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New Britain herald., 1923-09-21
Travellers PUZZLED
BY FLORIDA Rivers.
Disappearing Waterways Fool
Natives as Well as Strangers

Tallahassee. Fla, sept, si.-The
traveller IN West Florida, unfamiliar
with the scenery of mat section. should
prepare himself for some curious
II freaks OF nature, Otherwise he may
waste unnecessary time cropping for an
explanation OF the strange behavior OF
three OF the states rivers. The old
\ pea and shell game expression. NOW
you see II and now you don't" APP
plies 10 parts of all OF them.
A description OF these streams has
been written by W. A. McRae, COM
rmissioner OF agriculture, who quotes
a young man who has spent his life
on the banks OF the waterways. The
substance OF II foiiowsi
The waeissa rises In Beautiful
Springs" near Thomas City. on the
Tallahassee. southeastern railroad. not
far from the state capital. and flows
due south TO within three miles OF the
Aueilla river where II disappears
underground and then reappears In
the Aueilla, Logmen have cut n
small canal from the point OF disap-
pearance 10 the Aucilla.
The Aucilla rises In Georgia and
flows in southwesterly direction
forming the eastern boundary of JEFF
ferson county. Florida. About three
miles south OF where the Tallahas-
see-Southcastern forms junction
with this river. the Aucilla sinks and
runs underground In winding way
for possibly 10 miles. rising about
three miles north of where the Wacis-
ga comes into II from below the
earth.
The course of the river Is traced by
sink-holes, and II can be seen plainly.
AS proof of this AN object dropped
into the stream where II first sinks is
seen to rise and pass through the va
rious sinks to the point ~ miles be-
low where It finally comes to the sur
face.
The st. Marks, the third of the |
'sunken rivers" is q few miles to the |
west of the Wacissa and Aucilla. It |
also sinks and rises again a short DIS |
lance away, making Florida's ''Natur-
al Bridge" At this point one of the
states hardest battles was fought in I
the Civil war, mostly by old men and
cadets from the West Florida Senin-
airy at Tallahassee, on the Confeder-
ate side. A monument was erected
there in 1922 by funds appropriated
by the legislature, and was dedicated
Memorial Day, 1922, to the memory
of the Confederate soldiers who lost
their lives in the fight.
New Britain herald., 1923-09-21
MOVE TO END FEMALE
MINE LABOR In INDIA
Government Contemplating Taking
Move Similar to One Taken in
England in 1912

Simia, India, Sept. 21.-The ques-
ton of the advisability of prohibiting
the employment of women in mines
has again been. taken UP by the gov
eminent of India At present about
one-third OF the mine workers In India
are women. Since 1872 women have
been excluded from mines in Eng
land; in 1901 an attempt was made to
prohibit them from Indian mines.
This effort failed on account of violent
opposition on the part of employers.
Expression was given to the fear that
If steps were taken to prevent women
relatives of men workers from going
below the latter would themselves re-
fuse to work in mines,
The department of industries and
labor of the central government has
sent a. letter to each of the provincial
governme nts, asking for advice with
regard to possible legislation again
the employment of women in mines.
Since 1901" says this letter. min
ing conditions have undergone con-
siderable change. Indian mining is no
longer in It's infancy; the mines are
deeper and the risk of danger is ac-
centuated. There is q steadily increas-
ing body of public opinion which
strongly deprecates the continued en-
ployment of women In Mines"
Opposition to this proposed reform
has already been started by the Brit
ish imperialist press in India. It is
argued that conditions Of employment
In Indian mines are fundamentally
different from those in Western coun-
tries, and that Indian mine labor
works In family gangs, women assist
ing their relatives and helping to swell
their earnings.
New Britain herald., 1923-09-21
Here Are Savings
AT The
Notion Dept.

wilmington 200-yard Sewing
Thread s for 100.
West Electric Curriers'. &c
card.
Mending Tissue, black and
colors, &c.
Collar Bands, a good pre-
sI,r1mk band, &c.
3-in-1 OIL, the soc size. f9c.
polio" Furniture Polish. the
large size, 38c.
Whittemore's French Gloss
Shoe Dressing, 10c.
Velvet Grip Sew-on Hose Sup
porters, tic.
"So-E-Z" Snap Fasteners, DC
dozen.
Bias Seam Tape. No. s, all
colors, 1c yard.
"Shinola" Shoe Polishing Ont
FITS, s3c.
Electro Silicon Silver Polish,
SC.
MilwaaS1's English Sewing
Needles, &c.
"Aunt Lydia's" Button and
Carpet Thread. &c.
Lingerie Tape, meroerized. 5
yard pieces, &c.
New Britain herald., 1923-09-21
REFUGE FOR EXILES


