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Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-02-22

In making public his letter 10 Presi-
dent Obregon, in which de la Huerta
Is bitterly denounced as traitor,
President Gompers also declared that
charges that the Oregon government
is in any way tainted with n bolshe-
visit tinge are untrue and slanderous.
Il am speaking not only as a result of
constant observation from Washing
ton, but from observation in Mexico
and as a result of long and intimate
acquaintance with President 0bregon
and the other leaders," said President
Gompers.
Obregon Government Is Warmly
Praised.
The Oregon government is sound
ly democratic, the best Mexico ever
had, and it is deserving of the sup
port of all MeXicans and of the friend
ly assistance of all Americans. The
position which our state department
has taken is entirely correct. 1t is an
encouragement to the friends of free
dom and democracy everywhere"
The letter TO President Obregon,
sent to him by messenger, follows:
"Mr. President:
within these past two weeks sew
eral kilograms were received from de
la Huerta, Villareal, Prieto Laurens,
appealing to Secretary Dawson of the
International Association of Machin-
lists, Santiago lglesias, president of
the Porto Rican Federation of Labor,
myself and others imploring each and
all of US to come to Vera Cruz, and
offering to send money if either or all
of us would consent to meet them
These cringing solicitations show how
desperate is the frame of mind and
the situation of the rebels.
81 am authorized by the labor men
whose names | have given above, and
| speak also for myself and in the
name of the American trade union
movement, to state that so long as
the leaders of the revolt continue
their traitorous movement they can
expect nothing but contempt from
us. The duplicity of Adolpho de la
Huerta and his followers is shown
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-02-22

when they represent themselves to US
as ultra-radicals, SAYING that their
movement has the support of the reds,
while on the other hand they say TO
American investors that they stand
for law and order and that Articles
81 and 1913 of the Mexican Constitu-
ton will be made imperative in SO
far as the labor and agrarian reforms
are concerned.
Proof of Duplicity Before Organized
Labor.
proof of this duplieity is before
me, and is undeniable. Jorge Prieto
Laurens in telegram addressed To
me under date of December 81, 1923,
stated that The object of this move
ment Is the specialization of the land
and of the instruments Of production.
The red workers support our move
ment.'
"0n January II, a rebel agent in
Washington and New York, Enrique
Seldner, published statement charg-
ing that the Oregon Gales regime Is
so tainted with red tendencies that
Mexico would be converted into a So
Wet state dominated by Moscow
Rebels Seek TO Fool Employers and
Workers.
"De la HueIta is evidently making
every effort to deceive investors and
employers of Mexico and the United
States on the one hand, and 10 mis-
lead the working people of Mexico on
the other. But neither group nor the
genral public will be so easily mis-
lead.
81 refuse to communicate direct
with Adolpho dc Ia Huerta and his
followers, despite the repeated at
tempts they have made to have me do
30. The only thing they can do it to
give up their unworthy movement and
surrender to the democratic, consti-
tutional government Of Mexico.
assuring you, Mr.. President. OF
my personal consideration, | am
Respectfully yours,
SAMUEL G0MPERS,
chairman Pan-American Federation
of Labor
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-02-22
. Comment and Criticism
Observation-Disclosures.

