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New Britain herald., 1922-02-15

Even sick child loves the 'fruity" taste of "California Fig Syrup" If the little tongue is coated, or If your child is listless, ereHa fevefish, full of cold, or has coio, give taaspoenful to cleanse the liver and bowels, In a flow hours you can see for yourself how thoroughly it works, sli tine oonstipa= ton poison, sour bile and waste cut of the bowels and you have well, play full child again,
 Millions of mothers keeR 'Caii= fornia Fig Syrup" handy. They knew a teaspeonfui today saves & Bioli child tomorrow, AsL your druggist fer gem, uine California Fig Syrup" which has directions for babies and a;iildran of all ages printed en bottle, Msthsri You must say California" or you may get an imitation fis syrup.
New Britain herald., 1922-02-15
VITAL STATISTICS
 BUREAU ADVOCATED
Health Superintendent Believes Such Records should Be Kept By
 His DcDartmcpt

Dr. Fred r, Lee, superintendent of the board of health. favors the in- stallation of a bureau of vital statis- tics in his department to replace those records now kept in the town
New Britain herald., 1922-02-15

Borden's milk, Toe can. Russell Bros .-advt,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-02-10
Ea Es Ms
EICHT-HOUR RULE
Greatly Increased Railroad
Labor Efficiency, De-
clares Former Direc-
tor General

Washington.-Ef Efficiency of railroad
labor Increased, after the passage of
the eight-hour law. This was the de-
claration of Walker d. Hines, former
director general of railroads under
the United States railroad admins
tration, testifying before the senate
Interstate commerce committee. He
also presented figures to prove that
railroad labor was more efficient dur
ing the war, showing that in 1920 a
phenomenal traffic was successfully
handled
The basis of labor measurement is
called traffic units per man hour"
In 1915, before the eight-hour system
became effective, these units were
represented by 80; in 1917, under the
eight-hour system, the units jumped
to So; in 1919 they rose to 100, and
in 1920 to l0l
The former director general said
that the railroads were in deplorable
state when they were taken over by
the government, and were greatly inn
proved under federal control. Mr..
Hines pointed out that under federal
control the roads were operated by
the same practical men who operated
them before the government took
them over and who are operating
them at present. In a report of Carl
r. Gray, director of operations of the
railroad administration, which Mr.
Hines quoted, the statement was made
that zone of the prime reasons why
the government had to take possession
of the railroads was the generally bad
condition of the locomotives and cars"
The report set forth that the "condi-
tions were SO bad that repair tracks
and terminals were congested with bad
order cars and shops and roundhouses
were SO crowded with locomotives that
proper facilities for maintaining the
equipment were no longer available"
"The notion that the railroads were
broken down by the government is
wholly contrary to the facts" observ-
ed Mr.. Hines.
Mr.. Hines is practical railroad
man, having had large directing ex-
perience with the Louisville and Nash
vile and Santa Fe railroads.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-02-10
NEXT
New York Fur Workers
Add to Organized La
bOr's Victories

New York The fur workers of this
city have won complete victory in
their wage negotiations with the as
sociated fur manufacturers. The fur
rers are members of the International
Fur Workers Union of the United
States and Canada. The controversy
over the wage agreement has spread
over several weeks and at times sew
erance Of friendly relations was
threated by the insistence of the
bosses upon new conditions, which in
yolved an increase of five hours a
week in ale working time and a
heavy reduction of wages In the
agreement, which has been signed for
two years, the union holds the a.
hour week, maintains the present
scale of wages and all previous work
ing conditions. The joint board of the
furriers' unions carried on the duties
of the wage conference for the work
ers, and it's report was adopted at
overflow mass meetings, which were
attended by many prominent mem
bers of organized labor of other crafts.
The victory Of the furriers and of the
needle trades workers in this city has
given an impetus to the work of or
ganization. 1t is the opinion of ex-
perienced organizers that the move
ment of the anti-union employers to
break the unions, upon which they en-
tered with such vigor year ago, has
been effectively checked. The losses
the employers have sustained through
their anti-union experiments have had
a salutary effect upon their opinions.
They have learned that the union con-
tract guarantees that industrial sta
bility so essential to national pros
perity.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-02-10
WITTE URGES UNION men TO
SMOKE ONLY UNION MADE GOODS

