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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-20
GERMANY ACCEPTS THE
GREATER PART OF I'OPE"S
PEACE TERMS REPORTED

ROME, Sept. 2O.-It is learned Ger
many has announced her acceptance
CT the greater part of the pope's peace
proposals in her answer to the vatican,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-20

May Use Colored Troops Mt Butte.
BUTTE. Sept. 20-Colored troops
may supplant the 800 soldiers sta
Iioned here. The situation continues
quiet.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-20
MILITARY DRILL COMPULSORY
IN EUGENE HIGH SCHOOL

EUGENE. Sept 2O.-Tho school
board decided to make military drill
compulsory for male high school stu
dents
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-20
AMERICAN PHYSICIANS
ARRINE N InNnnN

LONDON, sept. 2O.-Thc arrival OF
the first group of American civilian
PHYSICIANS tu aid in hospital work f.
announced.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-20
RnMIbY NIndc Cnntnin.

PORTLAND. sept. 2O.-P. 7. Bowl-
by former state highway cn~inrer
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-20
Indian Drama Enacted.

II was n beautifully picturesque
sight which greeted the spectators on
their entrance. Below them the flat
ground Of the little valley, Rising
opposite was wall Of juttlng rocks
and craEs and small evergTcens and
bushes growing ont from the crevices
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-20

Two Indian boys were the first 70
take the track in the bulldogginE con.
tests and thev nut on thr'liing hand
to-horn battle though their time will
probably not qualify them Tor the
money. Richard Burke. son ~ Poker
Jim. was dragged through the arena
fence before ne could Ect his fall and
Andrew Jack battied his steer on th"
back stretch for almost the time limit
before hts efforts wore crowned win
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-20

burg and Aurora. The newly re-
turned New Princess" with new
and wider decks and other features
makes her voyages to New Rich
mond at 10 a. m. and 2:30 p. m.
Stopovers are permitted free on all
trips. The ever popular eight
O'Clock moonlight trip each Sunday
is being sailed.
Big features on all the trips are
the programs of music for the dan
GERS. The very newest from the
greatest harmony markets of the
East are kept constantly on hand
for the dancers. This is appreciated
keenly by the voyogers. The dane
ing cabins are comfortably heated
with modern steamheating appa-
ratus on Sundays when the weather
IS chill, and the promenade decks
protected by heavy curtains oil
weather-pr 1of thickness.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-20
Adopt Two-PIato0n Plan.

Harrisburg, Pa, April 20. After
many years of agitation Philadel.
phia fremen won their fight for
shorter hours when Gov. Brum-
baugh signed the two platoon bill
This measure, which becomes ef-
fective on January /, 1918, pro-
vides that the FIRE fighters shall
work two shifts instead of the
present system, which compels a
fireman to remain on duty FIVE days
and five nights. Under the new
system the day force will work IL
hours and the night force IA hours.
At present hremen get but one
day of in every six and, except fol
the three hours allowed for meals
are on duty continuously.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-20

tion has concluded that If some
people must contribute their lives,
other people must at least be
checked in an exploitation hereto
fore associated with war.
While many business concerns are
placing their plants at the disposal
of the government, it is not geuer-
ally known that recent legislation
empo wers the president of the
United States to seize these plants
any time he believes excessive
charges are ms sted upon or when
ever the management of any plant
does not give the government pre-
ference in the filing of orders dur
ing war or when war Is imm nent
1t Is whispered in financial circles
that the reason managers of copper
mines reduced the price of copper
for government use to IL cents, or
one half the present market price,
was because these mansgements be-
came aware that federal authorit es
were preparing to set their own
price on copper and that the IT
cent mark was made in the hope
that prices would not be placed be
low that figure.
Under the army recognition act,
passed last year, the president is
given unlimited authority to take
immediate possession of any concern
whose management refuses TO give
precedence to United States orders
for military supplies in times of wai
or when war is imminent.
Seizure is also provided in the event
of failure to refuse TO furnish arms
ammunition, OF parts of ammuni
ton, OF other supplies or equip
ment, "at reasonable price as de
termined by the secretary of war.
Under this law "confscatio +,
running our own business, anc
other shibboleths os business mer
are discarded as terms Of Other
ages Violation of this statute i,
declared a felony and the respon
sible heads of the off nding ipdi
vidual, firm, company, association
or corporation shall, upon convic
ton, be imprisoned not more thar
three years and dned not exceed
ing $50 900.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-20
TRAIL OF THE SUBMARINE.
ID Always Betrays Its Presence TO the
Keen Eyed Watcher.


