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PORTLAND,
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER
PRICE FIVE CENTS
PACT OH NAVIES
LLOYD GEORGE PLANS
TO ANNUL WAR DEBTS
E
B0N' AW UPHELD
BY SUPREME COURT
POSTMASTER JONES IpPrClflF
AIMO DHDTI Aiun nDi IILdlUL
HUNGARY RATIFIES
AMERICAN TREATY
NL
HOUSES
NT WOULD
RAIL LABOR'S PAY
IS EOT MILLIONS
First 2 Hours Overtime
on Regular Scale.
ViiNj ruii inii jvu
TO MEET TDDAY
U.S.
OF
FRANCE, HOWEVEK, MUST BE
LENIENT WITH GERMANY.
OREGON ACT IS DECLARED TO
BE CONSTITUTIONAL.
SENATOR STANFIELD SELECT'S
INCUMBENT FOR OFFICE.
PROCLAMATION OF PEACE IS
EXPECTED SOON.
SHIPPING
MATTER
I
japan Indicates Condi
tional Acceptance.
BUT ONE POINT IS LEFT
.Substitution So as to Be
Able to Keep Mutsu Is
Requested.
5-5-3 BASIS IS RETAINED
Petition Is Discussed at Con
ference of U. S. Arms
Delegates.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 13. (By
the Associated Press.) Announce
ment by the conference of agreement
on the 5-5-3 naval ratio Between
Great Britain, Japan and the United
States loomed tonight ad probable
before the week end.
A plenary session Is expected by
ome delegates. Japan has indicated
conditional agreement to the 5-5-3
ratio. Her acceptance was coupled,
however, with a request to substitute
the new battleship Mutsu for the old
12-inch gunship Setsu In the ships she
would retain.
The decision of Japan was com
municated informally to Mr. Hughes
and Mr. Balfour by Admiral Baron
iKalo and was discussed today by the
American delegation at a conference
Attended by Assistant Secretary
Roosevelt. Later "the big three" of
the n.n.il powers Messrs. Hughes,
Balfour and Kato again met this
I time, Mr. Roosevelt, Admiral Coontz,
rRear-Admiral Pratt attending.
One Small Point Ilcmnins.
After this meeting. It was said that
I only "one very small point remained
unsettled. It was Indicated that
both the American and British group
were opposed in a general way to
changing the list of retained ships
of each power as would be necessi
tated if Japan retained the Mutsu.
This opposition, however, is expected
lln conference circles to give way if
the Japanese are insistent.
In that case, it was learned that
Ithe United States probably would re
tain the battleships Colorado and
I Washington, In place of the Delaware
land North Dakota and the 10-year
Inaval holiday would be modified to
nermlt r.reat Rri.ln i n.n.tm.t ,!
additional ships.
The Japanese proposal Is in line
lwlth the contention of the Japanese
Inaval experts that experts of all na-
Itlons were agreed that ships armed
Iwith 12-Inch guns could not lie in
I the battle line against modern craft
armed with 14-inch, 15-inch or 16
inch rifles.
Comparisons Are Made.
Both the Setsu and the Delaware
and North Dakota are 12-inch gun
ships, while the Mutsu and the Colo
rado and Washington each carry
eight 16-inch rifles.
Great Britain has no battleships as
I far advanced as the Mutsu and the
IColorado and Washington. The heav
iest British naval guns are 15-Inch.
Presumably if provision is made for
two additional British battleships, to
take the place of the two oldest ships
of the King George V class on the
retained lint, vessels of the Mutsu type
ina armament would be added.
The four super-Hoods, planned bv
I the British and to be abandoned, are
more than 40,000 tons in dianl.ip-i--t
land beyond the 35.000 tons maximum
limit proposed In the American plan.
It has been indicated thut Great jprl
tain did not desire to carry out any
building programme at this time.
There are some reasons to believe
Itonlght that British opinion in the
laessions of the "big three" was being
I exerted against any modification of
the original American plan that would
rearrange the list of retained shlpB so
las to make it expedleift for Great Bri
tain to proceed with capital ship con-
Istructlon.
