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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11,1927
DEFEAT OF PARK BONDS
While the approval of the school
bonds was one of the bright spots in
Tuesday's election results, the defeat
of its running mate, the park bonds
proved the one big dark spot. The
Press believes the project failed
that it wasn't slapped to the people
in just the right manner. They did
n't get the right slant of it. Not
that the Press offers criticism of the
campaigners back of the movement
goodness knows the workers in its in
terest deserve every credit for their
tireless efforts—but the Press does
believe the campaign didn't get away
to an early enough start to enlighten
the people of just the manner in
which the bonds would have been car
ed for in the future.
The thing to do is to start the cam
paign right over again, in fact, don'
let the past one die out, and get set
for another try at the very next elec
tion. Its failure this time is certainly
to be regretted.
The bond vote had a funny twist
The people voted a million and a half
BLUE
BLUE!
OVERCOATS
Overcoats are always style and color
right. Wherever and whenever you go you
just know you are dressed correctly. There are
smart Great Coats, Chesterfields and other
models in elegant new weaves.
CA feature showing just now in Blues is fine
Boucle Overcoats in various styles and lengths.
Some have collars of self-material others are
velvet both are stylish. Here indeed are won
derful values specially priced at—
Other Blues, too, with a price range varying
from $28 to $50 as well as O'Coats in fancy cok
ors and fabrics at the price you care to pay.
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dollars for one thing and at the same
time turned down a proposition that
might really be termed a gift. It is
always said that surprises come from
every election, and this is surely one
of them.
THE RED CROSS CALLS
Again we hear the voice of that
wonderful organization formed for the
relief and care of humanity in the
times of catastrophe and disaster,
storm, fire, flood, earthquake, etc., the
voice of the American Rer Cross in its
annual appeal to help that it may con
tinue its great work of relief to the
unfortunate. The eleventh annual
roll call begins November 11th, Ar
mistice Day, and continues until
Thanksgiving Day, November 24th
The goal this year is 5,000,000 mem
bers.
Everyone knows of the great work
of this great humanitarian organiza
tion without further detail. Recent
disasters in which the Red Cross did
yeoman work and is still engaged in
their relief, such as the Mississippi
floods, Florida hurricafie, Ohio tor
nado, Alaska fire, and the flood in the
New England states just last week
CHRIST FOR ALL-ALL FOR CHRIST
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DELIVERANCE- AT HAND:
will be with him in trouble I will
deliver him. Psalm 91: 15.
,' PRAYER:—O Blessed Redeemer
and Lord, we would come unto Thee
for in Thee we are safe from every
fiery dart of the Wicked One.
Favored Color
in the New
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BUSINESS CONDITIONS JJS TH£ UNITEP STAJES
This "map represents business conditions In every state in the Union as set forth in the November nun
ber of The Nation's Business, official publication of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States.
should convince all of the great need
for an organization such as is the
American Red Cross. Surely no red
blooded American is going to ignore
the call this year. The F^ess feels
certain that organized labor, as al
ways when the unfortunate appeal,
will respond warmly.
Don't wait to be solicited, beat the
solicitors to it in their work—JOIN
NOW—and feel better for having
done it.
HAMILTON CARRIES ON
The big brignt spot in Tuesday's
election was the approval by the vot
ers of the school bonds. With the
voting of a million and a half dollars
for school purposes Hamilton tells the
world she cares for her boys ani
girls. With the money voted and the
efficient and capable school board we
have to spend it, the fine work of
Hamilton's schools can go on. Tues
day's result on the school bonds
marks another great step in the prog
ress of the city.
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MIGHTY PROTEST AGAINST
INJUSTICE
Today, Armistice Day, representa-
I
tives of international unions will con
vene in Pittsburgh in support of the
striking members of the United Mine
Workers of America, who, in that be
nighted commonwealth have been
compelled to struggle against the
most severe odds that powerful cor
porate wealth could muster with the
aid of servile political agencies.
Here is a cause to stir the imagi
nation of men. Here is a cause that
gets down to the grass roots and be
low that. Here is a struggle that is
elemental. It has for its stake the
very right to live, as well as the right
to work under terms approved by
civilization.
One of the most terrifying injunC
tions ever issued plays its smudgy
role in this conflict between men and
money. The great Mellon family
whose mighty Andrew's deaconesque
face and figure adorn the boss's chair
in the United States treasury, is
governing factor in the struggle. And
it is a sightless and ruthless as was
the iron-fisted Rockefeller family in
an earlier and equally dramatic strug
gle in Colorado, which is just now
echoing the falsity of the philosophy
then expounded by Rockefellerdom
and now revived by Mellondom.
