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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-02-27

MIDDLETOWN TRADES AND La
BOR COUNCIL-Meets first and
third Tuesdays of each month in
Trades Council hall. I. A. Scully,
sec, 442 E. Second ST.
AMALGAMATED IRON, STEEL
AND TIN WORKERS-Me first
and third Saturday afternoons, in
K. of 2. hall. VIM. E. Nixon, sec,
439 Woodlawn Ave.
CARPENTERS UNION-Meets ev-
cry Friday evening at Trades Coun-
ell hall. Roy Morgan, Sec. Elwood
and Henry streets.
HODCARRIERS' UNION-Meets the
first Monday of each month in
Trades Council hall. Jno. Perkins,
Sec, 11Z5 Yankee Road.
MUSICIANS UNION-Meets the
first Sunday morning of each
month in Trades Council hall. C.
b. Hoover, sec, Park st.
METAL POLISHERS' UNION
Meets the second and fourth Thurs
day evening in Trades Council hall.
Carol Cordner, Sec, 807 Garfield
PLASTERERS' UNIoN-Meets the
second and fourth Wednesday even
ings III Trades Council hall. I. A.
Scully, sec, 442 E. Second st.
PLUMBERS UNION-Meets the
second and fourth Tuesday even
ing in Trades Council hall. Or
vile Corson, sec, Monroe Ave.
BARRIERS UNION4Meet the first
and third Monday evenings in
Brenner and Kramer's Barber shop.
NJ. Sennett, sec, 208 E. Third.
TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION, No. 487
Meets the third Wednesday of
each month in Trades Council hall.
S. A. Campbell, Sec, 426 Park st.
STAGE EMPLOYEES AND OPER-
ATORS UNION-Meets the second
and fourth Sunday mornings of
each month in Trades Council hall.
Gus Miles, sec, Sebald Flats.
BAKERS, UNION-Meets first and
third Thursday evenings in Trades
Council hall. Ralph Funk, Sec,
Sulfsted's Bakery.
CLERKS y UNION-Meets fourth
Sunday morning each month in
Trades Council hall. R. L. Bailey,
sec, The Ohio Grocery Co.
BRICKLAYERS' UNION--Meets the
first and third Monday evenings in
Red Mems hall. I. Wilson, Sec,
Yankee Road
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THE Cossack cannot read or write
creature. with the mind of child. He
knows little OF trade and comm rec. be-
ing entirely an agricultural worker. But
he Is a successful farmer. a splendid
horseman, accustomed to live in the
open, and of fine physique.
There are millions of such Cossacks
Do we want to exclude them simply be-
all experience goes to show that their
children of one generation will inev!ta-
bly, obtain at least an elementary odu-
cation in American schools? | think
not. What we want to do Is to exclude
people with criminal records and moral
or physical detectives, not strong,
hardy. Industrious element whose chill
dren certainly will be educated. min
Cling with our population and adding a
valuable Strain to it.
"Cossacks of a former generation
were able to call the Car their little
father. But those Of the present do
not do so. In other words there is no
strong. cohesive force holding them, on
patriotic grounds, TO the land OF their
birth. AS a matter of fact think IL
fair to say that Russians to-day look
down upon many of the present nobility.
created mobiles by Catherine, who gave
them large areas of land with which to
maintain their new station The real
aristocracy Of Russia call themselves
the Rurika, whose ancestors came over
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the world to emigrate to America, al
though as news trickled in decade after
decade about our freedom of life and
for achieving independence in the
United States the feeling grew stronger
and stronger in favor of coming here.
In the eyes OF the Imperial Government
the Cossacks were first Of all a body OF
fighting cavalry which could be de-
pended upon absolutely in time of need
This meant that every young Co.'S
sack man was called upon to serve in
the army. nomlnally for a term OF three
years, but the fact was that the enlist
ment was stretched out to cover many
years. They went away from home into
far and desolate regions and multitudes
heard OF again.
"As the idea of the human right to a
life OF peaceful industry and home
and family slowly entered the minds
of thousands Of these men came also
increased knowledge of conditions in
the United States. 1t was but natural
that many yearned to escape military
service and come here: that the most
courageous and enterprising laid plans
for the day when they should escape
the soldier tax on manhood. tax that
was not necessary in the United States
except in time of real crisis.
