The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 16, 1920, Page 1

we ay THE WEATHER u pai ate 1 ener I TL TET ‘1THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE er Ce AaHEANS Aa ey Pe THIRTY- N! TH YEA! YEAR ' BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY; APRIL 16, 1920 { PRICE FIVE CENTS THRO. N, VAIL, BELL SYSTEM CHIBF, I DEAD } ; Heart and Kidney’. Trouble Cause of Demise in Balti- “ more Hospital | WIRE AND PHONE GENIUS | i Famous Project of Combining Bell and Western Union Was His Idea Baltimore. April 16.—Theodore N. Vail, chairman of the board of direc- |, tors of the American Telephone. and Telegraph Co. died at John Hopkins hospital this morning of cardiag and kidney trouble. Mr. Vail was brought here from Jekyll Island, Ga., last Sunday in hi private car. “At the hospital it was stated that he was in a serious condi ton when he reached here. _ Mr. Vail retired ag president of the American Telegraph and Telephone. Co. last June and became chairman. As President of the American Tele phone and Telegraph Company, Theo- dore Newton Vail was the head of the largest telephone system in the world. He was not only its nominal head, but he was from the first the genius that promoted the popular use of the tele- phone, the first man to establish long- distance communication by telephone. and, when past seventy years of age, he was still the initiative head of a system that numbered nine million telephone subscribers and represented an investment of a billion and a half dollars. One of the,most ambitious projects which he planned was a merger of the Western Union Telegraph Company with the telephone company, and in 1910 when the, telephone interests succeeded in securing the controlling power in the Western Union, Mr. Vai became president of both these great corporations. He resigned as presi dent of the Western Union. however. when, on April 15, 1914, the telephone company disposed of its interests in the Western Union because of threat- ened action by the government against the combination of these com- peting utilities. BALL FANS WILL HOLD MASS ‘MEET SATURDAY Loyal Rooters Will Form Base- ball'Club at Session Sat- urday’ Night. WILL ' BUILD NEW PARK ‘ a A mass meeting of. baseball fans will be held at the Commercial clu’ rooms Saturday night at 8 o'clock fo: the purpose of organizing a basebai club, purchase a ball park and com- plete all details for a strong semi- professional t€éam to represent this city. The call for the meeting has been issued by John A. Larson and ‘several of the better known rooters of othe: seasons, including ‘Postmaster Frank Reed, Orris W. Roberts, and, othe true followers of the “world’s great est’ sport,” have promised to attend and lend their assistance, both finan- cial and moral, to make the project a success. According to present plans. a hold ing company will be formed to buy i ball park, erect a grandstand an: start the club. In all probability, + large tract of land east of the city wili be purchased for a ball park and th grand stand at the capitol ball park will be taken down and erected on the | new field. The plan of the promoters of th; | project is to raise the necessary fund. through a budget, which will includ all of the business’ and professional | men in the city together with definite amounts which each should contri. bute. The necessity of building a new bail park js due to, the contemplated ac- tion of the state board of administra tion. The capitol ball grounds, it has been officially stated, is to be plowe? up this spring and planted in trees and shrubbery for the historical park, the first step.in fixing the capitol ground | in accordance with the plans for the new state buildings. COFFMAN HEADS MINN. UNIVERSITY Minneapolis, April 16.—Lotus -Delta | Coffman, dean of theCollege of Edu- | cation, was elected president of the | University of Minnesota by-(unanim | ous vote of the Board of Regents. | He will succeed Marion L. Burton | on July 1 as head of the institution. Until that date he will continue as dean of the college until a successor, can be found and will, as president | elect, work with Dr. Burton in hand-/ ling many affairs of the institution. His salary. will be $12,000. the same as that paid his predecessor. Approved at University The choice of Dean Coffman was} | | { \ WIFE PLEADS FOR MAN'S LIFE AS {4TH EXECUTION DATE NEARS Mrs. Allen V. Grammer; and below, Alson B. Cole (left) and Allen V. Grammer. Family Ties Are Shattered; Other Relatives Fight Her © N. E. A. Staff Special Omaha, April 16— Allen Vincent \rammer and Alson B. Cole have been sentenced to death and the date of their