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Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-03-04
SPOKESMAN
FOR PEOPLE
is DEMAND


Washington A demand that real
spokesman OF the working people of
our country" and n recognized repre-
sentative OF organized labor" be ap.
pointed an Secretary OF Labor was tel.
egraphed to President elect Harding
by the eae executives or American
Federation Of Labor unions and rail
road broi oiherhoods before an adjourn.
ment OF their emergency conference
here,
No candidate waa specified. The I'm,
piled protest being aimed at j. j
Davis, Pittsburgh business man and
head OF the Moose order, who IL re-
ported an chosen for the place.
Earlier In the day the conference
voted unanimously to recommend "a
all labor organizations the purchase OF
the North Dakota bonds boycotted by
ths bankers. thereby putting behind
the non.partisan farmers industrial
program the full endorsement Of the
labor movement OF the nation. To this
action the only dissenting voice was
that of Mathew WoIi OF Chicago, head
OF the photoEngrayers. SpurReon
odell OF North Dakota. who explained
the North Dakota farmers situation,
was enthusiastically cheered,
Investigation OF industrial misery In
Porto Rico was asked OF the Presi-
dent In special resolution.
Suggestions made by the executive
council OF the A. +. OF L. that big
fund for defensive publicity be raised
by voluntary assessment upon the
membership by the international
unions were adopted. A committee of
Ave, 10 be named by President Com
pers, will select editors for a publicity
service No newspapers Will be pub
lished, but press material will be Is
sued and all press attacks upon the la
Dor movement will be systematically
answered by the new bureau.
Preliminary estimates of possible
cost OF this campaign of printers ink
ran an high as two and a half mil
lions, but the union executives were
doubtful of their ability 10 raise so
large a sum within short time
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-03-04
VETERANS OF FOREIGN
WARS NOW HAVE THEIR
OWN CLUB ROOMS

Arrangements have been made since
last Sundays @eeting OF Lieut.. Ennis
G. Stillwell Post No. $50, Veterans OF
Foreign Wars. to have their own club
rooms, which are located at the EN-
pire Building. second floor. Ill West
University avenue, Champaign, and
all the meetings In the future will be
held there.
A campaign for new members Is
now ON and will continue until March
Is, at which time the charter will be
closed, and as many as can should get
in as a charter member. The club
will furnish almost every kind of
amusements there are to be had, and
will be open at all hours, so come and
be with us and let's be old "Buddies'
again and enjoy ourselves together as
we have oftimes done in the past.
The cost is nothing compared with
the pleasure that is TO be derived from
the social evenings spent at the v. r.
w. Club with old Buddies.
Get an application blank, sign 1t and
see that 1t is presented "Toot-Sweet.
AUDIE V. WILBORNE,
Com. Post No $50, V,F.W.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-03-04
AIL-AMERICAN
COOPERATIVE
COMMISSION
Meets in Cleveland and
Perfects Plans For
Workers Welfare

Cleveland Ohio,--The immediate
return OF the railroads 20 anifed gov
ernmenf operation. the taxation OF
wealth instead OF wages. and the fed.
erni contrul OF the development Of all
natural resources were among the de-
manda of the second All.AmericAn
Co-operative Congress. just concluded
here. The congress Was held under
the ansplees OF the All.Amcrican Co
operative Commission and from start
70 Anish emphasized the common Ia
teroGts Of dfEantEed farmers and or
gnnlssd labor.
0ulstandinR among the achieve
nlenfs cf the congress we're the per.
f.sctieg Of plans for direct trading be-
twe6p farm producers and city con.
sumArs and the decision to continue
to pash tho organization of eo-opera.
tive banks and direct the movement
The Senate (Cronnal bill TO control
the meat packing industry was In
dofeed and the committee on rules
waa urged promptly 10 report out the
resolutlon which would place packer
contrul legislation on the noor Of the
rIonsa. Besides the restoration OF the
raflrpads To government operation and
federal control over natural resources
the economic program OF the congress
calls Cor heavy taxation OF incomes,
eafates and excess profits instead OF
tho wages Of tho workers, thus making
the banking and credit system serve
the people. Universal, compulsory
and military training was opposed.
warrcn s. Stone. grand chief Of the
Brotherhood OF Locomotive Engineers.
II Ms .ddress ON cooperative banks
and credit Unions. asserted that the
fsFmass have never been paid what
they should receive for what they
grow. while consumers In industrial
ceylxerp have paid three or four prices
for farm products He said that ex-
tension OF credit facilities TO farmers
and direct trading between producers
and cnnsxmers are essential and that
noSody needs credit as badly as the
Wuekass Ia the city and on the farm.
Arthur y. Holder. member Vt the
CoouLittee on Cooperation OF the
AuleFecan Federation Of Labor. made
. xlfung Plea to the consumers 70 or.
lknn>Ee themselves 30 as TO take I'D.
W - OF the existing crganinhtioue
y b rl<11a1n1f9s He Hf<od thn Wnater
fsil Isefhods of distf1b6tion ANA fhe
dDnseQuent enormous waste OF farm
products. criticising the demands
and campaign for increased prodec-
tioa. he asserted that the real task
now is to secnre such methods Of dis
tribution ~ viii permit the consump-
tion Of the goods actually produced.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-03-04
STATE COUNCIL
OF BUILDING
TRADES FORMED
Local Delegates Attend
Convention Held SUM-
day in Springfield

