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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-20

DuT Mum completely surprised
II tho wlscncrea. including Lewis.
Not only did no deprive tho latter
OF hls mueh.cherished crown, but
he injured him 40 badly Il is quss-
tionabls II Lewis viii ever appear
on the mat again.
with tho coming OF Mum into
top honors. wrestling should take
a new lease on life. Munn's victory
should put tho game on much
higher plane. II should place Il on
a loftior level than Il has been In
quite a stretch.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-20
TENDLER IS
KNOCKED OUT

PiTTsBURG. Jan. 20.--Lew Tend.
Ter. Philadelphia lightweight, who
gave Benny Leonard his two hard.
est fights when hc was tho leading
contender for the championship. was
knocked out for the first time in his
career here last night by Jack Zivic.
Pittsburg junior weltcrwelght.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-20
Monument Planned
for Notre Dame Team

Notro Dame students will SGT UP a
memorial tablet to porpetuate tho
names OF the 1924 national champion.
ship grid squad ut n celebration Fri.
day night in honor OF the team.
Jimmy Crowley. one OF the Four
Horsemen. who has been III in SAN
Francisco, will be here for tho cello
brntIon.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-20
SCHOOL
CAGERS PLAY

West Seattle and Garfield nre
playing tho feature high school h1s.
ketbali game this afternoon nt West
Seattle. both teams having won their
nratn starts.
Tho other games hre AZ follows;
Roosevelt NJ Lincoln. broadway al
Queen Anne. Ballard at Franklin.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-20
Jack Britton Boxes
Tanner in Portland

PORTLAND, Jan. 20.-Jnck Brit.
ton. formerly worlds welterweight
champion, will meet Ivy Tannsr Of
ST. Paul in a i0.round bout hero
Thursday night.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-20
Whitman Five Wins
Willamette Battle

wALLA wALLA. Jan. 20.-whIt.
mans basketball five won n close
game from Willamette university
hero last night. q 10 "a. II was
Whitmnn's first victory in the
Northwest conference.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-20
Oregon Aggies Win
Over Gonzaga Five

SPOKANE. Jan. 2o.--The Oregon
AgRics just nuaed out yictora over
GonzaEu uniyersity's basketball five
here last night by score Of 3. TO
81 The AEgics scored just 10 sec.
onds before tho end OF tho rumo.
the tally putting them into tho
lead.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-20

opinion that me
prsssnt hole
eoume was going
70 30 enlarged fs
one of IS holes b.
building the add
fional holes The
property across
the Black river
from the pressn
layout and ths
tho old ciubhotts
would still cGn
tinue hs part Of
the scheme
This latter plan
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-20
AbOutFiights
and Fighters
NJ LEA Il, .....r.Nr
By LEO II. LASSEN

NTILL Benny Leonard
w stick to his retirement
rs undefeated lightweight
champion, or will he wait q
few years and then try q
comeback, like Jim Jeffries
did?
That's what the boxing
fans are wondering rs they
read the announcement OF
Leonard'S retirement.
The champion is well fixed rnan,
claIly. as be has made lot OF
money IN tho ring ana out % H.
and they say he knows how 90
keep d.
Lure Of tho game keeps many
old ball players un the diamond
long after they have passed
their prime. but lis usually
need for quick money that
keeps fighters i'm the ring after
they have started TO so back.
II Leonard'a title passes 20 some
other fighter the glamour % tho
honors may detract considerably
from Leouard's drawing power on
the stage. Tor It's no secret that
Leonard is far from being a David
warneld behind the footlghta ns
yet.
That there isn't enough high.
class competition 90 keep Leon.
ard busy Is stretching things
considerably. Mickey Walker
has been after him for several
seasons and there's Sid Terris,
the coming New Yorker, and
sammy AIandell. the Illinois
flash. aud several others cap
able Of giving Leonard a fight
Leonard. practically unmarked
from his many fights IN the ring
win undoubtedly stay out 81 the
glove sport as long az he doesn't
need the money but the old dlnero
has brought EN- back before, and
leonard may not be any exception
10 the rule.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-20
MoRRE sCHAIFnsR WINS

