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The Washington times., 1925-11-25
NEW FINISH FOR.
DIANA BODY
READY
Black and White Roadster
Said to Be a
Revelation

Introducing an entirely new vogue
in fine roadster body finish the
Moon Motor Car. Company announce
q new black and white Diana road
ster which. it is. said, is a revela.
ton in roadster body finish.
AS in the other Diana open
models for 1926 mouldings have
been entirely eliminated in the
body of the new Diana black and
white roadster and this -Aange has
had the effect of lending a decided
ly attractive appearance to the
car.
This effect is accomplished = off
setting the body panels at approxi-
mately the same location which was
.ormerly occupied by the mouldings,
the offset eventually working itself
over the cowl and the hood and
forming an arrowhead with its apex
at the rear end of the radiator
she'll, The arrow is not terminated
at this point but. spreads + into
a three.quarter inch black line
running down the front edge of
the hood, thus giving a distinctive
appearance at this point.
The Washington times., 1925-11-25

congestion and accidents and make
the streets and highways safer for
all who use them. -
Carelessness I'm Driving
Traffic regulations can be as
all who are supposed to abide by
them. The motorist who takes the
right Of way when he is not en-
titled to it not only places himself
in danger and causes congestion,
but is likely to endanger another
driver who attempts to drive past
when the law gives him a perfect
right to do so.
Lack of familiarity with the
traffic laws leads to carelessness
in driving. Although all motorists
are presumed to have learned the
regulations when they qualify for
permits, they soon can lose a real
fzation OF their importance II they
pay no further attention to them.
"Gradually, they win become
careless in giving proper hand sig
nails, conforming to parking regula-
tions, observing the right Of way
stopping cross-walks, and many
other practices which are prescribed
by the traffic regulations
To assist the motorist OF Wash
ington in obeying the traffic regu-
lations of the National Capital, the
Washington Automotive Trade As
sociation is cooperating with the
local division of the American Au-
tonobiIe Association In preparation
of a digest of the traffic law which
win place the most important pro-
visions in ready-reference form.
The summary which has been
drafted in conference with the traf-
fic authorities, will be printed on
q card pocket size, and will be
ready for distribution to car users
The Washington times., 1925-11-25
TRAFFIC co D [.
STUDY HELD
NECESSARY
Familiarity With Regulations
Is Surest Guard Against
Trouble

Re-read the traffic regulations
Study them. Know them by
heart" There may come a time
when the knowledge win mean
avoidance of a heavy penalty In
court, or perhaps the saving OF a
human life, :, 49,.
Don't think yeu know all there
is to know about the motor fu,ee.
a re-reading viii convince you ina
voi, don't. Know tie regulations
Imnart your knwledge to otners.
IA p good motor citizen.
That Is the injunction OF the
vCo shinpton Automotive Tra0e
Association to the motor car drivers
Of the District. -,
In statement pointing out the
advantages to be gained from con.
afant study of the traffic code, tne
dealers organization views the ire
ouent perusal Of the Tegulatlons
as duty which every motorist
owes to himself ana to the pubic.
Ignorance Is DANGEROUS
eft is a dangerous practice Tor
motorists to be lax. IN keeping
Themselves informed about tue
traffic laws" declares the state.
1n0nt or the W. "A. L. A. ~
who drives an automobile @shonlo
think that, because he has attained
moderate skill in handling g. car
and knows the accepted rules OF
the road, it is no longer necessary
10 increase his knowledge OF the
restrictions with which the author
tiles have surrounded the operation
of ali vehicles on public thorough
fares.
"The best plan is to re-read the
regulations. periodically, particular
IL those provisions which have gen.
eral application to the situations in
which a motorist frequently finds
himself.
Everyone is prone to forget
what he has read or hear, unless
reference is made to the subject
frequently. Failure to remember
the rules Of traffic, however. at
some time or other may prove to
be costly form Of neglect.
tsIt is no doubt a fact that many
persons violate the traffic laws
through ignorance Of their con-
tents. This, OF course, is no legal
defense, but it serves to show how
having the necessary information
may not only assist In law enforce
ment and save individuals from
lines and personal lfTiconyenience
and chagrin, but prevent traffic
The Washington times., 1925-11-25

congestion and accidents and make
the streets and highways safer for
all who use them. -
The Washington times., 1925-11-25

