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18 d ROADS T0 AGCEPT - FREIGHT RATE GUT 37 Take Favorahle Vote. ! Protest Agalnst Findings % on Investments. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 80.—~The ten per cent reduction In frelght rates order- ed by the Interstate Commerce Com- mission, effective July 1, will be ac- cepted by the thirty-seven raliroads of the eastern divislon, it was de- cided at a speclal meeting of officlals of these roads yesterday. It also was decided to enter a for- mal protest against the findings of the commission that on and after March 1, 1922, the falr return on railroad investments, as provided by the transportation act, shall be 6% per cent. There was no consldera- tion of wages or passenger rates. L. F. Loree, chalrman of the eastern presidents’ conference, said last night the conference “felt the roads had no other alternative except to put the rates into effect without a formal order.” Regarding the matter of a “falr return,” he sald the conference “belleved this return is lower than ls required by law and wlll not enable the rallroads, to finance themselves to the extent that they should be able to do In order to render adequate service to the publlic. ‘Wage Reductions Favored. While no officlal action was takeay the personal sentiment of many ot the executives represented at yester- day’s meeting was decldedly ‘strong for additional wage reductions, it was announced. As expressed by one offictal, “the roads confidently expect that the rest of the 1920 Increase will be wiped out, to offset the $400,- 000,000 reduction in freight rates. Among the representatives of the eastern_ conference at the meeting were: F. Loree and F. B. Leany | of the Delaware & Hudson: Alfred H. Smith of the New York Central; Ed- ward E. Loomis, Lehigh Valle Daniel Willard, Baltimore and Ohl Samuel Rea, Pennsylvanla system; Ralph Peters, Long Island: Willlam H. Truesdalé, Lackawanaj H. A, Kelly, Grand Trunk; William Q. Bes- ler, Grand Central. ‘WESTERN ROADS TO ACT. Executives to Meet to Decide on Freight Cut. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 30.—Acceptance by the thil seven railroads of the eas ern division the Interstate Com- merce Commission’s 10 per cent freight rate reduction and the de- cision by the utheastern lines to make no fight against the ruling or to demand no formal order from the mission was expected today to ng a prompt decision from the tern roads on the matter of ap- plying for a formal order. At a meeting yesterday road executives of the Association of Western Railroads withheld their de- cision pending action by other roads in the country on the $400,000,000 rate cut. S. M. Felton, chairman of t association and president of the Ch cago and Great Western, said the a tion of the western eXecutives de- pended upon decisions by the other roads and he indicated that a definite announcement would speedily follow these decisions. STRIKE RUMBLINGS ON ROADS INCREASE the rail- (Continued from First Page.) lopped off $400,000,000 of the $600.000,000 increase in 1920, alone would be un- affected by early orders from the board, it was said, which will place all other railroad labor on the verge of a general strike, according to some of the union officials who have expressed their senti- ment against the board's action. STRIKE VOTE LOOMS. Prepare to Sound 400,000 Members of Brotherhood. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, Mich., May 30.—An order for a strike vote among the 400,000 members of the United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes and Railway Shop Laborers was in pros- pect today as the executive commit- tee of the union met here to study the decision of the Railroad Labor Board reducing the wages of the union's members. In the opinion of the grand officers the cost of living has not decreased to such an extent that would warrant reducing wages from 1 to 5 cents an hour. Members of the brotherhood. the officers pointed out, already re- ceive a comparatively low wage and, they added, could ill afford to accept the latest reduction, which amounted to approximately 13 per cent. The union executives, President E. F. Grable explained, have power only to recommend action by the member- ship, and a strike decision would Test Zolely upon the result of a referen- lum. GOMPERS FLAYS CUT. President of A. F. of L. Declares Board’s Action Unjust. President Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor last night issued a statement characteriz- ing the decision of the Railroad Labor Board in the case of maintenance of way employes as “a most unjust and inequitable proceeding.” The minority decision, on the othar hand, he maintained, pointing out that it says the new wage will not allow the father of a family