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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-08-21
(First published in the Western Kan
sas World, August z, 1919
EXECUTRIX' NOTICE

State of Kansas, Trego County.
In the Probate Court held in and for
said county and state.
Notice is hereby given, that letters
of administration upon the estate of
Ralph Kristof, late of Trego
County, Kansas, deceased, have been
granted to the undersigned, Anna
Kristof by the Probate Court of said
county of Trego, bearing date the
9Th day of August 1919. All persons
having claims against said estate are
required to exhibit them to me for
allowance, within one year after the
date of said letters, or they may be
precluded from any benefit of such
estate; and if such claims be not ex-
hibited within two years from the
time of the publication of this notice,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-08-21
LODGE NOTICE

Regular communication of Wa
.heeney- Lodge A F. & A NJ No. 14s
are held the first and third TUESDAYS
each month Visiting and sojournIng
brethren cordially invited to attend.
Special communications at call of
Worshipful Master
VIM J. Beardwe1, W. III.
J. W Bingham, Secy.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-08-21

they viii be forever barred.
Dated this 9th day OF August A D.
1919.
Anna Kristof,
Administrative
Estate of Ralph Kristof, Deceased.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-03-07

growth of Bolshevism and l. w. W.ism
in America?
You want to know what to do
about what you characterize as pes
tiferous intolerable group of destroy
ers?
"I'll tell you in three words: STOP
BREEDING THEM!
stop insisting upon intolerable
conditions that force the workers to
embrace the philosophy of despair.
"Wyerhauser, the Merchants and
Manufacturers Associations, the ex-
ploiters of the timber and lumber
workers of the Northwest who refuse
to permit labor to organize, who be-
long to that little group of mid-Vic-
torian bourbons who do not know that
the enlightened world has recognized
tiiG IlEd VI lilG WOIhCiS W COlICN
tive bargaining-they are the breed
ers of Bolshevism!
Your conversation, gentlemen, has
convinced me you belong to the group
/ have mentioned.
"You would kill some one-your
words indicate you would merely kill
without due process of law. That is
anarchism! You would deport them,
as at Bisbee? You would piffle with
the symptoms-and keep on breeding
the disease!
There is but one force in America
today to stop the growth of Bolshe-
vism, and that is organized labor
The American Federation of Labor is
the only constructive force today that
can meet this problem. Stop breeding
Bolshevism; it's product, result,
not cause. Stop it at its source.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-03-07
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NATIONAL,
WHO PAYS THE EXPENSE?

Before the senate military commit
tee hearing on the Davis bill to create
state constabulary last week, Thorn
as j. Donnelly, secretary of the Ohio
State Federation of Labor, said: "The
Ohio State Federation of Labor pays
the expenses of the men who talked
here tonight against this bill, there is
no secret about that. But who pays
the expenses of these troopers brought
here from New York and Philadel-
phia 2" No one vouchsafed an answer
to this query.
But there is the point exactly. Who
did pay these expenses? /? viii any
sane person believe for an instant
that the farmers for whose benefit
it is claimed that the rural police"
ESQ called to hide the real purpose for
which the state police are intended)
are to be created, paid this expense?
Who then paid for the newspaper
whole page advertisements and the
great piles of literature scattered
throughout the state in the bills be-
half? 1t is known that there was an
arrangement entered into by the
State Grange with the industrial in
terests favoring the state constabu-
larry, which was renamed rural po-
lice" When one reads over the list
of names of those who were in Colum-
bus last week in the interest of the
Davis bill, especially those sent by
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-03-07

