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TRADES COUNCIL
"^$he Co-Operative Trades and Labor
Council met Tuesday night in regular
session. President Cecil Bowers pre
sided, and twenty-five delegates were
present.
The credentials of Stanley Ogg. to
represent Iron Molders' Union for a
period of 18 months, were read, re
ceived and delegate seated.
The credentials of C. S. Hosea, to
represent Plumbers' Union No. 108
for a term of 12 months, were read,
received and delegate seated.
The credentials of Jacob Steinle, to
represent Stationary Firemen's Union
for 18 months, were read, received
and delegate seated.
A complete report of the set-up of
the Citizens' Unemployment Commit
tee was submitted by Secretary Stan
ley Ogg, who represents labor on the
committee. The same was received.
Delegates of the street car men re
portd their union is in good shape and
request the trades unionists and their
families to patronize the street cars
in preference to the city busses which
are non-union.
Delegates from Carpenters' Union
made a protest against Wm. Hastings
being appointed a patrolman, claim
ing he has only been a resident of the
city for one and one-half years, and
that he has scabbed on almost every
building trade in the city. A commit
tee consisting of Perpingon, Hosea
and Ogg was appointed to confer with
the city officials.
A committee consisting of Inmann,
Brandel and Baynes was appointed to
investigate reports that the price of
newspapers have been raised to the
newsboys of the city. The committee
will report at the next meeting.
DR. J. F. BATEMAN AT
MERCYJOSPITAL
t)r. J. F. Bateman, of Cincinnati,
Ohio, will conduct a psychiatric and
neurologic clinic at the Mercy Hospi
tal social service department on Mon
day, January 5, between the hours of
9:30 and 11:00 a. m.
WHEAT AT LOW COST
New York.—Mechanical equipment
will make it possible to produce
wheat at 10 cents a bushel, declared
Hickman Price, owner of a 30,000
acre farm in Texas, in an address to
the American University Club.
The successful farmer of the future
will be the one who cultivates large
acreage, he said. The effect on the
small farmer was not discussed.
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Arrangements have been completed
for "the erection of a memorial to the
late Samuel Gompers, who served so
many years as president of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor.
The model for the memorial sub
mitted by Robert I. Aitken, the- sculp
tor, has been approved by the fine
arts commission and the Samuel
Gompers memoria 1 committee, and
the place where it is to be erected has
been selected.
It will be in a triangle, a block
from the American Federation of
Labor building. Just across the
street there is another triangle in
which a statue of that famous fighter
I CALL HER ELLA
This Is about the man who called
on his grocer for spinach.
"Got any spinach?*'
•'Yip."
"How much?"
"Thirty cents a peck."
"Gimme half a bushel. That ought
to be enough for two, hadn't it?"
"I should think so. What's the sec
ond—a cow?"
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SAMUEL GOMPERS MEMORIAL
for liberty, Robert Burke, will face
that of Gompers. One of the most
traveled streets in Washington passes
between the two triangles.
Above the seated figure of Mr.
Gompers is the altar of justice at
which he persistently pleaded for jus
tice to the wage earners during his
long lifetime. To the right as we
look at the picture stands the figure
of Liberty and behind her that of
Justice.
Across the altar of Justice two fig
ures symbolic of labor are clasping
hands with Justice. The mother hold
ing her child to her breast symbolizes
the protection of the home. The child
Uncapitalized Idea
"Do you understand Rinsteln's
theory?"
"No," answered Mr. Dustin Stax.
"Einstein is a great genius but a poor
publicity man. He can't talk about
his theory in a way that would per
suade anybody to invest in it."—
Washington Star.
Dinette Dinners
Blinks—Won't it spoil your appe
tite for your evening dinner to get
a sandwich and cup of Java now?
Jinks—Since my wife joined the
bridge club the best thing I can take
home in the evening Is a spoiled appe
tite.
Prepare for Return
First Convict—Well, now that I've
got this hole dug in the wall, I'm go
ing home to my wife.
Second Convict—Better take your
tools with you, In case you wanta
break back In.
KNEW THE ROPES
Mistress—Do you think the cook
and the officer on our beat are In love,
Sadie?
Maid—Why, of course not, ma'am—
he's been going with her steady for
over three years.
Blue Monday
The mills of the rods
Grind Sunday's grist
In time for Monday's
Casualty list
Expert Supervision
"Why do you suppose the price of
beef goes so high?"
"I can't say," answered Cactus Joe,
"unless it's because so many of the
fclgh-class cowboys have gone Into the
uioTles."—Washington Star.
