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ments, working in cooperation.
which is only in its infancy, and con-
tinuance and enlargement of the
matters to be considered by the In
coming Congress.
They form a vast army, these dis
abled, There are no authentic census
statistics of their number. But re-
ports of compensation boards and In
surance companies indicate that every
year the total of non fatal accidents
in this country approXimates 100000.
In the year 1880 there were rec
ords of $4,000 persons who suffered
permanent disability from accidents
in industry. Insurance experts have
estimated the ratio of public accidents
to industrial accidents as two to one,
which would give total of 10000
permanently injured victims for a
twelve month period.
x x x X
Il helpless men and women into the
stricken total. 1t has been stated
that the number Of casualties of all
kinds in American industry for SIN
gle year exceeds the total number of
casualties among the American troops
for the entire duration of the great
war.
What becomes of these men and
women who are struck down in civil
ian accidents? Unhappily there is no
Veterans Bureau to soften the aff1ic-
tion for them. Some relief is afford
ed by the compensation acts which
are effective in most of the states,
Victims of the large field of public
accidents must look to the uncer-
tainties of damage suits in the courts
1t is safe to say that for the great
majority of accident victims there is
no aid. Society drops them from its
workaday pursuits and they become
Respondents, eating the bread of hu-
initiation and passing their days In
vrerohed and maddening idleness. To
physicaI suffering destitution adds It's
bitterer sting. 1t is melancholy
picture.
It was into this deplorable situa-
t,on that the federal government mer-
cifuIly projected itself in 1920 by the
massage of the act for vocational re-
habilitation, and established one
sweeping solution of the problem.
The idea behind vocational rebabilf-
tation is occupational retraining. The
disabled cannot be restored to physi-
hs1 soundness-that must ba admit
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r May, 1910, three days before
Halleys comet came to the
point nearest TO the earth, when
the vision of God was upon mo
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Remarkable Grove.

A MEMBER of the forestry service
L states that near Champaign. Ill.
there exists an isolated oak grove.
about three miles long by one mile
broad, and that this is indeed a peuu-
liar phenomenon. 1t is known as Bur
Oak Grove and is surrounded on all
sides by open prairie. being situated
at a considerable distance from tho
nearest stream, whereas all the other
forest tracts in central Illinois lie
along the larger water courses.
1t is believed from the character Of
the trees in the grove that it mi
grated" into its position from the
northeast 1t lies on a large glacial
moraine. formerly, it is believed. Gov
cred with similar trees. and has been
protected from forest fires, which
have destroyed the remainder of the
wooded area, by the water standing
in the low grounds scattered through-
out the grove. -
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Snails as Food.

