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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-03
DOn'tSlOuch,
Girls; Sit Up!

TIME human skeleton in childhood is rela-
L lively soft and plastic. Hence, if a boy
or girl habitually assumes undesirable at
titudes. the bones are liable to become more
or less dcformed. In schools nowadays
much attention is given to making the pu-
pills sit up straight and hold an erect pos
ture when standing.
A slouching habit in childhood is likely
to cause an u~ngainly stoop in adult life.
Leaning sidewisc over Il school desk may
make one shoulder higher than the other
and produce Il permanent reformation Of
the spine. giving to the latter a lateral cur
vature. 1t is due to such causes that so
many people one secs on the street have
one shoulder pcrccptibly higher than the
other.
Now comes the National League for Pre-
~vcntion Of Spinal Curvature with a pub
lishcd statement to the effect that IS per
cent of the school children in this country
have faulty spines.' a defect of this
kind is not ordinarily noticed unless it
amounts to a dcformity. The league offers
$1,000 for the woman who hus the most
perfect back and $500 for the child whose
back is most correct a~natomically.
sThis business of backs is highly impor-
tant. 1t has cOmc to be recognized that,
in a general way. people may be divided
into two classes. the broad backs and tire
narrow backs. The broad backs possess
more endurance and are less nervous. The
narrow backs are mentally quicker, more
alert and more imaginative.
In recognition of this idea. slender girls
at Wellesley College are encouraged to take
the course in five years. instead of four. to,
lessen the strain. They cannot stand with
out undue fatigue work that would not tire
the broad backed young woman. Thus it is
seen that broad backs are calculated to best
bear both physical and mental burdens.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-03
A Clock for Aircraft

THE Air Service Of the War Department,
has developed a new and peculiar kind of
''built like a watch having a watch move
ment, and is wound by electricity. being
connected with a small storage battery.
Hitherto it has been found difficult TO
get u clock to do satisfactory work on a
plane. The vibration made the timepiece
unreliable, and SITS accuracy wae further
affected by changes of temperature with
altitude.
The new clock. thanks to certain ''com-
pcnsaton' arrangements, keeps good time
at any temperature from so below zero to
$50 above. and vibration does not bother it.
Tests made by the bureau of Standards
have given it a full Endorsement
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-03
Motor S%tethoscOpe

TT YOUR automobile engine is not run
l ming as it should, and you do not know
what the trouble is, get one of the new BIZ
aural stethoscopes and make a diagnosis, as
a physician does when he want to learn
what the trouble is with the interior ma
chinery Of his patient. This improved device
for detecting faulta in running machinery
has the advantage of possessing two ear
pieces which entirely exclude external noises.
1t has a jo:nted rod With is paced upon
tile part where the noise is suspected to be.
and the noise is so magniicd that The loca
ton and nature of the trouble can be
quickly determined.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-03
A New Life Preseryer>
to Keep the Head Up
seE Wi;iELAakL

URLS, here is the latest-a rubber neck
~ lace! 1t is not built for beauty, nor
even yet for speed and comfort. but it is
built for safety first" and if worn at
the proper time and under the proper cir
culnstanccs may save n human life.
1T looks like an ovcrstuffcd bologna and
IL worn around the neck like a celluloid
collar. But if YOU are thrown overheard at
sea or knocked down by a comber while
enjoying the surf it would keep you from
drowning. At least that is the claim of the
inventor, George II. Pallady, Of Rcdondo
leach. Calf. The young ladies shown lii
the picture gave n demonstration of its
safety first properties. They stopped
swimming and instcad>o of sinking 1onted on
the surface Of the water, '.heutls up
pallady arrived at this invention by re-
sorting to the theory that you don't drown
with your feet. but with your head: Keep
your head above water at all times and be
safe. n good motto in more things than just
j, swimming. Pal'ady observed some girls
floating in the surS in the inflated inner
tube Of an automobile tire. So he made
small inner tubes to fit milady.,s neck and
gave his invention to the worlu.
= The new life prcserver takes up but one
quarter the space of the regulation style
life prcscrver and it will hold up 400 pounds.
Which means all the women of the world
are herein, hereby and hereafter Immune
against drowning, for who weighs more than
40! pounds?
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-03

