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Deaths Reported.

The following deaths have been reported to
the Health Department in the last "a hours:
Helen F. Bib, 80, Home for Aged and In
Estelle L. Stone. "a, 252s 18th st.
Rose Longhborough, 79, 1900 Mass. ave.
Ida bearing Bangs, n, $500 Conn. ave.
Zelick Merck, "a, ASS H st. S.w.
Conrad Peters, "a. 52l8 Illinois ave.
Carl KruitzeT, 60. Home for Aged and In
Thomas J. Dodsou, 81, 1917 S5th st.
Ella Sterling 65, st. EliZabeths Hospital.
Lydia A. Panaretof. 90. 1853 Col. I'd.
William F. Gulick, 81. Homeopathic Hos
Florence J. Sherman, Al, 805 9Th st.
Bridget Coyer, 46, 219 A St ne
Edgar ]. Poe, 20, CazHalty Hospital
Joseph B. Motley, 2, Cl,: ldren's Hospital.
Charles Ger, 10 months, Children'S Hos
pital.
Alice E. Robinson, IS, 2522 Weat st. sc.
John Howard. 90. Gallinger Hospital
William z. Smith, co. Gallinger Hospital.
Emma Smith, 81, Gallinger Hospital
Hannah jackson, 81. 1464 T st.
Samuel Muse, so, Freedmens Hospital.
Clara Hun, so. Gallinger Hospital.
Harry E. johnson, IS, Gallinger Hospital.
Edward Morris, 30, Gallinger Hospital
Elnora Harrod, IS, 223O 18th st.
Hattie Brown, 80, Freedmen's Hospital
Clarence Lewis, 80, Gallinger Hospital
Joseph Smith, 26, Gallinger Hospital.
Vicilli Tate, 20, 2220 @ st.
Quinton Holmes. I, Children's Hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-02
FOREIGN.
EOHEAGNs
u I'm. Greenwich time.

Moon, Greenwich time, today.)
Horta tFayaD, Azores. SO Part cloudy
Current observations
Hamilton, Bermuda. 68 Cloudy
San Juan, Porto Rico. 80 Part cloudy
Colon Canal Zone....... 81 Cloudy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-02
FOUND.

TIRE AND RIM for Ford, st. Sc between
18th and 18th, Call 935 E s.w. $50 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-02

Esther Household, Of Ruth, No. 90, please
be present at q cal meeting of the
p.m.t to make arrangements for the fu-
neral OF Mrs. CLARA MARSHALL. Serv-
ices at Jerusalem Baptist Church Friday,
MRS. MARY SCOTT. n y. q.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-02
CLERK ENDS HIS LIFE
BY TURNING ON GAS JET

OELueE AeS1QSnL OF GdSuVl11e
Found in Home Dies Despite
Rescue Squad and Doctor.
Raymond swindell, ~, clerk In q
chain drug store. yesterday afternoon
ended his life by inhaling illuminating
gas in the bath room Of the house
where he lived, MS Eleventh street.
The cracks around the door Of the room
where he was found, were stopped with
towels. A certificate of suicide was
issued by Coroner j. Ramsay hewitt.
He was discovered by his wife, Eliza
beth Swindell, when she went. into the
room at about 5 O'Clock. Members Of
the fire rescue squad and O physician
from Emergency Hospital were unable
to save his life.
A former resident Of Nashville. Tenn
the man came to- Washington with his
wife about three years ago. He had
been employed by the drug chain most
of the time since coming here.
The body viii be taken to Nashville
for burial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-02
Bean Soup Aids Charity.

