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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-03-16
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Washington.-"On of the most re-
markable institutions which has de-
veloped on American soil is the su-
preme court of the United States. 1t
is the only court in the world which
exercises the power to nullify laws
enacted by the national legislature" !"
says former Congressman Meyer Lon
don, writing in the American Fedora
zionist, current issue.
"The supreme court is more than a
court. 1t is a lawmaker 1t is a con-
stitution maker. 1t is not the number
of acts the court has invalidated that
is important. 1t is the special charac-
ter of the legislation which this aug
ust body has destroyed that matters.
"Entrenched behind its power to in
terpret the constitution the court has
steadily refused to recognize the fun
damental changes which industry has
wrought in the relations of men.
"In the final analysis the supreme
court is an unreformed house of lords
There is not line in the constitution
of the United States which would in
dicate that it was the intention of its
trainers to confer upon the supreme
court the right to invalidate acts OF
| congress.
Congress should not abdicate its
power and its duty to pass upon the
constitutionality of the law 1t should
not permit five members of the su
preme court to set up their judgments
as to what the constitution means
against the judgment of the men who
are elected by the people to legislate
for them"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-03-16
SAXOPHONE SIX
MAKE BIG HIT
AT RIALTO

One of the biggest hits of the sea-
son is the Original Browns Saxo-
phone Six, playing as an added at
traction at the Rialto theatre all this
week. No musical attraction ever
playing in Hamilton struck a more
popular chord than have these saxo-
phone players. Sweet toned oldtime
popular airs are brought back to mem
DRY as we'll as the feet-tickling jazz
of the day Many of the Rialto pa
irons have attended every change of
the program during the week in order
to hear this original bunch. The last
chance to hear them will be Satur-
day night, and those who haven't
heard them shouldn't miss this last
chance-that is, if they like to hear
real music
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-03-16
JUNK SHIP BOARD
SAYS SENATOR

Washington.-The shipping board
has lost the confidence of the people
and should be abolished, declared Sen
ator King, of Utah, who said it has
failed to function properly, economic
ally, or efficiently "And many be-
lieve it has been criminally wasteful
md extravagant, and has frittered
away hundreds of millions of dollars, y
he said
81 think it would be a wise policy
to abolish both the shipping board and
the emergency feet corporation and
to confer upon the department of com
merce the necessary authority to car
ry out the wishes of congress.
"The shipping board will soon dis.
sipate all of its assets if it pursues its
present course.
"The department of commerce coulc
handle the work of the shipping boarc
far more economically and could break
away from the unwise and destruct
i've policies which now control The
board" he said
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-03-16
HUGE OIL EARNINGS

New York. Profits of the Standard
Oil Company of Indiana continue their
skyward trend, while the price of
gasoline is headed in the same di-
rection.
In its annual report the company
shows a net profit last year of $685.
881, ,1O4, as against $23,288,348 the
previous year This means profit
equal to $500 for every share of
stock having face value of $25 Only
recently the company issued stock
dividend which doubled it's amount of
stock. If this were not done profits
would equal $1120 for share of
stock having a face value of $25, and
the public might discuss these un-
seemly gains.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-03-16

ment and the greed of certain coal
mine owners.
Not line about the scores of rail-
road workers who have been killed
and seriously injured because of the
government refusal to enforce the
locomotive inspection laws.
The people buy newspapers to find
out what is going on in the world.
The newspaper owner who refuses
or neglects to give his readers the
available news concerning outstanding
events is as dishonest as the grocer
who short-changes his customers
Labor"
"a "a "a m Pa
Getting ahead is largely a matter
of getting up each time you are
knocked down. Remember this in
your advocacy of the union label
card and button.
- "a "a "a IA
What you do today will have ar
effect tomorrow Remember this
when you spend your union-earnec
money for non-union goods.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-03-16
WATER POWER MONOP.
OILY

