OHECON STATE LIBRARY
MAY 2 2 192
C apit am Journal
CITY EDITION
Dally average net paid circulation (or
month ending April 30, 1924
THE WEATHER
OREGON: Fair tonight and Thursday
except cloudy or foggy near the coast;
moderate westerly winds.
Local: Max. 81;: mln. 49; no rain
fall; river 0.2 foot, falling.
6055
Average dally distribution 6412.
Member Audit Bureau of Circulations.
FORTY-SIXTH YEAR No, 122
SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1924
DDTfP f UTT?T7i TRAINS AND NHW8
FIVE CENTS
&
4 i ft
1 iM
li
Conferees Provide 40 Per
Cent Maximum Surtax
And 50 Per Cent Cut On
Small Incomes.
Washington, May 21. Unan
imous consent was reached today
by the conferees on the tax re
duction bill.
The Simmons democratic in
come rate schedule providing for
40 per cent maximum surtax rate
and a 60 per cent rcuuctlon In
normal taxes on incomes under
$ 8:000 was accepted.
Senate amendments providing
for full publicity of tax returns
and a tax on undistributed cor
poration profits were rejected.
Hope was expressed by senate
republican organization leaders
that the bill as now framed would
meet the approval of President
Coolidge, who has declared oppo
sition to both the publicity and
corporation proposals, which wero
eliminated.
Publicity Eliminated
The house provisions for a 40
per cent Increase In existing tax
rates and for the Imposition of a
gift tax with rates similar to the
estate tax rates were accepted.
Senate democrats, in yielding
their proposal for a substitute
croporatlon tax and full publicity
of tax returns, explained that
they did so in expectation that
the bill would not be objection
able to President Coolidge.
The provision for a 25 per cent
reduction on earned incomes was
retained but the scnato amend
ment restricting the amount to
which this cut could bo applied
to $10,000 was accepted.
A compromise was reached on
n cut in the jewelry tax. All arti
cles selling for ?300 or less were
exempted from the five per cent
tar. The house had set ths limit
at $40 and the senate at $25.
To Limit Deduction
rnnsnls to CXemnt
produce and merchandise brokers
from the broker tax ann 10 rcsioru
the full level on billiard and pool
tables nnd bowling alleys were
approved.
The treasury proposal to limit
deductions on account ot capital
losses to 1214 per cent was re
stored to the hill by demand of
house conferees. Secretary Mel
lon has estimated It would In
crease returns in revenue by $25,
000.000 annually.
Chairman Smoot of the senate
finance committee estimated the
bill went $100,000,000 below the
treasury surplus available for tax
reduction.
Tills did not take Into account
the cost of the bonus hill, which
It has been estimated will require
an annropriatlon of $150,000,000
for the next fiscal year or other
pending measures railing for
special appropriations.
BRITiSfTFLYER
REACHES BURMA
Shanghai, China, May 21. (By
Associated Press.) Stuart Mac
laren. HritiBh aviator flying
around the world, arrived at
Alcyab, Burma, today from Cal
cutta, said a dispatch from the
fnrmer place received here t
night. The route he will follow, if he
uses this plane. Is as follows:
From ShnnRhsu to Nanking,
T;:inanfn. PekitiK, Mukden, Seoul.
Fusan, and NaKanakl to i'oklo.
Active preparation of landing
places at such ot these points as
u re not already p rov I ded with
them have hern begun on the as
sumption that the Frenchman will
(ly on.
Doipy In a statement today
strongly reeommanded that air
p'anes usfd for such Might asIiis
lie fitted for either pontoons or
landing Rear, so that they can
r-ome down In cither land or wat
f r, as are the machines of tin
American round-the-world flier?.
New York Eddie Burnbroek.
Camp Holahird, Md won the
right to challenge Mickey Walker
for the welterweight title when he
was Riven the decision over Paul
Do vie, New York, In 12 rounds.
GLOBE FLIERS
LEEILE
AT DM
Tomorrow's Erf.ht Ex
pected To Biv;. Avia
tors Within 50 Miles of
Tokio Japs Excited.
Aboard the Destroyer John D.
