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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-01-16
EARLY BUILDING FOR SUCCESS
Youths Wise Employment of Leisure
Hours Means Everything in His
After Life.

# the young man could only as
simulate very early In his life the fact
that merely to live and eat and drink
and sleep, and then die, is not enough,
but that he must rob himself of many
of the pleasures usually taken up by
young men If he means to make his
life Of the highest possible use to the
world he would set his foot on the
pathway to accomplish something
worth while
There is no harm Id billiards or
pool Or Id dancing, baseball or card
playing. or any one Of the scores OF
different diversions and recreatfons
open to young men. The natural In
clination usually is to devote large
part of the leisure hours of young man
hood to such pleasures But the youth
who Is really earnest In his ambition
to do something worth while Will dis
cipline himself to resist such tempta-
tions during his early, formative years,
for the whole fate Of man Is largely
determined by how he utilizes his plas-
tic years. He may be restricted by
circumstances, by environment, by
family ties in his selection Of his daily
work, but every young man, particu-
larly nowadays, has many hours that
he can call his own, and 1t Is how he
chooses to use these hours that
counts most and tells most.-Forbes
Magazine.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-01-16
BOY
SCOUT s
Conducted by National Council OF the
Boy Scouts of America9
BELGIAN PRINCE TO SCOUTS

King Albert of the Belgians has two
sons who are Boy Scouts. The king
and queen, with Grown Prince Leopold
recently toured this country.
Scout Leopold has sent this letter
voicing the brotherhood of scouting to
his American comrades:
You have been kind enough to ask
me TO send you a statement on what
the Belgian Boy Scouts have done dur
ing the war
During the first days of the inva-
sion our boys did their utmost TO as
sist both the civil and military authori-
ties, acting us messengers But, as
you are aware, Belgium was soon al
most entirely occupied by the enemy
and. from that moment, the Boy Scouts
in spite Of their desire to serve their
country, were reduced to inactivity.
Ever since the liberation of Belgian
territory they have again resumed
their work with the greatest enthu.
siasm.
4 am pleased to have an opportunity
of conveying to you the expression Of
their brotherly feelings towards the
Boy Scouts of America, and to express
to you my best wishes for the pros
perity of your great organization.
Yours faithfully,
"LEOP0LD DE BELGlQUE."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-01-16
STEEL STRIKE
NEWS.
EVEN THE MACHINERY, HATES
THE SCABS

Youngstown, O.--The Sheet & Tube
Company made lot of pipe last week
and after testing found it no good. 1t
was all broken up and put in the scrap
heap Scabs trying to do jobs for
which experienced men cannot be got,
have busted various machinery. A
foreman speaking to a striker the
day before yesterday, said, IF you
fellows stay out a while longer we
will have to hire you when you are
ready to come back whether we want
you or not, explaining that the opera
tions conducted under present condi-
tions were rapidly increasing the ne
cessity for experts on repairs, etc. The
top blew off one of the Carengie blast
furnaces in Sharon and injured four
scabs. The Erie raildoad works eight
engines in the Briar Hill steel plant in
normal times. At present they have
three at work, but production is
much lower than even this indicates
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-01-16

credulity. The hippopotamus lives
along the rivers, they said, and this
talk about pygmies of this species in
the forests is nonsense
Nevertheless a pygmy hippo was
caught as far back as 1873, and
brought from Africa to the geological
gardens in Dublin It might have con-
vinced the world, only it arrived In a
dying condition, and perished before
it could be exhibited After that, peo-
pie took to doubling it again, and
considered the one recorded specimen
as freak But Carl Hagenback, the
famous animal man made up his mind,
at last, that the pygmy hippo could
be, and should be, introduced to man.
He sent an intrepid hunter, Schom-
burgk, after it, and Schomburgk, after
spending a year and half in the jun
gle, reappeared with three pygmy
beasts. two of which were at once
brought to the New York zoo and
placed on exhibition.-New York Her
aid.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-01-16
AIwaxs the Boss.

