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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-01-21
BARRIERS CHIEF
Holds Employers Resp0n-
sible for Vicious Tip
ping System

By international Labor News Service.
Indianapolis, Ind.-President j. G..
Shanessy, of the Journeymen Bar
bers' International Union, who re-
Gently addressed the New York State
Journeymen BARRIERS State Associa-
tion, has explained that in his address
to the delegates he did not "bitterly
berate" the BARRIERS for accepting
tips, and in fact, did not mention the
subject in his talk as had been re-
ported. He says, however, "that no
evil has driven more men from the
barber shops of this North American
continent than the employers and
journeymen mistreating that portion
of the public who fail to tip the bar
ber."
Mr.. Shanessy says that "the en-
ployers of the country are wholly re-
sponsible for the tipping system, the
same as the Pullman Company is re-
sponsible for the porters being forced
to depend on the public to contribute
to their support on account of the low
wages paid"
President Shanessy points out that
the same system prevails in hotels
and restaurants of the country "where
there is ample return on the money
invested to pay the employees suffi-
cient wage so they need not be de-
pendent upon public gratuities."
The BARRIERS chief says there is no
honest man who dares deny "the tip
ping system is bad one" He asks:
Do BARRIERS tip clerks who wait on
them? Do they tip the carpenter,
plumber, the steam filter or other
craftsmen? Then why, he asks,
should the general public tip the
BARRIERS?
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-01-21

Iron, Steel and Tin Workers have
subscribed for sixty shares.
Both of these internationals are
strong supporters and friends of The
Union Labor Life Insurance Company
and are offering their financial sup
port as proof of their confidence and
as an example.
During the week another Photo En-
gravers' Union, Minneapolis and St.
Paul this time, came in for ten
shares.
While stock subscriptions continue
to come in, the work of organizing
the company for business is proceed
ing rapidly. Policy forms and the
rate book are on the press. This
work was personally supervised by
President Woll, with the cooperation
of printers, pressmen and engravers,
so that the finest workmanship might
be had.
The headquarters of the company
here is at present a center of tre-
mendous activity, with organizing
work proceeding smoothly and rap
idly, even though much of it must be
done with the aid of long distance
telephones and telegraph wires.
The company will move into it's
new permanent offices about Febru-
ary 1st; meanwhile continuing it's
work in the American Federation of
Labor building.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-01-21
TO HOLD MINE WAGE
FARLEY

indianapolis. = Miners and coal
operators representatives will hold
their wage conference for the central
competitive field starting February
18th.
The central field consists of west
ern Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and
Illinois. The agreement expires
March 81. The conference will have
a nationwide interest because wages
in other fields are based on the agree
ment.
The present contract was signed at
Jacksonville, three years ago. Sew
eral large operators broke their
pledge and are operating non-union,
but mine conditions recently forced
them to re-establish the Jacksonville
rate.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-01-21
JUST HABIT
DIR. RALPH S. BOOTS
University of Pittsburgh

Are political party lines significant
of anything but habit and tradition?
Allowing all possible weight for
rational processes, one can not say
more than that the national parties
are great combinations of sectional
economic interest groups. These
groupings at present show unmistak-
able signs of instability and confu-
sion.
Within the more limited field of
state politics it may certainly be
questioned whether there can exist
really enduring and meaningful two
party groupings; at any rate whether
such groups could be maintained sep
arate from the organizations operat-
ing in the national field The major
national parties do not now often
stand for definite issues in state pol
itics.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-01-21
By James C. Shanessy