Albany, N. Y.-At a meeting of
New York state mayors in this city
former Mayor Burns, of Troy, declar-
ed water power monopolists are zen
couraging the payment of juicy stock
dividends and high salaries of off
Gals while consumers are compelled
to pay enormous prices for electric
power, which they should be able to
obtain at reasonable prices"
The speaker said that if women
realized the economy and labor saw
ing of electricity in the household
they would "get behind a real con-
structive hydro-electric plan and poll
ticians would either cease to play with
the subject or be tossed into the dis
card"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-03-16
FALSE DEMOCRACY"
Urged on Workers By Meat
Trust Through It's
Union"

Chicago-Meat packers are spend
impression among employees that the
company union" is democratic and
that it represents the workers. The
purpose of this misrepresentation is
to supplant the Amalgamated Meat
Cutters and Butcher Workmen, which
is responsible for every advantage the
workers in this industry have secured.
According to the official organ of
the alleged union" this system "per-
mits employees to have their say"
Trade unionists ask what advantage
IS it to workers to "have their say
before a packed combination consist
ing of employees representatives who
have been selected by superintendent,
foremen and time-keepers on one side
of the table, and the superintendent,
foremen and time-keepers themselves
on the other side. Then the president
of the packing plant is to be consid-
cred. He has "his say" also. And
that "say" is the last From his de-
cision there is no appeal, and no sug-
gestion of arbitration by disinterest-
ed parties.
This company union" was formed
by the meat packers before the last
wage reduction. The hand-picked
Representatives of the workers voted
with the management to accept the
reduction, and the packers used this
against the trade union butcher work
men when they struck in protest
against the cut.
The organized butcher workmen are
now conducting publicity campaign
against this alleged union" that has
served the bosses so we'll
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-03-16
pa Haa a& @ @
SHORT CHANGING" THE
READERS
READERS

The daily newspapers-ninety per
cent of them-are cheating their
readers They are refusing to print
important news.
Not line about the shopmen's
strike The railroads do not want
anything said about that embarrass-
ing affair because the people might
discover why the nations transporta-
tion system refuses to function.
Practically nothing about the ap-
palling condition of agriculture in the
mid-western states, where, according
to resolutions adopted by a conven-
ton of farmers recently held in Bill
lings, Mont, 100 banks have failed
in the last As days.
If the proceedings of the Billings
gathering had been given the promi-
nence they deserved a public senti-
ment might have been created which
would have compelled even 1ame
duck" congress to act.
Not a paragraph about the situa-
ton along the line of the NJ & N. A.
in Arkansas, where mobs, armed and
paid by the railroad companies, con-
tinue to deny American citizens every
right guaranteed by the constitution
and laws of the land.
No adequate story of the fearful
suffering in northern states on ac-
count of lack of coal-a condition di-
rectly traceable to defective equip
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-03-16
THE WOLF NEVER SLEEPS

4
The International Labor News Ser
vice tells US:
The U. S. government has built
gigantic modern coaling and oiling
plants at the Panama canal at enor-
nous cost. They have been operated
by the government efficiently and at
a profit. Nevertheless there was a
bill before the last congress to per-
nit leasing these plants to private
interests that will be re-introduced at
the next session. What can this
mean?
IF private interests have a monop-
oily of the sale of oil and coal to the
vessels passing through the Panama
canal they can fix any price they
please 1t will not require much of ar
increase in the price of coal or oil tc
force most of the international ship.
ping through the Suez canal. Of
course, if a little British influence is
brought to bear upon the private in
terests operating the coaling and oil
ing plants at the Panama canal
'''What long teeth you have, Grand
maj said little Red Riding Hood t,
the wolf"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-03-16
'Aa m E Ha W@
SCHWAB'S GAS

