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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-08-04
THREE BIG SEES VACANT.

Three important sees are now vac
ant In the United States-the Sees of
New Orleans, Los Angeles and Tren-
ton.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-08-04
New York's Grin

Rev. VIM. Sundays Triumph an Aero.
batic One. The Religion Of Slang
Its Own Foible. Shane Leslie, Noted
Irish Writer, ScathingIy Denonces
Present Day Methods Of Evangelical
ton.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-08-04

A class of fifty colored people
adults and children-were confirmed
few days ago in st. Augustine's
Church, Buffalo, by Bishop Dougherty.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1917-06-22

much as 5000, while the maxim1m
for the same injury in Colorado is but
$3.50. Again, in Oregan and Porto
Rico cash benefits are paid for inju-
ries Of no matter how brief duration.
whereas In COlo.ado no cash benefits
are paid for disabilities Of less than
three weeks Further; Washington
and Wyoming, at one extreme, mgks
no provision for medical service, this
expense falling entirely on the worker,
whereas, at the other extreme, sew
bfhl states, as Connecticut Massachu-
sets and California, may pny for all
necessary medical and hospital service,
without limit as to time or amount.
Tendency to Broaden Acts.
The words accident" and Injury"
have different meanings in different
places. Generally speaking, the prac-
tice has been to limit compensation to
accidental injuries in the strict s4iise.
There is a tendency, however, to
broaden the term so as to take the
more subtle injury of OccupatiOnal dis
else, Such as lend poisoning, wood.
alcohol blindness and anthrax. Mas
sachusetts is the only state in which
this has been regularly done and APP
proved bf both by the administering
board and the courts, But the Cali
fornia act was recently amended 40 rs
to include occupatiOnal diseases, and
in certain other states the commissions
have so interpreted the law only to
be 0verruled by the courts.
At the beginning df 1917 there were
30 compensation laws in effect IN the
United States, including those of Has
wall, Alaska and Porto Rico, but not
including the new federal act of 1916,
which was not yet in operation, due 10
delay in the appointment and confirma-
tlOn OF the commission. OF the II
noncompensatioii stdtes, 10 are In 81
single group of Southern and South
Central states--Virginia, North Caro-
lima, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida,
Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Ar
kansas and Missouri. The other seven
are the two Dal;Otas; the three noun
tain states of Iddhoi Utah and New
Mexico: Delaware and the District OF
Columbia. In several of these, investi'
eating commissions are now at work.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1917-06-22
volunteers Of the 1873 1893 neces
sary to bring the service to war
S rength.
The 64O-Acre Homesteads

Santa Fe, N. NJ +. June 81
That the so-Galled Fall amend
ment to the Food bill, which
provides Tor the designation for
entry, without further classif-
cation or action, all surveyed un-
reserved lands in New Mexico
under the 6l0.acre homestead
law, has no chance for final pas
sage-because it is SO far reach
ing that it opens the door to
land frauds of al sorts, is the
information contained in a tele
gram received by Arthur Selig-
man, Democratic state chair
man, from, Congressman Scott
Ferris, chairman of the Public
Lands committee of the House
Mr. Snligman has been in COM
munication for some time with
Senator Jones and Congressman
Walton in reference to the i'm
mediate designation for entry
of New Mexico lands under the
640-acre law, so that entries
might he approved and settle
ment made, and they have been
working on legislation design
ed to accomplish this and at the
same time safeguard the inter
ests of both the homesteader
and the Government. That
their efforts will prove success
ful in Mr.. Ferris telegram,
which reads:
Hon. Arthur Seligman,
Santa Fe, N. M.
"Our committee now consld-
eling senate amendments. In
terror department insists ameud-
ments are so far reaching and
open door to fraud of all sorts
that department will not APP
prove them. We are working
with department trying to get
some legislation that will get
results.
SCOTT FERRIS.
The matter of securing relief
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1917-06-22
iLLITERATE USE 5000 WORDS
Persons of Fair Education Are Said to
Have 4 Vocabulary Ten Times
as Large.

