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FRIBAY: Fair
Sun Rise* 559
Sun Ssta 559
Day’* Length 11.40
Day’s Increase2.49
ESTABLISHED 1825
AUGUSTA, MAINE, FRIDAY, MORNING, MARCH 11, 1921.
SATURDAY: Unsettle*
Genuine bargains In household fur*
niture ore advertised every day in
The Journal. Read the classified ads
and save money.
PRICE THREE CENTS
TIME TO PUT ON DRAKES
GOV. BAXTER’S WARNING TO
SOLONS IN MONEY MESSAGE
Declares He Is Ready to Cooperate in Calling
Halt on State Expenditures — Submits De
tailed Report of Auditor on Finances_
Sources of Income Should Have Careful Con
sideration in Making Up Budget—F a v o r s
Equalization of Salaries — Suggests Method
to Establish Proposed State Park — Water
Power Address by Harvard Head
A total of $40,000,000 would be needed to meet money
resolves now before the Maine Legislature should they be en
acted into law, Governor Baxter declared in his special mes
sage dealing with State finances before a joint convention of
the House and Senate, Thursday.
Calls for Economy
The dominant note throughout the
message was economy and the Legis
lature was urged to carefully examine
the financial statement prepared by
the State auditor. Intimating he was
prepared to do his duty in the prob
lems facing the State he called at
tention to the fact that it was the
perogrative of the Legislature to
make appropriations and that of the
executive to exercise the veto power.
He pointed out that State expendi
tures in 1905 were $2,423,692.02 and in
1920, $13,344,936.25, while the property
upon which these were assessed had
made no such proportionate increase
in value.
Regarding the bonded indebtedness
the Governor said in 1917 the total
was $2,629,300 and in 1920, $8,902,300,
an increase of $6,273,000 or 238 per
cent.
The present period of- depression is
having a marked effect on railroad
earnings the Governor said, as illus
trative of one source of revenue that
will be greatly reduced. While a gen
eral increase in salaries is not war
ranted, he believed that an effort
should be made to equalize them to
some extent.
Speaking of the proposed State
Park he said that the finances of the
State did not warrant the appropria
tion of the money necessary for this
purpose. He suggested a way in
which the park may be financed with
no increase in the budget. The mes
sage in full wilt be found in the
stenographic report of the joint pro
ceedings. (Soe pages five and eight.)
Harding Names
Home Town Man
for Comptroller
Washington, March 10—t). R. Cris
singop of Marion, Ohio, was nominat
ed today by President Harding to be
comptroller of the currency.
Mr. Crissinger will succeed John
Skelton Williams, who resigned two
flays before the Harding admniistra
tion began. He is a lawyer and
banker and lfe-long friend of the
President.
At THE BLUEBIRD
HOME FODD SHOP
Friday-Saturday
Sour wii^ Dourlinuta
fried In pure lard....33o dps.
Some made yeast bread . 1 To loaf
Toast rolls .....*06 dos.
Owing to the 'demand for oar
Jgftry it to best to plaoe jonr
°™or In adTSaee.
Orders Delivered Friday after*
aoon and Saturday.
Bowman St., opp.
„ Kotor Co.
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I -
Dr. Swain on Waterpower
Dr. George F. Swain, head of the
Harvard Engineering School of Har
vard University, who made the sec
ond survey of the water powers of
Maine for the census of the United
States in 1880, followed Governor Bax
ter in an address on water power.
He was introduced to the members
of the House and Senate by Presi
dent Gurney following the dissolution
of the joint convention and was re
ceived with applause from the floor
and gallery of the hall of the House.
After outlining the importance to
the people of the country and of
Maine of water 1>ower, Dr. Swain
plunged into his address in a busi
ness-like manner. He stated that
man has passed through three ages,
the stone age, the bronze age and the
iron age, but for the last 150 years it
has been an age of power. There are
but two source sof power known at
the present time—that of combustion
of fuel, such as coal, oil, etc., and
water power.
"Every pound of coal that is burned
is gone forever, it is not recoverable,
and coal is needed for other import
ant purposes than for the generation
of power. The heating of buildings
for the comfort and health of the peo
ple of the'earth, the use and conser
vation of chemical by-products.
