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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-02-18
Want Detectives" Tabled.

Detroit, Mich, Feb. 8.-The
local federation of labor is urging
the city council to license private
detective agencies Secretary R.
L. Reeves of the federation legis
tive commmittee, made this state.
ment to the council committee that
is considering the proposal:
The greater part of the work
of these agencies is the watching
of men who are not criminals,
They do a class of work that re.
quires disreputable class of peo-
pie. They are irresponsible and
should be made responsible to some
one. The result is friction because
of this class of men. They bring
in Chicago, Philadelphia and othe,
gu1men. The prosecuting attor.
ney has already stated that the de.
struction of property in Youngs
town was due to private detectives
and he has declared that they did
the first shooting.
Large agencies rent out mer
for certain price to the corpora
tons men who will use guns il
necessary. These agencies get
rakeof between the amount the
employer pays for the service anc
what the man gets. Where they
employ thousands a day, as some
agencies do, they get on the basi.
of 81 a day. and in this way ootair
| thousands of dollars
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-02-18
Demand Wage Increases.

New York, Feb. 18.-The EN-
broidery Workers union presented
the following demands to employ
ers A 53-hour week, wage in
cresses, union recognition, commit
tee to adjust shop grievances and
board of arbitration. Practically
every shop in this city is closed be-
cause of the strike to enforce the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-02-18
What Labor
Wants.

New York Feb. 18-John Mitch
( ell, Chairman of the State Indus
trial Commission, in an address
here today, outlined the program
of organized labor. He declared it
is confined to these six items:
"a minimum wage that shall
enable men and women TO live In g
manner conformable to American
standards, to educate their children
and to make provision against old
age and sickness.
The eight hour day, which
gives opportunity for the cultivation
of home life, the enjoyment of
books, music and wisely employed
leisure.
Legislation makes it unlawful for
children of tender years and frail
physiques to be employed in dan
gerous pursuits.
Laws providing for the safe
guarding of the lives and limbs Of
workers engaged in dangerous oc-
cupations and for compensation tor
injuries sustained in the course of
employment.
The progressive improvement
of the sanitary working and hous-
ing conditions of the wage earners.
The preservation of the consti-
tutional guarantee of trial by Jury,
free speech and free press,
The ideal of the trade union, ;"
he added, is to combine in one
organization all the men employed
at given trade and to demand and
secure for each and all of them
definite minimum standards of
wages, hours of labor and condi
tions of work. BY this Is not
meant that the wages of all shall
be the same, but merely that equal
pay shall be given for equal work. !"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-02-18
UniOnists Aid Girl Strikers.



Newark. N. J. Feb. 18. The
Cigarmakers' Union is supporting
girl strikers employed by the Amer
ican Cigar company (the trust)
and the Seidenberg company, part
OF the United Cigar Manufacture
ers' association. These workers
are demanding higher wages and
better shop conditions. They were
unorganized when they struck.
The American Federation of Labor
has assigned organizers who can
speak Jewish, Polish and Italian.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-02-18

MUSTERED OUT. These two
words spell the death knell of Co,
E., O.. N. G., of Hamilton Ohio.
The shop boys here-a-bouts call il
canned or locked out, but that don't
make any difference, Co. E., is a
thing of the past at least for a
short while. What caused the mus
tering out of the company has
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-02-18
speeding Up Checked.

Milwaukee, Feb. 18-About 100
employees of the Cutler H ammer
company. who suspended work be-
cause of shop conditions, have ad-
justed their differences with the
management. The company agrees
that the so-called efficiency ex-
pert" will cease bis speeding up'
tactics, and the workers agree to
accept any ideas tending to improve
their methods Of doing work.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-02-18
Brewery Workers Gain.

