New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 9, 1921, Page 9

BJECT T0 THEFT MINES IN SILESIA U. 5. AND ENGLAND Tstimated That Many Mil-| Children Who Are" 10 and 12| The Hitch Comes in Stymie Defi- 50l Dollars Is Lost Annaally don, March 9.—~A great outcry rison in the shipping world the heavy losses that are incur- hrough the depredations of s, many of whom it s suspect- re in the employ of the com- s that are the victims. rd Asquith states it has Dbeen hated that in transport through [port of London alone, through ing in various forms, there is 8 of £3,600,000 a yoar. shipping company says that ‘eas, before the war its losses rgo attributable to thefts nted to one shilling and four per ton, it now amounts to 26 nd nine pence per ton. c. s of wages, it is asserted d 70 guaranteé of greater trust- hiness. Rather the contrary. average wages of stewards are to be four times their pay before var but it is in those depart- th on passenger liners with which Jards are most concerned that de- ations, it is declared, are most eable. pe manager of one line running ustralia sald that recently he had xpend well over £3,000 in re- ing the linen stolen on one round go aloné. On this same round the stewards’ charges for “over- " amount to £2,632. on the caAptain's boy charged for overtime on the voyage,” sald manager, “If the captain rang | the boy to bring him a drink, boy charged one hour’s overtime fotching it, provided he bhad al- y done his eight bours. ch ., plundering undoubtedly place before the goods are on shipboard, steamship men re. Cases of machinery have found to be full of stable manure ose supposed to ceuntain gold r goods to be filled with shav- 6 thieving that is going on at 'tck- is beyond anything h 4 rittes Lord Inchoape, rdn of tho Peninsular and ptal company. “A man recently oved the clecks from the smok- and musio rooms of one of our mers, while the passepgers were parking at Tilbury dock and the; @ never been traced. Within the few days a piano was removed one of the steamers in dock carried off to a cottage where, ver, It was recovered.” ewards, through their union of- s, strongly resent Lord Inchcape's rge that much of the stealing that on In stéamers s done by them. of the ofMolaly declares that the néss of the passengers for ool- ng what they call “souvenirs” is onsible for far more “missing” les than are the stewards. \BS AGREEABLE T0 AVAL RESTRICTION Mayor of Tokio Greets Sug- gestion With Open Arms okio, Maréh 6.-——(By the Asso- d Press)—Baron Sakatani, ex- os of Tokio declares his opinion American advoeacy of the re- lon of n 1 armaments is most lcome. peakigy through the newspaper ugnl Shogyo he sald: “The position those Americans who Advoeated ul expansion seems to have been the United States had to have largest flost in the world because erica. would join the League of jons, This they said, was not only the sake of the Americans but o for that of the whole world in the League of Nations proved re. The Americans have now d that such an attitude only en- Rk o8 maval construction in other pds and that this race for arma- mts is against the apirit of peace, orica’s self awakening in this re- ¢ct, though yet limited only to a prtion of the people, inspires the st of the world with confidence and ‘emises to bring the day of real in- lonal, peace nearer. . 'One regret about all this is that account of the proposal to go on the present scheme of expansion the American navy, the proposed ¥al hollday If all the powers seoms practicable as an Ideal. If the ericans really desire restriction of maments as a means to promote it Is time for them to set the ample, because the geographieal paition of the United States makes oasiest for her to do wso.” Dr. Egi, M, P, writing in the same per, observes that Japan's naval pansion program is on a scale hich is the minimum for tha de. fisg of these shores. “Its altera- on’ therefore, with o vew to restric. next to impessible. It Japan to the proposed naval holiday, must be in the sense that Japanese ivil expansion will be spread over longer period of years than designed t the present tim Years Also Employed Report Says Rybnik. Upper Silesia, March 9—The Women laborers in mines and factories and on railroads are more numerous than men in several districts of the coal region here, Girls and boys of ten and 12 years are regularly employed, dig- ging ditches, ballasting runways, push- ing trucks, and doing other heavy work which before the war was done only by men. This is the territory hitherto a part of Germany but claimed now