execution fixed 13 times, anl hey are still alive. Three times executioners have made trips half across the contineat | ‘o Lincoln, Neb., to carry out the death sentence; and gone back with- out havipg done so. Once, on Feb, 7, almost at the moment set for the men to die. -Grammer's nerves have given way under the strain, and he is in a state of collapse. Cole takes the matter easjly. He jokes: prison officials about it and says she execution never will take place. On ‘Feb: 77> @uie* #as “Sound! asleep at the hour set for the march to the slectric chair, and the warden hat to wake him to teM him that he had been reprieved again. Grammer lies on_his| bed, hardly 3peaking even to his wife, who’ has stood by him throughout the fight for his life. Spurned by Family Mrs. Grammer is the daughter the woman her husband were convicted of murdering. Her brothers and: sisters have all turned against her. Once she met her broth er in the hall of the courthouse. he on his way to secure execution of her husband's sentence. she to beg the governor to spare his life. The broth er turned his head away and did not speak. Cole and Grammer were convicted in 1917 of the murder of Mrs. Luin Vogt, whose body. was found on a rural road near Palmer, Ne’ July 5. Both men made confessions, and later repudiated them. Cole said Grammer promised him $00 to kill his mother- in-law. Reasons for Reprieves The fight for their lives has been made by two young Lincoln (Neb.) attorneys, John M. Priest and Ster- ling F. Mutz, Several of the'reprieves have been to permit appeals and mo- tions for new trials. One was because there was no equipment on hand at the time to elec- trocute the men. Another was because the execution er who had been engaged could nat come. Another sanity. The last one was because the state could' not secure the dism! appeal before the St. Louis court of appeals before the date set. The execution is now set for Fri- day, June 4., Grammer’s wife is still working to gave his life. FORMER RESIDENT | OF CITY IS FOUND DEAD IN HIS BED of | was to test Grammer’s Word has just been réceived here that Thomas J. Flavin, former assis ant postmaster at Bismarck, was found dead in his bed at his home in San Francisco last Monday. vin was a nephew of M. P. Slattery of this city and is well known to the older residents of this sec- tion. Mr. Flavin was 63 years of age at! the time of his death. He came to! this city in the early '80’s and went to-work in the postoffice. He was fater made assistant postmaster and a few years after this appointment was made assistant postmaster at Butte, Mont. After spending several | years at ‘Butte, Mr. Flavin was sent to Hawaii where he was made chiet | postal inspector. He later returned {to this country and was made chief postal inspector for the San Francisco the reprieve came and Cole! sal of the | Mr. Fla}, LEGAL LIGHTS OFF 10 FIGHT INBIG CASES ae “Forty-two Taxpayers” Case to be Argued in Washington Tuesday «A re | Stocks and Bonds Case Also Coming Up with Others __ During Week Next week is field day for North Dakota'in the Supreme Court of the United States, Attorney General Wil- lidm Langer teaves tonight for Wash- ingion where Tuesday Ne will make the principal argument in the familiar ! “Forty-two Tax Payers’ case,” involv- ting the constitutionality of the laws which were passed by the Nonpartisan League Legislature and put into effect their industrial program. General Langer will be assisted in this case, probably the most famous which has ever arisen in this state, by Judge W. 8. Lauder of Wahpeton and Judge S. L. Nuchols of Mandan., The case is called for twelve o'clock next Mon- day. It is probable that the so-called “tin lizzie” tax payers law case will be consolidated and heard at the same time. This action is the same as the Forty-two Tax Paye¥s case, except that it, was brought in the state courts. ' F &. Packard and Albert E. Sheets, Jr., assistants of General Langer will eave tomorrow or the next day for Washington, where they will present the State’s argument on behalf of the Stocks and Bonds Tax case and the Cream of Wheat case. The statute levying an excise tax on stocks ana bonds of all corporations doing busi- {ness in;the state was held unconstitu- ‘tional by the United States District Court last December. This appeal to the Supreme Ccurt of the United. | States was one of the most rapid on | record. The Cream of Wheat case involves a property taxjon the stocks of the Cream of Wheat company. a domestic cgrporation, levied some years ago. ‘The tax was’‘sustained by the Supreme Court of the State and the corpora- tion is appealing. These two cases involve more than a half million dol- | lars in taxes. When asked about the political sit | were looking good, only he hoped that while he was gone the politicians | | would get the fences all fixed so that they would have a little time to de- ‘vote to fighting Townley as he was rather lonesome on the firing line: | World War Boon to American Indian’ St. Paul, Minn., April 16.