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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-11-25

union. In support of this charge the
union executive makes public conf
Dental letters from the manufacture
ers' association, written several
weeks ago, in which manufacturers
in other cities are asked to confer
with the employers in this city and
perhaps act collectively on matters
concerning their relations with the
union
The manufacturers first claimed
that the union leaders were at
tempting to force strike, which the
membership does not want The as
founding strike vote, however, has an
swered this claim Now the bosses
are attempting to gain public opinion
by the claim that if they win, prices
will be reduced President Schlesing-
er shows that the labor cost of $40
garment under present conditions is
but 81, and for 500 garment but
from $40 to $12
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IN JAIL FOR ONE REASON
ALEXANDER HOWAT FORMER DISTRICT PRESIDENT UNITED
MINE WORKERS UNION, is REMOVED FROM OFFICE
FOR ENTIRELY DIFFERENT REASON
SAYS UNIONS JOURNAL
Called Strikes That Were Violations Joint Agreement
Obey Laws of Union in Defiance of international Officers

indianapolis, lnd.-Alexander Ho-
wat, former president of the United
Mine Workers of America, District
IA, is in Jail at Columbus, Kan, for
one reason and he was removed from
office as president by John L. Lewis,
international president, for an entire
ly differen reason, according to an
article appearing in the current issue
of the United Mine Workers Jour
nal, official publication of the interna-
tional union. The Journal says:
"Some of those men who are in
open rebellion against the laws of the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-11-25

they carry, while our vessels trans
port less and less.
Thus the government, by its pay
ment to the railroads, is using its
money to foster competition with its
own shipping and thereby add to the
heavy burden of loss"
Some of the largest railroad sys-
TENS have entered into these exclu-
sive agreements with foreign COM
panies. They include the Pennsyl-
vania, Baltimore & Ohio, Boston &
Albany (New York Central system),
Philadelphia and Reading, Boston G.
Maine, Grand Trunk, Norfolk & West
ern, Missouri Pacific and Chicago, Mil
waukee & ST. Paul
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dustrial court law numerous times
and had themselves arrested, but in
no ease did they start any proceedings
that could test the constitutionality
of the law itself. And when the in
ternational union offered to cooper
ate with and assist Alexander Howat
to make a full illegal test of the law
Howat did not accept the offer of as
sistance. Sincerity of purpose would
have prompted him to accept the help
of the international union, 'nstead of
completely ignoring the offer. Just
why he ignored the offer no one ex-
cept Howat himself knows. Recent
developments, however, would seem
to indicate that he had a burning de-
sire to go to Jail instead, and thus
attain the self-imposed distinction of
being martyr with the limelight
shining brightly upon him.
"Howat and those who support him
are indulging in bare-faced deception
of the membership when they make
the statement that the officers of Dis
trict IA were removed from office be-
cause of their activities against the
Kansas industrial court The Kan
sas industrial court law had nothing
to do with it. 1t was their own re-
bellious refusal to obey the laws of
the union and their own defiance of
the international convention that caus-
ed their removal from office
IF the officials OF District ID had
been half as anxious to knock out the
industrial court law as they professed
to be they could have instituted pro-
ceedings many months ago and a de-
cision could have been obtained from
the highest courts that would have
settled the question one way or the
other. But they did not do this. On
the other hand, they continued to vio-
late the law and defy the industrial
court, and, of course, they landed in
Jail
THE international union is just as
bitterly opposed to the Kansas indus
trial law as Howat ever was. Every
official Of this union has denounced
the law as being cruel, barbaric and
unconstitutional. The international
officials are just as anxious as Howat,
and perhaps, more anxious, that the
industrial court law shah be wiped
out, and they offered to help Howat
to wipe it out with proper legal pro-
ceedings, which HsWat did not ac-
cept. The same international con-
vention which ordered Howat to put
the strikers at the Dean and Reliance
strip pits back to work and live up
to the joint agreement also adopted
resolution directing that proper
steps be taken by the international
union to test the constitutionality of
the Industrial court law. And yet,
Howat defied the convention and the
union.
1T is to be hoped that the mem
bership of the union will not allow
itself to be fooled by the loud talk of
those who are in open rebellion
against the laws of the union. The
membership should understand that
Howat and Dorchy are in Jail in Kan
sas for one reason and.that they were
removed from office for an entirely
different reason"
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POkING UP CEMENT
COMBINE

