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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-30
Chester Park.

The ending of the street car
strike put Chester Park on It's feet
again. For nearly ten days the big
amusement park was practically
lost as far as Cincinnati was con-
cerned because of the strike of the
street cars, which are as essencial
to the welfare of Chester Park as
is an engine to a motor boat.
Manager l. M. Martin allowed no
time in opening after the car service
had been resumed and everything
is now running along just as
smoothly as Though there had been
no interruption. The crowds which
were kept away first by the cold
weather and then by the strike,
have at last found conditions suita-
bic to outdoor musement and are
making the most of the opportuni-
ty. Some special features have
been incorporated in the big free
vaudeville bill which will be given
next week, beginning Sunday af-
ternoon. It is headed by the Four
Juggling Jewels, quartette of ex-
ceedingly pretty girls who have
worked out very novel act of this
kind. Others on the bill are Dale
and Boyle, in a comedy singing
novelty, Excella and Franks the
physical cultural girls, Sam Berten
in a novel pantomime bicycle act;
and Olive Carew, singing and dane
ing comedienne. Free band con-
certs, cabaret shows at the club
house and free motion pictures are
included as part of the regular
daily program. The bathing beach
is now open and II will be found as
delightful as ever. New apparatus
will be added and many improve
ments have already been made.
The swimming classes start June /.
These classes are made up from
time to time and ii is possible for
anyone wishing to swim, either
man or women, to join at any time.
The water in Chester Lake is the
same as that which comes out of
the hydran faucets in the homes
and is bought from the city at the
same rate as is paid by every other
consumer. Special Decoration Day
features will be arranged by the
management.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-30

ny and Holland Among its products
arc birds of paradise. spices and can
nibals.
Another particularly interesting dis
trict which has so far defied civiliza-
ton lies secreted among the Himalaya
mountains. Rumor accounts that 1t
is presided over by women, who are
responsible for such rude laws as are
necessary even in a lawless district,
manage the affairs of state and live In
q luxury of inverted Mormonism by
possessing four or five husbands apiece.
To the hill men are relegated all the
rough tasks and menial labors. Mere
man" is of small account beside these
Himalayan amazons. But we may as
sumo that in due season the men will
Use to claim their vote.
The foregoing selection does not ex-
haust by any means the list of geo
graphical blanks waiting to be filed.
Before the atlas complete can lie on
our shelves we must penetrate the
darker haunts of Borneo, North 3meri-
ca. the Kongo basin, the 700 mile
mountain range that stretches from
Der Fur into the heart of Sahara and
numerous other spaces.-London An
lWers.
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eminent.

Philadelphia, May 29-The Phil
adelphia Trades Union News says:
All Philadelphia is to be congratu-
lated on the fact that for the first
time in its history this city starts
its business year, beginning this
month, with agreements between
employer and employees in all build
trades, thus insuring a period of
harmony and prosperity With
the settlement of the elevator con-
structors' strike to the advantage
Of the men employed, the last dis
cord in the situation is eliminated.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-30

hours, and preference is to be given
to local labor, with weekly pay
days. The padrone system will
also be abolished.
The Painters Union of Erie, Pa, !,
has just secured an agreement with
the Master Painters, securing a
nine hour day and 371a cents pei
hour, raise of $3.50 per week.
1t is one of the big victories won
in consequence of the organizing
campaign being carried on by the
metal and other trades.
After a long, hard struggle, the
organized labor movement in Iowa
has secured the passage by the Leg
islature of the Clarkson Workmen' S
Compensation bill. While it is ap-
pretended that the bill is not per
feet, yet it inaugurates the law in
that State and will undoubtedly be
amended in the future to meet the
deficiencies which will be developed
in its operation,
An agreement satisfactory to the
Journeymen Plumbers has been en-
tered into with the master plumbers
of Decatur. ILL.,, this being secured
after a ten day strike. The old
scale provided for 56A cents per
hour, while the new scale calls for
621a cents per hour, or S. for an
eight-hour day. The journeymen
waived the proposition of a Satur-
day half holiday, ard the agreement
is to run two years.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-30
WORLD OF LABOR

