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Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-07-20
T. c. FEDERATION SUP
PORTS CHANGE OF
VENUE FOR MINERS

Whereas Reliable information has
come to our attention which leads US
to believe that change Of venue Is
to be denied Harold W. Houston and
twenty others recently Indicted In
Logan County, w. Va. and
Whereas: We believe that these
men cannot secure fair trial In
Logan County, and
Whereas: The U. s. Constitution
guarantees any one indicted for crime
fair trial, therefore be IT
Resolved, that We, The Twin Lgty
Federation of Labor, of Champaign
and Urbana, Illinois. in regular ses.
sion, assembled, July II, 1923, do most
earnestly and vigorously protest
againa refusing these men fair
trial by denying them a change OF
venue which We believe j. their only
chance, and be Il further
Resolved, That a copy Of these
resolutions be sent TO the Governor
and Attorney General Of w. Va, and
to our u. S. Senators and Congress
men; also that they be published In
the local press.
Twin City Federation Of Labor.
o. +. MILLER,
j. II. TIERkEY
JOHN McGRATH /.
COMMITTEES
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-07-20
BAERFACTS--
by J. NJ. BAER, The Congressman Cartoonlst'
international Labor News Ser1iee)
AFTER THAT.

AFTER voting for Cummns Law which created the
"Ralroads the delight Of Wall sfenh cut
the railroad workers
AFTER voting amendment 70 the bseh Cum
minis Law which involuntary sefstud
slaveyl
AFTER appointing that board abors representative
reactonary outcast nominated by trump organization
AFTER placing repudiated party politician on the npfene
bench-a officially represented eap1al-"lham H.
AFTER friends through the Coronado decision and ote
court-made laws have labor Of all its rights
AFTER appointing laborhater like Daughery rs ssAofhey
General
AFTER the most dractc an-abor injunction in al history
AFTER retaining Daugherty, Dawes and other 'opensheppeE
In Office while they were assisting shoppers to crush bc
AFTER lending millions Of unemployed thfengb
hard winters
AFTER finding out that President Of the United stae The
all the f lie IfNr
od Interests could and disrupt and crush he labor
movement
NOW President Warren Harding in speech and
organized labor think that he was always protecting
its interests and always a friend Of the workers.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-07-20

In. :. Peters, president of the
sa@Iqa Bankers Association, Is au-
-. fgr me assertion that better
-. -. 10 be earned in other states
sl.7 .#g.x5ag Georgia's workers TO leave
ar IN state. Mr.. Peters state
IN. - contains straight-from-the-
"s..l45r lesson for those short
s..,ess,sI EMPLOYERS who believe in a
sass,stept policy of low wages. 1t
-. ~ mat sooner or later the opera
Sun sun If sueh a policy will injure the
s9,aIsxefs by depriving them OF
gssgej labor and that it's the poorest
~ If business for any state or COM
munity coa.u;,,s
I.bor exodus by Mr.. Peters, in the
srsf ,jx months of this year 1880
asgroe. and 29,513 whites have quit
,bs M farms Of Georgia and moved to
in5nsfrial eenters of the North and
East.
In the last three years, the report
how. considerably more than 2O0,-
00o negroes have moved from Geor-
ga. leaving the colored population
- the state possibly less than it was
IN 1890 Some 10000 farm dwell
ipgs have been left vacant and esti-
mating thirty acres to the plow,
tbere are more than $4,000 idle plows
in the STATE at the present time.
Mr.. Peters is very frank about the
cause of the exodus of Georgians. he
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-07-20

workers which aemaed from = 10 30
per cent 0t The fri months salaTsi :
Various unserupalaNs advertising
methods of The agencies Nee aiseos
errd Miss fmmefieh reported that
some Of the 8reneies advertised loN
salaries aud thus helped 10 keep 1own
the average SALARIES eAd throughout
The hclt, IN order te eater "a the
patronage If The employers
Investigation also showed that seN.
efal ~ The agencies have been work
ing ia colluslon With employers Who
"mre and hles a frequent intervals
20 increase the revenue eNaeied from
placements sof workers. une young
woman had paid during three months
$50 a month IN three positions.
80 startling waA Mlsa Emmeneh's
report that the Commonwealth Club
Of san Francisco made N lueeHtga
ton Of ils own. II reported that
Miss Emmetich WIS toe conservative
ln her statements and that II found
"a rcpelliug condition existing among
unethical pay agencies demanding i'm
mediate CORRECTION
Exposure OF what INSCRIPTIONS
employment agencies acre deinr led
90 demand that a curb he put On
their grating practices With the re-
suit that the law noN IN fnree Naa
enacted, The fact that the public
az large was ignorant Of What hui
been geing on shows that similar
practices can exist IN other states,
Organized labor. which has consist
entity fought ahusea hy employment
sharks, should keep IL eye on en-
ployment agency methods. both TO
protect is own members and the
army Of workers which has not yet
seen the wisdom Of organizing to
guard Us own lntefnels.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-07-20
COUNCIL CONSIDERS
REyIVING ZONING
COM MIS- SION

