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The Washington times., 1923-08-16
ADMIRAL SHOWS
NEED Of BIC
A|RFORCE
w. r. FuIIam Says Plane De-
tense Is Best Means to Stop
Overseas Aggression.
By w. F. FULLAM,
Rear Admiral. United States navy
Retired.


(Copyright, 1929, Cosmopolitan News
Service.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 16-Armv
estimates call for an appropriation
Of only $25,OOO,OOO for air FORCES
next wear. This is a mere Widows
mite! It is a little more than nall
the price of one super-dreadnaugnt!
Major General Patrick. chief OF the
army air service, has cut the budget
to the bone in recognition OF the de-
nand for economy. But this country
must be defended General Persnlng
has strongly emphasized our neeo Oh
IAN efficient air force.
It must be remembered that an ar
force, backed by submarines anu
mines. will suffice to protect our
coast and our foreign possessions
from invasion and from oomoaru-
ment. General Mitchell proved 0y
the bombing experiment on the
Ostfriestland and others, that with
well-equipped air squadrons, we can
DEFY any hostile fleet to come within
200 miles of our coast line. The navy
experiment with torpedo planes con-
firmed this. American and foreign
admirals have admitted that a Heet
has no business to be caught near
a hostile coast unless the fleet COM
nands the air. In other words, the
air defense alone, If it is ample, will
protect us from aggression from
overseas.
Safety of. Nation First.
Economy is well and good. But
If must be sought without endanger-
ing the nation. We may safely re-
duce the appropriation for coast
forts. for instance. Such defenses
are out Of date. They no longer de-
defend. Their guns can range only
twenty miles. The airplane ranges
200 miles with ease. 1t is absurd to
spend money for bows and arrows
when we can have flying gun
that menaces an enemy zoo miles
distant, night and day!
The people must realize the awful
consequences of air attack in future
WARMTH gas and bombs. We must
not be at it's mercy. Preparedness
dan protect us. Recent tests by the
army have proved that We can
at any threatened point on either
coast in SO hours. If we encourage
and develop the air mail as we
are now doing, and II commercial
aviation and transportation by
planes is properly>utiliZed, we shall
soon have a splendid reserve air
force of planes and flyers to rein
force the army in the event OF war.
Air power is an element both of
The Washington times., 1923-08-16

peace and protection. It is a boon
The Washington times., 1923-08-16

been III a cheerful mood all day
and in the afternoon attended q
picnic with her husband and chill
dren. While passing through Boons-
boro. on their way home, she pur-
chased the poison at drug store:
She chatted with her husband until
the drug began to take effect. bet
me alone; 1 want to die" she SAID
to a physician who was called. NO
motive is assigned for her act.
The Washington times., 1923-08-16

between the bay and Rockaway
Point, a distance of about seven
miles, for a 500 side bet. Thsy,
selected Alderman Frank Dotzler,
heavyweight of the "City Fathers"
as stakeholder, and seventy eight
year-old Henry Voss as umpire.
Z Louis further learned that each
morning about o'clock the two
'stealthily plod to the shore of the
bay and jump in for their practice
Swirns."
The Washington times., 1923-08-16
DIES IN HUSBANDS ARMS
AFTER TAKING POISON

HAGERSTOwN, Md, Aug. 10
After placing her two young chill
dren in bed at her home at Dahl.
green, on South Mountain, Mrs.
Elmer Hutzell swallowed strych-
nine and died later in her husbands
arms. Her last request was that he
hold her tightly. Mrs. Hutzell had
The Washington times., 1923-08-16

aviator, again failed in his attempt
to reach an altitude Of 10000 meters
when motor troubles compelled him
to descend after attaining a height
lof 10000 metres (S5,463 feet.
Evening star., 1923-06-30
LETTER ANSWERS
SISTERS CHARGES
Denies Estate of Father Has
Been Mismanaged-Re-
Dukes Countess.
by the Associated Press.