The Piano and Organ Workers
of Butte, Mont, have organized a
local union, with good charter
list.
The Paperhangers of North Ton
awanda have received an advance
in wages of 45 cents per day, be-
ginning May l.
The coat operators of Kanawha
County, w Va, have accepted
Governor Hat6eld's proposal for
the settlement of the strike.
The Seaboat Air Line has acced-
ed to the demands of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers for
better working conditions.
A drastic bill for the regulation
of child labor in the District of
Columbia has been introduced in
the Senate by Senator Williams of
Mississippi.
The Painters Union of Spring
field, ILL.,, has won complete vic
tory. The old scale expired on
April l. and as the members of the
Master Painters Association re-
fused to grant the increase, a strike
followed.
The linemen employed by the
Gas and Electric Company Of Sioux
City, Iowa, have been granted
25 cent per day increase, making
the wage scale So for ten hours
work. This is the result of
week strike, and added to the in
crease is provision providing for
the union shop.
The Central Labor Council Of
Portland, Ore, has issued a call
for conference Of delegates from
central bodies in Washington, Cal
ifornia, Oregon, Montana, Wyom
ing, Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Arizona,
Colorado, and the Canadian pro
vince of British Columbia.
Six thousand men will receive an
increase in wages as a result of an
agreement reached at Kansas City
on May 3 between the various IN
ions of slop crafts and the Missouri
Pacific and Chicago, Rock Island
aud Pacific railways. The men
also were granted nine-hour day.
The strike of the laborers en-
ployed on State reads in West
Chester County, N. Y, has been
settled, The contractors granted
an increase to % cents an hour,
workday of not more than nine
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-30
UNDERGROUND ULSTER.
Puzzins Relics of Ancient Ways of
Living In Ireland,

Living In Ireland.
Curious underground passages called
"souterrains" exist in many parts OF
Ulster. They are built or lug a few
feet below the ground and laid out
with chambers and possible hiding
places or bolting holes, according to
more or less well defined plans. They
are not large enough for q man to
stand upright in. He would have to
crawl on his hands and knees to ex-
plore them or to make use Of them in
any way.
Some districts are honeycombed with
them. What could they have been
used for? Not for living in, though
primitive pottery has been found In
them; not for the dead, though some
Eruscan burial places were not dis
similar, because no bones have been
found; possibly for refugees. Some of
the souterrains are fifty to seventy feet
long
Irish and local tradition attribute
them to the fairies, the good people,
the Danes-like the Essex Dene- holes,
which are probably only chalk pits-or,
In rare instances, to the Picts, But the
Danes referred to by the Irish coun-
try people are not the modern Danes,
but probably the Tuatha de Danaan, q
people who are said to have lived in
Ireland before the coming of the Celts.
They are the fairies" and are said to
have been Of small stature. like "chil-
dren," the country people viii tell one.
TO superstition no doubt is owing the
preservation Of these most puzzling
relics of some bygone way of living
London Family Herald
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-30
A man stepped out from the crowd

