain attempt to get away from dull routine. It is necessary for a tall man to bend almost double in the tunnel3 which lead to the rooms in which miners work. The tunnels are in darkness and it Is necessary to be careful not to touch an electric wire overhead which runs the mine trolley cars. Miners get used to the stooping position and grow contemptuous of the live wire. One strong man grew finally to believe that the wire would not hurt him and in a spirit of bravado took hold of it. The wire did not slay him but left him alive as if to teach him a lesson. It visited upon him for life the errim lest of an unseen Titan.
Almost fabulous stories are told of the possible, and occasionally actual, earnings of miners when coal Is high, but the average earnings of a mine, may be learned, if anywhere, from the ledgers of a mining corporation. The company employes don't tell. The miners don't know, apparently. A man who does hard manual labor In an Isolated room opening upon a
tunnel which runs a half mile to day
light on a mountain side ought to be I well paid. A man whose hair does not stand on end when he removes coal which has been left in the form of pillars, till the vein has been robbed, and see3 the mountain settle in front of him and close the opening that has been made, has the admiration of anyone. Few desire to witness that feature of of mining. Occasionally an error of Judgment in that work, or an error as to the stability of a slab of slate In the roof of a room, results in a three line report in the press that a miner was killed, and leaves a widow and numerous children weeping in a cottage in a coal camp. 4 Hazards of Mining Are Described. There are other causes of occasional fatalities, but the statistics of mining do not show that the occupation is extremely hazardous. It is pointed out that the miner is exposed to no extremes of temperature. His work isdone in an atmosphere not unlike that of Mammoth Cave, so well are modern mines ventilated, and in an unchanging cellar-like temperature. After short day's work the miner is free to enjoy life in Lynch or Jenkins in such a climate as health seekers go far to enjoy. Lynch has nearly as high an elevation as Rockbridge Alum Springs in Virginia, or the hotels in and about Asheville, N. C. All of the conveniences and most of the luxuries of life in a first class city are provid
ed! The miner s residence is near
everything his wife wants in the way of table or household supplies. Neceseaty expense of living is not high. The rapidity with which money is spent by miners and their families indicates welfare above that of a majori
ty of skilled laborers including those
engaged in occupation such as bridge carpentry and outside painting on citv buildings, which are as hazardous as mining. The miner who has come out
of the mine covered with coal dust
caked on by perspiration, goes to a bath-house which compares favorably with that of the Y. M. C. A. in Wash
ington or Ney York. Afterward he may
be- seen playing billiards or attending a. clcturo show, attired like a business
man, or idling on the street in khaki according to his bent. But his wife
and his children nearly always are weil
dressed, and nothing is to good or too
costly for the family table.
T1 elaborate system of welfare
work in the model mining camp is in
deed inspiring, but the labor turnover indicates that it inspires the student of industrial relationship more than it does the miner. He takes it all as a matter of course. He seems about as happy in the less well equiped camps. He drifts from one to another often with seeming aimlessness. Some observers claim that in the Kentucky coal fields men are more restless where they are best housed, best fed, and best amused. The reasou ascribed is that the miners in the great coal camps feel no sort of allegiance to the soil, no matter how long their residence at a given camp, while miners in many of the smaller operations have a love of home which keeps them there. Some Miners May Own Homes. Visitors are impressed especially with the living conditions and the apparent loyalty of the miners at Stearns, a timber and coal operation which has its administration buildings on the Cincinnati Southern Railroad near the Tennessee line. Here the miners ere given, under stipulated conditions, opportunity to acquire surface rights to land. They may build their cottages and own them and live in them in the style to which Kentucky mountaineers are accustomed. The result is that a great proportion of the miners here are natives. Their log cabins peep from the pines in various situations so' picturesque that they look as if they had built for a movie camera to "shoot". They are wholly without the conveniences which make a miner's home in a modern camp much like an apartment in Chicago or New York. Wives of miners here "pack water from the spring," in native vernacular, feed pigs in a pen, and keep chickens. They know the hardship of strenuous labor, but seemingly they have no desire to move, and their men share their local attachment.
