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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-05
Uniouisn In Alaska.

The organization of labor unions in
Alaska is the latest development Of the
new order of things. A carpenters
and also plasterers' union has been
formed at Juneau. An organizer"
from the States directing the proceed
ings seems to have successfully round
ed up all members Of those trades in
that town. A circular letter conveys
the information that all wage workers
In the territory are to be included in a
great trades union TO prevent the fur
ther lowering Of the wage scale In
force before the advent of the govern
ment In its capacity as railroad builder.
1t Is the intention, states the letter, to
form regular trades council for all
Alaska, the workers at all trades In
the various territorial towns to be or
ganized into affiliated unions.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-05
An Ancient Die.

In the museum at Athens is shown
what is probably the only genuine an
tique die used for coinage that is now
extant. 1t was found In Egypt in 1904
and consists of bronze. engraved with
the owl that was stamped ON Athenian
tetradrachma pieces, which contained
about as much silver as three quarter
dollars The die Is OF scientific inter
est on account of the evidence 1t gives
of the skill Of the ancients 800 or 400
years before Christ in metallurgy. 1t
contains about 221a per cent of tin and
nearly 70 per cent OF copper 1t is ex-
tremely hard, but at the same time
possesses a certain malleability due
to the great purity of the copper and
tin, which were carefully freed from
all traces of lead and zinc to preserve
the hardness and from arsenic and
antimony to avoid brittleness.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-05
TRADE UNl0NISM LEADS.
Organized Labor Great Influence For
Justice and Riqht.

Zone only needs to understand the
great principles for which trade union
ism has always stood" says the In
dustrial Banner of Toronto, when sin
gle handed 1t has had to fight for re-
forms before they had yet become pop
ular, to fully realize the broadness of
Its democracy and the great influence
it has exercised for good in the world.
While organized labor has agitated for
and secured shorter hours of labor,
higher rates Of wages and has vastly
improved the Industrial conditions Of
the army of toilers, it has also cham
pioned those principles Of reform that
must inevitably evolve a wider and a
freer social atmosphere.
Viewed in the light OF what it ac-
tually advocates and stands for, the de-
mocracy of the trade union movement
is not even open TO question. Labor al
ways has been and is today IA leader in
the great battle for equity, liberty and
real reform"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-05
LIVING Cost and WAGES.

President Gompers of the American
Federation of Labor denied before q
house committee that living expenses
have increased Is per cent in the Unit
ed States during the last ten years,
while wages had not advanced pro-
portionately.
"In the last twelve years" Mr..
Gompers said, wages, hours Of en-
ployment and conditions of labor have
improved in the United States beyond
any other period Of any people in the
history of the world. The price trend
Of essentials since 1870 has been down
ward. We have enlarged what we call
the essentials of life In the last thirty
years, so that there IS no comparison
between what the cost of they ras
and what 1t Is today"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-05
JENNY MADISON.
AWithered Little AppIejohn,' irving
Dubbed the President.


Dubbed the President.
What presidents we might have
had, SIR a Washington barber la
mented soon after Jefferson went out
of office. Just look at Daggett of
Connecticut or Stockton of New Jer-
sey! What cues they have got, sir!
AS big as your wrist and powdered
every day like real gentlemen, as they
are. But this little Jim Madison, with
a cue no bigger than a pipestem, sir!
1t is enough to make a man forswear
his country"
Short and wrinkled, with a cast In
his eye and voice scarcely audible In
public speaking. the new president did
not make a good impression as he be-
gan his inaugural address. He was
pale and "trembled excessively" and
the swaying motion of his body and
all the peculiarities of his poor de-
livery, including his air of having risen
casually and with no intention of max
Ing a speech and desiring above all
things to escape, were as annoying as
usual But he gained poise as he pro
ceeded, and jefferson was convinced
that his friend would develop equal
assurance in dealing with the prob
lens of his administration.
That night at Longs hotel in George
town, where guests thronged to the
first inaugural ball in the countrys his
tory, the former president was in evi-
dence again, joyous and smiling, a
contrast to the dismal little figure in
black standing beside Mrs. Madison,
regal In her yellow velvet, pearls and
turban. Some thought her the abler,
as she was the better favored, Of the
two. "As to Jenny Madison wrote
Washington Irving. who had come
with host Of others to seek Office
"ah, poor Jenny! He is but wither-
ed little applejohn."
To an intimate this withered little
man could talk delightfully."-, but in the
presence of q crowd he retreated into
bored and almost repulsiye silence He
had had the misfortune to be born
with the sober characteristics of an old
man. Even in college he had been
painfully correct and Industrious, do
Ing double work and stunning the
slightest appearance of frivolity. His
president made the damaging asser-
ton that during his whole stay at
Princeton Madison never did an in
discreet thing. 1t was fortunate that
his lively wife was at hand to supple
ment his lack OF magnettsm.-Hel
Nicolay in Century.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-05
Two Kinds of EmulsIons.