A submarine always reveals her pres
ence to the seeing eye. If near the
surface her periscope leaves the be-
traying wake, and even when she Is
100 feet or more under water she al
ways disturbs the surface in a way
that, to the experienced observer,
makes her presence known. The watch
er in an airplane quickly sees such
disturbances, even If the submersible is
too far under the sea to be seen itself
But the important fact is that the
submarine spends most of her time ON
the surface. One famous submarine's g
ability TO sail seventy miles under wa
ter without rising is regarded as a
great achievement Most submarines,
that is, cannot keep submerged nearly
30 long. The reason Is that 1t has to
come to the surface TO recharge its
electric batteries.
This recharging is done by the oil
engines, which can work only on the
surface because Of the exhaust In
addition to it's other disadvantages
this recharging process makes a noise
that can be heard FIVE miles away.
While undergoing this ordeal the sub
marine is In helpless condition, and a
well aimed shot even from small gun,
such as a motorboat can carry, can
pierce It's thin steel plates and send 1t
to the bottom Worlds Work
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-20
MCCrOry's Girls Go On
Strike.

About twenty FIVE girls ard boys
employed in the big store Of the
McCrory store on High street went
on strike at nine o clock Wednes-
day morning The strikers say
that two of the boys were dis
charged because they refused to
work overtime. The boys stated
that the overtime work was not
necessary because this same work
could have been done through the
day when they were not busy.
The girls and the balance of the
boys struck in sympathy with the
discharged clerks and Immediately
announced that they wanted an in
crease In wages and a reduction of
hours. The McCrory store have
been paying the girls $4 so pei
week and have been making the
girls work longer hours than they
think is proper They now demand
S1.00 per day and $l.50 for Sat.
urday.
The strikers assembled in front
of the store and while standing
there discussing the strike they
were asked by VIM. + Bennett &
member of Painters Union to meet
with George Wiseman of the Re
tail Clerks Union. The striker:
then marched to Trades Council
hall and decided to become mem
bers of the Hamilton Retail Clerks
Union. All of them signed will
lingly.
1t is said that when the manager
of the company heard that strike
was brewing he locked the door
and would not leave the clerks oui
of the store. The police were ap
peales to and it was not long unit
they were out In the fresh air.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-20
MGCrOry Strike Settled.

Thursday afternoon the manager
of the McCrory store met with the
strikers and agreed to give them
everything they have asked for.
The girls will now receive one
dollar per day, with a fifty four
hour week. All of the strikers in
Guiding the assistant manager have
been taken back. An agreement
has also been signed up with the
Retail Clerks Union to run a
strictly union store. The store
card will be displayed in the win
dow.
This Is wonderful victory for
the employees of the McCrory store
and it may have a tendency to wake
mp some of the clerks in other
stores who have been working for
small wages.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-20
FOrd'S Plan Criticised.

Philadelphia, April 20. .-Fold' $
S5-a day plan was criticised by
speakers at the national employ
ment managers conference. Sew
eral of these employers deplored
always keeping the almighty dol
lar before a mans nose" and not
permitting him to develop his "cre-
ative faculties. One speaker
agreed, however, that the economic
pressure must be remove ! from en-
ployes before results can be secured
from any efficiency system.
Trade uuionists are asking how
creative faculties can be devel
oped by worker standing before a
machine all day and who makes
bat one monotonous motion.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-20
Retail Clerks Gain.

Billings, Mont, April 20-Con-
ferences between the Retail Clerks
union and the Employers associa-
ton have resulted in wage increases
of about SO month for all classes
of workers. inexperienced male
clerks are increased $18 a month,
Th minimum wage for all clerks
during the coming year will be:
Experienced men clerks, 800 a
month; inexperienced men clerks,
$3.50 day male apprentices, $50
month; inexperienced women
clerks, $50 month; female ap.
prentices, S35 a month.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-20
1.-The Sky's The Limit.

