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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-06-12
papermakers Get Advance,

The international officers Of the Pa
makers, Pulp and Sulphite Workers
unions and organizations of mechani-
cal trades having men employed in pa
per mills have secured an agreement
with the st Croix Paper company,
having mills at Woodland, Me. For
the papermakers and pulp and sui
phite workers the wage scale and
working conditions granted were iden-
tical with those recently secured from
the Great Northern Paper company for
It's Maine mills. For the mechanical
trades the St Croix company gave a
slightly better advance than the other
company,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-06-12
W0RKINGMEN'S HOMES.
Scarcity of Decent Dwellings the
Shame of Civilization

Scarcity of Decent Dwellings the
Shame of Civilization.
The outrage Of our American cities is
the way we bid for home seekers when
we have no homes to offer them after
we lure them to come. our factories
scour the country for workers, bring
them in and turn them loose to find
shelter wherever they can. Our busi-
ness organizations offer bonuses for
new factories, bidding for these which
bring in the largest number Of fami-
lies. Another factory a hundred
families! More prosperity" they an
nounce in big headlines.
One Of the saddest sights of the
slums is to see the thrifty wife Of the
workingman. with her rosy brood Of
children. used to country air and sun
shine, used to space, privacy, good sur
roundings. cleanliness. quiet shut up
amid the noise and dirt and confusion
In the gloom of the slum. That is an
unusual family that can maintain the
sanctity Of its home life in the tene-
ments.
The brave fight may be made if the
father and mother are spared to hold
control and provide the bread But
how many wordngmen in our cities.
the records show, fall prey to tuber-
culosis, typhoid, pneumonia and other
"house diseases!" How many mothers
are beckoned from their little families
by the same ghastly finger, Any one
who will search the records will find
that a startling number of dependent
families become so on account of death
or prolonged illness Of the breadwin
ner
And the children?
The ranks of the dependent and de.
linquent are recruited-in what per
centage we ought to know, but any
percentage is too large from the fami
lies of the workingmen that are
brought into our cities and dumped
into our dilapidated old death traps.
And so l say that the responsibility
is upon those who import workingmen
to see that there are decent homes for
them when they come and not to set
snares to destroy them and their chill
dren-Albion Fellows Bacon in Survey
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-06-12
For His Own Use.

A small boy who was sitting next to
very naughty lady In crowded ON
ing manner. At last theslady could bear
1t no longer and turned to the lad.
boy. have you got a handkerchief
she demanded.
The small boy looked at her for few
seconds, and then. in dighified tone
came the answer:
Yes. | ave. but don't lend it tO
strangers. London Mail.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-06-12
!. s..s s.i...s... i,
HOURS AND WAGES.

1t will not be safe to assume
that eight hour laws and other
measures that give workers the
guarantee of adequate relaxation
and rest are injurious to either
capital or labor because they
lessen the productive period. 1t
is the history of such legislation
and of the whole movement for
shorter hours and better work
ing conditions that better rath-
er than less wages go along with
the progress of this movement.
There are always exceptions.
and they are especially noted in
times when new eight hour meas
ures for men and women are
just taking effect But in the
long run of experience it has
been shown that the eight hour
worker is made enough more ef-
ficient to enable him to earn as
large a wage iii eight as be for
merly did in ten urs.-New
York Press.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-06-12
More PAY For EIectricians.

Boston Electrical Workers union has
just announced that an understanding
had been reached with the employing
contractors whereby a three years
agreement will go into effect July /.
The agreement provides a wage rate
OF $3.50 a day until July 1. 1915, when
So day will be paid for one year,
after which $500 will be the scale
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-06-12

ting nIs own aouress ana having to
look 1t up in the telephone directory
was capped by Il friend of mine. says
writer in the London Sphere. who
from what he had been suffering II
have been very ILL., he said, with
With with" and could get no fur
ther. And then suddenly it came to
him. with loss OF memory. But
he added. I'm all right now"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-06-12
Praise For Unionists.

Governor Walsh of Massachusetts
recently addressed the Boston Central
Labor union and paid high tribute to 1t
as a. force which had brought better
ments for all mankind and one of the
active factors in bringing about the
present day legislation for life. health
and happiness of the people, instead Of
laws solely for industrial and wealth
development. &
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-06-12
Nothing Left.

Have you" asked the judge of a
recently convicted man. anything to
offer the court before sentence is
passed."
"No. your honor" replied the prls-
aner. My lawyer took my last far
thing. "-London Tit Bits.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-06-12
Storm Center.

"'Uneasy lies the head that wears a
crown.
In republic 1t is the presidents
private secretary who acquires the In
sannia." Kansas city Journal.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-06-12
Effective Coverinq.