the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce,
it is easy to figure where the money
came from to defray all expenses
and it wasn't the farmers who fur
nished it. It was the fellows who
are interested in crushing organized
labor 1t was done for the purpose
of using the state police for strike
breakers. The states police, il ere
ated, would be used to ride over the
workers when they ask for decent
living conditions as the Cossacks of
old rode over the peasants of Russia.
But organized labor is going to have
something to say long before the
State Constabulary bill becomes
real law in Ohio
- "a Pa
Governor James Cox certainly put
the majority members of the state
legislature and senate in the ace hole
when he sent in his message calling
for anti-German language legislation.
The republican party has been trying
to take credit for everything under
the sun, including the good things
connected with conducting the war and
giving all other parties h for all
the bad things. They have also been
playing for the good will of the pa
triots by a great display of hatred
of anything German. Now comes
along the Governor and asks this same
republican party, whose members are
in the majority in both branches of
the state legislature, to throw out any
thing and everything that has a Ger
man tinge to it. Maybe they would
like to do it, but they have an awful
lot of respect for that German vote.
Especially that Hamilton county
crowd, where the Germans are pretty
numerous. Governor Cox might be
hkened to the lion tanner, for while
they keep him watching them, he
keeps them on the jump
Pa R "a "a "a
The national war labor board re-
fuses to enter into further discussion
on whether the eight-hour day is
practicable. In its decision in the
case of Madison, Wis, employers and
workers, the board said:
"The time has come as settled
national policy that eight hours shall
constitute the basic days work. II
is not necessary to repeat arguments
that sustain this principle. 1t is suf-
ficient to refer to the packing house
case, decided by Judge Alshuler, and
the decision of Justice Clark, in award
in re Molders VS.. Wheeling Mold and
Foundry company, Wheeling, w. Va
and the decision of the railroad wage
commission
And is there any one to gainsay the
attitude of the board. Every one, with
the exception of a few long hour
advocates, agrees with the board in
its stand.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-03-07
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EIGHT-HOUR DAY.

A big soap factory in Cincinnati,
last week, put all its employees on an
actual eight-hour day, gave them a
substantial increase in wages and al
lowed them representation on the
board of directors. This immense
plant is conducted on the profit-shar-
ing plan. When the question of the
eight-hour day was broached it was
decided to leave it up to the employees
themselves, because the amount of the
profits to be distributed is a matter
of production of course. Left to the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-03-07
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MACHINISTS.
Another Big Meeting Held
Wednesday Night.

Machinists Union, Local No. 241,
held another rousing meeting Wednes-
day night. The hall was packed,
many having to stand. Much routine
business was transacted and several
important matters regarding the
workers in several Of the local shops
was discussed. The machinists are
on guard and watching every attempt
that goes to hammer down wages.
A large number of new members
We're taken in and quite a few new
applications were read.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-03-07
Columbus Labor News
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70 p p
BREEDERS OF BoLsHEvIsM

BREEDERS OF BOLSHEVISM
In the club car of de Luxe train
rolling toward Detroit one day last
week a number of "men of affairs"
were discussing world problems in
general and what to do with the
Bolshevik-I. w. w. element"
One yoluble and important looking
passenger who smoked fragrant i'm
ported cigar and spoke largely of
how 1--WE do things in Memphis" made
several suggestions only to amend
them again before the motions re-
ceived seconds
"The only way / can see to handle
them is to kill them but then, if
you kill one of them he becomes. a
martyr and two more half baked
radicals will become fully cooked and
join the l w. W. No, you can't do it
that way, much as / would like to see
it."
How about deporting them 2" ask
ed another of the group who had been
talking of his interests in one of the
large automobile manufacturing con-
Germs.
Deportation seems the best plan
but they retreat behind the law and
we could only deport the foreign born
and they tell me there are lot of
Americans among them most of
them are born right here in this
country"
mo, we can't depoft all of them,
besides | hear England and France
and Italy are preparing to deport a lot
of American agitators who have gone
there" said the wise one lugu-
briously.
eyes, and | hear there are about
five thousand American ]. w. w. agi-
tators in Russia and they may be de-
ported back here some day with all
their ideas of Soviets and such things.
We'd get the worst of that trade.
''If any man has any Idea of what
to do about this I'd like to hear it.
/ want the real solution" and he look
ed about with an all inclusive gesture
of challenge.
''Tf you gentlemen want to know, |
think ] can tell you," said a passenger
who had listened with deep interest
but had said nothing. There was
something impressive in the voice of
the speaker and all turned to listen.
"The train will be in Detroit in
or two. | can but give you a
brief and sketchy suggestion, but il
you will take it away with you and
give it some thought it may help.
"You want to know what to do with
the problem of the ever increasing
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-03-07