Portsmouth, Ohio, Feb. 49,
Brewery Workers union, No. 40,
has signed three years agree.
ment with employers. The wages
of brewers, bottlers and drivers
have been increased 81 a week.
Conferences between the interested
parties made this settlement pos
sible.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-02-18
WORLD OF LABOR

| Plans for baby week in
March were made by more than 400
communities, announces the chill
dren's Bureau of the Department
OF Labor. The need of bettering
conditions surrounding babies will
be impressed on the general public
and the proper care of infants de-
scribed during the week. 1t is felt
by those behind the movement that
this agitation will create a senti-
ment against the annual death of
800, 600 babies before they are IL
morths old.
The Pennsylvania State Work
mems Compensation Board has
ruled that the term domestic SER
vice. as used in the new compen-
sation law, applies only to service
In private homes and does not ap-
ply to service in hotel, hospital
or other institution. Under the
law, which took effect the first of
the year, farm labor and domestic
servants are exempt from compen-
sation benefits, and the boards rul-
ing makes this term apply to pri-
vate families only ard does not In
clude proprietors of boarding hous-
es. etc.
The Illinois State Board of Ad-
ministration recently issued an or
der to the officials of all State in
stitutions that employees are not to
be interfered with because they
have joined or contemplate joining
a labor organization. Evidently
some OF these officials did not take
the order seriously and now the
board has issued another order, in
which is included the original state
ment, instructing all managing of
tce-s to post a copy of the order in
conspicuous place in the respec-
tive institutions and also on their
bulletin boards. That these Off
GERS may be impressed with the
fact that the board means what it
says, they are instructed to ack-
nowledge receipts of the order in
writing.
The United States Supreme
Court has constructed the Wash
ington State Workmep's Compen-
sation law as abolishing al damage
actions in the courts by workmen
in the employments covered by the
law, whether against employers or
against third persons. The widow
and children of Benjamin Meese
sued the Northern Pacific Railroad
for the alleged negligent killing of
Meese, an employe of a brewery,
at Seattle, alongside the railroads
tracks. The District Court held
the compensation law abolished all
actions for damages, and dismissed
the suit, but the Circuit Court of
Appeals held that it abolished liti-
CATION only of employees against
their employers. The Supreme
Court upheld the Distict Courts
interpretation.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-02-18

NOTHING can be gained by the
continual scfapping in 'abor unions
over politicians. If some of our
union men would think as much of
their uniouism as they do of their
political faiths they would be fine
union men.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-02-18

THE union printers are trying to
unionize every printing Office within
its power They want to see the
label on these same papers and
they don't care a snap what politi-
cal party they are allied with. It's
unionism with the printers and not
politics.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-02-18
Is Dan Baker a member of the
City Council, one of the stock hold
ers of the Humane Society

A TEN PER CENT incr ase has
been given by the Hamilton Ma
chine Tool Company The other
shops promised to do what the Lin
denwald plant did Now let them
do it.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-02-18

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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-02-18

Endorsed by the Trades and Labor
Council of Hamilton, Ohio.
Endorsed by the Middlet0wn Trades
and Labor Council of MiddielOwn o.
Endorsed by the Labor Legislative
League of Butler, Preble and Mont
gomery Counties.
Endorsed by Metal Trades Council
of Hamilton ohio.
Endorsed by the United Trades and
Labor Council, Dayton, Ohio.
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FRIDAY. FEBRUARY IS, 1916.

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Second Class Mail Matter.
The Washington times., 1916-06-18
SIDDONS SEES WORLD
+, MOVING CONCORD
Justice Also Expects Women to
Play Greater Part.

Justice Frederick L. Slddons. address,
ing the graduates OF Western High
School yesterday afternoon. predicted a
time when the world will move to-
gether In greater concord" and said
that women will play greater part In
governmental affairs of the future.
More than 100 graduates assembled at
western yesterday at Q clock for the
commencement exercises. William r..
Galliher. OF the Board Of Education.
presided. and Elmer y. Newton. princi-
pal. piinousiced the honor awards.
Paul Cplbertsch won the Harold f..
Harris medal for "a diatinct and unique
contribution 10 the study OF history"
To Miss Christine Damn went the
high school scholarship for 'Gouchvr
College. John whelchcl won the Uni
versity OF Peapsyl, ania scholarship.
competed for BY boys OF oil Washing
ton high schools.
chester La Toilette won n gold medal
for the best assay on subject con.
nected with the revolution. This medal
IN behalf OF the donor. the Mary Wash
Miss Martha Waring won the Ken
dali scholarship TO George Washington.
John Paul Earnest. jr... also. won n
George Washington scholarship. Au-
gust kuhlinann won one for Lehigh
Wells Pailey for the University OF
Pennsylvania. and Virginia Perry that
for the National School Of Domestic Arts
and Science,
Canon William l.. Devries gave the
invocation and musical numbers were
given by Hermann c. Rakemann.
The Washington times., 1916-06-18
MUSIC
NEARS REALIZATION
Mrs. May 7. Keon consults
Washington Women on Fur
tberlng Nordloa's Plan.

