Evening Star Newspaper, July 16, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER. Partly cloudy tonight with showers in early morning or on Thursday; not much change {n temperature; gentle south and southwest winds. Tempera- l:re for 24 hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, £6, at noon today; lowest, 67, oday. at 6 a.m. t Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 26 . Full report on page 7. 4 ¢ WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION g Star. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carfier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 93,940 No. 29,296, post Entered as second class matter office Washington. D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 192¢—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. " TWO CENTS. . 1S AID STRESSED AS ALLIED PARLEY BEGINS IN LONDON Co-Operation Vital to Putting Dawes Plan Into Effect, MacDonald Says. ATTITUDE OF AMERICA EXPLAINED BY KELLOGG Session Adjourns After Election of British Premier as Chairman. Agenda Awaited. By the Associated Press. LONDON, July 16.—American co- operation for putting the Dawes plan Into effect to set Germany on her rect and stabilize thé Furopean economic situation was emphasized at the opening here today of the Interallied Reparation Conference, with England's prime minister, Ramsey MacDonald, and Edouard Herriot, head of the new French government, the leading figures. At the conferehce table with the delegates sat two American repre- sentatives, Frank B. Kellogg, Amer- ican ambassador to Great Britain, and Col. James A. Logan, jr., Ameri- can observer with the reparation commission. Refers to U. §. Ald. Premier MacDonald in his opening romarks made especial reference to the presence of the two American: who although not full delegates, in- dicated by their presence, he said, the good will of the United States and its co-operation in the effort to give effectiveness to the Dawes plan. Ambassador Kellogg in reply de- clared the Americans were present in the same spirit of co-operation and helpfulness as the allied delegates, the American Government and people believing that to make the Dawes plan effective would be the first notable step toward European stabili- zation. After Premier MacDonald had been chosen chairman of the conference and committees appointed to work out the agenda the conference ad- journed until tomorrow. Opening the formal proceedings of the conference, Premier MacDonald bricfly surveyed the reparation prob- lem, urging the importance of put- ting the Dawes repoft into effect as a whole, without change of details. Outlines Program. It would be the business of the conference, said Mr. MacDonald, to ereate conditions for the working of the Dawes report, the first being the fiscal and economic unity of Germany and the second adequate security for prospective investors In the loan for Germany, One great merit of the experts' ‘work, continued the Premier, was the businesslike methods they had adopt- ed in preparing it, and he hoped the present conference would follow their example. He pointed out that the Dawes report was not a final solution of the reparation problem, but that it was necessary to get this scheme into operation before other problems could be solved. Therefore it was his desire that the conference deal solely with the Dawes report. Responding to the British prime min- jster's welcome, Premier Herriot of France thanked his colleague for his “noble words.” He recognized the ap- parent difficulties before the conference, but he thought everybody was “imbued alike with love of country and love of peace.” Therefore he believed that the interests of the various peoples con- cerned could be conciliated. MacDonald to Preside. M. Herriot proposed Premier Mac- Donald as chairman of the conference, after which the business of organization was begun. Sir Maurice Hankey was | named eecretary general, and three com- mittees were appointed to work out the agenda along the lines of the Herriot- MacDonald communique issued from Paris July 9. This business accomplished, the con- ference adjourned until tomorrow. The conference is recognized by the press as-the most important gath- ering of allied statesmen and diplo- matists since the signing of the Ver- sailles treaty. Since this treaty there have been fourteen conferences, each aiming at a settlement of weary Eu- ropean problems, and hope is earnest- ly expressed that the fifteenth will prove the last and result in bringing order out of chaos. Press Not Enthusiastie. While nothing but optimism is heard in conference circles, complete confidence in the happy outcome is not universally held on the outside. Beyond wishing the conference well, few