President of Journeymen BARRIERS
International Union
Why patronize the union label,
shop card or button? The usual
answer is that it means that union
men and women are benefited in their
employment. This is true, but there
are other and as important reasons.
Taking the union shop card Of the
BARRIERS for the purpose of illustra-
ton. Shops displaying this card are
pledged to the unions great campaign
for better service and the promotion
of health.
First in this program comes the
matter of skill. The Journeymen
BARRIERS international Union is pro-
noting a movement for the highest
degree of knowledge Of their calling
by its members. 1t is not merely a
matter of hair cutting or shaving;
it is the ability to do these things in
an artistic way. The union barber
must know his stuff if he expects to
remain a member of his craft organ
ization. Just well enough as work
man will not do. The test will be
ability of the highest order, combined
with courtesy and an earnest desire
to satisfy the customer.
So much for the workman. The
next demand in the program is for
sanitary and hygienic barber shops.
They must be clean and up-to-date
beyond question. The union shop
must be well equipped, inviting, and
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-01-21
A PROGRAM AND A SHOP CARD
BARRIERS International Appeals for Support of Card
Against Vicious Tipping System

ship, an invitation and urge to the
patron to come again.
The BARRIERS shop card, if the off,
GERS of the union succeed in their
crusade, will also indicate that the
workmen are independent and self
respecting, insofar as compensation
is concerned; that they are paid
wages commensurate with their skill,
and that they do not depend on "tips"
to meet their living expenses. The
theory of the officers is that tipping
is an imported custom, through which
one customer endeavors to purchase
better service, and thus this custom
tends to make of the workman men,
dicant and a panderer. The officers
demand that the employer charge
enough for services to make it possi-
BILE for him to pay his work people
fair wages.
All of these things the BARRIERS
Union shop card represents. Where
you patronize shop displaying this
card you are not only spending your
union-earned money for employment
Of another union member, but you are
advancing through your union con-
sistency great program of skill,
order and health.
All union shop cards, buttons and
labels have behind them platforms
similar to that of the Journeymen
BARRIERS International Union. Re-
member this when you are spending
your money. Spend wisely and we'll
for the union label and your own well
fare.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-01-21
EUCHRE PARTY

Every Saturday night euchre
party will be given in the labor tenn
pie. The committee in charge invites
you and your entire family. Fine
crowds so far have attended the
euchre, but there is still room for
more. If you have no other engage
ments for Saturday night, attend the
labor temple party.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-01-21

merce commission. These private
companies are often interlocked with
the railroads.
In one case cited by the commission,
repairs to lit locomotives in outside
contract shops cost $1,S27,000 in ex-
cess of what it would cost the carrier
to repair the equipment in its own
shops. This is an average excess of
$10,33O per locomotive
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-01-21
VALUES OF FARM
LANDS
Take Big Drop Since 1920

By international Labor News Service.
Washington, D. C. Farm real
estate values in the United States
averaged about 80 per cent lower on
March /, 1926, than on March l,
1920, according to a report by the
United States department of agricul-
ture.
Values, says the report, have de-
clined much more in some regions
than in others. Indeed, some locali-
ties show increase. In general the
most severe decline in farm valua-
tions since 1920 have been recorded
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-01-21
.KREBS
Returned From Furniture Mar.
ketS

Louis Krebs, of George Krebs' Sons,
returned today from the Chicago and
Grand Rapids furniture markets.
Mr.. Krebs stated the Kroehler space
was especially busy. This we'll known
line will again be featured as the
leading living room suite and bed
davenport line on the Krebs floors.
The Chicago furniture market is
expanding it's quarters, and by July
expects to have an additional five
hundred exhibits.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-01-21
UNION LABOR LIFE
Receives Backing of Two
More Big InternatiOnals

Washington, D. C.-With two more
international unions subscribing dur.
ing the past week for stock in The
Union Labor Life Insurance Company,
the total number Of internationals
now holding stock in the company
stands at fifty-five, with prospects Of
several more before the books are
closed on January 31st.
The Amalgamated Association of
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-01-21
TRADES COUNCIL