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Jan. co
MorrIe schlaiffer, Omaha. wolter-
weight, stopped frankie vinchell.
Wilkesbarre, in the eighth round
when the referee stopped the bout.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-20
Manager Not
Badly Hurt
in Accident
First Report Had Ryan
Suffering From FrAc-
tured Skull; Gossip

LTuo still laid up
from a recent an.
tamabGs accident.
Buddy Ryan will 10
ablo 20 manage tho
Sacramento club
when the team Euvs
into spring training
Ryan. returning
from a hunting trip
tho other day was
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-20
California
Quintet Is
Dangerous

n MAS
championship var
city basketball
team ~ getting
away 10 n poor
start in the
south. but Il
doesn't mean any
thing.
The Bears lost
two practice
gam cA 70 tho
olympic club and
tho Stockton Am
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-20
GREE X. O. VICTOR

GAINESVILLE. Ohio. Jan. 90
Harry Greb. worlds mlddleweIght
champion, stopped Johnny Papke.
Cleveland. in the seventh round.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-20
JACK DELANEY WINS

WlLkEsBARRE, Jan. aO.-JaoIS
Delaney, Bridgeport nliddlewelght,
won 1o-round decision from Allen.
town Joe Cans. Cans was floored
in the seventh.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-20

NliIy ITIIEtI ana shRkrn up. and
first reports sent out from tho cali
iorula City were that Ryan had sus
tanned a fractured skull and was In
a very precarious condition.
Later news from tho south. how.
ever. state that tho veteran baseball
man wasn't seriously injured and
would Ia AZ thu helm OF the solons
when tho gonE rang
Ryan. one ot the best,likcd play,
ers IN tho league when ho was
regular. was made manager og the
Sacramento team late last season
when Charley Pick was relieved Of
tho position.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-20
Y. w. A. Team
Easy Victor in
Girls Contest

THE speedy Y. W. c. a. Athletic
l. club basketball team won over
tho Telephone Co. girls. ~ 10 8. in
tho open contest OF tho women's
Commercial league. played Monday
night on tho Y. W. c. A. floor.
Miss Fennoil. with 20 points TO
her credit. was hlgh.point girl. with
Misses Hansen and Toner also up
in tho scoring column.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-20

Tex Richard has mndo an official
ranking Of the fighters Of the coun
try. the emphaEis being on tho rank.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-20

Harry Gardner may try come
back with the san Francisco Seals.
Tho spithall HEAVIER didn't get
along very wrll with the Port
land bosses last year and had
the poorest season he ever ~.
psricnccd la tho Coast league.
The year previous with Seattle he
won e games and was one OF the
most effective pitchers in the
league
II was surprising that he
should have Euno back As far
as his record shows. Gardner
wasn't with the team very much
In Portland last year. but
pitched good bali In the closing
weeks.
Frisco Iq up against Il Tor pitch.
crs. and II Gardner can come back
no viii make that team a valuable
aecelyer.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-20
Columbia Crew
Coach Is Here

Fred Miller. head rowing coach
~ Columbia university. New
York ci'y. was an Interested Hrrc.
iatpr az tho University Of Wash.
iugion crew turuouts Monday
Miller, who spent the afternoon
in tho launch with Coach Russell
Callow. was fnyonhly Impressed
with the early ,acaHon work OF tho
national champions.
Miller expects 20 remain hero
In Seattle n few more days before
returning East.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-08-28

Allentown, Pa.-The newly-formed
Tile Settlers Union has secured a
wage agreement. Rates are advanced
to 771a cents an hour.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-08-28
Words Of Gompers of 40 Years Ago Stir
Delegates to N. Y. Labor Convention

Fed by Gompers in 1856. The con-
tractor pays very small price for
the work, the states provide the work
shops and maintain the prison work
ers, and honest wares are undersold
and their production discouraged.
Cone shirt manufacturer boasted he
had 100000 working shirts made in
state prisons in one year under this
plan. These products compete un-
fairly with the products of free labor
and honestly employed capital"
President Holland also said that
high interest charges for loans and
mortgage money also was restricting
the construction industry and the
building of homes.
As remedy he suggested the edu-
cation of the consuming public to the
Importance of their purchasing power
and demand for fair goods. The ad-
vancement of the union label. he
argued, would do this most effective
ly.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-08-28
Living Standards Reduced
By Low-Grade Immigrants,
So College Head Declares

