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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-01
Another Strike Solution. !"

Washington, Dec l. Henry R.
Towne, president of the Yale &
Towne Manufacturing company,
urged the Chamber of Commerce
of the United States TO accept his
plan of avoiding strikes. 1t in
wolves a system Of contracts be-
tween the railroads and their EN-
ployes with the establishment Of
funds by both parties from which
penalties will be paid for breach Of
contract. The plan further in
wolves contracts which are individ-
ual between the railroad and each
employe and not with railroad
employees union.
The latter plan caused the New
York street car strike of last Sep
tember, which is still on. The Ca
madam industrial disputes act pro-
hibits a strike or lockout in a pub
Ii utility until after a commission
investigates Dominion trade un.
ionists show that it is impossible to
convict an employer of enforcing
lockout, while the contrary is true
when workers strike.
Mr.. Towne's solution" Of in
dustrial disputes would have the
same ending.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-01
Want Living Cost Probed.

Baltimore, Dec. 1.-The A f.
Of L. convention has declared in
favor of the appointment of a fed
eral commission to investigate the
high cost Of living and recommend
to congress measures designed to
remedy this situation and to pre-
vent It's recurrence. The resolu-
ton was submitted by secretary
Green of the United Mine Workers
of America 1t is declared that
"the prices of all necessaries Of life
have increased and are continuing
to increased SO rapidly as to con
stitute a menace to the standard Of
living of American wage earners, =
and that the enormous profits
amassed by grain spectators, meat
packers, mine owners, many manu-
facturers. and by jobbers and deal
ers in food and other commodities,
as we'll as by the railroads, express
companies and other public service
corporations, indicate that these
prices are to a large extent artificial
and unjustifable.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-01
TO SHARE PROFITS.
Typewriter Manufacturing Company
Plan 20 Aid EMPLOYEES.

'yPeV'rIsef manufacturing company
ian 70 A'd Employees
= pronC sharing plan has been adopt
ed oy typewriter company OF New
Aork city winch viii apply to all those
VINO nave served the company for two
years or more. IN letter 60 It's work
ers the company states that the OBJECT
OF tne pan IS 10 create closer rela-
tlonshlp between the concern ana ITS
employees The plan goes into effect
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-01
STACECOACH DAYS
Travel Often Spelled Misery Be-
fore We Had Railways.
TALE OF A WINTER JOURNEY.

Discomforts and Hardships That Had
to Be Endured by the Passengers In
an Old Style Trip Across the Allie
gheny Mountains In 1916.
How travelling is metamorphosed
these days, to be sure! Yet some men
fond Of handling the ribbons" and
some women who want to see the
scenery at their leisure" still regret
the spanking bays and rocking stage
coach Of the past"
Here is the way the Allegheny noun
talns We're crossed in 1896
1T was midwinter when we arrived
at Wheeling. and as the stagecoach
was to start at 3 O'Clock Ia the morn
ing no one thought of going to bed, so
we took our way through the frozen
streets to secure through tickets to
Philadelphia 1t was pitch dark and
bitter cold the damp, penetrating
weather that reaches the very marrow
of our bones
THE little den called by courtesy
the office was filed with passengers
as damp, cold ana il natured as our
selves There was handful of coal
burning IN small CRATE and around il
were grouped the round shouldered,
unsvmrHbptie paogIe who were TO be
our fellow messengers. They glanced
a. us nu1 closed IN an tbp omen -naao
naar The fire as If to say. You don't
ret I'm here. We cam teIl voa SOU aave
no right to travel in our coach. any
w9vr
"At one side stood table and on If
vas i coffee Dof and crDs. some sau.
saees frozen stiff ANA an unattractiye
loaf al bread over which presided
taI( darl,v who leaned against the wall
fast asleep We were told that we
could get a good breakfast twenty
miles away from Wheeling
cat the appointed time the heavy
old coach came MP. and we all clam
bered in aud slowed ourselves away
peu nell il short way from town
there was a hong hin. UP which the
horses .toied. So tbs gave us all time
to settle down for q quiet nap One
snore after another announced their
success: In few minute, six out Of
the nine passengers were oblivious OF
their misery.
Not being sleepy, / studied the snor-
ers 4 large fat man opposite me had
short. angry snore. He suored so
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-01
COMPULSORY ARBITRATION.
System Has Failed Both In Canada
and In New Zealand.