The Chautauqua Magazine said a
few years ago: 1T Is estimated that
an English farm hand has votabu@
larry limited to 800 words. An Ameri-
can workman who reads the newspa-
pers may command from 700 to 1000
words. Five thousand is n large num-
Der, even for an educated reader or
speaker" This differs considerably
from the statement published in re-
Gently compiled English encyclopedia,
which states that lit has been reck-
oned that the agricultural laborer uses
about 1900 words, but this is probably
an Overestimate. Intelligent artisans
have vocabulary of 1000 words, While
educated persons are familiar with, IL
they do not use, 5000 to 10000 words"
This is Il step forward all along the
line, but it is a long distance from Dr..
Joseph Jacobs discoveries. In a re-
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1917-06-22
SHE IS MUcH-NAMED PEERLESS
Widow Of Sir McGareI-HoGg Has
Changed cognomen oftener Than
Any Other Person In England.

ApropOs of paragraph about "the
late Sir McGarel-Hogg," a correspond
ent writes:
''His widow, Lady MagheramOne, is
still living, age eighty-twO. Although
only once married. she has probably
had more names than any other person
in England. Born a Douglas, she be-
came Doug1as-PennHnt when her father
assumed the latter name.
son marrying, she became Mrs
Hogg: then her father WIS raised To
the pecrage as Lord Penrhyn, and she
added Hon. to her name. Then her
husband succeeded to the baronetcy.
and she was the Hon. Lady HOgg.
"Then he added McGarel to his sur
name and afterwHrd became Lord
MagheramOrne.
"When her husband died she was the
Dowager Lady MagheramOrne, but
after her eldest son dled and his widow
remarked she again became Lady Ma
gheramorne. as the present peer Is
bachelor."-London News.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1917-06-22

cent rcview, Doctor Jacobs said "that
the average well-educated American or
Englishman can control from 10000 to
$4,000 words. But given an Individual
with vocabulary of 10000 primitive
words, It is q simple matter for him
to increase his stock of words 10y the
use Of prefxes and suflixes. From four
TO six derivatives may be formed by
the use OF these from nearly every
primitive word. If proper names be
added TO either Of these totals 10000
to 60,O0O), they might yield total Of
10000 to 10000 terms, says the New
York Times.
The foregoing facts seem to warrant
these general conclusions: Every we'll
read person of fair ability and educa-
ton will he able to define or to under
stand as used nearly or quito. perhaps,
more than $4,000 words. And the same
person in conversation and writing will
command not fewer than 10000 10 20
600. and can add 5000 to 10000 TO
these numbers If he be literarily in
clined The plain people, as Lincoln.
liked to call them, used to read under
standingly from 5000 to 10000 words,
according To their general intelligence
and conversational power, while u
person who cannot read, but who has
a good degree OF native mental ability
will command about 5000.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1917-06-22
Many Workers Are Not Given Any
Protection by Various State
Statutes.
BENEFITS PAID VARY WIDELY.
Uncle Sans Bureau of Labor Sta.
tisties Shows Tendency to Broaden
Scope Of the Acts Now
in Force.

In the rapid spread of worl1men's
compensation legislation in this cOun-
try the fnct is often overlooked that
many of the laws adopted are far less
comprehensive than their mere titles
would indicate. Because 80 states and
territories, with some 70 per cent of
the employed population, have adopt
ed such laws it is frequently assumed
that Il similar proportion of the wage
workers of the country are now fully
ind properly insured against the loss
and suffering of industrial accidents.
That this is not true is emphasized In
a bulletin ISSUED by Uncle Sans bu-
reau Of labor statistics entitled Work
mems Compensation in the United
States and Foreign Countries"
The bulletin presents detailed com
parison of the principal features of the
various state compensation laws. The
comparison brings out most striking
differences, particularly as regards the
proportion of workers covered and the
scale of compensation benefits. No
state compensation act covers all em'
ployees. In the first place, most of
the acts are elective. Employers who
do not accept are penallzed, but In
spite of THIS there are always a num-
Der who refuse to elect. In the second
place, all of the acts purposely exclude
certain classes Of employees. Thus,
agricultural workers, domestic serv.
ants and casual employees are almost
everywhere excluded. Also there is
an important group of acts which APP
ply only to list of emplOyments de-
clared to be especially hazardous, al.
though in practice they may be no
more hazardous than others not i'm
cluded. Again, a considerable mum.
Der of acts apply only to employers
having not less than a certain number
of employees, the minimum being In
one case as high as eleven.
Benefits Are Restricted.
The result of these limitations and
exclusions is to restrict the benefits
Of compensation very often to only n
rather small fraction of the total
number of workers. The bulletin makes
rough estimate OF the proportion Gov,
cred In each state, the estimate being
based on the assumption that election
has been made by all employers af.
fected In states having elective laws.
In only two instances, New Jersey and
Hawaii, do the acts include at best
ms Macy as 90 per cent of the total
workers and only seven states cover
so per cent or over. One covers less
Than 20 per cent and nine less than 30
per cent.
Similarly striking agO the differences
between the several acts as regards
he benefits paid in case of injury. A
few extreme Instances are cited. In
the case Of fatal injury occurring in
the state of Oregon, the widow and
children may receive a total as much
as $13,4S0, whereas in Vermont ihe
maximum would be S1S30, and under
the Oklahoma act no benefits at all
arc paid in case Of death. For loss
of a hand, the Alaska act may pay az
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1917-06-22
Os55o2

