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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-01-04
TO SETTLE FAMILY ARGUMENT
Friendly Wagers Between Husband
and Wife Serve TO Quench Ere
quent Dangerous Quarrels.

Here is plan by which great many
family quarrels have been averted for
a certain couple. They used to quar-
rel all the time.
Before, the wife would say:
MY dear, you'll make a mistake if
you do so and So"
And the husband would reply
MY darling you are altogether too
fussy. | know my business. Kindly
let me alone, viii your"
Then would ensue row of fearful
dimensions that sometimes would
shake the house, startle the servants
and scandalize the neighborhood.
But now they do differently.
When they disagree they do it thus
"Well, dear, if you think you're right,
suppose you back your opinion2 If I'm
wrong I'll give you half a dozen pairs
of gloves"
If she feels pretty confident she
backs her opinion with box of cigars
and the agreement is carefully signed
by both and locked up. Then one or
the other pays when the decision Is
reached. The young woman has an in
come of her own, so the arrangement
is fair one, which it might hardly be
were she compelled to take her hus-
bands own money to pay for his Gig
ars.
Gambling is, of course, wicked
thing to do, but 1t checks wild asser
tions and smothers, in this case, many
fire that would burn up comfort
New York Evening Post.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-01-04
KEEP UP LABOR STANDARD
Warning European Countries Recog.
nize Danger in Relaxation of
Employment Rules.

Labor standards Of the warning Eu-
ropean countries, which were relaxed
at the beginning of hostilities when
mobilization made necessary the re-
cruiting of women and children for
work usually performed by men. are
being restored in most countries and
strengthened in others, according 20
information compiled by the children's s
bureau Of the department of labor.
Experience proved that the relax,
ing Of standards failed of it's purpose. !"
says the report. Definite steps were
taken by the governments to restore
the provisions Of the labor law be-
cause they were found to be essential
not only to the conservation OF the
available workers, but to the quantity
and quality of their output"
Increase in the number Of women
and children workers, according to the
report has made more widespread and
serious the effects of relaxing employ
ment standards. In France, Germany
and Italy there has been great IN
crease of home work on government
contracts with its customary evils of
long hours and low wages"
"The point which stands ont unmis-
takably from the foreign experience, =
the report continues. 'is the general
realization that the labor standards
achieved in times of peace are none
too high to promote the efficiency of
work, the intensity of output and the
general level of health which are ab-
solutely essential to the nations well
fare in war time"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-01-04
GUARDS AGAIN IN
SHOOTING SCRAP
This Time Al The Champion
Coated Paper Mills.
One Shoots Another In
The Face.

The usual weekly scrap between
the guards employed by the vari-
Gus factories, mills and shops
throughout the city took place on
Christmas night. This tirne it oc
cured at the Champion Coated Pa.
per Mill. About 9 o'clock Tues
day night George Long, one of the
watchmen employed by the Cham
pion company, doing duty inside
the mill, was shot in the right
cheek and jaw allegedly by j. H.
Musselman, one of the companies
outside guards, during an argu-
ment 10 the office of the mill. Il
is said that Musselman circulated
the report that Long hid in box,
for what purpose is not nown.
Long called Musselman to the Of
fee and in the presence of George
Bell. Estes Campbell and Samuel
Fightmaster, accused Musselmar
of circulating the report. Mussel-
man denied the accusation and after
the men passed few angry words
it is said that Long was shot when
he attempted to draw his revolver
After the shooting Long was re
moved to Mercy Hospital In the
police ambulance and ]. A. Rol
probed for the ball which could no
be found
Musselman was taken to police
headquarters where he was charged
with shooting with intent to xii
he gave a 81, 900 appearance bone
chich was signed by himself anc
/ Jacob Zollers, one of the foremet
IN the mill. Musselman appeared
for hearing before Judge Shank 0
the municipal court on Frida.
evening, but the case was contin
usd to await the outcome of Long
injuries.
We wonder, were these guard
suppose d to make HAMILTON SAFl
| For DEMOCRACY in northern FRS
! Ward
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-01-04

