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The daily Nome industrial worker., 1915-12-18
WE CAN DO IT.

For first class worx and pr0n ps delivery ph me Main 16t and tiss Peoples Steam Laundry w.n cs9t and get your laundry.
 w. J. WILLIAMSON Pros.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1915-12-18
WESTERN FEDERATION OF
 MINERS.

Headquarters 6O6 Railroad Build ng, Denver, Colorado. HAS. MOVER. ERNEST MILLS,
 President. Sec.-Treas
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-22
The OHIO LIQUOR
LEAGUE.
Adopts Resolutions Praising
Organized Labor.

At the meeting of the Ohio Lii
quor League which was held in
Toledo last week the following
resolutions were read and unani-
mously adopted.
BE IT RESOLVED, That we,
the members of the Ohio Liquor
League, give especial thanks TO
those members of organized labor
who so valiently opposed State
wide prohibition, and supported the
home rule amendment. 1t was this
element that brought home to the
people of the State the blighting
effect State wide prohibition would
produce and the necessity for the
re- establishment of home rule upon
the liquor question in Ohio, there
fore,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED
That the Secretary of this organi
zation communicate this resolution
to the various labor union locals
throughout the State.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-22
SOME PROBLEM.

An editor who was asked by his
son to help him with some of the
problems assigned as night work
says he can't see how a boy is 60
ing to learn anything when his
teacher sends him home with prob
lens like the followina IF it
takes a four months woodpecker,
with rubber bill nine months and
thirteen days to peck hole
through cypress log that is large
enough to make III shingles, and
it takes 165 shingles to make a
bundle worth SO cents, how long
will it take a cross eyed grass
hopper with cork leg to kick all
the seeds out Of dill pickle?-
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-22
To Test Eight=Hour Law .

Washington, Jan. p. The Cal
ifornia eight-hour law, which linn
its the hours of pupil nurses, while
imposing no restrictions on grad
uate nurses, will be tested Lefore
the United States Supreme court.
Friends of the law argue that pu-
pill nurses are employed primarily
for financial gain by the hospitals
and while in training are used as
special nurses, for whom the pa.
tient pays the hospital the high
rate set for graduate nurses.
Such pupil nurses" continue
defenders Of the law, are subject
to the double strain of long work
ing hours, with consequent heavy
responsibilities and the strain oil
continuing with their student du.
ties. By fixing an eight-hour day
for pupil nurses and exemrting
graduate nurses, the California law
protects the exploited nurses and
leaves free the graduate nurse to
perform the continuous duties OF
supervision and operating room,
which cannot be interrupted with
out danger"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-22
WORLD or LABOR

In the first annual report of the
United States Board of Mediation
and Cancellation it is shown that
there have been twenty-eight cases
of differences between railroad en-
ployers and their employees, involv-
ing 125, SOB of the latter. Some of
these cases were submitted by one
side, some by the other, and seme
jointly, and all except two strike
votes had actually been taken be-
fsre the services of the board were
requested. There have been how
ever, but two instances where this
vote became effective, and this for
short time only. In other words
no railroad strike of any serious
consequence has occurred in this
country during the first year Of the
operation of the board.
Representatives of trade unions
and employers organizations at
tended hearing by the Pennsyl-
vania State Industrial Accidents
Commission, which is putting the
finishing touches on tentative
workmen's compensation bill to be
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-22

Drldges, demolition or bUlmngs ano
many other things. Gradually the sap
pers and miners duties became greatly
enlarged and refined. and in many
armies they came to be called engi-
neers
In all armies every soldier today does
work that formerly fell to the laboring
and hard working sappers Every sol
dier today knows how to handle pick
and spade as we'll as to shoot a rifle,
pistol, magazine gun or cannon. All
soldiers now dig trenches, gun pits and
the like, but construction work. requir-
ing higher technical training. is done
by the engineers. successors to the sap
pers of old. In many kinds of construc-
ton the engineers may be aided by
troops of other branches and by civil
ians. hired or impressed = Washington
Star
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-22
MONEY TO LOAN
ON FARMS
At ga and 6 per cent
Hiram 8. Mathers
Lyric Theater Building
CINCINNATI
COAXING THE FURNACE.
Try Genteness and the Uplift and
Kindly, Soothing Words,

