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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-04-01
COAL MINERS
Libeled By Hostile Denver
Newspapers

Denver.-Organized miners in this
city denounce certain Denver news
papers THAT would create a hostile
public opinion against these workers.
The miners are conducting an or
ganizing campaign and the newspa-
pers quote the trade unionists that
there will be fireworks" unless wage
increases are secured.
This statement, the miners believe,
is intended to be the forerunner of
the usual campaign of misrepresenta-
ton for which these newspapers are
noted
The Colorado Labor Advocate says
the miners have been duped by the
Rockefeller company union"
"The Colorado miners" this labor
paper declares, shave been cut by all
the big operators in the state despite
the agreement of the (Rockefeller)
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company that
they will pay as good wages as are
paid in the competitive fields. This
agreement, made with the men when
the Rockefeller plan was put in oper-
alton, has been violated and the men
realize they have been duped by the
fake good will of the younger Rookie
feller The result is that they are
swinging to the union all over the
state"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-04-01
Gas Contract Draus Near Settlement

near mixed and which contract
believed will approval the
approval generally before council for final
meeting held Wednesday evening
week. and attended by members
Mitchell City Solicitor ziox
Hamilton the Columbia
Supply Koppers meet the
submitted three weeks thoroughly
officials Council
city satisfied with the contract
and several changes them being that the words
gas contained in the
submitted
To all the changes suggested exception
readily with the
the hands of council will be- is promised
meeting council Wednesday,
Hamilton Company wishes be released from the
with the furnish coke At the meeting
council there will ordinance this effect coming before council
plant indication of good faith
that the coke plant will be built at Coke Otto
additional and that the proposed plant
will m n+ Mr. Ramhero Of the Konnars Comnanv told council members
of the has already the
Koppes offices Pittsburgh But the best Mr. Rams
will built when he stated that the Kopp
Company the Columbia that the coke plant will
built and that has been reached these companies
Ito Columbia
within months after the with the city is drawn Koppers will
pay Columbia the difference between cents price of gas
which Columbia the
tentative will sell straight natural the city Based figures
consumed this would cost the Koppes Com
failed deliver artificial eleven
months after the entered the contract with the This
Company
that the plant be
the things uppemo minds
bul?" the Ramsbg with
the
lit question of taking
Hamilton
the
100000
antees $3.50 deliver
Outside asking his family
can be asked a o faithful
% to
conuon of this problem
look fair
lin
be had they
something will
big plant will take place. has only for everything
LET'S
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-04-01
JOINT ACTION
Is Aid to Industrial Peace,
Declares Green

Williamstown, Mass. -" collective
bargaining originated with the work
ers and it is their contribution to the
advancement of industrial peace"
said William Green, president of the
A. F. of L., in an address to the fac
ulty and students of William College.
"The workers have consistently ap-
pealed for the substitution of collec-
tive bargaining for force, domination
and industrial strike," said Mr. Green.
'It is the workers plan and their
contention that misunderstanding be-
tween employers and employees can
be eliminated, that causes which make
for industrial strife can be greatly re-
duced and that efficiency, cooperation
and good will can be brought about.
The breach between employees and
employers can be bridged by personal
contact, frank discussion and common
understanding through collective bar
gaining"
President Green pointed to the
many gains that have followed accept
ance of the collective theory.
Wages" he said, shave been in
creased, the hours of labor reduced,
tolerable conditions of employment
created, hygienic and sanitary condi-
tions of workshops and factories i'm
proved, higher standard of work
manship and output made possible and
an improvement in the morale and
standards of living among working
people established.
"The employer has been benefited
in that the possibilities of strikes and
interruptions in operation have been
reduced to minimum. Industrial
peace has resulted in increased eff
cheney and decreasing production
costs.
eff there is will and purpose on
the part of all concerned to promote
industrial peace there is no obstacle
which can not be overcome through
collective bargaining"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-04-01