A short time ago, an article was
widely published about valuable
hunting dog which had been fitted with
eyeglasses for astigmatism. Probably
most people who read it, laughed and
thought 1t fake.
The modern science of fitting eye
glasses, however, makes it possible to
fit dog, or any other dumb animal,
with q lens which will correct its eye
sight. Up-to-date methods have brought
about the invention of instruments by
which the error of the human eye can
be accurately measured, and lenses to
correct the error prescribed without
asking the patient single question.
The ''sllent method" is very rarely used
exclusively, however, except in the
case of the foreigner, or our friend the
dog, when no interchange of thought
can be effected and the examiner must
rely entirely upon the findings of his
lnstruments.-We Magazine.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-01-04
F A K {

The funny part about the small
pox case which developed at the
county Jail, Is that both sides are
crying fake. Ii seems that those
who are opposed to the action of
the union men say that it was a
cleverly made up excuse for the
union men to come out of jail.
while the Union men say that it
was a smooth way for those who
are opposed to them to force the
prisoners out In order to quie:
things down and get the working
men TO go back to work. Never
theless there must have been real
case of small pox, for Joe Denim
ger, the man supposed to De atfiict
ed with the dicease is confined TO
his home with the house under
Quarntine and Health Officer Smed-
ley made all the men confined in
the Jail undergo vaccination, take
antlseptic baths and get complete
change of clothing before leaving
AL day Tuesday with wet blankets
and paper covering the windows
and doors, the jail was thoroughly
fumigated. Jailer Brinkman was
also vaccinated and given an extra
bath, antiseplic, Sandy" objected
because it wasn't Saturday night
BrinKman didn't get TO leave fol
his home until late Tuesday even
ing.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-01-04
BRE VERY WORKERS
CHANGE THEIR NAME

Houston, Tex AT the copven-
tion of the international Union of
Uniteo Brewery Workmen it was
voted to change the name of that
organization to the International
Union of the United Brewery and
Soft Drink Workers Of America.
Jurisdiction over all malt, yeast,
cereal beverages, denatured alcohol
vinegar and mineral water workers
is claimed subject to approval by
the A. F. of L.
Hereafter no contract shall be
signed for more than two years by
affiliated locals. An eight-hou
day and a six-day week was made
mandatory and the executive board
was Instructed TO put same into eff
feet. Conventions will hereafter
be held once every three years in
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-01-04
HELLO, BUCKEYES

Hello Buckeyes! Howdy do
Derned eff we amt proud of you,
Coin where the sharpnel falls
Coin where the Old Flag calls
Coin where the dead men dance
On the top of hills in France;
Ghosts that fell in war her ce play,
Shadows that were men one day.
Ye were men that one and all
Listened to your country's call
Laid the work ye had aside
Shouldered arms with cries of pride,
Seein in your midnight dreams,
The Old flag that Ger you CLEANS
Alabama welcomes you,
For she knows your hearts beat true
This will be better world
When the tyrants all are hurled
From their places in the sun
Car and Kaiser everyone;
When our ships are free to sail,
Where they list with every gale,
When the submarines go down
Down to stay, beneath Cod frowd
W'hen Democracy shall rise
Flushed with triumph to the skies
And our flag the Flag of stars,
With its red and white in bars,
Broken, that no slave peers through
Cleans in the whole world S view
Then the world will brighter be-
Safer, too, for you and me.
May God guard you, every one,
Till this awful war is done,
Bring you home to those who wait
fearful, by the garden gate,
Wives a dsweethearts, mothers, too
Prayi' 6 every night for you
Smiling with breaking heart,
When it came the time to part.
Hello, Buckeyes! Howdy do
Derned ef we amt proud of you,
Coin out to France to fight,
Armored only with the right,
Coin where the shrapnel falls
Coin where the old Flag calls
Sons Of man who wore the blue,
Alabama welcomes youl
r.. I. Cary, Jr. in Montgomer.
Advertiser.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-01-04
Of serious competition with the foreign

OF serious competition with the foreign
product.
The European stone occurs in thin
layers, which require little but planning
and polishing after being removed
from the quarry. The American stone
is in beds from three to ten feet thick
and must be sawed into thin layers be-
fore it is ready for use.
The Bavarian quarries have been
worked so long that vast piles of waste
have accumulated that must be moved
from time to time, thus adding to the
cost of production. The American
quarries have found market for the
crushed refuse from their quarries,
and this by-product helps reduce the
cost.
The better grades of lithographic
stone bring five to six cents a pound
for slabs ten by twelve inches and
the poorer grades a cent and half u
pound.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-01-04
Maternity Insurance uraed.