men, after much deliberation, it was
unanimously decided that more could
be produced in the short work day
than in the long one, and the eight
hour day was adopted. This was de-
cided upon after much investigation
of daily production in many plants
where the eight-hour day is estab-
lished. This is another feather in the
cap of the eight-hour day.
~ n "a 20 "a
A young discharged soldier said the
other day that the continued compul-
sorry service is breeding more bolshe-
vism and /. w. W'ism than all other
causes combined. And that is,<only
natural. How would you feel if COM
PEELED to stay in some military camp
when you know that your services are
no longer needed, and that your old
job is waiting for you and-that call
of home, friends and loved ones is
continually gnawing at your insides.
how would you feel
"a M pa m IA
If the local Liquor Licensing Board
had the least regard for the opinions
ana protests of 90 per cent of the citi-
zens of Hamilton and 100 per cent
of the neighbors in which the affair
occurred, there would have been no
need for sending three men to the
hospital on Monday night and endan-
gering the lives of half dozen other
people, including officers of the po-
lice force.
pa "a "a IA H
Real work started on the big Ford
tractor plant Thursday when the
Vaughn Construction Co, broke
ground for the first of the huge build
ings to be erected just north of the
reservoir. This is the best news, out
side the signing of the armistice, ever
received for Hamilton Now alto
gether, for a greater and better
Hamilton
E "a - pa "a
When the reputation or character of
place becomes such that it is neces-
sary to have an officer of the police
department visit it every hour in or
der to keep it within bounds, ther
that place should be closed up al
once-and not wait until the horse i;
stolen before locking the stable.
E va m va ~
How about the committee named tx
prepare home coming celebration
for our soldier boys laying that mat
ter aside for a time and taking III
the question of securing jobs fo,
them? They would appreciate thi
more than being paraded around ant
hurrahed over on an empty stomach
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Last week we asked for the nam
of that BIG steel plant that failed t,
come to Hamilton because of the lacl
of electric current, but up to the tim
of going to press we haven't receivet
the requested information We vii
publish this information just as sool
as we receive it.
pa "a - va Ea
Are you going to have your hous
papered this spring? If you are, se
that the man doing it carries th
Painter, Decorator and Paper Hange
union card You will know then tha
it is going to be done right
Ea pa VA ga pa
4 Lest we forget, brother, are yol
still buying those little Thrift stamps
Keep right at it, the boys need tn,
money now and it will be paid bacl
to you some time when you may neeC
it. Keep it up
ga Ea Wa "a @
CONSTABULARY! SPELLED AMI
DEFINED.
"Con"-That's the bait for the red
brush rubes.
stab That's the knife to the hilt
in the breast of Labor
"bul'-That's the bait that they are
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-03-07
THE DIFFERENCE.

Wise Guy When single woman
believes in practicing economy she
husbands her means.
The Really WiseA when mar
ried woman believes that economy
should be practiced she means her
husband.--Judge.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-03-07

This spells "Constabulary' and
means the Cossacks who rode down
the miners in Pennsylvania state, and
will do the same in Ohio, if the out
rageous system is allowed to organ
ize
Columbus Labor News
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See that the Bakers union label is
on every loaf of bread you buy All
good and clean bread made has the
label on it.
Va IA pa R pa
Our returning soldier boys are not
asking for charity, not on your life,
all they ask is that they be given a
job
The sun., 1919-03-08
ELECT CHARLES HAYDEN
View Director OF Cuba Cane su1,,
Issues statement.

Charles Hayden Of Hayden. Stone 4
co. was yesterday elected a director q,
tho Cuba Cane Sugar Corporation. In
statement given out after n. an
nouncement Of his election Air. IIayd.n
said
Individually have purchased a Cub.
stantial interest In the Cuba Cane suEs -
Corporation OF late, as has also a nun
Der OF clients of my ffrm. believe this
Is one OF the largest and most eonpre-
hensive sugar organizations in existence
That II is managed by people who have
a large monetary interest therein and
whose sole Interest Is In making II a
commercial success. There are conner
oial risks and Nicissitudes in the sugar
business as there are In practically ali
'ndustriea I have every reason 10 homo
and believe that this company is going
10 be a substantial and profitable rro
Queer OF sugar permanently.
The per capita consumption Of suzs
IN the world is growing steadily. ana
while the production in Cuba was vastly.
Increased during the recent war, the can
ital expenditures which had been made
by this company should place II on ss
favorable basis as other corporations
In the same business 70 meet lower prices
for the raw product that may come With
full production in Europe when II is re
sumed."
The sun., 1919-03-08
BALDWIN LOGON otive.

