Evening Star Newspaper, March 2, 1923, Page 14

14 STATES IN FIGHT FORD. . WAGE LAW Wisconsin and Kansas File Briefs in Supreme Court Hearing March 12. / When the District of Columbia 2 Brothers See Through Metals By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, March 2.—Two sons of & Fpanish nobleman are gifted with “X-ray eyes,” according to an article in the Madrid Imparcial quoted by the Dally Mail. Tests have shown that the youths' ab- normal vision enables them to read through silver, brass or iron, but they cannot see through por- celain or paper. —_— minimum wage case comes up for learing in the United States Supreme Court the week of March 12 several.| states through their law officers will participate in the oral arguments in “upport of the constitutionality of the law. Brlefs were filed yesterday by Wisconsin and Kansas in the case. The Kansas briet, filed by Assistant Attorney General John G. Egan of that state, pointed out that notwith- standing the attacks made upon minimum wage law the courts have stained {ts constitutionality. The it was asserted, has diminished glaring injustice” and has helped competent women “to earn at least ough by a full day's work to pay or ther own bare support.” Should such regulatory legislation be forced now into the discard, it wvas declared, there would be a 're- lapse in great part “to the former unfair and oppressive situation.” Helpful in Wisconsin. ARMS PARLEY PACT Senate Approves $20,950,- 000 for Modernizing Battle- ships and Scrapping Craft. Appropriations aggregating $20, 000 for modernization of battlesh and reimbursement of contractors a result of the naval scrapping pro- gram under the Washington arms In Wisconsin the law has been “a|conference treaty, were approved yes- potent cause in raising the lower end of the wage scale (of women) to the level of the cost of living.” that state declared in its brief filed by Attorney General Herman L. Ekern, J. E. Messerschmidt, assistant ittorney general, and Chairman Fred M. Wilcox of the state's industrial commission. Although the Wisconsin minimum wage law has been in effect since Tune, there has been no effort n the legislature to amend it, it was stated, and no appeal has been made terday by the Senate. The House previously had approved the {tems. Included in the naval appropria- tions contained in the deficiency bill, Is $6.500,000 for making changes in thirteen battleships so as to increase the range of their guns. The legislation also increased the limit of cost of the new battleship Colorado and several destroyers, and provides $5,450.000 for further pay- ment of costs in the scrapping pro- gram. The naval scrapping and the other DARLINGTON MEMORIAL APPROVED BY HOUSE With X.Ray Eyes Senate Concurs in A:::.ndment and THE EV. E Measure Now Goes to P The House resolution pro ing erection of a memorisl fountain in honor of Joseph J. many years a leader of the Wash- resident. ¥ rday passed the authority for Darlington, G_STAR, WASHINGT! ington bar, on land owned by the government, in Judiclary Square, without cost to the government. Representative Louls C. Cramton of Michigan had an amendment included stipulating that the cost of mainte- nance would never fall on the gov- ernment. The Senate, which had pre- viously passed the resolution, later accepted the amendment, and the measure now goes to the President for his slgnature. / Mr. Darlington died in 1920. began the practice of law here in 1875, and was one of the most distin- guished members of the bar when he died. He was president of the Wash- ington Orphan Asylum and a director of several local banks. . D. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 1 SAY COAL LANDS HELD. Miners Complain to U. 8. Commis- sion of “Monopoly Advantages.” Companies mining anthracite coal in many oases hold in reservs ex- panses of coal-bearing lands which cannot be mined out for many years, to data flled with the United States Coal Commission by a|fixing frelght charges. committes of miners' union officlals, who oharged that the practice was adding unduly to the cost of the acoordin product. Expressing the belfef that “monop- king too large a or its e ll."t e 1 Lo ed the uation closely during the fact-finding inves- tigation now in progre: rgued that the owners should not be al- lowed to capitalize increases in the value of their holdings which may occur in the future. Rallroads the committ ing extremely 180 alleged, “are do- by themselves” in ‘The commis- sion was asked to ascertain whether anthracite freight rates might not be brought down to a point more nearly equal to present freight rates on bitu. minous coal over like distances. ling anthracite coal, |fi LOVERS TO BE DEPORTED. Sweethearts Arriving as Stowa- ways Not Admitted to U. 8. March NEW YORK, 2.—Fritz Roemmling and Catherine Plugger, sweetheart stowaways, ‘rom Germany on who arrived the steamship Mount Clinton, have been ordered de- ported. Roemmling, attired as a seaman, walked casually aboard the vessel be- fore she left Hamburg and stowed away in the hold. Miss Plugger said she followed him via the anchor chain which she climbed hand-over-hand. The ORIGINAL Malted '‘Milk o the courts against any orders of the industrial commission {ssued under it. In certain industries the entire wage level has been raised, the brief stated, as a result of the minimum wage law. work would be done in navy yards, if their bids are as low as private con- tractors, under an amendment by Senators Calder, republican, New York, and Norris, republica Nebraska, adopted 36 to 11. 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