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Evening star., 1928-03-07

Detective Sergt. F. NJ. Alligood, the
relentless automobile sleuth of the Po-
lice Department, was about ready to
admit this morning that in addition to
Evening star., 1928-03-07

The United States had $1,000 forest
fires In 1926. and the greatest cause
was smokers. with sparks from railroads
as the second cause.
Evening star., 1928-03-07
VIOLENT QUAKE OCCURS.
Three Volcanoes Active Followin 2
Tremor In Kamchatka.

MOSCOW. March 7 P).~-A violent
earthquake has occurred in Kamchatka.
in the northeast part of Asia This was
followed by the eruption of three VOL
canoes. which have been ejecting flames
ana ashes for two days. The quake
caused deep cracks. but no fatalities
have been reported.
ION January 20 Moscow reported the
Sheveliutch volcano. on the cast coast
Of Kamchatka, as having suddenly be-
come intensely active. 1t had long
been regarded as extinct)
Evening star., 1928-03-07

AT the present rate of the chestnut
blight's spreading. 1t Is predicted that
the blight will kill most Of the chestnut
timber In the southern Appalachian re-
gion in the next 10 years.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-08-03

Q.-What was the first big national
labor convention held in the South?
A.-The eleventh annual convention
Of the American Federation of Labor,
held at Birmingham, Ala, in 1891.
Q.-Who said: Labor is the basis
of civilization. Let it withhold its
hand, and the forests return and grass
grows in the silent streets?"
A-The late Walter Clark, chief
justice of the North Carolina Supreme
Court.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-08-03
SECRET STRIKE
Orders Sent to Pullman Car
pOrterS

New York City q. L. N. S)-Se-
cret strike orders for walkout of
Pullman porters and maids within "a
hours after the word is given have
been sent out to organizers by the
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.
The strike was originally ordered
for the weekend preceding the Kan
sas City republican convention, but
was called off at the suggestion of
President William Green, of the A. f.
of L., that economic conditions did
not favor the walkout at that time.
This time, too, Green will have the
final say, for the strike will not be
called until he considers circum-
stances ripe.
One more opportunity will be given
the Pullman Company to recognize
the union, but the company shows no
sign of weakening in its refusal to do
this.
The porters demand, in addition to
recognition, $50 month instead of
the present $7250; a 240-hour work
month instead of the present 400, and
restoration of men who have been
discharged for union membership.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-08-03

Q.-Do the postal workers unions
admit colored persons to membership?
A.-All sdmit negroes, except the
Railway Mail Association.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-08-03
Mine OWNERS
Finally A ccept Labor's
Wage Theory

New York.-Organized mine work
ers insist that wage cuts is no solu-
ton to the mining industry, but this
advice has been ignored until now
by coal owners who would smash the
miners union.
This change is pointed out by Louis
Guenther, publisher Financial World,
who says coal owners should long ago
be awake to the cheap-labor fallacy.
''The coal owners have come to the
conclusion that the over production
which has been their incubus can not
be cured by forcing down the price of
labor" says Mr. Guenther
when there is a glut of mines, each
endeavoring to earn a profit, there
are insufficient pieces of the cake to
go around, This fact begins to dawn
on the mine owners. They should have
seen it several years ago and might
have done so had they not been blind
ed by the war and the artificial prices
it superinduced.
Nov d movement is on foot among
nearly 100 mine owners to effect
merger of their properties on the basis
of ~ fair appraisal of value. This is a
sensible step, for then, as united
company, they will be in sounder
and more effective position to control
production, reduce operating costs
through the elimination of duplicate
selling organizations and through 9TH
er economics increase margin of profit
and allow for decent living wages"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-08-03
AS THE WORKER
SEES HIS WORLD
Summary and Digest of
Important Events of the
Week, Here and Abroad