-— Chief Louis Priest, from the Winnebago In- | dian reservation in Nebraska. flere to pay his income tax expressed the be-| ‘lief that the world war has proved one of the greatest boons to the! | American Indian since they came un | der the control of the American gov: | ernment. | “Kills-a-Lot.” as Chief Priest ‘known in his own language, is well | educated and owns hundreds of acres |of farm ahd timber lands in ‘Nebras- | ‘ka. He complained that the amount | | of income tax which he was required'| | to pay seemed too large, and for that | reason he visited the collector of in- understood to be a popular one at the| district, a position he held up to me ternal revenue here. university, not only because of the | personal friendship enjoyed by him,| but also because it bore out the policy | of promotion from within the institu- | tion. Many acute problems face the insti- tution and this fact was recognized by Dean Coffman in his acceptance of the position. time of his death. A brother of Mr. Flavin. Michael a Flavin, was a resident of Bismarck in ‘the early days and later returned to ber of parliament. Feathers are believed to have evolved from the reptilian scale. | GIVES BIRTHDAY PARTY | Mrs. J. D. McDonald entertained | | fifteen young boys and girls at her! Ireland where he was elected a mem- | home at 211 Second street yesterday | | afternoon in honor of the fourth birth. | j doy anniversary of her grand-daugh- | ter Rhea ‘McDonald. The children en- joyed games and refreshments, INVOLVES LEAGUE PLAN). uation General Langer said that things | 'RAILSTRIKE BYPRETED TO DISINTEGRATE Arrest gf Leaders by Govern- ment at Chicago Serious | Blow NO FURTHER ARRESTS Warnings Issued that Strikers | - Must Return to Work or Lose , Jobs i Chicago. ri) 16.—Speedy disinter- ; gration of’ unauthorized railroad strikes in the central and far west was forecast today with a serious blow struck by the government at the in- | ‘surgent stronghold in Chicago by the arrest of 25 strike leaders. Federal officials announced they had gained their objective in the strike and indicated that no further arrests were scheduled. | Warnings werg issued in the prin- cipal strike centers in the west that unless the men returned to work by tomorrow théir positions would.be de- clared vacant and new men employed. The situation in Michigan and Ohio where several hundred thousands in- | dustrial workers bave been forced out of employment remained virtually un- changed. Passenger service on the Pacjfi¢ coast was reported practically nor- mal. Southern Pacific officials said freight traffic: was nearly normal on some of its California lines and was being restored.on others. Strikers” were reported returning to work at St. Louis and at Kansas City the brotherhood: chairman issued an ultimatium to, strikers to return to work on or before tomorrow under penalty of losing their seniority rights. LARGE VARIETY | OF TRADES ARE IN EXAM LISTS Civil Service Commission An- nounces Dates of New Exanjinations fessions are represented in the latest list of civil service examinations just announced by the commission at Washington. D. C. The title, and date of these examinations are as follows: ‘April 27: ,assistant mechanical en- gineer (experimental ordngnce), $2,000 a year; fuel engineer, $4,200 q year; assistant fuel engineer, $1,620 to $2,160 a year. April 28: telegraph operator, $900 to $1,200 a year. May 4: extension specialist in can- ning and drying, $2,200 to $2,700 a year; map printer, $900 to $1,200 a year; civilian assistant, $8 a day; senior inspector of car equipment, $1,680 to $2,400 a year; Greek trans- lator, $1,200 to $1,400 a year; junior economist (farm management), $1,800 to $2,.00 a year. May 5: artist-illustrator, $1,200 a year; laboratory aid, motion picture laboratory, $900 a year; physician, Panama canal service, $200 a month. May 11: glassworker, $1,200 to $1,680 a year; telephone auditor, $1,600 a year; metallurgist, $7.60 a day; surveillance inspector, $1,600 to $2,400 a year; director of home edu- cation. $2,000 to $2,500 a year; min- ing accountant, $3,600 to $4,500 a year; analyst, $1,200 to $1,500 a year: oil gauger, 91,250 to $1,500'a year. August 2: assistant appraisal en-| gineer, $1,800 to $3,300 a year; ap- praisal