Evening Star Newspaper, October 9, 1921, Page 1

Wi A =t MONARCHST COLP FOR DUAL DANCRE KINGDON 1 FEARED Hungarian, Tyrolean Bavarian Reactionaries Re- ported in Sweeping Plot. WORKMEN OF VIENNA FORMING CIVIL GUARDS “Jaguars” in Burgenland to Defy Orders of Entente—Prussians May Enter Fray Last. BY ARNO DOSCH FLEUROT. By Cable te the Star and New York World. C 2 ight, 19 BERLIY, October $.—The danger of « combined Hungarian, Tyrolean and wvarian monarchistic coup increases uily, and Vienna, which is in the center of the reactionary revolt grow- ing along the Danube, has begun to 1 republican guards. They composed of workmen in the factories, and would be called red guards anywhere but in Vienna. But the Viennese socialist workmen have no chance even to attempt any bol- shevik move, as their hands are full with monarchist revolution that is developing all around them. form civi are Kevolt Talked for Months. It has been common talk for months that 2 monarchist revolt was impend- ing to ablish a new dual Dan- cdom composed of Hungary, Austria and southern Bavaria, under the combined leadership of the Haps- burgs and the Bavarian Wittelsbachs. Such talk has not been taken seri- ously, but a combination of circum- stanc including the recent visits of Ludwig of Bavaria to his estate in Burgenland, begins to make it serious. For months, also, the followers in Budapest of Admiral Horthy, regent .of Hungary, and the monarchists in Munich have been in communication. The plan is to establish the Haps- burgs in Hungary and the Wittels- bachs in a new state created by uniting Austrian and the Bavarian Tyrol. Vienna, lying between, would have to yield and accept, and the entente could do nothing. No Idea of Disba According to the news reaching Berlin, the Hungarian “Jaguars” in the Burgenland have not’twe-sHght- est intention to disband at the orders of the entente. o far from it, they talk only of an“advance on Vienna in conjunction with the Tyroleans, who are under the able leadership of the “putsch” uprising expert, the Prus- sian Maj. Papst, who calls himself Capt. Peters, and who is openly di- recting from Rosenheim the mobil- ization of the Tyroleans. So the Aus- ing itself free from lower Austria, which means from republican Vi- enna. _ When this happens the Austrian Tyroleens expect to declare them- selves with the Bavarian Tyroleans, who in turn will declare their inde- pendence from “red Berlin.” Thejr emissary, Col. Xylander, is now in Berlin. He came here to make it plain to the Prussian reactionaries that if southern Bavaria breaks away will be the signal for the Prussian Teactionaries to “lead the fight against Berlin” at the same time that the southern reactionaries will lead the fight against Vienna. Loan Long Promised. Col. Xylander assigns to the Prussian reactionaries a tougher job than an at- tack on Vienna, for Vienna can offer but feeble resistance. For months the Austrian republican government has been buoying the hopes of the discon- tented Austrian country people with the promise of a loan from the entente whica would put Austrian factories on their feet and give the country a; chance to get in motion again. But this hope is gone and with it the bottom has dropped out of the value of the Aus- trian crown. VIENNA IS ALARMED. Fear That Burgenland Insurgents May Try to Occupy City. By the Associated Press. VIENNA, October 6.—The nervous- mness displayed in the frontier towns is spreading to Vienna, where there is general fear that the Burgenland in- surgents, emboldened by the absence of any military opposition, may attempt the occupation or at least a threat against the city. An unconfirmed report tonight says the government has obtained informa- tion indicating that a date has been fixed for an incursion i. strength at some point. CHARLES MAY RETURN. Porulation Aroused by Financial Crash in Old Dual Monarchy. WY A. R. DECFER- By Cable to The Star and Chicagp Daily News. Copyright, 1921. VIENNA, Austria, October 8— Charles, the former Emperor of Aus- tria and King of Hungary, may not be on his way back, but he is expected by most of the population of Aus- tria and Hungary and some of the other small' states of the old dual monarchy. Except by the socialists in Vienna, the communists and the! pan-Germans, the return of Charles weuld be greeted by signs of relief, for the people generally are tired aft- er the three-year struggle with na- “ (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) and | trian Tyrol is on the point of declar-{ it] R w, with s 1y twe hours Minh lowent riny d-class matter hington, D. C. BY M4 ILIAN HARDEN, Germany's Foremost Publicist. By Cable to The Star. BERLIN, October 8.