davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1924-05-11

a Representative Free pictured in
Nlnute detail the history of the Japa-
.ese situation from it's early inception,
una brought out all of the high spots
Town to the present discussion on the
Hti now before President Coolidge. He
Sald that not single President of the
Lhited States had approved measures
pstrlcting immigration until President
Harding signed the > per cent law
Many of the Secretaries of State in the
past, he said, had, in conjunction with
Various Presidents, endeavored to han
NE the matter through diplomatic
sources, but the results have failed to
reileVe the situation in favor of the
United States
fhs speaker said that there WE'RE more
man 10000 Japanese in the United
states Today, who were purchasing the
most fertile farming land in the coun-
Try, raising products and securing high
prices for these products. out Of eight
cen selected counties in California 49.7
per cent OF the population are Japanese,
specially in the famous Sacramento
county. He told of the potato king, who
Is millionaire and controls that prod
uct on the Pacific coast. They practical
~ have control, he continued. of the
hshlng Industry in British Columbia
ana some points along the coast. The
plcture-bride" scheme, he declared,
was but another scheme for bringing in
Japanese women, who the day after
their arrival are put to work on farms.
A report of the board of governors
of the post clubhouse was presented
by Chairman L. Lester Jones. Will
liam s. Babcock was elected a mem
her of the post. George Z. Pickett,
Sd. was appointed chairman of the
hospitality committee to receive visit
ing legiounaires at the clubhouse.
At the meeting of the post next
Tuesday motion pictures will be
shown of the fishing industry of
. Alaska. 1t will be ladies night"
which is proving quite Il feature in
tthe new clubhouse.
Department Commander Paul J.
McGahan was present during the eve
ming and was invited 10y Post Com
mander Mohler to address the meet
ing. He told of the work of the de-
partment and of the recent winning
out of the Indebtedness of the organ
IZation and the qualification that mad
resulted among legionnaires in the
department He urged that activi-
ties now be centered on increasing
The membership in order that the
department be represented at the
national convention as in past years.
Henry C. Spengler Post Auxiliary
is to hold five hundred card party
at the Gavel Club, 719 18th street
northwest, May %, at $50 o'clock.
The annual state convention of the
the Disabled American War Veterans
has been called for. June Z. Three
additional chapters have been added
Evening star., 1924-05-11
THE SUNDAY STAR WASHINGTON, D c. 1gA-PART

discussed at this meeting. Stuart
Walcott Post has been assigned by
the G. A. r. to decorate the graves
at the Congressional cemetery. The
American Legion Auxiliary, Walcott
Post unit, beaded by its president,
gagged for several weeks passed in
the making of huge poppies for the
cemetery graves. The flags and large
wreaths have been given by the G..
A. r.
The City Club has been engaged
for a costume ball to be given by the
post Halloween eve.
An American Legion Glee Club is
now being formed for the benefit of
the entire department by Command
voices only. Legionaires of all posts
who wish to take part are requested
to send their names and addresses
to the Stuart Walcott Post. 1t is
planned to give it's first concert at
the Willard in the fall.
Washington members of the Ameri-
can Legion have been invited to join
with Philadelphia legionnaires, May
is, when the Pennsylvanians make
their second annual pilgrimage to
Arlington and the tomb of the I'm
known Soldier. A program of un-
usual attractiveneSS has been pre-
pared for the occasion.
Last year the Philadelphians made
their first trip to the great national
cemetery and patriotic shrine, and
several months ago Department Com
mander Paul J. McGahan of the Dis
trict of Columbia Department of the
American Legion extended an invita-
tion to the Philadelphia county COM
mittee volunteering the cooperation
of local legionnaires in the necessary
preparations.
The direct result was that the
Philadelphia pilgrimage was en-
larged to take in the whole state of
Pennsylvania and two special trains.
one starting from Philadelphia and
the other from Pittsburgh, will bring
the legionnaires from the Keystone
state to Washington next Sunday.
The Philadelphia group will arrive
in the Capital at IL o'clock and will
proceed at once to Arlington. where
Evening star., 1924-05-11

