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Fitzgerald leader., 1921-04-02
German Labor Conditions Bad.

That 10 per cent of the entire pop
ulatl0n Of Germany are wholly or
partly without employment was a
semi-officiaI statement just published.
The figures given show that $4,000
men are receiving unemployment sup
port from the government or munich
palities. The number of members of
families given unemployment support
increased to $4,000. This make close
to one million people whom the tax
payers are supporting.
1t Is estimated that there are an
other million unemployed who do not
come within the provisions emitting
them to support. These are not count
ed In the estimated four millions who
are working only part time and need
some assistance.
Fitzgerald leader., 1921-04-02
Nobody Wants BunoIer.

There's no place in progress for the
bungler. The business man gets rid
Of the bungler as soon as he can. No
organization wants the bungler on it's
rolls. Furthermore there's little ex-
cuse for the presence Of such nui-
sance. Above all there is no excuse
for you to muss things up. You will
do that occasionally in spite Of your
self, because you are falsely reported,
misunderstood or over-zealous. But
you don't have to make regular thing
of 1t. Correct the past by more care
full present and you will be wiser
through the mistake. So toe in, my
boy, and make good. You have the
world before you and your friends are
waiting to help you celebrate the VIC
tory.--Grit.
Fitzgerald leader., 1921-04-02
UnIettered Presidents

At least one of our Presidents, pos
sibly two, never went to any kind of a
school. The father Of Andrew John
son died when the lad was five years
old, and his mother could not spare
the money to educate him. This con-
dition of poverty caused Andrew to
be apprenticed to a tailor. He worked
long hours and hard. One day a
man brought book to the shop and
recited many selections that it con-
tanned. Andrews ambition was stirred.
With the mans help he learned the
alphabet. But he made no real prog
ress until his marriage. His wife read
to him as he piled the needle. She
helped him to learn to read and write.
She was his school. Largely through
her careful, patient instruction he was
enabled to become the mayor of the
town in which they lived.
Fitzgerald leader., 1921-04-02
Makinu Joss Sticks.

The composition of the candles
called joss sticks, which are used in
all the religious ceremonies Of Bud
dhism, has long remained a mystery
the preparation of the sticks being In
trusted to certain persons chosen from
a limited class. Not long ago, how
ever, there was learned the manner
Of making joss sticks in Indo-C China.
A stem of bamboo is rolled into a
preparation containing ii different
odoriferous drugs, two of which are
significant, as showing a knowledge Of
chemical and physical properties.
These are aconite, which serves to pro-
tect the sticks against the attacks of
rats and mice, and camphor, which
causes them to burn steadily without
being periodically extinguished.
Fitzgerald leader., 1921-04-02
Sandalwood Lonq Priced.

Sandalwood is the product princi-
pally of the native state of Mysore,
India, and the district of Coorg. Due
to the development Of the sandalwood
oil extracting industry, the exporta-
tion of the wood from Madras has
steadily declined. while that Of the
oil has increased. Sandalwood is the
most famous of all scented woods. It's
use for perfumery and incense dates
back thousands Of years. The later
Greeks regarded it as one of their
greatest luxurles, and no festivities
were complete without it. Sandal
wood figures prominently in religious
ceremonies and burial rites in China
and other oriental countries.
Fitzgerald leader., 1921-04-02
Canadian Labor Stirred.

Charges that instlgators of the
"open shop" movement in the United
States are extending their campaign
into Canada were made by Tom Moore,
president of the Canadian Trades and
Labor congress.
Mr.. Moore's statement was in reply
TO an address made by N. J. Kennedy
president of the Builders Employers
association Of Detroit. Mich, before
the Ottawa branch of the Canadian
Building Industries association, In
which he said that the United States
had been run for the past four and a
half years by Samuel Gompers, and
that the last election was mandate
to the government that the people
were tired of being dominated by the
Fitzgerald leader., 1921-04-02
Few Have Seen Radium.

Radium is metal that is described
as having white metallic luster. 1t
has been isolated only once or twice,
and few persons have seen it. 1t is
ordinarily obtained from its ores in
the form of sulphate, chloride or bro
mide, according to the United States
geological survey, Department of the
Interior, and it is in the form of these
salts that it is usually sold and used.
Ihese are all white or nearly white
substances, whose appearance is no
more remarkable than that of common
salt or baking powder. Tubes con-
tanning radium salts glow mostly be-
cause they include impurities which
the radiations from the radium cause
to give light. Radium minerals are
very rarely, if ever, luminescent.
Fitzgerald leader., 1921-04-02
Hoqmanay.

