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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-11-06
HUNDREDS OF
TURKEYS
Will Be at the Labor Tenn
pie Bazaar

The committee making arrange
ments for the sixth annual bazaar to
be held in the. labor temple auditorium
reports that several hundreds of tur-
keys, geese, ducks and chickens have
been purchased. Four nights have
been selected to hold the same, which
will be Saturday, November 21st,
Monday, November 23rd; Tuesday,
November Oath, and Wednesday, No
vember 25th. AS announced before the
admission of the bazaar will be free,
and turkey will be given away each
night. Be on hand. You may get a
big turkey free
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-11-06
LABOR COLLEGE
Started Sessions With En-.
rOllment of ThirtyOgg
Predicts Big Year

The second year of the Hamilton
Labor College started sessions on
Thursday evening of last week. Those
in charge of the school are very much
encouraged with the fine start it has
this year. The opening session starte-
ed with an enrolment of thirty mem
bers. This is much better start
than the school had last year, and it
will be remembered that last years
school was considered a great sue
cess.
The sessions opened with courses in
public speaking and parliamentary
law, under the direction of Professor
Higgins, of Miami University. Eco
nomic and English classes will open
just as soon as the required number
to secure an instructor is obtained
which in all likelihood will be this
week.
The opening session was held at the
labor temple, but just as soon as other
classes are ready to start the sessions
will be held in the junior high school.
Stanley Ogg, secretary-treasurer of
the school, says, with applications
coming in as they are, the attendance
of the college will far surpass that
of last year.
There are some men and women
who would like to enroll but are of the
opinion that only labor union men,
bers are eligible for enrolment
This is mistaken idea. All wage
earners are cordially invited and urg-
ed to enroll.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-11-06
THIS YEARS BUILD
ING SETS RECORD
Value of Construction For
Year Estimated at
S6,5OO,OOO,OOO

BY International Labor News Service.
Washington, d. C.-For the first
time in the history of the country the
value of one years new buildings will
reach above the six billion dollar
mark. Reliable data for three-quar-
ters of the year already is available
Estimates based on this coupled with
the experience of past years sets the
value of the years construction at
Sc, 500, 100000.
The construction of 1924 set the
previous high mark. 1t was estimat-
ed at $5,000,000,O00, half billion
dollars greater than the total of 1928
The 1922 value also was high.
Thus it can be seen that the re-
markable building activity really
started in 1922 and that it has been
gaining momentum in each year since
then. 1t has affected all classes Of
building.
1t should be emphasized that the
large value of new buildings in the
past two years is not due to any in
flation of prices. The opposite is
true. All figures show that building
in 1924 was slightly cheaper than in
1923, and 1925 building was cheaper
than the two previuos years.
The building squirt has made itself
felt in practically all lines. 1t has
brought record lumber production,
record output Of cement, good trade
in hardware and given steady employ
ment to thousands of workers.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-11-06
FORD CANADIAN
COMPANY
Makes Huge Profits While
Paying High Wages


By international Labor News Service.
Montreal.-Along with new cam
paign to attract immigrants to Can
ada, the employing class is proclaim
ing the need of reducing the cost of
production in order that Canadian
products may find larger market
abroad
An interesting commentary on the
contention that cheaper labor is neces-
sary to progress is supplied by the
remarkable story of the Ford Com
pany of Canada, as told by w. E.
Raney, who was the attorney general
in the former farmer-labor govern
ment of Ontario
The Ford Company of Canada was
started in 1904 on a shoe-string, says
Mr. Raney '"rhe original investment,
and the only investment ever made
outside of profits left in the business,
was the modest sum of $125,000. .
But, despite paying the highest wages,
the Ford Canadian Company has paid
it's shareholders stock dividends of
$6,S75, 900, and cash dividends of
$27 100000.
Last year it paid cash dividends of
more than $5,OOO,O00, equivalent to
nearly 5000 per cent on its original
stock But that is only part of a
story that rivals the tale of Aladdin
and the magic lamp. In addition to
vast dividends, this company has de-
veloped assets in Canada of more
than $4O,OOO,OO, all out of it's amazing
stream of profits.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-11-06

cational movement against wastes in
distribution Meetings are being held
throughout the nation to discuss such
topics as: Unnecessarily large vari-
eties of stock; wasteful development
lack of scientific sales methods or use
of unsuitable methods, sales policies
as to meeting wasteful competition.
eliminating wastes from fields served
by the middleman, training and other
features of craftsmanship
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-11-06
NAVAL OIL LEASE FOE
is NOW REAR ADMIRAL