to pur- chase as much food as is allowed an inmate of LY. He summarizes the situation by de- claring - that the railroad workers walted until July 20, 1920 for an in- crease in wages, during the four years preceeding this date facing a Steadily rising cost of living and compelled to bear this increased cost without any compensating wage in- crease. The new proposal, he avers, now will put wages back where they were before the increase of 1920. _“It is announced that the reduc- tion just ordered amounts to 13 per cent,” Mr. Gompers continues, “My calculation shows that the wages of ‘the lowest paid, those getting 28 cents an hour, are to_be reduced 17.3 per cent, down to 23 cents per hour. Those least able to stand the loss ‘are hit hardes “The decision pe. lizes the work- ers and helps the railroads. It is another_{llustration of the unfitness of the Rallroad Labor Board. “Whatever pretense of fairness the majority may seek to throw around its decision will be of no value to those who are to suffer the reduction in wages, nor will it convince workers an{whare of the desirability of such tribunals.” —_— BRITISH TRADE BALANCE. LONDON, May 30.—British trade re- views for April show that thus far in 1923 there has been an average monthly decline in the surplus of imports over exports amounting to practically £10,- 000,000, as compared wita the corre- sponding months of 1921. It is com- mented that no_one can say how the “invisible compare - for _the period. The movement in the merchan- dise balance, however, “may be regarded as an infl ‘which has taken place in .'i’.n'fi'."" ex- change at New York." —_— . Lafiy Cynthia Mosely, one of Eng- fi" "“- Lord m‘?&' e i lTheThrill {SURE SIELCKEN ESTATE CAN PAY IF SHE WINS Court Assures Marguerite Black- well of $200,000 if She Gets Verdict. YORK, May 30.—The courts ured Marguerite Blackwell that, e win a suit for $200,000, rought against the estate of the late { Herman _ Sielcken, millionalre coffee merchant, there will be sufficlent of his fortune left to pay h | The woman claims ed to will her $200,000 before he died in Baden Baden, Germany, in 1917. He failed to mention her in his will, how- ever. The Columbia Trust Company, executors ave already turned over to Slelcken’s widow, now I h; houl Sielcken contract- To prevent Mrs. Schwarz from getting the remaining $2,290,439 before the Surragate James A. Foley was petitioned to stay all pro- | ceeding In settlement of the estate. The application was denled, the court, |instead ordering the trust company to {settle their accounts, retain all assets lof the estate and cease distributing | them until further order of the court. INOT A PROPITIOUS TIME FOR WATERWAYS TREATY | Prime Minister of Canada in House ! of Commons Discusses Pro- posed Negotiation With T. S. OTTAWA, May 30.—Prim Minis- ter King announced in the house of commons that the Dominion govern- ment did not consider the present an opportune time for negotiation of a treaty with the United States on the . Lawrence waterway plan. Mr. King said that the United States government had been so in- formed upon receipt of a communica- tion from Washington suggesting ne- gotiation of a treaty as a basis for the construction of the waterway and stating that the United States gov- ernment was prepared to consider the entering into such a treaty. Mr. King assured Sir Henry Dray- ton, former minister of flnance, who brought up the question, that the correspondence would be brought down in the House. MUCH BUILDING IN MEXICO. LAREDO, Tex., May 30.—Heavy de- mand for American building materials is reported from larger cities of Mexico. {In Montercy it is stated that a building involving $75,000,000 of United -y is under way. In Saltillo, Torreon, Aguas Callentes, San Luis Po. { tosi and Chihuahua there i8 more build- ing than for twelve years. Although lumber mills, cement manufacturing plants and brick-making plants of Mex- ico are busy, imports are in greater vol- ume than for years. For first time since beginning of revolutionary period at- tention is being given to paving streets and to other municipal improvements. In Mexico City, where the housing prob- lem has been serious, thousands of new homes are being erected. FRUIT MARKET BY RADIO. MILFORD, Del., May 30.