public has directed it's operation for
many years. Through this legislation
the local department headquarters of
the American Legion will be enabled
to provide temporary shelter for vet
Grams stranded in Washingto
Another of the amendments to ex-
listing law that was obtained will
relieve the department welfare fund
of a considerable item of annual ex-
pense, since under the provision of
providing transportation TO their
to an amendme0t to the item provid-
ing $1,500 for this purpose. This
amendment increased the appropria-
tion to $4,000 and enlarged the field
to which it shall apply to include in
digent eX-service men and their fam
lilies stranded in Washington
A third accomplishment was the en-
darging of the circumstances under
which the government will provide
grave sites for former service men
and women who die in the District
of Columbia without the necessary
funds to defray funeral expenses. 1t
had been hoped to enlarge this to in
clude members of their families, but
this proposal was voted down.
James f. Walker Post. No. &c, Ameri-
can Legion, held it's first meeting of the
month at the 18th Street Branch of
the Y. NJ. c.. A. last Thursday There
was a large turnout, and Past Com
mander A. c. Newman presided. Chair
man Roscoe G. Clayton of the dance
committee announced a change of date
f"r the dance from May 90 to May 80, at
the Scottish Rite Hall, on 18th street
northwest. A letter was read from
Evening star., 1924-05-11

IL Z SS u e " L e
the members of
Feorge Washing
Ton Post, No. l,
the oioneer post
OF the American
egion, last Tues
Gay night on the
Japanese situation
on the Pacific
coast, was accord
ed a hearty re-
" e pit on. Th e
speaker was the
guest of the post
ana was intro
uuced by Post
Commander Lew
-. MrfhIar
Evening star., 1924-05-11
Veterans of Great War

Declaring that this was the proper
time in America for but one language
and one flag. Representative Arthur
NJ. Free of California, in a spirited
Evening star., 1924-05-11
DESCRIPTIONS:

Beautiful building sites, some OF
which are wooded, lying between
Eighth and Fifth streets, and inter-
secting avenues; served by both
car lines, fanked on two sides by
houses built by such men as Ward
man, Cafritz and other prominent
builders.
Follow Wardman when invest
ing in real estate" He has bought
a tract BEYOND Longfellow Ter
race, and will erect 800 houses, be-
ginning at once.
Evening star., 1924-05-11
How to Get There:

By street car: Take Capital Trac-
tion Company cars marked "Ta-
koma" that run north on 18th
street, get off at 9TH and Kennedy
and walk one block north on 9TH
street; or take the cars on 9th
street running north marked
"Brightwood" or "Takoma Park"
and get off at Georgia and Colo
RADIO avenues, and walk two blocks
east on Shepherd road.
By auto: Go out Georgia avenue
or 10th street to Longfellow street,
east on Longfellow direct to Long
fellow Terrace.
Write or phone my office, Main
457, for map cut showing location
of property and lots to be sold.
Evening star., 1924-05-11
TERMS:

Only 1919 cash at the time of sale
together with $40 per lot auc-
tioneer's fee; balance easy terms.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-12-12
LABOR CONVENTION
HAS APPROVED
PENSION LAWS

FL Paso, Texas, Nov. 20.--Ap-
proyal Of the -rinciple Of old age
pensions was voted by the A. +. Of l..
convention. Trade unionists are
called upon 10 defend these old age
pension laws. The executive council
recommended that this subject be
studied in the light of the larger prob
lem Of labor insurance.
The old age pension, in principle,
attempts 10 do the same thing as the
insurance companies are writing for
assured incomes. In essence, all
forms Of life insurance are a method
Of prolonging the income producing
capacity Of the indiyidual-whether
during old age or after death" the
council said.
ut Is evident that our trade unions
must render increasing service to our
membership to conform to our grow
ing standards Of industrial and so
cial welfare. and the method for Sc
curing desired results must be given
most careful and searching considera-
tiOn in order that we establish agen-
cies that will bring dependable and
constructive results
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-12-12
FOES OF CHILD
LABOR BAN PRES
ENT MOB SPIRIT

