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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-11-19
bad ORDER"
WORKMEN
Is Railroad Menace, Says
Engineers Journal

leveland.-Because of liberal al
lowance by the government, railroads
may now pay attention to "bad order
rolling stock, and the Locomotive En-
gineers' Journal suggests that some
attention be paid to "bad order" work
men.
A "bad order" workman, says this
publication, is more dangerous than
any other part of the train mechan-
ism.
at is the duty of the railroads to
discard some of the practices prevail
ing of late and adopt more common
sense, more humane methods of hand
ling train and enginemen so in the
future they will not, as so often in
the past, due to their lack of proper
rest at the terminals, represent the
weakest link in the whole system of
train operation.
Zone of the most unfair, and inhu-
man practices of the railroads in this
respect is that of taking dead-heading
time of a crew, relieved under the 49,
hour law, out of their rest period at
the terminal and sending them out
again, perhaps to face another 16-
hour trip, with two or three hours
terminal rest, and maybe with none.
Safety first officials weep croco-
dile tears of sympathy over the risks
taken and the injuries sustained by
train and enginemen, but wink at the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-11-19
BUTCHERS SHORT
WEIGHT

Philadelphia. = City officials say
Philadelphia citizens are robbed of
from $1,000 to $4,000 day by the
short weighing of meats. The most
common method is the slapping of a
piece of meat on the scales and then
grabbing it off the scales before the
weight can be registered. Investiga-
tons show that butchers do not de-
pend on dishonest scales, but robbed
their patrons while they were looking
en-"
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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-11-19
FAVOR u. S. CONTROL

New York.-Strict federal control
to stop coal profteering is favored by
the district attorneys of Bronx and
Kings counties. The Bronx county
official said;
"The coal situation today is so bad
that / do not know what the people
are going to do. | consider stringent
government control last remedy,
but it seems to be the only one. Some
means should be found of spreading
the delivery of coal equally from early
spring until late in the fall Incen-
tives should be offered to induce the
consumers to buy early"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-11-19

practices that deny them proper rest,
the most essential thing to promote
safety and efficiency in railroad train
work
"If the facts were known many
train accidents and cases of personal
injury could be traced to the lack OF
proper rest for enginemen between
trims"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-11-19
CO.-OPs. OIL STREETS

Girard, Ill.-To make life in this
vicinity more pleasant, the co-opera-
tive society used some of its funds
to oil the streets. The co-ops last
quarterly report shows a net saving
of S635.74.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-11-19
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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-08-16
Suns That Have Cooled of Greatest Amber Mine in World

THE only important amber mine in
the world is at Palmnicken, in East
Prussia. Out Of it is dug a blush
earth, which is mixed with flowing
water to separate put the chunks of
amber rientifully distributed through it.
Ages ago the plains in that part of
the world~were covered with forests Of
a kind Of pine. now long extinct. The
trees were rich producers of a gum
which a down their trunks, solidified
in masses and remained imperishahle
while the trees themselves dccayed and
turned TO dust:
Ihikaguw, now fossil, is.wlat VIC. call
sanber Muchg7cfsit was 5cnrried by
I rivers. fwitAsthe soil containing it, into
the Baltic Sea. the bottom Of which to-
dSyei is 80 fhickly stresFsn with the stuff
that steamers 80 after it with dredscs
and divers make a business Of collecting
il. Quantities Of it DIRE thrown up on
the seashore By every big storm.
In the Middle Ages amber was more
highly valued than gold, and the one-
pronged forks used by princes and
church d~ignitaries were commonly Of
"'L"r w ALs 49, - LII
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-08-16
Stiff Hats to Protect Miners

