TRADES COUNCIL The Co-operative Trades and Labor Counc:l met Tuesdav night in regular session with President George Wiseman presiding and 30 delegates being present. The minutes of the previous meeting were approved as read. A. committee o! three was ap pointed to assist the FederaJ Aid for Vocational Education. The com mittee consists of Miller, Powlaw sky and Remle. The secretary was instructed to write the Secretary of the Journey men Tailors Union requesting him to send an organizer hert to organ ize the tailors. The delegates of the Bartenders' Union asked that a committee "be appointed to wait on the bartenders employed at Wo. Wellners and Henry Schuetfranz. The commit tee appointed are Menchen Brown and Boggs. International Organizer Baker of the Retail Clerks was a visitor to the meeting and in a very nice talk to the delegates asked them to be re cjnsistant hereafter in asking for the clerk's card. He further stated that prospects looked bright in this city for a big boom in the ranks of the Retail Clerks. Labor Day Picnic committee rt poited that the ticket money from the different organizations that have nn as yet settled is coming in slow. The barbers notified the dele gates to carry back t® their unions that on and after Saturday, Oc*. 17th all barber shops will close on Saturday nights at 10 o'clock. The black board in the hall was placed in the hands oi the president. The trustees were instructed to dispose of the dancing platform. PAPER MAKERS MEET The International Brotherhood of Paper Makers, Local No. 49 met last Sunday afternoon in Trades Council hall with an attendance that packed the big hall. About two huadred members were present and the regular rout ine of business was transacted. Several communi:ations were read from the International Brotherhood iu Albany, N. Y. Nineteen new metnb-rs were initiated and several applications were received. An nouncement was made at tnis meet ing that President J. D. T^arey, of the International would be in this city on Saturday, October 31st, and would remain here for a few days. He will attend the dance which will be given by the Paper Makers on that date and will also attend the meeting of the Paper Makers which will be held on Sunday after noon, Nov. 1st. The Paper Mak ers have issued invitations for their dance and the committee who are doing some hustling, say that it will be the best and bipgest ever. Yourself and company are cordially invited to attend the FIRST ANNUAL MASQUE DANCK to be given by HAMILTON LOCAI. NO. 49, INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF PAPER MAKERS Saturday evening, Oct. 31, 1914 (Halloween Evening) Lindley's Hall Pabst's Orchestra Management reserves the right of admission. COMMITTEE] W. R. Smith, Chairman David C. Scott, Secretary Carl Ogg, Floor Manager James C. Worsham AMistants Virgil King Assistants W. R. Smith David C. Scott S. N. Fish Charles Hicks James C. Worsham Roy W. Maggart F. L. Boggs Henry Kullmann Bert E- Warwick Paul Turner George Coe Carl Junker Virgil Kipg Wm. Knoor Carl Ogg BARBER SHOPS WILL CLOSE AT TEN On next Saturday night all the Barber Shops in the city will close at ten o'clock. This has been a greed upon by the Barber shop proprietors and the Journeymen Barbers' Union. They say that all the work can be done before that time and they respectfully ask the grades uuionists of Hamilton to as sist them by coming early as pos sible. Remember all barber shops will close every Saturday night hereafter at ten o'clock. A -A.- "J8&: nized or RETAIL CLERKS Hold Important and Enthusiastic Meeting Wednesday Night The Hamilton Retail Clerks' Uu ion met in their hell, Corner Third and Court St., Wednesday night. The meeting was the best and most enthusiastic that has been held by the Clerks iu several years. Mem bers attended that have not seen the inside of the meeting hall in years. Mr. Ed. E. Baker, general organizer who has been in the city for several days attended the meet ing and gave the members some good sound talk. He will remain in this city for about a month and will assist the clerks in securing new members. ',Five new candi dates were initiated into the organ ization, some of them being ladies who are taking an active part in the organization work. Eleven applications were received and acted upon and the members will be initiated at the next meeting. A committee of three was appoint ed to meet with the mayor and ask his assistance in closing several stores who persist in keeping open on Sundays. Ed Etzler and Hen ry Henkle were appointed on the committee. A meeting will be held by all the clerks of the city next Tuesday evening, in the Butler County Cycle Club hall, corner '2d and Court Sts. The object of the meeting is to devise ways and means of secuiing better working conditions for the clerks. Every clerk, union and non-union should show their appreciation ty attend ing and bringing as many clerks with them as possible. The ladies are particularly