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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-01-18
# progressive forces.

of progressive forces.
Edsel B. Ford, head Of Ford Mo-
tor Company, expresses confidence in
1924 business outlook
Drastic action to stop illegal drink
ing by high government officials de-
manded by Representative Upshaw
| Huge gun barrels made into oil
stills at Texas oil refinery.
+ Figures show New York city en-
ioyed better health in 1923 than ever
before.
Growth of cooperative banking
and A. F. of LIS declaration for in
dustrial democracy most important
1923 events in ranks of labor, Ma
tional Catholic Welfare Council says.
Thousands of workers in plants
along Ohio, Allegheny and Mononga-
hela rivers temporarily thrown out
of employment as result of floods.
United States government sells
aeroplanes, rifles and ammunition to
Mexico to be used in quieting revolt.
President Coolidge said to be
strongly opposed to any changes in
tax rates of proposed Mellon bill,
British locomotive engineers and
firemen vote for strike but negotia-
tions are resumed with railroads.
/ Thomas Kearney, well-known Chi
cago labor leader, dies suddenly at
| age of 81.
| Severe cold spell causes death and
suffering in middle west and east.
/ Carl Magee, New Mexico editor,
i acquitted of libelling Judge
i Democrats offer substitute plan foi
revision of tax law.
! Increased efficiency has resulted
from 8-hour day in steel plants, the
Iron Age reports.
Compromise ends strike of Cuban
/ railroad workers.
Forty-one thousand gain in immi.
grants shown for last six months by
Ellis Island figures.
Administrations policy toware
Soviet Russia defended and attacked
: in vigorous debate in senate.
4 General Organ, in report to sen
!, ate on veterans bureau, charges
Charles R. Forbes was leader in con
spiracy to defraud government.
President Coolidge orders embargo
on shipments of arms to Mexican
| rebels.
E French government considered t
have virtually abandoned efforts tt
dissolve French Federation of Labor
Harry NJ Winitsky, last of prison
: ers convicted in New York four years
ago on charges of criminal anarchy
pardoned by Governor Smith.
Statute of instruction issued by
!, Vassar College authorities guarantee:
teachers complete freedom of utter
| ance.
National guardsmen called out a
Marion, Ill.,, as result of bootleggers
war"
/ World settlement first objective OF
British labor party, says j Ramsay
Macdonald at great celebration O.
labor party's victories.
Fight opens in senate agalns
United States sale of arms to Mex
leo.
Little unemployment in nation, sur
vey of United States employment ser
vice indicates.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-01-18
AS THE WORKER
SEES HIS WORLD
Summary and Digest of
Important Events of the
Week, Here and Abroad

Senator Hiram Johnson bitterly at
tacks administration policies in open
ing campaign for presidential nomi.
nation.
More than 40 workers killed and
many injured in dust explosion at
starch works in Pekin, Ill.
New X-ray machine cuts time and
cost of cancer treatments.
international Union Bank, con-
trolled by International Ladies Gar
ment Workers Union, opens in New
York City.
Warrant charging embezzlement is
sued for A. C. Townley, former head
of National Non-Partisan League.
Senate formally votes inquiry into
election of Senator Mayfield, of
Texas, alleged to have been backed
by Ku Klux Klan.
Nine baymen drowned when motor
boat loses rudder near Fire Island,
New York.
Federal Judge upholds sale of
seized German dye patents to pri-
vate corporation.
France withdraws seven regiments
from Ruhr region.
Great strike of metal workers in
Berlin and other parts of Germany
in protest against wage cut.
Senator La Toilette returns to SEN
ate, after illness and takes command
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-01-18
FRIDAY, JANUARY 1s, 1924
Entered at the Postoffice at Hamilton,
Ohio, as Second Glass Mail Matter.
Issued Weekly at s2s Market Street
Hamilton. Ohio.
Telephone 1895
Endorsed by the Trades and Labor
Council of Hamilton, Ohio.
Endorsed by the Middletown Trades
and Labor Council of Middletown, O.
THE GAS AND WATER RATES

