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PRICE THREE CENTS
Effective July 1, U. S.
Labor Board's Order
Reduction Will Aver
age 12 Per Cent
Chicago, May 31.—(By The Asso
ciated Press.)—An estimated four
hundred million dollars will be slash
ed from the nation's railway wage bill
ffhen an order cutting wages an av
erage of 12 per cent, to be handed
down tomorrow by the United Sfates
Kaiiroad Labor Board, becomes effec
tive July 1. The order affects mem
bers of 31 labor organizations, em
ployed on 104 railroads.
While the decrease is specifically
applied only to the roads whose cases
have been heard by the board, the de
cision says it may later be applied to
any other road asKing a hearing un
der the provisions of the Esch-Cum
mins Transportation Act.
Percentages of reductions computed
by members of the board, gave the
average of 12 per cent, and the same
source estimated the annual reduction
in wages at approximately $400,000,
008.
The decision grants reductions
varying from five to 13 cents an hour,
or from 5 to 18 per cent, and in the
case of section laborers, completely
wipes out fche increase granted that
class of employes by the $600,000,000
wage award of July 20, 1020. For
section men the reduction was ap
proximately 18 per cent. Switchmen
and shop crafts were given a nine
per cent, reduction while the train
service men were cut approximately
seven per cent. Car repairers were
cut about ten- per cent.
Common laborer pay over which the
railroads made their hardest fight, is
to be reduced 6 to 8 1-2 cents an
hours, rutting freight truckers aver
age daily wage of $3.02 for an eight
hour day. although considerable tes
timony offered by the roads, particu
larly in the south, showed common
laborer's wages as low as $1.50 for a
ten hour day.
Shop crafts employes ar.d train and
engine service men, except those in
passenger service, are reduced eight
cents nn hour. Construction and sec
tion foremen arc reduced ten cents an
hour.
Passenger ana ireignc engineers
who were given increases of 10 and
13 cents an hour by the 1920 award,
are to be cut six and eight cents an
hour respectively. Passenger and
freight conductors, who received in
creases of 12 1-2 and 13 cents in 1920
arc cut 7 1-2 and 8 cents respectively
hy the new schedule.
Train dispatchers .and yardmasters
whose monthly earnings at present
average $2G0 to $270 are cut eight
cents an hour.
The smallest reduction will apply
to office boys and other employes un
der 18 years of age who will receive
five cents an hour less after July 1.
Clerks arc reclassified so that en
tering clerks, usually young men and
women of IS to 20 years of age. will
receive a monthly salary of $07.50
for the first six months and $77.50
for the second six months of ser
vice. Clerks with less than one
year's experience now receive $120.
A new monthly schedule for float
ing equipment employes on ferries
tugs and steam lighters gives cap
tains $200; engineers $100; firemen
and oilers $140; on lighters and
barges, captains will receive $120 to
$150; engineers $140 to $160 and
mates $100.
The attitude of the railway tin
ions toward the decreases ordered
remains to be determined. The big
brotherhoods are expected to meet
hero July 1 to consider the board's
decision which is effective on that
date.
Claiming they were hard hit by
the winter clump in business, rail
road managements have been clam
oring for several months for lower
"ages and the decision tomorrow
"ill mark the first relief granted by
the board since it set the advanced
scale more than 1ft months ago.
The decision tomorrow will say
that since the 102ft wage award,
“there has been a decrease in the
cost of living” and “the scale of
"ages for similar kinds of work in
othet^ industries has in general been
decreased. These two points were
the chief contentions of the railroads
before the board. Testimony was of
fered in the hearing which began
April 1S and ended May 16, to show
reductions of 2ft to 5ft per cent, in
the cost of food and clothing.
Varying reductions in wages, mostly
for common labor, were also cited
hy the carriers. “The board be
lieves" the decision says, “that,
based on the elements shown, the
decreases fixed are justified and re
quired.”
“Whatever may be said as to the
origin or contributing causes, there
has been and is a marked depression
(Continued on Pane 4—Col. 8)
LIFE FOR CONVICTED
NEGRO FARM BOSS
IN JASPER CO., GA.