The Cooperative Trades and Labor
Council met in regular session Tues
dya night. President Ed. Sims pre-
sided and thirty delegates were pres
ent.
No new credentials were received.
A lengthy communication was read
from the union label trades depart
ment of the American Federation of
Labor. John j. Manning, secretary
treasurer, in the communication stat
ed that the nineteenth convention of
the union label trades department re-
affirmed their former endorsement in
the fight of the bakery workers
against the non-union bread trust
combination, particularly the Ward
Baking Company, operating in many
of the principal cities. This COM
pany several years ago locked out all
members of the union for refusing to
accept reduction in wages. He
urges that we should always demand
the union label on bread products,
therefore protecting ourselves against
unfair products. The communication
was received and ordered complied
with.
Molders reported the Holland and
Williamson furnaces unfair to them.
Bakers reported the Krug, Ward
and National products and the Mt.
Healthy bakery unfair to them.
Pattern makers reported that they
have launched a vigorous organizing
campaign, and requested that the
molders in the different shops assist
them whenever possible.
The chair called attention to the
condition of the hard wood floor in the
lower halls. The trustees were in
structed to investigate the floors and
find out if they needed oiling.
1t was moved and seconded that if
there is any action that appears on
the books regarding the local Loyal
Order of Moose lodge, that the same
be eradicated. The motion as offered
carried unanimously.
The committee appointed some time
ago to give euchre parties in the la
Dor temple, reported that so far each
party was a success. The committee
reported further that while they were
having fair sized crowds, they would
like to see more of the delegates and
their families in attendance.
Ralph Jones was excused on ac-
count of an accident.
The secretary of the 1925 automo-
bile committee reported that only 10
books of tickets remained to be set
tied for. He stated that he has been
unable to collect for them, and asked
that the council discharge the commit
tee. A motion was offered which car
ried to discharge the committee of
which Robert Service was secretary,
and the delinquent tickets be charged
to the union that the member be-
longed to. Carried,
Secretary Stanley Ogg reported
that he has received complaints from
different contractors throughout the
city, that some of the contracts on
buildings under construction and
about to be erected would be let to
out-of- town contractors. The local
contractors are of the opinion that
they should have the preference
where there are only few dollars
difference in the bids. The council
delegates are of the same opinion that
the local contractors should have the
work.
The secretary was instructed to
compile the hall rent and the percap-
ita tax of the city fire fighters, and a
statement be sent to their secretary.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-01-21
LEWIS REELECTED

Indianapolis Returns from locals
in all sections Of the country indi-
cate that John L. Lewis, president;
Thomas Kennedy, secretary-tr treasurer,
and other officials of the United Mine
Workers, have been reelected by
sweeping majorities.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-01-21
ROADS REPAIR BILLS
COULD BE REDUCED

Washington. - Railroads continue
to have rolling stock repaired by pri-
vate concerns at greater cost than
in their own shops, according to the
annual report of the interstate COM
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-01-21
UNIONIST'S LONG SERVICE

st. Louis, Mo-For the twenty
eighth consecutive year David Krey-
ling has been elected secretary of the
Central Trades and Labor Union.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-01-21
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
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-18
DOLLS TO Be GIVEN
DISTRICT CHILDREN
Associated Charities Workers Will
Distribute 100 Gifts for
Santa Claus.

The hearts of more than 100 little
Washington misses in many homes
throughout the city win be gladden.
ed on awakening Christmas morning
to find one of the beautifully dressed
baby dolls which Santa Claus through
his personal agents, workers of the
family department of the Associated
Charities. will have left at the home
of each deserving miss.
The lifelike infants are in the main
the gifts of an unknown donor, but
many are from the Columbia School
for the Deaf. Some nave been dress
ed also by the IIitika Club and the
Blue Triangle both of which are af-
sional Women's Club of the Young
Womens Christian Association.
The distribution will be made on the
day before Christmas by workers in
the family work department Of the
Associated Charities. of which Miss
Louise o. Beall is director.
Those who will take part in the dis
tributiOn are: Mrs. Ora Dudley. Mrs
Ethyl Williams, Mrs. Stephany Mar.
tin, Mrs Martha Abbott Miss Rosa
Brown. Miss S. Fl. Wilson, Miss Fran
ces DeGrange. Miss Helen Willett
Miss Louise Harlow. Mrs. Laura
Glenn. Mrs. Anna Thompson and Mrs
koSse. all of whom are district work
ors of the organization in the eight
district headquarters throughout the
city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-18
Japanese Five Feet Three.

