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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-19
TRADES COUNCIL

The Cooperative Trades and La
Dor Council met Tuesday night in
regular session. Aaron Egglestop
presided and 81 delegates were
present
The credentials of VIM. Eisel of
Brewers Union; Arthur Sapp Stove
Mounters; Henry Eisel, Carpenters;
John B Yerigan, Painters and Dec
orators; Conrad Moebus, Bartend-
ers' Al Levy, Journeymen Ta;lors;
Ernst w. Snow, Geo Kraft of
Metal Polishers and A ]. Westrick
of BARRIERS Union were read re-
ceived and delegates installed.
The minutes of the previous
meeting were read received and
approved.
VIM. Prout, secretary of the Cen
trail Labor Council of Cincinnati
submitted a communication in
which they notify Council that the
teamsters employed ct the Kroger
Grocery and Baking company are
out on strike for living wages
shorter hours and the right to be
long to a union. Received and
complied with.
Carpenters reported that the
fight is still on with Ed Malloy
They requested that the central
body take up the matter with the
MiddletowE, Dayton and Spring
field Central Labor Councils. The
request was granted.
The delegates of Barbers' Union
requested that committee be ap-
pointed to wait on the non-union
barber shop. All Levy, Swayne
Corson ard Wm Phillips were ap
pointed on the committee
The matter Of electing a new del
egate in place Of Tim Rowan was
taken up. Fred Stephen was nomin
ated and elected by acclamadon.
Al Levy was nominated and elyc
ted president by acclamation
The secretary was instructed to
write to the secretary of the Agti-
cultural Board and make applica-
ton for the Fair Grounds fo1 La
Dor Day
The president Of the council ap.
pointed every delegate to council 8
committeeman to report union fam.
lilies purchasing goods from the
Kroger Grocery and Baking com
pany.
The National Child Labor com
mittee of New York with a bfancl
organization in this city, requested
that the council attend a meeting
and Free Lecture 10 be held in tn,
High School, Monday, January 20
The council voted 10 attend anC
urged the delegates 10 carry tht
information tack to their locals
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-19
A GREAT MOVEMENT.

+ The labor movement is a down /
4. on the earth bread and butter i
i proposition calculated to benefit i
4. the membership now as well as !
1. in the future !
i The battle Of trade unionism is i
+ battle for the home, for man !
1. hood and womanhood and high /
1. er standard of civilization /
+ Organization of labor is the j
4. only thing that will secure to the i
i. individual the proper return for i
j. the labor expended in any given !
i. trade or calling i
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4. X i. 4. X 4. !: X +. + + \ X + i. II # !
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-19
rzIInra Win uiotnrx.

Nearly all of the 10000 clothing
workers of New York city who struck
on Dec. 13 for an increase in wages
and shorter hours have returned to
work. The workers ratified the peace
terms drafted by committees from the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of
America and the American Manufac-
turers' association. The agreement
calls for an increase of 81 a week for
tailors and 81 week for cutters, as
well as a forty-eight hour week.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-19
Alien Bill Gees To WILSON,

Washington, Jan. 19.-The i'm
migration bill, containing the lit
eracy test, is now before The Presi-
dent, who is expected TO again veto
it. Vice President Marshall and
Speaker Clark today signed the bill
AMI it was sent to the White House
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-19
Few MOlderS On Strike Roll.

Springfield, Ohio, Jan. 19.-The
iron molders' strike for a shorter
workday has resulted in the estab-
lishment of the nine hour day and
a minimum wage of So so. There
are less than score of molders on
the strike roll.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-19

Typographical union No. 1872 has
signed four years contract, carry
ing wage increases of 10 per cent,
with employers. One-half of the
increase becomes effective imm =
diately and the remaining one half
in two years.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-19

painters, S5.52 to $500; plumbers, 81 10
to $40; riggers, 376 to $4; sheet metal
workers. $4.16 to $40; ship filters, 81
to $4.48; shipsmiths, $4 to $4.49; help
ers, $2.48 to $3.50 Owing to the condi-
tons of the present labor market or
ders have been issued not to take on
men at the maximum rate at this time
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-19
TIE Strike Breaker.

Representatives Of the New York
Railways company acknowledge that
$3.50 strike breaking motormen aud
conductors have been employed since
Sept 8 last, when the strike on these
lines started. Of this number the com
pany has been compelled to discharge
all but :, IT'S because of iueflicienay and
thievery.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-19
Roilinn Alive.