THE United States Bureau Of Mines
would be glad TO persuade the coal
aird other miners of this country to
wear stiff hats, Not '.stovcpipes. = but
some other .sortssthat would protect their
heads against the danger Of falling
Il
All versEurcpe, in the mining dis.
sstrictsJ UNDERGROUND workers are re-
,quired 81 their employers to wear stiff
hats. tIn France and Germany these
head coverings are commonly Of pspier
mache.. British miners wear, koft-
padded caps, or sometimes tight fitting
caps Of sole Aather resembling 4
Jockeys in pattern. This style Of
headgear. has saved many a "pitman,''
crawling through a low coal bed. from
the 1~ipHiction Of a broken head by en-
counter with a rock.
When the subways Of New York and
Philadelphia were in process Of COM
struction the engineers and laboreFs. to
safeguard their heads. allowed their
hair 10 grow very long and wore felt
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-08-16

this material. Rosaries were made d
it and many very, beautiful works Of
art. Indeed, it is largely utilized for
art purposesSat the present time, esape-
seially the fancy colored' amber, light
blue, transparent green, snow white and
cream color.
Insects preserved IN amber nre BY no
E xarities. The science Of aneient
Egypt in its highest development did
not discover a method of embalnning 50
perfect. A bug aliEhted. on 4 drop u
LIQUID gum, freshly exudcd fromsthe
tree it stuck fast and, the e~1udations.
continuing. it was soon completely en-
veloped, the most minute. details of It's
structure being preserved. s.
For what we know of ancient insects
We are largely indebted to amber. al
small lizard was found in one chunk
Of it. Leaves, buds and flowers srs
similarly preserved, and in one speci-
men dug out of the Palmnicken mine
there was the catkin of an oak. which.
seen through the clear amber, looked ns
fresh as when il. hung on the tree mill
lions of years ago.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-08-16

IfSIiA Ess4Hr S--1sL Er4,Ey E[elAf-. E.tyI Ne"rsREEl
aII1ITHsthe sun 50 near 1t hand, only
93, 100000 miles away, Ne hays,ss :
fine opportunity to. see what . star is
really like. The observatory on top Of
Mount Wilson. near Pasadens, Galit.,
with it's 100 inch telescopic reflector,
wns built mainly for the purpose OF
studying the sun MS 4 star. s
The sun is a very old star. Some
astronomers have gone so far 4 70 my
that II IS senile and decrepit, but this i
diApntesdd MID
M gcanssec in the heavens plenty 1pi
Young Ennss some Of them t~housalds
81 times Assbrilliant as our own orb al
day. They seem to- bss inaaases off burn.
ink 1 i sS
AZ ! sun, grows older Il slowly md
stesdilyS shrinks in size md the cor
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-08-16

HAF+J LE AK I'll
MYTH as persistently hopeful An en-
w thnsiasm as that which animated
oldtifne seekers after the philosophers
stone and means of, making youth per-
pctual, mankind today looks forward
to ! millennium when nature in some
way will be compelled to furnish unlim-
tied cost free energy. !
Thus far efforts to harness the sun
(if use Of, falling water be left out Of
consideration have been -successfyl
only irn.aa small way. Attempts 10 put
the moon to work BY employing the
power Of the tides have accomplished
something, but not much. There 10 still
to be considered, however, the atpioas-
phere, which is a vast %storehouse Of.
electrical energy.
Can we draw upon II? That Is the.
question. The energy Is there; plenty
ofsit. Who q say that. during the
present century human ingenuity may
Hot devise the. requisite means? II we
could find out how to set power from
HE skies direct il might serve run.
H3lSOL Tue WORM 8 Hl6CHAuCEyAFaSHG 61N
heat all the. cities, drive. I'll tie glocon,os,,
Il and trolley ears and even harvest
ahe crops. & e. s.
81 Just to lllnstrafe this prSposition, not
slpng ago i, WSeths.r Burssq kite dier
attached to tBsS wire tstrihss Of his
ihox kite d little machine with paste
board wheels Yhiehs driven 81 an cleo.
trio current coming down tie wire, ran
beautifully II was only q toy, but
ssnfcred 4 most interesting suggestion OF
3possibilitics.s What Franklin's kite was
70 the modern dynamo the p~asteboard
7mnachine may besto the future contriv-
sance, built onsashuge scale, for utilizing
energy from thy xsssky:
It vas Franklin himself who first
suggested this idea Of harnsssing ~
electricity 81 the atmosphere. and no
less anant6Garity than Prot. Alexander
q Meade. ot the United States
Weather Bureau, has said that ..'thnc
twentiethAA csptury issiikely to: develop a
Observation-Disclosures at utilizing this energy
sior mechanical and industrial rur.
IVposes.' u.s.
As vet NE ID not know the condi-
lions under which electricity Is stored
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-08-16
Sun IRE Throws
Gigantic Flames