There is a great hazard faced by the
people of the world in strikes of men
employed in the coal industry when
a few thousands of men may cause
irreparable damage and suffering.
"In 1917 64,000,000 tons of coal were
used by the people of the United
States and today that figure has prob
ably increased to more than 70.000,
000. Eight per cent, of the world's .
population is in the United States and .
we have 50 per cent, of all the coal j
deposits. Of the immense amount of
coal used in the United States the
railroads use one quarter and more
than 35 per cent, of the railroad traf
fic is in coal.” _ _ .
Referring to oil as a fuel. Dr. Swain
stated that In 1918, 356,000.000 barrels
were produced in this country and
this enormous quantity was not suf
ficient for the needs of the epuntry,
that it wras necessary to call upon
the reserve quantities and to import
oil from foreign countries.
"The source of water power is, un
der favorable conditions, inexhausti
ble ” said Dr. Swain. “It is a force,
however, that must be developed and
we must bear in mind that every
pound of water lhat is not used is
wasted. The United States has be
tween 60.000.000 and 60,000,000 horse
power undeveloped at the present
P me and 55.000.000 horse power is suf
thP needs of the country. At
jient to tne mtu __ horse
, f using 41,000,000 horse
S',™ - ^
rom * developed water power. Two
SSs of ^available water power is
(Continued on Page 7-Col. 7)
TENNESSEE IN
Aockland tests
EARLY IN APRIL
Vfnrch vO—Th<
next month, it wa^ the'
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00 Reds Drown
1 Kronstadt Assault
t .atvia. Mar. 10. (By The .
dim, Latvia, Mar. 10. (By The As
Sated Press)—Bolshevik forces yes
Sy attempted to each Kronstad
m^Sestroretsk across the lea hMt
nulsed according to Moscow
rfJa^ShraPne1 broke the ice and
rted that 800 of the Bolsne
. were drowned. Many wounded
ve Iben*brought into Kronstadt.
DEPT. OF JUSTICE
HEAD TO TAKE TIME
“FIRING” DEMOCRATS
Washington, Mar. 10—Job hunters
seeking places in the department of
justice will have to wait according to
a policy outlined today by Attorney
General Daugherty, who said he pro
posed to make changes in the per
sonnel of his organization very
slowly. While he intimated that
Republicans would replace Demo
cratic incumbents in many, places of
importance eventually, he said a
weeding process was planned which
would not incur added expense to
the government or duplication of
work.
The trend of effort on his admin
istration, Mr. Daugherty indicated,
would be directly towards a reduc
tion in expenditure. He added that
he hoped for less litigation and con
sequently a lowered cost by the ad
ministration of the department.
In a statement to newspaper cor
respondents the attorney general ex
pressed the belief that there would'
be a decrease in crime as condi
tions following the war became more
normal.
“This department must in truth
render a service of justice to all,” he
said. "There will be no ‘spite’ suits
tiled so long as I am in charge and
there will be no attempt to embarass
any interest. I hope for less litiga
tion, although whese the govern
ment’s interest is concerned or where
crime has been committed I intend
to see that the penalty is paid.”
With respect to political plums
Mr. Daugherty declared his inten
tion to.continue in their places all
prosecuting officials whose work
would have to be duplicated if they
were replaced. The exception he
outlined to this general rule was fhe
probable replacement of officials
whose appointments were of a na
ture that would carry through two or
three years.
“The country, I believe,” he add
ed, “would expect those commissions
to be terminated and the places
filled by Republicans. I do not
think, however, that it would be
proper to cause the government to
lose work done by any individual on
a given detail which w'ould result
from summary removal from office."
Mr. Daugherty said he planned
eventually to have a complete re-or
ganization in the department but he
indicated that nothing would be done
which would upset previous expend
ed effort.
Minister Held
for Violation of
White Slave Act
Passaic, N. J.. Mar. 10—The ReT.
Cornelius Densel, former pastor of
Netherland Reformed church here,
will be arrainged on an indictment
charging violation of the Mann White
Slave act before the April term of
the United States District court at
Newark. This announcement was
made today by Assistant District At-^
torney Pearce who said that the in-*
dictment was returned last week. The
minister is now out on $5,000 bail.
