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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-09-04

union members from one days wages
up added enough to liquidate the pur-
chase price.
Some industries of Wilmington,
Del, are working on a five-day week
plan, others are planning to work six
hours day and six days a week, and
still others shut down for a week
every six weeks, the Wilmington COM
mittee for the stabilization of en-
ployment reports.
Out of 900 members of the Inter
national Bricklayers and Stone Ma
sons Union of Toronto, Canada, 700
are unemployed.
County and township authorities
and the trade unions of ST. Clair
county, Illinois, have a controversy
over what constitutes the prevailing
wage rate for road work. The county
board fixed rs cents an hour for hard
road work under the state prevailing
wage rate law as compromise be-
tween a minimum of SO cents and
maximum of 81 paid at various places
in the county. But the township
board of Mascoutah township, after
directing the attention of contractors
to the law, arbitrarily fixed 40 and
so cents as the wage rate in that
township. Organized labor claims the
county rate should prevail.
The Trades and Labor Council of
Chattanooga, Tenn, condemns as
unfair, unjust, unreasonable and un-
necessary" the proposal of certain
county officials in arbitrarily cutting
wages of some county employees and
proposing cuts for others, including
school teachers. The council declares
that such wage slashes, with the ac-
companying reduced standards of
living, are against the public interest.
Our industrial centers are filled
with good negro farms hands, but
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-09-04
UNION WORKERS LEND
WAGES TO EMPLOYER

Denver, Colo.-The union employees
of the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company
offered to lend the company half of
their wages for the current three
months, Miss Josephine Roche, pres
ident of the company, accepted the
loan.
The company is a union concern
operating under an agreement with
the United Mine Workers of Amer
lea. Non-union coal companies in
Colorado recently announced wage
cuts of 25 per cent. The Rocky Noun
tain Fuel Company has made no wage
reductions. The loan from its employees
will be used to tide the company over
the crisis caused by competition with
the low-wage output of non-union
cOmDetitorS
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-09-04
LABOR DAY
Com mittee For 1881

The following are the different sub
committees on arrangements for the
1891 outing and celebration, under
the auspices of the COOPERATIVE
Trades and Labor Council:
Grounds-Ed Sims, Cecil Bowers.
Gate-Herman Perpingon and mem
bers of the Carpenters Union.
Advertising Weiss and Ike
Jarrett.
Big Wheeled Weiss, Stanley Ogg
and Ed. Dulli.
Ice Cream Robert Service and
Chas. Perine.
Lunch - Stanley Jackson, James
Stanley and Cornelius Nichting.
utomobile-Chas. Hosea, Albert
Haggard, Adam Westrick and Bro.
Louis Baur.
Soft Drinks-Otwell Condor, Ma
bel Warren and Horace Shields.
Fruit Wheel-Edw. Burgess, Ed
Fredricks and James Stanley.
Country Store-Chas Baynes. Clar-
ence Roth, Fred Moore, Frank Moore,
Lee Inman and Allen Linn.
Dance Committee-Ike Jarrett and
members of Stage Employees Union
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-09-04
Days Pay and Lay-Offs
For Out-Of-WOrk Relief

Baltimore, Md.-Mayor Jackson has
issued request-order to all city off,
cials and employees to contribute one
days pay month for the creation
of an unemployment relief fund.
Lower-paid wage earners are ex-
empted.
In addition, all civil service EN-
ployes are required to take one days
holiday month to provide temporary
work for the unemployed on the eli
gible lists of the city service commits
sion.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-09-04
LABOR TABLOIDS

Old age pensions, BARRIERS license
bill, and legislation barring the sale
of prison-made products from other
states are scheduled for consideration
at the annual convention of the Ohio
State Federation of Labor, Colum-
bus, Ohio, September ID.
After 60-day vacation, $50 EN-.
ployes of the Chicago, Milwaukee. St
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-09-04
Union of Operating Engineers.

