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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-07-28
FRANKVILLE

Mr.. and Mrs. Everett and daughter
Wilma of Strawberry Point were
guests at the Glen Letchford and
and Arthur Topel homes here the
first of the week.
Miss Hattie Morton returned to
her home near Cresco, Monday. after
q weeks visit here with friends.
Alfred Anderson and family came
home Monday from an over sunday
visit at the r. H. Waters home in
Cedar Falls.
Gen Letchford and family and Mr..
and Mrs. Everett autoed to Lansing,
Monday to visit relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sherman Bollman
and daughter Ruth and Mr.. and Mrs.
Tom Bollman autoed to Ridgeway
Monday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ferdinand Hilmer
enjoyed visit with their cousin
Miss Hilmer of Cincinnati, Ohio,
the past week.
Mrs. VIM. Smith and Curtis Boil
man of DEBORAH were callers in town
Tuesday.
DR.. and Mrs. Kiesan of Postville
were in town Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Dean Flower and children
terminated their visit here Thursday
and returned to their home in Gel
vein.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Gootheart
autoed to DEBORAH Thursday evening
Miss Hattie Lower and children
spent the week end with relatives in
DEBORAH.
Miss Leora Waters accompanied
Tom Webster and family on an auto
trip to Austin, Mimi, Thursday, for
a few days visit at the Henry Web
ster home.
The ice cream social at the Vern
Letchford home Thursday evening,
the proceeds were over $21.00.
Mrs. Kate Peck and son Carleton
We're callers in DEBORAH Thursday
morning.
j. j. Van Wey was a Postville
bcsiness caller Saturday.
Mrs. and Mrs. Jas. E. Kneeskern
and daughter and Mr.. and Mrs. Tom
Bollman were among the DEBORAH
callers Friday
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Bulmann were
calling on relatives in Waukon Fri
day evening.
Grant Bollman and family and
Mrs. VIM. Smith we're guests at tne
Sherman Bollman home Friday
4 evening.
Rev. Peck and daughter Flor
4 ence, Mrs. Hazel Lang and Ruby
Brouillet were Waukon callers Fri
day.
The Misses Hattie and Hazel
Morton autoed down from Cresco
Friday. Miss Ruth Bollman accom-.
panied them home for visit.
The w. c. T. U. will hold an
afternoon meeting at the home of
Miss Kate Peck Thursday afternoon
August 5th.
Mrs. Caroline Letchford spent Fri
day with relatives in Postville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ferdinand Hilmer
went to Ridgeway, Saturday for q
visit. They came home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Waters of Post
Vile were callers at the Sam Waters
homo Friday.
Mrs. Sarah Murphy came over
from Ossian Friday for few days
visit at the Mrs. Wilson home.
Irving Hughes and his men are
moving the Presbyterian church
down beside the NJ. Z. church and
he work of repairing the buildings
will start soon.
L. C. Spaun is doing some mason
work at the Brittenberg home near
jastalia
The ball boys will have big pic
lie Friday, August 9Th. They had
tanned big eelebTauon July 18th.
1ut on account of the bad weather
t was postponed, so all come to
srankville, August 9th.
The Misses Nora and Katherine
iegan of Elma We're guests at the
Ms. NJ. Fitzpatrick home the first
the week.
Charles Brouillet and family and
,. r. Miller We're DEBORAH business
:allers Saturday
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Webster of Os-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-10-22
ORGANIZED 1882
GAINESVILLE TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION
ORGANIZED 1882
GAINESVILLE, Ohio, October 18, 1920.
Mr.. John Moore,
President Ohio Federation of Labor,
Columbus, Ohio.


President Ohio of
Columbus, Ohio.
Dear Sir: Something being organized labor The editors
of the Ohio Labor
that while favorable,
had Marshall candidate Chief of the
Organized labor has contended for the right collective
bargaining and the initiative and referendum Chief Justice Nichols has
declared all decisions the
Court will be found 80 30 375 The decision the a
referendum the three elections
the decision The Ohio
wentytree made discharge employees
decided
unconstitutional The 'unconstutional
Sec 129 Whoever being member of firm agent officer
of employees from
belonging lawful labor
employees discarging discharge them
their employ, the
Of their with such labor shall be fined than
hundre dollars imprisoned than months both
discharged joining refusing
have collective bargaining the
full of unctn against labor and hundreds of
m for alleged understand deep interest
that the records
punish
support
labor
Yours sincerely CHAsU. sHRYoCK,
of z. T 1885
ADVERTISEMENT
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-10-22