A man stepped out from the crowd
and said:
"Ill go for one Now, who else has
good dog team to splice in with
miner"
"I'm your manw answered another.
It was O'Clock In the morning be
fore they had made their selection of
dogs and were ready to start on taat
hazardous trip.
Wen be on the first bench by day
light and have them here before mid
night" said one as he Strengthened out
the team for the sixty mile run.
'Yea, boysl Stand in there, Leader!
Mush, mush on, mush!" And with a
yelp the dogs galloped away as IL
aware of the urgency of their mission.
'Haw, Leader" we heard as they
turned the corner, and then they were
gone. There goes the best dog team
in Alaska and driven by two of the
best men on earthw exclaimed a man
as he re-entered the house
The trail was easily followed and
soon the nine miles of level bench
were passed. The speed slackened
only when they were ascending the
ridge, which they crossed by IL that
morning, and there 1t was seen that
the sharp peaks We're curling fine snow
high in the air.
"They are beginning to smoker ex-
claimed one Of the men.
Eyes; we must get back before night
or it's all off," replied the other.
Down, down, the steep descent they
plunged, and by 1 O'clock they were
off the glacier and skipping over level
ground In short time they discov-
erel the unfortunate couple whom they
had started out to rescue, and when
they came up to them 1t was q pitiable
scene that presented itself.
The poor woman had become COM
pletely exhausted and had thrown her
self down beside her helpless husband.
She had evidently abandoned all hope
and was weeping bitterly when she
suddenly heard the yell Of driver
and the barking of dogs. In mo
ment she passed from despair to hope.
AS the team galloped In circle and
stopped beside her with the dogs
heads pointed back toward the glacier
she clapped her hands with joy.
The dogs lay down and with their
lolling tongues Tapped the snow, while
the drivers ate some crackers and jok-
ingly encouraged the sick man and the
tired woman. They bade her seat her
self comfortably while they fastened
the two sleds together. Soon they
were bounding away again at the dogs
first speed.
When they recrossed the summit the
whole range was smoking" and the
wind was sending the fine snow along
the crust. 1t whipped their faces with
warning of what was coming, but
the driver said.
"Twenty miles to town, and 1t can
never catch u.s."
In Valdez every one was anxiously
watching the trail. Many exclaimed,
"They can't possibly be here before
midnight but they were. AS they
rushed up to the crowd with a yell
and a chorus of barks from the noble
dogs they We're met by eager, helping
hands. The dogs acted as if they had
understood why they were being pet
ted, and again the woman wept for
low
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-30
Social Insurance.

New York, May 29.-The first
American conference on social in
surance will be held in Chicago
June 6 and Z under the auspices
of the American Association for
Labor Legislation. The topic
which will receive special attention
will be the insurance aspects of
workmen S compensation. Among
other things to be given considera-
ton will be sickness insurance, in
surance against unemployment, old
age insurance, and kindred topics.
This will be the first conference
ever held in the United States for
the purpose of considering this sub
ject. Interest in the extention of
insurance to cover occupational dis
eases as WE'LL as accidents is shown
in the introduction in Congress of
a bill by Senator Kern to provide
relief for the employees of the gov
ernmeDt.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-30

MANY of our citizens feel that
they were unjustly libled by
the sulphurious vituperation and
in hammatery invective thrown at
them in the past week by the daily
press Of Hamilton. They resent
the imputation that they are "en-
emies" and traitors TO Hamilton
in upholding the constitutional
rights Of free speech and public as
assemblage.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-30
SHIPS JUST LIKE A VILLAGE.
Strange Little Worlds Are the South
Pacific Ocean Steamers.


Pacific Ocean Steamers.
In the morning chow strange at sea-
| was awakened by the bleating Of a
lamb and by a lusty cockcrow The
Royal Mail steamers of the west coast
are strange little world. Built for an
ocean where storms are unknown,
they combine certain comforts not to
be found on much more pretentious
boats.
Their saloons and cabins are excep-
tionally large and open directly upon
the promenade decks that stretch the
entire length of the ship there being
properly speaking, no steerage and no
second class. The natives and others
who cannot afford the first class ticket
travel in the "cubierta." as it Is called,
a deck at the stern rooted with canvas,
but otherwise open, where in pictur-
ssque confusion, surrounded by bags
md bundles. they oll in hammocks or
lie wrapped in shawls.
Toward this deck the hencoop faces
"a big two story affair, partly filed
viii AipChAhS - ulIS, odhdIdS, oldHSeS
and the like and partly with chickens
ducks and other forlorn looking fowl
fattening for the table Between
decks stand your beef and mutton on
the hoof, gazing mournfully up at you
as you look down the hatchways.
Upon this homelike boat, quiet and
contented. with no unseemly hurry
you meander down the coast at ten
knots. The air is soft as a caress, and
for at least eight months of the year
the sea is as placid as a mountain
lake, CLASSY mirror rejecting an
azure sky.-Ernest Piexotto in Scrib-
ner's Magazine.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-30

