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The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-10-24
Department Of Agriculture Tells
Of Tragedies Which Garry
Own Lesson.
LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY
Mer " Flour Mills, Cereal Mills and
Elevxesrs Under Government Urge
Are Using More care-Pre-
ventive Devices Installed.

washington.-Here is a remarkable
contrast:
Between March, 1916. and October,
1917-twenty months-dust explosions
destroyed four of the largest grain and
cereal plants In the United States and
Canada, killing "a people, injuring 36
and destroying SO. OOO, 900 worth of food
stuffs and buildings.
From October. 1917. to August. 1919
-twenty-one months-there has been
only one disastrous dust explosion In
-four mill, cereal mill or grain eleva-
tor In this country. This explosion
occurred in May, 1919, in an elevator
In the Northwest. Three men We're
killed, four injured and property dam
aged to the extent Of $4,000.
Did not the elevators and mills
handle more grain and flour in the lat
And did they not have trouble with
the changing Of help and have to use
inexperienced men? More explosions,
in the natural course of events, were
to be expected in the later period. The
secret Of 1t is that all the men in the
flour mills, cereal mills and elevators
have been careful and preventive de
vices have been installed.
Carry Their Lesson.
The following accounts of tragedies
anu :.ear-tragedies supplied by the bu
reau of chemistry of the United States
department of agriculture convey theil
own lesson.
A feed-grinding plant In Canadi
met with 100000 loss from an ex
plosion and fire caused by foreign ma
terial entering the grinding machine
The sparks created by this foreign ma
terlal, passing through the grindin,
plates ignited the dust in and aroun,
the machine. A small explosion FOL
lowed. Dust-laden air propagated tn
flame to large bin, where the dus
!, had been stirred into suspension. Thi
! produced a second and violent explC
sion and the fire that resulted con
pletely destroyed the plant, killing l
, men and injuring Is.
Friction between any two dissimila
bodies will produce static electricit
,, A spark Of this type started fire
: an elevator head Of a southern expo
; house. Since the elevator heads an
legs were completely boxed in and tt
. machinery was operating prOperl
. there was absolutely no possibility
any cause for this fire except stat
electricity. The discharge ignited Il
dust in the elevator head, the fam
+ burst out and caused fire on the tt
floor. Fortunately the plant WI
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-10-24
YANk WEEDS ESCAPE PLoTTER
Bride Convicted Of Treason by Ger
mans for Helping Prisoners Flea
From Military Prison.

Minneapolis.--Ja w. Shea VI
Grand Forks, N. D., United States
soldier, and Mrs. Margaret Gentzke
who was convicted of treason In Ger
many for aiding Shea and other al
lied fighters to escape Hun military
prisons, obtained license to marry
in the city clerks Office.
Mrs. Gentzke is 81 years Of age and
Shea Is %.
Mrs. Gentzke reached the United
States few weeks after completing
the sentence imposed on her for help
ing Shea escape. Her husband In Ger
many secured divorce after hei. ron
vlctiOn for treason.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-10-24
rAIsER's KITCHEN LIKE HIM
Shows No Sign Of Ever Having Been
Under Fire-Comes to
Washington.

Washington.--To the collection ut
war trophies which the Smithsonian
institution is now gathering will be
added shortly the field kitchen Of Will
liam Hohenzollern, late kaiser of Ger
many.
The kitchen followed the kaiser to
all the fighting fronts he visited, but
shows no signs Of damage, which Is
taken to indicate that 1t was kept far
to the rear. as did its imperial owner,
German prisoners Of war loaded tho
kitchen--which is said to be the most
elaborate affair Of its kind-aboard
transport at st. Nazaire, France and
It is on It's way to Washington, with a
large collection Of war material Of
different kinds.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-10-24
Nose SeWed on After
Being Off One Hour