In Floyd county, in the Big Sandy
There are no camps in this region that could be called show places of Kentucky coal fields. But native miners, resenting the intrusion of foreigners, are inclined to remain in one place. So greatly do they resent the presence of outsiders that importing labor into this field may cause bloody clashes. In times of large coal orders
there is difficulty in getting enough
labor as the native coal population is not dense.
In the model camps a miner owns nothing but his household goods. That as a rule he acquired at the company store after arrival. Often he sells It
and leaves it when he moves. Nothing
binds him to the place. Nothing impedes if he wishes to move. He goes
like a city lodger leaving one furnished
room to take a similar one in another street. At Himlerville, upon Tug River in Martin county, across the stream from Kermit, West Virginia, there is a settlement of miners which attracts considerable attention because it represents the first experiment in co-opera tive mining. The Himlerville operation is a small one compared with those in West Virginia, across Tug River, or in Kentucky. It is a project of Martin Himler, welj known in America and in Europe as a Hungarian journalist and welfare worker for his fellow Hungarians here and elsewhere. Mr. Himler, the owner and publisher of "Mag
yar Banzlap," a New York newspaper
tor Hungarians, conceived the idea ot a coal mine worked by wage earners who would own the mine jointly, par
ticipate in the dividends, and own their
homes. Himlerville is a Hungarian community of several hundred, set down in the hills in which the Hatfields and McCoys fought their bloody feuds, and across a tiny river from
the state in which the fight between miners and operators has attracted national attention. Himlerville may be the means of providing an illustration of the possibili ties of the co-operative idea applied to mining, but it is not at all likely that its success would effect greatly the circumstances of coal digging ir the Kentucky and the West Virginia fields. The coal barons as the operators are called, will continue to be
the large operators because large operations demand large capital. It
seems probable that there will be with
in the next 20 years fewer examples, like Stearns, of home ownership by
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miners, and more model camps like
Lyncn where the company owns every thing.
Mining coal is at best hard labor.
Nothing could make it attractive to
some men, but an adage of the mining
country is once a miner always a min
er," The exception to. the rule is the
native Kentucky mountaineer who,
not infrequently, gives up comparative
wealth to return to his log cabin and
tne indolent life of the hills.
After Dinner Stories "I understand a burglar tried to rob
the apartment of a celebrated writer
of detective stories while he was at
work."
''Did the burglar get away with any-
tning.'--
"No. By the time the author had finished pointing out the crudity of his
methods he vowed he would abandon
the housebreaking profession and
learn how to drive a taxicab." Chicago Examiner.
A juryman petitioned the court to
oe excused.
I owe a man twenty-five dollars
that I borrowed, and as he is leaving town today for some years I want to catch him before he gets to His train and pay him the money," he said. "You are excused," the judge announced in a very cold voice, "I don't want anybody on the jury who can lie like you!" Boston Post.
Q. To what religions denomination does Henry Allen of Kansas belong? G. O. C. A. Governor Henry J. Allen of Kansas belongs to the First Methodist Church of Wichita. Q. How much air do we breathe in a day? M. R. A. The average person inhales about 2,600 gallons of air every 24 hours. Q. What is a vacuum tube used for in a radio set. E. E. W. A. A vacuum tube is a glass tube
exhausted of air and having a filament
grid and plate inside for rectifying the incoming waves into direct current for head phones. Q. How many immigrants were admitted to the United States during the past year? W. T. L. A. The labor department says that during the the fiscal year 1921-1922 the number of immigrants admitted to this country was 243,953. Q. Is it true that more plants die from improper watering than from any other single cause? F. R. A. A report recently issued by the Purdue University agricultural experiment tation says that this is true. It
reccommends the following: water
thoroughly and then allow the soil to dry out until it is only well moistened (just before it crumbles and cracks)
before watering again. Water your
plants wnen they need it and do not go by the calendar. It may be twice a week or once a day, depending on the temperature and humidity of the air in the room, and the size and vigor of the plant. Each pot will require Its own particular amount of water. Never allow plants in jardinieres and bowls to stand in water for any length of time. In addition to the regular wat ering, plants will respond to frequent cleaning. Put them in the bathtub, kitchen sink, or cellar during the winter, or out of doors during the summer, and wash off the leaves. Large leaver plants like rubber plants and palms w. n . V V 1 1 j 1 ,
tuajr ue muueu wnn water and a
sponge or soft rag. This removes the dirt and grease which clogs the breath
ing pores of the leaves. During the summer it is an excellent plan to nut
tne plant out during ten light rains.