Milk and butter are both emulsions.
Professor f. G.. Donnan of University
college, London. defines an emulsion as
distribution of one liquid in another.
A little OIL shaken with much water
gives an emulsion in which the par
ticles Of oil have diameter Of about a
thousandth of millimeter Such an
emulsion is milk. A little water In
much oil gives particles of water even
smaller; such an emulsion is butter.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-05

SGlct. 1t was the senate GA carthage
that passed law forbidding the ctti-
zens to make those islands the ob1ec-
tive point of their summer vacation.
From time immemorial the world
had believed that somewhere beyond
the pillars of Hercules there was a
group Of islands SO beautiful, so replete
with everything to make men and wo-
men happy, that they constituted the
real heaven. They were called rs
lands of the Blest" When the Car
thaginian feet returned from its first
expedition to the Canary islands there
was danger that all the population OF
Carthage would emigrate to that realm
of song birds and tempered sunshA
hence the edict.-St. Louis Globe Del
Ocrat
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-05
Stevenson TO Henry James.

It takes a stylist to criticise a stylist
and was the thing ever done more
gracefully than by Robert Louis Ste
venson in a letter to Henry James?
May beg you, the next time 'Roder
lex Hudson is printed off. to go over
the sheets of the last few chapters and
strike out immense and 'tremendousP
You have simply dropped them there
like your pocket handkerchief. All you
have to do is to pick them up and
pouch them, and your room-what do
I say?-your cathedral!-wtll be swept
and garnished. am, dear sir, your de-
lighted reader, r. L. s."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-05
THE CANARY ISLANDS.
In Aaoisnt Days They Were Thought
to Form the Real Heaven.

You know, of course. that the Canary
islands are northwest Of Africa and
that they belong to Spain. You may
happen to remember, too, that three
very interesting things have been Civ
en- to the world by that group Of is
lands-Canary wine the Canary dance
and the lovely little yellow song bird
that has place in so many homes. To
be sure, they are the Canary islands,
because that Is where canary birds
come from.
But hold, The horse is behind the
cart. The birds got their name from
the place of their nativity, and the
group Of islands took its me from
the largest and most important mem
Der, Gran Canaria island Curiously
enough, the name means "big dog" In
stead Of little bird
There was time when these islands
were of far more interest and impor
tance than they are now, time when
they called forth a special government
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-05
RATIFY WAGE PACT.
Mine Workers Union Agree TO New
Soft Coal Scale.

OOIG COSJ SCaie,
The wage agreement adopted at
conference of the officials of the United
Mine Workers of America and repre-
sentatives Of the soft coal mine owners
In New York has been ratified by a
referendum vote of the members of
the miners organization, according to
q recent announcement made by VIII
liam Green, international secretary
treasurer OF the union The vote was
4,49S12 in favor Of the agreement and
42,S20 against it.
The new contract is for a period of
two years, dating its beginning from
April l, 1916, when the old agreement
expired. 1t provides for the payment
Of mining coal on mine run basis, an
increase of cents a ton and an in
crease of 5 per cent for day labor, dead
work and yardage, This agreement IS
used as a basis for the negotiation of
wage contracts in all of the districts Of
the organization and especially In what
is known as the central competitive
fields. comprising the states of Indiana,
Ohio, Illinois and western Pennsylva-
MIA
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-05
Printers Raise Wanas-

The Typographical union and pro-
prietors Of commercial printing shops
of Greater Boston have signed a five
year agreement which carries the
same arbitration provisions that pre-
vail in the newspaper industry. Wages
are raised 81 week for men and $3.50
for women during the life of the con-
tract The union is striving to place
women on the same wage plane as
men, which has not been the case in
some instances in this city.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-05
Music of the Nightingale.

