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ST. PAUL5 EPISCOPAL
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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-01-07
STATE WAGE LAW
OPPOSED BY LABOR

New York-A prevailing rate of
wages law was opposed by trade
unionists at a hearing held by the
state industrial survey commission.
The workers declared that the plan
was both unenforceable and unconsti-
tutional Pointing out that in a case
from Oklahoma similar law has been
declared unconstitutional by the
United States supreme court, the
workers said they are satisfied with
pending act which defines the terms
prevailing rate" and locality" which
the supreme court had ruled were
too vague to be the basis Of criminal
action in case of violation of the law.
They urged, however, that the GRIM
inal penalty provided in the pending
act be stricken out and that an arbi-
tration clause be included for the set
tlement Of disputes.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-01-07
OUT-OF-WORKS
By Greedy Employ.
ment Sharks

Charleston, w. Va.-Protection of
workers lives and opposition to en-
ployment sharks who fleece out-of-
works feature the annual report of
State Commissioner of Labor Jarrett.
He made these recommendations:
Authorizing the commissioner of
labor to adopt safety codes relating
to machinery, boilers, elevators and
any other device, place or equipment
of a hazardous nature
The passage of law to broaden the
activities of the employment service
that additional offices may be estab-
lished in other industrial centers of
the state, and also to give the bureau
supervision over private employment
agencies.
Limiting hours of work for women
in factories, restaurants, mercantile
establishments, mills and workshops.
Requiring first aid kits in factories.
Empower the commissioner of labor
to inspect the scaffolding, temporary
flooring and hoists of buildings two
or more stories in height which are
under construction.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-01-07
Communist Leadership Comes
To Grips With Trade Unions
In Big New York City Fight

House cleaning is going on in many
different unions as the result of the
formation of the committee for the
preservation of the trade unions.
Among the more important results
are:
Dressmakers' Local No. %, 10000
members, taken over by the executive
board of the international Ladies
Garment Workers Union.
Communists ousted from leadership
of cloakmakers' joint board, control
ling 10000 workers.
Jewelry Workers Union, Local No.
l, adopted special rules to Illustrate
Red guards" who, although jewelers.,
were active in the needle trades to
stir up dissention.
Joint board of International Pocket
Book Workers Union suspended two
communist members.
Paper box strikers drop communist
on relief committee to win support of
other unions.
Italian Dressmakers, Local No. 80,
terms communists "Fascists" and
aids international union to get rid of
borers.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-01-07
IT, S. Policy in Latin America Seems
Headed Toward Course Bound to Make
Uncle Sam Appear in Role Of Big Bully

department here and told his story.
He was advised to sit tight and bide
his time. He did. He bided lot of
time in Washington. Then he went
away.
Eventually he set up a government
in Nicaragua, gathered forces and
started to fight his way into real pow
er. That fighting now is in progress
The United States had recognized
Diaz. Mexico has recognized Sacasa
The United States steps into Sacasa's
temporary capital and takes the guns
away from whatever soldiers he has in
that place.
Something Under Surface
There are many persons in Wash
ington, including various newspaper
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-01-07

able department has had in a long
time. The whole thing was so crude
that it lacked even the questionable
merit of cleverness. 1t was just rough
opinion among those who care any,
thing about the dignity and standing
and decency of America as nation.
The third development came on
Christmas Eve-a Christmas present
to the puzzled people of Nicaragua.
Here is nutshell view of what has
happened in Nicaragua:
Emiliano Chamorro for years con-
trolled Nicaragua, through one pawn
after another. Fortune brought lib
eral vice president to the presidency,
through succession, as Coolidge came
in after Harding. In the election then
following a liberal ticket again was
elected. Chamorro didn't like all this.
The country was being freed from
debt. 1t was getting its railroads back
from Wall street and establishing a
national bank of issue for itself.
Chamorro induced" the president to
resign. Juan Batista Sacasa was vice
president. Chamarro compelled him
to fee. He came to Washington. But
he did not resign Meanwhile Cham
orro ordered the Nicaraguan congress
to elect General Diaz, old time United
States state department protege, as
president.
Sacasa Told to Be Patient
But nothing was done by Chamorro
or the congress to vacate the vice
presidency or to void Sacasa's title to
the office. Sacasa went to the state
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-01-07
Copyright. ". N. w
By CHESTER M. WRIGHT
Editor, international Labor News
Service


