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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-08-23
70 ATTEND The INTERNAL ATI0NAL CONFERENCE on
AMERICAN NE ExICAN BORDER NOVEMBER 13
DAY
Arrangements Nearing Completion For Big
Celebration.

ready long list of attractions, bal
loon ascension and parachute drop.
Prof. ] p Robinson was contracted
with to furnish this feature
The committee is calling for volun-
teer assistants There is going to be
much work in conducting all the
booths, wheels and amusements. Then
quite few men are needed at the
gates to sell and take tickets. If you
haven't already done SO, step up to
the committee and offer your services,
if for only few hours, and help in
the big cause.
Have you run on to some couple
who are contemplating matrimony and
are perhaps a little shy on the neees-
sary wherewith or some couple who
would like to have it done up right
You know-fiowers, automobiles, hand
some witnesses and Keep the Home
Fires Burning" played by the band
All this will be furnished by the com
mittee. together with a check for $50
to the couple who viii come forward
and be tied up on Labor Day at the
fair grounds So dig up some couple
and tell the committee about them.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-08-23
Government Issues Orders for Reinstatement of
Discharged Western Union photographers
at Once.
NEW ORDER INVOLVES ABOUT 700 EMPLOYEES
War Labor Board Also Grants Munition Workers the
Right to Organize and Deal Collectively

New York.-All former employees
of the Western Union Telegraph COM
pany who were discharged because of
their affiliation with the Commercial
Telegraphers' Union of America dur
ing the recent difficulties between the
company and the union before the
company was taken over by the gov
ernment will have the privilege of
reinstatement, it was announced by
the company Wednesday
The difficulties between the West
ern Union and the telegraphers, which
involves threat of strike, arose from
the refusal of the company to deal
with the union. The company dis
charged employees who joined the un-
ion and organized an association of
its nonunion employees, with which it
announced it would deal exclusively.
Notwithstanding a decision of the
War Labor Board favoring the conten-
ton of the union the company refused
to modify its position and the recent
action of the government in taking
over telegraph and telephone lines fol-
lowed.
Vice President Atkins of the com
pany, made the following statement:
Conforming with the policy laid
down by the government all former
employees of the Western Union Tele-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-08-23
LOOMS UP AS NATIONS
BIG GEST DEMON
STRATION OF PA
TRIOTISM.
Record Breaking Parades To
Show Labor's Unity For
"Win War For Freedom
Slogan George Creel
and DR.. Garfield
Will Speak

New York.-Labor Day plans have
assumed within the week breadth
not dreamed of month ago and under
the WIN THE WAR FOR FREE
DOM" slogan it is now certain that
America will witness such a demon
stration of workers as has never taken
place in the history of the country.
Through the work of the American
Federation of Labor headquarters
and the American Alliance for Labor
and Democracy unity of character
and spirit is being given to the cele-
brations everywhere. The demonstra-
ton will be truly national. Practi-
cally every large city in the country
will have a. record breaking parade
and there has not been single To-
cality found that will not observe the
day in some striking manner.
Cooperation of the national Gov
ernment authorities has been volun-
teered and the military service viii
partake in almost all parades. In
Chicago a great military exposition
will be opened on Labor Day. Chicago
also will have parade Of larger pro-
portions than ever in its history. In
all cities near camps or cantonments
United States soldiers will participate
in the parades.
Emphasis will be given in parades
to the fact that the equipment Of the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-08-23
Event Gains In Importance Daily
rIexicans in United States Show
Deep interest.

Washingtnon.- Developments from
day to day in relation to the coming
conference of Mexican and American
labor at Laredo, Tex, prom
Use to rank that event among those
of great international Importance.
The Executive Council of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor will meet at
Laredo at the time of the conference,
This was decided upon at the recent
meeting of the Council in Atlantic
City.
Governor George P. w. Hunt of
Arizona, has sent to President Com
pers an acceptance of the invitation
extended to all governors of border
states, and it is expected that almost
all other border governors will reply
IN the near future. Governor Hunts
ref ly follows
Executive Office, State House,
Phoenix, Arizona.
July 25, 1913.
Ny Dear Mr. Gompers:
/ am in receipt of your letter Of
July 10th and believe that your plar
for an international labor conference
to be held representing the organized
labor movements of the United States
and Mexico at Laredo, Texas, Novem.
Der 18th to 10th is most excellent
one.
Now, that there is such an ingresS
into this country of labor from Mex
leo, and likelihood that, after the
war, there will be no inconsiderabl'
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-08-23

