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The Prescott daily news., 1917-04-30

Reserved seats for "The Fall of a Nation" now on sale at the Gem Theatre.
 At the Park Hotel: Ira D. Bran. New York; D. B. Brown, A. F. Drake, Philadelphia; John F. Brown, Clarks- dale, Miss; w. R. Burns, Lake Charles; S. Austin, Wakesburg, Kan: .P. A. Egan, Chicago.
 Luther (Pug) Willingham, who has been employed R. P. Arnold's con- fectionery and cafe for some time. leaves tomorrow for his home at Paris, Texas, where he will enlist in the navy to seek fame and do his bit for his country.
 From April 30 to May 5 has been declared by Governor Brough as Baby Week, and as appreciation of the little ones, Prescott should follow the example of other towns and observe 1t in some appropriate manner. The women's clubs of the city should get busy and arrange suitable program.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-04-30

Spalding Base Balls 5c to $1.25; Base Ball Bats, Gloves and Mits. All prices at Buchanan Drug Store.
 Don't fail to see Saronto, the strongest little man on earth; pulls q large auto loaded with ten men with his teeth. With the Sy Syner free show tonight near the court house square.
 Styner, the Thesopentic demon strator, will deliver one of his twenty minute talks on electricity as a cure for nervous and chronic diseases, at the free show near the court house tonight.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-04-30
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.

J. K. Wicker of .Lackland, is trad | ing here today.
 Born to MT. and Mrs. Saxon Me | Guire, a daughter. J. R. Wilson of Okolona, is among the visitors here today.
 L. F. Cappleman of Little Rock, was here this afternoon attending to business matters.
 S. J. Gentry of the firm of Gentry Buchanan & Co.,, is attending to busi- ness matters at Hope today.
 Miss Amy Moore who has been the guest of friends Sparkman for the past three days, returned home last night
 The longer you wait to contribute to the fire truck fund, the farther down the list your name will be. Do it now.
 Messrs. c. B. Tompkins, Charles Moore, Vernon Hart, w. V. Moore and Will Tompkins are teasing the finny tribe on Grassy Lake today.
 J. N. Spoonemore of Prescott route 6, will be in Stuttgart on May ? as a delegate to the state camp at that place from Camp No. 137O7, Prescott M. w. A.
 Hope is organizing a Home Guard and over two hundred members have already signed up. What will Pres colt do; will we be "slackers ?" Nay, nay, Pauline.
 LOST-Baby blanket, green with picture of fox; square. Lost at Bluff Springs Sunday near church. Finder return to me and receive liberal re- ward. J. T. Hazard It
 Harry Myers, black face comedian and buck and wing dancer, is one of the features at the free show tonight near the court house, under the direc- tion of the Sy Syner Electric Go.
 The Ancient Order of United Work men will meet tonight in regular ses- sion at their hall, which is the last meeting night before the big banquet next week and all members are urg- ently requested to be present tonight to complete arrangements.
 Chas. L. Thompson, architect, of Little Rock, is in Prescott today. Mr. Thompson made the plans for re- modelling the Bemis building on East Elm, which is occupied by the Pres colt Mercantile Company, and is mak- ing his final inspection of the work today.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-04-30
WHERE THEY BELONG.

Food spectators say Unc. Sam Will be extremely rude If he should butt into their game Of cornering our food, And boosting prices up sky-high Just to annex more kale; But we don't care, we'd like to go And visit them in jail.
 Houston Post
The Prescott daily news., 1917-04-30
WHY HE DOUBTED

Briggs-I'm afraid Dolly sin't in- terested in me any more.
 Griggs-What makes you think that?
 Briggs-Well, every time I've kiss ed her lately she has acted as if it didn't much matter.-Exchange.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-04-30
ESPECIALLY THESE DAYS

"I hear that young Wright has just inherited $5,000,00O"
 Tn that case I'd rather be Wright than be president. ."-Boston Tran script.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-04-30
MATTER OF CYLINDERS.

Arthur-Will you marry me, my pretty maid?
 Annie-How many cylinders has your motor car, sir.-London Answers
The Prescott daily news., 1917-04-30
THE FIRE TRUCK
 FUND STILL GROWS

AS contributions are received, they will be added to the list.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04
Admits H. C of [.

