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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-05

taTHE ABOVE SALE IS FUaTHER POST
1881, AT THE SANE HOUR aud place
United States Marshal,
In and for the District of Columbia
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-02-20
SLICK INJUNCTION JUDGE

Judge Walter S. Gates, of the Los
Angeles superior court, dismissed 9
policeman whom he cited for con
tempt of court for violating an injunc.
ton not to interfere with newsboys
who were selling copie sof the Los
Angeles Citizen. The labor paper car
ried the story of dispute between
movie picture operators and a non
union theatre.
Other local newspapers defended
the labor paper and the judge was
between two fres-how to appease
the daily newspapers that feared an
attack on free press ard how to avoid
antagonizing anti-union influences
by protecting the labor papers
rights.
The court gave a beautiful exhibi-
tion of straddling. But labor "holds
the bag"
He thundered, in his decision, for
free press. But, said the honorable
court, in this instance the newsboys
were violating a municipal anti
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-02-20
THE COST OF NOBLE EXPERIMENTING

this glorious and free
No less than fortysx distinct trade
result of the eighteenth amendment
In William the American Fedora
that with eoquence fair
of the caamous industrial
ditions of today
prohibition the beweries of this country used
of thousands of workers to dig
railroad it to its destination and
at least the coal yards the brewes
198 of the OF
pounds of grain and other materials
about thousand railroad
Transporting product kept 10000 moving prac
ay all the those needed for coal and materials
a total of 100000
required great railroad workers keep those moving
nothing the needed build them
kept repair
100000 around their
making and bottles billions
of labels had to be by the printers
his still and
that prior to the eighteenth
that 1000OO0 worth of farm products
such barley hops, each
promptly dhng monstrosiy But for sordid pota
long agoThe Federation
News
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-02-20
UNION AIDS
Distressed Canadian Coal
Miners Families

st. John, N. B. (ILNS) S)--Officers of
the United Mine Workers locals and
district executive of District 26, COM
prising the maritime provinces of
Canada, are making valiant efforts
to relieve the poverty existing among
the miners and their families. Con-
ditions are particularly unfavorable
on the island of Cape Breton, where
the soft coal mining is the chief in
dustry.
Arrangements have been made for
the payment of emergency relief
money to the families in distress. The
union locals are doing all they can to
provide food, clothing and warmth,
for the women and children especially
At Number II, Glace Bay, President
John R. Mcdonald and Secretary Will
liam Pilling, of the local, reported
severe distress and the need of i'm
mediate relief, with some people on
the verge of starvation. The Domin-
| ion and provincial governments
agreed to contribute to the emer-
gency relief fund, together with the
town of Glace Bay, but there has been
considerable delay in getting the
money from the two governments.
The allotment by the town was dis
tributed long before any was received
| from outside.
], With the Dominion Steel and Coal
| Company operating the mines at less
than half capacity, the unemploy-
ment problem is a glaring one in Cape
Breton. All of the locals have been
trying to remedy the distress, but lack
of money has been the big barrier.
Some of the miners have not been
getting more than days work in a
week for several months. The result
has been hundreds of children suffer
ing from cold and hunger, and unable
to continue at school, because of lacl,
of clothing and footwear. There are
some children who have been unable
to go outdoors since the snow first
came, due to lack of shoes worthy OF
the name.
AS usual, the politicians who make
SO many fervent promises just prior
to election have been very dilatory ir
distributing the monetary relief that
was agreed on. In the meanwhile
the unfortunate mothers and children
suffer. Severe winter weather has
complicated the distress.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-02-20
OIL COMBINE UPHELD

