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Evening journal., 1917-05-25
DID YOU KNOW

That the Italian front is longer than
the French, British and Belgian fronts
combined?
That some of the italian positions can
only be reached in baskets slung from
wires?
That Italian railway trains have been
shelled by submarines?
That some of the most famous
CHURCHES bon Venice have been destroyed
hv Austrian auplanes. which have raid
ed that city. more than hundred timesf
That I'M sis days the Italians mobil-
lied and equipped and transported TO
the front am army Of half n million
men?
That the French have built Soon
timetcr gun which fires she'll weighing
2 tonsg
That the French have in commission
1000 airpIanes?
That tear producing shells are more
effective and more generally used than
I asphyXiatmg gas?
That in places the Austrian and ltal-
ian trenches are only six feet apartg
That on the western front men have
been drowned i'm the mud
That infantry charges are now led by
officers in airplanes?
That the British have organized a sal.
wage Corps to save everything on the
battlefeld that even the rags are col
lected and sold
! That the traffic on the roads behind
( the British front is denser than the
traffic on Fifth avenue. and that it is
controlled by traffic policemen
That the French have organized a
/ corps of scene painters 10 paint scenery
to deceive the German airmenY
That in a heavy bombardment the
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springs of a feld-gun wear out in two
daysy
That soldiers whose faces have been
blown away haye been given new faces
by American surgeons?
That there is a Russian army fighting
in Franceg
That an American woman is giving
phonogrsph concerts in the Belgian first
line trenchesl
That in one day the French fired 81 j.
GOO coo worth of shells at Arras; that
in one week the Germans fred two hun
dred and forty train-loads Of shells al
Nerdun; that in one month the British
fred five million shells on the Somme
These are a few OF the revelation
made by +. Alexander Powell in his new
book, "Italy at War. and the Allies il
the West, ready in May, published b,
the Scribners.
Evening journal., 1917-05-25
BY HENRY WOOD

Omitted Press Correspondent
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES, |
May 10.-(By MaiD.-On OF the "im-
peratiye mill AIRY necessities for the
incredible devastation and destruc-
ton being wrought by the Ger
mans along the pathway of the
retreat in France is to con-
vince the German soldiers themselves
that II they either desert or surrender
to the French they Will be instantly
shot in reprisal.
German soldiers now being taken
prisoners by the French along the
entire front between the Aisne and
Saint Quentin declare without eXcep-
tion to their captoTs that they real
ize they are going to be shot and are
quite prepared for it.
While fhe Germans manifestly have
various aims in view i'm their syste-
matte policy Of reducing every inch
Of French soil occupied by thdn to
a wasteless desert. the French mill
tary au lhori.ies have been able to
establish definitely from German
prisoners captured that not the least
of these objects Is TO inject the
morale Of desperation into the Ger
man army.
The latter are told not only that
they will be instantly killed if they
fall into the hands OF the French. but
that unless they fight to the death in
an effort to keep the Allied troops
from reaching German soil their owl
homes. farms and villages viii quite
naturally suffer the same fate by wa,
of reprisal that they have inflicted OF
tn homes, farms and villages o
France.
The need Of desperate measures OF
/ the part OF the German military an
| thorities 10 keep their troops from
surrendering on every possible coca
sion has for a long time past heci
fully established One of the mos
striking evidences of this were tn
orders Of Hindenburg himself, issue'
after the French attacks at Nerdui
last November and December. Tn
prisoners in these two affairs alon
/ totaled nearly 10000.
Hindenburg. in his orders to hi
| generals, copies of which have sine
fallen into the hands OF the French
scathed in merciless terms the lack O
morale on the part of the Germa
troops. which permitted them TO sur
render by thousands without tn
slightest resistance. Imperative on
ders that all responsible officers TAX
immediate steps to overcome this con
dition were given.
Since then. however. the tendenc
Of the Germans to surrender on ever
possible occasion has increased s
steadily, tina Hindenburg himself ha
been forced to take heroic measure
to overcome It.
German soldiers now being take
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Says Pile Remedy
Worth Sl00 a Box

