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The Washington times., 1926-12-30

S.
Betsy
WORLD-"Borrah Minnevitch
and his gang of harmonica play
ers stopped the show. Last night
Betsy appeared to be q con-
siderable scramble for all con-
cerned, but it may settle down,
get cut and emerge into some
thing better"
-ffThe sense of the
audience was unmistakeable;
Americas premier merchant OF
glory had failed to put over his
show. In my opinion, Mr.. Zieg-
field has failed as ! hope re
never will again"
POST-"Except for a few
minutes now and then in the
course of long and somewhat
tedious evening, there was very
little of Florenz Ziegfeld in his
latest show except in the charm
of the chorus and the beauty
of the costumes. The real hit
of the evening was Borrah
Minnevitch and his harmonlca
orchestra"
Irving Berlin, it seems, was
rushed in to bolster the music
of Hart and Rodgers and his
niece, not heard here, was ap-
plauded r6undly by the re-
viewers. "Blue Bird" is its name
and Belle Baker sings it.
#% =
Some Of the more discom-
fitted producers have given up
irving to persuade Washington
that it is a good dog-town.
You may have noted that try
outs this season have been few.
The Shuberts are opening all
of their new plays in Atlantic
CITY. while such strange ports
of call as Syracuse, Dayton
Allentown, Stamford and New
ark are appearing in the try
OUT lists. Detroit and Pitts
burgh are very popular.
Two plays, both named bal
IyhOO were LElcu ooI u
York this week and are being
rushed to the big town. One
is produced by Russell Janney
owner of the magnificent "Vag-
abond King" and has in it's
cast Kathryn Givney and Minna
Gombel. Syracuse notices on
this one were very favorable.
The second "Ballyhoo," which
rumor says will be renamed
"The Barker" is being produced
by Edgar Selwyn and Charles
Wagner.
John Coolidge had a box at
"The Vagabond King" at Polls
last night. Incidentally it looks
as though this most alluring of
the new operettas will do a
bigger week than AL Jolson did
in "Big Boy" The matinee to-
day is a complete sell-out and
this patronage answers the de-
cision to hold the piece over
another week.
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RING OUT TIL OLD,
GIVE THE NEW
A HAND

This gay old dog town Of ours
will find nearly every theater
in the city holding open for
extra midnight performances New
Year Eve. In number Of houses
the current array of talent will
be supplemented by extra acts
atmosphere. Here's the lineup:
his gang; Ernest Glendenning
and other members of the bill
doing their regular stuff and
anything else that occurs to
them.
EARLE - Babe Egan's Red
Heads: Pillard and Killers re-
vue folk and at least three
other acts.
STRAND Victor Hyde's come
dams and dancers in impromptu
stuff.
GAYETY-Dave Marion and
his burlesquers. and dependence
can be placed on Snuffy. the
Cabman. for something original.
MUTUAL-The Dimpled OAR
lings and the horseshoe runway
where the troupers will extern
porize as the mood suits.
RIALTO-Atlantic Four Quar-
tet; AL Lavine and his band:
Francis and La MARI. blues war
bIers; Bessie Wilson, singing come
dienne: the Aeolian Saxophonians,
and Corbin Shield in his iron
SKINNER. Looks like g. great
bargain.
Observation-Disclosures band
music under Daniel Breeskin;
Art Fowler and his IKE, and.
on the screen. Colleen Moore
in "TWinkletoes."
PALACE-Gus Edwards star
lings and what more can you ask?
All the Mite Clubs. too, are
promising extra things in the
.u,n.r nR ..nr,nirrr
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pigs" Coming

During it's Al weeks run at the
Little Theater. New York Pigs
was frequently cited as an exam
pie of clean, wholesome entertain
ment that lacked none of the ex-
hilarating qualities Of the salacious
farce or the girl-and-music. tired
businessman type of play with
which the stage is surfeited. John
Golden. producer of pigs" has
devoted his activities to- clean
plays for the past 10 years, but
has frequently stated that the
public will not patroniZe the box
Office simply because a play Is
clean. pigs" comes to the Ma
tional Theater for the week be-
ginning Monday evening. Janu-
airy 3.
The Washington times., 1926-12-30
Kidding the Mails

