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The New York herald., 1921-03-09
other Companies to Follow.

This was the first Of a series Of con-
ferences to be held on the same subject
and with the same detectives by all the
trunk lines in Eastern territory. The
Lehigh Valley will confer with It's men
to-day on the same problem. The Cen
trail Railroad of New Jersey will hold
it's session Monday. The Reading and
the Lackawanna railroads will follow
on Tuesday.
Just how many men will be affected
by the New York Centrars order the
executives were unable to say. The
labor shifts from time to time and con-
stantly expands and contracts in volume
One official guessed that it would be
$4,000 men, while another official
guessed 1t would be nearer 10000 than
10000 Approximately 100000 men of
the unskilled class will be affected in
the Eastern territory on all lines in that
area bounded by Buffalo on the north
and Pittsburgh on the west.
1t is the general contention of the
roads that in view of the decreased cost
of living and the current slump of traffic
that approximately 81 day should be
cut from the pay of every one Of its
unslsilled worklnen.
The New York herald., 1921-03-09
SHIP OWNERS TO ASK
FEDERAL BOARDS AID
Prepare NeU Wage Schedule,
EffectiUe May I.

Members Of the American Steamship
Owners Association at a general meet
ing yesterday in the Whitehall Building
voted unanimously to seek the coopera-
ton and approval of the United States
Shipping Board for new schedule of
wage and working conditions which the
association intends to put in opera
ton May /.
The news of the owners vote was re-
ceived with joy in union quarters, in
asmuch as the unions for weeks have
been asking the Shipping Board to in
tervene In their behalf against the pro-
posed reductions, contending that they
are as drastic as the reductions in rail-
way wages that led to the Railway
Labor Board acting in behalf Of the land
transportation employees. The ship
workers now feel confident that the
wage question will be settled amicably.
Representatives of the ship owners
will confer with the Shipping Board in
Washington as soon as the new board
is installed 1t is expected that the pro-
posed schedule will be ready within the
next two weeks. 1t is now receiving
final touches at the hands of several
special committees, Eugene E. O'Don-
nell of Boston, chairman of the commit
Tee on wages ana WOrhlHS COHulllOTS
aboard ship, announced
Winthrop l.. Marvin. vice-presdent
and general manager of the owners as
sociation, said: After a thorough dis
cussion of the points at issue it was
voted unanimously as follows:
THAT the committee on wages and
working conditions aboard ship be au-
thorized to confer with the Shipping
Board with the view of reaching an
agreed basis for the reduction of wages,
an Improvement in working conditions
on shipboard and the elimination of
overtime; and that on the approval Of
such plan by the ship owners assoca-
ton the committee be empowered to
confer with the individual seagoing
unions with the view of reaching an
agreement on such plan
The New York herald., 1921-03-09
RETURNS TO OLD SCHEDULE.
Texas Company Goes Back to o
10 and IL Hour Day.

After a year of an eight hour day
work schedule in the field. the Texas
Company. following conferences with its
employees, has gone back TO nine, ten
and twelve hour day schedules The
men voted to accept the new working
schedules rather than a cut in wages.
The scale of wages will remain the same
as it was in the preceding year.
Firenen and bumpers will work
twelve hours day hereafter, six days
a week. and win get n ten days vaca-
tion with pay each year. Drillers will
work ten hours and unskilled laborers
nine.
The company has agreed with the men
that when it is necessary to cut a man
from the payroll its married men will
be given preference.
The New York herald., 1921-03-09
PAPER MILL CUTS FORCE AGAIN

MADISON, Me-, March S.--sixty men
in the sulphite department OF the Great
Northern Paper Company have been
laid off indefinitely. More were laid
off last week. but part Of them are EN-
ployed In other departments, no reduc-
ton having been made in the paper
making and ground wood sections.
The New York herald., 1921-03-09
CARPENTERS STRIKE ENDS,

Special Despatch to THE NEW York HERALD.
MIpDLETowN, y. Y, March 8.-Car-
penters signed an agreement this after
noon with the building trades union
here. effective at once, to run for one
year, whereby $50 carpenters return to
work This is the result of private con-
ference between carpenters and builders.
the terms of agreement being kept secret
The New York herald., 1921-03-09
STRIKE STOPS NEWSPAPERS.

