Evening Star Newspaper, September 9, 1923, Page 1

g [ WEATHER. . Fair weather and moderate tem- perature today and tomorrow. Tempetature for twen ended at 10 p.n. last night wo hours Highest, t 79, at 2 p.m. last night; lowest, 65, t 10 p.m. last night. Full report on page 26. 3 No. MILLIONS AT WORK FEVERISHLY PILING P DEAD AND AIDING IAPAN'S HOMELESS Regular Army Forms Ring of Bayonets About Stricken| Districts — Thousands of | Refugees Live in Tents. CAPITAL TO REMAIN ON SAME SITE DESPITE RUIN 963.—No. 28,985 Bodies Still Uncounted One Week After Disaster — Wedding of | Prince Regent May Be Post- poned Indefinitely — Imperial Navy Arrives at Yokohama. the Associated Préss. OSAKA, via Shanghai, Sep- tember 9.—A report is current | here that the American am- | | Corfu Entered as sccond-clasc matter nost office Washington, D. C. CORFU EVACUATION ASSURED BY ITALY ACCEPTING PLAN OF AMBASSADOR BODY Order Agreed to by Both‘ Parties, Regarded as Clar- ifying Situation; Diplomats Are Optimistic. GREECE ULTIMATUM TO ALBANIA IN MURDERS American Relief Worker, Who | Scored Bombardment of City,| Reiterates View to Rome En- voy; France Sees Victory for Poincare Policy. By the Associated Press. ROME, September 8—Italy ac- cepts the terms of the council of ambassadors and agrees to evacuate | and adjacent islands when bassador, Cyrus E. Woods, and Mrs. Woods have lost | their lives at Tokio. The ru- | mor is credited to a Japanese | foreign office_announcement. | Cwing to the disruption of | ccmmunication facilities it has been impossible to clarify the | report. i State Department officials are at a | 1oss to explain the reported death of | Ambassador Woods in Japan in the | light of several messages received! from Japan since the earthquake and | signed in Mr. Woods’ name. The | first message reached here Wednes- | day and reported conditions in Tokio | Greece has satisfied all of Italy’s de- | mands for reparations. A semi-official statement says the government will consider its de- mands satisfied as soon as Greece carries out the demands of the council of ambassadors, which are Italy forwarded to Greece. Greece has sent an ultimatum to Albania demanding the delivery within five days of those responsible for the murder of the,Italian mis- sion, according to Greek news-| papers i By the Assoctated Press. PARIS, September 8.—A feeling of | relief and optimism is prevailing to- | | night in official and diplomatic clrcles | by the bureau of the budget which look Wwith satisfaction upon the he WASHINGTON, D. C, NEW BUDGET CUT COMES TOMORROW ;subsuntia!ly the same as those|City Heads Must Slash $800,- 000 More From Esti- mates, Is Found. After a review of the District's esti- mates for the next fiscal year, the Com- missioners yesterday afternoon discov- ered that it was approximately $800,000 In excess of the $25,100,000 total fixed As a re- sult a special board meeting has been and appealed for aid. Other mes- |action of the interallied council of |called for tomorrow mqrning, at which siges were received Thursday and | the Department has been presum- ) sbly in communication with the| American ambassador since. i By the Associated Press. | LONDON, September 8 —Within a | ring of bayonets exteiiding-around? the gigantic shambles where a week | ago Tokio and Yokohama weré in ! flames, teeming millions of Jap*mese i pre feverishly laboring, piling up the dead, clearing away the ruins and | building temporary structures (o; house the homeless thousands, who | are encamped like great armies in | tents in the streets and the plazas' where the cities stood. | This ring of bayonets, backed by ! Japanese soldiers, symbolizes the power that saved Japan after carth-! quake, flood and fire had laid waste | one of the richest and most thickly | settled sections of the island empire | w-and the district where nearly all| the foreigners in the country live. | When every other instrument ut! Jaw and order seemed annihilated, | with the new cabinet only in the! process of taking “office, the Japanese | government still had its army. | The army had its own transport and | its -own commissariat ready for earthquakes; for, in a Jand of rumb- | ling volcanos nightly, fires and earth- | quakes weekly and disastrous ty-| phoons every year, horror is never) far away. Immediately after the| first great shock a weck ago long | Jines of Khaki clad troops marched | toward the stricken district from the | barracks which top many of Tokio's| hills and knolls, and