Eddie Cantor. star Boardway
comedian. whose last stage and
screen success was in Kid
Boots" has started work on his
second Paramount comedy, Spe-
cial Delivery" under direction OF
William Goodrich. special De-
livery is humorous story OF
the life Of d postman who be-
comes embroiled in a romance
on his route"
The Washington times., 1926-12-30
Her First Love

Billie Dove has Joined the FOE
lies!
Her connection with Mr.. Zieg5
field. however, is for screen pl1r-.
poses only, and as q matter Of
fact, it isn't with 'sFlo" himself
but with an actor who will Inn
personate the famous picker Of
pulchritude.
The First National featured.
actress. Isl to be q Follies beauty
in 'aThree in Love" In which
she is co-featured with Lewis
Stone and Lloyd Hughes.
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Endorsed by the Trades and Labor
Council of Hamilton, Ohio
Endorsed by the Middletown Trades
and Labor Council of MiddIetown, o.
POLITICS WARMING UP

Never in all its long history has
old Butler county had as hot a polit-
ical fracas as is being staged in the
old Gibraltar of democracy right now.
The big fight of course is being waged
for the nominations for county offices
on the democratic ticket And she
sure is hot affair But the demo-
Gratis are not alone in the fight for
nominations. The republicans, see
ing chance to again put it over
while the democrats are calling each
other names and fighting among
themselves, are having few contests
for the plums in their own ranks. 1t
used to be the republicans made little
effort for the country offices, being
very much in the minority, but ever
since the party has taken part in the
political pie cutting, members of the
party have become hungry, and now
there is usually more than one aspi-
rant for each office, which naturally
means sore spots among the defeated
who don't go out of their way to
avoid disturbing the slumbers of the
peace and harmony lion of the party.
So the republicans, too, have their
troubles, as much SO as the nasty
democrats. Hamilton and Butle
county will witness much of polite
between now and the regular election
in November. In the meantime, all
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-07-30
CONVENTION
OF Ohio State Federation of
Labor at Akron This z
Week

The forty-third annual convention
of the Ohio State Federation of Labor
got under way at 10 o'clock Monday
morning in Eagles hall at Akron,
when Wilbur B. Crossley, president of
the Akron Central Labor Union rap
ped the convention to order and called
upon Reverend Edwin A. Brown, of
Akron, to deliver the invocation, after
which Mr.. Crossley introduced D. c..
Rybolt, mayor of Akron.
Mayor Rybolt delivered a warm ad-
dress of welcome, assuring the dele
Igates that the people of Akron were
glad to have labor's representatives
in their midst. The address of Mayor
Rybolt did much to make the dele
gates feel right at home in the city,
Others introduced and who deliver
ed addresses were: Judge Zessiger,
of the municipal court; Joseph
Thomas, vice president of the local
aerie of Eagles; Peter Smith, 81 years
a trades un.onist and member of the
Molders' Union. Mr. Crossley as
president OF the Central Labor Union,
then delivered his address of welcome
after which he presented John P.
Frey, president of the Ohio State
Federation of Labor.
At the presentation of President
Frey, the delegates arose enmasse and
for quite long time applauded, at
testing the popularity of President
Frey with organized labor throughout
the state. President Frey's address
was one that kept the interest of the
delegates to high pitch throughout.
President Frey announced the cre-
report.
The Imperial Glass Company of
Bellaire, sent present to the con-
vention of the water pitcher and
glasses to be used, all hand made and
made by union men. Various invita-
tions were extended for the entertain
ment of the delegates during their
stay at Akron, after which the morn
ing session closed.
The Monday afternoon session was
called to order at 2:15 o'clock by
President Frey The rules committee
was announced, and addresses were
made by Max Hayes, editor of the
Cleveland Citizen; Joseph Smith, rep
resenting the International Bakery
Workers Union, and others.
During the session many resolu.
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HEROES OF PEACE