Chicago.-The government has ask
ed for. federal injunction against
the midwest cement credit and stat
istical bureau from keeping up an
unlawful combination and conspiracy
in restraint of interstate trade and
commerce in cement"
Twenty-four firms, operating 30
mills, and producing 90 per cent of the
cement used in the middle west, are
involved.
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union are spreading the word that the
autonomy of District IA was suspend
ed by the international organization
and the officers Of that district remov-
ed from office because those district
officials were making a fight against
the Kansas Industrial court law
Nothing could be farther from the
truth and, of course, those who make
such statements knew they are un-
true. 1t is only an attempt on their
their illegal and indefensible conduct
in violating the fundamental laws of
the union and the basic provisions of
their agreement with the coal oper-
ators Of that district There is moth
ing else to it.
"These district officers were not re-
moved from office because of their
fight against the Kansas industrial
court law. They were removed be-
cause they refused to obey the laws of
their own union and the decision of
their own international convention.
They called strikes that were viola
tions of the joint agreement. The
international union directed them to
put the striking miners back at work
and then take up the grievances in
the regular way, as provided by the
joint agreement. They refused to do
this, but defied the international Off
GERS and international union. Then
the international convention, the high
est authority in the organization, de-
cided by an overwhelming vote that
they should put the striking miners
back at work Still they refused and
defied the convention.
For that reason, and that reason
alone, they were removed from office
and the autonomy of District IA was
suspended. The Kansas industrial
court was not involved in the case in
any manner whatever, although some
of these men have attempted to hide
behind their own shadows and make
the people believe that they were be-
ing prosecuted because they were
fighting the Kansas Industrial court
law
'The bald fact is that the officers
of District IA never have fought the
Kansas industrial court law. They
have fought the court, but they have
not, even up to this hour, made any
attack upon the law creating the
court nor have they made any effort
whatever to have the Kansas indus
trial court law set aside or repealed
Throughout all of their dramatics
and heroics they have merely de-
nounced and defed the Kansas indus
trial court and then paraded before
the public, with the spotlight turned
on, beating their breasts and shout
ing, 81 am hero" 1t was a clear
case of playing to the grandstand,
all of which was at the expense of
the Kansas miners and the good name
of the union.
Sometimes the thought arises that
perhaps the officers of District IA
were not as anxious to have the Kan
sas Industrial court law knocked out
as they appeared to be from their
declarations. AS stated above, they
never made any effort to have the
law wiped out. They violated the in
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WM. DEAL Is DEAD

Kansas City, Kan William R.
Deal, secretary treasurer of the
Coopers' international Union, died in
this city. He was 60 years of age.
His entire manhood was devoted to
the cause of labor.
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'CONTRACT-BREAKING EMPLOYERS
FORCE GIGANTIC GARMENT STRIKE
LABOR cosr ON woMAN,s CLOAK IS SMALL

LABOR COST WOMAN'S CLOAK rs SMALL
abOr cost on c cOakt reals for is
The retailer pays s2s garment
The labor cloak that sells is from
$40 to $2 The retailer the
selling price The proportion applies
ments.Prdent
Workers Union, answering actrers
cent reduction will affect selling prices.
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One Mile of Concrete
Highway Offered Free

Monroe, Lathe Ouachita parish
police Jury at a meeting recently con-
sidered a plan submitted by the Moore
Road Company, through E. l.. Moore.
of Chicago, the inventor, for the con-
struction of hard-surfaced highways IN
Ouachita as planned under the Sl,ooo'-
900 bond issue, which has been SOLD
by the jury. Mr. Moore has offered TO
build mile of highway without
charge. The invention which has been
offered to the jury is in the nature OF
a railroad track constructed out of con-
crete. The jury deferred action on
the matter until the next regular ses'
sion.
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FRANCES E. WILLARD MUSEUM
Little SchooIhouse Near GAINESVILLE,
Wis.,, Dedicated to Memory Of
Great Temperance Leader.