provincial di-| visions were ordered to the district around the capital. In the open spaces about the im- ! perial palace, and in’ the Hibiva, | Ueno and Asakusa parks, according | to dispatches- reaching London, the | troops stacked arms and took up the ! work of fighting the fire by pulling | down, by the hundreds, flimsy houses | hnilt of paper and wood and by dyna- | suiting the more permanent struc- | tures. ‘With the water mains torn up by the earthquake the destruc- tion of housese in large numbers by | the soldiers was the only means ef- | fectively to stop the spread of the| flames, and thus prevent the bul’!flng‘ of the entire city. i Army Was Intact. Bar Entrance to Sufious. i Around the devastated districts was ! thrown aline of soldiers which cu!; oft Tokio and strrounding towhs from the rest of Japan. Only those on | government business or rellef work- ers with sufficient supplies of-food to nagintain themselves, were permitted to pass. -Even newspaper men: and photographers had difficulty in gain- ing entrance. e . Through. the. military lines ‘were escorted thousands of refugees, walk- ing, riding in rickshas and men- pulled carts; carrying all thelr worldly poesessions; .they were on their way back to'the country districts, to re. main there until new houses have been constructed. Contral Relief Supplies. ‘When the land and sea disturb- ances settled down and the fires ‘burned themselves up to the barriers of ‘the palace moats and the wide lanes which had been torn out by the fire fighters, other hiflitary forces took up the relief work and recon- struction, on which all enefrgy now I concentrated. The military is also in (Continued on ‘Page 27,'Column 2.) ! controverss. Thus, all the counecil's i press ambassador crisis. After notifying Greece of the terms of the settlement that had been agreed upon by it at yesterday's ses- sion, the council met this afternoon to draw up the Instructions which will be given to the inquiry commis- | sion, to be appointed by it, in its in- vegtigation of the assassination of the Itallans which bfought about the in the - Greco-Italian | machinery will be ready for prompt action as soon as a reply is received from Greece. All the danger has been taken out of the crisis, officials here are inclined to believe, though it is everywhere recognized that considerable more negotiations would be necessary be- | fore the matter is finally settled. But | the compliance of Greece is confident- | 1y expected. France Satisfied. The action of the ambassadors has been received with great satisfaction in French circles where it is regarded s a triumph for premier Poincare, | who has insisted all along that there | was very great danger if the parties not directly interested in the conflict tried to settle it. This method of settling the Janina affair, which it is consldered here gives full satisfaction to Itallan na- tional honor. is expected to have .ome effect on the Fiume controversy. In diplomatic circles it is remarked that Italy, haying won a success in keeping its conflict with Greece out of the league of nations, probably will be inclined to o slowly in its dispute with Jugo-Slavia. The general comment here is that the council of ambassadors hay saved the council of the league of rations from a most embarrassing situation and has prevented -the league from running into a pitfall. The French is almost unanimous m the opinion_that interference of parties | (Continued on_Page 27, Column 4.) the budget will be cut down to the limi- tation stipulated by Gen. H. M. Lord. The Commissioners thought that they had completed the unpleasant task of chopping the estimates and were mak- ing preparations: to put them in form for submission to the budgeét bureau when a careful checking up. on the totals_of the budgets of the various municipdl departments revealed the 500,000 excess. It was found, however, that about $500,000 of this amount was due to an item for beginning work on the new street lighting system which it was belleved had been previously cut out. There remains $300,000 yet to be cut from the budget, and the Commissioners wiil decide at the spé- cial board session what departments will be forced to suffer an additional cut in their budgets. The detailed estimates will be transmitted to the budget bureau sometime this week, along with a communication vigorously protesting against the more than $7,000,000 cut which Gen. Lord ordered in the teata- tive estimates. The letter deploring the drastic reduction will point ont its affect on the proposed city de- velopment program, and will urge that appropriations be allowed suffi- clent to improve the schools, police and fire departments as well as other departments of the municipal govern- ment. FIRE IMPERILS TOWN. SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Septem- ber 8.