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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-04-09

10000 in 1924. One hundred and
ninety industrial firms in 1926 had
profits of $S4O, 900, 900 compared with
$615 100000 in 1924, and 104 public
utilities had 1925 profits $685. 5,QO0, 900
compared with $27s 100000 in 1924.
Not all businesses made more
money in 1925 than in the previous
year, but the fact that representative
firms of three industrial divisions in
creased their earnings indicates that
1925 business profits as whole were
well above those Of 1924.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-04-09
DAMAGE SUIT
Against Miners Declared
Mistrial When Jury Fails
to Agree

By international Labor News Service.
indianapolis, Ind.-The Pennsyl-
vania Mining Company's damage suit
against the United Mine Workers in
the district federal court at FIT.
Smith, Ark, was declared mistrial
after the jury in the case was unable
to agree on verdict. The jurors
stood 10 to in favor Of the defend
ants.
The case was first tried in 1920 at
Ft. Smith and the coal company given
a Judgment of 100000, which under
the law was tripled, or made $500, 900.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-04-09

thereby making close to a clear profit
of $1,OO0,OOO year; how in many
instances the convicts are brutally
flogged and otherwise inhumanly
treated; how progressive citizens of
the state have tried in vain for ten
years to get rid of the system.
Organized labor has long fought
convict systems such as the one that
is a disgrace to Alabama, and will
watch with keen sympathy the cam
paign to end the Southern states saw
age system of Furnishing law break
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-04-09
Endorsed by the Trades and Labor
Council of Hamilton, Ohio
Endorsed by the Middletown Trades
and Labor Council of Middlet0wn. O.
THE "Y" DRIVE

The campaign to raise $4,000 for
the Y. M. C. A. goes merrily on, and
from the latest reports of the work
ers "she's going over the top" And
that is as it should be. For what
would we do without the "Y," now
that we've got used to having it serve
us? What would we do for place
of meeting for committees, organiza-
tions, etc 800 approximately such
meetings being held in the "Y's"
rooms during last year, including
talks, lectures, religious services,
luncheons, etc Then there are the
many things provided for men in the
way of recreation and entertainment,
club features, bowling alleys, pool and
billiard tables, athletics of all kinds,
and others too numerous to mention.
Then above all, think what this grand
institution means in the training of
our future citizens--our boys, the
proper building up of their character
The value of this training is beyond
compiling. One could go on for hours
telling of the good an institution, such
as is the local Y M. C. A., is to any
community. Get in on it, even
though the drive goes over the top,
get in on it and feel better for hav-
ing helped little in this great cause
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-04-09
REBUILDING THE ELECTRIC
LIGHT PLANT

put into the new plant together with
what we can. get for 1t now-that is,
if we want to sell, and that we will
then have to pay still higher rate
for current.
Not much chance for such action,
Mr.. Citizen. Don't forget that the
same company competing for Hamil-
tons electric business also furnishes
electric current in neighboring cities
and communities, where they are get
ting higher rate than in Hamilton,
and if it lowered the rate here IN
Hamilton it would have a sweet job
explaining to its consumers else
where why their rates is not lowered
also. Don't think for moment that
the big company has any thought for
rate cutting, if anything, the trend
of thought is upward.
And lest we forget, Middletown is
paying, and to the same company that
is after Hamilton's electric business,
10 cents XIV. where Hamilton is
paying 7 cents XIV When asked
by the Hamilton citizens committee
why the difference in the rate in the
two cities, an official of the electric
company replied that it was because
of the competition offered by the
Hamilton plant. So that Middletown
consumers pay nearly so per ceni
more for current than does the Hamil
ton consumers simply because Mid
dletown has no plant of its own
simply because the company has the
people where it does them no good
to protest or resist.
Even though the big company did
reduce the rate to such figure that
to meet it the city plant would oper-
ate at loss, and the city did meet
| it, couldn't we we'll afford to make up
the loss by taxation if we kept the
current rate to low figure? 1t is a
certainty that the gain to the con-
sumner from a real low rate would
much exceed the loss to be made up,
suffered by the city plant. So long
as that little old city plant is on the
line doing picket duty, just so long
will Hamilton consumers enjoy low
rate for electric current; but remove
the picket and bingo! paus auf, nuf
sed.
Why, if only for street lighting
and lighting our public buildings, it
will pay to maintain our own plant
for, while the big company may be
able to make current cheaper than the
city plant can, it will not sell to the
city as cheap as the city can make
its own. Don't forget that the other
fellow is only after profit, which the
city isn't.
The Press believes, and it also has
done little investigating on its own
that the money put into the rebuilding
of our electric plant is money vel
spent for ALL the citizens. The
Press certainly disagrees with the
Journal in it's stand on the PROPOSE
ton The Journal no doubt is abso.
lutely honest, earnest and sincere ir
the stand it takes but, in this in
stance, the Press believes as al
authority and advisor on the subject
the Journal makes pretty good eve
ming journal.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-04-09

