The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1920-08-05

bureau OF war-riSk insurance consul
tuted 466 per cent OF the whole. or
a group almost as large as the sum
Of all other groups OF all other bene-
ficIaries named, according to a report
by the bureau concerning the deaths
and disabilities incurred by members
Of the American forces at home and
abroad in relation to the payment OF
military and naval Insurance and
compensation as provided by the war
risk Insurance act. The group OF
fathers is second In size and the
group Of wives occupies third place,
being only 10 per cent. The fact that
the majority OF the beneficiaries we're
parents It is pointed out, was due to
the army being made up largely Of I'M
married men.
Up to June 30. 1919, a total Of III
sS5 insurance claims have been re-
ceived and OF these 1O5,0J0 have re-
ceived awards. while lisp claims
were still pending at that date and
only 1000 had failed to establish any
claim upon which the bureau could
act. The report shows that the aver
age duration Of over 10000 policies
analysed. that Is the length Of time
from the date the policy became ef-
fective to time OF death or permanent
total disability occurred, has proved
to be FIVE and one-half months be-
tween the time of taking out insur-
ance and death, and four months and
twenty days between the taking
out OF the insurance and total perma-
nent disability. In $3.50 cases death
or disability occurred in the same
calendar months In which the insur-
ance was granted. The maximum
| losses i'm our forces occurred In DC
tober 1918, the report shows, and the
maximum of insurance payable for
death and total permanent disability
during that month amounted to $685.
S95,94O.
Nearly All Deaths In Army.
OF 99.625 deaths covered by contract
insurance, over 90 per cent were
among those insured serving In the
army. in comparison with nearly per
cent serving In the marine corps, and
with over 6 per cent among the In
sured serving In the navy. The aver
age amount Of insurance policies held
by members Of the four principal
army and naval establishments upon
which claims have been awarded up
TO June 80. 1919, is shown to be S9.243
In the army, S9,O17 in the marine
corps, ss.435 in the navy and s6,S1o
In the coast guard.
A striking excess percentage OF
suicides among commissioned officers
Is revealed by the report, which shows
that of the 633 suicides In all ranks
rs. or u per cent, were among OIL
GERS. However the mortality of this
class constituted only per cent OF
the total number Of deaths. Otherwise
stated, Of the 5000 deaths among OIL
GERS 7s. or Is per cent. were suicides,
while of the 99.276 deaths among pri-
Yates and noncommissioned officers
only $50 or 0.6 per cent were suicides.
Strike Record of 1919 Is Bad.
Over 100000 persons were In
yolved In 1888 strikes and 121 lock-
outs in 1919, according to figures CON-
pleted by the United States bureau OF
statistics. There were nine great
strikes in 1919 In each of which 10000
or more persons were directly con-
cerned
The report of the bureau shows that
although the number Of strikes during
1919 was not appreciably larger than
in 1918 and was less than In 1916 or
1917, the number Of persons on strike
during the year 1919 was greatly In
excess of the number on strike in any
of the three preceding years, due to
the number of strikes in which large
numbers of persons were involved.
The actual number Of persons on
strike in 1919 was 4,112,507.
The magnitude of the strikes In 1919
is disclosed in that part Of the report
which shows that the strike In which
the largest number Of persons was In
volved in 1916 was the mems clothing
strike In New York city In December
of that year, involving 10000 en-
ployees. No strike in 1917 Involved
as many as 10000 persons. In 1918
the strike involving the largest num-
Der Of persons was that of machin-
lists in northern New Jersey In July,
when 10000 persons struck. tir'f
Big Strikes Of Last Year.
But in 1919 there were these nine
disturbances In each of which 10000
or more persons were directly con-
cerned: A general strike In Tacoma
and Seattle in February In sympathy
with the metal trades strikers In
which 10000 persons were involved;
65,OOO employees in the Chicago stock
yards struck In August; 100000 long
shoremen along the Atlantic coast
struck in October; 100000 employees
In the shipyards in New York city
and vicinity struck in October; $4,000
members Of the building trades were
locked out in Chicago In July; 125,OOO
in the building trades In New York
city struck In February; 100000 rail-
road shop workers struck In Augusta
1857 900 iron and steel workers struck
In September; and $4,000 bitumlnous
coal miners struck in November.