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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-12
Many Accidents in the
Machine Building Industry

During the past few years there
has been widespread interest in the
subject of industrial accidents and
their prevention, and important safe
ty campaigns have been carried on
by many employers and by many
private and public organizations. No
doubt these efforts have been sue
cessful in reducing the huge toll of
death and suffering which modern
industry levies upon it's workers But
the effectiveness of all such efforts
has been seriously handicapped by
! the general lack of information re-
garding the prevalence, causes, and
effects of accidents in the industries
! of the country.
A recent report of the Bureau of
Labor and Statistics of the u. S. De-
partment of Labor entitled "Acci-
dents and accident prevention in
machine building" supplies this de-
tailed information for q large group
| of plants engaged in the building of
different kinds of machines. The
character of the machines built by
these plants varied greatly, from
mammoth locomotives and ships to
delicate electrical apparatus, but it
is of interest to note that they are
all of type for which the war has
made enormous demands Therefore
prior to the war, the information re-
garding accident hazards in the in
dustTy is now of particular peril
nence.
A notable feature of the report is
the measurement of accidents ac-
cording to their severity. Previous
studies have been chiefly concerned
with the frequency of accident oc-
currences, and have counted all ac-
Ri to nc 41aA
broken finger and a broken back
have been counted alike in comput-
ing accident rates, although clearly
the latter is immeasurably more SER
ious. The method offered in this
report is to measure each accident
according to the resulting amount of
time lost. To do this it is necessary
of course, to express fatal and per-
manent injuries as we'll as temporary
disabilities. in terms of fworkdays lost.
This is done by valuing a fatal in
jury, on the basis of life insurance
experience. as equivalent to the loss
of 80 years of mans working life,
while total permanent disability was
rated at 30 years. Other injuries
are credited with lower time losses
in proportion to their probable effect
upon earning capacity.
Applying this method to the ac-
cident data for the machine building
industry, some very interesting re-
suits are obtained. Thus, in the 1914
plants covered by the investigation
the number of accidents occurring
in 1912 was 1S,647, resulting in 81
deaths, All permanent injuries, and
S,199 of 11S per 1000 full-time (3O0
day. workers and a severity rate of
Sc days lost per worker. These
rates may be contrasted with the
experience of a representative steel
plant during the same year, for
which the frequency rate was 154
| and the severity rate IA days lost.
Accidents in the steel plant were thus
| only about one third more frequent
than in machine building but their
severity was two and one-half times
as great.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-12
SKILLED LABOR
BECOMES SCARCE
Vocational Schools in Shops
and Factories as Means
of Trfaining Employees

Wars demands have brought Am
erican industry face to face with a
serious situation the shortage in
skilled labor, and every effort is be-
ing made TO meet this fully so that
| the nations war preparations may
not be held back and the war pro-
longed. Apart from the emergency
measures which often consist oil one
industry loaning" men to help out
another, the most interesting and
constructive work is being done by
the vocational schools which have
been Installed in the various shops
and factories. Probably the model
school of New York State and the
Eastern district, is that of the Crock
er- Wheeler Company, electrical ma
chlnemy manufacturers of Ampere,
N. j., which was started by DIR.
Schuyler s. Wheeler, president of
that company A number of other
schools after this one.
In the Crocker-Wheeler school the
students combine practical shop work
with classroom theory. One day of
the week is spent in the Essex
county Vocational School at West
orange, n. j., where they learn the
scientific side of their practical work.
AASS are tduSnC the QrauRnIlnR,
mathematics, designing, chemistry
of metals and everything that the
finished skilled workman should
know. In the shops they are under
the direct supervision of a highly
trained technical master whose sole
work is to teach them. The course
lasts four years and when completed
the student is capable of taking full
charge of any large machine shop
or factory making electrical mach
inery.
These students must be at Ieast
16 years old when starting the course
although they may be any age above
that, several of them being 80 years
old. They are paid regular wages
while learning, thus making the
course very attractive. In addition
to their regular wages, which afford
them living, they are allowed to
work on piece-work. Payment on
this is made after an original plan;
the students receive half of the piece
work money at the end of each week
and the other half is allowed to ac-
cumulate until the end of the course
when they receive the whole amount
In addition each student is loaned a
full kit of tools at the beginning Of
the course and this becomes his own
when he is graduated. BY this plan
he faces the world with a sum of
money and the training necessary to
earn his living in the electrical in
dustry, one of the fastest growing in
the world.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-12
Sufragists to Hold
Annual Convention in
Pittsburgh Next Week

