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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-30
CHILDREN EGUARDED.
New York Leads In the Protection OF
Youthful Toilers

fouthrul oilers.
With the passage of the child labor
bill restricting hours of vegetable can
merry workers. on the last day Of the
legislative session New York takes it's
place as the first state to attempt the
regulation of child labor in agricul-
kural work
The bill prohibits the employment Of
children under twelve in picking vege-
tables for cannery and permits boys
over twelve, but under fourteen, to be
so employed only during the months Of
July and August and then not more
than six hours in aRy one day. 1t ex-
tends the fourteen year age limit and
eight hour day of the former child la
Dor law for factories to children en-
ployed in cannery sheds and in work
for any factory at any place in this
state" Tenement home work is more
strictly regulated than ever before, and
the manufacture in tenements of arti-
cles Of food dolls or dolls clothing ard
children's or infants wearing apparel
is absolutely prohibited.
Six other laws passed by the recent
legislature deal with the child labor
problem Children between fourteen
and sixteen years at work in factories
are to be subject to physical examina-
ton by medical inspectors a provision
already in foFse in no other state ex-
cept Massachusetts No child under
sixteen may receive his working papers
unless lie presents a school certificate
showing that he has completed the
sixth grade in school or its equivalent.
and the method Of issuing working pa
pers is standardized throughout the
state
The labor department is completely
reorganized, an industrial board is es-
tabHshed, and the number of factory
and mercantile inspectors is increased.
The jurisdiction Of the labor depart
ment is extended to include the en-
forcement OF laws concerning women
and children In mercantile establish
ments of second class cities. The in
dustrial board now has power to in
crease the list of dangerous occupa-
tions prohibited to children under
eighteen years of age.
The former newsboy law has been
amended by raising the age limit from
ten to twelve years and by setting 8
p. M instead of 10 p. m, as the hour
after which licensed boys may not sell.
It is extended to cover third class cit
les, and the penalties for violation are
made more definite.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-30
Old Love and New Ruq.

"Those people next door to US have
been married a long time, haven't
they?"
Perhaps they have, but their honey
moon isn't over yet"
"How do you figure that out?"
well, 1t was awfully sloppy last
night, but wbGn he came home she
made him step inside and kiss her be
fore she told him to go back on the
porch and wipe his feet"
"Well, honey, wouldn't you
mo, | wouldn't! We've got a new
rugW-Cleyeland Plain Dealer.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-30
PLEA FOR WOMEN T0ILERS.
Society and state Should Provide For
Their Welfare.

Society and state Should Provide For
Their Welfare.
In recent address at Indianapolis
Rev. Albert b. Storms Of that city said
in part:
Society and the state must ask con
corning the conditions and surround
ings under which women are engaging
in the industries and the results on
woman and the welfare of society
The state has a right to inquire and a
right to legislate concerning wages and
the length of the working day for wo-
men especially.
woman in industry can ask no spe-
cial privileges merely on the ground
of chivalrous courtesy AS an indus
trial agent she must meet the normal
conditions of Industrial life. But So
ciety has a deep interest in the welfare
Of women in industry Conditions
must not be such as to deteriorate Sc
riously the essential character of wo-
man for her chief responsibility as
homemaker and mother The conser-
walton Of womanhood is vitally inpor-
tant. The nervous strain OF modern
Industrial life is serious. Investiga-
tions already carried forward with
some thoroughness by state and social
agencies, especially in the east lead TO
q conclusion, which is dictated also by
common sense and humane considera-
tions, that an eight hour day, especial
ly In factory work is reasonable and
just
"The question of womans wage
might be approached from two differ
ent angles-from the point of view OF
what her services were worth and
from the point Of view of what she
ought to have for the necessaries of
life
ut would seem in q prosperous age
and under modern conditions of econo-
my Of production and with vast re-
sources at hand that industry ought to
be so organized and conducted that
less than minimum wage which
would provide for decent and comfort
able living should not be permitted In
any industry and that society through
the authority Of the state and with
careful safeguarding Of all interests,
rs is now contemplated in the Massa-
chusetts plan, should determine what
the minimum wage should be. Living
wages should be made a first charge
against any business. should rank with
rent and interest and should be placed
before profits and dividends"
Mr.. Storms believed the average
wage paid to women in the stores was
too low Careful investigations in
other cities" he said lead to the con
clusion that SIS a week for women Iiv-
ing at home and $1,000 n week for wo-
men maintaining themselves without
homes constitute a minimum living
wage"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-30
WAGES Of German Jewellers.

