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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-06-23
METHODS OF EDUCATION.
A Plea For Fewer Studies and Longer
Time Devoted to Them.

The defect Of American education is
difuseness. The children are bothered
and confused by being dragged across
the surfaces of too many studies in
day. All of our schools, both public
and private. and all our universities
and colleges suffer from this same ma
tional vice. which is a vice in the
American character, a weakness in
our temperament. 1t ought to be met
and corrected in every field of life.
What we need is depth. Depth can
be impaired through the teaching of
anything. 1t can be impaired through
Latin grammar, through handwriting,
through carpenter work, through arith-
metic or history The one element re
quired is time Depth cannot be i'm
parted quickly or in many subjects
at once. Leisure is necessary-a slow
ing down, a taking of things, not
easily, but slowly, deter1ninedly, pa
tiently, as if there We're plenty of
time and nothing else counted.
This is the road to rapid and bril-
liant work, and there is no other. The
smallest children should be set on this
road and guided ana governed and
helped and slaved over by the best of
your masters One subject understood
means the world mastered. My friend
Frederick Aather Of Yale puts the
thing as follows
"If one Of our small colleges should,
after the manner Of the English col
leges, devote itself to a few old fash
ioned subjects, such as Latin and
Greek, and some kind of history and
philosophy, and should really teach
these things. lis graduates would soon
be so famous and so eminent that
banks and railroads would be clamor-
ing for them at the college doors"
The epigram summarizes the present
needs in American education.-Joh j.
I Chapman in Atlantic Monthly
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-06-23
STOPS COMPENSATION CUTS.
Pennsylvania Board Rules That 5ene-
fits Cannot Be Reduced.

Referee Scott Of the Pennsylvania
state compensation board has ruled
that where a worker is a member of a
profit sharing fund and receives ben
eflts for injuries through the work
mems compensation law no portion
of this money shah be deducted and
placed in the fund.
The technical point raised by the in
surance adJusters for the Ford Motor
company of Philadelphia was that un-
der plan in effect among all employ
ees of that concern they paid 81 a
week into the profit sharing fund from
wages or any sick or accident benefits
they might draw The adjussers al
lowed an injured worker SO for the
first two weeks he was hurt, then cut
him to $S under their decision that the
balance should 20 into the fund Ref
cree Scott ruled that this condieted
with the compensation law. The de
ctsion applies to all similar profit shar-
ing or bonus agreements.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-06-23
ACTORS FORM UNION.
Conditions Under Which They Worked
Were lntoierabIe.

were intoterabie.
Viewed dtspasslonately, free from all
cant about art and artists" J" it is the
most natural thing IN the world for the
members of the Actors Equity asso-
citation to have voted by an overwhelm-
ing majority to affiliate with the Amer
lean Federation of Labor, says the
New York Tribune. The actors or
employees end OF the profession has
remained unorganized, while the pro-
ducers or employers end has been
pretty thoroughly organized-not com
pletely, to be sure but completely
enough to affect market conditions.
This has been true not only In New
York city. with its syndicate" and
"nonsyndicate' houses, but ON ''the
road, where the two groups Of man
ayers have had their booking lists Of
allied managers and houses.
Under such conditions 1t has been
useless for actors to protest against
certain trade conditions which no plum
ber or bricklayer or scene shifter or
stage carpenter would have stood for
ed for three four, five, six weeks with
out pay, pocketing their loss If the pro
duction proving unmarketable, has
been closed at the end of the first
weeks run. They have played extra
matinees and In the west on Sundays
without extra pay
Actresses have purchased costumes
costing $500 800, sometimes
from costumers who stood In with the
managers with no certainty that such
investment would ever be amortized
by the salary from the part for which
the costumes were acquired. Actors
have signed contracts because they
could get no which they knew
bound them If the managers chose to
make q fight but which could never be
interpreted in any court against the
producers.
The formation Of the Actors Equity
association was the first step toward
unfonization, since it recognized the ne
cessity Of concerted action by the em-
ployees against the power welded by
the concerted managers. That associa-
don obtained from many managers
mitigation of some OF the rawest OF
the injustices the actors complained of.
But 1t could not swing club heavy
enough to compel all managers to
abandon ineQuitable trade conditions
Inevitably the procedure which prom
ised success was for the players to dc
what the scene shifters, stage carpen-
ters and theater musicians had done
with success-to affiliate with a body
Of union labor
With the actors unionization in
wolves, and can involve no question Of
wages and hours 1t is silly to talk, as
some of the opponents OF the new idea
have done about pulling the profes
sion down to n dead level of mediocri
| ty The result Is bound TO be benefi
/ cial to the actors. who before they are
artists are men and women working
for a living and entitled to say their
say about their working conditions
with as much cloquence and force as
they can command With the actors
union well organized and fourishlng
there is likely to be less demand ol
the charity Of the actors fund from
sick and stranded players.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-06-23

