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Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-06-12
IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS"

We we're assessed various amounts
out Of our pay envelopes for damages
resulting from collisions or for break
age Of any kind.
We deposited $50 with the company
when We were hired, which thev kept
until we we're fired or quit.
When one Of our number died We
passed the hat to get enough money
10 bury him. We were lucky to eat,
let alone save anything for rainy
day.
These were the good old days" We
near anti-unionists talk about, IN
which only the strong survived.
Now all these terrible conditions
have been wiped out, thanks to the
Amalgamated association.
We have the basic eight-hour day,
with time and one-half for over eight
hours.
We choose our runs every three
months. Sixty per cent Of our runs
are straight time. All our Sunday
runs are straight time. Working con-
ditions have been improved all along
the line.
Our wage rate is 20 to rs cents an
hour on surface lines, with II cents
for night cars and s cents an hour
additional for one-man operation. On
the elevated system the maximum
wage is II cents an hour.
We have 10000 members in Chi
cago. We move together in contract
matters and are a unit in policy.
Our international has paid Chicago
members nearly S1,500,000 in sick
total disability. old age and death
benefits since 1912.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-06-12
PeOnage In Florida;
Negroes Are FlOgged

Pensacola, Fla, June 9.-Charles
Land and M00d b. Davis, Calhoun
county tufpentine operators, were
found guilty Of peonage in the district
federal court. rhree Of their EN-
ployes were declared guilty OF aldlnS
and abetting to hold others IN state
OF pe0nage.
Evidence by negro victims disclosed
brutal treatment. Five Of the negroes
ceased their employment at the Land
Davis tufpentne works. They SAID
they were paid no money for then
labor. They were oyertaken ON the
public highway, % miles from the
works, anu brought back to the camp,
where four of them were feartully
beaten. The other negro was com
PEELED by threats to do the whipping.
One of the negroes testified that ne
was in the company camp but snort
time and he became indebted to the
company Sll4.30. He said he d. not
know what it was for. When he was
arrested, he was taken TO the Judge 5
office, where he was urged to plead
guilty to the charge of stealing from
the commissary.
Il didn't steal and wasn't go
ing to plead guilty to something that
did not do, he said. "Then when
| came out of the court house | heard
Mr.. Davis say to the judge that II
he don't plead guilty, give him eight
months on the hard road The negro
said that caused him to change his
plea and later to get the privilege of
being released on a 90-day bond, which
had been figured against him in the
final accounts.
indictments are pending against
Sheriff Clark, County Judge Chain,
Prosecutor McClelland and Gadi
White all Of Calhoun county, They
are charged with aiding Land and
Davis in peonage practices.
These are the first peonage cases
since the sensational death of Martin
Tabert, North Dakota youth, who was
arrested two years ago for riding on
freight train. He was sentenced to
turpentine camp and died as the
result of floggngs. Following wide
publicity given the state the legis-
lature outlawed this brutality.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-06-12
BY J.. d. BLAND
Editor The Union Leader. Chicago


In the good old starvation days be-
fore Chicago car men became mem
Der of the Amalgamated Association
Of Stree. and Electric Railway En-
ployes, We received a wage Of Il ana
y cents an hour. Some OF Us re-
ceived a daily wage Of sl.25 Tor II
and Il hours work. We were pdld
no overtime.
We were held at the barn during
sneWst0rms and emergencies, with no
pay except for actual platform work.
We might stay there al night and get
no work and we had to take out our
runs the next day.
We were logged b. spoilers, an
every week at the barn there was a
line Of mn half a block long waiting
to see the dog catcher, as we cailed
him, to be reprimaHded Tor some
slight error in our work.
We were packed like sheep IN the
galleries of the city council and state
legislature to promote measures ICi
the company benefit, and we dldn
dare call our souls our own.
We were the victims Of arbitrary
rules, iutolerant bosscs and political
manipulation. Our JOBS were never
secure.
Runs were signed up for us-we
had no say in the matter. Many OF
these runs began early one day and
finished early the next A mss
meant anything from being dropped
to the foot Of the extra list to ?
penalty Of from 10 to 30 days.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-06-12
Roy M. Kennedy of Taylorville