Suhntltullon la Knvored.
So far as the United Stas is con
cerned, substitution of the Colorado
land Washington for the North Dakota
land Delaware Is regarded In ih
tmerlcan group as having certain
economic advantages. It would defer
replacement building for these two
hips until ten years after the naval
holiday ended.
It would also give ihe fleet three
lodern lt-lnch gun ships which have
very much Increased degree of
security against submarine attack, for
the Maryland, now with the fleet, is
sister ship to the Colorado and
Washington. The fourth ship of the
class, the West Virginia, was launched
just after the conference began. She
ts destined for the scrap heap mi any
ase, apparently.
In the plan ot substitution to retain
the Mutsu, the result would be to
change the aggregate tonnage on cap
ital ship retained by each power, but
mot the number of ships each rc-
alned. It would also, It Is assumed,
rovlde for substantial adherence to
iCeicladed en Pace Column u
Approaching Crisis in Finances of
Several Countries Said to Have
Brought Plan to Head.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 13. (By
the Associated Press.) Some foreign
diplomats in attendance at the arms
conference have received word which
they interpret as indicating that
Lloyd George, premier of Great Brit
ain, Is preparing to take the initia
tive in world economic matters, hav
ing become convinced from the re
sults of Inquiries made here that the
American government does not intend
to call an international economic
meeting at least not in the near
future. His plan, according to the
information, contemplates cancella
tion of war debts owing to Great
Britain by Itajy, France, Belgium,
Russia and the smaller Balkan allies,
amounting with interest to upward of
2,000,000,000 sterling.
The premier, it is recalled, proposed
to President Wilson that all inter
allied debts should be cancelled, but
his present design, according to the
understanding, does not include re
newal of that suggestion to the
United States. He In said to intend to
annul the debus of the other coun
tries due Great Britain subject to
conditions, one, it Is understood, be
ing that France should forgive the
debts of allied countries to her
amounting to about the equivalent of
2, 000, 000,000, and another being a re
duction of German reparations due
Prance by 13,511,000.000 trancs. This is
the amount France borrowed of Eng
land during the war and Is about as
large a sum as that loaned to France
by the United States, which was 15,
2S5, 000,000 francs. N
The idea of the British govern
ment acting Independently of tlfe
United States in the cancelation of
the deDts, according to toreign om
cials, appears to have originated with
Austen Chamberlain, when he was
chancellor of the exchequer. Mr. Lloyd
George is understood to have been
allowing the matter to rest until the
present, but the approaching crisis
in the finance of several countries,
particularly Germany, has led to the
preparation of a plan by VVorthlngton
Kvans and others, which. It is ex
pected by the foreign diplomats, Lloyd
George would present to an economi
conference, if one ehould be called on
his own initiative.
OUSTED CHIEF SUPPORTED
Unionists in Guatemala City AVin
.Municipal Election.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 13. The
unionist party carried the municipal
election 'In Guatemala City yesterday
by a large majority, the state depart
ment was advised today. The party
Is the one which sponsored President
Carlos Herrera. who was overthrows
by the liberals in a revolution last
week.
GUATEMALA i CITY, Guatemala,
Dec. 13. (By the Associated Press.)
The provisional government has re-
quested that the legislative assembly
consider the question of the validity
of Guatemala's adherence to the fed
eration of Central America. Officials
expressed willingness to participate
in the federation if vthe, people ap
proved. CORBET CASE PASSED UP
Supreme Court Refuses to Heview
Old Idaho Litigation.
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Corbet estate case, wnich has retained
a place on the dockets of Idaho courts
for many years, will not be reviewed
by the supreme court, It became
known today. A petition of Law
rence F Connolly, administrator, and
John J. Connolly for a writ of cer
tiorari was refuse by the court.
First reports that the writ would
issue were prove- to have been in
accurate today, when a more careful
inspection of the court's action was
taken.
The petition set forth ,that the Con
rollys haj been haled into court
seven times In ten years In connection
with charges growing ..ut of admin
istration of the estate.