By Hanging
"A news statement says this artist
tame over to execute a portrait"
"Well?"
"How do you execute a portrait?"
"I suppose you turn It oyer to the
hanging committee."
Misunderstood
Judge—Where w^re you married?
Accused—I don't know.
Judge—You don't know where yon
were married?
Accused—Where? I thought yon
asked me why?
TAME AFFAIR
"Well, how was the paperhangers*
ball?"
"Tame affair. Most of those guys
pasted themselves against the wall
and never budged."
THE BUTLER COUNTY PRESfl
at the right with head bowedl illus
I trates the appeal being! made for pro
tection of children from industrial
I exploitation and for which Mr. Gom
pers led the battle of labor.
Many artists have praised the
model of the memorial which will for
ever stand to remind the people who
are now living and those who will
come hereafter of the work of Sam
uel Gompers in the interest of liberty,
justice, the home and the children.
It will require between two and
three years to complete the memorial.
The labor movement of the coun
try has taken a deep interest in pro
viding for the memorial.
Great Eastern Surely
World's Unluckiest Ship
At Millwallana there still exists the
massive concrete bed and slipway laid
down over seventy years ago for the
building and launching of the Great
Eastern, probably the unluckiest ship
ever constructed. The first time she
put to sea an explosion below the
decks killed ten of her firemen. On
her maiden voyage her captain feil
overboard and was drowned. Next she
ran on a rock and ripped open her
hull. Following this, her crew seized
her for their unpaid wages, she having
sailed for New York prepared for
2,000 passengers and returned with
191. When the vessel was broken up
the skeleton of a workman, who had
disappeared mysteriously during her
construction, was found wedged be
tween the outer find inner plating of
her hull.
Highlander's Apparel
The Highland costume consists of a
short tunic, vest and kilt, heavily
pleated, passing around the waist and
reaching not quite to the knees. Short
trousers are worn under this kilt. The
stockings are gartered below the bare
knees and low shoes are worn with
the costume. In front, hanging from
a belt around the waist, is a sporran,
a pocketbook purse covered with fur,
and a large plaid or scarf is wrapped
around the body, the ends hanging
'down from a brooch fastened on the
left shoulder. The headgear is a cloth
cap or bonnet in which a sprig of
heather is stuck, or In the case of a
chief, an eagle's feather. The distin
guishing feature of the costume is the
tartan.
Folly of Warfare
(Thirty years after the relief of
Ladysmith, Boers and Britons met to
gether to celebrate the occasion.)
When you look at your enemy in his
evllest hour in the hour when the
heart is full of hate toward him and
his fingers are itching to destroy you:
you see—what? You see a man who.
If time spares you both, you will one
day come to know, to honor and per
haps to love: and, even if neither is
spared, a man whose descendants will
one day mingle with your descendants,
both wondering how it ever was that
their bloodthirsty ancestors should
have striven together to the very edge
of the grave.—Exchange.
Origin of the Kilt
A Scotsman writes in the London
Daily Telegraph: He who reads his
Bible will fliid that the kilt was orig
inated in the Holy land. The military
gowns worn by the soldiers of the
psalmist King David who formed his
personal bodyguard were cut short to
the knee, thus giving them greater
freedom In the defense of Jerusalem
and in attack against their enemies.
This is one reason British Israel, an
Important modern religious movement,
considers Scots to be the chosen, lead
ing, and most important race of people
on God's earth.
Most Readers Do Not Read
Journalism is Increasing rapidly In
popularity as a profession, but the ma
jority of adults do not know how to
read a newspaper intelligently. This
Is the statement of a California edu
cator who urges classes In newspaper
reading in the advanced grades of
schools. In every paper of repute, all
over the country, there are great stores
of succinct, vital and Interesting In
formation on a variety of subjects,
most of which is skimmed over by the
average reader.
The Ideal Epitaph
If our children say when we are
gone, "We always had such good times
with mother," what lovelier epitaph
could be written on any woman's
tombstone?—Country Home.
The Writer
Chap
By CHARLES SLOAN REID
(Copyright.)
DIG Joe McCall stood looking down
upon Sarey's bowed head. There
waa deep trouble In his heart. He
loved with that kind of steadfastness
and whole-heartedness which never
has but one object for its lavish
ing in a ilfe-time. Sarey was
slender, and prim as a little white
pine of the mountain. In her
hair were little waves which cast
off the last sun rays of the day In
ripples of gold.
"Hev ye fell for that writer
chap, Sarey?" Joe asked. "Shorely
yuh ain't?"
Sarey was silent
"I finished the cabin today, an' I
got a order out for the furniture. I
reckon it'll be here next week."