American cane sugar refiners re-
port that for 1927 they paid $17,707,-
257 to 1896 wage earners for the
year, indicating an annual earning per
wage Garner of approximately $1,700.
The value of the product was $685.
AS, ,632 and the value added by manu-
facture was S45 ,851 ,354.
Luis n Morones, secretary of in
dustry, commerce and labor, has re-
signed from his post in Mexico City
following demands of agrarians as a
result of the Obregon assassination.
Celestino Gasca and Eduardo Moneda
also resigned from government offices
1t has been announced that the Re
clamation Bureau, Department Of In
terror, now has under way the largest
construction program in its history
George Otis Smith, director of the
Geological Survey, in a speech recon-
mended self-control of metal mining
as well as coal mining industries, for
the purpose of SLOWING down" those
industries and to avoid waste.
Albert b. Fall is reported to have
sold his famous ranch at Three Rivers,
n. NJ, which has figured so largely in
the Fall-Sinclair scandals.
1t is announced that the embargo
on arms to Mexico has been tightened
along the border to prevent rebellious
groups from gaining munitions
strength.
Mr.. Harry French, head Of the com
mercial department of the Meriden,
Conn, high school, is paid $297 a
month for ten months of the year,
went to work washing automobiles in
a Meriden garage for the summer,
thus kicking up a great to-do. School
board members say this work is 'un-
dignifed." French says, 81 am earn
ing my groceries"
All government employees are warn
ed by u. s. Civil Service Commission
that if they mix in politics they will
lose their jobs.
Reports Indicate that Standard Oil
Of Indiana, $500,000,000 concern,
has been brought under control Of Col.
! Robert W. Stewart, chairman of the
board, who was asked by Rockefeller
to resign because of his record in the
Continental Trading Company deal
and that Rockefeller is thus beaten in
his fight. Same reports indicate there
may be an alliance between the IN
diana Standard and the Sinclair COM
panies, breaking the Indiana company
away from the great Standard family
and giving both Stewart and Sinclair,
principals in the Continental affair,
more power than ever in the oil world.
Reports are that Lindbergh earned
about 1904 900 in the last half of 1927.
When he landed in Paris his wealth
was all invested in the plane that car
ried him there.
Premier Stanley Baldwin announces
to the London Parliament that the
British Government plans to spend
$3,000,000 to relieve unemployment by
assisting some 16,500 persons, mostly
miners, to migrate to Canada.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-08-03
SMASH LONG PEACE

Detroit, Mich. - The Peninsular
Store Company has annulled its con-
tract with the Molders' Union. The
union maintained relations with hte
since 1859, when the organ
ization was chartered by its interna-
tional.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-08-03
u. S. LEADS IN AUTOS

Washington More than 100000
automobiles will be manufactured in
the United States this year. The De
partment of Commerce estimates that
five-sixths of the worlds autos are
made in this country.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-08-03

Q.-What was organized labor's
Reconstruction Program" and who
drew it up;
A.-The Reconstruction Program"
was program for the guidance of
labor under the new conditions follow
ing the World War. 1t was drafted by
instruction Of the American Fedora
tion of Labor convention held in st.
Paul in 1918. The program, which
was drawn up by John p. Frey, B. M.
Jewell, John Moore, G. w. Perkins
and Matthew Vol, was unanimously
endorsed by the A. F. of l.. Executive
Council.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-08-03
ROSTER OF ORGANIZATIONS
HAMILTON LABOR UNIONS

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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-08-03

Q.--How did the Railway Mail AS
sociatiOn start?
A.-The organization of railway
mail clerks began in 1897 as a mutual
insurance concern, prompted by the
hazards of the work and the prohibi-
tive insurance rates charged by pri-
vate companies. In 1904 the scope
was widened and the organization be-
came the Railway Mail Association.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-08-03

Never give advice until you are
willing to take the blame for the con-
sequences.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-08-03
Labor Queries

Questions and Answers on La
Dor: What 1t Has Done; Where
1t Stands on Problems of the
Day; It's Aim and Program;
Who's Who in the Ranks of
the Organized Toilers, etc, etc.
Smyrna times., 1928-09-26
WHOLE NO. 1861
URGES EVERY ONE TO VOTE
Legion Auxiliary, Thru It's State Pres
ident, Receives Word From Nation
al Commander to Urge Voting