When the train bandit was cap
tiired was he covered with confusion? ?"
NO sir; with the train crews re-
vnlvers. y" Baltimore American.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-06-12
Kanqaroo Tendons.

In Australia kangaroo farming is an
important industry. The hides are
valuable, and the tendons extremely
fine Indeed, they are the best known
to surgeons for sewing up wounds.
and especially for holding broken bones
together being much finer and tougher
than catgut London Globe.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-06-12
GOSPEL OF HOPE.

The labor movement of Amer
. lea has made brotherhood more
than meaningless term. 1t has
. carried the gospel of hope and
human betterment wherever the
. stars and stripes have been raised
as the emblem of liberty and
. equality for all. 1t has secured
for the toilers opportunities for
: better and happier living and the
development of character and in
. dependent manhood and woman
hood. But there is much yet to
. be done. The unorganized must
be organized that they may
. share more fully In the hope and
: progress of the future. To this
. end the American Federation of
Labor is preparing to begin Il
. systematic. persistent movement
to organize all wageworking wo-
. men. that they may do their part
IN securing justice and freedom
. for themselves and all the work
erS Samuel Gompers.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-06-12

Yes, He Was All Right.
George r. Sims account Of forget
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-06-12

The good you do Is not lost, though
you forget it.-Fielding.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-24
POISONED NEEDLE A MYTH

vator, a street car or elevated train,
or is caught in the press of a. crowd.
Suddenly she sees, close beside her,
our old friend the mysterious
stranger" with the piercing black
eyes and the compelling manner. At
the same time she feels a sting and
knows that she has been stabbed with
a poisoned needle. She Immediately
becomes unconscious, dazed or ire
sponsible for a greater or less period
of time, during which she experiences
number of marvellous adventures or
hairbreadth escapes.
1t is not possible to say that no
woman was ever without her knowl-
edge given a drug hypodermically
which produced unconscious. 1t can,
however, be said very positively that
there is no drug known to scientific
men which could be administered in
the manner or which would produce
the effect described in recent news
pepper reports.
One of the laws of hysteria is that
when any peculiar phenomenon is re-
ported, similar instances Immediately
appear throughout the country. We
may now expect spring crop of
magazine stories and popular novels
based on the poisoned needle as a
motive. Scientifically, the thing is as
ridiculous and impossible as hypno-
tism of an unwilling subject or in
Simultaneous anaesthesia. Popular be-
liefs travel in waves, and hysteria
and excited imaginations help them
along. The history of popular delu-
sions. from Salem witchcraft to pres
ent-day vagaries is full of such in
stances.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-24
THE FISH BILL HEARING.

IT is for the Legislature take action the bill which
that the State shall occupy the fisheries ad
the States fish from destruction by the COM
ercia greed which injury the natural
of this nation and give the people the full benefit OF the
fisheries low prices while aodng the State splendid
tcto relieve it of financial embarrassments,
The question involved in the bill simple that the
farY understand 1t simply whether few New York mid
fdlehen\ organized control of the dis
frhutioA continue control by taking
New Jersey property fish and taxing it six pound for the
shall undoubted right
Sits own property by oung and adopting system of
that will abolish this and to the State
Treasury large that legimaey belongs to IT
al In effect government by its private
ononopoy of the fisheries really giving immense subsidy to
another State Much than the
What the State could get legislative paid from the
reasury subsdize that obs market basket in
chief contributing the
living. If this view of the fish situation cannot
Legislator his duty the State and its people then he
public the claims of humanity
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-24

When Mayor Mitchell, of New York.
was discussing Colonel Goethals, VINO
has won worldwide renown for ms
mastery construction of the Panama
canal for the head of the police ae-
nartment. he said he wanted the Dig
cest man in America for the job
The man who is in most demand
everywhere today is the man VINO can
do things, the man with vigorous
initiative and the quality OF me
leadership, the man who can create
somethinc, the man with resource
fulness, the man of productive power.
There are plenty of men who can
do routine work, who can follow pre-
scrihed lines, carry out IN detail d
program which others make, but the
man of original force. of constructive
energy who can get out of the beaten
track and blaze away for others is as
rare as he is valuable.
There is always a big premium on
the man Of original ideas. progress
sive methods, the man of productive
force, the thinker There is an adj
Nertisement up at the door of every
house of human endeavor for such a
man. Great business concerns are
securing the country for men OF TINS
stamp; large combinations are look
ing for them as leaders. Merchants
need them, insurance companies are
looking for them; they are wanted
everywhere in the business world, IN
all walks of life.
The world wants leaders, men with
great executive ability, men with
stamina, men who have an abundance
of iron in their blood and lime III
their backbone. It needs aggressive
men, men whose blood is full of posi-
tive force, men of grit and stamina
these are the men who make thinSs
move.
The man who is wanted everywhere
today is a born winner, the man who
is victory organized, the man who has
the habit of victory. These natural
winners have great self-contldence as
well as determination. They have CO.
lossal self-faith in their ability to
overcome obstacles.
These great positive, forceful char
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-24