The last instance Of boiling to death
took place in Persia in 1890 The of
fender was guilty of stealing state
revenues and was put into large cal
dron of cold water, which was slowly
heated to the boiling point. His bones
were distributed as a warning among
the provincial tax collectors.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-19
The British Cabinet.

1t is the infeXible unwritten rule of
the British cabinet that no member of
the cabinet shall take any note or rec
ord OF its decisions except the prime
minister, and he does so solely for the
purpose of sending his written report
TO the king
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-19
Another Cheap Living Test,

New York, Jan. l9. Police COM
missioner Woods announces that a
test will be made to show that
normal man can live on 25 cents a
day. The official will not expert
ment himself, but has selected II
policemen to be doped up by eff
cheney experts.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-19

Local Organizers and BuSi-
ness Agents.

Charles +. Vaughn. A. F. of L.
Residence, $40 So. Second Street
Home Phone 800 A
Timothy Rowaa, Internationa
Molders' Union, Residence, 989
Central Ave, Bell Pbore 403 x.
VIM. E. Bennett, Painters
Decorators and Paper Hangers
Union, No. 1876. Residence Mt,
Pleasant Pike.
w, R Smith, Paper Makers I'm
ion, Residence, Hotel DeArmond.
Home Phone 81. Bell Phone 81.
Swain B. Corson, Carpenters
and Joiners' Union, No. 637, Resi-
deuce 107 Brosey Ave. Bell Phone
756 L.
Conrad Moe bus, Business Agent
Baltenders' Union, $50 Ludlow St.
VIM Geppinger, Business Agent
Theatrical Stage Employ es' Union,
726 + High St. Home Phone ll01
DAYTON OHIO.
Ben Closterman, Poltshers.
J. f. Eichorn, Bartenders, 7
Market street.
W. J. Gregg, Hosting Engineers
II w Great Miami Boulevard
Vim Schneberger, Cigarmakers'
125 Samuel street.
George Richardson, Teamste1s'
80 Wayne, Ave, Bell Phone 541
Home Phone 2541.
Earl Nyswander, Carpenters 25
N. Main street.
Geo. Lorah. Plumbers corne
Washington and Main, street
Plumbers Hall
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-19

Putnam-Did you walk to work yes
terday? Halsey-Yes, and the wind
blew off my hat which landed in an
auto, which did not stop; my eyes
were filed with dust, and / bumped
INTO a man l owed so Hereafter
follow no more health tips.-Brooklyn
Standard Union.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-19
The kIOndykG Aid Society
Elects Officers.

The Klondyke Mutual Aid So
ciety, held its qua terly meeting,
Saturday night in the Crescent Aid
Society hall, corner Seventh and
Walnut st. There was great
am unit of business transacted ir
cluding the election of officers, who
were: Pres dent Lou Jackson vice
presiden', H Baumeister; secretary
VIM. Motzer; treasurer, Jacob
Leveline; trustees, Ted Smith,
Henry Conrad ia Bard, T. NJ
Zllliox and Samuel Preckett.
Three new members were initial d
and two new applications accepted
On account of the large increase in
the membership the last year, the
secretary was granted a nice in
crease in his salary. After the of
6cers were installed the new Presi
dent wished all members a Happy
and Successful New Year. About
seventy-hve members were present
aud after the meeting was ad-
journed, all enjoyed a good lunch
and refreshments.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-19
MORE PAY IN NAVY YARDS,
New Wage Scale Provides Increases
For Thousands of Men.

New Wage Scale FToVIdes IhcFsases
For Thousands of Men.
The navy department recently an
nounced the readjustment of the wage
scale In the various navy yards of the
country. The new schedule fixes maxi
mum wages to be paid in all trades
and provides for increased pay for thou
sands Of navy yard employees.
Fifty trade ratings have been in
creased In pay. The principal changes
In the maximum rates are as follows:
Boilermakers, 81 to $408; Carpenters,
s4 to $4.24; coppersmiths, S4.16 to
$40; joiners, S4 to S4.24; machinists.
S4.24 to $A.4S: molders. S4 to- 81 "a
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-19

Machinists of Dayton have
made a demand for the 8-hour
day Monday, August 2I, 1916
All Machinists, Toolmakers
Screwmakers and other ma
chine shop employees Stay
Away.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-19
LABOR NOTES.

Umbrella Workers union intends soon
to begin d fight for the eight hour day
The union has a membership Of about
2hn0O
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-19
PULL TOGETHER.