Being Formed in the Dutch West
Indian Islands.
London, Sept. 21-The Dutch West
Indies may become place of refuge
for exiled members of the German
nobility. These colonies consist of the
Islands Of the Curacao group, off the
shores of Venezuela and Dutch
Guiana. on the north coast of South
America. Representatives of such
exiles have been looking for suitable
country where property might be pur-
chased without undue criticism, and
depleted capital laid out to advantage.
Already some purchases have been
made. the most notable being that Of
the former reigning Duke of Neck
lenburg, who himself recently made
trip to the West Indies and purchas-
cd several large plantations. His ac-
ton has been copied by many of the
lesser mobiles, and It Is expected col
ony of these exiles shortly will be set
tied on the islands.
New Britain herald., 1923-09-21
IN 40 YEARS

London, England--In all the 40
years as relieving officer to the Bio
field, Norfolk, Board of Guardians, II.
T. Capon didn't have vacation, he
said. Recently no retired, his first
chance to get away from work.
New Britain herald., 1923-09-21
LOW TAXES ON ISLANDS

London. Sept, 21.-The Channel is
lands are getting better and better
every day from the point of view of
the earthly bachelor. Here there Is
no income tax, no corporation tax only
a nominal state tax, no early closing
laws, no prohibition, and now the leg
islature has refused to pass bill
which would allow women over the
age of 30 to sit as members of the
house of deputies.
New Britain herald., 1923-09-21

About SIS per cent of the worlds
tale is produced in the United States.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-31
BITS OF LABOR
HISTORY

Plymouth and jamestown are the
two starting points of the labor move
ment in this country, Plymouth rep
resenting free and jamestown chattel
labor For nearly $50 years these
systems contended with each other
for mastery.
The first historical mention we have
Of craftsman in America, is found
in the History of Plymouth, in which
it is stated that in 1921 a carpenter
and saltmaker were sent to the col
ony by the adventurers.
Ebenezer Ford is the first union
man of record to be elected to public
office in the United States. He was
chosen for the New York legislature
by the workingmen's party in 1929,
and an effort was made to unseat
him, which failed.
The movement against prison labor
was inaugurated at Utica, N. Y, on
August 20, 1884, at convention of
mechanics called from every city in
the state.
The first central labor body was
organized at Boston in March, 1884
Delegates from Is unions of mechan-
les were present. 1t observed the
first Labor Day" July 4th of the
same year A big dinner was served
at Faneuil hall.
Boston carpenters went on strike
in 1886 for a reduction in the work
ing day from II to 10 hours. They
lost, as did most of the workers that
year.
The first western union was organ
lied by the Ship Carpenters in Cali
fornia in 1856. Immediately aftel
organizing they moved for the eight
hour day, and they got it.
Horace Greeley understood th'
American way. At an eight-houl
meeting held in New York in 1866
he stated that he had little faith il
legislation for reducing the hours 0.
labor. He thought labor should tak'
a little more responsibility upoi
itself.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-31

He seeks to sugar coat the union
pill to tickle the palate of CONNER
cial interests regardless of the rights
involved.
In controversial matters, when his
associates divide sharply in opposing
groups he seeks some middle or COM
promise ground, in the vain hope that
he can please both sides, and conse-
quently has the respect of neither.
He has the brains of a jellyfish and
the backbone of an angleworm.
He is deeply susceptible to fattery
and a pat on the back by employing
interests will cause his chest to ex-
pand wonderfully.
Like steam engine without gov
ernor he has no control over his own
speed and while glimmer of reason
might tell him he had a conviction
and ought to fight for it, his legs will
run away with him faster than he
can think.
If il is a strike he is liable to come
in the back door before the last of
his associates have gone out by the
front
In controversy among his asso-
ciates he can perform the acrobatic
stunt of sitting on fence and hang
ing over both sides at one and the
same time.
He is not of the stuff of which
martyrs are made.
He has not single heroic figure
in the history of the whole world
Men of conviction, Of purpose, of
resolution, determination and tenacity
are the ones who make history.
The quitter is of very little use
anywhere and least of all in the trade
union movement.
His vacillating views and sail trim
ming methods win for him the con-
tempt of his associates.
! Someone has said, "The Almighty
hates a gutter"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-31
THE REAL CARD MAN