The average height Of a japanese
man at 20 years is trihe over 3 feet
inches
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-18
RACES WITH BLINDNESS.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, December II
P).-Vrtually racing against the
darkness physicians predicted. Miss
Carol Hovius, 20-year-old Iowa school
teacher and honor student of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin, is fulfilling her
ambition to see the beauties of Europe
before blindness shuts them from
view She is the daughter of Mrs
Minnie Hovius, Denver, Colo.
Miss Hovius was teaching in a small
Iowa town last Christmas when her
sight failed and specialists made the
grim prediction that she would be
totally blind within a year.
Miss Hovius started for Europe at
once. In company with Miss Stella
Him.. head of the German house of
the University of Wisconsin, Miss
Hovius viewed the art works of the
old masters and the beauties of the
historic scenes of Europe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-18
WEATHER BUREAU
IS HIT BY BROWNE
Long Distance Forecaster Tells
Jardine U. S. Meteorologist's
Chief Is "Reactionary,"

Her bert J1nvrin Browne of this city,
conductor of long-range weather
forecast device. has let loose another
barrage at the United States Weather
bureau. of which he holds a not so
high opinion.
In a letter to Secretary of Agricul-
ture Jardine. Browne cites figures
which he says indicates that the
Weather Bureau was less than so per
cent correct in some of it's forecasts
in Massachusetts over a period of SO
weeks. whereas a certain long-range
f0rccaster in Boston averaged we'll up
In the Cos for the same period.
He severely criticiZes the bureau for
it's antagonistic attitude toward long
range forecasting and charges that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-18
Husband Kills Wife
He Welded ON Dare
And Ends His Life

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, December IA we'd
ding that resulted from a dare
ended in double tragedy last night
when Harry Greene. 81, shot and
killed his wife. Eileen, and then
turned his gun upon himself
The young woman was married
to Greene after friends had dared
her to do so The couple sepa
rated shortly after the ceremony.
Mrs. Greene returning to her
mothers home 1t was there the
shooting took place after Mrs
Greene again had refused to re.
turn to he. husband
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-18

next Monday, Elston said at the end
of his plea.
Wei, 1 can't do all the talking" he
replied. when asked if Remus would
face the jury.
Carl +. Basler, assistant prosecutor
will follow Remus, and the concluding
plea to send Remus to the electric
chair will be made by Assistant
Prosecutor Sibbald.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-18
.BANISHED FROM STORES.
Woman shoplifters Get Freedom on
Promise Not to "Shop."

SIOUX CITY, Iowa. December Il
lP).-Perpetual Punishment from Sioux
City department stores was the con
dition under which Anna Anderson
and Katherine Coleman were free
today.
Charles Lockies, justice of the
peace, sentenced each woman to 81
days in Jail on CHARGES of shoplifting
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-18

the 'reactionarv Influences" Of Prof
Charles +. Marvin, cniei Of the bureau
results in meteorolnxy that is made.
quate. incompetent anu already has
been the cause of loss OF life AMI tho
great destruction of property
This important service of y0ur Dc.
partment," Browne wrote. more than
any other one in the great Government
service stands in need of rescue frot1
the worst form of bureaucracy"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-18
Limited Divorce Granted.