OKMuLGEE, Okla, March S.-Publica-
tion of two Okmulgee newspapers-the
Times, a morning paper. and the Demo-
crGt, evening-was suspended to-day be-
cause of a strike by printers of their
respective plants over failure of union
officials and their owners to reach an
agreement over new contracts for a
wage scale for the year.
The New York herald., 1921-03-09
Skilled Labor Apprehensive.

Yesterdays conference with It's en-
ployaes by the New York Central fol-
lows exactly the suggestions made by
the Railroad Labor Board in cases
where changes in the schedules are to
be made. The union leaders predicted
last night that since the Central's case
is the first In the East to reach the con-
ference stage it will also be the first to
reach the labor board. 1t was a notice
able fact that the union men yesterday
put an extremely soft pedal on strike
talk.
One of the features of the hearing
was the fact that many unions not di-
rectly affected by the order were repre-
sented at the conference by their highest
officials Among these were the ma
chinists. electricians and others, which
are far from the unslSilled labor class.
I'VE are standing together in this
thing" said Mr.. Spair. for we know
that the other workmen will be next in
line. What affects one affects all. and
we have the advantage Of their council
and wisdom and moral support in what
ever action we decide to take"
The New York herald., 1921-03-09
$1,000 LAID OFF NY PENNsY.

PHILADELPHIA, March Sit was
learned at the Pennsylvania Railroad
offices hare to-day that since the COM
pany began it's retrenchment policy last
December $1,000 men throughout the
system have been laid off up to March
]. reducing the total number of en-
ployees from 27e.000 to els 900.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-09-16
Cloth Tester Invented.

When high-priced clothes wear out
quickly the buyer must have been
"stung," said the bureau of standards
in q recent Washington dispatch to
the Baltimore American.
The bureau has perfected device
by which the buyer of suit Of clothes
can tell accurately the reason why.
The new invention, worked out by
minor employee of the bureau. may
in the future be manufactured so
cheaply that every home can possess
one and be used as sure guide in
the purchase of clothing of all grades.
What the device does is to tell be-
yond all doubt the thread count, fiber
strength and thread width and prob
able "life" of particular kind of cloth
that may be given test. 1t also de-
termines the power Of resistance TO
wear of which piece Of cloth may
be capable.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-09-16
Wet Inside ard Out.

The Marine was up for Office Hours.
The Sergeant of the Guard has ac-
cused him of falling off the dock while
in an intoxicated condition. The ac-
cused Marine stoutly maintained that
he was strictly sober, and that tie
ducking he got was not the result OF
his own misconduct. His buddy was
a reluctant witness.
The Commanding Officer addressed
the witness: at is reported by the
Sergeant of the Guard that the ac-
cused Private Jones, was intoxicated
at the time he fell off the dock, and
that you assisted him ashore. Tell
me, how did he appear to you when
you pulled him out? If you had been
ordered to give an opinion Of him
then. what would you have saidf'
Sir" answered his buddy, "ishou'd
have said that he was one of the wet,
test, if not the wettest, Marine I had
ever seen."
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-09-16
Puts Blame on Signing Lover.

"Curious" writes to q newspaper
asking why ice cream doesn't drop in
price now that all it's separate ingredi-
ents have dropped. The reason, .
Curious, Is because so many ice cream
patrons are young and unmarried. OBJ
serves Arthur H. Fowell in Leslie's.
Millions of gallons Of cream are bought
each and every evening by young men
out with 1.-The girl" What chance Is
there that they will start buyers
strike? Buyers strikes are for pinched
and desperate married folk, and have
to do with such prosy, unromantlc
commodities as clothes and canned to-
matoes. The crafty makers Of ice
cream know That all limits are off
when young man and his particular
queen of Sheba step into a palace OF
frosty sweets. The young mans fear
of being thought "tightwad'' or
'spill'' is the ice cream dealers best bet
that prices won't come down to pre-
war levels. Not at least for several
whiles. Indeed, the ice cream man is
thinking seriously of not dropping
them at all, but of making his war
prices do for two wars-the last one
and the next one.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-09-16
slaus canx American Ways.