ST. Louis, Mo.-Merging of the
Standard Oil Company of New York
and the Vacuum Oil Company was
approved by three judges of the fed
eral court of appeals. The concerns
have capitalization of more than
half billion dollars. They were units
of the old Standard. Oil Company that
was dissolved by the federal supreme
court in 1911.
The judges said that "the intent
and purpose of the merger is solely
to meet the normal and natural busi-
ness necessities of the two COM
panies, brought about by the develop
ment of, and the changed business
conditions in the industry"
Government attorneys announce
they will appeal to the supreme
court. If the decision is upheld it
will pave the way for a merger of
other Standard Oil units.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-02-20

picketing ordinance when they, in "a
loud tone," called attention to the la
Dor dispute. He ignored contempt of
his order.
The claim is made that if news
boy hereafter calls out "in loud
tone" of scandal in influential circles
that is recorded in the daily press,
he, also, can be, arrested under Judge
Gates decision.
The difference between this and the
Citizen case, however, is that the la
Dor newsboy is charged with violating
an anti-picketing ordinance that pro-
hibits anyone from Inducing" pros
pective patrons to stay away from a
certain place.
The daily newspapers are alert to
this distinction that has been drawn
by slick injunction Judge.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-02-20
IF UTILITIES BEHAVE?

Agitation against public utilities
need cause investors in utility securi-
ties no alarm, says the Magazine of
Wall Street, which treasures inves-
tors in an editorial, which says in
part:
There has been a tremendous
pother of talk about rates, monopo-
lies, expansion and control of natural
resources now for several years. But
so far nothing tangible has transpir-
ed despite all the oratory and debate
except possibly to center enough pub.
lie interest in the question to bring il
more sharply to the fore in severa
states with the probabilities of more
talk and possibly some action. Most
of the threats and investigations, fed
eral and local, of recent years, have
come to naught and it is only a rea-
sonable assumption that much of the
menace in the current situation will
come to the same end"
The editorial ends with the follow
ing gem:
IF the utilities behave themselves
and limit their grasp they will con-
tinue to grow unhampered in most
localities"
What the Magazine of Wall Street
means is that if the utilities are not
too greedy and grasping they won't
get into trouble. In other words, they
are advised not to take too many
feathers out of the goose at once.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-02-20
NEW LAW MUST BE TESTED

1t is beginning to be clear, that like
all other legislation supposed to be
for the benefit of labor, the prevail
ing rate of wages bill now in congress
will have to be tested-if it becomes
a law-before its advantages, if any,
can be known. Sponsored as an ad-
ministration measure, in harmony
with the famous white house wage
maintenance agreement of over year
ago, defects appeared in it as soon
as it came before the senate cham
Der. But Secretary of Labor Doak
served peremptory notice, that if any
amendments were proposed, the ad-
ministration would withdraw its
sponsorship.
No penalty is attached by the bill
to any violation of its terms. How
ever, since it proposes to prescribe
port of the conditions of legal con-
tract with the government, it may be
presumed that any contract drawn
without these provisions would be null
and void-which might be penalty
enough, if so declared by court of
competent jurisdiction.
The fact that the bill provides
that it shall not be effective until
after 80 days from its passage, leaves
an "open season" for contractors, ano
for the departmental officials who are
alleged to have been favoring con,
tracts and contractors going against
the terms of the white house confer
ence agreement.
This will be just another one O.
those cases where eternal vigilance
will have to be the price of what
ever gals labor may make in thu
everlasting battle betwee the privat,
greed of few and the larger bene
fit of the many.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-02-20
MISERY, REGARDLESS
OF CROPS

Chairman Legge has said that if
the dry weather continues wheat will
be scarce next year. Acreage isn't
getting its necessary water, nor is
the snow piling up to melt in the
spring. But the farm board chairman
says if there's shortage the farm
ers will suffer as much from surplus.
Thus Mr.. Legge finds misery which
ever way the wind blows. Evidently
well-being must flow from the happy
medium which neither Mr.. Legge nor
the weather has yet found out how
to create.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-02-20
Endorsed by the Trades and Labor
Council of Hamilton. Ohie
Endorsed by the Middletown Trader
and Labor Council Of Middletown. o.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1881
"a LINE FROM WILL"

