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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-10-27
WONDERS
OF AMERICA
BY TT MAXEY
THE LARGEST BRICK
BUILDING
BY T.T.MAxEY
), western Newspaper union.

T HE Pension Office Building, Wash
l. ington, D. c., is often referred to
as the largest brick building in the
world That statement is easy TO be-
lieve when one learns that 15,500,-
600 bricks were used in its conStruc-
tion. 1t is four stories high, exclusive
of the basement, 400 feet long, 200
feet wide and contains 175 rooms.
The court contains eight columns.
each eight feet in diameter at the base
and 75 feet high. Each column con
tains more than $1,000 bricks and
l,449 square feet of plaster all 0eautl-
fully colored in representation OF
many historical scenes.
First occupied during the year 1880
this building was constructed as q
memorial TO the brave soldiers and
sailors who had so well served their
country during the Civil War, as well
as to house the employees and record
of the Pension Bureau.
The corridor accommodates lS00t
people and it is here that the pres
idential inaugural balls rave beer
held
Precious indeed are the records whicl
are filed away in this great structure
In passing it Is interesting to note
that the report of the commissioner
in charge for recent year, shows
74S,147 pensioners on Uncle Sans pay
roll and the total disbursement as
more than S165. 100000.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-10-27
LEADERS, "GET TOGETHER"

"Get-Together and Camp Chow"
was held recently under the auspices
of the Boy Scouts of America al tile
Hotel Commodore, New York city.
This was an affair entirely for men
who are devoting lime and interest 10
boy leadership. Approximately 1900
were assembled at this meeting which
is said to have been the largest and
most significant gathering of voun-
teer workers In behalf of boyhood ever
brought together in any place in the
world.
The Get Together" was given un-
der the auspices of the executive
board of the national council through
the courtesy of John McE. Bowman.
president of the Commodore, and in
dividual members of the executive
board, who personally stood the
expense. The gathering was composed
of all adult scout workers of Greater
New York. which means members Of
the executive board, the scoutmasters
OF every troop, the council members
of the five different boroughs, scout
executives, the troop committeeman Of
each individual troop, and other vol
unteer workers. 1t was held In the In
terest of the Greater New York com
mittee, of which Hon. Franklin d.
Roosevelt is chairman, and was In the
nature Of an appreciation on the part
of the executive board of the services
that are being rendered by these hun
dreds Of workers In Greater New York.
James K. West, the chief scout exec
utive stated that, LAS a result of this
gathering it was expected that there
would be q new consciousness on the
part Of all concerned as to the value Of
our program for character building
and citizenship training; further, that
increased resources may be made avail
able in order that under the leadership
Of the five borough councils more boys
may be given the benefits Of our pro
gram"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-10-27
AMERICAN PLAN"
And Injunction Raped By
Clergyman

Portland, Ore.-The labor injunc-
ton and the so-called American
plan" were condemned in vigorous
terms by Episcopal Bishop Williams,
of Detroit, Mich, in a speech in this
city. The church man spoke at a
mass meeting held under the auspices
of the Episcopal church league for in
dustrial democracy, of which he is the
president.
The church and labor, said Bishop
Williams, are just family beginning
to realize that Christ was the great
est earthly champion of the toiler and
that he was the greatest agitator of
the ages.
The repressive policy of official
dom in this country was also scored
by the speaker, who referred to a
mass meeting in London last year
which he attended. He said clergy
men of all denominations made
speeches that would have landed them
in jail if delivered in Portland.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-10-27
AGREEING WITH
LABOR

New York. Recent condemnation
of the l2-hour day by the executive
board of the American engineering
council recalls labor's ceaseless cam
paign to end this wrong The en-
gineers position now interests few
financial writer's, one of whom de-
clares that development of the right
kind of man is more important than
development OF IRON ana steel or any
other industry at the cost of mems
bodies and souls" This beautiful SEN
timent has been expressed millions
of times by the organized workers.
The fact that financial writers repeat
it indicates that labor's fight against
the 12-hour day is making progress.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-10-27
MILLIONS. LOST
To u. S. Government By
Legalized Fraud