Dy tHe hSSOcldteu tEess.
CHICAGO, June 30.-Emphatic de-
nial of charges of mismanagement OF
the 100000 estate of the late Levi
q. Letter. was made by Joseph Letter,
Chicago capitalist, in an answer filed
in the superior court to the suit filed
a month ago by his sister, the Duch-
c-s of Suffolk and Berks, seeking to
remove him as trustee
Letter declared he had suffered a
great personal loss" by his close at
tontion to the affairs of the estate
and indirectly rebuked his sister for
beginning suit after he declared she
had enjoyed the benefits Of my in
dustry."
He also denied that he had ex-
ceeded his authority as trustee or
that Chicago court has jurisdic-
tion in the case, maintaining the
Supreme Court OF the District of Co.
lumbia should hear 1t, but in any
event there could not be the shadow
of doubt thrown upon the handling
of the estate"
An early hearing of the case is
expected.
Evening star., 1923-06-30

Owls are nocturnal birds of prey.
and at twilight take up the work of
the day-fecding hawks. While they
do great good i'll Kidding the earth of
inischicvous rodents. it must be said
that they arc destructive to woodland
birds and other harmless creatures.
The plumaSe of owls is so soft and
iuwny that il offers hut isht resist
ance to the air and their flight is
practically noiseless. owls eyes arc
in front instead of at the sides. as are
those of other birds. and they are
fixed SO that the birds cannot roll
them. but must always move the head
to look about; curiouSly enough, they
have the power OF turning the head
entirely around from front to back.
In the owl family, as in that of hawks,
tho females are larger than the males.
Several of our owls may be seen in
cages at the Zoo.
Screech Owl tMegascopS Asio).
Length to 10 inches.
Our only small owl with conspicu-
Gus ear-tuftS.
Upper parts reddish brown or some
times gray.
Under parts paler. mottlcd and
streaked with black.
Resident (Common) all the year.
Screech owls are very common and
Evening star., 1923-06-30
ASKS PRESIDENT AID
CUT IN COST OF LIVING
Basset Urges Executive Appeal tc
Manufacturers to Increase Eff
ficiency to Reduce Prices.

Special Dispatch TO The Star
NEW YORK, June 3o.-Urging Presi-
dent Harding to broaden his appeal for
n reduction in the cost of living. Will
liam r. Basset. member Of Secretary
Hoover's committee on elimination of
waste in industry. sent d telegram to
President Harding requesting that he
urge manufacturers to increase their
efficiency and thereby lower costs to the
public. Pointing out that the Hoover
committee had in many industries de-
creased costs so per cent, Mr. Bassett
pronered his services to any presiden-
tial movement to bring about econom-
ical stabllization.
Evening star., 1923-06-30
Sheppard Scouts
Dry Modification
By Next Session

TEMPLE, Tex. June 30.-In a
signed statement issued to the
Temple Telegram Senator Morris
Sheppard. author of the federal
prohibition amendment. declared
that when foreign authorities un-
derstood that they must obey
American law while in American
ports the trouble with liquor-bear-
ing vessels at American aarbors
will end. He said that Congress
would not modify the prohibition
law to favor foreign vessels. add
ing that he did not anticipate any
serious complications as IA result
OF the seizures or as IA result of
the seizures Of the ships them
selves If the Treasury Department
finds it may properly proceed that
far.
Evening star., 1923-06-30
C0LoRED BOYS AS FoOTPADS.

Harry Kite and Winton Brown.
companions. residing
at 2l17 and 2119 Wyoming avenue.
were held up by crowd
of colored boys yesterday afternoon
while playing along Rock creek, near
Connecticut Avenue bridge. Brown
was robbed of SO and y. NJ c. a.
medal. while Kite was relieved of 81
The boys told the police they are
satisfied they can identify the youth
full robbers.
Evening star., 1923-06-30

so useful that DR.. Fisher says: Who
ever destroys them through ignorance
or prejudice should be severely con
demned." The wailing cry of the
screech owl is an uncanny sound at
night.
These owls nest rather low in hol-
low trees. Old orchards are favorite
places. and they keep the same home
for years. They hunt in the daytime
as we'll as at night.
The plumagt of the screcch owl is
sometimes rcddiS brown and some
times gray. two totally distinct
phases. having no relation to sex. age
or season"
Copyright, L. W. Maynardl
Evening star., 1923-06-30
MAY EXTEND RAIL WAY,
Purchasing Company Announces
Possibility for c.. T. & S. E. Line.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. June 30.-With
the opening here of an employment Of
flee for negro section hands, agents for
the Chicago. Milwaukee and ST. Paul
railroad, purchaser Of the Chicago, Terre
Haute and Southeastern railroad, said
IL was planned eventually to extend the
line to Louisville.
The g., NJ. & st. p is planning to
double track its line from Chicago
Heights. ILL.,, to Seymour, Ind, its
Evening star., 1923-06-30
Fooling St. Peter.