Just as the Press in it's editorials
in the issue of December 14th pre-
dicted it would happen and warned
the workers to look forward to it, it
has come. The rates for gas and
water are to be increased. 1t is only
natural that it should be so. No
sane thinking person would expect it
otherwise. Anyone who has given
this matter little thought knows
that the increase in water and gas
rates as made by former mayor,
Harry j. Koehler, Jr., were not un-
justified, that it was through no fault
of his that he had to make the in
creases and no one knows this fact
better than those who made it the
big issue in the last election. Any
one with grain of sense knows that
if the pre-war rates were just enough
to sustain the plants that they can't
be conducted under those rates today
without great loss any more than a
workingman could live today on pre-
war wages Though some have to
come mighty near doing it). Wages
have doubled and materials and sup
plies have more than doubled pre-war
prices, SO why shouldn't the users
expect to pay more for their gas and
water, just as they pay more for
every other commodity?
The point is, no matter whether our
city affairs are conducted under re-
publican, democdat or socialist ad-
miristrations, it takes money and lots
of it to keep things going Mayor
Kelly, in statement giving reasons
for again raising the rates of water
and gas, says that the former admin
istration, the democrats, left a lot
of unpaid bills. Sure they did. When
the late Abe Rothwell, republican,
took hold as mayor of the city, he
said the same thing. When the dem
ocrats again took hold they said the
same of the republicans. When the
socialists succeeded the democrats
they made the same claim, and when
the democrats returned they said the
same of the socialists And so it is
and always will be- AS the late
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-01-18
THE CAUSE OF NEAR BEER

editorial in Cincinnati Times-Star)
The campaign of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor for the legalizing of
the manufacture and sale of beer con-
tanning 2.75 per cent alcoholic con-
tent is proceeding apace, with much
support outside the federation The
voice of labor is asking for mild
beer as a solace of. recreative hours,
instead of the alternative of total
abstinence or the awful stuff that is
available in every city. 1t speaks for
temperance as against the prohibi-
ton that does not prohibit ''moon,'
but effectually prohibits the milder,
and bulkier, cereal beverages.
The cause of the brewing and sale
of beer has disengaged itself def
nitely from the distillation and sale
of whiskey and other ardent spirits
The issue is now as it should be. For
beer never should have been classified
with whiskey. Its effect is entirely
different The most deleterious re.
suits of too great indulgence in pre-
war beer were song and sleep, and
the morning brought another day
which is not true of the excessive
drinking of whiskey. With whiskey
the cold-gray dawn is but a melan
choly continuation of the day before
And in beer containing from one tt
two per cent less alcohol than pre-
war beer, there will be few songs
1t will be merely near-beer with more
of sense of distance than has th'
present beverage, which is so faintl.
reminiscent of the glory that wa
/ Hauck's and the grandeur that wa
Lackmans.
But the campaign of the American
Federation of Labor will meet siren
uous opposition from unaffiliate
unions. There are the Moonshiners
Union, the Bootleggers' Union, tn
| Prohibition Enforcement Officers
| Union (very strong), and the Anti
Saloon League Lobbyists Union, al
workers in the grapeless vineyard o
prohibition. The moral power of il
licit profits and fat salaries will b
arrayed against the efforts of @Sge
earners.
ka vs. ~ w. -
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-01-18
RADICALISM SHAMED

s - "a Pa n
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-01-18

John Donlin, president of the Build.
ing Trades Department, A. F. of L.,
in making subscription to the build
ing fund, said that ne desired to be
associated with the enterprise if only
in small way, SO that Washington
might have such a beautiful symbol
of the nations religious convictions.
It is expected that the cathedral
will be completed within five years.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-01-18

The great National Cathedral at
Washington, D. c., technically the
Cathedral of SIS. Peter and Paul, is
union made. The cathedral will be
larger than Westminster Abbey and
one of the finest in the world.
In the picture the Bishop, Of Wash
ington, the Rt. Rev. James E. Free
man, is addressing workers engaged
on the building, telling them that he
believes in unions.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-01-18
GIVE THEM A CHANCE

Pessimists who are always railing
at the we'll known human race for it's
alleged lack Of humor should study
Sing Sing prisons parole record for
1923.
Sing Sing officials report that a
large majority of the men released
last year made good on parole, only
16 per cent being returned to prison.
In one year ATT were paroled,
against only n returned. Prison Off
cials point out that not all those re-
turned committed new crimes, but
that some were sent back for failing
to observe strictly terms Of their
probation, as, for instance, failing to
report to the parole agent regularly.
A mighty good record for men sup
posed to have sunk about as low as
humans get. After all, the pessimists
to the contrary, men and women will
do the right il given half q chance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-09

The best chiffon hose made at any price-very sheer and durable colors: Mulot. nude. pearl. gray. sable. field mouse-at $l.o5. Silk all the way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-09