Union of Operating Engineers.
Five-Day Week.-Immediate inaug-
uration of the five-day week offers the
only lasting relief for unemployment.
This change permanently established
will return the necessary balance be-
tween production and consumption to
place the economic situation upon an
even keel.-Charles P. Howard, presi-
dent of the International Typograph-
ical Union.
Unemployment.-There is only one
real cure for unemployment, and that
is reduced hours of employment. We
must cut the big work-day into
shorter pieces, cut it up into more
pieces.-D. B. Robertson, president of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men and Enginemen.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-09-04

they can not be induced to go back
to the farm because of the surround
ing conditions. No schools, no chance
to educate the children, hardly an ex-
istence, let alone decent living. This
description goes for the poor white
as well as the negro Birmingham
(Ala.) Labor Advocate.
The Washington times., 1931-05-04
QUEEN HELENE
STRICKEN BY
D|PHTHER|A
Refuses to Quit MichaeI'S Side,
She Contracts His Disease;
He Is Reported Improving

wv ~ "SFS' Wv wv ' .
BUCHAREST, May 4 QNSl
Princess Helene. divorced wife of
King Carol of Rtmania and
mother of Crown Prince Michael,
who refused to leave his side
when he was stricken with diph
liberia last week, today was
stricken with the same disease.
Treated Son
The princess was suffering a
high fever, palace officials said,
but it was not certain yet whether
this resulted from a genuine in
fectiOn contracted from watching
over the prince, or whether it
might have developed from the
anti-diphtheria injections admin
iStered in an effort to prevent her
being infected.
She is in bed in the same pal
ace with Prince Michael, only a
few rooms removed, and the
same physicians are caring for
both.
Warned OF Danger
Both the physicians and King
Carol warned Princess Helene Of
the danger Of contracting the
disease last week when Michael's
illness was diagnosed as diph-
liberia, but the princess refused
to leave the Sick-room, saying:
81 have but one child. My
place is by his side"
Michael was reported to be
making good progress and all
danger in his case was regarded
as past.
The Washington times., 1931-05-04
Reno Graduates
VIII Hold Divorce
Festival Tonight

RENO, Nevada, May 4.-Reno's
greatest graduation" party will
reach a gay climax tonight when
more than four score graduates"
of Reno's divorce courts cele-
brate Liberty Bells"
It is an old Reno custom for
divorces to stage a farewell party
the night their DEGREES are
granted. With "a on tOday'S list,
capacity Of the willows, the
divorce capitals favOrite night
club, and the Riverside, palatial
hotel residence of many of the
most prominent members Of the
colony, are expected to be taxed.
The florists. too, will have a
gala day. An elaborate cOrsage
worn the night marriage ShackleS
are thrown off is the diVorcee'S
badge of freedom.
The transcontinental railroad
that brings the freedom seekers
to Reno reported exceptionally
heavy reservations both east and
west for Monday night. indica-
ting that many plan to quit Reno
with all possible speed as soon as
they secure their DEGREES.
The Washington times., 1931-05-04
YOUNG HUSBAND
KILLS BRIDE
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and returned to her family.
Sagle left Washington for Rich
mond last week, saying that he
was either going to bring his
wife back or kill her.
Runs Into Bedroom
Last night he sat in his hotel
room, wrote the three letters.
then went to her home. A
quarrel followed and Walter o.
jenkins. uncle of the girl, saw
her run from the kitchen into
bedroom. her husband in pursuit.
Two shots were then heard.
Jenkins called police, who ar
rived to find the girl dead and
the husband on the floor.
On the outside Of the note to
his father young Sagle had
written:
Rush here when you receive
this, for I will probably be
dead"
In the hotel room where Sagle
had been staying was found q
picture inscribed:
"a romance that was fail
ure. My wife, Mrs. D. w. SagIe."
The Washington times., 1931-05-04
Ton1orrow;s Program for
World Commerce Body

managing director. Banca Com
merciale Italiana, Milan.
Topics for discussion: l, COM
petition between railroads, auto
mobiles, inland water transport,
ali transport and pipe lines. (see
Subheading &C" below; 2, Simpli-
fication and betterment of rail
service: (a), nomenclature and
its bearing on rail tariffs: (b)
G. o. D. shipments: tc) negotia-
BILE documents; Cd customs clear
ance of baggage.
B. Highway transport.
CHAIRMAN: Roy D. Chaplin,
chairman of the board, Hudson
Motor Car Company.
Topics for discussion: /. Compe-
tition between Railway and Motor
Transport (See Subheading "C'O !;
2. Highway Finance: 3. Highway
Statistics: 4. Taxation and Circu-
lation Of Passenger and CONNER
cial Vehicles.
C. Railroad coordination.
CHAIRMAN: Bruno Dolcetta.
Consideration of resolutions pre-
pared by joint committee on CO.
Ordinated transport.
8. FUTURES TRADING
CHAIRMAN: Charles J. Reiss,
ReisS Brothers, cotton merchants,
Liverpool.
Topics for discussion-1. Eco
nomic Value of Futures Trading;
2. Laws governing Futures Trad
ing.
Consideration Of Resolutions
4. International Protection of
Industrial Property.
CHAIRMAN: Edward s. Rogers,
Chicago, chairman American Sec
ton, committee on the Protection
of Industrial Property.
Topics for discussion-1. The
Protection of Art Applied to In
duStry; 2. The Prosecution in a
Country of infringement Of Indus
trial Property Rights in a Foreign
Country; 3. Suggestions Concern
ing the Industrial Convention for
the Protection of Industrial. Prop
erty; 4. The Protection of Nation
al EmblemS and Insignia; S. The
Ratification of The Hague Conven-
ton of November 6, 1928.
The Washington times., 1931-05-04
JAPANESE OFF
On j. S. HOP

