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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-07-31

BY International Labor News Service
Organized labor is to enter the insur-
ance field with $2,000,OOO concern
to be known as the Union Labor Life
Insurance Company. Representatives
of nearly 40 national and international
unions, at a conference in the Amer
lean Federation of Labor building
unanimously decided to form the COM
pany, which will be organized under
the direction of Matthew Woll.
The conference was called by Presi-
dent William Green, of the A. F. of
L., to consider the report of an in
surance committee appointed by the
late Samuel Gompers. The commit
tee, consisting of President Woll, of
the International Photo Engravers
Union, and President George w. Per
kins, of the Cigarmakers' Interna
tional Union, was appointed by Mr.
Gompers at the Portland convention
of the A. F. of L. in 1928 The COM
mittee submitted an exhaustive re-
port at the Ell Paso convention in 1924
and the convention authorized the
calling of conference to act on the
committees recommendations.
Committee to Be Formed
The report of the committee was
discussed OF length and authorization
for the formation of the Union Labor
Life Insurance Company followed.
An organization committee of about
25 persons prominently identified with
the labor movement will be formed by
Mr.. Woll as chairman and Mr. Per-
kins as secretary.
Compelling reasons for the forma-
tion of the insurance company by
union labor were given in the insur-
ance committees report, which
charges the existing companies, par
ticularly those writing what is known
as group insurance, with discrimi-
nation against labor unions to the ex-
tent of So per thousand for insurance
issued to the unions over the price
charged non-union groups.
The report also arraigned the COM
panies for the excessive cost of what
is known as industrial insurance pat
ronized almost exclusively by wage
earners and with extravagances in
the conduct of their business.
To Force Cut in Premium Rates
The report said that the Union
Labor Life Insurance Company hopes
by the elimination of unnecessary ex-
pense, due very largely to the exces-
sixe cost of weekly collections on in
dustrial policies, to point the way and
even to compel a general reduction
of premium rates charged for this
class of insurance by the public COM
panies.
President, Green, who presided at
the conference, opened the meeting by
pointing out that the lobor represent.
atives present had been called to-
gether in pursuance of the action of
the Ell Paso convention, which heart
lily indorsed the principle of insur-
ance by organized labor and recon-
mended careful study of the report
made by Messrs. Woll and Perkins.
Mr.. Woll read the committees Ne
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-07-31
BARRIERS Union Approves
Plan for Trade Schools and
Home for Aged Members

BY International Labor News Service.
indianapolis, Ind.-The general ex-
ecutive board Of the Journeymen Bar
bres' Union of America in session at
national headquarters here, approved
plans for the establishment of barber
trade schools in practically every state
in the Union and for the establish
ment of home for aged BARRIERS.
A levy of SO cents per capita per
month will be authorized by the board
to raise $750,000 for the establish
ment of the home, according to the
plan. Both propositions will be voted
on by referendum at later date.
Schools to Be Self-Sustaining
In the matter of barber schools it
was said by President Shanessy that
after two years the schools will be
self-sustaining. A levy Of 70 cents
per member per month will be made
to raise $4,000 for the establishment
of the schools. The schools will be
established in various strategic cities
and will be under the direct supervi-
sion of the union One of the schools
will be in Indianapolis, President
Shanessy said, where the national
headquarters is located.
The establishment of a pension plan
for aged BARRIERS was considered by
the board, but thus far the plan has
not been definitely worked out. 1t is
generally understood that pension
system will be put into effect for the
benefit of the aged members of the
union.
Question of 'Next" Considered
The executive board considered a
rather unique question in the matter
of service in union shops, and it was
decided that there will be no change
in barber shop etiquette in the mat
ter of women and children first"
since the invasion of barber shops by
the women The custom of "next"
will be strictly adhered to, the board
decided. The advent of hair dob
bing" for women stimulated interest
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-07-31
LABOR EXCESS IN
FLORIDA

Washington.-The Building Trades
Council of st. Petersburg, Florida,
has protested to the A. F. of l..
against an Associated Press dispatch
of July 10 that Florida needs skilled
and unskilled labor.
In telegram to Secretary Frank
Morrison, the Florida unionists say:
"This part of the state does not need
labor of any kind. Push publicity
of the fact that it is only anti-union
shop propaganda"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-07-31
STRIKERS EVICTED