—The forest fire which has been raging for several days in the Santa Inez mountains rushed down toward Santa Barbara today and tonight was raging along a front several miles in length and within one mile of the city limits. Ranchers in Mission Canyon were driven from their homes. early this evening and considerable property loss seems certain. Huge French Army Display May Be Warning to Italy Sudden Decision to Hold Mimic War Near Italian Border Recalls. British Fleet Parade BY WYTHE WILLIAMS. By Cable to The Star and Philadelphia Public Ledger. Copyright, 1923. PARIS, September 8.—Coincident with new turmofl threatening Europe from the direction of Italy and the Balkany comes the sudden announce- ment that grand maneuvers of the French army will begin on Tuesday. The announcement also says that ‘the war program will actively con- tinue until September 16, which is the day after Serbia is supposed to set- tle the Fiume question, according to the plan recently formulated by Mus- | solinl. | The French government naturally does not place official significance upon this greatest mobilization of French troops singe the war. Like- wisé the French war office only re- ters to the affair as something quite ordinary, now that summer is gone and autumn weather, makes mimic war’enjoyable. ' But the location on the map of France where the maneu- vers are to be 'held ‘tells ity own tory. Instead of “division”. maneuvers, in 1914. with which the French army has in- dulged itself merely for training pur- poses in other years since the armis- tice and instead' of “these diviison maneuvers, held in an isolated corner of Brittany, ‘'where they were more or less out of way, this year's ma neuvers, which will utilize full army corps and will, bring together more fully equipped and ready to march troops than. already are on watch in the Ruhr, are to take place in the valley of Rhone south of Lyons. on main line raillways and within a day's journey from either the Swiss or Italian frontiers. The official program secks to explain itself by declaring that only the absence of financial credits has prevented grand maneuvers in previous years. But, also, reflecting that the government treasury appears to be no better oft now than then—or even worse off. Judging from the value of the franc —one also cannot help recalling and comparing the present situation with Winston Churchill’s carefully planned naval maneuvers of 1914, when. the (Continued on Page 2, Column-3.) 'WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—{2 Pages. General News—Local, National, Foreign. National Polltical Survey—Pages 4 and 7. Radio News and Gossip—Page 30. News of the Jewish World—Page 31. Financial News—Pages 32 and 33. Classified Advertisements—Pages 34 to 1 PART TWO—I16 Pages. Editorials and Editorlal Features. Washington and Other Soclety. Tales of Well Known Folks—Page 11, Army and Navy News—Page 14. Veterans of the Great War—Page 14. Girls and Their Affairs—Page 15. Serlal, “The Yellow Perli"—Page 15. Parent.Teacher Activities—Page 15, Around the City—Page 16. PART THREE—I12 Pages. Amusements—Thcaters and the Photo- play. Music in Washington—Page 4. Motors and Motoring—Pages 5 to 10. | The Civilian Army—Page 9. Fraternities—Page 10. Boys! apd-Qirls’ Page—Page 1% Reviews of New Books—Page 12. Spanish War Veterans—Page 12. PART FOUR—4 Pages. Pink Sports Section. PART FIVE—S Pages. Magazine Section—Fiction and Features. President Coolidge at His Desk—Page 1. GRAPHIC SECTION—S8 Pages. World's Events in Plctures. COMIC SECTION. Mutt and Jetf; Reg'lar Fellers; Betty; Mr. and Mrs, LINER IS WRECKED NAVY SAVES LIVES iPart of Crew of Cuba Is at Sea in Open Boat—All Passengers Rescued. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, September 8.