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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-06-14
Shipyard Workers Are Not
Stacking

Washington.-Secretary Of Labor
Wilson gave out the following state
ment today relative to the allegation
that shipbuilding workmen are fall
ing down on the job:
"My attention has been called to
speeches alleged to have been made
by Captain W. H. Stayton, IT, S. N,
retired, representing The Navy league,
at various meetings Of commercial
bodies, in which he is quoted as say
ing that man could drive four thou
sand rivets day, but labor unions
fix rs as a days work, and further
that if these men cannot be persuaded
to do better or be forced to speed up
through public sentiment and other
means, then they ought to be stood up
against wall and shot | have also
been informed that numbers of people
throughout the country in public and
private speech have been asserting
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-06-14

that on the Pacific coast men capble
of driving 500 to 600 rivets per day
are prescribed by labor bosses to 60
as a days work; that workmen by the
same authority are restricted to bor-
ing so holes per day in wooden ships;
and that caulkers We're limiting their
work to 100 feet of caullling per day.
'In view Of the seriousness of these
allegations, ! directed an investiga-
ton to be made on the Pacific coast,
which is more completely unionized
than any other shipbuilding section
Of the country, assigning James L.
Hughes, formerly assistant commits
sioner of immigration at Philadelphia
and at present an assistant in the en-
ployment service of the department,
to make the survey. / am in receipt
Of the telegraphic reports which would
indicate that there is no justification
for the statements that labor is fall
ing down on the job.
These facts gathered as a result
Of scientific investigation demonstrate
the patriotism and efficiency of the
men engaged in shipbuilding opera
tions and need no further comment
from me-"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-06-14
FIRST STEAMERS ON LAKES
The Ontario and the Frontenae.
Launched 1o1 Years Ago, Were
Constructed in 1916.

The first steamboats, on the Great
Lakes were launched 101 years ago on
Lake Ontario. Two craft operated by
steam were constructed in 1916 on the
shores of the latter lake, one being
the Ontario, built at Sacketts Harhor,
n. Y, and the other the Frontenac,
which was launched at Ernestown,
Canada, on September z, 1916. The
Frontenac was one Of the finest steam
boats afioat at that time. It cost $75,-
600, and was of 700-tons burden, its
length of deck being 40 feet. The
Fronterac was placed In operation 100
years ago, making three round trips
each month from Kingston to York and
Niagara. Capt. James Mckenzie, who
had had experience In the British navy,
was placed In command. The From
tenac was in service on Lake Ontario
for ten years, and soon had several
rivals for the lake trade.
A fare Of SIS was charged from
Kingston to Niagara for first-class pas
sengers, but deck passengers were car
ried for $3.75 head. The freight rate
was "4 shillings per barrel bulk"
The first steamship on Lake Erie
was the Walk-indhe-Water, which was
launched at Black Rock, near Buffalo,
In 1918.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-06-14
STATES LOOK TO
WORKERS SAFETY
Are AWaking to Necessity of Con-
serving the Available Labor
Supply.
WAR HAS HELPED MOVEMENT
Workmen's Compensation Laws Also
Largely Responsible for Good Re-
suits Over Four-Fifths of the
United States.

Wars heavy demands upon our in
| dustries have given increased import
ance to the protection of the industrial
army. Safety first" efforts, resulting
from workmen's compensation laws,
are being .redoubled as the necessity
of conserving the available labor sup
ply is becoming more acute.
Many thousands of men have been
| drawn out of industrial occupations by
the mobilization OF the military forces
And the sudden and unprecedented adj
vent of men and women, young boys
and girls, into unaccustomed occupa-
tions to meet the need Of maximum
output of essential materials is stimu-
lating the extension and enforcement
of protective measures for labor, such
as compensation for injured workers
and prevention of industrial accidents
The country is fulfilling this require
ment of preparedness. Substantial
gains in the field of workmen's COM
pensation are reported by the Ameri-
can Association for Labor Legislation
in its fourth annual edition, just is
sued, of Standards for Workmen's
| Compensation Laws"
During 1917 five additional states
enacted such laws. Numerous other
states made far-reaching improve.
ments in their existing statutes. On
October 6, also, congress passed and
President Wilson signed the bin which
the association was officially requested
to draft, restoring to longshoremen
and other workers in and about ves-
sells at the docks the benefits of state
workmen's compensation laws, OF
which they had been deprived by the
United States Supreme courts divided
opinion in the Jensen case.
Aids as Effective War Measure.
''This measure" according to Secre-
tary John b. Andrews, ''provides an
urgently needed adjustment which viii
do much to assist the effective prose-
cution Of the war work of the govern
ment and opens the way for compre-
hensive application of state compen-
sation acts to industrial accidents in
marine employment"
The new legislation of the last year
brings the total of workmen's compen-
sation states up to 37-covering four
| fifths of the map Of the United States.
Porto Rico, Alaska and Hawaii have
also adopted compensation laws. The
federal government now protects it's
half million civilian employees with
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-06-14

