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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-04-18
Non-UniOn Motor
man
Who Caused Death Of 90 Per
sons Is Acquitted.

Mineola, M Y--Edward Lewis, in
charge of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
company's wrecked train that killed
SO passengers last November, has been
acquitted Of manslaughter charges by
jury in the Nassau county supreme
court
The company refused to accept a
decision by the national war labor
board that score of trade unionists
be reinstated 1t was found that the
unionists had been yictimized. A
strike followed and Lewis, who had no
experience as a motorman, was placed
in charge Of the train.
The division superintendent, who
ordered Lewis to take charge Of the
train, was recently acquitted.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-04-18
River Excursions.

Only a few more Sundays remain of
the most glorious series of Sunday
boatriding trips ih all the boatriding
history of Cincinnati and vicinity.
Next month, Sunday May 18, to be
exact, the great season will be at an
end as the steamers Island Queen and
Morning Star are due to sail in the
service of Coney Island, which famous
summer resort opens it's gates for the
season, Sunday May 25. AS the sea-
son nears the end dancers and the
sightseers flock in increasing num-
bers down Broadway to the wharf and
thence to the spacious decks and won
derful dancing cabins of the Queen
and Star
The Morning Star has resumed her
landings at the ports of Lawrence
burg and Aurora, and has gone back
to her old schedule Of steaming out
of Broadway, each Sunday, promptly
at $50 a. m. and p. m.
The Island Queen is making the up
river trips rs usual She sails from
Broadway each Sunday at 10 a. m.
and 2:30 p. NJ. for New Richmond,
Ohio, and makes a special jaunt over
the moonlit waters Of the Ohio, from
Broadway each Sunday evening at
s O'Clock.
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Buy Thrift Stamps and help.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-04-18
PRINTERS RAISE WAGES.

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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-04-18

DANGEROUS DOCTRINE
A. M. sinons

"A. Nl, cllnOuS
OF the American Alliance for Labor
and Democracy says:
Denial that democracy was at stake
and was won in the war is dangerous
doctrine. This is a bad time to re-
pudiate promises. For eighteen
months the President and the press,
and the Government propaganda, pro-
fessors and preachers affirmed with
boundless emphasis, elaboration and
repetition that the war was waged
for democracy, freedom and better
world. No one denied the statement
Why should anyone Why else was
It fought?
Men who ascribed selfish aim to
the war were sent to Jail Similar
punishment seems too mild for those
who now would make sport Of a ma
tion's honor.
Without faith in this high object
the war would not have been won.
Il was the call for a crusade to des-
troy aemocracy's last stronghold that
rallied the millions Of America and
renewed the courage Of other millions
among our allies. Because some Of
the peoples Of Europe feared that
these aims might not be pursued after
victory, "defeatism raised It's head
ana, at times, threatened the collapse
Of the enemies Of PIussianism. One
Of the greatest contributions Of
America was the belief Of the fight
ers asd workers Of England, France
and Italy in the sincerity Of the
pledges of our spokesmen.
Even when they distrust their own
leaders they had faith in those Of
America Because theg believed they
suffered and died. They believed that
when autocracy was destroyed ia the
centran Empires that democracy
everywhere could attain long prom
ised ends.
It is not wen to lie to such men and
women It IS not good to scof at
the faith in such pledges. 1t is not
wise to forget them when due
II was the members of the useful
working class that accepted these
promises in return for their blood
and for the sacrifice Of the best years
Of their lives That class is now able
to collect upon its claim Those who
repudiate the promises and sneer at
the hopes Of those who staked their
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-04-18

Los Angeles, Cal-Typographical
union No. 174 has signed wo-years'
wage agreement with local newspa-
per and linotype shop proprietors.
Wages are increased S4 a week the
first year and an additional so cents
a week will be paid the second year.
The agreement is retroactive and
dates back to the first Of the year.
The union has been conducting nego-
tiatiens for four months, but because
of the retroactive feature of the con-
tract the printers lose nothing by the
long -drawn-out negotiations.
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Jefferson City, Mo-The governor
has signed a bill which permits wom-
en- to vote at presidential elections.
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Buy Thrift Stamps and help.
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PAINTERS
Make Many Gains In Wages
And Hours.