have had itching piles ever since my
earliest recollection. / am % years old and
have suffered terribly. ! have tried many
remedies and doctors. but no cure About
weeks ago 7 saw your ad for Peterson e
Ointment. The first application stopped az
itching and 300 three days an soreness
have only used one 25c box and consider
ann cured not feeling any return Of the
trouble for 6 weeks You have my CRATE.
ful heartfelt thanks and may everyone that
has this trouble see this and give your
ointment. that is worth q hundred dollars
or more a box. a trial. Sincerely yours. A.
Newth Columbus Ohio
peterson's Ointment for Piles Eczema
and old sores il only Csc box at oil
druggists
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tains will receive list Of those nurses.
All women who desire TO Join classes
in tirst aid, surgical dressings OF home
nursing win communicate with Miss
Lockwood at No. COZ West street, or
phone 6ss0 D. and A.
Those present were; Miss Marie Lock
wood. chairman; Mrs. G. Warner, vice
chairman; Mrs. Shermer II. Stradlcy
Mrs. +. l.. Warren. Miss Carolyn Gold
inr. Mrs. Walter J. Reardon and Mrs
Louis b. Nerger.
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chairman. These reports viii be sub
mitted to the Board of Health.
A movement was started to get the
names Of the enlisted soldiers in the
city. After being listed in their re-
speetive wards, the squad captains will
visit their families and report any ad.
verse conditions of the dependents.
Mrs. Wales and Mrs. Nields have list
ed the graduate trained nurses who vii
also be divided into wards. The cap
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FIND UNSANITARY
SPOTS IN The CITY

Members of the Public Health and
Nursing Committees of the Women's
National Defense League held a meeting
yesterday, when the squad captains re-
ported ON unsauitary conditions found
in the city to Miss Marie Lockwood.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-09-14
TRADES COUNCIL

The Cooperative Trades and La
Dor Council met Tuesday night in
regular session. Thirty four dele
gates were present. Presiden. A.
E. Eggleston presided over the
meeting.
The credentials of Robert Quest
to represent Retail Clerks Union
and Fred Hundemer to represent
Metal Polishers' Union wei. read
received and delegates installed.
The minutes of the previous
meeting were read and approved
International Workers Defense
League of San Francisco, Cal, in
communication acknowledged re-
ceipt of check for pamphlets.
The delegates from the Team
sters' Union notified the council
that hereafter at Labor Day pic
MICS, no teamsters or truck drivers
will be allowed on the grounds un-
til they display their sutton.
The delegates from the local
Bakers Union reported that they
have signed up the shop formerly
operated by Harry Bacon, and also
the Kroger Baking Co., and viii
also sign up the new bake shop al
the corner Third and Sycamore St
The committee to wait on OF
the baker on West Main street re
ported progress.
The committee TO revise the con
stitution and bylaws asked TO
more time which was granted
The committee TO wait on th
trustees of ST Joseph's church re
ported and the whole matter wa
referred back TO the Painters Un
ion.
Delegates of the Retail Clerks
Union reported that the manage
of the McCrory D and 10 cent stor
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-09-14

San Francisco, Sept II -Presi
dent Roster of the chamber of the
commerce, and moving spirit
IN the business mems 81 600, :
600 law and order committee,
will long remember Mayor Rolph S
reply to the charge by Roster that
he { (Rolph) has failed to preserve
law and order during the present
street car strike.
Koster is spokesman for small
group of blind and unreasonable
antiunionists who favor as Mayor
RoIph said, Napoleon's Whit of
grapeshot" every time workers dare
to strike.
Neither you, nor the law and
order committee, said the city s
executive. has earned, by any
conspicuous devotion to law and
order, the right to lecture me or the
police department.
"On the contrary, the attitude
and activity Of you and your par
ticular group, have done much, in
my opinion, to engender the indus
trial unrest and class hatred, cul-
minating On few occasions in tur-
bulence and violence which have
lately distressed this community.
Il am quite as strongly opposed
to lawlessness and disorder as you
and your committee can possibly
be; and ! am, moreover, opposed tc
every form of lawlessnesS and dis.
order, whether committed by a cor.
poration, striker, or a strike
breaker, and whether that lawless
ness takes the form of bribery, per
jury or any sort of chicanery, or the
more violent form of assault anc
murder.
No one can reject and resen
more intensely than | do the mur
der committed or the occasional
violence which has occurred the las
few days has disgraced the stree
car strikes, and which you say tha
l, as mayor, and the police depart
ment have not done everything il
our power to maintain order an'
prevent violence and crime, an,
when you intimate that we hav
not in fact succeeded i'll preventin
violence and crime as we'll as it ca
possibly be done under the circum
stances, yeu utter falsehood whic
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-09-14