tended a wedding at Reading, an ex-
change relates, where she met a young
gentleman named Benjamin Child He
was a poor attorney. With this hand
some young man the younger lady fell
violently in love, but still she was eau
tious. She reasoned with herself for
several days, trying to shake herself
free of the sudden passion, but all in
vain. Then, feeling that something
must be done, but unable, from confu-
sion of mind, to devise a proper course,
she took the extraordinary step Of
sending the young man a letter de-
manding satisfaction for alleged in
juries. She appointed a time and place
for the hostile meeting. Mr.. Child was
much surprised, and quite at a loss to
conceive who the challenger could be.
BY the advice of a friend, he decided
to go to the dueling place. Here he
was met by the young woman, who,
much to his surprise, told him he
would have to fight her or marry her,
He naturally chose the latter, and, as
the saying goes, they lived happily
ever afterward,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-06-14
Eagles Outing
To Be A Monster Affair.
If Possible Will Have Camp
Sherman Soldier Boys Here
For The Day.

The Eagles Outing Committee is
rounding everything to in fine shape
for the big outing on July 4th at the
fair grounds.
Every attempt is being made to
have the soldier boys at Camp Sher-
man here for the day as the guests
of Hamilton and the Eagles. General
Glenn, before leaving Camp Sherman,
assured the committee that he would
take the matter up with his successor
and that there wasn't any doubt but
that he would give his consent and
comply with the committees request.
So that it is almost certain the boys
will be here.
The committee is working hard on
the program and when completed it
will doubtless be the best that has
ever been put on at the fair grounds.
Many attractions are being booked
and many amusements are to be fur
nished for the entertainment of those
who attend.
The country store, always the big
thing at the Eagles outing, is rapidly
building up and will be the biggest
they ever had. Anything possible to
obtain in an up to date general store
will be in this country store.
The international Fireworks Com
pany at Jersey City, N. j., has been
contracted with for the fireworks dis
play and it will be handsome one.
Many patriotic set pieces will be dis
played. In fact, the whole outing is
to be of a patriotic order and is to
be one big patriotic demonstration.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-06-14

ust 10th, as the date for holding the
second annual outing which takes
place at the fair grounds.
Owing to the high cost of every
thing and because of the war in which
SO many of the members of the lodge
are engaged, it was proposed to aban-
don the affair this year But it proved
SO popular last year and because of
the request of so many that it be
repeated this year, it was decided to
hold it agin on the date above men
toned.
The outing committee met Monday
night and organized as follows Rudy
Laubaugh, chairman; William j
Welsh, secretary; Chas. A. Wysong,
treasurer.
The attraction committee was au-
thorized to book the strongest attrac-
tions possible to be obtained at what
ever cost.
The secretary was instructed to
have the leading fire works manufac-
turers submit $1,000 fireworks dis
play program.
The Moose are determined to make
this the biggest ever and they have
a good, live committee on the job
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-06-14
Workmen's Compensation Laws in Ef-
feet in States Shown In White.