THERE vas recently the biggest dis
A turhance il tie sun thst sastronos
snlapers have happened u observe.
s1t setsenasgst n have been an enormous u
ton duriuEs which masses ofAsrnes
were q thrown 70 q height of hundreds
otlthonsandsso f; miles
a giIanticssrch of firc, spanninE d
large section Of the sun 8 edge i{ais seen
through the TELESCOPE rose, uphelda, as
;dtsS~cre,. lby two columns. one II each
end. Rising still higher i finally
broke, assuming ehsr.surp,on5 a;sspiral
form arch WAS At least ao0,s-
GOD miles high md lasted four months
sbefore.it disapteared. $s
Anothersesuptipn 81 hame; which ut.
tAiited hsisht 81 100000 mites, DC
surfing soon sfterw1rd stretchsdeaiks j
rubber band; The middle part ssisihg
1aaridly md the sides strAishteninS ID
il u form ssunysan iyoscrsiesG trds1skIlks /.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-08-16
City Landings for Aifplanes

AByI0USLY some. means must be
provided whereby flying machines
will Be enabled to make Z start or a,
landing in thickly populated places
The human bird; requires city perches.
a Hartford man, John A. Caulkins,
prohossAto solve the problem b, erect-
ing on top Of high buildings, or groups
Of buildings, landing stages Of in
expensive seonstruction, light in weight
Ind sSd.ddos5klAstic4As to meet comfortably
The shock 81 arriving planes.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-08-16
Farmers Needs

AN AGRICULTURAL inysntion.
3 badly needed is a machine for pick
ing corn ears off the stL'ks. Such q ma
chine would save the farmer an i'm
'nense deal of labor. 0
Evep more valuable would be q sat-
isfactory potato digger. Already there
are potato digging machines. butAthey
fail to solve the worst part Of the prob--
lem. WHAT'S needed is a machine that
will not only disipter the .'spnds.' but
pick them up, knock the dirt off them
and sort them into sizes automatically.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-08-16
Squads fpr Army

TTlHE soldier II these dayssS rs ! MAE
Of varied occupations. Indeed, thers
is hardy q trade. known to civil III.
that isNnot practiced IN the AUnffsd
States army. % 4
For instance. in the signal corps 4
feature is made Of raising helsins.
pigeons. to serve as carriers Of intslIis
gence, and the duty OF breeding andi
training The birds ii assigned q assec-
ton of that branch OF the. militayy
service in. which ofacers and men II.
specially educated for the purDoss.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-08-16

Such g landing stage would be sup
ported BY latticed columns. It's hori-
zontal framework would be OF sirders
and cables, overlaid by a flooring of
metal lath and q surface sheet Of heavy
wire net. This elastic floor has the
incidsptal advantage Of not gathering
snow or Ice. AT the I'M time, 1t is
sufficiently firm and substantial. for the
purpose contemplated and perfectly good
TO walk %. Mr. - Gtsaulkins's plan would,
he says, aford ample landing facilities.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-08-16

hats or close fitting caps. In the Lake
Superior district at the present time
the miners usually wear stih hats. III;
metal mines such aaprctection is spel
Gully valuable. A sms1l piece of rock
falling down q shaft may kill / man5
n il strikes him on the head but !;
stiif hat may save his life.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-08-16