Mastery inactivity followed by
spasms of near mysteries describes
the action of Congress in the oil lease
scandals.
Many months ago, facts had been
mearthed which showed that Teapot
Dome and other oil lands invaluable
to the nation in time of war were be-
ing given to oil companies for their
own profit. International Labor News
Service told the story in detail and
it was printed in the labor press all
over the United States. Organized
labor demanded action but Congress
refused to get excited.
Now, long after the oil grabs were
put through, Congress suddenly
wakes up to the fact that crime has
been committed. The result has been
a flood of fevered oratory, coupled
with action that is far from Judicial
and which gives certain accused men
the opportunity to intimate that they
are being prosecuted.
If Congress had acted with deter
mination and vigor but without hys-
terics, when the oil grabs were first
exposed, better results would have
been obtained and the oil reserve
lands would again be in possession OF
the Government. :.
Verify, Congress is queer animal!
Senator La Toilette paid deserved
tribute to Harry A. Slattery of WASH
ington, ID. c., leader in the hight 10
protect the oil resources of the nation
from the clutches of greedy explolters.
Speaking in the Senate on the resolu-.
ton calling for the resignation OF
Secretary of the Navy DENLY, Senator
La Toilette expressed his appreciation
of the work of Mr.. Slattery, who mas
contributed articles on the oil scandals
to international Labor News Service
The Senator said:
81 can not pass on to the Dody OF
my address without saying a word
about the splendid services of a pr.
vate citizen, Harry A. Slattery,, OF
Washington, d. c., who | know mas
contributed in no small measure to
the development of this case For
many years as secretary Of the Ma
tional Conservation Association and
later as a practicing attorney, Mr..
Slattery has been verltable Watcn-
dog of the Nations resources. In
every contest over the resources ne
has been on the peoples side, ready
to give his time without compensation
and devote his knowledge of these
questions to the public service. On
more than one occasion during the
long fight that has been made on TINS
floor to protect the Nations water,
power, its timber, its ores, and its oil
from ruthless exploitation | nave
called for Mr.. Slattery's assistance
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-02-22

Large production is eliminating
premium prices for coal, which the
commission says have been boosting
the price of all anthracite. On this
subject the commission reports:
Wholesalers reports show
marked decline in the premium prices
paid the operator f. o. b. mine.
Wholesalers reports, covering only
premium coal of domestic and pea
sizes, show a continued decrease IN
the proportion of anthracite on which
a gross profit of $3.50 or more per
ton was obtained. There was small
err proportion of pea and larger sized
anthracite handled by two or more
wholesalers than for any other two
weeks period since the settlement Of
the strike last September.
although a gross profit OF SZ.oo
per ton was reported for a single car
of anthracite bought from the pro
Queer at $40 per ton f. o. b. mine,
largo gross profits are disappearing
and there is a continued decrease in
the proportion reported as passing
through the hands Of two or more
wholesalers.
PRODUCTION continues large,
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-02-22

amounting to over 95 millions net
tons for the calendar year 1923 as
compared with only So million
tons for the strike year 1922.
The 1923 production was the
largest since 1918. This large
production has already led to a
marked price reduction for pre-.
MUM anthracite, and 1t should
soon eliminate all premium prices.
"As stated in previous reports, the
quantity of anthracite sold by pro
ducers at premium prices forms only
a small part of the total production
but it has been the main cause Of the
high prices charged the consumer.
"Continued use of coke, bituminous
coal and other substitutes for anthra.
cite. especially for stove and nui
sizes which appear TO be in the great
cts demand, will hasten the elimina-
ton of premium anthracite from the
market and establish the entire trade
on a healthier basis. The narrow
ing of wholesalers gross profits ane
the disappearance Of the highesf
premium prices (. o. b. mine should
be promptly reflected in lower prices
TO the consumer"
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-02-22

fairy story teller" Fraulein Tetzner's
iob Is 10 90 from city to city, telling
fairy stories to the boys and girls
who begin to toll in Germany's mines
and mills at an early age. The Gov
ernment thinks that the fairy tales
will bring a little romance into the
dreary lives Of the youthful child
workers. 5.
As yet, the United States hasn't
any official fairy story teller but II
has plenty Of unofficial spinners Of
fairy tales. The leaders in this kind
of story telling are the "open 80 s.--2e-
persp and their publicity men. Their
wild yarns beat anything that Ger,
many's official romancer can tell and
lead to the conclusion that Germany
hasn't anything on the United states
when il comes to romantic stories.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-02-22
Hard Coal Prices Too High
By international Labor News Service.

Washington D. c., Feb Coal prices are lower and
the coal consumer should be beneitng II prices have
not been reduced the retail dealer is poteerng THIS Is
on the authority of the Federal Trade Commission which
says in its latest report on anthracite coal:
"The large production of anthracite the increased
consumption of coke btumnous coal and other substl-
tutes and the publication of the facts regarding the
trade have already enabled the retailer to purchase an,
thracite at considerably lower prices Retailers should
pass these lower prices on to the consumer"
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-02-22
Railroad Strike.