MARION, Ohio, April 2 CP.-A bean
soup dinner Wednesday by q group of
business men Melted approximately
81, 600 for the Family Welfare Society.
a local relief organization. The menu
consisted Of bean soup and coffee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-02
NINE. LYDIA PANARET0FF
TO Be BURIED TOMORROW
Wife of Former Bulgarian Minister
win Be Laid to Rest in Rock
Creek Cemetery.

creek Cemetery
The funeral OF Nine. Lydia o. Pana-
retoff, wife Of DR.. Stephan Panaretoff,
former minister from Bulgaria to the
United States, win be held at All Souls
Unitarian Church at II o'clock tomor-
row morning, with Rev. U. @. B. Pierce
officiating. Burial will be in Rock Creek
Cemetery. Nine. Panaretof died Tues
day night at her home, 1868 Columbia
road.
Nine. Panaretof was a native Of
North Andover, Mass, and was q
daughter Of the late Oliver and Augusta
Gle. She was married to M. Pana-
retof in Constantinople in 1892, and
first came to Washington in 1914, when
her husbad was assigned here. Fol-
lowing the termination of service In
this country of the Bulgarian Minister,
they made their home here. A brother
Arthur o. Gle of North Andover, and
her husband are the immediate sur
vivors.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-11

1t is unreasonable to suppose that gas or any
other utility meters throughout a state would be
correct one month and all be incorrect the follow
ing month.
Ours is not an isolated problem. Newspapers
throughout the state carry news items to the effect
that similar conditions exist in each locality that
has suffered unusual rainfall during the winter
months. Houston, with almost identical weather
with that of the Valley during the period from
December 18th to January 18th faced a similar
condition in the increase Of utility bills.
AS every one recalls without effort, the
month of January this year tied the all-time pre-
vious record of precipitation, thus causing houses
and offices to remain damp during almost the en-
tire month. Weather authorities and dealers in
heating appliances will tell you that it takes al
most double the amount of fuel to heat a cold,
damp room as it does to heat a room just as cold
or colder but dry.
The period from Nov. 18th to December 18th,
1880 had a total of Is days when the temperature
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-11
November 18th to December 18th. 1877 hours
December 18th to January 18th BIG hours

was well above SIS degrees F., while the period
from December 18th to January 18th of 1891 had
only five days in which the thermometer register
ed above SIS degrees.
The period from November 18th to December
18th, 1880, had only 1877 hours during which the
thermometer reached as low as SIS degrees. The
majority of these cold hours came between the
hours of 7 p. m. and 6 a. m.
During the period Of December 18th to jan
uary 18th, 1891, there were only 5 days in which
the thermometer did NOT reach SIS degrees F. and
a total of ZIG cold, damp hours when the thermo-
meter was well under the temperature of S. de-
grees, and due to the ~incessant rainfall most Of
these hours were during Heating Hours; that is,
from 6 a. m. throughout the day.
The Rio Crande Valley Gas Company is as
much an institution Of the Valley as its Churches,
its Railroads, and its broad citrus groves, and ev-
cry effort toward advancement and improvement
of the Valley is supported with utmost zeal by us.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-11

Figures for 1880 1891
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-11

Comparative Figures
Taken from Records Open to the
Public at Brownsville Weather Bureau
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-31
NO DEATHS

In fourteen years, from 1917 to
1880, inclusive, 68 Class / steam rail
roads in the United States operated
continuously without single passen-
ger being killed in either collisions
or train derailments, the two most
feared eventualities in railroad oper-
alton.
1t is hard to grasp the significance
of these figures, the National Safety
Council says. These roads travelled
during this period 81 900, ,000,0 900 miles.
That is equivalent to 277 round trips
from the earth to the sun. Or, if you
were speeding along at fifty miles
per hour it would take 117,000 years
to make the journey.
Yet in all this mileage not single
life was sacrificed in
either of these types of train acci-
dents. Surely a record Of which the
railroads can be proud.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-31
Endorsed by the Trades and Lahsr
Council Of Hamilton. Ohie
Endorsed by the Middletewn Trades
and Labsr Council Of Middletswn. 3.
FRIDAY. JULY 81, 1881
A SILLY SEASON ANTIC

