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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-05-08
LURING A LANcEHEAD.
Presence of Mind In Dealing With .
Deadly Serpent.

Presence of Mind In Dealing With
Deadly Serpent.
In French paper is told curious
serpent story. tie scene of which was
the island OF Martinique and the dram
ats personae Sergeant Legrand ana
Private Durand nnd the snake Il dead
ly lancehead.
The soldier had been punished with
night in the cells for some trivial Of
fense, but as the night was very hot
the sergeant had left the door open
In the morning at O'Clock Legrand
went to wake his prisoner and. to his
horror, beheld lancehead snake coll
ed up and fast asleep on the mans
breast
The sergeant did not lose his pres
ence of mind He stole noiselessly
away, ran to the guard room and. fol-
lowed by all the men on duty. return
ed to the cell with bowl Of milk and
q tin whistle Placing the bowl of milk
at the entrance to the cell. the ser
geant began to play the Blue Dan
ube." 1t Is needless to remark that
the weakness of the lancehead Is milk
and music The serpent. which was a
six foot specimen. awoke. glided from
the soldiers body toward the bowl.
but Ii had no sooner buried its head
in its beloved drink than ten cudgels
descended on 1t with terrific force,
killing it outright.
The soldier, Durand, who was In a
swoon. was taken to hospital, where
he lay for many days on the verge OF
madness. He finally recovered and re
lated his horrible experimentation he
had awoke In the middle Of the night
as the serpent was colling itself on bis
bare breast and how he had lain there
in an agony for hours. not daring to
move a muscle.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-05-08
CHILE'S HANGING GARDEN.
Wondrous Beauty of Santa Lucia Park
In Santiago.


In Santiago.
Santiago, with its 100000 OF popnla
ton, fifty miles inland from Nalpa
raiso, Is the capital OF Chile. 1t lies
In great amphitheater forty miles
long and eighteen miles wide and Is
inclosed by walls of lofty mountains
covered white with snow. Outside Of
Rio de Janeiro. no capita in the world
has finer situation. Standing In the
central plain. ii looks out on one side
over fertile fields. sloping toward the
coast range and on the other 1t looks
up to the gigantic Cordillera 10000 feet
above 1t, furrowed with deep glens and
covered with snowy wastes.
There are beautiful drives and parks
and pleasure resorts on every hand.
The Alameda Avenida Delicias, 600
feet In width, runs the entire length of
the city. The finest private houses
front on this wide boulevard. They
are built In Spanish style with court
yards full of flowers and shrubs. The
city has sixty-seven miles of electric
car lines Most of the streets are paw
ed with asphalt The policemen carry
swords. The city has an air of law
and order. A beautiful park was given
to the city by Sonora Isadora Cousina.
1t is called the Quinta Normal.
But the park Of parks In Santiago Is
Santa Lucia. For striking and pictur-
esque beauty 1t is scarcely equaled
anywhere else In the world. 1t is a
steep and rocky hill rising 500 feet
right from the center of the city. The
original scanty soil has been added to
by skillful gardeners until 1t has be-
come an exquisite park. lifting it's YER
durous masses like a hanging garden
high above the city. Flowers and
creeping vines trail over rocks In wild
profusion. Fountains glimmer In the
sunshine, marbles CLEAN against the
green. Grottoes invite you to their
shade and winding paths allure the
traveller to the very summit
Here, at the top OF this green rock, q
snlandid vista Of the city liAs at your
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-05-08
Chester Park

The regular season at Chester
Park, Cincinnati most popular
pleasure resort will open with
swing and a whirl next Sunday
All the many amusement features
are in tip top order for the event.
The best available vaudeville talent
has been booked for the free vau-
deville show which will be a per-
manent summer feature. There
will be two shows daily, the curtain
rising promptly at 800 and 8:15.
Smittie's military band will rem
der free concerts in the afternoon
and evening. The lake with its
made to order ocean waves, will
prove alluring to both bathers and
oarsmen. On the day prece ding
the formal opening, the Norwood
Degree team, Modern Woodmen of
America will take advantage of the
opportunity to bold its annual out
ing. A striking feature of the
evening will be the battle of the
flowers at the cabaret. Zach lady
will be presented with a bcquet OF
carnations and at specified time
during the evening they will throw
the flowers at each other while
lights Of varied hues will be be
played upon the scene.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-05-08
PRINTING Office piaIoaues.