Willimantic, Conn-Strikers who
are living in houses owned by the
American Thread Company are being
evicted.
These workers are resisting 10
per cent wage reduction, although the
company reported surplus last year
of more than $1,O0O,OOO. The strikers
are housed in tents furnished by the
United Textile Workers. More than
10000 persons are involved.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-07-31
NO SUNDAY MEAT MARKETS

Chicago - The city council has
unanimously approved a meat market
Sunday closing ordinance that was
urged by organized meat cutters.
, 1925-09-30
Baroness, Bear

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creams. Twenty-Five chemists are
engaged in working out scientific
full beverages.
Mr.. Won Guntard has been in Am
erica three years; he is vice pres
ident of the German concern man
ufacturing the Mercedes car, known
as an international high society car,
which he is introducing in the
United States, not. however, as a
competitor of Detroit neighbors, as
this supercar sells at $4,000 to
SIT 900. Mrs. Won Guntard was
Consuelo Wilson, of Philadelphia,
and clad in corduroys, has been the
toast of the party and a wholly
charming guest enjoying the hunt
ing trophies and the historic at
mosphere of the Irma hotel.
Christian Callies will succeed his
father in a large lumber business
near Hamburg. and has for the past
year been visiting the saw mills and
forests of the world, particularly of
the U. s., getting acquainted with
universal methods and neighbors.
He was highly impressed by the i'm
mense forest stands of the north
west, contrasting them with condi-
lions in Germany, which with it's
65, 000, 900 people is only about the
size of the state of Texas. In Ger
many they may cut timber between
November and May, but by next
year the government has completely
reforested the c%ut-over areas. We
have great numbers of elk. said Mr..
Callies, but public hunting cannot
be permitted, the country being
rented for this purpose. and very
high fines are imposed for trespas-
sing. Mr.. Callies believes that ac-
quaintance and understanding are
necessary in the solution of the
world and business problems. He
declared that New York is wonder
full, eff you can stand it." but that
Wyoming is America in it's finest
coloring, where you find the types
of men and women, the real cowboy,
the country life that you read about.
Baron Won Guntard declared the
biggest asset of the wide and high
Wyoming spaces to be giving you
back your ideals, r%ecreating the
man inside and restoring o u pep.
elasticity and fleXibility."
, 1925-09-30
NOTABLES In CODY
FOR HUNTING TRIP

One of the most notable as well
as largest hunting parties yet to
reach Cody arrived on Monday aft
ernoon and left Tuesday morning
for the mountains along the Cody
road. Joseph Blake. who headed
the party, is a leading attorney of
Canton, Ohio, McKinley's home
town. With him are his cousin,
Mr.. Beldon, also of Canton, and Mr..
Fawcett of the same city; Mr.. Dus-
sell of Alliance, Nebr., and Col.
Lahm of San Francisco. These five
men will shortly be Joined by a
sixth and the entire party will
spend a month or six week in the
Buffalo Bill country.
Mr.. Blake, who visited Cody 90
years ago for the first time, has
made frequent trips here since, dur
ing the game season. He is not
only an attorney, but has long in
terested himself in airnautics, and
is president of the Ohio State All
association and a swimmer of no
hunted big game many places, but
likes best the sport furnished by
the mountains of the Cody country.
Col. Lahm is one of the most dis
tinguished men of the country, hav-
ing won a number of national and
international balloon races, seen air
service all during the war, and is
now chief of the Pacific coast air
service. He is a graduate of West
Point. serving in the cavalry in the
PHILIPPINES and Texas. He became
interested in the air service at the
very start and worked from the first
with the Wrights. flying for the
first time with Wilbur Wright. Col.
Lahm was in command of the escort
planes which met and accompanied
the around-the-world liers from
San Diego to Seattle, and went part
way on the fight to New York.
Just before coming here Col. Lahm
attended the various meetings OF
the air service on the coast and was
in command of the forty ships that
visited Pendleton.
f. E. Russell is president of the
Enamel company, of which H. B.
Fawcett is manager.
Harry W. Thurston. whose friends
came out from the east to spend
six weeks hunting in the hills. ac-
companied the party up the Cody
road and took them into E~lephent
Head cabin for luncheon on Tues
, 1925-09-30
FERTILE VALLEY