ITO most Americans the idea Of
using snails in the diet will not
awaken gastronomic enthusiasm. but
there are people in various parts OF
the world 10 whom the suggestion Of
the use Of other moiIusks. such as
oysters and CLAIMS. would be repuC-
nant. 1t is not necessary 10 go back
to tho days Of the elder Pliny for
evidence that edible sn2ils have had
a place on the menus of many cour-
tries. It is stated that during our
own oyster seasons. from September
to April, more than 100000 snaile
are disposed of in Paris alone. The
daily consumption of "escargots" in
the French capital has been estimated
at fifty tons when trade is at its
best
In the belief that the American
people can be educated TO see the
true worth of the edible snail. which
might be grown with profit in the
United States. government expert
their use
Comparatively few Americans have
even tested snails. know OF their
preparation a food, or even consider
them fit diet Among the foreign
ers in our population. however. snails
have a limited sale. Those sold in
the fish markets of our large cities
have practically all been imported
from France. Abroad snails are By
no means regarded in any sense as a
national dish. They are included in
the dietary much as is the oyster in
this country, as a table luxury or
delicacy.
In respect TO composition, the two
groups OF mollusks furnish about the
same yield of nutriments. In Eu-
rope snails are raised commercially
under an intensive system of cul-
ture in many places in snaileries. 1t
is believed that although snail cul
ture may not be very profitable in
Europe, where economic conditions
are different, in that the food for the
creatures must be grown and sup
piled to them regularly and every
thing done with much labor on re-
stricted areas of land, in the United
States snail farming might, with ju-
dicious publicity and in time, become
yantageous, from the standpoint of
of nutrition, to attempt to Introduce
new food TO the American table is
question of individual preference.
1t is contended by the experts that
almost every one who has ever eaten
we'll prepared snails admits their
gastronomic worth, from the points
both of nutritive value and of flavor,
and there are many states where they
could be grown and kept fresh until
used and where they would prove a
very welcome addition 10 the some
what limited menu of the locality.
In the Mississippi valley, for instance.
where conditions for their cultivation
are almost ideal. they could be
grown at practically no cost (either
in money, time or labor) and might
be used to a great extent
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my feelings and go directly to the
newspapers. as l should have done.
/ requested my husband, Ernst
Renninghoven. to give the warning
to his friends in the city. He did so,
and among them were William de
Roden Pos, the then pastor of the
Swedenborg Church on O'Farrell
street, San Francisco, who is now liv-
ing in the city, and a DR.. Nellie
Beighly, Prof. Wander Naillen, and
some members of the Swedenborg
church. But not one of them believed
that the earthquake would come as
l had told them. When it did come,
however, as / had predicted it would
do. people who had been warned and
disbelieved were among the heaviest
sufferers.
!: x X :;
i'm August 20. 1907, when caught
~ up in spirit into the realm above
the earth, I behe1d the sudden and
complete destruction of the modern
Sodom-New York City. published
San Jose, in pamphlet, in 190S)
1 beheld a great shudder rocking
the entire Atlantic coast from New
foundland to the Gulf, but the center
of it was Manhattan Island and the
New Jersey coast
First, ! beheld a vast swirl in the
air and then a mighty whirlwind of
spiritual breath substance standing
over New York City and, as the
whirlwind, like a mighty cyclonic
twister, increased in fury and vio-
lence, or as it's spiral motion be-
came incredibly rapid, the earth's
crust began to CULVER slowly at
first, then more and more rapidly
there was but one awful shock) un-
til the land began to subside and with
terrific rocking, sickening motion, it
sank out of sight
In a few seconds time, or in less
time than it takes to write it, the
great commercial city, with it's sky
scraping monsters, its millions of
sensual, money-grabbing inhabitants
and one-fifth of the worlds gold Gin
bullion) sank forever beneath the
waves of the old Atlantic. Ocean, and
soon, where the giant city, with all
its insolence and depravity. it's loves
and hates, its hopes and fears, had
flung defiance to the defenseless and
JubI, lHo "dlcIS uO"cu CdIiuly over
the spot, leaving not a trace or a
sign that a city once had stood there.
Adjacent portions Of the coast of
the island on either side also disap-
peared forever from view. Steam
ships and shipping craft anchored
In the bay were caught In the vio-
lent suction Of the mighty, swirling
waters and. like floating leaves, were
carried with the land and its incre-
ment into what seemed to be a great
hole in the floor of the ocean. 1t is
a matter OF scientific record that
vast areas of land of New York state
and the Atlantic coast have been
above water for ages and then sub
merged. And the same land has been
elevated again and covered with
vegetation and giant trees. Thus,
the excavators of the New York
board of water supply have dug down
into forests of vast antiquity-in
fact, the first large trees known.
But three epochs have been discover
ed. Thus a forest would grow and
then the land would sink and the
covered during centuries by ocean
sediment. An upheaval came, new
forests grew during many ages and
sank again. So far. three huge for
est areas have been excavated. three
submergenoes. three risings, ALI in
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BY WILL r. KENNEDY.