Il II the unions were as strong as
X they ought to be ana would be,
.i' If each member did his or her
+ full duty, there would be no poll
+ tician who could afford to be
+ antagonistic to the interests Of .
4 labor The process Of pigeon
+ holing labor measures or OF nuln-
i. flying them by inserting "Jokers"
+ In the bills would have to stop.
i To make our union movement
j. strong enough to accomplish these
+ results Is to analyze every I'M
i provement, to give the fullest
+ measure Of support in all fields
+ of union effort II we organize
+ our cooperative purchasing pow
+ er we can control all commercial
+ activities, including manufacture
+ ing and wage policies, together
+ with merchandise and real estate
+ policies Shoe Workers Journal.
1.
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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-19
T1aChinists

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, 1917-01-19

able source that the machinists Of
the Hooven Owens and RentscLler
shop have made a demand for an
increase in wages.
u
The offices of the Ohio State
Federation have been lately re
moved from Cincinnati, Ohio to
Columbus. The address of the sec
retary Thomas ] Donnelly will be
rooms 800 32l Columbus Savings
& Trust Building, Columbus, Ohio
v
TIL street car men in Hamilton
have made a demand for an in
crease in wages. The company is
iii the hands Of receiver and II
the increase is granted it will come
through the court. If the men dc
not get the increase they propose
to strike Saturday. The men are
not organized in'o a union bnt they
do belong to a Mutual Aid Societ =
that the company organized foi
them some few years ago We
hope they will secure their increase
without a strike, because if they
do go out they will receive no strike
benefits TO hold them out very long,
If Trey make good their hreat tc
strike we are afraid that the com
pany will have no trouble in send
ing a representative down in th,
old blue grass state, to bring up f:
car load of street car men with {
bushel basket full of guns,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-19

The paper makers employed in
the Champion Coated Paper com
pany We are told have made de-
mani far a. increase u wage S.
From information we have received
from some of the employees Of the
mill, they are not entirely with tn
bonus system. Instead of getting
their money il Jumps hey would
rather receive ii each pay day. A
committee has been meeting with
the ficials of The company, but
UP 20 this time the increase has not
been granted
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-19
Little Bits.

The many friends of Ed. E.
Baker now international President
of the Retail Clerks will be pleased
to hear that be is making good in
his new job. In letter to MS old
friend George Wlseman he states
that he Is very busy in his Office
but not too busy 10 think of his
friends in Hamilton Since he took
the Office Of international President
he has added thirty tro new locals
and has more money in the treas
ury than any time during the his
tory of the organization. The Bos-
ton local of clerks have added over
four hundred new members Much
more such power to you Ed.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-19

The Parent Teachers Assoc'a
ton Of this city will give a lecture
i'll the High Sc',ool Auditorium,
Monday, January 20 Mr. George
Hamilton, Chief Deputy of he In.
dustrial Commission will deliver
al address. The lecture will begin
promptly at 7:45 p m The lee
ture ~ill be very interesting
70 the laboring class Of Hamilton
and ali are invited to attend All
of the labor unions are invited to
attend The same will be free OF
any charge.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-01-19

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Evening star., 1917-11-11
group with the Y. NJ. C. A. and Knights
Of Columbus buildings.
Knee DisahIes Private.

Private Clifford X. Mckinney of Com
pany A, 312th Machine Gunners, was dis
charged today for physical disability. A
bad knee, the result of a foot ball injury
received several years ago. took McKin-
ney out Of this mans army. Mckinney.
who is a Georgian. was in Washington on
registration day and registered there He
is sophomore in Wabash College, Craw-
louisville. Ind. and was in school when
the call came to report to his local board.
He made the trip here and now has re-
turned to Charlottesville to resume his
studies.
Sergt. Johnson of Company A has been
granted ten-day furlough to visit rela-
tives in Massachusetts,
Officers and men Of the division are
expecting a visit from President Wilson
almost any fine day. Frequent brigade
and regimental reviews and shows Of
this kind they think. are preparatory to
calling out the entire division some fine
afternoon to be reviewed by the COM
mander-in-chief Of the American Armies.
The telephone company today opened a
new public pay station. located at the in
tersection of Main avenue and the cross
street leading to division headquarters.
Booths for eight pay phones are provided.
which Will relieve the two instruments in
the telegraph office-the only public
phones available in the upper part of the
camp-of much Of the business they have
done heretofore. F. G. II.
Evening star., 1917-11-11
TYPHOID BACILLUS
|. BOASTS PEDIGREE
Stock Used in Army LineaI De.
scendants of Germs Seven
teen Years Old.
EXTREME CARE IN. MAKING