From the New York Sun and Globe.
Rub-Goldrocks may not have so
easy time of IL in the next world
The Bible says the rich cannot enter
the kingdom of heaven
Dub-Oh. Goldrocks will get around
II somehow. He'll have all his money
In his wife's name.
Evening star., 1923-06-30

southern terminus, according to the
representatives OF the company who are
here seeking labor. Between 5000 and
5000 men are needed, II was said. The
company will extend its line to Louis
Evening star., 1923-06-30

Statistics show that 30 per cent OF
the money spent for household main
tenance in this country is spent by
women.
Evening star., 1923-06-30

VILE and later to Cincinnati, 1t was de-
clared.
There also is a prospect, according to
the labor agents. that the road would
be carried through to the Atlantic coast.
Evening star., 1923-06-30

The peasants in the interior of
Russia are still primitive in their
customs and are forced to work like
convicts.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-04

b city Inch (above),
formerly toas a vcry close
friend Of Dorothy King, slain
Broodway butterfly. No,v
Yorh police are looking for
her to reveal incidents IN the
past life of the murdered
beauty.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-04
CLEAN" SPOTS

sometimes when YOU'VE removed
u spot with gasoline you've gained
a ring about tho part cleaned. You
can remove that by holding 1t syor
tho atesm sf the tealsottlo :
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-10-26
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR

with sense enough to gather the data,
he cussed his bookkeeper for supply
ing the information; this, too, despite
the admission made by the committee
that the data had been supplied by his
kitchen and dining room employees.
"a moments reflection should con-
vince any member that, unless we
know what our city contains both as
number of houses, employees,
wages paid and cost of edibles or bev-
erages, we are handicapped and find
ourselves faced with the necessity of
taking what is offered or else engage
in a strike to secure concessions.
When you show the employer that
you have an inside knowledge of the
business, he may disagree with you,
but he viii respect you for being a
live one and knowing something more
about the business than that you are
getting 50 many dollars week and
your board, and possess sense enough
to stop at the cashiers desk and coll
lect wages
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-10-26
STATE employees
OF New Zealand Start CO.
Operative Insurance

wellington, New Zealand - The
state employees organizations of New
Zealand have organized the Dominion
Cooperative Insurance Company to
provide fire insurance without com
mereial profit to all persons in the
public service At an early date the
company viii add personal accident
and sickness insurance.
The outrageous profiteering policy
of the private insurance companies
operated solely for profit is illus trat-
ed by the fact that out of the 100000
pounds sterling paid up capital of
one New Zealand company the stock
holders originally paid in but 100000
pounds, the remaining 100000 pounds
having been accumulated from profits.
Moreover, once every three years this
company has paid in dividends an
amount equal to its original capital
The purpose of the Dominion Co
Operative Insurance Company is to
save for the public service employees
and their families the excess charges
extorted from them by the New Zea-
land private insurance highbinders.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-10-26
GONE RAT"
Magazine Printing Com
pany at Springfield
Running With
Strikebreakers

indianapolis, Ind. - Announcement
has been made at headquarters of the
international Typographical Union
that the Crowell Publishing Company
of Springfield, Ohio, has gone rat, y
and staunch union men everywhere
are being asked to bear in mind that
a number of nationally known publ
cations may hereafter be regarded as
foes of organized labor
The Crowell Company prints the
following magazines: American Mag
azine, known to the talent" as q
monthly mug book" devoted TO the
exploitation of rich mediocrities who
crave flattering publicity; the Won.
ans Home Companion, Farm and
Fireside, and the Mentor The com
pany also owns Golfers Weekly.
When members of Typographical
Union No. III appeared for work at
the Crowell plant, October /, they
found their jobs filled by rats" re-
cruited by Vollmer and McCone,
strike-breakers The union has voted
an assessment of five per cent to
carry on nationwide fight against
the Crowell publications, whose large
circulations are due in large degree
to the support of honest union men
and women.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-10-26
ANOTHER STRUGGLE LOOMS
THIS TIME IN THE BTUMINOUS COAL FIELD OPERATORS
EXPECT MINERS TO STRIKE NEXT APRIL AT WHICH
TIME PRESENT CONTRACT EXPIRES
Union Now Framing Demand For Wage Increase To
Matte MineW Workers Convention In January