A wonderful value in pure thread silk chiffon hose-in the following colors: Black, nude. Hesh--has lisle garter top-in all sizes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-09
ssfly 5f, --s1 42-P'iece 5 Dinner Sets $9.eS
 

American china in full Apiece set that sells regularly at $l2.50. Just a few sets to be sold Mon- day at $9.95.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-15
3 3 SHIP MERGERS
 COMPLETE
Final Consultations To Be Accomplished
 During Week

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14.-COmple- tion of consultations of government owned ship lines operated by manag- ing agents is expected to be effected this week, President Leigh Palmer of the fleet corporation asserted today in statement, in which he summarized improvements already apparent in the reorganized services.
 Twelve consultations already have been accomplished and three remaining are to be passed on this week by the shipping board Improvements noted thus far MT. Palmer said, include re- auctions in the time of ships voyages and consequent decreases in the vessels expenses, more efficient freight-getting organizations and greater flexibility of operations. Another important feature, he added, is elimination or overlapping lines competing for business on the same routes at the expense of the government
 MT. Palmer also pointed out that the annual payroll of the fleet corpora tion alone already has been reduced by more than $500,000.
 The three consultations awaitings awaiting action by the board this week are the North Atlantic to Rotterdam Bordeaux; North Atlantic to Mediter- ranean and South Atlantic to United Kingdom and Europe
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-15
PETITIONS INV
 BANKRUPTCY

A. NJ. Thompson, Rt. No. I Box No. 21499. Liabilities $25o: assets $s55. Elm pioyed Greenwood cafe. Attorney Ewing
 Edmond E. Vaughn. 523 1-2 Seventeenth street. Bankrupted September D., 1924. wages due by T. c. I. Attorney A. G. Bs- singer.
 Willie Moore. 25O2 Alley B. Bankrupted seRtemSer s,d% 5 is24 No 2l5Ol Liabilities Railway. Attorney Murphy and Hanna. Joe Johnson, 211a Alley 1: Bankrupted $122,5O. Assets none. No attorney. rupted September 6, 1924 No. 215oS. Lia-. by Central Foundry Company. No at- torney
 R. H. Campbell, 2Os Thirty eighth street. Bankrupted September 6, 1924. No. 21504 Liabilities $11s46. Assets afthua aa4 ssss sRe6ee Bank IisSiiitIss ss4ses. Assets ' .1o0, No ei0sP; St-
 F; W. catin. 1922 Seventh avenue Bankr9pted ;nh, September 6, 1S2+ No. Sl6os. Attorney R. J. Hagood.
 Gus Gray. Route Box Ill. P. (. Bank biiitles s417. Assets SC wages. Employed
 T. IT. Wood, 1925 North Fourth avenue Bankrupted September 8. 1924. No. 215O8. Liabilities $245. Assets $75 real estate. Attorney B. Higgins.
 Louis Trammel 5O1 Eighth street. Bank rupted September S. 1924. No. 215O9 Liabilities $S7. Assets $42 wages. Elm ployed by T. C. l. No attorney.
 E. B. Cooley. 6004 First avenue. Bank rupted September S. 1924. No. 2151O. Liabilities $24O. Assets $30 wages. Elm plOyed by Mcconnell Motor company. At torney k. NJ. Macleod
 James Taylor, 1906 North Fourth ave- nue. Bankrupted September S. 1924. No 2l511. Liabilities $31. Assets $35 wages employed by T. c. l. Attorney F. S. Address.
 II. F. Smith. 444s, Maple street. Bank rupted September g. 1924. No. 21512. Lia- bilities $4S0. Assets none. Attorney Pow ell and Powell.
 Thomas We!nsteIn. city Bankrupted September 10. 1924. No 21513. Liabilities 924.11 Assets $719 personal property. At torney Leader and Ullman.
 |. Alex De Loach. city. Bankrupted September 10. 1924. No. 21514. Liabilities $166. Assets q wages, employed by Stock ham Pipe and Fitting company. Attor- ney Parrish and Patrick.
 Ralph W. Jamerson. 1900 South Six teenth street. Bankrupted September 10, 1924. No. 21515. Liabilities $1.424.64. As sets none. Attorney C. Mullins.
 Mattie C. Evans. 211 Vine street. W. E. Bankrupted September l. 1924. No. 21516 Liabilities 811. Assets $1O0 household effects. Attorney J. F. Webb.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-15
BABE INFERRED
 IN SAND LIVES
New Jersey Mother, Ac- .cused Of Burial, Be-
 lieved Insane