Strength In Baldwin yesterday was
due primarily to facts disclosed at the
annual meeting in Philadelphia on the
preceding day as to the strong financial
position of the company. Besides several
interesting things about the company
cash position. which were not made pub
lie but which were circulated around
the Street during the day in various
FORMS II is understood that semi-otficial
assurances were given certain stock
holders that dividends would be forth
coming on the Junior issue not later
than May. The size OF the disbursement
for the common was not mentioned, but
from authoritative sources II was learned
that It will be substantial. and that once
disbursements are begun the company's
strong cash position will warrant their
being continued indefinitely. In some
quarters report is current that the COM
ing disbursement will be at least per
cent IL not great deal larger. depend
ing entirely upon progress in readtust-
ment OF the company TO a peace basis.
The sun., 1919-03-08
American Interna tionnI.

The sensational six point rise yester-
day In American International Corpora
ton TO CT was attributed to belated
recognition of the strong financial posi-
ton Of that issue. which has been selling
out OF Inc with other securities OF it's
class. There were reports that insiders
know OF extremely favorable develop
ments in South America which. will be-
come public property soon. A director
described as foolish talk OF an immediate
call for the 40 per cent balance on the
stock to make the issue full paid at par
and to be followed by n 40 per cent
stock dividend. He declared that the
rise IN the stock was warranted by the
annual report which will come out
shortly and show a liquid position equal
to better than s65 share. The director
considers the showing remarkable in
view OF adverse conditions during war.
and says that American International
has not had chance to demonstrate its
real earning power
The sun., 1919-03-08
Only q Suggestion.

About all that remains after thorough
investigation OF the $500, 900 900 bank
ing pool story to aid railroads is that a
customer OF a prominent Wall Street in
stitution suggested its formation, that
the president OF the bank carried that
suggestion and others TO J. p. Morgan
& Co. and that che sentiment OF bankers
in other cities was sounded regarding
tho project II was found that many
questions of fact and Law confront the
suggestion and that many apparently
insurmountable obstacles stand in the
way. There is a political question too.
and the proposal is characterized in In
fuential quarters as rnoonshine and as
being in a purely nebulous stage. II
looks as though the stronger roads
would be helped out by the banking
group without resort 10 a pool and the
weaker roads would receive all aid
needed from the War Finance Corpora
ton. which can loan directly at least
s887,6o0.o0o. and which possibly will be
able TO loan larger sums II required
The sun., 1919-03-08
Mariness Advance.

Notwithstanding fiat denial from
Washington that the proposed sale Of
ships of the International Mercantile
Marine Company to the American Gov
eminent would be taken up by President
Wilson at Paris the shares OF that COM
pany. especially the pyrotechnical pre-
ferred, continued their upward climb
yesterday and closed very close 20 the
top figure for the day with a healthy net
advance from Thursdays final price.
The story which started the movement
In the morning was that the President
would take up the deal in Paris and
that indications were that he would
make favorable decision. Washington
dispatches later denied that Mr.. Wilson
would consider the matter in that city,
which made little difference 10 the stock
market Other shipping, shares made
substantial advances In sympathy with
Marines
The sun., 1919-03-08
The Shipping situation.

great deal has been said about the
predicament OF railroads as the result Of
failure of Congress to pass certain meas
ures. but effect on shipping or shipbuild-
Ing has appeared to escape notice. 1t is
said that there are funds on hand to
carry on the programme only to June
I and that unless something is done the
work will have to stop then. Lack Of
funds is likely TO affect American Inter
nationals shipbuildng company, but Il
Is too early to estimate the extent OF the
menace. American Internationars re-
port probably will show how much II
earned from shipbuildlng. but II is prob
able that other developments, particu-
larly in South America, were more
profitable
The sun., 1919-03-08
Building Activity begins.