London.-An unusual story
was related at the King Ed
ward VII hospital at Windsor.
A stable boy, named William
Robertson, was preparing a
horse to run in a race when
skylight fell and cut his nose
clean off. He was taken to the
King Edward VII hospital with
out his nose.
The arteries were tied and
the surgeon then asked for the
nose. 1t was stated that 1t was
left behind in the stable at the
race course.
A messenger Immediately was
dispatched to the stables and
the nose was found in the straw.
1t was taken to the hospital
where an operation was per-
formed and the nose was put on
again. 1t had then been off
about an hour.
A few days later Robertson
was discharged from the hos
pital. He said it was miracle.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-10-24

said another. 1--WE can finish In about
ten minutes"
"All right" said the first, and they
continued working.
A few minutes later-an explosion,
and then fire. Flames spread rap
idly and the heat was so intense that
the firemen could not get the fire uf-
der control. The plant was completely
destroyed, with loss Of $1,5OOOOp.
Enough grain was destroyed to fur
nish Chicago with bread for a month.
Seven Men Killed.
A choke-up occurred recently in an
export elevator in the East. One Of
the men hurried to investigate and
found it to be in leg No. /. He sig
nailed in for leg No. l to be shut down,
but because of some mistake leg No. 2
was shut down instead. The belt In
No. l continued to slip until the heat
produced was so great that the belt
began to burn, thus igniting the dust
in the leg and producing sharp local
explosion which blew the leg apart
This explosion stirred up the dust
about the plant, ignited it, and pro
duced very violent explosion. The
:, fire which resulted completely de
stroyed the plant. Seven men were
killed, 90 injured and the propert,
damage amounted to $1,5OO,0OO.
The miller in modern mill In thu
South believed in having his plan
clean, in having efficient tire-fightih,
apparatus, and in using q fashlight y
he must inspect bin by artificial
{ light. Occasionally, however h
would go through the plant smokin
his pipe.
No Place to Smoke.
! One afternoon he wished to detel
mine the amount Of -four in a bin, $
& he took flashlight. lifted the tral
8 door Of the bin, and was about to flas
the light when he found mass (
8 flames in front Of him. He was smol
s ing his pipe at the time. His HAND
! and face were badly burned, and tt
3 trapdoor sill was scorched. Fort
s nately, because of the lack of dust
8 the plant, the blaze vanished almo
q as quickly as 1t came. The miller
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-10-24
WARNS OF DUST
PERIL IN MILLS

equipped with an automatic sprinkler
system and the fire was extinguisLed
before much damage was done. BY
grounding every elevator head In the
building this danger was eliminated.
and since that time no fire or explo-
sion has occurred In the plant.
Care Prevents Disaster.
grinding mill In the middle West to
keep the plant ms free as possible from
all dust. This practice. no doubt
saved the plant from a disastrous ex-
plosion and fire. Soma bits of foreign
material got past the magnetic sepa-
rator. and upon entering the grinding
machine caused SPARKS to fly. The
sparks ignited the dust In suspension.
blew open the doors of the grinding
machines. and flames shot out to a
distance of several feet but because
of the lack OF dust to propagate the
flame the fire went out. Had there
been Accommodations Of dust near by II
no doubt would have been thrown into
suspension and another and very VIC
lent explosion would have resulted.
At an elevator In the East three
men were transferring grain from 4
storage bin to n shipping bin wher
one of them smelled the 0dor of burn
ing rubber.
II guess we had better see what i
the trouble" said one.
Lets finish running this bin first,
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-10-24

a modern mill In the South still b~'
lieves In smoking-ls~s not la flou2
mill or grain elevator.
While inspecting an 'e.evator In the
East an insurance man found an ex-
tension light with fiimsy wire guard
lying on the floor and remarked, This
light should not be lying ON the floor"
"All right" said one Of the men.
and picked up the light. intending to
throw 1t over beam overhead. The
bulb struck the beam and broke. This
disturbed and ignited the dust which
lay thick on the beam. Flames burst
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-10-24
Candid Criticism

An official Of an insane asylum Is
firm believer in the value OF amuse-
rent on a deranged mind; and. being
n good amateur comedian, he occas-
ionally assists ut an entertainment.
His last performance was especially
ludicrous; but one man In the audi
ence sat through It with a grave ana
unmoved countenanee, look OF per-
plexity In his eyes. ut certainly Is q
sencuvkable state .Of Affairs" he con-
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-10-24

