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New Britain herald., 1920-03-17
FIRST TRUCK MADE IN PORTLAND TAKEN
 OUT ON TEST TRIP
Especial to The Courant)

Portland Feb. 1.-The American Motor Truck & Tractor company of this town has finished it's first Ameri- can motor truck. and today took it out on a test trip on Main street of this place and in Middletown. The truck presented a fine appearance on the street. It was finished about two weeks ago. but weather conditions hindered it's being out for a test It will be taken to New Haven tomor- row and placed on exhibition at the autom obile show in that city.
 It is understood that the company has several big orders booked for autom otiVe trucks this year.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-05-14
MOOSE EXPOSITION
Opened Thursday Night In
Blaze Of Glory With
Enormous Crowd
Present

The opening Of the Greater Hamil-
ton Exposition, which was to take
place on Wednesday night but which
had to be postponed on account Of
the miserable weather, was more than
made up for on Thursday night, for
when Honorable Mayor c. J. Smith
made the opening address, turned the
keys OF the city over to the committee
and pressed the button which turned
on the lights and started the machin-
cry Of the big show it was indeed au
inspiring sight When his honor
turned on the lights, Exposition park
Aared up in blaze of glory illuminat-
ing the entire ueighboring vicinity
The blaring Of the bands and The
cheering of the crowds could be hear
for miles.
Things looked rather gloomy for the
general committee In charge of the
event Wednesday was one of Tie
worst days fol weather this season
and it was with regret that the com.
miltee announced the postponement
II didn't look much better early Thur.
day, but with The sun breaking through
near noon everyone took on new life
and never was there So much aetivits
seen around the park and the Moos,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-05-14
After Which Supreme Court
Stands Pat
One Trust Is Bad, Other Is
Good. Seems To BE
Opinion

WASHINGTON THE United State
supreme court has refused he govern
meat request 10 reopen the stoer
Trust case. which Wa- based on i yio-
latioa of tae anti-tra.t lau. ana Uas
decided March last in favor of the
TRUST
III asking that his decision De Is
viewed Tire government uracticans
charges .he court with co0radictine
itself oa April rs III the so-called
Readine coal ease. which was decided
AGAINST mine companies aad railroads.
The government tola tie court .hat
its steel trust opinion apparently con
cedes that this trust violates TIE anti-
trust law ana that this criminal COM
business Is permitted to continue be
cause. Che court holds. mere size IS
not iolation Of the law; that dis
solution Of the trust would be am iu-
Jury to the public interest and that the
existence Of unexerted power" is not
an offense
Ia the Reading coal ease The courg
took ia opposite view ANA declared.
.rbat such Il power. 10 obtained. le-
qardIess of the use made of it, con-
stjtutes a menace to and undue re-
straint upon interstate commerce
,,.;t,;, fba naanino of tha antitrust
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-05-14
ANTI-STRIKE Law
UPHELD
BY District Judge inSmooth.
Oily Word Decision

Pittsburg, Kan In cunning
piece Of word jugglery the Kansas
"can't-strike' law has been upheld BY
Judge Curan Of the Crawford county
district court. The courts arrange
ment Of words is shown in this state
ment,
"A man cannot be compelled TO
work, you say Certainly not. do
not believe for a moment that any
member of the legislature intended to
make any man work The purpose Of
this act is, in an orderly way, to give
man a chance to work.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-05-14

Average sales realization for last
January was S2.78 a ton, as compared
with the 1918 average of $3.50 ton,
a difference of 18 cents a ton in the
amount realized. These figures were
based on the accounts of ,272 oper-
ators. Margin between production
cost and sales realization for last
January, the commissions figures
showed, was 46 cents a ton, as COM
pared with a margin of Sc cents a
ton for 1918.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-05-14
MANY IDLE In
SEATTLE
Owing to ClOse-dOwn OF All
Shipyards

Duluth There are 10 carpenters
for every job in Seattle, according to
information received by the Duluth
Carpenters Union from the carpent-
ers' district council of Seattle. The
northwest unionists say:
Owing to the closing down of ali
shipyards in this district and the ant
union fight being made by the asso-
ciated industries against all unions,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-05-14
WHAT TT COSTS TO MINE
COAL

