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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-27
The Unexpected 20 Per Cent Savings
Thrown Into Their Laps

as it were. Day by day they throng in, get
ting everything for present needs, stocking
up for future needs against the uncertainties
of future conditions, buying year outfit OF
shoes, securing that birthday gift month
ahead for savings sake-some OF them even
buying presents for next Chr1stmasl
For they know that such golden days
cannot continue indefinitely, although in ap-
probation Of their apprec-
iation We wish they pf>
oarld
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-12-09
Aiding Injured Workers.

Twenty-one states have accepted the
terms of the federal Industrial reha-
Utilization act. These states, In the or
der of their acceptance, are: Nevada
Minnesota, New York, Tennessee, Ari-
iona, Indiana, North Dakota oregon
Ohio, Georgia, Arkansas, North Caro-
lima, West Virginia, Iowa, Delaware
New Jersey. South Carolina, Alabama,
Utah. Mississippi and Texas. The in
dustrial rehabilitation law hHs been de-
scribed as IAN act to set up injured
workers. 1t is based on the theory
that an injured person is of mere beGe-
fit to society and to himself if he is
assisted through training. to earn his
living. The federal government APP
propriates to each state an amour
equal to that appropriated by the state
for that purpose The federal board
approves the system Of training, thar
these states use.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-12-09
VIRGINIA Woman Workers.

In a survey Of women in industry in
Virginia by the women's BURG of the
federal Department Of Labor, it is
stated that in 14S establishments in
that state employing 34,913 workers.
over One-half are women. The num-
Der is 1871, or 53.3 per cert of the
total. It is estimated that there are
226,00O wage earning women in Vir-
ginia.
In the plants Investigated there is al
most a total absence of any health or
accident records.
1t is declared that poor working con-
ditiOns and long hours are not the only
things that these wage working women
have to contend with, but that "their
responsibilities and their struggle to
make two ends meet are an additional
strain on their vitality"
The investigators did moi survey
wages, but their report on home con-
ditions of the women is an Indictment
OF wages paid.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-12-09
Dirty San Francisco.

San Francisco has some of the dirt
lest streets in the United States, if
not in the world, and what makes this
condition more inexcusable is the fact
that it should be an extremely easy
city to keep clean and healthy, says
the San Francisco News Letter. In
the first place, we do not have to con-
tend with the volumes of smoke and
SCOT coming from hundreds Of fac
tories such as the eastern cities are
cursed with; in the second place, we
could devise way of using the ocean
water to wash streets and sidewalks
with (salt water is a mild disinfect-
anti +; and thirdly, we are blessed with
an equable climate, thus making street
cleaning an easy matter every day in
the year.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-12-09
German Communists pefeated.

Communists suffered a defeat when
the Berlin electricity workers strike,
which threatened to become general
with the seizure of the factories, was
broken, the men returning to work.
Berlin, which had been like wartime
oil week, returned to light aud street
cars resumed. The strike VOLS broken
when the municipal magistrates after
futile ultimatum to President Ebert
announced that the workmen not re-
porting would be considered dis
charged The workers viii get so
pfennigs, less than a cent, increase
hourly, and the workers categories
will be changed.
The strike was called without pub
lie warning. According to the national
governments ultimatum future strikes
In vital industries will not be permit
TED without three days negotiations.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-12-09
EoREIeN NEWs.

Two important military supporters
Of Gabrielle. d'Anunzio at Fiume have
deserted him. General Cecctherini,
commander In chief Of d'Anunzio's
troops. has quit his post, arriving at
Trieste Friday. accompanied by Colo
mel SAM, the chief Of staff
More than 45O.O 900 Parisians are with
out apartments, according to figures
given in debate in the city council over
the housing problem in Paris.
Sixteen followers of Francisco Villa,
sentenced to the New Mexico peniten-
tiary for life for participation in the
historic raid across the border on Co
lumbus, NJ NJ. in 1916. were pardoned
Thursday by Governor Larrazolo. All
but one had pleaded guilty to second
degree murder, the other getting q
committed sentence for first degree
murder
The soviet representative in. Alexan-
drovsk has informed the Lithuanian
government that the bolshevili forces
will he obliged to occupy Wilma.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-12-09
ARBITRATOR TO END DISPUTE
Both Parties in Labor Controversy in
Fort Smith District Of Arkansas
Accept Mediation.

