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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-01-17
Name of Union

Name or Union
Trades Council ................................
Anal. Meat & Butcher Workmen, 621
Bartenders Union No. 169 ............
Brew. and Soft Drink Workers No. 8:
BARRIERS Union No. 125 ..................
Cigar Makers Union No. 123 .........
Bakers Union No. 81 .......................
Carpenters & Joiners No. 637 ...........
Boot & Shoe Repairers No. BAT ......
City Fire Fighters No. 20 .................
Electrical Workers Union No. 648.....
Horse Shoers Union No. IS .........
Machinists' Local No. 241 ...............
Molders' Union No. 68 .......................
Molders' Union No. 283 ..................
Musicians Local No. 81 ....................
Metal Polishers ...............................
Plumbers Union No. 108 ...................
Pattern Makers ..................................
Paint. Dec Paper Hangers No. 1856.
Retail Clerks Union No. 119 .............
Stove Mounters Union No. 8 .............
Stationary Engineers No. 81 ............
Stationary Firemen No. 90 ...............
A. A. of s. E. Ry. E. of A. ...............
Street Car Mems Local No. 438 ..,....
Theatrical Stage Emp. No. 136 ......-
Tailors Union No. 358 .........................
Typographical! Union No. 200 .........
Teamsters and Chauffeurs No. IT'S.
Textile Workers of America No 1888
Woman's Union Label League ........
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-01-17

Lap softly, waves, the high gray
prow
Blow gently, winds, through joyous
days,
Nor any slumbering Sea King rouse,
To peril safety, cause delays.
Watch, stars, through silent, blissful
nights,
Sun, with newer splendor shine
Bring nearer rapturous delights
Loved exiles bring, for whom hearts
pine
Glad hours, move swiftly till once
more
Home faces dear those dear ones
greet!
Speed, tides the ships toward this
proud shore
Where flags will wave and drums
will beat!
Hide, Mercy, all the hurts and scars
That war so ruthlessly has left
Assuage the pain that triumph mars,
For those of hero-lads bereft.
Sky, sea combine! Safeguard the way
Through oceans rainbow tinted
foam.
"Victors returning!" men will say,
But we-"Our boys are coming
home!"
y New York Times
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-01-17
The Faithful Few

When the meetin's called to order,
And you look around the room,
You're sure to see more faces
That from out the shadows loom
That are always at the meeting,
And stay until it's through;
The ones that | would mention,
Are the always faithful few.
They fill the vacant offices
AS they're always on the spot;
No matter what's the weather,
Though it may be awful hot;
1t may be damp and rainy,
But they are tried and true
The ones that you rely upon,
Are the always faithful few.
There's lots of worthy brothers,
Who will come when in mood,
When everything's convenient,
They can do little good.
They're a factor in the order,
And are necessary, too;
But the ones who never fail US,
Are the always faithful few.
If it were not for the faithful,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-01-17

The Cooperative Trades and Labor
Council met Tuesday night in regular
session. President Albert Brown be-
ing absent, Lou Nau acted as presi-
dent pro tenn. Forty-five delegates
were present.
The credentials of Joseph Sterwein
of Firemen's Union and William Bal
lett of Plumbers Union were read,
received and delegates installed
The minutes of the previous meet
ing were read and approved.
A communication from Joseph
Proebstle, general financial secretary
of the international Union of the
United Brewery Workers Union, was
read. He enclosed two resolutions,
one to be forwarded to the state legis-
lature and the other to Secretary
Frank Morrison of the American
Federation. The resolution to the
legislature requests that ratification
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-01-17

declared that the operation of refrig-
orator cars by independent meat pack
ers is theoretically possible, but in
reality is losing venture"
Railroads furnish such poor serv-
ice to small packers that they soon
find that they cannot continue to OPP
crate the cars" he said Marked
discrimination of service has been
shown in many instances. Cars op-
Grated by the, big five averaged 80
miles day, while the average of all
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-01-17
HAMILTON LABOR UNIONS
Time and Place of Meeting.