model measure, embodying substan-
TALLY all the provisions recommended
in the Standards"
Missouri, North Dakota and Vir-
ginia are conspicuous among the II
states that have not yet adopted work
mems compensation. In Missouri the
efforts Of employers and employees
have been thwarted for six years by a
hostile element in the state senate.
Favorable sentiment in these states,
however, has so far developed that
this legislation is expected soon.
Universal Health Insurance.
Along with the rapid spread of work.
mems compensation since April, 1911,
when the first general state compen-
sstion law to go into effect and stay
In effect was enacted, similar progress
is reported toward universal health
insurance for protection In sickness
and childbirth, as industrial accidents
are now protected.
Announcement is made in the asso-
cations new bulletin on compensa-
tfon standards of the addition to its
committee on social insurance of form
er Congressman David J. Lewis, now a
member of the federal tariff commits
sion, Commissioner James M. Lynch
of the New York industrial commits
sion, and Francis King Carey, manu-
facturer and attorney of Baltimore.
This committee has already prepared
legislation for workmen's health In
surance to bring about "health first
movement supplementary to the ''safe-
ty first" campaign that has accompa-
MED workmen's compensation.
In the eight states where legislative
commissions are now at work studying
this measure, which is characterized
by United States Surgeon General Ru-
pert Blue as ''the next great step in
social legislation" there is manifested
among employers, physicians and labor
greater insistence upon such protec-
tive measures for working men and
women as an effective means of keep.
ing labor power at the highest point
of efficiency and of sustaining the ma
tons industrial strength in war time
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-06-14
Reelected President of Car
penters' Union.

Carpenters Union No. 637, held a
packed house meeting Thursday night
A great amount of business was trans
acted. Thee members were taken in
on clearance cards from the Cincin-
natl local. One candidate was ini-
tiated and three new applications were
received. Business Agent Swain Cor
son reported that the demand for car
penters is greater than ever. The or
ganization then held election of Off
GERS which resulted as follows: Presi-
dent, Louis f. Nau; vice president
John Jobe; recording secretary, A. E.
Eggleston; financial secretary, s. B.
Hedges; treasurer, Swain Corson:
conductor. VIM. c. Thomas; warden
Boston Hedberg; trustees, Chas. E
Davis and William Campbell
"a "a ~
After all, saving is not sacrificing.
rs r. ~
When you buy War Savings Stamps
you do not give-you receive.
"a - ~
Buy Liberty Bonds and Save
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-06-14
CIaSsificatiOnS Are Made For Fight
Or Work. Plan.

Butler County's thousands of idlers
and unproductive workers will now
have to fight the atrocious Boche or
go to work at some essential industry,
Instructions to this effect were re-
ceived from Washington Tuesday
Every man will eventually be given
a positive notification as to whether
or not his work is essential to the
government. The first to be hit by
this bolt have been placed in variety
of classes. They are:
Glass ALL persons engaged in
the serving of food and drink, OF
either, in public places, including ho-
tells and social clubs.
Class B-Passenger elevator oper-
ators and other attendants in clubs,
hotels, stores, apartment houses, Of
flee buildings and lighthouses.
Class C-Persons, including ushers
and other attendants engaged and oc-
cupied in and in connection with
games, sports and amusements, ex-
cepting actual performers in legiti-
mate concerts, operas or theatrical
performances.
Class D-Persons employed in do
mestic service.
Class E-Sales clerks and other
clerks employed in stores and other
mercantile establishments.
1t is decreed that all idlers are to
be rounded up by draft officials. In
this connection the official bulletin
says:
'The status of idleness furnished
sufficient ground for the withdrawal
Of his deferred classification and the
regulations applicable to idle regis
trants shall be deemed applicable also
to gamblers of all description and en-
ployees of race tracks and bucket
shops and to fortune-tellers, clairvoy-
ants, palmists and the like, who for
the purpose of these regulations shall
be considered as an idler"
1t was pointed out that agricultural
centers are experiencing difficulty in
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-06-14
TAKE CHANCE ON HAPPINESS
Grasp the Mood as 1t Passes and Join
the Great Throng Wearing Smiling
Countenances.