'WORKINGMEN ATTEN-
TON To Ali Hamilton Work
ingmen: Stick to Hamilton. Your
opportunities are better than ever
before and better than any other
city. Don't be discouraged. We
will help you. The General Com
mittee on Relief is now at work on
plan to secure a large sum Of
money to be loaned at low rates on
long time to the Workingmen of
Hamilton to enable you to restore
and refurnish your homes. We
are seeking help from many sourses
and we know that we are going to
be able to give you important aid.
In addition the building associa-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-30

tions, banks and fraternal societies
will assist many. There will be
work for Everybody at Good Wag-
es. In a short time Hamilton will
be Bigger and Better than ever,
and you will be proud that you
were one of those who helped re-
store our city. Stick to Hamilton.
Work hard and we pledge you ev-
cry help in our power in getting
back on your feet.
Signed: General Relief Committee,
James K, Cullen, Chairman.
The above was published in an
extra edition of the Republican
News and Journal on Thursday,
April 3, 1913, Immediately after
the flood. We are merely re-pub
fishing the same so that the work
ing people should know what has
been promised and what they
Should expect. If the General Re
lief Committee fulflls the promises
made in the above article, all we'll
and good, but if the committee does
not, then the working men and
women of the city of Hamilton
have reason to complain.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-30

A cITIzEN's ticket is all right if
the voters of Hamilton are allowed
to nominate the candidates, but if
just few men get together and
nominate the candidates, then ii is
wrong All the people have the
right as citizens to say who shall
be the candidates, and not a few.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-30

Now Mr.. Editor of the Journal
if you would have consulted just
one workingman as to his opinion
of citizens ticket it would Mt
look so one sided. Probably
you think that labor should not
NEEDLE into other peoples business
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-30
The Wireless Strike.

San Francisco, May 29,-From
the present indications the wireless
telegraphers re making an effec-
tive fight against the Marconi
Wireless Company A large num-
Der of men who have joined the
strike against this company were
formerly employed on vessels, and
as new vessels touch this port and
others along the coast they are gen
orally joining with the strikers in
their Efforts to secure an increase
in pay and better working con-
ditions.
Nonpareil Print, on printing
makes it right.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-30
A FLIGHT FOR LIFE
The Story of a Rescue Trip In the
Mountains of Alaska.
BRAVE MEN AND SPEEDY DOGS
An Act of Heroism That Saved Wo.
man and Her Sick Husband From
Death When Stranded on a Winter
Night Amid the Snow Clad Peaks.


Night Amid the Snow Clad Peaks.
The hardships to which people are
exposed In the far north give frequent
occasion for the display of heroism.
In the pages Of Trailing and Camp
ing In ALASKA" Mr. Addison NJ. Powell
tells Of the rescue Of woman and her
husband who were stranded on the
mountains in an Alaskan winter.
A dog team galloped up and stopped
in front of the only pretense of hotel
in Valdez. The night was dark as the
northern winter nights always are
when the moon is not shining. The
dogs Immediately lay down, almost ex-
hausted from their long trip, and the
two men We're soon surrounded by in
quirlng friends One of the two said:
What do you think, fellows? We
passed a woman just this side Of Saw
mill Camp. She was pulling sled, on
which was her sick husband. We re-
monstrated against her crossing the
glacier, but she replied that they
might as well die up there as any
where else, as 1t meant certain death
to stop. Our dogs could pull only our
outfit, and there wasn't grub enough
for all, so we were compelled to leave
them. They win be at the last timber
tonight, and If somebody doesn't go to
their rescue they will be dead by this
time tomorrow"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-30
Modest Child.