A plan conceived by the late Nine
Lillian Nordica for an American uni
versity Of rnusic 10 about 10 be realised,
according 70 an announcement made In
Washington yesterday by Mrs. May TAFT
Keon. Mrs. Keon IL Boston woman
who 10 at the Willard here TO consult
with Washington women Interested In
the enterprise.
Mime. Nordica's dream was for q uni
versity In this country where ambitious
musical students might obtain all the
advantages they now can find only by
study abroad. Mrs Keon has obtained
the tract overlooking the Hudson at
Harmon, New York. whore Nine. Nordi-
ca lived. and where she hoped to found
the university. To this viii be added
about twenty acres. making a total OF
forty acres. estimated to be worth more
than 100000
Mrs. Keon has worked upon this pro-
ject quietly for nearly two years. One
Of those interested 10 Mrs. Champ Clark.
wife OF Speaker Clark. The cooperation
Of enough men and women Of wealth al
ready has been enlisted to insure the
financial success OF the plan and the
aid OF many Of the foremost musicians
has been pledged. These include Caruso,
Walter Damrosch, Victor Herbert. and
John Philip sousa.
The FIRST step VIM be the building Of
The Washington times., 1916-06-18
2,700 Collected for
Clara Barton Memorial

The Clara Barton Memorial Associa-
ton held the first meeting Of the officers
yesterday at the Raleigh Hotel. In this
city. Mrs. John A. Logan In the chair.
Reports were received from the vari-
Gus officers, and II was shown that
about se.7Oo has been collected since the
starting OF the movement.
Plans for the carrying on OF the cam
paign to raise the funds for tho me-
mortal were discussed. The committee
received an offer from the management
OF the Madison Square Garden, New
York city, for large meeting In the
fan; and other propositions and Offers
OF aid were considered. One Of the most
intercsting plans Is n moving picture
soon through the efforts Of one OF the
trustees. & nfu.
The Washington times., 1916-06-18
West Virginians Here to
Observe States Birthday

The fifty-third anniversary of the
State of West Virginia will be cele-
brated BY the West Virginians living
10 washington Tuesday night in Pythian
Secretary Of State Baker. former SEN
S Scott and Solicitor General John W.
Davis will be the principal speakers.
Others who will make brief Hddresses
include Raymond b. Dickey Philip 3.
Walker. Charies e. Peddicord, Cor
Scott, and Col. c. Brooks Smith. Sew
erai State officials of West Virginia
will bo present as honored guests
A musical program will be given by
Professor Gates orchestra, assisted by
talent to be procui cd by a committee
composed OF William f. Braithawaite.
Mrs. Raymond b. Dickey. Mrs. c.
Brooks Smith, Miss Helen .Crennan,
and Maurice Fitzgerald.
The Washington times., 1916-06-18
OutirlgC Aid
From All WASHINGTON
Fairy Godmothers and Godfathers Can Invest in
Happiness by Contributing to Life-Saving Work
Among City's Poor.

donations OF old linen, as Il 10 distinctly
a hospital camp. They, may be sent to
s8 II street northwest. care OF the
Summer Outing Committee.
The nursery a. Camp Pleasant, which
charge this yesr of graduate trained
nurse. The care of the babies and modi-
fication OF milk and how to care for
themselves will be taught ali mothers
This nursery will accommodate from
slightly ~. - y ~''
The COMMITTEES has published n man
this year showing the location OF the
different camps and how they may be
reached by trolley or automobile. The
maps are being sent out with receipts
the back Of the committee letterheads.
Copies can be lad on reuuest. n
The Washington times., 1916-06-18
GIRL WILL DIVORCE
SPANKING HUSBAND
But Shell Have to Go Home to
Parents Before Decree viii
Be Issued.

