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The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-06

Sober Reflections of Fowl September morn, for mine." The hen confessed, For l know I'd get stewed If I got dressed"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-06

tongs after they have shaken hands.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-06
Zero in Information

Gum chewing isn't taught in schools of stenography.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-06
We'll, Not Many Homes Are Offering Much Competition
RESTAURANT

Headline in a Houston (Texas)
 Paper.)
 RESTAURANT OFFERS ATTRACTIVE MENUS.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-01-13
AS THE WORKER
SEES HIS WORLD
Summary and Digest of
Important Events of the
Week, Here and Abroad

The whole case manufactured
against Mexico by William Randolph
Hearst on the basis of documents pub
lished in his newspapers collapsed on
January when handwriting experts
employed by Hearst told special
senate committee Investigating the
documents that they were spurious"
The killing of six marines and
| wounding of more than score in two
| battles with Nicaraguans stirred a
heated attack in congress January
on the policy of the United States in
Nicaragua and Latin America; in the
senate Senator Hefin introduced a
resolution asking the recall of Ameri-
can forces and in the house Repre-
sentative Huddleston and others de-
| nounced the action of the United
States in Nicaragua.
Clarence Darrow, the noted criminal
lawyer, took luncheon with the New
York Rotary Club December and in
speech denounced our yenal sys-
TENS and appealed FIR enlightened
treatment of criminals
Industry and business will reach
new high levels" in 1928, according
to forecast made public by Francis
|. Jones, director general of the
United States department of labor
employment service.
Twenty thousand wood pulp work
ers in Sweden were locked out Janu-
ary when they refused to accept a
reduction in wages.
One engineer was killed and
another slightly hurt when two pas
senger trains of the Louisville &
Nashville railroad collided near Mount
Vernon, H., on January 2.
Sixteen persons were lynched in the
United States in 1927, according to
the department of records and re-
search of Tuskegee Institute.
The general council of British
Trades Union Congress and the labor
party is reported to have begun a
joint inquiry into the whole question
of living wage, with the idea of
making a demand for a living wage
one of the planks in the labor party's
platform at the election expected this
year.
Stevedores at the port of Corinto
in Nicaragua went on strike January
3 for higher wages.
: In letter sent to an official of the
Ku Klux Klan on December 90, Gov
ernor Smith, of New York, assailed
the hooded organization but declared
it should be treated with even-handed
, justice.
1t is announced that State Treas
urer Bert B. Buckley, of Ohio, a trade
: unionist, operates his office so eff
GENTLY that Ohio state moneys draw
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-01-13
COAL FIELDS
Of Colorado Need Trade
UniOnism, Commits
sion Hears

Denver.-The state industrial COM
mission was told at it's hearings on
the Colorado coal strike that a strong
labor union is a necessity for these
workers. Witnesses testified that
when miners were organized condi-
tions that forced the present upheaval
were quickly remedied
Coal owners were charged with
using false weights to steal coal min
ed by their employees.
R. F. Mccarthy, former weigh boss
for the National Fuel Company, testi-
fed that Samuel Tescher, superintend-
ent of the company, ordered weigh
bosses at the Puritan mine to cheat
the miners on their coal tonnage. On
cross-examination Tescher did not
deny the statement. In some mines
the workers wear hip boots because
of faulty pumping machinery. Poor
ventilation and equipment for lower
ing and hosting miners were also
charged. Cheating checkweighmen is
general.
Coal owners attempted to withdraw
from the hearings on the ground that
the industrial commission ruled the
strike is illegal. The commission in
dicated that they could not withdraw
with their consent.
The strike has focused public at
| tention on the wrongs of the miners
and the state industrial commission
has been forced to change their indif-
| ferent attitude.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-01-13
Labor Queries

Questions and Answers on La
Dor: What 1t Has Done; Where
1t Stands on Problems Of the
Day; Its Aim and Program;
Who's Who in the Ranks of
the Organized Toilers, etc., etc.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-01-13
HEART DISEASE LEADS
AS CAUSE OF DEATHS

