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Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-04-11

reckoned with in the construction or
the home, and for this reason a reduc-
tion in the space to be heated Is
brought about through lower ceiling,
eight feet and six inches being the
standard.
Space-saving equipment has been de-
veloped to a maximum greatly reduc-
ing the size of kitchen and extra sleep
ing chamber and at the same time in
creasing convenience.
The prospective home builder finds
after consulting his architect and Sc
curing an approximate estimate Of the
cost for the home which has been con-
structed in his minds eye, with
its. spacious halls, wide verandas and
many hooks, dens and cozy corners
that the initial cost of constructing
the home as he has planned is far
above his means and that he must
build In accordance with present day
practice.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-04-11
"THE EVIL SHEPHERD"
BY E. Phillips Oppenheim
row an

vice president or the oocIery rUr tnr
Prevention of Cruelty TO Animals, and
self confessed archcriminal He fooled
us pretty we'll ~
81 suppose so" Francis assented alb
sently.
Wilmore glanced at his watch.
"What about moving on some
where?" he suggested. I'VE might go
into the Alhambra for half an hour, If
you like. The last act of the show is
the best"
Francis shook his head
"We've got to see this thing out"
he replied "Have you forgotten that
our friend promised US a sensation
before we left"
Wilmore began to laugh little de-
risively. Then, suddenly aware Of
some lack of sympathy between him
self and his friend, he broke off and
glanced curiously at the latter.
you're not taking him seriously,
are your he inquired.
Francis nodded.
Certainly l am he confessed.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-04-11

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Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-04-11

aIterwaru rererred 10 as preceding the
tragedy. The two young people con
cerned were standing only a few feet
away, the girl pretty, little peevish,
an ordinary type; her companion,
whose boyish features were marred
with dissipation, very passable ex-
ample Of the young man about town
going little beyond his tether.
"It's no good standing here, Victor !"
the girl exclaimed, frowning. "The
commissionaire's been gone ages al
ready, and there are two others be
fore us for taxis"
"We can't walk" her escort replied
gloomily. tits a foul night. Nothing
to do but wait, what? Let's go back
and have another drink"
The girl stamped her satin-shod foot
impatlently.
"Don't be silly she expostulated.
"You know I promised Clara we'd be
there early"
"All vers WELL" the young man
grumbled, "but what can we do7 We
shall have to wait our turn"
"Why can't you slip out and look for
a taxi yourselff" she suggested. DO,
Victor" she added, squeezing his arm.
You're so clever at picking them up"
He made a little grimace, but lit Il
cigarette and turned up his coat col
lar
"I'll do my best he promised.
Don't 90 on without me-"
"Try up toward Charing Gross road
not the other way" she advised earn
estly.
Continued on Page Four)
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-04-11

can develop and carry on the ideals
Of our country. Furthermore, it Is not
only our own children for whom we
are responsible. 1t is all of our peo-
pies children. When my children,
Grace Teddy, Cornelius and Quentin,
are grown-up citizens they will share
the country equally with their CON
temporaries Of today. For that rea-
son, If for no other, and simply In the
interests of my own children, l. must
try to see that all of their future part
ners In this country get fair start in
life
There are two ways that we can and
should work for the children. The
first is, by providing them with such
community aids and opportunities as
may be possible; the secondhand
really the most important-is, by Civ
ing to every family the chance to
build up the proper kind of home life
1t Is in the family circle that the in
dividual gets the slant on life that
lasts.
1t Is for this reason that l am so
strongly in sympathy with the Better
Homes ampaign.-Theodore Roose-
velt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy,
In the Delineator.
of fnhl al ,cly nte fnl L.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-04-11

department in Ohio It's members are
expert, experienced fire fig hters, ever
ready to risk their lives to protect
property. Of course it's their duty
and is What they are paid for, yet how
few Of us realize the danger to which
they are exposed, and still fewer of
us think it worth while to thank them
for perhaps preventing large finan-
cal loss. -,
Hand the boys the flowers while
they are with us; don't wait pile EN-
in the hearse after they cross the
river.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-04-11
CHAPT Err v

