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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-16
HITTING THE HYPHEN.
One Would Hardly Think the Little
Mark Was So Important.

One Would Hardly Think the Little
Mark Was So Important.
There is enough energy wasted In
placing the hyphen in to-day" to
night and tomorrow every week
day to haul a passenger train around
the world 1t is claimed there are 200,
100000 English writing people and
that they average to hyphenate these
words three times a day Some may
not average to do this more than three
times a week and a few perhaps not
three times a month; others write those
words and place the hyphens in them
scores Of times each day, especially
newspaper men, typewriters, authors,
business men. school children and the
like.
The acquiring Of sufficient power
from making these hyphens each day
to propel a passenger train around the
world is figured on the basis that 1t
takes half an ounce of energy to make
the stroke either with pen or pench
and more for a typewriter that repre-
sents the hyphen, and this would total
100000 pounds of energy, or suffi
cient for the train
1t takes an ounce Of energy to make
the hyphen on a typewriting machine
and three to make it on q typesetting
machine. and the statistician has fig
ured that typewriting and typesetting
machines alone take up sufficient en-
ergy each day TO propel battleship
from New York to the Panama canal
All these figures were compiled az
an argument against using the hyphen
in these words Many people do not,
but the majority do. Those who are
working toward greater efficiency in
everything claim that the hyphen in
these words is not at all necessary and
should be discontinued by every one,
saving a great deal OF valuable time
and energy Philadelphia Ledger.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-16
THF DEVILS ROOF.
Treacherous Snow That Conceals q
Crevasse In the Antarctic.

Treacherous Snow That Concoals O
Crevssse In the Antarctic.
"Visitors to Switzerland alone car
appreciate the dangers OF crevasses il
the ice sheets But in the antarctic
they are more numerous and attain faI
greater dimensions than in Switzer
land" said l. G. Bernacchi the ex.
plorer, to London Chronicle reporter,
~They lie hidden under the snow, an0
very often the explorer does not know
that he is on crevasse until he has
Travelled some yards, and then he hears
q hollow sound He will then wonder
whether to go on or turn back. but
experience has taught that the greater
danger may be incurred by turninc
back.
"Crevasses are peculiar to the ice
sheets over land. They are nonexist-
ent at the north pole because there
the Ice is a frozen ocean. All ant
arctic expeditions have had to negoti
ate the difficulties of crevasses, ana
sometimes their existence has com.
PEELED the explorer to make a detour
of many miles.
Where land juts out into the sea-
or, to be more precise. into an ice
Aheet in the antarctic, several Gre
easses will be found radiating from
This point Some have been known to
be fifty yards wide and 1000 feet deep
Instances are also found where a
sledge has sunk halfway through the
ice roof and has been rescued with
the greatest difficulty. In these cases
the explorers were luckily roped to the
sledge, but they had the uncomfortable
experience of being suspended over a
deep chasm"
Captain Amundsen calls the treach
erous snow which conceals a crevasse
"the devils roof" while both the late
Captain Scott and Sir Ernest Shackle
ton have described it exhaustively.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-16
LESSEN RISK OF WORKERS.
Preventabe Industrial Accidents an
Economic Crime.

