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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-31

The industrial revolution of the nine
teenth century produced the factory
system, the concentration of produc-
ton into huge enterprises-an indus
trial Juggernaut which threatened to
crush all human contact out of the
wage-earning relations. The worker
was to be the last attachment to the
machine. We are a frail race, we
humans, and our progress is dis
tressingly slow, but we do move for
ward. The workman who saw the
machine stripping him of his skill
his craftsmanship, his pride OF
achievement, turned his creative en-
thusiasm to another account. He or
ganized a labor movement. The col
lective soul and will of labor, he saw,
was stronger than the machine
stronger than the accumulations of
capital This collective spirit be-
came the labor movement. Humanity
was its clientele, human needs its
brief against the greed of money and
machinery.
Since that day the labor movement
has travelled far. 1t has written the
history of progress for the working
people which the twentieth century
represents over the nineteenth. 1t is
the godmother of free public educa-
ton, universal suffrage, protective
child labor legislation, workmen's
compensation laws, all by-products OF
its restless zeal for leveling up the
wage-earner's standard of life.
| AS to what the labor movement has
accomplished on the field most logic.
ally its battle-ground, the economic
feld-the elemental question of wages
and hours-review only what has beer
done in your own generation since the
dollar a-day nineties.
What call on your support, mora
and actual, has this movement, borr
of workingmens idealism, fosterec
and ennobled by sacrifice, sanctifiec
! by its achievements toward happier
standard of life for the wage-earning
population? Win you applaud it ano
support it when it fattens your pay
envelope, shortens your working day
and then leave it helpless to its enc
mics when a reaction comes? Is any
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-31

Let US consider the business side
of the union-its dues and assessment
collecting functions - neither it's
most idealistic nor most inspiring
side, but nevertheless important and
worthy of thoughtful analysis.
The labor movement came into be-
ing in response to great human need.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-31
Crude STUFF.

Dear Mrs. MCGOWAN across the hall
was speaking of the trouble she's been
having with her car.
"But everybody has trouble lately"
she said, land It's nothing in the world
but them using raw materials at the
factories. Age.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-31
A Quick Recovery.

The Kindly Employer Ito youthful
employee who has but yesterday re-
ported near relative at deaths door)
-How's our grandmother, Johnny
Office Boy (gloomily, staring from
the Office window at rain-washed pave
ments)-Aw, she'c comm along all
right, Mr.. Blivens.--Life.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-31
Those Strikes.

The Public said, This land immense
They say was made for me.
Why should just be audience
For folks who can't agreew
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-31
Cause for Dislike.

Cause for Dislike.
81 never can like that man"
"Why not? He's all right"
"I know he's all right, but | cant
like him."
Hes never done you any harm"
mot at ALL but / dislike him just the
same. He's the man my wife Is always
wishing l would try to be Ike"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-31
THE LABOR UNION

Has Rough Shedding During
Bad Times, But Always
Strikes Calm Waters
Unwrecked
The Washington times., 1923-12-21
BIBLE DRAMA WILL BE
GIVEN AT CENTRAL HIGH

Tickets for the Bible drama.
1.-THE Word and the Way" to be
produced tomorrow and Thursday
nights at the Central High School
auditorium by members of Wash
ington churches and organizations.
have been placed on sale at the
New Willard news stand, it was an.
nounced today. Tickets will also
be on sale at the auditorium on the
nights of the performance.
Two members of the InterdenoHni-
national committee in charge of the
production, the Rev. George NJ. Diff
fenderfer and the Rev. Earle Will
fley, who are taking leading parts
in the cast have played similar
parts in the productions of the past
three years. The direction of the
drama will be under Marie. Moore
Forrest.
The Washington times., 1923-12-21
CRAFT IN SPAIN
IS AMAZING
PROBERS
Even State Ministers Took
Funds Appropriated for
Poor Babies.
BY international News Service.