Treat your furnace kindly. Let your
watchwords as furnace tender be
gentleness and npIift. Be firm with
your furnace, but always gentle. Some
persons imagine that the way to make
a furnace behave properly is to first
shake it violently and then maui the
life out of the remaining Goals with the
poker They try chastisement when
they should try gentleness and uplift
and only succeed in packing the coal
harder and destroying ventilation, the
secret OF successful furnace tending.
Nothing responds more readily to up
lift than does furnace fire. When in
the early morning you wish to arouse
the furnace fire from it's slumbers, you
should first shake ii gently then gently
tickle the ribs OF the crate with the
poker to make ventilation more perfect
and then crack the top crust with a
lever-like uplifting use of the poker. In
minute the fire will be wide awake
and in good humor. laughing and stick
ing out its tongues of fame at you in
merriment.
Never swear at your furnace, no mat
ter how 1t annoys you. That will make
1t sully and obstinate. You never saw
furnace which was sworn at often
which was not frequently sulky and
obstinate. Now, did you? 1t is advis.
able to take the directly opposite tack.
know man who always addresses
his furnace as sweetheart" or "dar-
ling" and be assures me the plan works
to perfection. Maybe it doesn't really
make the furnace warm up the way 1t
seems to-" he frankly admits. Maybe
the mere suggestion just keeps me
from losing my temper and hammering
my fire to pieces. But, anyway, the re-
suits are excellent. Savvyw-Lee Ship
pey in Judge
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-22
JAPANESE COURT TRIALS.
The Judges, Not the Lawyers, Cues
ton the Witnesses.

The defendant in a japanese court
was testifying in his own behalf He
stood directly in front Of the presiding
judge, not ten feet distant from him,
and answered his questions In a clear
voice, without any apparent hesitation.
The judge seemed conversant with the
case, for he put questions rapidly, Civ
Ing funny little grunt of acquiescence
after every answer Occasionally one
Of the associates wrote suggestion
and handed ii to the president, and
once or twice the defendants counsel
asked the court to put a certain In
quiry The whole proceeding-a the
same may be said of those in several
other courts visited was conducted
in quiet, colloquial way In every
instance ] was impressed with the sim
pie, businesslike atmosphere
Some of the japanese lawyers with
whom have talked say that they feel
that very often the court does not
elicit all the facts and that our system
of having witnesses questioned by
counsel would be better, but, on the
other hand, some lawyers maintain
that better results are realized by the
system, which puts upon the court the
duty OF getting at the truth, maintain
ing that the witnesses are more apt to
talk frankly to the court than to the
lawyer for the opposite side who is
engaged, as they think, in trying to
make them out liars.
came away quite favorably i'm
pressed with what / saw and wonder
Ing whether on the whole In 95 per
cent of the cases a decision by three
judges trained in the investigation Of
facts would not be as nearly right as
the verdict of twelve citizens casually
gathered in from the general com
munity.-George W Wickersham In
Case and Comment
End of the Locomotive.
When railroad locomotives have
served their time of usefulness or are
badly damaged through accidents they
are ordinarily scrapped and disposed
of as salvage. This at least is the
practice followed by many of the com
panies which turn over their obsolete
equipment of this kind to firms which
junk 1t. After the sheeting is removed
from the sides OF the locomotive the
cutting is done with oxyacetylene
torches. Castings, malleable iron and
the different grades of metal are sepa-
rated as the work proceeds. Popular
Mechanics.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-22
UNSEEN COMPANIONS.
Familiacs That Are Born and Dwell In
Our imaginations.