Washington The president has
appointed Capt. John Halligan, Jr., to
be chief of the naval bureau of engi-
neering with rank of read admiral.
He succeeds Capt. John X. Robson,
who favored leasing Teapot Dome and
Elks Hill naval oil reserves to the
Sinclair and Doheny oil interests.
The promition is significant be-
cause Captain Halligan fought the
leasing. His letters of opposition
form an important part of the foun-
dation on which Senator Walsh, of
Montana, built his case against the
leasing policy.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-11-06
KREBS VISIT RUG
OPENING

Arnold and Louis Krebs, of the
George Krebs Sons furniture store, re-
turned today from New York, where
they have been all week visiting the
great rug opening in the Eastern mar
kets. While in the markets the Krebs
brothers made extensive purchases of
rugs fo rthe department in the new
fine store at Third and Court in an
ticipation of great fall trade in this
line. The new rugs will be arriving
in few days, and when they do the
rug department of the Krebs store
will be one of the most complete
stocked in the city.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-11-06
CONTRACT is UPHELD;
MARKET LAW LEGAL

Denver.-The state supreme court
has ruled that when potato grower
contracts to sell his product to a CO.
operative association, he cam OF vio-
late that contract. The state cooper
ative marketing law is upheld by the
court, which reverses decision by the
Garfield county district court
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-11-06
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street. If
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-11-06
BOSSES WORK OLD TRICK

Minneapolis an injunction pro-
ceeding against striking hat and cap
makers, the unionists presented sworn
testimony that agents of the employer
attempted to obtain perjured affdav-
it's to use against them.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-11-06

The lower court refused to enjoin
the potato grower from selling his
citation after he signed a contract to
do business with the co-ops.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-11-06
WASTES IN INDUSTRY

Washington American So
cety of Mechanical Engineers and
other scientists are directing an edu-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-19
DALEY PLAYERS DO
ANOTHER TABLOID REVUE

This weeks musical stock produc.
ton at the Capitol is called Morn
ing, Noon and Night" The setting,
appropriate for those periods of the
day, is in a restaurant.
Bozo Mack and Arthur Harrison
get the laughs as the inexperienced
chef and waiter. Jack Smoke"
Gray is in another funny scene and
also offers another song and dance
speciality. Lena Daley is here and
there in comedy scenes and song
numbers.
In the supporting company are
Dorothy Alexander, Lew Denny, AL
ma Arliss, Tommy Seymour and the
chorus. Still more Of Daley's appar-
emily inexhaustible supply of seen
cry and pretty costumes are on
view. At the Capitol all week.-By
Observer.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-19

made living wages out OF 1t.
There is nothing soft and mushy
about such punishment. But
that's the only way to suppress
banditry.
Hold-ups don't operate for love
of adventure. or as a revolt
against society. They operate
solely for profit. Consequently no
new-fangled judicial weapons-no
embattled array Of special con-
stables or horse thief detectives
are needed to cope with the
problem OF bandits and hold-ups.
If every hold.up Is morally
certain that upon conviction he
will receive at least a ten-year
sentence whether his dob" yielded
him 10 cents or $40, he. will think
twice about pawning his gun and
going to work before he commits
depreciation on a peaceful
citizen.
Harsh sentences can suppress
most of the hold-up business with
out an uprising Of armed and out
ragged citizenry. They can make
the business Improbable.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-19
TOO MUCH
ATHLETICS?