Why can't organized labor lead in
paying widespread tribute to the
heroes of peace? Occasionally an
attempt is made to pay such tribute
but too little has been done in this
direction. Labor, as the element in
society most directly concerned and
most familiar with the heroes of
peace, would seem to be the logical
force to lead the nation to reali-
zation and appreciation of what it
owes to those who give their lives
for civilization.
Labor would do we'll to stress more
than it has that the workers who die
in mill, mine and factory, on sea and
on land that the nation may have the
necessities and luxuries of modern
life give their lives just as truly for
their country as do the soldiers who
fall in battle.
This is realized by the Peace Heroes
Memorial Society of Cincinnati, which
held a memorial service for the heroes
of peace on May 31st. The purpose
of the society is we'll worth study
ing. 1t is as follows:
"To extend to all who have died for
the common good the honors that
have hitherto been limited to the
heroes of war. Miners, railroaders,
builders, electricians, mechanics, fire.
men, policemen, explorers, physicians,
nurses, mothers, and others upon
whose risks and sufferings life de-
pends form an army larger than any
fighting force of which histroy has
record. 1t is an army serving with
out intermission and knowing no
armiStice, an army that endureS both
pain and privation. 1t numbers its
losses of life by the tens of thousands
every year and its other casualties
by the hundreds of thousands. 1t
goes to it's hard, perilous battles
without decorations and without hon.
ors; it does not wait for "the roll
of the stirring drum, and the trum-
pet that speaks of fame" Yet it is
the army of our real national defense,
defense against hunger, cold, sick
ness, exposure, disorder, exhaustion,
extinction: ultimately perhaps, our
truest defense against foreign foes. .
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The California and washington
legislatures passed old age pension
acts in 1925 and 1926 respectively,
but unfortunately the governors of
these states were hostile and they
applied the veto to the bills. In Ore
gon an old-age pension bill will be
voted on by referendum next Novem-
ber In Indiana, Massachusetts, and
Virginia, official investigating com.
mittees of the various legislatures
made favorable reports for old-age
pension legislation. In Colorado,
Minnesota and New York official in
vestigations have been provided for.
Thus the good work goes on. There
is no doubt that in the course of a.
few years practically all Of the states
will have adopted old-age pensions.
And from time to time the amounts
paid to the aged will be increased.
IA IA "a pa R
COMPANY "UNION" FREEDOM
The glib defender of anti-unionism
knows which side his bread is but.
tered.
His favorite claim is "closed shop
of the trade unions.
But note his silence when the en-
ployer compels workers to join his
company union" This is different,
likewise awkward for propagandists
who have builded on sand
The New York subway strike re-
vealed that every worker must join
that company union" Employees
have no option. They must affiliate
or not work Dues are deducted by
the company.
Where are this gentry who write
voluminous and ponderous advice to
trade unionists?
Do the propagandists call abortion
to these things? Certainly not The
employer is their best customer. He
buys their pamphlets on the s.4van-
tages of company unions" 20 dis.
tribute to employees.
To tell the facts of the company
| union" is unprofessional 1t .s too
| good meal ticket to be exposed.
There is nothing undemocrat;c iE
unions insisting that workers in every
trade and calling assist in maintain
ing work conditions.
| Society itself rests on this theory.
| Neither would it be wrong to ap-
ply this principle to the company
union" were it not founded on dis
honesty. To compel men to be a
| party to that dishonesty only ex-
| pands the deceit.
| The company union" is maintained
by the employer. He owns, controls
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-07-30
LABOR PRODUCES MOST
IN LARGE FACTORIES

New York.--Labor produces more
in large, well-equipped factories, the
national industrial conference board
finds. The board represents a score
of employers associations.
The study showed that the average
value of the output per worker in
plants with an annual output above
81 100000 was 48 per cent greater
than in plants with an output below
that figure.
There were no figures to indicate
that workers employed in these large
plants receive higher wage because
of their greater production.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-07-30
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE
CONSTITUTION OF OHIO.
ARTICLE XVIII, SECTION IL

