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Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-05-29

NEW YORK CITY, May 28.-The
payment Of unemployment benefits in
the cloak and suit industry win begin
June 1, Arthur D. Wolf, chairman of
the board of trustees of the Unem-
ployment Insurance Fund announces.
The fund is maintained jointly by the
union and the employees in the in
dustry.
All union workers who have lost
nine or more weeks time since Feb
ruary 1, 1925, are eligible to receive
the payment on June 1. It will be the
first step in a large American indus
try toward mitigating one Of the
greatest evils the workers must ex-
perience.
To raise the fund, which now
amounts to more than $1,000,co0 the
workers have contributed 1 per cent
of their weekly wages and the en-
bIoyers have paid per cent Of the
weekly payrolls. Only small per-
centage Of the workers viii be en-
titled to the benefit, those who have
had less than an average seasons
work. It is expected that the araouns
paid to various individuals VIII run
from $50 to $50 at thssmost this ssa-
con.
The significance Of this step, how
sver, should not b judged By the
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-05-29
beware FAKE PROSANIS
SIGN PUT IN GARMENTS

NEW YORK CITY, May 2s.-
Warning against a bogus label has
been issued by the Joint Board of
Sanitary Control, composed of union
Representatives and employers in the
women's garment industry. Any man
ufacturer using the bootleg" label
instead Of the "Prosanis" label, indi-
eating healthy shops and union work
manship, will be prosecuted under the
law, it was made clear.
The sale of the sanitary-union label
has passed the five-million mark. It
is widely in use in the cloak and suit
industry and has been introduced and
sewn on garments sent out by LOGS
out of a total of 1900 dress shops.
More than 1000, 900 dresses were sent
to hundreds of cities bearing the sign
Of safety to consumers and merchants.
A. Lincoln Filene, of VIM. Filene's
Sons Co., Boston, one of the most sue
cessful department stores, has in
dorsed the label as sign of the de-
struction of the sweatshop and the
unsanitary output of these work
places.
Royal S. Copeland, United States
Senator; Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Elizabeth Marbury, Sam A. Lewisohn,
the Rev. John A. Ryan, National
Catholic Welfare Conference; DIR. s.
S. Goldwater, Mt. Sinai Hospital, and
other noted public men and women
have approved the use of this label.
The garment indusetry of New
York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Balti-
more and Toronto has accepted the
"Prosanis" sign as it's standard of
excellence.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-05-29
USE LASH TO MAKE 100
PER CENT AMERICANS
By FRANK E. WOLFE

Some hundred-per-cent Americans,
bubbIing over with enthusiasm and
patriotism, whipped man at George
town, Texas, just north of Austin,
some months ago. Attention has
recently been called to the case. Sew
eraI patriots participated. They were
heavily armed and prepared for any
emergency that might arise in deal
ing with anyone under their standard
of percentage of Americanism.
No one can say that this man was
dealt with unfairly, no matter what
the courts decided. At least the
whippers were fair enough to give
full warning in advance. Evidence
showed that this man had received a
warning labeled "Georgetown Klan
17S."
The man, seemingly wholly lacking
in degree or percentage as exempli-
fed in some sections, ignored the
warning. Which act, indeed, / would
say, was enough to give offense to
any 100 per center. AS a result he
was taken from an automobile where
he was riding with several friends
and flogged after which creosote was
poured on his head.
After that the man was, according
to reasonable deductions, a much
higher percentage American.
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Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-05-29
CENTRAL COUNCIL HAS
INTERESTING SESSION

A well attended meeting of the
Central Labor Council heard President
W. M. Short of the Washington State
Federation of Labor, who addressed
the Council on matters Of general in
terest to labor.
A committee from Tacoma Of the
Cigar Makers union we're present in
behalf Of the fight being made against
the unfair Olympic State Seal brand
Of cigars The committee stated they
had canvassed both Aberdeen and 'Ho-
quiam and found a willingness Of the
cigar dealers to cooperate with them
when asked to discontinue selling OBJ
jectionable brands. Their stop on
the HarbOr was part Of trip over
Southwest Washington. The council
concurred in their request to place
the Olympic State Seal brands on the
unfair list.
A. E. Wolters, manager of the
State Labor News, was present, hav-
ing come down from Seattle in the
afternoon. He was called on for q
short speech. He returned with Pres
ident Short Saturday afternoon.
One object of the presidents trip
was to go over with the local COM
mittee the arrangements being made
sle5r the State Federation Convention
to be held here in July. A large part
of Saturday forenoon was spent in
investigating the various halls suit
able and in arranging other details.
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Short Born in Scotland