Plans for state and federal amend
ments as a part of their patriotic
work to help make the world safe
for democracy will be discussed as
a basic part of their war service
work by women who will attend the
forty-ninth annual convention of the
Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage AS
sociation to be held in Pittsburgh,
November 20, 81 and %.
Many widely known women Will
attend the convention including DR.
Anna Howard Shaw and Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Gait, national and inter
national suffrage leaders and active
directors of women throughout the
country engaged in patriotic service;
Mrs. Nellie McClung, foremost among
Canadian suffragists; Countess Laura
de Gozdawa Turczynowicz of Poland
at whose home Won Hindenburg was
quartered early in the war; Miss NJ
Carey Thomas, president of Bryn
Mawr College. Mrs. Clifford Pinchot
and Mrs. ]. o. Miller, acting presi-
dent of the State suffrage organiza-
ton.
An election of officers to form a
war-board for two years will take
place at the convention. A new pres
ident among others will be elected,
Mrs. George B. Orlady having re-
signed several months ago because
of i'll health.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-12
BE.Ll-L:ANS s
Absolutely Removes
Indigestion. Druggists
refund money if it fails. 25c
Ugly Wrinkles
Muddy Complexion!
Disappear ns IL by Magic through
DerwillO Method. One AppIiea-
tion Proves II.

New York;, Those interested in re-
moving wrinkles and beautifying
their complexion are invited to try
the new derwillo method, simple
combination and an effective one. The
very first application viii astonlsh
and surprise you. You will look ten
years younger and the healthy rosy
hue which comes to the skin, and the
Improvement in your appearance will
cause you to be envied by your less
fortunate sisters. The formula was
obtained in France from Camille de
Verlac, a famous beauty doctor, who
has made a life study of the subject
The effect of derwillo method on
wrinkles, rough, sagging, sallow,
ruddy skin, freckles. tan, sun spots
is truly wonderful and will delight
and please those who use it. 1t
makes no difference what you have
tried without success, do not despair.
lust follow the derwillo method for
short time and you will soon be con-
WINGED that there is nothing better
lust as good or just like 1t. 1t should
nc prenared in your own home then
you will know you have the genuine
article. Unlike many skin prepa-
rations 1T is absolutely harmless and
does not stimulate or produce a
growth OF hair.
NOTE-The manufacturers of der
wiIlo are so confident of its efficacy
that il is sold under an absolute steel
bound money-refund guarantee in
this city by all druggists including
j. Nelson Clark and II. G. Kennedy.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-12