PLEA MADE FOR ARMENIA
S
President Asked to Act in Behalf
or Oppressed People.
WASHINGTON, D. C Dec. 13.
President Harding Is requested to call
a conference between Great Britain,
France and Italy to consider methods
by which Armenians may be given an
opportunity to establish a nation, by
a house resolution introduced by Rep
resentative John Jacob Rogers, re
publican. Massachusetts.
The president also is asked to ex
press to the de facto Turkish nation
alist government at Angora the
"moral protest of the United States
against the persecution of Armenians
and other Christian people!."
SENATE RULE CHANGE UP
Jones of Washington Wants
to
Limit Debate in Sessions.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 13. Sen
ator Jones, republican, Washington,
served notice Jn the senate today that
he soon would move to change senate
rules, he said, to curb the privilege
of senators "of talking on anything
at any time."
He proposed to bring about the
change by confining debate "to the
question under consideration, unless
, otherwise provided by unanimous con
, aent,"
Favorable Vote on Irish
Treaty to Be Asked.
PREMIER TO PLEAD FOR PACT
Ulster Negotiations Published
by Lloyd George.
DAIL EIREANN TO SIT
Sinn Fein Legislators to Consider
Proposals for Forming New
Free State.
LONDON, Dec. 13. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The imperial parlia
ment jjrlll assemble tomorrow to con
sider the treaty between Great Brit
ain and Ireland. The king will open
parliament and the premier will re
view the Irish situation, explain the
treaty and plea.d for strong Indorse
ment of the settlement. '
The house of commons Is expected
to give the treaty Its speedy ratifi
cation and in the house of lordB Vis
count Morley will ask for a similar
action. Simultaneously the Dail Eir
tann at Dublin will take the treaty
under advisement, the Irish plenipo
tentiaries, headed by Arthur Griffith,
seeking its ratification, and Eamon
De Valera, Sinn Fein leader, with a
considerable following, opposing the
instrument as it now stands.
Premier Lloyd George today gave
cut the correspondence exchanged
between himself and Sir James Craig,
dealing with the Irish negotiations.
These letters bore dates of from No
vember 10 to December 5. They were
supplemented later by a letter made
public by Sir James addressed to the
premier under date of July 29, which
he said, was necessary to maintain
the sequence of events.
Ulster Premier Firm.
The Ulster premier unequivocally
declared Ulster would not enter an
all-Ireland parliament, but was will
ing to accept three out of the four
proposals of the British government.
Mr. Lloyd George argued that two
dominions in Ireland were Indefensi
ble. Two alternatives were offered to
Ulster the one that she retain her
existing powers with additional guar
antees if she entered the Irish free
states; the other that she retain her
pr-esent powers, but in respect to all
other matters not already delegated to
her share the rights and obligations
of Great Britain, with the proviso,
however, in the latter case, that her
boundary would be subject to revi
sion. The correspondence comprises' four
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State Aid Commission Sets Janu
ary 16 as Date to Dispose of
Paper Securities.
SALEM, Or., Dec. 13. (Special.)
Constitutionality of the so-called
bonus and loan act enacted at the
1921 session of the legislature and the
constitutional amendment approved
by the voters of the state at a subse
quent special election, was upheld In
an opinion handed down by the Ore
gon supreme court here today.
The opinion was written by Justice
Harris, and affirmed George W.
Stapleton, Judge of the Multnomah
county circuit court. The suit was
instituted by Thomas Henry Boyd,
commander of Portland Post, Ameri
can Legion, and was directed at Gov
ernor Olcott and other members of
the world war veterans state aid com
mission. The opinion held that the constitu
tional amendment adopted by the peo
ple was referred by the legislature
and approved by the voters in ac
cordance with every requirement of
the constitution, and that house bill
No. 203. which became chapter 201 of
the Oregon statutes, was legally en
acted. Referring to the contention of the
plaintiff that the entry in the senate
Journal was illegal.. Justice Harris
held that it was not necessary that
the jojrnal entry should contain the
complete text of the measure, but
that an Identifying reference was suf
ficient. It also was held by the court
that the action of the lower house of
JtJje legislature was legal, and that It
was physically Impossible for the sen
ate to have approved any form of
measure other than that which re
ceived sanction of the house.
