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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-28
OLD AGE PENSIONS
viii be InauguratGd by Brick
layers and PIdStererS in 1904

Indianapolis, Ind, Nov. %. Ar
old age pension and disability fund
will be inaugurated by the Brick
layers, Masons aud Plasterers' In
ternational Union OF America in
1914 The plan has just been voted
on by the members of the union
and Secretary William Dobson to-
day began mailing circulars to the
local unions announcing that the
vote was favorable.
The fund will be maintained by
weekly assessments of 25 cents on
each member of the organization.
Each member entitled to draw upon
the fund will receive S. a week,
the payments to be made monthly.
Pensions will be allowed any
member who has reached the age
of 60 years and has been in good
standing in the union for 20 years
if he is unable to obtain sustaining
employment, and to any member
who has been in good standing for
10 years and has become incapaci-
tated for work by accident or i'll
health, not brought on by his own
improper conduct.
The widow of beneficiary also
may obtain the continuance of the
pension if she is without other
means of support.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-28
BEER IN ANCIENT ENGLAND.
Whom the Law Demanded "Drynke"
For the Kings Subjects.

Authorities in England formerly took
pains that the Londoner should not
miss his full share of ale, Ia the six
teenth century. for instance the brew
er who ceased to brew was faced with
the loss of bis business Thus, if the
mayor got wind of amy Of the saide
brewers, of their froWarde and per-
verse myndes, shall at any time here
after sodenly forbeare and absteyne
from bruyinge. whereby the kings sub
jects should be destitute or unproyid-
ed Of drynke" he knew exactly what
to do. The city council was empower
ed to take over the business as a going
concern and to take measures to see
that it was kept going
The cry then and for centuries after
was all for beer. There is record of a
petition Of 1913. for instance. praying
that tea. coffee and brandy be banned.
The petitioners reasoned that the la
borers needed good strong beer and
ale," which refreshed their bodies and
neither did them prejudice nor hinder
ed their work
Besides, it cost little and was the
product of home grown grain, whereas
the new tangled drink was expensive
and destroyed his majesty's subjects,
mot agreeing with their constitution
Chicago News.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-28
THE VOICE OF A CHILD.
How One of the Worlds Greatest Song
Birds Was Discovered.

How One of the Worlds Greatest Song
Birds Was Discovered.
Many years ago a maid employed by
Miss Lundberg, a famous dancer of the
Royal Opera in Stockholm, was given
a holiday by her mistress and set out
to take walk. Passing a shabby little
house in the poorest section of the city
she heard a childs voice, which SEEM
ed to her wonderfully fresh and beauti.
full, and, looking up, she saw little
girl sitting near the window singing to
a pet kitten. In great excitement she
rushed to her mistress and told her of
the exquisite voice she had heard.
Miss Lundberg was somewhat skep.
tical, but finally went to the house and
heard the sweet song She, too, was
convinced Of the great natural beauty
of the child's voice and reported it to
Croelius the singing master of the
opera
Croelius was also somewhat skepti-
cal at first, but at Miss Lundbergs re-
quest he, too. went and, standing on
the sidewalk heard the child sing
Enraptured in turn, he told Count
Buke, manager of the Royal opera, and
arrangements were made by which the
little girl sang for the count.
She was at once taken as a free pupil
in the Royal Opera school and there
after received the best instruction Swe-
den could give. The child was Jenny
Lind, the famous Swedish Nightin-
gale Ladies' Home Journal
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-28
MAJ Much nnnht.

Several Americans in London recent
" applied to an agency for an automo-
bile IN which to so Sightseeing There
was difficulty in getting one on such
short notice, but when the hour ar
rived a luxurious limousine car was
placed at their disposal The chauffeur
proved well Informed When they re-
turned they remarked that they had
never had such a car or such a driver
"Well, 1t is not often that one like
this is for hire" was the reply. did
you notice the coat of arms on the
door2 That automobile belongs to
Lady -" naming one of the wealth
lest American heiresses married to an
English peer, but she is out of town"
The Americans who had the use of
Lady -'s car are wondering whether
she or the chauffeur enjoyed the prof
its.-Detroit Free Press.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-28
WOman's Union Label League

The Woman Union Label
League met Wednesday afternoon
at the residence of Mrs. Charles
Vaughn. A very pleasant after
noon was enjoyed by the members
discussing ways and means for the
betterment of the League. Several
new members were initiated and a
few more applications were receiv-
ed The League will hold another
meeting in Trades Council Hall
Wednesday afternoon, December
3rd at 2 p. M. All ladies wishing
to join will please attend this
meeting.
The Woman's Union Label
League will give one of their an
nual dances in Jabob's Hall IN the
evening of December 3rd and all
of their friends are invited to at
tend A good orchestra has been
secured and a fine time will be en-
loyed by all.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-28
EARLY oUAKERESSES.
Mary Fisher the First to Be Publicly
Flogqed In England.