fighting forces is the product of la
Dor, establishing nthus the unity Of
interest between the fighting army
and the working army
New York's parade already has as
sumed large proportions More than
100000 have signified their intentions
of marching, and the Central FEEDER
ated Union committee is completing
arrangements with the American Al
lance for Labor and Democracy to
secure floats illustratingn labor's
share in the wars work. Aeroplanes
will fly along the line of march, and
the honorary guests will review the
line from a stand donated by the Bor-
ough President of Queens County
and erected free of charge by the Dock
Builders Union.
A feature of New York's celebration
will be meeting on Sunday, Septem-
Der /, in the Maxine Elliott Theatre,
at which George Creel, chairman Of
IHS committee on IuDlIc lllOIlLldtlOh,
will speak. Postmaster Thomas G.
Patten of New York will preside, and
the meeting will be under the auspices
of the New York Post Office Clerks
Union.
The speakers bureau Of the Ameri-
can Alliance has already booked so
speakers to address mass meetings in
different cities. DR.. Garfield, the Fuel
Administrator, will speak in the Pitts
burg Exposition Building following
a parade there In Philadelphia the
shipyard workers are cooperating
with the Central Labor Union and will
march. Minneapolis, Duluth, Phila-
delphia, Trenton, N. l., and other
cities report that they will hold the
biggest parades in history.
Trenton, N. j., furnishes an example
of the assistance being given by the
Alliance Robert Maisel, director, has
arranged to furnish several floats for
the parade. Soldiers from Camp Dix
nearby viii act as guard Of honor
to the laboring hosts, and aeroplanes
will soar overhead.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-08-23
Governor Hunt Of Arizona Saws
There is "Grave Necessity" for
Labor Of Two Nations to Realize
''Identity Of Interests.

ter understanding of American pur-
poses will reach Mexico through this
conference and that also better un-
derstanding of the problems of the
Mexican workers viii be brought home
to America.
According to advices received here
by the Pan American Federation of
Labor Conference Committee, the
Mexican population Of the southwest
ern American states are showing the
keenest interest in the conference and
in some cases already have elected
delegates to represent them at Laredo
The conference opens on November
Il. Presidents Wilson and Carranza
have been invited to attend the CON
ference and should they do so the his
toric interest attaching to the gather
ing would be greatly heightened. Lar
edo is on the border line between
Texas and Mexico and the two presi-
dents would meet over the interna-
tional boundary
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-08-23
State Mine Chief
Rebuked By Hayes
Charge of Intemperance in Anthracite
Field Arouses Miners President

Shamokin, Pa.,-Frank j. Hayes,
International President of the Mine
Workers of America, has scathingly
rebuked S. E. Button, chief of the
State department of mines and mining
Talking to a gathering of United
Mine Workers and other citizens, Pres
ident Hayes declared the statement of
Mine Chief Button, that Anthracite
production has been reduced through
Incorporate habits of the miners, was
the basest insult he ever had heard
or read of as coming from State off
ciaI. AS evidence, President Hayes
pointed to the fact that with $4,000
men less in the anthracite field than
during the same period sixteen months
ago, anthracite production had been
increased He declared if Button
should safeguard the miners in de-
manding better ventilation and more
ideal working conditions he would ac-
complish more good.
President Hays added he could
prove that less beer is consumed at
present in the coal-region than at any
time within the last quarter century
He urged men of the Shamokin re-
gion to begin circulation of petitions
calling upon Governor Brumbaugh te
oust Button from office. Philadelphia
Public Ledger.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-08-23

