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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-04-04
AK Returns
Must Be Made Not Later
Than April 3Oth.
Otherwise 500 Exemption
Will Be Denied.

On the day preceding the Second
Monday of April; personal property
will be returned for taxes for the tax
year 1919. The statute names the
day preceding the Second Monday
in April and this year it falls on April
18th The 18th being Sunday, ac-
tivities will begin on Monday April
14th.
On Monday April 7th the Personal
Property Assessors will assemble on
the call of the County Auditor in the
basement of the Court House to re-
ceive his instructions governing the
assessment.
Voluntary returns must be made
out on blanks provided, by every
person who is the owner of personal
property True value of all such
personal property must govern in
the returns, and an owner of personal
property is any person whether single,
married, of age or under age who in
his or her own right owns any person
al property If the voluntary return
is properly made out any time before
May lst, an exemption of 500 value
is allowed to be deducted from the
total of the return after the full re-
turn has been made and determined,
and not before the return is begun.
Any person who fails in the time
from April 14th to April Both inclu-
sive, to file with the Auditor, either
by mail or in person, his personal re
turn viii be denied the exemption of
500 value, as in other years.
The Courty Auditor has provided
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-04-04
Says Russell, In Second Article
Describing Conditions In For
eign Countries AS They
Exist Today.

rs responsible for your suffering,
say the Bolshevist apostles. Pull
it down and erect another and you will
have plenty to eat"
Moreover, think of this: every
starving town swarms with returned
soldiers, unfed, unpaid, with guns in
their hands and Bolshevik doctrines
in their heads.
Some of them will not starve very
long before they begin to shoot as
they did at Munich.
| do not know that it is possible to
make well-fed and comfortable
people at great distance understand
Row great IS this menace, but if it is
rot, the man | quoted at the beginn-
ing of this article is probably we'll
grounded in his conception and Europe
is camping on the crust of volcano.
Then the relief should be prompt,
generous and effective We ought to
get behind the League of Nations and
put that OYER so that the world may
have hope that it is not to go again
through these horrors. Out of the
superabundance of food with which
we are blessed we ought to save
Europe from starving. And do it
now
And where Europe can't pay for it,
dc it without charge.
We were not made the worlds
granary and garden spot to extort
profits from the needy
- "a Pa
Buy Thrift Stamps and help.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-04-04
Here In The Interest OF The
Railway Employees.

J = McCann, representative Of the
United Brotherhood of Maintenance
of Way Employees and Railway Shop
Laborers, was visitor in the city
for short time Wednesday and called
at the Press office. Brother McCanns
headquarters are in Detroit, Mich,
but he is temporarily located at the
Oxford Hotel Cincinnati He is in
this vicinity in the interest of the
abroad way employees and shop la
torers and predicts that strong or
ganization of these employees will be
Iormed in Chis locality shortly
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-04-04
"a "a "a
NOT OLD AT Is YEARS.

Scranton, Pa.-The Osler theory
that man is old at 40 years has been
given a judicial black eye by Judge
Edwards who ruled in a suit to place
a guardian over man Is years old,
that a man is not old at that age
Judge Edwards is rs years old HIM
self.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-04-04
Stricken People Must Be Aided If We
Would Prevent Drift To Anar-
chy, Declares Noted Author.

By CHARLES EDWARD RUSSELL
Written Especially for the American
Alliance for Labor and Democracy.
Article 9
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-04-04

Buy Thrift Stamps and help.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-04-04

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UNITED STATES
GyVERfshzENT
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-12
Trade News Reports
Into Germany to Be
Under Foreign Office

Berlin, Oct. 1l:-(Correspondence
OF The Associated Press 1.-The
much discussed reformation Of the
foreign Office has begun with the
creation of a foreign trade bureau
that is a decided innovation and a
radical alteration of old-time meth
DDS Of doing business.
The whole basis OF the foreign
trade bureau is that Germany must.
on the one hand, have very exact and
accurate news reports of everything
concerning foreign trade from Of
fetal and private trade reporters.
Such information must flow directly
into the Office of man trained and
fitted to understand precisely the
Importance of a given piece Of news.
Men will be trained to study given
countries, News from such coun-
tries will so directly to the experts
Of each.
The buleau is headed by an admin
istration or council of Is to so men,
bers, all o. them experts in various
business lines, and half dozen inn
perial officials, likewise experts, will
belong to the council No one, not
even the foreign office, will have a
veto right over the decisions of the
council
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-12
TO FORCE WAR
Department
TO PUT AUTOS
up FOR SALE
Congressman Reavis Of Me-
braska Chairman Of Sub
Committee investigating
Army's Surplus Cars.
By WINDER r. HARRIS.
staff Correspondent Uni, ersal service.