Members OF the city council and
Mayor George J. Babb, have consid-
cred recently a plan to revive the
Zoning Commission appointed a year
ago, and permitted to lapse in its
duties following a supreme court de-
eision rendering the zoning plans
void.
Though the work of a zoning COM
mission will be restricted it is thought
that features of their work, which
may be accomplished under the law,
will prove of value to the city:
The aim will be to prevent the
building Of unsightly shacks in resi-
dsaee districts, which are intended to
be used for business concerns.
The council is of the opinion that
such buildings are not needed in resi-
dence localities, and that on the con-
trary, their tendency is to decrease
the value of adjacent property by
giving a community an unsightly ap-
pearanee.
Where business concerns are al
ready in operation in residence dis
trlets no immediate action will be
taken to cause their removal, but the
commission, when operative, will at
tempt to discourage the establishing
Of similar concerns in other sections
of the city.
Wherever small store proves of
value to residence community, and
the building is erected on the rear
oi lot, instead of on the front, the
commission will not be authorized to
proceed against the owner.
There are many small community
stores in residence districts that are
a community asset, affording conven-
lenee to housewives, and enabling
mem to secure provisions without
making trip to the business district
9i the city. These, according to men,
9efs OF the commission, will not be
disturbed.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-07-20
CALF. DEALS BODY BLOW
TO EMPLOYMENT SHARKS
WHO CHEAT TOILERS


Saerauenle. Cal. July ~. Mork-
ers In every state vii rejoice over
the enactment BY California Of leg,s,
latiou designed l. end abuses b. en-,
ploymeHt agency sharks.
The new law ls expected to be a
body blow 10 the meanest kind ot
grating which nfeys 0n uns
organised and poorly paid workers
That the law Is necessary Is a COM
mentary On conditions IN California,
which Is reputed to be one Of the
most advanced ef states IN social
legislation, But other states should
net throw stones at California, Is
similar abuses exist IN other sections
of the country.
Despite the fact that Investigation
revealed gross abuses by many EN-.
ployment agencies, an organized loh.
by representing the forces Of greed
and reaction did It's best to defeat
the bills IL was thought for time
that Governor Richardson would veto
the bills but he finally saw the light
and has just signed them.
The new Law limits the fee charged
by the agencies To 10 per cent of the
FIRST months salary for. clerical labor
and I per cent for manual labor. II
also requires a license and fee for the
operation of agencies and prohibits
the dividing Of fees with employers.
Practices by which the workers are
cheated In California reveal what an
army OF toilers are up against in
every place except where strict laws,
rigidly enforced, protect them from
extortion, Miss Gertrude Emmenoh
and members of an investigating com.
mittee found that In San Francisco
alone there were sixteen employment
agencies engaged In placing office
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-07-20
Momen I.anmnkrrs Lead.

San FfAnciaco. AeeofdlnR ~ q
tabuation by officers Of the state led
GRAFTON Of labor. two women membets
Of the last state legislature were the
best labor members Of the seaFian.
The women are Grace s. Doris Of
Bakersfield and Esto b. Broughton Of
Modesto.
Los Angeles supplied the bitterfst
opponent of humane legislation. tie
Is Senator Harry A. Chanbeflln,
spokesman for the antl-union argan
ization known a. the Better hmefiean
fedefadon. On "a roll calls en- selerl
ed labor measures Ghamberlin failed
10 see any good IN any one, and IN
every instance voted No"
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-07-20
Johnson's Platform
johnson viii favor:

40AitE01t VIII
|. Repeal of the Esch-Cummins
|. railroad law.
Z Revision of the Fordney-Mc-
Z Cumber tariff.
Government grain purchase
+ and storage TO assure the farm
!. ers a Giving wage"
!. Naturalization and develop
ment Of waterpower resources.
|. The Norris-Sinclair national
!. farm marketing corporation.
Z Complete revision Of the fed
Z eral reserve bank system.
|. Abolition of supreme court
|. decisions by majority vote.
Z A soldier bonus to be paid by
Z revenue from an excess profits
/. tax--not a sales tax.
|. Restriction Of the use of court
Z injunetions in labor disputes.
|. More stringent regulation of
+ the packing industry.
|. Complete equality for men
and women, politically and in
!. dustrially.
|. A new child labor law.
|. What is considered the great
Z est political victory ever won by
Z Union Labor resulted Tuesday
I when Marcus Johnson, Minneso.
|. ia dirt farmer, was elected
/. United States Senator over Gov
!. ernor Preus, Harding's Mime
|. sofa satellite, by a plurality of
/. nearly. 100000 votes, the farm
|. ers and Union Labor uniting
|. their forces to achieve the vic
|. tory.
|. The notable triumph has
|. thrown a scare into the Republi-
!. can party that may lead to
|. President Harding's voluntary
/. retirement when the Republican
|. party holds its national conyen-
Z ton in 1924.
|. The victory is a premonition
|. of what is likely to happen
/. throughout the west when the
!. Farm-Labor party is thorough
|. ly organized In other states on
!. stable basis, eliminating the
I. radical elements, who are only
|. working 70 foster their own
|. ends, and the political adven-
!. turers who would use the farm
|. er and Union workman only for
= exploitation.
Z Republican and Democratic
l. party exploitation has been CIV
7 en- a death blow. If the Mime
sofa victory is consistently fol
|. lowed up in other states. The
I way is open wider than evel
|. for an independent political
!. party which will incorporate the
l. fundamental principles FOR
|. which Union Labor has stood
|. for the past half century.
|. Johnson's victory was not
|. surprise. II was presaged by
!. the election last November OF
!. DIR. Henry Shpstead, farm labor
!. candidate, over Frank B. kel-
|. log, another of the Republican
l. cold guards" in the senate.
!. With the two Farmer-Labor
!. senators from Minnesota, pro-
!. gresARes in the senate hold a
!. balance of power. Both were
I. elected on platforms that grew
|. out of the non-partisan league
!. program in the northwest, which
!. Is rapidly eliminating in stable
|. political organizations in other
= states.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-07-20
EASTERN BRASS M0GULS
SHOW THEY HAVE BRASS

Waterbury, Conn.-Rents for "com.
munity homes" built by the Scovil
manufacturing ompany have been
advanced S5a month. Tenants have
been told that "high taxes" are re-
sponsible.
The houses were built by the com
pany when war prosperity caused a
housing shortage and when the gov
ernment was paying the profits. Now
the tenants will take the place Of
IIncle Sam
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-07-20
Huge Steel Profits

New lork.-In advertising the sale
d S4O,OOO0O0 gold bonds, bearing 6
per cent, the Youngstown sheet and
.poe ~ company states that profits for
$4,000. ''e' ~ %-"'
I Ihe president of this company,
Sanes cs A. Campbell, signed the recent
vary report which declared that if
u que Iz-nour day in the steel industry
iS.ae = abandoned prices would have to be
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-07-20
LOW WAGES DRIVE T0ILERS
IN GEORGIA TO QUIT STATE
BYHUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
By international Labor News Service.

Washington, July 19.-Poor wages make the workers
move to pastures new
be truth of this statement never better exenpli-
f than by the sad experience of Georgia which is find
~ tbat coored and white workers alike are RAPIDLY
n6eng where wages better and living conditions
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-07-20
nenounre 12.Honr Day.

Des Moines, Iowa.--The i2.hour
day and the aeyen-day week for in
dustrial workers Is a menace To the
American home and free government,
according TO a resolution adopted by
the tweDty-ninth international Chris
tian Endeayor convention In session
here,
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-07-20
Rail Income High.