Densel is charged with taking Miss
Tina Hanenberg, a singer in ihe
church choir, from New Jersey to
New York state for immoral purposes
on November 12, last. Densel is al
leged to have promised the girl that
he would marry her and desert his
w ife Densel and the girl were away
from Passaic for three weeks and on
their return he was expelled from tin
church.
Colombian Pact
Before Senate
at April Session
Washington. March 10—An agree
ment to defer action on the Colombi
an treaty until the April session of
Congress and to vote upon the trea
ty on the eighth day after Congress
convenes, tvas reached today by the
Senate. ___
“In Our Specialty Dept. * *
Have It Made
To Measure
From the ALL WOOL LINE of New
Spring Fabrics
We announce the return of
NORMAL PRICES
In our
CUSTOM TAILORING DEPT.
All Wool Suits for
$27.00 to $60.00
With a particularly large offering at
the popular prices of
$30.00, $35X0, $40.00
WE GUARANTEE
Satisfaction in Fit and Workmanship.
H. G. Barker Co.
The Proven Value Givers
' Two Stores
Augusta and Gardiner
STD. WANDBY
BALKS EFFORT
TO FLOAT HER
Most of Crew to Be
Landed and Sent to
England
Freighters Captain Believed
Was Off Cash’s Fishing
Banks, 60 Miles South When
Vessel Hit Rocks—Sank Ger
man Sub During War
Kennebunkport, Me., March 10.—
Captain David Simpson of tlic British
freighter Wandby thought he was off
Cash's Fishing Banks, 60 miles south
southeast of Portland lightship, and
for 15 minutes hud been running full
speed ahead when his steamship piled
up on the rocks just inside of Walker's
Point yesterday forenoon.
The whistling buoy off Cape Porpoise
and about two miles east of the point
had been mistaken for one jn Ammon
Rock on Cash’s Bank. The fog was
so thick that he could not see the
mainland and cottages 50 yards away
when the ship struck, he explained
today.
Practically all hope of saving the
ship was abandoned today and the
cutter Ossipee, which had been stand-1
tng by, left for the eastward. The
steamer’s steel hull had been so oadly
damaged by the* force of the impart
and pounding on the rocks over night
that as the tide rose during the day
the ballSst tanks and coal bunkers
amidsnips and the engine and boiler
room were flooded. The firemen stuck
to their posts, wading knee-deep in
sea water.
Captain Simpson expressed the opin
ion that tlie ship he had commanded
for five years and which had the dis
tinction of sinking a German subma
rine during the World War, for which
he had been decorated for meritorious
service by the British emprie, had
found her last resting place.
He will remain on board until
Lloyds’ representatives complete their
survey, hut the crew of 28 will be
discharged. The ship and crew were
inspected this afternoon by customs,
immigration and quarantine officials
from Portland.
"About 10 o'clock yesterday fore
noon when we were proceeding slowly,"
said Captain Simpson, “we picked up
a red whistler buoy. I had three
soundings taken and each showed 27
fathoms of water. I believed the
‘whistler’, was that on Ammen Rock
on Cash's Fishing Bank, 60 miles from
Portland lightship.
“As the Boundings showed the same
as on our chart 'for the Ammen Rock
Buoy, I sent the ship full speed astern
and after clearing the buoy set my
course northwest, three-quarters north
(magnetic) for the lightship and went
full speed ahead.
' ’’Fifteen minutes tatcr the Wandby
piled on the ledges here* I had left
the bridge, having put the steamer on
the course to Portland Head, but had
not reached the after deck when she
struck with such tremendous force
as to send ...» hands reeling.
"I saw the white water over the
rails and rushed forward to order full
speed astern, but it was too late. The
ship was hard and fast on the ledges.
I -know now that I had mistaken the
red whistler buoy near Goat Island
light for the Ammen Rock whistler
so that we piled onto the ledges at
full speed.
"I have little hope that the ship
can be saved, but can not state the
extent of the damage until a survey
has been made.”
The sea was calm tonight but the
breeches buoy was held in readness to
take off the men in case of an emer
gency.