Maternity insurance for women
forced into industrial pursuits because
of war conditions was urged for the
consideration of the incoming legisla-
ture of the state in a resolution sub
mitted at the session of the conven-
tion of the New Jersey Suffrage as
sociation. 1t was pointed out that
women are entering industrial fields
in great numbers and in view of the
stress and strain Of their new en-
vironment they should have adequate
health insurance protection.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-01-04

With speeding-up processes under
way tonnage soon will begin to come
from the yards at much faster rate
than that, shipping board officials pre-
dicted.
The first ship of the governments
great feet of noarly 1000 vessels for
which contracts have been let was
completed in the Skinner & Eddy
plant at Seattle November "a. 1T Is
of steel, of $500 tons capacity and a
designed speed of IL knots. The first
of the wooden ships was launched
about December 3.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-01-04
ASSIST is REMARKABLE CITY
Shows How influence of One Man
With an Idea Can Persist Through
the Centuries.

A remarkable city is Assist, show
ing how the influence of man with
an idea can persist down the changing
centuries. 1t is seven hundred years
and more since st. Francis lived and
died here, and yet today Assist is lit.
tie besides the city of st. Francis. His
name lends it whatever fame and irn-
portance it may have and something
of his kindly spirit seems to hang
about it STILL
Assist is bare little italian hill
town. built Of dull stone, with narrow,
winding rocky streets, looking out over
one of the fairest prospects in all
Italy. Here St Francis was born of
rich parents, here he led an idle.
spendthrift youth, and here he was
suddenly seized with the idea of uni
yersal brotherhood and the necessity
for poverty Here he founded The
Franciscan order, praying that It's dis
tinctive sign might be never to pos
sess anything under the sun and to
have no means of living save BY beg
ging.
He carried out his rule in strictest
practice, living in a hut Of reeds built
where now stands the church of st
Mary of the Angels. He felt a great
love for all things created. so that he
hailed the sun as his brother and
preached to the fishes. All of these in.
cidents in his career and many 9th
ers are set forth In noble frescoes by
Glotto III the Franciscan church a,
Assist.
In Assist, too. is the tomb Of St
Francis. in a little chapel Of the Fran
ciscan monastery. The tomb is sur
rounded by beautiful marbles and ricl
work in beaten bronze. The wort
has loved ST Francis, but apparent
ly it has never understood him. Els,
it would not in all reverence hav,
surrounded his vault with the ricl
luxury of beauty against which hi
whole life and all his teachings wer,
but one great protest
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-01-04
TRADES COUNCIL

.rhe Coop rative Trades and
Labor Council met in regular ses-
sion with President A. E. Eggle-
ston presiding.
Many unions were represented
but on account of the bad weather
and a holiday not all of the dele
gvtes were present.
Credentials of J. B. Yerigan,
Painters 18 months, Frank w.
Holt, Painters II months. Albert
Brown. Brewers IL months, Oscar
Tape, Firemen Is months, JOS.
Sterwell, Firemen, were read, re-
ceived and delegates installed.
Report of trades was dispensed
with.
Several committees reported and
proper action taken.
The trustees reported that oui
worthy ianitor, Henry Eisel ha:
resigned his position and that they
appointed jacob Biel member o.
Carpenters Union to the position
The Edison Phonograph Co.
have adjusted their difference:
with the Polishers Union after :
IA months fight and the COMMITTEES
was instructed to notify Krebs anc
Imfeld. The matter was referred
to the Metal Polisher's Union t,
advertise the Edison Phonograpl
as fair.
1t was moved and seconded thai
the delegates be instructed Il
carry back to their unions, not tc
pay any attention to the article
appearing in the local papers.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-01-04
Steel Mills Now FIJI Peace Orders.