Roy M. Kennedy of Taylorville,
ILL.,, who, during the last few years
has gained reputation throughout
Central Illinois as a breeder and ex-
hibitor of Shetland and Welsh ponies,
has decided to quit the business and
sell his herd of fifty choice animals
at his place at Taylorville, June Gath.
Mr.. Kennedy's reason for quitting
the pony field is that he has an ex-
tensive Planning Mill and Contracting
Business and is not able to devote the
time to the ponies they should have 10
do them Justice.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-06-12
NOn-Union Paper
Owned By Dawes

Chcago.-It no doubt will be Of in
terest to trade unionists throughout
| the United States to learn the Vice
| President Charles G.. elan Maria
Dawes is one OF the controlling own
els of non-union daily newspaper.
| The newspaper is the News-lndeX,
published at Evanston, ILL.,, a subur-
ban town on the northern boundary of
| Chicago and where Dawes has his
| home.
The newspaper was formerly con-
trolled by A. H. Bowman, but Dawes
and other Chicago financiers have
kicked Bowman out into the street
after having receiver appointed.
Paper Fights Union
The Evanston News-Index and the
Bowman Publishing Company were
concerns of respectable proportion and
successfully operated under union con-
ditions up to 1921, when the Inter
national Typographical Union inaugu-
rated its nationwide strike to put
the 44-hour week into effect in the job
printing industry.
Bowman decided to fight rather than
to accede to the demands of the print
ers. His plants were struck and it
was not long before he found himself
in financial difficulties. To extricate
himself he started stock-selling cam
paign among the citizens of Evanston,
endeavoring to sell stock in blocks
of 500 to 5000.
Chicago Typographical Union No.
l6, which had and still has jurisdic-
ton over Evanston, knocked Bow
mans stock-selling scheme sky high
when it issued a little booklet telling
all about the business method and
characteristics of Bowman and mailed
copies to 5000 addresses in Evanston.
Bankers Aid Bowman
Following this Bowman abandoned
his stock-selling campaign in Evans
ton and came to the LaSalle Street
tinanciers here in Chicago and made
a plea for help. Charles G. Dawes
put up the money, but at the same
time they sewed Bowman up in a bag,
1t is said, with the result that Bow
man has been kicked out without cere-
mony and Dawes and his pals control
the works. The wolves of La Sale
Street took" Bowman for all he had.
Dawes and his friends have not
shown disposition to unionize the
News-lndeX and the job printing
plant,
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-06-12
Can't Pass Subsidy Bill

Washington June 9.--Deelaring
himself pessimistic over the outlook
for a ship subsidy, Admiral Palmer,
president of the United States emer-
geney fleet corporation, limited that
the federal government may have 20
accept the principle of government
operation of vessels.
The navy officer made this state
ment in a speech to the United States
chamber of commerce. He said he has
grave doubts that the people will ac-
cept the subsidy theory.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-06-12
Would Exempt Tax PAYERS

Washing Ton, June 9.-Senator Cou.
Zens would remove from the income
tax list more than 100000 persons
VINO pay on incomes less than $4,000
The senator finds that these persons
pay less than 10 per cent of the in.
come tax revenue, and that the gov.
eminent goes to a great deal OF
trouble to collect this amount.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-06-12

Ample oil in ground to meet de-
mandS for long time. SAYS Standard
OIL Company executive.
Meeting of Pennsylvania labor IN.
ions and Socialists declares for for
nation of labor party.
=. Thousands of children from found
ing. homes shipped to Texas to work
on farms under bad conditions. Child
welfare Conference in New York
hears.
business not obeying antitrust
laws, says Commissioner Huston
thompson Of Federal Trade Commits.
sion.
:. Government employees slated for
dismissal or demotion ia he giye, On
days notice il is announced e" "
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-06-12
Bankers Aid Bowman
Dol iar-A-Wcck Car Fare

Baltimore, June 9.-The public serv-
Ice commission is considering a re.
quest by the peoples counsel that the
local street car company be ordered
to install dollar-a-week car fares.
Under this system holders of a 81
ticket could ride as often as they
please within the one-fare city zone
during the week for which the ticket
is effective.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-06-12
Mennonite Immigration

The Mennonite colony located al
Durango, Mexico, is to be further aug.
mented by an additional group cf i'm.
migrants of this sect from Canada
1t is understood that it is the inten.
ton of the colony to increase its mum.
Der to 5000 persons.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-06-12
Labor Unrest In Brazil

\ group of street car conductors
and motormen, dock workers, and
mechanics in the Manaos district re-
Gently struck for higher wages. While
the demands were not granted, the
strikers returned to work upon their
employers promise to study and
remedy the cause of complaint.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-06-12
Lockout in Denmark