Covington, Ga., May 31—Clyde Man
ning, negro farm boss on the Josn S.
Williams plantation in Jasper coun
ty was convicted of murder by a jury
late today in connection with the
death of Lindsey Peterson, one of the
11 negroes alleged to have been held
in peonage and then killed on the
farm a few months ago. The jury
was out 35 minutes. Manning was
sentenced to life imprisonment.
Lower Wages and
Better Workmen, Says
Plumbing Asso. Head
Boston, > May 31.—Lower wages,
more efficient labor and some method
of obtaining a larger number of
promising apprentices are three
things necessary to assure the future
of the heating and piping business.
President J. E. Rutzler of New York
declared today in an address at the
opening session of the annual conven
tion here of the Heating and Piping
Contractors National Association.
“When we consider," said Mr. Rutz
ler, “that not only have wages in
creased fully 50 per cent, over what
they were in pre-war days but effi
ciency of labor has decreased in prac
tically the same ratio, then we begin
to understand some of the reasons
why the public generally complains of
building costs and demands heavy
»vago cuts.
“The time has come when each of
us in his own locality should exert
such influence as we may possess to
help our employes to recognize the
need of a. reduced wage to stimulate
business and in turn to benefit the
steamfltter himself.
"We should not have to drive labor
to ;>n acceptance of this principle, for
under such pressure neither employer
nor employe is the gainer. We should
rather reason with labor and educate
them to realization that in the last
analysis, labor as a whole can be paid
only what labor as a whole earns and
when they shall have resolved upon
greater efficiency and increased pro
duction in a day’s work, then they
will learn that the best chance for all
of us to improve our earnings is
through a move designated to reduce
costs and stimulate business.”
Second Probe Plane
Crash to Follow
Findings in First
Washington, May 31—Thorough
investigation of the army ambulance
airplane crash Saturday at Morgan
town, Md., in which seven men were
hilled, will he made by the inspector
general of the army under orders is
sued today by Secretary of War
Weeks. The investigation will be in
dependent of that made by a spec
ial board of inquiry of the air ser
vice and will, cover ocvry angle of
\ the disaster, particularly in refer
ence to design and control of the
type of machine wrecked. ,
1 In this connection it was indi
■ cated that cognizance would be tak
i on of the statement by Captain De
le Vergne, air attache of the French
I embassy, who made the trip to
J Langley Field in the machine but
, who declined to make the return
; flight in it. Captain Do le Vergne
; stated that on the trip down be had
: noticed lark of balance of the air
plane and that at times it appeared
out of control of the pilot.
The air service board made public
j today its findings in the investiga
tion. In it Lieut. Stanley M. Ames,
the pilot, was absolved of any blame
for the crash and the report said
there was no evidence of defect in
the design of the craft. The acci
dent, in the opinion of the board,
was absolutely unavoidable 'and was
due entirely to the severe storm
1 into which the big plane ran whjle
returning to Washington from Lang
ley Field.
Fail in Attempt to
Cut Down Navy
Building Program
, Washington. May 31—An effort to
cut $15,000,000 from the $90,000,000
provided in the naval appropriation
bill for continuing the 1916 building
program failed today in the Senate.
The vote was 35 to 20, ten Republi
cans and ten Democrats voting to
reduce the building fund and seven
Democrats voting with the majority
of the Republicans to stand by the
committee recommendations.
FRENCH SENATE
BACKS UP BRIAND
Paris. May 31.—(By the Associated
Press).—Premier Briand this evening
was given a vote of confidence in the
Senate when it rejected a motion to
submit the London agreement to a
commission. The vote was 277 to S.
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BROWN HELD FOR
FRAUD AGAINST
BANKS AT BELFAST
Belfast, Me., May 31.—(Special).—
I'’or defrauding the City National Bank
of Belfast, Maine, and parties of oth
er cities to the amount of a number
of thousand dollars, Harold O. Brown
of Milbridge was before Judge C. B.