Washington.-Th federal govern
ment is losing hundreds of millions
of dollars of income taxes through
escape sideways" and legalized
fraud. declared Congressman Frear in
letter to Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon.
The lawmaker opposes the secrecy
which protects these incomes, and
directs attention to the supreme
courts decision which declared stock
dividends non taxable. One effect of
this decision, said Mr.. Frear, "was
shown when Standard oil reported
profits of over 100000, aside
from it's regular dividends, and the
New Jersey Company squeezed such
enormous profits from the public that
a 400 per cent stock dividend was de-
clared that is now held non-taxable.
! The press also announces that United
| States steel has set aside a $5,000,-
| 900 surplus, which will be issued as a
stock dividend in addition to the reg
ular annual dividends paid on pre-
ferred and common stock.
"If memory serves me right, steel
common stock was originally made
UP of wind and water Other COM
panies in the aggregate have accumu-
lated billions of dollars in surplus
profits extorted from the people
profits that will also be certain to
be distributed as stock dividends and
thus escape federal taxation.
"Is it not significant in connection
with the big business bloc methods
that $500,00O,000 in Az per cent gov
ernment bonds is over-subscribed
three times by the same people who
declared to congress that repeal OF
the excess profits tax law was I'M
uerative before the wheels of industry
would be allowed to turn"
Mr.. Frear said that the whole pro-
gram of taxation revision had been
supported by the big business bloc
that shouts wolf" whenever its pur-
poses are disclosed.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-10-27
A SCOUT is HELPFUL

During a ferocious blizzard in Mason
City, Iowa, last winter an old gentle
man was so unfortunate as TO lose his
glasses in gust Of wind which carried
them to the street Nearly blinded by
the storm and helpless without the
very equipment he sought, he fumbled
In vain in the snow when boy scout
offered his aid Seeing that the old
man was suffering from the cold the
boy insisted on his going into build
ing to get warm while he continued
the search 1t was nearly an hour be
fore the scout found the glasses and
when he did he refused the protfereC
tip. 1t was all In the days work fol
him.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-10-27
BIG PROFITS IN OIL

New York.-The immense profits in
oil at the present time is indicated by
a report issued by the middle states
oil corporation for the first half OF
the year. 1t is shown that for the
six months a surplus of S2,l67 ,06I
piled up after dividends were paid anc
deductions for operating expenses
rentals, new construction and Other
operating charges were allowed
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-10-27
Movie Standby.

what is this drama about?"
1.-THE great Northwest Shall we go
IMP
'No. l know that plot thoroughly
now."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-10-27
SAVED PROPERTY
FIRST

Jackson, Cal.--At the inquest into
the Argonaut mine disaster witnesses
testified that efforts were made to
save property before attempting to
rescue the 47 miners who were en-
tombed a mile underground. Other
witnesses testified that the fire drill
had been neglected and that the cleo
trio wires were not enclosed in con-
duits.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-10-27
ACCEPT SHOP MEMS
VIEW

Chicago.-The railroad labor board
has decided in II cases that the farm
ing out of railroad repair work is a
violation of the Cummins-Esch act.
The decision follows months of agi-
tation against the practice, which was
one of the reasons for the shop mems
strike. Several railroads announced
they would abandon the scheme, when
their shop men suspended work last
July.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-10-27
CAN'T SELL LABOR
PAPER

Portland, Ore.-Circuit Judge Sta
pleton has enjoined strikeing culinary
workers from selling copies of the
Oregon Labor Press in the vicinity OF
a struck restaurant that insists on
operating under the long week sys-
tenn. The proprietor said his bust
ness decreased because the labor
paper was sold.
The court, of course, did not con
slider the rights of the workers when
he was called upon to decide in favor
of the dollar.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-10-27
GOLF BUG" SPEAKS

Washington editor of the
Metal Trades Department Bulletin,
issued by the A. F. of L. metal trades
department, says:
LAS a strike settler, President Har-
ding has demonstrated beyond ques-
ton of doubt that he is some golf
player"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-10-27
Beat Him a Mile.

THAT tenor of ours can hold one OF
his notes for nearly two minutes
That's nothing. I've held a note
for nearly two years. that one Of
yours"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-10-27
Both Out-Callinu.

