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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-11-05
Plight OF Porto RiGans.

Lake Mohonk, N. Y. Nov. s.
Many claims by the American Fed
Grafton of Labor regarding condi-
tions in Porto Rico we're reported
by DR.. D. W. May, superintendent
of the Porto Rico experiment sta
tion, in an address before the con-
ference on the Indian and other de-
pendent people.
DR.. May said the population is
on the verge of starvation, and that
if being underfed is slow starvation
there are many starving to death
every year.
BY far the large mass of the
population live in the country, "
he said. They are of mixed
breeding white, Indian, Legro.
They live in huts made of plain
boards, leaves or straw. These
houses usually consist two rooms
and an outdoor kitcben-the fur
niture, a crude bench and Que OF
two hammocks. Often the entire
family sleep in one room on the
floor Through stress of poverty
they have fixed upon the simples
diet of which beans and rice are
the staples. "
The speaker assured his audi
ence, that these workers are no
oppressed or exploited "The
plantation owner is good to them
and as generous, usually, as hi
means will allow" he said.
Ii was further stated that owing
to the great amount of labor avail
able and little organization, con
tractors in the cane fields are en-
abled to dictate their own terms
The audisnce was not informed o
the efforts made by these worker
to organize and the attempts o
contractors to break recent strik,
Of agricl ltural workers.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-11-05

want union men in the mines If
you were Rockefeller employe,
asked by the son of the richest man
in the world # unions were wanted
il mines, how would you cast your
ballot if your living depended on a
favorable answer ?
Lawson did not get square
deal. What is American public
opinion going to do about it. John
D. Rockefeller, Jr will be con.
demned, but we've got to get Law
son out of Jail
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-11-05
r Q s T BR
Local Organizers and Busi-
ness Agents.

Charles E. Vaughn, A F. ST L.
Residence, 721 Buckeye Street
Home Phone 800 A.
Timothy Rowan, Internatiora
Molders' Union, Residence, 939
Central Ave, Bell Phore 403 x.
VIM. w, Finfroek. Painters
Decorators aud Paper Hangers
Union, No. 1876. Residence 308 S.
Second Street. Bell Phone 1896 l..
w. R. Smith, Paper Makers Un-
ion. Residence, Hotel DeArmond.
Home Phoue 81. Bell Phone 81.
Swain B Corsoa, Carpenters
and Joiners' Union, No. 637, Resi-
deuce 107 Brosey Ave, Bell Phone
756 L.
Thomas Welsh, Business Agert
Baitenders' Union, 524 So. 5th ST.
DAYTON OHIO
Ben CloSterman, PollSheTS.
]. F. Eichorn, Bartenders, 7
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 541
Home Phone 2541.
Earl Nyswander, Carpenters 25
N. Main street.
Geo. Lorah, Plumbers corner
Washington nd Main, street
Plumbers Hall.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-11-05
URGES WAGE INCREASE.
Surgeon General Gorgas Says That Is
Best Way to Conquer Disease.

Dr. William G. Gorgas, surgeon gen
eral of the United States army, in an
address before the New York state
sanitary conference, declared that the
most effective method of dealing with
the bad social conditions which are at
the root of bad hygiene was to raise
wages. He drew a parallel from his
experiences in the Panama canal zone,
where he said that the extraordinary
Improvement III sanitary conditions
was chiefly due to the fact that the
wages of common laborers were in
creased from II cents an hour to %
cents an hour.
1T is a health officers duty to urge
forward those measures in his COM
munity which still control individual
diseases" he said, but my long ex-
perience has taught me that it is still
more his duty to take that broader
view of life which goes to the root of
bad hygiene and do what he can to
elevate the social conditions of his
community. This can best be accom-
plished by increasing wages"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-11-05
Now Want Eight Hour Day.

Rochester, N. Y, Nov. 5-A
strike followed the discharge of
several active unionists bv the w.
P. Davis company. Now the
strikers are demanding the rein
statement of the victimized ma
chinists, an eight hour day, 90
cent minimum and pay for over
time.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-11-05
ROCskefeIIers Bar Unions.

New York, Nov. 5. 5.-"Trade un-
ions are kept out of the mines con-
trolled by the Rockefellers in Col
orado," said Prof. Nearing in a
speech in this city.
IF labor agitator gets in these
mines he is jailed for life. !"
When John ID. Rockefeller, lr.,
went to Colorado he took his press
agent with him. He does not
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-11-05
Connecticut Federation Of labor.

