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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-08-27
C0NEY ISLAND

With Harvest Home week and
Fall festival moving along In
splendid style Coney Island is pre-
pairing for the week beginning
Sunday August Goth which will be
glittering from day to day with
special attractions. Hardly will
the three days of the fair and prize
exhibits of Harvest Home week be
past when Coney will be up and
doing in readiness for the next at
fractions. Saturday August 2Sth,
will wind up the Harvest Home
week with the greatest beauty
show of babies ever gathered to-
gsther. The Fall Festival will run
to September /.
The Island Queen and the Prin-
cess will leave the wharf at the
foot of Broadway each day includ
Ing Sunday, at $50 and HOO a. m.
100, 2:30, 400, $50, 700 and
500 p. m Music and dancing is a
feature on each trip.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-08-27
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GENERAL ADMISSION AFTER SEPT. 1

Cnar IT nad power TO pucker distance
itself.
Bridger also found a fine place to
fish: Somewhere along the shore an
immense boiling spring discharges its
overflow directly into the lake. The
specific gravity Of the water is less
than that of the lake, owing to the ex-
pansive action of heat, and it floats in
a stratum of three or four feet thick
upon the cold water underneath. When
Bridger was in need of fish 1t was to
this place that he went Through the
hot upper stratum he let fall his bait
to the subjacent habitable zone and,
having hooked his victim, cooked him
on. the way outp'
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-08-27
Ask Congress To Call
Rockefeller.
Federal Commission Report De-
mands Testimony of Oil
Kings Son.

Chicago, Aug. 27.-After days
Of strenuous debate in private con-
ferences, the federal industrial rela-
tions commission has voted unani-
mously to print and forward to
congress the report of it's investi-
cations aud recommendation pre-
pared by B. M. Manley.
The result is victory for chair
man Frank B. P. Walsh and his
labor associates on the commission
]. B. Lennon, James O'Connell and
A. B. Garretson.
Two Minority Statements.
1t Is expected, however, that
two other statements will be filed
in the nature of minority reports,
explain ations or notifications. One
of these will be by Harry Vein
stock, banker; S. Thurston Ballard
manufacturer, and r. II. Ashton,
railroad official. The other is by
Prof. John R. Commons, Wisconsin
university professor, and Mrs,
Boar imam Hartman, New York
society woman, who assumed a
omewhat neutral attitude between
the other TWO factions on the com.
mission.
The Manley report is based On
testimony heard during the past
two years and on facts secured by
govern ment investigators. Contri.
buting to it are authorities on econ.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-08-27
A WONDROUS LAND
The Yellowstone Region as James
Bridger Saw 1t.
AND He WAS A TRUTHFUL MAN

His Adventure With an Elk at the Fa-
NOUS Obsidian Cliff and the Effect
of Ride Through Alum Creek-Sto-
ry of the Mountain That Was Cursed.
AS a teller Of tales Munchausen had
worthy rival In James Bridger, the
celebrated hunter, trader and guide,
whose name and career are part Of the
pioneer history of the west. Bridger
was thoroughly familiar with the re-
g1on now comprised In the Yellowstone
park as far back as 1880.
In his book, "The Yellowstone Park"
the author, Hiram Martin Chittenden,
brtgadier general United States army,
retired, sets down some of the yarns
Brtdger told about that land Of won
ders. Many OF the Yellowstone counr
try tales ascrtbed to Bridger have sur
vfved to this day, probably because
they have never been capped The
first story General Chittenden tells re-
lates to the celebrated Obsidian cliff,
mass Of black volcanic glass with
which all the tourists are familiar. Its
discovery by Bridger was the result Of
a hunting trip, and 1t happened In this
way:
Coming one day in sight Of a mag
niicent elk, he took careful aim at the
unsuspecting animal and fred. To his
amazement the elk not only was not
wounded, but seemed not to have heard
the noise Of the rifle. Bridger drew
considerably nearer and gave the elk
the benefit of his most deliberate aim,
but with the same result as before. A
third and fourth effort met with simi-
Lar fate. Utterly exasperated, he seized
hts rife by the barrel, resolved to use
1t as club, since it had failed as
frearm. Rushing madly toward the
elk, he suddenly crashed into an Inn
movable vertical wall which proved to
be mountain of perfectly transparent
glass, on the farther side of which,
still In peaceful security, the elk was
quietly grazing.
Stranger still, the mountain was not
only Of pure glass, but was a perfect
telescope lens, and, whereas the elk
seemed but few yards off, 1t was In
reality twenty-five miles away
Another of Bridger's discoveries was
an ice cold spring near the summit of
lofty mountain, the water from
which flowed down over a long,
smooth slope, where it acquired such
velocity that 1t was boiling hot when
Il reached the bottom. This. a later In
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-08-27
Animated Scenery,