The officer arrestlng the owner
of this card for violation of the
law regulating automobiles, will
release party at once, holding this
card for Identification. After filing
complaint deliver this card to chief
of police, L. Play l-OCh,
Police Commissioner.
j. w. RYAN, Chief of Police.
Dallas. Tex, has an ordinance maxi
ing it a crime. punishable by fine or
Jail for auto speeding.
The law puts the offense on a level
with splitting on the sidewalk. or en-
gaging in a fight or getting drunk or
doing a number of other things which
are q nuisance and menace to the
community.
Then. comes the difference. The
man with the auto never goes to jail
The man who violates other ordi-
nances and who possesses no imple-
ment of wealth with which to commit
his crime does,
And so firmly is this class distinc-
Ton fixed in official minds that the
police department issues indulgences
in advance, protecting auto owners
from the blunders of any rough-nech
policeman who might be unable to
see the difference between a law
breaker on the sidewalk and n law
breaker in a joy wagon.
To make sure that no rich man Is
Inundated by ordinary processes OF
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-24
Accident Prevention
... a..

From the Phladelpnla inquirer.
Medals of gold, silver and bronze, to
be known as the Anthony Brady me
mortal medals, are to be awarded
every year hereafter by the American
Museum of Safety for the best work
done during the year by an electric
street railway in America in acct
dent prevention and industrial ny
giene. 1t is to be made possible for
any employc, no matter how humble,
10 compete with the highest official
connected with a railway. It is in
teresting TO remember that when
Hartman medals were distributed a
few months ago one of them went to
William Sproule, president of the
Southern Pacific Company, and the
other to William Schwab a conductor
on the Sacramento division of the
same road
Nicholas Brady. the donor of the
latest medals, says that evidences are
daily being shown of an awakening
interest on the part of great indus
tfialists to introduce measures of
safety for the protection, not only of
their own workers, but of the public
as we'll He hopes the annual awards
will awaken the interest of those
roads that have not yet realized their
obligations to the community, and
will stimulate others TO increased eff
forts in the conservation of human
life
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-24

"There was no member of General
Garfields cabinet for whom James CT.
Blaine had a higher regard than he
did for the secretary of the interior.
Samuel J. Kirkwood, of Iowa. This
regard was not confined to esteem for
the very remarkable endowment OF
plain, d-fashioned common sense
which Kirkwood possessed" said one
of the three surviving members of
President Garfield's cabinet, Thomas
l.. James, the postmaster general
The other two cabinet associates still
living are Robert L. Lincoln, Abra-
ham Lincoln's son, who was secretary
of war, and Wayne MacVeagh, who
was attorney general.
blaine often used to take a seat
beside Kirkwood at the cabinet meet
ing" said Mr.. James. he liked TO
draw Kirkwood out Blaine did not
smoke, but he seemed at times rather
to relish the flavor of the tobacco
which came from the old-fashioned
corncob pipe which Kirkwood was &C
customcd to smoke as the cabinet
meetings were drawing to an end.
Blaine was fond of talking with
KirlLwood about the early days in
Iowa shortly after the territory be
came a State. Kirkwood knew all
of the leading men of each party In
Iowa from the time the territory be-
came a State until he himself heSa n
TO feel the weight of years.
II remember one occasion when two
or three of us were chatting with
Blaine about presidential possibilities
lie was in especially good humor that
day and ran over the names OF sew
eral distinguished Republicans who
had been sometimes spoken OF as
possible candidates for the presi-
dcncy.
zone of the company, I do not re-
member now who 1t was asked Blaine
what he thought of Window, who
was then secretary of the treasury
as a presidential candidate. Window
was, of course, not present during
this chat,
II was not able to analyze or in
terpret the peculiar expression of
Blaine's face while he was consider
ing what he should say in reply to
this question. II Was an inscrutable
EXPRESSION, No one could have told
from it whether Blaine regarded Win
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-24
CLEANUP WEEK FOR ORANGE.

