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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-09-11

By international Labor News Service.
Washington, d. C.-While reac-
tionary newspapers and spokesmen of
selfish industrial interests continue
their campaign to make the nation
believe the miners are paid sufficient
ly we'll, killing Of miners at work goes
steadily on. In July, 81 anthracite
miners were killed and 115 bituminous
miners met death, according to the
bureau of mines of the department of
commerce.
The fatality rate for bituminous
mines was 291 per million tons, based
on the months production of 39,582,-
900 tons; in July last year the cor
responding rate was 3.51, while over
ten-year period (1915-1924) the July
rate averaged 3.79. The rate for July,
1925, for bituminous mines was, there
fore, II per cent below the rate for
July last year and % per cent below
the 10-year average rate for the
month. The anthracite fatality rate
for July, based on production of
S,544 900 tons, was 5.97 deaths per
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-09-11
INCREASED OUTPUT
Urged, Then Employers
Cut Wages

BY international Labor News Service.
Montreal.-At a meeting of manu-
facturers to boost the made-in- Canada
idea, the speakers declared that what
the country needed was increased pro-
duction, and willingness on the part
of labor to work harder or longer for
less pay, so as to reduce production
costs.
Next day the representative lum-
ber manufacturers Of Canada met
here and decided to reduce the lumber
cut during the coming winter by so
per cent, owing to over-p production of
stocks during the last two winters.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-09-11
FAIR ON SUNDAY
LEGAL IF NO
TICKETS SOLD

Albany, N. Y.-Attorney General
Ottinger has ruled that the state fair
at Syracuse may open on Sunday if
no admission is charged and if the
state conducts no commercial activi-
ties. A contest between bands, with
money prizes, will not be permitted
Concessionaires may sell ice cream,
soda, pop and the like, he said.
The opinion has all the force of
law unless set aside by the courts.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-09-11
OPPOSE TAX PUBLICITY

MISUNDERSTANDING of income
tax returns is opposed by the Star
League, chain of newspapers in this
state. 1t is declared that the law per-
hitting publication of income tax re-
turns is obnoxious and unjustified in
the public mind" 1t is proposed to
induce other newspapers in this state
to take similar action.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-09-11

lives, according to the United States
bureau of mines. Of these 81 were
in anthracite mines.
The first seven months of 1926
show a loss of 1852 lives in the coal
mining industry.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-09-11
STAGE employees GAIN

Chicago. - Wage increases have
been secured by stage employees in
this city. The old contract called for
$50 a week. A few years ago these
workers were paid from so cents to
81 a performance.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-09-11
KEEP AWAY FROM NEVADA

Reno, Nev.-Trade unionists have
joined with workers in other Pacific
sections in protesting against la
bor-shortage propaganda. Local
workers declare that this city is over
run with unemployed.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-09-11
SALMON CATCH is POOR

San Francisco Organized fisher
men returning from Alaska report
a poor salmon catch this season.
They predict that the packers will
raise prices.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-09-11

sible by practical assistance given
through finance and in this he hoped
that in time to come the labor banks
of America would be helpful.
Brady traced the career of Morones
as the president of the Mexican Fed
GRAFTON of Labor, co-founder of the
Pan-American Federation of Labor,
with the late Samuel Gompers and
because of prominence in the Latin
American labor movement called the
"Gompers" of Mexico. Morones left
after the dinner for Los Angeles to
be the principal speaker at the Labor
Day exercises of the Los Angeles
Central Labor Union.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-09-11
Sure of Winning

The wonderful union of mine work
ers radiates the spirit of victory A
trip through the coal regions around
Scranton, Hazleton, Wilkes Barre,
Shamokin, reveals it everywhere
These anthracite miners have never
been licked and they don't intend to
be I, @ed now
The operate s appear eadally dc
termiled and they expect this ti.se
to q, 1 the rnr of defea' to t,e
lips of the miners and make them
drink it to the bitter dregs. They
have already announced that before
they will yield they want contract
in perpetuity with a sliding scale pro-
vision for wages and permanent and
compulsory arbitration.
So it appears like war to the fin
ish with the best organized portion
of organized labor in conflict with the
richest group of American capitalists,
intent upon defeating John L. Lewis,
the miners leader, in one final effort.
Years of Victory
The anthracite miners have won
every strike in which they were ever
engaged. Beginning with 1902, after
the remarkable organizing work of
John Mitchell Mother Jones and the
pioneers in the Scranton district, a
strike was called. Through the bitter
winter of 1902 it was fought, until
the misery of the miners, their un-
failing courage and the scarcity of
coal on the Atlantic seaboard forced
the intervention by the Roosevelt
commission, of which the late Judge
George Gray, of Delaware, was chair
man.
The findings of that commission
were the basis of every wage rate
fixed since then. Strikes were mixed
with the years of peace and advance
ment of the miners in the success.
sive negotiations.
Hours of work were reduced from
ten to eight and gradual increase in
wages was made until the present
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-09-11
COAL MINE ACCIDENTS

Washington-Coal mine accidents
n July resulted in the loss of 166
The Washington times., 1925-05-18
involves
ARBUCKLE'
BROTHER
Divorce Conspiracy Takes
Surprising Turn-Comedian
Not to Prosecute

BY international News Service.