Steel Mills New FIJI Peace Orders.
Steel companies that have been
holding off consumers with CONNER
cial orders for several months, While
prices were being adjusted, are now
making sales more readily to distrih-
utors, and are accepting manufactur-
ers' contracts for deliveries in two to
three months. Shipments in excess of
new business since last April have
placed the mills in better position to
fill so-called peace orders, without
placing in jeopardy the prompt execu-
tion of war contracts.
The navy department is taking bids
on 5000 tons OF steel for aircraft fac
tory buildings in New York city and
orders have been placed for 4,500 tons
of steel for buildings at Langley ayia-
tion field. The large machine shop at
Washington will probably be con-
structed of REINFORCED concrete.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-01-04

The many speculations that have
been published concerning the origin
Of life on the earth and on any other
bodies in the universe where it may
possibly exist usually assume that in
some way or other 'life germs" are
transported across the CULTS Of space
from one planet TO another. Thus it
has been suggested that life may have
been brought to the earth in meteors.
One of the most recent suggestions is
that minute life germs" may escape
from the atmosphere of a planet in
which life exists, just as molecules of
the atmospheric gases are believed to
escape from our terrestrial atmosphere,
and may be driven by light-pressure to
some world where physical conditions
have become suitable to support life.
While there is nothing essentially abb
surd in these hypothesis, 1t is not
clear why their authors should take 1t
for granted that life cannot originate
de novo on cooling planet-Scientific
American.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-01-04
MAY USE KENTUCKY STONE
Product of Blue Grass State Believed
as Good and Cheap as Bavarlan
Article.

1t is believed that after the war is
over photographic stone quarried in
Kentucky may be put on the mar
ket as cheaply as the BavarIan stone
which has been the principal source
of supply for a long time. Small
quantities OF the Kentucky stone have
been sold already, but the high cost Of
labor in this country and the difficulty
OF working the stone haye Kept Ii cus
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-01-04
STRIKE
At The Edison PhOnOgraph Co.
Is Settled

The Press is in receipt of the in
formation that the strike at the
Edison Phonograph Co. has been
settled satisfactory. and that the
settlement has been endorsed by
the Polisher's Local Union No. Al
The Edison Photographs and Rec
oids are again on the fair list and
entitled to the patronage of organ
lied labor. The local firms baud
ling the Edison Co. goods are the
Ferd Imfeld Music Store and Krel $
Furniture Co.. both on south Third
street.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-01-04
Most important Court Decision

Notable among supreme court de-
cisions, on account of the circum-
stances attending the enactment Of the
law construed by it, is the decision
sustaining the constitutionality Of the
Adamson eight-hour law for trainmen
N interstate commerce, and declaring
at the same time the right of congress
to compulsory arbitrate disputes be-
tween the railroads and their ens-
ployeas for the benefit Of the pphlsas
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-01-04
EmpIoyment Reduoes orunkenness

Drunkenness has decreased greatly
in New York because of the demand
for labor caused by the war and in
direct" prohibition, according to con-
clusions reached by officials of the
New York board of inebriety and hos
pital authorities. Arrests for intoAi-
cation dwindled from 1922 in Febru-
ary to 9G9 in August, while the
psychopathic ward in Bellevue hospital
has had fewer alcoholic patients i'll
the last six months than at any time
In its history.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-01-04
shlpysrds speedino Deliveries.

American shipyards whose construc-
tion was Communicated by the gov
ernment completed In one week 10000
tons of merchant shipping. The ship
ping board announced that this
brought their total output since the
communicating order was Issued, Au-
gust 4. up to 28 vessels of $4,000 tons
aapRcfty.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-01-04

stead of two years Strike benefits
were increased from 81 to SO a week
and the salaries of international
secretaries was increased from So,
900 to So 500. Milwaukee was Sc
iected as the next convention city.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-01-04
GUARDS
WATCHED JAIL FROM
COURT HOUSE.

1t seems that the officials were
expecting trouble during the time
the union men were imprisoned in
the county Jail. Guards were sta
toned in the Court House at night,
from which point of vantage close
watch was kept on the prison No
doubt they got an inkling that a
violent attempt was to be made TO
release the union desperadoes. We
are not sure whether they were
armed with hand grenades or just
machine guns. Those who so
bravely and valiantly served the
county during the crisis and whom
no doubt the people will decorate
with medals of honor and hang
their pictures in the hall of fame
were:
Joe Scbaeffer,
Ed Sample,
Doc Thompson,
John "Pokey DeArmord
William Place,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-01-04
WOMEN SUCCESSFULLY
TAKE PLACES OF MEN.