There must be some amusing con-
versations in a newspaper composing
room. according to young man who
works In printing Office and who de-
clares that dialogues like the follow
ing are of frequent occurrence:
Foreman of the Office-Brown, what
are you doing now?
Ccmpositor-Fm finishing Setting a
House on Fire." most done.
What's Jones about?
Compositor-He'sf finishing that Jaw
full Murder"
Foreman-Tell him to hurry 1t up
and take hold of this Runaway
Horse" Morse, what have you Oh
hand?
Morse-"SoIid Men of Boston"
Foreman Well, be sure and put
them In small caps and then get busy
with "a Warm Winter" Youths Com
panion.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-05-08
Mother" Jones Testifies.

Washington, May, 8.-"Gov-
ernment by gunmen' was the term
used By Mother" Jones in describ
ing conditions in the Colorado
strike zone before the House Mines
and Mining Committee. Mother
Jones' said that ''if she were Pre-
sident" she would order the gov
ernor Of Colorado to have the i'm
ported gunmen, with their ma
chimes, taken out of the mining
district. T he witness attacked
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. because of
his correction with the mines.
Let Congress tell Rockefeller
that we are not goirg TO have a
Rockefeller government in this
country; that these miners are 60
ing to organize; that be must treat
them decently, that s my sugges.
ton for ending the Colorado Goa
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-05-08
Whistler as a Courtier.

Most of the stories of Whistler are
rather ''waspish." but one recalls a
story that shows him in the light rath-
er OF a graceful courtier.
1t happened that the then Prince OF
Wales paid visit to an exhibition of
pictures that was held by an art so
ciety of which Whistler was the presi-
dent Whistler received the prince at
the door, and as they entered the gal
lery his roya! highness asked
"What is the history. of your society,
Mr. Whistler"
Sir" replied the artist with court
ly bow. sits history begins todayw
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-05-08
A. r. of l.. Urges Action.

Washington, May, S.-Not cne
of the outrages in the industrial
history of this country has stirred
President Gompers, Secretary Nor
rison and their associate officers of
the American Federation of Labor
more than did the killing of women
and children al Ludlow, Colorado,
by informed mine guards. On re-
ceipt of the first news, President
Gompers quickly recured the facts
in detail and presented them to
government authorities. Sewers al
conferences were held with Speaker
Clark of the House of Representa-
tives. Majority Leader Underwood
Chairman Foster of the House
Mines and Mining Committee, and
other high officials, who were as
sured of labor resentment against
the maintenance of private armies
and resultant anarchy by Colorado
mining companies. Representa-
tives Buchanan, Lewis, and other
members of the labor group joined
with the unionists in protests of
the most emphatic nature, and the
Western tragedy was pointed TO by
A. F. of L officials as one more
reason why "gunmen" control of
government in industrial disputes
should be brought to an end
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-05-08
WORLD OF LABOR