Short Born in Scotland
Born at Daily, Ayrshire, Scotland,
February ID, 1887, he came to Can
ada in early life-traveling in the
steerage and without hope of aid
from either relatives or friends, de-
termined to make his own way in the
world.
He went to work on the mine tip
pie at Daily, Scotland, when IL years
of age, having passed the sixth grade
in the common school there, and
went down into the pit the day after
he was 13 british law at a wage of
so cents per day. He was initiated
in the miners union right then and
, there, paying an initiation fee of one
shilling GA cents).
Short has been a continuous men,
Der of the miners union ever since,
bringing his travelling card with him
to Canada, where it was readily ac-
cepted by the United Mine Workers
of America at Frank, Alberta.
He migrated soon from Alberta to
British Columbia, but his activities
on behalf of unionism got him into
much trouble there and he came to
the State of Washington in the
spring of 1908, after having been lit
orally driven out of the Nicola Valley
in British Columbia for having at
tempted to bring about organization
of the miners there.
Officer in Miners Union
Six months after he had started
work at Taylor, Washington, togeth-
er with others, he aided in establish
ing local Of Mine Workers and be-
came it's first financial secretary, but
had to walk the ties soon afterward
with several of the other active work
ers.
From that time on he became an
active figure in the Miners Union of
Washington, holding Office in every
local that he became a member Of.
He personally conducted the fight that
established the closed shop at the Pa
sific Coast Coal Company's mines
(the largest operating company in
western Washington while employed
in the mines at Black Diamond, and
which Immediately resulted in the es-
tablishment of the closed shop for all
western Washington mines.
I In 1918, Short was elected district
secretary of the miners union and
the following year established the
closed shop for the miners union at
all the mines in eastern Washington.
Union Wins Top Wage
The establishment of the closed
shop for the miners of Washington
(lost since he left the miners office)
was his personal achievement. He
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FIGHTING LABOR EXECUTIVE UNOPPOSED
ASLEADER OF WASHINGTON WORKERS
By A. E. WOLTERS


SEATTLE WASH May 2S-Wiam M Short president of the
Washington State Federation of Labor who for reelection
without opposition has had interesting in the labor
movement
He elected president of the Federation first by the
tive board of that body in January 1918 fill the unexpred
term of Marsh his predecessor The next concerted
effort made by the radicals defeat him. but Short again
elected by large majority Since then unopposed
with the exception of 1921 when W. L. Buck against him,
Short receiving approximately fouth of the
referendum election then and provided by the constitution
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-05-29

Official Organ Of the Aber-
deem Central Labor Council
HOquiam Trades and Labor
Council and the Washington
State Federation of Labor.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-05-29
STREET CAR MEN GAIN

ATLANTA, May 28.-Wage IN
creases of per cent for platform
men and per cent for other employ
es of the local street car company is
the award of an arbitration board.
The increase means an additional
100000 annually to the workers.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-05-29
oIL WoRKERs 40 oRGANIzE

LONG BEACH, CAL, May 2s.-
The Oil Fields, Gas Well and Refinery
Workers union is arranging to launch
an organizing campaign. Certain oil
companies are taking advantage Of
the unemployment situation to lower
conditions. This will be met by an
educational movement that will in
clude every section of the state.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-05-29
TRUCKERS RAISE WAGES

SEATTLE, May 2s.--A wage in
crease Of &3 a week checked a strike
of 1000 organized teamsters and
truckers in this city.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-05-29

R. G. Soderstrom, organized labor's
able and aggressive floor leader in
the Illinois House of Representatives
He fathered the Soderstrom injunc-
tion limitation bill, which was twice
voted down in the House. He is now
leading the fight in the House for a
modified injunction limit bill, which
has been also introduced in the Sem
ate. Representative Soderstrom is q
member of the International Typo
graphical Union and is serving his
third term in the Illinois Legislature
He works as a linotype operator in a
printing Office at Streator, ILL.,, be-
tween sessions.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-05-29
SCIENTISTS MAKE
| PROBE OF IETRA- F.
| ETHYL GASOLINE
b international Labor News Service