Familars That Are Born and Dwell In
Our lmaginations.
Real men and women are not the
only people. Our minds are inhab bited
as truly as any other country Every
child has his invisible playmate, TO
whom he talks more freely than to his
parents and with whom he goes upon
strange adventures-a tiny Columbus.
with whom he embarks upon the wa
ters Of the bathtub to discover a new
land, or a rowing De Soto, with whom
he slips through the garden gate unat-
tended and unafraid always before he
is three years old, bent upon an excur-
sion into the wilderness which lies
across the brook In the field or in the
woods.
If you are the father or mother OF
this child you never can understand
that-how the timid baby who was
never before out of your sight could
have gone so far alone Why. when
you found him, stained with his trav-
els, very tired almost nodding, he was
still confident, preoccupied and bent
upon further pilgrimage into the un-
known. 1t is because he was not
alone He was accompanied by an
other whom he knows better than he
will ever know father or mother, one
Of those companions of his own fancy,
about whom he never tells you or any
one else
These people grow up like other peo-
pie. The little child has his familiar,
and the young man his his Ideal" al
ways woman-not the one he marries
nor even the one he might have mar
ried, but one whom he never saw in
the flesh. yelled and inscrutable
presence who never forsakes him. And
when he grows old and the wife he
did marry grows old she remains young.
fairer than the lilies, sweeter than hon
eydew upon the leaves in June-Corra
Harris in Harper's Magazine
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-22
Dome of the Rock,

The name Dome of the Rock" is
one that has been conferred on the
celebrated mosque of Omar. at Jeru-
salem. 1t stands on Mount Moriah
on the site once occupied by the tenn
pie Of Solomon. Immediately under
its dome an irregular shaped rock pro
.Jects above the pavement This rock
was the scene OF many Scripturai
events and has been greatly revered
for ages by Jews and Mohammedans
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-22
Aisle on the Car In a Wreck,

veteran railroad man gave a piece
of valuable advice not long ago.
IF you ever get into wreck" he
said. land have time TO follow out this
suggestion, remember this: Always
stand In the aisle. Most OF the injuries
that are suffered occur because the vic
tim is crushed between the seats. If
you are In the aisle you may be thrown
forward and bruised a little. but there
is much less chance of receiving seri-
GUS hurts. 1t isn't always possible to
get out of your seat before the crash
comes, but IL 1t is follow that advice"
Pittsburgh Press.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-22
Rom ance.

They were at a tea on Morningside-
she extremely pretty and engaging
despite the fact that she was in Teach
ers' college and he an earnest student
of the law They had really gone quite
far along the pleasant road of ro-
nance He inquired civilly what de
gree she pursued
'T aspire to an NJ r. s." she replied
demurely.
II dare say it's hard" he answered
absentmindedly Hours afterward un-
der the green shaded light in his own
room 1t ali came to him suddenly
New York Post
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-22
A Composite Church.

While there are many beautiful
churches, 1t is an old saying that the
choir of Beauvais. the nave of Amiens.
the portal OF Rheims and the towers
Of Chartres would together make the
oveliest church in the world The
glass in the great windows of nave
and transept at Rheims was one of its
greatest charms. Almost all OF it was
made at the time when such work was
most bea:,tifnl
Appropriate.
what kind OF binding will You
have?" asked the bookbinder OF a GUS
toner who wanted new covers put on
his dictionary
II think speIlbinding would ne very
appropriate. was the reply philadel
phia Ledger.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-22
Awards Made This Week By
The Industrial Commits.
sion OF Ohio.

The State Industrial Commission
granted awards to the following:
Henry KIatt, of 2I9 Malvern
Ave, Middletown awarded S720. 90
injured in the employ of George
B. Hicks, contractor at Middletown
Injury was loss of left thumb cut
off by saw. A bill OF S26 for med
ical services was also paid for him
from the state insurance fund.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-22