But the nightingale, another of my
airy creatures, breathes such sweet
loud music out of her little instrumen-
tai throat that it might make man
kind to think miracles are not ceased.
He that at midnight, when the very
laborer sleeps securely, should hear, as
1 often have the clear airs, the sweet
descants, the natural rising and fall
Ing, the doubling and redoubling of
her voice, might well be lifted above
earth and say, Lord what music hast
thou provided for the saints In heav-
en- when thou affordest bad men such
music on Waiton's "The Com
plete Angler"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-05
The Way Il Goes.

"a man lives three lives-youth,
manhood and age" philosophically
stated Professor Pate. Youth is the
rising sun of life, when he thinks of
what heck of a feller he is going to
be; manhood is the sun at full me-
ridian, when he Is satisfied that he Is
indeed heck of a feller; age is the
setting sun, when ne sags around and
brags about what heck of feller
he used to be."-Judge.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-05
The Word Bible.

The word Bible furnishes striking
instance of a words rise from very
low to high estate To the bulk OF
English speaking folk it now means
the book of books. In Chaucer's day 1t
meant any book whatever or scroll-to
speak by the card lest equivocation
undo us. Tracing the word Bible
straight home, we find 1t as bublos, but
another name for the papyrus reed OF
Egypt.
There are two times In a mans life
when he should not speculate when
he can't afford to and when he cam
NAek Twain.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-05
The Animals In Heaven.

According to the Mohammedan's be-
lief, there are ten animals in heaven.
These form the following strange me-
nagerie: The calf offered by Abraham,
the OK of Moses, the whale of Jonah,
the ass Of Balaam, the ram of Ishmael,
the ant Of Solomon, the camel of the
prophet Salech, the cuckoo Of Balks,
the dog of the seven sleepers and Al
Borak, the animal which carried Mo
hammed to heaven
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-05
Elohtv.eioht and the stuarts.

Eighty eight was the fatal number of
the Stuarts. James III. was killed In
fight from Bannockburn 1883. Mary
Stuart was beheaded 1888. James III.
OF England was dethroned In 1858.
Charles Edward died In 1888. Some
say that the first Stuart king, Robert
H., died Ia 1883. New York Sun.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-05
ParadoxicaI Content

81 feel safe from accident on this
train
"Why SOP"
Because it is in, charge Of an en-
sfneer who has the reputation of be-
ing wreckless one" Baltimore
AunArfran
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-05
Good Enounh.

do you think you can support my
daughter In the style to which she has
become accustomed"
"No, ssr, but l think l can support
her In the style to which her mother
had to become accustomed when she
got married Pittsburgh Press.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-05
" sMMMMMMM@MMMMMMM y ~ MMma
UNION LABEL HELPS.

" 1t is no disparagement to the "
" union label to say that there are ~
V many union members who are "
Y not loyal to 1t. Perhaps they do "
" not think of how deadly an in "
r jury to their own cause they are "
" doing when they buy goods with "
" out the union label Even with "
n lukewarm support the union la e
" bel has accomplished tremendous "
" things for the wage earners. 1t "
V has added enormous strength to "
Y the trade union movement and so "
" has greatly helped those trades "
" that are not favored with union "
" label possibilities. "
We ~
" " " " " y " y y y y " " " " " " "
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-05
Eavors Vacations.

Assemblyman Hess of New York has
introduced an amendment to the pub
lie officers law, which makes manda-
tory the provision giving each en-
ployee of the state two weeks vaca-,
ton annually. 4
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-05

Take a good look at this ladder, my
boy"
what for?'
"And then remember that If it were
possible to get to the top at single
bound there would be no need for the
bottom rungs Detroit Free Press.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-05
Corn Can Pop Only ones.