We were coming home from q dinner
party together my friend and I. 1t
was late at night and rather rainy,
and as we sat together in the damp,
almost empty trolley car, my friend
spoke very suddenly and seriously,
writes Ma. garet E. Sangster in the
Christian Herald.
"Just now" she said, 'T've a chance
to be very happy. But I'm almost
afraid to take it -
The rain beat, in futile manner,
against the car windows. listened to
1t for moment before spoke.
'WhyY l questioned at last-'why
are you afraid to take your chance-to
be happy?"
Because" answered my friend, and
her eyes looked far away-past the car
and the rain, even-"because I'm
afraid that it won't last !"
When it is autumn, and the leaves
are crimson and gold-colored and very
beautiful, we know, even as we admire
them, that they will be brown and
withered some day. But that does not
keep us from loving their glorious col
orS.
It's like that, too, with flowers, and
springtime, and the blue sky of sum
mer. We know that the flowers will
fade away and that springtime will go
and that there will be winter storm
clouds where there were once sparkles
of sun.
And SO this is the answer to my
friend and to other friends of mine:
Never be afraid to grasp at happi-
ness because it may not last. For hap
piness is as beautiful as the flowers
of spring and the sky of summer and
the vivid leaves Of autumn. And even
though it might not last, happiness Is
too beautiful to pass by with never q
glance.
And then, as the philosopher said
and as we know, don't be sure, as you
take your chance at happiness, that il
will not stay. Look around your circle
Of friends look at your business asso
ciates, look at the casual crowds that
you pass every day and you'll see thai
the average of happy faces is rather
high. You'll see more smiles, / think
than frowns; more merry faces thar
sad ones
Don't be afraid to take a chance al
happiness because you fear that it Is
too beautiful to last. Take youl
chance, instead, arguing that happines:
is too beautiful not to last
"a sa "a
Business as usual now may NEAR
mo business later.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-06-14

obtaining a sufficient number Of men
to assist in the work. While the war
department recently issued instruc-
tions for draft boards to assist farm
ers in obtaining temporary furloughs
from active army service of men who
have had agricultural experience, the
required number We're not available.
This plan, it is expected, will re-
lieve thousands Of men who have been
placed in deferred classes on account
Of civil vocations. A large proportion
of them have no othe deferment
claims, and when married men, and
those who have been placed in Glass
are automatically swung into their
work the Glass / lists of draft boards
will be increased.
Every man of draft age who is
drawn up for consideration before his
status in the draft is officially chang
ed viii be granted an opportunity to
exhibit evidence as to his grounds for
deferment in the draft. When his
claims are not consistent with the
rulings of the War Department the
registrant will be withdrawn from his
present vocation and placed in some
essential war work In case the reg
istrant's claims are completely un-
grounded he will be re-classifed in
the draft list and his order number
withdrawn and one that will place
him within the current quota of his
respective draft board substituted.
The same procedure will control
/ this policy as that utilized in the
selective service draft Registrants
viii be granted opportunities to ap-
peal their cases to the District Board
after the Local Board has passed upon
them. They may appeal later to the
President when the District Board has
reported its findings
The exact number of men the work
or fight" order will directly and in
directly affect in Hamilton and But
Ter County can not be aseertained un-
til the plan is actually put into opera
tion on July l.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-06-14
What Would You Do To Stop
Such Things

President Wilson, while reviewing
the Red Cross parade in New York,
was greeted by Canadian soldier,
invalided home from the front, who
had been taken into the Canadian
army despite The fact that he was
81 years old when the authorities
learned that his son was one of those
that German soldiers crucified on a
barn door What would you do to
stop such fendish things? Do you
think it much of sacrifice to pledge
yourself to save and to buy War Saw
ings Stamps?
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-06-14
LOUIS F. NAU

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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-06-14
Germany's War On The
Wounded.

German airplanes recently bombed
a large American hospital. lowering
at low attitudes, every effort was made
to hit the main building, which was
conspicuously marked with the Red
Cross emblem. Doctors and nurses
removed our wounded boys to trenches
previously dug for such emergencies.
National Was Savings Day gives an
opportunity to register in practical
way your vow that such things must
end
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-06-14
The aggregate wages paid In manu-
featuring in New York state factories
in September, 1917, showed an increase
Of per cent over August.
HAD TO FIGHT DUEL OR WED
Young Man Surprised to Receive chaI.
lenge, But More Surprised to Find
Foe Woman.