American methods in social. eduea-
4ional and reereational work are being
adopted by the new republic of Czecho-
SIuvaksa, the people of which have
quickly adapted themselves to our
leadership and training. according 70
Miss Eleanor Prudden. director OF the
work of the Young Women's Christian
association in Czecho-Slovakia. Miss
Prudden recently returned to America
FOR a snort leave Of absence.
Upon the invitation Of the CZecho-
Sloyak government, the Young WON
ems Christian association, in some In
stances jointly with the Young Mems
Christian association, for the last year
has been conducting demonstration
work to develop native leadership
said Miss Prudden. The association
viii be able to withdraw early in l922'
as arranged in advance, leaving IFS
established program intact for perma-
nent deyelopment.-New York Times
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-09-16
Japanese Nuns.

Near Tokufuji, Japan. is Sennyu1i,
a group of buildings noted as the place
of interment of several Of the mikados
during the Kamakura and TokugaWa
periods, writes a correspondent The
graves are not shown; they are ap-
parently very unpretending, quite un-
like the gorgeous mausoleums of the
Shotgun dynasty, but the place is worth
visiting. Near the gate, ] passed a
group of shaven-pated nuns, their de-
nuded SUBMITS glistening in the sun
not walking with demurely downcast
eyes telling their beads, but with jolly
laughter telling each other some joke.
Buddhist nunship appears to be little
more than q cheerful REIMBURSEMENT
of domestic and economic anxietjes; {;
though one would think they must feel
uncomfortably cool in the winter. The
extensive grounds. Of Sennyuji are
beautifully kept. There is VIDE
main walk lined with expresses With
sidepaths leading to various shrines;
all are covered with granite sand; at
the end is a similarly sanded court
yard about $50 feet square, with q
screen running along one side; the
roofs are foarded with cylindrical
tiles stamped at the end with the IL
petaled chrySanthemum.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-09-16
Psychology os Laughter.

In the psychology of laughter one
traces the development Of humor
through it's many stages, showing the
close relation between the appreci-
alton of the tribe and the enjoyment
Of the nursery. Children laugh some
what in the manner Of savages, not
being able, because Of their limited
experience, to see the subtle shades OF
a joke that are only discernible in a
nigh type Of mental development.
Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" has much
satire in it which the girl and boy
luckily cannot fatkom; 1t takes a
sophisticated mind to understand it.
But the adventures among the Lillf'
putians and Brobdingnagians are class
les in the nursery. SO it is in the larg-
er aspects of laughter. The crowds
will respond to coarser type of hui
NOR than the MISUNDERSTANDING.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-09-16
MEDICINE, MAN NOT A FAKER
According to English Scientist, He
Deals in the Occult, and With
High Moral Intent.

The medicine man, as known TO the
ancients and to the aborigines OF
America, Africa and other lands, was
no faker or humbug or Quack. accord
ing to Dr.. Marrett Of the University
of Oxford iEnglanO. In a book on
Psychology and Folklore ne describes
the Australian bushman's incantations
to drive out of mans head the crys-
tai that has caused his disease, after
which he produces in his hand piece
of crystal, apparently out Of the suf-
ferer's head.
Neither he nor the patient nor the
patients friends is deceived; they
all know that he has had the crystal
III his hand or up his sleeve ali the
time, and that he has been acting
Enthusiastically or symbolically through
out the incarnation. The crystal is
q symbol of the mischief within the
head. WHAT the medicine man really
does is to set the good magic Influence
or mama" within himself to combat
the bad mama" affiicting his patient.
He, in fact, deals in the occult, but he
does so with high moral intent, and
has attained to the power Of so deal
ing only after severe training, involv-
ing fasting, isolation and all the other
miseries of a special initiation.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-09-16
Flute Highly Esteemed.

Among the ancient Greeks. flute
playing was looked upon as the fash
ionable pastime of the elite, and, con
seQuently, the instrument was cons!d
erably improved by various players
from time to time, and flutes of the
most careful and delicate workman
ship have been discovered and prove
this to have been the case.
From Greece, the instrument ap
pears to have been adopted by the
Romans who, indeed, bo. owed all
that was beautiful in Greek art; anc
we learn from Tacitus that even the
Emperor Nero himself. did not dis
dain the drudgery Of practice. WITH
Roman conQuests came also the adop
ton Of Roman manners and art
Hence the instrument spread through
out the civilized world and its use be
came common.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-09-16
ROBBED GRAVE or OCCUPANT
Apple Tree Had Completely Absorbed
the Mortal Frame of the Famous
Roger Williams.