The Washington branch Of the.
Buick Motor Company announces
the promotion Of Mr.. Gubisch 70
the position Of car distributor.
Mr.. GubiscIr has been connect
ed with the Buick Company Tor
number Of wears and recently
was promoted from advertising
director to territory representa- !
tive.
The Washington times., 1925-11-25

the brakes is reduced to Il minimum
because of the fact that the brak
ing action is applied to the. rear
wheels equally through the drive
shaft. Braking units both in the
transmission and on the rear wheels
have been enlarged to insure long
life and greater ease in bringing the
car to sudden stops demanded
The Washington times., 1925-11-25
Americans @TodIGood'
At DriUing Autos
BY THOMAS MOTT
President the Company this city;
PaEe-JeWett distributors

Americans fast becoming of automobile drivers
The man who does net know how operate pro
cently today the exception rather the rule and If
fault might be found with presentday driver it with
his having become too expert in the operation of his car
The Alaska fisherman., 1925-11-15

"We, the American men employ ed in the canneries here, many of us ex-servlce men, are appealing to you for a square deal We were recruited last April and were prom ised almost anything until they got us aboard of the Star of Ice land, then docked at Pier 54, when We were given $1O cash. We were not allowed to leave the boat, as it was guarded by armed men day and night.
 Could Get Liquor,
 Narcotics, at any time
 But we could get all the booze or dope we wanted, as our com missary carried almost nothing else, and was run by our boss here now, a man named Frank Gomez" they reported.
 Blankets sold to the men were infested with vermin, the affidavit charged.
 "Our food here s nothin, less than garbage" the affidavit recit- ed, "and we are appealing to you to see that we do not get trimmed any further on our arrival the latter part of August"
 E. R. Bonner, the local chief of the Department of Justice, has re- ferred the matter to the Attorney General, with the request the Sec retary of Labor be informed of the reported conditions - San, Francisco Examiner.
The Alaska fisherman., 1925-11-15
CANNERY TAXES
(From Petersburg Herald)

(From Petersburg Herald)
 We hear a great deal about can nery taxes. Whenever one may dare criticise conditions surround ing canneries the "tax alibi" is sprung as a silencer. There are good canneries and there arc bad canneries. True, Alaska wants capi- tai and lots of it, but it wants honest development capital, mot capital for footing and exploita- tion.
 The other day an item appeared in the Seward Gateway which stated that IS prisoners and five insane patients, ALL FROM THE CANNERIES, were brought in on one trip of the Starr. Now let that sink in minute Figure up the expenses of the government and the territory in taking care of these and many similar cases an offset.
 Alaska would be much better off without firms which produce and contribute to such conditions. Most of these canneries bring in all of their peon and contract labor; they don't spend one red cent with the merchants of Alaska, and pay a nominal tax for footing one of Alaska's richest resources, and leave for the officers to take care of mess of crime and insanity.
The Alaska fisherman., 1925-11-15
THE MEANEST MAN

For a time we thought We had found the meanest man in the world, the man who cut Billy Temples automobile tires. We think We have found a man as meon or more so.- a certain man who fired two of his employees because they were friends of Sidney D. Charles, editor of the First City News.
 PATRONIZE THOSE WHO AD- VERTISE IN THE ALASKA FISH ERMAN.
The Alaska fisherman., 1925-11-15
CREW BRANDS FISH PACK.
 IT AS HELL" SHIP

CTS Associations vessel Star of Hol- land as "hellship," where "profit- eering, slave driving and high-hand- ed conditions prevail" 115 mem bers of the crew of that vessel yesterday loged a signed complaint with the Department of Justice against the Young & Mayer Com pany, local Alaska outfitters.
 While the affidavit did not charge irregularities against the packers association, it accused Young & Mayer of sending to the Star of Holland as foreman one Salvatore Mendoza, described as "wolf in sheep's clothing," and who sold poison liquor and narcotics to mem bers of the crew of the Star of Holland.
 Men have only few
 Dollars Coming
 The men signed with the Young & Mayer Company, the affidavit recited, for a six months fishing contract, with the understanding that supplies for such fishermen must be purchased from that con- cern. While the fishermen were as sured to earn $17O for the season, they have but $5 or $1O coming after settlement is made with the local outfitting concern, the affi- davit charged.
 If the Alaska fishermen see fit to complain for goods charged to them by Young & Mayer, the affi- davit said they are turned away with threat of being "jailed for dis turbing the peace."
 Fishermen aboard the Alaskan vessel were virtually prisoners, the men charged, and with the arrival of Mendoza "things began to happen"
 For breakfast Mendoza ordered mush and milk, with no sugar for coffee, and sour bread. The food could not be eaten, and the men were obliged to request advances on salary to purchase eatable arti- cles of food, the affidavit charged. Mendoza kept the commissary and the men were at his mercy.
 1celand's Crew Report
 Conditions by Letter
 From Dillingham;, Bristol bay, Alaska, members of the crew of the Star of Iceland reported similar conditions to United States Attor ney Carr. Tn that affidavit the fishermen aald In part
The Alaska fisherman., 1925-11-15