He-Where were you last night1
She-Out. / called on newly mar
rled pair. Where were you"
He-I was out, too. called on a
pair of mines.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-04-25

s,;a has proved himself quite erhclent
In ra!s work, Rev. Jesse Blu%h, OF
Els; srayille. has been called TO tAe min
,.Stry OF this congregation and VIII take
Sp his duties next week. lie Will occu-
~ the parsonage on Martin avenue.
Mrs. Florence Mex. Jones Will attend
.he meeting Of the Wheeling District
Home Missionary Society at Manning
ton TucSday
MGssrs W. ]. Postlewalt. Jr. and
l2urton Wyke attended the meeting or
sahe' Epwurt League at Moundsvii!e
fErlday evening.
Nesdancs 81. p. Umrstead, Alex
Hart and Miss Amanda Eurligame are
attending. the missionary conference OF
the Methodist Church South. at Charles
tn. this week.
The Rev. Father Nanaen Eussche, for
the past ~ years rector OF st. Eincents
Church. Jeff for Albuquerque. y. NJ,
where ne will spend some tlme for his
health inst AFTER the recent war,
Father Vardrn Brsschc took 4 trip to
belgium. WHERE in he search of his
scattered fam Iy. he developed serious
threat trouh'"
Ncssrs clyde StHnd!ford and Harold
kearns arr opening UP flno dry clean
Ing establishment on Main street.
Prof. RaSp,!.airr. for several years q
!cadc- os mus. IN this city. has &C
.crtcd it very lucrative offer at Green's
Nurg. Ia. and II" will remove to tina;
ri:y within tho next few days.
NJ. Hrrdy Howell and Miss Stella F,
Young. beth Of Paden City, were mar
rci 1t ;hr parsonage OF the First
Methodist >'hur"h Saturday afternoon.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-04-25

daughter, Rachael, motorsd here from
California, Pa, TO spend . week.
Captain and Mrs J. a. Hayden will
occupy Mrs. Spears house during tho
summer.
c. J. Rathbun Is spending some time
at Gassaway, w. Va
Mrs. Nancy J. Raymond. Fairmont
W. Va, has opened her cottage.
q. ID. taIAenS. w E..thsr nrop-
erty.
Mrs. S. X. WEIGH Is back after speno-
Ing the greater part OF the winter IN
Detroit.
Mrs. Reuben Gilpin an dchildren have
returned to Morgantown. w. Va.
Mrs. Harry Clayton. who IS VISITING
at st. Joseph, No, expects to return
here in June.
Mrs. Traver Of Washington. d. c., -
amending a few days here looking afteF
improvements being made to Vueen'
wood"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-04-25

'rarels via Naples and which should
rach New York about Apri! 81. Two
Or three days later tho lIenderSonS
should reach New Athens. where lives
Mr. EendrrSon'S mother, Mrs. NJ. F..
Henderson.
To the children. so far "America"
and ohio" have only been words
which their parents used a the basis
for pleasant stories stories or Il
country where the desert doesn't en-
ter into calculations, stories OF such
things as woods and hills. green clad
ct that: stories OF real rain aud thun.
der and lightning. ami o. the ice and
snow and sleds and SKATES which are
all unknown TO them. Stories, TOO. III
which no camelS or dOnHerS figure
but which do deal with such strange
terms rs fences and lawns and barns
ami springhouses and cellars and at
tics.
OF course America is the creates!
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-04-25
REV, AND MRS, F, HENDERSON
HOME: FROM EGYPT ON FURLOUGH
LEADING WORKER OF FAMOUS
UNITED PRESBYTERIAN MIS-
- SION ARRIVES FOR VISIT TO
HIS FORMER HOME.
Newspaper Man Writes to InteIlt
geneer From Far-otf Land Oescrto-
ing What Is Being Done There.

Editors Eote-The following ar
+!cie ~ Mr. Dwight II. -" will be OF
interest 70 the people Of Wheeling and
Of Harrison. jefferson and Belmont
counties IN particular. Roth MI Fee
ana the lIenderSonS Of whom he writes
are we'll known throughout this terri
tory, especially 10 all United Presby-
,tefians. Rev. T. u. Henderson, has
spent Is years a. missionary in
Egypt He is 4 member OF one of the
best known families Il e'iSsHm Oht1.
Mr.. Fee was world war man and
formerly night editor Of the Pitts
6urgh Gazette Times. He was in the
Eightieth division. which included
most OF the Wheeling boys. and was
one of the editors Of The Bayonet"
at Camp Lee. Rev. Henderson and
family are expected TO reach New
Athens today)
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-04-25