With the close of the annual conyen-
ton of the Connecticut Federation of
Labor President Julius Stremlau made
public the decision of that body TO APP
point three special organizers TOR the
state to assist Ira Ornborn. who has
had charge OF the federation organiza-
ton work In Bridgeport and is now
recruiting for the unions in Water
bury. President Stremlau said:
1--WE shall confne our efforts to the
peaceful methods of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor in improving condi-
TONS
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-11-05
Eight Hour Day Not Costly

Camden, N. j., Nov. s. In a
statement explaining why it has
dedided to establish the eight, hour
day for its $500 employees, rhe
Victor Talking Machine company
states that while losing 81, 900, 600
the first year. certain adjustments
and improvements will gradually
restore profits to normal in about
three years.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-11-05
MachinistS Demand 8-HOur Day

Baltimore, Nov. 5 Machipists
employed by the Detrick & Harvey
Machine company are on strike for
an eight hour day and time and
one-half for overtime. 1t is claimed
this concern is connected with the
Bethlehem Steel company.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-11-05
Dog An Industrial Hazard

Olympia, Wash, Nov. The
industrial insurance commission has
ruled that dog bites are part of the
professional hazards of gas meter
reader. The commission allowed
the claim of a Spokane meter
reader who was bitten by a Vicious
''purp.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-11-05
UphoIsteTs Gain.

Philadelphia, Nov. 5. Over 400
upholsterers are benefited by the
decision of several manufacturers
that they will pay wage increases
demanded by the upholsterers' un-
ion. These workers have been
conducting an organizing campaign
aud have strengthened their union
as result.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-11-05
MOIdGrS Strike Unsettled.

The strike which occurred in four
of the local foundries is still on.
There is no change in the situation
and it now appears like it will be a
long fight The molders are still
standing firm and in time expect
to win.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-11-05
Eight-HOurs Next May.

Braddock, Pa, Nov. 5.-Em-
ployes of the Pittsburg Machine
Tool company have returned to
work, the management agreeing to
an eight hour day with 40 wage
reductions
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-11-05
Great Difference.

Some say that marriage is lottery
with u.s."
That's step above the south sea
islanders, where they marry girl to
the man who can offer the most cocoa
nuts. There it's rattle" Louisville
Courier-Journal.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-11-05
Printers sian Scale.

A three years contract with employ
ers has been signed by the Typograph-
ical union of New Westminster, B. G.
The hours remain the same, seven and
one-half on newspapers and eight In
Job Offices The newspaper scale is $50
and $33. and the job scale is $27 80.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-11-05
Disnara Gem ent.

Il hope you never talk about your
neighbors," said the exacting friend.
Il never do replied the frivolous
woman. They're an awfully uninter-
esting lot Washington Star.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-11-05
SUPPORTING A
TRADE union
Self Sustaining Dues Vital II
Good Organization.
VALUE OF 4 TREASURY FUND

What the Granite Cutters Have Ao-
complshed on 81 a Month - Pays
Death and Accident Benefits-Pen-
sions For Old MEMBERSHIP Dues Re-
CURED From Men Over Sixty.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-11-05
LABOR.

Labor is enc of the great ele-
ments Of society, the great sub
stantiaI interest on which we all
) stand-not feudal service or prae
dial toll or the irksome drudgery
by one race Of mankind subject
ed to another, but labor intelli-
gent, manly, independent, think
. ing and acting for itself, earning
its own wages. accumulating
/. those wages into capital educat-
ing childhood, maintaining wor-
. ship. claiming the right of cleo
tive franchise and helping to up
. hold the great fabric of the state
That is American labor and all
. my sympathies are with it, and
!. my voice till l am dumb will be
I for it Daniel Webster
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-11-05

president of Granite Cutters Information
al Association OF Amertca.l
The midland journal., 1915-08-20
Sailors as First Lords.

