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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-11-28
AS The WORKER
Sees HIS WORLD
Summary and Digest Of
Important Events of the
Week, Here and Abroad

American Federation of Labor
opens annual convention at Ell Paso,
Texas; first session is joint meeting
with Mexican Federation of Labor;
representatives of United States,
Mexico, Canada, Great Britain and
Germany attend sessions.
Four malleable iron manufacturers
held in bail under Sherman antitrust
law.
Baltimore jury holds Representa-
tive John Philip Hill did not violate
law by making Intoxicating wine and
cider in his home.
Senator Borah urges extra session
of congress after March 4.
Danish bacteriologist discovers a
serum hailed as cure for tuberculosis.
New York State Federation Of
Women's Clubs urge ratification Of
child labor amendment
William NJ. Butler, republican ma
tional committee chairman, named to
succeed Senator Lodge, of Massachu-
sets.
| Three hundred persons reported
killed by earthquake in Java
Louis Morones, Mexican labor lead
er, wounded in pistol fight in Mexican
chamber of deputies.
Three workers killed, several in
jured, by explosion in Grand Rapids,
Mich, postoffice.
Edmund Dene Morel, labor member
Of British house of commons, dies
was active in exposing rubber horrors
of the, Kongo.
Teachers Union and American Civil
Liberties Union protest against par.
ticipation of American Legion in Ed.
ucatiion week.
| Oil leases to E. L. Doheny scored
as fraud by government prosecutors
in suit to have leases cancelled.
Denver in grip of Ku Klux Klan
Judge Ben B. Lindsey charges.
Overnight air mail service between
New York and Chicago planned.
University of Chicago offers $4,000
prize for best essay on "The Theor!
of Wages"
Dinner given Mrs. Florence Kelle!
in honor of her twenty-fifth anniver
sary as leader of National Consumers
League.
Hundreds lose homes by big fire ii
Jersey City, N. J..
: Metal trades department of Amer
lean Federation of Labor urges nav.
be built to full strength allowed b.
arms treaty.
Six persons killed, many hurt, il
Florida train wreck.
Called "bobbed-hair sisies," mem
bers Of Washington, D.. c., churcl
choir go on strike.
i Sinking of warship under arms
treaty is upheld by District of Colum
bia court.
| Foreign policy of Premier Mussolin
upheld by Italian chamber of depu
ties by 315 to 6 vote.
Fireman killed, engineer hurt, wher
B. & O. crack train is wrecked
France invites world peace by sup
porting Geneva protocol, Premier
Herriot asserts.
Launching Of $3,O0O,O0O corporation
to promote Jewish colonization of Pal
estine announced.
j Pennsylvania superior court up.
holds convictions of IA Ku Klux
Klansmen for part in fatal riot al
Lily, Pa.
| Fifth avenue, New York city, cele.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-11-28
MILLIONS IN BENEFITS

Cincinnati. - The $5,0O0,OOO mark
for sick benefits is being rapidly
reached by the International Molders'
Union. The latest report shows that
from January l, 1896, to September
80, 1924, the union expended $4,739,-
76445 for this purpose.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-11-28
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The Washington times., 1924-01-18

for automobiles during 1928. Over
1900, 900 new automobiles were made
and sold during the year in this
country. ! Alcoholized drivers Of
these machines would have made
our roads into shambles Of death II
prohibition had not interviewed.
"Over 81 zoo, GOO 900 was added to
our savings accounts and over SILL
OO0, 0OO,0 900 to our insurance policies
during 1923 alone.
More Homes Built.
CLONE building during 1928 aver
aged 1000 moro new homes per
month than in 1919, in spite Of labor
costs.
'..The churches have known a new
Pentecost on each of the. S65 days
of 1922, adding $500 new members
per day to their rolls.
High schools and colleges are uI1-
able to care for the throngs of youth
able to seek higher education since
the saloon drain on the family purse
has been eliminated.
"The outlawing Of 1870 licensed
saloons, which Slapped the health.
drained the ambition and emptled
the purses of their victims has made
possible much OF these gains.
Prohibition does not claim the
entire credit for all these results. but
only a nation that was sober could
have experienced this uniform de-
velopment of all, helpful things or
the accompanying decrease Of the
harmful forces"
The Washington times., 1924-01-18
ELKINS JOINS
MELLON TAX
CRUSADE
West Virginia Senator Up.
holds Secretary Against
Couzens.

