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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-09-01
Bible; Public Schools; Supreme c

@AN the Bible legally be excluded
from the public schools? The
United States Supreme court will
be asked to decide this question. This
was announced recently by leaders of
the Presbyterian church in New York,
who have headed movement among
various religious denominations to
bring a test case before the nations
highest tribunal The state OF Wash
ington, which officially excludes the
Bible from its public schools, will
furnish the basis for the case.
The line of attack will be based on
the Declaration of Independence. The
claim is that the declaration Is a
covenant between the American ma
tlon and God and that the study of
the Bible by American children is es-
sentlal TO an understanding of the
covenant and to full knowledge of
God
"To exclude the Bible from the pub
lie Schools" the Preshyterians con
tend In their presentment preparatory
to an appeal TO the Supreme court,
"iS to violate one Of the essential
clauses of the opening program of the
Declaration OF independence. In the
state of Washington the attorney
general and later the state Supreme
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-09-01

that "in many instances last year
men were employed less than 150
days in some cases under that"
a fact finding agency, with author
ity to set wages Tor the mining indus
try was favored Soft coal owners
and mine workers have agreed to set
up a "fact finding" agency, but this
will not reach far enough, according
to the president, who again calls for
"handcutt" laws lie said such agency
may advise as to fair wages and as
TO conditions Of labor and recommend
the enactment Of laws to protect the
public in the future
The message closed with a ringing
plea for the right Of every man to
work" This usual defense Of strike
breakers brought rounds Of applause
from lawmakers who ignored the
pleas for opportunity to labor made
last winter by millions Of unemployed.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-09-01
Labor Organization in
America Can Be Traced
to Movement in 1903

Organizations among American la
borers began in 1903, when the ship
carpenters and calkers of New York
and Boston organized. The tailors
of New York formed a union the same
year, and 1903 also witnessed the first
industrial strike in America, when the
New York sailors refused to work.
Before that, however, there had been
labor disturbances among the bakers
Of New York and the boot and shoe
makers of Philadelphia. 1t was dur
ing the sailors strike Of 1903 the
Massachusetts shipbuilders' strike of
1917, and the Albany printers strike
of 1920, that the terms rat" and
"Scab" were first used. From local
unions, the organization of labor pro-
gressed until in 1850 the first inter-
national labor union, that of the print
crs. was launched.
The first martyrs to trade union
ism" were thrown into jail at Toll
puddle, Dorsetshire, Eng II years
ago. They were James and George
Loyelace, Thomas Stanfeld, James
Bryne. The first three men were
Wesleyan preachers, who worked as
farm laborers on week days and
preached the gospel on Sundays.
Their Imprisonment was due to their
attempt to form a union of farm la
borers to protest against a proposed
reduction in wages-from seven shill-
ings to six shillings-less than $1.50
week. The landlords were all-pow-
erful in Dorsetshire, and the "con-
spirators" were arrested, stripped,
shorn Of their hair and cast into Jail
and eventually sentenced to seven
years Imprisonment.
The first demand of labor unions
for an eight-hour day was made at
a convention held in Baltimore, Au-
gust 81, 1886. This congress also
marked the first attempt to organize a
national federation of the various
trade unions, national and interna-
tional, then existing in the United
States and Canada. One hundred del
egateS were present, representing
! about 60 organizations. The demand
| for the eight-hour day was but an in
! cident in the sessions of the congress,
but at succeeding gatherings it as
sumed great Importance and became
/ the leading plank Of organized la
| bor's platform. The second convention
was held in Chicago in 1867. The Ma
tional Labor union, after meetings in
Boston, Philadelphia and Columbus,
went out Of existence in 1874, but at
an international congress held at
Rochester in that year the movement
was revived under other names. Sev-
eral organizations divided the allegi-
ance Of organized labor, but in 1881
the Federation Of Organized Trades
and Labo" Onions Of the United States
and Cana.Ia was launched, and out
! of this hes arown the powerful Amer
lean Federation of Labor.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-09-01
SUGAR-COATED SLAVE LAW
URGED BY NATIONS CHIEF EXECUTIVE AS SOLUTION FOR
RAILROAD STRIKES IN PERSONALLY DELIVERED
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS-PAINTS LURID
PICTURE OF "LAWLESSNESS"
Though Coched Smooth Was Manifest That
Readily Understood the President When He Said That Labor
Board Decisions Be Made Enforceable"