Will Rogers, who writes pieces for
the papers every day, gently kidding
officialdom, shooting shafts of wis
dom through his satire, is out giving
shows to help the unemployed. He
writes that he can take no more dates
His time is booked, full A lot OF
politicians in Washington could learr
from Will Rogers. But most of then
could never BE Will Rogers. They
seem convinced that one cannot be &
politician and be sincere.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-02-20

on general principles is one all too
common.
This attitude of mind crops up in
discussions of the Mooney-Billings
case. "Well, maybe Tom Mooney did
Mt throw the preparedness parade
bomb but he ought to be in Jail any
way" is a remark frequently heard,
often from persons who should know
better. The same attitude was shown
in connection with the Sacco-Vanzetti
case, Meyer, Haywood and Pettibone
case and many others.
What a perversion of justice is this
attitude, which amounts to saying
| that man should be punished be-
cause of his supposed record of opln-
ions. 1t opens the way to all sorts
of abuses and outrages, and if it finds
general acceptance will mean the enc
of justice.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-02-20
JUSTICE PERVERTED BY
INDIRECTION

A Miami, Florida, judge has freed
two men arrested for carrying d gun
because they were held under a law
devised for special purpose and SO
framed as to leave the door open
to authorities to arrest and hold hon.
est men along with rascals. The ex-
tent to which such a law could be
used against union men, particularly
in strike time, is obvious.
Perhaps the trainers of the ordi-
nance sought to achieve a difficult
justice by this indirection. But the
judge points out that injustice may
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-02-20
SENSE FROM CONGRESS

1t is evident that we are not in
Nicaragua with the marines to uphold
the Monroe doctrine; nor are we there
to protect American life, but only
to protect American interests or in
vestments, and in view of the further
fact that we can use the marines
here in the United States to an ad-
tage chasing bandits and supervising
elections, / am in favor of getting
them out of Nicaragua and bringing
them back Representative Will
liam A. Ayres, of Kansas.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-02-20
WHY is ALIEN GATE
LEFT OPEN?

President Hoover asked congress
to appropriate $4,000 to arrest and
deport aliens who are unlawfully in
this country.
The gate through which most of
these aliens enter, however, will re-
main open.
Europeans pay 5000 to $400 for the
privilege of signing as seamen on a
ship bound for the United States.
Cinnamon pay up to $1,100. On ar
rival here they step ashore and are
lost in the large cities Between 40,-
900 and $4,000 are annually SNUG
gled in by this method, which is prof
liable to the captain and ship own
ers.
The international Seamen's Union,
for years, has attempted to secure a
law which would authorize immigra-
tion officials to examine these "sea-
men" before they are permitted to
leave the ship These aliens if found
to be not bona fide seamen, would
be returned at the expense of the
vessel.
The vessel would also be denied
clearance papers if she attempted to
sail with fewer seamen than she en-
ployed on arrival.
The King bill, now pending in con-
gress, has these provisions but it car
not be moved.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-02-20
WISDOM

Strip the bishop of his apron, the
counsellor of his gown, and the beadle
of his cooked hat, what are they?
Men, mere men. Dignity, and even
holiness, too, sometimes, are more
questions of coat and waistcoat than
some people imagine.-Charles Dick
ems.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-02-20

be done as easily, reading a good
lesson to legislatures.
In Minnesota the state legislature
enacted law making it possible to
put newspapers out of business. The
legislators sought to stop so-called
scandal sheets, but they opened the
door to persecution of all newspapers
Justice is not to be had by devious
methods. Justice must be had bs
methods that justice can sustain
Otherwise prejudice, bigotry, hatred
save their day and shambles replace
orderly court rooms.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-02-20
7he.Cherry
Tree .';:'. s',,; :, !: =. :.,:s;; ,:.;s :;
about many things. sometimes pro-
foundly, sometimes Aippantly,
sometimes recklessly. .........