Washington, D. CAS- the New
Year dawns the question on all lips
in Washington-where there is any
thought of such matters-is, What is
back of the American policy in Central
America?
The state department has made
some fearsome announcements.
First, treaty with Panama by
which Panama becomes a co-beligger-
ant if the United States goes to war.
Second, that a bolshevist-fostered
hegemony is developing in Central
America under Mexican tutelage.
Third, American marines are land
ed in Nicaragua at Puerto Cabezas,
the capital of DR.. Sacasa, and his
troops there are disarmed.
AS to the first named of these three
development it may be said that
Panama has always been under an
American protectorate. But the treay
sets a precedent. Why this was
though necessary is shrouded in mys-
terry. 1t is piece from the old Euro
pean diplomacy that Woodrow Will
son scored so bitterly when the war
was in the waging and later when the
peace was in the making. 1t is re-
garded as nasty business for this
democratic nation.
State Department Ridiculed
The second-the bolshevist scare
is bringing down on the head of the
state department more ridicule and
sensure than that ancient and honor
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-01-07
1927 Another Bell Ringer;
Leaders Predict Prosperity
Will Continue During 1927
High Wages Give Workers Opportunity to Put Some
thing Aside for "Rainy Day"-Investments of Masses
at Highest Levels in History of Nation-Home Own
ership Increasing.

By International Labor News Service.
New York City.-William Green,
Judge Gary and C. E. Mitchell are in
agreement on the outlook for 1927.
The three leading spokesmen, for la
Dor, industry and finance, see prosper
ity carrying on for another year de-
spite the reaction that has set in for
certain key industries. This will be
good news for labor. With employ
ment at high wage levels, large
masses of workers can make provision
for the inevitable decline in indus
trial activity.
The workers investments in homes,
in labor banks, in life insurance poll
cies, in stocks are at the highest
levels ever in the history of this ma
ton. Increasing home ownership is
one tangible gauge of whether the
average citizen is getting anywhere
in the general advance. By 1880 it
is estimated that every other family
in the United States will be living in
it's own home, unless there should be
a disastrous industrial setback. There
is not another country in the world
that can touch this record.
Big Home Ownership Gain
There were 1,825,000 more homes
owned in the United States in 1925
than the year before. This was made
possible for the average man through
the financing by installment savings
fostered by the building and loan as
sociations.
Savings invested in homes have
been gaining at the expense of saw
ings put in the bank and into insur-
ance policies, although the cash put
into the bank for the "rainy day" still
is greater than all other investments
combined. The figures for 1925, the
last available, show the following:
Investments Amount
Bank savings .........-$23, 900 ,000, 900
Life insurance ............. 10000 ,0OO, 600
Building and loan........ 5,500,000, 900
Other Big Investments
In addition, workers investments
in corporation stocks and bonds are
estimated to amount to another bill
lion dollars. Their cash pool in labor
banks amounts to nearly $125,000, 900.
Workers. investment capital is gain
ing at the rate Of billions Of dollars
a year in bank deposits, insurance
policies, equities in homes, in corpor-
ate securities. The reason for it is
plain--a rising wage level and decline
in prices. Basic of course are the
income ranges. The tax returns for
1924 were clear on the point. These
showed the following levels:
Net Income by Glasses
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-01-07

the classification reveals where the
nations commercial stability lies-the
three middle classes earning net in
comes from $4,000 to $4,000, but
mainly in the second and third, COM
prising more than 60 per cent of the
returns.
If 1927 is to be as satisfactory as
1926, judging by the 1924 figures, the
net incomes in these important buy
ing groups will have to remain equal
to the present, or, better still, show
an advance. The main object of the
labor movement for the New Year will
be to advance wages to make an even
better living possible.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-01-07