The referendum clause which was
attached to the act, and attacked by
the plaintiff was held by the court to
be of no consequence. It was shown.
according to the opinion, that the leg
islature intended to strike out this
section.
There was ample authority, the
court held, for the legislature to pass
the original measure and refer the
constitutional amendment to the peo
ple to put the act in operation.
The suit originated in Multnomah
county, with the result that the de
fendants filed a demurrer to the com
plaint. .This demurrer was upheld by
Judge Stapleton, whereupon the
plaintiff appealed to the supreme
court.
As a result of the favorable opinion,
the world war veterans state aid com
mission has set January 16 as the
date for selling the original $10,000.
000 of bonds with which to provide
money for paying cash bonuses and
advancing loans.
It previously was decided to dis
pose of these bonds n November 28,
but the prospective purchasers of the
securities refused to submit bids un
til the constitutionality of the bonus
law had been determined by the su
preme court. It was because of this
that Mr. Boyd broughuhe suit.
More than $19.000 000 of new money
will be. made available for invest
ment in Portland and vicinity within
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S. C. Mears and Harry G. Darand
Other Eligibles on List of
Civil Service.
THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU.
Washington, D. C, Dec. 13. John M.
Jones, postmaster ad interim at Port
land, was recommended for permanent
appointment as postmaster by Sen
ator Stanfleid late thie afternoon.
(-The recommendation was made when
notice received a few femurs before
the postofflce department closed for
the day that the civil service com
mission had certified three eligibles
with the name of Mr. Jones at the
nead of the list. The other two on
the list were S. C. Mears and Harry
G Durand, ex-assisUant postmaster.
While he selection of the post
master of Portland rested with Sen
ator Stanfield; as a resident of Port
land. It was explained that the rec
ommendation was made only after an
understanding with Representative
McArthur that Mr. Jones was ac
ceptable. Senator Stantteld had told
the department several months ago
that he would recommend the man
earning the highest rating in the civil
service examination. .
Senator Stanfield and Ralph Will
iams, national committeeman, were
considerably disturbed earlier in th
day by personal telegrams from
Portland concerning the publication
of a dispatch which, they Vaid, mis
represented the situation relative to
the postmaster appointment. Mr.
Stanfield was informed that he was
teported as having been assured by
the postoffice department that Mr
Jones would be appointed when, in
fact, he said, he had not been in
communication with the department
nce his return from the west two
weeks ago.
This he regarded as embarrassing
because he was represented as hav
ing secured the assurance of Mr.
Jones' nomination before the civil
service commission had made its re
port. Mr. Williams showed some annoy
ance at the report that he was here
seeking the appointment of another
candidate.
"This report is absolutely untrue,"
he said, "because I have interested-
myself in the postoffice contest
in Portland or anywhere else in Ore
ron. These appointments are not in
my hands and 1 neve-- have inter
fered in a single Instance."
For 31 years Mr. Jor.es has been
in the postal service, serving all that
time In Portland. His elevation to
postmaster is the first time that any
one has risen so far from the ranks
in the local service. Mr Jones began
his career in the department as a
carrier when George Steele was post
master and he carried mail for 13
years. Later he was In the office
as box clerk and for a year wa
superintendent of city delivery. Fol
lowing this he was superintendent
o.' carriers until 1914, at which time
there was a reorganization of the de
partment and Mr. Jones was made
superintendent of mails placing him
In charge of all in-coming and out
going mail and all of the people who
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Message to Congress Is
Expected Soon.
'REMUNERATION' IS PROPOSED
"Subsidy" Charges and Hurl
ing of Bricks Assured.
VINDICATED
WILSON IS
Executive Has Found That Compli
ance With Terms of Underwood
Bill Wouldn't Pay.
BT MARK SULLIVAN.
