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INDIAN PIPE FLOWERS
mI^HILDREN love us," said one of
V^ the members of the Indian Pip*
family to Fairy Ybab.
Fairy Ybab had gone out Into the
woods to practice some new music
which she was going to teach to the
members of the Fairies' orchestra. She
had been singing the tunes to herself
.••the made them up, trying them
8topped to Speak to the Group of In
dian Pipes.
#vtr and over again to see where she
could make improvements. Then she
had stopped to speak to the group of
Indian Pipes which she had seen.
"Yes," the Indian Pipe continued,
"we are so different, so unusual, and
children like us and they like our In
teresting name.
"We are fond of the family name
ourselves. It's a nice name for
group of plants, we think. It has al
ways been the family name, too. We
have lived In these woods many years.
And when I say that, you know, I
mean oar family has lived here. Oh,
yes, my great-great-great-grandmother
and grandfather used to see Indians
coming quietly through the woods. Oh,
how quietly they could walk, scarcely
rustling the leaves a« they moved
along.
"We children have been told of all
UNUSUAL CONFER
ENCE IN HARD
COAL
SECTION
Mount Carmel, Pa..—An unusual
coal conference will be held here on
November 9 to 11. It will be attended
by coal owners, miners and state and
government officials, who will not dis
pute over wages and work conditions,
but on how to regain markets that
have been lost to anthracite coal.
Higji freight rates, tax assessments
Y A O
W. HARRY SPEARS
Ed. L. Schwing
CANDIDATE FOR
COUNCILMAN
Solicits Your Support
and NO. 1 VOTE
Favors Municipal Ownership
and Control
ECONOMY-- SERVICE- JUSTICE
Ma*tturMa*tin
that. And such excitement as there
used to be in those old days. Such
excitement 1 You see, we're all brave
plants or flowers, or whatever you
would call us. Oh, yesl We don't
hang onto each other. We don't cling
as vines do. Vines haven't half the
strength of character we have, though
vines have their own sweet, lovely
ways.
"I don't want to say anything
against vines. Vines are so good
about giving shade and they make
porches so pretty, and they do a great
deal to aid In making the world love
lier than ever. Anything or any num
ber of things doing that should never
be criticized. But you see how we
are! We're different, that's all.
"We are all solitary, single, alone.
Each one of use flowers Is by itself.
You know how some flowers are clus
tered together—many little flowers in
one group. But each of us ha* just
one flower, standing all by ttself.
"You see, too, how we haven't even
any leaves with which to shield our
selves. You can always tell us when
you see us, for we are so unlike any
other plants or ferns. Usually a num
ber of us make our home around a
certain part of the woods. We dearly
love the woods, and In the woods you
should look if you want to find us.
"Yes, each one is by Itself. Each
one has Its own stem, and each one
has just one white flower hanging over
its stem.
"Many other flowers grow together
on a single stem—lots of them to one
stem. And we're all white! You'll
find no green leaves about us, nor any
green or brown stem. Our flowers
have little black spots about them,
and when the bud of a flower Is closed
It looks dark at the top. We're brit
tle, something like some kinds of
candy, easy to break off.
"But we're not good to eat. sup
pose people thought we looked like an
Indian's pipe and so that was why we
were named his name. We do look
something like a white pipe, It is true.
"Of course we're white, and Indians
are always called red men. But if we
were Just like Indians we wouldn't be
called anything else but Indians.
We're flowers with many of the same
ways as those thrilling red men. And
we look like plfes. Oh, we're very
proud of the family name I"
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE
State of Ohio
CoDyri*ht.)
and the state's levy on hard coal pro
duction will be discussed.
John L. Lewis, president of the
United Mine Workers, will attend.
END OF DIPHTHERIA SEEN
New York. Diphtheria can be
stamped out in this country in three
years by the use of antitoxin, said
officials of the American Child Health
Association in making public the re
suits of an experiment in 1923.
Retain Ownership and Operation of City Plants
and Further Extension of Municipal Ownership and
Operation where Legally possible. No Sale, Lease
or other Manipulation or Curtailment Regardless of
Opposition, alluring Offers of Predatory Interests
No Increase unnecessarily of Rates of Utility Prod
ucts. Good and Reasonable Wages for City Em
ployes with No Fancy Salaries for "Snap-job" Heads
Legislation and administration for Convenience
Comfort, and General Welfare of an Industrially
populated City.
Your Support and No. 1 Vote will be appreciated.