OF sanctuaries for the eighteenth GEN.
tury debtor the value of the theater
must not be overlooked. AS long as
the actor was In the bounds Of the
playhouse he was safe. There was
John Palmer, for instance, who lived
In his dressing room at Drury Lane
for months. But engagements. even at
Drury Lane, come tc an end, and at
length Palmer was required at the Hay
market. The journey was dangerous
one. Necessity, however, always fos-
ters invention. They packed him In a
cabinet, put the cabinet in cart and
called him scenery"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-08-27

vesrIgator or tne' Firehole river found.
was a case in which hot spring dis
charged into the river bed
Alum creek, tributary of the Yel-
lowstone, received its name from an
accidental discovery by Bridger. One
day he forded the creek and rode out
several miles and back He noticed
that the return journey was only
small fraction of the distance going
and that his horses feet had shrunk
to mere points which sank into the
solid ground so that the animal could
scarcely hobble along. Seeking the
cause, he found 1t to be In the astrin-
gent qualities of the water, which was
saturated with alum to such an extent
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-08-27

naU1ranus or ancient Pompeii We're sur
prised by the ashes of Yesuvius. Sage
brush, grass, prairie fowls, antoiopcs.
elks and bears may there be seen az
perfect as in actual life. Dashing tor
rents and the spray mist from them
stand forth in arrested motion as If
carved from rock by a sculptors chisel.
Even flowers are blooming In colors of
crystal, and birds soar with wings
spread In motionless fight, while the
air floats with music and perfumes
siliceous, and the sun and moon shine
with pertrtfied lightp' 1t is denied,
though, that Badger was responsible
for the story that even the laws OF
gravitation were petrified in the region
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-08-27
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cmic and industrial conditions con-
nected with such universities as
Johns Hopkins. Chicago, Princeton,
Harvard, Yale, Wisconsin, Cali
fornia, Alabama and Colorado.
Ask Rockefeller Summons
The report asks congress to sum
mon John D. Rockefeller Jr., Ma
ckenzie King and Ivy Lee to ap-
pear and give the testimony they
refused the commission.
1t recommends the curbing or
breaking up of the Rockefeller
foundation.
1t points out the menace of "pri-
vate armies" maintained in the
mining and industrial districts and
calls for suitable legislation te
abolish them.
Conditions Of Workers.
The report says the following
conditions exist In the United
States:
Of the millions and millions OF
workingmen In this country, one
third are poverty stricken.
Thirty-seven per cent of wives
and mothers of workingmen are
forced to dc hard work themselves
to help maintain the family.
$500 per year is the income ol
half of the wage earning fathers.
Less than SIS per week Is the
wages of two thirds of the aduIt
male workers.
Nearly half the women workers
earn less than Sc per week.
Three or more persons occupy
every sleeping room In 81 per cent
of the workers homes.
Babies of wage-earners die three
times as plentifully as babies In
other ranks of life.
Nearly 20 per cent of the schoel
children of this country are under
fed and undernourished.
One cut of every IL corpses in
New York is buried in the potter
field.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-08-27

Tne visitor TO the region or peUr1nca-
tions in the northeast corner of the
park and to various points in the hot
springs districts will have no difficulty
I'm discovering the base material out Of
which Bridger contrived the following
picturesque yarn:
"a mountain in the park was once
cursed by great medicine man of the
Crow nation. Everything on the noun
tain at the time OF this dire event be-
came instantly petrified and has re-
mained so ever since. All forms Of
life are standing about in stone where
they were suddenly caught by the
petrifying influences. even as the in
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-08-27
Compulsory Drinking.