honored to be selected by the labor
leaders of Louisville to ride with the
national secretary. Up to now | have
never listened to the dictation of any
man nor have | let anyone interfere
with what felt was right and | do
not think | will begin now. The un-
derscored notice sent out by the En-
ployers' Association with a sort of
yelled boycott for my products has no
more effect upon me than pouring
water on a ducks back. | will be do
ing business when the red flag is
hanging in front of many of their
doors. think | am fairly well ac-
quainted with the leaders of the open
shop movement here and / think |
know something about how they have
prospered mostly in times of war and
| also think that | am quite as able
to handle my own business as they are
to handle theirs.
''For many years | have made a
Sluuy VI Uffct COilulIiUIl VI Ciic PSopiS
who toll and produce, and the leaders
of this open shop propaganda which
is in the main without truth and is
a detriment to any community, and
where did you ge that stuff that
Louisville, on account of the open
shop principles is easily the best busi-
ness town both wholesale and retail
in the world, and whoever told you
the open shop propaganda had added
one iota to the business was just
simply spoofing you, and if you believ-
ed it you need a earetaker.
Thanking you for sending me a
copy of the yelled boycott and with
kindest personal regards and sympa-
thy, am,
yours sincerely,
(Signed) 'WOOD AXIOM"
The Kentucky State Federation of
Labor in convention assembled gave
attention to the above correspondence
and commended Mr.. Axton highly for
his fair attitude and instructed the
i secretary to forward copies of the cor
respondence to every organization
affiliated with the American Fedora
tion of Labor, with a request that
they give it the widest publicity.
Secretaries are requested to have
same published in the labor press of
their respective district.
Fraternally,
PETER CAMPBELL,
Secretary Treasurer.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-02-10
s5O0,OOO,OOO FOR ROADS

Washington In the last 5k years
approximately $5O0,000,O0O has been
put into federal aid highways, with
a total length Of 28,742 miles, repre-
senting 12,907 miles of completed
roads over which traffic is flowing and
1885 miles under construction and
estimated to be 20 per cent complete.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-02-10
ROSTER or ORGANIZATIONS

Tim Farley, 60T Hanover st.
Thos. Brennan, 303 S. Third st.
Ernest R. Legg, 326 So. 7th st.
VIM. Kiley, Secretary. 635 Minor Ave.
SEVERN Amiot, 70S S. Sth st.
Robert Mick, 500 SO. Front st.
John Smith, sos So. 9Th st.
Grant King, $50 S. 5th st.
Geo. NJ. Diegmann, LOG N Kahn Ave
Frank Venable, 431 N. Second st.
VIM. Biddinger, Secy., Post Office
IS, Secy., 215 Chestnut; Phone 1222-R
Edgar Smith, Secy.. 63S Chestnut st.
Walter L. Furry, 9O3 North D ST
Harry Conrad, 423 So. 18th st.
Arthur McGuffin, 2460 Benninghofen
j. Edward Lehmkuhl, $40 No 3rd st.
Geo. Brandell, 1888 Mt. Pleasant Pike
F. Durwin, 518 S. 7th; Phone 3014-X
Rudolph Kersteiner, 638 So 14th st.
L ester L. Long, Sec, 1929 Heaton Ave
Robert A. F'allert, 52l Prytania Ave
Carl Reistey, 1882 Hensley Ave
j, 2. KuenSel. r. r. No 8.
Chas Butts, r. r. No. 6.
William J. Welsh, care Moose Home.
John f. Janser, 1924 Campbell Ave.
}. Box 31S; Phone 73S-R.
Carl Windsor, R. Il. 3.
Eta Streipick, Secy., 726 East Ave
r. w Vogel, GAO Forest ave.
Clyde A. Reaele, III Charles St
r. C. Fitzgerald.
Arthur Emmons, 08 e. Third st.
VIM. Bunnell, 709 Vanderveer st.
Il. o. Otterbein, 210 So. Harrison Ave.
!. Murray Johnson, West Middletown.
j. A. Price, 205 So Harrison Ave.
Frank Jacobs, 1902 So Main st.
:. Earl R. Price, Post Office.
:. Philip Fay, 631 Garfield st.
RI c. Oglesby, care News Signal.
!. Lytle, Gil Hill St, Middletown, Ohio
&C. A. Reagle, Ill Charles st.
II. A. Scully, SOC CastelI Bldg.
!. Frank Smith, 301 f. First st.
rket Street, Hamilton, Ohio.
:. George Rempe, 1902 Yankee Rd.
&C. E. Long, 727 Graft st
Jos. G. Howells, Franklin, Ohio.
!. Frank Boice, 726 Clarendon st.
:. Richard E. Gross 920 Yankee Rd.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-02-10
LABOR TO BE STUDIED
u m N