By international Labor News Service.
New York City.-The next three
months will decide which will survive
communist leadership in two of the
needle trades in this city affiliated
with the American Federation of La
Dor or the bonafide unions. The issue
will be put before the rank and file
in the form of referenda to which only
union members will have access.
Deposed communist leaders have
rallied their forces and are disputing
legally as we'll as by force the seizure
of union offices and records by the
leaders of the International Ladies
Garment Workers Union.
A general strike in the dress in
dustry that was the object of the
communists and which would have
thrown 10000 more workers on the
street following the cloakmakers dis
astrous strike has been thwarted The
strike was to have been called Jan
uary 1st. The union leaders have ap-
preached the manufacturers with the
object of gaining a settlement that
will make dislocation of the industry
unnecessary.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-01-07

men who "cover" the state depart
ment, who believe there is something
developing under the surface and that
what has happened SO far is merely
preparation. But no one seems to
have a satisfactory answer.
The Pan-American Federation of
Labor has affiliated movements in
Nicaragua, Mexico and Panama, and
it is closely watching the situation.
American Policy Changing
One important fact stands out: The
pretext for landing marines at Puerto
Cabezas is said to be to protect Amer
lean timber shippers from possible
danger and from payment of export
duties to Sacasa forces. That is a
thin excuse and is probably pretext
but not a reason.
Above everything else is the as
founding fact that American policy in
Latin America is undergoing COM
plete change of front. 1t is swinging
back to the sort of thing that won for
the United States the title, Colossus
of the North" and for Americans the
name "Gringos."
Central America is exploited by
American timber interests and by the
United Fruit Company, as well as by
certain bankers who have placed loans
among the banana republics, y
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-01-07
CHAS. J. LAMMERT DEAD

Lafayette, Ind.-Charles J. Lam
inert, general secretary-treasurer of
the Brotherhood of Painters and Dec
orators, died here after an illness of
more than one year. The funeral was
held at his home in st. Louis, Mo.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-01-07

through which they seek certain pow
ers an diplomatic safeguards.
Deep Game Under Way
1t is no simple game that is being
played down in Central America un-
der the tropical sun. And it remains
to be seen just who is stirring what
is cooking down there.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-01-07
JOHN FAHY PASSES ON

Columbus, Ohio.-John Fahy, one
the founders of the United Mine
Workers of America, died suddenly
in this city. He was 81 years DID,
He was president of District No. 9,
and later served as statistician for the
international organization.
Dunkirk, n. Y.-Wm. L. Phillips,
general vice president of the Inter
national Brotherhood of Blacksmiths,
died in this city. He was member
of that union for nearly 40 years.
The Washington times., 1927-10-10