Chapman in the . Belfast municipal
court this afternoon on complaint of
President C. \V. Wescott of the Bel
fast bank. He waived the reading of
the writ and examination and pleaded
not guilty. Probable cause was found
and he was held for the September
term of the Waldo county supreme ju
dicial court, bail fixed at $2000. His
attorney, D. \V. Nason of Bangor,
i stated that liis client would not give
| bail. He was remanded to the Waldo
county jail. Brown was arrested last
Friday in Milbridge and held in the
Machias Jail until brought to Belfast
on Sunday. He is charged with giving
forged collateral.
Believe Crew of
Schooner Esperanto
Aboard the Elsie II
Halifax, N. S„ May 31—Hope was
still held tonight that Hie crew of the
Gloucester fishing schooner Espcran
i to, which sank off Sable Island last
! nibht is aboard the schooner Elsie II.
j Fishermen were eagerly awaiting re
ports of the Elsie II., believing that
vessel picked up the crew while- on
the way to the fishing grounds.
The arrival of the schooner Mil
dred Robertson, also a fisherman, cre
| aterl excitement when it was at first
j believed she was the Elsie I. The
i crew, however, had not seen the lat
ter boat and did not know of the
.wreck of the North Atlantic fishing
fleet champion
i A telegram received from Sable Is
i land confirmed Sunday night as the
date of the sinking. The Esperanto’s
! spars are protruding If* feet out of
the water, the message said.
Knights of Columbus
; at Lewiston—Gain
of 150'‘ in 3 Years
Lewiston, Me.. May 31—At the an
i nual business session Maine council,
K. of C., this morning the feature
was the address by State Deputy
John F. Daily, who gave the present
membership as 5385—an increase of
practically 150 per cent in the past
three years. He exhaustively dis
cussed the K. ol C. war work, its
campaign against Bolshevism and
other nation wide activities. The
t election of officers was deferred un
til afternoon.
j Officers elected were: State dep
. uty. Edward F. Flaherty of Port
I land; secretary, Joseph Smith of
j Portland; treasurer, John Cunning -
' ham of Gardiner; advocate, Edward
,T. Hudon, Orono; wart^n, C. J. Fitz
gerald of Bath.
The 1922 convention will be held at
Old Orchard.
—
Cincinnati Ball
Park Robbers’ Haul
Proves Small One
| Cincinnati, May 31.—Four robbers
bound the pight watchmen of the Cin
! einnati National League baseball park
j early today, broke open three safes
land stole $1251. The robbers, displeas
ed because of the comparatively small
I amo\jn!l of money they found, informed
; the helpless watchman that “Garry”
i Herrmann must he a “cheap skate.’’
I Evidently t lie thieves believed they
nould find the receipts of the two Mc
! morial Day games in the safes; in
! steady they got only the amount that
‘ was left for use as change by ticket
! sellers for today’s game.
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Fire Aboard Str.
George Washington
Hoboken, N. .T., May 31—A small
fire of unknown origin tonight
slightly damaged the steamer George
Washington, which twice carried for
mer President Wilson to France and
I back. The steamer is in drydock
I hero undergoing repairs,
i The blaze, which broke out on the
; hurricane deck was extinguished
less than an hour after its discovery.
Drydock officials said the damage
could be repaired within two days.
THE WEATHER
PARTLY CLOUDY
Northern New England: Partly
cloudy Wednesday; cooler except in
| southeast Maine; Thursday fair,
j Southern New England: Partly
i cloudy Wednesday; cooler on the
j mainland; Thursday fair.
East New York: Partly cloudy
Wednesday. cooler in interior;
Thursday fair, cooler on the coast.
Boston Forecast
Forecast for Boston and vicinity:
Fair Wednesday and Thursday; fresh
j west and northwest winds. '
General Forecast
The outlook is for generally fair
weather Wednesday and Thursday
in*the states east of the Mississippi
river. The temperature will lower
Wednesday night and Thursday in
the Middle Atlantic and New Eng
land states.