The average weekly wages paid TO
German jewelry operatives are ap-
proximately as follows: Stampers, $40
to $3.50; pressmen, $40 to $3.50; en-
grayers, $11.90 to S14.30; chasers, $11.90
to $3.50; enamelers, $1430 to $19; col
orers, $7.10 to $3.50; polishers, $7.10 to
$3.50; die cutters, $1190 to $1430; tool
makers, $1190 to $1430; stone settlers,
$14.30 to $40. Enamelers, engravers
and stone settlers, being artists, receive
more than other operatives. Colorers
and polishers are usually women.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-30
Night Shifts Abolished.

In consequence of the attitude adopt
ed by members of the Amalgamated
Society of Engineers and the Steam
Engine Makers society the officials at
Chatham England dockyard have dis
continued the employment OF night
shifts. When employed on night shift
work the men were remunerared at
the rate of eight days pay for FIVE
days work.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-30
Hours. but Not WAGES, Cut.

Workmen at the Empire Steel and
Iron company mines at oxford, N. j.,
were notified recently of a reduction Of
working hours from nine to eight, with
2 continuation of the same daily wage
scale The announcement came as a
surprise to the workmen aud follows
tour of inspection of mining con
ditions made by President Leonard
Pickard The change affects engineers.
fremen machine men, pumpmen and
helDerS
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-30
A PETRIFIED WATERFALL.
Aiaeria's Stone Cataract Is Called "the
Bath of the Damned"

At9erIaS 5 OIone GataFdCh is GallSu LHS
Bath of the Damned"
With all the beauty of n cataract of
living water there is in Algeria a re
markable petritied waterfall which re-
Gently has been engaging the attention
of scientists This is the Hammam-
Meskhutin, which means the bath of
the damned" and it is located sixty-two
miles from Constantine, on the site of
the ancient town OF Cirta.
This solidifed cascade is the produc-
ton of calcareous deposits from sui
phurous and ferrugnous mineral
springs, issuing from the depths of the
earth at a temperature of % degrees G.
THE bath of the damned" even from
near viewpoint, looks for all the
world like a great wall of water dash
ing into a swirling pool at its foot, yet
It's cleaning, graceful curves and the
apparently swirling eddies at its base
are as fixed and immoyabIe rs If cary
ed from the face of granite cliff.
Many centuries have, of course, gone
to the making of the deposits, and the
springs were we'll known to the ancient
Romans The name Hammam-Mesk-
hutin was given TO the stone cataract
in an allusion to the legend that the
waterfall was petrified by Allah, pun
lshing the impiety of unbelievers by
turning all the members of tribe into
stone. At night, so the story runs, its
stone dwellers of the remote past are
freed from their strange fetters, come
to life and resume their normal shapes
illustrated London News.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-30
To ,nvestioate Cooperation.

The American commission for the
study of European cooperation, com
posed of delegates from the states Of
the United States and provinces Of
Canada, left New York April % for a
ninety days tour. The itinerary in
cludes Italy, Germany, Austria, Hun
gary, Switzerland, France, Belgium,
Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Russia,
the Balkan states, England and Ire
land.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-30
Move AGAINST Niuht Work.

In Brussels lately an international
of the Christian" Provision
Foodstuffs Workers union took place,
in which representatives from Belgium,
Holland, France and Spain took part.
1t was decided to fight against night
work and to form an international
'Christian" federation, with the execu-
tive in Belgium.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-30

A correspondent points a curious an
ipodean fashion. In New Zealand la
lies eat cake with fork, and the rea-
son is the shortage OF domestic sery-
ants. You don't see the connection?
Well, the New Zealand lady so often
has to do her own housework that it Is
the fashion at afternoon teas to keep
gloves on-in mercy to possible rough
ened hands whence the fork OF the
cake.-London Chronicle
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-30
Wages of Paterson silk Workers.