invited. Awards Made This Week By The Industrial Commis sion Of Ohio. The State Industrial Commission granted awards to the following: Casper Tobergete of 1114 S. 2nd St., Hamilton, O., awarded $53.0-1 for an injury recently sustained by him while in the employ of The Mosler Safe Co. at Hamilton. Ed, Brundage, of 1128 Green wood Ave., Hamilton, O., awarded $33.71 for an injury recently sus tained by him while in the employ of the Champion Coated Paper Co These awards of the commission were granted under the provisions »f the Ohio Workmen's Compen. sation Law. ELECTRICAL WORKERS Are Taking In New Members The Electrical Workers Union is enjoying a little spurt in member ship and more have signified theri willijgness of coming into the un ion. In the past few weeks all of the linemen employed at the plant of the Home Telephone Company have come into the union. The linemen and electrical workers em ployed by the city have also joined th^ ranks. None the men at the RESOLUTION: "Whereas the voters of the State of Ohio Will bave to decide at the coming election in November whether state-wide pro hibition should b^ established for the State of Ohio, and "Whereas, an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Ohio providing for home rule as far as the liquor question is concerned has been proposed ard submitted tc the electors, and "Whereas, au amendment has been proposed and submitted to the electors by the prohibitionists, providing for state wide prohibition, and "Whereas,, the adoption of the last named5 amend ment would inflict untold hardships upon a large portion of the pop ulation of the State of Ohio, therefore be it ''Resolved, that we, the delegates to the Labor Home Rule League assembled do hereby emphatically protest against any and all prohii ition legislation, and be it further "Resolved, that we hereby endorse the proposed a mendment to the Constitution of the State of Ohio, providing for home rule in its broadest application, and be it further "Resolved, that we pledge ourselves to do all in our power to assure th adoption of the home rule amendment, and be it further "Resolved, that these resolutions be given to the press for publication." Labor Home Rule League. Labor Legislative League of 3rd Cong. Dist. Co-Operative Trades and Labor Council. Metal Trades Unions. Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen. Teamsters' Union. Carpenters' and Joiners' Union. Musicians' Union. Cigar Makera' Union. Bell plant are as yet into the or ganization, bin are expected to join in the near future. TURN IN YOUR TICKETS The Secretary of the Labor Day Picnic Committee reports that the remainder of tickets that are still among the unions are coming in very slow. The committee expects to make their report to Trades Council in two weeks. To make this report properly Secretary W. W. Finfrock would like to have these delinquent unions send in their tickets or the money at once. nonpareil Will Print Ballots The Nonpareil Printing Co. were the successful bidders on the bal lots for the coming election on Tuesday, Nov. 3rd. Four ballots all seperate will be printed. The ballots will be completed some time next week. IU MEMORIAM Hamilton, O., Sept. 26, 1914— Whereas it has pleased thealmigh ty God to take from our midst our beloved brother, Joseph Braun whereby Local Union H. C. and C. L. No. 250 has lost a most or thy member, whose death we deep ly deplcre, therefore be it Resolved that we extend our heartfelt symppthv to his bereaved family, and be it further Resolved that a copy of these resolutions be sent to his widow and also be published in the Butler County Press. Committee: Wm. Kraus, Kdw. J. Steinle, Geo. E. Bunce. NAVAL GUN CREWS Warm Work Is Theirs When Warship Is In Action. RANGE FINDING AND FIRING How the Target or the Enemy Is Lo cated and the Way the Monster Guns Are Operated—The Scene In the Con ning Tower and In the Turrets. The gray battleship seems strangely deserted and bare, for Uer decks are denuded of men, while all rails and other upstanding encumbrances hav been laid flat on deck tor big gun practice. In the conning tower, with Its twelve inch armor, stands the captain, his navigating officer, a midshipman two and several other officers and men The small circular erection, barely ten feet in diameter, seems very cramped for all it has to contain. Above the conning tower is another armored erection, containing a range finder, and inside this Is the gunnery lieutei ant, with half a dozen more officers and men. fie Is surrounded by strange looking Instruments, while man at the range Under, with J*" at its rubber eyepieces, is ujr *8 pectanf men are grouped around their monster thirteen Inch guns. The great projectiles and the cordite charges be hind them have already been pushed home by the hydraulic rammers, and, since their weapons ore thus fully load ed, the guns' crews are idle for the time being. But the gun layers—the men who aim and fire the guns—and the