New York, May 4.-The muni
cipal burea of personal service ad-
mits the high cost of living in its
statement that the best an unskilled
laborer's family can hope to do at
present is to live on $3.50. Al year,
as against S844 "a for the year 1915
The family" with which the re-
port, deals consists of five members
father, mother, girl of 10 and two
boys, l3 and q years old Food
costs have increased 500 a year, it
is stated. The report is to be used
as basis for salary increases for
laborers In the employ Of the city,
and has special reference 10 the
street cleaning department EN-
ployes.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04
WORLD OF LABOR

The Cedar Rapids { Iowa. Typo
graphical Union has refused by a
unanimous vote, to oppose legisla
tion intended to abolish the State
printing Office.
The packing house managers in
Omaha have raised laborers' wages
fom 2215 to 25 cents an hour. The
workers, numbering about six thou
sand, are unorganized.
The New York Senate has ap
proved a new pension system for
New York City public school teach
ers. An unsuccessful attempt was
made to limit pensions to 81 900.
Seattle municipal hremen have
organized and affiliated with the
American Federation Of Labor.
About one-third Of the entire force
has already joined the new organi-
xatien.
The Barnard & Simonds Chair
Company, Of Rochester n Y, has
conceded improved working condi.
tions and will pay the prevailing
wage rate of the Wood Carvers'
Association.
Employees Of the Tri City Button
Company. OF Davenport, Iowa, en-
gagged in button cutting, have raised
wages a cent a gross and secured a
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04
Queen And Princess.

To the popular Sunday excur-
sions of the Island Queen and Prin
cess comes sort OF big brother
voyage series, so to speak viz; the
two annual 70 md trips of the Is,
land Queen to Louisville, KY. She
will make the 300 miles ir 10 hours
meanwhile making way point stops
at Aurora, 10 a. m. Rising Sun,
1926 a. N; Vevay, 1910 p ~;
Carrolton, 20 p. m; and Madison
2:20 p. N; arriving in Louisville
with the bard playing at g. p. M.
That classic event, Derby Day, it
will be we'll to announce here, is
run on Churchill Downs, Louisville
Saturday May 18th Six hundred
miles for 100 cents seems rather a
bargain. Tabled de- Hote dinners
will be served and Fred Herman,
famous Cincinnati steward will su-
pervise. For :he convenience of
those who wish to remain only a
night in Louisville, the steamer re-
turns Cn the following day, Friday
April IL, leaving Louisville at s
a N. and making all waypoints in
connection with the stopover pri-
vilege, toe, it might be we'll to men
tion that the Queen sails again from
Cincinnati, 5 a. m; Thursday, May
II, making all waypoints as per
schedule and leaving Louisville
again fer Cincinnati, at s a. m.
Friday May Is Thus one may
have for dollar in transportation
a two-day vacation or a week 5 va
cation as he wills.
These are the days for the spr ng-
time Sunday voyages of the pala-
tial steamers Island Queen and
Princess. The Queen is leaving
Broadway each Sunday at $3.50 a.
m. and $3.50 p. m. for Lawrence
burg and Aurora, and the Princess
slips up the river from the same
wharf at 10 a. In. and 2:30 D. m.
are permitted free on all
trips. The ever popular eight
O'Clock moonlight trip each Sunday
Is being sailed.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04
WOmen'S Hours Reduced.

Columbus, Ohio, May State
authorities are calling attention to
the women's 50-hour law, passed
by the last legislature. The law
applies TO females employed in any
factory, workshop, telephone or
telegraph office, millinery or dress
making establishmet, restaurant, or
in the handling o. messages, or in
any mercantile establishment Elk
ception is made for canneries or es-
tablishments handling perishable
goods. This law, which takes eff
feet June Is next. reduces hours of
women from "a to so a week.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04