LOS ANGELES, Cal, May 1S.-
Confronted with amazing revela-
tions said to have been made in
his office in connection with efforts
to obtain $12 500 from Roscoe
HTatty) Arbuckle, former film
comedian, in an alleged divorce
conspiracy. District Attorney Asa
Keyes today planned a conference
with his assistants to decide whether
further action would be taken in
the case by his office.
Arbuckle, Keyes said, declared he
would not proceed personally against
any of the three persons includ-
ing his brother Arthur Arbuckle,
who have been involved in the
case by investigators.
Arbuckle's brother was reported as
having spent a large sum of money
aiding the comedian during his
trials in San Francisco when the
former star was acquitted of man
slaughter charges in connection
with the death of Virginia Rappe,
q motion picture actress.
The others mentioned in keyes
investigation are:
Mrs ]. H. Murphy, San Fran
cisco, who is asserted by the dis
trict attorneys office, to have come
from San Francisco to Los Angeles
to collect first payment of the
S12,50 asked of Arbuckle, and Mrs.
j. White, San Francisco, who wrote
a letter to Arbuckle leading to the
negotiations bringing Mrs. Murphy
here, according to the district at
torney.
Mrs. Murphy was questioned yes
terday at KeyeS' office.
The Washington times., 1925-05-18

His subject was Pitfalls in da-
gerstown.'' The minister said an
invitation sent out for a dance
given by the exclusive set here re-
gently read: "All you need is a
pint, two dollars, and a girl" 1t
was at this dance, held at promi-
nent club, the minister said, that
youths had jugs in their hands in
stead of TASKS on their hips. The
revelry ended in young men reel
ing and girls rolling upon the floor.
Leaves Hearers Gasping.
The Reverend Mr.. Carpenters
revelations came after weeks of in
vestigation into conditions in the
city, and announcement of his sub
ject packed the church. Some Of
his statements left his hearers
gasping. He said that at some Of
the society dances described to him,
girls were wholly oblivious to mod
esty and decancy. He declared that
conditions were not fit to describe.
He branded poolrooms in Hagers-
town as breeding places for law
Iessness and a laXity of morals of
HagerstoWn youths, declaring that
many Of these places are operated
as blinds for thieves and bootleg
gers. He revealed from the con-
fessions of two youths who recently
attempted to rob a bank in Keedys-
vile that the plan was Matched in
a Hagerstown poolroom.
Misuse of Taxis.
He said his information is that
many taxicabs arc operated in the
city for bootleggers and are not
more than moving disorderly houses
Revenue agents, the minister said,
found here recently that Hagers-
town had more disorderly houses
than Cumberland or any other city
of similar size in the State, and
that numbers of young girls are in
mates.
The pastor took a fling at Gov
ernor Ritchie of Maryland, who, he
said, has laughed at the enforce
ment of the Eighteenth Amendment.
He said he should be tried for mall
feasance in office.
He complimented the faculty Of
The Washington times., 1925-05-18
DWIGHT 4. DAVIS
MAY SUCCEED !
SPENCER
Gov. Sam Baker, of Missouri,
to Name Successor to Sem
ator Within Four Days
BY international News Service.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, May 1S.
Possible selections to fill the
vacancy created by the unexpected
death Saturday night of United
States Senator Seldom P. Spencer at
Washington, were abundantly in
speculation today. The actual ap-
pointment is expected within the
next four days, according to an
nouncements coming from Governor
Sam Bakers office this morning.
Political gossip linked the names
Of Congressman Cleveland A. New
ton, former Governor Arthur M.
Hyde, former Assistant Secretary
of War Dwight A. Davis and FOR
mer Attorney General John w.
Barrett with the post.
However, Davis and Barrett are
deemed the most likely eligibles. AS
residents of eastern and southeast
ern Missouri, they are accredited
by close friends of Governor Baker,
as probably due greater consldera'
ton than a man from the western
sections inasmuch as Senator James
Reeds home is in Kansas City.
Governor Baker refused to give
the slightest indication as to Whom
he might favor at this time, IN
timating that he would have an an
nouncement to make Immediately
after the funeral services in st.
Louis Wednesday.
General John J. Pershing, retiredl
native Missourian, was also being
prominently mentioned by political
observers. Since General Pershing's
retirement from the army, Missouri
has considered various means OF
honoring the general.
Although it was doubted that II
the position was rendered him he
would accept, it was said a5ou.
the statehouse that efforts would
be made to offer the general the
The Washington times., 1925-05-18
BACKNPRlSON
By Donald Lowrie