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION
II OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CONSTI-
TUITION OF THE STATE OF OHIO,
esHI5HE ees4 nE ro AssEssnEnps E0R THE
Be- it resolved by the General Assembly of the
State OF ONO, threehfths of the members
elected to both houses concurrng therein:
That there shall be submitted to the electors
OF this state in the provided by law,
on the second Tuesday in August, 1926, pro-
posal to amend section II of article XVIII of
the constitution of Ohio, as to read as fol.
lows:
Sec IL. Amy municipality acquiring property
by purchase or appropriation for a public inn
or in part, by assessments upon property bene-
fitted by the improvement whether abutting ad.
lacent or otherwise located. Such assessments
thereby.
Be II further ,esoiyed, That at such election
above referred to this amcndmsnt shall be
placed on the official ballot, in the manner pro-
vided by law and designated as follows:
TO authorize assessment by municipalities
OF the cost of acquiring property for public
improvement. upon lands benefited thereby"
or IN other language, sufficiently clear to desig-
nate such purpose.
If adopted said amendment shall take effect
on the irst day of January, 1927.
Adopted March 27, 1925.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
STATE OF OHIO.
once fHAn Fl the sHSss5Syy sRoWN Of STATE. State;
Of the State Of Ohio, do hereby certify that
the foregoing is an exemplifed copy, carefully
compared BY me with the original now on fis
Secretary of State and found to be true and
correct of Joint Resolution adopted BY the
S6th General Assembly of the State Of Ohio ON
March 27, 1925, and fled in the Office of the
Secretary. OF State, on April 8, 1925, proposing
to amend Article XVIII, Section II Of the
Constitution, relative to assessments for the
costs Of acquiring property.
unto subscribed my name and affixed my Official
seal at Columbus, Ohio, this 18th day Of June,
A. d. 1926.
THAD BROWN,
lSealI Secretary Of Stata.
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R ~ "a - -
OLD AGE PENSIONS

Kentucky is the latest state to en-
act an old-age pension law. It's act
was passed at this years session of
the state legislature, was signed by
the governor on March 25th and went
into effect on June oath. 1t is mod
eled after the Wisconsin act in that
each county has to accept the act
before it becomes effective in the
county. The maximum pension is
$3.50 year
: here are now FIVE states, and the
territory of Alaska which have old
age pension laws. The Alaska act
was passed in 1915, the Pennsylvania,
MOI. ana and Nevada acts in 1923, and
the Wisconsin act in 1925. The state
su,3ra enc court declared the Pennsyl-
vania act constitutional, and new
act is being framed which is supposed
to get around the difficulty.
~ ,o,,l1l;o a,,d +avnaya,.c och ic III A
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the public and taxpayers ask is that
good men be elected.
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SANDLES REARIN'

A. P. Sandles, better known as
"Put," is making desperate efforts to
land the democratic nomination for
governor. It's a cinch if he is nomi-
mated and elected there will be no
more murders i'm the state, no more
grating or other crimes. There will
be no more pardoning of convicts be-
cause there will be no convicts to
pardon; in fact, the millennium will be
reached if Put" Sandles is elected
governor. 1t is so because he said SO
himself, or words to that effect, in a
speech before the Kiwanis Club of
Newark, Ohio, last Monday. But
what is surprising to his friends, those
who know him best, is how in the
name of all good reason "Put" San
dies allowed himself to be so mis-
guided as to say many Of the things
he did in his Newark speech in which
he made promises he knows no man
can keep, promises that he knows are
silly to make and which he knows the
people know he knows can't be kept
~ ma N m N
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and directs. 1t is his property. It is
intended to pre-empt the field and
keep out the legitimate unions.
The company union" is inexpen-
sive. 1t has often replaced crude
spy systems and cumbersome strike
breaking machinery.
With straw bosses and company
favorites in key positions of the COM
pany union" demands for improved
work conditions can be sidetracked.
Even wage reductions are secured
by having a hand-picked committee
Examine the books"
Employers are delighted with their
latest anti-union plan. 1t is SO
smooth, so simple, so inexpensive. 1t
has the outward appearance of trade
union.
Propagandists complete the job by
drugging both workers and the public
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chasing power is as vital as solidarity
in a strike or wage or hour demand.
1t is a matter of cooperation, and
the worker unwilling to assist other
workers by helping to give them en-
ployment and who is insistent that
he receive union wages and conditions
is only half-developed union mem
ber.
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STAND BY THE UNION LABEL