LAKEWOOD, N. J., Sept. IA County Prosecutor Milford H. Jayne, Jr., who is investigating the charge that Mrs. Stella Saunders attempted to bury her daughter alive two days ago at Forked river, announced tonight that he would ask authorities of the Paul Kimball hospitals where the wom- an is being held without bail. to place her under observation ot determine her mental condition.
 The woman's husband, Eugene Saun- ders, with whom she lived at Forked river, visited the hospital in company with his mother, Mrs. Bejamin Saun- ders, also of Forked River. Both spent some time with the girl baby, who appeared to be thriving despite her brief interment beneath pile of sand and leaves.
 The father and grandmother of the child appeared pleased with the new arrival, and acted in a manner which led officials of the hosital to look further into q statement made by the accused woman to Prosecutor Jayne to the effect that her husbands par ents had hinted that Sanders was not the father of the child. The child's mother was in another ward, and was not seen by her husband and mother in-law.
 Prosecutor Jayne also declared that he would thoroughly investigate the charge made by Saunders that his wife had previously buried three children at birth. Authorities may visit Surf City and Pasadena, where the husband said the burials had taken place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-15
HEALTH EXPERTS
 TO MEET TODAY
County Officers To Gath CT In Montgomery For
 3-Day Session
(State Capital Bureau)

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Sept. 14.- The annual conference of county health officers of the state will open here Monday, to continue through Tuesday and Wednesday. An address by Dr. W. $. Rankin, state health officer of North Carolina, will be feature of the pro- gram.
 The conference will open at 9 o'clock Monday morning, sessions to be held in the Baraca class building of the First Baptist church. In addition to the coun ty health officers, the conference will be attended by the student health of ficers who are studying public health work in Covington county.
 Brick Rate D0cketed.--Hearing on rates on brick and clay products is on the docket of the Alabama Public Service commission for September 19 The hearing is part of the general investigation of the freight rate structure of the state which has been in progress for some time and will involve all intrastate rates on brick and clay products.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-15
BERRY GROWERS
 TO TOUR NATION
Dr. Frank App Addresses Meet
 ing At Castleberry

CASTLEBERRY, Ala, Sept. 14.- Castleberry straberry growers to the number of about one hundred met in mass meeting here Saturday to hear Dr. Frank App, of the Federated Fruit and Vegetable Growers association dis cuss cooperative marketing, Dr. App told them of the benefits of the national distribution system afforded by mem bership in the organization
 The growers were unanimous in ap- proving suggestions made to appoint a committee to thoroughly investigate every phase of the matter. A committee of five growers, later reduced to three, was appointed from each of the local shipping organizations to talk with all strawberry growers in this section and cndeavor to get them to attend another meeting to be held Saturday, October IS. At the October IS, meeting com mittee of three will be chosen to visit the various strawberry growing sec. tions of the United States to study marketing methods and organizations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-15
ALABAMA COLLEGE
 TO OPEN SEPT. I5
Largest Number Of Students In
 History Expected

MONTEVALLO, Ala, Sept. 14.- Especial. )-Montevallo and Alabama College are making great preparations for the opening of the new term week from Monday, when a larger num- Der of students than the college can prossibly accommodate will apply, but citizens of Monteyallo have rallied to the rescue and will take a number into their homes. These students will be practically under the same regulations as those in the dormitory. They will take their meals in the college dining room Extensive repairs are being made on all of the college buildings. The kitchen and serving room have been repainted and otherwise remodeled. New equipment has been put into the kitchen and additional tables added to the dining room in order to provide for at least 160 more students. PurchaS- ing Agent Wills has bought a carload of furniture to add to the present equip ment. Those members of the faculty who have not yet come will arrive during this week. Students began com ing in Saturday and by Monday after noon practically all will be here. Regi- stration and classification will begin MOuudy OCPLOAhOEA A@sl anu will be completed Tuesday.
 Lots Are SOld.-Saturday there was big auction sale of lots in the new Lath- am addition toMontevallo. These lots are located in the eastern part of the town near the pumping station of the college. The lots were promptly taken up by interested bidders and on many of them new residences will soon be erected.
 Motor To Massachusetts, Stella Palmer, of the University of Arkansas, and Miss Lulu Palmer of MontevallO left this week in an automobile to enter college at Cam bridge, Mass, for graduate work dur ing the next session. A message Satur- day indicated that they had reached Washington on schedule time. There they will spend a few hours visiting the Bureau of Home Economies and will then leave for New York, where they will spend day with thcir brother, T. w. Palmer, Jr. They will then make their next stop at Stow, Mass, visiting Dr. Willena A. Peck, of Alabama College, for day. Miss Stella Palmer will enter the Graduate School of Education at Harvard Uni versity. Miss Lulu Palmer will begin pre-medical course.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-15
SILHOUETTES OF STATE CAPITOL
(State Capital Bureau. )