b international Labor News Service
WASHINGTON, D. c., May 2s.-
Labor has won its fight for a thor
ough investigation of the tetra-ethyI
gasoline peril. AS the result of a
conference Of scientists, physicians,
automotive engineers and represent
atives Of organized labor, a commit
tee of seven scientists, selected and
financed by the Public Health Ser
vice, viii begin a searching investiga-
tion of the effects of tetra-ethyl lead
gasoline on human beings. The COM
mittee viii make a report by jan
uary l, 1926, If possible, and in the
meantime ethyl gasoline will not be
on the market.
Surgeon General Cummings, who
called the conference and who presid-
ed at an all-day session, was en-
powered to name the committee. Be-
fore selecting it, he will consult with
university authorities, the American
Academy of Medicine and other
groups of scientists.
Labor Spokesman Heard
On behalf of the workers of the ma
tion, the demand for thorough, un-
biased investigation Of ethyl gasoline
was led by A. J. Berries, secretary Of
the Metal Trades Department Of the
American Federation Of Labor and
the Federation's representative at
the conference, and by Grace M.
Burnham and Harriet Silverman, di-
rectors of the Workers Health Bu-
reau, New York City.
Presenting organized labor's view
point on tetra-ethyl gasoline, which is
designed to stop the "knock" in gaso-
line engines, Mr. Berries declared that
the workers are more concerned about
taking the "knock" out of the human
makeup than they are about taking
it out of gasoline. He said that until
tetra-ethyl gasoline is made safe, its
use should be prohibited. Throughout
his talk he stressed la]5er's demand
that human welfare should be para
mount to the demands ee e0nimer
and industry.
Ethyl Gas Called Unsafe
Mrs. Burnham and Miss Silverman
charged that a report swhitewash-
ing" ethyl gasoline made BY the Unit
ed States Bureau Of Mines was un-
sound and called for an impartial,
scientific investigation Of tetra-ethyl
lead and the prohibition Of its sale
until it has been proven harmless.
Both directors of the Workers
Health Bureau declared that there is
strong evidence that tetra-ethyl lead
is extremely poisonous ana that it
is a menace not only to the workers
who make it but to garage workers,
car owners and all who come in con-
tact with it. Even the health Of the
general public may be affected hv
breathing the lead dust from the ex-
haust gas Of automobiles, they said.
Physicians Speak
Similar arguments were made on
behalf of the general public by DR..
Frederick B. Finn and DIR. Maven
Emerson of Columbia, Prof. Yandell
Henderson of Yale and DR., David Ed
sail of Harvard. DR.. Finn, who con-
Quoted an investigation at Columbia,
emphatically denounced the doped
fuel and told how two workers at Co
lumbia had apparently been poisoned
in working with it."
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The Tomahawk., 1925-04-30
Local Boy Due for
the Big Leagues.
Joe Guyon, White Earth Chippewa, Foot
ball Player and Famous Athlete
Making Good In Base Ball.

Joe Guyon, member of this res
ervation and a resident of White
Earth is fast making a name for
himself in the realm of base ball.
Joe is we'll known here and his
many friends read with pleasure
the press accounts of his recent
feats with the Louisville team with
which he is playing this season.
If Joe continues at the pace he is
now going it will not be long
before be will be a top notcher in
the biggest leagues in the country
The sport editor of the Minneapolis
Tribune, in a recent issue pays
the following compliment to Joe
Guyon's batting ability and all
around ball playing:
Joe Guyon, former famous
football player at Carlisle and
Georgia Tech, is exceedingly pop
ular with the Louisville fans. The
hitting and fielding of the big In
dian have featured all of the Col.
opels' games to date, Josepbus
banged out a triple, double and
single today. each of the blows
resulting in runs.
"Guyon and Dumont were team
mates at Atlanta last year, but
Guyon didn't act very friendly
toward George today, especially
when welding his bludgeon.
louisville, in the writer's
opinion, has The best baseball
plant 10 the American association.
The stands are of concrete and
steel and seat $4,000. The field,
however, needs plenty of work to
perfect it. There is little grass in
the outfield and balls chat escape
the infelders scoot to the garden
! ers like golf balls bouncing over
the links late in November"
The Tomahawk., 1925-04-30
The annual spelling contest was

The annual spelling contest was
neld at the district school here on
Friday last. Joseph Martin,
Seventh grade pupil, carried off
the honors in the written contest,
while Pierre Vanoss was the win
ner in the oral contest. The
winners will participate in the
county spelling contest to be held
at Detroit on May 10Th. The
winners in this contest will get a
free trip to the State Fair this
fall. While four other schools in
this vicinity were eligible to take
part in the contest only one, the
Mielke school, south of town pat
ticipated.
The Tomahawk., 1925-04-30
OUR BOY SCOUTS.