Lessons in Correct English Don't Say: I have invited him often, and AT LAST he is coming. I have invited him, often, and AT LENGTH he has come. AT LENGTH he died. AT LENGTH he began. He is a MILD judge. Say: I have invited him often, and AT LENGTH he is coming. I have invited him often, and AT LAST he has come. AT LAST he died. AT LAST he began. He is a MERCIFUL judge.
Memories of Old Days In This Paper Ten Years Ago Today
TODAY'S TALK By Georgo Matthew Adams, Author of "You Can." Take If "Up" ' THE GRASS Long before the trees came, far in advance of the animals and the running feet of man, and preceding the life of the flowers of the field, God placed as a blanket for His earth the grass! I find this mind of mine all to inadequate to put into words expression fit enough to describe the glory and beauty of the grass. We look out of our window in the morning when the dew is fresh and heavy under the .rays of the sun, and watch the diamonds flicker there. In springtime we watch the little heads of the crocuses, the daffodils, the violets, the buttercups, and the thousands of varieties of field and garden flowers, smiling so happy and free from out this gorgeous green. We walk across its velvet and feel a personal glow of satisfaction that is reflected back into our very soul, for we know that we would go out into the world heavier in heart hut for this colorful cheer that is universal throughout the world. The trees, the sun grass. Blessed he trinity! Go where you will, from the loneliest wilderness to the most peopled town, and there you will find this friend to all mankind, working its way silently and with persistence that is almost divine in its cast. Build you a home and the first thing after its completion is to plant the grass. Let the dry winds and the hot sun parch its strands and a dreariness immediately settles upon that place and men pray for rain that this cheer of green may return. Out upon the grass the children play and against its soft raiment babies creep and laugh. Its immortality is fixed for against fire, famine and disaster does it contend and yet live. And though marching armies blase its loveliness for a time and bathe its roots in precious blood, still do the winds of Heaven remember and bring back to these same fields renewed beauty and fresher life. . The patient grass, so all suffering, so full of teaching in lessons for us all. Look at the huge rocks, softened by its hugging presence. Rest against its heart and within its invisible arms along the banks cf some noble stream, and imagine its absence there. What desolation, what sadness! And think of the birds that romp among its blades and build from its dying tops nests of warmth for their young. How we miss the grass during its long sleep under the white snow but how it lifts all life when spring comes round again and the dandelions dot its face. Thank you, God, for this grass of yours loaned to us for a time while we live and which covers this body of ours at last as it doses into its longest sleep under the sun and stars.
Who's Who in the Day's News
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The first game of the World series was to open Tuesday of the following week between the New York Giants and the Boston Red Sox. The first game was scheduled to be played in New York. Intense interest was main tested in the great classic to determine the champion of the world.
With 13 letters in his name, Richard Wagner was born in 1813 (the figures of which add up to 13), on the 13th day of the month. He finished "Tannhauser" on Feb. 13 and it was first performed on a 13th.
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DO YOU GET UP NIGHTS ON ACCOUNT OF BLADDER? This Symptom Tells You Something Is Wrong. A Dayton Man's Experience.