Washington.--Heart disease main
tanned first rank in 1926 as the most
deadly disease to Americans, accord
ing to the department Of commerce.
Ranking next as causes OF death were
pneumonia, nephritis or inflammation
of the kidneys, cancer and tuberculo-
sis.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-01-13
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higher rate of interest than the
funds of any other state On inactive
funds 4.85 per cent is secured, the
nearest approach among other states
being a per cent, with many getting
only 3 and several 21a and lower
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-01-13
ROSTER OF ORGANIZATIONS
HAMILTON LABOR UNIONS


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dse' Umo No @ Every Woodey $40 Central Ave-
No Noble
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Musicians No b. 1S
Thursday
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Ptres
Mondays
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No. R.
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magam
saean Tin Workers No 20..1s saurdaaf OhCF R.
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Wednesday,
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Carpenters No Ee O. otefen Harrison St
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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-01-13
Q.-Who is Rose Schneiderman?

Q.-Who is Rose Schneiderman?
A.-She is prominent New York
trades union worker and is president
of the New York Women's Trade
Union League.
Q.-When was the department of
labor of Canada established?
An 1900, with w. L. Mackenzie
King (now premier) as deputy min
lister.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-01-13

Q.-Is lightning a danger in mines :?
A.-The United States bureau of
mines says; Protection against light
ring on electrical circuits entering a
mine is feature that is sometimes
overlooked. Lightning has been
known to go underground on power
wires. The bureau has learned of one
instance where lightning travelled at
least 5000 feet underground. In this
case it was stopped by well-ground-
ed switchboard and oil switchcases
and did not damage the motor-gener-
ator sets. The possibility Of such dam
age is another reason for using good
ground connections wherever posi-
ble."
Q.-Is gasoline and oil sold by CO.
operative societies?
A.-Yes, in Minnesota, where there
are now some 81 cooperative organ
izations in the gasoline and oil bust
ness, operating on the Rochdale plan
Evening star., 1928-12-23
EVERYDAY RELIGION
BY THE RIGHT REV JAMES E. FREEMAN D. D, Ii. D,
Bishop of Wdshington

revelation. 1t signalizes new day in
the life of a home: it Is a new and
sacred tie between father and mother;
1t stirs expectancy and widenS the
horizons of our thinking and living. 1t
has always been true that "a little
child shall lead them" It has always
been true that new impulses are gener-
ated with the coming of q new life
Christmas day then becomes, through
the birth of the Christ Child, the reali-
zation of the worlds highest hopes and
expectations. We prepare for this day
as for no other; we spend long weeks
and months in anticipation of it; we
exhaust both vitality and means in an
endeavor to give expression to our
love and generosity.
Its effect upon our view of life-yes,
upon our thoughts and habits-is inde-
scribably greater than that of any other
day in the calendar. The multiplying
years with their accumulation of hopes
and disappointments, of joys and sor-
rows, seem on this day to sustain a
marvellous change. The disparity of
years Is forgotten. Trembling hands
and failing faculties give place to a
spirit of rejuvenation harsh judgments
and bitter discords are laid aside and a
new spirit seizes US. It Is the spirit of
eternal youth.
Here, the captains and the kings de-
part, the rulers lay aside their scepters,
the scholars for the while forget their
conceits of learning, and all recognize
the supremacy of the child spirit and
leadership.
Christmas is a supreme Interpretation
of the spirit of Christianity It is the
religion of Joy, of good will, of kindly
deeds, of open-handed generosity; yes,
1t is the highest exemplification of all
that Is best and finest in life. A happy
religion had its birth on Christmas day.
Let it be happy religion all the days;
let its spirit pervade all our motives and
all our acts; let it be foretaste of that
life toward which we are fastening on
the life of fulfilled ideals and realized
hopes.
20 holy Child of Bethleheml
Descend to us, we pray;
Cast out our sin and enter in,
Be born In us today
We hear the Christmas angels
The great glad tidings tell:
o come to us, abide with us,
Our Lord Emmanuell"
Evening star., 1928-12-23