The American Legion Auxiliary,
Department Of Delaware, has sent
out the following letter to Unit Pres
idents: Your attention is urged to the
following resolution, adopted by the
annual convention at Rehoboth. july
21. The importance of immediate ac-
tion to carry it into effect cannot be
overestimated. Therefore, YOU are
urged most earnestly to call upon
each member of your unit to urge her
friends to register on October 20, the
last registration day, and to vote at
the November election. This depart
ment has every faith that its mem
bers will nor permit their Yv.n p0liti-
cal affiliations to prevent them urging
those cf 9ther political beliefs to get
registered and vote No matter
whether or not we believe in suffrage
for women, the fact remains that
women do have vote, and it now be-
comes a duty more than a privilege,
to do so. Be sure to make it abso-
lutely plain that the Auxiliary is not
concerned how anyone votes; we are
very seriously concerned that all
qualified voters do vote for the can
didate of their own choice, however.
The resolution follows: Whereas: the
highest duty and most valuable right
conveyed by American citizenship is
the right of franchise; Whereas: this
right and accompanying duty to vote
at all elections is enjoyed by men and
women ale, and Whereas: history Of
elections of all classes in America de-
velops the fact that in each one the
victory, re gardless of party, has been
won by a decided minority Of those
eligible to vote, which IS a distinctly
unhealthy condition affecting the ma
tional welfare; therefore, Be if Re
solved, That this Seventh Annual
Convention Of the Department of Del
aware, The American Legion Auxil-
iary, urges the local Units and indi-
vidual members Of this organization
to make an earnest effort to impress
upon residents Of their several COM
munities the necessity of .2"ir voting
at tic coming elections, ard Be it
Further Resolved: That this Conven-
tion emphatically records tnat it has
no interest whatever in any political
party or issue, but does feel that the
future of America depends upon
every eligible voter participating in
the elections according to his own po-
litical opinion"
Smyrna times., 1928-09-26
METHODIST PROTESTANTS SEND
NEW PASTOR TO CLAYTON
REV. ]. w. PARIS OF BALTI-
MORE, Md, COMES TO EWELL'S
Succeeds Rev. J. PeytOn Adams Who
Goes to GraceIand Park, Baltimore
Other Pastoral Changes Made

The one hundredth session of the
Maryland Annual Conference of the
Methodist Protestant Church was
held at the picturesque city of Lynch
burg, Va, from September II to II.
DR.. Eugene C. Makosky was re-elect-
ed president for the third year. The
conference sermon was preached by
Rev. DR.. T. o. Grouse, of Denton.
Md. Bishop James Cannon, Jr., WHO
had just returned from Prague,
CzechoSlovakia, delivered a stirring
address on the topic "Why Prohibi-
ton Repeal is Unthinkabe." The
conference was also ably addressed
by the newly elected General Confer
ence president, Rev. DR.. J. c. Broom
field, of Pittsburgh. There were many
pastoral changes possibly the largest
in the history of the church. Rev ].
Peyton Adams, of EweIl's NJ. P.
Church, Clayton, was sent to Grace
land Park, Baltimore, and is succeed
ed by Rev. J. w. Paris, who comes
from Chesaco Park, near Baltimore.
Rev. Mr.. Adams made many friends
in the Clayton-Downs' Chapel district
who, while sorry to part with his
services, wish him every success.
Dover and FELTON, get new pastors.
Rev. C. NJ. Adams goes from Dover
to Keen Memorial, Baltimore, and
Rev. G. VI. Compiler comes to Dover
from North Carolina. Rev. o. w.
Prince succeeds Rev. R. R. Richards
~ E,oI4op Nyo,u,;oL' pac+or poz-
A. w. Simms, was returned. Four
young men were received into the
conference including Rev w. T..
Archer, a former resident of Clayton,
now pastor Of Oak Grove and Prince
George, Va Rev. J. Lee Marker,
also former Clayton young man,
was given the pastorate of St. James
near Chestertown, after serving six
years as pastor of Wye and Queen
Anne, Nd. DIR. G. w. Haddaway,
who has ben pastor Of Starr Church,
Baltimore, for 26 years, was made the
new executive secretary Of the Board
Of Missions, succeeding DR.. ]. G..
Grace Church, Baltimore, and a form
er pastor Of Warwick and Salem, was
appointed to the vacancy at Starr
Church. The annual salary at Starr
is four thousand dollars. The date Of
conference, which in 1927, was tenta-
lively set for September, Of this year,
was again changed and the second
Wednesday in June voted upon as a
fixed date, thus possibly solving
problem which had become acute.
Smyrna times., 1928-09-26
VOTERS NAMES NOT ON BOOKS
New Registration and Election Law
Causes Some Confusion in Kent
KentOn and Clayton Suffer Most