—All Cuba, which went ashore on'a reef off the southeast corner of San { Miguel Island this morning, have been rescued by the United States de- stroyer Reno, according to a message from Reno received by the govern- ment radio station here. The message said that Chief Officer Wise and eight members of the crew of the Cuba were at sea in an open boat and had not yet been found by searching parties. A dense fog in- terfered with efforts to locate the small boat. Expect Total Loss. Officers aboard the Reno predicted the Cuba would be a total loss, the mesvage stated. The engine room and holds 1, 2 and 3 are flooded. The Reno is said to be headed south. Officials of the Pacific Mail Steam- ghip Company have asked the com- mander of the eleventh and twelfth naval districts to order the Reno to Los Angeles harbor instead of to San Diego as previously ordered. —_—_— McMILLAN PARTY SAFE IN NORTHERN GREENLAND Radio Message Says Explorers Are at Etah, With Ice Form- ing Already. By the Associated Press. PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., September 8.—Donald B. McMillan, arctic ex- plorer, and the members of his ex- pedition, who sailed from Wiscasset, Me., last June aboard the auxiliary schooner Bowdoin, are well and safe at Etah, on the northwest coast of Greenland, according to a radio mes- sage picked up here by Jack Barns- ley, an amateur radio operator. The Bowdoin will winter at Flagler bay, the-message sald. The Bowdoin reported a foot of snow with ice forming in the bay. The members of the expedition have been enjoying walrus hunting. passengers of the Pacific Mail liner BERLIN AND PARIS NEGOTIATE ON RUHR Stresemann Proposals, Given Orally, Go Long Way to Ef- fect Settlement. BY JOSEPH SHAPLEN. By Wireless to The Star and New York Tribune. Copyright, 1923, BERLIN, September 8.—Germany and France have actually opened ne- gotiations for settlement of the Ruhr conflict. These negotiations, while still in the preliminary stage, are the result of proposals submitted to France by the Stressemann govern- ment as a tentative basis for discus- sion of a settlement. The propoals, it is learned, have been submitted orally. They Indicate Chancellor Stressemann’s readiness to go a very long way in order to make a settlement possible. Accord- ing to the sams high, source it is learned, the propokals have béén well recefved at the Qual D'Orsay. As soon as they have been definitely accepted by France as a basis for discussion, the proposals will be transmitted to Brussels. Would Include Allfes. Belief now is voiced that the open- ing of official negotiations between the two countries cannot be delayed much longer. At the same time, it is emphasized that Germany's efforts to reach a preliminary understanding with France are directed toward an ultimate agreement between Germany and all the allies. Allegedly official announcements given currency to the effect that Ger- many’s determination to continue passive resistence need not be taken any too seriously. On the other hand, it can positively be sald that the Ruhr population is positively yearn- ing for a settlement. Workers Ask Peace. At an extraordinary meeting of the executive council of the German Federation of Trade Unions that the Ruhr population for the quickest possible under-| standing with France. which will bring an end to the enormously difficult conditions under which the Rulr population now lives. A similar stand 1s being taken by the National Railway Men's Federa- tion, where, aside from the emphasis is eager the population, I have been assured !that the occupation authorities now |have the operation of the railways well in hand, and that, for technical reasons, the time has passed when the railmen can do much through passive resistance, even where the' will to is present. The rail workers, | however, it was said, are not quite ready to resume work en’ masse—not until the military regime is removed, or at least modified. Stress Need of Accord. In political circles foday it was de- clared that the governments dictatorial | measures for improvement of the finan- |cial situation are doomed to futility un- less the Ruhr conflict is brought to a speedy close. Everywhere the need for a decisive governmental step toward bringing about a settlement is stressed. The only condition Germany cannot ac- cept, it was declared, is any sort of en- croachment on her sovereignty or the | integrity of her territory. All forces are actively behind the gov- ernment, and the press, the labor organe and such agengies are‘all engaged to- day in preparing the public mind for abandonment of the passive resistance and acceptance of settlement terms | which are bound to place heavy burdens on the country. At all times, however, it is lemphasized that unconditional capitulation is out of the question. CONEY BEACH SWEPT. NEW YORK. September 8.