newspapers express themselves today regarding the prospects for a solution of the important reparations problem. One or two, however, re- mark that there are serious difficul- ties still in the way of & settlement. The Daily Telegraph slys that Premier Herriot ¢omes from Paris to the conference with certain political commitments which will not make easier the task of attaining an agree- ment on all points. This newspaper dwells on the necessity of dealing carefully with the susceptibilities of France. Conceding, as other papers do, that fhe conference meets under advan- tageous auspices denied its predeces- sors, and that the Dawes report of- fers a better prospect for satisfac- tory settlement than was visible in any of the previous conferences, the editorial adds that, nevertheless, “in the light of recent events, the Dawes report can no lenger be regarded as " (Continued on Puge 4, Column 4.1 By the Associated Press. LONDON, July 16.—Owen D. Young, member of the Dawes committee of experts, today declared that neither the position of agent general of rep- arations nor any other post under the Dawes plan had been offered him. ‘Therefore, he said, the question of his acceptance does not arise. Mr. Young stated that he had re- ceived no intimation of any sort from the. reparations commission or any other source that he would be asked to assist in the administration of the Dawes scheme. It is generally gssumed in British Campaign Manager and Chairman of National Com- mittee to Be Chosen. DROPS BUSINESS POSTS Democratic Candidate Withdraws From Law Firm and In- dustries Boards. . By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 16.—John W. Davis, Democratic presidential nom- inee. today will select his campaign manager and the new chairman of the Democratic national committee. This announcement was made short- 1y before noon by George White, for- mer national chairman, who, with Clem Shaver of West Virginia, spent the morning with Mr. Davis at the home of Frank L. Polk here. Severs All Connections. Mr. Davis announced today that in order to give his entire, undivided attention to the campalgn he had determined to sever all his legal and business connections. His law part- ners were notified accordingly of his witbdrawal from the frm of Stetson, Jefinings, Russell & Davis. Among other employments surs rendered by Mr. Davis was that of general counsel for the Associated Press. He also resigned the only directorates held by him, namely, in the United States Rubber Company, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Rallway Company, and the National Bank of Commerce of New York. So far as his townsfolk of Locust Valley and Glen Cove are concerned, the active campaign for Mr. Davis began today. The Locust Valley fire department, which consists of four wagons of the usual diversity, start- ed out for the firemen's tournament of Nassau County at Farmingdale, carrying large banners, reading, “John W. Davis for President” At the Davis headquarters matters have not yet reached the banner and pamphlet stage. Reception for Candidate. The decoration of the department was part of the preparation for the celebration, a reception in honor of the nominee, which will be held in the local town hall tonight. Though Mr. Davis has been a resident of the county for only slightly more than two years, his neighbors, re- gardless of thelr political predilec- tions, obviously are proud of the dis- tinction conferred upon him by his party. F. W. M. Cutcheon, who was chair- (Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) FOUR AMERICANS SUE FOR DIVORCES IN PARIS Husband Charges Wife Refuses to Recognize Authority—Three Women Ask Freedom. By the Associated Press. PARIS, July 16~Four American divorce suits were filed in Paris courts today. Royal Ransom Miller filed suft against Mrs. Pattie Chandler Day Miller, alleging refusal to recognize his authority. They were married in New York in 1916. Mrs. Geraldine Adee brought suit against Bradley Adee, to whom she was married in Tuxedo Park, N. Y., in 1920. Mrs. Dorothy Standley Matthews Harrington brought suit against James Harrington, to whom she was married in Cincinnat! in 1915. Mrs. Gladys Amory brought suit against Charles M. Amory, to whom she was married in Manchester, Mass,, in 1917, T — MRS. COOLIDGE HONORED. Presented With Hand-Painted Cards by Japanese Children, Mrs. Calvin Coolidge. was presented today with an album of 100 beautiful post cards, hand-painted by the boys and girls of the Sunday schools of Japan, as a token of thanks and ap- preciation to the United States for their help in alding in the Tokio earthquake disaster. The presenta-|. tion was made by members of the National Sunday School Association ot Japan