Memphis, Tenn. Practically every
contractor in this city has accepted
the new rates for Painters union.
Wages for painters are advanced 12-
1-2 cents, or rs cents an hour; paper
hangers are increased Is cents, MAX
ing their rate so cents an hour.
The union informed contractors
three months ago that they would ad-
vance wages, but no attention was
given this notice When 200 painters
suspended work the employers got
busy.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-04-18

The battles Of the union label are
won without bloodshed. 1t is more
powerful than strikes and picketings;
and is potent warning to tyrannical
employers. It is as puissant in the
hands of woman or child as the men
acing declaration of labor conven-
tion. It is the boycott without pub
lication. No injunction can reach it.
no militia or Pinkertons dare touch
it, no pen will revile it, no pulpis as
sail it.
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Buy War Savings stampc-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-04-18

the finest investments you can put
your money into, not only from a
financial standpoint but see how you
can assist your Uncle Samuel
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-04-18

Boston.-Painters and decorators
have secured wage increases. The
new minimum for painters will be
81 1-2 Genes an hour and 81 1-2 cents
an hour for decorators. The work day
will be eight hours for five days a
week, making the work week 40 hours.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-04-18
vention beats a pound Of cure" would
certainly hold good in this case.
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certainly hold good in this case.
E n n R -
Mayor John Galvin's bluff was nice
" called by the members Of the Gin
cinnati fire department 'Hizzoner"
and the politicians hack Of him would
give much if this affair could be
started all over again. Mayor Calvin
started something he can not very
well stop He's gotten himself in
hole, big end first, from which he
can't very well back out and do it
gracefully He's got to go through
with it now even though he knows he
is wrong The big act of the whole
farce was the hearing Of the four dis
charged fremen before the Civil Ser
vice Commission. The commission is
named by the mayor. Nice chance
for the fremen. The whole fight is
on organized labor Many there are
who believe that Mayor Calvin is not
making this fight on his own initia-
tive but because he is being urged
to do so by bitter enemies Of organ
lied labor who ha Je power, politically
and financially The claim is made
that unionism in police and fire de-
partments are detrimental to those
departments interests. Hamilton has
a fremen's union and never did it
have a mors efficient fire department.
Is there anyone to gainsay this state
ment? When was there less friction
in the department than has been since
it was unionized? The whole thing in
a nutshell is that Mayor Calvin and
few back of him are afraid that if the
department is unionized its members
viii realize their independence and
win no longer submit to the orders
Of the politicians.
r. r. m r. -
The Victory Liberty Loan drive
begins next Monday, April 21st. Are
you ready for it? This is to be the
last Liberty Loan drive This is to
clean up expenses, bring the boys
home, etc. The bonds are to mature
in four years and bear interest at the
rate of AZ per cent. This is one Of
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-04-18

Toledo, Ohio Organized painters
have established their new wage scale,
which raises rates from SIS to Sc a
dav
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-04-18

Many people question very much
the wisdom Of the police in stopping
the neeting and The arrest Of some
Of the participants in that meeting,
held before The court house last Sat
urday evening. The Press is not ad-
vocating socialism. nor any other
ism. nor does it back amy political
party, it is out of the game, it fights
the cause Of organized labor only.
But The Press believes in equal rights
for all, no matter of what political
aFiliation If the speakers Of Sat
urday nights meeting were to speak
seditiously on malign or harangue
our citizens then it would be the duty
Of Che police TO step in and stop the
meeting. No one, no matter of what
creed or party, should be allowed to
publicly do these things. But how
did tile police know what the speakers
intended saying Saturday night? The
speakers were not permitted to ex-
press themselves until a half dozen
men were placed under arrest. To
drag men to prison just because they
attempt to express their sentiments
is all wrong. From expressions heard
on the street Saturday night, after
the arrests referred to, the police
made a serious mistake Dragging
men to prison for fighting their cause
only makes that cause stronger.
Other parties are permitted to hold
meetings before the court house, then
why not the socialists 50 long as they
stay within the bounds Of decency
and the law If they break the laws,
arrest them the same as any other
offenders. Again, give all an equal
char to speak their sentiments and
if wong let Us try to convince them
Of their mistake, but it can't
be done BY thrusting them in
to prison. That IS what breeds boil
shevism Of which we hear so much
today Let's cure it, not break it.
That old adage Of. ian ounce Of pre-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-04-18