—Knowing not what their paper money will be worth tomorrow, many prudent Ger- mans are buying American dollars, {no matter the cost, and putting them away with a satisfied sigh, saying, “At least I know what 1 have got.” Meantime, a political coalition~be- tween the parties of extreme capital- ism, of the peasants, of the town and’ middle classes, and of the fiery red industrial workers Is blithely expect- ed to improve the rate of exchange. Experienced gentlemen from Wall street will laugh at this, asking how an intricate financial problem can be solved through a co-operation of parties already unable to agree about taxes and customs and the rights of capital. These doubters are correct. The loudly proclaimed hopes are only in- tended to cover desperation and de- spair. Newspapers complain that speculators are respomsible for the | exchange fluctuations, but this is a | childish explanation and does not de- ceive the experts. Money is a com- PARTIES MAY UNITE ON TAX REVISION Bipartisan Support of the Amendments to Bill Being Sought by Leaders. CONFERENCES ARE HELD Expect to Have Measure Passed Within Fortnight—Republicans See Consent by Democrats. Bipartisan support of the amend- ments to the tax-revision bili which have been agreed to by the republi- can leaders, who expect to get the amended bill passed within a_fort- night, is belng sought in a serles of conferences which started yesterday. Semator Lenroot of Wisconsin, a leader among the senators from weat~ ern states who insisted on the com- promise program, held several confer- ences with Senator Simmons of Nosth Carolina, the democratic leader in'the tax fight, but apparently a final agree- {ment was not reached. { Democratic Support Seen. A plan discussed was that of having the revised amendments reported out by unanimous vote “of the Senate finance committee, ‘republicans and democrats, and supported on the floor by leaders on both sides. The demo- crats are represented as looking with favor on most of the amendments, but they are not satisfied with re- gard to the proposed taxes on corpo- rations, insisting that a revenue in | exesss of that proposed be obtained !from that source. Republican leaders were understood t0 have agreed on a plan under which Corporations having incomes in ex- cess of $25,000 would not receive the benefit of the $2,000 exemption: now allowed all corporations. It Is esti- mated that this would yield an addi- tional $30,000,000 in revenue. The democrats have proposed repeal of the exemption in the.case of all cor- porations. Senators from eastern states laid plans yesterday for their fight against the program as outlined by the leaders. They expect to force votes on the floor on the original proposed for a 32 per cent maximum income surtax rate, for the existing maximum estate tax rates and for repeal of the capital stock tax on corporations. Passage Predicted. COALITION TO RELIEVE EXCHANGE RIDICULED | Maximilian Harden Derides German Polit- ical Effort to Raise the Mark—Calls On World Rulers for Remedy. | he Sunday Star. WASHI modity, the value of which before the war ‘was determined by gold value, namely, the cost of producing gold plus a reasonable profit. There was no difference between metal money and paper money. It is true that our banknotes today say that the Reichs- bank is obliged to redeem them in gold, but the gold reserve does not exist. Effect of Infintion. Thus since the gold value, which formerly determined money, has disappeared, can we won- der that the commodity value has sunk precipitously? In the meantime money has lost its parity valug also. The paper mountains ascend to heav- en. Two billion marks of new notes are printed weekly. If this continues it means 104,000,000,000 of new money within the year, and I fear it will eon- tinue. Our 1920 budget was 110,000,000,000, of which 51,000,000,000 was met with newly printed notes, in other words, a medlum without fixed value, but fluctuating with the exchange market. The total income of the German peoples in 1919 was estimated at (Continued on Page 3, Column 4.) British Will Sell Obsolete Ships Cheap To Aid Unemployed By the Associated Press. LONDON, October 8.