In a recent editorial the New York
American calls attention to the urgent
need of adequate workmen's compen-
sation laws in this country. 1t says in
part
The objective point of the worldwide
movement for the legal standardizing
of the responsibility of employers for
Industrial accidents is to take the
profits out of manslaughter and may
hem.
Every civilized country in the whole
circle Of modern commerce-save the
United States-has recently made a
momentous discovery-to wit, that it is
possible to lower the cost of produc-
ton without lowering the price of flesh
and blood
1t Is not necessary to cheaper men in
the process of cheapening goods The
country that exposes its workmen In
mines and mills to preventable disas-
ter is guilty not only Of moral base
ness, but also of economic stupidity.
Employers liability laws such as
those that exist in Austria, Germany,
Holland, Belgium, Italy, Finland and
Norway-or even the less perfect laws
that exist in Great Britain, Denmark,
France, Sweden and Russia make the
employers motive Of economy toward
the saving of human life.
Under such laws it pays the employer
TO use the best safety devices and to be
very careful not to expose his work
men to unnecessary risks And 1T pays
| society at large 10 maintain such laws,
not only on grounds of common hu-
manity, but because the cost of pro-
duction and the prices TO the consumer
are actually decreased
Every year n half million people are
seriously wounded or MANNED in the
industries of the United States, which
is the same as To say that one out OF
every six or eight in a given genera
don Of Americans carries some kind OF
an Industrial scar.
To note the contrast betw cen our
peril and the comparative safety OF
/ European workers, consider the figures
( showing the annual deaths per hun
dred thousand in the coal mining bust
ness Of this and other countries:
France, 81; Belgium, 100; Great Brit
ain, 12S United states 339
These statistics are several years old,
but In America the rate constantly in
4 creases because of the increasing
depth Of the mines, while in Europe,
with much deeper mines the rate is
constantly diminishing with the per
fecting Of legal and mechanical safe
guards in European countries.
Is it not time for America to wake
up2 Here is 4 case of race suicide that
admits of no sentimental dispute
We need in tljis country wofl1men's
compensation laws that shall be spe-
cific, unacceptable and Of general apph-
cation over he whole field OF industry,
The widows and orphans Of indus
trial martyrs should inherit something
more than a lawsuit They should have
an incontestable indemnity
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-16
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TRADE UNION BRIEFS.
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Union plumbers of Omaha, Neb., earn
IS % cents an hour
Dunklrk N. " odd Fellows new
Building win be erected entirely by
union men.
Denver has a membership affiliated
with the labor unions and womens
auxiliaries of 14,036.
United Mine Workers of America
comprise 2,403 local unions, with a
membership of 391112.
A new wage scale in St Louis brew
cries gives to every employee a raise
In wages of approximately s. week.
In eighteen states women teachers
average less than a dollar a day. The
highest average salary is in California,
$01S year
Since organization, Bound Brook, N.
j., carpenters have raised their wages
from 81 for ten hour day to $3.50
for eight hours, the period being ten
years.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-16
For Uniform Labor Hours.

An amendment to the constitution
which would give congress the power
to make uniform the hours Of labor
throughout the United States was pro
posed in a resolution recently intro
duced in the house by Representative
Curley of Massachusetts. Mr. Curley
contended that the difference In the
hours of labor in many states, varying
from fifty -four hours week in Massa-
chusetts to slxty-six in the southern
states, created an "unwarranted dis
elimination" In favor of manufacture
ers In states where the long hours pre-
vailed.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-16
Mendino Enas.

The following is taken from Farm
and Fireside:
During the Matching season last
spring l had placed sitting Of fine
eggs. A few days before the chicks
were due two eggs were accidentally
cracked and began to bleed, showing
that the chicks were fully developed
and alive. | took the eggs from the
nest very carefully, melted little par,
affin, and when 1t was slightly cool l
poured 1t over the broken places Of
the eggshell, being careful not to cover
any more surface than was necessary.
"Both the eggs produced fine, healthy
chicks that were raised to maturity"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-16
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JUDICIAL PERSECUTION.
Animus of the Contempt Proceedings
Against Gompers.


AS time passes the contempt pro-
ceedings against Samuel Gompers and
others growing out of the boycott Of
the Bucks Stove and Range company
five years ago take on the appearance
of judicial persecution.
In December, 1905 Gompers and his
associates were summarily adjudged
guilty of contempt and sentenced to
Imprisonment by the supreme court of
the District Of Columbia The decree
as entered by Justice Daniel Thew
Wright carried anger and resentment
in every line of it. On appeal to the
supreme court Of the United States the
judgment was reversed In May, 1911,
by a unanimous decision, on the ground
that If there was cause for action at
all it should have been by civil and
not criminal proceedings.
Without needing this rebuke, the
District court in June, 1912, again ar
raigned the defendants and again
found them guilty, imposing Jail SEN
tences This verdict is now affirmed
by the court Of appeals of the District
of Columbia, which reduces Gompers'
penalty to Imprisonment for thirty
days and imposes fines only in the
cases of his associates Thus, while
punishments are lightened, they are
nevertheless inflicted upon the old the
ory of criminality which the highest
court in the land has dlsayowed and
repudiated.
1t is not possible to indorse the acts
and words of Gompers, Mitchell and
Morrison in this controversy, but the
courts OF the District Of Columbia are
even more in error They are not deal
ing appropriately with citizens who
are in the wrong. They are carrying
on a personal feud which has already
received most impressive rebuke.
They are judicial last dItchers, who
are introducing reprisal into what they
call the administration of Justice
New York World.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-16
Union Officials sued.