Williamsport, Mass.--In discussing
immigration before the institute of
politics, Prof. Edward NJ East, of
Harvard University, favored restrict
ed immigration. He said that the
most important reason for this policy
was that low-grade immigrants would
eventually lower the quality of the
race, and make Americans unfit to
face the more bitter struggle for ex-'
istence as our population grows.
The speaker scored sentimentalists
who demand the open door to every
immigrant, regardless of the effect on
this nation.
Prof. East read a 'Decalogue on
immigration" giving 10 arguments
for the restriction of immigration:
81. Emigration forced as an econ
omic necessity by population density
affords no permanent relief to the
homeland because the ensuing birth
release re-establishes the old equilib-
rum.
"2. Conditions in this country are
today and will continue to be such
that newcomers will meet increas-
ingly bitter competition, which must
be accepted under unfamiliar condi-
tions and often with linguistic
handicap.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-08-28
Address to State Body in
Year He Was Elected to Head
AT. of L. Recalled by Holland

By international Labor News Service.
Syracuse.-The voice of Samuel
Gompers, his views on the problems
of the state labor movement, were
echoed to the delegates to the sixty
second annual convention of the New
York State Federation Of Labor to-
day by James p Holland, president,
in opening the convention.
Sam Gompers was the seventh
president of the New York State Fed
GRAFTON of Labor, which is a much
older body than the American Fedora
ton of Labor. He became its presi-
dent in 1886 at the Albany conven-
ton, the same year he was chosen to
lead the newly formed A. F. of l..
His words then were not only pro-
phetic, but they showed his ability
was as marked in his early career as
in later life.
Gompers reported that "more laws
of beneficial character to labor were
enacted" at the 1885 session of the
legislature than any previous year.
That year the first child labor law
was passed, prohibiting employment
of children under 13 years Of age. He
assailed the contract labor system in
prisons, lauded the states enactment
of a state board of arbitration for
the peaceful settlement of disputes
between workers and employers, he
demanded more funds for the bureau
of labor statistics, at least five fac
tory inspectors, and that workmen be
called to serve on juries.
Passage of Labor Day Law
Gompers then was striving for the
enactment of law by the legislature
to have the first Monday in Septem-
ber of every year known as Labor
Day." and legal holiday. He assail-
ed the judges who that year, 1886, as
this year, imprisoned for conspiracy
workers who went on strike. He de-
scribed the horror of the New York
tenements then at it's height.
President Holland recalled these re-
marks of the late leader to show what
had. been accomplished by labor in 40
years and particularly by the state
federation, which he termed "our his
toric and ever-young organization.
Matthew Woll delivered memorial
address on Mr.. Gompers. The dele
gates also voted to inscribe on the
memorial record tribute to Fred F.
Moran, pioneer in workers educa-
tion in the state, who died during the
year.
Proud of Federation Bank
Intense pride was manifest in the
convention report Of the remarkable
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-08-28
SIX MONTHS TRUCE
Arranged in Big Strike of
Nova Scotia Coal Miners

By International Labor News Service.
Montreal.-The Nova Scotia gov
ernment, by adopting the expedient
of subsidy to the coal industry, and
inducing the miners to accept wage
cuts of 6 to 8 per cent, has brought
about six months agreement be-
tween the British Empire Steel Cor
poration and District No. 26 of the
United Mine Workers, where 10000
men have been jobless since March
because of a strike.
The government promises that the
commission to be appointed to ex-
anime the whole situation in the coal
fields will bring in report before the
present agreement expires, and that
in the light of such report it will use
it's good offices to have new agree
ment effected.
In view of the company's contention
that it could not produce coal at a
profit without 10 per cent general
cut in wage rates prevailing last year,
the government undertakes to rebate
one-fifth of the royalties it receives
as owner of the mines for the six
months period.
While the temporary arrangement
is more favorable to the company,
which produces about 81 per cent of
the Nova Scotia coal output than it
is to their employees, the miners have
probably gained one tactical advan-
tage. With the government subsidiz-
ing the industry, it will be difficult
for the corporation to refuse, as it
has done in the past, an independent
examination of the cost sheets on
which it makes its demand for low
wages.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-08-28
Soft Coal Mine Explosions
Continue at Alarming Rate;
Rock busting Urged as Cure