by Poland. A plebiscite, or vote of the people, soon will be held under the terms of the peace treaty of Versailles to decide Whether Upper Silesia will remain Ger- man or, become a part of Poland. The German mine owners say short- age of labor and post-war economic conditions have forced the women and children into this toil, which under German administration was forbidden. There is also a shortage of manpower because of the great numbers of soldiers from here who were killed in the war. The women engaged in the 'heavy work generally are Poles, distinguished by the bright shawl-like headdress which they affect. Some of them have adopted a modification of man’s apparel as better suited to their work. The correspondent saw three women of two score or more who constituted a ‘‘section gang’'' wearing heavy trousers under their short skirts. The majority of the women wear heavy shoes with thick wooden soles and cloth tops, all home-made. Some bave heavy boots, which *apparently were once the property of German sol- diers, Coal veins in this section generally follow closely the surface of the ground and the work of taking coal out con- sists of simply digging it up. Some of the farmers have little mines on their land and when their day’s work is done they may be seen digging a night's sup- ply of fuel. The mine owners do not interfere with these individual mining operations, even when they are carried out on rented farms. May Raise Bamboo In the United States Washington, March 9.—There is hope for a home-grown fishpole in- dustry. The zeal of government agriculture #harps ie in a fai® way to overcome dificulties In the way of bamboo cul- ture ia the United States. Undismayed by past fallures, they have ousted with hot water, diseases in shoots brought from China and Japanm and are preparing to start a bamboo grove at Savannah, Ga. Makers of not only fishpoles, but barrel hoops, canes, phonograph needles, furniture and many other things not including the “dope” pipes whence flowed the “bamboo dreams” of opium smokers in other days, are expected to get their raw material at home untimate- Iy. - Propagation in the United States of bamboo shoots was first attempted ten or twelve years ago at Chico, Cal., and Brooksville, Fla. The plants de- veloped a “mite” which sapped their vitality, however, and it was not until expérts Aiscovered the hot water cure that hopes of growing bambno for the market were bright. “CASCARETS” IF SICK, BILIOUS, HEADACHY Tonight sure! Let a pleasant, harm- less Cascaret work while you sleep and have your liver active, head clear, stonmmach Sweet and bowels moving regular by morning. No griping or inconvenience. 10, 25 or 60 cent boxes. Children Tlove this candy cathartic too. nition—A Fine Point Involved London, March 9.—Opinion is divided among leading English golfers on a rule recently adopted by the exe- cutivd committee of the United States Golf * Association eliminating the stymie definition or mention of the stymie. The new regulation, as report- ed here, provides that, when laid a stymie on the green by his opponent, 2 player may remove the opponent's ball, but that the opponent “*shall then be deemed to have holed in his next stroke."” “I would do away with the stymie altogether,” said Abe Mitchel of the North Foreland club, in a published ‘interview. “In my view, the ball near- er the hole should be putted first. I do not think the new rule is quite a good solution of the stymie diffi- culty To lift the ball under English (rlulr. of course, means disqualifica- on.’ Alexander Herd. of the Coombe Hill club has been quoted as un- equivocally opposed to abolition of the stymie. “There should be no interfer- ence, I think, with the ball of an op- ponent,” he declares. “The stymie may be old fashioned, but it is a part of the game which should not be sacri- ficed.” THREE LIVING WHO HAVE SEEN JAGKSON Mrs. Lawrence, Cardinal Gibbons, and Hall, All Remember Him Knoxville, Tenn., March 9.