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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-02-20
Illinois Legislature May Curb Activities
Of Chicago Private Detective Agencies

Fcriminal commercial, store and fac
tory Investigations; labor difficulties
adjusted; strikes and Industrial trou-
bles properly adjusted; male and fe-
male operatives"
Spies Placed in Union Ranks
The fayorite method of the Har-
grave outfit Of properly" adjusting a
labor difficulty is by spies in the
unions male and female and the
use Of blackjacks and guns
The owners of the General Service
Company advertise themselves as
"counsellors in strikes and indus trial
controversies" They also tell the
world that they have both male and
female" operatives for these purposes.
Other Chicago agencies with NAL
odorous regulations along these lines
are the Mooney -Boland- Sutherland
Company, the Thiel Detective Service
Company and Shippy- Hunt
Women Operatives" Are Used as
Lures
The female strike breakers fur
nished by the agencies are often used
as lures to compromise organizers and
other trade union officers and to en-
tice them to lonely spots where the
male strikebreakers may have a
chance to beat them up or even muir
der them
One of the favorite methods of
these harpies is to strike up an ac-
quaintance with trade union officer,
gain his confidence and obtain posses
sion Of official documents and CORES
pondence They are willing to pros
titute themselves to gain their ends.
Experienced organizers are aware
of these facts and are constantly on
guard against the wiles of the sirens,
but occasionally a young cub falls
into the trap set for him.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-02-20
Action Would Help Labor
Of Nation, as Windy City
Is Strike-Rreaking Center

Ied in Illinois, in as much as Chicago
is perhaps the greatest strikebreak-
ing center in the country, with about
Is so-called private detective agen-
cies, many of which make speciality
of furnishing strikebreakers.
During dull" times, when there are
not many strikes to break, the des-
perate characters and outlaws on the
waiting lists of these agencies find
inactivity irksome. If they become
too bored it is an easy matter to jump
on a train and go to some downstate
community and pull off a little job on
their own
Rich Pickings" Found in Chicago
Or, if they prefer to operate in Chi
cago, they can take their weapons
and their police powers out for an
airing any evening and earn expense
money by sticking up" citizen.
Another way Of earning an honest"
dollar" is to act as guards for booze
runners, or, to take the other chute
and make the game still more profit
able, hijack the runners Then, too,
there is always some one in the mar
ket for a reliable, capable fellow to
bump off" a troublesome enemy.
One of the more notorious of these
-strikebreaking agencies is the Edward
j. Hargrave secret service, which ad-
vertises that it specializes in civil
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-02-20
HIGH-BROW LAW TALK
TWISTS TRIAL JURY

New York-Halry Ely, II, editor
of the New York Tenant, objected to
a ruling by Municipal Justice Caffrey
in landlord and tenant case. The
editor called the judge a "nincom-
poop" The judge started suit for
criminal libel and the editor was
found guilty by jury that recon-
mended extreme leniency." The case
was appealed and Supreme Court
Justice Wagner issued certificate of
reasonable doubt, pending a decision
by the appellate division of that
court
Justice Wagner said the trial took
"a latitudinous and unconfned course
into the domain of the toally unrelat-
ed and unchanged crime of seditious
LIBEL" which may have confused the
jurors minds.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-02-20
VOTE
On Child Labor Not Final
in States

New Haven, Conn.-State legisla
lures that have rejected the federal
child labor amendment may reverse
their position and approve the
amendment, in the opinion of Prof.
Walter W Cook authority on con
stitutional law at the Yale law school.
Prof Cook questions the opinion
expressed in some quarters that when
sufficient number Of state legisla
lures have voted not to ratify the
amendment it is finally disposed of.
As proof of his opinion he cites
the fourteenth amendment, which
three North Carolina, South
Carolina and Georgia-at first reject
ed and later ratified through new
ly-chosen legislatures.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-02-20
By JOSEPH A. WISE
Staff Correspondent, international
Labor News Service