Washington, d. C.-Another ma
tion-wide coal strike in the bitumi-
nous field April next is fast taking
form as development which only
a modern miracle can prevent.
Operators and miners, confidently
believing that it will come, are squar-
ing off for the fight. The operators,
in addition to their national associa-
ton, are maintaining standing
committee here, termed the "bitumi-
nous operators special committee"
While the miners, within the next 80
to 60 days will be in the full swing
Of electing members to the next ma
tional convention which will frame de-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-10-26
"Open Shoppers" Failed
To Even Dent Armor of
Portland Trade Unions

By international, Labor News Service.
Portland, Ore. - Portland trade
unionism took jhe open shop" move
ment and swall we'd it at one gulp.
Associated inols ,rias came to fight
and stayed to pay. Employers band
ed together uno \ that name here, as
they did II some other cities, and
there was great ado about fighting
the unions and restoring" the alleged
right of man 10 work under what
ever terms and conditions the boss
might see fit to impose.
But Associated industries today
works with labor in fairly good spirit.
There isn't any talk ofunon smashing
And the old bozos who hope for yes
terdays return can tie to that
The Central Labor Council here is
sound and solid and growing steadily.
Local unions are in the same condi !.
ton.
Only one organization has felt much
of any wallop and that wasn't dealt
by the employers. The Longshoremen
had a strike and the ''Wobblies" flood
ed into town and took the places of
the strikers This they did with police
protection The legitimate union
hasn't yet fully recovered. The case
is fine example of l. w. w. tactics.
The Portland labor temple is one
of the finest in the country and it is
one of the finest buildings in this
city. 1t is operating on paying
basis.
"Open shoppers" have made many
boasts about what they have done on
the Pacific coast, but if they have ac-
complshed anything anywhere it
wasn't in Portland They are scarcely
trying any more. The whole thing
was complete failure and illustrates
perfectly the foolishness into which
employers are sometimes lead by those
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-10-26

reduction, arbitration of wage fixing
and elimination of the check off.
They know full well that the union
win never agree to any of these
propositions and that by making this
fight they may be able to force a
strike"
The likelihood of strike next
spring has been brought to the large
industrial consumers of soft coal.
They are taking few chances upon
the repetition of the strike of two
years ago. To that end, these con
sumers are accumulating vast hold
ings of coal. The size of the present
stock pile of soft coal, according to
the result of a canvass by the bu-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-10-26
REPUBLICAN WOMEN
HIT CHILD
LABOR CURB

New York THE Women's Republi-
can Club, Inc, has put itself on rec
ord as opposed to an amendment to
the federal constitution conferring
power upon congress to regulate
amendment is made necessary for ade-
auate protection of children by the
action of the supreme court in de-
claring that under the constitution as
it now stands congress is without
authority to wrest from employers
the power to turn the health and lives
of children into profits.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-10-26

reau Of the census and the geologi-
cal survey, is unusual Its dimen-
sions have been exceeded only ON
two occasions apparently -armistice
day and the eve of the five months
strike Of 1922.
Accumulation of stocks is increase
ing and the prospect is that when
the strike comes the country's indus
tries Will have on hand sufficient fuel
to last them months greater sup
ply than ever before.
Approximately 100000 soft coal
miners are members Of the union,
which is the largest single labor or
ganization in the United States,
Since the last strike the union has
greatly strengthened its position, f.
nancially and otherwise. 1t will be
in fighting fettle when the fight
comes, and the indications are that
this time the result will be decisive
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-10-26

whose occupation is the organization
of movements" out OF which they
may later draw salaries.
Portland is a good union town.
There are shop ca is ii many Of the
store windows, including some Of the
largest stores, ana there are union
buttons on the waters and Mattresses
in many restaurants. That is always
a good indication of the strength of
unionism.
Portland unionism, moreover, has
done itself proud in the entertainment
of the American Federation of Labor
convention.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-10-26