Compulsory nrlnklng-
Compulsory abstinence would have
seemed a complete inversion of the
natural order to some of our ancestors.
They believed in compulsory drinking,
and In some old county mansions may
still be seen, believe, ring let into
the wall of the dining hall for the pun
ishment of the man who would not or
could not drink his allotted share of
liquor.
The culprits arm was fixed In the
ring, and he was given choice of drink
ing In the ordinary way or having the
liquor he refused poured down his
sleeve; hence the medieval jest, "Leav-
ing's sleeving."-London Standard.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-08-27
Wasn't the Uniform.

A sailor under the influence of liquor
went to the main entrance of New
York theater recently and presented q
ticket. The manager refused to admit
him, telling him that his money would
be refunded at the box Office.
Don't you respec' y'r country's uni
formT' asked the bibulous one.
"Sure," retorted the manager Take
It off and I'll put it in a stage box. p
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-08-27
Standing Room Only.

At the meeting of Machinists'
Union, Wednesday night b e
largest attendance of any was held
80 candidates were initiated and rs
new applications received. The
older members anticipated an or
ganization of 1900 within the next
few weeks.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-08-27
MiiaChiniSt'S Dope

The last regular meeting of the
international Association of Ma
chinists' Union, No. 241 was SO
largely attended that it will be nee
essary to secure new meeting hall
or place In addition to the present
quarters in order that all who wish
to attend can be comfortably seated
these meetings are very good signs
that considerable unrest exists
amoEg the machinists of Hamilton.
1t may be that they are beginning
to find out that if they want any
of this premium or bonuses money
that is being given in other sections
of the country they will have to
become organized In order to main
tain 1t after the war is over and the
smoke is all cleared away.
So determined are the machinists
in their efforts that the organizing
committee was more than doubled
in order that the organizing work
will be more fully covered and if
you please 1t was necessary to
secure new headquarters In order
that they could meet and outline
the plans that are to be followed
out In the future.
For all those who are on the or
ganizing committee next Monday
night, Is south Second street over
Chas Miller's Cafe will be our
meeting place, without fail be in
attendance as the aims and offsets
that we are to become organized
for will be fully discussed, aud
your absence will be keenly felt.
On every Wednesday of each
week an open meeting will be held
at Trades Council hall for the pur-
pose of taking in new members also
at which time the organization will
be fully covered by very able
speakers who have been in the
movement and can fully handle
any subject that may want to be
asked by those who are seeking
such information.
On every Saturday afternoon at
Trades Council hall meetings will
be held to initiate the men who are
working on the night force, as we'll
as those who may want TO become
members and are working on the
day force, through these columns
we wish to inform the members If
they hear of any restless conditions
as to why they are not receiving
their new books on time we wish
to say that the rush in new mem
bers has caused considerable extra
work on our secretary and there
fore have a little patience, or quiet
ly inquire of the secretary in person
whom | am sure will fully inform
you on what the delay may be
At the meeting of Machinists'
Union Tuesday night they decided
to turn out in a body In the Labor
Day parade.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-08-27
Believe In Trade unionisr.

George Creel, who has kept count,
says in the July Century that of the
$50 employers, some of them the most
important in the country, who appear
ed before the commission on industrial
relations only five disagreed with the
principle Of collective bargaining
which is the basis of trade unionism.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-08-27
DYING Without a Will.

In the event Of ones dying intestate
the heirs come in for their share of the
estate as established by the laws OF
the particular state in which the prop
erty is found. In the event of no will
and no heirs the property goes to the
state-New York American.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-08-27
Infallibls.

"Do you believe that there Is really
something which can invariably tell
when a man is lyingp
"I know it,
"Ah, perhaps you have seen one OF
the instrumentsp
"Seen one? I married one."-Hous-
ton Post.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-08-27
Time TO Quit.