NJ d r I'D, Dec. 21. General
Rivera, the dictator, has exposed an
almost unbelievable amount of cor
ruption existing in the civil service
and other government departments
in his efforts to wipe out graft and
reform the countrys administration
from top to bottom.
Nearly every day mayors, alder
men and municipal employees are
| imprisoned for misrepresentation of
funds, and appalling abuses have
been discovered in the administra-
ton of the law, the prison system
and the police force.
All ministries. civil governors Of
provinces, mayors and aldermen
have had to submit to rigorous ex-
animation regarding the conducting
of their duties, and hundreds have
been committed to jail, while it is
reported that many have escaped
Imprisonment by suicide.
In some provinces the yIails are
full, and military barracks have
been requisittoned.
Inspection Of the asylum for
waits, at Aran1uez. revealed almost
indescribable conditions Of dirt,
damp and cold.
Nearly every child was i'll, YER
minous and suffering from loath-
some diseases.
For every 100 children there were
nearly fifty well-nourished and we'll
paid attendants.
An inquiry into the working OF
the office OF public charities, which
has the enormous capital of $50, OO0,-
600, revealed amazing scandals ex-
istent.
The Washington times., 1923-12-21
CHAUFFEUR
FIRES At
TENANT
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saw him. The "A blazed away in
Armor's direction and missed. Kid
we'll came down on Armor's arm
with his bat. The gun dropped to
the floor and Kidwell bounced on
him.
At the same time police led by
Lieut.. w. Z. Holmes reached the
apartment. They took Arnor in
custody. 1t took several men 10
hold him. Armor, before he was
taken out, attempted to strike Kid
we'll. He missed him, but did sue.
ceeded in hitting Harry Ryan, STEP
son of the janitor.
Armor was given first aid treat
ment at Emergency Hospital and
later removed to Gallinger.
Mrs. We'll, almost Frustrated,
told the story of Armor's alleged
attempt to shoot himself She said
that last Christmas Armor was at
her house to dinner She told him
she would not have any company
this Christmas. and when Arlnor is
said to have protested. she told him
that unless he changed his man.
ner she didn't want to see HIM
again. 1t was at this point that
Armor is said to have drawn his
gun and fired at himself just be-
low the heart.
The Washington times., 1923-12-21
GIVEN 20 YEARS
On Staying
CHARGE
Charles r. Proctor Sentenced
for Shooting Sherman A.
Wolf Last May.
INTERNATIONAL. NEWS REEL

Pleading guilty to murder in the
second degree, on an Indictment
charging first degree murder in
connection with the death May %
last of Sherman A. Wolf, a we'll
known lawyer, Charles r. Proctor,
colored, was today sentenced to
twenty years in the penitentiary by
Justice Bailey in Criminal Court
No. /.
In imposing sentence the court
stated that il was satisfied that
Proctor, at the time, was SO drunk
that he was unable to form an
intent to commit the crime and
that, in view of his previous good
character, he would impose the
minimum penalty.
Shot i'm Leaving Auto.
The accused shot and killed Mr..
Wolf as the latter was leaving his
automobile to enter his home on
Nineteenth street near Kalorama
road. Attorney James A. O'Shea
John Howard, colored, will serve
five years in the penitentiary foI
carnal knowledge, and William A
Alexander, colored, was sentenced tC
three years in the penitentiary fol
making an assault with a dangerous
weapon October IS, last, on James
Talford, by shooting him. Raymond
H. Osborne, colored, will spend two
years at Lorton for stealing articles
of jewelry November 26, last, from
Marguerite Drew.
Perry A. Smith a young white
man who July 3, last, cashcd a bac
check for SAP 50 at a District de
partment store, will spend two years
in the penitentiary.
William T. Du!magA, white, was
sentenced to three years in the
penitentiary for larceny after trust
in connection with taking 5000 be
longing to William l.. Tignor, by
whom he was employed, and using
il for his own purposes. The court
nut Dulmage on probation under the
condition that the accused refund
the money.
Robert Fortune and Louis Proc
tor. colored, were sentenced to ten
months in jail for rohbing VIM. D
Proctor Of $172 October 2S, last.
The Washington times., 1923-12-21
BY POLICE
DURING CHASE
IN AUTO
William Waugh, in Hospital,
Says He Thought Cops
We're Robbers.