Ford, Kusuiro, Japan, May 21.
(By Associated fress.) The
American round-the-world fliers
liopo to start from Kurilo islands
Thursday morning at daylight
and fly to Kasumigaura, 50 miles
northwest ot Tokio, m one day,
stopping cither at Kusuiro or Mi-
uato, Japan, to refuel.
The 'ord, which arrived here
at 12:30 this afternoon, made the
200-mile trip from Hitokappu bay
in a heavy fog, which prevented
the filers from starting today,
Tthe flight from Hitokappu bay
to Kasumigaura is expected to oc
cupy 12 hours, with only a brief
stop at either Minato or Ksbiro.
ReceDtion Tendered.
The Ford received a great re
ception here. Almost the entire
city turned out to welcome her,
probably the first foreign war res-
sel that has ever visited the port.
The mayor, council men and lead
ing citizens boarded the ship to
extend an official welcome ami
present the keys of the city to the
officers. Counties school children
visited the ship lustily singing the
national anthems or America and
Japan. Entertainments are being
arranged for tonight.
When informed that the fliers
might land hero the citizens as
serted that it was the greatest
honor eve accorded the city.
Lieutenant Lowell Smith, act
ing commander of the flight, re
ceived a congratulatory cable
gram from Secretary of War
Weeks.
Jaos Disannointed.
Tokio, May 21. (By Associated
Press.) News of the accident to
the airplane of Captain Pellcticv
Doisy, the French aviator, at
Shanghai was received here with
much regret as it had been ex
pected that he would have arrived
here nearly simultaneously wit a
tiie American and British arouiri-the-wcrld
fliers.
With A. Stuart Maclaren, tho
British aviator, still in India and
Doisy detained in Shanghai, the
Americans seem assured of an
easy victory in the race to ToUio
on which many wagers had been
made.
Public interest in tho flights
has been intense. The newspa
pers placed immense scoreboards
throughout the city with the
routes traced on them and tho
progress of the flights marked
with tiny airplanes.
DRIVER oTDEATHCAR
IS HELDJ-OR MURDER
Portland, Or., May 21. Paul
Hnrtman, 26, is being held by the
authorities under J2500 bail oi:
charges of manslaughter growing
out of the death of Peter Greer;,
an employe of the Portland Elec
tric Power company, who wa
struck yesterday by a car alleged
to have been driven by Hartman
at a high rate of speed.
Green and Walter Matach, fel
low worker, were working on the
pavement at a street intersection,
according to tho police, when the
car struck them without warning,
fatally injuring Green and bruU
ing flatsch.
Hartman was examined follow
ing the accident, police say, and
was said to have nocn intoxicated.
DOISY TO CONTINUE
FLIGHT MESE PLANE
Shanghai. May SI. (I!y Asso
ciated 1'ress. ) Captain I'elletier
Doisy. French aviator, who dam
aged his piano In landing bore
yesterday, has overcome his dis
appointment at the Inlerrunlirn
to his projected flight from I'ai-.s
to Tokio and Is considering seri
ously the offer of a Chinese plane
tor continuation of his flight.
The offer was made yesterdnv
hy General Hoefene-I.ing. millury
governor of Shanghai. It Doi.iy
accepts It. he will proceed toward
Tokio within a week.
A survey of the situation re
veal that there are available only
what I)olsy terms "rcconnalsanco"
airplanes but he believes that on;
of them, a Breguet, la capable of
carrying him on If hi" Journey is
re-arranged Into shorter stages.
Miller's Lead In
Senatorial Struggle
Firmly Established
Portland, May 21 Addi
tional rctuvim compiled up "
early this iiflcrnooii. liK'liul
JiiK Curry county complete,
orilclal, gave Miller 10.507;
St raver, 10,303, n lead for
Miller or 204. Klphty pre
cincts wero still ii 1 1 report cil,
Including 10 in CIntFon couu
ty, where. Miller had been
leading two to one, and 45 In
Coos county, where Miller
had been leading- by a third,
in earlier returns. Seven pre
cincts were missing from
La no county, where. Miller
and Strayer liad been run
ilng alHiut even.