—Frult growers in this section of Delaware are planning to install a radio receiv- ing set to apprise them of market quotations in New York, Philadelphia and Boston. Prices and news of mar- ket conditions will be telephoned Gaily to granges and other farm or- ganizations over the state. The in- ability of Delaware farmers to keep in touch with the markets was re- sponsible for discontinuance of peach raising here. An acre of strawberries npwadays is more profitable than twenty acres of peaches used to be, That Comes Once in a Lifetime. ,//////////// e T — Gos NI | A REG'ER ( .Boey . Ml C'NSTRICTER. THE NIGHTWALKERS LETTERS DECLARE SILENCE APPROVES DAYLIGHT SAVING (Continued from First Page.) part in the matter, the people of Washington are not doing theirs. I do not think that the present vote, the way it stands now, should be an influencing factor, for the reason that there have been lesa than 14,000 votes i cast, against a population of 400,000. | There are more than 14,000 people in + Washington who would oppose every- thing, everywhere, and this has been an opportunity to voice such opposi- tion. Every one with whom I have ftalked on the subject is in favor of Carl Hookstadt suggests that in or- der to ascertain the true numerical | refationship, the number of those for | daylight saving as registered by vot- {ing should be multiplied by ten. He | says that he is in favor of daylight {saving, as are nearly all of his | friends, none of whom has voted. Fifty-five in Fifty-eight. In sending in a list of names from the War Department division of the general accounting office, J. M. Cutts said, in a letter: “Out of fifty-elght persons ap- proached on the subject, forty-five smigned this petition, three declined to sign for the reason that it might lengthen their work day, six because they favored setting the clocks ahead only and the remainder, four, for the reason that they are opposed to any sort of davlight saving. This shows very conclusively that the vote now i being conducted is unfair for the ma- jority who are In favor of the pres- ent system. It is unfair for the rea son that those In favor of it are sat- isfied because they have now what they want and are not concerned in casting votes. It is principally those who are opposed that are voting and are glad to go to the little inconven- }lence in doing s0, hoping that they 3000 P ST | daylight saving by turning the clocks |ahead an hour. Now, where are their votes?" extra o will get back that hour of morning sleep. “If & vote of all should be taken, I venture to state that 75 per cent or even more of government employes would vote In favor of the present system. They realize that when they take their annual leave in the after- noons for the purpose of attending base ball games and the theater and for many other causes they save one hour of that annual leave, which in the long run amounts to considerable. ‘Where, therefore, is the idea of being opposed to the present system?" | TWo.PANTS IDEA GROWS. NEW YORK, May 30.—Clothing man- ufacturers report a noticeable turn to two-pants sults. Although the volume of orders for such garments is small, the demand is said to be broadening perceptibly. Heretofore retall clothiers did not seem to relish the idea use of the longer life given the suit by the pair of pants. In that way the interval between the buying of suits would be lengthened, resulting in small- er sales. Now, however, according to several manufacturers, retailers are be- ginning to favor it, as can be seen by the small but steady Increase in volume sales. Most clothing manufacturers were of the opinion that the fashion would not endure long. —_— APPLE INSPECTION URGED. LYNCHBURG, Va., May 30.—Fifteen leading apple growers of Central Pledmont section of Virginia, in ses- sion here, heartily approved the plan suggested for federal inspection of apples to be shipped from this section. These growers sald they would like this inspection for 125 carloads of their own apples and they are sure that the number of shipments would be largely increased by other growers not represented at the conference. VISIBLE SUFPLY OF GRAIN. NEW YORK, May 30.—The visible supply of American grain shows the following changes: . heat decreased 578,000 bushels. Corn decreased 2,693,000 bushels. Oa Paris Garlers work for you 16 hours a day decreased 2,112,000 bushels. Rye de- creased 1,060,000 bushels. Barley de- creased 170,000 bushels. Houns BRITSH GENOA DEK LAUDED BY WIRTH German Chahoelior Expresses Gratitude for Leadership of English, By the Associated Press: BERLIN, May 80—Chancelior Wirth reviewed the Genoa eenference in the reichstag yesterday: It was Great Britain, he sald, who took the Initiative in cenveking the conference for the purpose of bringing the peoples of Eurepe together to dis- suss and remove the differences exist- Ing among the peoples of the world. It was a bold, great and sublime idea, perhaps too' great to be realize under present conditlons. he ubsence of the United States and the attitude of France ultimate- 1y 80 restricted the agenda, declared the chancellor, that the Furopean erisis Ig its “"L extent eoyld not be included in the @lscussions, but though the program was restricted, they must be thankful to those who, desplte all attempts at sabotage, had