A third millionaire was drawn to.
day into the Mellon-C ouzens debate
on the administration tax reduc-
ton plan.
Senator Ellxins Rep.) of West
Virginia, joined with Secretary Mel
Ion against Senator Couzens Rep)
Of Michigan in demanding that IL.
suance Of tax exempt securities be
stopped.
In a formal statement. Elkins
said:
.The conflict IL, after all, be-
tween active and inactive money.
live and dead money. There should
be no inactive money in this coun.
try. It should be alive, active and
working constructively to promote
and maintain the prosperity or our
nation. That can only be accom-
plished by stopping tax exempt
bond issues which are nothing else
except special privilege and class
favoritism. When, as Secretary
Mellon says, a man with an In
come Of 81 100000 year can es.
cape paying dollar in Federal
taxation. 1t is high time the law
be changed.
Able to Evade Taxes.
"When 1t became evident that the
present law was to pass. men with
large incomes FASTENED to dispose
of their Industrial, railroad and
other taxable securities andinvested
the proceeds in tax exempt bonds,
in order to evade Federal taxation.
These people believe that they will
be able to evade paying Federal
taxes for all time. No one who
can interpret the spirit Of the dis
cussiOn and the trend Of the times,
but feels satisfied that Congress
will find a way to make this money
pay taxes, either by taxing Its In
come or by some other methods.
/ favor it and hope it will soon
come to pass.
20 Per Cent Tied Up.
when that is accomplished, and
with tax exemption abolished, then
the money in the country win be
employed actively in doing the work
Of the country, instead OF approx
mately 20 per cent Of it being tied
up and paying no taxes, but adding
to the tax burdens Of the men who
are risking their money in the pro-
ductive business Of the country.
Secretary Melons letter to Sena-
tor Couzens has done the people
of the country a great service. 1t
has laid the case before them in a
way SO clear and forcefully that
they can understand it. The Sec
rotary already had the confidence
of the American public but since
tor Couzens he holds it in greatly
the publication of his letter to Sena-
increased measure"
The Washington times., 1924-01-18
CARTER Unfit,
IS CHARGE BY
STENGLE
Public Printer Doesn't Know
His Job, Should Re Removed,
Says Congressman.

Charging that George Fl. Carter
never had the qualifications for the
office OF Public Printer, and that
his tenure Of that office is absolute
ly illegal, Congressman Charles I.
Stengle Of New York today said
that within the next few days he
would take definite ection to secure
Carter's removal.
Congressman Stengle said he
would either secure an injunction
to prevent the Comptroller Of the
Treasury from paying a salary to
Carter or would ask President
Coolidge to demand his resignation.
If Carter possesses no more
knowledge OF the duties and quail.
fications Of the Public Printer than
that which I am informed he
possesses" declared Congressman
Stengle, ''I think he does not
know any more about fixing wages
Of printers of the Government print.
ing office than tadpole knows
about operating a teapot.
He Quotes the Law.
1.-THE law requires that the Public
Printer must be qualified printer
or bookbinder. The law does not
say that he may be, or that he
should be. The law says that he
must be. According to my informa.
ton, Carter could not meet either
Of these qualifications.
II cannot imagine how Carter
could have been appointed to this
office had the slightest interest
been shown in the securing of a
proper official for that post.
Il understand that Carter, prior
to his appointment as Public Printer,
served as a clerk to the Joint Com
mittee on Printing and for that rea-
son when his name was suggested
for the present post, the committee
passed 1t out Of courtesy and with.
out inquiring into his qualifications,
or giving anybody who had any in.
terest In the cause of justice and
fairness to printing office employees
the opportunity to voice their opin.
IONS"
Calls Him Pretender.
Congressman Stengle facetiousIy
referred to Public Printer Carter as
George the Pretender, King of the
Government Printing House" Stem.
gle stated that he was not moved by
personal animus and that he had
never met Carter. He stated that
his interest in the case was aroused
by the introduction of the Kiess
bill, which would authorize the Pub
lie Printer to fix the salaries of
all employees at the Government
Printing Office.
Congressman Stengle stated that
a group Of members Of Congress,
former officials of the Government
Printing Office and others interested
in the case would decide either this
week or early next week upon a
definite course OF action.
The Washington times., 1924-01-18
RUBBER BOOTS
AL|B| HELD
WEAK
Story Of Man Accused OF In
toxication Doesn't Stop
Fine in Court.