No feature of the early Quaker move
ment was 50 surprising to contempo-
rary historians as the prominent part
taken by women Of all classes and po-
sittons In spreading Its message.
'1They were not a whit behind the
men," remarks one seventeenth CEN
tury chronicler, "in courage or In con-
tempt to material obstacles, initiating
them not out of womanly precipi-
fancy and boldness, but upon a de-
terminate advice changing, as
II were, their sex and being transmit
ed from women to men"
A staid matron named Elizabeth
Hooton was the first to be convinced"
by Fox's teaching and became In the
year 1649 the first woman preacher
among the Quakers. Ann Downer, the
young daughter Of clergyman, car
ried the message to London, gathering
round her the nucleus Of that Society
Of City Friends which grew to be the
model and rallying ground for other
towns and nations. Margaret, the
wife of Judge Fell, was the nursing
mother of the infant church-the CEN
ter of all its activities, the helper and
the ultimate appeal In all It's distresses.
Mary Fisher, q servant girl from
Yorkshire, heads the long list of heroic
sufferers in England who were public
~ fogged for their religion. She, too,
with an older woman, was the pioneer
who brought the Friends doctrine to
New England In 1856 and tasted the
first fruits of the persecution which
was meted out to her fellow believers,
even to the extremes Of mutilation and
death, by those who were themselves
the survivors OF the Mayfiower.-Mabe
r. Brailsford in Englishwoman.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-28
Heussboats Of the Thamss.

The row of houseboats, each with
its flowers, awning, fotilla OF skiffs;
the quantities of well groomed boats
for hire among the willows all along
the Thames banks-this impression
comes on the top of that of the half
hour the other day coming into Lon
don In a sickly fog, of the horrible
miles OF Bermondsey and Lambeth
along the lines, the ruthless heaps Of
rubbish, the hurry and CRIME of the
two stations at Waterloo. The house
boats, ETC., are the elaborate flower
Of that ugly plant called civilization.
They stand for the comfort, the lux
ury, the high standard of England,
which even in Its lower walks OF life
offers similar prizes, similar complica-
lions, luxuries unknown abroad. One
says to oneself: How these people
know how to live! How they exploit
Hfew-yernon Lee In scribner's.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-28
Long Strike Terminated

Philadelphia, Nov. %. The long
strike of the Painters has been
brought to close by the signing
of an agreement between the Phila-
delphia District Council of Painters
and the Master Painters. The
agreement provides that eight
hours shall constitute a days work
for the first five days in the week
and four hours on Saturday. All
overtime is to be paid for at the
rate OF time and one half or double
time, time and one-half being paid
for week days and double time for
Sundays and legal holidays, with
no work to be performed Oh Labor
Day. Employers are to pay car
fare on city and county work. The
minimum wages for house painters
and hardwood hnishers is to be
42H cents per hour; for fresco
painters, so cents per hour; for
paper hangers, so cents per hour
or piece work scale. Employers
may employ one apprentice to every
FIVE journeymen employed, this to
be based on the yearly average.
I his agreement is to continue from
September /, 1918, to September, !,
1914.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-28
PAINTERS
FAVOR PAINTING CAMPAIGN.

H milton, O., Nov. %, 1913.
To THE PREss;
On reading the Journal a few
days ago | saw where our Mayor
elect is going to start campaign
on house painting next spring. l
d. not know of any Que thing that
will beautify city more than hav-
ing the town we'll painted.
We hear so much about beauti-
fl Detroit, Alpena, and other
cities, but we can have just such a
beautiful city if the property hold
ers will paint their property and
again, two coats of paint W II pro-
long the life of frame house at
least five years and a brick much
longer from an economic stand
point.
can't see how a man can leave
his property run down And l
will say this Local is heartily with
the new mayor in his proposed
Painting campaign.
Very respectfully,
w. w. FINFROCK,
Secretary,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-28
FIRST PLACE.
Again Goes To Gompers.