Stationary Engineers Union No.
16 of Boston, Mass, reports that
because of recent wage increases
and reductions of working hours
its members have been benefited
about $4,000 year
In modern warfare it cost about
SIS 900 to kill man. In the Boer
row this item came as high as $40
900. The Balkan mix-up with
Turkey was conducted more reason
ably-S10, 600 burned up in max
ing one man food for powder.
Gorgas, in the Canal Zone, has
been saving human life at the &C
tual cost of So .43 the individual.
Sanitation In the isthmus under
Gorgas has cest just 5 per cent. If
the total Canal building expendi-
lures.
More than $4,000 postal clerks
who work at night will have
their hours of labor shortened,
should a bill introduced by Repre-
sentative Palmer, of Pennsylvania,
be passed. The bill has the in
dorsement of the National Fedora
ton of Postofice Clerks, affiliated
to the A. F. of L. Secretary Flah-
erty, of the clerks, said: post
office men will tell you that night
work shortens life at least ten years
Day sleep is not recuperative, es
pecially in the summer when the
heat prevents proper rest. In some
Offices the shifts rotate, alternating
betweed day aud night In other
Offices only the senior men ever
get day work
Recent conferences between the
Great Lakes Dredge aud Tug Own
ers' Protective Association and the
various international Unions of
their employees have resulted in a
three years agreement and the
abandonment Of the twelve-hour
day for the eight hour day with the
same rates of pay The confer
ences were marked by several
Strenuous sessions before this de-
cision was reached. The interested
unions are the Longshoiemen,
Steam Shovel and Dredgemen,
Tugmen, Dredge Workers, Surface
Rock and Drill Boat Workers and
the Tug Firemen and Linsemen.
On all work to which eight hours
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-05-08
Pleasant Old Customs.

Hospital patients of today are bet
ter off than their ancestors OF 1.-The
good old times" Mr.. Wheatley In his
book on London" quotes from Scot
tish act Of parliament of 1886 to the
effect that "gif ony man brings to the
market corrupt swine or salmond to
be saudi, they sail be taken by the
baillie, and incontinent, without ony
question. sail be sent to the leper
folks" and IL there be no lepers then
only "sall they be destroyed utterlie." :"
The same pleasant custom obtained In
Oxford In the fifteenth century, where
all putrid meat and fish was by stat
ute sent to ST Johns hospital.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-05-08
Noah and the Animals.

Few people will say that Noah took
more than two of each kind of animal
the Bible on the subject Genesis vii.
q: "Of every clean beast thou shalt
take to thee by sevens the male and
his female and of beasts that are not
clean by two-the male and his fe-
male;" Genesis vii. 81 ''Of fowls also of
the air by sevens-the male and the
female to keep seed alive upon the
face of the earth"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-05-08

strike. The strike will not end
until the Rockefeller interests rec
ognize the union, l believe. !"
Mother" Jones said she was op-
posed to violence in strike troubles
adding: If they'd take these gum
men away from Colorado, would
go back there would never be a
shot fred in the mining camps"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-05-08
Awards Made This Week By
The Industrial Commits,
sion OF Ohio.

The State Industrial Commission
granted awards to Phillip Schwenn
of 825 Heaton Street, Hamilton of
Sl277.0 90 for an injury to an eye
received while in the employ of the
Hamilton Fouudly & Machine Co.
at Hamilton; to E. A. Boxwell of
Curtis Ave and Reynolds St. Mid
dletown injured in the employ of
The Colin Gardner Paper Co. Mid
dletowu.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-05-08
THE ECONOMIC
SIDE.


by Prof. S. S. Huebner before the
Senate canals committee is right
Illuminating as TO the economic
feature of the tolls problem. For
two years Prof Huebner has been
employed by Congress in investi-
eating coastwise shipping, and it
may be taken for granted that he
is unbiased. At any rate, his hg
ures will stand until proved to be
liars.
Prof. H .ebner finds that 80 per
cent of the coastwise ships on the
Atlantic coast and so per cent of
those on the Pacific are controlled
by railroads or conferences" of
such companies, SO far as rate
making is concerned.
Hence if such ships don't pay
toll, there is subsidy to the rail-
reads, If they do pay tolls, the
rate making railroads Or confer
ences" will take it out of the ship
pers. The railroads catch the
coon goin or comm.
In this connection the following
speech by Representative Bryan,
of Washington, is interesting:
Transportation is a government
tai function. All profit, all graft,
all watered stock should be elimin-
ated and the whole business be op-
Grated for and by the people. The
only solution is Government
owned merchant marine. Let us
take over for the Government ali
this traffic. Why should private
ship owners take toll from coast
wise traffic? The whole people
have to first chart lighthouses and
safeguards 10 navigation must be
established and maintained at pub
lie expense, buoys have to be an
chored and kept in place, life-sav-
lug stations are necessary, and
crews with ocean tugs must scout
the shore and be ever ready, a,
public expense, to succor those in
distress or peril. The harbors and
landing places must be dredged or
otherwise improved by j-tt'es, sea
walls and structures.
All the rules of navigation must
be provided after expensive hear
ing and great outlay. Enemies OF
navigation have to be run down
and the vessels have to be protected
from interference. Then the pee
pie have to pay for inspecting the
hulls, the boilers and every feature
of construction. Every wreck must
be investigated, and all those that
occupy posts of responsibility or
the vessel have to be licensed. AL
this has to be done at public ex
pense. T hen the government
waits its mails hauled, wants the
option to use the vessels in case o.
war, wants its freight and it,
troops transported, and for all suct
service must pay heavily. When
ever any expense is to sc incurred
the people must put up the money
but when the money begins to com,
in for freight End passenger ser
vices, such money must, every cen
of it, go into private pockets
Why Cincinnati Post.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-05-08
Cellar Chamnion.