warfare, when an aviator has to
loop the loop" or plunge, or ascend
sharply in maneuvering to bring
down. or escape from, an enemy. the
machine has. to meet and withstand
these unusual tests.
Wood for airplane manufacture
must be 100 per cent perfect. In
oA er articles there may be a slight
Srslrgin of imperfection. and this Is
recognized in lumber grading rules.
In airplanes. however. the safety of
aviator and army demands entire
freedom from flaws according to the
Forestry Magazine
Even with Sitka spruce, the favor
ite wood for airplane construction,
there is difficulty in obtaining the
very highest grades. The United
States Forest Service estimates that
only 13 per cent. approximately, is
available for plane construction. or
Port Orford cedar, 10 per cent. is
about all that can be counted on as
good enough for planes; about s per
cent. can be used from the spruce of
Virginia and West Virginia, and only
about 5 per cent. from the smaller
trees of Maine. A member of the
Curtiss firm is reported TO have said
that only 167 board feet. on an aver
age, goes into planes from each 1000
board feet.
The quantity of food needed for
each plane varies, of course, with the
size of the machine; few of the pres
'ent types contain less than ESQ feet,
and it may take 1000 feet in the
rough to furnish this amount. One
Washington lumberman is making
sure of getting only the straightest
of straight-grained stuff by splitting
t. out OF the log instead of saving it.
He gets quality at the expense of
considerable waste in irving out
choice white cooperage stock. or
hickory for spokes. But the resultant
product is sure to have straightness
of grain. There is no place where
this is more important than in
planes.
There has been an actual dearth OF
the kind of Sitka spruce that must
be had. but the northwestern loggers
and millmen, in spite of labor trou-
bles, said to have been fomented by
our enemies, have begun to catch up
with the demand; before long they
should be able to keep up a sufficient
and constant supply.
For propeller blades ash and white
oak are used in considerable Quanti-
ties, while some are made of mahog-
any and spruce or mahogany and
ash. Black walnut has been used in
place of mahogany, because this wood
does not splinter when hit by a pro-
jectile. Maple, birch and cherry have
found some place in propeller manu-
fracture. Douglass fir has been useS
in making frames.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-12
ORDER OF OWLS
HONORS DEAD
Impressive Memorial Services
Attended by Thousand
Members of Fraternity

One thousand members of the
three local nests of the Order of
| Owls, their wives, friends and mem
bers of the Steelton nest, yesterday
attended the first annual memorial
service of the order in the auditor
ium of the Technical High school.
The service was probably one of
the most impressive ever held in TINS
city. Relatives of the four deceased
members of Capital City Nest, Tor
whom the service was held, occupied
special seats in the front of the audi
torium, their somber garb proving a
striking contrast to the electrlcal
effects in the front of the auditorium,
the floral decorations and the vacant
chairs on the platform.
Local musicians and soloists assist
ed the Joint committee of the order
in carrying out the details of the
program. Eugene Cohen, local at
torney. made the memorial address
and paid a splendid tribue to the de-
ceased members. He said in part:
The Order of Owls is a truly
American order based upon the same
foundation stones as the constitution
of our nation, Liberty. Equality and
Justice. We believe that every man
is created free and equal and we
practice this theory in our nest
chambers. We know no sect, creed
or social distinction, the rich and the
poor mingle together and work
shoulder to shoulder to forward the
labor of love. We teach true demo-
cracy, the kind that we now nave
thirty brothers fighting for some
where over there and in this lodge
of memory to-day we mutter one
hroUa hrnfh-
ers who have answered the call OF
their country shall return to us to
help partake in the next lodge OF
memory. Their memories are Kept
green but their chairs are not vacant
and we hold them decked with jewels
of glory when they return to our
midst. We need no monuments TO
mark the graves of our absent
brothers, for they live on in our
memory and will live on after all the
monuments shall have crumbied into
dust from whence they came"
Participating in the program
were: William w. L. Webster, So
prano soloist of old st. Pauls Epis-
copal Church, of Baltimore, who
sang The Vacant Chair" and Face
to Face" A. w. Hartman, bass SOLO
ist of the Messiah Lutheran Church,
Crossing the Bar" Mrs. Sue Dugan
Eager, contralto soloist of the Grace
Methodist Church, who sang "A
Prayer For Faith" with violin obli-
cato; reading, "Thanatopsis." Mrs.
Roberta SwartZ Harling; duet, .Far
Der the Stars Is Thy Rest, Mrs.
Eager and Mr.. Hartman; selections
by the Updegrove orchestra; accom-
panist, j. Stewart Black, organist of
Westminster Presbyterian Church;
roll call, I. P. Carey; opening pray
er, the Rev. Edwin S. Rupp, pastor
of the Otterbein United Brethren
Church, and the presidents address
by Dewitt A. Fry.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-12
TESTS ARE RIGID
FOR WOOD USED
mus. ARPLANES
Must Stand Up Under Thou
sands of Pounds
of Pressure