gar unconsciously Is buying something
the exalted euphoria Of personal vir-
tue which comes from charitable act.
The beggar is an adept in selling this
comfortable sensation Of spiritual Sc
curity. His entire art is directed to
this end. 1t requires a talent for
minicry which borders on genius. A
single false note will destroy the whole
sense of reality which he seeks to create.
But begging is an art which COM
munities refuse to subsidize any long
er. The place of the master of men,
delaney today is in the theater, not on
the street. Centuries ago begging may
have had legitimate place In the evo-
luton of the drama The wandering
mendicant may have been the first
tragedian. He laid the foundations of
the art back in the days when the
comedian was originating in the court
jester and the song ambulance man in
the wandering minstrel The others
have gone. The beggar survives. The
practice of his art still is profitable
occasionally very profitable.
The person who contributes to a
beggar should realize that he is paying
for demonstration of realistic art and
not giving to relieve distress. But It is
the beggar's business to build UP so emo
tional an atmosphere that his prospec-
tive patron cannot realize this until
the coin for the performance is In his
pocket. 1t all depends on the skill of
his artistry.
Dozens of social surveys in American
cities have shown that there is no legit-
innate excuse for street or. door to door
mendicancy. In nearly every commu-
nifty there are other ways to provide for
the destitute. Everywhere there are
stringent laws against begging.
Yet such is the skill of the artists
in appealing to the emotions that they
continue to sell their art to public and
police alike. It is not likely that more
stringent laws would accomplish any
thing. Even the strictest sort of en-.
forcement Of the present laws probably
would not eliminate begging. The prac-
tice Of this fine art will continue until
folks realize that the beggars are max
ing fools of them.
Evening star., 1928-12-23
Preparedness.

Dr. Hubert Work, chairman of the
Republican national committee, be-
lieves apparently in preparedness. In
the interval between national elections
much may be done, in his opinion, to
keep up regular Republican organ
ization throughout the country, so that
when the hour of battle arrives, and
the forces Of the G. o. P. must go into
action, they will be in shape to do their
best. For this reason he has called q
meeting Of the national committee In
Washington on March 5 to discuss
ways and means of maintaining at
least a skeleton of the army of Re-
publicans which won the recent elec-
ton.
Once every four years the major
political parties undertake, or have
undertaken in the past, to perfect their
organization in the space of q few
weeks to carry on their campaign for
the election Of q Chief Executive of the
country. 1t is tremendous job, mere
ly that of organization. DR.. Work
feels that his committee, by keeping in
touch with the voters and with the
organizations which have functioned
well during the last campaign, can do
much to eliminate the frantic rush,
to build up new organization at the
last minute.
In some quarters the efforts Of DR..
Work will be interpreted rs an effort
to begin already campaign for the re-
election of Herbert Hoover in 1882.
1t is obvious. however, that the Re-
publicans will put forward candidate
for election to the presidency, whether
it be Mr.. Hoover or another. If he is
successful in his proposed plan for
keeping the Republican units con-
stantly in touch with the national orr
ganization of the party, he viii have
gone far toward the elimination OF
waste motion.
John J. Raskob, chairman of the
Democratic national committee, has had
a similar end in view, apparently. He
has suggested that national meeting
of Democratic leaders might be held in
the near future to discuss plans for the
future, with the possibility Of building
up q permanent organization which
shall function during the next four
years and lay the Democratic party
and its principles before the country to
the best advantage. 1t seems to be .
sound idea, although a number of the
Democratic leaders take the position
that it is better to allow time to heal
the wounds in the party due to the
discord which developed in the last
campaign.
Evening star., 1928-12-23
Women in Business.

From the American Association of
University Women is forthcoming an
announcement destined to have far
reaching effect upon the activities of
women who dedicate themselves to
business and professional careers. The
association has formed an Institute
Off Women's Professional Relations" +"
with headquarters at the North Caro-
lima College for Women.
A statement of aims cites the 'in-
crease in the number of women en-
pleyed in business and the profess
sions, the increase in the permanency
Of their employment, and the increase
in the number of married women SO
employed" An indication of the spe-
cial field which the institute is to fill
is the further statement that there is
a lack of information on the specific
occupations open to college women, the
aptitudes and training required, and
the opportunities in various branches. -
In order to cope with the resultant
problem, the institute will function as
a central. organization to promote study
Of all the issues raised by the entrance
of women into new spheres of activity
BY serving as clearing house for all
available information on these sub.
jects, the institute hopes to ease the
none too rosy path of women seeking
in ever-increasipg numbers to invade
the occupational domain hitherto
monopolized by the opposite SEX
The institute apparently does not in.
tend to confine itself to directing
women exclusively into channels they
have entered in the past. for the sez
Evening star., 1928-12-23