Hogmanay, Hogmena or Hagmena
means holy month. December is So
called because our Lord was born on
the 25th thereof. The word is de-
rived from the Saxon "Halig manath,"
holy month. New Years eve is called
"Hogmonay night" or "Hogg-night,"
and it is still customary in parts of
Scotland for persons to go from door
to door on that night, asking in rude
rhymes for cakes Or money. King
Haco of Norway fixed the feast of
Yole on Christmas day, the eve of
which used to be called hogg-night,
but the Scots were taught by the
French to transfer the feast of Yole
to the feast of Noel and hogg-night
has ever since been the last of De
cember.
Fitzgerald leader., 1921-04-02
Historical Ring.

The original diamond ring Of Mary
Queen of Scots, upon which are en-
graved the arms of England, Scotland
and Ireland, quartered, and which was
produced in evidence at the trial Of
the unfortunate Mary as a proof Of
her pretensions to the crown of Eng
land, was once In the possession of a
certain Mr.. Blachard, one of the lords
OF the admiralty. The history of this
ring is curious. 1t descended from
Mary to her grandson, Charles l, who
gave it~on the scaffold to Archbishop
Juxon for his son, Charles II, who, in
his troubles, pawned it in Holland for
$l,50O, where 1t was bought by Cover
nor Yale and sold at his sale for
$1,000, presumably for the Pretender.
It afterward came into possession of
the duke Of Argyll, and probably from
him to the family of Mr.. Blachard. At
the last sale Of his effects it was said
to have been purchased for the prince
regent.
Fitzgerald leader., 1921-04-02
Caesars Words.

Julius Caesar is credited with the
saying, which means, II came, l saw,
conquered" In connection with his
victories in Pontus, kingdom of Asia
Minor, B. Q. At. The historian Sue
tonius states that the words were dis
played before Caesars title in his pub
lie triumph, to indicate the rapidity
with which the campaign was con-
cluded. Plutarch, in his life of Caesar,
says the latter, in the account he gave
one of his Roman friends of his VIC
tory over Pharnaces at Zela in PontHs,
used the three words as concise sum-
mary Of the expedition.
Fitzgerald leader., 1921-04-02
Low WAGES AND
infant DEATHS
Official Government Report Re-
veals Close Connection Be-
e.
tween the Two.
BABES DENIED M0THERS' Care
Mortality Great Where Women We're
Compelled to Work in the Mills to
Exc Out Fathers income-Poor
Home Sanitation.

How industrial conditions affect q
baby's chance of living beyond its first
year Is described in report on Infant
Mortality in New Bedford" issued by
the children's bureau of the United
States Department of Labor.
Unskilled and semi-skilled occupa-
tions predominate In the cotton indus
try, and at the time the survey was
made wages were low In the Massa
chusetts city. A low income was ac
companied, as in other Industrial cit
les, studied by the bureau, by poor
home sanitation, congestion, lack Of
adequate medical care and a mother
who was overworked, either In the fac
tory or at home.
Over half of the New Bedford babies
lived In the river section, where the
worst living conditions In the city were
10 be found. There families of from
10 to Is, including lodgers, were in
many cases crowded together in five
room tenements.
Practically all the mothers working
In the cotton mills of New Bedford
were In families where the father
earned less than the amount necessary
to maintain decent standard of iv-
ing. Almost half of all the mothers
were gainfully employed, chiefly In the
cotton mills, during the year before
the baby was born, and twO-fifths dur
ing the year following the baby's birth.
Most of these mothers worked during
both periods. The harmful results
OF depriving young baby of its moth
ers care and nursing are shown In
the fact that among the babies whose
mothers left them to go out to work
when the baby was less than four
months old the mortality was nearly
twice the average rate.
The low-income group showed high
mortality rate, while the group having
Income sufficient to insure proper care
and surroundings for the mothers and
babies had low mortality rate. In
the low-wage group 20 babies out of
every hundred born alive died before
the end Of the first year. In the high.
est wage group only six out Of every
hundred babies died.
Fitzgerald leader., 1921-04-02
Many British unempIoyed.

