Evening Star Newspaper, June 1, 1921, Page 13

[\ 1 | | | | | SP—— EEAaEELC [ [ El I'® i UM Q0T HTS 20000 WORKERSOVER LS. Labor Board Deducts About . Two-Thirds of Increase Granted Last July. By the Amociated Press. CHICAGO, June 'l—Approximately two-thirds of the wage increase granted railroad employes last July by the Railroad Labor Board was ordered deducted beginning July 1, in : the board's decision announced today. From the increase last year of $600,- 000,000 2 year in salaries of rallroad labor nearly $400,000,000 will be cut, it is estimated, by the reductions di- rected by the board. In the case of the general class of maintenance of way laborers the en- tire increase of 813 cents an hour was withdrawn, while in others of the classes having the larger number of employes the cuts ranged from 13 to 8 and from 10 to 6 cents an hour, as compared with the award of last July. Wil Affect Twe Million. Although the wage cuts are to apply only on the 104 roads which had filed .petitions for the decreases, the 's announcement said that application of other roads would cause the same re- ductions to be placed in effect on those lines. The decreases, it is esti- "mat eventually will affect 2,000,000 jmen.” The general average decrease is vlaced at 12 per cent, as compared vith an average of 21 per cent in- rease granted last July. Union leaders withheld comment on he board’s decision, but it had been ‘eely stated at sessions of the rail- ay employes’ leaders here during the Ioard’s hearings on the decreases that 1ts of 10 to 12 per cent would meet ttle opposition. Leaders of the four big railroad . brotherhoods have called a meeting here for July 1, when the wage de- ‘creases ar® effective, to discuss the award H. E. Byram, president of the Chi- cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, and S. {M.” Feltofl, president of the Chicago Great Western, declared that the re- ductions granted were “not sufficient ‘to meet the demands of the situation.” |the honorary de In a supplemental memorandum, \board points out that during govern- "ment control, the wages of railway employes were increased from an av- lerage of $78 a month, in December, 11917, to $116 in January, 1920, and to | ceived the 43141 by the increase of last July. About 10 per cent of the railway em- ‘ployes, chiefly those unskilled, the ‘board said, had thus received in- \creases approximating 100 per cent, ile the average increase over the ¢pay prior to federal control was 81 per cent. (. Average Monmthly Salary. The board estimates the present cut would mean “an average monthly sal- @&ry of about $125 for all employes, but jpuch an average means, of course, that 'while some workers would earn a sum considerably-in_ excess of this, many thousands would fall far short Jof that figure.” i Following are the reductions order- lasses ‘ed for some of the principal cl of rail employes as compared with last years: CHANGES IN OENTS PER HOUR. Decrease, Effective y.1, "XL e 10° Main! Track foreman Signal i:_n;w cntts - Pas ehgineets §0* Freight engineers and firemen $1.04 OAL B. J. Werner 912 New York Ave. 8 8 [3 e 8 _T‘-.,,‘?J? ~T 7 ONION SAVINGS BANK OLDEST BAVINGS BANK IN WASHINGTON WELCOMES YOUR ACCOUNT 19 UTH ST. N.W. Give a Thought to Music o 88-Note—Mahogany Player-Piano (Used) - Extra Special Bargain $285 'l'e:luh“t Arthur Jordan Piano Co. G Strept at Thirteenth Kitt, Sec.-Treas. 