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degree. The jury reported its verdict
ater peins out eleven hours and a half.
Sentence will be imposed June 7.
The shooting occurred in nm East side
apartment In which the sisters resided
The prosecution alleged that The abots
were fired By. Miss Tucci after her sister
had retired for the night. The defense
claimed the shooting was In self .defens.
The law provides a penalty OF ten to
twenty years Imprisonment for con
viction of mnnslaughter In the first de.
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GIRL SLAYER CONVICTED
m.rl. Tuooi Faces Penalty Of Ten
1Ft TO Twenty Years

Nsv York, May 2s.--try A. pD--
Miss Maria Tucci, aged twenty, tried on
. charge Of first degree murder for the
shooting Of her sister. Mrs. Angelina
.Copti, on March s, wns found guilty
,,s, night Of mnnslaughter in the first
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thirty Eve cents, respectively, accord
ing to Leon Worthal, general organizer
of the International Barbers' Union.
The cut rates will be. made in new bar
Der shops which, he said, will be opened
by the BARRIERS union or individual
union members.
BARRIERS in the new places. he said,
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will receive the snion scale OF $50 a
week, with so per cent of all earnings
above receipts Of S42 a week. Tipping
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TO CUT HAIRCUT PRICES

New York sarbers' Union viii Open
.""ttt New Shops
New York, May 2S.--(By A. P.)--
Prices OF shsves and hair cuts In New
York soon will be cut to fifteen and
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viii not be barred. Thirty. ave cents
will be the price also for q massage,
shampoo, sinee or manicure. ~
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TWO SHOT DURING STRIKE

stenoaraphers' Hair Pulled by
Women In Rhode island Riot
Bristol, II. l., May 2s.--tBy A. P.)
Two strike sympat6izers were wound /.
ed by pistol shots and three factory
guards injured with stones during a riot
today outside the plant Of the National
India Rubber Co. The trouble started
with tho arrival OF a morning train
bringing women clerks, mechanics and
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-10-25

women of Wheeling. who are in the
midst Of their first campaign. their
committee Is an especially well moulded
machine with perfect mechanism. Ther"
are few wOmen's political organizations
In the state or nation any better organ
lied.
Much of the success OF the work being
accomplished by the women Is du" 10
tho untirInS efforts Of Mrs. Julian q.
Hcarnc, Chairwoman OF the FIRST Con-
ErrSsional district. and Mrs. Flora Will
liams Chairwoman OF the county com
mittcr with their crops OF workers.
they are toiling day and night for the
success or the Republican ticket. EARLY
/, in the morning they ar" Ia be found AT
hrnduuurlrrs. where they remain until u
u',Iock In The evening they ARE attend
ing InnriIn.n urging ia" women Ia vote.
Mrs Williams at many or the meet
lnEg held III the r"uniS. has had charge
uf the singing program. which In M IN
noVntIOn To- men who remarked nj INC
ACCOMPLISHMENT Of her committee.
The mon did not know what th"y
would do with women In pollilrr ana
unw they don't know what they would
de- without them Their nHhIrtan"" hnd
counsel hnr boon Of Er"nt nrrlHlnh'" IN
conducting ihiH great campaign.
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Mission Evangelist
Speaks Three Times