THE Cossack system of land allot-
ment was changed few years ago. The
Government divided the land up into
small parcels, which became the prop
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from Sweden with old King Rurik. In
ton for the mobiles as a class patriotic
Russians have a feeling of hatred for
the enormous number of officials. nearly
two millions of whom are in Govern
ment positions. They are merely poll
ticians. whose dishonesty and inefiiciency
are notorious among all classes.
"One reason why liberty loving Rus
SLAMS long to come to America-in addi-
ton to escaping enforced military SER
Vice-may be found in the system of
espionage over there. which is prac-
tically universal. No man Is permitted
To conduct his affairs or to direct his
domestic life without knowing that
Government secret spies are always to
be expected. This is decidedly annoying
to travellers.
For example, during my recent tour
through Russian territory my baggage
was examined in every place visited as
soon as | would leave my hotel. This
without exception. on returning to the
hotel | would find the baggage packed
and closed as II nothing had been dis
turbed, but a cursory glance was suf-
ficient to show that clothing and other
articles had been carelessly replaced.
while letters in wrong envelopes was
proof to me that my correspondence
had been inspected. OF course 1t was
all very annoying, but it was nothing
as compared to annoyances of railway
travel
Il wish" Mr.. Uhrlaub continued with
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erty outright OF the individual Cossacks
instead of remaining under community
ownership. and then for the first time
the individual Cossack had the right to
keep his land or sell ii, just as he chose.
Being industrious. strong and frugal,
some of the former communities had
become extremely wealthy. and. follow
ing this, some OF the Cossack families
gradually had amassed large wealth.
This would not be suspected. however,
for they live simply. have few wants
and spend little money except for neces-
saries and bare comforts of living.
AT present each community still has
to provide a percentage OF its male
population for the navy, the percentage
varying according to the war needs of
the empire. Each village. according
to the number of its inhabitants, has to
supply so many men, with horses, uni
forms, arms and full equipment. There
is no way Of avoiding this.
but the unexpected result is that
now since the individual Cossack owns
the land he foi nerly worked as a COM
munity tenant he Is in position to sell
IL and obtain sufficient money to emf
CRATE with his family and start life anew
in the United States. AS | have in
dicated, a number have already done
this and have established large settle
ments in the Northwest. That many
others will do so in the near futu'e can
not be doubted unless new immigration
rules prevent.
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laugh, that some of my American
friends who believe in Government
ownership Of railroads and other public
utilities could see how it works out in
Russia. where the Government is all
powerful and has everything it's own
way At the present time. am in
formed, the Government owned rail-
ways are losing about 20 pa" cent. a
year: certainly they are in surprisingly
poor condition. The cars arc fllth,. the
roadbeds are neglected. the locomotives
and other rIachnery are hot kept in
repair and here are continuous wrecks.
Talk about official inspection! We
don't know what IL means here in the
United States. on the Russian railways
there are not only inspectors but in
spectors of inspectors. whose job Is to
see that the inspectors themselves at
tend to business and do their work prop
erly. Who inspects the inspectors Of
inspectors l don't know. Then while on
n journey n constant stream of conduc-
tors and superintendents and more con-
ductors and more superintendent con-
stantly is passing through the trains,
many having no railway duties at all
and being nothing but Government
spies.
Another marked difference between
railway travel in America and in Russia
is seen as soon as an observant tourist
enters any railroad station Of the em-
pire. Here In the United States when a
traveller wishes special protection
against possible injury he goes to the
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His Chums, Assisted by
Later Generation,
Have Issued a Call for
Former Residents to
Appear---Expcct Con.
vention of kIumorists

lad said. Maybe he lives down hy the
bridge"
I'm not hunting for Huck Finn him
self" the visitor explained. "Huck
dead, but"
Then try the graveyard suggested
the young fisherman lmpat.cnHN Tvs
up yonder-name' on the stone. !
reckon"
Presently came a citizen who Dould
furnish the information. llu'N s. nome
was only two blocks from W1"'" 'he
ice man was when he said IIuck dldn!
live in his district. In the easement
door stood a large black 'HaH'N win
red kerchief on her head ana heI
hands on her hips. She WIS n"' az al
surprised to see the visitor
"Ah knows" said she importantly;
"you'se one O dem relichy hunters
I'm engaged in prepar."g some ma
terial bearing upon the y"1'H 10y MAIN
Twain" the visitor said. 'a'' 'S '"'
is"
well. yo' needn't 90 mo- 'i'a'r. Nv,
clared the negress hosWta 'N. lies
right heah now"
who's here"
"Mawk Twain"
"In this house,
ITO be sho"
whats he doing here
"Ah doan know, bur y" tn 'Nh J"
an see"
The black "aunty" led Tie way +"
| another underground apartments a."
| with much prideful swcl.irE r'.h''' .
| something on "A pallet. IAr '.''a
ewes, gradually becomlnr
| to the semi-twIlight, d,stn-.. ''u
very small pickaninny cna" ~ Wv
mastication of its ist, ~ '' "'"
| woman and her compln'' ..'" '
| the little dark mite Of hun.aN "
pended operations and paf
| fully at them out Of two h.- "".'