Suit to enjoin the international Mold
ers' Union of America from interfering
with the employees Of the KeyIess
Lock company Of indianapolis has
been fled in the circuit court by Ar
thur Jordan and Arthur Baxter, own
ers of the company. They asked $40.
600 damages. Joseph P Valentine
president Of the union. and other union
officials were made defendants, The
petition said the union ordered a strike
at the plant in November last and that
employees who desired to remain were
attacked by pickets.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-16
WORKING FOR JUSTICE.

The labor movement has it's
origin in suffering, in need and
; in desire and aspiration for bet
. ter, fuller life. The purpose and
; the aim Of the American FEEDER
. alton of Labor are to protect men
; from suffering, injustice and
wrong and secure for them the
. opportunity and the means for
possessing their own indiyiduali-
ty and for living freer and more
. Independent lives. Wherever in
justice and oppression have ex-
. listed the workers have ever been
those who have suffered most.
. Organization has been their
means of protection and better
. ment The American Federation
OF Labor has fought the battle of
. the weak and the wronged, it has
fought against seen and unseen
: powers, but without wavering
and without fear it has fought
and won many battles without
ever lowering its coors.
The fight has just begun. 1t
will last as long as need exists in
the lives of those upon whom
the burden of the worlds toll
falls One epoch marking stage
in the growth Of the organiza-
ton has been passed. Beyond
!. lie greater and greater opportu-
nifty. There are yet millions Of
/. weary toilers. worn and heart
!. sick, who are not gathered into
. the trade union movement. There
!: exists the need; there is our
work
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-16
Thirty Cents a Day For Girls.

Thirty cents a day on piece work
was the wage of girls in watch tool
factory at Springfield, Ill. This was
brought out in the O'Hara COMMITTEES
hearing investigating vice conditions
and the minimum wage question. Pa.
thetic tales of hardship and abuse were
emphasized in the questions put to
girl witnesses by Lieutenant Goyernd
Barratt O'Hara
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-16
Successful Co. Store.

In Washingtonyille, O., says the
Cleveland Press, is the most successful
cooperative store in the United States,
conducted by coal miners. Not one OF
these miners ever had any schooling
beyond the rudiments of the three RS.
Not one of them had any business ex-
perience to speak of. One night re-
Gently these men gathered around the
big stove and accepted as a matter of
course their auditors report, giving
each Of them a rebate of IA cents on
every dollar he had spent over the
counters in the last six months. Con
slider further that each Of them re-
ceiyes per cent interest on every dol
lar he has invested In the store and
that the company has assets Of more
than $4,000, with no liabilities. Should
the concern stop doing business today
each stockholder would receive nearly
three times what he put in.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-16
The Name He Got.

In some cases abbreviating name
improves 1t. In others 1t doesn't For
instance, the Tubbses thought they
were doing honor to the Father of His
Country as well as to their frstborn
son whom they named George Wash
ington Tubbs.
But when be grew up the handle
proved too long, SO everybody dropped
the George, shortened up the middle
name and called him simply Wash
Tubbs.-Judge.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-16

'I'm hungry" complained a husky
husband the other day.
"But you just had breakfast" ar
gued his wife.
81 know it." answered the husband.
but as soon as | finished | drank a
glass of water, and all those flannel
cakes shrank right down to nothing"
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-16
Perplexed,

Nabel-Daddy, dear, what am do
ing specially on the 14th? I've put
red ink around 1t on the calendar, but
i can't remember. Daddy-Won't the
knots In your handkerchief help you?
Mabel-Oh, tied those to remember
Mail
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-16
Rackslider Punished

Because Joe Lewis, a former mem
Der of Ironworkers' union No. 81 OF
San Francisco is working Japs In pref
erence to white men in Honolulu, the
union has Cancelled his withdrawal card
and has ruled that If Lewis desired to
be reinstated he must pay an initiation
fee of $500.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-16

''How could dish run away with a
apoon? Dishes are inanimate. A dish
can't run or talk"
"Can't, eh? How about the cup that
cheers T-Kansas City Journal
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-16
Labor Temple Prospers.