was visiting my brother, who is q
country minister, and one day he asked
me to be a witness at the wedding of
couple who had just come in.
The bride was tall and heavy, while
the bridegroom was much understood
The minute The ceremony was over,
the bride grabbed the minister and
gave him a resounding kiss, then flung
her arms about the bridegroom and
fairly lifted him from the floor In her
embrace
Turning to me, she said In stage
whisper, "Ain't he cute? / married
him because he is so much smaller
than me, and he's six years younger,
too, so / can manage him. I've always
been boss, and | always mean to be. F."
Strange to say, upon inquiring about
this couple some i've years later,
found that they were an exceedingly
happy and prosperous pair.-Chicago
Tribune.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-01-16

Then the sheriff, it is stated, ran up
the side and over the top of a pile of
iron ore. The sheriff claims that he
was shot in the hip and seriously
wounded, in spite of the fact that no
person SO wounded could have run up
the side of pile of ore. The sheriff,
it seems, did not remain to witness the
so-called riot. A negro claims to have
been on his way to work at a coal
mine, though pickets claim that he
was scabbing at the National Tube
plant.
The picket shot and killed was inn
mediately examined by other pickets
before any other person could ap-
proach the body. There was no wea-
pon of any kind upon the dead man, al
though the frequent practice of
planting weapon on the man to
justify the claim of self-defense by
the officer who shot him, may be ex-
pected in the trial The picket who
was killed was in the office Of the sec
retary of the Wheeling district Satur-
day and stated his intention of leaving
Monday to return to his home in Eur
ope and bring his family back with
him. Police and mayor who have been
fair to the steel strikers will be re-
moved from office if the sheriff is able
to bring that about by exercising in
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-01-16
SECRETARY GLASS FOR SCOUTS.

Former Secretary of the Treasury
Carter II. Glass in addressing a gather
ing of boy scouts in Washington said :
Il regard it as distinctly great
compliment to be asked to come here
to greet young Americans, to greet
that association with which my prede-
cessor, Mr. McAdoo, was so prominent
ly and usefully identified
while ! do not know a great deal
about the boy scouts, / do know one
thingth 1t is an institution which
is antagonistlc to nothing that Is good
and hostile to everything that is bad,
and 1t is an honor for any man, what
ever his distinction in life, to come
and greet an association Of that sort.
IF the Boy Scouts of America had
done nothing more than they did In
the five Liberty loan campaigns they
would have earned distinction enough
to entitle them to the respect and af-
fection of all the American people, and
as secretary of the treasury of the
United States / want to give attesta-
tion TO the great patriotism mani
tested by the boy scouts. | want to
personally thank them for the splen-
did service they rendered their coun-
try and for the effective way In which
they aided the treasury department. /"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-01-16
NO ONES DUTY IS THE SCOUTS

1t was just the removal Of stray
brick that fell from a truck into the
middle of the street-a little thing
perhaps-but it was observed by some
of the big men in York, Pa, and
brought forth their heartiest com
mendation.
a wagon, heavily loaded, dropped
the brick. Another wagon came along
The driver saw the obstacle, veered to
one side, and narrowly escaped bump
ing into another vehicle Then a pc
destrian, crossing the street in a hurry,
tripped over it, and the language he
used would hardly win him leadership
of a troop.
A scout happened by He saw the
object, ducked between the traffic.
picked up the brick and carefully de-
posted it out of the way A little
thing? Perhaps But you ought to
hear what some of the onlookers said
about this genuine good turn"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-01-16

bundles all of the same size.
Peering over the top of the am.
buscade. he fixed his eyes steadily
upon Mr.. Beard. The national scout
commissioner OF the four hundred
thousand and more Boy Scouts OF
America knew the signs well enough
to realize that something was passing
through the boys mind, He asked the
lad what he was thinking about
The boy replied: II was just thinkin'
that you look like friend Of mine"
whats your friends name?" asked
the man who is the friend of all boys.
"Dan Beard" said the messenger.
"I am Dan Beard replied the com
missioner, with a smile.
"Gosh J" was the only reply of the
astonished boy. who dropped his bun
dies under the feet of the amused
passengers and brought his right hand
up to a stiff salute.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-01-16
soldIera 81 wounda Thev Inflct.