Plenty of Meat
in Event of Strike,
Packers’ Promise
Chicago, March 10—Assurance that
the nation’s meat supply will not be
interrupted, regardless of any action
that may be taken by the unions on
the recently announced reduction of
wages and readjustment of working
hours was given today by the pack
ers.
"Despite the strike threats being
made by the agents of the union we
do not expect any trouble that will
interfere with the nation's meat sup
ply," said a statement issued* by
Armour & Company. “A survey of
the packing plants indicates that the
individual employes understand the
situation and do not want to be
foraed to idleness or to be asked to
go on strike. The union leaders who
are talking strike do not represent
25 per cent, of the packing house em
ployes.
"The nation is engaged in an ef
fort to get back to normal, which in
the main means reduction of prices.
Those Who are talking strike in or
der to uphold inflated war-time
wages are obstructing the nations’
return to normal. We stand with the
public in the fight agaWst war prices
in time of peace.”
Big Surplus Left
Inauguration Fund
Washington, Mar. 10.—President
Harding's inauguration cost just
11500 out of the $15,000 appropriation
made by Congress, according to Eliott
Woods, superintendent of the capitol
buildings and grounds. , The money
went into guard rails and other
safety devices, he said today. The
inaugural stand where the actual
ceremony took place was built by the
telephone company which installed
amplifiers, > -
LONG PARLEY
TO BLOCK MAINE
BOOZE-TRAFFIC
| Governor, State Offi
cers, Federal A&ents
i at Capital
-—
■Plan Adopted for Closer Co
operation of County and Fed
eral Enforcement Officials—
Special Efforts to be Made
Along Canadian Border—
Anti-Saloon League Head
Heard
With a view toward closer co
; operation -between the county and
federal authorities in the matter of
liquor coming from Canada, a long
conference called by Governor Per
cival P. Baxter was held Thursday
at the State House at which were
present sheriffs and county attorneys
on the one hand and federal officials
on the other hand. The result of
the conference was the formation of
a plan of campaign as regards the
enforcement of the prohibitory liq
uor law.
Gov. Baxter told the sheriffs chat
the meeting was in no way a criti
cism of their work. A method was
adopted for a closer co-operation
between the county and federal
authorities in the matter of liquor
coming from Canada, particularly in
the border counties of Aroostook,
Somerset and Penobscot. Oo£ Bax
ter assurred the complete co-opera
tion on the part of the State, and
James B. Perkins of.Boothbay Har
bor, federal enforcement director for
Maine, and James E. Christie, an en
forcement official stationad at Ban
gor, gave assurance of co-operation
from a federal standpoint.
The following sheriffs were pres
ent at the conference: Edmond W.
Grant, Aroostook county; Berton M.
Small, Franklin county; Edward D.
Harwood, Kennebec county; Ward
W. Wescott, Hancock county; Ralph
E. Thurston, Knox county; Forrest
H. Bond. Lincoln county; Harry D.
Cole, Oxford county; O. B. Fernan
des, Penobscot county: William C.
Oliver,, Sagadahoc county; John A.
Mooers, Somerset county; Ivan Q.
Tuell, Washington county; Haven A.
Roberts, York county.
Hon. Wayne B. Wheeler Speak*
Following the conference which
was held in the Executive Chambers
at the State House, a general meet
ing for the federal and county offi
cials and all others interested was
held in the Senate Chamber, being
presided over by Governor Baxter.
The speaker upon the occasion was
Hon. Wayne B. Wheele^of Washing
ton, D. C., general counsel and legis
lative superintendent of the Anti
Saloon League of America. ’
i “For years the great State of
Maine held the prohibition banner
; alone,” said Mr. Wheeler in opening.
! “At last the nation has caught up
with, and in some respects, gone be
1 vond the standard in your law. The
friends of prohibition, however,
throughout the nation will always be
grateful to the pioneers of the Pine
Tree State for the leadership'-' you
furnished when the cause had but
few friends.
Continuing his address, Mr.
Wheeler said in part:
Prohibition has now resolved it
self into a question of law and order.