1t happened that the two men, wait
crawl up to the entrance through the
fog which had unexpectedly rolled up,
heard the slight alteration which was
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-04-11
WANT A CLEAN TOWN

Doc Knauss and Chief Lou Bausch
have each issued manifestoes order.
ing and advising the cleaning up OF
rubbish which has accumulated dur
ING the winter months, and Doc has
set his foot down good and hard on
the habit some of the natives have
ACQUIRED of making the old canal bed
dumping ground. In this lauda9le
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-04-11
Urges Better Homes

1t makes but little difference what
we Of this generation may do in the
arrangement of governmental machin-
cry or in the adjustment of our rela-
ttonship with other nations if we do
not also see that the children are
brought Up in such way that they
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-04-11
Cloak Makers Win Out

Waterbury, Conn.-By striking
two weeks against seven cloak ms
facturers here, local 43, Init. Lac
Garment Workers, has union
Waterbury 1000 and won a AL
week in the cloak industry. The
hours were so a week.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-04-11
Painters End Strike

Dayton, GA two-year agreen
has ended the strike of local paint
Wages will be raised 5 cents an h
the first year and an additional
cents an hour the second year.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-04-11

The best boost you can give The
Newark Leader is TO patronize It's
advertisers.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-04-11

nave secured a new Wage agA Jel
Former rates of ST an hour arr
creased to $E121a for the first
and $125 for the second year.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-04-11

Shoe Clerks Win 10 Per Cent
Brooklyn, N. Y.-A 1910 wage
crease for clerks receiving less t
$35 a week and shorter hours
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-22
THE UNDERpAss ORDINANCE.

Whatever may be the comparative merit of the various suggested programs for grade separation in Birmingham, It was essential that the city administration make it's choice and enact ordinances putting that choice into effect. The ordinance is an assertion of the sov- ereiKnty of the municipality of Birming- ham over any of the elements in its business and industrial citizenship. That sovereignty has needed assertion, for there have evidently been those who doubted it.
 Although the railroads protest that their interests are being seriously in- jured by the plan adopted, it is obvious that the major consideration is the well fare of the entire municipality. All the engineers employed by the city have agreed on the underpass plan in general as the most efficient construction for the crossings west of Twenty-first street. A public official from Detroit, who has undoubtedly had more experience with municipal grade separation than any other public official in this county, after a careful examination of the local situa- tion, approved the upderpass plan, sug- gesting as the single alternative com prehensive encouragement of trackage III CnlS GUY WHICH WOuAu liNOANC IA0 AoAA roads in an expense far greater than the city contemplates. But the alternative suggestion of the Detroit official is significant indication of how in other places the major public consideration overrides any other when they come in conflict.
 The railroad officials have intimated on a number of occasions that they would resist the execution of the underpass program. That is a setting at naught of municipal authority which will not ap- peal to the people of this city. Rather will it serve to alienate from the rail roads a public sentiment that in late years has been growing increasingly friendly. The railroads nowadays find that public opinion is one of their indis-- pensable assets. Any policy in disregard of the public welfare or of civil authority will injure that asset. It is not believed that the railroads can afford to come into open conflict with the municipal program nor with the urgent public necessity of prade separatiOn,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-22
100 Per Cent. Patriot.

At the recent conference of the League of Nations the mulatt0 republic of Santo Do- mingo was admitted This means that Hayti will not be long behind. For there is an in- tense rivalry between these two South Ameri- can republics. The people of Santo Domingo, who threw off the Spanish yoke in the course of history and who are extremely proud of this fact, tell the story that one of their generals had need of an artificial eye, and ordered one to be sent from Paris. The eye arrived in due time, but was returned by the patriotic general with letter in which was this passage: "You have sent me an eye which is so tinted that under close scrutiny 1t resembles the Spanish flag, and I am far too patriotic to make Q display of any other .colors than those of my own eoun- try" The manufacturers thereupon made a new glass eye, this time with the colors of the republic. In the Hayti school books, however, it was a Haytian general who dis played this excess of patriotism. one-eyed generals were not scarce at one time, it ap- pears
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-22
AN UNFAIR COMPARISON.