COAL OWNERS
Ignore Government and Are
Given Troops

Birmingham, Ala.-The coal section
of this state has witnessed no disor-
der, but coal owners are furnished
state militia to break strike caused
by the owners refusal to accept an
award by the bituminous coal COM
mission. All meetings of miners have
been prohibited.
When the public was worked into
a frenzy, last fall, because of the ma
ton wide bituminous strike, a COM
mission, appointed by the government,
made an award after the strike was
called off. The award was accepted by
the miners.
The commission recommended that
coal owners in Alabama and other
fields must meet with representatives
of their employees and negotiate an
agreement. The commission also de-
creed that the provisions of the award
shall be written into the agreement,
that the provisions shall not be sub
JGSL W tilclilSC VI S&id OiieAS
they shall be adopted as written by
the commission.
The Alabama coal owners refuse to
obey this order and decline to deal
with Representatives of their en-
ployes.
The coal owners attitude is blow
to the policy Of settling industrial dis
putes by negotiation. Feeling has
been intensified by the presence of
state troops and the refusal of the
commandant to permit the holding of
public meetings in the strike zone.
E - "a
Instead Of finding fault with the
pessimistic attitude of the people with
whom you associate, see what you can
do tc make them optimistic by showing
your own optimism.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-10-22
WANT WOOL
LABELED
That Buyers Might Be Pro
tected Against Shoddy

Chicago.-The national sheep and
wool bureau of America charges the
National Association of Wool Manu-
facturers with opposing law that
would compel the labelling Of cloth
because the manufacturers can make
more money by selling shoddy goods
for "all wool"
The sheep and wool bureau does
rot object to the sale of shoddy cloth,
but insists that the public should not
be deceived.
The people want shoddy marked and
virgin wool cloth marked, says the
bureau, so that they can take which
they prefer and have range of prices
due to competition between shoddy
and virgin wool cloth.
eve insist" continues the bureau
that the reason that certain textile
manufacturers wish to continue manu-,
featuring all wool cloth out of uni
Identified shoddy is that they can make
roore money through the use of shoddy
than through the use of virgin wool.
with no labelling law to stop them
they can sell shoddy cloth for the
same price that they can sell virgin
col cloth. If there was a compulsory
.abeling law, they'd have to ask the
people lower price for shoddy cloth
because the people would not pay vir-
j. in wool cloth prices for cloth that
they actually knew was shoddy."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-10-22
SILK SHIRT
Story Denied By acking
House Arbitrator

Chicago. Judge Alschuler, arbitra
tor in wage movement instituted by
packing house employees, says the
story of these employees buying $25
silk shirts and earning $100 a week,
is false and misleading"
1T is on a par with good many
other things that get into the news
papers," said the arbitrator. Il saw
in the headlines in the papers here the
other day about some men earning 500
or so a week. Whether it was intend
ed or not, it creates the impression
that that is the scale cf wages for the
yards. 1t is not fair"
The story was written, it is stated,
by a packers publicity agent and it
was later carried" by the press asso-
Citations and given wide circulation.
The packers employees do not OBJ
ject to wearing silk shirts, but they
60 object to the claim that they wear
this apparel when the purpose of the
story is to create a high-wage M
preston.
pa Ea IA
Unless you do harder and more diff
fcult things as you find them to do,
you will not gain in ability. Tackle
the hard Jobs.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-10-22
ConfrOnts Railroads in Per-
son of w. w. Warwick

Washington. Railroad managers
have struck a stone wall in the person
of Walter w. Warwick, comptroller
of the treasury, who is the court of
last resort on all government eXpendi-
lures.
Under the Cummins- Esch bill rail
roads are guaranteed all expenses for
six months from March l last, when
e properties were returned to
their owners. Several managers have
called on the treasury official to ad
vance sums of money "on account, +"
and the comptroller rules that when
The railroads present their statement
covering the entire period he viii pay
them.
1t IS now nearly two months since
tie six-months' period expired but
he railroads have again failed to
how the boasted efficiency of these
properties. They seem to be in no
shape to present their statement, and
they want money, but there stands
the comptroller of the treasury, who
cannot be removed, who is above court
orders on this question and can only
be reached by congress changing the
law.
And congress viii not meet for
several weeks.
Officers of the chamber of COM
.nerce of the United States are aid
ing the managers who are nettled at
the obstinacy of Warwick
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-10-22
UNION HATER
Repeats Old Libel With
Slang and Vulgarity

