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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-07-11
Odd Materials Used by
Birds to Build Nests

When the material which bird
ordinarily uses for building its nest Is
lacking it will adapt anything handy
to its purpose, with results that are
sometimes distinctly odd. Some years
ago telephone subscriber at Simla,
India. ringing up for required num-
ber, was answered from four differ.
ent offices at once.
What had happened was this: a
crow had built its nest at the central
office, where four wires converged,
and used the clippings and bits Of
wire for the purpose, with the result
that it established complete electrical
communication between all four lines
Equally odd was the performance of
a cormorant. 1t may be remembered
that some years ago FL. M. S. Sybille
was wrecked off Lambert's bay Oh
the southwest coast Of Africa. A
party of ships officers went to visit
the wreck in the following spring, and
found that in the lookout on the mast
head cormorant had built a nest
In which were five eggs. The nest was
made of odds and ends of steel wire
and rope from the rigging of the
wreck, and was lined with seaweed.
Nest and eggs were taken, and are
now In a museum.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-07-11
Art of Diamond Cutting
Originated in France

The art Of diamond cutting dates
from the end of the Fifteenth century.
Formerly diamonds were set in their
natural state, after having been
cleaned, or else were cut in very
rude and imperfect manner. But In
1915 young gentleman of Bruges,
named Louis van Berghem, by rub
bing a couple of diamonds together,
observed that they attrited and pol
ished their surfaces reciprocally, and
that the artificial facets thus formed
acquired an extraordinary splendor.
This observation was the starting
point of the diamond cutting and pol
ishing industry, which was almost ex-
clusively localized In Amsterdam, the
Detroit News remarks.
1t is recorded that Berghem made
the first trial of his improved mode Of
cutting in 1875 on three large rough
stones which were confided to his care
by Charles the Bold, duke of Burgun-
dy. The new industry was greatly
encouraged by Cardinal Mazarin, who
caused the diamonds In the French
crown to be recut, whence they OBJ
tanned the name of the twelve Maz-
arms.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-07-11
Murr1r1ies Don't Lost

Many persons are curious to know
what a mummy looks like after it Is
unwrapped. Recently at the Cleveland
Museum OF Art a mummy case which
had been on exhibition since 1914 was
opened and the numerous bandages
covering the remains were unwound.
Nothing was found inside but skele-
ton and some cheap blue porcelain
beads that had evidently once formed
a string. Not only the flesh had dis
appeared but time had disjointed the
bones. There was a strong odor of
balsam The mummy was that Of
Senbi, kings scribe, who died In the
Twelfth Egyptian dynasty, some four
thousand years ago 1t was found in
Egypt Senbi was of mixed Egyptian
and Asiatic blood and died about the
age of thirty-five.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-07-11
THE BUTLER COUNTY PRESS

ing the buck has been responsible for
loss of many lives.
Failure of the coal companies own
foremen and fire bosses to carry out
orders has caused deaths in many
cases." he said. Through fear of the
forman or through the courting of
favors, fire bosses have reported mines
safe when they were in reality death
traps.
The meeting is one of series being
held throughout the mining regions
by state mines inspectors, who are i'm
pressing upon foremen and other
mine officials that they must do their
utmost to make the mines safe.
The mine inspectors declare that
the number of miners who are annu-
ally killed in this dangerous calling is
entirely to large, and a more vigor-
Gus safety policy must be applied.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-07-11
Pearls in History

Few jewels have played more con-
spicuous part in history than the pearl.
Pliny thought 1t was drop of dew
swallowed by the oyster, while the
American savage believed that It was
made of sunbeams and petrified dew
drops. The manner in which the real
Jewel Is born is anything but poetic.
A grain of sand irritates the sensitive
oyster and the mollusk proceeds to
smooth 1t by depositing around 1t layer
after layer Of the nacre with which
his shell is lined In the South Ken
sington museum there Is pearl two
inches deep and two and half inches
in diameter Think of the long process
and the discomfort Of the creature
which produced it.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-07-11
African "Coniurinq',