The Illinois Central cites the fact that the cost of government in Alabama has increased 795 per cent. since 1900, while the railroads have enjoyed an increased freight rate in the same period of only about 53 per cent. It is supposed that the people who read are to infer that the increase in transportation. cost IS relatively slight while the increase in cost of government is exorbitant.
 The fallacy lies in the fact that the railroad seeks to compare things that are totally unlike. It stands to reason that, as a railroad expands and its busl- ness grows, it's revenues would increase more rapidly than its expenses, and that its units of cost would be reduced. Vol unae of business and not increased rates makes railroading profitable. If the rall- roads had to serve their present territory under present costs but with no greater tonnage than they carried in 1900, they would have to have far higher rates than at present in order to pay even operating expenses. It is their increasing efficiency of management and organization, to- gether with great expansion in tonnage, that keep rates at their present level Also. if the railroads had their former freedom from control, it is very likely that they would now be maintaining their rates at levels very much above those now prevailing. Thus, government, by keeping utility rates within reasonable bounds, has been worth more, even if 1t has cost more.
 But there is the further distinction that the railroad comparison sets forth it's railway data on the basis of rates, whereas it sets forth the cost of govern ment in totals. The cost of operating railroads has increased much more than 53 per cent. since 1900. Perhaps it even approximates the relative increase in the total cost of government in Alabama. On the other hand, while the total cost of government in Alabama has increased nearly 800 per cent, the rate Of taxa ton has increased far less than the 53 per cent. increase in rail rates.
 And if our government now costs more, it has earned it. Consider how much the people of this state are saved annual ly by means of the government control exercised through the Public Service Commission. It amounts to more mil lions annually than the entire cost of government. Consider the cash benefits from the money spent by the government of Alabama on health. Every dollar thus spent is at once worth twenty, at very conservative estimate. Then there IS the money the state and counties spend on
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-22
Brief Nature Studies
By J. OTIS SWIFT

A s THE night fell over the sharp, dis
 "A torted mountain peaks above Cape
 Farewell, Greenland" says Otis Pea body Swift, United Press correspondent with the world flyers on the northern loop, 'the drear, lifeless shore faded on the western ho- rizon and Greenland lay in the sOmbre dark ness like some dread land of a dead world. But suddenly out of the centre of that dark mass shone beam of shimmering light.
 ''It swept up the sky, spread out grew an intensity, band upon band of lBht~-white light that carried Opalescent shades of green fire. Now hanging curtains of light yelled the sky, dimming the stars beneath silken scarf. Madly, furiously the bands flashed, faded and trembled across the zenith.
 Ut was the aurora borealis, the northern lights But as its frozen fire hung over that frozen world it seemed the giant reflection of some barbaric worship, festival or sacrifice where, in the unknown heart of the dead con tinent the Viking gods met again. After Odin's battle in Ragnarok, twilight of the gods," earth is consumed by fire, new lands springing up from the sea.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-22
Pamphlets And RevolutIons.

Eighty-five thousand young Spaniards have been drafted for the army and must go in training to support the Spanish legions in Morocco. A little success lately has changed De Rivera's mind. He will yet reconquer the lost spheres in Africa, he declares. But in Barcelona, mothers, wives and sweethearts laid down on the tracks of the trains which were to carry their beloved away to the North African slaughter house. The trains were delayed for several hours. One significant fact in connection with the Spanish situation is the growth of the Spanish colonies of lib- erals, republicans and democrats in France. From Paris and Bordeaux, millions of in- pamphlets are finding their way into Spain from here. Look over history. The French revolution started with pam phlets in America, the smouldering embers of revolutionary spirit flared into flame when famed by pamphlets and the czars of Rus sia for a whole century dreaded the influx of revolutionary pamphlets from exiled Russian democrats in such countries as Switzerland, England and France.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-22