Ethel (munching and chattering)--
How white corn gets when 1T pops.
Marie-Yes just like some men when
they pop.--Boston Transcript
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-05

chamber; strong here, man Is strong
everywhere
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1916-07-20
SAYS VICTORY Is COMING
THE CREST HAS BEEN CROSSED
SAYS BRITISH MINISTER OF
WAR.
Change Is Due to Improvement In
Observation-Disclosures Strike Terror
to Foes in East and the French De-
fend Verdun.

London-David Lloyd-George, Brit
ish Minister Of War, presiding at an
Entente Allied conference on equip
ment, declared that the combined Of
fenside Of the Allies had wrenched the
initiative from the Germans, never, he
trusted, to return.
I'VE have crossed the watershed
he said, land now victory is begin
ming to flow in our direction. The
change is due to the Improvement in
our equipment"
The conference was held at the
War Office and was participated in by
Albert Thomas, French Minister of
Munitions; General Bieiaeff, Assist
ant Minister of War of Russia; Gen.
A. Dali Olio, member of the Italian
Ministry of War, and the new British
Minister Of Munitions, Edwin S.
Montagu.
Since our last munitions confer
ence," said Mr.. Lloyd-George, there
has been a considerable change in
the fortunes of the Allies. On that
date the great Champagne offensive
in the West had just failed to attain
it's objective, and the French and
British armies had sustained heavy
losses without the achievement Of any
particular success. In the east the
enemy had pressed the gallant armies
of Russia back some hundred miles,
and the Balkans had just been over
run by the Central Powers.
1.-The overwhelming victories won
by the valiant soldiers Of Russia have
struck terror into the hearts of our
foes, and these, coupled with the i'm
mortal defense of Verdun by our in
domitable French comrades, and the
brave resistance of the Italians against
overwhelming odds in the Southern
Alps have changed the whole COM
plexion of the landscape.
Now the combined strength in the
east and west has wrenched the initia-
tive out of the hands of the enemy
never I trust to return to his grasp
We have crossed the watershed and
now victory is beginning to flow in our
direction.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1916-07-20
NO MORE TROOPS WILL
SENT UNTIL THOROUGHLY
EQUIPPED,
$4,000 REGULARS ON BORDER
Statement That War Departne,, :,
Contemplating the Draft systen :.
Recruit National Guard Ia A..
sense.

Washington. - Department oo,.
manders of National Guardsmen ~
mobilizing for service on the Meric,"
border, were instructed by the W..
Department to defer transportation ;.
the frontier until the miIitiam.S
have been thoroughly equipped ana
organized. This order revokes a ruI
ing issued by the department when
the Mexican situation was acute
which waived certain Requirements
About $4,000 men are affected.
The latest information of the Do.
partment is that about 100000 Ma.
tional Guardsmen now are at tba
border. With the $4,000 regulars
there are 5000 additional men called
from the reserves, officials estimate
that the American strength on Dor.
der service within a few weeks will
be adequate to cope with any present
emergency and will make unnecessary
the dispatch Of any more guardsmen
until they are completely euuipped
and organized.
Published stories that use of a
general draft was being considered
to fill the National Guard ranks were
denied by the Department. The fol.
lowing statement was issued by the
Official Press Bureau.
"The statement that the War De.
partment is contemplating the draft
system to recruit the National Guard
is nonsense. Statements to that ef-
feet are purely speculative and have
no basis in fact"
Reports that National Guard units
are being supplied poor and insult
ficient food are not borne out in
preliminary telegraphic reports re.
ceived from all the Department COM
manders.
A message from General Funston
reported that General Trevino had
sent many troops south with the in
tention of occupying the Guerrero
San Barja-Santa Rosalia line against
any possible northward advance OF
bandits. The dispatch added that
in Chihuahua were urg-
ing the necessity of an active cam
paign against bandits ito prevent
their reaching United States forces
and border"
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1916-07-20
MEXICAN FARLEY GETTING
AT Definite STATUS