ERE is a young man who
- was going from house to
house with a hatchet under
his one good arm, trying
10 earn a few pennies splitting kind
ling wood without much hope of
ever making a good living. He is
now private secretary to the man.
ager of an important industrial con-
Germ.
Here is another man with both
arms amputated. He was taken from
q Montana poor farm and received
instruction in poultry husbandry. He
is now taking care of about 500
chickens, with the expectation of
having his own chicken farm some
day.
Here is third man. since his
seventh year afflicted with the great
est of human handicaps. blindness.
and he is today happily and success
FULLY engaged as a piano tuner
spreading brightness and hope along
the way.
These are haphazardly picked liv-
ing answers to the question, rs
kAic uiSADISu "olhtI al asset OF Id
bility to society,"" Custom made men
like these 4 liability-a tragic bur
den. Congress hoped this liability
could be made an asset and decided
IT would be the most efficient economy
this government ever achieved if this
could be brought about.
The federal aud state program of
vocational rehabilitation by a bold
effort has made a notable start in
this direCtiou-converting the ac-
cident victim into a producer and
social asset. In thirty-six states
educators are now engaged in the
task of economic reconstruction of
these hapless men and women-fiot-
sam and jetsan on the tide of life
While members of Congress are
''back home" they will have shown
them in their home states Just what
Is being done TO reclaim the human
derelicts, first of all that these per-
sons may face a brighter future, first
because they feel >asss thrill of being
self-supportinG, and secondly, TO re-
lease society from the burden of car
2 Ing for them. For this recovery of
MANNED man-power is a humanitarian
work Of the state and federal govern
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Note-According to DR.. e. o.
Hovey, curator of the geologi-
cal department OF the American
Museum of Natural History, II
Is extremely unlikely that the
vicinity OF Manhattan Island
will suffer from any form OF
seismic disturbance. Earth
Quakes are caused by the
earth's crust adjusting itself to
strain. Some portions of the
American continent are under
greater strain than others.
This is particularly true Of the
Pacific coast, where small
earthquakes are frequent But
the rocks which form New.
York's foundation are very old
and we'll adjusted. Their time
Of slipping is long past.
The forests excavated at Gill
boa date back to the Devonian
era, which was several million
years before our time, and can
hardly be said to be representa-
tive of what will happen in the
New York of today
80" says DR. HOvey. there
is no immediate cause for
worry"
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man who has lost one arm can often
be fitted with artificial contrivances
which enable hip successfully to mas
Ter new trade. There are even oc-
cupations which can be handled sue
cessfully by the blind. BY this voca-
tional re-education the major part Of
the sufferings of disability are obvi-
ated.
1T is the sense of uselessness and
dependence which is the greatest de-
spair of the disabled worker" says
Harry L. Fidler of Indianapolis, vice
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ted. But they can he made self-sup-
porting. There are few disabilities
that cannot be overcome by the train
ing of other faculties. The man with
an amputated leg can he taught a Sc
dentary trade, where he can carry on
by deftness of fingers and eyes. \
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Destruction of New York Predicted
By Prophecies of California Disaster

Mother Rhoda Alice Who Lives Peak
But She Believes Doom Scheduled
1933Recs Her Warnings People
World and General Which Made Two
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Nation Converts Accident Victims
Into Producers and Social Assets