Log cabins and marble palaces,
courthouses and round towers are now
and again turned into museums in the
memory of some historic person. More
rarely the building is schoolhouse,
but such is the case with the new
Frances f. Willard museum. The lit
tie country schoolhouse near James
vile, Wis, has recently been dedicated
by followers Of the American temper
ance leader, among them former pu-
pills of Miss Wizards In Wesleyan
seminary and at Northwestern uniyer-
sity, and national officers of the Wom-
ans Christian Temperance union. The
schoolhouse is far from imposing Miss
Willard referred to it once as "a sort
Of big ground-nut," but it symbOlizes
the progress of child who came into
wilderness with her pioneer family,
and through her good work gained a
place for herself in the Hall of Fame
at Washington, the only woman 80
honored.
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HOME AND ABROAD
Condensed Items Of Interest
to Our Readers.
GLOBE ENTIRELY CIRCLED
Important News of the Week
Gathered for Busy Reader
State, Domestic, Foreign.
WASHINGTON NEWS.

The resolution of congress declaring
Armistice Day, Nov. IL, legal holi-
day was signed Friday by President
Harding
Congress will be asked for 100000
900 for the enforcement Of prohibition
during the next fiscal year, an increase
of $2,5OO,OOO over the appropriation
for the current year.
The sales tax was rejected Thursday
by the Senate The democrats voted
solidly against the sales tax, and were
Joined by II republicans. The vote, IS
against to 20 for, was on proposal Dy
Senator Smoot, republican, Of Utah, for
a per cent levy with exemptions pro-
vided In the case Of sales by farmers
of the products Of their farms at sales
by public utilities and those by the
United States or any foreign govern
ment or any State or territory, the
army and navy hospitals
Figures based on the par value OF
currencies show that the worlds debt
at present totals 1888, 100000, and
that the total nation Indebtedness at
the close of 1921 will be approximately
$4OO, 900 100000 These figures COM
pare with an aggregate debt of S43.-
O0O, 900, 900 in 1913, and with $2O5,OOO,-
900 900 in 1919, the year in which the
uar oDdad
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Senate Passes Warehouse
Commission Measure

Baton Rouge, La.-The warehouse
commission bill by Representative
Ferd C. Claiborne Of Pointe Coupee
parish passed the senate Tuesday. The
bill would provide for commission OF
seven members composed of the secre-
tary Of agriculture, head of the exteh'
sion department of the State Univers-
ity, and five members to be appointed
by the governor, whose work shall be
tho establishing of public warehouses
throughout the State which may issue
warehouse receipts negotiable at
banks. Supervision of the public gram
elevators and cotton warehouses at
New Orleans, which are under the
control of the Dock Board, is elimin'
ated from the bill
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Senate Passed andbook Bill.

Baton Rouge, La. - The handbook
measure which Senator A. H. JOhness
said he introduced at the request Of the
district attorney of New Orleans, final
ly passed the senate Wednesday. 1t
would strengthen existing laws against
handbooks, making the having of mem
oranda of two or more bets as prima
facie evidence of the guilt of the ac-
cused. The law does not apply to bets
made in race track enclosures. The
bill was passed by a vote of 25 to IL.
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STATE AND DOMESTIC NEWS.

The written order of Judge j. G.
Hutcheson acting on the application
of Captain James A. Baker, receiver
for the International & Great Northern
Railroad, for advice and direction, was
filed Friday at Houston, Texas. CIV
ing the detailed decision Of the court
regarding the terms Of settlement of
the trainmen's strike. According to
the decree the men who took the
places of the strikers will remain in
the employment Of the railroad un-
til Nov. Is. On that date the strikers
will be taken back and will be on pro-
baton for thirty days. At the end
OF this period If conditions are sat
isfactory their seniority rights will be
restored and a new contract can be
negotiated.
Mrs. Clifton E. Breckenridge. wife of
the former ambassador to Russia, died
suddenly at Fort Smith, Ark, Thurs
day.
The United States railroad labor
board Friday made a new record, it
was announced at the boards offices.
in Chicago, ILL.,, when it disposed Of
95 grievance cases brought before it
in executive session. All the cases
were decided on reports made by the
bureaus board investigating the cases.
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Garbage Disposal Plant Assured.