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Girl s SLAYER
GOES ON TRIAL

LJRAY, Va, Oct. i0.-With
hundreds Of Blue Ridge mountain
GERS and townspeople packed into
the 11s.year.old Page county
courthouse here today, Tom Short.
Ss-year-old widower. father Of nine
small children and himself q well
known mountaineer went on trial
for the murder two weeks ago OF
19-year-o1d Essie Buracker, his al.
legged sweetheart.
Miss Buracker, who Is said to
have spurned Shorts proposals Of
marriage because of his persistent
drinking, was almost instantly
killed when a shotgun was dis
charged through a window OF the
humble Buracker home four miles
south of here.
In the room with the girl at the
time were: her mother, Mrs. Sam
Buracker, two sisters, Gertrude,
16, and Emma Ia. and a cousin,
Howard Jenkins.
They told Sheriff e. L. Lucas
that Shorts face appeared at the
window only moment before the
fatal gunshot discharge crashed
the pane and killed the girl before
their Mortified gaze.
Terrified, the survivors huddled
all night-the shooting occurred at
T:3O p. MIN dark hallway. afraid
that another attack might ensue
were they to attempt to rush to a
neighbours house 200 yards away.
Surrendered to Sheriff
Short fled into the mountains
and remained away while a posse
searched the mountains three DAYS
in quest of him.
Then he emerged from hiding
place in the southern part of Page
county. took a train to Luray and
surrendered to Sheriff Lucas. He
Continued on Page 2, Column ~
The Washington times., 1927-10-10
MILLS
CASE IS
CITED
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MAYS LANDING, n. j.,
Oct. s1O.-Release on bail was
refused Mrs. Margaret Lii
liendahl, jointly accused with
Willis Beach, Of the murder Of
her husband, DR.. William Lii
liendahl, on her arraignment
here today.
Beach and Mrs. LiIliendahl,
whom the State charges were mu-
tual parties to an affair" had
been held in Jail since their in
dictment last week.
Supreme Court Justice Luther
Campbell denied pleas of attor-
neys for both who had sought
their freedom under bond, citing
the Hall Mills case as precedent.
First Skirmish
It was to. be the first sISirmish
between the legal counsel fighting
for vindication of the woman, whose
story that two negro highwaymen
robbed, shot and killed her hus.
band in a lonely thicket near Ham
monitor, is doubted by authorities
and her gray-haired admirer, with
whom she is alleged to have ad-
mitted carrying on q surreptitious
correspondence under an assumed
name: and the persistent State
prosecutors who have waged relent-
less warfare on the two.
Study for Prosecution
In coming before Chief Justice
Luther Al. Campbell today, they
were expected to present q study
for State counsel who have made
more between the principals In this
New Jersey murder case than the
family friendship" they contend.
The skirnaish today was one
made by the defense counsel for
liberation OF their clients on bail
and by State counsel offering bitter
opposition to the release.
The final day before arraignnlent
was spent by Mrs. Lilliendahl and
Beach in reading and listening to
Sabbath ceremonies conducted in the
jail.
Very Much Affected
Tears were streaming down the
woman's cheeks and she appeared
on the verge Of collapse when the
visiting clergyman and his assis.
tant sang Nearer My God to
Thee"
Two tiers below her. Beach re.
TURN OVER
The Washington times., 1927-10-10
HAD
WIFE WIN
DODGE
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CINCINNATI, Ohio, Oct. 10.
George Remus introduced my
sister, Inogene Remus, to
Franklin Dodge and told her
to cultivate him regardless of
what embarrassment it may
cause her in the future, !"
charged Harry Brown, brother
of Mrs. Remus, today.
81 have in my possession
letters in Remus' own hand
writing instructing her to
play up to him because he
was the last chance to help
him get out of jail These
letters will be turned over to
County Prosecutor Charles P.
Taft to assist him in the prose
cution of George Remus.
Family's Last Statement
Regardless of what state
ments George Remus gives to
the public" added Brown, "they
will be nothing but a mess Of
lies unless he tells of his true
relations with my sister"
"This is the last statement
the members of her family will
issue. We would not be making
this one but for the fact that
Remus continues to sit in his
cell and boast of his deed.
Threatened Many Times
my family and feel that we are
compelled to let the world know the
wrongs this poor woman, my sister,
has gone through.
HE has threatened her life in
Vulnerable times and she has lived
for the past two and half years
In constant fear of her life.
''Remus tells Of Imogene loot
ing his home in Cincinnati. It's
ridiculous. We have cancelled checks
showing that my sister bought every
piece of furniture, paintings, books
and what not in that house. That
home was not cleaned out because
she wanted the things in it but be.
cause Renus feared vandals would
clean 1t out while he was locked up in
Atlanta. Every piece OF furniture
that was in the house is in storage
In Cincinnati.
In addition, on their wedding
day, Remus gave my sister the deed
to the Dream Palace
There are plenty of witnesses to
that. Why should he now try to
claim that home as his? He gave it
to her.
MOrtgaged the Home
''Remus made Imogene mortgage
the home after threats of death, to
Blanch Watson, Of Covington, for
$35. 900.
This money was used in part
to buy the Jack Daniels distillery
at ST. Louis.
This same distillery Remus and
his cohorts MIXED of 5000 barrels
of booze.
"Remus was later indicted for this.
and the best evidence that he is
wrong is that he turned evidence
on 80 of his pals to save himself
ITO show his gratitude to his wife
Continued on Page 2, Column ~
The Washington times., 1927-10-10