Yrmcrdny was IA busy day nj th"
Mission In the morning at 10 O'Clock
ltrv. FclIerE preached. and ut u o'clock
no nllcd tho pulpit Of the Fourth street
church. In tho afternoon Mt o'clock
at the Uivcrsido park there war large
attendance at TIA" open air service, III
charge nf Supt. Cory. Rev frllrrh
again preached II rirnnE Hcrinon.
DT Ghhn. IL Itnhinrnn altered tho
In,0,ntinI aud hnlur wCTr rendered ny
MIr- Icvn rurrirr and MFR Ray chap
mum Th" m"rtlnE whr vary Ef"hIB
,uIuyrd mud a number of people r"r
uunntrd uinb"T In the iohtlm"hy n"rN
L., Mi Low Morgan, roller al lh'
NrIun -Htuudnrd nlll Knvr n ci"dr nmh
rIuHInE iorIImuny Mrs. l.nwron''
Warner mud hIck Mckay. who who w"r"
rnyrd Ia tho Mluninn, llk"wlH" HhV"
,nuvIu,inE evidence 81 their faith In
christ ~ g T. Allen "ff"rrh ia"
,.l"rinE prayer
Tho Jail r"rrIrc IN 'hnrE" "f Edward
IrGTnrrnn roruIIrd In four ""hv"rni"h7.
Al the rvsnInE r"rvi'". ltcN. f"ll'rh
delivered = rcrnun - u crowded hour"
IIc uurd an hts ir"I Tho NnE"r at H'n
IL D"nih" nud thor" ""r" eight '"n'"r.
MONS John &. loo had 'hnrgr OF 10"
singing aud tho urchortrn rendered "p~
cInl munic.
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REPUBLICAN WOMEN
HAVE GOOD MACHINE

Mrs. Henrns, Mrs. Williams ana othsru
Are working Day and Night
for the Ticket.
while voting rs n"m"thinG now TO III"
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my WAR SAVINGS sTAMrs--
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'rI,r Onto County nrruhii'qn o-"'"
,i,c .nrru,iliro hrr id"h !" h"lh ~"
LIp a,,rci decentralization. "riRiuDllv
qchc,luIcd r"r Gn,ur lny, ~ N"nhnV
evening. N"vcmh"r let Thn qualification
hcrd on tho cv" "C ihd hnltl" ur ballots
Will D." II" hIEg'st "'"ut OF IT, k'nl
eyer held IN Wheeling
Thousands "r men md women VIII
march IN IT," rHrad" number OF in
duutrial flunlH viii l." feature Music
will loo furnished by number Of bands
The Harding coUlidg" club of OHIO
county and marching clubs from Pitts
hurgh, Stcubenvill". ECliairc. Martins
Ferry. Bcllairc. Mound2vill". W"llsburE
and other nearby cities Will participate
in the procession Several hundred men
and women voters Will march in addition
TO the clubs.
No Tickets for Debate.
The Republican and Democratic COM
mittees having charge Of the debate on
the League OF Nations have definitely
decided not to issue tickets for admls-
sion All Republicans VIII" desire TO at
tend are urged Ia go to the Market Au-
ditorium carly SO that they may Oh
tnin choice seats. 1t IL expected stand
ing room Will be at II premium
The debal" vii lstart promptly AT
o'clock Wednesday cN' mig when non
John J Conttf. Democrat of Wheeling.
VIII omen ia d"f"ns" of the I"hEu" for
one hour. lie VIII Dc i"Iln"rh D) non
I'hnrlrn f. tHTTISun. Of M"unhSNlIl"
Spreading against ratification at ia" cox .
rnunt FOR II Similhr period. Mr.. t"nIIf
them hn:, - minutes I" answer hnd MI
i'urriEnn - minutoH.
RooBevelt Day.
R~puhli"nna 81 ONO. county VIII '"I"
brnIc Ruu-rS,ltu hrlhhrN. b.t"h"r 2hlh
with mrctlnEr ~ til" m"h""l h"u'"H 81
the county Speakers viii pay irlhut"
Ia the former ITcaldrnI md "n" "f tia"
Rrrnlcnt Americana nr nil tim"
Final arrangements VIII u" completed
Mt n meeting OF TIA" 'N"'utiN" commit
too today
Colorsd Rnlly FRIDAY.
Elahorni" pRnH ar" h"lnE Wnh" ny
m, CuInrcd NoICrr Of ohio county Tor
n monXtcr decentralization /" L." held NJ
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Charles }. BGhuok nays Morgan Will
sweep state bpOks /" Large hudl.
snGss Last wssk