try are so incurably stupid and ig-
norant about business and industry
the very matters in which you are
most concerned and in respect to
which you deem yourself most en-
lightened. The world is changing
all around you, and you and yo1T
Kind don't know it any more than
the czar new what was happening
to him and Russia until it was all
over. You still believe in Napo.
Icons Whit of grapeshot. You
still think that industrial discen
tent can be quelled by TIE police
mans club. Happily the rest OF
ux do not need TO take you or your
law and srder committee as seri-
ously as you take yourselves.
Law aud order will be main
tanned in San Francisco by the po.
lce department in spite of the bit.
terness and hatred which have beer
aroused in this community by the
attitude of yourself and your Law
and order committee.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-09-14

ShuIer & Benninghofen, and Niles
Co., Refuse To Grant Citizens and
EN- ploy0S' Committee an Audience.

On last Friday evening there
was a meeting of a number of
Hamilton merchants and business
men and the committees of the tex
tile workers and the molders. The
meeting was held In the Office OF
the mayor at the city building.
There was present beside the mayor
and the committees the following
business men: William Goodwin.
Walter +. Brown, Marcus Good
win, Richard Radcliffe and Peter
Mehas.
The purpose OF the meeting was
to discuss whether or not 1t would
be possible to bring the Niles Toel
Works CO., and the Shuler < Ben
ninghofen company ana the COM
Germs together in an attempt to
bring about a settlement Of the
strikes existing in the plants of
these two firms. The committees
OF both unions signifylng their will
lingness TO meet, the business men
agreed TO arrange for meetings
with officials of the two firms con.
cerned The officials of the Niles
company however when approached
said there was nothing to talk
about and that there WASH / any
need for meeting. The Shuler and
Bsnninghofen Cos officials agreed
to meet with the committee on
Monday afternoon
At the time set for the meeting
the committee of the textile work
ers accompanied by Mr. Goodman
of the merchants committee ap-
peared at the Offices Of the Woolen
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-09-14

may be based on ignorance or pre-
judice, but to me appears deliber-
ate.
1t is particularly difficult fer
the police to prevent all violence in
a street car strike, a teamsters'
strike, railroad strike, or any out
of doors strike OF that charater.
No police department in any city,
SO far as know, has ever succeed
ed in maintaining prfect order in
bitter and prolonged labor dis
pute Of that kind. No one except
a fanatic or a fool would expect
such perfect result.
Since the commencement of this
strike the whole police department
has been doing extra duty and ex-
ercisins the greatest vigilance and
diligence to pr vent disorder. Po-
lcemen have been recalled from
their vacations, great many OF
the policemen on special details as
clerks in headquarters have been
put on patrol duty, and tn whole
department is working on 2-hour
instead of eight-houi shifts, seven
days week.
Since the beginning of this
strike there have been more mer
on patrol duty in SAN Francisco by
day and night, than ever before il
the history of the city The dis
orders that have occurred have beer
few in comparison with the disor
ders in street car strikes that oc
Cured in former years in Sar
Francisco. Either you know these
facts OF you refuse to know them
Doubtless you are disappointed
because the police have not ye
turned machine guns on crowds il
our streets and killed a few dozer
strikers, including the customar,
numDer of innocent bystanders
but with all respect to your opin
ion, l think the police do we'll t,
enforce law and order as firmly a
they have done, but without an
quick or wanton slaughter of tn
people. Violent and bloody re
preston has never maintained lay
and order So effectively as hrmnes
coupled with moderation aud con-
mon sense.
II is unfortunate that so man
persons of your type in this cour
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-09-14