D. Cantil, of Ketchikan, was found guilty of having fire arms in his possession without a permit, he being an alien. Cantil had ser we'd in the U. $. Navy and re ceived some consideration on that account.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-08-28
Average Monthly Tire
Output Sets Record

BY International Labor News Service
Washington, ID. C., Aug. 25.-The
production of pneumatic tires in the
United States now is proceeding AT a
faster pace than ever before in the
history of the industry, rejecting the
greater number of automobiles which
are sold and used in the country.
At the present rate of production,
the tire plants are turning out $685.
900 tires month. The previous high
record was in 1923 when rubber fac
tories at this season were turning out
1898, 900 tires a month. The 1924 out
put was below both 1925 and 1923.
The 1922 production was 2,456,0OO
tires a month and that Of 1921 l'456,-
900 tires a month.
America occupies a peculiar posi-
tion in the tire industry. She is the
worlds first producer of finished rub
Der goods including tires. However,
this country raises no raw rubber OF
her own. So the rubber is imported
and the finished product exported to
all quarters of the world, some OF II
to the very countries which raise the
raw rubber.
Recently raw rubber has undergone
sharp advance in prices, which has
caused higher prices for tires. There
has been some speculation as to
whether this would not cut demand.
While it may do so, it can not be
denied that the number of automobiles
is increasing and that this will make
demand for tires, whatever the price
of them may be.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-08-28
Single Tax Praised;
Checks Land Bo0ms

New York. Aug. is.--The single tax
would make impossible such Wild
land boom rs New Workers are now
witnessing at Roekaway, according to
James X. Firth, an alderman of sgd
ney. New South Wales. Rockawny Is
30 miles from this city. because oi
beach improvements. land values nave
increased by thousands OF per cent
The angle tax in Sydney aald
Mr. Firth, has operated to encourage
the development Of real estate and To
discourage land speculation.
The holding of large tracts Of iand
for a rise Ia value through improve
ments 10 adjacent property or better
transit facilities Is not profitable when
the land Is taxed at IL value, irfoapec-
tive of improvements thereon. lhe
result has been that tracts Of land
about Sydney have been opened up iof
homes and an amazingly large pro-
portion Of the population own homes.
MANY large companies, among
them the tobacco trust, have been ht-
tracted 10 Sydney because the taxation
Is 80 much less than In other com
munities. In the II years since lht
single tax WIS adopted, more thah
1000 new factories have been eslaD-
lished at Sydney and the population
has increased from $4,000 to 1000
600 while Melbourne Sydney Rreal-
est rival, has Jagged far behind IL.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-08-28
Union Benefits Spread
Beyond Organization

Trade union organization has 4
habit of making its influence felt out
of all proportion to its actual, 1rmeri'
cal strength. 1t has been5 uie OF
labor's most valuable contribut e'ns e
the cause of social progress-this abil
ity to extend its influence and share
ITS victories outside its immediate
ranks.
OF course, telephone operators have
fallen victims to company blandish'
ments, intimidation and propaganda
made false starts and wrong eyalua'
tions of their industrial importance
but do you know any class of wage
earners who do not make these dis
heartening mistakes? How simple
would be the labor struggle if all the
evils that we had to combat originat-
ed with the employers, and our backs
were not bent under the burdens which
the ignorance, inertia and cOwardice
of our own kind had laid on US
Miss Julia 0'Connor, president Tele-
phone Operators Department, l. b.
of +. W.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-08-28
Labor Sunday Services In
st. Johns Cathedral Ad-
dressed by President Green