AII,, - rp'nIluF I"n' ihI""Fh H""'h
,,u Wet NlfHiIIu. Ii"u hhtH''
-. hm. l. irt,u:,,d /" Nh'"Il"r l"rI"ih"'
II,Is ,n".nIns hc wIlI i'"'' t"' i'''"''"
, nunIy 80 dnllv,, nn "d'li'ro I" h"| "h'
g ,un,,u~ II, win Ih." ''i"'" 1" 'hI"
.,unIy t., ,I,II,,r q ""i"l,'' 81 "dh'''"'"
,Iu,It,r ILo .",, l"'iinV DAY" - Il'" "a"
gale"
Al, q, Iu,h u"id ui''" hIa "''i""l ih"'
TIA -, h"uip"rno'y ~" 800" va zoe" 80"
hIdat" f"i s"'"'n"' J. '"H'''F '"''"p
vhsI,,o, UI,"upIh L." "j"y h"' tea" w
tho arnih,v,si"," o"h '''"ih"'" '"""'''"
81 IA" st"Io. ~" rr"di'' 'h' -" ',"" 81
Judge o. f. N"r"" ~" Ii"r"hA" 81"
N, unn,rn,ur,, n",l NJ E"""ir 'h"
Doru,, rril'' ,pudldHl'
spoke :" Large Or"wd".
Inst Monday NJ Erhu,k rr"t" '" -"
mot, mud vrrurn 1T 1rIu, 'i"u. on n"h
d,y he VIVA the principal pr""h"r ~ y
RcruHIlrnu rally h"ld IT l'lu"il"ld. Mt
trnd,I by moro Ihuu 400 m"n hnh
women yntcru Mr. EchuCk nud Aba
I.iIIy addressed III" vui"rr 81 Hunting
ton Friday evening Th" meeting Wa
attended by | 800 mcn and women 'h
Saturday he addressed tn" 'nh"ll county
farmers Mt Milton. Nor" than 500 thrH
cry and their wives were present.
Mr. SchuCk has for ia" last 'hr"-
weeks boon speaking in tn" s"hth'rh
section of the state and ut each 1n"Ci'nN
h,. issued All open Chnll"ng" I" any l''hl-
o,qnt In the country To d"hat" the ga
glr Of Nations hut MS 'hhIi'hh' ""'
remained unanswered.
More Than Optimistic
Ia speaking of the southern s"'il"h
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DrN" Dinp"r headquarters manager
OF the Republican county 'Nr'uItN" COM
milIcc hnE received ~ lHTE" number Of
Harding to"lldE" Ti'Iur'H mud 'nin
pnlEn lllUTpluT" lt"uuhli'hnh h"FirInH
.uIr( uIcr mud IiIrTnIuT, can obtain both
10y calling at rrndIunri'rr
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MINISTERS DIVIDED
ON LEAGUE NATIONS


I'n,., tho ."r,i,," Wheeling hI"l"
i"., r",I",o" u," I.'"p"" 81 'i"''""".
tho I,,,r"'t"il, 'u',''ih pI"'" r""l"''"
ruhIiuhrL IrInr,I,~r f'"u ,"""Y 81 'h"
,I',rytu"u 81 ~" 80 III" h'""''""
,vnmih ,,,uI" ILr lur, "-ci"u ~" "i"lH
TOTO w., - united ~ frv"r ~ ~" l'nHu".
Iui lh,ii rIni","rnir "h"w n"uv ~" ~
rnuod 49, tho ,uv"urui ~ 40" drawn
IIrr" - whri e"ru" 81 lh"m a"ih ~ ms
john y GIodi. q ". 81, Vtu"onra
"'Th" I"agu" ~ NntiouE lG ~ h"Hi"
ahrnd "r Ito tune
Ucy Schr \ MrC'nrd. Warwo"d Luih-
cram "NoI In IN" form II is being pro
srmtcd. but If p"ssihl" In 'urh FORM NJ
will mnlntniu the individual Sovereignty
Of the United States
George r. b"ckhnrt. n. n, wheeling
BAPTIST Trmplc--"I do in some form.
Am studying with interest III" Elihu
Root solution.
ROY. clara Cook H"lvic. First Unfair
ion-"In modified form, but do not nd
vocatc the acceptance Of any League
over the protest of n majority Of the
ncnnIe Of The United States. I question
the Justice Of the United states pleds-
ing itself to Article Ten.
Rev Is. NJ. Price. Shadystd"-'fes.
but with the necessary safeguard 10
protect our national security.
Rev Edgar +. Carson. Warw"od-
favor II league Of nations for world
peaCs-but not the present wilson
TSv i'm NJ wallace. Mozart Park
NO not the Wilson League. hut favor
world peace. aud favor IN" niird states
contributing "a far nn possible on h"r
own terms, but not 10y foreign '"HipuI-
sion "
hvIrrIun-"I am Ia favor 81 n League or
NniI"n~. not necessarily tue present
league
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NuI"Tr Of ohio county who NTr not
Registered will hnv" u lnut opportunity
! to do -" Tu"udny nnd Wednesday, ON
Ih"r" two dnYu III" board ct '"uuty com.
milMi"ucrv VIII al at tn" court hnu"C
, from n M mmli y. NJ Tint viii b."
ia" last opportunity for III" men md
women voters to register IT You AFRO
not Registered you Will l." deprived Of
! your vote
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CHEMIST DISCOVERS
GREAT REMEDY!
Now Compound Removes Poison
ouN ToxincH From Every Foot
of BOWelH.