In (Ikj other undecided
contest In last Friday's prim
ary elect ion, that for tho
seventh place in the race for
delegates at lurfo to the re
publican national convention,
S. 1. Peterson wan in the
lead today with 1-1UH pre
cincts reported. Peterson had
4.P,571!. Dr. Henry Waldo
Cue of Portland, his nearest
coiuieiitor liad 42,017.
RELIEF BILL IS
Washington, May 21. DIrcus-!
slon of tho McNary-Haugen farm
relief bill was sidetracked in the
house today by an agreement for
consideration of miscellaneous
measures. The debate will be re
sumed however, under tho pro
gram accepted late yesterday al
lowing fifteen hours for general
discussion and calling for day and
night sessions in an effort to get
action by Saturday night or early
next week despite the delay yes
terday in making a start.
The bill received only slight dis
cussion after it was reached yes
terday afternoon, running into a
series of quorum calls which con
tinued for more than two hours
after tho dinner recess until
enough members had been round
ed up by the sergeant at arms to
permit the chamber to proceed.
Representative Volgt of Wiscon
sin, a republican member of the
agricnlturo committee, opposing
the bill as a prico fixing measure,
made the only address at the
night session, which ended short
ly before midnight.
GREAT ACTIVITY
Honolulu, H. I.. May 21. (Ty
Associated Press.) L'nusually
heavy nteam clouds were emitted
from Kllaucfi volcano, now under
going a period of great activity,
throughout today. There wore
explosions within the crater at
2:49 and 4:40 o'clock this after
noon. Four heavy earthquake
shocks were felt at Naalehu (sta
tion, Mrs. W. J. Stephens, wife of
a sugar company overseer, report
ed over the telephone to Hilo,
MEREDITH PLEADS FOR
CLOSER COOPERATION
Kansas City, Mo., May 21.
plea for closer co-operation be
tween hankers, business men and
farmers and for greater effort on
the part of the banker to stabil
ize and sustain agricnlturo wn!
made before the convention of tho
Missouri-Kansas HankerB' associa
tion here today by K. T. Mere
dith of Des Moines, former secre
tary of agriculture.
Bankers and business men, Mr.
Meredith said, should meet Ui-J
farmer on a business bards, take
him into their councils and joint
ly work out solutions to problem 3
that effect the country a basic in
dnstrv
"It Is true that the farmer
fdiould practice diversified farm
ing and he is rapidly learning his
IcPBin," Mr, Meredith said.
LAND NEW PACIFIC CABLE
Seattle. Wash.. May 21 Th
new pacific ocean cable, bein.
laid between Seattle and Ketch;
l:an, Alaska, haR been landed nt
Trocadero hay. K2 1 miles north o!
hero bv the cable ship Hclwoud.
according to a dispatch received
by the Alaska cable office of the
United Slatea signal coips in heat
tie.
Laying of the cable across
Prlnco of Wales Inland, beln-s
done so that the entire cable will
bo In American territory, will
completed rapidly, A tren-h across
an eight mile section at rrocacjjo
has been dug to receive the cau.e.
KILAUEA SHOWS
niK
JEGTBOr
SOFF
Senate Committee Turns
Down Muscle Shoals
Lease By Vote of 10 to
6 Norris Bill Favored.
Washington, May 21. A mo
tion to report the Ford bill pro
viding for leasing of Muscle
Shoals was lost by a vote of 10 to
6 today In the senate agriculture
committee.
After the vote indications were
that the committee might report
the Norris government ownership
bill. In this event, if the Ford
bid is brought up in the senate ft
would be In the form of a sub3ti
tute for the Norris bill.
letter it was earned that those
voting against the Ford bid were
benators Norris, Nebraska; Mc
Nary. Oregon: Capper. Kansas;
Gooding, Idaho; Norbcck, South
Dakota; McKinley, Illinois: llar-
reld, Oklahoma, republicans:
Itansdell . Louisiana, and Kcn-
drick, Wyoming, democrats, and
Johnson, farmer-labor, Minnesota.
LobdeH's Slush Fund.