al course be taken by the council
in this case, which was granted.
The teamsters reported that al
their last meeting nine new mem
bers were initiated into the organ
ization.
Retail Clerks reported that the
firms have signed their agreement
and that their hours have been re-
duced.
The committee to meet Breinie
reported that he gave them a salts.
factory reply. The report was re-
ceived and the committee dis.
charged.
The council endored Frank P
Walsh as member of the Supreme
Court.
The secretary was instructed te
write to a publication in New York
to the central bodies of Dayton ant
Middletown and ask information
concerning an article which ap
peared In The People, New YORK
paper. Carried.
A committee composed of Rowan
Smith and Schwenn were appointed
to wait on the proprietor of the
Jewel Theatre and ascertain tn,
cause why he refused to run a slid,
for the Switchmen' Union.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-06-23
Want To Investigate.

Washington, June 23.-The
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States has made public the
result of Its referendum on the
question of asking congress to di-
rect the interstate commerce com
mission to investigate the eight.
hour demand of the four railroad
brotherhoods,
The referendum methods of the
chamber are peculiarly their own
and differ from those employed by
trade unions.
The chamber appointed commit.
tee to consider the question of ask
ing congress to take action. The
committee reported favorable anc
the question was submitted to the
various afiliates, 981 organization.
veting for and 80 against. There
was no attempt made to present tn,
negative side of the question, or ts
show that this plan means an in
definite postponement of the EN-
ployes' claims
The resolutions provide that botl
the railroad managers and EN-
ployes defer pending controver
sies'' until the interstate commerc,
commission is able to complete 1t!
Investigations and make its repor
suggestion that will be eminently
satisfactory to the railroads, as tn,
com mission would be instructed t.
go thoroughly into the question
of minimum, maximum, and aver
age wage paid, with hours of ser
vice to each class of railroad EN-
ployes in the United Stptes, and 81
far as they are comparable, th'
minimum, maximum. and averag'
with hours of service paid in othe
industries where similar skill anc
risk are involved, the relation o
wages to railroad revenues, III,
question of whether railroad reve
nues based on existing rates fo
transportation will admit of equal,
favorable terms of all classes o
railroad employees, and any othe
matter In this connection that tn,
commission may deem relevant.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-06-23

services Tor sixty days arter the In
jury. The rate Of compensation is ap-
proximately 662-3 per cent OF the
wages 1t is higher than in any other
state.
Among the hazardous employ
ments now specified by the law are
the following: Painting, papering, pic
ture hanging, glazing, decorating or
renovating. roofing. plumbing santa
ry lighting or heating, installation or
repair bricklaying, mason work, plas-
tering, printing and engraving and
manufacture OF mems or women's
clothing.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-06-23

There had been a family row.
well, remarked the alleged head of
the house, "a man learns a few things
when he gets married. Yes. sir. a man
lives and learns"
THAT may be- retorted the femi-
nine half of the sketch, but the school
of experience doesn't bar co-eds
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-06-23
Wire Men End Strike.

The strike Of Commonwealth Edison
linemen and helpers in Chicago is end
ed. The strikers agreed to accept the
original offer made by the company for
an increase ranging from 10 to 80 per
cent, no discrimination against union
men and the reinstatement of all strik-
ere except those who have made them
selves obnoxious.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-06-23
Demand Eight-HOur Day.