roads. Who will estimate their value as compared with their cost? Who likewise would hold that the cash value to the state of public investments in schools, colleges, hospitals, prisons, asylums, ag- ricultural extensions and the like is not many times their annual cost?
 If the total cost of government is nine times as great now. as in 1900, does that not mean that in 1900 the people of Ala bama were neglecting many public un- dertakings that they could not afford to neglect? Of course, our government, because of certain inefficiencies, costs more than it should But it does not cost more than it is worth, nor is the increase in total cost of government fiA ly held 6b in comparison with the in- crease in the rate of transportation. The rate of transportation has increased much more than the rate of taxation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-22
Campaign Fund

The Age-Herald is receiving contributions for the Democratic presidential campaign fund from its readers. The fund stood yes terday as follows:
 Previously acknowledged ..... .$1,5125O
 The time is growing snort in which to com plete the swing of votes to tet Democratic ticket What is done must be done within three weeks. Those who expect to contribute to the campaign fund should do so now if they want their money to do the utmost good.
 It begins to look as if the Borah resolution of inquiry will keep the Republican contribu- tions lower than they would otherwise be Therefore, the Democrats are not under the heavy financial handicap that has often kept them out of the White House.
 A dollar counts more in this campaign than it has in previous campaigns, for it has to offset fewer privilege dollars on the other side.
 Contribute to the Democratic effort and to the success of John w. Davis.
 Party loyalty has thus an aditional man. ner in which it may serve the party.
 If many will give moderately, the total will be sufficient.
 But in this community many are not giv- ing even moderately.
 is the cause not a worthy one?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-22
Kerensky Goes Lecturing.


 In the Czecho-SlOvak papers we read that Alexander Kerensky, leader of the first Rus sian revolution of 1917 and later prime minister, is in that country featuring He said in Prague that the bolshevik coup d'etat took him wholly by surprise. This is a new version of the memorable events at Petro- grad in November, 1917. The bolshevik never dreamt of getting a chance to change the revolution of Kerensky, which was led by the middle classes, into a socalled proletarian revolution, and thereby speed up the histori- cal process, in the phraseology of the com- rades.. But Kerensky intrigued with the grand dukes and believed that sort of com promise or coalitionS with royalists and lib- erals was possible and imperative for the salvation of Russia. This was the cue seized upon by the reds, who accused him of want ing to restore the monarchy. That was one thing the people of Russia were not fond of and then as final coup de grace the bolshe- viks promised land to the peasants. That settled Kerensky's fate. ...
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-22

the best solution yet advanced for the downtown congestion, pending that time when such parking on certain thorough fares will have to be prohibited alto gether. Public opinion was not quite ripe for it when first tried, and the city commission withdrew it before it had time to be tested. But the sacrifice of whole street areas to few persons is certainly far more objectionable. -.
 If the welfare of policemen and fire men requires an additional five dollars q month, and there is no doubt that their pay is small enough, it would be far less tax on this city to pay them outright than deliberately to narrow downtown streets six or eight feet in order to raise the funds. It is believed that the city commission can find the money, if it is decided that the increase should be grant ed. In fact, it is the duty of the city commission to find it, not through any bizarre methods, but in some way har- monious with the public right.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-22
THE nsss.sss, sss..s,s1 s:'",| .MW;;iISaRBkSRzllIIlI
Almost An Internationale

NURING a banquet in his honor, Rach- maninoff, the great musician, declared
 that he had been greatly pleased by the air of: He's a Jolly Good Fellow" and that he intended to use the theme for set of orchestral variations. NJ. Rachmaninoff will only initiate Ludwig von Beethoven, if he does, for he it was who worked it into his battle symphony to represent the French army. In France they sing a song today {: "Malbrook sen va-t-en guerre,'' which has the same tune and in Holland the melody is a rather notorious tavern song, indulged in generally when the hour of parting comes and good fellows feel the heart-breaking prospect of losing each others company. "We gaan noch niet mar huis" (we will not go home yeti and the Scotsman says: We won't go home till morning, till daylight doth appear" All to the tune of Beethoven's great symphonic aria.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-22
Watching The PdrGde.
r IFS TOO honest" said Tommy Beek's
By JOHN PILGRIM