engineer. $3,600 to $4,800 a year; typographical draftsman, $1,500 to $1,880. A Mexican in Arizona drank nearly | a quart of wood alcohol and worked 10 hours on the railroad’ the next’ day. NEW YORKERS DON OVERALLS TO SAVE CASH Kansas city, Bieaigke ee and Many States are Organiz- ing Clubs JUDGE. HAS *EM IN COURT| Women Organize in the Homes —Prices Start on Down- / ward Path York, April 16--The overall promenade imported direct from the south was still billed to make its ap- pearance on Broadway today. Members of the Cheese club, an or- ganization of dramatic writers, press agents and editors of theatrical papers announced their conversion to the cheaper clothes movement, last night. The advance notice said today’s prom- onade would arrest Broadway's startled eye at about the hour the matinee crowds began to gather. Birmingham, Ala. April 16.—The lowly overall today ‘supplanted the “pinch back” in Birmingham. Rainy weather served to encourage those who had resolved “to see what the other fellow did” before they donned the ginghams. - As a result the pledge to put them on today was generally kept. City commissioners functioned denine, judges applied the law in t a same uniform, bankers, doctors, law- yers, and merchants wore their over. alls with assurance. Men in all walks of life cheered one another on in the fight against the high cost of cloth- ing. ‘Tke women had “organized” at home. “Towards noon many appeared in dreases of calico and gingham. Retail clothiers have advertised “bargain sales” in men’s wear and lower’ price marks were observed in some store windows. The cost of overalls is $6 and there seems to be ais unlimited supply. BIG NIGHT FOR ELKDOM OF BISMARCK Starting .at.6:30 0) look tonight and continuing ‘with slight interruptions for sleep and medical, attention, 80 innocent fawns will be'initlated into the mysteries of Elkdom by the Bis- marck lodge of Elks. The festivities—for the onlookers not for the fawns—will start tonigt: with a parade through the mein streets of the city. The parade will be headed by the Elks’ band and’ the new members, who are to ride the lodge’s mascot. T. N. T., the festive goat, will be conspicuous by their haggard look. After the parade, which will be giv- en solely for the purpose of limbering up the candidates and the initiation team, the members, old and new, will enter the secret chambers of the iklks\home and old T. IN. Ty will ‘occupy the center of the stage. All arrange ments have been made for a succéss- ful initiation and three surgeons will be in attendance to care for the more seriously injured. Saturday night will be one of the festivities for all concerned, even the tawns, whose antlers by that time will have started sprouting, will be per- mitted to take part freely inthe dance and banguet at Patterson’s hall. The impression has been given out that the new members will be permited to the dance free, but this the committee indigently denies. It will cost the fawns $5 just like the other members. The only thing the fawns will get for nothing will be the initiation and that, the older mem bere believe. should ve sufficient. Investigators say in “Russia de- struction has gone as far as it can go, and that construction now is in‘ New | evitable. | CLEAN UP DRIVE STARTS MONDAY | PROCLAMATION OF | PRESIDENT LUCAS i eres: | Know all men, women and children | by these presents: | That, whereas the national clean- up and paint-up campaign has result- ;ed in many advantages to community | life throughout the United States. | | In safeguarding HEALTH; | In promoting THRIFT; In furthering FIRE PRBVIPN- | TION; H In stimulating CIVIC PRIDE; | and | In making the “HOME AND | CITY BRAUTIFUL.” | iNow, Therefore, be it known that | plans have been perfected for a thor; ough clean-up and paint-up campagn. | | Bismarck, N. D., beginning Monday, | April 19, the date to mark the open- | ing of a real campaign of persistent | | and constructive effort in cleaning up land keeping it ‘up. In this worthy | movement we urge each citizen to do | his or her part to make our communi- | ty clean. healthy, thrifty, safe and} | beautiful. | ALW. LUCAS, President of the Bismarck City Commission. ik The elaborate tatoo. marks with which the Maori decorates his body | | indicate the tribe and family history | | of the wearer. | PROCLAMATION OF COMMERCIAL CLUB LET US MAKE OUR TOWN . THE ;CLEANEST IN THE WORLD because the cleanest town in the’ world is the! best one to live in: ‘BEST-—because healthiest BIEST—because fewest fires 'BEST—-because most beautiful. “CLEAN UP AND PAINT UP” This campaign reduces fire insur-| ance rates and fire loss; in¢reases property