Official statistics Of the British min
istry Of labor shows the percentage Of
unemployment among skilled workers
In unions making returns to the min
istry was 6.1 per cent at the end Of
December, 1920.
This was higher than the ratio for
December I'm the four years preceding
the war, but was lower than the per-
centage shown in returns for Decem-
ber, 1908 and 1909. The 1920 per-
centage is based upon more than 1,5OO,-
600 workers in trades making returns.
Fitzgerald leader., 1921-04-02
Nightmares Have Meaning.

Dreams are made up of symbolic
notions which are, however, easily de-
ciphered, for symbols mean the same
thing all over the world and have
always meant the same thing. A
nightmare is nothing but dream so
symbolical that we cannot under
stand its meaning and the image 1t
conjures up frightens us. AS soon as
a sufferer from frequent Nightmares,
however, learns to interpret them and
understand their meaning, he ceases
to have them or to be frightened by
them.
Fitzgerald leader., 1921-04-02
Federal Employees, Union.

The National Federation of Federal
Employees has chartered It's twenty.
sixth local, and now has eight locals
outside the continental territory of the
United States, that is, in the insular
possessions. the Canal Zone, Alaska,
and ON foreign soil. The federation
shows growth of more than 1000
members in the past seven months, or
an average rate of more than 1000 a
month, according to the report of the
national secretary-treasurer, q. ].
Newmyer.
Fitzgerald leader., 1921-04-02
Tree Grows Inside HOUSE.

A graceful elm tree shades dwell.
ing house near the Maine coast thor
oughly, because II grows through Its
roof, II also grows through two
floors. II was cut down as a very
small tree when the house was to be
built, but later was found to be push
Ing up the floor Its persistent desire
for growth was humored. and now Il
ls stately tree, with unususl sur
roundings.
Fitzgerald leader., 1921-04-02
Protects Her Younq.

The red fox will. when occasion
calls for it. give vent to kind of
high-pitched screech, that when heard
at night is quite awe-inspiring, says
the American Forestry Magazine. This
is its purpose, as 1t often serves as a.
protection for its young.
Fitzgerald leader., 1921-04-02
cults as Weather Eorecasters.

Those who live by the coast do not
want a better weather sign than the
gulls, which in the various winds that
will bring the rain, collect in big
focks and gather IN the fields or circle
high over the land wheeling and
screaming uneasily. They will not
come in on false alarm, and none
need fear they will make a mistake.
Fitzgerald leader., 1921-04-02

American Federation OF Labor"
Labor will not lightly relinquish
what it has gained" warned the labor
leader, and it will not countenance the
'veiled campaign" which he said, was
In progress both in Canada and the
United States to create "open shop
conditions.
Fitzgerald leader., 1921-04-02
Most Men win Remember Thar

Most Men Will Remember That
Boys know nearly as many untrue
things as grown folk. Does anyone
remember their saying that, "if tur-
tie got hold Of boys toe it wouldn't
let go until the sun goes downY-
Exchange
Fitzgerald leader., 1921-04-02
Hypocrite setrays Himself.

Usually it is easy enough to feel
whether there is sound human heat
behind the written or the spoken word.
Fine phrases and exalted sentiments
seldom mask the hollowness of the
Approximations Hugo.
Fitzgerald leader., 1921-04-02
Pheasant AatcherIes.

The state Of Massachusetts, main
ta!ns three pheasant hatcheries. one
at North Wilbraham, one at East
Sandwich and one at Marshfield.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-18
Jury TOOK z MINUTES
FOR 2O-ytAR VERDICT
John Richardson and Horace
hrchey. Negroes Get the
Maximum Penalty.