Other seasons may come and go
but the silly season never departs
We hear now that the state depart
ment has suggested that the surren-
der of Lord CORVALLIS be not de-
picted in the coming Yorktown ses-
quicentennial celebration.
The state department denies, as
usual, having made the suggestion
but the Yorktowners declare the sug-
gestion was made and that the pur-
pose was to avoid hurting the feel
ings of Englishmen.
The surrender of CORVALLIS
brought a gain to the whole world,
and the Englishmen of today are as
much the gamer as anyone. The fa-
nous capitulation should be included,
because it is history and mighty good
history, and the United States state
department should abandon bogey
chasing for some more useful occu-
patton.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-31
THIRD WINTER OF UNEMPLOYMENT

approaching Those charged with
that the situation will be much serious
thand during the previous winters
expected will dmnution of the 100000
barred work Indeed the indications point to an
increa above that number.
the first four months of 1881 reiev
the total for 1880 1t is said
the number
during that workers suffering continued
having had order
families and finally reached the poverty status and
became the unwilling recipients of charity relief
situation cheerful Relief organizations
normally
and similar funds will be unable to contribute
for large
and then in reality
of the pledge although the
psion voluntary contributions But with
resulting from parttme work and
reductions the employers will be unable to tap this
source of charity ycontrb the winter.
sign bulk of winters necessarily immense
100000 unemployed workers and their families
with the means of health from public funds
about so of the cost
of public funds
In 1880 with the greatly public funds paid "
cent
During the coming providing the unemployed
with the requisite amount shelter and schooling for chill
either of the preceding
winters organizations like the community chest are max
drive October for $S2OOooo for win
relief work charity funds has the official back
of the committee for employment But the
major must be on public funds
under the control of bodies
sponble to the working people The workers
wav limit private charity and the
relief of the be shall be the provision
decent living all unemployed workers and their family
dependents Anything will be discred to American institutions
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-31
EINSTEIN AND MOONEY

Some newspapers have been criti-
cising Albert Einstein, world famous
scientist, for asking Governor Rolph
of California, to pardon Tom Mooney
and Warren K. Billings.
A sample of the criticism comes
from the Evening Star of Washing
ton, D. c., which admits that on ques-
tions of science Einstein speaks with
authority, but contends that he is not
qualified in any manner to pass judg-
ment upon the merits of the Mooney
Billings case. After intimating that
Einstein must have only knowledge
of the Mooney-Billings case and that
perhaps he does not take into con-
sideration the full history of the case,
the Star sapiently observes that "His
action does credit TO his heart if not
his judgment"
The argument is weak. For all the
Star knows, Einstein may have closely
studied the famous California case
If he did, it undoubtedly convinced
him that Mooney and Billings have
been the victims of great injustice,
an injustice which California courts
seem powerless or unwilling to rem
edy.
Einstein's plea for pardon was
well taken and did credit to his heart
as well as to his judgment.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-31

John Dorrance. He left an estate
of s114,O00,000; soup had been 22s
times more profitable than prose. But
John Dorrance was just poor man
beside gasoline kings, auto kings,
aluminium kings, steel kings and bond
kings. He was mere piker. Soup is
nothing compared to unedible other
commodities.
This contrast again suggests the
question: How much is man worth ?
Was John Dorrance's service to so.
ciety worth 228 times more than the
service of Arnold Bennett? We think
not. We know that money return is
no criterion of service. We can al
most say that it measures worth in
versely to its merit.
Perhaps in an industrial world
where intelligence and reason have a
chance to operate, jobs will be eval--
uated on the basis of their service.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-31
Through =
WOman's Eyes
~ IoSa Nosvson
THE BLIND MONSTER

TWO wealthy women. both beauti-
l full and talented, with large cir
Gle Of friends and everything to live
for" were found dead In luxurious
bungalow In southern California.
They had been each others closest
friends. 1t was found that in the will
OF each the other appeared as benefi-
ciary. One was q former actress, of
considerable social and artistic stand
ing, the other beautiful young artist
and society woman. They had been
inseparable-and now they were dead,
shot by the hand of one of them, a
murder and suicide.
And what do you suppose was the
cause Of this tragedy? A great sor-
row? A financial loss SO devastating
that 1t would have changed the course
OF their lives? A hopeless lover tri-
angle? No, indeed; just jealousy on
the part Of one of the women because
her friend, after having outshone her
at dramatic club. was now invited
to luncheon to which she was not
invited.
A murder and suicide over an In
vitation to luncheon.
That Is the incredible thing about
jealousy. 1t has no sense of values.
have always thought that jealousy
should not be personified as green
eyed, but as blind. 1t always affects
people so that they are not only un-
reasonable, but absolutely bereft Of
all judgment and all sense of values.
That Is why it Is not SO incredible
as 1t would seem that woman should
kill her best friend and herself over
nothing more important than an invi-
tation to luncheon-when that wom-
an was in the throes Of the most blind
ing, the most corrosive, the most stu
pld, the most insane Of all emotions,
namely jealousy.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-31