SIX local building Trades Councils
met In Carpenters Hall. Springfield.
Sunday, February ~. and formed a
stste Organization known as State
building Trades Council. The pur.
pose OF such a council IL 10 set the At.
fiiation of all councils In Illinois.
thereby bringing the industry IN closer
tonch with matters pertaining 10 the
several branches Of the industry.
The councils present at this meet.
ing were Chicago. Champaign. Rock.
ford. Peoria, bloomington. and Alton.
The morning session was called to
order At 1890 o'clock and was taken
up IN selecting committees. Tho after.
noon meeting was convened at loo
o'clock 90 hear the report OF COM
miitees, The committee on nomina-
lions presented the following names
Tor permanent Officers. President. l..
y Lindclhoa. Painters, Chicago. first
siee.president. Joseph MeiSern. nrick-
layers. Bloomington, second vioepres-
ident. John Royer. Sheet Metal Work.
era. ChampaiEn.u urhana; third vice
president. r. J. Hopper. Electrical
Workers. Peoria: Secretary Treasurer.
J. J. vanhuss. Steam Filters, Bloom
ington. The. committees report was
received and unanimously eoneurred
In.
The committee ON finance recon-.
mended that the per capita tax be two
thirds OF 1c. which was unanimously
adopted.
The neat convention of the Council
will be held In Peoria june the 9Th.
Of this year.
Every council aud craft represented
AZ this meeting went ON record that
they were standing pat on any reduc-
tion of wages this year
Council representation AT the state
convention In Peoria Will be: 100 or
less. two delegates: 200 or more, four
delegates; 400 or more, Ave delegates,
500 or more. six delegates. 1900 or
more. seven delegates; 5000 or more.
eight delegates: $500 or more, nine
delegates. l2.soo or more, ton dele
gates.
The Twin Cities were represented
by J. w. Dunn and j. Z. Adams.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-03-04
LABEL LEAGUE
WILLSERV AN
OYSTER SUPPER
unionists and Friends In
vited to Participate In
Event

Interest IN that very important
branch OF trades unionism, the Mam.
ems Label League, h rapidly develop.
Ing, aud II Ia now rated by the head
ofSice rs one OF the lise-wire locals
under i,s jurisdiction.
New members were initiated at tho
Last meeting After tho business ses.
sion was over. social hour was
held
Tho League IL for the purpose of
advancing the sate OF union made
goods. II is It's business 10 place com
plete lines of union made goods In
tho retail stores. and TO keep the pub.
iic informed ~ 10 where union maja
goods may be had.
Fur the purpose os raising iuntis lo
carry on this work. III. League has
planned for It's neat meeting, Thurs.
day evening. March 10. az Labor Han,
an oyster supper and cafeteria luueh,
which will be served frnm until
o'clock. and for which pominal aum
will be- charged, They invite all union.
ists, their families. and friends.
so lay on tho eats at hom. nest
Thursday evening. and partake of tho
good things tho iadies win have pre-.
pared for you at labor Hall,
Tickets for thlH feast may be had
al the Cooperative atore, the Review
Office IN Labor Hall, and from mem
bars Of tho League,
Incidentally. thu League wishes Il
known that the Racine shirt. for years
made under union conditions, N now
the product OF nonunion shop,
The League also wishaa To announce
that full line OF union. made hosiery.
for both men and women, will Eoun
be ON sale NJ the Cooperative Stare.
so II you intend 10 change your soeks
thls npring. yon will be able to huy
new ones bearing tho label at yoilit
store,
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-03-04
PRESS
SERVICE ElSNON 4
FEATURE IN REVIEW
This Forward Movement OF This Pa
per " Only One Of the Many Things
coatsmpIstsd by Those IN Charge
Watch We crowl