New York-Labor conditions and
studied by clergymen and laymen ap-
pointed by the world alliance for in
their relation to religious life in the
United States and Europe will be
ternational friendships through the
churches.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-05-01

Four boys, putting up aerial wires for
a radio receiver, let them fall over n
high-tension electric light wire, not
thinking of the danger The light wire
was insulated, but the scraping of the
radio wires back and forth wore off the
insulation. Suddenly there was a blind
ing fash and one boy was killed, the
other seriously shocked and burned. The
father of the dead boy. ran out, seized
the wire and was killed. This is the
second accident of the kind reported
lately. 1t is a reminder of the extreme
care that must be taken in any kind of
work or experimentation with electricity.
Boys particularly in the enthusiasm for
radio as well as for climbing light poles
and taking chances in dangerous places,
need to know something about voltage
and its peri!s.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-05-01
THE HEARTY VETERAN.

Lady Nancy Aston, visiting in this
country, is trying to keep out of political
discussions, and trying to steer clear of
giving advice to Americans about their
affairs, but it is hard for her to resist the
countless questions put to her by re-
porters. When she answers them, she
usually shows that she has given the mat
ter thought.
Asked her opinion of the bonus, she
said:
Il don't think a great, rich country
like America can do enough for the sol
der who was wounded or disabled. Dc
everything you possibly can for them
and still it will not be enough. But the
man who has come back whole and
hearty. why shouldn't he go out and get
a job and work, like anybody else?
Give him a chance. Reinstate him
Get Job for him. Give him the prefer
ence over everybody else for jobs. But
having got them on their feet, it seems
to me if you give them a bonus you viii
do them more harm than good. That
isn't a popular thing to say, but / mus
say what I think
1t is also what good many other peo
pie think, including large proportion
of the hearty men" themselves.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-05-01

Yestidday was Mary Weaknesses berth
day and | was wondering wat to give
her that dident cost enything on account
of me not having eny money to buy
enything and my sister Gladdis came
home from Art Skool and / had a CRATE
ideer. thinking. G. III ask Gladdis to
draw a pickture of me and Ill give her
that.
And 1 sed, Hay Gladdis. will you
draw me a pickture of myself and. give
it to me?
Nuthing doing, sed Gladdis. I've tried
to draw you before and you keep as
III keep still, Gladdis, III keep so still
you'll think you're drawing somebody elts,
go ahed, Gladdis, try me and see, | sed
and Gladdis sed. All rite. sit over there
by the windo and don't bulge.
And she started to draw me, and
after a vile l sed, Are you neerly throo,
Gladdis? and she sed, On the contrary.
Meaning she was jest starting. And the
fellows started to yell and WHSLE out
side and pritty soon l sed, Is it neerly
done. Gladdis?
Wen you see me stop you'll know its
done, and for goodniss sake quit that
wiggling GROUND, you're keeping about
as still as an animated werm, sed Glad
dis. and sed. Well holey smokes, Glad
dis, gosh, G. my neck herts from keep
ing it in one position so long.
1t hertS from moving IT GROUND so
mulch, you meen. sed Gladdis. And /
sat there stiff for about another hour,
witch if it hadent of bin for Mary Wat
kins berthday present l wouldent of. and
/ asked Gladdis about 20 times if she
was finished yet, her only answering
me about once every times, and jest
wen / was going to resign she sed, Its
done. perfeck likeness. And quick
went over and looked and it was some
fearse looking kid with "a dunn looking
face. and l sed. Hay, that don't look like
me. that's a heck of a looking guy.
It's fiattering if enything. sed Gladdis.
Meening l wasent eny better looking
and maybe verse. and | went and cut a
pickture of Dugliss Fairbanks out of
a magazine and put it in a old pickture
frame ma sed l could have and gave that
to Mary Watkins insted.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-05-01
MONDAY, MAY l, 1922.
SPIRITUALIsM AND SUICIDE

