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2 TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, OCTOBER 15, 1923 BAIL LABOR BOARD GUTS WAGE RISE Pay of 451,911 Men Lifted 2 Cents an Hour. INCREASE IS $22,125,000 Truck Workers and Common La bor Constitute Largest Class to Get Benefit. ,- CHICAGO, Oet. 14. The wage bill of the nation's railroads was in creased an estimated $22,125,000 by a decision of the United States rail road labor board today granting Jn ' creased pay of 3 cen-ta an, -hour to 451,911 zna.intena.ace of way em ployes. Four of nin groups of the United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes and Railroaid Shop Work era were effected by the raise, the largest einala rroup feeing1 common laborers. The decision raised mini nrum rates of -pay for th classes affected from the present 23 and 35 cents to 25 andi 37 cents. Chairman Hooper of the labor board in a statement following the decision said that the board based its finding on a general upward trend in wages since the board's de cision of last July reducing wages for this and other groups of work men and not on any pronounced change in living costs. Public Group Wins. Today's decision marked a victory for the putlic group of the board, which proposed the- 2-cent increase, the proposal being rejected at first by the three members of the railroad group, who favored no change, and the three members of the labor group, who favored a much larger increase. ' The classes or employes who will receive the increased wage are the following: Section, track and maintenance foremen and assistant section, track and maintenance foremen; track la borers and all common laborers in the maintenance of way depart ment and in and around shops and roundhouses: drawbridge tenders and assistants: pile drivers, ditch ; i'ng and hoisting firemen: pumper engineers and pumpers, crossing watchmen and wipers, fire builders, ash pit men, flue borers, coal pas sers and miscellaneous classes of foremen and other employes. Common Labor Benefits. Track laborers and all common laborers constitute. the largest single class benefitting by the wage increase. While the labor board de : ciston increases the minimum wages I of these men to 27 and 37 cents an hour, the majority of them now are receiving between 35 and 36 cents an hour, according to figures compiled by the railroads. The men in this class number ap proximately 112,000. The ranges of average pay for the number of men In each of the other classes follows: 17 to 23 cents an hour, 13,009 men applying , mostly to employes of southern roads: 23 to 34 cents an hour, 109. 861 men: 34 to 35 cents an hour, 35.975 men: 35 to 36 cents, 112 069 men: 36 to 37 cents, 872 men; 37 to 55 cents and above, 7359 men wnne tnese figures are averages applied to S3 per cent of the rail roads, they are generally accepted as typical of all roads. UeciHion Ends Deadlock. The decision came after ten days or tieaa.ocK among the board mem bers, in which Ben w. Hooper, chair man of the board and a member of the publio group, succeeded today in obtaining a majority in favor of the increase. The two cent increase was proposed by the publio group, . due not until tne accession of W. L. McMenimen, of the labor group, and Samuel Higglns of the railroad rep resentation, was the decision for an increase made possible. The mileage represented by the 16 roads, which Include such larga systems as the New York, New Haven & Hartford. Lehigh Valley, Central of Georgia, Chicago, Bur lington & Quincy, Southern Pacific and union i'acirlc, aggregates 55.9K. Numerous others are negotiating agreements with associations of their own employes. With the organization of company unions on the l roads, the feder ated railway shop 'crafts whose of ficial name is the Railway Em ployes Department of the Ameri can Federation of Labor, which directed the nation-wide shopmen's strike, which started July 1, are without recognition or representa tion so far as the 18 roads are con cerned. The Pennsylvania railroad, the largest of all the roads which have made agrements with new organ isations of employes, is not Included in the list, that system having be gim such negotiations before the strike. mites an hour. Maitland was obliged to pump away, first with one hand and then with the other. When he finished behind Maughan he was exhausted Experience Is Thrilling;. Ensign A. J. Williams Jr. had a thrilling experience when a fire ex tinguisher in his plane broke, a piece of it knocking his helmet off. He bad great difficulty in arrange Ing the helmet while plunging on at more than three miles a minute. Fumes from the broken extin guisher sickened him. In setting a world's record for the fifty kilometer course, Lieut. Mait land turned at the Pylons so fast that his ship was almost upside down as he was so close to the ground that the plans skimmed the grass. A crowd of 20.020 persons who witnessed the race was kept n a frtnzy of excitement as one record after another was smashed. The ship which Lieutenant Maughan won Is powered with a 400 horsepower Curtiss engine. He is 29 years old and is a native of Lo gan, Utah. He is officially credited with having, brought down four enemy planes while serving in the army air service in France. He wears the distinguished service medal, His post is at Mather field, Calif. Lieutenant Maitland is attached to Boiling field, Anacostia, D. C. U. S. TIGER IS ALL -CLEffiCEAU SEEKS Even So, White House and French Quite Interested. VAGUE WHISPERS HEARD GRID JURY IS CULLED JUDGE ACTS AGAINST AO- VICE OF COLLEAGUES. 216.1-MILE SPEED MADE (Continued Frnn First Pact.) lieutenant on the head and Secre tary Denby was so overcome he burst into tears. Flier Lost Four Times In Hase. "All the time during the race I was thinking about a telegram 1 had been expecting announcing the birth of a child to Mrs. Maughan." the winning airman said when he was able to talk. 