sustained the original idea of bring- Ing the nations of the earth together. Thanks for Leadership. Dr. Wirth expressed the thanks of the German people and all the af flicted peoples to Great Britain for her leadership in keeping the con- ference allve. There had hardly been a conversation among the dele- Eates in which reparatjons were not discussed, although not a part of the agenda. The entente by article 116 of the peace treaty forced the Ger- mans to make an” honorable settle- ment with Russi in featu of the settlement, continued the chancellor, had been reached long before the Rapallo treaty, which constituted a bridge between the east and west social- ly and politically. It had been greet- ::l:% the workers of the entire orld, No Secret Clauses. “It contains no secret clauses, and therefore no military agreement,” he sald. “We Intend to submif¢ the treaty to the reichstag for discus- sion and ratification. Fhe work left unfinished at Genoa wlill be continued at the Hagye. If desired, we are ready honestiy and sincerely to con- tinue our role as mediators. We will 616-17 ST. N.W. and Suits $29.75 Fine All-Wool Sold for $24.75 to . This lot offers the selection of 300- odd first-class woolen and worsted two Sculptoring: Poor Pay, Szukalski to Take His Bride to a Pg Farm, CHICAGO; Mny 30 —Stanis- law Ssukalski, the New York lptor who eame to Chicago marry Miss Helen Walker, it&' int daughter of Dr. Samuel J: Walker, prominent in soclety Berd, satd he was going to take Rig Bride to live on a farm and raine pigs. “Seulptoring faw’t very profi- {able, but those who raise pigs i Heende to wed Miss Walker. Miss Walker sald their pl wwould be anmounced Frida: gladly promote the truce, but must be able to turn from the unhappy policy of peremtory dates in repa- rations, which is & continual sword of Damocles over Germany's head. “The recent tension about repara- tions may probably be considered as over. We must not connect the great alms of European policy with the negotiations going on at Paris. s the Genoa difficulties were over- come, 80 must the difficulties of the next few weeks be overcome, in grder that o sgttlement may finally e reached which will give the nation the possibility of continual existence.” M’PARLAND LEADS VOTE OF TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION 8,335 Ahead of W. W. Barrett in Balloting for Presi- dent. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, Mich., May 30.—John Mec- Parland of New York, president of the International Typographical Union, 1s leading W. W. Barrett of Chicago by 8,335 votes for president of the organization, on returns from 650 cities out of approximately 725 vot- ing in the recent election, it was an- nounced here today by Charles P. Howard, chairman of the union's campaign committeée. The figures are: McParland, 26,151; Barrett, 23,816, For other offices, the vote from 220 cities had been tabulated. It stood First vice president, Charles P. How ard, Detroit, 22,427; E. R. Campbell, Norfolk, Va., 16,68 Second vice president, ter, Vancouver, 21,792; J. Hoban, Cleveland, 17,289. Secretary-treasurer, W. E. Towne, Duluth, 21,328; John W. Hayes, Min- neapolis, 18,369. W. R. Trot- $30,000 MORE REQUIRED TO MAKE UP SHRINE FUND intensive Drive by Committee to Complete Sum as Guarantee for Imperial Council Session. Because the necessdry $100,000 guarantee fund to insure Almas Tem- ple in its efforts bring the 1923 Imperizl Council session of the Mys tlc Shrine to Washington h already been subscribed, a ecl. committee of the organization start- ed an intensive drive throughout the city yesterday to ralse the remain- ing $30,000 needed to complete the sum, Every effort will be made to finish the campalgn by Friday, when dele- gates of the temple will leave for 8an Francisco, where bids for the huge convention will be made at the session to be held in that city next month. Speaking of the deficlency in the required amount, Leonard P. Steuart, illustrious potentate of the local Shrine, sald that, wkile he had little doubt the $100,000 would be raised in time, there had been a tendency on the part of Washington Shriners to take things too much for granted. “Our committees have been h; work for the Mr. Steuart, “and while all feel con- fident that the money will be realized, there have been those who think out- standing pledges will fully cover the required guarantee, and some busi- ness establishments have the idea it is now in hand. This is not the ca: Our total last Friday night was slightly over the $70,000 mark, and not until every cent has been regular- Iy subscribed will announcement be that the grand total has been ed. In most citles, especially in the west, such an amount, considering the vast benefits to be derived from the influx of so many visitors, is usually raised overnight, but here in Wash- ington it always requires an extra amount of time to put a campaign of this kind over. I might add that the city never shirks In the end, however, and that Almas Temple will have its $100,000 in hand by the time we leave for the coast is almost a certainty. LIVERPOOL COTTON STEADY. LIVERPOOL, May 30.