Winds: North of Sandy Hook will
be fresh southwest, shifting to west
and 'northwest winds; generally
overcast weather Wednesday.
EXPLODING MINES
KILL3, WOUND OTHERS
IN CORK, IRELAND
Cork, May 31. By The Associated
Press)—hTree soldiers were killed in*
stantly, three mortally wounded and
others badly injured when mines w'ere
exploded this morning under a party
of soldiers who were proceeding from
the Youghal barracks here to the rifle
range, says a statement issued by the
military authorities this evening. The
men who exploded the mines ran off
after firing them.
MAINE MOOSE
BUNTS AUTO
INTO DITCH
Easton, Me., May 31—An encounter
with a moose, jyhich. ditched their
automobile, was related today by Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Chase of this town.
They were riding near Murray Fos
ter’s farm, when the moose, a large
animal, sprang from the woods with
its head down. Thd automobile was
struck with such force that it was
thrown into a ditch. It was not over
turned however, and Chase and his
wife were unhurt. The moose stood
in his tracks apparently dazed by the
headlights and as Chase started his
machine again the moose was struck.
When Chase looked lor the animal" it
bad disappeared into the woods.
Senate Committee
Would Boost Total
of Deficiency Bill
Washington, May 31—The Senate
appropriations committee in report
ing today the deficiency appropria
tion bill recommended increases ag*
grt gating $53,830,000 over the $100,
000,000 total carried in the measure
as passed by the House. The prin
cipal increase was one of $00,000,000
for the shipping board.
Other increases recommended
were: For passport bureaus at New
York, San Francisco, Chicago, Seat
tle and New Orleans $57,b20; for wa
ter system, Schofield Barracks, Ha
waii, $600,000; for airplane mail ser
vice between New York and San
Francisco $125,000; for expenses of
| delegates to the Pan-American pos
i tal congress at Buenos Aires $5,000;'
i for the immigration service $4SS,S30;
| appropriations made by the House
for quarantine stations at Boston,
New York and Baltimore, decreased
$675,000.
The appropriation of $25,000,000
1 granted the shipping board for com*
! pletion of vessels now under con
; struction by the bill as pasted by the
! House was stricken out by the Sen
ate committee which, however, add
| ed an amendment providing for a
total of $75,000,000 for shipping
board expenses including mainten
ance and operation of vessels and
for the completion of vessels now
tinder construction. This would give
the shipping bool'd a net increase in
appropriation of $50,000,000.
The bill as reported by the Senate
committee retains the House appro
priations of $200,000 for enforce
ment of the prohibition enforce
ment! act. The bill as reported also
carries an increase of $425,000 for
the inter-departmental social hy
giene board.
Americans Show
Class in Tennis
Play in France
St. Cloud, France. May 31.—(By the
Associated Press).-—The American en
trants in the world’s hard courts ten
nis championship tournament hero
fared better today, the fourth day of
the tournament. All the members of
the team won their matches although
the result of the men’s doubles still is
doubtful.
Nicolas Mishu of Rumania and Wil
liam H. Raurentz of France, the pres
ent world’s title holder, along with
M illiam T. Tilden of Philadelphia, the
world’s grass court champion, now
seem to be the most likely contenders
in the men’s singles. In the doubles
I.aurentz and Andre Gobert. the
French star, are likely to give Tilden
and Arnold Jones of Providence the
hardest battle.
AIR MAIL SUPT.
FIRED FROM JOB
Chicago, May 31—E. W. Majors,
superintendent of the Chicago Divis
ion of the air mail was relieved from
duty on orders from Washington to
day after a month’s Investigation by
postal inspectors.
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RAIN COMES TO AID FOREST
FIRE FIGHTERS RATTLING IN
NORTHERN MAINE WOODS
Territory Fifteen j
Square Miles in
Three Townships
Burned Over —!
Trenches Failed to
Stop Rush of Flames
Houlton, Me., May 31—Heavy rain
tonight came to ttie assistance of
hundreds of forest tire lighters in
Aroostook county. The progress of
the flames was checked and at a
lato hour it was believed that the
three separate flies which had burned
over 15 square miles, destroying
much valuable timber were under
control.