—An.un- usugly heavy sea today continued to break along the Coney Island"shore, preventing the operation of passenger boats between the island and Man- hattan. FAATE Two motorboats were washed ashore. Much of the new beach along the Coney Island boardwalk has been washed out. | announeed as follows last | night, it was unanimously indicated } meeting that millions of dollars would placed on the general weariness of | s Sy Stae. SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1923.—NINETY-FOUR PAGES. 60 cents per and service “From Press to Home Within the Hour” ‘The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes at month. Telephone Main 5000 will start immediately. * SUN’S ECLIPSE MAY CLEAR M YSTERY OF Scientists Also Hope GREEN GAS to Settle Theory of Undiscovered Planet-—-Phenomenon Visible Here Will science solve at last the riddle of a mysterious gas in the sun that throws a vivid green ray Into the spectroscope, but has thus far baffled every attempt to analyze it? That, in the opinion of prominent sclentists here, is the most impor- tant question to be decided tomorrow when, for the first time in more than a century, the sun will be totally eclipsed by the shadow of the moon long enough to permit careful photo- graphs and accurate observations. This strange gas, according to astronomical experts at the United States Naval Observatory here, forms part of the sun's corona, which in itself has always been more or less of an enigma to sclence despite the D.C.HAY DOUBLE IAPAN FUND UOTA City Within $483 of $50,000 Asked Turns Eyes on New Goal; Nation Giving. With only $483 to raise for its $50,000 quota in the $5,000,000 national Red Cross Japanese relief fund, Washington last nignt turned its eyes to $100,000 as a goal, while sub- scriptions continued to pour in with every mall. Late last night $49,517.30 already had been pledged, and it is predicted that the city will go over the top to- day and have a substantial oversub- scription recorded tomorrow. The totals announced last night included $29,810.06 in the hands of Victor B. Deyber, chairman of the local finance committee; $8,681.51 in the Washington Post collections, and $11,025.73 in The Evening Star re- ceipts from contributors. End for Drive Unknown. xactly how long the collections will continue is problematical, it was stated last night, but decision is left entirely tg npational headguarters by the local eominittes. (Uatil word is recelved apd a definite decision an- pounced, as to the cute of termina- tion of collections, ths local orgariza- tion will continue at work with a doubled quota as the goal of effort TUnder supervision of Charles W. Darr tomorrow night a committee of three-minute ¢peakers will be mar- shalled to talk at local theaters and other public gathering places where contribytions may be made. The Riggs National Bank will continue re- ceiving subscriptions until the time tor cessation of activities has been announced, and The Evening Star col- lectiony will also continue until the date of closing is set. $3,000,000 Donated. Subscriptions to the American Red Cross Japanese relief fund passed the $3.000,000 mark yesterday and officials of the national organization expressed confidence that the minimum goal of $5,000,000 would be passed early next week. The figures by districts, as re- ported to national headquarters, were Washington, $1,840,000: New Eng- |1and, $190,000; southern, $24,000: cen- { tral, $567,000; southwestern, $200,000; | Pacific, $162,200; insular and foreign, $150,000. Total, $3,134,100. “The American people apparently are aware of the heavy toll taken by | | the disaster in Japan,” said John Bar- | | ton Payne, chairman of the Red Cross. “The decision reached by government officials on Friday at the cabinet be required for the proper relief of | the sufferers apparently had been foreseen by the people, and they are | Tomorrow. fact that it has been possible to analyze all but one of jts component parts. Analyzed by Colors. By means of the spectroscope, astronomers can take a single ray of light from the sun, smash it up into its own component parts and de- termine, by means of the various colors then presented, just what kinds of gases have been combined to make that ray of sunshine possible. That one green ray, however, has never been analyzed and it is be- lieved by most astronomers that it is caused by a gas as yet unknown in this world. As a result, when the (Continued on Page z, Column 8.) ONE-WAY STREETS EXPECTED