Washin gton.-The informal negou'
ations for settlement Of the issues Dc
tween the United States and Genera
Carranza are understood to have au-
vanced a long step when Acting Sec
rotary of State Polk and Eliseo AT
redondo, Mexican ambassador deSis
nate, held their third conference slnc0
General Carranza's proposal lot
diplomatic adjustment was receF0u
and accepted.
Although both Mr.. Polk and tn0
ambassador declined to say what NAV
ters were under discussion, there Wel0
indications that the conversaIlon'
had passed into the definite stag
where specific questions were oeins
formulated for probable submission "
a joint international commission =,
The commission plan Of settling III.
ferences between the two countries %
provided for in the treaty OF 1910 ~
official advices from Mexico 1ndlcaV04
that General Carranza favored resi-
to it in the present case, and MI Io-.
is believed to have acceded to the 9u9
gestion.
President Wilson discussed the que'
ton with advisors today and the l'e'
that NO interruption of the r0-"
Arredondo conference resulted was W
ken to indicate that the president ""'
satisfied with the trend OF the h0eO
tiations.
General Carranza's note propo'Ihro
a diplomatic settlement narrower -.
issues ito two specific points, the an an
iety of the United States for protect
for it's frontier and feeling OF Inc ~
facto government that the preSenoe
the United States troops in MeAi''
friendly relations.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1916-07-20
MAMETZ WOOD Is TAKEN
ALLIES GAIN IN REGION NORTH
OF eOMME AND TRONES
WOOD.
Around Verdun and Right Bank OF
Meuse Bitter Fighting Ensues.-
Germans Make Few Gains But Pay
Heavily.

London-Fighting desperately in
the face of determined German at
tacks the forces under General Haig
succeeded in gaining control of the
entire Mametz wood, which had been
entered the previous night by the Ger
mans In the same region, north Of
the Somme, the British made some
progress in the Trones wood and re-
pulsed two heavy attacks against
CONTAMINATION. The Germans are re-
ported to have lost heavily.
The French and German forces
south of the Somme apparently are
resting as there has been almost no
activity in the region of Picady since
the first of the week.
Around Verdun, however, and espe-
cially on the right bank of the Mouse
bitter and heavy fighting is in prog
ress. The Germans, following up their
success in the region of the Damloup
battery, have undertaken a strong Of
fensive toward Fort Souville, the pos
session of which would strengthen
their position for further advance on
Verdun.
Attacking I'm mass formation from
the village Of Fluery and the Chap
tire and Vaux woods, the Germans
gained ground at the intersection Of
the Fleury and Vaux roads. The gain,
however, Paris asserts, was made at
the cost Of enormous losses" Violent
bombardments continue in the region
of Chenois, Souville and La Laufee.
There was relative calm on the left
bank of the Mouse.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1916-07-20
GERMAN AMBASSADOR
VISITS SUBMARINE.
6ernstorff Spends Hour Examining
the Wonderful Boat.


Baltimore.-Count Won Bernstorff,
the German Ambassador, spent an
hour aboard the German submarine
merchantmen Deutschland. He in
spected the vessel from stem to stern,
had the intricate machinery and in
struments aboard explained to him
and personally congratulated Captain
Keonig upon bringing his vessel safe
ly through waters infested with hostile
war craft.
Two attaches of the German EN-
bassy and the German and Austrian
Consults accompanied the Ambassa.
dor on his visit to the submarine.
The Ambassador informed Captain
Keonig that he would send to him be-
fore the Deutschland starts on her
return voyage several packets of Of
fetal papers which he desires to have
delivered intact to the Berlin Foreign
Office.
ut is a wonderful boat and with
as courageous crew as ever sailed
the sea, has made a wonderful voy-
age" said he. 81 climbed up and
down every hatchway, looked into
every compartment and had my first
experience with a periscope."
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1916-07-20
HURRICANE DOES SMALL
DAMAGE ALONG COAST
Force Of Storm Passes and Normal
Conditions Are Being Rapidly
Restored.

Charleston, S. C.-ComparatiValy
little damage was done here and
along the coast by the hurricane
which swept the Carolina and Georgia
coast. Reports from Sullivan's Island
a summer resort across the bay from
here, said damage was slight, While
from the Isle of Palms, another near
by resort, came similar messages. Hun
dreds of persons we're warned IN time
to leave the exposed points.
The force of the storm had passed
here and normal conditions were Do
ing restored. A number Of windows
were blown in here, hundreds Oh
trees blown down and trolley, tee-
phone and telegraph service was STOP
ped by the high winds. At one ume
the hurricane ragged at Ga miles an
hour. The barometer which fell |"
1902 was rising steadily.