Seattle, Wash, Nov. 28.-The
American Federation of Labor ad
journed, after lecting officers and
choosing Philad alpha as the place
of its next convention. which will
assemble the second Monday of
November, 1914
The officers chosen are:
President, Samuel Gompers.
First Vice President James
Duncan.
Second Vice President, James
O'Connell.
Third Vice President, Dennis A.
Hayes.
Fourth Vice President, Joseph
H. Valentine.
Fifth Vice President, John R.
Alpine.
Sixth Vice President, H. B.
Perham.
Seventh Vice President, John P.
White. President of the United
Mine Workers of America.
Eighth Vice President. Frank
Duffy, General Secretary of the
Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners.
Treasurer, John B Lennon.
Secretary, Frank MorIiso
In this list are only two men
White ana Duffy, Second Vice
President John Mitchell and Fifth
Vice President VIM. d. Huber vol
unfairly resigned
For delegates to the British
Trade Union Congress, w d.
Mahon, international President oi
the Brotherhood of Street and
Electric Railway Employees, was
elected over Councilman Frederick
L. Wheeler, of Los Angeles, by .
vote of II, SOB to 1874.
For second delegate to the British
Trade Union Congress, Matthew
Woll, of the Photo Eugravers Un
ion, was unanimously elected.
Mortimer Donaghue, of Butte
Mont, was chosen delegate 10 the
Canadian Trades and Labor Con.
gress,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-28
PIasterers Strike Settled.
Secretary.

Houston, Texas, Nov. %. THE
Plasterers' strike, which has been
on for several weeks, has been set
tied. BY the terms of the agree
meat entered into all plastering
work upon buildings, the contracts
of which were let prior to July / !,
will be completed at a scale of So
per day, while contracts taken sub
sequent to that date will be paid for
at the rate of 81 per day. 1t is
also provided that in any dispute
which may arise settlement is to be
arrived at by joint committee of
plasterers and the arbitration COM
miItee OF the master builders, but
in the event, that joint committee
shoule fail to reach an agreement,
the parties to the dispute will
choose an umpire ald his decision
shall be final and binding upon
both parties. Another clause is
that ninety days notice shall be
necessary to negotiate any change
in the contract, which is to be ef-
fective until January |, 1915,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-28
shinwrsok. and Courts Martial.


The custom of holding courts martial
in the British navy after every case Of
shipwreck has a curious origin In
1741 the Wager, one of Commodore
Anson's vessels, was wrecked off the
coast of Chile. most of the crew being
saved. The men and some Of the jun
ior officers held that they were no
longer amenable to discipline because
their pay ceased with the wreck, but
the captain, whose name was Davy
Cheap, differed, treated them as mutt
nssrs and shot one of his midshipmen.
He was then deposed, and most Of the
crew made off in three Of the boats.
Later when 1t was proposed to proceed
against the so called mutineers the law
officers Of the crown decided that the
men had been correct In their view.
This discovery led to the framing of
section 81 Of the articles of war which
provides that in the case of shipwreck,
destruction or capture by the enemy
ship is held to remain in commission
pending inquiry by court martial,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-28
she investigated.

What Elsie's sister wanted to know
was where Elsie got that beautiful sill
yer mounted walking stick But Elsie
didn't want Elsie's sister to know. so
Elsie's sister got Elsie's father to ask
Elsie.
81 found it." Elsie poutingly inform
cd her father, floating like a schooner
on the waves one day when | was
bathing"
But two days later Elsie's sister said
to Elsie:
"Come-tell met What is his name?'
"Namep' repeated Elsie blankly
What do you meanP
81 mean. DEAR said Elsies sister,
that last night l tried to make that
stick of yours float in the bath, and
well, darling, it nkw-Pearson's
Weekly.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-28
TWO OLD SAILORS.
Why One of Them ignored Executive
Officer Dewey's Commands.