This is alibi day in the District
of Columbia branch Of Police Court
where Judge Gus A. SchuIdt sits in
Judgment of the rum inhalers and
hands out justice that is always
tempered with mercy and Favored
with humor.
william jackson took the stand in
his own defense on q charge OF in
toxication.
Judge" he said, eft wusn't boot
leggers what got me in dis fix, but
It Wus a pair OBJ boots. De OFFICER
locks me up just because had on
a pair Of rubber boots"
''That's strange" said his honor.
Glow come? suppose they. were
not the 'seven-league boots or you
would have gotten away"
eyes sub, sho' would, but desc
wus just a pair oh rubber ones dat
used to do some work for a.
friend. I wus tired and sits down
on a door step TO- to res myself
when dat cop comes along and
says, You amt got no business
wild dose boots on, come along wild
me- No sub, / wusn't drunk"
"Bum story. So"
Enter, Fred Coleman, colored.
my boss got me drunk, that's
why I'm back again." Fred volun-
teered.
"Who got you drunk last timer"
the court inquired.
"Oh, Just got drunk by myself.
"You didn't need any assistance,
Judging by your previous record,
Shorty" the Judge replied Familiarity,
wen have to make it $50 or twen-
| ty days this time"
Frank Kelly, "a veteran telegraph
operator who told the court that
he has had forty years experience
at the key, in which time he has
Travelled ali over the world, said
that he took drink Of corn liquor
to cure neuralgia. He said that
| he stopped off here on his way
from Erie, Pa, to accept a position
in Roanoke, Va.
sSYou are one Of these boys who
dust travel around, aren't you?"
Judge Schuldt asked.
Eyes, sir, If you don't travel you
don't learn anything"
"The court thinks you are old
enough to learn that you should set
tie down. Take his personal bond
on the condition that he goes 20
Roanoke and settles down. Hes
seen enough Of the country" his
honor concluded.
The Washington times., 1924-01-18
KING DRAWS UP
DRASTIC NEW
TAX BILL
Senator's Measure Cuts Levies
SCI, 100000 More Than
Mellon Plan Does.
BY KENNETH CLARK,
international News Service.

Another new tax reduction plan.
proposing more drastic slashes than
any previous measure, was brought
out for Congressional approval to-
day.
Senator King Dem) Of Utah,
author, in making public a brief
summary of the bill, announced
that he would introduce it early
next week.
The bill is designed, King said,
ITO provide an equitable and bal
anced reduction of taxes upon all
classes of people, the rich and poor
alike, and is not intended as a play
for political advantage, but rather
to remove, along sound economic
lines, the tax burden from the pub
lic."
Exceeds Melons Cut.
Under the plan, taxes would be
reduced by approximately $39O,O00,'
900, or $67,0O0,000 more than the
net cut proposed by Secretary Mel
lon. The largest slash would fall
within that class whose yearly In
come is less than $4,000.
AS the underlying medium for re
ducing the taxes, King proposed
that $1,000 extra exemption be al.
lowed on all incomes. This would
mean that single man earning
$4,000 or less would not be taxed,
and married men earning $4,000 or
less would be free from tax pay
ments. King estimated that $1,000.
900 incomes would fall within this
category, thus cutting the taxes on
the smaller earned incomes by $124S
100000.
The measure would reduce the
normal rate on incomes above
$4,000 a year from eight to five per.
cent. Melons plan cuts the tax
on these incomes to six per cent
Such a reduction, King figured
would amount to $4,000, 900.
With few exceptions, including
admissions on theater tickets, King
would repeal all the so-called null
oance and amusement taxes. Taxes
The Washington times., 1924-01-18
LEAGUE CLAIMS
GAINS UNDER
DRY LAW
S73, 900 Lives Saved, Crimes
Lessened, Millions Put
Into Industry
BY Cosmopolitan News Service.


