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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-21
He-ts lphe1atiop Of The Fine Heir Ftoo~>tips in
the Air Leads to Lung e-nd Bronchie1 Ailments

TO learn that bronchitis and pulmonary
disease are frequent among the pottery
makers. But this Is not all. Besides the
'potters' rot" and ''potters' asthma" the
pottery worker Is subject to lead poison
ing. This is due to the use Of lead in the
glazing process. In some branches of
the pottery industry In the course of a
year the number of persons who are
afflicted with the various forms Of lead
poisoning number five in every hundred
workers
OF health and life than he imagines, for
those who grind II arc far more likely to
die OF pulmonary tuberculosis than is the
average human. In the Sheffield, Eng
land. cutlery district 1t has been ascer-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-21

ventilation and the exercise of care on the
part of the workers themselves.
The amount of physical comfort wnich
could be added TO the worlds total IL con-
sidered in days would be 7l,lS,5oo' or lSo'-
ora wears. a reduction in the cost of civil
'ization worthy of consideration. And save
FOR those connected with the American
Association for Labor Legislation, re"
physicians and comparatively rev pup
lie spirited persons, no one in the Uniteo
States has stopped to give thought TO the
rrohlem OF the conservation Of the
health of the working man, the working
woman and the working child beyond
efforts IN some states at shortening the
hours Of labor and the Improvement OF
sanitation and ventilation OF factories.
There are few occupations connected
with the building and furnishing OF II
home which do not endanger the health
of the workers engaged In them. When
one stops TO consider the subject, he be-
gins 10 realize why so few get out of life
alive"
q II is decided to build house. First the
foundations are laid. The stone mason IS
10 liable 70 tuberculosis through the In
halation OF dust from the chipping OF the
stone that the death rate from lung
disease among stone masons and marble
cutters, despite the fact that they work
outdoors, is six times that OF bankers
and brokers, living an indoor life
As the walls of the house so up the
plumber IL called in TO perform his part
of the work OF making the house habit
able. AS the name of his occupation in
dicates he has TO handle good deal OF
lead. Lead in any form is poisonous. 1t
I. said that more deaths have been caused
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-21

"hammermens paralysis which affects
the muscles OF the arms
The new householder's dishes also have
claimed their toll Pottery workers,
owing TO the large amount of dust, com
posed of earthly particles, fragments OF
granite. flint, dried glaze, SCOT and wood
charcoal which floats In the air. to
which they are exposed. are subject to
disease. The atmosphere in which the
fnishers and porcelain makers usually
labor in some pottery works contains as
high as $40 10000 particles of dust to each
cubic metre The workers who remove
the excess OF dried glaze are not infre-
ouently compelled 10 breathe an atmos-
phere containing as high as 6sOoo'ooo OF
particles. 1T Is not surnrisins therefore.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-21
YaDd1ino Mo1ten inc The Crest Hee::t ond
the Vopors Gre Both Injurious tohe s .ss $40,

about the house, for man has progressed
beyond the days when he was obliged TO
make oiled paper and skins serve In his
windows. The glass blowers are not free
from ailments peculiar to their occupa-
ton. Working in an extreme heat ana
constantly obliged to look directly into
the dazzling white light OF the molten
glass In the furnace, in course OF time
many of them are forced TO give up their
means Of livelihood owing TO cataract.
Those who use the blowpipe are liable to
"glassblower's mouth" In this disease
large swellings like air cushions appear
on the cheeks between the corners of the
mouth and the lower part of the ears.
person afflicted with this ailment looks
as II he had the mumps. The disease is
caused by air under high pressure enter
ing the duct of the parotid gland INSIDE
the cheek Some glassblowers who have
a peculiar manner OF grasping the iron
blowpipe suffer from main en- crochet, a
deformity of the fingers.
The house being up the owner makes
purchases for its furnishing. He decides
TO have hand wrought andirons for his
fireplaces. His andirons and whatever OF
iron he has in his house have laid tax
upon all who have had to do with II. The
puddler. whose long iron paddle" and
'rabble" have done their part I'm freeing
the impure metal in its early stages from
carbon, is exposed to excessive heat and
subject to severe muscular strain AS a
result he seeks liquid refreshment more
freely than is good for him. and the strain
upon his muscles induces heart disease.
particularly of the aorta and its valves.
This disease is common among puddlers.
Moulders, who work surrounded by much
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-21