1t was 5 o'clock in the
morning-the death hour
1t is, not pleasant to
contemplate the certainty
of death at any particu-
lar hour, but at 5 a. M,
in winter, and still dark
All night | had lain
awake, and it had been
very quiet - that eerie
quiet that prevails over
the Arizona desert ex-
panses during night hours.
At a quarter before 5 l
heard the stealthy tread
of human feet, and sub
dued, husky, mysterious :
male voices. | cOuldn
help hearing these voices,
for my prison cot was
outdoors, on the north
side of the wide sleeping
porch of the tubercular
bungalow. / had gone to
bed eight hours before,
intent upon getting a
good nights sleep, but
the knowledge of what
was to happen, the GER
tainty of it, and my de-
sire to escape the reality
of the stark truth kept
me awake.
Thus begins the first
instaIlment of the true
story of Donald LO1Oric,
aOhich 9ViU be published
IN The Times, beginning
Wednesday.
"A Sermon By a Sin
ner," this story is called.
ut is 1Orittem by q
cOnvict at st. Quentin,
IN the hope that has er-
periences 1OiU help to
steer others right When
their steps are inclined
to fGlter.
The Washington times., 1925-05-18
JAPANESE VOLCANO Is
SHAKEN BY ERUPTION

TOKYO, May 18.-Yakegatake
volcano in the japanese Alps. $50
miles west of Tokyo, erupted
violently today, scattering ashes
for miles around the surroun ling
countryside.
The ash fall continued two hours
and forced citizens in Mayebashi,
fifty miles distant from the volcano,
to remain indoors. Over other
distant points the ash shower re-
sembled a heavy fog.
The Washington times., 1925-05-18
BOY SENTENCED
To DIE IN
CHAIR
William Cavalier, IS, Who
Killed Grandmother, Cool
As He Is Doomed
BY international News Service.

POTTSVILLE, Pa, May 1S.-
William Cavalier, fifteen-year-old
slayer of his aged grandmother,
was today sentenced to die in the
electric chair by Judge r. H. Koch,
in quarter sessions court.
The court room was crowded am
hour before JuteEe Koch appeared.
William spent an uncomfortable
fifteen minutes wedged in between
a spectator and Sheriff Jenkins,
waiting for the judge.
The rustic and whisperings in the
court room died to an unusual
stiffness as the district attorney
made a motion that the death SEN
tence be imposed. William was
called upon to rise
Have you any statement to
make why sentence should not be
tmposed?" Judge Koch asked.
Not a word" the boy replied
after a whispered consultation will.
defense attorneys who were at his
side.
The Washington times., 1925-05-18
WARNING Is GIVEN OF
NEW $40 COUNTERFEIT

Warning against a new counter
felt so Federal Reserve note was
issue today by the United States
Secret Service.
The note is drawn on the Federal
Reserve Bank, of Boston, Mass,
check letter G. face plate No. 228,
with signatures of d. F. Houston
and John Burke, and a portrait
of Jackson.
Chief Moran. of the Secret Service,
said the counterfeit was excellent
in workmanship" and dangerous. 4"
The Washington times., 1925-05-18
GIRL, 22, BROWNS WHEN
AUTO LEAPS FROM BRIDGE

BRA Fla, May 1S.-
The body of Mildred Cason, twenty
two, of Lakeland, who was drowned
In the Manatec river Saturday
night when a motor car she was
driving ran off a bridge, has been
taken to Lakeland, pending some
word from her parents, who are
said to, live in Kansas City, Mo-, as
to funeral arrangements.
Miss CasOn was a physicians $
secretary in Lakeland.
Accompanying her at the time of
the accident was J. w. McLain,
real estate agent of Lakeland, who
sustained severe bruises.
The Washington times., 1925-05-18
POSSE OF 1000, AIDED
BY DOGS, SEEK SLAYER

KELLER, Va, May 18.-More
than a thousand persons, aided by
were securing the
woods in this vicinity today for
Herald Wise, who last night shot
and killed Magistrate Bernard
Lecato. The negro grabbed Lecato's
pistol when the officer went to his
home to stop a fight.
Holding other occupants of the
house at bay, Wise made his escape
into the woods.
The Washington times., 1925-05-18
E.RING
MEN $3.50
WEEK To
DESERT
Coast Guard Plans Surprise
Attack on Unguarded
Sector
BY ROBERT s. THORNBURGH.
international News Service.