who are -returning home after attending the Sunday school convention in Glasgow. Dawes Plan Dictatorship Even Offered, Young Says DAVIS WILL NAME |NEW TAX APPEALS GHIEF AIDES TODAY| BOARD ORGANIZED Not Reported Acceptance Is Declared False By American—Regarded as Certain to Get High Position After Parley. and American circles that if the Lon- don conference, which begins today, is successful and the Dawes plan is put into effect, Mr. Young will be asked to take one of the most im- portant posts, probably that of chair- man of the transfer committee, other- wise known as agent ageneral of rep- arations. The appointment will be made by the reparation commission, but officials consider it absurd to assert that such an appointment has been made before the London con- ference has started its deliberation. It had been reported that Mr. Young had already accepted an offer of the position. Charles D. Hamel, North Da-l kota, Is Chairman—Pro- cedure Mapped. WILL ACT IN NINE CITIES Members Urged to Expedite De- cisions to Prevent Upset in Federal Budget. Machinery created by the new tax law for adjustment of tax claims was formally set in motion today with the organization of the Board of Tax Appeals. The 12 members already named elected Charles D. Hamel of North Dakota chairman, and proceeded to work out rules of procedure govern- ing the disposition of claims, which in the past have aggregated as high as half a million dollars a year. Present plans contemplate division of the board into committees of three, each committee to be assigned head- quarters in some city rentral to the communities from which its cases come. Taxpayers thus will be spared the . necessity of making trips to Washington to handle their claims. Cities to Be Selected. Aculy where the committees will t, ‘excepting the group remaining here, have not been definitely de- termined, but Chicago, St. Paul, At- lanta, Boston, Kansas City, Dallas, Salt Lake City and San Francisco have been under consideration. Obvi- ously, only three in addition to Wash- ington can be chosen at the start, but the other cities will be selected im- mediately upon appointment of the remaining 16 members of the board. When the full membership of 28 has been named, nine committees can work in nine different cities. Acting Secretary Winston of the Treasury, addressing the board im- mediately upon its organization, de- clared it had a “heavy responsibility” In acting as an independent agency of the Government. He urged that hearing and decision of cases begin immediately. The law provides that the board shall hear argument on all claims in public. When the amount involved is above $10,000 the evidence must be reduced to writing and written opin- fons must be handed down. Treasury to Assist. Although the board is entirely out- slde of the Treasury except that the Treasury must pay all of its expenses, Mr. Winston said the utmost co-oper- ation between the Treasury and the board was necessary or “there is great danger that your board may be over- ‘Whelmed.” He explained that the Bu- reau of Internal Revenue would at- tempt to settle as many cases as pos- sible without the necessity for ap- peal to the tax board, but even with thia preliminary work the board faces a task that Insures heavy work continuously. “For the next few years,” he con- tinued, “back taxes will be a very material part of the Government's receipts. During the last fiscal year they probably ran as high as $400,- 000,000, We were averaging between $30,000,000 and $40,000,000 2 month when the revenue act of 1924 was passed. In June our receipts from this source dropped to $3,000,000. Speeial Action Necessary. “You cun readily see therefore that unless your board acts with prompt- ness and with fairness to the Govern- ment, our revenues will not be suf- ficient to carry us through the next fiscal year, the surplus of which is now estimated at under $50,000,000. “I think your duty to your Govern- ment and to the public is a prompt decision in all cases. You should not permit yourselves to be lost in in- volved and tedious law suits. Make yourselves an administrative body to settle taxes. Give speedy decisions. To delay is to deny justice—both to the government and the taxpayer.” ‘The board will be located in the Investment Building, Fifteenth and K streets northwest, and it is ex- pected will begin occupancy of its quarters this week. KLAN CANDIDATE WINS. FLINT, Mich., July 16—Judson L. Transue, running with Ku Klux Klan support, was elected mayor of Flint by a plurality of 1,800 votes in yes- terday’s election, necessitated by the recall of Davig R. Cuthbertson. DEMOGRATS BUILD ALL NEW MACHINE Lack of Organization Since 1912 Makes Complete Party Reorganization Vital. BY ROBERT T. SMALL. NEW YORK, July 16.