Washington. "Handcuff men to
their jobs" is President Harding's
solution for railroad strikes, an
nounced by him in his personally
delivered message to congress on Fri
day, August Is.
The recommendation was garbed in
the rhetoric of the day, but the APP
plause it received from senators and
representatives showed that they un-
derstood the president when he said
decisions by the railroad labor board
must be made enforceable.
Portions Of the message recalled
the anti-union publicity of small
town citizens alliance secretary, so
common few years ago. A lurid pic
ture of "lawlessness shocking to every
conception of American law and or
der" was painted by the chief execu-
tive, who declared that "even officers
of the federal government have been
assaulted, humiliated and hindered in
their duties by railroad strikers.
This part Of the message sounded
like the literature of the Parry Post
anti-union movement quarter Of a
century ago, that was intended to IN
flame the public mind rather than to
develop sound Judgment
Al the conclusion of This aWpson1e
recital Of banditry and mobocracy it
was acknowledged that no state au-
thority has confessed its inability to
cope with the situation nor has any
state asked for federal assistance.
Neither were the lawmakers inform
ed what steps have been taken to re-
store the dignity of the government
and to protect officers of the federal
government who have been assault
ed, humilated and hindered in THEN
duties"
The president blamed the collapse
of railroad motive power on these
conditions Of hindrance and intimi-
dation."
The message intimated that the
government knows nothing Of the
workers long agitation to make the
railroads cease violating orders Of the
railroad labor board The workers
have repeatedly shown that there
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-09-01

have been approximately 100 Of these
violations, but in only one instance,
says the president, "had a decision
challenged by a carrier. been brought
to the attention of the department
of justice"
The president referred to his arbi-
tration plan, which was rejected by
the miners, as a Settlement so justly
inspired that it was difficult to see
how anyone believing in industrial
peace and justice to all concerned
could decline it."
1t was not stated that the reason
the miners declined was because the
plan did not define what the aribtrat-
ors, to be appointed by the president,
would arbitrate Instead it gave them
a rowing commission to pass judg
ment at will The miners attempted
to have the duties of the commission
defined, that it might proceed on reg
ular lines Failing in this these
workers declined to sign the blank
check
The president explained the collapse
Of his plan 10 have the coal owners
resume operation by stating that "the
country is at the mercy Of the United
Mine Workers There was no word
Of censure for the coal owners. Even
their unconscionable profteering was
referred to as the impressions Of
many cases Of unjustifable profits in
the industry"
No feature of the miners strike
has proven 50 embarrassing to Goa.
owners and their defenders as Jht
proven fact that these employers die
not tell the truth when they said Goa
could be mined if employees were as
sured protection. This claim is nov
shown to be false The president az
knovledged that little or no new
production followed, and because tn,
miners refused to break their strik,
and permit union-smashing extor
itoners to lower wages, they arr
charged with having the nation b.
the throat
Reference was made to the high
wages paid miners, and in anotbe
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-09-01
To Each Man Has Been
Allotted Certain Work
to Be Required of Him

Columbus begged his way from
door to door in a strange land lead
ing his little son forIornly by the
hand. Thomas A. Edison was the
prey Of bill collectors who dogged his
footsteps like hungry wolves.
There are countless other men
known and unknown to history who
suffered nameless prosecutions, even
suffering death itself because they
could not be dissuaded from doing the
work that they believed 1t was theirs
to do.
Work was their religion. 1t was the
ruling passion of their lives. And
after all, work is the great adventure"
as Frank Lane said not long ago In
one Of his public speeches.
Work should be every mans re-
ligion. God himself has said that 1t
Is the truest way to pray. 1t is only
the devil who loves to find our hands
idle.
Now, 1t is true also that it is not
dies, to grasp beauteous ceramics
from the oven or to discover new
worlds. But, 1t is also true that every
man can find work for his hands to
do 1t may be very humble work, in
deed it may be work that anyone can
do but no matter what it is, we can
make 1t great We can make it holy,
even. We can consecrate our work
by the soul that we put into 1t.
1t seems to us that Gods most gra-
cious dispensation to men is that he
continuously creates a sufficient num-
Der of them to do the common tasks.
IF we were all Of us bent on making
fiddles or ceramics, painting pictures
and weaving songs, there would be
no one left to hew the wood and
draw the water.
In other words, If we were all art
ists," who would cook the meals and
wash the dishes?
There is no dignity to equal the dig
nifty of labor. Remember that. And
remember, too, that there IS no labor
that lacks dignity, no matter how
simple or how common or how num-
BILE its tasks may be.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-09-01