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time) and headed for Numasaki,
his first stopping place, 368 miles
north of Tokyo.
Using German Plane
Yoshihara, who earned himself
the title Of the "Lindbergh of
Japan" by his flight from Berlin
to Tokyo last year, is attempting
the long aerial journey from the
Orient to the New World in a
German amphiblan plane.
His proposed route will take
him over the KuriIe Islands to
PetrOpavlOvsk, Siberia; over the
Bering Sea to the Aleutian Is
lands and thence to Seward,
Alaska.
Calm and smiling, YoShihara
expressed confidence Of success
as he took his place at the con-
trolls and pointed his plane to-
ward the other side of the world.
Thousands See Start
known as the most capable
and experienced of Japan'S air.
men, Yoshihara is trusting to
the sturdiness of his plane and
his own ability as navigator
to take him safely over the wide
expanse of the Pacific he must
cover in his flight.
Thousands of persons gathered
at the airport to witness the
start of the journey. Diplomatic
and government officials were on
hand, and YoShihara was en-
trusted with a message from a
Japanese newspaper to President
Hoover, which he expects to de-
liver in less than three weeks.
Among those who bid the
young airman farewell was his
widowed mother, who a few years
ago sold her little tract Of land
for $1,000 in order that her son
might have q thorough aero
nautical education.
The most dangerous part Of the
proposed flight will be in the
vicinity of the Aelutian Islands,
which during May are invariably
Shrouded in thick miStS.
The Washington times., 1931-05-04
ON SHIP
IS CORNERED

MEXICO CITY, May 4 U.N.sD.
Belief that a maniac who had
run amuck on the coastwise
steamer Santa Cecilia, injuring
for passengers and throwing two
sailors overheard, had been sub.
dued was expressed here today
following receipt of a radio dis
p tch from the captain of the
ship saying the maniac had been
cornered by the crew.
The captains message said
members of the crew had
manOeuvered the maniac into a
corner and were attempting 10
laSsO him with q deck rope.
The absence of further mes
Sages from the ship was inter
preted here to mean that the
man had been captured and
further trouble averted.
Before being cornered, the
maniac set fire to the deck and
generally terrorized the ship.
The Washington times., 1931-05-04
9:45 A. M. Plenary Session
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC

RELATIONS
Europe and the United States:
The Economic Development of
two great Areas.
Chairman: Julius H. Barnes,
chairman of the board. Chamber
of Commerce of United States,
will turn meeting over to Alberto
Pirelli, Italy, honorary president
of International Chamber of Com
merce.
"The Old and New Worlds, I"
Alberto Pirelli, Italian indus
trialiSt.
Development of Trade and
Competition Between Europe and
the United States Since 1900;
Looking to the Future" Sir Alan
Anderson, director, Bank of Eng
land.
Economic Crises: Their Effect
on National and International
Business Structures" J.. s. Ed
strom, Sweden, managing director,
Allmanna SvenSka ElektriSka Ak
tiebolaget, and Melvin A. Traylor.
president of the First National
Bank, Chicago, member Of the or
ganiZation committee for the
Bank for International Settle
mentS.
$3.50 p. M. Group Sessions
1-EUROPE AND THE UNITED
STATES
Development Of trade and COM
petitive conditions since 1900.
CHAIRMAN: LuciuS r. East
man, president of the Hills Broth
erS Company, New York, member
of the Economic Committee,
League of Nations.
Topics for discussion: /, indus
trial advancement and world
trade; 2, geographical shifts in in
ternational currents; 3, tenden-
cieS toward direct trade relations
between international buyers and
sellers; 4, triangular trade in set
tlement of international obliga-
tions; 5, foreign investments and
foreign trade; 6, the silver prob
lem: 7, trade with Russia.
2-RATL AND HIGHWAY
TRANSPORT
A rail transport.
CHAIRMAN: Bruno Dolcetta,
The Washington times., 1931-05-04
YOUNG HE|RESS
DISAPPEARS