Houlton, Me., May 31.—Forest fires
in three townships along the Ashluyd
branch of the Bangor and Aroostook
railroad today had burned over terri
tory approximating fifteen square
miles, causing extensive damage to
valuable woodlands, according to re
ports received here. They were be
ing fought by crews ol' men number
ing several hundred but the ground
was so dry that the fires run under
the trenches dug to prevent their
spreading.
In Township 15, Range 4, one mile
south of Winthrop lake in northern
Aroostook there, is a fire in the tim
berlands of James C. Madigan of
.Jloulton and the American Ueaky
Company. Another fire to the south
is on the property of the Great
Northern Paper Company in Town
ship 7, Range 3, while the third is
raging in Township S, Range 4, on
lands of the Great Northern Raper
Company and the Penobscot Develop
ment Company.
The last two fires were menacing
the camps of James T. Darling of
Houlton, Clarence Stiles of Weeks
boro and b’rank Daggett of Bangor.
Caribou, Me., May 31.—More than
500 acres of land of the American
Realty Co. had been damaged today
by a forest fire which started Sun
day between Hanford and Blaekstone.
Seventy-five men were brought early
today from Houlton by special train
to augment the forces of 200 who
fought the fire throughout yesterday.
Three 'families at Hanford moved
out, but no houses had been burned
this forenoon. Everything is very
dry, t\ut rain was forecast. Careless
campers were charged with causing
tho fire.
Harvey Undecided
on What He’ll Do
in Supreme Council
London, May 31. (By The Associated 1
Press)—Ambassador Harvey told the
American correspondents today that
he expected to attend the forthcom
ing meeting of the Supreme, council
in Boulogne but he would not indi- i
cate whether he would take part in
the deliberations or sit merely as at i
Observer.
He took occasion to dispel the idea
that had been expressed in some of
the London newspapers that because
of his close personal relations with
Pres. Harding he might depart from
strict diplomatic usage and voice his
personal opinions with relation to in
ternational questions.
He declined to express an opinion
as to what the American attitude
would be in the matter of assisting
In the execution of the-League of Na
tions plan for the economic rehabili
tation of Austria, and other issues
involving the League.
He said nothing had been brought
to his attention with reference to an
alleged diversion of Lrish White
Cross funds for the purchase of
American ammunition found in Ire
land. |
Renew Newberry
Ford Fight June 8
Washington, May 31.—Hearings in
the Ford-Newberry election contest
will be begun on June 8, the senate
sub committee on elections decided
today.
The committee, conference with
eounsel for Mr. Newberry and Henry
Ford developed several clashes over
procedure. Demand for restrictions
against hearsay evidence was made
by James O. Murfin. the Newberry
attorney, who also sought to, have the
committee order Alfred Lucking, j
Ford’s counsel, to turn over the j
names of all witnesses he will pre- ;
sent. Mr. Lucking objected vigorous
ly, but it was decided that the list of
witnesses should be communicated to
Mr. Murfin immediately after each
has been subjoenaed.
LONG FIGHT
INDICATED IN
TRIAL ITALIANS
Charged with Double*
Murder at So. Brain
tree Year Ago
Defense Moves for Demurrer
and Separate Trials—Selec
tion of Jury Slow Work—Biff
Array of Counsel on Both
Sides
v Dedham, Mass., May 31.—Determi
nation on the part of the defense to
fight every inch of the prosecution of
Niccola Sacco and Bartolomeo Van
zetti. charged with the murder of
Frederick A. Parmenter and Alessan
dro ,Ber;ulelli at South Braintree a
year ago, marked the opening of their
joint trial here today. Parmenter was
robbed of a shoe factory payroll of
516.000.
No sooner had District Attorney
Katsman moved that a jury be em
panelled than counsel for the defense
was on his feet petitioning for a de
murrer, for separate trials for the
two men and fur a bill of particulars.
The court took the motions under ad
visement.