Over $4,000 liv IS have been saved,
drunkenness has been reduced to q
hitherto unknown level, and STA.
100000 has been saved in the con.
tributions formerly made to char
table societies alone for care Of
destitute families In the first four
years OF prohibition, according to
the Anti-Saloon League Of America.
The claims Of the Anti-Saloon
League are contained in resolutins
unanimously adopted at the national
convention here, but which escaped
general attention because Of the
demonstrations accorded the bril-
liant speeches Of Colonel Bryan and
Governor Pinchot. The resolutions
are as follows:
Insurance Gains.
1.-THE first four years Of prohibit
ton, in spite of the organized re-
sistance of the outIawed liquor traf-
fic, have brought these encouraging
results:
lover $4,000 lives were saved by
the reduction in the death rate dur
ing the four years Of prohibition.
giving to insurance companies q
gain in mortality of $678, 769 900.
1.-THE ratio of drunkenness arrests
to population has fallen throughout
the nation to a point equivalent
to SOC, 900 fewer such arrests in 1928
or a decrease Of 1000, coo in the four
years.
penal institutions commitments
have decreased, as shown by the
lower ratio per 100000 population,
by 10000 in the four dry years.
Reports from typical charity so.
cieties indicate that $74,000.000 is
available for constructive welfare
work from funds formerly used to
care for restitution caused by
drink.
Accidents Decrease.
Industrial accidents have de-
creased by quarter of a million
annually, lowering production costs
and adding to human values.
THE billions of dollars formerly
spent destructively for liquor are
now turning many mill wheels OF
industry and business.
"Over SIS 1000 coo 900 was expended
The Washington times., 1924-01-18
WHAT'S DOING
Today and TOnsorrOuO


Today
Dance-NationaI Capital Post. No. 127.
Veterans Of Foreign Wars, ODD Fellows
Midwinter Rall-washington Council.
Knights Of Columbus, Salon Des Nations,
Washington Hotel, . p. m.
Meeting Stearns Bible Class, Mount
Meeting--William McKtnley Circle. No.
2. Ladies Of the g. A. r.. Grand Army
Observation-Disclosures Park School and
Community association. John Eaton
Gym class-city Club. s to 8 p. m.
Dance-FilipinO Club. willard Hotel.
bance-sOuthsrn Society willard. .
:. pance-Triday Evening Dancing Class,
M TeeStinS-ceOrse y. Killeen Post.
American Legion. Potomac SAVINGS
MeetinsLsociety - Of Natives. Wilson
Catholic WOmen's Service
Club. Catholic Community house. eve-
Annual MeetinE-Distriot Of cOlumbia
Library Association. Grace Dodge Hotel
6ence-Raythasl Club. City Club.
supper-By vestry Of Grace Episco-
pal Church. parish hall. 4:so to 7:So.
Wilson Normal Community Center
Sdsst Riato u3 2th saS cuS
Junior Social Dancing Club, s: Girls
Scout Troop, u. 3;s0 p: m.
cleveland P6elPIs-sewing class. mill
General Civic Association, Navy EN-
board.
instruction and story telling classes,
Wv west =: =" washington--Mohicsns, Pied.
TSSas Mn Hrt Cub sog Scouts
Wonder Boys Dramatic Club. 1880 te
Park yiew-PArk view A. C.. PARK
View Midgets. and Boy Scouts, 1880 tc
southeast-Country Dancing Club. 8
matte club Tor children: Boy Scouts
1880; winton A: c. 1880 p. m.
Miner Normal1oirlg Nesdl .S.S, G Clip
Girls 4. c.; Girls Choral Club Younl
Needlework Club, Mems Current Events
Club. Red Cross classes, Adult Chora
Birney-Junior Dramatic Club. clasl
A. c.. Girls 4. C.. whiting Club. 7:St
to 1890 p. M. Boy Scouts and Busy Bet
DanceNNational Capitol Post, 1877
Veterans OF Foreign Wars. Odd Fellows
MeetinE-sOciety Of Virginia, HOte
Meeting Association for Advancement
Of Colored People. Twelfth street branch
Of Y. II. c. A.. p. m.
Address ''The Work of Engineer
Corps Of the United States Army" Maj
Gen. Lansing H. Beach, Geographic So
ciety, afternoon and night.
Meeting-Fleet Naval Reserve Assocla'
tio1. District T Building; 9 p sd m; ran.
servatory Preparatory School. Cleveland
Park Congregational Church, 1880 p. m
Meeting-Committee on arrangement:
for dinner Of Board Of Trade, board
room.
Meeting-society for Philosophical In
quiry, Public Library, $3.50 p. m.
Reconsideration of Citizens Asso
Citations. Municipal Building. p. m:
Egyptian evening - University Club
S:15 p. -
Observation-Disclosures Society OF Wash
ington. Cosmos Club, p. m.
Meeting-George Washington Univer
sity Medical Society, Medical School,
Lee exercises-Capitol statuary Hall
afternoon.
Meeting-Political Study Club. Frank,
lin Square Hotel, $3.50 p. m.
Lovejoy Community Center -- Girls
dressmaking, II q. M: Boy Scouts, sol
Radio Club. Buffalo Athletic Club. Girls
Athletic Club. Bestyette Club, Once-a'
Southeast-Senior Dramatic Club $3.50
dramatic instruction to- children, 1880
Public Speaking Club, z: Pol1yanna Club
1880; e. n. g. A c.. p. m.
The Washington times., 1924-01-18
Wisconsin Can Have
Arsenal Full OF
War Trophies
By CosmOpOlitan News Service.