The case of the Kentucky man who
was sent to prison for life for mur-
der on the lying testimony of jeal-
Gus woman is commended to the atten-
ton of the fellows who are so loudly
demanding that criminals be treated
with ruthless severity and that legis-
lation similar to the drastic Baumes
laws of New York be passed through
out the country.
The case, which has just startled
the nation, shows how easily an inno-
cent man can be convicted of a crime
for which the penalty is death or life
Imprisonment 1t brings home the
truth that terrible injustice is some
times done in the courts and that bet
ter judicial procedure and processes
is a more crying need than the inf1ic-
tion Of savage punishments, which
have never prevented crime and never
will.
What is needed is judicial proceed
ure that will bring out the truth with
certainty and dispatch, followed by
quick punishment The knowledge
that certain and quick punishment will
follow the detection of crime will do
more to deter criminals and would-be
criminals than severe punishment, a
fact that is recognized in England,
where punishment on the whole is
mild but certain and prompt. That
the English administration Of criminal
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-04-01
THE BUTLER COUNTY PRESS

Poor people are hailed into court and
punished for having their quart of
white mule, or even their pint.
But United States senator in
Washington, D. c., was robbed of a
truck load of fine old stuff by hi
jackers. He reported his loss to the
police and detectives paid by the
United States went out and got back
his liquor for him. And they won't
even make public the senator's name!
On the same day in court in the
same city negro was fined $25 for
having quart, and colored woman
was fined $500 for having ten gallons
Of moonshine.
1t is much better to be a senator
and own truck load. Of course the
senator's liquor was pre-Volstead,
while the other was post-Volstead,
which, in court, means post haste con-
viction. But anyway, it is much bet
ter to be senator-or else very rich
y So
Of course there is one thing about
these praises, or apologies, for the
very rich. There is a prima facie
case that they are considered neces-
sary by the very rich. Otherwise
they wouldn't be offered. To be sure
it is not crime to be very rich, but
more and more there is coming to be
an extra-legal moral taint about be-
ing very rich without having given to
society some commensurate return.
This is a good sign. 1t means that
money in and of itself is ceasing to
put place and position in an aristoc-
racy set above the common run. Those
who have given greatly, who have
served finely, are genuinely and gen
erously respected and loved by their
fellow men. If they have been richly
rewarded, that is something that
pleases everyone. There was Bur.
bank. There is Edison.
The public looks much differently
upon Edison and Harry Sinclair. Sc
it looks differently upon John j
Pershing and Harry Daugherty.
When the minions set forth to blow
the trumpets about rich man, he
probably needs all the toots in the
whole brigade of horns.
Smoke and enjoy union labe
~. L.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-04-01
WORKERS
MUST BE PROTECTED

Lansing, Mich.-In favoring higher
compensation for injured workers,
Mayor John w. Smith, of Detroit,
told a legislative committee that well
fare organizations should not be re-
quired to care for broken and injured
workers.
'If employers break men, they
should see that these men receive ade-
quate compensation" said the Detroit
executive. "The $14 a week these
men are now allowed is far from suf-
ficient to support a family, particu-
larly if he has family in Detroit. |
do not see how man can live on the
S18."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-04-01
Endorsed by the Trades and Labor
Council of Hamilton, Ohio
Endorsed by the Middletown Trades
and Labor Council of Middletown, o.
CHINA

The landing of American marines in
China to protect American lives and
property, and the capture of the city
of Shanghai by the nationalist army,
places the "Chinese situation" in the
front rank of world events.
The eastern provinces of China are
dominated by four leading Chinese.
The principal leaders are in provinces
in which the cities of Peking and
Canton are located. The former is
known as the Northern army and the
latter the Southern army. The Can
tonese are nationalists. They operate
through the "kouintang" (national
peoples party. They demand aboh-
tion Of unequal treaties, oppose for
eign control of tariff customs and
urge internal changes that will per-
nit that country to take its place
among the other nations. The "kuo-
mintang" expresses a nationalistic
spirit that is developing in the Far
East nation.
The Peking government has its
ministers in various countries and its
representatives in the League of Ma
tions. Between the two cities lies
Shanghai. This is prize city. There
are two Shanghais-one controlled by
the world nations, and the other by
the Chinese. The latter is the native
section, and is now occupied by the
Cantonese.
Students of world events agree the
situation in China can be traced to
nationalistic aspirations. Many of the
leaders of the new movement are
young men who have been educated
in American and British universities
They control Canton.
It is believed that the United
States government is not unfriendly
to the Cantonese. Other world pow
ers favor the old divisions in China.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-04-01
The Cherry
j" Where with our
roo Little Hatchet
we tell the truth
about many things, sometimes pro-
foundly, sometimes flippantl-.
sometimes reckIessly.