In bis autobiography George Dew
ey, the hero OF Manila bay, records
that Farraguts methods were always
simple. There was saying that bis
principal place for filing papers was
bis coat pocket Generally he wrote
his orders himself, perhaps with his
knee or the ships rail as a rest. The
author recalls that one day when he
was writing he looked up and said:
Nov, how In the devil do you spell
Appalachicola? Some of these edu-
Ated young fellows from Annapolis
must know" The author continues:
"a man who had such an important
command could hardly have been more
democratic. One night / had given or
ders for a thorough cleaning of the
ship the next morning. was awake
very early, for 1t was stifingly hot.
Five o'clock came, and I heard no
sound Of the holystones on the deck,
80 / went above to find out why my
orders were not obeyed, and my frame
that Of the disciplinarian. There was
no activity at all on deck. looked
around for the officer of the deck He
was an old New England whaler,
brown as a buccaneer, who had enlist
ed for the war from the merchant serv-
Ice. l recollect that he wore small
gold rings In his ears, custom with
some OF the old fashioned merchant
sailors who had Travelled the world
over. l found him seated up In the
hammock netting, where 1t was cool,
with Farragut at his side.
"'Why aren't you cleaning shipp
asked.
Il think l am to blame said Far
ragut, with his pleasant smile. We
two veterans have been swapping
yarns about sailing ship days
''The old whaler did not see how he
could leave Parragut when Farragut
wanted to talk, and inwardly perhaps
be did not fail to enjoy his position as
superior to the young executive Off
GERS reprimands."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-28
vlotoria,s Harmless Cosmetic.

Douglas Jerrold. the English humor
list, was prolific of puns In conversa-
ton and In correspondence. Professor
Brander Matthews In the Century
quotes one of his best.
In letter written just after Queen
Victoria had been fred at Jerrold de
clared that he had seen her out driv-
ing and added that "she looked very
we'll and-as is not always the case
with women-none the worse for pow
der"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-28
Gesham's Potter,s Field.

In New York's potteTs field more
than 5000 bodies are buried in the
course of year. New York's pauper
dead make 1t necessary that as many
as eighty workmen and half dozen
keepers be maintained at potter's field
all the time. The field" is on Hart's
island, at the entrance to the sound,
eighteen miles up the East river, and
the gravediggers, drivers and general
caretakers are prisoners from the
workhouse force on Blackwell's island,
with head keeper and several as
sistants, not prisoners, to supervise
them
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-28
LIGHT AND HEAT.
How They Reach Us From Out the Icy
Goodness of Space.

TOW in6y heaCH Us from OuL LNG lCy
Goodness of Space.
In answer to the question, 1T is
thought that in space eternal cold and
darkness preyail-what then is the ex-
planation of the fact that both light
and heat from the sun. some 10000,
600 miles away in cold space reach
the earth? = Edgar Lucien Larkin in
the New York American says
Heat and light as such do not
reach the earth from our own and
100,000O00 more suns. Radiant energy
is transmitted by unduladons or waves
In electrons. which energy is in the
forms Of waves Of varying lengths and
amplitudes When some of these en-
ergy impulses impinge on matter able
to receive and appropriate them heat
and light result
MANY molecules in many thousands
Of kinds of matter are able to trans
late energy waves into heat. while
others are translated as light on the
retina Of the eye and in the brain.
But no heat nor light develops until
the waves strike forms of matter fitted
to receive, appropriate and translate.
Thus energy will pass through a
burning glass made Of ice, converge
TO a focus and set light objects on
Are"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-28
SUFFERING.
Treatment by Which the AffIiction May
Be Overcome.


Be Overcome.
There is no cure for suffering This
does not mean that no sufferer can be
cured-far from it-but that there is no
treatment which Is sure to cure. If
stutterer be taken in childhood, when
the affiiction is first noticed and care
fully treated he can sometimes be cur
ed and generally much improved.
Dr. Frank A. Bryant of New York,
writing in the Medical Record, says
the first thing to do is to make sure
that there are no Instructions in the
throat or nose, such as enlarged ton
siIs or adenoids. The child must be
taught to breathe through his nose.
deeply and slowly. as a habit. He must
not be allowed to speak when excited
nor when laughing or crying or IN the
paroXysms of whoopng cough. He
must never be tickled All causes of
excitement must be removed Fresh
air, scrupulous cleanliness, plain. nour-
ishing food moderate exercise and
plenty Of sleep in a dark room are es-
sential
Mental treatment is of great impor-
tance. Any measures that will increase
mental poise are of incompatible
value The stutterer must be Impress
ed with a desire to overcome what is
only a bad habit He must be per
suaded to study the great art of speak
ing correctly. Thus, by careful, pa
tient work on the part of his parents.
teachers and physicians will he gradu.
ally cure himself. or at least so i'm
prove as to make the afHiction cease to
be serious
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-28