With this issue. the Review begina
the use OF the Federated Press news
service. This has been undertaken VI
the urgent request Of nnionists OF
the Twin Cities, and at the outlay oil
quite u considerable sum OF money.
But The Review believes In giving II
readers the best there Is, and Will
spare neither pains nor money 20
make thia one OF the best labor papers
IN this section OF the country.
We have In view great things for
the Review. The changes made In
the recent past is but an inkling OF
what II TO come.
But. to DO these things, money IL
needed. The Review In not printed
for profit. but that unionlsts and
others OF these parts may have un-
trammeled by big business a news
paper that will not hesitate TO take
mp the cause of the great majority
of our cltizens-the working people.
Therefore we are asking every union
organization and every union man aud
woman. Ms well aa the rest OF the
working public. to get behind the Re-
view with both feet and PUSH. We
will do the rest. Just as fast AS the
Jack is forthcoming
DO YOUR part In making the Re.
view the biggest and best labor paper
In Illinois. The foundation In laid
the experimental stage Is over--the
Review has withstood the knocks and
sttem pied set-backs for over a year
and we are now entering the period
when every paper must expand Or
die.
There Is certain degree OF salts
faction In knowing that YOU have done
your part In any just cause--and this
satisfaction will be even greater when
you have backed up venture that IL
sure to benefit you personally, finan-
cialiy, and morally.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-03-04
CAR MEN HAVE
FISH FRY AND
A GOOD TIME
Meet in Special Session To
Take Referendum Vote
On Piece Work
They HAD some meeting!

That IL the way one member ex-
pressed his opinion OF the fish fry
and smoker held by the Brotherhood
OF Railway Carmen No. Sol OF Urbans
at Woodmen hall, Urbana. Tuesday
night, and, It is safe to bet, his opin-
ION Is correct.
The real object OF the meeting was
TO take a referendum vote as TO
whether or not the membership pre-
fers piece work OF hour work. and II
Ia said the local men voted almost
unanimously In favor OF hour work.
This question was raised by the state
ment OF railroad managers before the
Labor Board In Chicago that the car
men wanted to do work on the piece
system. Vote In being taken all over
the country this week. and II Is ex-
pected the result will show the claim
OF the railroad bosses is nothing
more than their customary line OF
bull
There were 7s members OF the or
der present Tuesday night. After the
main business had been disposed OF,
they sat down to devour huge piles
of fried fish and other things. which,
by the way. were the present OF one
OF their members. Barney Wolfe.
Since his enforced lay-off. Mr.. Wolfe
has been conducting a fish market In
Urbana.
Prospects for work do not look
very bright, and at present about five
per cent OF the regular crew is work
Ing.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-03-04
CANADIAN MOUNTED
POLICEPARTICIPATE
In LABOR TROUBLES
Dominion Adopts American
Gun-Play Methods
Against Workers
BY GoRDAN CAscADEN.


Thorold. Ontario.-Deportation 10
the United States of an organiser Of
the International Paper Makers Union
who declares he is British subject.
use Of the Royal Canadian Mounted
Police for strike duty and arming OF
company detectives are outstanding
features of strike of employees of the
Beayerboard plant who went out in
sympathy with fellow unionists de.
manding recognition In Tonawands.
New York.
Protest meetings are taking place
In every section OF Eastern Canada
to denounce the Dominion govern
ment's alleged interference In behalf
OF large corporation as well as the
introduction of the so-called United
States gun-play methods" OF settling
Strikes, according TO reports received
here
THE Canadian government Is lined
up squarely on the side of the COM
pany and against organized labor. ("
James Marsh, general organizer OF the
International Brotherhood Of Carpen.
ters and Joiners. who with John A.
Flat. Canadian general organizer for
the American Federation of Labor,
headed a deputation which protested
to Ontario's attorney general at To.
ronto. charges.
There never was need for police
protection he says The Canadian
government for one reason or another.
accepted the version Of conditions ad-
vanced by the company and sent a
detachment OF police. Its immigration
officials also deported a British sub
ject. an official OF the organization
conducting the strike Our first action
will be to have President Moore OF the
Canadian Trades and Labor Congress.
seek redress from the Federal Gov
ernment
THE company's armed guards are
employees of - strikebreaking agency
in Washington D. Ca who were
brought into Canada in spite OF immig-
grafton regulations and sworn IN as
special constRhles by local magis-
special constables to be residents OF
of the immediate locality Of the
trouble,
sThis army parases ths. hishways
with rifles and guns, and Is Entier the
command OF E. e. Pennewill, citizen
of the United States and production
manager OF the company, who lives in
Buffalo and enters Canada every day.
though he qualified for admission
to this country under the immigration
regulations only after our protest.
Provincial police are causing un-
rest by invasion OF homes OF foreign
ers and search for weapons and
liquor" Flett declares, while the Ca
madam immigration authoritives have
actually deported man from his own
country and placed him in the United
States where he does not belong"
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-03-04
WE DON'T pATRoNlze