present high level. Wage reduction
is SO traditional a "cure-alP' for bus
mess depression that it was certain to
be proposed on a grand scale sooner
or later. Some bankers now argue,
with a show of reason, that fixed
wage level at time of falling prices
amounts to an increase in real wages.
But there are many, and stronger,
arguments on the other side. While
some workers have undoubtedly prof
tied by the increased purchasing
power of the dollar, millions have
been working only part time, and
many more have been called upon to
support unemployed relatives. A
wage cut now would not only reduce
their consuming power, it would
cause distress to their. dependents.
Moreover, while such temporary ex-
pedients as lay-offs and part-time
employment may be abandoned with
business recovery, the general wage
level, once down, takes long time
to rise again, and the hard upclimb
retaris natural expansion.
The final argument in favor of a
high wage level is the one sponsored
by the president in the fall of 1929
and now urged anew. 1t is that high
wages mean the high standard of
living which is essential to modern
prosperity.
There are indications that we are
slowly moving out of the long de-
preston. Employment has shown a
slight but steady increase each month
since December, 1880. If employers
can keep the wage level generally
unimpaired, this upswing will be ac-
celerated. On the other hand, gen.
eral wage reduction now would have
bad psychological effect and might
plunge us deeper than ever into de-
preston. - Editorial in Cincinnati
Times Star.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-31
UNION WAGE is PREVAILING
WAGE

When the playground department,
in Los Angeles, stood out like NAV
erick against all other city depart
ments and determined it would pay
wages ranging from 81 to So below
the union rate, the Los Angeles Cen
tral Labor Council decided it was
time to fight The money had been
voted by the citizens to provide work
for unemployed, and that it didn't
mean destroying standards.
Applying for mandate to compel
payment of the union rate, the unions
won a sweeping victory for their con-
tention from Judge Walter Guerin
who decided that the prevailing wage
was as contended by the applicants
Judge Guerin went further and de-
clared that the states legislative bod
les and the people of the city had,
by actual decision, taken stand
against wage cuts and for the main
tenance of standards.
This decision should be of tremen-
dous Importance. The union rate is
the prevailing rate. There is and can
be no other prevailing rate.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-31
HOOVER HOPES TO
CURE COAL ills

Washington.-Th question OF call
ing national conference to CONSIDER
economic problems in the bitumlnous
coal industry, which John l.. Lewis,
nras;dent as the limited Mine Workers
of America, requested President
Hoover to convene, was undecided at
the conclusion of two-day confer
ence between officials of the Mine
Workers Union, Secretary OF Labor
Doak and Secretary of Commerce
Lamont.
President Hoover still hopes to find
some means of bettering conditions in
the soft coal industry.
1--WE have heard both the miners
and the operators" Secretary Doak
said. "but have reached no conclu-
sion. There will be further confer
ences before final report is made to
President Hoover, but do not know
at this time who they will be with"
Secretary Doak complimented the
miners for having made very able
presentation of their case.
"We think conditions in the btu
minous industry are desperate from
human standpoint and are steadily
getting worse, and therefore believe
conference should be called" declar-
ed President Lewis.
Spokesman for the Miners Union
supported this view with statements
of fact. They emphasized the posi-
tion originally made in their request
| to President Hoover to call the con-
| ference, that coal operators should
| recognize the rights of employees in
| mining communities, permit them to
| assemble, and to join the organization
cf their choice. They also emphasized
the desirability of operators dealing
collectively with their employees
| through workers representatives and
| of setting up a wage structure to
stabilize the industry.
In addition to Secretary of Labor
Doak and Secretary of Commerce
Lamont, the government was repre-
sented by Hugh l.. Kerwin, director
of the conciliation service of the de-
partment of labor.
President Lewis was accompanied
by ten officials Of the United Mine
| Workers.
The conference with the Mine
| Workers Union is the second in
series the secretaries of commerce
and labor are holding at the direc-
tion of President Hoover to ascertain
whether there is ground in which all
elements in the coal industry can be
brought around common table. The
first conference consisted of coal
operators who were called to Wash
ington by Secretary Lamont.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-31
WORDS OF WISDOM FROM
EMPLOYERS