The union man who attends his local
regularly and handles the business of
the organization is apt to say with
degree of pride that he is a union
man, but not card man.
The hustling unionist has little re-
gard for the card man, because he
believes that the latter carries card
only for the sake of the high wages
which it brings him.
He's right.
If workman joins union merely
to get bigger pay envelope, he is
in the wrong pew. There never was
time when a professional strike
breaker couldn't obtain higher pay
than the best unionist.
Unionism means more than big
wages.
Working for living never was a
cinch. But conditions are better for
both organized and unorganized
workers today than ever before. This
is no accident.
Fifty years ago in free America
the average workday was twelve hours
long. Seventy-five years ago work
men toiled fourteen to sixteen hours
every day.
The courage and the sacrifices of
the early trade unionists made the ten
hour day possible The untiring la
Dor of the last twenty years has
brought the eight and nine-hour day
into general use.
In those days strikes generally were
lost. Yet the workers plodded stead
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-31
THE COWARDLY
GUTTER

To successfully fight the battles of
labor requires courage of a high
order. The wage-earner without
means who goes on strike for more
pay or resist reduction in wages, and
does it without fiinching, is brave.
1t is such as these who have made
unionism what it is today.
1t sometimes requires or has re-
quired high moral courage to even be
identified with unionism in localities
where hostile commercial interests
are in control, and are unscrupulous
enough to manipulate the police, the
courts, and the law to serve their
ends regardless of the rights of citi-
zens.
Sometimes in strong union centers
feeling among union men may run
high upon certain issue, and to hold
views opposite to the majority may
be unpopular, but if a member is hon
est in his conviction he is entitled
to respect provided he is not running
counter to the law of his union.
1t is the strong men with the cour-
age of their convictions, who have
refused to be scared by the employers
or by commercial interests, or by
their fellow workers, who have built
up the union movement
The gutter never won strike, nol
established a right, nor a union, MOI
caused a principle to be adopted.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-31

lily on with their organization, and
the great unions of the present are
the result
Both here and abroad the unions
alone stand between the common peo-
pie and practical slavery.
If all the working people were or
ganized, the unions could wipe out
the open shop systems tomorrow. If
all the workers were organized they
could crush the profteers tomorrow
There is not problem that faces the
common folk that labor's strength
could not conquer.
Here, then, is the mission of the
union-to point out to its membership
and to the unorganized toilers that
there is great and never-ceasing
struggle going on between the powers
of wealth on the one hand, and the
people on the other-that the pur-
pose of the wealthy classes is to pile
up millions through the robbery of the
workers by means of low wages and
high prices, in order that they may
dwell in costly palaces and sail in
private yachts. That to retain a
small measure of the good things of
life for working people their union
is necessary.
That is the only wide-awake portion
of the working class-the trades
unions point the way to a better time
when honest toll will bring all the
good things of life to the feet of the
worker and will make of his present
oppressor a useful member of society.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-31
PubiIc's Raxx.
Today we walk In haughtiest pride,
And hear the music's jazz
Tomorrow we may hang our heads,
And hear the publio's raxz!
PublIc's Raxx.
DISCHARGED

Judge-You are charged with run
ming down a policeman. What have
you to say for yourselff
Motorist-I didn't know he was an
officer, your honor. thought he was
just a pedestrian.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-31

"Can you gaze at these lofty, snow
capped peaks and not be thrilled by
natures handiworksT
mot a thrill" replied the practical
person. what good IL mountain
without q hotel on itY'
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-31
CRIMINAL IN FACT

I'VE need criminal lawyer for tha
success of this deal"
"A criminal lawyer for a business
deal2"
Sure Only crook can possibly
carry 1t through"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-31

Whereas Only One 10.
"Pa, what's an Idealistr
"An idealist, my son. is q very young
man who believes all women are an
Colsr
The Washington times., 1923-10-22
HELPS
MAKE WORK
PLEASANT
Labor Worker Says Employers
Are Fayoring Reforms Once
Forced on Them.