Compulsory arbitration has not
proved satisfactory In Canada, where
1t has been in operation to a limited
extent nor in New Zealand, whore
1t was made part of the original ma
chinery of government 1t has various
defects, and it fails for the important
reason that ways have not been found
to compel men to work against their
will
Richard T. Ely said: IF compulsory
arbitration is to be introduced into a
great country like the United States it
must be begun tentatively in those in-
dustries the continuous operation Of
which IS Of paramount public concern.
1t must, In other words, begin with
what are called quasi public indus
tries" That would include the rail
roads. But" he asks, does not COM
pulsory arbitration in the last analysis
mean that when everything else fails
government must step In and operate
the industry for which compulsory
arbitration has been establlshedY
Samuel Gompers, like most labor
leaders, objects to compulsory arbitra-
ton saying: Labor insists upon and
viii never surrender the right to free
locomotion, the right to move at will
Laborers, moreover, will in
sist upon the right freely to change
employment"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-01
Printers Increase Wages.

Duluth, Mimi, Dec. l. TYPO
graphical union has raised wages
81. 0O week as result of confer
ences with newspaper managers.
Day workers are increased from
S23 to S24.50 a week and night
workers from S26 to s27. so week.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-01
Stakeholder Objects To Anti
Union Plans.

New York, Dec. l.. James H.
Ecob, a stockholder in the Third
Avenue Railway company, has
written an open letter of protest to
President Whitridge and the board
of directors against their opposition
to trade unionism, which has forced
a strike on that street car line and
other transportation systems in this
city.
Mr. Ecob is an active member of
the American Institute of Social
Service. In his letter, he states
that in the tenth week of this
strike you are still denying confer
ence or settlement with our most
valuable and experienced employees.
We cannot expect the public to
much longer tolerate such condi-
tiens.
Assuming that the recent fig
ures of the public service commits
sion are correct, this company is
giving about 90 per cent of normal
service. This means a loss of about
40 per cent of business and income.
This does not include the much
heavier losses in the early weeks of
the strike. The stockholders must
either take cognizance of the
methods pursued by you in this
strike or be ready to suffer the con
sequences of this business policy
with the probable suspension of di-
vidends for an indefinite period.
Both stockholders and manage
ment Of public utility oorporati IN
must keep before them the fact that
public utility is social service
institution as much as it is a social
service institution as much as it is
profit making corporation. A
public utility obtains its right to do
business for profit from franchises
voted to 1t by the people. l feel,
therefore, that the stockholders re-
mote as we are from the actual
management, have moral and civic
responsibilities, and must not let
the business investment side Of our
public utility dominate and over
shadow the social service side.
Wages aud conditions of employ
ment are increasingly recognized
not only as elements in the cost Of
operating, but as social service
matters of utmost Importance to
the whole community.
stockholders who pool their in
terests, organize their capital, and
authorize management to repre-
sent them, must in reason be vii.
ling to permit the workers to pool
their interests and authorize man
agement to represent them. You
do not consider it unwarranted in
reference you would think it alb
surd to criticise a company for get
ting manager OF a lawyer from
Chicago or San Francisco. Why
then, should you resent it if the
men exercise the same right 70
get a representative from D troit
headquarters Of the street car mems s
union
Union labor is here, here to stay
1t is growing in strength and ia
favor with the public.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-01
LABOR NOTES.


Chicago cigarmakers demand an in
crease of 81 per 1000
Seven men have been indicted in New
York city, charged with conspiracy to
blow up the subway railroad tracks
The total value Of manufactures in
New Jersey in 1915 exceeds that Of the
United States in 1880 by $351 100000.
Jouneymen Stone Cutters Interna-
tional union contemplates establishing
home on the lines of the Union
Printers home.
Marine craftsmen in the Norfolk
navy yard have rejected a navy depart.
ment proposal for overtime work in or
der TO dispose of a temporary accumu-
lation of repair business.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-01
Miners Get Increase.