(Copyright. 1921, by the New York Evening
Post. Inc. Published by Arrangement. )
WASHINGTON. D. C. Dec. 1.
(Special.) Within a short time Presi
dent Harding will deliver to congress
a message, covering the present status
of government shipping after six
months' control by his appointees. At
the same time he will lay down a
policy for the future of the shipping I
board and of American shipping gen
erally. As one detail of this policy
he will recommend government aid
for the maintenance of shipping under
private" American ownership. Presi
dent Harding is going to call this
aid "remuneration," but that isn't
going to prevent any democrats, and
many republicans as well, from call
ing It by the old name, subsidy," and
hurling bricks at It.'
President Harding's new term, how
ever, Is not a mere verbal device to
escape the ouium attaching to an old
name. He has some reason for his
choice of words.
When the Underwood tariff bill was
passed it provided that America
shoull charge 10 per cent more duty
on goods imported in foreign ships
than on goods brought in on American
ships. The effect of this would be to
favor American ships. But the war
intervened and President Wilson
never thought it desirable to put the
provision into effect.
Orders, Even, Dlarrgarded.
For his failure to carry out this
mandate of congress the republicans
used to denounce Wilson whenever
they had a little time to spare.
Finally. In 1920. when the act for the
management of the shipping board
was passed, the president was directed
in so many words to take the steps
necessary to put this clause into ef
fect. Wilson still continued to refuse and
the republicans continued to denounce
him. Finally, when President Hard
ing came into office, he took up the
matter- of putting the discriminatory
duties into effect and after a good
deal of study he now comes to the
conclusion that Presldent'WIlson was
wholly right and thut his republican
critics were wholly wrong.
In order to put these discrimina
tory duties into effet it would be
necessary to "denounce" as the
diplomatic phrase is some 25 com
mercial treaties that we have with
various nations, wich treaties pro
vide, in effect, that there shall be no
discriminatory duties. Some of these
treaties are more than 100 years old.
and President Harding, when he
looked into the matter, was instantly
aware of the impropriety of adding
to the confusion now existing In In
ternational relations by terminating
most of our treaties with foreign na
tions. CongrfHi Ill-Informed.
The time when the thing came up
for final decision was just as the
armament conference met, and it was
recognized that at that time, par
ticularly, such action would be bad
manners or worse. We might stop
with this virtuous reason for not
denouncing our treaties, but complete
candor required that ft be said that
President Harding discovered It
wouldn't pay. He had the' figures
about the various' classifications of
our import carefuly analyzed and
found that the thing would work out
badly from a financial point of view.
The mandate of congress has been
based on insufficient information.
What Mr. Harding is now going to
propose appears to be that we shall
take a certain percentage of all our
import duties and use it as "remuner
ation" to American ship owners. From
the point of view of the national
treasury, it will be a bookkeeping
transaction merely. It will be gov
ernment aid, by whatever name you
call It, and the public will pay.'
All that is going tJ lead to debate
and discussion on the, broad question
of whether America ought or ought
not to spend a large sum ot public
money In order to help American ship
owners maintain an American mer
chant marine.
Present Scheme Failure.
Volumes could be and will be writ
ten and spoken about It during the
coming year. For the present a few
merely suggestive and very Incom
plete facts can be set down. America
can have ocean shipping only by gov
ernment aid. Private ship owners
cannot compete with private owners
in Great Britain, Japan and other
countries. Our present scheme of government-owned
shipping has failed
utterly. Harding is determined to
end it. So is Chairman Lasker. It is
wasteful. Inefficient, and altogether
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Count Apponyi Tells National As
sembly That Pact Is Proof of
I . S. Dislnteredness.
BUDAPEST. Dec. 12 The national
assembly tonight ratified the treaty
of peace between the United States
and Hungary.
Count Albert Apponyi, chairman of
the committee in charge of the peace
agreement, in an address after" the
ratification said:
"Though we are not yet acquainted
with America's future world policy,
this separate treaty Is proof of her
disinterestedness and her sincere
wish to help In the reconstruction of
eastern Europe. This single peace.
which was not dictated, recognized
Hungary as an equal."