At social gathering a little girl re
cited ''The Charge of the Light Bri-
gade." Reaching the line Into the
jaws of death. into the mouth Of
she paused and, looking around, added
"Where papa told uncle to go last
night. st Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-30
Could Spot Him.

Yeast-So clear is the mountain at
mosphere at Quito, under the equator
in Ecuador, that persons dressed in
white have been distinguished seven
teen miles away. Crimsonbeak-That's
no place for a nam to owe his tailor
money.-Yonkers Statesman.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-30
Very Useful.

"a self made man is of no particular
help to his fellow men,"
"WellT
"But a self made woman is per-
feet mine of information about hair
dyes and face bleaches and pads and
things. louisville Courier-JournaL
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-30
Different.

Jones-James, | heard you using pro-
family to the horses this forenoon.
Coachman-No, sub; no, sub! rs very
careful OBJ de horses, sub! / was talk
in to my wife, suh!-Kansas City Star
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The barriers are not erected that can
say to aspiring talents and industry,
"Thns far and no farther. r."-Beethoye
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FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1913.

Entered al The Posto6fee at Hamilton, OHIO, as
Second Class Mad Matter.
The Washington times., 1913-06-12
A POINT FOR THE LOBBY INQUIRY.

/ If the Senators who investigating the lobby
will study the recent prices Of sugar in the markets
they will learn something interesting.
Then if they will ask the various sugar lobby
groups to explain these price conditions, they will
give the public and themselves some light on con.
ditions in this industry.
This season, a vast amount of Cuban sugar has
been England despite the 20 per cent differ.
enta in favor of Cuban sugar that is granted under
our treaty with Cuba. That indicates that in fac,
the 20 per cent preference is not helping the Cuban
at present. If it were gong to him he would be send
ing his sugar here and not to England
Cuban sugar pays 40 CENTS duty per 100 pounds
in England, and Sl-348 per hundred pounds here
taking 90 per cent purity the basis, is commonly
done.
Yet with almost cents advantage in the British
market sugar has recently been selling at almost
exactly the same figure in the wholesale markets of
London and New York 1t is extraordinary con-
dition Our tariff being cent higher than the Brit
ish we should if conditions normal and legiti-
mate, pay a cent more for sugar than the English.
Ordinarily do, too; the difference was shown DUR
ing the debates four years ago to be larger than that
Why are our re6ners, at this time, cutting down
to the London price? That is one thing the tariff
makers need to know.
We are being told by some of the lobbies that
sugar is now as cheap in America as in free trade
England" Therefore the duty is not costing the
sumer anything.
And these London and New York prices are
quoted to prove il.
Are these prices being made for the special pur-
pose of furnishing argument in favor of retaining
the duty?
Decidedly, the indications point to that conclu-
sion We hear just now vast deal about how the
increased domestic production of sugar has forced
the price down to the London level But we don't
hear much about conditions eighteen months ago,
when the sugar that is now quoted around 4
cents wholesale. was at 7H cents wholesale
To what extent is the present phenomenaly low
price of sugar legitimate, and to what extent is it
artifcial-a price made low in order to weaken the
demand for reduction of the tariff?
The Washington times., 1913-06-12
c. O. D. PARCELS BY POST.


The postoffice is going to undertake the business
Of collecting and renting the price of parcels sent
by post. The sender may afix special l0-cent
stamp, for which the Government will not only in
the parcel up to $50, but collect for it from the
addressee, and return the money to the sender, in
the form of postal money order.
This is another long step toward making the
parcel post the facility the public needs and wants.
The system of collection and remittance is in force
in most European countries and adds greatly to the
usefulness of the service. There is some reason to
believe that the rates now made, for both insurance
and collection, will prove too high; if so, they
should be reduced. Experts who have studied these
aspects insist that the insurance rate is altogether
too high, and they incline to believe that experience
will be followed by material reduction of the charges
for both collection and insurance.
Just reasonable margin of safety above the
cost of the service, not pro6t-earning excess is
what should be imposed for these facilities