The danger from the pink bolworm
tons were made by the government
requiring the fumigatior of all cotton
from foreign countries before it could
be landed in the United States. Ev-
cry possible precautionary measure
was taken, but there came one thing
against which even the government
could not guard. The great storm
that ravaged the Gulf country in 1915
washed ashore around Trinity Bay,
and possibly elsewhere on the Texas
coast, great quantities of cotton lint
and cotton seed.
Nobody gave any special thought to
the matter at the moment, but when
the next year the pink bollworm ap-
peared all around the bay, it became
apparent that some Of the washed-up
cotton must have come across the
Gulf from the Laguna district of Mex
leo, where the pest had gained foot
ing some time earlier. That may not
have been the only source of infesta-
ton, but it was the one that gave the
greater part of the trouble.
An oil mill at Hearne had received
some seed from Mexico in 1916, and
the bollworm appeared in few fields
in the immediate neighborhood Of the
mill. The infestation at this point
was entirely eliminated in short order
however, by uprooting and burning al
growing cotton, collecting and burnin!
all scattered parts, the prompt milling
and destruction of the seed, and tn,
shipment to Europe of the harvested
lint.
A mill at Beaumont, too, had re
ceived seed from Mexico and had vic
lated its agreement to use it only TO
milling. 1t developed that some 0
: this seed was sold to planters through
5 out radius of 20 or 80 miles fror
, the mill. Each sale was traced an
t the surrounding district included i
the cleanup operations.
: But it was the washed-up cotton ir
!, festaton at Trinity Bay that develope
e the really alarming situation, involvin
n more than 5000 acres of cotton SUI
$ rounding the bay, and 1t was ther
! that the really big operations WEI
e undertaken.
A large force Of experts and labo
o ers-not less than 800 negroes-wit
n the voluntary assistance Of any nur
: Der Of farmers and members of the
% families, was assembled camps We
d established, and the cleanup was b
\ gun on a thoroughly systematized pli
d that involved every inch Of surfac
# to make sure that no lurking place WI
% left for larva to winter. All Il
ID cotton grown in this area was taxi
4 to Galveston under supervision al
If shipped to foreign countries. All Sc
70 was milled under the direction of &C
~ eminent agents. The work end
a. with the whole area as clean as t
ne top Of table.
v The result, naturally, was await
RI with much anxiety. In the spring
in 1918 the entire area was watched. I
n planting of cotton was prohibited.
r. course, and every stalk of volunte
cotton was pulled up and destroyed
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-10-24
In Holland, Too.

The typical Dutch housemaid IN
wooden clogs and multi-colored skirts
has passed AWAY to make room for q
totally different kind Of being. An
Amsterdam lady engaged not long ago
new housemaid who stipulated that
she should have two evenings week
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-10-24

ter careful examination. At the end
OF the season the reports Of all the
investigators showed that absolutely
no evidence of the presence Of the
bollworm could be found.
But the success of the campaign will
not be regarded as absolutely certain
until two other summers have passed.
In the me mtime the quarantine will
be vigorously enforced
Prior to the discovery of the actual
presence of the pink bollworm in Tex
as the state, taking precautions
against its presence not far away in
Mexico, had enacted legislation giving
authority to establish zone free from
cotton culture on the border of Texas
adjacent to Mexico. Since that time.
quarantine and cotton-free zones have
been declared in three areas.
The normal planting of cotton in the
largest Of these areas Is about $4,000
acres and the inability to plant has,
Of course, entailed hardship on the
planters. Individuals-137 to be ex-
act-disregarded the law and planted
some cotton, a total of few hundred
acres. Legal action was taken against
them and they have since signed an
agreement to bear all the cost of clean
ing up their farms, under the super
vision of government inspectors, and
to leave the disposal of the cotton
grown absolutely in the hands Of the
authorities.
1t is interesting to note that a con.
!, siderable number of these so-called
: outlaw cotton fields We're discovered
!. by aerial observation. Much Of the
country in the infested areas is heav
!, lily timbered. Roads are neither plen
: tiful nor good in many places, and i
was possible for an outlaw planter tt
tuck away few acres of cotton II
some nook Of the woods beyond prob
: ability of discovery by ordinary means
This gave the inspectors of the fed
:, eral horticultural board the idea 0
= using airplane observers to spy out tn
: hidden fields. The scheme worked ad
mirably, the first flight alone reveal
ing no less than seven outlaw cotto
;, fields which had escaped discovery b
all other means.
:. While feeling of reasonable safet
"a is justifiable as to the elimination G
% the bollworm from Texas, the DANCE
Of new infestation remains so Ion
:. as the bollworm exists in Mexico, ant
n therefore, extreme vigilance will M
n. be relaxed. All railway cars and oil
,r err vehicles coming across the line al
70 inspected, cleaned, and fumigate
a. The disinfection of cars and freigl
IN with gas from generators placed wit
% in the cars has been discarded as gi
os ing no security against insects tn;
no might be resting on the exterior
on cars. Disinfection houses have be,
nd erected into which cars are run al
cd disinfected both internally and exte
". nally.
ed The question Is now raised: FL
he the recent Gulf Of Mexico hurrical
brought the pest again to the Tex
ed shore? The storm ravaged the Gil
Of shore from Brownsville beyond
he Key West II the storm of 19
of brought the pest to the Americ;
.er shore from Mexico. why should not
af- same conditions now obtain?
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-10-24