WASHINGTON. D. C. Dec. 13. (By
the Associated Fress.f Ratification
of the peace treaty between the
United States and Hungary had been
momentarily expected here for some
time. When ratifications have been
exchanged it is expected that a proc
lamation of peace will be Issued in
Washington, as in the case of the
other ex-enemy powers, completing
the peace status.
LINES WILL BE IMPROVED
k
Great Northern to Kxpend Large
Sum in Wa-li iniiion Slate.
SPOKANE, Wash., Dec. 13. Plans
for improvements to cost about $10.-
uuu.uuu were annuunceu uy . r j..-
w, "-;"
ecn railway, in a newspaper inter
view published here today. Mr. Ken
ney stopped in the city last night en
route to Chicago.
Proposed improvements, Mr. Kenney
said, include 18, 000. 000 to $10,000,000
for new rolling stock; "'tl. 250, 000 for
double tracking the main line from
Summit, Mont., east to Browning.
4250,000 for double tracking between
Downs and Lamona, In Washington,
and $250,000 for improvement of Spo
kane city trackage and main line
.acilities.
324 EGGS LAID IN YEAR
Oregon Agricultural College Hen
Establishes New H coord.
SANTA CRUZ, Cat, Dec. 13.
"Lady Dryden," a hen entered by Ore
gon Agricultural college at the Cali
fornia egg-laying contest here, has
laid 321 eggs from December 14, 1920,
to December 14, 1911.
This Is believed to be a new world
egg-laying record for Barred Rocks,
it was announced today.
Elk Teeth us Emblems Opposol.
NEW TORK, Dec. 17. The Benevo
lent and Protective Order of Elks to
day was asked by the American Game
Protective asnociatlon to forbid Its
members wearing elks' teeth as em
blems. This request was made In a
resolution adopted after photografSTis
had been shown picturing elks shot
for their teeth alone. J Speakers in
cluded Governor Carey of Wyoming.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Went her.
TESTER DAY'S Maximum temperature. 48
.degrees; minimum. 46 degrees.
TODAY'S Pair; northweiterly winds.
lMiarmamrnt Cnnferenee.
Four Power sign treaty on Pacific.
, Page 2
5-3-3 naval ratio agreement expected by
week-end. Page 1.
Shantung session runs Into snag. Page 4.
Mystery prevails over naval ratio. Page 3.
Signing of 4-power treaty veiled in secrecy.
Page 10.
Most senate democrats silent on 4-power
treaty. Page 10.
Foreign.
Hungary ratifies American treaty. Page 1.
Leters published in Irish parley. Page 1.
Place In treaties gives hope to France.
Page 9.
National.
Shantung concession or wreck of con
ference alternative that Wilson faced.
Page 7.
John M. Jones, postmajtter ad Interim, rec
ommended tor permanent, position at
Portland, Or. Page 1.
Resignation Is final aaya Mr. Thompson.
Page 2. ' x
Lloyd George plans to cancel war debts
owing to Ureat Britain. Page 1.
President soon to ask congress to assist
American shipping. Page 1.
Kali labor's pay is cut millions. Page 1.
DomeNtic.
Women mob mlnera in strike districts.
l'age o.
Woman who killed New York doctor gives
up. Page 16.
Assistant United .States attorney-general
refuse to prosecute patrons of boot
legging Joints Page ID.
German smugglers bringing in synthetic
drugs. Page 21.
Parifle Northwest.
Six mlnera killed In Colorado explosion.
Page 8.
Washington storm takes 13 lives. Page 4.
Bonus law la upheld by supreme court.
Page 1.
Plans made to finance wheat men. toge 8.
Identity of Molalla murder victim dollbted
Page 9.
Sports.
Boycott of minor leagues by majors la
suggested. Page 18.
Suspension of two Franklin players arouses
principals. Page 18.
Harvard requests game with California.
Page 18.
Wrestling bouts at Helllg toalght. Page 18.
Conimerrial and Marine.