On the west coast Of Africa natives
of the bush" claim to have two souls.
One animates the persons human
body, the other takes on the were
(wer) shape" by means of a magic
draft handed down through the ages.
In that land evil spirits lurk in the
rocks, trees and the rivers. Here the
Goddess Nimm (great oval-shaped
rock In a river) keeps her vigil and
doles out revenge or help to the suppli-
cant at her shrine Sixty per cent OF
the deaths in West Africa are believed
to be due to witchcraft or sorcery.
From these ancestors our southern ne
gro inherits his belief in the power of
the voodoo, and his "conjuring' prac-
tees are a direct throwback to the
"bush" folk-New York Times.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-07-11
Vishnu

In Hindu mythology yishnu Is the
second god of the "trimurti, or trinity,
in which he figures as the preserver
of the universe. His friendship for
man was manifested in his avatars,
or incarnations, which according to
some authorities number ten, and ac-
cording to others twenty-five. OF
these avatars the two principal ones
were the seventh, as Rama, the hero
of the Ramayana, and the eighth, as
Krishna the hero of the Mahabharata.
Vishnu is generally represented as
dark-blue man, having four arms, and
is worshiped chiefly by the middle
classes. He originally figured as sun
god In the Oldest Vedas, but gradually
increased in Importance until in the
later Purana he became the supreme
deity.-KansaS City Star.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-07-11

The Mellon plan for reducing sur
taxes was defeated by the last con-
gress, through a combination with the
minority party and progressives in
the administration party. The COM
promise was signed by the president,
who took occasion to voice his disap-
proval of the act. The fight will be
reopened in December. The next con-
gress takes office in March, and the
Mellon plan advocates will make every
effort to secure control of congress
at the fall election They hope for
little success from the present con-
gress, though they will fight for re-
ductions because of the propaganda
value.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-07-11
TEAM WORK NEEDED
Ex-Governor Defends Bloc
System Before Engin-
eering Society

Cleveland, Ohio,-A growing spirit
of hostility among the various econo-
mic interests of our problem and the
smallness of our brains," said ex-Gov-
nor James Hartness of Vermont, pre-
sident of the American engineering
council, in an address to the local en-
gineering society.
The speaker said that 'our whole
industrial structure may tumble
down" unless a national plan of team
work is devised and carried out by
well-defined blocs, or groups, in asso-
citation with the federal government.
Common effort among the great
divisions of interests in this nation
must be brought about" he said, 'in
order that we may have economic and
vocational as well as political and
geographical unity"
Team work, asserted Mr.. Hartness,
will eliminate the enormous industrial
waste disclosed by the Hoover COM
mittee of the American engineering
cauncil. Industry, he said, is still con-
trolled more by instinct than by the
brain, and it is not humiliating to
admit this fact.
The vast scope of achieve ment in
research, invention and production by
the process of team work is greater
than any one brain can comprehend
he said.
Nov we have great groups in each
Of thousands of vocations, including
trades, professions, business, arts,
sciences, and in all phrases of life
in the home, the field, the factory
stores, school, church and through all
other interests. The members of each
of these groups have not only special
interest in their own activities, but
each has a special knowledge of some
very important matter that the ma
tional government should consider
By co-ordinating the efforts of these
groups we can achieve higher results
in science and industry"
The farm bloc was cited by Mr.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-07-11
In7porfont Guesf

Hubby came home and found an
argument going on. His wife was
trying to give bridge party.
Zone of the guests Is threatening
to walk out" explained his wife In
q whisper. II must conciliRte her."
"Conciliate nothing Let her walk
out"
Cant be done, hubby. She'll walk
out with six chairs and four tables
borrowed from her"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-07-11
INTERNAL FOES MEN
ACE

Washington.-'Is our danger of in
vasion by a foreign foes as great as
our danger from the Loebs, the Leo
polds, the Cooneys, the bandits, the
condition disclosed by the oil inves-
LEGATIONS and the booze hounds ?"
asked Ide G. Sergeant, a Paterson,
N. j., educator, at the convention of
the National Educational Association
Thousands of classes are without
teachers or properly trained teachers
This summer at the military camps
our government will spend thousands
in training young men for war. Why
not establish great summer camps for
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-07-11
NOTICE TO BUILDING CONTRACTORS