Washington, Oct. 1.-THE hons,
is expected to take action at al
early date to force the War depart
ment to Immediately put on The
market its $4,000 surplus autonlo.
biles.
Representative Reavis, republican.
OF Nebraska. chairman of the sub
committee of the house committee
investigating the War Department.,
which reported out the resolution
ordering the sale of the army's s.,r-
plus iood supplies, has servd not C
that the committee will follow lie
same course with regard to the sur
plus automobiles.
Expressions from members OF
both sides CT the house on the sew
eral occasions the automobile qucs-
ton has been under discussion LEI;
little doubt as to the passage Of the
resolution -E-
The ire OF congressman was
aroused by the recent testimony of
/ Brigadier General Drake. chief OF
the motor transport corps. before
the war investigator committee.
General Drake stated that 40 COM
munications had gone from his Office
to the sales department of the War
department calling attention to the
fact that thousands Of trucks and
passengr cars belonging to the army
were going to ruin, and pleading for
the sale of these machines. but that
the director of the sales department
sent them back with the comment
that he did not care for ANY in
struction on this matter"
The head OF the sales department.,
a Mr.. Hutchinson, Mr.. Reavis states.
was the general manager of the
WHY'S Overland Automobile cop-
pany before he became connected
with the War department..
"Aud not one of these cars has
ben Sold" the subcommittee chair
man continued. There is no ques-
ton in my mind but that the sales
department is pursuing identicaliy
the policy with reference to auto
mobiles that it pursued with refer
ence to foods. have no question
but that it will dispose Of the SUR
plus, according to the circular which
they issued in January, SO as not TO
injure industrial conditions in Amer
lea"
Preliminary inquiries by Mr.. Rea-
Wis committee have shown that tho
War department has received from
factories since the signing of the
armistce last November, automo-
biles aggregating i'll value approx
mately Sl75.000.000.
within an hours ride Of Wash
ington,' said Mr.. Reavis. in discuss
| ing his recent trip to Camp Hola-
bird, Md. the chief supply depot of
the motor transport corps, there
are new Packards, Cadillacs, Dodges,
Bucks. Chambers and Hudsons that
are piled FIVE high in the crates
from which they have never beer
taken, covering acres of ground"
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-12
Chaplains Disagree
On Religious Traits
Of American Soldie,

Louisville, KY, Oct. 1.-Two for
iner army chaplains, now ministers
OF Louisville churches, have divided
opinions concerning religious traits
OF the American soldier. The Rev.
Il. Ernest Akin of the Unitarian
church declares that most of the
men of the army have done little
serious religious thinking" while the
Rev. Harris Mallinckrodt, rector OF
the Calvary Episcopal church, be-
lieves all the soldiers saw greater
religion" in the war.
Rev. Mr.. Atkins first sermon after
taking over the pulpit Of the Unita-
rian church eentered about religion
of the soldier, in which he said:
Most OF the army men have done
little serious religious thinking.
Many who at the front literally were
scared did pray, but to most Of them
God was for use in emergency only,
and their prayer was a sort of in
case-of- accident break-the- glass ef-
fort which has not been repeated
since the armistice."
! do not believe the American
soldier knew fear" asserted the Rev.
MIR. Mallinckrodt in one of his SER
mons. II do not believe lie feared
death. If he prayed he did so be-
cause he habitually prayed and not
because he was afraid to face God
think the personnel of the United
States army had distinct and in
nate leaning toward the greater
principles of religion. l was In the
wreck at Gail, France. when e men
were killed and was with them dur
ing their last moments in the hospi-
tails. The fortitude displayed con-
WINGED me these men had lived as
Christians and were not afraid to
take the last Journey"
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-12