nuai premiums as long rs yes tiTe in
order to hold it or for your family or
some one else to get the benefits only
when you are dead. Real life insur
ance is that which inSures YOU against
death-preventable sickness and a pre-
mature departure from this world-and
allows you TO enjoy the benefits while
you yet live. Furthermore, it promises
you long life and a happy one,
healthy life and prosperous one. 1t
may be had by anybody, and, like other
kinds of insurance, he who puts most in
1t gets most out of it,
Real life insurance has its price
The adoption of correct living habits
moderate eating and drinking, regular
work and play, plenty of rest in the
fresh air and disposition not to worry
lis the price of a long, happy life, free
from diseases OF the kidneys, heart and
arteries, the diseases that sneak In
upon a mans life when he Is not aware,
"TheE there's another source of at
tack you need protection against-ty-
phoid fever Homes with pure water,
screened doors and windows, clean
premises free from flies and anti-ty-
phoid vaccination is the price you pay
for protection against typhoid. The
price against malaria is whatever 1t
takes to prevent mosquitoes from breed
ing and from biting you after they
have bitten people with malaria.
Security against tuberculosis, bron-
chitis, grippe, colds and pneumonia is
to be had mainly at the great price of
preventing people from splitting In pub
lie places. 1t Is to be had also by liv-
Ing on friendly terms with fresh air
day and night, by avoiding overheated
homes or offices, by creating q resist
ance to cold by daily cold water bath
about the neck and shoulders and by
proper living habits.
after all, the prevention of disease
is the price of real life Insurance. If
we invest literally and wisely in the
means and methods of preventing sick
ness we may expect handsome returns
In long, useful, happy life"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04
Praise Ohio Liability Law.

Boston, May 4.-E Z Watson
actuary of the Ohio state fund for
workingmen's compensation insur
ance told the legislative committee
on judiciary that both employers
and employees are substantially 100
per cent back of the state fund. >
The last Ohio legislature he said,
had passed a law prohibiting pri
vate insurance companies from par
ticipating In the compensation field
and against that law there were but
two votes in the house and one in
the senat0.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04
Spoil MIX To Beat Strikers.

Kent. Wash, May 4-Strikipg 4
employees of the Carnation Milk
Products company charges that this
concern, in order to hold its milk
supply and defeat its workers, are
spelling tons of fresh milk. The
strikers are demanding better con
ditions and have organized a un-
ion They are being supported by
practically every influence in this
place and the editor Of the Kent
Journal, in urging the formation of
a new company, says:
AS a member of the advisory
board of the Washington Manutac-
turers association we are able to
Judge of the many difficulties con
fronting a manufacturer, but we
cannot concede that the workers
here have made unjust demands.
It now appears to the outsider
that, as words have failed confer
ences have failed; delegations have
fsiled to accomplish what we all de-
sire-the operation Of the factory,
so that the company will profit, the
employees will profit and the com
munity will proht-there is but one
thing to do, put ourselves in po-
sition whereby we will never again
be subjected to such a condition "
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04
was the decision 2

was the decision !?
The commission promised to
start an investigan not later than
the 10Th of January, 1917, If we
(the miners) would remain at our
work. 1t is now the 10th of April;
no decision has been handed down;
the bonus has been taken off men
have been Disseminated against.
I'VE hereby inform you that we
will not tolerate any interference
of the industrial commission when
we present our demands again.
Only full concession from the op-
orators will cause us to remain at
work, as we fully realize that tbe
industrial commission is not for our
benefit.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04
better grade of shells, after week 3