Sealed bids will be received by the Board of
Park Commissioners of the City of Hamilton,
Ohio, up to IL o'clock noon, on the eighteenth
day of July 1924, at the office of Frederick g..
Mueller, Architect, 700 Rentscher Bldg, Ham,
ilton, Ohio, for performing the labor and fur
nishing the necessary materials and equipment
required in the installation of Plumbing and
Sewer Work in connection with the Swimming
Pool according to the drawings and specifica-
tions prepared by w. Blintz, Civil Engineer,
Lansing, Mich, which file in the office
of Frederick G. Mueller, Architect, Hamilton,
Ohio.
All proposals shall be entered upon the pro-
posal form furnished by the Engineer.
Each bid must contain the full name of
every person or company interested in the
same, and be accompanied by a bond in the
sum of 21bqt of the bid to the satisfaction of
the Board of Park Commissioners, or a cert-
fled check solvent bank, n guaran-
tee that if the bid is accepted contract will
be entered into and its performance properly
secured. Should any bid be rejected such
check will be forthwith returned to the bidder,
and should any bid be accepted such check
will be returned upon the proper execution
and securing of the contract
The right is reserved to reject any or all
bids.
BY order of the
BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS,
Hamilton, Ohio.
Allen Andrews, Jr., Secretary.
Hamilton, Ohio.
July 2, 1924.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-07-11
BAKERS EXPOSE PLOT

New York-Organized bakers ex-
posed plot to mulct them of heavy
damages, and Judge Glennon, of the
superior court, dismissed the charges.
The suit was filed by bakery pro-
prietor who demanded $4,000 because
the unionists asked 'high wages" and
injured the business. Alleged threats
by the workers were not sustained on
the witness stand, and Judge Glennon
indicated that he would order an in
vestigation for the purpose of ascer-
tanning if the plaintiff committed per-
jury.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-07-11

teachers, similar to the military
camps, where large numbers of our
best young men and women can be
brought together to give them train
ing, arouse their enthusiasm and aid
recruiting for teaching" 2"
Mr.. Sergeant said that the Sim
perialistic idea of reorganization for
American schools, as for American
business, is an importation from the
old world and has been a heavy
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-07-11
GEOMETRIC

"Tell me, dad" said the young
pest, what is the shortest distance
between two points?"
Don't bother me; look at your
geography and find out" growled the
pater familias.
why, daddy" interposed his wife,
"you don't find the answer to that In
the geography"
"Yuh do these days." insisted dad.
Just let him lay rubber on the
map from Niagara Falls to Reno
Richmond Times-Dispatch.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-07-11
AGAIN URGE LESS
TAXES FOR RICH

Washington, While the populace
is cheering for its respective presid-
ential favorites, advocates of lower
taxes for millionaires are quietly ar
ranging a new tax reduction plan that
will be introduced at the next congress
in December.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-07-11
The EriehtfuI Substitute

''Are you sure we have taken the
best road?'
Somebody has. Dreadful thing
they left in Its place, isn't itY'-Syd-
ney Bulletin.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-07-11
Mine KILLINGS
Caused By Carelessness OF
Officials, 1t Is
Charged

Mahanoy City,-At mine safety
meeting in this city it was denied that
the death toll at mines can be traced
to the ignorance Of miners in general,
and alien miners in particular. Mine
Inspector Brennan declared that pass
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-07-11
a Sfnrf9r

Farmer-Now, come along, and I'll
teach you to milk the cow.
Cockney Hand-Seein' I'm new to 1t,
Mister, hadn't I better learn on the
calf?
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-07-11
At Home EuerysDhere

Scene-A hotel in Buenos Aires.
Hotel Clerk registering new guest)
Foreigner, sir?
New Arrival (testily) - Certainly
not. English.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-07-11
Fetal DIET

Cam | Bal-Old Chief Wild Bean
got hay fever.
Ring Nose How did he get It?
Cam l Bal-Him eat ah grass
widow.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-07-11
Not That Crazy

Woman wish to sue my husband
for divorce on the ground Of insanity.
Lawyer-Will he contest2
Woman-Oh, no; he's not as crazy
as that.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-07-11
Almost a Record

Say, that's fast-looking car you've
got there. What's the most you ever
got out Of itf
"Five times in a mile."-Medley.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-07-11
Ancient Relic

Tommy-Pop, how long has smoke
less powder been used?
Tommy's Pop-Ever since women
first began to wear compilations, my
son.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-07-11
His OUn Experience

She-Does skating require any par
ticular application
He-No arnica or horse liniment-
ones as good as the other.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-07-11
The RepoluinQ Globe

The earth keeps turning on its way.
We view it with a frown,
For what seems higher up" one day
Another looks low down.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-07-11
Times WhiYligi9