Mr.. Arthur Macdonald of Washing
ton, honorary president of the Inter
national congress Of criminal anthro-
pology, tells In the Medical Record
some Of the oddities noticed in ner-
vous soldiers. For instance:
One "who bayonets another In the
face may develop hysterical tic in
his own face; one bayoneting enemies
In the abdomen may have abdominal
contractures in himself. Hysterical
blindness may follow from seeing hor-
rible sights; hysterical deafness when
the cries Of the wounded are unbear-
able"
And he adds that in some of these
cases the only relief Is real wound.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-01-16
aEarmo That Raises Jewels.

The island of the Holy Ghost, Lower
California, has the only farm in the
world which sows and reaps a crop of
jewels. Through artificial propaga-
tion and care pearls are actually raised
there in the San Gabriel cove In their
natural condition the pearl beds are
scattered and the oysters are prey to
many submarine foes, but on this farm
they are protected by a substantial
masonry dixie which walls off portion
of the bays, reaching above high-water
mark. Openings admit the free
passage of the sea water. but are
guarded by heavy screens. The bot
tom Of this segregated area was
cleared of all growth and paved with
rock brought from the mainland and
laid by divers. Here the pearl oysters
are cultivated just as edible oysters
are
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-01-16
REMEDIAL. LAWS
IMPERATIVE NOW
Adequate Service an Absolute
Necessity to the Public.
HONORABLE DANIEL ]. RYAN
Asks That a Tribunal Be Established
to So Adjust Public Utility Rates
That Good Service May Be Made
Possible.

tHat 1oou oSFNiSs May DC "aSS
Possible.
Daniel ]. Ryan. former secretary of
state, one of the authors Of Randall
& Ryan's History of Ohio, and a
recognized authority on economic and
governmental questions, expressed
grave apprehension over the situation
in which public utilities, and particu-
larly the electric railways, find them
selves.
1T is not a fattering commentary
on our political and economic sys-
TEN" was Mr. Ryan's comment, and
1t does not reflect much credit on our
governmental sense Of justice, that
some organized move has not been
made to give justice TO the public
utility corporations of this country.
Public Service is a Necessity.
These public utilities mean
those which furnish gas and cleo
tricity, telephones, street and in
terurban fractions are an essential
part Of our every day life. They are
patronized much more extensively by
the common people than by any other
class, and yet it is from this very
source that the greatest unfriendli-
ness arises. 1t is due wholly 10 the
fact that sufficient study has not been
given to this subject. 1t seems to me
the time has come for justice and re-
ltef
A Tribunal For Fair Play.
There should be some tribunal es-
tablished which would stand between
the utilities and the public and ad-
just rates, so as to make it possible
for the public to receive the maxi
mum Of service at al times and the
owners to receive a just return upon
their investments. There should be
some power lodged somewhere that
Sould change franchise to meet the
cataclysmic economic revolutions
which have occurred the world over
and the results of which are apparent
in the condition of every public
utility It seems to me that when a
contract which was made under en-
tirely different circumstances than
those which now exist, and which no
human mind could foresee, and which
no business man or municipal coTpor-
alton would enter into if they had
foreseen. there should be some power
or method by which such a contract
could be modified in the interest OF
justice and the practical welfare OF
all ths people
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-01-16
spURRED WHILE TlED.

The smploye must now pay more
for food and clothing and housing
The manufacturer must pay more
wages and increase the price of his
product proportionately, and he has
The public service corporation which
furnishes power for traction and light
ing. according to government report
in which present and pre-war prices
are shown, pays 235 per cent more
for rails.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-01-16
BROUGHT BACK PYGMY HIPPO
Hunter Spent Weary Months In jun
giles to Prove That the Species
Really Existed.

1t seems incredible. but there exist
hippopotami that do not exceed 80
inches In height For long while no
body believed that there were any
pygmy hippos in Liberia. The natives
Insisted that the Hippopotamus Lib
eriensis lived deep in the forests; but
that was another reason why explorers
and hunters shook their heads In in
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-01-16
BREAKING SAVINGS gANks.