+. X. Robeson Department Store
Gundlock a. Miner.
Gehrlgs Cafeteria.
Champaign Plumbing & Heating Go.
Twin City Electric Co
Frank Jones Transfer Line.
Barber Shops - Ernest Ekbom. 8
Main street; Glen johnson, First
National Bank Building; r. j.
Jordan, 36 Main street: George Gabel,
2i2 " Walnut street; 5tarks d Mont
gumery. 126 N. Neil street. Blaisdell
Bros, Robson building; Busy Bee.
Taylor street; Tripiett q Graves. ~.
Walnut street
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-03-04
Federation Meeting,

The Twin City Federation of Labor
meets second and fourth Wednesday
evenings of each month at Labor Hall.
The next meeting will be held next
Wednesday evening, March 3. II you
are a delegate, be sure to attend, as
this is to be an important meeting.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-03-04
OYSTER SUPPER AND CAFETERIA LUNCH

for oyster
Hall Wednesday evening
ladies tempting
advance the OF the
their friends
had cospsrs store the Review Of
and help the
ladies prumoe very wUrrsD cxuse
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-03-04

Mrs. Marian Sheppard, 3l2 South
Nal .treet. is somewhat Improved.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-03-04
Printers TO Meet.

The regular monthly meeting or
Typographical Union No. 444 will be
held next Monday night at Labor Hall.
This promises to be largely-attended
meeting, as negotiations for the new
scale are Ia progress. discussion OF
which will probably take the greater
part of the evening
The 4l-hour week question, objec.
tion to which has been raised by
Waco, Tex. union. which has asked
that another referendum vote be held,
will probably be taken up.
Butchers Sign UP.
IL is stated that all local butcher
shops have signed the new scale or
Wages, with the exception OF Roberts
& Grant In Champaign and one or two
minor skeps IN CrSana. The Bew
scale calls fer the same pay and other
conditions, with the addition OF a lit
- uogs. mOaey sor extra help on
Sdrndx2s.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-03-04

Patronire The vaion Aslo mscnanics.
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ssSe ! tnnd's ilse.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1921-11-17
THE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

hurt few weeks ago by being thrown
from horse. Mr. Hunnewell works
FOR the S. ID. Warren co. and was
bringing seven horses from the Eus-
It's when the accident occurred lie
expects to be able To work the last of
this week.
sunshine meeting his week
Thursday with Mrs. Mae Foss.
The next meeting OF the ROYAL
Neighbors will be Friday evening.
Nov. 18th in Grange Hall.
Mrs. Harold Coleman has resigned
her position on the school board ON
account of her poor health. Earl TaY-
lor has been appointed to fill her
place.
Mr. aud Mrs. Harold Coleman
started for Rochester, MINI. Wednes
day the ninth. Mrs Coleman is SUI
fering from gOiter trouble and viii
enter the Mayo Brothers Hospital
Mrs. Elizabeth Andrews is taking
care of her four great grand children
during The absence of their parents.
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rooms of the little pupils in their care
and the fire alarm was given. Mean
time Will Andrews, Frank whitney
and Stephen Clark. who happened 10
be passing. fought the fire with pans
of water and had it practically uhdei
control when the department arrived
Damage was repaired in Few DAYS
and the two schools re-opened.
The entertainments given last week
by the Swathmore Chautauqua com
pany gave universal satisfaction Ken
nebec Hall was filed to its limit at
almost every meeting. Arrangements
have been made to have another Sc
ries of entertainments from the same
company next year.
The best Zoe Hair Net made. the
N.Y. Fine. will be sold for 7c for a
short lime, p y. paid on all mail os-
der. Mark Savage & Son Co. Bing-
{.n 2w46
METHODIST CHURCH NOTES
on the occasion of the last regular
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1921-11-17