Some sudden changes bring dismay
AS through the world we jog.
The "superman" OF yesterday
Is now the under dog"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-07-11
HOD CARRIERS UNITE

Wheeling, w. Va.-A union of hod
carriers and common laborers has
been perfected in this city.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-07-11
He Trusted Her

Poker-Won't your wife miss your
Chlp-No. she's a pretty fair shot
Froth.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-07-11

Hartness as natural group which,
will exercise a vast influence on the
social order.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-07-11
handicap to American progress"
BAKERS COMPROMISE DEMAND

Chicago.-Bakers have comprom-
ised their wage demand Of So week.
The new rates call for an increase of
$1.50. Nearly 800 workers are affect
ed
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-07-11
ONLY BEAT A BOX

Pugilist-Y ought to get into my
game, kid. make big money when /
beat q boxer
Pianist-So different In my case-T
only beat box.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-07-11
A BUGvILLE POOL GAME

Bug-The table and the balls are not
SO bad, but you can't make a decent
shot with these match stick Guest
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-07-11

New Haven, COMFY a referen-
dunn vote Connecticut trade unionists
have declared for a state labor bank.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-07-11

Allen Andrews, Jr., Secretary.
Hamilton, Ohio.
July g 1924.
The Washington times., 1924-12-03
GUT IS MADE IN
ALLOWANCES
FOR VETS
Govt Drops 1000 from Rolls
In Year, Gen. Hines
Report Shows
BY ROBERT s. THORNBURGH,
international News Service.

Veterans OF the world war are
drawing approximately $6,6o0.Oo0 in
disability compensation every, month,
Director Frank T. Hines, of the
United States Veterans Bureau, de-
clared today in his annual report TO
Congress-.
Although over $1,000 new compen-
sation claims were filed during the
last fiscal year Hines said that only
$4,000 soldiers are drawing govern
ment allowances, against 183, 200
on June 80. 1898.
"The decrease Is mainly due to
the fact that many claimants who
had temporary disabilities have re-
covered, or others have died as the
result of disabilities incurred In
the service" the director explained.
Many Disallowed.
"A large percentage Of claims
filed since June 30, 1923, haye been
disallowed because no service con-
nection could be established. The
act Of June Z, 1924, will make Il
possible to allow many of these
claims through application of the
presumptive period to establish serv,
ice connection in tuberculosis and
neuropsychiatric cases."
Hines announced that the Veterans
Bureau had inaugurated nation
wide survey of specialized occupa.
tionS with a view to preparing a
new schedule of disability ratings.
Veterans viii be granted compen-
sation based upon ''impairments of
earning. capacity In civil occupa-
tons similar to those engaged in
at enlistment"
The report showed that rs per
cent Of the $4,000 900, 900 govern
ment insurance held by soldiers
when the armistice was signed has
lapsed. On June 80 insurance
records were maintained for 562, 800
ex-soldiers carrying policies of
$2,9S4, 57S. 400 face value. The total
face value OF converted govern
Inent insurance was placed at over
1900 ,000, 900.
received $419, 4S4 900 income from
the converted insurance in the 1924
fiscal year. A total of Sill .1S1 600
has been invested in government
securities while $S,046,000 has been
set aside for cash dividends to
policy holders.
Hospital Program Delayed.
The new hospital program Of the
bureau has been held up owing to
failure OF an appropriation OF &c.,
100000 in the deficiency bill at the
| last Congress. Hines announced
that IL the present session makes
available these funds the follow
ing construction will be carried
out:
National Training School for the
blind to cost $35O,00O
One thousand-bed MISUNDERSTANDING
hospital in the Second New York
district.
Three hundred.bed Veterans Blu.
reau annex to Walter Reed Hos.
! pital at Washington.
Two hundred and fifty.bed neu.
ropsychiatric hospital at Grea.
Lakes, Ill.
Permanent tuberculosis hospital
In Tenth Veterans Bureau district.
Purchase of hospital at Muskogee
Okla, now under Government lease
Completion of San Fernando tu
berculosisl hospital in California.
$35,6OO,0OO Spent.
The Government has so far ex
pended more than $35 500. 900 IN
hospital construction, Hines said
The Washington times., 1924-12-03