tlHIN anu Act1C VI NnCCllAlS
Alternate Tues, Hall No. 1.................
1st and 3rd We'd, 7. C. ......................
list and 3rd Sun afternoon, t. C. -.
End and 4th Friday, T. c. ..................
End and 4th Mondays, Hall No .....
End Monday, Hall No. 3. ................
1st and 3rd Saturday, T. C. ............
Every Thurs, Hall No. ...................
Third Friday, AZ N. Fifth st. .............
list Tuesday, T. G. Hi No. A ...........
Alternate Tues, T. C. No 3 ..............
1st and 3rd Mon, 7. c. No. 8 ..........
Every Wed, T. C. Hall No. 2 ............
Every Mon, 7. C. No. .....................
Alternate Wed, t. c. No. l .......,.......
LIST Mon, High and Monument ...........
Alternate We'd, T. c. ..........................
list and 3rd Mon, Sauer's Hall ..,........
LIST and 3rd Fri, T. C. Hall
Every Thurs, T. C. Hall No. A ...........
End and 4th Mon, 7. c. Hall No. l :.
LIST and 3rd Fri, T. c. .......................
list and 3rd Mon, I. C, .....................
End and 4th Thurs, S38 High ST..
LIST Fri, Miamjsburg; 8rd Fri, Ham.
LIST Fri Miamisburg; 3rd Fri. Ham,.
.3rd Sun, T. C. Hall ...,....,....................
.1st Thurs, IA n. Third ST ...........,...
End We'd, T. C. Hall No .............,.....
.1st and 3rd Thurs, T. c. ....................
Alternate Tues, T. c. ......................
Alternate Thurs, T. c. No 2 ............
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-01-17
big FIVE"
Meat Packers Control
665 Concerns.

Washington a hearing on the
meat industry before the house inter-
state commerce committee Chairman
Colver of the Federal Trade Commits
sion said sos active companies are
under the control or operation of one
or the other of the "big FIVE" packers,
while 12E have no corporate existence.
Some control of 85 other companies
is exercised, he said In S5 cases the
packers control is in the minority and
in so the extent of their control is
unknown.
The big FIVE" are the Swift, Ar
mour, Morris, Wilson and Cudahy
companies.
The Federal Trade Commissioner
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-01-17

other refrigerator cars is 81 miles
Mr. Colver put into the record let
ters said to have passed between the
Swift Refrigerator Packing company
and the Missouri, Kansas & Texas
railroad, showing how the railroad
was to dismantle a stock yard at Fort
Worth, Texas, which operated in
competition with yards owned jointly
by Armour and Swift, before the
packers would give the road any traf-
fic from that point"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-01-17

The above is what was an excellent
likeness, fifteen years ago, of John A.
Schwalm, the popular manager of the
Jewel Theater, as it appeared in the
Pittsburgh Trades Journal in 1904.
He was at that time an active mem
Der and secretary of Glassworkers'
Local Assembly, No 300, affiliated
with the old Knights of Labor organ
ization.
His apparent friendliness to the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-01-17

organized workers has often been
commented upon and wondered at by
those who didn't know of his past
union activities, but, as the Dutch
man says, Nov it comes out" It
is coincident that with the coming of
Mr.. Schwalm to this city he should
establish his business in the building
of the Hamilton Labor Temple.
The following article accompanied
the cut in the Pittsburgh Trades
Journal:
THE GLAssWORKERs LIKE HIM
John A. Scbwalm, Secretary L. A. 300,
K of L.
1t is a pleasure to write about a
man of the caliber of Secretary John
A. Schwalm, for he is labor advo-
cate who takes pride in his unionism
and is a stickler for consistency and
loyalty among craftsmen.
Born April Is, 1878; graduated
from ME Birmingham public schools
at the age of 16; entered the employ
of Ihmsen Glass Company at the age
of 16 and served four years ap-
premiership under his father; became
a member of L. A. 800, K. of L., in
October, 1893. During the business
depression of 1893-94 attended the
Iron City Business College and gradu-
ated from same in June, 1894 Ac-
cepted place to blow with the Ihm-
sen Glass Company in September,
1894, and was elected Preceptor for
L. A. 800 at the said plant, position
held until the firm went out of bust
ness in 1899. Represented the Ihm-
sen Preceptory at the 1895 convention;
was elected blowers representative on
the Executive Board for one year
term, 1899, and was reelected for
three-year term in 1900, and resigned
from the Executive Board in March,
1903, and was elected Secretary
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-18
NEW HOTEL STOCK
MAY SOON PAY
TEN PER CENT.
Penn-Harris Already Assured
of Success, Says the
Manager