"Qulte baby" commcr''. ''' n
itor How'd you come
Mark Twain"
"Da tole me II All did DAT Gar N'''I1
Sam Clemenses, wat used 20 a'' '''
would send i'm sumthin n"r
did he?" ..o,
"Ah reckons Mistah C.rW .-'' nv" "r
hit was nice" she repli'D ,,r,
He sent i'm razor an ID ...'
glass"
| "Mr. Clemens was CRATE. IA
| "Mebbe so. An he wrlll'd " ", III
man, sayin' ef de Razor ,aa
right to let i'm know an h.d -'"'
tombstone"
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Accustomed to ii
Kind of Worl
Familiar With
cultural Condi
Corresp di-
Ours, TIL oy
Already Estal
Prosperous
mentsin the Mo-.

ticket office and takes ont al. L.,
insurance policy. In Russ. .,..,I
the small villages. one come. .t ii,
railway station contains ana ....r ,v,u,
the image OF saint aluN, f ,.
by large box with metal ~f... ID
in hgures ranging from q hur. u,, 80
nve rubIes. ON top of Oh. .N 80.
packages of candles Of ynl... ..,s.
with prices panty marked
IF you wish special protect. .., ID.
journey you are about To- take. ....
ply drop n coin in the box r.., ans,
candle marked with the rr.... ., ~
coin and light the candle l.r,...., y,
before the image Of the saint ...,. ~.
altar. Then YOU 20 aboard t..., ,r,i,
Should an accident occur af'.r .... vn,,
realize that you ought ~ l.., rn,.
chased a more expensive cauII,
But the Government railva.. lra ma,
the only monopoly in the ,mur,. mao
whole of the vast cotton ma.u,trrur.n,
industry is In the hands II ID few p.,'
pie, able, astutc business men vnu ara
accomplishing great things. ,rl.r. ,,..
dencc Of corresponding genius l- seen in
Afghanistan. where under I.s..tr IN.
fiuence enormous progress a.r,.ui, ba,
been made; while as that iufu,u,. con.
tinues To Increase Turkcstau v.U I'm.
doubleday become one of the riches, AZ.
ricultural countries of the world
still other great monupuli,- L.,onv
to the Romanoffs, the imperial family
These include the gold mines. The, urlph.
lite and most of the coal mine, in
addition to fabulous tracts Of fpr.-. and
other lands. How great is the treasure
stored up in Russia nobody knows For
instance, there IL said To be S3uO uD0 400
worth of gold. silver and jewels care
fully packed away in a single monastery
near Moscow. e
1.-THE finest grocery store ever saw
in any part Of the world. 10y The way. is
in that same city. 1t consist 81 me
enormous room. four stories hpH with
galleries running all around IT, Each Il
the electric chandeliers mus; hn,, cost
several thousands of dollars tt, fur.
nishng and fittings are on "a scale Of
corresponding magn!iicencc.'
Through favorable introduc'ions Mr.
Uhrlaub was enabled To- inspect the
Cars Winter Palace. and ON, Il the
most interesting things he saw N all
Russia was the private apar m'ut u
Alexander H., which * to-day jus rs on
the day he was killed by bomb
"He was no luxury loving dcspu' for
that reason he was killed by til" .rs'o.
Gratis and not by nihilists," sand Mr.
Chrlaub. Already he had ah", shed
slavery and he was going to r.v, his
people a full constitution like ours or
England's when he was blown up
THE enormous dominions ruled by
the Car contain many and diverse ele.
ments of population" said Mr.. Uhraub
in conclusion. But none, | think IS
more suited to the needs of the nied
States at present than those remarkably
industrious. powerful, hardy Cossacks
whose Drawn and steadiness of ,harac.
ter could be put to good use in this great
land of ours. II would he a thousand
pities IL such immigrants wer" pre-.
vented from entering our land SIMPLY
because they have not as yet had uppor.
tunity in their own country Of learning
10 read and to write"
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q HOULD the literacy test for immi-
grants be adopted it would. ac-
~ cording to John G. Uhrlaub. who
recently returned from q tour
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Mark Twain Monument to be
this autumn.