OF $4,000 patients under Govern.
ment care in September, AZ per
cent We're tubercular cases, 40 Der
cent mental and Is per cent general
medical and surgical.
The hospital Toad" increased latA
Tins year owing to the liberallzed
Ieatures OF the new law permitting
treatment of veterans regardless Of
the source Of their disability.
approximately $4,000 veterans
were in vocational training when
the report was prepared, a decrease
during the year of 5000. A total
OF $4,000 have been rehabilitated
The total cost of -maintaininp
the Veterans Bureau in the 1924
fiscal year was SAFE, 13S. 600. &C.
cording to the report q decrease of
over $2S,O0O,000 from the preceding
year.
Hines said that the investiga.
ton OF the Veterans Bureau, which
resulted in the Indictment of For
mer Director Forbes and others.
had been far reaching and gen.
orally beneficial"
There has been brought to
light more ,expeditiously than other.
wise. might have been possible Ger
tain Inconsistencies and irregulari-
ties in organization and operation,
the correction of which has resulted
in better organization for relief to
the individual" Hines declared.
The Washington times., 1924-12-03

hero of the old good cause Of ex.
ecuttve resistance to legislative no.
itical influence over appointments.
Mr.. Stones predecessor, Harry
Daugherty, whatever his other
merits or dement's, was undoubted-
ly a politician. Mr.. Stone is not
only not politician but shows no
liking for politics and no DISPOSE
ton to be swayed by politics.
He in fact thinks that the execu-
tive branches of the Government
should go ahead without politics
This chance Of his temperament
means that all over the United
States we are now likely to have
United States District Attorneys
much more unpOlitical than for
some time past.
Meanwhile the Secretary of the
Navy, Curtis D. Wilbur, who began
being judge and began having an
independent judicial temperament
way back in the year 1903, showed
abundantly during the last cam.
paign that he does not allow politi.
cal caution or cowardice to enter
into his speeches or acts.
Meanwhile, further, the old Hard
ing Cabinet members who are most
likely to stay on into the new com.
plete Coolidge regime. and who
are most likely to dominate the
Cabinet during that regime are
precisely the ones that are the
most un-political in their char
acterS.
They are Mr.. Hoover. Mr.. Mellon,
and Mr.. Hughes.
That great energetic. attractive,
The Washington times., 1924-12-03
NEW HARVARD FELLOW
YOUNGEST EVER ELECTED

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Dec. b.
Charles P. Curtis. jr., of Boston,
whose election to the Harvard Cor
poration was announced here. is the
youngest Fellow ever named 10
that body in its 274 years Of exist
ence.
Curtis, who IL thirty-three years
old. replaces Thomas N. Perkins.
81. recently resigned to work with
the Reparations Commission in
Europe. Curtis has been assistant
to the United States District Attor-
ney.
Since 1880, the government OF
Harvard and management OF its
funds have been In the hands of
the president, treasurer and five
Fellows Of Harvard College, which
body Is known as the Corporation.
The Washington times., 1924-12-03
WILL IS
ADMITTED TO
PROBATE
instrument IN Rockville Court
Gives Sisters Houses
In D. c.

ROCKVILLE. Nd. Dec. S.-The
viii Of Mrs. Anna NJ. Kingan.
widow Of Robert Kingan, who died
recently at her home at Chevy
Chase, Nd, leaving large estate.
has been admitted to probate in
the orphans court here. It was
executed June IL, 1922, and names
Frances Young and Marian Young,
sisters OF the testatrix, and Clyde
D. Garrett, a Washington attorney.
executors.
The sisters. Frances and Marian
Young. are beQueathed the premises
at 1922 Sherman avenue. Washing
ton, and also the testatrix's inter
est in another house in Washing
ton owned jointly by the three.
The sisters are also left a life In
terest in the residue Of the estate.
which, the instrument directs, IS
to be divided at their death.
The Reverend Nolan B. Harmon
jr., pastor of the Methodist Church.
officiated at the marriage here of
Arch l.. Hatfield and Miss Mar
garet E. Welsh, both of Jersey City,
N. j.; William c. Hummer and Miss
Lillian Orian Downs, both Of Fair
fax Courthouse, Va: Homer L.
Drummond, of Washington, and
Miss Belle L. Boggs, of Penning-
ton Gap, Va, and Russell s. Nor
gan and Miss Elizabeth M. Town,
both Of Washington.