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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-29
Workers. Health Bureau Aids
Missouri Workers in Fight
To Win Compensation Law

i By international Labor News Service
New York City.-''The adoption of
a workmen's compensation law to pro-
tect Missouri workers against occu-
pational injury will be decided by
Missouri voters by referendum at the
polls in November. The workers
health bureau has offered its assist
ance to the Missouri State Fedora
tion of Labor in its compensation
campaign to carry this law to VIC
tory" according to a statement just
issued by the bureau.
Missouri labor has been fighting
for this law for the past II years"
the bureau continues. "Since 1921 a
workmen's compensation law has been
adopted by the Missouri legislature
three times. Each time the employ
| ing interests and damage suit lawyers
have succeeded in calling for a ref
erendum on the question and have ex-
pended hundreds of thousands of dol
lars to influence the voters of the state
to defeat the law, thus leaving the
workers entirely unprotected when in
jury or death occurs from accidents
or occupational diseases.
Missouri is one of six states where
dominating employing interests have
consistently fought the efforts of
workers to win a compensation law
Arkansas, North and South Carolina,
Mississippi, Florida and Washington,
d. c., are the other states which have
this black record.
"The annual report of the indus
trial commission of Missouri for 1924
points out that 40,683 workers were
injured by industrial accients in
the state during that year. This does
not include the vast number of work
ers who have suffered occupational
diseases caused by poisonous dusts
and fumes, gases, heat and dampness,
in a state which leads in the produc-
tion of such poisons as lead, zinc and
copper
Injured workers and their depen-
dents are left to the mercy of their
employers for financial assistance
and where no wages are Forthcoming
the worker must have recourse to the
court in suit for damages. In the
courts the workers are up against
high-priced lawyers, endless delays
and if the decision should chance to
favor him, he loses a greater portion
of the ward in legal fees.
"a workmen's compensation law in
Missouri will compel the employer to
pay the worker compensation for in
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-29

ference was acting in accord with the
resolution of the American Fedora
tion of Labor calling on all affiliated
unions to help literally an organiza-
ton that has been most generous in
aiding other unions when they were
in trouble.
All Trades Give Aid
The local conference included every
branch of organized jewelry workers,
street car men, shoe workers, bakers
ana furniture makers in addition to
the other needle trades.
The first big sum, $4,000, was con-
tributed by the Jewish Daily Forward,
the great workers daily published on
the East Side. The Workmen's Circle
voted to raise $4,000; the cloakmak-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-29
By international Labor News Servic

By international Labor News Service
Detroit, Mich. - In the conclu
sion of the report of the com
mitee on resolutions, Matthew Woll
secretary. the American Federation
of Labor, clearly set forth its wage
and hours policies and the reasons
therefor, and laid down also an ex.
preston of underlying philosophy
important to labor everywhere. This
report visions the accelerating speed
of industrial development and concen-
tration and sees the whole tower rid
ing to crash unless labor can join
in to balance with its weight and
wisdom those features that, without
labor's influence, are almost neces-
sarily bad.
The report of this committee, ap-
proved by unanimous vote, follows:
In conclusion and in view of the
recommendations which we have
made on the important matters pre-
sented to you, we desire to present
some thoughts which we hope will
meet with your approval and which
seem to your committee to require ex-
preston.
AS we are we'll aware, and as we
have indicated in previous declara-
tions, the development of our indus
trial life, from the standpoint of me-
chanical changes and changes in it's
general method of operation, is pro-
ceeding at an ever-increasing rate of
speed The rate of change today is
immensely more rapid than was the
case even ten years ago or five years
ago
With the change in mechanical con-
struction goes corresponding change
and growth in the control Of industry.
We point out that the change in the
mechanical phase of industry brings
with it, in the absence of any counter
balancing development, an entirely
automatic change and growth in the
extent of consolidated control, and
this without any necessary conscious
effort or desire on the part of those
who do control. 1t is a part of the
sweep of change and takes place as
such.
Thus, where labor has not found
way to balance the constantly accel-
Grating growth in control it has de-
veloped precisely as has the develop
ment of mechanical operation, bring
ing larger and ever larger units into
unified operation and unified domina-
ton.
The overwhelming necessity for
trade union action to meet this con-
dition is not alone so that the workers
may today have better wages, better
conditions and fewer hours of labor.
1t is that civilization itself may be
saved from the development of an in
dustrial imperialism, an industrial
despotism so enormously powerful and
consequently so arrogant as to bring
about it's own destruction and the de-
struction of what we have achieved
for human welfare at the hands of
citizenry no longer able to bear the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-29
ANTI-UNION EN-
PLOYERS STOP
SCHOOL BUILDING

