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BELL LSK}— X.
Endorsed by the Trades and Labor
Council of Hamilton, Ohio.
BUSINESS is on the move and the
old town of Hamilton is entirely
out of the mud, but we need a few
bridges and need them badly. The
city and the county commissions
should get busy at once and build
the necessary bridges. Over the
Miami river.
As predicted by THE PRESS the
political pot is surely going to have
some heat. Every politician and
some that are not politicians are so
far up in the air that really they
don't know just where they are at.
You know right here in our town
we have many funny things to con
lead with that it keeps us all
guessing. One thing is the politi
cians that are always changing
things to suit themselves, and never
think of consulting anyone on
these vital matters but themselves.
They are of the opinion that every
time they make a change all the
voters will change and follow like
a pack of sheep. If you are
democrat they want you to be a
citizen, if you are a citizen they
want you to be a republican and at
the next election they want you to
fall in line for some other cult. If
the old party politicians are not
careful they can say, good bye for
ever.
BOYCOTT? NO!
Lancaster, Pa., July —A let
ter has been sent to the members
of the Masters Plumbers Associa
tion of Pennsylvania by its secre
tary in which attention is called to
the fact that seme members of the
Master Plumbers' Association are
employing men from other cities
who are on strike. This letter in
part says: "I have been informed
that some of our members have em
ployed men from Reading, who are
on strike. Is this loyalty Is it
just to the members of the Reading
association? You know how loyal
they have been toward the other
associations when in trouble. I
have been informed by the Reading
Only 89c
For choice of any of our Ladies' Slippers,
Patent Colt, Tan, Suede, Gun Metal
regular $2.50. $2.75 and $3.00 values.
Last year's styles, the reason of the big
cut in price.
association that this is a fight to
the finish. The public is with the
Master Plumbers and are helping
them to the extent of holding back
their wore and not forcing them to
hire the journeymen in order to
finish up their contracts, and it is
up to us as members of the Central
to give them all the support that is
in our power. Protect your inter
ests by employing men from your
own city, and then you will be sure
not to get any who are on strike.
Tell your customers of the situation
in the nearby cities, and they will
be only too glad to put up with the
delay in gettting out their work."
Plumbers, together with a number
of other building crafts, are on
strike in Reading for an increase in
wages. This letter from the secre
tary indicates the plan of campaign
adopted by the Master Plumbers
Whenever a labor union institutes
a boycott it is illegal and un-Amer
ican, but the employers have no
synoym from this designation when
they employ simililar tactics.
Buffalo News.
Buffalo, N. Y., July 25.—The
new Central Labor Council of this
city and vicinity is growing at a
rapid rate. The charter of the old
Council was revoked because of its
refusal to enforce a Section 1 of
Article elevtn, constitution of the
A. F. of L. The last meeting com
prised delegates representing fifty
eight unions. Active interest is
being taken by the delegates, and
the new organization appears to
have entered upon a career of ex
ceeding activity. Sections are to
be formed in the near future of the
building trades and other natural
divisions in central organizations
The teamsters are making progress
that is entirely satisfactory, practi
cally all of the team owners having
signed the higher scale of wages
and the meu being at work. Over
2,300 teamsters are employed at the
union rate, while approximately
100 remain out. The Arbitration
Board to which has been referred
the differences resulting from the
reet car strike is holding daily
sessions. The employers are con
tending for a flat rate of 32 cents
an hour, basing their contention
upon the increased cost of living
and assert that anything short of
that scale would deprive them ol
the means whereby they may se
cure necessary living expenses.
Exempt Hotel Laundries.
St. Paul, Minn., July 25.—The
Bureau of Labor is getting in read
iness for the strict enforcement of
the hours of labor, law for women,
passed by the last legislature, and
which becomes effective in August.
The Attorney General holds that
the ten-hour day for restaurant em
ployes applies to cashiers, wait
resses, kitchen employes, and em
ployes in cafes and lunch rooms
run in connection with hotels if
the cafes a*e run for the accomoda
tion of the general public. The
nine-hour limit for laundry workers
does not apply, according to the
Attorney General, to employes of
hotel laundries which do not handle
outside work. It is also held that
the nine-hour restriction for tele
phone operators applies to those
who attend public telephones in
hotels and other places, and not to
those employed by hotels or basi
ness houses that operate^ interior
systems.