speaking of the Palace Magazine, did
you read the Sense and Nonsense page
of the current number of the booklet?
If you didn't you are missing some
thing. for anyone reading it who can't
wriggle a smile or laugh out of him
self after reading it has lost all sense
of humor and should go to doctor
there is something radically wrong
with his funny bone. Yes, stronger
than that, he should go to an under
taker-for he is literally dead, from
his head down and his feet up.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-04-09

Q.-What books did Samuel Com
pers write?
A.-Labor in Europe and America;
American Labor and the War; Labor
and the Common Welfare; Labor and
the Employer; Seventy Years of Life
and Labor. These books were in ad-
dition to large list of pamphlets on
labor subjects.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-04-09

1t just does seem strange that there
should be so many people in Hamilton
that can't look on the electric light
proposition in the same light as does
the Hamilton Evening Journal. Yet
such is the truth. The Journal keeps
advising one thing and the people,
darn their contrariness, insist on do
ing another, by word of mouth, by
vote, etc.
Last week the Journal editor again,
because the courts lifted the ban on
expansion in Hamilton for the Hamfl-
ton Service Company, let loose flood
of advice on the proposition and ridi-
culed those in authority, who are but
doing the public's bidding, for pro-
ceeding with the rebuilding of the
city's electric plant. The Journal
takes the stand that because the
Hamilton Service Co. is no longer re-
strained from stringing its wires over
any and all streets that with such
competition the city will be put out
of the electric business.
That is where the Journal is wrong,
and we are surprised at its weakness
in the matter Would the Journal,
if another newspaper came in with
an offer to buy it's plant, at the same
time threatening unless it sold, that
another newspaper would be estab-
lished in Hamilton-would the Jour-
nal then, like the dog rolling over and
playing dead - lie down and quit /!
Why, bless you, competition IS the
life of trade The more the merrier.
And so with the electric light plant.
With more boosting for the commod-
ity, such as is to be expected on the
part of the Hamilton Service Com
pany, the more people will become
educated to the use and benefits of
electric current until really there will
be room for another company or two
if they want to come in.
The Press believes there are enough
LOYAL citizens in Hamilton to use
up every bit of current the proposed
new city plant can generate-and at
the rate now being charged. And if
! the plant was a money maker last
wear. under obsolete conditions and
the existing rate, why can't it con-
tinue 50 when it is rebuilt, modern
up-to-date?
1t will be remembered, the service
clerks report showed the plant made
a profit last year of S44,596. Add te
this free street lighting, which if the
city had to pay for the current usec
would have cost $72 2,694.30, shows the
department made profit of SLIT,
29030. That's not SO bad, and if il
could be done last year is there any
reason why it can't continue thus fol
years to come? 1t is assurance, al
least, that the plant will hold its owr
and not run at loss.
Some people seem to fear that q
competitor coming in might reduce
the rate so low that to meet it the
city plant would meet with disaster
that the city would be put out of the
electric business, and that after~sucf
happening the competitor would in
crease the rate to much higher fig-
ure than it is at present, SO that II
the end we would be out the money
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-04-09
AGENCIES OBJECT TO LICENSE