BY International Labor News Service.
Washington, d. C.-Explosion dis
asters in bituminous coal mines with
their toll of miners lives continue to
recur at an alarming rate. Coal dust
is the principal agent in propagating
explosions in bituminous mines. Ex-
plosion disasters, causing 979 fatali-
ties, in 1922, 1923 and 1924, were
traced to coal dust as a cause.
Tests conducted at the experiment
tai mine of the bureau of mines, de-
partment of commerce, at Pittsburgh,
Pa, have established the fact that
mixture of 60 to rs per cent of
non-infiammable dust with the coal
dust will effectively blanket and pre-
vent dust explosion.
This conclusion has been verified by
actual mine practice in France and
England, and to limited extent in
this country. Consequently the bu-
reau of mines is using every means
at its command to encourage wider
use of the dusting of coal mines.
This consists in applying inert rock
dust to the walls and floors of mines
IN such quantity that dust explosions
will be prevented from igniting or an
incipient explosion will be effectually
smothered. AS result of the activi-
ties of the bureau and other agencies
it was reported in February, 1925,
that az American coal mines had
adopted the rock dusting method
A wide extension of coal mine dust
ing demands tremendous tonnage of
busting material The location of
source of supply is one of the first
problems that confronts the coal-mine
operator. For better observation of
the accumulating coal dust, and for
effect of illumination, the dust should
be light in color. To safeguard the
miners health the dust must be low
in silica. The price must be very
moderate or the cost of dusting will
be prohibitive.
Coal mine roof shale is widely used
in England, but most American roof
shales are too sandy for use. There.
fore, coal mines must for the most
part seek outside sources of supply
Limestone, gypsum and anhydrite are
materials that admirably fulfill the
conditions imposed, and
limestone in particular is widely dis
tributed in most of the coal mining
regions.
To assist coal mine operators in OBJ
tanning the necessary rock dust, the
experiment station of the
bureau of mines at New Brunswick,
N, j., has prepared a report with
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-08-28
DRIVE TO UNIONlzE
West Virginia Miners Makes
Good Progress

BY International Labor News Service.
Indianapolis, Ind.-Reports receiv-
ed at headquarters of the United
Mine Workers indicate that the work
of unionizing West Virginia is pro-
ceeding despite the numerous obstac-
les thrown in the way by the union
busters. At Everson, w. Va,
union mass meeting was held which
was attended by almost 1000 persons.
1t was one of the largest thus far
held. Addresses were made by Van
A. Bittner, international representa-
tive, United Mine Workers; M. A.
Teti and G. Fremont Davis. w. D.
Van Horn addressed large meeting
at Four States. At Carolina, Van A.
Bittner addressed large gathering
of miners.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-08-28

"3. Immigrants who come with a
lower standard of living tend to re-
duce our own standards.
"a. Immigrants who are relatively
incompetent when compared with the
native-and there are many such
are expensive employees because of our
tendency to think in terms Of mini
mum wage.
IS. Incompetent immigrants are ex-
pensive fellow-citizens, because they
add to the tax rates; that is to say,
they require more than fair share
of the public money to be spent for
benevolent institutions.
"6. Huge numbers of foreign born
lead to foreign policy based on ex-
pedieacy rather than sound principles.
There a.e numerous groups to pla
cate
"7. Large groups of foreign-born
prevent US from developing unified
national culture.
"8. Excessively rapid growth leads
to the dissipation of natural re-
sources too quickly.
'9. Immigrant competition tends to
sterilize the native population.
40. immigration, when forced by
economic necessity, tends to lower the
biological quality of the race"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-08-28