Opponents present a shameful
spectacle IN their hghl against the
federal child labor amendment
These opponents have abandoned
their. states rights plea and are at
tempting 10 tcrtiiy the people with
/ hair-faiSlng tales Of a governmental
Ftankenstein thai viii crunch the
nations children In its remerselcss
naw--iust as the mills and factories
for instance, are now doing,
Their untruthful statements and
their inuendaes would he ludierous II
helpless children were not involved
Throwing principle and deeeucy
aside, the pfehteets of child labor pose
a. The god fairy who would protect
childhood ffom the one lefee that has
waved war against these prohteets.
efhherish by the most irresponsible
Is accepted as everlasting truth and
mole hills are reared To mountain
Sl9e II these bat tertify the people
The Georgia legislature reached the
heights Of this inanity when il de.
elared that adoption Of the amend
ment would givs irrcvoeahle support
10 a rebellion Of childhood which
menaees our civilization
The claim thai congress will stop
all farm labor under Is years Of age
is the most popular demagoguery of
the amendment foes,
In 1916 and tn 1919 congress be
lieved II had the power to regulate
child labor. In neither instance WAS
farm labor prohibition considered
or even suggested
Amendment foes do not tell the peo-
pie that the states have the power
to stop farm labor or any ether labor.
under lS years, The reason that that
power Is not applied Is the same rea-
son that would deter congress public
opinion and the lawmakers common
sense.
Many states prohibit child labor
under Is years in certain sallngs,
such as night messenger service, lead
mines and other callngs that are
morally and physically harmful to
minors.
The federal amendment would give
congress the same power. though this
would he limited 10 iS years. There
Is no limit TO the right of the states.
aaese facts are ignored hy the
amendment foes. They reject reason
and truth, They appeal to every pas
sion, prejudice and hate to develop q
mob spirit that child labor profits may
continue
The men and women who resort TO
these methods are unworthy the name
Of Americans.
They are the wolfpaek, whose rec.
ord is 100 per cent opposition TO So
cial legislation of every kind
Mob appeals and wolfpaok tactics
have no place In democracy.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-12-12
WEAKEN CONGRESS,
is BIG BIZ PLAN
OF WALL STREET

New York, Nov. 2o.--The Wall
Street Journal voices the financial
worlds opposition TO "tinkering with
the eonstitution"~-u unless said tinker
ing" restricts the peoples power.
In that case the 'tinkering" is
statesmanshis of the hiehest order.
The w. S. j. wants two changes In
the constitution. Ii wants the presi-
dent TO have the power to veto Bpe-
cific items In appropriation bills with
out being Obliged TO return the whole
measure TO congress, and II wants
things fixed so that when the presi-
dent calls an extra session Of con
Rress. he can dictate 20 congress what
the aw-making branch may consider.
The veto power over any appropria-
ton would be an abandonment of the
age-long principle that law making
bodies control the nations purse
strings. This has been the great
restraining power that the legisla-
tive branch has always held over the
executive.
The two suggestions Of the Wall
Street Journal are in accord with its
declaration Of June 10, 1924; "Busi-
ness proposes that the president shall
govern the United States and is taxi
ing steps to make It's will effective"
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-12-12
TUBERCULOSIS
NOW ON THE
RUN IN STATE

Springfield, Dec. 10.-0ver 5000
graves have been robbed in Illinois
this year while the undertakers Of
the state are poorer by the tidy sum
of 100000. This, al least, Is the
opinion of DR.. Isaac d. Rawlings,
state health director, who declares
that funerals from tuberculosis now
average Il daily against "a six years
ago.
Had the 1921 tuberculosis mortal
ity rate prevailed in Illinois last year
over 5000 people who are now living
would be dead and buried, DR.. Rawl-
ings said. Unofficial statistics for
the first eleven months of this year in
dicate that the rate will reach new
low level for 1924. tuberculosis case
reports up to December l were over
100 short of those for the same
period of 1928 while mortality statis-
tics for the first three quarters indi-
cate a ten per cent decline"
The 1918 mortality rate from
tuberculosis stood at 1876 per 100000
population. Last years rate was s.
while the statistics thus far received
promise a figure in the seventies for
1924. In 1918 the number of deaths
charged against tuberculosis in llli-
nois was S,579. Last year it was
5,557 while for the first nine months
of this year it was slightly above
1000. The last quarter Is usually
low so that prospects are good for
new minimum record.
1T is significant that the mortality
rate from tuberculosis in Chicago was
distinctly higher than that for the re-
mainder of the state until 1920. Since
that time the situation has been re-
versed, last year the Chicago rate
being 81 against so for the state.
Coincident with the sharp decline IN
the Chicago rate which began in 1911
the anti-tuberculosis work in that city
became considerably more extensive
than previously.
'"The favorable situation in regard
to tuberculosis is the result of con-
certed effort along very definite, well
planned lines. At the present time
there are AZ counties operating under
the Glakin law which provides funds,
through taxation, for fighting tuber-
culosis. There are a dozen commo-
sfieus, well equipped ounty sanitaf
iums, and half dozen municipal
sanitariums in operation in the state.
There are state and local organiza-
tions that are active against tubercu-
losis in every county and community.
progress made against tuberculo-
sis during the last six years has been
remarkable, not to say phenomenal.
The mortality rate has dropped 40
per cent. On the other hand the
problem of the great white plague is
far from solved. Out of the 2O5
officially designated causes of death
tuberculosis stood fifth from the top
of the list of the most fatal last year.
The important thing is that progress
has been made and that proves that
the methods employed in the fight
are giving results.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-12-12
LABOR INEFFI-
CIENCY" TALES
NOT BACKED UP