—The ad- miraity anmounced teday that i view of the umemployment situation it was prepared to sell & number of surplus obmolete warships at moderate prices | for breaking up by firmx which agreed to commence work fm- mediately the wale wan com- pleted, %o an provide creased employment. A caxh payment is not innisted upon by the ndmiralty and male of the warships on attractive termyg in offered. Preference will be xiven buyers who agree to employ on the work of break- ing up the ships a substantial portion of the men of the royal fleet reserven. PERSHING'S GUARD 70 FOREED LONDON Delay in Plan for Bestowing Medal on British ‘Unknown’ Causes Return to Rhine. By the Associated Press. PARIS, October 8.—The American picked battalion from the army of occupation, which has been held in Paris a week awaliting arrangements by the British government for placing the American congressional medal of honor upon the tomb of the British “unknown soldier” in Westminster Abbey by Gen. Pershing, is returning to Coblenz tomorrow. The decision not to hold the troops here anv longer was due to failure of the British government to fix a date for the ceremony, it was sald. Gen. Pershing has been holding himself in readiness all week to go to London, and the troops were expected to leave for London last Tuesday. The American’ embassies in London and Paris have been in communica- tion over the situation, but the only explanation given to Gen. Pershing by the embassy here was that such matters usually take a long time to arrange. Gen. Pershing was entertained at luncheon today by Marshal Joffre and will be one of the guests at a lunch- eon to be given by Marshal Foch on the 18th. BRITISH EXPLAIN DELAY. Leaders expressed little concern over this opposition and were of the opinion tliat the amended bill would be passed by the week after next. The {Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) —_— PETROGRAD FLOODS DO GREAT DAMAGE |Winds Drive Water Up Neva River Into Canals, With Attending Loss. By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, October 7.—A dispatch from Petrograd today says that city is suffering from a flood, caused by winds, which have driven the water up the Neva river into canals, wash- ing out bridges, flooding cellars and docks and hindering shipping. ‘While red army workmen were busy trying to save property threat- ened by the flood, the dispatch said, fire destroyed the central telephone station, stopping all telephone service in the city. An investigation gave rise to the suspicion that the fire was of incendiary origin, the dispatch added. The American Relief Adiministra- tion headquarters there wired to the Moscow headquarters asking for more automobiles, so ae not to in- terrupt the feeding of children and in order to maintain communica- tion between the kitchens and the ‘warehouses. ! & Difficulties of Procedure and Ab- sence of Officials Hinder. LONDON, October 8.—Delay of the British government in fixing the date for Gen. Pershing’s bestowal of the con- gressional medal of honor upon the tomb of England’s ‘“‘unknown warrior” in Westminster Abbey has been due to the difficulty in procedure, it was of- ficially explained today. With the heads of many departments who would be con- cerned In the ceremony absent from Lordon, details have been considerably hindered. Another cause of delay lles in the fact that special parliamentary sanction is Tequired for the awardiog of Great Britain’s "highest military honor, the Victoria cross, to America’s unknown soldier, as this-is considered the most likely response to the Ameri- can homage. So far, the matter of Gen. Pershing's bringing his composite battalion as a guard of honor has not been mentioned. The foreign office expects to arrive at a. declsion early next week. AGREE ON STRIKE PLAN. XKansas Industrial Court Withholds Details of Scheme. TOPEKA, Kans, October 8.—The Kansas court of industrial relations formally announced today that the three judges had agreed upon a plan for dealing with the Pittsburgh coal strike situation. Details of the. plan-were withheld. the price of ) Jey NGTON, D, SUNDAY MORNING, Tdust A Cliay fiowe BUT WHY DoEs MaRY ALWAYS M@mr/m i CHINESE ARRIVE FOR ARMS MEETING Party of Seven Officials First of Many Coming to Washington. ‘The first arrivals of the hundreds of foreign notables who are to gather here for the international conference Washington yesterday. The consisted of “seven officials of the Chinese delegation. They came here from Vancouver, B. C. after disem- barking at that port from the Em- press of Asia, which conveyed the party from Peking. The members consist of Dr. P. K. C. Tyau, Chinese minister to Cuba, wh will act as secretary gemeral to the