An account maintained by
former Chairman Charles E. Lob
dell of the farm loan board in a
local bank was used "at times,'' as
a slush fund, Senator Howell, re
publican, Nebraska, charged in
the senate in continuing his op
position to confirmation of four
pending nominations to the board.
Senator Howell explained that
by a slush fund he meant "a fund
used to grease the wheels so as to
smooth things; a fund expended
when you wanted to be generous
with those who could be helpful
to your objects."
"This fund was so used at
times," be continued. "I hold
such action should be severe iy
condemned when taken by any
government instrumentality."
Attack bv Howell.
Senator Howell obtained the
floor as soon ns the senate con
vened and resumed his elaboration
of criticisms enumerated yesterday
against the hoard. Selection of
Mr. Lobdell an fiscal agent with a
salary of $25,000, loose handling
of public money and misapplica
tion of funds were included in the
charges he filed.
Favorable report has been
made hy the senate hanking com
mittee on all four of the nomi
nees, who are Lewis J. Pettyjohn,
Kansas; Elmer S. Land1, Ohio;
Morton L. Corey, Nebraska, and
Edward E, Jones, Pennsylvania.
Los Angelefl, Cal., May 21.
One woman Is dead, " her ox
husband, who Is said by the pollen
to have run amuck, is declared by
police surgeons to be dying and
her present husband Is seriously
wounded as tho result of a tri
angle shooting here today.
Mrs. Edith MUIigan, 40, Id the
dead woman. Ike Iliko, alien
Charles Johnson, Armenian an to
mechanic. 34, is believed fatally
self-wounded, and William Milli
gau, 42, has a bullet wound in th
groin.
Tho Milligans who came from
Bismarck, N. I)., were married
prior to the world war. He went
to tho front and was reported
killed. Mm. Mitligan then mar
ried Hiko. Later the marriage wan
annulkd when it was alleged that
Hiko had a wife and family I:.
Armenia. Later Milligan turned
up the report of his death had
bi'f-n tfror noons and last Monday
the pair rc-marrieu.
This morning, according to Mr.
Harriet L. Goodull of Iioston, who
in visiting thm, she and the Mil
It garni were coming out of a cal?
aft or breakfast when Hiko ao
ppared. nhot the two Milligans
and then turned the pistol on him.
self.
Chicago, May 21. Jdfiitifha
tion of Jamr-it Osey, one of 31 al
leged ber runners, arrested In a
raid Monday as they prepared ti.
send out 13 truck loada of beer
from the Bieben brewery, en Dan
iel O'Connor, political lieutenant,
has been announced by the police
O Connor was formerly secretary
to William V. O'Connell, who di
rected the McAdoo orlmary light.
Secret Service
Agents Used to
Spy on Senators
Washington, May 21. The sen
ate Daugherty committee was told
today that representatives of the
department of justice not only
had Bought to "frame" Senator
Wheeler, its prosecutor, but had
spied on its members and its wit
nesses and had spirited away the
famous diaries of Gaston B,
Means, working with it na an In
vestigator. One of the witnesses was W. O.
Ducktitein, who eaid ho knew
about whole proceeding because
his wife is a secret agent ot the
department. It was she, he said,
who identified in his presence the
records of Means after they had
been scoured by a ruse.
A description of extensive de
tective operations conducted by
the department of justice with re
gard to Gaston II. Means, star
witness in the senate Daugherty
investigation, was given the in
vestigating committee today by It.
P. Unrrus, a special agent of tho
department.
As "chief shadow assigned to
follow Means, he said, he had five
assistants, one of them a woman.
Between March IS and April 1,
when the work was disroutinucd,
he eaid, every move of Means was
"covered" nnd every v ltd tor to his
house was followed up and iden
tified. Means, who lias told the com
mittee of collecting money for
Jess W. Smith and of many oth
er sensational activities, sat in
the committee room, grinning
broadly nt his "shadows" while
Pi
Kill
T
WaFhington, May 21. The sen
ate foreign relations committee
devoted two hours today to a gen
eral discussion of world court pro
posals but adjourned until tomor
row without having reached a de
cision on any Important point.