Grand Forks, N. D. April 20,
At meeting of the Nom Partisan
league President TownIey asked
the farmers what price they would
put on their organization, which
has swept the state and captured
an entire state government He
assured them that big interests
would gladly buy them of, as they
are spending thousands to fight the
league.
Surely you will set some figure"
said President Townley. Let S
hear what it is There must be
some limit.
The sky's the limit, shouted a
farmer, and this sentiment was ap-
plauded.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-20
-t.seay In Battle.

In one battle Of the Russo-Japanese
war a Russian eight gun battery took
position in level field, a few hundred
yards in rear Of low ridge that COM
pletely concealed it from all points In
the japanese lines. The battery COM
mander conducted the fire from a high
er ridge In rear Of the battery. One
japanese infantry attack after anoth-
er crumbled under the fire of the bat
terry. The japanese artillery tried in
vain to locate it. When their fire fell
somewhat away from the battery its
fire became slow and irregular-to the
hostile artillery sure sign Of effect
and they poured their heaviest fire ON
the spot when their fire fell near the
battery it increased its rate and the
japanese sought TO locate it elsewhere.
The ruse worked successfully through
a long summer day Major e. D. Scott
In National Service Magazine.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-20
Pay For Crippled TOiIsrs.

Harrisburg, Pa, April 20 Dis
memberment of industrial workers
in Pennsylvania during 1916, the
first year, of the operation Of the
state workmen S compensation law,
led to an aggregate of more than
half a million dollars being paid to
the injured persons. Prior to the
passage of the compensation act
they would have receivedvery little
if anything
This money was paid out for eyes,
arms, legs, and feet. The total
amount was $500, 204. Two hun
dred and eighty-three eyes had the
sight totally destroyed, whether the
eye itself was removed or not; arms,
hands, and feet were amputated to
the number 209.
The money total is only the
amounts actually paid, or to- be
paid, in installments, to the injured
workers, " said John Price Jackson,
state commissioner Of labor and In
dustry. 1t does not include the
cost Of medical and surgical services
which the employers paid"
Total compensation awards dur
ing 1916 were 81 224, 875. 43,. OF
which about one-eighth went for
dismemberment.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-20

present day-Dlue WIN wnIue Cross.
The first flag of the great revolution
was raised by Marco Botzaris on Oct.
25, 1920 1t was white with an icon
Of st. George
On Jan I, 1922, the national assem-
bly, in Epidaurus, at the foundation of
the independence of Greece, defined
the Greek flag as follows: On the land,
nine horizontal stripes, a plain blue
flag In four quarters with white
cross In the middle, to be called the
"land flag" On the sea, nine horizon
tai stripes, five blue and four white,
with blue square In the corner In
four quarters, on which is a white
cross.
This is the flag known as the Greek
flag today. The blue ground is very
.-Indianapol News.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-20
To Meet On LudI owls Field.

Ludlow, Col. April 20. Sunday,
April %. organized miners will
hold an agitation meeting on the
site of the tent colony where women
and children were shot by armed
thugs In April. 1914. In two short
years the miners are in the midst
Of vigorous organizing campaign
and have secured three year con-
tract with the Victor American
Fuel company, one of their oppon-
ents during the 1913-14 strike.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-20
labor PLEDGES Allegiance.

A memorial pledging answering
allegiance" of the organized workers
OF New York state to President Wilson
and declaring in favor of suspension Of
laws restricting the hours Of labor
whenever it may be necessary to pre-
pare the state or nation for carrying
on war has been adopted by the execu-
tive council of tile New York State
Federation Of Labor Copies were sent
to the president, the State Industrial
Commission and to members of all
unions affiliated with the organization.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-20
Bakers Secure Union Shop.

