Evening Star Newspaper, January 9, 1921, Page 4

' G000 MEN TO HEL MANAGE BUSINES Other Plants Announce Wage “Cuts—Savage Arms Com- pany Reopens. By the Aswciated Press. CHICAGO. January 8—A plan Whereby 6,000 employes of the Com- monwealth-Edison Company would share in the management of the com- pany, which supplies _electricity for Chicago and suburbs, was announced today by Samuel Insull, president. An industrial relations department has been formed, to which representa- tives will be elected by the employes and by the management to form a joint council to settle all disputes, Mr. Insull said. Mr. Insull is also president of the People’s Gas Light afd Coke Com- pany, which adopted a similar plan Tecently. Detroit Aute Outlook Brighter. DETROIT, Mich., January 8.—A be- ginning of industrial revival in De- troit was noted during the past week in a survey of conditions made today by George W. Grant, secretary of the Employers’ Arsociation. Approximate- 1y 5,000 men have been put back to work, and indlcations are that a grad- ual, though probably a slow, improve- t will continue until the automo- bile industry has re d its normal v, Mr. Grant He added that manufacturers here generally ex- pect the end of the slump in retail business to follow the annual auto- mobile shows, now about to open. The Liberty Motor Company today announced that several hundred addi- tional men would be taken on Janu- ary 17, and that the force would be xradually increased, while unofficial report was that 'the Continental Motors plant would reopen in some departments next Monday. The Dodge plant, it is sald, is held in readiness to 1esume operatons within a week should it be decide? to open. While a4 notice posted at the Ford plant says it will not recpen this month, there are reports that the suspension may not be for that long a time. At the Ford plant prepara- tions are being made for the pay ment of the profit-sharing bonus, which amounts to approximately $9,- ©00,000. = Pay Cut; Men Lald Off. MINNEAPOLIS. Januury 8.—8hop employes of the Minneapolis, St Paul and Sault Ste. Marie rallroad here have been placed on a five-day week, Ed- mund Pennington, president, said to- day. About 1,400 men At the same time, W. H. Brenner, president of the Minneapolis & St. Louis railroad, said 1.250 employes had been laid off by that company over the. entire system since Septem- ber 1. Wages Cut in R. R. Repair Shops. BUCYRUS, Ohio, January 8.—To- ledo and Ohlo Central railroad offi- elals today announced an immediate reduction of approximately 35 per cent in the locomotive repalr forces and 45 per cent in the car repal forces on that system. One hundre: and sixty-two men have been laid o in the local shops and a total of 275 on the entire system. Savage Arms Plant to Reopen. UTICA, N. Y., January 8.—The Sav- age Arms plant in this city will re- sume operations Monday after being shut down a month. The force will be about the usual pre-war comple- ment. There will be no change in ‘wages, but the employes will be on a nino-hour basis instead of eight- hour. The plant is engaged in mak- are _affected. | FIREMEN ADMIT WOMEN TO FULL MEMBER RIGHTS FREDERICK, Md., January 8 (Spe- cial).—Women have been awarded en unusual_concession by men in Fred- erick. They have been admitted as active and full participating members in one of the three volunteer fire companies of the city, which boast of a membership of practically all the male population of the city of eigh- teen years up. The company that takes the initias tive in this is the junior fire depart- ment, which acted unanimously at the annual meeting this week. L. R. Dertzbaugh, secretary, said: “As women have the right to vote in national, stafe and city elections, it is only fair and just they should be admitted into the membership of a fire company, where their preseace is so badly needed. “Women are necessary at any social function of the company. Now the work of preparing the annual ban- quet and arranging for dances Hhas been given to them. This being the case, the next natural Step was to admi them into full membershi, that they may participate in ihe s lection of officers.” The thtee departments are motor- ized and have been for years. 8o the new memberg will not be asked to draw fire apparatus. In the event of a general fire, requiring hours of work, the feminine membership will ked to serve coffee and sand- LEGLESS MAN ROBBED Missing St. Louis Editor Returns Home After Adventure in Chicago. By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, Mo., January 8.—Jacques Villard, editor of the Free Age, who i disappeared in Chicago December 7, last, has arrived at his homre here. Mr. Villard refused to make a state- iment, but detectives announced he had been detained in Chicago by kid- napers. Mr. Villard, both of whose legs have been amputated, visited Chicago a month ago to employ an editor. {In response to an advertisement, a man visited him at a hotel December 127, detectives said, and informed Mr. | Villard that his brother in New York | would accept the positio Villard volunteered to go to New . The two York to interview the ma: left the hotel and entered an automo- bile, detectives continued, but the driver, instead of taking Mr. Villard jto a railroad station, drove him.to a suburb. | Blindfolded, Villard was taken to yroom, where three men took $700 from im. They demanded that he write is wife for more money, but t| ctives said he refused to compl: ‘ Last night the men visite and informed the editor they were s:xi;g to “dump him,” the detectives said. PRESS $6,000,000 CLAIMS. ‘The Shipping Board was asked yes- terday by representatives of the Kmer- gency Wood Ship Builders' Association to settle claims egating between $6,000,000 and $8,000,000 growing out of cancellation of wooden ship contracts : ERE is something important—some real news— that every modern housewife in Washington will want to read. It’s a remarkable inhovation, a long-awaited achievement that has already been received with “open arms” by hundreds of women because it lifts a real burden from their shoulders and their minds. It’s calleld MANHATTAN “FAMILY-FINISHED SERVICE,” and here’s just what it does. MANHATTAN “FAMILY-FINISHED SERVICE” takes the entire family washing and ironing out of your home—but han- dles everything exactly the same as though it were in your home. ing sporting rifles and goods. Park Employes Given C NEW YORK. January 8.—Wage re- ductions in “conformity with the Seneral trend toward lower price levels,” wers announced today by the Bronx parkway commission. Wages of laborers were reduced from $5 to $4 a day. Foremen. mechanics and auto truck, drivers aiso were reduced $1 per'day’ g Singer- Plant Reduces Pay. CAIRO, Ml., January 8—A general wage reduction of 35 per cent, effec- & pression was given as_the cause of the reduction. Normally about 800 persons are employed at the mills. NIVELLE SAILS FOR HOME; THANKFUL TO AMERICA Dycifzes on Departuré That He *sLia¥és Country Almost With Sesta Regret. NEW: YORK, January 8.—Extend-|fi ing" thanks to the American people for. 1 o8t _enjoyable” welcome, e bert Nivelle of the French arny sailed for home today on the |} ip La Lorraine. 1 shall look forward to the time whe: 1 shall again come and it is almost with regret that I go. there is an important e my ppesence.. as my daughter Yvette is to be married immediately after g arrival 1o a former young officer of aviation during the war." after the armistice. ing_at an open hearing spokesmen for the wooden ship builders declared that the Jones act conferred upon the board the powers formerly held by the President to take Jurisdiction of Matters, and John H. F:hex. of Boston declared that if the a1d ot act the wooden builders would--be forced into ruptey. LoosE |=P LEAF COMPLETE Junior Binders Full Canvas, 200 Leaves Leather Tab Indez A to Z s $Q50 T Consey e $11.85 Secure your. ial Blank Books of the” producer, RIGHT at FIRST OOST and on TIME. | | { i ' Gen. 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