The method is simple and rather print
tive. A piece of canvas is spread on the
ground; the patient sits in the middle of it
and two muscular men lift the ends.
Lowered into the water hole one is i'm
mcrsed for a moment or two only.
More would be too much. The heart
might be dangerously affected. Even after
so brief a dip the body of a person thus i'm
mcrsed is almost as red as a boiled lobster.
1t gives one 4 notion of the strength of the
emanations..
Women who take the dips are warned
to avoid wctting their heads. The radium
water turns the hair green. s.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-03
Bathing in Radium Well

= A MIGHTY profitable piece of property
"A in these days is a radium well-the term
referring to water that contains the precious
examinations" Of that. wonderful mineral.
People are flocking to the Isle of Pines
(south of Cuba) for dips" On that island,
at Santa Fe, are four radium wells that arc
alleged to be very remarkable. Not far
away at Santa Barbara, are eight more.
The wells are not much to look at--mere
holes dug in the ground and surrounded by
ring fences. There are hotels, which charge
only $50 a dsy for room and board. with
dips thrown in. Outsiders may have the
treatment at So Per zip.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-03
Crocodile Tears

XIJHY do we speak Of shedding crocodile
w tears - the expression referring 10
hypocritical grief?
Only within recent years have modern
naturalists noted the fact evidently OBJ
served by the ancicntsl that the crocodile
really does shed tears. The huge %saurian.
lying half asleep on n mud bank, may be
thinking sad thoughts. hut the chances are
that its eyes are mere. watering.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-03

Farmers in the South have been accus-
toned to plant peanuts for their hogs, al
lowing the animals to gather the crop.
They have found. however, that it pays
much better to harvest the peanuts. sell
them at the oil mill for crushing and take
back the rcsiduum of "cake.' A ton Of
cake. ground into meal, is worth more as
hog feed than the original peanuts, and it
makes much better pork.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-03

~ from the viewpoint Of large handlers Of
the product, there is no such thing as a
bad egg. Even rotten eggs are worth money,
being in demand by tanners for the finishing
Of leather.
The American hen lays % .o0D. 000. 600
eggs in a year. Relatively few Of them
reach the consumer in a really fresh con.
dition, MS every housewife knows.
Commercially speak :ns. the big problem
IS to find a market for eggs of various
degrees Of stalcness. This is accomplished
largely through the cod storage houses,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-03
A Railroad Safety Device

THE chief mechanical engineer of an Eng
L fish railroad has recently perfected and
put into operation a device which serves the
double purpose of providing railway ear
riaycs with a bufing appliance and an in
terlockiDg arrangement which will main
tain the alignment of a train and prevent
the telescoping of the carriages. The buff
fers are designed with working and reserve
stoke springs of five tons and fifteen tons
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-03

EACH, giving an ordinary resistance Of
twenty tons per buffer. Should the impact
be still greater, the bolts which resist the
springs are designed to break away at
about fifty tons pressure per buffer and
the corrugated tenders to become engaged.
These tenders are designed not only to pre-
vent vehicles mounting each other. but also
to preserve the alignment and. absorb the
shock.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-03

Seriously enough the new invention ought
to prove n boon to all those mortals who
about learning to swim through
fear of "cutting- loose" The injunction
Of the swimming instructor is ''rclax and
let yourself go easily" The student re-
lakes and down goes the head under the
water With the new device swimming is
made easier. You can't sink , YOU learn to
swim and away goes the rubber collar which
has performed its duty as d teacher.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-03

sale mostly to bakers and confectioners.
When eustards. cakes and pastry are made
With this material the cooking dissipates
tho odor.
Every nov and then the Federal authori-
ties seize q consignment of this liquid egs
when 1t passes in interstate commerce.
finding it unfit for food. For the sanrs
reason ON one ascension not long ngo4tl,eys
grabbed In Chicago. the prineipat center
Of trade in stale eggs. .so4.sM stale eggs
aud destroyed them Will, fire on the lake.
front. Instances IL this Kind are. Lawsss
comparatively rare.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-03

which buy up eggs in the summertime and
put them away until, having acquired a
nice musty flavor, they fetch an extortionate
winter price.
Before putting them into cod storage eggs
n polite word) are broken and emp.iea Of
their contcpts.A the Latter being strained
through celamlers u break up tho .yoiks
and remove developing ehirks. The .'iiqnid
egg thus prepared is frozen hard us a
rock in large cans and thousands Of tons
Of it are kept in storage nj al seasons for
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-26
EXPERTS HOPE TO FIND
MISSING BALLOONISTS
UNFAVORABLE WEATHER
PREDICTED FOR "a NNUAL
EASTER PARADE, TOMORROW

