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Evening star., 1924-10-03
In Ancient Rome.

When Cato, the censor, reared up
for a speech, the crowds, growing
denser, pronounced him a peach.
His presence was stately, his voice
like a lutte, men cheered for him
greatly, no catcall or hoot. He
stacks like. lion in eloquent fray,
he's better than Bryan the Ro-
mans would say. This Cato, un-
daunted, selected his theme; he'd
jump, when he wanted, on any old
scheme Our lawmakers blundered,
they pulled dizzy games, i'll giving"
he thundcred, such freedom to
danes. Once women were making
good homes for us guys, they spent
their time baking their gooseberry
pies They mended our sandals, our
togas they sewed, and peddled small
scandals in every abode. Then
women were modest, a credit to
Rome, ambitions the broadest were
centered in home. But now they
are chasing in office and mart, good
voters displacing and breaking my
heart. Their bearing is nlannish, to
Drawn they aspire, determined to
Danish the charms we admire. Oh,
Romans, | tremble and view with
alarm, when women assemble, the
taxes to farm. Our bulwarks are
slipping-I tremble again-when
women are gripping the snaps made
for men," Today men are crying
the things Cato said and he has been
lying two thousand years dead. No
problems are modern; there's moth
ing that's new; as Cato was dod-
der'n', still dodder few.
(CopyrightD WALT MASON.
Evening star., 1924-10-03
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Dress Hats. Sport Hats
and School Hats. of vel
vet, velour and felt. in a
wonderful big assortment
Of new, beautiful styles.
Evening star., 1924-10-03
TO INVADE HYATTSVILLE.
Progressives to Hold La Toilette
Wheeler Meeting Tonight.

Local Progressives will carry the
campaign for the election Of Senators
La Toilette and Wheeler Into enemy
territory" tonight, at 8 o'clock, when
Senator Frazier of North Dakota,
Arthur E. Holder, national secretary
of the Conference for Progressive
Political Action: Mrs. Gertrude Bis
choff. Mayor George Finger OF Cap
itol Heights and others will address
a meeting in the Masonic Hall,
Hyattsville, Md.
Al invitation to attend the meet
ing has been sent to voters residing
in towns adjoining Hyattsville.
1t was announced yesterday by
the La Toilette for President Club of
the District that arrangements have
been completed with the Maryland
campaign managers whereby District
Progressives will take charge of
three counties in Maryland, covering
them with meetings, literature and
Autographs.
speakers bureau, of which Marx
Lewis, secretary of the club. is in
charge, is being organized with d
view to supplying speakers in both
Maryland and Virginia. Several labor
representatives have signified a will
ingness to be scheduled for meetings
near Washington.
Evening star., 1924-10-03
S1.5O e So Girls Dire,

4 to IA years; dresses of
good quality, fast : color
ginghams, in new, pretty
styles and colorings.
Evening star., 1924-10-03
OBSERVE FEAST DAY.
Priests Will Celebrate st. Francis

The annual celebration Of the Feast
of st. Francis Of Assist. who in 1909
founded the Franciscan Order, is to be
held tomorrow at the Franciscan
Monastery, Brookland.
Early morning masses will be cele-
brated at 5, and Z o'clock. At 10
am. the Dominican fathers from the
College of the maculate Conception
will celebrate solemn high mass at
which one of the fathers from the
Capuchin College will preach on the
life of the saint whose commemora-
tion is being kept.
At $3.50 pm. the office OF compline
will be chanted. followed by solemn
benediction with the blessed Sacra-
Evening star., 1924-10-03
$1.O0 Blouses
What CSC
Will Buy

New style Caps and Hats; Separate
Cloth and Corduroy knickers Rayon
Silk Stripe Blouses, for big boys
and Corduroy and Chambray Suits
for small tots.
Evening star., 1924-10-03
Deaths Reported.

The following deaths have been reported to
the Health Department in the last "a hours:
Denise Roach, %, Georgetown University
Hospital.
Frances e. McNally, "a. 1415 Chaplin st.
Frederick Young, SO. Gallinger Hospital.
Clarissa o. Manning, s4, 1890 Columbia rd.
Agnes e. Comerford, 81. 2570 Wisconsin ave.
Infant Of James 81. and Amy 5. Cults, %
hours. Columbia Hospital
Evening star., 1924-10-03
Births Reported.