Charles NJ. Schwab, Americas IRON
master, has solution for the unem-
ployment problem of England He
would give the unemployed gas.
Don't misjudge him, however He
takes some Of the sting out of the
suggestion by the charitable and hu-
manitarian recommendation that the
unemployed be given a hearty meal
before entering the lethal chamber
Thanks! We who are about to die,
accept with gratitude the crumbs that
fall from the rich mans table
The gas route solution of the un-
employment problem is not original
with Mr.. Schwab. It comes from Or.
Brown, who is me-" according to the
press dispatch quoting Mr. Schwab
The suggestion receives publicity
through its association with Mr.
Schwab
Aside from its heartlessness and the
adherence with which one naturally
receives such sentiment, it is ap-
parent that conditions in England
are appalling, that misery is every
where, and that only blind hope keeps
the army of unemployed shuffing
along through the streets looking for
better times.
Thank God for job!
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-03-16
may proceed with the construction
of the bridge However, we shall see
what we shall see.
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DON'T TOLERATE DIVISION

Big interests, the privileged few,
and profiteers since the beginning of
recorded time, have developed false
psychology in the minds and hearts
of the workers, which is studiously
kept alive.
Hired political economists wrote a
hundred and fifty years ago alleged
scientific principles into the text
books of colleges and other seats of
learning, such as the iron law of |
wages and the immutable low of sup
ply and demand, and they have been
there ever since. These doctrines
were false when written and are un-
true today The trade union philoso-
ply has proved this The cold stor-
age and trusts and combinations of
big interests have disproved their
theories of supply and demand and the
iron law of wages.
The workers are kept divided, fight
ing and hating each other by subtle,
cunningly devised propaganda, ap-
pealing to racial feelings and religious
and political prejudiees, judiciously
broadcasted among them The farmer
is told the cause of his ills is high
wages of the industrial workers; the
industrial workers are told the far
mer is the cause of the shortage and
high cost of agriculture produce.
Both sides too often believe these vii
famous misstatements.
If railroad bridge burns during a
strike the workers are pilloried in the
press and their leader is mobbed and
sometimes lynched After the strike
it invariably develops that the bridge
was fired by live Goals from faulty
firebeds in rundown engines, or by a
hired strikebreaker for the purpose of
turning the public mind against the
workers.
False accusations are circulated
against local and international off
GERS and members for the purpose
of causing distrust, misgiving, anc
lack Of faith in the trade unior
movement
THIS CAN BE REMEDIED il
members now organized would re
solve not to believe stories circulated
against labor, it's officers, and mem.
bers until investigation proves then
guilty; agree to sink all personal diff
ferences growing out of race, reli
; gion or politics and unite on the eco
, nomic field in the trade union move
ment for fair wages, shorter hours
! and better working conditions; stoI
! knocking, let the sunlight Of human
kindness take the place of distrust
and hatred; stop doing the things
J that benefit only the big interests
privileged few and the profteers; anc
DEVOTE OUR EFFORTS AT LEAST
ON THE ECONOMIC FIELD TC
! THE FURTHERANCE OF THE
, BEST INTERESTS OF MEN AM
, WOMEN WHO TOLL FOR THEIF
LIVELIHOOD.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-03-16
WHAT DID JOE MEAN?

During the down-pour Of rain last
Sunday afternoon, Officer Joe Cahill
smiling as usual. and in full uniform
was standing at the corner Of Third
and High streets, seeming unmindful
of the rain. A passerby remarked;
Joe, don't you know enough to get
in out of the rain?"
Joe quickly replied: 'If ! did
wouldn't be a policeman, would II"
Now, just how to take Joe's answer
is beyond US. Can some one tell US 3?
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-03-16
STEREOTYPERS GAIN
Birmingham, Ala.-Stereotypers or
newspapers in this city have raised
wages and reduced hours.