The memory of Roger Williams,
founder OF Rhode Island, long was
neglected. He died in 1858, and for
1S3 years not even a rough tablet
marked the spot wherein his ashes
rested. Then q movement was set
afoot to locate the grave, and after
much research, the place was estab-
lished.
When the last resting place Of VIII
liams was opened 1t was found that
everything had passed into oblivion
The shape of the coffin could be traced
by q black line, definitely defining
the sides s1d edges Of the wooden
covering. There was bit Of rusted
material--hinges and nails. frag-
ment Of wood, and g single round
knot.
Near the grave stood a venerable
apple tree. This tree had sent two
of its main roots into the graves OF
Williams end his wife. The larger
root. following his grave, had pushed
through the earth until it reached the
precise spot occupied by the skull Of
the dead man. Making turn about
this the root followed the direction OF
the backbone to the hips. There 1t
separated. sending sub-roots along
each leg which, in turn, bent upward
about the toes. One Of the roots
formed a slight crook at the knee.
The whole bore a close resemblance
to the human form.
Not particle of human dust was
left. Chemistry makes plain that all
flesh, and the gelatinous matter CIV
ing consistency to the bones, are re-
solved into carhonic-acid gas. water
and air, while the solid lime-dust re-
mains. In this instance, even the
phosphate Of lime from the bones had
vanished, taken up by the tree In Its
growth, during which it had formed
a counterpart Of the skeleton Of the
man whose grave it robbed.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-09-16
Remarkable Even for Collie.

Many are the stories told of collies'
sagacity, one of the most remarkable
being the record of one shepherd IN
Ettrick. Scotland. What was once the
great forest of Ettrick was this night
oniy dense sea of mist and fog. the
shepherd in despair exclaimed to his
dog. "sIrrah, my man, they're a away J
He gave no command to the dog, IN
fact he only spoke for sympathy. But
the sheep dog dashed off into the mist,
and the next morning the 800 missing
sheep were gathered in and Sirrah
was mounting guard over them. How
the animal got them in the dark was
peyond the comprehension Of the shep-
herd, and he adds: IF all the shep-
herds 10 che forest had been there they
could not have effected it with greater
propriety."
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-09-16
The Ideal liohtinu.

According to an Illuminating en-
gineer, what is wanted today in home
Illumination is the sort of good light
ing that is found on the shady side OF
q tree on a sunny afternoon. Sub,
stitute for the sun /. new 1OO-watt
lamp, for the sky the creamy ceiling
of a living room a:d for the tree an
opalescent disc or bowl; from the cell
ing YOU now get soft radiance which
foods the entire room as though 1t
were open to the sky; from the diff
fusing disc you get a generous addi-
ton of light directly beneath, having
the quality of filtered sunlight. You
have approximated the charming ef-
feet of mellow radiance that was ap'
parent under the tree.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-09-16
DENSEST or KNOWN WOODS
"Lienun Vitae" Without Rival for
Many Parposes-Makes the Finest
Tenpin BaIIs

They are making tenpin balls OF
"composltion," but the classic balls
are still turned from the heart OF
that wood called lignum vitae, Latin
words meaning stone Of life, anu
which we render as living stone.
Many persons believe that lignum
vitae Is not a botanical name, OUT
merely q trade name covering numer-
Gus variatieS of very hard, compact
and heavy wood. This is not the fact.
The lignum vitae tree grows in Flor
ida, on the Florida keys. in the Ba-
hama islands and various islands OF
the West Indies. The supply of this
wooa is negligible from the. Florida
keys, the trade being mainly supplied
by the Bahamas, though Hayti is a
large producer. The tree is a low.
gnarled, round-headed growth and it
sometimes attains height of 20 or
80 fecI, but it's short trunk is fire.
quently two and one-half Or three feet
thick. 1t has q thin bark, rarely more
than one-eighth of an inch thick and
the surface is separated into small.
thin, white scales very much like those
covering the bark Of the white oak
tree.
1t Is the densest wood known, a
cubic foot of dry and well-seasoned
lignum vitae weighing q trifle more
than II pounds. 1t is very close
grained and varies in color from dark
green to yellowish brown. 1t has been
used for sheathing ships and Is now
extensively used in making blocks,
pulleys, cogs and other bearings in
certain forms Of machinery and in
making mortars and pestles.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-09-16
Various Sites Proposed for AM
bilious Project.
Idea, Put Forward by American, TO
70 Form International Clearing
House of Information.