The following births have been reported to
the Health Department in the last "a hours
Robert l.. and Margaret L. Sanford, girl.
Michael and Adelaide Mattera, boy.
Michael and Yolanda Papa, boy.
James $. and Amy G. Dinnis. girl.
Edgar G. and Marie Emeigh. girl
Frank Fl. and Irene f. Edwards. girl.
James and l.. Blanche Williams, boy.
Paul W and Alma p. Edwards. boy.
Russell II. and Pauline Carley, boy.
Donald W. and Rose Kibler, girl
William e. and Blanche Davis, boy.
Arlington and Margaret /. Comstock, boy.
Edgar and Frances Dye, boy.
Henry and Charlotte Scott, girl.
Cornelius and Elizabeth Grove, boy.
Iancewell and Johanna Glassaway, girl.
William and Lillian Cash, girl.
Evening star., 1924-10-03
Children's High Shoes +:
Boys Scouts

Famous American Boy Scout
Shoes for all rough wear and
rough weather. All sizes to 6.
Evening star., 1924-10-03

ment. At the conclusion Of the serv-
ice the '"Transitus," commemorating
the death of st. Francis, will be sung
by the members of the community at
the shrine of the saint
Evening star., 1924-10-03

hours, Columbia Hospital.
George Brown. 81. GaIlinger Hospital.
Catherine Rhodes, As, Gallinger Hospital
Joseph Mitchell, q, 300 Missouri ave.
Mary Roberts, g., Freedmen's Hospital
Robert Cross II, Gallinger Hospital
Evening star., 1924-10-03
Ordered Here for Treatment.

Second Lieut. Dale =. Mason, Sig
nal Corps, at Camp Alfred Vail. n. j..
has been ordered to this city for
treatment at Walter Reed General
Hospital.
Evening star., 1924-10-03

Wendell P. Hughes. II. GOT 5sth st. ne.
Josephine Williams, 81. 235 2h ST. sw
David Hall. 50. Freedmens Hospital.
Louise w Scott, "A, 1921 L ST.
Woodie Over, 4s. 40 d St Sc.
Hattie Colyin, 30, Gallin2er Hospital
James Payne, 10 months, 1916 Ist St sw
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-01-04
Endorsed by the Trades and Tabor
Council of Hamilton, Ohio.
Endorsed by the Middletown Trades
and Labor Council of Middletown. o
OUR NEW OFFICIALS

Starting Monday, Hamilton has a
complete set of new elective officials
with the exception of the municipal
court. The complexion of the city's
whole official family is changed
democrat to republican Never before
in the city's history has this con
dition existed. Politically Hamilton
is democratic. In the past we have
on several occasions had republican
mayor, treasurer and a few ward
councilmen, but never before has the
official family been made up. solidly
of members of the republican party.
Such is the condition today in Hamil-
ton with the exception of one lone
member of city council, WilIen, of the
Second ward.
With the advent of the new officials
there is a complete overturning of
power in the city hall There is a new
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-01-04
THE KALEIDOSCOPE
By |. C. McCUMBER

One by one do our traditions go
into the scrap heap. The more recent
is that of the allegory which pertains
to Jesse James. One of the educated
asses who was turned out by a first
class university has written book
in which he states the individual
which terrorized several of our states
shortly after the civil war, is myth
"a sheer fabrication of whole cloth.
His book is on the market and if you
have the price you can buy it, and if
you do not have it, you will not miss
anything by not reading it. The
Kaleidoscope quite number of years
ago was permitted to spend ..'Ten Min
utes in Saltwater States Prison"
What he observed was placed in type
and printed in one Of the magazines
We were given the opportunity of con-
versing with the Younger brothers,
who were being boarded at the ex-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-01-04
FIGHT FOR THE REFERENDUM

