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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-07-09
SHAVINGS
Literary Relief

Literary Relief
"Dear Doctor:-My pet billy goat
is seriously i'll from eating a COM
plete leather-bound set of Shake
speare. What do you prescribe"
Answer: "Am sending Literary
Digest by return mail"
All Dated Up
A buxom colored lady at Dark
town revival service rapturously
exclaimed: Last night l was in de
arms of de debel; tonight Use in de
arms of de Lord!"
Gentleman's voice from the rear:
"Got a date for tomorrow night?"
whitening Sarcasm
Unlucky Motorist (having killed
the lady's puppy Madam, l will
replace the animal"
Lady-"Sir, don't fiatter your
self"
Should Have Known
Traveller: Quick, gimme round
trip ticket"
Station Agent: where to-"
Traveller: Back here, of course.
Where'd jul s'pose?"
Competition Blocked
"My son." said the father, who
was addicted to moralizing, this is
the age of specialists. Is there any
thing you can do better than any
one else in the world?"
boy, 81 can read my own writing"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-07-09

The bodies of Mr.. and Mrs Otto
Elder of Chicago and their sons, Har-
vey, II, Roy, 8, and Jackie, 4, were
buried on single lot at Lomira, on
"Wednesday. The family was wiped out
at Chicago last week by an unknown
slayer. The bodies were found with
crushed skulls in their home. Burial
was made at Lomira because the
mother lived there before her mar
riage.
Mrs. G. H. Kisting of Cuba City died
Monday, June 80, aged SO years. Death
was due to heart disease. A husband,
four daughters and three sons sur
vive. Funeral services were held at
Benton.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-07-09
State Fair to Get Big
Grant County Exhibit

An effort is being made to increase
the number of Grant county exhibit
tors at the State fair Grant county
scored highest in the last State fair
agricultural section, receiving a sill
yer cup offered by The Milwaukee
Journal and a silk banner given by
the fair association.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-07-09

Fred Brumm, 20, Sun Prairie young
man, was badly burned and injured
otherwise Thursday when he came in
to contact with a live wire while
working on a high pole. He was
thrown to the ground and his head
struck a pavement.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-07-09

Mayor McAdams of Watertown has
won his fight for the right to revoke
soft drink parlor licenses where the
proprietor has been convicted of boot
Logging. The mayor refused to sign
permits granted by the council and
war broke out The mayor was obdur-
ate and the council finally had to ac-
cept his view.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-07-09

A tiny Hereford calf was born on
the Howard Nicholas farm near VALID
wick recently which tipped the scales
at 1872 pounds. This seems to hold
the record in Iowa county as the tint
est beef on hoof.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-07-09

ceded her in death She also leaves that rnnv Of
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-10-17
Every Kitchen is Gouged By
Aluminium Trust, Federal Trade
Commission Report Shows

and comprehensive system of patent
pooling In 1917 four washing ma
chine companies, controlling 8 pat
ents and one application, entered
into a trust agreement creating the
Maytag syndicate to hold these pat
ents. In the following year a group
of 25 manufacturers organized the
National Household Device Company
to defend infringement suits. This
company acquired five washing ma
chine patents. In 1921 an agreement
was reached by these two groups
under which the patents of both were
pooled. This contract runs until the
latest patent expires, which will be
Continued on page 81
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-10-17
Carpenters @. K. Home Plan;
Vote Aliens Must Become
Citizens or Quit Union

