Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-05-27
A LOCKOUT IN DENMARK.
Settlement by Arbitration Has Be-
come an Established Pro-
vision In Labor Troubles.

There is no permanent arbitration
court in Denmark, and the lockout of
1899, affecting 10000 workingmen, and
which caused great suffering, was set
tied as result of proposition drawn
up and submitted by three prominent
citizens of Copenhagen, who volun-
teered their services to the employees,
and who, because of their high standing
in the community, and the universal
confidence imposed in them, were ac-
cepted by both elements to the contro-
versy as arbitrator. The king con-
ferred upon them q decoration in recog-
milton of their services for the public
good.
Provision is made for an arbitration
court at Copenhagen under the act Of
April 8, 1902, where employers and en-
ployes elect by agreement to establish
such court for the adjustment Of their
differences. The king may by decree de-
termine that witnesses may be sum-
moned and be required to testify, just as
they are in any regular court. Wit
nesses are required to appear at the time
and the place determined upon by the
president of the arbitration court. All
Inhabitants of Copenhagen and dis
tricts about Copenhagen are subject to
call as witnesses Decisions handed
down by the president OF the court may
be appealed in accordance with the rules
governing appeals from an ordinary
lower court. There Is in Copenhagen an
NIL -
which Is to guard the interests Of en-
ployers as labor unions do those OF the
employees. This association publishes .
weekly paper.
RAYMOND R. FRAZIER.
New System Of Measuring Criminals.
The police of London have intro
duced experimentally new system for
recognizing criminals. As 1t has been
successful, 1t will soon be adopted by
number of other police departments
both in England and abroad. In this
system only the Impressions Of the
fingers are taken Compared with the
"Bertillon" system, it has, above all.
the advantage of simplicity. as 1t can
be applied without any contrivances.
and Is, therefore, much less expensive
Whether 1t can completely take the
place of the Bertillon system remains
to be seen. The Berlin police have for
the present also inaugurated q card
collection of impressions Of the fingers
for recognition purposes. The new sys-
tenn is called 'Daktyloscopy."
RICHARD GUENTHER
Monument Of Ears.
Throughout Korea number Of monu-
ments are still standing which date from
the war OF 1892, when Japan invaded
Korea with SOC. 900 men, These sMonu-
ments of Ears" as they are called, mark
the burial places of the IL, 900 ears which
were cut from the heads of the Koreans
as trophies Of victory. There are many
of these monuments in Japan also, for
some of these grewsome relics were
taken home by the conquering army.
Human Head Grown In Wood.
Posing as an altar in the Grants Pass,
(Ore.) lodgeroom is an odd-l0oking Ar
stump, its top shaped like human head.
Even the features grew there naturally,
and except for little carving to improve
one eye. no alteration was necessary
after a woodman discovered the curio
in the midst Of the forest. A right ear Is
the only lacking feature. There Is even
Z beard-represented by q white fungus
growth.-N. 7. Times.