Rochester. N. Y, June 23.-
About 250 n1achinists and other
craftsmen employed by the Ameri-
can Laundry Machinery company
are on strike for an eight hour day.
Employees of this company s To
ronte, Chicago and Cincinnati
branches are also striking for the
same reason.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-06-23
HAZARDOUS EMPLOYMENTS.
Brief Synopsis of New York's Work.
mems Compensation Law.

If an employee is injured while en-
gagged in one of the hazardous en-
Payments specified in the New York
workmen's compensation law fixed
amount must be paid to such en-
pIoyee regardless as to who was TO
blame for the accident causing the in
jury. In addition, payment must be
made for doctors bills and hospital
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-06-23
Little Bits.

The Labor Legislative League
of Butler, Preble and Montgomery
counties will meet the first Sunday
in J oily III Middletown, Ohio. Del.
egates from Dayton and Hamilton
will attend.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-06-23
ness and later left fer the northern
part of the safe.


The Cooperative Trades and La
bor Council Is making preliminary
arrangements for one of the largest
parades and picnics ever held on
the Fair Grounds. With the rapid
and selid increase of trades union
lists In this city the council expects
Labor Day this year to be record
breaker.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-06-23
stiIl Dear.

'You used to tell me that had the
dearest little foot in the world" said
she poutingly.
'@That was lovers talk" said he, but
If you don't quit paying $40 for shoes
bless me if I won't believe l spoke the
truth. ."-Birmingham Age Herald.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-06-23
TRADES COUNCIL

The Cooperative Trades and La
Dor Council met in regular session
Tuesday night. President John
Gfroerer presided ever the meeting
and about thirty delegates were
present.
The credentials of Park Beal to
represent Horse Shoers' Union and
Edw. Weiss and Harry Spears to
represent Typographical Union,
were read received and delegates
seated.
A Communication from the
Trades Union Liberty League of
Ohio, referring to the conditions of
workers In the iron industry of
Pennsylvania. The same was re-
ceived and contents noted.
The United Hatters of North
America in a letter informs the
council and all trade unions that
Eugene Bressner Is NO longer rep
resenting their organization. Re-
ceived.
The Ohio State Federation OF
Laber In a communication appeals
for a donation to assist in defray-
Ing the expenses of defending the
Workman's Compensation law in
the Supreme Court against the Ii
ability Insurance companies. The
communication was received and a
liberal donation extended.
Thos. J. Donnelly, secretary OF
the O. S, F. of L., in letter again
urges the trade unions who are not
affiliated with the state organiza-
tion to do so at once. The letter
was received and ordered complied
with.
In a communication from Thos
Donnellv, secretary of the O. s.
f. of L., he asks that the council
appoint live committee to look III
the records of the different candi
dates for the legislature. He also
desires the pames of candidate!
who are trade uuionists. The com
munication was received and or
dered complied with Chas Vaughn
Chris Schwenn, Edw. Weiss anc
Henry Betscher were appointed OF
the committee.
In reply to councils letter tc
Congressman Warren Gard, hi:
secretary Anna Stitch advises tha
he is In Hamilton at the presen
time but will bring the letter to hi
attention as soon as he returns t
Washington. Received.
In a letter dated June 18th, Con
gresham Warren Gard In reply tx
the same letter says that he will b;
glad to confer with Representative
Crossner, who Is the author of H
r. Bill I031S. concerning the re
port from the committee on th'
District of Columbia, of which ht
Is a member. The same was re
ceived.
The Detroit Federation of Labot
In communication states that th'
stockholders and the directors o
the Bagley-Tebacco Co., are erect
ing factory In that city with non
union labor. They give the name
of the brands of tobacco that thi
firm manufactures. They als'
state that the d. & c., Navigation
Company has been placed on th
1--WE don't patronize" list. Th,
letter was received AMI content
noted.
A lengthy circular from the Fed
eral Employees Union, referring t.
the enactment of a law bene6cia
to old employees who have retiret
from the Government service
They urge the council to assist.
The minutes of the previou
meeting were read and approved
Delegates of the Carpenters Un
ion reported that Turk Matthia
Is erecting dancing pavilion will
non union carpenters. They stat
that they have sent committees t
wait on him but without results
The carpenters asked that the usu
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-06-23