Mrs. F. E. Schmidt spent Sunday
afternoon with Mrs. G. E. Norton.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. NJ. Ballinger and
Lee and Mrs. Fertig spent Thursday
afternoon in town.
Mrs. Ed McMullen and her broth
er, Arthur Warner. spent Thursday
in Cody.
Little Jack McJunkin has been
quite sick for several days.
w. f. McJunkin and Harold Sny-
der made a trip to Powell Friday.
Lee Ballinger and Ed McJunkin
were in town Friday.
Arthur Warner and w. f. McJun-
kin were over in Diamond basin
Sunday.
Lloyd McJunkin helped Jesse
Rimby stack grain several days
last week.
, 1925-09-30
The Big Horn Colon
ization Association
CONTINUED from Rage ~

tSOhtlluCu HULL IdSt L
The splendid spirit of cooperation
between the various towns of the
basin country, brought about by and
through the activities of the Fed
Grated club, alone has made possible
the organization and incorporation
of the Big Horn Basin Colonization
association. This organization is in
principle a farm development asso-
citation; all ideas of real estate spe-
culation in farms having been so
far as possible eliminated from it's
plans. Absentee land ownership of
irrigated farms has proved a failure
in this section of Wyoming, and
only those wanting to build up farm
homes will be sought out as pros
pective purchasers of the lands to
be offered for settlement by the as
ISOLATION.
Within the Big Horn basin, in the
valley of the Big Horn river and
on its major tributaries, Owl Creek,
No Wood. Greybull and Shoshone
rivers are approximately one hun
bred thousand acres of irrigated
lands, either unoccupied or farmed
only in a disultory way. These
lands lie within areas upon which
has been built UT a modern civiliza-
ton, schools, churches, %fraterna1 So
~cieties, good roads, and in fact, the
new settler can be transplanted into
an environment equal to, and in
many instances in advance of those
he will leave behind, with opportun-
tiles for advancement equal to or
superior to those n other section
of the west can hope to offer. This
message the Colonization association
will carry eastward to those seek
ing new opportunity in the golden
west; for the Big Horn basin is
indeed a Land of Promise. of OPP
%portunity and the Home of Plenty.
The Colonization association is
now, thru it local boards. actively
engaged in listing desirable farms.
preliminary to opening its campaign
, 1925-09-30

for settlers through the central
west.
If the spontaneous spirit of CO.
operation. which has made possible
the incorporation of the Big Horn
Colonization association. can be car
ried eastward in a way that will
find responsive chord in the minds
and hearts of those seeking to bet
ter their condition, success cannot
but attend our efforts. Community
development" and not land specula-
ton, is the watchword of the as
ISOLATION.
The Incorporation of this associa-
ton marks a new era in the history
of Wyoming and its development:
nothing just like it has ever been
attempted in this or any other state,
and promises to be one of the great
est forward movements of present
day public activities of commercial
and social bodies.
What the state of Wyoming as a
whole has failed in doing, the north
west section of the state will en-
.deavor to accomplish, through its
own initiative, and the private en-
terprise of its citizenship.
The community spirit back of the
Federated Club movement has de
veloped a positive. constructive lead
ership with definite aims, which has
already demonstrated its power in
shaping the future destiny of the
Big Horn basin, in its progress to-
ward the ultimate goal, as one of
the outstanding" agricultural sec
tons of the arid west.-Worland
Grit.
The Washington times., 1925-11-10
EXPERTS TOPIC
INHERITANCE
TAXES
Repeal Of Levy Discussed by
Farley of Officials and
SaVants
BY International News Service

NEW ORLEANS. Nov. 10
Whether or not the Federal in
heritance tax should be repealed
and, if it should, when, was the
topic of discussion at today's SEES
sion of the eighteenth annual CON
ference on taxation under the au-
spices of the National Tax Associa-
ton, which opened last night with
delegates from forty-One States and
three provinces of Canada.
The delegates are composed of
State tax officials and delegates ap-
pointed by governors from the ranks
of professors of economics in uni
vepsities, noted tax authorities and
certified public accountants.
The first business session con
vened this morning and the after
noon and evening sessions will be
devoted To a special conference on
inheritance and estate taxation 70
he held under the auspices of tho
National Committee on Inheritance
Taxation.
The report of the National Com
mittee on Inheritance Taxation will
be made at the afternoon session
This session will be presided over
by Frederick A. Delano, of Wash
ington, chairman of the committee
The Washington times., 1925-11-10
TEACHERS ASK REFORMS
IN LEAVE AND SALARY

Teaches will have five days sick
leave with pay and be allowed a
years leave of absence for special
study with loss of only their basic
salary, if legislation, proposed yes
terday by the Washington Teachers
Union. is enacted by Congress this
year.
At it's meeting in the Machinists
building last night the union urged
numerous reforms advantageous to
those in the profession.
Appropriations sufficient to pay
substitute teachers on per diem
basis, and not more \than three
fourths Of the teachers basic salary
to be deducted for sixty days alb
sence because dizziness, were among
plans discussed by the members.
The Washington times., 1925-11-10
j. s. CENSURED.
F0R,USE OF
PRISONS
"AbominabIe Conditions" Are
Blamed on croWding of
City Jails
BY international News Service