San Observation-Disclosures on a
school building in this city has ceased
because the Industrial Association
stopped contractors from securing
building material when they refused
to discharge union carpenter.
The association is endeavoring to
enforce its anti-union shop, and is OPP
Grating through supply men and
banks. The carpenters have organiz-
ed supply companies to aid union con-
tractors.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-29
TO HOLD SAFETY CON
GRESS

Rochester, N. Y.-Starting Novem-
Der 10, the tenth industrial safety
congress will be held in this city under
the auspices of the state department
of labor. The congress will study
plans to reduce the annual industrial
accident toll in this state. Industrial
Commissioner Hamilton states that
there were AL ,401 accidents reported
last year. The compensated cases
reached nearly 100000, and compen-
sation for wages are estimated at
$28,000,000. This does not include
payments for medical treatment and
disqualification
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-29

jury in accordance with the provisions
of the law. Occupational injuries
should be charge upon the employer
since the worker is penalized enough
by suffering the accident. This year
organized labor in Missouri is deter
mined to win a victory at the polls"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-29
Labor Queries

Questions and Answers on La
Dor: What It Has Done; Where
1t Stands on Problems of the
Day; Its Aim and Program;
Who's Who in the Ranks of
the Organized Toilers, etc, etc.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-29

Q.-Has organized labor taken a
stand against proposals to register
aliens?
A.-The American Federation of
Labor has voiced strong opposition to
registration proposals and at the re-
cent Detroit convention said a regis
tration law will introduce espionage
and oppression similar to the car
istic terrorism of old Russia. 1t will
discriminate against foreign-born
workers and make it impossible for
them to participate in the struggles
of American labor for higher living
standards"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-29

Q.-How much was raised by the
appeal of the American Federation of
Labor for the striking British coal
miners?
A.-1he fund is not closed Up to
August 81, 1926, the total contributed
was $31. .43S.32.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-10-29


Q.-What is the education fund of
the American Federation of Labor?
Alt is a fund for promoting and
advancing cooperation upon the plan
of the Rochdale COOPERATIVE Society
system and was established in ac-
cordance with instructions by the
Buffalo, 1917, convention af the A.
F. of L.
Q.-Who was delegate from the
National Womens' Trade Union
League of America at the recent A.
+. of l.. convention?
Arose Schneiderman.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-07-09
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- table.
CHANGING up from a table where she
had just settled dispute over the
scoring her gaze encountered Ber-
trans. He stared az her, suddenly
startled For she was not Chinese at
all-she was a white girl; she was the
girl who had summoned him that
amazing night; the girl who had been
the messenger Of Crane and the
friend of Eddie Pellen, Eddie the I'm
mune"-she was Kitty Hewitt
So Crane had not got" her! Ber-
tram thrilled at the sight Of her, and
drew deep, exultant breath. Kitty
Hewitt, this fair, graceful girl. had
not been too outrageously punished be-
cause Of him
Gazing across the room, she recog.
nized him.
How do you do?" he murmured
stupidity.
Kitty Hewitt bowed prettily and
made slight. graceful gesture with
her beautiful hands. in keeping with
her part as Chinese girl.
When Arista Coswell was beside
him. This Is Miss Wing" she said
to Bertram. "She's wonderful at NAH
jong. Have you met her?'
YES" answered Bertram uncertain
ly. "Yes, IL know her." Stupid he
felt-yet to deny acquaintance with
her would have been more stupid still.
Miss Wing interposed, in her pleas
Ing, light manner: Doctor Darand
goes about so much
The hostess was saying: "Then you
must know the game, Bertram. Just
find place somewhere will your"
And. smiling, she moved on
Miss Wing, teacher of mah-jong,
smiled even more placidly and prettlly,
and turned to the nearest table to con-
tinue her picturesque profession.
Watching her, gay and smiling as
she moved among the tables. young
Doctor Darand compared her with the
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-07-09