seeks new fields Of conquest. Big
scale merchandising, finance, produc-
ton and specialized professional serv-
ice are some of the branches to which
women's attention is to be guided.
Systematic attention, by coordination
with schools and colleges, is to be de-
voted to preparing young women for
designated livelihoods, instead of let
ting them drift into them more or less
haphazard.
The organizers of the Institute of
Women's Professional Relations are
justified in foreshadowing that their
program, If consistently carried out,
should result in vastly additional op-
portunities for the advancement of
women as factors in business and the
professions.
Evening star., 1928-12-23
Beggars.

Begging often has been exposed as a
highly profitable art.
The latest exposure came the other
day in New York police court when it
was shown that a subway mendicant
had been clearing more than five hum
dred dollars a week for three months.
The man was an artist. Most sue
cessful mendicancy is pure art. The
beggar's receipts depend entirely on his
skill as an actor. His business Is the
portrayal of character and the creation
of atmosphere. His act must be nicely
adjusted to strike an altruistic impulse
which appears to be almost universal in
human nature. In great majority Of
cases this impulse does not work auto
matically. There must be something to
set 1t off,
The person who contributes to beg
Evening star., 1928-12-23
Plenty Of Cuss Words.

A professor OF English at Syracuse
University bemoans the lack Of new
cuss words. Those of generation age
are worn out and have lost their mean.
ing, he believes. and today the depress-
ing spectacle is presented of persons
who call down upon their own heads
the most blood-curdling curses-and
nothing happens. In Prof. Burges
Johnson's opinion, this country needs
some new cuss words that really mean
something.
Professor-how could you'll In the
first place, cuss words cannot be made,
like corn whisky. But that Is not the
point. The point is that DR.. Johnson
if he conducted his research in the
right laboratory, would find that the
old-time cussing that was good enough
for grandfather is good enough for US
For cussing is an art. The words
themselves are important, like the
painters palette and canvas are i'm
portant But famous paintings were
not produced merely by the use oi
palette, brush and canvas. Nor viii
famous cursing ever be produced merely
by curse words-new or old.
DR.. johnson should call a conven.
ton. To this convention he should in.
vite circulation managers Of news
papers, city editors of daily journals
truck drivers, top sergeants of cavalry
troops, drill masters who deal with re-
cruits, sprinkling of salty old tars
few of the Navy's lusty young officers
and selected group of traffic police.
men. He should seek, at this conven.
ton, to create the correct atmosphere
for the delegates. Assemble the circu.
lation managers, for instance, and tell
them that it is showing hard. the paper
has gone to press late and then ash
them what they think of the news de.
partment. Assemble the top sergeantG
and give them q troop of recruits
Assemble the trafic officers and tel
them to imagine a motorist who
passed the white line against a stor
signal.
DR.. johnson would be surprised. II
he did not put cotton in his ears and
change his views on the deterioratine
influence Of modernity upon the gentle
art of cussing, he is entirely too hard
ened to be a college professor ot
English.
Evening star., 1928-12-23

One of two things can be done: The
exclusive legislation clause of the Con-
stitution can be repealed and the Dis
trict given statehood or retroceded to
Maryland This idea is not seriously
entertained. The other method is to
retain the exclusive legislation provision
and make consistent with it grant of
national representation to the people of
the District, A new State is not wanted,
but new political status in accordance
with the changes Of a century is
imperative.
The 10-miles-square provision should
be retained and new American voting
constituency created, controlled by Con-
gress, yet with representation in that
Congress; an enfranchised and liberated
seat of government. It is not well to
have a great body Of people Inundated.
1t Is not healthful for the country as a
whole to have a totally unrepresented
area at its very center, and the larger
the city grows the clearer viii this fact
become
Evening star., 1928-12-23
"A little child shall lead them
Leadership"