—The Demo- crats have undertaken the building of a national political machine for the first time since 1912. With the exception of the control exercised over it by Wood. row Wilson, the party has had no or- ganization for the past 12 years. Nom- inally there has been a national com- mittee, but it has seldom functioned. In the campaign of four years ago it was virtually of no aid whatever to the presidential candidate, James M. Cox. 1t seemed lacking in financial and all other resources. Gov. Cox fought the ‘battle of 1320 practically alone. Wher- over he went—and he traversed the country from one end to the other—the members of his party were astounded at the complete lack of direction in Demo- cratic affairs. This year it is claimed all this is go- ing to be changed. The breakdown in 1920 was ascribed largely to the lack of funds. The Democrats were penniless at the start of the campaign and in debt at the finish. The breakdown also was attributed in eome quarters to the fact that the Democrats had for elght years placed their destiny completely in the hands of one man—President Wilson. Mr. Wilson never was much of a be- liever in party organizations as such, and he did little or nothing to keep the national Democratic machine intact. Democrats generally were willing to ac- cept Mr. Wileon as their dictator. Then came his collapse, and for the campaign of four years ago organization was all but completely lacking. Let Organizations Go. Mr. Wilson did comparatively little to foster even the state organizations of his party. Notably, he flaunted Tammany Hall here in New York City and also ig- nored Charley Murphy in matters of state patronage. One reason for the enmity held by the late leader of Tammany Hall against William Gibbs McAdoo was the latter's activity in saying where the federal offices in New York State should go. Tam- many’s feeling was so bitter in the matter Mr. McAdoo realized he could never be New York’'s choice for the Democratic nomination and he moved away to California, where the politi- cal atmosphere was not only friendly, but wildly enthusiastic. The friends of Mr. Murphy, however, still formed an anti-McAdoo bloc and declared more than once at the recent conven- tion that the late President’s son-ine law should not pass. The task of building before the Democrats is an enormous one and that is why John W, Davis, the can- didate, is thinking of advising a change in the Democratic form of organization. He realizes the burden will be too heavy for one man. There is too much ground to cover. There- fore, in addition to the national chairman, yet to be chosen, there will be a sort of board of directors in touch with headqdarters, with re- glonal directors scattered throughout the country. Favor Republican Flan. The Republicans adopted this form of organization in 1920, but are gen- erally discarding it as unnecessary this year. Under the regional plan one man has general supervision of the campaign in five or six adjacent states. Some of the Republican “best minds” were not satisfled with the scheme and felt that better Yesults were to be obtained by leaving each state organization supreme in itsown territory and subject only to the gen- eral “advice and consent” of the na- tional committee and the candidate ‘There is so much work to.be done Dy the Democrats, however, that it is felt regional assistance not only is needed, but will be welcomed by the sagging state machines. ) Mr. Davis is golig to call upon the “very best minds” of the party in each state. He has been promised co-op- eration alf alo; line. Prominent n—% Y = - — MacLaren 6 Hours Overdue; Japanese Ship Begins Search By the Associated Press. TOKIO, July 16.—A. Stuart Mac- laren, British aviator, flyirg around the world, is six hours overdue at Paramashiru Island, Kuriles, where he was to have landed today, and a Japanese de- stroyer has set out in search of his airplane, according to a re- port received here from Parama- shiru late today. WHEELERTOVOTE FOR LA FOLLETTE Democratic Senator Declares He Could Not Ask His State to Batk Davis. Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Mon- tana, Democratic prosecutor of the Daugherty investigating committee, said today he probably would support Robert M. La Follette in this year's presidential campaign. “I do not see how I can support John W. Davis,” said Senator Wheel- er. “In view of my past position, I could not ask the people of my State to vote for Mr. Morgan's personal at- torney.” : Asked whether he would accept a nomination for Vice President on the La Follette ticket, for which he has been widely mentioned, Mr. Wheeler replied that he would not. The Montana senator added that he was not “quitting the Democratic party,” but merely was unable to con- vince himself that he could consist- ently support the nominee chosen at the New York convention. He would not commit himself defi- nitely regarding his support of the La Follette ticket, but when he was asked directly whether he would do 80, replied that such a course was “probable.” e g SILENCE LEADS ARNSTEIN BACK TO PRISON CELL By the Associated Presa. NEW YORK, July 16.