From Lovers Leap on the south, or
the crest OF Riverview Park on the
north, you can view with the unaided
eye forty miles Of magnificent river, and
every mile a different scene. 1t would
take fast express train an hour 10
pass your sight, travelling the length of
your vision. or a swift steamboat over
two hours
When Charles Dickens drew a creary
picture OF Eden" and of Martin Chuz-
zlewits unfortunate experience there,
no prophetic instinct guided him just a
few miles up the river Ia spot of mar
vellous beauty where there would one
day be thrifty ana prosperous town.
Dickens was great writer. but he did
not understand the Mississippi. He
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in the book Mark Twain wrote
about Tom Sawyer OF Hannibal,
Mo, to use its every day name,
is preparing for a big homecoming
this fall on the day when the monu-
ment to the author will be dedicated.
The chums Of Mark Twain, assisted by
the later generation, hope to have the
President the Governor of Missouri
and many other statesmen there. and
are also endeavoring To make connec-
tions with the more noted humorlsts
go as to have a convention OF that
guild. Then, of course, subpnnas have
been issued for all former residents
II Hannibal to appear and to fail not
at their peril"
The monument is placed on the high
est point in the new Riverside Park,
from which vantage one can see many
miles OF the majestic Father of Waters.
1t is said Mark Twain himself, who
knew the stream from St, Paul to its
mouth better than he did his lessons at
school, once remarked this was the
finest view on the river 1t takes In
almost every foot OF ground over which
Tom Sawyer, Joe Harper Huckleberry
Finn and the clan conducted their en-
terprises.
Tom Sawyer's land is an ideal play
ground. The redman discovered its
beauty and resources. Then came the
French and American settlers, and
found 1t good, These We're followed by
Tom Sawyer's contemporaries, now
gray haired men, hut firm in their con-
Viction there is no better place on
earth. Hannibal-on- the Mississippi Is
picture town, rlvalling in location
many Of the more famous cities OF the
Rhine.
In such an environment 1t was nc
wonder that Sam Clemens, the ink
SCATTERED printer boy. should grow vi
with an Imagination that set al the
world to talking. \ Hat, unslghtly
country could never have produced such
story telling artist.
sam found scenic counterparts or
own playground for the interesting
aces in the big world about which
\ never tired OF reading. For a buc.
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cancers island there was GlascoX
Island, just below the city. and Turtle
Island just above. Either was well
adapted for the seclusion Of a piratical
rendezvous. and both used as such by
Tom Sawyer Huck.eberry Finn, Joe
Harper and the balance of the young
"desperadoes" who followed the black
banner OF their desperate" leader.
The brigand caves OF romance were
no more sinister and mysterious than
McDougars cave. with its miles and
miles of UNEMPLOYED labyrinths, its
wonderful waterfall, its kings parlor,
its cathedral and its legion of dread
full black bats. Why, the italian brig
ands would have given the loot of
twelvemonth for such hiding place
as that.
Sam and his boyhood chums knew
that 1t would never do to let such val
liable raw material go to waste, and so
they too turned brigands with the proper
economical purpose Of utilizing natures
gifts.
You never hear anybody living on
this old playground OF Sam Clemens's
going into raptures over the Thames.
No one ever heard OF $50 pound cat
fish being yanked out of England s
classic stream. That has often been
done at Hannibal and Jim Leach. one of
the boys OF Clemens's time. yet lives to
tell about II.
"Bingen- the Rhine" was n head
| liner on the last day Of school at Han
nibal until one day ClemeLs, who in his
youth loved to find out things, told the
boys that the river they had been de-
! claiming about so much was only 1.700
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nibal; born September Is, 1899;
died recently.
their tall smokestacks moved up and
down the stream the boys of Clemens's
time grouped themselves upon the edges
of the bluffs and dreamed OF the days
when they should b. advanced in the
social scale from pirates and brigands
to river men. Capt. Kidd or Robin Hood
might have envied the dexterous gentle
man who stood, calm in his shirt sleeves,
cigar tight between his teeth, far
above everybody else. in that holy Of
HOLES, the pilot house. and guided the
great steamer into port
He and he alone was the real hero
of the river, greater by far than any
OF those who wore the purple robe and
tinsel crown. Kings-the woods OF Eu-
rope were full of them, but their glory
was evanescent. The pilots fame was
enduring; his realm reached up and
down continent; his authority no sub
ject dared to question
Hannibal thinks great deal Of Mark
Twain, but naturally, now and then
you run across some one there who
has never heard Of him or his work.