CANDIDATE FOR
I Y O U N I
Division of Insurance
fNtw City Charter)
Columbus, Ohio, September 12, 1927.
The undersigned, WILLIAM C. SAFFORD, Superin
tendent of Insurance of the State of Ohio, hereby certifies
that The Union Labor Life Insurance Co., whose principal
office is located at Washington, D. C., has complied with the
laws of this state applicable to it and is authorized during
the current year to transact in this state its appropriate
business of insurance.
Its financial condition is shown by its annual statement
to have been as follows on December 31, 1926:
Aggregate amount of available assets $586,431.61
Net assets $586,431.61
Aggregate amount of liabilities (except capital),
including re-insurance reserve Nil
Amount of actual paid-up capital $300,949.50
Surplus $285,482.11
Income for the year ..^....$322,822,96
Expenditures for the year 24,552.66
WITNESS my name and the Official Seal of
I this Division,, the day and year first above
written.
WILLIAM C. SAFFORD,
(SEAL) Superintendent of Insurance of Ohio.
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AS THE WORKER
SEES HB WORLD
Summary and Digest of
Important Events of thpr
Week, Here and Abroad
Big strike of German lignite miners
is settled by agreement of employers
to grant wage increase.
State department informs Emiliano
Chamorro, former president of Nica
ragua and foe of organized workers,
that the United States would not rec
ognize him if he is elected president
in the forthcoming Nicaraguan elc
tions.
New York city police and firemen
ask for an eight-hour working day at
hearing by board of aldermen com
mittee.
Labor party wins 59 seats, a gain of
27 seats, in Norwegian elections,
while conservatives and liberals suf
fer big losses.
Eugene V. Debs eulogized at dedica
tion of radio station WEVD, New
York city, established in memory of
dead socialist leader.
Union of Postal Clerks persuades
communications minister of Poland to
change regulations so that married
women may be employed in the Pol
ish postal and telegraphic service.
The "real wage" of industrial work
ers, representing the purchasing
power of the average wage earner's
weekly pay, is "more than a third
greater than in 1914," according to
figures based on a survey made pub
lic by the National Industries Con
ference Board, an employers' organi
zation.
Fireman killed as engine of Sun
shine Special on Texas & Pacific rail
road leaves rail at Waskom, Texas.
George Remus, former bootleg
king, gets access to files of depart
ment of justioe in defending himself
for murdering his wife Labor, organ
of Railroad Brotherhoods, points out
contrast between action of depart
ment and its refusal to grant a simi
lar favor to ^Sacco and Vanzetti, ex
ecuted Massachusetts radicals.
General Motors Corporation reports
new earnings available for dividends
and surplus in the first nine months
of 1927 not only greater than those of
any previous months but also greater
than those of any full calendar year
in its history.
Tipping by passengers has saved
the Pullman Company at least $150,
000,000 in salaries to its porters since
1867. Brotherhood of Sleeping Car
Porters contends in brief filed with
interstate commerce commission.
Total of 20,991,333 motor vehicles
registered in United States in first
half of 1927, representing an increase
of 1,374,578, or 7 per cent over the
registration during the same period
last year, United States department
of agriculture reports.
Wages of non-union miners slashed
following drastic injunction against
Miners' Union granted by Federal
Judge Schoonmaker in favor of Pitts
burgh Terminal Coal Corporation.
United States bureau of labor sta
tistics reports employment for August
was virtually unchanged as compared
with July, but was less by 4.3 per
cent than in March, the highest level
of the year. Compared with August,
1926, it showed a decrease of 3.6 per
cent.
Rescuing ships save all but 68 out
of total of 1,238 persons on Italian
liner Principessa Mafalda, which sinks
off the coast of Brazil when boilers
explode after broken screw shaft
tears a hole in vessel's side.
PRIMARY LAW
UPHELD REAC
TION SURPRISED
Washington.—The refusal of Maine
citizens to repeal the primary law
of
that state has surprised reaction
throughout the country. This element
was confident a mass attack on the
primary would eventually re-estab
3ish the convention system with its
bought-and-paid-for delegates.
The Maine verdict is doubly sig
nificant because that state is imbued
with "Down East" conservatism.
It is quite probable that from no\fr
on less will be heard of primary-law
repeal in other states.
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VICTIMS OF TORNADO
HELD UP BY BUSINESS
St. Louis.—Citizens who suffered
property loss by the recent tornado
are held up by dealers in window
Kass, who have raised prices 30 per
cent.