Monroe, a-Work will begin within
few weeks on an incinerator and
garbage disposal plant for Monroe, ac-
cording to Mayor Arnold Bernstein.
The plant will cost $4,000 to $4,000
and will be modelled after a similar
plant erected some time ago at Jack
son, Miss. The cost of the construc-
tion of the plant will be provided for
out of a bond issue of $950,000 voted
for and sold by the city commission
council recently. Machinery and equip
ment and thte building material for the
plant have been secured.
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He Was Insured.

The engine Of q passenger III
broke dcwn midway between two /
tions, and, as the express VISA ]
pected, the passengers were aH~J
to get out Of the cars, as an acdaI
seemed inevitable.
Everybody jumped out, with tk i
ception of one old man.
The other passengers though
must be mad. but he waved % !
surance ticket in their faces and rAs
''Ha, ha! I'm not so simple! IN
thing for the company to see M
an insurance ticket and then elpetI
to run away at the first sign oftnil
| shall stay here, and II the COMP
has to pay up, that's Their lof4
not mine !'-Pittsburgh ChrhA
Telegraph.
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Farm Labor Plentiful.

New Orleans.-Plentiful farm labor,
willing to work at reasonable wages, is
reported in the semi-monthly crop
notes for Louisiana from October 10
to 20 of the Bureau of Markets and
Crop Estimates, United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. The sunny and
dry weather was said to be generally
favorable for farming. Oats, sweet po-
tatoes and fall Irish potatoes, however,
were said to be suffering from drouth,
and pastures and fall truck are in need
of rain.
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FOREIGN NEWS.

Champagne at 60 cents bottle in
Coblenz is one Of the joys Of the Amer
lean occupation as the result of the
continued depreciation of the mark.
Solemn reverence by king and peas
ant was paid to Italy's unknown SOL
dier. symbol of her 100000 dead. when
the body arrived in Rome Wednesday
and was transported on gun carriage
to the Church of Santa Maria Degli
Ang9l
Treasures Of gold and jewels are
still hidden in Russia, secure from
soviet acquisitions and robberies, their
estimated value amounting into the
hundreds Of millions Of gold rubles.
Russian families, especially in jewel
collections, were far more wealthy
than families of corresponding means
in other countries, and it Is certain
that neither the soviet nor refugees
have taken all these gems for sale
abroad.
A bomb exploded Wednesday on the
staircase at the American consulate
at Lisbon. No damage was done, how
ever. The police attribute the outrage
to the agitation in connection with the
case of Sacco and VanZetti, Italians un-
der conviction Of murder In Massa-
chusetts.
Notwithstanding assurances given
the authorities by Luis Terrazas,
wealthy landowner in Mexico, that he
possessed ancient titles to $4,000
hectares of land in the state Of Chi
huahua, the prope-v may be taken
away from him by ne Mexican gov
ernment.
The speech Of Ambassador George
Harvey at Liverpool. denying the fu-
ture possibility Of triple alliance
between France. Great Britain and
America has aroused the Temps to
lengthy denial that the French dele.
gates to Washington have ever in.
tended asking for the contamination
Of such IN agreement
The St. Mary banner., 1921-11-12
Wear a Flower Armistice Day.

Lake Charles, La.-Mayor J. A. Trot-
Il has issued an Armistice Day procla-
nation, setting the day aside as an
occasion to express love and apprecia-
tion of peace, and in recognition Of
services performed by the living and Of
supreme sacrifices made by America 8
heroic dead. Mayor Trotti urges that
every man, woman. boy and girl wear
some kind of flower Armistice Day
in respect to both the living and the
honored dead.
The St. Mary banner., 1921-11-12
Second Mistrial in Murder Case.

Monroe, Lathe jury in the case
of the State VS.. B. F. Jackson, Qua
chitas so-called man of mystery"
charged with the murder of ]. A.
Thompkins in Monroe on June S, was
unable to agree as to his guilt, report
ing mistrial for the defendant in the
district court at Monroe to Judge Fred
NJ Odom Monday. Jackson was tried
last week on a charge of murder, his
first trial resulting in hung jury.
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Woman's slayers to Shreveport.