nese delegation at the: confapenys ~8. Tayso, councilor to the minister ot foreign affairs, who will act as assistant secretary genmeral and Mrs. Tayso; Dr. F. H. Huang, member of the finance’ department at Peking. who s to be first secretary to the delegation; S. M. Chang of the Chi- nese legation at HuVana, to be second secretary; Y. L. Tong of the Chinese legation at Havana, to be third sec- retary, and P. S. Tyau, attachs, and 8. K. Wu, attache, both of the Cuban legation. Staying at A suite of sixty rooms had been re- served by the Chinese embassy at the |Cairo Hotel, where the new arrivals are already located. The rest of the delegation is expected to arrive with- in a short time at San Franclsco and proceed direct to Washington. In an interview with The Star rep- resentative, Dr. Huang stated that the entire Chinese nation was behind the motives of the conference and ex- pected much from it for the entire universe and China, because of the fact that the conference had been called In the capital of the United States and that this country had al- ways stood for justice and fair play and had proved itself a great friend to China. Socleties Conference Afd. Dr. Huang explained that societies had been formed In China for the purpose of studying the questions and problems to be confronted at the coming conference. These socleties, he said, were not confined to the larger cities in China, but were to be found throughout the country. In referring to the Shantung issue, thé refusal of the Chinese govern- ment to negotiate with Japan and the recent rejection of the Japanese note fully characterized the attitude of the Chinese people on that question, said Dr. Huang, who voiced the Chinese government's hope for a complete clearing of the issues in regard to the Pacific ocean. —_— LEAGUE COUNCIL READY TO REPORT ON SILESIA Negotiations and Deliberations Finished—Decision' Due Next Thursday. By the Associated Pre GENEVA, October 8.—Negotiations and deliberations of the council of the league of natlons on the Upper Si- lesion question has virtually been completed. A decislon s expected next Thursday. The propositions of the council will be submitted unofficially to the French, British and Itallan govern- ments, to elicit the opinions of those governments before’ the council pre- senits the officlal text of its findings. — KILLED BY BOOTLEGGER. SHERIDAN, Wyo., October 8.—Un- der Sherift W, 8, McPherran was shot and killed and two alleged bootleg- gers were wounded in a fight between & posse and alleged liquor dealers last night near Monarch, a mining camp fifteen.miles north of here. 3 e TN il |l DEAR OLD FALL on limitation of armaments reached| | party | 1 i i Rich Go Unpunished, Says Judge Who Frees Poor in Liquor Case By the Associ: DENVER, C Judge Ben B. Lindwey, of the Juvenile court today freed Chen- ter Lasater and Clete Hinton, accuned of giving liquor to girln on the grou that, “It woul be unjust to punizh a lexser of- fender against the bootleg laws, | while wealthy social leaders of Capitol Hill are aliowed to have their wine ccllars without fear of moleatation.” | | Judge Lindscy eharxed that “n conspiracy exists among the Tich te have the laws enforced only against the poor” im a statement read inm court. JAPANESE CHAGRINED Tokio Had Hoped for Progress Toward Solution Before Con- ference Here. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, October 8.—Japanese offi- cials apparently are deeply chagrined over the reply of China to Japan's Shantung pronosals and the difficul- ties whick have been met in the nego- tiations with the Far Eastern repub- OCTOBER 9, 1921, CLEANING DAYS. NEW WAGE SCALE IND.C. APPROVED |Budget Officer Backs Bureau for Higher Pay for Statu- tory Employes. A renort approving the plan of the United States bureau of efficiency for adjusting the ralaries of the 1.400 statutory employes of the city gov- ernment was submitted to Commis- sioner Rudolph vesterday afternoon by Daniel J. Donovan, budget- officer for the District. ‘When the Commissioners submitted their estimates to the Treasury De- partment several weeks ago, they asked for a scile of ineseases for the statutory clerks somewhat lower than _recommended by the effi- It is understood that Budget Officer Donovan accompanied his report of yesterday with a table showing the Commissioners in a concise manner exactly how much money would have to be added to the estimates of each department to bring the salaries asked for by the Commissioners up to those advecated by the bureau