A general strike on the lines OF
the Cuba Railroad Company on De
cember 10, 1928, virtually tied up all
freight and passenger traffic between
Santa Clara and the eastern portion
of the Island, until January ., 1924
when settlement was effected.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-02-22
GOMPERS HITS REVOLT
IN MEXICO AND SCORNS
Meeting With REBELS

Washington, D. c., Feb. 6.-Adolpho de Ia Huerta,
Leader of the rebel movement in Mexico expect
messages from President GOmpers of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor President Gompes made clear in let
ter to President Aware Obregon
DE la Huerta is shown to have eabled to President
Gompers and other labor officials inviting them to Vera
Cruz expenses to be paid by the rebels in the hope of
winning American labor from its friendship and support
of the constitutional democratic government of Mexico
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-02-22
and | never found him wanting"
49,

Unemployment's terrible results are
wildly illustrated by reports from
Vienna telling Of an epidemic OF sui
cides in the Austrian capital: Most
of the suicides were attributed to the
widespread unemployment. In one day
alone. eleven persons took their hyes.
American workers can congratulate
themselves that thanks largely to or
ganized labor's refusal to accept wage
slashes in the years. following the
Arnnistice. there has been no pro
Ionged period of unemployment in this
country, as has been the case in Eu,
rome. If there had been widespread
and long continued unemployment
here. the papers would doubtless De
reporting epidemics of suicides from
American cities, as there Is nothing
that tends more toward the despair
which leads to suicide than unemploy-
ment, stretched over weary months
and years.
Reuorts from Germany tell Of the
annointment of Fraulein Lisa Tetzner,
\ former school teacher, as official
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-02-22
The STOOL PIGEON
AND the OPEN SHOP movement
BY Jean z. Spielman-

THE AMERICAN PUBLISHING COMPANY Room 3S Bostsr
Pbs Mimi Copyrighted 1928 by AMERICAN PUBLISH
Bh Minneapolis Mimi Permission will be granted
M d provided proper credit is given the author
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-02-22
Operative Plasterers
and Cement Finishers Local

Cecil Murphy, President, 500 l..
Columbia Ave.
nenr, brune. Vice President, SIS ".
Beardsley Ave.
James Dunn. Fin. and Ger. See. ala
". Beardsley Ave.. Main a3i7.
Walter Murphy, Treas 70i N. Neil
Street.
c, 4. Spreading. Rec. Sec. 2io ",
Oregon, urbana.
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Meets First and Third Wednesday,
Tao =. NJ Labor Hall.
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-18
THE RAT AND THE SHOEMAKER

<ETM going to tell you a
true story about rat
and a shoemaker" said
I to Bobby one day when he
spoke in rather an unkind way.
about rats.
please do, Foxy Grandpa"
said Bobby.
1T was in England" said,
"a long while ago that this
happened.
There in a small town lived
very Woodworking shoemaker.
He1h had a large family of chill
dren and it was hard work
keeping them ard feeding and
dressing them-even If he could
save money by making their
tshoes himself.
Every night this good shoe
maker prepared a large number
Of strips Of leather, by greasing
them, so that he could work
them into shoes the next day.
And every morning when he
went to his bench to start work
he noticed that several of the
Z strips were missing.
$50 that night he sat UP in
his shop all night and watched"
There he sat-the shoemaker.
And suddenly he heard a scuf-
fling in the corner. And in.
the half.lighted shop what did
he see but a big fat rat come
out Of a hole in the corner, run
over to the strips Of leather,
pick UP one in his mouth and
drag it right into the hole.
$50 the shoemaker decided he
would have to catch that rat.
THE next night he stayed up
again and waited for the tibet.
Sure enough, out of the hole
came the rat. He looked all
around the shop carefully and
then made for the pile Of leather
strips. 4
Z 1.-THE shoemaker was waiting I'M
the dark with a sieve. When the
rat had the strip OF leather in his
mouth and was ready to make
for his hole the shoemaker then
.clapped the sieve down on the
rat. There he was.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-18