better grade of shells, after week.
strike.
Iron molders of Battle Greek,
Mich, employed by the American
Steam Pump Company, were com
PEELED to suspend work after falling
to secure impr wed working condi-
tions.
Western Maryland Railroad ma
chinists, apprentices and helpers
are on strike for living wage and
better working conditions. The
company refuses to treat with or
ganized labor.
Wage increases are called for in
new working agreements submitted
to the san Francisco Labor Council
for Endorsement by the foll0wi &
unions. Photo Engraver5, Web
Pressmen, Milk Drivers, Laundry
Workers, Beer Bottlers, Beer Wa
gon divers, Brewery Workers. In
some instances the agreements pro-
vide for a reduction in the hours of
labor and a decrease in the number
of apprentices.
In It's report on the labor market
In January, 1917, the New York
State Department of Labor says the
average earnings for a week of all
employees, both male and female in
cluded in the returns, were $15 26
in January, as compared with
SIS. .53 in December. These figures
were compiled from reports bv 1900
representative firms with over 500,
900 employees, or one-third of the
factory Workers in the State, with
a weekly payroll of more than
/ $4,000, 600.
The tremendous increase in the
business of the Public Employment
Bureas of the State Of California is
shown by the Labor Commissioner $
report fer February, as compared
with the first months business
February, 1916. The San Fran
cisco bureau last month flied 1853
positions as against 236 positions
for the same month year ago The
Sacramento bureau filled 304 more
positions last month than February
year ago. and Oakland beat the
record on the same month compari
son by 428 positions These three
bureaus, last month filed 2l27 po
sitions, as compared with 272 posi-
tons filled during the opening
month, February of last year. The
Los Angeles Office filled 996 posi-.
tions last month, making a total fol
the four bureaus of 3 1913 positions
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04
EDISON is AN INVENTOR.
And That, He Claims, Is Very Different
From a Discoverer.

Ana inats ne SisIfnST iS worry OineTSHb
From Discoverer.
Thomas A. Edison has always dis
liked the term "discoverer' as applied
to himself. "Discovery is notinvention,
he once remarked to an intimate asso-
ciate. "a discovery is more or less In
the nature of an accident. A man
walks along the road intending to
catch a train. On the way his foot
kicks against something and, looking
down to see what he has hit, he sees a
gold bracelet imbedded in the dust He
has discovered that, certainly not in
vented 1t. He did not set out to find
bracelet, yet the value Of it is just as
great to him at the moment as if, after
long years of study, he had invented a
machine for making a gold bracelet out
OF common red metal
Goodyear discovered the way to
make hard rubber, He was at work
experimenting with india rubber, and
quite by chance he hit upon a process
which hardened 1.-THE last result I'm
the world that he wished or expected
to attain In discovery there must be
an element of the accidental, and an
important one, too, while an invention
ls purely deductive.
I'm my own case but few, and those
the least important, of my inventions
owed anything to accident Most Of
them have been hammered out after
long and patient labor and are the re-
suits of countless experiments, all di-
rected toward attaining some we'll de-
fined object.
"An mechanical improvements may
safely be said to be inventions and not
discoveries. The sewing machine was
an invention. So were the steam en-
gine and the typewriter. - Chicago
News
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04
o o o o o o o 0 o o 0 o 0 0 G
Lubricatlon Saves.

You may ask why it is If the lubri
cant is supposed to prevent contact the
surfaces should ever wear out. II run
without a lubricant your motor would
be ruined IN five minutes If properly
fabricated it should run five years. If
no gritty matter became mixed with
the oil it might reasonably be expected
to last more than twice as long. The
lubricating system should therefore
continuously replace the film of oil on
every bearing or sliding surface as fast
as it is worn out.--professor Richard
A. Leavill in American Farming.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04
Meat Packers Raise Manaa.

The big meat packing corporations
at the Union stockyards in Chicago
have granted increases in pay ranging
from 212 to II per cent, effective from
April l. Armour & Co. also announced
that because of "the oppressive high
cost of living a bonus of $5OO,O00
would be given TO 5000 salaried en-
ployees, principally Office help who re-
ceive $1,S00 or less a year. A bonus
of $1,00000O was distributed last No
vember.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04
Machine MoIderS Gain.

Joliet, H. May f. Organized
machine molders have secured a
new wage schedule which estab-
fishes minimum of 81 % a day,
an increase of so cents a day Last
year these workers reduced hours
from 10 to nine and established a
S3. rs mi0imum.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04
UniOnists To Write Charter.

Cincinnati, May 4 James Will
SON. president of Pattern Makers
League of North America Frank
Rist, editor of the Cincinnati
Chronicle and Thomas Jones, Of the
Carpenters union have been elected
members of a commission that will
prepare a municipal charter.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04
Our Gnuernnent

We customarily speak Of this repub-
lie as new nation, although our sen
ate has been in continuous existence
as a legislative body since 1889. How
many nations have maintained un-
changed a system or government for a
longer period? What distinction it
would be- for republic-to present
the oldest structure OF government on
earth, and we are well in the forefront
of that race now. Look over the ma
lions and see.- Boston Herald
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04
Carpenters, Union Sued.