70 enable her to attend rehearsals.
Asked to explain, "Dientje" said that
she was member Of the orchestra
OF the Concert Gebouw 1.-THE Queens
hall Of Amsterdam) and needed leis-
ure moments in which to practice
Brahms. Spohr, Bach and Beethoven
for the autumn concerts.-London
Daily Express.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-10-24

fided to a visitor after the doctor had
finished an amazing sort OF highland
fling, "a very remarkable state of az
fairs. when they shut me up here and
leave him on the outsider
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-10-24
10 90 az EHE N2@

!" :. 4. ! !. 4. !.
~ EAINCIllNd IOr small,
- thin, rose-tinted, almost
white caterpillar in TO-
600 acres of Texas cot
ton land confronted with
the necessity of making
certain that in all that
area no single caterpillar
made good it's conceal
ment in boil or stalk or
leaves or grass or trash; forced to
sweep every inch of the 10000 acres
as closely as a scrupulous housewife
sweeps the kitchen floor and to sift
every pint of the sweepings as care
fully as miser would sift dirt with
gold nuggets in it-there Is task be-
side which the one of searching for
needle in a haystack appears simple
and as requiring no patience worth
mentioning.
But that is exactly what the United
States department Of agriculture, with
the help of the state authorities OF
Texas did in the campaign for the
elimination Of the pink bollworm of
cotton. 1t was done so successfully
that not single egg, larva, or moth
Of the pink bollworm appeared in 1918,
result that appears to justify the
characterization Of the job as the big
gest successful chronological expert
ment of it's Kind in history.
When it was first found that the
pink bollworm of cotton had gained
footing upon the soil Of the United
States, the CONSERVATION that resulted
was hardly less than it would have
been If the discovery had been made
that German gunboats were coming ur
the Mississippi river. But the con
sternation was among agricultural
scientists. The general public did mo-
know the desperate danger. The scien
lists knew, however, that, unles,
checked, the little bollworm meant al
annual loss of not less than $4,000,
600, If, indeed, it did not threaten tn,
existence Of the cotton industry, ant
their alarm was not materially less
ened because the infested area wa
limited to SMALL areas around Trinit
Bay, Beaumont and Heane. Texas.
For the pink bollworm spreads, NO
by yards or acres, but by hundreds Q
miles at leap The chief agent Q
dissemination being man with his raj
road trains, the distance from Texa
to Georgia or North Carolina is n
great jump, and 1t probably would nc
be direct jump. The larva woul
be loaded into car of cotton at Bea,
mont, say, shipped to New Bedfor'
Mass, and left in the litter at til
bottom Of the car. which would the
20 to Brockton for load Of shoe
consigned to Atlanta, and would fina
ly get swept out on some siding in tt
Georgia cotton fields.
And there it would begin anew Il
devastation that 1t has wrought
Egypt. India, Japan, the Philippine
Ceylon, the Straits Settlements, Il
Hawaiian Islands, Brazil, Mexico, al
practically every cotton growing cou
try on the globe except the Unit
States. It is the most destructive
all enemies Of cotton. often reduci
the yield Of lint by 30 per cent III
sometimes by more than so per Gel
and greatly lessening the, quantity
oil produced from the seed. In t
Hawaiian Islands the cotton indust
has been practically abandoned
cause Of It, and wherever it has 90
the Industry has suffered terrib
That is why the department of az
culture, when the worm appeared
Texas, thought 1t worth while to
dertake campaign out of all prop
ton to the area infested.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-10-24

San Francisco. Tat = MY
arm Is bleeding. dactos-see the
blood all over IT," cried Albert
risimo. rs he burst into the
Harbor Emergency hospital. his
right arm stained with CORY
streaks.
DIR. A. Friedman gave one
look at the arm. He put his
nose TO one of the streaks OF
red. and then he burst out In a
roar of laughter.
That's not blood. my good
man: that's nothing but red
ink" said the doctor. as Fis-
limo explained that he had
scratched his arm while load
ing boxer on a wagon and had
gone to the first aid box for
what he thought to be iodine.
but. instead. he had taken red
ink.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-10-24
Chinese University Expands.