—~Only three known persons are living to- day who saw Andrew Jackson. Until recently only two known liy- ing persons had seen General Jackson and publication of their names re- sulted in a third being found by a lo- cal historian. The first of these is Mrs. Rachel Jackson Lawrence of Nashville, the general's great-grand- daughter; the second is Cardinal Gib- bohs of Baltimore, and the third is Howard Waldo of Campbell Hal, Orange County, N. Y., who is 89 years old. When Mr. Waldo was nine yehrs old, his father, Samuel Levett Waldo, an eminent artist, made a portrait of Andrew Jackson in his old Pine street studio in New York city, and the boy saw the general on his visits. The portrait now hangs in the old United States custom house in New Orleans. Mr. Waldo relating his recollections of General Jackson said he “was a stern-1ooking man with iron-gray hair which he wore cut short and in pompadour style. - Waldo painted the general in uniform. The artist sketched Jackson's head and shoul- ders on a wooden panel which was never touched except when the gen- eral was sitting. From this panel which is now in the Metropolitan Mu- seum of Art in New York city, the portrait was transferred to the life- size painting of General Jackson on horseback. The painting, which was made in 1840 or 1841, was done by Samuel L. Waldo, having been com- missioned by the people of New Or- leans in honor of General Jackson's victory at New Orleans over the Brit- ish forces under Geperal Pakenham. The New Orleans people paid $500 for the painting of the picture, which was a good price in those days. Howard Waldo also recollects hav- ing met Daniel Webster in New York and having been impressed by the majestic appearance in a rough, long- napped beaver hat of light gray col- or, a dark blue coat with plain hr_ufl buttons and buff vest and trousers. England and Wales Have 50,000 Female Golfers London, March 9.—WTth more than 500 golf clubs affiliated to the Ladies’ Golf union, it is computed that in Eng- land and Wales there are consider- ably more than 50,000 women golfers. These women devotees of the game are well catered for fh the matter of cham- pionships for there is the women's “‘open’’, the English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh chgnpionships to say uothing of the unty champlionships and when these come on for dbeision later in the year there is every indica- tion that a record number of players will be seen doing the- rounds‘on the links, Paris to Have 6 Day Bicycle Race Paris, March 9.—Paris, like New York and Brussels, is to have its six- day bicyele race this year for the first timegeinee 1913, The race will be run from March 28, Easter Monday, until Sunday, April 4. Such noted riders as Broceo, Seres, Egg, Deruyter, Miquell, Berthet, Godivier, Aerts and Splessens have already entered and the manage- ment of the Parc des Princes Velodrome is trying to sign up two or three Amer- jcan teams. GINSBURGS — DRESS PLAITING, BUTTO: AND HEMSTITCHING SHOP MOVED T0 0 v, DISAGREE ON GOLF / DANGER I3 CHARGE ! | !_ GHILDREN ARE IN C. of C. National Committee Re- ports of Fire Danger to Young New York, March 9.—Tens of thou- sands of school children housed in fire traps and hundreds of thousands of them either on half-time or in makeshift buildings is the condition in 429 cities of the United States as | disclosed in a report made public to- day. The report was issued by the na- tional committee for chamber of commerce go-operation with the pub- lic schools on a survey conducted by the American City bureau. The committee was organized in February, 1920, to inquire into school conditions. Its executive committee is headed by George D. Strayer, of Teachers’ college, Columbia univer- sity, New York. The evidence presented “shows clearly that there are tens of thou- sands of children now housed in old, insanitary, dangerous buildings,’”’ says Mr. Strayer in his introduction to the report. “Many of these structures are best classified as fire-traps.” Data was received from 429 cities. The report sa “These facts, ob- tained from per cent. of all the cities reporting, show that in these cities even excluding those housed in annexes where conditions may be normal, there are more than 453,000 children who are either on half-time because of lack of building space or are housed in portables, rented build- ings, attics, basements or corridors. It would require an average of two 30«room buildings in each of these cities to properly house these groups of children alone.” The report sets forth statistically the inadequacy of playground space. “It is clear that in many cities chil- dren are now housed in buildings in which there is less space on the play- ground than is supplied in the class rooms in which they are taught, says Mr. Strayer in the introduction. “Three million six huhdred thou- sand chiidren are represented in this report on playgrounds,’” it is stated, “and the study discloses that one-half of them—1,800,000 children—have each a playground less than six by six feet per pupil and many of them have no playground at all. “These facts of limited playground space,”’ says the report, “present