Nashville, Tenn.-Organized stere-
otypers of this city agree that pa
tience is a virtue, since their six
months of negotiations with employ
ers resulted in wage increases. Rates
are advanced So Immediately, and on
September l, next year, they will be
raised another So.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-03-16
POLITICS WARMING

1t is not so long since the last cleo
ton, held III November, when it was
thought there would be a rest from
politics for some months at least.
But it seems that there is never any
rest for the politician. Already the
local boys are warming up for the pri-
maries to be held in August Of
course the big thing this year will be
the election of mayor. Then of course
there is the smaller fry to be consid-
cred. 1t is said the pussyfooting and
shopping is beginning to come out in
the open. The big job for the repub-
hcans is to get somebody big enough
to defeat Mayor Harry j. Koehler,
that is if he seeks second term,
and there hasn't been anything heard
to the contrary to date. Several
prominent men have been mentioned
and others are being groomed for the
big race, and again some are groom
ing themselves. But this will all
come out later. Just watch events.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-03-16

A business "trend" is movement
whose direction is best learned in
retrospect.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-03-16

The modern idea seems to be to
erect stadium and then build a col
lege around it.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-03-16

A man is old when his arteries be-
gin to harden or his purse strings be-
gin to tighten.
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BRIDGE WINS FIRST ROUND

OhlOOG w 14NbC tNOCAN
The first round in the big legal
battle for the bridge at Coke Otto
between its advocates and opponents,
goes in favor of the bridge. This is
the decision of Judge VIII Stephen
son, who on last Friday refused the
injunction asked for by those opposed
to the building of the bridge The
defeated, however, are not satisfied,
and gave notice of appeal to the
higher courts. 1t is said, though,
that some of the big hackers of the
opposition realize the weakness of
their claim for enjoining the big pro-
posed improvement, and that it is
doubtful whether they will continue
lending their support in the fight,
that perhaps the fight is really over
and that the county commissioners
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-03-16
FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1923

Entered at the Postoffice at Hamilton,
Ohio, as Second Glass Mail Matter
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-03-16

Endorsed by the Trades and Labor
Council of Hamilton, Ohio.
Endorsed by the Middletown Trades
and Labor Council of Middletown, o.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-03-16

Issued Weekly at S26 Market Street
Hamilton, Ohio.
Telephone 1896
The Washington times., 1923-01-08
COMM I TEES Of
TRADE BOARD
To MEET
Busy Week Will Include
Luncheon of Officers and
Chairmen.

Two committee meetings this
afternoon will start off busy week
for the Board OF Trade which will
reach it's height Thursday at 1
o'clock when a special luncheon
conference of officers and commit
tee chairman will be held at the
New Willard.
William Clabaugh, chairman of
the executive committee, has called
a meeting for this afternoon at AIS
o'clock, A meeting of the commit
tee on water supply will be held
at 4:3O o'clock, Francis r. Weller,
chairman.
Other committee meetings sched-
uled for this week follow: Ameri-
can ideals, A. J. Driscoll, chairman;
universities and private schools,
Ernest L. Thurston, chairman;
charities and corrections, E. P.
Reside, chairman; public and pri-
vate buildings, w. L. Beale, chair
man; subcommittee on dangerous
weapons, w. A. Johnston, chair
man; subcommittee on traffic, w.
Pearce Rayner, chairman; entertain
ment committee for the mid-winter
dinner on Thursday night at the
residence of L. Lee Combs.
The Washington times., 1923-01-08
CITY COMMENDS
. CORY TICKET
|. CAMPAIGN
Gospel Mission Head Plan
r. Will Rid City of Beggar
Class.

A deluge of commendatory let.
tiers from business and professional
men of Washington, from members
of Congress and Government Off.
cials was received today by DOC
Cory, head of the Gospel Mission
as a result of his distribution of
meal tickets.
More than 100000 tickets, each
good for food and lodgings, have
been sent to Washingtonians by
Doc" who urges that they be
given to all seekers of aims.
The Gospel Mission intends to
rid the city of professional "pan.
handlers" who beg on the streets
under the pretext of obtaining food
or shelter.
"Most Of these men can collect
from SIS to SO day." says DOC"
Cory, land spend 1t for liquor or
narcotics. If everybody who is So
licited for aims would hand one of
+hese Gosnel Mission tickets to the
beggar. Washington would be rid
of professionals in thirty days-and
thew would stay away"
The white ticket campaign now
being waged in Washington was
used by Mr.. Cory in Wheeling w.
Va, where 5000 "panhandlers''
were driven from the city in a few
weeks.
The Washington times., 1923-01-08
PROSECUTOR WILL TRY
TO CLOSE DANCE HALL