Not so long ago there was rejoicing
in this column at the outbursts of
certain authorities taking some of the
glamor off the intelligence test.
1t was pointed out that, among
other things, the intelligence test nee
essarily fails to take account of the
emotional side of the subject and that
human beings are likely to be but
poorly classified when so vital fac
tor is neglected.
A considerable study of the tests
as used in the army during the World
War preceded the jubilation created
by the contributions of the author
tiles cited
Perhaps if there is criticism of the
| intelligence test it should be leveled
at it's abuse and its possible abuse
at the vast claims made for it, rather
than at the thing of itself.
However, now comes a reader, of
fering himself as an example of how
well the test may work. With him
self he offers surrounding army ex
perience. Since the writer of thi.
contributed comment is an UNUSUAL,
keen observer, it is pleasure to pas:
along his observations. The writer
is Joseph A. Wise, Chicago CORE
spondent of international Labor New!
Service, and he says:
"Just got through reading your in
| telligence test article. | took the tes
in the army. The 285 members ant
officers in the company took it at thu
Liberty Theatre, Camp Custer, th
same day. Only six out of the 28!
| graded "a every superior intelli
gence). Five were enlisted men an,
| one a second lieutenant. One was
corporal and four were privates. On
private (Ginsberg) was gradate o
a Russian university. ! was pri
vate and graded "a and was imme
diately detailed as a clerk at regi
mental headquarters and slated a
| officer material The armistice ende
my chances for a commission. My cap
tain rated 81 Superior intelligence
Three lieutenants rated 'C-plus' CHG
average intelligence).
"a large proportion of the outfi
rated 'C' (average intelligence) o
better, and we had a lot that go
D. E and F.
81 have always been of the impress
sion that the intelligence and trad
tests were helpful in the army. Fo
example, lot of fellows would tall
a good deal about how much the
knew about trade or profession, bu
when given the test they would turI
out with grade of apprentice o
novice Men with special knowledg
were needed in the army and the
were selected according to the rating
they received on these tests. ! go
expert on the printers test, but
was never asked to print. The trad
test ratings were expert, journeymar
apprentice and novice. The fellow
who had the least to say passed tn
highest ratings, and they got recog
milton.
when you have to pick men in
hurry, it seems to me that the test
are all right. 1t was beneficial to MT
am sure, and | am glad that
got it."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-02-20
FRENCH JOBLESs GROW

Paris. Growing unemployment
alarms the French government and
authorities fear that this nation will
become involved in the economic cri-
sis so general in Europe.
During the past year it was the
boast of France that there was no
unemployment in this country.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-02-20
AUTO ACCIDENTS GROW

Washington.-Deaths from auto ac-
cidents during the four-wee period
ending January "a, 1881, as reported
to the census bureau by 81 large cit
les, increased 10 per cent over the
same period in 1880.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-02-20
A PERvERSION OF JUSTICE

The idea that the man may not be
guilty of a particular crime of which
ne stands accused, but that he's a
"bad egg" and ought to be punished
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-02-20
SUGAR WORKERS CUT

New Orleans-The American Sugar
refinery has cut wages So a week.
A large number of workers are
affected.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-02-20
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Evening star., 1931-04-02
PRIZE WINNING DOGS
DIE IN KENNEL FIRE
National and International Bench
Show Champions Among More
Than 40 Lost.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
SHREWSBURY, Mass, April a.
Between 40 and so dogs, among them
national and international bench show
champions, we're lost when fire de-
stroyed the Wclwire Kennels, on the
estate Of Dr. and Mrs. Homer Gage
here early today.
Only three dogs escaped the flames.
They were in the home Of the kennel
master, Joseph Booth.
Brandy Snap. valued at $4,000, world
champion, recently imported from Eng
land. vas one of the three. Another
was Ace Encon, holder of the record
for winning the largest number OF
prizes.
The building was about 200 feet long
and one story high. One end housed
the kennel Office.
The wire-h haired terriers, for which
the kennels were kncwn throughout the
world, were of great value, and many
of them were prize winners in dog
shows throughout the country. The
value Of the medals and ribbons lost IN
the flames was upward OF $4,000.
Among the dogs that were lost were
Dusinog, Duplicator, Wizard Of Earls-
moor. Diamond Merchant, all Welsh
terriers and international champions.
Wycollar Wonder, an international
champion and winner of the award for
the best wire haired fox terrier. We'll
wire Wizard and Welwire Waterman
we're also lost in the flames.
Evening star., 1931-04-02
GRAND JURORS HIT
PRESSURE SYSTEM
OF REALTY SALES
Finds Evidence Against
Country Club Properties, Inc,
insufficient, However.