The 250,000 members of the United
Brotherhoods of Carpenters and Join
ers Of America, excepting the 1900
members of the Cleveland (O.) local,
have been sued in indianapolis by
Thomas J. Dolan, business agent and
president of the Cleveland local. The
union seeks an injunction preventing
the expulsion of Dolan or any action
interfering with the status of the
Cleveland local
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04
Modern improvements.

Patient-Doctor, I'm having an aw-
full lot Of trouble with the gas in my
stomach. Doctor Yes, yes; 1 know.
Those old fashioned fixtures are giving
people lot of unnecessary trouble
these days Just step into the next
room, and III have my engineer wire
you for electric lights. Puck.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04
Miners Will Ignore Cant
Strike" Law.

Frederick, Col. May 4 The fol-
towing easily-Lnderstood letter has
been forwarded to the state indus
trial commission, at Denver, by
United Mine Workers union No.
2753:
Dear Sirs- In regard to an in.
vestigation in behalf of the miners
of this { (Fredarick) district-has an
investigation been held, and what
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04
Low Waged Employers
Checked BY GOmperS

washington, May 4. 4.-NeWspa-
per claims that President Gompers
Is against strikes in war times Is
discussed as follows in the current
Issue of the Trades Unionist, pub
lished In this city:
"To a man who has not lost his
head In these martial days, it looks
as though president Gowpers out
pointed these patriotic citizent who
are interested in the question of
cheap labor, and he also sobered up
lot of organized workers imme-
diately following the declaration
that war exists.
Many state legislatures were in
session at the time and certain EN-
ployers took advan age of the ex-
element to insist that all labor re-
strictions be removed, under the
false theory that this would increase
production. Long hour advocates
were In their element. Officers of
the New York State Federation OF
Labor were even caught In the
swirl and signed plea that the la
Dor laws of that state be set aside
during the war period
This sentiment grew in volume
and its logical ending would annul
the efforts of years of sacrifice by
organized workers who have Sc
cured legislation that protects the
lives and limbs of the toilers of our
land.
Sam G0mpers knew it was use
less to urgue with excited members
those whose motives were sinister,
Besides, the time was too short for
educational work. So he made a
| flank move as q member of the
council of national defense and
urged that no labor law be arnulled
unless sanctioned by that body and
that no strike that would jeopardize
the successful prosecution of the
war be called unless considered by
the council.
The plan silenced the low
waged folks, who imagined they
won by another route This opin
ion was voiced by the daily press
in sensational headlines, "Gompers
is against strikes
And some trade uniouist who
ought to know better, and who
have forgotten ther denuciations
of the 'captalistic press, have
swallowed as gospel truth the big
headlines, which had no connec-
tion with the story these newspa-
pers printed of the council dec
larations.
For so years Sam Gompers has
insisted that the worker owns his
own labor power and that no cne,
be h president, legislator or judge,
can say him nay. This principle
has been woven into the warp and
woof of the organized labor move
ment, and while our movement
welcomes the mediation aud CON
citation offers OF any institution, 1t
is reflection on q trade unionist' S
thinking ability when he points to
sensational headlines in newspa.
pers as proof that the Que individ-
ual most responsible for the princi
pie Of man ownership of his own
labor power has abandoned it over
night and announces he will carry
the trade union movement with
him
We suggest these unionist book
up on the rights accorded them in
the charter issued to their organi
cations by the American Federation
of Labor-that they have sole
jurisdiction over their own affairs.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04

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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04

There is something marvellous In mu-
sic. might almost say that music
is in itself "A marvel lis position IS
somewhere between the region OF
thought aud that of phenomena glim
mering medium between mind and
matter. related to both and yet differ
ing from either, spiritual and yet re
quiring rhythm material ana yet in
dependent Of space. Heinrich Heine.