An effort to obtain the commit
tee's Immediate endorsement for
the proposal of President Hard
ing and Coolidge for membership
In tli o present court with reserva
tions, rctiulto-d In failure.
None of those present would
venture more than a "hope" of
early action on any of the plans
now pending. The meeting was
the first nt this session of con
gress on the proposals for Ameri
can membership in the world
court,
Tho meeting called nt the re
quest pf Senator Swanson of Vir
ginia, was preceded hy a lengthy
white house conference last night
at which President Coolidge reit
erated to republican members his
stand in favor of conditional mem
bership in the permanent court of
international Justice set up by the
league of nations as recommend
ed more than a year ago by Presi
dent Harding.
The three world court plans
pending before the committee nnd
a compromise proposal being
worked out by Senator Pepper,
republican, Pennsylvania, were
considered at the white houf-'c
conference but no derision wan
reached In favor of any spcuitlc
plan.
imprisoIesToT
leaders protested
Dublin, May 21. The contin
ued 1 in prison rue nt of DeVab-ra,
Austin Stnek and other republi
can leaders Is bilteily cond'-mn-'d
by the republirans.
It was supposed that pledgi -t
had been given for the release uf
DeValera and the others by hau
ler. Now Hiiro is a rumor thai
the priti'ineis who are uri'ried un
to he reb-ased b -fore the luUteann
games early in August.
KLAN RECORDS TO BE
OPEHEDTO PROBERS
Wa -ihingtnn. May 21.-- Addi
tional record of the Kn H l i.r
Klan are tft be brought to Well
ington under an agreement reach
ed today for Itippe tinn ,v !"
elal senate convention investigat
ing the election ronton broiigh?
flKatnat Senator Mayffeld of Texiu.
No hearing was held trday be
cause of the Absence of importnnt
witnesses.
they were undergoing examina
tion. Ex-Senator G. E. Chamberlain,
counsel for H. M. Daugherty, ask
ed Burr us if the watch on Means
was not placed becauso of New
York indictments against him but
tho witness did not know. Orders
to stop the watch came to him
April first, ho said.
Duckstelu described an espion
age system of great proportion
which he said had been thrown
about the committee's operations
under the direction of H. C. Todd,
special assistant to Attorney Gen
eral Daugherty. He said "the
crew of detectives" used In the
case had come largely from New
York, under the direction ot two
men named Pet tit and O'Brien.
Their activities included wire tap
ping and many other methods of
obtaining information.
The purpose oi tne "crow' the
witness declared, had been de
scribed by Petti t and O'Brien as
including tho "framing" of Sena
tor Wheeler, who has been Indict
ed in Montana and the "railroad
ing" of Means to the penitentiary.
Duckstein said it was Pettit and
O'Brien who got the Means diar
ies, which tho tnmous detective
had declared would substantiate
his stories about money payment
to Jesse Smith. Tho two men, lie
said, called him and his wife out
of their home at night, took them
into an automobile and opened
Ithreo suitcases full ot "little
1 black books," wli ich M rs. Duck
stein identified as the diaries am)
files ot Means.
E
II
Washington, May 21 Veterans
bureau actuaries informed mem
bers of congress today for tho first
time that tho lfst of "factors"
prepared by them and recently
made public for computing the
amounts of Insurance duo under
the bonus law took Into account
the extra 25 per cent of adjusted
servlco compensation allowed by
tho hill on Insurance certificates.
This means that a veteran, In
computing tho value of tho Insur
ance policy ho will receive, simply
will multiply his credits at $1.25
a day for foreign service and
$1.00 a day for homo servlco by
his factor, which previous had
been made public. The extra 25
per cent Is not to bo added as,
heretofore announced. As an ex
ample, If tho veteran has the
maximum amount of homo serv
ice credit, $500, the Insurance
policy would nmount to about two
and one-half times that amount,
or $12r0, according to tiie age of
the veteran.