perhaps the most notable adva nee
industrally. visible Is the swelling Of
the building trades Into modified form
OF preparatory activity after over n
year OF dullness and depression and
even starvation treatment forced by war
necessities Proof that the corner was
really turned In this line In January Ig
clearly visible, Collections have bright
ened up slightly. and reports as TO these
are the best for n month past.
THE Unemployment situation n sti'l
fairly pressing one, and tho weeks
army discharges have still eurther
ewelled the official totals of idleness bu,
some good authorities are inclined To
regard this matter as having been ur-
duly stressed. and the approach %"
spring is surely working 10 afford wide
opportunities for occupation. Symptn.
matte OF this arc the reports from the
South and from parts Of tho Northwest
that farm labor Is scarce and horticulture
will shortly OFFER n wider field 20 those
willing 10 work hard
That the entire Industrial sttuatic,r
still has problems to be faced and solved
Ia not to he denied. The killing OF the
railway bill by the Senate flIbuster has
been great disappointment to those
who hoped 20 see large Government ex.
penditures ease iron, steel, lumber and
railway equipment trades over come
rocky spots, but hope of railways Oh
tanning needed financing has not beer
abandoned. Bankers are con.iderinY
Government plans for tiding tho road
over the spring improvement season"
The sun., 1919-03-08
GOSSIP OF WALL STREET.
A million share Day.

The markets TO 1916 have TO be re-
sorted to to duplicate the consistent
strength of yesterdays million share
session, when under the leadership of
steels the whole market moved forward
impressively. The outstanding, fact In
the news was disclosure of the move
ment of powerful forces to care for the
rail predicament. The report that a
s500.000.000 banking pool was ITO be
formed was exploded. but enough fact
remained to show that railroad finances
would not be allowed to drop into chaos.
All efforts of financial interests and
Washington authorities are being di-
rected toward restoration OF confidence,
but the best little restorer appears TO
be, as always, rise In prices. In fact
imitation to be produced by Victory Loan
financing and In smaller measure by the
solution OF the railroad problem Is being
reflected. or rather discounted, In the
market
The sun., 1919-03-08
Breathing Optimism.

wan Street continues to breathe op-
timism and the stock market to move
upward. In the opinion OF one man
yesterdays advance was natural re
suit OF optimistic statements MADE
Thursday BY leading steel men. coupled
with a strong technical position. He
said that popular belief that shorts mao
been run in during the recent rise was
a fallacy, and added that every day sees
increasing public participation in the
ma rket Many OF those who were afraid
OF the market because OF recent sensa-
tional movements have been reassured
TO some extent. Their primary fear was
that the money powers would step In
and put a cr1mp In things generally by
fixing a restrictive money rate NOW
they feel that the movement mas pro
zreased 40 far that there need be no
further fear OF interference from that
The sun., 1919-03-08
CONSOLIDATED EXCHANGE.

Substantial net gains were made In a
lroad and active market yesterday on
The Consolidated Stock Exchange. Clos
ing quotations were fractionally below
the top prices OF the session and were
reached in the early afternoon as the
result of an aggressive profit taking
movement In the final hour. This realiz-
ing selling checked the spirited demand
that had prevailed. with but minor and
temporary reactions, from the opening
and sent stocks upward from one 10
more than three points. The closing tone
vas strong. Trading was In heavy vol
ume throughout the session and public
partiGpa ton was much In evidence.
Speculative interest centred chiefly in
the industrials. Railroad stocks were
strong, with gains from one to three
POINTS Trading In Liberty Loan bonds
was in fair volume. with prices firm.
The sun., 1919-03-08
susge.t Clearing systeIn.

Because OF alarming increase in the
last few months OF robberies In the
financial district a movement has been
set on foot for establishing some sort OF
central clearing system for Liberty
bonds and other negotiable securities
to make sending them by messenger
unnecessary II ia proposed that the
bonds be deposited in a central clearing
agency end that receipts similar to
those fofsyoclS S7Ta rings and haiS loans
be issued one broker estimated yes
terday that there are 100000, 900 In ne
gouable securities moving about the
streets Of the financial district all OF the
time during Stock Exchange and bank
ing hours and declared that the best
way TO meet the situation was to change
these securitleu into non negotiable re-
ceipts OF a clearing house.