presented to the State Legislature.
President Maurer, of the State Fed
Grafton of Labor, objected to the
suggestions made by Newell Brad
ley, of the Midvale Steel Company,
that there should be a physical ex
animation made of employees. The
unionist insisted that the bill was
intended to cover accidents and not
occurational diseases. He express
ed the belief that because the util-
ization of safety appliances there
are so per cent. fewer accidents to-
day than four years ago.
The Iowa State Federation of
Labor has prepared its legislative
program to be presented to the next
State Assembly. The proposals in
clude: Regulating the hours of
women workers; for semi month
ly pay day instead of once month
free textbooks in all public schools;
an eight hour day on all public
work; to abolish party emblems on
election ballots; for day labor to re
place the contract system on public
work; for the establishment of a
mrseum of safeguards for all dan
gerous machinery, under the super
vision of the bureau of labor for
the proper lighting and ventilation
of all workshops, stores and factor
les; needed changes in the work
mems compensation law; better
factory inspection laws; to provide
State commission to fix a stan
dard of safety in all factories and
workshops and on construction
work.
In report on wages and hours
of labor in the lumber, mill work
and furniture industries, the United
States Department of Labor shows
the low rates paid workers in these
callings. The average hours foi
mill workers range from 4S to 60
Their average wages is; Beuch
hands, $40, go; laborers, $40 AZ; ma.
chine hands, S15.57. In the fur
niture industry rhe hours vary from
a minimum Of 30. l for carvers to q
maximum of 57.6 for machine
hands. The wage rates are; Cab
met makers, $3.50; carvers, hand
SIT. Al; chair assemblers, Sl1 32;
fnishers, S11.81; machine hands,
S12 so; upholsterers, SIC. 42; ven
eerers, S1245. Referring to the
lumber industry, the report says
the pred yminating working time is
SO hours week, although the
hours varied from less than 90 in
a few instances to over 66 in others
The average rate for laborers is
SO 40; for machine feeders, plan
ing mill, Sl134 doggers, $1l.22;
trimmer operators, $500; settlers,
Sl5.71 and edgermen, S16.28.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-22

JEFF DAVIS known the word
over as the hobo king has
started a hotel in New York. Well
New York hasn't dog CUR thing
en- Hamilton when it comes to hav-
ing hobo hotel Why our hotel
is doing such a rushing business
that we turn some Of the guests
away every night.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-22
r BK
Local Organizers and Bust
ness Agents.

Charles E. Vaughn, A. F. of L.
Residence, 721 Buckeye Street
Home Phone 800 A.
Timothy Rowan, International
Molders' Union, Residence, 939
Central Ave. Bell Phore 403 x.
VIM. w. Finfrock, Painters
Decorators ana Paper Hangers
Union, No. 1856 Residence 308 S.
Secopd Street. Bell Phone 1896 L.
Swain B. Corson, Carpenters
and Joiners' Union, No. 637, Rests
dence 107 Brosey Ave, Bell Phone
756 L.
w. R. Smith, Paper Makers Un-
ion, Residence, Hotel DeArmond.
Home Phone 81. Bell Phone 81 i.
DAYTON OHIO.
Ben Closterman, Polishers.
J. F. Eichorn, Bartenders, z
Market street.
w. ]. Gregg, Hosting Engineers
Al w. Great Miami Boulevard.
VIM. Schneberger, Cigarmakers'
125 Samuel street.
George Richardson, Teamsters'
80 Wayne, Ave, Bell Phone SAL
Home Phone 2541.
Earl Nyswander, Carpenters p
N. Main street.
Geo. Lorah, Plumbers corner
Washington and Main, street
Plumbers Hall.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-22
Printers RAISE Wages.

Fargo, N. D Jan. p. Typo
graphical union has secured a new
contract with newspapers and job
printing Offices in this city. The
agreement calls for al increase of
50 per week, which nominally
means an actual raise in most cases
of 81 week, as the greater portion
of these workers have been receiv
ing 81 over the scale the past year.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-22
Tools, Not Toys.

Flimmer-Met Unison downtown to
day. He'd just bought tin horn, a
triangle, some blocks. rattle box
some sleigh bells and popgun /
didn't know he had baby. Flamson
He hasn't He's a vaudeville trap
drummer. Those things are part of
his outfit Puck.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-22
PLENTY of Collars

A young man went into q clothing
store and asked for a collar. The
clerk waited On him and said: They
are 10 cents each. two for % cents
Want twoT'
Inc young man replied, mo. have
plenty OF collars, but they are both In
the laundry. indianapolis News
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-22
An Old Story.