Louisville, KY. April 20. The
Tip Top bakery has signed union
shop agreement with Bakery Work
ers union. A. strikers are rein
stated Wages are increased 10 per
cent and a six day week of nine
and one-half hours a day, is Sc
cured. Old conditions were a-seven
day week and II hours day.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-20

pattern makers employed by the
City Pattern Wer'-s and the East
ern Construction company have
tired of conditions at these plants
and have gone on strike.
When the recent strike of ergan-
lied pattern makers was settled
these firms repudiated the agree
ment and have been advertising
throughout the country to man
their non-union shops. Many of
the strikers have joined the Pattern
Makers association.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-20
The Cross In i1eraIdry,

In heraldry the cross is formed by
two perpendicular and two horizontal
lines crossing In the center Of the
shield. This form is modified In vari-
GUS ways by additions and combina-
lions, thus expressing many meanings.
1t is said that human intelligence never
devised system so infinite in its va
rieties and so endless in its applica-
ton as IS to be found in the science
of heraldry, in which figure twenty
seven basic or fundamental crosses.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-20
Queen And Princess.

The popular Sunday river voy-
ages of the Island Queen and Prin-
cess, monarchs of Ohio river ship
ping, continue with ever increasing
success each Sunday, sees joyous
crowds of young people and old peo-
pie parading down Broadway to the
wharf at the foot of the thorough
fare.
The Island Queen Is sailing each
Sunday from Broadway at $3.50 a.
M. and $3.50 p. IN. for Lawrence
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-20
Workers Must Unite To
Secure Justice.

Chicago, April 90. "The or
ganization of labor on trade union
lines is labor's natural weapon
against the encroachments of capi
ial, and the rganized movement
must embrace every occupation and
industry writes president Per
kius of the International Cigar
Makers union il the official Journal
of that organization
Labor share in the result Of pro-
duction is inadequate; it does not
cover the waste OF vital force" he
says "It does not provide for
wear and tear; for depreciation of
physical force There is no pro-
vision for insurance, for invaldity
and old age. The average COM
pensation paid is inadequate to pro.
vide for the maintenance Of bodily
vigor and labor power in the pro
cess of production.
Capital, on the other hard,
claims everything; it charges an ex
cessive price for management and
personal service, it insists upon
regular profits and dividends; it
takes into account probable losses.
1t charges for insurance, deprecia
ton of building and machinery.
1t adds contingent expenses; some
items which could not stand the
test of publicity
"Stock watering is favorite de
vice 10 order to conceal the exces-
sive profits gained from operation.
Thus the amount of capital invested d
is sometimes doubled and trebled
by the issuance of bonds and stocks
without the addition of single
dollar to the original capital paid
in by the stockholders IN the opera
ticn. This process of stock water
ing tends to increase constantly the
share received by capital, and to
diminish the proportionate share
received by labor.
The system of distribution of
the profits of industry is fundamen-
tally wrong; there is no equitao Die
standard. Il is all haphazard. All
forces operate in favor of capital
and against labor. In a few in
dustries, where corporate power is
comparatively weak, and labor or
ganizations are we'll fortified, la
bor's share is approximately fair,
but not wholly 50. In others 1t is
grossly unfair, with no redeeming
feature whatsoever.
With the masses of the people
organized in trade unions, labor S
share in the production will grow
in proportion to its power
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-20
FLAG OF GREECE.

Assembly In 1922.
The ancient Greeks had no standard,
although they venerated the emblems
on their shields as we our flag. The
first flag used by the Greeks was dec
GRATED with two headed eagle and
was used In the revolt against the
Turks in 1864 In the revolution of
1859 white flag with a blue cross was
raised
In 1903, when All Pasha was ravag-
Ing Thessaly, John Stathans led a io-
hlla into Skiathos under a flag which
was the same as that in use at the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-20
Ten=HOur Law Upheld BY
U. S. Supreme Court.