In the recent investigation of the
situation OF the electric traction com,
panies by the national government,
Commissioner Gadsden asked the
eminent statistician, Mr. Robert Bah
son to summarize the situation re-
garding electric railway securities.
To this request the latter replied
that during ten years, and mostly
during the past five years or less
traction bonds have shrunk 25 per
cent in value and traction stocks rs
per cent Some ten years ago in
Massachusetts, where great care is
exercised in such matters traction
securities were approved as invest
ments for cavIngs banks, thus indicat-
ing the esteem in which they were
held at the time OF late there have
been many losses Of trust funds and
savings bank investments due to the
shrinkage in value Of these securities
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-01-16
MEETING THE SCOUTS CHIEF

One day as Dan Beard was going up
the elevator in the high Flatiron build
ing in New York city, at the rear of
the car was a postal messenger boy
with his arms filled with a score of
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-01-16
THE TRoNBLE AT BENwooD

Wheeling, w Va.-The newspapers
have greatly exaggerated the recent
trouble at Benwood and, of course,
gave labor the unfair end of the deal.
The sheriff of Marshall county evil
IDENTIFY worked in with the National
Tube Company to get troops into Ben
wood 50 that the National Tube might
start operations. On the information
received to date, the sheriff started
the trouble by deliberately pulling a
gun and shooting one of the pickets.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-01-16
sCABs SORE AT BETHLEHEM

Bethlehem, Pa.-The Bethlehem
Steel Company seriously handicap
ped by the shortage of coal. Large
numbers of scabs are quitting daily
The dissatisfaction among them is
growing rapidly.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-01-16
STEEL SHIP PLATES DEFECTIVE

Baltimore, Md.-0ne of the men
working in the shipyards reported that
plates being placed at night ready for
riveting the next day, had to be turned
down because of inferior quality. He
stated that this was frequently the
case. The men here are in excellent
spirits, and sticking, saying they will
never return until the fight is won.
"a ~ -
The union label on an article you
purchase IS the only assurance you
can have that it is produced by union
labor. Protect yourself and your un-
ion conditions by buying nothing to
which it is not attached.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-01-16

fiuence upon the governor. This sher-
iff has done everything which he could
to start trouble at the National Tube
plant and finally succeeded.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-01-16
JUSTICE HUGHES ON FAIR PLAY.

Justice Charles Evans Hughes,
speaking before a legislative commit
tee at Albany on the Public Service
Commission .aw, urged the giving Of
power TO the commission to determine
the reasonableness Of franchise rates.
He said:
The sxigency that has been pre-
sented with respect to the establish.
ment OF Just and reasonable rates for
those engaged in public service. that
sIigency existing IN our various states
has led substantially to the same pro
vision. There has been in practically
AL our states an agency established
for the purpose of the careful consid.
eratton Of all the questions that are
relevant 70 the determination OF
just and reasonable rate, to the end
that justice should be done 10 the
public utility company on the one
hand and that justice should lie done
70 the community that it serves on
the other
TT has been found by experience
sh9t Il 10 only through a body, expert,
continuous and informed by expert
snce, that these difficult rate Ques
G1onB can be satisfactorily determined.
II has been the experience OF all our
eommonwea that ii Is utterly an
satisfactory 70 have rates made direct
ly by ths Legislature"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-01-16
Analo.Irish Tunnel.


Not only is it thought that the long
talked-of tunnel between England and
France viii be constructed at no re.
mote date but there is also talk of a
tunnel between England and Ireland.
This would restore to a slight extent
the geographical union that existed be-
tween the two countries in one geologi-
cal age thousands and thousands of
years ago. Great Britain and Ireland
were then separated only BY a great
valley.
1t is proposed to carry the tunnel
from some point on the coast of Ian
cashire to the nearest point in Antrim
or down on the Irish coast. subma-
rlne length Of - miles. one Of the
great benefits of the tunnel would be
that it would shorten the transatlantic
journey by at least 4S hours. 1t would
also help the Irish cattle trade and the
shipping of perishable goods, especial
ly fish, to English markets. Estimates
Of the cost of the proposed tunnel vary
from 100000 to S80000.00O.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-01-16
SCOUT CAMP TO BE ENLARGED

The boy scouts of New York and
New Jersey have access to the largest
permanent boys camp In the world.
Last summer there were over 1900
boys at a time in the great open-air
playground back of Bear mountain on
the Hudson river.
Because Of the record made by the
scouts, the Interstate park commission
offers to construct from five to eight
new camps for next year.
It Is planned to care for $500 boy
scouts next year.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-02-10
CHINK PEEYED BECAUSE JAIL
RESERVATION WAS IGNORED