NEW YORK, May ia group
of bootleggers, using bribery and
strike propaganda to further their
efforts, are endeavoring to break
down the morale of the enlisted
men on the coast guard boats
blockading rum row, it was
stated today by Captain W. E. v.
Jacobs, commandant of the New
York area.
Captain Jacobs, in admitting
sixteen coast guardsmen were
under arrest for liquor smuggling
and desertion, said:
"When a man getting $125 or
less a month from the Govern
ment is offered $3.50 a week by
rum runners, the temptation is
very great.
Plan Surprise Attack.
Another surprise attack on an
undisclosed sector of the American
coast line where liquor smugglers
are getting thousands Of cases into
this country, was being planned by
tactical experts of the coast guard
today.
The mobile section of the anti
liquor fleet will be withdrawn from
the New York sector and concen-
trated on another area.
The Shock troops" viii attempt
to do on the new "front" what
was accomplished off New York, in
Il quick, crushing assault.
The government plans series
of cleanup actions on the Atlantic.
Pacific, Alaskan and Hawaiian
coasts. The concentration Of ves-
sells will be governed by the serious
ness of the smuggling situations.
To Move Main Body of Fleet.
Admiral F. c. Billiard, command
ant of the coast guard, is arranging
a detail of destroyers, patrol boats
and other craft to guard the area
from Boston to New York after
the main body of the fleet has been
The Washington times., 1925-05-18
ENGLAND WILL PRESS FOR
SETTLEMENTS OF DEBTS

LONDON, May 18.-England will
press for allied debt settlements.
but will not set time limit for it's
creditors, Premier Stanley Baldwin
told the House of Commons today.
II think there is no advantage to
be gained by setting a time limit
for France and other allied debtors
to pay their obligations to Great
Britain" he said But I assure
you every opportunity will be taken
to press for settlement of the ques-
ton -
The Washington times., 1925-05-18
ADELIA S. GARDINER
ASKS LIMITED DIVORCE

Alleging cruelty and nonsupport,
Adelia S. Gardiner, today filed suit
in the District Supreme Court
against Robert l.. Gardiner, III
Fourth street southeast, for a linn
tied divorce and alimOny.
Mrs. Gardiner, represented by At
torneys Francis ". Hill. jr., and
Frank S. Easby-Smith, says thar
they were married in this city Feb
ruary 7. 1921, and have two chill
dren whose custody is requested by
their mother.
The Washington times., 1925-05-18
SHEPHERD
[NN]VED
AS TRIAL
BEGINS
Watches as Jury Is Picked to
Try Charge of Staying
Young MccIintock
By MERLIN MOORE TAYLOR.
international News Service.

CRIMINAL COURT BUILDING,
CHICAGO, May lS.-Apparently
calm and undisturbed by the or
deal, William Darling Shepherd
walked through the narrow door
from the "bullpen" into Judge
Thomas J. Lynch's court today
to answer the charges of murder
for the death of William Nelson
Clintcok, his millionaire ward.
A crowd which taxed the capa-
city of the little court room saw
him take his place near the de-
fense counsel table, saw him turn
and give a half smile to his
wife, sitting a short distance
away, and watched him intently
as he settled himself to await
the picking of the jury.
First Jury Excused.
A dozen veniremen were called
and took their places in the jury
box. They were sworn and AS
sistant State Attorney George S.
German read them the names of
the attorneys and witnesses in the
case.
Leo Ettelson, single and a cloth.
ing salesman, was first questioned
Conscientious scruples against the
death penalty quickly brought about
his dismissal.
Doctor Charles C. Falman, also
under Indictment with Shepherd,
and star witness for the prosecu-
ton, stood unnoticed in front of 4
post in the court room while re-
porters, prospective jurors and
crowds of curious milled around
him. Faiman was surrounded by
his 'bOndsmen," Sergeants Peter
Pacelli and John F. Geary of the
State attorneys office. He was
smiling.
Henry Jilka was excused because
of rather hazy replies to his educa-
tiOnal qualifications. Frank Stiever.
insurance man, did not want to
serve because "he was needed at
work" He said he would inflict
the death penalty on circumstantia!
evidence alone "if necessary" and
he was passed for the time being.
Merritt M. Raustead, dealer in
office supplies, was prejudiced
against circumstantial evidence and
would not inflict the death penalty.
He was excused. Stephen Shupens.
a machinist foreman, had no
scruples against inflicting the death
penalty and was passed for the
time being.
Crowds Seek Entry.
Long before the hours scheduled
for the calling of the case the
square around the old criminal court
building, which about a year ago
was filled with the throngs battling
for admission to the Leopold-Loeb
trial, again was crowded with the
curious. Hundreds milled about the
streets despite the widely circulated
that only a COM
paratively few could be accommo-
dated in the court room. Special
bailiffs and mounted police were on
duty in the district at dawn to
maintain order.
Within the court house almost
rule prevailed. No ad-
mittance to the floor of Judge
Thomas j. Lynch's court, where
the trial will be held, could be Sc
cured except by special pass, and
these cards were called for three
times in the course Of the journey
to the trial room.
The Washington times., 1925-05-18