amount of skilled labor going from
this country to Mexico, it would APP
pear that there is a grave necessity
for realizing the identity of interests
between labor in the two Republics
A short way to establish better un-
derstanding between this country and
Mexico than has ever existed in the
past would be to establish that under
standing through labor
Natural conditions in the northern
part of Mexico are almost identical
with conditions of the border states
in this country; industries are the
same and the standards of living, now
so entirely different, should be the
same. This can only be done through
education and fraternity Of labor
Because of these facts, in which
am so keenly interested, | shall make
every effort to attend your conference
at Laredo on the dates nensioned, at
the present time knowing of nothing
that will interfere with my presence
there.
Very sincerely yours,
(Signed) GEO. w. P. HUNT,
Governor of Arizona.
Hon. Samuel Gompers,
President, American Federation Of
Labor,
a. f. of L. Building,
Washington, D. c.
Officials of the American Fedora
ton of Labor are looking forward to
the conference with the deepest inter
est and work is going forward steadily
to make the meeting productive Of
the best international results. 1t is
the view of labor officials that bet.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-08-23
Secretary Baker Writes Praise
For Heroes of Pick"

Secretary of War Newton D. Baker,
deeply impressed with the patriotic
spirit manifested by the $50 mine
workers of Mercer County, Pa, who,
though retired on account of age, went
back to work as soon as they learned
of the country's vital need for more
coal, wrote today a letter of apprecia-
tion to United States Fuel Admins
traitor Garfield. He wrote:
My Dear Mr.. Garfield:
was greatly impressed when
learned recently abou t $50 retired
miners in Mercer County, Pa, reco-
gnizing the nations urgent need of
increased fuel, had volunteered to go
back to the mines and serve their
country there
This is the spirit which free and
liberal government always engenders,
and which insures the triumphs of
our arms and aims. | should like,
through you, to send personal greet
ing to these heroes of the pick.
Cordially yours,
Newton d: Baker,
Secretary of War.
More and more the operators and
mine workers are coming to realize
the force of President Wilson'S state
ment that the work of the world
waits on them. Washington Times.
"a "a "a
FAVORS ideal" UNION
Atlanta, Ca Superior Court Judge
Pendleton believes that trade unions
should be nice little family affairs,
which no low-wage employer could OBJ
ject to.
In issuing an injunction against Of
fcers of the Textile Workers union
the honored court took occasion to ex-
press his views on the ''ideal' labor
union, which, he said, was an organi-
zation of mill employees, strictly among
themselves, without affiliation with
national bodies. Lest bona fide trade
union of textile workers be formed he
ordered that all attempts to unionize
these mills without the owners con
sent cease forthwith, and that no EN-
ploye, present or future, be induced tx
leave his present employment on the
promise Of better conditions.
Have You Donated to the Country
Il Store?
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-08-23
WILL YOU SETTLE?

Will you please settle for your
tickets before Labor Day? Get in the
cash and turn it over TO the secretary
who will give you a receipt for same.
The sooner the CASH is turned in, the
sooner the secretary viii make set,
tIenent. Do it now.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-08-23
cry EMPLOYEES ADVANCE

Augusta, Ga. Employees in the
street and drains department Of this
city recently organized and now the
city authorities have raised wages 20
cents day.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-08-23
THE COAL MINERS
WHY THIS ATTEMPT TO MAKE THEM THE GOAT?

The assertion Of National hab
adeQu
production Dry newspapers
the country Il one is TO believe what the Operators these
the Miners typical instance the der referred
the following from the New York Tribune
drinking the chief he % Ssln ] e sp a ho % ] s9as K the miners m r 6 a
appeals or @ppe@don present.
i 1ss @ s miners r % amsreP q to-day to-day sza1das
many % s 's S B % s % ' &
employing every
instance the preacher
told them What the
them with Dry
ore andm humorous.
in other
held wherever coal and the
the
anda
these foul apersio their members These
lows:
ernatona sidetH
ua @ % ] @ 5ao % s @ St % ss forces s @ The yas %s 's are ssa %
deepy
Illinois
he
Prohibition n
In the
andpa the
employed other industry
Secretary 0 tn Miners:
% T @ @ S sag oss @ s's @ @ a s s @ y thing s eas s % 8 % % ss %
eiandpo pdmhesh
Peeor
do @ Ms m @ dig the coal 6a @ s s a 1o sas s % ds s ei s % s s
mines anywher
the of
Jncesa AXE overhe
ppocket
cellars and
will be all right
YIN advertisement nbyIab Enp BERT Iaguge)
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-08-23

