New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 10, 1922, Page 12

e ra oo You can bet your bottom dollar on that— Whether business is good or bus- iness is bad, there’s one thing sure about Walk-Over shoes—the good quality stays in them. Lots cf people once; but very few people buy cheap shoes twice. Walk-Overs have been, are, and will be real gooc¢ shoes. You can depend upon that—always. $6.50—$9.50 David Manning’s Wiath-Cuer Shoe Store 21 Best in the World—Phoenix Hosiery MRS, RICH ACEPTS BABY GIRL AS OWN Unusual Case Cleared Up by Mayor at Jersey City Jersey City, Oct. 10.—Mayor Frank | * Hague decided at a hearing before him yesterday that Mrs. Edward Rich | { of 56 Dwight street, this city, gave| birth to a girl baby a few days in the Bergen Sanitarium. Mrs. Rich, _abiding by a promise to accept the ” mayor's decision, thereupon took to | her arms the female intant which she . previously had refused to accept as I, hers under a persistent belief that she had borne a son. Testimony in the case was conflict- .. ing, but Mrs. Rich appeared to be satisfied after Miss Margaret Mitchell, who has had twenty-eight years of experience as a nurse, had testified | | Cantilevers Double | the Pleasure of : Autumn Walks | The sparkle in the air, the scent of burning leaves, all conspire to make you want to walk, and w , and walk - ‘But can you do so with comfort if you haven’t the proper shoes? try cheap shoes 1 Main Street | that she had erroneously registered | the birth on a chart as that of a male.i later altering the record of sex hy prefixing the letters fe. Miss Mitchell | denied under cross-examination that | she had called the child “Eddie” for six days, and also that Dr. David Rus- sell, head of the sanitarium, had said the child was a boy. On the contrary, she said, Dr. Russell had told Mrs. Rich to wake up and look at her baby girl, but the mother apparently had not emerged from an anesthetic suf- ficiently to hear him. Miss Mitchell also testified that she. had cared for the child for the first few days and that Mrs. Rich had not seen her in- fant nude. The nurse also denied having told Mrs. Rich's mother, Mrs. Charles Austin, that her new grand- child was a boy. Dr. Russell corroborated Miss Mitchell. He admitted that Mrs.| Rich had told him she wanted to name the child Edward, but said | when he started to fill out the birth| certificate he concluded she must| have said Edwina because he felt cer- | tain Mrs. Rich knew the sex of her child Mrs. Julia Sabbio of 331 Railroad avenuz who shared a room in the maternity ward with Mrs. Rich and to whom a baby boy was born on Aug. | 2 testified that 'she and her husband, who was visiting her, heard Dr. Rus- sell tell Mrs. Rich her baby was a boy. Fire stands third as a cause for ac- cidental deaths in the United States | JAPS INV Hear Sinclair Oil Company Has Been Given Consessions in Russia. TIGATING Tokio, Oct Press) —The 10 (By the Associated Japanese foreign office is inquiring into the report from Peking that the Sinclair Oil Co of California_has been granted by the| FFar Eastern republic of Siberia a con- cession for prospecting and developing | the north half of Sakhalien island, a territory occupied by Japanese troops as a security for claims against the | from | thracite coal fields. | ru | least twice as mar | submitted to arbitration and produc- | would | have sunk into the mines had this Investigation Also Indicates That Employes’ Strike Is Not Entirely Without Its Justification, There are few indlcations of a seri- ous coal shortage this winter, accord- ing to the observations of a Herald representative, who has just returned a two weeks' tour of the an- The newspaper- N found collieries and mines 1ed to a maximum in most cases and in other Instances nece: pairs were being made prepa [ notch production.” Exceeding the Average. In many cases the shipments of coal per day far exceeds the average, one colliery having shipped in one day record of 34 cars, this being at as that same col- Jiery ordinarily ships during normal times. a Working on Sunday. Every where the mine workers are showing an enthusiastic determina- tion to get as much coal on cars as possible. In fact, in certain sections miners are saifl to be cutting coal on Sunday, something which never hap- pened before, There are many unusual about the strike which just which were noted by the visiting newspaper man. It was the longest strike in the history of anthracite coal mining, having exceeded the his- torical 1902 strike by four days, It | was the first time since the organiza- tions of the United Mine Workers of America by John Mitelgell prior to 1902 that public sympathy was not | solidly behind the strike. And it is! the first time in the history of Penn- | sylvania’s anthracite district that re- strictions have been placed on the| amount of coal sold to people resid- | ing in the vicinity of the mines, while | there existed a shortage in other sec- tions of the country. Lack of Water Serious. Also it is the