pensation was only $500 and he ex-
pended this on artificial hands.
The rehabilitation agents secured
an immediate job for him as gate
tender. However, continued obser-
walton Of the youth convinced them
that he could be trained to direct a
gang of laborers on building con-
struction jobs. The assistance of
building contractor was enlisted and
the youth received a job as toolman,
where he has the duty Of giving out
and checking tools to the laborers
He has found ingenious ways to per-
form all the functions OF the job
with his artificial hands. In the
evenings he studies English and the
reading OF plans and blue prints. He
gives every promise of some day be-
coming a construction foreman. His
disabilities have actually opened a
pathway to him to a higher order
Of employment than he filled before
his accident.
The plan Of administration OF the
Federal act Is the "state-aid" plan.
The direct work Of rehabilitation is
done by state administrators. The
rehabilitation agents in the state es-
tablish contact with the disabled. men
and women who are reported to them
by industrial and accident COM
missions, charitable organizations,
churches. lodges. trade associations,
labor unions and similar interested
agents. The disabled person is reg
istered and is given what is known
as an "occupational survey His
disability and general intelligence
are studied. He makes his vocational
selection and the agents proceed to
put him into training.
Training may be either in voca-
tional school or placement job.
Unfortunately. there is no provision
for maintenance funds in the Federal
act and only eight of the states have
made maintenance provision. This
| lack has checked the development OF
rehabilitation to a considerable de-
gree.
In the absence Of such a provision
the rehabilitation officers have been
| obliged to enlist outside assistance
| wherever possible. In the case of
! Industrial victims, compensation
| funds usually tide them over. In the
! case of others, private help is often
| secured.
The course of training lasts over a
| period Of months, varying according
| to the individual. During this pc
! riod the rehabilitation agents keep
! in touch with the trainee. At the
| conclusion OF the training employ
ment is found for the disabled man.
But after he enters employment, the
! cooperation OF the rehabilitation
agent does not cease until he be-
| comes self-reliant. A follow-up sys-
tenn of calls upon both the employer
and employe during the first few
months aids the trainee TO adjust
himself.
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chairman of the Federal Board for
Vocational Education. The injured
man must not only suffer physical
impairment, but he also sees stretch
ing before him lifelong horror Of
dependent idle days. This latter
suffering is more bitter than Il e
first. Any remedy for labor acci-
dents which does not apply economic
as well as surgical restoratives, is
futile. The Federal rehabilitation
act, by offering an opportunity to
the disabled to beat back to employ
ability and usefulness, has touched
the tap-root of the whole problem. j"
a man who has been transformed
by the good offices of the rehabiEta-
ton agents from A sullen poorhouse
inmate into useful poultry raiser
was cited by Mr. Fidler in illustra-
ton. This unfortunate lost both
hands in an accident number of
years ago. He had never been able
to get artificial appliances and had
spent the whole period in the poor
house. He was morose and brooded
constantly on suicide. When first
visited by rehabilitation agents he
repulsed them. Eventually he was
fitted with artificial hands and re-
ceired a position as assistant on a
large poultry raising farm, where he
won recognition as a splendid en-
ploye.
Under stimulus of this employ
ment he quickly recovered his mo-
rale. Today he is cheerful and am
bilious and is saving his wages in the
hope of buying a poultry establish
ment of his own. From the verge
of suicide he has been brought back
by rehabilitation into useful citizen
ship.
:; x
4 MOTHER case is that of a young
~ man who had been blind since
his seventh year and dependent upon
relatives. He had no hope of ever
making his own living. When ex-
amined by rehabilitation agents 1t
was found that he had talent for
music. He was given q course of
training in piano tuning and is now
employed at good wages at that
trade.
Not only do the Federal and state
rehabilitation acts make provision
for the victims of Industrial acct
dents. but they also provide equally
for the victims of public accidents
and disease" explained Mr.. Fidler.
I'm this way the vast field of those
who are outside the benefits of COM
pensation acts are eligible for re-
habilitation. In the aggregate, in
dustrial accidents constitute less
than one-half Of the cases Of dis
ability"
Yet another illustration Of the pos.
sibilities of rehabilitation is the
much discussed case of an Italian
youth in Massachusetts,. The knives
of a mixing machine in the bakery
where he was learning the trade
caught both hands of this unfortu-
nate. At the hospital the doctor
amputated them. He came out help
less and in despair. His total COM
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FOR SALE-H0USES..

FOR SALE-HOUSES. FOR SALE-HOUSES
Cont
Corner-Overookng NORTHEASTERN Good Location
Soldiers Home Price $3.50 :.
Price, $Io5oo rooms bath hxb Gas m deem lat
and
huses i spkad hondho =
NEAR SACRED HEART CHURCH
Price $tI75o ,. = .
beautiful Groom home deep lot wide alley
brick hwh elec newly papered and painted bargain
Overlooking Rock Creek Park 18TH and Park Road
Price, ST. Price, S6OOo-Terms
nnms2 baths:
garage;
Chevy Chase Near I4th St Car Line
Price, $4,000 Price So7so =
dwiths
VIA. w,ant;c
TERRELL & LITTLE, INC,
Realtors
1900 18th Street NV, Main 1855.
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"NORTH HILL"

A colonial resort near Bluemont on sheh-
and0ah river; valley, mountain and water
scenery; shaded ground. drives. fishing, boat
ing. swimming; new baths md sewerage; no
children, invaIds or tuberculsfs taken: &ls
and SIS per week. Booklet. Maarice q.
Castleman. Berryville. Va. zee
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SUMNER COTTAGES.

ATLANTIC CITY. = =
Three-room and bath apartment for rent. fur
nished. from Sept. to 16, $50. PLUMMER,
81 y. Texas ave, Atlantic CITY. " ]. 30s
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dSds.eySr
TIfOs. }, OWEN q son. AUCT10NEERs.
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE THREE. !
STORY BRICK DWELLING, No. 100 ID !