Several deaths have been reported in
the wake of Conan Doyles progress
through the country preaching the ease
Of death, the comfort and beauty of the
life beyond. The instructive or early
taught fear that keeps many people from
taking their own lives has been removed.
apparently, and with it the inhibitions
have broken down. These suicides have
believed that if the reports they read or
heard of the eminent spiritualist's beliefs
We're true. there was no use in sticking
out any longer their present suffering
All they had to do to reach joy was to
die.
Too much care cannot be taken to
make plain that the spiritualistic teach
ing is directly opposite to this view. For
those who condemn it, no explanation is
needed. But for those who are taking it
seriously. there should be no halfway
learning of the lesson. All the Spiritual
lists, all the Theosophists, as well as all
the Christian churches, teach that suicide
is one of the greatest of sins, and must
be paid for Conan Doyle teaches that
the spirit of the suicide must go on suf-
fering on the other side just the same,
until the time when death would have Oc-
Cured on this plane He states def
nitely that there is an appointed time,
and nothing is gained by Fastening it,
but on the contrary, much is lost.
Agencies which save many people from
suicide in a year declare that there is
usually point in the development of the
suicide idea where the person holding it
can be turned to new hope or to sterner
courage. and can be brought to hang on
and make another start. \ wider diffu-
sion of this knowledge may help to keep
some of these unfortunates from making
the wrong turn.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-05-01

The Refomer il on sale every evening By
the following news dealers:
BrattleborO, Brattleboro News Co., C w
CleaveIand, S. L. Purinton EsteyviIle)
Brooks House Pharmacy, Aliens Depot News
stand, Gilbert ]. Pollica, 297 South Main St
Fort Drummer district.
West BrattlebOro, ]. L. StoekweIl.
East Dummerston, M. E. Brown
Putney, NJ. G. Williams.
Newfane, n. NJ. Batchelder.
West Townshend, c. H. Grout.
Jamaica, r. 7. Daggett.
South Londonderry, F. H. Tyler.
South Vernon, E. B. Buffum.
Hinsda1e, N. h, w. II. Lyman.
Greenfield, Mass, Greenfield News Co,
Greenfield, Mass, C. A. Hays.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-05-01
Today S Events

Celebration of May day.
Today is observed as Labor day in the
Philippines.
Beginning of Cleanup and Fire Pre-
vention week in Michigan.
One hundredth anniversary of the
inauguration of the first mayor of Bos-
ton.
Rt. Rev. Joseph II. Conroy. Catholic
bishop of Ogdensburg. celebrates his
10th anniversary in the episcopate to-
day.
The triennial convention of the Grand
division. Order of Railway Conductors
Of America, assemblies today in Cleve-
land.
The second public conference on COM
mercial engineering is to begin its SEES
sions today at the Carnegie Institute of
Technology.
The centenary of the Mission Santa
Clara, which is the site of the Univer-
sity of Santa Clara, the oldest institu-
ton of learning west of the Rockies,
will be celebrated today and through the
remainder of the week.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-05-01

ufacturers themselves hardly know who
is running the factories. For instance,
one union rule does not allow workmen
to operate while an operative is in the
same room waiting for work. This holds
up the operation of the entire room. To
one firm alone this cost 10000 pairs of
shoes in March. Another is the permit
system. No matter how badly one
needs work, nor how great the demand
is for labor, no operative can be en-
ployed without first obtaining a permit
from the union. 1t is through such rules
as these that the unions are helping to
reinstate the open shop. Union leaders
seem to have forgotten that this is still
free country"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-05-01
Today's Anniversaries

1S24-Gen. Rufus Putnam, who led the
first company of permanent set
tiers to Ohio. died at Marietta.
Born at Sutton, Mass, April .,
1913.
lS47-Jesse Speight, whom jefferson
Davis succeeded as United States
senator from Mississippi, died at
Plymouth. Miss. Born in Green
county, n c., Sept -, 1895.
lS49-The Little Miami railroad was
opened between Cincinnati and
Springfield, O.
1S65-The funeral train with the re-
mains of Abraham Lincoln
reached Chicago.
1S67-Rev. Daniel Sylvester futile was
cOnsccrated first Episcopal mis-
sionary bishop of Utah, Idaho and
Montana.
lS72-National Liberal Republican con-
ventiOn nominated Horace
Greeley for president
lS90-JOhn Hazen White was conse-
Grated fourth Episcopal bishop of
Indiana.
lS96-The new dominion ministry under
Sir Charles Upper assumed of
fee.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-05-01
DOTEN NOT GUILTY.
jury Took Less Than Ten Minutes to
Decide Milk License Case.