will be the secretary of the depart
ment of public welfare.
The following divisions will come
under this bureau: Physicians and
surgeons, osteopathy and osteo-
pathic physicians, chiropratic, dem
fists, nurses, pharmacy, optometry,
embalmers, veterinary medicine and
chiropody. All licenses to practice
will be issued by the department OF
public welfare upon the recon-
mendation of the board Of exam
liners of the various divisions.
Bureau of Social Service.
The powers of the former board
of pardons and paroles is now vest
ed in the department and will come
under the bureau Of social service.
The chief of this bureau will also
have the division of charities and
correction. All applications for par
dons and paroles will be made to the
secretary of the department. of pub
lie welfare and the bureau of social
service will make full investigation
liSNCSodly III SdNii SdoS diu q ma
decision on parole rendered which
will best assure the persons self
support and accomplish his reforma-
ton. Suitable assistants will be
chosen from members of the depart
ment or institutions to aid the de-
partment in coming to a final de-
cision on applications for pardon or
parole.
The chief of the bureau Of child
welfare will have the general supec-
vision of dependent and delinquent
children, child aid. custodian rec
ords; will investigate the importa-
ton of dependent children from
other states. visit children placed,
but not legally adopted, look after
the abused. and care for their train
ing and education. Under the bu-
reau of child welfare comes also the
division of maternity homes. The
secretary of the department Of pub
lie welfare will be chief of the bu-
reau of child welfare,
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-12

Dayton, O., Oct. ll.-(Special.) -
Seventeen years as rural mail car
rier, facing 40-below-zero weather in
winter, blistering prairie heat in
summer and conditions that many
men could not endure, has not
changed love of distributing mail for
Mrs. Ruth Kenyon, Monroe, Neb.
She was one of three Nebraska dele
gates to the National Rural Carriers
association convention here, and it
was largely through her efforts that
Omaha nearly secured the national
convention for 1920.
Mrs. Kenyon, who was raised
among the Pawnee Indians, near
Genoa, Neb., where her father was
government agent, said she would
not give up her work for the COM
forts of fireside.
II went into the postoffice serv-
ice IL years ago. | thought then. as
my health was failing. that if l could
survive one year in the open carry
ing my route of e miles. | would
regain my health. | have more than
regained my health in the out-of
door work, and | intend to remain
at it as long as I live she said.
$4,000 Letter a Month.
Mrs. Kenyon said that she handles
an average CT $4,000 pieces of mail
monthly. When asked il there are
any conditions that she would have
altered to turn hardship into pleas
ure, she said:
II Go not mind the winter weather,
which often drops TO 40 below zero,
nor the summer heat that often rises
to 100 in the shade; but | would ap-
preciete it if patrons along my route
would not Put pennies in roadside
boxes in tine winter. / have had
my fingers frozen many times be-
cause Of this.
mo" she declared, farmers in
my country do not shovel the snow
from around the boxes. 1t is fire.
quent that | have to wade through
several feet deep getting
to the mai! boxes. And many times
it has been necessary for me to cut
wire fences and drive through fields
because OF the mammoth drifts on
the road making them impossible.
Conquers Bronchos.
~ drive two broncilos iii the Win
ter when roads are in such bad con-
dition that my automobile cannot
travel over them. Many men are
unable to handle these animals. |
learned to handle horses when |
lived for eight years with the
PawneS Indians. -.
One time, several years ago, the
bronel1os ran away with me. For
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-12

eventually will solve the high cost
Of living. And it will be through
such enterprises as the pure food
show that this required cooperation
will be attained.
Officers in Charge.
]. ]. Cameron, secretary OF the
Retail Grocers' association, will be
in direct charge of the pure food
show, assisted by other officers and
directors Of the grocers' association.
Mr.. Cameron expects to devote most
of his time from now until the show
opens in working out details of the
big exposition.
Other officers Of the grocers' as
ISOLATION who will aid Mr.. Cameron
as as follows:
Ed E. Wise, president: ]. E. Kirk,
vice president; {. F. Kelly, treas
urer; Fred flanagan, ]. Raduziner,
Jacob Bastian, A. Katskee, John
Wisler, William II. Stribbling, Will
liam Rudolph, Louis Sommers and
A. J. Howell, members of the board
of directors.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-12
$35,0oo,0o0
In GOLD is
SALVAGED ON
IRISH COAST.
Bullion Was Part of Cargo of
S. S. laurentic Sunk Off
Fanad Lights January
Is, 1917.