New York, Aug. 25.-As a tribute
to the importance and dignity of or
ganized labor, Bishop Manning of the
Episcopal Cathedral of st. John the
Divine, the largest church editice in
America, has given the pulpit on La
Dor Sunday TO William Green, preSi-
dent of the American Federation of
Labor. The entire New York labor
movement has been notified and asked
to attend the service, Sunday, Sep
gember 6.
On the day following, Labor Day,
the unions will celebrate at Fort Ham
ilton Reservation, Brooklyn. with ad-
dresses by notables in public life and
with the annual games.
Recreation will be combined with
the formal observance of the day.
Families will enjoy the beach along
Gravesend Bay, the spacious lawns
and parade grounds and the groves
of shade trees.
Union labor is cooperating in the
building of st. Johns Cathedral. A
special nave mas been set aside to me-
mofialize the importance of labor and
the labor organizations are raising
funds for stained glass window 10
adorn it. The immense structure Is
only partly completed, but services
have been held in ii for over a year.
1t will seat thousands as 1t now
stands. The congregation gathered
there will hear the spokesmen of or
ganized labor on Labor Sunday.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-08-28
Government Ownership
Losing Favor in West

Government, state, and other puo'
lie ownership is losing favor through
out the West says Forbes Magazine
editorially. Government reclama'
ion projects are spelled by the west
erners 'Wfecklamation' projects. IL
is declared that almost every reelama'
ton project has turned out indiifef'
emily or worse.
San Francisco politicians 1oudiy
proclaimed that they would suppl!
electric light and power at rates tna'
would show up the other public utlllty
companies to be robbers. The political
project was in the course OF Tune
completed, and then came the solving
of the problem of how to distribute
the current. When they got down tc
brass tacks they came to the lgno,-
minious conclusion that all high
sounding promises they had made on
the huskings were bunk utterly I'M
possible of fulfillment.
And it all ended in the Paclhc Gas
and Electric Company being asked &c
take the power off their hands ana
find a market for it.
Twice have California voters re-
jected State-ownership of the electric
light and power industry, and even the
more jealous advocates of this nos,
uum have abandoned all thoughts oil
bringing it out"
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-08-28
Congress May Reopen
Teapot Dome Oil Case

Washington, Aug. ls.--lt IL possible
that the Teapot Dome oil case will
again be aired In congress, even
though the government has appealed
Federal Judge Kennedy decision TO
the circuit court Of appeals.
This congressional probe will call
the public's attention to rulings by
Judge Kennedy which many declare
have blocked justice.
The Sinclair interests were connect
ed with a corporation doing business
Ia Canada. Judge Kennedy denied
the government request for a post
poncment Of the trial that testimony
in Canada could be secured. An officer
Of the company left his home In Can
ada 10 "huut big game in Africa"
Later the court defined the govern
ments plea 20 reopen the case when
several important witnesses who had
left the country returned.
These witnesses included officials Of
the Standard oil company and its sub
salaries.
The government also attempted TO
snow that large lot Of Liberty bonds
we're transferred to the account OF
former Secretary of the Interior Fall
IN western banks, but Judge Kennedy
refused 10 admit this testimony.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-08-28
State Compensation
Cheaper Than Private

Columbus, Ohio, Aug. ia study
Of comparative tables issued by the
Ohio industrial commission will sho"
why private insurance companies op-
pose state-operated wofkmen's com
pensation insurance. The table IN
cludes the states of New York, In
diana. Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan
and Ohio.
Benefits to the injured worker IN
the state Of New York are about the
same as in Ohio. Benefits IN the
other states are considerably under
those of Ohio.
Private insurance companies must
collect 81 for every 80 cents paid 10
the injured worker, as the average
cost Of administering compensation
insurance by private companies is ~
per cent Of their premium receipts.
In Ohio all premium receipts must De
used a. benefits 10 injured worker.
with the execution Of per cent which
is used for accident prevention work,
the state bearing the expense Of ad-
mini steriug the compensation law
which is less than per cent Of the
premium receipts.
In Ohio 81 Of compensation to the
injured worker costs the employer
S1.01 and the state 8 cents, or total
cost Of $l.0G to provide 81 Of com
peusatiOn.
In the other states 81 Of compensaa-
tion requires Sl.67 in premium. Tn
accounts for the high rate when
private insurance companies are per,
mitted to exploit the wage worker
fatalities and injuries.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-08-28
Machine May Replace
Child Cotton Pickers