During the month of April a lock,
out involving 10000 blacksmiths
machinists, metal printers, ship car.
penters, and hatmakers who had re.
fused to accept the agreements ar.
ranged under the Government Boarc
OF Arbitration, went into effect
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-06-12
Relief of Unemployed in Fstbon;,

The Ministry of Labor and Welfare
has requested the approval of the
government for an advance amount
ing to twenty million marks (S53,476l
from this years budget for the relief
of the unemployed.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-06-12
Streeta Car Men Gain

Peoria, ILL.,, June Am arbitration
board has raised street car mems
wages in this city. The workers Sc
cure an average advance of $3.50 a
month.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-06-12
Housing Subsidy in Srntlnnd

j.. IN accordance with the Governments
SUBSIDY Housing Act of 1923. the
Dundee Town Council has erected 500
houses and 70 temporary dwellings.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-06-12

Supreme Court holds local mine
union at Prairie Greek Valley, 4 +
must face suit on charges OF vi""
ing antitrust law.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-06-12

Judge Willis |. Pearson will speak
at an open meeting of the Loyal Order
of Moose next Tuesday night at Moose
Hall.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-06-12
Wage MOYemeni

Hamburg dockyard workers, wi
recent wage movement was made
subject of arbitration, were gran r.
raise of forty pfennings per a.
thus advancing their daily pay tu
$50 to 6:70 marks.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-06-12
Nobody Saves Money Unless They Expect
To Live at Least Another Day :

NTONEY Saved in the Today of Plenty comfort in
lV1 the Tomorrow of Old Age Need. The Tomorrow Of
Need may be side stepped but many of when
least expect it. The Tomorrow Of Old Age is missed by those
who die pemaure, but reach Old Age prepared live
independently condition in life that should be the aim OF
everyone
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-06-12

The following Daughey RID Cham
paign all al he get prize
Beverly banner., 1925-03-20
Beavers Increasing Fast

Possession of new resource that
within short span of years may be
expected to develop into means of
positive profit for land owners in vari-
Gus parts of South Dakota is seen by
II. S. Hedrick, state game warden
on colonies which have been practical
ly immune from trappers under the
state law for the past six years, the
ST. Paul Pioneer Press says:
1t is impossible to make even an ap-
Proclamation of the number of these
fur-bearing animals, Mr.. Hedrick says,
but it is known that they have pros
pered to an unexpected degree and are
to invade many localities
where they were never befor seen.
Beverly banner., 1925-03-20
W. N. u, NEW YORK, NO. 11--1s2s
Hardly

A torrid liver prevents proper food as
sirnilation Wrght's Indian Vegetable Pills
to up the liver. They act gently but
surely. 372 Pearl st., New York. Adv.
Beverly banner., 1925-03-20
Nutmeg in Demand
for Many Purposes

nutmeg tree will yield from 1000
to 10000 nuts year. All parts of the
fruit are in demand for culinary pur-
POSES. In Singapore the natives salt
the husks, and in drinking saloons they
are supplied for the purpose of Great
ing thirst. A delicious preserve is also
prepared from the husks.
The nutmeg is employed in medicine
as carminative and stimulant, and
fat from the nut-the so-called nut
meg butter-is used as an application
for rheumatism.
1t contains from 3 to per cent Of a
volatile oil, and the substance my
risticin, which possesses narcotic prop
critics. Cases of poisoning as a result
of chewing nutmegs have been record
ed-a single nutmeg seriously affecting
the cerebral functions of man.-Lon.
don Ti.-Bits.
Beverly banner., 1925-03-20
Auoid Accidents

1t is a foolish woman who does not
insist upon every bottle in her medi-
cine cabinet being plainly marked as
to its contents.
Beverly banner., 1925-03-20
The cutloura Toilet Trio.