New York.-Reports from leading
railroads for the last five months in
dicate that practically all OF these
corporations will show a gam over
last year.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-07-20

Portland, Me-. Employing plumb.
ers voluntarily raised wages to 81 an
hour when. these anlonists called ut.
twtion TO The low rate in this city,
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-07-20

After you have read. think.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-09-22
new YORK STRIKE
OF PRESSMEN IS
NEARING FINISH
BY United Press Leased Wire

NEW YORK, September 22.-An
ultimatum to striking pressmen who
all but stopped the metropolitan
newspapers for nearly week, has
been announced by publishers and
the international union.
The International and the pub
fishers have signed an agreement
which will guarantee the men bet
ter working conditions.
This agreement will be put be-
fore the local union Sunday accord
ing to arrangements made today
and the men will be granted the
opportunity to return to work under
the agreement or have their local
union Outlawed.
In the latter case he international
union will obtain other pressmen to
carry out the working contract. This
contract provides:
/. Wages win be increased $3 q
week. s.-.t
2. Working hours will be reduc
ed from As hours week shifts foi
both day and night to 45 hours foi
day and Al hours for night shifts.
3. Other points of dispute are
to be settled by arbitration.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-09-22
REMOVAL Of 80
PIECES OF SHOT
PROVES UND0INC
Former Valley Man Nab
bed in L. A. When He
Seeks Relief

' Through queer twist of circum-
stances, Frank Stands of $50 East
81 street, Los Angeles, is likely to
be brought back to Imperial County
to stand trial for the illegal manu-
facture of liquor, while Hindu
partner, with whom he is alleged to
have operated still ON the highline
canal, may face more serious
charge.
About August IS, Hindu report
ed to the sheriff's office that he
had shot man who was his part
ner, following quarrel over bust
ness differences but the man was
not seriously injured and had gone
away. Deputy sheriffs visited the
scene of the shooting. and confiscat-
cd Il still and the Hindu was fined
for violation of the liquor law.
Yesterday Sheriff Gillett, received
a letter from Chief Vollmer of the
Los Angeles police department, ad-
vising that Frank Stands had been
operated on September II by Los
Angeles surgeon, who reported to
the police that he took 80 pieces of
buckshOt from Stands hip. Asked
how he sustained the wound, Stands
told the doctor that he had been
held up on the road between Braw-
ley and Calipatria during August
and was shot by a highwayman,
and had spent some time in an El
Centre hospital.
Had Been in Hospital I
Becoming suspicious, the surgeon
reported the matter to the police,
resulting in the letter to Sheriff
Gillett, which asked that Stands
activities here be investigated. In
quiry at the local hospital elected
the information that Stands had
been there for several days. Deputy
sheriffs recalling having looked for
Stands following the report of the
shooting but he had left the hospital
and his whereabouts was unknown.
A warrant has been issued for
Stands arrest and he will probably
be brought back here for trial. No
warrant has as yet been issued for
the Hindu but it was intimated at
the sheriff's office that such action
may be taken.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-09-22
BRAVE LANDLADY IN
DEFIANCE OF GUNMAN

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 22.-Frank
Barker, police allege, walked into a
roOming house on q downtown
street, stuck gun in the face of
Rose Kirsch, the landlady, and
commanded her to throw up her
hands. Instead Mrs. Kirsch ran to
the street and attracted the atten-
ton of two policemen who arrested
Barker. He was charged with at
Attempted robbery. -
Imperial Valley press., 1923-09-22
Coolidge Names
Howard Gore As
Aid to Wallace

Appointment of Howard M. Gore
as assistant secretary of agriculture
ito succeed Charles w. Pugsley, who
recently resigned to accept the pres
idency of the South Dakota State
Agricultural College, was made to-
day by President Coolidge upon re-
commendatiOn of Secretary Wallace.
Since the passage of the Pack
ers and Stockyard act, Mr.. Gore
has been in charge of the division
of trade practices of the packers
and stockyards administration.
At the present time, he owns a
farm of 500 acres in West Virginia
and with his brothers is joint own
er of 2 other large farms in that
state. Mr. Gore has a wide ac-
quaintaince with stockmen and
farmers, both in the Corn Belt and
Range States and is thoroughly
familiar With agricultural condi-
tions in that area.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-09-22
WATCHMAN IS
FOUND SLAIN
AT RIVERSIDE