Both sides agreed to accept Hrbitra-
ton in a labor dispute in .fhe fort
Smith district Of Arkansas which re-
suited from an attempt to introduce a
lower wage scale In a smelling plant
at Van Buren,, Ark, the Department
Of Labor announced An arbitrator
chosen by the department. is satlsfac-
tory both to employer and employee. it
was said, and will report at Van Blu
rem shortly.
The case is important in that It vas
the first authentic instance Of an at.
tempt to reduce wages to come TO the
attention Of the department The en-
ployees of the smelling plant were or
ganized in the Mine, Mill ard Shelter
workers union. A later attempt to re-
Guce wages which was brought to the
department led to the measures which
made reductions unnecessary, through
assistance obtained from the Ford
plant in Detroit, Mich, which is illus
tIating economies that may lie made
in the factories affected, all Of which
manufacture Ford parts.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-12-09
Labor Banks.

The opening in Cleveland of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Cooperative National bank, hailed as
the first cooperative national bank
in the United States and the first of it's
kind set up by organized labor, was
the occasion for a declaration by the
brotherhood chief that labor needs
banks of its own more than does any
other class, unless it be the farmers.
This seems to indicate that if labor
needs banks more, 1t also needs more
banks. And if its cooperative plan to
distribute earnings in excess of 10
per cent stock dividends, to its de-
pOsitors, works cut WELL more banks
should not be difficult to achieve.-
Christian Science Monitor.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-12-09
Church sells IN AeIa Mlnor.

Church bells are an abomination to
MosIems. IN 1917, the Turks, hearing
that the Germans had melted their
church bells and made them into bull.
lets. decided they would melt the
church bells of Asia Minor. In order
TO add insult to injury some of the bell
metal was made into stirrups, to show
the Armenian Christians that they
were both in fact and figure under the
feet of their Mohammedan overlOFds.
But the Armenians of Marash have col
lected the money for good church
bell, to be purchased in America, and
are looking forward to a time when
they can worship God in peace.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-12-09
CONSIDER waae Readlussment.

Wage readjustment policies are OC-
cupying the attention of the employ
ers largely at present, accOr ling to in
formation reaching the conciliatiOn
service of the Department OF Labor,
which received information of two
methods by which the relations Of
wages and decreased demand for prod
Ucts are being reconciled, both having
their origin in Detroit, Mich.
In this connection, interesting re-
ports, which cannot be traced down,
ere afloat in Washington TO the eff
feet that price reductions on consid-
cradle scale will go into effect in the
near future. Whatever foundation
there may be for these rep, rts, it is
now sufficiently clear that down
ward movement Of prices is under way,
though it may come slowly.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-12-09
WORK Done BY
HEALTH SERVICE.
Facts Concerning Industrial Sur
gerry Given Out by National
Safety Council.
THREE PRIMARY INTERESTS
Prevention Of Accidents Is the First
Consideration, Then Cure, end the
Best Possible Observation-Disclosures
Found for Reconstructed Men.

Prevention Of accidents and disease,
rure where prevention has failed and
rehabilitation of the victims of acct
dent and disease so that they may con-
tinue to fill useful place in The world
and that they and their families shall
not become destitute-these are the
three primary interests of the medical
and hospital departments maintained
by modern industrial organizations. A
few of the salient facts concerning
health service in modern industry
brought out iE the speeches and dis
cussiOns at the congress of the Ma
tional Safety council are here given:
The three biggest phases of indus
trial surgery are, first, prevention; Sec
Und, cure, and third, rehabilitation.
The men who are guarding the health
Of the workers are primarily interested
In preventing disease and accident. In
those cases where prevention has
failed, the Industrial physician is max
ing it his business to effect not the
quickest and cheapest cure, as of old,
but the very best cure for the patient,
enc that will restore him to as near
his former condition as possible. And
last, and perhaps most impressive from
the humanitarian point of view, where
the accident or disease so disables the
worker as to incapacitate him for his
former occupation the Industrial sur
geOn is interesting himself IN his fu-
ture welfare by refitting him for some
other work and finding, with the Co
operation of other departments in the
Industry, job that the reconstructed
Ean can FILL
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-12-09
More Work Done in Fewer Hours.