Hagerstown high school for ban.
ming youths from taking girl stu
dents to and from school in auto
mobiles, intimating that lax condi-
tions in the city were responsible
for the action of the school authori-
ties.
Nor did he spare some of the
ministers of Hagerstown, who, he
said, are afraid to preach to the
pitfall digger sitting in their pews
because they are heavy contributors
to the church.
The Washington times., 1925-05-18
D. r. OPENS ANNUAL
SESSION IN BALTIMORE

BALTIMORE, Nd, May Is
The national convention of the Cen
eral Society, Daughters of the Rev
olution, opened here today with
woman delegates present from near
ly every State in the Union.
Mrs. Minnie Strong Latham, of
Arlington, N. j., national president.
presided.
The Washington times., 1925-05-18
WANT AD :
NEWS .
HERE ARE A FEW OF THE NEW
WANTS APPEARING IN TODAY'S
CLASSIFIED SECTION:


CARD CASE lost; containing Md.
drivers license and Identified
tion card; $40 reward offered
go FOOT CREwsER - Electric
lights, fine motor, large cabin;
reasonable.
CHANDLER. pass. touring, just
overhauled, excellent condition,
$165.O0: $500 down, $1,000
monthly.
C ST. N E.-Two nice bright
rooms. second floor, modern, $20.
FORD coupe, late model, 80 days
guarantee; can be bought on
easy terms.
QUE ST. N. W.-Three rooms, use
of bath; rent reasonable.
ARLINGTON county demonstration
house now for sale. $3.50.
NJ ST. N. w.-One-room and bath
apartment furnished; with or
without meals.
TRUCK DRIVER wanted, Ford,
white; bus runners reference.
FOR FURTHER DETAILS TURN no
THE CLASSIFIED SECTION,
PAGES ~ AND 22.
The Washington times., 1925-05-18
INJUNCTION
POSSIBLY
MAY TIE
HANDS
Many Cases to Be Taken Over
When Rent Commission
Expires This Week

Will landlords who have tied
the hands of the Rent Commits
sion from interfering with their
increasing rentals attempt to
secure injunctions against the De-
partment of Justice?
This interesting question is
being discussed today with the
death of the District Rent Com
mission four days distant.
Chairman Oliver Metzerott has
received a letter from Assistant
Attorney General Ira Wells in
which the latter advises that the
Department of Justice on Friday
win take over all of the pending
cases of the commission "and to
enforce such cases as seem
proper"
Powers Are Broad.
TT seems entirely clear e says
the letter of the Department to
Chairman Metzerott, that the At
torney General was given power to
prosecute and enforce after the ter
mination OF the rent act any viola
ton of this act or of any order cf
the commission committed before
the termination of the dc-.
THE section is broad enough to
cover any pending proceedings
whether in the Municipal Court,
the Supreme Court, or the 'N"urt
OF Appeals
It was pointed out today shat
after the unfavorable Supreme
Court decision, the Rent Commits
sion was estopped from its prose.
cution of cases by the landlords Jb-
tanning temporary injunctions in the
District Supreme Court.
With the transfer of authority
on Friday from the Rent Commits
sion to the department, it is won
dered whether the landlords will
unprecedented and attempt to get
injunctions against the Department
of Justice.
Many Cases Pending
Should injunctions be obtained
against the Department Of Justice,
the disposition Of the pending cases
before the Rent Commission will
await the final decision on the sub
ject from the Supreme Court of the
United States.
The Rent Commission will turn
over TO the Department of Justice
S3s cases pending in the Municipal
Court, twenty-seven cases appealing
decisions Of the Commission pend
ing in the general term Of the Dis
trict Supreme Court, and two cases
In the Court Of Appeals. The at
ter cases are Norment and Linkins
VS.. Whaley, and Bates Warren VS..
Whaley.