Invasion OF women In the in
dustries OF the land was never
SO wildly shown as in the city
of Warren, Pa, during the past
few weeks when the calling Of
over 300 young men to war Gre
ated many vacancies in the
ranks of labor. During the past
few weeks, since the young men
responded to the call TO the
training camps, women have APP
peared In several lines of en-
deavor into which they had pre-
yiously never ventured. Lathes
are being manned" by the wom-
en- and girls and in this they ex-
eel the men, their daily output
being, after a few weeks prac-
tice, above that of the men
formerly employed. One man
ager says: "The experiment Is
a success and we viii use many
women hereafter. Where dex-
terity is required, the women ex-
eel the men and only on the
heavier work are they unable to
compete on an equality with the
men,"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-11-15
BIG CITY WITHOUT FACTORIES
ConstantinopIe Is the Only Metropolis
in the World That Has No
Smokestacks.

one wonders what the population of
CUustantinople lives ON, especially
now, George \. Schreiuer says in his
Berlin 10 Bagdad." In the Turkish
capital and in many suburbs lives Il
population of about l,1310OO, of whom
10000 are Turk, 2SO.O0O Greeks,
10000 ArmenlanS $4,000 Jews and
10000 of mixed European stock.
And there is not single smoke
stack. 1t almost seems as If the min
arets Of the mosques would not toll
crate such intrusion upon their prerog-
ative. From a landscape point of
view this is an advantage. But from
the angle of social economy the thing
is an anachroniSm.
COnstautinople is the metropolis
without factories. 1t is a place of trad
ing and home industry. The men all
buy and sell something and the poor
est classes of women work themselves
into blindness making lace and the
like. That lace may be fine and all
that. but it seems to me that it costs
too much in poor eyeSigLt and round
shoulders. IL also causes Il great deal
of tuberculosis Of the lungs. Last
but not least, it causes many Of the
young women to cast about for greater
and more easily ea'ncd incomes in the
cnbaretS aud other places.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-11-15
Job Was AIlurin1,

one of the well-knowm ParI; row
newspaper men was about to be colu-
miSSiOned in the intelligence depart
ment. He was told it would be Il mat
ter of few days. He made his plans
10 give up his work. Sublct his apart.
ment and, with Il bng containing few
necessities. went 1o Washington, wear
ing an old suit. He planned to pur-
nhasc his uniform in Washington.
When he arrived there he was told he
would be physically examined that
afternoon. When examined he was
found physically fit and was told he
Gould not be taken into the intclli-
yencc service IN account of the rGiC
hat all able-bodcd men had t0 be
hafted. Crestiallen, he returned 10
New York in his old suit The negro
elevator boy To whom he had given
his other clothes had gone and left
10 address.-NeW York sun.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-11-15
SALARY IS REFUSED Z
BY TIGER WILLIAMS
Former Bantamweight Champion
Shows Real Patriotism.
Te- chel Art Of Self.Defense to 5000
poughboys at Camp Holabird for
81 Per Annum-Wouldn't Ae-
eept $1,000.

1T salary of 81 year Kid VIII
llams, former worlds bnntamwelghi
ohi mpion, IL now working for the
Jr ted States government.
lie fatty refused TO accept 81 800
for the same Job, which Is spirit %
patriotism unequaled by any promo
merit ring star
The appointment by the government
wa brought about through an effort
of n newspaper man in Baltimore to
mi re Williams by requesting those
IN charge Of the enforcement OF the
work-or-tght law TO investigate his
case. This scribe had learned" that
the Tiger WIS attempting to heat the
spirit Of the law by serving as sales
man in n hat store.
Williams was called up and asked
at what essential occupation he was
serving. He frankly stated that his
wC"k in the store was merely done
vi hout cost to help out Il friend dur
H. his spare moments. His essen,
Il. work, he declared, was at Camn
Il abird, where he daily teaches o.
&C. dOughboys the rudiments of the
n. lly art Of ,sclf-defonse, which has
ben declared by military experts 50
essential in bayOnet fighting.
But the Kid said his appointment
wasn't official. The camp command.
ant was called in. He promptly de-
C'ared that Williams work was essen.