William Waugh, colored, twenty.
one, was shot in the left thigh and
his machine was badly damaged
early this morning, after a chase
that led through the main streets
of northeast Washington. He was
arrested and held for investigation
at the Ninth precinct.
Believing him to be the man they
sought, Policemen F. J. Scoville and
A. j. Hull, of the Ninth Precinct,
shouted to Waugh to halt. Instead,
he increased his speed, it was said,
with the policemen in hot pursuit.
One of the cops fired a few shots.
One Of them struck Waugh.
Reaching Eleventh street and
Florida avenue northeast, the ne.
gro's car skidded and dashed into
the curb He jumped from it and.
after g. FIVE block run, was over
taken. He was removed to Casu-
atty Hospital
Following his capture, Waugh is
said to have told the police that
he thought them robbers, as he had
been held up in the vicinity previ.
ously.
The Washington times., 1923-12-21
GOOD FELLOWS
ARE STILL IN
DEMAND
100 Cases Remain UnpIaced
and All Need Christ
mas Aid.
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for Christmas. It is not too late
to provide for them, but they
should be taken over by tho Good
Fellows not later than tomorrow
morning.
Many contributions of clothing
have been made within the past two
days while the Good Fellow Elk
change cannot make collections Of
such contributions it has effect I'd
an arrangement whereby they will
be called for and properly dis
tons of this kind should telephone
the Good Fellow Exchange indicat-
ing where and when they can be
collected. Contributors living in
apartment houses should leave such
packages with the janitor. Marx
them for 1.-THE Good Fellows" and
instruct the janitor to deliver them
when called for.
Father has been in the hospital
for more than two months" writes
a little girl nine years old. ~
have two little sisters. We live
with Aunt Sarah. Mother died two
years ago. Aunt Sarah works and
/ stay home to care for my sisters.
She says maybe Santa Claus won't
be able to come to us this year be-
cause papa has been sick so long
and she has not seen Santa Claus
for he never comes where she
works. If you see him tell him to
come"
A Pathetic Appeal.
at am an old man. i live in a
| basement and have hard work
climbing the stairs to go out. ]
cannot work or / am too old to dc
much but peddle cards and pencils
and peple don't buy much. NV son
who helped me died last year.
would like some clothes and some
/ thing to eat There is q little BABY
| In the house that cries all the time
| think she is hungry. rhe woman
| is deserted and works when she
can"
cant the Good Fellows do some
| thing for me. am desperate.
writes mother facing eviction
from her little home. II am a
widow and cannot pay my rent
| NV children are all small. | work
| when ] can get it. but work Is
slack now We need everything
We may be set out on the Sidewalk
any day"
These Appeals Unplaced.
| Here are three cases for the con
| sideration of Good Fellows. They
are still on the list Of applicants
for Christmas assistance urplaced
Each liz an epic of it's kind, and
assistance should reach them a
once
The Good Fellows who get then
will have the satisfaction Of know
ing their efforts were in behalf q
families and individuals where th'
aid rendered was merited
Appe ais continue to come In II
increasing numbers. Many will b.
received between now and Monday
Monday night is Christmas eve ant
by that time the Good Fellows mus
have completed their work.
Good Fellows calling at the FIX
charge after executing the missions
they undertook are prai5ing tn,
'voIk. Out of the hundreds O
families to whom assistance ha
been "arried, but five have been re
POI lee back as "undeserving." Tha
is the record made by impartia
Investigators who have taken then
over and undertaken to provid
Christmas cheer.
The Washington times., 1923-12-21
BUREAU OF MINES FORCE
TO CONDUCT XMAS PARTY
Cite Article ISL.

A tree and a visit from Santa
Claus will comprise part Of the pro-
gram at the Christmas party to be
held tonight by the employees of the
Bureau of Mines in the auditorium
Of the Interior Department building.
Christmas carols will be sung and
q circus for the children will be
held.
A large part of the fund raised
for the party has been used to pro
vide a Christmas for a family of
motherless children whose father is
out of work.
The Washington times., 1923-12-21
COOLIDGE TO NAME NEW
U. s. JUDGE FOR MISSOURI
TIMEa STATE PHoTo

President Coolidge today advised
Senator Reed Dem) of Missouri
that a new Federal. judge for that
State would be appointed in a few
days.
The appointment has been held
up as a result Of a disagreement
between Senator Spencer (Rep) of
Missouri and the State Republican
organization.
Three candidates are now under
consideration: Vital Garesche, Gran.
vile Hogan and Conway Elder.
The Washington times., 1923-12-21
L|VERMORE GOT
ONLY S9,916
PROFIT
Broker for Dome" Subsidiary
Testifies He Made I Per
Cent on Sales.