Newark, N. with slang and vul-
garity, E. j. McCone, manager of the
non-union Buffalo Commercial, tolo
500 employees in this city that there
were but four newspapers in the
United States that dared oppose the
censorship of the International Typo
graphical Union.
McCone made similar statement
last spring before a committee of the
United States senate and received
momentary notice at the time. His
latest outburst has been ignored by
the press associations but he was
challenged at the conclusion of his
talk. L. T. Russell, managing eiitor
of the Newark Ledger, jumped to his
feet and declared that never before
had he heard word about "this stuff. !"
Il believe these statements to be
absolutely rot and deliberately insult
ing to the relationship of the printers
and the publishers" said the news
paper man.
In first page editorial, the next
day, Editor Russell referred to the
Buffalo anti-unionist as a "peranoiac"
and AN emotional freak" who docs
not possess the slightest primary in
formation on human or industrial re-
lations."
In behalf of the employers asso-
citation it must be sai6 that they had
bought a pig in poke and didn't
know that the thing was NANCY and
sick mentally and morally, until it
had been let out of the bag and turn
ed loose on the helpless audience.
said Editor Russell.
''The man who goes out in public
places and appears before audience.
of representative business men
whether as a prostitute for price OF
gratis as a hopeless fanatic, and who
makes assaults on everybody anC
everything in general and antagonizes
without rhyme or reason, without
knowledge of a fact or regard for {
fact, is greater menace Thousand
times over to the business institution:
and the industries Of this country thar
the disciples of Lenine and Trotzk.
who infest our cities and industrial
centers"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-10-22
STATE UNIONS CONFER

Pendleton, Ore.-The annual con-
vention of the Oregon State Fedora
tor of Labor proved to be the most
harmonious and enthusiastic held by
that body in years. The resolutions
more generally discussed called for a
shorter workday and reorganization
of unions along industrial lines. The
convention declared in favor of a
shorter workday as production pro-
ceeds to the extent of creating unem-
The delegates believe that
the adjustment of trade unions to new
is a development that must
be worked through the present organ
izations, and rejected the reorganiza-
tion proposal by a three to one vote.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-10-22
PICKREL FOR CONGRESS
Makes Plain Statement of Where He Will Stand II
Elected
Position Questions of Vital Importance to Labor Is
FavOrably Stated

William G. Pickrel, who is the we'll
known candidate for congress, on the
democratic ticket, and who has met
great many of Butler county folks in
the last few weeks, was interviewed
recently as to his attitude toward
those questions which affect labor.
Inasmuch as Mr.. Pickrel has and
does represent several different trade
unions of Dayton, Ohio, and is person
al counsel and attorney for o. B.
Chapman, Harry Hannah, Grant Finke
and other labor leaders of Dayton, his
position, of course, is most favorable
to organized labor. Mr.. Pickrel is op-
POSED to the establishment of a state
|constabulary, also is opposed to the
Kansas industrial court, and the incor-
poration of the labor union. Mr. Pick
rel is an ardent advocate in the eX-
tension of the workingmen's compen-
sation law so as to include compensa-
ton for occupational diseases, and is
also in favor of the old age pension.
Mr. Pickrel expressed opposition to all
involuntary labor, except as punish
ment for crime. He said that he was
II favor of trial before jury where vio-
lation of injunction out of the pres
ence of the court is the charge, and
also was in favor of universal eight
hour day, especially on all federal
state and municipal work at prevail
ing per diem wage. Mr.. Pickrel also
expressed himself in favor of the
abolition of sweat shop work in all
of its forms, also for the rigid sani-
tary inspection of factory work shops
and other places of employment, and
also in favor of the passage and strict
enforcement of law both federal and
state against child labor Inasmuch
as Mr.. Pickrel's work has been with
labor unions, in times Of their trou-
BILE, he can appreciate the ups and
downs of leaders and members of or
ganized labor He is in favor of the
employment of union labor on all fed
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-10-22