Washington. The cost Of produc
ing ton Of coal increased % cents
from January, 1918, to January, this
year, reports the federal trade com
mission The figures show that last
January the cost was $2.32 ton,
While the average for 1918 was $2.04
a ton
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-05-14
- pa rs
WANT S48 MINIMUM

Spokane -A $48 minimum and 4
44-hour week for printing trades
craftsmen was demanded by the Pa
cifc Coast Allied Printing Trades
Council at its convention in this city.
The district includes California, Ore
gon, Washington and British Colum
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-05-14

especially the building trades, there
are 10 men for every job in Seattle,
with very little work under construc-
tion. We are trying to hold our
union shop conditions, and will be sue
cessful if our union brothers will as
sist us by staying away from Seattle.
IF your travelling brothers must
come to the northwest they had bet
ter bring money enough to live on
and feed some Of the men already
here.
"This is your fight as well as ours,
and you will assist US by posting
these notices in the most conspicuous
places"
pa pa @
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-05-14
E "a b.
BAD TEETH IN SCHOOL

New York "A survey of several
schools in a tenement house section
in this city shows that out Of 1885
children examined nearly 81 per cent
have defective teeth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-25
BY NEWBOLD MOVES.

INTEREST in foreign affairs conferred dur
ing the week which has just closed in
tho meeting Of the allied premiers at
San RENO. Italy, where Lloyd George.
Millerand and Nitti. each with 9 formi-
dable encourage. met to compose the differ
ences which have recently been manifested
between the nations they represent.
Though the program called for the taking up
OF the Turkish treaty the first Of the prob
lens to be disposed Of Millsrand. with but
one principal object in view and that the
disarmament Of Germany, promptly served no.
tice upon his confreres that he would trans
act no business until France had been assured
that her interests would DO protected. Prog
ress was thus hindered and It soon became
obvious that the question Of the enforce
ment Of tho treaty Of Versailles was to domi-
nate the conference.
Yesterday came the announcement that
what had appeared to be a hopeless dead
lock had been broken and that Premiers Lloyd
George Of Great Britain and Millerand Of
France had come to q complete agreement
concerning the attitude of the two nations
toward Germany and enforcement Of the treaty
Of Versailles. A joint declaration is to be
issued which will cover everything. and
Premier Nittf Of italy is confidently relied upon
to approve the program.
ipating officially In the conferences, Ambas-
sador johnson being in attendance only as an
observer, the potency of Americas influence
manifested in the agreement announced
yesterday between the Italian premier and
the Jugoslav foreign minister accepting Presi
dent Wilson's plan for settlement Of the Adri-
attic question. Under this plan Ftume Is to
be made a buffer state. with contiguity
of territory between Fiume and Italy.
plebiscite is to be held to determine whether
the island Of Lagosta shall belong to Italy
or Jugoslavia and whether the island of Cherso
shall belong to the new state Of Fiume to
Italy Jugoslavia.
Terms Of the settlement yet to be APP
proved by a cabinet to be formed at
Belgrade, but refusal Of the Jugoslavia gov
eminent to ratify the action Of Foreign
Minister Trumbitch ia not anticipated
+ X X
America will be primarily interested. in 10
far as the Turkish discussion goes. in the
coming notification to this country to the
effect that the allies md themselves unable
to see the matter of forcing the Turk out
of Europe as does President Wilson. since
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-25
Magnetic Ship Goes to Cape Towr