WHEN you 60 to a summer resort
~ hotel be not dissatisfied if your
room is high up. On the contrary, be
appreciative of the advantage, for you
are not likely to be bothered BY mos
aduitoes.
Mosquitoes ny low. On the porch
they la be . serious affection, and in
the lower part of the. house but they
are not 50 bad on the second floor, and
il you sleep in the third story you will
suffer comparatively little annoyance.
In . fourth floor bedroom a mosquito
will rarely be found.
10 is true that MOSQUITOES do make
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-08-16

mospheric electricity only in relation.
To- thunderstorms, but the piano wire
string Of ! box kite floating far aloft in
d clear sky often yields big sparks at
the ground lever. In i thunderstorm
the sparks thus emitted are sometimes
ten feet long and some inches thick.
Under such conditions there may be a
continuous stream of sparks. with a
loud sizzling noise. /
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-08-16

Tor ths making 81 luminous paint
.;mesothoriums would serve equally
wen ThIls is ~ product ofSths man
llactufc, IA fhorium, which Is destyed
from mopaxite sand.
Not only has 1.-THE worldss stock@cfs
radiumns failed toainerease ~ Int. MT
II rs believed rs n setually ieas bySpne -
half than Il ms asfeNsyearssaso.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-08-16
4 rsm.rkabl. photopr.ph showing lightning .trlklnna @ . ahureh1

il the atmosphere. The higher up one
goes the 9 there is Of It, appar-
emily. This, however, is q crude way.
of stating the fact /; the scientific man
says that the electric potential" is
higher with increasing altitude. It is
difference Of potential between two
clouds that causes lightning to pass
from one to the other.
We are accustomed to think Of at.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-08-16
AI1idRous Insect Monster

IA FEsocious insect 4 species 81 belns ssogss1nssuent thsts one cannot 81
s1A n,ntb n.syestp AdsdfA tsassrsds Mheresth ! sereatursS leaye.es "a "a the
saHabolNai srcNesss aIt poses P pEnt bcsieE When prey comes along,
ID rlant IA such iash.onsas to resemble "a butserdys r Sshst; hot, the sspschr.
q voIA-c1ored lover ~ imitation 4sobbLs .s @MSE
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-08-16

their way upstairs, and for this reason
thr sleeper high up may not escape an
occasional bite. In apartment houses
they are something's carried BY elevators
to the top floors. and 50 mere altitude
NAV not give entire immunity.
Indeed, it often happens that mos.
quitoes thus transported fly in through
The open transoms of apartments Nett
vacant for the summer, breed in the
bathroom tanks and become a first class
plague. They mayAeven find their way
to the roof and breed there in gutter
puddles.
Speaking Of plaques, mosquitoes (ac.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-22
Woods Eastern Manager
Pleased With Outlook
General to Speak in Boston Next
Thursday and May Make Tour
of North Carolina

Former Congressman Thomas W. Mil
Ter, of Delaware, one Of the Eastern
campaign managers of General Leonard
Wood, returned yesterday from Wash
irgton, where he has been comforting
with United States Senator George II.
Moses and other directors of the Wood
campaign. He said reports from states
with uninstructcd delegations were quite
satisfactory.
Mr. Miller announced that General
Wood would meet the Massachusetts
delegations next Thursday at dinner
in Boston, after he returns from Yer
mont, whore he is to speak before the
Republican State Committee on Wednes-
day.
1t is not unlikely that General Wood
will make few speeches in North Caro-
lima before the state primaries there on
June s. While the elegates-.wenty-
two in nun er-were chosen on March
5, the enrolled voters may write in the
names of the preferences for President
While this does not bind the delegates
it will, of course, have its effect.
United States Senator Hiram Johnson
has already mapped out campaign tour
Of North Carolina.
eve expect that the general will speak
in North Carolina" said Mr.. Miller
"unless his presence is absolutely neces,
sary at Chicago during the first days OF
June"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-22
PenrOse Out i'm
Open Against
General w God
Politicians in Washington
Attach Significance to Con-
ference Between Pennsyl-
vania Man and Wilson
McAdoo Heads Democrats
Sentiment Also Favors Nom
nation of Governor Cox
of Ohio as Running Mate
BY Carter Field