The Eighteenth Amendment is a fix
ture in the Constitution. It only
took a majority of one branch of the
| Legislature in 13 states to defeat N'a
i tional Constitutional Prohibition. It
only takes the same number to pre
vent its repeal. It is manifest,
i therefore, that the Eighteenth
Amendment is in the Constitution td
(Continued on Page 10—Col. 4)
TilJjJ WJUATiifciK
FAIR
Northern New England: Fair FYi
day; Saturday cloudy and unsettled,
not much change in temperature.
Southern New England: Fair Fri
day: Saturday cloudy, moderate tem
perature.
Eastern New York: Fair and
warmer Friday; Saturday cloudy, be
I coming unsettled.
Boston Forecast
Forecast for Boston and vicinity:
Fair Friday and Saturday: moderate
temperature: moderate southerly
winds.
General Foreeast
In the Atlantic states the weather
will be fair and warmer Friday, be
| coming unsettled with moderate tem
peratures on Saturday.
Winds: North of Sandy Hook —
Moderate variable becoming south,
fair weather Friday.
OFFICE
CHAIRS
Send for Cat 51
Roberts Office Supply Co
Portland. Maine
Kenney & Greenwood
STOCK and BOND
BROKERS
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Elmer H. Bright ft Co.
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MANY ROADS
PREPARING TO
REDUCE WAGES
All Big Rail Lines in
West Announce
Cuts Coming
New Haven Calls Conference
{ April 15 to Discuss Reduc
tion—Wages 43,000 Workers
| on N. Y. Central to be Cut
April 16—Abolishing Offices
j. Chicago, Mar. 10—Wage reduction
; proposals affecting thousands of men
i were officially announced today by •
• practically every western railroad
| with headquarters in Chicago,
among them being the Santa Fe,
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul;
Chicago and Great Western; Chica
go, Rock Islaitd and Pacific and the .
Chicago and Northwestern.
I The roads will hold meetings with I
their employes in an effort to reach j
some agreement! regarding a reduc- j
tion in wages. If the roads and ;
workers are unable to reach agree- |
ments, the disputes, it was an
nounced, will be allowed to go be
fore the United States Railroad La
bor Board.
"Wages must come down," said A.
G. Wells, vice president of the Santa j
Fe system. “Everybody knows that, j
AVe will in a few days start in a gen- j
eral readjustment, ask representa- i
tives of maintenance of way and shop ,
workers, especially the unskilled i
workers to come to Chicago and j
j agree to a more seemly wage scale.” j
NEW HAVEN TO
CONFER ON CUT
AT BOSTON APR. 15 j
Boston, Mar. 10—The New York,;
New Haven and Hartford Railroad '
j company today announced a confer- j
J encc of additional classes of em- i
ployes to discuss a downward revls
I ion of their rates of pay effective
j April 15. Employes affected in
! elude supervisors, maintenance of
j way, shop, office and station forces, !
i and dining car and restaurant 'em- j
i ployes. The date of the conference :
will be set later.
Approximately 22,000 employes
will be affected by this revision, rail- 1
I road officials said.
In the announcement of the con
ference the attention of the men was j
called to changes in conditions since
the preset rates of pay were made j
effective.
“These changed conditions justify ;
and require reductions in the exist- i
ing rates,” the notice said.
Officials of the road will meet rep- :
resentatives of the unskilled em-1
playes in New Haven, Conn., tomor- j
row to discuss the revision of pay!
whach has been announced for April
4. About 7,000 men on the New I
i Haven lines will be affected.
—
Justice and Labor
Depts. Considering:
Kick of Packing Help
j Omaha, Neb., Mar. 10—Suggestions !
by the conference of the meat cut- !
j ters and butchers workmen’s associa- j
! tions to President Harding to try to ,
/prevent wrage reduction and changes
; in working hours from going into
effect March 14, has been taken up
1 by Mr. Harding with the Department
| of Justice and the Department of
Labor, according to information re
! ceived from Frank Morrison, secre
! tary of the American Federation of
.Labor at Washington.
) The conference authorized the un
ion’s executive committee here to ar
range immediately for a strike vote.
In his telephone conversation with
Dennis Lane, secretary of the union.