The magnetic survey vessel Carnegie
arrived at st. Helena Island on March
40 and has since sailed for Capetown
according to information received her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-25
WAR WORKERS IN WASHINGTON
ANXIOUS TO HOLD ON TO JOBS

some Of the pegs win have to 60. The
question. therefore, IL who shall go
and who shall stay? Many Of them
are willing to go. but most Of them
desire to remain.
When the United States entered the
| war In 1917 it became necessary at
once to expand vastly the personnel
of the government departments. es-
pecially Of the War and Navy. Every
thing conferred at Washington. all eff
forts were directed from this point.
Before that the departments were be-
ing run on an economy basis. and
every bureau had complained for
years of being undermined.
But additional employees had TO be
taken in at once by scores Of thou
sands In fact, the additions to the
government rolls in the Capital city
alone were figured to be something
over 100. 900 They were brought here
from every section of the country and
included people from all walks of
life. For the major part. they were
young women, since males OF like
age were subject to the selective draft
for the Army. They were not only
invited to come, but were urged. as a
patriotic duty.
No doubt, to a great many Of them.
It was an adventure, lark. Cases
were found where girls had run away
from home and were living here un-
der assumed names. to enjoy the
great adventure. Many became dis
illusioned soon and returned home.
They found that living conditions in
the terribly congested city were un-
pleasant. because living quarters had
not been provided for a sudden army
of 100000 and more.
The vast majority Of them stuck"
and thousands of them want to con-
tinue to stick at it"
These are the two classes that be-
siege the congressman with impor-
tunities to be kept on when the rolls
pressure to bear from voting rela-
tlves at home to support their plea.
It's hard lines for the congressman.
Here 1t IL coming on election time.
when every vote and every friend will
be needed. and a Macedonian cry for
fused. might turn into curses upon
their own devoted heads at polling
time In November.
But what is a poor congressman TO
do when he approaches the govern
ment official with request to keep
his constituent on the rolls. That
official blandly- says: why, my dear
sir. you congressman have cut down
the appropriations. reduced the num-
Der of my employees. and now you
come around and ask us to make
places for people where there are no
places"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-25
GREAT LAKES-TO-SEA ROUTE
WOULD INCREASE SEAPORTS
Congress and international Joint Commits
sion Giving Serious Consideration to
St. Lawrence River Proposal.
REATION of an American
Mediterranean in the heart

@REATIoN of an American
Mediterranean in the heart
1 Of the producing section of
the North American CONT
nent. which, it is claimed, would solve
the transportation problem Of the great
west and relieve the fuel and power
crisis on the .congested eastern sea-
board. is receiving the serious atten-
ton Of Congress and Of the interna-
tional Joint commission.
Opening UP Of water route through
the st. Lawrence river from the great
lakes to the sea, making every port
on the great lakes a seaport, has been
tive A. p. Nelson of Wisconsin in a
speech. 100000 copies of which have
been ordered for distribution by i'm
portant commercial and traffic organ
izations throughout the country. Mr..
Nelson also appeared last week before
the international joint commission, OF
which Obediah Gardner of Rockland
Me-. is chairman of the American
group, with r. B. Glenn of winston
Salem, N. C. and Clarence D. Clark of
Evanston. Wyo.. as associates. This
commission is now arranging an itin-
erary throughout the United States
and Canada to conduct hearings on
this project which has been Endorsed
by former Secretaries Lansing and
Lane, by John Barton Payne. both as
chairman Of the Shipping Board and
later as Secretary of the Interior De-
partment; by Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood,
and by Secretary Daniels.
Hopeful of Favorable Report.
Representative Nelson feels hope
full of getting a favorable report early
in the next session Of Congress. on
this project of national and interna-
tional Importance. 1t has two inn
portant phases--transportati and
water power. The Importance OF the
development has been emphasized by
the bureau Of foreign and domestic
commerce. the geological survey and
the Army engineers.
Herbert Hoover, in a letter to KEEP
resentative Nelson, says: II 1t were
pOSStO10 10 secure 81 SoihPh -
a consideration not only of this sub
ject, but Of improvements of other
waterway outlets from the central
part of the United States and secure
their organization in definite ma
tional program extending over years.
it would indeed form the most con-
structive advancement of our highly
deficient transportation problem"
Julius H. Barnes, chairman of the
United States Grain Corporation, de-
clares that this project, through which
the nations ever-increasing produce
ton and expanding traffic might flow
naturally. by cheap course to the mar
kets Of the world, lis of the greatest
Importance to the country. far beyond
that of any other single transporta-
ton project which I can imagine. and
this In. NV deliberate conclusion out
of thirty years experience in ship
ment. largely by water"
Representative Nelson. federal off,
Gals and those best informed on pro-
duction and transportation problems
have impressed upon Congress that
the st Lawrence route IL of even
greater Importance to the western
part Of the country than the Panama
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-25