Now, the shoemaker had big
club in his hand.
Slowly. he lifted the sieve,
raised the club, expecting to bring
it down on the poor rat with a
sharp blow as he was ready to
run into his hole.
'.But, do you think that rat
ran? Not at all. The shoemaker
lifted the sieve. The rat didn't
bulge, but raised his little eyes
to the man and looked as il he
said:
PLEASE don't kill me. Just
lock up your leather strips and
ask you wife to put away the
goodies which I like and WON'T
bother you at all. Il can't help my
naturep
1.-THE kind man didn't kill the
rat, but gave him some bread
and cheese. Every day after that
the rat came for his dinner and
became so tame that he used to
sit by the shoemaker while he
worked and watch him. And after
a while the rat became a great
pet of the shoemaker's children
and let them play with him. .
<f"1'd like to find rat like that"
said Bobby, with far.away look,
in his blue eyes. ~.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-18

I =. -
MAIN ROWLAND new shoe or
"a new love, to make an old one
seem comfortable and desirable.
= Every time your new sheil1 is
twenty minutes late, you remem-
Der wistfully how your ex-husband
always put his key into the latch
promptly at six-fifteen.
But, oh, how far more wonder.
, full and beneficent would be a
law demanding a three months
wait between the granting OF
! the marriage license and the
signing Of the certificate!
Three whole months. in which
to think it over" and put love
to all the acid tests!
n. OF course, marriage is the great
acidtest Of love, just as eating
mushrooms is the surest way to
discover whether or not they are
toadstools. III
Seeing a man or woman morn.
ings instead Of evenings facing
each other across the breakfast
table while the baby cries, IN
stead Of across a rose-shaded
lamp, while the uklele plays
gives you a totally different light
+ on each other.
You never really KNOW each
other until you have had to share
the same bath sponge, the same
newspaper, and the same dollar
bill.
If you can watch a girl frying
bacon and fighting red ants for
whole week on a summer camp
ing party, and still see the halo
around her head, it's REAL love.
If you can write play or a
novel together, and still remain
on speaking, terms, little thing
like marriage will never break
your friendship.
If you can spend seven evenings
a week together, and still be
eager for the next meeting
II you can teach woman 10
drive a car. or helm her mend a
punctured tire in the rain. with
out wanting to murder her
II you can play GOLF to-
gether--
Then you were mated in
heaven and not even marriage
here on earth can separate you! !,
Copyright, 1921. King Features,
Syndicate. Inc,)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-18

easily rem0V- 1hAhleS A-LHEEO
able any dirt or excess of oily
secretions that may have ac-
cumulated upon the surface. 1t
materially adds to the solvent
properties of soap when used for
cleansing purposes.
These effects may be said to
be proportional to the tempera.
ture.
The effect of a hot bath upon
the nervous system is really the
effect Of temperature almost
without reference to the medium
through which the temperature
is applied.
Through the nervous system
the hot bath acts upon the cir.
culation of blood.
Here are some of the things
that happen when you take hot
bath. On, first getting into q
bath with the temperature as in
dicated. the sensation of heat
may be so pronounced as to sug.
gest scalding. In a moment,
however. the heat tolerance OF
the part Of the body that has
been Immersed in the water will
be so increased that the sensation
will be agreeable. And I must
add just here that in this effect
with its tendency to induce too
long a dalliance in the water is
to be found the chief danger Of
the hot bath,
This danger consists in the fact
that several things happen in
your body as result of the in
fluence of the heat.
The first effect is to paralyze
the little nerves, called vase
motors" that control the size of
the little. blood-vessels called
"capillaries." AS result, these
little blood.vessels dilate and the
skin becomes filled with blood
and looks correspondingly red.
This is the primary effect by
which the blood is thus attracted
from the internal organs to the
surface and the congestion of
these organs is thereby tempo
rarily relieved.
In a little while, however. the
secondary effect Of the heat on
the nerves and through the nerves
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-18
TO THE
LOVELORN
BY Beatrice Fairfax
Under False Pretenses.