WASHINGTON, May 81. Political
Washington is awaiting with the keen
est interest any developments which
may follow q conference tonight be-
tween Senator Boies Penrose and SEN
ator James E. Walton, of Indiana, in
Philadelphia. Penrose was freely
quoted around the Capitol to-day as
having said he would not stand for the
nomination of General Leonard Wood.
1t was said Penrose had not expressed
himself as to who his choice was, de-
spite earnest inquiries addressed to
him in the last few days.
AS to his recent statement that he
considered Senator Philander c. Knox
the best fitted man for the Presidency
this is known to represent Penrose S
opinion, but it has not been accepted
by any means that the Penrose strength
would be put actively behind the Knox
candidacy.
On the other hand, careful inquiries
by those interested. have failed to dis
close that Penrose has turned his hand
for Knox since his original statement
1t is known, incidentally, that Penrose
would be perfectly satisfied with Gov
ernor Sproul, should the drift go that
way without any undue effort - ana
promises--on the part of the Penrost
organization to bring it about.
See McAdoo Leading Democrats
Meanwhile. both Democrats and Re
publicans in Washington have practi-
cally discounted the San Francisco
convention. Nine Democrats out of
every ten, and practically all the Re
publcans, believe that William G.. Nc
Adoo will be nominated by the Demo
Gratis for President, and the proportion
who believe that Governor James NJ
Cox will be named for Vice resident
despite his statement that he would
not accept the second place, is almost
as large.
DlcAdoo and Cox, therefore, is &C
copied as the Democratic slate. As tc
the platform, it is practically conceded
that the Democrats viii indorse the
President on the treaty issue, after 8
vigorous fight against such action by
William Jennings Bryan, Senator Davit
l. Walsh, of Massa chusetts, and others
who favor reservations. 1t also is ac-
copied that there will be no wet plank
the only doubt in this connection being
as to whether Bryan may not even
succeed in forcing dry plank. The
dry delegates will be at San Francisco
in strong enough numbers to force I
plank over if the Anti-Saloon League
decides to fight for it.
That is the way the San Francisco
convention looks to-day as viewed ii
Washington, and there is astonishing
unanimity among the politicians as tx
all details OF it. This has come witt
q growing belief that President Wilson
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-22
Indiana Democrats Puve
Way for Marshall Boon,
Tnegart Is Leading Increment
litter Sounding OutSentiment
OF Leaders in Other States


INDIANAPOLIS, May 81. - Demo-
cratic leaders of Indiana started out
to-day under the leadership of former
Senator Thomas Taggart to pave the
way for the nomination of Vice-Presi-
dent Thomas r. Marshall for the
Presidency. Mr.. Taggart has been Sc
lected as the chairman of the Hoosier
delegates to the San Francisco conven-
ton and details will be left entirely
under his supervision.
In his keynote address before the
state convention here yesterday, Mr..
Marshall dwelt principally upon ma
tional issues, and in the belief of most
of his auditors pronounced the plat
form on which he would accept the
nomination.
Prior to the Indiana State conven-
ton, Mr.. Taggart sounded out senti-
mcnt among prominent Democratic
leaders in other states and is highly
encouraged with the manner in which
the VicePrcsident is being looked
upon as a Presidential nominee. One
Of these conferences was held at
French Lick Springs with Charles f.
Murphy, Tammany Hall leader, who is
much interested in the Marshall boom
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-22
No Democrat Can Boast
100 Pledged Delegates
Cox and Palmer Lead Rest of
Candidates, Filth Ed,paras,
Class md Green TraiIinc

CHICAGO, May 21.-With the Demo-
cratic .,ention nearly month away,
a canvas of the situation shows no
one man has received as many as 100
pledged delegates, while the unin-
number 587. There are PAP delegates
yet TO be elected.
Under the Democratic convention
rules thirds vote is required to
nominate or 1928 out of the 1902 votes
which will be cast in the convention.
Governor James NJ. Cox, of Ohio,
and Attorney General A. Mitchell Pal
mer have received the most instructed
votes to date. Governor Cox has
sevcnty-four votes. the solid delega-
lions Of Ohio and Kentucky. Mr.. Palm
or has q good many of the seventy
six Pennsylvania delegates instructed
for him. The count there is not yet
complete and several anti-Palmer dele