JACKSON. Miss, Nov. 10.-The
United States government is using
one-third of all the city ana county
jails in the country without paying
any rent and is boarding out more
than 1000 MISUNDERSTANDING many
who are merely awaiting trial-to
local jails over which the Federal
many of which are desperately
over-crowded reekihg Of physical
and moral filth.
This, briefly, is the substance Of
a report submitted to the Fifty.fifth
Congress Of the American Prison
Association here today by, Doctor
Hastings H. Hart. chairman of the
associations committee on jails, for
merly president of the association,
now consultant in delinquency and
penology at the Russell Sage Foun.
dation in New York city.
The committee during the last
year has studied conditions in the
s93 city and county jails and work.
houses in which Federal prisoners
are kept.
Seeks Reform
Doctor Hart declared that his
study of the treatment Of Federal
prisoners in county jails has re-
vealed such abominable conditions"
that he expects to devote the re-
mainder of his life to seeking 2
correction of these conditions, and
that the Russell Sage Foundation
will pursue its studies in this di.
rection with view to correcting
these abuses.
The committees report reveals
that many OF the county jails In
which United States prisoners are
confined especially along the Can
adian and Mexican frontiers and
In large cities are desperately over
crowded.
Many of the county jaiIs are un.
sanitary; and very large per-
centage infested with vermin. Most
of them have an adequate staff
of employees, who have had no
special training and are politically
appointed, selected without refer
eTsce to their special qualifications
for the job.
Results In Hardship
The report says, These condl-
ticns result in hardship, not only
to the United States prisoners, but
also to the local prisoners who are
subject to the same conditions"
1t must be remembered that a
large part of these prisoners are ur
convicted and considerable portion
are subsequently legally proven in.
nccent; that the law requires that
persons accused Of crime shall be
treated as innocent until proven to
be guilty: and that a large part OF
the prisoners serving sentence are
hello for non-payment of a fine,
simply because they owe the Gov
eminent $40, $25 or 800.
The United States boards its
prisoners in the various county jails
and pays for their board at so much
per day. The Government tries to
get as cheap a rate as possible.
These rates range all the way from
20 cents per day in five jails in
Porto Rico to per day in three
jails in Alaska. The average pay
ment is SO cents per day, but in
442 jails, the payment is less than
SO cents.
''In fixing rates the Government
barters with the county officials in
exactly the same way a man would
barter with a boarding house." says
the report.
The Washington times., 1925-11-10
HOWARD PLANS
ARM|ST|CED DAY
PROGRAM
Memorial and Thanksgiving
Services to Be sHeId-Week
to Be a Busy One

Armistice Day will be celebrated
by the students and faculty of
Howard University at noon Noven1-
Der IL in the Rankin Memorial
chapel. Dean Butler Pratt will de-
liver the principal address. The
university prayer meeting at 1880
p. m. in Carnegie Library hall will
be a thanksgiving service in COM
nemoration of the signing OF the
arInistice.
The student body gathered In the
Rankin chapel to-day at noon for
the weekly religious worship. The
senior class will assemble In the
library hall at p. m. The chem.
Lcal society of the university will
meet in the science hall amphi-
theater at 7:30 p. m, while the
Progressive Club will hold it's initial
tall program in library hall at s
p. m.
The sophomore class in library
hall at s p. M, Women's Debating
Society in the Minor hall assembly
room at 7 p. M, and the Kappa
Sigma debating program in library
The Washington times., 1925-11-10
TAX CUT PAST
S300,0O0,000
LIMIT"
Trainers of New Law Disagree
With Secretary Mellon.
Will Slash More