Unhoused miners are digging in for
the winter, some of them in crude
hillside shacks that will be scant pro
tection against the cold and none
against hunger, as labor prepares to
meet in support of their contention
and in support of one of its cardinal
general principles.
These miners, as labor knows, must
get justice soon or justice will come
too late for them. What does Andrew
Mellon think, as this drama ap
proaches its great climax?
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WHY COAL MINERS STRIKE
Much has been said by soft coal
operators who repudiated their work
ing agreement with the United Mine
Workers, on the subject of a competi
tive wage, meaning, in the last analy
sis, a wage based on the starvation
wage paid non-union miners in West
Virginia and Kentucky.
Northern operators—many of them
—say they cannot pay the Jackson
ville scale and compete. Officials of
the miners have shown time and time
again that this argument is sophis
try—an excifse to enter the wedge
to break the union*
The labor cost of bituminous coal
averages less than $1 a ton. Consum
ers pay from $5 to $8 per ton, and
even more, for this coal in the,retail
markets. The miner gets less than
a dollar for producing this ton. Who
gets the difference?
Thi§ is the answer to the eompeti
,y
THE BUTLER COUNTY PRESS
GOOD
QUIET
AS THE WORKER
SEES HB WORLD
Summary and Digest of
Important Events of the
Week, Here and Abroad
Judge in Teapot Dome oil conspir
acy declares a mistrial and discharges
the jury, following submission to the
court by government counsel of affi
davits charging "close, intimate, ob
jectionable and improper kirveil
lance" of the jurors by agents of Wil
liam J. Burns detective agency one
juror alleged to have voiced expecta
tion of new automobile after a "hung
jury.
Maximilian Harden, famous Ger
man editor and foe of the former Kai
ser, dies in his home in Switzerland
at age of 66.
Federal Council of Churches of
Christ calls upon Protestant churches
to observe "Anti-Lynching Day"
next February 12.
Prohibition has made America the
laughing stock of the world, accord
ing to Bishop Patridge, of Kansas
City, head of the Episcopal Church in
western Missouri "If a man wants
glass of beer there is no reason in the
world why he should not have it," he
says.
Yale College students do picket
duty for striking neckwear workers
in New Haven, Conn.
Dwight W. Morrow, new United
Stages ambassador to Mexico, pre
sents credentials to President Calles
Morrow and Calles read short ad
dresses telling of wishes of their re
spective governments to co-operate
settling disputes between Mexico and
United States.
Union agreement in New York city
cleaning and dyeing industry estab
lishes basic eight-hour workday and
releases employes from work on Sun
days and holidays.
Proprietor of Montreal movie the
atre in which 78 children were burned
tive wage theory. The argument
trite, but it is undisputed. A change
in the wage structure would not bene
fit union or non-union workers, nor
operators. It would merely transfer
the wage base to a lower level and
further enslave the workers.
Any wage theory that permits
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employer to dictate what the worl
shall eat, wear and use, and wheth*
he shall educate his children, is mc
ally wrong. The United Mine Wor
ers are constitutionally opposed
such a plan and will resist it to
th
upmost. That is why the com petit
i
wage theory, talked of so blithely
to death in Are panic in January,
tenced to two years in penitentiary on
manslaughter charge two employes
are given twelve months each.
Fifty fishermen lost in gales on
west coast of Ireland, leaving hun
dreds of dependents in poverty.
by
the operators, will never be a fund
mental of the organized coal industry
—From the United Mine Workers
Journal.
to to to to to
ANCIENT AND MODERN
TYRANNY
Caligula, one of Rome's anck
tyrants, fastened his edicts on, a
that was so high they could not
read.
No Roman knew his rights, and vi
lation of an edict brought torture in
death.
Caligula's system—minus physic
torture-Ms used by the labor injunc
tion judge.
Under the labor injunction no
eiti
zen knows his rights. The judge
supreme. He orders "that any into
ference" with business is contempt
court, which he alone can punish.
The "interference" is not defii
and constitutional guarantees are sc
aside. To argue with a strikebreak
or even to refuse to work is "inte
ference," and when a citizen- is cit«
for contempt of court he is as helples
as were the Romans under Caligul
In both cases the accused depend
upon the tyrant's mood, rather tk
upon law.