Because of alleged excessive
LIQUOR traff' cking, Frank ]. Kelly,
Assistant District Attorney, the
''whiskey prosecutor" said today
he would file injunction proceedings
to close one of the large downtown
public dancing halls. According to
Mr.. Kelly, the manager or the
dance hall has been convicted preVl-
ously of selling whiskey while
another charge is pending.
Compla 'nts of liquor trafficking
came to his notice a few days ago,
Mr.. Kelly said. This is the first
time that such drastic action is to
be taken. Whether the Supreme
Court Of the District will grant the
injunction is q question OF much
discussOn.
The Washington times., 1923-01-08
Theft Of Five Lions
Proves to Have
Been Loins

A police reporter at the CEN
trail office gasped this morning
as he suddenly threw an official
report aside and rushed to a
telephone. The report read
Harry Pullack, 101 NJ street
northwest, reported in behalf of
Mrs. Eva Liverman, that the
M street address was entered
through rear door between IL
p. m. and / 40 this a. m. and
stole five lions"
That was as far as the re-
porter could go with the report.
After the furore was ended
second reading of the report
showed that five loins of pork
had been 'maliciously stolen,
taken and carried away"
The Washington times., 1923-01-08
MASTER Of
ADDIC IS,
CLAIM
William Butler Accused Of
Using Drug Victims in
BIackmaiI Game.

William Butler, one Of the CEN
trail figures in last years sensa-
tional playing Of the badger
game" on George v. White, an
expert accountant of Seattle,
Wash, was characterized as the
master mind Of a group Of drug
addicts when he appeared in, Grim
inal Court, No. today as a States
witness against two men and q
woman charged with Matchmaking
Whittle.
Accused Turn ON Butler.
The charge that Butler used drug
victims in criminal. schemes was
made by James A. O'Shea, counsel
for Florence Austin, her husband
John Franklin Austin, and John
Martin Brown, of Philadelphia, the
three accused Butler has done
eighteen months in the Atlanta
n tentiary for impersonating ar
cffcer. In the alleged blackmai
game which is at present beina
prosecuted, he turned States evi
dence against the Austins ant
Brown.
Whittle's story was that wher
he was stopping at the Powhatan
Hotel, he was inveigled into room
in the Cairo Hotel by the woman
there discovered with her by her
husband, and mulcted out of $4,000
when Butler, appearing at the psy
cholog cal moment, declared he was
a Federal operative and advised
payment to hush things up.
Denies Previous Testimony.
Butler admitted on the stand this
morning that he had come to
Washington for gambling and graft
He had had dealings with Mrs
Austin as far back as 1915, he
said, knew that she and her hus
band were drug users, and had
them obey his orders in this and
in other cases.
Being cross examined by Attor
ney O'Shea, Butler denied making
certain statements at the direct ex
animation last Friday, which were
read to him from the stenographiC
record. Butler said in answer tc
counseps question as to how he
could reconcile his testimony, thai
the stenographer's report of his
testimony was incorrect.
The Washington times., 1923-01-08
CHEVY CHASE TO
HAVE BIC NEW
APARTMENT
Million Dollar Project Provided
for on West Side of
Circle.

A $1,0O0,0O0 apartment-hotel is to
be erected this spring on the west
side of Connecticut avenue at
Chevy Chase circle by L. Gibbon
White.
The property, comprising an ir-
regular shaped plot of nearly two
acres between Connecticut avenue
and Brookville road was recently
acquired by Mr.. White from Thomas
]. Fisher & Co., Inc.
The building will be of concrete,
of Colonial type, and five stories
in height. The basement will be
occupied by mercantile establish
ments, including a drug store, hair
dressing parlor and fancy gro
ceries establishment.
On the main floor will be a
spacious lobby and public and pri-
vate dining rooms. The upper four
floors will contain 10 apartments.
There will be three elevators.
Financing of the project IS be-
''>~ arranged by Thomas j. Fisher
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