Kansas City (Mo) Labor temple is
doing well from the financial point of
view. The auditorium is considered to
be the best in the city and is occupied
a large portion Of the time for lectures,
entertainments and other gatherings.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-16
And Some Go Broke.

She--Do you believe that travel
broadens one? He-Well, yes; people
who go abroad generally spread them
selves. Boston Transcript
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-16
Workers compensation

Michigan's industrial accident board
counts week to be period of six
working days and figures compensation
on the basis paid the worker daily.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-01-24

The grand jury returned S in
dictments for robbery and 2 for
assault to commit robbery
against Perry; 4 indictments for
robbery, 2 for assault to commit
robbery against McErlane, and
one Indictment for murder, 2 for
assault with intent to commit
robbery, and 2 for robbery
against Webb.
Gov. Deneen this afternoon of
fered 500 reward for the arrest
and conviction of Webb.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-01-24

against Webb.
Gov. Deneen this afternoon Of
fered 500 reward for the arrest
and conviction of Webb.
--o-O +
WATERS STRIKE RIOT
New York, Jan. 24.-severaf
hundred restaurant and hotel
walters responded to the call of a
general strike of walters this
morning and disorder followed.
None of the larger hotels have
been affected, proprietors prevail
ing upon the men to remain at
work until this evening. when
their demands will be considered.
Marching bodies of strikers
who have been out for weeks pa
raded past the principal hotels
and called upon their fellows to
join them. At the Victoria Hotel,
Folies Bergere restaurant and
Rector's hundreds responded.
Disorder followed the course, of
the parade. In front Of the Hotel
Knickerbocker several windows
were broken. Police chased the
strikers up the street and another
demonstration was made in front
Of the Hotel Astot. At the Bel
mont more windwos were
smashed.
Union leaders and I. w. w. or
ganizers called mass meetings
this afternoon to devise means Of
spreading the walk=oiit.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-01-24


simple.
When he was driving the auto
truck for the Examiner he used
to boast that he was getting $50
a day, and that he wasn't afraid
of anyone in Chicago.
81 never saw such a change
come over a boy as came over
Webb after he went to work for
the Examiner.
Even at that; l don't believe
he killed Hart. | knew Hart. He
was a stronger man than Webb
is. He was a smart man, too. He
never would have laid down his
gun the way Cassello says he did.
I believe that man Cassello shot
Hart.
The police today were watch
ing the house of Webb's sweet
heart and raiding flats in the
South Side where they thought
Webb might be. Several men
were arrested as suspects, none
was Webb.
Late this afternoon, Captain
Coughlin of the Stockyards sta
ton, left in an automobile with
three detectives on a rush call. 1t
is believed he was going to run
down another tip on Webb'S hid
ing place.
Mike Cassello, owner of the
auto bandit love fat, repeated his
charge that Belle Hastings was
queen and Frank Nadia King Of
the gang today.
A warrant for the release of
Casse1lo was obtained late yester-
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-01-30
NINE. JussERAND BARS FREE LUNCH"

Nine. Jusserand, wife Of the
French ambassador. and new doyen
of the diplomatic corps at Washing.
ton. has decreed the abolition of the
diplomatic free lunch route" which
is the undiplomatic designation Of
that indiscriminate and uncensored
list Of hostesses from whom the at.
taches Of embassies and legations
have been wont to accept luncheon,
dinner and dance invitations.
Henceforth there will be a rigid
adherence to diplomatic and social
lines by the young diplomats who
have entered too much into the spirit
OF our democratic institutions and
gone to those entertainments where
he spirit Of conviviality led them.
The gossip in diplomatic circles is
that there has been not only a weak.
ening Of discipline, but that the young
bachelor set. not provided with the
large expense account Of the heads
Of legations. have found in the bounti.
full hospitality OF Washington means
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-01-30
DOWN TO THE BARE FACTS
Young Minister'S Passion for Self.sac-
rIfice Had Results That Might
Have Been Anticipated.