Having cleared your skin keep 1t clear
by making Cuticura your everyday
toilet preparations. The Soap to cleanse
and purify, the Ointment to soothe.and
heal, the Talcum to powder and per-
fume. No toilet table is complete
without observation-disclosures
Beverly banner., 1925-03-20
MAN OR WOMAN

10 sell exclusive apparel and pure SIX
undergarments direct to consumer.
Exceptional opportunity to build own
business. Substantial income from
start Apply today YORKSHIRE MER-
CAMILLE CORPORATION, Dept. A, 81
West 10th street, NEW YORK CITY.
Beverly banner., 1925-03-20
Canada's Beet Exports

Exports of beef from Canada dur
ing the month of November amounted
to 2,4OS,4O pounds, valued at $194,445,
according to report issued by the
federal Department of Agriculture.
During the same month 13,O26.600
pounds of bacon and ham, valued at
50, ,507 ,123, were exported.
Beverly banner., 1925-03-20

~ Fog affects the birds and beasts at
the London ZOO TO such an extent 1t
has been decided to install electric
lights to temper the dampness and
darkness caused by the moistened
haze and coal smoke that creeps into
all the cages when fogs are at their
height.
Beverly banner., 1925-03-20
Dialects in South Africa

There are many different dialects
spoken by the Dutch inhabitants of
South Africa, the most common being
Plat Deutsch or Low Dutch similar TO
Low German.
Beverly banner., 1925-03-20
Colds
That
Hang on

If you permit a cold to fasten
itself upon you at this season of
the year it rnay last all winter,
and of course may develop into
2 very much more serious illness.
If you begin to treat a cold
just as soon as it appears, it is
much easier to get rid of it.
If the treatment that you use
Is Father Johns Medicine you
will find thatJthe cold promptly
disappears in the natural way
because this prescription gives
strength and enables the organs
of the body to perform their
natural functions, drives out
the poisonous waste matter and
restores normal health.
Beverly banner., 1925-03-20
Right Way to Lay Carpet

Carpets should always be laid so
that the pile is smooth when brushed
toward the door. This will save much
trouble when sweeping
Beverly banner., 1925-03-20

Imitation concrete blocks made of
sandpaper have been found to appear
more natural in modern picture pho
tography than the genuine articles.
Beverly banner., 1925-03-20

Why buy many bottles of other vermi-
fuges when one bottle of DR. Peery's Dead
Shot" will work without fai7 Adv
Beverly banner., 1925-03-20

HOxsie's Group Remedy strikes at the ~~st
safe without it,. No opium. so ots.-Adv.
Evening star., 1925-08-03
RUM CALLED CAUSE
OF KIDNAPPING PLOT
Men Who Planned to Abduct
Mary PiCkford Merely
Drunk, Defense Claims.
by the Associated Press.

Dy the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, August 3.-More
testimony bearing on the question of
whether John Barleycorn played a
prominent role in the preliminaries of
the Mary Pickford kidnapping plot was
expected at today's session Of the
trial of three men charged with con
spiracy to carry off the actress and
hold her for $500, ,0nn ransom.
George Mayer, one of the hidden
"HSteners-in' at the alleged kidnap-
ing conferences of the defendants, tes-
titled just before adjournment last
Friday that he had not heard any
gurgling or clinking sounds emanat-
ing from the hotel room where the
conferences took place.
However, Mayer was slated for
croSS-eXamination today, and in queS-
tioning him and other police detec-
ttves defense counsel hoped to show
that the three alleged plotters, Charles
Stephens. Claude Holcomb, and Adrian
Wood. were more drunk than dan
serous when they hiccoughingly dis
coursed among themselves concern
ing the possibility of kidnapping a
screen celebrity.
The defense contends that Stephens.
Holcomb and Wood were coaxed into
discussing the kidnapping of Miss
Pickford, and that Louis Geek, said to
be the States star witness, piled them
with liquor in order to put them in the
proper mood for talking big
Should the prosecution close its case
today. defense attorneys are prepared
to ask for an instructed verdict of
acqufttal on the ground that no evil
dence has been presented establishing
an overt act" on the part of the de-
PENDANTS.
Evening star., 1925-08-03
HOLDS SMALL LIQUOR
DEALERS UNIMPORTANT
Federal Prosecutor of New York
Says Real Cleanup Should
Hit at Big Vendors.
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
LINCOLN, Nebr., August 3.-Pro-
hibition enforcement agents were not
able to get anywhere in the way of
law enforcement until they stopped
wasting their time upon the subordi-
nate employees of booze vendors and
began padlocking big liquor retailers
and falling the bootleggers. says
Emory K. Buckiler. United States dis
trict attorney at New York City.
Mr.. Buckner came here TO visit his
parents. Rev. and Mrs. j. ID. NJ. Buck
ner, and to attend a family reunion
in Omaha August s.
When the attorney was placed at the
helm of the Federal prosecution he
found the courts packed with insig-
nificant cases. he said.
Il set to work with the aim of
getting at the big source" he con-
tinued, checking the activity of the
liquor manufacturer and the dealers
who bootlegged on an extensive scale.
The outcome of the insignificant
cases would mean very little in stem
ming the vast liquor flow into New
York City. | found New York as
wet as the Atlantic Ocean when /
took up my duties. The police. COM
missioner is getting 240, 900 complaints
a year against liquor violations
Evening star., 1925-08-03
Killed in Auto Crash.