" IFS TOO honest said Tommy Beck's Fl foreman. That's what's the trouble with the Old Man. He's too honest. He wants to be absolutely square with you md me and with himself And his competi- tors deal out blah-"
 It listened lovely, said to Tommy's fore man. Almost like an echo in the Swiss Alps The only trouble was that it wasn't true.
 "No one is ever too honest" l said to him. But some folks can be dumb"
 This is what brought it all about had an old car that I wished to trade in for new one A very fine piece of machinery which had once been painted green. l had kissed that car and petted it and spent pocket money on it and bought gadgets un- til it was as good as new car. Only--A wanted a new one.
 q cannot give you more than six hundred dollars for it in trade," said Tommy Beck, acting as though he were telling me that my bank had just gone blooie. "Too bad. know how yon have coddled that car, but there 1t is The price stands in the book. l cannot give you more"
 So went to the next town, and sought out the agent for the same car that Tommy Beck handles and sold my old one to him for eight hundred dollars, and now Tommy Becks foreman mOurns: ,.=,
 He's too honest" says he, repeating the lines I started with. Trouble was that he did not want to get stuck with that old car and so he was absolutely candid with you He's too honest" -'ar -r
 That isn't being honest. That's being dumb. Lots of folks get mixed in their minds that way. 'a'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-22
Lead Poisoning
By H. ADDINGTON BRUCE

n EPORTS from various sources show that TX lead poisoning continues much in evi-
 dence, both as an industrial hazard and in consequence of the use of lead for water pipes and as an ingredient in certain cos metics.
 Especially in the industrial world does q great deal remain to be done, by legislation and still more by education, to lessen the lead peril. No one can doubt this after reading for example, recent report by Dr. Alice Hamilton, industrial hygienist, concerning conditions in American lead-using indus tries.
 And, of course, the lead hazard begins with the mining and smelting and refining of lead. With regard to mining, Dr. Hamilton notes, the danger is greatest in mines that are dry and dusty and least in damp mines.
 This suggests that lead poisoning, contrary to popular belief, is more commonly caused by inhaling lead particles than by swallowing lead or absorbing it through the skin. A fur ther indication to the same effect is found in the exceptionally high rate of lead poisoning among shelter men and refiners.
 "The greatest danger" Dr. Hamilton in- ssts, with reference to the lead hazard in the smelting industry, 'lies in the fumes of lead oxide and sulphate from the furnaces, fumes being simply oxidized compounds in a state of extremely fine subdivision. Next to that comes the fine dust from the flues and baghouses."
 Obviously, minimizing of fumes and dust by one means or another is a safety measure ot great importance, and Dr. Hamilton reports that within the past ten years many smelters have adopted devices that do lessen the hazard this is by no means true of all. Some still of poisoning. But also she points out that OI1 0OnQQFOns methods
 Other industries involving special risks to the workers are white lead making, pottery glazing, the making of storage batteries, the manufacture of rubber goods, and the paint CTS trade In all of these there has been more or less progress in haZard-lessening though without conspicuous progress in any
 Least progress is found in the painters trade, as may remain the case so long as lead is used in paint. Recognition of this pos sibility, due to the difficulty of controlling conditions under which painters work, has caused agitation for the abolition of lead paint and in one country, France, all paint is now supposed to be leadless.
 In America the painters peril has lately, in some industries, been greatly increased by the adopting of the spray gun" for painting factory goods and even the interior of build ings. It has been experimentally proved that this may give the air breather by the painters dangerous lead content, to be evaded only by the use of specially constructed gasmasks
 There are, to be sure, great differences in individual susceptibility to lead poisoning. But this does not in the least affect societys re- sponsibility for seeing that all lead workers are Safeguarded to the limit of practicability Societys responsibility is the greater in view of the seriousness of many cases of lead poisoning.