After only about two minutes delibera-
tion. John Richardson and Horace ArcbY,
Negroes. we're found guilty of hnrge. ~
highway robbery by jury IN Court ot
General Sessions this morning
The two were sentenced hy Judge Con-
rad IN % years in the workhouse, 70 be
whipped With forty ashes and - pay
fine 0f $500 and costs This sentence ls
frrd IN n law recently enacted hv the
state legislature.
IT would have been = good deal better
for Won had YOU taken q rope and hanged
Yourselves. remarked Judge Conrad n
adrnonlahing tho Negroes for tho crime
Archv and Richardeon held up and
rohted John Toner. n GOO Pine street. IN
Fast Sixth streat early 10 the morning of
February 25 ono of them. who had n
pistol. was knocked down by Toner bu'
| the two together managed ~ relieve him
| ~ his watch.
! In Municipal Court When the ra~n was
| first heard. Richardson confessed - hold
| lng NJ Toner bu' this morning denied the
/ crime, saving thst he found the watch.
| which he afterwards pawned. ~ the point
| ~ tho robbery ITe made a written CON
| fession IN The detective bureau. but this
/ morning he said that he did u under
/ threats Hp said he didn't remember what
/ he testified IN Municipal curt
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-18
r. r. MEMS II POINTS
IN WAGE REDUCTION
OFFERED BY JEWELL
Continued from pnxs ]

"Jf machinery In to be successtuHy
established for the peaceable sethefneht
of Disputes said Mr.. Jewell. "therr
fundamental principles are nm absoiutc-
Iy necessary preliminary
I'VE have no doubt that the rntiroad
labor board VIII sanction these fundn-
rnentals We know the public will aup-
port them when II really knows the
truth.
"Our reason for summarizing these
fundamentals nt this time iH to demon
ntrate how easy II would have been.
had the railroads been sincere. To meet
with those who have been selected nnn
instructed by the rank md file OF ran
road employees to adjust tho whole mat
ter Of national agreements.
well rounded and smooth running
machinery would now be In operation
and peace on railroads and good VIII
between management and employees
would prevail where now exists grow
ing disiruRt, ,iisaension. dissatiafachon
and increasing rumblinR OF fast ap-
preaching, costly and vicious conflict
Even now II the representatives ri
the railroads were sincere in their atti-
| t,idc and not engaged IN - nisguidet
attack upon railroad employees all qies
| tions Ra to international agreement
md national adjustment boards could
| be quickly aettled."
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-18
v. VA. MINERS LAWYER
RApS STATE Government
Defence Declares That Detective
Agency Is Permitted to Run
Mingo County.

Hy Annnnntad Press 20 Every Evening.
williamson ". Va, March BIN
addressing the Jury that will attempt
to decide the guilt or Innocence of elk
teen residents of Mntewan charged with
responsibility for tho death of Albert
e. Felts, n private detective, last May.
Harold W. Houston. attorney for the
defence. declared that not one Of the
lawyers conducting the prosecution can
say he "repreaehts'' the commonwealth
of West Virginia.
1T Sie time TINT hinRo county should
ho governed by the tnx payers ana NOT
by "a private detective agency. he cried
and charged that r j.. Felta. general
manager Of the Baldwin Felts detec-
tive agency and brother of the slain
operative feeds tho attorneys. lie
added that eventually the money comes
from The pocteta of IiuRo county min
ers
what crime had these men com.
nlttpd 10 have armed non-residentf
turned In on them he aHked. answer
ing his own question by saying BE
cause the crime they committed. call
ing down the power ~ tho coal opera
tore upon them. wac Joining the min
ere union
Houston then rsad letter admittet
In evidence and which II was testified
was taken from the body ~ Albert G
| Felfa n referred 70 an attempt tina
was 70 be made To- get STD Hatfield
Natewau police chief and ono ~ IN
/ defendants into the sEenrys employ
| They wanted to make Sid Ifatfiel
/ a traitor." shouted the attorney. The.
wanted to buy him like they did Isaa
| firpwpr and &. n. Lively. n Hstnel
| could have bean bought he would hav
horn IN the place ~ Hrever and Livef
| today but he couldn't be bought m
! to-day etauap trial FOR his Iife ! ar
nratid tn know that Matewan elect
snrh urtmpaaeha hle nen - office. Poo
prrhapr. hut men who won, sal th 81
manhood
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-18
y. Y. RAII MARINE WORKERS
TO GET "IAsT WORD" soon