court, have rendered an opinion, in
which the Bible In effect is judged
to be sectarlan book, and In which
it is decreed to be unconstitutional to
read or teach of the Bible In the
schools"
Extensive arguments have been pre-
sented In the presentment to show
that no state has right to exclude
from its system of education "instruc-
tion in the science of religion as set
forth in the Bible, the only book
which sets forth the existence, laws
and other attributes of the Divine
Providence to which the Declaration
of Independence is committed, with
out this exclusion being repugnant to
the declaration. and therefore void
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-09-01
Showing Claws.

at seems that there has been lit
tie snubblng among the students at
the Naval academy.
X YES" replied Miss Cayenne; u am
afraid a few of the boys are training
themselves to become not sea dogs but
sea cats"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-09-01
"The White Mans Burden. >


The Man Friday don't like this
goatskin Prince Albert, master It's
too hot Why do we have to wear
clothes on this island?
Robinson Crusoe-These garments
are unhandsome and uncomfortable
but we must endure them. They are
our badge Of civilization
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-09-01
II Usually Pleases us

at is easy enough for an orator to
get thunderous applause al the very
beginning Of his address"
"How?"
"All he has 10 do is TO say My
friends we are great people, and
then pause dramatically for tie
cheers"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-09-01
LABoR'S HOLIDAY.

In 1884 the Knights of Labor
held a parade In New York on
the first Monday In September
and resolution adopted made
it thereafter Labor day. Colo
RADIO led In making 1t state
holiday on March is, 1887, and
now only two or three states
have not followed. In Penn
sylvanla in 1893 the first Satur-
day was appointed, but on June
%, 1897, Governor Hastings
signed the bill falling in line
with the "First Monday"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-09-01
Tact.

"a woman has to use tact with her
husband"
'Yes. For instance, I never ask Bob
what luck he had at golf. If it was
poor that question angers him, il it
was good he'll tell me without ask
ing"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-09-01
Forbidden Fruit.

Mrs. Gramercy-It seems to me your
husband gives you everything he can
afford.
Mrs. Spendall-Thats why l feel SO
wretched, dear, Ny heart is just set
on the things he can't afford
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-09-01
A Bad sion.

She-I think we might as Wen break
off the engagement.
He-Why?
She-Because you say "Why?" in
such d cold -blooded way.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-09-01
One on Uncle Sam.

Ella-Who is this Il Pluribus Unum?
Father don't know. but | don't
like these men who part their names
in the middle
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-09-01

Adds to His Revenge
She-Fathers remarks about you
were very bitter.
Helm glad they were, because
I'm going to make him eat his words.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-09-01

There's Big Difference.
look in the Congressional Record
If you want to see what Representa-
tive Twobble is doing"
'That wouldn't help me any,"
Nor"
'"That only tells what he's saying"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-26
WIFE. OF GOVERNOR
SMALL DIES TODAY

KANKAKEE, ILL.,, June 26.-Mrs.
Len Small, wife of Governor Small
of Illinois, died about 8 o'clock this
morning. Mrs Small was stricken
with apoplexy Saturday night dur
ing the excitement incident to the
celebration of friends and fellow
townsmen Of the Governor as re-
suit of his acquittal that afternoon
after his trial at Waukegan, III.
With her at the time of her death
was the governor and their three
children, Leslie and Budd Small,
and Mrs A. E. &Inglesh.
From the moment of Mrs.
Small's collapse; physicians offer
ed no encouragement. She had
suffered for some time with high
blood pressure, and her condition
was believed to have been ag-
gravated by the strain Of the gov
ernor's trial.
Mrs. Small was born December
II, 1851, in Livingston County,
Illinois. She was married to
Governor Small in 1892.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-26
IMPEACHMENT OF
MAYOR DEMANDED

COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 26.--
Govern or Davis today received a
request from Thomas M. Falcon
of 244 Lincoln Park avenue,
Youngstown, for the impeachment
of Mayor George Oles of Youngs-
town. In his petition to the gov
ernor, Faloon$ charges Mayor Oles
with graft and untitness for of
flee and declares he is not%a resi-
ID lent sofSsYoungstown and sthat III
was mot legally elected to the Of
-hce.srSE2s
Governor DAVIS has not indi-
Gated what action he will take.
Falcon s petition ri to N Governor
Davis characterizess M ayor Oles as
a &t'baldheaded bird. - He bases
his charge of graft on the al
legged refusaI&of Oles to license a
carnival company. exhibited in one
of the city parks without a license.
At the same time. Falcon AYERS
the mayor received a mum Der of
wild animals from the carnival
company for his farm, where he
still has them.
The petition charges Oles lives
on his farm and maintains a room
at a Youngstown hotel in order to
comply with the laws require
ment as to residence, and that
therefore he is not legally a resi-
dent OF Youngstown.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-26
MAY PERMIT SALE
OF Butt ERN|Lk | I.
Mayor conaWay Claims Ef-
forts Being Made to Evade
Milk Ordinance.

Ruttermilk may be sold in
glasses at soda fountains OF the city
if an amendment to the milk ordi-
nance is passed as proposed before
the Fairmont Board of Affairs at
its regular session this morning by
Attorney RoIIo j. Conley, repre-
senting the proprietors of various
soda fountains.
Several Of the men represented
are those who appeared In police
court some time ago, charged with
violating the milk ordinance by
selling mil in glasses Instead of
in the original iner, or tle.
IN the rance sssE
e At first, e9soda fountain men
asked to be allowed to sell all milk
from glasses, but the city directors
We're unanimous in refusing this.
"Buttermilk from glasses and
milk from bottles" was. accepted
as fair compromise.
1t was explained by Attorney
Conley and the fountain men that
buttermilk expands with age, fore
Continued on rage Four)
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-26

HERRIN, ILL., June 26---Investi-
gators for. state officials seeking
to fix the responsibility for the
rioting which cost at least twenty
one lives at. the Lester strip mine
last week. said they learned today
from Sheriff Melvin Thaxton that
neither he nor his deputies took
any steps to prevent the massacre.
Verdict Draws Fire
CHICAGO, June 26-The YER
dict of the coroneris jury concern
ing the Herrini slayings brought
little surprise to Arthur Lytton
of Lytton and Olson, counsel for
the Southern Illinois coal opera
tors. He said here today in a
statement attriDuting it to alleged
dominance of rthe; county by the
union miners influence.
However" it was a wonder how
far the human nerve can sway a
jury he added.
mo other sort of decision
could be expected from William
son County. Ilearned on my trip
to Marion last week that county
officials were fairly bluffed and
CONTINUED on Page Eight)
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-26
Claim Made That Theater
Encroaches on Odgen Auc.
Mccray Interests File Complaint Before City Board of At
fairs Meeting This Morning. Deeds Cited by
Attorney N Street Controversy. *ss.

!, Joint consent, dedicated a part of
their properties for use as 2 street
and that this dedication was ac-
cepted by the city.
The cons: d Grafton, Attorney Nc
Cray stated, was that the city
should pave the street, which was
done, and that the city should take
over the decided property and main
tain it as street. A fire-flug, he
added, was installed on one por-
ton OF the property taken over IN
1902.
4 Attorney Nc Cray represented
particularly the McCray Garage.
which is located directly opposite
the site of the proposed theater-
1t the street is narrowed seven
feet, sad Attorney McCray, the Nc
Cray Garage people will practical
ly be forced out of. business as
the street will ne too narrow
for the location OF a garage. He sub
mitted figures, indicating that the
street will be only. twelve and ore
half feet wide if the West Virgin
ian Amusement Co., is allowed to re-
tain the property it claims.
City Engineer Shrewsbury B.
Miller stated that he had investi-
Continued on Page Four)
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-26