Mr. Morrison said that a call had
been issued to all allied unions in the
packing industry for a conference in
Chicago next Wednesday. The con
ference will outline a porgram for
concerted action if a strike is called
against the wage cut approximating
12 1-2 per cent.
The strike ballots will be mailed im
mediately from Chicago and the final
result is expected to be known by
next Wednesday. The executive board
is given authority to call and con
duct a strike if a referendum vote
authorizes it. and to arrange all de
tails of any settlement.
All locals are warned to refrain
from staking or taking other action
pending issuance of a general order.
Washington, Mar. 10—The position
of the packers employe* as regards
the wage reductions announced by
the packers was embodied in a mem
orandum left at the White House late
today by Frank Morrison, secretary
1 of the American Federation of La
bor. President Harding was receiv
ing members of the diplomatic corps
and Mr. Morrison left the memoran
dum with Mr. Harding’s secretary,
i George B. Christian, who said he
! would call it to the president’s atten
tion.
St Bernard Dog
Loses Life But
Balks Bandit Trio
Chicago, Mar. 10—LeO, a St. Bernard
dog, today gave his life in prevent
ing an attempt to hold up his mas
ter’s grocery shop.
Three bandits walked into Leon
ard Malone’s store and ordered him
to throw up his hands. The dog,
watching from a corner, hurled his
165 pounds at one of the robbers, sink
ing histeeth’ into the man’s throat.
The man fired and the dog fell dead. |
The robbers escaped but did not ob- ]
tain any loot. ~
FRENCH SOUND
U.S. ON MODIFIED
Method of Approach in Keeping With
President’s Idea of How Subject
Should Be Handled— No Definite
Action Pending New Administra
I tion’s Settling Down to Working
Basis™ Many Diplomatic Appoint
ments Still in Air
NOT YET READY
Washington, Mar. 10.—As the new
administration settles down to a
working basis both President Hard
ing and his chief advisers are giving
increasing attention to the country’s
foreign relations.
For the moment, selection of a new
set of diplomatic corp representatives
aboard, relations with Mexico, the
Rhine situation, the League of Na
tions and the Panama-Costa Rica
controversy are subjects in the fore
front of consideration although there
are no indiactions that any of them
have reached a stage forecasting im
mediate action.
So far as diplomatic appointments
are concerned, it was said author
attvely today that no Anal selections
had been made but that in several
gases the field of availables was nar
rowing toward a decision. The near
est approach to anactual choice is
understood to be Myron T. Herrick of
Ohio, for ambassador to France, a
post from which he resigned early in
the first Wilson administration. An
other woh is regarded as very cer
tain to return to the service is Henry
Lane Wilson of Indiana, former Am
bassador to Mexico, who is mention
ed most often in connection with
the ambassadorship to Italy.
The question of Mexican relations
hangs upon the ability of the new
administration of President Obregon
to establish a regime that will win
American recognition.
Just what the requirements for
such recognition should be are occu
pying the study of officials here and
it is possible that some pointed in
timations on the subject may go
forward soon to Mexico City. Much
ns the White House and the state
department hope for a full restora
(Continusd on Page 4—Col. 7)
Firemen’s Efforts
Save Big Oil Tank
works in Brooklyn
New York, Mar. 10—Timely and Ef
fective fire fighting today thwarted
a repetition of the. spectacular and
disastrous oil fire that swept through
the Stone and Fleming works of the
Standard Oil Company in Brooklyn in
September, 1919.
Flames that for a time threatened
to lay waste scores of 25,000 gallon
tanks broke out at ten o’clock, but
before three o'clock inthe afternoon,
thq, preventive measures taken by
the fire companies had restricted tn-j
conflagration to five tanks and nd
stoppped its spread.
No official estimate of the damage
had been given out by the company
late tonight, but the unofficial esti
mate was $150,000. Six fire fighters
were seriously burned.
The fire started, It was understood,
from the ignition of overheated li
quid flowing from the stills into the
tanks. Huge billows of black smoke,
almost blinding firemen, hung over
Brooklyn.
The fire died out almost as sudden
ly as it started, by keeping the other
tanks soaked with water, there be
ing nothing left% to feed the flames
when the original tanks had been
consumed.
