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Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-02-06
FIRST RUBBER WORKERS
UNION IS ORGANIZED

CARROLLTON, Ohio, Feb. 5.-Em-
ployes Of the Tuscan tire and rubber
company have organized union and
signed uniOn-lsBeI agreement with
the company.
A. F. Of L. Organizer Conboy calls
attention to the fact that this is the
first time in American industrial his
tory that a recognized trade union has
been formed in this industry.
The company manufactures the
Tuscan and BucksIrin tires; also
gloves, water bottles and other drug
gists' sundries. These products viii
carry the union label.
The first hint Of the Tuscan COM
pany was negotiating with an A. F.
of L. representative aroused the rub
Der barons of this district. As Akron,
the center of the district, is but 30
miles distant, anti-union employers
fear that trade unionism will spread
to their spy-ridden plants, and the
Tuscan management was informed by
various methods that their policy is
Objectionable.
The Corporation service bureau Of
Cleveland, notorious private detective
agency, wrote to the Tuscan people
"that we are advised by one of our
operatives that a party whose name
is supposedly Conboy" is attempting
to organize the Akron district and
that "he was successful in practically
completing a labor organization
among certain element Of your en-
ployes." The agency offered to fur
nish skilled rubber workers to secure
all necessary information.
In turning this letter over to the
unionists, the general manager Of the
Tuscan company wrote:
'sThis letter speaks for itself and is
a revelation to me, but probably a
very old story to you. Isn't it some
times a little appalling when you con-
slider the depths to which members of
the human family sink in their mad
scramble for dollars ?"
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-02-06
MOVE OPS. And STAGE
m0Es N BANQE1


The recently combined Motion PIC
ture and Stage Employees unions en-
tertaincd their wives at : banquet and
entertainment staged Saturday night
ct Persons confectionery shop in
Hoquiam. This Is the first Of what
Fill hsreafteF be an annual affair.
Fellswing The banquet games and
dancing were in order for several
hours. President w. H. Shields gave
tie members during the banquet .
eet-to- s6tberg talk BE was the
nfincin1l sneaker. but others Of the
union responded witk short talks.
The combined membership Of the
stage employees and motion picture
qneFatQrs il now arRund 20 men. A
unique feature Of this union is that
its nzefkings ere held AZ midnight.
This Il done to enable those on dutx
aftkenoon and evening to attend. A
full aEtsndance " the rule despite the
late hour Of holding De msHsing.
These present e tie banquet were;
Mr. end Mrs. ". 4. Shields, Mr.. and
Ms. George MeWhinney, Mr.. and
Mrs.. George Skfibner, Mr.. and Mrs.
Pred Caldwell. Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Crapdall, Mr. and Mrs. H. a. McDon-
AID M end MEs. Dewey Godfrey
n1r. and hrs. Les Masters, DIR. and
Mrs. Elmer Newell; Misses Leona
Willis, Evelyn Jay, zelma Garretson,
and Measrs. Kenneth Harrison, Elmer
Peterson, Lyle Short. Ray Green and
Dale HFew.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-02-06
WAGE RATEs ARE LowER

ALBANY, N. Y, Feb. 5.-Accord-
ing to the New York state department
Of labor, employees in heating appara-
tus shops average $500 less than a
year ago. Electrical and railroad
equipment shops also report a lower
average at present. Chemical and oil
plante, textile mills and clothing shops
average more, partly because Of lower
employment.
The department expresses the belief
that ION the whole, however, the
movement toward decreased rates,
which was gaining headway in the
early summer appears TO have worked
itself out"
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-02-06
RlGREFEIlER UNION
IS UNDER THUMB Or
BOSS, SAYS REPORT

By International Labor News Service
NEW YORK CITY. Feb. S.-John
d. RockefelIer's company union
scheme, installed By the Colorado
Fuel 4 Iron Company, ia TIE subject
Of q survey. report on which has lust
been made public bv Mary Van KIeek.
Departments of Industrial Relations.
Russell saes Foundation. Miss Van
Kieek and Ben A. sslehman made TIE
Investigation for the Sage Founda
ton.
That the best ! company union of
this kind can do is to remedy ssths out.
standing grievances az A earlier d..
.cade,' i made clear In IL report. e
The scheme adoes not develop lead
ership or stimulate interest among
wage earnees.a savs TIE report.
Here are points broneht cut in the
report that show TIE narrow limitn-
tons of the aemulove representationi'
or company unica schnns.
EmnloVes' reprasartatives sars men
who work in the mines and who d
not feel free to act - Opposition to
the company's interest in defense Of
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-02-06

WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. s.
Despite the upward tendency Of the
prices Of many wholesale and some
retail commodities. living costs as q
whole are holding very near the fig
.ure at which they stood one year ago,
according to q study made by the Fed
eraI Government.
Late in 1924 the Government col
1ected data On the price Of necessities
such as food, clothing, fuel and hons-
ing IN representative cities through
out the country. The average Of the
conditions in the cities studied indi-
Gates that for the country IS 3 whole
the cost Of necessities started 1925
e poirt 72.5 per cent above the
level Of 1928.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-02-06
LAUNDRY WORKERS WILL
GIVE SOCIAL AND DANCE

The Laundry Workers are planning
~ give social and dance in the a.
@. W. w. han next Tuesday night.
TbJre win be program, but details
have not been perfected so as to be
able TO announce It. This viii be the
first affair af fhis kind since the
Laundry Workers began meeting in
tie a. @. u. ". hall, and they plan
to make It q real housewarming. Re-
ffeshments will be served.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-02-06

BY International Labor News Service
CHICAGO, Feb. s.-The cases of
Peter s. Shaughnesay, president Of
the Chicago BriclElayers' Union, and
other ofIicers Of the organization, who
were heavily fined and jail sentence
of so days imposed on Business Agent
John Stretch, in the court Of Judge
Denis E. Sullivans notorious for his
injunction record, have been appealed
to the Circuit Court.
Judge Sullivan fined Mr.. ShauRh-
messy $500 and costs for an alleged
vioIation Of an injunction issued in
favor of the Union Contracting Com
pany last May.
President Shaughnessy Is , former
fraternal delegate from the American
Federation Of Labor to the British
Trade Union Congress.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-02-06

A year W the average cost Of liv-
ing was q Ger cent above the level of
1913 and kfo years ago it was 20 per
cent above that level. This point is
not far abnva the lowest level Of liv-
ing costs reached since the war. Elk
panding industry and business has
brought some price adjustments and
the cost Of living has risen from the
low point in response 60 this.
During 1920 and early ia 1924 liv-
ing costs were either at this peak on
lowering near that point. During the
yeax 1891 they were taken rapidly
aownward IN TIE dedatien that mark
~ that year. Locking back over the
record this movement Is shown really
to have started in the middle Of 1920
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-02-06

Jet, which was preached some three
Of four years ago, was approved il =
8zheral way b. the international ex-
eeutive board Of the United Eline
Workers, but il developed that legal
restrictions written IN the union char
teKs prevented the union from invest
ing its fhanda h the project. The mat
ter was IN aheyanes for . times bat
later plan 70 raise the e209.o0o ean.
italization for the company Vas
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-02-06

There vas never = time when more
urgent and sincere calls have been
made for organization Of the wage
earners Of our country than At pres
ent, and there has been no time when
an organizing campaign would be
more successful.
It always has been my pleasure to
read the reports Of the work done by
the general organizers Of the Amer
lean Federation Of Labor. In times
Of great depression they have done
extraordinary service in the cause Of
labor. They have been active at all
times 10 better the standards Of
Ameriean life, which can only come
by the wage earners uniting into
trade unions.
Agitation is in progress to reduce
wages. There always ia spfIicient
npnoeF of employers who IN order to
undersqN others IN the same industry
strive te aecFease wages for their
own benefit. + Is the greed that has
no place o. American SOL. It ie the
greed that degrades cur citizenship
and Is unworthy Of anyone who calls
himself an American.
Let me appeal to yon with all the
force at my command TO come to the
aid Of those who are IN need Of or
ganizafion. Requests from various
parts az the country were made to the
El Pasp convention Of the American
Federation of Labor, in which the
wage earners of various occupations
pleadad for organizers to come into
their territories and teach them trade
unionism.
The convention directed the Ex-
ecutive Council to give ali possible
aid and support 10 BoolkkeepeTs, STEM
ogranhers and Aceountants' Union
No. 12646 IN It's work Of organizing
the bank clerks, and further appealed
70 all workers. labor organizations
and pe5gf gfessfpe- business meis
to patronize banking institutions en-
ploying union clerks.
Out Of the South came an appeal
for help in organizing the unorgan-
lied and to build up the State Fedora
tions of Labor and Central Bodies so
that the economic advancement so
necessary in that section win be sue
cessful.
There are millions of Office workers
in the United States, and because of
their unorganized state are overwork-
ed and underpaid. They are anxious
to unite in order that they may secure
the benefits that come from trade
unionism.
There is much work 70 do in the
laundry industry, as many thousands
of the women employed are receiving
far less than an adequate wage. The
convention directed that every effort
be made to aid the Office and laundry
workers in their efforts 10 organize.
There are at the present time 26
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-02-06