Albany, N. Y.-Organized labor
opposes the efforts of private employ
ment agencies in this state to evade
being licensed. This system tends to
protect workers from being victim
ized, but the agencies demand free
hand
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-04-09
- - Pa Pa "a
LIGHT ON BRUTALITY

American workers owe a good deal
to the cops of Clifton and Passaic,
New Jersey, who lost their heads,
dubbed newspaper reporters and
photographers and smashed some
$4,000 worth of cameras.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-04-09
GLOSS OFF

Will remove the wenrshine 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
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-04-09

Q-What is the position of organ
lied labor on government ownership?
A.-The American Federation of
Labor has gone on record as favor
ing government ownership of the rail
roads, telegraph and telephone sys-
TENS. The reconstruction program of
the federation, adopted in 1919, said:
Public and semi-public utilities
should be owned, operated or regulat-
ed by the government in the interest
of the public" In making this declar-
alton, the federation emphatically in
sisted upon the right of the workers
to organize under any system of gov
ernment ownership or control.
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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-04-09

Q.-What is the address of the
Union Labor Life Insurance Com
pany?
A.-No. 312 American Federation
of Labor Building, Washington, d. G.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-04-09
Labor Queries

Questions and Answers on La
Dor: What 1t 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, 1926-04-09

Q-Has there been any recent in
vestigati0n of the usefulness of elder
ly workers in industrial plants?
An The Nations Health for De-
cember, 1925, w. |. Clark, M. D., and
E. B. Simmons, M. D., gave the re-
suits of study of elderly workers in
an abrasive manufacturing establish
ment. The study showed, in the
opinion of the writer's, that in fairly
large factories work can be found
which men of 65 years of age can do
without injury to themselves, to 9TH
ers, or to property Such work is of
value to the man and to the company
employing him."
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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-04-09
FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1926

Entered at the Postoffice at Hamilton.
Ohio. as Second Class Mail Matter.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-04-09

Q.-Wh0 is president of the Com
mercial Telegraphers' Union of Amer
lea?
A-Roscoe H. Johnson.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-24
CYCLE RACE CARD
Professional Golden Wheel" Event To Bring Worlds Greatest Riders Together.

Alfred Goulet. manager of the Hartford Cycledrome, has arranged an attractive card of events for Thursday night. In the event that rain upsets the program as 1t has many times in the past, another card will be staged the following week. The first event on the pro- gram is an Australian Pursuit race for amateurs. This will be follow ed by a three-mile open for anna teurs.
 One of the sensations on the card will be the third event, a 3-5 mile race for the championship of New England, professional event. This will find the best cycle riders in the New England states pitted against each other. The Miss and Out event for the professionals is another feature on the card.
 The big race of the evening will be the Golden Wheel' a one hour motor paced event in which Mario Zuchetti, Italy; Reene Boogman, of Holland; Sam Eastman, Newark, N. J.; Foncent Madonna, Italy; Bob Grassin.. France and Vic Hopkins of Davenport, Ia., will be entered. This will find some of the greatest stars in the world matching their speed and skill against one another and to those who have seen a motor paced event such as is carded for Thursday night. this event will be a real treat.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-24

which came nearest to turning things upside down was the game between East Berlin and East Glas- tonbury at the latter place. East Berlin went into the last of the ninth with Al lead, but Williams weakened and the league leaders pounded out four hits for as many runs, J. Comps triple with L. Comp on first ending the game. The barely-won victory kept East Glas- tonbury in first place. Al Lawrence starred for East Berlin with four hits out of five.
 Highland Park gave Plainville a scare in a see-saw affair and was subdued in the ninth inning, 9-S, when Plainville put over one run to break a tie. The hitting of Nick Tolli, who made two triples, featur- ed.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-24
MOLLA MALLORY IS AGAIN NET CHAMP
Wins Out in Terrific Battle With
 Elizabeth Ryan