A seven-year-old boy coming from
school one day Informed his mother
that half his class had been promoted.
His mother asked him whether he had
been one of the number
mo-" said he, "and I'm glad I'm not,
cause I'm the smartest one left
New York Post
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-05-08
A New One For Him.

1.-THE climate here is salubrious. isn't
it?" remarked the tourist
"Say. friend" replied the native.
'jest write that there word down fur
me, will yer? git tired o swearin'
at this climate in the same old way
That's new one p Philadelphia Press
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-05-08
Too Much Mental Tax.

What is your objection to slang?"
'To be perfectly candid" replied
Miss Cayenne, what | most object to
is the constant study required to keep
up with IT." Washington Star.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-05-08

very rect. lou near tne num or tramr
and the buzZing wheels of commerce
and out beyond You see fertile pialn.
while on the far horizon the mighty
SUBMITS Of the snow capped Andes cut
their silhouettes against a sky OF blue.
unique and fortunate in It's Santa Lucia
park.-Peter Mcqueen in National Mag
aZine.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-05-08

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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-05-08
NobIease Oblioe.

Her Father-You are wealthy enough
and have good reputation, but is
your family equal to mine? Her
Suitor- Well, we've had eight genera
tons Of gouti-PhIladelph Ledger.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-05-08

Conscience In the soul is the root Of
all true courage. III man would be
brave let him learn to obey his con-
science.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-05-08
put Har Out.

Hell know an exceedingly fastidi-
GUS man who caught his wife smoking
and put her out at once. She-The
brute! Hs-Not at all-she was on
ersI
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-05-08

Turn thyself to the true riches and
learn to be content with little Seneca.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-05-08
FRIDAY, MAY s, 1914.

Enfe,ed al the PoJto6fee al aamIifon, Ohio, as
Second C2G1S Mail Matter.
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-10
PARIS ADMITS A CHECK.

Paris.-The right wing of the Ger
man army was victorious at certain
points in a series of indecisive battles
of great violence north of the River
Disc. The fighting continues along
the entire northern section of the
battle line, with the French struggling
with splendid courage to regain
ground lost to the enemy.
The points of conflict where the
French were defeated are not named
by the War Office.
Heavy reinforcements are being
sent to the French and British who
are operating near Douai to gain con-
troll of the railroads into Belgium
which are vitally necessary to General
Alexander Won Kluck, commander of
the German right wing, if he is to
continue to hold his present posi-
tions.
For the past week the Germans
have been vainly hurting themselves
against different points in the Allied
line in an effort to discover a weak
mesh in the chain. In a view of
Gen. Joffre, the process of attrition
has gone far enough to justify the
resumption of the offensive by the
Allies.
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-10
SUMMARY OF
WAR NEWS