A point of interest to employers
who have necessarily depIored the
shortening of hours and insisted
that a proportionate decrease in pro
duction would inevitably follow, is
that, according to a report made TO tine
British parliament, where output was
largely or entirely dependent ON the
worker, there was frequently no loss
in production; ipCeed, in one whole-
sale tailoring estal llshment an Increase
of 40 per cent was reported. Iii anOth-
er instance, boot factory, where the
hour of work we're reduced from 50
to 4s per week, there was considers
BILE increase in output.-Tri-City La
Dor Review.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-12-09
PIan q Foree Lower waaes.

The Clothing Manufacturers assOei-
alton of New York announced its shops
would not be reopened until employees,
who are members oil the ANA gamated
Clothing Workers union, agreed to
new working and wage conditions "nec-
essary to the life of the industry"
Nearly 10000 members Of TIN Unit
ed Hebrew trades in New YUrk sta e
have been thrown out Of weriS in the
last three weeks OF steady business
recession" Morris Feinstone, associate
secretary of the organization, an
nounced.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-12-09
COMPANY Denied Inlunetion.

Federal court DEGREES refusing to
grant an injunction to the Niles Tool
Works company of Hamilton, O.,
against the Iron Molders' union, Local
No. 6S, were upheld by the Supreme
court
The Niles Tool Works, while work.
ing on government orders in 1917 was
seriously handicapped by strike
which it was alleged was designed to
defeat the open-shop policy of the
company. The complaint asserted that
the strike was in effect conspiracy
in restraint of interstate commerce
and was violation of the national de-
Tense act.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-12-09
M DRUGGISTS RECOMMEND
SWAMP ROOT

Tor many years druggists have watched
WIKI much interest the remarkable record
xnaintainad b DE-. Kilmsr's GWamp.ROot
The great kidney. liver and bladder medi-
sine.
Il h . physician's prescription.
6Wamp-Root IL & strengthening medi-
zine. IL helps the kidneys. liver and blad-
der do the work nature intended they
should %.
Swamp Root has stood the test Of years.
Il i sold By aIl druggists on its merit
and q should help you. No other kidney
medicine has 90 many friends.
Be aure 70 get SWamp-RoOt and start
treatment at once.
However, Il you wish first 70 test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kzaer a CO.. Binghamton, N. T., for 2
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-12-09
PIan 70 Flaht Vac Reduetlon.

Federation of Labor officials estl-
mate there are more than 100000
unemployed in the country, Some of
them attribute the shutting down Of
plants to a concerted determination on
the paEt Of employers to force reduc.
ton Of wages ana also to free the
country back to tie open-shOp basis.
One plan proposed to meet tins in
huence is for the American Federation
Of Labor to raise a S20OO0OOG fund to
aid unemployed uniGn men.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-12-09
sTArE ANp DOMESTIC NEws.

The average daily production of the
oil fields of the gulf coast section of
Texas at the close of the past week
was approximately 99,420 barrels, a
decline of about 10000 barrels from
that on the same day the week pre-
Yious and more than $4,000 barrels
below that of two weeks before.
Roscoe Sarles, driving the distance
without stop, won the 250-mile race
on the Los Angeles speedway Thurs
day, at Los Angeles, California. Eddie
Miller finished second and Eddie
Hearne third Sarles led on every lap
and in addition to first prize of $780,
900 took the same amount in lap
prizes Miller and Hearne won $4,000
and $4,000 respectfully. Jimmy Muir
ply finished fourth, taking $4,000 prize.
Mrs. Desha Breckenridge, noted suf-
frage and woman's club worker, died
at Lexington, KY, Thursday. She was
great-granddaughter of Henry Clay.
c. A. Baird, aged So years, for many
years passenger agent of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad, and known throughout
Texas where he has been stationed for
Is years, died at San Antonio, Texas,
Monday.
Louisiana sugar planters suffered a
loss approaching $2,550,00O through the
recent freeze and cold wave.
The Atlantic Oil Producing Com
pany's well, Ainsworth No. 1, making
1O,OOO,OO0 feet of gas, was brought in
Thursday near Kosse, Texas.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-12-09
ALL LATEST news
News That Is News, When il
Is News. for All.
STATE, NATIONAL, FOREIGN
Happenings the World Over of
Important Events Condensed,
to Good Reading.
WASHINGTON 1--WE.