torest Hills, N. T., Aug. A RN
 Mrs. Molla B. Mallory, seven times national champion, again is back upon the highest pinnacle of Ameri- can women's tennis.
 Out of Valhalla of lawn tennis, the
 3S-year-old New York woman, na- tive of Norway came yesterday to conquer Miss Elizabeth Ryan, of
 Santa Monica, Cal, in a dramatic
 three-set battle that thrilled the crowds packed about the courts of
 the West Side Tennis club.
 The crowning of a new national
 champion to occupy the throne left vacant by the withdrawal of Helen Wills, was accompanied by nerve wracking see-saw struggle, that sev-
 eral times saw match and game point lowering above the racquets of
 both players. The first set was an easy victory for Miss Ryan. GA. The second went to Mrs. Mallory, 6-4, as
 the Morse woman's surge gathered
 headway.. The third was a terrific battle for every point with Mrs. Mallory finally edging out 9-7 tri- lumph and her eighth championship.
 So evenly matched were the two great rivals that Miss Ryan actually gained 112 points to Ill for Mrs. Mallory.
 The first set forecast an apparent
 ly easy victory for the California star. Vicious, low-bounding drives, hammered into Mrs. Mallorys back court for weak returns into the net. She appeared helpless against the driving attack of the westerner whose crisp stroking rapidly piled up Q four to one lead in games.
 Smiling grimly, Mrs. Mallory fought back and gradually her back hand game improved. She pulled three of the next four games out of the fire but the clean drives and per- feet control of the Californian could mot be denied.
 Returning confidence stiffened Mrs. Mallory's game in the second set. With grim fierceness she forced Miss Ryan from her former secure posi- ton in forecourt with bristling drives 10 the base lines. The games went with service to the seventh when Mrs. Mallory broke through for her first advantage. Although Miss Ryan promptly smashed the New Workers delivery to even accounts, Mrs. Nal ;lory stood firm. Scorching drives 10 back court and along the side lines squared the match for her.
 Miss Ryan opened the third set with a rush that appeared to doom her opponent. Fighting progressively she rushed through to win the first four games with scarcely a fault on the way, as Mrs. Mallory's returns grew weak and cratic. But the fierce courage of the former cham pion came back in the crisis. Her dazzling forcing shots again drove Miss Ryan from forecourt and she fought on to a remarkable victory. The last two games reached deuce three times before Miss Ryan sent high flying drive out of court in at tempting to return the match point.
 Throughout the match the crowd roared its approval of Mrs. Mallory's play. the first time she has received such a tremendous ovation from New York enthusiasts in all her ap- pearance in championship tourna- ments here. Her victory marked her first conquest of Miss Ryan. who had defeated her on eight previous occa- sions
New Britain herald., 1926-08-24
Sword Given by Napoleon
 Is Stolen From Museum

Milan, Italy. Aug. 24. tp = A sword given by Napoleon to the opera singer Giuditta Pasta and other precious relics have been stol- en from the Theatrica museum ad- joining the Scala opera house which contains priceless obpects and docu- ments referring to ancient and mod dramatic art.
 The thief, who is believed to have hidden after the closing hour for visitors yesterday, took Napoleon's sword which was set with gems, a medal which once belonged to the celebrated Italian dramatist, Count Vattorio Alfieri, golden crown owned by the famous dancer Mar chionninni and historic collar and bracelet. Apparently after examin- ing other relics, includig a manu- script of Gerdi's Requiem Mass. the theft left them behind.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-24

(1O).
 Chicago = Sammy Paris, Rock ford, H.. beat Cozy Dolan. South Chicago (D.
 Des Moines. Ia. - Wally Demp- sey, St. Paul. and George Fredlin, Des Moines, fought draw (S).
 Philadelphia - Tommy Herman, Philadelphia, knocked out Leo (Kid) Roy, Canada, CD. Yale Okum. New York, beat Matt Adgie, Philadelphia (10). Danny Kramer, Philadelphia, won technical knockout over Bobby Garcia, Balti- more CD. Willie Davies Charleroi, Pa, beat Harry Hill. Canada (10).
 Minneapolis, Minn. Joey San- gor, Milwaukee, outpointed Ernie Fleigel, Minneapolis, (10). Johnny O'Donneu, St. Paul. knocked out Sammie Leonard, Minneapolis, (2). King Tut, Minneapolis, defeated Stuart Mclean, St. Paul (10).
 Halifax, N. S. - George Fifield. Toronto, won a technical knockout over Joe Hartnett, Halifax, CD.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-24
MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS

By the Associated Press. Gncluding games of August 23).
 National League Batting-Hargraye, Reds, 3sS, Hits-Brown, Braves. 154. Runs-Cuyler, Pirates, S5. Doubles - Bottomley, Cardinals, 34
 Triples-Walker, Reds, 20. Homers-Wilson, Cubs, IS. Stolen bases-Cuyler. Pirates, 26. Pitching-Haines, Cardinals, won 10, lost 2.
 American League Batting-Fothergill, Tygers. 1885. Hits-Burns, Indians, 174. Runs-Ruth and Gehrig, Yankees, 115.
 Doubles-Burns, Indians, 57. Triples-Gehrig, Yankees, 20. Homers-Ruth. Yankees, 39. Stolen bases-Mostil and Hunne- field, White Sox, 31.
 Pitching-Dauss, Tygers, won g., lost 3.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-24
LOCAL POLICE TO CLASH
 WITH SILVER CITY COPS
New Britain Team To Be Strength ened In Right Field For Tomor- rows Game.

ened In Right Field For Tomor-
 rows Game.
 The New Britain police depart ment baseball team will journey to Meriden tomorrow afternoon to play the 'cops" of that city In the sec- ond of the home and home series of games between the two. Last week at Willow Brook park the two teams met with the result that New Brit ain took a closely played game from the Meriden nine by the score of 6 to 5.
 Tomorrow's lineup will be about the same as that of last week all though the local pitching selection has not yet been made. It Is ex- pected that McCuo will probably be selected to fill in a place at right field that has been a weak spot in the New Britain defense.
 Tommy Blanchard will probably be selected to pitch tomorrow's game in Meriden. His work in the closing sessions of last weeks game showed that he has the number of the Meriden men and he will pro- bably be the big gun in the blow off tomorrow. In the event that he does occupy the mound, Slim" Po- litis will go to center field with "Micky" Hober playing third base. This shift will give New Britain a strong defense and an added batting power.
 In last weeks game, Huber and Blanchard were the heavy stickers for the locals while Politis' hit in the eighth inning tied the score. The rest of the team will probably remain the same. Meriden will again send it's ace finger, Billy Kline to the mound. He lost a tough game last week to the New Britain team but is out this week to get revenge if such thing is possible. Tomorrow's game will be a real gruelling struggle between the two teams.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-24
Parisian Newspapers Tell About Valentino

Paris, Aug. 24. P)-Nearly every Parisian newspaper today prints prominently dispatches from New York chronicling the death of Ru- dolph Valentino, the moving picture artist, and also obituary notices of him. |.
 Many of the papers pay tribute to to his work as an artist and his faculty of bringing the flavor of TO- nance into the lives of the people.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-24
Three French Planes Out
 To Win World Title Today

Paris, Aug. 24. PEThree air planes in search of new world non- stop records, took off at the Le Bourget airdome today. Two of them got safely away, but the third was forced down shortly after the start.
 Of the two remaining in the air, that piloted by Pollen and Van Gaudenberg headed for Bender Abbas, Persia, while that command ed by Lieut.. Charles and Captain Wetzer, is expected to land near Karachi India.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-24
HAVE NEW PLAYERS
At Least Nine Places on the Bos- ton Bruins Hockey Team Will Have Different Men

Boston, Aug. 24. Pl-There will be at least nine new faces in the lineup of the Boston Bruins of Ma tional Hockey League when the season opens, Arthur Ross, manager has announced.
 Only five of last years team are certain of their jobs and the shake up is expected to let out such play CTS as Harrington, Herb Mitchell and Red" Stuart.
 Ross said yesterday that he ex- pected no difficulty in signing up five men from the western league and four more elsewhere. Play CTS who will be retained are Lionel Hitchman, Carson Cooper, Sprague Cleghorn, Dr. Charles Stewart and Jim Herberts. .."....