of effi- ciency. It also is understood that Mr. Dono- van's renort contained tables showing in striking contrast how the pay of lic. as it was hoped progress toward | the statutory employes and depart- a solution of these problems would be made before the Washington con- ference. Although official comment upon the controversy between China and Ja- pan concerning Shantung was with- held at the State Department yes- terday, it was indicated that officials of the United States government see in the reecent interchange of com- municatiens by the foreign offices at Iment heads has remalned unchanged, while the pay of policemen, firemen, school teackers and per diem laborers and mechanics has been increased in the past few years. . The report could not be obtained for publication, because it contains the pay increases asked for by the Com- missioners in their estimates, and the contents of the estimates cannot be revealed before they go to Congress. The fact that the estimates passed Tokio and Peking a probable basis|out of the hands of the Commissioners of an adjustment. Coples of the Japanese proposals and the Chinese reply have been re- ceived at the department and analy- sis by department experts on far eastern subjects appeared to have arcused a marked fecling of opti- mism concerning the situation. Study of the Japanese proposals and the responses of the Chinese gov- ernment appear not to leave the two governments so far apart, it was as- serted, and while an immediate agree- ment was not anticipated, it was known that at least some of the American officials feel that one may be reached before the armament con- ference. U, S-COLOMBIA TREATY APPROVAL PROPOSED By the Associated Press. 5 BOGOTA, Colombia, October 8.—The foreign relations committee has pre- sented to the senate an extensive re- port recommending approval of the treaty between Colombia and the United States for the settlement of differences arising jout of the parti- tioning of Panama in November, 1903, with the same- modifications made by the United States Senate, but stipulat- ing that attention.be called to the significance of certdin clauses in the several weeks ago does not preclude possibility of putting the efficiency bureau's schedule of salaries into the next District bill. On the contrary, former Senator Sherman, in studying the estimates for the Treasury De- partment, had before Fim the recom- mendations of the efficiency bureau. The data submitted to Mr. Rudolph yesterday by Mr. Donovan will prove valuable to the Commissioners in con- vincing Congress of the need for an upward revision of the salaries of the statutory employes, whose wages have not been increased for forty years. S I R Y POLES AND RUSS AGREE. Soviet and Warsaw Envoys Come to Understanding. By the Associated Press. WARSAW, October 8.—A complete agreement has been reached between John Dombski, Polish foreign min- ister. and M. Karakhan, secretary of the Russian soviet delegation at Wa saw, in the controversy over the en- forcement of the treaty of Riga, con- cerning which there has been a recent exchange of notes between Poland and soviet Russia. P ol e AN g inp rehes Long Skirt Edict From Paris Obeyed Loathfully in U. S. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October S—Di- rectors of the Annocinted Dreas | Industries of America today bowed to the decree of Parisl; designers amA Indorsed the longer skirt “Thin RWZZ4 that manufac- turers of dreanes over the co try will take up the matter in helr reapective organizations for ual action,” amid David N. Moseasohn, executive diector, in making the announcement. “While wome manufacturers kave been reluctant te divert from the skirt length which has Proven to be wo popular, they must bend and accept the new edict. It ix belleved ¢hnt by spring the mew lenxth will be ered entablivhed and publicly approved.” LEF THINKS RAIL STRIKE UNLIKELY Trainmen’s Head Points Out That “Average Labor Leader Is Not Insane.” VOTE 88% FOR QUITTING Letter to Chiefs of Other Brother- hoods States Readiness to Act as They Decide. By the Associeted Press. CLEVELAND, Ohio, October 8.—Pre- diction that there will be no general strike on the part of the raiiroad broth- erhoods was made today by William G. Lee, president of the Brotherhood of Rallroad Trainmen. Mr. Lee based his prediction on his belief that “the av- erage labor leader is not insane to the extent of not recognizing conditions as | they now exist.” Asked whether he admitted the possi- bility of a strike on any one railroad, he replied that it was possible, but he did not admit its probability. Mr. Lee returned yesterday from Chicago, having supervised the canvass of tl * strike vote of more than 150,000 memlers of his organization, taken in Prot Nt against the 12 per cent wage re- ductkn ordered by the United States Railroad Labor Board, effective July 1. 