Long ailments wear out pain and
long hopes joy .-Stanislaus.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-06-23

VIM. D"ffy, of Columbus, Ohio
and one of the state plumbing In
spectors was in the city Wednesday
He came here On important bust
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-06-23

The embers Of the Bartenders'
Urion of Middletown will hold an
all day outing somewhere in the
rural districts next Sunday. Auto
trucks will convey the bartenders
aud their friends to the happy
pleasure grounds. Some friends
from Hamilton have been invited
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-06-23

The Nonpareil Printing Compa-
ny of Hamilton and the Naegele-
Auer Printing Company of Middle.
town, Ohio are the only two print
ing plants in the county using the
Pressmens' Union Label. Other
plants absolutely refused to recog
nize the pressmens organization.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-06-23

Nick Smith, representing the In.
ternational Molders' Union was in
the city Thursday looking after
the interests of that organization
Smith says that his organization /,
in good shape aud that all member:
are at work.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-06-23

The girls who went on strike at
the American Tobacco Company S
plant in Middletown, Ohio last
week returned to work Monday at
noon. The company granted the
girls the increase in wages which
they asked. The Avance Bag com
pany and several other factories
employing girls gave them an in
crease in wages of one dollar on
the week. The girls meant busi-
ness when they struch and imme
diately organized union. If they
keep the organization in tact they
can secure other conditions which
they do not now enjoy.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-06-23

John Few one of the enthusiastic
members of local Horse Shoers'
Union, No. rs, left today for Buff
falo, N Y, where he will attend
the convention of the international
Horse Shoers' Union, The con.
ventions of this organization are al.
ways largely attended. He ex.
poets to remain for about ten days
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-06-23
"SUFFRAGE"

"The republican party, reaffirm-
Ing Its faith In government of the
people, by the people for the people
as a measure of justice to one half
the adult people of this couEtry,
favors the extension of the suffrage
to women, but recognizes the right
of each state to settle this question
for ITSELF
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-12-21
Start tomorrow
and Keep 1t Up
Every Morning
.rt in the habit 81 drink ing (, gIu>~
81 hot water before
breakfast.

were h'' mere i"hE. s." let uAH.
cur Stay A-r'H'I' Let u~ LA" wei
eat wei Work we'll sleep we'll art
i'"N well. what" glorious ."uditi"u I'D.
lli'in ud Er'. h"" N'r' easy II h. 10
one M'h ONLY adopt 'h' W"iuins nsIi '
"''h.
Fuls- vH, .r, accustomed e. f..I
siull and heavy WHOM th,E arise split
ting headache. #tutN from o cold. foul
tongue. mast, breath. u,lI toma,h.
can instead feel 49, fresh l- ID da,
d., opening Nm, |>I,Incs of the -,st,tl
cpch muru.ra Iul flushing uat tho
whole Of no, uiorru' poisonous star.
mint matter
Everyone. whether aIl,u- sick ur
we'll should. each morning. before
breakfast drink 10 glass # r,1l hot
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-12-21

N'w York Doc 81 Mercantile pl-
l'r. iHi', por cen sterling, Gu lny
Nlis, 'il'l per cent, commercial go
d"N hlll- ON banks. i,l p,r cont.
commercial go day bills. i1Da. per cont.
demand. i,t' pei cent rtble.
to i-l6 per cent.
bar silver ,GlsJ
Mexican dollars-5p,.
tuN"rnmcut bonds stead,
Railroad bonds Weak.
TIM" loans SteadN SiNtN and ro
uhAH "a ni'v pct cont; d months,
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-12-21