That the rear wall of the West
Virginia Amusement Co.'s Adams
street theater; as planned by the
architects and contractors, viii ex-
tend seven feet intoEOgden avenue,
formerly Hull alley,lwas the declar-
atom of Attorney French McCray.
made before the Fairmont Board of
Affairs at its regular meeting this
morning.
-Four feet of the extension, At
torney McCray stated, win be on
the paved portion of the street
which has been improved in use
since 1902, or period of twenty
years.
City Attorney A. J. Kern stated
that, in his opinion, the West Vir-
gina Amusement Co., should not
be allowed to encroach on the
paved portion of the street, at least
Ten years use of the street by the
public, he added, dedicates the pro-
perty4 as public thoroughfare.
Attorney McCray insisted that
none of Ogden avenue should be
given over to. the use of the theat-
ter concrn. He submitted data
gathered from deeds on record at
the county courthouse, showing
that in 1902, property owners, by
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-26
UNION CARDS LIFTED .E:l-'I Al All
EIGHT REsTAU RANTS Y 4 HlERlE:: l::!R;'l::

Miss Lulu Montgomery,,&sec secretary;
of the Culinary Workers Ilniomns On
said today that the union caTdsshad;
been lifted from Harvey'saa hss-
taurant, Wills Lun ch Room, ats33
son Cafe, Arcade Res Col
let's Restaurant, Athens Res
taurant, Drummond' s 2estauranti
and the Roush and Ice Lunch Room
Miss Montgomery d eclared hat
the union had given the Restaurant
Owners, ASSOCIATE ton Al fai deal IN
every respect and that IT as q 1s:
solutely necessary for$ the workers
to strike because of the demands
made by the restaurant owners.
1--WE have done every hing IN oti1s
power to make the non ION shops
join US in order to protect edrs
ployers, but it is not our fault hat
we nave failed. We have placed
the Y. w. e. A. Cafeterias on the
unfair list and letters have been
sent outs ito every union In the
county to that effect They have
been advertised @ at ever meeting
OF the central labor body and II
is no. our fault that they continue
to hold their. trad e, eclared Miss
Montgom cry.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-26
Union President Holds Long
Conference Today With
Secretary Davis
SEES HARDING so
Another Conference Of Opera
tors and Union Heads
May Be Called.

WASHINGTON. June 2 ov-
ernment attempts to8interYene3ifig
the bituminous coal strfke we're
carried forward today whenMSec-
retary Of Labor Davis called ~ Ohm
L. Lewis, president of the United
Mine Workers, to Washing tone for
series of conferences, preli min
ary to taking the issues directly
before President Harding. Nh M
preston was created IN advance
of the meeting between5 the Prsst-
dent and Mr. Lewis that the goY-
ernment might call therSc on
ference of operators and union
leaders in the industry to sc consider
settlement. s; 5jS
Secretary Davis and the miners
chief were together first at mid
night conference which lasted for
several hours and did adj journS
until early this mo orning.N Several
government conciliatorsEwhos have
been employed in nego otiating ing
the industry since April ~ hen
the miners left work fparticip ipafe ed:a:
The discussion was again re-
sumed shortly before mo- ont odag.
Considerable doubt existed as to-
the exact reason for the protFact-
ed meeting with the miners ead,
since the union policy, re4sta ted
again by Mr.. Lewis today, las al
ways been to seekSas n atlonalgor
.semi-natio confe erence WI tf1# the
mine operators to discuss wa ges.l
and the strike was preclp pitate&
when the operators fusin g
tiona1 meetin gs, co unit cred NE
proposals @ to discus he M WsageS
settlements in district atherfn gS.
No operators wereAn s1lngT
ton today for the purp ose q q fs55
cussing the strike withssS GOV Yeril-s
ment atives, soss far as as
could be1earned. s N Owls
though maintaining silence as TO n
the matters directly ta1keh@ over.
was prepared to take5ups t he8nego-a
tiations with Presid dent {H Harding
and insisted that the mine srs union
position was unchanged ssssss
I'VE are seeking now as we
have always sought, an opportun-S
ity to present our case in ant pen
conference with the S Soperatorss
MIR Lewis asserted. -. expect
that when we have made o our&d ds-Ss
mands If there are any Of hem.
that cannot be supported by log1c@
and common sense they VII II fa,il@
of them helpless. However,SS Sec-#
retary Hoover, is now fiain 81 & oS8
a ton as the price for n on7urio on
coal and let me say that that
figure is to be accepted as fa1rstf he
union operators of the UnItedS9
States can pay the miners wages
at exactly the same levels they
were before April whens:sthe hen
suspension began, and make ~
very substantial margin Of prof