Berlin announced that the battle in
France was proceeding successful
iy." It asserted that Portugal was
about to enter the war at the de-
mand of England.
The Kaiser has dismissed Lieut.-Gen.
Won Moltke as Chief Of Staff and
appointed in his place Gen. Voigts-
Rhetz.
Russian forces engaged the right wing
of a German line drawn up in
strength from Thorn to a position
near Lodz. This, it is thought,
marks the beginning of gigantic
struggle on the Polish and Silesian
frontier.
President Poincare of France, with
Premier ViViani and Minister of
War MiIIerand, left Bordeaux for
the front to view and congratulate
the troops.
The French War Office reported that
the battle in France has produced
no decisive results, but that German
trenches at Scissors have been cap
tured.
Defeated at Augustowo, Poland, the
Germans are in full retreat toward
the East Prussian frontier, abandon
ing wounded, guns and supplies,
Petrograd announced.
The French War Office announces that
the extreme end of the left flank
Of the Allied Army has reached
Arras. the most northerIy point yet
attained in the flanking movement,
but an attempt to push on from
there was checked by the Germans.
German Army Headquarters reports
that its heavy artillery is hammer.
ing the positions of the Allies at
many points, and that all attempts
of the Allies to break through the
German lines have been repulsed.
In contrast to this, Russian reports
say that the Germans have suffered
a terrible defeat in the Provinces of
Lodz and SuwalI<i, losing 10000 men
in killed and wounded and 10000
prisoners,
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-10
czAR REACHES. HIS TROOPS;
100000 TO GIVE BATTLE
With German Emperor Reported in
East Prussian and Russian Monarch
in Field, Impending Conflict May
Be the Biggest Of the War.

Rome, via Paris.-The Russian En-
bassy here made public an official
communication received from the Rus
sian headquarters staff saying:
"The defeat of the Germans is com
plete. Their retreat is changing into
a rout that is so disorderly and pre-
clpitous that they are forced to aban
dor everything.
Two Russian armies are proceed.
ing, one from the west and another
from the south, toward Allenstein Gin
East Prussia, fifty miles southeast OF
Elbing)
"The German losses have not yet
been officially ascertained, but it is
estimated that they had 10000 men
disabled"
The reported presence of Emperor
William in East Prussia and the de.
parture of Car Nicholas for the front
is taken here to emphasize the ire
mendous Importance of the impending
battle. which may be the biggest con
f1ict of the war, up to the present time.
in either the Western or the Eastern
arenas. Three million men, it is esti.
mated in Petrograd, will be engaged.
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-10
Foes of Russia
Are Massed to
Hold CracOw

trograd.-Russian successes in
Galicia and northwest Poland have
forced the Germans to abandon all
minor operations and to concentrate
all possible strength in a line from
Posen to Cracow for immediate de-
fence Of Silesia.
A Russian cavalry victory at An
driejev, forty miles north of Cracow,
may have been the first episode Of a
gigantic conflict The German right
flank is supported by Cracow, their
left by Posen, while fifty miles back
of their centre is the strong fortress
Of Breslau.
Gen. Won Hindenburg has been re-
called from East Prussia to dominate
the defence on the Posen-C -Cracow line.
Among the re-enforcements hurried to
this line are four Bavarian and Saxon
army corps. Already first line Ger
man troops from France, with reserv-
lists from all parts of Germany, had
been despatched to Silesia. It is as
sumed that Gen. Dankl's beaten Aus
trian force, now probably 10000, IS
concentrating with the Germans.
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-10
CAR OF RUSSIA ON FIGHTING
LINE.

Petrograd.-Emperor Nicholas has
arrived at army headquarters at the
front, according to a dispatch received
here.
General Soukhomlinoff, Minister OF
War; the court minister and the pal
ace commandant accompanied the En-
peror.
Empress Alexandra and his daugh-
ters bade the monarch farewell at the
railway station, where there were
scenes of great enthusiasm, the
crowds shouting 'On to Berlin!" and
"On to Vienna!"
Before his departure Emperor Mich
olas signed ukase calling out the
reserves and ordering the mobiliza-
ton Of the mounted troops in the
eastern provinces, and also the terri
torials.