12,450 and a JUSTICE McCOY UPHOLDS WAR DEPARTMENT -VIEW tition by Capt. T. A. Lyon in mdmulm‘» . nled by Court. Chief Justice McCoy of the District Supreme Court hes upheld the War Department's .interpretation of the section of the national defense act requiring the preparaticn of a pro- motion list of all commissioned offi- cers below the grade of colonel, ac- cording to the length of commis- sioned service. Capt. Terry A. Lyon brought a mandamus proceeding against Baker in_the Dis- trict Supreme Court to compel the snnulment and cancelletion of the list as prepared and for a new on the plea that under the list as rrlb-lred Heutenants and even second leutenants may reach the rank of major before him. Secretary’ Weeks ‘was substituted as party defendant. Cant. Lyon, the chief justice finds, has failed in his attempt to distin- Buish the seftion relating to captains and leutenants from the other sec- tions . concerning the preparation of the list, and his petition for a man- damus m be denied. The method of promotion in the Army prior to the amendment of .. ne 4, 1920, the court points out, resul in_more rapid promotions for some officers than for others who ‘had re- ceived thejr commissions earlier or about ‘the same time, and Congress Wwas attempting to correct this evil. DEGREE FOR MME. CURIE. Columbia Also Honors Dr. Merriam of This City. NEW -YORK, June 1.—Columbia {University today besfowed upon Mme. Marie Curle, co-discoverer-of radium, gree of doctor of the | science. The noted sclentist was the only woman to receive a degree as well as the only one who is not an American. With Mme. ‘Curle, two others re- degree- of doctor of They were John Campbell Merriam, president of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, and Dr. Samuel Waldron Lam! dean emeritus of the Columbia faculty of medicine. ¢ - The graduates this year to-aled precedent was establish- ed when six women were graduated as dootors of medicine. One of them, Miss Gulli Lindh Muller, led the entire graduating class in the Oollege of medicine. —_— Yard engineerk Pass. conduet. sciences. and firemen.. tside Hostlers, inside . ‘The increases granted to take effect May 1, 1920, were estimated as fol- lows, according to the proportions granted the chief classes benefited by the increases: Clerks & freight handirs....$123,000,000 a year, Maintenance of way employ. lfimm. ear Train servi 157,000,000 & year| Shopmen 139,000,000 a year % THE G . Pat Fitzgerald, D. C. Employe Since. 1892—0ther Polioe’ Department Changes.. " |2 them -£o' be.-ca; = dym o vitiugs of Guadalupe, nost b 16 ge ), NOAr by ‘charged with attempting to 5 were gathere™ arot men are’ al GERNIAN PAYMENT |First Instaliment of Credit to | WADE THROUGHKY. . Alies“for' Reparations G} RGE E. DARNALL. Pat Fitagerald, probably the hest known police patrol driver in. the local department, has severed connection with the department, be- ing retired on a pension of $65 a month. His retirement became ef- fective today. Fitzgerald was appointed a driver in the derartment June 8, 1892, and he always boasted that his horse was kept in better condition than other animais in the police,service. “Pat Fitz was a lover of Horses,” said one of the veterans of the force this morning, “and it was a sad day for him when Congress provided that the animals should be discardedfor motor vehicles. “He loved the one,” the. veteran lg:!ed “but had no desire for the othe: ‘Le:hhnd out o1 office as a patrol dfiver, Fitsgerald. accepted a position as driver of the house of detentipn ‘vehicle. r he served as driver of the van engaged in the transpor- tation of prisoners between the po- lice station, Police Court and the local prisons. Another member. of tne -police force whose retirement became ef- fective this morning was Charles E. Garvey, native of Massachusetts and member of the force since July 2, 1899. Garvey served in several pre- cincts prior to receiving a detail at the Wliite House, where he served four years during President Cleve- land’s administration. sae Relieved of the detail at the White House, Garvey was sent to the tenth precinct, where he remained on active duty-untfl recently, when he appeared before. the retiring board and was recommended for the highest pension provided by law. The Commissioners sanctioned® the report -of thie board and Garvey surrendered his equip- ment yesterday. George E. Darmall,, who won the ‘commendation of his superiors for solving the mystery of the murder of "4 Mrs. Gert: rude Man) and was given a_probationary appointmept in the detective office, this morning became a full-fledged detective. He was giv- en the promotion, officials. said, be- cause he had made 5 " Policemen T. C. Fjtzgerald of the ninth -precinct, T. M. Lewis of the second precinct and J. A. Fleischauer of the first precinct were given cycle mounts. liam_P. Barn D. M. Holland and Obcar.J. Letterman ‘were appointed members-of the force. " Placed on Deposit. HELD' BY RESERVE' BANK . Bank of. England and Bank By the Ausociated Press. Tz 'NEW YORK, June 1.