Passes Eight-Hour Law.
Washington, July 25.—Senator
La Follette's bill providing for an
eight-hour working day for women
and safeguarding the health of fe
males employed in the District of
Columbia, has be n passed by the
Senate without opposition, it being
favored by the District Commis
sioners. This same bill passed the
Senate during the second session of
last Congress, but failed to get
through the House. The bill pro
vides that no female shall be em
ployed in any manufacturing, me
chanical or mercantile establish
ment, laundry or restaurant or tel
ephone or telegraph establishment
or office, or by any express or
transportation company in the Dis
trict more than eight hours in any
one day, or more that six days or
more than forty-eight hours in any
one week. It further provides that
no female under eighteen years of
age will be permitted to work in
any of the business insitutions
above noted before 7 o'clock in the
morning or after 6 o'clock in the
evening of any one day, or will be
permitted to work more than six
hours continously at any time in
any establishment or occupation
named in which three or more fe
males are employed without an in
terval of at least three-quarters of
an hour. Time books are required
to record the working hours
Proper inspection is provided, and
severe penalties imposed.
may Use Initiative,
Duluth, Miun., July 25.—Local
cigar dealers, cigarmakers, jobbers,
and manufacturers are much per
turbed because the city commission
has passed an ordinance prohibiting
the conduct of cigar stands in sa
loons outside the hours designated
by the law regulating liquor li
censes. It is claimed that this re
striction will not compel a stricter
enforcement of the l.quor law, but
will give the Cigar Trust a chance
to control the tobacco situation
completely. The proposition that
meets with the greatest favor Is
initiation of an ordinance permit
ting cigar stores to be operated in
front ef liquor selling places, with
the provisions that transparent par
titions be erected in order that an
unobstructed view into the bar
rooms can be had during the hours
they are required to be closed. If
the vote be favorable upon the reg
ulation of this character the pro
hibitive ordinance of the commis
sion would be automatically re
pealed.
Organize Barbers.
Portsmouth, Va., July 25—An
organization of white barbers has
been perfected here, and the col
ored barbers have organized under
a separate charter. These two lo
cal unions comprise every barber
in the city. Already they have se
cured a reduction in hours, closing
at 7 o'clock in the evening instead
of 8.
Organize Trolleymen.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, July 25.—
After many years of effort the
Amalgamated Association of Street
and Electric Railway Employes
have organized the Traction Com
pany's lines in this city. The new
organization starts off with a mem
bership of 100, and prospects are
bright for the organization com
prising every employe on the road.
The local labor paper, The Tribune
was primarily -responsible for this
organization, in that it secured an
interview with the general manager
of the company during a recent
franchise campaign, in which that
official stated he had no objections
to the organization of the employes
on the lines. The indications point
to the permanencey of the new or
ganization, and all differences in
the future adjusted in an amica
ble manner.
Tobacco Workers' Strike.
Pittsburg, Pa., July 25.—The
employes of the Industrial Cigar
Company, are demanding improved
OUI' OJFE .II J-I W IK\ JL J&IU XJLLAX &AV KOLI 1VX024 JULF.
No Interruption of Business
Carpenters, Etc., Etc., are busy tearing out front, but we are ready for business just the
same, with better bargains than ever.
ForFriday
and Saturday
Baby Dull Sliderat special prict $2.39
White Canvas, Gun Metal and Patent,
$2.85 values
Men's English Oxfords, Russia Tan or Gun
Metal, leather soles and heels, positively
$4.50 vaiues, at. $3.98
We Give Krebs Home Stamps, they are valuable
CLE.M PATER, 421 South Second Street
Try Our 15c Hose, White, Tan or Black
conditions and higher wages, met
with a refusal and then went on
strike. The average pay for girls
has been $4.50 per week and that
of the men about $7.50, with an
average working time of eleven
hours a day. The employes consist
of Hebrews, Germans, negroes.