COSH0CToN, Ohio. Feb. 5s--Hueh
Green, father Of william Green
president 81 fha a F. Of Z, died in
this city at To home q hls SON. He
was 80 years e|d end Wan niAer IN
til incapacitated ~ ase. President
Green was with his father in his 1ast
houra.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-02-06
GREEH OPENS R|60RGANIlING CAMPAIGN;
SFEgIFG nSks OUTLINED IL LETTER

has naugurad great ofgapng campaign to bring into the
trade fold those who do share its protection and
help its work AS the initial step letter has been all
American Federation Of Labor general organizers in which the
outlines specific the organization
upon every individual the utmost effort The presidents
cal Y this great organizing effort follows:
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-02-06
CALLED AWAY BY NTcKNEss

Mr.. and Mrs. L. E. CaNfeld were
called to Clear Lake, Wash., Thurs
day by the serious Illness Of their
daughter Mrs. Chris HeAllister. They
left in the morning and expected 70
reach there 81 setp in the evening.
Mrs. McAIlister had been taken TO a
hospital.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-02-06

~ International Labor News Service
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, FEB. 6.-
What is regarded ~ the first expert
ment IN life Insurance. b. 4 trade IN
ion organization Is now il full swing
in the anthraeite eokl fields of Penn
syl4knia
The John Mitchell Mutual LIE IN
suranee Company. with headquarters
at Hszleton, Pa. organized aAd DE-
velopad up to the present tine By the
members Of the United Nine Workers
of America Of Districts I. and 2 e
the Keystone State, Is nou writing
policies for the rninars e those dis
triets which is made up Of some I60s-
600 men.
Of course, i Is too early Il forecast
the outcome of the experiment IN
trade union insurance, but from the
first TecsptiQn Of The idea. tie indica-
tions are for success. II It Is sue
cessfnl, organized labor in general
may then decide to enter the insaf-
ance field as it has entered the bank
ing business, and no doubt win Be
guided BY the results Of the John
Mitchell company.
Miners Need Insurance
# has been pointed out prior te TIE
Organisation Of the company, that
the anthracite miners had been faced
for years with the lack Of life insllF-
ance as a protective faStor il family
life among the workers. The miners
felt the neet Of life insurance, as an
thracite mining is hazardous for those
who 90 down n the mines, statistics
showing an average OF 500 men
killed and almost $4,000 injured, more
or le(aIS during the year. As : result
insurAues rates for miners were boost
ed beyNns the limit Of the average
miner to pay. IN addition, older men,
those h9m 50 years on up, were vir-
tualiy barred from getting insurance
even at the higher rates.
It was these conditions that eventu-
ally led to the formation Of the John
Mitchell company On : mutual basis.
The miners had the advice and help
Of practical insurance men n the for
nation Of the company and its pFog
ress since that time.
Rates For All Averaged
TIE miners we're given to under.
stand that he objections to taking
out poles VIII existing companies
could he overcome in the new COM
Dany. Rates for bbys Of IS years
could Be 6xed at So > year for $500
policy instead Of 1880 or I'll per
annum which the old line companies
asked.
It was also determined that the
rates for all could be averaged so
that TIE nan o. z0 and Sc years would
nay no more than lad Of 1e. Instead
81 paying s2a TO 50 year. 90
vear-old man would be insured for the
same sQ-a-year prenium which his
1e-yeaf-old son was paying and no
medical examination be required.
Insurance men say the plan appears
Is apply the principle Of group in
snrance 70 each Of the Local Unions
and then re-insures them in the CEN
trail company.
Brisk Business Done
Originally the organization Of the
company was to be wholly a union
ag7air, formed and financed by the
&b4hracffa miners. In fact. the pro-
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-02-06
tcontinpsa on Page six)