Chief-Why did Burgaleer reform?
Thief-The last safe he drilled and
blew open only contained picture post
card of the state prison-Judge.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-08-27

He that would eat the kernel must
crack the nut.-Persian Proverb.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-11-25
TOM WATSON FIGHTS IN RIGHT.

TOM WATSON FIGHTS IN RIGHT.
ITO this depth Of degradation
have sunk the prostitutes of Atlanta
journalism-an there are not three
destitute street-walkers, in all that
metropolitan city, who are not--in
the sight of All equitable God-more
deserving of compassion, and of toll
Grafton, than the finely-dressed gen.
tlemen who control those three daily
papers"
Thus does Tom Watson, in his
Jeffersonian, arraign the three At
lanta newspapers which, for the sake
of holding the enormous amount of
advertising from the Jew merchants
of Atlanta, have undertaken to save
Leo Frank from suffering the penalty
of the crime of which he was con-
Victed.
If there were more men as fear
less as Tom Watson: if there were
more men who would fight for what
they believe is right with tenacity
and the courage and the independ-
ence that Tom Watson shows, there
would be fewer crimes to record and
fewer successful attempts to corrupt
the public press.
Mastery has been Tom Watson's
defense of his State, her courts, her
laws, her people-as he puts it in
this Leo Frank case-"Would that
some other man." he says, with
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-11-25
ONE OF THE OLD GUARD.

My Dear Friend: Owing to cir
cumstances unavoidable on my part,
] have not been able to acknowledge
the receipt of your valuable book
until now I consider it a gem and
ought to be placed in every school
in the State.
I enjoyed the story of that He'll
hole, Fit Delaware, as | was pris-
Oner there for ten months, from the
10th Of May to the goth March. l
got all the horrors Of summer and
winter. 1t would take book Of
considerable magnitude to contain
the account of the horrors and suf
foring there among the prisoners.
! am one of the Old Guard. Be-
ginning with the first issue Of the
Peoples Party paper, / have read
every magazine and Jeffersonian to
date.
Hoping the good Lord will bless
you in the good work you are doing,
IS ever, Your true friend,
Ca. w. r. KITCHENS, SIR.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-11-25
WELL PLEASED WITH AID IN THE
JEFFERSONIAN

Dear Sir: Enclosed please find
check for $40 to pay for four inser-
lions in your paper, and / wish to
state that l am more than pleased
with the results of same, and will
state for your information that l
have received, in answer over 500
inquiries from this advertisement,
and have handled over 200 shipments
up to date, and they are still coming
from Georgia, Florida, North Caro-
lima, South Carolina, Alabama and
Tennessee.
With best wishes to your and The
Jeffersonian, l am,
Very truly yours,
Ga. j. T. DUNCAN.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-11-25

free book that tells about tobacco
habit and how to conquer it quickly,
easily and safely. In recent letter
he writes: Il have no desire for to-
bacco any more. / feel like a new
man"
Any one desiring copy of this book
on tobacco habit, smoking and chew
ing, can get it free. postpaid, by writ
e, New York City. You ell be sur
prised and pleased. Look for quieter
nerves. stronger heart, better diges-
ton, improved oversight, increased
vigor, longer life and other advanta-
ges if you quit poisoning yourself.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-11-25
HURRAH FOR BILLY PARKER
AND THE JACKSONVILLE
PATRIOTS,