Judging from the large gathering
assembled on Monday night at the
labor temple when the weather was
such as to keep many at their home
freside and on New Years eve, those
who are making a fight for a referen-
dunn on the sale of the city's electric
current distribution system and the
granting of a twenty-five year fran
chise to an outside concern, evidently
mean business and propose to put up
stern fight.
Many speeches were made in which
was brought out many points of in
terest and information to those pres
ent. Permanent organization was
formed and quite sum was contrib
uted to defray expenses for carrying
on the fight. Another meeting was set
iOI HSAI VhOlludy IigHI az elic idDOI
temple to which all citizens are cor
daily invited and urged to attend.
Municipal ownership is an old love;
it has been great boon to Hamilton
users of electric current in the past
and there isn't any doubt but that
sentiment along this line is cutting
a large figure with those who hesitate
at the thought of giving up that which
has meant so much to them financially
in past years.
There is one thing certain, and that
is, that the people are going to know
more about electricity, its cost, ETC.,
before the whole matter is definitely
settled than they ever knew before
Education is good thing in all mat
ters and hurts no one
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-01-04

deal ona new broom. 1t is a ques-
tion now whether the old adage of
"a new broom sweeps clean" is to be
lived up ITO in our city hal and de-
partments.
The new administration has prom
ised much During the campaign
many charges were made that didn't
reflect to the good of the old admin
istration charges of extravaganza,
mismanagement, rotten conditions due
to wide open town, etc. Since the
election we don't hear so much of
Hamilton's rottenness, leading many
to think that much of the prediction
claims was perhaps political cam
paign propaganda only.
Be that as it may, if the claims
made by those who are now in charge
of the city's affairs and will be for
at least two years, are true, the pres
ent city administration has big job
ON its hands to make good its prom
ises made. 1t ought, however, be able
to make quick showing if things
are as bad in our city as it was
claimed they are.
In its endeavor to better conditions
in our city the administration should
have the support of every citizen
regardless of what political faith he
or she may be. The Press pledges
itself to support Mayor Kelly and his
"buddies" in everything they attempt
for the city's good. And speaking for
local organized labor the Press can
say that the organized workers of
Hamilton always stand ready to aid
in all progressive moves, for cleanli
ness and law and order, and that
Mayor Kelly need never hesitate to
call on Hamilton's organized workers
to assist where the good of the city
needs aid
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-01-04

crat, though he may be less scien.
tific in his method.
The company @unions is the latest
offering of the paternalist, who finds
il Increasingly difficult to pose as q
friend of workers while denying them
the substance of liberty
The injunction process is better
understood by labor. In greatest mum.
bers the workers now know the differ
ence between government by law and
government by equity-by an ire
sponsible Judge who disregards law
and issues orders (injunctions} at
will.
Labor points to the breakup Of
party discipline and party idolatry
as vindication of its long fight for
political -partisanship
Labor declares that industrial de-
mocracy is its manifest destiny. War
ring in industry must cease, that an
American life, based on order and
service, may be developed.
Never has labor been more sure of
it's ground; never has it had higher
aims or more lofty purpose.
AS formerly, it's activities the past
year are in line with its evolutionary
characteristics.
AS usual, the first of these is or
ganization and collective bargaining
If they are denied the worker is but
a voiceless unit in production. He is
but an individual cog in industry,
without policy, future or hope.
With these and industrial democ-
racy are included education, popular
control of financial credit, opposition
to judicial usurpation, anti-child labor
amendment to federal constitution
and other fundamental issues.
The workers will eventually triumph
in these causes, as they did in their
fight for free public schools, direct
legislation, free textbooks and other
advances THAT they initiated.
No other movement can approach
the labor movement in things secured
for the workers and for the people
as a whole.
When viewed in it's entirety the la
Dor movement towers mountain high
over its opponents.
The workers hope is in organiza-
ton and education. Then the men
and women of labor are factor in
society. Without these they are serfs
they depend upon the good will of
others.
Heads up for 1924!
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-01-04
y - T. - "
CHRISTMAS IN EVERY HOME


Too much can not be said of the
officials of the Hamilton Chamber of
Commerce, the contributors to the
fund, the men and women who worked
so faithfully and untiring, the loaners
of trucks and their drivers, and
others, who made it possible that
Christmas cheer was brought into the
many homes in Hamilton that would
have otherwise been sad, gloomy and
dreary
The same can be said of the
churches, lodges, clubs mad individuals
who distributed many baskets and
bundles containing food, toys for the
poor little ones, clothing, shoes and
money Through all these who did
such noble work HAMILTON DID
HERSELF PROUD.
1t is a question, however, of who
got the most pleasure out of it all,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-01-04
FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1924