The stock from which the typhoid
bacillus used for vaccinating the men
in the United States Army is composed
Of lineal descendants of germs isolated
seventeen years ago by the British
army from a case of typhoid at Net
ley, England. This interesting fact
as to the genealogy of the germs which
are going into the systems of Cncle
Sans soldiers as part of their prepa-
ration for war is contained in a state
ment made public today by the COM
mittee on public information.
The laboratory at the Army Medica
School. Washington. ID. c., one of the
branches Of work under the surgeon
general. has shipped since April suf-
ficient typhoid and para typhoid vac
cine to inoculate every man in the
Army against these diseases. In ad-
dition, it has made all these vaccine:
Evening star., 1917-11-11

ility of the emulsion, animal tests arc
made. A mouse. guinea pig and
rabbit are inoculated. If bit too much
tri-cresol has been added. the mouse
will be killed. II tetanus germs are
present. both the mouse and the guinea
pig will be killed. If the emulsion Is
as it must be to be used. neither animal
is killed and the guinea pig and rabbit
not visibly affected by the incubation.
The rabbit test is for 'anti-bodies'-
that is. to make certain that incubation
with the vaccine causes the blood to
produce in satisfactory abundance the
several kinds of substances hostile to
the disease it is to combat"
Evening star., 1917-11-11
Export License List Enlarged.

The war trade board has determined that
the following commodities are properly
included in the list of those requiring ex-
port licenses. when destined to the coun-
tries named in the second division OF tho
proclamation of August II. These COM
are also added TO the conserva-
tion list: Wire rope, arsenic and COM
pounds thereof, carbon electrodes, high
speed steel and tool steel
Evening star., 1917-11-11
WANT 21a-CENT PIECE.
Many Letters From Business Inter-
ests Urging Its Coinage.

Agitation for coming Of two-and-one-
| han-cent piece has been renewed by the
recent rapid upward movement OF prices
caused partly by new war taxes. and a
bill probably will be pressed at the next
session Of Congress to authorize the
mintage OF such coin. Scores OF letters
from business interests have reached
Director Of the Mint Baker urging coinage
OF two-and-a-half- cent piece to meet
prices on small articles on which increases
from to ~ cents or 10 to 121a cents
might be made. Lacking suitable coin.
some business interests wrote, prices Of
many commodities have been raised 3
cents.
| Indications are that number of street
railway companies which are considering
raising fares to cents will urge leeisla.
ton authorizing coinage of a six-cent
piece.
| The government has leased l 900 acres
\ OF land ten miles frnna potarph,rr, w.
Evening star., 1917-11-11
statement says.
Large Quantities Shipped,

TN the six months between April /
and November 1 the laboratory has
shipped S,843,047 cubic centimeters of
vaccine. Enough typhoid vaccine has
been shipped to vaccinate 1851, ,6O4
men. Enough of the double vaccine
used to inoculate against both para
typhofds. "A and b. has been sent out
to vaccinate 777.352 men. Since July !.
when 1arge-scale production was begun
of triple vaccine used against all
three diseases-typhoid and both of
the para typhoids-enough of this
triple vaccine has been shipped to vac
cinate 1.4S9.903 men. Each cubic CEN
ttmeter of the triple vaccine contains
l.o00.Oo0.000 typhoid bacilli and $780,
100000 Of each of the two kinds of
para typhoid bacilli. The bacilli are
killed before the vaccine is ready for
use.
Throughout the process OF making
the vaccine is guarded against contain
ination. 1t is then stored in sealed
vessels in locked refrigerators. to
which only the two officers in charge
Evening star., 1917-11-11


have keys, and none of these vessels Is
ever moved except in the company OF
one of these two officers-Col. Eugene
p. Whitmore, in charge of the 1abora-
tory. and his assistant, Mai. c. G. Snow.
In more than six months of large scale
production not trace has been found
Of any contamination.
Tested With Great Care.
First the stock cultures from
which the bacilli for the vaccine are
to be propagated. are tested. The next
steps In the process, after determine
ticn that the stock cultures are right
Is propagation. First. few colonies
are started by swabbing over with
stock bacilli the surface of gelatin
Gus substance made from agar-agar
Japanese sea-weed) which is used as
the culture medium. After incubation
the colonies which appear are washed
off with liquid culture medium called
broth This broth is used for swab-
bing the agar-agar surfaces in large
number of TASKS. the desired quantity
Of baciili for vaccine being obtained by
incubating the cultures In these TASKS.
This swabbins operation is done in
rooms whose walls are washed down
Evening star., 1917-11-11
Read This Test:

In an Ohio factory one Of the
workers wore a Neolin Sole on his
right foot a leather sole on his
left foot. In thirty-three days the
leather sole was worn out. The
Neolin Sole was worn one-sixth
thru. In other words, it showed
a wear capacity six times greater.
Evening star., 1917-11-11

The Regal Shoe Co., 1908 Pa. Ave.
Gcldenberg's, 7th and K Sts. NV.
The Sinsheimer Shoe Co., 3146 M NV.
l. B. Nordlinger, 3130 M st. NV.
Hench & Co., 3136 M st. NV.
S. M. Greenbaum, 3131 M St. NV.
Harrel Shoe Shop, 3l3O 18th St. NV.
Walkover Shoe Shop, 929 F St. NV.
Economy Shoe Market, Ala 9th St. NV.
Evening star., 1917-11-11
These Repairn1en Re-SoLe Shoes lUith Neolin

M. Friedlander, PIG Pa. Ave. NV.
Capital Shoe Mfg. & Repair Co., 61S 18th.
Pasqualino Checcia, 1146 18th st. NV.
Economy Shoe Market, 414 9th st. NV.
F. J. Sumner, 1726 Pa. Ave. NV.
Angelo Cardo, 2135 G st. NV.
Evening star., 1917-11-11

S. Kann, Sons & Co, Sth St and Pa. Ave
Herman's, I'll H st. NE.
B. Rich's Sons, 10th and F SITS. NV.
The Globe Clothing Co., 803 Pa. Ave.
Saks & Co, 7th st. and Pa. Ave.
w. L. Douglas Shoe Co, 905 Pa. Ave.
N. Hess Sons. 931 Pa. Ave. NV.
Crawford Shoe Store, 125 Pa. Ave. NV.
Evening star., 1917-11-11
Measles Of Mild Type.

Several cases of measles. very mild
in type, have been reported from the
barracks of the 311th Machine Gun
Battalion, Immediately adjoining the quar-
ters Of the District battalion. but no cases
of this disease have been found among tho
Washington men. Company A has not
had case OF sickness reported in moro
than two weeks. and the other companies
are equally as healthy.
There is a joke sign at the entrance
to the Camp Meade reservation near
the camp of the Kelly Construction
Company. In huge letters the sign calls
attention to the fact that this is
military reservation" and proceeds to
set forth the traffic rules. The biggest
letters of all spell out the warning:
Speed limit. 1s miles an hour" AS the
road is a little bit worse than the vilest
stretch of corduroy road in the world.
motorists who know always laugh when
the warning sign meets their eyes;
Completion Of the Y. NJ. H. A. building
here was announced today This it was
said. was tho speediest bit Of construction
work yet done in camp the building being
finished in exactly four days after work
was started. 1t is located in the same
Evening star., 1917-11-11
Bacilli Put to Death.

After the TASKS swabbed with
broth have incubated. the billions of
bacteria In each are washed off with
a salt solution and this emulsion heat
ed to 53 degrees centigrade U27.4 de-
gress F.). This kills a large number
of the bacilli. One-quarter of l per
cent of trl-cresol. a coal tar product, is
added, which kills all the rest of them
and also acts as a preservative.
After the emulsion of broth and ba-
cillt has been heated. test culture is
made to see that 1t is still uncontani-
mated. IL the tests show absolute ster.
Evening star., 1917-11-11

7. Baran, 1419 G St. NV.
United Shoe Repair Co, 359 Pa Ave.
United Shoe Repair Co., 642 G ST. NV.
L. Stein, 70S 9th st. NV.
Jim Lomedico, 2506 Pa. Ave. NV.
Evening star., 1917-11-11

with antiseptic each morning. with
doors and windows tightly closed and
temperature. 1t was often above 100
degrees Fahrenheit in these rooms last
summer and is known to have reached
124 degrees on one occasion. The work
ers wear sterilized coats and rubber
gloves, rarely speak. make as few and
as slow movements as possible so that
there will be little air circulation and
in every way minimize the possibilities
of contamination
Evening star., 1917-11-11

The government has leased $4,000 acres
OF land ten miles from Petersburg, Va,
Evening star., 1917-11-11
A sole not branded Neoin
Is not a Ne0lin Sole
You Can Cut Down Your Shoe Bills

IN all styles Of and cdens shoes, Neoln Soe
the uppers last longer
Just the shown above Neon Soles reduce repair bills
materially
Eight million Americans have found that Neo Sos also
by making upers keep their shape and longer with
ordinary soles. For Ne0in Soles waterproof