Washington, Marcn. 2a- Anything
Lut favorable weather fer the annual!
Easter fashionable parades was fore
cast today by the weather bureau.
An unexpected storm of marked in
tensity, with its tail swinging low
over southeastern Colorado, CAUSED Il
revision Of preliminary forecasts of
fair weather tomorrow. The storm is
sweeping Observation-Disclosures anu
pressure Was high today of the At
lantic coast and high and rising rap
idly in the northwest. s<-7
Elsewhere the weather was acting
badly, with showers and thunder
storms in New York state, the great
lakes region, and lower Missouri val
ley. There were light rains and snow
in the northwest. In Montana and
North Dakota the temperature drop
ped below zero.
Elsewhere east of the Mississippi
river there were promises of unset
tied weather and showers tomorrow
Some sections may escape but there
was no comfort on the map. In Cal
ifornia there were storm warnings
Only Florida. from which the winter
vacations throngs are scurrying
home, showed fair tonight and Sun
day."
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-26
CUBANS AGREE TO AID
IN KEEPING BLACK FLY
OUT OF UNITED STATES

Washington. March 26.-Co-opera-
ton OF the Cuban government and
West Indian growers to enforce the
American quarantine against the
Black Fly has relieved anxiety re-
garding shipments amounting to sey-
eral million dollars a year, DR.. w. A.
Orton, department of agriculture spe-
cialist, declared in Statement today
on his return from the West Indies.
President Menocal, of Cuba, DR..
Orton said, had ordered the removal
of vegetable growth which could har-
Gor the Black Fly from a distance OF
200 feet on each side of Cuban rail-
roads carrying fruit for shipment
while government authorities of the
Bahamas also promised steps to con-
troll the pest.
The federal horticultural board will
cooperate with Florida plant control
authorities for speedy inspection of
shipments which include three train
loads a day, carried from Cuba to
Key West by car ferry.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-26
OFFICE SALARIES
TO BE BOOSTED
BY U.S.. CONGRESS

Washington, March ga bill to
fix new wage standards for all gov.
eminent employees is to be one of the
first measure to obtain consideration
at the approaching session of con-
gress. Government salaries in gener-
al. according TO plans, will be raised.
but wages for several classes of en-
ployes may be lowered.
Senator Smoot. Republican, Utah,
with the aid of treasury experts, is
preparing bill for reclassification of
government salaries. 1t is the plan
to cease paying federal employees from
lump sums, at salaries fixed at the
will of bureau chiefs. and also to dis.
nense with the bonus system adopted
during the war.
The increased cost of living, high.
4r wage scales of private industry and
many other factors are to be taken
ITO account in fixing the new salary
standards. Among the abuses aimed
at are conditions found. according to
Senator Smoot in various departments
where some employees receive many
hundreds of dollars more or less than
others doing exactly similar work.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-26
GREEKS CLAIM
MORE SUCCESSES
AGAINST TURKEY

Athens, March 26-Continued sue
cess against the Turkish nationalists
I'm Asia Minor is reported from the
Ushak and Brusa fronts. according to
an official statement issued here.
The Greeks, it is declared, are not
encounering much resistance in their
advance toward Eski-Shehr.
"On Thursday" says the statement,
1.-The Greeks continued to advance in
the Ushak sector. The enemy, who
feebly resisted. was driven back from
a fortified ridge between Agar and
Bonnar to line about 80 miles east
of Ushak Two hundred of the enemy
were taken prisoners.
"On the Brusa sector, the enemy
was driven from positions east of the
city and the Greeks occupied Il line
running through the villages of Gieun
euch, Vereisi and Diledjik, about six
miles from the town. The Greek losses
have been insignificant"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-26
BICHAM TRIAL
MUST Be ENDED
BY MIDNIGHT
Man Charged With Killing Five
Members of His Family Is
Before Court Today