Labor News Service
Chicago - 1t is probable that
another strong effort will be made
to enact a law providing for the IL
censing and regulation of private de-
tectives and agencies at the present
session of the Illinois general assem-
bly,.
A bill for that purpose was defeat
ed at the 1923 session. 1t made it
unlawful for any person to act as a
private detective, or engage in the
business of furnishing special or pri-
vate detectives, without license issu-
ed by the secretary of state 1t also
required such persons to register
with the local police department or
the sheriff of the county in which
they might operate, and prescribed
license fees and penalties.
Law Would Hit Strike Breakers
With such a law on the statute
books, gunmen and sluggers camou-
tagged as detectives and imported to
act as strikebreakers would be COM
PEELED to register with local police
authorities upon their arrival in a
community, and their acts of violence
and other unlawful acts more readily
traced to them.
A law of this kind is urgently need
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-02-20

nation unless we have an enlightened
| people.
Opponents of the amendment say
| that it would give too much power to
the congress, and that this power
would be abused. Such charge is
nothing more nor less than an attack
on representative government. When
the people of this country feel that
they can not trust their chosen rep
resentatives, then we are ready for
the rule of the tyrant or the mob.
"If we are to wait before comforting
upon our national government the
power to deal with the great evil un-
til we can be assured beyond the pos
sibility of doubt that such power will
not be abused, we will, in all proba-
bility, have to wait forever.
"The greatest powers now rest in
the hands of congress, but no one
breads their abuse 1t has been said
by great chief justice that "The
power to tax is the power to destroy"
Yet does any one fear that this power
will be so exercised as to destroy
American industry?
Amendment Will Win
is it not reasonable to assume that
in the future, as in the past, the con-
gress of the United States will CON
sist of men who have some reasonable
degree of common sense and that they
will not enact any legislation which
was in opposition to the overwhelm-
ing sentiment of the American peo-
pie?
Back of this amendment is mar
shalled the greatest power in the
world, the awakened conscience of the
American people For this reason, in
spite of any temporary set-backs, we
confidently look forward to day
when, throughout the length and
breadth of our land, there will not be
found single child that is being ex-
plotted in industry or denied the
rightful inheritance of every Ameri
can, an equal opportunity with all
others and fair chance in the race
of life"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-02-20
MEN AND WOMEN
In Union Ranks Lead In
Adopting Orphans

BY Staff Correspondent, international
Labor News Service.
San Francisco-"H Hundreds of or
phan children of San Francisco would
be homeless, friendless and destitute
were it not for the generosity and
kindness of the union men and women
of San Francisco.
"The great majority of San Fran
cisco's foster parents-those who have
taken orphan /. children into their
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-02-20
Illinois Congressman Sees
Victory In Fight to End
Exploitation Of Children

By International Labor News Service
Washington, d. C.-The awakened
conscience of the American people
will wipe out child labor, despite tenn
porary victories gained by the ex-
ploiters of children, Congressman-a
Large Henry R. Rathbone, progress
i've republican from Illinois, told the
National Republican Club of New
York City, at a recent debate on the
child labor amendment Florence
Kelly, noted social worker, and Mr.
Rathbone spoke in support of the
amendment.
Denouncing child labor as un-Amer-
lean, Representative Rathbone de-
clared that the basest form of oppres-
sion is oppression of the child, and
that the lowest depth to which selfish
greed can descend is the exploitation
of those who can not protect them
selves
Urges Education for All
From the beginning of our his
tory" said Representative Rathbone,
I've have proclaimed equality of op-
portunity as one of our fundamental
principles. What equality is there in
land which permits a million of its
children to be handicapped at the out
set of the race of life, which con-
demns them to illiteracy, at a time in
the history of the world when the do
main of knowledge is more vast and
the advantages of education greater
than ever before?
'Not until you give education to
all do you give fair play to all.
ut has bee nsaid that centraliza-
tion is what causes the downfall of
nations. | say that the ignorance and
degradation of the people is what
causes the downfall of nations.
Let us give to all the children of
our country an equal opportunity. Let
us give budding genius a chance to
develop. Let us close the door of the
factory and open the door of the
school
Amendment Defended
''This proposed amendment is not a
leap in the dark; not haphazard at
tempt to tinker with the constitution.
1t is an effort to grapple with a great
and admitted evil in the light of ex-
perence, upon scientific basis and
having in mind the principles and
standards, which are approved by the
best minds that have given life study
to the problem Of child welfare.
''The standard tests in the regula
tion of child labor are, first, the pro-
hibition of labor of children under IA,
the regulation of hours of labor for
children under 16, and the prohibition
or regulation of labor of all children
under 18, from or in extra hazardous
occupations.
Industry is never justified in
thriving on children. The employ
ment of children under unfair and i'm
proper conditions is nothing short of
an economic waste, social crime and
a political menace. The greatest ma
ton in the future of the world will be
the nation that puts its children first
We can not hope to have a great
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-02-20
WALTER LARKIN is DEAD