Mr. John Lumpkins. 7 Carrie St, Dav. ton, Ohio, says in his own home paper, the Dayton Herald: "For two years I had to rpt up fifteen to twenty Hmps
each night. The scalding and pain was awful. After taking a few doses of Lithiated Buchu. the srravel came, until at leat twenty-five pieces have Fassed. Some wero as large as a bean, am glad to have this way of telling my - fellow sufferers about this great new remedy." Lithiated Buchu acts on the kidneys and bladder like Epsora Salts on the bowels. It cleans them out and helps to relieve the bladder of abnormal deposits. The tablets cost 2c each. This price makes it possible to place in the formula several expensive drugs, which are useful for relief. The formula Is on the package. It is likely you have never taken anything similar. Try a few doses for backache, scalding, scanty or high colored urine and frequent desire at night. Be sure to get the Keller formula Lithiated Buchu at A. G. Luken Irug Co., Dafler Drug Co.. Quigley Drug Stores and drug stores everywhere, or write The Keller, Laboratory, Mechanic&hurs, Ohio. Advertisement.
Musings For The E
THE PARLOUS TIMES
In reading J. Fenimore Cooper. In tales of the plains and the hills, You find the old boys were in danger So constant it gives you the chills. The Indians followed to scalp 'em, Wild animals e'er laid in wait, From one moment until another, The pioneer knew not his fate. Now all we have axe the gunmen, The burglars, the dopes and the dips, The hurrying taxicab driver. The friends with the hooch on their hips, Explosions, train wrecks, epidemics And microbes that multiply fast. As to danger it seems like a toss-up 'Twist now and the days of the past. One trouble with the game is that
the supply of chorus girls always exceeds the supply of millionaires. Wanted Young women for hanging up, shaking out and folding. Wages, twelve dollars weekly, with bonus, tc start. ApdIv Tabor Laundry Works.
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-Toronto Evening
Experts say girls of next generation will be more beautiful than the girls now. The only chivalrous commen: we can think of is, "Impossible!"
JUDGE FLORENCE E. ALLEN ' One of the pioneers of women be- ' fore the bar and on the court bench.i Miss Florence E. Allen, judge of common pleas court in Cuyahoga county.
Ohio, is seeking election to the state supreme bench. Ever since her g r a d u ation from the New York university law school in 1913 Judge Allen has been pioneering in politics. When she took the case of the Cleveland women street car conductors before the national lahnr hnar th
W6tfMefce4U0t was the first of her sex to appear before that tribunal. Appointed assistant prosecutor of Cuyahoga county in 1919 ghe was the first woman in the state to hold such a position and was believed to be the first Cleveland woman to hold any governmental office. In the probable event of her election to the supreme court in November she will be the first woman in the United States to sit on a court of highest state jurisdiction. The judge was graduated from Western Reserve university 18 years ago. Afterward she taught school, got
a taste ot daily newspaper work and
become a lecturer for the New York
board of education. She was admitted to the bar of Ohio in 1914, the year after her graduation at law and be- - . ; ; V. r ; ;
ftdui ii't,-1-1'"5 uvi yiuie&Mou m Cleveland. One of the conspicuous incidents in her career was her pleading the cause of the women of East Cleve
land before the state supreme court
and. winning for them the rfeht oi
suffrage which had been conferred by
charter and then challenged in the courts.
Rippling Rhymes By Walt Mason
REALISM Ah, the realistic writer, with his novel, makes me sad; for his hero a blighter and his heroine's as tad. Says the "realistic" fellow, when he takes his fountain pen, "All the world is punk and yellow, freaks its women
and its men. I'll describe a little sec
tion of the life that I behold, writ
up squalor and dejection, mildew, rot
tenness ana mold. And my book will have no humor, nothing gay will it disclose, for I'd write about a tumor rather than describe a rose. There
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Men Blind to Woman's Suffering How many men, think you, have any idea of the pain endured by women In their own household, and often without a murmur? They have no patience when the overworked wife and mother begins to get pale, have headaches, backaches, faint spells, or is melancholy and cannot sleep. There is help for every woman in this condition, as evidenced by the many voluntary letters of recommendation which we are continually publishing in this paper for Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It will pay any woman who suffers from such ailments to give it a trial. Advertisement.
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