Florence, s. c., March 26.-Fifteen
hours was left today for the compile
tion of the trial of Edmund i3igham.
charged with killing five members of
his family, for under the law. the case
must be completed by midnight to-
night or mistrial must he declored.
From convening OF court until The
midnight hour there-re NAMED the tes-
timony of the defense to be heard, as
we'll as arguments and the judges S
charge to the jury and the lattcr's de-
liberations.
The prosecution contendnd in its
testimony that Bigham shot his moth.
er, brother. sister and two of his Sis
ter's adopted children over financial
troubles and witnesses testified they
had expressed fear before their
deaths on January s that ne wouil
do so. 1t was the contention of the
defense. however, that l.. Smiley Big
ham, the brother, who was found slam
near the Bigham home, had dcna the
shooting and then, committed suicide.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-26
COMMUNIST UPRISING IN GERMANY MAKES VERY
- LITTLE PROGRESS SINCE YESTERDAYS BATTLE
EISLEBEN VACATED BY RIOTERS
WHO ARE CONFRONTED ONLY BY
BODIES OF SECURITY POLICEMEN
BOY CONFESSES AIDING
In MURDER OF FATHER

Grand Rapids. Mich, March 90
Casper Didia, IA years old, con-
fessed today, according to the po-
lice, that he helped his mother club
to death his step father, Joseph
Scalbiue, last night. Then, accord
ing to the confession. he and his
brother James, 9 years old, placed
the body in a toy wagon and c1rted
it to the railroad yards where they
left it. The body was found carly
today by a switch engine crew.
He was awakened during the
night, dcasper eclared, by a quar-
rel between his mother ami step
father.
"l struck him with an axe and
shovel and my mother hit him with
a stick" the police quote him as
saying. "Then my brother and !
carried the body away in the cart"
Mrs. Scalbius and the two boys
were taken into custody shortly
after the body was found.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-26
One IN TEN IS
CONEY'S CHANCE
FOR RECOVERY
DOCTOR SAYS
With Three of His Verte-
brae Broken and Pos
sibility Of Internal In
iuries He r e m a n S
Hopeful and Says He
Will Yet Make Hi S
Flight.
Latest Bulletin

Latest Bulletin
NatcheZ, March 26.-ThC following
bulletin was issued ii 8 II M. tOda!
by physicians attending Lieut.. COney:
"CCnditiOn OF Lieut.. COney practl.
cally the same as when he arrived
last night. He passed comfortable
night. Temperature. 100; pulse. reg
ulAr."
Natchez, Miss, March 26-With his
back broken and his body paralyzed
from the chest down, Lieut. w. D.
Coney, trans-continental fler. whose
urplane crashed near Crowvillc La
Yesterday, while he was attempting It
record breaking flight from Jackson
Vile, Fla. to San Diego. Cal. today
vas battling for his life in Natche2
hospital Physicians said hV had
lbOut one chance in ten for recovery
and that his condition was very seri
Gus" but the tlier himself remained
very cheerful and expressed the hope
he would yet be able to make the
flight,
Lieut. Coney was brought here from
Crowyille by way of Monroe La, las
night. An X-ray examination showed
fractures of the third fourth and fifth
lumbar vertebrae and physicians OK
pressed the fear he also had suffered
internal injuries. This morning con
siderable fever had developed. The
flier's mother. who watched him hoo
off at Jacksonville early yesterday
morning and who was prostrated when
she heard. of his fall, is enroute here
to he with him
The lieutenant explained that his
mishap was due to engine trouble
which developed after he had been six
hours in the air and which forced him
to descend In landing, he struck Il
tree, and was thrown from the ma
chine. He was unconscious when e,.-
tricated from the wreckage by farm
hand who had witnessed the fall
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-26
DISTRICT COURT WILL
PASS ON QUESTION OF
REDUCING RAIL WAGES

Atlanta, Ga, March 26-With fed.
eral district court having retained jur-
isdiction in the Atlanta, Birmingham
and Atlantic railway wage reduction
case, preparations were made here to-
day for argument on the issue before
District Judges Sibley, Evans and
Clayton.
Judge Sibley has declared the mat
ter is judicial one for the court to
decide He upheld the unions con
tentiou that the Newlands act requir-
ing 20 days notice before a wage cut
becomes constitutional and amended
order so that the wage reduction Ell
fective March /, would not apply TO
train crews. The provision does not
apply to other railroad employees. the
court held /
. 1t was indicated that the union lead
ers would enter into the hearings be.
fore the three district judges, al
though they had eOntended that the
wage issue was solely one for the
labor board.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-26
TRIBUTES TO
DEAD CARDINAL
POUR IN FROM
ALL QUARTERS
Federation of
Churches Passes Res
olutions Expressing
Sympathy a n d B e :
reavement - rench
Ambassador Pro-
nounces Handsome
Eulogy on Gibbons as
a Friend to France.