The gougers attempted to place the
blame on labor, but the workers
showed that their wages are the same
as before the disaster. The business
men now plead that they "have been
selling glass at a loss and this is the
first time we have had a chance to
make any money."
SMOKE IS MENACE
Cincinnati.—Smoke is one of the
greatest enemies to health, declared
the American Public Health Associa
tion in calling upon state and muni
cipal authorities to abate the smoke
nuisance.
Smoke produces serious effects upon
health by intercepting the vitalizing
rays of the sun through its constant
inhalation, it was said.
LAUNDRY WORKERS UNITE
Wenatchee, Wash.—Laundry work
ers organized and have established
a minimum wage of J18.
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THE BUTLER COUNTY PRESS
Many Tales Told ot
Production of PeaA
Although pearls have an ancient his
tory, the beliefs of how they are pro
duced have been largely a matter of
the imagination. These views have re
sulted In Ihe production of some of
the prettiest fairy tales that human
Imagination has achieved. It seems
almost a pity that these must be re
placed by the prosy findings of the
science of today.
Some of the ancient tales date back
for more than 5,000 years in Chinese
history, where we are told that pearls
were used to adorn not only favored
human beings, but the images of their
deities. One of their legends tells of
a certain pearl so brilliant that its ra
diance made it possible to cook rice a
hundred yards away. Mystic qualities
are even now ascribed to pearls by
the Chinese, for we find them pre*
scribed by their old school doctors,
crushed to a powder or dissolved in
acid, as medicine.
They are mentioned in the Veias,
while the Old and New Testaments,
the Talmud and the Koran all exalt
them as symbols of beauty and purity.
The Persians, long before Christ, val
ued them, as Is shown by their medals
and coins and actual pearls found In
their burial places.—Exchange.
Had Long Experience
With Moving Picture*
A burly man sauntered Into the
offices of a film-producing company
and managed to reach' the managing
director's office without being ac
costed.
He told the director that he wished
to secure an engager:
«nt with the
company. As the applicant looked a
most unlikely person for such a post,
the director asked if he had had any
previous experience.
"I get Saturday afternoons off,"
said the would-be player, "an' I reck
on I might as well pass the time act
In' for pictures."
"But have you had any experience
in moving pictures?" asked the direc
tor, who was rather doubtful on the
point
"Have I?" exclaimed the man, and
his voice was full of scorn. "I've been
driver for the Shiftum Transporta
tion company for five years.**—Los
Angeles Times.
Rite of the Bathtub
The grand old Potomac river Is
designated by Fairfax Downey as the
"bathtub of Presidents." It is said to
have washed George Washington, as
well as numerous other succeeding
Presidents, for It was not until the in
auguration of Fillmore as the head of
the American government that the
first bathtub was Installed In the
White House, this being in 1850. This
tub is said to have served other Presi
dents following Fillmore until the
Cleveland administration, when new
and better facilities appeared to be in
order.
The contrast with today, when two
bathtubs in the small home are com'
mon, is remarkable.
No Sale
A Salem woman called a ticket
agent on the telephone and asked him
to route her to some obscure place in
a Southern state. The agent never
heard of the place, but he went
through the railroad guide and figured
out a route necessitating numerous
changes and connections. Armed with
all this Information he returned to the
telephone, gave it to the Inquirer, and
then heard her say: "Well, do you
suppose a letter would make it in the
Bame time? I was writing one to the
town and wanted to know how long It
would take to get there." Despite all
his trouble he didn't sell the woman
a ticket.—Salem News.
Fine California Gems
From near Ramona, Calif., come
lovely spessartlte garnets, very .fine
gems of from three to six carats each
and deep red to light yellow in hue
One mine produces spessartlte gar
nets of from one to six carats—flaw
less beautiful gems of the finest qual
Ity, that are retailed at $20 a carat,
Other mines farther south furnish al
luring essonlte or hyacinth garnets
some of them very large In size and of
the best quality. Some of them are
very rich In color, with fulvous shades
of red and yellow, or a beautiful
orange-red peculiar to certain locali
ties in our Southern wonderland of
gems.
Complimentary
Seldom was old Tamson, the road
mender, to be seen in the local church
yet on this particular occasion he had
managed it somehow.
The minister, as be came out after
the service, was quick to notice the
old chap as he hobbled toward the
gateway.
"Hello, Tamson called the min
ister. "Did you like my sermon?"
"Aye, sir," answered the old fellow
"It was jist like water tae a droonin'
man I"—London Tit-Bits.