trainers— those who keep them pointing in the right direction—are anxiously keeping the sights on the target, and every now and then, as they move their small brass handles, there is a wheezing of hydraulic machinery, and the great breeches .rise and fall ever so slightly, while the whole armored structure con taining them revolves an inch or so at a time to keep the sights on. A minute or two later, after an order has come through from the control position, the lieutenant In charge of the foremost turret suddenly raps out the order. "Bring both guns to the ready!" The men standing by the breeches flick over their small levers. "Right gun ready! Left gun ready!" they re port in rapid succession. The range meanwhile Is decreasing rapidly, and about ten seconds later there comes the strident rattling of an electric bell. It Is the signal to open flre. The gun layer holds 1ns breath, sees the cross wires of his telescope cutting the lat ticework of the target and then presses an innocent looking brass thumb piece. As he does so there Is a roar, and, with a blaze^ of orange flame and a pall of brown smoke, a projectile weighing more than half a ton is sailing through the air on its way toward the target Outside the turret the coucussion Is terrible, but inside it is barely felt, and the only means the gun's crew have of knowing their weapon has gone off Is by the rocking of the turret and the recoil of the gun. Back she slides, with the water whistling and gurgling through the hydraulic valves far be low. She stops and then, as the run ning out springs exert their strength, is driven back to the firing position. The men meanwhile are working like demons. Some one, by moving a small lever which actuates a hydraulic engine, has opened the brooch. A cloud of acrid cordite smoke fills the turret, but another man, turning a tap, sends a jet of water spouting into the chain ber to extinguish any still burning fragments. Everything seems chaos, but every one knows what to do—ho has done It time after time—and in less than thirty seconds we bear a sharp order, "Eight gun. load!" A man moves an upright lever, and an arrangement looking like a minia ture lift climbs into view through the floor. It has come up from the shell room below laden with the new charge and projectile and stops dead In the rear of the gun. Reposing In a tray Is the shot itself. Another lever is worked, and a flexible chain hydraulic rammer, looking like a snake, darts out of its resting place and pushes the shot before It into the breech of the gun. It Is driven home with a dull thud. The rammer is withdrawn, another handle is puili-d and two enormous brown cylinders of cordite fall into the tray jtist vacated by the projectile, They, too, are rammed home, and be fore we quite realize what has hap pened the rammer and lift have disap peared, the breach of the gun has been swung home and the great weapon Is ready for firing. In the fire control position the gun nery lieutenant has seen the first shot tear a jagged hole in the target and promptly whispers an order to a man ot his side. The latter moves a small handle, and,thirty seconds later there is another discharge. In about en minutes It is all over and the ship is approaching the target to see the result of her shooting.—Lon don Answers. The Dam That Forced the Colora do Back Into Its Bed. WAS BUILT IN RECORD TIME Every Minute Counted In Rushing to Completion This Engineering Marvel In Order to Save Some 600,000 Acres of New Farms From Destruction. Word ID Tucson in the still of the winter of H»u7 that the Colorado river was keeping an oldv threat and was sweeping into the dry Sal tun sink of l*ower a .fornia. at the rate of 41,000 cubic !'•(t to the second. A1 ready there was a iake fifty miles in length, fifteen miles wide, 100 feet deep in the center. Washington was alarmed. It looked !ia If the entire Imperial valley—a Hoi land in America, below the level of the sea and one of the richest farmin spots in all the west—was to lie inun dated. Theodore K-M.sevelt buried !ii- pride and asked F. H. Ilarriman for help Ilarriman did not have to bury any pride when he turned to Randolph and ordered him to do the joi Randolph was having M,e of his "bad turns" at that time. But he is enough of a soldier to obey orders, and he went to the Salton sink fiat on his back iu his private car. From that bed Epes Randolph built one of the world's great dams. this day, when there are many huge impou ridings, that may seem a broad statement. Men may think of the dams across the Nile or the Mississip pi, the mighty structures of Pa nam* and of the New York city waterwo-' but not one of these was buil* pressure. Epes Randolph's dam se der a slop watch and and twenty-one ttle eye8 ly chanting out the dlsta»* -'Dotonoos proachiug target. *iCe tlle aP" LuslUe the turr«f .... ... themselves thf w m. pleted within five more days It never would be and 000.000 ocres of flt"\ new farms would be forever lost. A: when the president of the Unit States asked the then president of Southern Pacific if the work would done within five days Ilarriman plied that lie had Epes Randolph the job and that Epes Randolph not yet known failure. Epes Randolph was indeed on t! job. He lay on his bed at the edge the muddy flood and gave orders—th sands and thousands of orders in single day. In the first place, the ro and gravel had to be brought a lo way, and It was Epes Randolph w gave the directions under which hundreds of gravel trains moved. They closed the main line of Southern Pacific and all its brand: to travelers they took the engines freigiit trains up and down the lin wherever they could find them Th sent north to San Francisco and e: to Houston and New Orleans for mc engines and for flat cars by the mi This flood tide of gravel traffic a mi ter mind operated with his left bar with his right lie built the dam. Before his car moved back to Tucson again he got out of bed and went out upon the work. Out toward the end t' the embankment, steadily advancing across the path of the truant river, i group of men were struggling with fine new steel car that had becofnr derailed at the end of the temporary track. "How long have you been trying to save that car?" asked Randolph. Twelve minutes," replied the fore man. Let it go," came the order from the chief. "Twelve minutes' time on this job is worth mure than a hundred cars." And so the car went down under some thousands of tons of rock and gravel that went to hold back the mighty Colorado from the haven that It coveted.—Metropolitan Magazine. Takes a Lot of Believing. "Upon what do you base your chtirn that your wile i superior lo all -Mber wives?" "When 1 leave money in mv pockets at night she swipes It" "I don't see." "But last night 1 hid all my money, and what do you suppose she did?" "Give it up." "When she found 1 was broke she put a dollar in my pocket"—Houston Post Pass On. "I am still looking for man," announced I'Hogei. 'I can give y..'j an the claws more deeply into the flesh and sends a greater amount of venom into each punctutv. It may .• take hold with its jaws. When the centipede seizes its prey or is itself caught by an enemy It coils itself around its antagonist and grips it tenaciously Ish .ill it logs. It is therefore a unlu-'i.v object to tackle. In this connection it is Inter esting to note that many myriapods are brichtlv handed with black and yellow. !'a-1!!- lints that show couspi' ih su :i: -1 'he dark soil of the forests where th\v abound. The giant centipede is a shining mahogany brown, with the legs bluish and ringed with yellow. A singular fart. 'it.out centipedes (which, in spite of the name, rarely have 100 feet and may have as few as fifteen) is that the number of legs is in variably odd and may vary in number even in specimens that belong to the same species. All are carnivorous. The smaller kinds feed on worms and grubs, the larger on any living prey they can overcome. They are. there fore, of service In destroying many noxious insects. Captive specimens are exceedingly cleanly in their habits and go through elaborate toilets, brush ing their legs one by one and the sides of the body with their jaw feet, which are furnished with a mat of hairs adapted to this purpose.—Youth's Com pan ion. FAMOUS under as built uii- v ai fourteen days days and tw placed HP enty-one hours he had j.OOfr cubic feet of rock and grave,i aours. In fourteen In the gap, all at a cost of 1 ^methlng like $1,000,000. But the Colorado had been stopped and, like a naughty child, forced back into Its old bed. Once during the work Roosevelt by wire had asked Harriman how the job was getting on. The railroader re plied that, if dam was not com- OLD fcOOT & honest no help the stranger. "Who are you'.'" •'I am at) income tax Seattle Post-Intelligencer. declared Curious Dream. Mrs. Gabbeigh—John, you were talk ing In your sleep. Husband—That's funny, for I was dreaming of you. Mrs. Wh-lt v. i ibOUt it? Husbai w! -n't .--•• ow I got a chance to say a word.—Boston Tn'ih script. GIANT CENTIPEDES. Forty A Foot Long and Armed With Odd Poison Laden Claws. Centipedes have nowhere a good rep utation. Some of those in the tropics are terrible creatures indeed. The giant centipede of Trinidad and Vene zuela is sometimes a foot long and can do very serious harm, its foremost pair of feet are modified into supple mentary jaws, which are fanglike and may inflict a powerful bite. Furtfier- more, o .-i base t!