first time in the his- tory of that section that the mines | have faced the possibility of a second | indefinite shut down immediately aft- | er the close of a prolonged strike, due | to lack of water, there having been 1 than two inches of rainfall in almost four months. | All these things are true today. | Public sympathy in the anthracite re- | gions is beginning to turn away from | 5. The people have been fed up | True, their sympathies are with the miners. But big busi- ness men, bankers, etc., are beginning to demand that important issues be features closed, s tion continue. In fact, it was whis- pered (and the only way residents in that section dare to discuss some- thing not entirely popular with the miners' union, would be in whispers), that there was considered sympathy for the operators until it was learned they intended to boost the price of coal when public sentiment again took a change. Coal Boost Unpopular. The argument advanced by the| operators that production costs have | increased although wages have not SURVEY OF MINE DISTRICT SHOWS MINERS HASTENING THE making strenuous efforts toward ‘“‘top | |in a tub | €ntering his home. | bilities of a gas explosion which m. . et B IR OUTPUT demand that there be no lowering of wages appears well founded when a compgarison of wages is made. A con- tract miner, who spends learn ing his trade and then must pass an examination by the state mine exam- Ining board, which is more technical than most civil service examinations recelves from $7 to $10 per day. Out of this he must buy gunpowder, dyna- mite, oil and other supplies, making his purchases from the company and having them deducted from his pay check, For the balance he goes into a dark pit, anywhere from a few hun- dred feet to one, two or three miles underground where he works at the risk of his life all day long. He is in a dark, foul-smelling place called a “breast" with his laborer or “buttie" with no light except that of an oil burning torch or miner lamp, or pos- sibly a carbide light on his cap. All around him water is dropping. Pos- sibly a stray whiff of gas goes by once | in a while. 1In the latter case, all the light he has is a small lantern covered With a thick screen called a “safety lamp,” which helps him to avoid ser- ious explosions. Dangcrous Joh If his job is “robbing pillars" which is what the contract miner (really only a plece worker) does, he is en- kaged in taking out pillars of coal left standing as supports to the roof of the breast and serving as walls be- tween the breasts, replacing them with logs or timbers. A slight miscalculation on this job means a ‘“fal! of top'" and possibly miner and his “buddie” are carried out, a crushed shapeless mass, For easler work, under safer conditions, and pleasanter surroundings, plaster- ers in Philadelphia are demanding and getting $15 a day and submit to no examination whatever. The ordinary miner, whose job is not quite so dangerous, gets about $5 a day. He, too, must buy his sup- plies from the company and works all day in mechanically pumped air in a dark place, damp and ill-smell- ing. He becomes so dirty during the course of a day's work that he is compelled to change clothes and wash in an outside room before Oil soaked cloth- ing, smelling of sulphur water and | mildew fare kept outside the house. H He, too, is subject to the dangers of a “falling top” and to the possi- | smash everything in sjght, bringing down hundreds of tons of rock, slate and coal. Dangers of Mining. Certain features of coal mining which might help ‘o put the miner in a truer light in Nev* England are not- ed when it s learned that the dangers of mining are so great that a state law in Pennsylvania forbids anyone entering a mine except workmen, un- ! less accompanied by the state mine inspector, elected by ballot. Another law forbids a miner working alone. If he finds his laborer or “buttie,” is not at work, he finds another man, if he can, or goes home for the day. The Chalk Mark. Before a miner enters the breast he | must look for a chalk mark at the entrance. This mark is placed by the fire boss, who goes through every morning early and tests every breast for gas. The mark tells the miner whether or not he needs a safety lamp or whether the breast is safe to enter. After firing a shot, or blast, the miner and his laborer go home for changed, simply because it was neces- | sary to pay engineers, pumpsmen, | firemen, stable bosses, drivers, etc, | during the strike, is met by the state- | ment from businessmen that the min-l ers could have called these men out| on strike, thus completely shutting off all overhead costs. The result of such drastic action would have meant | destruction and damage running into milliens of dollars. Mines would have filled up with water, machinery have been ruined, timbers would have washed out, bringing down the surface and in many cases even houses on the surface would condition been permitted to go on un- checked. Argue To and Fro. | coal, rock, slate, earth, etc., has