—Jules W. (“Nicky”) Arnstein, engineer of Wall street bond-theft schemes, and his chief lieutenant, Nick Cohen, were ordered returned to the Federal prison at Leavenworth today on their continued refusal to tell the authorities the name of & local man who has a million dol lars’ worth of the stolen securities. District Attorney Banton and United States Attorney Hayward declared their patience had been exhausted. None the wiser for their eeveral days® question- ing of the pair, the attorneys obtained an order from Federal Justice Knox for the immediate return of Arnstein and Cohen to Leavenworth to complete two Sentences imposed on them in Washing- ton for having transported the stolen bonds to that city. DRY AGENT DECLARED SLAYER OF BOY IN RAID By the Associated Press, DETROIT, Mich., July 16—Frank ‘W. Rickey, federal prohibition officer, on trial in United States district court in connection with the slaying of Phillip Kalb, during a raid on Kalb's father's, farm near Monroe, Mich., January 13, was pointed out by three ‘witnesses yesterday as the man who shot and killed the boy. BEAR FREE FROM ICE. Coast Guard Cutter Dué to Reach Nome Tonight. By the Associated Press. NOME, Alaska, July 16—After fighting fce floes, which put several dents in her hull, and encountering Arctic weather in the Bering Sea since May 14, the United States Coast Guard cutter Bear will arrive in Nome late.today, according to & wireless re- Dort Tecetved Bers’ .. ... 3t AN OF 50 SOUGHT AS BOY'S SLAYER Few Clues Found in Brutal Killing of Son of Po- liceman. By the Associate: Press. NEW YORK, July 16.—Police on Staten Island today continued search for the slayer of eight-year-old Francis McDonald, son of a police- man, whose mutilated body was found late last night in a hastily constructed grave of brush and leaves near the child’s home. The. boy's suspenders, knotted tightly about the throat, had been used to strangle him. Nearly all the clothing had been torn from the body and was scattered about. A neighbor saw the boy Monday afternoon walking toward some woods. Just aliead of the boy was a man about fifty years old. The scene of the boy's murder is three-quarters of a mile from the spot where Mrs Maude Bauer was shot and killed last March after her car had stalled on a lonely road. Harry Hoffman, motion picture operator, is now serving a twenty- year sentence for her murder. The crime has aroused Richmond County and’ last night more than 5,000 persons are said to have visited the scene of the murder. The police have found but little physical evidence of a struggle. They believe the boy was set upon sud- denly and quickly overpowered by his assailant. A guard has been thrown about the scene in order to prevent the destruction of evidence by the curious throngs. More than sixty detectives have be- gun the task of gaining preliminary information. One of those who volunteered information to the police was Jacob Stein, who lives on the same ‘street as the family of the murdered boy. _— SAUNDERS’ INJUNCTION SUIT IS MODIFIED By the Associated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 16.—The TUnited States Circuit Court of Ap- peals today modified the injunction suit against Clarence Saunders, founder of the Piggly Wiggly chain stores corporation, and held that Saunders may make use of any im- Pprovements of patents or systems not included in the organization of the Piggly Wigsly corporation. . 6 Killed, 100 Hurt HiE In Religious Row 3 o e o * In British India By the Associated Press. DELHI, British India, July 16.— Six persons were killed and more than 100 wounded in rioting yes- terday between Mohammedans and Hindus. The disturbante was caused by what is described as the aggressive attitude of the Mo- hammedans, who persisted in car- rying cows for sacrifice through the prohibited area where the Hindus live. The Mohammedans are declared to have entered the Hindu streets, breaking open and setting fire to the houses and desecrating idols. The military was called out with armored cars and forced to fire on the mob. There were no casu- alties from this fire. The casual- ties occurred in the street disturb- ances. Order was restored after four hours. Cavalry reinforced the police pickets. U5, WORLD FLYERS ARRIVE IN ENGLAND Landing Made at Croydon After 225-Mile Flight in 3 Hours From France. MRS. MACLAREN ON HAND Wife of British Globe Girdler Ex- presses Thanks for Aid Ameri- cans Gave Him. By the Associated Press. CROYDON. England, July 16.