yew Jersey, Hawaii, Cuba, the en-
yfrons of Paris, the Riviera, Belgium,
Switzerland, Italy, and Greece have
been proposed as sites for an interna-
tspnas city, upon the plans Of which
Hendrix Anderson, an American, now
RESTING in Rome. has been collabor-
atiAS for the better part of the last
10 years. Such city, according to
Mr.. Anderson's projects, would not be
me adaptation to international pur-
poses of q town already existing, but
would be built new and so would con-
tain only those edifices necessary for
it's aims and maintenance. There
would be. among other buildings, an
international court of justice, which
Mr.. Anderson willingly comedies would
not do away with war, but would at
least lessen the possibility Of it. and
which would be attended by perma-
mont representatives from all nations.
There would also be an international
bank, an international medical con-
gress, which would always be in ses-
sion, and through which all new dis
eoveries in medicine. hygiene and sani-
tation would at once be disseminated
throughout the world; an information
al press building, and an international
chamber of commerce and labor. Each
government would likewise have its
own building, which would offer to rep
resentatives of the other nations the
opportunity of examining all the
works of progress made by each coun-
try. The city would then be an in
ternational clearing house of inforlna-
tion, and from it's establishment, Mr..
Anderson declares, only good results
could accrue.
The plans Of, the city have been ex-
hibited at the Smithsonian institute at
Washington and extensive literature
concerning its economic. political and
structural possibilities has been sent
to the presidents and sSvereigns OF
practically all the countries in the
world. The estimated cost of such
city is S5OOe0O,o0O, but the net an
nual gain to each nation participating
in its advantages and facilities would
be S21,OOO,OOO, according to the caleu-
lations in the tracts which have been
sent ont.
Lectures will be made upon the
project this summer in the United
States, and the Sorbonne in Paris has
offered chair for three years for
conferences on 1t. The plan has re-
ceived the appreciation of Pope Bene-
dict XIV, and both Belgium and Greece
have offered land grants for the site
of the proposed city.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-09-16
Profitable EXCHANGE.

In the late '9Os we were living In
a shack ON the banks of Cripple
creek, dry stream in Colorado.
When the dam burst. a raging torrent
swept down and we fed up the side OF
the mountain for safety. After the
water subsidized our shack was gone,
but In its stead stood brand-new
bungalow, completely furnished! AS
no claimant ever appeared we thank
fully appropriated it.-CEicago Jour
nal.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-09-16
Watch for Dying Trees.

People are willing to let q tree
starve TO death, but when it comes to
letting an animal starve, it is an en-
tirely different thing. They either
feed or kill the animal. Why not be
as humane to the tree and cut it Gown
to end the slow death?
A tree does not show starvation as
much as an animal, but rs soon as 1t
shows lack Of vitality 1t should arouse
suspicion on the part Of the owner
and he should ascertain the cause,
taxing steps to remedy it or else cut
down the Tree.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-09-16
a Disconnected Story.

"You had a narrow escape, my
friend" said the farmer who had
rushed to the scene Of the accident.
$50 did, replied the aviator, as ne
crawled out of the wreckage OF his
plane and nonchalantly lighted a
cigarette.
"How did it happen?"
r .dsn't know. l went into q tall
spin and then I saw you."-Birmilg'
ham Age-HeralG.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-09-16
Centennial of Photography.

The centenary of the discovery OF
photography was recently celebrated
IN the village of Bry-sur-Marne, near
Paris, where Daguerre spent the last
wears of his life, and where in 1920
he carried on the experiments which
resulted in the daguerreotype, from
which modern photography, including
the motion picture, has been devel'
Oped
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-09-16
Eraa 10 Rrao Of It.

Mr. Bucks-Yes, I've had a rather
nrosperous career. During the war j
made my money out Of lead.
NJ. gewrox-Gee! And got away
with it! Most men get locked up foa
raaking lead dollars.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-09-16
A Hurry Call.

SIR Philip Sasso1n, who is aow
Lloyd Georges secretary, was former.
~ the secretary of Sir Douglas Haig,
from whom he received the follow
ing telegram last Easter day:
"Christ is risen. May want Sec
retarY."-.From LEurope Nouvelle.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-09-16
onn Time AQo!

,Jud Tunkins says lie can remember
when every home had picture Of
soldier a.. a statesman in the parlor,
instead of the photographs Of mo-
tiep picture star. .. T..