tained that nearly three-hfths OF the steel
grinders die OF tuberculosis and other
respiratory diseases. or almost exactly
twice an many as in the adult population
OF England generally. OF the male pop
ulatlon OF England SOL out of every 1000
reach the age OF tifty-fve years. while
hardly more than one third that number
OF steel grinders attain To that age, the
average at death being forty-three years.
Perhaps the house owner desires Il few
OF the luXuries OF life and includes in his
household furnishing a quantity of cut
glass. 1t Is necessary that crystal glass,
when cut, should be polished. The polish
Ing is usually done by means of revolving
brushes running at high speed. The putty
powder, or rouge, which is used I'm the
process contains a considerable quantity
of lead. This powder flies from the speed
ing brushes I'm spray and alights upon
the hands OF the workers. or Is deposited
OH the floor. where 1t dries. and afterward
floats through the air and is inhaled. The
fruits of this form OF administering lead
are paralysis OF the hands and wrists,
collie and, occasionally. death.
Furs, diamonds and silk hats include
disease in their cost OF production also,
and In tho case OF the first there may be
retribution at the expense of the wearcr
Arsenic IL used In the curing OF certain
furs. lew years ago American chem"
lists examined forty-two samples ana
found eleven of them TO be heavily laden
With axcaa1ad that
permitted by law which is one grain to
the square yard. I'm some cases reaching
10 grains These furs were dangerous
TO the wearers we'll as to those VINO
cured them. Arsenical poisoning Is not
uncommon and In some cases the person
affected becomes an invalid, suffering
from chronic digestive troubles. Any one
working in arsenic is likely TO lnhale the
fumes or the fine dust unless great care
Is taken TO provide proper air hues 70
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-21
Stone Po1shers ere Liable to Lung Diseases

draw them off Arsenic workers suffer
from bronchitis.
Diamonds and silk hats do not look as
~ they could be inimical to the health Of
the workers. In order that the diamonds
or other precious stones may be held
more securely while they are being cut
and polished they are fixed in mass OF
molten lead and tin about the size OF
walnut. The polishing is done by means
| Of an iron wheel revolving at the rate OF
.. 400 revolutions a minute, or sometimes
bv hand. In either case the operation
cuts into the soft metal and particles ny
inward and may be inhaled. The polish
ers are liable to be poisoned by the lead
and poisoning does occur in not a few
! cases.
/ A salt OF mercury is used TO improve the
gloss OF silk hats. When the hats are
ironed the mercury is volatized and the
workman may inhale the fumes TO his
/ own undoing.
These are only a moderate number or
| occupations which are liable to bear fruit
| in their followers in the form OF disease
/ In fact, occupational diseases are so nu-
| merous that II is difficult TO mention them
ALL There are diseases due to gases
vapors, high temperatures; diseases as
/ cribed to work in caissons and compressed
! air; ailments TO be credited TO diminished
| air PRESSURE disorders to be charged up
A., against the chemical trades and 10 be
credited to the metal poisons, dust fumes
and mining. and the maladies which may
be laid at the door of electricity. AS has
been mentioned, there are $50 trades IN
which exposure TO lead in various forms
may lead TO serious and sometimes fatal
attacks OF plumbism, as lead poisoning
is called.
Among those who are in danger from
gases are the laborers who charge blast
furnaces The carbon monoxide mingled
with the gases may cause illness which
extend over periods OF years. Inhalation
of this gas causes headache and sense
Of the loss OF power in the lower extremi-
ties. 1t may affect the speech.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-21

dust. are subject TO diseases Of the re-
spiratory organs. two-ifths dying from
pulmonary tuberculosis.
Despite Longfelow's remark about the
healthfulness of the occupation OF the
blacksmith, that class OF workers In iron
is not free from disease. The "brawny
arm is frequently discovered to he ar
ficted in a marked degree with muscular
hypertophy Rupture OF the muscular
fbres Of the upper arm and shoulder
followed by inability 10 use the arm, &C.
casionalIy occurs. Lumbago. kidney dis
ease. anfemia. eczema and boils some
times affiict blacksmiths owing to the
conditions OF heat under which they
work. Men who are obliged to use heavy
hand sledge hammers are in danger Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-21