Ah SkYAlf5S SLlAAEpS
ISSUED By T1zn
UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-08-23
RIGHT OF ORGANIZATION


Washington right of workers
of ammunition plants to organize in
trade unions or groups and to bargain
collectively through chosen represen-
tatives is recognized and affirmed in
an award made pubic Wednesday by
the National War Labor Board in con-
troversy between the Smith & Wesson
Company, arms manufacturers, and
their employees at Springfield, Mass.
The board ruled that any employees
discharged in violation of the prin-
ciples of the award should be restored
to their positions and paid for all time
lost on account of the discharge
~ "a Ea
MANY DISPUTES SETTLED.
Washington.-Tw industrial
disputes between employers and eni-
ployees were settled by the division of
Cancellation of the Department of La
Dor for the week ending August I. OF
these eight were strikes, four threat
ened strikes, three lockouts and eleven
controversies. Fifty-one disputes are
still pending,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-08-23
WIN RIGHT TO UNITE

Richmond, Va.--Recently organized
express clerks and freight handlers
have returned to work with the right
to organize assured. These employees
suspended work when two Of their
members were victimized because of
trade union membership. The agree
ment includes the reinstatement of the
two men, the right to organize and
wage increases as per general order
No. 27 of the railroad administration.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-08-23

graph Company released solely be-
cause of the affiliation with the Com
mercial Telegraphers' Union of Amer
lea are now eligible for unemployment
with the company"
Beween $50 and roo are affected by
the ruling, Mr.. Atkins added
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-24
A MERfCANs ARE POPULAR
AMONG ALLIED SOLDIERS

A mum Der OF interesting stories from
the French and Italian fronts have
just been brought back to this coun~
try by Professor $. II. Clark. head OF
the department of public speaking OF
the University OF Chicago, who has
been for several months in the war
zone.
While he was on the French front,
twelve wounded German prisoners.
reared but they were thoroughly war
confident of victory, but most of them
wanted peace. The spirit Of the ma
Jority Of them was we'll expressed by
forty three year-old prisoner from
Saxony who, though Prussian in sym
p3thy. said II don't care IL Metz has
fallen. or Berlin I've been away from
my home and family for three years.
We want peace. only pence"
Professor Clark also tells ~ the
great popularity Of the American SOL
der in France and Italy. The Italians
are especially grateful for the work
Of the 7 VI. G. A. ONE italian private
in the front linc trenches along the
.Adige said to him; Your Y NJ e A.
stgr or" . land he pronounced II
In1ka) your Y. NJ, c, A is the
Ped Cross of the heart" After talking
with Italian and French soldiers. Pro-
fsssor Clark decided that II We live
-ap to one-tenth of what the Italians
and French think of us. we shall have
accomplished the greatest work OF the
age.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-24
III Rroof.

7 NN z OJTs
Jack Sc dh g, under the subma-
rine WV my ike br;laav aAu hores
a. ole 49, siL4s IN otghtcr, IL ere.s
-. lr9A ~ To ~. ~ - e'tot5.h
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-24
AMERICAN GUNS DESTROY
CEMETERY CAMOrETAGE

London, Nov. 10 (By maiD The
art OF camouflage is one of those elt-
stick arts. Alfred Stokes, Y. NJ. c. A.
secretary. of Stamford, Conn, on
leave here, was looking through the
periscope on the front line trenches
III the Tou sector recently.
Sec that cemetery over there
looks real doesn't it ?" asked Sergeant
Grendrineti, of Waterbury. Conn.
sure Stokes replied
We'll. that's l'ritz's latest. He has
rugged up a movable cemetery, crosses
and all. 1t conceals All ammunition
dump"
A few hours later the movable Gem
etery became in truth quite movable
ono when our artillery dogs began to
bark.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-24
MILK PROBLEM SOLVED
IN ONE ITALIAN CITY