English, and Polish, and as is cus
tomary the employers are endeav
oring to inject race prejudice among
the strikers for the purpose of
creating internal dissension, but
thus far this has proved unsuccess
ful the strikers standing firm.
Strike Breakers Rob Car*
Grand Rapids, Mich., July 25.
Four strike breaking employes of
the Pierre Marquette Railroad were
recently hailed into Police Court to
answer charges of having stolen
several articles of value from the
company's cars. They made no
attempt to deny the accusations,
having already confessed their
guilt. Two of them paid their
fines, but the other two were sen
tenced to sixty days in jail. It is
stated that the men in making their
confession named several other
strike breakers in the employ of
the company as also implicated.
Injunction Dismissed.
Peoria, 111., July 25.—The in
junction case of the Keystone Com
pany against the Machinists' Union
has been dismissed. The attorney
for the company admitted the truth
of the affidavits made by members
of the union, which contained a
complete denial of the ex parte
statements made for the purpose of
securing the injunction. The result
is a complete vindication of the con
tention of the machinists and paves
the way for a settlement of the
difficutly. The decision of the
court has given the strikers re
newed energy and hope for a final
settlement.
A Merry War.
Washington, July 25.—Reports
from various sections of the country
are to the effect that the whilom
leaders of the I. W. W. are em
broiled in an internecine war over
the distribution of funds collected
for the purpose of spreading the
propaganda of that organization
While advertising itself as an in
dustrial organization it appears
that there are many divisions withi^
its ranks and that
fhe
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$4.00 values $3.48
Gun Metal -and Patent Colt, button or
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Try our $1.85 and $2.00 Men's Work
Shoes, Congress or Lace.
leader of
each division is struggling to make
himself the bright, p?rticular star.
Crimination and recrimination is
now the order of the day, and there
seems to be no limit to the possi
bilities of these industrial paneca
mechanics in their field of industry.
Introduces Resolution.
Washington, July, 25.—Repre
sentative John I. Nolan of Califor
nia has introduced a resolution in
the House providing for a Com
mittee of nine members of the
House of Representatives to be ap
pointed by the Speaker to make a
thorought and complete investiga
tion and report as to the truth of
the charges made by M. M. Mul
hall, as they relate particularly to
the activities of the National Asso
ciation of Manufacturers, the Na
tional Council for Industrial De
fense, and kindred organizations.
Coney Island.
Things are happening in quick
succession at Coney Island. The
tremendous success of the aviators
last week simply compelled the
management to re-engage Miss
Stinsan and A. C. Beach, the in
trepid British aviator, for flights
Saturday and Sunday. This won
derful little girl flies a great Wright
biplane with marvelous skill and
daring, and Beach is noted in sev
eral continents for his daring feats
of aviation. The flights will be
held on the usual schedule, starting
at 5 o'clock on Saturday and Sun
day.
And then there will be the annu
al circus at Coney, starting Sunday
in place of the vaudeville show.
The Island will present the Dutton
3-Ring Circus for the week. And
this is a regular circus, with bare
back riding, trapeze performances,
trained bears, educated dogs, wire
acts, in short everything that makes
the circus the delight that it is.
And the admission is but a dime.
.Cool Coney is surely the one best
in the entertainment world today.
Be sure you be there.
BIRTH OF THE GRAND CANYON.
Nature's Mighty
Forces
That
Wrecked
the Crust of the Earth.
"How do you explain it?" Inquired
one on hieetiny Sir John Murray, the
eminent English geologist and pri si
dent of the Royal (Jeographical
so
ciety, referring to the ijruud Canyon
of the Colorado. This was briefly the
answer, though not in bis words:
"On either side of the wide plain ex
tending from sixty to a hundred miles
to the right and left of the canyon
evidences of severe volcanic action are
visible. In the center was a plateau,
but you now look down upon it as the
vast chasm of the canyon. Thrice the
volcanic forces of nature, operating on
either side, violently and with tromen
dous power, forced this plateau up
ward. and finally in one cyclopic, tre
mendous upheaval the plateau parted,
and the Grand canyon, the wonder and
mystery of the world, was born.