58 Per Cent for Strike. Air. Lee declined to be a party to.the Joint strike ballot of the other brother- hoods sent out early in September, clalming nothing could legally be in- cluded in such a baliot, according to the Esch-Cummins law, except the wag: reduction of July 1, since the labor board had not made a decision on other subjects mentioned in the joint ballot. Mr. Lee prepared and submitted a sep- arate ballot for the train and yard men. The vote returned, he said, was in ex- cess of §8 per cent in favor of a strike, with the following provision: “We further request that our mem- bership on this railroad be authorized to withdraw from service on the same day and hour that the jmembership of either the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Order of Railway Conductors or Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineren of this road is author- ized to stop work, as a result of the vote taken by such organizations in connec- tion with the wage reduction of July 1. Notifies Brotherhod Hend: | “The next move is up to the other organizations,” Mr. Lee declared. He {made public. in part, a letter of Octo- ber 3, addressed to Grand Chief War- |Ten S. Stone of the engineers, Presi- dent W. S. Carter of the Firemen, and i President L. E. Shepperd of the Con- ductors, as follows: “This communication is to notify you officlally of the action of the Brotherhood of Raflroad Trainmen in regard to the vote submitted to them relative to a reduction of pay. “The vote of our membership on all reads aZected by such reduction and reports filed with me show in excess of; 88 per cent of the entire member- ship.on all roads voting in favor of withdrawing from the service of their employer rather than continuing longer under the reduced rates of pay established by Decision No. 147, and addenda thereto of the United States Rallroad Labor Board. Pledged to Permit Strike. “I'am pledged to grant the author- ity so requested and permit qur mem- bership to leave the service on any or all of the roads requesting author- ity to do so whenever I am officially advised by either of you that an au- thorized stoppage of work of the membership of your organizations has (Continued on Page 2, Column BE READY TO DOFF THE WOOLENS ’CAUSE SUMMER’S COMING. BACK After shivering out from wunder pact. One of these clauses refers es-|the warm covers this morning and pecially to the right of Colombia to|shoveling a few lumps of coal on the pass warships through the Panama|fire to keep the chills away while canal by making paymes as stipu- |the sun spoils the effect of a frosty lated in a note {ssued by the Colombian foreign secretary October 3. It is’ further recommended by the night you can heave a sigh of re- lief from the statement of the weather man last night that the fires can be committee that this note be mention- |banked by tomorrow and then allowed éd in the exchange of ratifications,|[to go out, for the morning and and that the United States government | evening grind of keeping the firebox be requested to ask the Panaman gov- | going 18 not here for good. At least, ernment to send an accredited agent |that was the outlook of the weather to Colombia for the purpose of ne-|man from his lofty perch out at 24th gotlating a treaty of peace and 'amity [and M streets last night after he had between Panama and Colombia, and|received the reports from the na- that Panama be asked to approve the|tion on the routes the good warm ratification’ of - the: Colémbian-Am can treaty. eri- | weather now hovering over the west 1s ‘to-take. The governmment's economy program apparently had limited the coal sup- ply out at the weather bureau, for ‘when a reporter chattered a ques- tion over the telephone as to how long thie cold wave ‘was to rejhain, the ‘weather man sald, “We don’t call this a cold wave.” It 18 just a lowering of the tem- perature, he satd, and there was to be frost during the night, bringing the mercury down around the forty mark. However, there 18 & warm wave in the ‘west, and It {s traveling eastward in high gear and its advance will be felt here today. By Monday it will be warm_enough _to throw off the over- coats, the weather expert said. e bl oo 1 b retn CFIVE CENT CUMMINS PREDICTS PROMPT REDUCTION IN FREIGHT RATES Immediate Cuts Expected to Be Followed by Piea for Lower Salaries. 