TOSTAY Commissioners Not Expected to Heed Pleas of Mer- chants’ Association. The petition of the board of governors of the Merchants' and Manufacturers’ Association appealing for the abolition of the one-way streets in the downtown business district and an hour parking limitation in that area is not likely to meet the approval of the Commissioners, it was indicated yvesterday afternoon at the District building. One-way streets, in their experimental stage in Washington, are proving satis- factory in relieving congestion in the business section, Commissioner James F. Oyster pointed out in disputing the statement of the association that the traffic condition has not been improved by the one-way thoroughfares. The Commissioner believes strongly that no change in the one-way traffic regula- tions should be made until after a thor- ough experiment. Objects to Time Limit, As for the proposal to place a limit of one hour on parking in the down- town area, Commissioner Oyster con- tends that it is a good one, but does not bélievé that it cam be “carriéd out due to the lack of parking space in the business district. Moreover, Mr. Oyster explained that it would require a special detail of police offi- cers to check the time of arrival of machines in order to enforce such a regulation. In order to force a general com- pliance with the parking regulations Commissioner Oyster favors an im- pounding law which will give the police authority to seize and im- pound all automobiles which are parked in excess of the time limit. Such a law would require an act of Congress. Petition to Be Weighed. The petition of the association, however, will be given serious con- sideration by the board of Commis- stoners sometime this week. It de- clares that the one-way strcets act as a deterent to business activity on such thoroughfares, and denounces the “all-day parking hog.” “Time and again the Commissioners have promulgated regulations re- specting parking of automobiles and in practically each instance they have failed because ‘of a lack of sufficient policemen to enforce them,' sald the petition which bore the signature of President Anton Stephan. “Permit us to suggest that if there was a limit of one hour's parking in the downtown section during the day and as few as three men were assign- ed to the enforcement of such a regulation the evil of the all-day ‘parking hog' would be immediately (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) Demands to Two conventlons providing ma- chinery for the adjustment of claims between the United States and Mexico were signed yesterday, one in Mexico City and the other at the State De- partment here by plenipotentiaries of the two governments. When rati- fled by the United States Senate and the Mexican congress the conventions will lead to the creation of commis- sions and the payment of claims ag- gregating millions of dollars for damages sustained in the last half Socretary Hughes, John Barton Payne and Charles Beecher Warren signed the general claims convention in Washington on behalf of the American government, and Manuel C. Tellez, charge of the Mexican em- bassy,” for the Obregon ' government. In Mexico City, the special claims past was signed y George T. Sum- merlin, charge of the American em- bassy, and the Mexican forelgn min- ister, acting for President Obregon. The cojiventions were negotiated by Mr. Warren and Judge Payne and { eliminated.” Sign U. S.-Mexico Claims Pacts; President Lauds Results| {Mr. Coolidge Sees Example to All Nations Millions of Dollars in Damage Be Settled. Mexican dglegates during the pre- recognition conferences in the Mexi- can capital. Commission Provided. The general convention provides for a commission composed of one Ameri- can, and one Mexican member and an umpire to adjust claims of the United States and Mexican citizens which have arisen-since July 4, 1868. The commission will meet in Washington within six months after the conven- tion has been ratified. A special com- missfon under the special claims pact consisting of a similar membership and having to do with claims arising from revolutionary, bandit and govern. mental operations in Mexico, will meet in Mexico City within the same period of time fixed for.the general com- missfon. A statement issued by Secretary Hughes said claims to be presented to the general commission should be filed with that body within one year from the time of its first meeting and would be decided, if possible, within {a vear ana