NNr human Anatomy "unIhin7 lhl'Ip
feet nf bnwrIr md that new compound
.nIlcd "WIII.D MIST ThlII .r.Ih -
, lennon every foot Of th"m at p"In"h
uuu wuHtH matter Th"r" nulI"flht
FROM ,unut Pat Iuu 81 my 81 iir III 81
rr,tr such ~ ln'liE"-ti"n. !lnHR "
Liver IIilIuur IIrndnOh'. N"ur l!l"nl'h
Stomach trIygiunHr Dr"wHin"r7 nnh
IhnI Tired MI Ia E""huE rh"uld begin
InkIng NInn Mint rnhl"tH. Try 'hN1s
You'II hc d'lEh'rh t"r sal" hr h''
druEEistH every whcro IN &c paCkaK"n
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You Look Old, Worn OF,
Tired Out

Why do rundown. snas .lnrn,r o "
wv t W.. Jr,,u around In this condltin,
, ',nu' themselves and making ,eyes-
"mo aro,,nd them unhappy. complaining
ono a'9 ,hmir ambition. when Vinol. or
create A hearty appetite. ana olt"suoi
a"" . ~, ,bI. NATURAL manner cronte vim,
VII ~ 49, many men and women N
,ht- civ onco down. hnnamio ann
nIrkIy. who ara now strong h"orv ana
we'll, an owing Ia Vin"l .
van nrursirt sslin vinol. thsrefoso
accent no substitute.
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Harding would receive ihOO majority IN
The county. Hon l.. RuT"uho"m. Con-
yrcsaionrl numInco NOR" thnn 1000 md
the county candidates mnj0ritirs ring
ing from 5000 to t.O'O. They pr"ul'teh
the election Of MIR Noscnbluom by more
thnn 600 VOTES IN tn" district,
Amonr The residents Of ohio county
who have not registered 1" voI" here ~
George Houston. headquarters manager
of Sum Montgomery. the Non-lhrllshh
candidate for governor
Two TWISTS can obtain employment at
Republican headquarters uhtll AFTER IN"
erection hy seeing David Ding"r head
uuaTlrIs manager
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new BUILDING FOR
STANDARD OIL IERE
Immense Few building II Beng 1Tsce@
ID ON Warren Street In thu
East End.