The operators Of the Somerset coal
field in Pennsylvania have announced
a wage raise affecting all miners and
day laborers. The increase for labor
amounts to p cents a day and that for
the miners 7 cents a ton. The rate for
pick mining is thus increased to an ay-
erage Of 50 cents The raise came after
a conference at Johnstown between op-
orators and district officers and organ
izers OF the United Mine Workers Of
America.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-01
EDITOR, Butler County Press,

EDITOR, Butler County Press,
Dear Sir:
In last week S issue of the PRESS
l read an article regarding the bar
bers local union and that they
would probably strike If their de
mands for shorter hours were not
granted. I wish to state that he
BARRIERS would have struck had the
bosses refused the demands of the
union. l wish to alse state that
since few ex members Of the un-
ion have gone into business and
have taken out withdrawal cards
from the local, every demand for
better working conditions for the
jourpeymen BARRIERS has been op-
posed. While these same members
were in the union it was all well
and good and better working condi.
lions were never opposed, but now
things are different. Our consti-
tuition and bylaws were construct,
ed by these members and now they
object to the very things they were
in favor OF when they were mem
bers of the Journeymen Barbers'
Union. l wish you woul please
publish this letter in your paper SO
the union men in Hamilton will
know the facts.
Yours In Unionism,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-01
NEED DAY OF REST.

Clergyman Protests Against Allowing
Men TO Work Seven Days Week.
The Rev. CT aries Stelzle, field secre-
tary of the Federal Council of the
Churches of Christ In America, recent
ly sent letter to newspapers asking
for public cooperation IN the form of
protest against the request of the Lack
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-01

Machinists of Dayton have
made demand for the 8-hour
day Monday, August 21, 1916
All Machinists, Toolmakers
Screwmakers and other ma
chine shop employees Stay
Away.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-01
Press Influence WeakGnS.

Trinidad, Col, Dec. Editor
O'Neil of the Trinidad Free Press
has this to say of that portion of
the public press that never fails to
oppose remedial legislation urged
by the workers:
Not only was the Adamson law
branded as worthless, but the child
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-01
TaChinists

Stay away from Hamilton, Ohio,
strike still on at the Black & Claw
son Co., unfair conditions, STAY
AWAY.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-01
o o . 80 . . . . . . . . . . Z
MOVING FORWARD

o The slogan, Now for the three
g million mark" that has been
@ made part of the organizing
@ campaign Of the American Fed
@ Grafton OF Labor during the last
9 year, has not been in vain. The
@ full realization of the object may
g not have been attained, but the
o effort has been well worth while.
@ An awakening of the workers for
@ organization has been such that
8 many who have been Indifferent
@ to the benefits of organization
g heretofore have seen the light
@ and the force for good The anti
g organization arguments on the
g part Of employers do not carry
q the weight with the workers as
9 they formerly did Necessity has
9 brought their think box gearing
q into action, and when motion is
q once started it has been found
g that the result was more than
Q was at first expected
9 Organization has been planted
@ in industries and parts of indus
9 tries that it was thought almost
@ impossible, which has given {
@ great encouragement. The net &,
@ results are good and warrants
@ our further efforts. Tobacco
9 Worker.
g
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-01

Never let your mirth, jubilation OF
pleasures dull your sympathy for the
sorrow. suffering, sickness or indigence
of other people
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-01
r O $ T Blk
Local Organizers and Busi-
ness Agents.

Charles Z. Vaughn A. T. Of L.
Residence, 80 So. Second Street
Home Phone 800 A.
Timothy Rowan, Internationa
MoIders' Union, Residence, 939
Central Ave, Bell Phore 403 x.
Wm I. Bennett, Painters
Decorators and Paper Hangers
Union, No. 1876. Residence Mt.
Pleasant Pike.
W. R Smith, Paper Makers Un-
ion, Residence, Hotel DeArmond.
Home Phone 81. Bell Phone 81.
Swain B. Corson, Carpenters
and Joiners' Union, No. 637, Resi-
deuce l07 Brosey Ave, Bell Phone
756 L.
Vim. Leonard, Business Agert
Baltenders Union, 25l Chestnu' St
VIM Geppinger, Business Agent
Theatrical Stage Employ es Union,
726 + High St. Home Phone 11O1
DAYTON OHIO.
Ben Closterman, Pohshers.
J. F. Eichorn, Bartenders,
Market street.
w. J Gregg, Hosting Engineers
II w Great Miami Boulevard.
VIM Schneberger, Cigarmakers'
l25 Samuel street.
Gearge Richardson, Teamsters'
3l0 Wayne, Ave, Bell Phone 541
Home Phone 2541.
Earl Nyswander, Carpenters 25
N. Main street.
Ge9. Lorah, Pluntels come
Washington and Main, street
Plumbers Hall.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-01