—The American Army airmen on their world flight landed here at 2:08 o'clock this afternoon. The three machines taxied easily into the Croydon airdrome after an uneventful flight across the channel from Paris. Lieut. Lowell H. Smith, the flight commander, was the first to land, and one of the first to greet the American airmen was Mrs. Stuart MacLaren, wife of the British world fiyer, who asked news of her hus- band, now in the far east. The aviators made the distance be- tween Le Bourget and Croydon, esti- mated at 225 miles, in 3 hours and 3 minutes. “I am sorry we missed him, but am glad we could help him,” Lieut. Smith replied to Mra MacLaren, re- ferring to the new machine with which the American expeditionary forces were able to supply the Brit- ish aviator in India last month, Immediately following the flagship Chicago, in which Lieut. Leslie P. Arnold .accompanied Lieut. Smith, were Lieut. Eric Nilson and Lieut. John Harding, Jr, in the New Or- leans, and Lieut. Leigh Wade and Sergt. A. M. Ogden in the Boston. As the three planes swept up the fleld the crowd, which had gradually Increased from a score or so to sev- eral hundred, burst into loud ap- plause and hurried to clasp the hands of the airmen and have them write something in autograph albums, on the backs of envelopes or on anything else handy. “We are all well and feeling fine,” Lieut. Smith said. Reception by Officials. The aviators, tanned by the sun, ‘were lean and brown, but in splendid health after their 18,000-mile flight, two-thirds the way around the world. “It is an experience I wouldn't take a million for, but I wouldn't start over again for a million,” Lieut. Ar- nold said. There was an informal reception when the aviators landed. Frederick A. Sterling, counselor of the American embassy, and Maj Howard C. David- son, assistant military attache, repre- sented the embassy; Air Commodore C. A. H. Lonncroft represented the British air ministry, and Air Commo- dore R. Webb-Boren the royal air force. These officers and many others of military and civil prominence con- gratulated the airmen upon their suc- cessful flight and wished them luck (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) “Aw, I Can Do It,” Leach Scoffs; Ready to “Shoot” Niagara in Ball 65-Year-Old Daredevil Confident of Making Trip Successfully in Huge Rubber Sphere. _ Went Over Before. By Consolidated Press. NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., July 16— Secretly guarded in some ramshackle barn or other unsuspected place near here is the immense rubber ball that is to bounce 65-year-old Bobby Leach of this city to added fame and for- tune or to death when he attempts his second trip over Niagara Falls, July 26 or August 5. Though several have tried and failed, Leach is one of the only two persons who have ever gone over the falls and lived to tell the tale. The other was Mrs. Anna E. Taylor, who accomplished the feat in & steel bar- rel in 1905, She dled a few years ago. “Aw, I can do it,” scoffs Leach on the eve of his second perilous under- taking. “I made it the last time in & steel tube. Itll be a lead-pipe cinch to do it now in my rubber foot ball She’ll ride the big plunge like'a bub- ble and I won’t even get a jar.” ‘The rubber balloon which Bobby Dy is life against $50,000 for mo- i :x:mn' rights is 'mp-a exactly like a rugby foot ball. It measures- Bk Sidn ot 4 oot 't e ceater: - O Sl . is made of the same materials balloon tires, according to Bobby, and cost him $3,400. Its weight, sans passengers, is 284 pounds. In the interior is a compact, oblong space, just large enough to acom- 'modate a man.of Mr. Leach’s diminu- tive proportions. It is here that Bobby will repose, on a hammock suspended at each end by swivel fix- tures, 50 that old mother gravity will keep him right side up, no matter which way the ball turns in its mad flight. Air compartments are at each end of the ball. Just like its smaller brother and sister foot balls, the opening is laced up from the outside. “Everything’s all set,” gleefully confided Bobby to the correspondent today. “But s'help me, Tve had a devil of a time. Now there's the authorities. They’ll try to stop me. But I've outsmarted them every time before, and I'll do it again. Then that airplane company where I en- saged a pllot to tote me out and drop me into the rapids above the Horse- shoe Falls. You'd think they was being asked to be a party to a mur- d.:;lo& ‘ell, we drew up my ‘death war- rant” sign own name ‘Bobb: #s] ~(Continued on h 4 Columa 7 IRECLASSIFIED