stop- $distinguishing marks of an anthracite the day. They do not enter the breast until the following morning and then only after satisfying themselves the ped falling. Identified Anywhere It is almost an impossibility to walk the streets in an anthracite coal min- ing town and meet a miner who has not at some time or other been injur- ed in the mines. The unsightly blue powder marks on face and hands are coal miner. Barely a day goes by but what on the streets of all coal mining towns can be seen the gloomy, terror- striking black ambulance, drawn by two black mules proceeding at a slow pace to the nearest miner's hospital, | with the mangled form of somebody's The oferators reply in turn that sucH action would have brought .con- demnation down upon the heads of the miners, sentiment would have turned against them, their homes | wouyld have been endangered and the government would have been forced to step in and man the pumps. meantime, the operators raise Russians. ome of the Japanese newspapers | protest against this invasion of the is- and during the Japanese occupation. | il : The DBritish civil service now costs England six times as much as it did| before the war. the p are not con- | yable walks the sensible heels enj buy High, wobbly ducive to healthy. Bo come here and shoe that is both comfortable anrl! " modish, the Cantilevers. And start| ‘yéur walk in the morning with your “'shoulders back, a free, easy stride and Cantilevers on your feet. Better| ‘. health and a neatly shod foot will be | ' the result. | For Men and Women [ Sloan Bros. 185 MAIN ST. . [ ~it Pu tna ffee ultimate consumer pays the bill. “I think this region has seen the last strike it will ever see,” said the cashier of a large up-state Pennsyl- vania bank, in discussing the price issue Miner’s Demands Reasonable That the miner is justified in his One Sip~will convince erts were rlght u is BEST m saves the day And | so the argument goes on, and in the| the | price per ton and the much abused | | husband and father. | The Pennsylvania State Hospital for | | Injured Miners, at Fountain Springs, il‘ennsylvnma, has between 200 and to be injured miners. One entire ward, contalning 60 or more beds is called “the burnt" ward, and usually is fairly well flled with men whose entire hands, arms and faces are swathed in bandages, suggesting a sort of Ku Klux Klan uniform, with holes for eyes, nose and mouth being cut in the bandages. Laborers Get $4.20 to $4.80 Laborers in the mines earn about $4.80 per day and outside laborers carn $4.20 per day, But contrary to the gencral impression, the miner does not live in a small, rude hovel which he calls home. The average miner lives in a modern dwelling house, which he usually owns, and generally has from seven to a dozen rooms in a three-story house. Two and three family houses as New Eng- land knows them, are unknown there. Miner’s Asthma His Reward And when the miner grows old, he may retire, but not on a pension from the company which he has served, but rather on the fruits of his own labors if he 1s foresighted enough to save. His only pension from the coal mines being the {nevitable miner's asthma, a form of tuberculosls caused by the damp air, sulphur and gas fumes and generally unhealthful surroundings. GANADIANPORTS T0 GAIN BY DRY RULES British Ships Likely to Transfer From New York Docking London, Oct. 10 (By Associated Press)—The London morning news- papers, which hitherto have given little prominence to the ruling of At- torney General Daugherty in Wash- ington prohibiting liquor on vessels within American waters, devote con- siderable space to it today, printing interviews with ship men, reports of the general feeling in the shipping trade, details of liquor, sales aboard liners and speculationsipon changing the ports of destination in the event the ruling is upheld and enforced. Mecting to Be Held. It was stated that a meeting of the members of the north Atlantic con- ference will be held in London this week, at which the whole question will be discussed. It may also come up today at the usual weekly meeting of the conference in Liverpool but it is not supposed that any final action will be decided upon at either meeting. The interviews published by the newspapers confirm the general atti- tude previously ascribed to the British shipping compantes, that is: “We shall say nothing and do nothing." May Transfer Sailings. In some quarters there is amused credibility at the “crank proposal” as it is called, and belief is declared that it is likely to be soon dropped when the Americans realize they will be the chief losers as RBritish liners un- doubtedly will transfer their sailings to Canadian ports. The Times prints details purport- ing to show that travelers would lgge little time and gain in other ways by going to Quebec and Mentreal instead of New York. The newspaper believes that even if some liners continued to make New York western terminus there would be an increase in the popularity of the Canadian route The Daily Telegraph quotes an official of the Cunard line in Liver- pool as saying the British steamship operators stand to suffer a big loss if they are unable to sell liquor aboard their vessels andsthat it would be better for them to divert some ships to Halifax or other northern ports than to lose the profits from the sale of intoxicants. He did not doubt that many Ameri- cans would prefer the inconvenience of making the rail journey from Hali- fax to New York rather than sail on a “dry” ship. o YELLOW-JACKETS KILL MAN. Hopkinsville, Ky, Oct. 10.