| Portsalon, Ireland, Oct. ll.-(By
The Associated Press.l-Salvaging
$35,o00,000 worth Of gold ingots and
bullion the White Star liner Lauren
tic is reported to have carried when
t was sunk the night of January Is,
1917, off Fanad Light, one of the
northermost headlands Of Ireland at
the entrance of Lough swiftly, is be-
ing conducted by the salvage ship
Racer.
The princely cargo, lay at depth
OF p fathoms. The gold and bull
lion were contained in the strong
chamber amidships rendered almost
,mpregnable by its thick steel walls
and heavily bolted doors. At first
portions of the Laurentic's decks
were blasted away and passage was
made clear for the divers. On June
20, the retrieving Of the treasure
began.
Each Bar Worth $4,000.
The first bucket sent TIP contained
only copper pennies and few silver
coins. Then for several days, bucket
after bucket containing three or
more gold bars. each worth more
than $1,000, were hoisted to the sur-
face and dumped on the deck Of the
Racer, The first of these bars
brought lusty cheers from the crew
OF the salvage ship, but tossing for
tunes about soon came to be merely
another form of manual labor to
these sailormen.
Most of the gold bars were nine
inches long. two inches thick and
four inches wide, and weighed about
% pounds. For days not one was
found, as many of them were hurled
clear of the wreck by the blasting
necessary to make the strong cham
Der accessible. Several feet of sand
have now been washed over these
scattered bars and beneath masses
of twisted steel, and it frequently
requires hours of patient labor to
pry them loose. Isl
Record Haul Forty-seven Bars.
The record days haul so far had
been ~ bara--worth approximately
S550,OO0 Titus far, several million
dollars worth Of treasure has been
T.
The Racer carries eight divers,
Their tricks" are SO arranged that
one diver is at work throughout the
day. Each works half All hour and
then must spend so minutes in conf
ing to the surface, as otherwise the
sudden relief from the tremendous
deep-water pressure might cause
partial or complete paralysis. They
are brought up in 10-fathom "hauls,'
with 1O-minute rest" intervals.
When the days work is over, the
days catch" if considerable. is dis
patched to London with an armed
convoy.
When first built, the Racer was
square-rigged man-o-war-one of
the wooden Walls of England" as
the ships of the British navy at that
time we're kfown-a century ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-12
Struggle to Save Wreck of
German Maritime Prestige

Hamburg, Oct. 1.-THE Hansea-
tic towns, and Hamburg in particu-
lar, are doing everything they can to
stimulate shipping, and save some
thing from the wreck OF Germany
maritime prestige. At all the ports
old sailing vessels are being re-
equipped for service, while Ham
burg has appealed to the govern
ment for economic relief.
Germany's sailing feet consists Ct
1900 vessels, Of which 81 are OF
overseas calibre. These are being
rehtted as rapidly as possible to
carry German goods principally to
comparatively nearby neutral ports,
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-12
BRYAN TO Speak in Toledo.

Toledo, O., Oct. 1l.-William Jcn-
uings Bryan, former secretary of
state. and several times candidate
for the presidency, will speak in
Toledo for the prohibition cause ON
October 70. closing the campaign,
which the local branch of the anti
saloon league. has launched an
attempt to defeat the wet initiative
and referendum, which will be sub
mitted to Ohio voters on November
4. Col. Dan Morgan Smith. OF the
Lost battalion Of the Argonnc
Forest. has been engaged to speak
with Mr.. BRYAN.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-12
Protest Total Increase.

Winnipeg, Man., Oct. li.-Mem-
bers OF the Winnipeg Board Of
Trade have begun campaign Of
protest against the proposed in
crease OF Is per cent. in the tele-
graph tolls, demanded by compan-
les. operating in western Canada.
They have taken the position that
the increase is not justified, and that
the service throughout the western
provinces has been unsatisfactory.
Telegraph companiest have de-
clared that wages have increased
20 per cent and materials have gone
up IS per cent since 1914
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-12
Hoards SunAower Seeds.