Shreveport, La.-Willie Drew and
Caleb Hudson, negroes, arrested Mon
day at Many, La, in connection with
the murder of Mrs. John Harper, have
been brought to Shreveport for safe
keeping. Drew is said to have con-
fessed to having cut Mrs. Harper's S
throat to prevent her from screaming
after he and Hudson entered the home
for robbery.
The St. Mary banner., 1921-11-12
White Stains on Hardwood.

A mixture of salt and olive oil will
remove white stains from hardwood
which are caused by hot dishes. The
dry spot is covered thickly with salt
and then as much olive oil is poured
over as the grains will take up. This
stands over night. and In the morning
the discoloration should be briskly
rubbed with the mixture, which Is then
wiped of. II there Is still any trace
OF stain. the application Is repeated,
again standing for hours.
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Capitol Removal to Be Urged.

Baton Rouge, La.-Representative
r. L. Williams of Bienville announces
that he will, at the next regular ses-
sion in May, introduce bill in the
legislature to amend the constitution
so as to provide that the state capital
shall be located In New Orleans. The
bill will provide that the amendment
shall be submitted to the people for
ratification or rejection at the elec,
tion in November, 1922.
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National Guard Unit Organized.

Breaux Bridge, La.-Captain o. w.
Delatte, inspector general, Louisiana
national guard, has been successful in
organizing a company of militia which
will be known as Company "F," Second
Battalion First Regiment of Infantry.
The minimum Of fifty days and the
maximum quota of ninety five will be
the ultimate goal.
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To Exterminate Argnetine Ants.

Baton Rouge, La-An extensive cam
paign is being carried on at Baton
Rouge to exterminate the Argentine
ant Forty or fifty cans of poison to
each square have been placed over the
city and with the close cooperation of
the citizens much good has been &C,
complished.
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Report on Rice Thresher.

Lake Charles, Lap. G. Chalkley,
president of the American Rice Grow
ers' Association. stated this week that
from Walsh east 80 per cent of the
1921 rice crop Is in the bag.
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Enormous Gas Well Near Houma.

Houma, LA 90,0OO.OO0 cubic foot
gas well was brought in on the banks
of Bayou Terrebonne, three-fourths of
a mile due west of the great well south
of Houma.
The St. Mary banner., 1921-11-12
Close Gins at FlaucheviIIe.

Plaucheville, La.-Gins throughout
this section have closed with a record
short cotton crop harvested. Few farm
ers held for higher prices. Almost
every bale ginned was sold.
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The Eirst Lauah.

Some authorities say that the firss
laugh wasn't laugh at all. but an ex.
eiamation Of triumph. Prehistoric man.
having emerged victorious from an en-
counter with his neighbor. emitted the
sound Sha" to empress his satisfaction
and relief. and from this ADt ''haS
esr laugh has grown
The St. Mary banner., 1921-11-12
$4,000 Oil Fire.

Baton Rouge, La.-One of the crude
oil stills at the Standard Oil plant was
buhned Tuesday, the loss Of oil and
damage to the still being estimated
at $4,000
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Fire Destroys Country Club Building.

New Orleans, La.-Fire which start
ed through a defective flue in the roof
of the New Orleans Country Club to-
tally destroyed that structure Tuesday,
entailing loss of approximately
$250,O0O.
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Bank Buys Residence.

Oberlin, La, Oct. 30-At sheriff's
sale Saturday the residence Of Attor-
ney S. N. Young was bought by the
oabdale Trust and Savings Bank for
$4,000.
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Sentence Fish Dynamiters.

Monroe, La.-Alexander. Frank and
Ben Robinson. Jr, pleaded guilty in
district court'to having dynamited fish
in the streams of Richland parish and
were sentenced to three months in Jail.
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To Lift Tick Quarantine Dec. 1.

Lake Charles, La.-H. K. Midkfff,
inspector for cattle dipping in the par
ishes Of Calcasieu, Cameron. Jeffer-
son Davis and Beauregard, stated this
week that the tick quarantine in Cal
casieu will be lifted December /.