Shadows of the Civ
By EDWIN BALMER and GENE MARKEY
A SWEET JOB
(Copyright By W. G. Chapman)

NNOpytlBnt W. ~. Sn8pn100J
in the same moment posted men to
follow him from the fiat and get" him.
Beyond bit of doubt they would
have finished him but for what Kitty
Hewitt did. For she who had by mis-
take brought him into that place. also
got him out and away, scot free. Then
she had disappeared-to return to
them. But what was the price she
had to pay? How had the gang fin
ished her for double-crossing them?
II tormcnted Bertram Darand when
ever he had thought about her; and
this torment formed habit Of sur
prising him at sudden intervals
when he was consciously occupying his
mind with other matters. After all, who
was Kitty Hewitt-and what was her
relation to those men? There was
nothing he could do in her behalf: for
her punishment-death or whatever
else the evil-looking Crane had de-
creed-must, several days ago, have
been wrought.
Oddly enough, Kitty Hewitt's pun
ishment visualized itself in startling
images at the hour Of half-past four on
this cool November afternoon as Ber-
tram, having concluded period Of
formal idleness at his downtown Of
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-07-09

Kitty Hewitt glanced toward the
grass doors; no one was near; she
leaned toward him. "Our host-wbo
ought to be here today, wouldn't yo,,
say-but isn't"
Hugh Coswell?" Bertram's eye
brows lifted. "Why, happen to know
he's out Of town on business. What
about the pearls?"
That's it, doctor-what about
them?'
She reached up and plucked an
other petunia. Last week, In New
York. Hugh Coswell bought a certain
string of pearls for thirty-seven thou
sand cash, and brought them with him
to Chicago. Now, thirty-seven thou
sand is quite a price-even for Hugh
Coswell-to pay for string of pearls
He'd hardly forget he had them; he'd
mention them, wouldn't you think?
Well--he hasn't"
"How do you known
oh have ways Of knowing.
Pearls, pearls, is subject I've been
bringing up between squabbles of NAH
Jong all afternoon. I've made myself
almost a pest with my passion for
pearls; I've started conversation about
them until fiatter myself know who
possesses about every fine string Of
pearls in so-caIled Chicago society
The surprising fact, really the shock
Ing fact. Doctor Darand, is that Mrs.
Cosweil owns practically no pearls at
all; she does not like them; she pre-
fers sapphires all her friends know
1t: surely her husband must know,
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-07-09

other girls IL the room, and saw no
one to rival her In elan, in person
atty, in aliveness and grace. The
loveliest Of the debutantes, the most
attractive Of the younger married set,
failed to match up with this Kitty
Hewitt, companion of gunner. Abb
ruptly Bertram crossed to a window.
"She's here" he sail to himself ito
find out something for them of course.
Clever, her learning mah-jong and set
ting up as an expert She can get in
anywhere with til"
Bertram thought of that meager fiat
wherein Crane hal greeted him and
set him to work on the gunshot wound
Of Eddie the Immune" Then he
looked across at the bright figure In
the blue and rose silk costume, moving
so blithely between the tables; and
his shoulders jerked in an involuntary
shudder. What was the real plan
behind Kitty Hewitt's presence here?
Doctor Darand sauntered back into
the mah-jong room, his nervousness
lessening. Nothing had happened, and
tables were breaking up; by the thou
sands Of dollars each moment the
loot in Jewels and platinum was dis
appearing. Miss Wing had deserted
her tables. He caught a glimpse of
bright blue silk among the green palms
Of the sun room beyond, and, entering
found her.
"Well2" he challenged.
"Very," she assured him confidently
He closed heavy glass door which
shut off the sun room from the lounge;
the door at the other end was already
shut; they were alone.
$780," he said, half accusingly,
Crane didn't do much to your"
"Thanks to you, No." There was
note Of gratitude in her voice.
Thanks to me?"
"Of course. Didn't you keep quiet?
You were wise enough to stay away
from making trouble. That's what
saved ma when J. vent buck"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-07-09