William Kenrick, a Berkshire gentle
man of hundred years ago, left his
property, which was considerable, to
an only daughter. This young lady
had mind Of her own and. finding
none OF her suitors to her liking, sim
ply determined to wait until the right
gentleman should come along.
It so happened that one day she at
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-17
HAYS UNITES FACTIONS
OF CALIFORNIA G. O.P.
Both Sides FOrSwear Griev-
ances at Get-Togcthcr
Banquet
Los Angeles, cal. Nprn T..

Factions Of the Republican party in
California got together at a banquet
last night and decided to forget the diff
fcrences which caused the defeat Of
Charles T.. Hughes in 1916, and pledged
Co-opcratiou in future.
The banquet was i'm honor Of :ho ma
tional Republican chairman viii H..
Hays. who is given the credit of bringing
the PrOgrcss,ves ana Republicans to-
gether i'm genuine harmony for the first
time since the famous party split i'm 1910,
when Governor Hiram W. Johnson tnow
United STAGES SENATOR led his followers
aStray from the 6. .. 4. organizations
I'm a spirit Of becoming humility lead
crs of both factions agreed To Chairman
Ilays's plan for harmony, divided the
hunors on committees, buried tn" hatchct
and determined to 60 out after the tradi-
tiOnal enemy, the Democratic party. so
long as the energy 2hus expended does
not interfere with the war.
If Mr.. Hughes is willing to regard
what happened in california i'm 1916 as
water that has passed under the bridge
said he. "why should not you?'
Not for eight years has there been a
gathering Of Republicans whore an equal
number Of representatives from both
sides served on a reception committee.
The attempt Of Mr.. Hughes to get the
two factions to agree to AN equal divi-
sion was a failure but the new leader
of the party won his point with scarcely
any effort.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-17

ever. and all the world can realize TO-
day the difference IL would have madc
In the German drive II the regions ut
the Kaiser could have used the ridge
as "iumping-om" place instead Of
having il before them as barrier
which has proved SO costly 10 attack
Baileul teemed with British troops
on the march last summer but II bore
scarcely a mark Of battle. knowing Z
90 be an important railway center ana
assembly point for the British forces,
the Germans occasionally would drop
high velocity shell into the town
from some longrange gun, but no one
pays much attention TO a casual shell
or two in France today. There were
corps and divisional headquarters In.
Baileu and officers clubs and quite
gay little restaurants run by thrifty
FTenchwomen, where soldiers JUST
back from the front used to congre-
gate and talk about every subject in
the world except the war.
Prying German airplanes used to
circle over the town from day TO day,
and it always was beautiful sight
to see the white puff balls or British
shrapnel shells reaching for the in
truders two miles and more in the air.
Vast stores Gathered Here
There must have been vast army
stores in and about Bailleul, for 1t was
natural supply point for the Mes
sines area and the Ypres salient How
much of this material the British get
away can only be conjectured. 1t may
have been necessary to burn most of IT,
which, of course. would prevent any
benefit accrung TO the enemy, but at
the same time the loss to the Allied
cause remains.
The relation Of BailleU TO the
Messines Ridge may be understood
from the fact that II was made the
gathering place for most of the Ger
man prisoners taken during the British
operations last June. The prisoners
were escorted into the outskirts of
the town and confined in barbed-wire
compounds, or cages, which had been
prepared for them long before the Brit
lsh soldier was scheduled TO go over
the top. Tired and spent men they
were, exhausted by the terrific drum
fire to which they had been subjected,
and hungry for the food which had
been cut off from them for days by
the intensity of the British barrage
maintained against the supply lines.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-17
RAILROADS EMERGING
FROM FREIGHT TTE-UP
Eastern Lines Hold One-fourth
the Number of Cars Re-
ported in January
Washington, April Il

'"H''"~''"' NI'' -
Indications are that nl.huuuh Eastern
,.,.I.,,d..,, r...r,. ,ft,ti,.. l,,f,. ri,,,. p,
'' ''.'''' '''
''' DIX I'''EhI '".-'@'I'H Nnl'h u'-
v,lupad during tine ung period of bad
weather last December aud january, II
viii take "a month luu-.r 90 restore con-
dj,IouH to normal
report of the railroad administration
shows il.I2G ears more than normal
held ON eastern lines. about ouc-rourtn
the number reported early last Jan