value; makes gardens of vase cant; lots; removes unsafe buildings: swats the fly, develops school and home gardens; makes cleaner alleys, yards and homes; educates children in fire prevention and clean-up meas- ‘ollects rubbish: ures; plants trees makes more attractive and safer homes and places of business. It develops a communi manently insures a cleaner, safer, healthier and more beautiful city., Willing co-operation in this work | will omplish_wonders—a MAGIC | | TRANSFORMATION of our city will | be the result. I will—-will you? CLEAINLINESS- Is the best life insurance. Is the best fire insurance. BISMARCK COMERCIAL CLUB. P. C. Remington. President. Geo, N. Keniston, Secretary. y spirit that per-, |SONORA SOLDIERS |CONTINUE TOWARD) SINALOA CAPITAL Agrua Prieta, So Sonora, April 16. Sonora troops continued their march } toward Ouliacay capital of the adjoin- ing state of. Sinaloa today according | to information given out at military | headquarters here. th | Military authorifiés suld success_of Sonora troops in Sinaloa would give | the seceding states the military pow | er necessary to successfully overcome | | any force President Carranza might | | send against the northern states. Sonora troops have taken the ag- gressive in the south and crossed the Sinaloa boundary and captured two towns. | | Washington, April 16.—Mexico has asked permission from the United States to move troops through Amer- ican territory so as to attack the state o {Senora from the north. No actioa on the request has been tak taken. 1. W. W. BACKS MOVEMENT FOR ONE BIG UNION Present Unrest Among Rail road Workers Time Blamed for Action “IN D USTRIAL’ Urged ey All stds Says William D. Haywood— Will Continue UNIONISM” Chicago, April 16.——Plans. of the In dustrial Workers of the World to. ad voeate the one big union movement during the present unrest among rail- road workers was revealed in a state ment by William D. Haywood forme: general secretary and treasurer of thc I. W. W., and John Sandgren, editor of the one big union monthly pub lished here today. The two leaders were quoted as de- nying any connection between the J. W. W. and the insurgent. railroad or ganization now on strike, but said ef forts had been made to constitute “in- dustrial unionism” in the unauthorizec rail strike as in all other strikes o: importance. “We have always agitated toward securing recruits for the one - bir union, idea, ‘Haywood’ .was quoted “We did so in the Gary gteel strike andwe, will probably, flo. 0..08, long, at we are an organization for we’ con sider that the goal of all industria’ organizations.” “HOOK-EM-COW” BOOSTERS T0 BE HERE APRIL 23 Special Train of South St. Pau’ Trade Pilgrims Guests for Three Hours boosters from the St. Pau and wh< The “Hook-’Em-Cow” traveling in a train de luxe union stockyards at South to Billings, Mont., and back. will stop off at Bismarck April 2 \for three hours, jpromises to bring along enough pep and enthusiasm tc wake up every community along; th: route. The boosters are taking their an nual trade pilgrimage through thc northwest and at every place where they will stop. they will perform stunts for the crowds which are ex pected at every station the booster: honor with a stop. Among the stunt: promised by the ‘“Hook-em-Cow’ special are community, singing, con cert by the Minnesota state band un der the leadership of Tony Snyder daylight fireworks, parade in carniva) |‘costime and a few secrets which the | cow hookers have up their. sleeves. | ‘The special leaves St. Paul Satur | day and will go over the Great North ern through Minneapolis, Grand Forks. Devils Lake, ‘Minot. Great Falls to Billings, On the return trip, leaving Billings April 22, the boosters wiil travel over the Northern Pacific ar riving here next Friday at 9 a. m. an-l leaving for Jamestown at 11:45 m Lieut. B, H. Baker, the flying mayor of South St. Paul, will be a member lof the ‘“Hook-’em-Cow” boosters, but | he will do no flying other than that | on railroad wheels. ‘Nancy St. Mihiel | the crown prince's goat, the mascot poe the party, promises to. do his part to make the boosters long rememver- \ed. She is very temperamental and lis willing to meet any goats belong- ing to fraternal organizations in the }various cities through which the special passes. FIND NEW WAY Beaumont, Texas, April 16. —Farm- ers have found a new way of know- ing when to plow their land, it was | shown by a conversation of two on} ja Street here recently. i ‘Look at your chewing tobacco and | see it it is dry enough to plow,” said one farmer. “I forgot my tobacco in | my other breeches.” | “Plowing would be rate this | evening, It