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Sept. IA A cotton crop of 30000 bales for HOus- ton county this year is predicted by Gaston Scott of Montgomery, who re- gently returned from trip to Houston county. He stated that nearly 15,OOO bales of cotton have already been gin ned in the county.
 Congressman ]. Lister Hill of the second district left today for the Amer ican Legion Natnonal Convention, to be held at St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 15-19. He will attend the convention as delegate from the department of Ala bama. J. Fred Johnson, department commander, and $. c. Crockett, depart ment adjutant, have lasO left to attend the convention.
 Active work of inspection of cotton warehouses began during the present week, according to commissioner ot agriculture J. NJ. Moore. The .inspec- ton includes check on outstanding receipts, cancelled recently, and cotton on hand, as well as from the stand point fire hazards. All features on which credit is based are covered Tn the inspection. There are approximately 25O cotton warehouses in the state, commissioner Moore stated, and all are expected to be visited within the present month. Warehousemen were reported cooperating readily with the insepctOrS of the department of agriculture in the inspection work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-15
CONTRACT LET FOR TURBINES
 AT RIVER FALLS
Hundreds Of Tons Of Steel, Concrete And
 Gravel Purchased

ANDALUSIA. Ala, Sept. 14.-lSpe- cial Leased '~-e.)-The new hydro electric development project at point A, near River Falls. which is the sec ond of the River Falls Power company, is progressing in a satisfactory man. ner. The River Falls Power has com pleted it's railroad extension into the site of the development from River Falls and the way is now open for the delivery of material.
 c. A. O'Neal of the River Falls Power company states that his company has awarded a contract for immediate delivery for two 25000 horsepower turbines which will give 750O horse power at the hydroelectric develop ment in progress of construction at point A. In addition to this, contract also has been signed for an additional 800 horsepower turbine and 1,500 horsepower generator for Can't, this latter being in anticipation of the con templated raise of the dam at Can't,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-15
CHILD IS INJURED
 BY PASSING AUTO
Opelika Kiwanis Club Offers
 OratOrical Prize

OPELIKA, Ala, Sept. 14.-(Spe- cial.)-Bettie Wood Cook, seven year old daughter of MT. and Mrs. J. A. Cook, when on her way to school Fri day morning, was struck by Il passing automobile, driven by negro, thrown violently to the ground, and badly bruised.
 Mat0rical Prize.-Inorder to stimu- late public speaking among school stu dents of high school age, the Opelika Kiwanis club has decided to offer a cash prize for the best speaker in an oratorical contest among. the school children of Lee county. The contest will be conducted next spring, near com mencement time. Details as to condi- tions of the contest Will be announced later.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-15

Taylor's Blood Medicine contains Iodide of Potash and other vegetable ingredients, such as Sarsaparilla, Dandelion, Gentian, Wintergreen and Sassafras, which act as a fine tonic to the stomach, while the Iodide of Pot ash absorbed by the blood destroys the poisonous acids which lead to rheuma- tism and paralysis. Get a bottle US Taylor's Blood Medicine today from your druggist. It will stop those head aches, backaches, pains in the fingers, arms and shoulders, hips and knees. It will bring back your appetite and make you gain weight if you are thin and pale. Taylor's Blood Medicine is pure ly vegetable, pleasant to take, will tone up your stomach and make you feel fine.
 Price $1.OO bottle, and if, you are not satisfied it helped you, after talk ing three bottles, which should last you about thirty days, return the bot ties to your druggist and get your money back.--Adv4
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-15
TRAVELER TO TALK
 TO EXCHANGE CLUB

Allen Loehr, assistant professor of English at Birmingham-SOuthern col lege, who has just returned from a three-month visit to the near east, will address the Exchange club at their regu- lar weekly luncheon in the private din ing room of the Tutwiler hotel Monday at F 80 o'clock.
 The attendance prize for the meeting will be given by Arthur Blair. sam c. Starke of the Birmingham Real Estate board will also be a speaker at the meet ing. One hundred per cent attendance is expected at the luncheon Monday, ac- cOrding to B. II. Bradley, secretary.