Baltimore. Md, March 26--Among
n" hundreds OF messages of sympa-
by and regret at the death of Cardi-
nal Gibbons that continue to pour in
ii the Archepiscopal residence from
persons of all creeds and rank was an
official testimonial from the Baltimore
Hebrew congregation 1t extended the
sympathy OF the congregation to the
memhar of the household and their
'', athOlic brethren OF Baltimore"
\ tribute To the Carinal was paid
yesterday by the Baltimore federation
al churches, representing virtually all
the Protestant denominations of the
city, which said that he merits the
praise and esteem OF all men without
distinction of creed or sect"
The Baltimore Federation of
churches" the resolution said, ''de.
sire, to express the appreciation of
the Protestant churches within its
membership for the life and works of
oar t-llOW citizen, James Cardinal Glib
bonS and to extend to our follow
Christians OF the Roman Catholic
church cur sympathy on the occasion
81 their great bereavement in the
death oi this pre-eminent leader and
churchman. His name ha: long been
a household word in his beloved Bal
tlmorr and the fame thereof has
reached to world proportions"
Jules j lusserand. French ambas-
'dor at Washington, sent the follow
Ing telegram To Bishop Corrigan: We
E"arn with yOu a prelate admirable
Tor his Sanctity; Il citizen admirable
for his patriotism: model American
IN whom, during the great crisis,
France found friend
Roman Papers Praise Gibbons
Rome, March 26. Obituaries of the
late Cardinal Gibbons are published
by all newspapers in Rome, which
comment on his noble character. his
}HnuinA piely and his civic virtues.
The death of Cardinal Gibbons"
lyS the Corriere dltalia. must he
deplored by all classes OF citizens of
America and must cause true nation
al mourning"
The Giornale d'ltalia recalls that
King Victor Emmanuel conferred up.
on Cardinal Gibbons the grand Gordon
OF the crown OF Italy, one of the high
est honors possible in the kingdom.
The Epoca says:
Cardinal Gibbons must be cousid
cred national glory"
Announcement of the appointment
o! Bishop Owen B. Corrigan, vica.
General as administrator general of
the diocese. was made today. He was
SCI cted by the diocesan consultors
and will have charge of the diocese
until the new archbishop is chosen
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-26
SOVIET MUST
REFORM BEFORE
TRADE With U. S.
Secretary Hughes Lays Dow
Drastic Rules as Prerequisite
to Recognition of Bols.

Washington, March 26. Condition
laid down by the state department Il.
prerequisite to amy resumption Of
trade relations between this country
and soviet Russia. while dealing eN
Glusively with the economic frailitie.
of the soviet system. were regarded
today as striking so fundamentally a
its entire structure as to have ended
practically all possibility OF an early
resumption of commercial intercourse
between the two countries.
In statement yesterday replying
to the recent soviet message to thi
governmnt proposing Il reopening oi
trade relations, Secretary Hughes dc
clared the United States could not
consider such a course until funda-
mental changes had been made in the
economic system underlying the SOY
let regime. Safety OF human life. guar
antee Of property rights, free lab0l
and observance OF the sanctity of con
tracts were among the requirement.,
laid down. Only by meeting theso
requirements, the statement said
could Russia hope to achieve eco
nomic rehabilitation and rebuild heu
foreign trade.
Issued by Secretary Hughes at the
conclusion of Il two-hOur discussion ol
the Russian question at Yesterday
cabinet meeting, this statement
which was transmitted to the Amer
can consul at Reval for delivery tc
the Soviet authorities was regarded
as having the solid backing of the
administration in defining the nation,
future policy in dealing with the bol
Snevist government