where in tho east de- boys and girls
more than or attend The same
school: even in churches curtain
separates the scXesl. million offices
and residences. The Commercial
school is one o! the two such lnstiiu'
tIuns in Egypt which teach business
methods in Enriish, and its standards
arc higher than the other, which Is
government supported. 1t has the
unusual iii :tinction OF having every
graduate in 4 COED job. And every
graduate is fell to have unusual mora!
quality. something needed Cvne more
in the east t'an in the West. Beside
the building IS fine stone chuIch,
built BY IL Pittsburgh congregation as
Il memorial to \ former pastor, the
father OF the Rev. Or. Charles II. Rob
inson Of Wheeling.
Great Building Program.
During his stay in BCni Suef MT
Henderson has rhren trying to cover
hi long district. partly by train and
par:l: hv cu,u. Now nnl thcn he
mast '.Er III drive across the desert
"a IT, rai.iS Of the Fdi!um.
H.. ! returning to Ancrica year
br.rr his Ii moNths' Iurlough Is
rrgu!arly due. 10 study building and
architecture. The Mission has under
way al enormous building Program
residences, schools, community CEN
tiers, etc. Laymcn are SLOW to v"iun'
teer, so the ministers must !" 1t all.
4 year and a half hcnc" ~ Will b."
back in Egypt. drawing plans and seq
Ing that they are r"ried out--the
hardest part Of ~. job. perhaps.
There's where farm training Is
handy
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-04-25
BY DWIGHT n. FEE

Cairo. Egypt. March 2S.-When
there are four Of you not yet in the
'teens-inclUdinc q baby sister-and
when 4 takes three weeks ocean
travel. besides the trains. TO get to
the Harrison county lOD home
you've never seen surely cxCit""i'''
Is excusable.
Consequently. the Rev. and Mr..
D. Henderson. bound FOR New Athens
o.. after seen years varied work in
Egypt with the American Mission. are
kept busy these days explaining It all
10 Young daughter, Mary. with
scarcely 4 recollection % America.
and 70 Ralph and Thomas. two small.
- sonS-tor three OF the children
were born here.
The party Will embark Monday on
The White Star liner Arabic" which
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-04-25
MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK

Mountain Lake Park. Md, April a.
]. iTorno- Davis and daughter, Mrs
Henry Ruhl. returned TO Clarksburg
after visiting here.
Miss Frances Rathbun IS visiting her
aunt. Mrs Robert Reed. C.arksburg.
MIR. and Mrs. Gene Comerford and
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-04-25
MACEDONIA CHURCH
PERMIT IS ISSUED
CITY Authority Given for Erection OF
500 900 Church at 1908 Chaphns

A permit was issued yesterday by
Building Permit Clrk William Quinn to
the Mp cedonia Baptist church to- erect
a building at No. 1908 Chapiine street
Tho building will be but one story
high at present. II. W. Fair company
are the contractors and the eNinated
cost was given at $4,000.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-04-25


fresh looking she an
i've ~iIaiuneIy and SrI-
ciUusly replied
shall lie more than de-
lighted - do 81 /;
is u vrry simple ma
ter. FIRST Hild ."ir-
most absolute r.Can-
iiResS is All important
factor | C!'IHSc my
taco thrruuEhIy w:ih
i.islia cola cream. a.
ter which | asr i sim
pie iul."t rrtpdratnn
sailed IrTw!liu. | NJ
ways apply this be-
fore going out.
Anyone can hSau IL
tIfy their cUmpl"Ai"n
II they Will use these
preparations HerWi!!u
and LlSka cold cream.
| huIn ~ dlilICutI
in securing them ~
almost every toilet
counter"
The first RNpl!Ca-
tiUn Of Dcrw!ilu vii
;Lstunish yea. nS !,
gives the skin Il
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-04-25

who was the poet who wrote about
mans inhumanity to man." asked MI.
Bubbles in a choking voice.
81 don't recall" said Mr.. Jassby
.yybat reminded you of that quot3tion?
"I've Just discovered that / paid $40
for a quart Of cold tea.."-BirminBhAm
Age Herald.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-04-25
Ptles Cured in 6 to IA Dayg