Washington, Dec. 6.-The average
newspaper article and interview ON
tabor inefficiency" in the building in
dustry is not founded on fact.
This summarizes a study on La
Dor Productivity and Costs in Ger
tain Building Trades" by Ethelbert
Stewart, commissioner of the United
States bureau of labor statistics, who
publishes an exhaustive study of this
question in the Monthly Labor Re
view issued by the bureau. The com
missioner says:
Notwithstanding the persistence
of articles and interviews in news
papers and trade journals about the
relative inefficiency of labor as COM
pared with former years, this bureau
was unable to find a single building
contractor, superintendent or foreman
who had a record of work done per
man hour on the jobs in progress or
upon any former job.
at was necessary, therefore, Tor
the agents of the bureau to locate
building projects just begun or just
about to begin and then to make ar
rangements with the responsible con-
tractor to have the actual time of the
men kept for the purposes of this re-
port, and not only that, but to follow
up each job day bv day to see that
the record was being kept"
Commissioner Stewards statement
is in line with a report by a com
mittee of the Federated American
Engineering Societies, annointed by
Herbert Hoover to investigate wastes
in industry. That committee said;
"Few contractors keep accurate
enough records of work accomplished
bv the workmen to furnish an ap-
proximation of the unit costs from
day to day.
"In a recent hearing claim, was
made by a contractor that a brick
LAYER laid 1,50O brick before the war
and was laying 500 in 1921. This was
answered very properly by repr!esen-
tatives of the workmen that, without
most exact knowledge, variations IN
the kinds of walls make comparisons
like this absurd"
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-12-12
WORKER INVESTS
HIS LIFE; BOSS IN
VESTS HIS MONEY

New York, Dec. 6.-"The union has
bigger stake in the garment indus
ny as whole than any other factor
IN the trade" said Morris Sigman,
resident of the international La
aes Garment Workers union, in
afHng employers to accept the unions
o2n to reform that industry.
IN explaining why the union has a
greater interest in the industry than
anyone else, President Sigman said:
The manufacturer and jobber have
only their money invested. If the in
aastry goes bad they can get into an
eJher one. But the workers has his
me invested. If the only industry in
which ne is skillful worker goes bad,
ai5 means of livelihood is gone"
II Is because the union wants the
INDUSTRY to be a healthy one is the
reason the manufacturer is asked TO
a4o the worker in removing onerous
'oaaallons, said the trade unionist.
,; An industry that is rapidly being
g.lsIntegrated; ~ that is being disgraced;
.1@' Is turnin" into a mad and un-
ssaeeeSsful scramble for money; that
aaaS the quality of its product con-
s.dAtIy growing worse, is bad indus
p Tor man to labor in," said
PRESIDENT Sigman.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-12-12
EMPLOYEES OF
TRACTION SYS-
TEN STILL OUT