Pittsburgh, Pa.-Walter Larkin,
vice president of the Amalgamated
Association of Iron, Steel and Tin
Workers, died in Cleveland hospi-
tai. He was active in the affairs of
the association for many years.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-02-20
WANT ONO COMPENSATION

Lincoln Neb-W Workers in this
state win ask the legislature to favor
the Ohio system of compensation for
industrial accidents and deaths. I'm
der this plan the state takes charge
of these payments and eliminates
,,ro6+c
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-02-20
CAR MEN URGE REST LAW

Salem, Ore Street car men in this
state are urging the passage of one
day -rest-in-seven law The act
would apply to railways, street cars,
motor vehicles and auto bus lines.
Evening star., 1925-06-13
MARYLAND HARVESTS
TO BE ABOUT NORMAL
Apples. Peaches and Pears Not So
Promising-Grain Crops May
Offset Losses.

BALTIMORE. June l3.-Maryland
will harvest about the normal crop
of fruit this year if prospects do not.
improve before harvest.
Condition of apples, peaches and
pears are all given as about half of
the five-year average by j. :. Dennee.
United States agricultural statistician
here.
All grain crops. except wheat, how
ever. are expected To be bigger than
the average.
Evening star., 1925-06-13
BY STUART p. WEST.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. June 13.-The situa-
tion of the stock exchange underwent
favorable turn toward the middle of
the past week. and higher prices with
"A larger business volume character
lied the closing days. This forward
movement was built chiefly around
the oil shares and the motors. 1t
brought about some recovery else
where. which was obviously of a sym
pathetic sort.
1t may be that the buying will be
extended in due course to other
groups, but for the present the mar
ket is partial to stocks representing
industries which are in particularly
promising state. 1t is not so keen
about stocks which are not in so good
a position.
Consumption 0utstrips Output.
Authoritative figures on the oil
trade are not available up to a recent
date. But the best judgment is that
while output is either standing still or
slightly receding, consumption has
been steadily growing. The conclu-
sion everywhere drawn is that for
quite while past demand has been
running ahead of new supply, so that
reserves of oil must be drawn upon
more and more freely in order to re.
store the balance.
These reserves were accumulated
last Summer and Autumn when oil
prices were low. conseuuently the
companies which have large amounts
in storage will be able to sell at a
good profit. This consideration. along
with the rising prices both for crude
oil and refined, has nearly caused a
revision upward of oil share valua-
tons. The expectation is that the
change has been sufficiently pro
nounced to warrant more liberal pei
icy regarding dividends as the year
goes on.
Copper Trade Improved
The copper trade has much the
same status as the oil trade The
difference is that no concerted effort
has been made to curtail oil produc.
tion as there has been to curtail pro.
duction of copper.
But the result in copper has been
the same as that in oil, namely that
after a long period of over production.
with Improbable prices, output has
fallen below consumption and sur.
plus supplies have been coming down.
They are reported at present to be
the lowest in two years. Predictions
of a copper price advance, therefore.
have some solid foundation
Steel Industry Lags.
The trouble with the steel industry
still is the unsatisfactory margin of
selling prices over cost This has
not hit the United States Steel Cor
poration, with its superior facilities.
so hard Despite the decrease Of
some 500. 900 tons in untitled orders,
taking April and May together. the
corporation. according to reliable in
formation will have "A comfortable
surplus after dividends for the second
quarter.
The same cannot he safely predicted
for thu independent steels. These
companies will almost certainly show
large decrease in earnings for the
second three months.
Evening star., 1925-06-13
MUSSOLlNI TO BOOST
ITALYS GRAIN OUTPUT
Hopes to Raise Value of Lira by
Stopping Present Grain
Imports.
BY the Assoclated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ROME, June 13.-Increase of Italy's
grain output is the task undertaken
by Premier MuSSolini. This. he said
today. is one of Italy's major prob
lens. and if it could be solved the
necessity for importing grain would
he eliminated and one of the princl-
pal causes of the low value Of the Ira
would he removed.
Mussolini announced he would be
come an agricultural expert after re-
ceiving a group of aEriculturists. VINO
asked that provisions be made to IN
crease Italian harveStS lie SAID he
would assume personal controi as
soon as possible Of the grain battle.
The present weakness of the ltailan
exchange has resulted primarily from
the importation Of grain during the
current year. Nussolini said. Comment
ing on the premier's new venture,
the Tribuna says:
The increase Of the wheat yield TO
such an extent as to free ourselves
from the need of foreign grain is not
less important for our economic ana
financial existence than was SUD
scription to war loans
Evening star., 1925-06-13
Oil Shares and Motors Start
Sharp Rally in Stock Market