A study OF conditions among the silk
workers in the Paterson IN. j. mills
shows that one-third of the adult males
earned less than $500 year, that 40
per cent earned from $500 to $3.50, one
sixth of them from $3.50 to $1,000 and
one-twentieth more than $1,o4o. Wage
conditions In Paterson are not excep-
uonaL
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-30
Shoemakers OF EnaIand.

In England the Shoemakers' union
last year Increased It's membership from
82,o2S to lao and It's funds to S775,-
000. For unemployment support last
year $16.6ia vas expended, for sick
ness s27. 600 aud for fines for breaches
of trade agreements by strikes $400.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-30
The Krupp Scarfpin.

Employees Of the Krupp works can
easily be distinguished even when az
tired in their Sunday clothes. Every
workman or his enrolment is present
ed with a curiously fashioned scarfpin
composed of miniature artillery shell
made of platinum and set III silver.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-30
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
LEADERS OF REFORM.

Time was when it was believ-
ed necessary to keep the select
few IN idle luxury in order that
they might equip themselves to
do the thinking for their less for
tunate fellow creatures, but the
trade union movement has
taught the toiler that he can de-
pend upon no one for improve
ment in his condition so well as
upon himself 1t has taught him
more. 1t has taught him that he
is entirely capable Of solving his
own problems If he will but dill
igently bend his efforts in that
direction 1t has pointed out
with unerring Judgment the road
TO progress and improvement
over which the race must travel,
and, though there has been some
hesitancy in accepting the adj
vice, the great army Of earnest,
sincere souls who really wish
the world rather than them
selves well patiently plods along
the designated way, confident of
ultimate victory Labor Clarion.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-30
unionism Grows In Georala.

Since the last annual gathering OF the
Georgia Federation Of Labor one year
ago in Waycross, when twenty-three
affiliations, the largest ever known In
the entire south for one year, were en-
rolled, fifty additional affiliations have
been added.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-30
THE WAY TO HELP.

Union men are frequently seen
in heated discourse concerning
unionism and its benefits who
seldom purchase union label ar
ticies. Many such men really
believe they are good union men
because they pay their dues and
do not take the places Of other
men While they are out on strike
The truth is, however, that when
they purchase nonunion goods
they aid and assist those who do
take the places of strikers, and
their conduct is just as deserving
of condemnation as is the con
duct Of the open shop and above
board nonunionist. 1t is six of
one and half dozen of the
other.
If all union men would be con-
sistent and demand the union
label of the various crafts when
spending their earnings for such
commodities as bear the label
appeals for strike funds would
be greatly diminished.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-06
SULZER'S COUNSEL
READY TO PROCEED
Rumor Ahoat, However, That
the Governor Has Held
Back Something.