FIVE CENTS. ANTHRACITE. PEACE SIGNED; CONTRACT RUNS 2 YEARS WITH 10 PR CENT RASE Agreement, Immediately Ap- proved by Scale Committee, Must Be Ratified by Miners of Three Districts. WORK MAY BE RESUMED BY 19th OF THE MONTH Pact Establishes 8-Hour Day, and Fully Recognizes Union and Principles of Collective Bargain. ing—Expires August 31, 1925, if Adopted. By the Associated Press. HARRISBURG, Pa., September —Representatives of anthracite oper- ators and miners tonight agreed upon the terms of a proposed two- year wage contract. The union sca'e committee immediately approved the agreement and fixed September 17 as the date for a tri-district con- vention at Scranton at which it will be submitted for ratification by the miners. Favorable action by the tri-district convention, union officials said, would result in a reopening of the es closed under suspension orders since September 1, on September 18. The new contract will be signed by rep- resentatives of the miners‘and oper- ators in Harrisburg, but the unio; leaders said it would not be nec sary to await the formal signing to resume work. Agreement is Signed. The agreement was signed o'clock tonight. The agreement would make the next contract expire August 31, 19 On Pinchot's Lines. The new agreement followed the lines of Gov. Pinchot's four-point plan of settlement, granting gener- ally a 10 per cent increase in wages, ertablishing the eight-hour day and recognizing the union and the prin- ciples of collective bargaining. The “check-off,” the plan by which oper- ators withhold from the men's pay union dues, which the union soug! to have Incorporated, was not cluded in the governor's plan likewise, it was not in the agree- ment reached tonight The agreement provided for re- vision of colliery rate sheets, bring- ing them “up to date.” It also con- tained additional provisions rclati 2 10 the settlement of grievances through the board of coneiliation and the making of rates for new work. This provision, section num- ber 11 of the agreement, contained a clause that no contracts are to be made with individual employes, at less than the prescribed scale rates or “not in keeping with customary practice.” An added clause which the operators sought was inciuded, and provided that the section is not to be construed to deny the operator the right to change the method of ing. s 3 Werge Rates Antiquated. The recommendation of Gov. Pinchot that the conciliation board be author- fzed to make a study of the wage rates in the anthracite field was cluded. The governor in his state- ment to the operators and miners de- clared “the whole body” of wage rates in the anthracite field is “an tiquated, haphazard and honeycombed with inequali He urged the board be authorized to make study withi the agreement reached tonight would provide that such a study be completed before the expira- tion of the proposed two-year con- tract and this study be submitted to the next joint conference. 1If any ad- justment in rates is recommended dur- ing the study this is to take effect on a date sct by the board. The signing of the new contract. if the agreement is ratified by the tri- district convention, is expected to take place within a few days after the convention acts Text of Agreement. The text of the agreement reached tonight follows “The terms and provisions of the ‘award of the anthracite coal strike |commisston and subsequent agree- ments | or supplemental thereto, as’well i the made in modification thereot as rulings and decisions of th board of conciliation, are hereby rati- fied, confirmed and continued for a further period of two years ending August 31, 1925, except in the fole lowing particulars, to wit: “1. The contract rates at each cols liery shall be increased 10 per cent over and above the rates established under the award of the United States Anthracite Coal Comnfission in 1920. “2. The hourly, daily or monthly rates of outside and inside company men, working on the basis of an eight-hour day, shall be increased 10 per cent over and above the rates established under the award of the United States Anthracite Coal Com. mission in 1820, Put on Eight-hour Basis. “3. The hourly, daily or monthly rates of pump men and engineers formerly working a twelve-hour cross shift and changed to an eight-hour bagis under the award of the United States Anthracite Coal Commission in 1920, shall be increased 10 per cent over and above the rates estab- (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.)