The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-08
Industrial Trials and Triumphs.

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The Ford Motor company Mt the begin
ming of the year adopted a profit sharing
plan by which $1,000 600 is to be dstrib-
uted annually among the 2G.00O wag"-carn-
ers OF that concern The great South Afri-
can railroad strike came to an end ON
January 10 a strike Of the Delaware and
Hudson railroad men. as a protest against
the discharge OF two employees was set
tied within sixteen hours by the federal
board OF mediation and concliation.
Two great labor controversies had been
left over from the preceding ycar--one In
the Michigan copper mines. which began
July %, 1913, and another In the Colorado
coal fields. where IA 900 men had been on
strike since September % Of the previous
year. Violence ensucd and federal aid
was demanded On April 20 the striking
miners FLASHED with the state militia near
Trinidad Colo. and twenty-five persons
were killed or burned to death In n fire
which followed President Wilson ordered
federal troops to the scene. II was not
until September r. that the strikers and
their employers accepted President Will
sons offer for n settlement OF their dis
pute, but his plan was rejected. On the
last day OF November the president named
n commission Of three. headed by Seth
Low, to deal with the strike. Shortly af-
ter tho strike was declared off.
on AprIl nil the coal mines of Ohio
were closed down on account OF the fall
ura to unite on an agreement as to n
basis OF payment 10 superscde the one
already In use On the following day tho
Yorkshire coal miners. to the number OF
10000 men went on strike to support
their demand for a minimum wage. June
u n strike among the West Virginia coal
miners, which had been on since the pre-
vious September. was declared on, tho
miners waving recogniti0n Of the union
I'm order to obtain other important CON
cnssions. on July II the federal board
~ mediation and cancellation apan proved
Its ability as a peaccfnakcr. The engineers
and firemen Of ninrty-eight Western rail
roads accepted the mediation of the board.
Progress In Science and Discovery.
One OF the most startling achievements
in recent surgery is the restoration Of
raralyzcd muscular tissue by the repair
and replacement ~ IN 'urcd nerves through
experiments conducted by Prof. Robert
Kennedy Of Glasgow. Scotland. In May
a two-wheelcd gyrOscopic motor car cree
ated considerable excitement in LONDON,
1t is the invention Of Paul Schlowsky.
An innovation known as twilight sleep
IS announced 10 have worked such a
change In obstetrical methods that child
blrtn has been robbed almost fH'iIt'y Va
It's terrors The new system developed at
the Womans hospital Of Freiburg, Ger
many, Is described as a slight slumber
induced by an injection OF a combination
Of two drugs. scopolamin and morphiuh'
On January % the first wireless mes
sage without relaying, transmitted De
tween Hanover. Germany, and Tuckerton'
- tho lower New Jersey coast, came IN
one leap a distance Of 4,v1I mics. U
February II the expedition led by Capt.
J. Campbell Besley returned TO New YORK
after six months exploration In hither-
to unknown Andean region. Tn" party
discovered a lost Inca city and brought
back a valuable collection. Later In the
same month the antarctic expedition led
by Dr. Douglas Mewson arrived at Ade-
laide, Australia, after two years spent IN
scientific exploration On April ~ Ut
Alexis Carrel, Nobel prize winner and
eminent for his contributions to exact sci
ence, announced that he had operated
successfully on the heart Of an animal by
suspending the circulation OF blood sew
eral minutes. On May 10. ex-President
Roosevelt returned home after an explor-
ing trip OF eight months through the Bra
zilian wilderness. He Announced the dis