Washington. d. C.-ro be trust
rorthy. an airplane propeller must
pc one of the strongest things in the
ITorld. Not only are they subjected
q gunfre, but their normal action
makes heavy demands on their
ktrength. The very speed of their
revolutions tends to disrupt them.
test run with propellers made
bf wood which had been dried TO the
lowest possible moisture content or
bone dry, as they say at the Forest
Products Laboratory, the ends OF the
ladies' actually exuded sap which was
Forced out by centrifugal action. In
/ tests, at least, it has been possible
o speed the propellers up to such
hitch that the outer end Of the blade
Hn an eiSht-foot propeller travels at
he rate of four hundred miles an
hour, says the American Forestry
Magazine of Washington.
Some air-machine enG%~~ run at
i I700 revolutions minute, and can
be geared up to 1000. An engine Of
lhis power would use a nine-foot- t-siX-
|nch propeller, and the speed of the
i blade ends would be in the neigh
EoShood of 600 miles an hour. A
good many thousands of pounds OF
pressure per square inch are gene
Hated by this action alone. and pro-
boilers have been known TO split at
he center and fly apart. Even the
|mallest lack of balance between the
blades is very serious, since the pull
bf one must counterbalance that of
1 he other.
In addition there is the gyroscopic
| 1orce which tends to keep the blades
totating in the same plane. At high
kpeed this force is hard to overcome
ind the cross-strains It introduces
'Ehen there is a change of direction,
ither up, down or sidewise, are
Enormous.
Yet under conditions of modern
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-12
Scientific Farming Brings
Big Returns Near Pen Mar

Waynesboro. Pa, Nov. 12.-Joseph
Ridinger. of Baltimore, for several
years a photographer at Pen-Mar,
who disposed of his photograph gal
lery and then purchased a farm near
Pen Mar, is conducting it on scien-
tific and progressive lines. During
the summer Mr.. Ridinger tolls from
early morning until late at night
growing all kinds of fruits and grains
and vegetables, and when winter sets
in he ships the crops to Baltimore,
where he places them in a store and
sells his output at retail at good
profit. This year he has in stock L.
500 jars of applebutter. 100 bushels
of potatoes, 1000 heads of cabbage,
apples, etc. and 200 gallons sauer-
kraut.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-12
ODD PRESENTS FOR SOLDIER

WaynesbOrO. Pa, NOV. I2.-Em-
ployes of S. Dreyfuss store packed a
large box with all sorts of good
things and sent it to Corporal Her
bert Brake, who is now with his reg
iment Somewhere in France" In
the box there were shoes, gloves.
ties. collars, etc
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-07-06

A. A. Tanner left on Tuesday for
a trip to Filler and other points and
expects to be gone Tor about week
DR. A. F. O. Nelson has returned
from his Eastern trip and reports y
very profitable time in the interest
of his profession The doctor also
reports very patriotic war spirit
hack East.
Frank futile who has been sick for
the past two years il reported much
worse at this writing and il being
watched 'Eht and day ~ he cannot
'be left 1t al now.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. W. Workman re-
turned from their trip to Garland.
Utah. They made the trip by car.
and Mrs. Workman's mother came
back with for \ short visit,
John Murer, manager of the Gem
State Lumber 10. left Tuesday for
short trip to his ranch on the King
Hill Project.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-07-06
Notice of Sheriff's Sale