Selection of a jury front a special
panel of 000 talesmen dragged slowly.
Out of SO names drawn, only two were
agreed upon, a real estate agent and a
grocer. Extraordinary sittings of the
court were announced to hasten the
work of empanelling, beginning with a
session tonight.
Court adjourned at 9.50 P. M. until
tomorrow morning after a third juror,
Frank R. Waugh, a machinist, of Quin
cy, had been selected. In all 130 men
were examined today and tonight.
The three jurors were placed in the
custody of two deputy sheriffs and
locked in Hid courthouse for the night.
Prosecution and defense exercised
their right of peremptory challenge
freely. Under the law each side is
allowed 22 challength for each defend
ant. More talesmen were excused
than were challenged, most of them
for conscientious scruples i gainst the
death penalty for murder in the first
degree.
The courthouse was under extraor
dinary surveillance all day and night.
Police from five towns—Dedham, Nor
wood. Brookline. Stoughton and- Wal
pole—and 12 deputy sheriffs and a
scattering of plain clothes men were j
on guard. Spectators were barred
from the courtroom while tin jury j
was being choacn.
Representatives of Italian dailies in !
New York and Boston were present to j
report the trial. Delegates from cer- ,
tain labor and socialistic organiza- I
tions appeared at the courthouse. Mrs. 1
Cerise Jacks and Mrs. Elizabeth Glen- j
dower Evans, representing civic and :
civil liberties bodies, announced their )
intention of being present to hear tes- j
timony.
Sacco and Vanzetti sat calmly j
through the day’s routine, chatting
unconcernedly and often 'laughing. ,
When they met in the mornifig for the j
first time in a long period they threw
themselves into each others arms and
embraced. Both are natives of Italy.
An array of counsel appeared fro the
defense. F^r-d H. Moore of Los An
geles. chief counsel, was supported by !
Judge Thomas F. McAnarney and Jere
miah J. McAnarney of Quincy. Wil- ,
liam J. Callahan of Brockton and John
A. Lyons of Somerville. District At
torney Katzman was flanked by two
assistant district attorneys, Ira P.
Williams and William F. jfane anu
Deputy Assistant District Attorney
George E. Adams.
Late this aternoon William F. Goss,
a metal worker, «of Quincy, and a pros
pective juryman, confided to Judge
Webster Thayer that he had been ap
proached by a man in his home city
concerning the case. After close ques
tioning by the Judge in conference
with counsel for prosecution and de- j
fense, Goss explained that he was
asked two questions concerning his
station in life. This developed to be I
solely for 'information of counsel. *
Goss could not remember who ques
tioned him.
Mrs. Sacco attended the brief fore
noon session of the trial, sitting a few
seats behind her husband. She showed
no emotion.
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Two Soldiers Killed and 13 Wounded
When Fifty Pound Explosive is Hit
by Plane Propeller—Men Were
About Machine Being Loaded
With Target Bombs
Washington, May 31.—Two members were killed and
thirteen others injured, four probably fatally, by the explo
sion of a bomb at the Aberdeen, Maryland, army proving
grounds during preparations for airplane bombing experi
ments, according to official reports telephoned the War de
partment tonight by Major William A. Borden and Captain
Claudius H. M. Roberts, special investigators sent from here
to report and ascertain the cause of the explosion.
The dead were: Private Allen A.
Shermer, Fourteenth Squadron Air
Service, and E. H. Grinnell of the
same organization.
Captain Joseph E. Hall, Air Ser
vice of New Haven, Conn., was said
to be not expected to live. He was
wounded severely about the eyes and
face.
Neither Major Horden nor Captain
Roberts attempted in oral reports to
night to fix the responsibility for the
explosion. They said they had been
unable to ascertain the full facts of
the disaster but would make a thor
ough investigation before returning
here. They were directed by Major
General Clarence C. Williams, chief
of ordnance, to submit all informa
tion that might throw any light on
the incident. He ordered them to
Aberdeen from here by airplane upon
receipt of first reports of the explo
sion.
f According to other reports, a fifty
pound bomb rolled from the airplane
and was struck by the rudder as the
swung around, causing the explosion.