mands on behalf of the workers upon
the coal owners.
The present agreement in the soft
coal fields expires April /. The ma
tional convention of the United Mine
Workers, composed of delegates rep
resenting approximately 1000 local
unions, will be held at Indianapolis,
January %. The convention will for
mulate its idea of the next wage
scale and some time between Febru-
ary ! and April / miners and opera
tors again will meet in Joint confer
ence to bargain.
Wage Rise Demand Likely
1t seems almost certain at this
writing that the miners will demand
a sizeable wage increase and that
the operators will reject the demand.
Almost four years have passed since
the bituminous miners obtained an
advance in wages. Throughout the
fields, where curtailed working time
has held annual income so far less
than the miners expectations, there
is an almost universal feeling that
wages should be increased.
The existing wage scales, on full
time work, probably would give the
miners what they regard as an ade-
quate living wage But in many
fields the miners work only three
days q week In some fields, due to
lack of orders and inadequate car
supply, the miners have worked only
one day week The average for
the entire industry is less than five
! days a week
Bitter Feeling Exists
A feelin. on unusual bitterness be
tween capital and labor in the btu
minous Industry appears to be man
ifest this year The miners claim
the operators are out to reduce
wages an wreck the union. They
charge that this aim is part and
parcel of the program of the non
union mine operators and that those
dustry at the present time, although
numerically non-union operators are
4 in the minority. The feeling is thus
summed up by Ellie Searles, spokes-
man for the United Mine Workers of
! America, in the following statment
to this correspondent:
THE non-union operators who are
in control and managing the national
coal association are doing everything
in their power to bring about a sus-
pension of operations in the bitumi-
nous industry next April The pres
ent wage agreement between miners
and operators expires March 81, and
| it is the hope of these non-union oper-
ators to prevent the making of new
agreement.
"They have two purposes in car
rying out this policy: The first is,
! if possible to wreck and destroy the
United Mine Workers of America /;
second, if the non-union operators can
force suspension in the union fields
of the country they will then be in a
position to control all the markets
and sell all their coal at the same
outrageous, profteering prices which
they charged during the suspension of
1922.
Nom Union Operators Hit
Three non-union operators were
mainly responsible for the strike OF
1922 and the same reason that actu-
ated them on that occasion actuates
them now. They are at this time
carrying on vigorous campaign
against the union by advocating 9
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-10-26
Workers Gathered Facts
Refuting Employers Claim
He Couldn't Raise Wages

By international Labor News Service
Cincinnati, O.-How the workers
in a certain dining room and kitchen
collected facts and figures that show
ed the employer was in a position to
pay better wages, is told by Jere l..
Sullivan, general secretary treasurer
of the Hotel and Restaurant Employ
es' International Alliance and the
Bartenders' international League Of
America
Writing in the Mixer and Server.
Mr. Sullivan says that one of the To-
cal unions of his organization, in
preparation for the annual wage con-
ference with an employer, one of the
hard boiled variety, made quiet
investigation of the employers profits.
The men in the dining room, as wen
as in the kitchen kept track of the
number Of persons served the amount
received for each meal, cost OF mate
rials and quantity Of materials used
They knew they would be confronted
With the old claim that the employer
was losing money and that he could
net afford to pay higher wages, and
they determined to refute the claim.
The employer had been making this
claim for years and had geen getting
away with it,
After the survey had been made,
writes Mr. Sullivan, and aH the data
given proper consideration, it was dis
closed that instead Of losing money
that employer was drawing down sew
eral times 6 per cent on his invest
ment He was Knocked galley west
when the facts were laid before him,
and instead of crediting his employees
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-10-26

University of Michigan announces
that George W. Wickersham, attor-
ney general under President Taft,
will not be permitted to speak on the
League of Nations in any university
building.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-10-26

David Lloyd George, former pre-
mier of Great Britain, tells Canadians
Europe is arming for another war.
The Nome nugget., 1923-10-20
WEDNESDAY
 (TElEGRAPHIcl
LANDS AND BONE EXPECT
 LEAVE FOR ALASKA

Washington. Oct 1T-Landis and Bone expect to leave Seattle the latter part of this month for Alas ka. While in Seattle. Landis will hold a series of conferences with Merchants and Shippers on the AL aska Railroad matters. Work. Bone, Landis and Major Gotwals will spend several days engaged in discussing several important spurs and in contemplation of work that will be under Gotwals direction. The Federal House of Service Laws applying to Private Railroads in the States will be immediately applied to the Alaska Railroad. Congress is to be asked this winter for neces- sary legislation to put the Highway and Building Depa rtments under one head.