1t appears to be the self-appointed
task of considerable numbers of gen
tlemen of the Fourth Estate to glorify
the rich, and to large degree they
do well their job.
Doubtless the rich deserve large
amounts of praise for certain attri-
butes and there is none so mean as
to deprive them of that which is Justly
theirs
Only few days past some song
ster burst forth in praise of the late
j. P. Morgan, extolling his integrity
A populace, reading with bated breath,
was Informed that Morgan never
broke his word. Doubtless he never
did. 1t may be assumed also that the
elder Rockefeller never broke his
word, either. But both of them broke
many competitors!
Certain more or less popular
magazines lean heavily upon the "hu-
man interest" in tales of how rich
men "got theirs" and what are their
rules for success" s"-success being al
ways the ability to climb over the
rest of humankind.
But every model with pretty face
has also a reverse, and the art is
seldom as attractive on the reverse
side.
A joint house and senate commit
tee has just completed an inquiry into
the income tax situation. 1t finds. and
reports, that the rich are lodging
their surtaxes. And, says the report,
"this provision (for penalties in cases
of surtax dodging) has rarely, if ever,
been enforced"
These rich men wouldn't lie to their
neighbors and doubtless fortunes
could be entrusted to them without
any kind Of written document, but
they will gyp their Uncle Sam!
And Uncle Sam, dear old soul that
he is, lets them get away with it.
Small fry are being hauled up con-
stantly for this or that infraction. but
almost never are the rich surtax dodg-
ers punished. Only the rich pay sur
taxes, so when surtaxes are lodged
they are lodged by those best able to
pay. Also by those best able to fight
back when caught. But they go on
blissfully in the same old way.
Go into any United States court and
listen to the minor prohibition cases.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-04-01
YELLOW FEVER FOE DIES

Miami, Fla.-Dr. Joseph Yates
Porter, retired officer of the United
States medical corps, died in this city
at the age of 70 years. 1t is believed
he was the first to discover that mos
quitoes transmit yellow fever. He
was one of the first to point out that
malaria is not carried by salt water
mosquitoes
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-04-01

law works is shown by the scarcity of
crime in Great Britain as compared
to its frequency in the United States.
~ - ~ - -
A QUESTION
Senator Capper, of Kansas, has a
plan that is as bizarre as it is bold.
He hopes to force the enfranchised to
exercise their hard-gained rights at
the polls.
The senator proposes to slap tax
of one per cent on the gross incomes
of the vote slackers. He would drive
them to the polls by this economic
pressure method.
Granted he might make some mil
lions more vote-if the law should
be found constitutional and workable
but what would be the net result?
Of course it is highly desirable that
Americans and citizens of any repub-
lie, for that matter, vote and vote in
telligently. But there is the rub.
How intelligently do they vote?
Is the senator driving toward mere
masses of votes? What avail will it
be if the votes are blindly and stupid
ly cast.
Will the former vote Stacker be a
more valuable citizen after he has
gone sullenly and stupidity to the polls
to vote for he knows not what? Is
the drive toward quantity alone with
out regard for the quality? Will
there be parallel measure tending
toward an education for each voter?
n "a "a "a "a
ALL'S WELL?
Earl Carroll, Vanities man, must
go to Jail as the sequel to his wine
bath party. Daddy Browning wins in
his court war with Peaches. Italy
and Serbia are involved in war talk.
Machado, in Cuba, goes serenely on in
his role of caribbean Mussolini
American marines report all things
going as scheduled in Nicaragua.
American marines land in China,
where the nationalists pile up vic
tories. The American government
sends a battle flag on the way to
Mexico in the shape of a proclamation
that bandits may soon buy arms here,
while the chairman of the house i'm
migration committee goes north to
see what about unauthorized aliens
coming in through Canada. Surely,
peace is being waged with a vigorous
handl
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-04-01
CARPENTERS WIN
Against Use of Streets To
Fight Union