Three bombs weighing 100 pounds
each and one weighing 50 pounds, had
been loaded upon an airplane for
tests. As the plane was about to start
its flight it was decided to turn it
around and all the injured and dead
were abotu the big plane helping in
the operation.
As the plane turned the fifty pound
bomb rolled off and an instant later
it was" struck by the rudder of the
machine as it swung around. This
caused the explosion in the very
midst of the men about the machine.
PHOTO ENGRAVERS
NEW YORK CITY
ON STRIKE TODAY
New York, May 31—A strike of
photo engravers employed in the 17
newspaper plants of New York City
and all commercial printing estab
lishments making newspaper cuts,
was ordered late today by Photo En
gravers’ Union No. .1. It becomes ef
fective tomorrow morning. This ac
tion was taken when an ultimatum
demanding immediate signature of a
contract with a flat wage increase of
$8 weekly was refused by the pub
lishers.
The present agreement calls for a
minimum wage of $55 per week for a
44-hour week for day work- and $60
for night work. Employes of com
mercial plants receive $5 less per
week.
A meeting of the publishers’ com
mittee and union committee was held
Friday to discuss a wage scale to
take effect when the present con
tract expires .Tune 1. At this time
the publishers refused to consider an
increase but expressed a willingness
to continue the present scale pend
ing further negotiations and to sub
mit the matter to arbitration if no
agreement could be reached other
wise.
The union representatives stated
they would take this suggestion un
der advisement but tonight notified
the publishers they would not con
sider arbitration and that they had
ordered v. virtual strike.
Mail Privileges
Restored to Two
Socialist Papers
Washington, May 31—Postal prohi
bitions against the Milwaukee Leader
and the New York Call, two Social
ist newspapers, were withdrawn to
day by Postmaster General Hays who
festored them to second class mailing
privileges. The action was in lino
with that recently taken in the case
of the Liberator a periodical pub
lished in New York City.
Orders cancelling the second class
mailing privileges of the publications
were issued by Postmaster General
Burleson late in 1917, after an inqui
ry which Mr. Burleson said had
shown that through articles publish
ed each of them had violated provi
sions of the espionage act. The Libe
j rator—a successor to the Masses
ceased publication soon afterward, the
publishers announcing they*were un
able to bear the additional burden
imposed by the third class rates.
Both the Leader and the Call car
ried their fight to the courts. The
Milwaukee paper, upon refusal of the
Supreme court of the District of Co
lumbia to issue a writ of mandamus
to compel the postmaster general to
restore the cancelled privileges, ap
pealed to the Supreme court of the
United States where the lower court
was upheld. hTe Call won in the low
er courts of the District of Columbia,
whereupon the post office department
appealed and the ease was adjudged
to have been decided by that involv
ing the Leader.
No formal order was issued by Mr.
Hays today, the department's action
being’ carried out by an informal no
tification to the newspapers interest
ed and instructions to the postmas
ters in the respective cities of publi
cation. Postmaster General Hays is
understood to have proceeded on the
theory that the previous administra
tion of the department had erred In
withdrawing low rates and yet per
mitting the papers to be distributed.
If barred at all, they should have
been barred entirely, he is said to
have decided.
Whether the post-office department
will voluntarily refund the excess
charges occasioned by the Burleson
order was not stated today. In the
case of the Liberator. Mr. Hays said
a refund would be ordered, the
amount duo that publication being es
timated at mpre than $11,000.
Flower and Flag
Thieves Busy in
Portland and Vicinity
Portland, Me., May 31 — Following
the stealing Sunday night of a silk
American flag which hung over the
headquarters of the Grand Armyjjoat
at Westbrook, it was discovered to
day that 118 tloral wreaths designed
for the graves of deeeased soldiers
had he* n taken by thieves last night
from 1 he chapel at Calvary cemetery.
The wreaths had been placed there to
he blessed by a priest but when the
chapel was opened today for the ser
vices, all were missing..
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