BY direction Of President Wilson,
the war department has awarded a
distinguished service medal to Colonel
Antoine De Page, surgeon-general Of
the Belgian army. The citation, made
public Saturday, said Colonel De Page
gave very valuable assistance to the
medical officers of the American ex-
peditionary forces, helping to save
many American lives.
Two new treasury savings securities,
a 81 treasury saving stamp and $25
treasury saving certificate, will be is
sued during the coming year, Secre-
tary Houston announced Sunday They
will complete the line Of government
saving securities, he said, and place
operations on a peace time basis.
President-elect Warren G. Harding
left the canal zone for the United
States Sunday after a weeks visit in
which he included an intimate study
of the commercial and military adj
vantages and needs of the waterway
and exchanged assurances of friendly
relations with the republic of Panama.
The American government has in
formed Great Britain, politely but
firmly, that it does not propose to be
excluded from participation in the
rights and privileges obtained under
mandates provided in the treaties Of
peace. Furthermore, it expects to be
heard regarding the terms Of those
mandates before they are put into
force.
Thirty-two persons in the army we're
sentenced to death by court martial
during the last fiscal year, but in no
case was the sentence carried into eff
feet, Major General e. H. Crowder,
judge advocate general, says in his an
nual report made public this week.
Twelve of the death sentences were
disapproved, 10 reduced to imprison-
ment, ranging from life terms to five
years and one case was pending on re-
view when the report was compiled.
The council of the league Of nations
Thursday cabled President Wilson, at
the same time as the messages of the
same purport were sent to the vari-
GUS powers asking whether he will &C
cept the role of mediator between
Mustapha Kemal Pasha, the Turkish
nationalist leader, and the Armenians.
A new department of commerce
and marine" to embrace under one cab
met head the present department of
foreign and domestic commerce" and
the United States shipping board has
been recommended to President-eIect
Harding for consideration.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-12-09

1t has always been impossible to re-
stock the celebrated Fraser river fish
ing grounds in British Columbia with
salmon eggs from hatcheries, because
the fertile eggs will not stand carriage
by pack animals over rough mountain
trails. Now it is proposed to trans
port eggs to the fishing grounds by
airplane.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-12-09
CALLS WAGE REDUCTION
SCHEME "BAD BUSINESS"

Declaring that reduction of
wages throughout factories of
Canada would defeat the very
object which the employers had
in view, President Tom Moore of
the Dominion Trades and Labor
congress said, that such a policy
would not be good business from
any point OF view. "The manu-
facturers of this country" said
Mr.. Moore, depend primarily on
their home markets, and any pol
icy which curtails that market
by reducing the purchasing pow
er through a reduction Of wages
Of the great mass Of workers
must be han business and would
defeat the object they have in
view of clearing accumulated
stocks"
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-12-09
cutlcura soap for the complexIon.

cutieura Soap for the Complexion.
Nothing better than Cuticura Soap
daily and Ointment now and then as
needed to make the complexion clear,
scalp clean and hands soft and white.
Add to this the fascinating, fragrant
Cuticura Talcum and you have the
Cuticura Toilet Trio.-Ady.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-12-09

This bacon is neither very good nor
very bad"
How could you expect It to be
either when 1t is just middling7"
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-12-09

A Woman's smile may attract man,
bat It takes angelic temper to hold
him.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-12-09

Oratory is merely talk with it's Sun
day clothes on.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-12-09
Famous Whonpers.

do you promise to love, honor ana
obey?"
81 do."-DetrOit News.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-12-09

Don't think a floating debt is neces--
sariIy a light one
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-05-04
STATE BANKERS
ALLEGE COERCION
Testify Federal En-
ployes Seek to Force
Them Into System