When Miss Nellie Swartz, direc.
tor OF the Bureau OF Women in
Industry Of the New York state
Department of Labor, was recently
asked what she considered were
some of the most essential require
ments for the production OF good
work and general efficiency, she re-
piled without hesitation:
Light, good ventilation and DOS
ture OF course, she added, many
other things are necessary to the
production of good work, but these,
1t seems to me, go a long way
toward making the workers com.
Portable and happy in their work
which means better work and more
OF 1t.
Employers Won Over.
"The employer who used 70 lock
upon the State code which en-.
forces better lighting conditions in
factories as an unnecessary nuis-
ance, and the State investigator a
pose of annoying him, now re.
Allies that our persistence in at
tempting to bring about better
working conditions by force Was
as much for the benefit Of the en-
ployer as the worker.
In other words, where the plea
for humanity failed, the desire for
increase Of production and personal
| gain triumphed. Once convinced
| that better working conditions Ynenat
Improvement in work and increase
| Of production, the manufacturers
went in for adequate lighting very
enthusiastically. Today we have in
New York State some of the best
lighted and best ventilated stores
| and factories in the country"
But how about the lighting
conditions in mercantile establish.
ments-have they improved any?''
| she was asked.
Department Store Lighting.
Eyes, of course, some Of the de.
| partment stores have accomplished
wonders in proper lighting which
they found not only brought COM
fort to their clerks but enhanced
the display of their merchandise.
Many merchants, however, have not
yet realized the importance proper
| lighting and ventilation play in
the efficiency and personality OF
the sales clerk.
standing on ones feet from
morning till evening requires con-
siderable physical endurance, even
under the most desirable working
conditions. Imagine, then, what it
must be without adequate light and
| proper ventilation.
II know that it is almost impos-
sible to have all daylight in the
large mercantile establishments, but
today artificial lighting has been
so perfected that there seems to be
absolutely no excuse for bad light
| N fN rN@ hi nIpf~
the sooner merchants realize that
proper lighting, ventilation and
good working conditions mean eff
ficiency, the better it will be for
both the employer and employee.
II say-make work the pleasure
God intended 1t to be, rather than
merely a means to an end"
The Washington times., 1923-10-22
MEN
USE SHARK
CAGE
Many Kinds of Animals Con-
tended With in Making
Repairs.

If one specimen each Of all the
various kinds OF animals which IN
terfere with telephone service OF
hamper telephone repair men III
their work were brought together
into a single exhibition, the result
would be one to make any presiding
genius of a zoo green with envy.
There are bears which, mistaking
the humming of wires for the con-
tented song of hive of bees, climb
the pole to rob the imaginary in
sects Of their honey; there are
squirrels that chew holes in the
lead sheath of cables, for no reason
in particular: there are ants and
beetles equally "metalivorous," and
there are spiders which fling their
webs across a pair Of open wires
causing 2 short circuit when the
gossamerlike strands become sHtu-
rated with dew.
Contend With Shark.
Also there are sharks. for 1t must
be remembered that the telephone
line is amphibious. It operates
quite as well under water as it does
when strung on poles or run
through conduits beneath q city
street-unless, Of course, vessel
drags Its anchor and damages the
cable, in which case there are any
number of difficulties to consider,
including-if the cable happens TO
be that which connects Cuba with
the United States-sharks.
One OF the three cables of the
Havana-Key West telephone cable
system was squeezed by an anchor
recently and put out of action by
being grounded. Service continued,
of course-that is the reson for the
three cables-but engineers of three
companies were Immediately SGT to
work locating the break and re-
pairing 1t. Delicate electrical appa-
ratus detected the location Of the
trouble. It was found to be Just
beyond the mouth of Havana har.
Dor.
Difficult Matter.
A piece of damaged cable sixty
feet in length had to be cut out
and a new section to replace 1t
brought by boat from Key West.
The Washington times., 1923-10-22
LIGHTING
AIDS BEAUTY
OF HOME
Problem Of Harmonizing Elec.
tricaI Fixtures With General
Tone Is Essential.