success of the Federation Bank of
New York which the federation was
instrumental in founding Its re-
sources were given as $12,000,00O.
double that of the previous report.
Affiliated unions We're advised to
create banking committees to keep the
organizations and members in close
touch wit hthe labor banking move
ment.
Exemplary financial methods,
coupled to untiring industry by those
in charge of its management, is re-
sponsible for the unparalleled success
of this bank" says President Holland
in his report.
There are many individual reasons
for this success. Most important is
the fact that the Federation Bank of
New York is representative of the
general labor movement, over 45 in
ternational unions and over 100 local
unions, making it source of addi-
tional protection and prestige for
organized labor"
Warns of Foreign Competition
Note of warning is struck by Presi-
dent Holland in drawing attention to
the downward trend of employment in
the state, particularly in the metal
trades. Flooding of home markets
with imported goods was one cause.
Metal wares can be discovered in
nearly every retail store which prove
to be of foreign make, although often
masquerading under American
names," he said
students are of the opinion that
"Among the other causes of unem-
ployment in the United States is the
the Dawes plan of reparation pay
ments by Germany to other foreign
nations, plan devised by internation-
al bankers, is the handspring of the
evil.
Germany pays in goods and their
receivers use our markets in large
measure to dispose of them for cash,
while American bankers and brokers
furnish the credit-capital to finance
the poerations and reap a harvest of
proft-cash.
eff the million and half unem-
ployed workers of Great Britain were
to make an examination of the causes
of their deplorable situation, they
might find that this profitable market
ing of German wares by their own
bankers and brokers is responsible for
the shutting down of workshops that
should be producing some of the
peddled commodities.
Prison Labor System Assailed
prison contract-labor system (assail-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-08-28
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR

series of Is maps indicating the loca-
ton of limestone quarries and gyp-
sum mines that may supply the desir-
ed materials. The maps cover the
chief soft coal mining regions of the
country. There is indicated on each
map the active coal mining regions
and slso the lirncst ce quarries and
gypsum mines that have been devel-
oped in district near the coal mines.
AS graphically presented on the
maps, hundreds of sources of supply
are available and their locations are
within easy distance Of most of the
active coal mines.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-08-28

increases in the brick industry went
along with decreases. This industry
is way below the high period of last
year. Cut stone and marble remain
ed fairly even.
Speculation on the cause of this diff
ference is ripe. The main factor is
the vast increase in the use of con-
crete in road building and in factory
construction The assumption also is
that other stones are becoming a sub
stitute for brick. Most of the finer
grades of brick are now used only for
the facing of the building, while in
ferior materials are used to back up
the outer wall, it is konw.
The effect of this tendency on the
type Of buildings will soon be evident
In the cites.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-08-28
PARDON ASKED FOR
COMBS

Huntington, w. Va.-The conven-
ton fthe West Virginia State Fed
GRAFTON of Labor petitioned Governor
Gore to pardon or parole Edgar
Combs, serving a life sentence in the
Moundsville penitentiary. He is
charged with the death of mine
guard during a clash between min
ers engaged in the march of 1921
through Logan county and posse of
armed guards. Of the hundreds Of in
dictments, Combs is the only miner
in Jail. His wife has been working
in Wheeling factory to support her
five children. Recently her hand was
caught in the machinery and she was
disabled.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-08-28
INCREASES
In Cement Making While
Brick Yards Show
II
Decline

Albany, N. Y.-Industrial Commits
sioner Hamilton in his current report
on employment asserts there is a
slight downward movement in the
building supply industries. Most in
teresting is that cement and plaster
factories took on more workers and
employment there is well above last
year. The cement plants have shown
steady gain in the last four years.
On the other hand, he says, small
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-08-28
MORE ACTIVITY
In Union Coal Mines of Cen
tral Competitive Field

BY International Labor News Service.
Indianapolis, Ind.-A little more
optimism is reflected in Indiana min
ing conditions. Several of the larger
coal mines in the Terre Haute and
Sullivan feds are being opened up
for work after having been closed
since early in the spring. Bankers
report an increase in the size of mine
payrolls and union miners are begin
ming to take heart.
Several mines near Terre Haute
have resumed work. The Bardyke
mine, one of the largest in that sec
ton, operated by the Ft. Harrison
Mining Company, is now being
Cleaned up" preparatory to starting.
The mine employs between $50 and
800 men. The Baker mines in the
Sullivan field are also being put in
condition.
Mine operations in Indiana since
early last spring have been in a bad
way, and thousands of coal miners
have been without work. Operators
refuse to say how dong the mines will
be at work, but most of them believe
the usual fall and winter tonnage will
be taken out.
Reports from other union mine
fields in the central competitive field
show that work is slowly increasing,
although it is not as heavy as is gen.
orally expected at this time of year.