The demand for union-made prod
ucts as symbolized by the union label,
stamp or shop card, is one of the
ways that members of organized labor
and their friends and sympathizers
may assist in promoting the work of
organization.
This is way that accomplishes
results in the least expensive and
most subtle form.
By the laws OF business the mer-
chant will supply the demands of the
trade and when members of organ
lied labor insist in the demand that
goods or service bear evidence that
organized labor has been employed OF
will be employed, the effect is to Gre
ate demand for such labor.
If this demand could be once estab-
lished in a widespread form it would
be proportionately easier to get mer-
chants and employers to see that
union labor was employed and a
greater, variety of products would be
available from which to make selec-
tions.
1t is noteworthy that quantity and
quality of union-made products ex-
pand with steady and increasing de-
mand and members of organized la
Dor can each contribute substantially
to the organization campaign by
directing their purchasing power to
stimulate the production of union
made articles.
This entire phase of the labor
movement seems so small and remote
that many superficial thinkers do not
deem it of sufficient Importance to
give it serious consideration. They
pass it off with a sneer.
! Solidarity in the use of the pur-
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GLOSS OFF

Will remove the wearshine from
Ladies' and Gents garments. Get
the better kind of Cleaning, Repair
ing and Remodeling done at Kappel's,
1852 N. B street. Phone 2617-L
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PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION
II OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CONSTI-
TUITION OF THE STATE OF OHIO,
COST OF ACQUIRING PROPERTY.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-19

Esther Ralston, fresh from working
as the heroine of "Old Ironsides," has
been selected for the leading feminine
role in The Rough Riders" Para
mounts picture story Of Theodore
Roosevelt and his famous Spanish
American War regiment.
Here is the imposing array of Fox
productions being put into shape:
THE City" Clyde Fitch's play; go.
ing Crooked" George Melford direc-
tor "One Increasing Purpose Harry
Beaumont; THE Auctioneer," Alfred
f. Green; ''Whispering Wires Albert
Ray; The Monkey Talks" Raoul
Walsh: Mother Machree." John
Ford; Seventh Hea ven," Frank Bor-
zage Canyon of Light" Benjamin
Stoiof THE F'ullback," Howard
Hawks: Wings of the Storm" j. G.
Jones, Orville Dull. and summer
Bachelors Alan Dwan.
Jack Buchanan, English musical
comedy star, perhaps best known to
theatergoers of this country as one
of the stellar lights Of Charlot's Re
vue, has signed long-term contract
with Cecil +. de Mile. 1t will not
take effect, however, until next
Spring. when Buchanan returns to
America.
sgd Chaplin in THE Better Ole" as
a road show attraction is ready for
Broadway showing next month, and
Warner Brothers are looking ahead
to the next vehicle in which Chaplin
will he seen during the 1926-27 season.
According to the schedule, Chaplin is
to make three of these road show at
fractions during the season.
Jack l.. Warner, director general of
Warner productions, started sgd
Chaplin and Daryl Francis Zenuck
to work writing an original story.
They were told 10 select a nice, quiet
spot where they would not be dis
turbed and not to return until they
has conceived comedy that would
equal 1.-The Better Ole" ION, What
a Nurse" 1.-The Man on the Box" and
other like successes.
Dan Sayre Groesbeck, who sketched
the colorfUl character in Cecil X. de
Miles 1.-THE Volga Boatman" as an
aid in selecting a cast for the picture,
and whose artistic contributions to the
London Graphic made him interna-
tionally famous, will sketch the vari-
Gus characters in THE King of
Kings" as Jeanie Macpherson presents
them in her story to guide De Mile
in selecting the cast.
AZ reward for his capable direc-
ton of THE Last Frontier" George
B. Seitz has been given long-term
contract to direct specials for the
Metropolitan Pictures Corporation.
Seitz is one of the film industry's
pioneers. He discovered Pearl White
and directed her in many of her
greatest serials, at one time appear
ing as her leading man as well.