Washington, April 20 States
have the right to limit the hours of
labor In any private industry to 10
hours because "the custom in our
industries does not sanction a long
er service than 10 hours per day, +"
says the United States supreme
court, in upholding the Oregon 10
hour day law for men employed in
mills, factories and manufacturing
establishments.
This law does not apply to women
whose hours of labor are regulated
by the industrial welfare commits
sion of Oregon.
The court divided on the To-
hour law decision Chief Justice
White and Justices Van Devanter
and McReynolds dissenting. JUS
tice Brandets took no part in the
case, as he appeared as counsel in
favor of the law when it was first
heard by the court.
Oregon approved the law in 1913
and this was the first time the su-
preme court passed upon an hours
of-service law that included all male
workers, although practically every
state limits the hours of labor in
certain industries aud callings be-
cause of dangers involved or exces-
sive fatigue. The Oregon law in
ciudes all industry and provides
that overtime shall be paid lii ex-
cess of 10 hours
| F. o. Bunting, a Lake county,
Oregon, manufacturer, employed
| George H. Hammersley in excess
Iof 10 hours and refused to pay him
overtime. Bunting was arrested
and fned. He appealed to the state
supreme court, which sustains the
law He then asked the United
States supreme court to annul the
law on the ground of class legisla-
tion in that it applied only to mills,
factories, and manufacturing estab,
lishments, and that IT was a wage
law
In upholding the law the United
States supreme court said:
"The permission for overtime is
pefmissive in the same sense that
any penalty may be said to be per.
missive. Its purpose is to deter by
1 its burdens, and its adequacy foi
this was matter for Legislative
judgment under the particular cir
cumstances. New policies are usu-
ally tentative in the beginning, ad-
vance to permanence as they ad
vance in acceptance.
The court quotes with approva
the decision OF the Oregon supreme
court; In view of the well known
fact that the custom in our indus
tries does not sanction longer ser
vice than 10 hours per day, it can
not be held as matter of law tha'
the legislative requirement is un
reasonable or arbitrary as to til,
hours Of labor.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-20

Machinists of Dayton have
made demand for the 8-hour
day Monday, August Fl, 1916
All Machinists, Toolmakers
Screwmakers and other ma
chine shop employees Stay
Away.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-20
Shin Workers Victorious.

Nearly 1000 carpenters, joiners and
caulkers employed on wooden ship con
struction in several bay shipyards In
San Francisco called off a strike for
higher wages when their demands were
met by the employers. The men voted
Mayor James Rolph, Jr., thanks for his
efforts in settling the strike.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-20
K Q = T BR
Local Organizers and BuSi-
ness Agents.

Charles E. Vaughn. A. F. of l..
Residence, 80 So. Second Street
Bell Phone 308 X.
Timothy Rowan, Internationa
Molders' Union, Residence, 939
Central Ave, Bell Phore 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 Hamilton.
Home Phone 81. Bell Phone 81.
Swain B. Corson, Carpenters
and Joiners Union, No. 637, Resi-
dence 107 Brosey Ave, Bell Phone
756 L.
Conrad Moebus, Business Agent
Ba1tenders' Union, 258 Walnut St.
VIM Geppinger, Business Agent
Theatrical Stage Employe es' Union,
1876 4 High ST. Home Phone l101
Thos. Brennan, Business A ent,
Stage Employees Union No. 1856.
Residence 205 South Third street.
DAYTON OHIO.
Ben Closterman, Polishers.
]. F. Eichorn, Bartenders, 7
Market street.
w. ]. Gregg, Hosting Engineers
Al w. Great Miami Boulevard.
VIM Schneberger, Cigarmakers'
l25 Samuel street.
George Richardson, Teamsters'
80 Wayne, Ave, Bell Phone 54l
Home Phone 2541.
Earl Nyswander, Carpenters 25
N. Main street.
Geo. Lorah. Plumbers corner
Washington and Main, street
Plumbers Hall
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-20
New Texas Legislation,

Austin, Tex. April 20. A new
employers liability law has been
passed by the state legislature.
The low makers first expressed
much opposition to the plan, but
this was nullifed after the state in
dustrial board, the executive com
mittee of the state federation of la
Dor, the employers organization and
others agreed upon an amended
bill
Other legislation secured Is a
mothers pension free text books
amendment to the state constitution
establishment Of department for
the registration OF vital statistics,
child labor law strengthened.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-20
PrOfiteerS Checked By
Federal Statute.

New York, April 20 In Wall
street 1t is agreed that the day for
unbridled war profits is gone and
that the Washington administra-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-04-20
Hachinists

Stay away from Hamilton, Ohio,
strike still on at the Black & Claw
son Co., unfair conditions, STAY
AWAY.