LOS ANGELES. June 1s.--Before
pretty Margaret II. Rhind gets q di-
vorce from her spanking husband who
was more like father than a spouse
TO her"-both as to age and his pro-
clivtties for the administering Of chas-
tisement with an ivory-handled hair
hrush-she must 60 home to her mamma
and papa. ~,
She has been. literally speaking,
spanked and sent home because OF her
carly and unhappy voyage upon the
trpubledNsea OF matrimony.
Looking the part of the seventeen
year-old school girl that she was wnen
she eloped to Santa Ana with Charles
II. Rhind. ffty-two. years old: two years
aao almost to the day. with her hair In
long black curls dropping over her
shoulders. the young wife sat In the
told her story TO Judge Wood.
She had come to Los Angeles from
Alaska to attend high school. she said,
She was living with an aunt and was a
When ens she e' met net Charles F. Rhisd. a real
estate and insurance man. The court
ship was brief. for the two had been
acquainted but three weeks before the
trip to Santa Ana and the exchange Of
Married life was not happy. she said.
Her husband had o daughter older than
she, and he treated her like O bad girl.
He struck her on a number Of occa-
Aons. sworc at her. was conctantly
quarreIing with her. came home intoxi-
Gated and actually spanked her with n
hair brush, she declared.
Judge Wood listened to the story and
to the corroboratins evidence. and then
remarked:
You ought to be homo with your
parents instead Of in the divorce court
at this age. The spanking you got from
your spanking husband should have
been applied by your parents for marry
Ing a man fifty-two years old on three
weeks acquaintance. You should go
home to your parents"
"Oh. but can't &c home unless I get
my divorce" the gtrlish wife spoke up.
1.-The divorce will be granted. but only
upon condition that you go home. where
you belong. and the decree will not be
entered till / receive assurance that you
have actually gone home to your mother
and father In Alaska" said Judge
Wood.
The girl wife was represented by Az.
toriey Alfred r. Macdonald, and he
assured the court that ne would see to
4 that the young lady takes the next
aeamer for Alaska.
The spanking episode, according 10 the
young wife's version, occurred in Oc-
tober. 1915. She objected to her husband
drinking and he resented her attempt to
correct him and corrected her instead.
The Washington times., 1916-06-18
Baby Hospital Enlarged.
SLENDERNESS WITHOUT
DRUGS OR EXERCISES S

There is only one sure and effective
method of reducing superfuous flesh.
and that is the way French women do
by taking baths in which the famous
French Clarks Thinning Salts have
been dissolved. Drugs should be care
fully avoided. Clarks' Thinning Salts
have the peculiar effect of dissolving
fat. With each bath you will notice
that weight and flesh diminish. The
only treatment which does not call for
vigorous exercise or special dieting.
For sale at ODonnelrs Drug Stores.
and all leading hairdressers and drug
gists Send for Booklet. Orient Labora-
tories. North Wales. Pa.-Advt.
The Washington times., 1916-06-18
Safety First Train Will
Make Tour of tIle Wcs

The Government Safety Firt TfRi1
will leave Pittsburgh tonlOrrpH foe -
trip through the Central West w
swanton. OF the United 81 tee Itefltlf.
ton Service, has Joined 10 1si4sso -
the Western trip.
The train is made up Of twelve steel
cars which carry exhibits from tho
Government departments and from the
Red Cross. The travelling exhibition OF
the many important activities OF the
ances and methods In being received
with n great deal of interest In the
cities through which IL passes.
Among cities to he visited by the train
throughout the balance Of June are
Washington, Pn.: Wheeling. w. Val
Cambridge. GAINESVILLE, Newark, and
Columbus, Ohio.
The Washington times., 1916-06-18
Rainy Weather Not
Caused by the War

absurd" exclaimed Chief Marvin OF
the Weather Bureau today when 1t
was suggested to him that the contln-
ned unreasonable rains and general cold
Weather might be caused Dy the tre-
men ious cannonading in the European
war.
mo one in scientific circles believe
such a superstition" he said ENperi-
ments have proved repeatedly that en-
blossoms have no effect either In pro-
ducins rain or change In temperature. .
Marvin said this has been the coldest
year for two decades. But why, neither
he nor unyt other man can say.
The Washington times., 1916-06-18

an outdoor theater where American
orchestra leaders will be invited to give
festivals.
A board Of managers win be formed
shortly behind whom there will be d.
reotors to control the finances, and an
advisory board will be made up OF one
woman from each State, 70 make the
institution thoroughly representative.
The Washington times., 1916-06-18
Hibernians Planning
Big Outing at Beach