—Julian W. Caudle, 32, a farmer near Ring- gold, Tenn., died yesterday from stings of yellow-jacket hornets. While cutting timber he was stung on the face and neck, dying in a few min- ti 300 patients in its wards almost every | day, half of which can safely he said| | utes t McCormick and Ganna On Honeymoon Harold F. McCormick, Chicago harvester magnate, snapped as he enjoys a pastoral honeymoon at Saltzburg, Switzerland, with his new bride, Ganna Walska, opera star, Drawn from actul photograph of Virginia Lou Inwes, daughter of Mrs. K. E. Innes, 122 W. Welling- ton St., Waterloo, lowa. Towa’s Model Igby_ Virginia Lou T is no small honor to be selected from thou- sands of contestants as the finest, healthiest, where physical ventable was outlined by Gary, most perfect baby in the whole state of Iowa. Virginia Lou Innes won the coveted honor, and a prize of $500 besides! Mrs. Innes attributes her little girl's wonderful health to fresh air and the right food, For Virginia Lou has been fed on Borden's Eagle Brand most of her life. ilk As Mrs. Innes says, ‘* ‘Better babies’ is a thing our country needs.' Eagle Brand has been the standard baby food for years. Many other moth- ers have found, like Mrs. Innes, that Eagle Brand makes strong, robust, vigorous children. Doctors recommend it for weak babies, because it is so easily digested. Would you experiment with yosr baby, and give 1t foods of which you are not certain? Borden's Eagle Brand Milk is the natural food for babies, for it contains nothing but pure milk and It is always uniform and always av. sugar. at yout dealers. ure able THE BORDEN COMPANY Borden Building New York Makers also of Borden’s Evaporuted Milk, Borden’s Chocolate Malted Milk and Borden’s Confectionery v s e :,‘.:vz'-'«," ueaveo Misx W iosal a4 fon addionti 75 4 o "By PO%iticn, each label Lz 77 T“E; N SAFETY FIRST PLEA BY STEEL CO. HEAD Gary Extols Value of Preventive Measures New York, Oct. 10.—The need for 'safety first’’ in every human activity injury may be pre- Elbert H. of the U. S. Steel on public chairman orporation in an addres afety to the merchants association of New York today. The number of serious preventable accidents every day in this country is appalling he said. Because of addi- ions in population and congestion in movement the number is increasing, he asserted, has been done to prevent He advocated painting on lamp posts and pavements at street corners ‘be- ware of accidents” or other warnings notwithstanding much accidents, o all who are exposed to danger and urged that every means of prevention of accidents be adopted. Large industrial institutions had proved, he said, that the number of l f + e ot ORDEN tW YORK, comeanY s A industrial accidents could be reduced by precautiomary measures. Contri- butions of time and money to the pre- vention of injury should be made, as well as to the maintenance of am- bulances, hospitals, etc., for the care of the injured. He praised the work of the Safety Institute of America in its campaign to arouse the public to the necessity of protection against accidents and said that it is rendering a splendid service for humanity. Crusaders and teachers are needed he said to advocate unceasingly the necessity for presence of mind and a desire to avoid and to prevent acci- dent and injury to themselves and others. EINSTEIN TO MAKE TEST Will Seek Practical Proof of Theory in California Next Year Los Angeles, Oct. 10.—The Einstein theory of relativity and a limited uni- verse will be tested by Prof. Binstein in southern California, September 12, 1923 when a total eclipse of the sun is to occur Prof. B. R. Baumgart, Los Angeles scientist announced yesterday. Prof Baumgart said many scientists expected to come here for the test. His The Indian of the Brazilian wilds eats rats, snakes, alligators and par- rots. AN OPPORTUNITY Having discontinued the sale of Durant Cars we offer the following cars at greatly reduced prices: Durant 6-Cylinder Touring Car with the Celebrated Ansted Motor Durant 4-Cylinder Sedan Both of the above cars can be bought at a Big Saving A. G. HAWKER 52-54 ELM ST. Agent For TEL. 2456 Nash and Oakland Motor Cars BABY WEEK AT THE MURRAY STUDIO During this week, we will have on exhibition at our Studio, some of the photographs of children made during the past year. You are invited to come and bring your friends who may be in- terested to see them, OSCAR J. MURRAY, Photographer 173 MAIN STREET NEW BRITAIN