| Some confusion exists in some
/ parts Of Kent County over the trans
fer of the names of voters from the
book of registered voters to the pri-
mary election books, as required by
the new registration and election laws
passed two years ago. The law
states that all who were registered
the last two registration days of 1926,
should be transferred to the primary
election boows so that all who voted
two years ago at the general election
might be allowed to vote at the pri-
mary elections this year. In the sec
ond election district of the eighth
representative district of Kent Coun-
ty, including Frederica, Magnolia and
parts of Bowers Beach, the names of
voters appearing on the books of reg
istered voters in 1926 and who voted
at the general election in November
of that year, were not transferred to
the primary election books. The dis
covery was made last Saturday when
the Democratic primary election was
held throughout Kent County when
voters presented themselves and not
finding their names on the books,
they were refused the privilege of
voting at the primary. Later, when
voters appeared with witnesses that
they voted at the general election, in
1926 some were allowed to vote As
another primary election is to be held
in Kent County on September %, the
question is being asked again as 10
whether such voters whose names do
not appear on the primary election
books have a right to vote at the next
primaries. Counsel agree that tine
registration officers who. still have the
registration books in their possession
can transfer names or allow such vot-
ers who apply for voting at the pri-
mary elections vote the same as if
their names had been placed on the
primary books. At the Democratic
Primary election in one of the upper
districts last Saturday, there We're
five or six names omitted from the
primary election books, but as the
Registrar was available, he appeared
with his books at the voting place and
vouched for the names not appearing
Smyrna times., 1928-09-26
RECENT PROPERTY TRANSFERS
Several in Kent County Have to Do
With Smyrna and Vicinity

The following property transfers
have been recorded in the office OF
Recorder of Deeds: James S. TruaX,
Smyrna, to Esley NJ. Rust, Smyrna, a
property at Smyrna; Samuel F.Heite,
Dover, to James L. Wolcott, Dover,
six lots on Lotus street, Dover; James
L. Wolcott, Dover, to Mabel S.Heite,
Dover, a property on Lotus street,
Dover; Fenewick Marshall, East Do
yer Hundred, to Blanche E. Johnson,
East Dover Hundred, AZ acres along
the road leading from Dover to Cow
gill's Corner; George Freit, Whining
ton, to Alfred T. Moore, Little Creek,
a property on Main street, Little
Creek; John Bennett, West Dover
Hundred, to Theresa Peyer, West Do
yer Hundred, 81 acres along the road
leading from Hartly to Templeville;
Harry Mcdaniel, Sr., Dover, to John
NJ. Beasly, Dodge City, Kansas, 383
acres along the road leading from
Dover to Wiley's School; Elizabeth
A. Downham, Wyoming, to NJ. ]. Will
liams, Dover, a property on North
street, Dover; Frank P. Pyle, Dover,
to Samuel c. Faulkner, Rising Sun, a
property at Fulton and New streets,
Dover; John T. Dodd, Willow Grove,
to Fletcher Alexander, Willow Grove,
a lot along the road leading from
Willow Grove to Camden. Delaware
Mortgage and Investment Company,
Wilmington, to John c. Garlich, New
Castle, 81 acres near Woodland Beach.
Harvey B. Smith, Wyoming to Char
lotte C. Fifer, Washington, D. c., five
acres near Wyoming. George w.
Walheater, Viola, to Herman D.
Faulkner, Wilmington, a lot at Bow
ers Beach. Z. Sherwood, to L. T.Jones
property at Harrington.
Smyrna times., 1928-09-26
FORMER SMYRNIAN IN FLORIDA
MADE HOMELESSRY HURRICANE
ELBERT C. GEARHART AND FAM
lily TAKE REFUGE IN GARAGE
Terrific Gale Blew in Doors and Win
dows and Unroofed Their Residence
in West Palm Beach, Florida