eral, state and municipal work, and is
opposed to prison labor coming into
competition with free labor. Mr.
Pickrel believes in the regulation of
the employment of women in industry,
SO that the vitality and vigor of the
womanhood of this country may not be
all spent in the work shop, but may
be so conserved that the future moth
ers of the country can meet their re-
eponsibilities. Mr.. Pickrel also ex-
pressed the conviction that legislation
should be enacted to curb profiteering
and speculating on food stuffs and
tie necessities of life, also the aboli-
tion of war taxes, especially the petty
taxes that are charged the great
masses of people on the everyday
things of life.
Mr.. Pickrel has been advocating
these measures from the stump all
over this district. He believes that
when the great majority of citizens of
this community appreciate the value
of these measures to the welfare of
all the community, that there will be
no question about the result.
Mr.. Pickrel is a firm believer in
cooperative bargaining, both for en-
ployees in private industry as well as
those in government service, and is alb.
solutely opposed to any Legislation
that would handicap or hinder collect
i've bargaining through representa-
tives chosen by the respective sides.
Mr.. Pickrel is member of The
Fraternal Order of Eagles, Knights
of Pythias and Masonic bodies, anc
takes an active interest in the work
of his fraternal connections.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-10-22
WANT NON-UNION
SHOP

Chicago.-A non-union shop COM
paign has been launched by the Him
ois Manufacturers Association. Or,
more strictly speaking, low-wage
methods Of these employers will be
John NJ. Glenn is spokes
r an for the manufacturers. AS sec
retary of their association he is the
hired man behind whom child labor
and low-wage advocates
hide.
Glenn says the non-union shop "is
the most vital question now before
American industry"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-10-22
BOASTED
EFFICIENCY
Ignores the Many Wastes In
Oil, Lumber, Disease,
Labor Turnover, Etc.

Washington.-Th federal bureau of
mines says that more than 600000,000
gallons of gasoline is lost by evapora-
ion and that this loss could keep
100000 automobiles in commission
for year if each car used $50 gal
Ions Of gasoline, The annual money
loss is estimated at $15O,OO0,000
The worst feature of this loss, says
the Lureau is that the wasted gasoline
is the most volatile and consequently
the best quality of gasoline obtain
able, and that the prevention of this
less, which is economically possible,
would not only increase the gasoline
supply materially but would also in
arease the general standard of the
gasoline.
Experiments in the principal fields
show that a great quantity of the
gasoline now escapes into the air.
This can be conservatively estimated
Z. about 20 per cent of the gasoline
in the crude oil Probably half of
this, can be economically recovered,
and this quantity will not only in
aease the supply but improve its
quality
The above statements are in line
With similar declarations by other
governments bureaus regarding the
conomic loss, through wasting OF
The country's resources.
The United States health service
gently showed the appalling losses
to this country because of diseases
4 at can be prevented.
The forestry service has stated thai
for every four forest trees cut down
by lumber men, but one is planted.
Secretary of Labor Wilson has
stated that the loss through labol
turnover is greater than all strikes
and lockouts combined Other losses
il clude 100000 babies under one yeal
Of age who die annually, 11o,o0C
mothers who lose their lives because
Of improper attention at child birth
thousands of lives lost in industry
and hundreds of thousands injured
and staggering losses because Q
; faulty marketing systems, lack Q
, proper storage, ETC. etc.
The list could be continued indef
; nitely, and in every case exceed tn
. i IS through strikes, which Statesmen
.. would stop, not by removing th
! cause, but by taking the workers
. rights from them,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-10-22
TRADING BAN is
LIFTED

Washington.-Th state department
announces that "on and after Octo-
Der 2 all persons in the United States
are authorized to trade and commun-
icate" with "all persons with whom
trade and communication was prohi
bited" by the trading-with-t h-the-enemy
act.
Although the United States is still
technically at war with Germany,
practically all restrictions upon trade
with that country are removed. It
is provided however, that 'the above
mentioned general license does not
authorize any trade with respect to
any property that has been reported
to the alien property custodian"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-10-22

The congressman said $175,0O0,O0O
is on deposit IN postal savings banks,
bearing interest at 2 per cent. This
money is loaned by the post office de-
partment obanlss at 212 per cent and
the banks in turn loan it back to the
coHernment at 6 per cent.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-10-22
WOULD USE u. S.
LOANS