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the theory Doris craved adventure
she came to Broadway in the
hope Of glimpsing the glamorous
personalities she had read about,
and see the prototypes of those
she had written of in her book.
Broadway Secured
Broadway's cabarets, dance halls
and studios were searched inten-
Sively on the theory that she
might have sought, or found, en-
ployment in one of them.
Doris was inclined to be ro-
mantle and might have had am.
bitions to go on the stage.
Doris is five feet three inches
tall. Weighs lis pounds and has
light brown, bObbed hair and blue
eyes. She is of q vivaciOuS dis
position.
En- route to New York she met
Mrs. Augustus H. GerdeS, 1928
North Third ST., Harrisburg, Pa,
who rode from work to Harris
burg with her.
Doris told Mrs. Gerdes that
she was going to meet a friend
who was i'll in New York.
She said her name was Phyllis
Vanderveer. Doris has a 6-year-
old sister named Phyllis.
The girls father, who has
been in New York trying to find
her, returned to York yesterday
afternoon. Before he departed
he left with Mrs. Corbin the fol-
lowing message for Doris:
Doris, please come back.
Your mother and 1 are terribly
worried and are waiting for
you. Please let us know your
whereabouts and relieve our
anxiety"
ReclaimS Her Bag
Doris mother Is said to be in
o state of collapse.
Upon arriving in New York
Doris checked her suitcase at
the railroad station. 1t was re-
ported she was questioned by a
policeman. Later, she reclaimed
her baggage and walked toward
Broadway.
A taxicab driver reported to
day that he saw a girl answering
Doris description at the I.acka-
wanna ferry station in New York
last night and that she was in
curing the way to Powell Street,
Brooklyn.
The Washington times., 1931-05-04
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FOUND IN CAR

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and palm prints on the cars
body.
Blood Sains ON Seat
Several blood stains were found
In the drivers seat on the right
side of the car, while in the rum
BILE seat large pool Of blood had
trickled into a stream. The blood
was dry. but it had apparently
found its way there since last
night or early today.
Blood stains also were seen on
the top of the car over the rum
BILE seat, as though some person
had braced himself in putting an
other person into the seat.
The car was undamaged and
police were mystified by the dis
appearance 70 the tags.
Detectives secuted the theory
that an injured person had been
placed in the car and brought
to a hospital. They are trying to
understand why blood was found
in the drivers seat and also in
the rumble. If a person was mur-
dered, they say, they believe it
occurred in the drivers seat and
the body then placed in the rear.
Handkerchief q Clue
Detectives are also trying to
trace a mans blOodStained hand
kerehicf found in the rumble
seat when its cover was lifted
this rnOrnins by Detective A'h-
good.
The blood-stained car was re-
moved to the garage at police
headquarters and attracted mich
curiosity from persons, some OF
whom asked:
sWhat is this, another Mary
Baker caSe?" ,
Capt. Edward j. Kelly, assistant
chief of detectives, frankly ad-
mitted he was mystified by the
case and said the investigation
had not developed so he might
give any theory.
He said it is possible the per
sons who took the car may have
been injured in some manner,
but the lack of marks on the car
belies such . HAeory.
The Washington times., 1931-05-04
RENO s DIVORCE
MARK RAISED
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day and hold the hearings in
their respective court rooms.
Spectators will be excluded.
While a steady stream Of di.
vorces is pouring forth on the
upper floor of the stately-looking
little court house, another rush
of filing is expected to be en-
acted on the lower floor where
the county clerks office is located.
It was estimated today that at
least 100 cases are ready for filing.
1t was expected many attorneys
would make an effort to get them
on record before noon today, an
nouncement having been made
that no cases filed after noon
would be calendared for hearing
this week.
County ReapS Harvest
Filings today were expected to
bring another flow of gold into the
treasury of WaShoe county. Each
complaint filed costs the applicant
$40. If an answer is filed, an ad-
ditional $40 is collected. &.
OF the $40 fee, 81 is set aside
for the county law library, So goes
toward the salary of the judges,
and the remaining SIG goes into
the general salary fund from
which is paid the expenses of the
county clerks office in which the
suits are filed and all records
kept.
The revenue Saturday was close
to $4,000 and if today's filings
come up to expectations, from
$4,000 to $4,000 will be added.
The Washington times., 1931-05-04
NYE UNIT GETS
AGENTS VOTE
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pay even his routine expenses
out Of this sum-"
Prof. Pollack established his
4 cents a vote" standard on the
basis of his observation of elec-
tioneering practices in Michigan
and also in various foreign coun-
tries. including Great Britain and
France.
Source Held Important
Prof. Pollack declared that the
source and the purpose "of cam
paign funds were far more i'm
portant than their amount, but
that, if the proposed corrupt prac-
ticeS act should go into the issue
Of the amount to be expended by
candidates, it should be, at least
so far as representatives are con-
cerned, the amount that he stip-
ulated.
The Nye committee heard Prof.
Pollack as the first witness of a
three-day session in which various
educators of distinction and au-
thority in the realm Of political
science will be heard
Other witnesses to be heard at
the hearings include Prof. Earl
R. Skies, of Dartmouth; Prof.
Charles A. Beard, professor of
politics in Columbia University:
Albert S, Bard, vice president Of
the Honest Ballot Association Of
New York; and Prof. Charles E.
Merriam, professor of political
science Of the University Of Chi
cago,
The Washington times., 1931-05-04
Maryland Girl Sets
State Plane Marx
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time) and headed for Numasaki,
his first stopping place. 1858 miles
north of Tokyo.