Entered at the Postoffice at Hamilton,
Ohio, as Second Class Mail Matter.
issued Weekly at S26 Market Street
Hamilton, Ohio
Telephone 1896
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READY FOR 1924

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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-01-04

PciiHS O1 tue sIaIe OF MINNESOTA Tor a
] raid at Northfield, Minnesota. They
assured US that Jesse James had been
!, a boy, had grown to manhood and
that If one cared to go into Missouri
he could come in contact with quite
a number of people who had the pleas
ure of looking into the business end
of a gun held in the hand Of Jesse
James. What has all this to do with
the purity Of the water in the Scioto
river? Nothing. What has this col
lege graduates book to do with his
tory? Simply, as P. T.. Barnum
would have it: A sucker is born
every minute, and the way money was
coming to Phineas (Barnum) they
are being born at the rate of one
every second. Uncle Sam says that
billion dollars a year is getting
away from legitimate business
through wildcat speculation. The
author of this book appears to figure
that he can get some of that "easy
money"
The Chronicle, Cincinnati (labor
paper, recently printed an item to
the effect that brick paver in the
state of Texas had been able to lay
between 10000 and $4,000 bricks in a
working day of eight hours. AS it
chanced we had pencil handy and
this is what we figured: Sixty sec
onds make minute and sixty minutes
make an hour. Thus we have 5000
seconds an hour, and for eight hours
the total number of seconds would
total 28,800. Here we have payer
of brick streets laying almost two
bricks second! AS we kept on fig
uring, our pencil showed that if that
brick paver worked one full month,
he would have placed sufficient
number of bricks to have built
highway from San Francisco to Ham
ilton, Ohio, with enough time on his
hands to have repaired all the streets
of that city. No, we do not question
the ability of the brick paver, but we
do sit up and take notice of the temer-
ity of reporter or editor who would
invite booze hounds to look him up
by writing such wonderful story
of accomplishment.
The Kaleidoscope was interested in
seeing middle-aged negro in a
southern state, grinding sorghum. AS
his assistants he had mule that
walked around the grinder with his
eyes closed, and switched his ears
mechanically, even if there was not
fly nearer than where the sorghum
was being run over the cooking appa-
ratus. Then there was a picanniny.
who could sleep and yet at the same
time switch the mule with holly
twig. We asked the negro how much
he charged per gallon. $50 dis home
made sorghum 1asses, All cha'g six
bits. Fo' de by-product of dis sor
ghum, All ,cha'g SIS per gallon" Be-
ing curious as-to the by-product, we
followed him down into canebreak.
sampled the by-product and left some
legal tender in charge of the middle
aged negro. Don't you know that 1t
is wrong to make that by-product?"
we shot at the negro. eyes, sub, yes.
suh!' came the answer HBut vo,all
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-01-04

Labor greets 1924 with increased
intelligence and conscious power.
The workers were never more GER
tain of their position. They do not
ask favors; they demand justice.
They have plumbed philanthropy
and paternalism to the depths--both
are false; both are akin to the auto
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-01-04

the receivers or givers. No doubt
those who gave of their time, effort
and money to make the unfortunate
happy found much pleasure Christmas
Day for what they did for others in
bringing Christmas to Every Home
in Hamilton" And they deserved all
that they got; they earned it.
- s F vs. -
Happy New Year, Mayor Kelly,
and good lucki
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-01-04

see it am like dis: Ef All have cabin
dat am no good, an wan to buhn it
down, de law II says dat All break
de law when All do it. All commit
arson All am destroying property.
Here is dis puffecly good sorghum
skimming, which am property. Eff All
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-01-04

destroy dat All am destroyin' prop
erty. An dey will arres' we'uns. Eff
All conserve de by-produc' All am
breakin' de law. Sure, dis poor mig
ger am between de debbil an de deep
sea Eff All do, All don't; eff All
don't, All do!o
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-01-04
SAY 1T WITH FLOWERS

Hamilton in "24" will be a garden
of roses if KELLY does what is ex-
pected of him.-Bock, The Florist.
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The Kadoka press. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1923-current, 1924-04-04
THE NORTH CAROLINA