That Penn-Harris Hotel stock
will be the premier local security
in very short time and will be a
ten per cent. investment in five years
was the prediction of William T. Hill
drup, Jr., at an opening celebration,
dinner and smoker held in the great
loung room of the new hotel. Mr..
Hildrup backed up his convictions by
subscribing $4,000 more toward
liquidating the $150,0O0 remaining
on the property. His initial sub
scription was for $4,000 and he
said that il he could have gotten
the money together he would have
taken the entire $150,000 himself.
This good news for the stock
holders was supported by the state
ment of Horace Leland Virgins,
manager of the hotel for the United
Hotels Company, who said the
house had been success from the
moment the doors had been thrown
open and there is no doubt that it
will be a great paying enterprise.
He said that many conventions are
already being booked that never be-
fore came to the city and he held
CONTINUED on Page 1871
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-18
HOUSING
POOR AND SCANT
| SAYS M'FARLAND
It Least 200 More Dwellings
Needed, Says Committee
Chairman
n NEED OF FINANCES
chamber of Commerce Plans
to Enlist Aid of Busi-
nessmen
WILL SEEK LEGISLATION
Few Laws of Little Less I'M
portance Than Prohibi-
ton Measure
ILL SEEK LEGISLATION

To provide adequate homes for the
orking people of Harrisburg at least
p0 more houses are needed. So
tates J. Horace Mcfarland chair
ban of the newly-formed housing
'bmmittee of the Harrisburg Cham
er of Commerce. Mr.. Mcfarland has
| Ist returned from Washington,
here he is engaged in important
ork. He will call meeting of ris
pmmittee within the next week or
wo to mas;e Mans for Harrisburgs
lrt in the housing campaign.
IT believe that the next two months
i'll see written into the laws OF the
nd items of housing legislation
Shly n little less important than the
.rohibition amendment" he cuntin-
ed. Men of national prominence are
.ow in the capital city laying plans
pr the housing campaign, and he be-
ewes the legislation via come as the
Rsult.
Poor and Inadequate
ut is well known that Harrishurg's
ousing is poor in quality and gsanI
b quantity" said Mr.. Mcfarland.
As result of the Chamber of Com
cree housing survey last year it
as found that the city has less than
ne per cent. of unoccupied proper
es. when five per cent is regarded
a minimum safe margin. Yet H>r-
sburg is in better shape now than
ost communities, because it has the
fst development of the building and
Ian association system.
Money Is Needed
There is one thing missing and
lat is the money. / hope that the
nerGetic work of these experts Will
esult in providing funds for the
ousing, as they are now provided for
hrmers. I hope that we will soon
be housing loans as we'll as farm
bans"
Air. Mcfarland was highly pleased
ith the selection of the committee
ehind him in the local housing cam
bign. 81 'have an exceptionally
rong committee and know of no bet
r band of men to work together on
lis important subject" he said
embers of the committee announced
his week by George S. Reinoehl,
resident of the Chamber of Com
erce, are: Il. c. Cowden, E. r. Eek
lrode, George E. Etter, Farley Gan
PITT, Ross A. Hickok, Paul Johnson
j.. J., Kuhn, C. l.. Long. Henry b.
cCormick +. b. Musser, p. d. Wag-
her, T.. u. Wallower.
An important conference of the
ennsylvania Housing Association
i'll be held in Harrisburg on Febru-
~ II. Mr.. Mcfarland will address
is gathering on the need for ade-
late housing. conditions.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-18
COMMERCE BODY
MAPSOUT WORK
FOR NEXT YEAR
Members Join i'll Shaping of
Plans For Chambers Ac-
tiyities For 1919

Determined upon n policy of ag-
gressive activities for the accom-
plishment OF civic improvements
during 1919, the new administra-
ton of the Harrisburg Chamber OF
Commerce has lost no time in pre-
pairing plans for a number of i'm
portant undertakings to be carried
through this year.
Housing, hospital for contagious
diseases, and a soldiers memorial
have been suggested as first among
the undertakings to receive consid-
Grafton. The comm cree body already
has taken preliminary action on
these.
But in order that every member
can express his opinion of the most
vital work to be undertaken by the
organization, George S. ReinoehI,
president, has written a letter TO
each member, requesting his advice
on what the chamber should do.
Many Replies Received
The number of replies that al
ready have been received is indica-
tive of the interest in the work
of the chamber which the members
During the war, the efforts of
the businessmen's organization were
centered on the one big question
bringing thewar to an early end. Now
that hostilities have ceased, the
chamber officials are beginning to
give renewed consideration to the
many important local problems con-
fronting them.
Each member has been asked
to express his opinions on the
following questions:
What do you expect the Har-
risburg Chamber of Commerce
to do for the promotion of
your line of business or activ-
ity?
What, in your opinion as a
citizen, is the thing of first i'm
portance to be done for the
community as a whole?
What has the Chamber of
Commerce done that it should
not have done or that it should
have done differently?
From the answers received the
board of directors will compile a
program for the years work.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-18