Decrying the, absence of a District
law to curb real estate sales promotion
by the "lunoheon-lecture" system, which
system it declares merits our fullest
and strongest condemnation" the Dis
trict grand jury today filed special
report with District Supr:me Court
Justice Peyton Gordon earnestly recon-
mending the desirability Of corrective
legislation.
The establishment of some sup,r-
visory real estate board by the District
Commissioners is also suggested. This
board. the report says, should be en-
powered to investigate the character CT
all new promotions of real estate and
would be source Of protection to the
public against high-pressure methods
very often employed in these promo
tions."
Salesman Accused Of Larceny.
The court is requested to send copies
of the report to the Congress and TO the
District Commissioners.
The grand jurors have just completed
an Investigation into the conduct ana
operation OF an organization Familiarity
known as Country Club Properties, Inc,
which had been selling lots at Country
Club Park and Argyll Park, at silver
Spring, Md. They report they were un-
able to find sufficient evidence upon
which to predicate criminal charges
except in one instance against par
ticular salesman. who is accused Oh
larceny after trust. He is said to nave
received s4OO from a client to invest In
the nroperties, which he Is charged with
apuropriating to his own use.
Ths indictment is against G. II En-
mis- who is accused of receiving sou
October l6. 1880. from Elizabeth X.
Holmes: $50 October 30: SIS, Novem-
Der 90: 500 December IL and $l2o
January 81, 1881.
Purchasers Testimony Conflicts
The grand jury tells the court that
the testimony presented by Assistant
United States Attorney Wllnam II CoI-
lins developed a sharp conflict. some
purchasers claimed they were guaran-
iced resale at enormous profits and ~
early dates; some purchasers merely
claimed that representations we're made
of future resale value: some claimed
that no suggestions were made to them
as TO the possibility of resale; most OF
the purchasers signed deposit contracts
in which was the specific provision IN
dicating that no guarantee OF resale
was made: most OF the purchasers were,
as of the time they testified, enthCsias-
tic about the lots they had purchased;
and more than three -fourths Of the
buyers have to date renewed their con-
tracts for the purchase OF their respec-
tive lots.
The special report follows. in part:
There was recently submitted to this
Continued on Page ., Column A.
Evening star., 1931-04-02
ATTORNEY Is INDICTED
ON BRIBERY CHARGE
Grand Jury Action Comes Two
Days After Abner Siegal's
Arrest.

Abncr Siegsl. attorney. was indicted
by the grand jury today for alleged
bribery OF guard at the District Jail.
The indictment charges Siegal with
giving $3.50 to Guard H. S. Deane in
an effort to establish an alibi for
client awaiting trial on murder charges.
The true bill was returned after
United States Attorney Leo A. Rover,
moving with unexpected speed, pre-
sented the Governments case to the
jurors this morning, Siegal was ar
rested two days ago.
Mr.. Rover said he was anxious to dis
pose of the case and have it set Tor
trial this month unless Siegal, by at
tacking the validity Of the indictment,
should necesSitate a delay.
Siegal was taken into custody at his
oficeS in the Shoreham Building after
an extensive investigation of the al
legged bribery.
According to allegations by the Gov
ernment, Siegal gave Deane $3.50 in
cash after the guard told him card
had been inserted in the Jail file show
ing that one of the lawyers clients was
in jail here when he is alleged to have
killed two men in Pennsylvania. Siegal
was arrested on a bribery warrant
issued by United States Commissioner
Needham G. Turnage.