Department Of the Interior. U s.
Land office. at Roswell. N. NJ
: June 10. 1919.
Notice Is hereby given TINT John n, Taylor,
of Rte ;, Elda, n. NJ, who on Jan. i9 1919,
maze HIDE. Serial No, 025jQ4. for NWh.
section ss. Township s., Range 30 T., N. M.
p. Meridian, has filed notice of intention to
make final five year proof, to establish claim
to the land above described before Dan c..
savagei u s. Commissioner, in his office. at
Kenna, y. NJ, on july %. 1917.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Lee f. Collins, of Valley View N. NJ, John
w. b. Ward. Janies II. Macarthur, these OF
RI. }, Elida. N, NJ, John A. Rogers. of Kenna.
N. NJ.
Emmett Patton, Register.
June 2eJaly 90
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1917-06-22
otherwlse Z Good Mare.

Old Farmer Spuds was very keen
on deal. Last week he managed to
sell an old crock in the shape Of n
horse for $40.
Honesty, however, compelled him to
speak out.
II tell yer, mate, that there mares
got two faults"
"Only two? A dozen, should think |!
But what are the twO?"
"Well, once yer let that mare out
ter grass, it'll take yer about a week
to catch her; and when you do catch
her she amt worth catchingl Other
wise she's all right."-ChicagO News.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1917-06-22
PrOGIaims a Week
For Enlistments in
Army For Nation

Washington, June 20.-Pres-
ident Wilson issued a proclama-
tion today designating tie week
bf June 1880 as recruiting week
for the regular army and called
upon unmarried men without
dependents to enroll fer war
service in or er that the ranks
of tie regulars might he filed
promptly.
The proclamation follows;
proclamation by the Presi
dent:
81 hereby designate the period
of June L. to June 30, next, as
recruiting week for the regular
army and call upon unmarried
men between the ages OF Is ard
40 years who have no depend
snts and who are rot engaged
pursuits vitality necessary to the
prosecution of the war, to pre-
sent themselves for enlistment
during the week herein desIg-
mated, to the number of 10000.
(Signed) w ooDRow WILSON
The Presidents action was
taken at the request of army of
ficials who have been seriously
concerned over tie slow rate of
recruiting for the regular army.
1t had been hoped that the
regular service could be,brought
to its whole war strength of APP
proximately 100000 men by
June 80, which would have per-
mitted the war department to
carry out its plan in regard to
the training of all the forces to
lie raised and also as to the diJ-
patch of armies to France. Fol-
several days, however. the vol
unueer enrolment for the army
per day has been little more
than / 600 men instead of the
5000 or more the department
hoped to secure.
Today's recruiting bulletin
shows that since April /, l2l, 1928
nen have been enrolled as wal
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1917-06-22

Cor homestcaders under the GO
acre law was one of the first
taken up Ivy Senator Jones aud
Congressman Walton when tie
present session Of Congress
The so called Fall
amendment in reality original
ed IN the House.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-07
POLES IN AMERICA URGED
. TO JOIN ARMY IN FRANCE
Poland's Wrongs Recited in Fervent
Appeal-Movement Endorsed by
War Department.