/ brotherhood later, but it is expected
to meet defeat at, the hands of the
committee because the sentiment of
the delegates was overwhelmingly in
favor of the home idea.
In adopting pension system the
convention voted that any member
past 65 years old, finding himself un-
able to command living wage, and
who has been member Of the union
for thirty years, shall be entitled to
La pension equal to one-half of the
minimum wage in his district. It was
ruled that members wife could ac-
company him to the home, providing
she was 55 years old and had been
his wife for ten years.
Union to Decide Convention Place
The general executive board of the
union was empowered by the conven-
ton, subject to referendum vote
by the local unions, to call the next
quadrennial convention at Lakeland,
Fla, near which the brotherhood home
is situated, instead of Indianapolis.
Considerable opposition was voiced
against meeting the next time in
Florida, but the question was left to
La vote of the locals
The convention took no action on
the subject of wage scales, inasmuch
as such matters are regulated in the
districts directly.
A. F. of l.. Delegates Are Elected
The convention selected the fol-
lowing eighteen delegates to the
American Federation of Labor con-
ventions for the next four years:
First year convention: Alex Kelse,
New York city; Harry Schwarzer,
Cleveland, Ohio; George A. Walker,
Chicago; James A. Gauld, Boston;
John Howatt, Shreveport, La; J. B.
Weyler, Louisville, KY.
Second year: Harry Lindermann,
ST. Louis; W. r. Bennett, Seattle;
Mark D. Taylor, Chicago; John B.
Tierney, Buffalo.
Third year: j. Rex Anderson, Dali
las, Tex; William Crissman, Pitts
burgh; James f. Ricketts,, San Fran
cisco; j. H. Kruger, Kansas City,
Kan.
Fourth year: W. C. Franklin, Ell
dorado, Ark; Thomas Kearney, Prov
idence, R. L.; William Reincke, Gin
cinnati, Ohio; Daniel ]. Ryan, Chi
cago.
The election board which will count
the ballots to be returned in the No
vember election on the referendum
vote on general officers is composed
of John Halkett, New York city; L.
G. Kramer, Cleveland, Ohio; J. l..
Bernecker, Atlantic City; Tom
Bayes, Fort Worth, Tex; John M.
Skirk, Philadelphia.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-10-17
La Toilette Manager
All Smiles as He Sees
Progressive Victory
| Wheeler column.

Wheeler column
| can't help but compare my first
interview with Congressman Nelson
with the one / have just had with him.
At the first interview, late in July, he
had two small connecting rooms in
the Morrison hotel. He and "Ma"
Nelson, kindly, efficient, typical
country woman, devoid of style and
city ways, used one of the rooms as
sleeping quarters and the other room
as an office.
Found Nelson's "Plain Folks
arrived at the hotel at 7:3O in the
evening to interview the leader of the
progressive bloc in the lower house
Of congress. was told that he was
at dinner. The congressman and
Ma" did not put in an appearance
until 9 o'clock. The fact that they
had taken so long to dine led me to
believe that perhaps they were in
clined to be swanky, but one look at
them dissipated such an idea. They
were just plain folks-the kind of
people / had known as boy on my
grandmother's farm in Northwestern
Ohio
They invited me in, and "Ma' ex-
planned that they had been out in
Grant Park, where Mr.. Nelson had
been pitching horseshoes, which was
his only way of getting exercise.
Mrs. Nelson Washes Face
Before sitting down to talk with
me in the little "offce," which was
equipped with desk and two or three
chairs, Mr.. Nelson turned to his wife
and said:
Ma, your face is dirty; you had
better go and wash it."
Grant Park is a wind-blown and
dusty place, which accounted for
MAS" dirty face, and the congress
mems face was dirty, too, but "Ma"
retired and left us to talk politics.
We had been talking for half or
three-quarters of an hour when "Ma"
came out of the bedroom and said:
"Pa, it is time for you to go to
bed. You know you have to take an
early train for Washington"
That cut short the interview and /
left. Mr. Nelson was gone for sew
eral days, while Mrs. Nelson remain
ed behind and supervised the work of
employees in other rooms at head
quarters.
Office Today Far Different
That seems ages ago. Today when
| went up to see Mr.. Nelson he was
behind a big and well ordered desk
in one of the largest rooms in the
Morrison hotel, surrounded by click
ing typewriters, with sub-chiefs and
messengers hurrying in and out of
the room. All was orderly hustle and
hustle, with the La Toilette Wheeler
national manager wearing a radiant
smile.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-10-17