Letters were mailed to every To-
cal union in the past few days by
Captain Peter Auld of the Saliva
ton Army requesting that dona-
tion be extended to assist in de-
frsying the expenses for the an
NJ al Christmas Dinner. We wish
to state that Captain Auld has re-
quested the Union Label on his
printing and the letters are also
printed on Union Labeled Paper.
Captain Auld informs us that he
at one time belonged to the Shoe
Workers Union in Sheffield, Eng
land. Let all the unions that are
in position to do SO, to donate
literally to this worthy cause.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-28
TRADES COUNCIL.

The Cooperative Trades and La
Dor Council met Tuesday night in
regular session with President
Charles Vaughn presiding and
about 80 delegates being present.
The minutes of the meeting was
read and approved.
A. communication was received
from the International Broommak-
ers regarding the Union Labled
Brooms. Received.
communication of San Francisco
Labor Ceup Gil was received.
A communication was read from
the Ohio Federation of Labor in
which they ask that we use our eff
forts to organize the Laundry
Workers and the Meat Cutters of
this city. The same was referred
to new business.
A communication was received
from Captain Auld of the Salvation
Army asking for donation for
their annual Christmas dinner
The same was received and COM
lied with.
A communication from Charles
Stelzle regarding a lecture was re-
ceived.
A communication was also re-
ceived from the Machinist's Union
regarding their strike in Erie, Pa,
The same was received.
All Cf the trades reported bust
ness i'll good shape.
A committee appointed to wait
on the Blacksmith Union reported
that they met the members of the
union aud that they agreed to affiI-
late with council.
The committee appointed to wait
on August OFT and Mike Friedman
the two bakers who have not signed
up with the bakers union reported
and the committee was discharged.
The delegate of the Building
Trades were instructed to report tC
their locals that Building Trades
Council will be organized in this
city and that all unions should
send up two or three members who
will meet i'll Trades Council Hall
Sunday afternoon, December Z.
The committee TO organize the
Laundry Workers are Mr.. and
Mrs Vaughn, Mr.. and Mrs. Fn-
frock and Henry Betcher.
The committee to organize the
Meat Cutters are Vim. Babb, Frank
Mooar, Rollins, Pittman and
Geoige Mayer.
A communication from the Meta
Polishers regarding Union Labeled
Band instruments was received.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-28
Cn1Irfier and Poet.

Louis NV, having shown Boileau
some verses of his own composition.
demanded his candid opinion about
them.
Sire" answered the poet, your maj
esty wished to write poor lines and you
did 1t so well that you proved that
nothing is impossible to your majestyw
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-28
Nc chanas.

The prince of Monaco, who, having
had both an English and an American
wife. knows whereof he speaks. said
OF marriage:
Through marriage a Frenchwoman
gains her liberty, an Englishwoman
loses hers and an American woman
continues to do as she likes"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-28
"Fdther Of Labor Day" Dies.

Manchester, N. H., Nov. %.
George Mcclure, known as The
Father of Labor Day." died here
Saturday. Mcclure, who was a
cigar maker, first made the sugges-
tion of a labor holiday at labor
convention in Cincinnati In 1884.
He continued to urge the sugges-
tion at later conventions until OBJ
servance of the day became gen
eral.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-28
Wastad Effort.

"Now, Tommy" said the Sunday
school teacher, suppose you had tive
apples and you gave another boy hfs
choice of them. You would tell him to
take the largest one, wouldn't you?"
"No, ma'am," said Tommy promptly
"Why, Tommy exclaimed the teach
er in shocked surprise. why not?"
"Well," said Tommy, "in dis bunch
1t wouldn't be necessary TO tell him
dat"-New York Globe.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-28
Feminine Repartee.

"Do you like my new hat?'
81 didn't like 1t well enough to buy
1t yesterday when the milliner offered
1t to me-"
"Oh, see Naturally you were
obliged to take less expensive one."-
Detroit Free Press