business that does not make
z..,gb profit to pay its employees
e, wages is failure, and should
sssse doing business.
Tbfs. or words 10 this effect, was
.ss decision of a board of arbitration
.Ei~b settled a controversy not long
sss between a group of workers and
.5eir employer.
AID il sounds reasonable at that.
re strike of the Illinois Traction
s....sm trainmen which is now fve
-. old was called because the COM
- refused 10 paw what the strik-
- rall fair wages for overtime work
80 because Of the eompany's refusal
= recognize the closed shop.
The workers asked slime and one
ss1f fer all time worked over 10
Esa,. day-up TO 10 hours, the legal
init. This was refuesd because the
ssmpanv said it cannot afford it on
seeount Of insufficient business.
Il is also claimed the company
wishes TO reduce wages of its EN-
MOVES so that it can reduce fares:
We have heard of cases like this
before. but when it came to reducing
fares that part fiZzled out.
There is no doubt that the passen-
Ger business of the |. I. S. has fallen
etT during the past several years
There are two causes for this: Auto
mobiles, and the company's indiffer'
ence to the needs of the public, espe-
eially the working public.
We remember when the early morn
ing car sarriving in the Twin Cities
and the 5:25 p. m. car leaving Cham
naign were jammed to the bumpers
With workmen coming from outlying
towns. But the company began tc
mixer with its schedule so that the
workers could neither get to or fron
their work without losing grea'
amount of time. For instance: A
workman who commenced his duties
At o'clock arrived in town before
7 o'clock, and if he quit work at
5'oelock he must wait until o:oo u
get car home. The company had
car leaving Champaign at 4;55, Jus
about 10 minutes too soon to tax
care Of those who live west of town.
At the present time school children
from the west must go to school a a
T.40 Trey can return home at 5:oo
Some service!
The result of the company's tinker
ing with its train schedules has bee
that nearly all its former patron
have ceased to depend upon the car
and have procured automobiles.
The company is not making enoug
money to pay fair wages to its EN-
ployes, but we notice it is offering
very good inducement to those VIII
have been and are buying its stock
new block Of over a million dollars
Of which has just been authorized.
Sounds like blowing both hot anc
GELD with the same breath.
Our advice to the COMPANY is, if i
cannot make enough profit to pay it
employees decent wages, to tear up it
tracks and quit business.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-12-12
VALUE OF UNION
ISM is VIVID
LY SHOWN

San Francisco, Dec. 6.--Nowhere In
the world can a more Illuminating
object lesson on the benefits Of organ
ization be presented than in com
parison Of the wages, hours and
working conditions Of the unionized
municipal railway men and the non
union Market street railway men Of
this city, which run side by side, and
even i'm some instances on the same
streets with the municipal line.
Incredible as it may seem, the non
union employees in San Francisco are
working for 20 cents an hour less
than the union men receive and with
a work day from 10 to II hours,
spread over II to 10 hours time, and
they have no vacation with pay. as is
enjoyed by the union men.
The organized workers have the
eight-hour day and two weeks vaca-
ton with full pay each year, and
better working conditions.
Many attempts have been made to
organize these low naid nOn-union
men, but their ranks are found to be
infested with spies and informers,
ex-strikebreakers, etc, from all over
the country
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-12-12
VICTOR OLANDER'S
EYE SIGHT NOW
BEING RESTORED

The best news we have heard for a
long time is the report that Bro. Vie
tor A. Oander, Secretary Of the Hi
nois State Federation Of Labor has
regained his sight, after being nj.
most totally blind for nearly five
years. Bro. Olander is well known In
the Twin Cities and Is beloved by the
trade unionists Of this district
During the world war Bro. Olandef
served the government in the capacity
Of an industrial adjuster, he was on
the War Labor Board with Frank !.
Walsh and these two men worked
nobly to adjust any industrial differ.
ences that came up during that per
iod. Olander worked day and night
to take care Of his Office and the gov
ernment work and the fast going
without rest or sleep, eventually wore
him down until the final collapse
came. Only those very close to him
know what he went through and II
was hard struggle to bring him
back 90 health.
After spending many months down
in Florida away from the haunt8 Of
men, Olander began to gather back
his health, but his eyes were affected
and his weakened condition brought
on cataracts, which made him blind.
Olander was not made Of the stuff
that quits under such circumstance
and during the years he has been af
nlicted, he has successfully carried on
IN the interests Of labor. During
the campaign in connection with the
proposed constitution, Vic Olandel
understood the leadership in opposi.
ton.
Olander has shown great courage
during his affliction, because during
that time there has been great at.
tackg made upon the labor movement
and he has been in the forefront oi
the battle 20 save the unions from
these attacks.
He has been secretary Of the Fed
Grafton for nearly ten years and ha'
been second vice president Of tht
Seamen's Union for many years.
He is under treatment al Miles
Michigan, under Doctor +. n. Bonine
and his many friends are hopeful thaf
/ the operation will be a complete
success and that Vic will have hi.
sight restored completely.