WASHINGTON, May Attacking
the administration Of the federal re-
serve act, state bankers told the house
rules and banking committees today
that federal employees hy cocrciN e
methods were seeking to fore state
bankers into the reserve system.
The rules committee was asked TO
act favorahly on Representative King :
resolution proposing investigation OF
the administration u the federal re-
serve act. while the banking commit
tee was requested to report an amend q
ment OF the az authorizing a charge
OF exchange,
H. Flood Madison. a state banker Of
Bas.rOp, Louisiana, testified that "
vas not an uncommon practice FOR
federal reserve banks to accumulate
checks against state bank calling ior
twice as much as the cash reserve re-
quirod OF the bank under state laws
and then to present the checks toT
payment al one timo. Describing sim
liar practice, Representative king and
IteaNts republicans, Nebraska, said
such actions were the conduct OF "a
highwayman.'
States represented At the hearings
Included Texas. Nebraska, Idaho,
South ard North Dakota and Colorado.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-05-04

SAN FRANCISCO. May 4.-Choics
between two groups OF 20 delegates ia
'he republican national convention,
one pledged 10 United States Senator
Hiram w. johnson and the other to
Herbert Hoover former United States
food controller. was offered to voters
at the California presidential primary
election today.
Democrats ana prohibitionlsts also
were electinE today 26 delegates each
TO their respective national conyen-
tions These were unopposed. except
that on the democratic ticket Henry
~. Childefs Of los Angeles. announC- %
ing that he favored liberal interpre-
tstiOn of the national prohibition
amendment qualified az candidate
for national delegate In addition TO
the 20 named by the state central
committee. The democratic delegates
are unpiedEed. The prohibition group
IN pledged to the candidacy OF Henry
clay Noedham nf Los Angeles
Registration Tor today's election
exceeds that for any previous pri-
mary election In California. Of the
I,iii,i92 men and women eligible to
vote. sSS.767 are registered a. re-
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-05-04
FOUND UNCONSCIOUS,
MIND IS DERANGED
Tulsa Man Says He Lost
Money in Business,
Then Left Home

A young man who says he ia Nor
ris Davidson OF Tulsa. Okla. was
found unconscious In Robinson park
last night at n O'Clock by Walter NJ.
Connell. lie was taken 20 the police
station where he wns revived today
and was able to tell sonsshlng about
himself.
According to the story he told Rabbi
Bergman Of the bureau o. charities. he
lost his money In buAiness IN Tulsa
and was afraid 10 face his wife aud
decided TO leave. lie also says his
trouble affected his mlnd.
Rabbi bergman has wired the CHIEF
OF police OF Tulsa for information
about the man bit up TO noon tosiiiy
had received no reply.
He said he did not believe the man
had taken any Of the rat biscuit which
was round In his pocket and that his
condition wnH due principally 10 men-
tal arrangement. lie seemed rational
at times today. but az other tunes
would say that ne was dead" and
that he was already In the Garden
OF Eden"
The man Is In his twenties and ap-
parently In good physical condition.
He had 81 Ia his pockets when found.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-05-04
Wood Defeats Johnson in Maryland;
Indiana and California are Holding
Statewide Primaries Today
CALIFORNIA TO DECIDE BETWEEN
HOOVER AND JOHNSON TODAY

puhllcans. af7,T37 NJ democrats. H..
s2s as socialists and s.3gi as progrer.
sives. S,3i7 are scattering and 1876.
70s declined to state their party az
nliption.
Regardless of party ariliation,
voters at this election may choose
the ballot of any party they wish,
state officials have announced As a
result, IL was expected that many
democrats ana others would vote the
republican ticket where Interest
centered In the contest between the
rival johnson and Hoover groLps of
prospective delegates.
The johnson forces were expected
10 show their greatest strength In san
Francisco aud the northern part OF
the state, while the maximum Hoover
vote was expected from Los Angeles
and southern California.
Only delegates 10 national party
conventions Will be elected today.
The state primary viii he held August
-, when candidates for United
States senatprship. eleven seats in
congress and long list Of state oni-
ces Will be chosen. California presi-
dental electors will be named by tho
state conventions in september