Toledo, O., Oct. At has come
to the attention of students Of things
scientific, that a squirrel, that in
habits a big tree in a Toledo resi-
dence section, is preparing for win
ter by boarding sunhowet seeds.
Every day, they say, the squirrel
climbs tree. drops to the roof of
a shed and from there picks out the
sunaower seeds and carries them
to his haunt,.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-12
Mercier to Visit Toledo.

Toledo, O., Oct. ll.-Cardinal.
MERCER. Belgian primate. will be
in Toledo, October Is, according to
RI. Rev. Joseph Schrambs, bishop
Of the Toledo diocese, who has made
arrangements for the prelate's enter
tainment. Plans include a public
reception and participation in serv-
ices at St. Francis de Sales Cathed-
raj. While here he will be the guest
of Bishop Schrambs. 1t is planned
to bring to Toledo Brand Whit
lock, late minister to Belgium and
now an ambassador to that country,
at the same time. Mr.. Whitlock was
formerly mayor of Toled
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-12

more than two miles they dashed
over the snow-covered road, and
thought that would be thrown to
my death. But | managed to con-
quer them. They have never run
away since.
Dresses Warmly.
"Few people believe me when |
say that ] wear three pairs of shoes
i'll the cod season, and sheepskln
clothes throughout to prevent my
freezing to death on the road. New
ertllelcss this is fact, and many
times | have thought that | could
not erdure the bitter cold and ex-
tremc hardships connected with my
work, but have stuck to the job and
| intend to continue sticking to it
longer.'
First in Nebraska.
Mrs. Kenyon was the first woman
in Nebraska to be appointed rural
mail carrier. Several others have
since entered the field, and she said
all of them have left it because of its
hardships.
Last winter" she said, II had
four 5,onchos hitched to my mail
wagon. They dashed into a snow
bank and were unable TO pull the
wagon through. went into the snow
nearly TO my neck and unhitched
them. and after loading the mail on
three Of them, | rode the fourth and
continued delivering my route. 1t
was two weeks before ] could get
my wagon out of that drift. But
I would sooner ride horseback than
in a mail wagon. for | love horse
flesh like all western men and wo-
men do. And | believe | can handle
a broneho as we'll as any man in
Nebraska
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-12
DRIVERS
CAN HELP KEEP
UP R0ADWAYS
By Using a Little Thought in
: Driving Autoists Can Do
as Much Good as
Engineers.

Drivers can do as much, almost,
for the maintenance of good roads
as highway engineers" declares r.
S. Odel of the Odell Hamilton
company, distributors of Mack
trucks.
Did you ever notice" asked Mr..
Odell, in going up a hill, particu-
larly one paved with asphaltic con-
crete, that the surface on the right
hand side of the road is wavy and
rough, while that on the left-hand
side is smooth?
Well, the reason is this: The ex-
ira traction required to climb the
hill wears and tears the surface,
while there is little or no traction
downhill.
Another thing, the right-hand
track of the road in either direction
is the one which is worn most. This
is because of the arched surface Of
the road, which throws the greater
weight and strain on the right-hand
side of the vehicle and consequently
the right-hand side Of the roadway.
Truck builders and wagon makers
have even adjusted their axles and
springs so as to withstand the great
err strain on the right-hand side of
the vehicle.
Over Arched Roadways.
"The custom of arching the road
ways was formed in the early days
of roadmaking, when dirt and
porous-surfaced roads were the
ones mostly in use, and it was neces-
sary to give sufficient pitch to the
surface OF the roadway to drain off
the water and prevent it from pene-
trating the surface of the road to
soften and weaken the roadbed.
With modern water-tight surfaces,
the necessity for arched roads does
not exist, and engineers are design
ing roads with very slight pitch.
DRIVERS can prevent wear to the
surfaces of the roads. and even inn
prove their conditions. if, instead
of driving in one track or on the
edge of the road, they will drive
over the middle and other less used
parts of the road when traffic per-
mits."