Mills Upon their entrance into
the private Office of Vim. Shuler
they received a warm reception.
Mr. Shuler when he saw the com
mitttee, few into rage and seemed
TO lose all control of himself, and
pointing his finger at several of
them informed them that the com
pany would never take them back
into their employ and that he would
have nothing further to do with
them nsr the rest of the commit
tee and that he had expected that
new committee wsuld call; he did
say, however, that the mills would
remain idle until January Ist, and
that the Law aud Order League
wsuld take care of the mills after
that and then left the room.
1t seems that there was some
misunderstanding here on the part
of Mr.. Shuler or the business men
In taking the committee down there
1t seems that Mr.. Shuler had been
told that there would be a new
commmittee call but the textile
workers say they told the business
men that 1t would have to be the
old committee until 8 new one was
selected by the organization. They
say they went to the mills believ
ing they were to be received. They
say that their reception was very
embarrassing, that they were in
suited by Mr.. Shuler ana that it
will be long time before 1t occurs
again, and that it will have to be
someone other than Mr.. Shuler
when THEY will agree to meet
and confer with in the future.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-09-14

locked the clerks in the store and
requested them TO tear up their un-
ion cards. Three of the girls
walked out. The McCrory's store
was declared unfair by the Retail
Clerks.
Being the regular Meeting for
the election of officers the following
were elected and installed for six
months.
A f. Egglestsn, President
Robt Puthoff Vice President.
Henry Brinker, Rec. Secretary.
Ernst Snow, Cor. Secretary.
Mabel Warren, Fin. Secretary.
George Mayer, Trustee.
VIM. Ballett, Guide
Henry Eisel Door Keeper.
A committee of three wss ap.
pointed to meet with the Hamilton
Commercial and Industrial Asso
ciatien 10 assist them in making
the send off for the boys who viii
leave on the 18th for Chillicoths |
success. The committee who con
sists of Edw Weiss, Albert Lev,
and John Buhi have full power t.
represent the council.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-09-14

ure frc III the city the boys are to be
given a dinner such as they will
never forget This is to be served
weather permitting in Market St j,
between Front and Second streets.
Then after the dinner there is to
be big parade of all the organi
cations and citizens in general
Two bands aud a drum corp al
ready being engaged. In connec
tion with the parade there will be
fireworks and red fire galore. I'm
mediately after the parade there
will be short speeches by several
prominent speakers and there will
be dancing in Market Street from
Front to Third streets, two bands
furnishing the music
o. the morning on which the
boys leave there is to be short
farewell address by some speaker
not yet decided upon after which
the big farewell parade will form.
The parade will be made up of city
officials, detail of police, all fra
tcrnal organizations aad other
bodies. 1t will be headed by the
mem bers of Wetzel Compton Post,
No. 96, G. A. r and will act as an
escort to the men who will go to
Camp Sherman for their military
training. 1t is planed to make this
day a holiday for Hamilton, to
show the true spirit of patriotism
and give only a deserved and
worthy honor to the young men
who have answered their country s
call to duty.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-09-14
krOgsT 6rOCery And Baking
Co., Sign Up With Bak-
sTS' Union.

The Bakers and Confectionery
Workers Union of this city signed
up an agreement with the Kroger
Grocery and Baking company dur
ing thia week. This was accom-
plished through the efforts of Chris
Eichel, president of the local union.
The men In the employ of this com
pany now enjoy union conditions,
hours and wages, the bread carries
the label and Is entitled to the pa
tronage Of organized labor.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-09-14
7 extile w ork~
ers Win.

Chattanooga, Tenn Sept. "a
Organized Southern textile work
ers have won most Important vic
tory in this city after waging
fight fer improved conditions since
last May. Several mills employing
5000 workers, have accepted the
strikers original demands The
mill owners were assisted by i'm
ported gun men and the Tennessee
Manufacturers association.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-09-14
Hami|tOn's Farewell To The Soldier
Boys To Be A Big Affair
Many Organizations Declare Willingness To CO.
operate at Meeting Held Wednesday Evening.