"Imagine a loaf of dough rising si
lently under the continuous pressure
of the yeast until finally the crust Is
brokeu and the loaf divided into two.
Then look at this broken crust of
mother earth. In the early days a
vast area embracing a great portion of
Ifie interior of the American continent
was covered with water. It was a
great sea. All over the canyon fossil
oyster shells proved this contention.
The Grand canyon opened the waters
of the inland sea rushed through in a
tearing flood and carved the fantastic
forms you now see."
The questioner further inquired of
Sir John, "No doubt this was all very
remote, in the early ages of the
World?"
"Oh, no," said Sir John. "Modern,
quite modern—not more than twenty
or thirty million yeare ago!"—Leslie's
Weekly.
TRUE HORSE MARINES.
They Helped Bolivar Out When He
Was In Need of a Fleet.
The Uanero of South America lives
on horseback, trades, buys and sells
on horseback, and during the war with
Spain the ilaneros contributed much
toward achieving the independence of
both Venezuela and New Granada. In
"Up the Orinoco and Down the Mag
dalena" Mr. H. J. Mozans tells of an
occasion when it was necessary for
Bolivar's army to cross the Apure in
order to engage Morillo. But Bolivar
had no boats, and the Apure at this
point was wide and deep.
The Spanish flotilla was guarding
the river at the point opposite to the
patriot forces. Bolivar was in de
spair. Turning to Paez. he said. "I
would give the world to have the Span
ish flotilla without it I can never cross
the river."
"It shall be yours in an hour," said
Paez.
Selecting 300 of his llanero lancers,
all distinguished for strength and
bravery, he said, pointing to the gun
boats: "We must have these flecheras
or die. Let those follow who please."
At once spurring his horse, he dashed
into the river and swam toward the
flotilla. The Ilaneros followed him
with their lances in their hands, now
encouraging their horses by swim
ming beside them and patting their
necks, now shouting to scare away the
crocodiles, of which there were hun-.
dreds In the river. At last they reach
ed the other side and sprang from
their horses' backs on board the boats,
headed by their leader. To the aston
ishment of every one who beheld It,
they actually captured the entire flo
tilla.
The Old, Old Problem.
New times, new problems. Behold
how even the old world is smitten
with modernity and its horrors as re
vealed In "Servantgalism or. What's
to Become of the Missuses?"
Servant Gal Oh, if you please,
ma'am, there was one other thing i
should like to 'ave settled.
Lady—Yes?
Gal—Where do yon go to the seaside
in the summer? Because I couldn't go
to a dull place or where the hair
wasn't very bracing.
For the enchanting picture that il
lustrates this consult Punch, volume
24, 1853.—New York Tribune.
Burning Up Gold.
Burning a small piece of gold leaf Is
a
custom observed by the Chinese at
ertain anniversary celebrations, and
ii: is estimated that gold to the value
$10,000,000 is destroyed annually in
lis way. This estimate is based on
i ie assumption that each individual of
i total population of 440,000,000 burns
.' each of two anniversaries a piece of
-old leaf weighing .308 grain, making
K total of 271,000,000 grains. A Ave
dollar gold piece weighs 129 grains.
Quite 8afe.
"So he accepted a job like that, did
1
e? Wei!, I did not know that a man
fiis standing would accept such dirty
loney."
"Oh, he washed his bands with an
antiseptic solution before he took the
f^e."—Baltimore American.
How it Happened.
"A letter addressed to me and mark
ed 'Personal' came to my house yester
day, and my vrife didn't open it."
"How do you account for it?"
"She was out of town attending the
wegdini. of bar cousin*'
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PRESTER JOHN.
Legends of an Elusive Warrior of the
Twelfth Century.
The famous if somewhat phantom
personage Trester John, who for two
or three centuries occupied so promi
nent a place in the historic annals of
Europe and in the minds of Europeans,
was, from the most reliable accounts
a Christian conqueror of enormous
power and great splendor, who com
bined the character of priest and king
and ruled over vast dominions in the
orient in the middle ages. He had, it
was related, established a powerful em
pire either in Asia or Africa, and won
derful stories were told of his victo
ries, his riches and his power.