The recent action of the governme mt
in the deportation of undesirables is
TO be commended. 1t Is the only pun
sshmsnt that nts the crime of anarchy.
eedition or revolution by force. and
the government should comb the
country with . fne tooth comb and
not let UP until the last one Of these
pests Is sent back to the country from
which he came. The American people
can change the form of their govern
ment whenever majority perma-
nently and deliberately is of the opin-
ion that IT ought to be changed and
has made up its mind what form the
change ought to take. but in the
meantime no man 10 dt to live here
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-25
PERMANENT POLICIES TO GO
FROM WAR RISK THIS MONTH
Bureau to Start Sending Them to Service
Men and ex-Soldiers Who Have Con-
verted Their Insurance.

Temporary policies for no less than
$40. 900. 600, 200. This immense respon-
sibility the government felt was too
great to turn over to private con-
Germs and though the greater part
of 1t lapsed when the men were de-
modified. enough insurance has been
converted into permanent form to
make the government the greatest
life insurance company In America.
six Forms of Insurance.
The new policies viii provide for
six. forms Of permanent Insurance and
three options as to how the benefits
shall be paid in case of the death of
tho insured. The six forms are
straight insurance. twenty payment life.
thirty-payment life twenty-year en-
dowment. thirty-year endowment and
an endowment maturing when tho in
sured reaches the age of sixty-two
years.
At the option Of the insured the
benefits will be paid in lump sum
to the beneficiary, they will be paid
in installments covering q period of
not less than three years, or they will
be paid throughout the lifetime of the
beneficiary. Or should the beneficiary
become totally and permanently dis
abled the policy will mature at once.
1t is not the aim Of the government
to give the former service men insur-
ance gratis. but rather to provide
them with insurance at cost making
no charge for the service rendered
surance Interest is paid on the
premiums at the rate of 3h per cent,
and If the government Is able to
make the accumulated premiums earn
more than that rate the excess will
be distributed to the policy holders
in the form OF dividends
Clerical Force Reduced.
Demobilization of the Army and re-
organization Of the bureau have re-
suited in a big reduction of the
clerical force required to handle gov
eminent insurance. When r. G..
ChoImeley-Jones former lieutenant
colonel overseas. took charge of the
bureau last summer. there were A.
900 employees there, and the number
is now about 5000.
If Congress and the department Of
ficials were surprised at the number
that took out government insurance
they probably were disappointed at
the number that failed to continue
their policies in force after leaving
the service, only about % per cent
having retained their insurance one
wear after rehabilitation began. For
that reason liberal terms for rein.
statement of lapsed policies were ar
ranged, and reinstatements are still
being made very rapidly. The latest
ruling Of Secretary Houston of the
Treasury Department is that any war
risk insurance policy, no matter how
long it has lapsed. may be reinstated
before July l next. on the payment
Of but two monthly premiums
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-25