Work is progressing nicely o the
spacious new brick and concrete ,uild-
ink located on Warren street EAssI;nd;
which is to be used by the shnard
on company OF this ely t,r w" 90
des,royad bv mr.. some time ago thd
that ne new building 10 the outkroth
or tho Grc. which necosHitatod tho eec-
lion of tho new structure.
Tho company will hay" rtorhHs rom
for large num 81 stock In Inc NV
hmuTt,n nnd will also he able in may
other way" to rako caro- Of III. ,rso
in better form Tho work In proneA-
IN, ~ halter Than was expected and eycrt
hing viii be dono to rush II 10 oo'"pi-
iiOn.
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uuruulIuaas ANA HuI1u MANY
MnnTtaaa ron DoHUiubIHO
wUna or OAMrAInu IN
ONO ODUHTi.

nnns-~.it my WlIi Ne ohss'v.d Th"'-
dsV: Cultured v"ts's WIN nav"
naIIV go Friday
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eaks. and aIkali wastes between the
Missouri river and the Pacific coast.
II WIS inaugurated early I'm 1850 In
,rder that the West might be kept
more closely in touch with the North
in view OF the trouble brewing from
the slavery question. and though Ii
had an existence OF only sixteen
months. il made the East and West
only ten days apart nj time of crisis.
The date of starting was TO be
March 26. 1850. and Forts Kearney.
Laramie. Bridger, Great Salt Lake
City, Camp Floyd. Carson City. the
Washoe Silver mines, Placerville and
Sacramento were TO be the points of
delivery OF mail. In ST. Joseph, Mo-.
eager and excited crowds gathered
in the streets 10 see the first courier,
the why, twenty-yea--old Johnnie Frey,
as he dashed away on his jet black
steed for the first lap OF the race OF
flesh, blood and determination against
the deSolate spaces of an unpeopled
country.
These riders We're clad in bucks<in
shirts, ordinary trousers, high boots
and soft SLOUGH hats. and were armed
with sheath knives. Colts reviewers
and Spencer carbines. The best time
they made across the trackless waste
was in carrying President Lincoln's
inaugural speech 10 San Francisco
seven days and seventeen hours.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-10-29
THE MAIL MAN: COURIER
OF CIVILIZATION

Did it ever occur to you that your
city letter carrier, your village post
master or your rural route carrier has
n past?
He is the agent by which the long
arm of Uncle Sam taps your shoulder
one two, maybe three times n day. yet
he is so unobtrusive that you probably
do not know him half so we'll as most
other agents Of your government. the
school teacher or the policeman, for
example.
But he not only is an essential. but
n historic figure. The history of the
postal service and its employees eX-
tends 10 the days of the Romans when
the earliest known means of transmit
ting message was by cSirier. These
admirable organizers. the Romans,
marked by post" the place in the
road where the relay Of one runner by
another was effected: thus they named
our system long before il was born.
The first letter post seems TO have
existed i'm the Hanse towns in the
tate relations between the merchants
of the various members of the Han
seattle League.
The British post office had its be-
ginning i'm the sixteenth century. and
our own colonial methods of handling
mail were inherited from our British
forefathers Long before the people
had any means Of exchanging either
personal or official letters. the king had
established a system Of conveying his
personal messages and official docu
ments by royal messengers. In the
reign Of King John that petulant mon
arch paid out large sum for postal
service and charged il to the house
hold and wardrobe accounts. MeSSen-
gers who were thus entrusted with
matters of state had to be above sus-
piciOn. They went the whole dis
lance and were paid according TO the
length and danger of their Journeys.
In 1888 New England proposed TO
the British sovereign that a postoffice
system be established i'm the colonies.
as IL was $50 useful and absolutely
necessary" His majesty paid no at
tention 10 the plea. but Richard Fair
banks, in the same year. set up an
Office in Boston TO receive letters from
ships. He undertook TO deliver the
letters received and charged a penny
for each letter. He also received mail
for ut-gOing ships. but no one was
A thrilling story of the devotion of
mail men 70 their duties is that of the
pony express. the first rapid transit
| mail line across the 1896 miles OF
prairie, desert, sn0w-capped mountain
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nest and foragrnp for food and be

nest and foraging for food and be
come converted into fiagQns by dis
tending the crop TO such enormous di-
mansions that the abdomen looks like
a transparent bead. In this condition
they hang by their claws from the roof
Of the nest chamber and thenceforth
spend all their lives receiving liquid
food from the tongues of the foraging
ants, storing 1t in their crops and re-
gurgitating it to hungry individuals
when the liquid food supply outside
the nest becomes inadequate.
This is. of course. apt to be the
case periodically in dry regions, so
that we find the true honey ants only
in deserts like those of the southwest
ern states, northern Mexico. South Az
RIGA and central Australia"
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ADRIANOPLE: A WEATHER
VANE OF EMPIRES