His mode of warfare, which was
unique and entirely effective. Indicates
an intimate acquaintance with ex
plosives and combustibles. He pos
sessed an army of life sized copper
soldiers mounted on brazen horses,
which were charged with explosive
materials, projectiles and poisonous
gas. This formidable array was mar
shaled to the front and sp:it forth its
deadly fumes and dangerous projec
tiles with horrid effectiveness, making
havoc in the ranks of the enemy.
The first mention of this extraordi
nary man. who appears and disappears
from historic annals at long interval,
occurs in the Chronicles of Otto, Bish
op of Friesengen, who narrates Pres
ter John's conquest of the Persians at
Egbatana, in the extreme orient* in the
year 1145.—Boston Herald.
CREATING NEW STATES.
Work That Congress May Do, but,
Once Done, Cannot Undo.
Several times it has been proposed
to make two states out of the state of
New York. In fact, resolutions have
been introduced In the state legisla
ture once or twice, but have died in
committee. The purpose has been to
include all of the present state south
of Westchester county In a new state
to be called (in one Instance) the state
of Manhattan. North of the Bronx
district the name of New York was
still to be retained. The surrounding
islands of the south—all those of Long
Island sound. Long Island complete
and all of the counties comprising
New York city—were to be embraced
within the new state of Manhattan.
The creation of a new state confers
a right that cannot later be abrogated
and in this respect is unique in the
establishment of political areas. After
the people of the district In question
have decided by vote that the carry
ing out of a new state is desired, con
gress passes upon the application. Dp
to this point congress is supreme.
Once, however, congress agrees t6 the
Bew state creation and the new state
becomes an established fact, then no
power of the republic can undo what
has been done by legislative act. No
repeal can revoke the privileges of a
law abiding sovereign state. New
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Ball a Girls' Game.
Of all the games ball seems to be
peculiarly a girl's game throughout the
ages. The Koman girls used to strike
balls with the palm of the hand to
keep them bouncing or would fling
them against the wall to drive them
back on the return or would pass the
ball from hand to hand in the ring or
In a row. The ball of the olden times
was much like the one now in use. It
was soft or hard, as occasion demand
ed it was plain with painted or em
broidered cloth it was a hollow large
balloon or a small light sphere. The
German poets make frequent allusion
to ball as a girl's game. It was de
scribed as a first sport of summer.
One writer observes, "When I saw the
girls on the street playing ball then
came to our ears the song of birds."
The game was a favorite one with
youths and maids, who would contend
for the ball, that the one who gained
It might throw it to the one loved best.
—Kansas City Times.
An Artist at Six.
Amoig painters the prodigy of prodi
gies was Sir Thomas Lawrence. One
of his earliest pictures. It is said, was
produced in 1775, quite early enough,
for the lovely cherub who painted It
was then six years old. He was get
ting on in life, tottering on the vergo
of twelve, when the quality crowded
his studio at Bath. The fates were
kind to the infant prodigy when they
made his father landlord of the Black
Bull, Devizes, the inn where fashion
able men and women called for rest
and refreshment on their way to the
waters. At the Black Bull the prodigy
made his first acquaintance with the
great world which flattered him in aft
er life and which he flattered on can
vas.—
St James' Uazette.
A Pertinent Query.
The drummer had been bragging
about his achievements for a goodly
time, and tinally the meek little man
In the corner piped up.
"Excuse me." he said, "but perhaps
you can tell rue why you gentlemen
are called drummersV"
"Well, why shouldn't we be so called?
We drum up trade, don't we?" was the
retort
"I know," said the meek little man,
"but the drum Is not a wind Instru
ment."—Harper's.
Unchanged.
'That's Just like Jim," said the wid
ow, wearily, after a flapping curtain
had knocked over the urn in which all
that was mortal of her cremated hus
band had been pb.ced and spread ita
contents on the floor. "Always drop
ping his ashes everywhere!"—Harper's
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