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE THREE.
STORY BRICK DWELLING, No. 100 d
by virtue OF n certain deed Of trust duly
recorded In Liber No. 4229 folio 36G ct seq =,
OF the land records of the District Of Co.
lumba; and at the request of the party
secured thereby, the undersigned trustees will
sell at public auction, in front of the premises
on TUESDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY
sOF AUGUST, AID. 1923, AT FOUR O'CLOCK
Il. NJ, the following described land and
premises, situate In the city of Washington
District OF Columbia. and designated as and
being the east ene-half OF lot S in j. r. Kib-
hey ct al. subdivision of square 81. as per
plat recorded in Liber b, folio lGO. OF the
District of Columbia. beginning for the same
on ID st. at the southeast corner of said lot
5 and running thence west said strpet Il
IT. in: thence north los TT. to an alley
and thence east II IT. > in. 10 the northeast
corner Of said lot. and thence south los IT. TO
j. st. and place OF beginning
Terms of sale: One-third OF the purchase
money to he paid in cash; balance in two
equal installments. payable in one and two
years. with interest at per centum per
annum, payable semi-annually from day Of
sale. secured by deed of trust upon the prop
erty sold; or oil cash, at the option of the
purchaser. A deposit Of $3.50 will be re-
recording. revenue stamps, etc. al cost Of pur-
chaser. Terms of sale 10 h. compiled with
within 80 days from day OF sale, otherwise
the trustees reserve TIE right to resell the
property at the risk nnd COS: uf defaulting
purchaser after nye days advertisement OF
smch resale in some newspaper published in
Washington. ID. C..
SAMUEL \. DRURY.
JAMES l.. NICHOL son.
. aul7-d&ds,eNSu I .ustees
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UT-OF.T0WN REAL ESTATE
WaterfronfS for Sale

One acre near Mayo. with Groom house
price. $4,000 See W. +. Ward at Mayo.
II acres on Chesapeake bay near Mayo,
with improvements: price. $4,000
Furnished modern dwelling at Arundel l-on
bay: price. $15. 900.
IL acres, modern sroom dwelling, overlook
ing bay. near Annapolis: price. SIS 900.
Lots 10Oxo00 feet on South river: price.
s., $50.
1sacre lots on bay near Log Inn from
Charles +. Lee, Annapolis, Md.
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SALEOFAUTOS
AUCTION
EVERY FRIDAY
IL AM.
B. P: Daugherty
Auctiuneer
.2O5 18th NV.
e. au2S 20 80
ADAM A. wEsCHLER, AUCTIoNEER.
Trustees' Sale Of Valuable
Unimproved Real Estate,
Situate West Side lWiscon-
sin Ave. just South Mass.
Ave. NV. Assessed as
Parcel 31-33, About 9,311
So. Feetl.

BY virtue Of a -certsin deed of trust duly
recorded in Lber No. $50 tslio s. g. ct sea
thereby. tile undefsigned trustees will offer
rss iss FEkbA1 4M 81 fE$SI Of
or SEPTEMBER. AID. 1923, AT FOUR
O'CLOCK PM, the following -descriled land
ington, District of Columbia, ITO wit: Part Of
tracts of land called Rock Of Dumbarton"
and Addition to- Rock OF Dumbarton.'' be-
ginning for the same al point on the Ten
nallytown road leading to Georgetown (now
called Wisconsin avenue). at the northeast
Augustus d. Shealey by deed dated January
"a, 1850, and recorded in Liber J. A. s. 1872,
at folio 55, of the land records of the District
road north W. west 4s feet. more or
less. to the northeast corner of the part Of
dated October Is, is2a. and recorded IL IN Iiber eF
thence south s71i' west go feet along the
south, $50 east along said rear line to inter:
I to- sd s ct The s. sne
thence along said Shealey's northerly line
south ss&o east to the beginning.
Terms Of sale: 0ne-third OF purchase money
to be paid IN cash; the balance In two equal
win interest At 8 per cent per annum. PAYABLE
cash, at the option Of the purchaser. A de.
time time G, Q. san sale. u Ali conveysncins. W recording
revenue stamps and notarial fees at the cost Of
the purchaser. Terms Of sale to be complied
With within thirty days from day Of SALE
otherwise the trustees reserve the right TO
defaulting purchaser after FIVE days advertise
ment of such resale in some newspaper pub
JESSE + HEIskELLs
auas4d&ds. .exsush Trustees.
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BANKRUPTCY NOTICES

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DIS
trict of Columbia. Holding bankruptcy
Court.-In the matte of Lizzie ON Thurman.
trading as Treasure Inn," BAnkrupt.--ln
Bankruptcy No. 13s3.-NotIce is hereby given
that the above named bankrupt has nled her
debts IN bankruptcy and that her creditors
and other persons in interest are required to
enter their appearance in opposition. II any SO
desire, In the clerks office Of said court on or
before the 9th day OF September, 1923.
RALPH ID. oUINTER, Referee in Bankruptcy