THYSICTANS OF the Ninth
IL congressional district, meet
IL ing at Noblesville the other
night, condemned present high
school athletic programs. They
favor strict medical supervision Of
all high school athletic activities.
Probably football. basketball and
the like, have assumed too much
importance and are over-organized.
Victory over rival schools and not
physical training is too often the
object.
Many have criticised this ten.
dency. Educators and physicians
declare 1t is damaging to schoI.
astic work and to students health.
Even college coaches complain
that too many promising athletes
are being burned up" by siren
nous high school athletic activities.
AL lof which may be true-but
what can be done about it?
AS long as athletics are glorified
by college students and college
games retain their popularity with
the public, they will be equally i'm
portant to high school boys.
The public is more interested in
the feats of Red" Grange than
in those Of Euclid. Naturally then
the high school boys strive to
emulate the former rather than
the latter.
Perhaps high school athletics
should be toned down-but
shouldn't be suppressed until some
sort Of competitive activity is de-
vised to take their place. Tatting,
oratory and music memory con-
tests aren't satisfactory substi-
tutes.
High school boys thrive on con.
tests OF some sort. Athletic activ-
tiles, despite occasional excesses,
offer better outlet for that COM
petitive spirit than white mule and
Jazz.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-19


travesty instead of burlesque. 1t de.
ponds on how many mental earth
quakes you have had to determine
how much you will like Watts. To
me he is a scream and a WOW. Rapid.
wisecracking fun done in a broad,
/ slapbang travesty manner. Sophie
must have been the rival of Margie
Both are "some DANES" Watts Is
quite the sensation at the Lyric.
Mixed acrobatic dancing and
acrobatic work is presented by Til
you and Rogers. Nice work. Fair
view" has the services of Dorothy
Waters, an eccentric female fun
maker. She rather reminds one Of
Charlotte Greenwood. Both have
long limbs and arms. She makes
this little affair quite unusual.
Murand and Leo open the show
with an acrobatic offering. They
work with quiet ease. Didn't care
for the work or the material Of
Ulis and Clark any second they were
on the stage. Olympia Desval is
again present with her dogs and
ponies. McWinIers and Fox operate
a wicked banjo apiece.
Saw about half Of the movie. THE
Lions Whiskers" and what I saw
Of it. 1t was a hokum howl.
Jimmy Watts will either cause you
to be carried to your bed in con-
vulsions or you will die of heart
failure. Rich fun.
At the Lyric all week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-19
Lad and Lass
BY Hal Cochran

1 talked to the Man in the Moon
last night, and l said to him, frank
ly, said I, Say, what do you see by
the rays of your light, that's the
most pleasing thing to your eyer"
He just kinda beamed as he often
has done. and he answered my ques-
ton with, well, the scene like
best, after all. is the one that re-
ally had better not tell"
coaxed for a while. as he held
to his smile, and kept straining his
gaze on the earth. Then, loath to
confide. take a look" he replied,
"at the scene, for whatever It's
worth"
And what do you think that saw,
far away? Twas merely lass and
a lad. I quickly imagined Dan Gu
pid at play, as the thought that the
Moon Man had had.
Now, there" he explained, lis
the very best sight, that I see every
night, from above. For feel that
the best use that's made of my light.
is the use by young people in love-"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-19
STUDIO MOVIE FUN
ON VIEW AT PALACE

Haven MacQuarrie is offering at
the Palace. the first half of the
week an act called Twenty Minutes
in Hollywood" In this act Mac
Quarrie and company present what
they term a true picture of the way
movies are made. Never having
been to Hollywood I can not speak
for the authenticity Of the produc-
ton, but rs a vaudeville act II is
rather entertaining.
MacQuarrie gets a lot of fun from
directing an apparently mex.
perienced, but ambitious actor. The
one comedy idea is carried farther
than necessary, in fact it gets a little
tiresome.
Following Macquarrie, comes
Walter Weems and company.
Weems is a blackface comedian with
a Zine of new gags. He also an
nounces that since the audience has
never been in a studio he will give
his idea of a motion picture. Weem's
scenario is better than Mac Quar-
rie's from an entertainment stand
point. In fact, Weems is a really
funny comic.
Another comedy turn that is diff
ferent from the mine run Of vaude-
vile acts Is that Of Demarest and
Doll who offer "A Cuckoo Con-
cert" 1t Is a burlesque on concert
acts of the pianist and vocalist type.
Broad but funny.
The Bird Cabaret is with us again.
offering acrobatic and talking birds.
A very talented and beautiful group
Of feathered actors. They are
assisted" b va couple OF cats and
an exceptionally small dog. The
Follis Girls open the show with a
dancing act worked along original
comedy lines.
The feature picture is titled, for
no reason at all. THE Night Club"
1t is an amusing though "slapsticky"
comedy starring Raymond Griffith.
Chief in the supporting cast are
Wallace Beery and Louise Fazenda.
At the Palace today and Wednes-
day. Qy Observer.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-19
New Books