Walter Shaffer, Dauphin flyer who
distinguished himself as member
of the Lafayette Escadrille of the
French flying corps during the war,
and who Won Croix de Guerre for
heroic service while in action, eX-
poets to be home within a short
time, he has cabled his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles f. Shaffer.
Shaffer set sail on the Atlantic
day from the port of Bordeaux
on the Lorraine steamer. lie was
released from a Hun prison camp
at the conclusion of the war, after
he had fallen behind the German
lines and been taken a prisoner dur
ing q raid by the French flyers. One
balloon and one Hun aeroplane were
brought to earth by the Dauphin
lad.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-18
WORRIES OF WAR
PRESS HARD ON
FORMER KAISER
Looks Fifteen Years Older
Than When He Left Dis
honored Realm

Amefongcn, Holland, Jan. 49,
William Hohenzollern's illness, which
manifests itself principally in the
form of chills, is being aggravated
by his constant worriment, the eff
fects of which are plainly visible
In his features and his general ply
steal condition. He looks perhaps
hfteen years older than when he
crossed the frontier of Holland.
Birthday This Month
Although he Is only about to COM
plete his sixtieth year, his birthday
coming at the end of the present
month, his appearance suggests q
man of seventy He wears O short,
grayish beard and a dropping NOUS
tache, and his hitherto firm flesh is
now sagging.
The guards around the castle are
maintaining the strictest vigilance
in consequence of the revival of ru-
mors. which, however. do not seem
to be well founded, that an attempt
might be made to kidnap the eX-
emperor. A Dutch airplane from. the
aviation camp near Utrecht occa-
sionally flies in the vicinity of the
castle, and the roar of its motors
does not diminish the nervous ten
sion of the inmate.
Consumes Much Tobacco
The ex-emperor, who had always
been accustomed to smoke a con-
siderable number of cigarets, has
become a greater consumer of to-
bacco than ever. AS soon as one
cigaret is finished he starts another
His meals with his wife are of
the simplest tsort. Water is the
only beverage ,aken at table. but
in the forenoonNshe drinks a small
glass of light red wine and in the
evenings a half class before going
to bed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-18
'LASTDETAMFOR
THE INAUGURAL
Is NOW READY
All Former Exercises to Be
Outdone by Splendid
Ceremonies

The finishing touches to the prep.
arations for the inaugural cere-
monies on Tuesday are rapidly be.
ing added to-day, but the committee
in charge of the arrangements ex.
poets to be quite busy all day to.
morrow and Monday making ready
for Tuesdays events.
That records will be shattered in
the history of Pennsylvania inaugu.
rations is now Indicated, More Wis.
itors than ever before are expected
to be in Harrisburg for the big event
and the inaugural parade is expect.
ed to exceed in size any others Held
[Continued on Page 81
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-18
One Patient Dies and
Three Others Ill With
Influenza at Hospital

One death due to influenza occur
red at the Harrisburg hospital this
are in a critical condition.
Mrs. Elmer Sweigert, aged 36,
Linglestown, died at 1855 o'clock.
Her son, william, aged six, also is
at the hospital with influenza. Mrs.
Sweigert was admitted Thursday
night in serious condition.
Three patients critically i'll are:
Samuel Dougherty, aged 40, 1862
Swatara street; his sister, aged 54,
Susan Daugherty, and Homer Car
ter, aged 1S, 216 Pine stret. Dough-
erty is employed in the paint shop
of the Keystone garage and Carter
is a car repairman on the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-18
EVERY CENT OF
BALLTICKETS TO
GO. TO CHARITY
Fancy Costumes in Great De-
mand For Annual Event
at the PennXHarris
COSTUMES ARE IN
DEMAND

The widespread interest that
is being taken in the forthcom-
ing Charity Ball, to be held in
the Harris Hotel Friday
night, January 81, is indicated
by the almost feverish activity
of men and women who pro-
pose outdoing their previous cos
tuning for masquerade balls.
Not only are ingenious women
contriving their own costumes,
but large numbers fthem have
already got in touch with cos
tuners in various places. AS n
result the Charity Ball will be
as colorful a picture as had ever
been staged in PePnnsylvania.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-18
GERMANS MUST
P A Y F OR w A r
BY Associated Press