Jesse L. Livermore. New York
broker who handled the sale Of
stock of Mammoth Oil Company, a
Sinclair subsidiary operating Tea.
pot Dome, made only $S,91s profit
out Of the deal, he testified today
before the Senate Public Lands
Committee.
This profit represented less than
/ per cent Of the total amount
received for the sale of the stock,
he said.
Livernore declared the Mammoth
stock was first placed on sale in
October. 1922. six months after
Harry r. Sinclair obtained the lease
If Teapot Dome from Ex-Secretary
IF Interior Fall.
Making Market Stable.
Livermore testified that he was
me of a group of four designated to
make market" for 100000 shares
Of the Mammoth company. He was
given one-fourth of the stock. While
ISL ,685 shares were originally sub
scribed, LiverTnore said he allotted
only 109,42O shares at $40 q share.
He was to receive 81 share com.
mission and 25 per cent from tine
profit of the total amount from
sales, which was $4,376,800.
In an effort to establish a stable
market for the stock, for which he
said he was employed by Sinclair,
Livermore declared he later bought
back all the los, 420 shares, ranging
as high as $3.50 a share.
81 was employed to steady the
market" Livermore said. my idea
was to make a stable market. and
as the company grew TO increase
the value of the stock in the future.
I would not allow my name to b
used unless I had the privilege Of
buying back and creating a steady
market so that the public could sell.
Turned Over At $26.
.'Of course, in buying the stock
back at higher prices, there was
loss and I realized a profit Of only
$9.s16 on the total transaction" he
said.
Livermore testified that the group
put 100000 Mammoth shares in a
pool which was turned over to him
to create a market. His first step
was to publish in local neWspa pers
an advertisement which brought
ISL, 1856 public subscriptions. The
shares were turned over to the
group at $26 a share.
u Is inf
The Washington times., 1923-12-21
GARCES MYSTIFIED
BY CURIOUS LETTER

Daniel f. Garges, secretary to the
Board of District Commissioners, re-
ceived the following letter today:
my dear Mayor:
please do not permit a radio to
operate in your city.
Please, sir, burn this letter after
reading.
with great respect am. sin
cerely,
'MISS) M. II. RENSHAW."
The postmark showed the letter
was sent on December IS from
Slidell, La. The letter Is q mystery
to Garges, who says he can't under
stand the writer's purposes.
The Washington times., 1923-12-21

Ell PASO, Texas. Dec. 21.-A
forced loan of 5000 pesos has been
levied on the merchants and manu-.
facturers of the city of Guadalajara
by the rebel Gen. cirque Estrada,
according to a dispatch from Mazat-
Ian. DR. Cutbertu Hifdalgo was
commissioned by Estrada to impose
the loan. Directors of the chamber
of commerce agreed to assist in It's
collection.
Gen. Juan Jose Rios, Federal Off.
Ger, has arrived by steamer at Port
Mazatlan, after escaping from the
rebels at ManZanillo. He was first
arrested by the Federals and later
RELEASED under surveillance.
Six motor trucks Of Mxican fiscal
guards, which crossed the Rio
Grande and went through FL Paso,
en- route to Naco, Arizona, where
they will enter Sonora to join the
command of Gen. Jesus Ferrier,
constituted the first troop move
ment through American territory
during the present revolutionary
action,
The Washington times., 1923-12-21
DAYTON OR MINNEAPOLIS
TO GET PULITZER AIR RACE

A committee of the National
Aeronautical Association was today
considering the selection of either
Dayton or Minneapolis for the
Pulitzer air race next year.
The cities are about evenly
matched in the opinion of members
of the committee, and a decision
was not expected before tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1923-12-21
Crude Oil Price Jumps,

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Dec. 21.-The
Joseph Seep Company. buyers Of
crude oil for the Standard OIL Com.
pany, today announced an advance
of 15c a barrel on coming crude
Oil. The new price is $40 per
The Washington times., 1923-12-21