Washington. II Congressman Clyde
Kelly, of Pennsylvania, favors enlarg
ing the functions of the United States
postal savings bank so that loans can
be made to home builders.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-01-08
RADICALS ACTIVE:
IN BRITISH ISLES
WOIkING ALONG SAME LiNI.
THERE A. ~ THIS COUNTRY
REPOiiTS STATE
~ associated l'r~Ss

~ Associated prrSs
LONDON. Jan. Bolshcvik All
tatOrs In this country are working
cncrgetically along lines similar To
those projected by the radicals IN
America, namely. the overthrow OF
the government and the establish
mcnt OF a soviet form OF government.
II s. thought probable that the
plans on this side of the Atlantic
have not ye; reached the point ahiev.
cd In the United States but II Is be.
lioyod that the radials here rapidly
are reaching the point where they
might seize on some big labor strik,
as an opportunity for starting rev.
oluiionary movement.
While these fats are ommon
knowledge to lose observers OF the
situation. u is said TO be impossible
for the British authorities. under the
present ultra-liberal laws OF free
speech. TO do muh more than watch
the progress of events.
The mere fact that an individual
or an Organization is allied with the
Moscow intcrnatlonale and IL preach
ing revolutionary innucndo is declar-
ed TO be insufficient ground for po'
lice action.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-01-08
SON OF WEALTHY BREWER WANTED
ON DESER1ION CHARGE, ARRESTED
AFTER SENSATIONAL S YEAR CHASE

ny Associated Prss
PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 7-Groyer
Cleveland Bcrgdoll. wealthy son ~
former brewer and charged with
heing a draft dodger and dcsertcr
from the army, was caught tOdsy
while hiding IT, the palatial residence
of his mother In the outskirts OF
this city. Tonight he IL prisoner
on Governors Island IN New YorG
harbor. awaiting trial by court mar
tial. The arrest Of Bergdoll. whose
brother. an automobile racer Is still
miss 'ns. who is charged with dodg
ing the draft. was as sensational rs
has heens his career In the last five
years. More than q dozen federal aud
civ officers participated In the raid
ON Bcrgdoll home. Resistance was
offered hy the mother. Mrs. Emma
Rergdoll. who threatened To shoot
the Officers and was disarmed only
after struggle She was held In
siO.0OO hail on charges Of assault
and battery with intent To kill. and
conspiracy to prevent the execution
of arrest warrants. Bail was furnish
cd by her son In law. Grover Berg
doll disappeared In August. 1913,
and seaich for him as a draft dodger
was made all over the United States
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-01-08

and Mexico. Several times federal
agents searched the three residences
maintained by the Bcrgdolls In this
vicinity.
Mother Flights OFFICERS
Mrs. Bergdoll threatened death To
any officer who entered her home
when they appeared ut the mansion
today. Statgy was used and the
front and rear entrances were forced
at the same time.
II was at the rear that the mother
struggled with the police and was
dlsarmed
4 search OF the house revealed
Grover hiding In window box seat
on the second floor OF the house.
Given Hearings
Afier a preliminary hearing at the
federal building. Bcrgdoll was taken
To New York under heavy guard. he
fore leaving he said he had roamed
all over the United States and had
returned home only few days ago.
lie said he saw his brother Erwin
only oncc and that was In Cincinnati
six months ago.
Grover Brrgdoll's father Is dead
The Young man was much In the
public eye before he was accused OF
drafi dodEiss.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-01-08
HINES FAVORs
UNION Of ROADS
REPRESENTATION ~ AFFAIRS
ny CAPITAL AND LABOR,
ALSO URGED
" Associated Press

~ Associated Press
NEW YORK. Jan. s.-Compui-
sorry consolidation of the railroads
into few great corporations before
they return to private Coa,rUl, with
the public and labor a. wcll as cap
itai, represented in the r'anagem'r,
OF the systems. was advocated ~
night by Director General Hines In
an address before the Bar Associa-
tion OF New York citv. Without that
fundamental reconstruction Mr..
Hines declared. the result will b.
progressively disappointing aud In q
few years the dissatisfaction OF the
public will manifest itself tnroughh
an insistent demand for a radically
different plan which is not likely
then to stop short of odtrigh, gov
ernmont ownership"
Pointing out the almost impossi-
bic" situation OF the railroads prior
TO federal control. owing to the at
ticulty of financing The lines, Mr..
Hines said that our past cNperien
ccs have demonstrated that the old
system will no, succeed"