—Cotton—Spot in falr demand; prices firm; good middling, 5; fully middling, 12.15; middling, 12.00; low middling, 11.55; good ordinary, 10.70; ordinary, 10.20. Sales, 8,000 " bales, including 5,900 Amerlcan. Receipts, 15,000 bales, no American, Futures closed steady; May, 12.06; July, 11.87; Beptember, 11.70; Decem- 1145 January, 11.40; March, We Give theValues and Get the Business * THE MANS STORES - Now!—*“Doff”’ Your Hat! —Starting tomorrow, Wednesday, at 8 a.m. we put on our ; Mid-Summer Clearance Sale of all broken lots of fine woolen Two, three and four of a kind only. The seasow’s best sellers. 772 suits all told—and thev won't last long at these two bargain prices. Get a “Imm.p on” and come down in the morning. superb worsted suits. 1005-1007 PA.AVE. Finest Worsted Sold for $33.75 to $40.00 This lot offers the choice of 400-odd suits of blue, gray and numberless pat- CAMPAIGN COSTS | PINCHOT $93.362 s 14 1 Expense Account Shows He Contributed $82,253. $117,013 Total Spent. By the Associated Press. : PHILADELPHIA, May 30.—Gifford., Pinthot, republican nominee for Gov-' ernor of Pennsylvania, yesterday filed his expense account, showing he hud’ expended $93,662.14, of which he con- tributed $82,263.97 to the “Pinchot for governor campalign committee.” The committee certified to spending $117.-+ 013.08, with unpaid bills of $4,682.43.. There is no legal limit to campaig:, expenditures in Pennsylvania. 4 The only personal contribution made to Mr. Pinchot was $3.750 from Wii- lem Flinn of Pittsburgh. "’:'ha campaign committee received ,600 from Mrs. Gifford Pinchot Among other contributions to the committee was one of $1,600 from Mrs. C. B. Wood of Simsbury, Conr &n aunt of Mr. Pinchot. 1 Attorney General George E. Alter.: Mr. Pinchot's defeated opponent, file an_account showing he had spent $1,131.80, of which $1,000 wes con tributed’ to the Alter committee of Pittsburgh. He received no contribu-; tions and owes nothing. BIG PROFIT IN STURGEON. DELAWARE CITY, Del. May 30.—° Eugene Armstrong and partner netted : $700 as the result of fishing for sturgeon last week. They caught five large roc fish, four of which netted 200 pounds of caviar which was sold for $515 and remainder of fish sold for $185. Others who had successful catches were Charlex Hall and William Bowen. The meat of, the fish is not sold here, but is shipped - to Baltimore and Philadelphia, where it commands prices ranging from 40 to 50. cents a pound. PARIS BOURSE FIRM. PARIS, May 30.—Prices were firm. on the bourse today. Three per cent rentes, 57 francs $0 centimes. Ex-) change on London, 48 francs 69 cen-. times. Five per cent loan, 77 francs 45 centimes. The dollar was quoted; at 10 francs 943 centimes. Lot No. 2 453 Suits and the farmers believe they can make even more money by keeping close watch of price movements. BEAT MEN AS PICKERS. MARSHALLTON, Del, May 30.— Btrawberry growers say woman pickers strip the vines cleaner, with less waste, and handle the plants. more carefully than men, and demands for pickers re- ceived at the state employment bureau in Wilmington this year have been for ‘women first. —_—— ALL BIG EXCHANGES CLOSED. © All the big stock and commodity exchanges of the country are closed today except the New Orléans Cotton Exchange, which remained open. The Liverpool Cotton Exchange will also beé open. The New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange and the local street market for sugar were closéd yester- day also, % symbolizes garter comfort, value and service. Invest a moment to ask for PARIS Garters of happy legs for months and months, Seethe PARIS figure on the box before you buy. Single Grips35cand up. Double Grips 50¢ More men than ever are wearing . PARIS Garters in silk at 50c;and up and up. Have you tried them ? A.STEIN & COMPANY Childna's HICHORY Cares PARIS NO METAL CAN TOUCH YOou terns of fancy pure worsteds, hand- tailored into regular, conservative, Young Fellers and sport models. Single and double breasted. There are regu- lars; shorts, stouts and longs. Sizes 34 to 48. and three piece suits in a host of good patterns and plain colors. All types of models and all cuts. Sizes run from 34 to 46. . . Save $6.75 to $13.00 Tropical Worsted Suits Of Perfection 12715 'Custom Tailored—Ready —Silk Trimmed. Palm Beach Suils Of Perfection "'1 85 : | : : Genuine Mohair Suits _ Of Perfection 81758 k&kk tailoring. These have both. - to Wear