Subbubs larriving homel- Well dear.
anything new happened today? Mrs,
Subbubs-The cooks gone Subbubs-
asked you If there was anything new
happened Boston Transcript
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-22

whatever is intended for insertion must be
authenticated by the and address OF the
writer, not necessarily for publication, but as a
guarantee of good faith.
Subscribers changing their addte ess will please
notify this office, giving old and new address TO
tns1re regular delivery OF paper.
We do not hold ourselves responsible for any
views opinions expressed IN the articles or
communications of correspondents.
Communications solicited from secretaries OF
all societies and organizations, and should be
addressed to THE BUTLER COUNTY PRESS $40
Market street, Hamilton, Ohio
The publishers reserve the right to reject any
Advertisements at ary time.
Advertising rates made known on application
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-22

The world is beautiful book, but of
little use to him who cannot read IT.
GOidoni
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-22

Endorsed by the Trades and Labor
Council of Hamilton, Ohio.
Endorsed by the Middletown Trades
and Labor Council of Middielown o.
Endorsed by the Labor Legislative
League of Butler, Preble and Mont
gomery Counties.
Endorsed by Metal Trades CounciE
oi Hamilton ohio.
Endorsed by the United Trades and
Labor Council, Dayton, Ohio.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-22

ISSUED WEEKLY AT S26 MARKET STREET,
HAMILTON, OHIO.
HOME, TRLEPHoNK S0s.
BRIL l206-X.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-01-22
FRIDAY, JANUARY %, 1915.

Entered at the Posfo6see al Hamilton, OHIO, as
Second C7agI Mail. Matter
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-08

To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir.--The state Legislature has
created "A state Board OF Taxation. sup
plemenied by, local boards. the pre-
sumed primary object of these boards
being 10 "cqualizc" taxation. II this
is not the object there is no excuse for
their existence. since all other work
they perform has previously been very
well done by circuit clerks. courts and
grand jurics.
In the year they nave been at work
these boards have probably found
enough OF new taxes on personal prop
erty and in incomes TO pay their own
expenses. but 1t Is frankly admitted
that they have accomplished nothin;,
at all toward "cuuaiiza ton" This is
no fault Of the boards Under the law
they must do the work OF comparing
the commissioners books. and In A
large county this takes two weeks or
more AS they are prohibited from be-
ing In session more than thirty days
in one year. this leaves, say fifteen
days. for all other work required. in
Guiding cqualizing. and the result is
nothing accomplished.
In other words the legislature has
created AN Office which the public
thought was to do certain work. and
for fear the job, which has taxed the
biggest brains Of Virginia since Colo
NAL times would not be big enough TO
keep them busy, has tack ed on so many
details that the boards have no time
TO do any "cQualizinU." After an as
SCISSOR has assessed the real estate Of
a district third or ouc-half its
value. which has been the custom in
Virginia from time Nnincmorial, it Will
take Il board much more than fifteen
days 10 adjust such assessments ON
AN equality basis. Since the same
custom Of low assessments i. followed
-. all In 81
no ono is hurt, so why not lie, II go
as usual?
This, however, - just what is wrong
with our whole system OF taxes. II
leaves entirely too much To the judy
mcnt and inlar nation Of the assessor,
and there are thousands OF Instances III
the State where his Judgment lets ono
owner OFF too easy, and comes down
on another 900 hard in proportion In
every county in the state pieces OF
property may be found assessed at
from IS 10 loo per cent of what they
could he sold for. and other pieces Of
propcrty assessed AT from 20 TO -
per cent OF what their owners would
take as a purchase price. and in many
instances what they have refused when
offered. The writer has Knowledge of
such cases in different parts Of the
state. one in particular IL called TO
mind which is assessed at less than
$40. 0N0. and has a mortgage on IL for
over 100000. showing that somebody
thought ii was worth considerably
more than the assessed value. This is
one Of the cases OF Judgment custom
has permitted the assessor. All prop
erty should be assessed at full, actual
value, and lcvieS lowered in proper
ton
One suggestion which would assist
toward equalization * that the 10
cents State tax on real estate be tax
en- off. and tho needed amount. raised