Haniltons farewell to the 100
nen who leave next week for Camp
Sherman at CbilIicothe is to be one
grand royal affair.
AT meeting called by the exc
cutive committee of the Hamilton
Commercial and Industrial Asso-
citation Wednesday evening, at the
Y. M. c. A., there were represent
atives OF more than fifty of the or
ganixations of the city present.
Women and men societies, labor,
fraternal, religious, civic, military.
white and black, in fact most all
the organizations in the city were
represented and all expressed their
Willingness to co operate aud make
this one Dis Hamilton affair TO be
remembered by !the boys .eaving,
all during their absence from the
city.
Many present spoke and made
suggestions. Several of the fra
ternal organizations expressed
themselves as desiring to make the
farewell parade on the day Of de
parture fraternal one but this
wasn't deemed the proper thing as
many of those who will want to
enter the parade are not members
of any fraternal organization 1t
was then unanimously voted to
make it one big Hamilton affair
and everybody invited to fall in
line.
According to the plans row be
ing worked out, on the evening
previous to the day of their depart
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-09-14
By San FranCisCo's Mayor. This
Article Covers HamiltOn'S
Condition Thoroughly.

BY Substituting the Name of Ham
ilton for San Francisco, President
of the Law and Order League For
President Kester of the San Fran
cisco Chamber of Commerce and
r1ayor John A HoIzberger For
Mayor RoIph and You Have the
Situation as it Exists In Our City
Exactly.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-09-14
NOTICE

Workiugmen, keep away from
Butte, Montana. Il 600 miners
still on strike. Keep away until
notified by the Metal Mine Work
ers Union.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-09-14

Complimentary Banquet on Mar
ket Street to second quota conting-
ent. selective draft Parade of sol
diers, veterans, civic bodies, frater-
ternal and ether city organizations
and citizens, followed by patriotic
addresses and a grand community
dance on Market Street with
MUSIC BY TWO BANDS
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-09-14
Thursday, Sept. 70

Escort to train of Soldiers by Imperial
and City Bands, Fratsrnal and Civic Bod
les and Citizens.
Everybody in Butler County invited TO
attend and participate. Let's all turn out
and give the Soldiers Of Democracy and
Liberty one Grand American Sond-off.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-09
LETTERS FROM HOME
TO MEN IN TRENCHl
Messages Of Right Sort Have
Stimulating Effect on Their
Recipients n
HERE'S A HAPPY IDEA
"Kabin Of Kindness" at 22e North Six
teenth Street, Will Supply Means
. of Cheering Sammees

A letter from home--from friends and dsas
ones-the right kind of a letter, writes
so that It has a cheering effect upon the
recipient. has psychological effect upon
actions of soldier in the trenches and
makes him a more efficient fighter.
Working on this theory, Loring n. Full
mer. publisher. 226 North Sixteenth street,
has formulated a plan whereby any person
may receive instruction in the proper man-
ner Of writing letters to the Sammees who
will soon be In the trenches. These letters,
in order that they may be legible and may
be quickly read, will be typewriter by .
corps of patriotic typists who have volun.
teered their services to carry on the work.
Already progress has been made; more
than dozen young men and girls have
signifed their willingness to aid This
service Is to be rendered without any
charge.
In discussing the plan. Mr. Fulmer saids
There are hundreds Of people in Philadel-
phia who will write to their sons. brothers
and sweethearts In the trenches. Many Of
them are not skilled in writing the proper
kind OF letter that soldier under fire
should receive. In every letter there should
be no mention of sickness at home, or
any other trouble that would tend to dis
tress the minds Of the men and thereby
impair their efficiency.
"Other persons write a very poor hand,
one that Is difficult 10 understand. To over
| come that handicap and at the Same time
| send n cheering news letter, they may come
here and dictate their letters to q skilled
stenographer or dctaphone and It will be
typed and sent to the man designated free
| Of charge"
Mr.. Fulmer also has o list Of q number
| Of enlisted men who have no one to write
| to them. To fill their few idle moments in
| the trenches with happiness he is enrolling
a number of patriotic women as ''god.
| mothers" who will write to several men
once every week. More than dozen women
l have volunteered TO aid.
This patriotic work, the writing of the
letters and the instruction in the proper
| manner Of construction, will be carried on at
the "Kabn of Kindness" 226 North Six
teenth street. The kabin was organized
about a year ago by Mr.. Fulmer and every
Sunday evening short religious services ere
| held.
The kabin will be open every night ID
carry on this work. Persons who are In.
terested In the success of the undertaking
hope to send out at least 1000 letters each
week as soon as the first national army 1.
sent to France.