Light can make or mar the beau
ty OF a home. This is SO because
the eye seeks light; it is the center
Of attraction wherever found, and
the furnishings however artistic
are merely incidental to the scheme
of the setting. This fact is well
known to artists and in the most
effective theatrical stage settings
of home scenes light plays q
dominant part.
You can easily prove to yourself
that light, and the method of provid.
ing and distributing It can make or
mar the hospitable air Of g room.
Assume that you have stepped
into the home of friend to inspect
his new furnishings period furni-
ture. paintings, beautiful mantle
over the fireplace, rugs and OBJ
Jects dart. It is q bright day, and
you are delighted with the originate
ty, cheer and quiet dignity Of the
house. -
Night falls, and 1t becomes neces-
SdEy TO nave recourse TO AEllLlCtal
illumination. You are astonished to
find that the fixtures and lighting
equipment consist Of ordinary drop,
incandescent lamps, unshaded. The
moment these crude, tmproyised H.
luminants are used, the furnishings
Of the room become stiff and uncom-
Portable. The comfort and cheer
have disappeared in an instant, the
lighting scheme is wrong. The
beauty Of furnishings is forgotten
in the general discomfort occasioned
by poor lighting.
Although such glaring erorrs in IL
Elimination are unfortunately too
common, 1t is not supposed that q
lighting scheme could be found to-
day In any home in quite the degree
of inefnciency outlined. The example
sketched Is merely to serve as an IL
lustration of the value Of the proper
methods OF distributing light.
Every home can be made more
beautiful by the proper use of cleo
tricity: First, there should be made
lighting plan for every room, and
the minor lighting details OF porches,
halls, ETC., should harmonic with
the major scheme, for after all ef-
fective and artistic efforts in re-
sidence lighting are more q matter
OF taste and knowledge OF the fit.
ness Of things than a mere matter
OF dollars and cents.
The Washington times., 1923-10-22
Ancient Street Lighting.

Cordova in the days of the
Mcors had system Of street light.
ing. At the same time the beiated
The Washington times., 1923-10-22

installing in his Main street store a
completely equipped efficiency
kitchen and laundry.
Here the local resident, the sum-
mer colonist and the casual visitor
were cordially received and given
first-hand information about the
magic Of cooking by wire, canning
in an electric oven, washing with a
motor-driven washing machine and
ironing on the speedy electric
ironer.
Miss Miranda Talcott, an old-fash.
toned housekeeper, whose pies rival
those that mother used to make, was
IN charge Of the kitchen. Daily she
gave instruction and lectures on the
art Of modern electrical housekeep-
ing.
This kitchen has created so much
favorable interest and comment that
it is expected similar projects will be
promoted throughout New England
cities with a view to solving the
servant problem and shortening the
housewives hours in kitchen and
laundry.
The Washington times., 1923-10-22
W|TCHCRAFT IN
SALEM STORE
THESE DAYS
Merchant Has Electrically
Equipped Laundry and
Kitchen As "Ad."

The casual visitor to Salem. Mass,
this past summer, after the usual
routine inspection of the House Of
Seven Gables" and the old witch
House" on the square, had an oppor-
tunity to learn of new and modern
kind Of overwhelmingly, electri-
cal housekeeping.
One of Salem's progressive mer-
chants, realizing that seventeenth
century tradition might bring Wis.,
itors, but that It could never hold
them, decided to enhance the at
Effectiveness of the witch city" by
The Washington times., 1923-10-22
SCIENTIST EXPLAINS BIRTH
OF THUNDER STORMS

What causes thunder and
lightning storm is explained by
George F. Sleggs, 3. Sc, of the
University of Saskatchewan.
"A sea of warm damp air." he
says, "pierces colder layer above
it and the moisture is condensed
mot rain drops. These start falling
earthward and as they fall are
broken up by the force Of the as
cending air.
At this time these rain drops be.
come electrified, thus providing the
electric energy for the Lightning.
The Washington times., 1923-10-22

Picking up the ends of the cable
was q difficult and hazardous mat
ter. Professional divers, familiar
with the habits of sharks, do not
relish too close an association with
them at the depth at which 1t was
necessary to work in this case.
FINALLY shark-proof cage OF iron
was constructed, and a Havana
diver succeeded in bringing up the
ends 0f the cable 50 that the work
of splicing could be undertaken
Before nightfall service had been
restored. J,
This cable is specially constructed
to afford protection against breaks
and this was the first interruption
OF service since the submarine line
was opened April, 1921.
The Washington times., 1923-10-22
RED GLASS ROCKS USED
lN ELECTRIC FlREPLAcES

Red glass rocks. used in con-
nection with an electric extension
lamp in a small open fireplace. are
a pleasing addition in the living
room on fall evenings
These give the appearance OF a
glowing crate of Goals without its
heat. They can be purchased from
any electrical fixture dealer.
The Washington times., 1923-10-22

Southern Railway System
last year spent in the South
$2O,OOO,O 900 more than it
received from the South.