'I was lost four limes in the hase and was stunned more or less at each of the 15 turns. My worst moments, however, were at one turn when I lost confidence t and then became unconscious. On the straightaway I came to. An other trouble I had was with my fppt irn i n w to " . The terrific speed told on Lieu tenant Maitland. After the lap in which he made 216 miles an hour his air pressure, feeding gasoline to his motor, broke down and he was forced to use an emergency hand pump. Throughout the last four laps, with his plane hurtling through I hp alt at Kneed In excess of 200 When r I JL sr- iHjwJJSps. want ' even rx u pi Further Investigation of Affairs of Defunct Scandinavian-American Bank of Seattle Likely, FUGET SOUND BUREAU, Seattle, Wash., Oct. 14. Judge Austin E. Griffiths of the superior court issued a call for a county grand jury to meet November 13. The call was issued contrary to the advics of five of the seven superior court judges to Whom it was submitted. Judge Griffiths drew the panel of 75 names from which the 17 grand jurors will be chosen. By strange coincidence his own nam is in eluded in the list drawn. Before drawing the jury Judge Griffiths sent a note to the other judges ask ing their opinion. Judges Frater, Dykeman, Gilliam, Brinker and Ronald noted their disapproval, call ing attention to the fact that when the special county grand jury was impanelled last spring it was understood by the judges that the usual November jury would not be called. The special jury cleaned up 11 the routine business, usually transacted by the regular jury. None of the five judges eould see any reason for the additional ex pense. Judge Everett Smith ap proved the call without comment. After drawing the jury, Judge Grif fiths said: "This is the regular routine grand jury which is sup posed to be called every November. I do not knowxwhat matters win be investigated. Of course anything that any citizen thinks should be investigated will be taken up ac cording to statute." The action of Judge Griffiths is in continuation of the controversy between himself and Malcolm Doug las, prosecuting attorney. Judge Griffiths is in possession of two pe titions, one from the members of the special grand jury and the other from depositors in the defunct Scandinavian-American bank of Seattle. The jurors' petition asks partic ularly for further investigation of the King county commissioners, whose cases, based on indictments by the special grand jury, were dis missed on motlpn of the prosecut ing attorney for lack of evidence. The bank depositors ask further in vestigation into the circumstances that led to the closing of the bank J. E. Chilberg, ex-president of the bank, was speedily .acquitted by a trial jury on an Indictment for grand larceny returned by the special grand jury and a similar indictment against J. F. Lane, ex-cashier of the bank, was thereafter dismissed at the request of tbe county prosecutor. The apparent purpose of Judge Grif fiths is to have all these matters re opened by the November iury. Mare Island Employes Unite. VALLEJO. Cal., Oct. 13. An or ganization of all classes of employes at the Mare Island navy yard is be ing effected today for the purpose of obtaining united action before congress on petitions to improve the wages and working conditions at all navy yards and to establish a five-day working, week. " The back ers of the organization here hold that the reduction in wages since the war is proving a hardship to the workers. A number of other branches of the government service are allowed a bonus of, $240 a year, but this is denied the navy yard workers because their wages are fixed by wage boards, it was pointed out. Delegations will be sent to nearby cities to study wage scales. McAdoo Declines to Speak. SEATTLE. Wash., Oct. 14. Will iam G. McAdoo, secretary of the treasury in the Wilson administra tion, has declined an invitation to come to the state and speak for C. C. Dill, democratic nominee for United States senator. Mr. McAdoo pleaded previous engagements. He expressed good wishes for Mr. Dill. Ambassador Herrick Makes Dis creet Inquiries as to Real Ob ject of Visit to America. BY WILLIAM BIRD. (Copyright. 1112. by The Oregonian.) (Because of the discussion in France and America of the real reason behind Clemenceau'e proposed trip to the United States and the various suggestions Isth ered by interested parties. Mr. Bird has taken occasion to clear up the situation. It Is another "tiger hunt" that he plans, although Ambassador Herrick plainly is Intensely interested). PARIS, Oct. 14 (Special cable.) Clemenceau has governments on both sides of the Atlantic as well as politicians balancing between hope and fear. On every band they are asking: "What is his real purpose?" The writer is informed that Ambas sador Herrick has been busy ever since he returned from Washington this week making discreet inquiries in various quarters concerning the Tiger's objects. Apparently the White House is deeply interested in knowing whether there is more in the tour than meets the eye. Friends of Wilson here have re ceived letters declaring that Ber nard M. Baruch and William G. Mc Adoo are hoping Clemenceau will arouse sentiment for the league of nations and justify Wilson's policies. Colonel B. M. House, who is in close association with the management of the tour, also is regarded as a nope ful sign in this direction. French Are Hopeful. On the French side the supporters of Clemenceau obviously are hopeful that the tour will redound in their favor. They believe that their cniex may expand in his American trip to a triumphal preparation which will prove here at home that the trans Atlantic world, which seemingly has lost svmnathv for France since the fall of Clemenceau, would expand to old-time co-operation with France if it was governed by the policies of the Tiger. Meanwhile the French government appears to be disturbed by the pros pect and it is endeavoring in many ways to counteract the possible plea, if even to the extent of get ting a statement from Marshal Foch, saying that tne trip Is neeaiess. Tiger Hunting; Object. AH these efforts to read political significance in the tour either in America or in France are far fetched. Clemenceau himself has ad mitted no such purpose even to his closest advisors. He is too wise to allow himself to be dragged into party or factional quarrels for the benefit of others. Those who know him best declare he is going to Amerioa simply be cause he wants to do exactly what he went to India to do more than year ago tger hunt. Radio Counselor Named. NEW YORK.- Oct. 14. Henry T. Hunt, former mayor of Cincinnati, has been named general counselor of the newly-formed National Radio Chamber of Commerce, the chief purpose of which is to devise "rational scheme of broadcasting for the nation, it was announced to day. W. 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