lives upon the sincerity Of such Pied
ges are sowing seeds for the harvest
Russia, Germany and Hungary are
now reaping and that is ripening in
other fields.
No one was brave enough, while the
battle was on, to deny democracy
liberty, progress and greater oppor-
tunity for humanity as objects Of
sha ar. NO congressman, editor or
poifieian rose when these aims were
lsa,l-as bonds Tor blood then ask
m Given, to ,,eny the validity of
the pledge. Not one Of the defenders
Of privilege who now 50 blatantly
proclaimed that the war had no object
beyond whipping the Hum and pro
tecting commerce dared make such
statements in the anxious early
months Of 1918.
Those who would repudiate these
promises are fellows and fathers to
those who demand reputation Of
all financial obligations They are
performing most essential service
for Lenine and Trotzky Without
such collaborators Bolshevist doc
trine ueuld find infertile soil.
IS ~ ~ - H
A DEMOCRATIC PROPOSITION
Once upon time there we're mum
Der Of United States senators who
signed a round robin pledging them
selves against the League Of Nations
These were foolish little senator's
These little senators probably fig
ured this way
"The League of Nations is a Dem
oeratic proposition and we are Re
publicans; therefore we must fight
the League Of Nations"
soon. however, these little senators
heard the noise Of a big wind They
made a dive for the storm cellar, from
whence they looked out Of the rein
forced windows, cautiously and with
trembling
Thereupon these little senators dis
covered that the big wind was the
voice of the people demanding the
League Of Nations.
It was seen that the League Of
Nations WAS a democratic propo-
sition, but that democratic" was
spelled with a small ID
Now most Of these little senators
are saying something like this:
I wasn't there, and if ! was it
wasn't me and anyhow | didn't
mean it,.
The Washington herald., 1919-10-11
By ZOE BECKLEY

London.-'Tet the doctors admit
some well-known woman physician
to their consultations and they
would arrive most quickly at. the
nature and cure of President Will
sons illness"
This suggestion was made to me
today by DR.. Elizabeth Honor Bone
of Portchester Terrace, Hyde Park.
who is said to have the largest
practice of any of the woman doc
tors who have been lifted to fame,
fortune and scientific recognition
in London during the war.
1 had noticed that London is al
most as much concerned about the
Presidents illness as { the cities
at home must be- see people in
business reading about II in the
news columns. then turning eagerly
to the long editorials regarding 1t
which the papers carry daily.
.Nerves, Understoed.
/ hear comments on II in hotel
lobbies, at theaters, in department
stores and wherever I go. There
is much speculation as to the
exact nature of Sthe attack which
terminated the presidents speech-
making tour. And a lot of head
shaking over the announcement
that It is some sort of NERVES. ("
London understands and sympa-
thizes with nerves" For five
years, any kind Of nerve trouble
The Washington herald., 1919-10-11
THE WEEPING IN THE WOLD.
BY EDMUND VANCE COOKE.

SooENIs
There is a weeping in the void.
Il hope you like that phrase)
That summer soon will lie a-cold.
Despoiled of all her days.
There is a weeping in the wold.
CThat sentence has a sing!
And many a poets poem is sold
BY some such little thing.)
There is a weeping in the wold
And sobs OF sad reproofs.
And morning frost lies thick as mold
Upon the shaded roofs
There is a weeping in the void;
The years abandoned yeans
Are slain by forces super r-souled
Il wonder what that meansD
There is a weeping in the void.
(It can't mean very much)
And all the poplars turn to gold
As at a Midas touch.
There is. a weepin in the void.
But none more keen than hers,
Who cries the weather's now too cold
To wear her summer furs!
Copyright. 1879
The Washington herald., 1919-10-11
Liked the Masked Dancer.