HEATHER WORKERS IN LINE
CHICAGO, Feb. --Thp Fganizing
campaign Of the United Leather
Workers international union is al
ready bringing results. The Machine
r. Belt Workers union has rejoined
- International, after a six-year abb
Penee.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-02-06

HAT AND CAP MAKERS GAIN
BALTIMORE, Fec. 5-Hat and cap
makers have won their strike for
wage increases and improved working
conditions.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-02-06
MINER 5 ENTER INSURANCE FIELD

NOW WRITING P0LIcIEs II FEENsYIVANIA ANTHRACITE
REGION coat FIELDS
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-02-06

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Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-02-06

Originally the organization of the
company was to be wholly union
a57air, formed and financed by the
anthracite miners. In fact. the pro-
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-02-06

Official 0Esan of the Aber-
deen Central Labor Council,
Hoquiam Trades and Labor
Council end tie Washington
State Federation Of Labor.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-02-06

The Merchants whose ad-
vertisements appear in our
columns are wide-awake,
progressive business men,
entitled TO your support.
Evening star., 1925-03-22
FILIPINO JAIL REFORM
Is INDORSED BY WOOD
Prison Director Seeks to Raise
Level of System to Best
in World.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press
MANILA, February IS Recon-
mcndations Of the director OF the bureau
of prisoners, Ramon Victorio, designed
to place the penal system of the Philip
pine Islands on plane with the most
modern institutions of the kind IN the
world, and to expand the industrial ac-
tivities Of Bilibid Prison in Manila,
have received the Endorsement of Gov.
Gen. Leonard Wood. In a letter the
governor general requests that provision
covering such recommendations be in
cluded in the budget to be presented TO
the Legislature when it meets next
July.
Director Victorio asks that the bureau
of prisons be given a revolving fund, in
stead Of the present annual appropria-
ton. He states that the net income Of
the bureau from is industrial division
in Bilibid Prison, Manila the Bontoc
Prison, Mountain Province; San Ra-
mon Prison, Zamboauga, and the Iwahig
penal colony, Island of Palawan. is in
excess of s250,000 annually. He de-
c!ares that if this amount were left at
the disposal of the bureau without
further appropriations from the Legis-
lature most OF the existing difficulties
or the penal system could be rapidly
overcome.
Among the new activities recommend
ed for Bilibid Prison is the establish
ment of binder twine and jute mill
In this connection the director saws tns:
local conditions art most favorable 10
such ar enterprise on account Of tha
abundant supply Of hemp, cheap labor
and the constant demand abroad for
binder twine
Evening star., 1925-03-22
Immediate Possession.

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filed bath, h. h., heated garage; easy terms
3OO7 and 20O0 Porter St. NV.
Eight rooms, 2 baths, deep lots, half block
west of Connecticut ave. car line; ready to
move in.
Any broker or owner W. G. IRWIN, 551s
Beth st. NV. Pheae CIe7e. 1881. 23s
Evening star., 1925-03-22
SAVE TOGO'S FLAGSHIP.
Imbedded in Concrete, It Will BE
japanese National Monument.

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
TOXIC. February 2O.-The battleship
Mikasa, Admiral Togo's flagship in the
battle of the Sea of Japan when the
Russian feet was destroyed, is to be
preserved as a monument. When the
famous ship was sentenced to the scrap
heap national movement was begun to
preserve her, with the result tnat she
will be imbedded in concrete halfway
up her hull. and gangways will connect
her with shore.
Evening star., 1925-03-22
7,464 Autos in Havana.

Correspondence OF the Associated Press.
HAVANA, March 6.--The total
registration of motor-driven vehicles
in the City of Havana is 17,464.
These include 4,402 private automo-
biles, $3.50 for hire, 1913 trucks, 454
buses and 123 motor cycles. The
number of new cars registered is
from three to four day.
Evening star., 1925-03-22
HOTEL INSTALLS RADIOS.
Head Sets Placed In Every Room
of Old Hostelry.