Justice Hitz has granted a limited
divorce to Mrs. Edith Mandley, SIG
Sixth street northeast, from Matthias
\. Mandley, $500 M street. They We're
married October 4, 1917 and have two
children. The decree awards alimony
If $40 a week. Attorney John J.
O'Prien appears for the wife
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-18
Jury PLEAS BEGUN
IN TRIAL OF REMUS
Request That Judge Make No
Reference to "ACquittaT"
Made by State.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CINCINNATI, Ohio. December l..
Final pleas to the jury in George
Remus' murder trial were begun late
today.
Charles p. Taft, I'd. Hamilton
County prosecutor, faced the two
women and ten men of the jury who
for five weeks had heard the evidence
in the trial of the former Chicago
lawyer who became the king of boot
leggers" and finally killed his es-
tranged wife, Imogene, here last DC
tOber 6.
Taft had only an hour in which 10
open for the State, because he had TO
divide the two hours left of the ses-
sion with the defense. That left SIX
hours of argument to be completed
next Monday. to be followed by Judge
Chester r. Shocks charge TO the jury
and delivery of Remus' fate into their
hands.
Charles H. Elston. co-counsel with
Remus. pleaded with the jury in
Remus' behalf under the strict in.
junction of the court not 10 mention
the subject of a straight-out acquittaL
Judge Shook gave that injunction
when. after long argument, he took
under Amusement until Monday morn
ing the States plea that he omit from
his charge any reference TO "ac-
quittal' being one of the possible YER
diets of the jury.
Battle of Attorneys.
Elston and Taft fought strenuously
over the special charge, each citing
precedents for the court including or
emitting it.
Elston maintained that if the jury
determined that the defense had not
proven Remus insane when he fired
the fatal shot, then it would be up
to the judge to direct verdict OF
guilty.
Taft maintained that it would be an
insult to public opinion as represent
ed by the jury TO ask that man who
had killed his wife be walked out OF
the courtroom free man.
Just before he took the decision
under advisement Judge Shook turned
to Elston and asked:
Isn't il unlawful for a man to
shoot his wife,"
As soon as evidence in the case had
been closed Franklin l.. Dodge jr.,
Lansing, Mich. former Department of
Justice agent, whose name was men
toned prominently throughout the
trial. issued a statement lamenting
that he had not been called as a wit
ness.
Il have been under subpoena for
over 10 days, waiting to be called to
testify in the case of the State VS..
Remus," said the Dodge statement.
The subpoena was issued by the
defense. Why they have failed to call
me, in view of all their repeated asser.
lions regarding my conduct, about
which they knew that l would have
no hesitancy in speaking the truth
TO anyone, anywhere and any time, l
fail utterly to understand"
Ridicules Prosecution.
Elston heaped ridicule upon the
States failure to prove that Mrs.
Remus was slain as the result of a
conspiracy Matched the night of Octo-
Der by George Connors and Blanche
Watson, Remus' secretaries, and
George Klug, who drove the death car
in Eden Park.
Prosecutor Taft had alleged that
Remus had no idea Of insanity until
he was well advised" said Elston
and he accused the prosecution OF
being the first to send an alienist to
see Remus and then refusing to intro
duce the testimony of that doctor.
Remus will plead in his own behalf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-18
Relief Association Elects

The annual meeting of the MupIcI.
pal Immediate Relief Association, CON.
posed of employees of the District GOV.
eminent, was held in the board room
of the District Building Friday night
officers were elected as follows. WI.
liam r Franklin, president; Arthur
L. Thompson, vice president; Thomas
A Costello, secretary; w. A. Hopkins
treasur and Charges Weuger. T. n
Hanaway and August Nicholson, trus.
tees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-18
Eliminates Third Rail.

An electric accumulation, said to be
powerful enough to drive an express
train over a long distance on any eN
listing track without a third rail o.
overhead Wire, is being secretly tested
in London. England.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-18

but suspended sentence on the condi-
ton that neither defendant ever enter
Sioux City department stores again.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-09-09

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
2 Canned tomatoes are not only val
liable for their good flavor when
stewed, scalloped, or used in soups,
gravies and innumerable other dishes.
1t is also important to serve them
frequently during the months when
fresh vegetables are scarce, because,
unlike many other garden products
depended on for vitamines, cooking
or canning tomatoes does not seem to
affect their vitamine potency. The
JUICE of canned tomatoes may be given
to babies and little children when
oranges are not available.
Tomatoes Easily Canned.
Make sure, therefore, Of a supply
of canned tomatoes if you have a gar
den surplus this summer. Tomatoes
are easily canned by the water-bath
method. A water-bath Gamer may be
wash boiler or any covered vessel
of sufficient depth for the jars or cans
to be completely immersed while proc
essing, and equipped with a rack or
false bottom. The pressure Gamer
at 212 degrees F. may be used. The
United States Department of Agricul-