| By international Labor News Service.
Washington, D. C.-What makes
high prices for kitchen utensils,
washing machines, refrigerators and
other domestic appliances
Monopoly, price fixing, control of
patents and sitting Of competition" :"
answers the federal trade commits
sion, which is an authority on trade
practices.
The commission thinks it has
thrown flood of truthful light on the
question of high prices for household
appliances question that touches
every woman in the land who has to
buy such products out of thin
purse And that includes the vast
majority of housewives.
Chief in point of size among the
monopolistic producers Of household
goods is the Aluminium Company of
America, in which Secretary Of the
Treasury Andrew Mellon, his family
and friends are heavily interested.
Charges Company Monopolizes Trade
The Aluminium Company Of Amer
ica," says the federal trade commits
sion, ''has practically complete
monopoly Of the production Of alum
inum in the United States and is the
only domestic source of supply of
metal for aluminium cooking utensil
manufacturers. This fact, combined
with high protective tariff on alum
inum, enables it to control the price
of aluminium. The Aluminium Com
pany of America is also manufac-
turer of cooking utensils through it's
subsidiary, the United States Alum
inum Company; it owns, moreover,
thirty per cent of the capital stock
of the Aluminium Goods Manufactur-
ing Company and exercises SUBJ
stantial control over its policy"
Findings of the trade commission
on domestic appliances are contained
in report made in response to a
senate resolution of the 62nd con-
gress.
Outstanding features of the report
are the control exercised by patent
pools among manufacturers of wash
| ing machines, the shutting out of new
competition in the vacuum cleaner in
dustry, the questionable competitive
tactics of the leading manufacturer of
aluminium cooking utensils, which is
affiliated with the Aluminium Company
| of America, the monopolistic position
Of the latter company, which has ap-
parently engaged in various practices
forbidden by judicial decree under
the Sherman act, the dominating po-
sition Of the Singer Company in the
sewing machine industry, the efforts
of trade associations in the refriger-
ator and broom industries to enhance
the prices Of their products, and the
competitive methods of retail dealers
| in kitchen utensils and domestic appli-
ances.
In the vacuum cleaning industry,
the commission found, competition
was effectively shut out by an agree
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-10-17
By JOSEPH A. WISE
Staff Correspondent international
Labor News Service


Staff Correspondent international
Labor News Service
Chicago.-There is happy man al
La Toilette Wheeler national head
quarters in Chicago, and that man is
Congressman John M. Nelson, of Wis
consin, national manager of the cam.
paign. He has been all smiles fol-
days past and exudes optimism anc
good cheer.
He was a very serious man who
seldom smiled when he opened the
headquarters here several weeks ago
All he hoped for the progressive
forces at that time was to throw the
presidential election into the con-
| gress and to elect sufficient num-
ber of members of that body to be
able to control the situa, ion. All is
changed now, and Congressman Mel
son is now looking forward to the
probable election of Senators La
Toilette and Wheeler.
| Recent events warrant such an opti-
mistic view of the situation. With
that bad Man of the Wicked Noun
tains," Smith W. Brookhart, shooting
up the republican camp over in Iowa;
with George w. Norris kicking over
the G. 0. P. wigwam out in Nebraska,
and that two-gun man, Hi Johnson,
threatening to go into action with
both hands on the Pacific coast, there
is every reason for joy among the
La Toilette Wheeler big chiefs.
Fires Big Gun at G. o. P. Manager
Harold L. Ickes, who was Illinois
manager of Senator Johnson's presi-
Dental primary campaign last spring,
wheeled out his old cannon the other
day, loaded it up with horseshoes,
broken bottles and rusty nails, took
careful aim and fired the whole works
at the Wrigley building, where Will
liam M. Butler, Coolidge national
manager, holds sway The shot was
heard all over Illinois, if not else
where, and is expected to do great
damage to the Coolidge-Dawes in
terests in this state. Johnson polled
more than $4,000 votes in the pri-
mary election in Illinois. The Ickes
broadside is regarded as only the pre-
liminary barrage preceding the main
attack by the johnson forces
Bob" to Win Many States
The La Toilette Wheeler chieftains
here are confidently predicting that
they will carry New Jersey, Wiscon-
sin, Minnesota, Nebraska, Iowa, Mon
tana, Wyoming, Nevada, California
| Oregon and Washington. They also
say that they have better than an
even chance in Ohio, Illinois, Colo
RADIO and Arizona. They are further
more forecasting that Senator La Fol-
lette's swing around the circle taken
together with other important ex-
pected developments, will add several
other large states to the La Toilette
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-10-17
HIGH FEES WERE
LEARNED"

New York. Incorporation lawyers
are defending an attorney charge of
$750,00G for reorganizing the Mis-
souri,, Kansas & Texas railroad. The
total cost of the reorganization man.
ayers is $2,364,249 The interstate
commerce commission is inclined to
question the validity of these fees,
but the lawyers insist that their
charges are "the prevailing wage"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-10-17
Secretary Of Treasury, Family and Friends
Dominate Combine that Controls Patents on
Domestic Utensils.