Lenine Confident
Kronstadt Revolt
Will Be Crushed
London, March 10.—(By the A. P.).
—Nikolai Lenine, the Russian Soviet
premier, speaking at the opening of
the 10th All Russian Congress of the
Bolshevik party in Moscow Tuesday
with reference to the recent events in
Kronstadt, predicted that the revolt
In that city would be put down quickly,
says a wireless message from Moscow
today.
“The rising, organized by France in
conjunction with social revolutionaries,
will be crushed in a few days,” Lenine
declared. "Nevertheless we are forced
to consider most seriously the internal
situation of Soviet Russia.”
Lenine said the difficulties were
bound up with the questions of demob
ilisation, food and fuel, and stated
that the fuel crisis was due to the fact
that the Bolshevlkl had attempted to
restore Industrial life too rapidly aft
er the war. A mistake had been made
in the distribution of the food stocks,
he declared, although they were consid
erably larger than In former years.
FRENCH CONCILIATORY
Paris, March 10, (By the Associated
Press.)—It was stated at the foreign
office today that negotiations were
under way between the French em
bassy in Washington and the State
Department in an effort to induce
President Harding to favor accept
ance of a modified League of Nations.
The French position is conciliatory
and is believed to relate to expres
sions by officials connected with the
present Washington administration,
made during the peace conference
NEW YORK CENTRAL
TO REDUCE WAGES
OF 43,000 APR. 16
New York, March 10.—The New
York Central railroad announced to
day that, beginning April 16, wages ef
approximately 48,000 employes in
practically all departments would 1>" i
revised. A conference will he held
later to agree on the new scale.
The date and place of the conference
have not yet been decided.
The ordor, . addressed to employes
coming under Su classifications, affects
virtually every department of the sys
tem between New York and Chicago.
The notification follows closely upon
similar notice addressed to all un
skilled laborers, numbering 26,000, j
which was the subject of a conference j
between officials’ and employes' repre
sentatives last Tuesday. The compa
ny then proposed reductions varyifig ,
from 17$ to 20 per cent. The employee 1
took th« matter under consideration j
with the promise of answering- at a
second conference to be held April 22.
Today's notice gives no percentage
of reduction proposed. Inasmuch'
it covers workers in widely different |
activities, the reductions proposed grill ‘
vary, but probably will be based upon )
the increases in pay granted by the
United States railroad board decision,
No. 2, made July 20, 1920.
Today's order, after reciting that a ,
marked change in conditions justified
and required reductions in exbitlmr i
rates, says:
‘‘This move is on behalf of the rate
paying public and of general industry
just as much as of the railroads. The
wage rat os Imposed upon the, railroads
by war-time government' operation,1
aside from the absurd restrictions in 1
equality and abuses brought about by;
the national agreements, are entirely -
out of Jlne with the standards of today I
In all other branches of industry and
with the law of supply and demand.
“The railroads have been compelled
by law to maintain artificial stand
ards and unbusinesslike practices in
the management of their forces. The ,
transportation act, however, expressly
provides that the railroads shall be j
economically managed so this reorgan
ization is in strict conformity to the
letter and spirit of the law.”
The office of general superintendent i
has been abolished and officials hold-,
ing this position have been feeipoteA to 1
the grade of superintendent, railway
officials announced here tonight. At
the time of this action there were elf
general superintendents, two in New
York and one each in Albany, Buffalo,
Cleveland and Chicago.
This step was a movement for a 1
general demotion of railway officials '
of virtually all grades, it was stkted.
5000 Allied Force
in City' Duesseldorf .
Duesseldorf, Mar. 10—The allied
forces In Duesseldorf will comprise
live thousand men, throe thousand of
whom will occupy the barracks, the
remainder being distributed through
out the town. ->
A proclamation issued today for
bids the overcharging of members
of the allied forces and declares that
lack of proper respect will subject
citizens to court martial. All assem
blies of a public or private nature ait
forbidden without special permission;
pettlons must be submitted three
days In advance, giving the name of
the organization and tha approximate
number of persons who are expected
to attend. The display of the na
tional colors is also forbidden.