—The flest in- Stallment of Germany's reparation payment to the allies, to be made through the United States—$35,733,- 000—today was in the Federal Re- serve Bank of New York.. The Ge: man government, through four New York banking institutions, completed the depostt Yesterday. e n| representing Germ Yore, Salisarten & Co... Egattabis Tru ny, Guaranty Trusi Company, = ~"¢ B +. Tranafer of Credits. The ' payment. actual cash or gold, but in the trans- fer of the bankirg credits of the fou financial houses. The bankers several days have been seeing oL series of their own check: the balances of the German ment In their institutoins; to the Fed- eral rve Bank. ‘The credit thus transterred ‘was piaced in: the ‘Fed. eral Reserve Bank, to the credit of the Bank of England and the Bank of waat R : Finan men today, In discussin the payment, recalled. that Germuur' The male of exchange abrseds causing e sale of exchange abroad, causin a tremendous decline in the ex: { of all countries. This dollar credit acquired by Germany was believed to have been assembled in New York to meet the allied reparations payments. The amount thus acquired in the pest ‘week alone was estimated by various bankers as being from $10,000,000 to $20,000,000. - Another factor in the assemblage of German-owned dollars here was declzred to be United States currency spent in Germany by the American army of occupation. It was learmed that several bales of paper money bave arrived from Hamburg in the last few weeks, and retarning soldiers have declared that American money disappeared complefely after it was once spent in a German shop. It was recalled that about a month ago the reparations commission an- nounced t payments made by Ger- many would be exchanged into the American dollar as the exchange least subject to Suctuation. a inst at bresk apl: Transferred to Account of | om were ‘not made_tn| govern- | I Tron ‘chyins. will Be femoved from about vicinity sot Pepnsylvanria avanue and i i fided “for, the bemefit of weary pe- trians, if a resolution adopted at & ‘mgeting ‘of Boutheast. Washington Citisens’ -Association, held in Tyler 8chool: last night, receives'favorable consideration by the federal ang Dis- trict suthorities. ' “The souytheast section.is sadly in need of breathing spaces, where moth- efs may tske thejr [children,” spid President fA.. G.' Herrmann, “and''the he intended to defending his attitude tweaty-five years eof -] vided “with * benches, would m much to, them™ b : Wider SMewalks Urged. D. W." Bruce suggested thai- the sidews about the triangular parks mnfl%‘h widened. - They are too narrow™ for perrons to walk two sbreast, he said, and “the many' pedestrians walk in the street and endanger their lives. On on of Edward V. Conner, the n voted to request the. Dis- issioners to provide a pub- station in the vicinity of lvania avenue and Sth street errmazn” waid he ~had noticed ‘that a suggestion to confer police a)thority on street car con- ductors had been made. T thl% g:'ln‘ them such author- Hahn were nominated for ‘the presi- dency of the Advertising Club of Washington ‘at a meeting of!the club yesterday afternoon in "the Raleigh H.otel.