Still Sarey was silent. Joe was
looking away across a ravine to the
head of another where the mountain
road swung inward to clear the sharp
declivity at that point. There, sitting
upon a rock, was the writer chap. He
had come to Scaley two weeks be
fore, for a rest, he had said. He had
brought a few books, and some writ
ing materials, although he had told
Sarey that everything about the hills
was so romantic, he could not find time
for writing, only for gazing and feel
ing. The writer evidently was rich.
He seemed to have plenty of money
at all times, bills of large denomina
tion and he had jewels galore. His
fingers fairly reeked with rings of
rare brilliance.
Sarey presently raised her head, and
her eyes were filled with tears. "Joe,"
she exclaimed in a tremulous voice,
"he is so nice—and—and—don't you
see, Joe—I'm a leetle afraid—?"
"I see, Sarey. He's fine folks, rich
and you got dreams—you got dreams.
Lord, Sarey, if you should make a
mistuke? I—I'd follow that chap to
the ends of the earth, and pull him
to pieces in little scraps."
"Oh, Joel 1 know how you love
me and I love you—'fore God I do,
Joe! But I been listenin' to them beau
tiful stories he tells. They're so sweet,
an' there's regular music in his words,
they're so soft."
"Soft an' purrin* like a bobcat's,
I'm afraid, Sarey."
"You make me shudder, Joe."
"Well, If 1 could make yuh shud
der enough before it's too late! What's
thet you got round yuhr neck, Sarey?"
Shame-facedly Sarey tried to cover
the bare part of her neck with her
hands. Joe came forward a step
and thrust his finger beneath a neck
lace about her throat, the loop of
which had been concealed beneath the
upper part of her dress, through the
opening at the neck.
"From the writer chap, I reckon,
Sarey?"
"No, no, he ain't give it to me—
he's jest lent it to me."
"He told yuh it would look sopurty
'round yuhr neck, I reckon?"
"Yes, Joe he told me that How
did you guess?"
"Well, Sarey, a girl like you thet
has got the roses droopin' from envy
of the color in your cheeks, and the
violets plum' meek and lowly beside
the beauty of your eyes Is liable to
have things like thet said to 'em,
whether the man thet says 'em means
anything it or not. An' remember,
Sarey, I'll be on his track if he takes
yuh, or if he leaves yuh with a broken
heart. If he treats yuh square, I'll
drop his trail in a year or two. I'll
wait around for a spell. Never any
tellin' what will happen—an', Sarey,
yuh might want to come back to me
some day. Ef yuh do, I'll be waitln'
Thet's all I can say."
Joe now turned his attention once
more to the figure across the ravine.
Evidently the writer was watching
the tableau in the yard before old
Si Pelfrey's cabin. Presently Joe's
gaze wandered beyond the figure of
the writer, attracted by the approach
of two men on horseback who were
rounding the curve in the road Just
beyond the point where the other man
sat. Presently these travelers came
upon the writer chap, and one of them
suddenly dismounted. The writer
sprang to his feet, but his wrist was
quickly seized by one of the men
while the other slid down from his
horse. A moment later the group con
tinued down the road
sto
where it
rounded the base of the ridge, and
turned upward toward the cabin.
Sarey's back was turned toward the
approaching men. Joe McCall. reading
from the actions of the group, al
most held his breath in anticipation
of an unusual scepe which apparent
ly was about to be enacted. It was
almost a scream which Issued from
Sarey's throat, when she turned about
to find her father's boarder apparent
ly a prisoner.
"Pardon, Miss," said one of the
men "we want to find this man's
belongings. And I reckon you'll turn
over that pearl necklace, too?"
Joe almost snatched it from Sarey's
neck, and tossed it to the man. It
required but a few moments to dis
close the character of the writer chap,
a thief of large prowess. A few mo
ments later as the officers rode away
with their prisoner. Sarey came meek
Ij into Joe's arms.
"Joe," she whispered, "I—1 wassech
a fool I But I'll never be It again—
never—never—never 1 I swear It Joe!"
Would Be Boon
One of the cliief worries will be
solved when an auto tire is invented
that will gel flat on lop instead of the
bottom.—Ohio Slate Journal.
WOLL URGES FIGHT
AGAINST RACKETEERS
New York.—Racketeers were re
ferred to as "industrial pirates" by
Matthew Woll, A. F. of L. vice presi
dent. in an address to the Building
Trades Employers' Association.
The speaker urged legislation and
the cb-operation of all trades and
business to assist in stamping out
these hold-ups.