Ring Cures
Until quite recently the belief that
rings could cure disease was held by
many. The London Medical Journal
for 1815 reports that a silver ring
worn constantly by the patient cured
a case of epilepsy when ordinary med
ical means had failed. There was a
superstition in Somerset that a gold
ring rubbed on the eye was a certain
cure for a stye. In the absence of a
gold ring the mere rubbing of the ring
finger on the part Would have the
same effect
HAZARDS FOR GARAGE
MEN
Albany-—Carbcn monoxide poison
ing is a hazard to garbage workers
said State Industrial Commissioner
Hamilton in his annual report.
"Workers breathing this gaa con
stantly," the commissioner said, "may
become afflicted with degenerative
vessels and kidneys. The most strik
ing single symptom is nervous head
ache. Whidl looi of tiwia f*
Scrubbed Floor Didn't
Win Expected Praise
Mrs..Damon is a more than ordi
narily painstaking housekeeper, espe
cially in the matter of cleanliness.
Rooms must be swept and dusted just
ao often, window draperies washed
and the kitchen floor scrubbed,
"whether they need it or not," as her
husband says and it is one of her lit
tle secret grievances that John does
not always notice the improvements
unless she mentions them.
"I suppose you'd never know I'd
done a thing to that kitchen floor If I
didn't call your attention to it," she
says now and then.
"Why, yes, my dear, it looks fine.
Shines like a new penny," says John
graciously, and Mrs. Damon sighp and
resigns herself to the inscrutable
ways of men.
One day last summer, when his wife
was to return from a little vacation,
Jlr. Damon thought he would prepare
a surprise for her. So he got out the
mop, the scrubbing brush -and the pail
and after half an hour's hard work
felt that the kitchen was Immaculate.
When Mrs. Damon came in she
looked round somewhat suspiciously,
but made no comment In a spirit of
fun Mr. Damon remarked: "I suppose
you'd never know Fd done a thing to
that kitchen floor if I didn't call your
attention to it."
Mrs. Damon looked at It more close
ly. "Why, no, dear," she said, "Have
you?"—Youth's Companion.
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Ye*t He Could Recall
Just One Exception
In Dr. E. C. Dudley's autobiography,
"The Medicine Man," is a story Doc
tor Dudley says was told him by Qr.
S. Weir Mitchell, the novelist-physi
cian, when the two medicos were din
ing together one night in Philadelphia
soon after Doctor Mitchell had re
turned from a trip through the South,
where he had been the guest of south
ern colonels all the way around.
At one plantation near Newburn, N.
0., Doctor Mitchell announced to his
host his Intention of taking an early
morning walk. That precipitated
lively discussion as to whether any
gentleman ever should walk, the colo
nel Insisting that "no gentleman, sir,
In this country ever walks," either for
pleasure or exercise.
"But" persisted Doctor Mitchell,
"have you never walked in your life?'
The colonel was getting warm.
"No, sir," he said, "I tell you no gen
—well, sir, yes, sir, I did walk once—
I walked 400 miles with that d—n
scoundrel Sherman behind me."
Saved Pup From Shark
A mother collie dog, belonging to
a lighthouse keeper on the south
coast of Australia, recently exhibited
unusual courage in an attempt to save
one of its pups. The young dog fell
over a cliff Into deep water and while
the owner was attempting to rescue it
with a boathook a shark appeared on
the surface of the sea. The other
dog, which until then had merely
been watching the proceedings
Jumped in the water and landef on
top of the big fish. As the dog fell
heavily with a great splash the shark
fled. Both dogs were rescued.
Early Recollections
With plenty of patience, paper and
a pencil, it is possible for you to re
member what happened when you
were six months old, asserts Dr. E.
Plckworfh Farrow, English psychol
oglst, in Popular Science Monthly,
For periods of one or two hours at
time, he says, write down any and
every thought which occurs to you
Repeat the process several times
Then, as memories of recent happen
lngs gradually are "worked off" on
paper, you will go back to recollec
tions of your early life.
Puzzles Radio Experts
In a Toronto flower shop It has been
discovered that everything that
broadcast from a nearby radio station
is received and made audible by the
faucets of a mefal sink, the sink it
self acting as a loud-speaker. Music
can be clearly heard ten feet or more
from the taps. It Is also said that in
London a certain metal lamp pole has
been found to act In the same way
Radio experts have so far been unable
to explain these newest mysteries of
wireless transmission.—Youth's Com
panlon
Misunderstood
"You're back early, Michael," re
marked the farmer's wife to the hired
man who had been to a theater in
town.