MIAMI, Fla. August 8 CP).-Wilbur
Wilson, %, of Ojus, formerly of Fair
fax, s. c., bookkeeper employed by the
Ojus Rock Co., was killed instantly,
and Leonard Lockleer, also of Ojus,
was probably fatally injured yester-
day, when the automobile in which
they were riding collided with truck.
Laude Quinn, also of Ojus, formerly
of Dunellen, Fla, a third occupant of
the automobile, was injured, but not
SerinuSlN-
Evening star., 1925-08-03
New Shanghai Probe Hit.

SHANGHAI, August 8 CP).-A dis
patch received here from Peking says
the foreign Office has cabled Chinese
ministers abroad instructing them to
inform the governments to which they
are accredited that the Chinese gov
ernment is opposed to another inves-
tigation into the recent Shanghai dis
orders
Evening star., 1925-08-03
Widlar'S
Chow Nav

When days are hot and preparation of meals
is irksome, why not serve "Chow May sand
wches A jar of Chow May" and thin slices
of bread cut from loaf of Dorsch's "Aloafa"
Bread (the eight-cent split top Loaf made into
sandwiches will tempt the appetites of the en-
tire family.
Keep jar of "Chow May" on the shelf and
YOU can always make sandwiches the whole
family can enjoy.
Widlar's "Chow May" in jar. ..... .29c
Dorsch's Split Top Loaf q Lb.) -. &c
Evening star., 1925-08-03

A remarkable saving in sliced pineapple. The
paradise Island" the quality is the best, the size o
is approximately one-half that of the large size ca
Each can contains six slices of the best grade
sliced ripe pineapple the quantity just right for
pose when only limited quantity is needed.
At this price you will feel inclined to take home
half or dozen cans. You never before have had
value offered you in canned pineapple.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1925-08-19
U. S. OFFICIALS
IN A SQUABBLE
One Department Resents
Action Of Another -$424
Bone of Contention.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 19.-Comp-
troller General McCarl said yester-
day the United States Attorney Gen
eral may make any decision he likes
about the Comptroller's office but
the effect will be persuasive only.
Comptroller McCarl rejected the
Navy protest, backed by the Gov
ernments legal department, for the
claim of $424 for Rear Admiral w
G. Bullard for transporting his wife
from Hankow, China. where her hus
band retired, to West virginia.
McCarl said neither the Attorney
General nor any other head of De
partment ever had nor will have
Jurisdiction of review of settle
ment OF the accounting officer.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1925-08-19
Aged Scotchman Finds
Native Land Changed

BELFAST, Aug. 19.-The sad
dest man on the liner Cedric which
arrived here from Liverpool recently
enroute to America was John NELL,
an S6-year-old Scot. He left his ma
tive Glasgow for tire United States
in 1868 and fought in the Civil
War, and this was his first trip to
the land of his nativity.
81 did not meet soul | knew,
he said Everything was changed
and was like stranger in a
strange land Now | am gmng back
to Honolulu to spend the remaining
days of my life"
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1925-08-19
PLAY POKER IN PRISON.

SALEM, Ore, Aug. 19.--General
lack of discipline. jangling between
the officials and gambling among
the prisoners is the keynote of the
testimony offered before the coron-
er'1 jury probing conditions IN the
Oregon State Penitentiary which
eliminated in the death of two
guards and one convict, and the
escape of three other prisoners.
Poker is the principal pastime of
the prisoners, the PRISON chaplain
testified.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1925-08-19
BELGIAN DEBT
AGREEMENT IS
FINALLY MADE
Interest on Actual War Debt
Is Waived Payment to
Be Made IN 62 Years.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.-All in
terest charges on money actually
loaned to Belgium during the wal
with Germany will be foregone by
The United States under the terms
Of the agreeip mt for funding the
Belgian debt. This agreement was
reached yesterday between the Amer
lean and Belgian representatives.
Belgium will pay back $171, 100000
n G2 years. The balance. $146,000,-
600 which was loaned after the ar.
misticc will be paid back in G2 years
but with three and one half per cent
interest after 10 years.