The Joint divisions OF the Ancient Or
der OF Hiberions OF tho Distyict Of
Columbia, are to have grand outing
and held day OF sporting events at
committee Ia at work TO make the
anair a success. The Baltimore HI
bertans hnve been invited TO Join IN this
celebration. and a great gathering
seems assured.
The Washington times., 1916-06-18
Saloon Keeper Killed,
Porter Shot in Hold-Up

CHICAGO. June ls.-Jacob Levine.
saloon keeper was shot and instantly
killed and William Brown, negro por-
Ter was seriously wounded shortly
after midnight. when they resisted a
loon as the latter was closing up.
The hold-up man escaped. falling to get
any loot.
The Washington times., 1916-12-13
HAS ONE VETERAN
Western oulnt Retains Chamber
IAlne From Last Season.

With but one veteran from last
years combination, Western starts
the season Friday with Friends Select
School, On Saturday afternoon the
Westerners will stack up against the
Army and Navy Props.
chamberlaine is the only Western
veteran on the squad this year. Wight.
Chamberlaine, Larner. Heron, and
Davidson formed the second team isst
season, Larner failed to return To
school, but Willard Johnstone appearS
TO have the makings of a firstrats
forward.
This combination has been pracetc.
ing for two days and will work out
today against st. Adams. There are
four teams atWestern now. something
like nifty boys trying for the various
combinations
The schedule follows: December 10,
Friends, at Western: 10, Western, at
A, N. p; Is, Western, at Georgetown
Preps: %, Alexandria High, at West
ern; "a. Alumni, at Western; January
2, Western, at Gonzaga; 3, Business.
at Y. NJ. c. A; 0, Tech, at Y M. G. A.;
10, Greogetown Preps, at Georgetown
Prep; 16, Eastern, at Y. NJ. G. A.; 20,
Central, at Y. NJ. c. A.: 20, Business,
st V, NJ c. A.; February o, Eastern, al
Y. NJ. c. A; IA. Tome at Port De.
posit; i6, Central at Y. NJ G. A.
The Washington times., 1916-12-13
BEGINS DECEMBER 26
Indoor, Tennis Tourney for National
Honors 10 Approved.

NEW YORK. Dec. i3.-Robert r.
Putnam, president OF the Seventh
Regiment Lawn Tennis Club. an.
nounead yesterday that the national
junior indoor championship tourna.
ment would begin on the board courts
of the armory ON Tuesday, December
20. The dates have been approved by
the officials OF the United States Ma
tional Lawn Tennis Association.
The tournament for the junior title
will be the second annual holding OF
the national meeting, Elliott BinEen,
OF Fordham University, won the sin.
giles last season, while Rand and Web.
Der captSred the doubles honors. The
conditions OF the tournament have
been somewhat changed because OF
the amendments TO the rules enacted
at the last annual meeting OF the na.
tional association. The age limit 10
raised TO twenty years, This Will ad.
init several OF the younger and bril-,
liant eoiiegians who are expected TO
compete.
Singles and doubles will be contest.
ed. The matches, with the exception
OF the finals, will be the best two out
OF three sets. The hnsls will be the
best three out OF fiye sets, Days for
practice viii be designated the week
before the tournament. The cham.
pionship matches will be decided on
Saturday, December 80. Robert T..
Putnam Will act as referee.
The Washington times., 1916-12-13
JOE GElGER ENTERS
eaItlnors Crack Llstsd for Carroll
Institute Distance Run.

Washington runners will have TO do
their best against Joe GeiEer. the
baltimore crack distancsr, who has
sent In his entry for the en-miie race
to be held here Saturday under the
auspices OF Carroll Institute. Geiger
earned considerable fame as n dis.
tance runner during the past three
years and won the last race held here
Goiger won the race In Baltimore
for the title a year ago over q short
course. Returned the medal after q
protest and went out later and spread.
eagled the neld. He will be the IA.
vorite In Saturdays event here.
A., II, Schmidt, another Baltimore
crack, will be among the runners to
face the stretch Saturday. Schmidt
has been at the front rank OF dis.
tancers In this section for two or
three seasons.
Twenty-four runners have entered
the race. The course is as follows:
Start In front OF Carroll Institute
Club. thence north on Tenth street Ia
avenue, west to Dupont
circle, north In Connecticut avenue to
5i00 block, turn at telegraph pole No,
Os, and back over same route to start
ing point