Entry of Greek troops into AdrianO-
pie is an event i'm secular history fairly
comparable TO the investiture OF
Jerusalem by Allenby'S army, for this
Turkish city has for nearly 1000 years
been a weathervane of world poll
tics.
The rebuilding of the ancient Thra-
clan town of Hadrian, VINO gave il
his name, SignaliZed a high point in
the power of the Roman empire. The
decline of Rome was foreShadOwed
some two centuries later when the
Goths defeated Valens there and made
their first break through the Roman
frontier
Next AdrianOple was the setting for
the Turks advent into Europe. There
Murad |. established himself, planned
the capture OF Constantinople, and
sent out expeditions TO Subdue various
Christian peoples. For a time the
European capital Of the SultanS, Adri-
anopIe was reIegated to be the chief
bulwark of COnStantinOple. There
Turk first met Slav. and there the
Russians finally forced their way to
the Black sea by treaty which also
lOosened the Turkish hold on the
Caucasus and compelled recognition OF
the independence of Greece.
Adrianople is on the MARTHA
Hebrus of Grecian legend, where Or
pheus was dismembered by the Thra-
clan women; also celebrated, under its
later name. in Bulgarian song and
story. 1t is 49, miles by rail north
west of ConstantinOple.
Today the city wears its past glory
with a sort of shabby gentility, with
no pretension of prosperity but less
squalor than the usual Turkish city
1t possesses the grave Of the first
Murad or Amurath, who was assassi-
mated in his tent after he had van
quished an army of Christian allies on
the field of K0SsOvO.
\ mosque bearing the name of Sui
tan BaieZd recalls that monarch,
whose first official act was to- order the
execution of his brother, who was first
Ottoman ruler TO call himself sultan
and whose cOnQueStS finally were
checked when he was taken prisoner
by Tamerlane.
But the architectural masterpiece Of
AdrianOple is the Selimieh, product
of a Greek tribute-boy's genius, and
relic of the reign OF Selim ii, the Louis
Nv of Turkey.
Yearly the Turks would seize a GER
tain number of sons of their Christian
subjects. and in Sinan they found
they had acquired skilled bridge
builder. They allowed him 70 follow
his bent, and the Shahzadeh at Con-
stantinOple, the Suleiman AT StambOul
and the third famed mosque at Adri-
anOple were given to pOsterity. The
Selimi IN stands upon the highest hill
in Adrianople and four lofty minarets
tower far above a massive dome.
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STEEL AFFECTED BY FIRE
Figures Gathered by the United States
Bureau Of Standards Reveal Sta
biIity of Structure

Some interesting figures relating to
the behavior of structural steel at the
high temperature of ordinary fires
have been given by the United States
bureau of standards. Naturally, the
strength of steel at high temperatures
has very important bearing upon
the stability of structure which may
tective covering, steel columns fail
after only 10 or Is minutes Of expos
ure 10 temperatures such as are
reached in ordinary fires. Resistance
can be greatly increased by the use Of
coverings of brick. concrete. plaster,
tile. ETC., TO such an extent that COL
umns so protected are unaffected after
several hours exposure TO intense
heat. says the New York Evening
Post.
Tests have been made to determine
the compression strength of specimens
of structural steel when heated in an
electric furnace TO temperatures cor
responding 70 dull red heat U.100 de-
Srees Fahrenheit) and loaded up to
10000 pounds per square inch. II was
found that structural steel loaded to
10000 pounds per square inch fails at
about l.075 degrees Fahrenheit. and
under a load of c0O00 pounds per
square inch failure occurs at 925 de-
crees Fahrenheit. For practical con-
alterations. however. the limit OF util-
ity may be regarded as reached at
temperatures Of about $50 degrees
Fahrenheit below those given above.