The writer has spent many interesting
hours browsing about the places de-
scribed In tom Sawyer" and in talk
ing with friends of Clemens's youth.
You can get stories from them without
end, and generally they are fairly good,
but he does not recall any more anus
ing than an experience he once had In
quest OF the dilapidated home Of Huck
Finn.
An Ice wagon driver was requested
to point out the place
"Never heard of the man you men
ton" he replied. He sure don't live
In my district"
The visitor walked westward a block
| and accosted a barefooted boy with a
| fishing rod on his shoulder.
HE don't go with our crowd" the
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A. B. Huser, born January 9,
1888; boyhood chum.

has never seen richer or more attrac-
tive country, Hannibal people declare
The English writer never saw things
here as did Sam Clemens. who was
reared among them and knew them as
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he did the playfellows with whom he
touched elbows every day. Tom Sawyer
could have been conceived in no other
environment. The book is the story OF
Hannibal, city which has always
seemed new because of the fresh beauty
Of its setting.
There are healthy American Tom
Sawyers all over this country to-day,
and they are taking the things about
them and putting them into their lives
just as the creator of the original did in
his day. What men have done boys will
do. There is nothing commonplace to
the one who sees. Clemens taught the
youth OF America the attractiveness OF
home. lie showed the good points OF
provincial character in the rough. His
sketching showed these people manly
chivalrous and entirely human.
AS the great white river palaces with
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Hannibal, Mo-, Scene of
Famous Humorist's
Boyhood, Will Cele-
brate This Fall When
His Monume emit Is
Dedicated

ut PETERSBURGH, as it is called
in the book Mark Twain wrote
about Tom Sawyer of Hannibal.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-10
Ex-GOy. Eben S. Draper
Dies of Paralytic Stroke

GREENVILLE, S. c.. April TO-
Ex-Governor Eben S. Draper, of Mas
sachusetts, died here late yesterday.
Mr.. Draper. was stricken with paraly-
sis on Tuesday while stopping here on
a leisurely journey to his home in
Hopedaie, Mass, following trip to
cuba. Early yesterday he became un-
conscious, but revived about noon.
Later in the day he again had sink
ing spell and failed to rally. Eben
Sumner Draper was born at Hope
dale, Mass, on June L.. 1858. He was
educated at Aliens School, West
Newton, and at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. He was
president of the Manville Company, a
director in the Draper Company, the
Milford National Bank. the Queen
City Cotton Company, of Vermont;
the Sawyer Spindle Company, of
Maine: the Old Colony Trust Conn.,
pany and the National Shawmut
Bank. He was vice-president of the
Massachusetts Hospital Life Insur-
ance Company, a member of the corr
poration of the Massachusetts Insti-
tute of Technology and trustee of
the Milford Hospital and the Peter
Bert Bingham Hospital.
He was married on November 81,
1883, to Mamie Brietow, of New York.
He was q brother of William Frank
lin Draper. United States ambassador
TO Italy 1s97-19Oo) who died in 1910.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-10

WASHINGTON, April 10.--After a
thorough study of the peoples along
the fringe of Asia from Siberia to
Sumatra in her effort to trace the
original American, Mrs. Harriet Chal-
mers Adams, one of Americas fore
most women explorers, III eommuni-
cation to the National Geographic
Society today expresses the opeinion
that the ancient "Americ" peoples
came by sea, possibly in broken
stages, from Asia. Mrs Adams has
just returned to this country.
In her communication she says:
"This earlier immigration, however
was at very remote period, for our
prehistoric monuments point to an
Indigenous culture. A branch Of an
old world race, these early Aneri-
cans evolved to their highest civlli-
cation on new world soil"
Mrs. Adams is confident that a
closer study of the Indo-Chinese
branch of the yellow raoe the Malay,
Chinese and Tibetan. as compared to
our prehistoric civilization, will shed
new light on the problem of tracing
the original American.
Although scientists are said to
agree that America was peopled by
way of the Northwest, Mrs Adams
doubts that all Americans came this
way. In the Philippines Mrs. Adams