Net he's recenuy invested tnIrty-seven
thousand dollars In a string of pearls,
Perhaps he is playing pearls for a
rise, Doctor Darand? Perhaps IT Is
merely an lnvestment-what do you
think? Perhaps, on the other hand.
these pearls mean definite danger to
our host who happens to be away. He
and his wife are supposed to be happy;
they have three beautiful children; his
home is a great advantage to him In
the important position of public trust
he holds. He could scarcely survive a
scandal; yet, believe me, one threatens
him and this house, Doctor Darand, |
Believe me, no talk of his friends, no
argument, no persuasion can save him.
There is only one way out for him.
am here today to help prepare the
way"
you mean," he accused, "Pellen "a
preparing TO hold Coswell up and shoot
him -
She raised her head and looked up
at the Towering basket above. You're
thinking about that policeman" she
said, that Eddie happened to- Tell
me, doctor, don't surgeons ever kill
people by mistaken
by mistake, Of course" he ad-
mitted.
That's how that killing happened,
by mistake" Kitty Hewitt said en-
phatically. This won't be like that at
all. This is going to be sweet Job,
I'm perfectly sure"
"a sweet iohg' said Bertram
(To be Concluded Tuesday,
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-07-09

marvellous hours he had been In bed
at his somewhat shabby lodgings-an
ordinary, Insignificant, unsuccessful
young doctor.
Outside In the storm. at the door be-
low his window, had stood that girl
that strange girl who had breathlessly
summoned him: ooh, hurry, please !!
Surgical bag, doctor!" She proved to
be young and fair and 1.-the and most
extraordinarily alive. Her name. she
said. was Hewitt.
One Of the gang had been shot; a
young man he was, scarcely more than
d boy-and rather handsome. Ber-
tram recognized the pale face: Eddie
Pellen--"Eddle the Immune" newspa-
bers called him--nOtoriOus gangster,
and so serious was his wound that he
was likely to die: that was why the
sinister pig-eyed man called Crane,
who watched over him, had sent
Hewitt-Kitty, Crane called her-in
such haste for a surgeon. 1t was too
late now to correct her mistake in the
man she had brought. so Crane had
Set Bertram Darand. M. D., to work;
and there, in the bedroom of the fiat,
with the lovely Kitty Hewitt helping
him, he had executed the most skill
1ul operation Of his life to save the
wounded gunman, eddie the I'm
mune" And when the Job was done,
Bertram knew that Crane meant to
take no chances with him: Crane
meant to make him perfectly safe"
BE had paid him a generous fee, but
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-07-09

Petunla ana T o0eoo u Down 70 Him.
fee (where patients. as he insisted.
were as rare as January strawber-
ries). was sauntering northward along
Lake Shore Drive. Approaching the
turreted gray stone residence Of Hugh
Coswell. he recalled that Mrs. Cos
well was entertaining.
Bertram loathed afternoon tea. He
was not the sort of chap one encount-
ers at stuffy functions Of the sort. sur
rounded by platOons Of chattering
fashionably gowned women; there was
none of that about young Doctor
Darand. Yet he turned and went In.
An obsequious footman in mulberry
livery took his things and another
ushered him toward Mrs. COswell's
enormous drawing room. done in ivory
and gold and hung with tapestries;
and at once Bertram became the cen
ter of an accusing circle.
"Bertram, where have you been
keeping yOurself?"
"You can't tell me you're so fright
fully busy yet!'
"My dear, one must resort to ton
silitis at least to have any hope Of
seeing Doctor Darand these days!"
Arista Coswel was known as n
smart hostess; today the yellow-paneled
music room and the spacious lounge
beyond were cluttered with tables of
the Chinese gambling game mah-iong.
and for the instruction Of noviti-
ates at the game and as a sort of
umpire to smooth over perplexities Of
the scnrinc Chinese Girl in co,c-f;-;..
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-07-09

whats the game hereY" he de-
manded abruptly.
"Why do you want to known" she
continued.
"Oh-harmless curiosity. perhaps"
And If don't tell you. what'l you
do? Call the policeT"
Perhaps" he threatened.
"ReallyY she said lightly. And If
l do tell you-then what?" Her blue
eyes regarded him for second, then
she glanced away casually and smiled
Maybe it would surprise you If you
know what a moral errand brought me
here today" She seated herself on
the top Of low, white enameled step
ladder, used for reaching the flowers
which grew in boxes and baskets hung
from the glass arch of ceiling, and,
reaching up, plucked crimson petunia
and tossed 1t down to him. Anyone
glancing through the glass door would
believe that Bertram Darand was
merely playing with the pretty NAH
jong teacher; and no one, just now,
would interrupt.
II assure yOu," she went on coolly,
that what you saw here--my teach
ing people to play mah-jong-is the
most evil part of my work in this
house. The other part Is tracing a
mystery"
Mystery" he asked, "of what?"
Lost Jewels, doctor. A wonderful
string of pearls. The price paid was,
understand, thirty-seven thousand
dollars"
Price, naid by whom?'
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-07-09