-.::t -."ios venom uv. u,y very painful n poison gland at its into the wound a small creatures and to mankind i a a w o K i o is poisonous like n tlie animal crawls n of the human arm i i. inflamed spots. i I i the centipede the creature drives Moreover, she forty on wise, so thai o over th«» it leavt- :i !r oi it is o off, for instantly WORKERS UNION UNION STAMP ust'd t--" li.: TR0TTF_ri$. Many of Them Were M' fore They Av cre Drud3®» B# It is a reow* -camed the most f" f:lct that many of turf v 'ifflous horses of the trotting ^ars ago were not appreciated ,ii after they had arrived at ma turity. With a great many the trot ting quality was discovered by acci dent. It is on record that Flora Temple was once sold for $13, and the great mare Trincess, dam of Happy Medi um, brought her breeder about $40 Tacony pulled a stage and Mack like wise. Abdallah would have been made to haul a fish cart had not his lofty spirit rebeled at the indignity. Billy Button was used as a runner to force the pace of i'eralto. Goldsmith Maid was once sold for $100, and the dam of Ethan Allen was sold at the age of ten for $35 Dutchman worked In a brick yard, so did old Colmnhns, and Andrew Jack son was f" one^. Charley B. waji Kindly solicits your vote and support for At th« regular election, Tuesday, Nov. 3rd We make Loans on Live Stock, Imple ments or other ehattle property. Long time. Low rates. Call, phone or write. The Hamilton Collateral Loan Go. 208 S. Third St. Both Phones 28 This UNION STAMP any excuse k-r Abst «,f th* STAMP JOHN F. TOWN. Pres. MONEY TO LOAN ON FARMS A.t 'a and 6 per cent Hiram S. Mathers I,\ T'.C Thc.iter Building CINCINNATI HOTEL COLUflBUS Lontf and 5th Sts. CO U MB" S. o. ROOMS s anied shoes are frequently in Non-Union factories No fader/ No. 200 Rooms FIREPROOF uu A th Pri. Bath $1.50 10-1015 Read The PRESS. THE GREAT SHIP Magnificent Steamers Daily CLEVELAND and BUFFALO i to gar Do Not Buv Any Shoe All elites without the are always Non-l'iiion. 210 Summer Street. Boston, Mass CJ1AS. I„. BAINE, Sec.-Treas. (Central Standard Time) Connection* nt Buffalo for Niagara Falls and all FanUrn and Canadian Pel.t8 reading between Cleveland ami Buffalo are good for transportation Or Railroad ticket yimr ticket agent foe tickets! via C. B. Lines. W i|to us for IimkUoif' up n-'-m a CP" by derrick and pulley. Uocioir1 uiiirv bian drew a watering ^ra streets df Paris. Just* -art long a wheel hoi.se Morgan was granddam of Me to Vermont. The ery. The d8~ uuars did farm drudg garden tJ" of Billy Button hauleu milk, w ,lc^ market and pulled a .agcin alternately. Gifford Mor drew slabs from a sawmill and was at one time sold for $100. The dam of Flying Morgan was used to peddle wooden ware. The sire of Rarus was wt^'ked to a butcher cart, and it is said that the dam of Black Hawk also drew a butcher's cart. The first authentic account of Canadian Pilot places him in the hands of a Yankee peddler in New Orleans. The dam of Lady Griswold was used by a patent medicine vender. The dam of old Green Mountain Morgan ground apples in a cider mill.—Horseman. Ajjsurd Beliefs About Hedgehoga* In olden days the hedgehog was ac credited with the possession of many wonderful powers. Pliny and after him Aclian and others have related how it would climb apple and fig trees, shake down the fruit and afterward fall upon and impale the fruit on Its spines and carry them off upon its back. The belief that it was In the habit of milking cows during the night Is likewise a very old one. 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Buy from your dealer, or by maH from McCALL'S MAGAZINE 236-246 W. 37th St., New York City ffeT»—Kuspl* Copy, Prralum Cataleptic «ad Psttern Cfttaitfu* ft##, CB rcquMt Fare 322 DAILY BETWEEN (LEVELAND $ BUFFALO rswe 'SEEANDBEE" length brradtb 98 feet, 6 inch**: 510 stateroom# and parlora accommodating 1300 pamen L'cr*. Greater in coat—larger in all proportion*-—richer iu all appointment*—than any sunnier on ijkrul Maters of iho world. In service Juno l.»th. 4iSEEA.NDBE,E.tM City of Erie' and City of Buffalo Leave Cleveland B:00 I'. M- i.e^ne Butijlo "ll 1 St Arrive Buffalo 6:30 A.M. Arrive Cleveland 0-.M May 1st to Dec.* 1 k a E E V E A N & U A O A N S I U u n i i o o k i O e v e a n O our steamer*. do at Fort Clatsop, near the moulli n-er, on the 2od day o: M- vh. v i T!ie men comprising the group were prospective fur traders sent to the Pacific coast by John Jacob A stnr. They had sailed from New York on board the ship Tonquin Didn't Have the Heart. The young man had threatened sui cide if she rejected him. And, al though she did, he didn't "Why didn't he?" was asked. "Said he'd given his heart to her." "What's that got to do with it?" "Oh, he didn't have the heart to kill himself."—Boston Truth. Tried Him Out. "That booby made a bluff at kissing me Inst night and quit" "But he says you scratched his face, blackened his eyes and stabbed him with a hatpin." "Well, a girl has to put a Uttla maidenly resistance."—Kansas City Journal. Unions and Good Times. The trade union movement is one of the strong elements in industrial life that is continuously promotive of good times. We will not permit any reduc tion of wages even though industry Is slack, for the reason that every wage reduction is followed by a falling off of the powor of consumption and con sequently must accentuate the depres sion rather than help to remove it.— John B. Lennon. Treasurer A. P. ot L.