Elbert c. Gearhart, son of Mrs. AL
eXander FAIRIES of this town, who
holds a position with the Merchants
and Miners Transportation Company
at West Palm Beach, Florida, has
written his mother that he and his
family are safe and well from the
terrific hurricane which has wrought
SO much destruction to life and prop
erty along the Florida east coast.
Mr.. Gearhart and his family were
but recently in Smyrna and arrived
Gearhart stopped over in Baltimore,
Md, for visit to her mother, and
did not go south. Mr.. Gearhart and
the rest of his family weathered the
storm in nights of horror and emerg-
ed thru it with their home almost to-
tally wrecked and their furniture so
wet and damaged as to be practically
of little value. They feel fortunate
that they escaped with their lives.
The storm, Mr.. Gearhart says, started
on Saturday and continued in fury
with a gale blowing 125 miles per
hour and rain driving through every
crook and crevice Mr.. Gearhart and
son Benson, did everything they could
to keep the windows and doors from
blowing in but their efforts failed and
once the wind broke in the second
floor windows, the rain poured in tor
rents and flooded everything, finally
the roof was lifted and soon they had
to make for safety. After gathering
what clothes and what belongings
they ycouId they took refuge in
neighbor's house until it became 70
shattered and water-soaked they re-
paired to the garage. Here they
found it dry and the servants quart
ers offered them a refuge from the
storm without. They brought out an
oil stove and were fortunate enough
to have a supply of canned goods.
They are living il these cramped
quarters and doing their own cooking
the best they can. Tn the meantime
Mr. Gearhart and son Benson, have
enlisted their services in the Red
Cross and doing what they can to re-
lieve the distress Of others. All
around the home Of the Gearhart's,
houses are down or unroofed and the
whole West Palm Beach section pre-
sents a eorry-looking sight. School
houses and churches are used BY ref
ugees Of the terrific hurricane. Mr..
Gearhart reports that his company,
the Mercants and Miners Company,
suffered much loss. One of the ware
houses was completely destroyed, the
office building caved in and wharves
mass Of wreckage. Electric light
and telephone wires and poles are
down all over the city Mr. Gearhart
assured his mother all his family are
we'll and all had escaped the worst
storm West Palm Beach had ever en-
countered.
Smyrna times., 1928-09-26
CHEsTERToWN's BIG CARNIVAL
Take in $500 Gross at Their Carni-
val and Clear Over $4,000

Over $4,000 will 60 into the treas
ury of the Chestertown Volunteer
Fire Company as the result of the an
nual carnival which closed there last
week. he $4,000 profit represents a
gross of about $8,500 1t is stated
that approximately $4,000 was taken
in at the carnival grounds, exclusive
of the automobile rattle. Nearly ST.
900 was taken in by the automobile
rattle of which about $1,000 was
cleared. $500 was taken in Monday
night. The Pontiac, the grand prize
of the carnival, was won by ]. Iven
Rigby Sr., of near Chestertown. The
winning number was seven and it cost
the winner just five cents. Mr.. Rig
by, the winner, was present and but
few feet from the stand when the
art Warner radio was won by Ralph
Miller, of Kennedyville, Md. Eli Ell
lott, of Chestertown, Nd, was the
lucky holder of the winning ticket in
the wicker furniture suite rattle. The
twenty-four pound ham, donated by
William T. Nicholson, was won by
Miss Elizabeth Wood, of Rock Hall,
Md. William Wheat, connected with
the Stein Amusements in the park,
won the table cover. The turkey
gobbler, donated by Mrs. H. M. Baker
was won by Miss Mary Mckee, of
Morpnec. Nd.
Smyrna times., 1928-09-26
TREE FALLS THRU PHONE WIRE
Blown Over During Storm Last We'd
nesday on Road South of Smyrna

During the height of the storm on
Wednesday, a tree was blown over,
about one-half mile south of Smyrna,
and fell through tht telephone wires
located along the highway at that
point. The accident occurred shortly
before twelve o'clock and fifteen min
utes later John w. Argo, plant wire
chief of the Diamond State Telephone
Company, had discovered the location
of the trouble and had a crew of men
enroute to tht scene. All of the wires
at this point were broken and the
crew under the direction of Mr.. Argo
worked all of the afternoon and
portion of the evening in repairing
the damage so that the service could
be resumed. All of the long distance
wires running north were in the
group that were broken and for a
time all communication in that direc-
tion from Dover was stopped.