PAY SCALE WORKS FEW HARDSHIPS IN D. . Post Office Workers Com- plain—Many Charwomen Are Affected. INTERIOR EMPLOYES SAY OFFICIALS ARE FAVORED Procedure of Board in Handling Cases Not Defined—Faithful Messenger Reduced. While government employes who received a raise in salary under the first reclassification pay scale yester- day were congratulating themselves today throughout the city, a few who suffered cuts in salary were making protests to their chiefs, and in some instances were being strongly backed up by chiefs in a fight for higher salaries, promising interesting de- velopments. A large block of employes, it was revealed when the pay was received, had no change at all in their remu- neration. The majority were raised. Some were cut. A few protests were filed by em- ployes formally with their chiefs, while it was understood a greater number planned to send their com- plaints direct to the classification board itself. Board’s Stand Unknown. No word was forthcoming from the board as to the procedure which it would adopt toward these protests. Among complaints generally heard was one which charged that the higher paid officials in some depart- ments received higher percentages of increases than lower paid employes. This was a general complaint in the Interior Department. The answer made to this was said to be that such changes were effected to make up discrepancies between the chiefs’ sal- aries and those of clerks which were nearly equal before. A very few protests were lodged at the Department of Commerce, De- partment of Labor and the Interstate Commerce Commission. Charwomen Suffer Loss. At the Post Office Department it was revealed that charwomen, al- ready getting the lowesi wages in the government service, were further reduced by reclassification, suffering a total loss of $8.40 a year from their already meager salaries of $384. Under the old wage scale women who clean the Post Office Depart- ment buildings for three hours a day received $240 salary, plus §140 bonus, a total of $384 a year. Under reclassification the wage scale for charwomen is 40 cents per hour, which, being applied, means that each worker get $1.20 a day for her three hours. This sum, multiplied by 313, the number of days they are employed, counting out Sundays and holidays, gives the new yearly earn- ing of $375.60. About 100 File Protests. Just how far this condition extends in the federal departments was a matter of doubt today, reclassification officials pointing to the fact that whole-time charwomen under the War, State and Navy offices are class- ed in the custodial service, at higher wages. More than 100 protests were received by Chief Clerk Regar of the Post Office Department from clerical and other employes dissatisfied with their gradings under reclassification. Only four persons in the department, other than charwomen, suffered a loss in salary by reason of reclassification, it was declared. The greatest loss ‘was under $200. New’s Assistants Raised. It was pointed out today that the four assistants to Postmaster General New were included in grade 14 of the clerical and administrative grade, which gives them $7,500, under classi- fication, as opposed to the $5,000 sal- aries each formerly received. Chief clerks and other officials of the State, War and Navy Departments were averse to discussing the administration of the reciassification law on the ground that they had no jurisdiction. It was ad- mitted that many employes had com- plained privately -about the reratings, and some had alleged favoritism and discrimination in certain cases. One of- ficlal said that as the Classification Board had final jurisdiction the policy had been adopted of referring all ap- peals received from employes against their new rating direct to that board for consideration. At the Treasury, it was asserted, although not officially announced, that many of the employes in the of- fices of the Secretary and his assist- ants were either reduced in salary or remained at the same level. This, however, was not authenticated. Older Employes Benefited. Fewer raises were understood to have been received at the more re- cently organized bureaus of the gov- ernments, such as the Veterans' Bu- reau, than among tHe older estab- lishments, in view of the fact that the salary scales in the newer branches had already been more nearly brought up to the proper level to meet the cost of living. In one of the major government departments the case of a trusty special messenger who has been em- ployed in confidential work for the head of the department for 33 years has roused the indignaiton of officials there. This man, declared to have given honest, conscientlous service all_the long period of his employ- on.