The announcement of Miss Helen
Miller Gould's betrothal led one Of the
charity workers of New York to say:
Marriage itself will not be able to
quench Miss Gould's passion for Civ.
Ing. Apropos to this passion, she once
told me story.
There was young minister, the
story ran, who, being poor and hay
Ing nothing else to give, used to give
away his clothes.
The young minister's district con.
tanned many needy men, and he would
give them shoes and socks, shirts and
coats, gloves, overcoats and trousers.
Yes, time and again he would give
away his clothes, foolishly and reck-
lessly, piece by piece, until"
I. Here the charity worker smiled.
Until" she ended, "he came to
himself"
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-01-30
WHITE PIMPLES ON HEAD

Ransom, lll.-"The trouble started
on our baby when he was only about
two weeks old. Started like little
white pimples, looked like an old scab
Of blood and matter. His whole head
was covered for few months, then 1t
went to his ear, shoulders, and his
whole body. 1t seemed to come out
thick and sticky on his head, while
on the other parts Of his body 1t was
more like water coming out of the
skin. He would scratch until the erup-
ton would be all covered with blood
and gradually spread The least little
stir or rub would cause the sores to
bleed. spread and itch. Never had a
full nights sleep, restless all night.
"The sores were horrid to look at.
It lasted until he was about two and a
half years old. Then we saw an &c.
zema advertisement in the paper to
use -. but 1t did no good. Then
wo used Cuticura Soap and Cuticura
Ointment. We put the Cuticura Oint.
ment on thick at bed time and put a
tight hood on so he could not scratch
the sores. Then we washed 1t clean
with Cuticura Soap and warm water
twice a day, and he was completely
cured" (Signed) Mrs. E. F. Sulzber.
ger. Dec. 80, 1911.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample OF each
free. with 32.p. Skin Book Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept. L. Boston"
Adv.
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-01-30
J. H. HAMMOND WOULD PAcIFY YAQuIs

John Hays Hammond has asked
the Mexican government to permit
him to go. unarmed and accompanied
only by an interpreter. into/ the
mountainous stronghold Of the YaQui
Indians in Sonora, to pacify that
turbulent tribe. The government Of
Mexico has fought the Yaquis for
thirty years. but today tho Yaquis are
unconquered.
Mr.. Hammond expects that the
Madero government will give him the
permission which he desires. His
program is based on his belief that.
as result of his life and work in
Mexico. many years ago, the under
standing between him and the Yaquis
is SO thorough as to obviate the risk
Of his being injured or killed. Major
Burnham. the famous American and
South African scout and fighter, will
accompany him.
Last July Mr.. Hammond wrote to
Senor Calero. the Mexican ambassa-
dor to this country. outlining his
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-01-30
Gives Birth to Five Sons in Day.

Gives Birth to Five Sons In Day.
J, Abbeville, La.-Five male children,
all perfectly formed. were born to Mrs.
Audrey Lassen, wife of a carpenter.
Two Of the children were dead at birth,
but the others lived. The babies were
born at intervals Of from five minutes
i. to more than an hour. The smallest
Of the children weighed twenty-five
ounces and the largest tipped the
scales at slightly over five pounds,
Mrs. Lassen has three other children,
two Of them twins, and born two years
ago. All three of these are boys. She
is twenty-eight years old, and her hus-
band is about four years her senior.
Mrs. Lassen weighs nearly 200 pounds
while her husband weighs 140.
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-01-30
WOULD EDUCATE MAN BEHIND THE Pillow

To carry knowledge of scientific
agricultural methods directly to the
man between the plow handles. and
thereby increase the agricultural prod.
ucts Of this country by at least 20
per cent, Senator Hoke Smith in a
speech in the senate the other day
urged the passage Of the Smith-Lever
bill to establish agricultural exten.
sion departments in colleges Of agri.
culture.
THE annual value Of our agricul-
tural products is, in round figures.
$9,000.000.000," Senator Smith said.
III the increase as a result of this
work were only 20 per cent we would
have an Increased value Of 81 SOC. .OO0,-
600. or sufficient sum to meet the
proposed appropriation for 600 years."
Senator Smith pointed to the pas.
sage Of the Morrill, bill for the estab-
lishment Of land grant agricultural
colleges in each Of the states Of the
Union, and Of the Hatch bill for the
establishment of an experiment sta.