BALTIMORE, May "A Miss
Thelma Elliott. pretty young Bal
timore girl fier, set a new Mary
land altitude record at the first
all-women air show at CurtisS-
Wright Airport yesterday, flying
her small cabin plane to l6,8OO
feet.
Miss Elliott went aloft at ASS
O'Clock and did not land until
6:35. her Paragraph showing the
height to which she had climbed.
She shattered the old state mark
of 1880 feet held by Charles A.
Mason, of the Maryland Ma.
tional Guard in 1924.
The Washington times., 1931-05-04
MAYOR WALKER
GREETS KING
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arms. There were gun salutes
and -four ruffles" continu-
Gus beat of the drum which de.
notes respect to a visiting
dignitary.
They played the Siamese ma
tlonal anthem which SoundS-like
the Siamese national anthem.
Mourn HaH-BrOther
The King and Queen were in
mourning for the death of his
Majesty's half-brother in Paris.
The King wore formal attire. The
Queen was dressed in black
satin coat with a Persian lamb
collar, a lack straw hat, and a
black silk frock. The King said:
'It Is a great pleasure and a
privilege to be received as guests
of this metropolis of America.
Fhe Queen and l were -viSi-
tors here seven years ago. The
notable changes that have taken
place in that short time are
striking evidences Of the amaz-
ing vitality and aspirations Of
this great nation.
'NO other spot on the earth
contains such an impresSing
manifestation of the material
power Of mankind.
1--WE shall carry away with
us not only a vivid sense of
the force and enterprise of
American business, but also of
the generous hospitality and
kindness Of the American peO-
ple."
Mayor Walkers Speech
Mayor Walker said:
You are, after all, one of the
few remaining kings who still
work at the job,
Americas knowledge of Siam,
previous to your visit, perhaps has
been limited to the misleading
idea that your country was the
home of white elephants and
SiameSe twins.
LAS a matter of fact. the white
elephants are not white, but pink
and Siamese twins are not ST.
amese but Chinese.
your country is peaceful
and cOntented and unvisjted as
yet by the Western ills Of civil.
ZatiOn. 1t Is wonderful to think
that you have no industrial
strife and that you have practi.
CalIy no national debt"
The Washington times., 1931-05-04
Giant Organs Voice
Can Be Heard Miles

HUFSTEIN, Austria, May 4
QN.SO.-A big Bertha" pipe or
gan, powerful enough to be heard
for several miles, was dedicated
here by President Wilhelm Miklas.
The instrument has 26 registers
and more than 1000 pipes. 1t
was built in memory Of the World
War dead.
The Washington times., 1931-05-04
HGlUks Would Try
For Schneider Gun

LONDON, May 4 QNSO.
Capt. Frank Hawks, who holds
half dozen speed records. told
International News Service today
he would like nothing better than
to participate in the Schneider
Cup races II someone provides
him With a suitable machine.