TT has often been said that civilization
goes forward on powder cart. 1t
Il might as truly be said that II trn-
ploys a good many other kinds Of carts
with an equally unsavory record for lack
Of regard for human life. The process OF
producing the outward trappingS of civili-
cation is as costly in lives ana misery as
war ever was. Adams sentence is far
exceeded in supplying the wants of civil
lied man" Many Of the inventions which
arc the outward evidence of the distance
that man has travelled toward civilization
are accompanied in their production by
i'll health and death for their producers.
There are literally hundreds of new &C.
equations for which the evolution OF
complex civilization is responsible that
carry with them liability TO disease. New
machinery and apparatus, new varieties
of food and drink, new habits of life
have required tho employment OF new
poisons; put new burdens upon the mus
Giles, laid additional stresses upon me
nerves, and thrust increased RESPONSE
bilities upon the brain. For instance" VI
is estimated that at the present :me
there are more than 80 trades In when
the workers may be exposed 10 the dan
ger Ct poisoning by lead, with the num-
Der growing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-21
COST OF DISEASE IN DAYS.

Tn Germany, where the operation OF 'he
industrial insurance laws makes II pos
sible to form fairly accurate estimates or
the extent of sickness among industrial
workers. il has been found that two-ffths
of the persons exposed to the risks incl
dental to their means Of livelihood are
likely 10 be III i'm the course of c'ch year
and that the number Of days they VIII be
incapacitated is So for each person. The
PEOPLE of the United States have taken
so little thought in large wa for me
ailments Of the worker the physical price
he rays for the forwarding of civilization,
that one must take the experience of
Germany as a basis OF computation in Or
der to gain any impression of what IL
amounts to in volume in this country IL
was estimated in 1910 that the Number 81
men, women and children who were wage
earners was 23,5Oo,000. OF this number IL
was calculated that 1G,4e0000 were Ill IN
the course of the year. and that they
wore sick for a combined total of 2SIJo,-
600 DAYS. or 7S01S7 years, a period of time
extending backward beyond the glacial
era and the birth of prehistoric man
The loss to the workers was SOS. lV.lRo IN
wages reCkoned at s. a week, and $751;
$4,000 in medical fees. The economic loss
10 society at the low rate of 80 cents for
each working day was sl220S5,7I5. The
total economic and social loss, there
fore. was ST., $50, $50, or more than three
quarters of a billion dollars. This sum
is almost as much as the national debt
and represents the cost of the Civil War
10 both sides for year. II is believed
that practically quarter OF this amount
slgS. 22S. 2l5 according to the computation.
could be saved through the introduction
Of various protective devices, suitable
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-21
DUST AND TUBERCULOSIS

Continued ON seventh page
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-17
THE WORLDS MARKETS
Omaha Live Stock


OMAHA, June 17.--Cattle Receipts
$4,000; market, strong; steers, IS. %
az. 90; cows and heifers, s5.75@T.T5;
stoclSers and feeders, So. 25tG7 .25;
calves, 81. 5oas.75; bulls and stays.
81 0o@7.00.
Hogs Receipts, 5000; market, 1oc
lower.
Sheep Receipts, 1900; market,
slow. steady: yearlings. 5.o065. so;
wethers. 81 5odS 90; lambs, Sc. 500
s 40: ewes, s25o@4 so.
Chicago Produce.
CHICAGO, June 17.-Butter, extras,
CSC; frsts. 24c; dairy extras, 25c;
dairy firsts, 2sc; prime irsts, 10
s7hc; firsts, &C.
Cheese Twins, 1sls@lsAc: Young
Americas. 14A@14lac.
Potatoes $t50m1.55.
Live poultry Fowls. 12@12hc:
ducks. 1sc; geese, 10@11c; spring,
chickens. 16G17c; turkeys, 12c.
New York Produce.
NEW YORK, June 17.-Flour, dull
and steady.
Pork, quiet; mess, s2o.5o@21.0 90
Lard, dull; middle west spot, $1,000
ms10.60.
Sugar, raw, dull centrifugal test,
$3.S6@3.9e: Muscavado SO test, 1885
@3.42; refined, quiet; cut loaf, $500:
crushed, $3.50; powdered, $51065.3o;
granulated, $5.oo@525.
Coffee, Rio No. on spot, 1890
AN.
Tallow, quiet; city. SAC; country,
5M @61sc.
Hay, firm: prime, s155@1so; No.
8, $1.3O@1.35.
Dressed poultry. dull and weak.
turkeys. 13123c; chickens, 1S@24c:
fowls, 11@16c; ducks, zoe.
Live poultry. quiet. Geese, &c:
ducks, 12c; fowls, lac; turkeys, 12c:
ROSTERS, 10c
Cheese, firm; state milk, common
to special. 13@14ac; skim, common
to specials, eA @12Ac; full skins.
Sk@51sc.
Butter, easy; receipts, 4,49s; cream
cry extras, 271a @27Mc; dairy tubs.
22@27c; imitation creamery frsts,
2s1ls @29c.
| Eggs. quiet: receipts, 1s,495; near
by white, fancy. 25@26c: nearby
mixed fancy, 1s@1221c; fresh, 1870
&c.
New York Money Market
NEW YORK, June 17-Money on
call, 27s: six months, 31s.
Bar silver, London, IS s-16d: bar
silver, New York, 81 lac; demand
sterling, 1910.
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''sl'i. .f'sss'.s.a..s..s y I.
Make a d0lierin s minutes
COME IN AND SEE HOW.
STAR BRAND Shoe Store
Her Feats of Memory.
111s MAIN STREET
'.s.+ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