H. P. Brown, veterans bureau
actuary, explained the table of
factors romntly mnde public had
been based on values of $1.25 In
stead of $1, ns iisu;il, nnd thin
took Into account the ext ra 25
per cent allowed by the bill, and
saves a double computation,
Tliis will result In lower valuea
for insurance policies nil nlong
the linn than figured by conrres,
Brown said, but would make no
difference In the estimated total
em;!, of the hill, since all these
facta have been taken into con
sider.'! t inn by tho actuaries of
both the v tenuis' bureau nnd the
treasury department, who figured
on the expense.
OLE HANSON CHARGED
WITH STEALING HORSE
Los Angelea. CuI., May 21.- Ole
Hanson, war time mayor of Scat
tie, and now a Los Angeles real
estate sub df id r, will have nn
opportunity to prove that ho Is
not. n borne thief when bin eac
conies up in a Pasadena Justice
court tomorrow. Hanson hint
nlpht Joked about the charge
filed ngain-t him by Clarence
Bnreti, who ft lb gefl the former
Seattle, mayor stole a strawberry
roan from his pasture. Hanson
admitted tnking the hnrse but Pi
plained that It was one which bad
been r.tolen from him IS months
ago and no doubt been purchased
Bules and models destroy
genius and art.
HIP BOD
COIN USED TO
AVERTSTR1KE
Investigator Reveals Use
Of Federal Funds To
Prevent Labor Disturb
ances On Coast.
Washington, luay 21. Investi
gation of the Ship Owners' associ
ation and tho Pacific American
Steamship association, on the Pa
cific coast, for "possfblo violation
of tho Sherman law," is under
way, Thomas F. llico, Hpeeial- as
sistant to the attorney general,
testified toilay before the house
shipping board investigating com
mit lee.
It ice said he was sent to the
Pacific coast in April, 11)23, nnd
assigned to the general work of
prosecuting anti-trust cases. H-j
was there 13 months, returning
last Saturday. I
Itico testified he had received
information ttiat the shipping
board had spent 7100,000 to pre
vent a strike in 1910 on the Pa
cific coast by "opening up opposi
tlon offices and conducting joint
ly Willi private owners to the ex
penses of these agencies."
Although no direct Information
had shown money to combat the
strike wa3 authorized from Wash
ington, tho witness said, his Im
pression was that "disbursement
were made by the district manager
at Han Francisco on Tnstructlona
from Washington."
Itlco testified r-at tho Tund to
which shipping board operators
were contributing for a general
fight on organized labor amount
ed to approximately $1,250,000.
lie believed that the various in
terests opposing organized labor
Include all of the largo commer
cial and banking organizations on
the coast.
Indianapolis, ind., May 21.
Indiana republicans went Into
state convention hero today to
ratify the action of tho republi
can voters of tho stato at the pri
mary In selecting Calvin Coolidge
as their preference for tho presi
dential nomination, select seven
delegates at large to tho national
convention In Cleveland, adopt a
platform and name a complete
state ticket.
An asi.ault upon the work of
what were characterized the de
structive forces temporarily In
control of tho situation at Wash
ington and a re statement of re
publican principles const! luted
th main themes of the keynote
addrvKH delivered ny the tempo
rary chairman. Senator James l-
WalHuti of Indiana.
The senator assaib-d the senate
investigators as seekers of politi
cal propaganda, regard bus of the
effect of their work on their na
tional government. Ho declared
the s' nato investigations were not
only obstructive of the enactment
of needed legisla tioti, but ab'o de
signed to break down tho faith of
the American people in their na
tional institutions.
"Tho attempt to make It ap
pear, (in no larger grounds than
yet have been developed, that the
government is reeking with rot
ten ih .n, is a kind of politics
which strikes not so much at the
party ht power iih at the heait of
government Itself," he said.
OIL OPERATORS ARE"
HEARD BY GRAND JURY
Wellington. May 21 . .lohn 1).
DarKe, of the Standard (til com
pany of Indiana, nnd Frank !!
Kin I ler, of the Pioneer Oil com
pany, were among witnesses today
before the special oil grand Jury
In the Dl strict or Columbia su
Heme court. Otners called wero
;fr:ild Hughes, a Henver lawyer,
and B. B. Brooks and It. E. Werts
of Casper. Wyo,
The Pioneer tti company wan
one of the concerns asserLlng
claims In Teapot Dome whoso in
terest wus purchased by Harry K.