ALBANY. y. Y. Oct. 5.--Out OF a mass
OF rumoTs, denias and contradictions re-
garding the Suzcr impea chment trial to-
day there came this one confirmed piece
OF news-counsel for the governor Will be
ready 10 proceed with their case when
court convenes tomorrow afternoon. No
further adjournment Will DC asked. Sena :
tor Harvey ID. Hinman will make the
opening statement. and. perhaps, the first
witness, Louis A. Sarecky. the governor S
former campaign secretary, will be called
before court adjourns.
A Anal conference between the governor
and his counsel was held tonight. No In
formation about what took place was Civ
ell out.
Before going TO the executive mansion
Senator Hinman said that his opening
statement was not ready TO give out His
failure to finish the address produced
many rumors.
one Of the most persistent was that
TIE governors counsel went into the con-
ference tonight feeling anything but Sc
cure over the story he has told them.
They feared, II was stated, that he had
memory which frequently has been
bla med for his springing unexpected an
giles OF his defense on them. He WAS
urged. II was said, TO make final re-
view Of the case and give his counsel
absolute assurance that there was no
ground he had not covered so Mr.. Hlnman
might close mis- address.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-06
REPUBLICANS MAY
HOLD CONVENTION
Formal Call for Meeting of
National Committee VIII
Be Issued Today.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 5.-The Repubii-
can national committee viii meet in
Washington on December l6 Ito confer
on party matters and 10 take any action
which may be deemed advisable a
formal call for the meeting will be issued
tomorrow, The meeting was decided upon
at conference OF Chairman Charles D.
liilles and Secretary J. B Reynolds
The decision to call the national com
mittee results from the repeated requests
of Republican leaders that an opportunity
be given to revise the rules OF the Re-
publican party, The principal changes
demanded are IN the basis OF representa-
tion from the southern states at national
conventions. and in the method OF elect
Ing delegates from the states that have
primary laws covering that subject
The New York state Republican con-
Vention. held recently adopted strong res
olutions favor'ing the holding OF Re-
publican national convention at an early
date To accomplish this revision of party
rules
Senators Jones and Cumming, repre-
senting the so-called conciliation commit
tee selected by Republicans and Progress
SlNcS dl SHIcdSO ldSl spring, nave been
In communication with Chairman Hilles
recently and have renewed the request
of the party factions that the national
committee take up the convention oucs-
ton at once.
II is expected that the national com
mittee when IL meets in December Will
not agree TO the calling OF national
convention without protest oil the part
OF some OF its members who claim that
tile committee Itself has ample authority
TO make tho necessary changes In rules
and regula tons.
An increasing number OF Republican
leaders. however, which Includes many
OF those prominently identified with party
management in the recent past, insist
that whatever changes are made should
be authorized by a national convention
thoroughly representative Of the voters
OF all the states. If the national com
mlttee decides to call the proposed con-
venton IL is expected that II will set a
date early In the spring FOR the gather
Ing so that the party machinery may
he ready FOR the campaign preliminary
10 the congressional elections of next
fall, IL is expected tho convention II
called. would be held in Chicago.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-06
LEADING CITIZEN OF
IDAHO DIES ABROAD
Richard z. Johnson, Friend of G. G.
Goodwin in Early Days in Nevada.
Victim Of Paralysis.

BOISE Idaho. oct. Mrs. r. Z John
son arrived here unexpectedly today and
gave her two sons. leading attorneys. the
nrst news of the death in Germany oi
their father one OF the foremost citi-
-ens Of Idaho who expired September
10. following a parslyilc stroke FIVE days
before.
This action was In accordance with his
diving request To save his sons worry.
Richard T.. Johnson was twice attor-
uey general OF Idaho. In the early days
OF Virginia city he was associated with
tho group that included Judge Goodwin
OF Salt Lake. the Comstockers and 9TH
eis. lie came To Idaho In 1868. He was
"a wears old and Of late years had spent
most OF his time at his villa on Lake
Constance. on the Switzerland border.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-06
CHANT PRAYER FOR
THE WOMEN in JAIL
Party Of Militant Suffragettes Interrupt
Recital Of Litany in West
minister Abbey.

LONDON, Oct. 5.-Because the clergy
do not include women in their prayers,
a party of suffragettes interrupted the
morning services at Westminster b.
bev today by chanting a prayer for the
women now In prison.
The party rose as tho litany was be
ing recited and ignored n request to dc.
sist from singing. At the conclusion the
women left the abbey quietly. Address
ing n crowd outside, one of them said {:
''This is nothing TO what will happen
unless women are included in the
clergYs 9 prayers,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-06
PRESIDENT VISITS
YOUTH IN HOSPITAL
Victim of Automobile Accident Not
Badly Hurt and Explains How
1t Happened.

WASHINGTON Oct. 5.-President VIII
CON went TO Providence hospital today
~ yiaited Robert Crawford. the 16-year
old messenger boy who was struck by
the Presidents automobile yesterday. The
president sat at the boys BEDSIDE wn,Ie
s,arses sine S"D"f of the misbap, how he was try
Ing to dodge stones being thrown at him
by another boy. and turned his bicycle W
Trout of the automobile without seeing IT,
II did not know you were In the ma
chine he said. He showed Mr. Wilson
his injured ankle and bruised knee II y
S,d better be or ri lose my job.
nST The president reassured him that folks
did not usually lose their Jobs when they
met with Incidents and MOI lo worry
ioy al the presidents visit. introduced
AT Wilson 10 some of the pa uents aboit
him and thanked him for his Nisit VIII
tears In his eyes.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-06
WOMAN STRANGLED;
HUNTER FINDS BODY
Victim Evidently Murdered in
Chicago and Taken to
Suburb in Auto.