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
LONDON, March 4.-One of the few
London hotels which still retain an
Old World atmosphere has recently
been modernized in so far as radio is
concerned, as head sets for listening
in have been installed in every room
in the house.
In the Summer 80 to 80 per cent
of the patronage of this hotel is made
up of American travellers. Until a
few years ago, when the hotel was
sold, 1T had belonged to members OF
one family for nearly so years.
Evening star., 1925-03-22
SHORE PROPERTY

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WARD WIDDIFIELD. 2435 18th st. NV.
15S A. IN va. "A MI FROM CITY, GOOD
young timber, fair buildings; excellent club
site. For price and terms address 5524
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NORTH BEACH, MD. = FOR SALE, cor
tages and lots. List furnished of cottages for
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North Beach, or 2435 18th. Wash. Adams 1857 .
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BEAUTIFUL WELL WOODED LOT ON THE
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VALUABLE WATER FRONT PROPERTIES
Lots on the Potomac. with splendid ba thing
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Call at our office Get information on our
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Cottages for Sale or Rent
Evening star., 1925-03-22
MOVING. PACKING & STORAGE.

CLEAN, DRY. STORAGE FOR FURNITURE
and pianos. Estimates cheerfully given. Con-
venient location. WESCHLER'S,s . 920 Pa. ave.
NV. Phone Main 1882
Evening star., 1925-03-22
PRESENT TIDE PROPHET.
Liverpool Shipowners Give Instru-
ment to Birkenhead Observatory.

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
LIVERPOOL, England, March s.
An instrument called the prophet Of
the tide" has been presented by Liver
pool steamship owners 10 the Bidston
Observatory at Birkenhead. The ma
chine viii tell the time of ocean tides
in any part of the world so years in
advance, and il viii also give the
time of all the tides during the last
500 years.
Evening star., 1925-03-22
TOURS.
N UN IN
ITALY, SWITZERLAND, FRANCE
RIVIERA RATTLEEIEIp

FIRST-CLASS HOTELS
SIS. Colombo, New York through Mediterran-
can to Italy June 30.
SIS. iceland. Cherbourg Aug. ls to New
York.
American Express guide throughout tour.
Total expense. S7S5.
Send for information and reservations 20
NJ. FERGUS PROCTOR,
EXPERIENCED TRAVELLER
2415 10th ST. NV, WASHINGTON, d. G.
Evening star., 1925-03-22
0rand Summer Cruise July I, o20
Norway - Western Mediterranean

Specially chartered new Lancashire, /"
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guides, drives, fees. Fascinating trip.
1926 World Cruise, Jan. 20, includes $
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Jan. 80, including Lisbon, Tunis, and Is
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Fine North Cape Party May
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oBERs STEAMSHIP AND TOURIST AGENCY
1920 St. NV. Phones Main 3347-334S
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-15
BLAME FOG FOR
ACCIDENTS
Traffic Collisions Reported
: in City and County

Street car and automobile traffic
generally ~crt an but stopped by an
unusually heavy foF which wnS re-
sponsiblo Tor numerous minor traffic
accidents
Luis Davidson. 1915 gath ave,
drove hla automobile into tho rear
end u Madison cable car az Fourth
ave and Madison IT,. causing slight
damage 10 the machine Davidson
waa not Injured,
A tnxlcab akldded into the auto
mobile OF Albert T. Walters, ssil
W S6th st.. at Second ave and Yes
Ter way when the chauffeur applied
his brakes 20 avoid crashing into tho
street ear
Unable 20 SEQ tho other machine
crossing in front Of him. @. II Sehall,
i72d 18TH ave. drove headon into
another automobile at r Denny way
and broadway Both machines were
damaged slightly.
Fog was blamed for the crash OF
an auto driven by J. Leo Polller and
truck belonging 20 the North End
Transfer company Polier told tho
shcrIfrH office no smashed into the
truck. which was standing on the
Country Club road. about 4 "a. m,
iIla car waa damaged. but he and his
two sons escaped with "a few bruises
and scratches
Suddenly coming upon three cars
stalled IN the fog on Victory high
way. W. II. ilunnex, OF b2si.B TINT
ycrsity way. plloted his car into the
ditch ut 10th II, 20 avoid collision.
His chr was damaged but HuuneS
was uninjurcd.