The Bulletin of the Electrical Guild
of North America, published at
Pittsburgh, says:
"Price-cutters are wage-cutters
and force others to become wage
cutters"
The same publication also de-
nounces the system which permits Of
cials to classify as responsible
bidder" any bidder who can raise a
bond. Every move looking toward
establishment of better standards of
work and life is a good move and
not all employers, are blinded by
what seems to be immediate self
interest.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-31
Says Part-Time Plan
Keeps Many at Work

Washington.-Em are urged
to divide available work among as
many employees as possible in a state
ment by Fred C. Croxton, acting
chairman Of President Hoover's emer-
gency committee on employment.
A survey made by the committee of
fifty-five firms employing 1,056,325
workers shows that on May Is the
employers had put 316,086 on part
time work, compared with 289,953 on
March /.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-31
Insanitary Drinking
Fountains for Workers

Washington. - Employers in the
majority of approximately 1,5O0
workshops scattered throughout 81
states impose insanitary drinking
fountains on their employees, declares
the women's bureau of the depart
ment of labor.
The bureau claims its survey of
drinking fountains reveals that the
large majority of the fountains are
capable of transmitting Is specific
diseases, from tuberculosis to the
common cold.
In most of the states the only reg
ulation is the prohibition Of the COM
mon drinking cup, and even this reg
ulation is inadequately prescribed in
II states.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-31
JOB MERIT

The greatest and most successful
English novelist Of the generation
died recently. He left large estate,
or so the newspapers spoke Of it.
Hitherto unheard of, they reported,
Arthur Bennett, who wrote novels
about industry, had left an estate of
100000. He was the worlds richest
man-of-letters. During the same
week an American soup king died.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-31
DON'T CARRY
1T OVER
By DOUGLAS MALLocH

NTHEN man was boy
w Just so big and no bigger.
Then It wasn't 4 joy,
Not to puzzle and flgger.
With shanty the school,
And the President Grover,
Then the regular rule
Was to carry things over.
Oh, that teacher Of mine
Il don't know what 1t gained her)
Gave me four into nine.
But 1t left a remainder.
Ev'ry lesson each day
Left q three or a seven.
Then found out the way
After that it was heaven.
I could add and divide
And not leave any lsavin',
Yes, whatever I tried
It would always come even.
When fgger that fusssd
At the end I'd discover,
That was easy-I just
Didn't carry 1t over.
Then / got out Of school
And the problems were bigger,
But / found 1t rule
For whatever you figgsr:
Though there's care all the way,
There is worry and sorrow,
Make 1t part of today.
Not part Of tomorrow.
There is plenty Of pain,
There Is doubtin' and grievin'.
Don't let 1t remain,
Make your problem come even.
Start the morning az bright
And as free ~ rover:
II there's trouble at night.
Don't you carry It over!
20. 1880. Douglas Nalloch.l
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-31
Miami Gives LabOrerS
81 Wage Rate Boost

Miami, Fla.-The Miami unem-
ployment committee has raised the
wages of about fifty men employed
at odd jobs around the city from So
to So a day. The attention of the
committee was directed to the fact
that what is technically described as
common labor" receives So day,
and that the unemployed should not
be victimized by paying them one
third less than the prevailing rate
of wages. The committee is under
the control of Mayor r. B. Gautier
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-31
KEEPING UP THE WAGE LEVEL

Whether or not there is an organ
lied movement afoot to reduce the
general wage level, there have beer
enough signs of movement lately
to warrant President Hoover's state
ment advocating continuance of the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-31

Succeed, by all means, but do not
attempt to do so at the expense of
other people. 1t seldom, if ever
works.-C. T. C.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-31

There was a time when nearly
every advance made by organized la
Dor came as result of open fight
ing. Now far more is often gained by
cooperation.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-07-31
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