IT have heard and read Of wonderful
feats of memory" said Mrs. A. H.
Brown of this city, but not one OF
them was SO remarkable as those ex
hibited by my own mother at SO, the
age at which she recently died in
Clyde, N. Y. That was her home for
65 years, but she was born in Phelps,
N Y.
"She was an ardent reader Of the
Scriptures and, having an EXCEPTIONAL
~ clear, vigorous mind, she was able.
at even that advanced age, IL repeat
word for word the entire Gospels of st.
Matthew, st. Mark, ST. Luke and st.
John. In addition she could recite
lengthy passages from books OF IA
vorite authors, and many poems, in
GLIDING epics and extended lyrics. My
mother was also good Latin scholar.
She had seven daughters. of whom six,
including myself, survive, as do six
teen great-grandchildren and twenty.
one grandchildren
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Large Number Of Prisoners Arranged
at Morning Session Of SUI
perIor Court This
Morning.
PHYSICIAN Is ARRESTED
Or. George Hall Is Arrested on Infor.
n'sntion From Davenport charg-
Him With
Desertlon.

Ray Carol, who was arrested Sat
urday afternoon upon Complaint of his
wire. who alleged that he beat her.
pleaded guilty to charge of disturb
Ing the peace and not guilty to an in
formation charging assault and bat.
terry, in the superior court this morn
ing. He was given sentence of thir-
ty days in the city Jail on the former
and his bond was fixed at 5000 In the
assault case. Being unable to furnish
the bond he was taken to jail
John Tigue and William Wilson
were each given thirty days in the
county Jail On a charge OF larceny.
They had broken into a car in the
Burlington yards and stolen a carton
.of imitation coffee that they were try.
ing to dispose of when arrested. Will
son plead guilty in superior court,
but Tigue plead not guilty. When
Judge Mcnamara fixed his bond at
5000, he quickly changed his plea and
was given the thirty days.
Ed. Larry, George Appleton. b
Sisley and Terry O'Neil were given
the usual fines and trimmings for an
! over indulgence in booze and George
Boyd and Bob Butler were up for dis
turbing the peace. The former en-
tered plea Of guilty and was given
thirty days and Butler on his plea
of not guilty was sent back to Jail in
default of fifty dollars bond.
'
Or, George Hall, who recently came
| here from Davenport, was arrested
last night by the local police on an
information filed in that city for de
sertion. It is said that he deserted
his wife in Davenport and came here
with his daughter, and started prac
ticing. The chief of police from Dav
export will be here this afternoon
and take the prisoner back with him
|
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Inn Of the Mild Henry.

The inn "of the mild Henry (zum
sanften Heinrich) in a little town OF
Posen has evidently changed hands
during It's career, for there is at least
an intimation, In an advertisement
recently inserted in Posen newspa-
per by Hermann Dunkelberg, the
present owner, that he may not be
especially mild. The advertisement
reads: ut has come to my notice
that I am accused of having de-
nounced colleagues because they sut-
fered Tannebaum" Ca forbidden
game) ito be played in their places.
AS I have no desire to waste my
time in court, hereby PROMISE three
marks to anybody who believed this
report out of lack of brains, five
marks to anybody who spread it be-
cause OF malice and ten marks to the
originator Of it, which he can get on
personal application to me- VIII pay
fair price for good, disable bullwhip.
Herman Dunkelberg, Inn Of the Mid
Henry"
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The Warsaw Gate CITY
Warsaw, ILL, June IS, 1912