Hello, Sing! So you've come back
home!" said Deputy Sheriff Smith to
Sing Lee when that Chinaman wa
brought to the Jail charged second
time with selling whisky.
Home, Chee-muck-a-hi!" said
Sing Lee.
Sing Lee was vexed to find another
prisoner in his cell and would not be
pacified until he was permitted to
move in, after the interloper had va
Gated.
"Home-Plitty good" he said when
he had regained possession of his old
quarters.
At the courthouse yesterday Sing
Lee was asked if he was going to
water the courthouse trees again this
summer, but he replied mournfully in
string of Oriental lingo which
seemed to say, please go way and
leave me alone" -a4
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-02-10
TEST OF FIRE PRESSURE MADE
AND RESULTS SATISFACTORY

A test of the fire pressure system in
Winnemucca was made Sunday by
Chief B. F. Gillian and members of
the fire department and results proved
that this city will no longer be handi-
capped by lack of water. Hoses were
attached to hydrants at First and
Bridge streets. Railroad and Bridge
streets and Third and Monroe streets,
all extreme points of the system, and
a stream of water obtained that will
guarantee ample protection was as
sured. Additional hose has been
ordered and together with the new
diaphone alarm, which as yet is
not in perfect working order, Win
nemucca can boast of first-class fire
fighting equipment
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-02-10
TONOPAH WALKOUT
NEARLY COMPLETE

Ninety-fye per cent of the miners
coming off shift from Divide and To-
nopah mines called for their time last
Saturday afternoon and Sunday morn
ing, only craftsmen such as carpen-
ters and blacksmiths, showing for
for work, according to the Reno Ca
zette. This action was in Difference
to the sentiment of their unions which
delayed the walkout until the date set
in the notice of the employees that the
bonus would be taken off.
The Jim Butler was completely tied
up, the only man showing, being the
engineer who sounded the whistle.
At the Belmont, sixty out of $50 men,
quit and yesterday only dozen or so
reported for work. This means that
the big mill must be shut down for
want of ore, as the surplus tonnage
in sight will not keep the stamps go
ing. Tonopah Extension is in a worse
condition than any of the other mines
as the men have been leaving there
steadily since the first of the month.
After the previous shutdown the
Extension did not succeed in enlisting
100 per cent force for three weeks
after every other mine was running
full. The West End, one of the larg
est employers of labor, lost sixty
seven out of seventy men on the
shift The mines remaining active in
the Tonopah district are the Rescue
Eula, North Star, Gipsy Queen and
Cash Boy.
In the Divide district the Gold Zone
Dividend, Wilson, Annex. Divide Ex.,
Chariot, Ben Hur, Cornucopia, Gold
smith and Horseshoe had full crews
reported Sunday and continued Mon
day without any interruption. The
managers of these properties absorb
the bonus in the daily wage thus max
ing the scale $3.50 for muckers. Sc
for miners and $3.50 for shaft men
Under the bonus system the men re-
ceived a separate check of SIS
month representing the bonus of
fifty cents a day and another check
representing their pay on the basis
of IS. $3.50 and 5000 a day for the
best grades of labor.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-02-10
ADDITIONAL PERSONAL

Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Stock of Paradise
Valley left yesterday for Reno.
O
Mr.. and Mrs. T. NJ Musgrove and
children departed last night for
Wickenburg, Arizona.
Professor and Mrs. ]. D. Scott have
moved into the Frank Bengoa house,
Sixth and Bridge streets.
Miss Alice Thompson was an ar
rival yesterday from DEMO and will
visit with relatives in this city for
few days.
T. E. Wilson is in town today from
Lovelock @
Charles Ferrell is in from Pleasant
Valley today. o
Harry Woods, former resident of
this city, came here yesterday from
Reno. @
w. L. Pearce, w. d. Zuick and G. F.
Armstrong came in last night from
Kennedy. @
A. d. Dern of the First National
Bank and Frank Roth, both of whom
have been i'll, are reported today as
greatly improved.