The Fukien Union university Of
Foochow Is about to erect million
dollar group Of buildings.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-13
FOR SPANISH FRATERNITY.
King Alfonso Hopes to See More
Intimate Relations.

BuENos AYREs. Oct l2.-Fraternity
among the nations of the Spanish race
is the theme OF an interview with King
Alfonso had by the correspondent In
Spain Of La Nacion. The correspondent
saw the King at San Sebastian on the
eve OF the celebration OF Race Day"
and the anniversary OF the discovery of
America.
81 see with great satisfaction" said
the King. ''the profound Significance
which the peoples of Spanish-America
are giving to Race Day The happy
initiative of the President OF Argentina
in declaring n national holiday for this
historic anniversary has met with echoes
In other countries of Spanish root and
they will not be tardy In seconding all
that has been done to make the holiday
one of ali the peoples OF the Spanish
tongue"
Discussing post war business relations
between Spain and South America, King
Alfonso expressed the opinion that these
would enter upon a new phase. He ex-
pressed the belief that there would be
closer relations between Spanish and
South American financial circles, an In
creased interchange Qf products and the
fortihcation of spairye credit.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-13
BERKMAN TELLS OF
PRISON BRUTALITIES
Charges All Kinds of Crime
to Atlanta Penitentiary.

ATLANTA, Ga, oct. 12.--Brutalities in
the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary are
charged In a letter just sent to Atlanta
from New York by Alexander Berkman,
confessed anarchist, who was recently
released after serving his term here and
who is now facing deportation proceed
ings. II would be hard 10 add anything
in the line of misconduct TO the allega-
tions made by the prisoner, which run
all the way from killing a prisoner to
torturing others. and to the encourage
ment OF vice and of traffic in drugs.
Berkman's statement is not a personal
attack upon Warden Zerbet. except in SO
far as he Is responsible for the conduct
OF Assistant Warden Gerideau and his
guards.
He calls attention TO the fact that sim
liar charges of cruelties were made by
Julian Hawthorne, after his release, and
claims that the investigation that fol-
ved resulted in the summary discharge
o. Warden Meyer. who later was given
tho position OF warden at sing Sing.
He says the guards are vulgar, brutal
and dissipated. He calls attention 10 the
fact that the guards are paid only SIG a
month, and urges that the pay be raised
so that men better fitted TO the service
may be secured.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-13
CLOTHING WORKERS
WANT MORE WAGES
National Union Will Place De-
mands Before Federation
Of Manufacturers.

Tho Amalgamated clothing Workers
OF America will place demands for In
creased wages and bett lent in work.
ing conditions before the National In
dustrial Federation of Clothing Manu-
facturers during the week.
The federation is composed OF all inn
portant mems clothing manufacturers
In this city, Chicago. Rochester and Bal
timore. It is announced that when an
agreement has been reached with the
federation. demands will be presented
for similar agreements with clothing
manufacturers Of Boston. Philadelphia,
Milwaukee, Cleveland, Cincinnati. Louis
vile, Utica and ali other cities where
the amalgamated clothing workers are
organized.
Wage demands are being drafted by
union members In the four cities which
are to be considered by the federation
The Chicago demands, the FIRST to be
prepared, call for a wage increase of SO
a week and wage scales as follows:
Cutters, $4b: spongers, $40: trimmers
$40; tailors. $40; bushelmen, $40; women
bushelers, $50; examiners. $40; mlscel-
laneous operators, $40; general opera
tors, $45.
The Amalgamated Clothing Workers
also will ask for the creation of an UNI
employment fund to provide for the sup
port of workers during slack seasons
They propose that the employers pay
an equivalent of 8 per cent of workers
wages to the unemployment fund.
The Amalgamated Clothing Workers
of America has collective bargaining
agreements with employers of 100000
men and women workers on men
ready made and custom made clothing
II is Independent of the American Fed.
Grafton OF Labor.