meeting held by special invitation, at
the home of the pastor in Scion, The
Ladies Aid of Bingham gave the pas
tor great surprise in the form of a
Pound Party
1t was an all day meeting and q
very pleasant and profitable time was
spent in work. and in plans for the
future.
These ladies' certainly are well de-
serving of praise. for the work they
have accomplished in the past six
months. Our new furnace, in which
a fire was lighted for the first time
on Sunday the 18th we owe entirely
to their efforts. We cordially invite
all who have no other church home to
come and worship with us. We in
vite you. as Moses invited one of old,
Come thou with US. and we will do
thee good; for the Lord hath spoken
good concerning Israel"
BINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
A Thanksgiving Ball will be given
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Mr. and Mrs, Harold Coleman. She
is assisted by housekeeper. Miss
Gilman. Not many children have a
great-grandmother able to care for
them.
Mrs. Harley Strout whose death
last week followed an operation at
the Maine General Hospital will be
sadly missed by her husband and
family of small children. Mr. Strout
Is employed az Il section hand on the
railroad.
E1ilda Rowe OF Skowhegan has been
visiting her sister. Mrs. Morrison.
Elizabeth Rollins of Portland spent
Armistice Day at home.
Tuesday OF last week Mrs. Upper,
teacher of the first grade school.
heard a cracking sound. Upon look
ne for the cause she saw fire and
moke around the furnace pipe whore
II passes through the ceiling of her
room 10 the one above. She at once
made the situation known To Miss
Murray and together they cleared The
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1921-11-17
JACKMAN

Johnnie Wilson met with a painful
accident one day last week while en-
gagged In cutting down a tree. 1t
lodged against a small cedar and
when Mr. Wilson hit the cedar with
his axe, piece flew and hit him on
the nose breaking it and cutting his
face quite badly.
f. Fl. Sterling of Augusta spent
Sunday at his sons home j. b. Ster-
ling of this village
Mr.. and Mrs. Reed Sawyer are the
happy parents of n new baby boy.
The many friends of Mrs. Jos Achey
of .Iackman Station, will be glad to
hear that at this writing she is gain
ing from her attack of typhoid fever.
All the other patients of the same dis
ease are gaining.
II. A. Young went to Portland Mon
day to have, his ear treated.
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News of Sonlerset's Busy Towns

death which occurred at his home In
Riverbank. Calf. Saturday, Oct. %
after a brief illness. He leaves wife
who before her marriage was Miss
Alice Dunbar Of Embden, and two
daughters, Mrs. Johnson of Riyerbank
and Mrs. Gertrude Walker of Stock
ton, Calf Mr.. and Mrs. Jackson re-
sided ut one time in North Arson.
The moving picture of Mark Twain's
famous hook "Huckleberry Finn.
will be displayed by Mr.. Rand at
Academy Hall next Tuesday evening.
Miss Charlotte Gilman of Augusta
spent the week end with her uncle,
Ira w Dungee Miss Gilman, who Is
employed in the Augusta office of the
Central Maine Power Co. was re-
turning from a vacation spent with
relatives at The Forks, Lake Parlin
and Jackman.
John BENJAMIN. Byron Crymble and
A. G. Andrews have recently had city
water put in their houses These
places were formerly supplied from
spring owned by Mr.. Benjamin on
Ash Hill
Mrs. Emma Andrews returned to
Lewiston Thursday OF last week alter
spending few days al her home here.
Mrs. Andrews is assistant nurse al
the Androscoggin Anti tuberculosis
Sanatorium for ex-soldiers. Her son,
Lester Andrews. left for Lewiston Fri
day morning to accept position as
janitor of the same institution.
The basket ball season will open
Wednesday evening, Nov % with two
games between the Academy teams
and town teams at Academy Hall.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Rev. e. l.. Baker, Pastor
Sunday, Nov. 20s 1045 a. m, public
worship with sermon. ll.50 a, m,
Church School; 8.15 p. m, Y. p. s
C. T.. topic, THE Goodness Of God,
Alta Ellis, Leader.
Plans are maturing for a Christmas
Pageant to be given under the aus,
pieces of the Church School.
Tomorrow, Frfday evening, Rev. +
r. Garland Will address meeting at
the Congregational vestry. Service at
7.30. There will be a display of BIZ
bles, Testaments and Scriptural SOU
yenirs.
We hope many of this congregation
will attend the union Thanksgiving
service at 1890 a. m. on Thanks
giving Day. Both pastors are expect
ed to speak