The action was not 9 surprise
as the court had already cancelled
the lease of e. L. Doheny. Call.
fornia oil maxnate. to the Elks
Hills reserve.
1t said that Doheny's lease was
tainted with corruption"
The decision was complete vic
tory for the government which for
three years has been endeavoring
through special counsel appointed
by President Coolidge to break the
oil leases negotiated by ex-secre.
tary Of Interior Albert B. Fan.
Criminal cases also arose out of
the leases.
Doheny and Fall were acquitted
Of conspiracy here by jury last
winter.
Fall and Sinclair are to go on
trial for conspiracy on Monday in
criminal court here.
The decision means that the rich
oil reserve. out OF which Sinclair
once told a senatorial committee
he hoped to make 500, 900, will
revert to the Navy department.
The lease was executed after
President Harding signed an ex-
ecutive order transferring control
Of naval oil reserve land from the
Navy to the Interior departments.
This order was rescinded by
President Coolidge after the Do.
heny decision.
The ruling today caused consider
able wonderment in Washington
for 1t is believed that it may af-
feet Sinclair's conspiracy trial next
week.
The decision in the Doheny civil
suit was held up until after the
conspiracy trial was disposed of.
The Washington times., 1927-10-10
CITY FOR
KING BOMBER
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~ AHtVFuHtIU1HI NeWB beFVEe8
NEW YORK. Oct. 1o.--A master
hand''-a ruthless plotter taking the
lives of women and children to
satisfy some particular objective
was sought today in a city.wide
search, following the latest bomb
outrage here that killed five persons,
injured u. and stampeded the pa
tients of a nearby hospital.
Belief that the recent series Of In
cendiary explosions have been perpe.
trated under the direction of one
marl-an expert on explosives--was
expressed by detectives today after a
minute examination of the Thirty.
fifth Street tenement wreckage.
The fact that the bomb was
Continued on Page q, Column 81
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IN
RIVER IS
SAVED

1T made a bum Job Of it, "
Mrs. Florence Rollins, 81, Of
421 Fourteenth st. N. W.,
told nurses at Casualty Hospi-
tai today after her rescue from
the Potomac River, into which
she leaped from the Pennsyl-
vania Avenue Bridge.
Suffers From Exposure
The woman was suffering from
exposure. Her condition is not
serious.
This is her second visit within a
month to Casualty Hospital follow
inO suicide attempts, her first
having been q month ago when
she was overcome by gas.
O'COnner Works Quickly
Matthew J. o'Conner. OF 1245 X
ST., s. E., Is the hero Of the In
cident. He was at work on a
plumbing job at q gas station at
the end of the bridge when word
was flashed that q woman had
jumped into the river. He dropped
his tools. rushed to the river. and
SWAN out to a boat moored in
the center Of the river.
He took the boat. which had no
oar, padded 1t with his hands to
the drowning woman. took her
aboard and padded to a sea wall.
Says She Fell
''T can't thank you too much.
the woman told O'Conner. She
was nervous and excited and sait
she had fallen off the bridge. Mrs
Rollins is a widow.
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Teapot Dome Lease
Is Cancelled

The Supreme Court today ordered cancelled the lease
Harry r. Sinclair millionaire oil man. the Teapot Dome
Wyoming naval oil reserve.
Evening star., 1927-11-06

Rudolph Schild-
kraut, as Caiaphas,
and his followers at
the scene of the
crucihxion, as de-
picted in Cecil B.
De Miles film pro-
duction, The King
of Kings"
Evening star., 1927-11-06

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