So far the latest advance in stocks
has not included the rails. Some of
them during the last week either
made new lows for the year or closely
approached these lows while the buy
ing was liveliest in other sections.
One explanation is that speculative
holders. tired of Juggling railway
stocks. have thrown them over to buy
other things. Another explanation is
that the latest earnings statements
have not as a rule been up to ex-
pectations. Still another is that ideas
held last Winter as to the effect Of
railway consultations upon stock
prices are discovered to have been
too enthusiastic.
1t is conceivable that sentiment
toward the rails might be abruptly
changed If the Interstate Commerce
Commission were to unqualifiedly ap-
prove the Nickel Plate merger and
still more so if it consented to the ap-
plication which is now before 1t for
an advance in freight rates on the
Northwestern roads. These are two
matters Of much Importance for the
railway outlook.
Decline i'm Wheat.
The country was not startled by the
Government wheat figures estimating
a crop of only 661 ,000 900 bushels, a
falling off of 212,000.00O from a year
ago and the lowest forecast since
1917. Neither was it disturbed by the
accompanying statement that there
would be little or no wheat available
for export.
Wheat prices actually broke some
to s cents a bushel on the four days
following the report. The reason lay
in the evidence that Europe and Can
odo hot
larger yield this year to offset the
deficiency in the United States.
Bonds Very Strong.
The investment market continues to
show great vitality. with new high
record prices for United States Gov
Iernment bonds and with a ready over.
subscription for the $50, 900 900 Bel
gian issue which was brought out on
Friday.
The new Treasury financing of its
short-term notes on a per cent basis
the lowest for all time-has not as
yet brought a reduction either in
Federal reserve discounts or In open
market rates. But 1t has supported
the view of the present easy money
conditions continuing. and in this way
has been stimulating influence in in
vestment channels.
Exchange Trends Mixed.
The two most striking occurrences
abroad have been the continued gain
in gold by the Bank of England, which
has increased its holdings more than
Sc. 900, 900 since the restoration to the
gold basis in the last week Of April,
and second, the failure of the French
franc to keep on with its rescovery in
face of the threat that the American
loan of a year ago was going to be
used TO punish the short interest
The opponents of British resumption
of gold payments have certainly been
proved much in the wrong. AS for
France. reassuring statements regard
ing the finances are no longer credited
as easily as they used to be-
fCopyright. 1889
Evening star., 1925-06-13
BIG STEEL MERGER
NEAR IN PITTSBURGH

NEW YORK. June l3 CP).-Acqul-
sition of the Pittsburgh steel Products
Co by the Pittsburgh Steel co. 'Nas
proposed by the latter's directors TO
day in a letter sent to it's stockholders:
The plans call for an increase o.
$50 900 900 in the Pittsburgh steel
CO.. capital stock.
Evening star., 1925-06-13
YARN INDUSTRY DULL.
Being Held Down to
Actual Sales.

GASTONIA. y. G.. June l3 LP).
No change was noted during the past
week in the dull market conditions
hat have marked CASTOR County g
cotton yarn industry for the past
month.
Spinners remain firm in their de.
cision to curtail production as de
iveres are completed and will ac-
cumulate no excess stocks.
Surveys made recently reveal less
tnan one and one-quarter pounds of
warn to the spindle of the unused
stock warn on hand
Evening star., 1925-06-13
NEW YORK CURB MARKET
Received by Private Wire Direct to The Star Office

rouncement that the Standard of Cal
ifornia had contracted to develop ap-
proximately $1,000 acres of VeneZue-
Ian petroleum property in the Mara
caibo Basin resulted in a demand for
the latter. Just above the 4 level
Music Master furnished the feature
of the radio group. gaining points.
The upward movement in baking
stocks gained further headway, with
Continental and Grennan issues ia
,-n,.
Evening star., 1925-06-13
BY WILLIAM r. HEFFERNAN.