Dogwood Blossom*
The vagrant wild apples that fftl
our country Mays with bioom are Eng
lish born and came before the quota
laws with the daisy, the buttercup,
the dandelion and the lilac, of which
two famous American poems have
been made. But the best of May Is
native, a shrub that knows the unities,
a modest tree that seeks the light and
screens the Inner woodlands with or
dered clusters of leafy candelabra
from the oak branch to the meadow
turf. In May In four pointed flame
from green to white to tip of rose, its
flowery candles are lit, and not even
the rhododendron clusters hung over
Allegheny torrents excel the lucid
blossoms of the dogwood.—Henry Sei
del Canby, In "American Estimates."
No Two Are Alike
In the Book of Job are words which
forecast the discovery made so many
centuries later that the finger prints
of not two people in the world, are
alike. The words are in chapter 38:
"He sealeth up the hand of every man,
that all men may know his Work."
The text was quoted by a Scotland
Yard official at an inquest at Ports
mouth on the body of a man whose
name and business had been unknown
till prints of his fingers were sent to
the finger print department in Lon
don. There they were identified, and
the man's name and dwelling were
made known. In 3^ years 300,000 per
sons have thus been traced.
Fish Anyhow
At the regular convocation of the
high school, Mr. ,'the principal, in
troduced to the assembly the winners
of the district Latin contest In his
remarks, he called them "the Latin
sharks" of high school.
Several days later In one of the roil
rooms, the teacher and her pupils
casually mentioned a certain girl, who
was one of the Latin winners.
"Oh yes," said George, "I know her.
She's one of those Latin whales."
"You don't mean whales," said a
pupil. "You mean sharks."
"Well, anyhow, it's some kind of a
big fish," answered George.—Indian
apolis News.
HOUSE "STONE WALL"
IS BAR TO PROGRESS
Washington.—Reactionary elements
in the house stood as a stone wall
against the senate's humane propos
als for unemployment and drought
relief.
The house cut off $15,000,000 for
farm relief in drought sections and
made it impossible to apply any of
this money for food for hungry farm
ers and their families.
The house successfully opposed
Senator Couzens' provision in the
$116,000,000 building bill that local
labor should be used and prevailing
wages in that locality paid.
BUILDING PROGRAM
URGED
Washington.—An appropriation of
,000,000 for the purpose of sites
and erection of post office buildings
is provided in a bill introduced by
Congressman Hare, of South Caro
lina.
The author of the bill said he has a
twofold purpose—to relieve unem
ployment and to stop the government
renting buildings for post offices at
an annual cost of $15,000,000.
BARBER SHOPS AID
DRIVE TO FIND
WORK FOR IDLE
New Orleans (ILNS)—Barber shop
talk has a practical use, after all.
Each customer in shops here is asked
by the man at his chair: "How about
a job for one of the unemployed?"
In addition, owners of the shops have
asked each barber to make a personal
canvass in his neighborhood in fur
ther effort to help solve the employ
ment problem.
FAVORS PENSION LAW
Concord, N. H.—An old age pen
sion law and changes in the state
workmen's compensation law are fa
vored by John S. S. Davie, state com
missioner of labor.
Compensation changes include in
crease in the weekly benefits to 66%
per cent of the average wage, new
provisions for medical expenses,
scheduled list of injuries, the creation
of an industrial accident board and
elimination of the right of the worker
to select his jpethod of settlement
after an injury.
"COPS" ENJOINED
From Interfering With Sale
of Labor Paper
Los Angeles, Calif.—Judge Walter
S. Gates, of the superior court, en
joined police officials from interfer
ing with the sale,and distribution of
the Los Angeles Citizen, published by
the local labor movement.
The Citizen printed an account of a
moving picture operators' strike.
When the papers were sold in the
vicinity of the unfair theatre, police­
Ambulance Service
Phone 35
a
men arrested newsboys on the charge
of violating the picketing ordinance*
In ordering the police department
to desist from interfering in any way
w th the labor paper, Judge Gates
said:
"The power to prohibit the publica
tion of or to suppress a newspaper
is not within the compass of legisla
tive action in this state, and any lavf
enacted for that purpose, or police at.
tempt in that direction, is clearly
derogation of the bill of rights. No*
where do we find in any of the states
of this LTnion any authority which
sustains the doctrine that a municipal
corporation is invested with the
power to declare the sale of news-,
papers a nuisance. The power to sup
press one concedes the power 'to sop
press all.
"The doctrine of the constitution
most prevail in this state, which
clothes the citizen with liberty to
speak, write or publish his opinion on
any and all subjects, limited only by
his responsibility for the abuse of
such privilege."
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