BY Virtue of an execution in my hands
issued out of the District Court of the
Fourth Judicial District of the State Of
Idaho, IN and for the County of Cassia.
in the suit of The Bank of Commerce. a
corporation, agains, J. M. Harper, F annie
Harper, his wife, and F. d. Robinson and
K. n. Parish IT.. duly attested the 10th
day OF June. AID, 1917, | have levied
upon all the right, title and interest of the
said F. d. Robinson, in and to the follow
ing described property, situated in G ASIA
County, Idaho, viz: One piece or parcel
OF land, beginning at = point S rods,
South Of the Northwest corner, Of Sec. "a,
in Township - South, Range ~ EBM
Run thence East 700 rods, thence South
IS rods, thence West 100 rods, thence
North IS rods, to the place Of beginning
Also other parcel of land. beginning at
the Northwest corner of the South half.
of the Northwest quarter, of Sec. "A, in
Township - South. Range ~ E.B.M
run thence East 100 rods. thence South
IS rods, thence West 100 rods, thence
North IS rods, to the place of beginning.
Together with the Tenem ents, Heredita-
ments and Appurtunences, thereunto be-
longing, or in anywise apertaining.
Notice is hereby given, that on Satur-
dav, the 18th day of July, AID, 1917, at
two O'Clock p. NJ. of said day, at the
Court House, at Albion, Idaho, will sell
all the right. title and interest Of the said
F. d. Robinson, 10 and to the said above
described property, at public auction, to
the highest bidder for cash in lawful
money OF the United States, to satisfy
said execution and all costs.
Given underl my hand, this zlst day of
June. 1917.
- w. o. PRATT, Sheriff
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-07-06

Arrangements have been made to iii
up a camping place for automobile
tourists passing through Idaho Falls
A comfort station will be coustructeS
and water supply furnished. The 10
cation will be in the center Of the city
close to the business district.
The Mutual Creamery company for.
mally opened Its fine new cheese fnc.
tory at Greenieaf, with speeches and a
general socisl for the farmers of thai
Vicinity. This plant, which Is said ia
Do modern In every respect, has n
present = capacity Of COCO pounds
daily.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-07-06

turned from their trip to Garland
Utah. They made the trip by car.
and Mrs. Workman's mother came
back with for \ short visit,
John Murer, manager of the Gem
State Lumber 10. left Tuesday for
short trip to his ranch On the King
Hill Project.
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Every family without exception
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Advertisement.
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William Mcbride Of hurley is in
town for couple Of days on business
trip.
A number Of the Oakley people
went to Filler to spend the Fourth
l.. ]. Robinson was in from Rock
Creek couple Of days this week on
business.
C l.. Jenkins and wife is visiting
with their son at Burley for few
DAYS.
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Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
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C. E. Strong and wife left in THEN
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Hector G. Haight and Bryon How
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D. O. Spitzmesser went to File
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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-07-06
Serial No. oil6se

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department. of the IntsIior-U. .. Land
once 1t HALEY, Idaho.
May 18th 1sTT.
Notice IL hereby given that Henry l.. Jones
OF Almo. Idaho. who on June e. 1918. made
Homestead Entry. Serial No. 011e39, for El-x
NEi-4 Sec II. SWi-4 NW1-l and NW1-4 SN1-4,
Section II, Township 10 South. Range ~ East,
to make Three year Proof. to ablish eli aim
to the land Above described, before w. D.
Cahoon. u 4. Com missioner, NJ AImo, Idaho
on the 18th day of July. 1917.
Claimant Namss As Witnesses Merritt A.
Ostsrhout, stephen H. Jones. John II Flower
and Emily Osterhout, all OF Almo. Idaho.
Jiy BEN r. GRAY Register.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-07-06
SERIAL Nos. 08848- 0o436
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Depa rtmsnt OF the Interior nitsd STATE
Land once HALEY. Idaho
May 30th. 1877
Notice II hereby given that Edward A
Stevenson OF Ruriey. Idaho. who on JAnuAry
18th, 1910 II Ads Homestead Entry, ssrtai
No. 00o4S. for Wiz SELL I-2sWi-4, Soc. = .
made Additional Homeas cad entry Serial No
oea3s. for The Ella sri 4. Sect g. Twp. 10 g..
Range - East, Boise Meridian, has Sled not
ice OF Intention to make Final Three Year
Proof ~ establish claim TO the land above
described, before A. 9. neMary, U. 3 Con
missioner. 1T Barley. Idaho, on the 21rd day
OF Jaly, 1917.
Brxck q bury, George Bronson Thomas Rich
srdson and Charles Booth. ALI OF Burley,
Idaho.
J3O BEN r. GRAY Register