What had happened to Kitty Hewitt?
It had been amazing to him how
fear for her safety had. during the
past week, dominated his thoughts;
the more amazing whenever he reck.-
oned the hours-not four, altogether
through which she had been an actual
factor in his life. Were he merely to
obliterate the memory Of half of one
night, drop out one short flight Of
time between two in the morning and
dawn, Kitty Hewitt-and whatever
might have happened to her-would
become nothing to him. Yet Bertram
Darand, M. D., could not have obliter-
ated that memory had he wanted to;
and, decidedly. he did not want to.
That night, at the beginning of those
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-07-09
". N. U. SERVICE

DARAND. NJ. D.
almost passed by. Only
the most capricious of i'm.
pulses turned him in al
the huge, imposing gray
stone mansion of the Cos.
wells, and so brought him
knowledge of the one mat.
ter which, above every.
thing else, he wanted to
know. This supremacy I'M
nortant uuaSfiOn was.
Evening star., 1926-12-27
WATERWAY FOES
| BRANDED INSANE
Selfish interests in Congress
Hamper LakeS-to- Gulf Plan,
Says Illinois Magnate.
By the Associated Press.


CHICAGO, December 27.-Selfish
interests, by desperate, insidious and
destructive Means" are attempting to
hamper waterway development and
thus holding 100000 people at a
disadvantage, +. T. Harris, chairman
of the waterway commission of the
Illinois Manufacturers Association,
said in his anual report last night.
He advocated immediate construction
of necessary waterways.
Discussing particularly the Illinois
waterway project in connection with
the lakes-to-the-gulf development, he
asserted that insane assaults" upon
the measure, which would provide
money for clearing the Illinois River
channel. have been made by a minor
aty in Congress, and added:
t"Although Illinois has borne in
sturdy measure her full share Of ma
1ional undertakings for harbor, chan
nel and canal improvements, reaction
aries have fought desperately to pre-
vent the appropriation of scant two
million to clear the Illinois River
channel, which is the most perfect
naturally for a longer distance than
any other similar stretch of water in
the United States.
mo control of waterways or high
ways by ininical interests or by COM
missions designed to correlate these
ways should ever be permitted in our
country"
Evening star., 1926-12-27
RIALTO-'Taxii Taxiw

A rollicking comedy called Taxi!
Taxi is the photoplay fare offered
patrons of the Rialto Theater for
their holiday bill. with the Atlantic
Four, dapper Harmony Boys, held
over for second week, as the stage
presentation, an appropriate short
comedy entitled "Snookum's Merry
Xmas" featuring the Newlyweds, to-
gether with short reels and organ and
orchestral music.
Taxi! Taxi" presented by Carl
Laemmle, is based on George Wes-
tons magazine story and was di-
rected by Melville Brown. Edward
Everett Horton, who is co-starred
with Marion Nixon, proves himself a
comedian of no mean ability as Peter
Whitby, the struggling young archi
tect who falls in love with his arro-
CANT boss niece. Horton, who uses
no comedy makeup, depends upon a
rich variety of facial expressions for
his effects and succeeds in achieving
Evening star., 1926-12-27
Observation-Disclosures" A

A new Aesop Fable, the latest com.
pilation of the picturized news events
of the week and added short reels
embellished with melodious pipe organ
accompaniment and solo intervals by
Mirabel j. Lindsey and Gertrude
.Kreiselman comprise the auxiliary
features of the bill being presented
at Crandalls Ambassador Theater the
first three days of this week.
The principal screen attraction is
the film version of Thomas Burke's
story of London's Limehouse,
'Twinkletoes," in which the stellar
role is played by Colleen Moore and
a complete review of which will be
found in connection with the Metro
politan Theater, where 1t was also
accorded first Washington presenta-
tiOnS Yesterday