Apropos of the ''shimmie" in So
ciety, there was a very amusing in
cident this season at Newport in
which the 'shimmie" played a prin-
cipal part.
A bachelor who is noted for his
wonderful parties gave a costume
ball which was one of the gayest
events of the summer. As soon as
one entered the portals OF the bach
elor's magnificent villa one was well
aware of the fact that prohibition
had not affected his wine cellars in
the slightest. Which is a polite way
OF saying his party was wet" very,
very wet"
Now, there is one young matron
in Newport who can dance rings
around all the other members OF ner
set when it comes to the "shimmie.
1t was therefore arranged that she
should wear mask and give an ex-
hibition dance. Not a few at the
party thought she was a profess
sional.
That she made a hit goes without
saying. and her husband. a bit worse
for his indulgence in the cup that
cheers, sought out his Rnst and in
sisted upon being presented to "the
ravishing young woman who danced
so wonderfully and who refuses tc
remove her mask"
Seeing the possibilities of the stu
alton. his host informed the young
matron of Just what. was going to
happen, and then took her husband
over and presented him to the
masked dancer"
Let us draw the curtain over the
husbands embarrassment. - Dolly
Madison in the New York, Mail.
The Washington herald., 1919-10-11
WORK? WHAT IS 1T, AND WHY?
ut Is the Basis of Life" Asserts Roger Bah
son, Famous Statstician.

at Gloucester. Mass She Is chair
man of a committee getting up O.
church fair. During my visit num-
erous women. rich and poor. came
to the house TO bring their little
gifts. In every case II was some,
article which the person had made.
in many instances at personal
sacrifice. Rich people. who natur-
ally would scorn even sewing on a.
1outton. brought articles which they
had spent days in making. Poor
people. with large families. like
wise brought their gifts made with.
their own hands.
] could not help thinking Of a
factory making the same articles.
What causes the difference? There
are two reasons. GD The makers,
OF the articles for that fair knew
that the proceeds OF the fair were,
to be- for the beneht of the COM
munity and not for simply one.
family. Doubtless this was an i'm
portsnt consideration (2) These
people were happy because they
were to see the fruits OF their own
efforts. They were free 70 make
the thing they wanted to make and
were able TO express themselves
through the making. In addition
they had the pleasure OF seeing
somebody in the community buy
and use the article which they had
made. In the months to follow
when they saw Mrs. Brown on the
street with q bag they could say
TO themselves. "I made that bag
Perhaps mis- holds the answer to
the questions which the captains OF
industry ars asking today: what
can we do TO revive in labor q desire
o produce and q Joy In productionr-
The Washington herald., 1919-10-11
ASKS FOR A WOMAN'S VISION
= \ TO HELP CURE THE PRESIDENT

from shell shock to plain worry
has needed no explanation.
DIR. Bone insists that neurology
is the woman physicians trues,
sphere and that therefore a wom-
an specialist should be among the
cpnsultants at the Presidents bed
side.
Women have a>peculiar gift for
seeing the causes of nerve disor-
ders." says DR.. Bone. Some. call
it intuition. In hospital slang we
call 1t 'twigging.' 1t is really a
sort of sixth sense. independent OF
other senses.
Wallpaper n Factor.
About nine-tenths of the dag.
nosis in neurological cases has to
do with things outside the pa.
tient's bodily condition. For ex.
ample. 1 have known hysteria to
be caused by the wallpaper and
furnishings of a room. A man doc.
tor would never dream it was the
cause Of the trouble, but q woman
would figure IL out.
II am not so silly as to say your
President can be cured by some
woman doctor walking in and or
dering the furniture changed about
or beseeching the American public
to view more sympathetically the
noted League of Nations.
But do say that women make
the best neurologists and that q
consultation Of physicians OF both
sexes would be . splendid thing
IL prejudice could be set aside"
The Washington herald., 1919-10-11
by ROGER w. BABsoN
Foremost Statistician I'm the Busi-
ness World, and Lifetime
student Of Laber-Capital
Confroyersies-