canal to the east. Magnus Swenson
the president of the company which
takes care Of the business Of the Nor
wegian- American line, doing partic-
ularly heavy trade with Minnesota and
Wisconsin. points out that this would
make Wisconsin the gateway OF the
| west and southwest. He says: Il can
| easily see the tremendous saving in
time and money that would accrue II
| these lake ports. AS 1t is, we find It
| desirable to have our boats go to
Montreal for Chicago cargoes, on ac-
count OF the great congestion, strikes
and expense incident to New York
| harbor"
Discussed for Decades.
The feasibility and desirability OF
this development project directly If
fectfng fourteen Of the great produc-
ing states OF the middle west has been
discussed for several decades. Prog
ress was Interrupted in 1914 by the
world war, and the extraordinary de-
| mands on agriculture and transporta-
ton emphasized the impressive i'm
! portance of such a water route. On
March 2. 1919. Senator Irvine L. Len
root OF Wisconsin had incorporated in
the rivers and harbors act a provision
requesting the international Joint
commission ito investigate what
further improvement Of the st. Law
renee river. between Montreal and
Lake Ontario is necessary to make
the same navigable for ocean-poine
vessels" and to report the estim ated
cost TO the Dominion OF Canada and
the Congress of the United States
with recommendations for "co-opera-
ton by those two governments IN
the improvement of this river"
Prominent engineers and engineer
ing bodies have sent to Congress that
opinions that the opening up OF tba
st. Lawrence route is absolutely feas-
IDLE and would afford relief not only
to overburdened transportation facil-
tiles, but also would supply needed
hydro electric power to seaboard in
dustries.
The development as visioned for
Congress by Representative Nelson
plans for cooperative program be.
tween inland waterways and the rail-
roads, declaring that destructive com.
petition between these two must
cease. The congestion around the
eastern terminals, which was a great
wartime menace. must be removed.
he said, by providing dockage on the
lakes.
AS an illustration of the value to
agriculture and an incentive to in
creased agricultural activity in the
west he pointed out that the water
maui for wheat alone through the ST
Lawrence would cause a saving of
$12.000.000 to $15,O0O.00O annually,
which would go into the pockets of
the farmers.
Return Of About 20 Per Cent.
The relative insignificance of the
estimated cost of the st. Lawrence
route. $120.000.000, only one-half of
which would be paid by the United
states. Is shown by Representative
Nelson in comparison with the esti- !
mated cost of railroad rolling stock |
Tor the next five or six years-$3,- |
000. 100000. The conservation of coal |
would reach tremendous amount |
and the annual income rental of the /
immense horsepower on the American |
side alone would be about $12,000,O0O
or return Of about 30 per cent on !
the Investment "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-25
THE STORY THE WEEK HAS TOLD

the United States Is not to assume any re-
sponsibility in connection with the Turkish
problem. The council has decided that the
Turk shall stay In Europe and Italy, France
and England are to take up the task Of in
surfing order within that lntry. Force will
be necessary admittedly. and this force will
have to be supplied by England France and
Italy. '8
The United States having refused to &C
cept a mandate for Armenia, and Euro
pean government being willing apparently
to take the burden. the council deter
mined to create an Independent Armenian
republic. Boundaries of the new state have
not been definitely determined, but it is be-
lieved they will be considerably restricted
the theory that the less territory. Armenia
has to defend and the fewer Turks remain
ing within her boundaries the better will
be the chances Of the new state to survive.
The beginning of the week marked the vir-
tual end of the OUTLAW" strike. which had
during tho previous ten days. distressed and
disguised the country. Actually. of course
the strike was not then and has not as vet
been terminated. For any walkout Of SO un-
authorized a character tho one under con-
sideration could not be ended with any de-
gree Of unanimity of action, But from the
point of view of effectiveness, the end may
be said to have come with the beginning of
the week. The Hudson tubes, which had been
tied up since the beginning of the trouble
in the east. remained Sc until Tuesday.
Under tina ultimatum eff the General Man
ayers Association, issued last week. all men
who have returned te their jobs since last
Sunday have been registered men,
with entire loss of seniority. On Wednesday
a request to extend the time limit of the ulti-
matum was denied.
Interest which had been eentered in the
strike was promptly diverted to the function
ing of the railroad labor board, organised at
the close of last week. With gratifying
premptness. following the confirmation of it's
m smbers by the Senate, tho nine members
who comprise that board entered upon the
task of receiving complaints which might be
iegitimately laid before it and prepared to
pass upon them. The first work upon it's
table concerned the general wage demands
of 1000 900 railroad workers Throughout the
eeuntry-demands which involve increase
in something ever S1,ooooooooo, which must
eventually come from the pockets OF Jim and
Jane Despite the earnest efforts of the mon
recognised" railroad uhions-FespoHsibie for
the recent strike-te secure recognition be-
fore il, the board promptly entered upon pub
lie hearings in connection with the above In