LcdueTsulp. ..
The sovereignty of the child is the
theme of Christmas day. To be unre-
sponsive to this sovereignty means to
forego those deep treasures that this
day witnesses to. It is strange fact
that, of all the days in the calendar
none means more to us than the one
that marks the birth of Christ On this
day all differences seem to be dissolved
all rivalries cease, all ungenerous
thoughts are laid aside, and the world
becomes a great merger of human in
terests, in which joy and peace are the
central notes.
1t has been our practice for years to
read at this season Charles Dickens
immortal Christmas Carol" We read
it because It seems, as no other book
does, to set before us the real central
fact or facts of this day. It illustrates
how the spirit of youth compels the
abandonment of old prejudices, old and
narrow points of view, and puts in their
stead the CHEEKY, hopeful spirit of the
child. Old Scrooge at his ledgers reck-
oning his gains and losses is one kind
Of q man. Old Scrooge feeling the
freshened impulses that spring from
contact with Tiny Tim is quite another
type. From the loneliness of his bed
chamber, In which visions of the night
had distracted him, he emergeS on q
frosty Christmas morning to confront
the world with new ideals, new hopes
and freshened aspirations. The spirit of
youth had seized him. The call of the
child had found him responsive.
Christmas day places new emphasis
upon q unique type of leadership. 1t
focuses the mind of the world anew
upon those qualities and gifts that con-
stitute the genius of the child. It is an
amazing fact that the Christian re-
ligion begins with the birth of little
Child. That the greater revelation of
God to the consciousness of men should
come in this way brings it within the
range of our thinking and relates it to
the commonest and dearest experiences
Of our everyday life That the birth
of q Child should mark a new day in
the history of the human race is In
consonance with our ideals and expec-
tations A birth is always q fresh
Evening star., 1928-12-23

December /. The extraordinary activ-
ity of the stock market this year means
that bonuses in Wall Street will be con-
siderably larger than heretofore. Saw
ings banks reported 53,188,O deposit
tors, the largest number ever recorded.
and an increase In deposits equivalent
to SIT per inhabitant over last year.
Purchases of life insurance in 1928
previous high record set in 1927.
philanthropic donations this year have
been enormous, and the underlying
spirit of Christmas is burning brightly
through generous gifts this season.
Merry Christmas.
Copyright, 1a2e.> -~--
Evening star., 1928-12-23

Shopping and mailing early will not
only relieve the crowding, but prolong
the pleasant suspense of the holiday
season. Only q vandal opens mysterious
packages that he may discover at this
time.
Evening star., 1928-12-23

Flu" is an epidemic. And yet sci
ence has not demonstrated that it Is
any more easily met with cautious, in
telligent treatment than an ordinary,
old-fashioned bad cold"
Evening star., 1928-12-23

a downward market on. the New York
Stock Exchange has proved no discour-
agement to Santa Claus, who apparent
ly regards an opportunity to buy good
securities at lower prices as very good
sort of Christmas gift.
Evening star., 1928-12-23

Health experts regard influenza as
epidemic" AS so often happens, the
most ef1cacious prescription is least ex-
pensive--sunshine, fresh air and warm
clothing
Evening star., 1928-12-23

The bill proposed by Senator Sackett
of Kentucky to dismiss from Govern.
ment service any one found driving
while intoxicated offers a good sug-
gestion, not only for Uncle Sam, but
for employers In private life.
Evening star., 1928-12-23
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Christmas Shopping.

Christmas Shopping.
When bargains are calling to many
Wherever you're seeking to buy.
You wonder what favors, If any,
Can bring you smile or q sigh.
And Santa Claus, pictured so quantity
AS of the ethereal clan,
Resembles quite clearly, though family
A pretty good business man.
Evening star., 1928-12-23
Always We're Analogous.

From the Manchester Union.
The discovery has been made that
soap can be produced from COAL To
which may be added the by no means
newly discovered fact that handling
coal produces q demand for soap.
Evening star., 1928-12-23

& visit to South America may yet
hare inGuence to convince quarrelsome
elements that peace and prosperity are
better than habitual antagonisrhs.