DruSElsts refund money II rAIb ONT
MENT fails to cure lN'hiHE. h!!Nd
bleeding or protrui,He piles. Instantly
relieves Itching Piles. 6bc.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-04-25
Beauty Advice
-By Ruth r GLAND

Ions Angeles, Cal When Ruth 10
land the beautiful actress. was inter
viewed aid ASKED II she would he VIII
Ing to tell tho readers OF TN" paper now
WIN. n M anu
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-04-25

J. b Thomas w2s fined - an H'oS'S
IN police court ycs,crdAy morning t"r
abus!u.; lis VIC.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-04-25

Member of the American Mis-
sion maintained by the United
Presbyterian church in Egypt. He
has been in that country TWO Scvch
year periods, and has just arrived
home with his wife and four chill
dren. The HcndcrSous formerly
resided at New Athens, Ohio.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-06-03
HOW TO GET KILLED

Whenever YOU use a ladder. remember that y is the most
dangerous device in existence. Ladders continue to cause
more accidents than ANYTHING else. This Is shown by msur-
ance experts latest checkup Of fatal aud non-fatarcasualties
Every minute Of the day and night, p Americans arc
seriously injured by accidents.
In the last four years, accidents killed or injured more
Americans than the total killed on both sides ~ the World
War.
Human deaths by accidents in the United States average
around $4,000 a year, or l65 a day, according to The census.
You are, of course, afraid Of getting injured" And
of what are you most afraids Autos, probably.
Yet, for each 81 people killed by yltos, 6s are burned &c
death, sc die in railroad accidents, So are drowned, % die IL
mines, "a are asphyxiated by gas, 81 are killed around ma
chinery, % by street cars, % by bicycles and horse-drawn We
hicles.
ders, out of windows, down elevator shafts or slipping on icy
sidewalks that could be made safe by a sprinkling Of ashes
Read those figures a second time, record them indelibly
in your brain, and you'll know what TO be careful Of unless
you want to meet the undertaken.
Nearly all accidents are the result of carelessness-tak-
ing needless chances in the face of danger.
Obviously, then, nearly all accidents could be prevented.
The prevention of accidents, according to safety engineers, is
about half safety devices and half personal caution.
from Germany, where he had been studying accident preven-
1t is now % years since DR.. William Fl. Tolman returned
from Germany, where he had been studying accident proven
ton, and started the Safety First movement in our country.
That movement has worked wonders. For one thing. il
has reduced railroad deaths to a third of what they were in
1907.
The trouble with the Safety First movement always has
been that it is spasmodic. Between celebrations. the public
gets lulled into carelessness, then accidents burst forth again
on a big scale and another Safety Movement is started.
To keep the Safety First fires burning constantly, several
hundred prominent citizens have Just formed a national So
ciety for Prevention of Accidents.
To help in this movement and protect your own life and
body, you merely have to observe two simple rules: First.
keep your eyes open. Second, be cautious, take no chances.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-06-03

be good. and therefore the Ameri-
can tobacco crop can he marketed
with a good return to the raiser OF
domestic tobacco.
Some of the makers of the old
time five centers were on the verge
of big advertising campaigns based
on getting out a cigar with the for
eign wrapper at the old price of a
nickel apiece. These plans have
been held up pending the final ac-
ton of congress on the question OF
duty on Sumatra. These makers in
sist they cannot make the cigar with
the old wrapper to sell for five cents
if the proposed duty goes through,
and will not even make an effort.
Some of the manufacturers are
rather annoyed that all of the
American growers do not see the
situation from their point of view.
One cigar maker here recently had
this to say:
American farmers who raise to-
bacco will be the first TO feel the
pressure, if the plan to increase the
duty is adopted. Instead OF APP
plauding the senators who are try
ing to Jam through the tariff, TO-
bacco grower Will be likely to curse
them a year hence. With a $2.5,
tariff as proposed, we will have to
raise the price of domestic cigars or
pay less to the grower Cor his filler
tobacco. If we raise prices to the
we will lose volume, 50
will the grower"
There are two sides of the ques-
ton. 1t may be hat the old five
cent cigar Will never come back. il
it is true THAI the Sumatra wrapper
is necessary to supply roma and
flavor, the high tariff may block le-
turn to normally in this line. If
Just as good a cigar can be put on
the market made entirely of Ameri-
can tomacco. the old time FIVE cent
cigar will soon return TO solace those
who mourn its loss.