New books of fiction at the
Indianapolis Public Library In
clude: Unity" by j. d. Beres-
ford; Fighting Westward" by
Aline Harvard; THE Monster"
by Harrington Hext, pseud.;
"Temescal," bye II. II. Knibbs;
I'm the Hedrt of Hoosierland,"
by Louis Ludlow; Moment of
Beauty" by Samuel Merrsn;
Inevitable Millionaires," by E.
p. Oppenheim; obedience" by
Michael Sadleir.
New books Of literature and
essays include: BEST Cont
mental Short Stories of 1928
"a" Sitting on the World" by
H. C. Broun; Points OF View"
by S. p. Sherman.
New books of economics, re-
ligion and sociology include:
Our Harbors and Inland
Waterways" by f. A. Collins;
Contributions Of Science to
Religion" by Smaller Mathews
and Others; "And Who Is My
Neighbor" National Confer
, ,ence on the Christian Way of
Life, New York" Year OF
prophesying." by H. G. Wells.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-19

We would like to see a golfer who
made a hole in one meet woman
who held a perfect bridge hand.
An optimist is a Milwaukee girl
who is an actors sixth wife.
Some June grads have two de-
grees. World will give them the
third.
Tito Schipa, singer, had an opera
ton to stop sneezing, so now how
can he pronounce his name?
Pig iron prices are off a dollar,
maybe due to the supply of brides
biscuits coming in June.
miser's safe opened in Iowa
City, Iowa, contained 500, 900, which
some enc else will spend.
Maybe this rum war was started
by the bootleggers so they would
have a chance to boost prices.
Friends of a secretly married Bos.
ton phone girl got her number.
Copyright. 1925, NEA Service, Incl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-19

Naturally Bud had the right to think
that he was brought into the world
in legal and moral manner. When
college gossip enlightens him of the
fact, Bud murders" in sight Of the
audience Tor nearly In the sight of
those present) the chap who was cir
culating the rumor. The author per-
mits the audience to see justice adj
ministered. but. And that Is sup
posed to be the surprise of the
drama. 1t isn't n surprise, because
most Of us knew that a happy end
ing would be the result Of the even
ing's going on.
And yet the strange thing about
this poorly written mix-up OF muir
der and mystery, is that the Berkell
Players actually cover up many Of
the faults of the playwright.
And credit this week goes first of
all to Edythe Elliott who must
age" right before your very eyes.
This woman knows her drama. She
knows how often to cry and above
all she knows how to create and sus-
tain the dramatic pose. she doesn't
overact and that is greatly to her
credit because the part is "overact-
ed" from the start by the author.
AS an actress, Miss Elliott does the
impossible thing with a STACEY char
acter. And that is a triumph.
Larry Sullivan as Rigsby, the col
lege gardener, advances several
steps forward in the art of charac-
terization. Mary Hill has a quiet
method all of her own in making
an audience laugh when the dram.
er becomes too meller. You can
count on this woman delivering at
every performance.
Robert St. Clair as Bud Morgan
is easily doing the best work of any
that 1 have observed by him this
to be sweet and nice and she is Just
that. Bob Fay shows that he can
wear a black eye in the right way
with a terrible crouch. AL C.
Wilson is splendid in a thankless
part. Milton Byron has a chance
to dish out the high sounding patri-
otto stuff and he gets away with 1t
with as much ease as a Fourth Of
July speaker.
In other words. the Berkell Play
ers are so much better in every way
than the play is or deserves to be
played.
At English's all week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-19
Stage Verdict

English's-"The Silent Wit
ness" a poorly written play,
played a thousand times better
by the Berkell Players than 1t
was written.
Lyric-If you need a spring
tonic then take q. dose of the
travesty fun of James Watts.
He is a riot.
Palace-Walter Weems and
Demarest and Doll are comedy
hits on the bill for the first half
of the week.
Capitol-Jack Smoke" Gray
and Bozo Mack keep up their
good work for the Daley mu-
steal show.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-19
WeekLy Book Reciew-
A Question: Is Gods Stepchildren Big Novel?
Weekly Book ReUietD.