MONTPELIER, May Leonard
Doten was found not guilty of the of
Tense of violating the city ordinance by
peddling without a milk license by a
city court jury. The jury was out not
much over ten minutes and only two
ballots We're taken. The first ballot is
said to have stood IL to / and the next
ballot was unanimous. The jury went
to balloting Immediately. w B. Tur-
ney was foreman of the jury.
So far as the law point was concerned
the case seemed to rest on the question
whether a license granted to Doten
by the board of health could be revoked
by the city council under an ordinance
passed afterwards Dotens attorneys
claimed that the license issued to him in
March was good for one year and had
not been legally revoked The case at
tracted much public attention in view of
the fact that DOten refused to have his
cows tested after making application for
a test. The council took this ground for
revoking his milk dealers license.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-05-01
Protected BY George Matthew Adams

brated scientist and inventor in the field
of electricity, whose most notable
achievements were accomplished as a
pioneer in wireless telegraphy and tel
ephony. Mr.. De Forest is a product of
the Middle West, having been born at
Council Bluffs. Ia, in 1873. His tech
nical training was received at Sheffield
Scientific school and after his gradua-
ton from that institution he took an
academic course at Yale. In 1898 his
studies were temporarily interrupted by
service in the Spanish war as a member
of a Connecticut artillery company. I'm
mediately after leaving college he de-
voted himself to the study and develop
ment of wireless" and in 1902 organ
lied a company to handle his invention
in the line of radio telegraphy. Mr.. De
Forest has served as president of the
Wireless Association of America and
has been honored with membership in
numerous other scientific and engineer
ing societies.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-05-01
HORSE THIEF SHOOTS AT KEENE.
Owner Has Narrow Escape But Re-
covers His Property.

KEENE, \. H, May 1,-While at
tempting to recover his horse from an
unidentified man about midnight Satur-
day, Jesse Brown narrowly escaped be-
ing shot by the unknown, as a bullet
passed through his coat The man left
the horse and fled. When Brown re-
turned to his barn he discovered that
another animal was missing, but it re-
turned early yesterday.
About IL O'Clock Saturday night Mr.
Brown, who lives in the north part of
the city, saw man leading one of his
horses across the field toward some
woods. Brown accOSted the stranger.
who drew revolver and fired at Brown.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-05-01

The labor unions in their fight against
the open shop, seem to be themselves
responsible for its gradual return. The
Boston News Bureau tells of conditions
in the HaverhilI, Mass, shoe shops which
are fast leading back to the open shop.
'.The unions" says the News Bureau,
have so arranged matters that the man
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-05-01
Today'S Birthdays.

Maud Allan. celebrated as a classical
dancer. born in Toronto, Ont, 43 years
ago today.
DIR. Walter Dill Scott, president of
Northwestern university, born at Cooks
vile. H., J3 years ago today.
Harry Leon Wilson. author of a num-
Der of popular stories and plays, born at
Oregon. ILL.,, 30 years ago today.
Duke of COnnaught, uncle of King
George and former governor general of
Canada, born II years ago today.
William \. CASTOR. candidate for the
Democratic nomination for United
States senator from Massachusetts, born
at ROxbury, Mass. 63 years ago today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-05-01
TO THE SUBSCRIBERS

II is the aim Of the management TO assure
efficient service in the delivery of the paper
each night, and it solicits the cooperation of
subscribers to that end. Prompt reports should
be given of each failure TO receive the paper
on the morning following the omission, in
person, by telephone or postal card, thus en-
abling the cause OF the error to be promptly
and accurately discovered and the proper rem
edy Immediately applied. 1t is only by this
method that the publisher can secure tho de-
sired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-05-01
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-Run of papsr, 50 cents
an inch for first insertion, 30 cents en- Inch fUt
each subsequent insertion. Limited space on
first page at double rates.
Space rates application
Classified advertisements-Fivs cents line
first insertion with 50 per cent discount for
each subsequent insertion without change Of
copy. Minimum charge 20 cents. Cash with
order.
Reading Notices-Twenty cents per line FIRST
insertion with so per cent discount for each
subsequent insertion without change Of copy.
Reading notices published at foot of local
items.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-05-01
Control Your Temper.
BARRE Times.

BE tender to your golf clubs The
club manufacturers tell us that more
than one-half of the useable hickory of
this country suitable for clubs has been
exhausted Players who have been won't
to hurl their clubs after a poor shot will
govern themselves accordingly.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-05-01

"WOnders will never cease" says the
Barre Times "A st. Johnsbury gas COM
pany is instructing its patrons how to
reduce its gas bills" Another need is for
somebody to instruct the gas companies
how to reduce their rates.