Sinclair after he leased the reserve.
DM) FOR
Restaurant Proprietors
Reject Utimatum From
Culinary Union And
Strike Looms.
Demands nf ihA
1ZGU CUllnnrv wnrbpra' ....I.... i
Salem for closed shop operation of
.... ui i.iu luo ui u rums and eating
houses in thn ritv orn tn l.
H.u ku uu iiuuy
rejected, according to an Informal
leacueu uy tuo proprie
tors of tho principal houses this
mornlnir. And iim ..itin. t
bo delivered to the workers this
uiieruuon.
ItcftlHfLl flf Mm nn.n.1.1
"Win up means n walkout, William
"iipiuricK, secretary of tho local
union, said this afternoon.
Killlntriilr utii.l tl,.. uri.i.-
House restaurant Is the center of
tho storm, declaring that working
conditions and wages there aro not
"e suid mat there was no
Inclination to prevent any of tho
restaurants from hiring students
Who need tlm wnrU mwl tl...t
union will not Insist that tho
closed shop provisions of tho pro
posed contract bo strictly ob
served. V P. fieiirirn nrnnpUl. ... il
White House, said that the con
troversy wim not n h ...
wages wilh lilm; that he hart nl-
ivuys u mi would always pay thn
best wuges possible und that there
WOllld 1)0 till illur.rl,.,(nnlln
against union employes In his cs-
ILIMIinillllL'lU.
"At n meeting hi
men two weeks ago every proprie
tor present, with tho exception of
one, voted to reject tho demands,
and wo will stand by that deci
sion, sain flir. tieorge.
our o'clock this afternoon Is
tho limo tenliitlvelv a,., lit,
union for tho acceptance or ro
Jcctiou of the contract submitted
y mem 10 tne proprietors.
Declaring Hint Mm
mado upon them oro unreasonable.
nmppHcaiiio to local conditions
and would prove ruinous to their
business the restaurant men tnko
tllO Position Mint thorn fa
cuso for a union ot this kind here,
nnd that they will not ho forced
to neci'pt regulations designed to
i coimiunns in Inrgo cities
which do not exist locally.
TIlOV miMnrf llml II.... .in t
- ..... .j mm uu no
discrimination prnrtlccH against
union workers in their places of
business, anil that members of tho
union oiny retain their places as
long as iney clioosc, so long as
their work Is satisfactory.
Hiirhcr Wnccs Paid Now
Examination nf thn ni,n
asked by tho union and those now
befne n:id In mnut nt lt,n u..in.
eating bruises reveal thnt the rates
or pay now in rorce averago slight
ly higher than those demanded.
An accurate rnnparlson, however.
Is not possible, because the de
mands of the union are based up
on a system of hours that aro not
observed here, lly demanding
premium for employees working
split shifts, there Is nn apparent
attempt on tho part of tho union
to forco tho restaurant owners to
adopt the policy of working nn
straight shirts which, tho proprie
tors declare. Is Imposi-tlile.
In tho ease of waitresses the
union demands are for n $15
wngo for straight eight-hour
shirts nf six d.ivs a week. Where
the eight hour working day Is
split up over ft 12-hour period a
bonus of Is demanded. Due to
peculiar conditions here, whtch
mnke the buslni'm heavier during
certain hours of the day ond
prnctlraMy nil at oilier times tho
split shift has been In foreo to
provide ndeiiuato servlco for
customers during rush hours. Un-
f t'olitlnued on I'nijc l-'lve.)
CREDIT BIG RAILWAY
PROBLEM, SAYS GRAY
Katman City. Mo., Mcy 21. Tho
oulHtaudliif; problem of American
railways Is that of credit, and
that credit depended on nn nde
quatn return from operation.
I'rfaidrnt ('i,r' tlray of the
Union I'jclMr Fyntem, told a Joint
conference nf Mlneourl nnd Knnnai
bankers here today. Ho declared
that in no year sinco the trans
portation Bet has been In effcof
hnvn railroads earned thn "fab
turn" established by th inter
state commerce commission.