Demand for wool not so active as last
week. Page 27.
Chicago wheat market weakened by gen
eral selling. Page 27.
Signing of four-power treaty createa de
mand for foreign bonds. Page 27.
United States sanction asked for port pro
gramme. Page 17.
Portland and Vicinity.
Pair posing as Dr. John Cameron and
wife arrested as fugitive burglara from
Denver. Page 13.
Governor will receive report on highway,
control from committee next Friday.
Page 28.
Portland is lucky, says Emery Olmstead.
Page 28.
Bank bulletin out on Mexican debts.
Page 28. .
Representative Mllea of Columbia county
aaya Income tax for fair w6uld not
r work. Page 8.
10-HOUR DAY IS POSSIBLE
Working Rules for Mainte
nance Men Revised.
SCALE BEGINS DEC. 16
Herniations Affecting J. 000, 000
Workers Already Considered
by U. S. Board.
CHICAGO. Dec. 13 (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Slashing extra pay
provisions for the first two hours of
overtime after the regular eight-hour
day's work from rules governing
railway maintenance of way em
ployes, the railroad labor board has
set up a schedule of 10 hours a day
at the regular hourly, wage for com
mon laborers. In new rules announced
,,,,. . ,, ...inn-l -or.
ment.
The principle of "eight consecutive
hours shall constitute a day's work"
Is retained, however, nd time and
one-half pay Is granted after It
hours work.
The new provisions must make pos
sible a ten-hour day without penal
izing the railroads, which were com
pelled, under the federal agreement,
to pay time and one-half after eight
hours.
Rules Kffertlve December Id.
The rules become effective Decem
ber 18, one year after the agreement
was made between the railroad ad
n lnlstration and the united brother
hood of maintenance of way employes
ard railroad shop laborers.
They apply on all railroads where
agreement has not already been
reached on new rules.
Many rules had been agreed en -by
a majority of roads not reaching an
agreement for further consideration.
These included rules on seniority,
promotion and special service where
local conditions were held to govern.
Wage schedules were eliminated as a
part of the rules agreement.
Mllllo-a Cut From fay.
Removal of the two hours' over
time penalty was declared by labor
board attaches to cut many millions
of dollars from the carriers' annual
payrolls.
The old national agreement recog
r.'ied the 10-hour day In extra or
floating gangs of workmen, whose
employment is temporary and sea
sonal. Regular gangs, however, were
paid overtime after eight hours.
Under the new rules the number of
hours work per day may bo reduced
by mutual agrVemcnt to avoid reduc
ing forces. The roads were formerly
compelled to pay eight hours' wages
a day for each man employed. Regu
lar assignment of Sunday and holiday
work no longer draws time and a half
ray. When called for less than a
day's work, however, employes will
be paid three hours' straight time for
two hours' work or less. Instead of
time and a hnlf for the two hours'
and pro rata time thereafter. Kxtra
time worked before the regular day
begins will still draw time and one
half Employes called off their regular
assignment and traveling in camp
cars under the new rules get only
(Concluded on rage 2. Column 4.)
MYSTERY OF OUR MISS
ING GIRLS.
One hundred thousand Amer
ican girls leave their homes
each year and are reported
missing. The facts dishearten
and appall. Back of these
many disappearances is a great
story. But one person in Amer- t
ica is competent to tell that j
Whereiore ine aunaay ure
gonian, beginning with its
issue of December 18, will
publish serially Mrs. Grace
Humiston's narrative and con-
delusions, in the "Mystery of
Our Missing Girls." It should,
and doubtless will, be widely I
read for it floods the subject j
with plain truths and wise
counsel. i.
Mrs. Grace Humiston, it will J
be recalled, is the New York J
lawyer who solved the tragic i
riddle of Ruth Cruger's disap-
pearance, after the metropoli- J
4 tan police had abandoned the
case; who procured the evi-
1 dence that destroyed peonage
t in the south; and who is na-
4 tionally known as an authority
t on missing girls. Follow this
t remarkable serial to its last
i chapter.
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