RIVERSIDE, Cal, September %.
The lifeless body of Cornelius
Donoghue, night watchman at the
La Sidra Canning comIany's plant,
was found dead in the cooling room
of the c;nnery this morning at $50
o'clock with bullet hole through
his body.
The crime was committed between
the hours of nine and ten o'clock
last night. The Waterman had rec
orded his time on the recording
clock at 9 O'Clock, the last record
made during the night. There was
no one else about the cannery the
plant is working only days.
The Waterman was shot in the
back the bullet coming out above
the heart. While no examination
has yet been made it is believed
that death was instant. Donoghue
is survived by a wife and one
daughter, living in Arlington. He
had been nightwatchman for the
company for four years and was SIS
years old. f&
Imperial Valley press., 1923-09-22
PLAN CLEANUP
ALL OVER CITY
OCTOBER 7--l3
Fire Prevention Week
to Be Celebrated
Here
Business Clubs, School
Children--EverybOdy
to Help

National Fire Prevention Week,
which is to be observed throughout
the country from October to 13,
is to be made the occasion for the
removal of fire hazards existing in
Ell Centre, and at the same time a
general cleanup of the city, accord
ing to j. r. Ford, chairman Of the
civic Improvement committee of the
Ell Centre Chamber Of Commerce,
which has inaugurated the move
ment and will assist members of
the fire department in working out
plans.
Discussing tentative plans this
morning, Secretary Coyle of the
Chamber of Commerce said it is
proposed to enlist the aid of the
Rotary Club, school officials and
children, club women, also the
Boy Scouts and the church organ
izations, so that a real cleanup
campaign can be made. and when
it is over Ell Centre will truthfully
be "spotless town. Fire Chief
Ferguson has given the fullest ap-
proval to the movement, having long
been aware of the existence of con-
ditions in various parts of the city
which tend to create fires.
81. He stated this morning that the
fire preventiorF work of tile depart
meht has been~ Handicapped by lack
of sufficient men toY oversee it,
and n slowness on the part of citi-
zens to cooperate with them.
- Fire Boys to Help .
He has detailed "a man from the
department TO work in conjunction
with the Chamber of Commerce and
the other civic organizations in
conducting fire prevention week
and every man in the department
will give full cooperation to the
movement.
1t is pointed out that a. removal
of rubbish and inflamable material
from back yards, alleys and houses
will not only improve the appear
ance of the city but will be of ac-
tual benefit in the way of reduc-
tions in fire insurance rates. If the
board of underwriters is convinced
that opportunity for fire has been
reduced to a minimum, there is ev-
cry reason to hope for a correspond
ing reduction in insurance rates.
Accurate figures compiled by fire
insurance companies show that in
1922 more than $4,000 lives were
lost through fires entailing a prop
erty loss of 1921 100000, the larg-
est ever known. These figures are
for the United States only and
greatly exceeded the loss in 1906
when San Francisco was DESTROYED.
Public Is Indifferent
The same report calls attention to
the CONSERVATION that would be
caused throughout the country be-
cause of an accident or plague that
caused such immense losses and the
apparent calmness with which the
average person will read the figures
just quoted.
Fire Prevention Week has the
endorsement of the highest govern
mental and municipal authorities
in the country and many organiza-
ti0ns have expressed their willing.
ness to cooperate in endeavoring to
bring before the people the dangers
that lurk in apparently innocent
habits.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-09-22
BALDWIN CONFERS ON
CRISIS IN GERMANY

LONDON, September 22.-Prime
Minister Baldwin was expected to
confer with Foreign Minister Cur
zon today regarding what British
statesmen considered as "the i'm
minent collapse of Germany"
1t was declared, however, that
the latest secret German proposals
for abandonment of passive resist
ance in the Ruhr condition that
German citizens expelled and arrest
ed be allowed to return to then
homes, does not apply directly to
Great Britain, since it was sub
mitted through the Belgian minister
in Berlin.
Great Britain, however, is follow
ing the situation closely and un
derstands Chancellor Stresemann s
proposals have been submitted Of
ficiallv to both Premiers Theunis
and Poincare.
Baldwin was silent in the subject
of his conversations with, Premier
Poincare in Paris, but well Informed
persons believed that the new Ger
man proposals may have been con
sidered by the two premiers and
were not nearly so sanguine as the
French about the truth of reports
widely printed in Paris that Bald
win and Poincare had reached q
basis for agreement.
Great Britain expects "anythlng
to happen" in Germany when the
Stresemann government finally is
forced to announce publicly com
plete capitulation to the French.