Much enthusiasm is being mani
tested by the boys and also the
grown-ups in White Earth in sup
port of the Boy Scout organization
recently launched here. A large
number of boys have already paid
their dues and received their
medical examination and are now
full fledged scouts Eight of these
boys were examined last Saturday,
namely; James Hull Frank Belle
court, Lyman Warren, Richard
Warren, Alex Anywausb, Joseph
Martin, William Hanks and Harold
Lynch. Mr.. Elmer Walstrom,
of Fergus Falls, organizer of the
Boy Scouts for Otter Tail, Stearns
and Becker counties, was in White
Earth on Wednesday of this week,
when a meeting was held and final
arrangements made to perfect the
organization. The committee who
have charge of the movement are;
H. B. Hull, NJ. LaChappelle,
Frank Warren, Ray Kahn AID B.
s. Fairbanks. Rev. w. X. Boyle
is Scout Master, and under his
guidance the organization will
undoubtedly flourish.
The Boy Scouts is not a religious
organization in any way, but is
solely for the purpose of melting
initiative in the boys to follow a
standard of living that will be
beneficial to them 10 later life.
The Tomahawk., 1925-04-30
Drunken Row
Ends Fatally.
Alfred Shady 10 Custody Of Sheriff. is Charged
With Death Of Chas '. Roy.
(Mahnomen Hioneer)

Sheriff Urness was called to
Beaulieu Monday afternoon on in
formation that Charley Roy was
dead and that there was suspicion
of foul play. He went to the
home of Alfred Shady, where the
dead man was found in bed with
his head resting on a chair. Shady
told several conflicting stories and
was arrested. An investigation
showed that Roy had been struck
on the head and one wound looked
as though it might have been
caused by a bullet. A coroners
inquest was held and the jury re.
turned verdict that Roy had
come to his death as the result of
being struck on the head with a
blunt instrument in the hands of
Shady.
The accused insisted that he
knew nothing about it except that
Roy had been to his house and
that they had been drinking. DR..
Archibald went out and performed
a post mortem examination, as
there might have been some doubt
as to the blows on the head being
sufficient to cause his death.
Wednesday morning Sheriff Urness
had Roy partially undressed and
found that there was considerable
blood on his underclothes. Shady
then admitted that they had fought
in room upstairs in the house
and that in self defense be had
struck him with a stove poker.
He then carried the man down
stairs and put him in bed. He
afterwards told some that the man
was sick at his house. This led to
bis arrest. 4
The sheriff also found a good
sized still on the place and also
brought this into town.
There has, as yet been no exam.
nation. At the time of going to
press the officers we're making
further investigation of the prem.
Uses. Shady has employed Robert
Pearson of Mahnomen and Frank
D. Beaulieu of White Earth to
defend MIN.
The Tomahawk., 1925-04-30
How 'BuIP Durham
Tobacco Got Its Name.
(By Will Rogers)


Tobacco was discovered by the
American Indians. 1t was taken
away from them by the whites, 80
it mus: be some good. Being a
Cherokee Indian by blood myself,
(born and raised near Claremore,
Indian Territory, the best city
west of the Alleghanies) l know
the whites never took anything
away from the Indians that wasn't
some good. Sir Walter Raleigh,
who was the Sheik Of his time,
came over here, got a lot of to-
bacco and rushed back to England
for a personal appearance tour.
The Queen Il don't remember who
she was. if you like detail look it
up and see who she was) started to
step out of her carriage and it was
muddy, Sir Walter Raleigh took
of his coat, layed it down and she
kstepped on it. She thanked him,
gave him the address of a cleaner,
and he then gave her some tobacco
and said, II admire YOU" She
said, "Oh, you are such a gallant
man, what is the name of this
tobacco you gave me-" and Sir
Walter Raleigh said, why it. is
BULL DURHAM"
That's how Bull Durham got its
name. And the Indians lost not
only their country, but their to.
l,acco. ............. ....-.. ..-.
The Tomahawk., 1925-04-30