CHICAGO, October 6.-An appeal to
Poles in America to enlist in the Polish
army in France, Endorsed by the War
Department, was issued here today
over the signatures Of I. ]. Paderew-
ski and other members Of the Polish
national department of America.
providence has decreed." the appeal
reads, In part, that on the centennial
of the death of Thaddeus Kosciuszko
there arises Polish national army
upon the continent where he so val
iantly fought for freedom.
occupied by the enemy. Poland Is
prevented from sending her sons to
Join the ranks of freedoms champions
But you are here, you the worthy sons
of valorous race. In your hands
rests the honor of Poland and her flu
ture.
CONSCIOUS of our sacred duty to the
motherland. conscious of our obliga-
lions to America, we have long waited
for this opportunity with full sense
of our responsibility before God, the
nation and our own conscience. 10.
day, having received assurances OF
protection. having received a favorable
declaration by the United States gov
eminent that enlistment in the Polish
army of all those who are not legally
subject to draft in the United States
Army shall not be opposed. We call to
you from the bottom of our hearts and
challenge you to the ranks, to army
to battle, to the trenches, to great
and glorious struggle for the protec-
wrongs suffered by Poland. Go to give
testimony that the American Pole is
a worthy heir to the glory of Polish
arms. On the fight"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-07
Right or Wrong.
From the Ohio State Journal.

From the OHIO State journal.
There is one great trouble among
j men. and that is because they have not
clear conceptions OF what is right and
what is wrong. They go through life
with their thoughts all confused upon
this subject. and very often take the
wrong side almost as a natural result.
But everybody should have a clear idea
of what is right and wrong. for if they
do and make use ofthe knowledge their
lives will be happier and society ex-
allied. A few questions will make plain
the rightness or wronGness OF a matter
in question: on which side of this Is
sue is reverence, honesty. purity I'M
selfshness, candor? If these do not fig
ure on a side of an issue, you may be
sure it is the wrong side. If there is an
omission of any one of these qualities
1t is the wrong side.
Judgment in these matters of every
day life. upon which a person wants to
be right. can easily be reached by in
terposirg these questions. Suppose upon
the common experience of voting there
may be some doubt: just ask these
questions concerning the candidate and
you will find it is a very easy matter
to pc on the right side.
Does the candidate suggest reverence,
honesty, purity. unselfishness. candor?
If not, he is on the wrong side; 1t makes
no difference what party badge he may
wear. If you want to be right you will
vote against him. The same rule will
apply in all the concerns Of life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-07
SWEDEN IN DANGER Of
Being DRAWN into WAR
Special Mission Here Sees Peril in
Possible Stoppage of Ex-
ports to Germany.

Sweden IL in danger of being drawn
into the war. If she cuts off her trade
with Germany. the special Swedish
mission here announced yesterday. But
rather than take such a risk, she is
prepared to endure sufferings and hard
ships.
Declaring that the question of manu-
featured iron and iron ore exports to
Germany is the stumbling block in the
negotiations with this country for the
release of commodities to Sweden, the
mission gives details of these exports.
They show that the total export of iron
products such as ingots, pig iron and
semi-finished products to Germany in
1916 was 1916 per cent. while the allies.
including the United States. received
67.9 per cent The central powers re-
ceived IL per cent of all manufactured
iron such as nails. horseshoes. chains,
wheels and springs, while the allies
and the United States had 65.1 per cent.
Machinery exports to Germany totaled
12.2 per cent to the allies. The remain
der of the exports went TO neutral
countries in Europe and to South
America and Asia.
Regarding iron ore exports. the state
ment says that the Germans this year
will receive about 1000. 900 tons less
than they are entitled to under exist
ing contracts. some of which are if
teen years old. 1t is claimed also that
in 1911 a treaty was signed between
Sweden and Germany in which Sweden
pledged herself not to make difficult
nor TO restrict iron ore exports to Ger
many. Sweden holds that this treaty
cannot be broken without loss of self
respect and the respect of other ma
tons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-07
W. H. BRYAN ROBBED
BY THREE cOLORED MEN
Loses $50, His Hat and Bunch CT
Bananas Several Thefts
Reported.