New York March is-ceutral Rail-
road OF Ncw l,rscy marine workers met
today with their employers for a dis
eussiou of the wage problem. II was
reported that the road officials had pre-
pared statement of conditions and a
proposal fol future scales of pay.
The purpose Of the meeting is merely
to submit these plans and TO arrange
for another conference 1t which the
employees viii give their decision.
Al roads running into New York.
il is expected will have delivered their
wage opinions to floating equipment
employees hy the md of next week
The New YORK Central aud the New
York. New Haven and Hartford con-
fcrenccs haze been called for Monday
the Iehieh Valley next Friday. satur-
day aud sunday. and the Erie on satur-
day
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-18
MINERS TO FIGHT CUT,
SAYS HEAD OF UNION
Present Wage Scale Continues a
Year Under Agreement, De-
clares Union President.
by Associated preas to Every Evening

by Associated preas TO Every Evening.
Indianapolis. March 1s.--Any at
tempts to reduce wages of coal miners
In the United States will bo resisted by
the miners union. John l.. Lewis, preai-
dent Of the United Mine Workers of
America. declared today In announcing
such a policy had been approved by the
unions executive board, now In session
here
Tho union miners. Il was said, have
contracts Mt present wago scales that
continue until March 81. 1922.
Wage reductions proposed In Wash
iugton, southeastern Kentucky and
TenncEseo. II was said. AT union head
quarters, are regarded aa a possible
forerunner of similar proposals through
out the country MIR. Lewis statement
referred specifically to these states and
added general declaration applying In
tho Conl industry as whole.
THE United Mine Workcrs. said the
statement. "has said from the first that
Il would not permit wage reductions IN
view of the fact that the great majority
of tho mine workers are not making
moro thnn living wage aH II is
Mines I'm Washington state, u was
said. have shut down because of the
minera refusal 10 accept reduction TO
tho wage level Of October II. lpt9 on
approximateiy 20 per cent. According
10 tho statement assurance has been
| given the Washington miners that inc
union would support them ~ resisting
any reduction. the interiPtionat oih'"fa
sa wing that tho Operations sought 10
| violate their wage agreement with the
miners This position of the officers. u
was announced was approved unnni
1 ho tHDtHn r PYtFtttif q
| board
| Mr. Iavia' statement aaid I'm part
r. want 10 90 on record az saying
TINT any attempt t. rcduc" wages vt
| tho minora is not only uncallod for hu'
| il is indcfrnsfhle nnd viii bo resisted
| by our organization
| I'm the firat place q reduction ~ th'
wages uf the miners would n"t result
| IN any more ronl d.Hand aft Wohif
10 tremendous harm ~ the industry
| Expcrienco has demonstrated thai wage
! reductions in the COIL Industry h'n'h
| ms one. Furthermore tho wages noW
hring paid in the cc1l industry are auf
! n,iontlv low a. allow coal ~ W. pro
dured aud sold IL the consumer ~
| rca sonahle rate IN comparison :" nth"'
commodities and atul bring tn" opera
tors a good proft
1T would 10 an economic mistak'
| to reduce wages ln view " the "a,
,het I have set out operators can g
fair pront fnr their coal under tn
| present agreement and at ~" SAM
time the consumer not have 80 ia
any moro than he would if wages wer'
reduced because this reduction woul'
not 10 reflected in the price 10 coal I,
the conaunlor. The miner is not doini
any moro than auhRiatlnK on tho vage
and work no is now getting.
The -nited Mine Workers haH aai
| from, tho frat that IL would not permi
wage reductions in view ~ the fac
that the great majority of the min
workers nre not making more than
living wage aE II ia
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-18
BABY, DOG AND milk
CAUSE OF FAMILY ROW
Resulted in Leonard Pratt Being
in Court on Complaint o.
His Wife.

hahy. little dog and a saucer ~
mix. were the cause of a family quarrel.
which resulted tn the arrest II leonard
lIatf. 7el tuiou street. "n ,hargo Of
breach ~ the peace preferred by his
wife and his trial in Municipal tolrt
today
Last night. according &C testimony
Pratt brought home little dog for
their year-old haby. Pratt placed a
saucer Of milk on the parIor floor for
the dog and the baby. in an effort -
ioin in the feed. upset tho milk on the
parlor floor Mrs. Pratt, coming into
the room. It was testified. blamed her
husba nd for the mill, heiug spilled A
quarrel .nsued in which Mrs Pratt
testified her husband declared he
would shoot her d head off II
she called IN a police officer.
Pratt denied he made threats and the
denial was supported by Mr.. and Mrs
Joseph sylvester who were in the house
at the time Judge Hastings continued
the case until April so. and reprimand
ed both man and wife admonishing
them to go home and try 70 live without
Quarreling,