Through }. &. Pease, local sta
tion agent for the Milwaukee rail
road company, we are placed in
possession of the following facts
which were brought to his attent-
ion by G. A. Christoffer, superinten-
dent of this division of the Mil
waukee:
In the state Of North Carolina
at highway crossings of the South
ern Railway, the number of per-
sons killed by trains in the last
six months of 1923 was four, and Of
injured II; as compared with 6 kill
eel and "A injured in the first half
Of the year, and larger numbers in
half years before that. Those
figures are reported by the railway
company in connection with a note
on the law Of North Carolina re-
quiring drivers of automobiles TO
stop before crossing railroad tracks
and the law is given credit for the
diminution in the number Of dis
asters at crossings. The number
Of motor vehicles registered in
North Carolina last year was 247,
PIP as compared with $4,000 in
1922"
The Kadoka press. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1923-current, 1924-04-04
HOG CROP BRINGS
FINE RETJIRNS

Messrs. Collins and Nielsen ship
ped two more carloads of fine look
ing porkers to the Sioux City mark
ct last week. The last load got
as far as Oacoma, when they were
held up on account of thc bridge
being out Of commission and they
felt some anxiety for them.
Mr.. Nielsen informs tho Press
that between thirty five and forty
carloads Of this wears crop have
already departed for the ham and
bacon realm whence there is no re
turn and that he knows of ut least
twenty more carloads in this ship
ping territory now III the feed lots.
making in a. some sixty carloads
to send to the shambles from Kad-
Okla alone. Each carload nets our
farmers from ten to eleven hundred
dollars. With many more brood
sOwS than formerly assuring per
haps doubling of the number Of
these mortgage lifters. it can readi-
ly he seen that our farmers are
taking full advantage To grow
these much demanded fat products
in the porkcrs paradise, whore
freedom from disease luscious and
bountifu alfalfa topped off with
real corn will produce hogs more
chcaplv than anywhere in the
! United States. Surely Western
South Dakota is coming into its
own and that in double quick time.
The Kadoka press. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1923-current, 1924-04-04
NO EAST MAIL
FOR FOUR DAYS

Last Saturday morning the Mil
waukee railroad bridge at Chamb-
crlain went out again when the
cable controlling the pontoon
bridge snapned under the strain of
the onrushing ice from further up
stream in North Dakota and Mon
tana. AS consequence no trains
could cross. The ferry also was
unable to make the transfer. Mon
day no mail came from the east.
Passengers wanting to cross from
this side got as far as Oacoma and
were either given a free return
ride or compelled to hire cars to
make the crossing at Pierre. Tues
day the same condition continued.
On Wednesday some eastern mail
trickled in by way of Philip and
on the circuitOus route via Pierre
and Rapid City. Early Wednesday
afternoon the first mail came
across from Chamberlain when the
bridge was repaired. Since then
trains from the east have been
from two To four hours late. But,
our good and patient folk do not
mind little thing like that. II is
all in getting used to it.
The Kadoka press. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1923-current, 1924-04-04
ROY MlLLIkEN
UTICAS LIVE WIRE

Not far from Yankton, S. d. lies
the village of Utica. When the
Press scribe lived in Yankton it
had no newspaper, it had no under
taking parlors. it had no movies,
it had no monument works, IN
short it lacked many things. 1t
was very much dependent on the
mother city of lankton.
But better days for Utica were
in sight when one of Yankton high
schools twin athletes dropped in
to the burg and swept up. No
sooner had he decided to call it
home when things began to be
doing. Roy Milliken, we'll known
here as the twin brother of Ray
put in printing press. Folks
shook their heads, but Roy kept
smiling. From few subscribers
his list grew as time went on for
Roy delivered the goods as he had
done in high school. Next he set
up Il hardware store and this, too
proved a success. He was then en-
couraged to provide the Uticans
With amusement. A movie started
and it is going and growing still.
His ambitions then reached into
the village council chambers to the
post office, yea even into the state
legislature. Utica had no under
taker. Row filled that want. He
next saw that the folks like con-
crete memorials for their dead, so
he sold them tombstones. Fords
were the only cars sold in town.
Roy saw the need for better car
for his fellow townsmen and sold
them Chevrolets. Utica owes Roy
much for he has filled their every
want he could possibly fill except
running their bank and their
butchcrshop. Here is wishing you
continued success ROy.