one of the serious problems confronting those who are interested in the wel- fare of American school children Whatever the cost, adequata pla ground space should be provided for those school buildings already erected in congested districts. Public senti- ment must become so strong that it will be considered a breach of trust for school authorities to erect a school building on a site that will not afford adequate playground space for all the pupils housed in the building.” On the subject of fire hazards in schools, the report states: “Only five per cent of the total number of build- ings are of the type of constuction usually called fireproof. Only a small number have fireproofing elements to lessen the fire hazard to the children At least twenty-five per cent of the two poorest types of buildings are of two or more stories and do not have a fire-escape. Thirty-niné per cent of these two types are without fire ex- tinguishers, and less than ten per cent of them have automatic sprinkler, equipment in any part of the buld- ings. Only 11 per cent have auto- matic fire alarms. Buch facts as these demonstrate the existence of a real menace to the children of these citjes One-half of present-day schools were buiit priar to 1897. - The report directs attention to “the large number of children between the ages of 13 and 16 years who leave the public schools There is prob- ably no more serious problem or one more difficult to solve now facing the people of this country. According to the reports from 290 cities; six per cent of the children rave left school before their 13th vear, 19 per cent before 14, 38 per cent before 15 and 64 per cent before they are 16 years old. “In the geographical groups,” the report continues, ‘“the highest per cent of these children remain in the western cities © * * Next in order are the Great Plains cities,then the south- ern, the Great Lakes, and lowest of zll are the eattern cities. In this last group only 29 per e¢ent of the chil- dren 18 years of age, and 56 per cent of those from 14 to 16 years, inclus- ive, are in school.” Attention is directed to “a notable falling off in attendance” at evening schools during the last six yvears, a “period of unusually high wages.” Russell Bros. Pure Lard, 15c 1b. —advt. 'PRESS CONGRESS T0 MEET AT HONOLULU World Afiair to Be Undertaken Early Next Fall on Pacilic Isle Honolulu, T. H., Feb. 14. (Cor- ! respondence of the Associated Press.)— | Editors, publishers and representatives | of twenty-four newspapers and press associations in the island, including five different races, organized recently to start immediate preparations to wel- come the meeting of the press congress of the world, which will convene 1n Honolulu early in October, probably October 4. The exact date will he fixel to coincide with steamship arrivals. A typical Hawaiian ‘‘Aloha’” (greet- ing) will be extended to the members of the congress, who are expected 1o | represent forty different countries. | Hibiscus, of which there are 2,000 vari- eties 1n the islands, will play a promi- nent pert in the floral welcome (o the | Jjournalistic visitors, which will begin ' with the old Hawaiian custom of hang- | ing *‘leis”” or garlands of flowers about the necks of the guests before their ship reaches the dock. ° ! Arrangements for entertaining the | delegates to the congress will be made to dovetail into the program for the congress sessions, which in all liklihood, will be held in the old throne room of Tolani palace, now the meeting place of the representatives in the territorial legislature. One feature of the visi- tors’ entertainment, however, has been practically definitely settled, and pro- vides for a trip by steamer to the Island of Maui, which boasts the greatest ex- tinct voleano in the world, and to Hilo on the island of Hawail, where the great active volcano of Kilauea is con- . stantly in eruption. | Following the meeting. of the con- | gress here, supplementary sessions will be held in Manila. ry Resinol it stops itching Don't continue to be tortured by that wretched skin trouble. Resinol is what you want to relieve the itch- ing and heal the eruption. Its pure moothing ingredients seem to get right at the root of troubles, like ec- zema, usually clearing them away in a surprisingly short time. r today—it hastens the heal- ln:?r,:*:ui.by all druggists. MOTHERS, D0 THS— When the Children Cough, Rut Musterole on Throats and Chests No telling how soon the symptoms may develop into croup, or worse. 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