NEW YORK, June l3.-The usual
week end evening-up of accounts
served to hold the upward movement
in check for time in the early curb
dealings today, but when selling was
absorbed the market started forward
again with practically all groups shar-
ing in the improvement.
Oil shares We're bought in large vol
ume, notably Humble, around ~, and
Ohio, up 1 points across "A. The an
Evening star., 1925-06-13
LUDLUM sTEEL'S REPORT.

NEW YORK. June 10 (P). Ludlum
Steel reports ret income Of Sl32 .49g
for the first four months of 1879,
equal To S1l0 share. against Sl2O.'
iUS. or 81 share. in the same period
of 1924. Current assets were s2,2lb,'
5S1 and current liabilities Sl5S,6Ul. |.
leaving net working capital of s.,
nJT.tSC
Evening star., 1925-06-13
STRIKERS SEE VICTORY.
Expect Soon to Get Wage Increases
at Baltimore.
,pecial Dispatch To Tne Stai

Special Dispatch to The Star
BALTIMORE. June l3.-With only
two of the largest builders refusing 10
sign agreements calling for wage in
creases, the brotherhood of Carpen.
ters considers il has its strike won.
approximately 800 men are affected
by the holding out of these two firms
but agents for the strikers say nearly
all these men have been placed al
work on the automobile track at
Laurel.
The carpenters are asking for 4
raise in wages amounting To S+4V
weekly, or 10 cents an hour. for a
ti-hour week. They are at present
being paid 81 an hour.
Evening star., 1925-06-13
DIVIDEND CUT AGAIN.

NEW YORK. June 13 (P-The
quarterly dividend of the Appleton
Co., cotton mill operators, at Lowell.
Mass, yesterday was cut again to So
from $3.50, payable June 49, Previous
TO three months ago the rate had
been $40 quarterly.
Evening star., 1925-06-13
ZINC OUTPUT DROPS.

NEW YORK, June 13 GP-The
worlds output of zinc in April de.
clined to S9.741 short tons from 94.S75
in March, the American Bureau of
Metal Statistics reports The May
output in the United States was AZ. 73S
tons. and in Canada 2.651 The
worlds stocks of zinc on May | were
placed at 35.756 tons. against 80, ,534
tons the month before
Evening star., 1925-06-13
RAW SILK HIGHER.
Cotton Cloth Ends With Prices
Unchanged.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
NEW YORK. June l3.-Cotton
goods markets closed the week quiet
~, with no price changes Of note re-
corded The print cloths were steady
at 81. cents for 64N60s and 10 cents
for 6SX72s. Raw silks took Il squirt
forward gaining - cents pound to
a top of $3.50 for XIX 2o22 denier
on active trading.
Evening star., 1925-06-13
SCOUTS RATE CUTS.

KANSAS CITY. June Is tSpecian.-
No immediate reduction in railroad
freight rates can be expected if the
travelling public and shippers continue
to patroniZe motor busses and trucks
in preference TO rail lines. according to
l.. ". Baldwin. president of the Mis-
souri, Pacific.
Evening star., 1925-06-13
HUMBLE OIL GETS LEASE.

NEW YORK. June IS GP).-Humble
Oil has leased 300 acres surrounding
a wildcat well on the l.. p. Powell
ranch in Crockett County, near san
Angelo. Tex, for 81 400 900. Of which
$500. 900 was cash. The balance will
be paid in oil royalties.
Evening star., 1925-06-13
NEW NOTE OFFERING SOON.

NEW YORK, June 10 CP).-Public
will be made shortly in New
York. Chicago and Baltimore of
5000 900 Commercial Credit Co. Of
Baltimore 1O-year 5l2 per cent col
lateral trust sinking fund gold notes.
series \, due 1888.
Evening star., 1925-06-13
BACK DIVIDEND VOTED.

NEW YORK. June I3 LP).-The
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co, Ltd.
of Canada declared dividend of Ia
per cent on the preferred stock for
the final quarter of 1927 toward ac-
cumulations. and also the regular
quarterly disbursement Of ia per
cent.
Evening star., 1925-06-13
CURB SEAT BRINGS $4,000.

NEW YORK, June l3 tP).-A new
high price of $4,000 was paid for
membership on the New York Curb
Market Yesterday by De Courcy l..
Taylor. $500 above the previous trans
action
Evening star., 1925-06-13
Query the Promoter.

Determine how much OF his owr
money the promoter is putting lntt
his scheme before you decide to risE
yours Don't take his word for it
make him prove it
Evening star., 1925-06-13

The TibetanS have "A week of five
days. named after iron, wood. water.
feathers and earth.