‘, ‘The annual election will be held T gther candidates nominated to be ph Berbe: first vice president; C. Paul Heller, for second vice president; E. W. Waldron. S8ydney M. Selinger, Charles Eckloff and 'C. W. Addison, for treasurer, H. ,; J. D. Kaufman, Sylvan Oppenheimer, Mauf- ice Kafka, Robert Isbell, H. W. Ber- ry and Kemper Cowing, for direc- rs. m}l, H. Levi, retiring president, ap- pointed a special election committee, composed of Edward Hahn, chair- man; E. E. Muth, Leo Meyers and 1. L. Goldheim, to. supervise the elec- tion. 3 it adorn vide shade for streets in cities of other:countries, wherve the small boy "does._not trouble them. Why can't it be Edward they had police authority it m also result in unwarranted arre Complains Ovor Street Cars. Secretary Tenneyson -called atten- tion to the-alleged obstruction of M street' neur the navy yard by cars NOTABLES.AT ANNAPOLIS. |of the ‘Gapital Traction Coinpany. el bk biny Double ‘tracks thers,. he_said, usually contain se cars ti it is im- Secretary Weeks, Baron Uriu and | gossiblé 1dr :l-u:omoblll:'c to-pazs 3 “cmplained thaf Others Attend Commencement. not permitted to open Baron Uriu, admiral of the Japanese | 1€ < CRER QTS PAX] , ;TOARY. times requiring persons navy; Secretary Weeks, Senator Wel- !‘?h,un‘,::,‘?e "h"‘ “al t d‘re:::hed. ler, Admiral Henry B. Wilson, U. 8. N., is condition, he sald, mig] and_other gradustes of the United by ‘the Prblic Utilities Com- Academy of e class o Bt rent o Annapotis todey el | e O R om ot 86 academy” While in the capital er| {557, on South Carollus, Rvepis; shmy Maryland they will attend the wed- |, . 4 5la; He susgested that fruit ding of Miss Fay Doyen, daughter of | 370" Duigne take the place of . the e e P, @ member of the ciase, | S7CAmOre, 880 other trees on that who died during the wor'1 war, after | tROTOuBhIare. - £ returning from France, where he com- De!n‘l' mall Beys. manded the. 4th Brigade of Marines. ‘the suggestion of fruit President Harding was the guest of ‘the Elass of 1881 at its fortieth annual reunion dinner at the Hotel La Fayette last night Previously members of the class had_been received by President and Mrs. Harding at the White House and had made a pligrimage to the tomb of Washington at Mount Vernon. ‘They made the trip on the President's done here?” yacht, Mayflower. WILL REPORT AT CAMP DIX. Maj. Roger C. Powell, Cdrps of ‘En- gineers, stationed in this city, has been assigned to the 1st Engineers, at Camp Dix, N. J. ——e FIRST PARK CONCERT. ‘l‘nm first o‘( tthhe na.rlin‘l ddly'nmo.n‘ n_the c parks g‘vrlm ulflluwm at Lincoln P-cr‘:gxt'nmnm' evening from 7:30 to 9 V. Conner were elected to membership and the meeting adjourned until Oc- tober., ——— BIG CUT IN AUTO PRICE. Price reductions ranging from $750 to $950 by ‘the. Lafayette Motors Company by - the Walker fif@fimfl the - triengular . parks in the. Sth strest soutNeast and benches pro-| . tiop' of & few. small ‘parks, pro- | be | 2nd the sale of these is in charge of J. Conner and Lewis V. i'missioner of Fargo, N.'D.' . CAUSESMUCH CONCERN' 1" By Abe Asspciated Press.” - /Y ¢ mmmu June 1.—The ne note’from the United States gov- erament_‘regarding - -the - Nether- in:the Dutch East Indles ntly ~suséd. much “voncernin the g office, where " tite "arrival of the -note was con- firmed: . Further ' informs- ~tion regarding it, however, was re- . **Jands -oll policy. _End Practice, ment of sconomic affairs. It is pre- amed, that 3 American note was. It is generally believed that the Dutch government will answer the note, again putting forward the government's. point and ex- i regret of the ican Holland’s. policy. OLD STATUTE RECALLE {New Officials to Be Given Warning if They Exceed Ap- propriations Made. Exasperated by the-- huge PRESIDENT AUTOGRAPHS °| 17 ficlency ‘appropriations asked b; DAL PO BT A | ot waare <. 