A good many sailors have been first
lords. including Keppel. Spencer, st
Vincent and Barham. but these ap.
pointments were all made long ago,
and some Of the first lords, though not
always the worst, have been strikingly
unsailorlike In their appearance and
ways. Among these was Lord Gosch-
en-. He used to tell a story Of how,
when he was appointed, there was a
popular song which bound the singer
to strange happenings should he prove
unfaithful, and a verse which had an
immense success ran:
If ever cease to love
May Mr.. Goschen have a notion
OF the motion Of the ocean.
II ever cease TO love.
MR. W. 81. Smith is supposed to have
inspired part, at least. Of "Pinafore." I"
london Standard.
The midland journal., 1915-08-20

1t is commonly believed that the
mushroom literally grows In night,
so that 1t has come to be emblematic
Of sudden development, but the truth
Is quite otherwise 1t is very likely to
require several weeks for It's forma-
don. and up to the time Of Its appear
ance In the light of day It remains be-
meath the surface, very much compress
ed and held In small compass. Then
comes a moist night, and the cells Of
which the fungus is composed are
greatly expanded. so that it thrusts It.
self out above ground. But 1t is no
heavier. though 30 much bigger. than
days before perhaps. when it lay hid
den in small compass under the top
layer Of soil, perfect mushroom
Exchange.
The midland journal., 1915-08-20
Preston, Maryland.
TO The Editor Of the JOurnal:-

august IL, 1910.
To the Editor Of the Jowsal:-
In the Baltimore Sun of August 9th is given
some startling information about the salary lists
of the legislative employees, ,sthe great majority
of whom we are reliably informed have nothing
to do and never do anything.
We know q good many hundred dollars are
wasted on account of each county OF the State by
giving out the useless jobs at every session. !
should say that as much as two thousand dollars,
for each county, of the peoples money-amount-
ing to vast for all the counties of the State
legislature now seems too weak to grasp and
throttle this loot REPTILE the best thing certainly
IL. to put Hon. Blair Lee in the Executive chair
at Annapolis, for he first introduced an order to
smite this serpent in 1906. As a member Of the
legislature he was beaten--the order to stop the
waste be could not force throughput as Cover
nor he would have a club that would smash tho
head OF this and other job snakes. The people
would be glad if this fraud ON them could be kill
led forever. The Democratic voters repudiate it
absolutely long repudiated it.
The tax-paying Democrats of Maryland will,
doubt not, express their wish for this and similar
reforms, on September 14th, by naming Mr.. Lee
for Governor. Had the Democrats all gone to
the polls in the 1911 primaries many OF the re-
forms would have beenaccomplished. Dem
ocrats. make sure Of his nomination this timel
AS read the lists, find that in 1914. our Caro-
line members received s., 1860. while the Caro-.
line job-holders at Annapolis'were paid 81 90,
What do Democrats of Cecil think Of this9
w. II. deem.
The midland journal., 1915-08-20
Your Cough Can Be Stopped.

Using care to avoid draughts,
exposure, sudden changes, and
taking a treatment of DR.. Kings
New Discovery, will positively re-
lieve, and in time will surely rid
your Cough. The first dose soothes
the irritation, checks your Cough,
which stops in short time. DIR.
Kings New Discovery has been
used successfully for 40 years and
is guaranteed to cure you. Money
back if it fails. Get a bottle from
your Druggist; it costs only little
and win help you SO much.
The midland journal., 1915-08-20
AUGUST.

| When August comes burning. 1t sets US
a-yearning for deep wooded valleys where
cool shadows play, where quiet and soli-
tude bring on the peaceful mood needed
for rest on hard business day. We long
for the river where scarcely culver dis
turbs the still water as onward it flows
its peace and its quiet detract from the
riot of business hours filed with their
cares and their woes.
All oEwhich comes from the Office poet
who prefers letting his angelic tempera-
ment wait itself through the ethereal
realms rather than to attach himself to a
type case or printing press. The exper-
fenced man sees 1t differently: Mosqui-
toes invite US to come. let them bite us
while wading through briars and weeds
to our neck; and armies of chigre climb
on us and figure which one can dig deep
est into us, by heck.
Some of our maiden ladies may remem-
Der that August has not always had its
present name. Back in the Alban or
Latin year 1t was known as ''Sextilis. :"
meaning the sixth, as it was then the
sixth month of the year. Later. how
ever, it was dedicated to the honor of
Augustus Caesar and the name changed
to August. Its meaning is sacred. ven-
erable. majestic, grand, etc. August. too.
always has held its own in the making of
history. 1t was during this month in
I4o. that Isabella, queen of Spain after
having seen some wonderful moving pic
ture of America, sent Columbus over to
claim the territory for her. Henry Eighth,
in 1884, divorced himself from trouble
some spouse by taking her joy-riding in
London and dumping her into the Thames.
The car and Henry's conscience, so his
tory indicates, were undented. The
Standard Oil trust had its beginning
in August, 1859, when the first oil well is
said to have been bored.-Ex.
The midland journal., 1915-08-20
Is Sickness A SIM