Denver Dec. 20 -Cattlc-Ecr,Ipi4.
too. market stead, Beef st,ot.
50 COWS and hcir,r,. So,
a "" s'"ohors and feeder. s. o.
e. calves 50 o0H 1850.
Hos kecolpis l.iUu. murt,'
'' 10 Toe h.-h'i. Top So. uu bulls.
g. ,"m n. nn
Sh''p Receipts iluu market
steady Lambs 81 uo a. 200. owe.
: sud.N.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-12-21

Eczema spreads rapidly. itching al
most drives you wtd For quick rc-
lief. poau'S ointment Is we'll rcrow-
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-12-21
DUKE CITY

"" ri"tp hats, mcn's and woms ne
ci"lhtus. rugs, c~nstains. dravsries,
etc. 90 West Gold. Phone tta.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-12-21

Evening Herald A'H'1r~tru.. y VI
/ T. 'l-2f, 9. g. $3.50
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-09-15

tween the Lundin and Sullivan ma,
chimes after the November election,
by which arrangement one machine
will get the minority jobs in every
branch of state, county, sanitary and
city government controlled by the
other.
At the next mayoralty election in
dependent voters may have to choose
between two machine candidates
one hand-picked by Sullivan, the
other by Lundin. The only alterna-
tive is an Independent, nOnpartisan
movement to swat both party ma
chimes with an entire ticket of indie
pendent candidates. That kind of
movement will bring out the voters
who saw no appealing reason for
them to vote at the late primary.
At the coming election, so far as
county and state offices are con-
cerned, about all an independent
voter can do is to pick out the best
candidates regardless of party and
vote for them.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-09-15
KILL DOGS AND CATS, SAYS
HEALTH DEPARTMENT

HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Have you got a cat or a dog around
your house? If you have. the best
thing to do with it is kill it.. That is,
if you live in the city and want to
help stop infantile paralysis, diph-
liberia, scarlet fever, measles and 9TH
er children's diseases from spreading
this fall and winter.
This is the advice of Health Com
missioner John Dill Robertson in the
departments bulletin of sanitary in
struction issued today.
During the New York epidemic of
infantile paralysis, $4,000 cats and
5000 dogs were killed in a single
week, and during all of the weeks
Of the plague there were altogether
$4,000 cats and dogs killed. This
on the theory that in a crowded city
a cat or dog may carry the germs
of disease that kill children.
Cats and dogs gather infectious
germs in their hair" says the official
city health bulletin. Children love
these four-footed playfellows and are
apt to contaminate them with their
mouth and nasal secretions through
cough and sneeze, as well as through
the habit of affectionately burying
their faces in the fur of the animals.
Most of the pets killed in New
York were sacrificed at the request
of their owners who had come to
consider the lives of their own chill
dren of infinitely greater value in the
face of an epidemic menace.
1T would be wiser for Chicago pa
rents who also own such house pets
to make a similar sacrifice now, be-
fore cold weather drives children and
beasts indoors for. closer contact.
This measure of protection may
mean to them all the difference be-
tween life and death, the health or
serious illness of a child from. some
one of the infections which every
vryinfoT claim victims from
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-09-15
MRS. HEATH THINKS BREAD
RAISE UNNECESSARY

Mrs. Julian Heath, president of the
National Housewives assn, denied
the statement attributed to her and
published in the loop press that she
believed the bakers were justified in
raising the price of bread. Instead,
she believes a raise entirely Unnec-
essary.
Mrs. Heath plans to call a meeting
of her association to consider plans
for fighting the bakers. The bakers
say they will sell 9-oz. Ioaves for 5
cents, 1902. Ioaves for cents and
24-oz. Ioaves for 10 cents. This state
ment is being examined by Asst Dist
Atty Fleming, who is investigating
The price raise.
1920
Vancouver, B. C.-Woman suffrage
and prohibition apparently have been
adopted by voters of British Column
bia.
Washington. - Ambassador Page
told to find out why British won't let
Michael Finnery, New York, who
went to Ireland on visit, return home,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-09-15

A man may lead a woman to the
altar; after that he becomes a fol-
lower.