Historians plead that Caligula wsa
insane.
Try Standard, 5c, and be convinced.
Motorists who cross railroad grade
crossings without taking utmost pre
cautions do so at their own risks,
United States supreme court rules.
Arthur Nash, Cincinnati clothing
manufacturer, famous as "Golden
Rule" Nash, dies at age of 59 gave
mployes stock which ultimately will
give them control of his business.
Wage increase asked by Brother
hood of Railway Trainmen in joint
equest filed with every railroad west
of the Mississippi.
Russian soviet government abol
ishes capital punishment except in the
gravest of offenses.
I. W. W. leaders stop picketing in
Colorado coal mine strike in compli
ance with an ultimatum from Gov
ernor Adams.
Legal battle opens in Michigan on
behalf of Frederick Palm, now serving
life term for illegal possession of
pint of liquor as a fourth offender
Assemblyman Cuvillier, of New York
brands sentence as "perhaps the great
est injustice that has even been known
in this country."
Only two passengers killed
New Curtains
and Drapes
for Fall
—Quaker Lace Curtains in
Egyptian Filet or Shadow Net.
With the new plain hems 2%
yds. long. Priced at—
$1.98
$2.50
$2.98
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RAYON SILK
RUFFLED CURTAINS
—New Rayon Silk Curtains in
gold. The dainty curtain for
your living room. 38 inches
wide, 2*4 yds. long, with ties—
$4.75
NEW DRAPERIES
—Plain and fancy colored Sun
fast draperies, 36 inches wide
regular $1.00 quality—
69c
Vd
$1.50 Quality 89c yd.
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lc.
on
American railroads in first six months
of 1927, establishing a record.
Strike of St. Paul and Minneapolis
heatrical workers settled when man
WHENhigh,
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agers sign contract granting wage in
creases.
American* Federation of Labor is
sues call for national labor conference
at Pittsburgh, November 14, in be
half of striking Pennsylvania coal
miners.
Labor party gains 100 seats in
British municipal elections and now
control councils in seven towns.
Nineteen-year-old youth sentenced
Ambulance Service
Phone 35
David Webb
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
The most modern Limousine
and Ambulance in the city
PHONE 48 219 MAIN ST.
RED CROSS
shelters 350,000
on the Mississippi
a wall of water, at some points ten to twenty
feet swept over the Mississippi Valley, 350,000
inhabitants were left homeless—bereft of all belongings.
For several months, until the flood crest passed, the
Red Cross sheltered them, fed them three meals a day,
clothed them and gave them expert medical aid.
Today a trained force of Red Cross workers is laboring
valiantly to rebuild the homes of those 350,000 refugees
so that they may "carry on"—as before.
Help the Red Cross continue to meet such emergen
cies as they arise. Renew your membership and that of
every member in your household.
If you believe in helping humanity, you believe in the
Red Cross. 5,000,000 Members are necessary if the needs
shall be met.
RENEW YOUR
MEMBERSHIP NOW
RED CROSS
ANNUAL ROLL CALL
NOVEMBER 1 lth~24th
Realize the Important Part Your Win
dows Play in Beautifying Your Home
W. GATH CO.
Funeral Directors
Here's Your Coat Now
And You Can Select From
An Amazing Assortment
$
Coats
Dress
Coats
The Robinson-Schwenn Co.
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to 90 days in workhouse for sleeping
in New York city subway is freed on
an appeal, court holding sentence was
excessive, after public rallies to his
support.
Interborough Rapid Transit Cam
pari y of New York city seeks sweep
ing injunction to restrain all officers
and members of American Federation
of Labor from organizing subway and
elevated workers.
Chairs and Tables Rented
17 So. Street
and
16-
50
fabric8—so soft, so lustrous! Coats are more
beautiful than ever before.
—Before buying your new coat be sure to see what we have
to offer you. You will find that you can do better here. For
over 20 years we have held the leadership in Hamilton in
quality and value on ready-to-wear apparel,
NEW COLORS, NEW FURS, NEW MATERIALS
—Franciscan Brown —Wolf
—Sailor Blue —Lynx
—Black —Beaver
—Jenny Red —Caracul
—Zinc —Mink
Lumber Blouse Jackets 2.SO
up
$22-50
and
up
—The vogue for Fur continues. Particularly
lavish are furs'on Dress Coats—although sports
and street coats wear much fur too. And the
—Malina
—Broadelaine
—Broadcloth
—Suede
—Venise
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