1 { iSUBJECT OF CONFERENCE WITH PRESIDENT HARDING Senator Believes Road Officials Will Adopt Suggestions for Lowering Costs. Prompt reduction in freight rates by the railroads, to be followed by & appeal for reduction in labor costs. was predicted last night, following two importagt conference: This was the principal question di cussed at a conference between pri inent railroad executives and Presi- dent Harding and Senator Cummins of Towh, chairman of the S terstate commerce committee, after which Senator Cummins sajd he b ileved the executives would vote to reduce freight rates at their confel ence in Chicago October 14. Rate re- duction also was among the subjects under discission at a meeting of the agricultural bloc of the Senate in the home Wf Senator Capper last night, but it was decided to defer ac- tion until this week, when another meeting will b: held. No Definite Assurances. Senator Cumminis, after his confe ence with the railway executives, sald he believed that they would adopt at their Ch'eago meeting his suggestions for an immediate reduc- tion of freight ratet. No definite or formal assurances to this effect were given him at the coaference, he ex- plained, but he expronsed the opinion that the reductions would be mad. by the carriers voluntarily. The carriers then, mins said, probably Railroad Labor Board wages or appeal to Congrdss for legislation to meet the situation caused by the voluntary rate reduc- tions. Senator Cum- would ask the to reduce the Executives In Conference. The rzilway executives in the ference included T. De Witt C representing the railway securities holders’ organization; Samuel Rea. president of the Peansylvania sys- tem: President Smith of the York Central, President Holden of the Burlington system and Jullus Kruttschmitt, chairman of the South- | »rn Pacific. “The railway executive said Senator Cummins after the confer- ence, “feel that the only substantiul way o reduce rates is to redu wages. They also feel that the wage- fixing functions of the Railroad Leiir Board should be transferred to the Interstate Commerce Commission which has the rate-making, or return, powers.” Executives to Seek Advice. | Senator Cummins said he did not inalher that the railway executives favqred complete abolishment of the labor board, but believed that the same federal authority which estab- lishes railroad rates, or returns, should also have power to establish wages. . This would require amend- ment by Congress of the transporta- tion act and may be brought up later, after the Chicago conference. The railway executives at Chicago, the senator sald he understood. would “call in representatives of ag- ricultural, shippers’, commercial and other organizations” to discuss the rate and wage questions. The car- riers, he said, would probably seek the support of these interests in the event that they should agree to re- duce freight rates voluntarily and, appeal to the labor board for wage reductions and to the Interstate Com- merce Commission Tor rate adjust- ments. Passenger Rates to Stand. Reduction of passenger rates is not contemplated at this time, in the opinion of Senator Cummins, who ex- plained that the pressing immediate concern for agricultural and all other industries was freight rate reduc- ~ tions. This sentiment was expressed at the meeting of the Senate agricul- tural bloc. Under discussion also among mem- bers of the agricultural blac - are proposals for amendments to the railroad debt-funding Dbill, soon to come before the Senate, providing definitely for rate reductions. The funding bill was not discussed with the railway executives yesterday, Senator Cummins said, but was con- sidered by the interstate commerce committee for two hours, with ac- tion deferred until Wednesday. The question of allowance of railroad clafms for ‘“inefiiciency of labor” during federal railroad operation wus the principal subject before the com- mittee yesterday, member: insstine upbn amendment of the pending bill s0 as to preclude definitely presenta- tion of such claims against the gov- ernment. —— $175,000 FOR HERO BURIAL Senate Votes Funds for Armistice Day Ceremonies. Unanimous consent was given by the Senate yesterday for immediate passage, without discussion, of a bill providing $175,000 for ceremonies ou Armistice day for burial of an un- known American soldier at Arlington. é \