William II. Bryan, Beltsville. Prince
Georges county. Md, yesterday after
noon was robbed by three colored
hiehwaymen, was wrapped in blan-
ket and given a ride in his own wagon
Il distance of several miles and de-
serted in the woods near 10th street
and Colorado avenue, according to his
statement made to the police. The men
took $50. practically all the cash Mr.
Bryan had in his pockets, his hat and q
bunch of bananas.
Mr.. Bryan explained that he was on
his way home from the city and was
near Sligo, Montgomery county, Md.
when he was halted by the colored
men, who demanded his money and fol-
lowed up the demand by taking his
cash and hat. Then they wrapped him
in his blanket, he stated, put him in
the wagon and drove him to the place
where they left him, a distance of sew
eral miles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-07
Objects of Fund Stated.

The objects of the 100000 fund are
described by the Supreme Council of the
knights OF Columbus as follows:
To erect and equip buildings at all
training camps in the country and fur
nish amusement and recreation for all
soldiers, regardless of creed
To maintain information bureaus at the
front so that those at home and those in
the trenches may hear from one another
and through which personal comfort may
be transmitted.
To erect at each of the sixteen ma
tionai environments three recreation
buildings at a cost of about $4,000 for
ach cantonment
To erect one large building at cost of
about $4,000 at each of the sixteen Ma
tional Guard camps
To erect thirty similar recreation sta
tons at the Regular Army expansion
camps, naval training. stations. aviation
stations and camps of other units of the
fighting service.
To furnish each camp with a phono-
graph and records, piano and sheet mu-
sic and ample supply of stationery.
To provide each building with a library
of good books, current literature and
daily papers.
To maintain information bureaus in
France through which communication
may be available between those at home
and those in the trenches
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-07
BY BAssET DIGBY.

CableRram to The Sunday Star and
Chicago Daily News Copyright. 1917.
STOCKHOLM. Sweden. October g.
Axel johnson. head of the North Star
Shipping. Company. and the chief ship
ping man of Sweden, says Germany is
now supplying this country with grain
and that several cargoes have already
arrived. He adds that he also gets a
large quantity of Rumanian lubricat,
Ing oil from Germany in his ships.
Proof of Germany's shortage of la
Dor" Is found in a copy of regulations
which stringently regulates the use OF
coal during the coming winter. There
are plenty of coal mines lii central
Europe. but coal is to be doled out
like a precious substance. Though the
fall frosts are already occurring In
Germany. no general heating of apart
ments, houses and stores seems to be
permitted before October Is.
Ration cards for coal are being
thoroughly revised and many have
been withdrawn. Churches of all kinds
are limited 10 one-quarter of the nor
NAL consumption. There is no coal for
movies, though exceptions are to be
made in the cases of Jew leadins
concert halls. No apartments are al
lowed to be warmer than eighteen de-
grees centigrade t6i FahrenheiD. There
are heavy penalties for burning coal
for baths or washing. except from Fri
day morning until Sunday noon. ex-
cept that permits are given to public
baths. hospitals. schools. asylums, fac:
tories and mines.
Use of coal is so minutely specified that
for instance doctors get an extra allow
ance for the consultation rooms and more
for the waiting rooms
Nevertheless. a Swedish business man
lust home from Germany tells Ira Nelson
Morris. the American minister. that con-
Gtions in the empire are pretty good He
SAYS there is enough to eat, less dlScon-
tent and greater stores OF most. OF the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-07
WOMEN TO COOPERATE
IN RAISING K. c. FUND
Soldiers Tag Day Next Friday Will
Inaugurate Catholic Campaign
for $4,000 Pledged Here.

Every Catholic organization of wom-
en- in the District will cooperate with
the Washington Knights of Columbus
in the soldiers Tag day Friday. in
augurating the campaign for $4,000
pledged by the District toward the 3d.
100000 war fund of the knights for
recreation of the men of the National
Army in the sixteen cantonments.
Columbus day, October II, has been
selected as an appropriate time to be-
gin this campaign. which will continue
for a week.
The Knights of Columbus fund is to
go toward providing wholesome recre-
alton and some of the comforts of
civil life for the American soldiers and
sailors in France and in training in the
United States for future service abroad.
The Catholic fraternity and the Y. NJ.
C. a. have been officially designated by
the War Department as agencies to
provide for the comfort of the SOL
diers in the camps and abroad.
ON the Tag DAY hundreds of pretty
girls will do their bit toward providing
cheerfulness for the liberty fighters
The solicitation to follow throughout
the city will be participated in by
prominent business men and others
who take this opportunity of aiding a
worthy cause.