The other nodded a silent agree
ment and proceeded to enjoy a pipe
and study his program.
"Enjoy the play?" asked the woman
"No," replied the man. "Didn't tee
the end."
"Why not!*
"Well, take a look at the program
here. The second act takes place In
two years' time."
Naming American Cities
Nashville, Tenn., was first called
Nashborough, in honor of General
Nash, an officer of the Revolutionary
war. This was changed in 1874 to
Nashville. Los Angeles, meaning "the
Angels," was at one time an old Span
Ish mission and got Its name from Cal
lfornla's early settlers. Detroit was
given its name by the French settlers
In French the word means "the
Straits," which was given the new set
tlement because of Its location on the
broad Detroit river, connactlng Lake
Erie and Lake Saiut Clair.
SMALL TEXTILE
SHOPS OPPOSED
BY UNIONISTS
New York. Small contracting
shops are the greatest menace to the
cloak industry, according to officials
of the International Ladies' Garment
Workers' Union. Work standards are
ignored and large employers who rec
ognize the union agree that this de
moralizing influence must be checked
Many of the employers encourage
the anion to stabilize work condition*.
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CHILD EXPLOITERS
USE TRICKY TERMS
fctw Angeles.—Opponents to the
Federal Child Labor amendment who
plead for "state's rights" and fail to
insist that their states stop child
labor were charged with hypocrisy
bordering on criminality by the A. F.
of L. convention. The delegates unan
imously approved a denunciation of
this element by"the Committee on La
bels.
Latest reports indicate that there
are approximately 1,000,000 children
under 16 years of age who are en
gaged in gainful occupations," the
committee said. "This is an indict
ment against states in which these
children are employed, as these states
insist that their "state's rights" would
be invaded if the National Govern
ment enacted legislation minimizing
this evil through an amendment to the
Constitution.
Admitting, for the sake of argu
ment, that there is grave danger in
concentration of power in the National
Government to regulate the affairs of
the people, yet opponents of the child
labor amendment have not approached
the question in a fair manner, as their
misrepresentation creates confusion
and opposition in the minds of tfie
people to prevent its adoption.
"While urging legislation of a pro
tective character for our chldren, we
have a weapon which can be effective
ly used in creating sentiment against
the exploitation of our children, and
that is the union label."
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"FAIR RETURN"
CLAUSE IS OPPOS
ED
BY
REFERENDUM RETAINED
Corvalis, Ore.—By a three-to-one
vote the Oregon Federation of Labor
rejected a proposal that the referen
dum system of electing officers be
abandoned.
For First Choice
VOTE FOR
Frank
CANDIDATE FOR
MEMBER CITY COUNCIL
Senator McNary addressed the dele
gates on the need for farm relief
legislation.
UNEMPLOYMENT RISE
IN STATE REPORTED
FIRST CHOICE VOTE SOLICITED
Wm. B. Wick
Poughkeepsie, N. Y.—Cities and
towns throughout this state face gen
eral unemployment, according to del
egates to the annual conference of the
State Association of Child Welfare
Boards.
Increased appropriations will be
needed to take care of this winter's
welfare work, the delegates said.
These conclusions are based on inves
tigations into the needs of children.
Fowles
CANDIDATE FOR
Council
SAMPLE BALLOT
Municipal Ownership
I K E
The following named candidates are pledged for
Municipal Ownership.
Mark your choices with figures 1 to 14. Do not use
mark—it will not count.
Be sure to vote for ALL these candidates.
JOHN CEPLUCH
JOHN FINAN
FRANK FOWLES
JAMES LAKES
CHARLES MANNY
The above list is arranged in alphabetical order—
an the Regular Ballot the names will rotate.
Mark this Sample Ballot as you want to vote, and
take it with you when you vote.
Remember no one inside polling place can tell you
how to vote this ballot.
Vote and Save
The Plants*
Issued by the MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP LEAGUE
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SENATOR
Dallas, Texas.—The "fair return"
clause of the transportation act' was
assailed by United Stated Senator
Mayfield in an address here. "This
law gives the railroads the right to
earn more than a fair return on their
investment," the senator said. He
charged that the act lead the carriers
into wasteful expenditures, and ex
pressed the hope that the next con
gress will annul this feature of life
law.
ELMORE MOTZER
JOHN FRED P1PPERT
JOSEPH H. SENGER
ED L. SCHWING
LOUIS K. SHIRLEY
JOSEPH B. MEYERS f| W. HARRY SPEARS
J. W. MYERS LEO WELSH