ment of the patent owners and the
manufacturers to admit no members
to the manufacturers association
without the consent Of quarters
OF the members. AS the association
controlled the basic vacuum cleaner
patents, this agreement kept "out-
siders" out of the business.
Probe Reveals ''Patent POOL
In the washing machine industry
the inquiry disclosed very complete
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-10-17
By c. S. GARRISON,
Staff Correspondent international
Labor News Service


Labor News Service
indianapolis, Ind.-After a harmon
ious convention lasting ten days, tht
United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners adjourned September 81
to meet again in four years, probably
at Lakeland, Fla, where the home fol
aged members Of the union is situat
ed. Approximately 750 delegates
were in attendance at the sessions.
The reports of the chief executive
officers of the union showed that the
organization had made great strides
since the last report Of the officials
and had not only gained in member.
ship but in fianances.
To Aid Training of Apprentices
The convention apprenticeship COM
mittee reported in favor of local
unions cooperating with vocational
schools and building trade organiza.
tions in their localities OH the matter
of training apprentices.
The convention, after a long de-
bate, adopted an amendment to the
constitution which provides that
aliens becoming members of the
union must perfect their naturaliza-
ton within period of five years or
be dropped from the rolls of the
union. The original amendment pro-
vided for seven-year period for
perfecting naturalization, but this
proposal was amended to read five
years, and the revised amendment
carried by large majority. The
adoption Of the amendment is part
of the general plan of the union to
assist in che plan of Americanization.
The convention delegates were strong
ly in favor of citizenship requirements
as a part of the eligibility of pros
pective members of the union.
Fight on Home Plan is Failure
Perhaps the feature of the conven-
tion was the discussion of the home
for the aged members of the union
as against general old age pension
system. c. j. Mulcahy, of Provi-
dence, R. L., led the fight for re-
scinding of the action of the union
proposing the establishment of a home
in Florida for elderly members of the
brotherhood. Following a spirited de-
bate on the subject, the delegates de-
feated Mulcahy's proposal The ac-
tion Of the delegates authorized the
general executive board and trustees
Of the home to proceed with the con-
struction of the necessary buildings
so that the home may be ready for
occupancy at the earliest date posi-
BILE.
The vote of authorization, as we'll
as rules for admittance to the home
which were adopted, must be SUBJ
mitted to referendum vote of the
locals of the Brotherhood before they
become final. 1t was assumed by the
delegates that the vote expressed the
majority sentiment of the Brother
hood
Pension Plan is Approved
1t was generally reported that 800
locals were pledged to the support of
Mulcahy and his followers who have
waged a fight against the home pro-
posal. The repeal of the home plant
will be sought before the committee
on appeals and grievances of the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-10-17

Accepting but those musicians who successfully
the rigid equippng with the
that buy gdy adherng Departmental regulations
requiring punctua attendance full hour rehearsal FIVE
mornings of each week. and with
eighteen years for its entire membership
Band at the functions the White House, pro-
United the
military and bands in the world
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-10-17

President Coolidge has granted permission present
concert tour by the United States Marine
so President Coolidge takes the position being
made at of the when the Bands
ington will not interfere with Of its official afford much
pleasure to those citizens privilege hearing
their Band in Washngton that the visits only
promote the patriotic pride OF people, but their
of educational
, 1924-06-07

Item /.
r .crio0 Of Councils Officials.
Election Of a Chairman.
Is voting tickets we're handed in, u
was blank.
Elected was 2nd Member for Fredevik-
s.ed Town (Merwiu) with II votes.
2nd Member for Christiansted Town
(Canegara) received 3 votes.
The Chairman (Merwin) took the Chair
aad tema: keG. Honorable Members |
thank you for the confidence reposed ia
me-. Will endeaynr to serve you dur
ing the coming year as faithfully as |
have done in the past
Election yl a Vice Chairman.
Is voting tickets were handed IN, one
was blank.
Elected was 2nd Member for Christian
stei Town (Canegata1 with II votes.
Bird Member for Chri5tiansted Country
District (Robt. w. Skeoch) received 2
votes and LIST Appointed Member (Coul-
teri one vote.
70 be continued.
, 1924-06-07
COIRT NE US

FIR drawing a knife against Mr.. Cor
ne i1s Panlneny. ArJhur Wilson Of this
town was fined sic and sentenced 10 30
dass in jail. Me-. Perthany was fined
s. % Tor bdyiag struck Wilson.
Charged with stealing a bag Of sugar
from the St. Croix SUGAR Factory. a man
was brough, to the Police Court yesrcr-
d." and required 70 prove that he had
not stolen the sugar. The representa-
tive Of the factory could not prove he had
stolen it,, hut claimed the sugar to be
their stock. The man was sentenced to
pay a fine Of $40 iii is reported,
, 1924-06-07
The H0n0rabla.