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-27
CITY GIVES UP AND WILL MAKE NOF|GHT ON|NSPECTIONL LAW Ullman Says Decision Means That Lid Is Off" in
 Birmingham THINKS SHIPMENTS WILL NOW INCREASE Ward Regarded Measure as Police Regulation of Great Aid in Con-
 trolling the Liquor
 Situation
The fight is off

The fight is off
 This is the way the situation is viewed at the city hall after a thorough digest of the supreme court decision, which declares unconstitutional the liquor inspection law
 The city commission has now surren- dered insofar as continuing the fight to the United States courts is concerned in order to continue enforcing the in spection ordinance and collecting the fees, for Mayor-C Commissioner George B. Ward ordered the work of inspection sus- pended yesterday and it was stated that as far as the commissioners were con cerned no further legal fight was con templated.
 City Attorney M M. Ullman advised the city commission that there was no loophole open whereby the liquor in- spection ordinance test case could be taken to the United States supreme court, and that the only legal techni- caity left open for the city was to seek a rehearing. The commission has not as yet decided whether it will request a rehearng, but it has decided to obey
 
 preme court and liquor inspections at 50 cents per- are now a thing of the past.
 The 20 deputy liquor inspectors, in- ] cluding the chief liquor inspector,M said President George B. Ward, "have been suspended from the pay roll. Their work is over, as the system of liquor inspec- ton is knocked on the head for keeps as lar as the city commission is con- cerned.
 Without seeking to cast any reflections on the actions of the supreme court, I will say that the decision is a hard blow to the city of Birmingham The liquor inspection law was a police mea sure It held down the blind tigers and placed no burden on anyone who was not able to bear it in comfort. The fees de- rived from the law would have amounted to about $10O,OO0 in net revenue to the city treasury which would have greatly frightened our financial troubles"
 The lid is off" said Mr. Ullman, "as the decision of the supreme court knock Ing out the liquor inspection law is the greatest blow that the cause of prohibi ton has suffered in years. The average shipments of liquor in Birmingham while the inspections were going on were about 700 day. Wait until next week and then investigate at the express offices and you will see that the shipments have advanced to about POGO day This means olind tigers murder and disorder.
 The liquor inspection law other tban bringing In much needed revenue in Bir mlngham created a system whereby the police knew at all times where liouors were being received and what quantities throughout the city. It held down blind tigers to minimum and greatly aided the police in prosecuting prohibition ca ses m court. Now all of this work of months IS shattered and the city of Bir mingham is deprived of revenua Q n,o,,,,4 ing to $1O0.0OO a year."
 None or the other commissioners cared sion. oeci7
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-27
ADJUSTMENTS
At the Lyric

"The Follies of 1915" will prove a pleas ing entertainment to the matinee crowd today and especially will it appeal to the young folks, who owing to school duties are able to attend only the Saturday matinee performance. Mabel Waizer will furnish the comedy and this young lady is quite a comedienne and has a person. ality that makes her an immediate fav- orite.
 All the young members of the company and they are all young-are ready to welcome a big crowd of Birmingham young folks today. The song numbers are pleasing, the comedians are.good, and all in all the entertainment is very at tractive. Pathe pictures will feature the performance. The curtain at the matinee will go up promptly at 2:3O o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-27
SHOOTING AFFRAY
 OVER GERARD RAID; <
 WANT MORE MILITIA
(Continued from Page One,

tain Smith and others, struck Owens with pair of brass knucks. Captain smith, 1t was said, grabbed Cogbill ana then owens clinched with him and shot him. Cogbin was shot tbroug,' the lung, shoulder, arm and hand and another bullet grazed his cheek.
 Cogbill, known in Girard IS "Runk, Cogbill, is 3S years old and has a wife and two children. Owens is about 45 and has wife and several children at Pittsview en
 There were no more liquor raids in Girard today iN
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-27
Lansing Is Recovering