Total tax cuts voted by the
Congressional trainers Of the new
law already have exceeded the
5000 900, 900 limit set by Secretary
of the Treasury Mellon-and are
going further.
This was admitted today by
members of the Ways and Means
Committee as they met again to
discuss avenues of reduction.
Republican leaders in Congress
differ with Secretary Mellon that
it would not be safe" to cut more
than $500, 900, 900. A cut Of $780,
900 900, or even $500, 900, 900, most
of them feel, could be made by
the next Congress without serious
Iy endangering the Treasury's bal
ance for the next fiscal year.
While d tentative agreement has
been reached to drop the tax on
automobiles from 5 per cent to 3
per cent, 1t is understood this de-
cision is not definite. Most OF the
so-called nuisance taxes, like those
on jewelry, cameras, ETC., viii be
eliminated according to present
plans.
Democratic members Of the COM
nlittee want to vote tax reduction
up to the $500, 200, 900 mark. They
insist the Treasury is able to stand
this much, but administration lead
ers do not want to pass II all along
at once because they desire to ef-
feet another cut next year Tor the
effect it will have on the Congress.
sinoaI elections. The Republicans.
Of course, deny this.
The Washington times., 1925-11-10
q. L. LINDSEY HEADS
U. s. EMPLOYEES LOCAL
y. Lindsey was Installed as

r. L. Lindsey was installed as
president of local union No. 262,
Federation of Federal Employees, at
q meeting at Federation headquart-
erss last night.
The other newly elected officers
are John W. Climber. vice presi-
dent; Mrs. Annie II. Smith. second
vice president: Mrs. Helen Oehlner.
third vice president; w. F. Demp-
sey, secretary-treasurer: Miss Marie
L. Edwards. recording secretary;
and Miss Sophie Webe. trustee.
A. D. Sartwell was chosen chair
man Of the coDmittee on ways and
means, Victor L. Garrigas, chair
man of the membership committee,
and Miss Vera Brungart, head of
Are winter entertainment program
committee.
The Washington times., 1925-11-10

hail at p. m. will constitute the
student activities Thursday.
The chapel noon hour Friday will
be consumed by the men OF the
university in practice of football
cheers for the Thanksgiving game
in Philadelphia when Howard will
meet Lincoln University. At the
same hour the women Of the uni
Versity will gather in the library as
sembly room, and the first annual
Y. M. G. A. entertainment will be
given in library hall at 5 p. m.
Tie Caribbean Club is scheduled to
meet Saturday afternoon.
Sundays program will start with
the morning conference Of the
Y. w. C. Az in Minor hall at 8
O'Clock. 1.-THE Application of Jesus
to All Our Life" will be the sub
ject Of discussion by the z. M.
c. A. at 3 o'clock in library hall.
Mrs. Mary Church Terrell will be
the principal speaker at the vesper
services in the Rankin Memorial
chapel at 4:30. Music viii be by
the vested choir under the direction
of Lula v. Childers.
The Washington times., 1925-11-10
BRASS BUGS EATING UP
OLDrCERMAN CASTLE

BERLIN, Nov. 1O-The noted
castle of Prince Isenburg, Burdin-
gen Buedingen, in Hessen, which
was built In the twelfth century,
Is threatened with destruction. It
is in danger of being eaten up by
bugs.
The bug which threatens the
castle is the so-called brass bug,
tiny brass-colored insect without
wings, which was brought with
rhubarb roots from Asia Minor
twenty years ago. The brass bug
eats all the wood and furnishings,
leaving nothing but the bare stone
walls.
The brass bug seems to be inn
mune to chemicals. In an attempt
to save the castle floors the Filings
are being torn up and burned and
strict quarantine has been estab-
lished to prevent Infection Of other
-
The Washington times., 1925-11-10
Ninble Thief Sought
as 9Th "Job" Nets
$4,000 Gems

MINEOLA, N. Y, Nov. TO-
The athletic bandit" was the
object of a vigorous police
hunt today. He entered the
home of August c. Flamman,
Brooklyn lawyer, at Great
Lake, last night and escaped
with jewelry worth more than
$4,000.
Police believe the bandit is
the same one who has robbed
eight wealthy Long Island
homes within few weeks. His
tactics are always the same.
He enters the homes Of the
rich while the Y occupants are
at dinner. He nimbly climbs
up porches and goes into the
house through upper windows.
: He had been inactive since
October II, when the home OF
Thomas Hitchcock, at Westbury,
was robbed.
The Washington times., 1925-11-10
THREE HELD FOR SIS, 900
KANSAS CITY HOLD-UP

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Nov. To-
Three men held. for investigation
in connection with the holdup yes
terday Of the Sexton Hotel cafe,
which yielded $4,000 were under.
going further examination this
morning and Federal operatives
were checking up on one of the
men held who was believed to be
Martin j. Durkin.
Two of the men held gave their
names as Dave Hantaman, twenty
three, and William Walters, twenty
three, Of st. Louis. The name
given by the third man, q taxi
driver. is withheld.