OF gOIQ WITHOUT TIE pTeViOuS dp'
prevail of the allied and associated
tions commission"
Cite Article 25l.
Article PSI says:
The priority of the charges es-
tablished by article 24S shall, sub
ject to the qualifications made be-
low, be as follows:
v, (a) The cost of the armies of &C.
cupation as defined under article
249 during the armistice and Its
extensions.
Cb) The cost of any armies of &C.
cupation as defined under article
249 after the coming into force of
the present treaty.
(c) The cost of reparation arising
out Of the present treaty or any
treaties or conventions supplement
tAry thereto.
(d1 The cost of all other obliga-
!fions incumbent on Germany under
the armistice conventions or under
this treaty or any treaties or con-
Ventions supplementary thereto.
THE payment for such supplies OF
food and raw material for Germany
and such other payments as may be
Judged by the Allied and Associated
powers to be essential to enable Ger
many to meet her obligations in re-
spect of reparation will have, priority
to the extent and upon the cond1'
tons which have been or may be de-
termined by the governments Of the
said powers"
Quiz To Be Prompt.
The guarantee committee" is ex
pected to begin its investigation i'm
mediately. The inquiry probably
will last about month when Qua
report will be made to the various
governments and the reparations
commission.
The reparations commission post
poned consideration of the League
of Nations proposal for making G
loan to Hungary to restore The
finances of that country.
There Is much speculation over the
identity of the third American who
is yet to be selected.
1t was expected that the officia.
invitations TO the British, French
and Italian experts to serve upor
the inquiry committees would go for
ward in the course of the day.
The Washington times., 1923-12-21
Big ST. Louis Bank Closed.

ST. LOUIS. Mo-, Dec. 21.-The
Chippewa Bank of ST. Louis, with
deposits amounting to $2,4S3, 131.S9
failed to open it's doors today.
The Washington times., 1923-12-21
Ohrexon Forces Strong.

ObFegOn Forces Strong.
NORFOLK, Va, Dec. 21.-The
Obregon forces in Mexico now have
1000 infantry, 5000 cavalry, three
artillery regiments and an airplane
squadron ready for their attack to
take Vera Cruz from the De Ia
Huerta rebels, according to a dis
patch today to the Mexican consul
here from the foreign office in Mex
leo City.
De la Huerta was reported to have
5000 infantry and 1000 cavalry iii
the field, but no artillery.
The Washington times., 1923-12-21

For Colds, Grip or InfluenEar
ard as q Preventive, take Laxative 2B04O
QUININE Tablets. The box bears the Signature
Of E. w. Grove. So6.-AdvG
The Washington times., 1923-12-21
DAWES To HEAD
PREPARATIONS
GROUP
Former Budget Bureau Chief
Chosen As President of
Probe Commission.

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Of gold without the previous ap'
prevail of the allied and associated
powers acting through the repara
tions commission"
The Washington times., 1923-12-21
MEX|CANS FIGHT
/. FOR RAILROAD
CONTROL
Port of Hermost Reported
Under Attack by ReVo-
lutionary Forces.
BY international News Service.

VERA CRUZ. Dec. Ala battle
has broken out at Santa Lucrecia,
on the Isthmus railroad, between
revolutionaries and federals for
control of the Tchuantepec PENN
sula, according to advices reaching
Huertista headquarters today.
A radiogram from a coasting YES
sci said that attachments of revOlu-
tionaries under General Ferrera
and General Vega had opened an
attack against the Federals defend
ing the port of Hermosa, in the
State of Tabasco
This battle Is regarded as one Of
Importance, as Adolfo de la Huerta
is trying to gain control of the
gulf ports.
122 Killed In Battle.
- Further details were received here
regarding the five.hour fight yes
terday in the Puebla region. The
Federal losses were put at 1O4
killed and wounded; the revolution
airy losses at eighteen killed and
twenty-five wounded.
Oregon Is Confident.
MEXICO CITY. Dec. 49,, via
Laredo, Tex, Dec. 81. delayed by
censorship).-Federal troops are pre-
pairing for O concerted attack
against the rebels in the states OF
Vera Cruz, Jalisco and Queretaro,
according to information obtained
in war office circles today.
President Obregon and Secretary
If War Serrano. who have returned
from a visit to The field, are ootn
confident of success.
The revolutionaries at Santa Lu'
crecia are commanded by Gen. Ma
hor Oieda and Gen. Jose Lagunas;
the federals by General Pera1ee.
Red Cross Praised.
General Villaxeal, who is in the
field with General SancheZ's revolu-
tionary forces, praised the work OF
the Mexican Red Cross In caring
for wounded of both sides.
A dispatch has been received con-
firming the execution Of four train
crews by General AlmaZan, be-
caues they refused to aid his forces
in Wednesdays fighting.
General Garrido telegraphed TO
revolutionary headquarters from
Guadalatara that Gen. Leonardo
Esquival, who is operating in
Jalisco near the border of the
State of Aepic, is preparing to
begin operations against the fed
erals in Topic.