ORANGE is have Cleanup week, beginning April 10
extending April 81 giving time for citizens and the munich
aty thorough job of it, There is to be efficient
organization carry the details Church will be
the plan from the pulpit and upon
congregations for cleanliness next to godness This
M annual crusade Orange filth and with the
snowledpe gained experience should be
effective
Orange residential city has exceptionally good
should neglect live it. When people
New York the Oranges make their homes
from the noise and dust and untdness
d great city and live where these do not exist
Neglect of cleanliness by the municipality and its people Will deter
many making the city their residence In fact important
that semiannual cleanngup day would
be amiss
The originated the West has travelled east from
State State it destined have great effect in
making cities tidy and attractive well in
promoting civic pride and spirit The citizen should learn TO
interest the welfare of his town besides merely
Watching and grumblng public for
him help we'll critse He should at least see to 1t that
M premises and surroundings kept clean and turn to
them
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-24

pathy and to lessen their mother S
cares they used to take their baby
sister along with them. Sometimes
this would not be enough to, bring the
pennies, and then, fearing TO so home
emptyhanded, Rachel would pretend
TO faint from hunger. This usually
opened the purse strings of her spec
tators, and incidentally it was Ra-
chefs first lesson in the art of act
ing. Rachel and her sister tried to
sing as they begged, and since they
had no one to teach them, they would
listen under the windows to ladies
who sang and try to catch the words
and melodies from them.
1t was not long before Rachel was
aware of her wonderful talent, and
she began to struggle for the neces-
sary training. One of the greatest
teachers of the time, Provost. said to
her after hearing her sing and seeing
her act:
"You are fit for nothing but to sell
flowers on the streets as you used to
do"
Rachel did not forget this taunt,
and several months later when she
had proved her ability and had met
with the most gratifying applause
from the pubic, she gently reminded
the great teacher of his unkind re-
mark She had been fairly deluged
with flowers from her admiring audi
ence and, gathering as many of the
flowers as she could carry in her
arms. she turned to the Provost who
was in the audience, she said:
II am doing as you said. VIII you
buy"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-24
Noted Women Whose Birthday Is Yours
BY MARY MARSHALL.
MARCH "a
Rachel
Copyrighted 1914.

If you were born on March "A you
have a wide choice in finding your
birthday patron. Among writer's there
are two Fannys-Fanny Crosby, the
American blind hymn writer, and
Fanny Lewald. the popular German
novelist of the nineteenth century.
There is an artist, Lady Diana Beau
clerk, known as Lady Di, who paint
ed portraits of the English aristo-
cracy $50 years ago. There is the
eVer-present woman suffrage advocate
in the person of Matilda Gage, the
friend and coWorl5er of Susan b.
Anthony, and there are two celebrated
singers-Johanna Sophie Lowe, and
Maria Felicia Malibrun. johanna
Lowe was born ninety nine years ago,
and made O name for herself as an
opera singer. Nine. Malibrun, a
contemporary of hers, was one OF
tho most remarkable mezzo-soprano
singers on record, and everywhere
met with unprecedented applause
The most celebrated OF all is Ra-
chel. the wonderful French actress,
who was born ninety-three years ago
today, the daughter of a poor jew
of Paris. She was one of many chill
dren, each of whom was looked upon
as a burden by the mother and Il
troublesome expense by the father.
The father gave lessons in German
and the mother made a poor living
mending old theatrical costumes. Ka-
chel did her share of work by beg
ging in the streets with her sister,
and in order to elicit greater sym
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-24
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
An Ideal Qualification for the White House

dom as having had available quail
ties for the presidential nomination
or whether he looked upon the talk
of a year earlier of Window in con-
nection with the nomination as in the
nature of a personal confidence.
you may remember that Blaine
lisped a little, family, and we in the
cabinet meetings discovered that this
lisp became more pronounced when
he was especially interested. 1t was
with that faint, almost unnoticeable
lisp that Blaine at last said Window
was a favorite-son candidate for the
nomination, and added: You know
there are always a good many favor
ite-son candidates who disappear aft
er the first ballot
81 noticed the impression gained
from Blaine's remark was that he
did not regard, at any time prior to
the Republican convention in 1880,
Window as a candidate for the nom
nation worthy of any serious consid-
Grafton.
He became very earnest in a mo-
ment, and then said: L want to say
to YOU that if Sam Kirkwood were
fifteen or twenty years younger than
he is I am convinced he would have
been the nominee of the party in
1880, and he would have been as
strong a candidate as could have
been named. His rugged personality.
his wonderful common-sense, his
consistent democracy mean social
democracy-and his utter freedom
from ostentation would have made
him an ideal candidate. And, then.
added Blaine, with a half smile,
there was another very strong quail
| ifieation-Sam Kirllwood had one of
the best wives, and you know how
popular she has been here in Wash
| ington since he became senator from
| Iowa She presented every qualifica-
ton that makes for the highest type
of womanhood In addition to that,
she was not ashamed, when she was
the young wife of young governor
| of Iowa, occasionally to do her own
| laundry work. And don't you see
how that would have appealed to the
plain people?' -
Copyright, 1914. by e. j. Edwards,
| All rights reserved)