Milan, Italy. has adopted municipal
milk control as an emergency wartime
measure. Milan. which is the second
largest city OF Italy. and center of
the financial and economic life OF the
nation. has been experiencing Difficult
ties in obtaining for all its citizens
their regular quota Of milk. The trou-
bic has been solved by instituting
new municipal regime. All the milk
dealers of the province of which Milan
Is the center have been notified that
no milk shall be privately sold. Every
drop must be turned over to proper
authorities designated by the munich
oality of Milan. These city officials at
tend TO It's distribution. in accordance
with certain regulations which have
been adopted by the council, Under
this new order of things the prob
lem of milk shortage seems to have
been met.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-24

delegates brought to Paris to expert
ence humiliation similar to that which
they made France suffer forty seven
years ago. But there can be found
Frenchmen, Americans and English
men who believe that there would be
justice in holding the peace confer
ence at Brussels. with King Albert as
president.
Many British statesmen are of the
opinion that a peace dictated on Ger
man soil will have more weight with
the German masses than anything
else
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-24

standard ~ 14o - @4T
In nearly every case the flrst column
under consumer paws" is the maxi
n am price fer cash and carry stores,
The second column the maximum for
credit and delivery stores,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-24

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TIE prices below are considered hs
Tho iucal food adm ntstration tn he sait
and reasonable They are issued by
pr l.. Eaton. local director Of markets
~na representation q nd aprIv &C thu
nartsct orlvs NoverT1 Der ~. 1918
Richmond. Va. Nov. "a 1918.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-10-25

A valuable dressing for flesh
wonds, burns, scalds, old sores, rash,
chafed skin, is BILLIARDS. SNOW
LINIMENT, 1t is both healing and
antiseptic. Sold by Oliver Drug Co.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-10-25
Death of Mrs. H. 0. Head.

The many friends in the city OF
Mrs. H. o. Head, ST., will be sorry TO
learn of her death, which took place
in Sherman, Texas, Tuesday morn
ing, Oct. %, 1918, resulting from an
illness of influenza and pneumonia.
Mrs. Head was the daughter of e.
H. Wilson, of New Orleans, and a
granddaughter of Mr.. Turner Wilson.
who was buried here many years ago.
She was Miss Sallie Wilson and was
married to Judge Head forty years
ago. Three children survive as fol-
lows: Mrs. Geo. Eader and H. O.
Head, Jr., The Beeches near Union
City, and Attorney Hayden Head, Of
Sherman.
Mrs. Head was a woman of rare
intellectual gifts and personality
and was we'll known here and es-
teemed kindly by host of friends.
Condolences are extended to the
bereaved family.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-10-25
Death of Mr.. Seth Thomas.

Mr.. Seth Thomas, an aged citizen
of the vicinity of Bethlehem, depart
ed this life Oct. Is, 1918, after de-
cline of health of some length of
time.
Mr.. Thomas was born Nov. 81,
1887, over eighty when he died and
the last of family of fifteen chill
dren. He was married to E. G. Akin
January 3, 1867, and his good
wife was separated by death April
IL, 1917. To the union five chill
dren were born, three of whom sur
vive as follows: Mrs. Dora Bruce,
A. D. Thomas and e. B. Thomas, of
Holdenville, Okla.
Mr.. Thomas was devoted mem
Der of the Baptist Church, good
man and useful citizen, well known
in his days of active life, and esteem
ed by everyone.
Funeral services were conducted
by Rev. G. T. Scllars at Shady Grove
on Sunday, the goth inst, and the
remains were inferred at the ceme-
terry there.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-10-25
CONFIRMED PROOF
Residents Of Union City Cannot
Doubt What Has Been
Twice Proved.

In gratitude for relief from aches
and pains of bad backs-from dis
tressing kidney ills-thousands have
publicly recommended Doan's Kid
ney Pills. Residents Of Union City,
who SO testified years ago, now say
the results were permanent. This
testimony doubly proves the worth Of
Doan's Kidney Pills to Union City
kidney sufferers.
w. r. Webster, Fifth and Florida
Sts., Union City, says: II have suf-
fered from kidney and bladder trou-
BILE for many years. Whenever
used Doan's Kidney Pills, they
brought me relief. l advise anyone
afflicted with kidney complaint to
give this remedy trial."
The above statement was given
December 1, 1914, and on May 10.
1918, Mr.. Webster said: ''Doan's
Kidney Pills cured me several years
ago and / wish to confirm my former
endorsement. / recommend Doan's
at every opportunity"
Price soc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Webster had Foster-Milburn
Co.. Props. Buffalo. N.>X