Mrs. Dan Lohmes, nee May Boscow,
|of Los Angeles. arrived Friday for a
visit with friends. Mrs. Lohmes was
Miss May Boscow.
John Giller is rapidly improving
since the operation on his foot.
Mayor Eckbohm is planning a beau
tiful semi-circular porch for the front
|of his house over on the fort. 1t will
be built of white cement with round
columns, and will be one Of most
beautiful and ornamental in the city.
Miss Reichman, who broke one OF
her limbs jumping from trolley car
short time ago, is now improving
fast and suffers but little pain.
Edwin G. Luedde, second son Of H.
]. Luedde Of the Hill-Dodge Banking
Co., has just graduated from the law
department OF the Washington Uni
versity, st. Louis, with high honors.
He captured the $4,000 prize for
scholarship, and also won $4,000
prize for the best thesis. He is a
brother Of Dr. VIM. H. Luedde. the
noted eye specialist of St. Louis and
nephew Of Rev. Phillips Naumann of
Quincy. His photo appears in the
daily Globe-D Democrat.
Warsaw Cubs played the Power City
club of Keokuk Sunday afternoon,
but lost to the tune of to /; but
they played good game nevertheless.
The air is full Of rumors of various
kinds for the betterment of Warsaw,
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nate, is fellow townsman Of Presf-
dent Taft who believes that Theodore
Roosevelt will be nominated for pres
ident on the first ballot.
Taft Is losing strength every min
ute now" said Zimmerman. II be-
lieve Roosevelt and Bryan will be the
nominees Of the two national party
conventions, and also believe that
William J. Bryan will be the next
president Of the United States!"
A throat epidemic spread through
the camps today driving the boom
ers to the drug stores for relief. Gov
ernor stubb's voice usually audible
above the din and roar of the Roose-
welt camp, dropped into hoarse rusty
key.
The most talked Of missing man in
Chicago Is Frank NJ Hitchcock, the
postmaster general, who absolved him
self from politics four years ago, when
he was "it.'
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POWER CITY TEAM
BATTLE AT WARSAW
Local Stars Beat Warsaw Team by
Score Of Four to One and Have
Wild Time After Game.

Reports from the Power City base
ball club OF this city would indicate
that the team and their supporters
at Warsaw are hard bunch of losers.
After the game there Sunday, in
which the Warsaw team was beaten,
1t seems as though the Warsaw outfit
wanted to battle but the bus in which
the Keokuk aggregation was riding
put on a little speed and got them out
Of danger.
The game went to the Power Citys
by the score of four to one in which
the batting Of Rea. T. Hickey and
Raich, and the fielding of McManus
were the principal features. The
pitching of the latter was also fea-
t1,rn Tho
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What Made tho Squirrel Like HIM
Prince Paul Troubetsky, the sculp-
tor, carries pet about with him.
Prince Troubetsky was lunching in
New York when one OF the company
demanded that the prince show the
others the animal that was In his
possession. Forthwith the prince, to
the establishment Of the company,
pulled out Of an inner pocket little
squirrel. He said that ten days be-
fore. while in Cleveland, he had no.
ticed the squirrel in the street and
had approached It. To his surprise,
instead Of running away, 1t made to.
ward him and allowed him to take it
up. Later In the day he took 1t to
the park, where he wished to set it
free, but the squirrel would not leave
him.
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sion; Herr Trier, Of the government
building commission; Paul Kratz, the
noted naval architect, Of Gruiten,
Rheinland; Dietrich Hillebrand, of
Hanover. government building COM
missioner.
Another noted engineer here today
is John Overn, Jr., mechanical en-
gineer Of wide renown in his profess
sion, who is connected with the I. P.
Morris company, of Philadelphia
which is building the greatest turbines
specially designed for this installation.
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Davey Moore arrived In town last
night and will try to get in the game
tomorrow when the Indians open at
home with Muscatine. He says his
knee is in good shape despite the re
ports to the contrary circulated
around town and will be ready to put
up his usual game at the short field
position. Just what changes Noore's
appearance in the lineup will cause
has not yet been determined by the
manager, but it is thought that Kelly
will go to third and let Breshnahan
have much needed rest for. his bad
ankle.