I George and Thomas Boswell, of
Rochert Postotfice, were callers in
White Earth on Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. G w. Wilkinson
of Beauiieu were White Earth
callers the first of the week.
The case of Joe Bellecourt of
White Earth, arrested in Mahno.
men county for violation of the
state fish and game laws, was
heard in Mahnomen on Thursday
of last week. The United States
District Attorney came up from
St. Paul to look after Mr.. Belle
courts interests and Superintendent
wadsworsh was present for the
same purpose. While the case
was not tried in court, we under.
stand that an agreement was
reached which gave the Indians
belonging on the reservation the
right to fish and hunt for their own
use within the boundaries of the
reservation regardless of state game
laws. If this is correct it settles a
long drawn out controversy be
tween the Ipdians and the state
authorities as to the right of the
Indians to the game within the
reservation, and which right is
guaranteed them by their treaty
with the federal government.
The Tomahawk., 1925-04-30
Where Nations Milk Ends


L
Creamery
a Industry
consumption caused reduction Of manufacture Since
Pennsylvania Illinois,
and
The Tomahawk., 1925-04-30
News of White Earth
and Vicinity.
Read The Tomahawk Adds.

Read The Tomahawk Adds.
Attorney F. D. Beaulieu was in
Mahnomen on business the latter
part of last week,
B. s. Fairbanks was a business
visitor at Mahnomen the first of
the week.
FRESH BREAD every day at
the B. S. Fairbanks Store. Adv.
William Elsenpeter, of Maple
Lake, was a guest at the home of
his brother in law, B. s. Fair
banks, the first of the week.
The high wind accompanying the
storm of last Thursday night did
considerable damage to out build
ings in this locality.
LOST-16 size gold watch, open
face, Elgin make, with initials
j. B. F. On back OF case. Finder
please leave at this Office and re-
ceive reward of $500.
Gus Monroe, of Duluth, arrived
here last Friday evening for a
brief visit with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Hank Munroe. He re-
turned to Duluth on Tuesday of
this week.
FOR SALE-One wickless oil
stove, with oven. New, only used
two weeks. Original cost $11.OO,
will sell for $3.50. Charles J.
Bellecourt, White Earth, Mime
sofa.
FOUND-Man's over coat, at
the school dining hall after the
dance of April Is. Owner may
have same by calling at this Office,
identifying property and paying
for this notice.
The dance given by the Catholic
ladies at the school dining hall
last Friday evening was we'll at
tended and all present enjoyed a
pleasant evening. The sum of
$50 90 was realized, Which was
added to the church fun.
Ogema is to have a Cleanup
Week, May 40, and the village
council intends to hire help to
clean up the premises of the
owners who fail to clean up and
assess the charges against the
property. White Earth should
follow suit.
The dinner given on Sunday,
April 10th, for the benefit of St.
Benedict Catholic church b.
the ladies of St. Benedict's Catho.
lie Society at the home of Mrs.
Alice P. Fairbanks, proved a
grand success financially, $50, IS
being cleared after all expenses
were paid. The money was turned
over to the Catholic church. The
Society wishes to thank the farm
ers for their liberal donations.
The Tomahawk., 1925-04-30
School Dance.

The faculty of the district school
will give a dance in the school
dining hall next Friday evening,
May LIST. The dance is for the
purpose of raising funds to defray
the expenses of the annual school
picnic and the commencement exer
cises. Good music has been OBJ
tanned and good time is assured
The Tomahawk., 1925-04-30
Gas on Stomach.
Won't Lot You Sleep,

Gas pressing on heart and other
organs sometimes causes restless
nervous feeling and pre- vents sleep
Adlerika helps any case gas on the
stomach. unless due to deep-seated
causes. The QUICK action will sur
prise you. Because A1lerika Is such
an excellent intestinal evacuant it IS
wonderful for constipation-it often
works in one hour and never gripes
SOLD BY ALL LEADING DRUGGISTS.
The Tomahawk., 1925-04-30

Subscribe for The Tomahawk,
$3.50 per year in advance.
The Tomahawk., 1925-04-30
Card of Thanks.

To the many kind friends who
extended US their aid and sym
pathy during the recent illness and
death of our beloved grand parent,
Mrs. Louis Charlotte, we wish to
express our most sincere thanks.
Grand Children of Mrs.
Louis Charrette.
The Tomahawk., 1925-04-30

Entered at the Postofice at White
Earth, Mimi, as mail matter OF the
second class.
The Tomahawk., 1925-04-30
Hiah Standard.

IT hope can support her In the
style she Is accustomed to-" "Get
wise to that style, though. before you
marry her. never knew my wife's
people, but to hear her talk you'd think
she was raised In a palace"