If not, its wicked to neglect ILL.,
ness and means of relief. It's
wicked to endure Liver Ills, Head
ache, Indigestion, Constipation,
when one dose of Po- Do Lax gives
relief. Po-DO-La is Podophyllin
(May Apple), without the gripe.
It arouses the Liver, increases the
flow of bile-Nature's antiseptic in
the Bowels. Your Constipation
and other ills disappear over night
because Po-Do- Lax has helped
Nature to remove the cause Get
a bottle from your Druggist to- day
Get rid of your Constipation over
night.
The midland journal., 1915-08-20

Geo. Charles F. Macklin. adjutant
general of Maryland, on Friday filed
with the Secretary of State, at Annapolis,
his nomination certificate as candidate
for the Republican nomination for Comp
troller.
From his home, in Princess Anne,
Somerset county, Robert F. Duer, also a
Republican, Friday evening dispatched to
Annapolis special messenger with his
certificate of nomination as a candidate
for the same position.
On the rival tickets, headed respectively
by w. T. Warburtou and G. E. Weller as
candidates for Republican nomination
for governor, there is only one vacancy,
that for attorney general, on Mr.. War.
burton's ticket. A. A. Doub, of Cumber-
land. is Mr.. Weller's running mate as a
candidate for this nomination. The time
within which nomination certificates
must be filed with the Secretary of the
State expired on Saturday.
The midland journal., 1915-08-20
The Case Of l. L. canteIou.

The case of L. l.. Cantelou, Clarendon
Texas, is similar to that of many others
who have used Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He
says, "After trying doctor for several
months, and using different kinds ol
medicine for my wife who had been
troubled with severe bowel complaint fol
several months, bought 25c bottle Of
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy. After using the second
bottle she was entirely cured" For sale
by Eli T. Reynolds, Druggist.
The midland journal., 1915-08-20
Marriage License.

Elmer D. Reed and Pearl v. Nc.
Cullough, both Of Conowingo.
Frank L. Rowland, of Perryville,
and Marguerite A. Bolulden, OF
Elkton.
: Eli s. Sentman and Alice g.
Nickle, both of Perryville.
Bennett Tuck, Athens, Pa, and
Rena A. Holm, Port Deposit.
Granville r. Brown and Laura
E. Green, both of Rowlandville.
The midland journal., 1915-08-20

The shameful waste of State money,
through the creation Of useless officers,
has been exposed through series of ex-
cellent articles appearing in the Baltimore
Sun, and has led to much discussion Of
the subject, which should bear fruit In
legislation that will correct some of the
evils, and no candidate for State Office
can afford to ignore the subject, but
should be pledged to use his best efforts
to bring about such Reorganization in
the State government as will tend to do
away with system permitting such
waste.
Congressman David ]. Lewis, OF
Maryland, widely known through his
fight for the establishment of the parcel
post, In a recent interview says:
'Now that the appalling inefliciency of
the State government and the sinful
waste of the peoples money has been
made so plain to the people of the State
that no man in public life can afford to
ignore the real situation, there remains
but one thing to do and that is to remedy
these conditions as speedily as possible.
81 hope to see and will work to see that
this plank lin the Democratic platform
is not a glittering generality. but q
specific, definite, concrete proposition, in
which the party will be pledged to
abolish the useless officers in the State;
to wipe out the unnecessary attorneys to
State officials; to provide a sane, business
like method of making State appropria-
tions, either through the budget system
or some other, to wipe out duplication of
work and expense by consolidation of
State departments and Offices where such
consolidation is logical and proper, and
to reorganize from top to bottom the
States government SO that the shame of
such waste, extravaganza and ineficiency
as now exists may no longer rest upon us. !"
The midland journal., 1915-08-20
The Twenty Year Test.

"Some twenty years ago used
chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar.
rhoea Remedy" writes Geo. w. Brock
publisher of the Enterprise. Aberdeen
Md. II discovered that it was quick
and safe cure for diarrhoea. Since ther
no one can sell me anything said TO be
.jnst as good During all these years !
have used 1t and recommend 1t many
times, and it has never disappointed any.
one" For sale by Eli r. Reynolds
Druggist.
The midland journal., 1915-08-20
AUGUST
.IreaSurer'S Notice