3 " |the Senate appropriations committs “Georgia’ Peadh” .Delighted to|have defermined to put an end - such expenditures. Heads of dep Bring; Detrolt Clab Hersf0T * |1non1s or bureaus who hereatter Ceed their authority by ordering The ball-thst Mr. “Umps” will re. | PeRditures esceeding appropriatio ceive at’the opening’of the game to approved by Congress may find th be' played between the. Washington{ >C1¥es Aummarily dismissed from § service, fined or put in prison. and Detroit teams on. June 9, the re- A forgotten etatute, passed soipts {rom which will be Gonated 0| ¢y 0’ nrteen years ago, which m the new Boys Club of Washington. ist;e o \enal offense for executive a “sphere” of distinction, as it bears the autographs of President Harding, Admiral Sims nad Gen:- Biddle. the Jatter two hiving placed their names on it at the time teams representing: the United States Army and Navy play- ed before King Georgé of England in London. N This proud “pill? is now on display at Spalding’s, together with some -of the photographs taken of the inter- Service gaime abross. tablishment shall expend in Elabordte preparations are being| 15C21 year, or involving the gover] made for the game, which, according | Priations made by Congress for ti o the committee in charge, will be|fiseal year or involving the gove: one long remembered in these parts.{ment in any contract or other Not only will the contest be interest-{ligation for the future payment ing for dyed-in-the-wool fans of the!money in excess of such appr bational pastime, because it is a big tion, unless such contract or obil league game, but because of the rep-Iuon is authorized by law. view .o deficiencies not _authorized whi Congress makes the sfppropriatia for ‘the fiscal year, will be revi it is said, by Senate leaders. Test of Statute. “This statute reads: “No execu derartment or other government resentative Washingtonfane who will| .“Any person violating any prot ttend. A special box has been re-|sion of this law shall be summa served for the Prefldzfiqt and party, | removed from office, and may al and from-the list of thése who haye | be punished by a fine of not less signified their intention of being pres- | $100, or by imprisonment for not ent, socisl, diplomatlic, official and|than one month.” business Washington will ‘be there| Senator Curtis of Kansas and with “bells on.” members of the Senate say that Boxes are being sold at $5 per seat,|law has been ignored for many i jand they blame the executive dep -Arthur Finnigan, 1411 G stréet, and Mfs_| ments for this, The statute does Charles Demonet, 3611 Lowell street. | mit, however, expenditures for The remainder of sedts ‘at the park will | foref@en emergencies,” under ce! be sold at the usual and can be| restrictions. ©obtained at Spalding’s, at the park or | they say,-that has paved the way from members of the Rotafy and City|excessive expenditures. the Cham- WSl Be Given Warning. The new heads of departments others in .authority who have in with -the present administratiéy are to be given fair warning what expect if they exceed the appropri 21 tions made for them by Congress. tablishment in_any year in violal of law. It is expected that he deay w.- The controller general Is —Hugh ‘H# | pointed for fifteen years, is Robertson, United States district at. | eligible for reappointment, and it torney for the westerp district of | expected he will be free from Texas, yesterday announced he had{fluences which affect ofher refused ‘a Tequest of Attorney Gen-|ment officials. ¢ral Diugherty that he: resign his ce. 'HE_ characte) > torney Genéral's request as “a piece{ GOES T0 N. Y. NAVY Y, oty g e Commander Charles W. Ellason | the Naval War College, Newport. police com- | t.. has been detailed as supply offi 3 s e vy yard, New York. U. 8. Attorney Calls' Mr. Daugher- ty’s Request “Cheap Politics.” SAN ANTONIO, June Mrs. Kate Wilder is OF FOUNTAIN PENS ~ EVER HELD IN THIS CITY T R Every Pen Warranted to Be 14Kt. - Solid Gold . SELFFILLING W are closing out the en- tire stock of Fountain Pens of a famous manufacturer, which we have on hand.. These in- * clude a selection of self-filling . pens and many: other styles Your choice of several “hun- dred at - i S i These Pens are made of the - | same exeellent quality of gold which. you find in any $3.00 and $4.00 Pen which is 14-k. solidgold. ~~ - v B ficers to obligate the government i This is the loophoid ruthlessly with sfolations of tij ST