Washington, May 26.-Secretary Lan- sing attended the cabinet meeting to- day after having been confined to his home by an attack of indigestion for nearly a week. The Secretary said he had been able to do little work during his illness, the effects of which he still showed when he arrived at the White House.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-27
Anxious About Missionaries

Washington, May 26.-State department officials expressed anxiety today over the situation of American missiona ries and native Christians in Syria who are reported through French sources to be threatened by an anti-Christian upris- ing. An inquiry has been sent to the American embassy at Constantinople.
Evening star., 1916-01-02

nald Boyd, Miss Josephine Mitchell. MT.
Francis Cole, Miss Teresa Mcdonald,
Mr.. James C. Karnes. Miss Edith Kelley.
Farnham, Mr. Harry Riley, Miss Edna
Bradley, Mr.. william Pidgeon. Miss
Dorothy Gooch. Mr.. Clay Holmes, Miss
Annette Harbers. Mr.. Harry GiSer9
Powell, Miss Adelaide Gurillo. Mr..
Reginald Hanford, Miss Ora Ward. Mr.
William Carlo. Miss Matilda Guerner.
Sites, Mr.. John stockard: Miss
Eleanor Bushee, Mr.. William Roberts.
Mrs. James E. Karnes chaperoned the
dance.
The annual Christmas dance OF the
Alpha Beta Chapter of Gamma Sigma
Fraternity was given In honor of the
Alumni at the Highlands December 80
Among the many present were
DonneIly, F. Durfee. L. Grayson, C.
Hight. jr., D. Heron, G; Hume T.
Hume. H: Kuglen, E.. Mcintyre. L.
walford. R. White. NJ. Wrightson and
Misses B. Fairfax. K. Munson. H. Wool
folk, b. Hacker. D. Wood, NJ. Hubbard,
v. Lewis. G. Beach, H. Claxton, v.
Hoover. F. Kemp. N. Williams. M.
G. Cecil.
Other fratemities were represented
by delegates. The dance was chape-
roned by Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Schneider,
Mrs. T. Durant. Mr.; and Mrs; 7; l..
Hume and Mr.. and Mrs. c. B. Hight.
The ballroom was beautifully dec
grated with Christmas greens and a
midnight supper was served.
The Sigma lambda Sorority held it's
holiday dance at Rauscher's last night.
Those in attendance were the members
of the Alpha Chapter of Central. mem :
bers of the Zeta Chapter of Western
High and alumnae of both. The COM
mittee was composed Of members from
both schools, Miss Eleanor North. Miss
Nan Priest. Miss Ralph and Miss Helen
Everett, Miss Marian Johnson and Miss
Margaret Laurens. The patronesses
were Mrs. H. w. Hamilton, Mrs. j.
North, Mrs. T. Priest, Mrs. Johnson and
Mrs. Laurens.
Evening star., 1916-01-02
Southern Relief Ball.

President Wilson's first appearance
at ball in the National Capital will
be seen by those attending the annual
charity dance given under the auspices
of the Southern Relief Society the even
ing of January 81. The President and
his bride have accepted an invitation
to use a box on that occa sion, and the
notable assemblage at the charity
event which society patronizes will
accord the President and Mrs Wilson
cordial appreciation of their interest
in the relief work it promotes.
Others who have taken boxes include
the Vice President and Mrs. Marshall
Senator and Mrs. Shields, Representa-
tive and Mrs. Thomas B. Dunn, Mrs.
Francis Moran, Mr.. and Mrs. Graham
Harvey, Mr.. and Mrs. Bates Warren,
Mrs. Charles Grayson Dulin, Mrs. Mat
thew T. Scott, Mrs. Eleanor Black of
New York, Miss Mary Temple. Mrs. E.
W. Cole and Mrs. Delos Blodgett.
The Southern Relief Society's COM
mittee on arrangements for the ball
comprises Mrs. Swanson, Mrs. Francis
Chisholm. Mrs. Arthur Lee. Mrs. Bates
Warren, Mrs. L. H Quirollo, Mrs. Theo-
dore Tiller, Mr.. c. c. Calhoun, treasurer,
and Mr.. Horace Westcott, chairman of
floor committee