is much drier than it ri yesterday” the other farmer replied as he broke off*a corner of his na- | | tural leaf. Both of them explained that when | the soil is wet leaf is in the same condition. When | the sunshine and wind come the to- bacco is carried in the pocket dries as the ground dries and by the time, | the tobacco is hard, dry and brittle, | the soil is dry enough to plow. | field, ; county farmers Saturday | board of edu .and soggy, natural | tai MORE REVOLT IN GERMANY IS NOW EXPECTED Government Troops Massed in Center of Berlin When Mihister Returns GUARD GOV’RNMENT HOME Public Barred from Section of City—Pomerania Unset- tled Berlin. April 16. — Government troops were massed in the center of Berlin last night following the return of Herr Severing, Prussian minister of the interior from the Ruhr district where he was sent to conduct opera- tions, Among the units assembled were 15 tanks, 29 armored cars and several detachments of machine gun- ners. It is presumed this military movement was a result of rumors of a new revolt impending. Severing ordered that the public be barred from the quarter of the city containing government buildings and Wilhemstrasse and Unter Den Lin- den were held by fully armed troops all day yesterday. Grave conditions are reported from Pomerania where reactionaries are active. Paris, April 16.—The danger of a new uprising against the Ebert gov- 2rment in Germany apparently “has passed for the time being, according o advices from Berlin today. Strict precautionary measures are ‘still ve- ing taken, however, the advices say. Recent dispatches have reported a grave situation in Pomerania with rumors of an impending revolt. Warsaw, April 16.—Danzig dis- patches assert that an ‘intercepted wireless communication indicates tnat Russia reactionaries in Germany are raising German Russian detachments at various points including Hammer- stein, West Prussia. London, April 16.—Germany nas every appearance of preparing for civil war says the Daily Mail ‘Berlin correspondent. The Baltic troops still are defiant and at Munster have hoisted the “Kaiser's flag” says the dispatch. GOVERNOR FLIES TO WABECK WITH CAMERON TODAY First Trip for Frazier and First Time Air Route Used in Campaign Ma telegram from Governor Fra- zier to his secretary, Nelson Ma- son, this afternoon stated that the governor and Lieut. Cameron had arrived at Wabeck safely making the 100 mile trip in one hour and 15 minutes. Lieut. Cameron was reported to be\ returning to Bis- marck. Governor Lynn J. Frazier today flew o Wabeck, Mountrail county, in an airplane piloted by Lieut. C. J. Cam- eron, this being the first fight the gov- arnor has ever made and probably the first flight ever made by any governor in the United States on a campaign tour. le distance to Wabeck is 100 miles. The governor, who weighs over 230 pounds, went to Fort Lincoln shortly before noon. Lieut. Cameron had been up during the morning hours to test the machine and air currents ang reported that fiying conditions were ideal. Governor Frazier boarded the ship at noon and with the motor hum- ming smoothly, the plane gracefully rose from the ground and circled the gaining altitude. After rising to 1,500 or 2,000 feet. Lieut. Cameron pointed the nose of the machine towards Wabeck and with 1 strong wind at their back, the aerial travelers sped on their way, over the house-tops of Bismarck. far above the capitol and were quickly lost in the distance. The governor was sched- nled to arrive at Wabeck by 2 o'clock. He will speak there tonight to a gath- ering of farmers on the accomplish- ments of the Nonpartisan league ad- ministration. Present plans provide for Governor Frazier’ to ‘leave Wabeck in the morn- ing with Lieut. Cameron. They will probably sail directly to Baldwin. where the governor is scheduled to speak to a mass meeting of Burleign night. ‘A record of the governor's first air ride was made by Holmboe's studio, a moving picture camera taking views of Governor Frazier climbing into the cockpit and leaving the ground. FORM LEAGUE Minneapolis, Minn., April 16—The teachers’ salaries question is not the only wage controversy confronting the Minneapolis Board of Education. Five hundred civil service employees of the school board, including clerks. janitors and school nurses have formed the Civil Service league of the tion, and will attempt. through the league organizaton to ob increases in salaries. “Teachers’ salaries has taken the interest of the board of education and it looks as though the clerks. janitors and nuurses have been forgotten,” said one clerk, “and we are organ- izing to get our requests heard.”