| In pursuance of an Act of Assembly the
undersigned, Treasurer of Cecil County,
hereby gives notice that for the purpose OF
receiving the
State and County Taxes
in said county. for the year 1916, he will sit in
thelseveral Election Districts. as follows:
August A and 5, at Oldham w.
Davis Store, Cecilton, First Dis
trict.
August 6 and z, at Byron Bou.
chelle's Chesapeake City, Second
District.
August Is and II, at Henry Hess,
Fair Hill, Fourth District.
August Is and 10, at Moore's Drug
Store, North East, Fifth Dis
trict.
August 20 and 81, at the isarnes
House, Rising Sun, Sixth Dis
trict.
August % and "a, at Cecil National
Bank, Port Deposit, Seventh
District.
August 70 and 70, at CaldWelFs
Store, Conowingo, Eighth Dis
trict.
August 81 and %, at Cross Keys
Hotel, Calvert, Ninth District.
Between the hours of 8 a. IA. and
3 p. m.
TAXES bear interest from October /, on
which date they are due and payable.
DELINQUENTS will he served with final
notice on or after December 81.
PERSONS paying before October will not
be charged with interest. Those who paying
on or after that date viii be charged with
interest from October |.
BILLS unpaid on April l, 1916, will be placed
in the hands of the Sheriff, who is directed to-
levy and sell the property of Delinquents to
pay the taxes, charges thereon and costs of
sale.
Rates Of Discount-State Tax Only:
On taxes paid before September l, per cent.
On taxes paid before October 1. per cent.
On taxes paid before November /. per cent
c. H. GATCHELL,
Treasurer.
The midland journal., 1915-08-20
A Medicine Chest For asc.

In this chest you have an excl
lent remedy for Toothache, Bruises,
Sprains, Stiff Neck, Backache,
Neuralgia, Rheumatism and fou
most emergencies. One Doc. bottle
of Sloan's Liniment does it all
this because these ailments are
symptoms, no diseases, and are
caused by congestion and infls.mma
tion. 1t you doubt, ask those
who use Sloan's Liniment, or better
still, buy a 25c. bottle and prove it.
All Druggists.
The Little River news., 1915-10-06
SENDS MONEY OUT OF STATE
Statistics Show that Arkansas Sends
 $75.O0O, ,G0O Out of State For Food.

Little Rock, Oct. 4.-(Special.)- Statistc cs show that Arkansas sends cut of the state annually S75,O0U,0 ,00D for food products. As part of a campaign against this, Home Pro- ducts Show, is to be held in the Arcade building, Little Rock, October 27-30. An effort is to be made to increase home buying that some of this sum may be kept at home.
 Dean J. H. Miller of the College Of Agriculture, University of Arkansas, endorses the project in the following words: Doubtless, in this state aa in others, people buy from the gro ccr without any regard to the source of supply and in all probability the majority of the women of the towns and cities of Arkansas buy more cann- ed vegetables and canned fruits In New York than they do Arkansas ordwn stuff. Your Home Products Show. tht ccfore, in connection with the State Federation of Women's Clubs will do wonders to educate people to us 3ng Arkapaas producs.
The Little River news., 1915-10-06
 COUNTY FAIR
 AND EXHIBIT
County Fair and Rally Day Will be Observed in AshdOwn, October
 29th.-Big Exhibit.

There will be a County Fair and 1 Rally Day held in Ashdown on Fri
 day, October 29. At a meeting Mon
 day by the County Fair Committee of the A. I. C., with county Demonstrator Tyson and others, it was decided to
 have the exhibit this year as usual, with everybody invited to cooperate
 and attend. There will be a free-for
 all basket dinner with all citizens in-
 vited to come and bring basket of
 dinner Every citizen of the county
 which blue ribbons and red will be
 awarded as first and second prizes. A
 Baby Health show and parade will be
 given as usual under the auspicies of the Ashdown Improvement Club, in which all babies of the county will be eligible. It is expected that every business firm of the city will have ex hibit booths with demonstrations oI their line of work. The A. I. c. will
 have an attractive booth, showing the
 work of this club for civic betterment
 The Boys Corn Club will make an eX
 hibit report under supervision of the
 county demonstrator
 An old Fiddler's contest, speeches
 on Model Farming, stock raising, and
 household economies, will be some of the features of the program.
 Farmers are urged to bring their stock and farm products, while the ladies will have their fruit fancy work, flowers and culinary exhibits. It is planned to make this q Get-io- gether Day Old settlers will be tine special guests of the Historical Com
 mittee on this occasion.
 Remember the date, Oct. 29, at the
 county court house, and prepare to
 attend.