CHICAGO, Oct. 5.-The body Of a
woman. her clothing torn TO shreds and
scattered about her. was found on a
prairie near Argo, H., suburb, today.
She apparently had been strangled with
heavy cord which lay few feet from
the body. There was a black and blue
mark encircling her neck The body
evidently had been carried out on the
prairie in an automobile. There were
no signs of a struggle near the spot
whore il was found, but fresh automo-
bile tracks indicated how the body had
been transported. Some Of her gar
ments. torn aud tattered, were found
along the road several blocks from
where the body lay.
The woman was about 50 years old.
The clothing all bore the marks of Chi
cago merchants. The body was found
by Charles kluclS, hunter.
The black circle about the woman IS
neck was the only mark of violence on
the body.
The cord with which she apparently
had been strangled was Of the kind used
bv fishermen and was firm but strong.
1t had been taken from her neck and
| thrown away. She had been dead about
| five hours when the body was found.
Cards and papers found among the
| woman s effects caused the belief that
She NAV have been Miss Ida Leegsou,
| who formerly lived at the home OF w.
| X. Morris in this city. Miss Leegson,
| according to Mrs. Morris. boarded at
their home during the summer while she
was student ut the art institute. She
| left September ! saying she was going
| to Mason City, Ia, to become teach
er in the public schools. Since that
| Miss Leegson,
Mrs. Morris said Miss Leegson re-
sembled the description of the body
| found. 'She was about So years old
with blue eyes and noticeablv abundant
| blonde hair she said. "She also
roomed here four years ago while a
student at the University Of Chicago
Miss Lecgson.. I remember, was born in
| Oshkosh. Wis. y
| Although the body was not Viewed to-
| night by anyone who had known Miss
! I.eegson. the notes found In the Columns
tain. Among them was telegrnm from
Mason city. Ia. addressed TO Miss Ida
n Leegson and signed Hugh NJ Gu
more. I'm sending s66s, Come imme'
/
\ Miss Lcegson at ono time was an an
| studcnt OF dorado Taft. according &c
| Miss Morris who said sho had much
ability as a sculptor,
MASON CITY. Ia. Oct b.-Miss Ida
Icegson was employed here as a teacher
in the grade schools from September
TO noon on September 20. Az that timt
abe asked the board Of educa ton for 8
reIcsse. saving that she had position
as supervisor OF another school; whief
She did not narie. She left this eitl
fro, CHICAGO teachers agency. anc
had pleased the local board with hel
| work
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-06
|ot Finally Settled.

Y iar as the state committee Is con-
'4en' lis action last night Is final. How
resolution was passed just AT the
us'on OF the meeting. authorizing
'onai Committeeman w. Il. Wallace
ea'e Chairman Samuel r. Thurman.
a 'he advice OF the executive commit
/" mako such changes IN the slate
saay might deem expedient.
''''n few days IL is proba BILE that
ocsuhs Of prominent Democrats will
-ped In Salt Lake 10 confer with the
snai committeeman and the state
'uiah as TO the advisabillty OF recon-
ihs Tor appointment the persons
Ill the committees slate. II is
uered more than probable that one
ro changes will be made in the slate.
s' night no ono seemed willing 70
guess as to what those changes
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-06
Pillaging and Burning.

Teziutlan. IN tho state OF Pucbla, stu
"a anches continue in various parts OF Pu-
ehIn and Morelos The efforts OF the reb-
OILS In san Luis Potosi. CoHhuila and Nu-
eyo Leon are confined to the cutting Of
railroads and the raidinG Of small towns.
Frcderlco Gamboo the nominee OF the
Catholic party Tor the presidency, Manuel
Calero. the liberal candidate and tho fol-
lowers OF General Felix DIsz are pushing
tho work OF organization for the elections
on october IS. The blli for the postpone
ment OF tho elections. however, Is due TO
come before the chamber OF deputies this
week The question or the constitution
ality Of the measure Is said TO have ere
ated a division OF the committee to which
n was referred recently upon IT. intro
duction in the chamber. In political CIR.
rIes The defeat Of the measure Is regarded
ms likely,