spirit begins in earnest. He is cut
off from the civilized world with it's
white men and women. He is no
match for the natives. He finds that
he can carry religion only so far.
He becomes confused and thinks
that If he becomes one of them he
would be able to Save" them, these
brown children" styled as Gods
stepchildren by one of the natives.
And that he does-marries Hot
tentot native.
He gives woman of another color
his name under Christian marriage
Then the trouble starts. He sinks
into the very depths. The natives
consider him less than themselves.
He becomes an outcast.
From this harsh introduction of
certain fictional facts, Mrs. Millin
paints picture after picture of hui
man despair. The first child Of this
union was less black than its moth
er. This child grows up and mar
ries. More children are the result
until the black nearly becomes white,
but the mixed strain always crops
out.
Black is black. White is white
That's the warning and the tragedy
of this story.
A Thought
1t is a tough job to handle such
a problem. You have emotional
compassion only for the characters.
The reader may become tremendous
ly interested in the way the author
draws character after character
molding them into one generation
after another.
There is no doubt that Mrs, Millin
Is a great thinke. and knows how
to handle a difficult theme. And yet
Il feel that It will not prove universal
reading kscauae ot its theme. AT
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-19
STATES AND
RAILWAY PROJECTS

IN 1HAIRMAN JOHN w. Nc
IL CARDLE, Indiana public
Ill service commission, has pro-
tested against the interstate COM
merce commissions disapproval of
the greensboro, Rockport & Chi
cago Railway project.
The proposed road, eighty-four
miles long, would lie almost
wholly in this State-extending
from Owensboro, KY, north to FL
nora, in Davles5 County. Coal
and stone territory, with at pres
ent transportation facilities, would
be tapped. The enterprise would
be largely financed by foreign
capital.
Examiners of the interstate COM
merce commission say public con-
venience and necessity do not re-
quire the line-and application fol
permission to construct it is de-
MED.
Twice the projet has been in
vestigated by the Indiana public
service commission, and approved.
Yet Federal commission blocks It,
The situation reveals how little
power is left to the States to reg
ulate transportation matters within
their borders.
No doubt the interstate COM
merce commission is a useful body.
1t has abolished some OF the
more fragrant evils Of Of railroad
promotion.
Nevertheless three-fourths Of the
railroads in the United States
would not have been built IL the
projects had been forced to com,
ply with the commissions critical
Interpretation of public convent
ence and necessity.
Perhaps southwestern Indiana
can stagger along without the pro-
posed railway. However, the pub
lie service commission in Indian
apolis is as competent to deter
mine the matter as the interstate
commerce commission in Washing
ton. 1t is as much interested in
Iyldiana. But States can't look
cross-eyed II Federal bureaucrats
object.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-19

SENSATIONAL theme IS TO
sIA be found in Goods Stepchil-
LIS dren" by Sarah G.. Millin.
In a nutshell here is the theme:
A white man marries Hottentot
native Of Africa.
Result equals social, moral and
spiritual confusion, even ruin.
This one act Of mixing the races
forces upon society a tremendous
problem. How VIII te and how black
are the many descendants and de-
cendants OF those defendants?
: That's the question-just how much?
Such a theme Is sensational be-
cause Of its very nature. 1t is not
Y pleasant. IF Goods Stepchildren, /"
published by Boni & Liveright,
New York, receives the universal
verdict Of being a great and big
novel, it will be because of the liter
airy ability of Sarah Gertrude Millin,
the author.
Its very theme will keep many
from reading it, but she has handled
the problem in the modern realistic
way, not harsh but true. A fact is
fact, you know.
The story covers much space of
time because four generations of
mixed blood are created in the 319
pages. To avoid any confusion, I
will state now that the locale Of the
story is Africa.
The Theme
The Rev. Andrew Flood, an Eng
lish' missionary, is sent to far-away
post in Africa. He goes tempera-
mentally unfit for the job. The SUI
perstitions of the Hottentots, their
strange life and their life Of flesh
soon get into the Rev. Mr.. Flood. He
II unmarried.
The fight OF the flesh and the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-19

any event 1t should be for adults
only.
Here is an author who knows her
South Africa with all of its emo
tional sexual intensity. She has
handled 1t in a masterful fashion.
Gods Stepchildren" is a serious
book for the serious minded only.
1t is great only from its technical
side and not it's theme.