Controverstes-
Is work q curse or a blessing.
"a drudgery or an opportunity!
something to be dreaded or some
thing to seek? Work is the basis
of life. Everything that we eat
wear. use or enjoy is due TO the
work of somebody. Without that
work we would have nothing. The
real reason why we are not living
as ssvages in the heart OF Africa
is because OF the work of our an
cestors.
Work. however. has an advan-
tage even greater than that OF
providing us with food. Nclothing
and shelter. Work provides us
with happiness. / defy the read
ers of this paper to produce me q
man who has nothing to do and
Is happy. We are put here on this
earth to be happy, but the key
to happiness is work This is a
most important fact which is being
lost sight of today. The popular
idea is that the less work one has
to do the happier he will be. This
is not true. We can be happy only
as we get happiness from our work.
Work is a blessing and not q
curse-an opportunity and not q
drudgery.
In saying this I do not mean
that little children should be put
in mills. that women should be
forced to work while carrying
babies or that anyone should work
long hours or under bad condi-
tions work like eyerythinR else
can be abused as well as used.
do, however, insist that mems
desire should be to love work.
rather than love loanng. Our pros
perity can continue and the cost OF
living be reduced only as we look
at work as something natural and
desirable like eating good food and
breathing fresh air. Unless we al
once get such q point Of view. the
present period OF prosperity will
suddenly come to an end.
1t is up to every employer "a
do all possible to make work in
lteresting. The man who has been
working in Detroit for four years
putting bolt No. Is into the Ford
motor cannot BE expected to love
his work or have q Joy in produc-
ing. This is likewise true of work
ers who see their employers ge,
the major benefit of their efforts
to increase production. The bes,
method of increasing production &,
to divide fairly with the wage
worker the profits received from
what is produced.
Last week I visited my mother
The Washington herald., 1919-10-11
DNJ TITO -. By the

Herbert Hoover is for the league
of nations.
He urges the instant adoption of
the peace treaty and covenant, with
out amendment or reservations or
anything but speed.
Hoover says in effect:
"Ratify that treaty. and ratify II
quick, or well get chaos.
Europe will either ratify or arm
league of Europe against the
Western Hemisphere"
However. who knows Europe bet
ter than any other American. made
his first public address since his
return to America, the night after
Senator Hiram johnson had loosed
oratorical blasts against the treaty
in San Francisco. Hoover's speech
was made before the students of
Stanford University. his alma mater.
His declaration has had tremen-
dous effect.
Every line of the league cove
nant is the complete negation Of
militarism." he declared.
IF we attempt to revise the
treaty" he warned America, II am
convinced we shall tread a road
through European chaos.
IF the league is to break down
we must at once prepare to fight.
Our expansion overseas has en-
tangled us. for good or i'll. and /
stand for an honest attempt to join
with Europe's better spirit to pre-
vent these entanglements from in
Volving US in war"
Hoover told OF his recent tqAr OF
Europe's capitals. when he inter
viewed the worlds leading states
men. The first anxious question
of these officials was. will America
ratify the League?
Their invariable answer was
that without it their only course
was the hopeless effort to arm
themselves against stronger neigh
bors: to do it in the midst of misery;
to endeavor to set up groups and
military alliances with all the old
treadmill of oppression of arms and
ultimate war;"
Mr.. Hoover pointed out that the
men of liberal vision at the confer
ence were steadfast for certain
dominant ideals that marked this
conference apart from the otners
First. that this settlement should
remove as many OF the immediate
causes of war as possible by de-
stroying enemy domination over
other races.
Second, by establishing the new
governments on a democratic basis
so that wars should not be made by
autocracies for the profit of their
class.
Third: that there should be estab.
lished a world council-the league
Here these newly liberated peoples
could find some measure of protection
from invasion. Here, with the stimu.
lation of the world conscience awak.
ened by this war. there could be hope
that the wrongs among other peoples
could be brought for discussion and
negotiation"
During the approaching winter, Mr.
Hoover declared, desperate Europe
will be looking with longing eyes on
this rich. fat nation" especially IL we
remain outside the council of nations
THE allies may themselves ratify
The Washington herald., 1919-10-11

this treaty without US. ad thsu as
semble a council OF nations OF their
own in an endeavor 10 solve the prob
fem Of Europe" he said, "and in the
midst Of these terrible times, with
the debts they owe us. the material
they must have from us or starve, l
would rather be represented therein
lest il become a league of Europe
against the Western Hemisphere"