Paris, Jan. 1S.-Marshal Foch,
according to the Matin, will i'm
mediately break off the armistice
with Germany if the conditions of
the armistice are not fulfilled. The
Allied commander-in-c chief, the
paper adds, does not believe that
The Germans eXaggerate when
they cry famine" The situation
of the populations of Austria and
Prussia, the marshal is quoted as
saying, is near the starvation
point.
Germany still possesses an
army, the mtrshal declared, but
the Allies hold the Rhine, which
constitutes a formidable strategi-
2al barrier. Marshal Foch is said
10 have declared he did not be-
lieve that a BolshevilS invasion
through Germany to France was
possible.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-18
PEACE FOR WHOLE
WORLD STARTS IN
FRANCES CAPITAL
AUDeIegations Hold Their Final Meetings
Prior to the Formal Session to Be-
gin in Paris This Afternoon
AT OPENING ONLY BY
POINCARE AND CLEMENCEAU
BY associated Press

Paris, Jan. 18.-The peace
conference was formally
opened this afternoon with
a speech by President Poin-
care.
With the assembling of
the first full session of the
peace congress to-day the pros
poets of the notable assemblage
of statesmen making rapid pro-
gress with its work seem en-
hanced by the apparent defeat
OF Bolshevsim in Germany,
thus opening the way to the
stabilizing of the government
and the prospect OF its being
able to send responsible repre-
sentatlves to the conference.
Poincarc Thanks Allies
President Poincare thanked the
allied nations for their having
CHOSEN ParlS FOR thar important
work and praised the valor of the
allied armies which had preserved
the capital of France from the en-
envy. The. Presidents speech was
as follows:
"GcntlemcH: France grccts
and thanks YOU for having
chosen as the scat of your la
bOrs the city which for more
than four years the enemy has
made his Principal military OBJ
jcctivc and which the valor of
the allied armies VIGOROUSLY
o. defended against an increasingly
: renewed offcnsivcs.
Sees Homage I'm Meeting
Permit me to see I'm your de-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-18
Three Prisoners =
Accused of Trying to
Kill Fellow Prisone,

bloomsbury, JAM, IS. - George
Fullmer, Jr.. Raymond TerwilIiger
and Harry Stanfield, three Blooms
burg boys and prisoners in the Co
lumbia county jail, were held under
s1,50O bail charged with attempting
to- murder Charles Hicks, a fellow
prisoner, whom they covered with a
blanket and then belabored over the
head with a large iron hook. They
confessed their plan was to get Hicks
out Of. the way so he wouldn't
"squear' on them, as he had over
heard their plans to escape.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-18
|ody of Fire Boss Killed
Under Big Coal Slide Is
Found by Searching Party

Williamstown, Pa, Jan. 1S.-The
bad body of Charles Barry, fireboss
the Susquehanna Coal Company
Plliery here, who was buried in a
Fsh of coal on Wednesday, was
und last night by rescuing parties
! at have been at work since the
|me of the accident. He is survived
Il his wife and six children. Charles
rice, of Lykens, mine inspector
|hs badly bruised in a, fall while aid
Ig in the search last evening,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-18
loomy Week With
Much Rain Predicted
BY Associated Press

Washington, Jan. 1S.-Weather
fedictions for the week beginning
|onday, issued by the Weather Bu-
au to-day, are:
North and Middle Atlantic States:
emperature near or above normal
hd considerable cloudiness and oc-
|sional rains or SHOWS.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-18
EIGHT TIMES ON CASUALTY
LIST BUT HOME SAFE
Burnham Boy Twice Gassed and Spent Nine Weeks in
German Prison Camp

LewistOwn, Pa, Jan. 18.-Sergeant
Gordon w. Hardy is home from the
war. He is home alive. despite the
fact that eight times his name has
been mentioned in the official cas-
ualty lists.
Seven times he was wounded and
twice he was gassed with mustard
gas. Hhe spent nine weeks in a Ger
man prison camp and then made his
escape.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-18

Sergeant Hardy was one of the first
10000 Americans on the firingline
against the German army, he reports.
He served with two divisions of
Pershing's army, both of which went
through hard fighting and suffered
heavy casualties. In all the fights
Sergeant Hardy came through. He is
only 23 years old.
Gordon Hardy Is SON of Thomas
Hardy, of Burnham, near here. and Is
we'll known throughout this section
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-18
THE WEATHER,


For Harrisburg and vicinity.
Rnin this afternoon, probably
continuing into the night,
sOmewhat colder tonight, with
lowest temperature about
freezing; Sunday fair.
FOR Eastern Pennsylvania, RaIu
this afternoon and Tonight,
somewhat colder Tonight; sun
day TnirJ fresh east, shifting 20
ktrong northwest winds to-
night.
River
Fhe Susquehannn river and NIL
It's branches will fall slowly or
remnin nearly stationary with
out much change In Ice condI-
lions. A stage of about AZ
feet IL Indicated for Harrisburg
sunday morning.