San Francisco.-The board Of super
visors has passed an ordinance that
provides that business concerns hold
ing spur track permits must sell
their products to any and all persons.
The permits can be revoked in the
event that the holders of same violate
the new city law.
The ordinance is blow at the sys-
tenn maintained by anti-unionists dur
ing the recent attempt to enforce the
anti-union shop on organized corpen-
ters. These business interests per-
fected such an air-tight monopoly
that they refused to sell building ma
terial to any contractor who employed
union carpenters.
Organized labor urged adoption of
the spur track ordinance on the
ground that the streets should not be
monopolized by special interests that
would use their power to lower living
standards.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-04-01
GIRLS WAGES RAISER

Denver.-Striking cap makers en-
ployed in the largest shop in this city
have raised girls wages and 10
per cent.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-04-01
MEAT CUTTERS RAISE WAGES

Amarillo, Texas. Meat cutters or
ganized and secured wage agree
ment. Minimum rates are $45 week,
with Sundays off and o'clock closing
on Saturdays.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-04-01
WIN FORTY-HOUR WEEK

Newark, N. J.-Fur workers have
secured the 40-hour week and raised
wages S. week.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-04-01

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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-04-01

what is your brother in college ?"
"a halfback"
II mean in studies"
"Oh, in studies he's away back. >
Michigan Gargoyle.
Buy homemade Standard cigar sc.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-04-01

Smoke and enjoy a union labe
cigar-the Standard.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-04-01
'TWOULD BE BETTER TO
MAKE HASTE SLOWLY

Pa "a "a IA n
New Britain herald., 1927-04-29
ANOTHER MURDER
 PLOT UNCOVERED
Woman Planned to Kill Husband
 and Mother -in-LaW

Akron. O., April % GPj-An amaz- ing story of alleged plotting to mur- der her husband and mother-iH-law was unfolded today by Mrs, Isu N. Flowers, 3G. wife Of Frederick Flow CTS.
 She is said 'o hay" admitted in a sworn statement to officials CT being in a plot 10 kill her husband and his mother. Mrs Laura Flowers, who died here March IS, supposedly from the effects of poisoning
 The poisoning, she is sali to have admitted, took place in parkrrshurg, w. Va, in April, 1926. when Mrs. Laura Flowers was visiting herself and her husband.
 Motive behind 'he plot she is said to have confessed. was 10 obtain iu- surancc of her husband
 First doses of the poison, she as serted, were mixed in some stew which her husband and his mother ate.
 Confession Of the plot was made to her husband when hr voiced the belief he was being poisoned, The arrest of the woman followed
New Britain herald., 1927-04-29

Methodist church opened s food
 sale at Legion hall. lkensnston. this
 afternoon at ? o'clock. Proceeds
 went 10 the Woman's Home Mis-
 slonary society; the dcfraying of
 expenses of the delegates to the Older Roys Conference Tn Simsbury and towards helping the work of he choir.
 Representative Claude w. Stevens
 was a guest at the Laurel club din her held in Hartford last evening,
 Case Postponed The case Of Lewis 4. Cook. driy CT of the truck which is alleged to
 nave caused q triple accident on the Merlden turnpike Wednesday eye- ! nihS. has been postponed until the
 regular weekly session of tho Der
 lin town court on Tuesday evening. way $. Cook is charged with park ing without proper lights. Two sc da1s and Connecticut companv pus were involved in the crash Constable Frank Brown made the 1 arrest.
 [ East Berlin Items The entertainment to be given 1 by the pupils of the Hubbard school Will be held in Athletic hall and not l Community hall as previously an hounced The seating capacity of Athletic hall is slightly greater. i The pupils Of the upper grades at the Hubbard school will meet at 1 Forestcrs' hall In k.nsngton tomor- { row morning at 10 o'clock to Wit ness the picture "The Road to l Health"
 1 There will be no school sessions for the week Of May this being the regular vacation period. G. F.. Dalbey has left for a busi- ness trip to Pennsylvania and New York state. He will be gone for the week.
 l Mir. and Mrs. George Olson of New Britain were the guests Of Mir. and Mrs. Arthur Lawrence yester- day.
 Mrs. c. F. Dalbey attended the / 'HNSthiS oi tHc l<dultS AuNllIaFy Ol the American Mining Engineers held in New Haven yesterday. The Social Five met at the home of Mrs. !. A. Williams yesterday afternoon and had a most enjoyable time.
 Rev. 4. C. Fuller. formerly pas tor Of the Methodist church here, has been appointed by the New York East conference to the pas torate at Newtown, Conn. He will enter upon his new duties at once. Mr. and Mrs. Fuller have been win tering in Florida.
 Mrs. F.. G. Hazelwood and Mrs. Charles Pratt Of West Cromwell were calling upon relatives in town yesterday.
 The East Berlin Junior baseball team is looking for games with out side teams averaging 14 to 16 years of. age.
 The library will be open for a short time this evening for the ex- change of books.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-29
VIM. H, SCHROEDER CALLED BY DEATH Second SeleCtman SucCumk
 After Three Days Illness ASSOCIATES PAY TRIBUTE
Investigation Fails to Find Constitu tionaI Oak - Knights of Honor Take Seasons First Baseball Game At Score of 19 to 17.