Houston, Texas, Aug. 25.-Machin-
erv may replace child labor in south
ern cotton fields and likewise sweep
the parents of these children into 9TH
er activities.
Recent tests in the Rio Grande val
ley and at Victoria demonstrated to
the International Harvester company
that such a machine can be built.
One man operating a tractor and
one on the machine got 80 per cent OF
the cotton in 10 acres in day with
ont iniuring plants. This machine is
the result Of a study of $500 patents
ON file in Washington. Six of these
have been purchased. 1t Is believed
that within five years Texas, with its
level land that is ideal for mechanlcal
cultivation, will grow the bulk OF 'he
cotton crop of this country.
1t is estimated that the present ma
chine, though in its infancy, will save
40 per cent of usual costs.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-08-28
Los MexicanOs Sutiles!
Anyhow, So Said Britisher

When J. w. Brown, representing
the international Federation Of Trade
Unions, was in Mexico he made
many speeches.
Prior to that Brown, who is English,
had made some speeches in the Unit
ed States.
Browns speeches in Mexico were
translated by Roberto Habermant
than whom, as a translator, there are
few better.
One night Brown was droning along
Haberman was translating At any
rate Haberman was delivering a
speech in Spanish, with appropriate
pauses for Brown.
Finally Brown thought ii time 70
tell a story Haberman also thought
il was time 10 tell a story. Brown
told a story. Haberman couldn't sec
any point 70 it at all so he told his
own. He told Of an Englishman try.
ing TO get steak and mushrooms in d
Mexican restaurant. The English.
man couldn't make himself under
stood. He resorted 20 pencil. He
would make a picture. He did make
picture. He thought he made q
picture Of a COW and mushroom
The waiter went out. He returned
With an umbrella and a ticket to tho
bull fight.
The audience thought il was a gooc
story and applauded vigorously.
"Mexicans have a fine sense ot
humor,' said Brown afterward. They
are subtle. Why, do you know. ~,
told that story all over the Unite,
States and | didn't get a single laugh,
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-08-28
Labor Wants Justice
In School Textbooks

Washington, Aug. 25.--1he 4. r.
Of l.. committee on education requests
all central labor bodies 10 aid II ~ d
survey Of textbook in history, eivicss'
ecopomi4c and sociology used IN prl-
mary and secondary public schools. ,,
The central bodies are askcd 10 MI
out a questionnaire, and appoint a
committee to assist the a. r. Of l.
committee Il this ha- not previously
been done. The committee viii later
issue "a statement TO the unions on
the merit and shortcomings, from the
trade union standpoint, Of the ciyi,c
book used in their respective local
"If these texts" said Matthew VOL,
chairman Of the A. +. Of /. commit
tee, are definitely poor in quality OF
distinctiyely hostile to the labor move move,
ment. then you viii be in "a position
10 take up the question of more snt-
able text with the proper school au-
thorities."
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-08-28

Agency in the International Union
Bank.
With Mr.. Morones as representative
of Mexican labor in the Washington
conference will be Eduardo Moneda,
one of MeXieo's most titled trade un-
ionists. He is general secretary of
the Mexican Federation of Labor, an
officer of the Engravers' union, direc-
tor of the government printing office
and one of MeXico's most popular
newspaper and magazine cartoonists.
In addition to President Green, Mr.
Morones and Mr.. Moneda, those who
will participate in the conference are
Frank Morrison, secretary, Ameri-
can Federation of Labor; James p
Noonan, vice president, American
Federation of Labor; Matthew Woll
vice president, American Federation
of Labor, and treasurer, Pan-Amerl.
can Federation of Labor; Santiago
Iglesias Spanish language secretary
Pan American Federation of Labor
Chester NJ. Wright, English Language
secretary, Pen-American Federation
of Labor; Canuto A. Vargas, labor
attache, Mexican embassy; Clemente
n. Idar, organizer in the Southwest
ern States for the A. +. of l..
Following the MeXican-Americar
conference there will be a meeting OF
the executive committee of the Pan
American of Labor.