The Honorable,
The Chairman Of the Colonial Council,
Municipality Of Saint CroiX,
Saint Ct3lx, Virgin Islands.
Sir
have tha honor to request that yol
convene an Extraordinary Meeting Of
the Colonial Council Of the Municipality
Of Sain. Croix, on Monday, ? Jane. 1923,
at 100 O'Clock %. M, for the pIrp)s9 Of
eIac,iag O1h,lais for the Colonial Coun-
ell for the cOminE year.
have the honor to be, Sir,
Respectfully,
PHILIP WILLIAMS.
GOreIU0r.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-11-25
WILL SOON BE ABLE TO
CONTROL PHYSICAL FORM
Scientist Forecasts the Control of
Sex, and Size and Shape of Animals
Or Plants. Grows One-Eyed Fish.

WASHINGTON, d. C.-Control
OF the physical form, temperament
and sex of human beings by chemis-
try is forecast by DR.. Edwin E. Slos-
son. editor of Science Service.
He supported his statements by cit
ing such chemical achievements as
causing a fish to grow one eye in
the middle of the head by the addi-
ton of magnesium chloride to the
water in which the fish lives. DR.. Slos-
son said in part:
1T is already apparent that the
forms of all creatures from the mi
crobe to man are determined by GER
tain chemical compounds in extremely
minute amount This may put it into
the power of the chemist to control
the size and shape of plants or ami
mails; to fix the number and location
OF their branches and leaves, or legs
and eyes; to modify color or COM
plexion and to determine or alter sex.
The factors of heredity and the origin
of species, when you get down to bed
rock, are chemical problems.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-11-25
OF SEED VELVET
BEANS SMALLER THIS YEAR
Big Reduction in Yield Caused by the
Dry Weather in Summer.

Dry weather during the summer
months resulted in 10 to 20 per cent
deduction in the yield of velvet beans
N the surplus producing sections OF
southern Alabama and Georgia. ne
acreage in Alabama is indicated to De
F? per cent Of last year and in Geor-
|gla IS per cent, according to reports
Feceived by the United States Depart
Ilaent Of Agriculture. Higher prices
|0hered will tend to induce farmers 10
harvest larger percentage OF the crop
lhan usual, which would result IN a
normal supply for seed purposes;
i, harvesting began as early as oct
L. IN some sections and around Nov
|iSt IN few others. In several OF the
leavlest producing counties, however,
harvesting will not begin until Nov.
i''h or until after the first killing
There has been little movement OF
me crop from farms and market has
Eot been established. Prices being Oh
EeFed growers on Oct. 18th, however,
averaged around $3.50 per ton in pod
X alabama, $40 in Georgia and $Zl.oo
X South Carolina. These prices are
non g to 81 per ton higher than
'"ered on a similar date last year.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-11-25
WORLD GRAIN SHORTAGE
OFFICIAL FIGURES SHOW
574,00o,000 Bushels Lacking, Institute
OF Agriculture Shows. CarryOver
Surplus Unusually Small.

The world this year faces an esti-
mated bread grain shortage OF 574,-
100000 bushels -401 100000 OF wheat
and 173,000,000 of rye-it is estimat-
ed by T. K. Doherty, commissioner
OF the Institute of Agriculture at
Rome
The estimate is based upon official
returns to the institute from all inn
portant countries of the world with
the exception of Russia, Mr.. Doherty
said.
Recent forecasts of European re-
quirements have ranged from 100000
600 to 650,000,O00 bushels of wheat,
he asserted. He estimated that the
bread grain shortage in Europe, as
compared with production and con-
sumption last year, would be 100000
900 bushels.
Up to U. S. and Canada.
This season, with Australia already
sold out, Argentina, with an uneX
ported balance of from 100000 to
100000 and Russia and the Balkans
out of the market, the large shipments
now being made by the United States
and Canada are alone to provide what
should nominally be the peak load, to
which Russia and the Balkans last
year made considerable contribution