William II. Schroeder, 60 years of age, Berlin's second seiectman, died at his home on Hudson street yester- day following an illness of only three days duration. He was first taken i'll on Tuesday while at work in his gar den and his sickness was not thought serious until yesterday morning, when pneumonia deNel- oped.
 He leaves his widow. a son, Will liam P. Schroeder of Berlin. and an adopted daugher. Mrs. Willis Win chell Of Kensington, and one sister Mrs. Elizabeth Dickens. He was born in Williamsburg. Long Island, and came to this town in 1913, locating on Hudson street. where he conduct cd one of the finest market gardens in the country.
 The funeral will be held Satur- day afternoon at 3 o'clock from the home. Rev. Samuel A. Fiske, pastor of the Berlin Congregational church, will officiate. Burial will take place in Maple cemetery.
 Mir. Schroeder was first elected second selectman at the town meet ing of 1919, running on the republi- can ticket. Since then he has been reelected continuously, receiving the office this year far in advance of his teammate for first sclectman, George B. Carter.
 Relatives state that the selectman was in excellent health until recent Iy, when he complained of feeling tired more than was his custom. on Tuesday, while at work in his gar den, he was seized with an attack of illness and physician was summ on- ed. Later, upon the advice Of his doctor, nurse was called, but Mr. Schroeder failed rapidly and upon the development of pneumonia yes terday morning, hope was abandon cd by attending physicians.
 First Selectman Carter, one of Mr. Schroeder's closest friends, to- day said:
 Berlin feels the loss of one of its most public spirited citizens. Aside from my political connections with hr. SCIlIOtucI, 1 uHl piohh to 'i" been a close friend of Lis socially. No words of mine can overompha- size thS>sorrow l feel and which l am sure the town feels at his go- ing
 Town Clcrk Arthur L. Woodruff said that the town wouli realize it's loss 10 d greater degree when the shock Of the news diminished. He called Mir. Schroeder one of Berlin's hardest workers for the advance nent of the community.
 Daniel Malarrey, chairman of the democratic town committee, eX- pressed sorrow at the loss of the sc- lectman. Mir. Malarney brought out the fact that disregarding party lines, Mir. Schroeder was always fair minded in his administration activ- iiies and gave no preference to re- publican or democrat. He also term ed Mr. Schroeder as one of the towns hardest workers toward progress.
 Raymond F Dyer third select man. echoed Malarney's sentiments bith terms expressing sorrow at the
New Britain herald., 1927-04-29
MEET MNLIl\GINRD

The Phantom baseball team will meet the Wallingford Pirates in q diamond battle at Diamond No ?. Walnut Hill park, tomorrow alter noon. The game will be started promptly at o'clock TAo Phautoms trimmed the Wallingford team last week in Wallngtord, and the visitors are out for revenge. Tho locals arc out 10 make it six straight wins to- morrow.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-29
Hearing for Scolla

A hearing will be given Frank Scolla Of Kent street Tuesday before Justice Of the Peace Harold Borden of Hartford for the purpose of al. lowing the local man to take the poor debtors oath. Scolla. fined for shooting Herman Noisard last fall is now In the county jail for fail ure to satisfy judgment obtained against him in the ensuing civil ac. ton. He is represented by Attorney Thomas r. McDonough of New Britain.