Wisconsin will get an ar
senal-full of German war tro-
phies If its governor will pay
the freight.
The Kahn bin, providing for
the distribution Of captured
German arms among the States
in proportion to the number OF
men they furnished in the war,
has passed the Senate, and is
expected to go through the
House without difficulty. 1t
appropriates $4,000 to pack
and load the souvenirs, but pro-
vides that each State must ac-
cept the lact and pay the freight
if it b to share in the spoils.
Included in the Wisconsin
allotment would be 1908 Ger
man mauser rifles, $50 sabres,
363 helmets, 1,744 bayonets,
ten sets Of body armor and sew
eral howitzers, machine guns,
anti+aircraft guns, and Is and
~ nm. guns.
The Washington times., 1924-01-18

De
created to combat the danger.
on. for instance, jewelry, candy,
telegraph and telephone Tolls, pas,
sage tickets and exhibitions, would
he reuealed. This would aggregate
a cut Of $136,000,000 a year IN
taxes.
Surplus Tax Decreases.
Approximately $9O.O0O.OOO would
be wiped out in surplus tax cuts.
This would be done by placing a
20 per cent cut on incomes Of
500, 900 and scaling the rate down
gradually to per cent on incomes
of $4,000, without materially chang.
ing the present rates or decreasing
the amount of revenue. The rate
also would be scaled upward to Is
per cent on incomes of $125,00O or
over.
At present, the aggregate taxable
increase on incomes Of 100000 q
year or more is $463, 900 900, upon
which the tax collected by the Gov.
ernment is 5000 ,000, 900. Kings
plan would provide a tax Of $112,.
100000 on the higher incomes, a
slash Of SOC, 900.
''The country is calling for a prac-
teal program for reduction Of Fed
eral taxation and for the simpllfica-
ton of the system for laying and
collecting the taxes" King said in
explanation.
Benefit to All Classes.
''The imperative requirements OF
this demand are that the reduction
shall be of wide, general application
and not in favor of any distinct class
of taxpayers, and that the necessary
alterations and amendments shall
simplify and facilitate, rather than
complicate and impede, the admins
tration of the revenue act"
King declared his plan would
"reduce tremendously the cost OF
administering the Internal Revenue
Bureau, which is about $4,000, O0O
year at present, because approx
imately 100000 names will be
wiped off the tax rolls Of the
Government"
The Washington times., 1924-01-18
Find Rats Are Taking
Plague From Asia
Into Europe

MOSCOW, Jan. 1.-THE
bubonic plague has leaped over
the borders Of Asia into ex-
IRENE southeastern Europe and
is threatening the Astrakhan
district, according to the Mos
cow s'Workman's Gazette"
Ninety plague spots have been
discovered, says the newspa-
per, and a horde Of plague-in-
tested rats is spreading the cpl
demic along the mouth of the
Volga. A commission has been
created to combat the danger.