Under False Pretetses.
IN EAR MISS FAIRFAx:
have been going out
~ with "a young man for a
year and hall. We liked each
other very much. He has been
entertained at my home and
has met my parents and aunts.,
Recently, we met some Of
his friends at a party. While
was dancing with one Of
these friends he asked whether
he could make an appointment
with me for the following. after
noon as he had something i'm
portant to tell me. ,41,
/ met him at my door, and he
informed me that my. young man
friend is married and lhas four
children. When leaving my
friend i had not made any de-.
finite appointment, but pre-
sumo liey expected to hear from.
me by; phone. However, after
hearing this story, which I'm,
inclined to, believe rs true, I de-
cided not to cali him up. II
Sometimes Il think that one
or both, ofSthem may be schem-
ing about something and Il am
very much puzzled. have
never met his people and don't
know his. address. Please help
me out Of my dilemma.
ANXIOUS PEGGY. \
hurst oftall, Peggy. call up
your young man friend. Ask
him to. come to see you, as you
have an important message for
him.
When he calls, tell him in
friendly manner without men
tioning names-of the rumor that
has reached you. Aslsslaln4 wheth-
er the report Is truef This much
you owe to a friend Of over a.year's
standing. It's never wise to ac-
cept rumors about friends with
out first verifying the r,imors. He.
may be able to explain and clear
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THE HOT BATH 4
DR.. Reed Tells Of the Effects Of a Hot
Bathand When and How
to Take One.

on the blood vessels is expert.
enced. This effect is to CONTRACT
the capillaries and drive the
blood back into the internal Or.
gans.
The next link in the chain Of !
effects is to make the heart work /.
harder i'm its effort to pump
blood into the now contracted !
superficial capillaries. 4
The final effect is to irnpart q +
sense Of weakness growing out Y
of this effect upon the heart.
1t Is for this reason that the
hot bath is looked upon and IL [
used by physicians as a depres.
SAINT or sedative. NJ
This sedative effect Is mani a
tested by the fact that the skin
becomes pale, the pulse rate is 4
increased, the force of the blood
in the arteries is lessened. the
action of the skin is diminished.
the temperature is sometimes
lowered from one to two degrees,
there is a languid feeling. the
capacity to do muscular work is Z
greatly diminished, the respira-
ton is not so full and there is ]
lowered production of bodily !.
heat. a
The hot bath ought to there
fore never to be taken habitually
at the high temperatures Of 1
bodily tolerance without physi- {
clans prescription. At the lower
temperature it ought never to be y
taken unless it can be followed
by dash of cooler water and
by a period OF repose. 1t is for
this reason that the hot bath or
preferably the warm bath is best
taken at bedtime.
Copyright. 1924 King Features
Syndicate. Inc. ~
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-18
WHEN IN
DOUBT
BY Cornelius Beekman
Sending Thanks
NEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:

Sending I hanks
nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ / have been oat OF the city
visiting relatives and friends and
was entertained a great deal. Now
on my return home I intend to
send cards back thanking every
one for the hospitality shown me.
Please tell me il 1 should sign my
name to them, and should use
the word MRS. in the signature?
L. NJ.
YOUR ideasof expressing your
i appreciation of the kindness
of these friends is perfect. There
fore should advise you to use the
perfect medium for expressing
your thanks ana the perfect way
is the writing OF a fine note Of
appreciation and thanks. This is
so much better form than sending
a card, for card is more public"
and therefore, naturally, not so
personal. am sure that your wish
to express your thanks will bios
som into a fine note. The kind
ness of these hosts and hostesses
deserves your best expression.
The note. or the card, should be
signed without the MRS" 1t
should be signed with the first and
last names of your maiden name
and your husbands last name:
Lillian Allen Mott.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-18
RECIPES OF
CONTESTANTS.

Orange and Peanut Salad.
/ banana.
2 oranges. w
/, VI cup peanuts.
Lettuce.
: French dressing.
Remove skin from banana,
scrape and cut in quarters
1engthwise) and thirds (crosswise),
and roll in peanuts, finely
chopped. Pare and cut oranges
in slices (crosswise), cut out cen.
ter and insert piece Of banana
through each slice. Arrange on
bed of lettuce and serve with
French dressing.--Mrs, William
Burruss, 4409 Eads street north.
east.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-18

YWNHE old with the white hair
his and loses himself in memories girl with red
- cheeks who dressed differently
little hat little hands
muff and enchanted his bused
The orchestra symphony the young people
around him be chatteng in whisper that than
Shout music hath real realities
that mobut only dreamtha the old shuts his
tight to shut the sudden and to shut out the word
The caught midway of hilarious mood With his
careree mouth wide might Above his laughter music
lifts magic voice. becons the off the road Loves
bypath In the haze of cigarette smoke his grown
tender serious girl color