Dear Mr. Watson We have had,
for the last two weeks, here in Jack
sonville the only Billy Parker in the
world, lecturing and exposing the
Catholic doctrine and exposing the
lives of the PopeS, Cardinals. bishops
and priests.
The pastors Of the First Christian
Church, the Snider Memorial, the
Advent, the Twenty-first Street Meth
edist Church, the Park Methodist,
the Phoenix Baptist and the Wood
iawn Baptist, al opened their doors
and invited the speaker in. At every
appointment the houses were entirely
too small to hold the vast crowd.
Mr.. Parker is well-posted on the
doctrine of the Catholic Church. He
Is a fluent speaker, and we assure
.-ou that he did not fail to burn in
these truths upon the mind of his
/ carers.
The Catholic bunch here did not
fail to make racket. but they soon
found that the Protestants were
lined up with Parker, ten thousand
strong They had him arrested. but
! is friends stuck to him to the end.
leading lawyers of the city, volun-
teered his services to defend him.
and brought him out of the Municipal
Court like Shadrick, Meshack and
Abednego came out of the frey
Furnace, With the result that Parker
vas made thousandfold stronger.
SeN eral thousand have Joined an or
SANITATION to forever check the on
ward movement of the Catholics.
Aud Parker is not through with the
city yet ] don't know when he will
lo1ve here One thing is sure, that
the Catholics Will not run him Off,
md he is engaged for three days
more, in the near future. 1t is now
a settled fact that no man can be
elected to Office in Florida that does
not stand on the American platform,
and that no CathOlic-loving politi-
elan will have any showing in this
State.
Cats, the candidate for Governor,
is sure raising a racket over the
State on this same line, and the
irdication are now that he will be
elected Governor with a majority of
Of at least 2 to 1 over any other
candidate
We do not know what the pastor
Of the First Baptist, First Presby-
Ierian ard First Methodist Churches
viii do. They took no stand for
Parker, and the Catholic bishop will
not make priests of them, so it is
hard to tell where they will go.
Three cheers for Florida and the
Protestant cause.
Respectfully,
S. J. MCLEOD.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-11-25
HOW HE QUIT TOBACCO

Wis veteran, s.
=. Iampllere, was
addicted to the ex-
cessive use of to-
bacco I or many
years. He wanted
to quit but needed
something to help
him.
He learned of a
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-11-25
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
United States.
Washington. ID. G.


Dear Sir: Congress will not re-
c nyene until the regular session in
December this year unless the Presi-
dent calls an extra session. If you
have any suggestions which you feel
inclined to give me with reference to
national legislation l will appreciate
it very much if you will give the
same to me prior to the converting of
Congress.
A Rural Credit bill is being drafted
and / would appreciate suggestions
from you as to what you think would
be proper to incorporate in such a
bill. 1t may be that / will not be
able to adopt all your suggestions
but they will be helpful and appre-
ciated.
I enclose you a list of Farmers
Bulletins" If you are interested in
any of them / will be glad to secure
the same for you so long as they are
available if you will write me giving
me the numbers that you want.
] have limited number of Agri-
cultural Yearbooks and would be
very glad to send them out upon re-
quest as long as my supply lasts.
If at any time | can be of service
to you please do not hesitate to write
me.
Yours very truly,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-11-25
KEEP TAB ON YOUR CONGRESS-
MAN

Dear Sir: Herewith | hand you
letter sent me by my Congressman.
Help us to get Rural Credits. Snow
Us how tC make Congress give the
common people chance at the vast
amount of unimproyed land that is
held by big companies, etc. By MAX
ing them pay tax literally and Gull
tivate q certain percent or making
it worth something; and stop taxing
progress.
/ will help with all my brain and
might to put down some things E1at
are cramping and keeping the COM
mon people at the mercies of the big
financiers.
Away with SO many office holders
and big salaries. Away with a law
that allows a man to own a thousand
acres of land unimproved and make
me pay as much tax on SO acres as
he does.
Yours truly
j. w. LOWERY.
Alabama.
(AnsWer)
Here's his Congressman's letter,
and if he meant half his letter indi-
Gated he would not have to write it.
The average farmer doesn't read
tie year books, nor the bulletins, nor
any of the other fool things the pub
lie printer gets such a big salary to
print.
This Alabama Congressman is like
the balance of the men in office, will
ing to make signs of the get-busy
sort.
Anyway, read his letter:
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-11-25

Read Foreign Missions Exposed,
by Thos. e. Watson. Beautifully
printed. Profusely illustrated. Price
so cents. The Jeffs. Thomson. Ga.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-11-25
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE

fewer enemies, had volunteered, and
done the work"
But the reason Tom Watson has
enemies is because he has dared to-
write the truth.-Miami, Fla, Me-
tropolis.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1915-07-25

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throughout will Francisco
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child should
the widening Of the that appeared
the transporting and safeguarding the great relic the
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councils Phla
will
During its the Exposition the bell will be placed in the PeEsyva
hail.
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